this morning. at 9 this morning, minneapolis. the arctic cold is only moving further southward and eastward, through the day, headed on the back of a cold front. could bring some spots of ice. not expecting much in the way of accumulation. headed through tuesday, cold spreads all the way to the southeast. bundle up out there. the cold has returned. other side of things, staying hot and dry in the southwest. no drought-busting rainfall expected anytime soon. no rain in any spots through the end of january. john and marci, back to you. all right, jim. thank you. a great day for playoff football. and now, the match-up is set for super bowl xlviii. it will be the seattle seahawks taking on the denver broncos. and here s how they got there. the seattle seahawks, earning their spot in the final moments of the game. final score over the san francisco 49ers, 23-17. and getting much of the credit, what s known as seattle s 12th man, the loudest fans in the nfl. the crowd is such it s
wellington. no word of injuries. officials say the quakes caused minor damage, like knocking over a giant eagle statue promoting a new movie. bye-bye brady, it s peyton against the 12th man. you can send us a tweet at shep news team and we ll read some of your responses next.
no doubt about it. you see the game yesterday? hard to imagine the broncos losing. seahawks may be the best team in football, though. they got the 12th man. not in jersey, they don t! gro grand, 800,000. really in. super bowl tickets? crazy. seriously? watch it on a tv. yeah. much more comfortable. oh, yeah. manning has the eye of the tiger. let s get to the news. we begin this morning with new allegations of corruption from within chris christie s office. yesterday, hoboken mayor dawn zimmer met with the lawyers of the attorney s office after accused the governor using hurricane sandy relief funds for political favor. she towed she was in told in may from kim guadagno unless she supported a project in hoboken,
face value tickets this weekend, the hunt is complicated by zip codes. the seattle seahawks set geographic limits on who can buy tickets to their games restricting sales to only the pacific northwest. 49ers fans cried foul. californians will have to resort to secondary markets like stub hub or the nfl ticket exchange. the seahawks aren t the only ones. the denver broncos restricted afc championship ticket sales to billing addresses in the rocky mountain region. which means the new england patriots fans are pretty upset. restricting ticket sales to locals could protect the team s 12th man, of course a reference
going out of bounds. the call is reversed. san francisco takes a three-point lead. third quarters, niners on second and goal. kaepernick keeps it to himself for the score. check it out. the end zone there marking his superman. san francisco winning it 23-17. with that, the matchups are set for a blockbuster championship weekend. the broncos will host the patriots after tom brady beat andrew luck and the colts on saturday. the 49 head to seattle to take on russell wilson and the seahawks. to give you a sense of what the niners are up against, when they visit century field, on sunday, it got so loud that fans created an earthquake after marshawn lynch scored on a running play late in the fourth quarter. a small earthquake that registered between 1 and 2 on the richter scale. so that 12th man could certainly be a factor for next weekend. let s get a check on your weather, meteorologist, bill karins. you could play superman. i could see that. you could jump in the phone