here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the dodgers' matt kemp missed 36 games with a pulled hamstring, made a return this week and the dodgers are glad he did. dodgers down one in the tenth. two down. runners on the corner. kemp with a shot to first. he was safe. dodgers tied in three. kemps first homer since returning from the dl, and it was a big one. dodgers walked off with a 5-3 win in 12. >>> that's not the only walk-off. in california, brandon hicks has never hit a home run until now. you just won the game and the a's downed the rangers, 4-3. >>> are you starting to see a trend? another tied game, another walk-off homer. this time billy butler with the honors and the royals beat the mariners, 8-7. now in san diego you think if one player had two home runs their team would win, right? not so. matt downs hit a pair but that was it for houston. padres doubled up, 8 hch 4. >>> mark teixeira a pop fly into foul territory. tumbled and fell hard onto the pavement. look at teixeira, he knew it was bad. lauri, no regard for h

here's fred roggin. >> if last night's game was any indication, you can give the u.s.he gold medal right now. team usa got off to a slow start against the dominican republic but then found their stride. doesn't look like kchemistry wil be a problem for these two. something tells me it going to be a fun team to watch. check out the inbounds pass by lebron. behind-the-back bounce pass to williams. at times they looked more like the globetrotters than an olympic team but unlike the globetrotters, these guys play defense. look at the bench. like a bunch of kids at the playground. the usa is ready for london. they won it big, 113-59. >> blake griffin tore the meniscus in his left knee yesterday. he'll have surgery next week and be out two months. anthony davis will take his spot on the roster. jason kidd won two gold medals with team usa. he's the newest member of the knicks. new york is expected to resign jeremy lin in a couple days. stage 11 tour de france, that is pierre rolland, run in the front of the pack until he went down hard on the pavement the other riders left h

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. this week's series between the red sox and white sox has had just about everything, and now you can add a walk-off to the list. we've got a ball and the red sox couldn't get anything going in the ninth. two aboard for cody ross and he took addison reed deep, game-winning smash over the green monster. boston walked off with a 3-1 win. the mets' david wright was swinging a hot bat. r.a. dickey picked up. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants, two of them homers. the other an rbi triple. >>> british open scott was your leader after the opening round. tied the course with a 6 under 64. tyinger starts the day three strokes behalf. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. he said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball red to go may not be as good as the 1992 dream team but they can play defense with the best of them. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the mernls up 19 at the half. anthony davis the latest

i'm fred roggin the latest attempt to pump life into "american idol's" rating.our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus if you were to get a come hundred,000 miles out of your car, wait till you hear this record breaker. you're watching "early today." >>> and welcome back to "early today." i want to show you. at least a few showers here and there. one lightning storm west of beaumont. we'll look for a few more to fire up, especially during the heat of the afternoon. dallas, you could see a few of those. d.c., maybe an isolated chance here or there. better chance to cross lower mississippi valley and the southeast as well as areas outside of denver and the front edge. if you're watching us on idaho's channel 7 don't miss monarchs and foliage in a special walk-through exhibit at butterflies in bloom at zoo bois. that's your "early today" veenltd of the day lynn. >>> 1 days after katie holmes shocked tom cruise with a divorce filing a deal has been reached. apparently she gets primary custody of suri. holmes who was raised catholic will

i'm fred roggin. >>> well, who is definitely leaving "american idol"? and a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here is your weekend forecast. we are seeing warm conditions just about everywhere. it's the middle of july. it's typically very warm. that's going to be the case again. thunderstorms in the southeast. as we head through your weekend, your saturday forecast, notice many areas in the 80s or 90s. a lot of areas have a chance of thunderstorms. the best chance, louisiana to kentucky. and especially even as we go into sunday, those same locations will have a chance of storms. even watch out around new york city sunday afternoon. >>> well if you're watching us on wbr-tv in knoxville, tennessee. get ready to catch critters at bug night at the iams nature center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. lightning bugs. everyone's caught them. >>

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning.ou know, they say good teams find a way to win and that's exactly what the nationals did last night, taking on the mets in washington. after they forced the ninth, new york took the lead in the tenth. josh thole with an rbi and the mets were up, 4-3. bryce harsher, he delivered, a triple over the head of scott hairston. in came the tying run. then with two down and the sacks full, pedro was brought in to end the inning. instead he did this. a wild pitch. in came the winning run, the gnats rallied twice to beat the mets, 5-4 in ten. >>> out of boston, david ortiz wearing a boot on his right foot. he's out a week with a strained achilles. nothing wrong with kevin youkilis. here's his first as a member of the white sox. a three-run shot into the monster seats. chicago won it, 7-5. >>> jays' jose bautista's out with an injured wrist. cc sabathia returned and was lights out. struck out the first three hitters he faced. andruw jones provided all the offense cc needed. a three-run homer in th

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. kevin youkilis made his return to fenway, but he evened a near perfect night of play couldn't get the white sox a win. let's go to boston youkilis got a standing ovation. an emotional moment for him. adrian gonzalez spoiled the home coming. three-run spot that landed on top of the green monster that gave the red sox the lead. >>> here's a sign you're getting old. david ortiz sore achilles rounding the bases. >>> the blue jays' jose bautista, a foul ball. immediately left the box clutching his wrist and the game. no broken bones. he'll have an mri today. that was the beginning of the end for the jays. >>> sacks full. they went on to win it, 6-3. >>> a great catch to show you from the twins' ben reveefrmt adam jones laced it to right, revere on his horse leaps and makines the diving grab. check it out one more time. look at ben's eyes. they were big as saucers as he laid down and made the grachblt twins had everything going for them, beat them 9-7. >>> the dream team got off to another

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. giants fans stuffed the ballots, voted four of their own into the all-star league and the national league is glad they did. they wasted no time getting on the board. pab pablo sandoval etched his name in the history books. the nl was up 4-0 and looking for more. dan uggla capped off a five-run first with an rbi sickle. in came sandoval. the national league's justin verlander started to run away with it. we go to the standing once again. braun there. bautista was there to make the defensive grab of the game. there was only so much the american league could do. many thought melky cabrera should not have been an all-star. his two-run game in the fourth blew the game wide open. try to get some love from former teammate robinson cano and cano wasn't having it. who need as high five when you have a new car. national league won their third straight all-star game, 8-0. >>> couple of nba notes. the spurs re-signed tim duncan. blake griffin will be an l.a. clipper for the next five years. he si

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. you know they said good teams find a way to win, and that's exactly what the nationals did last night, taking on the mets in washington. after they forced the ninth, they took the lead back in the tenth. josh thole with an rbi and the mets were up, 4-3. bryce harsher, he delivered, a triple over the head of scott hairston. in came the tying run. then with two down and the sacks full, pedro was brought in to end the inning. instead he did this. a wild pitch. in came a winning run, the nats beat the mets. >>> out of boston, david ortiz with a boot. he's out for a week with strained achilles. nothing wrong with kevin youkilis. here's his first as a member of the white sox. chicago won it, 7-5. >>> jays jose bautistas out with an injured wrist. cc sabathia returned and was lights out. andruw jones provided all the offense cc needed. a 3-run homer in the eighth. they win it easily, f 461. >>> great grab at the twins/orioles game. he went head over heels. reynolds put his body on the line,

i'm fred roggin. >>> katie takes her first acting job post tom. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a woman's engagement ring is a lifetime keepsake. so how much trouble would you go to if you lost it? you're watching "early today." >>> starting off with showers this morning. numerous areas of washington and oregon state, mostly into the first half of the day, then your afternoon will be try. we're dry all of california. looking warm once again mountain west. we will see a chance of showers and storms increasing in arizona with the monsoonal flow, but temperatures continue to be very warm. a chance of showers in seattle. if you're watching us in aberdeen, bump in the night after hours, and that's your pacific event of the day. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. dark night rice rises will earn crow to $200 million for the weekend. but most experts do not think it will beat the avengers three day opening record. it's not being offered

i'm fred roggin. >>> well, who is definitely leaving "american idol?" a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good friday morning to you. welcome back to "early today." here's your weekend forecast. saturday looks like a very typical day in july, very warm almost wrer. there will be scattered storms in the afternoon. i don't think there will be any washouts. the best chance will be thunderstorms in louisiana and also a few riding up three through areas of kentucky and west virginia. as we go into sunday's forecast the humidity does in crease enough. we will get some thunderstorms. maybe there will be heavy rain in tachb. areas of new jersey, southern new england. as i mentioned i don't thinkly will be too many washouts this weekend. >>> well if you're watching us on wbr-tv in knoxville, tennessee. grab a container and get ready to catch critters at bug night at the iams

i'm fred roggin. >>> well, who is definitely leaving "american idol?" and a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." as i mentioned earlier, rain in unusual places. possibly flash flooding and in orange county, california, we have light rain coming down. as we head towards the morning hours, maybe tucson too. we don't typically see a lot of wet weather there. over the weekend we'll have showers over the intermountain west. if you're watching us on ksbw action news 8, explore the many ways that love manifests itself in our everyday lives. like when lynn and i see each other every morning. all you need is love at the santa cruz museum of art and history. that's your pacific event of the day. can you turn anything i say into a song? >> i'll try. i'll try. i'll spare the viewers. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainm

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. kevin youkilis made his return to fenway, but even a near perfect night at the plate couldn't get the white sox a win. let's go to boston. youkilis received a standing ovation, an emotional moment for him, and he fed off the electricity. three for four with a pair of doubles. but adrian gonzalez spoiled the homecoming. three-run shot that landed on top of the green monster. that gave the red sox the lead. >>> and here's a sign you're getting old. david ortiz injured his achilles while rounding the bases. he'll have an mri today. boston won it, 5-1. >>> one all-star down. how about two? the blue jays' jose bautista, routine foul ball against the yanks. immediately left the box clutching his wrist. left the game. no broken bones. he'll have an mri today. that was the beginning of the end for the jays. bottom of the inning, sacks full. raul ibanez, that one's not coming back. a grand slam put the yanks on top. they went on to win it, 6-3. >>> a great catch to show you from the twins' ben

i'm fred roggin. >>> katy takes her first acting job post tom.r early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus a woman's engagement ring is a lifetime keepsake. soo how much trouble would you go through if you lost it? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." let me take you through your weekend forecast. the thing that's most important if you're in the southeast anywhere from the carolinas down through georgia, mississippi, alabama, even louisiana today a chance of rain today through the next three days. that front has stalled out there and the heat just continues, if anything gets worse. it could be 102 in kansas city on saturday. by sunday, 106. ouch. well if you're watching us on today's tmj 4 in milwaukee, wisconsin, take a trip back to prehistoric times at adventure dine sore. that's at the milwaukee county zoo. that's your early event of the day, lynn. >>> well at the box office this weekend the dark night rises is expected to join the avengers and hunger games in a small elite club made up of 2012

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. last year robinson cano was a home run derby hero, and yesterday he was treated like a zero. a bronx cheer for the yankees slugger, cano booed during introductions and cheered every time he hit the ball. the captain of the a.l. team was hearing it from the crowd because he didn't pick the royals' billy butler to take part in the derby. and to the delight of the crowd, cano didn't hit a single home run. the n.l. captain matt kemp didn't fair much better. hit just one. but there were plenty of home runs by everybody else. if butler was to take anyone's spot, it would have been mark trumbo's. the angel outfielder proved why he was a worthy choice for the derby. peppered the roof in left field several times. look at david ortiz. oh, he knows trumbo belongs. mark finished with 14 bombs but lost in a swing-off to jose bautista for a spot in the finals. prince fielder had the longest home run of the night. the splash shot in the second round went an estimated 476 feet. nobody else even got c

here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> good morning.p missed 36 games with a pulled hamstring, made his return this week, and the dodgers are glad he did. taking on the phils, dodgers down one in the tenth. two down. runners on the corners. kemp with a shot to short. a bang-bang play at first, and he was safe. dodgers tied the game at 3-3. then in the 12th, no doubt about this, kemp's first homer since returning from the d.l., and it was a big one. dodgers walked off with a 5-3 win in 12. >>> that's not the only walk-off in california. rangers and a's knotted at 3-3 in the ninth. brandon hicks has never hit a home run until now. touch a ball, brandon, you just won the game ,and the a's downed the rangers, 4-3. >>> are you starting to see a trend? another tied game, another walk-off homer. this time billy butler with the honors, and the royals beat the mariners, 8-7. >>> now to san diego, you'd think if one player had two home runs, their team would win, right? not so. matt downs hit a pair, but that was it for houston. padres doubled up

i'm fred roggin. >>> one too many times, fred. >>> another look at the weather with nbc meteorologistkarins. >>> by far, the worst whether, south florida. miami area, homestead, miami heights, heavy rain right over the top of you now. give it about another half hour or so and this will be gone. so if you can stay at homalities longer, try to do so. in fort lauderdale, the rain heads your way. lighter, maybe a few lightning strikes, too. forecast for today, another beautiful day for all of new england, all wait back through the great lakes. mid-atlantic looks nice. very warm. temperatures mid to upper 80s. this is how july should be. swim, head to the pool. chicago, warm, nice, 90s into minneapolis. montana, inner mountain west, typical mid-july weather. looking towards tomorrow, we're really hoping for some rain especially in arkansas, lynn, one of the states we've been watching. one of the worst droughts they've seen in a long time. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, chris brown is challenged in court, and sophia's really big birthday present. >>> plus, tom cruise may

i'm fred roggin. >> nope.at your weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, how -- gear is like protective. like a pillow. >> yeah. that was funmi for me because i actually did that on a friend's snow mobile. >> and you didn't have -- >> flipped it. oh, no, i was safe. but i couldn't quite make the turn and flipped, yeah. >> like to have that on video. >> good morning, everyone. once again. bad thunderstorms roll through areas of vermont last night through the adirondacks of upstate new york. we're going to do it again today. it's going to be another hot day today, near 100 in washington, d.c. but thunderstorms will be the big story later this afternoon. again, some of those could be on the strong side. we could have some power outages and large hail to deal with, so from pittsburgh all the way to the eastern sea board and new england area, we'll watch that later on today, lynn. >> thanks, bill. kate hudson wishes she hadn't gone there. and jackie chan takes it all back. plus this brand is apparentl