[hoedown music] >> the capital of the oil sands frenzy is a frontier town called fort mcmurray, whichmiddle of nowhere. it's north of nowhere and colder than the klondike but a boomtown just the same. the local hockey team is called the oil barons. they're on a winning streak. [crowd cheering] brian jean represents the region in canada's parliament. is this comparable to a gold rush? >> i think it's bigger than a gold rush. we're expecting $100 billion, over the next ten years, to be invested in this area, $100 billion in a population that currently is 70,000 people. >> we got in a little earlier. >> t. boone pickens, who once scoffed at the oil sands, is one of those investors. pickens runs a hedge fund in dallas and is now a true believer. >> we're managing $5 billion here, and about 10% of it's in the oil sands. so it's the one single largest investment we have. >> 10% of $5 billion. i flunked math. >> 500 million. >> and if oil sands are the answer for investors, are oil sands the answer for the united states? >> oh, i think so. [ticking] >> but despite the boomtown mentality in t

i'm jamie mcmurray, and my niece has autism. learn more at autismspeaks.org/signs.this week, we lookedded at offbeat invetments from art to peer-to-peer lending to water. with the tony awards this weekend, we thought there's another one to the list. how abot investing in broadway shows? with some advice on making money off the great white way is charles, a columnist wth market watch. all right, charles, start by talking abou how big a business is broadw? >> roadway is huge, and it's gotten bigger. it's a one billion a year business, slightly oer one billion dollars, up 50% over the last decade, and i mean, you see the crowds in times squares, everybody goes to a sow, and that's a lot of money. gerri: it is. the its are what matters there. how often do they turn to outside investors? is it a small group of people who fund the shows, or how does it work? >> it's a fairly large group, hundreds of people involved, each show is its microeconomyy if you will, and producers have to find people to back shows. no producer has millions of dollars in their back pocket. gerri:

eight groups of five or sinks cars with five minutes on the course, gentleman jamie mcmurray took the pole. first of the year. recalls upon the pole at sonoma in 2007. danicka patrick the first female driver in a sprint cup event at sonoma, start 3-g 1st. >> when you look at this race, we -- somebody wins you didn't feel like was a good road racer, and you're like, that guy is a good road racer because he won and this track has produced a lot of guys that haven't historically done well on road courses. there's usually a little drama so it's about being in position, and its -- if it's your day it will work out. >> tennis returns to wimbledon and the maria sharapova started a war of words with serena. serena made comments about an unnamed player's private life, hinting sharapova. maria said she that shoo talk about her relationship with married man going through a vomples -- through a divorce. maria did some back pedaling today. >> nothing person. talked to serena many times and everyone tries to create rivalries between us, but at the end of the day we have tremendous opt of respect fo

damien mcmurray took the pole. his first pole of the year.trick will be the first female driver in a nascar event at sonoma. she will start in the 31st spotted. >> when you look at this race. somebody wins you didn't feel like was good but he is good. this track has produced a lot of guys i think historically haven't well run on road races. so it's being in position. if it is your day it will work out. >> and in connecticut, mama doesn't want to get her babies get hit. not for bubba watson, a birdie off his first three, here a four-stroke lead. he has a three tie lead. low round of the day and charlie at ten undergoing into the sunday's round. >>> to the pits, earthquakes facing d.c. who has one win this season. justin more oh takes him down and questionable call but a penalty kick. here is easy money. that is all the scoring. d.c. united 1-nil that was ugly. >> and coming up, dogs and surfer boards and a 91-year-old grandmother. >> at 9:00 a rock star revelation, concert and >> ama: coming up at 11:00, controversy at richmond city hall over

alex mcmurray is a regular customer. >> my heart went up fast, all the people that were working and god bless them, they made it through this incident. reporter: no one else was seriously injured. we spoke to the mother of the other 19-year-old who told us her son is still in shock. he has a slight injury to his handfrom the gunshot the suspect actually fired before he was killed by sheriffs deputies. the restaurant will stay closed until monday. in castro valley, abc7 news. >> ama: we are following breaking news after a small explosive thrown at a business in downtown san francisco. it shut done traffic near union square tis afternoon. about 4:00 p.m., at grant and sutter, a witness says someone threw what looked like a quarter stick of dynamite through a restaurant window. three people took off running. one person was taken into custody. they brought in bomb-sniffing dogs to see if there were any other closesives but have not reported any. traffic is now back to frommal. >> fire investigates are trying to determine what caused a fire in a house. the garage was burning when crews first

jamie mcmurray takeses the pole. his nine sprint cup pole. and also won the pole at sonoma in 2007.anicka patrick will become the first female driver in a nascar cup event at sonoma, starting 31st. >> when you look at this race, seems like every -- somebody wins you didn't feel like was a good road racer, and then you say, he's a good road racer because he won and this track has proved guys who hasn't historically done well on road courses. it's about drama at this track and it's about being in position, and if it's your day, it will work out. >> mike: tennis returns to wimbledon on monday, and the first bat started tonight with sharapova and serena williams. serena made some cowferl comments at been unnamed player's private life, implying it was sharapova. maria responded if she wants to talk about something personal she should talk about her relationship with a married man going through a divorce. serena taking the last 13 matches through maria, doing a little back-pedaling. >> nothing personal. we talk to serena many times and everybody tries to create a rivalry between us about

eight groups of five or sinks cars with five minutes on the course, gentleman jamie mcmurray took thethe year. recalls upon the pole at sonoma in 2007. danicka patrick the first female driver in a sprint cup event at sonoma, start 3-g 1st. >> when you look at this race, we -- somebody wins you didn't feel like was a good road racer, and you're like, that guy is a good road racer because he won and this track has produced a lot of guys that haven't historically done well on road courses. there's usually a little drama so it's about being in position, and its -- if it's your day it will work out. >> tennis returns to wimbledon and the maria sharapova started a war of words with serena. serena made comments about an unnamed player's private life, hinting sharapova. maria said she that shoo talk about her relationship with married man going through a vomples -- through a divorce. maria did some back pedaling today. >> nothing person. talked to serena many times and everyone tries to create rivalries between us, but at the end of the day we have tremendous opt of respect for what we do on

. >>> mcmurray today won the pole for sunday's nascar cup race in sonoma. the save mart 350. if you live in the east bay and going to the race, just leave home early. or you're going to get in a huge traffic jam. now, as far as stock car racing, how is a sport born by running moonshine in the deep south end up in the heart of the wine country? one bay area native's passion for cars made it all possible. let's take you to sonoma. >> place was nothing like it is now. >> the series look for a new california home and found one in the beautiful napa valley. >> sew mona raceway. built in 1968, but business didn't take off until nascar pioneer ken clap got involved. >> we had no major event at that time that would carry the overhead. they were going to have to have a big stock car race here to ever be able to really be successful. >> any place you can get a good vantage point. >> southern california after they closed. clap set his sights on the bay area as a replacement. >> we worked diligently to do a race in san jose. the politicians in san jose not only wouldn't learn about our s

. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, savemart 350 nascar cup rac sonoma...just after 1 pm...a >>> all right, jamie mcmurray will be the pole sitter for tomorrow's save mart 350 nascar cup race in show that. that's just after 1:00. leave early if you're going. give me the minutes. come on. >>> barry zito's first appearance since the death of his father. recorded five strikeouts and seven innings and allowed the one run against the marlins today and boy he wants some defense? we got it. how about a 6-4-3 double play to support him in the 6th? this one went extra folks. tied at 3. bases loaded up for hector sanchez and grow gash blanco scores and that's the ball game. giants win 2-1. 2-1. a's up north in seattle. 5-2 a's in the 7th but not anymore. raul ibanez, d., three run homer. it's tied up at 5 in the 8th inning. tough times for the earthquakes. >>> chris opt jus with the penalty can be -- pontiuu with the penalty kick. they lost again. >>> chicago boston in white and the blackhawks are a win away from being crowned. patrick kane two goals tonight. chicago winners by 3-1 the final. they can hoist the cup

now, mcmurray won the poll for tomorrow's nascar sprint cup race in sonoma. just after 1:00.ationwide series wisconsin billy johnson too close for comfort mixes it up with pappas and pappas didn't like that on 17th place finish and let his feelings know with a slap to the side of the helmet. by the way, a. j. almen dinger took the checkered flag for the victory. that's how we put that one to bed with a nice little bow on top. >> all right. thank you. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a man in washington state . >>> all he wanted for his 60th birthday was to float away. a man in washington state tied a hundred hiel yum bawl loons to a lawn chair. you know where i'm go wg this, right? his goal to fly over the cascade mountains. this is video of it. this morning he went for it taking water, long johns, oxygen, a smart phone and a radio with him. well, good thing he had that radio because he ended up getting stuck in a tree. he did stay in contact with his family and friends until he was rescued. so apparently he was in that tree for several hours, and he took a nap. >> tha

. >>> now jamie mcmurray today won the pole for sunday in sonoma. the save mart 350.to the race. how do the sport like this born by running moonshine in the south end up in the heart of the wine country? one bay area native's passion for cars made it all possible. let's take you to sonoma. okay as i give you that long lead-in. what are those things? hey live tv you never know what can happen. gremlins in the machine so as i just vamp and vamp and wait for a video that may or may not pop up. i'll just simply tell you that 25 years they've had nascar at that track. and that guy that we saw ken clapp pretty much i wouldn't say built it by himself but he's one of the faces of the rock of mount rushmore if they ever put that one in. now they're telling us we do have the piece. let's take you to sonoma with that story. >> place was nothing like it is now. >> the series looked for a new california home and found one in the beautiful napa valley. >> sonoma raceway. built in 1968, but business didn't take off until nascar pioneer ken clapp got involved. >> we had no major even

>> and jaimie mcmurray got the pole and he also won in 2007 and finished 37th. >> nascar's premiere racingseries has just two road- courses on its season-long schedule, sonoma's ten-turn track provides special, but refreshing issue for the drivers. >> it's just nice to do something that is outside of the box and outside of the norm. but the competition each year gets better and better and you hear less and less about the so- called ringers, the guys who are doing this every week are the fastest. >> this is going to be good. >> last year, clinton bowyer was the 8th different race winner in as many years and became the fifth conservative driver to win his first road cup victory. >> it's a lot of fun. the fuel mileage, restarts, you have to have the whole package and hopefully it will be our day. >> and luck, too? >> you can always use luck. >> and danica patrick starts in the 16th row. >> and so much weird things happening, getting taken out, hitting a shoe. it's not good things. for every up there is a down and it doesn't mean it's going to come next, but just means it will come eventually.

jamie mcmurray won the pole yesterday. >>> the a's will try to regain sole possession of the american league west lead after dropping three of their last four including last night's game in seattle. here's schu with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the mariners always seem to give the a's trouble in seattle. they're 11 1/2 games back of oakland in the american league west but once again gave oakland fits. the a's well represented at safeco field. bases loaded for the a's. lowry knocks in two of his three runs on the night. 3-2 a's. after scoring two more in the seventh, raul iibanez ties the game. we're tied at 5. bottom 8, nick franklin a three rbi friday. three more last night. brendan brian and indy chavez score. 7-5 victory. >>> barry zito on the mound just three days after his dad's passing. that was the 31-year-old rookie, ed lucas' first career home run. giants tie it up in the fifth, brau blanco with a drive and a fan reaches over the wall to catch it. miami manager disagrees and was ejected. 1-1 ball game. bottom 11 bases loaded for hector sanchez. he bloops one to

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but j.p.dowd, john amaya, chris leopold, anna mcmurray all did a great job. as most people know here, harry reid is one of my best friends in the world, and his unwavering support and confidence that we could get this done was essential. and he has a great staff to lent constant help to us -- kate leon, bruce king, they all did a great job. and the staffs of the other members. i want to mention just a few of them. i hope they are listening. kerry talbott, senator menendez' staff, joe zabi, menda silver, jonathan davidson, sergio gonzalez who worked for senator bennet. so many staffers, as i said, we got to know each other real well through all the meetings. we had a lot of disagreements and tough arguments. we all stuck together. and senator feinstein's team. senator feinstein put that section together. amazingly the growers and the farm workers, they are for this bill. that goes to senator feinstein's great leadership. and chris thompson, neil quintar and kim aldrin did a great job there. we worked as closely in this endeavor with the republican staffs as th