dale earnhardt junior, his third win of the season. >>> city open at rock creek park. an all canadians final. row ich known for that pick serve. meanwhile, paulk sill not looking fresh. they're trading groundstrokes but round ich. second set, match point. check out the play here. a huge backhand. he takes both to win the tournament, 6-1-6-4. >>> we say good-bye to charlie brotman. he is retiring after 36 years behind the mic of washington's tennis tournament. he's also a well-known announcer from his days with the senators and the nationals' inaugural seasons. congratulations to him. >>> >>> a city tries to cope. >>> caffeine warning about a pure and potent form of the substance that is more popular among teens and can kill. >>> and lucky break for the man pulled over for speeding in what turned out to be a life saving encounter.

there'll bird -- dale earnhardt jr. it's the wind.the orioles beat seattle went to nothing on a home run. the orioles lead toronto by three and a half games. i'm not a doctor, only play one on tv but i suspect kyle will need to rest. take your time and come back when you need to rest. a -- the galaxy"s of made history at the box office -- it may $94 million -- the biggest opening for an august movie ever and the third-largest opening this year. coming in second is "lucy" -- i still need to see that. is it a good night to head to the movies? >> a decent night. party warm and humid. a nice night maybe for a movie night and cooler in an air-conditioned of environment. storms mainly north and west of washington. i did not mention tropical storm bertha out there. i don't think we will see any effects from that. a strong front again on wednesday. bertha is just a concern for the fish. thank you. hope to see you tonight at 11:00. all the chien in your grery store is inspected by t usda... but perdue asked tm to gfurther. they verify that all

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hamlin spins and hits dale earnhardt, jr. he decides he will give harvick the safety device.oey logano, led 76 of the 500 laps and takes the checkered flag. a preview of the niners/chargers match up tomorrow. and hopefully the new field of dreams will not be a nightmare. >> thank you. >> well, next on abc 7 news at nine. a super size >>> coming up tonight, a as students move in to college campuses law enforcement is on alert. trying to prevent a repeat of last year. what they are looking for. first a woman downs a poisoned tea and a child drinks a poisoned shake. and what the 49ers are saying. well a different nfl field, lambeau field is super sizing the sausage. the green bay packers claim they are selling the largest sausage at any stadium in the entire nation, it's called the horse collar after the illegal football tackle. the 22 inch sausage is topped with wisconsin cheese and it's made for 2 and sells for $20. >> that is massive. thank you for joining us. we will see you at 11:00 over on channel 7. >> this is the show with all kinds of people with all kinds of stuff. som

. >>> and dale earnhardt jr. gets his first season sweep and third of the season. jeff gordon leads in standings by 17 points. >>> a new world record over the weekend. anthony brooks solved five rubik's cubes under water. and the day before, he decided to do it all under water. >>> we have your monday weather, especially after the rough, rainy weather we had here in the northeast. >> it's going to be a beautiful day. new york city and the philly area, as well. looking at what's going on across the nation. a shower or thunderstorm around chicago. partly-sunny skies. comfortable in the twin cities. seattle, warming up. areas of fog in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures averaging about ten degrees above normal. typical thunderstorms in orlando and miami. new york city looking at partly. sunny skies with high temperatures in the middle 80s. >> thank you very much. >>> the islamic militant group i.s.i.s. is back in the news after bloody and bold actions. >>> and a brazen snatch and grab. and the police may have saved a passenger's life. funtil to ke

chunks go everywhere with dale earnhardt jr. hamlin knocked out of the race. joey lagano holding off brad keselowski. and he won another race of the year. and will power, the irl in town this weekend for the grand prix in sonoma. power who won the last three of the four years won the poll position in today's qualifying session. they are going to drop the green flag tomorrow at 1:00 at the sonoma raceway. the third round of the barklays. phil mickelson. hit it into the tent and he did the same thing yesterday. he goes into the bunker. bogeyed the hole. today's shot, he hit onto the green. part of the hole. he is better than yesterday, but mickelson missed the 54 hole cut. >>> all right, chicago's jackie robinson little league against las vegas. tied at 3-3 in the second. it's the single. to put chicago up 4-3. they are looking to become the first all african american team to win the little league world series title. top six. two on. one out. and there's the double play to win it. chicago, they are the u.s. champion. they are going to face the international cham

dale earnhardt junior never won a sprint cup title. 2014 could be his best chance yet. he took the lead with three laps left and won sunday to complete a season sweep at pocono raceway. third win this year. he's the first driver to sweep both since 2006. with the win, junior takes the lead in the sprint cup standings. >>> tiger woods hurt his back on sunday and wit drew after hitting the tee shot. he jarred it, meaning his back, when he went into a fairway bunker. >>> and the giants and bills opening up the pre-season. canton, ohio, hall of fame game. giants down 3-0, and three-yard touchdown for williams. and the giants win the game, 17-13. >>> for much more, check out a live "sportscenter" right here, 9:00 a.m. eastern on espn. i'm jay harris. see you. >>> thanks to jay. >>> up next in the pulse, not a job for the faint of heart, how a window washing crew got out of this one. >>> and land ahead, a bad day for a boater after his yacht comes untied. where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the freedom of the open road? a card that gave you that "i'm

two pocono, now dale earnhardt, jr., won the pocono 400 but this is the 13 car pileup but they now likeput cameras inside everything. bang! bang! but the best is coming up. these -- 13 cars. >> wow. >> it started with denny hamlin and brian vickers. how would you like to be in that car. >> not at all. >> but here's the best thank about that. nobody was hurt. >> really? >> they have the cages and everything in there. so it's -- >> we'll put it in our cars, t too. >> bumper cars. >> for some drivers that's probably a very good idea. thank you very much, howard. >> that does it for us here at 6:00. wool see back here at 10:00 o'clock. have a great night. inside edition is coming your way next. ♪ >>> airplane freakout. >> i didn't do anything wrong. >> shocking video as a woman is dragged off a plane. >>> ebola uproar, hospital getting hate mail for treating patients. >>> tv war of words over angry donald trump. >> our country has enough problems. >> that was a stupid continue. >>> giant closet heist. first she boasted about her she- cave. >> welcome to my closet. >> then the million dollar

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dale earnhardt jr. he decide since he is not racing he will give harvick the device. led 76. takes the checkered flag. third within of the year. first at bristol. and football hits the big time with a movie. and takes a peek. stick around. >> thank you. still to come. president obama calls for an investigation after recent protests in ferguson, missouri. what he is concerned about. and, a space test flight goes wrong. where the rocket was heading. >> a boy drinks poison in a milk is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. okesperson: get a with a new volkswagen turbo.ed reward card why are we so obsessed with turbo? because we like giving you power, but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. like the sporty jetta. and the turbocharged passat tdi® clean diesel. okay.. and the iconic beetle... and the powerful

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dale earnhardt, junior won at pocono and continued the sweep.eading just 14 laps, but he spins off kevin harvick taking the checkered flag. brett favre to be inducted into the packers hall of fame tomorrow. they will retire his jersey number four, never to be worn again. it is well deserve packers taking on the ravens for the first pre-season game and a harbaugh bowl. >> this one for nothing and the last one for everything. we will continue the news tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks so much for joining us. the news continues now on-line and on twitter, facebook and on all of your mobile devices. go to our abc7 news app. have a great night, everyone. [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon, xfinity will double the internet speed on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. double the speed. [ heart beats ] double the speed. (ma (gunshots) (man grunts) (glass shatters

famous number three, as i remember, babe ruth, dale earnhardt, allen i have err son, if you know anyore, write them n almost surfaced say at least iverson, but she's up in the babe ruth terms. so we'll show you the sports illustrated cover, talk more about that, and we'll also tell but some other headlines she's making on other national publications i've noticed this morning, as everybody now is jumping on the bandwagon where there is little room left on the bandwagon for anybody else at this point. >> for sure. i was reading good article from the new york times believe it or not yesterday afternoon. wow. famous number three. also developing this morning, president obama expected to make a statement today on the excuse of an american journalist, by islamic militants. isis, that's the name of the group, released a video that reportedly shows 40 year old james foley, journalist, being put to death. his death is said to be in retaliation for the united states, those air strikes on isis targets, they beheaded him. >> and although us officials still looking at the video and investigating

dale earnhardt, jr. it's his first season with at least three wins since 2004.rending on bleacherreport.com. tiger woods return short lived. tiger was clearly in pain after he teed off on the ninth hole, grim asing and trying to keep it together. no word on the severity of the injury and if he will play in next weekend's pga championship in louisville. >> i felt like i was in a bunker. just guarded and been spasming ever since. >> same spot? >> the whole lower back. i don't know what happened when i landed. >> you tried to play through it and it got worse? >> exactly. >>> garcia's shot goes way left, hits a woman on the hand, causing her to lose a diamond from her ring. they looked around for it for quite some time. garcia offering up his phone number. great news, the diamond was eventually found. >>> rory mcilroy won. he's in first place. >> the number one rank ld golfer in the entire world. >> that is not small, i have to say. >> i hope it's not cubic ser cone ya. >> great to have you with us. >>> happening now, israel promising a cease-fire this morning. repo

dale earnhardt jr.came away with another win. >>> and finally from the everybody needs a hobby file. this is a guy from the uk pushing a brussel sprout up a mountain with his nose. three days to finish, required a lot of logistics. there was a special face mask and an extra-large brussel sprout that wouldn't fall in cracks. before you write him off as bonkers, you are free today, he raised money for a hospital. he is going to push a parsnip down broadway with his thy. >> he did raise money. >> i'm going to write a note. >> you see the other hikers? what's he doing? >> wow, that's a big brussel sprout. >> okay. >> well. >> we are going to move on to a growing mystery at one of america's most popular horse tracks, del mar in southern california. ten horses died during season. big changes are coming at the track. mara schiavocampo has the latest. >> and away they go. >> reporter: this morning, major changes at california's famous del mar racetrack after a streak of dangerous and in some cases deadly falls.

tony stewart, you think about him along with jeff gordon and dale earnhardt, jr.ome of the biggest names in nascar. this is not some back marker driver. this is a big name. it has a huge impact on nascar going forward. >> jeff gluck from "usa today" thank you so much. >>> we turn to a check of the top headlines. we reported this earlier citing extraordinary circumstances attorney general eric holder has asked the justice department to conduct its own autopsy of the body of michael brown, the teenager shot and killed by a ferguson, missouri, police officers last saturday. this officer darren wilson. a big rally is scheduled for 4:00 eastern time, just about 25 minutes from now. we'll have that for you live here. >>> pope francis traveling through south korea made a strong gesture to reach out and improve the catholic church's relationship with china. the pope insipsed christians were not coming as conquerors seeking to take away the identity of others. >>> texas governor rick perry is further defending himself against a grand jury indictment of two felony counts of

that's the number of wins dale earnhardt, junior has this year at the international raceway. checkered flag to complete the season's sweep. and finally, $94 million. that's how much marvel's "guardians of the galaxy" raked in. it object lit rates the previous august record set by "ultimatum." tucker? ♪ ♪ >> this ridiculous and faintly annoying video made you did you tube history. it was the first to hit a billion views and still nobody knows why. its success of gangam style surprised you, and it did. we've got one that's even more bizarre. a new youtube craze hit 29.5 billion mark. many say because it's actually hypnotizing kids and keep clicking. watch. >> with this adorable shopkin cart. it comes with two shopkins. you hear this. this adorable shopkin cart. shopkins in the front. hearts on the wheels. so cute. >> it's called disney collector br. that's an anonymous woman, all you see are her hands and she plays with toys and provides a voiceover. kids are obsessed. why, is the question? tom christian joins us this morning. a psychotherapist and parenting expert and he may h

that come at you, the clean cut guys from california, like jimmy johnson, the good old boy like dale earnhardtthe guy cast as the hot head rebel in tony stewart. it is an image he cultivated and frankly made a lot of money off of over the past years. we're going to have to see if that comes back to haunt him. >> investigators have to put that away and look at the facts in the case. i want to speak to the fact that chris spoke to the sheriff involving this case now. and the fact that a sheriff is investigating yet says there are no criminal charges filed at this point, if that's the case not a criminal investigation, why not just let the racing commission handle it. >> i think you're always going to investigate it criminally. you do use that line because that's accurate. there are no criminal charges pending, but the investigation is ongoing. i think in a case like this, i prosecuted so many cases, it is really difficult to prove what is going on in someone's head. >> that's the worst part. and to go back to it, a 20-year-old is dead at the end of the day. a family is grieving. >> it is tragic.

they're not out sponsoring dale earnhardt jr. they're out sponsoring motorcycle races.y're sponsoring radio, things like that. coke has a troubled -- coke has trouble talking authentically to those consumers. monster can do it. if you buy monster, keep it separate. let them talk to their consumers in the right way. it can continue to be successful. i think that's the big lesson from vitamin water. >> so you said you're neutral on coca-cola right now. what would it take for you to actually change your rating to a positive rating? >> i've been saying all this year that coke needs to do more m&a. and that's not just from a stylistic standpoint showing that they're focused on the troubles for the category. but it's also a question of the financials. getting the growth moving again. so this is kind of a half step there. i would say we need a couple of things. we need europe to get better. because they've got a huge profitable business in europe. and i think i'd like to see them actually buying in some total businesses, integrate them 100% into the financials. that will get e

>> look, you can never measure a man's intent, but if it were dale earnhardt jr., jimmie johnson, anyoneascar, we wouldn't be asking about intent, but tony stewart has a history of a hot temper -- >> did he do it on purpose? >> and you listen to the video and look at the video with nascar people, which i have, and they all say he hit the throttle. they're not saying he meant to, but at some point, he hit the throttle around the time that he clipped and eventually killed kevin ward jr. we'll never know. it will never get criminal charges -- >> how can they tell he hit the throttle? >> you can hear, listen -- >> with all those other cars -- >> they say with sprint cars, when they hit the throttle, they go sideways and that, in fact, is what happened. but he's one of the greatest drivers -- >> why did he get out of the car? >> i think there's one thing that's positive that comes from this, hopefully, no one ever gets out of a car and confronts another driver on the track. it happens at all levels, almost every weekend in nascar or sprint, or some level of racing that they get out and they d

think about also, too, with race car the thing called -- after dale earnhardt was killed it limits youyou brought up something off the air. what people don't realize the track is banked and it's made of dirt and clay mixed. you wonder in the video you see kevin ward look like he is trying to turn. you can see a situation and i'm not trying to steal your point here but he is running down to confront stewart and can't go back up. because it's slippery and steep -- >> racing shoes are like slippers. >> like wrestling shoes. >> very lightweight and thin and made of fire retardant material and only designed for the gas and the brake and no traction on them. if you're running down a bank clay oval like that, to try to stop, oops, i went too far and back pedal could be virtually impossible. >> looks like the last second he tries to turn. >> you guys are saying you look at that video. you just -- you're going fast. and you just don't have that much control. >> that's right. >> a real tragedy. thank you, guys, for being with us. >>> coming up next, control of the senate is going to hang in the