we asked the commish about las vegas and expansion. rob manfred/mlb commissioner: "were interested, we see baseball as a growth sport over the long haul as a growth sport we will expand and we're open to any market that's capable of supporting major league baseball and i'm sure at some point las vegas will be a market like that ." we also asked the commissioner about las vegans bryce harper and kris bryant and he said he's proud that the two award winners are giving back to city they grew up in. just recently both were given the keys to the city. ((chris maathuis)) the baseball writers have spoken... and there is a first year selection player going into into the baseball hall of fame. and another who's been on the ballot for the 4th time. ken griffey jr. was a near- unanimous first-year selection, gathering 99.3 percent of the votes. the 13 time all- star was a but was never tainted by accusations of drug use. griffey won seven silver slugger awards and hit 630 home runs. the other selection was catcher mike piazza, who got in with 83

just ahead on "eyewitness news upclose," we're gonna switch topics, talk to another commish, this time new york city's correction commissioner talking about his reforms at rikers island. are they working? he says they are, but he's also running into criticism by correction officers. dangerous. here in vineland, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. white breast meat chicken every time. so if you're not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do...make it progresso. oooh, i think i saw dessert! hey! what's that? you...you want me to eat you? honey, he didn't say that! don't fight your instincts! with each for 150 calories or less, try our lemon bars, brownies, and cheesecakes. >> welcome back to "upclose." no one ever said working in a jail is a cushy job. it is hard and it's tough and, yes, it can be dangerous. you've heard a lot in the past few months about violence at rikers island, new york's primary jail here in the city, and the dangers facing correction officers. they were on this broadcast a few weeks ago. this mor

inner george bivins was demote todd major and will be rhea sign from deputy commish ter to director of bureau of gaming enforcement. he became a familiar face in 204 as he conducted briefings during 48 day manhunt for ambush suspect eric frein. the reason for the the action remain unclear. >>> now that the recapture of mexican drug lord el chapo guzman it turns out meeting with actor sean penn was key toning the six month manhunt for drug kingpin. he met with him in his hide out in october and wrote about it in rolling stone mag even which published that story last night. meantime we're getting a look at el chapo's most recent hide out a home in the see side city. mexican police tour that plays a part during the raid to recapture him and as carter evans reports mexican officials say they are willing to extradite he will chop owe to the united states, to face drug trafficking charges. >>> el chapo guzman is in the same prison he escaped from six months ago, military tanks and personnel are standing guard, outside. he was brought here after authorities, paraded him in front of the news c

until george bibins was demoted to major and reassigned to deputy commish ter to director of gaming enforcementiliar face in 204 as he conduct briefings during 48 day manhunt for ambush suspect eric frein. the reasons for the the a action, remain unclear. >>> the the city of philadelphia is stepping up efforts to eliminate fire-related deaths. the fire department and the red cross hosted the first no more fire deaths campaign event of the year in frankford. fire fighters went door to door installing free smoke a alarms for families that needed them at oakland and overington. fire officials say space heaters are a big problem this time of the year. >> you need to have a plan together. you can't have one without the other. reason why it is important if you have space heat tours stay warm we understand if it is cold in there and it will happen, you have to use some safety. a along with that you have have to have a smoke alarm so if something does get to go on, you have a an early warning and you have a plan to get out. >> number of fire deaths dropped to one last year, an all time low. >>> now tha

. >> commish ne, what about the protections of the officer s s this home? was he wearing a bulletproof vest in the car or any other elements of protection from an assault like this? >> well, one, he had the grace of god, first and foremost. because i cannot explain it based on my beliefs in any other way, but he had a will to live which i mentioned with which is equally big. but he had on the vest. but under those circumstances, man, i can't imagine that almost anything that you could have could protect you. that is chilling. absolutely chill iing when you watch that. and if that doesn't just make the hairs on your neck raids when you see that, it is scary. that is all i can say. >> is there any indication that you have any links to anybody else in the attack? >> no, we don't have that indication right now. i think that he was savvy enough to stop just short of implicating himself with a conspiracy of anything, and even if one exists, but we don't know anything right now. the detectives in question did a remarkable job to get even that from him, and she is