jay jay sniffs out drugs from those alluding the law. but this is how jay jay alluded his handler.ause of fear. >> he was somehow able to -- >> jay jay is afraid of fireworks and handler left him at the kennel to be safe on the holiday. however, when illegal fireworks went off. jay jay busted out of the kennel and scaleed two other fences as part of his great escape. jay jay was found tired but okay, the next morning. >> a deer wandered into the new york lumber store and could not figure out how to get out. circles the store living skid marks and crashing into displays. eventually the buck got out through the back door. >> at the ballpark, you would expect to see plenty of gloves, but what about the gloveed one. that's right. look alike threw out the first pitch at the southern maryland blue crab's baseball game as part of michael jackson night. also to honor the king of pop. a moon walk contest. >> good time. great tribute to, you know, the king of pop. >> and a momento. single white glove. patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". he was the staff ace here in baltimore for two

for the blue jays. but again, right here with one out, you're not, you're not exactly going on contact because you have to make sure any line drive clears the infield. markakis, good base runner with good speed at second. >> jim h.: huff is not being held at first so he gets a good lead. >> jim p.: hitters will tell you, it looks like it's going to be around the knees, and then all of a sudden it just drops. again, for brandon league, fastball at 96. yet to get one up in the strike zone. >> jim h.: wollens tags out the runner and there's the double play. wow, markakis had no choice, he had to go, he was forced. rolen, because he was coming in on that ball was able to reach out and tag him. ♪ yeah! announcer: there's having it done. then there's doing it yourself and saving. it's about sawdust in your boots. paint in your hair. - and no holes in your wallet. - ♪ whew... we've lowered over a thousand prices, giving you all the tools you need. and the bragging rights you deserve. more saving. more doing. t

fourth career multihome run game. 8-0 blue jays.thing looked really good and wow, how things changed. that's 9-8 in the top of the 9th and willy aybar ties it and top 12 for jason bartlett going bring home ray zobrist and rays take the 10-9 lead and blue jays wondering what happened? what happened? bases loaded for adam lind and got an opportunity but it's not going happen for him. rays come all the way back and win this game by afinal of 10-9 and tampa bay has now lost four of five to the rays this season. it matches the largest lead the blue jays have blown. they did it three times before. as for the rays intersection first time in twelve years in their twelve-year history they have overcome an eight-run deficit. tampa was the fourth team this season to overcome a deficit with at least eight runs and all in the american league. last time there were four such comebacks in one season in the al, 1933. i wasn't a thought and neither were you. >> not at all. phillies still very much in the halladay sweepstakes and cardinals won the hol

jays, 0-1-0. melvin mora cranks that one down the right field side and that will be a foul ball melvin drew a walk. the only walk surrendered by brett cecil who has three strikeouts. jason berken, a walk and a strikeout so far for the orioles starter. >> jim: melvin would like to get into that second half groove last year, shoulder problems and hit .376, drove in 56 runs in 48 games. that was probably the most productive hitter in the american league in the second half of the year. >> gary: 0-1 delivery to him. the fastball be taken up high. melvin knows, one of the questions for the orioles is what's going to happen at the corners. in the short term as well as the long term. who is going to play first and who is going to play third? will it be melvin mora? >> jim: the same across the diamond. aubrey huff will be a free agent unless will re-signs. >> gary: melvin would like to put up some numbers. >> jim: he will get the opportunity. the david hernandez move; yes, you get him to the minor league a

when you can hold the toronto blue jays to two runs, any team, even the blue jays, that's pretty darnially at home where the orioles are such a good ball club offensively. they haven't really put up any runs for him all season long. i've seen a transformation early in his starts with the orioles, he was up in the strike zone, but now i see an effort down in the strike zone and i think that's what a lot of people don't see is the transformation there. he's missing down in the zone, and that's a good thing. because it's so much easier to bring a pitcher up in the zone than it is to try to bring him down in the course. we score him some runs, help him loosen up a little bit. i think we've got a keeper for our starting rotation. >> some very positive comments from rick dempsey who has caught a lot of pitchers in his career. rick kranitz had a very yuck pitching staff in miami, he's got a young pitching staff in baltimore. >> we might see after the all- star break, you never know what's going to happen, you might see even younger guys that are down in triple-a come up at some point. what w

second double in the game by the jays.ve a runner scoring position. >> jim p: >> jim p: well, that's what they do. they hit doubles. that's scutaro's 27th double. gaston looks on. he likes the double been. but the big difference is what the orioles do so much better with runners in scoring position. before this game, and you can add another one already, and now two, the jays had 830 opportunities to drive in runners, and they're only hitting .261. the orioles have only had 692, and they're hitting over .300. if they were anywhere close to where the orioles are, their runs would be way up there. >> knew izturis will look the runner back. has it for the out. two men down. fans, get on-line, orioles.com. the lucky win her receive four vip seats, parking for the game, tuesday july 28th against kansas city, plus win four passes to watch batting practice right from the field. experience orioles park in an entirely different way. just get on-line and enter at orioles.com. so nolan reimold has a t-shirt day coming up. there will b

in los angeles, i'm jay gray. christina, now back to you. >> all right.ou, jay. >>> following meetings with russian leaders this morning, president obama switches gears as he arrives in italy. that's where he will be sitting down with world powers for the g-8 summit addressing problems facing countries around the globe. for more on that, with he go to nbc's savannah guthrie who joins us live from italy. good morning, savannah. >> reporter: good morning, christina. the president just arrived here in italy, and he'll be here until friday. actually, friday he has a meeting with the popement but he's here for the g-8 summit, the meeting of the eight largest economies getting together to talk about a range of issues, climate change tops the agenda. and of course the global financial crisis. there's been a traditional divide between some of these leaders about whether to do more stimulus to help the economy or to stop getting into debt and focus more on new financial regulations. so that will continue to be of interest. and whether leaders will come to agreemen

in return for their ace, the blue jays want rookie lefthander j.a. happ, minor league pitcher kyle drabek and minor league outfielder dominic brown. because the phils don't want to part with happ and drabek, other teams have entered the halladay sweepstakes. espn.com's jayson stark reports the angels have been aggressive, and the dodgers are a long shot. the jays could use a doc after what happened to them saturday against the rays. bottom of the fourth, aaron hill connects. two-run home run. his second of the game. 24th of the year. jays were up 8-0 but the rays come back. here we are in the ninth. willie aybar, straightaway center field. gone. solo home run. his eighth. a 9-9 game. we go to the 12th. jason bartlett. that will bring home ben zobrist. the rays take a 10-9 lead. but in the home half of the 12th, the jays load the bases for adam lind. he grounds out to second. ballgame over. the rays come back from 8-0 down to win 10-9. biggest comeback in rays franchise history -- it's the fourth time in jays franchise history they've blown an eight-r

>> it's jay carney. the guy that makes me swear on the air. jay, we're blaming you for that. this is the toughest job. >> it is. >> it is. >> it's the job that shrinks the participants because people look for the bad news. it is not fair the way joe biden is treated. i know barnacle will agree. where are we politically at the end of july six months after the president got into office? >> remarkable, the entire poll and the way everybody is split up it's as if we're back to the campaign. everybody put on their jerseys again. the red team put red jerseys on. the blue team -- because you're seeing the president 40% disapproval rating. all coming from republicans. acting like republicans opinion the republican message, and this is what a republican pollster

he is the acting blue jays manager tonight. we send our condolences to cito gas ton and his family as cyst cito's sister passed away. the strike taken by marco scutaro a a great story. he has been a utility infielder and he is having a breakout season if that's fair to call it that. he has been around for many years. >> jim: he ex-seated the amount. >> gary: drilled that one to centerfield. jones going back, running hard, has room and he's got it. in the well. i irk the orioles just coming back from seattle where it's death valley out there again, right here, for adam jones, you can see how shallow but he goes back as well as anybody and then it's hard to tell until the game starts. obviously, you can get a little bit of a read during batting practice whether the ball carries but that ball didn't seem like it took off like we saw some of the balls in the last home stand. >> gary: only 77 degrees. can you imagine that, on july 10th. i mean, it is magnificent. pitch taken up high by hill. he is going to the all-star game, aaron h

so chavez the one-time oriole catching for the blue jays.time blue jay catching for the orioles. >> jim p: even though he started for the orioles. >> jim h: way back. debut of 1995 for gregg zahn. still going back, it is off the wall, and if play. 5ing back in is joans, and on at second base with a double to lead off the 7th inning is overbay. >> jim p: is and before the in, be a lot of the bullpen for the orioles was getting up and stretching, because normally, orioles hoping this will will not abnormal day, because bergesen has pitched so well, and been able to do it late in the game, an example is the red sox game, one run in 8 innings. so again, everybody getting loose just in case you have to get up. >> jim h: here is rios. breaking ball for a strike. >> jim p: not a particularly good one, but he gets fooled on it. just backed. and hit the inside part of the plate. let's see how they play it. you're three runs down, but you still have nine outs to work with if you're the jays. are they going to try to advance the runner? they didn't do

it's the first of three against the toronto blue jays.ere is the jays' starting line- up, scutaro, hill, adam lind up top. with scutaro with a 25-game hitting streak. that is the longest hitting streak of his career. raul chavez, one-time oriole will catch and bat 9th. how about aaron hill at second base. here is a guy who burst on the scene and has become a star. >> rick: he has established himself as one of the top offensive players in the game. he is already some of the league leaders with 100 hits. he has come on offensively and already established himself as one of the best defensive second basemen in the game. aaron hill continues to put up big numbers for the blue jays. >> jim: aaron hill has more hits in the american league than any other player not named ichiro suzuki. only ichiro suzuki has more hits. here is the orioles line-up.   huff left the other day when he was injured running the bases.   duke blue devils brings a nin- game hitting streak into the game. he has three homers and 12 rbis over the nine fames. luke

blue jays and -- play of the day. blue jays and yankees. the blue jays won the game, 7-6. president obama is in russia, and he thanked the russian people for d.c.'s favorite hockey player, alexander ovechkin. >> i continued to benefit from the contributions of russians, sicily, from alexander ovechkin. we're very pleased to have him in washington, d.c. >> we are indeed. >> that is the warmest reception he has had. >>> republicans are getting ireasingly vocal in their opposition to the president's health care plan. >> republicans have to be cal

jays. jeter on second, he appears to avoid the tag by scott rolen and gets thrown out. he asked for an explanation and didn't like what he had. finger-pointing and goodbye. 7-4 games bottom of the ninth, we'll hear from jeter in a moment about the scenario. matsui, one-run game. next batter, he's the winning run, but, no theatrics on this day in the new yankees stadium. goes down, blue jays hold on to beat the yankees and they avoid getting swept in the four-game series. andy petitte gave up six runs, five hits, five walks in six plus. 12 of the 14 homers he's allowed this year have come at home. yankees hit the road for six games, three at minnesota, three in anaheim leading up to the all-star break. back to that phantom tag at third, why were you so upset? >> did you argue because you knew you were safe? >> well, i was just baffled by the explanation. i was told i was out because the ball beat me. and he didn't have to tag me, so i was unaware of that change in the rules. >> do you second

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blue jays able to tie it with a run in the 8th.is brian bass on to work in the 10th. >> jim p.: his last appearance in seattle. the orioles came back with three runs in the ninth to win it. he's within pitching very well for the orioles. rich hill was relieved by danys baez, and sherrill pitched the ninth, here is brian bass. sinker, curveball, change-up pitcher. >> jim h.: jose bautista will lead off. first strike, 0-1. hard hit ball, brian roberts can't reach it. there's a base hit. roberts was shading up the middle. bautista hit it past him the other way. go-ahead run is on leading off here in the 10th. >> jim p.: sharply hit ball, brian will lay out to his left with the screamer into right field. you would imagine that scutaro will be trying to get him into second base. scott downs, their closer still up just in case they get the lead. >> jim h.: scutaro does have four sacrifice bunts. mora is in at third expecting a bunt. the throw to first. the throw sailed on wigginton but he gloved it. bautista does have three steals on the

the blue jays would double up alex rodriguez. jays beat the yankees 7-6. >>> one face did you not see playing in tiger woods' tournament over the weekend was phil mickelson, who was taking time away from the game of golf to be with his wife amy, who is battling breast cancer. well, last week mickelson learned his mother has also been diagnosed with the same disease. she will have surgery later this week. meanwhile, workers out at congressional country club are deep into the cleanup process from the at&t national, an event that will not be back in d.c. for the next two years. we're in bethesda. tiger woods, of course, winning his own tournament over the weekend on sunday, holding that trophy up. very, very proud. construction crews, though, didn't waste time. they were out there since 3:00 a.m. this morning. the focus for congressional is getting ready now for the 2011 u.s. open. tiger's tournament, meanwhile, will move to philadelphia for two years before coming back to d.c. congressional's president told me it was a close vote b

playing the first of three against the visiting blue jays. and before the game, the o's reinstated shortstop atur rush from the emergency list. emergency appendectomy. david hernandez, came to make room for him on the roster. cecil starting for the blue jays. maryland grad. he was lights out tonight. bottom of the first. gets jones hacking at a breaking ball. in the second, huff goes down swinging. next batter. cecil gets reimold chasing. he had five strike outs in six scoreless innings. what a performance. top of the fifth. blue jays up. chavez up with a runner on third. lines it past mora. rios comes down. chavez rolls into second with a double. toronto up. beat the o's in game one of the series. >> if you watch tonight's game you noticed the o's skipper not on the beverage. because dave trembley was suspended for two games and fined undisclosed amount by baseball for inappropriate actions leading up to and following the ejection in tuesday's game in seattle. dave trembley was tossed in the first inning after arguing a call in which reimold

so jays-- excuse pee the rays winning streak is out the window.proves to 5 and 1 at home this season. rolen back-to-back home runs. he has hit safely in 19straight innings. >> mets looking to avoid their 6th straight loss. will they respond? we will see. on the mound was guiled guiled gallardio. 3rd high 12 k's for the brewers pitcher. game over great outing by pelfrey who went 7 and two-thirds allowing 6 hits. it was just his 2nd win. pelfrey does what johan santana could not do. just a night before. >> meantime the nationals looking to sweep the marlins. josh willingham at the plate. bases loaded top 7. a blooper. 2 runs score. nationals up 3-2. bottom of the 7th. same score. cody ross at the plate. we are tied. ross's 14th home run of the season. 3-all. we move to the bottom of the 8th. same score and 1 out. bases loaded for the marlins. helms at the plate. gonzales but not in time. hanley ramirez scores. great play in the hole. that's sweet but they can't turn 2. marlins on top 4-3. nunez in to close it out for the fish. gonzales swings to end

second season with the blue jays.turn 34 in september. >> jim p.: what i was going to say is that -- >> jim h.: are you okay? >> jim p.: sure. a little frog came in there. 39 rbi's. >> jim h.: baez gets him. strikeout, and one away. as of july 9th, orioles pitchers have record add total of 505 strikeouts, that means care blue cross blue shield is closer to their goal. >> jim p.: so you know it's not about voluntarily os it for danys baez. mid 90s. again, when he's thrown the ball well, splitters going down, that's how you get those ground balls. >> jim h.: brian butterfield does not go to the bench for dellucci, in part i guess because the orioles closer is left-handed. so if you lift your right- handed bat now, if it comes up again in the ninth inning, you would have the lefty facing sherrill. here's the 1-1, ground ball towards short, double play ball, andino to roberts, there's the double play and baez erases the base runner and the orioles get out of it. 7s fy to over 65 cities across the country every day. woman

they gave a pin striped ford mustang to a fan against the blue jays.he shortstop signed the glove box of the car. jeter ripped a two-run homer in the fifth to give the yanks a lead. they won 9 of their last 10. throwing out the first pitch can be a bit nerve-racking. airmail before the red sox/mariners game. wall burg's second attempt behind but over the plate. as for the game, they scored five in the seventh inning. red sox thanked the mariners, 8-4. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the contest this holiday weekend at the box office finished nose to nose. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, speaking of contests, you are no doubt familiar with coney island's famous july 4th hot dog eating contest. but we have the highlights of a much more mammoth contest. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you once again. hope your morning is going well so far. looking good across much of the northeast. think of mainly central new york from even syracuse back to just east of buf

the blue jays beat the orioles, 2-0.chael phelps has returned to swimming almost as well as he planned. on the good side, he said a new world record in one event. also, he won a couple of other events. there is something we are not used to. he had to scratch himself from the 100 meter freestyle final tonight after his neck got so sore this morning that he could barely turned his head in the pool. >> i could barely move my neck, just to breathe. we thought it was probably better not to risk anything for the next two weeks. >> the third of the four majors is next week with the british open. phil mickelson's streak is over, announcing that he will miss this british open. his wife had surgery for breast cancer at last week. this week, he found out his wife has breast cancer. -- his mother has breast cancer. july 10, 1999, a penalty kick that won the world cup for the united states. her celebration put her on the map and landed her sports brought in the sports museum of america -- the sports bra in the sports museum of americ

orioles hosting the blue jays. dave trembley walks the game as he begins serving a two-game suspension. brent cecil shot out the os, the former terp, two hits. brendan morrison yesterday to a one-year contract with a reported $1.5 million. in his 12-year nhl career, morrison has four 20-goal seasons. notary public golf, at the u.s. women's open, christy kerr who won the tournament in 2007 leads the way by one stroke. you can watch the third and fourth round. that's your sports minute, i'm hakeem durmish. have a great day. >>> why 350 passengers were forced to evacuate using inflatable slides. plus, president obama in ghana. residents of that african country are showing their enthusiasm. we'll explain. >>> seom virginia shoppers 7x=ñq e >>> some scary moments for british airways passengers out in phoenix. last night, fumes filled the cabin as flight 747 was preparing to take off for london. hundreds of panels were forced to use slides to evacuate. everyone did get out safely. fire crews say electrical problems may

o's have won two in a row, the jay has lost three straight. pitched at the university of maryland game time. this reminder, sunday, masn, wjz. see the o's and the blue jays wrap-up. >>> news from the u.s. swimming championships in indianapolis. baltimore swimmer michael phelps has cut short his participation, suffering from a minor injury. it's a lingering sore neck that caused him to withdraw from the 100-meter freestyle. this comes a day after phelps hit a world record in the butterfly. his third victory in two days. he will still swim in the championships in rome. nascar boys running chicago this weekend. one of the drivers looking forward to the windy city race. kurt busch. it's a 400-miler. busch has run well in chicagoland. he has other motivations about this work trip to the midwest. >> chicago is just a great city. it's where my family really is from. and my mom and dad were born and raised there. and just with my ties with the chicago cubs, i love chances to go to chicago. and the fact that we race there now at night, saturday night,

played for the temperatures, blue jays in 2007 in front of his family he pitched six shutout inningsime berken pitched very well, here was his only mistake in the fifth. chavez rips a double down the left and a run scores and didn't need much more the blue jays beat the o's, 2- 0, the final. next week the british open who has the longest streak of consecutive majors played? mickelson but that streak is over. mickelson announced yesterday he'll miss the british open and it's easy to see why. his wife amy had surgery for breast cancer last week and this week he found out his mom has breast cancer, certainly golf cannot be very high to be priority list of phil mickelson right now. i'm steve davis, have a nice day. >> 65 degrees on tv hill. looking ahead to our next hour on wbal-tv news saturday morning. >> a teenager hit and killed by a car. three others injured. >> and we head to ghana. the celebration started even before president obama visited. his first visit to the west african nation since he became president. >> and el nino is starting up. maybe that's to blame, we'll look at our

in los angeles, jay gray, now back to you. >> thank you, jay. >>> across this country today people got the memorial service. radio station 93.9 held a memorial viewing at sidelines restaurant in largo, maryland. jackson fans of all ages turned out to watch the memorial there. the event was one of many across the country. mark barger has our report. ♪ where there is love ♪ i'll be there >> reporter: as mariah carey honored michael jackson's legacy in los angeles, fans were stening around the word, including harlem. >> i wanted to be within the neighborho. ch that cared for him as much as i did. >> reporter: some celebrated jackson's spirit and musi others tearfully mourned a legend lost. >> this young man touched a lot of people and brought a lot of people together. >> reporter: this movie theater in nearby chelsea was one of dozens around the country that aired the memorial service. fans at this theater and conyers, georgia, lined up early to get a seat. >> i didn't want to miss the opportunity see it on the big screen. if i had a way to get there, believe me i would be there with mich

leaves behind beloved wife nannette, parents lynn and lance, and stepfather jay. three sisters, one brother. ryan haupt, american hero. thank you to all our guests, but especially to you for being with us. i'll see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, friend.

. >> blue jays' first visit to the new yankee stadium, joe girardi and the yanks trying to get back on the winning track, alex -- bottom eighth, yanks up 1. alex rodriguez the solo homer to right, his 14th of the season and the yanks victorious. they've won 8-9. a-rod's 567th career homer leaves him two shy of rafael palmeiro for 10th place all time. the blue jays now 1-3 against the yanks this year. >> manny's former team, the red sox, hosting seattle. we go straight to the top of the 11th, game tied at 5-5 for rob johnson. he goes with the pitch. good hitting, kids. two runs score. mariners go up 7-5. they hold on to win 7-6. tim wakefield failed to get win number 11 in his 383rd career start. that breaks the boston red sox record previously held by roger clemens. >> up ahead on espnews. they call him the machine. albert pujols gave another reason for that nickname. we'll show you. >> he never seems to stop. manny ramirez -- he hopes he doesn't have to stop any more this season. he's back from a 50-game suspension. plenty more coming up from san diego. you know what i like about tenn

. >>> orioles return home to face the blue jays.ch bird comes out on top. >>> you're downtown, you might have seen a spectacle in the sky. >> the baseball the result could have been better. wasn't much of a night for the fireworks. the manager had a sitout serving a two-game suspect. the team failed to score against toronto's rookie pitcher. the o's also used one of their own rookies, jason burken. he didn't get run support. the jays scored twice in the fifth inning. that's raul chavez with the double to left field. alex rios scores 2-0 toronto. their rooky is bret cecil from dunn kirk, maryland. pitched for the university of maryland. he threw six shutout innings. strikes out luke scott here. in all, toronto would use five pitchers and allow a total of five hit and zero runs. no pop on this fireworks friday. 2-0 final. now six time this season the o's have been shut out. >>> two more games against the jays. this reminder, sunday on wjz, the o's take on toronto in the series wrapup, sunday, 1:30. in golf, the u.s. women's open. roun

jay, go ahead. >> hang on, jay. >> back when all of this started, this was not about necessarily goingnto space and finding new things, it was about beating -- >> russia. >> yeah, the soviets. it was war. and there was a patriotism, and enthusiasm. we are at a place 40 years later where a lot of people who sat up in the middle of the night and watched man set foot on the moon, they are not going to be around a lot longer. that kind of enthusiasm has to be somehow rebuilt. how do you do that? the question is, can you do it by what we just heard from senator nelson given the other economic realities? >> quickly, jay, and then i have to go. >> yeah, please. everybody has been answering for me. let me say this. if we don't go to mars or explore, that's the end of the human species. this thing we are on, it's a spacecraft, and we have to get off of it. we have only been around a couple 100,000 years, and we are not going to be around much longer if we don't learn how to leave the cradle where we were born. >> amen to that. >> and senator, to be clear, we are simply asking the same adventuro

jays have lost three straight. pitched at the university of maryland. game time, 7:05. on masn 2. and this reminder, sunday. masn. see the o's and the blue jays wrap up. >>> news from the u.s. swimming nationals in indianapolis. baltimore's michael phelps has cut short his participation because of a minor injury. it's a lingering sore neck. it led phelps to withdraw from the 100-meter freestyle which was to be the final event in the championship. he is still planning on swimming at the world championships in rome in two weeks. more on the orioles coming up next hour. we'll send it back to you. >> okay, mark. thanks. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >> we are the nation's worst drivers. one study released this week says they're in baltimore. i'm gigi barnett coming up. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news at 6:00. five-year-old shot and should have been in home confinement. >>> at the start of a fiscal year, we're facing a $700 million budget shortfall. where will that money come from? i'm jessica kartalija. we'll tell you. the details coming up. >>> general emergency -- genera

jay barbree is live in cape canaveral, florida.e's a look back at some of your reporting on the fatal fire in 1967, when they were preparing for the first mission to the moon. >> here in the next few days, the board will search through all tapes, plus the photographs made before and after the disaster. from these, they hope to discover exactly what went wrong. >> jay, you know, great reporting back then. just as now. and i guess the question is, those sort of mistakes, the problems that nasa had, it seemed to increase the drama in 1969, right? >> it sure did. who was that young kid up there? that's great, guys. thanks a lot for that. show me just how old i am. i'm so old, i'm beginning to -- >> take us back. what was going through everybody's mind? you had covered the accident, the successes and drama that summer. take us through it. >> with less than an hour to go at 4:17 p.m. eastern time, the astronauts were ready and landed on the moon at 4:17 eastern time. then spent about six and a half hours getting everything okay on board

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in baltimore, orioles hosting the blue jays.he manager watched this game from the suite as he began serving a two-game suspension. brett cecil shut out the o's. the former terp shut out the twins. morrison sign add one-year contract with a report 1d$.5 milli million. he has four 20-goal seasons. >>> in golf at the u.s. women's open, veteran christie kerr who won in 2007 leads the way by one stroke at 3 under par. you can watch the third and fourth rounds here on nbc 4 this weekend. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> warning for virginia cyclists. obey the rules of the road or you could get a ticket, and ttnb ticket couldoea td fou toi psnt or more onous yr dr'seriv nscens it happened to eht cyclist in loudoun last month whoever were taking part in a charity riechld jane watrel has our report. >> reporter: cyclists beware. if you blow through a stop line like this one the long arm of the law could reach out and write you a ticket. >> that's what folks have to realize. they have an obligation to

i've been saying for three weeks, i think he's going to be a blue jay on august 1st.ely today. >> interesting. another trade today. a couple trades from the pirates. they steal both jack wilson. ian snell to the mariners and then come back and trade freddie sanchez to the giants. they do get a triple-a catcher jeff clement according to baseball america was the top prospect in all the mariners' organizations. we've kind of joked about it in the newsroom. take a look at the pirates. they've dealt off six of their starting players from july of last year, three or four of those guys really, really good players, the likes of jason bay, nate mclouth, adam laroche, xavier nady, freddie sanchez. what are the pirates doing? >> the pirates g.m. is clearly the laziest g.m. in baseball. not working hard enough, not willing to talk to other g.m.s. he recognized to his credit that the core of a contender which is not present in pittsburgh, was not going to be present. the farm system was in bad shape when he took over. it's going to take more than a couple drafts to rebuild that or

. >> bob: johnny mo jay lock.worked out well for both of them. >> rob: they thought they'd have a better year in oakland, they didn't, they knew they couldn't resign matt holliday, the a's and the cardinals talked about it, then the cardinals went out and got derosa, they thought "okay we won't need holiday, we have got derosa," but he hurt his wrist so the talks got back on and voila, matt holliday will now be protecting albert pujols in the lineup and then asked whether or in the they'll resign matt holliday they basically said"we'll see what happens when we get to that." they are just happen to get him on the club. >> bob: with derosa coming over that took care of third base and they traded their number 1 draft choice, a young man named wallace playing third base at aaa. he was just drafted last year. that's a strange move to trade a draft pick one year after you draft him. outside. we have heard rumbling that the yankees have cast a covet to us eye toward matt holliday in the past. probably will in the future

orioles fly past the blue jays, 4-2. tour de france, after nine stages, lance armstrong remains in third place, eight seconds off the lead. final round of the john deere classic shot of the day from steve stricker. his approach on 17 is right on the money. the ball hits the pin and backs into the cup for an eagle. what a shot. stricker won the tournament with the final round of 64. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> thank you, mario. >>> looking to make a fastback? all you have to do is rub one celebrity's feet. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a unique road rage from takes drivers on a journey from coast to coast and back in time. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good monday morning. welcome back. severe thunderstorms are possible today. eastern north carolina really from raleigh. mostly out toward hamilton sound. a slight chance of severe weather from memphis, head to go mississippi, and back into the northern plainsment here's your forecast

jay korff, abc 7 news. >>> we turn now to the weather. temperatures have cooled down to a picture perfect evening. doug hill has more on what to expect. >> here we are in july, partly cloudyn skies. is good stuff. en the weather center, th teeratures,'te' 6las ala gh 66a harymkete ar c66enphy. it s temperatures are heading down. the forecast overnight, partly cloudy skies, unseasonably cool temperatures, a 58-65. through the day tomorrow, the cool flow of air off the atlantic ocean. we will tell you what to expect coming up. >>> dozens have rallied together in the district tonight for laura ling and the other american journalist being held captive in north korea, which comes after she made a confession her sister, lisa ling. courtney robinson has the latest. >> all of this comes as tensions between the u.s. and north korea continue to grow. tonight, a vigil along with many across the nation, asking for the release of the reporters, they are asking people to write down their thoughts and prayers for the women who have been locked away almo

nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: as investigators gathered at his las vegas office, officers also visited dr. conrad murray's home in this gated community near the vegas strip. >> looking for documents. >> reporter: the search similar to one at a storage facility in houston last week. >> this d a's office in los angeles doesn't want another o.j. moment. they're working hard behind the scenes to make sure before the charges they have all the evidence because they have gotten burned before. >> reporter: charges that could include manslaughter. police sources tell nbc news murray did administer the powerful sedative propofol the morning jackson died. >> diprivan or propofol is a primary drug here involved in the death. it doesn't say that the drug by and of itself caused the death. >> reporter: dr. murray's lawyer continues to insist his client has done nothing wrong and issued a state which said, in part, we will not be commenting on rumors, inyou endo. tends to shake out when all things are known and i'm sure that will happen here. there is apparently now a public video of jackson'

nbc's jay gray explains. >> reporter: the federal government is apparently putting the brakes on the so-called cash for clunkers vehicle trade-in. according to sources on capitol hill, transportation secretary lahood notified key senators late thursday that the rebates would be suspended amidst the program setting aside billions. wildly popular, the program gave consumers up to $4500 if they traded in a gas guzzler for a more fuel-efficient vehicle. and hope to rev up the sputtering auto stroo. >> since friday we have increased our business probably 30%. >> reporter: in less than a week, more than 22,000 people took advantage of the incentive plan, spending $96 million. >> there's a lot of people that weren't going to get a car but $4,500, that makes a big difference in the car purchase and it brought them off the sidelines. >> reporter: but a huge backlog in processing thousands of deals, auto dealers may have already driven past the 250,000 vehicle limit funded by the program apparently prompting the feds to park the initiative for now. jay gray, nbts news, los angeles. >>> now her

rays stun the jays, 150-9 in 12 innings. a packed house last night saw more action than any of us could hope for. for one player in particular, nerves were extra high. he's not only the first american player ever for a.c. milan, he went to montgomery county. he was excited and nervous. here, caught in no man's land on defense, chelsea scores to take the lead. gooch had his chance. soaring above the defense, cracked the header, just wide. a penalty instead. he knows his home state has definitely embraced his return. pga stopping north of the border for the canadian border. the exchange rate two for one birdies. calcavecchia, playing well of late, but this was ridiculous he misses, that's amazing because he made a tour record nine in a row before that. he didn't have the shot of the kay. leaf olson at 15, never heard of leif, but look. cue ball off the nine, into the corner pocket. good for the ace. of course, he can't believe it. spectacular reaction. look at him again when he recognizes what happened. having some fun. but th

jay gray, news4. >> the little boy is still in the hospital.he firefighters had some burns to their hands and arms. >>> some good samaritans in new jersey have been credited with saving the lives of three boaters. early yesterday morning, a boat caught fire in the water. the people on board sent out a may day call and got into a small life boat. the coast guard sent a cutter and a rescue helicopter, but by the time they got there, another boat had arrived on the scene and recovered the crew of the rigs. the burning ship eventually broke apart and sank. nobody was seriously injured. >>> let's get an update on the forecast from bob. >> we've got some rain showers. we've had a few drops here in washington. another batch moving through fredericksburg. boy, we could really use the rain heading up into dale city. charlottesville, about -- over half an inch of rain. right here in washington, we've had a quarter of an inch. compare that with the driest july ever. a few raindrops tonight. tomorrow there could be a few more, but most of those will be mor

day game in new york, yankees beat the blue jays 4-2. burn either 7 innings, two runs on six hits.ewhere in the american league, tampa bay on the road at texas. rangers win it 3-1. and look at the indians all over oakland, 5- 3 in cleveland. orioles, tonight at anaheim by a final of 6-4. that young man jason bergen get this start tomorrow. more when we come back. the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. okay. (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber opt

jay baree is live at the kennedy ace center. jay, gd morning. what hapned? >> well, last night, alex, they had seven lightning strikeon the launch pad they have a lightning arrests out there. they do not believe that any damage took placut they're noceain. so what they want to do is they want to run down every one of these lightning strikes here in the next 24 hours, absolutely sur nothing has been broken, or created a problem whatsoever withithe space shuttle tem. d they wll try to goagain tomorrowvening at 7:13 p.m. eastern time. but ain, it's the same question with theweather. they don't expect the weathero be any better. they hav that rking against them, 60% chance of no-go, thundershowers ithe area. but right now, they've t to make sure that theightni strikes did not no damagelast night, alex. >> okay. so this is set forwhen? st4 urs lat, 7:00 p.m.sh tomorrow night? >>well, 7:13 to be precise 7:13.55. tomorrow evening. the next attpt. >> but w's counting. >> let's talquick quickly, jay, when they do get "endeavour" off the ground, what's the msion going