. >>> on this day in history, jackie robinson became major league baseball's first black player. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. transportation secretary ray la hood speaks out following the recent rash of air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job. and from mariah carey to the expected mother next door, the debate over whether some pregnant women are sharing too much information online. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

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and you learned about baseball from jackie robinson. >> yeah.eah. >> you brought us something brand-new. everybody thinks they know "take me out to the ball game." look at this. peter yarrow of peter, paul and mary. he published the book. but why talk when peter yarrow and carly simon can sing? >> rumors. ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ ♪ take me out to the crowd ♪ ♪ buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks ♪ ♪ i don't care if i ever get back ♪ ♪ 'cause it's root, root, root ♪ ♪ for the home team if they don't win ♪ ♪ it's a shame 'cause it's one, two ♪ ♪ three strikes you're out at the old ball game ♪ >> yay. >> that's the part that everybody knows. but tell me about katie case who comes up in the second set of lyrics, who is the star of your book. >> well, jack norworth, who wrote the lyrics, i'm told was on a train passing by yankees stadium or giants stadium. and i don't know what he used, tin pan alley or what was his intention. but he wrote the words and gave them to a friend of his who was a composer. he set the words to music. and it's jus

dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of separate but unequal. it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had freed us from slavery, they instituted this law, separate but equal, and the

every player across the country wearing number 42 to honor jackie robinson, who broke the color barrier4 years ago today. and how about this? first inning, pablo sandoval. the slimmer, trimmer panda crushes a three-run homer. he lost 40 pounds in the off-season. things got a little dicey in the ninth inning, as they often do with the giants, but they brought in the beard, brian wilson, with the tying run at the plate. the giants had the lead, and they kept the lead. game over. giants beat the diamondbacks tonight 5-2. >>> in oakland, are you ready for this? the a's and tigers. matsui land in left field. the a's had a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning, things are going great, but then detroit's miguel cabrera unloads on closer brian fuentes. that tied the game. then in the tenth inning the tigers pour it on, they break the game open, detroit beats the a's 8-4. >>> interesting news for the sharks. the nhl has suspended jarrett stoll of the l.a. kings for his illegal hit on sharks defenseman ian white last night. they suspended him for tomorrow night's game. so the sharks will have another adva

paul the players wearing number 42 in honor of jackie robinson. matt kane bringing the heat. in the fourth tejada. two on. sandoval scores from second. it's 4-0 giants. huff on the move. montero wide on the throw. goes into left field. huff in, five 5*-0. a 5-1 game in the 7th. a mean ramirez strikes out johnson with two on. giants won three straight, 5-2 the final. >>> been to disneyland? in oakland, they have matsui land. bases loaded for matsui. this is not the happiest place on earth. he hits into a double play. a's come up empty and pay for it dearly. cocoa crisp scores and it is 1-0. that is all the a's would get for awhile. victor martinez there. fuentes on. you can't give cabrera anything to hit because he will do this. his fifth homer of the year ties the game at one. have to pitch around him. the roof caves in with the tigers scoring 7 runs in the 10th aided by three a's errors. the a's rally but the tigers win it 8-4 in 10. to the ice, l.a. kings center did not whistled for even a penalty but the nhl made sure he paid the price for a blatant hit and he has been sus

every player across the country wearing number 42 to honor jackie robinson. sandoval crushes a three-run homer but then things get a little dicey in the ninth with the giants facing a tying run at the plate. so what do you do? bring in the beard. brian wilson slams the door on the diamondbacks, giants win 5-2 and it's caught there. closer to home, the a's hosting the tigers. miguel cabrera unloads on closer brian fuentes game winning high. the 10th inning, bases loaded, brian bosh gets two runs. tigers win 8-4. the a's get another chance tonight, 6:05. you've seen plenty of sports clips showcasing the good, the bad and the ugly. here's a nose to nose confrontation between bob davis and arizona manager kurt gibson. the two of them going at it after the ump called a check swing strike on gill monitor row. gibson eventually ejected from the game. on this play by albert pujols on the st. louis cardinals, it is a diving stop on this stephen drew grounder with bases loaded. pujols throws it to the first baseman who collides with drew to get the out. check out the t

all were wearing 42. 64 years ago jackie robinson broke the color-barrier. cain strikes out three and miguel tejada with two on, down the left field line, 4-0 giants and aubrey huff on the move and miguel blows it away. 5-1 in the seventh and ramirez strikes one out and giants win three straight 5-2 is the final. >> here they have matsui land, not a happy place here. bases loaded and hits into a double play. a's come out empty and pair it. david dejesus and cocoa crisp scores. he struck out seven and victor march if teen ez and hangs a breaking ball to miguel. one guy you can't offer a hittable pitch because he'll do that. ties the game at 1 with a home run and the roof caves in with tigers scoring seven times in the tenth. a's rally for three but tigers go on to win it 8-4 in ten. >>> jared did not get whis followed are a penalty in game one but the nhl made sure he would pay the price, suspended for one game. he mashed his head into the glass. white needed help to get back into the lock are room. he probably suffered a concussion the sharks haven't confirm

. >> jimmy: you're the jackie robinson of ballroomdancing.ration for this than wrestling because you are used to being in front of a crowd, wearing oil and almost no clothing. >> right. >> spandex and rhinestones. >> dance belts. >> there was one costume -- there wasn't one that bothered me at all. >> he asked me, can i show the guns? i'm like, i don't know if this week is appropriate. can i have more rhinestones? >> they want to you have with the suit and tie and the suspenders. where's the spandex? >> i actually stitched this myself. there you go. it's a chris jericho original. >> jimmy: you did not. >> he loves the rhinestones. >> yeah! you just wanted to see my butt. that guy right there. >> jimmy: sadly, we have a tradition here at the show and that tradition is, we go outside to hollywood boulevard for the ceremonial burning of the capezios chris, tonight, you were eliminated from "dancing with the stars." and now your shoes pay the price. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. >> student son of a bitch. >> jimmy: you're all over the place! chris j

all pairs in the major wearing number from tonight. 64 years ago today jackie robinson broke the color matt cane bringing the heat. russell swing and myself. striking out 3. 4th inning miguel. 2 on. double down the left field line. sandoval forced from second. 4 zip giants. in the fifth, pablo at the plate. huff on the move. miguel. whoa. wild throw into left field. huff home for 5 nothing lead. 5-1 game in the z.ramone ramirez strikes out johnson. with two on. giants win third straight 5-2 is the final. you have been to disneyland. in oakland they have matsui land. bases loaded. right to ramone santiago. 6-3 double play. a's get nothing and don't like it. 3rd inning. game first run. david to the gap. cocoa crisp scored one nothing. brandon 6 and 2 third strike out. 7. martinez there. bryant for the save in the 9th. one thing you can't do. can't give miguel a pitch to hit. with nobody on. in the 9th. it's gone. that's what he does. so 1-1 now and they have gone to the tenth inning. jerrad stole la kings suspended for one gym for his hit on sharks. defense man what it last night stole a

all players in the majors were wearing number 42. 64 years ago that jackie robinson broke the color barrierane bringing the heat. a big swing and a miss. cane six innings, strikes out three. in the fourth, two on. double down the left field line. that scores sandoval. 4-0 giants. in the fifth, pablo at the plate and throws it away. huff home. 5-0. 5-1 game in the seventh. strikes out kelly johnson with two on. the giants have won three straight. 5-2 is the final. you've been to disneyland? in oakland, they have matsui land. a's and tigers in the first. matsui land not a happy place here. bases loaded and matsui hits into the double play. a's come up empty and pay for it. david dejesus off blair into the gap. coco crisp scores, 1-0. best out of his career, struck out seven. victor martinez there. brian fuentes comes on for the save in the ninth. trouble! hangs a breaking ball. where's the one guy that you can't offer a hittable pitch because he'll do that? ties the game at one with a home run and the roof caves in with the tigers scoring seven times in the 10th. brandon bosh drives in a pair

that was even before jackie robinson, so close to the league in that sense. but it was a time when baseball really, really mattered in this country. as it still does, but at that time, when dimaggio went on this hitting streak, in 1941, and it is a fragile time in the nation where out of the depression, we are out of the depression but we know we are going to be entering the war, and this streak really captivated people, it was front and center everywhere. this was the event, you know, difficult imagine crow was a baseball star, when this began, there were people, like willy in the backyard standing like joe dimaggio trying to hit with him but is the event that sort of turned him from being a baseball star to being an icon. you know, so your grandmother said hey did joe dimaggio get a hit today there is a stopping about him on the radio. so a very special baseball event, certainly but also very special time in this country, and the more you looked into it, the richer it became in many ways to the layers of the story and seeing a man of 26 years old having a t

all players in the majors were wearing number 42, 64 years ago that jackie robinson broke the color barrierand in oakland, we have matsui land. a's and tigers in the first. not a happy place here. bases loaded and he hits into the double play. a's come up empty and pay for it. in the third the game's first run. david dejesus, into the gap. coco crisp scores, 1-0. best out of his career, struck out seven. victor martinez there. comes on for the save in the ninth. trouble! hangs a breaking ball one guy you can't offer a hittable pitch because he'll do that. ties the game at one with a home run and the roof caves in with the tigers scoring seven times in the 10th. brandon bosh drives in a pair. a's rally for three in their half but the tigers go on to win it 8-4 in 10. l.a. kings center jared stole did not get whistled for a penalty in game one of the playoff series with the sharks but the nhl made sure he would pay the price for the blatant hit on ian white. suspended for one game. he will sit out game two of the series tonight. stole smashed white's head into the glass. white needed help to