swinging to the outside. a leap of sorts and it's a one touchdown game. >> cris: we've got a different harrison going to work out here. watch marcus harrison number 94. he has been wading through the offensive line of the broncos. fortunately for the broncos there, they ran away from him. look at that. a good four or five yards in the backfield and the broncos found it the other way. >> al: matt prater for the extra point. 24-17. rodney harrison will be very provocative, we know, in the studio in a couple of weeks. he has been provocative tonight. one more way to provoke you right now. brandon marshall, we've talked about him a lot tonight. cris and i have talked about hem and cris in effect saying grow up, i concur. your thoughts on that situation.

>> i mean, it's a way of handling things. you're a professional right now. have you to do things the right way and you have to show up. guys in the locker room are counting on you. you're a pro bowl receiver and lead of this team and you cannot act in that fashion. really for me, cris, i wish someone at home would grab him and say what are you doing? someone around him that is close to him and saying you need to grow up and be a professional and go out there and handle your business because eventually if you prove it on the field, if denver doesn't play you, someone else will. >> you talk about auditioning for other teams. you want to get out of here, that's fine but you have to show them something. the last thing on mayor their mind is watching you knock down balls in practice and punt the football away. you know every team has headaches. nobody wants to sign extra headache. they have enough trouble with the headaches they already have and right now he's in a tough spot. >> if i'm a general manager looking at this guy, i'm saying if i invest 25 million, 35 million into this guy if a little adversity hits, will he respond like this? and i just think, you know, you really show your true character when adversity hits.

>> he is one more incident away from a lengthy suspension from the nfl, so i think that factors in as well. >> get it together, brandson. >> al: it's the position, too. >> cris: here we go! >> al: if you were the good ship lollipop when you played, i understand that. >> are you calling him soft? >> al: no but he was -- >> paper cut? like kyle orton? >> cris: i didn't know you knew about my career! >> al: he once threw a 99-yard touchdown pass. did you know that? >> i i saw that. was that in '72? >> al: it seemed like it. >> cris: down what my nickname was? >> what? >> al: krjeds light. one blow and i'm out. >> al: we'll stop it right there. pittsburgh/tennessee coming up on opening night. your thoughts on the steelers trying to defend. tennessee the best record in the league last year.

as brett basanez comes in at quarterback. his first pass of the game is completing to iglesias, a rookie out of the oklahoma and completes his first pass. >> you look at the past decade. the afc is dominated by three times -- pittsburgh and indianapolis and new england patriots. right now, tennessee is in a position where they were 13-3 last year and had home field advantage and all of a sudden they had a great defense. their quarterback is playing well. ageless quarterback and they have a good quarterback in vince young. but now it's time to take it to the next level and get in the playoffs and get into that upper echelon of teams. >> cris: how about without albert haynesworth? you talked about vince wilfork and the force up front to draw the double teams. how much of a difference is that going to make? >> i mean, he's the best defensive tackle in the game so of course, it makes a lot of difference but, at the same time, i'm not investing a hundred million dollars in one guy unless he touches the ball every single down and that is the quarterback. so i would have let him go and

they're going to do a good job of rotating the guys and put different guys in there and guys have to step up. >> cris: you know it's sw interesting. he probably only took about 50 snaps in most games anyway because the whole league rotates their defensive backs in and out. >> al: peterson to the outside. rodney, we issue you much success. welcome to the business, my man. great to have you aboard. >> thank you for having me. >> al: we will watch you every sunday night before we go to work. >> cris: good luck watching the ten games at a time on sunday! >> you enjoy belaire country club. such a hard life. >> al: come on out. i'll each pay the caddie fee for you. >> good. thank you. >> al: rodney harrison along with tony dungy going into the studio on "football night in america" and bob costas is coming out on the road with us. and that all starts on the first sunday night of the season when we will see the chicago bears against the green bay packers. from the 46 yard line. to the 47. here goes adrian peterson.

let's get a word from andrea. >> andrea: well, obviously, you guys talking about brand ob brandon marshall but what happens when he comes back to the team on september 6th? kyle orton and champ bailey told me he has a long way to go to earn his teammates' trust and win back the locker room. bailey said he will have to see how he is going to do out there on the field and he'll know right away if he is not giving his all and if he is not, it would be, quote, a big problem. i asked champ point blank do you think brandon marshall plays with this team this year? he said, i don't know. 50/50. the bottom line for him is there is no way he has any leverage. >> al: that is to be determined on every level as over the middle, the tight end picked up from detroit, making the catch. 2:50 to play, first and ten at the denver 33 yard line. >> cris: big man running down the field. you can see the man coverage underneath as they chase the guy in the flat and gaines just

finds a little hole in the zone out there. we've seen a lot of action in the second half. they are kind of going up and down the field. usually, you don't see this from the backup quarterbacks and the guys, but everybody has put on a pretty good show tonight and, i tell you, it's been really good news for tom brandstater. he played well after not so well last week. >> al: peterson takes it to the 21 yard line. that will take us close to the two-minute warning. and that much time remaining. basanez siked year out of northwestern was with carolina and trying to hang on. and chicago trying to hang on up by seven. .

>> al: part of the nbc sports.com family right now. we'll come back to that in a second.

peterson taking it to the outside. and picking up a first down behind a jason davis block. there it is. profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. updated news and rumors from around the league. nfl.com/fantasy. i got to tell you, cris, i always thought fantasy football, i thought for years it's ridiculous but i was in a newsstand recently. there are one or two magazines about what is happening in the league and there are like 50, 50 fantasy football. it's insane! >> cris: have you ever played it? >> al: no, but i'm thinking about it. >> cris: honest to goodness it's fun and you never feel so stupid in your whole life when you pick the players that you know are going to be the great players out there and then -- my kids used to hammer me every single year. i never won. i did it about eight years in a row and i said that's it!

i'm embarrassed enough. >> al: is it as much fun as shooting dice? if it is, i'll be in trouble! >> cris: i have about the same chance of winning. >> al: to the 3 yard line. adrian peterson. meanwhile, early on, the stars of the show departed a couple of hours ago, jay cutler and kyle orton. it was cutler got off to a little bit of a slow start. every dressed for the occasion. all kinds of signs. the boos and all of that early on. almost got taken down for a safety in the end zone. but before it was all said and done, hooked up with olsen, hooked up with pest pester and -- hester and led them on a 98-drive and there he is in preseason. okay at buffalo. good performance against the giants and he is happy with what he did tonight. >> cris: that game at buffalo

offensively and defensively not very good. but last week against the giants, you saw hill for the first time and now you're getting confirmation that you're a bears fan. i tell you our sunday night opener is setting up for one heck of a show, isn't it? yea cutler against aaron rodgers. how about what aaron rodgers is doing this preseason with the gabe packers. >> al: preseason, what does it mean? who knows. marv levy used to go 0-4 every year and would wind up in the super bowl. a team like green bay and a lot of of injuries last year. you're right, rodgers is a factor. >> cris: they are making the switch to the three-four defense as well and aaron kampman trying to make the same as dumervil is making transition. >> al: this is peterson. the denver fans came tonight hoping that jay cutler would throw four interceptions and sacked about nine times. that didn't happen. their quarterback orton had to

go out with that cut finger, though josh mcdaniels telling andrea he didn't think it would be a problem and he would be able to be the opening day starter. so what do you think of the denver fans collectively might be thinking right now, cris? >> cris: they are not happy. i wouldn't be happy. i mean, really, good young coach comes in here. believe me, this system is going to work. this is a good system. don't get down on him as a coach. if you want to get down on him for a decision, then i think that's fair and open game, but this is a system that will work and it's just a matter of how quickly kyle orton can fit in. if he is the answer, i don't know. we'll have to wait and see on that one. but so far, it's been pretty rough in the preseason. >> al: she shares the sentiments of some people around here. but, again, if the system works and we talked about the fact that one of the keys is going to be the running back, knowshon mow ren owe. one of the interesting things to

point out in all of the years that mike shanahan had not only control of the team and player personnel, he never picked a running back in the first round. he went with tatum bell and clinton portis in the second round and terrell davis was a sixth rounder and picked up free agents and he made it work and mcdaniels comes in and of all things his very first draft choice is a running back. knowshon moreno. >> cris: i think in part of the issues they had a season ago. they went through nine starting running backs last year and i think they finally said you know what? we need a bell cow here and somebody to make some plays with the running game. >> al: robbie gould with a chip shot field goal of 25 yards to cement it. so a week from thursday, it's the traditional thursday night opener now in the nfl. we'll have it on nbc. tennessee against pittsburgh and then three nights later, we go to green bay and bob and the gang, our new gang there with

tiki and dan and keith coming back and rodney and tony coming into the studio. bob out on the road with us. "football night in america" beginning september 13th. >> cris: how about having a studio analyst in tony dungy who has been in the middle of the of the news the entire off-season with this mike vick thing but i tell you, lovie smith and tony dungy and some of these guys have such a great impact on this game and the young people that play it and they are soft spoken and father figures for a lot of these guys. i was so thrilled to hear that the commissioner had asked tony dungy to be a part of the mike vick thing, because it was exactly what he needed. >> al: kickoff by gould. matthew hillis out to the 21 yard line. one more play and we can bid you ado. >> cris: looking forward to the

season, though, partner. >> al: it's going to be great. >> cris: this is one of those crazy years. people want to try to pick out the favorites and who they think is going to win and all that. but i can make a case for about 20 teams in the league this year coming out and winning this thing. and just going to be so exciting. we have some great, great games. >> al: wonderful story lines. a look at the sunday night schedule and we love it and the first week, giants and cowboys in the first game. and in jerry's new palace. indianapolis against arizona. manning and the nfc champions going at it. that will do it from denver. that is the end of our preseason finalizado el schedule. the chicago bears come west and knock off denver broncos. final score is 27-17. cutler will go over and see stokley and i would doubt seriously he will seek out josh. and then head on back to

chicago. the thursday night september 10th, the steelers and the titans and sunday night, the 13th, the bears taking on the packers in the first "sunday night football" game of the season. coming up next, except on the west coast, late local news and until the 10th, al michaels and steelers cris collinsworth and andrea kremer and our entire crew, good night from denver. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> next on 11 news -- >> a deadly boating accident in

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weiner. we begin with a developing story, officials say a man is dead after a boating accident in glen burnie and happened around 6:00 at the mouth of marley creek. we're live in glen burnie with the latest with melissa. >> natural resource police are leading up this investigation and spent most of the night trying to pull up the two boats involved in the accident which both sunk, pulling them out of the water to further their investigation and tonight we spoke to a man who pulled out the only two survivors in this incident. these two men say they were in the waters of the marley creek when two boats collided. >> sitting there at the beach and see the boat hit something and flip over. i rowed out there and saw them and pulled them off a boat and took them to another one. >> smith helped pull 32 john martin and his 13-year-old daughter to safety. their power boat capsized. smith went over to a small

white boat that seemed to be circling in the water without a driver. mark porter says smith got closer and made a gruesome discovery. >> the guy was laying in the back of the boat dead. >> anne arundel fire officials said they received a call of the two boats colliding just after 6:00 p.m. >> at this point there was a collision of two boats at marley creek out of furnace creek you can see behind me. the two boats collided. one boat may have gone over the top of another boat and an individual was fatally injured at that time. >> martin and his daughter are said to have refused treatment and left uninjured. as for the victim in this case, his identification has not been released at this point in time and are trying to wait to contact next of kin. the residents in this area say he is well known and has lived in this area quite some time and of course this investigation is ongoing. reporting live at glen burnie wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you melissa. after nearly two months are

members of a west baltimore congregation returned to their historic church home for worship this morning. fire destroyed parts of bethel a.m.e. church after a fire struck its steeple forcing members to a temporary place of worship. today pastor reid and church officials welcomed them home for sunday services. a homecoming that was long overdue for some. >> i'm excited, i'm overwhelmed, and i'm relieved to be back home. >> i'm really glad that we're able to come back because this church has been such a staple in this community for so long. >> bethel is one of the areas oldest institutions founded in 1785. ♪ >> ♪ god is watching over me ♪ >> this evening a west baltimore city gathered to remember the latest victim of gun violence. michael white jr. was shot at preston street and free month avenue last thursday night. there's no word on what led to the violence and no arrests

have been made. the 16-year-old hit by a suspected drunken driver last week has died from his injuries. ben wortman was struck early friday morning while riding his bicycle among route 108 in columbia. 26-year-old aaron lorsong was behind the wheel at the time and was under the influence of alcohol. police say they also found heroin in lorsong's possession. he's out of jail after posting $100,000 bail. tonight police in montgomery county are looking for a hit-and-run driver officials say two women were struck and then dragged by the vehicle around 10:00 saturday morning. the driver, police say, never looked back. reporter derrick ward has more. >> it's been obvious to local authorities that it's unsafe to wait for a bus along this stretch of capital view avenue in silver spring. they're making the bus stop safer but crossing this street proved more dangerous for two pedestrians saturday morning. >> two women pedestrians aged 22 and 29 were crossing capital view avenue at leafy avenue in

silver spring. they were struck by what witnesses claim is a black toyota s.u.v. or pickup truck. >> i just heard a loud bang. >> police say both victims were in the crosswalk and struck with such force they were both dragged 183 feet another 113 feet down the road. >> one lady was in the middle of the street and the other lady was up against the 25 mile speed limit sign. her leg was wedged. >> the driver kept going but the impact knocked loose a piece of his or her vehicle this section of the front grill from a toyota truck or s.u.v., that and the witness description is all investigators have to go on for now. residents in the surrounding community are troubled but not surprised. >> a lot of times cars will speed down that street so there should be speed bumps on that street as well. >> both women remain in the hospital tonight in serious condition. they are expected to survive. new tonight police are investigating a shooting in northeast baltimore. shots were fired around 8:30

tonight at the interception of hartford and old hartford road and a man shot in the torso is being treated at the hospital. this is the third person to be shot in baltimore this weekend. so far no arrests have been made. to washington now where the president has returned home from vacation. he arrived at the nation's capital early this evening after a week long vacation on martha's vineyard. now it's back to work and his top priority is getting health care reform passed. as brian mooar reports the fight may be harder now the president has lost a powerful ally in senator ted kennedy. >> the president is leaving behind the piece of a martha's vineyard vacation heading back to washington and the battle over health care. >> may it rest in eternal peace. >> a day earlier president obama said farewell to a man he called his mentor, senator ted kennedy was also a critical ally in this all-important health care fight. the day after he was beforeyed -- buried, crowds of people

gathered to pay their respects to the senator at the kennedy gravesite at arlington national cemetery. on capitol hill, lawmakers from both parties are trying to figure out what the loss of this legendary powerbroker might mean. his republican friend orrin hatch predicts it will be harder than ever to reach a deal. >> many of the so-called progressives on the contribution party are insisting on this washington government run plan. the vast majority of people in the public don't want that. >> the senate finance committee bipartisan gang of six has been struggling to reach a compromise but republican mike gansy appears to be closing the door. >> the democrats are trying to rush the bill through the process that will actually make our nation's finances sicker without saving money. >> the democrats have lost their filibuster proof majority but still believe they have the numbers to pass a bill without republican help. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> brian mentioned it briefly

today senator ted kennedy's gravesite is open to the public. hundreds visited arlington national cemetery to get a glimpse of the senator's final resting place. today we heard from the former maryland lieutenant governor kathleen kennedy townsend on nbc's "meet the press" this morning she thanked the world for the outpouring of love for her family and spoke how her uncle inspired her. >> it's extraordinary because all the time, as he said, despite the tragedies despite his own mistakes, he says you can keep fighting. and i think, you know, as a niece and member of this family, it was important for all of us to see this, our uncle, in the toughest times always keep fighting, never giving up. and saying to each of us, you can do it. >> townsend also says it was difficult growing up without a father and credits her uncle with, quote, coming through and

embracing her family. marvin cheatham the chapter of the naacp recognized senator kennedy's work in congress and was one of several topics he talked about while preparing for our sunday morning q&a. >> there's no one in the senate or house that has done more to human rights civil rights help than ted kennedy. every bill that affected us in civil rights kennedy was either the sponsor or co-sponsor. i'm saying to every bill if you look every year there was a major bill dealing with us as a people dealing with us having challenges in our communities ted kennedy was there. he was our champion in the united states senate. >> he also weighed in on the controversial arrest of baltimore ravens rookie tony fine. cheatham said the iraqi war vet turned pro athlete was racially profiled last week after being approached about a gun that was actually a cell phone. the civil rights leader called for better training for baltimore city police when

handling such situations. the incident happened in the harbor place pavilion which was the scene of a shooting one week prior. >> it is official, summer vacation is now over for maryland students. many return to class tomorrow. baltimore city, howard county, students in anne arundel county returned to class last month carroll county students tuesday and hartford county students went back last monday. our education reporter continues at 5:00 a.m. one of baltimore's high profile teachers has a new job and you'll soon see her work here on tv 11. major damage to a baltimore home. >> there was red all over. all you could see was black mountain and red flames. >> thousands of people in california now on the move. they're running from an intense wildfire but that's not the

only threat. >> lots of sunshine today comfortable temperatures, low humidity but satellite picture shows clouds coming up from the southwest. we'll check on that in the forecast just ahead. right now generally clear around the area, bwi-marshall, temperatures dropp

>> the space shuttle discovery has arrived at the international space station. the docking and the around-the-world chase lasting nearly two days. the final approach was tricky as one of the shultz's small jets began leaking and was shut down. the discovery and crew are dropping off thousands of pounds of science experiments and a treadmill. the shuttle will remain at the station until next week. a familiar white house name has joined nbc's "today show." producers say former first daughter jenna bush hager will contribute stories on education issues once a month. the daughter of george w. bush said she always wanted to be a teacher and writer and has

already authored two books. the 27-year-old teacher moved to baltimore with her husband last year. an eighth person is dead on a brutal attack on a georgia mobile home. seven bodies were found in a brunswick trailer park home saturday. two other victims were in critical condition and authorities say one of them 19-year-old michael toller died from his injuries. officers are searching for clues and still will not say how the victims were killed. >> i am absolutely certain 100% what happened. i'm absolutely certain how it happened. my other question is who is responsible. >> police arrested the man who called 911 to report the homicides. he faces numerous charges but has not been charged with the killings. we turn out west now where wildfires continue to burn in california. 12,000 homes are now standing in the line of fire and tonight governor arnold schwarzenegger is urging all those along that path to get out immediately.

jay gray has the latest from los angeles. >> nightfall may help to hide the smoke but serves to highlight the intensity of the flames. >> the fire is still totally out of control. >> the station fire has been burning more than five days in the foot hills of los angeles and continues to grow. teams are working night and day battling the blaze from the air and along the front lines on the ground. >> this is huge and a very dangerous fire. >> fueled by a seemingly endless supply of dried out brush and timber. the blaze has already scorched more than 35,000 acres. the flame swallowing more than two dozen structures and closing in on as many as 12,000 more. >> it was red all over. you could see black mountain and red flames. >> fire teams struggled to protect what they can. >> the fire gets down in there and runs back to those homes and we're seeing very erratic fire behavior. >> and they worry mother nature could unleash another weapon in

this fight. >> if it were to get a santa ana wind event it could blow the fire all over the place and give challenges to firefighters we currently don't have but we have our hands full for sure. >> crews stretched past their limits. jay gray, nbc news, los angeles. >> the station fire is one of eight active wildfires in california right now. officials said air quality in parts of the state has bordered on hazardous. another kind of destruction on the other side of the country a violent tornado left major damage behind in one western new york town. the tornado ripped through new york saturday afternoon 30 miles south of rochester and lasted a few minutes but uprooted trees and tossed several sailboats around. at least two boats sank. fortunately no one was injured. and look at these pictures from baltimore county. they're from a house on diploma drive in leasters town. fire officials say -- from