. >> lance armstrong's new team will make its debut in january in australia. he announced that he would set up a team radio shack. one man who will be going with him, the team manager, who oversaw lance armstrong's seventh tour de france victories. only one team in major league baseball has avoided losing four games in a row. they are the los angeles angels. they were helped by this two-run lead. they won 4-2. 4-0 up by the fifth inning. the detroit tigers remained at the top of the a.l.. after crossing the finish line of the coast of the united kingdom, he set out last november in a 15 meter yacht. the journey was 15,000 kilometers long. he tackled huge waves and had to negotiate gil force when speedy snatched the world record from the american. i believe it took some quite a lot longer. >> thank you very much. a new exhibition revealing the life and work that went on inside winston churchill's world secrets war ii headquarters is being unveiled in london today. it will display artifacts and first-round accounts of those who worked in secret underground bunke

, lance armstrong," and measuring myself on the speedometer and odometer on my bike, which broke andx it right away. and at first it was a real sense of loss, but then there there was a real sense of freedom from it and i really enjoyed riding much more than i had, which had become like that guy-- a duty, a chore. i mean, if play is gonna become a chore, why bother? and i think that i am riding more and further, but i don't know. i think that's the key to many things in life. i played golf and i used to get so upset with myself when i wasn't playing well, and then a friend of mine gave me a phrase, nato-- "not attached to outcome." if you let go, if you let go of that goal that you set for yourself, that you have to achieve something, you can really enjoy the process. i don't know what it is. i work out 7 days a week... (alan) you're a freak. >> ...i'm a freak! [laughs] no, because this is our temple. well, you know, whatever, and... a lot of us pray to it, anne. ...and i want you all to pray to this temple. but i mean, i love working out. i turn it into something that is my friend a

lance armstrong was mobbed in scotland, after inviting residents to residents to join them on twitter. >>> nowadays, it seems that record holders are getting younger and younger. >> take tiger brewer of london, for example. the 8-year-old is believed to have become the youngest person to wing walk. the brave kid flew at 100 miles an hour, on top of his grandfather's biplane. >> after their ride, tiger summed it up as amazing. >> i wonder how his mother felt. >> yeah. interesting. >>> eyewitness sports -- or should i say more sports next. >> that's right. >>> to the orioles' lineup tonight. we'll meet the new guy. and a new raven who has some flair. that causes him to stand out on the football field. i'll speak with kelly washington when eyewitness news continues. >>> mark here with sports. orioles on the agenda today. >> yes. and on the road. which hasn't been a good place for them at all. game 2 in tampa bay. and the o's hope to find some success. but this season, they're lost. on pace for their most road defeats in more than 20 years. well, part of the problem is the transition that

after winning the tour de france seven times, lance armstrong retired in 2005. >> the body just doesn'tp going and going and going. >> reporter: apparently it does. armstrong placed third in this year's tour, and plans to compete next year as well. >> they miss that competition. and there is simply no replacement for it. >> reporter: so favre will find out if the third time is the charm that is if injuries and plain old pain don't bench him permanently. >> what really gets them out for good is they realize their skills have deteriorated. there are people who are better players than they are. they don't want to embarrass themselves. >> as they say, all good things must come to -- come to an end. >> reporter: eventually, right, brett? diana avellar, abc news, chicago. >>> new credit card rules take effect tomorrow. coming up, what you need to look for in the fine print on your next statement so you can avoid any unpleasant surprises. >>> and tough times are forcing many parents to cut back on school shopping this year. we've got some tips to help you save some money. >>> it was a positive

. >>> lance armstrong brought traffic to a standstill yesterday after issuing a twitter invitation for scottish cyclists to join him on a casual bike ride. armstrong wrote "who wants to go for a bike ride? ". 200 people showed up in the pouring rain to ride with the seven-time tour de france winner. armstrong told reporters he would compete in next year's ciewr after coming out of a three-year retirement. armstrong finished third in this year's tour. >>> severe storms rolled right through our area knocking down trees and power lines. we're going to show you a close call for one woman who have trying just to get home from work. >>> and why this country fan is now throwing out her kenny chesney albums. >>> and plus, a burial plot that is selling on e-bay for more than $4 million. we're going to explain this plot. and why it's so special. >>> we have fog around, otherwise pretty quiet. but a return with the storms and thunderstorms this afternoon. we'll talk more about it coming up. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> the outer loop at liberty road, traffic moving along smoothly and at

you have someone like lance armstrong and martha stewart using the service.they're interested -- there are people interested in what they're doing. naturally they attract people that want to follow them on twitter. the flip sid is they have a powerful tool. someone like ashton kutcher has access to 3 million people like that. he sends a message to 3 or 4 million people. it is growing every day. for us, from internationally well known people has been a good growth mechanism. but i think the flip side of it, it is valuable for the celebrities. tavis: do you know, and what does your research tell you about the age group -- i can pretty much guess the group that most embraced twitter. i think now about -- i was talking to my mom. my mom has a cell phone. people's grandparents have cell phones. it is a technology that everybody eventually over tame came to embrace. can you see seniors embracing twitter? >> absolutely. we don't know a lot of information demographically speaking because where he don't ask people too muchnformation. anecdotally, we see a wide rain of

. >>> meanwhile, lance armstrong was in glasgow, scotland for a concert and he sent a tweet saying who wants to go on a bike ride? about 200 people showed up just from a tweet. afterwards, lance tweeted that he took a nap before going to see u2. that is a full day. wouldn't you say? that's what it's for. >> wow, what an opportunity, though. >>> all right, two kids kidn kidnapped from their home have been found safe, but now their mom is in trouble. plus, how would you like to be relaxing on the patio when this guy slithers by? dddddddd >>> hurricane bill is turning into a big doozy. in fact, a view from space is the only way to look at how large it is. bill is now a category 4 with top sustained winds near 135 miles an hour. it is not forecast to hit the united states. >>> the american convicted of illegally entering myanmar is now on his way back to the united states. john yettaw was released from a hospital in thailand after two days of medical tests. in may, he swam across a lake to visit pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi's house. he said god sent him to protect her. >>>

lance armstrong was particularly upset over the back behind bars. u.s.hals arrested former nba ref tim donaghy violating his probation because the guy didn't show up to work. they didn't say where he was, but he was in custody. he was serving a 15-month sentence for gambling and fixing nba games. not smart. >>> how about wackiness, annual birdman competition. this guy is probably the only bird-like one of the group we can find. a nice little run there, that's good. and then there's the bad. not so bird-like, more of a flightless bird. this one looks like it's got to hurt. that's the ugly. you know what, it isn't just these hang gliders they were throwing off this little ledge, it was something that looked like a plane but didn't fly. >> all that work. >> i love it that the guys just jump off with it. throw that off a jump. that's look at sports. >> hey, thank you. >>> all right. those of you watching us from the airport, chicago earlier didn't look so hot but were they reporting any delays, i ask you, bob van dillen? >> they are now, o'hare in a ground s

that tweet was from cyclist lance armstrong and invited anyone to receive it to go for a pike ride.ll as you might have imagine, 200 people turned up to join him in the rain. unsolved in scotland, tonight from them. >> you get that kind of response. would you bike? >> i don't, but i follow him on twitter and i didn't get that invite. >> i bet that it would be. coming up, we crack the code to big back-to-school savings coming up in living smart. >>> yeah, acting gm, they will join me in just a couple of minutes. the deal is signed. when there he be here? we'll find out. that's coming up. >>> we'll try to keep you dry ou t there. they will take the live doppler,000. access this via the web. ancayou n soalsok eck inththe b. weth s de bo inthand around the county to get warm out th er rm severe thunde arnings tythupuntil 6:15. mu chm vimopr ty much f 70roit m east. oteathe along i- . he e otr heone is r adouedhet erth e in adthe island. come back, we'll talk about the prospects for the thunderstorms around our area and we have had a record high out th 98. if yoer cnk lu if qualies to be

some are personal lance armstrong announcing the birth of his baby boy mac some breaking news like kevine alerting his followers kevin mchale would not be back next season a day before the team announced it. on her way to winning wimbledon serena williams tweeted on live tv after a match. >> can you give us a live tweet? >> yes. talking about on live on espn. >> athletes now attend tweetups to meet their followers. in june chargers linebacker shawne merriman hosted an event and called out his nfl twitter rival. >> if you guys haven't been watching twitter and the little thing that's been going on with me and this other guy named ochoa, i know i feel the same way, don't worry about it. >> bengals chad ochoa not only exchanged trash talk but also considering tweeting from the end zone. >> i'm just bringing the fun back my way. i'm sure they are going to bring a fine some way but got to understand. >> according to twitter athletes.com more than 700 professional athletes have twitter accounts. >> hi, i'm kathleen he is earth. >> the president of sports media challenge a public relations firm

neurosurgeon, joins me now from dublin, where he is attending a global summit, sponsored by lance armstrong's cancer did the senator have and why was it so hard to treat? >> reporter: this type of tumor is a malignant glioma. it starts with a single cell that probably goes awry at some point, but then starts to divide. part of the issue with this part of tumor, the rate at which it divides is so much faster than many other cancers. this is a type of tumor in the brain, obviously. it does not spread to other parts of the body, but it just starts to invade other parts of the brain, anderson. we know with senator kennedy's particular tumor, it was located on the left side of the brain, the parts of the brain responsible for speech and parts of the brain responsible for his strength on the right side of his body. and that's why he needed that surgery while he was awake back last spring. but this is one of the fastest growing tumors of all, anderson. left unchecked, within three to six months, it usually causes death. >> three to six months. he had surgery, had radiation, had chemotherapy. lived 1

thought she was, like, a professional swimmer or something, because i always saw her on espn with lance armstronge -- "they opening for -- i need to find out who this is!" so, i'm running around. >> jimmy: you think she was an olympic swimmer? [ laughter ] >> yeah, i thought she was, like, you know, you know -- you know, so, i'm running around looking for sheryl crow. and i'm like, everybody got mad at me. i'm like, "do you really see me driving down the street, like --" ♪ i want to soak up the sun ♪ no! [ laughter ] no! she's the happiest women in the world! >> jimmy: yeah, but, you know, "leaving las vegas" is a pretty depressing song. >> yo, her and, like, alanis morissette in a celebrity death match. [ laughter ] you know what i mean? >> jimmy: really? >> like, "i hate men!" "i love the world!" you know what i'm saying? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that would be interesting. we need to see if we can set that up. >> set that up. >> jimmy: dude, you're in new york now, you're doing "shakespeare in the park." >> right, right, right. >> jimmy: you're a shakespearian actor. >> uh, no. [ lau

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author of numerous books including the real americans and it's not about the bike cowritten with lance armstrongohn stauffer is the chair and a professor in history in harvard. among his numerous books, the black hearts of men which was the cowinner of the 2002 frederick douglass prize and runner-up for the lincoln prize. harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts, hosted this event. for more information visit harvard.com. >> we're at bookexpo america in new york city. the booth for regnery publishing who's based in washington, d.c. with marjorie ross. what do you have coming out this season? >> well, we're actually very excited about several of our books for summer and fall. and, of course, it's a good time to be a conservative publisher in washington, d.c., because there's a lot to talk about. our first book i'll tell you about is a book by repeat bestselling author for regularry michelle mall kin. it's called the culture of corruption. it's the first anti-obama book coming from any publisher and we think it's going to be very, very big. michelle has done a real investigative reporter's job

after winning the tour de france seven times, lance armstrong retired in 2005. >> the body doesn't justkeep going and going and going. >> reporter: apparently it does. armstrong placed third in this year's tour and plans to compete next year as well. >> they miss that competition and there's just simply no replacement for it. >> reporter: so favre will find out if this third team's the charm, that is if injuries and plain old pain doesn't bench him permanently. >> what really gets them out for god is they realize their skills have deteriorated, there's people who are better players than they, they don't want to embarrass themselves. >> as they say, all good things must come to an end. >> reporter: eventually, right, brett? >> an awful lot of gray hair there. if you're wondering why, he's going to turn 40 on october 10th. but a lot of people are saying or sports write, are saying in a way it like he just takes the summer off. it's not like a comeback, he just didn't want to train. >> a lot mentioned about the age. the terrific john elway was 38 when he won his last super bowl. it's not u

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. >> the thing about top chef, it's more like lance armstrong going to the tour de france. gold at the end. >> you made a big burger because? >> i did do a big burger because we had a quick fire, and the judges only get one bite. i wanted the bite to be dead in the middle. >> because that's the best bite of a burger in the middle. >> it's the best bite. i made up this hamburgerese enorme. >> so when they bite it, they cut into the middle? >> right. i'll show you how i make it. i'll show you how i turn this over. stand back, kids. don't try this at home. ready? >> oh, look at that. >> right. >> first things first. how long did you leave it on one side to make sure it's cooked through? >> eight to ten minutes on one side. you can use a thermometer, 135, 145 degrees. >> my concern with a burger that big is making sure it gets cooked. >> more like a chopped steak. do the same thing you do for a steak or a roast. use the thermometer and check the inside. cheese right in the middle. >> there's cheese inside that? there's cheese inside it. >> this isn't about eating the most burge

. >>> a casual bike ride for lance armstrong turned into a mob scene in scotland on tuesday. several hundred people turned out to catch a glimpse or get an autograph from the seven-time tour de france champ after he twittered that he'd be taking a bike ride. >>> and retirement? what retirement? three-time mvp quarterback brett favre announced tuesday that he has signed on with the minnesota vikings. despite a torn rotator cup, favre will suit up for the vikings' preseason game on friday. it is now 18 minutes past the hour. so, he'll be 40 years old in october -- >> i think he's like 73. >> i think it's like the third time he's come back from retirement or something, right? >> probably. never know. hoda, thank you very muchch >> we are anticipating a few scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. temperatures still in the city's drought much of the state. as today, 87 to 91 degrees. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. >>> and now to a question that's causing controversy in florida. when a convicted sex offender has served his or her time, w

. >>> finally, folks were all a twitter in glasgow, scotland after lance armstrong issued an invitationnearly 300 took him up on the offer bringing traffic to a stand still. he is still there for a u2 concert and trip to ireland. that's it for me. >>> thanks a lot. john ridley standing by his man, brett farve. the media feels about farve the way it does about obama, deep abiding love. >>> news you can't lose. did you hear britney spears got her bikini body back? we'll show you coming up. does your mouthwash work in six different ways? introducing listerine total care. everything you need... to strengthen teeth, help prevent cavities, and kill germs. introducing 6 in 1 listerine total care. the most complete mouthwash. new blackberry, huh ? yeah. me, too. how sick is the web browsing ? all the apps, gps, video... yeah... you didn't get your blackberry with the verizon network, did you ? no. sorry. so it doesn't work here, does it ? no, but... paperweight mode. all right. ( announcer ) blackberry runs better on america's largest 3g network. and now buy any blackberry, like the new tour, a

. >>> lance armstrong says that armstrong says funding for livestrong remained about the same as lastte the recession when a lot of charities suffered. lance returned to cycling to raise awareness against the global fight against the disease and did pretty well at the tour de france to boot. >>> check out this series of crazy jumps. nate adams gets big air here, as the kids say. look, ma, no hands. these are the red bull "x" fighters in london. look at this one. >> like ballet in the air. >> there is a saying, wfo stands for wide-freaking open. that's what he was. and that's a look at sports. >> hey, thank you. >>> just into hln, election officials in afghanistan are saying partial election results show a slim margin separating the incumbent president karzai and his rival. but this is only a partial count of last week's presidential election and the margins may change. once again, karzai slightly ahead in this partial count. >>> travelers, we're thinking about you. know a lot of you are watching from the airport today. so, everybody's together, good travel day. is it, bob? >> yeah. so

lance armstrong brought traffic to a stand dses still after issuing a twitter invitation for psycforellists to join him. 200 bikers showed up, halting traffic and even delaying a funeral procession. after coming out of a three-year retirement, armstrong finished third in this year's tour de france. it's like a shot straight out of a michael jordan-larry bird mcdonald anesthesia commercial. he shoots it off the scoreboard, off the floor and hits nothing but net. it's now the latest and greatest sensation on youtube. brian: wow. unbelievable. he didn't even wear a shirt. it must be much harder like that stephanie, you're from new jersey. >> yes, i am. brian: how much pressure was on your shoulders knowing you're representing that great state and steve was there in judgment. >> nerve wracking. brian: did you learn anything working with us? >> i did. so much about the industry and about life in general. brian: really? in other words, you must have been hanging out with gretchen. steve: what do you mean about life in general? >> you know. just real world experience. gretchen: hopefully you learn

the epilepsy foundation, and since he came in second in the tour de france, i'll mention the lance armstrong foundation. the administration also opposes this amendment. >> >> i just wanted to say that we spend a lot of time on our subcommittee -- a lot of time in our subcommittee meetings on this issue. this is something that is very difficult to figure out the balance for so we do not start discrimination again on the one hand and have programs for wellness. it was suggested that this should be lifted the regulatory process. it would be very difficult to come up with language that would strike the proper balance. the way the amendment is structured, it would continue with some of these discriminatory practices. therefore, i would oppose it at this time. >> we have a request on the other side of the aisle. >> yes, i would like to ask my colleague whether you'd be willing to withdraw and we could work on an amendment that avoids the discriminatory tax but keeps the general idea in place. we all agree that the on site wellness and prevention programs are vital to keeping people healthy. i yiel

the epilepsy foundation, and since he came in second in the tour de france, i'll mention the lance armstrongndation. the administration also opposes this amendment. >> gentle lady has the time. >> gentle lady yield? >> yes, i'll go ahead and yield. >> i want to say briefly a lot of time was spent in sub committee hearings on the issue. the general consensus, and this is why i oppose the amendment is that this was something that is very difficult to figure out the balance so we don't start discrimination. it was suggested this be left it would continue with the discriminatory practices. i would oppose it at this time. >> would you be willing to withdraw and we can work on an amendment that is -- that avoids the diskrim na tocriminatory ta keeps the general idea in place? i know we all agree that the on sight wellness and prevention programs are vital to keeping people healthy. i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. you made a comment in your statement, ma'am, that this amendment would allow employers to raise premiums. that's false. there's nothing that wo

. >>> a casual bike ride for lance armstrong turned into a mob scene in scotland on tuesday. several hundred people turned out to catch a glimpse or get an autograph from the seven-time tour de france champ after he twittered that he'd be taking a bike ride. >>> and retirement? what retirement? three-time mvp quarterback brett favre announced tuesday that he has signed on with the minnesota vikings. despite a torn rotator cup, favre will suit up for the vikings' preseason game on friday. it is now 18 minutes past the hour. so, he'll be 40 years old in october -- >> i think he's like 73. >> i think it's like the third time he's come back from retirement or something, right? >> probably. never know. hoda, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> you have a lot to talk about. >>> that's right, i guess i do. >> a lot of weather. >> especially in the midsection of the country. et's show you the risk area, o car chita falls up ra dspi greatest threat for storms from kansas city into missouri with tornadoes on the radar. you can see they're firing up now from oklahoma city up into kans