phil jackson is my hero. he is like the zen master they call him. he's the man.best coaches in nba history and i worship this guy and a couple of times he never looked in my direction or anything. until one game, they were shooting an episode of "curb your enthusiasm". i don't know why i pronounced that so crazily. i just noticed that. curb your enthusiasm. what? i'm so happy that i made a joke about it. i tried to play it off afterwards. >> it will become a viral sensation. >> enthusiasm, yeah. >> so they're shooting -- "curb your enthusiasm". they're like, can we use your seats and you take the two seats next to you while we shoot? of course, i'm not a huge fan, they're not even my seats. i went to the seats next door. they shot their scenes, they were done. oh, you can have your seats back. but i didn't realize, my friend was like let's switch back to the other seats and we didn't realize that was not good etiquette during the middle of the basketball game. so we switched, and all of a sudden, phil jackson turns to us and says, hey, this isn't musical chairs!

still parents and students have some things in common, phil jackson coached the nba champions, the bullskers in '09. this just in, brett favre is still an nfl quarterback. only proving the more things change, the more they stay the same. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> yep, we all feel old. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being with us. i am lester holt in tonight for brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

phil keating, thanks. at fort jacksonfor only about 5% of the notoriously tough drill sergeants, but starting next month, a season drill sergeant will be in charge. >> 9:00. >> knows plack is her motto -- "no slack" is her motto. while those in training are still predominantly male, is said that herç promotion is not çabout shattering glass ceilin. -- is said that her promotion is not about shattering glass ceilings -- it is said that. she was the daughter of a sharecropper. >> my father was a strict disciplinarian. we were given chores every day, and we had to make sure they are done. >> the sergeant has a soft side. she says 99% of the job is loving the soldier. >> if you love and care for a person, a soldier, you will do whatever it takes to make sure that when they leave, they are able to survive and defend themselves wherever they go. >> a lesson they learned through love and tough love. >> i am telling you. do not cross me. >> at fort jackson in south carolina, jonathan serrie, fox news. jon: fox news is tracking

jackson's doctor, with him when he died speaks out. popcorn lovers, potential to be the healthier snack. join us for this and the breaking news after dr. phil, back to you. the forecast is next. >>> now we have the five day. >> let's look at the forecast the weekend into next week. want to know when the heat will break. as we get the into the weekend your time is your time. see it is all good. let's go back inside. >> we like my time. thank you for watching v a great day.

phils won the game 5-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> plans are set for the burial of michael jackson. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, finding abe lincoln's signature at a flea market. it's a junk hunters dream come true. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're still tracking hurricane bill, the major hurricane, a category 3 storm. high pressure over the north atlantic has been steering off northwest. take a look at the future path here. high pressure will break down. that will allow bill to take a northerly turn toward the weekend. we won't be dealing with a direct hit for our part of the woods. for wednesday, temperatures close to 90 degrees once again in the cities of the northeast. 89 degrees in new york city. if you're watching wjar 10 nbc in providence, wheels at work exhibit at the providence children's museum in providence, rhode island. and that's your eastern event of the day. christina? >> all right. thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines are entertainment. there's one

jackson. >> reporter: a 3-year-old girl poisoned and her prosecutors are saying that her own mother did it. >>> health club repage, three women dead, and nine more injured. >>> 99join us today after dr. phil. >>> all right, stay >>> all right, welcome back, and the five-day forecast, saturday, we have taken the thunderstorm out. we shouldn't see huge issues. 88 and humid tomorrow. 92, 94, 90, and 90 sunday through wednesday, and unless i'm mistaken, i don't think that i am, it is the first four day run with temperatures over 90. it is not 105 or 106. but i don't think that we have had a multi day run this season. >> and we are almost at the end, the middle of august. >>> a big night on cbs prime time. >>> thanks for watching news 13. captions by: caption colorado, llc, 800-775-7

jackson, ceo of auto nation, largest gm ford and chrysler dealers joins us. are you guys getting paid or are you guys getting stuck? >> carl, good morning. how is everyone today? first, phil'sout $45 million at this point. but i'm a bit sanguine about it. to me it's a little like you throw a drowning man the life preserver and you complain about the color of the life preserver. this is a fantastic stimulus program that's working on every level. it is so successful beyond everyone's expectation that the department of precipitation was not prepared to deal with this unbelievable surge. they are on it. they are adding more resources every day. they are worried about fraud, being absolute perfectionist about every submission. that's tough. the rule book is 136 pages. they want to get it right. that's understandable. they are protecting taxpayer dollars. i think in the next few weeks they will break the logjam and get the rebates flowing. you're right. dealers have advanced the money on behalf of the customers. that's money out the door the industry is now trying to collect from the u.s. government. >> a website reported yesterday the program is fading fast. they look at auto pu

jackson and whatever reggie teld him, tex took it to heart. do that voodoo that you do so well, ninth three-r.b.i. game this season, most on the yankees. phil everett to ground to third, a-rod steps on the bag and throws to first for the out. yankees working out of a jam. mariano rivera gets mark ellis to fly out to right and the yankees win 3-2. they're 25-8 since the all-star break. that's best in the bigs. oakland is 2-11 in the last 13 games vs. the bronx bombers. >> it didn't work out with the red sox. so john smoltz will try his luck with the redbirds. released by boston, the 42-year-old signed with the n.l.-central-leading cardinals on wednesday. for now the future hall of famer will be the cardinals' fifth starter but he could be moved to the bullpen. going back to the national league may be just what smoltzy needs. >> he had some tough numbers. i had a couple of guys that i know in boston, they say the arm's got good life. after being out, an e.r.a. in the 2.00's, i think he needs some work and i know he's anxious to have dunc take a look at him, he knows a lot about himself, there are a lot of pluses here. i think it's good for bo