vancouver is a win away from sweeping the black hawks. >>> nascar's final lap, jimmie johnson, clint boyier and jordan fighting for the lead. it's by the slimmest of margins. johnson takes the checkered flag by .002 seconds at talladega. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today sports" is brought to you by men's color. >>> your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. and introducing you to folks who have given each other life's most precious gift. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. >>> we are going to watch a storm system moving in today. by noon or so you should clear it on out. scattered showers and cooler. we had record highs in the past weekend. but now coast al areas are cooling off. the marine layer has moved on shore. that will keep you cloudy and cool through much of the week. showers on tuesday. if you are watching us on nbc san diego in san diego, california. get an up close look at the tropical birds of southeast asia as they fly overhead at the san diego zoo. >> thank you for that picture

line, inching out clint boyer by 2 satellites of a second which ties the mark for closeest finish in nascar history. dale is getting closer and closer to winning a race. that will end a long drought for him. >> and game day? >> >> game day the great vin scully. >> okay. we'll see you at 6:30. have a great night. ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,,

you do sponsor a nascar team? >> we sponsor what we call the -- the answer is yes, and as the drive to end hunger car. >> well, i guess if it's bad for aarp to do that with taxpayers' dollars, it's okay for the pentagon to do it. i'd like to insert in the record the role call vote, february 18th of this year, an amendment offered up by ms. mccollum from minnesota that we eliminate $700 million in funding used by the department of defense to sponsor a nascar vehicle, and i'd also know that my colleagues and most of the republicans on this committee voted against that amendment. and if you did vote with us in eliminating these fundings, thank you, but it seems to me that there's a difference here that it's okay to spend taxpayer funds on nascar by the department of defense, maybe it helps them learn how to fly those airplanes or whatever they are doing, but then to insinew ate that you all, aarp, are doing something sinister, that just doesn't seem quite right to me, and i wonder if, mr. rand, can you explain why aa

>> number one is we don't make the investment in nascar. we're making the investment in a coalition of both awareness and partners to end what is an insidious issue in america, which is 51 million people who suffer from hunger, go to bed every night struggling to figure out how they will get their meal. >> so you make some money -- >> we don't make any money on this. >> i neither is revenue that comes out of this, of the nascar thing? >> no. we take our revenue and we invest in this issue. >> which is to help -- >> in hunger, bring attention to hunger, have partnered to help with us with a particular out how we can have a national network that helps with the infrastructure, access to food, delivery of food, awareness of the issue. we believe that we have over 6 million seniors who suffer, and another six minus that include their family, that's 12 million that -- >> now, can you explain what the department of defense does with the money they make on their nascar involvement? >> i can't, serve. >> any ideas what they might do with the? >> no,

you do sponsor a nascar team? >> we sponsor what we call the -- the answer is yes, and as the drive to end hunger car. >> well, i guess if it's bad for aarp to do that with taxpayers' dollars, it's okay for the pentagon to do it. i'd like to insert in the record the role call vote, february 18th of this year, an amendment offered up by ms. mccollum from minnesota that we eliminate $700 million in funding used by the department of defense to sponsor a nascar vehicle, and i'd also know that my colleagues and most of the republicans on this committee voted against that amendment. and if you did vote with us in eliminating these fundings, thank you, but it seems to me that there's a difference here that it's okay to spend taxpayer funds on nascar by the department of defense, maybe it helps them learn how to fly those airplanes or whatever they are doing, but then to insinew ate that you all, aarp, are doing something sinister, that just doesn't seem quite right to me, and i wonder if, mr. rand, can you explain why aa

a triple photo finish in nascar and the giants go extra innings to search for its sweep.xt. ,,,,,,,,,, mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate baconalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. winner...they had a chance to today in the >>> the giants' largest winning streak last season was 5 games. that was the shortest ever for a world series winner. they had a chance to match that today in the desert. the chances of that happening seemed to sink larger than this did at the bottom of the pool. with two outs in the third, madison bumgarner's ball passed first, they scored, baum garter, they got him off the hook. they tied the game at 4 in the sixth inning. then a batter later the panda really looked like a completely different ball park. that's his fourth of the year. the giants go ahead 5-4 but arizona wasn't done. ryan roberts signals a tying run on jeremy affeldt in the 8th inning, tied at 5 we go to extra innings. it goes to the 12th after a couple of walks by the bullpen. drew strikes again. base hit. freddy sanchez is going to throw home, justin upton isn't

you do sponsor a nascar team? >> we sponsor what we call the -- the answer is yes, and as the drive to end hunger car. >> well, i guess if it's bad for aarp to do that with taxpayers' dollars, it's okay for the pentagon to do it. i'd like to insert in the record the role callote, february 18th of this year, an amendment offered up by ms. mccollum from minnesota that we eliminate $700 million in funding used by the department of defense to sponsor a nascar vehicle, and i'd also know that my colleagues and most of the republicans on this committee voted against that amendment. and if you did vote with us in eliminating these fundings, thank you, but it seems to me that there's a difference here that it's okay to spend taxpayer funds on nascar by the department of defense, maybe it helps them learn how to fly those airplanes or whatever they e doing, but then to insinew ate that you all, aarp, are doing something sinister, that just doesn't seem quite right to me, and i wonder if, mr. rand, can you explain why aarp m

we will tell you about that and 9 tightest victory margin in the history of nascar was tied today. we will be right back. . >>> we saw it early their year at dayton a more two by two nascar racing today when it ended they had a tie for the tightest finish in stock car history. this is as close as they came to the big one. kurt busch running in to brad, five cars get involved in all. kasey kahne's car catches fire. he is frustrated with the turn of events. in the end a sprint to the finish with three pairs of cars. johnson on the inside getting pushed by dale. clint boyer on the outside getting a push by harvick. that's gordon in the middle. it's johnson by the slimmest margin. you can see him on the inside just edges out boyer. the official winning margin two thousandn 'ts of a second. points leader was edwards. >>> the sharks hoping last night's game was an aberration. they gave up four straight power plays to open the game. san jose is 24th in the league in penalty kills and the kings converted those chances in to two first period goals. series even now at a game each after los a

. >> jimmie johnson wins the nascar at talladega, and mike conway wins his first izod indycar race in long beach. >> alan: coming up, the family friendly film "rio" atop the weekend box office. #t#t#t#t#t#tt ♪ hello sunshine, sweet as you can be ♪ [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me bee hay. bee healthy. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >> 17 of them and one on the way. >> alan: americans flew to reee this weekend. the fantasy flick took in $40 million in its debut. another new release, "screen iv" opened in second place but with lower sales at $19 million, and "hop" slipped into third place. move sphroirs you to watch. that's is for us here at abc-7. thanks for watching. good night.

he also called the most famous play in 49 history and great finishes, number one today happened in nascar went three wide at the end. what dale junior had to do with it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate baconalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. protes nese . >>> demonstrations in the bay area and around the world for an artist jailed in china. protesters outside the embassy in san francisco used chairs to recreate the works of the artist. he was arrested earlier this month for what the government called economic crimes. >>> tomorrow mark the anniversary of the 1906 quake. one of only three survivors still living showed up at a lunch to remember the day. william is 105 and said when he knows is from the stories he heard. >> nothing of the fire, the quake -- that's -- i was only three months old. i heard plenty of it after. >> his father owned a restaurant in north beach. the family rebuilt it after it was destroyed. the ceremony quicks off at 5:00 tomorrow morning at gary and market street. it'll include a wreath dedicated to the victims of the quake a

battery technology will drive the industry for a nascar makers scrambling to forge new alliances. the mahler is working on a high- performance battery -- daimler is working on a high-performance electric battery and is teaming up to work on an electric motor. new partners are being sought across the industry, but it is an expensive process and automakers want assistance from the government. federal subsidies of half a billion bureaus are currently available for research and development. but the auto industry is looking at a 12 billion euro investment over the last four years -- the next four years. carmakers need electric vehicles on the streets to encourage sales. they want berlin to read -- to fund a refund scheme. but the chancellor's government has not warmed to the proposals. >> electric cars are seen as one solution to reducing germany's carbon footprint. few to emissions -- emissions rose by a 2.3% last year, a 42 million ton increase in greenhouse gases. the rises linked to the economic upswing in germany. the steel industry, a big coal burner, boosted production. germany

. >> i love football and basketball and hockey and nascar, i love all of that, but baseball is just, it just seems to be so american family. >> we conclude with a look at the work of rembrandt at the frick collection here in new york. with colin bailey, associate director. >> he marketed an image of rembrandt as all sorts of persona, the artist was courtier, the artist is rebel, the artist is burger, the artist is tissian, we can see this in the present show he really did try on many different personalities, always looking intensely into that face. >> libya, baseball, and the art of rembrandt, when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top, but this isn't just a hollywood storyline, it is happening every day all across america. every time a storefront opens, or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chase as dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners, so if you want to root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. >> additional funding

mickelson had not won since last year's master, but today shoots and finishes 20 under par finally, nascar. in martinsville, virginia, the oldest track on the circuit. the shortest track on the circuit. this is nearly a day that dale jr. will be remembering for quite some time. but he spassed late by kevin harvick at the goodie's 500. dale earnhardt does not get the win. kevin harvick who started slow gets his second straight win. see the first repeat winner of the season. look forward to talking to gio later tonight. and you're right. we've got giants in l.a. wrapping up their series. well so, much to talk about tonight on "sports sunday" coming up. >> it's going to be exciting. ask them about the new unies. >> he is a fashion guy. >>> the big event expected this week on top of san jose's city hall. >>> san jose's most famous birds are about to be parents again. jose fernando and clara have had an audience since 2006 when a camera was put near their nest on top of city hall's. clara's first egg of the season showed up at the end of february, and by march 4 she had four. since the incubati

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iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian courts in numerous books and take to tel aviv but the nascar is crippled by a crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machinery to achieve your national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. and its allies decide to go through with the habit of meddling in aid. the result may be catastrophic but if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the us invaded that country and if suspicions proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran in the us involved in a real hot confrontation it in-house quietly. but moscow is opposed to any international interference in syria saying it could spark civil war global policy analyst william engdahl says abuse experience shows how easily a sovereign state can be attacked under the guise of protecting civilians. well if you look at

. >>> finally, fa from nascar, today's san jose students opted for wheel barrels.tudents first used human powered wheels for today's relay race around the quad. not only does the race celebrate earth week, it also is a new twist on "spare the air" campaign. >> it's a commuter school but we are trying to get people to commute using mass transit or bicycling or walking to school or even carpooling. >> student teams also used scooters and some tricycles, small ones, in the relay race. other students checked out the electric bikes parked on campus. >> hopefully nobody gets in their path a

shot at well it's been exactly a year since the killed these revolution in april last year a wave of nascar poor unrest swept president bakiev from power and he's here more on the killing his revolution and its consequences from spotlights to media. april last year thousands of protesters took to the streets of bishkek take used president kurmanbek bakiev of taking his grip on the thirty oppressing opponents and failing to root out corruption. demonstrators were confronted by the police violent clashes resulted and one hundred eighty people were killed and fifteen hundred injured the opposition eventually managed to assume control of the army and police president the kid had to flee the country the provisional government was formed with rosa parks and why of our former foreign minister at its head while the country was waiting for a referendum on a new constitution more blood was spelt ethnic clashes between courage isn't blacks broke out in the southern regions of the country hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands had to flee their homes eventually courteous troops managed to curb

and aiming for a baby was a population in the klein politicians of nascar thinking up creative ways of persuading her to start a family. they faced this is not a problem but warmth. let me show you just everybody is sure to support your dream because they have no idea about the hardships the baby face. plate. is this is it of them to the city. or in the army the life never use the other is the most precious thing in the world. years of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. nineteen forty five dog r.t. dot com. if. a series of planned terrorist attacks have been prevented in russia's north caucasus republic of covers you know according to the national and state terrorism committee three members of a terrorist organization were captured in the operation two homemade bombs with the equivalent of three kilograms of t.n.t. were extracted by special forces one of those seized is suspected of attacking policemen in the region as well as being responsible for a fatal attack on security forces in december last

nuclear energy safety and also pies from the turbulent arab nations in his party so from bank of nascar believes the key thing for russell is to win consumers. it's more secure the north streams capacity may be increased by twenty five to thirty billion cubic meters of gas guestroom has an officer as for that but the situation in the european market is currently difficult for the us probably because of significance applies from a cattle this size there are significant risks in the long term concerning the launch of gas supplies from america on the other hand germany is expected to increase gas consumption by fifteen billion cubic meters as it will reduce the consumption of nuclear energy following the disaster in japan so everything will hang on how hard gazprom tries to win consumers in europe and signed long term contracts. and that's what i guess this is for now i have more fear and that's the right. this time silence for decades. twenty five years ago on the entire fifty thousand population all week radio brief yard was the american way to within three hours. plus now it wants to be

. >>> a photo finish in nascar you have to see to believe. next in sports. >>> good evening everyone welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. the giants were close to a sweep in arizona. but instead we'll have a some what depleted bullpen in colorado. giant starter baumgartner has had better outings. kelly johnson and austin both come in to score. baumgartner allowed one more run and gave the giants a chance. barry in deep. homer number three of the year for posey. the diamondbacks changed pitchers and this is how carlos sandoval greeted vasquez. number four in the year for sandoval. it's 5-4. drew did the damage

you look like you just won a nascar event. >> i did.ou on the suit when i got out promoting? >> i said when we go out, nascar does such a great job of showing brand support our movie has to have a suit. here it. we have the pom wonderful presents "the greatest movie ever sold." suit. >> jimmy: is the suit brought to us by a product? >> ted baker. all the fine sponsors on there. amy's pizza. ban, another spot right there. >> jimmy: that's cute. clever. you could have gone further. >> i could have. >> jimmy: so all the companies got together or you go them together and they paid a portion -- >> so, the entire film is all about product placement marketing and advertising. the film is paid for by it. >> jimmy: did you just cover the expenses or did you make money for making the film itself? >> this is the first time that a movie has opened in theaters and already been in profit. >> jimmy: wow. brilliant. i mean -- [ applause ] and these companies, you talked to these guys. are there companies who said there's no way. if i ran a company, i'd

this is my favorite one of the day did you believe that al-jazeera is going to have its own car in nascar because that would really just. i believe well i mean i would start to believe that i mean what i love this that's the best way to infiltrate america you know here you know to harness there's going to be an element in our cars that has to be station or whatever it is getting of this misleading and sure you. know making sure you somebody's got to be out there if you know that we believe here is my germs so you know for the record so hearing you like to see your oklahoma is now actually who's that is proof that they were stupid enough to offer the joke. let's move on i'm telling you it's going to happen this is actually real this. you know of go daddy went on african safari he slayed in elephants then an entire village worth of people that he slay the elephant forgot to go rip it to fred all wearing go daddy baseball had pete is pissed about this one obviously but let's show a little bit graphic clip for viewers. i am. going to. be very very. ok is that isn't really wrong or is it i mea

nascar, wal-mart, major league baseball. they will create public service announcement. it will feature the likes of oprah winfrey and steven spielberg. everybody is stepping up. writers, producers, actors, all have committed to telling war stories of military families in movies. working together, we will make sure that our military families are never forgot. that leads to the second part. what we can actually do to support these families. we're going to focus on the specific things are millet that -- military families have told us they care about. things that we can make a contribution to. employment, wellness, mental- health. we will be champions for our military spouses and veterans as they look for new jobs and advance their careers. we will make sure that businesses know just how lucky they would be to have these talented veterans on their team. education, we will work to help our military children thrive in the classroom. even as they move between schools and deal with parents being deployed. we will work to make it easier for military spouses to continue their edu

. >>> there can be quite a contrast from week to week on the nascar cur sit.is week a perfect example. the race looked like a demolition derby. throttle sticks on the car of martin, he goes hard in to the wall, taking casey with him. we will see it from a couple angles. both drivers walked away. >>> last week harvick passed jimmie johnson on the final lap for the win. today he passed dale with four laps to go and then held on for the win making two in a row for harvick who moves in to 5th place. the leader is kyle busch who was third behind earn hart. >>> new rivalries brewing in the world of tennis. we will tell you about that and how one of golf's biggest names did in a tune up before next week's masters. . >>> we are about to go on one of the biggest events in golf, the masters, last year's champion has a nice bump to take into the first major of the year. that player isn't job but he had the shot of the day. on the parr3, 7th hole. he couldn't be more straight and online. it rolls in for a hole in one. he shot a 68 that put him in the tie for 8th place. >>

we've got a big event for nascar coming up on sunday. a lot of trailers arriving for that event, and you can see tornado warnings all up and down eastern alabama, now spilling off to georgia and off to the north. snow coming down across the northern plains, a system pulling cold canadian air behind it, dropping a foot of snow in parts of northeastern nebraska and there you see severe weather heading out to chicago, and all this weather will head to the nation down in tallahassee for the weekend. we've got a jet stream just to the north of us, so we're not seeing any rain right now. a pretty decent day with temperatures in the 60s and 70s, but as we go through the weekend, we will see more of this try to spill a little further south. for tonight we've got some breezy conditions. 50s and 60s outside. pretty nice day tomorrow. just a few extra clouds in the north bay and by sunday we'll see some rain in the north bay and spilling south for the weekend. 40s and 50s for the weekend. a few patchy clouds. a mix of weather for your saturday. we'

i am not a follower of nascar and not aware of the implications of supporting a nascar driver. >> you am not the best person to ask about the nascar driver. i am certain there would be some reason in their minutes and deliberation, any organization would. >> thank you very much for your testimony. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from louisiana, dr. boustany is recognized. >> let me start with mr. josephson. you stated in your written testimony that i read, that aarp's organizational structure is unprecedented in your years of experience. you specifically mention how uncommon in it is for a tax-exempt organization to have so many affiliate's. some for profit and some not for profit. what red flags would be raised by such a structure? >> i have never seen anything in the non-profit bariatric complex as aarp's structure. as i said in my testimony i would ask to examine the justification for each of these separate organizations in charge of any investigation. and asked to examine the nature of the control that aarp exercises over the organizations that are its af

over a decade, mom, doing well, sister, charlotte, elated, and nicholas will be ready to race in nascarn the 2030 season. mr. hendrick, draw up the paperwork now. congrats to the feero family. >> very happy for craig and sherston, they have welcomed nicholas. i suppose craig won't be producing the giants special tomorrow? >> no, he's -- no, he's not. but he might call in nicholas at this point. >> wasn't he here yesterday? >> he got the call and he's off. >> congratulations. >>> thanks, laurence. >>> still ahead, the saucygh bhw whe bright ylowgh lamborghini was stole nn san francisco. he gets a new set of wheels. [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads. any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. shop our unbeatable night and day doorbusters, like women's st. john's bay tees for spring, an unbelievably low $4.99, and guy's bold screen tees, the absolute lowest -- only $3.99! even exclusive liz claiborne spring handbags are 50% off! plus, with jcp rewards, get double points

take a look of this the new hampshire woman celebrates her 100th birthday doing laps on the nascar trackthis is unbelievable. >> i can make up my mind that i'm here at 100 years old. >>kimberlee: the birthday girl hadn't been behind the we will of a car since 1995. as you saw she was right at home on the track even topping high speeds of 50 m.p.h.. >>pam:don't miss kron 4 exclusive coverage of the 100th running of the zazzle bay to breakers on sunday may 15. we will have cameras all along the course capturing all of the fun. the 100th running of the zazzle bay to breakers sunday morning may 15th starting at 8:00 a.m. right back. >>pam: playoff fever is heating up in san jose and around the bay area. f brown to the sharks will face an old foe. it vern is here to talk about what's coming up. >>vern: the fifth time it will be the sharks' and redwings again. this is the second round, last year 2010 the sharks beat them soundly in five games. years ago by patrick to do it. they advanced to the western conference finals. but the sharks were practicing today getting ready for the red wings. the

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