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>> did you see that there? the men just avoided being hit by a tree that came crashing down friday night as they sat in front of a fire. look at that. they just got out of the way. they said their wives and children had gone inside just moments before that branch came down. >> we've gotten a preview of the alibi that defense attorneys will use in the trial of brian kohberger. he's facing murder charges for the deaths of four idaho college students in late 2022. court papers show. cobra's attorney will argue he could not have committed the murders because he was not at the scene or even in the area. that argument will be based on expert analysis of cell phone tower data. a not guilty plea has been entered on cobra's behalf. no trial date has yet been set. well, bad behavior will cost hawaii a longtime landmark. >> the mayor of honolulu says the haiku stairs, also known as the stairway to heaven, will be removed at the end of the month. the 3900 steps were built during world war two, and wind through a mountain pass in oahu. they have been closed since 1987 because they're apparently really dangerous. but social
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media thrill seekers have created safety issues anyway. >> a former staffer at augusta national golf club is set to plead guilty to stealing millions in masters memorabilia, federal prosecutors say richard godleski grabbed the goods over a 13 year period and took them down south to florida. the indictment doesn't describe what he allegedly stole or what happened to the items. reports say he'll enter a guilty plea next month. 15 years, 13 years. >> coming up, caitlin clark gives her first news conference as the wnba newest star, plus her possible new deal with nike and later a new humanoid robot. >> and it does look pretty terrifying. here we go. fashion world news now i like it >> back pain. when you've got it, you know it. introducing the x back from copper fit, our groundbreaking technology designed for compression support
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to an abrupt end. >> yeah, it's the younger brother of nba champion denver nugget michael porter junior. and he was kicked out of the league. >> you could say he gambled and lost pretty big big time. he's out of the nba this morning. a casualty of the increasingly close ties between the gambling world and pro sports. for the first time in more than 60 years, the nba banning a player for gambling the league, saying toronto raptors player jontay porter bet more than $50,000 on games and influenced games to benefit gamblers he knew personally. >> the league's investigation found everything from limiting his own participation in games, sharing confidential information with known bettors and betting on as many as 13 nba games himself. >> the investigation revealing porter left the game after just three minutes last month, claiming he was ill to benefit people who had gambled that he'd have only limited playing time that night. the nba says one gambler associated with porter had placed an $80,000 bet on him, underperforming and stood
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to make more than $1 million. >> there is nothing more serious when it comes to, you know, gambling and betting on our games, and that is a direct player involvement. it's cardinal sin, the commissioner saying. >> while legal sports betting creates transparent money that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also raises important issues about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place with fanduel. >> every night is a watch party, analysts say. >> porter's case is only part of a growing problem, as sports leagues partner with legal gambling platforms such as draftkings and fanduel. >> we are in a world where we are immersed in gambling in nba arenas, on social media, on teams own social media feeds to see that jontay porter bet on his own team. to lose is certainly a revelation. >> the nba says it's sharing details of the porter investigation with prosecutors, and says it's working on ways to further safeguard the sport. they also say that basically this proves that the system
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works because they were alerted by these betting entities that there was irregularities in some of the betting, and that prompted the nba to look into this. yeah. oh, well, can we get to the play in tournament. >> yeah. >> how about that. back on the court wednesday night. was the play in. >> are you sure you want to talk about this. >> and we have break yet. >> let's get to the first game. >> the hawks and the bills. you guys have no you know horse in this race right. they met in a win or go home matchup coby white dropped 42 chicago led by as many as 23 on the way to 131 116 win. >> and now to philadelphia where my 70 sixers somehow did not choke. >> they were playing andrews miami heat. we were texting each other the whole game, basically each thinking our team would lose zero faith with both of us. wow. but thank you to our mvp joel embiid hitting the three here. him and nico batum two french citizens saved our croissants. thank you so much. we escaped 105104 to now play the knicks here in new york on saturday. >> the heat aren't quite out yet. now they'll play the bulls
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in a winner win or go home. that's right game, got a note, though. you know miami's best player jimmy butler got hurt early in the game. and espn is reporting he might have torn his acl mcl are yeah. >> no that's not fun. i don't like injuries. yeah okay. let's go to the wnba caitlin clark had her big welcome in indianapolis. >> yeah. she was greeted with cheers of course, at her introductory news conference as a member of the indiana fever. there she is. >> she called being part of the team as the league's number one draft pick. >> a quote dream come true. >> clark called herself a perfectionist, but said she's at her best when she gives herself a little grace. there are also reports that she is nearing a lucrative eight figure endorsement deal with nike, which is great and deserves every penny the wnba is barely paying. >> yeah. for centuries, the world's best pizza has been baked in, ovens made of stone. >> but you can't fit one of those on the countertop in your home. introducing paisano, the authentic pizza oven by granite stone now make the world's most delicious pizza with real stone
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>> well, maybe you've seen this on social media, right? the ones that look like a dog, mostly used by law enforcement, but not like this. not like this. rhiannon. >> yeah, look at this one. this is boston dynamics. they unveiled an all new version of its humanoid atlas robot. yes. gone are the hydraulic, herky jerky motions of its ancestors. oh, gosh. >> and you never know which way it's going. >> yeah, he's now fully electric, moving with near fluid smoothness, atlas is built to execute movements that would be physically impossible for humans. what could go wrong, guys? what could this with artificial intelligence? yeah. what do you think? >> as no one read a ray bradbury book, right? >> what does that movie will smith was in? >> i, robot, isaac asimov? >> yeah, i robot, that was a good one. >> i think they're making a sequel to that. really? is it right here? yeah. >> in in life. >> it's a reality show, though. >> next to some of the craziest things people like real people leave behind in their ubers.
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>> so uber is out with this annual list. they put out every year. the most common items left behind among the top ten are some of the things you might expect clothing, wallet, jewelry and phones. >> yeah, topping the list of most forgetful cities miami. that's because people are having too much fun. they're not worried about what's in the uber, followed by la, atlanta, houston and dallas have less pockets when you're wearing shorts. >> it's true your bathing suit. your bathing suit. >> my kids left. they have those yeti water bottles. like nice ones. yeah. and we went bowling one day and took an uber because i can't remember why. i think our car was in the shop and they both left their yeti drink things in the back of $60. i know, and i tried to get them back, but it didn't work. >> those are totally normal things. how about the crazy stuff? the top five most unique items were left behind. frontal hair, toupee, hot sauce with breathalyzer a leaf but the passenger said was much needed. two containers of spiders. >> what a beyonce fold up fan.
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>> was that lionel's? yeah, i mean, he was traveling recently. >> he's got a spare. >> it's final. >> lost and found, next to the stunning ferrari, smelling like fur and farts. >> what a man in london. did you just say party? >> i wrote that, and i'm proud of it. and i won't take it back. >> a man in london shared security video showing a fox climbing onto his car. >> and yes, you guessed it, doing his business. not once, but twice. the man says, seriously, this fox just does not like my car. >> now, foxes are notorious for making their territory like that or marking their territory. i should say, if anything wants the world to know that that car is
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