here's nbc's mario solis. >>> good morning. love them or hate them but they have finally won the nba championship. lebron said he treated last night as if it was a decisive game seven and it showdown. game-high 26 points for the finals mvp. the heat were lethal beyond the arc, tying an nba finals record. the miami heat win the championship with a 121-106 win over the oklahoma city thunder. we'll have much more on the nba finals coming up in sports. for now, back to you. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in north carolina some scary moments as afternoon suv collided with a light rail train. authorities say the driver was. paying attention when she tried to go around the gate and crossed the tracks. rescuers freed her from the wreck. sh e was cited for the accident. >>> in new york the streets erupted with fire after gas line burst. construction crews cut the line, causing flames to shoot in the air. nearby buildings were evacuated and power had to be shut off for thousands as a p

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought do you by ice blue aqua velva. men get it. >>> nude photos leaked, a former boy 23re7bd black mailed, and a simmering pop diva feud. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, from the walls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli. but why are the marines invading cleveland? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." nice simple forecast. tuesday and wednesday look pretty tranquil. this is a lot worse than it really looks. there's a slight chance of showers as we're going through the northwest with a front going off shore. most of your day will be cloudy and dry. portland has showers sliding your way. phoenix gets up to 108. the heat continues in many of the inner mountain west areas. definitely not helping any of those firefighters. if you're watching us on kcra 3 in sacramento, california. celebrate the african-american and women who became heroes of aviation during world war ii. tuskegee journey to flight. >> now here's an early look at today's headlines in ente

here's nbc's mario solis. good morning from the stanley cup final in los angeles where the kings have been crowned. game six at the staple center, the kings dominating from start to finish. scouring three power play goals in the first period and never looking back. they beat the devils 6-1, the kings are hockey royalty. they win their first-ever stanley cup final. we'll have more from los angeles plus post-game reaction coming up in sports, for now, let's go back to you. >> thanks so much. here's your "first look" at other news going on around america today. a florida woman is fighting for her life after she was set on fire by the father of her child. surveillance cameras captured the horrific scuffle after she attempted to flee after being doused with gasoline. the woman was able to pat out the fire, but suffered severe burns. her attacker was later arrested by police. >>> frustrated by a string of locker room thefts? a washington d.c. gym manager set up the perfect ruse to annoy and to catch the culprit. aft

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. it was a is busy sunday in sports. let's get right to it. game three of the nba finals in miami, thunder at heat. let's pick it up in the third quarter. durant is there to clean things up. lebron james, dwyane wade and company come storming back. jones from downtown. heat up five. late in the fourth, lebron calls his own number, the layup and foul. miami holds on to win 91-85. game four is tomorrow. >>> u.s. open. if you don't know who webb simpson is, you will now. started the day four shots back. birdies four out of five to get in the hunt. jim furyk doing his best to hold the lead rolls in a miracle 30-footer for par on 12 but crumbles down the stretch with bogeys on 16 and 18. webb finishing the day 1 over. all the 26-year-old american could do was sit and see if his

here is mario solis with a look at sports headlines. >>> good morning to you. so much for the spurs 20 game winning streak, the thunder have made it a series. game 3 in okc, the thunder come out flying. opened things up with 8-0 runs. spurs don't know what hit them. san antonio rallies but doesn't get in it. james hardin from downtown, oklahoma city up 13 at the break. they blow the game open in the second half, thabo sefolosha a difference maker knocking down 43-pointers finishing with 19 points. 102-82, the spurs first loss of the playoffs. >>> hockey, a four time stanley cup champion, now he's hanging up the skates. after 20 seasons red wings niklas lidstrom will take a position with the front office. >>> one other hockey note, game two of the stanley cup final between the devils and kings is tomorrow at 8:00 h p.m. eastern. >>> baseball, match up of two under achieving teams. boston jumps out to the lead. then all doid. young hits a home run, tigers win 7-3. >>> after hit tleeg home runs on wednesday, carlo gonzalez back at it again yesterday, a three-run b

i'm mario solis. >>> coming up the runaway bride boomerang's back. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a young man with a very good excuse for missing school last friday. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." forecast update. if you're in northeast oak including the tulsa area, you have the worst whether with really strong thunderstorm. this afternoon we'll still see strong storms in the southeast including atlanta. the northeast doesn't look easy. rainy day around maine. showers and storms likely for the big cities of i-895. if you're watching us on lex-18 lexington kentucky in nearby new port see more than 20 species of the world's most weird and wonderful aquatic animals at bizarre and beautiful. that's what i call lynn every day at the new port aquarium. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> just too easy. thank you. >>> a new traditional fairy tale played way above expectations at the box office this weekend. starg kristen stewart, "snow white & the hunts man ope

here's nbc's mario solis for a look at your sports headlines. >>> good morning. for the first time in 39 years the men's final of the french open will be decided on a monday. rain ruling the day in paris. rafael nadal and djokovic played a wet and wild first half, nadal jumped out to an early two-set lead. something tells me novak wasn't too happy, takes out his frustration on the bench. that may have jumpstarted the number one player in the world. he comes back to win the their, ahead in the fourth, when rain crashes the party. drizzle turns into a downpour. the match was suspended due to rain and darkness. they'll try to crown a champion this morning. >>> start spreading the news, yankees have swept the mets after they tied it in the ninth, russell martin with a walkoff home run in the bottom of the inning, second of the game. get out the brooms, yanks win 5-4. >>> more late inning heroics, red sox and nats tied 3-3 in the ninth. this is what you call a hit and run. bryce harper takes off from first, bernadino to the right, and harper turn on the after-burners,

here is nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning to you. so much for the spurs 20 game winning streak, the thunder have made it a series. game 3 in okc, the thunder come out flying. opened things up with 8-0 runs. spurs don't know what hit them. san antonio rallies but never really gets back into it. james hardin from downtown, oklahoma city up 13 at the break. they blow the game open in the second half, thabo sefolosha a difference maker knocking down four three-pointers and finishes with 19 points. thunder roll 102-82, handing the spurs their first loss of the playoffs. >>> hockey, a four time stanley cup champion seven-time norris winner and now hanging up the skates. after 20 seasons red wings nicklas lidstrom is calling it a career. the 43-year-old will go down as one of the best defenseman to ever play the game. he's expected to take a position with detroit's front office. one other hockey note, game two of the stanley cup final between the devils and kings is tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on nbc. >>> baseball, match up of two under

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is wrought to you by aqua vel sla. men get it. >>> new photos leaked. a former boyfriend blackmail and a simmering feud. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, from the walls of montezuma. why are the marines invading cleveland? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome black to "early today." the big early morning weather concern, if you're heading out into areas of arkansas, northern louisiana, near texarcana around the northeastern corner of texas, large thunderstorms, slow moving storms, too, with plenty of storms. the sieft will have a chance of showers and storms along with the east coast. and then your wednesday looks kind of cloudy and cool to start with rain early in the day from new york to boston, well if you're watching us on ksnt kansas, first news in topeka, kansas, that's where i started my first tv king, bring the kids and blaine it and enjoy stories and songs in the frontier park. that's your earth event of the day. i pulled up in a farmer's soy field. >> and you made

i'm mario solis. >>> family films continue their box office domination this weekend. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the ugliest of them all? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonderful weekend. the hot weather continues all through the inner mountain west. montana, billings, 101 degrees. cooler around boise. salt lake city. utah and nevada, very hot. cooler on the coast line of san francisco. we're still looking at showers and even straight thunderstorms especially this afternoon in the northwest. tomorrow it looks like medford dries out. you'll get warmer. we're still lingering with showers because of that upper level low. they cool it off in salt lake city too. little bit of hope. >>> if you're watching us on kftr news source 16 in eugene, oregon, encounter different animals and ecosystems. you travel through underwater walkways at past sajsf that's your pacific event of the day. if i was there, i would go. i love a care yums. >> me too. you ca

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought do you by ice blue kwa velva. men get it. >>> new photos leaked, a former boyfriend blackmail, and a simmering pot diva feud. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, from the walls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli. but why are the marining invading cleveland? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're watching strong severe thunderstorms especially around texarcana. so be careful traveling there early today. we're seeing a beautiful day, setting up chicago to minneapolis to kansas city. enjoy your break from the summer humidity. low humidity values and beautiful sunshine today and tomorrow. still a chance of thunderstorms though. dallas down through new orleans. that frontal boundary is kind of lidge gering down there through the next couple of days. if you're watching us on knst topi a ta, kansas, that's where i used to work, bring kids and blanket for story time in the park at frontier park and that's your "early today" event today. >> i'm sure t

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. we'll start with the big news out of college football. the bcs conferences have agreed to a 14-playoff system. a committee will decide which teams qualify, based on conference championship and strength of schedule. if approved by the bcs presidential committee, the playoff will begin in 2014. >>> now to the diamond where the yankees and braves set a new yankee stadium record, combining for nine home runs. jason hayward left the yard twice. braves win the home run derby, 10-5. nine homers there. how about eight between the mariners and diamondbacks. ryan roberts with the toughest one of them all. fly ball takes a crazy bounce off the wall. miguel montero scores. roberts says i'm going to score too. hustles around third. the throw to the plate is there,but the catcher can't handle it. an inside-the-park home run. d'backs win a barn burner, 14-10. >>> there's no way david ortiz is going to hit an inside-the- park home run, but he can do this. a grand slam for big papi. red

here's nbc's mario solis. >>> good morning. love them or hate them, but the big three of james, born and wade have finally won the nba championship. game five of the nba finals was all miami. lebron said he treated last night as if it was a decisive game seven and it showed. a game high 26 points for the finals mvp. the heat were lethal beyond the arc, tying an nba finals record with 14 three-pointers. the miami heat win the championship with a 121-106 win over the oklahoma city thunder. we'll have much more on the nba finals coming up in sports. for now, back to you. >>> and now here's a look at some other news going on around america today. in north carolina some scary moments as an suv collided with a light rail train. authorities say the driver want paying attention when she tried to go across the gate and cross the tracks. rescuers were able to free her from the wreck. she was cited for the accident. >>> in new york the streets erupted with fire after gas line burst. construction crews cut the line, causing flames to shoot

i'm mario solis. >>> well, coming up, "the runaway bride" boomerang's back. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a young man with a very good excuse for missing school last friday. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. hope you're off to a good start on your monday. rainy weather continues to plague us with a slow moving cold weather system through the pacific northwest. temperatures in the low 60s today. up i-5 from medford to portland and seattle. spokane not much better. towards tomorrow we will continue to see the cool air, even boise high of only 58. we could be near 100 some time this time of year. watching us on knsd nbc in san diego, california, discover art inspired by the industrial revolution. hg wells and a bit of science fiction at steam punk at the san diego automotive museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a traditional fairytale with a new dark spin played way above expectations at the box office >

here is nbc's mario solis. >>> good morning. it was a busy sunday in sports. let's get right to it.ree of the nba finals in miami, thunder and heat. let's pick it up in the third quarter. off the miss, kevin durant is there to clean things up. okc up by as many as ten in the quarter. however just not enough. lebron james, dwyane wade and company come storming back. james jones from downtown, heat up five. late in the fourth, lebron calls his own number. the layup and the foul. miami wins 91-85. game four is tomorrow. >>> u.s. open. if you don't know who webb simpson is, you will now. birdies four out of five to get in the hunt. jim furyk doing his best, rolls in a miracle 30-footer for par, but crumbles down the stretch with bogeys on 16 and 18. webb finishing the day with one over. all he could do was sit and see if his lead would stick. graeme mcdowell needing this putt on 18 to stay alive. it's left. webb simpson wins the u.s. open. >>> to nascar, the big crash wasn't on the crash, but on the infield. watch out for the fence. he was okay. dale earnhardt junior picking up his firs

i'm mario solis. >> oh, wow.nother look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. i just -- did he get hurt? was he okay? it looked painful almost. >> yeah, okay enough to fool the umpire. >> okay, got it. >> don't know about sportsmanship, but he got the out. >>> well, good morning, everyone. interesting weather scenario going on in new england right now. there's no bad weather, but if you watch the clouds here, they're coming down from canada over boston in northern new england. if you look back to the west here in pittsburgh and d.c., the clouds and winds are off in the south. so, there's a frontal system right over top of new york city, kind of dividing the area. a dry, nice, beautiful air mass is in place from about hartford to boston northwards through new england where it's really getting humid and very warm around d.c. and pittsburgh. so kind of a split forecast today. it's going to be hot, humid, very much like summer today. d.c. up to 88 degrees, even buffalo getting up to 88 today, and enou

i'm mario solis. >>> here is todd santos with that all-important weekend forecast. let's hear it, todd. >> you know, for some areas it's going to be remaining a little unsettled especially up toward southeastern new england. initially deal with this frontal system. d.c. area, eastern virginia, carolinas, make sure you have a way to get your warnings. not out of the question to see isolated tornadoes today. primarily in some of these stronger thunderstorms. a hail and wind threat. up towards boston, at least to finish off the week, a fairly decent set-up. chicago, some of the showers early on. they'll be transitioning out of the area over the next few hours. west coast, more showers moving in toward portland during the day. seattle seeing a few of those. as we get into saturday, we'll start to see a coastal low developing off southeast new england. that will bring better shower chances over toward boston. may get into new york later tonight as far as showers are concerned. d.c. looking better for saturday. florida central and southern. up towards billings. may also s

here's nbc's mario solis. >>> hi, there. good morning.mes fouled out for the first time in four years. dwyane wade missed game-winning shot and the celtics have evened up the series with an overtime win in boston. game four of the eastern conference finals, celtics wanted this one from the start. rajon rondo threads the needle to paul pierce. rondo with 15 points and 15 dimes. sets up 14 at the break. heat make it the game in the second half. lebron james calls his own number, throws it down. miami starting to claw their way back into it. then in the fourth it's lebron again. this time he ties the game with under a minute left. he had 29. off to overtime, moments after paul pierce fouled out, tangled up with pie stchlt rus. lebron fouled out. first time ever in a playoff game. final seconds, heat down two. no lebron so everybody on the planet knows wade is going to get the open look. can't knock down the three at the buzzer. celtics hold serve and even the series with a 93-95 win in overtime. >>> nascar now, jimmie johnson took the checke

here's nbc's mario solis. >> hi, there. good morning.slugged it out last night, and in the end, the reigning home run derby champ delivered the knockout punch. to new york in the eighth, tied at 5, robinson cano steps in and steps out, solo shot to straightaway center. that's the difference. yanks win 6-5. >>> to boston. cody ross was a one-man wrecking crew with a home run in the fourth and another in the fifth, hammering this one over the green monster. he had five rbi. kevin youkilis was the subject of trade rumors, rips an rbi triple into the gap. would that be his last hit as a member of the red sox? yes, it was. he was traded to the white sox after the game. youkilis goes out a winner. final 9-4. >>> call it fate, but youkilis's new team wore the red striped jerseys instead of the black and white. corey hart saw red, robbed of a sure home run. that keeps the game scoreless into the tenth. two on for eduardo escobar, and he ends it with a walk-off single. white sox win 1-0 in tenth. >>> battle of the bay. morris hit his first major

here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, good morning. yankees and mets slugged it out last night. in the end, the reining home run derby champ. robinson cano steps in and out, solo shot to straightaway center. that's the difference. yanks win 6-5. boston, cody ross was a one-man wrecking crew, hit a home run in the fourth and another in the fifth. hammering this one over the green monster. ross had five rbi. kevin youkilis had been a subject of trade rumors. rips an rbi triple into the gap. would that be his last member as a member of the red sox? yes, he was traded to the white sox after the game. boston beat atlanta 9-4. >>> call it coincidence, fate, but red sox wore striped jerseys and corey hart is robbed of a home run. scoreless until the tenth. two or for escobar and he we understand it with a walkoff single. white sox win 1-0 in ten. >>> battle of the bay. giant and a's. derek norris picked a perfect time to hit his first major league home run. end with a three-run bomb in the ninth. a's walk off with a 4-2 win. >>> nascar, clint