we are talking ruth, gehrig dimaggio, mantle, none of them able to do what derek jeter did today. record 3,000 hits in a yankee uniform. the captain doing it in >> welcome back. you may not like derek jeter but you have to respect what he did today in his quest for 3,000 hits. the yankees and rays. shy with his first at-bat. history in the third. wade boggs also hit a home run for his 3,000 hit. he's the first yankee to ever get to 3,000. his day got even better. a perfect 5 pour 5 from -- 5 for 5 from the plate. yankees 5rays4 in the bronx. >> it was football camp today. the former cal star and former seattle seahawk hosting a camp at his old stomping ground oakland high school for the fifth year in a involvement for the kids it was free. he is joined by his cousin, buck johnson, and ten other nfl players. >> these kids may have an opportunity to play in the nfl and why not get nfl coaching tame. we run through drills we go through at practice. >> we are blessed to be professional athletes and he better not to hoard all the gifts god has given us. we have to bless the community w

no yankee before him -- not babe ruth, not lou gehrig, not joe dimaggio, not mickey mantle -- no player in the history of the legendary yankee franchise has accomplished this. >> i would rather the focus to be on our team, but it's great that our team's been winning. it's even better that we won today. >> reporter: derek jeter is a rare breed. the yankees shortstop is in his 17th season of playing the same position for the same team. jeter led the yankees to five world championships, 12 times he's been an all-star. hard to imagine, for a skinny kid from kalamazoo, michigan drafted by the yankees right out of high school, hard to imagine for everyone but dick roach, the scout who discovered jeter. the yankees were worried jeter would decide to attend the university of michigan instead of sign. >> i said he's not going to michigan. they said where is he going? i said he's going to cooperstown. >> reporter: the hall of fame along with the baseball jeter hit today caught in the left field stands by a 23-year-old cell phone salesman who gladly returned it. >> like i said, he earned it. i'm n

. >> we're talking about a team that had dimaggio, ruth, gehrig. >> at this same game win believe, a yankees fan, i need you to look closely at the screen for this next one. people go after the foul balls all the time. look closely at this one. you hear the commentator? it gives you an idea of what happened. yes, he got clocked. >> unbelievable. >> he did not bring his big boy glove to the park on this day. >> oh, my goodness. >> it gets him right in the face. you can see him banged up pretty good there. >> wow. >> apparently he was all right later. but -- sometimes you get hit. you're not paying attention, sometimes people not watching the game. >> very true. >> he was looking at it. >> never try to catch a ball with your face. don't you think if anyone in the field does that, if you make a catch, it's one out. you have to have three outs to retire the side. what do you think, your team's at-bat and the first baseman tries to catch one with his face, wouldn't you say we're done for this inning. that counts as three. effort is everything. it's your turn. >> we don't recommend that, t

no yankee has ever reached that milestone, not babe ruth, not lou gehrig, not lou dimaggio.th player in history to join the 3,000 hit club. >> that's amazing. quite a milestone. >>> speaking of milestones, today is it, the shuttle program, the final launch, ali velly have is down there where the astronauts a s ars are suit >> let's take a look at that shot, it's moving around a little bit. camera is at an angle. that is where they are suiting up. see on the right side of the shot. there are some astronauts not sure why we moved that camera, whoever is on it, but there we go. there's -- bottom line is they are suiting up. moments from now we're going to get a decision about -- i'm not sure that guy knows his stomach is on tv. a decision about whether this is a go, no go from nasa and we will give you news on that. it is historic moment here at kennedy space center. kiran, back to you and i'll take it away when we're ready to go. >> all right. >>> ahead on "american morning," a tabloid hacking scandal in great britain hitting a former member of the prime minister's inner circl