baumgardner wore sensors that measured his heart rate, blood pressure and forces of gravity on his body. scientists will use that information to develop improved space suits and new technology for emergency escapes for astronauts and high altitude pilots. i don't know if you want to be the guinea pig for that. >> maybe i'll try it in a couple years. >>> some daredevils in china wearing a different kind of specialized suit today. >> take a look at this. the first winged suit flying world championships taking place this morning and we have video to prove it. >> it's like a flying squirrel. >> exactly what they are. the flaps of material let base jumpers and skydivers soar through the air with the greatest of ease. competitors leaping from the top of a mountain almost 4600 feet above sea level and then they zoom across the valley. six of the top 15 flyers are from right here in the u.s. they let the parachute right at the end go and smooth, safe landing. they'll have a champion crowned today. look at that, he's going to grab a seat and relax. >> wow, that's pretty cool. >> again, we'll let

it took nine minutes for baumgardner to reach the ground yesterday.the time it was all over he had shattered not one but three records. first person to break the sound barrier without the use of a jet or space craft. highest manned balloon free fall from the highest altitude. more than 128,000 feet above the ground. that's roughly three times the altitude your standard 747 flies. and look at this video from one of the 30-some cameras recording the stunt. this is attached to his chest. at this point during the plunge he started spinning and they tell us it was a violent spin but he got himself under control after about 30 seconds. the dare devil said for a few moments he was afraid he would lose consciousness. >> when i was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you cannot think about breaking records anymore. you do not think about gaining statistical data. you want to come back alive. do you not want to die in front of your parents your girlfriend and all the people watching this. >> shepard: youtube says there were more than 8 mil

his launch is cans selled, although baumgardner is hungry to make that jump. the 43-year-old jumper will give it another try on thursday. the ride could take three hours. his >> you have five hours to think about it on the way up. >> you go to the game. you eat, drink and have a good time but do you clean up before you leave? >> probably not. it's dirty job. how this post season play is keeping some very busy. >> and the wedding night, not over the bouquet but over the he said she said. now those involved are pointing fingers at police. >>> new details about that post wedding brawl. the brother of the groom is out of jail. police claim matthew soft cay and several others started fighting early sunday morning. it quickly escalated and another wedding party got involved. the bride's father suffered a heart attack and later died. >> it' -- it's very sad. >> people who were there are firing back at the police response. they say officers used excessive force we they started swinging their batons at guests. >>> this is no way to treat your attorney even if you don't

extreme athlete felix baumgardner started his atent to 23-miles above earth and then he is going to jump. >> and what we have here is a view from way up high as they are on their way up to -- what is this, more than 20-miles. >> 20-miles above the earth. >> he is going up in a pressurized pap skull pulled by a 5 story helium balloon supposed to take three hours to climb through the stratosphere. he will jump into a near volume area up there with no oxygen to begin with. expected to be the fastest and furthest free fall from the highest point ever maned in a balloon. >> yes. good luck to him. we will check in with him throughout the next hour. >> one long jump for man. >> breaking the sound barrier with your own body. it will be interesting. >> meanwhile the space shuttle endeavour is doing the opposite. it is on the ground and moving at a snail's pace to its final destination. >> a live picture of the shuttle right now moving along the streets of los angeles, moving very, very slowly and expect to arrive at the california science museum at exposition park later on this morning. and the e

>>> felix baumgardner plans to free fall from 23 miles over new mexico tomorrow. the 43-year-old was hoping to help nasa figure outweighs for astronauts to survive a high altitude disaster. >>> another pro jeblght rumored to have taken to the skies over roswell, new mexico may have actually been reality. the u.s. government is releasing drawings, and schematics of the flying saucer it tried to build back in the 1950s. those documents show that the united states air force worked with a canadian company to create what it called a supersonic craft, shaped like a disk. project 1794 was eventually dropped in 1960, after the saucers built proved hard to fly at high all the tuesday. >>> first -- altitudes. >>> first the ruby slippers, and now dorothy's dress is on the move. the outfit judy garland wore in the wizard of oz is being auctioned off. it is the only complete original dress to survive, and is expected to bring in half a million dollars. >>> today is the last day you can see those ruby slippers at the smithsonian museum of american history, because they are head

. >> now in just over an hour, the daredevil felix baumgardner is due to jump from the edge of space in a record-setting skydiving attempt. if he succeeds he will become the first person to go faster than the speed of sound without an aircraft. reporting from rozz well, new mexico. >> he will be taken 23 miles up by balloon to the edge of space. he is so might go up that if his space suit leaks, his blood will boil. he will break sound barrier. no one knows the effects it will have on him. >> we practiced this. this is my biggest dream. we are one step closer. i feel good at the moment. >> felix came to fame as a young base jumper, hurling himself off tall buildings and notoriously off the giant jesus monument. this time he is helped by engineers and his suit is allowing him greater movement so he can glide during free fall. the capsule has been specially built to protect him from the freezing conditions of high altitude. this is the mission control center where engineers are making a final preparation for the jump. there's some tension but excitement. it's from here that they will t

game two is tonight with madison baumgardner for the giants and doug fister for the tigers. >>> even though a full season is not a reality for locked out nhl players the islanders will move 26 miles to the brand new ba barclays center. >>> nfl has embraced pink throughout october for breast cancer awareness month. sunday night refs will throw pink flags from an 8-year-old boy who wrote a letter to roger goodell. >>> diego mardona was one of the greatest soccer players when he helped argentina. these days he looks a little different. he's 51 put still put on a show in a soccer stadium in india yesterday. dancing for the crowd. voted the top soccer player of the 20th century still has mad soccer skills. >>> for a look at the weather, bill karins continuing to track sandy. >> i had someone ask me, what are the odds if sandy surprises us and heads out to sea, i would say 20%. locked in 80% this storm will make a direct impact and make landfall from the mid-atlantic to northeast. the latest predictions taking the storm parallel into the southeast coast. not a direct impact from carolinas

hope for a better outcome tonight when necessity send doug fister to the mound against mad some baumgardner president obama won't get a chance to see a whole lot of the world series but when asked to choose between tigers and giants, the president did not hesitate to pick a winner. >> this is one of those presidential decisions, no matter what you say it's going to upset some people. you're going to vegas, going to place a bet on the world series, who you got? >> they're both great teams. detroit beat -- they beat my white sox out of a pennant, so they're an outstanding team. i will say that, you know, i have spent a lot of time in detroit lately, and, you know, i didn't want to let detroit go bankrupt. >> right, right. >> so, there's -- in this particular world series i may be a little partial. >> san francisco fans might not be thrilled with that pick but it's probably not going to cost him the state of california, i'm guessing. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" with 12 days until the electric, wall-to-wall swing state campaigning as new polling from ohio shows how ear

. >> madison baumgardner will start on sunday night.eason and they played six times and split the series 3-3. the yankees' bench the slumping alex rodriguez and they live to talk about it thanks to granderson deep in the seventh for a 3-0 lead. sabathia a

. >> madison baumgardner will start on sunday night. the regular season and they played six times and split the series 3-3. the yankees' bench the slumping alex rodriguez and they live to talk about it thanks to granderson deep in the seventh for a 3-0 lead. sabathia and a complete four hitter. game one is tomorrow night. the nhl is still on a lockout, so no sharks for awhile. hockey fans were seeing the first game for the san francisco bulls. the bulls are a minor league affiliate. his thaim is raw hide and spencer christian was at the game. bulls in bakersfield. they are tied at one. he is all alone this front, and then on a breakaway and robbie d shoots and scores. the condors beat the bulls in the opener 4-3 at the palace. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> management has asked me to wear that mask. >> "nightline" is up next. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching. have a great weekend. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious

. >> madison baumgardner will start on sunday night.yankees' bench the slumping alex rodriguez and they live to talk about it thanks to granderson deep in the seventh for a 3-0 lead. sabathia and a complete four hitter. game one is tomorrow night. the nhl is still on a lockout, so no sharks for awhile. hockey fans were seeing the first game for the san francisco bulls. the bulls are a minor league affiliate. his thaim is raw hide and spencer christian was at the game. bulls in bakersfield. they are tied at one. he is all alone this front, and then on a breakaway and robbie d shoots and scores. the condors beat the bulls in the opener 4-3 at the palace. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> management has asked me to wear that mask. >> "nightline" is up next. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching. have a great weekend. ?x?xpcs6 in front of the world, ali vincent revealed herself physically and emotionally. we watched in awe as she fought to become the first female winnr of th

ba baumgardner is expected to reach speeds of 675 miles per hour. if all depose well he will land in new mexico ten minutes after he jumps. >> he will be three or four times higher than a normal jet flies. >> and if it doesn't go well? >> he might break a lot. >>> still ahead, big decision day for ross mirkarimi. the board of supervisors voting today on whether the suspended sheriff should get his job back. why this vote is monumentally significant for the city. >> reporter: suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi expected to find out today whether or not he can keep his job. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you how many votes it will take coming up in a live report. >> for all you moms and kids out there, you should have confidence that finally somebody is cracking down on

felix baumgardner jumped from 24 miles above the earth in an astronaut-like suit and landed safely in new mexico. the descent lasted over nine minutes. half was in free-fall at a top speed of 833 miles per hour. i can't imagine what that would be like. he broke several records including highest free-fall, fastest free-fall and highest manned balloon flight. >> this is amazing. the first person ever to break the sound barrier, chuck yeager celebrated it by doing it again. he is 89 years old, i believe. that came on the 65th anniversary of his flight. he sat in the back seat of an f 15 eagle aggressor above the mojave desert. >> fantastic. >> i'm looking at him. born in 1923. >> love it. >>> these pictures are fantastic. this is "endeavour." it launched off the space pad and many miles in space. but the final on the streets of los angeles may have been the hardest. several trees had to be cut down on an emergency basis to get the spacecraft through. unfortunately the spacecraft did receive 17 slow driving tickets. >> and a bunch of graffiti. >> that is nothing for l.a. traffic. >> it's

madison baumgardne. 1 and 16 with his career second hit. 1-0 cincy. arroyo shutdown the giants. four strikeouts. cinncinati tacks on three more in the fourth. he brings in two with this single. four innings and four runs and four strikeouts and tim lincecum getting ready in the bull pen after an out. there was some confusion as to whether he was supposed to get in the game. but he struck out hannigan in the 6th. two innings of work for timmy. that was the only thing the giants fans could cheer. five runs and two on the double by jay bruce. reds take a commanding 2-0 series lead with a 9-0 victory. they can close out the giants on tuesday in cinncinati. >> you are not comfortable at all until it is over. we have been there before. it is hard to take the last breath out of anything. >> we talked about before the post season started that we would have to -- it was probably going to happen. we would have our backs to the wall. the motto is never give up. we will go out and keep battling. >>> cardinals hosting a national game. st. louis lead in the eighth. two on with two outs and ty

the cardinals and carlos beltran, the former giant with the hit off baumgardner. he is yanked and blanco scores and it is 6-4 cards. bottom of 9 1k3* it is grounded and he gets the final out. cardinals take game one 6-4. >> you can't feel sorry for yourself. you have to go out and play for everybody else. you can't feel sorry for yourself. >> we have to take away from this first game the positives that we were down 6-0 and got back into striking distance really quick. hopefully tomorrow we can get on the board first and give ourselves a little breathing room. >> only one game and that's why it is a seven-game series. >> thanks. the giants may have lost, but fans have not lost hope for another world series. lilian kim is live at at&t with reaction. lilian? >> fans say it is only game one, nothing to worry about. but they came here with high expectations. giants fans arrived at at&t park full of optimism. >> i think the giants have picked up momentum from the last series. we have no doubt they will win the first game or the whole series themselves. >> but a few came

the cardinals and carlos beltran, the former giant with the hit off baumgardner. he is yanked and blanco scores and it is 6-4 cards. bottom of 9 1k3* it is grounded and he gets the final out. cardinals take game one 6-4. >> you can't feel sorry for yourself. you have to go out and play for everybody else. you can't feel sorry for yourself. >> we have to take away from this first game the positives that we were down 6-0 and got back into striking distance really quick. hopefully tomorrow we can get on the board first and give ourselves a little breathing room. >> only one game and that's why it is a seven-game series. >> thanks. the giants may have lost, but fans have not lost hope for another world series. lilian kim is live at at&t with reaction. lilian? >> fans say it is only game one, nothing to worry about. but they came here with high expectations. giants fans arrived at at&t park full of optimism.nk the gih >> i think the giants have picked up momentum from the last series. we have no doubt they will win the first game or the whole series themselves. >> but

madison baumgardne. 1 and 16 with his career second hit. 1-0 cincy. arroyo shutdown the giants.no runs no runs and four strikeouts. cinncinati tacks on three more in the fourth. he brings in two with this single. four innings and four runs and four strikeouts and tim lincecum getting ready in the bull pen after an out. there was some confusion as to whether he was supposed to get in the game. but he struck out hannigan in the 6th. two innings of work for timmy. that was the only thing the giants fans could cheer. five runs and two on the double by jay bruce. reds take a commanding 2-0 series lead with a 9-0 victory. they can close out the giants on tuesday in cinncinati. >> you are not comfortable at all until it is over. we have been there before. it is hard to take the last breath out of anything. >> we talked about before the post season started that we would have to -- it was probably going to happen. we would have our backs to the wall. the motto is never give up. we will go out and keep battling. >>> cardinals hosting a national game. st. louis lead in the eighth. two on w

. >>> us a industry january felix -- austrian felix baumgardner jumped from above the earth. the descent lasted nine minutes. half of it was free-fall 834 miles per hour. i can't imagine what that would be like. he landed safely in new mexico. he broke several records that included highest free-fall, fastest free-fall and highest manned balloon flight and broke the sound barrier when he did it. the temperature at the time of the jump 24 miles up was 90 degrees below zero. wow. >> that astronaut suit would come in very handy. >> yes. >>> a football hits a reporter in the face on live tv. you won't believe how he responded. we will show that to you next. >> i didn't see this. >> a bittersweet weekend. it's over for the nationals but redskins get a win. [ female announcer ] as you're making your decision... maybe you're wondering what to believe about mitt romney. well, when it comes to protecting your access to birth control... and the basic women's health care services planned parenthood provides... one thing we must remember, is this: i'll cut off funding to planned parenthoo

. >>> this morning austrian adventurer felix baumgardner is celebrating his jump. he jumped from 128,000 feet, breaking the previous freefall record of 103,000 feet. that was set in 1960. he is the first person to break the sound barrier with his own body. now, he reached the top speed of 834 miles per hour. that's faster than the blue angels during fleet week. >> crazy fun. >>> bad joke forced airline passengers out into the cold at an airport in anchorage, alaska. security evacuated the terminal after a man made a joke about a bomb in a bag. passengers who weren't dressed for freezing temperatures were ordered outside. an airport shuttle could only carry a dozen passengers at the same time. a rental car center was opened to try to give people another place to warm up. watch those jokes. >> not funny at all. >> no. >>> meteorologist christina loren joining us on set with a look at the forecast. still foggy out there. >> yeah, it is foggy out there and now we've got flight delays out of sfo, big business travel day, so keep that in mind. we will keep you updated ri

. >> baumgardner, they have game one, game teamwork we'll announce the rest of the rotation later.ly we want to talk to the guys. but -- and really that's where we're at right now. so we're set for game one and game two. >> every one of our pitchers have done a good job and earned a spot. obviously, you know, every day we go out, our pitching is -- you know, big reason why we won the n. l. west. to be pitching in, i'm sure we're all excited for him. and i'm sure he's happy. >> i can't make mistakes. even if you make your pitch, there's a chance that they're going to put the barrel on it, too. you got to keep making pitches to keep them off-balance. got to be on the game. >> reporter: while the reds technical have home field advantage with three games of the team played back in cincinnati, the giants get a huge leg up being able to start at at&t park. this venue has been sold out since post season 2010, and as greg told me, the weather in san francisco is always an x factor for opponents, constantly challenging them. the giants is been able to figure out mother nature. from at&t par

researchers say felix baumgardner's 24-mile jump from the stratosphere has given them a lot of new information on the extreme speed and altitude on the human body. he wore several sensors during that jump that measured his heart rate, blood pressure and the forces of gravity on his body. now, scientists say they'll be using that information to develop improved space suits and new techniques for emergency escapes for astronauts and high altitude pilots. it wasn't just cool to watch, it's important. >> i want to know more about his mind just to think about that do. >>> it's 5:54. a sting this morning against businesses which abuse yelp. yelp now issuing a badge of shame. >> that's right. some businesses will reward you for giving them a good rating on yelp. the folks from yelp tell me they had undercover employees send e-mails to various companies that they had heard would pay for good ratings. and sure enough, they got offers. one jewelry store pays $200. for that they get this. the red badge of shame. you can read the e-mails between the company and the business as the sting was conducted. yel

. >>> this morning felix baumgardner is secelebrating hi jump from space.jumped from 128,000 feet breaking the previous freefall record of 103,000 feet set in 1960. he is the first person to break the sound barrier with his own body. while he survived, there was a scary moment when he ended up in an out of control tumble. >> i was always trying to find out how to stop this. i was putting one arm out and it didn't work, putting another arm out. when you travel at that speed with the suit that's pressurized, you don't feel the air at all so it's hard to preticket what you have to do. >> he reached a top speed of 834 miles per hour. that is faster than the blue angels during fleet week. >> i've been skydiving and that first step is a doozy, but i can't imagine his first step. he is a stud. >> i'm blown away that you went skydiving. >> really? there's a lot of things about me. it's a lot of fine. >> laura the explora. >> we've got a good-looking day shaping up. give yourself ample time to reach your destination safely with a lot of fog out there. it is drifting

baumgardner goes tomorrow. >> i have been thinking about it for a couple of weeks even during the playoffs say anything because i am not vital to really comment on sport since i do not watch the games. >> what it would help. i tell you what that don debate the other night. >> did you see it? >> i was looking and i said to myself why if the giants this owned melke. >> barry bonds was with the giants and that is not him on the screen. bonds was with the team when they build the stadium when they had their resurgence. he was a part of the family. >> we can thank melke for having the home of venison night. >> it sounds like a joke but it is true. >> i guess you always say if you are when they love you if your not they don't. i guess they decided to stop on. >> bonds is a family member someone who has been with you 15 years you are more apt to try and work something out that you are with a guy who's been here three months. >> i would drop you in your clinic. >> i am aware of beckham.that. living we will see you. >> (male announcer) live from the bay area this is the kron 4 news. >> of this san

. >> will baumgardner to be able to do it tonight. >> we have been watching some of hope and there areleft. down to 1700 just over 1700 tickets now. the standing- room-only tickets or $499. if you want to sit in the bleachers $600 to $3,000. the most expensive 900--9009 under 99 that is as high as you could put it on stow hope. -test $9,999 >> parking enforcement officers were out trying to keep the traffic moving. are so many pedestrians walking to and from the park there was only so much they could do. for the most part drivers weren't patient and were able to get where there are going. a lot of people who did not have tickets were on the street. stay with kron 4 is will continue coverage of the giants. we have more the newscast in cluding reaction from the team. >> will be right back with reaction from the team. >> will be right back with thjack, you said you wanted a whole new breakfast item. i give you... flap jacks. hmm! yeah...um...the thing is, i don't know if i'm comfortable with people eating my face. how 'bout a loaded breakfast sandwich with country-grilled sausage, bacon,

. >>> and fearless felix baumgardner proves his mettle.he 33-year-old daredevil is set to sky dive 23 miles above earth and plummet. if successful he will be the first human to ever break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft. the former austrian paratrooper has trained for this day for five years. guys, he even had to overcome claustrophobia in that highly pressurized suits. scientists don't really know what effect that will have on the body when he breaks through the sound barrier. >> what do you have for breakfast if you're not going to do that? >> not much. >> i know what effect it will have on the body if that chute doesn't open. he'll look like that little silver object we saw on the surface -- >> it's an amazing trick, but i can only do it once. >> all right, natalie. thank you very much. mr. roker, how are you, bud? >> no. let's see what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. wow, talk about changing temperatures. much low normal temperatures in the plains, also here in the east. out west we're going to be looking at wa

baumgardner handed it over to the bullpen to close it out.ng to see how they bounce back. i'm very confident. >> game three is tomorrow night at 5:00. ryan vogelsong will pitch for the giants. >>> fans are on their feet all night long screaming for the g-men every inning. in the seventh, things got serious with the first runs coming in. fans are counting down to the ticker tape parade. >> giants in six. they will win it in front of the fans. they didn't do it in 2010. >> look at that. other giants fans perfecting their victory dances saying they are ready to perform. they are ready to perform now. we will have a look at weather and traffic right after this. >>> welcome back. we're enjoying sunny skies in the bay area. high pressure building in and it will give us north breezes from 10 to 20 miles per hour. especially near the hill tops. 68 in san francisco. 63 in san jose. the weekend is warmer. we cool off early next week. mike. >>> rob, we're looking over at 880. the southbound side has had traffic breaking. i'm looking and at high street,

in this is saidio taken from the space suit of that dare devil felix bomb -- baumgardner.spiraling out of control. he reached speeds of 338 miles per hour. becoming the first human to break the speed of sound. >> i don't hear anything. the only screen is coming from me as i watch this. >> is he casual. >> all right, rick. nice to see. >> you it all worked out, shockingly. those are your headlines. >> we're just 24 hours -- just hours away from game three of the 2012 world series where i understand from rick is going to be 45 degrees tonight. the san francisco giants took game two. 2 to 0. now in detroit with momentum on their side. >> our own dave briggs is live from comerica park in detroit with all the buzz in the stadium. how is it, dave? >> hey, dave. freezing cold, guys. i miss you. i miss you right now. i really do. i miss the alisyn camerota tropical temperatures. right now it's about 40. it's windy, it's cold and it will be as you said tonight. just one network inside comerica park in detroit this morning. so pretty cool. really just one chance, i think, to get bac

few moments, the first debate between the incumbent democratic senator maria cantwell and michael baumgardnerirginia and president obama is in ohio. several live events to tell you about tomorrow. the former head of the israel intelligence agency speaks at the middle east policy and security. that is on c-span 2. we are live from georgetown university where secretary of state clinton's speech on us foreign policy. from seattle, the first debate between the democratic incumbent and her republican challenger. this hour-long debate is courtesy kcts 9. the league of women voters in washington. >> welcome to the 2012 debate series. we are teaming up with the league of women voters to talk about some of the ballot issues this election season. >> we have a live audience, members of the league of women voters, supporters and opponents of both candidates. the doctor there will be a 2 minute opening and closing statements. we will ask all the questions and each person will have 90 seconds to respond. there will be no rebuttals, so they get three challenge cards to rebut something thereupon unstated. th