and it's kara swisher. but i want to show this because then also in "the new yorker" he talks about a personal relationship you have in this situation. let's watch this. were. >> on my way down here, i drove down in my minivan type of car, ed my assist can't and my mom has come every year to d and she hands out swag. i hope she was plight to you all. -- polite to you all. that's a big home. she was good. all right. in the swisher family. i interviewed her in the gas station about twitter. i was asking if she tweeted. here's the movie that i made. as you know i always make movies and assault people. i assaulted my mom this time. >> so here's kara's mom on twitter. >> here we are in california. >> do you twit? >> no. >> why not? >> are you crazy? >> what do you think it's for? >> i don't know. why would i want people to know what i'm doing? well, i'm sorry. it's nobody's business. [laughter] >> if you were kara what would you tweet? >> why would i want to do that? >> thanks, mom. >> it's going to be worth dol

clayton swisher, al jazeera, kunar province, afghanistan. >> that was clayton swisher of al jazeera english reporting from afghanistan. >>> the war on taliban is also a war on al qaeda and today the terrorist organization issued what appears to be a new audio message calling for pakistani muslims to fight. and afghan muslims to rise up and fight americans. al qaeda's number two leader ayman al zawahiri speaks in english by a recording obtained al zawahiri and osama bin laden are thought to be hiding in pakistan near the afghanistan border. >>> tragedy in iran today. a russian-made plane carrying 168 people crashed. shortly after takeoff from tehran airport killing everybody on board. the caspian airlines jet was headed to armenia's capital city. and most of the passengers were reportedly armenian citizens. the wreckage covered a dirt field northwest tehran. the witness reported that plane's tail appeared to be on fire and that it seemed to be circling shortly before the crash. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton stepped up pressure on iran today reminding that country's leaders that they

nick swisher up with the bases loaded.sher goes down and gets this one, lining it in to right center field. hideki matsui and or say posada score easily. swisher with a big day at the plate. and in the field. top three now. facing a.j. burnett. p ty goes the other way. swisher now in the field. check out this. stretches out. he has no more room left in that glove. just enough. almost to the wall. a.j. burnett likes it a lot. swisher with three very good defensive plays in the game. bottom three now. orioles down 4-0. that is gone. a solo home run. posada goes 2 for 3 and drives in two runs. the yankees downed the orioles to complete the sweep, 6-4 the final. wizards center. mcghee gets rewarded for his great play in summer league today. mcghee added to the roster for u.s. basketball to have a mini camp coming up soon. mcghee scored 17 points agame. and a league best four blocks a game during four summer league outings. that video we have been talking about all day long, lebron james getting dumped on in his own basketball

swisher with a hot shot. swisher was tied for a double. the throw to mcdonald and going up and over to avoid the tag and he's safe. this is not a typical slide and worthy of another look. hopscotch skills coming into play. and the final score 7-6. >>> the washington capitals, will kick off the home schedule against venus williams. they dedicated the home court after the first practice. the owner introduced this year's [ inaudible ] and mayor adrian fenty was present. the players hope that the team format will make kids tennis fans for life. >> i think if people in d.c. and throughout america create a greater awareness of a sport like tennis, fans will enjoy themselves. >>> tiger woods and roger federer have a bond with coming the best in the world at what they do. they're also pretty good friends. they have a little contest going on to see who can win more majors. at the beginning of sunday morning they both had 14. but by midday sunday, early evening in england, roger federer had won a epic wimbledon final over andy roddick. the 6th on gr

swisher going back. nice running grab. the yankees take it.your final is 6-4. >>> and let's go back to the studio and jeremy and vinita. >> lots of yankees fans excited about their success lately. >>> all right. well, you don't expect to see airplanes on the street, of course. that's exactly where you saw two of them in two, separate incidents. >> imagine driving by this. the wingless fuselage of a huge military plane made its way through long beach, florida, on towing vehicles. the c-17 cargo jet was moved so it could be shipped to the east coast. >> that was california, actually. and. >>> and a small plane made an emergency landing on a road in iowa city yesterday, after its engines failed. the pilot narrowly avoid adavan. luckily, nobody was hurt. >>> for some of you, your local news is up next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues after this. a pair of capr pants: never in a million years one pair of .khaki shorts: ain't gonna happen the perfect pairof jeans: priceless use your mastercard .and you could win the perfect !

swisher going back. nice running grab. the yankees take it.our final is 6-4. >>> and let's go back to the studio and jeremy and vinita. >> lots of yankees fans excited about their success lately. >>> all right. well, you don't expect to see airplanes on the street, of course. that's exactly where you saw two of them in two, separate incidents. >> imagine driving by this. the wingless fuselage of a huge military plane made its way through long beach, florida, on towing vehicles. the c-17 cargo jet was moved so it could be shipped to the east coast. >> that was california, actually. and. >>> and a small plane made an emergency landing on a road in iowa city yesterday, after its engines failed.

next up, nick swisher makes them pay. drops in a two-run single to center. hideki matsui and jorge posada score. yanks up 4-0 after one. the o's try to get back in it. top 3, 2 out, ty wigginton, a liner to right, but swisher makes a fantastic running grab. inning over. berken to posada, and hip hip jorge. solo shot, his 12. berken goes 6, gives up 5 runs. adam jones off brian rooney. what a sweet swing. his 14th. a solo shot, went 4-5. the home area double and two runs scored. next up, nick markakis, and the o's go back-to-back. but that's as close as they get. o's lose 6-4. they're off tomorrow, then play 3 in boston. >>> the orioles are getting closer to moving spring training from fort lauderdale to sarasota. andy macphail and team lawyers are in a meeting right now with sarasota county officials. the o's plan to build a brand- new facility, which will include a youth baseball academy run by ripken baseball. >>> willis mcgahey was at the grand opening of a mobile store today. he accepted a $5,000 donation on behalf of the charity which supports victims o

clayton swisher, al jazeera, kunar province, afghantan. >>> acros the border today, at least ni people werekilled in an explosion in purchar provinc in central pakistan the explosion dtroyed a house used asa religious seminary for childrennd seven childen were said to be mth dead. police said the owner of the house had been accued of recruiting fighters to btle stern troops in afghistan. and they said, there w evidence that was a meeting point fo militants. >>> hundreds of pakistanis began retuing to their homes today in the swat valley uer a governme repatriationprogram. at is thearea in the nthwest part of pakistan, where the mility fought an intense battle in th last few months to driv out the talin. thunited nations estimates that 2 millio people were forced fm their homes by that fighting. but we hear inhisxt report freutsche welle, no all are ear to returnust yet. >> reporter: most of the displaced have beentaying with mily or frends, but nearly 300,000 are in intent cps set upy the government. some are now pack their belongings and returning me. >> translator: we are gratef to t

clayton swisher, al jazeera, kunar province, afghanistan. >>> we turn now to the global economy. and although the recession is still very much a fact of life, there is one astounding piece of good news today. it's about goldman sachs. that's the big wall street firm which reported second quarter earnings were up 65% over last year. here's how britain's "guardian" newspaper began its story, "the investment bank goldman sachs delivered a clear signal that the good times are returning on wall street by milking the recovery in financial markets to generate profits of $3.44 billion, raising the prospect of average pay packages of as much as $900,000 for its employees." goldman, you'll recall, did receive a $10 billion government bailout but it repaid it last month along with hundreds and millions in dividends. >>> while there may be exuberance in one quarter of wall street treasury secretary timothy geithner tried to temper expectations today. he did so in saudi arabia, telling some the country's business leaders to expect what he called a gradual recovery with more than the usual ups

swisher back at the wall. and he leaps, and robs. scott of a home run. of day for the birds. that is until the top of the ninth. o's down 6-2. look at jones. absolutely crushing the it into deep left. solo for jones. and o's trail 6-3. next batter. markakis. the ball is crushed. deep right. solo shot for markakis. his 11th. o's go back-to-back in the 9th with two outs. right now they are back in it. girardi seen enough. he pulls. and facing huff, he gets him looking to end the game. yankees sweep the o's 6-4. >> and with rising speculation the 21-year-old kris tillman could be on the way to baltimore. dave trembley and macphail will meet tomorrow to discuss the future of this guy. struggling starter rich hill. the options appear to be a, skip his next spot in the rotation. or b, designate him for assignment. hill with a fat earn run average. admitted the writing is on the wall. by the way tillman was pulled from the start tonight for triple-a norfolk. o's off tomorrow. starts the series friday in fenway. jennifer, back to you. >> pull up next to this car

clayton swisher of al jazeera english is with them. >> reporter: aerial reconnaissance, their freedom to roam draws the most of infantry units but especially charlie company 132. the terrain out here along the afghan border with pakistan would be impennetrable without them. using sophisticated surveillance equipment, these queueilla helicopters give eyes and ears to soldiers operating on the ground. helping them make sense of the bigger picture. >> that is kind of our border right now between us and what the enemy holds. these guys are kind of caught in the middle of it. we try to make sure that the civilians don't felt blunt of combat operations. >> why are we here? >> right now, i mean, mobility's a hard problem, but i mean everyone talks about the decisive terrain. doesn't mean sitting on a ploft land. this is our decisive terrain. the enemy can sit in the woodline all that they want, slow long as the people who are working with us. we're winning and they're not. >> reporter: what the lieutenant said was not the entire story. he knows that up until may, the army had a full-time out

and in los angeles, kara swisher, co-executor of the website. tough column out this morning saying this incident was monumental proportions and not only did the top editor and publisher know about it, but how badly is the "washington post" reputation damaged by this? >> badly. look, if you read this initial flier, it talked all about be one of the precious few to be in on altering the legislation. i mean, they were so explicitly selling access and influence. kay graham, publisher of the post, used to hold gatherings like this all the time. very useful to everybody. now selling seats at her grandmother's table and that is way over the line. >> it seemed like it was selling access. by the way, the "post" editor declined to appear on this program. by the way, the president of the "post" company steve hill refused to be interviewed about this, what i find amazing. did the apology and swift cancellation of these dinners help here? >> she had to apologize, it was a marketing flier that went out before they approved it. they went a little far having it

swisher into rights and all, matsui scores. the banks led the birds, 4-0 after one. -- the yanks let the birds, 4-0 after one. then posada, get a new baseball. the orioles lose. >>> with the redskins set to begin can't in nine days, jason campbell will be the focus point -- with redskins set to begin camp in nine days, jason campbell will be the focus. >> if you are not ntally tough, if you cannot handle all the while the things that happen to you, you are probably not the guy to be playing quarterback in the nfl. the other thing, i always tell quarterbacks, you control this. if you win, it all takes care of itself. >>> any realistic chance that lance armstrong had to win the tour de france evaporated today. of the leaders stayed with the breakaway, while lance armstrong did not have the acceleration. he trailed by more than two minutes, fell to fourth overall. his goal is to finish second. >> i will do my best. it will be nice to get on the podium. i will go as hard as i can and see how it goes. >> two in a row for the tionals

swisher with bases loaded, two outs. the yanks defeat the orioles 6- 4. bombers won six in a row. >>> d.c. divas, have you heard of them? the areas most successful football team. they posted a 67-17 record in the nine year history. they range from a police detective to a lawyer to a stay- at-home mom. the divas outscored opponents 309 to 84. they will play in the super bowl saturday in round rock, texas, against kansas city. the divas got there with a last minute come from behind 27-21 victory over boston in the semifinals. >> that one moment of coming back, wow, that will live with us forever. that is giving us all the momentum we need to go into this championship game. we have been testified, down, play good teams. we know we will fight until the very end. that gives us a shot to win the game. >> here is a tip, don't mess with donna or arm wrestle her. redskins report to camp a week from today. tomorrow one on one with sim zorn -- jim zorn. whether he have that tomorrow. >> check out the five-day forecast. we think of all the days you see with flashing

nick swisher back to oliver and doubles off melky cabrera and complete the sweep. >>> josh beckett tryingto remain unbeaten at home going for his 11th win versus the royals looking good striking out three of the first four batters he faced. it is becht facing john buck. advantage beckett. he returns the first nine batters he faced. then beckett atop the seventh, pena, a 4-6-3 d feed and beckett one out away from a complete game and does it. gets his 100th career win. >>> cards and cubs. game two of a doubleheader. ryan ludwick a home run machine. top one, two-run shot. then in the top of the sixth, ludwick does it again, seventh career multihome run game. he finished 3 for 4 with two homers and 4 rbi batting .478 in his last six games. that'll do it for this espnews update. now back to jeremy and vinita. >>> oklahoma city did being completely rebuilt but not with bricks and stone. a lego master is painstakingly duplicating the cityscape with the blocks. >> kurt zimmerly is using more than a million legos to re-create all of the city's major landmarks spending 12 hours a day. at that rate

but swisher again, climbing the fence. bottom 3, berken right down the middle. again, with 2 outs. it's jorge posada, his 12th. berken goes 6. top 9, 6-2 now. adam jones off brian rooney. his 14th of the year. he went 4-5 with a homer, a double, scored a pair of runs. made it 6-3. next up, nick markakis, another solo shot. back-to-back. but that's as close as they would get. the o's lose 6-4. they're off tomorrow. then play 3 in boston over the weekend. >>> john harbaugh is, quote, optimistic and hopeful that derrick mason will return to the ravens this year. the ravens coach spoke to mason last night. he tells espn mason needs to decide if he, quote, mentally ready. >>> willis mcgahey was at the grand opening of a boost mobile store today, accepting a $5,000 donation on behalf of his charity which supports victims of domestic violence and less fortunate kids. ravens runningback said he is healthy, but not really excited about training camp. >> camp is camp. nobody looks forward to camp because it's a grueling process where you're looking at dudes all day, you know, and living with

he helped recruit kara swisher and moved her to silicon valley. >> what is their? >> it is probably the biggest concentration of technology. intel, a hewlett-packard, apple, calm, and to go, all of these companies are there. >> you stay here because? >> i stay here because i want it consumer focus. i go to silicon valley quite often. i am there six or seven times per year. i know how to drive through the streets almost as well as washington, but i was considering leif -- i was extremely concerned that if i lived among the industry i would become the industry mind-set. it is not that there is anything evil about that, it is just that i wanted to stay in the consumer-mind-set. >> when she in macon smith, a googler executive, decided to marry, sweatshirts, told me her mother was troubled by the idea of a day wedding. -- gay wedding. we were having dinner and she was been difficult. if she was arguing with me. i was getting really uncomfortable. walt to occur down like i have never seen anyone take someone else down. my mother was shocked and he was relentless in not l

swisher goes up and over, avoids the tag and is safe. not your typical slide. take another look. efforts, the blue jays lolled on to edge the yankees 7-6. >>> the -- hold on to edge the yankees 7-6. >>> tiger woods and roger federer have a bond that come with being the best in the world at what this do and they are pretty good friends. >> they have a little contest going to to see who could win more majors. on sunday, roger federer had won the final over andy roddick. and his record 15th grand slam stytele or major. so later in the afternoon, tiger on the putting green before his final round texting federer there to congratulate him and he told now, he would win. true to his word p he won his own tournament by one shot. he had though this to stay about his food friend's achievement. >> he was pretty phenomenal to think about it, what he did in the fifth set and how he came back in the second i thought was even more impressive. how i dug deeped and turned the whole momentum of the match around like that. he has 15. he is the greatest that has ever played the game. >>> lance armstr

open checkbook like a lot of other ball clubs, i've talked to rick force, the harden deal, the nick swisherl, a lot of these deals are to keep rebuilding and restocking, refueling their minor league system and their big league club. >> bob: fastball, willingham can't get it and nick johnson is out as well.   a strike-'em-out throw-'em-out  double play, willingham not close to hitting the ball and nick johnson well late when that ball got there.   . >> rob: well, right there you're hoping josh willingham can make contact, that's why you put the runner in motion to stay away from 2 double play. jim riggleman, we have already seen he likes to do that, guys you wouldn't normally see stealing bases.   . >> bob: bases empty, two ou josh bard the hitter.   . >> rob: well, and tonight c be roy hal's last start for the blue jays if he is dealt before the deadline. the deadline from the blue jays is the 28th because he would come back up for the next sta

nick swisher followed with an r.b.i. single. johnny damon tacked one on in the second with an r.b.i. single of his own. the yankees have not trailed on the road now in 69 consecutive innings. we'll keep you updated on this one throughout the night. >> all right. john lester facing the kansas city royals for the first time since he no hit them last season. and he was just as effective against them this time. eight scoreless innings. struck out eight. bottom eight. dustin pedroia off ryan bannister pitched very well. off the green monster for a double. aaron baits scores, 1-0 sox. bottom on nine, jonathan papelbon, a perfect ninth inni inning. the red and 20th of september. so a chance to do damage head to head rickets. >> al: david ricketts, all the years of doing that day in and day out. they still do it with jeff murphy onround hit. and we think about that. only four playeith oakland in 1969. brady anderson in '96 with baltimore. albert up the center. got to take charge and read it much better. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lim

but nick swisher. snapping a 22-game homerless drought. he hit two in this game.inal. they are 10-1 since the all-star break. another strong outing by a.j. burnette. you you go back to early june, he was pulled in the third inning of the start against boston. after that, he said when i do get on that run, it's going to be impressive. i promises you that. since that start, 6-1. 1.6era. getting his tenth win tonight. >> michael vick might be able to play in games as early as october. commissioner roger goodell has conditionally reinstated him. full reinstatement will be decided on by week six. in the meantime, vick is free to sign with the team and can practice. >> first and most importantly i think we all want to recognize that the conduct that michael engaged in was not only horrific, but it was cruel. and we all certainly recognize that. and i believe after meeting with michael that he recognizes that also. >> we take this as a very serious matter. we're dealing with a young man's life. and we were -- our process was similarly reflective of the seriousness of tha

there is some buzz from cara swisher's blog that perhaps a deal is in the works and could be announced as early as tomorrow. what do you make of that buzz? >> of course, that will be around the microsoft earnings announcement, so that's why cara is putting that out. i liked how aggressive on the call last night. i bought it on the dip. it's higher than it was and still looking good to me. i would stay long yahoo! >> want to talk about american express. danny, was the feeling there? we have the stock approaching highest level since october. what's your take here with the stock a little bit soft on the session? >> there's a lot of overhead expression, the toughest around $32, but got a lot more lower and sagging, so your down slide is much lower. i wouldn't buy the stock right here but if i'm long, that would be my strategy. >> is that does it for us, a very shortened edition. we have a full edition of "fast money" tonight. sports illustrated women suit model shares a hot new iphone app. >> a slew of bank earnings after the top of the class reported, it's clear mounting losses aren't goi

#e nick swisher, and the yanks have not trailed the last 67 innings on the road. >> rays four and a halfve trembly suspended for this game. seizeil, six innings, five strikeouts, no earned runs for cecil. top 8, scott rolen, hops to second. his 25-game hit streak comes to an end with an 0 for 4. bluejays will take the win, 2-love. they win for just the third time in 13 games. tront toe, beating baltimore. and scott rolen mentioned that hit streak. fourth longest in blue jay history behind olerud, shannon stewart, and three behind sean green who set the club record in 1999. >> so the rays, four and a half back of the yankees and red sox. hosting the a's. carlos pena. this team has won eight straight at the trop. second longest streak in team history. and pena playing a game we like to call connect 4. sending his lead to 24 home runs. something we haven't seen since june 17th, a home run. number 17 for the all-star, and the rays go on to win 6-0. second shutout of the season. he had six k's as well. and for pena, that home run snapping a ten-game homerless drought. second longest of the se

the situation is unfolding near lisle avenue and swisher drive a. man has barricaded himself in a home. they believe he shot a woman yesterday. she is hospitalized with life threatening injuries. efforts continue to get the man to surrender peacefully. this morning crews will resume a search for a missing swimmer in the potomac river. a 32-year-old man disappeared yesterday while trying to swim across the river with a friend. authorities have not released the identity of the missing swimmer or his friend who made it out of the river. we'll take a break and check weather and traffic. >>> good morning. a refreshing cool and dry morn, in the 60s and 50s. highs in the 80s. more humid tomorrow with passing showers and thundershowers. how's traffic? >> a live look along 66, jammed headed for beltway. an earlier accident eastbound 66 at 50 has been cleared. wrapping up the accident, 295 northbound. it's jammed. >> thank you so much, jerry. more news at 7:55. for now back to the huh... ♪ - ( turntable scratches ) ♪ see i cotherapy >>> it's 7:30 now on this