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>> karl: a look at the little league world series results. the last five champions, tokyo, japan, there, three times. the same little league in 2012 and this year. the last team from the united states to win it all, huntington beach, 2011. they outscored them by a bunch. and now we'll see if there's some magic left in the pennsylvania bats. >> kyle: you have to tell
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yourself, we scored ten in the first inning. what makes you think we can't do that again? >> nomar: i like where your head is at right now. >> karl: krauss, going to lead things off. first pitch is a ball. so, kawashima, still in there. throwing his 70th pitch. tomita is there, and willing to go if they need him. a lot of swings and misses against this crafty lefty. you got here swinging, you may as well go down swinging. there you go. in play, but the shortstop,
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aoki. that's one guy you know you don't want to hit it to. just makes it look way too easy. two outs away from a little league world series championship. perfect throw. >> kyle: getting an out before the runner is even in the frame. he's not even there. >> karl: phillips, with a big smile on his face. here we go now. it may be a fair ball. it will be. >> kyle: what a play. >> nomar: how about sugimoto? >> kyle: that's really good. >> karl: to not give up, and watch how fast he gets there, gets in a position to make the throw. sugimoto sheds the mask. fields it, sets the right foot.
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just the exchange with the hands, the quick release. looks like a second baseman making the play. >> karl: last chance, kaden peifer. he was on the mound. forlorn in the last inning. let's see what he can do here. attaboy, held up. 1-1. nobody that that lewisberry area will forget the season these kids provided for them. 2-1. united states champions. and you really want to remember and appreciate them. the henlines, krausses,
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kolmansbergers. cube l cubbler, wirt, wizman, all of them. on the ground to short. japan is your little league series series champion in 2015! fans on the lewisberry side cheering. and their motto has been why not us? it's a great motivator for little leagues around the country. kitasuna ll ittle league, now having won three of these championships.
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outstoring pennsylvania 16-1 over the final five innings. they can play low-run games and high-run games. >> kyle: a lot of records broken today. the most runs scored in a little league championship game, and a tie with kitasuna. >> nomar: it's been a fun 12 days. and the kids from pennsylvania, giving themselves something they'll never forget. >> karl: they are the u.s. champions. and only 16 got a chance to play here in williamsport. it's a dream come true for the kids from tokyo. and certainly a tribute to the fans of little league baseball. they know a good thing when they see it. over 189,000 turned out to watch
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these kids from pennsylvania play. and there's a good chance we'll see that team from kitasuna come back here next year. time to turn the page and focus on the football and more importantly, the schoolwork these kids there start. one more day left in august. also, a special thanks to our crew that worked tirelessly from the camera folks out there on the first day. we had eight games, all 16 teams in action. nobody slowed down. and the researchers, producers. >> kyle: just everybody. >> nomar: what an incredible four tournament. a lot of fun. >> karl: good to be with you. our final score, 18-11.
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japan comes back in the eighth. ripped down the line. that's going to do it. and big-time, double play. that's as good as it gets. championship saturday, pitcher's duel, boys and girls. japan will win it. and we pushed it to a tie. ripped into left field, that's it. pennsylvania. right field, it's a grand slam. back-to-back-to-back go japan. it's a home run derby.
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good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with damaging storms and a powerful storm in the pacific. in seattle, white caps you expect to see in an ocean. powerful winds knocking down trees, crushing cars, tens of thousands without power. and this is the stunning view from a plane inside hurriricane ignacio, at its most powerful, a category four storm. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: residents in the pacific northwest cleaning up. rare summer windstorms tearing through the region this weekend. watch them whipping the water on lake washington. in oregon, snapping this power pole apart. flames spreading to the dry grass below. toppling scores of trees. >> heard a big crack noise and
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saw part of the tree fall down on the line. >> reporter: and catching shoppers by surprise. rebecca hansen with her young daughter, when the lights went out. >> we're stuck up here because the escalators don't work and the elevators don't work. >> reporter: tragically, those winds did more than knock out power. back in washington state, falling trees and branches killing two near tacoma. across the country in tampa florida today, sandbags in high demand. >> not taking any chances, our side yard got pretty flooded last time. >> reporter: more than 15 inches of rain already falling this month. that saturated ground primed to flood again. so you're in a susceptible neighborhood? >> i'm in zone a. >> reporter: zone a, what does that mean? >> that's the worst. >> reporter: this station handing out more than 2,500 sandbags alone. >> what are they looking at right now? >> reporter: it's dry right now,
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but this could go on as the wettest august on record. the rain will flow north, and stretch into the carolinas and georgia over the next two to three days. want to discuss the pacific. three major hurricanes out there. one of which is a threat to hawaii. ignacio, still a category three. tropical storm watches are posted for hawaii and maui. another close call expected for the 50th state. >> thank you. and next to a terrifying moment at the ballpark. a fan falling from the upper deck at turner field in atlanta. he did not survive. here's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: tonight, fans still in shock after witnesses say
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atlanta braves fan greg murrey fell 50 feet off the top deck during the seventh inning at saturday night's game against the yankees. >> someone just fell over the upper deck. they have to stop the game. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: fans looking on in horror as murrey receives medical attention from others at the game, including dr. joseph ricotta who was sitting just ten seats from where murrey landed and rushed over to help. >> out of the corner of my eye i saw something fall. wasn't sure what it was. you're in a state of shock. the adrenaline kicks in and you don't think. >> reporter: you can see dr. ricotta and others at the game administering cpr. ricotta estimates for as long as 10 minutes, before paramedics rushed murrey to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. witnesses tell espn murrey was heckling at yankees player alex rodriguez when he suddenly fell over the rail. >> it's a tragedy. it's one of those things that you hope you never experience again.
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>> reporter: fans getting badly hurt at stadiums is an ongoing concern at baseball games. at fenway in june, part of a broken bat struck a woman in the head. at today's braves game, the flag at half staff for murrey, and a moment of silence to honor the longtime season ticket holder. atlanta police say there's no indication of foul play. the braves calling murrey an incredibly passionate fan. and polls showing hillary clinton losing ground. while on the republican side, trump getting more and more likable. devin dwyer with the polls. >> reporter: tonight, trouble for hillary clinton in a state where she knows defeat. eight years after she failed to
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win iowa, a new poll of democrats shows clinton slipping, losing a third of her support since may. her lead now its lowest ever, just seven points ahead of senator bernie sanders. >> this is not anti-hillary clinton. this is pro-bernie sanders, and pro a message that says enough is enough. >> reporter: sanders is leading clinton in new hampshire, energizing liberals, particularly younger voters. and he's not the only clinton alternative stirring excitement. vice president joe biden surprises a jamboree of delaware democrats saturday, building speculation he may get in the race. the new iowa poll shows a door could be open for biden. 14% of iowa democrats want biden as their nominee. 13% remain undecided. >> very good magazine this week. >> reporter: meanwhile, a stunning turnaround in iowa for gop frontrunner donald trump. three months ago, 63% of republicans viewed him unfavorably. now, a complete flip. at the back of the pack, new
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jersey governor chris christie, today clarifying a controversial comment suggesting immigrants should be tracked with systems used by shipper fedex. >> i don't mean people are packages, so let's not be ridiculous. >> reporter: the candidates trailing trump now fully focused on making the cut for the next debate. as for clinton, her campaign tonight shrugs off the latest poll saying they always expected the race to be close. tom? >> thank you. and in these last few days of august, two more stunning close encounters with sharks off the coast of california. a great white chomping a huge bite off of a surfboard. she swam for her life, and never looked back. still ahead on "world news tonight," lost and cripple in a rug ed wilderness for nine days.
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food, painful broken bones. but none of it could break miyuki harwood's survival spirit. the 62-year-old hiker flown to a hospital saturday, rescued after a seven-day backpacking trip in california's sierra nevada wilderness became a nine-day fight to live. a few days into the trip, harwood, separated from her group, fell down a slope severely breaking her left leg. >> she crawled for about two days to get to a creek where she could use her water filter to sustain herself until she was rescued. more than 100 rescuers had their own challenges. a 19-mile hike just to reach the search zone. plus, smoke from a nearby wildfire so thick they sometimes couldn't see or fly. >> the smoky conditions made the search and rescue extremely difficult. >> reporter: but it wasn't what they could see saturday, it's what they heard. >> one of the ground teams was getting ready to search their assigned area and they heard a whistle. >> reporter: a whistle, that harwood used to signal rescuers after she heard their voices nearby. >> we have voice contact with
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months, it was as effective in 90% of the 300 patients receiving it. and alaska tomorrow, president obama will officially restore the name of denali to mt. mckinley. the move to change the name back began in 1975. now to a guy lucky enough to find a $20 bill on the ground. but that was just the beginning of his good fortune. hubert tang decided to buy some scratchoff tickets, and said i think i just won $1 million. and he did. he jokes he may start leaving $20 bills in random places. good story. finally tonight, from "save
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my life," a powerful treatment. a woman has some quick-thinking doctors to thank. here's ron claiborne. >> she was in a parking lot when two of our doctors thought she had a stroke. >> reporter: for this woman, every minute counts. the doctors say she's a candidate for t.p.a., a drug that can restore blood flow to the brain. >> the question is, when was the person last seen well. that can be hard to establish. >> reporter: but early intervention the key. it has to be given within several hours of the first symptoms. but sometimes, loved ones don't recognize the symptoms in time. her husband, by her size. >> i think the medication worked. >> okay.
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>> okay? >> reporter: within 30 minutes. >> you look much better. >> reporter: after five days, her transformation, remarkable. she's ready to go home. >> i'm so lucky. i thought my life was over, and somebody saved my life. >> remarkable is right. you can see more, tune in later tonight for abc's "save my life." "gma" first thing in the morning. david muir is right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas, good night.
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