we will congratulate arvind mahankali, the winner of the spelling bee.year-old from bayside hills was stunned as he was crowned the winner. no reaction there. >> such poise. >> such nsh knaidel. >> knaidel was the final word, yiddish for a dumpling. arvind is an aspirie inine inin. the best moments from these things are usually with the people that don't win. let's look at what we have here. c-a -- >> may i have the entomology? frnlg>> raboni. the word i would use to describe mist is swag. s- s-w-a-g. >> may i have the that is right of speech, please? >> b-o-t -- >> oh, gosh. >> no. >> sorry. >> he slaughtered that word, didn't he? good job. >> here for the third time. >> minnelied. >> that is correct. >> oh, yeah. >> look at that. >> i love the espn announcers there. he slaughtered that word, didn't he? >> he slaughtered that word. >> the parents are like the gymnastics in the olympics, they get -- >> a little intense. spell parents are touch. check this guy on the left side of your monitor. there pulling out the binocs. probably highly caffeinated, che

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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and with those 7 letters, 13 year old arvind mahankali >>> k-n-a-i-d-e-l, knaidel. >> yup, with those seven letters, arvind of new york won the national spelling bee. his final word, knaidel which is a type of dumpling. >> he takes home $30,000 in cash, a trophy and a savings bond. >> actually, that's the raiders number one draft pick. probably didn't know that either. >> great job. >> the warriors lose a key part of their playoff run. we'll tell you who. and barry zito. next. we're wat >>> and as of now, the countdown to labor day still on. we're watching, keeping you updated on the progress of the new bay bridge. ,, goodnight. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. barry zito standing in the way... >>> we are trying to make it seven straight wins with barry zito standing in the way. a's fans looking to make it 7 straight victories. first inning. andre andre. 1-0a's. a.j. griffin, pablo came up with the big hit. two-run single. panda w

old arvind mahankali >>> k-n-a-i-d-e-l.el. >> you are correct. [ applause and cheers ] >> and with those 7 letters 13- year-old arvind mahankali of new york won the scripps national spelling bee. despite the distinction and $30,000 pride he seemed subdued. >> impressive. >> his winning word knaidel is a type of dumpling. i just learned that. >> delicious. >>> 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick made a surprise visit to his alma mater's graduation ceremony. >> can he spell kaepernick? >> that's tough. this is turlock's pittman high school. the guy's a rock star there. kaepernick was there to honor the graduates and a former coach who was stepping down retiring. pittman's principal arranged kaepernick's visit which was a surprise to everyone. kaepernick was a three sports star at the high school before he graduated not too long ago, 2006. >>> 5:46. next half hour coming up expect big delays on the transbay tube this morning. >> reporter: major bart delays, delays that will probably dribble on to the roadways because people wil

. >> at 13, they thought he was over the hill and a little weak on german-daysed words, but arvind mahankali quiet the doubters. >>> no celebration fors for eri holder, he says the department will change the way it investigates a leak. >>> and the gift that keeps on giving. allegations of crack use, politics, the mayor of toronto talks, and of course we listen. it's "way too early" on a friday. >>> good morning. i'm brian schactman. it is may 31st, it is a friday. i love how the young man is retiring at the age of 13 on top. we'll have more from the spelling bee including reaction from the people who did not win, which is always interesting to watch. we don't want

. >> you are the champion. [ cheers and applause ] >> arvind mahankali of queens clinched the scripps national spelling bee by spelling knaidel. it's a germanic yiddish word for dumpling and outlasted 11 finalists to get a huge trophy and a $30,000 cash prize. >> he happens to be also an aspiring physicist, his fourth trip to the competition. his last shot before he was too old to compete, and he joked that he is retiring on a good note. >> yeah, and he gets $30,000 to help pay for college and all that good stuff. >> that's a pretty good note. >> i watched the last 15 minutes. it was riveting. i'm not kidding you. i was sweating it out with the kids. >> were you rooting for him from queens? >> rooting for all of them, honestly, i was. they just seemed like good kids, every one of them. >> still to come, it's no movie plot. an asteroid traveling closer to earth today. and it's not traveling alone. >>> an experiment in eating fast food by the ceo of mcdonald's. what he says happened to his body by eating his company's food every day. >> for get the thighmaster and jazzer size. a popular

knaidel. [ applause ] >> with those seven letters, 13- year-old arvind mahankali of new york won the scripps national spelling bee. his final word knaidel which is a type of dumpling. he takes home $30,000 in cash, trophy and savings bonds. >>> two bay area communities are proud of their students who made it far in the national spelling bee. [ non-english language ] of cupertino spelled her words correctly but she was cut last night based on her oral and written tests. audrey bantug of san ramon made it to round six but this morning she misspelled polytocous which means bearing many offspring. so too bad. but they made it this far. good for them. >> they had to know so much more, too. >> they had to not definition and all that stuff. so thumbs up. >> congratulations to them anyway. >>> a south dakota boy visiting kansas city finds $10,000 in cash and a hotel room. >> open up a drawer there's 10k in $100 bills. his grandmother says the family didn't know what to do. >> probably sat there for an hour and thought about it. [ laughter ] >> but it is a lot of money. it's not like $100, yo

. >> sure did. 13-year-old, arvind mahankali. mahankali.elling bee champion, clinched the scripps final on his fourth trip to the competition. lana zach, good morning. >> reporter: with $30,000 on the line, best spellers, age 8 to 14 took to the stage nervous and confident tackling words most of us have never even heard. d-e-l, knaidel. with that one word there was a new king of the bee. hours of struggling with the most obscure word in the english language is surprisingly compelling. the scripps spelling bee is really a drama of intense emotions. little hearts pounding each question. really a plea. >> may i have the part of speech? >> noun. >> are there any alternate pronunciations. >> just the one. >> can i have a different word? >> reporter: each word spelled correctly, a victory for contenders and their families. >> the siblings are stressed out. >> reporter: that stressed out sister 2009, spelling champ. she was hoping her little sister would join her in setting a record as the first sibling champions. sadly it was not to be. vanya mad

but he earned every penny of it. >> sure did. 13-year-old, arvind mahankali. mahankali. lana zach, good morning. >> reporter: with $30,000 on the line, best spellers, age 8 to 14 took to the stage nervous and confident tackling words most of us have never even heard. d-e-l, knaidel. with that one word there was a new king of the bee. hours of struggling with the most obscure word in the english language is surprisingly compelling. the scripps spelling bee is really a drama of intense emotions. little hearts pounding each question. really a plea. >> may i have the part of speech? >> noun. >> are there any alternate pronunciations. >> just the one. >> can i have a different word? >> reporter: each word spelled correctly, a victory for contenders and their families. >> the siblings are stressed out. >> reporter: that stressed out sister 2009, spelling champ. she was hoping her little sister would join her in setting a record as the first sibling champions. sadly it was not to be. vanya made it to the finals but stumped by this word. zenaida. >> reporter: that dreaded bell.

. >> that really how you spell champion. 13-year-old arvind mahankali is the first male winner since08. he is no stranger to the bee. he took third place in both 2011 and 2012 and the 13-year-old outspelled 281 other top spellers from around the world, including two from the bay area. let the confetti fly. by the way, knaidel is a small mass of dough. >> meanwhile, awedry fini ded a politicos spelled the word which means multiple mother of children. you know about that. >> yes, having triplets. and french was auctioned off from the french president's wine cellar as they are trying to raise money for the government. organizers hope to raise more than $300,000. >>> it is 6:26 and still ahead, we will have an update on the breaking news that could well be affecting your morning commute. b.a.r.t. executives are warning passengers to stay off of the rails this morning. >>> and you won't believe this plane in the roof of an be>>> and a shot there of the golden gate bridge with the fog out there. you can expect the forecast to heat up throughout the weekend. it is 6:26. stay with us. >>> go

. >> bob: the national spelling bee took place thursday night, and in a big surprise, arvind mahankalid, knaidel. >> bob: good for you, kid, i mispronounced your word. when i said kid, he's 13 years old. >> kimberly: that's right. knaidel. >> dana: use your knaidel. >> bob: this is my spelling bee. i'm sorry. >> kimberly: you've yet to spell it. sorry. >> bob: sorey. 22 no. it's something you wear. sari. >> kimberly: okay, that wasn't very good. dana? >> dana: something has been going every united in my house for, i don't know, 35 years. i love this contest. wheel of fortune. second person ever last night to win a million dollars. take it away. >> we have a million dollar winner. >> you've hit the jackpot? >> dana: she won a million dollars. she's engaged to be married and will use some of the money for her wedding. i love wheel of fortune because of how much people spend on vowels. it was unnecessary. legally her future husband is not entitled to that because it's separate earnings prior to them being married. he got himself a winner. >> bob: how about your husbands? do you want to go

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. >> that is right. 13-year-old arvind mahankali is the new national spelling beechamp and the first boy the win since 2008. this is the third time in the competition for him. in 2011 and 2012 he finished third, but this time, he took it all. he says he is going to be using the $30,000 prize for college. he is going to be on the "today" show as well. >> he beat out 281 spellers from around the world including this girl from san ramon who placed 28th overall. and knaidel is a braided dough in case you are wondering. >>> and details on the case on the docket today. >>> and interns at google will get a sneak peek at "internship" and what they have to say about the accuracy next. >>> and we will find out how the tech bonds bomb and how it affects stock prices. >>> welcome back, everyone, and happy friday to you. interns at google stayed at work late, but it was for fun. >> this is not the average internship. >> they got a sneak peek at the new movie "internship." starring vince vaughn, the cameos in the movie is sergey br brinn and many of the interns tell the bay area that the way the g

the fourth time is the sharm for 13-year-old spelling bee veteran arvind mahankali. >> german derivedreporter: he came in third last year and the year before, but this time he aced one to win it all. >> k-n-a-i-d-e-l. knaidel. >> reporter: it is a dumb pling, the aspiring physicie ining phy surrounded 16 rounds, spelling words most of us have ever heard. >> m-a-l-a-c-o-p-h-i-l-o-u-s. >> reporter: it was a tense and grueling competition, but with moments of levity. >> okay. >> please say it again. >> yes. >> reporter: misspelled words triggered the bell. >> p-h-o-d-r-o-m-e. >> no! >> c-y-a-n-o-p-e. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> one by one, finalists were eliminated, but as well as they handled those austere words, they handled elimination even better. >> z-e-n-a-d a-i-a. >> i have come to appreciate the language. >> reporter: and we bumped into arvind this morning. he can barely speak, much less move out like a madman. and he is taking home $30,000, the big gold trophy. >> and you love both the original naturality and their talent. >> i wonder what they would say, what do you need

>> it could be but there is good news for the united states, arvind mahankali who won the spelling beee kid. >> won it on a german word. he lost last year on german word. the year before he was kicked out of german word. he made his strengthness his strength and he won on a german word. tracy: what was the word? ashley: knaidel, a dumpling. >> there is this whole debate, whether we're a country that became great because we pulled ourselves up by our boot straps. this kid represents what is great about america in the past and what is the hope for the future. i was so happy to hear the story but to hear how percent veered over his weakness. it was fantastic. ashley: too much was missing these days. >> some kids have it. the girl who won "american idol" lost two years in a row before that. tracy: she sure did. >> young people, they have not fallen into the trap. we see how slippery of a slope. by the way, youth unemployment 40% in italy? 42% in portugal, 63% in spain and 64% in greece. ashley: the youth, it is awful. tracy: good to know we have spellers coming up the ranks. >> that's righ

. >>> a new national spelling bee winner, 13-year-old arvind mahankali, from new york, and won by spellingel, a german derived yiddish word for document bling. >> knaidel, k-n-a-i-d-e-l, knaidel. >> and he might have been a little nervous, get this, took third place at the spelling bee twice and eliminated on german words both times. price package includes 32,000 in cash and savings bonds. >>> a 33-year-old flint, michigan, woman dead. killed fighting alongside syrian rebels. nicole mansfield. her passport and driver's license shown on tv, along with the identification of a british woman. mansfield's family confirmed her identity last night. both victims were found with weapons. nick payton walsh joins us now. what else are syrians saying about mansfield's death? >> reporter: they were killed in a city in the north of the country, hotly contested between the regime and rebels. they have shown grisly pictures of their corpses and the car they were driving, the driver's license and alleged passport of ms. flynn and the british passport of what seems to be a british man as well. syrian state

. >> i couldn't spell that. 13-year-old arvind mahankali of new york won the national spelling bee byrman word which means dumpling. he won $30,000 in cash and prizes. he admires albert einstein and wants to be a physicist. the last contestant was knocked out of the semifinals by the word politicus that refers to animals that give birth to several babies at once. >>> this is the first week of operations for an alternative to muni on one bus route. leaf transit runs on the same streets as muni's 30x line between downtown and the marina. it only runs during commute hours, but its buses offer leather seats and wi-fi for $6 payable through an iphone app. >> san fransisco's been growing a lot, and muni is, you know, just kind of over capacity on a lot of the routes so we've set out to develop the best commuting experience possible. >> more than 1100 people have already signed up for leaf transit and the company is looking to expand to other muni routes. leaf uses muni bus stops which is unfair. >>> time is 8:24. let's go to sal with a check on traffic as well as the b.a.r.t. delays we've e