batista is worth more than $30 million. he is the founder of five commodities countries and is the eighth richest man in the world. he told me that brazil's boom could take him all the way to the top. >> brazil is a country of 220 peop million people. we're a melting pot of people. 100 million of these have grown into the middle class. 35 million alone during lula's presidency. so from 65 million to 100 million brazilians. we're foreseeing that we'll be able to bring another 60 million into the middle class by 2020. business is really a gigantic driver because brazil has moved from 50 billion barrels of oil reserves to 100. so we move from the 16th position, a very low position into literally the third, fourth position in terms of oil reserve in the world, and it's probably bigger. >> let me ask you more about that, because your company was helping to produce this huge oil find on the offshore of brazil. >> yes. >> how big of an opportunity is this? someone said to me the other day they believe brazil will eventually become

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now batista is part of that. he belted three home runs against the twinkies. 60 homers crushes minnesota 11 to 3. that is your look at sports on early today. i'm mario solice. >> who out muscled the competition at the box office this weekend? >> plus in this busy graduation season, one student is teaching this fellow classmates about trmpderov trath day. you are watching "early today." >>> welcome back, thank you for joining us on this monday morning. the rain continuing in the northwest. we have had minor flooding problems. we could get some thunderstorm storms. chance of storms from boisie to medford. we are dry but cool. tomorrow not much warmer. you see the rain is still widespread. if you are watching us in honolulu, we under water features. that jet set at the waikiki a aquarium. >> i know, i always do that. bill, thank you. now here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the three d super hero film, earned $34.5 million to hold the number one spot for the second consecutive weekend.

i'm ken batista. . >> i'm dana king investigators looking into accusations that not only was a cop sellingrugs but he was running a brothel. joe vasquez broke this story. >> they were barely dressed, you know, always -- totally made up. >> reporter: in a pleasant hill office park a bomb shell claim. that this empty space during parts of 2009 and 2010 was a brothel. neighbors say they called police after seeing a lot of men visiting barely dressed women inside. >>> you said what to police? >> i thought it was prostitution. what else was it? i said that. >> reporter: we have learned that chris butler confessed to state investigators he was running the brothel along with normwwielsch. they already face a number of charges. they were also shutting down houses of prostitution. >> chris butler can't be trusted. >> reporter: i asked the attorney about the allegations that his client already an admitted drug dealer was a pimp. >> butler has apparently spoken to the law and told them that my client was involved with running a brothe l, that's not true. butler bought the furniture for this would be

. >> toronto's jose batista is the best home run hitter -- oh, boy, batista comes back in the next inningo the left field bleachers. and then in the sixth inning, he does it for a third time. a right field smash. bautista had 16 homers for the year. the j's beat minnesota 11-3. >>> it is now 10:00 a.m. in the east. 7:00 in the west on this monday. good morning to you. here's a look at the three big stories we're following a midair scare for passengers on a pacific light out of singapore. a stall forced pilots to bring it back to the airport for an emergency landing. no injuries to the 136 passengers or crew members. >>> the head of the international monetary fund is expected to plead not guilty to sexually assaulting a maid in his new york hotel suite. dominique strauss-kahn was taken off a flight bound for paris yesterday. >>> zero and liftoff for the final launch of "endeavour." expanding our knowledge, expending our lives in space. >> space shuttle "endeavour" is on its way for its final mission. congresswoman gabrielle giffords made the trip to see her husband off. later on, we'll tal

i'm ken batista. >> we have seen them the last few nights. >> rarely do we see them here. . >> we have a funnel. >> yeah. we aren't in kansas. a funnel cloud turning into a tornado in butte county north of sacramento. this is just one of three reported in northern california this afternoon. roberta tells us they were part of a very unusual late season cold front. they all hit in pasture land so no significant damage. a helicopter pilot said what he saw. >> no, no, it's very, very rural out here, a lot of rice patties and mostly agriculture, towns out here, more just wide spots on the road, tiny communities, ranches, farms,. >> this twister touched down shortly after a tornado warning went out, we haven't heard of any significant damage orrin juries. >> the state of california has released hundreds of violent criminals prison by mistake and without any mandated supervision. we have learned some of them have already gone onto commit new, violent crimes. the state is blaming it on computer error. >> reporter: the inspector general is the watch dog of california prisons and what he found a

batista was the only one who hit 50 home runs last year.e had three dingers against the twins to give him a major league 16 this season, he hit 13 in the past 19 games. jays sweep the twins 11-3. >>> either the sharks or the canucks will reach the stanley cup finals for the very first time. game 1 of the western conference final is underway. san jose leads 2-1 after two periods. >>> thunder and grizzlies, second half, kevin durant blocks mike conley and here come oklahoma city. russell westbrook leaves it for durant, puts the thunder up 14. durant scored 39 points after being held to 11 in game 6, the first player in 19 years to have a triple double in game 7, they beat the gris, and add rance to the western conference finals. >>> rain in florida forced most of the field in the players championship to finish the third round early this morning before playing the final round. >> 24 holes today, how much was fatigue a factor? >> i'm a professional athlete you know. i'm just kidding, america. >> yeah, paul can lafrentz, he finished in 3rd place

. >> i'm ken batista. 70 people burned out of their homes. >> it looks like it started with someone tryingmake dinner. the fire burned for hours in san francisco's south of market area. joe vasquez is there. >> reporter: firefighters are still on the scene tonight monitoring hot spots. they say three people were injured in the fire and 78 were left homeless. it was a stubborn one, flames got more more intense as the hours went by. it injured several people over the hours of einsteins firefighting. one resident went to the hospital for smoke inhalation, a firefighter had a shoulder injury . none of the injuries were life threatening. this woman lived on the floor just above the source of the fire. they said someone was barbecuing chicken inside. >> it just happened to quick. she threw bourbon on the chicken. >> your baby was there? >> yes. i just left and they said get out quick. >> reporter: firefighters got there quickly and the numbers grew to more than 100 but some of the residents are worried about how long it took to get water on the fire. >> it seemed to be it was almost that the bui

. >> i'm ken batista.iant's fan almost killed outside of dodger stadium is back in the bay area . >> he is pact san francisco general. tonight they say this is just a temporary arrangement. more on what comes next. >> reporter: more than 100 gathered for a benefit in brian's hometown as he finally returned to the bay area, nearly 7 weeks after a beating outside of the stadium that left him with a critical brain injury. his new medical team said he has a long recovery ahead of him. >> basically there is imaging for us to review, a very large pile of medical records which we will leave no stone unturned. >> it's a big step because when we first got down to los angeles we weren't sure he would make it. >> reporter: his mother said today is a significant milestone in her son's recovery. > transferring him is just to get him stabilized and then our understanding is we don't know how long he will be in the icu but at some point he will be transferred to a long term care facility for his rehab, that is the plan.

one of the criticisms by the opposition is the corruption rampant in his government it's a very not batista administration he runs so we're seeing a lot of people saying you know enough is enough leaving. his government joining the opposition now saakashvili on the other hand is claiming that somehow russia is behind these these rebellions he's doing the same thing that could go off he did in libya by blaming al qaida and mubarak of course blamed everybody for his problems except with this big difference the u.s. supports this they cater this shows the hypocrisy of the obama administration when it comes to georgia or bahrain or any of these regimes that we support for military and strategic purposes these popular uprisings get no support from washington and our full coverage of the developing situation in georgia is online right now at the dot com and with god means videos and analysis as police round on demonstrators demanding president saakashvili is resignation well there is always our twitter stream and facebook which keep you updated as events unfold. a paradise for the french elite an