modern family. nice. they deserve to be number one though. finally, look out, kobe. one of the hottest basketball players in america is just 4 5 and in the fifth grade. this kid is so good, he was bumped up from his middle school team to varsity, where he s proven he isn t afraid of the big guys, including abc s john schriffen. reporter: lots of kids dream of being the next lebron james or kobe bryant. but julian newman may just have a shot. only 11 years old, he s playing guys two feet taller and seven years older. and guess what? he s beating them. they think i m not good or but when they see me, they see different. reporter: this fifth grader is the starting point guard on his high school s varsity basketball team. that s right, fresh from elementary school, julian plays for the high school varsity team. right away, we knew he had a talent. reporter: his dad, also his coach, put together his highlight reel on youtube. it s going viral with more than 2.5 million
now he s being watched by recruiters. has it hit you yet that you re this big star? no. reporter: so we put him to the test. want to see if you can go a little one on one? okay. reporter: at 4 5 , it sure seems like i have the advantage. but julian is quick. bucket. this kid is one to watch on the court and in the classroom. a straight a student with hoop dreams. nice job. jon schriffen, abc news, new york. keep up the good work. we ll be watching. the kid has skills, no doubt. i wouldn t say that was john s best defense, just to be real. but get this, he was promoted to his varsity team because his first three games in the middle school team, he scored 63, 69 and 91 points. wow! you can do better, right, than john? i taught that kid everything he knows, man. right. okay. and you re the original baller.
0 gray. back to you mara in that warm studio. stay warm out there. tea party activists are blasting rick scott of florida for changing his mind on medicare expansion. he ll now support it. during his 2010 campaign for governor, scott opposed obama care as a job killer. and now here s your first look at this morning s dish of scrambled politics. president obama has his highest approval rating in three years with the new bloomberg poll showing 55% of americans like his performance. new jersey governor chris christie has an amazing 74% approval rating. senator marco rubio s dive to take a drink of water is getting attention overseas, during his current mideast trip, they made a splash with a toast of water bottle in their meeting. pete domenici revealed that he fathered a son outside of his marriage 30 years ago. he says that he s sorry for his behavior. the nra s political action committee raised $1.1 million in january, the most since august of 2012. republican senator
working as an escort in las vegas. she told the smoking gun website that in addition to being a mother and real estate agent, she also earned $600 an hour in las vegas, l.a., chicago and other cities. he says the prostitution was, quote, a huge mistake and acknowledges that depression was one of the reasons for doing it. flashback to last january. green bay packer fans earn extra bucks by clearing lambeau field. that same scene is expected to play out today as fans answer the call to clear half a foot of snow and get paid $10 an hour. not bad. and in florida, a fifth grader is now starting for the local high school varsity basketball team. julian newman is 4 5 but he has great ball handling skills and one other advantage. his father coaches the team. that always helps. now for another look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. how is it looking out there? as bad as it is for travel, i m sure there s a lot of kids that are excit
0 lakes to the west coast, the wind is howling. the wind is the biggest threat out there. it s going to be this morning in mostly the big cities along i-95. right now winds 39 in philadelphia. 36 in scranton. you have to get in the 50-mile-per-hour range to get damaging winds. that will occur as the sun is coming up this morning around new york city, philadelphia, all of new jersey and then southern new england this afternoon. it s not pretty around chicago with winds at 40 and indianapolis at 40 and areas of snow out here. so it s a very windy day out there. not good for flying. a lot of airline delays. as far as the rain goes, the rain is in green, remember. heavy rain kicking up from philadelphia to new york city through the hudson valley, through scranton and binghamton, new york. that will be over the top of boston this afternoon. the back side of the storm has a lot of snow with it. areas in white. snowing hard in northern indiana through michigan. that snow will rotate through c