so again, tiger woods out of the u.s. open. we'll have much more coming up in sports. >> thank you lindsay. >>> it will be another day before we learn the fate of a d.c. council member accused of spending more than $300,000 in city money for his personal use. >> i am not going to speak to it. >> your remarks earlier still appropriate? >> harry thomas jr. remained tight lipd as he left a closed door meet with other council members. a majority of the council is urging the ward five council member to step down from the leading the powerful economic development committee. until the allegations against him are resolved. council chair kwame brown said he would announce his decision about thomas tomorrow. if thomas doesn't step down voluntarily, the council could vote to remove him. on monday, d.c. attorney general irving nathan issued a scathing report on thomas' spending. the attorney general is filing a civil suit in an effort to collect those funds and damages that could total $1 million. >>> police investigating the death of a 12

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you know kerry yeah it's hard to believe but it's been three years since tiger woods lost on a major he's not going to be winning one this month these odds of the u.s. open with injury we'll have a look at just why in just a second. good to have your company this is sports the here and twenty four hour r t i mean you know you are stories this is. all squirrel russia and cameroon sure the spoils in the international friendly played in salzburg. open and close to tiger woods reveals he will miss the second major of the golf year at the u.s. open because of injury. the drive for five four time champion andy roddick progresses into the third stage of london's queen's club the traditional warm up for wimbledon. russia will enter a crucial euro two thousand and twelve qualifiers this also on the back of a troll with cameroon the sides feeling to find a net in salzburg on tuesday evening with because putting on its pretty inexperienced russian fits robert for a seat for this one. time to experiment just a brief look at the russian line up route bill dick advocates musser plan for the

ranked player in the world pulling out of a golf tournament, but who would imagine two years ago tiger woods would be the 15th ranked player in the world. he has been stuck in the majors since 2008. tiger announcing today he will skip the tournament. woods has only played one round of golf since april and he had to quit that halfway through due to pain in the knee. i'm extremely disa pointed that i won't be playing in the u.s. open but it's time for me to listen to my doctors and focus on the future. i hope to be ready for the at&t nationals, the next two majors and the rest of the year. baseball now, the nats started their game in san francisco about an hour ago and jim riggleman the manager was not in the dugout. that is because he and pitcher jason marquis was both suspended. the suspensions came after the two men were ejected sunday after marquis hit arizona's justin upton with that pitch right there. the nats were nursing a one-run lead and hitting upton put the winning run on base. marquis would never have done that and the ump and league should have realized that. the suspensions tota

. >>> late today tiger woods officially dropped out of the u.s. open which was going to be hosted at the congressional country club. >> tim brant has been surprising reasons why. >> i know they would love to see him in and his fans would love to see him back. he continues to suffer from a strained ligament. it has caused problems in his calf achilles, and is trying to overcompensate. tiger woods will not play in the u.s. open. she has had his knee surgically repaired four times. with age and stress on the ligaments, the nea is starting to generate. he said today "not playing in the u.s. open. very disappointed. short-term frustration for long- term gain." he said that coming back too early to play was a mistake. he had to withdraw after nine holes. this'll be the first time he has missed the u.s. open since 1994. the masters is the only major tournament he has never missed as a pro. everyone is wondering if he will ever catch or pass jaconet loss. -- jack nicklaus. >> he has to win again period. it's been so long. >> you're right. will he be back

tiger woods will not be in it.us comeback, i am telling you, you will you lose one-third of your audience without tiger woods. if you want to ignore your family on father's day, >> it better be worth it. >> exactly. i for one, hope that tiger woods comes back and changes of life and all that. it is something that always bothers me when someone judges and other human being while sitting at their computer screen. >> this is labraun james defense is making you look at it and don't you know what kind of guy that-making you look at, don't you know what type of guy you are defending? pam got all i see is that a guy that grew up with nothing, did not have a father around, taking care of 50 people making life livable for his mom, that is what i see but i see the young guys. if i had to spend 24 hours a day with him, i would probably say i am sick of this guy's driving around in my face. since i don't, and i am guessing that you do not hang around with him either, i am not one to judge at this stage. if i know you, i would

. >>> plenty of local disappointed golfing fans this morning after word that tiger woods has pulled out of the u.s. open. the tournament begins on the 16th at the congressional

tiger woods will miss the open first time since '94. woods has waited for knee and tendon to heal. he's listening to the doctors and in case you missed it last night. a thrilling within and two out it is and bottom of the 13th. freddie sanchez delivers . right for stewarts and giants with a walk off win. eighth of the season. they meet again tonight and just a reminder. pat rile yedoc rivers had no prevous coaching experience and they both champ chatches. >> you told me. thank you, larry. what is hailed as the bay area biggest concert about to get underway in oakland. fans are streamming in to the concert by rock ledge end u2. the band is in a middle of a tour that crossed 550 millionn and expected to top 700,million before it wraps up. u2 was forced chancel with bono injured his back. sold out show gets underway and lenny kravitz is the opening act. see you tomorrow. >> game four coming up.

his attorney calls the charges meritless. >>> tiger woods is about to sign his first sponsorship deal since the scandal surrounding his personal life. after news broke about his affair in 2009, a number of sponsors dropped tiger woods including gillette and acensure. now he's set to sign a deal with japanese pain reliever. the company makes gels and adhesive patches. >>> there's another recall of tylenol. johnson and johnson says nearly 61,000 bottles of extra strength cap lets are being recalled. that's because they may have a musty or moldy odor that could cause you to temporarily have an upset stomach. all of the bottles manufactured in february 2009. anyone who has one of those bottles you should stop using the product and get a refund or a replacement from your store. >>> all right. it's coming up on 5:00. want to go back to sal to check in on the commute. how does it look, sal? >>> it looks good, pam. right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area as we go out to some of these pictures. you can see that it looks very nice on the san mateo bridge. also this morning we

tiger woods anounlsed today via twitter he will not play in next week's u.s. open. ods twittered, short term frustration for a long term game. he admitted injuries to achilles tendon and knee have not recovered. this is back in april when he hurt himself during the third round of the masters. he hits from underneath a tree. you can see that that's where he tar tweaked his knee and akill yez. he didn't play for a month. holes-pfvoielf. Ùze then, tal his game. tonight fred funk who will play in the u.s. open talked about why it doesn't necessarily make a difference. >> even if tiger was 100% right now and was the tiger of old, i don't think tiger is as intimidating as he used to be to the other players. just because everybody sees him as beatable now. the quality of golf and the amount of guys that were in contention coming down the stretch at augusta was a sign. you know, tiger made a great run on the front nine, couldn't keep it going on the back. mcelroy faded. all the scenarios and stories were great but all those guys were playing unbelievable golf coming down. t

time now for the latest sports update with you know neal good morning you know so there will be no tiger woodsat the u.s. open but still plenty of interest tell us more tiger's not going but of course all the rest or there's been a merry go round marina at the top of the number one ranking for the last few months so all the main contenders they're playing and they want seven million dollars. you know we've got a big preview coming on not on the rest of the sports let's take a look. this is indeed sports today great to have you with us a lot to head including all this. moving on up here is valerie over defeat serina williams in eastbourne preparations continue to head of next week's wimbledon starts. swinging into action the second major of the goal season gets going later on thursday we look ahead to one of the most open u.s. opens in recent history. on fighting fit find out how heavyweight boxer nicole i heard against our show on the football field a little later. let's get started with tennis carolina wozniacki and rafael little hopping hunted the top seeds of wimbledon while kim clijsters w

open close tiger woods reveals he will miss the second major of the golf year the u.s. open because of injury. and another bite out of the big apple in the battle of baseball's biggest rivals boston make it six wins from seven over new york this. russia will go into the crucial euro two thousand and twelve qualifiers and the salt on on the back of a troll with cameroon the sides feeling to find the nets and souls program choose they would take out the capital guys a relatively inexperienced russian same robert for a seat for this one. well time to experiment just a brief look at the russian lineup route will dig advocates musser plan for the friendly against cameroon simply to give is youngsters just establish themselves and gain national team experience. alexander results of and sport's alex on the ship both made their international debit while russia's brightest star on video shall be in was lift out of the sport meanwhile the chief of the in dumbest of alliance scenario at all let he steam from the very start. however it was the russians were first showed their prett

. >>> coming up, tiger woods limps away from golf and game four of the nabz finals comes down to the final shot. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. arizona's mammoth wildfire has chased thousands from their homes, burned ten structures and 486 square miles. no one has injured by the blaze, which was captured by a massive satellite along with another major fire burning in the state. >>> loud explosions have been rocking tripoli amid a sudden spike in nato air strikes. parts of libyan ruler moammar gadhafi's compound have been flattened. despite the assault, he is vowing to fight to the end. >>> mother nature put on a show in canada yesterday. lightning lit up the skies of toronto striking the city's sea end tower. the bolts were created by storms rolling through ontario. >>> and one missouri ice cream shop is getting bugged for serving an untraditional flavor. health officials have told it to sop serving secada flavored ice cream. that's right, secada. the first batch of

tiger woods is not playing this week, but rory mcilroy has turned in a tiger performance, leading byight strokes going into the final round. tiger held a four-stroke lead in the masters and blew up with an 80 and lost. on his practice range this morning, he hit the cart that collects range balls. no harm done. he had a laugh. don't know about the cart guy. the first round tells a lot. he jars his put to go 15 under par. any nerves were settled there. mcilroy's play has been -- all week. he would make another birdie to increase his lead to ten strokes. time to get the history books ready. mcilroy put on a performance reminiscent of tiger at pebble beach where he won by 15 strokes. mcilroy's tee shot at ten, but when you're hot, you're hot. the ball goes down the slope, stopping inches from the hole at 17 under he's enjoying life. at 18, the drama far removed, he taps taps in for par. final score, a u.s. open record, 16 under par, 268, the 22-year-old wins his first major championship and celebrates with dad. mcilroy finished 8 shots better than jason day. they were the top americans,

brett haber is here with the big news on tiger woods today. brett. >> lesli, tiger was hoping to end his nearly two year winless drought, but it will not have happened not here, not next week. tiger's body betrayed him and for the first time in his procareer, he will miss the u.s. open. what it means for the rest of his season and how bummed we should be as the citizens of washington that he is not coming here. annie. >> not bad golfing weather for tonight. a little humid, but not too bad. here's a look at our almanac. 90 degrees. average high is 92. speaking of records, i think tomorrow a chance to beat some records or even also tie some records. your full forecast when i come back. >> all right annie. a week after that deadly bus crash on i-95. officials kick off an effort to make sure other buses and trucks follow the rules. >>> drivers share the road with buses and trucks every day, but local inspectors are trying to make sure those extra large vehicles are safe company. today is the start of road check 2011. it's a 72 hour campaign where s

and the you keeping your fingers crossed that tiger woods is ready? >> absolutely!e him out there. >> gary: people might laugh at this but if he comes back and he might be bigger than ever! non-sports fans even like him, he tam, phil stofeel sorry for him. >> the opening was so much bickering that we had from 1998 because from dashed the opening was des -ash some much better-some much better >> gary: how much does the city make of this? >> the average economic impact, 150-170 million it is huge! and it is a big number. the >> gary: the u.s. open olympic club's san francisco one year from now. cal baseball was one more chance. they lost to virginia yesterday. davits team has to win tomorrow or the will be eliminated from the college world series john hicks broke up a scoreless game for virginia. the cavaliers are the number-one team of this event. if things base hit. that was about it virginia beat cal, 4-1, bears will play for texas in than to try to stay alive. >> we have them oratory want them and from here on out we are going to come off from a victory. everybody

again, tiger woods was not in it last year either. >> that is true. >> if he can find out when tiger le beach, a similar deal when he was all the way ahead. >> what the ratings were, will you realize we only have seven seconds left. this is what i did today and i'm like what is that convert to in metric tons. [laughter] >> i would tell you both, this is an interactive world if you cannot turn news around in seven seconds, you lose. do your best to improve! >> we have lost. i am sorry, but we will see you later and a happy belated father's day to you. a 20 3:00 a.m., we will be back in a couple of minutes. the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opport

club on thursday it was a gorski previews the second major of the year which three time winner tiger woods will miss for the first time since one nine hundred ninety four. there hasn't been an outright dominant force in golf since the steady decline of former world number one tiger woods over the past two years several players did get to try on the crown with martin kaymer among those taken a turn as the highest scoring golfer number two leader westwood had two separate runs as the world's best before luke donald took over the top spot in me westwards best finish of the us open came in two thousand and eight when he placed third behind woods and rocco mediate. the spotlight shining brightest on world number one donald but the englishman is still aware of the potential pitfalls of overconfidence it's dangerous to go and expect too much and come to a toy expecting to win but i expect to do i know i can do and obviously the goal is always to have a chance on sunday and to contend and you know i've been doing a lot lately and there's no reason why i can't do this week defending champion graeme

i'm erica hill back with chris wragge. >>> also, tiger woods can't catch a break.. now he's taken himself out of this u.s. open because of medical problems, the first open he's missed in 17 years and we'll have the latest on his condition and whether he'll ever be number one again. i think he'd settle for top ten. we'll check on that with armen keteyian in a minute. jeff glor has the news first. >>> the huge wildfire is still growing, driven by hot, dry winds. the fire blackened nearly 500 square miles. yesterday an additional 4,000 people were forced to evacuate in arizona. >>> an eight alarm fire destroyed an historic rubber plant in rhode island, this >>> now that congressman anthony weiner apologized for online sexting his political career is on life support, even fellow democrats are giving him the cold shoulder as he insists he will not give up his house house. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: chris, good morning. there have been a few calls for weiner to resign, all of the calls coming from repub

tiger woods will not play at next week's u.s. open at congressional country club in bethesda. >> yet, tiger just tweeted late this afternoon not playing in the u.s. open. very disappointed. short-term frustration for long-term gain. woods said on his website, it's been a frustrating and difficult year, but i'm committed to a long-term health. this is the first time tiger will miss the open here since 1994. woods has been dealing with injuries to his left knee and achilles which he hurt back at the masters. he played at the players championships, but had to withdraw. the u.s. open starts next thursday, and you can see it right here on nbc 4. >>> in other news this afternoon, the pressure is on. even members of congressman anthony weiner's own party are asking for an ethics investigation. >> it follows his admission yesterday that he sent sexually charged images and comments to several women online. then lied about it. >> and there's also word today that there could be more pictures out there. kristen dahlgren has the latest from ca

goal found tiger woods will stay sidelined for the u.s.open this week as the three time champion continues to struggle with multiple injuries and as the one hundred eleventh edition of the major has now teed off at the congressional golf club in maryland artie's avanza gorski reports on one of the most open fields and he has. there hasn't been an outright dominant force in golf since the steady decline of former world number one tiger woods over the past two years several players did get to try on the crown with martin kaymer among those taken a turn as the highest scoring goal for number two leader westwood had two separate runs as the world's best before luke donald took over the top spot in me westwards best finish of the us open came in two thousand and eight when he placed third behind woods and rocco mediate. the spotlight shining brightest on world number one donald but the englishman is still aware of the potential pitfalls of overconfidence it's dangerous to go and expect too much and come to a toy expecting to win but i expect to

open wasn't supposed to be memorable, no tiger woods.o golfer wants to hold on to that number one ranking. but rory mcilroy changed all of that. coming into the final day at congressional, holding an member, he blew that lead at the masters. this would be a different story. first hole sends a message, buries the putt. moves to 15 under. he's got a nine-stroke lead. 10th hole, tee shot. he was doing this all weekend. unflappable. that's going to have a little movement on it and will end up two feet away from the flag. he would birdie that. moves to 17 under. still eight shots ahead of the field and the field would try to reel in this man, but there was no reeling in runaway rory. look at what he does on the 16th. three feet away, birdies that. 17 under. nine-shot lead. two shots to go. he's going to win it. 18th hole, the second northern irishman to win a u.s. open, he does it by eight strokes. breaking the record box. >>> yankees and cubs, top of the 8th, nick swisher at the plate. three-run shot, seventh home run for swisher. the yankee

breaking records that were set by tiger woods. he is up to, ro rory mcilroy, you're seeing right there. >>> also, president obama versus house speaker john boehner. but not on the economy. not on jobs. not on the debt ceiling. rather, on the golf course. they are hitting the links within the hour. we'll tell you about this matchup that everybody is watching. it's 43 minutes past the hour on this "cnn saturday morning." yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can now come from any faucet anywhere. introducing the brita bottle with the filter inside. 14 clubs. that's what they tell us a legal golf bag can hold. and while that leaves a little room for balls and tees, it doesn't leave room for much else. there's no room left for deadlines or conference calls. not a single pocket to hold the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. her m

in our meeting to determine if they should extend the law or keep it the way it is. >> as tiger woodsing out of the u.s. open because of lingering issues with his left leg. this is the first time woods will miss the u.s. open since 1994 and a graduate of high-school. he has not won a tournament in 19 months and currently 15 in world rankings. this is his lowest spot in over 10 years. he says he is hoping to be ready for the at&t national cut starts june 30th. >> on facebook we have been talking about tiger woods and his knee injuries. we asked if tiger will ever return to his dominating form. one viewer says, "i would hope he would make a comeback. he is the only reason i like a golf in the first place. he made mistakes but i feel making a comeback will show others that they can also rise above their mistakes."another viewer says," we wish him well. come back soon, take care of yourself, tiger."go to our facebook fan page, like us, post a comment and we will read that on the air. >> gary radnich is coming up in about 10-50 minutes talking about sports, we have a lot coming up in about

electric von james hay dreadful night scoring just eight points. >>> the last time tiger woods misseda u.s. open was 1994 and he had just graduated from high school. sadly, it is going to happen again. woods tweeted that injuries to his left leg will prevent him from playing in next week's u.s. open at congressional in bethesda. woods has 14 major titles, second only to jack nicklaus' 18. >>> to baseball now, jordan zimmerman on the mound for the nats in san francisco. we pick it up in the top of the third. nats trailed by a run. desmond hit one to cent are field to tie it. the nats would add another in the fourth. nats hold on for the win. >>> the orioles hosting. the orioles go on to win this one 4-0. >>> we want to send you back to basketball now. jordan william was one of six players working out for the wizards yesterday. after the workout, williams discussed his decision to leave the terps early and head to the nba. >> maryland was huge to me. they took me in right away. it was hard to get up and leave. people think i woke up one day and said i want to leave. it was a long r

box number two, breaking news on tiger woods just in, the gulf pro will miss the u.s. open. we will tell you why coming up. and box three, a wildfire so big it is officially the second biggest wildfire in the state of arizona's history. sending smoke nearly 1,000 miles away. all of that unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00, congressman weiner fighting for his political career amid calls to resign and a possible ethics investigation into the internet scandal after a week of lying, the lawmaker admitted yesterday he did, in fact, take a picture of his, well, privates, and tweeted to a college koed. he meant to send it privately but he sent it on the public twitter feed. after morphotos turned up including this one, the congressman finally came clean. he also admitted having sexually explicit online relations with half a dozen different women in all, or he side, "about six," including this one said to be a porn star. and tmz reports that the congressman coached her to lie about their exchanges and offered help from his public re

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tiger woods or feels he is not fit enough to compete in the second major of the season the u.s. open having failed to fully recover from a number of injuries. and a funky ride motorcycles and showcase their skills at the car first which is taking place and also region splitting results. so russia will go into the crucial euro swenson's well as the citizen on the back of a draw in the friendly with come our own and sides failing to find the net in salzburg with deep advocates putting out a relatively inexperienced russian team are about to buy now reports from austria. time to experiment just a brief look at the russian lineup route will dig advocates musser plan for the friendly against cameroon simple to give is youngsters a chance to establish themselves and gain a nation to experience. the results of and support us on the should go both made their international debut it was russia's brightest star and shoving was left out of the scoreboard we were the chief of the intimate able lions at all let he steam from the very start. it was the russians were first showed their pretty b

(cheers and applause) and now those increasing comparisons to tiger woods. >> thank you!orter: but they're not the same says come connell barrett of "golf" magazine. >> if tiger woods lacked one thing approached he was cold and robotic. rory welcomes the fan. >> reporter: maybe it's because the fans watched him stubbling. his historic collapse at the masters in april-- blowing a four-shot lead-- was handled with grace. this time he held it together. giving golf its next big star. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: a star at the age of 22. that's the "cbs evening news." for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org are doing right now." >>> you're watching cbs5 "eyewitness news" in high definition. >> you'll have to scrape by just like a lot of hard working families are doing right now. >> no budget, no paycheck, like the sound of that? what state lawmakers want you to know about the punishment you probably voted for. >> as the state tries to balance its budget a shocki

tiger woods reveals he is not fit enough to compete in the second major of the season the u.s. open having failed to fully recover from a number of injuries. and in baseball in the battle of the biggest rivals boston red sox make it six wins from seven over the new york yankees this year. russia will go into that crucial year of science in twelve qualifiers this also on the back of a draw in a friendly with cameroon and sides failing to find the net and salzburg with putting out there also inexperienced russian team. reports from austria. time to experiment just a brief look at the russian line of brookville deep advocates musser plan for the friendly against cameroon simply to give easy youngsters a chance to sturbridge themselves and gain nations to experience. the results of and sport's alex on the golf both made their international debut that while russia's brightest stored under the shah in was lift out of the scored in the world the chief of the indomitable lions similar at all let he steam from the very start . over it was the russians who first showed their creativity b

now in golf tiger woods has suffered another side back following a series of injuries sustained at the mosque as in april the former world number one was planning to return to action at this non-serious open but need pain will keep him sidelined for at least another couple of weeks so the tournament which gets underway in just over a week is one woods hasn't missed since one thousand nine hundred for the american house statesman success three times that the legendary silliman spot will be in line for a slice of the seven and a half million dollar prize on this time around was also strained his achilles stand at augusta when he hit an effort from under the famous eisenhower tree at the seventeenth hole tiger hasn't won a major since two thousand and eight piling more pressure on the gulf ingrate. basketball and successfully overcame a flu bug as well as the miami heat best efforts to help the dallas mavericks add more suspects to the n.b.a. finals the best of seven series now tied at two games apiece after the mabs three point win eighty six to eighty three victory helping the texas man

tiger woods is listening to doctors for once and looking ahead.oods announced he will not play next week at the u.s. open. he adds that the injuries to his knees and akichilles tendon hav not improved enough to play. this is when tiger aggravated his left knee and achilles. it was in april. his second shot on the 17th hole of his third round saturday at the masters. he didn't play again until a month later when he played only nine holes at the players championship on thursday and then pulled himself from the tournament after reinjuring himself on his opening tee shot. since that time he's been in a walking boot. he's been on crutches. he's been unable to practice or work on his game. and he tweeted shortly after 2:30 this afternoon on his website. he said not playing in the u.s. open. very disappointed. short-term frustration for long-term gain. a sensible plan but certainly to the dismay of a lot of fans hoping to see him at the u.s. open. >>> sometimes the tough decision is the best decision. that's what former maryland star jordan williams said

. >> we have tiger woods news. think everybody is still about this.eckerwood's mchugh each announcement. the average continues to roll. announcement. ththe new droid x2 by motorola with a dual core processor ? i could do everything faster. it's a shame mckenzie's too young to buy me one for father's day. we'd play games on it together, listen to music, watch movies. she'd want me to have one. and what kind of father would i be to get in her way ? i'll just sign her name on the card. give dad a gift he'd give himself, like the new, more powerful than ever droid x2, or the droid pro for $99.99, and get unlimited data for just $29.99. verizon. inods will not play because open next week a strainedring from ligament in his each. who knows when he will play again? tiger had the left knee repaired at four times. is 35 years old and the nea starting to degenerate. he said on his twitter page it is very disappointing. hopefully the golf world hopes he gets better. he will miss the u.s. open for the first time since 1994. game 4 of the nba finals and dallas. li