open booking her nor girl appearance in the semifinals flushing meadows now the wimbledon finalist earlier this year taking care of business against each one was a straightforward affair for it's already over but. perked up in the second this point typically a long baseline battle the ball goes out eventually twenty six year old is in the seventies a far cry from last season when the rockets. nation. were trying. the most important thing was to try and balance between being aggressive and i think. she now faces carline wozniacki the dane stopping dominic it's a book of straight sets a similar pattern to the last four clash this with was easing into the first set before facing a tough second unforced errors costing spoke of a deer in the slow by. making a muscle forty three compared to what is much more conservative total. it's business as usual for roger federer over in the men's side of action the world number two in clinical form against one of the few players to ever be some on the courts rob in so doing the slice through seeing all that see six four six four seven five with both men de

venus moves into her first mayor semi final since she did it in womennable wimbledon since she did it in 2009. >>> and first place possibilities by the ends of tonight. >> thanks, mark. >>> and that is our report for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. thanks for joining us. have a great night. the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800.

herself as one of the top players on the women's doubles team winning back to back grand slams at wimbledon in the u.s. open in two thousand and ten but it because a tennis federation hardly existed forty years ago how is a country able to make such rapid strides feel sort of simple russia since two thousand and eight the country's been inviting players from their northern neighbor to play for them and they've been quite a few takers a lot of this seems to be bothering the russian davis and fed cup captain share meal to be sure of. course i don't have a problem with these as there is an agreement between our tennis federations to help each other out this has managed to help a lot of tennis players as they've managed to get extra funding from the kazakh federation which helps them to develop there were problems in russia as we were unable to give them the pioneers who they needed because we have so many good players. russian tennis on the women's side of the game is still in a very healthy state of the same can be said of the men marat safin is a ready retired one nickel out of a den conical

. >> stahl: wimbledon? >> we won wimbledon. yeah, in... >> stahl: u.s. open? >> won the u.s.n a couple times. >> stahl: davis cup? >> got the davis cup. >> yup. >> stahl: since 1998, they've won over $14 million in prize money. but per match, they often make one fifth what a top singles player makes. to understand why, just look at the stands. doubles is no singles, as you can also tell when they're whisked after a major victory to meet the eager press. >> bob: look at this, the press conference. >> stahl: remember, these two are the michael jordans of their sport. >> john mcenroe: doubles is on life support, in a sense. and if it wasn't for the bryans, it'd be in even worse shape. >> stahl: it's like the ugly stepchild of tennis now. >> john mcenroe: but the argument is with doubles guys, they're always saying, "oh, you know, people love to watch doubles." you hear people-- "really? if people love to watch it, how come there's no one in the stands?" in 2005, some tournament directors actually tried to put an end to the doubles tour. >> bob: it was scary. there were some rule

seeds verified over meanwhile to gondor an hour to see off slovakia suzanna will survive this year's wimbledon runner up winning six two six one to ease into the second round. now two thousand and eight phyla steel and the young very chatty in the one hundred eighteen year old simona halep but did just enough to dance six four four six seven five. two mauritian ladies into the second stage then it was not so i was forced into a decided by veteran chemo conducted groom the eleven seed however was just too much of the thirty nine year old an easy one for my to get a young guy who beamed barbara of us to recover in straight sets. now on the men's side of the draw it was a tough open up one over georgia which the number three seed grinding out a five set victory over fellow serb viktor troicki however djokovic who was doing his usual joke a mode after the match. what kind of feeling was it you know to feel the shade the sun came down and i didn't have any more. what kind of feeling was it's just. horrible feelings i guess when you're sleeping with your clothes were. going compared to that. most of

veterans fight over meanwhile to gondor analogously off slovakia zuzana will survive this year's wimbledon runner up winning six two six one to ease into the second round. now two thousand and eight phyla steel and they got their very chatty in the ladies' eighteen year old simona halep but just enough the bonds six four six seven five. two morrison ladies into the second stage so that it was not so it was forced into a decided by veteran came a conductor at groom the eleventh seed however was just too much of the thirty nine year old and easy won for my ticket a young guy who beamed barbara sokal of us three kobar in straight sets. now on the men's side of the jaw it was a tough open up do. book a bitch the number three is me trying to get out a five set victory over fellow serb viktor troicki however djokovic she was doing his usual joker mode after the match. what kind of feeling was it you know to feel the shade the sun came down and i didn't have any more heat. what kind of feeling was it just came up through. feelings i guess when you're sleeping with your clothes for so i compare it

rafael nadal looking to complete a career grand slam winning the french, the aussie, wimbledon, and the u.s. open playing novak djokovic in the first set, nadal gets in djokovic's head. djokovic slamming the racquet against the shoes, break one on the ground. come on, pull it together. breaking the racquet on the court. nadal and djokovic split the first two set else. nadal takes the third. the fourth, on match point, djokovic hits it wide. at age 24, nadal becomes the owner of a career grand slam winning all four majors, the feat accomplished by seven other tennis players with the victory. improves to 9 and 2 all time in grand slam titles. halfway to federer's career total of 16 grand slams. >>> battle for supremacy in the a.l. east. the rays hosting the first of three games against the yankees with the yankees up a half game coming in to the series. 0-0. no runs in the ninth. crawford is called out on strikes. home plate umpire tom hallion runs them after they exchange them. joe madden can't get out to save his guy. still scoreless, bottom of the 11th. oh, boy. walkoff home run off of

to a straight sets victory over robert sod der ling after losing earlier at the french open and wimbledon is in semifinals meeting djokovic on saturday. on the women's side, top seeded caroline wozniacki beat cibulkova in the quarterfinals. she'll face zvonareva on friday. >>> in san diego young arms quiche pitching in. miguel tejeda punched an rbi single to center. padres with a 4-0 win. they got a three-game sweep over l.a. in the american league marco scutaro with a home run. 44-year-old knuckleballer tim wakefield picked up the win there. he's the oldest pitcher over to do it in beanetown. >>> when we return this morning, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> damage control. bp points fingers in its own assessment of what went wrong in the gulf. [ female announcer ] your hands are only as clean as the towel used to dry them. so why use the same hand towel over and over instead of a clean, fresh one every time? kleenex® brand hand towels. a clean, fresh towel every time. driver and train operator sickout.. when it could start, and how long it could last. a runaway dumptruck s

open, french open and wimbledon in the same year. no one had done it since.rying to do it tonight. his opponent djokovic won a set, but you'd never know by that reak. anyway they resumed. reaction. anyway, they resumed. that was after a two hour rain delay. how about that. four set match point. djokovic sails the return wide and finally rafael nadal has won his first u.s. open titles to complete a career grand slam. roger federer better check the rear view mirror. nadal at 24 years old now has nine career majors to federer's 16. you know the expression an eye for an eye? tonight was a football for a football. the jets down one to baltimore 4th and 10. dustin keller trying to keep hope alive, but look, he was 1/2-yard short of the 1st down marker. chiefs hosting the chargers, 2nd quarter dexter mccluster 94 yards the differencemaker, chiefs with a huge upset at arrowhead 21-14. >>> baseball, the rockies winners of 10 straight on the ropes against san diego tonight. oscar salazar hits a 96 mile- per-hour fastball. that's a little insurance. padres beat the rock

nadal won the french open in june and wimbledon in july.omen's number one seed caroline wozniacki easily beat ncaa champion chelsey gullickson. the match took only one hour and one minute. >>> in baseball the yankees are alone at the top. in new york, mark teixeira hit a three-run homer for the yankees who beat up on oakland again. the 9-3 win moved the yankees ahead of tampa bay and back into sole possession of first place in the american league eastern division. >>> and if the tenth inning, florida's chad tracy singled to left and hanley ramirez slid under the tag at home plate. the 1-0 victory was the ninth walkoff win for the marlins this season. >>> and when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> plus, new mission, same dangers. u.s. soldiers carry on in iraq seven years after the invasion. carry on in iraq seven years after the invasion. amazing right from the faucet, r but you think home filters can be a pain in the tucus. well check this out... boo-yah! shazam! h2...o! hydrolicious! look what i can do! magic bana

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the spaniard on quite a roll winning the french and wimbledon and now the u.s. the jets an ravens and it is mcgahey. the jets accused some of unsportsman like conduct. a mexican reporter said he felt uncomfortable at a jets conference. she says they flew footballs at her and even tried to block the way when they she tried to walk away. some said she was not dressed appropriately. she said jeans and a blouse are appropriate. the team's owner has apologized. both the nfl and the jets are investigating. >>> we still have plenty ahead. weather, traffic and all

someone to talk to because when she was on our own she played very well if she got to the '70s the wimbledond that it seemed overwhelmed her little bit. >> love best about the big names this is tennis royalty were talking about billie jean king own. she has been to the mountaintop and back? >> she still up there to she doesn't play any more but she's going to be on the court and play in the world team tennis format to. the no first 159. coverage great quick and lots of action. i think the public will have a great time so we encourage them to come, the tickets and the weather's been terrific. >> with that 10 seconds left real quick sirena williams #one the queen >> she loves grand slam the best she plays the best and it's tough when she gets these injuries. if she was sick she couldn't play. harvard. tennis club we don't want to go for east bay now. >> barbara boyd tennis club. it coming years is this? >> this will be our sixth year. >> continued success for you will see you this weekend. rosy billie jean came in and a will see you this weekend. rosy billie jean came in and a cornucopia. ] si

he won the french open in june, wimbledon in july and now the u.s.er. >>> monday night football last night. ravens-jets in new york, meadowlands. technically, new jersey. he fumbles, it is recovered by the jets. they would go up 3-0. third and goal for the jets. ravens up one at the half. they end up winning the casive battle. final score 10-9. >>> off the field, the new york jets accused of unsports land hike conduct. a female mexican tv reporter said she felt uncomfortable ate jets practice over the weekend she says players and eastbound coaches threw footballs in her direction and whistled at her and even blocked her path as she tried to walk away. she tweeted this photo of her her at the practice saying jeans and a blouse are appropriate after others had said she was dressed inappropriately. >>> we have live team coverage coming up after the break on the elect. >>> julie and tony have updates for us on this election day. what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and a

it's the first semi in a major for venus williams since wimbledon in 2009.automatic but no much doubt that the rider cup is going to be part of tiger woods itinerary coming up. the cup next october in whales. >> kind of weird to say tiger no longer automatic. >>> thanks for joining us tonight. good night.

it's the first semi in a major for venus williams since wimbledon in 2009.no longer an automatic but no much doubt that the rider cup is going to be part of tiger woods itinerary coming up. the cup next october in whales. >> kind my mercury moment happend right after our wedding, when i realized that along with all the gifts that i'd be getting a lot my husband's old stuff. fortunately, i got his mercury insurance too.

slam, winning all four major tournaments and the first player in 41 years to take the french open, wimbledon in the same year. would you be crying tears of joy as well. >>> and now let's send things over to allison who is joining steve. >> thank you, sarah. >>> coming up in the 7:00 hour, primary. we have live team coverage and your final chance to hear from the candidates. >>> and also ahead this hour, incredible images of the gas line explosion in california. a quiet community turned into a neighborhood inferno. >>> and what happened at a local street festival where a police officer ended up shooting and killing a dog. it came after two dogs supposedly got in a fight. we hear from both dog owners. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. >>> let's take a live look outside as the sun is starting

advancing to the finals her hopt, wimbledon finalist veera the seventh seeded russian better from thease line and better at nets. and there is still should abe good one. >> yes. >> just let it slip away in the second set tie break. >> thank you. >> and last look at weather with spencer. >> there is a great weekend coming our way. here is the accu-weather forecast day forecast. warm up saturday and sunday. cooling down a blilt for the week buchl still pleasant throughout the seven day period. >>> coming up at 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. major advances in the treatment of burn victims. how skin is being regenerated and also, you're going to go into the fire zone to the so called ground zero area for a look at where the gas main exploded. authorities say 37 homes were destroyed and seven others damaged you'll see aftermath tonight on abc 7 news at 9:00 and 11:00 and as they begin process ahead. >> there is a programming note. season finale of the series "rookie blue" preempted because of our kuchblg of the fire, you can see it tomorrow night at 11:35 after abc 7 news. >> that is our report.

she will advance to her first grand slam semi since last year's wimbledon.he is the last american standing. >>> with my first pick, hm, i guess i go with tiger woods. simple choice. but u.s. ryder cup champion corey pavin made no promises that he would add woods to the team. now, pavin did announce his four picks to join the 8 automatic qualifiers for the ryder cup and guess what. tiger has been included. despite not winning a tournament this year his personal live going ob, woods is still the number one player in the world which is amazing in its own right. another pick, ricky fowler the 21-year-old californian the first pga tour rookie to ever be a captain's pick. so who is a riskier captain's pick? what do you think? i'm -- this one is tearing me apart! tiger woods or rookie ricky fouler? what do you think? cbs5.com, click on sports, read the blog while you are there. >>> tiger's alma mater stanford moves into the final spot in the top 25 college football poll after thrashing sacramento state in the open on saturday. the cardinal did suffer a setback. the

yer's win elevates nadal to become the seventh man in history to win the set of grand slam titles, wimbledonnch open, and the u.ovbujjy j-lo. we have been talking about the possibility of her joining "american idol," it looks like it's all but a done deal. "american idol" has not made any official announcements and we're not expecting those for a few more weeks at best. she will be paid $12 million and also have a package movie deal, as well, with the studio. looks like only good things for jennifer lopez who hasn't had much traction in her career in recent years. her music hasn't been selling well and her films haven't been selling well either. also i don't know if you noticed at least in new york city last night if you walked down the street and pass any the gamestop stores there were lines forming outside because the release of "halo 3" happened at midnight tonight. people don't understand the reach that video games. "halo 3" could generate more than, i'm sorry, i just looked that wrong number there. almost $1 billion. >> a video game, wow. >> "halo 3" generated $600 million when it was

the first player at 41 years to win the french open, wimbledon and the u.s.n the same calendar year. congratulations. >>> and it's turning out to be a tough week for the jets. they hosted last night at the meadowlands. and flacco getting sandwiched here for the ravens. jets defense recovered. fast forward to 11 seconds left in the first half. third and goal for the ravens at the jets 1. mcgahee powering in off the left side and the ravens win, the final score 10- 9. >>> an investigation by the nfl is underway into how the jets treated a reporter. she's a mexican tv reporter who felt uncomfortable at the team practice over the weekend and claims that players and coaches made cat calls and whistled at her and even blocked her path as she tried to walk away. some people claim though that this reporter wasn't dressed appropriately. in response she tweeted this photo of her at the practice saying the jeans and blouse are appropriate. the team's owner has apologized. >>> congress now back in session but not for long. >> coming up next, we'll check out some of their

to be a miner, right, mining jobs are in great demand president you and i will go to wisconsin or wimbledon a gold mine, silver mine, iron-ore mine, there's -- i'm serious, mining is booming. >> it is an option, absolutely an option. one of the other industries that has jobs going begging is health care. it is a little late for me to go to medical school but if you are a nurse or -- i mean there, are all kinds of jobs out there that literally, they're begging. >> the story that has not been told enough, perhaps, is that there are more than three million job opening in this country, according to the bureau of labor statistics. >> wow. >> we don't hear that much, do we? >> yeah. >> so many of those, are, as you said, harry, in health care, nursing doctors or the back end. even the insurance companies, believe it or not. >> somebody's got to push the paper. >> believe it or not will hiring. accounting is another one. a proclivity to help people or good with numbers an accountant or in kelt care you can probably name your job right now, actually. >> brian sullivan thank you so much. appreciate

open, wimbled wimbledon, the french open, and the australian open. and he makes his own clothes. it's now 7:06. back to meredith, carl, and chris. man this, is a comer. >> and gold medal at the olympics, and he's going to be here. >> yeah, and he's only 24. >> and! >> another and? >> al is under the wea >> good morning, everyone. things are pretty quiet at home. it is a little cool right now. a will warm up nicely this afternoon. highs in the upper 70's and low >>> and now here's meredith. >>> chris, thank you very much. now to politics in the final round of primaries before the november midterm elections. today there are hotly contested races in seven states in the nation's capital. nbc's kelly o'donnell is in delaware where the fight is on to fill the seat vacated by vice president joe biden. good morning to you, kelly. >> reporter: hi, meredith. this is a small state with big shoes to fill. the four remaining years of vice president's joe biden's old senate seat. on the republican side, a big fight. a popular congressman who never lost an election and worked with democrats on

but they say they are happy with his security and he is on route to this area from his location in wimbledon, south london. he should be here in this area very shortly. >> what's behind this? do they know anything about a motive, why someone would want to target the pope, possibly? >> reporter: well, you know, police haven't given any details. what we do know from our police sources is they have not heard of any threats to him during his visit here except for this very recent information that came in. it's very new and that's why they decided to act quickly and make those arrests early this morning. there's still a lot of mystery of what's going on and not giving a lot of details except to say these arrests were done on charges of terrorist activity. >> atika shubert following the pope's visit to europe. appreciate it. >>> mother of natalee holloway had a face-to-face with the man suspected in her daughter's disappearance. it happened in a prison in peru where van der sloot is charged with another murder. they were together for five minutes before it was cancelled. >>> new details on yesterd

it's call the wimbledonization research. victimization research. annie paul wrote an article. victimization research and how is it being applied in chicago? >> well, victimization research is a body of wok within academia seeking to understand crime, seeking to prevent crime, by focusing on the victim, as well as the perpetrator. the criminal. you know, the sociology and criminology over the last 100 years have focused mostly on the criminal and understanding his psych kick his motivations, even his childhood. with the idea that if we can understand the criminal, we can stop him from committing acts of violence. but there's a growing realization that in order to prevent crime, to understand why crime happens, we need to understand the other party in the exchange as well. the victim. not to say at all that the victim is causing the crime to happen, but just to understand who they're most likely to be and what we can do to intervene to prevent a crime from happening. so the way that that's being -- >> the way that's being applied -- go ahead, john. >> go ahead. >> the way that's

open, wimbled wimbledon, the french open, and the australian open. and he makes his own clothes. it's now 7:06. back to meredith, carl, and chris. man this, is a comer. >> and gold medal at the olympics, and he's going to be here. >> yeah, and he's only 24. >> and! >> another and? >> al is under the weath this morning. so we have chris . >>> good morning. a pleasant start to this tuesday morning. we have a few clouds drifting through, now just past 7:00. temperatures around the reeges, 50s, low 60s. highs climbing into the low 80s with lots of sun. looks like we'll repeat this again on wednesday, cloudsn thursday. we may get a few passing showers on thursday, friday morning. friday, near 80. looks like a d weekend to follow with highs near 80. >>> and now here's meredith. >>> chris, thank you very much. now to pitics in the final round of primaries before the november midterm elections. today there are hotly contested races in seven states in the nation's capital. nbc's kelly o'donnell is in delaware where the fht is on to fill the seat vacated by vice president joe biden. good m

open, wimbledon, the french open and the australian open and he makes his own clothes. it is now 7:07 pacific time. let's go back to meredith, carl and chris. >> and he won a gold medal. >> and he's only 24. >> and -- i don't think there's any ands left. >> and he's going to be on later on today on the show, which is exciting. >> al is under the weather. chris from wnbc, the nbc station here, being the good guy he is, is filling in for al. always good see you, on a beautiful day. >> you really stretched it there with the good guy. let's see how good it is. hurricane season at peak right now. statistically the busiest time of the year. it's busy. igor with winds of 135 miles an hour. moves toward the north-northwest. skirts bermuda some time saturday night into sunday morning. and hurricane julia should also stay out to >>> looking at low clouds across san francisco, but the good news is the low clouds will burn off earlier than yesterday. temperatures mainly in the 50s and a 49 degree reading in santa cruz. as we look at the noon forecast, we will have temperatures of 7

grass-roots energy is what we need to wimbledon -- need to win. >> any specific members you will retargetinge have been looking at the races. we have a least a dozen we believe we will be involved in. at this time, we will not be releasing those particular districts. >> called after the election. >> i think that is important. we want to see the policy majority. you have three possibilities. you can have policy majorities with 2/3 in both houses. i am a realist. i think this is very unlikely it the policy majorities in congress, you have a president who takes a look and understand that the american people have rejected this law and is willing to work with congress to replace it with the reforms that will work. the third is if you have a majority in one house. it will be able to block certain implementation requirements. the law has phased in over a number of years. a policy majority has the ability to prevent that from happening. it will require people to sit down and renegotiate in come up with true reform. three-year america will be involved in a loss it been brought by the governor of miss