alongside tim ryan i'm dennis o'donnell. we are getting ready to kick off the 49ers final preseason game of the year and this is the game where players come a couple of days from now either will or won't have a job. >> it's one of those days where you will have at least a handful of guys, dennis, playing for their nfl futures, bottom lines. the ambition is to stay healthy and get ready for the opener here in a little over a week away, but when you look at the four, five, six guys, we'll put a spotlight on them tonight. there's a spot open at wide receiver in terms of the sixth guy. i definitely think there's a spot open for the fifth safety so there's definitely some good battles going on. >> we are three games into the preseason and if you can look at this squad right now and put your finger on what they are going to have to improve on, to be bet they are season. >> i think a couple of things. defensively they have to force more turnovers. look at peyton manning, look at tom brady with the new england patriots. the more you

let's go out to the broadcast booth where dennis o'donnell and tim ryan are getting ready to call the game. dennis? >> reporter: thank you, kim. the story line in san francisco and kansas city as you said has been alex smith all week long. but this is not the first time san francisco fans have seen their quarterback come to kansas city. >> our team not a trusted agent anymore. >> reporter: alex smith is now a trusted agent of the chiefs becoming the fourth 49er quarterback to go from san francisco to a starter in kansas. >> it's big for two guys, joe montana and steve young. >> reporter: 1994, the 38-year- old joe montana proved he still has gas left in the tank throwing two touchdowns and beating the 49ers 24-17. >> touchdown, valerio! >> reporter: like montana, alex smith wants to prove his doubters wrong telling the "new york times" that he wants to, quote, stick it to everybody who thought we couldn't do it. was he talking about the 49? >> no. it was not directed at them at all. i think just in general, i think just over the years some things you go through, doubters, things like

denver bron es, myself; tim ryan, vern glen will call it. >>> time for the tuesday night top five.a pool dunk in awhile. i swear i've seen this somewhere on the top five before. this was perfection. no. 4 andrew mccutchen. taufk about, you know, look at his glove. robbing the marlins here of base hit. brilliant number. and no. 3, red sox catcher ryan ties the major league record with four pass balls in the first inning and that led to two runs. not a good night for the catcher. >>> no. 2, tony stew art, you know, this is when if you got a good thing going, stick to what you do. he reyeses nascar, right? great racer. he decided to do a little moonlighting and there's his car. he break z his legs and now going to miss his first reyes he's entered since 1998. >>> and no. 1, keep your eye on the pins. bowler tony walker going for perfect 300. he needed just one strike to get it. look what happens. >> oh my god. >> oh my god. >> i mean, somebody must have pressed the reset button, and the bar comes down. he got another turn, but he missed, and he settled for 297. >> painful. >> painful

myself, tim ryan, vern glenn will have the call in san diego fifth quarter will follow that football >>> i tell you what. i nearly died when i saw this next story. the san rafael pacifics hosted funeral night over the weekend. the prize? a free burial courtesy of a marin county mortuary. 54-year-old matt of novato submitted his own obituary and won a burial worth up to $3,000. he says he wants to be cremated to save space. >> what? >> he is an indian. >> he is an indians fan. how he could possibly get that? congratulations to him. >> okay. >>> if you were at a greek wedding this weekend, here's what you missed. ♪[ music ] >> this is why they have the pre season. the chargers think they are in trouble when ryan matthews fumbled at the goal line. for some reason johnson laterals the ball to a player who fumbles it. john phillips man in the right place at the right time for the easy touchdown. >>> 49ers safety michael thomas had his own embarrassing moment. easy interception bounced off him into the chase forward for the reception. roger bernadina is new to the phillies. but he is clear

myself, tim ryan, vern glenn will have the call in san diego the fifth quarter following the game. >>iders are hoping that michael rivera will play in day one. probably won't be the most famous person though in his own family. >> once i got drafted i knew my dream was coming through. it was up to me to put in the hard work and i'm paving my own road for from him on. >> reporter: it might not take long for him to crack the raiders starting line-up. that's the beauty of getting drafted in the sixth round by a rebuilding team. >> you know, i'm thankful that i went sixth round and here i am and i'm proving all those other people wrong in the first five rounds i probably should have been there. >> we got some young guys on this team that i think can develop into good nfl football players and he is one of them. >> reporter: a star at the university every tennessee at times he is the subject of rookie hazing. >> try to make me sing a little bit. >> reporter: as modest as he is, singing is in rivera's blood. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: his sister is my yeah rivera, also known as santana lopez on

myself, tim ryan, vern glenn will be there. join us, as well. have a great day, everybody. >>> play of the day, we have some baseball. 12th inning of yankees and white sox. the game is over. alejandro de anza hit a game winning double for the home team. yankees lose, yankees lose, 6-5 chicago on top of new york play of the day. >>> coming up a violent home invasion. men posing as pg&e workers, the realistic disguise. >> a california amber alert expands. the murder suspects crushed on a missing teenaged girl and the two possible sightings coming your way. >> reporter: the bart bargaining resumes this morning and so far it is not going so well. coming up, we'll take a closer look at the numbers keeping the two sides apart. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> a long night and little progress battling a raging wildfire in southern california. the danger that prevented people from evacuating. >> reporter: an agreement, extension or cooling-off period? three possibilities to avoid a bart strike on monday morning. we'

myself, tim ryan, vern glenn will be there. join us, as well.e a great day, everybody. >> the 49ers are picked to win the super bowl this season. a computer program called the predict later simulated the nfl season 50 times. it says the 49ers won in 20% of the simulations and will probably win the super bowl and broncos came in second. >> good game tonight number one and number two. >> absolutely. >>> play of the day, we have some baseball. any number 12? we got yankees and white sox. we are all about to go home. alejandro de anza hit a game winning double for the home team. i'm sorry, yankees, you win, 6- 5 win for chicago. play of the day. >>> 5:25. coming up, forecasters for tesla motors, so why is its stock price soaring? >> the manhunt for a california kidnapping suspects expanding. what we're learning about a motive. >> reporter: it is back to the bargaining table today for bart managers and units as they try to hammer out a deal by yet another deadline. of this sunday. coming up, we'll tell you what the best hopes for keeping those trains

he said we will see a lot of ryan mallett and tim tebow. tebow as the patriots start from their own 20 yard line. tebow takes off. gain of four. >> daryl: it will be different offense than we saw with tom brady and ryan mallett. but everybody here has been complimentary of tebow and the progress he has made at the quarterback position in this offense. >> kenny: 12 pass attempts for tebow in the preseason opener in philadelphia last week. this is brandon bolden. and he

patriot ryan mallet throws to rookie josh boyce. touchdown. tim tebow then hurls this 52-yarder. another 7 from that. sadly, giants running back andre brown breaks his leg in the game. the pats beat the giants, 28-20. >>> vikings/titans. the vikings left their starters on the sideline for most of the game there. seemed to work. especially marcus sherrell's kickoff return. 109-yarder. minnesota, 24-23. >>> college football. north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving way early. this touchdown in their very first possession to the third quarter now, south carolina's mike davis busts through the huddle. sprints for a touchdown. his longest ever. south carolina, 27-10. >>> how do you celebrate a torrey hunter walk-off win? prince fielder comes out swing with gum balls. and the reporter, well, couldn't avoid this water cooler bath courtesy of the catcher pena. yeah, what do you do? here's my report. >>> 736 stairs. that's a good workout. but on a unicycle? 736 stairs. a man did just that at the tv tower in prague. his old record, 299 stairs. >>> kobe bryant in rehab

. >>> now to the last preseason nfl games, patriots ryan mallet throws to rookie josh boyce. touchdown there. tim. sadly, andrei brown breaks his leg in the game. the pat's beat the giants, 28-20. >>> vikings/titans, the vikings left their starters on the sideline most of the game. it works, especially marcus cheryl's kickoff return for 109 yards. minnesota, 24-23. >>> let's talk college football, north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving very early. this touchdown in their very first possession. south carolina for that one, 27-10. i'm looking forward to michigan playing this weekend. 736 stairs. a good workout normally, right? >> this guy is doing on a unicycle. he's doing it in prague. he's going up a tv tower. his old record 299 stairs. >>> kobe bryant, in rehab for his achilles surgery. what does he do? >> that's smart. >> jump 40 feet into a pool. why not. >> he's 35 years old. >> i hope that dive is worth it. >>> time now for our "first look" today's political stories and for that we turn to politico. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thank you for having m

tim tebow. tebow signed a contract in june with no guarantees. tom brady and ryanuarterbacks. >>> dispute between time warner and cbs means some won't get to see their programing this weekend. the two sides are expected to resume talks over the labor day weekend, but not expected to reach a deal. that means time warner customers in some of the nation's largest cities will miss the nfl's opening weekend and the third and fourth rounds of the u.s. open. >>> and next week, college football. if you're headed out to berkeley tonight, see what it will be like around 7:30. >> i think we'll start out fairly mild, but with an onshore breeze. bring along the jacket. this goes for you, as well as for those going to the a's game. sort of a similar pattern right there along the east bayshore line. right now, outside our doors, low clouds along the coastline, and over portions of the bay. temperatures holding in the 60s, warming into the low 70s in fairfield, as well as antioch, livermore also reporting 70 degrees. by 10:00 or so, low to mid-70s around our inland locations. conc