the rangers last night. we talked about it and seemed like early in the season, they wanted attack but it was slider, slider, slider . showed the fast paul as well they have discovered that as well. they have played extremely well. did is inside and now two-one. got one of the great ones in baseball. they talked about batting pract yes loves to put on a show. we have 152 games . and one-nothing on that swing there. watch this swing and recall from all of the force in the swing. wow. when your back hit becomes the -- that means you are getting through the baseball. two on and no one out. top of the eighth inning. and cespedes drives it to deep center and jeffrey is under it and make it is the catch and out number one. and both runners advance. i consider cespedes a great high fast ball hitter. it is the cutter first pitch and fast ball inside and little off speed. it is a much hitter . got the pitch they wanted. it is johnnie gomes and struck out twice. strike one. it is a baseball in a hurry. it is a hitter.

and that's it. 6-1 rangers. it's a quick two-game series.hey'll wrap it up tomorrow, 12:35. >>> giants open their road trip in a big way. atlanta's turner field, stop no. 1, then they move on to philadelphia. buster posey to left field, and the giants had a two nothing lead. zito, sevens, 3 hits, did not allow a run. zito was up 9-0. everybody's coming home, posey 3-5,. dodgers lose. of giants lead three games. >>> melky cabrera was acquired by kansas city for jonathan sanchez. they released sanchez today. 1 win, 6 losses, the worst earned run average in baseball. again, the giants acquired the all-star game mvp in exchange for this fella. so jonathan sanchez looking for a new team. he threw a no-hitter for the giants. now he's out of work. >>> jeremy lin, a houston rocket. we've been talking about this for a week. the knicks did not step up and match the three-year $25 million offer sheet which houston gave jeremy lin. the reason? last year of the contract is almost $15 million. had they decided to bring him back, the knicks would have had

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the rangers end the four-game win streak, 6-1 the final. buster posey is back in his home state of georgia and loving it. starts with a first inning base hit. it is posey with a single to left. he charges and drops. cabrera scores and 2-0 giants. more than enough support for barry zito. zito seven scoreless and three hits allowed. one negative, sanchez diving back to first base sprained his knee. moments later and zito fouls one off and scattering everybody in the giant dug out. single and it scores pagan and it really opened the flood gates as the giants scored six times in the inning. posey with a bases loaded double and scores everybody. three for five and five r.b.i and 9-0 giants. 10 games over 500 now and three up on the dodgers who

middle of the fourth between the twins and rangers. when this happened. a blast of thunder and lightning rocketed the stadium, sending everyone running for the hills. worth another look. a classic texas thunderstorm. delayed the game for about 45 minutes. no one was hurt. just a little startled. 13th inning, lightning never strikes twice, unless you're the rangers. ian kinsler, the bolt, to turn out the lights. rangers win 4-3. >>> to tennis, a brit hasn't won a wimbledon title since fred perry back in 1936 and it wasn't going to happen yesterday. men's final at the all-england club. roger federer proved once again he's the best player in tennis. after losing first to murray, federer comes alive. drop shot can fall. federer takes the second set. how about power. an ace past murray to win the third set. on to match point. after a short rally, murray return is wide. federer wins his record-tying seventh wimbledon title and regains the number one ranking in the world. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> who did better than

. >>> ron washington, first place texas rangers hosting the red sox.m three, rangers down 1-0. elvis andrews, ground ball to second to dustin pedroia. oh, man. gets the 2-1 score. rangers take a 2-1 lead. a few minutes later, the man with the most hits in history, michael young. bottom six, mike napoli. he owns the second batting percentage all-time. are you kidding me? 15th home run of the season. the rangers win 9-1, boston is 48-49. >>> team usa takes on spain on tuesday in its final tuneup before the olympics. spain is the only team ever to score 100 points against the u.s. in the olympics. back in 2008. you can catch the action at 4:30 on espn2, espn3 and the watchespn app. >> our producers know how to make great transitions. speaking of olympians -- that wassee uniforms worn by u.s. olympic athletes in opening and closing ceremonies will soon be made only in -- >> -- america! the u.s. olympic committee has reached a deal outfit team usa in american-made clothes. it does not apply to uniforms worn in actual sporting eengtss. there we go. right her

a's face the texas rangers.ng crushed by chris carter it is 1-0 now 2-1 in the fifth, drops it were no one is standing to run score both the rangers' lead 3-2 and then josh hamilton the dagger. rangers win it 7-2. the first team to get to 50 wins this season. the scene in north beach italy beat germany all have a chance to celebrate more tomorrow only if they get by spain in the finals tomorrow. 50,000 less at stanford stadium to see the quicksand galaxy. david beckoned uncorks one a free kick and a galaxy led 3-1 before half. the second half along to the quakes from the corner, of the back of this button, takes it through. the quakes come back and when that 4-3. lookit david beck and after the game. maybe he's upset about getting left off the olympic squad for his own country. to great swimmers the 200 i.m., best of the olympic trials matching stroke for stroke coming down the stretch, phelps touch the wall faster than lockheed but both going to london in that event. what we know from a lead stabbing of the 49e

in this chaotic country, rangers are often the only ones enforcing the law.ore than 100 have been killed in the line of duty in the last two decades. >> it's absolutely exceptional if we lose this park and we've lost something that can never be recovered, and so that does require a huge commitment and a huge sacrifice to protect it. >> reporter: but the rangers say the gorillas are worth fighting for. >> they're absolutely wonderful animals. i mean, they have all the qualities of us as humans. but very few of the -- very few of our failings. >> our david mckenzie went ann cross the border to the democratic republic of the congo to fire that report on these endangered species. it looks like those rangers are willing to put their own lives on the line for those gorillas. >> they're almost like a band of brothers, erin. there's some 250 of them scattered across a huge area of this park which is really just split in two between the government forces and rebels. in fact, the park headquarters is right in the rebel strong hold. so they have to negotiate access outs

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a wild scenes between the rangers and twins and it had nothing to do with the game. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ want my recipe for healthier hair color? natural instincts! formulated with aloe, vitamin and antioxidants natural instincts has a system that's a healthier way to radiant color. indulge... with natural instincts. less guilt, more gorgeous. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> welcome book to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. u.s. military officials have confirmed six american soldiers were killed in afghanistan yesterday. they died in a blast of an improvised explosive device about 40 miles southwest of the capital of kabul. >>> in egypt the new islamist president, mow whom med morsi is ordering the party to reconvene. the parliament was dissolved last month after an order from a military backed court. >>> in jordan a heated debate on tv became violent when a lawmaker threw a shoe at another politician and then pulled out a gun. the host of the debate separa

we'll show you what caused all this commotion during the rangers and twins day. >>> and we managed tofinish on a cool note, be prepared for changes, pleasantton, getting into the low 90s. by the middle part of the week, 100 degrees, the full forecast is coming up in just moments [ horn honks ] ♪ ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the moist, chewy, deliciousness you desire. mmmm. thanks. at 90 calories, the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. galiardi. >>> extreme weather in texas tonight as lightning struck dangerously close to rangers ballpark in arlington, there as you saw the runners running for cover. the cameras went black for a moment as the loud crack went through the stadium during the rangers-twins game today. the officials say it was most likely caused by an electrical surge, the game was temporarily delayed. they were kind of scared. >>> and today, storms in texas and new mexico, in the area, flying debris killed a 28-year-old woman sitting in her car in a grocery store parking lot. >>> and in new jersey, a woman is in

it is hard to find anybody who gets mad at park rangers. what happened was as part of the budget deal which brown signed on wednesday night, noreen evans from the north bay found $41 million in other pots of money. water treatment money, energy pots, road pots and put that into state parks. governor brown line-item vetoed $79 million of that out. that $10 million that he kept in combined with 40 million deals. everybody from the supermarket which gave money to the big sur land trust to the city of calusa kicked in. what we found yesterday, 40 of the 70 have deals to keep them open for another year. 25 of the 70 are in negotiations and probably will be saved. five are what we are calling orphan parks which don't have deals. unless someone steps forward by later this summer, those parks could close. >> can you specify who you want to give money to out of the five? >> the california state parks foundation, which is a bay area-based non-profit is coordinating this. the five parks are the state recreation area and the state beach and gray whale

>> this is ranger, and this is ranger begging his owner to let him on the bed, please.s all he wants. >> if you're really tired and he wants to go o forfor a walk -- >> how can you resist, look at his face, and his little whiney -- >> the little eyebrows go up -- >> i think dogs go to "how to make my owner feel sorry for me" school. >> works on me every time. >> works on you, so note to all of the dudes out there. >> i said with my dog -- >>> if you live in the sticks, you don't have a lot of opportunities to get your thrills. so you create your own. this is called the redneck roller coaster. they got some seats in the back of the equipment, and attached it to a minibike. >> there's no seat belts. >> yes, and his face is right behind that axle. >> and no mercy from the minibike driver. >> this looks like a sure fire way to vomit. >> a good name for this is the death trap. >> or rusty way to get an infection. >>> everybody likes lmfao's "i'm sexy and i know it." it came on, and the moves started flowing. >> whoa, it's like she's been watching mtv jams. >> that's like '80

. >> a's and rangers, ryan and campbell big head racing. rangers, jarvis struck out 11 but a wild pitch scores weeks. then brandon moss. >> see ya! solo shot into the upper deck. lone all-star ryan cook closes it off. nice catch made by josh read i can and the a's avoid the sweep. let's take a brief timeout to check out tiger woods. if he keeps making putts like this he may just win t >>> euro cup finals between spain and italy. out in droves to watch this contest. 14th minute. he has it in one and he gets it behind the defense. spain won their third straight title, two euro cups with a world cup, 4-nil your final. >> tiger woods was not happy when he will left the bay area and he took it out in iogs own tournament. tying over 15, a 22-footer for birdie. nothing but net gives him a one-stroke lead. dropped a birdie of his own on 15. that tied him at nine other. on 17. vanpelt's third shot and tiger will tap in the par. >> incredible week. the fast maintenance crew yesterday was a very difficult situation and they worked their tails off to g

the rangers went on to win. both tracks of the green line reopened just in time for this morning's rush hour. the derailment in prince george's county is being blamed on the heat. it took all weekend to prepare the 1,000 foot section of damaged track near hyattsville. and a stretch near billy that buckled under the heat, crews worked overnight to repair the road. and we have seen people using umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun. now you might need one to keep you dry. i think a lot of people have prayed for rain for these cooler temperatures. >> the ground is getting a little crunchy outside the area ones are a mixture of crack -- brown and green. right now not much in terms of rain. a little shower just south of denton, md.. even in shenandoah county, along interstate 81, just a few sprinkles. temperature-wide, in the district, 77. at leesburg for a change, it is noon and we are not talking about 90 degrees. 85-90 and partial sunshine. the vast majority of clear skies will be run along the mason- dixon

the rangers' best hitter named mark teixeira. at one point teixeira went up to padilla, said, hey, knock it off. unless you want to stand in there and get hit. >> tim: which doesn't happen in the american league because of the dh. >> joe: i'm getting drilled because you're hitting batters. he didn't. then they faced each other in '09. teixeira's first year with the yankees. padilla was pitching for the phillies. teixeira took padilla deep in the first two at-bats of the game, and then padilla drilled teixeira. >> tim: hitting three times in 17 at-bats. >> joe: last night padilla was on the mound and mark teixeira got him for a two-run triple in the seventh inning. big part of that 10-8 win for the yankees on friday night. here's a base hit to left off the bat of cano. it's two on with one out. the yankees down by five here in the eighth. it will be bring in nick swisher. and padilla, who's been very good this year for the red sox, especially in stranding inherited runners -- although that wasn't the case last night -- may get a c

rugged rangers. the game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the first.t they run their way back. and to right field for a big base hit the sox led 5-4. it's very scary moment a pop-up and a vicious collision right there. ramirez stayed in 6-5 in the seventh inning. hall of famer ron santo honored in wrigley. 82 run blast anthony russorizzo the first. st. louis led 6-5. i mentioned the historic game, travis would give out homers in each of the first five innings. the first five innings of a ball game. a rugged day for the cubs. and especially for travis wood. their first full contact practice takes place tomorrow right in the middle of practice there was a big scare he collided with major right. one of those uneasy moments when your post gets a little stronger, devon going down in practice and he had to leave for a few minutes before getting back into the mix, it turned out to be a mild ankle sprain. >> he got up, he got back to practice so he should be good to go. >> the bears quarterback in the meantime continue to battle it out with brandon marshall no

the sanctions will likely cripple penn state football for the next decade. >>> the rangers pulled off a huge trade sending three players and a first round pick to the black for rick nash. he had 30 goals last season in columbus. >>> the yankees got this guy, ichero see zoo ski. the yanks were in seattle to play the mariners. he did single in his first at-bat and he can still do this. his 16th stolen base of the season. alex rodriguez, also a former mariner, launching a solo shot in the eighth. >>> braves are also wheeling and dealing according to reports. they're close to acquiring cubs pitcher ryan dempster. they could have used him last night. with his first home ore f the year, they win, 2-1. >> phillies beat the brewers. tie wigginton beats the comeback. the throw at the plate not even close. phil walk off with 57-6 win. mets and nats pick it up in the ten. the washington bats come alive. sacks full for bryce harper, third rbi of the game gives the nationals the lead. nats score a half dozen in the tenth and win this one, 8-2. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm m

judge hamilton 25th home run of the armed rangers win 7-till. storms in the d.c. area kleist damaged at congressional country club in the golf tournament a light 6 hours and fans not allowed on the grounds. it tiger woods with this chip, in for a birdie he is one back of the leader. the call of the california classic at stanford stadium. the quakes come back to tie it. of a corner kick out the back of us but the quakes claim victory. 4-3. >>> was a you at 11. ♪[linkin park "burn it down"] ♪[rock] ♪ [narrator] can't wait for the honda civic tour featuring linkin park? neither can we. go to facebook.com/hondacivictour for details. to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo!

. >> mike: a's in tax facing the rangers, already lost two straight near arlington. tommy malone on the mound. struck out the side in the first. he has six strikeouts so far. chris carter called up from the minors yesterday, where he hit a home run. does again today. second of the year. 1-0 oakland. beltre ties it up with one swing of the bat. game tied. a's regain the lead with an inge base hit but texas scores five runs in the fifth. capped off by this three run bomb from josh hamilton. 25-inch of the year. 6-2 rangers in the sixth. police highlights at 11:00. >> there's no better way for tennis fanso spend a day than the first sat day at wimbledon. some great matches today. ladies first, the all-england cla club. look at the hair on serena. lost the first set. wasn't moving that well. return hits the net but came back in the second. one of her 23 aces. third set, tiebreaker, tied at 7. the return is way it wide. see recent -- serena advances to the fourth round with a three-set victory. >> last american mail to win a major, andy roddick in 2003, facing the seventh

. >> the division leading rangers. they have the majors best offense and that's why adrian hit an 80 mile an hour. nobody covers first. nelson cruise score. everyone is safe. the bottom of the eight, a's load the bases. they have a chance but brandon moss ends in weekly. the runner in scoring position and the rangers win, 6-1. >> we won eight out of nine. we've been playing pretty well. you'll have games like that where a guy pitches well against you. you have to play well every time you play them to beat them. we'll take this as one loss and move onto tomorrow. >> the knicks will not offer jeremy lin. we'll be back after the break. >>> they are fine tuning their act. let's just say they fine tuned their act. they are ready for london. tonight the group held its final t practice before heading overseas to sing on opening day. >> it's an incredible honor. we're on one of their main stages. we're getting so close now that everybody's talking with a higher pitched voice because they're so excited. >> we are also excited f

the rangers went on to beat the twins. 4-3. following a rain delay.d. >>> it is every summer's worst nightmare. paddling out in the ocean. and coming face to face with a great whie white shark. that's what happened to a man in massachusetts. karen brown reports for wjz. expert says this hot summer weather will bring more sharks closer to shore. >> reporter: cape cod. every kayaker's worst fear. you see walter zolk, jr., looking back over his shoulder in panic. 10 feed away, the dorsal fin of a great white shark. >> i'm surprised it probably hasn't happened sooner. because we know they're out there. >> reporter: the same day in santa cruz, california, a great white took a bite out of this kayak. the man inside, thrown into the water, but survived. >> sharks in the area at all times. so people need to be aware of that. just be careful. >> reporter: they're just the latest in great white encounters. the hot temperatures bringing them earlier, but it's not the people they're after. it's the exploding seal populations that have moved closer to shore. >> sh

elsewhere, rangers/red sox in arlington. picked off by clay buchholbuchh. ron washington comes out to argue, to no avail. eighth inning, game died at one. it's adrian beltre in the helmet. beltre would have to leave the game. top nine. ball game still tied with two on. cashing in. now the score, red sox pick up the first win over the rangers this year. >> l.a./st. louis, "wednesday night baseball" tonight at 8:00 eastern on espn, espn 3 and watch espn. >>> up next, the pulse including the frightening incident at sea world. >>> plus an animal story, featuring an animal that, it's fair to say, had one resident a little freaked out. [ female announcer ] teach your kids to shield, sneeze, swish to help keep stuff off their hands. ♪ this back to school ♪ there's a new routine ♪ grab a kleenex® tissue to help keep your hands clean ♪ ♪ every time you sneeze no matter where ♪ ♪ ya gotta shield sneeze swish like you just don't care ♪ ♪ shield sneeze swish ♪ check out my swish ♪ da da da da da, da da da da da ♪ [ female announcer ] only kleenex® brand has sneeze shie

rangers win 7-2. texas the first team to reach 50 wins this season. >> let's switch gears, tennis, cycling and golf, tiger woods had quite a round after the storm of the center back east. stick >> the first saturday at wimbledon, always a great day. for the american men, roddick and query both gone and fish moves on. serene lost their first set. wasn't moving that well. came back in the second, hitting one of their 23 a's. first set tiebreaker. now tied at second. he the return is wide. serena was pumped up. tour de france begins today in bill jump. fabian cancellara won in 7:13 and will open tomorrow stage one in the yellow jersey while lance armstrong fights off doping allegations again. >> let's tee it off in tiger tournament where an overnight storm wreaked havoc on the course, play was delayed for six hours. players could play but no finance fans were aloud on the -- allowed on the grounds. wood's birdie putt, ties at 67. one back. are you allowed to win your own torment? brandon dejonge, three b

. >> a's and rangers ryan and campbell big head racing. rangers jarvis struck out 11 but a wild pitch scores weeks. then brandon moss. >> see ya! solo shot into the upper deck. lone all-star ryan cook closes it off. nice catch made by josh read i can and the a's avoid the sweep. let's take a brief timeout to check out tiger woods. if he keeps making putts like this he may >>> euro cup finals between spain and italy. out in droves to watch this contest. 14th minute. he has it in one and he gets it behind the defense. spain won their third straight title two euro cups with a world cup 4-nil your final. >> tiger woods was not happy when he will left the bay area and he took it out in iogs own tournament. tying over 15 a 22-footer for birdie. nothing but net gives him a one-stroke lead. dropped a birdie of his own on 15. that tied him at nine other. on 17. vanpelt's third shot and tiger will tap in the par. >> incredible week. the fast maintenance crew yesterday was a very difficult situation and they worked their tails off to get it done. eve

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. >>> well, coming up, the nats take it to extras, the phils rally late, and hockey's rangers deal for an all-star. >>> plus, a surprise trade puts a japanese icon in pinstripes. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> while many of us will dodge thunderstorms today, the big question is when. will kansas ever cool off. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports the ncaa sanctions handed down yesterday against penn state for the football program's recent child sex abuse scandal may not include the so-called death penalty, but there is little doubt nittany lion football will never be the same. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. a day after penn state took down the joe paterno statue, the ncaa dropped the hammer on the school's football program. hitting the once proud university with a record $60 million fine, a four-year bowl ban, and the loss of 20 football scholarships each season for the next four years. the

month to get themselves back in the playoff contention by they face a huge test this week with the rangers and the yankees start the clock. but it's a sad endings in his last stores against texas nuys of restoring adrian dickson did for his 17th home run. they allowed four runs bottom of the ada is down 521 bases loaded in says this strikes out looking grandma's a pop-up to an editing the rangers went 61. mukluk a prayer back in the giants' last after missing sunday's game for the birth of his daughter a very zia remains undefeated in lanza top of the fourth inning base hit to the west side into begun scores gl is even better on amounts. the june 5th rent captain of with the bases clearing double the density the braves' ninth nothing for their fourth straight win. member of the houston rockets at the new york knicks declined to match houston's three-year $25 million offer and it think when it comes to jeremy land is more than just about what does on the course. it's a great job. a new talk about marketing is selling jerseys for 67 bucks a pop and everybody is going to be wearing his number

rangers and a's knotted at 3-3 in the ninth. brandon hicks has never hit a home run until now. touch a ball, brandon, you just won the game, and the a's downed the rangers, 4-3. >>> are you starting to see a trend? another tied game, another walk-off homer. this time billy butler with the honors, and the royals beat the mariners, 8-7. >>> now to san diego, you'd think if one player had two home runs, their team would win, right? not so. matt downs hit a pair, but that was it for houston. padres doubled up the astros, 8-4. >>> yanks and blue jays, scary moment in the third. mark teixeira, a pop fly into foul territory. brett lawrie chased it down. reached over the camera well and tumbled and fell hard onto the pavement. look at teixeira. he knew it was bad. lawrie, absolutely no regard for his body tried to make the play but couldn't come up with the ball. thankfully he was okay, but he'll have a lot of bumps and bruises this morning. yanks won the game, 6-0. >>> and, finally, if you made money in the stock market yesterday, you might want to thank mariano rivera. the yanks' clo

one of the american league's best teams took on one of the worst as the rangers face the twins.e pick it up in the fourth. >> wow. that knocked -- the players are coming off the field whether they want them to or not. >> holy cow. >> after the game. twins outfield erden nard span tweeted, quote, that's the loudest noisy ever heard. i thought jesus was coming. end quote. back to the game, tied in the 13g9, ian kinsler puts one over the drawn-in outfield to drive in the winning run, rangers win 4-3, head into the all-star break with a four-game lead. but watch out for the california angels and mike trout. >>> the pirates at home taking on the giants, seventh inning, andrew mccutchen, best player in the national league so far hits one deep to right center. park can't hold it. the second homer for him of the game. the first player in pirates history with a batting average of .362. pirates went on to win 13-2, leading their division at the all-star break for the first time since 1997. go pirates. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," a new fight over economic policy

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>> well, bob, i am going to make you happy and say that the texas rangers are going to win the world you know, they have lost the last two world series and never had a team that lost two straight world series and the closest parallel is doris's dodgers, the dodgers of the fifties who kept knocking on the door and finally naah 1955 they burst through it, what do you think, good plot line for you? >> i tell you i saw the game six of the world series last year and i know harold was down there because i saw him, i believe it may have been the best baseball game i have ever seen, and i am with you, i kind of thing think the rangers are going to wind up i would love to see the rangers and the -- and get to see bryce harper at age 19 this the world series i think you are on to something there. doris. >> i am just hoping the red sox come back from the dead, so at least i have a season. it has made me feel so sad, i feel the summer is gone, i can't predict except that we are not in last place. >> schieffer: did you go to the game last night. >> yes, we won last night, and i woke up happy this

but the rangers took back the lead. in the eighth a homer by right fielder nelson cruz.the rangers a 5-3 margin that held up for the win. >>> in london, members of team usa have chosen center mayorial da gun as a two-time gold medalist to care the flag in the opening ceremonies. competition is under way already. the game was tied at 2 before the half. they scored twice again in the second half to give the defending olympic champions a 4-2 victory. at another women's soccer match, an olympic size flag flap or fail involving north korea. when the north koreans were introduced in glasgow, scotland, their photos were accompanied by the south korean flag. not good. olympic officials apologized but outraged north korean team officials delayed the game for more than an hour. the north korean women won that one 2-0. >>> when we come back on a thursday, more coverage of the olympics. including a smog alert. how air pollution threatens to slow down some of the fastest athletes in the world. i don't want healthy skin for a day. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] don