a slick ride across texas and part of the rockies.ds could be wet from the carolinas up to new england. >> if you are flying, airport delays possible in new orleans, and on the east coast, boston, new york, philadelphia and washington, d.c. i think everything has been canceled. >>> now, the dramatic landing of a news helicopter at the top of the show. this happened in yesterday's evening rush hour in los angeles. the news chopper suddenly started spewing smoke from the engine. the footage was shot by another station's chopper. >> after several moments of trying to land, the pilot was able to put the copter down in a parking lot. the smoke came from an oil leak. that pilot was quick thinking. >> wow. >> why i'll never get in an helicopter. >> good news there. >>> a utah doctor has been formally charged with the death of his wife five years ago. his wife was found dead in the bathtub. two his mcneill's daughters pushed for his arrest. there will be more on this case later on "good morning america." >>> visitors to yosemite national park

. >> jimmy: it's going to be rocky.ple look at her and say, "you married that?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: comparative -- >> dancing fool. >> jimmy: yes. >> but if you're out, by yourself, you can do that. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and don't have liquor on your breath. >> jimmy: no. [ laughter ] i actually have a clip of you that's been floating around on the internet -- >> wait a minute. >> jimmy: oh, no, it's a good clip. >> doing what? >> jimmy: no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [ laughter ] no, no, no. no, no, no. >> well, okay. >> jimmy: you're actually just dancing. >> all right. >> jimmy: but i just wanted to -- let's take a look at this. this is bill cosby dancing at home. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know -- you know it's funny. >> yes. >> jimmy: yeah, you know it and you feel it. >> jimmy: i want to talk to you because i know you're excited about the olympics. >> yes. >> jimmy: and i am excited about it because you were an athlete. >> yes, i were. >> jimmy: yes, you were an athlete for temple university. look at

a solo home run and it's 1-0, rockies. bottom six, rockies up 2-0. the last one. chris nelson scores and rockies go on to win, 10-0. football and the 49ers crawls and sunday's exhibition game. peyton manning had his best showing, topping two touchdowns and limited action. we explain. >> we didn't play well enough. it was a great learning experience for us in that the play where is we broke down, we could have played better. we were not ready to win the one on one battles. >> switching to the silver and black. impressive preseason action against the lions. the stand out won three of five with two touchdowns and was the topic of discussion at practice on monday. >> gave us a chance to show us and some of my teammates were there and it was a good opportunity. >> i first got here and he was not getting that rest. for now, for training camp he got 30 to 40% and he improved drastically. >> that's a look at sports. raj and jessica, back to you. >> does jessica know that you were high school teammates? >> he loves doing trivia and i didn't know that. >> she does now. that

former salt lake city mayor rocky anderson. stay with us. >> cheap trick's "i want you to want me" as performed by g.e.smith and the rnc house band. one of the songs played and the republican convention here in tampa, florida. this is war, peace, and the presidency. looking at the convention from the inside out. >> the major networks are broadcasting just one hour each night of the republican national convention beginning at 10:00 p.m. in the first hour of coverage, tuesday, republicans highlighted women. speakers included ann romney. amy, you were there when nikki haley took the stage just before 10:00 p.m. >> i sat on the tarmac facility in charleston and watched as the new airplane rolled onto the runway, with a maid in pride made in south carolina decal and 6000 non-union employees cheering, so proud of what they had built. >> we are at the republican national convention in tampa, florida. we are on the fourth floor of the convention, overlooking the first night. the first night on monday was canceled. tonight, ann romney w

the rocky mountains are seeing an unprecedented boom in oil and gas drilling montana wyoming colorado new mexico utah the boom is happening all over the country there is oil and gas operations in thirty two states right now but the rocky mountain states are really seeing the vast majority of the expansion. and it's overflowing into communities where people are seeing this right in their backyards. oh sure you were they wanted to put this location one of the first places that they wanted to put it surprise you and say we have three well out there you don't have anything in . a split a state situation is when somebody who owns the surface of their land does not own the resources that are underneath their land for example oil and gas or other minerals a private person could own a house with land and the federal government or another private individual might on the resources under it the person who owns the oil and gas has rights to access that oil and gas which means that whoever owns the surface probably can't control what happens on their own property just one new state in the middle a

matt cain goes for his first win in the month strikes out the side in the third can hold the rockiesto two runs over seven and two-thirds. giants at 2-0, buster posey a two run homer his 19th of this season. two more hits for posey hitting for 48. hunter pence in need of the break gets one today he has been struggling since joining the giants comes through with the to die double in the theft. they blow it open in the sixth. angel pagan drops it tripled to recommend to score seventh triple of the year for pagan the giants pounded out 13 hits the if the rockies 9-3. >>> everybody doing something to help out and keep the line moving the bottom of the order helped us get things going matt cain that they get for us, things like that happen the confidence grows it was good for their personality i know they have been hearing a lot about it, the glove there and play like this, it was huge for us burgomaster to pick up here at home, and swing the bats. >>> giants in first by a half- game jains pursued for super bowl got under way in the preseason opener. >>> capper neck very athletic he can r

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and the rockies had an early 1-0 lead, to the top of the fourth, 1-0 colorado, tyler colvin, rbi singled rosario comes around to score, rockies up 2-0, they add another and win it by a final of 3-0, that does it for now, but i have to remind you that the a's lose 4-3 in chicago. back with more news after this quick time-out. ♪ [ male announcer ] before they soar. ♪ before they perform. ♪ before they inspire. ♪ before they amaze. ♪ before they move us, we move them. proud to fly team usa for over 30 years. united. >> dolphins caught on video by bay area fishermen. the crew was 20 miles off the coast, when they spotted the dolphins, and he basically took his go-pro video camera and lowered it four feet below the surface and then they slowed down and let the dolphins swim up to the camera. >> you can tell in the video they are right up next to it within inches of it, they were curious and were coming up and checking it out. he posted a video and got 180,000 hits in one week. and raj, you are a trend setter. we just lost him live. this is what happened. there it is. that's the video, he is

. >>> a big night for the redskins and rocky quarterback robert griffin iii. they pitted the two pop picks from this past draft. and rg three was taken second overall. and griffin shows how he can hightail it the outside and he can take a big hit. and that would have him bouncing up. and the third drive he steps up and hits this guy for 18 yards. and morris will punch in from two yards out. griffin rolls out by moss for the touch down. redskins go on to win 30-17. >> >> keeps getting better and better and more comfortable with the system and what we're trying to do. and that goes with the experience that most quarterbacks need. >> one of key notes in the game running back key high tower ran. he feels great. >>> here's what is next for the skins. they'll conclude the preseason with a 7:00 p.m. home game against the buccaneers on wednesday. game two is another road game against the st. louis ramp. coming up later in our sports break fast. rocky parish will break down preseason game number two. -- i'm sorry that was game number three. >>> some arlington students

rockies won 10-0. and we've saved the best for last. felix hernandez won his last nine decisions which included a perfect game. struck out five and gave up just five hits. eric canes provided all the offense seattle needed. a homer in the eighth. hernandez making a late run for the cy young. he won 1-0 in minnesota. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up, detectives appear to be determined to nail lindsay lohan in yet another jewelry theft. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus a college kid saves one of the biggest companies some big embarrassment, if not worse. you're watching early "today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're still watching a tropical storm going to new orleans. not a hurricane yet. landfall sometime this evening. this time tomorrow, pretty heavy rain and strong winds. forecasts in the west, another very warm day. possible record highs in a few spots. salt lake city to denver. could approach 100. very warm in the desert southwest and new me

third inning and rockies did something they couldn't do last weekend, scored first.n r.b.i single and it is 1-0. tim lincecum goes seven innings and allowed three runs. runner tees corners and he strikes out time me and rosario throws out crawford.

madison bumgarner are kept the rockies bat is quiet. he allowed just one run. giants leaded 7-3 in the eighth. ryan theriot and another down the line. the cherry on top pagan, a solo home run on the forehead night. giants won an 11-6. they are 1/2 came up over the dodgers. the a's run of extra inning luck caught up with them today. these fans are full of energy. the starter a j griffin lasted one inning. left with a shoulder issue. 17,121 on hand. he shoes it into right field it stood stays that way until the ninth. he serves up a homer to tie the game off the bat a former cal star david cooper. extra innings, in the 11th ball down the left-field line a run scores. the jays' winning 3-1. oakland falls five games behind texas in the west. check out this catch by angels the non. he leaps up and takes away a home run. another flub. that is spectacular. the angels when it 6-5. score one for the petaluma nationals taking another step closer to the in that league world series another win today 2-1. they are unbeaten, if they win that region they will go to williamspo

why is this a rocky balboa recovery?the economy does have a certain stop-go aspect in the last three years, and it reminded me and my co-authors of rocky balboa springing to action, trying to recover and getting whacked and knocked down on the mat again. jenna: what keeps knocking the economy down? >> yeah, several things. one thing we focused on is the highly uncertain policy environment facing businesses and households both in the united states, but also in europe. which has spillover effects on the u.s. jenna: and so does that look like it's going to end anytime soon? >> well, it's not looking really good for the near term. um, everybody here talks about the fiscal cliff that's coming due on january of next year. that is a big deal. if there aren't some changes in the law, there will be major tax hikes on businesses and households and big cutbacks in defense spending and some other areas of government spending. and, of course, we've also got a very important national election coming up, and there's a lot riding on tha

third inning and rockies did something they couldn't do last weekend, scored first.r.b.i single and it is 1-0. tim lincecum goes seven innings and allowed three runs. runner tees corners and he strikes out time me and rosario throws out crawford. the giants are in a tie with the dodgers. but we end with a hovercraft that is right from "back to the future." ck car thee's last start was cash dash mccarthy's last start was in june. mccarthy goes six innings and allowed three runs and tied at three. a lot of walkoffs. they were the victims victims in chicago. good night, game over, drive home safely. little league playoffs and playing in the semifinals against las vegas. bradley smith crushed to the opposite field and to the concession stand. pet -- petaluma will play in hawaii. he is tied for the lead at the pga championship in south carolina. he didn't have to face the worst of the winds. he is four under. no majors. he fires a 71. a three-way tie for the lead with vijah and carl pettersson. peterson with a trio at four under par. jay all right, well a special report o

rockies won 10-0. >>> felix hernandez, can he do no wrong?on his last nine decisions which included a perfect game. struck out five and gave up five hits. er erik tames provided all the offense he needed. another one-run game, 1-0, in minnesota. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> let's get another check of the weather with bill karins still tracking isaac. >> isaac is not a hurricane yet. it does not look very impressive on radar. a couple of bands of showers ond downpours that will move towards coastal areas. you will not see a lot of rain until later on tonight. the high winds will be moving onshore later this ink. it has a lot of work to do to become very high-impact event there. we are still worried about the storm surge and how much rain falls. the winds do not appear and cause that much, if any, damage. we have some rain moving through new england this morning. make sure you bring the umbrella with you today. the showers will exit. a nice, warm afternoon. it is still wet/dry. we may get some rain from isaac up area

matt cain's been struggling lately, but come on, it's the colorado rockies.ws 2 runs in 7-plus innings of work. matt cain's record, 11-5. giants got shut out last night, but scored 9 runs on 13 hits, 7th triple of the season. giants cruise 9-3, just their second victory in their last 10 home games. >>> it's becoming a pattern for tiger. climb to the top of the leaderboard in a major tournament, then trip and fall. it happened again today in the weather-beaten pga championship. tiger started for the lead in south carolina, but gave away two because his golf balls were on a search and destroy mission. he sits 5 shots back. adam scott, remember how he choked at the british open? today, scott birdies 4 of 5 holes he played. sits at minus 5, one back of the leader. what a day for rory mcilroy, sticks in the dead wood, cost him a penalty stroke. but look, he manages to come back for par, 6-under, has to play 27 holes tomorrow. 23-year-old mcilroy shares the lead with 49-year-old vijay singh. the two-time pga champion, has to play 30 holes tomorrow because the rains

and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were all watching this gap. and somebody had done very intricate work to figure out exactly where you need to stand to see the light at exactly the right time. and as we were all gathered up there, i remember this older archeo-astronomer said it's too bad this isn't celebrated any more. this is such a momentous occasion, the moon finally coming up b

rockies decimate l.a. 10-0. dodgers are now 2 1/2 games behind san fran in the national league west. >>> seemed like a good idea at time. pitcher kyle lowe tries to score from first but is easily thrown out at the plate in the sixth. matt halladay smacks his 24th homer of the season. st. louis takes down the pirates 4-3. >>> rangers break out the bats against the rays in the second. adrian beltre blasts a solo homer to left. next batter, nelson cruz, goes deep to center to tie the game. beltre back to the plate in the third, spots a two-run double. he went 3 for 3 on the night. rangers over tampa bay 6-5. >>> here's an unlikely hero. the orioles hit a homer to right, first homer in five years. and he was playing aaa ball last month, with the sweet swing and the two-run blast. orioles battled back to beat the white sox 4-3. >>> first round now of u.s. open tennis. top seed roger federer looking for his 18th major. had an easy time taking on donald young. 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. a stylish maria sharapova served up five ace

peyton manning hopes the broncos' season goes better than the rockies nightmare. potential double play ball turns into an error. ryan theriot for " safe at first appearing angel pagan scores on the passed ball. giants scored two runs in the first without a base hit during melky cabrera catches the fly ball than nails the runner. lincecum gets help from the defense. giants offense comes to life. five-one san francisco. the other new giant dams on to center, the rockies are horrible to more runs scored. 8-3 the final lincecum picks up his second straight win. dodgers up or run in the ninth anthony result of the cubs goes back and climbs the fence the home run tied the game. bottom of the ninth, he makes an impact and game winning base hit. dodgers win it 7-6 l.a. remains one half-game behind the giants. the record-setting july and the a's have been slow out of the blocks this month. losing three of five. top of the first toronto runner takes off for third on the bunt it never stops running and when- 0 at blue jays. in the third is 1-1. a three run shot to left and 2

third inning and rockies did something they couldn't do last weekend, scored first. an r.b.i single and it is 1-0. tim lincecum goes seven innings and allowed three runs. runner tees corners and he strikes out time me and rosario throws out crawford. the giants are in a tie with the dodgers. but we end with a hovercraft that is right from "back to the future." ck car thee's last start was cash dash mccarthy's last start was in june. mccarthy goes six innings and allowed three runs and tied at three. a lot of walkoffs. they were the victims victims in chicago. good night, game over, drive home safely. little league playoffs and playing in the semifinals against las vegas. bradley smith crushed to the opposite field and to the concession stand. pet -- petaluma will play in hawaii. he is tied for the lead at the pga championship in south carolina. he didn't have to face the worst of the winds. he is four under. no majors. he fires a 71. a three-way tie for the lead with vijah and carl pettersson. peterson with a trio at four under par. jay all right, well a special repo

he of the rockies to two runs through seven and two-thirds innings. buster posey continues his attack a two run homer and 19th of the seas and two more hits for posey. here's hunter pence goes the opposite way. comes through with a two-out double in the fifth, 5-0 they blow it open in this text. angel pagan a shot, bays is clear. theriot comes in to score. pagan seventh triple this year. they beat the rockies 9-3. >>> everybody doing something to help out, bottom of the order that the things going matt cain is a force. things like that happen and confidence grows, it is good for their personality, the got there and play like this, it was huge for us, were going have to pick up here at home and swing the bats. >>> for the moment 1 half game lei and in national league west. >>> the 49ers pursue the super bowl in yesterday's preseason opener. >>> go calling. inside the 30 common that 20, they tend touchdown 49ers! >>> 49ers beat the vikings 17-6 at the stick. wrapped up 260 yds on the ground. 78 come on this touchdown run by calling capper neck. >>> as t

you can see the rocky surface and the base of mount sharp. they are on a two-year mission to analyze rocks and soil to see if there are any races of life on mars. that is your 5@5:00. >>> let's head to colorado for new developments in the shooting massacre in aurora. james holmes now saying their client is mentally ill and they need more time to evaluate his ladies and gentlemened psychiatric issues before they enter a plea. holmes did see a psychiatrist at the university of colorado weeks before he allegedly murdered 12 people. all of this lending to speculation an insanity defense is in the works. the defense made the court hearings when members of the media asked the judge to unseal documents in this case. that decision could come as early as today. holmes a 24-year-old medical student was at the hearing his hair still died orange and those inside the courtroom say he appeared to be sloppy and disinterested in what was going on. holmes is charged with 24 counts of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. the rock and will roll bands kiss

giants just kept the rockies. have to wonder are the rockies that bad or are the giants that good. the answer is yes and maybe. for the third straight game the giants scored two runs. today they put two on the board without the benefit of a hit. chadwood loads the bases, that's a passed ball. pagan he scores. lincecum gets if win. and gets help from cabrera. that's a 7-2 double play to end the fourth and you have to like that. looks like pence is settling in as a giant. this shot in the seventh scores milky and it's a 5-1 ball game. just last week, marco skootero is on the mound. this is a double thanks to dexter fowler and scores pence. giants win to stay on top of the national league west standings. easy game isn't it kiddies. they head to st. louis. >>> dodgers stay on the giant's heal. rams at the plate. and singles off chicago sean camp. kemp breezes home. and stays one game back of the giants. >>> statistically the giants have the best. everybody is doing the ber -- bernie at the oakland coliseum. every day

. >> hewlett-packard expected to have a rocky trading day. let's say good morning to linda bell at bloomberg headquarters. >> a rocky trading day. hewlett-packard shares indicated to land open lower after reporting a loss, $9 billion. consumers have been turning away from pc's. more than 11 dows and workers will leave the company by the end of october. silicon valley neighbor facebook just got the green light from the federal trade commission to apply as a photo schuring website instagram. the national venture capital association ranks your city fourth when it comes to a tech startups, based on how much money was invested in young technology companies last year. washington gave birth to aol and now has living social. americans are getting better at paying off automobile loans. more homeowners are still underwater on mortgages. more on that in the next hour. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 4:38 right now one this thursday morning. >> from the >to florida people stockin

fans got a rocky mountain high out of this contest.pose continues his hitting two-run shot -- batting 471. in the third the milk man delivers solo bomb off francis, 11th of the season for milky. bumgarner looks laid one run over six innings struck out seven. pagan going four for six which included this homerun of the 9th out of here, giants win 11-6 over last two games, 33 hits and scored 27 runs. at the coliseum weeks was doing a little pr work before the contest. griffin had to leave in the second after tightness in his right shoulder no word on how serious. jay's threatens in the second, throw home is in time to nail sierra. oakland took a 1-0 lead rookie catcher norris drives in ing. like friday, cook gives up a game tying homerun in the 9th to cooper in 11 edwin tries to throw third, toronto takes the lead, blue jays tack on one more to make the final 3-1 that is sports for a sunday morning. i'm rick kwan see you tonight at 5:00. >>> right now we want to thank some people helping raise thousands for foster children by liking abc7

rocky iv is not the greatest movie of all time. yes, it is. dee, what do you consider to be a good movie? i don't know, like million dollar baby or... ( men hooting ) that is ridiculous. it won an oscar, you guys. rocky iv has stallone in it and he bashes the russian's face to smithereens. lifting anvils and (bleep) and pulling trucks through the snow. million dollar baby is totally unrealistic. girls can't fight, they don't have muscles. okay, that is a horribly sexist thing to say. it's not sexist, it's just truthful. girls can't pull trucks through snow. oh, can you pull trucks through snow? i absolutely could. you can barely walk in the snow, charlie. - he can walk in the snow. - time out. - is the truck in park or neutral? - oh, that's a good question. hey! empty your pockets. - now! - okay... hey, let's just all stay calm. oh! ow! nice friends.

rocky mountain southwest the new hispanic area of the country. question is really whether the whites are going to vote as they do in the south. whites vote one way and blacks vote the other. i'm not sure it's the case. >> andrea: two states you referenceed earlier, michigan and wisconsin. these reason states that republicans have been known to win. now they are in play. i think the industrial midwest something we talk about on the five five many times. i said it's one to watch. now we know. this is a different electoral map we're looking. >> you know wh who sticks out in those states? paul ryan. >> democrats need to take north carolina off the list. >> dana: before we go to break and come back at the end? >> greg: i saw a lot of nice hats. david okay. hatses are good -- >> dana: okay. hats are good. >> andrea: we're going to take a quick break but when we come back we talk about implications of the nomination and going forward what mitt romney can expect to do in the next couple of days. stay with us. live here in tampa. "the five" will be right

thunderstorms in the southwest and northern rockies. >> 80s along the pacific and east coast. heat building in the rockies and plains. 97 in colorado springs. 102 in phoenix. >>> and when we come back, an airline promotion backfires big time. apologies and refunds are on the way. >>> also, a half century after her death, marilyn monroe is still a bomb shell in the business world. her estate, with some very impressive figures. >>> and then a house swallowed up by a river. we'll show you where buildings are simply being swept away. >>> welcome back, everybody. there are some disappointing news this morning about social security. for the first time, those who recently retired or are about to retire will not get back as much from social security as they paid into the system. the ratio of those paying in to those collecting is changing. >>> southwest airlines has hit some turbulence. they're issues refunds to customers who were charged multiple times for a single price. it started as a sales promotion before a software glitch clipped the airlines' wings. they will compensate custom

heating up in the rockies. scattered afternoon showers in the northeast from boston to d.c. >> 90s from billings to colorado spring. 70s in the pacific northwest. 80s from the midsection into the east coast. >>> coming up next, after the break, where you won't see the candidates for the rest of the campaign. >>> and two rental car companies on the verge of becoming one. >>> and you might remember former south carolina governor mark sanford, well, he's going to the chapel. i'll spare you my singing voice. >> please do. >>> welcome back, everyone. there's major deal in the rental car business. hertz is buying dollar thrifty in a $2.3 deal. after sever years of trying to take over the smaller rival, regulators still have to okay this deal. it could lead to less competition and higher prices. >>> general motors has a message to president obama and mitt romney. please stay away until after the election. gm is banning the candidates from campaign visits. trying to distance themselves. but the u.s. treasury is the lar

flash flooding in the rockies and texas panhandle. thunderstorms from new england to the carolinas. >> mostly 80s along the east coast. near 90 across much of the rockies. >>> coming up, beware what you eat. new recalls of produce that you may have in your fridge. >>> and shocking news from hollywood overnight about a successful director. >>> and a frightening crash and comments bay driver who was in the lead. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everyone. a question this morning, are we nearing a peak in gas prices? hopefully we have an answer for you. the national average is now $3.72 a gallon, five cents more than a week ago and up 29 cents from last month. experts say relief could be just two or three weeks away when production goes from summer blend to winter blend gas. >>> the risk of fire is making a recall happen. they were made by chevy, gmc, buick, isuzu and saab. at least 28 fires have been caused. >>> a different kind of recall this morning. this one involving romaine lettuce. it's voluntarily recalling the product becau