i'm tucker perkins with your halfpipe preview >> todd: 21-year-old tucker perkins is used to these conditions. this is what it's like to be on a superpipe >> luke: a great angle of it indeed. look at that cork right there. that's him going inverted. spinning a 900 right there. just to see it from up high, get to check out this pipe in a little bit better light as it was when this was filmed, a beautiful thing. he's way up there, look for big stuff from him throughout the day. tucker perkins, looks like he qualified in second -- not in second place, right around fifth place mark. >> todd: our thanks to tucker perkins, giving us a beautiful shot of the 22-foot superpipe here at killington, vermont. well, the women's competition took place earlier with heavy hearts. as all of our six finalists remembering sarah burke and what she means and what she meant to sports. but in the end it was maddy bowman, south lake tahoe, came away with top honors. >> luke: the big 900 up top. speaking of up top, all these girls have had those memories of being up at the top of the superpipe with sarah, getting all

perkins is under -- perkins is like 6 foot 11. 250 and griffin just powers right through him. that is nasty. that was sick. that was wonderful. griffin had 22. clippers beat o kc 112-100. that is your toyota sports report. >> p.e. scored the basket. >> that was impressive. >> same thing to another guy last year. now perkins has been poster. >> get out of the way. >> get out of my way. >> "nightline"up next. >> have a great night everyone the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today.

perkins is under -- perkins is like 6 foot 11. 250 and griffin just powers right through him. that is nasty. that was sick. that was wonderful. griffin had 22. clippers beat o kc 112-100. that is your toyota sports report. >> p.e. scored the basket. >> that was impressive. >> same thing to another guy last year. now perkins has been poster. >> get out of the way. >> get out of my way. >> "nightline"up next. @@qh$ ú afternoon, demonstrators put up a huge blue tarp at one park. police said they were enforcing a camping ban but only by reminding the occupiers that it's illegal to sleep at the encampments. there were no arrests. so really what was the point of that? >> a fair enough question. >>> also a lot of questions on this story as well. the florida highway patrol is under fire this morning for its decision to reopen an interstate near gainesville just before that deadly series of crashes. as the governor now orders an investigation into that decision, we are learning some new details about that fatal pileup. with more on this, here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the ver

and that is that tony perkins who was a major mover and shaker in this meeting. he's head of the family research council, as you know. he said that this group of conservatives would give strong support to santorum, gingrich or perry if they got the nomination. your guy's missing from that formulation. do you think if mitt romney is nominated by the republican party, if he gets enough delegates, that evangelicals, conservative christians, will sit on their hands? >> i don't think so. by the way, i worked with tony perkins and some of those people on other issues. i'm convinced that we will come together. and there's no doubt in my mind. and, again, i understand the viewpoint and the priorities of the evangelical christians. but i also understand that the economy, electability and the fact that senator santorum and newt gingrich were pork barrelers and earmarkers which is, in the words of tom coburn, my colleague from oklahoma, the gateway drug to corruption. we had corruption as a result of earmarking. and that's just a matter of record. also, as we know, senator

tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one. the group doesn't think he can win. >> what they wanted to do is to make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward, securing the nomination, and winning the general election was the candidate they put their support behind. >> governor rick perry joins me now from myrtle beach, south carolina, where you're telling me the weather is great. one thing that's going well for you. i want to talk to you, though, about these social conservatives, evangelicals, christian conservatives meeting in texas and deciding their consensus candidate is rick santorum. what's your reaction to that, governor? >> well, obviously, you'd like to get every endorsement of the groups that are in line with your beliefs, but you're not going to do that. so our focus is on the people of south carolina. this morning we're going to be talking to a host of social conservatives. so we'll be reaching out directly to the south carolina voters and sharing with them our stor

. >> reporter: but greg perkins a 27 year old independent who was recently laidoff from wal-mart believes romney's business background will help him create jobs. >> i got to look for a work and it's hard now. >> reporter: four years ago perkins supported barack obama like 61% of new hampshire voters under 30. >> i was on the obama bandwagon, you know, when that rolled around. i will tell you what, point-blank, it was a disappointment. i mean everything that was supposed to happen with the economy being turned around and the change we needed, what change. >> reporter: no discussion of young voters would be complete without a discussion of ron paul. virtually every event he does las an overflow crowd of young voters. he won the youth vote in iowa and is expected to dot same thing here in new hampshire. >> it's time to try something new. and we need to get-- if it's radical maybe that is what we need right now. >> reporter: zachary, koehler a sophomore likes paul's idea tow eliminate five cabinet departments, slash defense spending and bring the troops home. >> i love his foreign policy beca

. >> joining us now tony perkins, the president of the family research counsel. tony, i said you may be at the meeting, because just before the show, i asked if you were, and you said it looks like you're going to be. >> i have some conflicts to work out. >> newt gingrich says you have to consolidate around one candidate in order to beat mitt romney. is that the way you see it? >> the numbers show that. i think what you've seen, though, primarily, across the country, mitt romney's not got about 25% in support. there's a consensus out there that the people would like a more conservative candidate for their nominee. and so there's going to be that discussion. is there the possibility of some consensus around one of those candidates that can help them in south carolina succeed? >> so it's really -- the choice is really gingrich, santorum or perry. does perry -- given perry's weakness in these last two states, is there any real chance for him emerging out of a meeting like that? the meeting's in texas, so a lot of people think, hey, hometown advantage. >> i know rick

blake griffin, dunks all over kendrick perkins. perkins is 6'10", 270. griffin does not care. in the business we call that nasty. clippers win it, 112-100. >>> how about the bulls taking on the struggling wizards? first quarter action. derrick rose finishes at the cup. nifty move. bulls up 14-8. third quarter. rose. in the lane. bulls up 70-49. how about rose again? this is the derrick rose highlights. 35 points for him. the bulls win it by ten, 98-88. >>> dwight howard and the struggling magic on the road taking on the sixers. third quarter action, andre iguodala. a season-high for him. the sixers outshot the magic 21-9 in the third quarter. that's williams putting the circumstances up 12. how about evan turner. 12 points off the bench. sixers win, 74-69. they're 11-2 at home on the season. for all your sports news, don't forget to check out the highlight express on espn news. 11:00 p.m. eastern every night. i'm ducis rodgers. >>> coming up next, "the pulse." and a look at some of the new super bowl ads. >>> and the video you havee. 145 water-skiers and just one boat. to see.

the family research council president, tony perkins, will be among them. he says attendees will hear from surrogates for all of the gop candidates and asked for whom the social conservatives will support, perkins says he's seen movement toward rick santorum. >>> a proposed spending spree could give teachers and staff at fairfax county schools reason to celebrate. the budget was announced, and it includes a 9% increase in spending. most is aimed at hiring 700 new employees, most of them teachers, to accommodate nearly 4,000 new students expected to enter the system next year. it would also unfreeze pay for current teachers and raise custodian salaries. >> i liked that they were going try and compensate the teachers more. i know that they have been waiting a long time in not getting some of the compensation that's due to them. they work very, very hard. >> summer school, which had been cut in previous years, would also return in limited form. >>> maryland public schools are celebrating this morning after being ranked number one in the nation for the fourth y

one of those religious leaders is tony perkins, president of the family research council. he joins me from houston. with the poll numbers that we've seen, can santorum get that nomination? >> well, i think that is the thinking. the leaders that were there, that it's time to get off the sidelines, move into the process and express support for the candidate that is most conservative. what happened here this weekend is that the campaigns had surrogates that came and spoke on behalf of the candidates. then there was discussion and then a series of balloting. there was passionate and enthusiastic support for rick santorum, for rick perry and for newt gingrich. in the end, what we had super majority expressing support for rick santorum. >> so was it a case of the surrogates, supporters of these candidates, it really boiled down to who made the best argument for their candidate and that's how they were able to influence the vote? or did people already have their minds made up before the surrogates walked in the room? >> no. it was a process that took place this weekend. what they

. >> tony perkins is president of the family research council and he joins me now. mr. perkins, over the weekend, there was sort of bay cirkly an attempt to unite -- basically an attempt to unite social conservatives around rick santorum. three days later, it feels like it hasn't given santorum the bump organizationally and the momentum he needs here. are you concerned about this? >> no, chuck. i think what you will see, this plays out through the process. let me say, i have not or our organization, c 3 organization have not endorsed a candidate. this weekend, when i was speaking, i was speaking for the group of evangelical social conservatives gathered in texas. they debated this process. in the end, they decided a super majority of those gathered decided to put their support behind rick santorum because he had a record of articulating the issues that were of concern to both social and economic conservatives and had a record of leading on those issues and felt the best reflected their views and values. as you pointed out, evangelical voters are a large portion of voter

kendrick perkins and aldridge got tangled up. trail blazers handed the thunder their second loss, 130 103-93. >>> that's an early look at sports on "early today." >>> which singer says she won't be an actress and which actress has been knighted by france? sflu we'll tell you about an election in iowa where afterwards all the candidates were eating. >>> welcome back to "early today." a cold morning for everyone on the east coast. winter in many cases, especially in florida and new england. a slow warm-up in areas like bost boston, new york and d.c. much improved in the midwest where temperatures are soaring near 40s. tomorrow, kansas city hits 60 degrees. so much for winter. if you're watching us on wch 6 on portland, maine, in brunswick take a rare glimpse into bowdoin college museum of art for your "early today" event of the day. >> cool. thanks, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning headlines in entertainment. reports say kaits katy perry is leaning on rihanna after her split from russ willing brand. they are plann

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edward perkins used backpage to get the word out. police found harris at a hotel near b-w-i. a textbook example of a growing problem federal agents say is thriving inn maryland. (agent) 11:11:33 maryland is a transit thruway for victims of human trafficking and those who traffic them :38 tucked away in a corner at b-w-i thurgood marshall aarport.... agents hope to educate travelers regarding the illicit activity. that surrounds them. (agent) 11:17:45 we've had cases here in this terminal where this terminal has been used as a ttafficking point general prostitution turns into trafficking when either a juvenile is involved or a victim is being fooced or coerced. stand up 13:12:26 federal agents many people are unaware that thissform of modern day lavery even exists and this neighborhood is a perfect example over the summer federrl agents raided a business at the center of a human trafficking operation center of a human traffickiig operation neighbors here tell me they had no idea.(girl from file pkg where she says it said massage parlor buut bite(homeooner no super) 13:13:34 we

tony perkins may feel unified but with newt gingrich supporters saying to the press it was rigged by the catholics, that the ballot boxes were stuffed and the vote was manipulated, being rick santorum supporters when they are not and want a recount, this supposed unity endorsement projects neither unity or all that much of an endorsement. if this gift left on the santorum campaign's doorstep appears to be a flaming one you have to stamp on to put out it's not like the gingrich campaign is doing all that great either. >> we are awaiting the arrival of former house speaker newt gingrich who we are given to understand is ten minutes away. i tell you what, while we locate the speaker, who i'm sure is somewhere nearby, back at the station we will go ahead and take advantage of this brief delay in the proceedings to take a brief commercial time-out. that's okay, we can wait. we have no place else to go, we're already here. by the way, welcome to senator rick santorum arrived a few minutes ago. senator, good to see you, sir. >> that was friday afternoon in duncan, south carolina. mr. gingri

the victor was kidnapped by alison perkins. this is not quite the end four of the primary characters are moving to general hospital next month. they will have another life after death. >> of the last word for the weekend? >> it will be cold outside wind and cool with 35 or 40 degrees. martin luther king day on monday and by tuesday about 50. >> thank you. >> time to watch my recordingle, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century lookoking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easyok? pete's mom is videochattinme and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay.

. >> you know how embarrassing this was for kendrick perkins who got dunked on? it's like a wallpaper a background on the computer. kendrick perkins was so embarrassed and getting killed so badly on twitter, he cancelled his twitter account. that's a big deal for these athletes. she have hundreds of thousands of followers. >> kendrick did the right thing. he didn't just go away and be quiet for a while. that was indeed embarrassing. remember dawkins, dr. thunder, whatever they called him? >> chocolate thunder. >> he has to take a second seat too. that was incredible. and he does it all the time. >> like every other game he had to dunk like that. over the key in the dunk contest. this one was in real game action. a little dunk talk, a lot of football talk coming up from here. >> talking about twitter, dan? the reporters go out of town on assignment, they say, it's nothing but work, we have such a rough time. i think i saw you on twitter last night, hellie talking about having dinner next to the giants coach. what's the deal on that? >> yeah, there's no more secret

miles perkins. he has joined us on behalf of lucas film, the producer of the red tails film. [applause] on just one final last note, i want to encourage everyone to learn more about the history and the legacy of these gentlemen that are standing here before us. the tuskegee airmen have their story that has been a new and being told. this past weekend, the george lucas film about the airman was released. it has a g alreadyrossed 18 -- already grossed $18 million, the number two box office hit. when he was shopping around trying to find funding for this film, he was denied. hollywood told him that people would not come out to watch a movie with an all african- american cast. we proved hollywood wrong, people will come out and support and all african american history. why am i doing this now? black history is american history and deserves to be celebrated every single day of the year. on behalf of the board of supervisors, i am here to say thank you. if it weren't for your work, i would not be here. and so i have a proclamation naming today, january 24, 2011, the tuskegee airmen

kendrick perkins, the dunk of the year. lebron james and said so be it twitter. -- lebron james agreed and said so via twitter. stay an attempt to stop a car and baltimore county ended up with a stolen police car and a deadly shooting in the city. parents are act -- anxiously awaiting the results of an air quality the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. while the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. >> another day in the 60's tomorrow the the chance for showers, and slightly cooler as we head toward the weekend. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group]

tony perkins is the president of family research council. he joins us by phone. nice to talk to you. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> let's talk a little bit about this meeting this weekend. good morning to you, thank you. what's the strategy? is the goal to hone in on one candidate or is that not possible? >> well, first off, it's not an anti-mitt romney meeting or bash mitt romney meeting. there is an uncomfortableness with mitt romney. we want to see if there is consensus around an alternative candidate that has greater support among social conservatives across the country. it's very unlikely that there's going to be a unanimous consensus that comes about as a result of this meeting, but i do think you'll see more leaders move toward a personal endorsement of a candidate in the race going into south carolina. >> back in august you and hundreds of other evangelical leaders had an opportunity to meet with the texas governor, rick perry. since that time he has not done well, both in polling and also in the states where there have be

kendrick perkins and aldridge tangled up. trailblazers hand the thunder their second loss in as many days. 103-93. early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> which singer says she won't be an actress, and which actress has been knighted by france? early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> one election in iowa, where afterward all of the candidates were eaten. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. today's forecast, looks pretty nice. tomorrow is the same too. really only watching wet weather and rainy weather in the pacific northwest. chance of showers, seattle, portland, over the next two days, nothing really changes. big area of high pressure locked over the intermountain west. the flow keeps it mild, even at coastal locations in southern california. you get the air coming in off the land instead of the water. temperatures near the coast will be nice and mild. enjoy it. >>> watching us on king 5 news in seattle, washington, in nearby bellevue, experience music, lights, and the whir

it is time for ask the weather guys, the fine segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. our question comes from john bazzidas. >> i wrote back to him asking the correct pronunciation but i didn't get an answer. he writes in space, would a firearm fire. for gunpowder to explode, objection then is required. in an oxygen-free environment, would a gun fire? >> this was actually a movie in armageddon, bruce willis. >> i remember that. >> they fired a gun in armageddon. >> in space. >> i don't remember that part. the bottom line is yes, your gun should work just fine in space in you are headed out there. i'm not a gun expert but i was able to find a pretty good explanation. i'll give you the anatomy after the bullet and the bullet and casing contain gunpowder and an explosive primer. and the bottom line is the gunpowder and the explosive primer contain enough oxygen on its own that it doesn't need an external source of oxygen to have the gun fire. >> so within the bullet, there is a little bit

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. >> blake griffin with kendrick perkins. and number one, dana questioned whether or not i wanted cook -- there's the proof. do you have any other questions? >> that's thes the photo shop. >> no, show it one more time. it's so wig. i knolled not get the fee toe myself. >> did anything get away that day? >>

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. >> blake griffin with kendrick perkins. and number one, dana questioned whether or not i wanted cook -- there's the proof. do you have any other questions? >> that's thes the photo shop. >> no, show it one more time. it's so wig. i knolled not get the fee toe myself. >> did anything get away that day? >> that's right. we'll be right back. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. >>> oh, jennifer lopez is on david. >>

look at havre de grace, my buddy jeff perkins was coming out of work or worked in the night shift or something. 11:30, after a burst of moderate snow, it was sticking on the parking lot, and angela talked about problems. pulaski highway is nearby. so this probably has icy spots this morning to consider even with partial melt and refreeze. there was 11:10 crossing from havre de grace on to the bay. i suspect naptown annapolis could have a coating and kent island and eastern shore and if it didn't stick on the roads or doesn't lock like it stuck, well, maybe -- look like it stuck, well, maybe the roads were too warm. there could be icy spots at this pulled out of here. next disturbance producing just flurries but looks like that one is losing its grip and punch and we will break the cloud up heading through this morning. temperatures now 29 here in baltimore and hovering around freezing for all of us. and we are bouncing off the bottom. it's warmer than yesterday. we will have sun today and we will have dry weather excuse me through tomorrow. and mild stuff. check this out. our tempera

it's given to colleges to distribute in areas like perkins loans or work study programs. >>> the dream act as soon as he can. attorneys from both sides made their argument about whether the issue should be put to a public vote come november. the dream act allows illegal immigrants to pay in state tuition as long as they meet certain requirements. opponents to the law held a petition drive last summer and got enough signatures to get in on the ballot that supporters sued, saying it wasn't subject to a referendum. the circuit court judge is going to decide. >> what a beautiful way to wrap up the workweek. will the warm stuff stick around for our weekend? topper's full forecast is coming up on on 9news now. >> the number of flu cases is down this winter and the weather is one reason why. we'll explain. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? t

. >> would kleiner perkins be what it is if you didn't have an educational system and a culture like that? >> silicon valley wouldn't be what it is without having stanford in its back yard. and the relationships that are forged and the realization by stanford that their teachers are not just educators but they themselves are entrepreneurs and to embrace that, to encourage them to spend the time with the venture capitalists in other, and their ph.d students and to spin companies out. it's what's made this valley come alive. >> and it's something that at least on its surface would seem to be possible for other universities to do this. in other words, it is -- there is no reason the entire uc system couldn't do this, the entire sunni system back east. the state colleges and other prestigious universities. am i naive? >> no, i don't think you are. i think it as matter of culture and approach and the kinds of approach to innovation and support for commercialization that has become part of the lifeblood of stanford university i think is in fact rem basketball at other places. >> let's talk