happened with the officials. they had to flip everything back open. lights slowly came back on. 34 minutes. a big delay for the ravens especially. right before, a kickoff return for the touchdown. right before that, the halftime show. and their offense hadn t been on the field for more than 80 minutes. you could see it affect the game. it became what had been a blowout, became a real nail biter, and the ravens managed to win. here is the winning quarterback talking about the very unusual night. unbelievable. just one of the things you have to deal with. you everyone, i m sure down the road it will make for a better story. reporter: here is a statement for the mayor here. the power outage was an unfortunate moment in what has been an otherwise shining super bowl week for the city of new orleans. he said in the coming days i expect a full after action report from all parties involved. for us, the super bowl isn t over until the last visitor leaves town so we re focused on c
0 this just ridiculous argument that he s making. chris wallace, my former colleague at abc, outstanding job. what a journalist should do, without fear of favor or ideological point of view, did a great job. if you chart every day in the public relations war between those who want more gun control at the federal level and those who want less, the team that wants more has won almost every news cycle, and that is the seminal moment because chris wallace pressed him, and it showed that a lot of the arguments wayne lapierre is making are not on point. they don t go to the question of what kind of policy we need. you see him stumbling around, because there s no defense of it. chris did a good job. chris did a great job. today the president on the road continuing to push. they still have momentum on their side and the nra hasn t figured out how to defuse it yet. and there s more. wait a second. i want to ask you something. you are correct, and it s not just because the mainstre
presidential inauguration. now, all morning, our cnn political team will be bringing you the very latest on preparations for the big day and the biggest challenges facing president obama in his second term. we have an action-packed show for you. but first, let s bring in my colleague, victor blackwell, who is back in atlanta this morning. victor, i know you have some other news as well, this morning. i do, randi, are you bundled up out there? i sure am. trying to keep warm. a balmy 38. 38 degrees. all right, randi. we ll check back in a moment. let s start with the first interview with manti te o. he spoke with espn off-camera about the girlfriend hoax we ve all been reading about this week. he opened up about how he got sucked in and denied he was part of it. he also explained why he lied to his family about the girl he never actually met. listen. i could say that in the entire 2 1/2 hours that we spoke, he was completely composed, self-assured, he betrayed no nerv
desert. one drop kept him from perfection. on the not top. there is game manager, alex smith to michael crabtree. niners up 7-0. check out concentration, deflected pass and makes the grab. got both feet down, nice catch. setting up another touchdown. zooming into the end zone, niners up 17-0. smith up at the half. randy moss, vintage moss. runs 47 yards, second touchdown of the year. smith went of 18 to 19 for touchdowns touchdowns and showing up angry. as the niners crush the cardinals 24-3 and improve to 6-2. jim harbaugh was asking about the perception that smith lacked
where the storm is. check out doppler radar. you will see this storm is covering a large part of the east coast. there is snow falling right now and rain continues to batter the east coast. we ll show you where the snow is falling right now. it is extending from colombia, ohio, down to west virginia. blizzard warnings are up and expecting two to three feet by wednesday morning. this is post tropical cyclone sandy. it did make landfall near atlantic city earlier this evening. you see the bands of rain continuing to move in. right now i sti is still windy n atlantic city. peak wind gusts to 46 miles an york and the battery in actually peak water level was 13.88 feet. that is all-time record. this system will continue to work its way up to the northwest and to the north, but the effects of it in the form of rain and snow will continue all the way through wednesday, possibly even beyond. we have rain coming to the bay area. i ll be back with live doppler 7-hd. carolyn: member