. >> reporter: william king is talking about the grass fire that came chris -- this close to his home. firefighters put the fire out but not before it damaged an outbuilding. >> all three of these fires are suspicious in nature. they're long a walking path with easy access. so we're concerned about fires starting, one, this early in the season, and, two, we do have somebody starting fires,. >> reporter: william king is concerned for his two young children. for -- they have lived here eight years. >> this is three years in a row this has happened, and this time, it's like three day friday a row. >> reporter: today's fire came up to his pool. >> i went out there with the hose and i went out there with a bucket, to dip the water in the pool and put as much out as we can until the fire department came. >> reporter: the blackened and charred grass spots in the park are where the four fires have been set, much too close to the more than dozen homes that surround the park. for keith, these fires are getting common. >> seems lick it happens every year for some reason. >> reporter: king says h

. >> william king is talking about the one acre grass fire that came this close to his home on point doom court. contra costa firefighters quickly put the fire out, but not before it damaged an outbuilding close to his home. the fire chief said they are suspicious. >> all three fires are suspicious in nature. they are along a walking path with easy access. so we are concerned about fire starting, one, this early in the season and, two, we do have somebody starting the fires. >> william king is concerned for his two young children. they have lived here of the past 8 years. for the past 3 he's worried about his home being burned to the ground by more than one arsonist. >> this is like three years in a row it happened. this time it's like three days in a row. >> i went out there with a bucket, put water on from the pool and put as much out as we can until the fire department came. >> the blackened and charred spots in the park are where the four fires have been set, according to firefighters. much too close to the more than dozen homes that surround the park. for 16-year-old keith, thes

. >> william king is talking about the one acre grass fire that came this close to his home on point doom court. the firefighters quickly put the fire out but not before it damaged an outdulledding close to his home. the fire chief said they are suspicious. >> all three fires are suspicious in nature. they are along a walking path with easy access. so we are concerned about fire starting, one, this early in the season and, two, we do have somebody starting the fires. >> william king is concerned for his two young children. they have lived here of the past 8 years. for the past 3 he's worried about his home being burned to the ground by more than one arsonist. >> this is like three years in a row it happened. this time it's like three days in a row. >> i went out there with a bucket, put water on from the pool and put as much out as we can until the fire department came. >> the blackened and charred spots in the park are where the four fires have been set, according to firefighters. much too close to the more than dozen homes that surround the park. they said it's getting more common.

. >> reporter: william king showed us how the fire went up to his backyard. >> it reached my next door neighbor's shed and it was on fire. >> reporter: you really thought this thing could come up to your house? >> yeah. >> reporter: in fact, we had to stop this interview while king threw buckets of water on a lingering hot spot. this isn't his first close call and he's convinced it's no accident. >> there is no doubt. last year i saw somebody run and then the fire started. >> reporter: and this time contra costa city firefighters say they don't have any solid leads and they share the homeowner's frustrations. >> with the cutbacks and the way that we are spread out now devoting units like this and taken away from other vital services is pretty frustrating. >> reporter: despite the dangers king worries the fire responsible isn't finished. >> i have seen how far fire can go and it goes really fast so i hope nobody gets hurt. >> reporter: we are told a fire investigator will be back sometime soon to find out exactly how and where these fires started. of course they say if anything knows an

. >> reporter: william king is talking about the one acre grass to fire that came close to his home. they quickly put the fire out but not before it damaged an out building close to his home. retiring chief says the fire is suspicious. >> they are all suspicious in nature. they are along a walking pads with easy access. we're concerned about fires starting this early and two, if somebody is starting fighter. >> he is concerned for his three young chin. they have lived here for last eight years. >> this is three years in a row it's happened. this time, it's like three days in a row. >> i went out there with a bucket to get water from the pool and put out as much as we can. >> the blackened spots in the park is where the four fires have been set according to firefighters. much to too close to the dozen homes that surround the park. 16-year-old keith, these fires are getting pretty common. >> it seems like it happens every year. >> king says he saw someone running from the larger fire last year but investigators don't have any suspects. because the fires have been a regular occurrence,

. >> según los líderes comunitarios el problema para los políticos del condado king william es que laus votos. >> nitza: el condado montgomery proclama tener el mejor sistema escolar del país, departamento ocasión dijo que por tercer año consecutivo un comer y tiene la tasa más alta graduación, la tasa de estudiantes que completaron la escuela secundaria es de 86%, esto con el año estrecho, las cifras más recientes disponibles. las acciones de los manifestantes bailarines surten efecto, la representante washington en el congresoel honor, anunció la creación del día nacional del baile este verano, el productor del programa pienso que puedes bailar y la fundación cardiaca de larry king serán los anfitriones del evento. el día oficial será el 30 julio en la explanada. >> reportero: esto y otras noticias están disponibles a cualquier hora del día nuestro portal de internet holaciudad.com. de aquí nos vamos a comerciales pero no se mueva porque nuestro regreso resulta ser una falsa alarma, en reporte de una fosa de cadáveres. >> autoridades en tejas da ttan de dar con el paradero que los a

he will be aboard a sea king chopper today and may be pulling a 24-hour shift. >> william's got to work on his birthday, spend the day waiting for an emergency call in search and rescue unit. >> william's mother always tried to give him the simple pleasures of youth. >> william's birthdays were much

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king behind william and kate in the royal box for williams match.a score of and first time in 5 years neither williams sister plays in the quarter final. top seed caroline also eliminated lasting to 24 rank dominic f.despite rank no. 1 in the world never won grand slam event losing 3 sets today. maria now the favorite to win her second wimbledon title. on the pen side defending champ nadal left heel injury here and blows the chance to take the opening set when he double fault onset point in tie breaker. now match point for in today leading in the fourth. the the crop shot. lobbyist long. nadal on to the quarter final for the victory. if sixth time wimbledon chairman i don't know federer with point of the day t.drop in the opening set tie breaker. charges back. tracks down the shot and here it comes. you know. between the leg. not one of the better effort but he misses the easy overhead. federer on his way to record 29 straight quarter final where he faces french man sang a. tl loan american male left in the turnment fish still alive and takes care o

from king james to prince william and catherine, the duchess of cambridge, the entire royal family haveeen out and about this week, but it's clear that the world only has eyes for not only you jeffrey kofman, of course, our eyes are on you jeffrey, but pippa in the picture. >> reporter: that's right, bianna a very royal weekend in london. officially, it's about birthday celebrations, the queen's yesterday, prince philip today. but guess who stole the show? here's a hint or two. she got married six weeks ago, and her name used to be kate middleton. ♪ >> reporter: the queen may still own the castle or palace. she received warm applause as her carriage passed during her official birthday celebration, but the cheers for the newest of the royals, the duchess of cambridge, made it clear that kate is now the jewel in the crown. and which member of the royal family are you particularly interested in seeing? >> she wants to see kate. >> and me too. >> reporter: who's the bigger deal here, the queen or kate? >> speaking from a young point of view, i would say kate. >> yeah. >> god save the queen

it might be years before william and kate become king and queen. but i can't help but think the monarchy will be in safer hands when they do. and this morning, through the rain and gloom in london, kate is being hailed the duchess of dazzle. how do we gauge her star power? robin and george, that dinner last night raised $28 million. >> that's all that matters at the end of the day. all right, nick, thanks. >> that is something. >>> coming up here, casey anthony's courtroom breakdown. the high emotion and grisly photos that caused her trial to come to a standstill. >>> and high drama. the dangerous teen trend of jumping off brijs for fun and putting it online. of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to

kate and william showed up in the royal box, along with billie jean king who's a six-time wimbeldon champion>>> the dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection today. the owner of the team, frank mccourt blamed the baseball commissioner's multimillion dollar deal just to broadcast the games. this is just the latest awful chapter for the dodgers. the team will continue to play, mccourt says all salaries will be paid, the bankruptcy filing lets the team buy some time to get their footing back. >>> a rare sight in baseball saturday, and the thing about this was no one who saw it in person realized it quite right away. but thanks to slow motion, we can now see what happened. the batter was troy tulowitski of the rockies in a game against the yankees. it looked for all the world like an ordinary garden variety line shot up the third-base line. but when they looked closely, he hit that ball not once, but twice, once in the meat of the bat and then again off the bounce on the end. same series, by the way, friday night, another great moment, this one in the stands, combat veteran michael caser who lost

and billy jean king in the royal box for the venus williams max she loses with a store of 6-2, 6-3.his will be the first time in six years. top seed, eliminated is despite being ranked number one in the world, never won a grand slam event, losing in three sets today. and now the favorite to win her second wimbledon title. and men's side, defending champ raffle nadal battling a injury blowing a chance to take the opening set. there is a buy breaker, now match point leading in the fourth with a drop shot. and there is a is a four-set victory. roger fedderer with a point of the day after dropping opening set in a tie breaker, tracks down the lobbed shot. here it comes. between the legs, not one of the better efforts but misses an easy overhead. fedderer on -- a way to his record quarter vinyl. and marty fitch is still ahead and there is the first wimbledon quarter final. the warriors introduced three newest members in oakland. clay thompson, and thompson is a shooting guard, led the pac-10 last season, averaging 21 points per game. charles jenkins as hofstra's point guard. and thompson

william. he's a serving military officer. >> reporter: he's diana's son and also the future king. [ applause ] >> reporter: on his first foreign visit, no one predicted u.s. president barack obama would pull this off. the duke and duchess will at all times be surrounded by rcmp bodyguards even during their private canoe trip. >> i'm not aware of any bodyguards having to go canoeing, no. that's new. >> reporter: not so new. rcmp officers had to follow this man around during his canoe trips, and that, by the way, is former prime minister pierre trudeau. security will be especially tight in quebec city. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds are expected to rsvp yes to this youtube invitation by an anti-monarchist group who themselves have hired bodyguards. bodyguards whose job will be to prevent civil disobedience from escalating into violence. but things did get out of hand back in 2009 when the same group protested a visit by prince charles in montreal. ctv news, ottawa. >>> so do we determine, are they coming to northern california? >> i think we've been dissed officially. at least we're dry again, rob mayeda joins us from the weather cent

. >> pitts: williams runs newsouth books in montgomery, alabama, cradle of the confederacy and where jim crow was once kinge don't want the niggers going in this school. it's a white school. >> pitts: williams, a son of alabama, says the civil rights movement changed him, as it did the rest of the south. for him, the subject of race and the n-word goes beyond any debate about the book. it's also about how far the south has come. >> williams: we learned to think differently about it, and thank god we did. i mean, the movement didn't just free, you know, black southerners. i mean, it freed white southerners, too. >> pitts: freed you from? >> williams: freed us from the sin of... you know, this... this was a big... a big sin. >> pitts: kids use it-- you know, the... the rap artists use it, the black rap artists use it, as you know, as i well know. brothers use it all the time... >> bradley: oh, yeah. >> pitts: ...when they talk to each other. >> bradley: i love it. >> pitts: sorry? >> bradley: i love it. >> pitts: you love it? >> bradley: yeah, yeah. "you're my nigger, man." look, what... in every group, ther

williams went number two. he went to the minnesota timberwolves. sacramento kings got national player of the year after a free team trade. a lot going on. >> pretty exciting. >>> it's coming up on 6:00. sal, you were watching a little bit of that. >> how did you know? >> i saw you tweeting it. >> yes, i did. let's take a look at the commute on 280 northbound getting up to 880 the traffic is moving well. also we are off to a nice start on the sunol grade. dave and pam back to you. >>> some of them dressed like zombies and gathering outside san jose city hall. the reason why this protest is focused on the mayor and future of city employees. >>> what a cell phone reveals about who may have been helping to protect osama bin laden. >>> good morning, patchy low clouds but sunny today. a little warmer and cooler. we'll have that in your week forecast. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. [ beep ] ♪ first date finest: $33. [ beep ] ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard pay pass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass.

king and queen. they are picking up to move into kensington palace. they currently live in an island where william is an air force pilot. the move is expected to take place sometime this summer. >> i love hearing about them, but i get so royaled out sometimes. >> are you royaled out? >> you are royaled out already? this is just the beginning. we could say we are tired of this overwelming heat, but we have to get used to that, because it's coming back? >> yeah, it's coming back. i would say if you have to go outside, do some gardening, get to it tonight because we see the heat really increasing over the next couple of days and the humidity. that's where it can get you. right now it's 86 degrees in downtown. official high was 88 degrees today. manassas 84. 86 degrees in frederick, hagerstown 83. the average high is in the lower 80s. so a few degrees above that. our satellite radar picture has been pretty quiet. dry, lots of sunshine with the high pressure in place, but the bermuda high is going to make things feel uncomfortable. the heat wave does return. nice and dry tonight. get outside if you can

williams and president obama both urged an end to the violence. south sudan is poised to become an independent nation next month. >>> on capitol hill, republican congressman peter king convened a second hearing on muslim extremism in the united states. the topic was islamic radicalization in prisons. while one witness testified that this is a growing problem, especially among muslim converts, another reported that the risk of terrorism originating from muslim prisoners is small. several islamic groups criticized the hearing, saying it is unfair to investigate a group of americans solely because of their religion. >>> the nation's roman catholic bishops gathered in seattle this week for their annual spring meeting. a key part of the agenda was reviewing sex abuse prevention policies they adopted in 2002. the bishops passed minor revisions, but said overall, the guidelines have "served the church well." still, there are lingering questions about compliance and accountability. joining me now is kim lawton, managing editor of this program. kim, are the bishops really following those 2002 guidelines? >> reporter: well, they say the majority of bishops are following the g

williams as number two. he's a big body down low. he can also knock down threes. some other notables. kemba walker will go to charlotte. and burnett was picked by the bucks, then traded to the kings. wheeling and dealing in the nhl. flyers made a huge trade. half an hour later they said captain mike richards of the l.a. kicks for a couple of players and a draft pick. the move cleared cap space to sign goalie ilya brizgalov to a nine-year, $51 million deal. tim lincecum got out of his slump. kept the twins guessing all game. struck out 12 in seven innings of work. giants won it 2-1. strange day for the washington nationals. after the walkoff, the manager literally walked off. jim riggleman unexpectedly resigned. he wanted to discuss a contract extension with the club. the team didn't want to listen. nationals lost their manager but won the game. i'm fred roggin. >> early today sports is brought to you by lectric shave. >>> bieber fever causes a big scare in the big apple. never too late for love. >>> good friday morning. welcome back to "early today." take you through friday, saturday and sunday. just about everyone will be dry. maybe a sprinkle in seattle. the heat continues in t

they socialized a little bit with billie jean king and there was even where you caught them doing the mexican wave. prince william didn't look too into it but i think indicate nudged him and he did do it. take a look at the headlines. the big news venus and serena williams are out. the irish independent has this headline. kate serves up a smile, despite early exit for williams sisters. it says speaking of their defeat, it goes on and says the shock waves rippled through wimbledon. if not the end of an era, it was certainly the diminishing after an aura. check out "the international herald tribune." the headline, the comeback ends. it remains very much to be seen whether it marks a clear end to williams era at wimbledon but it seems premature to make sweeping conclusions even if serena is 29 and venus is 31. the other big upset was the number one seeds. caroline is also out of wimbledon. the big talking point is rafael nadal sprained his ankle and we don't know if he will be able to continue or not. he went on and played an amazing game and he won but they are doing mri scans and we are going to find out today whe

king, and even the prince and princess in attendance. jacqueline bennett your thoughts? >> wimbledon. >> i have never been to wimbledon. >> this time, the williamslection have had that happen before. >> this year, saved. and 93,000. they matched that thousand 93,000! watching tony stewart smashed into the tire wall. finished. kirk bush, = #22. he victor wor had a vict his first victory, and 93,000 and the sonoma. >> the warriors' no. 1 crop draft choicdraft choice, clay, som thompson he's been called the next reggie miller. will see what cleat things about that he joins us coming next. if ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take entertainment with you. >> with the 11th pick on the nba draft the golden state warriors select clay thompson from washington sta

william and kate and wimbledon. kate may not be the queen of england yet. but she was the queen of court for taking part in the wave, with the crowd. along with tennis legend, billie jean king a dance wave. kate was into it. the future king is a little more reserved. but kate got him to do it with the rest of the crowd. and they went wild. and that is why it is a love match. that is our pop news heat index. >> they loved seeing andy murray win that match, their countryman. >> we did, too. it was great. >> yeah. >> a little overdressed for tennis. >> who is going to tell him? >> i guess i just did. not that he cares. >>> sam? >> george, robin, there is nothing hotter on the boards anywhere than what is going on out in times square right now. it's the kind of crowd and event that only "good morning america" could put on. alicia keys is going to play in the middle of times square, momentarily. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about as you head outside. wsb, our friends in atlanta, who know everything about atlanta, know there are thunderstorms that will pop up later in the afternoon. here's why. the long, cold front that extends all the way to norther