this is one of the great 40-year-old baseball players in the game, jim thome. just three years younger than deon. this guy, two batters later, manny mach achl ado was born te months after thome made his debut. one of two home runs for machado. orioles beat toronto, a game and a half behind the yankees in the al east. >>> how about this, baltimore and washington getting some love on this weeks "sports illustrated" cover. the o's on the cover and cover stories about the nationals and rg3. rg3 has been on "sports illustrated's" cover twice in the last the year and has another cover story about him. safe to say, people know about the kid. redskins put roy hillue on the injured reserve. they replaced him with ryan grant who won a super bowl with the packers. he chose the redskins over the bears because he felt like this was a better opportunity. he thought he would see more playing time echl is familiar with the shanahan's zone blocking system and the coach happy to have a veteran running back with a resume that includes 4,000 yards and 25 touchdowns on the roster.

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. >> reporter: for coach thome the experience was made more special with his son on the team. >> words't explain it. i just can't explain it. i'm proud of him. proud of all the boys. what a ride. >> reporter: player douglas shared the team's appreciation. >> thank you, that was awesome. >> reporter: tonight all sorts of messages congratulations and pride remain on outside of businesses across town. tomorrow is designated petaluma little league day. we posted a full slide show for you on ktvu.com. >> fun to see there. >>> it is the world's deadliest spider so why are people actually being asked to try to catch it? >>> also this building it was mostly vacant only used for storage. but somehow it went up in flames. the unusual firefighter response that followed. >>> and crews are battling a fast growing fire. the camp that is being evacuated before tomorrow's holiday. >> temperatures have been warming up this weekend. coming up where we will have some dense fog first thing tomorrow morning and the temperature change we have in the forecast for your labor day. we're sitting on a bunch of s

jim thome. manny machado, number five of his career. chris davis, three run home run. 6-2. mark reynolds, home run number 23. 8-2. chris davis and manny machado each homered again. 12-n in all, 1 ti's a team, 2, the orioles win to stay a half-game in front of the oakland a's. ron washington watched the a's win. josh hamilton -- it keeps on rolling. part of a five run first inning. texas. beat the ravens and brown said tonight. ngreement was reached on maa eight-year contract. we will see when the ravens fans boo the regular officials. the ravens and brown's tonight. the pregame show begins at 7:00 p.m. and you can watch it right here. >> we will be right back. >> when is election day? you decide. some americans are not waiting until november 6 to vote. >> the referee lockout appears to be a andn en. n end. >> the forecast as we continue. >> the forecast as we continue.

mclouth ties jim thome, home run. manny machado. he has five home runs. chris davis, a big blast, number 27. 6-2 orioles. mark reynolds, home run number 23. 8-2. manny now has six home runs. 12-2 is the final. seven home runs ties a team record. what a night last night at camden yards. ravens and brown's tonight and the real officials will work the game. the regular refs be in town to work the game. the quarterback is 28 years old. a former baseball player. now he has to figure rat were one of the great players is hanging out, number 20, ed reed -- he has to figure out where one of the great players is hanging out. >> you have to know where number20 is at. game onan see tonight's wbal-tv 11. then the kickoff at 8:20. ooen the ravens fans will b the regular referees. >> thank you. 6:26. racial tension on the campus of towson university when we continue. >> police looking for a person of interest after a mother and child are shot. >> financial corporation times hit a part of baltimore history, causing it to shut down >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, loc

jim thome, man, how old is that guy? he is 42. showwalter with a ground-rule double.rç 16th straig extra innings game. >>> college football saturday, highlighted by maryland and the west virginia mountaineers, came in with the country's best offense, it was supposed to be a route. it wasn't. to morgantown. terps, qb, with his first experience in morgan town. one of the more intim dating places to play. that is doug riggs with a scoop off to thezv races, 51-yard fume return. west virginia on top, 7-0. later in the first. maryland down, 14-0. the hand off, to his go-to man, digs, he will tip down and dive in for the score. a 42-yard hook up. terps down, 14-7. mountaineers up 17-14. smith finds austin, the baltimore native wide open for that score. terps not giving up throw. look at the moves by this guy. he a super star, and a true freshman, making people miss, he will go. finds the end zone, terpks÷ú lee with their head held high. there is no such good thing as a good loss. >> there are no moral victories. we don't play the game and put the effort and time we get into

thome bling ft express which was the goodyear blimp making exhibition flights over the city. it mysteriously caught fire, plummeted to the ground and crashed through the skylight of the illinois trust and savings bank across from the board of trade building. exploded and ended up killing 13 people and sending a wave of hysteria through this city. next-door neighbor lord child into his apartment and strangled her and buried her in the basement. this santa another wave of hysteria about whether friends and neighbors can be trusted. the real mayhem started after that when an incident at a south side beach spiralled into what became one of the worst race riots in american history. for days on end black and white citizens were killing each other releasing tension that builds up over the year and that a major transit strike was called so all trains and streetcars were stopped putting people on the streets at the height of the violence. total chaos was raining in the streets of chicago and the person in charge of the city at the time was the mayor, william thompson, ak a big bill. b

the orioles winning in boston of the they were tied in the 12th when jim thome fresh of the disabledd adam jones. baltimore wins 9-6 to stay up with game ahead of the yankees in the east division race and maintain the wild-card spot by 2 over oakland. >>> today usc beat golden bears for the ninth straight time. they take their frustration out on cal. that is daniel lasco on the business end of that cheap shot. trojans threaten on the first drive, but williams picks off barkley's throw in the end zone. two picks by barkley. cal not stop the trojan's running game. silas redd, penn state transfer scores the touchdown in the 1st quarter. he ran for 296 yards. cal answers with a field goal, but trojans come back with a 75- yard drive and southern cal led at halftime. usc nearly doubled the golden bears in yards. the only touchdown in the second half, late 4th quarter is matt barkley to lee again. usc wins 27-9 and cal loses its fourth straight conference opener. cal quarterback zach maynard was sacked twice. they now host arizona state next saturday. >> san josi state is now 3-1 for the f

. >> now, registering more voters and just as important, getting thome come out and vote, is a major goal of the president's campaign because of the number of undecided voters in the key swing states is so small. the difference between winning and losing may be people coming out to vote. this coming week, is the kickoff of barack obama's last campaign. his last best chance to rekindle the enthusiasm that got him elected four years ago. rebecca, jeff. >> bill plante, thank you very much. also this morning, los angeles mayor antonio veer gose a, chairman of the democratic national convention. mr. mayor, good morning. >> good morning. happy labor day to all of you. >> happy labor day to you. >> and all the people behind the camera as well. >> thank you very much. we'll pass that along. a lot of democrats had a lot of problem with the question, are you better off than you were four years ago. not martino mali, we should say. what's your answer to that question? >> the answer is we are better off. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. we lost 3.5 million jobs. the mortgage lending crisis w

you had some kind of vest, some kind of fabric that allowed thome drape it over her.nference is it was a remote controlled device that if she didn't follow the instructions, they could set it off. >> how much money did they get? >> well, that is something that is always kept close. in this case, let's say a lot. let's say a lot because her instructions -- this was a bank robbery that was an inside job. i say that because they had knowledge of the bank, they knew who the manager was, where she lived, they knew the system in the bank. they didn't tell her get all the money from the drawer and the vault. this is a significant amount of money. in the past, not this case, but other cases where they've done the vault, like in rockefeller center we had one, those have gone up to things like $250,000. >> have we ever seen something like this before where the bank is robbed without the robbers going inside? >> you know, we have. when i was deputy chief of lapd's counterterrorism bureau, a guy walked into a chevy dealer with a full-on suicide vest and demanded $150,000. and he

in the 12th, jim thome. why not? first game back since july 27th. to be the game winning run. ended up scoring three in the frame. with jim johnson on the close, no doubt about it. the big hook to end it. his 47th save of the season. 9-6 your final. orioles buckled up. >> probably one of those thing whens you get away from it in off season you step back and go, really? but it's about winning baseball games. >> that will be fun to look at come off season and really think about what we are witnessing in 2012. oakland and new york in extra innings as well. raul ibanez could have won the game if he wasn't out. as you see, he was. great job from the catcher to hang on. we go to the 13th inning. such a crucial series for the orioles. trying to catch yankees in the al east. trying to hold off oakland in the wild card. johnny gomes two-run shot part of a four-run inning. 9-5 oakland. unbelievably back come new york. ibanez two-run shot after it was 9-7. ties the game 9 apiece. bottom 14 we go. nunez, shot to first. brandon moss. on an error. indig nant way