red sox win, 4-3. >>> robinson cano and the new york yankees try to win their sixth straight.o, see ya. off of gavin floyd. 17th of the year. yankees up 4-0. top of the third, yankees up 8-1. bases loaded for derek sanderson jeter. he had a five-hit game. that scores two more. yankees bludgeon the white sox, 18-7 your final. >>> johnson to snap a five-game losing streak. bottom of the fifth, already leading it 4-0. cabrera down the line and sandoval scocos. having trouble digging it out of the left field corner. carlos beltran sliding home safely. giants win, 8-1 and move back into sole e ssession of first in the n.l. west. >>> ryan howard and the phillies faci colorado rockies. off of rex brothers. oh, brother, where art thou. his 24th homer of the season. phillies go on to win, 8-6. you are up to date for now. and don't forget, for all of your highlights join us on the highlight express on espn news. >>> and a playful beluga whale at a connecticut museaquarium ss he knows how to move with the music. ♪ >> that's quite a dancer. this mariachchband is performing at a wedding wh

new. here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> good morning. the yankees are known as the bronx bombers, and yesterday they certainly lived up to their name. let's go to new york. they were down 7-1 to the as and suddenly caught fire. cano, martin, and granderson all hit grand slams. first time a team has ever hit three grand slams in a game. the yanks won big. real big. 22-9. after struggling all season in texas, the red sox have finally turned a corner, and adrian gonzalez is the reason why. hit two home runs against the rangers, he's now hit five in the last three games. boston won it 6-0. quick baseball note. a week after hitting home run number 600, jim thome going back to where it all began. the twins traded him to the cleveland indians. expected in the line-up against the royals. >>> i think you'll like this. mike vick called his number from eight yards out. or maybe you'll draft cam newton. he played well in the preseason. didn't throw a touchdown, but he did bowl over a defender on his way to the end zone. they lost 24-13. if are you in the market for a defensive player, you can't go wrong with the redskins deangelo hall. picked off joe flacco, should

plus, the new york yankees do something that's never been done before in the entire history of baseball. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> on radar i'm tracking the sensor, the eye of hurricane irene as it heads towards north carolina. >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today," and in sports despite all the things the yankees have accomplished over the years, yesterday they did something new. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the yankees are known as the bronx bombers, and yesterday they certainly lived up to their name. let's go to new york. they were down 7-1 to the as and suddenly caught fire. robinson cano, russell martin and curtis granderson all hit grand slams. first time a team has ever hit three grand slams in a game. the yanks won big. real big. 22-9. after struggling all season in texas, the red sox have finally turned a corner, and adrian gonzalez a big reason why. hit two home runs against the rangers. he has now hit five in the last three games. boston won it 6-0. q

. >>> in sports, the new york yankees experienced a bit of deja vu yesterday with another disputed call. here's nbc's fred roggin. good morning, a night after a home run remain went against the yankees, the umpires got it right in minnesota. taking on the twins, justin mourneau hit one down the right field line just inside the foul pole, or was it? one umpire said home run. mourneau rounded bases. they would review it, look for yourself. that's a foul ball. to the third, no replay needed for this one. mark teixeira, 33rd homer of the year, the yanks won it 8-4, remain a half-game ahead of boston in the east. white sox/indians, phil hummer was hit by a face by a line drive. amazingly he was fine. left the game for precautionary reasons. takes a pretty hard head to take a shot like that. indians won it 4-2. on the political front, vice president joe biden is in china on a goodwill tour. also in china to remote basketball on the tour, the team from georgetown university. they played an exhibition game against a chinese pro team and a brawl broke out during the game. perches cleared, punche

the new york yankees may have been down some major star power last night but that gave others the chanceo step up. here's fred roggin. >> good morning, after missing six weeks with a knee injury, alex rodriguez back on the shelf. with a sprained thumb, thankfully their $197 million roster is more than enough to pick up the slack. derek jeter has a bruised knee so he sat out. nick swisher belted a two-run home run shot. home run in the ninth, blue jays jose bautista, 38th homer of the year, ties him with curtis granderson for the most in the bigs. >>> phils and reds, shane victorino. >>> football michael vick fresh out of jail and a third string quarterback looking for playing time. he signed a six year $100 million deal with the philadelphia eagles $40 million guaranteed. jets and giants, mark sanchez split the defenders, found holmes in the end zone. jets have preseason bragging rights for the 17-3 win. >>> u.s. open, already two shots that have the buzz. mardy fish with the straight set win. if you don't know who sergei starkovski is, you do know. no look behind the back win that dropp

and the new york yankees become the first team in the history to hit pretty grasslands in a single game. so russia's teams in the champions league now know the names solve their opponents for the group stage domestic title holders and it's ended as bergen county this a skull both handed possible jewels on says they find themselves in group g. alongside the interviews champions for those from ukraine and six. channels to his man should be confident of taking the tuple nation spots on all clock their. elsewhere. when i was on the lawn french champions league and runners up jobs on the floor who replaced. previous best insults to the recomposition world staines when sam when they reached the quarterfinals. now let's have a look at the rest of the groups in the ones our group may want to call with months to six he told against german giants munich and biliary ali and played. last season's final is a man united are in group c. and truly they couldn't have all still much more of a. slug it out we've been volatile and remain in you come to the. most wanted to invent a record nine times face co

at one. , at the future owner of the new york yankees had to hire security guards for the massachusetts democrats. brandon, south bend, indiana, your thoughts on the debt deal? caller: good morning, greta. what i would like to comment on it is what the democrats talked about what went to raise taxes on higher-income groups. i am not opposed to that, but first, i think we need to go through the tax code and revise it. there are several loopholes and it is broken, in my opinion. we need to fix that. then we can go forward and tried to see what we can do about revenue increases. the problem we really have, i think, is the spending in this country. the republicans have pointed out that we raised taxes and would not even cover the interest over the next 10 years. we have to do something about the spending. i can guarantee that if congress raised revenue, if the democrats were in control, they would spend every penny of it and we would be in the same situation we are in right now. host: another headline from "the baltimore sun," u.s. to require birth control with no copay. the plan to require

the oakland pitchers gave up not one but 2 but three grand slam home runs to the new york yankees today. it never happened before in the long history of major league baseball. the a's lost the game 22-9 after getting out to a lead. the 22 runs are the second most ever allowed by an athletic team. >>> the air is electric in town town oakland as fans welcome back a big star. [singing] today's performance from an r&b singer honored by her hometown. bill martin is here in three minutes. he says temperatures are heading higher where you will feel the summer sizzle this weekend. >> you can watch all of our newscast on our kopl mutter and mobile device. we are streaming live for out ktvu.com [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle

and also the new york yankees become the fasting when i am i'll be history to have three grand slams in the single. cell with a ball to draw for europe secondary club competition the europa league was made in monaco on friday following spartak moscow as crush out of the playoffs just two russian clubs are left in the main campaign with forty eight teams in the old divided into twelve groups and former russian champions are now being drawn in group along with top ham joining them there will be a great side and irishman shamrock rovers. in the meantime like much of moscow will face a belgian team on the lead greeks i and also an outfit stormed in group the group stage takes on the fifteenth of september. on staying in monaco where. you're all the league title holders porto are going head to head in the super cup clash tonight both already looking for their second trophies this season after winning their respective domestic super cups recently barsa same here beating real madrid to the title last week twice european cup winners in the past three seasons the capitals kick off as favorite

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. >> reporter: new york yankees first baseman mark teixeira donated $1 million. but the golden glover does more than write checks. >> who's the short stop here? >> reporter: he's involved in fundraising, strategy. even throwing out the first pitch at this year's playoffs. >> we get these kids young. at 5 or 6 years old they can come into the program and we can actually see them grow. >> reporter: as for micah, she can hardly wait until next season. >> the year after that and the year after that and the year after that and the year after that. and after that. >> reporter: a field of dreams. providing an oasis from the streets, where every kid can be safe at home. alex witt, nbc news, new york. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be back here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you back in just a few moments with tonight's special "dateline" hour. in the meantime, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and the new york yankees become the first team in and will be history to hit three grasslands in a single game. so russia's teams in the champions make now know the names of their opponents for the group stage domestic title holders and it's and it is their ground currently this a skull both handed posts. on thursday so need to find themselves in group g. alongside portuguese champions porto shuster but yes i'm from ukraine and six rails outweigh the channels for next year's man should be confident of taking model to pull nations awesome off their. elsewhere says college joined great when i was into milan french champions league and said the struggles of toxins in north korea play scales in balance and the boss chips in sales trade is the best insult in the competition will strain twenty eight sound when they reached the quarterfinals. now let's have a look at the rest of the groups in the exam room mate is a tough one to call when they get on science to say teaching them against german giants why music appeal hearing all and not only. last season's final is a man united are in group c. a

i had these grand aspirations of becoming the second baseman for the new york yankees. and in the '60s, the teams weren't that good, so that was something that might have been possible. but basically i had several epiphanies when i was very young, and they started coming little by little, little by little. first epiphany was hearing the drumming, as i said, the rumbas in the street. >> hinojosa: and again, you said this thing, "el tambor llama." >> "the drum calls," right. >> hinojosa: "the drum calls." you felt this. >> right. and then when i was 12 years old, tito puente came to my neighborhood with the machito afro cubans, and those two orchestras played in front of my project. they set up a stage, and they played. >> hinojosa: and this was a free concert? it was... >> yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah. >> hinojosa: which is... i mean, kind of... when i was reading about this, it, like, goes back to the importance of having free public art and music, because it can change someone's life. >> exactly. and that was... my friend marvin, who is no longer alive, unfortunately, may he

guess who has a chance to sweep the yankees in new york? yep! he can't believe it. s a yankee's fan. he is watching the oakland a's come from behind. nick swisher gone. he homers twice. the yankees led but in a tie game, coco crisp singled in scott. mark teixeira takes it back in the eight with a solo jack to tie it up 3-3. coco crisp homered earlier, homers from the left side in the 10th 10th inning to give the a's a lead, 6-3. they win it 6-4. they knock the yankees out of first place and they play at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. the a's a chance to sweep new york. california represented in series play. little league world series play. pennsylvania. hundredington beach against billings, montana. -- huntington beach against billings, montana. montana wins it 1-0 to make the u.s. finals. they face california or pennsylvania. 49er coach jim harbaugh, manning may not be ready to go so they went out and got collins out of retirement who has two weeks to gear up before the season begins. 16 years in the league. two time pro bowler. doesn't give much confidence to the existing qu

. >>> what the new york yankees did in a game against the oakland a's today that has never been done before. >>> plus new manpower today joins the san jose fire department. why these new firefighters are not new to the department. >>> a new turn tonight in the year old fight between the city of oakland and skateboarders. what construction workers at this skateboard park are doing and why. >>> politicians going head to head in a crowded mayors race. but find out about this election, it's more about who you don't vote for than who you do. >>> this was a shot in the arm at the harbor to get it going. >>> an old plan to get californians back to work. the governors efforts to close a loophole he calls outrage out. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. ky

. >>> investigating new york yankee star, a rod. to know if alex rodriguez was involved in illegal poker games. they reportedly involved thugs who threatened other players. he faces a suspension if he is found guilty and earlier he was the target of a steroid investigation. >>> little league injuries it could surprise parents and coaches and researchers found no evidence it leads to increased injuries in young baseball players. he found the main cause of that is throwing the ball too much. they are banning young pitchers and a lot of people were worried breaking balls could cause life long injuries. >>> 5:51 is the time and her brother created facebook but now she wants to work someplace else. what randy zuckerberg will be selling now. >>> caught on tape in sacramento, how chasing a man through the streets led to something nobody saw coming. . >>> welcome back to the morning news, take a look more than a dozen people are being treated for injuries after a tour bus rolled into a ditch in new york. the accident happened yesterday. the

. >>> major league baseball has launched a formal investigation into new york yankees star alex rodriguezleague is looking into allegations that a rod was a regular player in under ground illegal poker games. the high stake games allegedly involved violent thugs who would threaten players. earlier a. rod was a target of a steroids investigation. >>> now some students will have an unusual choice when it comes to their living quarters. >> yesterday, we were very pleased to announce that the clarion had agreed to provide housing for just over 100 students. >> it's three miles from campus, far from the library and the cafeteria but this housing option comes with weekly maid service, a pool and spa and a restaurant. they lost their spot in the dorm when 4,000 freshman accepted admission to san jose state for the fall. that compares to 2,700 last year. so the university was pretty much forced to balance about 100 -- bounce about 100 student from the dorms. >> it was tough news when folks heard they were living off campus. we're going to do everything we can to keep people safe. to keep them com

for several years they had been talking about starting up the league again near the new york yankeestalking about getting financial backers to go over there. the first and only so far and we will see if we do it again. >> can you talk about sandy koufax? >> he was drafted as the last player of the league as a symbolic gesture. he doesn't like publicity too much. thinking of baseball and israel, he has got to be there he is our guy but he wasn't involved with the league. we decided to draft him anyway. he was 71 at the time and probably still could have pitched. >> was the reference to the sea of sunflowers and the ghosts a reference to field of dreams? >> this is what i like. no is the honest answer but now absolutely. the book is rich with symbolism. absolutely. i am stealing that. >> did you have to be jewish to be in the league and what was the percentage of jewish players? >> no, you didn't have to be jewish but the league had a bit of an identity crisis. it didn't know if it wanted to be the best league in a jewish country or the best jewish leader. the equations i figured out w

a new york yankees bat boy has written a tell-all memoir.nfidentiality agreement easement he reveals juicy details in his new book. "clous confidenti "clubhouse confidential." >> opening day, first day on the job i walked into the yankee clubhouse and derek jeter, i go up to derek jeter's locker and he looks me up and down. he goes, what is your name, kid? i said luis castillo. he said, no, you look like a squeegee because of my uniform. i was only 120 pounds soaking wet when i was 13 years ochlld. >> what derek says, the so. i've always wanted to be a bat girl, i guess. how did you get to be a bat boy? >> i wrote a letter. first, i went to yankees stadium in 1997. i was a huge yankee fan. i used to sit in the right field bleachers with the bleacher creechers. tina lewis, who was the queen of the bleachers, my friend sat in her seat. and she got us kicked out from the stadium and the next day, i came to apologize on my friend's behalf. and, all of a sudden, we became close friends. '98, i wrote a letter to sunny hyatt, the administrator of t

. >> new york yankee star alex rodriguez could be facing suspension.ion for allegedly participating in illegal poker games. the investigation stems from a report published online that rodriguez played in two underground games with other celebrities in california. today new details about the allegations surfacing saying rodriguez played in games during which co- was used and in one instance -- which cocaine was used and in one instance ended in a pwroul over money. >> a mayor in new mexico denying he was so bar, that's right. the mayor insists he was drunk when he signed considers with a california company. knew california company is suing him for one million dollars after he cancelled the deals. the mayor said he drank too much at a restaurant with executives of the design firm before his signature. he said under oath he was at the same meeting and he was also drunk. never dull. >> this is determination or mind overmatter? pregnant woman in chicago into labor while taking the bar . -- the bar exam. the 29-year-old's contractions were 15 minutes apart w

boston did the same thing, with sunday's game against oakland and the yankees might play two today in baltimore. >>> last night in new york, the yankees robinson cannoe and r granderson, they pounded them 32-9. >>> a three-run shot in the first inning and solo blast in the seventh off chicago pitching, the braves beat the cubs 8-3. >>> the u.s. championship game is set at the world little league series. california held on for a 2-0 win, set to play montana tomorrow. the winner advances to the world series finals scheduled for sunday. >>> when we return an update on our top story, evacuations are under way as hurricane irene heads straight for the east coast, with millions in danger from its battering winds and rain. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in he

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also played for the new york yankees, some people may remember.l falk will also be enshrined along with shannon sharpe and richard dent, formerly of the chicago bears. >>> it's time for the weather. and from our houston station, abc 13, casey curry. >> we're going to talk heat. dallas, one of the areas that's seen more than a month of triple-digit heat. yesterday was 35-consecutive days. they have no break in sight. in fact, by next friday, they will likely tie their all-time consecutive streak of 42 days in a row of 100-degree-plus temperatures. you have to head west to find the cooler air. 64 in san francisco today. l.a., just 76. the national picture, the bull's eye for heat, right across the southern plains, includi texas. this weather report has been brought to you by puparoni. back to you. >> casey, thank you. >>> now, to that terrifying poller bear attack in northern norway. a group of british teenagers were on an expedition to an arctic glacier when a polar bear stormed their campsite. a 17-year-old boy was killed. and several others were

last night in new york, former yankee bobby abreu had a very good time. here's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. less than two months left in baseball's regular season, and no doubt the pennant races are heating up. off to the bronx we go. yanks and angels. not often you see this. mario rivera gave up a shot in the ninth to bobby abreu. mark teixeira representing the run at the plate. curtis granderson trying to steal second. granderson who tagged out simply took the bat away from teixeira and that was the ball game. they trail boston by 2 1/2 in the a.l. east. that's because the red sox beat the twins. and check it out. tied at 3 in the seventh. david ortiz, little roller down the first baseline. but the pitcher lost his footing and everybody was safe. dustin pedroia with the game winner. then the mariners visiting the rangers. bottom nine tied at 6. josh hamlin with a walkoff single. texas lead the angels by a game and a half in the a.l. west. cards and brewers. casey mcgee to right field. morgan scored the g

and last night in new york, former yankee, bobby abreu had a great time. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> less than two months left in baseball's regular season. and the pennant races are heating up. to the bronx we go. mets and angels. mario rivera gave up a two-run shot. the former yankee gave up a pair of homers. bottom nine, two down. jordan walton faked to third and caught curtis granderson at second. he took the bat away from teixeira. that was the ball game. yanks trail 6-4. the red sox beat the twins. check it out. tied at 3-3, in the second. david ortiz, a little roller down the baseline. but the pitcher lost his footing and everybody was safe. boston won it, 4-3. >>> there's the mariners visiting the rangers. bottom nine, tied at 6-6. josh hamlin slapped a walkoff single. they lead the angels by a game and a half. >>> now, to st. louis. cards and brewers needed ten to decide a winner. tied at 3-3, tracy mcgee to center field. milwaukee win 5-3. they lead st. louis by four in the n.l. central. you know the phrase, when you're on, you're on. dan uggla

they gave up three grand slam runs to the new york yankees. the feat has never happened before in the 136-year history of major league baseball. the a's lost 22-9. the 22 runs are the second most allowed by the athletic's team. they won the previous two games at yankee stadium. >>> still ahead, three u.s. marines are charged in the suicide of a santa clara man who was a fellow marine. what they did just before harry lou shot himself. >>> a hollywood actor faces time. >>> traffic is moving along slowly. we'll tell you more. >>> three marines are facing hazing charges in the death of a santa clara man who killed himself in afghanistan. harry lou shot and killed himself while alone if a fox hole. yesterday the military announced they filed charges against three men accused of beating and taunting lou before he took his own life. the military said they are not responsible for lou's death but their actions deserve punishment. >>> a hollywood bit actor accused of a 1990 gang rape now faces 15 years to life on just one felony count of torture. prosec

he is currently a member of the new york yankees.he couple had to postpone due to work commitments. three officers asked if they who like there visit the troops. swisser, who comes from a military family raised his hand and said i'm in. >>> the recruit military veteran, pow will take place at park side hall on park side avenue. it is for returning troops, other service members and their spouses. recruiters will be there including lockheed martin, waste management, home depot and irs. >>> many people want to keep the downtown walgreens alcohol free. they applied for a permit at the menlo park store but the city rejected the perry. the wall greens said they're confused since other stores like trader joes and others serve alcohol. >>> a santa rosa firefighter helped to rescue a cat that was stuck on the roof. the firefighter pulled out a ladder. when he placed it against the roof, the cat came right over. the owner of the cat was obviously relieved. >>> tomorrow there will be a community gathering in lever more to celebrate a new high e

. >>> and pardon the pun but new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez is dealing with some serious offinvestigating whether a-rod has been involved in some illegal poker games. the three-time mvp will be interviewed about it by the commissioner's office. a-rod's publicist is denying reports he participated in poker games while in hollywood. i guess we'll see. >> we'll see, all right. >>> well, it is happy birthday today to president obama. he is turning the big 5-0. >> and while mr. obama marks the day at the white house, they're having a special celebration at madame tussauds in hollywood. >> the famous wax museum has outfitted its president obama with a new handmade tie. that light-blue number was actually created by the president's own tailor and then flown in from washington. looking smooth. >> he looks nice and dapper. i think they may need to add a touch more gray to the hair there. what do you think? >> and some wrinkles and other things that all presidents seem to inherit over their years in office. not a bad likeness at all. happy birthday, mr. president. >>> we'll be back wit

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even in new york where hurricanes are as unheard of as the yankees not making the playoffs. hn zarrella, cnn, new york. >> didn't the yankees miss the playoffs a few years ago? 32 minutes past the hour now. we are a couple hours away from landfall with hurricane irene. north carolina is where it is going to make landfall. this is a live picture. this is where you saw brian todd reporting just a few minutes ago. they keep talking about these wind gusts they keep getting. some reported 74-mile-per-hour sustained winds or wind gusts i should say in some areas of north carolina already and the storm hasn't even made it yet technically. quick break. we'll be right back. >>> 37 minutes past the hour on this "cnn saturday morning". coming to you an hour earlier today so we can keep an eye on this storm for you. a storm that is going to affect 20% of the population. 65 million people could be affected up and down the east coast. many cities are populated cities that aren't used to dealing with hurricanes. so they will be tested, testing their hurricane preparedness. we're talking abo

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brings to the diamond where the yankees have added yet another addition to the history books new york becoming the first team in major league baseball to hit three grand slams in the single game they play at the visiting oakland a's the home team though were actually booed by the locals. ruled out to a seven one leads representational to get the first grand slam all of the day his second of the season on the cup the yankees back on track another of those four run homer schwartz had by russell martin in the next inning new york ten seven all this the bronx bombers farms could then put their feet all of us sold as the saying may be a hot dog to enjoy the historic outing which would on furl curtis granderson making a twenty one eight swiss third grand slam in the twenty two nine would finish. they had let its world championships start on saturday inside korea that will feature a first ever m.p.t. participant in an able bodied event oscar pistorius qualifying to race in the four hundred meter four by four hundred meter relay disciplines for south africa jacques rogge is though stating bla

the new york state of mind the yankees become the first team in m l b history to hit three grand slams in a single. football first though where somebody said he's happy to be in russia that cameroon striker holding his first media conference since his thirty million dollar move from. this week the thirty year old signing up for three years with the darkest side as you will learn fifteen million dollars there or thereabouts per season a salary very much in contrast with the relative poverty of the southern russian region the four time african player of the year is widely regarded as the best foreign footballer to appear in the russian premier league he's also the third big name to be signed by this season along with brazil legend roberta carlos and russia when your teacher cough so is said to make his league debut rough stuff on saturday there the vast stadium certainly not the sun ciro but neither that nor criticism over the forwards pace seems to be downplaying the for ryal noms and. you know money is not that important to me so i never talk about it money is just part of the game i m

. >>> it is a good thing the new york yankees didn't have to postpone their game with the a's.es set a major league record. hitting three grand slam home runs in one game. the barrage began in the first inning. they won 23-9. >>> better safe than sorry up and down the east coast as hurricane irene closes in. thousands of coastal residents are heading inland and thousands more battenning down the hatches. with the storm hundreds of miles away, some rough surf in south florida swept eight people off of a jetty. fortunately everybody is okay. we have crews up and down the coast from reynolds wolf in kill devil hills, north carolina to mary snow in new york city. here in the hurricane headquarters is jacqui jeras. we have all angles covered. let's start with reynolds wolf in the outer banks of north carolina. we know that is the calm before the storm. >> reporter: absolutely. you know you are right. it is really odd in that aspect. if you happen to be in one of the hotels along the beach and you have had your nose in a book the last couple of days, you would never know there is a m

>> this is going to be a huge series this weekend, new york post called the yankees the bean stalkers the red sox lost last night. the yankees, the big money red sox getting together at fenway, tied for first place with three games starting tonight, john lester and bar toll lo colon. your predictions, two out of three the sox? >> two out of three, c.c., best pitcher in the major leagues will beat them tomorrow. i get a real kick of the fever pitch over the yankees and prospects and coming into fenway tied. i'm almost under the impression that you people think the world series is played in august. >> you can't flip the historical arguments you made on to us now. >> the little engine that could. >> you got the biggest payroll in baseball, we've got a bunch of kids -- you know what, like stick ball. >> i think i can. i think i can. isn't that inspiring story refer end al? >> hits me right here. he's a red sox fan too. >> yankees or mets, which way do you go? >> according to -- who are we talking to? >> put your finger up in the wind. i'm a new yorker, you've got to get along. >> are you

jon: so what do you think is new york yankee's slugger alex rodriguez a gambling man? major league baseball wants to know. officials asked for a meeting with a-rod to discuss reports of his involvement in an underground high stakes poker game. a rodriguez spokesman says he is looking forward to cooperating with the league's investigation. this all comes from a story in star magazine, which includes claims of players openly using cocaine and thugs even threatening a player who refused to pay a half million dollars in losses. a-rod is not the only celebrity mentioned here. star names actor toby maguire. leonardo de caprio, glen affleck as players. let's bring in ken rozen that you will, a field reporter for mlb on fox. this. again, does come from star magazine, which in the past has had some doozies. are you inclined to put credence to this report? >> we have to hear a-rod's version of it. so far he's had a spokesman say he wasn't involved. the new york daily news says that a-rod wasn't there, so if he wasn't there, there is much to do about nothing. but major league bas

where else do you start but the new york yankees.. this is a bomb up into the upper deck at yankee stadium. that's only the second time that's ever happened. of course, the stadium is only three years old. and in the eighth allen does it again this time only making the second deck. a's are up 6-0 in the eighth inning, but in the bottom the yankees come back, nick swisher hits a three-run home run there to make it 6-3 and yankees pulled within one run in the bottom of the ninth and swisher comes up again with the bases load. a chance to be a hero. base hit wins the game. he wants the whole thing. going for a grand slam, hits one to right center, crisp the center fielder going back, has just enough room on the track. the game ends right there. yankee lose 6-5 with the yanks losing the red sox had a chance to pull into a tie in the a.l. east. taking on the rangersadian gonzalez making his case to be the mvp. where are the fans, by the way? got a red sox/rangers game. come on, two-run home run for gonzalez and the solo home run, did it a

. >> los yankees de new york derrotaron a los cerafines. >> vaya paliza . >> buenas noches . >> (♪ ♪a esta espectacular la pregunta es si va a durar hasta el fin de semana . >> ¿qué tal? buenas noches vamos a las temperaturas hacía texas dónde continúa el calor intenso en gran parte de la región, vemos los cielos despejados, pèro la capa marina trae el descenso de las temperaturas, el panorama de esta noche. >> santa rosa, el panorama es estable . >> (información en pantalla) . >> acá vemos el prónostico para el fin de semana si ya lo esta planeando, próximo lunes el calor vuelve a subir, hasta los 81 grados. >> más detalles mañana buenas noches . >> al regresar... . >> conocemos la historia de éxito de un abogado colombiano que cambio los litigios por las empanadas. >> ya regresamos . >> (♪ ♪ ). >> a pocas millas de washington un platillo hispano se ha apoderado de el paladar de los estadounidense . >> no son latinos todos ellos pero quieren comer empanadas. >> de queso. >> de pollo. >> dos empanadas. >> empanada de queso. >> a pocas millas del pentagono esta este carro colombiano.

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in new york state of mind the yankees become the first team in history to hit three grand slams in a single game. the verdict seems to be could have been much worse for reese's representatives in thursday's champions league drop the mistake title holders and meet current league leaders both as possible draws for the upcoming group stages sneaks in petersburg find themselves in group g. alongside portuguese champions for two shots road and that's it from ukraine on cypriots well by lebanese men should be confident of taking one of the two qualification spots on offer. to ask a joint three time winners entered french champions league from the shots for who replaced the. c.i.s. because previously best result in the champions league was in twenty ten when they reached the quarterfinals let's take a look at the rest of the groups in order not group a is a tough one to call with champions league manchester city drawn against german giants fire in munich on the upcoming. last season's finalist manchester united on group c. and really they couldn't have asked for much more of a favorable for