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. >>> and martin truex jr. wins the nascar event wearing the >>> drive six hours north and will you reach one of the poorest places in the country. the pine ridge indian reservation in south dakota where families struggle with poverty, unemployment, and alcoholism. and tonight's story tellers, 9news reporter noel brennan and our photojournalist take us on hope. >> reporter: life on the reservation is filled with so much beauty, so little hope for these families. >> to me camping is what you guys do on weekends, something like this. we're living it every day. >> reporter: he traded a tv this tiny home. >> that's where we sleep. us three sleep back there, then the two boys sleep up here on the floor. there. now we're in our boys bedroom. >> reporter: no running water, no electricity. >> they said everything in here works, but we don't have a generator strong enough to work everything in here. >> reporter: the kids are growing. >> he is going to be three this september. >> reporter: a small trailer just won't do.

just a gorgeous day for racing at loudon usa, a big crowd on hand, much bigger martin truex jr dominated the then matt kenseth makes his move passing for the lead on lap 179. kenseth won the last 2 races in loudon. a very clean race until this. 37 laps to go, clint bowyer and mcdowell would end up wi a cut tire, left rear. he spun around and the caution came out. as usual, some more late cautions but none that involved chase drivers. 10 laps to go. stenhouse sent spinning, but no cars made contact. the leader kenseth stayed on the track through the final cautions. they did not go to pit road for new tires. 6 laps to go and on fresher tires, kevin harvick passes kenseth for the lead. he hangs on from there. harvick claims his 3rd win of the year and his 2nd overall at nhms, adding to his magic mile victory in 2006. harvick is guarunteed to advance to the 2nd round of the chase along with last weeks winner, martin truex jr. we had a chance to win at the end and had a couple good restart and were able to make it happen. >> did you know at the end you have the car to get it done? >> you neve

. >>> martin truex jr. got a flat tire today and still won nascar's chase for the championship. the 10-race tournament began at chicagoland speedway where truex overcame a blown right front on lap 68 to take the checkered flag. the third victory of the season for denver-based furniture row racing. the only one beg chased now is truex. >> everybody plans for this. everybody comes here to try to everybody comes here thinking, we've got a shot at it. we were no different, so it was awesome to come here to execute, get the job done. >>> rockies swept a series for the first time in two months today. rox beat san diego in lower downtown completing a three- game sweep of the padres. mark reynolds gave colorado the lead with a 4th inning home run. rockies win himself to quarterback andrew luck in the still of the night. >> i have my bobbleheads situated in such a position tonight that you can easily imagine a game clinching strip sack, can't you. >> it's almost more vivid than the game. >> except luck holds on to the ball in this scenario. z23esz zvpz hbo's "game of thrones" won for bes

>>> martin truex, jr., drove fast as a turtle this weekend and has the trophy to prove it. the first race in the chase for the championship is called the teenage mutant ninja turtles 400. the prize is something you'd see in the clearance bin at toys r us. even so he he's rightfully proud of the accomplishment and posed with the trophy, strange but drew. >>> former broncos quarterback tim tebow began his professional baseball career today and instead of the usual zero people who normally attend an instructional league practice, more than 400 fans and 70 members of the news media showed up to watch timmy take batting practice. so does tebow's mets jersey. he was assigned his favorite number, 15, strange but drew. new york mets jersey sales right now, no. 1 is noah sindergaard, their all-star pitcher, no. 2 is make your own jersey and >>> developing news tonight. terror takedown. a dramatic shoot-out in the streets. the man wanted in bombings that terrorized new york and new jersey, captured alive after a massive manhunt. the suspect allegedly caught on camera at bomb scenes i

mow stopping martin truex jr. he had the best car in the end. counts how you finish. he wins the 500 today. on the throw back sunday. pretty neat to see the cars >> yes. didn't they move the race? they moved it and moved it back? >> yes. they wanted to have it at nighttime, too. the schemes are popping there. >> yes. if unto watch. >> yes. one more. >> yes. who will win had thursday. >> yes. oh. yes. >>> favored by 3. yes. broncos breaking in a new quarterback. >> yes. has not taken one snap. >> was was not a super star in college. it is interesting he won job. it will be -- >> smart people go to north western, i understand. >> i did not go. i went to northern illinois. >> yes. good journalism school. >> yes. >>> let's take a look at what is going on. labor day will be beautiful. 86 grees, 91 on esday. 92 on wednesday. humidity, not bad. notice how the lows go in the lower 70s. hot and humid thursday and friday. a thraoeu week ahead. slight chance next weekend for >>. monday stphaoeut it will mom, i have to tell you something. dad, one second i was driving and then th

file lap martin truex, jr. good day for him he takes the checkered analogy. he's got nothing but love caps it off with the kiss of the track it's his second win of the season and first at darlington. and this week the build up to next sunday night the arizona cardinals open the season against the patriots. look for az it's all about making it to houston. >> we've got definitely big hopes for the cardinals we don't agree on everything. representative kyrsten sinema knows that. when congress refused to work and pass a budget, she said they shouldn't get a paycheck. that's just common sense. and that's something we can all agree on. call representative kyrsten sinema . final look at the 7-day forecast labor day monday looking hot sunny and dry. daytime high 101 same thing on tuesday things change come wednesday chance for monsoons return wednesdayte day. >> here we go. someone's hacked all our technology. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can eve

martin truex, jr. dominated the first half of the race. then matt kenseth makes his move passing for the lead on lap 179 kenseth won the last 2 races in loudon. a very clean race until this 37 laps to go clint bowyer and michael mcdowell get together in turn two. mcdowell would end up with a cut and the caution came out. as usual, some more late-cautions but none that involved chase drivers 10 laps to go. ricky stenhouse jr and reed sorenson get together stenhouse sent spinning, but no cars made contact. the leader kenseth stayed on the track thru the final cautions -- they did not go to pit road for new tires. six laps to go and on fresher tires, kevin harvick passes kenseth for the lead. he hangs on from there harvick claims his 3rd win of the year adding to his magic mile victory in 2006. >> congratulations -- your first win in 10 years. >> it came at a good time. i'm really proud of everybody here, and everybody on this team for everything they have done. we kept ourselves here and everyone had a solid i would have been happy with thir

martin truex jr. for the win. it is his first ever at darlington.d he is going to kiss the finish line, and kevin harvick was second, and the next race is at are richmond. >>> with jack sock losing at the us open, the drought of a american winning the us open is 13 years w. we will tee it up more at 11:00 p.m. over on abc 7. eric? >> that is looking like 5:30. and it is a lackluster weekend and it is a lackluster weekend and the moviegoers ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, residents in the south bay are on edge as authorities are looking for a violent sex offender targeting young girls. >>> a proud woman for the afghan women's national soccer team, and how they fared in a tournament happening in the bay area this weekend. >> next week, a movie of tom hanks comes ou

furniture row racing and driver martin truex, jr. win the first race yesterday playoffs, the third of the year for the team and clinches a spot in the next round. last night the left rear wheel align. was off by 10/1000 of an inch, but he ill wins the race. tomorrow we chat with eric >>> from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. maybe five more seasons won't be so terrible. ware made a decision this morning to undergo surgery on his broken right arm which will force him to miss at least the next month. demarcus injured himself during the 3rd quarter at first the future hall of famer thought he might be able to play through it, but x-rays showed an ulna fracture. >> being able to have that extra anchor out there, that extra rusher they fear out there definitely changes. the key is to have them be ware in the end rolling at the end of the season. >> first game ware misses is sunday at cincinnati. 9news broncos insider mike klis thinks von miller will be the >> reporter: the immediate reaction to demarcus ware

. >>> another great race for martin truex, jr. the racer finished third in tonight's nascar race. a race won by denny hamlin. we're going to finish by going back to football. one of the greatest finishes you've ever seen. number 22 oklahoma state up three on underdog central michigan. the chippewas down but not out. one final untimed play, cooper rush with the hail mary, jesse kroll answers the prayer with the catch and pitched to millie fountain who does the rest! he takes it in! are you kidding me? central michigan wins. they were a three touchdown underdog. they win by three. the final was 30-27. grade play. but it shouldn't have counting. the refs should not have given the met play. >> but they did.

. >>> martin truex, jr. the winner of the southern 500 at darlington, race highlights coming up on wral. >>> check this out. a football field's sideline is going viral. take a look. south carolina. i don't even know how you do that. you can see the side line out more than a little crooked. someone snapped the picture. it's being shared now all across the country. they don't know what happened, but the field was approved for playing. >> no way. >> that person could lose their job as well. they are working on fixing it before the next home game. i hope they get a handle on that. is he? >>> we want to congratulate leah baker and lee hart, the couple married today under blue skies and sunshine. we wish them well. >>> pretty day today for a wedding, gorgeous out there. >> how about the week? >> the holiday weekend is going to end with fabulous weather, a little bit warmer tomorrow and the heat returns tuesday, 91 for the high tuesday, plenty of sunshine and hotter wednesday, up to 93, but enjoy the rest of overni

furniture row racing and driver martin truex, jr. win the first race yesterday in nascar's playoffs, the third of the year spot in the next round. last night the left rear wheel align. was off by 10/1000 of an inch, but he still wins the race. tomorrow we chat with eric >>> from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. maybe five more seasons won't be so terrible. ware made a decision this morning to undergo surgery on his broken right arm which will force him to miss at least the next month. demarcus injured himself during the 3rd quarter of yesterday's victory over the colts. at first the future hall of famer thought he might be able to play through it, but x-rays showed an ulna fracture. >> being able to have extra anchor out there, that extra rusher they fear out there definitely changes. the key is to have them be ware in the end rolling at the end of the season. >> first game ware misses is sunday at cincinnati. 9news broncos insider mike klis thinks von miller will be the first to notice on the pages of

the top five rounded out by three time new hampshire winner jimmie johnson. 6th fastest was martin truex, jr. will to start in the front row today. jamie staton caught up with him on saturday. >> this is a breakout year and the toyota coming into this year, including last week in chicago, and in the points race, he's in first place. >> martin truex, jr., you start in new hampshire with the front row. life is good right now. >> things are going well for us. we've had really a great couple of weeks and last week was a big one for us. looking forward to continuing on this weekend. love this race track and excited to get back up here. >> you kind of growing up watching your dad race and win and you went to victory lane in july of mean for you and your family to go to victory lane in a sprint cup car? >> you know, led a lot of laps in june and felt like we had a shot at it. hopefully we can, you know, finish off a deal here this weekend. it's been really good so far this weekend, we've been fast and the cars were great. it would be awesome to went here. >> so many kids up here with my dad and thi

martin truex jr. was strong, able to get past and hold on for the win. last the third win of the season for the 78 which qualifies him for the next round of the chase. joey logano was second, followed by chase keslowski. next week it is here in new hampshire. erin: a man got himself into an unusual predictment. his head got stuck. the man dropped his phone in the water and tried to get it back, but ended up getting his head lodged between the rocks. firefighters worked for two and a half hours to free him. they could not use air bags, because the rocks could have shifted. they went with a different method. >> lots of olive oil did the trick. we managed to spray him down and applied a lot of olive oil. we were able to dislodge him. he was in good spirits. he's a healthy 31-year-old male. erin: the man was treated to hypothermia and a minor injury to his foot. they got him out. sean: the cdc is urging chicken owners to refrain from kissing cases. a number of people got it from kissing their chickens. according to the cdc's research, 13% of chicken-related

martin truex jr. dominated the first half. on lap 179, matt kenseth made his move, passing for the lead. it was a clean race until this happened with 37 laps to go, clint boyer and mike the mcdowell dumped in. his ended up with a cut tire. caution. he did not go to pit road for the new tires. with six laps to go, kevin harvick passed kenseth for the lead. he hung on from there and went on to claim his third victory of the year and his second win six 2006. our jason king interviewed him in victory lane. >> just really proud of everybody. especially everybody on the number four chevrolet team for everything that they've done. we kept ourself in the game a day. i would have been happy with third or fourth with the way the hole format worked. we needed a solid day. we had a chance to win there at the end. we had a couple of good restart. we were able to make it happen. erin: third or fourth. really? look at that. he looks pretty happy. the next race is set for this sunday at dover international speedway in delaware. sean: the red

a late caution caused the checker finish and martin truex jr. was strong on the restart and able to get past and hold on for the win. that's the third win of the season for the 78s which qualified him for the next round of the chase. joey l followed by chase elliot, ryan, and keslowski. erin: this is an unusual story. firefighters in rhode island came to the rescue of a man who got himself into a very unusual predictment. his head got stuck. his crews say the man dropped his phone in the water and tried to get it back. it ended up getting his head lodged between the rocks. two and a half hour. they couldn't use air bags. they went with a different method. >> olive oil. lots of olive oil did the trick. we managed to spray him down and applied a lot of olive oil. we were able to dislodge him. he was in good spirits. he saw an otherwise healthy 31-year-old male. erin: how about that? just looped him up. the man was treated for hyperthey are ya and a foot. sean: rock and a hard place. the cdc is urging chicken owners to refrain from kissing their bi

martin truex jr. domina half. matt kenseth made his move. it was a clean race until this happened. 37 laps to go. they bumped into each other and turned to. mcdoe well ended one a cut tire. the caution came out. kenset stayed on the track through the final cautions. he did not go to pit row for new tires. with six laps to go. kevin harvick passed for the lead. he hung on from there year and his second win at the magic mile since 2006. our jason king interviewed him in victory lane. >> just really proud of everybody. especially everybody on the number four chevrolet team for everything that they've done. everybody had a solid day. i would have been happy with third or fourth there with the way the whole format worked. we needed a solid day. we had a chance to win there at the end. we had a couple good restarts happen. erin: i was pretty happy. the race is set for the chase. sean: great day for racing. the red sox took on the rays in florida. the game was tied 1-1. pedroia hit a solo home run. it was a nice start for eduardo rodriguez in the t

kevin harvick with the dominant car tonight, leading 214 laps, martin truex jr. takes the lead with 28 laps to go, and holds off harvick on the final restart to get his first win at darlington. truex starts the summer with a win at charlotte on memorial day and ends the summer with a win on labor day. >> this is just, this is unbelievable. so many people to thank, racetrack. i have led a lot of laps here in my career. just so proud to get to victory lane with this group. >> so back to football quickly. it's the cardinalses and patriots next sunday we upped the ante at culver's to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. all-natural, whole white meat chicken breast. topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape?o ranch. on a lightly buttered, toasted ciabatta roll. the perfect cheese for pepper jack really going to tone down the spiciness of the peppers. you're going to taste the cheese first, and then you're going to get just a little bit of warmth from the peppers. it's really good. a bold new flavor and only here for a limited time. mmmhmm. >>> all r

. >>> martin truex jr. held on to win yesterday's bojangles southern 500.rivers late in the race to capture his second victory of the season. >>> former u.s. women's soccer midfielder laurenç holiday is t to undergo brain surgery to remove a tumor. she's the wife of former sixers all-star guard jrue holiday. the surgery is scheduled for sometime later this year after holiday gives birth to the couple's first child. holiday currently is on the new orleans pelicans and will take an immediate leave of absence to care for his wife. >>> some drivers doing a double take. that's how one haverford township official wants it. >> some may not even notice. he designed a new street sign that appears to be misspelled in order to get your attention. take a look. the sign says dear crossing. get it, dear as in d-e-a-r. it's a play on words. he combined his love of puns along with his mission to keep the streets of haverford township safe for all kids. he wants the sign to be a reminder to drivers of everything we hold dear. very nice. >>> just a few minutes before the st