bob melvin's team going into play to win 10 straight on the road. 2-1 angels when brandon moss goes deep. his 6th home run in the lost 12. 3-2 oakland. coko crisp, down the right field line, tory hunter kicks it around. six-3 in the 9th -- 6-3 in the 9th. now the angels come back with nobody out. albert pujols, boom! for all his trouble, he's got 29 home runs right now. 90 rbis, going to go 30-100 this year. >>> 1st and -- >> the angels get 2 in the 9th, but bob melvin's team wins 6-5. they lead the wildcard by 2 games and trail texas by 3. a great, great finish tonight. the major story here that trumps all this, brandon mccarthy is home. maybe we can put this video to rest after tonight. it was just a terrible line drive less than a week ago. he was operated on that evening. and the word is now he's making a full recovery. >>> games in colorado more times than not are wild offensive affairs. madison bumgarner, wasn't so hot on the mound tonight. but this home run, his second of the year sa 3-run -- is a 3-run job. and the san francisco giants hold onto win 9-8. dodgers lose to arizona,

kate longwood spoke with bob melvin's about the team's great depth and has more from the coliseum. >>orter: the a's are a season-high 17 games over .500 and as they turn the calendar to a new month, many of the young players are entering uncharted territory as they play meaningful baseball in september. but whether it's the second week of the season, back in april, or the final weeks of the season here in september, bob melvin's message to his players remains the same. >> when we have our advance meetings, i'll say some things, and i think the important thing for us is to continue to go with the same thoughts that we've had that's gotten us to this point. >> obviously it means a little bit and i'll look at scores personally every night just to see how things go. but if you get caught up in too many things, it clouds your mind. and you just got to focus on the number one, which our game tonight. >> reporter: and with september come the call-ups, both brandon hicks and colvin cowville have joined the athletics and brandon inge has been activated from the disabled list. >> thank you, kat

so it's not a chore. >>> i'm craig melvin. the top stories making news right now. delegates from the chicago teachers union are meeting as we speak. they could vote in afternoon on the agreement hammered out over the past week. if they vote to suspend the strike, 350,000 chicago public school students could be back in class tomorrow morning. >>> meanwhile n southern afghanistan, a local police officer turned his gun on nato troops killing four people there. >>> and the president of libya says 50 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi last week. that's the attack, of course, that left four americans dead, including the u.s. ambassador to libya. >>> this morning israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the sunday shows insisting he's not trying to get involved in american politics. >> governor romney, for a year, and he said it in his convention speech, has said, quote, president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. do you agree or disagree with governor r

my colleague, greg melvin joins me now. a deeper dive into this.ell me more. >> let's dpo it again here, chuck todd. the battleground map, north carolina. one of the most likely to go from this november. that's why this particular voting block is key for the president. four years ago you mentioned black voters in the tar heel state. especially north carolina, highly motivated, highly enthusiastic. especially in areas like raleigh and charlotte. a lot has happened. few of the things working for and against the president this time around. >> reporter: for the 17 years michelle walker spends her dares as an an lift at a charlotte bank. now she spends many of them here at this unemployment center. >> i got laid off due to the merger of two companies. >> reporter: walk hear a lot of company. the tar heel state's unemployment rate is 9.6%. for african-american, it's 19%. >> they're expecting black people to come up out of the droves and re-elect him into office. >> reporter: two years ago, bill randall ran for congress as a republican in north carolina a

melvin blevins of pataskala. they call in the police department and soon it's revealed the video is of blevins and his 16-year-old girlfriend, angel daley with blevins' 18-month-old niece. >> the first reaction i had was shock. >> after the police department took the camera, later on we were watching it on the news that they were being arrested for the footage that was on the camera, and we were just amazed that it happened that quickly. the police department wasted no time. >> two teenagers at the center of a disturbing, even horrifying form of child abuse. a 16- and 18-year-old were accused of forcing a toddler to smoke marijuana. >> at first, blevins, the baby's uncle, and daley both plead not guilty. blevins even claims the incident never happened. >> i do recall him saying he didn't remember -- that maybe it was possible but he didn't remember doing it. until he got on video and it's hard to dispute that. >> angel daley is charged with corrupting another with drugs and endangering a child, and she's sentence

every game the rest of the way is important for bob melvin and his club. fourth inning and 2-0. deep and a two-run shot. he went four innings and three strike outs and 4-0 mariners. a's down in the 9th. a man on and takes care of that. a two-run shot to tie the game. the amazing a's do it again. brandon moss and two men on and see ya. three-run shot and the a's walkoff with their league leading 14th time this year winning 7-4. they are two and a halfback of the rangers in the american league west and two and a half ahead of the angels for the final wild card spot. giants and padres in san diego. the blue man group wearing their fall colors. giants get on the board first. hunter penz and three-run shot. his 23rd of the year. he is catching fire just in time. 3-0g-men. next pitch and nady goes deep to center. mabin has a beat on it. will he get it? oh my. look at that replay. takes a chunk out of the wall in the process. i don't think he will have to pay for that though. bumgardner got rocked. chase headley and gave up five runs and two k's and four walks and giants lose it 7-3. t

every game the rest of the way is important for bob melvin and his club. fourth inning and 2-0. saunders goes deep and a two-run shot. he went four innings and three strike outs and 4-0 mariners. a's down in the 9th. a man on and takes care of that. a two-run shot to tie the game. the amazing a's do it again. brandon moss and two men on and see ya. three-run shot and the a's walkoff with their league leading 14th time this year winning 7-4. they are two and a halfback of the rangers in the american league west and two and a half ahead of the angels for the final wild card spot. giants and padres in san diego. the blue man group wearing their fall colors. board first. hunter penz and three-run shot. his 23rd of the year. he is catching fire just in time. 3-0g-men. next pitch and nady goes deep to center. mabin has a beat on it. will he get it? oh my. look at that replay. takes a chunk out of the wall in the process. i don't think he will have to pay for that though. bumgardner got rocked. chase headley and gave up five runs and two k's and four walks and giants lose it 7-3. this

in north carolina, craig melvin, nbc news. >>> that wraps up this hour of "jansen & company.st join mekong ma steny hower, and former obama adviser, van jones. thomas roberts is up next. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. my name is adam frucci and i'm the i love new technology,om. so when i heard that american express and twitter were teaming up, i was pretty interested. turns out you just sync your american express card securely to your twitter account, tweet specific hashtags, and you'll get offers on things you love. this totally changes the way i think about membership. saving money on the things you want. to me, that's the membership effect. nice boots! >>> good morning, everybody. damage control. it's the eve of their big party. democrats are pushing back. the kickoff now 24 hours away. the intention on the answer an obama surrogate gave to the answer -- are we better off? >> we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the deficits, the series of desert wards, cha

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. 45 days how many days we have left until election day. paul ryan will kick off a rally in orlando, his second in florida of the day. ryan attacking president obama for saying change comes from outside washington, not from inside. >> we sent presidents to change and fix the mess in washington. this president has admitted he can't change washington you know what, we need to change presidents! >> meanwhile, vice president joe biden pushing back on the question who's best to bring change to washington, arguing it's not mitt romney and paul ryan. >> the facts are they're doubling down on everything that caused the economic crisis in the first place. they want to shred regulations for wall street and the big banks again, want to double down on the tax cut. >>> meanwhile, president obama travels to the battleground state of wisconsin, his first campaign trip there. he will be visiting milwaukee for two campaign events. the big story we track, th

this isn't going to affect public health at all. >> that was craig melvin reporting. ban in new york could have national implications. over the past ten years they banned trans fat, smoking in bars and restaurants and forced chain restaurants to put calories on the menu. all those bans started in new york and spread across america. >>> mouuch more ahead. the latest into the investigation of the attack in libya that killed a u.s. ambassador from the bay area. >>> the chicago teacher strike could end today. we'll have the latest on negotiations. >>> good morning, everyone. the time is 7:30. looking out at the san mateo bridge. some parts of the bay area still ensconced in fog. anthony slaughter is here and he'll tell you what will happen to that fog. i think it will be good news. >> it is going to be good news. if you like yesterday, you'll enjoy today. pretty much a carbon copy of temperatures. a tad bit cooler. this morning starting off cooler in the north bay. 46 in novato. 52 in san francisco. as you saw in san mateo, 49 degrees is the current temperature. later on

in north carolina, craig melvin, nbc news. >>> we're going to now turn to afghanistan.e mission there undermined, that's what some are asking following the pentagon's announcement they are suspending some training. this follows a surge in attacks on u.s. and other coalition troops. joining me now, military analyst and retired army colonel jack jacobs. you were one of the first, i saw you on "nightly news" as saying this could be undermining there. >> the president's plan we start withdrawing in 2014, but we have to get from here to there and we're not going to be able to do it unless we train the afghans. training has not been going well, and now that we decided that we're going to pull back from training some of the police because we haven't vetted them properly and that we're going to find different ways to vet them so that we can have some semblance of security there leads one to think that, in fact, we've already decided that as soon as the election's over, we're going to start withdrawing even more quickly. >> is that the logical conclude? in one instance the gun h

melvin malcolm brought his young son. >> to show him the parade and have the whole family here.porter: and little veronica celebrated her fifth birthday at the parade. >> go petaluma. >> this is special. this is awesome. reporter: signing autographs for their adoring fans, these kids are more like rock stars than all-stars. quintin, noting today's turnout is even bigger than that of a 32 year tradition for the city. >> this all insane. more people than the butter day parade. i don't know. i think that tops off the cake. >> a sentiment shared by the whole team, the players may be heroes to their town but it was the town's support that carried them to become the third in the world. >> you now, they showed so much support, and i don't know how we're going to repay them with that. it's going to be hard. reporter: coming up at 6:00, we'll show you the ceremony after the parade when the team got the keys to the city. they are truly royalty. live in petaluma. abc-7 news. >> alan: a huge turnout. up next, the action gets a little too close to spectators at a monster truck show. a mad da

detroit, the '80s and now, bob melvin's team, the first-place texas rangers.en you are down to the few games in the season, you have to win. bell dramatize the game at 4. oakland is trying to hang on. there are two games ahead of the angels. they are a game and a half behind baltimore which is a tough wild-card spot and now, they're five games back from texas in the divisional race. it's it has been a great season for the oakland a's but they need to buckle up and see if they can hang on for this final week and a half. the giants enjoyed the day off. >>gary: @ darren mcfadden got loose yesterday. >> and is a confidence booster for everyone. >>gary: here is a frightening moment. >> he is a fighter and a warrior. >>gary: harbaugh, before they go to the york has training in ohio. >> you are not better than anyone else unless you prove it. 16 esperance. we do not subscribe to the marathon.. >>gary: >>gary: somehow this seattle player got in there and the referees are calling it a touchdown. there are still on the field, everyone is discussing it. at this point, it

a's and rangers bob melvin hopes another rookie pitcher polls them through.g allowed two home runs makes it 5 nothing texas, the a's belted two home runs than josh rhetoric makes it patrick was 9-7 oakland, the rally fell short, the a's lose 9-7. four games behind the rangers in the division: maintains a two game lead in the wild-card standings. barry zito goes for his 14th win as a giant, the new kids helped him get at hunter pence with his 14th home run and marcos could grow gone, giants went 7-4 and the annual ritual the rookies are forced to dress up you could not see their faces. buster posey was subjected to the hazing not long ago. >>> i had a short skirt that's another said >>> former met keith hernandez had his famous moustache for 25 years but shaved it today to rise $10,000 for alzheimer's. the regular officials are back in the crowd in baltimore acted like they were the rolling stones maybe fans will get satisfaction. >>> down goes frazier. the hit by canal ellerbee he walked off. the number one play, he brought it back >>> that was travis snyder

. >>> my buddy craig melvin is here with a preview of what's coming up next. what you got? i hope it comes back. >> i do, too. >> with everyone playing the expectations game with the upcoming presidential debates, we are going to talk to mitt romney's former debate coach to find out what the republican nominee is doing behind closed doors this weekend. also, there is someone that we have neglected to talk about in covering the presidential race so far. i will tell you who the real elephant in the room is for 2012. plus the very latest from the campaign trail coming up 2:00 eastern right here on msnbc, alex. >> i won't even take off the microphone. i'll just sit here and watch. thank you very much, craig melvin. >>> next with the big three, who has more to lose in next week's presidential debates? you're watching "weekends with alex witt." ge, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's p

i'm craig melvin.op stories making news right now. good news, football fans. the refs are back for good. well, for at least eight years. the nfl referees have voted to officially agree to a new eight-year deal. today's vote comes after eight weeks of problems. and the return of the real refs to the field thursday. >>> the last western detainee at guantanamo has been transferred to a maximum security prison in canada. the 26-year-old pled guilty in 2010 to killing a u.s. soldier in afghanistan back in 2002. there are reportedly about 166 detainees still at gitmo. >>> the new term of the supreme court begins monday. among the issues the justices are expected to face are how race is used in college admissions and possibly a challenge to the defense of marriage act as well. and in spain on this saturday, thousands in the streets as things go from bad to worse. new government documents show the country's public debt is expected to reach 90.5% of its gross domestic product next year. one in four spaniards is

i'm craig melvin, you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. 44 days until election day, and rightow millions of dollars and hundreds of political activists are streaming into these crucial battleground states. we start with one of the most critical, ohio. the latest poll from the buckeye state tops the political headlines this sunday where president obama is up five points over mitt romney, and to give you an idea of how crucial the buckeye state is, check out the campaign schedule for just this wednesday. there it is right there. the president hitting up bowling green and kent. mitt romney stumping in toledo and westerville and cleveland. the romney campaign, once again, trying to reset after a very difficult week. but the head of the rnc insists that things are fine. >> i think that we had a good week last week. i think that in retrospect in that we were able to frame up the debate. >> it is a talk point coming from the team romney and the chair of the california finance committee who h to-- told donor the same thing. >> i know at this moment you are feeling worried and frustrat

i'm craig melvin. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics.s until election day, four days until the first presidential debate, and three days until early in-person voting begins in the critical swing state of ohio. and the buckeye state is where we begin our political headlines this saturday. congressman paul ryan will be holding a rally in columbus in just a few hours from now. it's ryan's second event today. he was in new hampshire this morning, arguing that president obama can't be trusted to deal with the national debt and that mitt romney can. >> as a result of the president's advocation of leadership, as a result of seeing the most predictable economic crisis in our country's history and not fixing it, our credit rating was downgraded for the first time in our history. when mitt romney was governor, the credit rating of his state was upgraded. that's the kind of change that we'll get with a mitt romney presidency. >> governor scott walker, republican from wisconsin, is also in new hampshire today, stumping on behalf of the romney campai

i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall.s following what's one of the worst weeks yet for mitt romney. another round of discouraging polling today for the republican nominee capping of a week of discouraging polling. romney in an afternoon event in pennsylvania asked for help to

. >>> i'm craig melvin. here's a quick look at some of the top stories making news right now.lockout and a triumphant return to the football field thursday, the nfl referees have now voted to approve a new eight-year deal. today's yes vote comes after three weeks of problems surrounding league-hired replacement refs. they are calling it carmageddon 2 in los angeles. traffic is expected to be snarled through the weekend, as a ten-mile stretch of 405 freeway is closed to rebuild that bridge there. george zimmerman's lawyer will reportedly speak to hundreds of gun rights activists this weekend. zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin back in february. >>> and former "new york times" publisher, arthur sulzberger has died. sulzberger's family bought "the times" back in 1896. he ran the paper for more than three decades. arthur sulzberger was 86 years old. >>> a crowd like that around a post is something we have not seen in a very, very long time at the new york stock exchange. it's one of those elbows-only, push and shove situations. >> the chaos you saw there was from

visit progressive.com today. >>> i'm craig melvin.e is a quick look at some of the stories making news right now. police in new york city now say a 25-year-old man was not trying to kill himself when he jumped into the tiger den at the bronx zoo. instead they say he wanted to, quote, become one with the tiger. despite being mauled by the 400-pound cat, the man could now also be facing be facing criminal charges. >>> three survivors of the colorado movie theater shooting are suing the theater owners. it's the first civil lawsuit following the massacre, which left 12 people dead. >>> and pakistani newspapers are now banned across the boarder in afghanistan. officials are calling the papers, quote, anti-government propaganda. >>> 45 days until the election. and as we head fast into the fall, there is talk of change on the campaign trail where both candidates are tussling about it. in interesting ways. it is a topic on the mind of msnbc contributor and nation correspondent, ari melber. he is here to tell us about it on this saturday after

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the mace for politics. sheer what is happening right now. paul ryan just wrapped up a town hall event in orlando, florida. it's his second event in the sunshine state today. moments ago he took aim at president obama, saying his policies are to blame for the increase in the national debt. >> in 2009, when the president took over, your share of the debt was $35,000 for every single person. over $16,000 more per person has been added to our debt. so every person's share of our national debt is now $51,000. >> vice president biden has just concluded his second event in new hampshire this afternoon. he went after mitt romney's plan to cut the highest marginal tax rate from 35 to 25%. >> wealthy people and very wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people. they're just as committed to america as poor people. but the one thing they don't need and they'll tell you they don't need is another tax cut. >>> and some good news for all the campaign workers out there. your work seems to be paying off. surprising new signs that voters from both part

craig melvin, nbc news, steubenville, ohio. >> it's a great piece.hat school is the brainchild of robert slaven, director for research and reform education at johns hopkins university school of education. he's also co-founder and chairman of the success for all foundation. bob, it's great to have you here. and when you hear that, hear the news from that piece that 60% of those students living in poverty, and yet you hear about a success rate like that, why aren't other schools more apt to jump on board and learn from that example? >> well, i don't really know. we do work with 1,000 schools across the country. and that is a lot of schools. but why this has not become something that's part of the overall conversation about school reform, i don't really understand it because the research behind it, the ability to go to scale has been demonstrates for many years. >> when we talk about children that are living below the poverty line and education basically being the key, the ladder to a successful future, in recent years, especially since you started succ

i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall.s following what's one of the worst weeks yet for mitt romney. another round of discouraging polling today for the republican nominee capping of a week of discouraging polling. romney in an afternoon event in pennsylvania asked for help to close the gap. >> i need you to go out and find someone that voted for barack obama and get them to vote for me, all right. >> romney's pitch comes as polling shows president obama has the advantage in nine battleground states including razor-thin leads in north carolina and nevada and a bigger lead in mitt romney's vacation destination, new hampshire. all of it comes with a new headline from politico. in the end, it's mitt. all of us making a first presidential debate, which is less than one week away now even more critical for the governor. let's bring in "news nation" panel. david godfrin, michael and steve daise, conservative radio talk show host. thanks to you for being with me on this friday. steve, let me start with you.

i'm craig melvin. we are 38 days out until election day, four days from now president obama and his challenger governor romney squaring off in their first presidential debate. but take a look at the real clear politics average of the latest national polls. this, this is the gap that mitt romney has to close in the next five weeks if he is to win on november 6th. topping our political headlines right now, vice president joe biden is on the campaign trail in the critical swing state of florida. as we mentioned a few moments ago. he talked about the gop ticket in ft. myers. >> what they're doing these days, if you notice, they're not talking anymore more about what paul ryan and governor romney are really for. they're spending an awful lot of time telling you what we, barack obama and joe biden are against and what we've done. and they just attack everything. >> the republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan also has a very busy day. congressman ryan is going to have a rally in ohio in just a couple

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for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> i'm craig melvin.akes news right now. we just learned moments ago that the assault charge we told you about earlier in the broadcast will be dropped against a man who was arrested for assaulting lindsay lohan in a manhattan hotel room. there's a political connection here as well. the man arrested for attacking her worked for republican illinois congressman john shimkus. in a statement a spokesman for the congressman telling us, quote, while no one from congressman shimkus' office has been contacted follows the arrest, he's been an employee in the congressman's washington office. obviously the congressman does not condone his actions. police sources tell "the new york daily news" that lohan and the man got in an argument after he refused to delete cell phone pictures of her. >> also, officials out west are saying carmageddon two will be over by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. there was a setback yesterday during construction on the 405. a section of the mulholland drive bridge collapsed. but they say it's a

craig melvin is at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. it must have been a terrifying ten minutes. that's how long officials at the bronx zoo say a 25-year-old man was mauled inside a tiger exhibit friday. the man was bitten multiple times after leaping into the area from an overhead monorail. workers had to use a fire extinguisher to get the 400-pound tiger off the man. he is in critical condition this morning. investigators are now trying to learn more about what appears to be a highly unusual suicide attempt. >>> there's been an unprecedented show of public anger at libya's rampant militias. hundreds of protesters angry over the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya stormed their compound of the islamic extremist militia suspected in the attack. they set fire to the building and handed the militiamen over to libya's national army. >>> hundreds of american airlines flights were cancelled this week and hundreds more delayed after an increase in maintenance write-ups. nbc's mark potter has reaction. >> reporter: with the labor battle be

publicly collected information and deceit fully gaining access to personal data i've ever heard of melvin cullen alleged against her from the bronx who was recently arrested after a cop took advantage of one of his facebook friends in order to access to photos and posts that would otherwise be deemed private and would call into the case to court saying that threat has forced fourth amendment the judge shot him down and said quote collins legitimate expectation of privacy ended when he disseminated posts to his friends because those friends were free to use the information however they wanted including sharing it with the government. yeah i'm sure that friend wanted to have a cop completely hijacked his profile in order to get his friend arrested i'm not sure wanted is the right word judge coerced might have been more on point there but here's the real catch you would have to be suspected of committing a hard crime to have big brother searching your profile because if you're a student who occasionally engages in a little underage drinking the facebook police are coming to a campus near you

guest: thank you melvin, that's a great question and yes, we've thought about that. i think there are two things that stand behind the growth in the index. first is one that you didn't mention but i think it's really the most important, and that as we have turned to the federal government for providing the aid that is essential for a good life, again, food, shelter, education, income support, those kinds of things, we have taken that responsibility out of our communities and the organizations that used to supply these aid programs are churches, our neighbors, local governments and many, many, many community organizations, from fraternal societies to mutual aid societies, no longer are there. so one of the reasons the index is growing is because the civil society is shrinking, and i'm a great advocate, as many people are, of reviving the civil society, regardless of wherever you are, of getting organizations like the catholic charities to nasa, to all the other aid organizations, back to work and really for them to shoulder responsibility. the second reason why the in

bob melvin and the a's looking to avoid a sweep in new york.ennington launches a two-run shot. it gave the a's a 3-0 lead. tied at four and when pennington singles to left. donaldson gets the green light. a's grab a 5-4 lead. no yankees rallied today. a's go on to win it and they trail for the top wild card spot. the number one putter and he drains the long birdie to go eight under. it is on-line and nothing but net. a four-voc lead. a four-stroke lead. it is a combined total payout. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> thank you so much, shu. >>> and justed just ahead, the workout sending good vibrations. we'll take a final look. >> and the final creation for independentrpesap >>> i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wong. the principal in santa clara is facing drug possession charges. state narcotic agents arrested eric dean lewis on friday. they say he tried to sell methamphetamine to an undercover agent over the internet. >>> police believe they arrested the man suspected it of kid p thatting a nine-year-old girl. th

bob melvin and the a's looking to avoid a sweep in new york.liff pennington launches a two-run shot. it gave the a's a 3-0 lead. tied at four and when pennington singles to left. donaldson gets the green light. a's grab a 5-4 lead. no yankees rallied today. a's go on to win it and they trail for the top wild card spot. the number one putter and he drains the long birdie to go eight under. it is on-line and nothing but net. a four-voc lead. a four-stroke lead. it is a combined total payout. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> thank you so much, shu. >>> and justed just ahead, the workout sending good vibrations. we'll take a final look. >> and the final creation for independent >>> i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wong. the principal in santa clara is facing drug possession charges. state narcotic agents arrested eric dean lewis on friday. they say he tried to sell methamphetamine to an undercover agent over the internet. >>> police believe they arrested the man suspected it of kid p thatting a nine-year-old girl. th

the other side of the bay bridge, the oakland as know a few things about dramatic victories, bob melvinpany lead the majors with 13 walk-off wins. >> although the as snapped their season high winning streak yesterday, the -- in fact oakland has the best record in the majors dating back to june 2, so in talking with the players, they're confidence they had the offense and the pitching to back it up to get this started for tonight. >> sometimes if we're down early, we never really give up because we seem to put something together. even if we're down early, we start pushing and look forward to the latter innings to score some runs. >> it's big for us, especially for our pitchers more than anything,. >> from june on we have won quite a few games late, so i think that gives you the mindset and the attitude that, you know, if you're down a little bit, you aren't out of games and i that's a great attribute to have. >> scott sizemore is back, he took bp with the team for the first time since injuring his knee back at spring training. i'm kate long worth, nbc bay area news. >> one final note com

nbc's craig melvin has the latest on this story.raig, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. barring some sort of last-ditch legal effort this will essentially be contraband here in new york city. that's because the board of health has approved that controversial plan by the mayor to ban the sale of large sugary drinks. they claim it will save lives. others say they want the government to keep its hands off its big sodas. now the whole thing could get settled by a lawsuit. in his ongoing battle against the bulge, mayor michael bloomberg has landed another blow. >> we've taken bold action in new york city because obesity is a national epidemic that's getting worse, and we're not just going to wring our hands about it. >> reporter: in an 8-0 vote the city council approved the mayor's proposed plan prohibiting 16-ounce drinks or larger. this ban affects restaurants, food carts, delis, stadiums, arenas, broadway and movie thesers. >> it's about choice. it's about your right to make a decision in your life. >> r

every game important for bob melvin and his club. saunders deep. trailing, 4 innings left. 4-0, mariners, as down 4-2 in the ninth, until this one. with a man, two-run shot, ties it up and the amazing as do it again. extras, brandon moss -- see ya! two men on, three-run shot and the as walk off the 14th time, winning, 2 1/2 back of texas. angels and rangers near a rain dlai. as did it again. alabama and michigan on deck right here. stay tuned for after the game with us, afterwards, as we break down the day in college football. >> and the as -- wow. they are a team that made strange trades in the mid-season. >> young pitchers and they continue to be amazing. we thought testify over, 4-2. and they tie it and win t. they will be in the playoffs. i guarantee. you don't want to faze face them in the first round. >> that's it. thank you for joining us. college football is next. we want to remind to you get our new alarm clock app from the

that was nbc's craig melvin. dermatologist susan taylor joins us.a cure, let's understand about what exactly causes people to lose hair. >> sure. many different causes of hair loss, but the bottom line is that there are three phases of hair growth, the anagen or growth face, that can last two to five years but there's a sleeping phase. that's only supposed to last weeks or months, but sometimes it becomes permanent, and that can lead to ballotness. >> so the follicle goes to sleep. >> that's right. >> and what is it about vitamin d that can actually reawaken that follicle? >> well, what scientists have found is that vitamin d and the receptors, so that you can think of the receptor as a lock. vitamin d is the key that fits into the lock, and that seems to cause hair to grow, and also can help generate stem cells. those are cells that can turn into follicles to form. >> did this research indicate whether vitamin d might one day be more effective than things like row gain and propecia and other drugs? >> well, row gain and propecia they prevent furth

. >>> joining mess is congressman melvin watt. it's great to have you with me this morning. i'm going to let you get finished hooked up there. congressman, you can hear me, right? congressman, how about now? do you hear me now? simplts you sound like you're in the middle of the grand canyon. >> i do, but you can still hear me, right? kristin welk traveling through toledo, the rnc and reince priebus have jumped on the comments that were made about president obama and his push for another term. take a listen. >> the fact is barack obama has a tough sell this week. he's going to have to tell the american people we're on the right track and everything is going to be great. this isn't the days of f democratic r, where you get four terms as president. >> sir, as we talk about what's facing your state, north carolina, unemployment rose under the first part of the president's term, currently higher than the national average. are the people of north carolina in your estimate ace better off since the president was elected four years ago? >> i think the whole nation is better off than