cincinnati will get clipped by this. later today we'll watch this area light up, all the spots in red. this area in western nebraska, late in the evening hours. be following that. hot temperatures when you get out there. tulsa, 105, 110 with your heat index. out west, things are oklahoma. your high today in phoenix around 114. >>> right around savannah, georgia, we talked about heavy rain around the coast. 2.5 inches of rain in savannah funneled into the roadway. you can see the cars swallowed up by the heavy rain. you'll see more thunderstorms today. not as widespread but not as heavy rainmakers either. >> what a mess. >>> former president bill clinton is trying to negotiate the release of two u.s. journalists but why is he the one in north korea today? . >>> >>> our salute to the troops goes to lance corporal randy conover today. it's from his mom. he just got mair and everyone especially mom cannot wait until he comes home. >> good morning, robin. my name is rhena mcdaniel from kentucky. we all miss you and worry abou

this will make its way toward the cincinnati area.wers and thunderstorms kind of fill in as we go throughout the day. there is a lot of heat, there is a lot of humidity, and we have that cold front coming through, so that's what's going to get everything going as far as the showers and thunderstorms. the northeast for the most part should be dry today, but it will be extremely hot. air you can wear across the northeast, new york city, take it easy. highs near 90. it's going to feel like 95 degrees. oh, it's just going to be one of those hot days out there. more showers going to make their way toward buffalo and toward state college. so watch out for the thunderstorms across really the middle part of the country, robin, from the ohio river valley all the way back into the plain states. >> i like the way you put it. air you can wear. >> yes, it will be thick. >> chris, thank you so much. chris is in for bob. >>> hey, why don't we salute the troops right now? this is from the parents of sergeant jonathan nelson. he is coming home after t

not just oil, pennzoil. >> cincinnati was the epicenter of tennis. the masters, featured nadal, and then, federer, versus murray, and murray beat him four-straight times. with that smash, it was 6-2, and second set tied. can see and backhand into the net. doesn't like the shot. and his if you can knuckles are bleeding, and, he had to get some treatment. and murray, and got that fine. >> federer up, 9-8. serving to stay alive. second serve, bad news, didn't have to eat them alive. double-faults the set away. federer does, what federer does, he wins, in straight-sets. >> the name of the game, in fenway, was simply, payback, red fenway, was simply, payback, red sox-yankees, never a dull i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up today and get

meantime out in cincinnati the team explodes. adam dunn the ball carries long gone 1-0, washington. to the top of the fourth, nats likea ninther morgan, ronnie belliard, adam dunn began all score and the nats win this one. dc united into toronto. dwayne deair is yo using his head redirect that is in sending toronto paing. the ladies kicking the ball also. freedom and new jersey 1-1, and -- right between the legs. that's like she only has one name. >> she's got good moves. >> jersey win this is one and that's your day in sports in sp julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less. >> so the warm weather continues? >> another warm day, not quite as humid but it will still feel summer-like. a cold front late tuesday, you're probably saying cold front? it will cool our temperatures down? not a whole lot. only in the upper 80's on wednesday and thursday, th

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roger federer into the quarterfinals in cincinnati. he was just too good for -- despite being 3-1 down in the final set and dropping the opening set. he can throw and he will play the australian lead to hewitt in the quarter finals as it tries to defend the u.s. open title in due course. >> usain bolt wasn't in form? thank you very much. you can get all the sports and more on the top stories, libya and the lockerbie bombing, on bbc.com. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i'm julia stiles. >> i'm kevin bacon. >> hi, i'm ken burns. >> i'm lili taylor. >> i'm henry louis gates jr., and public broadcasting is my source for news about the world. >> for intelligent conversation. >> for election coverage you can count on. >> for conversations beyond the sound bites. >> a commitment to journalism. >> for deciding who to vote for. >> i'm kerry washington, and public broadcasting is my source for intelligent connections to my c

but coming up next, the nats have cincinnati seeing red thanks to the hustle of one ling josh willingham, how this played out when sports extra continues. . >>> can't make the catch, adam dunn scores to tie the game at four. willingham says i'm taking off at 3rd, scores a game-winning run, nats take the last three games of the series on a heads- up play by willingham. >> i just rounded third base, i wasn't thinking about scoring. but i saw them lob the ball, i don't know why or how, just took off. wasn't thinking but i did -- turned out good for it. >> meanwhile, this clock is ticking. nats have a little over 24 hours to come to terms with pitching guy strasberg. nats have a 17 million deal on the table with the eastle reached incentives that could push the deal beyond 20. and there is a real possibility that the team may not sign the overall number one pick. that could be a problem. orioles hosting the angels, top of the 11th, hunter with the bases loaded. goes to 1st, with a double play. o's escaped a jam. driving in two, with a double off the base of the wall in right field. angels wi

it was a pitcher's duel in cincinnati last night.ationals and reds combined to score two runs, the good news is, both of them belonged to the good guys, the nats shut out the reds due in part to great pitching from garrett mock. he struck out six in six scoreless innings of work. the reds mascot having a good time going go-carting. eh it's nice to have three mascots when you're the reds. this is ronnie beliyard. the nationals take the lead. the bottom five now, paul jannish facing garrett mock. jannish singles to center field, but no fear, niger morgan is here. he's fast and he has a gun, a strike to home plate, aaron harang is out, what a nice play. the nationals shut out the reds 2-0. to baltimore, what night for felix peaia, peaia, good piece of hitting here, finds the gap in right center field. two runs will come in to score as the ball goes all the way to the wall. and pea yeah is thinking three-bagger, going for the triple. gets down, gets the triple. goes 4 for 5 with four rbis, more importantly, hits for the cycle. the o's be

edwin encarnacion, he was just acquired with a deal with the cincinnati reds.very good double play combination. and rod barajas who has had bun of the better years defensively for pitchers behind the plate. >> gary: and two down for nick markakis. nick will stand in with a couple of hits and lifetime off of romero. the outfield straight away on him. he pops that one up. a silo shot at the plate. barajas, he got it. so romero retires the side in order. underway here at rogers centre in toronto. we'll take a look at cito gaston's starting lineup when pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... w we come vegeback! bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag . it's on™ ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. >> gary: the orioles have a 5-4 season advantage in this series, but not here, winning here in toronto has been tough. the starting lineup brought to you by southwest airlines for cito gaston's jays. just tear i., hill. overbey, wells and rios and encarnacion. hill is leading the jays' home runs, rbi's and hilts. >> buck: jason be

. >> semifinal, cincinnati masters, roger federer against andy murray, murray has won four in a row against roger. when roger was told about the streak, he said, "when my game is on, i know i can beat any player in the world." it's not cocky. he has the cool confidence. >> never joking around. >> murray backhands it into the net, hits his knuckles against his racket. the knuckles would bleed. he would be treated on the sideline, play would resume. murray with the backhand down the line for the winner. the tiebreak, murray serving to stay alive, first serve out, next serve -- you don't want to do that either, dou >> in the other semifinal, number three, rafael nadal, and fourth-ranked novak djokovic, and djokovic came out aggressive, first set up 3-1. djokovic hit the forehand winner. wins the first set 6-1. he had 21 winners. second set, match point, number two for djokovic and he takes care of it. he will face roger federer in the final. djokovic ends his own five-match losing streak against nadal. thursday at noon, espnews airs the u.s. open draw show. >> a former hockey coach has pulled

cincinnati in a free fall, 17 of 23. lose to the pirates he will jump out of the spot. little league world series. statten island, in mercer island, washington. how you doing? that's a two-run shot to right center. 3-0 to new york. he wins this one, 10-2. mayor bloomberg, the new york city mayor was at the game. meanwhile we've got warner robins in iowa. justin>> joe. that's a solo shot. we're tied at 2. georgia now up in the fourth. bases empty, tray maddux. his second of the day. georgia goes d on to win 11-3. tiger woods entered the barclays next week. the number one golfer plans to play in all four fedexcup events for the first time. a new points system means players lose ground if they take a week off. woods will be the number one seat when the pga tour playoffs, he's got a pretty comfortable lead there. he moved up the most. winning a major helps. >> sergio out of the par 5, fifth. putting for eagle. he finished the day with a 6 under 64. chris riley, with the chip-in for birdie. riley finished the day with a 7 und

take a look to the west. 58 in pittsburgh this hour. 61 in cincinnati, the cool air moving our way. right now though, 76 at national, 71 at roanoke. looking at tonight, cooler than it has been for sure. northerly wind flow with temperatures in the low 60s and 50s as well. over the potomac highlands we could see the overnight lows anywhere from the mid-to-upper 40s even. so very much on the chilly side. let's look at true view, a storm to talk about, take a look here down to the south off the southern edge of the baja peninsula, off the coast of northern mexico. threatening a category four hurricane. it is hurricane jimena, getting intense. so it bears watching a lot. hurricane watches already in effect for this area, as a category four, trust me, that is very, very powerful. looking at the tropics now we have another system we're looking at here. possibly this could be a tropical depression. this disturbance here over the next two to three days needto be watched as well. now it is near the islandings moving its way easterly. and as we take a look at the fox live radar, maximum high

tuesday night against cincinnati. he will get owings back as well.wo grounders. 0 for 8 in this series. and a 1-2 from clippard. >> rob: too high. josh bard wanted it a little lower. davidweters has been around for awhile, very dependable. with the cincinnati reds earlier this year. >> bob: reaching for that one, reaching to left center. harris is right there and the countdown of outs is down to five. today's telecast present by authority of the washington nationals. may not be reproduced or retransmit in any form and if accounts and descriptions of this game may not be disseminated without the express, written consent of the washington nationals who lead 8- 3 in the top of the 8th inning. bourgeois will be the hitter. he started in right field last night with an rbi single in three trips before being replaced with the double switch -- actually, a pinch running situation. bourgeois is from houston. originally drafted by texas and more than nine years in the minor leagues. they called him up august 12 when bill hall was designated and it's 3-0. >> rob

giants have tied that game in cincinnati 5-5.f the rockies in the wildcard race. 2-2 game here bottom of the 7th. guzman with a chopper to the right side. that will be easy for clint barmes. willie harris to third with two outs. >> rob: good hustle by guzman making a play of it. big hop to barmes. >> bob: brian got his 78th rbi in a pinch hitting roll on sunday. hitless tonight. 0 for 2 with a walk. he did swing at the first pitch first time to up tonight, and the first pitch here will be number 100 for jimenez. >> rob: well, and ubaldo has done a great job tonight coming into this inning, 21st pitch strike. we see lot of our guys swinging at the first pitch. institute that's nine fastballs in a row he has thrown to zimmerman. he walked him on four. got way behind 3-0. and he's really working ryan up and in tonight. that ball is scorched, and it's coralled by barmes, who makes a very good play. nationals came close, they've stranded 7. it's in the 8th inning and remains 2-2. s ome airlines charge your bag $15 dollars to ride in t

they've gone to the 10th inning in cincinnati. reds came back and tied that game with colorado. that's a good take by wil. it's hard to lay off pitching like that that are strikes  while before they take that break. 4-4 colorado at cincinnati, tp of the 10th.  nieves who knows exactly what joel hanrahan's pitches are going to do, fouls off anotr one. hanrahan since coming over  pittsburgh, 11 games, 10 innings, 11 hits, 5 runs. 10 strikeouts, 4 walks. e.r.a. of 4.66. 2-2. wil nieves will get over powered and pop it up to the second baseman. we'll see our first glimpse of willie harris with a bat today. willie hitting .2 30rbgs 4 homers, and 14 rbis. he walked and scored a run in two plate appearances last night. started the game friday. had a rbi double and a walk. this may be a time when you wt a guy who is normally a singls and doubles hitter to take  shot and try to drive the bal somewhere. >> rob: sort of a n

all the way north to cincinnati now. ibst. lou in st. louis, missouri, and new orleans is at 72 dri degrees. that the claudette that moved ashore early this morning. that's the reason why it's plenty steamy. here's a look at the -- what it feels like. 96 degrees, over 100. dallas, texas, with that moisture driving northward. hot weather still, again, across the nation's midsection. easy to see claudette there spinning, moving ashore. again, that was early this morning. the next storm system we've got to talk about, again, is anna. that one moving through the caribbean. right now, our radar, quiet across the area. we've got a cold front that's going to be making its way eastward. not until wednesday could we see, i think, some thunderstorms across the area. some widely scattered storms. might be some isolated ones tomorrow. look at the rainfall. crest view, florida, close to four inches. same thing in other areas, close to an inch and a half on the western -- the panhandle of florida today. well, here's a look at anna. it's expected to tr

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. >> wimbledon, paris, medical borne, cincinnati, the epicenter of tennis.urray, taking on federer, number 1 and 2 in the world. federer, 5-2, deuce, and murray was serving, when federer got >> d it. can tied ats 3. backhands into the net. bloody knuckles. and federer up, 5-4, here comes murray, with the backhand. ties it up. forces the tiebreak. matchpoint, up 9-8. murray, serving to stay alive. out. so, now, second serve, and that one is out, too.: got him double-faults the match away. and federer does what he does, he wins in straight-sets. >> women's tennis, semifinal, second seed, serena williams, taking on dimentieva. gets back on serve here, and forced a tiebreaker. up, 6-2, and, gets williams to send it long. and wins the first set, 7-6. up, 5-1, second, matchpoint, a long rally. williams, send it go wide. willa wins in straight-sets, and awaiting the winner -- either way, it will be an all russian final. "espnews" is your home for the 2-s. open draw.1 >> from hawaii to georgia, up tu williamsport. this is the little league world series. the parents,

out to the west of indianapolis, a cold front diving through, towards cincinnati and lower ohio valleyhat could bring serious wind damage to some of those locations. we have watchwarnings already out throughout a multistate region. none of that is coming our way. but it is busting out ahead of the same weather that is going to bring us thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. could we see that for reshows weather happen here? bernadette woods with details shortly. >> thank you marty. >>> bill clinton is on a surprise to north korea aiming to bring home two jailed u.s. journalists. more on this diplomatic mission. >> reporter: the former president bill clinton arrived in north korea to secure the release of two american journalists. he redecieved a warm welcome. >>> -- rereeved a warm welcome. >> a delicate diplomatic dance. >> reporter: he conveyed a message from president obama but the white house denies it saying this is solely a private mission. still if clinton can convince the north koreans to release lee and ling it could clear the way to diplomatic talks. they were captured along the n

louis tied with cincinnati. dunn's former team.deck. 33 wins trying to make this a road trip. trying to win the 8th game under jim riggleman in 19 games. >> rob: young pitchers. and he has gone through breaking ball change up and only on the third hitter. >> bob: nearing 20 pitches already. takes the breaking ball. not going well that's a swing and a miss. seeing it well. 2-2. >> rob: it is important when you see that rotation or the dot on it from a slider. diving away from you, you don't swing on it. >> bob: a 10-year veteran and the crew chief. a 2-2 to ryan. that's inside with a change up. he is from fairfield county, connecticut. >> rob: near my wife's neighborhood. 3-2 pitch. the runner goes. zimmerman hits and follows. >> bob: coming off a nice come from behind win yesterday early scoring would be welcome. garrett mock is going to go out and pitch more than 5 1/3 innings. that's been his longest start this year. a small crowd. game 4 of a wrap around series. pardon me, monday. >> that's monday. >> bob: a swing and a miss. an

the nationals lost tonight to the cincinnati reds, the final, 7-0. hat is three straight losses. jonny gomes homered in the first. a solo shot in the sixth. bronson arroyo two-hit the nats. the redskins and the nationals loose. >> you're just julie loves targ, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less. don't let times like these stand in the way of them. protect your family with the gift of financial security. backed by the highest possible ratings new york life. the company you keep. you want to keep your loved ones safe and secure. give them the gift of financial security from new york life. we've been protecting families for over 164 years. new york life. the company you keep. >>> partly cloudy, or 80's tomorrow. that was 12 words. >>

nationals taking on the cincinnati red. they did not have an answer for arrollo, or johnny gomes. bottom second. gomes facing ballister. this one is gone. a two-run bomb. one of three home runs. and gomes. red roll over the nationals. and if you combine the national score and redskins score. and 30-0. >> a shut out. >> not the end of the world. and going to got a whole lot better. >> it's got to. got to get a whole lot better. up next. something that will >>> textbooks may have gotten cheaper for college students. the publisher will start renting textbooks to students this summer. for prices less than retail pricesch that means students won't have to pay full price for books they won't need after one semester. initially the company will offer several hundred titles. students who read a book will have access to the first chapter while the book is shipped out. hundreds of other college bookstores are also running trial rental programs. eating lots of fat may not make you fat it looks look it may make you stupid and lazy too. a new study on rats find eating ten days of a high fat die

the nationals will take on the cincinnati reds at 11:00. a lot of things at 11:00, highlights for you. lebron james taking pictures at the side of the new stadium. it is part of a promotional tour for the movie "more than a game." it was about him and his high school teammates growing up in akron ohi, ohio. we have some thoughts from him. >> i think it will be a better team this year. i worked out with him a cple of days in chicago. mike miller and randy from minnesota, wall know he is consistent. >> the cavaliers play a few games here, of course. >>> the question everyone has been asking, betty or veronica? it looks like archie made a decision. >> it made one, but collectors so a at your chevy dealer. sh cf eryournklu qualifies to be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for the clunker rebate, you may also qualify for 0% apr for 72 months. that means you can buy a '09 malibu f $mo27a af1 h ntter a $3500 government rebate and no downayment. go to chevy.com for details. >>> a virginia c

not a lot of bad weather. 61 in cincinnati. that's cool and refreshing. windows open, ac off. you'll need to crank the ac by the time sunday and monday arrives. a little bit of light rain just off the west coast of south florida. otherwise, high pressure is in control as this junk exits. the hot weather in texas is going to expand over the next couple days. it's going to be really the first full-fledged heat wave in many areas of the east by the time we get to the end of this weekend. for today, 90s in the southeast. dry, sunny. sunglasses needed. a cooler but mild 80s from d.c. to boston. chicago is the one stormy area. maybe a slight chance of a storm in orlando. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast a little bit later. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. beautiful day in albany, new york after a cool, crisp night, 78 degrees. louisville will be about 86. we finally dried out after that record rainfall three days ago. charlotte, north carolina, you're going to get really hot the next couple days today, 91. well,

cooler air to the north. 68 degrees in cincinnati. push of warmer, humid air for the day tomorrow will allow temperatures to rebound to around 90 degrees. high pressure will build around the mid-at least six region. it will not last long. clouds will increase late in the day. a chance for an isolated thunderstorm. clause first clearing to the north and west of us. -- clouds are clearing to the north and west of us. we may have a thunderstorm activity to the north and west of washington, d.c. behind the cold front, not a whole lot cooler. we will still remain in the upper 80's. jersey shore around 82 degrees. certain temperature around 76. -- surf temperature around 76. temperatures in the suburbs in the upper 60's. tomorrow around 90 degrees'. there is the extended outlook. that's a lot of relief from the heat. here 90 on monday and tuesday. thunderstorms on wednesday. the garden variety storms. >>> you gulping? >> not a chance. -- you golfing? do çovu?x?z?z?zrrñziçñx >> 84 year-old golfer -- a 4- year-old golfer managed to hit a

to cincinnati where the reds and giants needed extra innings. drew with his second career game, a little bit of nerves. walk-off homer. first of his career. called up just three days ago and already he's a hero. college basketball, they'll be forced to vacate their 38 wins because of ncaa violations under former head coach. infractions include a fraudulent s.a.t. score by derrick rose. another record-setting race for bolt at the world track and field championships in berlin. earlier this week he smashed the mark in the 100 meter. a world record time of 19.19 seconds. american wallace spearman finished third while tyson gay withdrew because of an injury. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> thank you, fred. >>> can a sci-fi alien spooker hold off brad pitt this weekend at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a town gives something back to a family who has given their all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." ver

cincinnati 71. nice cool air mass coming in. cincinnati -- minneapolis 69 degrees.t's what we are living under right now. looks like it will stay that way for a while. this morning some clouds and few showers, too. that has been pushing to the south and the east. drier air is settling in. we will have nice conditions this evening and overnight tonight. and down to the south of us, the next several days there will be a stalled out front down here and it will be a focused area for showers and thunderstorms. the way it looks right now. it should be far enough to the south and out to sea that all of the clouds and showers will stay along that. so later in the week there's a chance, an area of low pressure comes up from the southeast and we could have some clouds and showers as early as thursday or friday. we will keep it eye on the forecast now but something to keep in the back of your mind. germantown 49 degrees. if you are around germantown in the suburbs, your temperatures will down to 40 tonight. winchester 47. centreville 53. outside of town you can see the tempera

cincinnati reds and rockies. scary moment in the seventh. jason marquis to rolen in the head with a fastball. rockies beat the reds, 6-4. finally, to rome. the men's u.s. 4x100 put on quite a show. michael phelps swam the third leg. u.s. finished the world in style. for phelps, his fifth goal of the championships. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> thank you, fred. >>> she's an expert at biting the hands that feed her. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's the kind of sight that when you see it you would be excused for rubbing your eyes in disbelief. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. hope you had a nice weekend. you can leave that umbrella at home, give it a rest for the day. from boston, new york, d.c., philly, baltimore, chicago and detroit, you should be dry during the day today. the areas that have the umbrella, tallahassee, savannah, orlando. everybody in the deep south. tuesday, two good summer days in a row. most locations

watch out for storms around the great lakes and around cincinnati, ohio and tampa, florida. temperatures in the 90s. back to you, dan. >> all right. hot here in the northeast. >> oh, yeah. >> again. >> again. >> air conditioning. >> it's all good. we shouldn't be surprised about this. september, october, we'll come knocking on your door though. >> i'll be ready. >> asia rattles wall street and low expectations rattles lowe's. your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, is brad pitt being brought in by producers to rescue the new sherlock holmes movie? >> the yankees look to stay hot and a wild finish you have to see to believe from the nfl. you're watching "early today." is >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today," everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. here are some of your top headlines this morning. anti-war activists at the university of california-berkeley are calling for the firing of law professor john yu. the former bush administration official cowrote legal memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of suspected terrorists. >>> the high

. >> the washington nationals continue to play good baseball, another win in cincinnati today. it is hit hard, down to the left field line, way back and gone. a three run home run. the reds take a 4-2 lead. brian zimmerman, coming in, he dives and cannot get it. just lost the ball back in. the nationals hold on and win, 5-4. the orioles played tough this afternoon, in the top of they 8, l.a. broken open. the angels kept pouring it on and went 17-8. jimmy johnson had the lead for most of the game. with three laps to go, johnson hit the pedal. his car did not respond. he ran out of gas. brian vicars then cruised then for the win. watch closely, because here comes the world record for the fastest human on the planet. he destroyed the field and the record by running a blazing grace today. he he shaved 11 hundredths of a second of the world record set in beijing. >> sta >> one more day of dry weather? >> no rain in sight, and it will be human tomorrow. isolated storms late tuesday, a better chance on wednesday. thursday and friday we are at 90 degrees. the upcoming weekend looks coo

otherwise, just a really nice day today from chicago to detroit, cleveland, cincinnati, all of kentucky, tennessee. the southeast will be very nice. only travel trouble spot, miami with a shower or thunderstorm. well, if you're watching us on wrc nbc 4 in washington, d.c., head to the national museum of african art for a look at a collection of striking images depicting domestic and wild animals at the artful animals exhibit. that's your eastern event of the day, dan. >> thank you, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. brad pitt and quentin tarantino took the number one spot this weekend with "inglourious basterds." overseas, it added another $27.5 million for a worldwide poll of just over $65 million. since the film cost about $70 million to make, it almost paid for itself after just the first weekend out. it was also number one in france, england, germany and australia. district 9 slipped to second with $18.9 million. nevertheless, it's well on its way to becoming the summer's $100 million sleeper hit. g.i. joez the rise of cobra stands at $1

nice and dry today chicago, detroit, cincinnati and louisville area. you deserve it after yesterday. the storms, though, from d.c., new york, to boston. not everyone is going to get hit. but it's so humid there will be a few strong storms. and also hot and humid in the southeast with scattered storms out there from orlando to atlanta. everybody by the time thursday arrives, a much dryer forecast and a more enjoyable air mass. the humidity will be knocked down a notch. if you're watching channel 10, columbia, south carolina, discover the science behind natural disasters through hands-on activities at the south carolina state museum exhibit "powers of nature." that's your eastern event of the day. >> sounds like the power of nature. thanks so much, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. imagine yoet i love lucy" without lucy and "american idol" without paula abdul. she said with sadness in my heart, i have sbided not to return to idol. many speculate producers were forced to take her out, with a low contract offe

in cincinnati. yeah. a head scratcher right there. why wouldn't you sign. and mott, six innings. help from the defense. ryan zimmerman. bare hand. to first. gets him. tavarez. not fast enough. take a look. so nice. twice. zimmerman did not get a hit. snapping the 16-game hitting streak. still no score. ronnie belliard at the plate. changes that with one swing. send the shot to the upper deck in left. great american ballpark. belliard's, fourth home run. take a 1-0 lead. that's all they needed. that's not the case. last night it was. bottom of the fifth. paul janice up with two on. singles. fleiss play. second win of the season. shut out the red. 2-0, talking football now. michael vick. and clearly split. yesterday the cover of the philadelphia daily news read hide your dogs. reebok official uniform supplier for the nfl is receiving so much demand for michael vick jerseys they have begun production. there he is. vick wearing 7. standing next to donovan mcnabb. ran the offense in the walk through practice this morning. in the afternoon session, worked out as number 3 quarterback. 2

. >>> the nationals and reds open a four-game series in cincinnati last night.s gomes had a huge night. he had three home runs. he is just the sixth player to do that this year. and it was more than enough offense for starter brown don't. he -- bronson. he went the distance giving up two hits. the nationals get blanked. and the two play again tonight. >>> round one of the pga championship in minnesota guess who's in the lead, well, yeah, tiger woods of course of course. he has a one shot lead finishing the day at five under. you can watch the final round this weekend here on wusa9.com. >>> our time is 6:25. >>> ahead the new things we are learning about last week weekend's midair collision over new york city. >>> massive wildfire is tearing through california. an update on how many people are forced from their homes. >>> angie is off today but kenny burns is watching traffic. >> i'm watching but no problems or incidents to report. >>> outside on the weather terrace is where you will find me every morning at this time. agonal royce start to the weekend an the for

surprised, even in herself, a 26-year-old belgian be marion butterly at the cincinnati open. upon her return after 2007, she dominated 12 of the first 15 points. she went on to win in round 2. >> i try not to get over emotional or have too many things influence me out there. i was focused on trying to do what is important in my game. that is what i did. i thought that my opponent was focused throughout the match. it goes up and down. i am very pleased with that. >> more later on, george. >> francis, thank you are in much. summaries of our top stories, the burmese pro-democracy leader, aung san su ki, has been sentenced to an 18 month house arrest in rangoon. she was convicted of violating state security laws by allowing a u.s. national into her home after he swam there. the verdict is designed to prevent her from taking part in the elections in 2010. >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. [funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, and the john d. and catheri

he kicked an extra point in the cincinnati win over new england last evening. how about that? it ended up being the game winner. do not expected to stay on the special team, much as he claims he can take one from 60 yards out. >>> coming up on "oprah," it is a question that keep people up at night, can i afford this? that is all on "oprah" at 4:00 on channel 11. tonight it 5:00, during the recession, discount stores have held their own. but now this question -- will normal retail prices return? that is tonight at 5:00. get your tickets at, you have less than 12 hours until the megamillions jackpot tonight. the odds of winning are a tad steep. try 176 million to one. but you have to play to win. you can watch the megamillions drawing on tv 11 on 11 news tonight. and now the maryland lottery numbers. >> good afternoon. i am shari elliker john wbal radio -- from the edl radio, and here with me is bob diamond. your pick four pick 3 numbers for today are. -- pick 3 numbers for today are -- pick four in a moment, but first, here are mickey and amelia. >> are you ready to win cash an

the nats have ripped the reds in cincinnati. top two, no score is where we start. adam dunn facing johnniquette toe on the mounds here. adam dunn, get her done. sent a shot to left just over the wall for a home run. dunn's 31st homer of the season, the first against the reds. nats take a 1-0 lead. nats cruising along up 3-0. johnny facing alberto gonzales with the bases loaded. gonzales rips one past the third base bag into the left field corner. ryan zimmerman, josh willingham and elija dukes come around to score. a bases clearing double for gonzales. in the fourth inning, fmer nat pitcher kip wells on the mound. dukes up with the bases full. he ropes one to right. nyjer morgan, ronnie bell yard and adam dunn come on down. duke hustling around the bases in with a triple they built a nine-run lead and would hold on to win it, 10-6 the final. the orioles lose to the angels 5-1. the pga championship isn't officially over but it's over when tiger woods has the lead after 54 who else at a major, he's 14-0. woods has a two-shot lead over padraig harrington who will prob

cincinnati at 64. dallas, 82. that is where the warm air is.ave you more warm air in the southwest. we'll see a little heat wave get under way here during the next couple of days and gadually, that heat will push its way eastward and bring us pretty warm temperatures by the weekend. here is a look at the national satellite-radar composite. again, the activity that we're seeing is in the eastern olunit states and in the plains along the mississippi river. got some pretty good rain showers in portions of arkansas and mississippi and western portions of tennessee. also some activity now in central nebraska. the forecast for washington for today looks like this. we'll see increasing cloudiness. right now, it is mostly cloudy at reagan national airport. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms i'm hot, humid day. 90degrees for your high. i think some of the thunderstorms will be drenching thunderstorms so you will get some downpours out there. for tonight, some lingering showers and thunderstorms in the early part of the evening. mostly cloudy

the area, 82 in fredeck, 77 over -- 77 degrees out there in west virginia at this hour. 69 for cincinnati, 68 in detroit. frost advisories for northern michigan and northern wisconsin. nothing like that for us. eventually high pressure will win out and that will allow plenty of sunshine and temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below arch for this time of year. better day today than yesterday. tomorrow, the cooler air will settle in a northerly wind will keep our temperatures in the lower 70's. for tonight, scattered clouds, cool and comfortable. talk about mid to upper 50's in our suburbs, lower 60's downtown. tomorrow, start out with temperatures in the 60's, partly cloudy skies a nice afternoon, but cool. 69 to 74 degrees with winds out of the northwest at five to 10 miles per hour. here's the extended outlook showing temperatures cooling tomorrow night into the mid 50's. potomac highlands out to the west, could see temperatures to the upper 40's. we'll warm it up into the mid 70's by wednesday and thursday as we enter the labor day holiday week, we'll call for temperatures in the lower 80's,

cincinnati kicker injured. ochocinco steps in. this extra point would be the difference in the game. man, that thing would have been good from 40 yards. ensuing kickoff, this one was good, too. look at the form from chad ochocinco. all the way down to the 9 yard line. he helps his cincinnati bengals beat the patriots 7-6. his extra point was the difference. tom brady didn't play as much in that game as he did in his first game. but took a big old hit and looks fully healthy. guys, tomorrow when the skins take on the steelers you can expect the stars to go maybe a quarter, quarter and a half. that will do it from here. nationals park, what a fun time to be a nationals fans. we are not talking about the games and that have been playing over the last month. pretty well in the field, too. >> good fun time. you know, that thing with ochocinco, that -- that goes back to the old days. back in the day, also -- bunch of players, sammy ball. kicking, passing, throwing, everything. jim brown. >> oh, yeah. >> kicking. punting. two-way players

he was playing for philadelphia and we want to cincinnati. the first time he did it was against the orioles and mike messina started that game. >> there is a walk. two on with twoous. how about this for efficiency and balance? top to bottom? eight of the nine hitters in this game now have multi-hit games. figgins has four, izturis has two, abreu has three, rivera has two, morales has three, hunter has two, aybar has three, kendrick has two. the only one who doesn't have a multi-hit game is napoli, and he was robbed of a possible grand slam by adam jones. he has only one hit. eight of the nine in this lineup had multi-hit games. >> they are trying to get back at the orioles for their six game slack. the orioles got what? 19 in eight innings the other night? didn't even hit in the ninth. and 16 runs. and then the angels, as good as they are, only scored one inning last night. were able to win 5-1. >> high fly ball to left. reimold back. in front of the wall, it's gone. it just got out. first row, there is a three run homerun off albers. 

but not severe weather. 69 up in new york. 63 buffalo. 61 cincinnati. it is a bit cooler off into the ohio valley and the upper midwest. here's the storm that came through yesterday. on the back side of that storm system. high pressure in control. this will bring us a really lovely day. but here comes the next system that will be approaching into sunday afternoon. yesterday's storm did produce a lot of damage. you can see all of the wind damage from the carolinas rough the mid-atlantic. and all the way up towards, up towards the boston area. locally again, we did have the tornado that touched down in northe maryland. so here's the futurecast. there's the front that brought us the active weather yesterday, today, mostly sunny. really nice afternoon. plenty of sunshine out there. and again, temperatures right around 90 degrees. then tomorrow here comes the next frontal band. we'll still have enough moisture in place where we will see a few scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two. otherwise, a mix of sun and clouds. and then for monday, another r

. >>> this comes from wlwt news 5 in cincinnati, ohio where a nearby manson dare devil went for a long walk for a very long way high above the ground. the tight rope walker safely made it 801 feet on a wire suspended 662 feet in the air. this is the highest walk ever for the 30-year-old from the famous high wire family. to further appreciate the high-flying feat the steel cable he crossed was only as wide as a nickel. >>> i'm christina brown. >> a very good monday morning. a hot one today. high pressure in control. as far as our companies go, let's take a look. it looks like we're 78 to 76 downtown. 69 at the airport. 70 in easton. 72, cambridge. 72, ocean city. a nice mild start. we're going to head up into the low 90's today. 88 to 93. partly cloudy skies and dry with the presence of that high pressure still over the mid-atlantic. winds out of the southwest. the sun setting just before 8:00 tonight at 7:59. this is tropical storm claudette that made landfall overnight in the panhandle of florida. moving very slowly to the northwest, losing strength overland. it will probably be enter

it wu a pitcher's duel in cincinnati. the good new, both of them belonged to the good guys. they shut them out due to great pitching from garrett mott. the reds' mascots, they have three of them. having a good time. scoring in the fifth. ronnie belliard changes that with one swing, the shot to left off aaron harang. there were some nats fans. paul janish facing garrett mock. mock had a good game. he singles to center field. no fear. nyjer morgan is here. he's fast and had a big-time home. you're a dead duck. the nationals shut out the reds, 2-0. >>> now to baltimore, what a night for felix pea yeah. pea yeah at the plate. he finds the gap in right center field. he was near piette-fect. the o's beat the angels 15-6. >>> when you lose 23-0 and get out in a game 2-1 in terms of yardage you need to dig a little bit to find the positives. for the redskins, one of the positives who played very well in their los to the ravens was malcolm kelly. it matched his total from a disappointing rookie season. he showed the ability to make the tough catch going over the middle in a game, whi

checking on temperatures,79 degrees, cooler, on the other side of the mountains, lexington, cincinnati, being affected. rain cooled by what they have had out in that region. in our area, baltimore, 74, dulles, 76, frederick, 72, the naval air station, 76. today, a rare code orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups and especially children and seniors. we're not forecasting that tomorrow, but there could be more in our future. of course if there is a code orange day, limit your outside activity, refuel after dusk. and the air quality tomorrow is expected to be moderate. that would be code yellow, but that is only the fourth one we have had because there was a lot of weather systems come coming through to help. and partly cloudy skies, tomorrow, 72, if there is clouds. not a lot of help, but maybe a little bit. warm, rather humid with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. a pretty good bet in fact. starting at 1:00 tomorrow, not seeing the storms show up on the future cast. but by the time we get to 8:00, rain pushing in, with andy roddick, watching it for the tournament closely. and maybe t

the nats josh willingham drops the hammer in cincinnati. news 4 at 6:00 continues. >>> coming up on "nightly news," a triple threat kicks o hurricane season. >>> the president sho se >>> people including six children were killed in a deadly wedding fire in kuwait last night. another 58 people are still in the hospital. kuwaiti authorities may tighten restrictions on celebrations in tents after the devastating blaze. it took just three minutes for the flames to tear through the wedding tent. the fire chief there suggests that -- he said that guests probably crushed each other in the rush to run through the only exit. >>> two russian air force jets collided today while rehearsing for an air show near moscow. three pilots ejected. one of them died. one of the jets crashed into houses below. a woman on the ground was seriously injured. the fighter pilots were members of the elite russian knights flying group. they were supposedo take part in an exhe bigs tuesday. preliminary reports blame pilot error. >>> still ahead tonight on news 4 at 6:00.