have not heard enough about theo epstein that have you?r model wrigley field is two years newer than boston's fenway park by talking about a 99 year old one that is 97 years old old house hosted two world series past decade cubs new president basketball operations believes same success possible at wrigley field theo epstein last couple of days getting to know his way around his new gig he and his wife today and looked around the friendly confines during a jam packed news conference theo epstein adds to build a solid foundation for what he termed it sustained success >> gap between where we are where we want to be does not affect the work we do to build the foundation started with the scouting and player development does impact how we look at other primary responsibility which is taking a advantage of the opportunities to win going to have to have a high hit rate take credit look at the big league team and work extremely hard to put them in a position to contend next year and in the years that followed it can be done lots of examples of tea

no comment from theo epstein or chairman tom rickets theo epstein want to titles in 8 years in bostone lead in wild card lead blown lamp placed on terry francona and theo epstein but a big catch that this reaction len kasper len >> no question people should be excited 2012 we really do not know what it will look like things to be determined new regime takes over in terms of manager coaching staff veteran players trying to move them i anticipate some boats but maybe not as many of immediately as fans may look for but over the course of next three-four years much different looking organization >> game at fort rangers-tigers lot night for hometown fans in the 11th naploli single to center hamilton scores, cruz follows 3 run shot, 7-3 leade 3-1. peppers minor knee injury hopes to play against vikings thank goodness jay cutler is okay under fire three more times making 18 sacks in season, played a superb game kept alive affecting his psyche physically not that big a big deal lamentably deep in the clock in the pocket take your eyes off that check what's going on anything to not want to tak

heo epstein at wrigley field talking to somebody left behind about the leader in the windy city wgn news @ 9 things happened in the community like the poor woman who passed away we want our community back >> and great residents of rally in the streets of bridgeport recent spike in violent crime beaten to death in her own garage good evening murder in bridgeport >> rally by residents not diminishing in fact increasing in size and a couple of dozen growing to a couple of hundred folks angry and upset in bridgeport tonight mothers walked daughters to france house at two days away too afraid to let them do in a load wanting them to enjoy themselves but afraid to let them go found dead in garage next to still running a car and beloved 72 year-old suffered blunt force trauma to the head during what police called apparent robbery >> a lot of changes longtime residents say into more crime on the street for all of the 78 years >> it is unfair what is going on in our world? >> people getting robbed at gunpoint people getting stabbed to just all kinds of nonsense >> virginia perillo honored at rush

theo epstein is still talking to the media behind me he is a two-time championship winner and boston is the new face here he believes in scouting along with the data analysis and computer work and working with those resources ... if he can do a lot of it anybody can ... the cubs are one of the richest franchises in the game in spite of the economy they have the resources have a tremendous fan base address 3 million fans each year and have a great following all of a country this is a terrific organization with good money but of the kids can go after those free agents he's gonna bill that foundation he's gonna get the front office going it's gonna be more of an organizational thing for him is a very solid guy he believes in building from within and building the tradition and a club. >>when asked what that question what makes him think he can do something that nobody's done for hundred three years he said court homily that he could do it alone but if it he gets it done he's gonna take the lion's share of the credit he will get the lion's share of the credit ... the 69 cubs almost did it

he helped to end decades of misery for the boston red sox nation now looks like theo epstein is headed to chicago with a goal of during the same for long-suffering cubs fans. good afternoon i'm robert jordan. >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country and on wgn america and on the web ... julian crews as a live report outside wrigley field >>the cubs front office declined to comment but a sports talk radio station in boston said it's a done deal theo epstein is coming to the chicago cubs >>member will get some championships hopefully >>you cannot count your chickens before they hatch but the cubs fans are hoping for the best this is the latest report and a flurry of bulletins reporting that it's likely that the red sox general manager is ready to jump. it's impossible to know whether his representatives are posturing the cubs are refusing to comment he has one more year left on his contract with boston. most teams would take pains not to tamper with anyone still under contract. >>there's centuries' worth of emotional baggage to be overcome here wi

epstein has resigned in boston and is now the president of operations for the chicago cubs.sday the next off day and the world series. protracted negotiations for a short periodshore.sure. we expect san diego g a m to be on board in chicago and some boston personnel are expected to follow seo epstein to the cubs as well. as for the bears getting their feet on the ground in every way they get the tarmac running in london early this morning, rich king is there for us and says the players are assimilating very nicely. at this century and a half old cricket stadium it was time for bribes or lacquer to take a crack at the old game. american football, cricket and soccer will. they're hoping to change all that in sunday's showcase game. the guys get a chance to see a player like j. cutler play. the bears' practice was a good deal of fatigue after the long haul across the advantage but tomorrow, kind of a shutdown day. >> relaxing to me is not walking around. one of the game on sunday will do as much as i can to keep the same routine pierre >> this cricket field goes way back to 184

epstein brought a world series to boston. chicago has built won since 1908. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack? scored four goals in three games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> coming up, performers on wall street, performers and awards, and performers taking on some surprising roles. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's known for being a stylish and graceful representative of our nation. but she can also let her hair down with some friend

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epstein brought a world series to boston.has not won since 1908. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack? scored three goals in four games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now another look at the weather. >> our run of beautiful days has come to an end, but the weekend looks between. we just have to get through the next couple days. every now and then the grass needs a little bit of water. and in dallas, we need a lot of water. thunderstorms rolling through. the bright red is this line of thunderstorms going through with gusty winds. so in dallas and ft. worth, stay inside for about the next

epstein wants to balance this statistical analysis with traditional scouting to get the most out of players will lead manager mike quade to discuss his role with the team, but he would not comment on ryne sandberg since he is employed by the philadelphia phillies. epstein talk to the wgn morning news today and said that he is reserving judgment on pitcher carlos zambrano until he meets him. nba players and owners return to the bargaining table today. the league was reportedly set to cancel another two weeks of games yesterday but now they are waiting the new york daily news reports that a small group of players and owners will meet but any details of the negotiations are being kept private the sporting news reports that the united center has been given permission to schedule events in december that were once reserved for those games sources say that it does not necessarily mean that the game to cancel but the nba would like to build a new schedule. that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is coming up ... live from wgn tv chicago the official drawing of the illinois lotter

but theo epstein is coming to chicago. he still has a year left on his contract, so they're working out compensation for boston ... most likely cash or minor league players. boston also has to decide if theo epstein can take his staff with him. either way he will have total control of the cubs baseball operations, and report only to chairman tom ricketts putting him on the same level as team president crane kenny. >>the rallies girls came out for game 3 in st. louis. the cardinals scored four runs in the first inning against milwaukee david freese caps it off with an rbi double the brewers got within one run but the cardinals will then threw four shutout innings to end it. the cardinals 14-3 and they lead the series 2-1 texas beat detroit to go up 3-1 in their series >>julius peppers has been diagnosed with a mild knee sprain but he is still questionable for the game against the vikings on sunday night lovie smith hopes that julius peppers returns to practice tomorrow and he also says some changes could be coming this week

thank you, tom epstein for being here today. in our corporate citizens are joining us because they know this is a way we can touch a lot of people. since 2004 there have been over 12,000 homeless people that have gone through the program not only project homeless connect but housing first. got in touch with people who cared about them. talked about what they needed and now are in long-term permanent housing. isn't that wonderful? that's the way to do it. it's not good moving people -- about moving people off the street or shuffling them from one corner to another, it's about care. it's about humanity. it's about how they do if right. and that's how we get people to look at their long-term future. if they're not caring about themselves and they don't think anybody else cares about them, we're lost. we're going to increase our homeless population. so we're doing it right. we've got to plan, the plan is in place. ten-year, plan and reflects our policy here in san francisco that is permanent housing, long-term care for people. that'

the cubs would present epstein with an even bigger challenge.eries in more than a century. >>> and the nfl has awarded the 2015 super bowl to phoenix, home of the arizona cardinals. it will be the third super bowl to be played in the phoenix area. players and fans may be happy to go to the desert after the 2014 super bowl which will be played outdoors in the winter at the new jersey meadowlands. i'm cold just thinking about that. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a big blow for dr. conrad murray at the michael jackson manslaughter trial. >> announcer: sports sponsored by just for men hair color. live forward. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. showers are moving into the northeast with heavy rain likely later in the day. portions of the southeast are starting to dry out. and severe storms will range from minnesota all the way to texas. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> the state department has issued a worldwide travel alert after a plot to assassi

the cubs would present epstein with an even bigger challenge.eries in more than a century. >>> and the nfl has awarded the 2015 super bowl to phoenix, home of the arizona cardinals. it will be the third super bowl to be played in the phoenix area. players and fans may be happy to go to the desert after the 2014 super bowl which will be played outdoors in the winter at the new jersey meadowlands. i'm cold just thinking about that. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a big blow for dr. conrad murray at the michael jackson manslaughter trial. >> announcer: sports sponsored by just for men hair color. live forward. the real reasons why oakland's top cop decided to quit.. and what may have been the final straw with the mayor. from the big cities.. to the suburbs. more bay area cities take up the anti-wall street movement today. this time, it could disrupt the morning commute. a murder for hire scheme tied to the iranian goverment. the warning to americans after a terror plot is foiled in the u-s. plus.. highlights

will be hired as president of baseball operations and not the general manager theo epstein would hire his own general manager to handle the day-to-day duties. nba owners and players are meeting with a federal mediator again today that they met for 16 hours yesterday but neither side commented on that commissioner david stern had said that more games would be canceled if the deal was not reached that there is no new cancellation yet. and now the midday winning lottery numbers ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 3 9 8 here are the winning pick four numbers:0 8 6 2 124 million dollars is the power ball drawing......... my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. rising. there are now 25 deaths in 12 states linked to the food borne illness according to the centers for disease control. in all, to 123 people have gotten sick. for those numbers may keep growing ... while the tainted ca

the cubs -- epstein has great respect for history and tradition.he just hopes to add to it with the cubs. >> to me, baseball is better with tradition. baseball is better with history. baseball is better with fans who care. baseball is better in ballparks like this. baseball is better during the day, and baseball is best of all when you win. >> that applies the matter where you play baseball. with all the changes going on in the n.c.a.a., i don't know how much higher education will help student-athletes understand geography. west virginia reportedly looks poised to move from the east to the big 12. west virginia would likely report -- replace missouri which appears ready to move to the southeastern conference. that would leave the big 12 with 10 teams. west virginia is no longer in the east brae he will find missouri in the southeast, and look for houston in the east. you have to love higher education. >> tom is up next with a look at ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and

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i like the options we have right now >>the new cubs president theo epstein is assembling his new front office staff. the cubs announced that the san diego padres' general manager jed hoyer will become executive vice president and general manager. jed hoyer served as epstein's assistant general manager in boston before leaving for san diego two years ago. his assistant general manager jason mcleod will be the cubs a senior vice president of scouting and player development. the chicago cubs will hold a press conference next week but cannot comment until the world series has concluded >>there were allowed to make the announcement yesterday because game 6 of the world series was postponed major league baseball made the decision five hours before the first pitch because rain was in the forecast all night the rangers will have a chance to win their first world series tonight in st. louis game 7 of necessary will be tomorrow. nba players and owners and labor talks early this morning and will pick up again this afternoon. they met for more than 15 hours in new york the unions say they worked o

about air traffic controller errors >>the red sox say not so fast they want new blood to let theo epstein a perfect storm of drugs killed michael jackson according to the latest testimony in the conrad murray trial. the ucla sleep experts said jackson's and some u.s. related to the drug demerol, which jackson received from a doctor other than conrad murray. the conrad murray defense team says dr. arnold klein injected jackson with up to 6,000 mg of demerol without dr. murray's knowledge. conrad murray said he was just trying to treat his insomnia and wayne jackson off of propofal at the time of his death. >>the so-called hollywood hacker is scheduled to appear in a florida court today christopher cheney is supposed to be transferred to california to face charges of identity theft he is accused of attacking e- mail accounts of celebrities including scarlet johansson christina aguilera and mila kunis he said it started as a curiosity but ended as an addiction he apologize to the celebrities and he said he will plead guilty if convicted he faces up to 121 years in prison. the park in new yor

the chicago cubs have asked permission to interview boston red sox general manager theo epstein.boston globe reports that the red sox management met yesterday to discuss whether they would allow that. theo epstein would most likely get the title of team president as well giving him the job of remodeling wrigley field. cubs owner tom ricketts had no comment. >>the black hawks signed a 18 year-old forward brendan sod to a three-year deal he will skate with patrick sharp and jonathan toews and on the top line against the minnesota stars on friday night he was a second round pick and he surprised the blackhawks in training camp with his nhl ready size and skills >> the illinois state lottery drawing is up next ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 2 7 5 here are the winning putt for numberpick four numbers: 2 5 9 9 58 million dollars is the powerball jackpot tonight! my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient abso

epstein was with the red sox for 10 years helping build two championship teams.rk today maryland's mu basketball coach posed with the players. newest of chirps basketball in for a challenging season with just eight scholarship players led by senior shawn mosley. one intriguing new come, 7- footer from the ukraine. the big guy has not been cleared yet to play college football in the u.s. by the ncaa. decision on his eligibility is expected this week. first game coming up in 4 weeks. wheal hear from the ,,,,,,,,,,,, . >> that's it for us tonight. we'll >> pelley: tonight, the u.s. takes aim at iran over the alleged assassination plot. >> iran must be held accountable for its actions. >> pelley: norah o'donnell on what actions the u.s. might take. attention, holiday air travelers-- expect fewer seats and higher prices. ben tracy on operation hackerazzi, the f.b.i. arrests a man accused of hacking into the personnel e-mail accounts of hollywood celebrities. and dewey bozella wouldn't let a terrible injustice defeat him. now he's fighting for his dream. >> don't let n

don't understand the completely adverse effects that it has on the size of the pie. >> reporter: epstein worries about attempts to raise marginal tax rates-- that is, the percentages paid on higher amounts of income. you can tell the difference between a liberal and conservative by the following test: a liberal believes that changes in taxes have very little effect on production but huge effects favorable on distribution. folks like myself believe it's exactly the opposite-- very high tax rates or even small changes in taxes have very adverse effects on production and they do very little to produce redistribution because the money gets dissipated and taken away through the political process in the ways that even the most ardent supporters of redistribution will not like. you think that steve jobs and bill gates wouldn't have done what they've done with higher marginal tax rates? >> well, yes, because they just don't do it. they have to be able to get investors to sign up for their things. those investors have to have disposable income. you start changing the particular policies so that t

yesterday epstein said goodbye boston by taking out a full-page ad in the boston globe thinking fans.s in texas last night. the rangers up on the cardinals in the sixth period when mike napoli it's a three run homer for insurance if the rangers shot up the cardinals a 4-0 and even the series at two games. game 5 is tonight. live from wgn tv chicago the official drawing from the illinois lottery. >> good afternoon here are your midday winning lottery numbers. we wish you the best of luck. >> for-459 >> now the pick for game. >>9 9234 >> mega millions $67 million. have a glorious day. >> today's lottery drawing was brought to you by wgn tv and has been supervised by the accounting firm of ortiz [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! part of my job as a diabetes educator is teaching my patients how to start

story by telex next 24-48 hours thoeeo epstein leading red sox for wrigley field position would be greaterevery year hoping that is what we are counting on not sticking anything on anybody in spring training >> in response to the debacle in detroit last night chicago bears have promoted safety anthony walters from practice squad and other fixes they might come up with ahead of the vikings game on sunday night another national television appearance probably not what they need right now this is what the cover to supposed to prevent basic routes from calvin johnson did not jab at the line by corner of tim jennings and brandon meriweather added that a 48 yds and another bunch of missed assignments obviously on the 88 yd run by jahvid best in the second half things you cannot do and to survive in the nfl. >> cannot give up big plays like that jahvid best a good player but we are not set up to give up easy robbs or passes that way not to keep the ball in front of us and to be able to have a base 0 run to go untouched, but hard to swallow. batt but boils down to fundamentals going back to the thi

here, you know, i was 10 years younger than the great master frank sinatra, nat king cole, and billy epsteinla fitzgerald, who is better than anybody, and then louis armstrong. so i grew up loving that period of time. it doesn't sound dated to me. any of the recordings, even today when you hear a nat cole record, it doesn't sound old fashioned, you know. so corporations will say, well, that's old music." but to me it's not. it's going to last forever. sinatra, ella fitzgerald, louis armstrong, is going to sound great 50 gears now. >> jon: you know who else? >> well, they were my masters ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: i'm telling you, man. when you came out for us-- when you came out forinous washington, i'm telling you, there was only one person i wanted at the end there standing up at the capitol singing to those people and you just-- you exceeded expecting as, as you always do. it's just an honor to see you. >> that was the most beautiful moment in my life because to sing "america the beautiful" right there with the capitol behind us and the flag. >> jon: it was something, baby. >> thank

sense of the republican horse race, i am joined by karen hunter, an msnbc contributor and julian epsteinst. despite the flip flopping changes, look at romney in the early battle ground states. they show romney ahead of by 3% in iowa and new hampshire he leads with 40% over cain's 13% and a double-digit lead in florida. they don't love him or like him, but seem prepared to lead with him. >> he is the bona fide front runner and for the republican primary voters, it's like looking for mr. good bar. they dated a number of candidates and nobody has emerged. romney certainly is the definitive front-runner. perry, the one thing dan quayle taught us is you can't run away from the label of being called dumb. most have decided that perry is just not ready for prime time. with respect to cain, i think as we learned with the boston red sox to move from a political to a sports analogy, you can't get to a world series by making that many forced errors. on abortion and how you negotiate with the terrorists on the right of return and a series of issues. this guy makes several unforced errors a week. nob

do not call theo epstein chicago cubs general manager just yet likely eventually but likely compensationr to sort through reports say blackhave yet to reach an agreement. red sox seeking prospects. justin verlander try to keep the season going against texas struggled at times plenty of support tigers ahead with this long blast in the fourth in detroit took control again delmon young this time with them and on the tigers lead 6-2 survived a ninth inning rally back to texas for game 6 on saturday. chicago bears lost in detroit on monday coach lovie smith hinted at personnel changes change today at halas hall in things up on defense this week hoping to shake up the results. chicago bears set for the vikings sunday night julius peppers sat out again with a knee injury good news earl bennett back on the practice field limited big news a shakeup at safety veteran chris harris and brandon merriweather heading to the badge they were burned on the kelp and johnson long touchdown on monday rookie winnipeg jets chris harris try to take in stride. replaced by rookie chris conte. >> third time this h

epstein is by all accounts going to leave the red sox and become the new general manager of the chicagorett swan who played -- alex smith, every time you look up, the guy's just right on top with the best in the game these days. three touchdown, no interceptions, to beat tampa bay. 49ers are 4 and 1 now. we'll let harbaugh talk. a little bit of delanie walker. then we'll show you the one thing you won't believe when you see the high echelon that alex smith is hanging with. >> a lights out performance by him. right from the get-go too. rolled off the pregame and took the first snap and played extremely well from there. >> we always had confidence in alex. i think his confident level in us is high. he believes in us, he knows he wee got hissing ba, and we've been telling him even when he had his own little camp, we're like alex, we got your back this season, baby. >> here's the thing that jumps out 59 you. 35 weeks, aaron rogers won a super bowl champ, eli manning won a super bowl, alex smith right in the middle. the third best rated quarterback in the game. alex smith and the 49ers play

scouts grab their attention up their reading public i didn't knew names own side those stories just a epstein check of to the list of russian must reads. after a b.b.c. radio launched a series based on a silly grossman's life and fate this book became well a great hit in the end london that in there and it and ahead in the united kingdom bookstores well will russia use this opportunity to to to sustain sustained interest. com. i would say that it's not it's not just the. event introduced by b.b.c. if we're talking about. adaptation of any great novel we have probably the same effect anywhere in the world if you remember a couple of years ago the russians of the vision make the dictation of a series. by the city of city and then you know father suresh and you know readers. went to the bookstores to to buy this idea to buy the book so it's it's you know all these titans very effective in promoting reading promoting books promoted to shame promoting reading so if you asked me would i like to. make a serious on. on the contemporary great russian novels with b.b.c. i would certainly love to use th

. >> the news is the apparent eminent hiring of theo epstein away from the boston red sox to join theder chicago cubs fans are excited over rumors of their newest acquisition. >> the cubs are getting theo epstein. >> reporter: the 30-year-old broke the curse of the bambino by winning two championships for the boston red sox after an 86-year drought. cubs fans should be so lucky. they last won the world series in '08. that is 190. and many believe a curse is behind their decades of few ill at this time. >> a capacity crowd on hand. >> reporter: during the 1945 world series, a local tavern owner cursed the cubs because a pet goat was bothering the cubs fans. the cubs lost the series and haven't been back. since then the curse has crushed the cubs fans repeatedly. in 1969 a black cat runs on to the field as the cubs play the new york mets. the team goes on to collapse down the stretch, missing the playoffs. in 1984, the curse takes the form of a routine grounder. >> right through his legs! >> reporter: but somehow e leads first baseman leon durham. then in 2003, with the chicago cubs jus

boris epstein, karen hunter, thanks to both of you. >>> not only are the anti-creek protests growing, york could see the biggest and most organized of these common stragsz from all across the country. but now big labor is also joining in. why? we've got the president of the united steel workers of america live right here in a couple of minutes. >>> the ntsb is trying to figure out what caused that helicopter to crash into new york's east river just moments after takeoff. what followed was a dramatic rescue shown live on local television as the nypd and coast guard tried to rescue five people. survivors clung to the chopper's skids as it began sinking. a tourist from australia who had been in new york celebrating her 40th birthday was killed. police divers were able to save four others, including the pilot. >>> what's next for amanda knox? well, experts say she could get a seven-figure book deal and big money for speaking fees. she may feel the need to help her parents, who have gone into substantial debt during the last four years she's been in prison paying legal fees and traveling b

today we have tom epstein, here from blue shield, who will say a few words. we have a lot of volunteers today. i see a lot of blue shield cares. so thank you! tom has been helping people for many, many years. he served in the clinton administration. he's worked here in this city with blue shield. so it's a pleasure to have him here today and he's going to talk a little bit what it means for blue shield to be part of homeless connect. >> thank you, and it's an honor to be on the same program with mayor lee. he's showing outstanding lordship on this program from the very beginning and it's very exciting. wow, look at all of you. so many people, awesome show of commitment. it's really great. anybody who spends time in san francisco realizes there's a great need, a lot of people who need help out there and the people lined up outside, of course, are a reflection of that. what's needed is a collaboration between government and the community. that's what homeless connect is all about. it's led by the city but we couldn't exist without all of the people involved her

theo epstein is leaving as general manager the red sox to take >> okay, so you end of the red sox 86ear championship drought. what's next? deal eckstein is leaving as general manager of the red sox to take over the cubs haven't won in 100 years. good luck field. start the clock plays. the rangers and tigers, texas slugger mike natalie with the bass head. josh hamilton scores, the rangers lead the series three- one. kid number three and lcs. an rbi double, part of the old one person is endless. the cardinals went and they have the two-one series lead. and in nfl they raided to future draft picks for seattle. aaron curry has fallen out of favor with the island having lost his starting job as an outside linebacker. and 40 niner coach jim harbaugh is on the lookout for any signs of complacency. >> there's the guy that walks around by the name of patrick pease solved. he's about the four-inch little guy and he sits on the shoulder and talks into your ear. so what we see or hear any evidence of him being in the premises, but book quickly and decisively getting out of here. >> he is amazing

. >>> chicago cubs are hoping theo epstein can break their curse and get them a world series ring.37-year-old helped the red sox win the title in 2004. their first since 1918. the drought for the cubs is longer. they have been ringless since 1908. >>> in college football, a big overtime win for florida international and big plays helped. in the third, wesley carroll tossed a 43-yard bomb to a wide open receiver. that put fiu up by nine. then in o.t., jack griffin nails the field goal giving florida international the victory over the trojans. the final in that one, 23-20. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> tearful testimony as michael jackson's nurse describes the superstar's need for the powerful drug that killed him. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for