but we're not. >> okay, robin. back to you, robin. robin. >> all right. >>> the "what would you do?" team has done it again. crafting up awkward scenarios to find out how people will react when they don't know anyone is looking. and john quinones. this time, you're going to shop. and people are clumsy. what's going on here? >> reporter: we tackle some serious issues on the show. and some not so serious. this one was a lot of fun. we visited an interior design showroom and caused more damage in one day than the company usually sees in a year. the vases we broke were cheap knockoffs. but the reaction from shoppers, priceless. at the new jersey decorating exchange, in the town of river edge, customers usually shop until they drop. not today. we're busting up this designer showroom by design. to see how shoppers will react immediately after an accident. will fellow shoppers feel compelled to keep this secret? >> nobody saw it, though, right? it wasn't any of us. >> reporter: "what would you do?" before the store opened, we did a little re

robin. >> we'll check back later. george? >>> ejiptd, of course is the world's largest arab country which means what happens there is going to affect the rest of the world. let's take a look at the impacts right now. starting with the economy. saw the impact on the market here on friday. as the unrest grew. the dow dropped 166 points. we've seen markets in asia and europe drop overnight as well. the biggest reasons, the impact on the cost of oil, already up $3.70 a barrel. almost $90 a barrel. so that could cost the u.s. economy, as we said earlier, billions, the geopolitical impact as well. i want to get into that. what the u.s. is watching especially closely is the impact on two countries. the hot bed of al qaeda right now. there have been protests in the streets against the president there. watching that closely. and, of course, jordan, another u.s. key ally. another ally, israel. there have been major protests there. as the white house is looking at all of this, i want to go to jake tapper who is covering this from the wh

robin? >> thank you very much, pierre. >>> there are additional stories about jared loughner. the bizarre behavior are coming to light. it's becoming clearer this is a young man widely known to be troubled. and feared by many to be capable of violence. but the question many are asking, why? why wasn't more done to address those fears? jim avila is in tucson with that. good morning, jim. >> reporter: robin, under state law here in arizona, any one of his classmates or teachers could have made a call to state mental health service to have an evaluation made. but the call never came, despite the fact that many were worried about his strange behavior. but they never thought it would become this serious. his classmates remember jared loughner's spooky, joker-like smirk. the most visible signs of trouble, were in ben mcgahee's algebra class at pima community college. where loughner wrote mayhem fest all over his first quiz. and often blurted out random phrases and numbers. phrases like, how can yo

robin? >> unfortunately so. linsey, thank you. >>> now, for a check on conditions in connecticut, we're joined by kent pierce, with our abc station, wtnh. good morning, kent. how is it going there? >> good morning, robin. yes. we've been driving around for several hours. connecticut is white yet again. we had snow like this last week, earlier this week and another storm this week. the roads are white, not black. and we're getting used to seeing that in connecticut, certainly. a lot of traffic out here today. but people are taking it easy on i-84 here in southington. we've gotten used to driving in winter weather, unfortunately. another storm. we're out to show people it's not as bad as it's been. but it's still slippery out today. live in the mobile weather lab. for "good morning america." kent pierce. robin, back to you. >> drive carefully, kent. >>> 23 states affected by the storm and cold blast. for more, let's go to sam, who is in port canaveral, florida, for more. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin.

now back to robin in atlanta. robin? >> george, the other big story of the week has been the weather and in atlanta, destruction from sunday's winter storm have persisted all week. schools are closed again today. they have been closed all week long. the roads are still icy and dangerous as you can see. this is a city anxious to get back to normal. the storm that paralyzed the eastern seaboard hit atlanta hard. snarling traffic for miles, hundreds of accidents, even 18-wheelers flipped over and after five days, passengers are still stranded at the hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> i'm tired of the wait. >> reporter: our friends at abc station wsb took to the sky last night to monitor the colossal scope of the damage. >> robin, we're taking a look at atlanta's infamous spaghetti junction, one of the hardest hit areas we have seen for the past three days as atlanta could not move around but things are beginning to get a little better. >> reporter: a little better, jason, but with highways and back roads still coa

i'm going to stay with it, robin. i had green bay winning at the beginning of the season, i'll have green bay winning now. >> i'm going with the steelers. you both are going with the packers, i'm going with the steelers. how's that? >> oh, well. >> take that to vegas. >> that's a good idea. >> i'm sure we'll be talking before super bowl sunday. hey, guys. thanks so much. have a great day. take it easy. >> the battle cry in pittsburgh, knocking on seven's door. >> i'll go with that. >> there you go. >> i just lost my pen. >>> what is oprah up to now? we'll have the latest on her most personal secret yet. ♪ our family-owned company makes daisy... with 100% natural farm-fresh cream. no artificial ingredients. no preservatives. and no added hormones. ♪ better with a dollop here ♪ fresher with a dollop there ♪ ♪ wholesome in every way ♪ daisy, do a dollop ♪ daisy, do-do a dollop -well... -you know. i kept meaning to. it was just hard to get started. so now, i do it automatically. with bank of america's automa

it's w and, robin, visiting from the bronx -- >> hyde leadership charter school. >> robin? >> sam, thank you. >>> now, more on oprah's stunning family secret. she promised a shocking revelation. boy, did she deliver. on "the oprah winfrey show," she announced she had a long lost half-sister because the woman was secretly put up for adoption nearly 50 years ago. here's the moment yesterday on her program. >> yes, it is true. [ applause ] it is true. that my mother my mother is also patricia's birth mother. that means patricia is my half-sister, who i never knew existed. >> she never knew. and joining us now, gayle king editor at large of "o" magazine and the host "of the gayle king show," which you can see later this morning on own. and, gayle, what will you be talking today on your show i wonder. >> i know, robin. i still can't believe it. oprah's going to come on and join us today at 10:00. i even knew this story was coming and knew all the details. >> right. >> but i saw the show for the first time yesterday. and i sat there stunned, watching what was happening on the opr

robin? >> all right, george. we're going to switch some topi now, because there are new details this morning about the mystery swirling around the thousands of birds that fell from the sky in arkansas. now, another state reporting a similar incident of birds plummeting to their death. matt gutman is in little rock with the latest, and a lot of people want to know, what is going on here, matt? >> reporter: good morning, robin. 500 birds in louisiana crashed to their death yesterday. we had more dead bird sightings in kentucky. and here at the arkansas state lab they're still trying to work out whether or not it was disease or perhaps poisoning that drove those birds to commit effectively suicide. so many questions about what triggered the mass blackbird plunge in arkansas. people had lots of theories when they reported the dying birds to 911 there new year's night. >> they're like bleeding out of the mouth, and some of them are not dead. i think they've been poisoned. >> reporter: others were simply confused. >> y

robin? >> incredible. >> i haven't seen that before. >> i hadn't either. >>> let's get to sam and the weather in port canaveral, florida. zero in on you on the old google map. >> you're on top of my head there. let me just show you this. this is incredible. your first look at "the disney dream." it's the newest and the biggest cruise ship in the disney fleet. take the eiffel tower. turn it on its side. and i don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, but, "the disney dream" is bigger. if you look at the top, you can see the bridge. and captain tom forberg is on the bridge. if you've cruised with disney, likely you have seen him. he has been your captain. he's been captain of all three ships. captain tom, are you up there this morning? can you hear us? >> yes, i can hear you. >> good morning, sir. since you've been on all three, how is this one special? and what's it look like on the bridge this morning? >> all is ship-shape here on the bridge. we are high up. and we have a great view from here.

robin, apology was accepted. but the coach of the losing team says they feel bad because the winning team is being vilified. >> 108-3. >> everybody has feelings in this game. >> there's no feelings in basketball. thank you, juju. >>> time, now, for the weather. back over to sam. >> or in weather, robin. let's get to the boards. we're going to show you what it looks like outside. starting with philadelphia, wpvi is telling us, whiteout conditions, as the snow is falling in philadelphia. here's the plan with the impulse of low pressure. this is your first batch of snow. this storm will get up here and bomb, explode rapidly, and throw snow back. that's where we get the big collection later today. washington, d.c., new york, boston. your drive time in new york city -- your drive home will be worse than your drive in. keep that in mind. from filly, we're looking from six to ten inches of snow. i think d.c.'s going to kind of come close to the six-inch line. new york's in there. boston's in there the and there's one ta

robin and george? >> at least it's nice to know it's nice somewhere. >> it was nice to know not another big one is coming on sunday. >>> we got our "picture of the morning." and this is something else. this is a silverback gorilla. his name is am-bam. and he's been swaggering. >> walking straight up. >> and that's caught everybody's attention. it's just so odd to see that he seems to prefer walking upright. the 21-year-old gorilla is about 500 pounds. the largest gorilla in the park. he can do what he wants to. >> he looks like the hulk. i'm in charge. this is my area. >> that's something different. >>> coming up here on this friday morning edition of "gma," charlie sheen in the hospital again. crippling stomach pains. what's happening now? >>> also, where's the beef? the head of taco bell fights back against charges that there's not much of it in their tacos. that's a "gma" exclusive. he's answering the charges this morning. >>> and we'll have much more of our exclusive interview with the first lady.

robin? >> it is a puzzle, andrea. thank you. >>> joining us now is former special agent at the fbi, brad garrett, who is also an abc news consultant. thanks for coming in. we see the video. obviously, he looks disoriented. but his lawyer said he spoke to him just a few days before that. he said he was fine. what do you make of it? >> that's the bizarre piece of this case. because apparently, as cow just said, when he left washington, he appeared to be fine. did something happen on the train? did he have some sort of acute physical breakdown? did he have a stroke? was he drugged? did he take the wrong medication? then, you have, which is really the most bizarre piece in this case, 24-plus hours that he wanders around new castle, delaware, and wilmington, delaware, asking questions of streets he already knows the name of. locations on how to get to them. he has a car apparently parked at the amtrak station. and now, he's in new castle asking for a ride to go back there. it appears his car never moved. then, all of a sud

robin? >> all right, sam. thank you. >> thank you. >> well, you said my name. >> both of you. >> just trying to be polite. often confused. this is amazing. separated at birth. >>> we have an exclusive right now. first look at new school lunch guidelines that the department of agriculture is set to announce today. they're the first revisions in 15 years. and since then, childhood obesity rates have soared. so here's elisabeth leamy with a preview of what's in and what's out on school lunch trays. >> reporter: the academy for global citizenship in chicago has already adopted the healthier food of the future. >> thank you. >> it was good. >> good. >> i loved it spicy. >> reporter: here's an old menu. bread and beef patty on a roll with fruit popsicle and lowfat milk. now, the new. baked fish nuggets, whole wheat roll, mashed potatoes, broccoli, peaches and skim milk. >> the more we can reinforce the right set of choices and encourage the right set of choices, the greater the chances are that we'll get a handle on

robin hood lane, this is a residential street as you can see. the attack happened 9:45 yesterday morning. the fish and game is saying the daylight attack could mean the big cat is sick or injured. police are saying sightings are very rare around here. still they're advising and it's a scary advice. don't leave small children or pets unattended in backyards, especially in wooded areas and this entire neighborhood here has woods all around it. call 9-1-1 if you do see a big cat. a mountain lion was spotted in emerald hills neighborhood, redwood city, another day time spotting. and there was a big scare last month when a mountain lion -- actually mountain lion tracks were found behind the middle school in belmont but they believe that activity happened at night. the main concern right now is here in hillsborough where officials are warning people keep an eye out for this mountain lion because of the attack yesterday morning. it's an indication this big cat could be sick. live in hillsborough, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very mu

robin? >> has the congressman apologized at all? >> reporter: absolutely not. in fact he is standing by his words and says he has no intentions of apologizing. >> jon, have a good day. >>> at 7:12, let's look at the other stories developing right now. over to juju at the newsdesk. good morning, juju. p good morning to robin and george. we're going to turn to arizona now. a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment for the tragedy in tucson. jared lee laugh loughner is now charged. more charges to follow. >>> meantime, gabrielle giffords has reached another milestone in her recovery. our ryan owens has more. >> reporter: with a little help, congresswoman gabby giffords stood on her own two feet and looked out the window of her hospital room wednesday. her husband, mark kelly, told diane sawyer in an exclusive interview, he didn't think she'd stay in that bed long. >> i told the doctors, i'd put her on a schedule. i told her that she's going to be walking in two weeks. >> reporter: more

the tusk s come out and they slice. >> here, robin's here. we also have -- >> ooh -- >> -- they make a sound like that, too. with an animal we've never heard before. >> in the pouch? >> in the pouch. >> this is a baby kangaroo that robin has. raised in the pouch. remember, a kangaroo can have three babiey ies at one time, o leaving the pouch at 6 months. one leaving a jelly bean and breed the same day. three different stages of life a kangaroo can have. >> how do they look? >> it's beautiful. >> that's a marsupial. >> i want the animal that we don't know? >> the only one country that we don't know, a zorilla, a gorilla and a zebra -- >> i can tell they're not related to a gorilla or zebra. what is it? >> is this from africa. it has the worst smell of any animal in the world. >> is it going to spray me with a horrible smell or is that just the smell? >> it's a youngster right now. i'm not joking. if it smells, this place would clear out quicker than you could imagine. >> it has the whole spray technique. the defense mechanism? >> just like a s

robin? >> quite a difference from last time. thanks for pulling that all-nighter for us. >>> the first big storm of the year started in the south on monday. in atlanta, schools are still closed. roads coated in ice. and the world's busiest airport, not busy at all. plus, ice daggers plunging from a tv tower in jackson, mississippi, as you can see, sent people scurrying. steve osunsami is in atlanta and has the latest on how it's going down south. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, robin. last night, it was looking pretty good. the ice was starting to melt. the snow was starting to turn to slush. but this morning, it's all frozen all over again. in mississippi, dangerous icicles falling from a television tower. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: had employees running for cover to avoid getting speared. this car repair shop in georgia, which has been standing for 20 years, was destroyed. its roof collapsed from the snow. highway officials closed this section of interstate 20, too much ice, paralyzing georgia's $16 billion fr

no one likes to show up, robin. 25 to 30, a little overweight. if you're over 30, your body mass index, it means you're obese. if you're over 40, morbidly obese. 250 times increased risk for heart disease and stroke and cancer. what are you going to do about it? >> the next steps? >> you got to write down what you're doing in your life. if you don't chart, you're not going to be able to give yourself the quality control that you're doing. every decision that you're making can be re-evaluated. you can weigh yourself to get the body mass index, but you ought to be doing that anyway throughout the project. you have to get mono-unsaturated fatty acids. olive oil is one of my favorites. replace the sugars with mono fatty acids. with cinnamon. >> i use that in the morning. >> it's better pushing the sugar where it needs to go to your muscles, rather than into the fat cells. this is my secret for the new year. black rice. this is called forbidden rice. it was not given to everybody in ancient cultures. it has the dark color of blueberries. it has the sa

take a look at video we shot a couple hours ago out here at robin wood lane. you can see lots of trees here, lots of places for animals to hide. that is really the concern out here. they're saying, state fish and game is saying that this animal, the mountain lion probably injured or sick if it is hunting in the day time. these are nocturnal animals. it's weird it's doing something in broad daylight. the warning is this: keep an eye on small children and small pets in the backyard area, especially trees and call 9-1-1 if you see a mountain lion out here. the warning was also issued last saturday in redwood cities emerald hills area. that is where a mountain lion was spotted again in the day time. there have been some nighttime spotting of mountain lions. those are not that much of a concern. it's the day time spotting and the attack yesterday out here on robin wood lane. another top story of the morning, jenelle wang in san jose. good morning, jenelle. >> good morning, terry. the city here is trying to shut down one of these popular nightclubs. it's right behin

it's a symbolic move, robin. one that won't balance the budget. >> as you said, a symbolic move at that. jon, thank you very much. >>> so many challenges facing the president. >> that's for sure. you had all of that cooperation in december. but it looks like in january you'll start out with confrontation. plus, more politics already, the new year is here which means that the first move of the 2012 presidential race have begun. several of the republican contenders have spent their holidays thinking about when and whether to jump in the race. claire shipman joins us. >> good morning, george. some contenders might declare as early as this month, but for once which is normally predictable with a front-runner is almost wide open. >> reporter: the top of the 2012 crowd is full of recent people. mitt romney with 1 in 5 picking him as the republican nominee. sarah palin and newt gingrich. >> they're better known than other people in the race but there is a feeling out there that almost anybody can win this nomination. >>

investigators say earlier that night that sanchez was inside the red robin restaurant and ran into the 46-year-old, the man who was arrested for his sister's murder, but later released because of lack of evidence. >> during the course of that conversation, the suspect accused the victim of playing a part in the murder of harms, and harms was murdered in 2001. >> reporter: police say that sanchez left red robin for a short time and returned. that's when he went to pete's coffee. sanchez followed him. >> they had another conversation which the suspect produced a weapon and shot and killed the suspect. >> he left and shot himself outside. police are looking to revenge as the motive, investigating whether sanchez was armed inside red robin or left, retrieved a weapon, and returned to the scene. >> fairly obviously this is linked to further investigation. hopefully we'll reveal more detail whether this was planned or just a chance of encounter. >> reporter: we contacted sanchez's father, but he was too shaken up to talk. san jose police have notified the police department because that depar

i'm george stephanopoulos. >> i'm robin roberts. looking forward to hearing from the cast. >>> the popular priest, once known as father oprah, who left the catholic church after a high-profile love scandal. he's going to talk to us this morning to talk about his new life. >> a husband and father. still a priest in the episcopal church. >>> this hour, the lions' den. here he is. this man is spending the next month living with big cats. we're going to go inside his wild adventure. we begin with "spider-man" the musical. the actor that was in the frightening 30-foot plunge is up and walking again. first, here's a look at his story and the star-crossed broadway show that's packing in crowds every night. flashing nights. gravity-defying stunts. a rocking score from u2's bono and the edge. costing $65 million to put on stage. "spider-man: turn off the dark" is broadway's most expensive musical of all-time. with a tangled web of accidents and injuries making headlines week after week, theatergoers are left wondering, could it also be the m

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it was me -- it was you, me, martin short, rob reiner, robin williams -- >> robin williams was there. >> jimmy: and someone else. >> robert de niro. >> jimmy: no, you're making up names. [ laughter ] >> wasn't he there? >> jimmy: he wasn't on the bus. it was all comedians on this bus. >> oh. >> jimmy: we didn't get the cool actor bus. but anyways, i remember we stopped this bus because we were going to the supreme court building or something like that. and they had to have these dogs sniff the bus for bombs. and robin williams was like, "if they're looking for bombs, i'll throw out 'popeye.'" we made a few bombs, and everyone was just going on about the movies that they made that were bombs. [ laughter ] and i remember that we all went down the line, and then we went to you, and you go, "i never made any bombs." [ laughter ] that was so funny, man. it was great. >> no, i'm not going to admit to it. >> jimmy: you're a very funny human being. do you get back to this building much? this is 30 rock. this is where you were. this is "saturday night live." the whole time i was on "saturday n

of these people my uncle, my grand mother and so forth, all were from a town land called outside of robin. when i was growing up i would hear the names. and they would conjure the sense of another world i was no longer a part of but was connected to. i think the -- i came to the brink of this sort of, you know, really quest gradualy by hearing the names. the other experience i had when i was growing up is music in my grand mother's house. my grand mother live on the first floor of the apartment building the door was open. everyone in the apartment building stopped there after work. they would stop for a drink and play polka, not polka, poker. and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg. you had the sense of people having come over if not in mass by a great number to this other place with a kind of echo of that place being transposed into the world that became my world. so that of my mother's side of the family. my father's side was more mysterious. over time i heard stories of lost aunts and saint john >> new found land which is not where they are from and a deeper ech

two men 52 or elaine sanchez and more reason not to make or having a conversation other red robin at this shopping center around 9:20 p.m. sanchez accused him of murdering his sister janine harms the went missing in july of 2001 sanchez followed him to a near riot by coffee where they continue talking they believe they heard a gunshot found him dead in the parking lot. jeanine harms' disappearance drew national attention. reese was last person to see her alive the medicare birdie in campbell. he told investigators he went home that was the end of his story he claimed he had nothing to do with her disappearance detectives did not buy it three years later they arrested him charging him with her murder. they'll need a rug from our home to him that red was found in a dumpster at the time of her disappearance fibers were found in the back of his us to be but a judge dismissed the case after the technician built proficiencies. he was released in 2007, never convicted of a crime police continue their investigation. >> new details pacific gas and electric company is temporarily increasing th

first quarter, robin, so i beautiful throw to owens. 37 yards. 14-10 wolverines. that lead would not last. in the second, the first of three td scores. 17-14 bulldogs. the flood geatz -- flood gates open. rich rod as good as gone as the wolverines suffer their worst bowl loss in school history. >> jim harbaugh with be the first name brought up to replace rich rodriguez at michigan, but not until tuesday when the cardinals are in the bowl game. one player is held out a quarter for missing bid -- bed check. the danger of the hokies is ty rod taylor. he is a threat to throw with his arm or legs. >> just they're good. they're physical as an entire body of a football team. every position group, physical team, really well coached. frank beamer and his staff do as good a job or better than most everybody. >> mike: war glors the front hosted by the heat and they were hitting everything. into the first quarter, watch ellis from mid-court. buzzer. he beats it. off the glass and down. warriors led after 1. they hit 10-16 from beyond the and a quarter the first half to lead.

robin's on assignment. i'm here with elizabeth vargas and a few very hearty souls. >> oh, my goodness. >> you guys are amazing. how did you get in this morning? >> it was very difficult. >> it was very easy today. >> really? >> i live close by. >> i walked two blocks. >> my goodness. we can look at all of the boots. we have a panel of water-proof boots. and george, in his sensible shoes. >> yes. >> slipping and sliding in times square. >>> our advice guru is here this morning. we've had three this week. and our fourth is here. carla barnhill will be taking questions from our audience. i don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that carla landed on the snow day. >> she'll have a lot of people watching today. >>> also, temperatures outside are low. but that doesn't mean skyrocketing heating costs. what you can do to slash your heating bill right now. >>> and how kids here are saving the lives of kids halfway around the world. it's the latest of the inspiring stories from our series, "be the change, save

robin is off today. great to have elizabeth vargas here. >> it's nice to be here. >>> and also this morning, we have new details on steve jobs. he is the head of apple. he's taking a medical leave, his third in several years, with no explanation or no timetable for his return. we'll look at what that means for steve jobs. and for apple's stock. overseas fell nearly 8%. >> that's right, the market open today. they weren't open yesterday because of the martin luther king holiday. >>> we'll have our results of our new poll. with president obama's approval rating at its highest level over a year. >>> plus, sarah palin's first comments on the controversy over her response to the tucson tragedy. one of the potential white house conte contendants of 2012. and newt gingrich joins us live to talk about it all. >>> we begin with the snow and sleet and the freezing rain, from washington to boston. and sam champion is outside, braving it. good morning to you, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth. we are live in times squ

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your your highlights, and here's your host, robin merrill. >> and a warm welcome from berlin. chef mario from austria has received numerous culinary accolades, and he's cooked for politicians film stars and royal. so much creativity he's opened three restaurants in frake fort, and they must be really good, because germany has just given him their top award. >> the chef is in his element. mario received a michelin star for one of his restaurants. and now he's been selected as chef of the year in germany. >> ital definitely makes you feel good. for the team, too. it's wonderful. it's a dream come true. >> in his latest restaurant, he prepares dishes from his native autryya. rust i can food with a twist. this is his third restaurant in frankfurt. the 37-year-old is not one to hide behind his cooking pots. he likes to hear what his guests think of the food. >> ultimately you're a performer. it's as if you were going on stage. you're vulnerable. you have to keep it up, just like in the theater. and there are some great moments which really give you a kick and after which you go to

the trees serve as a habitat not only for the night heron, but for the robins and other songbirds. here is another shot. it is not such a great photo. and then one more. the reason i have this one up is because you can kind of see where the trees stop, and you really do get the effect of what it is going to look like when they take out that whole row of trees moving down the block their. -- there. we really think this is a needlessly aggressive proposal. it is not consistent with the san francisco tree ordinance. it indicates that trees should be preserved wherever possible. if trees are being removed for hazard, they should be removed for imminent hazard. we have put in a report from an arborist indicating that the number of these trees have good structure and are not in any imminent danger of coming down. in fact, the

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the two initially ran into each other a short time earlier at the red robin restaurant, where sanchez cuesed nasmeh of his sister's murder. jeanine harms has been missing since 2001. may was in custody over her murder but was later released. >> the suspect retrieved a handgun and shot the victim. the suspect then went out into the parking lot, and as officers arrived, they heard a single gunshot so they went over to investigate that gunshot, and found the suspect deceased in the parking lot from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: maurice nasmeh has long insisted his innocence in jeanine harms' disappearance. he was out drinking with her the night before she disappeared. as for last night's shooting, police are trying to determine if sanchez was stalking nasmeh or they made by coincidence. >> terry: a soldier from danville has died in afghanistan. 47-year-old major evan moldike died last wednesday in a noncom bat related incident. he had been in afghanistan for a year and was supposed to come back home in just two weeks. he is survived by his wife and two teenagers.

maybe a little robin's on the wall. >> very nice, lynn. >> her prized possession. this bulldog. >> she can get a padded helmet with flowers. >> put it in her powder room. >>> well, this comes from nbc 6 in miami, florida, where one proud dad is passing out his love for the game to his daughter. a basketball referee for the past 40 year, but the 67-year-old says it's time to hang up the whistle, but he got to spend what could be his final day on the court with his daughter lindsay at his side. he's proud that she's following in his footsteps and as her biggest fan now plans to cheer her on from the stands. that's a great story. isn't it, bill? >> it is. you take after your dad? >> i played basketball, my dad as well, but i was terrible at it. you can give me credit for that? right. >> you got in your back pocket. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> here's new meaning to spin cycle. a michigan woman turned her laundry lint into a replica of the last supper. the 14 foot long, 4 foot tall spin on

. >> in national news, robin manuals hopes of being elected mayor of chicago next month are still alive. here looking at an official ballot to hear you see robert manual these ballots still had his name terry had a court has ordered that election officials may not print any more of these ballots, they have to wait until this thing is resolved. i day after the appeals court ruled in manual does not need residency requirements. now the supreme court has agreed to hear this case and manual is arguing he absolutely did not abandon his presidency. >> i served like the federal lot like the law says, i was a congressman two years ago from the north side city of chicago. i served in president barack obama is chief of staff i still own a home, we have a lot of things that will likely property-tax is there a vote from there. >> the election is set for february 22nd so they have to do what something on this quickly. this is in campaigning recently with bill clinton. state supreme court justices have agreed to expedite the case. we now know for sure built up pressure in a natural gas line and numbe

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when i went in and kathy bates called my name, i thought it was going to go to robin williams or warned 80. -- or warren beaty. i did not have a speech. i said "thank you very much," and that was it. it was fun. tavis: what happened, when you think of the uncertainty. navigate your way forward when you think about the project and it does not work out? you think it is going to be well received and it is not? >> i do not think that far. the chance could be 50/50, or not at all. but i do my best. in one of the film is, i go on the road and to the talks like i am now. tavis: which we appreciate, by the way. what kind of doubts did you have, if any, or just unease about comparisons that might be made between "the silence of the lambs" and "the rite," where you are performing exorcisms. did you think about comparisons? >> the first time i got the script, i did not bother to read it. i did not want to do it. my agent said to think about it. i met the director. we did it. all i can say is that personally i enjoyed every moment of the day. i will look back and that time with great nostalgia. it

his brother, robin, used to date michelle wie. now he's kind of looking like the geico caveman. time to ask a tough question. >> do you think montae ellis will be an all-star? >> i tell you, jessica, i think montae ellis should be an all-star. >> coach, what is the key to winning tonight? >> the key to winning tonight? we've got to score more points tonight. >> reporter: being a reporter these days really requires telling people what you've seen the minute you've seen it. that's where twitter comes in. you're own account. and jessica kept her betweens in the know with updates throughout the contest leading up to the postgame. >> was it a special win today? >> very special. martin luther king day. and then to get a win for the home crowd it's a great opportunity. >> reporter: all in all, it was another great mlk day full of many dreams come true and a warriors' win. take it from here. >> jessica valid, nbc bay area sports. >> jessica, you're a star. you are hired. tomorrow, though, back to school at northern lights elementary in oakland. >>> sharks, big day, historical day for

ukrainian to pull off with the shock of the damn self knocking out fourth seed twice french open finest robin so darling after a moment the five setter no such worries for david for earth were number seven sci fi into the waters at the expense of canadian milosz round match. let's talk golf nonis being a weekend to remember for jonathan ross the venice willing clinching his first p.g.a. tour victory following neil biting finale at the bob hope classic in california after five tough runs could have wrapped up the win on the day with this putt but the miss meant to be off as fellow overnight leader gary woodland and bill haas also finished off on twenty seven on the. boss was eliminated on the first extra hole on the pressure seemed to get to woodland on the second half seizing the initiative with a. thirty foot put country first win i think the us. and we know know who will be slugging it out for super bowl honors this year the green bay packers and the pittsburgh steelers tench in the n.f.c. and a.f.c. titles respectively on sunday events of course he refused how the night unfolded. but. that