Page 254 - Halftime News Today

Wow. so walk me through -- thats just exhausting thinking about that. wow, look at that picture. so how did you get tapped to be the guy who would try to make the shot in halftime? >> its pretty random, theres someone at the arena who picks people to do the promotions so i had gone to the game earlier, was late trying to sign up. this time we got there earlier and were able to get signed up and found out it was couples night which my wife wasnt too happy about but thats how we got chosen. >> so ...

>> bill: allegorical its not al goreical. >> im sorry. i had a bad connection. i didnt hear it it i was going to skip the oscars this year but i was in my office at home and i had the 24-hour-a-day the all barack obama channel on. and there it was right between her gardening show, obama momma and his in-house american band stand dance show obama rama there were the oscars. on our her way home last night she stop and sunk a mid court shot at halftime of the washington wizard game for $10,000 and ...

>> bill: allegorical its not al goreical. >> im sorry. i had a bad connection. i didnt hear it it i was going to skip the oscars this year but i was in my office at home and i had the 24-hour-a-day the all barack obama channel on. and there it was right between her gardening show, obama momma and his in-house american band stand dance show obama rama there were the oscars. on our her way home last night she stop and sunk a mid court shot at halftime of the washington wizard game for $10,000 and ...

Mid court shot at halftime of the washington wizard game for $10,000 and they just announced him as one of the new cast members in "dancing with the stars." its a good day to be obama. you see photo ons of him in every single aspect of day-to-day live save say governance. i never see any of those shots. >> bill: you believe he might be a little overexposed? >> listen, hollywood used to fight the power. now they invite the power. okay? the first five rows of the oscars, if you did to them what th...

Entire time. that is not a fake. shes a 21-year-old junior. she also plays soccer and runs track for william carey. shes been trying the shot all season during halftime. she finally got it on her fifth try. thats awesome. thats the last one of the loop. now me on the camera. coming up on "morning joe," its two steps forward, one step backward for chuck hagels bid to run the pentagon. a new contingent of senate critics is calling for him to withdraw his nomination. the crew will weigh in on tha...

On gay scout members and a vote on the policy is expected tomorrow, the final day of their three-day meeting. an innocent game of tug-of-war turns into a nightmare for two high school students. doctors are trying to reattach several fingers after they were severaled because the rope was wrapped around their hands too tightly. and champion skier lindsey vonn had to be airlifted to a hospital after hurting her right knee dur the alpine world championships. and on a much brighter note, in bal...

Calling the numbers ambitious. for much of the country its that time of day when workers unwind after a long day at the office. thats right, happy hour. not in massachusetts. its one of several states with a ban on drink specials certain times of the day. lawmakers asked the state to repeal the law to help bars stay competitive with casinos that provide free drinks but cheers were premature. regulators say it would be bad for business and public safety. >> when it comes to halftime, beyonce is a...

Crews who have to asemi aboutable and break down the stage. theres also speculation a halftime show would be performed offsite in the meadowlands arena. the nfl communications chief tweeted halftime and pregame shows will be in the stadium next year. the show is sometimes more popular than the game. last year madonnas performance attracted 114 million viewers, an average of 111 million watched the actual game. the latest projection of americas debt and deficits came out in black and white toda...

They really did. i felt awful for them. theyre just wonderful people. i mean really kind, nice people. we had conversations during time-outs or at halftime. but they were really wonderful folks. they were clearly in misery. >> and in europe, the investigation of world soccer has uncovered hundreds of suspected cases of match fixing. authorities said there were 380 suspiciouses matches in europe and another 300 around the world. for another look at the weather, here is bill karins with the weat...

Have seen him in the wilderness. gregg: lets talk about it. ravens returning to baltimore today. they are the super bowl champs. but they will probably be remembered for something that had nothing to do with football. in the first half all baltimore all the time. the ravens going deep to jacoby jones. he gets up and goes in. martha: that was a pretty good dance. gregg: baltimore wins that by halftime 21-6. martha: by this time gregg, a big 49ers fan is in the kitchen getting a beer because he