this one given to vice president charles fairbanks in 1905 from the first national bank of fairbanks could fetch $300,000 at auction. not a bad investment. >>> coming up, flop in the nba and fines. wild cards fight on and saints sean payton returns to the superdome plus the first triple crown winner in 45 years. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> soon we'll be done with the snow in the northern plains and then another shot of cold air will invade the u.s. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." . >>> good morning. welcome back. time to get a look at what's knew in sports. miguel cabrera joins an exclusive group of legends. finishing with a 333 batting average, 139 rbis, cabrera has won the 15th triple crown in major league history and it's the first time since boston's carl yastrzemski in 1967. unbelievable. cabrera joins an elite list that includes mickey mantle, ted williams and lou gehrig. he will be leading his detroit team to the playoffs. >>> the a's beat the rangers to clinch last night. >>> texas will play the orioles on friday nigh

have you ever heard of fairbanks before? never.u know all those things. melissa: no. i was a little concerned that wasn't right because that didn't look familiar. >> how many people though are wondering and hoping and praying when their house is torn down and doing renovation you find something between the walls like that? melissa: yeah. this just in. he was the vp under theodore roosevelt. look at this. >> is he from the bull moose

this one given to vice president charles fairbanks in 1905 could fetch $300,000 at auction.. >>> a flop in the nba and fines. wild cards fight on and sean peyton returns to the superdome. the first triple crown winner in 45 years. your first look at sports ahead. you are watching "first look" on msnbc. trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. >>> good morning and welcome back. it is time to get a check at what is new in sports. happy folks in detroit. miguel cabrera joins a group of legends finishing with 44 home runs and 139 rbis. he won the 15th triple crown in major league history and the first since boston's in 1967. cabrera joins an elite list that includes lou gehrig. he's leaving his detroit te

joining us is stacy malkan for yes on 37 and kathy fairbanks for the no on 37 campaign.bout this. i see lots of ads. stacy, each of us give a definition? >> genetically engineered food has been in the system for less than a 20 years. one species is forced into the dna of another. salmon engineered in an eel that grows twice as fast. this may be on our dinner plates soon and is good reason why prop 37 is so important, if we look at salmon, if it's wild or farm raised and get to know if it's genetically engineered. we have a right to know. >> cheryl: is that similar to that? >> i would look to the experts. bioengineered food or genetically engineered food has been looked at. it's been studied by the national academy of sciences, world health organization and american medical association. they found it safe for people to eat and proposition 37 is really much more than just a simple labeling. i know that is the way it is promoted but shake down lawsuits against grocery retailers, retailers and increase state bureaucracy and increase grocery bills. it contains a number of loo

>>> unbelievable footage from fairbanks, alaska. looks like a normal day at the mall. out in the parking lot, this suv. >> not a drive-through. >> maybe i hit the gas ind stead of the brakes kind of accident. no. this was intentional. an 18-year-old driver, whose plan was to drive through these doors through the mall and out the other side, according to police. >> that's like a joyride? >> possibly a joyride. maybe to see if he could get away with it. you can see. he doesn't get far. watch whats. look at metal post that holds the door. they get caught behind the wheel. >> kind of got wedged right in the door frame. >> look as security guard comes around the corner, like, dude, this isn't a parking space. keep watching the video. after the guy comes around the corner and waves his arms this guy backs out and tries to get away. >> whoa! >> people just running out there to see what in the heck just happened. luckily no one was injured in this. police made an arrest. the drive was 18-year-old joseph wilson charged with driving under the ind influence, felony salt and felon

. >> the fairbanks are pulling, why were they hoe ebb he en[speaker not understood]? >> they have been chose tone conduct the prior polls under our contract, contracting method. if we go forward with any other polls, i'm sure or surveys, i'm sure we'll go through whatever the necessary steps are. >> we look for local pollsters that could be engaged as well? >> yes, absolutely. >> any other questions for members of the commission? >> mr. president, just a couple comments. i'm not going to be here for the next meeting so i just wanted to make a couple comments. first, i appreciate the more detail especially that you laid out. at our last meeting we talked about what the commission had anticipated there being really a final go, no go vote when this thing is fully baked and we have all the pieces in front of us. it looks as though that's going to be coming up in march of 2013. so, a lot of work to do between now and then, but i appreciate your laying that out as clearly as you have. as far as the outreach program, one of the things that we have left unresolved when the co

attorney you heard from in rita's piece is going to ask a judge to allow the execution of robert fairbank. he was convicted in the torture, and killing of a graduate student in 1985. the 58-year-old was sentenced to death back in 1989. the appeal's process was repeatly completed, and his sentence was upheld. steve wagstaff plans to ask a judge to allow the execution to move forward. he says he's filing it on principle. >>> meg whitman had a grim analysis. hp has just come off its biggest quarterly lost in its history. one market analyst said her comments may be calculated. >> i think what they're doing to do is trying to set the bar really, really low. >> whitman has been on the job for a year. she also says the company has been bloated, and badly managed. she is looking to turn that around. she said one way to do that is to design a new smart phone. investors didn't seem to like the report, and sent them down 13 today. on the broader market, positive economic outlook pushed the symptom markets up today. >>> the sumlement industry is coming underfire tonight after dozens of products were

attorney you heard from in rita's piece is going to ask a judge to allow the execution of robert fairbankhe was convicted in the torture, and killing of a graduate student in 1985. the 58-year-old was sentenced to death back in 1989. the appeal's process was repeatly completed, and his sentence was upheld. steve wagstaff plans to ask a judge to allow the execution to move forward. he says he's filing it on principle. >>> meg whitman had a grim analysis. hp has just come off its biggest quarterly lost in its history. one market analyst said her comments may be calculated. >> i think what they're doing to do is trying to set the bar really, really low. >> whitman has been on the job for a year. she also says the company has been bloated, and badly managed. she is looking to turn that around. she said one way to do that is to design a new smart phone. investors didn't seem to like the report, and sent them down 13 today. on the broader market, positive economic outlook pushed the symptom markets up today. >>> the sumlement industry is coming underfire tonight after dozens of products were fo

this morning, kathy fairbanks explain yes there is a no campaign. >> reporter: it will lead to a rise in lawsuits against grocers, food companies and family farmers. it will increase state beaurocracy and courages grocery bill and -- couples the grocery bill and exemptions not makes sense. >> let's talk about the grocery bills, that is what is important to people now. if food producers, they have to change their labels after few -- every few years, anyway, so why not have them put that on there while at it? >> because, consumers would view a label under proposition 37 as a warning. that something was wrong with the food. and, in fact, genetically modified food or ingredients are no different than any other ingredients or crop. and that is why they don't require labeling today. the federal food and drug administration said that the foods are not materially different. in other words, our bodies process them the exact way. >> and -- californians, americans, let's be honest. when somebody's walking out of a supermarket with a can of energy drink and three bags of chips, they going to eat

wants an expedited execution date for robert fairbanks who abducted and sexually assaulted and murdereduate students in 1985. >>> an economic picture today, a dismal picture for those in silicon valley. it coincided with the release of a report called life in the valley economy. it showed that those in the middle and lower brackets had a drop in their median income of 3.2%, hitting the lowest point in 11 years. >> i think the purpose of this was to say we need to be inclusive in silicon valley. we need to have people that have a fair wage, a minimum wage, the right skills and be all in it together to be productive for the future. >> today's summit was organized by working partnerships usa, a group that describes itself as an independently social change organization. >>> the presidential debate now just moments away. we will carry it live when it begins. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.

. >> 40 miles away, the midnight sun shines on a stadium where a baseball game between the fairbanksthe anchorage bucks is under way. in addition to baseball tonight, the stadium complex is housing soccer and track and field events, and it's filled with fans. >> there's a lot of events going on. there's a lot of people outside that day. >> back in the plane, ron and mark cross the cook inlet and enter anchorage air space. >> the sun is hitting on anchorage. all the buildings have the reflections on it. probably the prettiest night we have ever seen when we were flying. >> suddenly, the plane's engine dies. >> we look over at mark, looks at me, that's not right. immediately, we start dropping and that elevator feeling, you know. >> the pilot scrambles to get the motor started. seconds later, the engine starts up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times don't last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> thi

fairbanks. it's a small area. they have a very large lease, though. they have many, many years that they can lease and redrill. right now they're putting a pilot hole down to see if there's anything they need to worry about. they're not drelg for oil yet this year. they're going to get there, but so far -- >> would they consider whether there is a more optimal window of opportunity in the calendar year in which to do that where the risk is lower? or it's just always tough? >> they would never drill in the winter because of those icebergs coming, knocking things down, but it's that shut off of well that's down below that could get knocked over from an ice flow. you know, you see an ice flow. only 10% of the ice is above the surface. 90% of that ice cube is down below the surface, and that's so much force, so much energy it's a completely new way to do things. the threshold of stability and to make sure that this works they don't want to mess up the first one because they never get to come back, right? >> so much gets damaged along the way potentially.