melvin manager of the year. it was close.altimore's buck showalter four fewer first place votes than bob melvin. davey johnson of washington the eg winner. they had the best record in baseball. 98-64. the graphics. you'll see bouchee along with dusty baker way behind davey johnson. third in the manager of the year battling. >>> local collegiate hoops. cal going up and down. allen crab had 33 points and 6 rebounds. and in the back court he was joined by justin cobb. they combine for 56 points. 23 of his own. 79-62 cal. elsewhere locally. san jose state loses by 2 to houston. >>> big national game. i still hate lateener. that was 1993 if i'm not mistaken when he hit the miracle shot to beat kentucky. archie good wynn doing his thing there. all freshmen for kentucky. seth curry, look at the move. seth had 23 points. >>> latest on warrior andrew bogut. he'll miss two weeks with his recovering ankle. big doings in new york. you hear this all the time when new york teams are playing well it's better for the entire league. carmelo a

. >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and couldn't make it back out here and with his experience, one thing about melvin speese, he is the premiere taipber in the marine corps. please help me welcome major general melvin speese >> well, of course i am not admiral roughhead, mr. secretary, but i did spend the night at marine's memorial clu

it's the second time melvin has won the award. hn it in 2007 with ariz >>> giants got the world series trophy perhaps it was fitting that the a's got something. a's manager took home the american league manager of the year award after guiding the a's to a title. it's the second time melvin has won the award. he took it in 2007 with arizona. giants manager finished third in nl manager of the year voting behind nationals skipper davey johnson. they won 98 games. >>> 49ers quarterback will reportedly seek a second opinion on his concussion. the 49ers host the bears on monday. their quarterback is listed as doubtful also because of a concussion >>> isaiah thomas checking out the bears game. rookie chasing down a loose ball. this guy is going to have an awesome year. 32 points tonight. cal wins 79-62. coming up, how many players would lie about concussion symptoms to stay on the field? a poll was conducted. interesting results. >> that's the point of getting a second opinion. he didn't like the first one? >> there's something wrong wit

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you know, even if i -- >> oakland, home of bob melvin. outstanding season. not so bad across the bay either. looking at 880 past the coliseum, easy, light drive now. construction that just cleared from high street. out of the freeway. i marked your commute direction with arrow here. in between basically 16th and 980 construction in both directions, not a major problem warriors play mitt against the hawks. 24 still at earlier car fire. will end with a map and all lanes getting clear. still activity there just before the exit. back to you. >> thank you very much. we can tell you that they transformed the democracy plaza from the election into rockefeller center. christmas tree arriving in machine hat an today. the 80-if the tall norway spruce. it will be lowered by crane and in front of 30 rockefeller plaza. this one was chopped down in mt. olive township. over new jersey. this happened yesterday. that's a big boy. once this tree is finally in place, workers will string some 45,000 lights on it. and the official tree lighting ceremony is set for november 28. >

it's the second time melvin has won the award. it is the first a skipper to win since tony louis in 1982. >> absolutely shocked. i mean, just to be talked about in the same light with, you know, respected baseball people like buck sho water is quite an honor for me so, yeah, shocked will be the word. >> de spite winning the world series giants skipper bruce takes third by a distant margin and the nfl manager of the year voting behind war wa. the guy national 98 wins, the franchise's first play off appearance. i have in my hand the top five. at no. 5, the nicks are 5 and 0. carmelo anthony, 27 points. again, they're 5 and 0 for the first time. the spurs danny green with 9 seconds left and the lakers are 3 and 5. they lodz 84-82. no. 3, look at the pass to drake daniels, huskies beat vermont 67 to 49. how about ir ving, he had career and the calves lost to the nets tonight. at no. 1, how many belgians does it take to make basket? can you count? you're probably asking why were there no de fenders? because it was his own basket. hello

bob melvin voted the american league manager of the year today. he has been doing it all lately. he led the a's to 94 wins and the team's first division title since 2006. he's now a two-time winner of this award. he was named the nl manager of the year in 2007 when he worked with the d-backs. it was close this year. melvin received eight more points than orioles manager buck showalt showalter. >> well, you know, it ended so suddenly and it was such a disappointment because we really thought we were going to win and going to the next series. so, you know, it was kind of a shock to our system that we didn't win and the season was over and ended so suddenly. you go back and you're kind of struggling with the fact that emotionally you felt like you should go a little bit farther. and then probably after a week you start to reflect about where you were as an organization when the year started and what we accomplished in doing what we did this season and getting to the point we did and you start to feel pretty good about some of the strides and some of the things that we did to get the

all 28 writers had either melvin first. >> he picked up 16 of a possible 28 first place votes.uck showalter of the orioles was a close second. 12 votes for first. the point deferential between the two was six points. previously he won it in 2007 with the d-backs. >> absolutely shocked. i mean just to be talked about in the same light with respected baseball people like buck showalter and robin ventura is an honor for me so shocked would be the right word. >> so the only suspense left in the national league. would bruce bochy follow bob melvin. >> in the national league, davie johnson, the washington nationals. >> that guy is a ball of fire. the nationals manager received 23 of 32 first place votes, as washington won the national league east. they improved their win total by 18 games. dusty baker of the reds comes in second and bruce bochy was a distant third place. >>> one of bochy's relieverred jeremy after felt just signed a new contract. he came up huge in the post season, specifically game four of the world series. giants have one of the best pull pens in baseball so the ke

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it was the second manager of the year award for both johnson and melvin. >>> all right. just ahead. you've been waiting for it. it's "people" magazine's sexiest man alive. and how anne hathaway got that gaunt look. >>> plus, some of hurricane sandy's young victims get an early thanksgiving day treat. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back to "early today." we've been watching these temperatures that have been continuing to be above average in many areas of the desert southwest. that's about it. much of the country has cooled off considerably. los angeles will hold onto the heat for a couple more days. as i mentioned earlier, once we get to the weekend you stay dry but you go back to the 60s. nothing else will cause too many travel concerns over the next couple of days. we are watching a few showers in the higher terrain in the northwest but temperatures today in the 50s which is typical for this time of year. we don't change too much all the way until thursday. we won't watch the next surge of moisture coming in probably until saturday with the next storm system on th

bob melvin first receive this in 20 07.s was over the baltimore with voting by the baseball writers association of america. if you have any doubt on how huge these video came franchises have become take a look to this video. this is normally what looks like when a iphone hits the market but this is what you normally see when the iphone hits the market or if there is a summer blockbuster movie. these to all lined up from all around the world. they can be among the first to get their hands on " call of duty, black ops " g and gabe slate met with video-game experts to see why this is so big. and is it worth $60? >> just a heads up if you have a gamer in rural life. or even a semi-in their holiday wish list? in your life, call of duty is a first person shooter game that plays on the x box 360. it is expected to break records. >> people are probably fatigued but this always adds up selling out. people wait until midnight. stand up in the minds until midnight is a big deal. >> i caught up who writes four games and beat who- right

that's the latest for now. >> nbc's craig melvin. appreciate it.r. >>> this morning, 3/4 of the residents on long island woke up without power. joining me now live on the phone is new york congressman steve israel whose district encompasses a large portion of island. what can you give us on the progress this morning? >> we've gone from a wind emergency and a flood emergency to a power emergency. as you just said, there are nearly 3/4 of 1 million long islanders who do not have power. long island power authority is making a slow and incremental progress. what concerns me at this point is last night for the first time since the storm, the temperatures dipped down into the 30s. so long islanders are experiencing very cold temperatures. if it continues, this becomes beyond a power emergency. it becomes a public health and safety emergency. one thing that the administration has done, which i'm grateful for, is they've deployed national forest service assets, chainsaws, woodchipers, and personnel, about 120 national forest service personnel to long islan

it was the second manager of the year award for both johnson and melvin. >>> all right.ather. bill karins is here. good morning to you again. >> a threat but definitely not like the nor'easter or sandy but because the area is very vulnerable in the northeast this is the next threat that could possibly impact people still cleaning up or do more damage in new england. the trend since yesterday is for a stronger ocean storm so that's bad but the good trend has been a little further off the coast, so what i'm thinking now is the concerns how it stands, the time lines also shift and instead of sunday through tuesday looks to be later, monday through wednesday, possibly just a glancing blow for areas along the jersey coast and new york coast. that's good but new england, the potential for beach erosion and coastal flooding. mostly up there from areas of providence all the way back up through cape cod into areas of massachusetts so we'll watch that next week. today no signs of anything. looking nice cold and crisp out there. this afternoon, plenty of sunshine after a chilly sta

they chose bob melvin of oakland as the manager of the year in the american league this year. .t wask showalter said he was happy for melvin but he acknowledged -- what he did is nothing shy of spectacular. the orioles went to a second place team in the american league east. he change the culture around the orioles. he said his focus is improving the orioles. the countdown is on during steelers week. this rivalry means everything. john harbaugh is no stranger to this game. despite the pressure, john harbaugh lives for this game. >> i think it is the best week of the year. it is where i feel the most comfortable. that is a team, a defining type of rivalry. it means so much to both teams. we love playing these guys. i would say is the best week of the year, botohoh of them. >> you have a divided house hold. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, what do you think is a reasonable allowance to give to your kids? >> hmm. >> i love this. [laughter] keep sending us those responses. >> coming up next hour -- >> a fire cents a woman to t

the one thing about bob melvin named the manager of the year, he would rather talk about every other person connected with the team than himself. and that's part of the reason the a's love him. he goes out of his way to shine the spotlight of appreciation on others. melvin who won this award with arizona in 2007 is one of only five men to capture this honor in both leagues. >> if i was lucky enough to win, it was being able to win it in both leagues, the american league and the mall league. i don't know there are too many people to have done that. i was lucky enough to be put in that position. that was something that was more special to me about winning an individual award. >> great job he did with the a's this past season. abc7 sports is brought to you by river rock casino. >> it is rare. and the other guys who have done it are hall of fame managers like tone. >>> law larussa -- like tony larussa. >> "nightline" is next. >> thanks for joining us, everyone. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> check us out there and at abc7news.com for larry beil, sandhya patel, all of us

bob melvin was selected the american league manager of the yeefrment the a's won the western divisione last day of the season staging a huge comeback over the second half of the season. melvin won the same awith regard back in 2007 managing the national league arizona diamondbacks. . >>> it is every snow lover's worst nightmare but for one pair they had a happy ending. stranded snow borders go into survival mode to get rescued alive. >>> and you only have a few more days to enjoy the sunshine. let us know about some big changes before the weekend. >>> and if you're on the go or away from your tv, you can still watch ktvu news casts live on your computer, smart phone or tablet. get the app or go to ktvu.com woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee and even hot cocoa. and you'll always find your favorite. woman #2: with so many choices, keurig has everyone's favorite. i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. (car horn) paying with

as of what we have, i'm thrilled to death. >> reporter: bob melvin was named manager of the year in 2007 with the diamondbacks. when asked how this year's honors compared? it's special that he received the award in both leagues. nbc bay area news. >>> officially donning the orange and black, a three-year contract with a reported $18 million. 1-2 and 67 relief appearances this season and gave up no runs and ten postseason appearances. >>> she won gold four times in london, only fitting she'll be a golden bear, 17-year-old missy franklin signed a letter of intent to swim for cal starting next september. her plan is to swim collegiately for two years and turn pro before the 2016 olympic games. >> i'm so excited. i can't wait. i wanted to go to cal for so long. it was definitely a hard decision than i thought it was going to be because of other schools i looked at. but after all of the talking with my parents and coaches, i knew i was meant to be at cal and can't believe i get the opportunity to go there. >> that is one young woman fired up to go to college. and the warriors host the hawks t

all season long the a's players credited bob melvin for all of the team's success. the baseball writers agreed, they voted melvin the american league manager of the year. >> well, you know it ended so suddenly, it was a disappointment. we thought we were going to win and we thought we were going to the next series. it was kind of a shock to our system that we didn't win and the season was over, it ended so suddenly, and you go back, and you're kind of struggling with the fact that you -- emotionally, you felt you should go a little further. and then probably after a week you start to reflect about where you were as an organization when the year started and what we accomplished in doing what we did this season. and getting to the point we did. and you start to feel pretty good about some of the strayeds and some of the things we did to get there. >> well, let's stick with baseball. davey johnson was named the national league manager of the year. remember the votes are turned in before the postseason. johnson led the nationals to the playoffs for the first time since

the one thing about bob melvin named the manager of the year, he would rather talk about every otherhe team than himself. and that's part of the reason the a's love him. he goes out of his way to shine the spotlight of appreciation on others. melvin who won this award with arizona in 2007 is one of only five men to capture this honor in both leagues. >> if i was lucky enough to

buck showalter said he was happy for melvin but he acknowledged he does feel bad for losing a chance to win another postseason award. -- what he did is nothing shy of spectacular. the orioles went to a second place team in the american league east. all, he changed the culture around the orioles. he said his focus is improving the orioles. steelers week is on. the countdown is on during steelers week. this rivalry means everything. a single game between baltimore and pittsburgh. john harbaugh is no stranger to this game. despite the pressure, john harbaugh lives for this game. >> i think it is the best week of the year. it is where i feel the most comfortable. i think our coaches and players feel the same way. that is a team, a defining type of rivalry. it means so much to both teams. we like being in this week. we love playing these guys. i would say it is the best week of the year, both of them. >> that is sports. >> we hate the steelers. >> that is basically it. >> sometimes going into the family business can be a bad thing. we will explain. >> a quiet neighborhood lights up overni

back to you. >> thank you, craig melvin. apologize for not having all of the communications, understandable given the situation. we'll follow up as well. >>> speaking of new jersey wednesday, president obama assured the victims of the storm that he would take care of them. >> what i can promise you is that the federal government will be working as closely as possible with the state and local officials and we will not quit until this is done. >> as we see, a tall order. joining me, former director of the white house domestic policy council, melody barne. a former member of the obama team. this is an enormous challenge and the president's been given high marks for what he's done so far by none other than chris christie. >> right. >> but how does -- how do they keep this going? we've all seen how political figures in the past, from the mayors to governors to presidents, have tripped on these kinds of disaster reresponses. >> i think the president said it the other day, as president, his first, second, and third responsibility i

bob melvin was voted the american league manager of the year.uck finished second, just 10 votes behind the the writers chose melvin because he led the club with the lowest payroll and $50 million to 94 wins in the a.l. west division championship. buck led the o's to their first playoff appearance in 15 years. we are proud of buck, lynette. >> we are. >> it's so cold. it's kind of odd to be talking about baseball. >> i know, but they went so far. there you go. so we're going to have to bundle up this morning, charley. big coat like you did, you broke out the fleece, i'm proud of you. 32 degrees in sykesville, annapolis coming in at 37. beltsville 37 degrees there, adamstown at 29 degrees, and we're at 33 degrees in galena and 35 in denton. cambridge coming in at 37. so you get the picture this morning. we are very cold, these temperatures below average. we should be around 37, 38 for a low temperature and we're going to stay below average as we go into the afternoon. and actually through the week. i'm going to show you the seven- day in just a se

as manager bowl melvin won the al manager of the year narrowly beating out the orioles skipper. >>> to basketball. the wizards on the road in charlotte still hooking for their first win of the season. d.c. got off to a good start take a four-point lead. the bob cats, the lowly bob cats, roared back. sessions hay game high 21 points and guess what? that says it all right there. the wizards lose. they are still winless through six games this season. >> the bob cats, the worst team in the league? >> they were. >> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news continues right now. ght now. >>> good morning to you. live look outside right now at the u.s. capitol dome. no rain in the skies but plenty of cold air as we get this wednesday started. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to talk about our weather and again, we bring in tucker barnes. good morning, tucker. >> good morning. i can't believe 16 points to the bob cats. >> why do you want to talk about that? >> just look at it

melvin in a little room waiting for 50 minutes.ysts say that this could happen, this could happen, and it went back and forth finally, the news was good for melvin the. >> the news is looking good on alex's meant this was back on the field today. he is wearing the " to not touch me " jersey and participated in non-contact position. he has passed all concussion tests over the last two days in word is that he is on track to start monday against chicago. >> it is up to the doctors but we are just doing what they tell me. it is kind of like the final straw but was able to go out there today. a bit redundant however since we did not practice the other day. >> this is ruining the coverage on monday night that he could be passing away. we will member if we had every reporter, people on the roof, under the ground. people staking out doctors, concussion experts and now he is going to play. >> we were ready, either way and i always say things and katherine says you must be correct. we are a news organization. >> to serious? >> no, you are co

vamos con el resumen davey johnson, entrenador de nacionales de washinton; y bob melvin, de los atléticos como managers del año en las grandes ligas, repitiendo un trofeo que ambos ganaron previamente con otros equipos. johnson, gano el premio por primera vez en 1997 cuando estaba con otro de los equipos del área, los orioles de baltimore. los nacionales anunciaron que johnson seguirá al fente del equipo en el 2013, por lo que sera el manager de más edad en las ligas mayores. en el 2014 dejara la banca para convertirse en asesor del equipo. este día en partido amistoso internacional la selección de estados unidos empato a dos goles ante la selección de rusia en su preparación para el mundial del 2014. los goles de la selección de las barras y las estrellas fueron marcados por bradley y diskerud. en otro de los encuentros disputados este día la selección de argentina empato ante arabia saudita a cero goles en un partido en el que equipo de lio messi no brillo como muchos esperaban.en este momento se están desarrollando otros encuentros amistosos de preparación para el mundial de brasil res

>>> good friday afternoon, i'm melvin, you're watching msnbc. we're monitoring two very volatile situations in the middle east. angry protests against an apparent power grab in egypt while there are new concerns about a break in the israeli gaza cease fire. meanwhile, back here after the holiday weekend ends, the fiscal cliff negotiations will heat up. now the speaker of the house has thrown a new problem into the talks, can a deal actually be reached? >>> shoppers looking for their own kind of grand bargain today. we're going to look at the black friday crush at shopping malls and super stores all over this country. but we start this hour with breaking news in egypt. you're looking at live pictures of tahrir square in cairo after the new egyptian president morsi gave himself sweeping new powers today. tahrir square also the heart of last year's uprising. demonstrators filled the streets of alexandria later today. morsi's new powers put his own decisions above all legal challenges until a new egyptian parliament is elected. despite the protests,

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melvin fue el manager del año de la liga nacional en el 2007, con los diamondbacks de arizona.as en china formando gruesas capas de hielo y la visibilidad se redujo a tres pies de distancia y causó múltiples accidentes. no hubo heridos que lamentar. >>> grandes inunaciones siguen inundando sectores de italia luego de desbordes de ríos. interrumpieron el tráfico ferroviario y las actividades comerciales. >>> una serie de ataques con coches bomba detonaron al comenzar el año nuevo árabe. >>> ya no será mañana cuando el gobierno colombiano y las farc inicien sus conversaciones. la apertura del diálogo comenzará con un cese al fuego en la habana cuba. >>> la postergación es por un esfuerzo para ultimar detalles de la participación ciudadana. >>> en méxico, la elaboración de tortillas toma cara social. repartieron envolturas para prevenir los secuestros y asesinatos. >>> bueno, también en méxico, el senado firmó para deja rlista la aporbaciónd e felipe calderón y se argumenta que dos de los artículos eran anticonstitucionales.. >>> >>> en los estados unidos, un restaurant abrió sus

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. let's go straight to nbc news correspondent kerry sanders from miami. the election is finally put to rest. >> folks in florida have been wondering what is going on. the numbers show that the state did tilt to obama. he got 50% of the vote. romney took 49.1% of the vote. clearly, florida remains a battleground state. the question is, why did this take so long? part of the fact is that early voting was cut back by the republican governor rick scott. if you take a look at the newspaper here, this is the tampa bay times headlines. it says, no apology from scott. he went on to say, what i'm trying to do is improve the way government works. i believe in efficiency. i believe every vote has to count. i want to have a good process that people feel good about. well, the people are not feeling good because in many cases they felt that the governor made the decision to push back the number of days from 14 to 8, meaning that there were fewer days for early voting, meaning that people couldn't get

. >>> the oakland as bob melvin reacted after being being named manager of the year. >> one of the things me was the -- the most special for me, we really did energize an area. not just the people who came to the ballpark. >> he led the team to the a.l. east championship. >>> today at 5:00, our ongoing investigation into questionable spending by port oakland officials has expanded. we've learned from an audit we've obtain and how many employees are involved. >>> thank you for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868.

congratulations in order for bob melvin named american league manager of the year. oakland team everybody figured was last place and transformed them into division champion. a had a 20 game improvement in the one loss record from 2011. went 94 and 68. they captured the al west crown. pushed the tying investigators 5 games in the division play offs series. melvin edged out buck of the orioles 16-12 first place voting in the balloting done by the baseball writer association of america. bruce finished third. this was a 1 man race basically. captured by national skipper johnson. johnson with 23 of the 32 first place votes. baker of the reds former giants skipper finished second. keep in maipd the voting is done at the end of the regular season. so bruce leaving the giants world series titles is not considered. fire sale. nothing in you in miami. mary lips at it again sending everything except the if you aquarium in the stadium to toronto. jose reyes, johnson, burly buck and boneface blockbuster trade to toronto that will bring short stop east could before and other pros

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