that sample collector was -- received an apology from braun.sion braun did not say what banned substances he took or where he got them. >>> the pittsburgh pirates are closing in on their first winning season since 1992. in the second inning against san francisco derek jones smashes a home run into the waters of mccovey cove to give the pirates a 2-0 lead. later jordy mercer goes deep. the pirates beat the giants 10-5. >>> it looks like the new england patriots need some fine tuning before the nfl regular season starts. against the lions last night, new england's offense sputtered. the patriots turned the ball over four times and managed only three points in the first half. detroit wins 40-9. when we return, holy super hero. find out which hollywood star will get behind the wheel of the bat mobile in the upcoming man of steel sequel. upcoming "man of steel" sequel jamie to checkout, please. there are lots of "jamies" out there,... huh? but that doesn't mean we're all the same. just like greek yogurts. that's why i prefer activia greek. you got t

. >> ryan braun admits to using performance enhancing drugs.l have his apology and more, coming up in sports. >> here's the latest on the twin explosions in lebanon. at least 13 people have been killed after a bomb blast near the syrian border. this is the scene of the explosions. one of the bombs exploded as people were coming out of a mosque. fifty people have reportedly been injured. >> the justice department is challenging the voter i.d. law in texas. attorney general erik holder says the law violates the voting rights act, saying the law was adopted with the express purpose of making it harder for non-english speakers and racial mines to vote. >> there's a new twist in major league baseball's performance enhancing drug saga. we have more of that in sports. >> since ryan braun first became publicly linked to performance enhancing drug almost two years ago, he has vehemently, often aggressively proclaimed in sense. now accepting a suspension, he is singing a different tune. he has admitted to taking an unspecified cream and lozenge as he att

that's ryan braun. that's not batman.hat's a trick you guys played on me or just a snafu because t.j., by the way, two times in my career at "way too early" i have tried to time when i was going to say to a reveal and t.j. revealed either nothing or the wrong thing. >> sorry about that. >> i'm not contemplating joe but i literally tried to time that one and it didn't happen. by the way, it's ben affleck, not ryan braun. he'll take over the role from christian bail in the batman/superman movie that's expected. can't stop laughing. released in the summer of 2015. a mixed reaction on the web and the twitterverse. we want to know if you think he's a bad choice. stop laughing, jen. who do you think should take the role of ben affleck? batman instead of affleck. tweet your answers with the #waytoobatty going off the rails at "way too early." there is, ryan braun, we'll talk about him next in sports. he finally makes an admission about his p.e.d. use and why he came clean. s speech that took the internet by storm but there's mor

now serving a 65 game suspension, braun is singing a different tune. has admitted to taking an unspecified cream and lozenge attempting to return from injury. he's apologizing to sample collector, the person in charge of the test that first exposed braun in 2011. braun accused the collector of being anti a semitic and biased because he was a cubs fan. braun said in the statement: >> a grand jury in massachusetts has indicted aaron hernandez in the murder of a former friend. the indictment charges him with killing 27-year-old olan lloyd. he was dating the sister of hernandez's girlfriend. he pleaded not guilty to both the murder and gun charges and is currently held without bail. police have yet to find the murder weapon. attorneys for him are confident they can clear his name. >> to the nhl, the patriots return gave tom brady a chance to visit his alma mater at the university of michigan. in a speech. the two time m.v.p. called being named wolverine team captain his single greatest achievement. the speech was the high point of his day. an inspired grou

braun called his use of an unspecified cream two years ago, a huge mistake. he famously denied using illegal drugs when charges against him first surfaced. >>> some of the harsh weather that rolled through colorado. look at this video that rolled through the southern part of the state. a street turned into a raging river. the neighborhood got a light coating of hail. >>> much the same in the central part of the state. you see a healthy dose of hail there. some of it was quite large. the area suffered localized flooding. apparently, that can all happen again today. >>> and checking the maps. you see more thunderstorms in that area. it will be mostly showers in the northern rockies. hazy, hot and humid in texas and across the southern plains. the southeast can expect more storms. and the rain stretching up for much of the east coast. >> it will hit 85 in washington, baltimore and here in new york. dallas also dips below 100, down to 99. phoenix still up there at 100. mostly 80 degrees in california. and only into the 70s in the northwest. >>> serious glitch on

braun pretende llegar a la corte. >> un negocio de negociaciones de 60 días en que los trnes tiene squeseguir dando servicios. >> el lunes este sonido no estará ausente en el área de la bahía. >> está bien porque las personas necesitan ir al trabajo. >> paa evitar una huelga el gobernador braun pide seguir convesando por una negociación por 60 dóias. >> es difícil que alguien te pueda traer, manjera y pagar por estacionarse >>me parece bastante obvio utilizar un servicio píblico. >> debe asegurarse de que los trenes continúen y aunque apoyan al gobernador temene de una huelga en octubre si no han llegado a acuerdo. >> solo puede ser impuesta por lo que veremos en octubre. >> gracias queines también pueden irse a huelga son los trabajadores, van a manetener los servicios de biblioteca. >> el cadáver encontrado, piensas que es la desaparecida de 50 apos, cok fue vista el domingo con una persona de alto reisgo. >> el cuerpo fue localizado y esperan que confirmen si es dandra cok. >> a los arrestados y heridos en una pelea en la calle 23 a eso de las 6 de latina arde en el lugare encontraro

braun would later admit to using peds and accept a 65- game suspension. cervelli and 11 other players agreed to 50-game bans. baseball gave rodriguez 211 games suspension saying he not only used peds but obstructed the investigation. rodriguez's attorney gave a statement to "60 minutes" denying his client had anything to do with leaking braun and cervelli's names to the press. marlie hall for cbs news, new york. >>> a major traffic alert in the east bay on 680. crews are still cleaning up this mess in the middle of the sunol grade. at around 5 a.m. a big rig carrying mail overturned. all lanes of the freeway were completely blocked. right now one lane is open but two lanes still remain closed. according to caltrans, the freeway should be reopened by 2 p.m. as for the mail, a spokesman for the post office says all the letters and packages were picked up but they will have to be resorted. >>> countdown to the new bay bridge is back on. the span will be opening up in less than two weeks and closed over the labor day weekend. a live look now here at the easte

ryan braun was already suspended for 65 games.w players more defiant than ryan braun who got off the first time on a technicality. but when presented with the evidence that baseball had, he settled. for whatever reason, and there may be financial reasons protecting the remainder of his contract, other issues involved, also just personal pride because a-rod is a different sort of individual in terms of how he views himself and his possible legacy in the game, for whatever reason they have, "they" being a-rod's camp, and baseball, have not been able to reach any kind of settlement. so selig is going to go ahead tomorrow and suspend him. the key is he's going to suspend him on two count, under the joint drug agreement but also under the overall collective bargaining agreement and the so-called integrity of the game clause. and the reason why that's significant is that on the first, if he or any other player, like let's say nelson cruz of the texas rangers, who leads them in rbis and is expected to be suspended tomorrow, as well, any

sarah brit, mother of christina, who passed away, and also sarah's brother, hannah's uncle, david braun paint for us just how much this meant for the family. keep in mind, it's been three weeks now since they first lost their family members to when they were actually able to say goodbye. take a listen. >> we've had to put our grief aside for this day. and it was very uplifting, and my daughter would have just thoroughly loved it. >> as you know, ethan was so handsome. full of spirit. loved football. she was a devoted mother, and a wonderful person to have in our family. >> the prayers that went out from far and wide, i mean, there's a mega church in tampa that roy wilcox called me, and he says, you've got a lot of prayers with you on this. and they were answered. with her becoming safe out of this whole tragedy. because i think we all kind of foregone the conclusion, because this was the anniversary date of something his father did. >> but we never gave up. >> no. absolutely not. >> practically raised her, so, you know, we'll just go back into the same old mode, and one day at a time. y

ryan braun university of miami product. i know they were not close. so that part of it isn't shocking. but the fact that francisco cervelli was mentioned, that is shocking. >> so this -- could it backfire? could this affect the arbitration process as they move forward saying other people did it but now it's going to backfire on him? >> well it's certainly backfired right now publicly. this is not something you do. nobody looks at this fairably. so in terms of the public perception of this it clearly has backfired on alex rodriguez. in terms of the hearings that will be coming up i'm not sure it's going to be a major apartment of the hearing. we know that mlb believes there were major violations transgressions by alex rodriguez in 2010 2011 2012. that's the bulk of the case. they also believe he impeded part of the investigation. that could be part no question about it. as far as what percentage of the 211 games he got, i couldn't tell you that. >> you think he doesn't get the full 211 in the end? >> he's going to get close to 211 or 211 in the end. th

ryan braun said, fine, i lost my image, i'm going to take a hike and come back.y goes right into the bus. it's amazing. >> shepard: there is anything he can do or say today or tonight to help himself? >> if he were my client i'd give him three words of advice. just shut up. let your lawyers talk, let major league baseball talk, fight it out in court, do your work, but get off the radar screen. he won't do it. >> shepard: i don't know how he could. he is -- rear playing in chicago, the number one market and the number three market in the country. then the red sox are coming down. and during the course of that, if the yankees lose both of those series, there's big trouble. we have 50 games left but the yankees risk not even making the playoffs, and for for the yankees that's a big deal with that payroll. >> he is going overshadow it. from the yankees' standpoint they're in a box. they have to play him and they hope he helps -- >> shepard: why can't they sit him on the bench? why can't they just say sit there and shut up. we might have to leave you in our dugout, bu

david braun is christina anderson's uncle. >> i think that's where this fellow maybe moved in on tina a little bit. >> reporter: braun says some family members were slightly suspicious of why this divorced man spent so much time with the andersons, especially the kids. >> my brothers wondered about this guy because, maybe not before, about you they kind of out of place with the family, but they didn't -- it's not their business, you know? >> reporter: no one wanted to rock the boat. christina needed help with the kids. she trusted dimaggio like a brother. >> she was very careful, very protective mother. she never would have let those kids be alone with him or anything if there were any sign, truly. >> reporter: there was a sign though, but hannah kept is secret from everyone except her best friend marissa chavez. >> he just said he had a crush on her. then he said, don't think i'm weird or creepy uncle jim. i just want you to know if you were my age, i'd date you. >> she never mentioned anything like that to any of the family. i know she wouldn't have wanted to hurt anyone, make anyon

because of a-rod, braun and others many accuse him of using p.e.d.'s.arnished yet again? >> fans have gotten very cynical and for good reason. there were qleers, decades, >> there were years, decades where they were using them. they pr probably on steroids. >> didn't chris go from 50 home runs to 40 home runs a year? >> and he is huge and looks like a beefed up guy. he has always had power. he struck out a lot. i don't know if steroids are helping him see the ball. >> maybe under obamacare he got his eyes done and found a doctor. anyway, does testing even uncover this stuff? >> there is a big problem. i think what has really come out of this rodriguez situation is the drug testing program the mlb has right now is not working. it is not for the whistle-blowers coming forward in the situation and bringing the evidence to major league baseball. rodriguez had never tested positive to our knowledge for drugs so the drug testing program was not working. in phak, there are 12 other people -- in fact. there were 12 other people suspended and they had not tested

did he have his people implicate ryan braun? baseball expert, dana perino, has the low down next. ♪ ♪ >>> new details in major league baseball reveal that alex rodriguez ratted out two other players, ryan braun and francisco cervelli for their drug usage. new information comes to light less than two weeks after mlb, just kidding, i know that, bud selig suspended a-rod, discussion, bob, why are you laughing? >> this would be like me doing a segment on cooking. really. >> okay. here's the deal, eric, rodriguez apparently his camp which we think is like his management team, pr people, gave documents and information about ryan braun and teammate francisco cervelli, said they were involved in the biogenesis scandal. america wants to know. >> it is kind of important. >> is he a snitch? >> he is perceived, he will be perceived as a snitch, a rat. can you imagine being in the yankee clubhouse, thinking people leaked that one of your teammates was using steroids, couple other high profile players, tough for yankees fans and tough for bas

i changed my phone number to ryan braun.yan braun, the milwaukee brewer who was suspended by major league baseball for using performance enhancing drugs. >> having fun. >> joking. >> 4:56. time to check the morning commute. anthony slaughter in. no ac transit strike, good news. >> folks probably made plans to leave early. our cash lanes starting to pile up earlier and that's the way things have been looking all morning. quiet but this is the area that we are starting to see things at least earlier start to bog down. east shore freeway, things are starting to pile up but no major accidents. >> thank you. >>> 4:57. why some people are waking up to a strange odor in their tap watter. >> we continue to follow breaking news. a 1-year-old killed overnight in oakland. christie smith talking to police right now. we'll find out what she's learning about what led up to the shooting, next. >>> breaking news out of oakland where a 1-year-old boy and his father were shot and killed inside a home. i'm christie smith. what police are sayin

braun would later admit to using peds and accept a 65- game suspension. cervelli and 11 other players agreed to 50-game bans. baseball saved the most severe suspension 211 games for rodriguez. it claims he not only used peds but he tried to obstruct mlb's investigation. rodriguez's attorney gave a statement to "60 minutes" denying his client had anything to do with leaking braun and cervelli's names to the press. marlie hall for cbs news, new york. >> leaking the names to the press is a violation of baseball's collective bargaining agreement. if mlb is able to tie rodriguez to that leak, it would seriously damage his chances of winning the appeal of his suspension. >>> the on-again, off-again bay bridge september deadline is finally on but in order to get it open, the entire bridge has to close. the bridge will shut down at 8 p.m. august 28th and won't open until 5 a.m. on tuesday, september 3. kpix 5's anne makovec is showing us the closure that will make way for the opening of the new bay bridge. the countdown is on, anne. >> reporter: yeah. two weeks f

weeks ago, braun accepted a 65-game suspension. other players agreed to 50-game bans. >> a-rod swings, misses. >> reporter: rodriguez received by far the harshest punishment. he has vowed to fight that and is currently playing through his appeal. >> the last seven months has been a nightmare. it's been -- you know, probably the worst time of my life for sure. >> reporter: but things could get worse. if baseball proves members of rodriguez's camp in february prematurely released the name of a player suspected using peds, that would be a direct violation of the collective bargaining agreement and would strike a major league blow to his appeal. rodriguez flatly denies he had any knowledge of anyone in his inner circle back in february leaking these documents. his case is scheduled to be heard by an arbitrator in the next few weeks. norah, jeff. >> don dahler, thank you. >>> new deaths are reported in egypt this morning. tens of thousands are back on the streets, defying the country's state of emergency. the muslim brotherhood calls th

take for example a guy like ryan braun. he loses $3 million because of his suspension, but he still has 100 million left on the . if it was a new rule that you could at the team's discretion void a long-term contract, that that would be a tremendous disincentive to p.e.d. use. >> bob, i'll leave it right there. i detected a note, a hint of optimism on an otherwise dark day for professional sports. bob costas in our l.a. news room tonight. thank you, my friend. >>> there are rapidly developing developments tonight concerning a terrorism threat that led to a worldwide travel alert for americans and the closure of those u.s. outposts across the muslim world. it all began with an intercepted communication. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest from the state department tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it was a rare intercepted communication between the leader of al qaeda central in pakistan and his terrorist protege in yemen that set off immediate alarms from the

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braun posted his nearly 1,000-word mission to the walk brewers website. saying, i have no one to blame but myself. those who put their necks out for me have been embarrassed by my behavior. i have no words to express how sorry i am for that. for many of those he lied to, it was too little, too late. >> he's already lied to us. so, i don't trust him. >> a liar and a traitor. >> reporter: the milwaukee brewers' outfielder blamed his decision to dope on a, quote, nagging injury, during his 2011 mvp season. the products were a cream and a lozenge, i was told would expedite my rehabilitation. and i compounded the situation by not admitting my mistakes right away. >> i think he took the easy way out by releasing a statement. i don't think he's going to get his point across completely until he comes out and faces everybody. >> reporter: in july, braun accepted a suspension for 65 games a enwill be fully reinstated by major league baseball next season. but he may strike out when it comes to restoring his once hall of fame image. he is beyond embarrassed. and said

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ryan braun won mvp a couple of years ago. he took a suspension and that's a valid thing and it's hard to appeal when one guy agrees to the suspension. >> all right. thanks for being with us. 'll see what happens on monday. >>> coming up, we'll pay tribute to one of the most decorated heroes.chance. tonight's instapoll, has obama's policy made us safer? by the way, we're at 99,700 on facebook. we're 300 away from 100,000, and the last person who makes it to >>> we're back and now it's time for our instapoll. we asked you if obama's foreign policy has made us safer. lisa writes, according to obama, it has, and that's why we had to clear out our embassies this weekend. gary says, we need to be fair. al qaeda is on the run, warning us right out of our embassy near you. and president obama played golf this morning, leading dinah to tweet, safer on the golf course, maybe. david says, i'm more afraid of our government than outside influences, and maureen agrees. he releases dangerous terrorists from gitmo. his apology tour has weake

people close to alex rodriguez leaked names, among them, milwaukee's ryan braun. usa today reporting that braun is ready to come clean and admit to using performance-enhancing drugs. on friday, a-rod talked about the accusations. >> i think they reported it four months ago and it's a distraction. here we are, back. it's just weird. weird timing. >> you're saying it's not true at all? >> it's not true. >> that was alex rodriguez. he's able to play while appealing a 211 game suspension. >>> and finally this morning, turning 57, a big milestone for anybody, but even bigger if you're a hippo. birdie the hippo is at denver zone, the second oldest in north america. the official birthday, august 21st. but friday was the first of six days of partying. if you're a hippo, you get six days. it takes that long to blow out the candles. >> he doesn't look a day over 47. >> oldest hippo in north america in captivity. there could be older ones. >> get them together. >> the birthday parties -- >> we could celebrate here at "gma." great to see it. >>> u.s. open tennis referee once

ryan braun got 65 games a couple weeks ago.dy else will be 50. >> on friday, a-rod was shouting conspiracy and asking for a settlement. what happens to that now? >> well, you know, he is going to lose about $34 million in this case stands up. he has 20 days to have this heard before an arbitrator. and the arbitrator, fredric horowitz has 20 days to render a decision. if the suspension stands he will lose $34 million. >> bob, we appreciate you speaking with us this evening. >>> up next, just in time for the start of school, just what parents don't want to see, a video surfaces of a beat down on a school bus. >>> a frightening story for parents as they prepare to put their kids back on a school bus. a student was beaten on a bus by three teenagers and despite the pleas for help the driver doesn't break it up. it happened in florida last month and was all caught on tape. peter bernard from wfla has the story. >> reporter: feeling helpless to intervene, the school bus driver pleas for someone to stop a three yoen one beat down and

braun was suspended for the rest of the season in the biogenesis scandal. of the collective bargaining agreement. rodriguez's lawyer has denied the allegations. >> jared loughner. ----goff with cal starting off with the bears hosting northwestern. they will come off a three-nine-season. with a quarterback position. he is from marin catholic high school. the oakland athletics are hosting the giand paul cent of al take a lo. apolpoweltabl with a couple of rbis, and brandon crawford, it is scoring and hector sanchez is ready to go to work. last night, he was the hero with one of the home runs and the giants the final game of the series. he does it again but right now. the florida marlins are laughing, 12-9. the giants are still leading. however, they are able to give up eight runs. the giants have blown up their early lead. and the latest and perhaps the most damaging on alex rodriguez reportedly members of an inner circle leaked a document to the new york times. the implicated wron implicated-ryan braun he was also linked to the biogenesis scandal. the lawyer

ryan braun won mvp a couple of years ago.took a suspension and that's a valid thing and it's hard to appeal when one guy agrees to the suspension. >> all right. thanks for being with us. 'll see what happens on monday. >>> coming up, we'll pay tribute to one of the most decorated heroes.chance. tonight's instapoll, has obama's policy made us safer? by the way, we're at 99,700 on facebook. we're 300 away from 100,000, and the last person who makes it to 100,000, i'll give them my new book, "clever fox." you know throughout history, folks have suffered from frequent heartburn. but getting heartburn and then treating day after day is a thing of the past. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. so you can't save money? it's easy as pie! brown bag your lunch instead of going out. six dollars saved timed 5 days a week times ten years is 21,000 bucks! that's a lotta lettuce. small change

ryan braun, his representatives and braun said, you know what?eal. kind of a plea bargain if you will. baseball initially was threatening maybe a 100-game suspension. by going down to 65 and having him say i won't appeal, i'm going to admit i had wrong doing, they basically reached this agreement at 65 games. baseball frankly wanted to get that out and done as soon as possible before he changed his mind. also that 65 games could happen before the end of the season. so he could start with a clean slate next season. that was attractive to him. with a-rod and with some of these other players, they're talking about longer suspensions and they're not in as much of a rush to get it done by a certain date. really also they're working out with these players whether they can strike that plea bargain, strike that deal. because if they don't come to some sort of an agreement and they just issue the suspension, they can certainly do that, but then the player has the right to appeal, and it becomes more messy. it's a gamble if they're going to be able to keep

i'm like wernher von braun to them. wernher von braun. the scientist who created the space program.ever fly. i've been up all night working out the mix, trying to get it right. and if i do, maybe they'll see that i'm... that you're what? nothing. probably hopeless anyway. the calculations never come out right. it's going to explode or fly off course. s. should be about the right mix. need an emulsifier to bind the powder. the right nozzle, it should burn clean instead of a... fast explosion. know what i mean? hey, kid. calculations'll only get you so far in life. right? at some point, you got to get outside, you got to make it work. wow. wow, this is perfect. yeah, the scrap metal's... yeah, i know. saw the perfect part for the nozzle when we were here before. well, take what you need, all right? just don't be bringing your little hood pals back. hey, kid. you blow yourself up, you leave my name the hell out of it. you dig? all right, now beat it. you gave a 12-year-old kid dynamite? it was a different time. no lawsuits, no helmets, no safety seats. we let kids be kids. so... danny,

. >> let's talk about, then, ryan braun, what happened?od threw him under the bus. >> that's right. >> do you think he will ever get booed if he plays in hawk. >> a lot of fans that watched that pitch being thrown imbollic of how america felt about all those guys. i was defending ryan braun, literally sunday night before the story broke. >> isn't that unbelievable? >> i feel like some of the lance armstrong supporters. i was saying it could be, makes sense and then just like a shot to the gut. for my sons, 18 and 19, both big brewer fans, a lot of fans across america, these guys let us down. >> they really did. >> with ryan braun, bad for the juice. that's what matters to me. >> that's what matters to you. >> the good news, so many baseball players, you have your lot to pick from. >> hank green burg, ryan braun -- >> of course you have sandy, but you know. >> sad part, we were talking to tina about heroes, a guy like ryan braun was a quiet, soft spoken guy, as a sports figure, hot shots you don't really want your kids to gravitate towards