and now those tensions are turning into violence so is the economy to blame for this trouble in milwaukee wisconsin and where is the mainstream media when you need it. i wanted to write what i remembered about these events while mr cheney it seems your recollection very different than everyone else's at least when talking about the war on terror so with the bush administration's a trilogy of memoirs on different pages whose version of history vocal world remember. that we are protected by law which allows us to live according to our customs is the brutal started a lot has changed and it's not the change people in syria are looking for so after years of religious acceptance and serious political unrest paving the way for religious intolerance. play there it's tuesday august thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is out and you're watching our team. i want to start off today sort of by taking a bird's eye view of america how does this country look from the outside and what's the pulse of the nation these days there are of course a number of factors to consider but let's look

and this isn't a jerry springer apple so it's a racial riots straight from the streets of milwaukee wisconsin for what many have called america's most segregated city so where's the love or for that matter the mainstream media. i wanted to write what i remembered about this event there janie tells it like he sees it but some say you should get his vision checked because some of the details about the war on terror are blurry and vast so is he telling the truth or does he have a selective memory. good evening it's tuesday august thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. and christine for a sound you are watching r t well starting off this hour i want to talk about something that's been going on for the last several days just a few blocks from our studios right outside the white house every single day a group of protesters has been gathered outside speaking out against a proposed oil pipeline that appears to be in motion to be built this is called the keystone pipeline and would extend about seven hundred miles from alberta canada to the gulf coast of texas and would transport oil sands. this is a s

and now those tensions are turning into violence so is the economy to blame for this trouble in milwaukee wisconsin and where is the mainstream media when you need it. i wanted to write what i remembered about president well mr cheney it seems your recollection may be different than everyone else's place from talking about the war on terror so with the bush administration's trilogy of memoirs on different pages whose version of history will the world remember. it's tuesday august thirtieth five pm in washington d.c. and christine for sound and watching our team starting off as our i want to talk about something that's been going on for the last several days just a few blocks from our studios outside of the white house every single day a group of protesters has been gathered outside speaking out against a proposed oil pipeline that appears to be in motion to be built it's called the keystone pipeline and would extend about seventeen hundred miles from alberta canada to the gulf coast in texas and would transport oil sands it's a seven billion dollars billion dollar project i'm going to par

and now those tensions are turning into violence so is the economy to blame for the trouble and milwaukee wisconsin and worse the mainstream media needed. that last year we bought it for four hundred million barrels of oil from saudi arabia we bankrolled a state that doesn't allow women to drive. so where should america turn instead for oil well it depends on who you ask because it's a sticky situation will debate the inevitable x.l. pipeline and canada's tar sands. i wanted to write what i remembered about these events while mr cheney it seems your recollection may be a bit different than others when it comes to the war on terror so with the bush administration's trilogy of memoirs on different pages whose version of history will the world remember. it's tuesday august thirtieth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for a sound you're watching our t.v. i want to start his show with us and things going around in the country that perhaps give us a feel for the pulse of the nation these days there are of course a number of factors to consider but i want to look first at president obama'

in milwaukee, thousands of people have been getting sick. man: private distributors of bottled water are sending extra supplies as fast as possible. health officials blame a microscopic parasite called cryptosporidium. man: in the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak, over 400,000 people became ill with diarrhea, cramping and nausea, and we also recorded over 100 deaths, primarily in the immuno-compromised community, and in particular, individuals with aids, or hiv infection. man: people were beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhea. it started to become more and more widespread. so the natural spot to look was drinking water. so tests were run on the water coming out of both of our water treatment plants. and we found cryptosporidium coming out of our howard avenue plant. man: milwaukee officials are shutting down one of the city's two water purification plants. biedrzycki: cryptosporidium is a parasite that's found in the gut or intestine of both humans and animals, and found in many surface waters throughout the globe. prior to 1993, it was

we have some news coming out of district 8, suburban milwaukee.a darling-sandy pasch race. 68% of the vote being recorded tonight. pasch leading 51% to 49%. pasch is up by 1,100 votes. but we are being told now by waukesha county election officials that there will be no results for at least one hour. john nichols, you hear the response from the crowd on that. put this in perspective. what does this mean? this is coming from think progress. think progress is reporting tonight that waukesha county officials have told them that there will be no results for at least an hour p. >> it's frankly very unsettling, ed, because -- >> vet unsettling? why? >> in the supreme court race between jerry prosser, very close to the governor, clappenberg, challenger backed by a lot of these folks, the unions as well, waukesha county held its results back longer than anyone else. on election night they popped in a bunch very late that put prosser up. then clappenberg came back and waukesha came back two days later finding 14,000 additional votes. there is a great disco

my last check i had not received a call from the milwaukee election commission., about 10,000 votes are there. although we don't expect 10,000 people to turn out. the kind of numbers that we've seen there is really encouraging. in one ward 56 people voted in the last supreme court race, and last i knew 1,002 people voted. >> this, the heavy turnout in this district, you think is favoring the democrats? >> i definitely do. as a matter of fact, the numbers you just reported, on behalf of pasch, when you don't have the milwaukee numbers in on top of that i think it will allow her to do exactly what you started to say. maybe it was a freudian slip. leave alberta darling in the dust. >> lena, what can you tell us about sandy pasch? >> you know, the first thing i'll tell you is that she's a nurse and she's been very passionate. she did a lot of work that helps with mental health parity and so on and so forth. but i think the thing that goes to her character, this woman broke her hip when she ran for state rep, and she was out still knocking on doors in wisconsin. i'm l

we have some news coming out of district 8, suburban milwaukee.ch race. 68% of the vote being recorded tonight. pasch leading 51% to 49%. pasch is up by 1,100 votes. but we are being told now by waukesha county election officials that there will be no results for at least one hour. john nichols, you hear the response from the crowd on that. put this in perspective. what does this mean? this is coming from think progress. think progress is reporting tonight that waukesha county officials have told them that there will be no results for at least an hour p. >> it's frankly very unsettling, ed, because -- >> vet unsettling? why? >> in the supreme court race between jerry prosser, very close to the governor, clappenberg, challenger backed by a lot of these folks, the unions as well, waukesha county held its results back longer than anyone else. on election night they popped in a bunch very late that put prosser up. then clappenberg came back and waukesha came back two days later finding 14,000 additional votes. there is a great discomfort. and people w

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county's north shore suburbs, a little bit of the city of milwaukee, parts of ozaki, washington, and waukesha counties. and as you're mentioning, waukesha county is politically known to the rest of the country because of concerns about the county clerk there, who is -- i was talking with senator erpenbach a while ago, probably the only famous county clerk in the country right now. handling the overcount in the supreme court race. received some national attention, a lot of national criticism. it is almost impossible to believe that kathy nickolaus again is who the state of wisconsin and the nation is waiting on while that county cannot seem to get it together to get their votes out again. this is a republican stronghold county. she is a republican activist. are you worried -- i know you know a lot about wisconsin politics. are you worried that if it does come down to sort of election protection and election integrity concerns that that's going to essentially infect wisconsin politics with some contentiousness and acrimony and suspicion that's going to be hard to grow out of in years t

milwaukee won it 2-1. braves have won more games in extra innings than any other team this year.idn't bode well for the giants. pr prado ended it with an rbi. white sox and indians needed 14 innings, one rbi single, white sox walked off with an 8-7 win in 14. pirates and cards after pittsburgh tied it in the ninth they won it in the 11th. and we saved the best for last, the astros have had an unforgettable season. down three to the cubs, pinch hitter brian bogusevic stepped in and stepped out, a walkoff grand slam, just his second home run of his career and first gatorade shower as a pro. the astros won a wild one, 6-5. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning again, bill. >> sometimes, you know, you want a beautiful day, you just would rather save it for the weekend. that's kind of one of those cases where we were really raining in the midatlantic, new england, sunday, monday, tuesday. this is by far the best day we'll see for a while.

. >> the milwaukee, dollar bush. >> milwaukee, montgomery county, philadelphia. is that going to play in those suburbs? >> i don't think that's going to play. the intellect issue, he has kind avapro pensty for mal proppism. and says weird inninthings and jumps out. and i think they're going to throw the religious right thing at him big time. he leads the prayer meetings and prayer rally and if you're going to try to disturbing independents you're going to try to attach him to the religious right label which hasn't been around for quite a while. >> paul: what about the crony capitalism issue, james, an episode involving an issue involving the hpv virus, when one of his staffers was linked to the-- >> gardasil and that's a crony capitalism problem and a problem with the religious right and i think that won't be an issue for him on the campaign. and basically, goes to sort of his philosophy of governing what he's doing with the vaccine is basically trying to dictate that all teenage girls would get the vaccine that really is only applicable to ones that are sexually

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louis, two outs in the 11th inning in milwaukee, lance berkman singled in matt holliday.hey beat the brewers 8-. the cardinals trail milwaukee in the national league central division by two and a half games. >>> bottom of the ninth boston, the red sox smacked a single to center, the runner from second base beat the throw to home plate gave boston the walk-off 3-2 victory over cleveland. >>> in chicago mark teixeira, from the yankees, set a new record for home runs from both sides of the plate for the 12th time in his career, new york beat the white sox, 6-0 in a rain shortened game. >>> the nba is suing the players union in their current labor dispute. the league filed the suit tuesday seeking a ruling its lockout of the players does not violate anti-trust laws. the players union has threatened to file an anti-trust suit against the nba. >>> maria sharapova is the world's top earning athlete, even though she hasn't won a tournament since 2008. sharapova tops forbes magazine of the year. it's estimated she earned $25 million mostly from off court endorsements. >>> when we

when he was certain in other places, milwaukee, again he really was so dependent on the people at the ground. he had to really hope these people would do the actual part a work of designing a part. demolition of plastic box and so forth and be true of his plan because he certainly wasn't going to go to micromanage it. >> switch into that were supposed to open the questions from the rest of you. you do that prior. >> thank you. [applause] >> will say that you have to wait until the microphone has gotten to you. there's someone over here because this is on the television. >> thank you. your talk was so good that i'm going to forgive you for saying that sub time [inaudible] also, i would like you both if you have to comment on the idea that although olmsted was god intended. and, arguably the origin in the early years of central park not totalitarian. seneca village, take out community attached to this little village. the rules against baseball playing and so forth up until he cast in 1800, he wasn't very working person family. how did the origin in the early tears reflect olmstead's ide

our first call this afternoon, gee evena from milwaukee -- regina from milwaukee on the democrats' line. regina, do we have you? ok. we'll move on to stacy in new york on the independents line. caller: hey, how are you? >> good. go ahead, stacy. caller: i just want to make a comment about the debt. everyone says the richest pays their fair share. how about we just expand the base and have every american who works pay something, even if it's $1 a paycheck, just have somebody put in something so everybody's skin's in the game and stop saying the rich pay their fair share? i'm sick of hearing it. >> thanks, stacy. next, thomasless ina. caller: they said the democrats took their eye off job creation. it's when the corporations and the investors sits on $2 trillion worth of profits and refuse to invest in jobs unless they get a better deal. these corporations are very much like the republicans. they want to hold the american worker hostage. the coincidence is that i live here in norman beach and john mica who earlier the democrat congress mentioned that he stopped funding. he supported a bil

milwaukee won six in the row. >>> in the nfl plaxico burress has gone from jail to the jets.r spent 20 months in prison on a gun conviction, accidentally shot himself in a new york nightclub in 2008. burress signed a reported $3 million deal with the new york jets saying he's grateful to them for giving him a second chance. >>> when we come back another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and cleaning up the beach, all it takes is a lot of hard work by a lot of dedicated people. 's the best job in the w. to be there for them, you've gotta feel your best. that's why i love eating activia every day. activia helps me feel good inside. which helps me be on top of things help regulate your digestive system. love how you feel or your money back. not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. [ female announcer ] we all want cleaner laundry. we all want a world

go to milwaukee. also the fearlessness of the chicago lyndon or fredericksburg. impossibly difficult challenge. i would never do that and he had the guts to do that. do you think this is an experience that has a sense of that? >> i never even thought about that. olmstead was really good friends with william jenny who was the aid to sherman when he was ulysses s. grant's something. they were trying to take vicksburg and came up with a crazy idea of crossing the mississippi river on the louisiana side and wanted to take the fortress city of vicksburg. he had this crazy idea that they should dig trenches and come up and send boats through these towns and take vicksburg from the other side when all of a sudden the union troops come from the side they weren't expected. the plan didn't work but they met during the civil war. they became friends. later, a brilliant engineer in that area if you are an engineer you could turn that into something different so he became one of the early people that built skyscrapers in chicago and olmstead went to chicago and came up with a

she joins us tonight from milwaukee. great to have you all with us. john, let's start with you. there are polls all over the board. give us a sense of what you think the turnout is going to be like tomorrow and the chance the democrats have of unseating these six republicans. >> throw the polls out. you can't poll races that are unprecedented. you have never had anything like this. all we know is both sides are energized. there is energy on the republican side. it strikes me that i have never seen the level of grass roots energy that is going on in races like fred clark up in portage, over in milwaukee where sandy pasch is running. it makes me believe something remarkable could happen tomorrow. we are talking about six republican districts, districts drawn for republicans, they have elected republicans sometimes for generations. if we see these seats fall, one, two, three, four, five, six, if that happens, that will be american history. >> what evidence do you have other than tremendous crowd and enthusiasm, what evidence do you have that it will be a big turn out tomorrow? >> i

we then heard through the milwaukee journal that the labor council had posted a memo saying they were the republican office holders in the parade this year that's where we stand now. today the mayor issued a memo saying that if the labor council wishes to proceed with the parade they will have to pay for the cost of the parade, which before this, it had been paid for by the city of wausau. >> greta: why don't -- do they have a stated reason why they don't want the republican law maker in the parade? >> their stated reason is related to the collective barginning bill. saying they believe that we are not supportive of workers. and they are relating it to our vote earlier this year on the collective barginning issuing -- issue. >> greta: was that to state union workers? did it also affect people in the private workforce? >> it only applied to government workers. it is important to understand that only 15% of the workforce is represented by unions. so they were refering to the wisconsin act 10 where we restricted the collective barginning privileges to wages. and removed the collective ba

suburban milwaukee it does involve, but all of these districts are pretty much rural areas, and for the turnout to be what it is, i think, is really something for the archives. it's really interesting the way this has unfolds, and the polling you were talking about, they don't have anything to measure it against, there's polls all over the place. the real sign we have is the intensity of all of this is the turnout that has been strong all day long, and we should point out, in some districts it has been at presidential levels, such as the case with roberta darling, who really is the closest ally to governor scott walker, who was very involved in writing the anti-union legislation. she is being challenged by sandy pasch whoo is up against almost $9 million. think about that, these are rural areas in wisconsin. i go back to my roots of fargo, north dakota, and i think of senators -- what would he do if he was facing an avalanche of $8 or $9 million, in a rural area, in a small town? i just find it absolutely -- put on the tv, lawrence, without seeing one bad ad over another, you can't turn

as a matter of fact, in some of the wards that i've been in -- because there are ten milwaukee wardsparticular, one ward had 56 votes? our last supreme court race. and in this particular time right now, my last check it was at 700. 700 plus votes. >> wow. >> yes. so people are coming out. we are getting people who have not voted, getting people who have voted normally only in presidential election and we get people who voted all the time. we're going to do this. we're going to send darling walking. i'm loving it. >> you along with senator taylor and 12 others fled the state. you made the ultimate sacrifice in terms of staying out of the state, trying to block this vote, at your own expense, you did this out of your own pockets. >> that's right. >> today is the day that you may be able to score a real victory. how do you feel? and what are you hearing? >> we're really excited. this was a long time in the making, i think from the very beginning, republicans tried to duck accountability, you know? we stepped away to make sure that the people of wisconsin could be heard. every step of th

his streak of 46 consecutive hitless at-bats could be broken tomorrow by the milwaukee brewers' craigounsell, who is for his last 45. his trouble may be linked to his new batting stance, which looks like this. now, up until a few years ago, he actually stood like this. [laughter] actual truth. which made him ineffective against curveballs but deadly against pinatas. meanwhile,, oh, he's going to get that candy. meanwhile, bergen's all-time low batting average of .139 is become challenges by adam dunn, who is currently batting .166. i haven't seen someone with that much trouble getting to first base since me. you will eventually see a girl naked. i promise you. just wait. now, what makes this an even greater achievement is that dunn is the white sox designated hitter. which is like making billy joel your designated driver. [laughter] now, there is one thing... there is one thing that bothers me about this thrill race to the bottom. i find it hard to believe that professional athletes could play baseball this badly. so i'm calling for dunn and counsul to be tested for performance-dimini

everything is working for milwaukee.ple play, josh wilson, and fielder, around to score and out at the plate. triple play and they won 17 of the last 19. marcus ambrose won it but there was plenty of action after the race. final lap here, he attaches the back of david reagan's car. he hits rudiman that car careens violently end over end. rudiman has a score to settle with greg biffle. >> he won't come out of the car. he throws a few baby punches and then he runs and hides. i'll find him. >> don't mess with him. >> no way. >> >>> tonight on "nightline" -- murder in paradise? an american woman still missing in aruba. an american man held in her disappearance.

the meaning of the recall results, we are joined by craig gilbert, washington bureau chief of the "milwaukee journal sentinel" and author of the blog "the wisconsin voter." and, craig, welcome. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you. >> warner: what are the party leaders on each side saying about the result what is what do they say explains them >> well, democrats are saying that they fell short but they that they did something historic. they recalled two republican senators in one election, never happened before in the state of wisconsin and they were fighting upnil districts that leaned republican so that was mig mountain to climb. republicans are pointing out-- quite legitimately-- that democrats put a lot of money and effort into this and fell short. i mean, they fell one seat short of dealing a real body blow to governor walker and his agenda. >> warner: you've been covering wisconsin politics a long time. what do you think explains it? what do you think there the important factors? >> i think one reason democrats did fall short is because they were playing on republican turf,

joining us now to try to get closer to understanding this is charles benson, just outside milwaukee tonightright now he's at the headquarters of republican state senator roberta darling, charles, good to see you, thank you for joining us. >> good to see you, i can make a prediction, but i don't think i'll be right. >> i feel the same way. what's the news like at darling headquarters and what are you hearing in terms of expectations? >> she's a 20-year veteran, but i talked to one republican here who says she's on pins and needles. you're right, no road map for this, no one knows what to expect in an august election. voters are more interested in the brewers and packers and another super bowl. this is not another issue voters are confronted with in august, but in all the money spent in this election, voters are engaged and aware there is a recall election today. they are estimating more than $30 million were spent on these recall elections, some go as high as $40 million. so if you're watching any tv, you know there's an election today. >> in terms of the enthusiasm and the turnout issue, of

one tea party in rockford, illinois, could have a different view than a tea party up in milwaukee, wisconsin. the fundamental similarities are we want to get our country back on track, economically. we want to recognize that the government is making promises it can't keep and we immediate to get serious about the debt and deficit in this country. >> i agree with a lot of republicans. i grew up in the republican party. i completely understand -- >> what happened? >> i studied the issues. let me ask you about the fact of smaller government, less tax. they're popular ideas. i understand the appeal of those. for a long time donald trump was the lead ner the polls because he challenged the president's legitimacy as an american. there is an appeal to the birther stuff. the president had to show his papers to shut it down. what is it in your party that was so focused that you made donald trump the front runner because all he did was raise the birther issue. >> first of all, i didn't make donald trump the front runner. >> he was the leader in the polls. >> hang on a second, chris. i never one time q

milwaukee won it 2-1. the braves have won more games in extra innings than any other team this year. that didn't bode well for the giants. prado ended up with an rbi sing until the 11th. atlanta increased their lead for the wild card with a 2-1 win. white sox and indians needed 14 innings. two aboard, but all they needed was one. juan pierre with an rbi single. white sox walked off with an 8-7 win in 14. pirates and cards after pittsburgh tied it in the ninth. they won it in the 11th. garrett jones, game over, walkoff home run. pirates 5-4 in 11. we saved the best for last. the astros have had a forgettable season. they'll remember this for a while. down three to the cubs. pinch hitter stepped in and stepped out. a walk-off grand slam. just his second home run of his career and first gatorade shower as a pro. the astros won a wild one 6-5. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> most 18-year-

. >>> tempers flare in milwaukee, the sox beat the tribe and a bad throw with a fake steal. kevin durant on the court in harlem. >>> for the lucky few, thunderstorms will cool you off from this amazing heat. your forecast is coming up. >>> well, good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports for both the mets and the marlins it's been the kind of season that makes it not too surprising that the most noteworthy part of last night's game didn't take place on the field. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi there. good morning. many kids dream of playing in the major leagues, but for 11-year-old jacob resnick, he dreams of calling the game. yesterday he got the opportunity of a lifetime. take a listen. >> here's the first pitch in hand, and reyes swings it. back it goes. it's gone! a home run for jose reyes, and the mets tie the game! >> great call by the young jacob resnick. remember that name. he's got a future in this business. to the ninth inning where the mets literally throw this one away. up one. ground

stardom; secretary to the papal nuncio, rector of the american seminary in rome; and archbishop of milwaukeewon over the flock when he gave a homily wearing a green bay packers' cheesehead. baseball, however, is a bit trickier. >> dolan: they asked me when i got here, "are you cardinals, mets, brewers or yankees?" and i said, "when it comes to baseball, i think i can be pro- choice." ( laughter ) >> safer: he lives in a small mansion connected by a tunnel to st. patrick's, where, each day, he must pass his own final resting place, a constant reminder that his path to glory leads but to the grave. >> dolan: and i'm supposed to go here. now, although cardinal egan teases me that he wonders if one is going to be enough, so i don't know what we're going to have to... i might have to rent a space and a half. >> safer: dolan is shepherd to two and a half million catholics, but it's a rapidly changing demographic, with the traditional irish and italians being replaced by hispanics. >> dolan: the most popular shrine in st. patrick's is our lady of guadaloupe. >> safer: nearly 400 parishes that stret

and, of course, when he was working in any of these other places, milwaukee or whatever it might be, again, he was so dependent on the people on the ground. so as you said, he he had to pick well and really hope that these people would do the actual practical work of designing the park, you know, demolition of, you know, blasting rocks and so forth, whatever's necessary, and being true to his plan because he certainly wasn't going to be able to micromanage it. >> exactly. so i think now we're supposed to open to questions from all the rest of you, and i think you do that part. i just sit here. >> well, thank you, tupper. also, if there's any questions -- [applause] >> the rules are that you have to wait until the microphone has gotten to you. there's someone over here. because this is all on the television. >> thank you. your talk was so good that aisle going to for-- i'm going to forgive you for saying that fox was good, in effect, in spite of can of -- [inaudible] [laughter] i would like you both, if you will, to comment on the idea that although olmsted was a devout egalitarian, a

milwaukee leads st. louis by four in the n.l. central. you know the phrase when you're on, you're on. he's dan uggla of the brave sass perfect example. he'll take him any way he can. then an rbi sing until the 11th. atlanta beat florida 4-3. that's an early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the box star battle. plus you may have seen a lot of servicemen and women's emotional surprise homecomings, but you haven't seen one like the one we have coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday. if you're up in washington state on the coast, you might get a little drizzle. but that's the highlight of the forecast today. maybe tucson, southern arizona, an isolated shower or storm. warm in the desert, very warm in the interior val es. on the coast, we continue to be on the cool side. especially around san francisco. only 70 today. l.a. on the coast 74. but once you get closer to the valley, closer to the mountains, you'll probably be in the 80s or 90s. tomorrow looks more of the sa

. >>> well coming up, a triple play in milwaukee, preseason football in texas, and things get ugly in nascar. plus, the twins' jim thome does something only eight people have ever accomplished in baseball history. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, the next storm that we're tracking is now in the northern plains, we'll watch it head to the eastern seaboard over the next two days. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, jim thome smacked his 600th career home run last night. reaching the number faster than anyone else, except babe ruth. here's nbc's fred roggin with more. >> the phrase, it couldn't happen to nicer guy, is widely overused, but not when you're talking about the minnesota twins jim thome. chasing 600 home runs, thome belted number 599 in the sixth inning against the tigers, it gave the twins the lead. an inning later, there it is, number 600. the crowd in detroit gave him a standing ovation and why not. he's just the eighth player in major