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. >>> lance armstrong making waves on his final day at the tour de france and alex rodriguez takes a big hit in his chase for 600 home runs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. and south korea have ruled out a massive fleet for four days of military exercises. the mock maneuvers come in the wake of a recent attack on a south korean ship that killed 46 sailors blamed on a north korean submarine. north korea has threatened retaliation in response to the war games and has reportedly put its military on alert. >>> new video out of canada of a spectacular plane crash. a canadian air force jet smashed into the ground and burst into a ball of flames during a training run for a weekend air show in alberta on friday. incredibly, the pilot made it out alive. >>> in china, devastating amounts of heavy rain are being blamed for nearly 750 deaths so far this year. floods and landslides triggered by the torrential downpours have killed dozens more in recent days and force

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next larry and alex rodriguez at the all-star game on the death of george steinbrenner.t go away. now snapple's got healthy green tea, tasty black tea, real sugar, what's our slogan? bester stuff! - stuffy stuff! - good stuff for bettering stuff! guys? the best stuff on earth just got better. - good stuff, craig. - we're dating. [ announcer ] snapple. the best stuff on earth just got better. somewhere, is making the >>> i'm jim moret from "inside edition" filling in for larry. the new book was released today. "last day of my life." i hope you'll check it out. let's check in with anderson cooper and see what is on ""ac 360"" tonight. anderson. >> we're live where six months after the earthquake countries around the globe pledged billions of dollars in aid. haiti is waiting for that money to arrive. waiting for kids to receive life saving medicine. waiting for ngos to make decisions. tonight we're keeping them honest. naming napes of dead beat donors. those stores and more at the top of the hour. >> thank you, anderson. that's "ac 360" at the top of the hour. >>> george st

. >>> the yankees' alex rodriguez is one swing closer to his 600th home run. he belted number 599 against the royals, surprise, surprise. yankees beat k.c., 10-4. >>> to seattle, david ortiz won last week's home run derby, but things, well, could have been different if ichero was roaming the outfield then. big poppy with a shot to right, and ichiro on his horse. leaping at the wall, robbing ortiz of the homer. so nice, you've got to see it twice. >>> and, finally, to baltimore, twins and orioles, first baseman ty wigginton appears to tag out j.j. hardy as he slides back to first, but the ump sees it differently, calls hardy safe, and wigginton wigs out. he is ejected. out comes manager juan samuel. joining in on the fun. he, too, sent to the showers, and the fans gave samuel a standing ovation, probably the only standing "o" in baltimore this year. the o's suffer their league worst, 65th loss. twins prevail, 5-0. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> well, reports say there is a suspect in the case of who leaked the mel gibson

. >>> baseball, alex rodriguez, one home run shy of .600, taking on the royals.three, that's not number 600. that is a career rbi, 17, 83 and 4, all-time on the list. a-rod did not go deep. bottom of the eighth, scary moment, hit on the hand by blake wood. a-rod would leave the game but said he will be in the lineup on monday in cleveland. yankees win it by a final of 12-6. i'm kevin connors. that's your look at sports. back to you in new york. >>> a pretty cool story here. a massive message in a bottle has sailed at cause ail tra yaes sydney harbor. a boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles was completed. >> the plasticky lived in a cabin 20 feet by 15 feet during the long journey. the boat is fully recyclable and powered in part by solar panels and windmills. you can't tell by looking at it. >>> and a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this monday. u.s. officials are bracing for the fallout from tens of thousands of secret military documents that have been leaked to the media. the documents are mostly intelligence reports on the war in afghanistan from

. >>> yankees' alex rodriguez chasing history of his own. he remains stuck on 599 home runs after going 0 for 4 against the indians. down one in the eighth. curtis granderson, a two-run shot to put the yanks ahead. he's got 112 home runs in his career if you're counting. yanks won it, 3-2. >>> dan haren made his angel debut against the red sox. things really didn't go as planned. david ortiz took haren deep in the third for his first of two home runs boston up, 2-1. in the fifth, haren took a line drive off the forearm and had to leave the game. angels are hoping he can provide a shot in the arm, but that's not what they had in mind. apparently nobody told the twins that this is the year of the pitcher. they put up 19 runs against the royals. joe mauer was perfect at the plate. five hits, including this homer. he also had seven rbis. that's a good week for most players. twins won, 19-1. from offense to defense, the mariners and white sox, mark kotsay, a shot deep to right. ichiro calmly rolled back and then robbed kotsay of an assured homer.

. >>> if i asked you who had the most home runs on the yankees, you'd probably say alex rodriguez, maybe derek jeter. if you did, you'd be wrong. it's robinson cano. hit his 18th of the season against the angels. the catch of the game wasn't by a player but by the ball boy. juan rivera, a line shot, and he made a leaping grab. even lost his helmet and caught that, too. sign him up. wild scene in the seventh. brett gardner was tossed for arguing a called strike, so the yanks brought in rookie collin curtis to pinch hit with an 0-2 count, and he made the most of it. gone! three-run homer. first homer of his career. and in an amazing turn of events, the yanks won it, 10-6. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, the governator rips into mel gibson. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, all of our nation's biggest problems rest firmly on his shoulders, but he still manages to make time for some of the nation's smaller problems as well. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back on this thursday. we're going t

and the quest continues for alex rodriguez. still in search of his 600th home run.ing on the indians. top third. yankees down one. bases loaded for a-rod. hits it to center. not deep enough. but he does get an rbi. collin curtis tags up and scores. we're tied at 1-1. move to the top of the seventh. 7-1, yanks. bases loaded again for a-rod. no home run. but two more rbis. derek jeter, curtis granderson score. it's 9-1, yankees. can you believe this. top of the eighth. rodriguez with the bases loaded. strikes out swinging. one for four. 30 at-bats since home run 599. top of nine, andy marte, strikes out nick swisher swinging. marte pitched a one, two, three ninth. yanks win it, 11-4. >>> the phillies acquired roy oswalt on thursday. taking on the d-backs. raul ibanez, high and deep. that's off joe saunders, the new pitcher for arizona. phyllis lead 2-0. top nine, d-backs down 2-1. j.c. romero while brad lidge warms up. m montero, high chopper to short. bases loaded for the big fella, ryan howard. uh-oh. he was 0 for 5 with 2 strikeouts. we go to the bottom of the 11th

. >>> the yanks' alex rodriguez remains stuck on 599 homers. perhaps he should take notes from robinson cano. belted his second homer in as many days. yanks beat the indians, 11-4. >>> finally, you know things are going well for a team when they come up with inside jokes or maybe a secret handshake. for the rangers, it's the claw. the gesture is kind of like a high five. rookie mitch moreland had his first experience with the claw against the a's. after his first big league hit, look at the dugout. come on, rook. show us some love. we want the claw. and there it is. the a's fought the claw, but the claw won, 7-4. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, can anyone knock off leo at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when you buy a used vehicle, it's the engine that's supposed to purr like a kitten. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." here is a look at your friday forecast on the west coast. 91 in medford. a little war

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. >>> now to cleveland, alex rodriguez hoped to celebrate his 35th birthday with a 600th home run. ninth inning, down three with two aboard. rodriguez, a chance to be the hero, and he grounds out to end the game. indians won it, 4-1. >>> walk-off anybody? the rangers' nelson cruz sent everybody home with a towering two-run bomb against the a's. they won it, 3-1. >>> great play to show you by the blue jays' yunel escobar. the orioles' jake fox, a shot up the middle. escobar made the stop, flipped it behind his back, and got the runner at second. it doesn't get any better than that. jays won it, 8-2. >>> finally, check out this soccer celebration from iceland. after scoring a penalty kick, a player cast out his line, and he reeled in a live one. there's great fishing up in iceland. then he and his teammates posed for a picture with their prized catch. at least he won't hear stories about how the big one got away. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, what's the one thing in the world penelope cruz would change? your early morning entertainment

. >>> another game, another missed opportunity for alex rodriguez to hit home run number 600. the yankees' robinson cano has not had any problems hitting the long ball. a solo shot, his 19th of the year. yanks blow out the indians 8-0. >>> mets and cards played a marathon in new york. finally in the 13th, the cards took the lead. who else? albert pujols got it done with an rbi single. cards won it, 8-7. mets are the league's worst, 11-21 in one-run games, and that ain't good. >>> to san francisco. the giants blew a seven-run lead, but managed to pull out a win against the marlins in the tenth. sacks are full. andre torres ripped a fly ball to left. all the marlins could do was watch it drop. no way they would have got a runner tagging at third. giants made it interesting. they won it, 10-9. >>> it's almost as rare as a buffalo nickel. seattle's sean figgins hit a home run against the white sox, first as a member of the mariners. look at the guys in the dugout. they gave him the cold shoulder treatment. i wouldn't know what to do either. unfortunately it wasn't enough. the mari

alex rodriguez, 1 away from home run number 600, gives it a ride in the seventh.e yankees down 4-0. that's warning track power. zach thomas saved his major league debut. a-rod, another chance. yankees on down three, two on, two out. a-rod, goes 0 for 8 so far in the series. >>> and the orioles visiting the blue jays north of the border. jose ba's thety leads the majors in home runs. ken millwood, i'll unload. bottom of the eighth, bautista batting with one on. good-bye baseball. the jays win it 8-2. bautista leading major league baseball in home runs. >>> that does it for your sports update. back to you in new york. >>> they put aside politics to create an unlikely alliance on a philadelphia stage. ♪ for ever and ever each day in my heart ♪ >> that, of course is staunch democrat and queen of soul, aretha franklin, as she belts out some of her most damous hits last night. accompanied on piano by former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. the event was a fund-raiser to benefit inner city children. >> nice team. >>> up next, we'll update the morning's breaking stor

at five, alex rodriguez outearns derek jeter by $12 million in salary. $6 million more than rodriguez. see, kids? image matters. and as we get into the top of the list, proof that team sports may build civic pride and social skills. but individual stars make friends with a lot more dead presidents. at number three, fighter floyd mayweather jr., who vaulted onto the list with one $60 million payday. at number two, phil mickelson. >> he's the champion. >> reporter: his steady putter won him $10 million on the course. but his reputation as a model husband brought him another $52 million from madison avenue. and at number one -- tiger woods. >> breaking news this afternoon. >> a minor accident. >> reporter: yes, scandal and all, his $20 million plus and $70 million in endorsement make him america's best paid athlete for the seventh year in a row. >> obviously took a hit, didn't lose all the sponsors. it will be interested. he's not won a tournament this year. if he doesn't get back to winning, it will be interesting to see what effect that will have on his e

in the bottom of the eighth, alex rodriguez hit his 599th home run, one away from the elite 600 homers won it 10-4. >>> national league, d'backs' first baseman adam laroche made a great catch in the first inning. check it out. look at that. but it was downhill from there for arizona. giants' pitcher matt cain went eight innings, nine strikeouts and san francisco won 3-0. >>> one last baseball note for you. random blood testing for human growth hormones started yesterday in the minor leagues. it is the first testing program for hgh in american professional sports. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and hollywood's die-hard fans at the annual comic book convention. the annual comic book convention. decadently rich... delightful... chocolate... bliss. hershey's bliss chocolate. crafted for bliss. it's all in the pepperation. we hand-season fresh, never-frozen usda choice beef and cook to order. new handmade burgers with fries starting at just $5.99. like the rojo burger, drenched in rich, smoky hickory sauce. for a little more, enjoy the new avocado burge

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at number five, alex rodriguez outearns derek jeter by $12 million in salary. but the squeaky clean jeter makes $6 million more in endorsement than his tabloid-bait teammate. see, kids? image matters. as we get into the top of the list, proof that team sports may build civic pride and social skills but individual stars make friends with a lot more dead presidents. at number three, fighter floyd mayweather jr., who vaulted onto the list with one $60 million payday. at number two, phil mickelson. >> he's the champion. >> reporter: his steady putter won him nearly $10 million on the course. bun his reputation as a model husband brought him another $52 million from madison avenue. and at number one? tiger woods. >> breaking news this afternoon -- >> a minor accident -- >> tiger woods, major news -- >> reporter: scandal and all, his 20-plus million in winnings and $70 million in endorsements make him america's best-paid athlete for the seventh year in a row. >> obviously taken a hit. lost some sponsors. lost a good chunk of them. if he gets back to winning, i think

the quest for 600 continues for alex rodriguez. 21 at-bats since he hit home run number 599.yanks and indians. top first. a-rod's single to the middle. that scores teixeira. bases loaded for rodriguez. he strikes out swinging. strikeout number 1,800 career. last at-bat for rodriguez. it's a pop-out. he would go two for five with one rbi. yanks win 8-0. >>> cards/mets. garcia, and johan santana, threw 14 scoreless innings. santana gives up six runs in the first. double what he allowed in the previous five games combined. he would not lose. ike davis, with a single. mets score six in the eighth to tie the game. last time they played they went to 20 innings. top 13. still tied at 7-7. albert pujols doesn't want to play anymore. >>> how about the d-backs and phillies? dominick brown making his major league debut for philadelphia. bottom two, what awas.ut it was. first at-bat a double pla jayson werth. brown would go two for three, two rba and two runs scored. the top of the third, roy halladay. mr. perfect. gets parra swinging. top six, kelly johnson, same deal. adam laroche swin

boxer floyd mayweather, lebron james and alex rodriguez round out the top five.ow for the highest paid bay area athlete. raiders receive darrius heyward- bey who caught only 9 passes last year will make 21.43 million. he didn't receive a signing bonus last year so that's why the figure is inflated. if you are scoring at home, that's about $2,381,000 per catch. >>> as for the local broadcasters, do we have that list? dana king -- [ laughter ] >> we don't have that list. okay. [ laughter ] >>> louis oosthuizen did not make the cut on the money list. fresh off his british open championship, he is out to prove he is no one-hit wonder. in stockholm oosthuizen carted fight birdies on the back nine and is tied for the lead with johnson and australian richards green at 5-under par. >>> to pete rose, to get his final bat base hit the all-time hits record was auctioned off today apparently the $158,000 sale was less than expected. rose got that final hit off the giants in 1986. >>> the famous mannequin which greets customers at lefty o'doul's restaurant named after the for

. >> 3-2 pitch deep to left field and alex rodriguez has number one in the hole.1995 rodriquez was 18 years old and came off tent city pitcher again he's one away from the magical 600 and people will say why would rodriguez be considered in a different from barry bonds the problem is barry's last home run king right in the middle of the steroid business and he was forced to retire while rodriguez since he came clean will happen may be good health another 10 years in the eyes of many. and what is your world championships in new york. so far he's 1-2 tonight no home runs against the royals. these hosting the white sox in chicago good news for the capture four years $16 million extension that will take him through 2013 guaranteed the of a 2014 option suzuki just on the verge of being an american league all-star the last couple of years real close public more to the point he's the guy you want coverall long-term river road presence in the club and is guided deal with that and darn good catcher. he's at it again and concerning lot lance armstrong. >> to g c lance armst

las esperanzas de que alex rodrÍguez hiciera esa hazaÑa de tener su jonrÓn en el estadio de los yankeese ellos dos tienen un romance. >> quizÁs una relaciÓn! de amistad que no es del odio al amor sino de la amistad al amor. quiÉn sabe. gracias por esta informaciÓn que sucede en la gran manzana. >> les tengo algo mÁs adelante, la moda en nueva york. un traje antisudor. >> perfecto, con este verano tan caliente. pero en mÉxico quÉ estÁ pasando? >> muchas historias de farÁndula, para eso vamos rÁpidamente con alberto hernÁndez desde mÉxico. >> quÉ pasÓ, beto? ¡muy buenos dÍas! >> ¡muy buenos dÍas! chicos, informaciÓn del caso que sabemos que ha provocado escÁndalo, ana bárbara y la orden del procurador estatal y el dinero que hubo de por medio, cuÁnto dio ana bárbara o la gente que estaba con ella y lo que sucediÓ en el reclusorio de santa marta catitla. tremenda persecuciÓn! y quiero comentarles que hasta un reportero sa y >> a ti te dieron un masaje? >> un saludo a la masajista del centro comercial. >> tan rico que es! >> anoche despuÉs de la eliminaciÓn en el desafÍo la gran batalla, al

pero en la pelota ademÁs veremos si alex rodrÍguez entrÓ al club de los 600 jonrones. >> ademÁs, le diremos dÍas! >> ¡muy buenos dÍas! ana. desde nueva york les vamos a decir si realmente la gran manzana es la ciudad mÁs acelerada del paÍs y tambiÉn le vamos a decir por quÉ ahora los niÑos nos estÁn criticando en una Época de acceso a internet y celular en los trenes de nueva york. nos vemos má jñ?@???@?@??@?@?@?@?@?@???ñÑ÷÷÷÷ ♪ me lo dijo en el balcón ven, canta con nosotros. no...yo no sé cantar. esteban: isi es muy fácil! ilos buenos amigos se tienen confianza! por eso, en vez de oírme hablar de state farm, pregúntele a sus vecinos. state farm asegura a 40 millones de conductores. más ahorros. y descuentos de hasta un 40%. como los que obtuvo carlos, cuando llamó al 1-877-289-1006. y pepe, su agente de state farm le atiende en español. mientras que esteban está feliz con la calidad del servicio. ♪ de parranda con simón [ riendo ] muy bien, eh. otra vez. otra vez. esteban: otra vueltita, dale. ♪ rosarito me lo dijo y cuando haya hablado con rosarito, o con su vecino, llame a al 1-877-289-

. >> y la cuenta de jonrones del dominicano Ídolo de multitudes alex rodrÍguez. >> domingo a partir deblar de eso. pero antes vamos con carla... [risas] >> mira. >> es que estoy asustada. miren esto, el profesor y director del departamento de astronomÍa de la universidad de chile afirmÓ que gracias a la tecnologÍa descubrir planetas parecidos a la tierra van a tener la posibilidad de detectar cualquier forma de vida diferente. cuando logremos encontrar planetas del mismo tamaÑo de la tierra con agua... podremos encontrar. ahora se han descubierto 460 planetas extrasolares. >> eso lo sabÍa mausan desde hace mucho. >> habrÁ marciaciones caminando aquÍ? >> yo he visto unos cuantos! (publicidad) o de santa es un breve buenos dias, este buenos dias, este es un breve informativo de noticias univision 14, les saluda alejandro mendoza--ayer, finalmente entro en vigor la ley "sb1070" de "arizona-- lo hizo sin sus apartados mas polemicos y con el contraataque de la gobernadora "jan brewer" que cumplio su promesa de apelar el bloqueo impuesto esta semana por la jueza federal "susan bolton". --la

making 46 million in 2010 and running at the top five in new york yankee alex rodriguez a rod, makingv. schwarzenegger is taking a few shots mel gibson. this is. >> the good news is that bp has contained the oil leak. that is good news. finally. finally. (applause) the bad news is no one has figured are hard to contain mill gibson. (laughter) mel gibson nobody knows how to contain. >> so these commons came wells were snigger was in the utilities commissioner meeting in sacramento and then he also made another mention the crowd please turn off your cell phones because we are also expecting a call from him. a spokesperson for gibson says he's happy here the governor is maintaining a sense of humor and is obviously pay be away for return jerba's. to show biz. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. none can tamper you can see the clouds drifting in heavy fog around the bay today but we will see sunshine inland later on. get ready for the ride of your life. wipeout in waves of tender turkey and crispy bacon. gaze upon the rad rainbow

s alex rodriguez is the pakistan government denying again, as you said earlier, any ties or assistance to the taliban, but the story continues to surface. guest: well, yes. the story hasn't died, and i don't think -- you asked me if i know there is no pakistani collaboration with the taliban. no, i don't know that, and i think at some level, somewhere in pakistan, there is, and it has taken a huge effort, led by our very capable ambassador to persuade the pakistanis to invest more resources, their military and police resources, and going after the taliban in pakistan. but they are doing it, and there's a loss of life there for doing it, but they have reclaimed some areas of their own country, like the swat valley. i visited there with ann patterson recently, from the taliban. let me just mention something i department mention, steve, which is, why is this? why are we having so much trouble there? do they hate afghanistan? no. they are worried about india, and they believe that if we lee afghanistan, which they think we will do in the near term, at least leave militarily, that the india

s alex rodriguez is the pakistan government denying again, as you said earlier, any ties or assistanceo the taliban, but the story continues to surface. guest: well, yes. the story hasn't died, and i don't think -- you asked me if i know there is no pakistani collaboration with the taliban. no, i don't know that, and i think at some level, somewhere in pakistan, there is, and it has taken a huge effort, led by persuade the pakistanis to invest more resources, their military and police resources, and going after the taliban in pakistan. but they are doing it, and there's a loss of life there for doing it, but they have reclaimed some areas of their own country, like the swat valley. i visited there with ann patterson recently, from the taliban. let me just mention something i department mention, steve, which is, why is this? why are we having so much trouble there? do they hate afghanistan? no. they are worried about india, and they believe that if we leave afghanistan, which they think we will do in the near term, at least leave militarily, that the indians will come in and take over a