the braves, nice defense on the tarp. the braves are real good.ies going to win their division and the braves will have the wildcard deal. the giants, hey, national league west. mike minor, 699s, 9 strikeouts, real good. so was lincecum with the exception of chipper jones. the loan run when he goes deep. lincecum works 7 innings. 7 strikeouts. one run. kimble to close it out. 1-0 braves. take 3-4 from the giants. the giants stay 2.5 back in the national league west. giants in houston against astros for three this weekend. the a's blown away in oakland. the blue jays. the young man can do what he wants. colby rasmus. wow! upper deck. real, real rough go second half of the season. 9 hits, 7 runs. 7-0 toronto. exhibition football. interesting names. nnamdi asomugha. the eagles are loaded this year. they played their rival the steelers and ben roethlisberger, he is now married and said he never been happier. this makes it all happy. hines ward from dancing with the stars and michael vic picked off by clark. picked off by hall. vic picked off by polama

. >> it's a brave thing. >> i don't know how brave it is. >> announcer: from the global resources ofbc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfcfden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 23rd, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with that 5.8 magnitude earthquake outside washington, d.c. today, which grabbed the attention of millimeters on the east coast. one indication, twitter counted more than 5500 tweets per second. so many people were on their cell phones that some service went out. the white house was evacuated and all the national monuments were closed for safety inspections. lala tonight, the national park service reported a crack was discovered in the top of the washington monument. here's abc's david muir with the east coast unexpected case of the shakes. >> reporter: we were pulling into the train station in washington, d.c. when the station suddenry began to wildly shake. officers yelling to us and to everyone to get out. passengers ran to safety. there were immediate fears here that this was something worse. >> grounun started shaking. people started

details have begun to emerge about why anders breivik may have done what he did and his manifesto brave a quoted anti muslim blogger pamela geller several times leading many people to put two and two together and think that maybe this right wing christian terrorist was strongly influenced by her writing and nobody wants that kind of connection on their track record so an attempt to save face pamela geller responded to all the news outlets who made the connection between her material and that of the norway bomber about response isn't exactly what you'd expect the inner most recent post on her blog atlas shrugged geller talked about the summer camp the brave opened fire and she called the labor party's summer youth camp and indoctrination training center she explained that it promoted anti israel ideologies and then go wrote the camp was run by the youth movement of the labor party and used to indoctrinate teens and young adults she went on to say brave it was targeting the future leaders of the party responsible for flooding norway with muslims who refuse to assimilate who commit major v

and enter and try to meet him and twenty to get to go to england and all that i mean this was pretty bravendeed and that's what makes the whole story so extraordinary because to us it seems almost incredible it's nine hundred sixty three it's the height of the cold war it's to just us after the cuban missile crisis and these two young people who have been separated very forceful forcibly by the savior state decide that they're not going to take that for an answer they're not going to take no for an answer they're going to fight to be together and in the decision that we think is partly it's naive but it's also a insanely brave and it would be crazy if it weren't for the fact that they eventually succeeded six years later because in fact the. one of the oddest things about the whole story and something that surprised many western readers it was that they were allowed to correspond they wrote to each other every day and the correspondence is magnificent it's incredibly moving it's beautiful. but a lot has got to go through some of the more read down close but they corresponded freely ok well

more g-men news came out of the braves/d'backs matchup. all you need is an alex gonzalez in the third to put you up 1-0. one run was all that tim hudson needed. he struck out seven, walked only three and the braves get a bonus out after striking out that player. when the catcher stealing, braves win 1-0 and complete the sweep. d backs have lost five straight and the lead over the giants is down to 1 1/2 games. the a's could have lived with one run against the blue jays. the jays secured the only run with jose bautista's solo homer. leading the league in home runs. a's fall 1-0 to notch their league leading 13th shutout loss of the year. and that's sports. i know i'm getting ready to scout some fancy football with chargers and the cowboys at the top of the hour. how about you? >> oh, yeah. i'm all over that. >> i'm sure you are. >> thanks, johntw henry. we'll be right back with our top story tonight. the apparent fall of tripoli. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thanky

fight to be together and in that decision though we think partly it's naive but it's also insanely brave and it would be crazy if it weren't for the fact that they eventually succeeded six years later because in fact the. one of the oddest things about the whole story and something that surprised many western readers it was that they were allowed to correspond they wrote to each other every day and the correspondence is magnificent it's incredibly moving it's beautiful. but the left has got to go through some of them or read down close but they corresponded freely ok well thank you very much for this interview i hope they the readers will learn more from reading a book thank you and just a reminder that my guest today was how when i met he was journalist and author of a book called stallions children and that's it for now from all of us here spotlight will be back with more until then stay on r.t. and take a thank you. tensions rise in the middle east tonight as some are schools often ceasefire with israel following days of deadly airstrikes on gaza. while here in the trial activists are

refuse which was you know i mean you work for us or you don't marry your fiance and he took a very bravedecision i'm not sure i could have had this the moral courage to do that but he he told them to get lost and he. he was kicked out of the country near persona non-grata years before he was deported and what was the reason fishel reason like for dating a russian galloway and they don't know they actually set him up there they persuaded a. fellow graduate student to accuse him of economic speculation by selling junior jeans or going to something and it was a really really nasty story i mean when the government of the they threatened to throw this guy out of university and it was it was a sort of typical sort of nasty k.g.b. story so that basically bit lee they set him up i mean very obviously it would have been even conceal that it was the businessman human should have been very brave that after that. she continued keeping in touch with him in the in-tray to meet him intently to get into it and then are very i mean this was pretty brave indeed and that's what makes the whole story so ext

refuse which was you know i mean you work for us or you don't marry your fiance and he took a very braveecision i'm not sure i could have had this and that the moral courage to do that but he he told him to get lost and he. he was kicked out of the country made persona non grata and here's what he was deported and what was the reason reason like for dating a russian gallow no no no they actually set him up they persuaded a. fellow graduate student to accuse him of big economic speculation by selling jewelry jeans or going to something and it was a really really nasty story i mean in the open to throw this guy out of university and it was it was a sort of typical sort of gnostic k.g.b. story so basically they set him up i mean very obviously it would have been even conceal that it was the use of the new mum should have been very brave after there to. continue keeping in touch with him and entertain trying to meet him and trying to get to go to england and all that i mean this was pretty brave indeed and that's what makes the whole story so extraordinary because to us it seems almost incre

party's naive but it's also it insanely brave and it would be crazy if it weren't for the fact that theyeventually succeeded six years later because in fact the. one of the oddest things about the whole story and something that surprised many western readers was that they were allowed to correspond they wrote to each other every day and the correspondence just magnificent it's incredibly moving it's beautiful. but a lot has got the got through some of the red. responded freely ok well thank you very much for this interview i hope of a very readable will there more from reading a book thank you and just reminding that made yesterday it was met here is journalist and author of a style and children and that's it for now from was here to talk like. well more until then stay on artsy and take a hike if. the only.

braves beat the cubs. martinez with a fly ball to shallow right. look like it would drop in for a hit. then carlos gonzalez came out of nowhere to make the diving grab. from a sing toll an out in the bling of an eye. rockies blind side the astros. mariners and the indians when that earthquake hit the east coast. it rattled upper deck for nearly a minute. shin-soo choo sent an after shock through cleveland. indians flipped their doubleheader on a wild day in the east. that's an early look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> early today sports the brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> reports that one of hollywood's biggest power couples son the rocks. your headlines are straight ahead. summer heat got you longing for sights like this? in texas, of all places, it's closer than you might think. >>> welcome back. just want to give you an update on the forecast. portions of the southwest still hanging on easily to triple digits. 115 in phoenix. even hot by, let's say, southern arizona standards. albuquerque chance of showers and thund

will light the braves and now the giants trailed the braves and they also travel to the diamondbacks by 2 1/2 games . and every relievers combined for five hits whe. giants fans are still holding out hope. >> it's not over till it's over in last august's we're in the same position and we just don't stop believing. >> you feel there's less electricity than there was last year? >> it still comebacks pretty easily a good play will turn that around instantly. >> keep losing three out of for you gotta turn things around? >> i would say so yes >> the giants are now getting to houston >> speaking of the giants time is running out to answer our special facebook pier sweepstakes we're giving it away for tickets to a giants king to entering the need to like us on facebook at kron 4 in the dow is now down 52 bomber will talk to our financial analyst coming right up after the break honey, we've got tickets to the game, so we're going to need a sitter on saturday night. i almost forgot. we're having dinner together on friday for dad's 65th birthday. maybe i'll ask my parents to baby sit. are you

five behind the braves for the wild card. the ship sailed weeks ago on the as and os hopes. >> thought you were going to give me the edmond fitzgerald. >> he is out at the plate. the as hang on to win 6-5 over the orioles. >>> the 49ers sign former raider quarterback today. 32 years old. giving san francisco a little bit more experience behind alex smith. this saturday's battle at the bay will be a reunion for 49er cornerback rogers and raiders quarterback jason campbell drafted in the same year by the redskins. >> there is a guy on the 49ers who cannot wait to thank you. >> that's my best teammate carlos rogers. i'm sure he is smiling ear-to- year. >> i called him. come over. it is going to be just like it was. >> a good chance to hit me though. if he does he is going to pay for it >> look at that top 5. look at that play. is he out or safe? >> dana? >> eli whiteside actually got a face full. three rasberries on his face. number 4. doesn't matter how big, the yankees leader couldn't -- >> holding. >> number 3. final seconds

: it is phenomenally brave. the group representing them says that virtually all of them are latino. many of them non-english speaking. so there was a considerable amount of effort they had to use in coming forward so they should be commended. the question now, what had happen now that this suit has been filed. >> it will be worth watching. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> serving details from the autopsies of that 2-year-old girl and her father found dead in the tragic ending of an amber alert. the coroner says that mourad samaan died after shooting himself. his daughter, madeline, was also shot twice. samaan's family initial hi believe the two died of carbon monoxide poisoning. >>> yet another success. that is the message hackers posted on line after their second cyber attack against b.a.r.t. this week. both times the group known as anonymous, but this time things got personal for police. >> reporter: they've marched through the streets, they've shut down train stations, they've even hacked b.a.r.t.'s passenger

and feeling snakes, the brave and potentially dumb tactic one thief used to get his hands on a

what has to be remarkable inspiration when you draw upon that -- the inspiration provided by these brave people? what else can you tell us about that journey you took? >> fascinating experience and i have had a lot of interesting trips in the peace corps and foreign service, but that one would come up at the top. i shared a couple of conclusions with the department of state and the media. the protestors are peaceful. the one weapon i saw was a sling shot. these are not gunmen. when we came up to the first check point, very frankly the locals' check point, we weren't sure if they were going to be armed. but the second point is they are not against foreigners. we told them we were american dip plow mats, oh, america, go ahead. we got kind of lost and should have had a map. we had to stop and ask direction, they got in the car and invited us to lunch. they are not anti-american and appreciate the attention that the united states showed to their cause and that they were peaceful. they asked me who i was, i said i'm the american ambassador and they said come on. they didn't believe me until i

a home run to deep left. 19th of the season. 1-zip braves. 2-1 atlanta. no outs.ases loaded for orlando cabrera who has liftoff. that's good enough to play to run. aubrey huff comes in on the sacrifice. braves lead cut to one. next batter. eli white side. hits one on the right side. that's a sacrifice fly to center. one tags and scores. giants tie the game at two. top of the sixth, nate doing it with the lumber. leading off the inning and that's not coming back. solo shot to right. gives the giants a 3-2 leet. his ninth of the season. 4-2 san francisco right now. but atlanta has the tying run at first. >>> sticking with the defending champs, news out of atlanta on carlos belan. they said they would wait to decide whether to place the right fielder on the disabled list tomorrow. beltran missed the last six games with a right hand injury. >>> nascar sprint cup series from watkins glenn new york. straight to the final lap. into the back of david rag an. rag an shoots across the track and slams into david route i man. both cars were absolutely destroyed. it's going to

they get shut out for the 11th time this season, the braves lose 1-0. 1 of 3 from the giants. 1.13 e.r.a. for lincecum, but he is only 4- 3, thanks to no run support. the giants are only averaging 2.4 runs in those games in his 7 starts. >>> arizona had more to worry about than the phillies. the rain delay lasted over two hours. bottom of third, john mayberry two runs shot off a foul pole in left. ian kennedy loses for the first time in 8 starts. the giants remain 2 1/2 back in the west. 6 games behind the braves for the wildcard. they will begin a three-game set in houston tomorrow night. blue jays all-star ricky romero tosses a three-hit shutout against the a's. boy, did anybody score tonight in the bay area? roughs up trevor cahill, colby rasmus gets down to business with the two-run shot to right. jays win 7-0, cahill has now lost 7 of his last 10 starts. jim harbaugh was an assistant coach with the rangers in 2002 and thuy. he remembers his conversation he had with al davis when he told him he was taking the head coaching job at the university of s

all thanks to a brave 15-year-old. police are still looking for the three suspects. and while police admit that this boy was very brave, they caution that they don't recommend that anyone confront someone who is armed. this story could have ended much differently. reporting live in mountainview, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> at a time when so many cities are cutting back on fire protection, today's graduates from san francisco's fire training academy feel not just pride but gratitude. >> congratulations to the 113th recruit class. welcome to the san francisco fire department! [ applause ] >> the 35 recruits worked hard to win their badges today, spending 14 weeks at the academy. both in the classroom and performing tough physical exercises. each class member is also the cream of the crop, beating out more than 5,000 applicants to the academy. this turns out to be the fire department's first graduating class in nearly six years. >>> california teachers could be slipping through the cracks in a criminal investigation. the california commission on

one run was good enough for the braves to beat arizona.onzalez in the third off josh, the line shot making over the fence. hudson and two relievers combine to shut out craig. end the game the braves complete a three game sweep of arizona as the giants close with in a fame and a half. >>> runs very much at a premium today at the coliseum as the a's wrapped up their series with the blue jays, perez in command for the six innings but also getting defensive help. batista in the 4th. in the 5th. it's allen at the plate. allen hitting one to the grasp in right center. here comes batista to take the hit away again. the a's loaded bases with one out. crisp hit a ground ball. deserved a better fate for the a's, he head one mistake and it cost him. batista at the plate as he has done 35 time this is year, drive way gone as number 36 gives the j's a win. he allows just three hits in eight innings but is tagged with a loss. the a's off tomorrow before heading to new york for three. >>> the 49ers and raiders last night used each other to figure out wha

and then freddy up the middle. 2 runs score. 5-4 braves.nts fell two and a half back in the west. >> batting helmet check, gloves are ready,, jr. is ready. second inning, solo home off of gonzalez. bottom half of the frame, pennington, base hit. 2-1 a's and baltimore scored four times in the seventh. over the head of coco crisp, adam jones and vladimer guerrero score and o's go on to win. >> history in detroit after hitting homer 3599 in sixth inning, jim thome gets 600 in the seventh, aloha! a blast, to become the eighth player in major league history to reach 600. everything is working for milwaukee. triple play, josh wilson, and fielder, around to score and out at the plate. triple play and they won 17 of the last 19. marcus ambrose won it but there was plenty of action after the race. final lap here, he attaches the back of david reagan's car. he hits rudiman that car careens violently end over end. rudiman has a score to settle with greg biffle. >> he won't come out of the car. he throws a few baby punches and then he runs and hides. i

>> as a brave warrior, aaron was brave but yet, he was a gentle man. he loved his family. he loved his country. and he was willing to give his life to protect his family and protect his country. he was a great american. >> yeah. listen, aaron and many like him go off to war and fight these wars for the american people. and they are the reason that we're able to have many of the freedoms that we have now. what do you say to really the world who's listening about the sacrifices not only that aaron made but all of our men and women in uniform make? >> i say pray for our military every day. hold them up to the lord and support them in any way that you can. pray for their families because the wives and the children are the ones that they really have to be brave because when their husband goes away, they don't know if he's coming back or not. and this time aaron didn't. >> mrs. vaughn, are you going to be heading to dover? >> pardon me? >> are you going to head to dover? >> dover? >> yeah, do you know where they're going to. >> yes, yes. we're all going. we're all going when his

why aren't we sending, you know, our brave drones in there? (laughter) >> what's happening in syria is absolutely outrageous and appalling. and we saw over the last few days syrian war boats warships shooting at their own people in the main port city. and we have been very, very clear that a saad has been absolute-- assad has been immoral and rep ri henceable in his actions. let me february you were, i know it is confusing but let me walk you through it. we have an ambar does in syria, robert ford who has been very brave and out on the streets with the protestors and talking to regular syrians. and what he hears every day and what they want from the united states is moral leadership, political pressure and sanctions. but very clearly, no military intervention. >> stephen: let's talk finally here about what's going on in sam allia. and-- somalia. it is a humanitarian tragedy. but you know, keep it light. what is-- (laughter) what is happening and what can people do to help. >> stephen there is no keeping this one light. there are other 12 milli

while both today and tomorrow's mets-atlanta braves match ups have been postponed. a preseason football game between the new york jets and giants originally scheduled at the meadowlands for tonight will now take place on monday. we want to hear how hurricane irene is affecting you. you can do that by sending your tweets. our address is @msnbctv. make sure you include hash tag irene. the bottom of the hour irene headlines after this on msnbc. . >>> i'm concerned about all of these wonderful folks from the guard to highway patrolmen who are out and willing to risk their lives during the storm itself. i'm concerned about the folks who think they're going to ride it out for the joy or the thrill, which is befudling for me. afb the storm passes we'll be concerned ar if immediacy of the recovery and the damage and devastation we're concerned will happen to north carolina. >> that was north carolina governor bev perdue speaking about her concerns regarding hurricane irene. i'm back with continuing coverage of hurricane irene on msnbc. the national hurricane center reports

our prayers and thoughts go out to the families of those brave, brave, brave elite of our elite that have sacrificed. but at the same time, we're going to have to address the sanctuary situation and we're going to have to address the problem that the president has created, and that is that out there there's a perception of afghanistan and other parts of that part of the world that america is withdrawing. that can't be good. >> the reality, we have been at it over a decade now. the sanctuary problem has been with us the entire time. you know there are people watching us saying why are we still there? we don't seem to have afghan solders that are a partner enough to take care of the problem and by the way we want to afghanistan to defeat the taliban -- rather al qaeda, which is not active there. we're fighting against an insurgency, unlikely to prevail? >> first of all, on the ten-year thing, the fact is we have only had a surge for a couple years now since the president announced it, as you know, at west point so we've had a very short time. there's no doubt we have had significant su

, brave, brave elite of our elite that have sacrificed.the same time, we're going to have to address the sanctuary situation, and we are going to have to address the problem that the president has created, and that is that out there there is the perception afghanistan and other parts of that part of the world that america is withdrawing that can't be good. >>> three siblings, all in their 20s, all on the run. it's the manhunt everybody is talking about. >>> got some more headlines for you. remembering general john shalikashvili. dignitaries joined hundreds of friends and family late yesterday at a memorial service for the former joint chiefs chairman. general shalikashvili was 75 years old when he died two weeks ago. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery in october. >>> check out these faces. they're being put on digital billboards across the southeast. the trio, this is a brother, a sister, and a half-brother, they're wanted in connection with a bank robbery in south georgia, and the attempted murder of a police officer in cent

[drum solo playing] the brave new world of broadband has barely penetrated this community. for most of the residents here, the internet is a complete mystery... though english premiership football seems to be surprisingly familiar. who's the top striker in chelsea right now? >> eh? >> the top goal scorer for chelsea? >> drogba. >> drogba. >> yeah. >> ok, so the man knows his football, at least. but do you know what the internet is? >> no. >> internet--have you ever heard of internet before? >> no. >> [speaking native language] >> does she know what the internet is? >> [speaking native language] >> well, i don't have any idea what the internet is about. >> have you heard of the internet? >> yes, i have a little knowledge about the internet. i do go to the internet in order to get information. >> ok. >> i mean, i got to--i mean, what is happening in the world. >> how far away do you have to go to get access to the internet? >> i have to go as far as tukevi. >> tukevi--how many kilometers is that? >> roughly 52 kilometers. >> 52 kilometers away before you can get access to the

the oceans wave, they're also braving the mounds of trash other beach-goers leave behind.l whit quer has the story of one determined woman for whom a day at the beach is more thane than just a day at the beach. >> reporter: the beauty of santa monica beach attracts more than 6 million visitors a year who leave behind -- >> a ton of stuff. >> reporter: millions of pieces of ugly trash. >> fast food crap wrappers, candy wrappers, cigarette butts, old used plastic water bottles, single use plastic bags. >> reporter: writer sarah bayles. >> i've always loved the ocean. >> reporter: was so disgusted by all the litter, she literally was compelled to take action. >> reporter: talked to my husband about some ideas of what i could do. and came up with the idea to do the blog the daily ocean. >> reporter: her on-line chronicle of her quest to clean this small stretch of santa monica beach between two lifeguard stands, 20 minutes a day over 365 days, photographing and weighing cast away debris and waste washed from storm drain miles away. two-thirds of the way toward her goal and sar

add insult to injury, the braves' chipper jones singling in the go-ahead run in the ninth. mets lose in more ways than one 6-5. >>> nascar, despite breaking his ankle earlier in the week, brad keselowski fought through the pain and won his second race of the year at pocono. >>> finally the big story in golf this weekend was supposed to be tiger woods' return. instead, his recently fired caddie stole the spotlight at the bridgestone invitational. woods struggled for the third straight day, bogeyed at 6, finished 1 over, tied for second. no struggle for adam scott. with tiger's old caddie steve williams on the bag, scott dominated and won the bridgestone by four strokes. eighth victory of the year for williams. 145 wins as a caddie. 72 of them with tiger. but stevie says this one trumps them all. was that a shot at his old boss? to be continued at the pga championship this weekend. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> well n the year of the r-rated come ed, how did the one opening this weekend do at the box office? your early morning enterta

then with two hots and a full count on -- the braves rookie singles up the middle. one run scores. wilson belongs to the day long day in the season. he says the back is not bothering him. the giants are now two and a half games back of iowa arizona in the division rate. five games back atlanta. the giants are still in the middle of ten game road trip through the hot and muggy south. yesterday in florida one got a little agitated when marlins pitch earbashing hate him. marlins market didn't understand what the pus was only about. >> it's no big deal. i'll get cared away. i'll have bit -- dig whig. >> people like have -- they have to face one of those guys and get in an air condition and save. >> yes. >> 15 -- the dug out hoping they can hold on to the lead, but robert hits one over two run double, baltimore stakes the lead and they win 6-2. better quart rer back dante worked out early this morning. there's a chance he signed the team. nothing is official yet. don't y'all red lie i don't care, preseason doesn't matter. new york fall to texans. >> aaron cunningham, jumping, diving cat

the giants are not going to land of 44 game series against the braves. in the bay area of the oakland a's are finishing a series of the coliseum. they came back from six runs down against texas where they came up short. the rangers are getting a run in the night to win 7-6. they swept the athletics. texas is 50.5 games ahead of the oakland a's. here's a quick check on the 7 day beautiful round the bay. we still have some of hanging around the coast. did not forget, coming up with a few moments dr. phil. they give for joining us on the kron 4 morning news. we're back here live tomorrow morning. have a good day. >> announcer: today on "dr. phil" -- >> dr. phil: gina is so determined to make her 16-year-old daughter a model, she has her doing chores in high heels. >> no pain, no gain. >> announcer: are some moms -- >> this is her dream, but i'm motivating her. >> dr. phil: you can't be serious! >> announcer: -- pushing their