kentucky leading louisville, two minutes to play in the fourth quarter. the score, 31-27. >> justin berth, the louisville quarterback, has a tip and intercepted! sam maxwell. flags come in late. >> referee: after the interception, clipping, number 55 on the return team. hampt half of the distance to the goal. >> evans tipped it. sam maxwell caught it. >> you'll see again throat ball. tip at the line of scrimmage and you will see maxwell, number 50, to make plathat play. they call him a playmaker. they say some the greatest instinctings on that defensive side of the ball and sometimes when you're a playmaker you have to be at the right place at the right time and there's maxwell to capitalize on that opportunity. >> second louisville turnover today and it comes at a critical time. >> again, 31-27, kentucky trying to start 2-0 for the third consecutive season. they won 11 straight nonconference home games. the last loss 2005 against, who else, but louisville. >>> meanwhile, duke and kansas, mark mangino, the number 22 jayhawks facing duke. tod reesing, how

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moments ago a jury in louisville, kentucky announced its decision in the trial of a high school football coach charged in the death of one of his players. the verdict, not guilty on both counts. the two counts reckless homicide and wanton endangerment. over a year ago 15-year-old max gilpin collapsed and died three days later, collapsed in a very

towards the end of the day, we heard from two different doctors at the children's hospital here in louisville who treated max gilpin, and they say, they gave conflicting reports about whether or not he was fully hydrated. one doctor said she did not believe he was dehydrated. and another doctor said what he was treating him for was dehydration, shock and heatstroke. >> conflicting testimony there. let's bring in our attorney, remy smith. as you hear this, what's more damning to the coach, that max may not have been properly treated after he collapsed, and the body temp could have been 109, or the conflicting reports from the doctors at the hospital where max gilpin went? >> i'll tell you, both of those things are good news, in my estimation, for the defense. >> why is that? >> when you start debating whether the proper medical treatment was given, when you start debating what is the proper medical treatment, you're not talking about criminal liability. you're perhaps talking about civil liability. but it's a far cry from a homicide charge. this case has the potential to change the entire land

louisville, kentucky, got thunderstorms a little while ago. this activity is moving on a frontal boundary that is going to head our direction. better chances on tuesday as this moisture heads our direction. also into wednesday. looking at 65 dpgs in baltimore right now. 60 in harrisburg. 66 up north. new york looking at 61. down at charles charles, 69 degrees. that warmer air will ton track along the system and take us into the 80s as we get towards the latter half of the week. looking at a few clouds working their way, but they will thicken up tomorrow. on the future scan, we can see how the clouds will move in from the west. the further east you go the more sunshine. through the afternoon fshgs those clouds will continue to thicken and by tuesday you can see a few chances for showers popping up. looks like we'll get scattered showers and rain. here's what's going on on the eastern shore for your forecast tomorrow. high of 78 with partly-cloudy skies with clouds gathering through the day and becoming mostly cloudy. i think the showers should

the minute he left louisville. kragthorpe hasn't had the success that petrino had today with louisville losing against the kentucky wildcats. second down and nine. fastball incomplete trying to get it to terrance toliver and that's the second time he dropped the pass. sunday afternoon, sets and spikes, coverage of women's college volleyball. the kentucky wildcats take on the lsu tigers on espnu at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> brock: one thing we saw was a vanderbilt defense and group that presented looks. gary preaches protection first to his quarterback. he really wants to see jordan handle those protections and those checks at the line of scrimmage when you empty out often easier in protection. you know you got five blockers and one unaccounted for. look at the ragein' cajuns providing different looks.in' c providing different looks. >> eric: there is a flag on the field. mccoy made the open field tackle. we'll have to sort this one out. >> referee: offside, number two 22 on the defense. repeat third down. >> brock: wha

eric horng, abc news, louisville, kentucky. >>> overseas, in afghanistan today, a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a convoy of italian troops. six soldiers were killed and four others wounded in the deadliey esiest attack on itali forces. the 2800 troops in afghanistan will remain stationed there. >>> and in washington, president obama awarded his first medal of honor today. army sergeant jared monti was honored for gallantry in afghanistan. in 2006, he was leading a patrol of 16 men. they were attacked by a force four times their size. monti tried three times to rescue a wounded member of his team. >> for a third time he ran toward his fallen comrade. said his patrol leader, it "was the bravest thing i had ever seen a soldier do." >> reporter: monti was killed by a protect-propelled grenade. but firepower he called in broke up the attack. monti's parents accepted his award. like his dad, monti had wanted to become a school teacher. and sergeant jared monti's family has shared photos, videos and stories with us. you can see more about this at our blog "the world newser" at abcnews

eric horng reports from louisville. >> reporter: it was on a 94-degree day last summer, that stinson,ngry after a lackluster practice, ordered his team to run sprints. >> a child died on a football field. he was run to death. he needed a break. >> reporter: witnesses testified players were vomiting and crying, as the coach hurled insults, pressuring the boys to keep running. >> was this a boot camp? was this the nfl? what lessons was he teaching these kids? >> reporter: two players collapsed. one of them gilpin. his temperature topping 109 degrees. shocking, even to his doctors. >> as a heat-related illness, he's the most critical patient i've ever seen. >> reporter: gilpin died three days later. but the defense said it wasn't stinson's fault. that the coach was doing his job, getting his players in shape. >> this man is innocent. >> reporter: some of gilpin's teammates testified they were allowed to rest between sprints and given water. but that gilpin's adha medicine, may have contributed to his body temperature. >> this was not an external -- based on dehydration. no way. no how. d

there you can see some of the showers and thundershowers pushing through the louisville area.finally starting to clear out. for you beach goers along the gulf coast, we've been having spotty showers from new orleans towards mobile, through the pensacola area. south florida really, really heavy and wet yesterday. today less prevalent. it is still out there. no travel delays, the best news for the day. try to get a big smile out of you. that never happens. the forecast tore for tomorrow looks a lot like today. heat start together build back into parts of texas. we've got the onshore flow in the southwest which brings a little fog to that bridge in the san francisco area, but also brings humidity into those fire areas. >> they need a little bit of that. thanks so much, jacqui. appreciate it. >>> sleeping on the job and then busted for it. what happened to security guards caught napping when they should have been protecting new york city's george washington bridge. >>> the whistle has been blown, the ax has fallen. two guards who were hired to protect george washington's bridge ha

. >>> a jury in louisville, kentucky, has acquitted a former high school football coach in the death of one of his players. here was the verdict read just moments ago. >> on instruction number one, we, the jury, find the defendant david jason stinson not guilty under instruction number one. instruction number two, wanton endangerment in the first degree. we, the jury, find the defendant david jason stinson not guilty under instruction number two. >> again, max gilpin, sophomore lineman, 15-year-old collapsed at practice. this was a year ago august. team was running a series of sprints. they call them gassers. heat index 94 that day. max's body temperature 107. some speculate it could have been higher.@@@@ he died three days later. want to hear from you on this verdict. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. joining us, former prosecutor tom agent kenneth. and reporter louisville courier journal. she's been on this since day one. let me start with you. what was the reaction in the courtroom when the verdict was read? >> the reaction was very, very emotional particularly from the stinson camp?

joining us now to talk about it, we welcome back tony konz, reporter louisville courier., what was the big news out of the trial today? we had the coroner testify, right? >> the coroner testify, and three more parents testified. one basically, the last parent is tim moreschi, he basically told the boy who quit the team that day, he congratulated him. and actually he said he actually hollered toward the coach that day and wanted to know his name. and told stinson he was watching. >> okay. let's listen to that. again, just to be clear, this is someone who came, i believe to watch a soccer game at an adjacent field and then turned around and began playing attention to the football practice. let's listen to a portion who does congratulate the kid, one of the kids, who quit the team. >> i congratulated the child for quitting the team. i said, you did the right thing. he was abusing you boys. i said thank you, son. thank you for quitting. >> passionate testimony there. mark eiglarsh. this is the person who was watching the soccer game and began watching. >> compelling testimony

>>> one pastor in louisville, kentucky, says he is going to ordain a member that happens to be a convictedex offender. >> reporter: city of refuge church proclaims everybody is welcome. that's probably what attracted mark organ. he was charged with sodomizing and intimidating an 11-year-old boy. he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, and agreed not to serve as a leader in nature much where he would have contact with children. ex his probation is over, although his sex registration will never end. >> i preach in the church to try to allow god to move you on to a better life. >> reporter: the pastor says the lord touched organ's heart, and he will become an ordained minister next sunday. >> if we show that somebody with his past can become somebody productive in society, then who else could reach out to other people, but christ's people. >> reporter: but one deacon says he was never forthright. he fears he may be tempted by children gathering at the church for sunday school. and he fears he may reoffend. >> i don't want to take the chance. >> reporter: the pastor says organ will sign an agree

other parts of the ohio valley, including places like louisville, kentucky, even into lexington coulddeal with thunderstorms. there's a chance we could have some north of the red river valley. and all along the i-4 car adore, converging sea breezes. that could give you a rumble of thunder. and speaking of heating, here's the high temperatures we're expecting for the day. 91 in tampa, 97 in dallas. 83 in denver. back over to salt lake city, 87. for new york, 83. that's a wrap on your forecast. >> check back with you later on, reynolds. thank you. >>> the gloves come off at a lacrosse game in canada. spectators got to see their teams leave it all on the field, but sportsmanship and conduct had nothing to do with it. the game erupted into an all-out brawl after a player on the visiting team got whacked by two players. both teams were fined. another player got suspended. by the way, when the game finally continued, the home team won. looks like hockey, doesn't it? >>> san diego's chargers lined up -- linebacker, that is, shawne merriman could be in some hot water. how a reality star says

joining us on the phone, reporter for the louisville courier journal, tony kauns.t with you. give us the highlights of testimony today. obviously we listened to this case. we're thinking, all right, will some players say, coach denied us water. did that happen? >> it did in a round-about way. you have players who said initially when practice was going on, they did have multiple water breaks. then when the conditioning started, those wind sprints at the end of practice, that's where things get questionable. some players said that players were not allowed to get water at that point. for every player who may say something about the harsh language that coach stinson said, on the flip side some players said they were able to sit out and given ice when they were feeling they wfr having heat exhaustion. >> toni, there's been discrepancies, right, between player accounts? i mean, how much conditioning they did, whether or not water was denied? you don't get a consistent answer on this one, do you? >> no, you don't. it's been very inconsistent. i think that's part of what t

, albany, new york, seeing a nice afternoon, same for you in providence, pittsburgh, beautiful, louisville, 78, chance of showers and storms along the south carolina and georgia coast this afternoon. dan, when i come back, we'll talk about jimena, a huge major hurricane going to make landfall in mexico in about 24 hours. >> all right, thank you for that, bill. >>> china stabilizes, oil falls, and disney swoops in. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, four decades later, the rolling stones find themselves smack in the middle of a possible murder mystery. >>> sports with perfection, and brett favre cracks, but doesn't break. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. and welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> the international space station has that brand new addition of a giant chest of drawers. on monday, astronauts used a robotic arm to hoist the chest from the space shuttle discovery on to the outpost. it contains a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment, and treadmill. >>> former miss california usa carr

moments ago a jury in louisville, kentucky announced its decision in the trial of a high school football coach charged in the death of one of his players. the verdict, not guilty on both counts. the two counts reckless homicide and wanton endangerment. over a year ago 15-year-old max gilpin collapsed and died three days later, collapsed in a very intense practice on a hot august day. the emotional reaction, you can almost hear it in the background. tears, tears of joy for coach david stinson and his family. we'll continue to follow this for you and have more a little bit later on, a couple of things to look at, what did they fail to it prove? legal definition of "recklessly failing to perceive the risk, a risk a reasonable person would observe in a situation" obviously the prosecution could not prove this. we'll talk about the case for me personally, what can we learn from this? that's way want to know. hopefully, coaches around the nation are taking note of this and we're going to be wiser in the way we train our kids. more on that coming up in just a little bit. now to this story, anot

richmond and louisville, you can see it right here.st of the action has been around the cincinnati area. you can see some flashing lightning going on there. anticipate some delays in the airports because of rain there, and that will stretch into cleveland, ultimately pittsburgh, later today. you can see southwestern pennsylvania, western p.a. getting some white rain, but you can see the rain off the shore toward wilmington. just a heavy swath of rain. basically just a down pour and it's going to be out for the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. bad beach day for the last one of summer. let me show you some pictures coming in from yesterday evening. the aftermath of a wind storm in western washington. >> i'm from just west of there. >> you can see the damage done, trees blown down, power lines down as well. that was severe weather in washington state. things are calming down for you a bit today, which is great. >> it's kind of out in the country a little bit, so it doesn't really happen out there. they've got a lot to do now wi

eric horng reports from louisville. >> reporter: it was on a 94 degree last summer that stinson, angryter a lack luster practice, ordered his team to run sprints. >> our child died on a football field. he was reason to death. he needed a break. >> reporter: witnesses testified players were vomiting and crying as the coach hurled insults, pressuring the boy to keep running. >> was this a a a boot camp? what this the nfl? what lesson was he teaching these kids? >> two kids collapsed. >> as heat related illness, he's the most critical i've seen. >> this man is innocent jm? >> some of gilpin's teammates testified they were allowed to rest between sprints and given water before running. the defense argued his medicine, ator ol, likely contributed to his condition. >> no way, no how, didn't happen. >> stinson's acquit call comes as a release to coaches across the country who feared this case could change what it means to be a coach. >> on capitol hill house lawmakers have approved the biggest overhaul of college financial aid programs since the 19 0s. essentially private lenders would be out

also some pretty good shower and thunderstorm activity north of louisville kentucky around new albanyuth of the lexington and elizabeth town area. tennessee scattered showers. showers in ohio will stay there. the big dome of high pressure is going to stay there. protect us. keep this system from moving in and up. consequently what you got today you are getting it tomorrow. same kind of situation. now nothing showing up on the radar. nice clear scan, staying that way through the long holiday weekend. 76. 79 handover. 79 chestertown. elkton at 78 degrees. forecast for the overnight period, few light clouds around are going to be dissipating through the overnight period. shower activity continues off the coastline of the carolinas. by saturday a few clouds around. for the most part nice weather for the upcoming weekend. here is your forecast, mostly clear, not as cool tonight. overnight low of 60 degrees, tomorrow during the day, little bit more heat, not a whole bunch, partly cloudy skies, warmer with a high tomorrow of 80 degrees. extended outlook for the next seven days, saturday 82.

shepard: carina sonn live tonight in louisville. an arrest in the case of murder at yale university. the suspect accused of killing a grad student. he was in court today. as investigators tell us more about what may have happened before the death of annie le. that's coming up. [ female ann] the deeper you clean, the cleaner you feel. olay deep cleansers go beyond what the eye can see. they remove 2 times more dirt and make-up than basic cleansing. for a deep clean feeling, deep cleansers from olay. shepard: an arrest today of the man police say strangled a yale grad student, stuffed her body in the wall of a school laboratory just days before she was to have been married. tonight, that suspect, ray clark, is charged with the murder of annie le. >> from clark, i have read you your rights downstairs earlier in the presence of your attorneys. and you understood those rights? >> yes, sir. shepard: yes, sir. that's all clark said as the judge set bail today at $3 million. cops arrested the 24-year-old animal research technician this morn

one pastor in louisville, kentucky says yes. as a matter of fact he's preparing to ordain one of his members who happens to be a registered sex offender. we have their story. >> reporter: city of refuge church proclaims that everyone is welcome. that's probably what attracted mark. he was charged back in 1998 with sodomized, sexually abusing and intimidating an 11-year-old boy. he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, served time in prison and agreed not to serve as a leader in any church where he would have contact with children. but his probation is over. even if his sex offender registration will never end. >> us as a society, we can't forget and can't move on, and i preach in this church to try to allow god to move you on to a better life. >> reporter: this pastor says the lord has touched his heart. he leads praise and worship at the church and he will become an ordained minister next sunday. >> if we show people that someone with mark's background and past can become someone that will be productive in society, then who else c

sure if they wanted their son to commit to coming here because talk of the falcons and him leaving louisvilleshe malletts got on the phone with the brohm family and said if i would do it again i would stick with bobby petrino. >> brad: now, ryan mallett is looking like a taller version of brian brohm in this game. big third down right here, although it's two downs all of the way i'm sure for the arkansas raeshgs. mallett in trouble, got away will slide. short of the first down by about three. so it's fourth down and the first down would come at the 2 yard line. so they bring in michael smith, d.j. williams comes back in. >> todd: the end of the play, after the slide, he was complaining helmet to helmet hit. i think that was a good no call. i think the defender tried to pull off at the end. >> brad: knowing they need two scores, they'll try to get one here and worry about the eight-point difference later. tejada hit a 23 hi, it's jimmy football here. nobody likes number 2. so we just upgraded you to number 1. introducing the bud light foozie! it's a foam finger. it's a can coozie. boom. whoa. s

your eastern event of the day on wave 3 in louisville, kentucky, open your mind through books from centuries past by ground breaking scientists dealing with the stars above at fathers of a tron my at the frazier international history museum. that's our eastern event of the day. very neat museum in a very cool city. >> thanks so much, ryan. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. still three months before the debut of the new sherlock holmes movie. brad pitt is in discussion to play the detective's infamous rival more artie. robert downey jr. plays holmes and jude law dr. watson. sarah michelle gellar and presidenty prinz jr. are the proud parents of a baby girl, the couple's first child. heather lock lear, who played a scheming ad executive in melrose place will play a new version of the same role in the new show. jennifer garner manages to do it all. seen here in a gucci gown at the hollywood premiere of her new film, the invention of lying, she volunteers for tasks, including cleaning toilets at dr. violet's boston elementary school. she said when husband ben of

eric horng reports from louisville. >> reporter: football coaches are supposed to be tou.t's their job. >> come on, luke! >> reporter: but is being too tough a crime? that question will decide the fate of jason stinson, the louisville high school football coach accused of literally working a player to death. >> i lost one of my boys after that day. i lost one of my boys, a boy that i loved and cared for. >> reporter: on a 90-degree day, coach stinson his team to do sprints. the line.say the coach crossed they say he denied the players water and using peer pressure, forcing them to keep running until one player quit. sophome max gilpin collapsed. three days later he died. >> a reasonable person should have seen this could have happened. >> reporter: the charges include reckless homicide. even if he were being harsh, were his actions criminal? >> the prosecution must prove the coach failed to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable ri a death would occur. all over the country that day, all over kentucky, everywhere football players were being conditioned. >> reporter: guilt

two men broke into her louisville home and took her mother and two siblings hostage while the 8-year-old saw her family was being tied up and quickly grabbed the phone, hid in the closet, knew exactly what to do and who to call. >> i talked to a lady and told her everything and then she told me was there any way i could run to the door and lock it -- i said yes. i reached for the door. >> police came to the house a few minutes after the 911 call. the two suspects were shocked and surrendered as soon as police came inside. the 19-year-olds were arrested. the little girl is being hailed a hero. her mother and siblings are ok this morning. >>> we see chases on tv all the time. hard to turn away. >> this morning, incredible video of a dangerous car chase overnight. we'll show you. >>> 6:40 now. we're looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. let's go full screen. i want to highlight a couple of areas. we've got this rain band we've been watching in reisterstown. looks like it's going to be heading through butler road, perhaps through cockeysville and hunt valley. also on the top sid

much of ohio, up into northern kentucky, cincinnati, louisville, lexington, columbus, detroit to cleveland and to buffalo, bring your umbrella, d.c., light rain, on and off all day long. and the delmarva region, into ocean beach, maryland, delaware, you're going to get a lot of rain today. be prepared for maybe some possible flooding. >>> well, if you're watching us on whdh 7 nbc, gorgeous right on the water. enlighten yourself, learning about the world's largest energy resource. >>> and summer time's favorite, of course we're all talking about the sun. this is all at the sun power exhibit at the museum of science. that's your eastern event of the day, dan. >> that's a very cool place, indeed. thank you, bill. >>> now an early look at this morning's entertainment headlines. the box office tally for "final destination" $15.4 million, the fourth chapter already earned $50 million in just two weekends. and an upset "inglorious bastards" took second on its way to becoming tarantino's best performer ever. not even able to make it past $14 million, sandra bullock's dud. and susan boyle's first a

jahvid best has three touchdowns in this one and over on espnu, kentucky leading louisville, 17-13. >> pam: thank you, wendy. i think a lot of folks are going to be surprised that minnesota's so close to cal in the second half. >> ray: hanging in there at home. >> pam: beautiful new stadium that we all hope to see real soon. nice play to the outside by draughn. picked up the first down. >> ray: he's shown a real nice ability to bounce out. this a couple of times today we've seen draughn hit that gas pedal and bounce outside and make something happen and remember that strength in the end ujust can't get that guy down very easily. >> pam: 13 yards, six on the depth chart as a safety a couple of years ago. he was watching practice and he looked at the carolina running backs and thought, hey, i think that i still have it and he does as a running back. now their starter, another change of direction. got really close to his offensive lineman, greg elleby, picked up a yard. >> ray: draughn had over 1,400 yards as a senior in high school and he knows how to carry mail. he can get it out to th

just moments ago a jury in louisville, kentucky, announced its decision in the trial of a high school football coach charged in the death of one of his players. the charge, not guilty on both counts 37 the two charges reckless homicide and wanton endangerment. two years ago 15-year-old max gilpin collapsed and died. collapsed in a very intense practice on a hot august day. the emotional reaction, you can almost hear it in the background. tears, tears of joy for coach david spinson and his family. we're going to continue to follow it. we'll have more a little bit later on. a couple of things to look at, what did they fail to prove? legal definition of recklessly failing to perceive the risk that a person would observe in a situation. obviously, the prosecution could not prove this. we'll talk about this case. for me personally, what can we learn from this? that's what i want to know. hopefully, coaches around the nation are taking note of this, and we're going to be wiser in the way we train our kids. more on that coming up in just a bit. >>> now another story we're following very inte

activity along the front stretching through southern indiana to jeffersonville and just west of louisvilletretching down through just west of nashville, tennessee then down into parts of mess sip and alabama. another system will 10 to ride upbringing plenty of precipitation with it. so we have to watch it closely over the next couple days but temperatures have gone up a bit. 77 in dc. 77 in baltimore downtown. and looks like we could brush in the 80's by tomorrow at the south easterly flow continues to come up. the winds coming from the south south east and that will be the case for the next couple days. tonight maybe few patchy showers across the area. temperatures right around 71 degrees. south easterly wind at 5. how long will the rain stick around and how long will the temperatures stay warm for the first takeoff fall that just gap about half hour ago. back to you. >> keeping teens out of tanning bed. where a tang ban is being proposed. >> h1n1 virus need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy

this is in louisville.mer high school football coach, david stinson, who was charged with reckless homicide causing the death of 15-year-old during an august 2008 practice in the heat. the defense has claimed that he had an underlying medical condition that may have led to that. here's alex, the defense attorney for coach stinson. >> he was sick. he went to school. next time she saw him he was in the hospital. what's the first thing tahey'll talk about in the hospital? he was sick. he wasn't feeling well. that's the conversation you have. i'm sorry. everyone knew it. everyone talked about it. certain people have now forgotten it. not because of this case. it's because of the civil case. the all-mighty dollar. you have the school on the hook. that's big money. i'm going to write a check maybe if you win this trial. you know he's sick. that separates max out again. that's what separates him out. you have to believe that jason stinson knew he was on medication and knew the effects and the elevation or thing th

police are searching for the gunman and possibly another suspect. >>> the louisville coach found not the death of one of his players may be able to return to coaching and teaching. the superintendent will meet with david stinson to determine placement. yesterday he was acquitted of all charges connected to the death of 15-year-old max gilpin. the jury said there wasn't enough evidence to show that the coach did anything wrong. he collapsed after running gassers. gilpin's parents are upset. but they're glad for the awareness their son's case brought. >> well, we're disappointed. but we said this going into it. the main objective was that max's death not be in vein. and i do believe that i know the that this trial has brought awareness which is what we wanted. >> kentucky lawmakers recently passed legislation requiring coaches to take a four-hour online course in player safety. there is still a civil trial pending. >>> was an ohio inmate's attempted execution cruel and unusual punishment? that's what ram mel broom's lawyers are arguing. governor ted strickland halted his execution afte

i get back from the game to louisville and the next week i get letters from michigan state, uconn, all these colleges that say they saw me play one game. i always tell people i got a college scholarship off of one game. one game they saw me play. >> uconn is very good about that. >> they saw me play one game. >> did you really want to go to duke? >> duke. >> yeah. >> no, no i was a carolina fan. >> you went to wake. >> right, right, but still, you know carolina and duke, that's not going to mix. that doesn't mix. >> i like carolina because i like -- >> i was at carolina basketball camp. >> pook the took the picture by the tree with the dean. >> it is funny when i played with the usa team everyone it pratt is how is it going to be playing for a duke coach. you went to wake forest. when you play for the usa, all that stuff is put way behind you. you are playing for america. it's not about wake. at he not about duke. it's about winning this gold medal. >> what are all these illustrations about you. what should you say about them. >> the illustrations were so fun in creating the book becau

a summer practice and died lee days later. 15-year-old max gilpin was running sprints with his louisville team on a steamy august day when the temperature reached the mid-90s. he tied of heat stroke, sepsis and multiple organ failure. his parents still maintain there's a problem when coaches push athletes too far. >> we're raise wearness and that's what max would want. railroad the jury took little time for make its decision, deliberating for only about 90 minutes. stinson's defense team says that shows there was no reason to prosecute. >> i don't think criminal charges were ever appropriate in this case. >> this was a ranldy, but it wasn't a crime and it never was a crime. had it been investigated, it wouldn't have been prosecuted. >> reporter: gilpin's parents have filed a civil suit against stinson and the school district. as for stinson, he's now eligible to reapply for his coaching position. elizabeth sanchez for cbs news. >>> the international space station has an 18 ton hitchhiker this morning. it's a japanese-built cargo plucked it orbit. the vessel is filled with food, computers

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our first we drove to louisville to pick up, pretty cheap off of e-bay, it broke down.got a second one, painted it and here we are. >> reporter: how is it working? >> pretty good after the second motor. >> reporter: that's true fans. >> you're right. every year, we're here at 8:00 in the morning. >> reporter: is it the same crew? >> most of the guys, we have four buses here together. gets up to 150 people every week. >> do you have anything that is like a game day good luck charm? >> just being here. maybe intensity a little bit. yeah. . >> reporter: you have the lines under your eyes here. has it brought you good luck so far? >> i think so. to the playoffs last year. we're going to the super bowl. >> reporter: you can watch ravens day on wjz 13 today at 1:00. >> they must have some strong coffee this morning. it's coffee, uh-huh. >> i agree. >> reporter: coffee really bubblely this morning too. >> thank you. >> getting us going this morning and up next, sunday morning. >> we're talking about the tailgating food, but eat fresh, eat local, that's two tips for this is a t

sure if they wanted their son to commit to coming here because talk of the falcons and him leaving louisvilles, the malletts got on the phone with the brohm family and said if i would do it again i would stick with bobby petrino. >> brad: now, ryan mallett is looking like a taller version of brian brohm in this game. big third down right here, although it's two downs all of the way i'm sure for the arkansas raeshgs. mallett in trouble, got away will slide. short of the first down by about three. so it's fourth down and the first down would come at the 2 yard line. so they bring in michael smith, d.j. williams comes back in. >> todd: the end of the play, after the slide, he was complaining helmet to helmet hit. i think that was a good no call. i think the defender tried to pull off at the end. >> brad: knowing they need two scores, they'll try to get one here and worry about the eight-point difference later. tejada hit a 23--yarder earlier and try one from the right hash and he's got it. so field goal by tejada closes the gap but still an eight-point difference. >> todd: he miss eed it on thir

today, jason stinson was acquitted at his reckless homicide trial in louisville, kentucky. in august of last year, 15-year-old max gillpin collapsed and died after stinson ordered players to run wind sprints in 94-degree heat. and another update now. this one about acorn, the community organization has been under fire since video showed workers giving advice to a couple who posed as a prostitute and pimp on how to cheat the government. today following the senate's lead, the house voted to cut all federal funding for acorn. that will cost of the group tens of millions of dollars for its part, acorn, which has ordered an independent investigation, says the video may have been doctored to appear more objectionable. now turning to health care reform, president obama campaigned for student support at the university of maryland today. speaking to about 15,000 people, the president called health care reform a defining struggle of this generation. and while the debate goes on over the cost of insuring everyone, a new study reveals the cost of not doing it. the harvard study says ne

that question will decide the fate of jason stinson, the louisville high school football coach accusederally working a player to death. >> i lost one of my boys, a boy that i love and a boy that i cared for. >> reporter: on a 94 degree day last summer, he ordered his team to do sprints. but prosecutors say he had been brutal, denying walter and using peer pressure. sophomore max gilpin collapsed, and three days later, he died. >> a reasonable person should have seen that this could have happened. >> reporter: the charges against stinson include reckless homicide, but even if he was being harsh, were his actions criminal? >> reckless homicide, the prosecution must prove that the coach failed to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a death would occur. well, all over the country that day, all other the country, football players were being conditioned. >> reporter: guilty or not, schools and coaches nationwide are paying close attention. even donating money for stinson's defense, fearing what this might do to high school sports. coaches, they argue, must be able to train the

. >> reporter: officeware, with 100 employees, sells and services business equipment in louisville, kentucky. here workers are issued anti-flu kits and new instructions -- >> they're wiping down the keyboards, they're wiping down the reens, wiping down the devices before they even start to work on it. >> reporter: as swine flu season approaches, businesses more than ever are being urged to prepare, expecting it won't be business as usual. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> and now we turn overseas. iran flexed a bit of military muscle today with the test firing of its longest-range missiles. given their range, they would put israel and parts of europe within air striking distance. at talks that get under way this week, iran is expected to be confronted about an underground facility that until last week had remained a secret. >>> we learned today just how important it is to the president to bring the 2016 olympic games to his home city of chicago. later this week, he's going to get on air force one and fly all the way to europe to push for it in person. our white house correspondent savann

the players said the louisville coach did run them hard the day a sophomore collapsed. she heard stinson yelling but excused players who were ill. mike galanos has done a great job covering that trial on his show, "prime news". >> that's at 5:00. thank you so much. >>> travelers, thursday, what's going to get in your way today? hi, bob. >> good morning, rob. little bit of rain, wind. new york city tower cam, the rain is safely down to the south. central park right now, you're dry. clouds are in place, scattered around. the wind will pick up out of the east once again today to the tune of 20025 miles per hour. boston, philadelphia, wind in boston, showers and storms near philly and d.c. 30-minute to one-hour delays. charlotte, atlanta, showers and low clouds. miami and houston being more showers. morning fog around the chicago metro area, might see a short delay early this morning but the afternoon looks just fine. full details on that, plus a look at fred, the hurricane, coming up in a bit. >>> a soldier got a call to duty in iraq and he was nearly forced to return his

this happened and cecilia, kentucky, south and west of louisville. now the coach is under fire and questions are surfacing about attending a revival, whether they even knew about it. jonathan is in our newsroom in new york. what were the kids told about what they were doing? >> they were told they were going to a church event. others say that they were only told they were taken to hear a motivational speaker and they do not get those things. some also got baptized. robert coffey is 16 years old, and his parents say that they have absolutely no idea what was going to happen that night. there were not after their consent for the school and were not called for their child was being taken. shepard: as the school crossed a legal line here? >> judge napolitano says that absolutely they did. constitutionally, the supreme court says that kids can not be coerced into any religious ceremony, and if you're under 18, that coercion could be very nebulous, indeed. the school superintendent says that the school bus was allowed to be used for this trip. she did not

this band from louisville, ky is kicking the showoff. we have a special headliner. they're going to take the stage at about 9:30. tell me about the band. >> they have three albums. at their most recent album is by far their best and most popular. the have the top 10 that single called "second chance." [unintelligible] the countdown to kickoff, we have some stories about the ravens. a whole bunch is going on. we are here live all night long. >> by the way, you can watch our countdown to kickoff special tonight at 7:00 right here on tv 11. >> another reason to make celebrate, the cost of groceries going down. >> computer programs could leave your pc vulnerable. analysts say there is no fix yet. >> and some promising back-to- school news for a group of baltimore area students. >> nbc the phrase gluten-free all over the groceryhese days. by the trend are some disturbing numbers. >> help in baltimore city police who have been injured. i will tell you how. i will tell you how. >> to mark the week of helping others, the lieutenant governor served to the less fortunate. he

eric horng reports from louisville. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, not guilty. >> reporter: the acquittal of jason stinson tears. and the mother of the player who died, in anguish. >> our objective is, that this doesn't happen to another child or to another family. >> reporter: it was on a 94-degree day last summer, that coach stinson ordered his team to do extra sprints. witnesses said boys were vomited and crying. but said stinson was unrelenting, hurling insults to those who stopped running. >> was this boot camp? was this the nfl? what lessons was he teaching these kids? >> reporter: sophomore max bill pin collapsed. his temperature soaring to 109 degrees. an assistant called 911. >> he's just overheated. and we've got water on him. he's responsive. >> are you with him right now? >> yes. i'm trying to control his breathing. >> reporter: gilpin died three days later. but the defense said stinson's coaching had nothing to do with the boy's death. the teenager had been takinged aer adderall, for adhd. and players testified they were given water before running. >> we have the fi

. >>> a jury in louisville, kentucky, took less than two hours to acquit a former high school footballused of running one of his players to death. the potentially precedent-setting trial was closely watched all around the country. here's cnn's alina cho with the verdict and the reaction. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, jason david stinson, not guilty. >> reporter: with that a huge sigh of relief from david stinson and high school coaches everywhere. a jury cleared stinson of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of max gilpin, the 13-year-old died of heat stroke after collapsing in football practice last august. his mother said the trial had still sent a message. >> we're disappointed, but, you know, we said this going into it, the main objective was that max's death not be in vain. people were standing up to those football coaches now and people are reaching out. >> reporter: gilpin had been running sprints called gassers on a day when temperatures hit 94. >> oh! >> reporter: during the trial, players said stinson ordered the gassers as punishment for the lack of

there are some, as you can see, right now around louisville. for us, our temperature here in washington, there is the dew point in chantilly into the mid 60s. look atlawrenceville, georgia. good news, no more rain the last couple of days, but 20 inches for the month. overnight tonight, for us what we'll be seeing in the futurecast, that weather front settling to our south. as it does settle to our south, our winds turn into the northeast, much cooler tomorrow. much lower humidity and dew point. with some of that moisture there could be a passing sprinkle or shower. as we get in towards saturday, a lot of that midwest moisture beginning to come our way. especially lie late saturday into sunday, some rains coming in. overnight tonight, still rather warm and humid, but getting a bit less humid by 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00. tomorrow morning, a lot of clouds around. could be a passing sprinkle or shower for you folks across southern maryland. in the low to mid 60s. on and off clouds tomorrow. some sunshine, but noticeably lower humidity with our temper

look at the area of rain from louisville around cincinnati. heavy rains. for us, some of that rain will be coming in. once again in turkey of all places, remember a couple of weeks ago the terrible floods around istanbul? this is in parts of northeast turkey where they had torrential rains. one fatality and that is reminiscent of some of the scenes we've seen in atlanta. one building collapsed in the rising rivers. folks in parts of europe and spain and turkey have been suffering with terrible floods. for us, here is what's going on. overnight tonight tt weather front with some of the cooler airs settles to our south. tomorrow our temperature only about 74 degrees. to our north it will be cool. that moisture will also be coming right back as we get into late saturday especially. still warm and humid for the evening hours. temperatures later on tonight dipping into the 70s. then tomorrow morning with a lot of clouds still around, we'll have a northeasterly breeze. it will be cooler though. low 60s. if there are some showers, i think there will be more likel