these are pictures that we have that comes out of colorado and this is around blackhawk county. they have 48 inches in the last three days. yeah, that's four feet of snow if you do the math there. bolder coming in at 22 1/2. denver, colorado, the three day total, 15.9. that is a three day record for them. right? and also a daily record for yesterday. yesterday alone they had about a foot and a half. >> fantastic if you're having fun in the snow. >> exactly. i-70 was closed yesterday. today we're looking at parts of i-70 and i-80 is where the brunt of this storm is. we have winter storm warnings for nebraska into iowa where 6 to 11 inches total can be expected. we're already over nine in omaha. des moines has a couple inches on the ground there. that will all be winding down for tomorrow. the southern end of this has been the flooding rains. take a look at the pictures we have for you out of texas. lots of flooding. five to seven inches estimated. this is outside of the college station area. yeah, more flading rains can be expected to day across parts of louisiana and well as int

pass off blackhawk stick and look at the replay. olson l my bad. knocking in his own goal. 12th of the year shark leading late in the third. 4-3. forget the superbowl champion giants new york now belongs to jeremy lyn lynn. knicks sudden star faced kobe and lakers>> i don't know n too much. >> let me show you kobe. lynn resumes in the garden opening minutes. jeremy knocks down the jumper. 360 spin. i love fisher. but lingerie is somewhere in the lane, brother. lynn had 18 points at the half. he was not done. from way downtown. bang. contrary high 38. for jeremy lynn along with 7 assist. nick bug to the new boy king. leading the knicks to the fourth straight victory. 92-85. this is craz crazy. he was nowhere. no where. he couldn't even get -- it's fantastic. he's the tebow of the fba. hav harvard. >> very smart and skilled. >> good for him cool. >> absolutely. >> that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00. for all of us here, thanks so much for watching. appreciate your time and hope to see you again in an hour over on the big 7 o

once we lose that wind. 71 in dublin, 72 for blackhawk. look at your coastal temperatures. 67 in pacifica. 75 today in san francisco. we drop off 5 to 8 degrees tomorrow. then as we head throughout the weekend we really start to plummet, 62 by saturday, sunday low 60s, then the 50s return for the start of next week. we'll see a series of systems bass to the north and maybe a few showers on monday. >> folk, down to the south again, give you a shot check. footh drive all of these spots, morgan hill, gilroy, 87, the volume building but a lot of schools are off. that's why we're seeing a lighter flow. not all schools are off. looking along the bay shore. a little slowing earlier but that has cleared. let's jump across from the north bay. we see the golden gate bridge with a clear view right now. winds might be a case as well as east bay hills so keep in that mind. gusty at times throughout the day. bay ridge you have no wind advisory. it's starting to show a little backup in the cash lanes. the east shore freeway, it's only temporary at the to

captain joe thornton passing off a blackhawks's stick. look at the replay. dillon olson knocked it in his own goal. thornton gets credit. histhth year. 3-2 game. third period, winchester and ben ferrio in front. his fourth game-winning goal this season. the sharks hand chicago their ninth straight road loss. a 5-3, sharks win. >>> the jeremy linn story continues to amaze. the palo alto native taking over new york. last night he lit up kobe bryant and the lakers. kobe said he didn't know much about the linn guy. kobe, let your education begin." li movement n knocks down the three early on. should we call it linn-sane? charlie sheen would call it linning. you could go to super linntendo. whatever it is, linn undressed derek fisher there. would you believe a career high 38 points and 7 assists for jeremy linn. the fans call him the boy king of new york leading the knicks to their fourth straight win. 92-85, the final. >> i didn't know how it would end up. this has been a wild week for me and the team. i mean obviously you hope for the best and prepare for the w

they play the chicago blackhawks around 7:30, hp pavillion, so again could see some delays later on this evening. from the south bay we'll get a check of the north bay. that southbound 101 ride all our speeds are still over 40 miles per hour. so yeah, we can definitely call it "friday light" so far this morning. that's it for your friday morning commute. back to you guys. >> we like "friday light." thank you. >>> the man accused of shooting a federal agent in newark apparently had an obsession with the victim's wife. today 61-year-old dennis bagwell from piedmont is expected to enter a plea. court documents say that the suspect had been stalking the victim's wife who was a student of his last year. 61-year-old robert suplik is in serious condition after the attack outside his home on tuesday morning. >>> gop presidential candidates hoping to deliver today. >> why today marks one of the biggest events on the calendar. plus a change of heart. a bay area hospital will help an illegal immigrant with a kidney transplant. >> when i touched my neck, it wasn't there. >> flushed away. a north bay

over to the east bay, pleasanton, blackhawk, castro valley, 59. 58 in hayward and 57 in alameda. across the peninsula, mid to upper 50s tomorrow. starting off cloudy with the marine layer. the sun will breakthrough by the afternoon. santa rosa to 51. small craft advisory. waves could top seven feet. on that seven hi-day forecast. still sun saturday and sunday. a chance of drizzle late on sunday night and a few sprinkles possible on monday. jessica was talking about by kin a weather. is it going to happen? look at this. i don't know. low 70s seems good. pretty warm in the sun. need the spf 30 or better heading into wednesday and thursday, looks like the warmest day of the week with low 70s inland. widespread low 70s. we may be trending towards mid 70s. where we could have a string of record setting highs. so it's not so unusual. how warm we have been. it's definitely not where we should be. >> february the middle of winter. >> thanks, jeff. let's get to sports. >>> the really smiling going into a holiday weekend. >> henry. >> henry wofford. >> you have time off, henry? >> i don't.

. >> finally, help arrives in the form of a national guard blackhawk helicopter. after several painful attempts to secure alex in the safety harness, he successfully is airlifted out. >> once they got me into the helicopter, they flew me out of the gorge and landed on top of the road, and they rolled me from one helicopter to another helicopter, and at that point i got to see my brother for the second time that morning, and it was really cool to see him again. >> with a compound fracture in his femur, a shattered patella, a broken hip and the insides of his knee exposed, alex is in really bad shape. >> when i got to the hospital, they rushed me in, i had about six to ten doctors working on me. i could see bones sticking out, i could see skin and blood and it was it was unbelievably painful. i couldn't believe that i had survived the jump. when i watch the footage, i see that i'm really just not focusing on what i'm doing. i'm sort of all over the place. if i could go back there, i would, you know, try to -- i wouldn't jump. >> for alex, the recovery is long and pa

i did "spy who loved me," "blackhawk down." >> and he serves as a flight safety expert. >> my job is to go around to shows and make certain they are safe, and watch the other pilots. >> what he's most famous for is helicopter aerobatic flying. since 1986, dennis has been a leading competitor, winning the world championship in 1992. >> one of the cups behind me is for the first place. >> dennis' skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. >> as dennis takes off, he's aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. >> the air park had two things going for it. it was high and it was hot, 96 degrees that day. >> both those factors s

captain joe joe thornton passinf a blackhawks's stick. look at the replay. dillon olson knocked it in his own goal. thornton gets credit. 3-2 game. third period, winchester and ben fairio in front. his fourth game-winning goal this season. the sharks hand chicago their ninth straight road loss. a 5-3, sharks win. >>> the jeremy lynn story continues to amaze. the palo alto native taking over monk the lit up kobe bryant and the lacquers. he said he didn't know much about the linn guy. he knocks down the three early on. should we call it linn-sane? charlie sheen would cull it linnin catch. you could go to super linntendo. 1 points and 7 assists for jeremy linn. the fans call him the boy king of new york leading the knicks to their fourth straight win. 92-85, the final. >> i didn't anyhow it would end up. this has been a child week for me and the team. i mean obviously you hope for the best and prepare for the worst. i'm just thankful it turned out the way it did. >> it is unbelievable right now for jeremy linn. mike shumann will have all of your pebble beach hi

even the low 70s. 68 danville. 66 blackhawk. 66 is expected in castro valley. the north bay, 70 in santo rosa. 65 pacifica. 66 in half moon bay. extra caution with the rough seas as we'll have all this sunshine, may have you taking a dip out in the pacific. as for tomorrow, we'll look at numbers inland in the low 70s. as we head throughout friday, a slight chance of an isolated shower. dry for saturday. the best day of the weekend. you'll see as we head into sunday, there's a slight chance of showers for the evening lasting into monday morning. a weaker system for tuesday night into wednesday morning. so this all bode well for the water here, a few more drops. we could use a lot more. this is what we're getting. also, yes, for valentine's day. nothing more romantic than a few showers on you and your love and your love. >> we'll all be here. >>> it's become one of the most high profile cycling events in the world and it's rolling through the bay area in a few months. the new twist and turns forhi ts year's amgen tour of california were announced today. the week-

about 57 in blackhawk, across the water we're forecasting about 58 degrees in san francisco. plenty of sunshine for the second half of the day. so, it's 5:09, still a lot of areas dealing with the aftermath of yesterday's showers, puddles out there ponding. what are we working with? >> all of that and yet no major issues as far as accidents because the traffic is light right now. we'll watch as things get more crowded, about 5:30, 6:00. the peninsula getting less populated as well. because the road crew just cleared from embarcadero road. the off ramp also getting to leave early this valentine's day for that crew on the bay shore. bottom of the screen, southbound around 85, we've seen both directions with little blips here and there as more folks likely hit the road. highway 4 not a problem. 55 showing up in antioch. and tuesdays we expect a heavier flow of traffic. that might kick off early this morning. a live look outside shows you sunol where there's some fog, mist, no major issues for 680 as far as the traffic flow. visibility is an issue right there in that one section

in the east bay, staying on the mild side. 57 in blackhawk. across the bay, temperatures in the mid-50s in places like san francisco and only 52 degrees in pacifica. hey, tack on an extra 20 degrees and that's what we expect as we head through thursday. big time warm-up on the way to the bay area. here's how it all begins. by tuesday up to 65 degrees, 72 wednesday in places like livermore and san jose. up to 74, peak warmth on thursday. then we'll stay comfortable and dry as we head through the upcoming weekend. let's check your drive. >> the issue is wet roadways could play a factor in your commute. this will play a major factor. this accident right here, blocking access onto and off of the freeway at capitol expressway from northbound 101 or to northbound 101. our chopper has arrived on the scene. we'll show you the live pictures they have. you can see it looks like a car or van that bob was talking about went off of the roadway. all of the folks helping with the situation. sounds like one person has died and a half dozen injured as a result

east bay, 64 dublin, 57 in blackhawk. mild in places like san francisco and pacifica today with the upper 50s. things start to get a little dicey as we head into this weekend. our next best chance for rain will be sunday and it looks like areas north of the golden gate bridge have the best chance of seeing that action. now sunday into monday we get a stronger round of rain. whether or not it is enough to continue the construction closure on the bay bridge, hopefully we'll have an answer by our 11:00 a.m. broadcast. >> still awaiting word from caltran. >>> folks, in livermore we still have an accident, westbound 580 and airway. only one lane remains blocked now, the other three are cleared from the earlier injury accident. the fast lane is blocked but that's compressing all the traffic approaching. still 25 minutes. you catch a break anywhere west of airway heading towards 680. hopefully the last of those lanes should be cleared in the next 15 to 20 minutes. >>> the south bay moving smoothly but we'll see slowing northboun

we still have a month of winter left. 72 in blackhawk today. 72 degrees in san francisco, versus 79. that's the forecasted high in ft. lauderdale, florida today. we don't have to deal with the humidity, we still have the warmth. it is going to be gorgeous and our weather for the next two days, the envy of the nation. we cool off and get some showers sunday, into monday. >>> let's check your drive with mike. >> folks, we'll take you over to the bay bridge and the approach. first thing to ♪ is that disabled rig that was reported on the upper deck sounds like it is clearing from the area right around treasure island. i don't know if they're using the off-ramp or moving over to san francisco. all i know is lanes are going to be cleared hopefully in a couple of minutes. that created an early back-up in addition to a couple of others. our chopper in the area, coming down the east shore freeway shows a good number of cars heading down through the area. speeds okay in spots but as we get you back to the maps we'll show you how this breaks down for interstate 80. slowing right around pinole

army who was involved in the mission of "blackhawk down" the movie and he's part of a new mission called get it on. thanks for your service, number one. number two, are you disturbed or heartened by the attention special operators like yourselves are getting now? >> well, first of all, it's always good to see the special operations community getting the attention they deserve because they're not going to be the ones that stand up and say, hey, look at me, because basically, they're called quiet professionals. so it's good to see them getting that kind of recognition as long as you keep it in check. >> do you believe it's in check now? >> yeah, i think so. i'd like to think the folks, the team members to the chain of command inside the white house, i think they're pretty smart people. they know their lives are on the line. i hope they don't say things that could put them in jeopardy. >> former secretary of defense came out during -- right after the bin laden operation and says when they left the situation room, they all agreed no details would be revealed and then the president went ahead

blackhawk tim dell to tell >>mark: the near josh fataal and with this. the giants have won two tour titles in the last five years. while coming up at set and 30 how a and all social you more new-line how a far different could is trustee nosh--a far different seen in boston who had a lot of rowdy crowds. several arrests were made. >>darya: taking a look at national news, a man suspected hall gashouse where fast-to have taken his life and the life of is to boys. the children were brought to this humphreys supervised visit, when he tried to leave them and drag the the boys inside and locked the case worker out. moments later a fiery last level of the house. they believe he was responsible for the murder of the boy's mother fall though her body has never been found fifth >>mark: the dow jones is down to 32 points right now. of greece missed another deadline in their plan where rescue has driving the market's lower. hoover he right back as the kron4 inhabit. 680 southbound is bumper-to- bumper the. a cold start to the morning. and in and it should be a fairly

he played for the chicago blackhawks. 1973 made $270,000, when the average player salary was 25 grand. >> and moving on here, we have sergei fedorov, made the highest salary at 14 million back there in '99. the average player's salary then just about 1.3 million. >> and the great one, wayne gretzky, his highest salary was in 1991. believe it or not, he never eclipsed 3 mill. he is a very large name. but the average player salary in '91, 271 grand in the nhl. >> back to baseball now, the one and only ted williams, left fielder, highest salary back in 1954 was just 100,000 bucks. but back then the average player's salary was just $9,000. >> let's go to the novel. joe montana. highest salary, 4 million in 1990, when the average player salary was 356. of course, he spent 16 years in the nfl. last two years were with the chiefs, but of course everyone remembers him in that jersey right there. >> jerry rice, joe montana. who can forget that? number 4, mario lemieux coming in at $11.32 million. this was back in 1997. the average player salary then was $984,000. >> ty cobb. this is what i lov

he joins us live from mogadishu where blackhawk down happened. what are you seeing today, ollie? >> what you're seeing right behind me is a commuter jet. a commuter jet between here and mogadishu, somalia and kenya. it comes in every morning and goes back every night using american tax dollars to international communities who are here to help the people of somalia. i make that observation because that jet isn't benefitting the people of somalia one bit. but today, we got to go with those troops from the african union actually ugandan eighth battle group out over the same terrain that blackhawk down occurred back in 1993. just take a look at some of this footage. this is the ground that those remarkable soldiers fought on, 19 years ago this october. this is the terrain that they bled on. and, of course, this is now terrain that's been captured by these african union troops. remarkable thing of it is they have made a commitment in blood and in sacrifice to help this country of somalia rebuild itself. it's being done at extraordinary cost to them in both injuries and dead. it's also

megyn: you commanded the delta force in somalia in the operation that was memorialized in blackhawk down *. 36 years of service in uniform 15-minute lieutenant colonel oliver north has said that he believes you have been black listed along with others like franklin graham, tony perkins, all of whom were invited to make remarks at west point or similar places, the pentagon, ets, then had to withdraw because of pressure groups like cair. he believes it's political correctness run amok. >> i think the answer to that is obvious and i think ollie is right an is a dear friend of mine. but let me be clear to your audience. i have made clear distinctions between the muslims in america who do not support sharia law or islamic law and those like the muslim brotherhood or cair as one of their front who wants to implement sharia in america. i encouraged americans to come alongside the plus slim communities in america to stand with them and give them a voice so the only voice speaking for muslims in america is not cair and other related-type groups. i support muslims and their right to worship in ame

a storm going near blackhawk-mile-per-hour mum. it's kind of that lottery. you don't want to win the lottery tonight. let's hope your town doesn't get in the way. >> thanks very much. >>> nurses frantically struggling, as one tornado blows a hospital to pieces. our breaking news coverage will continue. [ woman ] my husband, hank, was always fun. never took life too seriously... till our son was born. that day, he bought life insurance. now there's no way i could send our boy to college without it. if there was one thing i could say to hank, it'd be "thank you." you're welcome. hey, hank. [ male announcer ] life insurance you can use while you're still living. you are one lucky lady. mm-hmm. [ male announcer ] learn more from your state farm agent today. >>> a look at this. these are live pictures from kentucky of the devastation courtesy of our affiliate w.a.v.e. you can see the destruction in that area right there. that's just one home destroyed, obviously, by this series of tornadoes that's ripping through parts of the country right now in missouri and ill

somalia, 1993, blackhawk down. no one will forget that. bosnia, 1995, could be looked at a number of different ways. afghanistan, 2001. we are still there. iraq, 2003, a trillion dollars, almost, thousands dead. it's not the easiest thing in the world. is there anything in this blueprint that can help us look forward to syria? >> at the moment, no. not in terms of military intervention. in terms of sort of covert military support by neighboring nations, and here that has to mean either lebanon or turkey, to provide a pathway for other nations. people have suggested perhaps saudi arabia would contribute weapons. perhaps qatar. the gulf arab states would contribute weapons to the opposition to overthrow assad. that's how it may come together. but over military intervention, what diplomats i've been talking to are being told by military planners, if you want to put troops on the ground, you need to crush the air capability. assad's father was in the air force. it's a very strong -- the air force is very strong. air defense is very, very stron

he was involved as a commander in the blackhawk down scenario. from 1978 to 1993, general boykin was assigned in various capacities to delta force. but delta force he oversaw the rescue of c.i.a. operative from a panamanian prison and the kaptur of manual norriega, the brutal dictator who put him in there. in colombia, our hero, jay boykin helped hunt downes cow bar and hunted war criminals in bosnia and helped hostage and helped kidnappers in el salvador and 13 years in delta force and as i mentioned, a founding member of delta force, and also ultimately later its commanding officer. in october of 1983, major boykin worked as an operations officer during operation urgent furry in grenada. during a dawn assault to free from grenada government officials held by the marxist revolution army, he was shot with a .50 caliber round splitting the bone completely in two and was told he would never use it again, but almost mere ack can you louisly, his arm healed, which boykin believed was a god thing. in october of 1993, colonel boykin was in command of t

in 1982, beirut, where we lost 224 marines. 1993 in somalia, disastrous blackhawk down. 1995 in bosnia. certain successes there. 2011, in afghanistan, it is ongoing and troublesome. iraq, 2003, needless to say a trillion dollars and thousands dead. and now 2011, libya, certainly a success story in terms of cost and effect. is there anything that we can take from that list and apply to syria? >> you know, right now, i think, ashleigh, we have to understand that there is no power, not even turkey, which borders syria that is prepared to use military force to bring down assad. now that could change over time. it may change. but right now they're talking about a syria contact group, the arab league, european union, turkey, the united states, some other like-minded countries, that would try to put maximum pressure on assad through various sorts of sanctionses, diplomatic isolation, the like. but we put soldiers in lebanon, marines in lebanon and we lost 241 marines in one bombing alone. so, you know, syria is a much larger and more complex society. it's very, very dangerous to put the troop

. >> he was assigned to blackhawk helicopters. >> it was rough, but it was do-able. i was honored he could serve our country. i did what i need today do to keep the home front together. >> it is great. our son is 2 years old. he was so excited when daddy came home. now he won't leave them alone. now it is great to have the family back together. >> as part of their welcome home, soldiers in the aviation maintenance unit were honored with an awards ceremony at the aberdeen proving ground. and as each soldier across the state is recognized, proud families snap pictures across the crowd. >> it is great to get recognition for my service. i am definitely hanging at home. >> it is nice to take time out to honor the soldiers serving the country and to let them know that we do, you know, appreciate them giving them their lives for our safety. >> sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> still ahead, changes in the way police communicate when they are on duty. why they say the switch will make things simpler. >> and why 10,000 nebraskaians are without power. more on the storms that w

. >> let's bring in our squawk market master, bob doll, chief strategist at blackhawk and larry grafstein, you think you could have nailed that catch? >> no. >> steve could have nailed that catch. you would have had both feet in? >> i know we have to bring bob doll in but eli manning throws passes to places most people don't conceive of. >> do you give manning the credit for that, the passer or manning him the credit, the catch with fwoboth feet. >> two to tango. you got to throw it and be there. >> mr. doll i am going to take the conversation in another direction, ben i saw you last it was about a week ago you suggested the market might be getting overheated, you were going to take your foot off its gas a little bit and then we got a great employment number on friday. the markets continued to go up. how has this changed, our view, we can also talk football if you'd prefer, this might be a better answer. >> it takes two to tango i'll vote in that camp. last monday i said the market seems to be getting a little tired, may take a pause but we've not seen the high for the year. there's still

common blackhawks return annually to their nest in the tree beneath which i drank my morning coffee and give thanks for the blessed of living in such natural splendor. i've never in my life loved a place more. and when my public life is over, i will spend the remainder of my days there giving thanks and enjoying the happiness of belonging to someplace so beautiful and smaller and so intimate than a nation that spans a continent. the state of arizona is at a centennial. 100 years of dreams won and lost and sought again, of progress and struggle and resilience. it's a rough and tumble history, colorful, heroic, bold and inspiring. like the character of the people who made it, you'll see it celebrated appropriately in the splendid book that i referred to earlier. and you'll glimpse the future that today's arizonans, the dreamers, risk takers, lovers of freedom, captivated by the stunning landscapes and resilient enterprising communities that have worked their magic on them will build. it will be a future worthy of our predecessor's achievements and legacies, a future of adversity overcome