Youre watching cbs 5 Eyewitness News in high definition. Bay area bartenders fight back. Why they think the mayors super bowl plans would be a buzz kill. Good evening. Im Elizabeth Cook in the bay area. And im Dennis Odonnell, live in new orleans tonight. We are in jackson square, just steps away from the mississippi river. And we have some breaking news. The brother has arrived the ravens touched down in new orleans early this afternoon. John harbaugh got the best of jim last year, in the brothers first meeting in the nfl, but he still has a ways to go to even the score from some of their battles growing up. Jim was ahead of his time. He was bigger and stronger than all the kids his age. He hung around with me and my friends all the time. And he was good enough to take it to us, you know, on a pretty regular basis. Its big in michigan, hockey. We played hockey, basketball, we wrestled. We played seven sports when i was in seventh grade. Whatever the sport was, mom had us in there. Now
Two. Reporter mardi gras is well under way in new orleans, two weeks of nonstop parades, booze and beads. But this year, the festivities serve as bookends for the super bowl. We control crowds better than anybody in the world hands down no question about it. And this year, we want to do something even more. Reporter thats because 150,000 people are expected for the big game alone and even more for the last week of mardi gras. Our Police Department has more experience than any other Police Department in the nation in managing large crowds because we do mardi gras every year. Its the equivalent of a super bowl every year. Reporter they are working around the clock including the dozens of mounted officers lining the streets in the French Quarter. Here safety is priority. Theres one trick to keeping the peace in new orleans. Our officers learn from their first days of service that when youre in a huge crowd of people by yourself, you have to make friends and talk to people and work with pe
Lining the streets in the French Quarter. Here safety is priority. Theres one trick to keeping the peace in new orleans. Our officers learn from their first days of service that when youre in a huge crowd of people by yourself, you have to make friends and talk to people and work with people and that crowd will support you no matter what. Reporter theres no doubt, its a big under taking for the city but the jobs and the more than 400 million its expected to rake in the next week is worth it. This is the nopds time. Were going to eclipse everything that happened to us in the next two weeks and the men and women of this department are not going to let the people down. Reporter they have a Good Relationship with everyone. We have been checking it out the last few days. Now mardi gras is going to be put on hold and were going to focus on football and, of course, super bowl xlvii and then guess what, when all thats said and done, we go back to mardi gras festivities, the music, food and bea
Now that is embarrassing. And all that matters. The, uhm, very classy very refined video entitled go [ bleep ] yourself. Good luck on charlie rose. On cbs this morning. Iran the government says it launched a monkey into orbit and brought it back to earth. They did release a photo, this is the alleged iranian space monmonkey. Im guessing he didnt volunteer for the mission. Welcome to cbs this morning. Today could be a Pivotal Moment in the lives of 11 Million People living in secrecy. The immigration bill picking up steam could also affect Business Owners nationwide. Cbs news poll shows a slim majority of americans 51 think Illegal Immigrants working in the United States should be able to stay and apply for citizenship. The white house and Bipartisan Groups in congress are hoping to capitalize on that feeling. Bill plante is at the white house. Bill good morning. Reporter good morning and good day in the west where the president speaks in las vegas just before noon pacific time to endor
For more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo. Com male announcer live from the bay area here is your kron 4 news thank you for joining us with the kron4 morning news and tracking the latest with the 49ers, it is media day, we will have the latest with the details. And eight yearold shot outside her oakland home, we are live at the hospital with the latest on her condition. It is not too bad of a start, kind of chilly out in fairfield and vallejo mid 30s out the door. We are in the 40s currently in santa rosa, 47 San Francisco. It is a a mild start. The afternoon temperatures around seasonal. At mid to upper 50s. Later on tonight well continue with clear skies and breezy conditions will continue to exist. I will let you know what to come up expecting in the weekend and my next report. We are not tracking any hot spots. The bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights have not yet been activated this morning. The slow traffic is still confined to two freeways the east bay highway 4 and