It has been a tough year. Roger goodell reflects on a bruising nfl season. Now its game on for super bowl xlix. Its really getting close. We can feel it. Ready for game time. Were excited for the opportunity and it will be a great matchup. With deflategate everyone will be keeping his eye on the ball. This is my job, to protect the integrity of the game. Say it aint snow. A new went r storm is affecting nearly 100 million people. Folks in boston are trying to thaw out as another storm moves in. Two men, one american one russian claim the world record Long Duration balloon flight. The pilots expect to land in mexico today. Hes out, mitt romney the gop candidate for president in 2012 wont be running for the nam nomination next year. But Chris Christie is still considering it. Which means this video that went viral just went viral. The record setting performance at the wing bowl. This guy eight 444 wings. All that look at this. Thanks to the winter deep freeze a thrill seeking dare devil went up Niagara Falls instead of over. And all that matters. Tiger woods reported the worst round of his professional career. At least he had a sense of humor about it. Im just doing this so i dont get fined. The anticipation for this game is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to know how will the patriots cheat this week . Captioning funded by cbs welcome to the weekend. We have great lineup of guests including chef Marjory Bruker who created the recipes anden in news for what would become Boston Market that has changed the way people order takeout food. Time magazine calls them one of the bands you should be listening to fox performs in our saturday session. Our top story, Winter Weather and a lot of it. Another big storm is expected to hit the midwest this weekend and then move into the northeast. Snow that covered parts of new mexico and the southwest is moving into the Southern Plains this to day. Lit merge with a storm coming down from canada to produce significant snowfall sunday and monday. Lets get the latest from meteorologist ed kern at our chicago station wbbm tv. I never like to hear two storms merging. No. Thats never a good thing. Unfortunately thats the recipe for this as it continues to track to the east. Our story begins this morning in the northeast. Once again snow in the northeast and by the time it wraps up later this morning could have a flesh blanket of eight or ten inches there. This is the storm thats developing. All this rain and snow merges with that storm thats going to bring in colder air and it gives us quite a snowstorm. Right now were looking at a winter storm warning that remains for parts of new mexico that goes through the day today, and in ohio and in the chicago area and into indiana and iowa as well, were looking at a winter storm warning that goes to sunday night, and it will bring quite a bit of snow perhaps ten inches or more to the chicago area. Here is the way futurecast looks, the storm continues to the north, rain changes to snow and by this evening in chicago could be a mix of rain and snow before it all changes over. It snows during the nirkts snows into sunday super bowl sunday or should we call it super snow sunday as it continues to track to the east sunday night into monday morning and sets up from new york to boston and its kind of far out, but lets say the possibility in these areas of six to ten inches or so of snow. Weve got to keep a close eye on it and on the track of that storm. Anthony . Meteorologist ed curran of wbbm tv. Thank you, ed. Now to politics and a Major Development for republicans jostling for position in the 2016 president race. After hinting he was in 2012 gop nominee mitt romney is out again. He wont make a third bid for the white house. Juliana goldman has more. After putting considerable thought into making another run for president , i have decided its best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. Reporter on a call with supporters friday mitt romney said he was putting the Republican Party ahead of his own political aspirations. I believe one of our next jechb ration of republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as i am today, won who has not taken the message across the country, one who is just Getting Started may well emerge as being better able to defeat the democrat nominee. Reporter statements quickly poured in from several of those potential 2016 candidates including senator rand paul Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and senator marco rubio who wrote the following on facebook. I deeply respect his decision to give the next generation a chance to lead. Former Florida Governor jeb bush called romney a leader and said quote, there are few people who have worked harder to elect republicans across the country than he has. Romneys decision came after two weeks of openly contemplating another run, meeting with advisers donors and even with jeb bush. Earlier this week he delivered a campaignstyle speech at Mississippi State university. You may have heard that im thinking of running for president again. [ applause ] reporter all the while establishment republican donors and supporters were in a holding pattern, weighing whether to back romney for a third run, gauging if he would be best to go up against an eventual democratic nominee, potentially hillary clinton. But on queen latifa on friday bill clinton didnt give up any details about his wifes plans. I do not know what hillary will do. If i did, i couldnt say, of course but i dont. Reporter for cbs this morning saturday, juliana goldman, washington. For more on what this means for the republican partner, we turn to phil mattingly, Bloombergs National politics correspondent in our washington bureau. Good morning. As juliana was talking about, for the past three weeks hes been hinting at a run. What do you think changed . Theres two issues. The idea that he was going to run was very real. Aides were very serious about it private polling was being commissioned. Numbers looked good. That was one of the primary reasons he came so close. In private meetings, two things stuck out. One, this was going to be a very, very difficult primary battle. The bench was much deeper than it was in 2012. It would be a vicious primary one that if he were to get through it might not set him up well to take on the democratic candidate whichever one believes will be hillary clinton. The other thing was jeb bush. The former Florida Governor has done a quick job behind the scenes of locking up donors locking up former romney supporters. His 5b89 to move quickly, to really kind of take the establishment and make it his own raised a lot of concern in the romney camp and pretty much led the decision to not go. Phil in his statement, romney called for a new generation of republican lead rs which some took as kind of a stab at bush. That was a notsosubtle swipe. There are difficulties in the relationship between bush and romney that goes back to the 2012 campaign and probably even before according to aides on both sides of it. Look, i think mitt romney is very well aware that he based on his polling, based on kind of the nostalgia right now thats been flowing forth has a lot of power Going Forward in the months ahead. What he says and more importantly where he directs his supporters and donors can have a major impact on the direction of this primary Going Forward. If thats going to go to jeb bush, i dont think that statement would have been put out right now. So i think what hes saying basically is there is a young camp. Dont automatically, for all his supporters and donors fall into the jeb bush camp or the Chris Christie camp. Give people a shot to let this primary play out. How mitt romney positions himself over the next couple months, even the next year or two, will be very very interesting Going Forward. So far he has not endorsed any candidate. Of course it would be early for him to endorse any candidate. Who do you think he will endorse and does his endorsement matter . I think it matters in a big way. Hes not going to be the king maker. Who mitt romney gets behind is not going to decide who gets this nomination. The biggest thing, i think, is what happens behind the scenes. Mid romney raised a ton of money in 2012. His finance team is one of the best in the business. Where his aides go where his donors go is crucial. If theres any indication on the candidates side that he can direct people to one camp or the other, thats a very big deal. The other thing, you look at his numbers over the last couple weeks, since he noted he had interest his numbers are huge. Hes up by 20 or 30 points in all those early primary states. If he were to get behind somebody early either subtly or not so settlely a big difference no question about it. One of his top advisers is now in jeb bushs camp. Thanks so much. Domestic policies and foreign policies on the ander da tomorrow on face the nation. Lindsey graham, richard dur bin and james baker. The nations Measles Outbreak continues to spread. At least 114 cases of measles have been reported in 14 states. Many are in california where the outbreak originated in disney land. Its the second biggest outbreak in at least 15 years. Measles is highly contagious. Health Officials Say the high number of infections is due, in part to measles being spread among unvaccinated people. Much of the nation is in the grip of a particularly bad flu season. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says the virus is widespread in all but six states. Its sending americans ages 65 and older to the hospital at the highest rate in almost a decade. This flu season is dominated by a virus known as h3n2. This engineer the flu vaccine is not designed for that particular strain of the disease. Theres no word on the fate of two hostages being held by isis. Japans Deputy Foreign minister says efforts to free a jap leez journalist captured by Islamic State militants are deadlocked. The family of a jordanian Fighter Pilot say they havent heard anything about him. Charli dagata is in london. Deadlock and stalemate are not the words anyone wants to hear in a hostage situation with isis militants. But silence can be just as bad. Despite trying to negotiate through tribal leaders, japanese Officials Say theres been no word from the extremist group. Reporter in japan, theyre keeping vigil and keeping up hope for the safe return of hostage kenji goto. Its an ak agonizing wait. Government officials had to admit theyre in the dark. Theyre pushing as hard as they can at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. Gotos life depends on jordans willingness to meet isis demands and hand over failed sue cited bomber sajida al rishawi. The situation is a stalemate but will stay alert said japans deputy minister of foreign affairs. The entire government is working as one to gather analyze and share information. But the fact is there hasnt been much information to analyze since a deadline passed on thursday night when isis threw down the ultimate ti tum to execute jordanian pilot Muath Al Kasasbeh unless jordans prisoner was handed over. The last time they refused the demands, isis be headed security contractor haruna yukawa. After rumors spread that jordans pilot met the same fate family Spokesman Says the pilot is very much alive and we hope he returns to us soon. But that hope is harder to come by with each passing moment. The crisis has left jordan with tough choices, handing over the prisoner will be seen as caving in to isis. Theres a lot of pressure on Jordans King Abdullah from the public and the pilots influential family to bring him home. Theyre trading a failed bomber for a heroic pilot is the right thing to do. Charlie dagata in london thank you. Theres new fighting in Eastern Ukraine this morning as proposed peace talks collapse. 15 ukrainian soldiers have been killed in fighting in the past 24 hours according to ukraines defense minister. Prorussian rebel fighters are pushing forward over heavy fire. Rap music producer sugn knight is being held on 2 million bail in connection with a deadly hitandrun death in los angeles. Knight was pookd on suspicion of murder in the death of one of two men he allegedly hit with his pickup truck. Police say he was the attacker. Knights lawyer says knight was the victim who accidentally ran over his friend after being attacked. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell should be all smiles as the league pairs for its biggest day of the year super bowl sunday which of course is tomorrow. Instead hes looking forward to putting the 2014 season far behind him. Here is jan crawford. Reporter after a season of controversy and negative headlines, commissioner goodell pointed the finger at himself. It has been a tough year. Its been a tough year on me personally. Its been a year of what i would say humility and learning. We obviously as an organization have gone through adversity, but more importantly, its been adversity for me. Reporter goodell said he and the league had done a lot of soul searching after mistakes in and thissing of the Domestic Violence case against ray rice. One change a new personal conduct policy. Arizona cardinals president Michael Bidwell will chair the committee overseeing it. Hes done the right thing here obviously acknowledged the way the ray rice matter was handled was not the right way. Reporter in this season of distractions super bowl week is proving no different. Its been dominated by questions about whether the patriots broke nfl rules by intentionally deflating footballs in the afc championship game. On tuesday owner robert kraft said if the nfl doesnt find any wrongdoing i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team and in particular coach belichick and tom brady for what they have had to endure this past week. Goodell was asked about krafts comments . My thoughts are, this is my job, this is my responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. I represent 32 teams. All of us want to make sure that the rules are being followed. Reporter despite all the intense criticism, the league is as appopular as ever for the third year in the row. An nfl game was the most watched tv show every e week of the season. Sundays super bowl could be the highest rated ever. For cbs this morning saturday, jan crawford glendale arizona. For a closer look at the super bowl xlix machlup were joined by Otis Livingston sports director for wcvt tv in new york. Thanks for having me. Are the distractions of deflategate will this be a dedistraction . I dont think so. Theyre saying youre questioning our integrity, our character, you dont think we can win without cheating. Lets show them we can do it the right way. This is a matchup where i feel like there are certainly characters on both teams. Marshawn lynch. I was trying to be subtle on that one. In your eyes which player on each team really needs to stand up thats not the quarterback . I think for the new england quarterbacks its going to be Rob Gronkowski a nightmare as far as matching out. If you put a big guy on him, he can out run him. If you put a smaller corner back on him, he can outphysical them. He can get the football. Hes the key for the new England Patriots and the guy that ignites that offense. Tom brady loves to go for him. On the seattle seahawks, i believe its going to be the aforementioned marshawn lynch. This guy is a beast, as his nickname beat mode he run it is ball with reckless able ban done. Hes looking for contact. He has 44 rushing touchdowns since 2010 the most of nfl player in the nfl since that time. I think hes going to be a a key figure for the seahawks. An interesting matchup with tom brady who has won three super bowls, and Russell Wilson who won last year trying to repeat which hasnt been done in a long time. The last team to repeat was new England Patriots in 2004. This is a great matchup like you said. It will be awesome to see Russell Wilson come back get his second ring. Here is guy, third round draft pick 510, thought to be undersized, wasnt a highly thought of quarterback. Here he is on the precipice of getting his second super bowl title in his first three seasons in the league. And tom brady, everything seems to work out for mr. Brady. We shall see if he joins joe montana and terry blad shaw as the only quarterback to win four super bowl titles. The first quarterback to take a team to six super bowl games. The coaches here also have quite a history, pete carroll and bill belichick. They certainly do. Bill belichick is the dean of coaches in the nfl. Hes the guy that everyone is talking about will go down when he gets the super bowl title, as the greatest head coach in football history. Of course deflate gait spay gate, those things will hangover him and his legacy. Pete carroll on the other side trying to go backtoback, trying to become one of the rare coaches that will do that. Yeah, he was fired from new england. Boy, does he have incentive to get that victory on sunday. Who is going to win . I think its going to be seattle seahawks. Tom brady, everything comes up roses for him. That defense will be very good for the seahawks. Russell wilson will make enough plays on offense. Marshawn lynch will be the mvp. An interesting postgame interview. At least entering the game with no fines. Coming up later, amazing a comeback as youve ever seen. 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