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strehego further. >>> david wright, sandhya. >>> david wright, sandhya. weekend. have a terrific sunday, see you next weekend. have a terrific sunday, everybod >> good morning, washington. it is now 8:56. in the news this sunday, investigators ag tinryto figure out what led to a double murd anywhere langly park. firefighters found the bodies of a man and woman. they discovered the pair after getting reports of smoke yesterday afternoon. plist believe the murders are connected to ab incident in northeast d.c. and that the murderer fled to the district and then committed suicide. and after 40 years, the tough economy is forcing a popular georgetown restaurant to close up shop. nathan's restaurant has been a fixture since 1969, but it's been plagued by financial problems in recent years. the owner secured a new leases extension. but with declining revenue and mounting debt, she made the difficult decision to call it quits. we are looking for a lovely sunday out there. and, i hear that's exactly what we just might get. >> we might get that. if you went to bed

cora is across from castillo up the middle and david wright and daniel murphy and omir santos behindfield is still nursing a hamstring that cramped up on him over the weekend. here's ryan zimmerman with the .316 career batting mark against oliver perez.   comes out, throws a strike. well, let's see how ryan zimmerman is after a night off and nick johnson's turn tonight.   and there's another hit for zimmerman. some hitters, some pitchers and the match up doesn't go the piper's way. >> rob: it looks like he's doing something in the delivery and wind up to throw strikes and 11 walk this is 11 innings pitched and coming off the disabled list which is not an injury disabling, more mental and bad mechanics and stay on the ball and trying to throw a fastball over the middle about 87 miles an hour and easy pickings if he tries to find the plate like that all night. >> bob: here's adam dunn with a fastball over the corner. adam dunn 7 walk this is his last 7 games and his on base average hitting right on the .400 mar

so murphy swung at that first pitch cut fastball and he ripped it down the line. >> bob: david wrightone of the reasons the mets got jeff francoeur was to give wright some protection in the lineup. there are often times, when ryan church would bat before david wright, but francoeur is a five, six, seven-type hitter. used to be more of a 5-type hitter a couple years ago, but he has slumped so badly that he is the guy hitting behind david wright who is still batting seven best in the league at .322. 3-0. maybe the nats don't want anything to do with wright here. first base open, top of the 1st. well, david wright's batting average nearly 40 points higher on base percentages up, home runs down and the rbi's, are way down. he has a whole lot in this lineup around him right now to help him out with all these injuries. and he calls it a strike. 11-year veteran behind the plate. doug innings at first, ryan knight at third. a swing and a foul tip. and held on by bard, battling back from a 3-0 count to get a strikeout. >> rob: obviously they weren't pitching around david wright. maybe a little

first, we turn to david wright in for ron claiborne. >>> good morning, guys. bulls in pamplona, spain, four runners seriously gored when a lone bull and began to attack. seven others were injured. >>> officials in pakistan say five police officers and a forestry agent were killed. unknown gunmen targeted the patrol that was checking out the report of a bullet-ridden body. >>> in new delhi, india, three workers died under the collapse of a bridge under construction. the accident happened when workers tried to lift heavy, concrete slabs. >>> nasa is inspecting the space shuttle "endeavour." nasa scrubbed the planned launch because of light fling. >>> and in california, more closed-door talks today as state lawmakers try to complete a deal to eliminate $26 billion worth ever budget caps. they say that a compromise plan may be worked out this week with governor schwarzenegger. >>> and a new world record in phoenix, arizona, and many other areas across the country. it was the world attempt at a new category, largest skinny dip across north america. that's a quick l

david wright explains why. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: even 40 years later, it's still excitingto watch. >> man is about to land on the moon. >> we're getting a picture on the tv. >> reporter: grainy, black and white images of an otherworldly scene. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> it is a moment you will never forget. >> it didn't seem real. it was just so out of the world. it was just amazing. >> reporter: the moon landing was such a big deal, people not only remember exactly where they were when they saw it, a lot of folks saved the front page of the newspaper that day as a keepsake. which makes it all the more extraordinary that nasa appears to have erased the original footage. >> reporter: the space agency was focused on the technical challenge of live tv from the moon. a picture beamed 240,000 miles down to earth where they filmed it off a tv monitor and popped back up onto a satellite for broadcast. quality suffered >> should someone had said we are going to have a historical event and we need to have this tv earmarked, even the original, a

there's a right field single and you'll take that, 1 for 3 by david wright and a harmless single to rightield by the left-handed batless. it will be harmless if john gets francoeur.   francoeur also has a single to right field. >> rob: that ball that wright just hit wasn't quite as far as the one nyjer morgan ran down and we'll take that and get francoeur out right here. >> bob: these are the two guys, if you keep them from hurting you with the long ball you have a chance to win and willingham got a great jump on that and the mets are gone. gonzalez and nieves, rbi heros tonight straight ahead. aflac. the one ya' really need to have if you don't have it. that's why you need it. need what? aflac. well, if you get hurt and miss work it won't hurt to miss work... aflac? and they give ya' cash which is as good as money. aflac. we've got you under our wing.   >> bob: bottom of the order, bottom of the 6th, gonzalez, nieves and lannan. adam dunn has tonight his 65th rbi of the year and a couple of base hits. john lannan really good so far, 77 pitche

david wright, washington. >> it's hard to believe nasa would lose that video. you would think that would be one of the most prized possessions. they took a pole in 1989. 89% of the people believed this really happened. 6% said they didn't think so and 5% were undecided. you're talking about 11% of the population who believes we may not have ever walked on the moon. >> it just feed noose those conspiracy theories. there's a book called "we never went to the moon." >> coming up next, she's achieved success other authors have only dreamt about. the intensely private j.k. rowling, 33,, start here. go further. >> the mugles are really turning out for the latest wizard movie, almost breaking another record. "harry potter and the half-blood prince" took in 32 million in ticket sales. >> only "transformers" beat that opening beat that. it raked in nearly 22 million ticket sales for wednesday's midnight showing alone. >> the woman who created harry potter, hogwarts and their magic world is j.k. krouling. >> she's an intensely private author but she allowed a british cre

it's sweeping the nation. >>> david wright, filling in for ron with the headlines. g, david. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. american cyclist, lance armstrong, is hoping to move up from third place in the tour de france. abc's miguel marquez has more from the race, for what could be armstrong's eighth title. >> armstrong. a lot of people saying we're going to do this all again. he's back. >> reporter: he's back. on his comeback tour. and so far, it's team player, lance armstrong. not team leader. >> my obligation is for the team. i have to stay on the wheel. >> reporter: staying on the wheel, for third place. eight seconds behind the leader, italian, rinaldo nocentini. >> it didn't go according to plan we had set out earlier. but it didn't matter. >> reporter: 37-year-old armstrong who would like to make an eighth tour, got toughest competition, from his own teammate. 26-year-old contador. it's the beginning of stage seven. lance armstrong is just about to take off. i'm pinned by the crush of the crowd on to a car next to his team bus. and the crowd he

but david wright is here. >> thanks. a dramatic scene on the tarmac at phoenix last night, as hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a british airways 747 just before takeoff. nearly 300 passengers and crew members used the emergency slides to evacuate the plane that had already pulled away from the gate for the brief flight to london, when the cabin filled with smoke. >> oh, yeah. it was very smoky. and very hot. and within a few minute, we had to evacuate. >> about 15 people suffered minor injuries. and one person was sent to the hospital. >>> the suburban chicago cemetery at the center of a grave-robbing scandal is now being considered a crime scene. investigators closed the histic graveyard, after family members looking for aners, found more human bones that had been dug up. abc's barbara pinto has more. >> reporter: a growing crowd of grieving and angry family members came all searching for information about their loved ones. >> i want to know where dr. joseph hall is. i want to know elijah hall is. i want to kn

facing david wright. two on. wright hits it deep to center field. but look at this.iger morgan goes back. is he going to get it. amazing catch. morgan played terrific defense in center. fourth inning. he takes the pitch few right field. and francour drops the ball. zimmerman comes in to score. austin kearns, forced out at second base. but, the nationals take the 1-0 lead on his case of the drops. they'll take it. now in the fifth inning. john land, pitching fantastic. up 2-0, stillo, one past zimmerman in the hole. christian guzman makes the strong throw. castillo is out of there at first. talk about a great play. nationals had it going on offense and defense. going for his first complete game shutout. two outs. and grounds out to second base. the nationals win the game. 4-0. and with his first shut out. he hugs, watch this. he walks in. hugs him. nice, nice celebration there. home plate. he knew this team really needed a within tonight. >> i just knew that, my best effort to go out there and get the team a win. got to stop it some time. so i just had a feeling we wi

. >> bob: 0-2 to david wright. and some high heat. [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: strikes him out and suddenly the nats pitchers have become untouchable. mets haven't had a hit since the 3rd. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico.  >> bob: must be time for th flex cam here at the ballpark. they don't dare shoot the booth on this deal. put those guys to shame. bottom of the 5th coming up. top of the order. let's talk about two catchers, most games caught with -- >> rob: what about barry foot. >> bob: montreal, wash washington franchise. barry foot? >> rob: oh, i'm on the wrong s

two on for david wright, takes john deep, but not deep enough for morgan, who runs it down and makes great leaning catch at the wall. from there, lannan cruises, still waiting for the first one, lannan didn't give in, this time, gonzales comes up with a ground ball, and this preserves it for jim, first career game shutout for john lannan, and the nats get a win. good defense by the visitors, jeter going to tag up and score, he is out, but but he gets revenge, a double play, yankees win, 6-4, crazy play kansas city, facing the angels, so wild, goes to the back stop, throwing home, almost gets it. wow, take another look as the angels win the game, 8-5, the final score. d.c. united taking on the rochester rhinos, the person empty kick, yes, sir, 1-0, d.c., then later, game tied at won't, by the rochester defender, and pontias has a break away. d.c. united wi 2-1, advancing to the u.s. open finals. the washington capitals were looking for a good goal score that could attack the net. bingo, we replaced a 13 goal sore, and the team is better as a result. koslov signed with a russian team i

david wright a single to left. murphy scored. led 4-1 after three. manny ramirez cut that lead in half with his eighth homer of the year, seconds from returning from a 50-game suspension. mets up by just one. still in the ninth, two on for andre who grounded into a game-inning double play. the mets wl take it, 5-4. battle for first in the a.l. west. angels and rangers. jones hit not one but two homers. one game lead in the west. calm of walkoffs to show you. phils and reds. two down, bottom nine. victorino, to second. all the way from second to score the winning run. beat the reds, 3-2. rays hosting the blue jays. tied at nine in the ninth. a slicing single to right. carl stole second and third to get into scoring position trotted home. a barn burner 10-9. tour de france, american lance armstrong remains a second behind fabian from switzerland. finally, we revisit the mets and dodgers. great defensive play in the seventh. mark a bouncer down the line, ricocheted off the bag. tossed to first for the out. incredible play worth another look. murphy flip

david wright foundation, right? to the boards. the doors, gorgeous along the coast in california. again, that roaring heat exactly where you'd expect it. once you get into the deserts, over the hills in southern california all the way through ixgas, yeah,n ve einto phoen ve where the numbers will be rog.arin one of the fewwhlaces ere cethe heat stays on the northwest, has tad medown thepeemratures quite a bit. ra the nort t aswhat are we excited t?abt ou a little bitsuf ns ohine. a t greaholiday eaekweend thisey and we'l il ept kearouod tay agand a gorgeous day, as well. quick look at your temperatures. see the l heat has bn eepushed down. >> for a change, lots of sunshine on the way, temperatures in the mid 80's today. we have a dense fog by azeri until 9:00. partly cloudy to night and it wi that's the weather around the nation. >> all that weather was brought to you by audi. oh, chris. >> thank you, my friend. my friend sam champion. all right if you're looking for ways to make cool cash, quick cash, you might be surprised to le

david wright foundation, right? to the boards.he doors, gorgeous along the coast in california. again, that roaring heat exactly where you'd expect it. once you get into the deserts, over the hills in southern california all the way through vegas, yeah, even into phoenix where the numbers will be roaring. one of the few places where the heat stays on the northwest, has tamed down the temperatures quite a bit. the northeast what are we excited about? a little bit of sunshine. a great holiday weekend this way and we'll keep it around today. chicagoland a gorgeous day, as well. quick look at your temperatures. see all the heat has been pushed down. that stationary front into >> all that weather was brought to you by audi. oh, chris. >> thank you, my friend. my friend sam champion. all right if you're looking for ways to make cool cash, quick cash, you might be surprised to learn that going and doing this, direct sales, proven moneymaker. the numbers tell the story. during the 1990 recession number of direct sellers grew to more than

david wright. second home wr the mets. five with atlanta. hitting .333 with new york. hit .250 with the braves. as for the mets, look at the win. congratulations to jonathan considered the teams top pitching prospect. comes up with the w. chef feed goes on the d.l. with a right hamy. when the buffalo bills signed terrell owens in march it was widely reported the decision came directly from the owner without the full sport of buffalo coach. he was notesly absent from t.o.'s introductory conference. now camp is open. and he is help driving the ter role bandwagon. i don't know how it can be matched. >> parcel. >> still 5,000 fans with t.o. painted on some of their chests. >> get a toy in that? a sharp snee. >> just the cereal. here's what owen says about his leadership. i think it's showing and i think it's rubbing off just by the way that i practice. all quality, not the amount of reps. so i think things that i can bring to the table, whether it's on the field or local, that i'll insert myself when needed. >> sure it doesn't come with marshmallow. >> . >> you're hot on t

david wright, sure do appreciate your time here.so much. >>> want to take a moment to get over to the severe weather center. jacqui jeras talking about some of this rough weather in the northeast as well. last night. right? >> yeah, a lot of people went to bed, 10:00, 10:30 for the night and woke right back up about an hour later. check out the pictures that we got here, heidi. really incredible. this is from westchester county, yonkers getting hit very hard. that's hail that you're looking at there. yeah. so thick, so heavy that some people actually shovelled this stuff out. there was also a lot of tree damage, thousands of people without power still at this hour. those storms have moved on through now and there you can see that most of it is offshore. some getting clipped in the cape area right now off of massachusetts but we do expect some redevelopment here this afternoon but not really expecting severe weather. isolated severe storms though a good possibility. in this area here across north florida, look at that train of thunde

david wright and his new york mets team there on the way, greeted by fans, along the route to the gamemost popular player at this part of the game is cardinals slugger, albert pujols. busch stadium is where they gather. and it's where adam jones of the orioles is taking in his first all-star game, among his temporary new teammates. he took in the home run derby last night. just his second full season in the big leagues. adam jones, with a highlight reel of catches. as a member of the visiting team, adam tells me he's especially proud to be wearing the baltimore jersey. >> i'm here to be representing the franchise, the team. by saying baltimore, i think it represents every baltimore fan in the city of baltimore. you know, so i'm pretty excited about that. >> he understands the responsibility that comes along with what he's doing and who he is and what he is. and being the center fielder here in baltimore. and what he represents. >> at age 23. i'm pretty happy. i didn't think i'd go this early. and hopefully it to can be the first of many. >>> jones reached an all-star break. 12 home run

david wright hit a ball to center. but morgan gets the out and ends the inning.arning his first career shut out the first ever at nationals park and thionates blank the mets 4-0. >>> but there is troubling news from the steven strasbourg front. espn reports the nats are not on pace to sign the number one draft pick by the deadline. a source close to the investigation says they have offered nothing more than a standard minor league deal. the gm says there are talks ongoing behind the scenes. we'll be watching. >>> it is a classic. when you are talking about meal time in america but how do you perfect the cheeseburger? we will find out. we brought the best in. we have chef joe palma here now. he has a secret recipe. it is about proportion. that's the first thing you said to me. >> i did. proportion in a few things. we use a custom ground burger that you can actually do a home. i would go to whole foods or any reputable butcher and you want an 85 to 15% fat ratio in there. >> and we look to the proportions in term of the size of the bun to burger, amount of condimen

he will be a backup to fellow virginian david wright at. >>> guzman is among the five players you can help to vote in. we have a lifng at wusa9.com to cast your vote. >>> another strong outing for nationals hitch pitcher on sunday. olson went eight and two-thirds and gave up three runs and struck out five atlanta batters and had an rbi. nationals beat the braves 5-3. >>> it is already hailed as one of the best wimbledon finales of all time. federer versus rod roddick. >> and fedder stands alone. >> federer wins and he has the grand slam title. the most of any player in history. >>> in four minutes some amazing lost footage of celebrities and where it was found. >>> plus, michael jackson fans excited after getting tickets for his memorial service. more on those plans coming up. >>> we have live from canal and fox hall a problem-free drive is what we are looking at. >>> we like it, we love it. we want more of it. it is the weather forecast. bottle it up. july and low humidity. don't change that dial. the forecast is next. you are watching 9 news now. good morning. ( chirping, music ) ♪

david wright hit a ball to center but check out this catch to get the out and end the inning. starter jonathonen turned out a brilliant performance and earned his first career shutout and the first ever at nationals park. the nats blank the mets 4-0. >>> baltimore was in new york last night visiting the yankees. the this third a-rod hits a bases loaded sing off of rich hill. two runs scoor. 0s lose 6-4. >>> the mystics are in the middle of the eastern conference this year. they went this to last night's game against indiana with a 7-6 record. catching celebrated her 30th birthday with 28 points and ten boards. the mystics 82-70. dc hosts chicago tomorrow. >>> dc united taking on the rhinos last night at the soccer lex. in the 82nd minute, he gets the rebound and the goal. dc wins 2-1 and moves on to the u.s. open cup finals. >>> in ten minutes, details on a big job fair today. find out how to join in. >>> and a new fallout this morning and it is not good news for the president. we will breait down. >>> live from brinbound new yor and north capital ere we have no problems. more

david wright hit the ball to center but check out this catch to get the out and end the inning. starter jonathonen turned in a brilliant performance. he went the distance earning his first career shutout and the first ever at nationals park. nats blank the mets 4-0 and won the game. >>> there's some troubling news on the stephen strasbourg aren't. thionates are not on pace to sign the number one pick by the august 17th deadline. a source close to the investigation says the nats have offered nothing more than a standard minor league deal. the gm says there are talks of going behind the scenes. >>> in in the bronx, the o's vidsing the yankees. bombers won it with a walk off homer on monday and no such drama necessary last night. in the 4thinning robbie with the two run shot. his 14th of the year and bombers take it 6-4. >>> the washington kastles are fighting for a place in the world team tennis playoffs last night against the buzz nadia won singles and doubles matches. the kastles crushed the buzz 23- 12. if they win tonight they make the playoffs on friday. >>> the maryland socc

david wright is bearing the brungts of it.being asked to do a lot, probably trying to do too much. he went 0-11 over the weekend against the phillies and was hitless again yesterday. it's a tough go for david. his average has plummeted from the league best down to the .320s. >> they lost 8-0 to the dodgers. game two is this evening. adam rubin, appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thanks, michele. >> big news out of toronto. j.p. ricciardi making it no secret he's shopping roy halladay. we welcome in the blue jays' beat writer for the "toronto star." morgan, what's the latest on the halladay situation? >> the latest is j.p. ricciardi is still open to the possibility of trading halladay, but i think you need to qualify that statement. it's not like he's shopping. he said he'll listen to offers, and he wants a lot. he's not going to trade him for one guy or two guys. he's going to want some big league ready prospects and some guys for the future. he's open to the possibility, but he want a lot. from year to year i think riccia

david wright comes in to score. shane victorino slides in to third. throw tv mark.o is going home. that ties the game at two apiece. hometown fans loving molina for that. bottom five. nationa national league leads. deep center field. it dies out there. just before the warning track. zimmerman 0 for 2 on the night with two flyouts. tied at three now. bottom of the seventh. co faces papelbon. poe left field. crawford tracking it. check out the catch at the wall. that turns the game around. the american league hangsz up to be the national -- look at that catch. 4-3 was the final. crawford, mvp, johnson papelbon, thank you very much for tha gh.rickba >>> recapping on capitol hill. mashot ask killed by police today after -- started routine traffic stop & ended with him, according to police, pulling out a gun and offics openedfire. >> also,ta sndff s that hoss toj situation at a house in falls church has

i'm david wright for "nightline" in dayton, ohio. >> she went from something like 80% approval ratingn alaska to now 40% nationally. >> she's one of those you can't predict, you know. she's polarizing. everyone has an opinion about her but the people that love her really, really love her. >> coming up next, an emotional good-bye here in new york city. water cronkite was remembered at a private memorial service at a mid town church. >> friends and family told stories about his private side, his love of sailing, of music, of his work and of his family. a public memorl will be oming w er the coming weeks. c walt cro walter cronkite will be buried in missouri. he was 92. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> it's time for your "morning papers." don't you like this, stephanie, we come into the newsroom. >> yeah, this feels a little too real to me. >> this is an interesting story out of tokyo. have i to say i don't think this would work in new york. the premise behind it is that they want employees to check themselves out and by check themsel

facing david wright with two on. wright goes deep to center field but no fear.er morgan is here. check out the youngster going up and getting it at the wall. morgan has played some awesome defense in center field for the nationals. fourth inning. alberto gonzalez. bases loaded. right field. jeff francoeur drops it and right in the breadbasket and he drops it. ryan zimmerman scores. austin kearns is thrown out at second. nationals take a 1-0 lead on franncoeur's case of the dropsies. in the fifth, john lannan continues to pitch very well. nationals up 2-0. slaps one past zimmerman. guzman backhands it deep in the hole. all the way to first for the out. what a play there. a great, great play. lannan going for his first complete game shutout with two outs. grounds over to second base. nationals win the game 4-0. check out jim riggleman in the dugout saying thank you very much, guys. it was about time. lannan gets a big old hug from his catcher at home plate. it is the mets and nationals at it again tonight. let's go downtown to nationals park where lindsay czarniak

david wright third time elected to started. only met third base man ever selected. for the second straight year. molina is behind the plate. first cardinal catcher since 1979. carlos beltran in center field. >>> day three of manny's return is on deck. dodgers, padres wrapping up their series in san diego. the latest on manny. >>> temperature hit 104 degrees today in day two of the tour de france. how that affected lance armstrong's ride when espn albert pujols starting at third base. chris fielder, gonzalez and ryan howard combined for 65 homers this season could bring them into a pimpbl hit role. national league all-star game pitching staff. 13 pitches total. combined 25 appearances in the all-star games. less than two per player. only a pair of nl players, k. rod and santana have as many as four collections while seven players getting their first selection to the midsummer classic. >>> all right. espnews update takes us to san diego. and, yeah, it's 6-6, but how it got there is the interesting part. the padres scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth off chad b

the one guy who is in, david wright, is not hitting home runs either. >> he is not. to rely on other players on the team. the new york mets made a deal to reconfigure their lineup and acquired jeff franciur. and he is with the mets. his production has not been that great, but they are hoping a guy who put up big numbers for the brave consist get the job done. the numbers francoeur put up, it has been a struggle since then. the mets hoping still 25 years old they can reconstruct his swing and get his back on track. >> so far francoeur had some hits and rbis, but all hits have been singles. for the braves, chipper jones is in there, long-time mets nemesis. but a guy who has enormous talent. bobby cox loves his talent. he gets his opportunity to blast the right-wing a born-again christians who we also take place pleasure and blasting. >> you consider yourself some politically leftist publisher? >> i am uncomfortable using the terms leftist as with right wing because i think they carry a bit too much baggage along with them. but to the people who use that term or to the

david wright goes 2 for 5 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of rbis. cubs and reds the cubs have battled back, and chicago hitting awfully well as of late fukudome two rbis. when it goes final, we'll bring you the highlight highlights on. >> racing at the brickyard 400, about six laps to go, jimmie johnson is in the lead. he took the lead in lap 137. the sixth different leader in the race today. mark martin, who has won four times on the sprint cup series this year is in second. greg biffle in third. overall points leader tony stewart is in fourth place overall. juan pueblo montoya, he was flagged for speeding on pit road.you know he's already led more laps today than he had his entire sprint at cup career entering this race. we want to take you out to thea finish. dr. jerry punch and company with the finish of the brickyard 400a >> working his way up there. you can see tony stewart right behind him. >> if tony can hold on, finish t in the fourth position, he will gain in the points standings. right now he has 187-point lead over jimmie johnson in. ste

our david wright has more. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. know, if you're having trouble keeping track of the republican sex scandals, you are not alone. think of it this way. there's the one that sounds like a seedy romance novel, complete with clandestine trysts to argentina. then, the other one, more gritty one, more las vegas, you may say. and now, there's admissions that his parents may have given cash gifts to the mistress and her family. >> last year, i had an affair. >> reporter: senator john ensign, slept with his beth friend's wife. her husband, doug, was ensign's chief of staff. >> our children referred to him as uncle. we had dinner together. >> reporter: this week, doug hanson released his story to a las vegas reporter. releasing a handwritten letter, in which hanson says. it was wrong. it was a sin. >> that sounds like someone who is repentant to me. >> that's good. >> what happens next? >> 24 hours later, he's with cindy back in las vegas. >> reporter: hampton said the senator was willing to pay big bucks, hoping the issue wou

david wright a third-time election to start in a four-year span. hanley ramirez elected to start for the second straight year. jose molina will catch. he's first cardinals catch eelected to start since ted simmons in 1979. raul ibanez in the outfield along with ryan braun. the brewers have only had two players elected to start, brawn twice and prince fielder and carlos beltran elected for fourths time as a met tied for the third most elections in team history. >> derek jeter was voted to his 10th all-star game. he has nine home runs and 17 stolen bases, good for fifth in the a.l. jeter became first yankee to win all-star m.v.p. honors back in 2000. he'ses a the leading vote getter for the american league. mark teixeira joins derek jeter in the a.l. all-star infield from the yankees. second time he's selected to start in the all-star game. dustin pedroia, jason bay representing the boston red sox. ichiro headed to the all-star game for the eighth time as a starter. josh hamilton getting his second start. third player in rangers' history elected to s

but david wright throws from right field. and the mets tied the game at 3 in the eighth.two grand slams. tatis once had two in a game, two in an inning against chang hoe park. >> yes, as you mentioned. for every major home run, he is there. >> you name it. >> with a grand slam there in the eighth. giving the mets a 7-3 lead. and they hang on to win 7-3. going to throw out a name from the mid 90's. >> joe oars latch. >> i haven't heard that name in a while. >> he hit a pinch hit grand slam at shea stadium. the last met to hit a pinch hit grand slam at home. for tatis, how about jeff francoeur. three homers, 15 ribbies in 13 games with the amazein's? >> great ending between the white sox and the twins. down 4-3 in the ninth. carlos quentin, leaps at the wall to make the catch. and save extra bases at least. the twins hang on for a 4 will have 3 win. the white sox 2-11 at the metrodome over the last two seasons. they haven't won a series there since september of 2007. perkins gets his first quality start in his last four outings of the the last eight earned runs in just one

. >> rob: when ryan did well the player balloting, he was second to david wright.spect, albert pujols got 650 votes from other players. ibanez had the most with 670 peer votes. >> well, they know who is having the best year. >> jason by got 570. those are your peers voting you for. that's very impressive. >> bob: adam dunn 9 for 25 comein' coming into the game. he gets ahold of one, he'll be one of the few guys that's put one in the upper deck here. larry walker was the first hitter ever to go upper deck right field here, and that was -- >> rob: former montreal expo, by the way. >> bob: oh, yeah, yeah. >> rob: another one they traded away. new and this ballpark had been opened to for a couple of years before that happened. >> rob: there's the mile high line. >> bob: one row of purple 0úú seats actly one mile above sea level. >> rob  remember when i torun, i would try to run -@rou uhe back of mile h stdium, go up the ramps, that would go around the stadium, and by the time you got to the top, boy, it was the toughest think i've ever done. suck the w

it's a breath of fresh air, and you know what else will be a advantage, helping out a guy like david wrightho needs maybe a wing man here to get the fire going on this downtrodden team. >> francoeur is an upbeat guy. i know people poo-poo, that but he's a guy when you walk into the clubhouse, he's always... it's been a rough year for him, but i hit the -- i think it's one of those change of scenery trades. get him out of here. maybe he'll hit better in new york. he still has some fundamental things, swinging at pitches out of the strike zone early in the could and not getting on base. he has a lot of issues. he has had a big game were to lately. who knows. maybe the hitting lessons he took in the off season he can go back to him at the all-star break and get a refresher course. >> good instructor to have, no question. let's move on to the phillies, of course. the audition, the simulated game, another one, for pedro martinez for the phillies. what do you know? what's the latest? >> well, he did throw today. he threw three innings apparently against dominican summer league kids, a bunch of yo

david write wright isn't making excuses. >> he is exactly right. the one thing that was keeping the mets in the race was the fact that the phillies weren't playing. we over the last week the phillies have started to play better because jimmy rollins has started to take off. the met ares entering a time when their season could be determined over the next 20-21 days, depending on what happens. and they got bad news. jose reyes it not making progress so he had to get a cortisone track. they don't know when they get beltran back. the cavalry is a long way away and the mets' season hangs the balance. they're will bebe fighting for their lives and if they life any kind of juice, you think there's a chance by july 31st the mets' season could effectively be over. >> jerry manuel asking for help team. story was manny ramirez getting ejected, arguing a fifth inning strikeout by throwing his armor. he believed his night was over anyway, so he didn't care. that's news to joe torre. so how are things in dodgerland going since the return of manny. >> oh, with to

david wright of the mets hoping to change that and the leader vote getter, derek jeter. >> to be amongst the best players in the game, something i have a good time with and i enjoy and learn as much as i can while i'm here. >> the game is most fun for all of us. things are hectic early on, you have to the media and the workout then you have the parade and finally when you get on the field, that's when -- >> how do you know there's not much going on in the world of sports, when we're showing you this. >> london's iconic tower bridge, freestyle motor cross star maddy son made it look easy. made the first rider in history to jump the bridge on motorcycle. afterwards he said it was weird seeing the famous bridge upsidedown. i guess that would be weird. news you can't use coming up next. president obama and his precious teleprompter part ways. we'll show you when we come back. this is the new iphone. if you wanna tell it who to call, just say, "call dave taylor." calling dave taylor mobile. and if you wanna tell it what to play, just say, "play songs by jack johnson." playing songs by jack jo

david wright a single to left. daniel murphy scored.s scored three in the inning and led 4-1 aftethree. here's a great defensive pla in e seventh. loretta a bouncer down theine, ricocheted off the line. e toss to first for the out. an incredible playorth another look. murphy flipped theball behind his back and had loretta by the slimmest of margins. fast forward for the ninth. mets u5-3. manny ramiz t that lead in half withis eighth homer of the year, seconds from returning from a 50-game susnsion. ramirez 1 fo4. mets up by just one. stilin the ninth, two on for andre ethi whounded into a ga-iing double play. frankie rodriguez earned his 22 save of the season. it wasn't pretty, t thmetsl take it, 5-4. bale for first in the a.l. west. ange and rangers. andruw jones hit not one, not two, but three homer jones had only three homs in all of last year. rangers beathe angels and have a one-game leain the west. couple of walkof to show you. philand reds. two downbottom nine. shane victino a liner to center. pedro feliz althe way from seco to s

david wright goes around on a checked swing, and arroyo, his first complete game since august of '08.is first shutout since september of '06. four hits, no walks. mets have scored ten runs in the last six games. earlier in the day, mets acquired jeff francoeur from the braves. ryan church, and neither player has been particularly effective this season. church with just two homers, and 232 at-bats. the slugging percentage just .375. francoeur led the braves with 46 strikeouts prior to friday's swap. >> >> nascar nationwide series at chicago. there is 19-year-old joey logano. lap 59. green flag up until this point. no cautions in the race. new man had to pit because he was running out of fuel. lap 84. still on the green. joey logano in the lead. longest green flag start in a nationwide race in chicago. the previous best of 6 laps. lap 144, kyle busch in the lead for 50 consecutive laps. joey logano right behind him in second place. and with 25 laps to go, look at logano pass busch on the outside to take the lead. we go to lap 178. 23 to go. brad kozlowski on the tail of busch. contact,

david, there were e-mails, e- mails that this woman claimed that she got from debbie rowe. been rebecca wrighteal with the jackson family that would pay for millions to back off again if she is going to get custody for the children. debbie rowe says the that is a lie as well, and that more than that, it will never happen. she will never take another dollar for custody over these children. that seems explicit to me. >> one of the e-mails allegedly said that the kids were not mine, they were never mind. why would she write something like that if she was going to make a claim? look, she tried to elicit rights earlier when he was alive. that means adopt the kids, not just take authority. so, that is not going to happen. this entire lawsuit is going to be powerful. this woman makes things up, she has a history of it. megyn: one more question, produce the e-mail. >> exactly. once they come forward, great. we did not hear about lawsuits or temporary restraining orders, but some of the things she is alleged to have disclosed, naomi campbell had charges against her for illegal drugs. it is really probl

reverend wright and the controversy in the presidential campaign, the president essentially left the church and has been sort of practicing his spirituality and his faith sort of at camp davidhis own with individual ministers, according to white house officials. they were expecting to pick a periaierisarish or church somew the washington, d.c., area, but they have not been able to settle on one yet. this is a burseinpersonal decis. the president and the first lady very concerned about the security problems it presents for churches when the first family visits, metal detectors have to be added for parishioners coming in and the like. they mostly have been doing their practicing of faith in private, as i mentioned, eeth thart white house or camp dave would spiritual leaders and that's something you would expect would come up because the president's personal faith is, obviously, a very important issue that he'd want to discuss with the pontiff. >> absolutely. what's next for the president? we know that he is going on to ghana, correct? but the people of kenya maybe not so happy about that. >> well, since the president has roots in kenya, some people in kenya saying they have b