because lonnie is in houston. at the ncaa. lonnie, set the scene for us. what's going on over there? >> all right. i'm in a place called trackate town which has everything to do with the final four as far as the history. all four schools involved. it's really more than that. it's a huge convention center. very close to the stadium where they're going to be playing the games. it's a lot of fun right here. one of the things you can do as you walk around. let me get my little souvenir that anybody can get this, all right. now my home state, connecticut, i've got to tell you the uconn huskies will be pulling out their secret weapons in the game against kentucky. you can get your own, your very own basketball card made. this was lonnie. can you see that? lonnie "hoops" quinn. >> number 15. >> is that really you spinning a ball on your finger? >> well, you know what? you know what -- >> it's cgi. >> i'm going to say yes. >> funny you should say that. >> i've got to tell you honestly, betty, they took about 25 takes to get to where i could actually do it. >> good

rebecca, over to you. >> lonnie, thank you. up next we're taking a look at the decision to delay the launch of the space shuttle "endeavour." how might it affect the health of congresswoman gabrielle giffords? we'll ask that question of an expert right here on "the early show" on cbs. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. hey! hey! hey! that's our snack machine. you should try something new. activia parfait crunch! crunchy granola you mix right in to creamy and delicious activia yogurt. mmm! crunchy! and creamy! watch your

another time, to check the weather with lonnie. speaking of 48 hours, it's been rough in the past 48 hours when it comes to weather. >> quick question for you, as well. what's your favorite season? >> summer. >> summer. okay. >> because a lot of people are going to say the springtime. and this is right in line with what you were saying the last 48 hours, of course, we're into springtime now. the spring is beautiful. things are coming back to life. so many people love the spring. but spring can also be dangerous and right now in this country, we are dealing with tornadoes, and with wildfires. now as part of the wildfires in texas, it's being fueled by a really tough march that we just finished up. do you realize march, the state of texas, the driest month in the history of keeping records in texas. the whole month picked up 0.03 of an inch of rain outside of midland texas. you combine that with a typically windy springtime and the fire threat continues. as you take a look at the tornado situation, here's the front that passed throug

lonnie quinn. guess where he is? he's in houston, texas. the site of tonight's ncaa final four with our first check of the weather. tough assignment. >> you know what? somebody has to draw the short straw. it was me. you know, i know it's a cliche, but 70,000 fans here in houston for the ultimate in college basketball. i'm talking about the final four. game number one has butler, little old butler taking on little old vcu. game number two, uconn taking on kentucky. you will have a little guy taking on a behemoth of basketball in the championship. i've got more on that coming up. right now let's get right to your weather because there's a lot going on out there.

lonnie quinn joins us for that. good morning, lonnie. >> good morning to you, betty. right to my weather headlines. here's how i see it out there. it will be chilly and wet today in the northeast. take a look at the south, though. it's going to be feeling more like july 4th than an easter weekend and strong storms sparking up in the tennessee valley. this is the area i'm talking about. it's the ohio valley, the tennessee valley. even the possibility today, okay, now granted it's a moderate risk, but there is a moderate chance for tornadoes to be kicked up once again, the same line that made its push through the st. louis area, and you know what it did there around the airport. for little rock, kentucky, canton, ohio, you are on alert. large hail, gusty winds a possibility. >> this weather segment sponsored by the u.s. postal service. >> would you look at that. the u.p. of michigan seeing a little bit of snow. upper level snow falling out there right now. rebecca, over to you. >>> as christians around the world celebrate easter this weekend, "60 minutes" has a fascinat

lonny and you. >> all of our information we share with our partners. so, another example as a university, we are able to do indepth study on homicides. many of you have already heard the results. we were able to come up with the data 58 percent of happens within a small radius. there are tiny pockets. if we can target as the chief said. they are the same folks shooting each other. if we can target them and have community and law enforcement we can make a difference. >> chief, any plan on expanding that in a way that david was speaking just now? >> i think that's a direction we would like to take. i like the notion of making better use of the schools and having schools stay open later and having the schools as a reporting centers. and having the probation officers at these centers. we don't have to call the kids in. they will come in naturally. that's the goal we see. i ran this 20 years ago and called in kids on intensive probation in chicago. and we would call them in on saturday. have an exam. have programs where the kids would perform. a >> would co

the teller of the weather, lonnie quinn. >> i like the title. here's the deal, we're doing okay in our area. but we've got some weather highlights we want to point out. snow is melting in the northern plains. you just heard from betty about the red river. so watch that. snow is falling over in the southern rockies. i'm talking a lot of snow. 1 to 3 feet for the higher elevations. temperatures rising in augusta. let's check in on the masters forecast. there's a high pressure system around the gulf of mexico. now what that's doing, well it's pulling in a southerly wind. high temperatures today in the 80s and 90s at the masters. you're going to max out at around 89 degrees. 10 to 15 degrees above normal. we have a front pushing through the midwest. it will intensify tomorrow. >> everybody, you make it a great day wherever you are today, and if you are here in new york city with my friends jeff and rebecca, temperatures around 60 degrees, a lot of sunshine. >> get outside. >> master teller of the weather. >> countdown to the royal wedding. 20 days l

lonnie poole: the final result was this neat little canoe behind this boy scout car with the flames and all of the scout colors-- the blue and the gold of the cubs, the red and the beige of the boy scouts all blended together, and it was truly a thing of beauty. the only problem was it was in florida, and the auction was gonna be held in scottsdale, arizona. flames look really good, but that's a little past my skill level. right now, i'm gonna be schooled on how to find the right gun for the job. i am here with wayne today. he is our spray gun expert. and, wayne, i have been doing a couple projects here and there, and i'm not the best painter in the whole world. so i'm hoping you brought some products with you today that kinda will help me out and make my projects a little bit nicer. okay. sure, megan. this has some nice features. it's available with three different fluid tips. so a lot of the painters choose the 1.8 fluid tip to start with their primer, with their ground coat on the vehicle. this is a top coat gun, and this comes with three different air cap capabilities. we have the b

. >> thank you lonny. >> we'll be back with tonight's questionment ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, introducing the thunderbolt by htc. immense power. scorching speed. the first phone strong enough to run on the fastest, most advanced 4g network in america. >>> well, it's definitely not your run of the mill movie theater. greeten wants to know what happened to all the bay area great single screen movie theaters? that's tonight's good question. san francisco's castro theater will turn 90 next year. it's one of the few movie houses sharing a movie on its single screen. >> we have over 30 film festivals and they do form the core, the base for this theater. >> don's family has owned the cash since it was built back when moo lees were silent. film sting alongs and live shows. keep the castro going today. in an era where it is more profitable to own a multiplects than a single screen. >> you are limited with one screen. if we were to show a first round film, then the speaker is stuck. >> it was bit as a theater. >> well here's something you had never see. this has not been shown on tv for almost f 0 years. it's the

. >> thank you lonny. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, it's definitely not your run of the mill movie theater. greeten wants to know what happened to all the bay area great single screen movie theaters? that's tonight's good question. san francisco's castro theater will turn 90 next year. it's one of the few movie houses sharing a movie on its single screen. >> we have over 30 film festivals and they do form the core, the base for this theater. >> don's family has owned the cash since it was built back when moo lees were silent. film sting alongs and live shows. keep the castro going today. in an era where it is more profitable to own a multiplects than a single screen. >> you are limited with one screen. if we were to show a first round film, then the speaker is stuck. >> it was bit as a theater. >> well here's something you had never see. this has not been shown on tv for almost f 0 years. it's the back wall of the castro theater. a screen was erected to show movies. with 1400 seats, what's old has become new ben. >> it's really a performing arts theater rather than a movie theater. we see

lonnie soul wished his doctors had. we spoke to him after he went on surgery for his right knee but came out with doctors operating on his left. >> it makes me mad. i got two bad knees, two knees that don't work. >> reporter: and these are costly errors. one study estimating medical mistakes cost the u.s. more than $17 billion a year. diane? >> all right, sharyn alfonsi, thank you. >>> and now we turn to the nail-biting negotiations in washington. anxious federal workers protested as the deadline drew closer. both sides are quick to blame each other. and in what is now a battle over just a few ball dollars. so, with so much at stake, what's really holding things up? jon karl spent the day on capitol hill getting answers. >> reporter: on capitol hill, a partisan meltdown. >> the reason we did not shut it down is because -- >> house will come to order. gentleman will suspend. >> cut spending to begin getting our fiscal house in order and to keep -- >> reporter: they even disagree about what they disagree about. democrats

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consultant lonnie grayson has more than trimmed his staff. >> we're trending 30% above this year. >> reporter: david simms' catering business is sizzling. but 13.5 million americans are still out of work, some for more than two years. the jobless rate for blacks is twice the national average. >> we are saying jobs, jobs, jobs. >> reporter: the weak housing market can keep some job seekers from relocating, unable to sell their homes. also of co

police released these photos and eight women who may have been killed by lonnie junior. >>> a new mexico man could face charges for failing to report a death. police say the man drove to an emergency room yesterday with the body of a 33-year-old woman prop under in the passenger seat. he asked hospital staff to come outside and help his sick friend. hospital staff say they could tell by the smell that the woman had been dead for at least 24, 36 hours. >>> police are defending their use of pepper spray on an 8- year-old boy. it happened in february in suburban city near denver. the boy started throwing a violent temper tantrum and police say he had ripped some of the wood trim off the wall. >> i wanted to make something sharp so it they came out so mad. >> a police spokesman said the officers had no choice but to speller -- pepper spray him. the police have been calmed -- called to the school for his behavior, his mother said. >>> big news for silicon valley, the announcement that will lead to hundred of new jobs. >>> how some california school kids are getting a taste for the restaurant

patrick please lonnie and narrates the show. and the character named frans played by travis locker. >> thank you. what a rocking show this is. >> good times. can you say something frans? >> (german accent) goo dmorning san fransicos >> jan: >> was this about? >> it is during the 1980's. with sex, drugs, rock and roll. it is a little bit of everything. it is the best escape from reality >> something going on all the time. hey, big hair, guitarist, everything is big it is awesome! >> funny, appealing to some of the different people. >> no doubt. >> jan: it has a real basic political story. that has to do with the character of fronts as father. >> the question of identification of the sunset strip to identification--and it is protesting gentrification--for >> jan: 4 about the music? you love queen. >> i love queen. and it is the music of the 1980's. styx, reo speedwagon, bon jovi and >> jan: start investing in the characters because i wanted your character to be okay. i knew that i would see it eventually but i just did not want an

lonnie wished his doctors had. we spoke to him after he went in for surgery on his right knee, but came out with doctors operating on his left. >> it makes me mad. i got two bad knees that don't work. >> they are costly errors. one study estimates these kinds of medical mistakes cost the u.s. more than $17 billion a year. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> the case against a convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping jaycee dugard took a surprising turn. phillip garrido was expected to plead guilty in a hearing yesterday. instead, he pleaded not guilty. his attorney filed a last minute challenge to how the grand jury that indicted him was selected. jaycee dugard was finally freed after 18 years in captivity. >>> barry bonds' fate is now in the hands of a federal jury. more than three years after he was indicted and 12 days of testimony, there's nothing for the baseball slugger to do now but wait. closing arguments lasted the entire day. diana alvear has the story. >> reporter: barry bonds made his way into

lonnie franklin is already charged in connection to murders of ten women. the potential new victims were identified from photos found in his refrigerators. >>> we're hearing for the first time from the family of a san francisco giants fan beaten outside dodgers stadium in los angeles on opening day. beaten so badly, he remains in a coma. our ryan owens is in los angeles with the latest. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, juju. the victim has now been in this hospital for nearly a week. and doctors have warned his family, he may never wake up. giants fan, bryan stow, had a feeling something bad was about to happen. even before he left dodgers stadium. >> for such a terrible event to happen, it's just outrageous. >> reporter: his cousin said he sent a text message, he was scared inside the stadium. minutes before he walked to the parking lot and was savagely attacked from behind. >> we just want him to wake up. >> reporter: l.a. police release these sketches of two, young dodger fans who reportedly yelled how much they hated the san francis

lonnie thompson, is said to have spent more time at high altitude than any other scientist in the world. >> smith: how will warming affect the people that live on either side of the himalayan range? >> you can think of glaciers as water towers. they kind of store water in the wet season and during the wet times, and they disperse it during the dry season and the dry times. and they do that for free. you go down in these valleys, and they're really dry parts of the world except for the water that's coming from the glaciers and from the higher elevation sites. >> smith: for now, the melting glaciers are bringing more water to these slopes. but it's a mixed blessing. more water has attracted more settlers and thrown their environment out of balance. >> ( translated ): as the population has increased, deforestation also has increased. so our cattle have less food. and are giving off less milk. >> smith: and what's happening here will not just hurt these farmers. >> what really makes our time so different, i mean, you know, you hear the people talk about, you know, "oh, we've had these huge