>> smith: yeah. >> orlean: i... i... >> smith: your current holdings include... >> orlean: thirteen black angus cattle. >> mith: yeah. >> orlean: a dog, three cats, nine chickens, two ducks, four turkeys, four guinea fowl, and two geese..3 >> smith: this is quite a service you're performing for humanity to have all these animals in your... >> orlean: i think so. i like to look at it that way. >> smith: right. and unlike those people in ohio, we'rr not going to have any bad end to this, right? >> orlean: no, no. i think these are all... i... i could eat these animals rather than them eating me. >> smitt: that's good. >> orlean: so we're... we already have the order of... of hierarchy well establlshed. >> smith: established, yes. something close to domesticated. >> orlean: yes. and i would say i probably spoil my animals more than the average owner of livestock, and they're very happy creatures. >> smith: so you come to the task of wrrting about a dog, then, as someone who is disposed to think favorabl

smith: yeah. downie:during just my short time away. it's only been four years now. smith: but in, but in terms of the media and technology it's a lifetime. downie:yes. it just changed so dramatically, and, uh, it uh, and so we now have a different news room than we had before. i still visit the newsroom often. uh, and now our newsroom is, is a multimedia newsroom. it's not a newspaper newsroom anymore. we are not a newspaper; we we are not a newspaper; we besides newspaper stories. a reporter like dan balz, our lead political reporter, uh, who's, uh, not a spring chicken. but with. smith: but he's, he's proven he can learn new things. downie:but he's proven he can learn new things. smith: right. downie: because he now, he tweets, he blogs, he does early versions of the story for the web. smith: right. smith: i mean, if you think about it, a lot of the work that you're describing never sees print in the newspaper. a lot of it is. downie: no. smith: .is all this other stuff. downie: right. smith: an

. &->> smith: i'm evan smith. he's a veteran ournaliss and prolific author whose measured, congenial presence on public television has been a welcomm respite from3 the incivility oo the world -or more than four decades. his eight billlonth book -ú i'm not sure tatts an justt-ubllshed tension city. he's jim llhrer. ú& this is overreard. >> smith: jim lehrer, welcome. >> lehrer: thank you evan. >> smith: or i should say wellome back. texas. in austin, texas and i love >> smmth: well thank youu3 good to see you, and congratulations. this book is so much fun to >> lehrer: oh, teerific. >> smith: as i grrw up watching political debates all these memories kind of accumulated, and everythiig a loo of stuff i didn't &-know. and it mmst be for you, someone who has forgotten more abbut debates than most of us will ever know, it must have been great too ortúof just unload, on all ofúthe things you'veememoriied. that'' exactly right. fortunate experiences. one was moderating all these debates. >> smith: right.3 >> leerer:

smith: that you spe. downie: to cover smith: . and then directing people to the washington post for the sixth paragraph. downie: right. smith: and saying it's aggregation. downie: so when we aggregate in our political section of our website, which we do, other interesting political stories so people can see other. smith: well, afore-mentioned cillizza does this all the time. downie: yes. but at the same time, we're also spending lots of money doing our own original journalism alongside it. so i look at that kind of aggregation differently. smith: so, so as long as the huffington post does original journalism, you don't consider their aggregation of other people's journalism alongside that to be theft? downie: it, i never said theft. smith: no, that was my word. downie: right, okay. i never said theft. smith: no. downie: uh, but, um, uh, it, it depends on the, on how they go about doing the aggregating. are they giving proper credit to the original, to the original provider? are they, are they using so much of the material that you

>> smith: the year was 1960. madoff had just graduated from hofstra college and married his high school sweetheart, ruth alpern. he was working out of her father's accounting firm in midtown manhattan. from there, he launched a career as a market-maker, matching buyers of stocks with sellers on wall street. >> he started this little stock trading firm, one of many in wall street's outer fringes at that time, and slowly built it up, building up customers. it was kind of like a wholesale firm. >> he would actually pay clients such as fidelity, charles schwab. he'd pay them a penny a share to come and trade through him. so he saw lots of trading volume that way. >> smith: in other words, he would pay for what they call "order flow"? >> exactly. >> smith: what wasn't known on wall street was that madoff had a side business as an investment advisor. >> the investment advisory business operated, so far as we can tell, completely under the radar. we know, to some extent, that it began small; customers of his who go back

thank you. >> smith: i'm evan smith. he's an actor, author and humorist best known for his regular contributions to the daily show and his star turn on those mac vs. pc commercials. his most recent book, that is all, has just been published. he's john hodgman. this is overheard. ♪ >> smith: john hodgman, welcome. >> hodgman: thank you very much. >> smith: nice to have you here. >> hodgman: it's nice to be here. >> smith: now, let me ask you about this book and its place in this trilogy of books that together represent complete world knowledge. >> hodgman: yes, that's correct. >> smith: this is number three. >> hodgman: it comes at the end. >> smith: it comes at the end. the last one... >> hodgman: ...that's its place. >> smith: more information than you require. >> hodgman: is this book shelving? [ laughter ] >> smith: this is a book shelving segment here on the overheard, yes, i'm going to show you how to shelve your books. >> hodgman: whatever you want to do is fine. >> smith: all right, very well. the purpose of thi

. >> smith: .that your. is it >> oean: mgrndth. had. >> smith: .had a. was it literally rin-tin-tin? >> orlean: yes, plastic figurine that he had on his desk and he would veleusou i and we would just sit there kind of looking at it and yearning for it. anyoow how kids are, you've gotta get just that close to the thing you're told not to touch. it was because of rin-tin-tin. inntte book is put together the bit of mystery about why my great, who didn't watch as ai probably well beyond the ageú of tte average viewer of the veur orin-tin-tin, why did he have this gunendhyou h not let us touch it as if it were precious? >> smith: yeah. thry that harks back to the original iteration of cuurwhh in. in the silent film era. >> smith: yeah. right. well, it's an amazing. i just he s, cod listen to you talk about this ssuff all day. &->> orllan: thank you.ic. book ijust a. what a huge triumph after all this time of working on it. kn y wkea ng time on it. >> orlean: thanks, i did. >> smith: may we talk about the new yorker a little bit for the remaining mewe vee? oe

chris smith. not necessary. cost the team 15. gets the clock stopped for kansas state. and gives them better field position. bad play by chris smith. >> gus: they move it up. the pass completed to the 37. with 3:00 to go. klein, underneath. and this is chris harper. harper blows through the first down. >> charles: that is a guy that has been waiting to hear his name called for a long time this evening. >> gus: the hurry-up offense used by the calts, first down at the 47. klein in trouble. he will run it out of bounds. stop the clock at 2:37. >> gus: what a season it's been for collin klein. named big 12 top all-purpose player. second down and ten at the 47. klein responsible for 69% of k-state's yards this season. running. he is dragged out from behind by alonzo highsmith. highsmith has had a great game as well. >> charles: that is when you know you are starting to add a few to the odometer. played against his father in the sugar bowl, january of 1986. oh, boy. >> gus: third down and 7. at midfiel

. >> smith: this is human intelligence on the ground? >> yes. >> smith: inside the tribal areas? >> wherever. >> smith: the drone program is said to have killed around 2,000 militants over the last four years, but pakistanis protest the strikes are responsible for hundreds of civilian casualties. and others warn they risk creating a new and more dangerous generation of militants. >> it's not just a matter of numbers of militants who are operating in that area, it also affects the motivations of those militants. they now see themselves as part of a global jihad. they're not just focused on helping oppressed muslims in kashmir or... or trying to fight the... the nato and the americans in afghanistan. they see themselves as part of a global struggle, and therefore are a much broader threat than they were previously. so, in a sense, yes, we... we have helped to bring about the situation that we most fear. >> smith: over the last six months, america's alliance with pakistan has continued to deteriorate. in november, after a nato raid killed two dozen pakistani soldiers at the border,

let's get to justin smith. justin smith was a wrecking crew on the defensive line. of course he's going to the pro bowl, but he was all over drew brees today. >> deservedly so. he was playing so hard. if i had a son and want him to play a certain way, it's like justin smith. he comes to work every day, plays the game like it's supposed to be played, passion, energy. that's the guy you want on your team. it's such a huge pickup from cincinnati when they got him. the defense takes his energy and the way he plays the game and everyone was adopting that style, and what a defensive unit they have become. he has been a leader since he got there. >> look at ray mcdonalds and issac -- mcdonald, and issac. that's probably one of the best lines in football. alex smith took this team on his back, jeremy at the end and won this football game! >> the path to win the game was awesome. the best one was the drive before. he getting blitzed, he has a perfect strike down the sideline to vernon. he was clutch all the way down from the 4th quarter on. when he needed a play, he made it.

chris smith. not necessary. cost the team 15. gets the clock stopped for kansas state. and gives them better field position. bad play by chris smith. >> gus: they move it up. the pass completed to the 37. with 3:00 to go. klein, underneath. and this is chris harper. harper blows through the first down. >> charles: that is a guy that has been waiting to hear his name called for a long time this evening. >> gus: the hurry-up offense used by the calts, first down at the 47. klein in trouble. he will run it out of bounds. stop the clock at 2:37. >> gus: what a season it's been for collin klein. named big 12 top all-purpose player. second down and ten at the 47. klein responsible for 69% of k-state's yards this season. running. he is dragged out from behind by alonzo highsmith. highsmith has had a great game as well. >> charles: that is when you know you are starting to add a few to the odometer. played against his father in the sugar bowl, january of 1986. oh, boy. >> gus: third down and 7. at midfiel

smith, the game is in his hands. fortunately, the 49ers also have a pretty good tight end, vernon davis. 47-yard gain, in field goal range to tie. smith hit vernon davis with a brilliant pass and catch, 180 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns for davis. the 49ers win. they are going to the nfc championship game. >> reporter: thanks, dennis. the 49ers offense was one step ahead of the saints down the stretch, but the only thing they didn't have an answer for is what to call the game-winning touchdown. >> i know there was the catch. i don't know what you'll call this one, the throw, the throw-in catch. it was a great play by vernon davis and alex smith. >> alex made it happen. if it wasn't for alex, i wouldn't have made the play, so kudos to alex. you're the man. >> it's all alex! look at him now! >> reporter: how about coming up with two big catches, including the game-winning touchdown! [ indescernible ] [ cheers & applause ] >> right now, it feels like the best. it really does. it's just -- like i said before, i can't rec

alex smith had a great game. manages the game. but got to give it to vernon davis two touchdowns and the key one for the victory. vern common davis should get the game ball. >> alan: just ahead, more football news. a group tries to put a little magic into the playoff. how people in salem -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >> alan: football fans are trying everything they can to make sure their team wins. in massachusetts, they cast a spell to try to stop tim tebow and even had a brady doll to help the patriots win. we'll know in a few hours if it worked. 49ers fans had every right to show off their pride. here's a 49er fan that

though i must say, being and becoming a silver smith was my own choice. i was never forced to do it. i was -- not even in college, i was just introduced to the beauty of art in general. no matter what it was, paintings, sculpture, architecture, poetry, music, and then i was let loose to make my own choice. obviously the closest things to my own spirit was silver smithing. [ gargling ] oo-ay-ow. savings. savings. savings? progressive was the first to offer online quoting. you can do better. first to show comparison rates. ding! the "name your price" tool. oh! gosh, don't mind if i do. who was the first to offer pet injury coverage? we were. and when did you know you wanted to sell insurance? i said i wouldn't cry. um... whee! it's flo time. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> my family is from rome, lit. we go back four generations. my great grandfather's name was ubaldo, just like me. he opened his own shop. from my grandfather his son, that would be my grandfather, also a silver smith, so did his brother and then my father and uncle and so

alex smith responds. on the bootleg, third and april. stays inbounds, he'll score. saints turn. pres brees to gray half. graham stays on his feet. goes in for the touchdown. 40 second left. alec smith to davis. and rather than go for the game, tying field goal they go for the win. alex over the middle to vernon davis. the catch, part two. niners win in dramatic fashion and advance the championship game. >> right now feels like the best. it really does. it's -- like i said before, can't recall a win like this and this kind of spectacular fashion as this. by our football team. >> and a great team win. >> you say, yeah, going to live or die in these games. we live, and we move on in spectacular fashion. >> one of the best fourth quarters in nfl playoff history. alex smith and vern knopp -- vernon davis played their best games as pros,let more coming up in sports. >> now, niner fans have waited a long time for a postseason victory. lillian kim was at candlestick park when they poured out of the stadium. >> th

on the season, the reason for that is because of alex smith. the guy has taken care of the ball. a heady player. in the game sunday against the rams, even knew late in the game you take the sack. quarterbacks are conditioned to throw the ball away, not take a sack. with the clock winding down and the rams running out of time-outs he knew how to take a sack. smith the biggest contribution to the 49ers, hasn't been his physical gifts it's from the shoulders up. >> all right. one of these things is not like the other. one of these things just doesn't belong, or does he? aaron rodgers considered the cream of the quarterback crop, drew brees set the new passing record. smith has thrown the fewest interceptions and led his team to the four fourth quarter comebacks. monty, happy new year to you. let start with the passing offense. can the quarterback alex smith win a game with his arm? >> he can. i don't think he's able to do it against saints or the packers. they have too many receivers. brees is just marvelous. rogers fantastic. these guys, brees is

and there, you have alex smith with one -- one of the great plays that he made. everybody on the third and about eight yards, figuring he has to throw it. he just takes it around -- >> holy cow, he looks like steve young, look at the wheels on that kid, he can throw and run. he turned the corner, and he was just rolling. i don't think anybody, especially nobody on the saints defensive side thought that was coming. and what a play by alex smith, other than i was a little nervous -- >> too much time. >> too much time for the saints offense, it was 29-24, because they missed the two-point conversion. as you said, too much time for the saint's offense, they can explode. the beautiful catch by the big tight end, jimmy graham, all of a sudden sending off the defender, 66 yards. >> wow, i'm telling you, what a weapon. patrick willis had done a spectacular job on him all day. drew brees just threw the ball up, made the play, a few guys ran into each other, you see the guy there on great coverage, guys run into each other, he is off to the end zone, and i thought you have

but alex smith responds. to vernon davis. keeps it himself on third and eight. 28-yard for the touchdown. two-point conversion fails. then graham and reggie smith collide. he stays on his feet. six yards for the go-ahead touchdown. game over? not even close. 40 second left. alex smith to davis. 47-yard completion before he is finally taken down. the niners are in scoring position. rather they go for it all. alex to vernon over the middle. he caught it! niners, in dramatic fashion, win it 36-32. they are on their way to the nfc title game. what a finish this place going nuts. they're still on the field going crazy and we're beg into the locker room coming up at 6:00. what a game. one of the most exciting i have ever seen here at candlestick. it's -- i still got goose bumps, like i'm playing game. what a game, what a finish. niners on their way to the nfc title game. >> alan: we saw the niners do things we hadn't seen them do. they really opened up. >> mike: they had to. and everybody thought they would get behind and couldn't

smith to vernon davis and that is it. a 14-yard game-winning touchdown and vernon davis is in tears as the 49ers win 36- 32. they are one more victory away from reach the super bowl. the magical, mystery tour continues next sunday, but first the 49ers will have to watch tomorrow's game between the giants and packers game right here on fox at 1:30 p.m. if the giants win that game, the giants come to candlestick park and if the packers win, 49ers going to green bay. great game. >> it was incredible. >> thank you, fred. >>> well, the excitement and tension of today's game could be felt all across the bay area, but especially at the pub in san francisco. that is where ktvu deborah villalon joins us. >> reporter: many of these fans were kids last time the 49ers made it this far. >> niners yeah! >> reporter: their championship shirts hand down from their parents. but for this generation, it's alex, not joe. >> it's fantastic, good niners! take it all the way! way to go alex! way to go. >> reporter: the super bowl nicknamed the

quarterback. >> alex smith puts a play of his life! >> how about that? they said he couldn't do it. look at him now. >> reporter: in 2005, the 49ers chose alex smith over aaron rodgers. and who knows, maybe next year state farm will pick smith instead of rogers for their commercials. >> might be time to give alex a little credit huh? [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> the 49 he was and alex smith are enjoying success after sticking together for 7 years but patience is not one of billy beane's strengths. the as acquired outfielder seth smith from colorado in exchange for two pitchers. it's oakland's fourth trade this off season. smith had 15 home runs, drove in 59 runs last season with the rockies and that thin air. >>> the lights in melbourne for the grand slam. roger federer breezed into the second round with a straight set win. he is 60th all time at the australia open. >>> finally, i'm taking sumo wrestling off my bucket list after this. the ref gets knocked out of the ring. didn't move for a while. turns out he suffered a concussion. but

this past sunday, smith did make one catch. and he wants to grab hold of his play-off opportunities. >> just really sitting back, thinking about how lucky i am to be in the situation and to be on this team and to be part of this organization. and you know, to really just be a part, you know, have the opportunity to be great. not too many people get this opportunity. and never talk to them basically about taking advantage of this. i'm making sure i do my part. when i walk off the field, i felt like i did everything i could do to help. >> smith and the ravens should have plenty of opportunities to score at new england. because the patriots' defense is porous. they are ranked second. but they clamped down. the new england defense is much maligned, but listen to them. they're motivated. >> you really can't listen to anything, outside. locker room. you know, we're a tight-knit unit. you know, the defenses had their ups and downs this year. but you know, in the big picture of things, i think that, you know, we've done really well in

he is proud smith and pointed it pay off. perrwith nie consecutive breeze and pierre ohomas with four turnovers, smith and crabtree. 14-nothing. to the fourth quarter, 23-17 with 4 minutes left. breeze and 44 yds, 21. 24-23. derrik it is. whoever called that play? that is a hall of fame. 189-24 active a four-point conversion failed. with 45 0 yds and a great height and really was a battle of the tight end in the fourth quarter. there he goes! with 66 yds. 30, 29. if you think that alex smith can get it done. 85 yds away you better believe it. davis made a huge catch, earlier. at the wedding ketch 36-32. vernon davis the wedding-ketc the winnh since 1997, they will await the green bay/new york giants game tomorrow. nearest davis, the hero. >> it is not over yet, seriously. it ain't over yet. and bust our explicit. this is in it, right here. this is it. >>gary: what a great day alex smith said, throwing at 2 99 yds. here is matt doing a little bit of everything. vern glenn is right at field level giving it to you from the line.

a great pick by smith. the ravens would be forced to punt and then 27 seconds left, flacco to evans. drops it. looked like a sure bet that would have won the game. unbelievable but that's okay. they can still send it to overtime with this 32-yard field goal. >> 32 yards to tie it. and the -- look out. look out. >> are you kidding me? shanks the gimme. the patriots are going back to the super bowl as they hang on to win it 23-20. >> they laid it all out there. sometimes it's just not good enough. if you play long enough you're going to have games where things just didn't good -- go your way. >> came up short at 53. 53 begin 53 lose. i'm proud of the way we did it. we didn't quite get it done. >> the games come down to one or two plays, and our defense really made some huge plays there, very critical plays, and went down to the end. it was a legal of a game. >> as we reported earlier. former penn state head coach joe paterno died of lung cancer this morning at the age of 85. he won 409 victories, winning two

alex smith and vernon davis played catch. alex smith only completed two passes in the first half. that tap dance cost the 49ers 15 yds. the 49ers for a 10-7 in the third. the secondary played well for the 49ers. the 49ers tied the game and forced overtime. david akers said an all-time record for scoring in one season. here it is, kyle williams had a kind go off of his knee, the giants scored. it happened in overtime. harbaugh knew it was over. the giants worked the clock and set up right in front. a 31 yd field goal. 20-17, the new york giants are on to the super bowl. and this will be the second super bowl trip for eli manning. last time he'd be greedy in the patriots, there will be a rematch two weeks for its dash-two weeks from today. this really was a great 49ers season. >>gary: if you are a 49ers and, gillette stadium, john harbaugh, the only coach to lead his team to the playoffs each of its first four seasons. the replay shows no touchdown. baltimore, excuse me, the replay does show a touchdown. brady leaps over from the 1 yd line. 23-20. a quarterback sneak. >> growing up

weijia jiang has reaction from smith's wife. >> reporter: smith's wife says this is exactly what her husband wanted. not a funeral service. but a memorial, where people could celebrate and laugh together. of course, there were plenty of tears, too. >> at belcher university, the main auditorium was packed with people who love ron smith. >> we call this a gathering of family, friends and loyal listeners. and i think everyone who was there today really saw their ron smith. >> reporter: the baltimore broadcasting legend died last month, after battling pancreatic cancer. known on wvl, the voice of reason, smith shared with his listeners. >> i owed it to my audience to be honest with them. >> and he was honest with himself. >> reporter: smith planned every detail of the memorial service with his wife june. he even chose the music and the speakers, long-time friends and colleagues. >> i discovered that ron was really just a big, really smart, oreo cookie. he was hard and crunchy on the outside, and warm and soft on the inside. and that inside was absolutely filled with love. >> reporter: a

it is hard to go back and prove john smith that voted is not john smith. you can't go back and prove something that is flaudulent unless you catch it in the act. there is no election fraud. it is difficult to document and prove. meanwhile the republican candidates . and the president is in a cash crunch? >> there is it always something that is going to be done by a certain state. i have homework today. it is what is right here. and most important to me. now, mary gets 3 refills in one and for 3 months she's done. ask your pharmacist about a 90 day supply and how to save with the prescription savings club. individual memberships are just 5 dollars. enroll today. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >> okay, we are back here. the candidates have left the restaurant. this was the scene earlier today. rom recommend had a big crowd and showed up 45 minutes early. maybe romney did a head fake here because we heard so much in greenville, south carolina . he was there 15 or 20 minutes or so and then a 45 minutes after that. newt gingrich showed up and he was the

alex smith on the suite, that's the tivo impression. the only problem is the saints would get the ball back and that was more than enough time for drew brees. he threw it up for grabs onto the branch came down with it. the 40 niners can't get him and all of a sudden they are down 111 to go. he drove them down and vernon davis hung on. 36-32 going to the nfc championship. >>> six touchdown passes and if single game. no tim tebow time tonight. >>> the nba brokers walking off with the victory and warriors lose again. >>> and rebound that gives the shark at two-one victory. it was all about the san francisco 49ers. one game away from the super bowl. >> at about two minutes ago, i wasn't sure who i wanted to pay, but it you can hang on until tomorrow, then we will push the nfc championship. always, more news at kdka.com . have day have a good night. [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ]

smith and wesson allowed its manufacturing quality to slip. the store was similar to that of the american auto industry. donemakers and the united states lost ground with more diligence about quality control. toyota sneaked up on general motors. renovation and of 40 new smith and wesson revolvers 3 or four mill function out of the box. the sheriff's decision came quickly. we are buying the glocks, he said. the american police market cheaper to hundreds of thousands of officers in the space of ten years, half of these were buying gaston glock. in many communities the civilian gun owning population look to the police for guidance. what the local police use is often thought of as being suitable for civilian ownership. the civilian market is even larger by orders of magnitude and more lucrative because the profit margin on the civilian side is greater. if you seek to succeed in selling handguns you want to do it in this country not just because of the size of the country but because guns are woven into american culture. let me read a few words abo

alex smith takes care of it all by himself. td! two minutes, eleven seconds remaining but here comes brees and his guys. jimmy graham. graham, oh, graham. there he is, all the way. pay dirt, saints have the lead, but 14 seconds to go, vernon davis is your hero, 180 yards receiving. tears of joy after the game. mindy bach has more. >> tebow had a talk with his teammates, telling them to put trust in him. vernon delivered the game-winning touchdown. >> to me when a big-time game is on the line. if you're a play maker, you step up. big time players make big time plays in big time games. i just kept telling myself that over and over and over. vernon, you have to step up. your team needs you. >> i don't know what you would call this wurng the throw and catch, but it was a great play by vernon davis and alex smith. vernon was huge today in this ball game. but it was a great team effort, great team victory. >> reporter: davis's 180 receiving yards is an nfl playoff record among tight ends. they return to the nfl playoff game for the first

alex smith goes to his key man, vernon davis. keep running until you cross the goal line. 49-yard touchdown, 7-049ers and he dunks the ball over the goal post. later in the first, smith to michael crabtree. another easy six points on the board. 14-0 san francisco after the extra point. here come the saints brees to m marques colston. niners down one. alex smith keeps it for himself. is he a hero? hold your horses. not so fast. 49ers up 5. but here comes drew brees. to the big fellow, jimmy graham. jimmy graham is a tight end, stiff arm, crosses the zone line. 9ers trailing with 13 seconds to go. and there is vernon davis again. tears of joy. 49ers win 36-32. they are headed to the nfc championship game. mindy bach has more. >> reporter: well, henry, vernon davis admitted he got off to a slow start in the season as he tried to learn jim harbaugh greg roman's new offense. he was coming off the end of the season. 49er touchdown score in the first half. at halftime he made an emotional plea to his teammates to trust in each other as

the first score was smith to crabtree. at one point it was 17-0. then, the backup to lydian thomason. they have the advantage at 24-23. here is smith, rolling left enrolling nine. eight q b- nine around of the left side. dry breeze did not have enough time. 40-63. 458 yds. the guy is so accurate. now, alex smith is faced with two minutes to play at having to go 85 yds. harbaugh says, turned it around for. during davis said after the game, clark montana had to catch smith and myself. the 49ers are on to the nfc title game. the first time since 1997. >>ysabel: police and security made 19 misdemeanor arrests for intoxication, battery and resisting arrest. the also made one felony arrest. stadium security booted several people from the stadium and 30 people received some form of medical treatment. >>marty: occupy protesters rallied again against police. the target of this protests was the oakland police headquarters. the protesters were marching to the police headquarters but were turned away by oakland police officers. some police officers arrived and

>> of first smith & wesson which is the main incumbent, smith & wesson is the gm of the gun industry reacted just like gm did. so will toyota and honda, no one will look for one to buy those, and got caught with his pants down and lost a huge amount of business to glock. then the next step was they tried to knock it off and they produced a pistol but looked a lot like the glock that wasn't as good and they sued them for the patent and settled out of court and they had to adjust the gun. today smith & wesson produces guns to the naked eye of them on expert quite similar to the glock and far more comparable to the quality. people who are devotees tell you they are better. smith & wesson police called the m&p for the military and police. like the glock is a good and reliable firearm, so basically the rivals have caught up and they've caught up by imitating it and then make a slight improvement and the question going out into the future from a corporate point of view is whether the ring to figure out how to come up with something new and something different. and if it doesn't, when in th

alden smith is going to be all over. justin smith is going to be all over. and alex smith is going to handle what we have to do. let's get us a victory. >> great after having season tickets for eight years, great to come home and watch the niners beat 100%. go niners. >> reporter: i'm john sasaki. >>> stay with ktvu for complete coverage of tomorrow's play off game. our coverage begins at 11:30 with a special one hour return to glory special. >>> state regulators today suggested a new less expensive plan for customer who is want to opt out of the pg & e smart meters. the program would allow customers to use an analog meter for an initial fee of $90 and monthly fee of $15. that's a lot less than the current pg & e fees. >>> this computer system at san francisco city college has been compromised. what security experts found when they traced a virus back to a foreign country. >>> back here in 10 minutes, we're going to take a look at your forecast for the week edge. which day - - your forecast for the weekend. which day will be the warmest. >>> the upper deck o

smith, what is the african-american way of death? >> guest: the african-american way of death is a way of thinking about death as not just death, but connected to freedom and connect today the struggle for civil rights. and in the book i tell a story about how the connection between death and freedom is so central to african-americans' understanding of funerals and deaths that it is, it hasn't been really considered in if quite the way i do in the book before, but it's essential to our understanding of the civil rights movement and also the history of african-american entrepreneurship. >> host: what is that story? >> guest: ing the story goes back to slavery, and in african-american culture they call a funeral a homegoing. and in the book i trace the story beginning there. and in the west african and transatlantic slave trade, african slaves often jumped ship on the middle passage, and they called a homegoing because they believed at the point of death their spirits would go back to africa, their spirits wouldlily go home -- literall

coach jim harbaugh pumping up alex smith. smith earned a $1 million bonus for getting into the playoffs and he played like $1 million. first quarter, smith, perfect pass to vernon davis, in between two defenders. that's good for a 49-yard touchdown. 7-0. the former maryland term and dunbar high standout. when the word ensuing is in a highlight it's never good for the saints. down inside the 5 yard line. that would lead to a touchdown and a 4-$14-0 lead. past darren state patrols. he scoots 44 yards. 119 yards. saints take the lead. alex smith responds. on third and seven. cruises in for a 2-yard touchdown. smith had four touchdowns. in the game, three passing one rushing. very next saints drive, brees throws it up to his big tight end jimmy graham. makes the catch. that's going to be a 66-yard scoring strike. saints back on top. 32-29. >> what about the ensuing possession? >> still time left. 14 seconds to go. 49ers drive down the field for this. smith to davis. >> the 49ers defeat saints 36-32, advancing to the nfc champions

>> tory smith. >> what do you know about him? >> he's awesome. >> reporter: he appeared at the opening of a medical center in baltimore county. >> he's fast, he can go. i'm not sure new england will be able to cover him next weekend. >> reporter: he credits fans with being among the best among the league. >> what do you think of the fans? >> our fans are the best. been around, seeing a lot of different teams and the way their fans interact. no one shows love like ravens fans. >> reporter: t-shirts are being printed up hot off the presses. tickets for the big game are on sale and fans are showing their team and tory smith much love. how did they perform yesterday? how did the ravens do yesterday? >> the important thing is we won. a win is a win. >> reporter: to have him out here tonight means everything to ravens fans. they're already charged up that the team is heading to new england to play the patriots. >> very excited. this will be like the first year i'll see them go to the championship. >> woo! go ravens! >> reporter: i aske

smith spent 26-years at w-b-a-l raddo... where he described himself as conserrative... but not necessarily a republican. those attending... included many public officials... past and present. (ehrlich) "anyone that he suspected spoke from the heart operated from the heart, was not politically up front, he would give a break to." to."ron smith died last month ofpancreative cancer.he was 70 years old. the wrongful death rial... of a man who died after being tasered by police... continues . old jarrel gray are ssing ar frederick county police for 145 million dollars.the trial began tuesday, here in ffderal court in baltimore.in 2007... gray was taseree twice in the chest after he got iito a fight near a sheriff's deputy. investigators say he refused to comply with orders to show his hands. gray died two hours after he was tased. the case has raised many questions about the use of stun guns by exist.">the attorney reeresenting the sheriffs deputy claims he properly followed his training... and did not kno

turnovers and pierre thomas of the game with smith to crabtree. and you knew that through breez is not going to let it sleep. he is a former charger in the have the advantage at 24-23. here is smith. this place was the q b 9 are ground to the left side. after the failed to point conversion. up by five. 45 8 yds! the accuracy! and jimmy graham is going all the way. to have to go 85 yds so this man can breed again. and harbough says look for the great bargains. you will see this as he can -- bree again brief--brer againa dn the grab the first since 1997. >> it ain't over yet! seriously, if it ain't over. we have to bust our, $$##ramming . >>gary: and if new york wins they will host the game at candlestick? verne, you were on the locker room. i did everything but play. >> i was looking for the imaginary monkey taking it off the back. his career and has a game like this to come from behind. it really was terrific. you have some sound bites from the locker room? >> yes here is smith. >> we've been taking some shots all night long. i thought that alex s

, representative smith and senator leahy's bills would use the courts. what is the problem with using the courts? >> guest: first of all, the single biggest deference between the -- difference between the two bills, both of them acknowledge you ought to go after the bad actors engaging in copyright infringement, our approach does not involve censorship, and it doesn't involve dismantling the domain name system. we believe that so much of the growth in this country and our ability to innovate, social media sites and the ability for folks to communicate depends on the architecture of the internet being preserved and strengthened. that's what it's going to take to deal with these cyber threats, and that's why the national security community is so concerned about the pipa bill and the sopa bill. and that's the single biggest difference. yes, we do think that there's fundamentally a question of international commerce rather than narrow, legalistic, you know, issues that ought to be brought up in the judicial system. but the single biggest difference is we do

alex smith is among the top quarterbacks in the nfl. did anyone see the 49ers as a super bowl caliber team in august? >>gary: the warriors won their game in cleveland. my tech ellis has stepped up. irving was the no. 1 overall draft pick. he played a short time in college and then straight to the pros. he got elbowed and suffered a bloody nose. the warriors are 5-8. when we return, lincecum wants his. that is next. >>gary: pablo sandoval, a three-year deal worth 17.5 million. tim lincecum filed for arbitration. the giants have come in around 17, he wants 21.5. the cardinals and visited the white house today. tony la russa was not there and schools was not there. the world champs or honored. >>pam: we will be back at 11:00 p.m.. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh.