it's a touchdown, four favre turnovers on the day it. vikings lose 14-10. >>> baltimore ravens started the season strong at least defensively with a win over the jets monday. today they faced a bengal team that beat them in both their meetings last year. second straight road game to start the season for baltimore. 3rd quarter ravens trail 6-0. joe flacco goes up the right side to derrick mason. 31 yards for the touchdown. ravens took a 7-6 lead. later in the 4th quarter ravens trail 12-10. flacco's pass hits and picked by brandon johnson. led to a fifth cinci field goal. flacco with a career high four picks. the bengals defeat the ravens 15-10. >>> from the afc north to an afc east battle patriots visiting the jets, tom brady looking deep for randy moss and

a redskins kicker gets frozen, and bet favre saves the wrong team. plus randy moss makes an inyesterdayible one-handed catch. but was it enough tohelp the patriots slide past the jets? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and in weather this week, we go from summer to fall but it's not gog to feel like it. your monday forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're jus waking up, this is "early today." in sports when it comes to tough sibling rivalries, try being peyton manning's little brother. here's nbc's fred rgin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. peyton manning took it to his little brother eli as the colts led from sta to finish. mom and dad on hand to see their boys play. indy up 14-0, peyton threw three touchdowns. tough for eli, sacked and fumbled in the third, colts recovered in the end zone. nothing went right for the giants. indy won in a rout 38-14. jets and pats,lay of the game turned in by randy moss. moss hauled it in with a remarkal one-handed gr

a redskins kicker gets frozen, and bet favre saves the wrong team. plus randy moss makes an inyesterdayible one-handed catch. but was it enough to help the patriots slide past the jets? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and in weather this week, we go from summer to fall but it's not going to feel like it. your monday forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." tax on everything you buy? that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports when it comes to tough sibling rivalries, try being peyton manning's little brother. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at a

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a year they went all in to get brett favre to come back one more year and paid him a lot more money. the question is will they pay even money to attract vincent jackson from the chargers. san diego has until wednesday to trade vincent jackson and have him miss only four games with his new team. and if the vikings are that team, they wouldn't have vincent jackson until october 17th, so the damage could be done but i think brett favre is going to want some help. there is too many injuries in that passing game and he doesn't trust any receivers that are healthy. >> another disappointment has to be the cowboys who now face a tough game coming up against houston. how hot would the seat beneath wade phillips tail be if they lost and went to 0-3? >> well, if you fall 0-3 against your instate rivals and you get closer to the point where you're not going to make the playoffs, bob, sooner later, you just have to wonder whether jerry jones looks to jason garrett, a guy who has been on that short list of head coaching candidates, the team's offensive coordinator and wonder whether giving the job

a year they went all in to get brett favre to come back one more year and paid him a lot more money. the question is will they pay even money to attract vincent jackson from the chargers. san diego has until wednesday to trade vincent jackson and have hi miss only four games with his new team. and if the vikings are that team, they wouldn't have vincent jackson until october 17th, so the dama could be done but i think brett favre is going to want some help there is too many injuries in that passing game and he doesn't trust any receivers that are healthy. >> anher disappointment has to be the cowboys who now face a tough game coming up against houston. how hot would the seat beneath wade phillips tail be if they lost and went to 0-3? >> well, if you fall 0-3 against your instate rivals and you get closer to the point where you're not going to make the playoffs, bob, sooner lat, you just have to wonder whether jerry jones looks to jason garrett, a guy who has been on that short list of head coaching candidates, the team's offensive coordinator and wonder whether giving the job to jaso

brett favre pops it up in the end zone. the dolphins recover for the touchdown. win it 14-10. >>> and matt schaub and the texans looking to come back against the redskins in washington. fourth quarter was down by seven. fourth and ten. schaub throws a bomb to andre johnson, leaping catch. 12 grabs for the date. 158 yards. the game would be tied at 27-27 at this point, as the texans come all the way roaring back to win this in overtime, 30-27. neil rackers had the winning football. >>> and baseball action, andy pettitte earning the no decision. the rays a half game back. phillies three up on the braves. tight in the n.l. west. a game and a half up on the colorado rockies. you are up to date nor now. back to you in new york. >>> all right, from the sports highlights to an nfl lowlight. that is brandon jacobs of the giants on the bench against indianapolis. you might be wondering where is his helmet. >> well, there it is, actually, up in the crowd as fans battle for possession. jacobs said he was slamming his helmet down in frustration, but he wound up throwing it i

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we go to the second when brett favre found his groove, connected with visanthe shiancoe over the middlees were up, 9-7. stayed that way until the third. pierre thomas punched it in from a yard out. saints picked up where they left off last season. they won it, 14-9. >>> new england patriots had a scare yesterday when tom brady was involved in a two-car accident near his boston home. according to reports, brady t-boned a minivan that ran a red light. the all-pro quarterback walked away from the accident, denied treatment at the scene, and fully participated in the team's practice yesterday. a good thing he showed up. he signed a four-year/$72 million contract extension, making him the highest played player in nfl history. now he's got some money to buy a new car. >>> baseball, cards and braves. albert pujols, one swing, one more home run. nl best, 37th of the year. st. louis, up 7-3 after four. teammate colby rasmus must have been taking notes. hit a pair of homers himself. the cards won it, 11-4. pujols leads the nl, and the blue jays' jose bautista leads all of baseball. hit his 44th a

. >> miami puts the hurt on bret favre and the vikings.rofessional sports? it may not be who you think. tiger woods. our friend from fox sports.com is here, all right, peter, start with the vikings, a big upset this afternoon. >> and the vikings everyone talked about them being the favorites, and they come down to the first home game and play the dolphins team and dolphins go up to minnesota and shock the vikings on the road and brett favre won all home games in minnesota and he lost the first one today and favre was beaten up all over the place and may not be a story book ending for the 41-year-old quarterback. he was intercepted three times and the minnesota vikings and everybody's favorite now orb 2 headed into week three, pretty crazy. >> julie: poor guy. let's talk about michigan state's miraculous overtime win against notre dame. what happened after. >> this is a wild story. pretty crazy here. mark dantonio the coach of michigan state showed guts here. a fake field goal in overtime to beat notre dame, a major game and go to the locke

another legend hanging it up quarterback brett favre, according to multiple sources, favre informed thee will not return for a second seeing and will retire from football. right. how dumb does he think we are? we're not -- sorry, brett. not falling for it again. now when brett favre actually does retire we'll look back at this day and laugh but until then, it's not funny. [ laughter ] speaking of hanging it up semi permanently, levi johnston and bristol palin have apparently broken up again. less than a month after announcing their engagement, bristol called it off faster than you can say "mom, put the gun down." it's -- she told "people" magazine that they're done and that, in fact, things started to unravel the day they announced they were engaged, july 14th when levi told her he may have fathered another baby with another girl. which is -- that's actually i think number 4 on the top 100 things not to say to your fiancee on your engagement day just above are you putting on weight? this is now the second engagement they've broken off. they're like the eskimo ross and rachel. they reall

that's right, 40-year-old bret favre back on the field. don't want to say bret's getting old, but before the coin toss, he pulled a quarter from behind the ref's ear. [ laughter ] "cute, grandpa. thank you." [ light laughter ] this isn't good. it was reported today that president obama wasn't wearing his wedding ring during his white house press conference today. [ audience oohs ] i guess that makes press conference the second most difficult speech he's going to have to give this weekend. [ laughter ] "no, look, look, look. [ laughter ] um, look." i just heard about this. first lady michelle obama will give a tour of the white house garden to pbs in november. in a statement, sasha and malia said -- [ snoring ] [ laughter ] "the tomato plant is over here." [ snores ] this is pretty wild, a "playboy" center fold was tackled yesterday when she tried to open the emergency exit during a jet blue flight. she must have put up quite a fight, because it took all 156 men on board to subdue her. [ laughter ] "i want to hold her down." "no, let me do

favre threw three interceptions. falcons did the rest of the nfc rest a favor with a route of arizona. >>> elsewhere, in a tight one where michael vick got the start for the eagles, they go onto beat detroit 35-32. jacksonville loses to san diego. >>> pittsburgh 2-0 without ben after edging tennessee he edged the ravens with help from a controversial roughing the passer call. it was back to earth with the seahawks. the niners will see a 2-o team next sunday after the chiefs win over cleveland. tampa is 2-0 and the giants and colts call that the manning bowl, tonight's late game and indianapolis 7-0 lead. >>> stanford moving up in the rangings after it's third straight lopsided win. nascar's chase for the cup underway with a surprise winner in race number one. we will be right back. 123450 ever since the daytona 500 nascar drivers have been fighting to get there to or stay in the top 12. today's first race for the cup, the driver who just made it into the top 12 came away with the win. jimmie johnson said -- on the ri

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the saints will get things started against brett favre and the vikings. pregame show starts at 4:30. >>> and with that, millions of american also start their own season, their own fantasy football season. >> scott mcgrew joins us now with a look at how the fantasy game is growing thanks to the work of a silicon valley company. >> that's right. nearly 5 million people, laura, i'm not among them, but 5 million play fantasy football on yahoo! alone that makes the south bay site the largest player on the field, which includes espn, even nbc sports site. andy berrins is a fantasy sports expert. this is not child's play this is big business. >> no, you're right. it's big business. nearly 5 million people playing on yahoo! sports. we hosted online leagues for over ten years. a great way to stay connected with old friends, a great way to learn the league. >> what are guys in fantasy football looking for this year? what is the big talk among fantasy football players? >> well, this is a grade kickoff tonight between the saints and vikings. this is basically a fanta

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on the field tonight, viking quarterba quarterback, brett favre. off retirement at least one more season to take a shot at super bowl glory. tonight's kickoff festivities will air here at 4:30, and the game at 5:30. >> brett favre. >> will anybody ever stop saying that? >> let's get an expanded look at traffic this morning with mike. a busy morning. judging from yesterday morning, as the morning went on, things got more crowded, more congested. >> yeah. it can be a real mess. we that ripple effect yesterday, where problems on 580 and the bay bridge, causing ripple effects, that was a big problem for the east bay. this morning, an average start for the nimitz. no problems northbound with the taillights gathering up around high street. folks gathering around that high rise, but no major slowing here. there's construction on the southbound side that i've been telling you about effecting folk out of oakland and down past the coliseum. southbound 880 around 23rd -- or oak street down to 23rd. we didn't see any slowing on the speed indicators there. that

this is trying to be brett favre. tries to flicit in the end zone. it's intercepted. tennessee had two inps in the game. their defense is pretty good. third quarter. game tied at 10. manning working out of the end zone, throws deep to mario manningham for positive yardage, but there is a flag down. here's why. number 44, ahmad bradshaw chop blocks tony brown. you can't do that. d because it happened in the end zone, walk like an egyptian. manning is like, what? ensuing titan's possession. vince young, looking for and finding his boy. great catch. 13-yard touchdown. the titans down the giants 29-10. >>> golfnow. last month, j furyk was disqualified from the opening tournament in the race for the fedex cup because he overslept. he uses his iphone as an alarm clock. the charger got pulled out of the wall and he overslept, missing his tee time. today, he played well. nick chipping on nine for eale. tied for fourth. luke donnell on the par 4 17th. check this out. rig on the mon. round and round. finished in second place behind jim furyk. on 18th he wins the tour championsh

. >> 80 -- 8 tea party favre upsets a heavily favored republican with a gop backlash. >> how come it'sccurred nearly two decades to pay her college bill to get a college degree. policy makers a living? >> they want to hold these middle-class tax cuts hostage until they get an additional tax cut for the wealthiest 2% of americans. >> taxing the wealthy, the president meant controversial consumer advocate elizabeth warren to add up the new consumer financial protection bureau. ♪ >> back to joining us, i am markscherer in for gordon peterson. christine o'donnell had a victory over mike castle in the united states senate domination in delaware. she won with the backing of sarah palin and south carolina senator and rush limbaugh and sean hannity. how do you feel three days later? >> bill buckley had a roll, always support the most right- wing candidate who was elected i think the republicans broke that rule. it could cost republicans control of the senate. >> it looks like we have this anger we have been talking about. this looks like a temper tantrum that ran amok. there has been some tea

they beat brett favre and the vikings 14-9. now the saints are on their way.ty lawn are will now by aired on national tv. mike singletary will have to do an amazing coaching job just to stay close to the saints. a couple takeaway from the game here, singletary about 20 minutes late to his own press conference following the game, reportedlyi isolated michael crabtree and alex smith. here is mike singletary, just a portion of what he had to say after today's loss in seattle. >> football is a team game. i think some of the training camp that was missed, you know, the connection, the chemistry, wasn't there at times. you just can't come in and think we're just going to pick up where we left off last year. you have to work at it. >> okay. seemingly -- we won't put words in his mouth, but seemingly a direct shot there at michael crabtree who missed the entire preseason for the second straight year. some communication issues obviously today between alex smith and crash tree. he said le will not go with david carr, at least that's what he said during the game. >>> our

brett favre has a bunch of turnovers. miami wins it 14-10. the vikings are o-2.z bryant with a little hesitation and then explosion. 62 yards for the score. how about them cowboys? they are o-2 after the 27-20 loss. and best showing off his motor. five touchdowns in his first two games including this 75-yard beauty. despite his 232 total yards, the lions fall to the eagles 35-32. here is the catch of the day. pats and jets, tom brady to randy moss. that is a sick one-handed grab. that is sick, sue man esque. -- shumann esque. those are your plays of the day. clint boyer in the sprint cup race. the niners take on the saints on monday night football. and you didn't hear that from me. he caught that one. >> shumann esque. >> i don't know, that may be a little stretch. >> a little stretch, yeah, a big stretch. that's all i got left. >> that does it for this edition of abc7 news. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm alan wang for shu and leigh and all of us, thanks checking account. really? yea, check this out. there's no deposit slips or envelopes. you just take the check and

miami and minnesota, brett favre drops back into his own end zone. he a terrible day.ets hit from behind. the ball comes loose. the dolphins jump on it for the touchdown. puts them up 14-0. this game in minnesota. vikings falling to 0-2. they were down less than two and a half left in the game. this was on fourth down. a touchdown gives them the lead. they are stopped. adrian peterson stuffed. big stand for the dolphins. minnesota 0-2. cowboys hosting the bears. the bears down four, jay cutler of the vanderbilt university goes up to devon hester, makes a great one-handed grab for a touchdown. they reviewed it, it stood. bears put it away in the fourth quarter. bears win 24-17. cowboy 0-2. michael vick getting the start for the eagles. he looked good. 13 seconds left in the first half. vick throws a bullet to maclin, a nine-yard pass. 21-17. philly holds on for a 35-32 win. a wild one in washington. texans and skins. game tied at 27 in overtime the redskins had a big league. they appear in overtime to drill a game-winning 52-yard field goal. how many times have we seen

the world champion saints will get things started against brett favre and the vikings. you can see that game right here on nbc bay area. the pre-game show starts at 4:30. now, you may have guessed, because of the game we will not have a newscast tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> animal experts say mesmerizing lion attack caught on video in vegas was just a warning. montana newlyweds on their honeymoon were capturing the big chat when he turned on its trainer. one animal expert who saw the video said the cat lunged because the trainer looked nervous so the animal asserted its dominance. the couple who filmed it say either way, it was sudden. >> earlier drew said he was cleaning the lion a bit, picking some hair off of him. just taking care of him. it don't seem like he was provoking him at all. >> the trainer escaped through a door at the bottom of the exhibit. he needed stitches but was otherwise unhurt. mgm says that exhibit will stay. >>> back to school can weigh on your child's mind and muscle. kris sanchez reports backpacks can be a real drag on the body. >> reporter: l

>> brett favre i think is the key to the vikings season.s the key to their success. and minnesota's one of the favorites. they've got to deal with green bay in their nifgs. but favre has to play well for them to get where they want to be, and that's the super bowl. >> you've got a lot of really premiere match-ups coming up this season on football night. >> we do. and i'm very excited about the manning match-ups. you look at the two brothers. they both won a super bowl. now it's time to see which manning brother, is it peyton or is it eli. >> good luck. good season to you. the kickoff special on nbc. tony dungy, rodney harrison. thank you. mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's show you what's happening as far as your weekend is concerned. for tomorrow, on saturday we're looking at sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard. showers, ohio river valley down to the gulf coast. western two thirds of the country going to be fabulous. then sunday, sunday! we're looking at lots of showers in the northeast, all up and down the eastern

one other score vikings lose to the dolphins 14-10, brett favre and minnesota now 0-2. >>> baseball nats to avoid a sweep at the hands of the phillies. top of the 4th nats trail 3-1, michael morris with two on, two out takes joe blanton to deep right field. that clears the wall for a three-run home run. the nats took a 6-3 lead into the 9th inning. bottom of the 9th, two runs already surrendered. jason worth takes it to the deepest part of the park. phillies beat the nats 7-6 to complete the three-game sweep. >>> orioid a sweep to the yanks. bottom of the 11th, ty wigginton drives one to the gap in right center field. luke scott comes into score the game winning run as the orioles edge the yanks 4-3 and yankees win the season series 13-5. >>> so we've got football, baseball and it's also the time of year where hockey starts creeping into the conversation into the landscape. training camp has begun for the caps and despite last year's early playoff exit the team returns almost all of its players, something that gives this group a lot of confidence. >> for the most part 90 some percent of

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third quarter, brett favre dropping back into his own end zone, hit from behind.the ball comes loose. dolphins jump on it for a td. >> if he had actually gone to practice -- >> fourth quarter. vikings with a chance to go up, down 14-10. stuffed on fourth down. couldn't get it four times. adrian peterson stopped a huge stand for the dolphins, dropped minnesota now to 0-2. >> cowboys also 0-2 after losing yesterday to the bears. second quarter, vanderbilt's own jay cutler throws one in the back of the end zone. devon hester makes a great one-handed catch. they reviewed it, gave him the touchdown. isn't that an incredible catch. >> chicago puts it away. cutler to forte. cowboys now 0-2. bears win 27-17. >> cowboys are just not good? >> they're not good. >>> michael vick making his first start in a few years now taking on the lions in detroit. 13 seconds left in the first half. vick with a nine-yard bullet to maclin. 21-17 eagles there. detroit did fight back. but philly wins 35-32. the redskins held a big lead, 27-10. watch what happens. game tied at 27. redskins app

the super bowl champion saints beat the minnesota vikings and brett favre 14-9 in their home opener,first game since winning the super bowl and our network, by the way, reports last night's broadcast of the game was the highest-rated regular season nfl game in 13 years. a whole lot of folks watched the game last night. and a reminder, if you don't mind, you can see the premier of my hour-long documentary on what has happened in the five years after katrina in new orleans in that region and where they might be headed. it's called "new orleans: an american story." we're very proud of this hour of television. it airs tonight, 10:00 eastern on msnbc. tonight, as we mentioned it will be l.a.'s turn in the spotlight where the major tv networks are all here in this room drawing forces to draw attention to cancer research, prevention and treatment. more on that later on. >>> first, we have an appropriate making a difference report tonight about a simple change in strategy that can improve and even prolong the lives of cancer patients. our report tonight from our chief medical editor dr. nanc

>> brett favre is the only guy who will retire, unretire, reretire again.. there was the season with the jets. he's with the vikings. the comeback was talked about all year, now it's official. let's see how he does once again. the vikings are one of the favorites in the nfc. >> back across to kathie. >> mother and child visiting from portland, oregon. which of the following musicians are scheduled to perform tomorrow during the kickoff games? >> i will go with dave matthews and taylor swift? >> i'm having a bad day! >> but she's having a good one. >> so dave matthews and taylor swift, a fun combo. >> a very good combo, grammy award winners, saints marching, it matches with dave matthews, i think people will be looking forward to it in jackson square, a big party before the vikings-saints game. you've got taylor swift, "you belong to me" there's stuff in there about cheerleaders and bleachers, it all works, doesn't it. >> i didn't think about that. you're right. back across the kath. >> a lovely lady visiting from maryland. which of the following is not an n

he's like the brett favre of burning books. he's back and forth.ut -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: he's headed to morning for some reason. right now the plan is to hold off on burning the koran. actually they're thinking of lightly toasting it with a george foreman guerrilla grill and even though nothing happened -- i hope he's one nut from a church the size of a sunglass hut. he's caused a lot of anger. violent demonstrations in afghanistan about this. hundreds of -- i saw one report said three protesters were injured and one was killed -- aren't they all on the same side? why is someone being killed? we need to send phil davidson over there because i tell you something -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: drastic times require what -- that's right. that's right. this is kind of interesting. researchers at a university in england used computerized after tars of men dancing to determine which dance most attracts women. all right. seems like it's not that important. says this research could finally lead to a cure for virginity. this is what they determined is bad da

i have some great favres of them. how did george starling die? he died some what heart broken because his children had in some ways been swallowed up by the north that they fled to. in fact they went back to the south. he sdieed heart broken but still strong. he had a stroke. i went to see him in the hospital. he went into a coma. he was in new york. he was hooked up to all kinds of machines. i went in and squeezed my hand. he squeezed it back and never regained consciousness. >> what happened to his kids? >> his son who had been sort of a lost child, had gone up to see him in the hospital too. the son saw him in that state. he himself was diabetic. he was so distraught. he had all kinds of things wrong with him. he essentially gave up. he died before his own father died. his father didn't know it. he refused to go to die al sis. so george left this earth notifying that his son had died before him. >> the third person you focus on is robert joseph persing foster. i understand that persing comes from black jack persing. her mother wanted her black

brett favre returns for a 20th season. we get closer to kickoff. >> breth

bears against dallas and bears again green bay, you keep it up, you will be become folks marching on favreot -- >> you got me. the vikes are 1-2. good to have you here. >>> let's get some rapid-fire response. the connecticut senate race is neck and neck. who would have thought richard blumenthal is down to just a three-point lead over former wwe ceo linda mcmahon. jim clyburn warns in republicans take over the how, they'll create gridlock by flooding the white house with subpoenas on every issue, including president obama's place of birth. >>> economists say the recession is over, but a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows people don't believe it. and more and more of them are blaming it on the president. >>> with us tonight, todd webster, democratic strategist, karen hanredy. let's talk about connecticut. blumenthal had a double-digit lead, was way out in front. what's happening here? >> the polls are going to be going up and down. another poll came out that had dick blumenthal up by 12 points. the interesting thing is that linda mcmahon has a 4 % unfavorable rating. it's hard to

years, has completed more passes and thrown for more yardage than peyton manning, tom brady, or brett favreo's the best quarterback in the nfl? >> drew brees: is this like if you're voting for student council president and you can't vote for yourself? >> kroft: no, you can vote for yourself. >> brees: ( laughs ) >> kroft: drew brees is much too smart to answer the question, but he is clearly pleased to finally be included in the conversation. in fact, you can hear of talk around the league that he is not only the nfl's top passer, but maybe its best player. and the person who seems to be the least surprised is brees himself. >> brees: i'm a very modest person, but i am also extremely confident. and if you put me in the situation or in the moment, i'm going to have some swagger, i'm going to have some... some cockiness. and you know, there's not anything i don't think that i can do or accomplish. >> kroft: in fact, he pretty much proved that everywhere he's been. but it took a long time to convince people, and there were lots of obstacles to be overcome. at six feet tall, football experts al

pro, brett favre is back.already retired three times since he started. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's a very busy guy. very busy guy. [ scattered applause ] pro, it's a new-look giants taking the field this season. con -- >> our new uniforms were designed by lady gaga. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that was not me. >> jimmy: not you, no, not you. pro, football is a game of inches. con -- >> especially in the locker room. [ laughter ] [ scattered cheers ] >> jimmy: pro, football players wear shoulder pads and tight pants. con -- >> so did jimmy in the seventh grade. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i was going through a phase. i was going through a phase. [ light laughter ] pro, if you are a jets fan you can show up to the stadium with a big green "j" painted on your chest. con -- >> jets quarterback mark sanchez did the same thing last night at the justin bieber concert. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i know that because i was the "b." and finally, the giants have one of the best tight ends in

i know you have these vikings sympathies because of brett favre. you know what this is? minnesota vikings super bowl ring. >> greta: all right we got that out. good you are not running for reelection in minnesota you just lost it. another thing you don't have today is vice president biden. he was harsh in terms of your new pledge. you and your colleagues. what do you make of the fact that vice president biden has come out and is making fun of your last minute conversion? >> we pledged to do things different than this government we have now. what is the put of having an alternative party if you don't put out alternatives? we don't think we should be raising taxes. we don't think we should be jamming bills through that are 3,000, 4,000 pages long that tphaob has read. sure i understand -- that nobody has read. it is natural we don't an question with each other. >> greta: president obama said more of the same. is it just more of the same? >> we are not trying to reinvent this country as i would argue the president is. we want to reclaim this country. more of the same means

. >> brett favre was intercepted three times as the vikings lost to miami. . >>> sunday night this timealso means introducing you to our five games that will be candidates for this week's featured high school football game. here are the games to vote for this week. . >> to vote for the game you want to see, go to ktvu.com and click on high school football. we will announce the winner on thursday. see you there on friday night with the highlights on the 10:00 news. >> four time defending champion jimmy johnson set for today's nascar in new hampshire. the first of the ten races for the sprint cup. tony stewart had the fastest car all day. but he rolled the dice with two laps to go. and his gas gauge was on empty. it cost him. stewart runs out of fuel. clint boyer sprints passed him. boyer breaks an 88 race drought with the third career win. boyer barely made the chase coming in at number 12. but with this win is in second place behind denny hamlin in the chase for the cup. the 49ers and saints tomorrow night at candlestick. in monday night football the 9ers got help everywhere else today

. >> and you met brett favre, didn't you? >> i did.ey ate very well. >> we ate well. >> tell us more about -- you made us wait three years for another studio album. it was so much worth the wait. >> i had the greatest hits out that was out. thank the lord that i'm at a point in my career where i can have that happen to me. i wanted to concentrate on the music this year. we didn't tour that much. we did a few shows. i wanted to concentrate for once on music. the last several records i've done i've been balancing both worlds. i would be on the road. and work monday, tuesday, wednesday in the studio. and be somewhere else on the weekend. balancing those worlds, i didn't want to do that on this record. i thought this record was incredibly important for me and the fans. the fans have invested a lot in my life. i've invested in theirs. i wanted to protect that investment. >> thank you. you keep your ticket prices down, too. that's very nice of you. kenny chesney, performing his number one hit, "boys of fall," from his new "hemingway's whiske