hamlin's chances disappeared when he spun out on lap 23. johnson finished behind carl edwards and that was good enough for a cup. it's his unprecedented fifth straight title. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> justin bieber wins big. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ravenous, your uncle or a komodo dragon? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. the eastern seaboard, you get two or three days in toy row of warm, mild conditions and dry weather, too. so enjoy it while you can. the northern plains is a travel trouble spot. a little slippery around minneapolis, a little bit of freezing rain, sleet, changing over to light snow. chicago and detroit and cleveland and indianapolis, rain for you today. now looking at tuesday into wednesday, the cold air still remains in the northern plains. nothing too bad on tuesday. but wednesday, a very busy travel day. that's where we're going to see rain breaking out here from chicago to chanz city. and a chance of some freezin