more americans. firearms in the hands of good, law abiding people are increasingly essential to the safety of our families and our nation. to one of the biggest comebacks in sports history. at the america's cup hopefully you got to see it. kurt gregory has more on the finish that stunned the world. >> reporter: the america's cup will stay in america. >> the comeback of 2013 is complete. >> reporter: skipper jimmy spithill of oracle team usa and his ten man crew who just a week ago trailed eight races to one, one race away from losing the most prestigious prize mounted one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. >> we wouldn't have had it any other way. >> and we had a good race, too. >> reporter: even before the

start of the first race of the competition oracle team usa was behind, penalized two race victories by the international jury for illegally modifying boats in warmup races. emirates team new zealand outsailed and outshined ellis's team race after race until the u.s. team turned the tide in the 12th race gaining time and momentum on the kiwi team. >> all the boys were loose. they were positive. jimmy is a great leader. it's a boat full of assassins. >> the most spectacular comeback in the history of the america's cup. >> reporter: and wednesday keeping the oldest trophy in international sports in the united states. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> just spectacular. way to go team usa. now to an amazing discovery in alaska. thousands of fossilized dinosaur

tracks. scientists say they found these footprints along the banks of the yukon river. these fossils were preserved in natural casts which form after the dyno steps in mud and then sand forming the footprints. scientists say it could can date back to 30,000 years ago. it can be evidence of an ecosystem they never knew existed. that is remarkable. have you seen anything like that? >> this is a history museum. i would like to see it in the wild like go to montana and do digging and find a bone. >> maybe that is your calling. they are going to dig in snow in montana. it is 32 degrees and snowing in butte, montana. it feels like winter. three to seven inches in high

passes. cold winter storm going through the northern rockies. that is about it. we have warm rain moving off the south carolina coast. north carolina showers near jacksonville. a few showers in areas of central virginia. look at the middle of the country. you can drive from san antonio probably with the windows up and ac on 95 degrees to minneapolis. we are very nice and comfortable this afternoon enjoy it from the great lakes to the northeast. our friends in florida you have a chance of rain today but not as bad as the last couple of days. looks like flooding rains are over with for friends in tampa to orlando. here is a look at the weather outside your window. we are going to continue with sunny skies today in areas of the ohio valley. beautiful stretch of weather in some locations in the northeast and ohio valley go seven to ten days in a row with no rain and

sunny and gorgeous weather. enjoy. and that texas situation, when does it cool off in texas? >> i think about the time the holidays roll in you can wear a jacket. it stays hot forever there. i kind of miss it, though. i like the heat. a major admission from iran's leader about the holocaust. plus the jury could begin deliberating in the billion dollar case today.

here are some stories making news this morning. iran's president surprised reporters wednesday when he said the nazis carried out a massacre that cannot be denied. especially against the jewish people. this is in sharp contrast from former president mahmoud ahmadinejad who strongly denied the holocaust ever happened. special courts are being set up in new york state to handle prostitution and sex trafficking

cases. instead of being treated as criminals prostitutes will be given access to services to help them escape the violence and exploitation that goes with sex trafficking. a man who had blue skin due to treatment of a skin condition, he has died at the age of 62. he suffered a heart attack and stroke on monday, neither is caused by his skin condition. the attorney for aeg live made closing arguments wednesday in the michael jackson wrongful death lawsuit saying the company never knew about jackson's health issues. >> simply stated aeg life never would have agreed to finance the tour if it knew mr. jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. here is the strangest nose job you have seen. chinese doctors have grown a nose on the forehead of a man whose original nose was

infected after a traffic accident. surgeons say the new nose will be ready for transplant soon. that is just wild looking. stocks closed lower over fears of a government shut down. the dow fell 61 points. the new $100 bills are rolling off the presses with color changing ink, 3-d security ribbon and more texture on the collar. barnes and noble hopes to juice up their holiday sales with a 20% discount to customers who are members. the deal starts today and goes through sunday. members get free express shipping. and you knew it was coming. the post office plans to raise the cost of a first class stamp to 49 cents. the postal service lost $16 billion last year and it is

expected to lose about $6 billion this year. and on a sidenote here the post office is spending over a half million dollars on a futurist marketing consultant to study the future of stamps. maybe they will figure out how to not raise the price. sports highlights are straight ahead with alex. our daily trivia question right now. who is the richest comedian? david letterman, larry david, bill cosby or jerry seinfeld. he is worth $900 million.

all right. time to weigh in. who is the richest comedian? is it david letterman? larry david, bill cosby or jerry seinfeld? the answer is larry david at $900 million. i got that one right. let's get the latest with sports. did you get it right? >> i thought jerry seinfeld. he was $800 million so i was close. >> that's close. let's get to baseball. days after metallica performed rivera's entrance song hard rock cafe announced it is

retiring the song from all hard rock restaurants, casinos and hotels in honor of rivera. this is the first time the company has retired a song. the yanks missed the playoffs. the yankees lost to the rays, 8-3. rockies showered todd helton with a variety of gifts including a horse. >> no way. >> the pony was presented to helton for his final appearance at coors field. and helton blasts a homer. must have been his way of saying thanks for the horse. johnson lost the very tip of his middle finger during this play on sunday. >> that is painful to watch. >> it can't be reattached. the cardinals are showing their support with this prototype. >> that is so wrong. >> lots of team spirit there. on thursday night football

the 49ers take on the rams. and check this out. a high school football coach in utah suspended every player on his team. he is making his players do community service trying to teach them a lesson after academic issues and hearing some players might be involved in cyber bullying. that might be a good thing. >> so much for the season. >> maybe they will learn something. sneaky sneaky. during a free kick between two german league teams, indecision on who takes the kick stalls and one player sets up and scores. the goal left the game 2-2. and here is the proof that you can get second chances in life. at the top of the fourth a foul ball bounces off the shoulder of a fan. disappointed fan caught the other foul ball. that happened in the fourth. >> so sweet. good for him.

that's a wrap up of your sports. just ahead new batman ben affleck channels inner bruce wayne for bill clinton. you're watching "early today."

welcome back to "early today" on this thursday. for many of you you need sunglasses, maybe an umbrella or

two in florida and snow shovel in montana. friday not much changes from the tennessee valley. great weather going to continue out there through the weekend. and we are getting to the season where it is almost october. >> we are holding on to summer as long as we can apparently. thank you, bill. tina fey is back on "snl" this saturday. she makes light of her wardrobe malfunction. miley cyrus flew high in the sky in this video from "rolling stone." and found a way to show us her signature look. richard gere has separated from his wife of 11 years, carey lowell. this was not the first marriage

for either. gere was married to cindy crawford and lowell was married twice before. ben affleck found quite a way to welcome the crowd to the clinton global initiative dinner. >> my name is bruce wayne. i would like to welcome my fellow billionaires tonight. >> referring to him being in the new batman movie. >> jimmy fallon is back in the music room with the roots and a few personalities from sesame street. ♪ how to get to sesame street ♪ >> i like that version. aaron paul has honored the finale of "breaking bad". by starting a fundraiser on

omaze. on here fans donate to the kind campaign. they had a chance to win a trip to two to l.a. to watch the finale with the cast. wednesday night paul tweeted that he raised nearly $1.8 million. that to me is just remarkable >> staggering. >> absolutely. serious fan base there. i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc.

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning.

we have a little bit of cloud cover to start the day we do not expect any rain. 57 in catonsville. 57 in chestertown. temperatures will be about this afternoon. a mix of clouds and sun. and temperature between 71 76. >> coming up on 4:57. >> coming up on 11 news today -- >> innocent people did not do nothing. >> police are on the defense and after a wants answers fiery crash kills three people. >> more arrests, less crime. the mayor has stats to prove him

wrong. >> sometimes bank robbers strike twice. some accident causing early-morning problems on the west

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. [indiscernible] >> police are facing accusations car andicers chased a that car killed an innocent bystander. arrestsata show more

did not lead to a safer city. crime.to best stop city the mayor says the numbers tell a different story. oute do not want to find one day that someone has been harmed with a weapon that once belonged to this department. >> recycling thousands of old guns. how the department is giving up on thousands of dollars of trade in credit. good morning. i'm stan stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. >> 5:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> very little change in this pattern expected. there is a little more cloud cover expected. clouds at night keep the

temperature warmer. the temperatures will be about the same as yesterday in the afternoon. 74 with a mix of clouds and sun. there will be some rain down in virginia. us.ink it will mesiss >> we are off to a busy start on the south side of the beltway. there is an accident just prior to wilkins avenue. two right lanes are closed. 25 miles per hour approaching that seen. expect at least a 13 minute travel time on the west side. north side checking out ok. 83's so far so good. southbound, 55 miles per hour at 100.

north side at providence running smoothly. two right lanes are closed prior to wilkins. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ata deadly acquisition aimed baltimore city police. >> and woman claims police officers are to blame for her sisters death. >> jennifer franciotti joins us live. officials are staying tightlipped. >> it is such a tricky word to use. we know police were following a car that contained two suspects. that car slammed into a jeep killing angel chiwengo. she was on her way home from work. andrew baker was critically injured in that crash.

the suspects took off. that honda plowed into a jeep, creating a fire explosion. police provided some details of the incident. they declined information about whether there was -- >> i understand i am not giving you everything. i need you to understand the impact that providing some of that information to potential thatsses and individuals we cannot do it. we cannot release the information now. >> her sister is speaking out about her sisters that. she clearly blames police. and also about the event that happened hours after her death.