coming up later. >> we want to start with a story of a personal apology coming from baseball star ryan braunetter of apology. now, he's taking it a step further taking his case directly to the milwaukee brewers fans. >> braun drives one down the left field. >> reporter: a novel way for a ballplayer to win back fans, calling them personally to say sorry. >> he realizes the backlash is worse than he ever thought. what does he do? he reaches out to the brewers himself. he says i would like to talk to some of the people i have hurt most. >> reporter: for a year and a half, ryan braun denied allegations of doping. >> i did not do this. >> reporter: last month, he did an about face admitting he used banned substances. he issued a statement telling fans he's deeply sorry. now, he's taking it a step further phoning fans. >> i asked him, i said why a guy like you with all the talent in the world, would you do something like this? he said it was a mistake. >> reporter: the conversation lasted five minutes but not enough to win him over. >> i thought it took a lot on his part to call. did i believe it?

season ticket holders getting a personal call from star player ryan braun about his use of performance-enhancingt first stunned fans thought his apology was a prank. but it was braun and here's what he told one fan. >> he said, i messed up. in a nutshell, i messed up, and i just want to reach out and say i'm sorry. >> by the way, braun is still making those personal calls. >>> next, a country star who really doesn't miss a beat. carrie underwood singing on stage in five-inch heels last night in texas, when, all of a sudden she caught her shoe in her hem, finished the song on her bottom on the floor. and tweeted out this picture, her foot in a brace. sending word, "good news, it's not broken and i got some new footwear." >>> and we have another surprise play date at an aquarium tonight in monterey, california. 9-year-old dakota and that's a horned puppet, nearly leaping out, following her back and forth. their ballet went on for nearly a full minute. best friend. >>> and coming up next here, a top chef, a genius idea, something to make all of us happy and feed the world. our "person of the week."

. >>> and brewer ryan braun is apologizing to fans one at a time. personally apologize for taking performance-enhancing drugs. braun was suspended for 65 games. >>> time, now, for the weather. and back to ginger zee in ann arbor, michigan. home of the -- i think they call themselves the champions of the west. right there? >> you know, they have a lot of names. and one of them is rowdy this morning. you can see the crowd building here around all of espn's "college game day." right here in an arbor. summer-like around this region. i want to start in minneapolis. that's where we find a live shot of what will be a hot, hot saturday. temperatures will rise again into the 90s for minneapolis. and let me tell you, it's a little hazy. humid, too. and watch this. the numbers, they drop off. so, we will see some cooler weather as we go through this weekend. especially in the areas that have been seeing that extreme heat. this september heat wave will eventually come to end. the bubble breaks down. kansas city, close to 100, as we start the workweek. look at w

. >> ryan braun has enough fan to call individual fans and say he's sorry.officials say he's working his way down a list of season ticket holders and single ticket buyers. he admitted to using peds. >> and only one anchorman can break down to the people the gravity of the decision they face at the polls. >> well, australia, while the battle of the titans has come to an end, we will never forget the mental fisticuffs in which kevin and julia were engaged. we laughed, cried, became distracted by tony as banana hammock, i certainly did, and forgot a labor party ever existed. i certainly did. >> it's also a cleverly crafted promo for the upcoming "anchor 2" promote. and adds he doesn't give us any hint for what candidate he supports. that may be because he's in a glass case of emotion. and the pop lead, a new moving about prince diana's life. the british media is not holding back when it comes to summing up their thoughts on the biopick "diana." it's been described as "slow and terribly dull." i'm quoting "wesley snipes in a blond wig would be more convincing."

ryan braun using his down time to make amends with the fans.ling brewers season-ticket holders apologizing for letting them down. the team says he is doing this on his own. the team is happy he is taking the initiative. peyton manning won some fans last night. peyton manning was on fire. joining us now from denver, mike. great to see you. jealous you were there. >> i do not know if you confirmed during the break if we can say kick asked mac. the broncos all week long trying to downplay that revenge fact her. he was looking for it. dagen: what about the ravens? >> i have been talking about the ravens for a couple of weeks. i thought we would see a team early on that would struggle. they did lose jacoby jones to an injury last night. that will hurt them on offense. it will be a little struggle off the bat. dagen: which team in the league will surprise this year, do you think? >> the st. louis rams. i really do think that they have some good coaching there, obviously. the problem is, they are playing in a tough division. that is my surprise team.

major blemish of his record because of everything that happened barry bonds and sammy sosa and ryan braun indelible mark on the game, some negative, but a lot of positive. >> he has been proud to note in recent weeks and months that there's been a crackdown on drugs in baseball. do you think he has done enough to overcome the blemishes you mentioned? >> well, the cheaters are always going to be ahead of the system, and he is proud to say he implemented the toughest system in all of professional sports. he has had major battles with the players union, going bag to the start of his commissionership, they were battling the union, and in 1994 the world series got canceled. the only time that happened. and a lot of this has been over the drug issues, and they finally both got on the same page, trying to clean up the game, but it's hard to assess because we don't know where we are because the people who are cheating we didn't expect to find them cheating, and they still are. is that the commissioner's fault? i don't think that baseball is at fault as much as they were earlier on in his era beca

. >>> disgraced milwaukee brewers third baseman ryan braun doing everything he can to get back in fanseve: thank you, brian. one of the top reasons people move to another town is for a new job or a job transfer. with that new job comes a new house. so where are you most likely to find a new job and a house at a good deal? we're looking at a few cities cs with low unemployment rates and good house deals. we're with michael corbett in l.a. and the author "find it, fix it, flip it" and joins us live. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. how are you? >> steve: doing okay. so we just talked a little bit about the monthly jobless number coast to coast. 7.3%. in tulsa, oklahoma right now, unemployment rate is 5.2% and that's a town you can get a really nice house for $229,000. >> absolutely. what's wonderful is according to the trulia trends report, what happens is when you have low unemployment, generally you find more -- an increase in price of homes. these are three cities we'll talk about that actually you can still get great deals. this one, for 229, i think this is an amazing hous