another first baseman michael morse up for the final fan vote trailing shane victorino, but morse canull the upset. we still have until tomorrow at 4:00 to vote. vote on mlb.com or our website nbc washington.com. you can also text. i think the text is on our screen right now. and 892969, i think is the number. but you can read it on the screen. to get michael morse to the all-star. sunday he missed the last two games in the starting lineup, but he is in the starting lineup tonight. and his buddy, john lannin is campaigning for the big guy to get to the all-star game. morse is certainly deserving, the 29-year-old having a breakout season. morse is batting .300 with 15 home runs and 46 rbis and he ha come up clutch this season, including hitting a walk-off home run against the padres in may. defensively, morse is solid, as well. he only has one error in 398 chances. bottom line, michael morse should be an all-star. >> it would be a dream come true. that's basically -- you know, you play hard the whole year, and, you know, you play to get to the world series, you play to get to the play

the bunt goes down and morse reaches home plate. michael morse said after the game, i almost got hit. thank the lord right there. top nine, nats still up by one. drew storen on to close it out. the pop-up to left for the final out. he earns his 22nd save and the nats win another one-run game. the nats improve their record to 45-43. >>> the texas rangers beat the orioles 13-5 tonight. >>> at the women's world cup p germany, it's down to the quarterfinals, the knockout stage. on sunday, the u.s. national team plays powerhouse brazil. today, the u.s. lost to sweden. here's how it went down. u.s. coach coaching as her home country of sweden. 32n't minute, fisher takes it and the ball deflects off lapelvet. keeper doesn't have a chance. u.s. down 2-0 at halftime. ouch. 67th minute, same score, u.s. with a corner kick. lauren cheney. check out abbey wambach. the u.s. lose 2-1 to sweden. its first-ever loss in group play at the world cup. the u.s. will play brazil sunday at 11:30 in the quarterfinals. >>> tennis now, castles counting on ve

morse counting his blessings. this time, the squeeze works. gets the bunt down, that's what he meant to do last time. morse crosses home plate and a gutsy call gives the nats a 5-4 lead. could you imagine that? a guy swinging away, you're coming down the third baseline and a guy swinging away? >> no. >> i can't imagine that. it never happened to me when i played. nonetheless. top of the nine, drew store on to close it out facing soriano gets him to pop it up. earns his 22nd save. nats defeat the cubs and improve to 45 and 43. michael morse, how about that squeeze play? >> whew! that was a tough one. that was a first. never seen that happen before. but you know what, in the end, we got the run in. he got the bunt down. that was great. >> the rate we've been going, figured it might be a good time, miss the first one. i've seen it happen before, but thank goodness nothing, you know -- he didn't get one in the chops. came back and it worked. but, you know, it was another interesting ball game. it seems like that's all we play around here is tight,

fortunately ramos fouled the ball back and the ball missed morse and morse didn't get a bat in the teetheither. he was just about ten feet from the plate. here's the kicker, they executed it perfectly during that same at-bat. ramos laying down a bunt and morse scoring. what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats beat the cubs 5-4. >>> michael morse is not a little person. >> no, he's not. >> he's a big guy. thank goodness it ended the way it did. it could have been ugly out there. >> very dramatic and very gutsy to try it again after it failed the first time. >> and worked. go nats. all right, gentlemen, here's a little advice if you're thinking of proposing to your girlfriend. first of all, make sure she says yes. although, can you really make sure she says yes? i don't know. >> no, you can't. and secondly, do it in person. >> yeah, that's an important one. >> listen to this. the dallas cowboys roy williams can attest to that. he put a, listen to this, a $76,000 engagement ring in the mail, along with reported proposal. >> come on! >> talk about a double whammy. first of all hi

ramos executed a nice bunt, and morse scored what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats went on to beat the chicago cubs 5-4. >> he almost got scalped. so good thing it worked the second time. my goodness. >> worse than a baseball in the teeth. >> i know. could be bad. >> it could be bad. 4:51 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. are we getting some rain? i think we need it now. >> yeah, yeah, some of us are getting out. some of the lawns are starting to get a little parched and we could use some. does look like a likelihood of some rain coming in late this afternoon, tonight, and off and on tomorrow. so be prepared for that. right now, no travel problems weatherwise on this thursday morning. right now, we're in the low and mid 70s throughout most of the region. reagan national's now at 74. and weather watchers are reporting mostly clear sky off to our west and north. in fact, out in west virginia, much of western maryland, temperatures have dipped down into the 60s to even upper 50s in a few locations. and around the bay and on the eastern shore, they'r

morse on third. davey johnson calls for the squeeze. bunt goes down perfectly and morse scores easily. they won by one run. shocking, 5-4 the final. >>> birds trying to avoid a sweep in texas at the hands of the rangers. this won't help. elvis andrews liner doesn't get caught. he slams into the wall, ian kinsler scores and the rangers do sweep the birds 13-5 the final. >>> the washington capitals signed troy brower to a two- year $4.7 million contract. this move comes less than two weeks after the right wing was acquired in the trade from chicago. one of the players the caps acquired via free agency was jeff hall pin. the potomac maryland native played seven seasons with washington. the 35-year-old is back with his hometown team signing a one year deal. >> i know i enjoyed playing here before. i think i'm starting to appreciate it more now and being closer to my dad and family and having them get the chance to come to not just games, but practices and be part of it. i'm enjoying every year. >>> the washington castles in philly taking on

morse scored what turned out to be the game winning run. the nats beat chicago 5-4. >>> the wait is over for some lucky harry potter fans. right now, the world premier of deathly hallows part two is underway in london. they have camped out since monday for a chance to see their favorite stars on the red carpet. even the square itself is bewitched for the epic battle for the wizarding world. but nothing could keep those harry potter fans away. >> been here about 72 hours. we've been counting down somewhere. and i'm sunburned from monday and tuesday when it was really hot and now, i'm soaked from when it rained last night, so english weather. >> the enchanted red carpet stretches nearly three quarter of a mile, making it the longest in the world. this is the eighth movie and the final movie in the harry potter series. >>> prince william and princess catherine, visiting the western city of calgary, then off to sunny l.a. where they're getting a hollywood welcome. >> reporter: as they got one step closer to california, they said good-bye to the

. >> clippard may be joined by mike morse. we flashback to last night. drilled in the forearm with a fast bauble. he had to be replaced by a pitch runner. he wasn't in the lineup today, but can still make the all-star team, in which fans determine the final all-star. go to mlb.com to help his cause. >>> today, top of the 1st, pirates send eight batters to the plate. overbay with a base hit to center. one scores. top of the 2nd, not a lot better. jones with two on, flies one over center. two more score. gives up four more runs, three earned. pirates bat around, took an 8-0 lead and marquis was pulled after one and a third. top of the 4th, 8-2. that is a defensive play of the game. unfortunately, it comes at a 10- 2 loss. afterwards, marquis on his shortest outing of the season. >> been through this before. it happens. it will happen. not happy about it. putting the team behind early. put a little extra pressure on the bullpen. they did a great job. >>> nationals received more bad news today. bottom of the 6th. werth drilled in the left wrist and he immedi

. >> i'm going to be the campaign manager for michael morse.s my boy. >> i love it. >> first baseman. trying to get him to the all-star game. >> who is going? >> i'll tell you right,000. one big league manager describes nats r. leaver tyler clifford like this. he's the guy with the funny glasses that pitches all the time. well, now the guy with the funny glasses is an all-star for the first time in his career. clipper's 57 strikeouts ranks second among major leaguers. morse is among five national league players for the national fan vote. meantime, nats wrapping up their series against the pirates today. and when clipered found out he made the all-star team he said pretty shocking, pretty awesome. jason marquee facing andrew mccutchen with a man on. he drives one into right center. andrew mccutchen not on the all-star team. that might be a snub. garrett jones scores. part of a five-run second. marquee lasted an inning and a third. gave up six earned runs. ouch. top four, colin balancester in. this is the play of the game. roger bernardina on the

he missed the charging morse, though, luckily. the nats weren't ready to give up. they tried the same stunt later in that at-bat and executed it perfectly. more scoring what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nationals beat the chicago cubs 5-4. good for them. >> uncomfortably close, though. >> the squeeze -- the suicide squeeze is always scary. >> michael morse is a big guy. look at that soupy sky, joe. >> that is really a mess. let's go to tom kierein. we've got fog and humid. >> and dim sun. and that's some fog. right now. we have had it thickening up over the last few hours. so watch out for that. there's some patchy fog around and temperatures in the low to mid 70s. right now, 74 at reagan national. we'll have this patchy fog about us for the next few hours. and then we'll get some sunshine over right now it's clear over the fog. we'll get that sunshine breaking out this morning with hazy sun into early afternoon. we'll climb quickly. it will be in the upper 80s by noontime and low and mid 90s by midafternoon. it is going to be a hot and humid day. the

i have that answer, plus jason werth is the latest on being hit by a pitch, and michael morse, as welland highlights from the mystics, and orioles. will? >> i'm glad you liked our story. would you tell me if you didn't? >> anything with a happy ending is good. >> that's it for us. fox five is always on, myfoxdc.com. sports xtra is coming your way in two minutes. 

and michael morse needs votes. >>> top of the 2nd, nats down 3- 0.ith two on flies one over the outfielder's head. gave up 7 runs six were earned. bottom of the 7th, 8-0. deep to left for a homerun. he would add a double, but not much else went right for the nationals today. they fall 10-2. >>> the orioles in atlanta against the braves. when mark reynolds is up, it's either a strikeout or homer. this time a homer. his third in two days. also the game winning hit as the birds edge the braves 5-4, ending a five game losing streak. >>> wimbledon final, nadal, a 20 match winning streak in wimbledon. tracks down the dropped shot and replies with one of his own. djokovic wins. he'll be ranked number one tomorrow for the first time ever. >>> the mystics hosting the seattle storm. 3-point play brought them to within 5. mystic fall 73-63. >>> coming up tonight on sports extra, why one terrapin player is working with nfl trainer. >> what a mess. >> we'll tell you all about it. >>> how would you like to have this as a problem? a run away baboon. how would you l

morse singles up the middle. barney hits an rbi double to right. he is a strong up and comers. this is the worse lonely in nats-expos history. >> you can charge that to me. i tried to save some guys in the bullpen. i felt that if he could get me through six, i could save a bunch of people. >> mike morese lost the vote for the final spot on the all-star team. victorino will join the team. he is joined by a konerko. wang looks like he could return to the majors in a matter of weeks. he has not pitched in the majors since 2009. he threw his sinker as hard as 92 miles per hour. he will make his next start in five days. the orioles are in boston. we go to fenway for what would be a mirage of home runs. adrian gonzales, that is a home run. it may be a bit too soon to ask the miami heat fans if nowitzki is the game'is greatest. ali sent dirk some boxing clubs with the inscription who you are the greatest. he was flattered. that be a sign of things to come. williams said that he plans to play in turkey if the nba lockout does not solved by the fall. >> honest. [ female announcer ] keur

morse came back with staofrpblgts we stole that from the french? >> he was inspired but something he had seen in france before the teledbrf. he brought back photography. he didn't invent it but he had seen it. the frenchman who developed photography -- >> stephen: i think that was kodak. i think it was an american guy named kodak. >> they brought back medical practice and training and education that transformed american medicine and they brought back novels they wrote, architectural abilities which are reflected in all of our cities. from their training at the ecole they brought back statues and music and it changed us. and they brought back -- one of them brought back a very important idea about treating afterran americans the same we treat everybody else. that was charles sumner. >> stephen: in france was there no slavery? >> he was working how the student it's sore boon were treated no -- sorbonne that were after karen american were treated no differently. >> stephen: before you go, i just want to say that everyone knows you are the narrator of

morse came back with staofrpblgts we stole that from the french? he was inspired but something he had seen in france before the teledbrf. he brought back photography. he didn't invent it

sadly it was not the nats mike the morse. the fans voted for the phillys victorino instead. nats going for the four-game sweep of the cubs looking great when wilson ramos slams one into the right field corner, two runs score and the nats jump out to an 8-0 lead. you heard me right, 8-0. when we move to the 7th the lead has been cut to 8-6. roger bernadina helps keep it there, going horizontal and robbing starling castro of extra bases. later in the inning shawn burnett in, carlos pena out. two-run bomb to the right and stunningly that 8-0 lead is gone tied at 8. moved to the 9th, tied at 9. a hit off rodriguez and this is trouble. there's a score and the nats lose their largest lead in franchise history. they fall 10-9. davey thompson, what in the world did you say to your team afterwards? >> i said a few words and i said a few more, but that one you can chalk up to me. i just was trying to save some guys in the bullpen and thinking they were overworked and didn't want my closer scoring and felt if he could just get me through six, i could probably save a bunch of people, di

for a good evening this is artsy morse code skirvin and here it's of course nine pm moscow time and our top story the first funerals of healthy russians republic of tartar stand as the country mourns victims of sunday's pleasure cruise a sinking on the volga river over ninety deaths have been confirmed so far many of them children meanwhile the search for dozens of bodies trapped under water continues. for the lower house of the french parliament votes to extend the military campaign in libya that's well analysts highlighting consistencies in paris is from think attempts to find ways out of the law including a recent suggestion that the rebels have negotiated with colonel gadhafi. and wiki leaks founder julian assange is back in a london court fighting an earlier decision to extradited to sweden over sex crime allegations but his supporters say the case is just a pretext handed over to the u.s. . that's coming up now on r.t. award winning report for you about how whole communities in america's west virginia were driven arthur land by flooding and landslides resulting from a mountain top

michael morse ties the game at 9. but then the cubs score one more and keep the lead. the nats lose a heartbreaker 10-9. yikes. up 8-0? how does this happen? >> that would be a good question. if they could figure that out, maybe it wouldn't happen again. let's go to tom kierein, to find out when the storms might happen around here today on this friday. here's tom from the stormcenter. >> good morning, eun and joe. >>> right now we don't have storms around the region. overnight, there were heavy downpours across northern maryland, up around baltimore. they had to rescue people out of swift water up there a few hours ago. now those storms are long gone. we have a partly to mostly cloudy sky around the region. low to mid-70s throughout much of the area. right now around 4:41 on this friday morning. 77, reagan national, prince george's, montgomery, fairfax, arlington counties in the low 70s. heavy downpours. see the moving color in northern maryland. those have dissipated quite a bit. there's quite a bit of rain in the ohio valley down into kentucky. that's going to be com

michael morse. the nats take a 6-0 lead, later go up 8-z. top seven it's 8-6 nats. todd coffey pitching to starling castro, into the gap in left. roger bernadina dives and makes this sensational snag. love that play. >> that's good stuff. >> that was the first out of the inning. >> my goodness! >> exactly, he does that all of the time. two batters later, sean burnett in facing carlos pena with a man on leaves it up in the zone and that's what pena is a professional hitter, says thanks very much. we're tied at eight. it's the largest blown lead in nationals' history. bottom eight, nats trail 9-8. michael morris who didn't win the final vote for the all-star game, delivers. run or third, base knock back up the middle. that plates roger bernadina. nats tie the game at nine. top of the ninth now, same score, henry rodriguez facing darwin barney and the little dude comes up big for the cubs. runner on second, two outs and shoots one into the right field corner. tony campana scores. chicago takes a 10-9 lead. with two outs. bottom nine, last chance for the nats, roger ber

michael morse. >> yep, fans voted for the phillies' shane victorino instead. pitcher tyler clippard remains the nats' lone representative. that's in the fair. >> it is not fair. show me the rest. >> let's get to it. nats going for the four game sweep of the cubs and it looked great when wilson ramos into the corner. nats take the 8-0 lead. but, ooh, this was a stinker, the nats lose their largest lead in franchise history, falling 10-9. this was a close one. johnson, what did you say to the team afterwards? >> i said a few words and i'll say a few more. but that one -- you chalk up to me. i mean, i -- i was just trying to save some guys in the bullpen that i think had been overworked. i didn't have my closer storen and just get me through six i could probably you know, save a bunch of people. didn't work out. >>> on to football news and the labor -- news and the labor talks. >> that's right, the nfl owners and players association met again in new york for 12 hours and went deep into the evening last night. the major sticking point is how to divide revenues for

a point about mr morse like he took i would just suggest going back to the latest a killing of a scientist now whoever is behind the murder surely they can't hope to stop iran's entire nuclear program just by killing scientists one by one. well you know as i said iran has managed since the victory of these law makers evolution to create a huge pool of scientists in all fields agriculture. you know in terms of mechanics in terms of. science space science aerospace and nuclear technology and this was perhaps just another shot across the bow for you ron to watch its that. and to refrain from whatever it is that everybody else in the west happens to think that iran is up to but i repeat this i would as a. journalist who is deeply opposed to nuclear weapons. if a comes up with one iota of evidence that iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program i'll be the first in line to condone it to to can then it but i'm afraid i have not come up with this and but we've had from the united states so far has been a lot of quite frankly questionable evidence about iran's nuclear energy program and they're ju

this week's top news of grief and despair in norway as the country morse the victims of its first ever terrorist attack a suspect tells police the ninety three deaths were quote new song but necessary. the e.u. reaches out a helping hand to greece agreeing on a new bailout but fears remain about the future of the euro as thousands protest in spain against the government's handling of its own the national books. and rupert murdoch faces investigation of the u.s. into more alleged phone hacking by his media firm and that's after he was grilled in britain over the scandal that has shaken the police politicians and the press. all from challengers on earth to those in the space r.t. sophie shevardnadze interviews one of the first humans to set foot on the moon. well he told r.t. that the lunar landing is the most important part of an astronaut's mission his interview is up next. it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us here today thanks so i always wanted to ask you are we alone out there. there is no evidence that is that. we're not alone but i really think to get to the questio

temperatures will be in the 80's at ocean city. , morse humid on saturday. a nice day and partly cloudy. 92 on sunday. rain chances increase for some scattered storms. a few isolated storms with the highest chance will be south of us on monday. the fourth looks good for us. the humidity will be dropping as well. >> 39 million americans estimated to be traveling this july 4 holiday weekend. kate amara has more on the troubled outlook. >> with gas prices about $1 higher per gallon, more americans are staying home for the holiday. >> the gas prices are high. >> i think the gas went down below a bit but it is still expensive. >> more americans are staying home this fourth of july weekend. 1 million more. according to aaa, gas prices are too blamed. >> down 3% compared to a year ago. we're expecting 33 americans to take the road. >> aaa says driving skills dominate the fourth with 84% of holiday travelers hitting the road to correct we're trying to nantucket. >> 44% of travelers said the rising cost of gasoline will lead to pinching pennies elsewhere this weekend

nato or has been executed with their complicity in cooperation and honesty and that we should use morse i d e u has made things in and imagine we were still recognize in your vision and it is true that has actually no interest in any sort of dialogue it came to power through violence it has conducted widespread and cleansing its original you're not only in populations it has been rewarded for a white spirit orem of syrians in march two thousand and four and he has basically showed what we can behave in a civilized fashion going into it we need to ration independence and know this so i guess the new mission is there to facilitate penance contrary to international law and use the rules so obviously there's a message here someone making it is a mess that the europeans and nato. decently needed and need to fix. you're with are to north korea's north diplomat is in the united states as part of attempts to restart negotiations on the country's disputed nuclear program and due to meet with american officials on thursday and said he remains optimistic that ties with the u.s. will improve becaus

we're facing rather unpleasant situations when it can be interpreted in most different ways i think morse code in paris and other u.n. security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. here without a live from moscow now the french finance minister christine legarde has been elected as the new chief of the international monetary fund this week but there is concern that a european in charge of the i.m.f. will spell even more western bias and unfair privileges. nature can explains christine lagarde appointment keeps a european at the head of the world's top lender keeping the long held tradition intact and in a debt crisis having one of its own chairing the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe i think that my intimate knowledge of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guard's main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her appointment would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there

he has 57 strikeouts in 46 innings, and he could be joined by mike morse who is in the final player vote chosen online by fans. >>> to wimbledon in england. rafael nadal taking on something other than no federer. novak djokovic in complete control here. but then in the end. novak was just too strong. blanketing the grass. championship point. novak with his first wimbledon title. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great day everybody. >> first lady michelle obama will be at tomorrow's game with the national and cubs. part of an event honoring military families. no word if the chicago native will root for her hometown team or for ours. >> there's enough love to go around. >> absolutely. >> up next, the latest on the major power outages in virginia. >> the national mall is the place to be tonight. what you need to know before you get there including the best ways to get there. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lay on one of those, if you want a s

this is a time capsule and it capsule lats the racial morse of the day. if we ignore history we are doomed to something, something. i forgot how the old adage goes. it is still something to think about. >> on a serious note here, just remember that it wasn't too many years before this movie was done that we were at war with the japanese. it took a longtime to use the word jap all the time. i wasn't alive, believe it or not, but somebody asked if i ever covered calvin cool ledge. -- coolidge. but my brother was in the movie "pearl harbor" and i just saw it the other night. there was a lot of animosity toward japanese-americans. it is true. >> the one thing i don't like about the woman in the petition is that she assumes that we don't understand that it is bigoted. it is just like, oh, she has to take it -- >> that's what all sensors say. they are like, i know better. these people don't get it. they can't think for themselves, so i have to edit it for them. from you offended by something, you don't participate. she has a right to do this partition. well, th

. >> i was told that the inmates in this -- on this side were actually flashing their lights sos, morse code. looking for the outside to come in and help them. >> you can hear the yelling and screaming and, you know, people yelling for help. >> inmates, i heard, were tied up on these railings and thrown over and hung. some were just tossed off from mainly the third tier, the tier above us. this black mark is actually the outline of a body of an inmate used to the remainder of the torch on. i think his name was perry. he had a lot of enemies in population. that outline there on the floor is permanently there. it will not come up. >> some of the groups that were holding the officers hostage were attacked by other groups of inmates. the hostages were taken from them, dressed in inmate clothes, slipped out of the prison and subsequently, those prisoners that did that got pardons. >> after a 36-hour stand-off, exhausted, hungry and freezing, inmates surrendered to the national guard. >> when it finally was over, we came in with the national guard, the state police. and we rushed in and first

and current first baseman michael morse has a chance to be named to the team as well. the slugger is part of the final man competition. to make sure he makes the team, you can head to nationals.com and vote for him. >>> little pop quiz for you on this fourth of july. what year did the u.s. declare its independence, and from what country did we become independent? >> this is a shocking and somewhat depressing poll that shows a large number of americans do not know the answers to either questions. according to the marist poll, only 51% of americans know the united states declared its independence in 1776. 24% did not know that america broke away from great britain. and the future of america could be a little in jeopardy because the age group that got the lowest score on both questions, well, they were adults under the age of 30. >> pretty sad. this is like one of those jay walking segments on the jay leno show. people said france, china, japan, mexico, and spain. >> we declared our independence from all of them? from any one of those or all of them. >> orgy but djibouti

not only did ulf, i felt the tremendous morse. i felt it reverberate through my body. we are the conduit for those at home, i was moved to tears witnessing that four-person crew going up on the final launch of the shuttle program. it is incredible. "atlantis" has traveled other 115 million miles. it is the lightest in the fleet. it was built at a rapid pace because nasa learned so much from building the prior shuttles that came before. we know that 14 souls lost their lives in the shuttle program. and to watch it continue and to learn from mistakes and get to this point 30 years later, incredible challenges. it takes your breath away. it is something that we should all be so very proud of. we often think of the baby boomers who hold the pride of america. you and i are younger than the baby boomer generation, for sure. but this is something we all can be proud of. i certainly hope that young children are watching or were able to watch this as i was able to watch as a child growing up in text and have such pride to know that i was a part of -- this was a part of my ameri

michael morse ties the game at 9.n the top of the ninth, the cubs store one more and this time keep the lead. nationals lose a heartbreaker 10-9. what a bummer. >>> let's talk about bad manners. number one women's tennis player caroline wozniacki was about to serve match point when a cell phone started ringing. she was about to serve, but it just kept going. turns out it belonged to her opponent. how bad is that? in the middle of wimbledon. how bad was that? it only delayed the inevitable. wozniacki won the next point and then the match. >> talk about bad form. >> it's just embarrassing. can you imagine? everybody's looking around, and you're the one that goes over to the bag. >> exactly. >> ouch. >>> our time is 5:27. coming how do i deal with joint pain?. [ male announcer ] introducing icy hot naturals with natural menthol. it's gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away fast. new icy hot naturals. >>> history in the making. the shuttle "atlantis" is on the launch pad, but it's yet to be seen whether it will liftof

morse most of this happens on landing. and most, such as this accident in jamaica in 2009, are not fatal. the passengers on the caribbean airlines flight in guyana were indeed lucky. there was no fire, and the jet stopped just short of a 200-foot ravine. and another key question this morning, did the pilots forget to open the flaps on the end of the wings? that would have been critical for slowing the plane down on landing. it does appear from the pictures that those may not have been deployed. the black boxes have been recovered and the national transportation safety board is expected to head down to guyana today to help in this investigation. >> a lot of clues to look at. lisa stark, thank you ry much for your reporting this morning. >>> moving on to another big story this morning. there's a lot of hopeful speculation that two young americans imprisoned in iran could finally be set free very soon. these two young hikers who were arrested when they say they mistakenly crossed in iran two years ago are set to appear in cou

bottom eight, nats trail, 9-8, morse up. base up the middle. nats tie the game at 9. maybe a comeback here from them. but in the top of the ninth, same score, rodriguez facing darwin barney with a runner on second, two outs, and barney shoots one into the right field corner and tony campana scores. the cubs rally from eight runs down to beat the nats 10-9, the final tonig final. tonight they take on the rockies and davy johnson, the manager said that was my mistake, left him on too long. >> must be hard to see that happen. you can see him coming. got to be terrible. thanks. >>> coming up, a look at the future of >>> nasas final flight is under way now. while there won't be anymore shuttle missions, a company right here in the d.c. area can get you a seat on a russian rorkt. derrick ward has the story. >> reporter: the last liftoff for a space shuttle. the program has brought success and sorrow and a sense that there is more of a chance for nonastronauts to fly into space. >> it's because more people who look like more of us and who might be like more of us, who are me

for your morse part--for the most part it is in the '70s here is what you can expect tonight and into tomorrow. the fog will continue this evening we will see drizzling for the bayshore and into tomorrow morning. by the afternoon the similar situation to what we see today. breezy and mild, but we will warm up in a little bit i will have details coming up. >> the budget battle continues to take its toll on oakland, the city is handing out pink slips to 56 of its employees because of the new budget that was signed this month. while the number of layoffs is lower than first expected, aubrey aquino tells us that the cuts will make the city a little less easy on the eyes. >> workers are responsible for the public appearance and to police the illegal dumping are being hit hardest by the lay offs. sciu1021 president said they were glad to help ease the number of cuts. >> we were able to spare the citizens of severe reductions but we also feel that some of the reductions will also be very impact full on how services are delivered. >> one of those are gardeners that maintain public parks. >> a

. >> reporter: dan morse of the "washington post" obtain the emace and spoke with landeros over the phonegame to him? >> i don't know that i would characterize it as a game. i think he's a confident person. confident when he's talking to me, professor markham's girlfriends who met him said he seemed confident and that's certainly the posture he's taking with the detectives. >> reporter: we tried to contact jorge landeros over the phone with e-mail and facebook messages. we've not heard from him. his attorney won't comment on the complaint or affidavit. in his conversations with the "washington post" landeros denied killing suan markham saying he wasn't in the u.s. at the time of her murder. police won't say much about any extradition deal with mexican authorities, only that they are working through the process. joe? >> cnn's brian todd reporting. >>> just back from syria, cnn's hala gorani hosts "john king usa" at the top of the hour. hear the remarkable stories from her visit. and just ahead, we're with the royals in canada. cnn's max foster meets the duke and duchess of cambridge. >>> w

he is one of, not to be too much of a morse blackmon, but he's one of the people that i do follow so too. and again, thank you all for coming. i appreciate it. [applause] >> for more information visit davidsirota.com. >> recently booktv spoke with south caroline jason ryan, the author of "jackpot" during our tour of south carolina. >> we are in the marshes outside charleston, south carolina, about 30 miles north of the city. these marshes have been potty with a number of outlaws. first pirates such as blackbird used the nearby rivers to hide. then this blockade runners bring in new supplies to confederate troops but after that and early 20th century it was the rum runners smuggling and uncle. more recent instead and 80 it was the marijuana smugglers who use these marshes bring in ton after ton of pot. it wasn't an easy job. as you can see the tides can change drastically. we have a much that we difficult to walk through when coming to grab bales of pot being unloaded from a boat. they would make their way through the capillaries hoping not to get their boat stuck in the mud. if they

. >> according to robert morse, the rankings are fair because they're based on a combination of reputationthe many factors students consider before deciding on a school. we hit the streets to find out what students thought, the results were mixed. >> there's always that, don't know, strive to get into the school that's ranked one higher than the next. >> i think in my opinion it's kind of stupid, yeah. it is. because it shouldn't be that way. >> the college ranking might easily sway a college student to choose one school over another. >> biased. yeah, a little bit biased, tainted, kind of stereotypical. but important. >> we believe that we're producing something for consumers, that's our main mission. i don't think it's this pivotal force in admissions even though it's a factor. >> what it does is it turns students into customers, education into product, and gaining admission to the most selective college a prize that must be won. >> steve, obviously parents and student have a lot to consider before picking the right college. what's the best way to go about it? >> this is a tough time, and