you may recall, john isner was in the longest tennis match at wimbledon and won. he wasn't as fortunate yesterday. >> that's your look at sports on "early today," i'm mario solis. >>> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva, men get it. >>> who is favored this weekend at the box office and anger over a celebrity son's college scholarship. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> these kids put us to shame. coming up, the national spelling bee winner, you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a few hot spots, yuma valley reporting 89 degrees. vegas getting to the triple digits. those are areas coming into portland around 60 degrees, 73 this afternoon with the showers getting up to your area, 107 in vegas, 112 in phoenix. pretend it's the middle of the summer, the temperatures outside of the average for this time of year. a look into saturday showers towards seattle, though the heat easing in the southwest. if you're watching us on kdw in portland, oregon, forest grove, enjoy local actors in a w

roland -- >> not like that. >> john isner involved in another marathon match. years ago remember at wimbledon? 11 hours 5-minute affair spread over three days. it was ridiculous. today isner only played about half that. it was five hours and 41 minutes against paul-henri matou, a frenchman who was playing with a broken toe, by the way. we begin in the third set. mathieu serving for set point. isner puts the return up. his next shot hits the net, goes down 5-3. there it is again. not happy with that at all. frufrlt frustrated, throws his racket. racket abuse. but they never call, it do they? time continuing to tick away. mathieu and isner trading ground strokes. then isner fires a backhand down the line. can't do anything with that. fifth set. once again, mid rally. isner's return. check it out. there it is. after all of that time. mathieu wins match point 18-16. second longest match in french open history. but you know, more importantly perhaps, there are no more american men in the french open. and i don't think there's any more american women either. what is g

venus williams lost and on the men's side john isner is also heading home after losing in five setses. >> the heat celebrated in miami with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade and company. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm forget roggin well, he may often play a wild man on the big screen but this funny man is settling down in real life. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus two women are about to share what they've been denied for decades. you're watching "early today." >>> well welcome back. the big story, of course, is tropical storm debby. soaking record number in florida. i'll tell you what. if that's the main story, 1-a is the heat story. 103 in denver, 105 in san antonio. now as i mentioned that's going to spread. enjoy that in chicago today. tomorrow you're 91. you should be 103 by thursday. in other areas like nashville to charlotte to raleigh get ready. the heat is on the way. >>> if you're watching us on

now john isner is done. paul-henri mathieu pushed him to the limit in a 5 hour, 41 minute marathon.sn't fortunate yesterday. >>> that is sports on "early today," i'm mario solis. >>> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva, men get it. >>> who is favored at the box office and anger over celebrity son's skcollege scholarship. >>> these kids put us to shame. the national spelling bee winner, you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." still dealing with a chance of showers and thunderstorms around d.c. area, may see showers earlier in the day as we get in the afternoon may see the better chance for hail-producing thunderstorms. certainly be ready for some of that. new york city better chance for showers, shows up later tonight, atlanta, through central and southern florida, chances for showers. chicago out of the way, late they are afternoon improvement. denver talking about temperatures in the lower 80s. start of the weekend looks better. watching us on wtmj 4 in milwaukee, in kenosha, game used mem blal from the golden years of baseball at

venus williams lost her opening round match, and on the men's side, the highest ranking american john isner is also heading home after losing in five sets. >>> and, finally, the party continued in miami. the heat celebrated their nba title with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade, lebron james, and company. it's the franchise's second title. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again next year. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, he may often play a wild man on the big screen, but this funny man is settling down in real life. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, two women about to share something they've been denied for decades. you're watching "early today." >>> quell come back to "early today." the rain will be in northeastern sections of the oregon state. there will be showers around portland. as far as tomorrow goes, notice that we'll be drying things out. starting to warm things up. 80s in medford. pretty mild conditions inland. it look

on the men's side american john isner seeded 11th facing alejandro faya. isner fought back in the final set, but he's taken out 7-5 in the 5th set. >>> when we come back a local guy still has it 15 years -- local boxer still has it 15 years avenue first started fight. after he first started fighting. >>> there's no guarantee off longevity in the world of boxing. one punch too many can mean the end of a career, but one bocker has been at it for 20 years. tiger tony thompson is heading to switzerland for the world heavyweight match. he held a match in d.c.'s gym facing vladimir klitschko. thompson is on a winning streak and what would it mean to brin the title back home to d.c.? >> -- bring the title back home to d.c.? >> no matter what they say about me, how ugly my style is, where i came from, what i look like, i got the 1980 larry holmes body, it won't even matter. you'll forever have to list me as one of the heavyweight champions of history. there's nothing you can do. you can talk bad about me, but you can't take that away. you can't do anything. all yo

so, you remember american tennis player, john isner. maybe the most fatigued player ever. played the longest match at wimbledon. >> yesterday, the french open, as a second-round match went 5:41. the second-longest match by time in french open history. >> gatorade and bananas. he lost in five sets, meaning there are no americans left in men's singles at roland garros. >> bummer. >>> up next, stuck in a tough spot. how a raccoon finally found his way home. >>> and george w. bush comes back to the white house with a speech that was more like a standup comedy act. we'll hear from him, next. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 92% of people who tried it said they would buy it again. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life.

two years ago john isner won the longest match in tennis history, more than 11 hours at wimbledon.terday the 6'9" isner found himself in another endurance contest. playing matteau of france for six matchpoints over 76 games, finally losing after five hours and 41 minutes. >>> back to baseball for one of the wildest plays you will ever see. the batter hits a pop-up in front of the plate, the catcher dives and just manages to tip the ball and the pitcher dives making a bare handed grab for the out. take another look at this. unbelievable. this is a high school championship game in ohio, by the way. teamwork, baby! that's how you get it done. >>> when we come back, letter perfect. a san diego teenager snags the trophy in this year's national spelling bee. chili's lunch break combos start at just 6 bucks. so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with soup or salad, and fries. starting at just 6 bucks, at chili's. you've got to be kidding me. sweetie, help us settle this. i say this and this is called southern hospit

five-time champ, venus williams lost her opening-round match and john isner is also heading home aftersets. the party continued in miami, the heat celebrated their nba title with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade, lebron james and company. it's a franchise's second title. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again next year. that's your first look at sports, i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins, he has your hot, hot, hot, weather channel forecast. >> some people are saying it's summer, it's supposed to be hot. but this is kind of pushing it. i mean yes it is supposed to be hot. we like it hot. but this is a little ridiculous in areas of texas and up to colorado. this is the weather pattern, we're cool in the northeast and the west coast. let me fast-forward this until thursday. the weather pattern flattens out, it allows the heat in the middle of the country begin to spread east. we'll hit areas around st. louis and chicago, then it's going to travel to

now john isner is done. he's pushed to the limit in a 5-hour, 41-minute match. he played the longest match in history back at wimbledon and won. he wasn't as fortunate yesterday. i'm mario solis. >>> here is todd santos with that all-important weekend forecast. let's hear it, todd. >> you know, for some areas it's going to be remaining a little unsettled especially up toward southeastern new england. initially deal with this frontal system. d.c. area, eastern virginia, carolinas, make sure you have a way to get your warnings. not out of the question to see isolated tornadoes today. primarily in some of these stronger thunderstorms. a hail and wind threat. up towards boston, at least to finish off the week, a fairly decent set-up. chicago, some of the showers early on. they'll be transitioning out of the area over the next few hours. west coast, more showers moving in toward portland during the day. seattle seeing a few of those. as we get into saturday, we'll start to see a coastal low developing off southeast new england. that will bring better shower chances o

. >>> at the french open, american john isner and paul-henri matthmat mathiue played the second longestatch ever. isner won the longest match in grand slam history two years ago when he outlofted mahut at wimbledon. 11 hours and 5 minutes. remember that? a couple of weers ago. this time he found himself on the losing end when the match concluded after 76 games. it's 107 fewer than he played in that epic at wimbledon. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," bill clinton goes all corey booker, defending in an interview mitt romney's work at bain capital and suggesting the obama campaign ought to just leave it alone. talk about that with our "morning joe" crew. >>> when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch george w. bush return to the white house for the hanging of his portrait. but mostly to do a little comedy routine with president obama. "way too early" coming right back. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it of

. >> and there is john isner up two sets to one and that is a ball that is out.ere he is now and there is 7-5 in the fifth. lebron james probably never imagined it would be so difficult or he would be so zpised by many and there is miami heat sell braitd today with a parade from streets of miami beating the thunder and tens of thousands lined roots with more waiting for a celebration taking place inside sm. began lining up outside to get into position to seat new champ autos this is my dream right here, to be able to hold that trophy up, hug, grab it. never want to let it go. >> this just feels right. now know what i mean? and would like to do this all the time. >> yes. i'm sure. and that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> and thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight g night for now. captioned by closed captionin" this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants-- a teen librarian from germantown, maryland... a freelance writer and musical director from west chesterfield, new hampshire... and our returning champion-- a graduate student of archite

american john isner gave it his all on thursday at the french open but it wasn't enough to defeat paultu of france in a nearly six-hour match. the 76-game saga set a french open saga for the most games played two years ago at wimbledon. isner won the longest pro match ever at just over 11 hours. >>> and a full dress rehearsal for queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee procession took place just after dawn today in london. the rehearsal was a chance to see what will happen in central london next tuesday afternoon. the full state procession will feature about 2,000 members of the armed forces. matt and meredith will cover that as well. >>> a 7-year-old boy was a real show stopper at a school talent show in oklahoma. he put on his best suit, his best glove, then danced, dazzled the crowd, dancing to michael jackson's "smooth criminal" and some of his amazed family members said they had no idea he had it in him. wow. that is an unbelievable display. four minutes past the hour right now. back out to al for a check of the weather. >> there is an "america's got talent" kid right there. >> amazing.

you might remember john isner played the longest set and match in tennis history two years ago at wimbledonin the second round in paris battling frenchman paul-henri mathieu. they battled for five sets in 5 hours and 41 minutes. the second longest match by time in french open history. >> he lost by the way. isner did. the match went on so long organizers had to postpone the one that was supposed to follow it. >> he is the marathon man, mr. isner. >> i imagine a little cramping going on? >> i would imagine. >>> coming up -- some amazing kids from the national spelling bee. >> plus, what so many men fear, baldness. a new treatment providing new hope. stick around. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cancer treatment centers of america. follow the wings. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. we have some very good news for those going bald. that's on average 1 in 3 american men. let me see this. >> did you just touch my hair? >> yeah, turn around. let me see. i don't think it really applies to you. you have a nice set of hair there. >> nice shag rug there. >