brock myers' day is done. he'll be at shortstop tomorrow, in the united states/japan showdown for the little league world series title. tip of the hat for brock myers, kra still alive down ten. nobody out. still alive down ten. nobody out. cstill alive down te. nobody out. astill alive down te. nobody out. >> karl: back with nomar garciaparra. karl ravech. we rolled past 6:00 in the east and tennessee is rolling towards the world series championship game. brock myers did it on the mound. nomar. >> nomar: he sure did. showed some composure. you know the california lineup will be tough. swung the bat really well. utilized the fact that his team was throwing strikes and pounding that zone. >> karl: great job by brock myers. ryan lyle trying to get the final three outs of that game. kempton brandis is on the mound for the team from petaluma, california. lyle's first pitch is down. ball one. >> nomar: that ball of bradley smith was hit so hard. he's now at first base, wrapping up what has been a remarkable little l

brock myers' day is done. he'll be at shortstop tomorrow, in the united states/japan showdown for the little league world series title. tip of the hat for brock myers, kra still alive down ten. nobody out. still alive down ten. nobody out. cstill alive down te. nobody out. astill alive down te. nobody out. >> karl: back with nomar garciaparra. karl ravech. we rolled past 6:00 in the east and tennessee is rolling towards the world series championship game. brock myers did it on the mound. nomar. >> nomar: he sure did. showed some composure. you know the california lineup will be tough. swung the bat really well. utilized the fact that his team was throwing strikes and pounding that zone. >> karl: great job by brock myers. ryan lyle trying to get the final three outs of that game. kempton brandis is on the mound for the team from petaluma, california. lyle's first pitch is down. ball one. >> nomar: that ball of bradley smith was hit so hard. he's now at first base, wrapping up what has been a remarkable little l

good job by myers over there. by rucker and two men are down. >> karl: pretty quick inning so far, for luke brown. >> nomar: looks just like the last inning. >> karl: it did. they got three, two outs in the last inning. they need nine now. ball one. logan douglas, last chance for the very game group from petaluma, california. nope. 2-0. outside. they trailed again going to the bottom of the sixth by ten runs and tied it. then they gave up nine. on the line, the united states little league championship. in the most remarkable and memorable game. ball four.

good job by myers over there. by rucker and two men are down. >> karl: pretty quick inning so far, for luke brown. >> nomar: looks just like the last inning. >> karl: it did. they got three, two outs in the last inning. they need nine now. ball one. logan douglas, last chance for the very game group from petaluma, california. nope. 2-0. outside. they trailed again going to the bottom of the sixth by ten runs and tied it. then they gave up nine. on the line, the united states little league championship. in the most remarkable and memorable game. ball four. it's nearing 7:00 in the east. do

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myers with surge. although you could get more up here in the everglades as the winds span this way for a while. as the storm turns away, the chance to get the surge this way, that storm will be too far away to surge into tampa at this point. that's good news for the people that are there in tampa and the loved ones at home worrying about them in wisconsin and michigan and places that never see a hurricane, ever. fred? >> all right. thanks so much. keep us posted on that, chad, appreciate i >> you're welcome. >> southwest florida, they are starting to feel some of what john zarrella described there. brian todd is in naples on the west side. brian, what are emergency officials saying there? >> fredericka, what they're saying is what concerns them the most is this turns into a complete rain event here, they are worried mostly about a sudden change in the angle of this storm. if it veers from the west, changes angles and comes in here more quickly, if it changes in intensity fairly quickly, which it could

myers say... their mission is the same. (myers) "we're there to help people, to give them comfort, give them a place to stay, find places for them to rrcuperate and help them get on with their lives.. lives."myers... and his wife... libby... are... expected to be ...in... mississippi... for... 3---weeks. maryland ...health officials... confirm...//: the... first death... this yeer... from... west nile virus.../. nationwide,.../ there's... been a spike... in... the number of cases ... in... the past ... week...// kathleen cairns... jjins us.../ with... the... very latest.../ concerning maryland../ kathheen. health officials do describe it as alarming. they say the 13 cases reported in maryland so far are widespread, with cases reported in every region. without a particular hotspot to watch out for, they recommend eeeryone use precaution. maryland has 13 cases of west nile.. and one fatality. while, nationwide there have been 66 deaths... and more pten half the cases are in texas. the c.d.c. is concerned because there has bee

i'm drafting bristol-myers. the twicker was filled with bristol-myers.s a terrific track record developing new drugs and it's already fallen off the patent cliff already. the biggest drug plavix, which was responsible for a third of the company sales went generic. now it's in the past and bristol-myers is paying you to wait for the next generation of blockbusters i feel confident. there is another reason we are picking them and it's opportunistic. you are getting a fabulous entry point in the stock. just the opposite of apple. while the overall market ran a goodly amount bristol-myers pulled back more than 10% or had $5 billion shaved off its market capitalization. the reason? bristol-myers has a hepatitis c drug that's experienced an adverse event in clinical trials. patient taking the drug developed heart failure. we don't know whether or not it has a link with the drug but it has to be taken seriously. it is a set-back. is it a $5 billion set-back? no way. bristol-myers paid just $2.5 billion to acquire inhibitex. that makes this latest sell-off unnec

this spring myers published his latest novel "all the right stuff" set again in harlem. he tells story of a young man trying to find direction in his life. in the meantime myers will continue to proselytize in his role as a reading ambassador. his mantra, he says, "reading is not optional." >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day, it was day four of the london olympics, and a big one for american athletes in gymnastics and swimming. bipartisan leaders in congress agreed to keep the government funded through next march, avoiding a possible shutdown at the end of september. and a sweeping blackout hit india, affecting a region with more than half the country's population of 1.2 billion. next week, a new visitor lands on mars. kwame holman explains. >> holman: the countdown is on. nasa's rover, named "curiosity," arrives on the red planet early monday. on our science page, we look at the nine-month journey, the purpose of the mission, and how difficult the landing might be. plus, you can pose questions to economist larry kotlikoff, author of the wildly popular bl

. >> ifill: plus jeffrey brown talks with author walter dean myers about his books for young people and his mission to get more of them reading. >> the positive thing i can give them is their own presence, acknowledging them. i know where you are coming from. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: this was a day of medals and milestones for u.s. athletes at the london olympics. we take a look now at some of what went on, including marquee results from the competition. spoiler alert: if you don't want to know the results just yet, you might want to tune out for a moment. gray skies and puddles didn't keep the crowds away

greg and libby myers... who spent weeks in new orleans after hurricane katrina... will be among the many volunteers helping those affected by hurricane isaac. while damage from isssc is not say their mission is still the same. 3&(myers) "we're there to help peopll, to give them comfort, give them a place to stay, find places for them to recuperate ann help them get on with their lives." lives."myers and his wife libby are expected to beein mississippi for up to 3 weeks. 3 the man suspected n the deaths of 12 people in a colorado movie theater tried contacting a psychiatrist... just nine minutes before the sh. shooting.defense attorneys made the revelation thursday during a ourt hearing about his relationship with a psychiatrist. attorneys said holmes tried to get in touch with doctor lynne fenton through the university of colorado switchboard on july 20th.fenton also testified thursday that she contacted campus pplice because she was "so concerned" abouu her last meettng with holmes.it was also revealed that the university of iowa rejected holmes' graduate school a

the four-month vp vetting process involved only a handful of top aides, supervised by both myers. myers explained the painstaking process, several years of tax returns were locked in a safe inside romney's boston headquarters each night. myers says romney made his decision august 1st and wanted to offer paul ryan the job in person, but how to get them together instead of flying directly into boston sure to raise reporters' eyebrows, the campaign booked him on a flight to hartford, two hours away where the wisconsin congressmen was picked up in an suv by myers' 19-year-old son. rye yachb went undetected the entire why. why was it so important to keep the secret to the last minute? to maximize fund-raising and crowds. in the last two days, mitt romney has had his most enthusiastic audiences all campaign. >> reporter: in the first 24 hours, the campaign says it raised nearly $3.5 million online. just one day before the announcement ryan snuck out the back door of his home, marching through these woods where he played as a child to a nearby street where he was picked up by an aid and

myers says romney made his decision august 1st. how to get them together instead of flying directly into boston the campaign booked ryan on a flight to hartford two hours away where the wisconsin congressman was picked up in a rented suv by myers 19-year-old son. ryan went undetected the entire way. >> why is it so important to keep this republican secret until the last minute? to maximize fundraising and crowds. mitt romney has had enthusiastic audiences. the campaign says it raised roughly $3.5 million online. just one day before the announcement ryan snuck out the back door of his home marching through these woods to a nearby street where he was picked up by an aid and wisked off on a private jet to north carolina. the ryan family hid out in a hotel eating takeout. that night ryan did let one other person in on his secret calling his mom hours before stepping out on to the national stage. peter alexander, nbc news. >>> we want to bring you the guy who broke the news about the pick, chuck todd. the dems think there is traction to

myers says romney made the decision august 1st and wanted to offer paul ryan the job in person. but how to get them together? instead of flying directly in to boston sure to raise reporter's eyebrows, the campaign booked ryan to hartford two hours away where the wisconsin congressman was picked up at a rented suv by myers' 19-year-old son. dressed in a ball cap, sunglasses and jeans, ryan went undetected the entire way. why was it so important to keep this new republican ticket secret until the very last minute? the maximize fund raising and crowds. and the last two days with paul ryan by his side, mitt romney's had the most enthusiastic crowds in his entire campaign. the campaign said it raised roughly $3.5 million online, about the same amount it reported on an average day last month. just one day before the announcement, ryan snuck out the back door of his home marching through these woods where he played as an a child to a nearby street and picked up by an aide and whisked off on a private jet to north carolina. in the final hours, ryan family hid out in a nondescript hotel

and coast.greg and libby myers... will be among the many volunteers helping those affected by hurricane isaac. while amage from issac is not nearly s severe... the myers say their mission is still the same. (myers) "we're there to help people, to give them comfort, give them a place to stay, find places for them to recuperate and help them get lives."myers and his wife libby are expected to be in mississippi for up to 3 weeks. if you're headee outton the water this labor day weekend... the department of natural esources is reminding boaters to beeprepared for remnants of hurricane isaac. be prepared for high tides, debris and missing or misplaced navigational aids. d-n-r encourages you to inspect yyur boat for damage before leaving the dock. when severe weather hhts... it's important to have a plan... even if you're a stuffed animal. take a look at this picture... aken by a isaac.when he went ome to e &pcheck on thiigs there... he found this list of rules his 8- year old ddughter ashley left for her stuffed animals. t

myers, that includes sandbags. >> this storm surge is what we're concerned with. we're very anxious about this. >> nerves are on end where preparations continue. but events are scheduled for monday where the first national convention has been pushed back until tuesday because of the storm. >> i think if the chairman thinks it's better, i'm all in favor of it. >> emergency teams are ready to move in when isaac moves through. >> there are over 100 red cross workers in the state of florida right now. as the storm decides where to go, we're mobile and able to move those resources as quickly as possible. the current track shows the storm growing to a category 2 hurricane with 100 mile an hour winds before entering florida. >> there's a lot of fuel out there for the hurricane and it could easily intensify, holding things together. >> holding things together could become increasingly difficult as conditions take a turn for the worse. jay grey, nbc news, ft. myers. >> forcing republicans to change their plans for the national convention in florida this coming week. they'r

and we'll be checking in with chad myers momentarily.et's go to john zarrella who's there in key west. now it's starting to look like a vacation where you are. >> well, not quite, fredericka. i would prefer not to come down here even in a tropical storm. but, yes, it's certainly much different than it was. you can see how calm the water is behind us, the trees are barely blowing over there at the -- over at that hotel complex, the palm trees barely waving right now. we're on a protected side of the island. that's part of the reason why it is as calm as it is. you're right, storms move by us. take a look at how it was when i was out here just a couple of hours ago, in that video back around 2:30 this afternoon. it was quite, quite different as we were blowing around and the wind was howling and the boats were bobbing behind me as well as all of the channel markers and you could really sense the feeling that you were in sort of that leading edge of the core of the storm. and you know, for the folks down here, for the folks down here in key

want to bring in our meteorologist now, cnn's chad myers in the severe weather center. exactly, chad, where is this storm officially expected, when and where to make landfall? >> it probably made landfall just a few minutes ago right near ft. jefferson near an island in the key west chain, but there's not a bridge there so you have to take a boat. key west is right there. that's the end. and tmoving right over the top f that into the gulf of mexico here. and that water right here is hot. that's all i can say about it. very, very warm. we are still seeing quite a few rain bands coming onshore here across parts of south florida. any one of those bands can rotate and you may hear the tornado sirens at any time tonight. get ready for that. may want to sleep in an interior hallway if you don't like that whatsoever. i know you guys are just talking about the irony of katrina. >> yeah. >> let me show you something that might make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. >> really. >> yeah. here we go. here's where we are. here's where we were at 11:00 on this night seven ye

robbins and myers shareholders would get $60 per share. robbins and myers stock shot up 27.4% to a new high, closing just shy of the buyout offer price. national-oilwell shares gained a fraction, rising to a three-and- a-half month high. coal stocks saw some heavier volume, as their shares prices pick up from multi-year lows last month. alpha natural resources jumped 15.1%. consol energy gained 6.4%. peabody energy was up 6.3%. the miners have cut back on coal supply as prices dropped. four of the five most actively traded e.t.f.'s were higher. the loser was the financial sector e.t.f., slipping a penny. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: the hot dry weather through much of the united states is behyped a big jump in global food prices. after falling for three months, the united nations food price index jumped six percent in july. even with the sharp jump, global prices are close to what they were in april by the u.n. gauge. with the drought continues. corn prices continue to climb in the u.s. settling at a new high today. 8.25 pe

. >>> our storm coverage continues now with nbc bay area's jay gray in fort myers, florida, tonight. one of the areas that's expected to be hit hard. >> isaac continues to rack the caribbean. at least four people were killed in haiti. a clear and powerful warning for the gulf coast. >> everybody from louisiana over through florida needs to be watching this carefully and taking initial preparations. >> in fort myers, that includes sandbags. >> the storm surge and the size of the storm itself that we're concerned with. we're very anxious about this. >> nerves are on edge in tampa where preparations continue. events scheduled for monday, the first day of the republican national convention have been pushed back to tuesday now because of the storm. >> i think if the chairman thinks it's better for public safety and one thing or another, i'm all in favor of it. >> emergency teams geared up and are ready to move in when isaac moves through. >> there are over 800 red cross workers in the state of florida right now. as the storm decides where it's going to go, we're mobile, we're able to move

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myers' reaction was the appropriate reaction.crisis situation panicking is never a good idea. as you pointed out, it could be a traumatic experience to say the least. >> are shark attacks on the rise, or is this the modern media phenomena, that when there is an attack like this it gets such a huge play on the twitterverse that it seems like there are a lot more. >> people fear shark attacks and i spoke to a couple of folks today who said they're so afraid of swimming in the ocean. in 2011 the international shark attack file recorded about 75 attacks around the world and only 12 of them were fatal. you're much more likely to die from a car accident, a bee sting, lightning striking you, any number of different things. so being attacked by a shark is something that is very unlikely. on the other hand, we kill in the neighborhood of about 100 million sharks a year more worldwide. >> is it true that sharks don't like the taste of human flesh and if that is true, why do they keep gnawing it at. >> we suspect that's the case. they tend

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we have chad myers with us. you heard billy nungesser saying water pouring through his walls like it was a spigot. not clear how much water is actually in his house but he seemed very surprised, given the strength of this storm, to see that much water in his house. >> let me tell you exactly what happened to our friend mr. billy there. there was a squall that came off of an eye that was trying to form south here of the river, the mississippi delta. this is the end of the mississippi. that squall was right there and put down ap a wind gust at an oil platform of 106.9 miles per hour. that was the wind gust there. and then that cell rotated right in to plaquemines parish. he got hit by cat 2 winds for sure. >> piers morgan is also joining us from tampa. piers? >> anderson, this has really taken over from events here. what is it like -- where you are now, i think i heard you say three inches of rain so far. i think you're expecting 20. how have you seen in the last hour the atmosphere changing around you? >> reporte