melvin has seen enough. irritated, he gets ejected for the second time in three games.iants win, 4-0. as 11th straight loss at at&t park. >> good stuff. great competitor. you know, he can pitch on both sides of the plate. he's continued where he left off last year. we are fortunate to bring him back and what he did for us last year. to run off a nice streak like this and give up one run shows how good this guy is. >> after their victory, sandoval smeared shaving cream in her face. she thought she was off the hook. not so fast. they got her good, too. she's a good sport. she laughed ate off and chased down panda. >>> kentucky derby champ, i'll have another. i'll have another battles the bodemeister. i'll have another gets the victory. next up, the bellment. the last triple crown winner was 34 years ago. i'll have another may have a chance of becoming the next triple crown winner. a lot going on, diane. this giants/as thing is good. we'll have more coming up in the 6:00 newscast. >> thanks, henry. >> when we come back, not go goin gaga by the pop star with the same name.

melvin still furious. gets tossed for the second time in three games, giants shut out the a's. >> manny ramirez is expected to join oakland after serving a 50-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. manny turning up in albuquerque with oakland's triple-a team. >> a blessing, man. i want to play. >> i'm trying to do something i love. >> mike: then the game began. manny showing a little love. ramirez, 0-4 with three strikeouts. dhs and batted third before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth. >> in berkeley, check out the play by reed. up and over the fence. what a catch. cal fell behind 3-0 in the third. but reed comes through in the third. delayed steal on the intentional walk. now to the seventh. 3-2. cal threatening but brianna gets robbed of extra bases. great catch. arkansas stuns cal 3-2 but they survive, beating boston 8-0 in the nightcap and have to beat arkansas twice to advance. baylor has to beat louisiana laughate -- lafayette sunday to last. >> who was the last horse to

two more runs come in, it's 4-0 giants and bob melvin has seen enough. he went back out there to argue, ejected for the second time in three games. giants win 4-0. that's the a's eleventh straight loss at at&t park. >> ryan vogelsong continues to show the 2011 was not a fluke. in his last four starts he's not allowed more than one earned run, and has pitched at least seven innings in all of them. >> threw well to both sides of the plate. commanded the change-up well. had a good curveball going. >> i don't know if we squared him up a whole lot. one of the times this year that i've been here that we haven't hit the ball hard. just one of those days where you've got to tip your hat to that guy. he was really good today. >> the giants starter still feels there's room for improvement. he has a long way to go to prove the daughters wrong. >> i think i need to do it for the whole season, and you know i talked to you guys about that a little bit. at the end of last year, and spring training, and that's a big goal of mine for the season is to have another solid y

go see the melvins. in their third decade.bob: i don't especially know who they are. >> eric: dana? >> dana: i want to point out that on friday, over the last week, president bush held his second annual wounded warrior ride. this was him. we have a -- this is him dancing with the first woman to be injured in iraq. she sacrificed her leg and dancing with president bush at the event afterwards. her name is melissa stockwell. our own dr. seigel got to go riding with president bush on that ride. did a piece about physical fitness. here is president bush talking about the ride from friday night. >> really cool. it's really cl. to mow ten tum, how inspiring and motivating it is. >> this is a huge celebration. celebration of fitness. >> dana: i love that. great ride. great american -- >> eric: great americans and great patriots. check it o. freedom tower today became the tallest structure in new york city. probably tallest for hundreds of miles. it's proof americans, you can attack us but we will prevail. in the long run, patriotic.

a's manager bob melvin comes out to argue.robably arguing with the ump gets you run out of the game. look at the patience by home plate umpire laz diaz. over a minute before finally sends melvin to the showers. there might have been a good reason he hess stated to throw him out. he completely blew the call. he made a great catch. a's did bounce back to win this one 5-4 in extras. rockies taking on the d'backs in coors field. play interrupted as thousands of bees swarmed in. came down on a camera bay next to the dugout. wow. the game had to be stopped in the fifth inning while the situation was resolved. eventually the bees were contained -- did the bee keepers come out with the suits and the honey and everything? how did they contain this thing? anyway, oh, my gosh. oh, they blew them off with a leave blower. interesting tactic. the game did continue eventually after they painstakingly blew -- what about that guy just with the short sleeves in the middle of the hive? d'backs won 9-7. that's taking a long time. coming up at the

urofsky. >> melvin urofsky, can you remember when you first thought you might like louis brandeis? >> in fact, it's a memory that's well seared into my consciousness. i was a graduate student at columbia in the early '60s and the great biographer, woodrow wilson, arthur link, had written in one of his books that louis brandeis was the architect of the new intellectual freedom. so i did all the paperwork, you know, and researched brandeis a little bit. got it approved. and then in the fall of 1964, i moved to columbus, ohio, for my first teaching job at ohio state. a few months later i went down to louisville where the brandeis papers are. and this i made two discoveries. the first one was there wasn't enough information on that particular topic to support a dissertation, but the brandeis letters were a gold mine of information. so, david levy, who was a colleague of mine at ohio state, and i began work to get the commission to edit the brandeis letters. as my wife says, louie has been loving with us ever since. >> how did you get permission and from whom? >> well, the papers are in

. >>> i'm craig melvin for thomas roberts. the agenda next hour.pect accused of killing etan patz is on suicide watch. his family says he has a history of mental illness. does this turn the case upside down, 33 years to the day etan disappeared. >>> illinois anti-bullying measures because lawmaker thought it was too "homosexual." >> this may be the strangest campaign ad, south dakota candidate will join me live on the ad that is lighting up the twitter sphere and is mitt romney trying to woo african american voters? all that and more straight ahead, chris? >>> thank you, craig. >>> parliament brawl, aliens versus avengers, opera house collapses. >>> what happened if u.s. political differences were worked out like this. a brawl broke out in the ukraine parliament session. whether russian would be adopted as the official language. >> men in black 3 is hoping dethrown the "the avengers" the sequel comes 15 years after the original. the "the avengers" has been number one for three weeks bringing in more than a billion dollars world-wide. >>> game on fo

police cadets armed with flyers and a letter from melvin fields' mother fanned out on to moore street today trying to help solve his four-year-old murder. >> and that is across the street. >> reporter: seals was shot dead on morstreet in april in 2008, at the height of the gang wars in trinidad. his murder is the only one still unsolved and his mother walked the street where her son died with police chief kathy lanier and dozens of recruits, hoping someone will feel compelled to break their silence. >> people want to talk. they want to but they afraid and you have to understand that. i need closure and i don't think you should allow a murderer to stay on the street. >> and that means a lot that you're hopefully what will be closure. >> reporter: the effort coincides with this weekend's all-hands on deck initiative. >> we have extra resources and we can take some large groups of retruths like this and family members and try to go back to hit the cases that are cold cases. >> reporter: she said they did a similar thing two years ago and got some information that helped them solve the mu

bob melvin was thrown out. the oakland a's the back to tie it in the seventh. giants came back to tie the game in the sixth. the giants went 7-5. >>gary: a linebacker has been suspended for one year is not so in the commissioner for defamation. but be back >> the kings are leading the series 3-1. they have won 10 of 11 playoff games carried the the big bond face famine - been of long winded been if the best bet is the gary, do you really think the pacers have a chest to beat the heat? path >>gary: if you tie me down and said, that some money, i can't believe lebron did we are going to indiana. >> gary, do you really think the leaders will get votes out of here? >>gary: i'm afraid so. >> gary, just why do you know everything? >>gary: that is a good one. why do i? >>pam: you always say that. >>gary: >>gary: we all pretend we know. it is all about how convincingly to be. we will see you at 11:00 p.m.. costco soft copy [ male announcer ] u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen is going for aluminum. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and amanda mcgrory?

melvin gets his money's worth as he was thrown out as the inning ended.ght at home over the a's of the fred inglis with more on the giant's starter who was instrumental in the game in more ways than one. >> reporter: giant's starting pitcher ryan vogelsong came into the game with the lowest run support in the national league, but not only did he throw seven innings of one-shutout baseball it was his play at plate that turned out to be the catalyst for the 4-run rally. >> do you think it was the right cal? >> youth, i haven't seen the replay, but i was over the plate making sure i got the bat out there and i couldn't get out of way. something hit me in the chest, whether was the ball or bat, i don't know. >> i saw it hit the bat and the umpire saw it dimply. that was a big spot? the game and unfortunately he was awarded the race and what happened after that. >> what happened after that was ross was replaced by ball four and manager bob melvin came out to argue about the may and got himself ejected. >> i shouldn't have done that. just frustration or you thi

. >> reporter: police cadets armed with flyers and a letter from melvin seals mother, fanned out on to more streets. >> knock on some doors. >> reporter: seals was shot death on moore street, april 2008 at the height of the gang wars in trinidad his murder is one of the only ones unsolved. his mother walked the streets with the police chief and dozens of crew hoping someone will finally feel compelled to break their silence. >> people want to talk but are afraid you have to understand that. i just need closure i just don't think we should allow a murder to stay on the street. >> it means a lot to know you are hopefully what will be closure for mrs. seals. >> reporter: it coincides with the all hands on deck initiative. >> we have extra resources out here and can take large groups of recruits get family members to come out and try and go back and hit case that is are cold. >> reporter: they did a similar thing two years ago and got information to help them solve the murder of the georgia erk. >> if you can have a small part helping bring closure so this family, it will make you feel goo

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help on the way for bob melvin.o join the team friday but everybody is still waiting on manny. today was his 40th birthday. he spent it -- in the minor league was the sacramento river cats. here is the deal. he was eligible to come off wednesday, a's and manny still in the minors. he was 0-4 today with three strike outs. >>> warriors, a part of tonight's nba lotoery. >> the 7th pick will be made by the warriors. >> there is bob myers, good for him they didn't fall. the odds said they would be the 7th and there they stood. owner . williams and crew, they will be able to pick anthony davis. could come right in and really make a franchise -- or send them in appositive direction. michael jordon charlotte team with the worst record but they get the second pick with the lottery. >>> game two, great, celtics is and heat. ray allen. miami trying to go up 2-0. allen hit a three-pointer to send it to overtime. rondeo played one much the great games in playoff history. played all 53 minutes, 44 points, ten. but wade was really

melvin seals was shot and killed in april of wait on moore street northeast. it was at the height of the gang wars in the trinidad area. yesterday seals' mother canvassed the area along with the help of police cadets and says she simply wants justice and closure for her son's murder. >> you want to be able to dance the victory dance. i want the person that killed my son in jail. if he's already in jail i want him to sna there. he needs to be prosecuted for killing my son a $50,000 reward is available for anyone with information on this case. >>> the race important the white house socially under way. the president has been in campaign mode the past few months but now he has made it official. julie carey was at the kickoff for his re-election campaign in virginia and she has the story. >> reporter: it looked and sounded a lot like wait. rousing rally at virginia commonwealth university. president barack obama officially launched his 2012 campaign and m the state where he made history four years ago. the state now considered a must-win for re-election. >> virgini

i'm cig melvin. alex is off today.now, off the southeast coast, subtropical storm beryl will gather strength in the coming days, expected to drop several inches of rain. we'll have the latest report at the top of the hour. >>> right now, history is being made in space. at this moment, astronauts at the international space station are unloading supplies from the spacex company's "dragon" capsule, now linked up with the space station. it is the first private space capsule to dock in earth eers orbit. the capsule will stay there for a week before returning to earth with a load of experiments. >>> to politics now, mitt romney unveiling his education plan in philadelphia this week where he was met with some protest, a grilling by teachers. philadelphia mayor michael nutter weighed in as well. >> the candidate who has suddenly somehow found west philadelphia, somehow now wants to talk about education, romney has always opposed investigating in their children's education and yet i don't understand why he's here today. >> join

although he's eligible to come off the dl tomorrow, bob melvin said we won't be seeing him in this seriesm kate long worth, nbc bay area. >> thank you very much, kate. from the ballpark to the gridiron, maclean was in alameda practicing at the raiders organized team activity. last week maclean was sentenced to six years in jail and fined $2,000. third-degree assault. this is the second week they plan to appeal his sentence. >>> get your hard hats out. the 49ers marked their first construction milestone on their new stadium in santa clara. the new facility is opened to schedule for the 2014 season but on the field the 49ers are getting ready for the 2012 season. jacobs telling me earlier the crowded backfield for the 49ers has him motivated. >> a lot of great backs in the system. you come in and you have to work as hard as you can. you have to leave it all on the field, can't take nothing for granted. i can't come in here and take for granted. i can't say this is my eighth year, i deserve this. i have to come in and work. work and earn every carry i get. >> and from the gridiron to the i

. >>> bob melvin, as didn't get it done. pujols has three hits.m really line drives. 3 for 4 though . and ervin santana was real good sitting down derrick barton. 4-nothing. one of those days for the as. start to finish. it was an anaheim victory. >>> san antonio continues to be the nba's best, quietly. they have one five straight in the postseason. steven jackson, the former warrior, back with some guys that he can't shove around. and he's awful good. they've won 15 straight. they win game 1 over the clippers. >>> lebron james without chris bosch, people saying could he get it done? 28 points, 9 rebounds, 6 steals. somehow indiana is hanging tough. david west had 16 and 10. everybody blaming lebron for not taking the last shot. it was mario chalmers. there it is. 78-75, series even at 1. >>> the first post mr. davis mini-camp in motion in alameda. the raiders with darren mcfadden are hoping he is healthy finally after missing most of last year with a foot injury. carson palmer under center. his first full season. he came mid-year after sitting ou

melvin still furious about the vogelsong call. and gets tossed. >> cal hosting arkansas, the bear's second ncaa game. reed, up and over the wall. cal behind 3-0. reed comes through in the third. the delayed steal on the intentional walk makes it 3-1. to the seventh. cal threatening. arkansas stuns top-ranked cal 3-2. bears play elimination game at 7:00 p.m. >> stafford lost earlier today, dropping a decision to louisiana laugh fayate. stanford plays the winner between baylor and mississippi valley state. >> to the hardwood, spurs and clippers. l.a. had a 20-point lead. blake griffin came out on fire. the alley-oop from chris ball. griffin, 14 in the first quarter to the second. griffin showing range. turn-around jumper. clippers up 24 at one opinion. the spurs outscore l.a. 26-8 in the third. done can gives the spurs the lead for good. win 17 straight, 96-86 to take a 3-0 series lead. >> pga tour, the byron nelson championship. nine playersed had a share of the lead today. up and in but a double bogey drops him four back. dickie p

i'm craig melvin in today for chris jansing. rick santorum is finally on board the mitt romney express endorsing his former rival late last night. santorum pledged his support last night. it wasn't the most enthusiastic endorsement with the actual endorsement coming way down in paragraph 13. santorum writing, quote, governor romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support to win this, the most critical election of our lifetime. joining me now, molly ball and ezra klein. good morning to you both. molly, is this as tepid as you can get? >> i think it is. he managed to wedge the word "endorsement" in there. but if you blinked, you might have missed it. it was very clear this was kind of the opposite of getting up there on stage with him and giving him the full-throated attaboy. this was almost obligatory, here it is, i'm doing it. >> why not a major production to announce the endorsement or at least an in-person endorsement? >> because mitt romney didn't give him anything. there's an argument out there that rick s

melvin? >> milton hoenig. i have a very general question. what does what you've said have to do with the concern over a rise in domestic terrorism and terrorism perhaps is inspired by the ideals of al qaeda, even after the death of bin laden. what is your feeling about the importance of a concern over domestic terrorism? one speaker emphasized it strongly. what is the panel's concern about that? >> mary? >> on the one hand what i've said might seem to minimize the danger from terrorist attacks but in fact terrorist attacks are one of the major means that al qaeda has used in this war as a whole. so it's one of their major tactics that they've used in this war. so i personally do not believe that anything i said should minimize the threat that we face for potential terrorist attacks. and i'd like to just say about zargawi in particular, if he were smart heeshs would never carry out another attack against americans again. unless americans are dying, we don't care. so if he were smart, a person put it to me, the guard i don't know -- garden spo

what is interesting about her is that she was married to the hollywood actor, melvin douglas. served during the 1940s from california. had a very distinguished acting career. and so we actually have some of her stage photos, very imposing presence here. this is a promo photo from one film she made called "she." and actually the name of the character she played in this was she who must be obeyed. >> there will be slaves waiting without a wall to guide you in safety to your little world. >> it is probably more of a cult film now than well known film. has something to do with, you know, the fountain of youth and eternal light. >> how did she get involved in politics? >> she and her husband moved from the new york to the east coast, hollywood, and she got involved in the plight of migrant workers in california, her activism there also drew the attention of eleanor roosevelt. she became a democratic committee woman, ran for congress in the wartime era of world war ii. she went on then to try to aspire from her congressional career to run for the u.s. senate. she ran for the u.s. se

bob melvin doesn't agree and comes out to argue. he would not be successful.hree batters later, melky cabrera hits a sac fly and the giants finally get on the board. but they're not done in this inning. with two outs, buster posey up next, he gets the big hit. no one is going to be able to make a play. it's going to bounce over the centerfield wall. it's the ground rule double. another giant comes in to score. angel pagan keeps the hits coming. this single is going to score two more. 4-0 giants at the end of the seventh inning. bob melvinen frustrated comes out to voice his frustration more and gets ejected for the second time in three days. the a's offense can't get anything as the giants win the second game, 4-0. >> good stuff. good command of four pitches. great competitor. you know, he can pitch on both sides of the plate. he's, you know, he's continued where he left off last year. and you know, we're fortunate you know, to bring him back and what he did for us last year. but you know, to run off a nice streak like this and give up -- >> so the giants coul

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this week he's out with a groin injury and today the is placed among the 15 day disabled list bob melvinld be around to see the a's finished up in texas after the umpire ruled that mccarthy did not catch the pop- up bad call the d.a.'s would overcome. here is a go-ahead single in the canned meats beat the rangers 5 to 4 to split the series ryan cut expenses could scoreless streak to 99 2/3 innings dissension among the ranks was to a miami heat are cooling off kuwait was held to just five points and apparently was blaming everybody else. the bases blow it up in the second half look at the big man roy led the way 19 points and 18 rebounds and five blocks the winds 95 to 74 in leading the series to the one who's the boss? how about the l.a. kings would become the story in tinseltown. they beat patti stood one to take a three nothing series lead leaving them one point away from a trip to san cup finals for the second time in franchise history again who is their coach?. this was the first a delay caused by a swarm of bees. after the game the diamondbacks ended up winning the ball game can ask

what is interesting about helen gahagan douglas is that she was married to the hollywood actor melvin douglas. served during the 1940s, from california. and had a very distinguished acting career, and so we have -- actually have some of her stage photos. very imposing presence here. this is a promo photo from the one film that she made which was called "she." and the name of the character that she played in this was she, who must be obeyed. >> after the festival in the hall of kings, there will be slaves waiting at the outer wall to guide you in safety into the world. >> it is a, probably more of a cult film now than it is a well-known film, and it has something to do with, you know, the fountain of youth and eternal light. >> how did she get involved in politics? >> well, she and her husband moved from new york, and the east coast, to hollywood, and she got involved in the plight of migrant workers in california, and her activism there also then drew the attention of eleanor roosevelt. she became a democratic committee woman and then ran for congress in the wartime era of world war i

saturday, the journal will be in greensboro for a visit with international civil rights center cofounder melvin alston. sunday we'll talk with the city's mayor about state politics and monday journal will be in raleigh for a chance with the poe foundation chair on conservative free market causes. >> spend the weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern, check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2, including governor mary fallon's must read book. former senator david boren on his letter to america, if also rare books from gail lay low, coperson cuss and others from the history of science collection at ou, and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3. tour the oklahoma city bombing material with codesigner torre booster. plus a look at african-american life and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oklahoma "history center." once a month, local content vehicles explore sfe cities across america. this many weekend everybody oklahoma city on c-span2 and 3. >> a discussion now on the role

. >> melvin urofsky has been our guest and he's the author of "louis d. brandies: a life," thank you. >> you're welcome. it's been a pleasure being here. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q and a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> here is the flat iron building going up in 190, it was not the first and the tallest. everybody said it was. we see this all the time, but stop and think what is the technology. basically back in the 1890s when they were introduced, they were explained as a railroad bridge on its end.

in a few seconds we will talk with heather smith of rock the vote, and later we will be joined by melvin alston as we take a tour through north carolina. this weekend, we feature oklahoma city on c-span to the wall and c-span 3. we spoke with authors and historians. hear, -- here, someone who helped design the memorial texas and around the site. -- takes us around the site. [video clip] >> you are seeing the gates of time. they act as our for all -- formal entrance. bill gates reference the moment of the -- they really referenced the moment of the bomb. we are referencing 902 is what this memorial room is about. each gate is comprised of two walls, and in between, a slight pause before you enter. you step away from the sounds of the city, get a little slice of the sky, and then you go into the memorial room. right in the middle is a long reflecting pool. it sits where the street used to run through. this used to be a busy texas saint, and now we cannot go there any -- busy access street, and now we cannot go there anymore. it is an organizing element. it is kind of a common edge to meet

not only that it was their seventh consecutive defeat, bob melvin seen struggling.ning they led 1-0. a little bloop to center. 2-2. testimony then. two nothing, two on, two out. the walk off off bryan fuentes the team celebrates 3-2 that is final. >>> nobody is arguing whether or not they have a good player in all of the basketball. there's no flash or commotion and no doubt they look unbeatable right now as the spurs 20 consecutive wins would attest to. game two, nothing like game one as san antonio just spurts out of the gate against the thunder. parker engineered. nice spin right there. they're up by as many as 20. but city young legs get back into it. westbrook to durant. just under two minutes left the spurs remain calm. parker to janobli. 20 off the bench for him. a 2-0 lead. the first that serena williams wanted no part of. first time in her career ousted in a grand slam event. not so much she was beaten in her french open opener. she beat herself 47 unforced errors unless little known virgini rolano. she later said she was 100% physically, no injuries. that'

not only that it was their seventh consecutive defeat, bob melvin seen struggling.led 1-0. a little bloop to center. 2-2. testimony then. two nothing, two on, two out. the walk off off bryan fuentes the team celebrates 3-2 that is final. >>> nobody is arguing whether or not they have a good player in all of the basketball. there's no flash or commotion and no doubt they look unbeatable right now as the spurs 20 consecutive wins would attest to. game two, nothing like game one as san antonio just spurts out of the gate against the thunder. parker engineered. nice spin right there. they're up by as many as 20. but city young legs get back into it. westbrook to durant. just under two minutes left the spurs remain calm. parker to janobli. 20 off the bench for him. a 2-0 lead. the first that serena williams wanted no part of. first time in her career ousted in a grand slam event. not so much she was beaten in her french open opener. she beat herself 47 unforced errors unless little known virgini rolano. she later said she was 100% physically, no injuries. that's the spor

nbc's craig melvin has details. >> reporter: the home videos tell the tale of what kim and greg hoffmanthe ultimate nightmare of a neighbor. >> she is the neighbor from hell. >> definitely the neighbor from hell. >> reporter: they moved here 15 years ago. a perk place to raise their family. they thought. but over the years, the hoffmans say they've become prisoners in their own backyard as they tried to avoid laurie christianson, their neighbor, directly across the street from their front yard. >> started with the obscenities, just really went crazy and started calling me names, swearing at me. >> many people say we've got a neighbor just like that. and i've said, no, you don't. this is different. >> reporter: this week prosecutors filed court documents with more claims against her including verbal tirades aimed at their children. she pled guilty and served more than a month in jail for a felony violation over a restraining order obtained by the hoffmans. the prosecutors say in tweb, she also pled guilty to two misdemeanors. much of the alleged harassment has been aimed at kim hoffman w

craig melvin on this for us. thank you very much. it's 7:35.>>> as we all know kids can adventurous and parents love to let them have fun. an incident at a rock climbing wall in miami got very serious when something went wrong and a father's camera was rolling. here is mark potter. >> reporter: with her family close by her side, 11-year-old emily davis is doing a lot better now than after her horrible fall over the memorial day weekend. her father feared she might have been killed. >> be alive. be alive. be alive. anything else we can take care of from there. >> reporter: the accident occurred during a family trip during the miami marlins baseball park. at the end of the game, emily was the first to scale a rock climbing wall set up for kids. but as seen on the video shot by her dad when she got to the top of the wall, her safety harness failed and she fell about 18 feet hitting her head on the concrete below. >> i started coming down and the cables snapped and i fell on my back. >> reporter: what do you remember about that fall? >> all i remem

and 29-year-old melvin faced armed robbery and charges. were arrested after police say they robbed and fled the mount royals store. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. more on the horrific charges against a 21-year-old morgan state student, accused of killing his housemate in joppa. 10 ideas for parties, honoring the brides to be. >>> and the candidates for the heisman trophy has a distinct baltimore flavor. find out who wins. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated first warning forecast in from first warning weather team. >>> how do you spell success? just ask 6-year-old lori ann madison. even though she didn't make it to the semifinals, her employs performance stole the-- her performance stole the show. >> reporter: 6-year-old lori ann madison says she'll be on stage at next year's national spelling bee. >> oh, yeah. i'll be back here next year. but i won't be the youngest. >> reporter: just half the size and age of most of her competitors, l

they play the first in three against the angels tomorrow night and melvin won't be asked about consecutives. >>> hallelujah. i was tired of hearing about it. >> we've had to hear a lot of stuffer here this week and to go out there and then they get lead and you know, you really have to fight that feeling of here we go again. >> we know how much this series means to the facts and circumstances and we've just as frustrated as they are when we lose two straight against them. if we can go out and continue this for the home stretch. >> it's not what you done for them, it's what you done for them lately. i'm not looking for accolades or anything. i'm trying to take what i've learned and coordinate it with the times that are going on now when things are going bad. it's not working right now, i'm not saying it won't work but there's a time land place for everything and i'll find a way out of this. >> first of three in milwaukee tomorrow evening. they'll see a brewers team that got their bats going today. jonathan went deep twice, this shot on the 7th. he had a day. three hits and 7 ribs in a 16-4

melvin still furious about the vogelsong call. he gets tossed for the second time in three games. and the giants shut out the a's 4-0. and manny ramirez is expected to join the a's after serving his 50 game suspension for using performance enhancing drug on may 30th, the day he turns 30. he was tuning up last night in albuquerque with oakland's triple-a team. >> you start getting smarter. >> it's a blessing, man. i get to play. this time it's a little different. i'm doing something that i love. >> well, then the game began and manny showing some rust. he went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. he d.h. and batted third before sacramento lifted him for a pinch-hitter the ninth. >> it's been 30 years since our last triple crown within are in horseracing. that was pulled off by affirm in 1978. yesterday the derby winner i'll have another became the first one since then in a fantastic finish. >> i'll have another in a dramatic preakness. can i'll have another get there? to the wire. i'll have another did it! >> what a finish. just like the derby. i'll have another caught bodemeister from b

the ump said he trapped it and melvin goes nuts because terrible call run scored.awaiian style in the tenth. that was the game winning base hit. a's win it 5-4 back in town to face the giants tomorrow. >> nba. expectation was that james and miami heat would treat the indiana pacers like a speed bump in the play offs. that bump now looks like a brick wall. dissension on the heat bench. wade and head coach get away from me. wade worst play off game of the career. launching bricks and pacers. take a two 1 series lead. game 2 western conference and no trouble with the clippers. 3 here. third quarter danny green stroke of 3. spurs up 11. la keep it close. spurs up 2 games to none. to the the ice. smiling because the kings continue their roll through the play offs. king. right here. the kings win 2-1.take a series lead on phoenix. running by him. stage 5. he's back in first place. david not confused with captain america. dominated won by 23 sec. ahead by 34 seconds over all. like football. rugby. mike reports while not offered in most high schools it continues to grow. a

>> all right, craig melvin this morning. craig, thank you.nts, deborah bradley and jeremy irwin are now joining us exclusively along with their attorney. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> we can see you have a photograph, a button of lisa on you that -- that you're wearing. during that tape that we were just watching, you couldn't stop crying. >> no. >> what do you want to say about where you are now, seven months after she's disappeared. >> i am a mess. i am frustrated. it has been almost eight months, and we're not getting any answers. we understand that the fbi and the kcpd have a job to do, but we need answers. we need lisa. and it's unacceptable the answer to us, we are looking at it, it's unacceptable. >> when you say that you're frustrated, are you saying that you see that they're not doing enough? or that you're just unhappy with what they're telling you? do you think -- >> i'm unhappy with what they're telling me. and it's been too long. and with this -- this development they've had for a long time and we still haven't

i'm craig melvin. alex is off today. here's what's happening right now, a big developing story in parts of the east coast this hour. tropical storm watches and warnings in at least three states. subtropical storm barrow could wash away memorial day weekend the very latest. good morning. >> craig, good morning to you. we have subtropical beryl. tropical or subtropical, we are still getting the same effects. now this is actually going to move westbound as we head over time. so into the weekend, we are going to see that rain coming in to florida, georgia, also into south carolina, but this is exactly where we need it. this section of the u.s. has the worst drought for the entire country. so the rain is going to come in. as you can see over the next 48 hours, it doesn't like it will be too bad. heading into the saturday forecast for the rest of the country, showers and storms through the northern tier. some could be severe throughout portions of the plains and midwest. sunday, it is going to be hot. we could see records fall

. >>> i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall on this friday.ney campaign releases its first ad of the general election. >> what would a romney presidency be like? day one. president romney immediately approves the keystone pipeline creating thousands of jobs that obama blocked. president romney introduces tax cuts and reforms that award job creators. >> there's a piece of the ad. romney's campaign still trying to find the strategy to go after

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east, still, bob melvin says you have to respect the pinstripes. >> it's a historic franchise that, youwithout saying. more of the energy in the ballpark based on fans out here rooting against them which i like to see. i love the energy in this park when there's a lot of people here, when we get 20, is sounds like 40. when we get 35, it sounds like 70. >> and a big night in sacramento is what the a's hope will be a major part of their offense is in the lineup. that being manny ramirez, of course. our john henry smith is in sacramento with what it all means. john henry? >> manny ramirez has been playing major league baseball since 1993 so understandably he was not overly excited about making his debut in front of the home fans tonight. the fans certainly are. the river cats say that the box office has been swamped all day long. the fans are excited. the big excitement has got to be with the oakland a's themselves as manny winds down his assignment in the minor leagues getting ready to get back to the major leagues wearing the green and gold. manny says, hey, there's still some rust to kn

i'm craig melvin in for chris jansing today.resident obama and mitt romney. with just over five months to go until election day. here's the broader picture. our nbc/"wall street journal" poll just out shows president obama with a four-point lead over romney. but that lead has gotten smaller. the president had a six-point lead last month. in the important battleground state of florida, better news for romney, who now has a six-point lead over the president. a new quinnipiac poll out, the president was leading romney by seven in the sunshine state. when it comes to key group, the president has a commanding lead among hispanic, women and young voters. but when it comes to the economy, the approvallating has slipped to its lowest rate since december. joined by major garrett and mr. perry. what's your take away from these poll numbers, major? >> this race is close. and president obama's numbers are static or slightly declining. that's not a good posture for the president. a third of the country says the country is on the right track,

i'm craig melvin in today for chris jansing.board the mitt romney express endorsing his former rival late last night. santorum pledged his support last night. it wasn't the most enthusiastic endorsement with the actual endorsement coming way down in paragraph 13. santorum writing, quote, governor romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support to win this, the most critical election of our lifetime.