for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we are looking pretty good on the rails. no delays on the marc trains. one delay at cathedral and mind and spirit a diversion at lawrence. the mta is launching a new e- mail notification system today. all subscribers must register as a new user. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> we have had a pleasant change this morning. we don't have low clouds or drizzle or humidity. that is nice. it is mostly clear. we're watching a cold front coming across the ohio valley into the mountains. this storm system stalled on top of us over the weekend. initially will get this run to come through this area. we had some rain late last night. it was pretty impressive for a while and now is starting to fall apart. there's a lot of showers coming into western maryland. there's a chance you can see a shower over towards baltimore, 20%. the best chance for rain will be in the mountains today. we will make it into the 70's. it is clear around baltimore right now. clouds will thicken

probably meet kurt. >> reporter: kurt is, of course, kurt russell, her partner of 28 years.s in hollywood. they never married but they have raised four kids together. among them, movie star daughter kate hudson. i interviewed your beautiful daughter. she seems to be so comfortable in her own skin. >> yeah, she is. >> reporter: a gift from you. >> i'm very proud of katie. she really, really is comfortable in her own skin. i think all our children like who they are. we just have that kind of -- i think it's part of the way we raised our kids. we're a big laughing family. >> reporter: a big laughing family? >> we really are. we've been thrown out of restaurants before, before the way, for laughing so much. >> reporter: but do you think that's part of the secret of raising happy kids is being happy? >> children mirror who you are. why? because we're hard wired to do that. that's what our brains tell us to do. we have mirror neurons. i love your eyes, they are dancing, i'd like to dance with your eyes, because i'm -- it t activates that. the same with our kids. they are just -- t

kurt, can you hear me? did we lose his audio? >> yes, i can -- >> my question was just simply tomorrow you enter the defense. what should we expect? what picture will they paint? >> well, you know, first of all tomorrow is going to be the defense. thursday will be amanda's defense. what i think we're going to see tomorrow is really a focus on the forensic evidence that independent court experts have really defined as being bad and unreliable. what we saw and what we've heard during the first three hearings is all circumstantial evidence. when it really comes down to the nuts and bolts of this case, you're going to hear in the next couple days that there really is no forensic case here, and i think that's going to paint a different picture to this whole situation. >> kurt, if your daughter does win this appeal, do you even know how quickly she can hop on a plane and come home? >> well, the process is such that, you know, she is under control, actually, of the guards that bring her to the court and not actually under control of the

joining us now is brenda and kurt warner.shakeable faith. nice to see you. how is retired life? >> great, i am enjoying it. >> sean: you guys met what year? >> '92. >> sean: you break the book up into two parts. first, you have had a lot of tragedy in your life. >> i've earned my grey hair underneath here. >> sean: what grey here. alan colmes did this to me. your parents were killed in a tornado. you had a fiance that was a marine? >> i was a marine. >> sean: >>> he was a former marine discharged with a medical discharge because he a brain tumor and had that removed. i was the one working,ing a maroon he was home taking care of -- become i maroon he was home taking care of new son when he accidentally dropped him that caused blindness that was another call that i got. nothing that i asked for, wanted or thought that i would be a mother of a special needs child what do you do with it? what do you do with that call? where do you go? who do you become. that's what my book is about. >> sean: we all get these calls. i got a call,

kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. a cell phone captured raging flames erupting at an orlando gas station after a minivan crashed into the pump. the monday morning accident occurred when the driver lost control of her minivan, plowing through traffic signs and bushes before slamming into the station. the driver and her son escaped with only minor injuries. >>> firefighters in arkansas clash with a massive inferno that is expected to put hundreds of people out of work. billowing smoke from the copper plant blaze could be seen for miles as multiple crews battle back flames. officials say the building has been totally destroyed. with the job status of plant employees unknown at this time. >>> finally, it may only be september, but one wisconsin couple got their christmas gift early. the schroeders learned the white house will do its yule time tree shopping right on their farm. the couple received the honor after winning a contest sponsored by the national christmas tree association. now for a look at your national and re

nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: after an emotional 11th hour appeal to the highest court in the land, troy davis was executed in georgia. >> the court-ordered execution of troy anthony davis has been carried out. >> reporter: according to witnesses, davis' last words were a denial of responsibility for the crime he was convicted of. >> he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, that he did not have a gun. he said to the family that he was sorry for their loss but also said that he did not take their son, father, brother. >> reporter: a case that has galvanized communities far beyond the prison gates in georgia, from coast to coast, groups rallied. their message, spare davis' life. troy davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of savannah police officer mark macphail after witnesses testified davis shot macphail. but seven of the nine witnesses later recanted their testimony. and no dna evidence links him to the crime. >> it's over. it sounds terrible but i can finally close this book and hopefully get some sleep. >> reporter: after

nbc's kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: texas firefighters are looking at another extreme day on the job. even with help from above monday in the form of firefighting helicopters, crews on the groundy outmatched. >> i have seen a number of big fires in my life. this one is as mean-looking as i've ever seen. >> reporter: just outside of austin, more than 450 homes have been reduce dodd cinders. 500 families have been forced out of her homes. monica lost her home. >> i'm sitting and praying, hoping to god, because i don't know right now. >> reporter: in louisiana, the biggest problem is flooding. new orleans is still bailing out from tropical storm lee. the storm surge has most of nearby lafitte under water. >> it's very alarming how quick the water comes in now. >> reporter: lee has spawned at least 20 tornadoes, including one just outside of atlanta. the storm system expected to move northeast in the coming days. carrying the risk of more damage and flooding. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> elsewhere, the president is putting the pressure on republicans returning to capitol hill this wee

kurt suzuki with his 13th homer of the year. >> whatever hanahan is eating, i want some. that's the back, jack. nobody would score for the next 9 innings. a base hit to right. david to jesus and throw. kurt suzuki and the call is -- what? safe? the indians win it 4-3 and take another look. suzuki -- lose the graphic and he's out. he's out. >> the ump saw something else. after more than five hours another a's loss venus williams left with her tennis career very much in jeopardy. venus was unable to compete in her second round match citing fatigue and joint pain caused by an autoimmune disease. the two-time u.s. open champion withdrew from two previous tournaments because of a virus. maybe that was it all along. all eyes on andy roddick in the night session. michael russell here and roddick with the nice shot. 7-5 in the fourth set. >> thanks, larry. >> focus. >>> "nightline" is next. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel. thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. we'll see you tomorrow.

nirvana co-founder tweeted kurt supported jerry brown for president in 1992. >> thanks for joining usbc 7 news at 4:00. >> the news at 5:00 continues right now with dan ashley and cheryl jennings. >> high price of gold and greed turns deadly. police catch up with some teen-aged murder suspects. >> and the state's motive for a female inmate free early to be with their children. >> and military weapons found in a north bay car that shut down the area around it. >> and and good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> a police tip and surveillance video gave police a break they needed in murder of a neighborhood gardener. >> police say four teenagers killed a man over two very small possessions. the 42-year-old was working in the front yard of an oakland home and was robbed and shot in may. abc 7's vic lee is live with the story that centers, vic, around pure greed. >> pure greed. those two items, a gold chain and an ipod. those arrested? a 15, 16, and 17, and 19-year-old and three of them have been charged as juveniles. and one, adult. >> the four have been charged with murder of the 42-year-old tor

kurt cobain, it was like his vision, you know? his vision, to me, was reggae. he just made it in rock. >> nirvana fifth time together at the top was tragically cut short by the death of their lead singer. that makes their legacy now all the more impressive. the few songs they have will be played and loved well into the future. >> that brings today's show to a close. you can get constant updates on our website. to find out what we are working on, visit facebook. for all of us at bbc, the queue for watching and tune in tomorrow, when we broadcast live from the united nations. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles. announcer: this program was made possible by: >> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids, who know of all the things a kid can learn,

i don't know if that was written by kurt cobain or not. [ crickets chirping ] >> obviously, we addede realized this by now, governor huntsman, but if you were intent on going the nirvana route, the least you could have done was get advice from courtney love. not only is he kurt cobain's widow, the lady knows how to work a room. >> i look at audiences and i like what i see. and so when i say [ bleep ] you, i say it in a loving manner and they say [ bleep ] right back. >> charming. if you want to ask my advice, perhaps over coffee on a rainy night after a night at the chuckle hut, i would say forget about the nirvana jokes. if it's laughs you're looking for look at presidential candidate gary bauer and go big. see? he fell but it's funny because he got back up. let's be honest, the gary bauer move, total rip-off of scarlet takes a tumble. ♪ she was okay, too, trust me. i know well the story of scarlet takes a tumble. if you can translate youtube hits into votes, you will win in a landslide. no, governor huntsman, that's not a stevie nicks' reference. maybe you're no gary bauer takes a

i don't know if this was written by kurt co-wane or not. >> ha, ha, ha, ha. the nirvana song is "all apologies" not no apologies. i'm told we have another feed of huntsman's zinger. >> to hear these two go at it over here, you have got mitt romney who calledate fraud in his book "no apology." i don't know if that was written by kurt co-wane or not. [ crickets chirping ] >> obviously, we added in the crickets. i'm sure you realized this by now, governor huntsman, but if you were intent on going the nirvana route, the least you could have done was get advice from courtney love. not only is he kurt cobain's widow, the lady knows how to work the room. >> i look at audiences and i like what i see. when i say [ bleep ] you, they say it in a loving manner and they say [ bleep ] right back. >> charming. if you want to know my advice, perhaps over coffee on a rainy night, i would say forget about the nirvana jokes. if it's laughs you're looking for look at presidential candidate gary bauer and go big. >> see? he fell but it's funny because he got back up. let's be hon

i don't know if this was written by kurt co-wane or not. >> ha, ha, ha, ha. song is "all apologies" not no apologies. i'm told we have another feed of huntsman's zinger. >> to hear these two go at it over here, you have got mitt romney who calledate fraud in his book "no apology." i don't know if that was written by kurt co-wane or not. [ crickets chirping ] >> obviously, we added in the crickets. i'm sure you realized this by now, governor huntsman, but if you were intent on going the nirvana route, the least you could have done was get advice from courtney love. not only is he kurt cobain's widow, the lady knows how to work the room. >> i look at audiences and i like what i see. when i say [ bleep ] you, they say it in a loving manner and they say [ bleep ] right back. >> charming. if you want to know my advice, perhaps over coffee on a rainy night, i would say forget about the nirvana jokes. if it's laughs you're looking for look at presidential candidate gary bauer and go big. >> see? he fell but it's funny because he got back up. let's be honest, the gar

kurt, i want to begin with you.hat was your daughter's reaction to the prosecutor asking for a tougher sentence? was she surprised by this? >> actually, no, it was something that they asked for in the first trial and didn't receive, so, you know, obviously it's a bit of astonishment when someone wants to have you spend the rest of your life behind bars, but she was prepared for it. >> and, edda, this has really come down to all or nothing. you could either be taking your daughter home in just a matter of days as a free woman, or you could be seeing her face a lifetime in prison. how are you coping with this? >> well, we're doing the same thing we've done all along. you know, every day we reassure amanda that she will get out of there, that it's going well and tell her to hang on and we just have to hope for the best. but she knows that we won't stop fighting until she's out of there. >> kurt, i know next week your daughter's defense team will be delivering their closing arguments. will your daughter address the cour

that is between pier 27 and kurt 29 area. it is an approved, we have an extremely compressed schedule to deliver it in time for the event. in order to meet the date stipulated in the host and venue agreement, the general contractor needs to place the order for steel now because of the long lead time. this process begins shop drawings, purchase of steel fabrication and installation. the poor recognizes the city may disproves the event, cruise terminal, or both event. we acknowledge to place the order now, prior to the project approval is at some risk to the port. however, this is the best course of action because of three reasons. now is a great time to purchase the deal. prices are low and we have indications of prices will escalate. if the cruise terminal project it disapproved, the court to cancel the fabrication. 3, this lower-cost deal could be reduced. as indicated in the memorandum, no construction worker insulation will occur at the site until after the regulatory approvals are granted, including environmental review u

kurt suzuki made the tag. the game is over. indians win 4-3. look run more time. see the graphic is in the way but trust me, he got him before he tagged the plate. nevertheless, after more than five hours it is another a's loss. >>> on to football. raiders coach hugh jackson showed up to meet the media today and showed up angry. the raiders playing at seattle on friday. the silver and black 0-3 this preseason. can't go all out to win this game coming up because your top priority is to make sure that nobody gets hurt. >> another dress rehearsal. i like to play to win. i haven't won yet so it is pissing me off. that might be why i'm pissed. other than that i think it is another opportunity to get ready for the season start and that is what we need to do. >> don't make angry. >> venus williams withdrew today. caused by an autoimmune disease. shown here leaving before the scheduled match. venus a two-time champion at the open and you have to wonder what this means for her tennis future. very unclear tonight whether she will be able to come back and overcome this. >>>

. >> how will you continue to do this, kurt. this has cost you a fortune. >> we'll figure it out.he will not be left here. >> reporter: two years later, they are hopeful. for the first time this epic legal battle seems to be going their way. >> we've always known amanda is innocent. the light has always been on at the end of the tunnel. now it's shining even brighter. >> reporter: during knox's appeal, the two court appointed experts reviewed key dna evidence used to convict them. a kitchen knife the prosecution claims has knox's dna on the handle and kercher's on the blade and the bra clasp with dna on the hook. the critique blasted the collection and the testing raising serious questions about the prosecution's case. >> those two experts have conclusively determined that the evidence was likely compromised, likely contaminated and that the testing that has actually employed on the alleged dna fell below internationally accepted standards. >> reporter: another blow for the prosecution, a homeless man was shown to be confused about what date and time he claims to have seen amanda

kurt cobain is deceased. he was the front man for nirvana, a song called all apologies.sman dropped out of school to play for the band, wizard. >> a lot of these candidates play instruments. fascinating side note. people were all atwitter about that last night. thank you so much. and still ahead, a millionaire developer in florida on trial for allegedly shooting his wife. she says she killed herself, but his bizarre behavior, it's raising a lot of questions about what really went down. we're on the case. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? >>>

. >> other than selling lots of records, nirvana is famous for the death of its lead singer, kurt cobain shot themselves in 1994 after a history of drug abuse and mental illness. in between the photos is part of a smashed qatar. -- guitar. nevermind sold millions of copies worldwide. the best way to judge music is its durability. 20 years later, the songs are still shaping other artists' music today. this man turned rock classics into reggae. he was not a not a fan. but now he is. >> they are great songs. mission was's reggae. he just played in rock. ♪ >> nevada's time together at the top one -short- -- nirvana's time at the top was cut short by the death of their lead singer. >> fantastic stuff. that brings today's show to a close. you can get constant updates on our website. for all abuzz at "bbc world news america," thank you for watching and tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight

kurt gibson's team lost 97 games last year.in there and they hung in there but this is arizona's season. rookie paul gold schmidt off of sergio romo, it's 3-1 arizona and they are getting ready to party. huff has not done much this year. a top 10mvp candidate a season ago, no. time to party. arizona, goes from worse to first and it's their fifth division title and giants now five games back in the wild card with five to go, they will be eliminated maybe tomorrow. here is former giant matt williams up first. he is a coach with the diamond backs. >>> so proud of these guys. you know, first day of spring training we said believe in the process and they did. and you know, this is what happens when you work hard and you hope and you put things together and we look forward to the opportunity, we respect all of our opponents that we will play, but we are good. i have news for you. >>> all righty. a great night for the diamond backs and now it on to the post season, why the giants just hanging on, they could be eliminated tomorrow. the

that happened at lincoln and kurt then carjack vehicle at shopping center at monterey road and kurt. woman driver is missing and tonight the same man is believed to have run into an apartment complex at may berry and king and that's where thomas is standing by life for us tonight with latest on the developing story. thomas? >>reporter: it is indeed developing story dan. we are on king road rate now behind me is the monteclair homes condominium complex. sprawling complex and surrounded by dozens and dozens of san jose police. now this is where san jose police say the suspect exchanged fire with two other officers around 6:30 this evening. the suspect then ran that the sprawling complex. police know he's armed and desperate and ask resident to shelter in place. this entire crime spree that has gone on all day, started at gas station on lincoln avenue in san jose. police released this photo of the suspect. surveillance photo taken at the chevron gas station on lincoln avenue. at 10:00 a.m. the suspect approached man pumping gas asked him for money then shot him once. the man was there a

. >>> le's former friend is charged with her murder and expected to be back in kurt tomorrow. she was arrested in union city after being linked to the murder with surveillance video and dna evidence. esteban blamed le for breaking up the relationship she had with her five-year-old child's father. a judge cancelled esteban's last hearing because she did not have an attorney but the public defender's office said she should have legal representation by tomorrow. >> a massive manhunt continues for a man considered armed extremely dangerous. 33-year-old paul castillo is accused of murder and robbery after going on a crime spree in san jose. police say the parolee is 5'9" and weighs 210 pounds. he is accused of shooting and wounding a man at a gas station in san jose on friday, then carjacking a vehicle and kidnapping a woman outside of her work. the body of the woman was found inside castillo's san jose home yesterday. >> national transportation and safety board investigationors may have found some crucial evidence in a plane crash that killed nine people during an air show in reno

and gets tossed and comes out of the dugout like a storm trooper and has to be restrained by manager kurt gibson. the d-backs get all darth vader in the eighth. the solo shot ties the game the and then the force was with the. two more on this triple, and the giants are now a season high seven games back. >> this was i thought critical to take the series. so now we head down to san diego and we are still breathing. we are hanging by a thread. >> we are downright now, but we will be here tomorrow ready to go. >> we don't have a choice. we can't sit and worry. we have to win every game. we can't scoreboard watch. >> we still have an opportunity here. nobody here will go out there and lay down. >> a's looking to sweep the mariners on breast cancer awareness day. alan tacks on one more. he smokes one to right and an r.b.i double scores them and here come the mariners. he crushes it off fuentes. the mariners in a run. the a's come back in the bottom half. he just gets it under the glove and a two-run triple and the a's sweep the m's with a victory. the first sunday of the u.s. open had plenty o

state department announced on thursday that the assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell, will visit japan and other asian nations next week. campbell is scheduled to arrive in japan on october 6th. he will also visit south korea, hong kong, brunei and thailand and will wrap up the trip in beijing on the 11th before returning to washington. his meetings in tokyo and seoul are expected to focus on how to cope with north korea's demand for an unconditional resumption of the six-part tks on the cotry's nucleaprram. noh rema td wn top nuclear envs of bh koaset in a beijing earlier th month. e u.s., japan and south korea maintain tt theor mt denu conet steps tard halting its uranium enrichment program before the talks can be resumed. campbell is also expected to discuss the trans-pacific partnership agreement during his visit to japan. the u.s. has,ed japan to participate in the free trade pact to enhance economic cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties. >>> territorial disputes over the spratly islands in the south china sea will be discussed as well when campbell meets vice foreign mi

i don't know if that was written by kurt cobain or not. rick to say you can't secure the border i think is pretty much a treasonous comment. >> if you're president, what will you bring to the white house? >> as a 40-year motorcycle rider i would bring my harley-davidson. >> bill burton, kurt cobain? i'm not sure that's the cultural reference i would want to use in a republican tea party audience. >> i don't know that it works with that crowd. but i wish you had shown the mitt romney answer on immigration. because, one fascinating thing to me about this primary is that mitt romney in the mainstream media is viewed as the more moderate candidate. but here is a person who has taken his rhetoric so far to the right on immigration, you just have to wonder if he's still electable with the biggest growing part of the population. and also, on social security and medicare. it's amazing that the republican party is in a place where someone like mitt romney, who wants to privatize social security, and essentially end medicare, is somehow the moderate

after the judge's ruling today her father kurt knox said she will be home soon. spoke to him who's in italy. >> mr. knox, today's ruling that the prosecution cannot introduce new dna evidence against your daughter amanda, that's very good news for her, isn't it? >> well, actually the circumstances are such that they cannot ask for another independent review of the dna evidence. the court already appointed its own independent experts. and they came back with the result that was not favorable to the prosecution. so i think what they were trying somewhat of a desperate move today to say, we want another dna review so that it can hopefully come back to our benefit. >> the thing i can't wrap my mind around, though, is if the dna evidence isn't credible how did things get to this point? why has this gone on so long? >> well, that's a question that i think a lot of people are going to be asking for some time to come. but when you take a look at the very first trial and the negative character assassination that amanda experienced and the media exposure and then from what

i'm not sure in a republican primary kurt cobain shoutouts are the way to go. he's got a much more dire problem and that is, given his poll standings, what are the threshholds going to be for these debates coming up and is he going to be in these debates. that is the big question now facing huntsman. >> quickly ron, how much new life did michele bachmann breathe back into her campaign? >> i think she brought in enough life in her campaign that mitt romney can sigh a sigh of relief he's going to have her around a little longer to beat up on perry. >> ron and jonathan. >> that's what romney needs. >> always good to have you both breaking us down. thank you, both. >> thank you. >>> up next, a gathering storm as president obama hits the road to campaign for his jobs bill. republican opposition over paying for the plan. it's getting louder. this was kind of predictable, wasn't it? plus iran's president tells our own ann curry the two american hikers will be freed in, quote, a couple of days. >>> could their two-year nightmare be nearing an end? a look ahead at the p

kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: as the raging flames continue -- a team of more than 1,200 firefighters is hoping another day with light winds will help them stop a massive wildfire in texas that is 18 miles long, five miles wide, and growing. >> fire jumped all over the place. we're doing a little firing to get it back on our terms. >> reporter: the fire burning just outside austin has already destroyed more than 500 homes, more than 5,000 people are living in shelters. many watching the fire from a distance. and wondering. >> looking at the fire right now and i'm thinking, gosh, that could be my property that just went up in smoke. >> reporter: evacuees huddle around sheriffs deputies and local officials looking for information and answers. >> we don't know if we have a house to go home to. we don't know anything. we can't find information. >> reporter: and while fire crews battle flames around the clock, the fire continues to shift and turn across the parched texas landscape. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> here's your first look at the other news going on around america today. a cell ph

assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell, announced wednesday that the u.s.ot sell the new model of f-16s to taiwan. that's what china wanted. it didn't want this, though. the u.s. is now going to sell taiwan radar systems, missiles and other equipment. the hardware will help the taiwanese military upgrade its existing fleet of 145 fighters. china is against any arm sales to taiwan. it considers that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it's inevitable that the decision will damage military and security cooperation between china and the united states. >> foreign monday industry spokesperson hinted that the suspension of china/u.s. military exchange. bilateral ties chilled until january this year. there are fears this latest issue will damage china/u.s. relations again. >>> leaders seem to be standing strong in the face of immense pressure at the united nations general assembly meeting in new york. they say they will make a bid for u.n. membership this week as planned. u.s. president barack obama is trying to c

released its groundbreaking album never mind but time hasn't diminished the fascination with lead singer kurtobain or his rock n' roll wife, courtney love. love who had her own band, hole is writing a tell all book about her life, drugs and hollywood. cobain committed suicide in 1949 while he was married to love. the two have a daughter, 19- year-old frances bean. >> reporter: elton john is back on stage with some of his biggest hits. opening night for his million dollar piano show at caesars palace in las vegas didn't disappoint. john strutted on stage in a full-length white robe. the show will run for three years in vegas. >>> want to become part of a new action comedy series? that's what warner bros. hopes. they're launching aim high, a new web-based series on facebook. facebook users can become part of the show by sharing their facebook profile. then show creators will use names and pictures in the background of the show. who's banking big bucks in hollywood? actresses that make us laugh top the list. "saturday night live" and 30 rock funny woman tina fey is tied with desperate housewife

players like kurt were going on the pacific islands, and used brigham young as a stepping stone to play professional football. >> some kids, all they have is football. they have dreams. they want to go to college. they want to play at a college level. >> the stereotypical image reinforced by football glory and the haka dance clashes with the introspective behavior displayed in the classroom. there, a polynesian americans are not performing well. at this high school, only 60% graduate. >> i truly believe the people of my culture, if they do not feel like their response is coin to be received intellectually, they will not say a thing in class. >> this class is meant to strengthen that bond and the students' cultural identity. more than a century after arriving in america, this community is still finding its way. bbc news, salt lake city. >> enough for a little comic relief, russian style. a television speech by medvedev has made headlines by never making it to air. >> it is russian rock and roll, or strictly come kremlin. the man in blue is dmitry medvedev, on the dance floor at a college

down 4-2, that quickly changed after a kurt suzuki double tied the game.hey hit their game-winning sacrifice fly. the a's win in the ninth and deal a major below to the angels playoff hopes, 2 1/2 behind boston in the american league wildcard race. >>> pga tour championship, second playoff hole bill haas from the water. he would save par and that forcedded a third playoff hole with hunter mahan, so instead of losing he makes his par on the third playoff hole to win and capture the fedex cup. you know what that means? he gets combined total of winning 11 1/2 million dollars. i mean, he goes from a ball in the water to winning that tournament. >> i love that. >> good day. >> dennis, thank you much. >>> okay. >>> a casino shootout between two rival gangs is not expected to deter people from attending a memorial at reno. as many as a thousand people are remembering a pilot and those who died in the air race disaster. we take you to the candlelight vigil, true dedication that is happening tonight. we show you that at 10:00 and 11:00. that will do it for this ed

vick who throws with his left hand got kurt.e showed off his cast to the reporters. >> not to say captain play with the swelling. sky us has to be where he cap bend his hand where he can work with it. >> still sore. still swollen but i think with the rehab during the week see how it recovers and how well it gets. >> breaken rib and all tony romo took

assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell, announced on wednesday that the u.s. would not sell the new model of f-16s to taiwan. that's what china wanted. it didn't want this, though. the u.s. is now going to sell taiwan radar systems, missiles and other equipment the hardware will help taiwan upgrade its existing fleet of 145 fighters. >> china is against any arm sales to taiwan. it considers that interference in its internal affairs. >> translator: the united states made a mistake. it is inevitable that the decision will damage military and security cooperation between china and the united states. >> foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei, hinted at the suspension of the china/u.s. military exchange. china did that last year to protest an american decision to sell arms to taiwan. bilateral ties chilled until january this year. there are fears the latest issue will damage china/u.s. relations again. >>> sumo day 12 of the autumn tournament from tokyo and we have an interesting business end of the basho coming up with hakuho still undefeated, and relative unknown

kurt gregory report. >> reporter: after an emotional 11th hour appeal to the highest court in the land, troy davis was executed in georgia. >> the court ordered the execution of troy anthony davis has been carried out. >> reporter: according to witnesses, davis' last words were a denial of responsibility for the crime he was convicted of. >> said that he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, that he did not have a gun. he said to the family that he was sorry for their loss but also said that he did not take their son, father, brother. >> reporter: a case that has galvanized communities far beyond the prison gates in georgia. from coast to coast, groups rallied. their message -- spare davis' life. troy davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of savannah police officer mark mcphail after witnesses testified he shot mcphail. seven of the nine witnesses later recanted their testimony, and no dna evidence links him to the crime. >> it's over. it sounds terrible, but i can finally close this book and hopefully get some peace. >> reporter: after 2

that is why you have state divisions here, like kurt schultz with the human services division, our board of supervisors here, the mayor here, along with business. to do that and fulfill that collaboration with all the other city agencies working together. again, it will always be -- it really takes a whole village of effort that goes on in order to rebuild a whole community and fulfill all of the promises. i am glad to be here today, glad to celebrate this. i am so thrilled that tim, you have fulfilled a long lost promise for this neighborhood, and you have done it the right way with hiring local people here so that they can have an build upon hope and have something for their families. i also want to think the police department here as well. we have a member from our babies station here to keep everybody's safe, making sure we have public safety as well as a thriving economy along the corridor. thank you very much, and let's celebrate this. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. i find the best thing to do with promises is to be very slow and consider it to about makin

thank you. >> thank you very much, kurt. if i could just, with you, ms. indrawati, on the evolution of models of government, what people are looking for, and economic governance, when countries will choose not just an american model our chinese model, and hybrids that are more indigenous and have more resonance within the own systems. what would be briefly your experience in indonesia, where do you think indonesia is going to go? it has at its expense with great influence from western financial institutions, english in china. where you see indonesia turning its path? >> will, for indonesia we have a crisis in 97-98. and then at time we adopted a package of the imf reform, we just adopted to change the way the economy governance, but it came with all the political revolution if you call that, just like in movies, change of the regime and so on. so we changed quite a lot about political governance, some democratic, centralized open economy, political system, economy. we adopt policy, change, state finance going very open. so it's a good principle. but to be

. >> reporter: kurt olson is in charge of the security security detail, protecting mrs.nton from the threat of terrorists. >> we are fairly certain she is high in their minds as a potential target and that is the mindset we carry with us wherever we go. >> reporter: in her first two years, clinton traveled more than any secretary of state in history. there is olson there with her in madrid, india and abu dhabi. >> we literally have woken up and not known what country you are in? >> happens all the time. >> reporter: olson's major concern this week? during the u.n. general assembly, even hillary clinton gets stuck in traffic. you don't like it when things slow down? >> we do not like it. >> reporter: motion is your friend? >> perpetual motion, until we get to the next location, that's what we want. >> copy, site remains. >> reporter: this morning, there was another trip to the u.n. for the multitasking clinton who was on her blackberry as she headed into a meeting. 15 minutes later, she was back in her car and off. in a week of big headlines, her security agents will have

. >> reporter: to achieve that, kurt and tony made somerville the first city in the country to actuallyople how they rate their level of happiness. on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is very happy, most citizens who responded registered close to an 8. were you surprised at the results you've received so far? >> in these difficult financial times when many people are struggling, yeah, i was pleasantly surprised. >> reporter: it also helps that somerville's unemployment rate is 5.8%, more than three points below the national figure. you commission the survey. >> right. >> reporter: what was the thought behind that? >> we used data to measure just about anything here. you know? how well we fill a pothole, real remoove graffiti and you enjoy a recreational program. >> reporter: people like an effective recycling program. he introduced one. people like to walk and bike. he built a path right through the city for both. you're smiling. does that mean you're happy? >> i love somerville. yeah, i think it's really great the city measures happiness. >> reporter: as well as happiness, somerville has h

kurt brooks heard the rescuer calls go out. he headed to the scene. this is what he called on camera. the fire department doesn't know why that 26-year-old man was in the water but they knew they had to get him out fast. fire crews made two passes before they grabbed him, snagged him into the boat safely. >> if he slipped, he would go under. >> absolutely. you go underneath the i95 bridge and then there is another set of rapids and then it's deep water. and at that point it's not a rescue. it's a body recovery >> the most likely scenario, this fellow walked out into the shallow river to go fishing but then with all of the rain we had it pushed the river to dangerous and deadly levels quicker than he had expected. anita. >>> justice delayed but not denied for the family of a largo woman murdered four years ago. as matt jablow tells us, the case was finally solved and the accused killer finally convicted thanks to dna. >> oh, lord. >> reporter: shayla graham says she remembers it like yesterday. >> it just devastated me to the bone. >> reporter: august