midway through the twins/tigers game, golf-ball-sized hail came raining down on the field. all hail the tigers. they win, 10-2. >>> take another look, the ball went right through the webbing of his glove. the story gets even stranger. that's one of the mets he playfully stole before this season. he got no love from helton's glove. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the latest sharp business move by lady gaga, your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, people read the daily comics for lots of reasons. but for more, it's not a life-changing experience. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. coast al california clouds and cooler air. in the valley areas they look good along with arizona and nevada. showery weather coming on with california. we'll try to draw you out in the northwest tomorrow. see a collection of masks and learn how they were used in western societies. face-to-face in the mu seseum o natural and cultural history. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headline

. >>> twins and tigers, number 2, flies one to left. don kelly, look at the catch there.1-run lead. the tigers won. >>> taylor foul sent a new record by jumping 332 in his truck at the indiannapolis 500. it beat the record by 31 feet. how come i -- my hot wheels never did that. >> that looks like a hot wheels truck. >> that was the idea, yeah. it's his hot wheels and remember the track and you had the powerhouse. >> yeah, yeah, the game with the extra ban dan. >> this guy created the track. that's the thing. >> wow, it really works. >> it does. there he is, and if you have the double powerhouse, you remember that, you were the coolest guy in the neighborhood. if you had a double powerhouse, i'll tell you. >> until you got grounded, your mom took it away and then you were back to -- >> how do you know my family history like that. >> i guess you were grounded often. >> you think? >> yeah. >> that's what we've got here. >> we will be right back. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i loc

in a safari park in china, a dog is nursing a set of newborn twin bengal tigers. the cub's mother doesn't have enough milk to feed them herself. so the dog is helping out, voluntarily, we believe. while feeding her own newborn pups. seems like one big happy family for now. >> for now until they keep growing. >> yeah, and then there may be trouble. >> may be trouble. >> let's turn to jackie meretsky for a look at the weather. good morning, jackie. >> good morning to you, bianna and ron. well, we've been seeing a lot of the extensive damage from tornadoes. now let's focus on today's imminent threat, and that is flooding. now we're in the second wave of heavy rain from illinois all the way down to little rock through the overnight, an additional 4, even 5 inches fell in some portions of arkansas. more heavy rain is expected and you can see here on our monitor we do have a tornado watch to the east of dallas, and that is in effect until 12:00 central, noon central time. >>> dan and bianna, back you to. >> dan and bianna, back to you. >> dan and bianna, back to you. >>

this was the tigers and twins time at target field.ly, had to slow it down for all the hail. i don't know the score. any of the sports folks in the room know the score? >> josh? >> no. >> okay. don't know why it's going to come on weather. let's look at where the strong storms will develop during the day today. as the front moves through, this is the target zone. oklahoma and also all the way down into -- or up into kansas. those strong storms will probably include tornadoes. this is a small outbreak. not as big as the one in all right. still plenty of heat on the board. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. robin? george? >> 10-2, was the final. >> oh, good. >> breaking news, right here. >>> coming up, it's amazing he's alive after a pipe, through the mouth and the neck. that medical marvel, just ahead. [ male announcer ] it's the softest touch, when you need it the most. it's the comfort of a scent you've always loved. it's freshness that lasts for 14 days. it's snuggly softness you depend on. ♪ it's value you can feel good ab

the twins were playing the tigers in detroit in the old tiger stadium, and killebrew got ahold of one and it cleared the left field roof, one of just four shots that cleared that roof in the 87-year history of the stadium. my recollection is that by its trajectory, the ball was estimated to be a 480-foot home run. killebrew hit the longest ball in the history of metropolitan stadium in bloomington, minnesota, a 530-foot shot. now, killebrew was not that big a man. he was about -- he was 5'11", about 210 pounds. in his major league career, harmon killebrew hit 573 home runs, all without the aid of steroids. killibrew grew up in rural idaho. according to one press report i read last night, he claimed to have gotten his strength from carrying 10-gallon milk cans as his youth. i know the power of where those home runs came from, his legs. see, about 20 years ago a friend of mine did a little film with killibrew and he traveled to killibrew's home in idaho. and my friend asked killibrew where his power came and from harmon said that it came from his legs and killibrew told my friend that t

tiger limps away from the player's championship. 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. in pakistan, twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center killing at least 80 people. the pakistani taliban claimed it carried out the attacks to avenge osb's killing. >>> former nevada senator john ensign could face criminal charges related to the probe into his affair with a former campaign staffer. possible charges include obstruction avenue justice after ensign deleted documents and files. ensign, who has denied breaking the law, resigned last week. >>> president obama is asking congress to extend the current 10-year term of fbi director robert muller for two more years. officials tell nbc news the move is motivated in part by the president's hope to avoid a partisan battle over muller's successor with an election looming. >>> executives from the five big oil companies were grilled on tax breaks yesterday. jay rockefeller called one executive out of touch while charles schumer said, quote, you would have an easier time convincing the american people that a unicorn just flew into this room

minnesota twins and of the oakland, by greasing now, takes chris horner of oregon, as soon be over always look-sleeve-- race lead. in the tour of california last year he won fourth over all. >> tiger woods has dropped to eighth in the world rankings, but that hasn't stopped him from doing well otherwise. he is now the sports celebrity of the world to, he read six overall. no. 1 overall the biggest celebrity was laid back got, followed by oprah winfrey, filed by justin bieber. >> the latest at the shooting, we have a life crew there right now. we give back to look at the forecast. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen. just $29 a month for the first six months -- dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >> investigators are currently at a shooting, we'll have the details a live report. >> we're just wondering if he hears in there, if he is fighting his way back, and if he is trying to come back. >> sister and father of the giants fan