for 9 # 1% of the west texas price. for the second quarter, the companies get 96%.guide answer unchanged when it reported, i would not be surprised if they can beat that number, thanks to the strength of the assets. even though cimerex has had a good run this year, it's still cheap. their value just 5 times its earnings, a 37.5% unwarranted discount. on top of that companies got a strong balance sheet, debt to capital ratio of 20% of $2.1 billion in liquidity, more than enough to fund drilling plans. the market cap of only $8.2 billion, they could get taken over by a deep pocket. definitely not beyond the realm of possibilities. here's the bottom line, we've made a killing. now the permean is on fire, whether that region in the delaware basin could be on fire. please wait for washington tomorrow employed, and when d.c. explodes, use the market to pick up some cimerex at a discount. stick with cramer. >>> in what universe would an $11 billion settlement be considered cheap? how about in the world of banking, specifically the deal being talked about between jpmorgan a

might happen again this is the explosion in five different facilities in texas going to large quantities of the same sort of fertilizer that sparked the explosion at the west facility have turned away state fire marshal inspectors you see in texas there is no state fire code and fire marshals a lack the ability to force inspections on businesses or facilities that refuse to cooperate so is this hands off lax regulation environment putting the safety of many texans at risk to answer that question i was joined earlier by texas state fire marshal chris camille it and i started by asking him about the inspection process at these fertilizer plants. well of the sixty two inspections that we've completed these are voluntary inspections we like that clear as you say there's not a statewide fire code and we were questioning permission to do a code inspection to see how that facility. compares to the fire code and. by not want to come on the property now since then one of them has changed. and we have fact we have responsiveness back to them today got here so the vast majority of plants are being inspected just these five and now now for what might be a reason for t

happen again but it might since the explosion in five different facilities in texas storing large quantities of the same sort of fertilizer that sparked an explosion at the west facility have turned away state fire marshal inspectors you see in texas there is no state fire code and fire marshals lack the ability to force inspections on businesses that refuse to cooperate so is this hands off lax regulation environment putting the safety of many texans at risk joining me now is texas state fire marshal chris chameleon chris welcome to the show thank you just so we're clear how this works you're the state fire marshal you have a job to inspect these facilities but you're being turned away and prevented from doing that is that correct well of the sixty two inspections that we've completely zavala here inspections we like that clear for those of you stay there is not a state what park and we were requesting permission to do a code inspection to see how it was still to. compares to the park and up. by did not want to come on the property now since the. one has changed. and we have back we were supposed to inspect them today gotcha so the vast majority of plants ar

it has been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west, texas. five other facilities storing the same chemical have turned away the state fire marshal. the state fire marshal himself joins us later in the show. it is wednesday, september 4. i am sam sachsen you're watching "rt." we begin in sweden. asking again to make the stakes for serial. >> can you explain the dilemma of a nobel peace prize winner getting ready to attack syria? >> i will refer you to the speech i gave one and gave the nobel prize.+ i think i started by saying that compared to previous recipients, i was unworthy. the question all of us face, not just me, is at what point do we say we need to confront actions that are violating our common humanity. >> the president pots pans for congress to improve -- approve strikes are unraveling. the released its shaft of an authorization for force. it narrows the much broader authorization submitted by the white house over the weekend. the plan imposes a 60 day limit on any military operations and explicitly forbids deployment of u.s. troops

extreme southeast that has gotten the rain, as we say we get dryer as we go a little farther on the west coast. texasly under those air quality advisories which you usually see more in the summer. this is our next big player. it has really been plaguing especially idaho into montana with some wind and the higher elevations about 5 or 6,000 and above, we have seen some areas of snow. that's why you see the blue out here, those winter storm warnings. and that could be some places that is getting a foot or more. ahead of all of this has been the arm air, but we have also started to see some fog so watch for places like that in wisconsin. >>> nicole thank you very much. >>> you don't have to be a sailing fan to appreciate an amazing comeback by team usa in the america's cup. the team was on the brink of being down 8 races to 1. since then they have won 7 straight races. that series is now tied 8-8. one race today will determine who wins, who loses, and who takes home the cup. "inside story" is next. for all of the latest information you can always go to aljazeera.com, where the news continues 24 hours a

the west. that's where there was nothing, literally nothing. now, at least in the eastern part of texas, they had trees, so they could build the log cabins and have a place with a roof over their heads. when they got out to west texas there weren't very many trees. you talk about harsh land. there are places where there is just nothing but grass. there might be hills, we have mountains out in the far west, but to actually settle in a place. these women were going out -- there is where the indian race became more prominent. the indians were being moved out of their land, especially the char cherokees were very, very harsh. they were not -- but the congressman agrees were. and the congressman -- congressman kyis would brutalize the families basically out there with no means of defense. they would kill women, old people, they would kill children. one woman who was captured and the great historian, ted, wrote that the ones who were killed were the lucky ones. the ones who were captured were really terrorized. one woman wrote and lived to write about her time, and she -- talked about the fac

the bay area. sanford over army at west point. we have your highlights. the as increase their lead over texas in the american league west. unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. . >> in fuego, they take a 4-and-a-half game league over the rangers in the american league west. it turns out they faced off with bartola bartola cologne. josh donaldson on his horse. trying to score from 1st. it's a long way to run. as on top 1-0. the only run he allowed. bartola cologne outstanding. eight scoreless innings. one walk, struck out seven at 40-years-old. as lead fx by five-and-a-half games for 1st place in the american league west. >>> races eight and then of america's cup, team oracle gets out of the

the as have a two-game lead over the rangers in the american league west. texaspa currently hold the two wildcard spots. >>> giants and rocks. brandon belt all shook up from san francisco. an rbi double. in the 10th , angel pagan with a rope to the wall. giants win 3-2 on a walk-off. it's bittersweet because they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs tonight. >>> clay matthews admitted this late hit yesterday on colin kaepernick was stupid. today jim harbaugh took more of an issue of the fight that ensued between matthews and staley. >> if you're going to go to the face, come with some knuckles, not an open slap. that young man works very hard on being a tough guy. he'll have some repairing to do to his image after the slap. >> never get tired of that stuff. talk about being slapped, the 49ers sent a sixth round pick to the ravens for anquan bolden. >> paying him a lot of money but definitely think he's worth every penny. [ laughter ] >> the chip kelly era is off to a great start for the eagles. ran 253 yards rushing on the redskins. lesean mccoy had 1

reed snatching first place in the west. while texas was losing. a's take care of that other team from the lone star state. the stubborn houston astros. who led early in this one 3-0 but back up the middle. rbi single we have 3-3 with lawry scoring. in the third down again. two on, lawry to center. to tie it 4-4 in the 6th inning the a's put a number on there that wasn't just going to be one run. two for josh donaldson. a shot to deep left center. his 21st, 7-4 lead. a little shaky but does record his 38th save. >>> of course we have to talk at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. what if you didn't know that it's smart to replace washing-machine hoses every five years? what if you didn't know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items? and what if you didn't know that teen drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident? 'sup the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum,

the desert. texas ranger nick hanna. >> west texas people are generally friendly and welcoming individuals. has a history of having incidents, whether it be waco. >> as it was under construction, the texas legislature changed the age at which a person could marry with parental consent from 14 to 16. rebecca heard about the ranch, too. she wondered if any members of her family had lived there. she checked with the local sheriff to see what he knew. nothing, it turned out. but he did begin using rebecca as a sort of interpret ter. he would call me periodically and ask me, can you tell me about this or what this means to them? >> then on an early spring day in march of 2008, authorities in nearby san angelo got a call from a woman who said her name was sarah barlow, claimed she lived at the ranch, was being abused and held at will against her husband. >> she was a young girl. i think at the time of the phone call 16. she had already given birth to a child, and with her age, we were able to do the math and recognize that would have been a sexual assault of a child. >> so what was the plan then?

reed snatching first place in the west. while texas was losing. 's take care of that other team from the lone star state. the stubborn houston astros. who led early in this one 3-0 but back up the middle. rbi single we have 3-3 with lawry scoring. in the third down again. two on, lawry to center. to tie it 4-4 in the 6th inning the a's put a number on there that wasn't just going to be one run. two for josh donaldson. a shot to deep left center. his 21st, 7-4 lead. a little shaky but does record his 38th save. >>> of course we have to talk about sunday's football game. but it's also friday night lights. a couple of local teams features. back with some football after this. unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer

. >>> still to come, while the a's were running away with the west in texas, mcfaden and the raiders from the jaguars. a little just win, baby. style had nothing to do with it. pretty, ugly, it didn't matter. it wasn't pretty against the raiders. woodson is back where he belongs. oakland scored on the opening drive of the game since week 17. 11-yard touchdown and finds some friends in the black hole. woodson finding the fountain of youth and takes down the de la salle product. afternoon -- an ankle injury. midway through the second quarter and janikowski and 46-yarder good. 10-3 raiders at the break. alan going with a healthy dose of run-d.m.c. today. 32 yards and 129 on the game and lead to a field goal with a 16-3 raiders score. this was one of five sacks on penny. 19-9 the final. silver and black go to 1-1. >> overall i thought it was sloppy. i don't think it was up to the standard we want. there are a lot of things we have to continue to improve on. >> the coach never happy, even in a win. parker unbeaten in 19 starts since may, but he couldn't go due to illness. in steps malone

and it's been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west texas but even with discoveries of the plants a lack of regulations five other facilities storing the same chemical that caused the deadly blast have turned away state fire marshal's more on this story in today's show. hello there it's tuesday september third five pm here in washington d.c. i'm marinate and you're watching our to. will congress vote for military intervention in syria it's the question on hand on capitol hill where the secretary of state secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they match to address the senate now we start our newscast today with the white house's attempts to sell a strike on syrian president bashar al assad's regime president obama announced on saturday that congress would convene after a long weekend to discuss the syrian matter today he met with key congressional heads in the white house cabinet room and had this to say. that i've had a chance to speak to many of you and congress as a whole is taking this issue with the soberness and seriousness that it d

the minnesota twins. and for the texas rangers to lose in kansas city. >> if we win the west, if we win and texas wins, we can win tomorrow. >> reporter: expectations for the a's are a world away from last year. the a's went from underdog to shoe in. >> this is great. this shows that we're not a flash in the pan. >> reporter: the team is also winning over new fans. >> i didn't care for the a's until this year. >> reporter: no fair wetsed ner oakland this afternoon. it forced a two-hour game delay causing a sewage overflow in a bathroom near the coaches office. >> the rain kind of messed things up, but it turned out beautiful. >> beautiful because the a's won their game bringing the magic number down to one. >> this team is on a huge payroll and the a's buy them every time because you can't beat heart. >> reporter: texas won, which means the pressure is on for the a's to win again tomorrow. the game start at 1:00 on sunday. in oakland, patty. >>> again, the a's can clinic the american league west title tomorrow with the win. they host the minnesota twins again in the regular season game at the coliseum. th

. >>> still to come, while the a's were running away with the west in texas, mcfaden and the raidersrunning away from the jaguars. a little just win, baby. style had nothing to do with it. pretty, ugly, it didn't matter. it wasn't pretty against the raiders. woodson is back where he belongs. oakland scored on the opening drive of the game since week 17. 11-yard touchdown and finds some friends in the black hole. woodson finding the fountain of youth and takes down the de la salle product. afternoon -- an ankle injury. midway through the second quarter and janikowski and 46-yarder good. 10-3 raiders at the break. alan going with a healthy dose of run-d.m.c. today. 32 yards and 129 on the game and lead to a field goal with a 16-3 raiders score. this was one of five sacks on penny. 19-9 the final. silver and black go to 1-1. >> overall i thought it was sloppy. i don't think it was up to the standard we want. there are a lot of things we have to continue to improve on. >> the coach never happy, even in a win. parker unbeaten in 19 starts since may, but he couldn't go due to illness. in s

where the showers are, note that initially they were coming out of the east tracking off of the west towards texasly they start to change direction and go the other way. in part because there is a front dropping down in the area and changing the shower activity, pushing it away. you can see that convergence has brought a tenth of an inch to houston and corpus christi. the moisture is getting cut up near the baja peninsula, and that is feeding the showers and thunderstorms into the southwest. from areas of nevada, wyoming, and montana, we've been moniring the showers in montana into the dakotas because there is a potential for thunderstorms there. but so far it's just been rain and flooding concerns. if you look closely what we have going on is this next front going through and this cooler air moving its way inland. as it does that we'll experience the temperatures staying a little cool. right now 68 degrees in seattle. and some cooler temperatures also up to the northeast of 79. we're going to get into the forecast temperatures for overnight tonight, and then the high temperatures tomorrow still h

it has been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west, texas. but even with discoveries of the plant pot lack of regulations, five other facilities containing the same chemical that caused the deadly blast have turned away fire marshals. more on today's show. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, it is tuesday, said tempora third, 5 p.m. -- september 3, 5 p.m. in washington. will congress vote for military intervention in syria? capitol hill where the secretary of state, secretary of defense and the joint chiefs met to discuss the situation. president obama announced on saturday that congress would convene after a long weekend to discuss the syrian matter. today, he met with two congressional heads in the white house cabinet room, and had this to say. >> the fact that i have had a chance to speak to many of you and congress as a whole is taking this issue with the soberness and seriousness that it deserves is greatly appreciated. i think it indicates the decision for us to present this -- vindicates the decis

the a.l. west champions. that's when texas fell to kansas city. >> we're not done yet. we made it even better. lining for championship gears began winding around the concourse. and ooze the game went on -- a. >> the line for t-shirts starts back there! >> i'm here with my wife and kids who are somehow watching all the a's hit home runs while i stand in this melee of a line to get this shirt. but we won, baby! best of the west! >> the a's beat the minnesota twins with a final score of 11-7. >> soo oh, it's like icing on top of the cake right there. >> everyone wanted to urlt linger. >> look out nanl league! we don't fare nobody, baby! oakland, we're coming at you. the green stampede. >> okay then. that was kimberly terry reporting. still ahead in sports, highlights from today's game at the coliseum. and reaction from the players. also coming up next, new video of a dramatic rescue along the northern california coast. how three women ended up trapped and what it took to rescue them. also -- >> i'm lawrence scott at the america's cup. and we may be witnessing the greatest c

the win extended hopelessly over texas in the a.l. westo three games. >> now but the giants are all of contention in their division, the team has gone back to their winning ways. marco school rscutaro and brendn belt hit consecutive rbi singles in the eighth inning to help san francisco edge colorado 4-3. this is the first wedding since may. and >> it is now time for the tech reporter with gabe slate. >> good morning, the dust has settled after apple's big announcement. they showed us a couple a new iphone. a lot of people are scratching their head because of their stating that this was it. they want to know what was the ground- breaking product. people expected so much more. i came down to downtown san francisco to speak with some analysts who stated that they're starting to question maybe apple has lost their mojo. >> the i watch was something that people were looking to see. >> he explains to what there was so much hype about a watch and it doesn't even exist. >> the smart watch is still something that is goofy. it is the exact thing th

the al west. baseball up toup, folks. the a's really falls to the west now. they get it done in texas. big series. xas a first run in three runs last. a's up 9 to 2. the rays are coming tonight 8th. texas rangers. they were in 2nd place. that means runners thrown out at first. shafr out. he was shaf. they called an out. that could have been the difference. doolittle closed the toor, stuck outside to preserve the vic tire. 9-8 the final. the a's is well. they led the rangers but four and a half in the al west. >>> giants up 3-2 ton dodgers in the 8th. hunter pence back ace way and solo job to 22nd. sergio romo came in the 9th venlt dodgers threatening. gets a big play. the giants beat the tojers final of 4 to 2 to keep them from getting closer to clinching the nl west. >>> fans want to see a lot of this. kaepernicking. not from me shg, but from the big guy there. as the 49ers play the seahawks, richard sherman out of stanford ways in on the whole kaepernicking style. here's his critique of his celebration. >> terry rice use today spike it and then do the cabbage patch. victor cruz has the sal sa. if

the a.l. west, is to beat the texas rangers. a's/rangers from the coliseum. bartolo colon from the hill.d anymore. take it 2-1, rangers. and 4-1, in the sixth. and david murphy with a pop foul. josh donaldson, play of the year. between the wall and the tarp. that play was great. but the result was not. rangers did hang on to win, 5-1, the final there. >>> how about the giants/padres. 2-1, padres. joaquin arias to center. buster posey comes around to score. posey did rip a nail off of his finger. look out. he was bleeding. they bandaged it up. taken out of the game for a bit. he's questionable for tomorrow. the padres had a few liners. chris denorfia bringing home nick hunley. >>> the 49ers have a return to the super bowl on their mind. the green bay packers may have revenge on theirs. the packers start the season with the team that ended their season last year. and the 49ers know they have plenty of time to prepare. >> everyone's happy. everyone's excited about the season. excited about the opportunity to play green bay i mean, this is what we play for. we're all -- we come to work each

recent events such as hurricane sandy, boston marathon bombing, the west texas plant explosion, deadlyornadoes in oklahoma and flooding in my own district reinforced the need for preparedness planning. mr. brooks: as chair of the homeland subcommittee on emergencied preparedness communications and as congressional co-chair of the national preparedness month, i urge all members to promote preparedness activities in their districts. encourage your constituents to build and maintain emergency kits, develop an exercise emergency plans and participate in local preparedness activities. i also urge members to learn more about how local response organizations are using social media and encourage your constituents to follow local responders on twitter and facebook. national preparedness month is also a good time to thank our firefighters, police officers, emergency managers and their families whose persistent sacrifices make our country more secure and more prepared. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

and it's been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west texas but even with discoveries of the plant's lack of regulations five other facilities storing the same chemical that caused the deadly blast have turned away state fire marshal's more on this story in today's show.

the a's go on to win, 4-2. they're tied with texas atop the west. >>> how about the giants and padres. a little labor day love before the contest. barry zito on the hill for the giants. bottom two. padres up 1-0. bases loaded. hundley with a solo shot. allowed by barry zito. gave up four runs and four walks. has yet to win on the road this year. padres win 4-1. >>> word from the san francisco chronicle is that the oak rand raiders will start terrelle pryor at quarterback for their first game on sunday over matt flynn. the team cannot confirm or deny any of this. >> i'm not going to get into that for competitive reasons. you know, i'm -- we have a plan. unless we start in the wildcat, we'll have a quarterback out there to start the game. >>> wrigley field has outfield walls coated in ivy. it is also the scene of a crime last night. two fans went into the stadium to try to steal the planted ivy and get away with it. they're being charged with trespassing. they have a court date for september 26.more news after this. [ superfan ] we're hitting the road to help america discover the new hel

the second. al west- leading texas and oakland go at it for a three-game series starting today at 1:05 at the 0.co. endurance swimmer diana nyad's representatives say she's covered about two- thirds of her route from cuba to florida. last night her team says she was about 32 miles away from florida. overall, the swim is expected to be about 100 miles, if she's able to complete it. the 64-year-old is trying to become the first person to swim from cub to florida without a shark cage. ---fl to cuba...it's her fourth attempt in the last three years. if she's successful this time, she expects to take about 80 hours to reach the florida keys. >> there is so slight potential for bay area precipitation full details coming up your kron 4 7 day around the bay >> a pet store chain got into the halloween spirit a bit early, this year. the theme is "star wars," as you can see from these dogs wearing headbands to make them look a little like yoda and princess leia. dog owners posed their pets in front of a green screen as they tried out a few of the costumes and took a few pictures. the new costumes are just pa

rangers also won today so the athletics still win the west over texas. ly play and start the series on a normal point. we're playing good baseball. >> forget football i want to see the diamond and giants go extraening ins at at&t park. giants score to get a freebie. 2-0d backs tie it in the eighth. joe satcher pinch runner score it is walk off run 3-2. they will now host colorado tomorrow night. >>> but today the san jose earthquakes keep their mls >>> serena williams has won more prize money than any other woman in any sport. over $50 million now and counting. but like tiger woods, serena is more motivated by gathering grand slam titles. serena took on -- won the first set 7-5. the top seeded serena was on her way to win. it's the only time the only set she's ever lost in this tournament serena. there she is on match point. winning 6-1 in the third, 31- year-old serena defends her u.s. open title. >>> the quakes the san jose earthquakes must find a way to jump from eighth to fifth and they want to reach the play offs and tonight they got three valuable p

brent crude which is used on the east cost is trading around $115 per barrel while west texas crude futures are around $108 per barrel. the japanese government is reportedly poised to take control of the increasingly perilous situation at the hobbled fukushima nuclear power plant. the plant's private operator -- tokyo electric power, admitted last month that hundreds of tons of contaminated water was flowing into the ocean from the plant every day. the government's plan, unveiled yesterday, proposes two possible solutions. one involves circling the plant with subterranean ice. the other calls for construction of a processing plant that will filter the contaminated water. sequester budget cuts are triggering layoffs of hundreds of scientists and medical researchers. cnn money reports their jobs are being cut as labs shut down at several universities. many of the researchers are study critical data in diseases such as cancer and hiv. the director of the national institutes of health predicted months ago sequester will spell the end of jobs for 20,000 researchers and lab technicians. jeff bezo

and it's been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west texas and now five other facilities storing the same chemical that caused the deadly blast have turned away the state fire marshal state fire marshal himself joins us later in the show.

the west bound traffic that.'s the commute direction, west bound before the 680 commute change. kicking out the freeways, oakland a's have a big game vs. texas rangers. that kicks off at 1:00 this afternoon. that is traffic, back to you. >>> happening today, bart union officials plan to talk about bart management. they say they'll provide proof that tom hawks and bart is refusing to engage in talks. they're more interested in a strike that would hurt bart workers. the meeting is at 11 this morning at alameda park. they are trying to come up with a deal to avoid a strike. >>> protestors are heading to bakers ville toad. they'll join 15 people who have marched from the last 3 weeks from sacramento to bakers ville. they plan to hold a protest this afternoon. >>> 5:38 on this labor day. up town oakland was the center of pride celebration yesterday. a good crowd turned out for the festival. this was the 4th year and they closed off a 4 block area for the one day event. >> i think people, in general, feel they can be more of who they are in san francisco. what i've seen is oakland's community, the diversity has really embraced. >> they had a weddi

the west. go out to indianapolis, memphis, texas, houston. this is a system that will impact us as we go into saturday afternoon. the satellite looks great. it's a gorgeous evening setting up. 73 woodbine. go up toward cecil county. 74 in elkton. moon lit skies with a temperature around 65. a few high clouds develop after midnight and won't wake up to limited sunshine. out to the with the it's predominantly cloudy and the rain moves in. it could be as as one or two earns. we'll talk more about that. we'll show you maryland's most accurate seven-day forecast. >>> news from the housing department on the monarch medspa case. they were shut down after three patients came down with an aggressive form of strept. one died. the record said a lack of recommend infection pretext procedures contributed to it and when inspectors looked at the facility they found dirty equipment, a clogged sink in the loy pow suction room that was liking flew wed and no separation between the clean and dirty sterilization areas. >>> baltimore police are on the hunt for a p

the stretch. this weekend will be huge. they play three with texas and leading the west by 3-1/2 over the rangers.biggest lead since august 3. taking 2-3 from the twins. fans up in the land of 10,000 lakes. and jed lowrie part of a three run inning. base hit. he had a couple hits today. a's 2-0 early. and this is a guy they need to continue to perform like last year. starting to put muscle into. yoenis cespedes just missing a 3-run home runner right there. it goes for a two run triple. he gets hot, hot, the a's might roll into october. 6-1. jus redick two run -- josh redick two run homer. aj strikes out 8 in winning his 14th. >> some people get wound up about this. the seahawks and 49ers huge game and on the tweets heating up the rivalry as you look at this tweet. extra weight all week, preparing for the she-hawks. his college teammate response to this, kj wright, lol, she- hawks a losing night for you and the 40-winers. and it is fun. just like tomorrow night will be. high school voting is in and our game of the week in napa. hosting sutter high. joe fonzi will be out there and we will bring you

the a's game, a.l. west lead on the line against texas, upper 60s around 7:00, eventually dropping through the mid-60s as the game goes on. catch the action on comcast sports net at 7:00 later on this evening. now, you can see here on the coastal satellite view, the fog is starting to break up. we have dry air aloft, mixing down into the marine layer, helping to break it up, should start to fill in again later on tonight into tomorrow morning. the rain-producing clouds we had yesterday, heading off to the east down toward the sierra. the low spinning off the pacific northwest coast, tossing showers toward portland and esatle that low will lift inland the next 36 hours. that is going to allow high pressure to build out of the desert southwest and crank our temperatures up by the time we get into friday and saturday. here is your hour by hour forecast. wednesday, notice the low clouds filling in again, after that the seabreeze will start to back off, temperatures climbing the second half of the week. near 80 in san jose, mid-80s, the trivalley, maybe upper 80s, warmest spot buys pleasanton, sunol, later th

a three-game sweep of the chasing and slumping texas rangers with a 5-1 win. with the 3-game sweep of texas the a's lead the a-l west ½ games with 13 to play. the a's have won five in a row and 13 of 16 overall. >> and welcome back. the temperatures will start to cool as we head into two steps. will warm things up in the middle of the week. we do have big changes in the form of a storm system that is coming our way. more details coming up. >> line the miss america pageant returned to atlantic city sunday -- to crown a new winner. nina davuluri became the first indian-american to win miss america. she competed with the platform "celebrating diversity through cultural competency". davuluri is the second miss new york -- in a row -- to take home the miss america crown. bay area native, miss california -- crystal lee -- is the runner up. >> where are watching the latest with a day late fire out of pittsburg it killed three people coming up we will take a look at this investigation. once upon a time, an insurance clerk stumbled upon a cottag but on the kitchen table [, sat three insurance policies.e clerk stumbled upon a

the oakland as red hot heading into texas tonight trying to expand a 3 1/2 game lead on the american league westin arlington tonight. brandon moss makes this thing more of a laugher. solo shot to right ninth in the last 23 games. now 9-2 as. in the eighth the rangers score 6 and as lead is cut down to one. adrian beltre singles. will get alex rios at third or will he? umpire says he's out but replay will show you he was safe. as are lucky tonight. they go on to win 9-8 your final in texas. dodgers still in southern california. the giants i should say in southern california. top eight, 3-2 san francisco. hunter pence going solo to right center 22nd on the season. bottom ninth, two men on, two outs, adrian gonzalez at the plate looking to play hero like last night. ground this one right back up off sergio romos's leg. giants win 4-2. packers linebacker clay matthews has been fined $15,000 for this late hit on collin kaepernick last week. that took place on sunday. but 49ers lineman alex spoon has got a different punishment in mind. >> he got fined 15,000 today for the hit. if you cowl fine him wha

the rays. still two straight back of texas in the west.e heading to san francisco. they spotted the diamondbacks. but then ended up coming in the 7th inning after tripling in the run. buster posey hit it on out to the outfield bringing in scutaro. eric chavez hit the first pitch into the gap of the left center where bloomquist scores the winning run as giants lose 4-3. >>> the oakland a's have a lot planned to raise awareness about the disease during the pre-game ceremony. the breast cancer survivors will a symbolic ribbon on the field. the a's will donate $5,000 as a part of the gift of faith grant. and the former ktvu reporter rita williams will present this year's grant to breast cancer connections. >>> right now the 64-year-old is attending -- attempting to swim from cuba to florida. this is a look at her website showing us where she is now. and that website is tracking her every movement. she left havana just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon and has been swimming non-stop. you can see just how far she has to go before she gets to flori

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the oakland a's are neck in next with rival texas for the american league west. went away against the rangers. the a's hit 4 home runs on the day and won 11-4. >>> arguably the world's best known actor with a front row seat at the oscars every year. why he may be poised to exit stage left. >>> do you consider yourself right brained or left brained? it turns out whatever you think you are may have no truth to it at all. >>> the whole experience, watching the game with my boys, the family thing. as they get older, your kids get older and the time with them is short. so to have that one thing to look forward to for ten days a year, spend the whole day and have a great time is awesome. >>> frank section 315, i'm a raiders ticketholder. >>> hollywood web site says jack nicklas has retired because of memory issues. he has won three oscars but has not made a film for the past three years. he is now 76. online sources say that "hollywood insider" no official announcement from him. >>> a new study suggests that everything we thought about the difference between right and

the line. coco crisp hit a tiebreaking two run homer and a fit, and oakland pulled into first place to tie with the texas a.l. westew career high with his 17th homer. he homered for the third straight game to help a's moved to a season best 21 games over 0.500. >> barry zito is back on the mound for the giants in san diego. was this his last start as a giant? he lost his eighth straight decision. he has won only once in his last 20 starts. the padres past the giants a 4-1. the giants now tied with the padres for last place in the nl west. 21 games behind the dodgers. >> still ahead on the kron4 morning news. the bay bridge is taking its first full day of commuters on the new eastern span. we will have a live team coverage this morning. >> a popular bay area restaurant reopens after a neat thing colthe coli outbreake people sick. >> but football season is about to get underway. we will show you one former nfl star who is really off his [ male announcer ] marie callender's know that you may not have time to roll out dough for a perfectly flaky crust that's made from scratch. or enough time to mix vegetables with all

. >> the athletics are american league west champions again appeared >> the oakland a's clenched their 16th american league west title and 26 postseason appearance when texason sunday appeared >> opal was playing the minnesota twins appeared >> with the twins batted in the third word started to circulate about the oakland coliseum of justin maxwell's two-out grand slam that beat rangers in the 10th inning to sell the division title for the oakland a's appeared >> it was quite a difference seen about a year ago when the oakland a's won the american league west, on the final day of reckless season by beating texas appeared >> the oakland a's class the 25th postseason appearance in franchise history appeared only the yankees and dodgers have more appeared >> this is the fourth time in oakland history that the oakland a's have won a back- to-back division title appear >> stay with us will be back on after the break on kron4 news morning appeared >> welcome back to the kron4 morning news. >> we're tracking a couple hotspot now appeared >> the san mateo bridge is a standstill in the westbound direction. align >> ever since the labor day holiday we have seen traf

the a's ared in a tight bat wl the text rangers in the west but there's another team from texas giving them some problems. houston has gin oakland major problems, not expected since they're the worst team in baseball. bottom of the 4th, swings hard and you know what happens when he makes contact. 22nd homer of the year. 1-0, oakland. to the bottom of 27th we go. jim lowrie from the left side of the plate. deepest part of the park, 400-plus feet, kiss it good-bye. number 11 for him. a's win 2-1 and the manager is a very happy man. >> you know, it seems like we're hitting or stride a little bit as far as the long ball goes. but you don't want to rely on the long ball. you have to be able to win games. we've been swinging the bats very good against good pitchers recently but you have to have different ways to be able to win. >> over to football, don't even bother to ask, you know we are ready for some final. the raiders will have their hands full with andrew luck and the colts tomorrow. but dennis allen and the raiders are just as concerned with the other side of the ball. >> the raiders

the win extended oakland's lead over texas in the al west to three games. >> now that the giants aren. the team has gotten back to its winning ways. marco scutaro and brandon belt hit consecutive rbi singles in the eighth inning to help the san francisco edge colorado 4-3. guillermo moscoso pitched two scoreless innings for the victory, securing the first winning homestand for the giants since may. santiago casilla finished for his second save. >> and finally. meet buck, he's the mutt who was found shot in the face and stuffed in a trash bag on the side of a road in houston. his story made national headlines. now the astros have invited buck to throw out the first pitch at sunday's game. even though buck has lost his sight -- making him unable to fetch -- his owner says her beloved buck will be on that mound this weekend. buck will be among other pets at the ball park sunday for "dog days at minute maid park." >> this unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we ha

the west. >> and that is gonna do it of the the american league western division title belongs to the oakland athletics. >> the a's knew in the third inning after texas lost they clinched the west, but that didn't make it any less sweet. >> this is awesome. this is why you play baseball. i am so happy and it is so exciting. >> clinching anytime and it is a season's worth of games. when you are able to do it in front of your own fans it makes it sweeter. >> the a's could be headed for a rematch with the detroit tigers. the a's have an impressive number of victories. they have a total of 16 american league west titles. only two other teams have more with the braves at 17. the al east had the -- yankees have the most with 18. and let everyone know you are cheering for oakland in the post season by getting this badge on our abc7 news facebook page. we will have the game highlights in sports. for now let's head to meteorologist leigh glaser for a first check on weather on live doppler 7hd. >> remember we talked about all of that rain? not so today. we warmed up nicely for the first day of fall. live doppler 7hd is picking up moisture along the oregon and

returning for the second day from west orange, new jersey, it's the rondinella family. and from austin, texas, it's the ellison family. everybody's here trying to win their self a lot of cash and the possibility of driving out of here in that head-turning ford fusion right there. hey, i'm gonna give away some money! let's go get it! give me burt, give me laura. let's go. ["family feud" theme plays] all right, guys, here we go, top 8 answers are on the board. name something that would be creepy for a mother to still be doing for her 40-year-old son. burt. >> breast-feed him. steve: ha ha! >> yes. steve: i think once you start cutting them teeth... it's time you find something else to do because every one know--i ain't going there. turn around and see if it'up there. breast-feed him. >> play! play! steve: they're gonna play. >> we're gonna play, steve. [cheering] steve: uh, celeste? >> yes, sir. steve: how you doing? good. what do you do, celeste? >> well, i'm a billing specialist for an oil and gas company. steve: oh, ok. >> yeah. are you gonna ask me something else? we practiced. we rehearsed

the a.l. west on the final day of the regular season by beating texas. >> kron 4 urs maureen kelly spoke to someted fans, many of whom spent much of the contest falling to the end of the same time and race. >> they were excited and confidence. they were watching a another game. >> if the rangers close, the a's will win the championship. >> why the a's enjoyed an early lead and the score between the rangers and royals state is 0-0. >> fans in the bleachers or wearing costumes, and waving flags, supporting their teams. all the while there were watching what was coming to a nail biter in kansas city. in the third inning and word came down that there rangers lost against a real serious align this helped decades cleanse their title again. this sent fans still blind to buy t-shirts. to >> this has been a long way. we have been waiting, waiting to get the shirts. i am so excited. >> in then they said not to disappoint the fans. but what have one on to the playoffs whether the rangers won or lost. >> we are going to do it. the world series we are coming for you. >> here is a live look outside at the gol

coming up, the a's try to extend their lead in the west just -- as they head into texas today. add good ship oracle is in trouble. more coming up. >>> good morning, everybody. the a's head to texas tonight for a series that could all but wrap up the american league west race if the a's sweep but first the green and gold had to wrap up their series in oakland. aj griffin had eight strikeouts in 7 innings as he won his fourth straight start his 14th win of the season. 6th inning josh reddick in his first start since coming off the disabled list. his 11th homer of the year. the a's win 8-2 and lead by 3.5. >>> i still can't get used to this sight. the beard beat his old team last night! 2- 2 bottom of the 10th, gonzalez past a brandon crawford. angel pagan is coming home. here comes crawford. the throw, he is safe. dodgers win 3-2. >>> the crowd on the bay hoping for a miracle comeback by oracle in the america's cup. but new zealand took control in the third leg. they turned a 12-second deficit into a 44-second advantage. then they go on to win the second race as well, extending th

it is certainly playing into the prices of both brent and west texas intermediate. e. $116. that compares to the average of $108 per barrel. and if you let the past 60 days, you will see it's moving up close to $15 per barrel. what is the impact going to be as far as an attack on syria? at think it is too early to say clearly syria is not a large oil producer. as such, i think the reaction to any such attack will need to be gauged prior to really feeling the full of facts of any potential attack. liz: i look at the region. you are absolutely right. it does not have many natural resources, not a member of opec, yet any kind of attack there would force opec members in the region to decide. therefore, that is while oil is affected. less talk about you in particular. your company does u.s.-based businesses, much in north dakota. do you expect that the boost they you are getting from at least a momentary concerns about syria is temporary, or will it continue due to what you are doing? >> i think it is a little bit of both. we have seen oil prices improve as the u.s. econo