the giants, in a game of spike ball, before the first pitch. apparently, the relief pitchers are the biggest spike ball enthusiasts. >> it's like table tennis meets volleyball. >> is their best player on the team? >> if you want to take me out of the equation, dyson is pretty good. he is not bad. we are pretty hard to stop when we go tandem.>> this little pass and catch was stepped up at lake tahoe. curry is filling it right here. give me a roland, a birdie, and a shimmy. he shot a 7/79. he is tied for 19th. sharks captain at the par 312, money! that was a t shot. he is at 72, going into tomorrow's final round. france and croatia battle it out for the 2018 world cup title. we have a scoring update. it's not just from the largest bay area amateur soccer club, it is my namesake team. sort of. >> this guy is a glenn, and this guy definitely has the skills of a glenn. in fact, all of these fellows are glenn. this one is for sure. >> you connect eight tosses to the goal. every four after that, it's a goal. >> to head coach barks orders out to his te

perhaps it is because they warm- up with a game of spike ball before their first pitch.her and andrew mccutchen are the teams biggest spike ball enthusiasts. >> it is kind of like table tennis meets volleyball. >> is there a best player on the team? >> if you want to take me out of the equation. we are pretty hard to stop. >> croatia beat england today to advance to their first-ever world cup. they will play france on sunday. you might remember the last weekend they beat russia and penalty kick's to set up today's game. check out the video from the fire station in croatia. just moments before they scored the winning goal, the firefighters had a call. they had to leave except for three guys who did not have to answer the call. they got to see the winning goal. >>> we will be right back. the late show with stephen colbert is next. tomorrow morning at 4-30. michelle griego and kenny choi will have all the news you need.. to start your day. good night. >>> "the late show with stephen colbert" is next. >>> thank you so much for watching. have a great night. captioning sponsor

. >> this is spike ball. have you seen this? >> everybody is doing spike ball in the beach. voly bal. it's best played with four people. we're doing it with two for space reasons, but it's the idea. >> let's do it with four. >> we can make teams. >> like volleyball, your opponent gets three hits on it. >> you can rally one to . yourse >> bump, set, spike. >> thank you for doing the correct order. it's around $60, but it's super fuy you can p it in your backyard, at the beach. you'll see it everywhere. it's taken over everyone's instagram feeds. you can get it anywhe spike ball. super fun. and it gets really competitive. there are no boundaries as well so you caneally make theame nice and big. >> looks fun. i can see adults working in drinking rules to spike ball. rain or shine, you're set either way. thanks for the great ideas. >> all right,ac we're bk in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we'rehe back in great outdoors. hoda and i and the skipper. separated at birth. >> omg. >> gilligan and carson. >> i like that. >> looks like you in high school? >> let's check i

>> spike ball at the beach. >> if you're not playing spike ball in 2018 are you even alive?with four people. we're doing it with two for space reasons. >> we can make teams here. >> what are we doing. >> like volleyball. >> do it. >> don't know what you're doing but do it. >> opponent gets three hits. >> round one to yourself. >> bump set spike. >> thank you for doing the correct order because clearly i did not. it's around $60. it's super fun, idot in the backyard, at the beach. you will see this everywhere this summer. it's taking over everyone's instagram feed. do it at walmart, anywhere. >> spike ball. >> it's super fun. it's competitive. no boundaries so you can make the game nice and big. >> it's fun. >> i see some adults working in drinking rules to spike ball, too. rain or shine, looks like you're set either way. >> all right. we're back in a moment, but first this is "today" on nbc. distance relationship. this is long distance with the best wifi experience, plus the most free shows to stream. and with savings on wireless, this is a relationship with more money to sp

spike ball before the first pitch. andrew mccutcheon are the teams biggest spike ball enthusiast >> it is kind of like table tennis meets volleyball type deal. >> is there a best player on the team? >> i mean -- if you want to take me out of the equation, he is not bad. so, in tandem we are hard to stop. >> up in tahoe, aaron rodgers has a little pass in touch with stefan curry. curry feeling it here, he would roll it for the birdie, and then the shimmy. curry shot a 7/79. he is tied for 19. he had people -- par 312. ap shot pretty. and, he caught it at 72 and leads the field by one. it is going to tomorrow's round. world cup, tough to get excited about this one. a game for third place. england against belgium. belgium on the run. thomas in front, scored. belgium won the game 2-0. that is the highest finish ever at a world cup. all right, now for france, it is number three. for croatia, -- it is victory. 2018, world cup champion, on the line. in the meantime, back your -- if the largest bay area soccer club has somethi

it's all-- not the time to gloat or spike the ball or do victory laps.g growth for four or five quarters back to back like with reagan. if we do that you will be wonderful and i think this quarter will be a very good quarter, honestly. maybe even as high as three and half or 4% and that would be spectacular, but we need a number of them back to back. you don't win on one quarter. >> any reaction, sir, to the president saying he will not meet with vladimir putin? just breaking moments ago that the meeting is off and he cites the molar probe investigation that they will postpone until next year. >> i don't know if that's good or not. >> we will stick to the economy with you. >> i will stick to the economy. is a distraction and something that should not be there. i've seen special prosecutors in many cases and they don't lead to any good. here you go after bill clinton and whitewater and six years later you have monica lewinsky, i mean, that's just terrible. that's not good government and they are doing the same thing to trump that was done with bill clinto

that is something, they feel like they have spiked the ball on that.ndividual mandate, that's all we need to do. and that is not it. i hope that president trump and the republicans come up with some messaging before 2020. >> melissa: speaking of messaging, this is a fun one paid when we talk about president trump, who is going to take him on in the next election, joe biden could be one of those people. listen to this. >> president obama took him out of the garbage heap, and everybody was shocked that he did. i would love to have it be joe biden. i think that i would like to have any one of those people that we are talking about, there are probably a group of seven or eight right now. i would really like to run against any one of them. by biden, never by himself could do anything. >> melissa: is he right? >> [laughs] , here is where the president has been very strategic. he has never stopped campaignin campaigning. so i think that democrats have to be watching out for him, and this is just another example of that as abide in the current target, just a f

he said this a multiyear transformation there's nobody spiking the ball today. our eyes are open and we're stone-cold sober the key to that is a great product. patrick and i are working great together, patrick is bringing operational experience and understanding brands emphasize the growth and three key pillars, international in footwear, in womens. said when it comes to growing international they're very optimistic about markets like india. but up like their strategy in the u.s. where it was just, bam, 20% revenue growth in the quart, they're going to take it slow and steady and prove to market this is mature company in the long haul. they're looking forward to investor day in december where they're really going to lay out the long-term plan for growth once they get through these restructuring is cost saving programs >> that's expanding and something they're trying to do and they're investing behind that and that's where some of the margin pressures are coming from also there were concerns about inventories going into this, and they reported 11%, which is actua

>> it is too early to spike the ball. too early to take victory lap.e shouldn't gloat but i'm very happy. i think we are coming in there. you know i compare this with the reagan first two years with reagan, economy tanked, reagan's popularity fell through the floor, we phased in the tax cuts. this president made it very clear we would have the tax cuts immediately. there would be no phase-in. that is why the economy occurred so well. if tax cut came in next year, i think are is chance we keep republicans in the house and senate. if that happens, nothing but the sky ahead of us. stuart: if you agree with me, president trump's first priority, job number one, cutting taxes not dealing with palm care, we would be much better off, wouldn't we? >> we would be. i was very shock after all the republicans talk and conversations it was clear that every single one of them was going to repeal obamacare but they didn't. they then held on, wanted something replacement or different. it collapsed before our eyes. we should have had the tax bill first. that is true onl

we have our beach towel, beach ball and the beach umbrella with a spike on the end. we are going to put this into the sand much like you would if you were at the beach. i'm really getting it in about ten inches to a foot down. pack it in. the umbrella is up. now i'm going to open the umbrella up much like you would at the beach. it's not always pretty at the beach but you do it. we will kick up the wind when we come down here and see what happens. in the control room they are getting ready. >> let's fire up the wind in three, two, one. first they crank the wind to ten miles per hour. we are up at ten miles per hour right now. pretty typical wind speed along the shore line. this is what is happening to the umbrella blowing around a little but it is still inside the ground. just watch what happens when we take it up just a notch. can you imagine if you were on the blanket next to this or down the beach with the spike. >> it shows you the dangers of it because those could impale a person. >> we'll be right back. you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...

ball point pens. critics of the president's tariffs warn they could spike a trade war and hurt the global economy.resident trump is doubling down. maria: harley davidson says we are sending production out oversteas because of our tariffs. should you be calling out specific companies? you are the president. president trump: yes, i should. reporter: president trump says north korea is serious about the agreement signed in singapore. president trump: i got along really well with chairman kim. we had a great chemistry. maria: but do we believe him? president trump: i made a deal with him. i shook hands with him. i believe he means it. is it possible? have i been in deals and have you been in things where things didn't work out? it's possible. reporter: new reports suggest north korea does not intend to fully convenienter its nuclear weapons stock posts. officials say evidence has led them to believe they are working to conceal weapons and production facilities. eric: there is no reaction from lawmakers on potential supreme court nomination. the president says he does not plan to raise that specific is

we have our beach towel, beach ball and of course the beach umbrella with a little spike on the end. we'll put this into the sand. much like you would if you were at the beach. i'm really getting it in here. about 10 inches to a foot down. pack it in. the umbrella is up. now i'll open it up again much like you would at the beach. not always pretty, but you do it. so it is in there. and we'll pick up the wind and see what happens. in the control room they are getting ready. let's fire up the wind. three, two, one. first they press to 10 miles per hour. pretty typical wind speed along the shoreline. and this is what is happening to the umbrella, blowing around in the wind a little, but still inside the ground. but just watch what happens when we take it up just a notch to 15 miles an hour. we'll keep an eye on the umbrella. there it goes flying. whoa! can you imagine if you were on the blanket right next to this or even down the beach a little bit with that spike. and that is a pretty typical gust for a shoreline. nuts. here it is from another angle as the umbrella is ripped out of the

we have our beach towel and beach ball and umbrella with a spike on the end.like you would if you were going to thei' beach. m getting it in here about 10 inches to a foot down. pack it in. the urella is up. now i'm going to open the umbrella up much like you would at the beach. it's not always pretty at the beach but dow it. so it's in there. we're going to kick up the wind. let me come down here and see what happens. tr the c room they're getting ready. let's fire up the wind in three, two, one. first they crank theo wind t 10 miles per hour. we're up at 10 miles per hour right now. pretty typical wind speed along the shoreline and this is what's happening to the umbrella. blowing around in the wind but it is still inside the ground. >> but just watch what happens when we take it up just a notch to 15 miles r hour. >> we're going to keep an eye on the umbrella right here. there is goes flying. can you imaginef you wer on the blanket right next to this or even down the beach a little bit with that spike? that's a pretty typical gust for a shoreline. it's nuts

spikes on. t o get loose in a hurry. didn't see that one coming. l en: flaherty was the winning pitchern friday. five innings, allowed onerun. munoz takes outside, ball one. >> tom: flaherty tightening his shoes over there. >> len: ground balrd ad run. right. pham will score! d we're tied at 3! thna cardi rally with two outs here in the eighth inning. >> tom: strop showing a l of respect to molina, to push theg tyin run into scoring position with two outs. and munoz cashes in. he's saying, i'm notnd an out behi molina. zobrist.uding ben and it's the catcher pena, and he takes a strike. so now flaherty representing t go-ahead run at second base. >> tom: that's what i mean, that's a tough cal for t third base coach. two out. generay you've got the green runner. to send the the field is deep. >> len: a swing and a miss. pitch gets away from contreras. he'll fire tohe rizzo for t out. the cardinals have tied it up. yairo munoz with the big hit. and anthony rizzo has a shot at a five-hit game when we come back. 3-3. pistachio. chocolate chip.rocky ro. i see what's going on here. ste.evwell, now verizon letu mix and match your family unlimid plans so every

spike in birth rates, why is that and when will it be?m will be nine months' time, a combination of the really good weather and england's success in the foot ball guarantees a peak in births in nine months' time. how busy ayew? we are quite full, relatively these in labour today so i am expecting a few more nhs babies to be born today. we have a little present, this is what he's going to be given. he hasn't got a name yet. let me give that to celia and enrique. thank you so much. it is from the hospital. there was big to the local labourmpfor hospital. there was big to the local labour mp for tooting, who is also a doctor here. we will be back with you soon. doctor here. we will be back with you soon. martine, thank you very much, wonderful access, sorry about the break—up on the line, but it is not everyday we get sort of access toa not everyday we get sort of access to a hospital, and congratulations to a hospital, and congratulations to the new arrival and his mum and dad. there is major travel disruption at britain's second busiest station — victoria, due to a total loss of signalling power. thousands of passengers have been urged not to tr