former nfl star and actor bubba smith passed away yesterday. he was the top pick in the 1967 draft, and also won a super bowl with the colts in 1971. he is probably best known for his role as moses hightower, the soft spoken officer in the police academy series. it's believed he died of natural causes. bubba smith was 66 years old. great goal to show you from the pitch. marco fabione with a thing of beauty. the bicycle kick. this is one of the best clubs in the world, 4-1. >>> finally, back to the diamond where the brewers casey mcgehee hit not one, not two, but three homers against the cardinals. that is baseball's version of a hat trick. milwaukee doubled up st. louis 10-5. what do you get for hitting a trifecta? how about a shaving cream pie in the face? now heading to the showers, casey has to cool off after a scorching hot day at the plate. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> early today sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. snchts well, kate middleton faces the scarier sign of roya

of the death of former nfl great bubba smith. he played for the super bowl champion baltimore colts, later for the raiders and oilers. turned to acting later in life, including the role of hightower in the "police academy" movies. bubba smith was 66 years old. >>> if you were flying the low cost all coach airline flybe in scotland a while back and thought you saw william and catherine a few rows away, well, that was them. they flew the airline back from their cousin's wedding. their tickets were around $60. william's brother harry flew the decidedly no frills easy jet, though he reportedly paid $16 to check his military duffel bag, proving the royals are just like regular people. >>> the people of pittsburgh are being told tonight if they hear gunfire or explosions or other mayhem, it is just batman. the latest sequel is being filmed in that city, using the skyline as a backdrop. they are expecting, though, some calls to 911. >>> and a modern day hollywood classic is in the news. there it is. if you saw "the shawshank redemption,

former nfl star and actor bubba smith passed away yesterday.as the top pick in the 1967 draft, and also won a super bowl with the colts in 1971. he is probably best known for his role as moses hightower, the soft spoken officer in the police academy series. it's believed he died of natural causes. bubba smith was 66 years old. great goal so to show you from the pitch. marco fabione with a thing of beauty. the bicycle kick. he extends one of the best clubs in the world 4-1. >>> finally, back to the diamond where the brewers casey mcgehee hit not one, not two, but three homers against the cardinals. that is baseball's version of a hat trick. milwaukee doubled up st. louis 10-5. what do you get for that? how about a shaving cream pie in the face? now head to the showers, casey. you need to cool off after a scorching hot day at the plate. that's your look at sports on i'm mario solis. >>> now for another quick look at the weather, here is bill karins. did you see that kick? >> that was pretty cool. >> that was amazing. and i know you're a big socce

bubba smith, born charles aaron smith, in beaumont, texas, the 6'7" defensive standout for the raiders and colts, winning a super bowl with baltimore. he went on to act in the "police academy" movies. bubba smith was 66. >>> and also tonight, there is a duel under way, with two political contenders who are mormon, both vying for the white house. their faith has been placed in the spotlight. and now, the mormon church has decided to fight back. here's david wright. >> reporter: the hottest ticket on broadway right now is the tony award-wininng musical, "the book of mormon." on tv, there have been several hit series, from hbo's "big love" to tlc's "sister wives." out on the campaign trail -- >> thanks for helping out today. >> reporter: not one, but two major candidates for president. >> i'm jon huntsman. >> reporter: both of them latter day saints. >> we realize with two mormons running for president, there's going to be stereotyping. >> reporter: historian craig foster is part of a group called the foundation for apologetic information and research, f.a.i.r., for short. becoming a sort

. >>> one of the most popular players of his career, bubba smith has died. he was found dead earlier today at his home in los angeles. the cause not yet known. bubba smith also fashioned a successful playing career after his playing days as an actor. most notably in the police academy series as officer moses hightower, he was 66 years old. that is a sporting life for a wednesday night. >>> thank you. the ktvu morning news begins at 4:30 tomorrow. they'll be following the investigation into today's deadly boating accident on san francisco bay. >> you can always find the latest online at ktvu.com and with ktvu's mobile app. thanks for joining us. ♪ [ music ]

. >>> one of the most popular players of his career, bubba smith has died.d dead earlier today at his home in los angeles. the cause not yet known. bubba smith also fashioned a successful playing career after his playing days as an actor. most notably in the police academy series as officer moses hightower, he was 66 years old. that is a sporting life for a wednesday night. >>> thank you. the ktvu morning news begins at 4:30 tomorrow. they'll be following the investigation into today's deadly boating accident on san francisco bay. >> you can always find the latest online at ktvu.com and wi turn left. you have arrived. sweet belt. e-reader for textbooks. gps. video camera for lectures. game pad. have you considered this ? it's got all that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon. android powered. playstation certified. the xperia play by sony ericsson. only $99.99.

bubba smith passed away. he spent nine years in the nfl two with the raiders.ss rusher and then transitioned to acting and a lot of people, especially younger people will remember him as moses hightower in police academy movies and all of those beer commercials. bubba smith was 66 years old. >>> finally, tiger woods teeing off in the bridge stone invitational tomorrow. when was in his prime one of the standard bets used to be you take tiger or everybody else in the field. teeing off in akron tomorrow ending a layoff at near early five months tigheer is listed at 20-1. expectations not very high. one of the many changes for tigheer is replacing his old caddie steve williams with brian bell, one of his childhood buddies and tiger talked about the change. >> i thought it was time for a change. i thought that steveee and i haded have an amazing run. he is a hell of a caddie, no denying that and he has helped my career and i think i have helped his as well. we had a great partnership for 12 years, maybe a little bit more are than that but i felt it was time to chang

bubba smith dead today at 66. top story update now.concerns that the united states could slip into another recession. now that the debt crisis is well over for the moment. president obama today promising to redouble efforts to boost job growth. the president also urging lawmakers to end the dead lock that forced a partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. the experts say it's already cost the government millions and millions of dollars. and federal health officials tonight announcing the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey. from the company cargill. they say they have linked that meat to a strain of salmonella already killed one person and sickened dozens mother. and -- dozens are movement the world's first nuclear submarine made the first undersea trip to the north pole. it was just one of many feats for the uss nautilus. it's atomic engine did not need any air which helped the subbreak a bunch of underwater records. it took a dive at point baylor, alaska, 1,000 miles later it reached the touch the world. pres

. >>> bubba smith, a former nfl star has died three he was found dead today at his los angeles home. the cause of death is not yet known but it appears he died of natural causes. he was 66 years old. he played nine seasons in the nfl. he is best known for his role in the comedy "police academy." >>> wearing a clear picture tonight of what they knew 49ers stadium -- they knew 49ers stadium will look like. >> reporter: the 49ers released this information out of their c- shaped stadium in santa clara. fans would enter an escalator to a concourse tuesday views of the stadium infield. the designers who are also renovating build a memorial stadium see this new stadium would have a collegiate feel. >> we have a large his lower bowl so majority of offense can cichlids is to the field. but in any in the and about. >> reporter: and to clothe it with the players would walk through to the locker room and others can accommodate two home teams. >> so we have a space to have additional locker rooms. >> reporter: that means that the joe montana images, even the sf logo can be changed. >> there's no

former nfl star turned actor bubba smith has died. smith was 66 years old.971 super bowl with the baltimore colts, but you may know him better from his role as hightower. there he was, as the famed hightower in all six "police academy" movies, steve guttenberg and the gang. no word yet how bubba smith died. >>> again, we update you on the breaking news coming from the campus of virginia tech. we are learning more information even as we speak right now. i'm going to read my notes as we talk to you. at this point, federal officials are telling us they're waiting to hear if they are needed at virginia tech. they tell nbc news justice correspondent pete williams that there is no verification that there was actually a gun on campus. that is the good news at this point, that it hasn't been verified. one official says the three campers -- these were student campers on the university property who reported seeing this man with what they thought was a gun, thought it was a long-barreled gun with a shorthandle. but as the university has said, the man who supposedly car

. >>> former football great bubba smith died.sidered one of the best defensive linemen ever he helped the baltimore colts win the super bowl in 1971. you may remember him from the "police academy" movies. his death is not known or considered suspicious. he was 66 years old. >>> when we come back another look at the top stories and hear from a woman who says notorious skyjacker d.b. cooper was her uncle. says notorious skyjacker d.b. cooper was her uncle. hrough the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn, all day, all night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn, lights, camera, activia it's the best job in the world. to be there for them, you've gotta feel your best. that's why i love eating activia light every day. activia light helps me feel good inside. which helps me be on top of things help regulate your digestive system. love how you feel or your money back. here's one story. i'm sean. i switched to advil 10 months ago. cyclists are a crazy bunch. when you're out there

. >>> former football star turned actor bubba smith has died.me an actor known especially for his role as hightower in the "police academy" series. bubba smith found dead at his los angeles home yesterday, he was 66 years old. >>> finally picture this one, two moons in the night sky, scientists think that's what it was like, the earth had two moons until 4 billion years ago when the moons apparently collided and merged which may be why the far side of the moon has mountains and the near side is mostly flat. 32 minutes past the hour, a little science for you this morning. >> thanks for finally clearing that up. i always wondered about the flat versus mountainous. >> it's confirmed. >> thank you, glor. >> sure. >>> they are calling this the great heat wave of 2011 in the south. we've been telling you about it, frankly one of the worst weeks yet. >> marysol castro is in dallas now more on how people are coping with this blistering relentless high temperatures down there. hi, mary. >> reporter: hi you guys. it was hotter here in dallas yesterday tha

. >>> bubba smith is found dead of natural causes of california today. he was 66 years old. let's go back it "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." liberals say they're unhappy with the president for what they see as folding, but he's also being hated by conservatives. they call him a socialist. doesn't the left understand they have a progressive president? we'll argue about that right now. joining me is jonathan alter, and alex wagner. john, you have a lot of history under your belt. this guy's a progressive, the stimulus package was pure keynesian economics, pure roosevelt. it was aggressive industrial policy, and clearly the health care bill, the first since trouping to deliver on a longtime progressive goal. then to afghanistan where he went right of the middle. he's sticking in there in force, and the bush tax cuts where it's very hard to read while we have tax cuts in the well off. we still have bush's tax policy. is the shot he's too conservative from the left right? >> i don't think it is. liberals have to be careful about making these kinds of charges when hube

. >>> bubba smith was found unresponsive at his home yesterday.ome pass rushers of his day. he described his strategy as tackling the whole backfield and throwing out people one by one until he found the guy with the ball. after leaving football, smith as you will recognize, appeared in six of the "police academy" movies as lieutenant moses hightower. no word on how he died. >>> he jumped out of a plane with $200,000 in cash and into popular legend. he hijacked a jet and bailed out over the pacific northwest 40 years ago. investigators found some of the money but never cooper. now a woman claims cooper is at her uncle. he showed up at her house one night, telling her father we're watch. he looked like he was in a car accident. >> my father was crying, yelling. he was cussing out my uncle for both of them for what they had done. you realize you've ruined your life. >> she says her father's dead and believes her uncle is also dead. she's writing a book, the fbi is investigating her story. >>> her last name is zuckerberg and she's leaving facebook. w

. >>> former nfl player and actor bubba smith has died.nown worldwide for his role as sergeant hightower in "the police academy" series was found dead in his los angeles home. police say it doesn't appear suspicious and he was 66 years old. now back to greta. >> greta: time is flying. israel is gravely worried about what iran is planning, planning to do to them. now we asked israeli defense minister ehud barack about iran's threat to israel. the only thing i know what's in the public domain, what i read about. it seems that the united states seems to think that the nuclear threat isn't as grave as israel does, that they stop their nuclear program. frankly i can't imagine iran has stopped its nuclear weapon program. it's hard for me to believe that out of there. but does the united states -- are you and the united states on the same page as to the status of iran's nuclear weapon program or where it is? >> in terms of the diagnosis, we we read their intention the same way. and they quite explicitly say it, so we have to take them seriously.

. >> cameras are melting in all of the other places. >>> a star on the gridiron and big screen, bubba smithlts. whole new generation of fans knew him as moses hightower from the "police academy" movies. he was 66 years old. >>> he battled against muscular dystrop dystrophy. now jerry lewis is out. mda spokesman says they will be forever grateful to lewis for his contributions. the 85 lewis has hosted the telethon since 1966. >> >>> according to a new study found 3 out of 4 of those prescriptions for antidepressants are written for people when aren't psychiatrists. many of the patients who take these medications are dealing with stress or physical illnesses and there's no evidence that antidepressants can actually help these patients. >>> if you're in the mood to reward yourself before a workout, do what i do, try a little chocolate. research he's say mice were given a small amount of chocolate were not as tired on a treadmill as those that were given water. a small treadmill for mice, by the way. according to a study ingredient in chocolate allowed the mice's body to -- >> i like that study

bubba smith has died. the l.a. death, but it's not believed to be suspicious. smith won the super bowl with the colts. many knew him as moses hightower from the police academy movies. he was just 66 years old. >>> and you have been sounding off on the "talk back" question. carol costello has your responses. >> i certainly do. the question today is is mike huckabee's 9/11 cartoon needed for the historical record. this from ken. as with all history distortion on many levels and will happen over time, but the cartoon is insulting and ridiculous, not to mention completely biased. but take the blood money from it and invest it into a campaign to save for the jobs so many gop congressmen who will be looking for another job. and then this one from cano, it's biassed. and even though his country may profit from the cartoon, i don't have a problem with him doing this. and this from holly. there is no way i would use this cartoon as a way to educate them about it. propaganda is not education, and if it is being used as much

. >>> nfl star bubba smith passed away in his los angeles home." defensive end was the top overall draft pick in 1967 and helped lead the colts to super bowl victory in 1971. he went on to act in police academy films and appeared on "good times" and "charlie's angels." he was 66 years old. >>> the earth may have had two moons 4.5 billion years ago. astronomers write the smaller moon collided with the larger one, the big splat, could explain why our moon is lopsided with one side much rockier than the other. interesting. now a look at what's trending today. our quick round of what you are talking about online. fans are googling alex rodriguez. major league baseball is investigating a tabloid report that he took part in an illegal poker game or games. meredith vis a top google searc. she talks about good housekeeping magazine. >>> garmin announced you can download the voices of yoda and darth vader to give you driving directions. how could you possibly get lost if you are guided by the force? come on, don't get lost. >>> it is now 8:05. back to matt