our old friend now that the cubs are coming. i saw where soriano got dropped to six knot the lineup the other day. >> rob: it is about time. he has about a 50 on-base percentage. great power guy but not a lead- off hitter. >> bob: it is a lot of money for a one dimensional hitter. >> bob: i think the nats back in 2006 pretty much gathered their resources and were prepared to make a pretty good offer to alfonso soriano, somewhere in the area of $13, $14 million a year and then the cubs just came along and blew everybody out of the water and the nats are looking somewhere between $10 to $14 for a four or five-year deal. and that one drops in important of nyjer morgan and dexter fowler has his   they have a number two hitter with 43 runs batted in. clint barmes is one of the best guys in the lead in that spot. he can give himself runners, but he can also drive some in. here is todd helton. and really when you look at the nats' bullpenno excuses. they have lots of rest toward the end of last week into this week bec

. >>> cubs hosting the astros. tied at one in the 13th. soriano at the plate. walk-off grand slam to end it. the crowd, ecstatic. why not? the cubs won it 5-1. afterwards, soriano received the good old shaving cream in the face. that's your early look at sports on "early today." >>> engine trouble for katie holmes and jessica simpson can't get passed the gate. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, get ready to say, w x as we bring you a trio of baby tigers from the wild plains of south dakota. >>> good tuesday morning. here's your forecast for today. another warm day. southern new england through the d.c. area, upper 80s for puff it should be dry too. we are going to see isolated storms from tallahassee to orlando. more storms moving in atlanta. that mess on wednesday comes into the eastern seaboard. we could see a wide coverage of storms by wednesday afternoon. if you're watching us on wbal tv 11 in baltimore, maryland, kids and adults will love chagall for children. an interactive exhibit that explores the whimsical paintings of

tieland has been captivated by the cub. not a cub getting all the attention, but tiger. not a tiger cub. a tiger woods. >> congressional country club. down to the final hold, tiger woods finished strong enough to win the tournament. we have the action from congressional when we come ome hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. this is about a new, more efficient luxury hybrid continuing to produce 70% fewer smog-forming emissions while delivering greater power. a fact not lost on the world around us. the all-new 2010 lexus rx hybrid. it's the all new sesame street forest of fun... at busch gardens in williamsburg. with four family-friendly rides... and everyone's sesame street friends. ( elmo giggles ) ♪ big and small! there's fun for all! ♪ >> a perfect finish to a great weekend in washington for tiger woods hosting his tournament at the congressional country club. tim followed the

a separate filing for the cubs, looking to sell the franchise after months of negotiations.eople familiar with the matter say a brief cubs bankruptcy would be a legal tack i can to clear the team from any future liability in the tribune bankruptcy so, of course, the cubs very successful, making a lot of money, but they want to make sure that that asset is free and clear of liabilities as it moves to a new owner. meantime, bankruptcy also looming in the skies. tougher borrowing conditions have u.s. airlines facing the production pect of chapter 11 protection. american airlines, delta, united, continental and u.s. airehs with are expected to report losses. the carriers don't improve their market yanltd, we may be seeing bankruptcy business the end of the year. moving on to the markets now. stock index futures looking at a lower open on wall street. we did have a mixed close on friday. u.s. stocks dropping on a report on consumer confidence. and that is business news this morning at the new york stock exchange. i'm michelle steele, bloomberg news reporting for wbal-tv 11 news.

tonight they'll get a chance against the cubs. so far haven't had a break. facing two of the best pitchers in the game. last night. cubs ace, zombrano. bottom first. facing ryan zimmerman with two on. and nobody out. and 3-2 count strikes out. zimmerman. cory hill throws out morgan. trying to score third. strike them t. throw them out double play. 0 0-8. top of the second. zambrano. hits the shot to right. all the way to the wall. milton bradley. and score. the cubs take a 2-1 lead. and making things happen all over the place yesterday. bottom of the third now. willie harris. whisked the ball into foul territory. down the left field line. and tracking it. almost runs over the ball girl. leaps into the stands. come on, got to make it harder than that for the other team. makes the catch. almost ran over. and cubs beat the nats. capitals development camp ended today. one final scrimmage. one last chance for the young blood to leave a lasting impression. at the iceplex. and 1,000 other people. packed. first period. look at the pass. in the corner. takes the look

and yet another frustrating ballgame with the cubs, but we begin with the greatest story in the history of golf. today in turnberry in scotland, tom watson, walking with a one- stroke lead, at that point, seemed a sure thing, watson surely on his way to a crown, the ninth overall tying, with players like gary hogan. and would be the first older man to win the majors, but that was not to be. the man who rewrote it was stewart cink, he got it, that birdie on 18, how about the brit? all weekend long to get to this, 2-under as well. oh no, his day would be done. then tom watson right here for the win on 18, eight feet for a -- no, stays out, and you know what that means. we're going to a four-hole playoff with stewart cink and watson. and i think everybody except for stewart cink and his family were rooting for watson, but the first total a bogie. a great recovery shot right here to keep him in it momentarily. and this is what we saw -- from tom watson all week. the steady putts right here, still one shot back of stewart cink at that point. but then we go to 17, this was watson's bread and

the cubs beat the nationals 6-5. >>> the orioles on the road in chicago. baltimore first baseman ty wigginton made a costly error in the fifth inning on a routine play. the next batter for chicago was jermaine dye and he nailed a two-run home run to left. the white sox edge the o's 4-3. >>> in golf at the british open, second round co-leader steve marino, who's from fairfax, had an up and down day at turnberry. he's now 1 over for the tournament. meanwhile, 59-year-old tom watson leads the way by just one stroke at 4 under par after three rounds. >>> in soccer news, d.c. united hosting colorado. bryan namoff scored his first goal of the season in style. the black and red come back to beat the rapids 3-1. >>> that's your sports minute. on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a good day. >> next, "rerter's notebook," an inside look at the stories affecting your community. we'lleac bn ik 15 minutes with the stories affecting your community. >> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson mus

to create cub cakosaurus and it only has 130,000 calories.guinness on hand to record the title of world's largest cub cake. world's largest candle, too. . >>> in the mail bag tonight, closing down those rest stops in virginia, as of midnight the state of virginia shutting down 18 rest stops along i-95 and other interstate highway as as the governor says there just isn't the money to keep them open. our good friend karen doctor alexandria says, there are some things money can't by. we commoners who don't routinely travel by limousine need to be able to pee. what a damper, no pun intended, on the state's tourism industry closing the rest stops to automobile. virginia is for "if you can hold it? ." i don't think closing the rest stops is the greatest idea in the world but as long as they won't let states commercialize the rest stops to bring in dollars, this is the deal for the for seeable future. last week we ran a story about a truck dealer in missouri giving out free ak-47 rifles as a promotion to selling trucks. there is a reason the crime r

just how much are the chicago cubs and wrigley field worth? >>> here's a look at weather in some cities around the country. new york, afternoon storms, 79. miami, late day thunder, 93. chicago, 74. denver, 97. los angeles, 80 degrees. >>> time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows a line of storm clouds fanning across the high plains and northern rockies. the west coast is nice and clear. skies are generally gray across much of the deep south. it's a clear morning from the lower midwest to the mid-atlantic coastline. later today, thunderstorms will be developing over much of the northeast. it will remain gray and wet along much of the gulf coast. afternoon storms will remain along the northern plains. it will be bright and sunny from the central rockies along the coastline. >>> in sports, los angeles angels now have a one game lead in the american league west. they started the game tied for first with texas. then jeff mathis hit a go ahead three-run homer, and the angels beat the rangers 5-4. >>> in bosto

the cubs beat the nats, 6-5.ionals 0-3 in the jim riggleman era. >> good things happen to good people. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or three days from now, four, five. maybe it's next week. we're going to try to make it happen tomorrow. we thought we were going to make it happen tonight and it's going to happen. and you know, i'm not going to quit, and nobody in there better quit. >> jim riggleman keeping it positive. we're in chicago. orioles against the white sox. brad bergesen cruising along and until the fifth. alexei ramirez grounds it to short. izturis fields a good throw to first. ty wigginton has some problems. he says that's an error. i know. it's my bad. wouldn't you know it, the very next batter, jermaine dye takes bergesen's off-speed pitch deep to left. a two-run home run. uh-oh. it's die's 21st of the year and the orioles lose by one run, 4 i 3 is the final. >>> 59-yr-old tom watson joked today that some doubters who thought he had gotten lucky to lead the british open after day one now

. >>> astros and the cubs. cubs on a five-game win streak. from his catcher, who calls for the trainer. oswalt would leave the game with a lower back strain. top five, that's miguel tejada. a two-run shot. he had five rbis. astros win 11-6. cubs' five-game hit streak comes to an end. >>> that does it for this update. i'm anish shroff. now, back to "america this morning" with jeremy and vinita. >>> if eating is your sport, a whopper of a weiner is donning the menu of a michigan restaurant. >> it's a specialty hot dog, big enough to feed an entire family. the coney dog is three feet long. so big, the bread pan for its bun had to be custom made. and in case that's not enough, the meal also includes a three-pound bucket of flies. and a large drink to wash it down. >> it costs $30. anyone who can finish the entire meal, though, gets it for free. there's not a time limit, i think i could do it. ♪ i'm cool like that [ female announcer ] there's a smarter, cooler way to get your clothes brilliantly clean. and it's a t tn for the beer. [ male announce

. >>> astros and the cubs. cubs on a five-game win streak.rom his catcher, who calls for the trainer. oswalt would leave the game with a lower back strain. top five, that's miguel tejada. a two-run shot. he had five rbis. astros win 11-6. cubs' five-game hit streak comes to an end. >>> that does it for this update. i'm anish shroff. now, back to "america this morning" with jeremy and vinita. >>> if eating is your sport, a whopper of a weiner is donning the menu of a michigan restaurant. >> it's a specialty hot dog, big enough to feed an entire family. the coney dog is three feet long. so big, the bread pan for its bun had to be custom made. and in case that's not enough, the meal also includes a three-pound bucket of flies. and a large dr

last night, cubs ace, carlos zambrano.the bottom of the first, zambrano facing ryan zimmerman, the 3-2 count. strikes out ryan zierma then corey hill strikes out niger morgan. the nats were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, ouch. more trouble for the nats. top of the second, two on, two out for zambrano, excellent hitter here, rips a shot to right, goes to the wall. milton bradley, mike fontano scores, cubs take a 2-1 lead, zambrano making things happen. bottom three now, willie harris at the dish, lifts the ball into foul territory. michael hofbauer almost runs over the ball girl, leaps into the stand and you've got to make it harder for the other team. hofbauer makes the catch and then in the dugout, did you see me? missing the cut is something foreign to tiger woods, he 0 only been cut four times in his career, until yesterday. woods is heading home after playing poorly on unfamiliar soil. scotland, conditions worse yesterday than they were on friday. perfect conditions -- if you were on a sailboat. tiger woods

the phils target their tenth straight win in a 13-inning classic against the cubs. and even more help could be on the way. pedro gave himself a vote of confidence. when the phils new could be back in the bigs. the js make a major announcement regarding the future of roy halladay, how it could affect the balance of power in baseball. how roger goodell honors michael vick's future. another commissioner weighs in on the battled qb. next on espnews.

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the cubs are able to take a 5-4 lead. and then the nationals trail 6-5.willingham at the plate. and then ramirez comes up with it, and derrek lee had a sensational play at first. >> good things happen to good people. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or three days from now, or four or five, or next week, but we are going to try to happen tomorrow. we thought it was going to happen tonight. it's going to happen, you know. i am narcotic going to quot goi nobody in there better quit. >> and now, the o's lead it in the fifth. and izturis fields it. and wiggington knows it's an error. and then deep to left. it's gone and out of there, and a two-run home run. and the orioles lose by 1. 4-3 is the final. >>> and then watson joked that some might be saying he might have a chance to win the tournament. watson is your leader after shooting a 1 over 71. we are in scotland where steve moreno has become a story. he started the day tied with watson for the leader. and then the second shot of the day at just over 230 yards out, a close shot. he would tap it in f

the yankees win the game, 6-4. >>> philadelphia, cubs-phillies. watch this, jimmy rollins, 1-6-3 double play. is that the play of the day? watch this, the barehanded, double play. escobar leaps over the runner and turns the double. you make the call. which is the play of the day? both of them. >>> lance armstrong fell into fourth place overall. >>> when i hear kobe bryant this time of day and asia, i get hungry, but this is kobe bryant over in asia, holding a basketball clinic. that is a look at sports. >> thank you very much. nice pled. -- nice play. >>> michael steele has stepped up attacks on president obama's health care reform plan. >> when michael steele was asked about his own health care coverage, he told cnn he is not sure which company covered him. he said he thought it was blue cross blue shield, but according to sources, it looks like it is set up. democrats pounced on michael steele, sang it must be nice to have the luxury of not knowing the name of your health care provider -- saying that it must be nice to have the luxury of not kno

last night the cubs' ace carlos zambrano.the bottom of the first, facing the batter with two on, nobody out. 3-2 cot. hill throws out morgan trying to steal third. strike him out, throw him out double play. the nats were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring potion. ouch. more trouble for the nats. top of the second two on two out for zambrano. excellent hitter here. rips the shot to right. goes all the way to the wall. milton bradley scores and the cubs take a 2-1 lead. zambrano making things happen. bottom three now, willy harris at the dish lifts the ball into foul territory down the left field line. check him out. tracking it. almost runs over the ball girl. leaps into the stands and you got to make it harder for the other team. he makes the catch and in the dugout he's like did you see me? i almost ran over that girl. the cubs beat the nats, 3-1 the final. >>> missing the cut is something foreign to tiger woods. in fact, he's only been cut four times in his career. that is until yesterday. woods is heading home after playing p

cubs win this game, 5-3, their 9th win in twelve games.l, lance armstrong may be sipping champagne but it will be in honor the his teammate. we'll get you caught up on stage there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. ♪ c'mon, c'mon, our time has finally come ♪ ♪ c'mon, c'mon, our time has finally come ♪ ♪ c'mon, c'mon, our time ♪ sometimes being there means helping you afford... everything a true fan needs. that's why state farm has so many ways to save. so there's more for the little things. ♪ >> how about the indians and mariners. chris, replace, bedard, only last he had three innings, and didn't help. two-run shot. his third homerun. 2-0. top 6, up 8-6. olson dealing, and garko said, "i love the seattle pitching. homerun. two-run shot. 10-0. tribe win. and win their first three straight on the road all seasone phil will and

cubs win 6-2. >> maybe i'm just excited about managing the ball game. feel good about the ball club. i know with our record that's not maybe what some fans want to hear. but i feel like we're going to turn this thing around. >> football news now, redskins selected kentucky defensive end jarman. he didn't originally petition for the league but now find themselves in eligible in college. it gives them a vehicle for entering the nfl. he acknowledged in may he was in eligible because he tested positive for a substance. he said it came from a dietary supplement. even though he hasn't won a major this year, tiger says he's still happy when asked about it. before the british, he said if he told me he had three wins after knee surgery, he'd take it. tiger has a little white ball and knocked on the cup. he would finish plus 171. story of the day. spain's migel getting his fix on route 66, as is 66-beat. the birdie there. he's six under. tiger, though, afterwards disappointed after failing to take advantage of today's mild conditions. >> i sort of made a few mist

last night taking on the cubs and jim riggleman's national managerial debut.eached about getting results but the team did not respond. the nationals never caught up. they go on to lose 6-2. it's the nationals' 62nd loss of the year. >>> in golf, first round of the british open at turnberry. 59-year-old tom watson, who won the tournament there 32 years ago, is now in contention again. watson carted a bogey-free 65. he is one shot behind the leader, miguel an jell jimenez. as for tiger woods, he struggled. four bogeys, 4 over par going into the second round. >>> the redskins selected defensive end jeremy jar minimum out of kentucky in the third roupd of yesterday's supplemental draft. to get jarmin, they gave up their choice in the 2010 draft. 6'3", 277 pounds, he's the first supplemental draft choice in redskins history. that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great friday. >> it's been a good year fortin a fay and things are getting even better. her sitcom swept this year's nominations. "30 rock" got 32 nominations. the awards ceremony take

. >> top of the fourth against cubs watch the shorp alberto gonzalez. and that's the start of the inning. alfonso soriano happy to be in washington. cubs win it 11-3. lance armstrong is all but conceded the tour de france. he says he won't try to go past his teammates. here's his teammate, alberto casador. he's got nobody in sight. he lasts 1:37 back. says he won't try to pass his teammate. he won a lot. he'll try to help alberto win. >> all right. e'll see what happens ( rock music playing ) this is about a new, more efficient luxury hybrid continuing to produce 70% fewer smog-forming emissions while delivering greater power. a fact not lost on the world around us. the all-new 2010 lexus rx hybrid. >> wet weather. and it's going to feel a little bit more like summer. a little bit more humidity. tomorrow only near 80 degrees. telts below average. a slow and gradual warm-up by the end of the workweek. not a wash out. look for temperatures to rebound a little bit. >> this evening'svening's announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great le

he's been red-hot of late. 2-0 cubs. top of the fourth, prince fielder against ted lilly. 22nd home run of the year for fielder. cuts the lead to 2-1. but in the end, it was all cubs. lee again, base hit to left off burns. the cubs win. >> roger federer and tiger woods, they do commercials together, they're friends. they like to win on the same day, apparently. federer with pete sam pra samprs looking on from the royal's box. the second set tiebreak, missing badly. he would later blame the wind gusting behind federer. roddick's lone grapped slam grae came in the 2003 u.s. open. now federer takes the second set 7-6. it would tiebreak as well the third set and federer bringing roddick to the net. and then passes him. about the in the fourth set, it would the american who would get excited. roddick up 2-1 with a break point and he's got it, putting it past federer, breaking fedder he fofederer for the fourth tims set. so we go to the fifth set at the all england club. roddick keeping up his stellar play, crosses the backhan

. >>> five years ago red sox fans were shocked which garciaparra was traded away to the cubs. last night they got the chance to watch him play at fenway since the move. now wearing an a's uniform but the crowd gave him a one-minute standing ovation before his first at-bat. he finished 2 for 4. the red sox with only two hits in the game. meanwhile the phils weren't having trouble getting hits. 21 against their game with the reds. philadelphia scored 22 runs. that's right. in fact, they led 10-0 after the first inning tying a club record. phillies with three home runs in the inning. >>> how about this, according to reports, the tribune company has reached a written agreement to sell the cubs and wrigley field to joe rickets for $900 million. nothing has been finalized. >>> six weeks after announcing his wife had breast cancer phil mickelson also announced his mom has the same disease. >>> lance armstrong had a big day at the tour de france moving from tenth to third, positioning himself for a shot at the yellow jersey. fabian from switzerland remain the overall leader 40 seconds

hey, cub win. the cardinals lose. so chicago just a half game out of the division lead. >> mets and astros just finished up in hughes tofnlt astros with a five-game win streak coming in. jim, i don't like that one. a three-run homer. david wright. second home wr the mets. five with atlanta. hitting .333 with new york. hit .250 with the braves. as for the mets, look at the win. congratulations to jonathan considered the teams top pitching prospect. comes up with the w. chef feed goes on the d.l. with a right hamy. when the buffalo bills signed terrell owens in march it was widely reported the decision came directly from the owner without the full sport of buffalo coach. he was notesly absent from t.o.'s introductory conference. now camp is open. and he is help driving the ter role bandwagon. i don't know how it can be matched. >> parcel. >> still 5,000 fans with t.o. painted on some of their chests. >> get a toy in that? a sharp snee. >> just the cereal. here's what owen says about his leadership. i think it's showing

the chicago cubs are on the field. game time is for 7:00. later your sports edge, hearing from mike rizzo. are they in for now players as the trade deadline approaches. >> hope the flayers are inspired by the new management. >> we can hope. >> thank you, dave. >>> still to come at 5, this year's emmy nominations are out. did your favorite show make the cut? we're going to take a look at some of the big contenders after the break.  >> roll out the red carpet for fox's "family guy." the first animated comedy nominated in the main emmy category. the emmy nominations were announced and include surprise nods and surprising snubs. >> this year's nominees are making history as the 51st primetime emmys expands the number of nominated shows in all major categories. >> reporter: know you're in pain. i know that i caused it. >> reporter: in the best drama category this year, fox's "house" with last year's winner "mad men" and "big love," "breaking bad," "damages," "lost" and "dexter." the star duke it on the for best actor and bryan cran

birdie was pregnant with five cubs.o in other words, seven lions died. >> kasanga: seven lions dead. >> simon: cows are a cash crop in kenya. they put food on the table, they send kids to school. mengistu seketet and his friends all lost cows to lions. that turned them into lion killers. how do you kill a lion? >> mengistu seketet: in very silent way. >> simon: what is the silent way? >> seketet: actually, using... we use the poison. >> simon: you use poison? >> seketet: yeah, poison. >> simon: and this works? this is effective? >> seketet: yeah. actually, it's very effective. >> simon: and this is how effective the poison is. this lion could barely walk. its nervous system was shutting down, so it was put down by vets from the kenyan wildlife service, who conducted an autopsy. the official government chemist's analysis found furadan in the lion's stomach. a subsequent report by the agency that regulates pesticides in kenya did not mention that finding, and claimed that furadan was not connected. when we asked mengistu

elsewhere, today's cubs/reds affair. a bunch of eye opening moments. tickling the ivy and dancing a bit of a jig. chris rumble, stumble, but not bumbling on the catch. kevin hill bare handing edward. save a run and the cubs beat the reds by the find of 5-3. >>> it is greg norman playing catch me if you can. that's not greg? we're just having a bit of a problem. it's greg norman leading by one. >>> finally tonight, saturday night in canton, two cruiser weights in the second match of the evening. he goes on the offensive. he win bison a decision over ray. that's sports. see you again at 6 tomorrow, same time, same station. >>> >> thank you so much. down in key west they are celebrateing the most literary hero, earnest hemmingway with a running of the bulls. look alikes gave a tribute, for whom the bull tolls. this july marks the 110th anniversary of that writer's birthday. a lot of look a likes down there. >>> a new sign goes up and comes down. because of the four wordiness the sign, three of them were misspelled. the town is wrong and even the word busi

this is the start of the cub's seven run ining. here is internaonal alfonso.could show you more but it all looks the same. the oreyole's scored. 2-1 orioles in the 5th. then leading, a three-run homer. orioles beat them. his team mathe takes his move up the hill and then rides off ahead of everybody else. lance still a minute and 37 back. he says he is not going to challenge his teammate. lance likely will not win. >> by about the fifth or sixes inning, people were leaving. there's not a whole lot you can say. it was a beautiful day out but this team is just sad right now. >> you go to watch this game and enjoy a billi bowl dog or something. >> a lot of cubs fans eeb joyed the day. >> thanks so much. we'll be right back a aerfter >> we are looking forward to rain tomw.roth h> don't expec wo ahle lot. tooo lk for -- here we have it. mostly cloudy cloudy skies for tonight. 80 for tomorrow. into tuesday. then a bit warmer wednesday, thursday, friday. not a washout. >> any little bit we can get will be helpful. thanks so much forks so much

the cubs and phillies. it's the 13th inning, shane victori in.. this is where this game has been since the fourth inning. 1-1, great pitching duel between joel blanton, and rich harden, those guys will get no decisions, jimmy rollins with a homer in the third. whoever scores next, we'll bring you the highlights whether it happens on espnews. >> now to the mets and nats. m two of the teams chasing the phillies. come on fans, you've got to give it up. they're still chasing the phillies, technically. top of the fifth. christian guzman, watch the deep pick. nails alex cora. the fourth inning, scoring two runs on a pair of walks and a fielder's choice. in the fifth. they get two runs on, a hit batter, a steal, a walk, a missed steal by adam dunn, and a fly. snapped their seven-game losing skid, and they do it because john lan dop was on fire. racked up his first career complete game in his second full season in the big leagues, pride of sienna, helped the mets 4-0, despite getting outhit 7-4. oliver perez takes the loss 2-3. >> the tigers with seattle

cubs are under way at philadelphia.rodrigo lopez tonight and the phillys have a 6 and a half game lead in the east. and a good one at the letters. >> rob: good cutters. a back door cutter. like mariano rivera, just not quite as hard. but great command. and he has to stay on the edge. he can't like you said, get too much of the plate. then he is very hittable. >> bob: second base is alex cora, good speed there. led off the inning with a base hit. angel pagan is a 27-year-old switch hitting outfielder from puerto rico. our eye in the sky up here next to us. >> rob: draw a straight line right there. on the other side. perfectly. >> bob: well hit to center. ball in front of morgan, and unless he makes a great throw -- >> rob: and he did. >> bob: which he does! [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: but the tag is missed, the mets will lead 3-0. [ crowd booing ] . >> bob: cora came flying by josh hard, who does not argue. that indicates to me josh didn't feel any contact with the glove. that was well made by nyjer morgan, who nea

thousands of people flocked to visit to see the 6-week-old female cub. here she is. the staff tried to breed pandas. the cup does not have a name, yet. they are holding a naming contest next month. that is very cute. >> pandas are always skewed. >> how about the weather? >> it is nice today and find lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid-80's and a repeat for tomorrow. our temperatures will drop by wednesday and thursday and we will warm up in time for the weekend. >> not too bad, thank you. thank you for joining us and we will see you back here in the the my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses i can smile, i can carry on our conversation i do most of the talking yes i wear dentures and they fit wonderful super poligrip acts as a seal between my dentures and my gums super poligrip makes eating more comfortable. even well fitting dentures can feel more comfortable with super poligrip. just a few dabs of super poligrip create a seal between your dentures and gums to make them more comfortable while you eat. i can eat my steak, i just love it. try super polig

the same mother gave birth to two cubs in march.nwhile, the female horse brandi is responding with her new offspring. this species hails from china and mongolia but is also but ex- stink in the wild. the babies won't be on display for a wild but we have more photos at wusa9.com. look under our "pet" section on the home page. >>> eager college students enter a lottery for a chance to meet the president. that story's coming up. >>> plus, the latest in nasa's unsuccessful fight against mother nature and now father time. it's 5:39. angie? >>> traveling the dulles toll road eastbound right before the beltway, you're going to find lanes wide open. more coming up. [ female announcer ] healthier, more radiant skin? it's in your future now. [ female announcer ] discover the power of aveeno positively radiant. with total soy, it's clinically proven to visibly reduce past damage while advanced spf 30 helps prevent future damage. aveeno positively radiant. (announcer) neutrogena tone correcting concentrated night serum... evens skin tone... and

after the cubs let him go. to pay him with rich harden in a five player deal. >> rob: he has a strong arm. surprising to me, they let him go. >> bob: 2-1. and way outside. career record of 32 and 34. his 67th career start. he has worked a lot of relief. and as many as 55 games with the '06 ball club. 202 games in his career. 3-1 to nick. harris running. and the throw right there. they got it. willie harris out stealing for only the second time this year. >> rob: he likes to start his runners whether they are fast or slow and willie expected nick to swing. he looked in and didn't look like he was trying to steal. just a run on contact. almost a rub and hit situation. >> bob: that might be a situation where the selectiveity of the hitter worked against the naves. that was a 3-1 pitch and nick took it and now he grounds out, two outs, nobody on. now, deep and ryan zimmerman go. twice in the series a blast and in the 6th inning friday night and got it done early with a powering drive. bouncing towards them and into

the nationals would give up seven runs in the fourth inning as they're swept by the cubs 11-3.r news for orioles fans in chicago. game tied at one in the top of the fifth. jose contreras, bit outside. adam jones would come home to score. 2-1, facing tony pena, three-run home run to right field. see ya. his fourth of the season. 10-2, orioles. with that, the orioles snap a two-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over the white sox. good day for the o's. >> nats and watson and all this rain and humidity makes you want to cry. it will be better tonight at 11:00. that's our news. nbc nightly news is next. we'll see you again at 11:00. xq q7

ross gload a-former chicago white sox player with the cubs and the rockies. with kansas city two years ago and last year. it will be a lefty-lefty matchup suddenly, so lots of wheels are turning here in the bottom of the seventh. nats still lead, 5-4. n over ps your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com.  >> bob: lefty-lefty coming here in the seventh inning in a one-run game. this telecast presented by authority of washington nationals and may not bereproduced or retransmitted in any form and accounts and descriptions of this game may not be disseminated without the express written consent of the washington nationals. tying run at second base, one out. joe beimel's 34th appearance. gload, not a lot of at-bats against left-hander

and i plan on going to the cubs game that sunday after the race. it's actually a double header against the cardinals. >> kurt busch says his favorite cuby of all time is ryan sandberg. >>> orioles-blue jays, highlights tonight at 11:00. back to you. >> thank you very much, mark. we'll be right back. >>> primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. follow bide eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> you could say a couple of brothers in rio dejanero are a little off the wall. that's because they spend 12 hours a day living on the side of one. the two have suspended a bed, chair and table, 30 feet above the street. brothers are calling it, street art. they say it combines their love for both climbing and the-- climbing and the arts. >>> finally tonight, he is so cute. but a little too shy. his name is altie. and he is the newest edition to the berlin animal park. the snow leopard was brought out to meet the media today. but as you can see, he decided to turn right around and go back to the comfort of -- comfortof his basket. >> should have had a big mac out there. he wo

philly, at home, against the cubs. howard, the grounder. derrek lee steps on the bag.nd the cubs end the phillies' ten-game winning streak. >>> the yankees have won five in a row at the new stadium. nick swisher singles to center. two runs will score. and the yankees go up 4-0. that occurred in the bottom of the first. we go to the top of the third. orioles have two on, two out. ty wigginton lines one to right. swisher going back. nice running grab. the yankees take it. your final is 6-4. >>> and let's go back to the studio and jeremy and vinita. >> lots of yankees fans excited about their success lately. >>> all right. well, you don't expect to see airplanes on the street, of course. that's exactly where you saw two of them in two, separate incidents. >> imagine driving by this. the wingless fuselage of a huge military plane made its way through long beach, florida, on towing vehicles. the c-17 cargo jet was moved so it could be shipped to the east coast. >> that was california, actually. and. >>> and a small plane made an emergency landing on a road in iowa city yest

bottom of the 5th, alfonso soriano saying i got your back, cubs hold on for the 5-3 win the 9th win in games and as for cueto in his last four starts now 0-3 with a whopping 10.19 era over that span. lance armstrong may be sipping champagne tomorrow but in honor of alberto contador. we'll get you caught up on stage 20. and america's fast man, usain bolt the world's fastest man on showcase in london. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. >> indians looking to win three in a row for the first time in a month and continue the weekend in seattle. chris jakubauskas replacing erik bedard and a change of pitching didn't help as jimenez takes him deep and his third and tribe up 8-zip, olson gets taken out the yard and they like the pitching from seattle. that was his 11th home run and the tribe win this with ease by the final of 10-3. they have now won three in an on the road

>> keep the pitching up and take down the cubs.like these teams coming into our town with all their fans and outcheering us. we can get it done. >> all right. david gregory, thanks. >> you will be there yelling. >> i was there last night. can't go tonight. >> i will go for you. >> da t s,d.nkvi >om c uingphisdaun sony on th"mt eseepre s, idavitss esgu llwinclude hdltanh ll human staicec kumeceeryhlatn itli mccndus mchonll. m >>> another sign of the tough economic times, many cities strapped for cash are cutting down on a key service. trash collection. just this week battle positive more, long list of cities are streamlining trash collections from twice a week to once. the city is upping its recycling efforts from twice a week, twice a month, i should say, once a week. residents have mixed views the change. others are worried about trash piling up. shoppers are looking for good deals. if you are looking for a flat screen tv you may want to go plasma. consumer experts say there are a lot of good deals to be had now. since january two

. >> drop p here f the cubs. blbloomberreporting that the story chchicago mar league baseballll team uld become the first te in the league in 39 years. filed for babankruptcy the e team's oer filed chapter 11 in dember and now it may be -- excuse m me, mayave to do the sameor the cubs. prprotect e team for any future liility related to the t tribune bankruptcy. >> oh, the cubs again.n. >> poor cubs. >>> coming up, navavigating e market's choppppiest wers. what thehe pros ok at when placintheir earnings season n best. stay ted. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it ratherld and wrinkly? yeah, you saw ?? m fay a crisp? geico. fifteteen minutut could save you fifteen perer or more on car insuranance. >>> welcome back to "fast money," i want to bring you up to date on a story we've been following in the after hours session. "wall street journal" is reporting they are in advance talks to aid cit, on the brink of collapse right now. the "wall street journal" also reporting that that debt backi

. >> drop here for the cubs. bloomberg reporting that the story chicago major league baseball team could become the first team in the league in 39 years. filed for bankruptcy. the team's owner filed chapter 11 in december and now it may be -- excuse me, may have to do the same for the cubs. protect the team for any future liability related to the tribune bankruptcy. >> oh, the cubs again. >> poor cubs. >>> coming up, navigating the market's choppiest waters. what the pros look at when placing their earnings season best. stay tuned. >>> on tonight's trader radar, we look at the stock lighting up screens across wall street today, founded in 1966 was a store called the sound of music in st. paul, minnesota, this company is now the largest electronics retailer in the world. >> their same store sales were down 14%. there's nothing in though numbers that really had you believe that these guys were in great shape. >> but traders found this to be a good buy after op timer said sales have boomed. who is it? the answer whe

cubs and astros squaring off. mike hampton on the hill. bottom two, cubs already up 6-0.mis ramirez kissing that one goodbye. his ninth of the year. mike hampton, boy, these first inning struggles continuing for him. giving up six runs, that's the most he's given up since july 1 of 203. he has an era of 11.5 in the first inning this year. the cubs have now won 6 of the last 7 to improve to 10-3 after the all-star break. let's look at the standings now. kobe with the win. thrust themselves into that top spot with a tie with the cardinals. but cardinals still in action. bottom of the 11th. tied with the dodgers at 2 apiece. the pirates were busy on wednesday, sending shortstop jack wilson, and pitcher to seattle for shortstop ronny cedeno and four minor league players. pittsburgh traded infielder freddy sanchez to the giants for a minor league pitcher. the pirates have parted ways with eight of the nine players to take the field against the braves on opening day last season. only catcher ryan don't remains on the roster. >> taking on the pirates, bottom 10. no score. randy

cubs beat them. the cubs win #-2. the nats have 26 wins, 62 defeats. >>> former oriole jamie moyer now a philly. seven shutout innings, allows one hit. not bad for the oldest player in the majors. raul ibanez hilt two home runs. to scotland for the opening round of golf's british open at turn berry. perfect conditions in a place known for nasty weather. 45-year-old angel miguel jimenez. he leads the tourney he one stroke ahead of 59-year-old tom watt so. not a single boeing gee. here with a birdie on 17. five under par 65 for watson. can a guy who is soon to be 60 continue to contend? >> who knows, the light switch may go on, and i may play without too much pressure, or the pressure may be too much to handle. but i've been there before. >> yes, he has. in fact, watson has won the british open five times. tiger woods has three titles. tiger having to play catch-up. he shot one over par 71 today. tom watson is nearly twice his age. you go tom watson. >>> what's in a name? that was the question in chicago today. the coun

the cubs and the pirates, cubbies 3 1/2 games back of the division leaders. bottom seven, here we go. pirates leading 2-0, one on, two out for freddy sanchez. that drops in for a double, one run scores. pirates end up winning 3-0. the cubs been shutout for the second time in three dames. the lost 7 of 9 overall. lilly suffering his first career loss, first to pittsburgh. the pirates, they've won 5 of 7 overall. >> nba free agency news, carlos boozer of the jazz decides not to opt out of the last year of his contract. he will stay in salt lake city. he was joined by center oak fewer, oak fewer decided to stay with the jazz. >> allen iverson is out there, looking for a new team. came to the pistons in a highly touted november trade that didn't work out. detroit swept by the cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. jason kidd will decide between at least the knicks, the mavs and possibly the blazers. we'll discuss more on that in a moment. turkoglu also testing the free agency market, averaged 175, and 5 a game for orlando last year. bulls guard ben gordon