the cardinal reinstated him with a provision which was that by december 1st the cardinal is to have in his hand a transition plan for st. so by no. what that would be we do not know. it is up to him to work it out. i asked him what he would do. he said, i haven't the foggiest. you can bet that he is going to confer with the parishioners and other people he knows. very good friends of his. and he is determined. he is determined that the ministry will go on. and what it could be that he will ask to stay on for your were stay on for two years maybe until he is 65. he is 62 now. there is a priest in the parish, a south african priest has been there for a year-and-a-half who was asked to come. the people love him. he has some of the characteristics, but by no means all. after a year-and-a-half no one is sure that he is the one who would be best suited to fit tissues. there is nobody, nobody that can fit his shoes that i know of. it would have to be a very, very unique kind of person. >> there are huge shoes to fill. the book is called a radical disciple. i had hoped to reserve some time for

they are 11 games behind the cardinals in the al central. back to back walk-off home runs for albert pujols. >> roger federer and rafael nadal on the red delay in a tha nadal has owned over the years. great exchange in the first set. federer challenged nadal early. he had some chances to win the first set, but he just could not close them out. nice rally there. not enough, though. nadal puts it away. then match point in the fourth set. federer hits the ball long. nadal drops to the ground. the 25-year-old, hard to believe he is only 25 years old, spaniard now has six french open titles tying the record held by bjorn borg. this is nadal's tenth grand slam title overall. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" a new report this morning suggests the obama administration is looking for a quicker exit from afghanistan than was previously being considered. even his defense secretary gates urges patience. we'll discuss that contradiction in a few minutes. >>> and when we come back, we'll huddle up around the water cooler to hear sarah

the cardinal rallied in the 8th.erstorms put the cardinal comeback on hold for three hours. and then sanford was down to its last chance in the 9th. steven pescoti grounds out to end stanford's season. the tarheels advance to the college world series. >>> a dislocated right shoulder landed freddy sanchez on the disabled list. the giants added bill hall to the roster. they could have used will clark's bat today. the thrill bounces one into the cove. yeah, he's still got it. tim lincecum never had it today giving up seven earned runs and hasn't done that since he was a rookie and the reds knock timmy out of a game in the 5th. he's never beat the reds in his career. mike leake at the ground and at the -- mound and at the plate. leake got two hits off lincecum as the giants lose 10-2. >>> deft brothers, twins, maybe -- definitely brothers, twins maybe. a's in chicago takes on the white sox. hi dickey matsui, the tying run comes home on the sacrifice. then, in the bottom of the inning. quinnton chops one to ziegler. the g

. >>> how about them stanford cardinal. superregional in chapel hill, north carolina. tyler hansboro, the great college basketball player in the crowd watching the heels take on the cardinal. after a three-hour and 32-minute rain delay, north carolina advances to the college world series. steven piscotti grounds out. and then it's a big fat dog pile on the infield. they know how to celebrate. >> oh, yeah. >> good job. >> nice to see the bears doing all right. >> it is great for them. >> thank y, >>coming up, a new game from the creators of farmville. ing as welling as well the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. >

cardinal are now down 65. we're currently in a rain delay. we'll hopefully have complete highlights at 6:00. >> the 143rd running of the belmont stakes. animal kingdom. wanted bragging rights. start of the race. check out the back of the pack. jockey on animal kingdom almost fell off. and shackleford took the lead until the final turn. here's the call. >> brilliant speed. animal kingdom went get there. shackleford. on ice, on the inside. roller on ice. at 24-0. wins the belmont stakes. >> mike: ruler on ice, huge upset winner. stay thirsty was second. shackleford was fifth and animal kingdom sixth. >> the st. jude classic in memphis. the final tuneup for the u.s. open. tim tebow playing in the pro a.m., getting ready for the nfl lockout. fraser, a 6-under 64, 10-under. robert karlsson had a five-strike lead. never won a pga tournament but has 11 wins worldwide. two bogeys on 17 and 18. lead is down to one going into sunday. >> we'll hear from the giants on getting spanked by the reds, and all that coming up at 6:00. see you then. >> alan: a p

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. >> cardinals pitcher was solid all night, striking out 6. cardinals didn't get much offense but in the sixth, he takes ramirez deep to left center. that was enough, cardinals win 1-0 and will play illinois today >> and usf despite spiet a loss toer vince, dons face an elimination game. >> cal defeated oklahoma city earlier today. doubles in into the gap, 1-0 cal. tied at 2. r.b.i. single and florida goes on to eliminate cal with a 5-2 victory. vancouver canucks are two wins away from the stanley cup with last night's win over boston. second period, 2-1 bruins, looking for the equalizer, tim thomas, incredible save. check out the replay, point blank save. shot and a point. stopped by alexander bureaus, we're headed to overtime and 11 seconds into ot. thomas is out of position, burros gets it to slide into the net. canucks take a 2-1 series lead. >> steve stricker, he had hole on one on friday and first of two eagles on the day. shoots a 69 and 12 under, three-stroke lead going in today's final round. earthquakes hosting houston, used to be th

cardinal win 1-0, play the winner of cal state fullerton and illinois. >> and then in an elimination game, usf still alive despite a loss to irvine. the dons get ucla sunday in an elimination game. >> cal fee -- defeated oklahoma but florida ends cal's run. the score from first. bottom third, an rbi single up the gut and florida ehim mates cal. >>> well, stanley cup is up for grabs and vancouver has never claimed it. they're even closer tonight with they're even closer tonight with the my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure if it was 100 miles, we'd still walk it. it was a big statement for me of... (voice breaks) i'm

and giants against the cardinals. pat burrell had it go way past hill all the way to the wall. in comes the tieing run on the error by burrell and it's a 1-1 ball game. vogelson gets a back. he's sorry about that. freddy sanchez comes through to put the giants back in front with a slicer to right that's going to score andres torrez who had singled and scored second. the giants are leading the cardinals by a score of 2-1. >>> overseas in the french open, kind of an interesting and weird something you don't see every day activity here. andy murray in the far court with victor treski. knew . now watch on this point. the ball is taken away because the ball boy interfered. treski kind of upset. ball boy just kind of lost track of things and treski puts away the point but it is taken away. look at the ball boy about readty to cry there. who could have blamed him. eventually treski loses the match to the american murray in five sets. a key point taken away from treski don't know if it would have made that much of a difference. >>> under stormy skies, it'll be the a's hosting the new y

all runners score, cardinal down 6-5. then the rain began to fall. more than a three hour rain delay. then the groundout, and the tar heels moving on to the college world series, ending stanford's season. final score 7-5. >> a's in chicago with a new manager and a new attitude under bob melvin. looking to extend their winning streak to two. castro takes imlez -- degrees deep to left. it's gone. a's tied it up in the sixth. the throw to second is off the mark. lillibridge scores. in the eight, coco crisp goes deep off danks. great snag over the wall. a's are now 1-2 under melvin's guidance. >> timmy lincecum got lit up we the reds. control issues early on. wild pitch scores a run. and it gets uglier. gave up two rbi doubles, matching a career worst. seven runs. left in the fourth,. the d-men go down fighting. bottom nine, down 10-0. pat buehrle with a man on. see ya. but the giants go down swinging to the tune of 10-2. >> don't feel like anything is boring me. just need to get back to being me. >> mike: we knew we would not have a trim crown winner bu

cardinals win the game 6-2.ever, maria sharapova moving on at wimbledon. >> i'm going to go sweep ,,,,,,

the cardinal would chip away at the lead. eighth inning. austin wilson doubles. two runs score. and right now, it is 6-5 north carolina. in the 9th. but they are in a rain delay. we will have full highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> brett comes next. the pitch. flip to third. he baked it into right field. coming in to score is booker. brenden swift, he is coming in. he is safe. and california wins it. 9-8. i cannot believe it. i apologize, folks. i'm sure you didn't hear any of that. devon rodriguez. my voice is gone. i called two games yesterday. >> i will rest my voice. i'm on the diet of tea and lemon and honey. >> that's a good thing. because risinger will node his voice for the bears three -- need his voice for the bears three-game series against dallas baptist. >> it is hard to get words across in a moment like that and for him to really capture it like that was pretty amazing. it is all over the place. it has gone viral. pretty sweet. >> do you think joe starky is proud of danny? >> yes, absolutely. >> right now, cal is taking on dallas baptist in game one of their series. s

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craig, batting 337, cardinals up 5-4.ast -- then, nate singles to center, bursts and the game is tied at five. top 11, two outs again. sanchez scores, the giants have 16 hits, they beat the cardinals 7-5 in 11 innings. >>> yankees seem to be focused when they play the a's. willingham dialed in. his 10th home run of the season. oakland on top 2-1. the a's starting pitching wasn't very good in this series. gonzalez giving it up to swisher, that's the yanks 83rd home run of the year. >>> biting a finger in game one of the finals, no class, scoreless game, shoots and scores. just like that the canucks beat the bruins and take the lead. >>> battle of the bay -- steve and john helped raise $200,000 for special olympics n very raised 4 million in 13 years. i asked why he thinks alex smith will succeed under the new coach. >> going to get looked at this year in the new west coast offense and he will run that. >> i think ellis is suited for that. his arm, his ability, his knowledge of the passing game and the defense, i think suit

and the cardinals would chip away at the lead. eighth inning. austin wilson doubles.wo runs score. right now, it is 6-5 north carolina. in the 9th. they're in a rain delay. we will have full highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> brett comes next. looks to third. the pitch. and he baked it into right field. coming in to score is booker. brenden swift. he is safe. and california wins it. 9-8. i cannot believe it. i apologize, folks. i'm sure you didn't hear any of that. devon rodriguez. my voice is gone. i called two games yesterday. >> i'm on the side of tea, lemon and honey. >> yes, that is a good thing. because bryceinger is going to need his voice for the bears three-game series against dallas baptist. >> hard getting words across in a moment like that. and for him to really capture it like that, it was pretty amazing. >> it is all over the place. it has gone viral. pretty sweet. >> do you think joe starky is proud of danny? >> yes, absolutely. >> of course cal is taking on dallas baptist right now in game one of the series. the second inning, tad bunting has a three-run

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craig hit a home run, the cardinals led 523. they delivered in the top of the ninth, bring it home, the giants come back to tie it up and that is where they stand right now in the 11th inning. to the giants' offense did a little something tonight. they're still playing in st. louis. the yankees swept the a's 3 straight. in a very muddy dirt is that 2984. --derick geeter is that 2009 budget and 84. now when they play like this, they won with the 3-1 home runner. a's 10 straight times. now i all stars' home, c.c. sebathia made his way out to his home town. seven years, and $161 million deal that he signed in 2008 with the yankees a. for his credit, he remembers when he is somewhat back at bergenfield and vallejo, we spoke with him earlier and asked him why did you decide to invest some of his money to rebuild the facility. >> this is where i grew up playing, it is very near and dear to my heart. i grew up here and to be able to come out here tonight and see the turn out this is great. >> knowing how much of the bay area when you a

cardinals win it, 5-4. this has been your espn news update.or all of the latest in the sports world, tune in on the highlights express. >>> who's golf's newest golden boy, rory's the youngest u.s. open champ since 1993. the golf club in his town in northern ireland, allowed him to become a member when he was just 7 years old. but his dad started taking him when he was even younger. wished him happy father's day right at the end there. >> very neat. >>> a new sad chapter in the downward spiral of amy winehouse, the british singer's canceled concerts in turkey and greece this weekend. she took the stage in serbia an hour late, behaved very strangely, she forgot the words to songs and she was then loudly booed. winehouse recently finished another week in rehab. >> might have to go back. >>> all right, up next -- the first lady takes her daughters on an important trip overseas. >> and also, gabby giffords begins a brand-new phase of her recovery. only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the new $3 flatbread breakfast combo. [ moos ] a toa

roy oswalt getting the ball looking to sweep the cardinals.m of the first, john jay has other ideas. to deep right. solo bomb. the cards up 1-0. bottom of second, cards are up 2-0. based it up the gut and tony cruz comes on down. oswalt left the game after the second inning with lower back tightness. bottom of the eighth cards now 9-1. probably the biggest surprise of this baseball season, lance berkman, three-run shot, 18th homer of the season and cardinals win big, 12-2. 12 runs, 12 runs in the previous, four games combined. >>> jim riggleman and his team looking to sweep the mariners. justin goes up in smoke. in the 6-3 double play. top of five, more from marquis. gutierrez to end the inning, marquis, three hit, did not allow an earned run. still corpsless, two on, none out for pudge rodriguez. tries to get him to third, not in time. jerry hairston jr., jack wilson, great stuff, throws home in time to get him and the game remains tieded well, will the song remain the same? the next is nix, danny espinosa tries to score from home. he scores

he's watching his tar heels against the stanford cardinal.tallings with an rbi single to left. 6-1, north carolina in a rout. bottom of the eighth and stanford tries to come back. freshman austin wilson doubles deep to left center. that scores three runs and cuts the unc lead to 6-5. and that's when the rains came. they're in a weather delay. . to of the ninth inning, cardinal trying to come back. unc leads 1-0. >>> do you like long shots? i do. final leg of racing's triple crown on the horse side. that was seen on nbc bay area. the 143rd running of the belmont stakes was a muddy mess. and what a stunner this turned into. >> thirsty is. coing on. animal kingdom won't get there. ruler on ice. stay thirsty on the inside! these two down to the wire! ruler on ice at 24-1 in the belmont stakes! he's won it! >> that is right. ruler on ice, a 24-1 shot wins the belmont stakes. the favorite, animal kingdom, almost lost its jockey coming out of the gate. that opened the field for the stunner of an upset. ruler on ice followed by stay thirsty and brill

louis cardinals. towson hit 0.406 last season for the trivia with 28 steals. he's signed a letter of intent to play for illinois but sounds excited about plan out and being a cardinal. . >> st. louis as a wonderful addition i'm just honored had to have been picked in the draft and honored to be a part of the organization. . >> he gave me a couple of cardinals shares to that of a woman going to do with them. i don't know what i'm going to do with them. . >> it seems inevitable now the ohio state career of a row prior is over. in a statement prioresses in the best interests of his teammates that he forgo his senior sit season. he is already suspended for the first five games in the scandal which cost coach jim trestle his job. prior would likely end up in the nfl supplemental draft. . >> hard to wince when you see this, the blow delivered by vancouver's harold rome on boston's nathan horton in game 3 of the stanley cup finals. the nhl didn't need much time to render a verdict. rome is suspended for the remainder of the series not much help to horton who has a se

giants beat the cardinals, 12-7., there, as well. >>> nba finals even after a thrilling comeback last night. dallas mavericks were down by about 15 points with a little more than six minutes left in the game. but, boy, did they storm back against the miami heat, and won it 95-93. close one. game three is coming up on sunday in dallas. >>> team pop star justin bieber using his celebrity to help local kids head to college. bieber will perform a benefit concert at the mountain winery in saratogaa next weekend to help out the nonprofit college track. college track says it works with local kids to help them get college degrees. concert at 8:30 on june 1 1th. there are a few tickets available to the public, but they will cost you about $250 to $1500. i guess that gets you closer to the bieber to release that fever. >>> you never know who you might find on the side of the road. they say don't pick up hitch meeke mi hikers, but gilbert rou lay who plays hockey for the edmonton oilers convinced his girlfriend to pick up a hit

you're on the air with senator cardin. caller: thank you.h the first 76 million baby boomers turning 65 and paying $600 million a day as americans in interest payments, how in the world are we going to afford people who may have paid in $100,000 as we get this massive age wave past 65? guest: well, the best way to make medicare safe for the future is bring down the healthcare costs. the concern is not so much medicare as it is healthcare costs. we spend too much in healthcare of our economy, and we don't have the results to demonstrate that. last year, with the affordable care act, congressmen went forward to try to control the growth of costs by managing illnesses more effectively, trying to reduce the re admissions to hospitals, dealing with wellness, better use of medical information technology, all that will bring down the growth rate of healthcare costs, and we did one other thing, and that is we brought everyone into the system. no more freeloaders. everyone has to pay their fair share. when do you that, you also can bring down the gro

cardin: madam president, i ask that the amendment be considered as read.the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: madam president, i will speak a different point about this amendment, but this amendment is an equitable amendment dealing with the interest charges on loans that -- government loans that are paid off in the middle of the month to prorate the interest. it is a consumer issue. it will, i think, help american families, and i will explain it in more detail at a later part of our proceedings. and with that, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be set aside. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pend pg amendment so that i may call up amendment 428 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, so sorded. -- so ordered. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from oregon, mr. merkley, for himself an

they had to overcome the cardinals and a late power outage. get four runs, it is almost a guaranteed win, but not tonight. aubrey huff busting out of his slump in a big way. it is his fifth homer of the year and puts the giants on top 4-3. the lead would not last. the pinch hit makes it 5-4 cardinals. the last five runs on 10 hits. the giants down to their last out and he delivers. a clutch single. he has stolen second and it is 5-5. we head to extras in the 11th. another two-out knock. and freddy sanchez to make it 6-5g-men. and grin wilson is just one out away from the save and suddenly the lights go out. there is a 16-minute delay on the first pitch after play resumed. they get craig to ground out to end it and the giants come back to win it 7-5 in 11. a's and yankees, and now this is great, but unless you are the yankee fan who gets dumped when the a's fan crashed in. buddy, hey you oh me -- you owe me another beer which he did to the get. he clubs the offering. his 10th of the year. 2-1a's. former athletic nick swisher is making himself v

that gave the cardinal a 3-0 lead. when he came to the plate in the sixth. it was 6-2 make it 8-2.he win, the cardinals will earn a spot in the super regional. >>> and the cal story continues. the bears will play baylor once more tomorrow to make it to a super regional. usf was eliminated today by ucla4-1. >>> even in auto races, one of the consideration is how long a tank of gas will go. consideration earlier in the weekend between childress and busch. busch rules to not violate his consideration. dale earnhart jr. had a little trouble here spinning out but keeping his car from suffering any damage. earnhart later put himself in position to beat the leader. greg kozlowski the leader. >>> and the only goal was scored in the final minute of stoppage time. the a cheney threads the needle to win. the u.s. opens up on the 28th of this month against north korea. >>> that will do it for this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. have a good week everybody. >> all right, good luck to them. thanks joe. >>> and be sure to join the morning news. they'll have the very

. >> up next, but giants battle the cardinals. and on sunday, j.r. at the end of 500. --the indy 500. coming up next, kron4 is give me the chance to win tickets to see u2 in concert. you just have to like us on facebook. they will be playing at the coliseum on june 7th. you can do something good to get those tickets, soles for souls and stubbhubb are giving away tickets to people that donate gently used shoes. and a mother may never leave her keys in the ignition again and leave the car unattended. that white car was stolen today from morgan hill. a 1 month old baby girl in the back seat, she is safe and the car was found. stay with us, more news is coming up. >> could evening everyone. the giants are getting it done in st. louis. the golden arch, you see the screen on the right, the cardinals are in the first place in their division. cris carpenter scoring easily from second. the line drive is included, the game is tied at one. now what will he do when he comes back. freddie at wright field to break the tie. right now the cardinals are at that with

the cardinal case for indian people and a symbol that continues after this last day of anguish that we saw over the weekend i want to thank you so much that was brian becker national coordinator of the answer coalition and that does appear now from one of the stories we covered at r.t. dot com slash usa check out our you tube page youtube dot com slash arts america don't forget to weigh in on that g twenty story we want your comments also follow me on twitter at lauren lyster i am back in the saddle after being off on vacation for a week and i will be right back here with more news in what half hour. or so is that so much. of it we'll. be in a meeting with the greek government surveillance of the company as its core issue or deal continues unabated. the way. the. h.l. market here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. oh. oh. oh. to. far as in the band i once went into cairo to collect trash i realized everyone was well dressed i wasn't so what i was a bit upset. even by that i left them off this city has three social classes will follow all the uppe

the giants wrap up their road trip in the finale with the cardinals, plus, u2 is coming to the home of the raiders and a's, but tonight, the story of how an nhl hockey player came to the aid of u2's lead singer, bono. >> oh, i didn't know i was in tease. >> well, you are now. >> yes. juneuary is here. upper 60s and low 70s. more on this juneuary storm coming up in a few minutes. >>> the weather has been strange across the country. the clean up continues from powerful tornados that tore through central massachusetts yesterday. four were killed, making this the first deadly twisters to hit ma in 16 years. there are some compelling stories of survivor. >> reporter: for the last month, scenes like this have been associated with tuscaloosa or joplin. >> it's all that matters. >> reporter: but in south central massachusetts, and russell now knows what those others have gone through. >> i lost my wife december 13th last year. and now i lost the house. >> reporter: his house one of hundreds destroyed. >> i looked up and it was gone. >> reporter: at least two tornados tore through the area late

the cardinals didn't get much offense but here he takes him deep to left center.stanford's second hit of the night. that was enough. the cardinals win 1-0. they will play the winner of cal state fullerton and illinois today. meanwhile cal remains alive with the win over alcorn state and will face baylor. it's an elimination game and usf also alive despite a loss to uc irvine. cal defeated oklahoma center earlier today but florida ends cal's run. williams doubles into the gap. fred vaughan scores from first. 1-0, value. bottom of third, tied at 2. the rbi single up the gut. florida goes on to eliminate cal with the 5-2 victory. the vancouver canucks are two wins away from their first stanley cup win in franchise history. canadians looking for their first cup since 20022003. and check out this replay. point-blank save. but the canucks tied it up in the third. shot from the point. stopped by burrows, who gives it to daniel sedin. his ninth of the playoffs and headed to overtime. just 11 seconds into o.t., burrows fakes the shot. thomas gets out of position. burrows w

the cardinals had as many injuries as the giants have. he will be out 4-6 weeks. that's the sporting life. giants and a's back in action tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7 on tv 36, could the death penality be on the way out in california? how that study led to action today that state capital. that on bay area news at 7 in 30 minutes. >>> our coverage continues online, follow us on twitter, visit ktvu on twitter.

. >> cardoza and c-- cardinals and cubs. here comes tony cruz.e will score and the tie the game at 2-2. he hit a walkoff homer yesterday. the cubs manager decided to pitch -- and albert does this. cards win in 10, 3-2. he is the first player to hit walk off homers in bell in 1995. it is hard to think of a 25- year-old as alleged, but that but tha -- what nadal is becoming. he beat federer in the french open. the fans showing their support for roger. federer had set point, but rafa rallied. nadal takes the first 2 sets. roger with the forehand. h'e's feeling it. nadal dominated the fourth set. there it is. title. sixth french open 45-1.''s record is dale earnhardt jr's winless streak is at 108 races and counting. his latest is at the stp race. richard petty. let's go to the race. who needs the start? weakest area the finish. brad cause was the -- koslowski wins. junior looking for his first win.

giants cardinals, run tonight. giants last night. wilsonm-:sd all -- and -- >>>í i le t sta cup çy%ts dith less the5 c- playthe right ka of th the only goal of the night. this morning, the real talk will be about the play there you see the canucks player bite the finger, yeah, right here, right here, let's see it yeah, bites gam finger, that's no love bite there he bit the finger of the bruin player, shows the ref, but no avail are. they will review that play, not nice, not nice, boys, chomp. game two of the stanley cup finals saturday at 5 p.m. see it right here on nbc bay area, maybe it didn't hurt that see it right here on nbc bayss t invented the flip video camera? something very strange. we willkdb t it.í>m÷ >>> good morning to you. it is 5:53 right now. you know, the fate of northern california's elite big wave surfing competition is up in the air, as jeff clark and ex-wife are battling for control. x-wife, intkerine, 009. eoicatç meeting on august 1st. we will keep you posted. >>> all right, how is the traffic moving along the

louis cardinals. down 3-0. they bounce back. it's 9-3 when sanchez hits a 3- run home runner.is third of the year. and four pitches later. in the midst of a big aubrey huff night, he hit three home runs. this made it 10-3 san francisco. ben the bullpen crossed it up. kobe, grand slam. 10-7, san francisco. 9th inning. huff not finished, there it goes. three home runs on this his wife's birthday. he said i will hit a home run for you and he hit three. that's it. giants win 12-7. last giant to hit three home runs, jt show in 2004. great come backs in nba playoff history took place tonight. dirk nowitzki did his thing at the finish. lebron james and miami dominant. early on. 20 points, 8 rebounds. let wade steel the show. 36 points. back and 4th first half. turn miami. they led 15, up 15 with 7 minutes to go and dirk nowitzki hit the three. off the sideline inbound. dallas up three. chalmers. the game is tied 93-93. miami gets one more shot after dirk nowitzki gives the mavs the advantage. 95-93. dirk nowitzki 24 points, 11 rebounds. wade's final shot doesn't go. the mavs, a 22-5

if he wins the nomination, he'll challenge democrat ben cardin who's been.s for a quarter century. when we question if he has enough experience, he talks economic recovery in tea party terms which he says he agrees with. >> what are you going to be able to do coming from the secret service policy wise that will make you legitimate? >> i've done an enormous amount of research on macro economic policy. we've got to get government out of the way. they're in the way standing in front of the american entrepreneur. we know how to get out of this. >> the aside from saying they don't green with bongino's politics, cardin's office wouldn't comment on his candidacy. i pressed bongino on the toll he's seen politics take on families as an insider. >> why drag your family through this? >> it was a tough decision. you know, a really tough decision. my wife and i thought about this for a very long time. i had never thought about jumping into politics, but i'd always followed the issues and when i left the job, we said we're going to take a week and calmly think about this.

louis cardinals. >> jimmy: yeah, i like willie mcgee a lot. >> i got matt nokes of the tigers here. >ter's still pitching for cardinals. >> jimmy: i -- i didn't rig the pack. >> this is some kind of bogus pack. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: ebay. >> cecilio guante. >> jimmy: okay. who do you got? >> mark gubicza. gary -- >> jimmy: let me know when you get a checklist. >> yeah, the checklist -- >> jimmy: ah, it would bum me out. >> yeah, the checklist -- >> jimmy: steve bedrosian. >> oh, not bad. >> jimmy: has a decent beard. look at this guy's beard. nice! [ laughter ] a well groomed beard. okay. bummer. there's the checklist. [ laughter ] that's the worst card to ever get is the checklist. >> the checklist is what you put on the spoke of your bike, along with, no disrespect intended, jim walewander. [ laughter ] here's what you do. >> jimmy: that's such a classic name, jim wale -- "you're acting like a jerk out there! you're acting like jim walewander!" [ laughter ] oh, roger mcdowell. roger mcdowell, i love that guy. he's one of my favorites, man. i love him. [ scattered applause ] he's gr

plus the orioles luke scott commits home run robbery against the cardinals.our early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> the fourth of july holiday weekend slowly approaches and right on cue the heat is going to get worse. the forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports last night the opening game of a matchup many call a potential world series preview was no contest. here's nbc's fred roggin with all your early morning sports headline psp. >> if you don't know by now, the phillies cliff lee is good. he's real good. he was up to his old tricks against the red sox. tossed a two-hitter for the third straight complete game shutout. getting to be ridiculous how dominant he is. domonic brown gave him the support he needed. a two-run bomb. many thought this would be a world series preview. if so give the phils a title right now. they won it 5-0. ninth inning dramatics between the reds and rays. a solo shot to the deepest part of the park. bottom of the ninth, evan longoria

the cardinals matt holiday returned from the dl and it didn't take him lock to get sbak in the swing of things. game went into extras, and the rookie was the hero. danny espinoza exit stage right. the nationals won it 7-4 in ten. you've seen a walk-off single and a walkoff homer. how about a walkoff balk? a little hiccup on the mound and that's all the braves needed. atlanta won it 9-8. >>> u.s. open got underway with no tiger woods and no clear-cut favorite. ripe for the taking. let's go to congressional. yesterday phil mickelson celebrated his 41st birthday, but actually didn't have much to celebrate. first shot of the tournament found the water. he finished 3 over. everybody chasing rory mcilroy. the putt on 18. wait foirt, wait for it. birdie. he has a three-stroke lead heading into today's second round. >>> the mavericks threw a party for a quarter of a million people. the highlights or the lowlight, if you will, came when dirk nowitzki tried to channel freddie mercury. ♪ no time for losing ♪ because we are the champions of the world ♪ >> that's your early look at sports on "ear

cardin: mr.resident, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. cardin: mr. president, i have eight unanimous consents for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. cardin: mr. president, i rise in support of the feinstein amendment that would eliminate at long last the subsidies for ethanol, corn-based ethanol in america, and i would ask my colleagues, in a little while we're going to have a chance to vote on this and i would ask them to support the feinstein amendment. i thank the leader for making time on the calendar so that we can vote on this issue, and i think that -- i hope that the majority will support this. i know we have a 60-vote threshold and i would hope that we would be

that's what you have to say after allen greg takes him out to give a cardinals a 5-4 lead.ate schierholtz was the star tonight. giants down to their last hitter and he singles to center in the top of the 9th. 5-5. 11ing, he again comes through. one scores. giants lead the 11th up 7-5. funny, one out to go and the lights went out in the stadium. one out to go they had a light delay for 16 minutes and when they got the lights back on brian wilson finished things off. exactly one pitch to do it. his 15th save. 7-5 giants. 16 hits, won 2-3 in st. louis. home friday night against colorado. yankees finished off the a's three straight. derek jeter had one hit today. 16 hits away from 3,000. josh willingham and the a's had a early lead in the 25,469, when the yankees are here they get over 20. here is the nick swisher with the a's leading in the fourth, hits a 3-run home runner and that was pretty much the game. 10 straight win over the a's, 4- 2 is the final. c.c. sabathia did not pitch in the series but he did return to his home grounds, in fact, his old little league field. he h

the cardinal there said a special blessing for them in honor of their many, many years of wedded bliss. couples have been married 25 to 73 years. and almost half of them have been married 50 years or longer. all told, there was about 36,000 years of marriage inside that shrine today. >> wow. >> yeah, yeah. >> that's pretty nice. >> looks like they still enjoy each other too. >> a nice lesson for you. you're going to be off the market. >> yes. >> weep, weep, weep ladies. >> i've been taking notes. i've been taking notes. >>> it's going to get hot this week. >> it is. midweek sizzle. like last week. oh, i know. i hate to be the bearer of bad news. but i have good news in that, it's going to be really nice tonight and should be really nice tomorrow to kick off the work week. great to see you this sunday night. check it out. there's the jefferson memorial. we will see some paddle boaters going by. high temperatures at this late however, we had some cloud cover a good part of the day that held temperatures in the 70s most of the day. right around 5:00 we shot up into 980s. not too much of a

louis cardinals fans' greatest fear. you lose a bit of your mojo when you lose the game's best player to injury. here's nbc's fred rogan with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. a full slate of baseball games around the league, and let's get right to it. we'll start in st. louis where life without albert pujols began for the cards. if this is how it's good to be, the cards need some life insurance. the phils scored nine runs and rallied to win it 10-2. they say everything is bigger in texas, so it's only fitting the astros and rangers would play the longest game of the night. mitch moreland finally ended it with a game winning homer. the rangers had a 5-4 win. from the longest game to the biggest comeback. mariners down in the ninth. down but not out, the nationals won it 6-5. wasn't a walkoff but pretty close. indians and rockies tied at 3, seth smith changed all that with one swing. colorado won it 4-3. >>> after a year away from the game, serena williams made an emotional return to tins. given

and direct fire and couldn't get it we crawled in for the mission to return to port because the cardinals getting over on so well commander told us and just try to find a place and spend the night. we took the marching he was on the one that was killed and when our bomb crater and we sat there on night. eventually the mechanizing only came in and we go to the marshy on. his brains actually. fell out and so we we were moving. that's still i still think it's real i remember it said and courier or not i. but i did say it sounded hollow. but it was easier to go back and kill that's part of what what drove me. well as we're at the end of. the sleep. sleep. sleep sleep. sleep. sleep sleep. since it. seems. that some people love to hug their little animals. and do your movie for sale or whatever whatever suits your fancy. but i can also tell you that there is no other feeling in the world it comes close to hunting another human being. that's what you're trained to do. and the drawback to it is the fact that you want to do it again. because you enjoy it. it's almost like a drug and you become add

he played 22 years with the cardinals and he had three mvp's. >> there it goes. home run over the right field screen. it's the fourth all-star homer. >> his 1948season is considered one of the best the game has ever seen. he retired in 1963. his legacy has steadily grown st. louis but faded elsewhere, overshadowed by joe dimaggio and ted williams. he he is now receiving the respect he deserves. he w awarded the presidential medal of fedom at the white house. >> he was the first player to make a hundred thousand dollars! even more shocking, he asked for a pay cut when he didn't perform up to his own expectations. you can imagine that happening today. stan remains to this day an icon, untarnished and a beloved pillar of the community, a gentleman you would want your kids to emulate. >> joining me now three people who love baseball, bob costas of nbc sports, tim mccarver of fox sports. he was a teammate of stan's in the 1960's, and george vecsey of the new york sometimes, author of "stan musial, an american life." i will begin with you and go around. tell me who sta

giants are continuing their series with the cardinal in saint louis.giants sandoval batting practice today. could be close to getting back on the field. coming back wrist surgery. panda. soft toss. have a rehab stint probably in the minor league before getting back with the giants. 5th inning. sanchez. line over his head. giants add to the lead in the seventh. ross. up the middle. one of 2 hits. giants unravel in the 8. double off xavier lopez. fvl trots home. 3 batters later. shoe maker grounds to second. sap chez with the slide. but the throw is off line. craig comes home and scores and cardinal come back to win it by a score of 4-3. a's hosting the yankees. second batter of the game is curtis and this is drilled off of brett app dear son. gone. 2 run shot. 17th. yankees up 2 nothing. a's get on the board in the third. ru runners in the corner. single to right. andy in and it's 3-1 new york. in the fourth. about anderson general. single home. 2 more. an dear so that gave up 10 runs on 11 hits. rough night for the a's pitcher and the yankees cruise 10

cardin: thank you, mr. president. first, let me ask unanimous consent that shane nisely of the d.o.d. in my office have the privileges of the floor in this discussion. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: i think all of us understand how valuable our detailees trick-or-treat department of defense is and the work we do. particularly in this matter, it's been extremely helpful to me to have shane's advice. i pressure the fact that he is in our office and has been a very valuable member of our team on this issue. i just really want to join in the comments of senator durbin and senator kerry. first, let me say i think senator kerry would agree, senator durbin may be a new member of the senate foreign relations committee, but he is one of the most thoughtful members of our -- of the senate on foreign policy issues and many other issues, and he has been extremely helpful working our way through what is the proper responsibility of the united states senate and the congress as it relates to the deployment of