. >>> devils without ilya kovalchuk, adam larsson scored the equalizer in his first playoff game. devils scored four unanswered and beat the flyers 4-1. series even at one. >>> any time you bet the best time in the a.l. it's worth a pat on the back. when you do it with a walk off home run, it makes the show. blue jays won 8-7. that is the sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> who is the latest star rumored to be hot short list for the x-factor? entertainment straight ahead. >>> years of hard work and dedication pay off for one texas teen, we'll tell you why, you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. what you need to know, severe weather-wise, best chance of nasty thunderstorms that could do damage from omaha to des moines, areas of western portions of iowa and eastern nebraska are most at risk today. we will see thunderstorms possibly even strong from chicago to indianapolis, to even washington, d.c. late today and tomorrow, most of the great lakes will see a good round of severe thunderstorms. stormy pattern northern plains through the great lakes. >>> if you' watch

. >>> devils without ilya kovalchuk, adam larsson scored the equalizer in his first career playoff game. the devils caught fire in the third, scored four unanswered and beat the flyers 4-1. the series is even at one. >>> baseball, any time you can beat the best team in the a.l. it's worth a pat on the back. when you do it with a home run, it makes our show. blue jays won 8-7. that is the sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> who is the latest star rumored to be on the short list for the x-factor? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> years of hard work and dedication pay off for one texas teen. weep tell you why. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we'll have rain later in the day, moving into the northwest, especially the state of oregon coastal areas. maybe a sprinkle or two out there this morning in areas from portland to seattle. for the most part you're dry. 62 in san francisco, cool in l.a., interior california in the 70s. cooler in the desert areas, too, upper 80s to low 90s. tomorrow more significant chunk of mois

ilya kovalchuk. elias with a puck to the face. those guys are tough.hey played two periods in that game. the rangers and devils and they are scoreless. now that is something that weigh don't have to deal with in our every day lives. very few times do we get hit in the face with flying objects. oh, man. again in the newsroom. again they're throwing stuff at me here, not like in the way i did things. you don't get that over there at nbc bay area, do you? >> he does get that. >> oh, no, we get that. >> usually me throwing something. >> throw something back. throw it back. >> thanks, jeff. for a full half hour, you can watch sports net central on comcast bay area tonight at 10:30. >>> a new website is blowing the whistle on customers behaving badly called business beware and it keeps track of patrons who are chronic complainers. don't pay their bills, always trying to get things for free. they are allowed to view the company's database. business beware says it gets customers to pay up by threatening to put them on the website. >>> giants fans are loving th

new jersey playing without their injured stud ilya kovalchuk. look at this guy.ly crashes on top of the net, hits the rebound and goes on top of the crossbar. taking one for the team. devils win, 3-1. series is also even. now they go to the turnpike -- up the turnpike and game three is in newark tomorrow night. if you like the playoffs? >> i only like baseball and football. i'm boring, okay, i admit t. >> two good sports to like. >> thank you, joe. next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. just ahead in the "newsroom," a chinese activist telling hillary clinton i want to kiss you. this morning we've go the new pictures of chen guangcheng in the hospital and we're learning about china's chilly response towards the u.s. response. we're also learning more about the man who shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin from his social media page. see what george zimmerman posted about mexicans on myspace that could have an impact on his trial. >>> a new jersey mother is facing charges this morning after her 6-year-old