of eddie george, the former football player whose nfl career took him from houston to tennessee to dallas. his new career has taken him to new york, the city, and "chicago" the play. here's jim axelrod. >> is everybody here! is everybody ready! hit it! >> reporter: while former s football star eddie george is no stranger to the spotlight-- i don't care about expensive things cashmere coats, diamond rings >> reporter: it is a very different stage than where he first made his name 21 years agoth winning the heisman trophy before a nine-year, all-pro nfl career. >> i didn't come to this earth just to say i played football for nine years. i won a heisman trophy and die. razzle-dazzle them >> reporter: he caught the career wound down and started from the ground up. how is your footwork? >> footwork is nice, man. i got good feet. >> reporter: drama classes, voice lessons, and shakespeare in his home town of nashvilleni before auditioning for broadway. from my bureau >> what was important for me was that the ensemble didn't look at me as a gimmick, this is some guy athlete that wanted to do broa

first known case of sexual transmission ofrr zika virus during the currental outbreak was reported in dallas. with today's 14 suspected cases, the c.d.c. is rethinking how the disease is spread. jennifer mcquiston studies zikapr at the c.d.c. >> with these new suspected cases that we're investigating, i we're really becoming more awarere that sexual transmission may happen more often than we >> reporter: zika has been linked to microcephaly in newborns, abnormally small heads and developmental delays. the virus remains in the blood for an average of about oneay much longer, 62 days in one case. there's no evidence of sexual transmission from women to men. angelica is due in april and so far, so good.ou scott, you may be wondering why every day there's new. information about zika. remember, 10 years ago, this infection was almost unheard of. now it's exploding and being gang tackled by the scientific community. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. up next, apple's fight for privacy. privacy. what about my family? my li'l buddy? and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospit

. >>> brown's quarterback johnny manziel is accused of attacking his girlfriend last month in dallas. it's a misdemeanor charge. he has not been arrested. >>> the orlando sentinel reports that seaworld admits spying on its critics. the company says workers posed as animal welfare activists to get information and that confirms what peta said months ago. seaworld is not saying whether anyone was fired or disciplined. >>> a reboot of a sitcom from years ago. we will revisit the tanner home. this is tecfidera. tecfidera is not an injection. it's a pill for relapsing ms that has the power imagine what you could do with fewer relapses. tecfidera may cause serious side effects, such as allergic reactions, pml, which is a rare brain infection that usually leads to death or severe disability, and decreases in your white blood cells. the most common side effects are flushing and stomach problems. tell your doctor about any low white blood cell counts, infections, any other medical conditions, or if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. learn mo

in 2006, dallas area middle school teacher, stanley kendall was captured on nabs's "to catch a predator" allegedly soliciting a young boy for sex. was 13. i thought about driving away when high saw him at the door. >> reporter: he lost his job and texas teaching less license. i let it happen because i didn't have the money to fight it. years later, kendall returned to the classroom. substituting in indiana until some one saw a rerun of the nbc program and alerted officials. >> and the cases are too many to ignore. >> reporter: pennsylvania senator pat toomey spent years pushing for federal regulations. >> varpous states have wildly varying standards for doing background checks for employee. there is no good reason why the children in a particular state should be more at risk than children in another state. >> as for the teacher, she resigned from her job in louisiana last week after "usa today" contact herd school district as part of its investigation. in a statement to cbs this morning, she said "i made an error in judgment in florida it was greatly exaggerated. i learned from my misfa

eddie george the former football player whose nfl career took him from houston to tennessee to dallas. his new career has taken him to new york, the city, and "chicago" the play. here's jim axelrod. >> is everybody here, hit it. >> while former football star eddie george is no stranger to the spot light. >> i don't care about expensive things, cash mere coats, diamond rings. >> it's a very different stage sthan where he first made his name 21 years ago winning the heisman trophy before a nine-year all-pro nfl career. >> i didn't come to this earth just to say i played football nine years, won a heisman trophy and die. >> he caught the theater bug and started from the ground up. >> how's your foot work. >> foot work is nice, man, i got good feet. >> drama classes, voice lessons and shakespeare in his hometown of nashville before auditioning for broadway. >> what was important for me was that the ensemble didn't look at me as a gimmick, some guy athlete that wanted to do broadway. >> no vanity project. >> no vanity project here. is this is perfectly understandable >> this is not just bo

similar proposal was rejected in dallas, texas. on twitter, tampa's police department downplayed the controversy, insisting its officers have been in formation for days signing up to keep the bee high safe. >> last week a planned anti-beyonce protest at nfl headquarters in new york. it fizzled. most people who showed up were her fans. back in miami, police say there will be plenty of security at beyonce's upcoming show. >> any body that wants to go and the police will be there. >>> an uber driver is charged to day with six counts of murder in a saturday night shooting spree. >>> also tonight, cruz fires a top aid for posting a bogus video of rubio. >> every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that is deceptive and untrue. >> why did this mega bus with 40 passengers burst into flames? >> the bus -- boomed, boomed again. you see sparks and flames fly everywhere. >> and virginia mclaurin waited more than a century for this >> it was the greatest time of my life. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> a dri

in texas, would you have seen 10,000 people out in austin, 8,000 people out in dallas. we had a wonderful turnout in ro-chesser, minnesota last night. i think we have a lot of momentum. sometimes the media says this >>> most ducks fly south for the winter, but one very special duck just gets under the covers. steve hartman found this hart heartwarming story on the road. >>> a lot of kids go to the park to see ducks, but kylie takes her duck to see the park. snowflake comes here to swim around the pond and then returns when called, because snowflake and the duck is not alone in this delusion. >> i'm his mom. >> reporter: you're not really his mom. >> yep, i'm his mom. >> reporter: how did you first find out? >> that he was a duck? >> reporter: no, that -- kylie is unbearably cute, and since i never did recover to ask that question again, let he just tell you that kylie first noticed snowflake's attachment the day the browns brought her home last summer. >> look, look, look, he follows her. >> reporter: for whatever reason, the duck imprinted on kylie and just had to be b

prosecutor was murdered in broad daylight one block from the courthouse in the town of kauffman near dallas, the fbi was stumped and the residents there began arming themselves and locking their doors. >> it was just the first of several brazen killings that rocked the town. tonight on "48 hours." correspondent richard schlesinger brings you the dramatic story of what happens when the hunter became the hunted. here is a preview. >> i come to the courthouse here almost every day. i saw a person, clothes all in black. >> reporter: attorney linda bush is no stranger to crime but she was not prepared for what she saw that january morning. >> there was the shoving match and then he took the gun and shot. [ screaming ] >> reporter: you heard the gunshots? >> yes. >> i counted three. i know there were at least two more. >> reporter: the victim of this daring daylight shooting was a well-liked assistant district attorney named mark hassey. >> we have suffered a devastating loss today. >> reporter: haddy's bo is was devastated by the murder and he vowed to find the killer. >> i hope that the people

when michelle and robert duchouquette sought out a pet sitter for two dogs and a fish they chose a dallas company called prestigious pets but their experience wasn't positive. >> they don't give automatic updates when you visit. >> reporter: michelle wrote an online review giving the business one star on yelp. >> i saw the fish water was getting cloudy and i was getting i sent an e-mail about that. i said i didn't like that they didn't leave my key, didn't like they messed up the billing. >> i thought that was the end of it. >> the couple got slapped with a cease and desist order. they claim the one star review caused irreparable and continued liablous and slanderous harm. the business is seeking more than $6,700 in damages a hearing is set for april 4th. >> i was surprised that the business owner took it that far. >> reporter: it's call because of a nondisparagement clause. in this one, the fine print says, this agreement prohibits you from taking any action that negatively impacts the business. >> i didn't even read it. so i didn't see it before. i had to request it from the attorney. >

. >>> dallas morning news reports a plane was headed from suddenly subsidy suddenly descended 20,000 feet. >>> a man says electronic cigarette battery exploded in his pocket. surveillance video captured the very frightening moment on saturday at a gas station. vinita nair is here to show us why the devices may be "lighting up" scary stuff. >> yes. this latest incident caught on tape is raising new concerns about the multibillion dollar e-cigarette industry. >> reporter: surveillance footage captured the moment josh hamilton's pants suddenly burst into flames at a kentucky gas station. he ran outside struggling to ditch his clothes before a man dous douses him with a fire extinguisher. he tweeted the following. it's the latest incident linked to electronic vaporizers across the country. >> ts an alternative to smoking grets. health care healthier way of doing it. >> reporter: evan was in a coma three days at a mom hospital after he says an e-cigarette blew up in his mouth in october. and earlier this week at ohio fire department issues a warning on its facebook page after a rechargeab

on february 2nd the first reported in dallas. with this week's 14 suspected cases, the cdc is rethinking how the disease spreads. jennifer mcquistan of cdc. investigating we are becoming more aware that sexual transmission may happen more often than we previously thought. >> reporter: zika has been linked to microcephaly in newborns with abnormally small heads and developmental delays. the virus remains in the blood one week and can stay in semen many longer, 62 days in one case. no evidence of sexual transmission from women to men. >> jon, if the cdc is reconsidering how this disease be? >> there is a lot of anxiety. of course, whenever you don't have all of the information and it seems like every day there is new information here. one of the big things we are just learning is that guillain-barre syndrome can be increased. will million dollar question, of course, is what exactly is the relationship between zika infection and this microcephaly. is there some other thing that has to happen? we are seeing it in brazil and elsewhere

a person in dallas was infected by a partner who had been to venezuela, one of the countries where zika is an epidemic. >> this is a game changer. what we've been looking at is mosquito-to-human and human come to the united states and mosquitos bite them and that starts the transmission. now it's a game changer. we're talking about sexually transmitted virus, the zika virus and that is a concern as we go forward since 80% of the individuals don't have any symptoms. >> scary stuff. our dr. jon lapook is in recife, brazil. >> this city's public health commissioner said sexual transmission of the virus has not yet been documented. it spread mostly by mosquitos and is suspected of causing a devastating birth defect which so concerned. this 30-year-old is pregnant with her fourth child. >> are you worried for your baby? she said she is worried but she's had no obvious symptoms of zika. across brazil, cases of microcephaly total over 4,000. several hundred suspects and confirmed cases reported just last week. recife is the epty pen tyicenter of microcephaly. government workers go door to door

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paul and dallas i'm garrett, lets check in on some girls action.... where the big rivalry game was hosted by douglas tonight....lets check in the other part of our 2 the hoop squad....zac mooney and ryan canaday....ryan you were there for the carson douglas game. thanks garrett- we've got some great highlights tonight. zac has a few plays from a couple not so close games in the high desert league. but first lets take a look at some rivalry action in the sierra league. yes i'm talking about that douglas high...carson city rivalry...with the tigers playing at home. 1. let's take you midway into the second quarter...freshma n hannah carr drives toward the basket..misses the first attempt..but grabs her own rebound and gets the second shot to fall...that would put the tigers up 12. 2.late in the fourth quarter..senators will cut the taking some time...lindy lehman finds the open lane...and makes the shot off the back board.. but it wasn't enough.. as the tigers hold on to win this one huskies with the ball and a big lead here in the second half.. they wor

omar villafranca, cbs news, dallas. meanwhile, politicians reacted to scalia's death with their own statements. on twitter, presidential candidates offered their thoughts. donald trump said "the totally unexpected loss of supreme court justice antonin scalia is a conservative movement and our country!" ted cruz called scalia "an american hero". cruz also reacted by saying that the next president should name his replacement. marco rubio also expressed the opinion that the next president should name the replacement, but also shared a memory of seeing justice scalia defending religious freedom. he sent his thoughts and prayers to scalia's his wife, jeanette. and be sure to stay with k-t-v-n and c-b-s news on air, online, and on facebook and twitter for continuing coverage. in campaign 20-16.. bernie sanders made his way back to the silver state, with a series of campaign stops throughout reno. ryan canaday followed sanders today while the senator took advantage of his time before the nevada caucus to speak with residents o

and joins us live with the action, dallas. yea garrett it is playoff time... coming into the night, there were 8 boys teams left vying for the division 1 north title... that number now is 4... lets get to the highlights. douglas making the trip up to the biggest little city to face the high desert league champs reno... 1. huskies got off to a fast start... alex tsaniff with the steal and he will take it all the way himself for the layup... huskies up 4-0... 2. a little later its an 8-0 lead... david kyle will kick it out to a wide open drew rippingham from the corner and he burries the three... that makes it 11-0 huskies and that 11-0 start proved to be the difference in this one as the huskies advance winning 67-56. down to south reno for bishop manogue and mcqueen... 1. the game of basketball is just so much easier when you are 6 foot 11... as is mcqueen's octavian corely... misses the first shot... but just reaches over everybody and puts it back 2. miners looking for a little momentum as the time is running out before the

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welcome to 2 the hoop, alongside dallas colodny and paul nelson, i'm garrett dearborn...time to talk playoffs but first... and get involved with us... send us a picture... tell us about your team just hashtag 2 the hoop and keep it clean and we let's begin with division 1-a action...the number one north seed elko indians taking on the number two south seed clark chargers. 1.chargers get off to a great start...darius jackson gets the steal and takes it to the other end...finishing with the finger roll...but nearly losing his shoe in the process...charger s open with a seven to nothing lead. 2.elko would finally get on the board with this spot up three from erik klekas..splash...bu t it's the chargers who would continue to roll. 3.moments later...it's jackson again...but this time goes under the basket with the reverse..count it.. chargers win 54-37 here's the other division 1-a game...it's the desert pines jaguars against the south tahoe vikings. 1.let's take you to the second half...jags up twelve and would add to that lead..when capri uzan takes it coast to falling down...jags have

dallas will have the highlights next. [daughter] sometimes the hallways felt like a giant maze. [mother] jenny didn't feel like going to school, and she slept during the day and was up at night. she seemed irritable all the time. and the weight was really hard to hold up. [mother] one day my daughter was crying, that's when jenny told us she thought about hurting herself. [daughter] then my parents got me treatment. that's when the bad feelings started to go away. the nevada wolf pack was looking

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the girlslsipped things off last night with quarterfinal action, tonight the boys get things going...dallas colodny joins us now live with a preview of the quarterfinals. yea garrett it is playoff time... win or go home... there are 8 teams left vying for the division 1 north title... top 2 teams will play in the state tournament next week... the favorite has to be the carson senators who went undefeated in the sierra league this year they also take the number 1 seed from that division.... they actually haven't lost to a team from the silver state all year long... the number 1 seed for the high desert league is the reno huskies... they enter the playoffs on a three game win streak and were 14-2 in their division. so here is a look at the brackets... reno will host the 4 seed from the sierra league the douglas tigers... reno beat the tigers by 6 back in december. while on the south end of town bishop manogue the 2 seed from the sierra league will host mcqueen the three seed form the high desert league... the lancers topped the miners in then the sierra league champs carson will host the reed

i'm dallas coondy and i'llhave highlights in sports. it's estimated that nearly 40- million americans suffer with migraines - which are not only painful, but often debilitating. coming up in tonight's health watch... see what one doctor does when she feels a migraine coming on... and where you can go to get help - next. i've watched as the house across the street has sat empty for over six years. i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change.

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dallas colodny caught up with coach eric musselman this morning to talk about air force. the nevada wolf pack mens basketball team is looking to rebound from last weekends 9 point loss to colorado state their next game will be right here at lawlor events center they will host the air force academy... the last time the pack played the falcons they beat them by 23 points. "i think we have just been

dallas will have back on january 6th the nevada wolf pack was thouroughly central valley losing to the bulldogs 85-63... in fact nevada spotted the bulldogs 12 points to start that game... today though the squads come into the game only seperated by a game in the mountain west standings... fresno state is coming off an upset victory over san diego state... while nevada is riding high after beating air force by 20. lets off the opening tip the wolf moments later... its tyron criswell going to work... he'll stop on the baseline and get the friendly bounce... wolf pack takes an early 4 point lead... then off a lindsey drew miss... cameron oliver grabs one of 11 first half rebounds... flips it criswell who lays it in off the glass... and then about 5 minutes in lindsey drew will get a shot to go... the short drive... stops at the free throw line and sinks the jumper... this one just underway in the second half. the wolf pack have a narrow lead over the bulldogs... 39-37... fenner with 16 points right points and 12 rebounds... we will have full highlights and post game reactions coming up t

dallas will have that it took more than 40 minutes last night but the wolf pack was able to grind out a 77-72 overtime win against longtime conference rival fresno state. three wolf pack players finished in double figures.... tyron 13 points and 11 rebounds... d.j. fenner led nevada by tying his career high of 24 points... and cameron oliver had the best game of his young wolf pack career... 20 points and a mountain west record 24 rebounds... the wolf pack had a 13 point lead in the second half... but the bulldogs clawed back... and marvelle harris would tie with this three with about minute left... in overtime nevada spotted the bulldogs 5 points but fought back... fenner and oliver would knock down jumpers but it came down to free throws and rebounds... nevada up 3 with six seconds to go... criswell looking to put the game on ice... but he misses... yet cameron oliver would grab rebound number 24... and then go to the line and sink a pair of free throws to give nevada their 15th win... afterwords a lot of next up for the pack game 1 of a 2 game road trip... they will visit san jose

dallas will have highlights and northern nevada high school basketball as northern regionals played out... however the division 1 north finals still in progress up at spanish springs high school... for the girls they are in the second half... bishop manogue and reno meeting for the 5th straight year... at the moment... they are about to begin the 4th quarter where the miners have a commanding 61-41 lead. as for the boys it is the biggest little city versus the capital city as reno and carson are set to square off at 6pm.. we will have all the highlights coming up tonight at 11. the lower division games are done... lets start with the d 1-a boys... elko and south tahoe... 1st quarter... ethan strain blocks the shot... and sprints up court... as his teammate tommy cefalu will find him for the wide open transition layup.. vikings with an early lead... but here comes the indians... dustin baum's shot gets blocked under the basket... but he gathers it backs up and decides a three is a better idea... and it was... swishes it home... this one also came down to the wire as elko has now won 5 st

dallas will have your the high school basketball season in nevada wraps up today... with the lower division state championships... for the division 3 ranks the yerington lions boys basketball team was looking to add to their state championships this school year after winning one in football. so lets head to lawlor where in the 4th quarter they were playing catch-up... down 20 points... daniel sciarani spots up from straight away 3... and he knocks down the jumper... and that starts brief run... moments later off the missed 3... chris brown gets the rebound and will put it back in... that cuts their deficit to 15... but the lions just had too far to go... to win state... 56-38. how about the division 3 girls game between white pine and incline... this was a close one... second quarter... and the highlanders create some space for taylor and little bit of game time later more from their freshman guard... the back door pass... and redfern lays it in... i said this was a close one... unfortunatly for the highlanders they came up 1 points short... 44- 43. white pine wins t

dallas northern nevada high school basketball as northern regionals played out... however the division 1 north finals still in progress up at spanish springs high school... the girls just wrapped up a little bit a go... where bishop manogue repeats as division 1 north champs topping the reno huskies 72-59. as for the boys they are in progress... as it is carson versus reno... at last report they are about midway through the second quarter and carson leads 17-14... full highlights and results tonight at 11. the lower division games are done... lets start with the d 1-a boys... elko and south tahoe... 1st quarter... ethan strain blocks the shot... and sprints up court... as his teammate tommy cefalu will find him for the wide open transition layup.. vikings with an early lead... but here comes the indians... dustin baum's shot gets blocked under the basket... but he gathers it backs up and decides a three is a better idea... and it was... swishes it home... this one also came down to the wire as elko has now won 5 straight northern titles... 45-43. how about the d 1-

dallas will have that the nascar sprint cup season got underway this afternoon with the 58th running of the daytona 500... with 40 cars and 500 miles of racing... this years running of the great american race featured a last lap pass for the lead... and the closest finish in the races history... lets head to daytona... kyle busch the defending sprint cup champions... dale earnhardt jr. always a favorite to win... and then 20 year old rookie pole sitter chase elliot taking over for the now retired jeff gordon... but elliott's hopes for a 500 victory were dashed early... lap 19 he spins coming off of turn 4... and when he gets to the trioval grass his front splitter digs in and causes heavy front end damage. now 31 laps to go... and dale earnhardt junior also spins as nose it into the wall... ending his hopes of third daytona 500 win... he was alright... but junior nation... frustrated. 13 laps later you ride with greg biffle he has a run on danica patrick in the locally sponsored natures bakery car... they make contact... she gets knocked into the infield where her car would suffer te

dallas colodny channel 2 sports. wolf pack baseball team is getting set to open up the tj bruce era and the team had media day today. while it was an off-season of change the mountain west champs do return the reigning conference player of the year, trenton brooks and the pitcher of the year mcqueen grad christian stolo... the pack opens things up with northestern next friday and and we'll hear from them coming up at 11 thanks garrett. next, mike will have a final look at your weather. you're mike is here with a final check of the weather while variable amounts of cloudiness will break over the strong high pressure ridge that planted over the west coast, said ridge will also result in dry conditions and very warm temperatures throughout the rest of the week. highs will climb into the mid-60s wednesday and stay there until the weekend, where they will fall only slightly into the low 60s. at this point, the next chance of precipitation doesn't come along until mid to late next week. your next newscast starts at 11 unti

of john lennon's hair a lock of john lennon's hair a lock of john lennon's hair sold at auction in dallas, texas saturday. it sold for a whopping thirty- five thousand dollars the four inch lock was trimmed and kept by a german barber in 19-66, as lennon was preparing for a movie role. the beatle's had just released their revolver album the month before, and lennon was about to star in the comedy "how i won the war." the lock was purchased by a collector of beatle's memorabilia. the hair was one of several beatles-related items up for coming up next on channel 2 news this morning... a nevada senator, advocate, and p- t-a member passed away this weekend...how she is being remebered and more, after the break. "this is channel 2 news, after the death of nevada senator debbie smith yesterday, community leaders are coming forward to honor her public record. we'll hear what the governor had to say. ahead of the republican caucus tomorrow... g-o-p candidates are making their way to northern nevada to win over undecided voters... in a series of rallies from elko to minden. and getting a new phone

if you were with me yesterday in texas you see 10,000 people out in austin, 8,000 people out in dallas. we had good turn out here last night. i believe we have lot of momentum. sometimes the media -- this state had election at the end of the campaign. dozens of more states to go we're feeling good. >> dickerson: all right, senator bernie sanders we'll be back with more numbers from our cbs (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. are you taking a zumba class? there is no way allergies are getting in my way. 14 days into my allergy season... ...and i am still claritin clear. because when i got itchy watery eyes... ...i started taking claritin every day. when your allergy symptoms start, doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy se