up his fifth win. >>> now to st. louis. the red-hot cards have won seven in a row, taking on the phils. in the seventh, matt holliday with a frozen rope over the left field wall. st. louis up, 2-1. they went on to win it, 5-1. >>> in chicago, cubs and astros needed extra innings. check out the cubs' bullpen. no pitchers left. just a couple of catchers and a security guard. start warming up that arm. the cubbies might need you. 12th inning. jason michaels with a double into the gap. in came two. maybe they should have used the security guard. astros won it, 4-3. >>> if i asked you who had the most home runs on the yankees, you'd probably say alex rodriguez, maybe derek jeter. if you did, you'd be wrong. it's robinson cano. hit his 18th of the season against the angels. the catch of the game wasn't by a player but by the ball boy. juan rivera, a line shot, and he made a leaping grab. even lost his helmet and caught that, too. sign him up. wild scene in the seventh. brett gardner was tossed for arguing a called strike, so the yanks brought in rookie collin curtis to pinch hit with an 0-2 co

st. louis up the east coast. >> how long did that take? >> five months. >> thanks for coming.eciate that. let's check your weather. we'll show you afternoon temps. 70s in new england. the rest of the country on the toasty side. plenty of sunshine, though, associated with that. we have sunny skies along the pacific northwest. temperatures in the low 80s. showers in the southwest. risk of strong storms along the southeaste >>> there's a view of san francisco. lots of low clouds. that's the reason why we're going to see another pretty cool day by july standards around the bay area. low to mid-60s around san francisco and oakland. mid 70 in san jose. north bay valleys, 60s and 70s. for the rest of the bay area, especially for the tri-valley and morgan hill, if you want mid-80s, you'll probably have to wait until the end of the week and into the weekend. >>> boy, i wish i had me one of those -- wally, got my hat. meredith? >> thank you. >>> and just ahead, a new recommendation that will not sit well with a lot of parents. why kid with head lice are being told to go to school. >>> u

up and nasdaq volume was 30% higher from yesterday. could the fed's promise to keep interest rates near zero for an extended period put our economy at risk of japanese-style deflation? st. louis federal reserve bank president james bullard thinks so. today he said he'd like the fed to shift away from that rate policy and focus on quantitative easing measures, like buying up government bonds. jobless claims fell for the third time in four weeks, down by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000 claims. mortgage rates continue to fall. freddie mac says the average for 30-year fixed loans slid this week to 4.54%. and late today, the justice department sued oracle, charging it defrauded the federal government on a software contract worth millions of dollars. the contract ran from 1998 to 2006. during that time, justice says oracle's commercial clients got better deals than uncle sam. >> tom: still ahead, land owners and investors see money to be made from under these peaceful rolling hills. we look at the rush to cash in on natural gas mineral rights in michigan. >> susie: toyota has announced another big recall. this time for a steering problem on its avalon sedans. 373,000 vehicl

up 18. >> at the home of golf, he has back household name. louis oosthuizen, the 2010 champion at st.ws. >> a hug from his caddie, hug and kiss for wife and baby daughter, and a kiss of the claret jug, his love affair with st. andrews this week is complete. oosthuizen, the fourth lowest total skoal -- score in history. get to know his name, golf fans. >> i said before the week, to win the open championship is special, but to do it here is something you dream about. >> good for him. almost one of those wins you look back on at the end of the season and say, that was the catalyst. instead, series sweep of the mets stolen by a bad call at home plate. huff, home boys hanging out in the covey cove but not sufficient -- souvenir. ishikawa, the pinch-hit. game is tied. two batters later, ishikawa at third. sanchez grounds to wright. looks like ishikawa slides under the tag. the replay shows he did but called out. extra innings, ike davis all over a hanging breaking ball from wilson. mets get a controversial 4-3 win. giants in l.a. take on the dodgers tomorrow. >> ben sheetses in a good mood.

you get a pound of that, a pickup truck, but a shell on it, but a hole in it, drive up and down in st. louis on the fourth of july but the waterfront -- by the waterfront, then blow it up. people do not know they have been attacked, but in a few days they have symptoms. this could kill hundreds of thousand of people. they cannot do it yet, but we know they're trying to. we thought biological was a little more likely than nuclear because there are bottlenecks to nuclear. you have to get the nuclear material, and you have to have a national economy in getting nuclear material. that is harderr it is a little harder to recognize. we thought biological more likely. i will say this. it is not that our government is not trying to stop this. many people say we are screwing up. perhaps we are screwing up, but this is hard. that is why they are trying to do it, because they know it is hard to defend against. they are pursuing this because they know that it is hard to defend against in a first world society with a federal government structure. a man who used to be chairman of the intelligence committee

up, this is "early today." in sports, houston astros' pitcher roy oswalt looks like he has his eyes set on the st. louis cardinals. here's nbc's bill seward with an early morning look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, everybody. with the trade deadline a week away, the st. louis cardinals have emerged as the front-runners to make a deal for astros' pitcher roy oswalt. according to sources, oswalt would wave his no-trade clause to play for the redbirds. a pitchers' duel between the cards and phillies, jayson werth beat adam wainwright, hello. six strikeouts over six scoreless innings for wainwright. cole hamels with a no-hitter through four and got a little help from his friends. shane victorino flashing leather here. clutch catch and then tosses to the first for the double play. hamel's allowing just one hit and struck out eight. well, someone finally scored in the 11th. placido polanco, a two-run homer. that's the difference. phillies win, 2-0. >>> walk-off, anyone? rockies and marlins tied at 2-2 in the ninth, and ronny paulino sends everybody home with an rbi single. marlins win it, 3-2. pitcher

up 18 with the seven streak lead. >> at the home of golf herc has become a household name, louis oosthuizen. the 2010 champion at stews. >> hugs his caddie, and hug and kiss for wife and baby daughter, and a kiss of the claret jug, his love affair with st. andrews is now complete. oosthuizen, the fourth lowest total score in open history. led the final 48 holes, 200 to 1 odds coming in. get to know his name, golf fans. >> i said before the week, to win the open championship is special, but to died here -- do it here is something you dream about. >> let's go to tahoe. the american sister -- american century championship. charles barkley. lady, wake up. jerry rice needed more of these. a long birdie putt. for a guy who wants to play the nationwide tour, he finished in 24th place. billy joe tolliver is an above-average goer, his third championship. >>> almost one of those wins you look back on and say, that was the catalyst. instead, series sweep of the mets stolen by a bad call at home plate for the giants. huff's home boys hanging out in the consecutivey -- covey cove. ishikawa, the pinch-hit single to center. two r

up. >>> flash flooding would hamper drivers from nebraska all the way to new york. water-logged on i-70, from pittsburgh to st. louisflooding on i-35, from kansas city to des moines. >> and if you're flying today, expect some airport delays in kansas city, chicago, philadelphia, new york, d.c. and battle an unlikely battle over religion is being fought in north carolina. atheists are using the words in the pledge of allegiance to draw attention to their case. >> and now, evangelicals are firing back. dan harris has that story from ashville. >> reporter: here in north carolina, deep in the bible belt, a group of atheists decided to remind people of the history of the pledge of allegiance, by putting up six billboards all over the state. including one on the billy graham parkway. that says one nation indivisible, purposely leaving out the words, "under god," atheists point out those words were not in the original pledge, which was written in 1892, by francis bellamy, as part of a campaign to promote patriotic observances in schools. >> one nation, indivisible. >> reporter: the pastor didn't use the words "under god."

you get a pound of that, a pickup truck, but a shell on it, but a hole in it, drive up and down in st. louis the waterfront -- by the waterfront, then blow it up. people do not know they have been attacked, but in a few days they have symptoms. this could kill hundreds of thousand of people. they cannot do it yet, but we know they're trying to. we thought biological was a little more likely than nuclear because there are bottlenecks to nuclear. you have to get the nuclear material, and you have to have a national economy in getting nuclear material. that is harderr it is a little harder to recognize. we thought biological more likely. i will say this. it is not that our government is not trying to stop this. many people say we are screwing up. perhaps we are screwing up, but this is hard. that is why they are trying to do it, because they know it is hard to defend against. they are pursuing this because they know that it is hard to defend against in a first world society with a federal government structure. a man who used to be chairman of the intelligence committee the goes on trips all the

up here. i'm just saying. >> i actually interviewed a bank robber this week in st. louis. he got a huge kick out of the fbi giving him a name. he is the boonie hat bandit. for wearing the military-style hats. so, they like it. >> thanks, andrea. >>> "picture of the morning" time. >> it's a good "picture of the morning." this is something to keep in mind if you live near the woods. you don't want to leave a peanut butter sandwich if your car overnight. a black bear smelled the peanut butter coming from a teen's toyota. so enticing. opened the door and got inside. but then the door closed. the bear panicked. he put it in neutral. the car was rolling. hit some trees. the bear's inside, honking the horn. the car is a total loss. good to know. >>> coming up on "gma." tour de france wrapping up this weekend, down the home stretch into paris. floyd landis, stripped of his title exspeaks out in an abc news exclusive. accused lance armstrong of years of cheating. >> great interview. >>> and unwelcomed flower girl. this isn't what the bride and groom had in mind when they ordered fl

play into a dry salary, you get 1 pound of it, but if you get a pickup truck, you drive up and down in st. louis, the fourth of july with the paint sprayer, and you do not know that you have been attacked until a couple of days. dhs has modeled it in new york. you can kill hundreds of thousands of people. we know that they want, they are trying to it, it is well within their capabilities, and the opportunities are there. it is exploding all of the world. we thought that bio was more likely than nuclear because there are bottlenecks to nuclear. you have to eventually somewhere in the chain -- and national economy has to be involved in getting the nuclear material. that is hard. it is harder to weapon nuys. so we thought bio was more likely. we were careful to say that it is not that our government is trying to stop it. we're not totally screwed up. we will talk about how they are screwing up but this is hard. that is the reason they're trying to do it, because they know that it is hard to defend against. in war, it is sometimes necessary to take into account the enemy, said churchill. it is hard

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. >> well, advise them to our annual conference coming up the second week in september in st. louis. they will meet all of our wonderful leaders and the excited about all the projects we're working on. so you will get notice on that, and i hope you'll invite them to come. l right, thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is suzanne, the legislative director of the eagle forum. she works on of alerting all the people in the grass roots about important bills that are coming up and what to do about it. she came to us very young, just shortly out of college. but she was part of the press than in george w. bush's motorcade while he campaigned for the pennsylvania senator. i thought that was kind of exciting. she oversees the public policy action on all the federal issues, and we want her to tell you about the very exciting expensive system that we have so you can know what is coming up in what you can do about it. please welcome suzanne. [applause] >> thank you, phyllis. i wi try to be brief because i know we're getting close to 4:00. good afternoon. i currently serve as the legislative

open louis oosthuizen says his first major title was down to staying calm it was a comfortable seven stroke victory for the south african at st andrews with england's lee westwood finishing runner up and world number one tiger woods coming home side in twenty third place at the start of the day and had a four shot lead over paul casey with henrik stenson and lee westwood close behind but they failed to make an impact first. the westwood didn't find the four made it case he stayed within four shots of the south african until he drove his tee shot into the gorse at that salt eventually finishing joint third with rory mcilroy and henrik stenson meanwhile it was hasan was obviously enjoying the conditions before this open he only made the cut once in eight majors he did drop a shot on the ultimate hole but strolled up the last third watch as applause and made parts of claim his first major. i must say when you come into my age i don't think about the previous majors and think about the previous of income played and played well and i was doing it well and. was true at the pick up play nicely in but just didn't it didn't really and you know i was always says something along and induced

st. louis or have a connection flight there and also in washington, d.c. following some storms. more in our cooling seven-day forecast coming up. >> all right, jeff. thank you. >>> and still ahead tonight at 6:00, the fifth grader who caught president obama's attention. the letters she wrote about a real life issue and the response from the commander in chief. >> also ahead, what is your doctor really saying about you? research on whether it's a good idea to read your doctor's notes. >>> and keeping downtown clean and friendly. we'll introduce you to the unique crew helping make sanndt sidewalk on up. advantage topical solution treats dogs... ( barking ) but destroys fleas. age, a yve teri fo advantage, the flea specialist for gentle, but effective, flea control. >>> have you noticed cleaner streets and sidewalks in downtown san jose? well, a crew spends mornings and nights putting the sparkle into downtown with the locals footing the bill. nbc bay area's damian trujillo spent the day with the team from groundworks. >> reporter: no matter the hour, no matter the mess, you'll always find the groundworks team working with zest.

. >> well, advise them to our annual conference coming up the second week in september in st. louis. they will meet all of our wonderful leaders and the excited about all the projects we're working on. so you will get notice on that, and i hope you'll invite them to come. all right, thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is suzanne, the legislative director of the eagle forum. she works on of alerting all the people in the grass roots about important bills that are coming up and what to do about it. she came to us very young, just shortly out of college. but she was part of the press than in george w. bush's motorcade while he campaigned for the pennsylvania senator. i thought that was kind of exciting. she oversees the public policy action on all the federal issues, and we want her to tell you about the very exciting expensive system that we have so you can know what is coming up in what you can do about it. please welcome suzanne. [applause] >> thank you, phyllis. i will try to be brief because i know we're getting close to 4:00. good afternoon. i currently serve as the legisla

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up america. host: "the new york times" -- republicans blocked a bill to aid small businesses. james in st. louis on independent line. caller: good morning to you. thank you. it is the national deficit. i believe it is a cancer on the united states of america right now and i would like to ask, how much the think the american public paid in 2009 -- $700 billion alone in 2009 to help repay the national debt of which we did not put a dent in and the iraq war cost about the same so far, $700 billion. would you agree this is a money pit we are throwing our money in? host: what would you like to see done? tax increases, cutting spending, a combination of both? what is this solution -- and we will talk to maya macguineas later in the program. caller: the solution absolutely is an overhaul of the monetary policy of the united states. when you eliminate the federal reserve, eliminate any of these banking barons that has -- our country the past 30 years. i believe that sets the whole problem -- everything stems from that. host: beatrice, texas. republican minority caller: good morning. yes, i have issues o

st. louis fisherman. >> greg bernal and his girlfriend reeled in a record 130-pound catfish from the missouri river. he said he was just about to give uped to use a chunk of asian carp for bait. within moments the catfish fell for it, hook, line and sinker. >> when they finally got the fish in the net it took them another half hour to get it on the boat. and it's not his first state record. he caught a 103-pound catfish in the mississippi river 20 years ago. some guys get all the luck. >> that's a frightening fish. >> no kidding. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." >> good eating. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... ex

. >> well, advise them to our annual conference coming up the second week in september in st. louis. they will meet all of our wonderful leaders and the excited about all the projects we're working on. so you will get notice on that, and i hope you'll invite them to come. all right, thank you. [applause] >> our next speaker is suzanne, the legislative director of the eagle forum. she works on of alerting all the people in the grass roots about important bills that are coming up and what to do about it. she came to us very young, just shortly out of college. but she was part of the press than in george w. bush's motorcade while he campaigned for the pennsylvania senator. i thought that was kind of exciting. she oversees the public policy action on all the federal issues, and we want her to tell you about the very exciting expensive system that we have so you can know what is coming up in what you can do about it. please welcome suzanne. [applause] >> thank you, phyllis. i will try to be brief because i know we're getting close to 4:00. good afternoon. i currently serve as the legisla