with the great names gone, the yankees had fallen on hard times.pennants in 44 years, winning had moved out of reach. in 1972, george steinbrenner came to new york. steinbrenner, a wealthy shipbuilding executive, was used to winning and winners. i can't buy a newspaper without paying a lot more than i used to. how much would steinbrenner pay to bring winning baseball back to yankee stadium? $300,000 for catfish hunter, after hunter's contract was declared void on a fluke. and he hired the man some thought was the best manager in baseball, billy martin. by 1975, attendance was up more than 50%, and the yankees were back in the world series. but they lost that series four straight to cincinnati's big red machine. there it goes. the final score, 7-2. we were the second best team in baseball. that's nothing to be ashamed of. i shouldn't be critical. the yankees still lacked what ruth, di maggio, and mantle gave them-- a slugging outfielder who could put the ball into the seats and fans into the stands. in 1976, that meant reggie jackson. jackson was cl

yankees referred to it. became better known may 8th through the 11th his kortrijk flanking attacks as well as from to attacks. the lost thousands of men. nothing succeeded. on may 12th at 4:35 a.m. the yankees unleashed a massive attack. hancocks second quarter shock troops led the attack could be 20,000 men striking an area no wider than a quarter mile. lee immediately organized a counterattack. at great cost a confederate brigades drove the enemy back. there the fighting became close quarters. grants on one side and rebels on the other. union troops continued to end so 40,000 were crammed into a small area. sometimes drove deeper and more. the close quarters fighting was the most savage of the war. in the pouring rain combatants fire their weapons in each other's faces, stabbed or another with bayonets and hurled their bayoneted muskets like javelins' him. ditches on both sides of the entrenchments filled up with bodies. the union battery blessed the enemy at close range and lost all but two of the 23 offi

as hasty pudding ♪ ♪ yankee dood l, keep it up ♪ yankee dan and whip the girls be handy ♪ ♪ and thereto town riding on a point pony, stuck a'er in his hat and called it macaroni ♪ ♪ yankee doodle, keep it up ♪ yankee dandy, mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you. thanks so much. enjoy your wonderful day here at fort stevens. >> our first speaker this morning is mr. cr gibbs. mr. gibbs is noted local historian, international lecturer, author and historian of the african dees. he's also among the scholars at the smithsonian featured on its online academy. he has conducted research on black civil war units as well as served as technical adviser to 9 francis thomas company on a film. he has written numerous books, and friends of frederick douglas. his articles have appeared in numeral respected journals in. colluding the bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibbs. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i will leave it to my esteemed colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here. what i want to

the yankees, i already signed with the yankees. >> you know what, john? >> what? no, listen.n? >> at your age there was no signing with the yankees, trust me. >> calm down and work with her. >> come on. cut the [ bleep ] no, you did not sign with the yankees. >> you don't think so? >> yes. you know what? >> you don't think so? >> no, no, trust me. >> why? because i'm 40? >> now you're putting on this crap that you were not doing yesterday. and that's not bipolar. let me tell you what that is. >> what is that? schizophrenic? >> no, no, no, no. please -- >> manipulative? >> well, you got it. you're going really well. >> yeah. >> why would you say you're suicidal when you're not? >> i didn't say i was suicidal until they put me in the chair. >> and then you became suicidal? >> right. that's when i became suicidal. >> i know how to play the system. >> that's it. you know how to play the system. i don't even have to diagnose you. >> the system taught me how to play it. >> well, it's a new day, my dear. i'm here. >> i know you are. right, mom? >> and i don't put up with that crap.

♪ there we saw the man and boys as thick as pudding ♪ yankee doodle keep it up ♪ yankee doodle dandye doodle keep it up ♪ yankee doodle dandy ♪ find the musk and the step and with the girls be handy. now everybody's verse, sing it ♪ yankee doodle went to town ♪ riding on a pony ♪ stuffed a feather in his hat and called it macaroni ♪ yankee doodle keep it up ♪ yankee doodle dandy ♪ mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy ♪ yankee doodle keep it up ♪ yankee doodle dandy ♪ mind the music and the step ♪ and with the girls be handy [ applause ] >> thank you thanks so much. enjoy your wonderful day lear at ft. stevens. >>> our first speaker this morning is mr. c.r. gibbs. mr. gibbs is a photoed local award winning historian, international lecturer, author and historian of the africans. he is a scholar at the acostia and smith son yan museum. he has conducted research on black civil war units as well as serve aztec nickal adviser to the frances thompson company on a film entitled "american years." he has written many books. his articles have appeared in numerous respected jo

. >>> we want to begin with the yankees tigers, bottom of the third. yankees with a deep shot to left center, it is going, going, and not gone! outfield outfielder, a miracle catch. yankees beat the tigers 2-1. >>> a stair down in vegas, it turnt violate, they started the melee, until security broke it up. jones, come on dc, where was your take down defense, i put you on your back in six seconds. >> i got some take down defense for you. don't ever put your dirty face on me again. >> yikes. the two are scheduled to meet on september 27th. a heated battle no doubt. >>> to the nfl, bears behaving badly in training camp. and this may bring back some grammar school field day memories for you or maybe not. this game is typically play during a japanese sports day. 75 defenders protect the pole from 75 attackers trying to topple. it's an aggressive game. and yeah, it's banned in most schools. >>> get out! get out! >> yeah, in a hurry. fast-moving flood water creates a dangerous situation in las vegas. an elderly couple was rescued just moments before their car

charger some said he looked much larger ♪ ♪ yankee doodle dandy, with the girls be handy. >> yankeethank you. thank so much. enjoy your wonderful day hear at fort stephens. >> our first speaker is mr. cr gibs. kr g cr is also among the scholars featured at the online acad my. he has also served as technical visitor on a team entitled american years. he has written books and his articles have appeared in numerous respected journals including the negro history bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibs [ applause ] >> good morning everyone. >> morning. >> i will leave it to my esteem colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here in july of 1864. what i want to do is offer some reflections on the contributions of african-americans to the defense of washington. from all it ahappen our understanding of what happened was that we know about elizabeth thomas's house who was destroyed by lincoln. the story actually is much larger than that. i think perhaps the best way begin is by sharing with you a portion of a letter written on june the 7th,

as hasty pudding ♪ ♪ yankee dood l, keep it up ♪ yankee dan and whip the girls be handy ♪ ♪ and thereto town riding on a point pony, stuck a'er in his hat and called it macaroni ♪ ♪ yankee doodle, keep it up ♪ yankee dandy, mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you. thanks so much. enjoy your wonderful day here at fort stevens. >> our first speaker this morning is mr. cr gibbs. mr. gibbs is noted local historian, international lecturer, author and historian of the african dees. he's also among the scholars at the smithsonian featured on its online academy. he has conducted research on black civil war units as well as served as technical adviser to 9 francis thomas company on a film. he has written numerous books, and friends of frederick douglas. his articles have appeared in numeral respected journals in. colluding the bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibbs. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i will leave it to my esteemed colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here. what i want to

they win it over the yankees, 11-3, your final score. let's hope manny machado is okay once that mri takes place tomorrow morning. >> and let's hope the braves continue to lose because we can't seem to beat them. ñoñí huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know the great wall of china wasn't always so great? hmmm...what should we do? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> i'm going to embarrass veronica. did you know she's a grandma as of last night? >> yes, mimi because she's far too young and attractive. >> that's our broadcast. "the >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon."

on a point pony, stuck a'er in his hat and called it macaroni ♪ ♪ yankee doodle, keep it up ♪ yankeeal lecturer, author, c.r. gibbs is among scholars smithsonian featured. mr. gibbs conducted research on black civil war units as well as technical advisers on a film entitled "american years." he has written numerous books, most notably, black explorers, black inventors from africa to america, and friends of frederick douglass, a children's book. his articles and in numerous respected journals including negro bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibbs. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i will leave it to my esteemed colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here in july of 1864. what i want to do for a few minutes today is to offer some reflections on the contributions of african-americans to the defenses of washington. for all too often, our understanding of what happened here and the movement within the city is that, okay, we know about elizabeth thomas whose house was destroyed by lincoln, that the fort itself sits on part of an

he was 1-4 but the yankees -- oh the yankees won 6-4. >>> now before tonight's game, the giants act visited first baseman brandon belt. belt missed ten games after suffering a concussion on july 19th. >>> mets' starter jacob degrom carried a no-hitter into the 7th. jake peeve perfect game through six but -- peavy perfect game through six but mets up 2-0 in the 7th. that's flores bringing home two runs. that made it 4-0. the mets win it 4-2. the final. >>> san bernardino little league west regional. pacifica america at bat against chandler arizona and andrew hartness went deep! the solo shot at pacifica american up for good. 5-3 in the 6th and elijah ricks ripped one. would collide home and score. and here comes ricks. once the ball got away. it was 7-3. that was the final. they play southern california tomorrow. winner of this region goes to the little league world series. >>> news -- oh, this isn't good. according to reports, 49er defensive tackle glen dorsey is out for the year. yesterday, he tore his bicep in practice. dorsey was expected to start on the defensive line. dorsey had two sa

the yankees season's over. we're done. i put a fork in it last night and congratulations. >> now you're a fair-weather fan of the orioles. >> no. it's football season. >> oh, already football. >> yes. >> i understand. that's how it works. >> that's how it works. yesterday the epic rains continued. obviously, the big headline is yesterday morning in long island, but after that, we had a lot of flooding and we got againched in new england. even last night towards midnight, we had 6 inches of rain, which is a lot of rain. that's half a foot in portland, maine. they were telling people to stay off the roads. so, the storm system is almost completely gone, and the rainfall totals, i mean, this is just epic stuff. i mean, this is like a hurricane or a tropical storm, but it wasn't. so, we saw totals up to about 13 1/2 inches in islip, even in maryland we had a report. new jersey, 8. look how widespread the flash flooding was. and of course, it all started around detroit, michigan, three days ago. so, again, we're done with it. t

out fora routine fly the yankees. alright, as the redskins per pair for saturday night, i'm getting an idea of who's going to play and how much. , jason isteam expected on defense, 6'6", defensive lineman. a $26 million deal in the off-season. the skins caught him away from the cowboys. here's the question. i know you have an idea who makes the team. are you leaning toward certain guys? try not to lean. you let the players play it out. and then you try to evaluate after every practice, who is maintaining and who is flipping from day-to-day. it will be a big game, for not only the backups, but the starters in the first quarter. series,ascar sprint cup here is where you can watch the race. because of the redskins game on abc 7, the telecast is being moved. don't blame the messenger. ready forrapins get their opener, there is concern about inconsistency. i asked about the terps' offense. where are you as far as the offense is concerned? >> we are getting better. we are not where we need to be. we have another week, 10 da

the one story i told them the piece was of the 1998 world series at yankee stadium. had known tony for about 10 years and one of the things he said as the san diego padres were coming to new york in these days of very limited interleague play. the padres never played at yankee stadium. he said he was delighted to be back at the world series. he said the real thrill was to hear the great yankee public address announcer say my name over the pa system. justice say something like this indicates that what he happened to be was a big fan of baseball who turned into one of the greatest hitters who happen to produce a .330 plus batting average. i knew bob sheppard and new tony gwynn and said they had to meet. eye range for that meeting and tony gwynn talked about names and pronunciations and how do you hold the microphone for half an hour. at the end of it, i got bob sheppard to record the of battingn -- now for san diego, number 19, tony gwynn. and put it on one of these little talking greeting card things along with the pictures and send it to him. the next time i saw him

a fun fact -- that now only leaves one single-digit yankees jersey among the new york yankees not retired. number 2, that belongs to derek jeter. >>> finally, check this out. an american takes a great leap to set a new world record for longest backflip on a mountain bike. cam zink made this 80-foot jump. he says he may next complete a 200-foot jump down the road. good luck with that one. the world of x games will air a one-hour special on the back flip and his journey sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on abc. that is quite an amazing feat there by cam zink. wish i could do something like that. paula? to you. >>> and a legendary slot machine finally met its match. the lion's share, ye, it has a name, finally paid out. it has a cult following. in fact, just the opposite. no winner in 20 years. until now. our own mara schiavocampo here with the fascinating story. >> i wish i had the midas touch. gamblers have come from all over the world to try their luck at this machine. some would kiss it. others talk to it. some would curse at it. none of it ever worked. but after playing for about five mi

yankees beat the astros 3-0 mo'ne davis' run at the little league world series is over.not available to pitch tonight for philadelphia since she pitched last night. the jackie robinson west team enjoying some deep dish pizza. llws - philadelphia vs chicago top 5th/ 6-4 chicago kai cummings hits a solo home run deep to center philly narrows chicago's lead to 6-5 top 6th 2 outs with runners on the corners cam buford gets jack rice to fly out to end the game the series end for mo'ne davis chicago advances to the u.s. title game on saturday against nevada final 6-5 chicago in addition to sunday's game the niners have two high school football games and a soccer match scheduled at levi's before their regular season home opener september 14th.a nationally televised game against the those events will have to be as for the raiders. they set off to green bay today for preseason game number three tomorrow night against the packers that's it for the kron 4 news at 11. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news at kron 4 dot com. or download one of our mobile apps. >>> ebola doct

bob sheppard say my name over the pa system at yankee stadium. and just to say something like this indicates that what he happened to be was a big fan of baseball who turned into one of its greatest hitters, who happened to produce a .330 plus batting average. the only fan ever to hit .330 or more in the major league. so when i heard this i knew bob sheppard and tony gwynn, i said they have to me. i arranged for that meeting, tony talked to bob sheppard about names and pronunciations and how do you hold the microphone and everything for half an hour. and at the end of it i got bob sheppard to record the introduction, and now batting for san diego, number 19 tony gwynn, and put it on one of these little, you know talking greeting card thing as long with the picture of the two of them, sent it to him, and 9 next time i saw him he said yeah, it's in my trophy case next to the silver bats they gave me for the batting championships. he thought it was, that is literally who he was. this memento of being a major league baseball player was as important t

care of the yankees, i have a lot on the game.e was just cracking up like he normally does. >> giant center fielder pagan said he could not understand english but he loved robin williams. >> you didn't need to understand what he said just by his body language, he was so funny and spontaneous. >> the newer places never met him because after the 2010 season he stopped visiting the clubhouse. >>> cupertino-based apple is paying tribute with this page on the web site reading "robin williams, 1951-2014, we are deeply saddened by the patting of robin williams, he inspired us through his passion and generosity and laughter. he will be greatly missed." they have honored the passing of founder steve jobs, former south african president, nelson mandela and the late beatle, george harrison. >> our coverage continues now on twitter, twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >>> san francisco police say a 32-year-old map was shot during a carjacking in the sunset district. a search is underway for the gunman near the safeway at 4:00 this morning. the victim wa

. >>> for the bronx, tigers and yankees scoreless in the third.oaded. >> carrera is on the run. still going back. what a catch by carrera. >> the tigers ezekiel carrera keeps it out. tigers pitcher, ver lander is talking to kate upton. striking out eight to earn his fourth straight victory. 2-1 yankees. to los angeles, the dodgers hosting the an gels. garrett richards pitched a complete game striking out nine to shut out the dodgers 5-0. >>> let's check the weather. >> we are looking at the threat for more flash flooding today across the interior portions of the west. while the rain is certainly welcomed by those drought stricken areas, flash flood watches today for northern nevada and idaho. in the northeast, it's warm and humid one. typical summertime warmth but get ready for the thunderstorms. we expect to see showers and thunderstorms some of which would produce heavy rainfall in the northeast, thomas. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, kentucky senator rand paul says the gop needs to do a better job of expanding its tent. wh

hfs giants game. >> we have to take care of these yankees.ave a lot on this game. he was just cracking up like he normally does. >> other giants players remembered williams from their childhood. >> i think "mrs. doubt fire" is one of the first pg-13 movies i have seen. >> angel paw -- pagan couldn't understand english as a kid in puerto rico, but loved williams in "jumanji." >> you didn't have to understand what he was saying by his body language. he was naturally funny. >> the newer players never met williams because after the 2010 season his visits to the clubhouse faded away. in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> a memorial at the homemade famous in the movie "mrs. doubt fire" continues to grow. people from all over the world are showing up and leaving momentos behind. cards, flowers and that sort of thing. fans told us they are drawn to the steiner street home because it is connected to a movie and actor they loved. >>> living with depression, addiction and any other illness can feel impossible for those who suffer with it. those at

the yankees were the meanest devils on earn.> in the spring of 1874, the first colored trooped arrived in virginia. more than tlie,000 m, faced wit the prospect of reenslavement and death though they entered an army hard prodisposed to embrace them. they and their white officer and the 23rd ush u ---i. after it aexperience, one of the armies white soldiers wrote, a few more fights like that and they will have establish their brotherhood to even the most prejudice and so he would. >> it's a tune we hard. that is the ed snb. you will see a description of t t the -- this with a tremendous commitment to the public's engagement in history. he writes so you can read and understand it. he speaks in a way that made his classes the most popular b. if you work in a park that tells part of jackson's story, one of my worries is our keynote speaker will get here on time and be here nufr and then i he wrote a biography of jackson that shouldn't surprise you. if you work in here, what does robertson saying? i would suggest to you that there's

hfs giants game. >> we have to take care of these yankees. i have a lot on this game. he was just cracking up like he normally does. >> other players remembered williams from their childhood. >> i think "mrs. "mrs. doubt f" is one of the first pg-13 movies i have seen. >> angel paw -- pagan couldn't understand english as a kid in puerto rico, but loved williams in "jumanji." >> you didn't have to understand what he was saying by his body language. he was naturally funny. >> the newer players never met williams because after the 2010 season his visits to the clubhouse faded away. in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> a memorial at the homemade famous in the movie "mrs. doubt fire" continues to grow. people from all over the world are showing up and leaving momentos behind. flowers cards, flowers and that sort of thing. fans told us they are drawn to the steiner street home because it is connected to a movie and actor they loved. >>> living with depression, addiction and any other illness can feel impossible for those who suffer with it. t

>> the yankees are older than i am. they're having a nice run. they're not going to be there in october. >> mike, thanks. coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe." president obama authorized two new operations including air strikes, our top talker this morning. and when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler with an update on a story that has everybody freaking out. video of a bear walking upright like a human. this is vinny the jersey bear. the best explanation ever. we're back after this. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ hey! i found my true love, livin' in a sweet dream. singin' my favorite song and it all starts with you. whoa-oh-oh-oh, all this g

so hood claims he was fired upon by a yankee unit. johnston wrote, there were no yankee units.t was all in hood's mind. it never happened. this is a letter from captain paul oliver of the u.s. army. he was in union general dan butterfield's brigade, in command of the artillery unit that fired on hood in cassville. he gives all the details of what he did, how he spread everyone out so it looks like there were more of them than there were. it is kind of funny at the end. these pages are -- excuse me. these letters are multiple pages. i'm only showing the first page because there is not enough room. at the end he says, if you ever send me on another such mission, please let me know so i can make sure my insurance premiums are paid. [laughter] here is a letter from -- this is actually, hood and johnston squabbled. hood was claiming that johnston lost 25,000 men between dalton and atlanta. johnston claimed he only lost 8000 or 9000. it was hard to prove because johnston's chief of staff when all theired, he took records with him and destroy ed them. nobody knows where they are. here

to baltimore, also a scary moment for the orioles hosting the yankees in the third. baltimore's manny machado grounds out to derek jeter but never makes it down the first-base line. he ends up lying in the batter's box in pain, having twisted his right knee while swinging. now after exiting the game, he is listed with a knee sprain. he's going to undergo an mri. >> we don't want any acl or -- >> no, i want all good things from him. i love manny machado. i want to bring an update to the story about the als ice bucket challenge. i took part in this on sunday. i challenged three others to join me on monday and they all accepted. it is before that third inning injury that manny machado took a cold bath during batting practice. >> thomas this is manny. i heard your challenge. i'm taking on the ice bucket challenge today for the als. and my three nominees are my boys from miami, alanz yoe, a-rod and pitbull. >> that's cold. >> manny, thank you, sir! thank you, thank you, thank you. we'll look for your three nominees. rachael ray took part for her gram in law who suffered f

. >>> in sports we begin with the yankees-tigers.bur where i with a deep shot to left center. it's going, going, and not gone. outfielder car era with an amazing over the shoulder catch in his first start of the we're for the tigers. even derek jeter was impressed. oh, a miracle catch. the yanks will go on to beat the tigers 2-1. >>> yahoo sports reports that team usa will cut john wahl and paul mill sapp from the fifa world cup roster leaving 16 to compete for the spot of the 12-man roster. a ufc stare down in vegas turned violent. john "bone" jones and daniel cornea started the melee with damage and the security broke up the press event. shortly after they took to twitter. jones tweeted "come on d.c., where was your takedown defense? "i put you on your back in six seconds." kormier responded. "i got some takedown defense for you. don't ever put your dirty face on me again." they meet in the octagon on september 27th. >>> now to the nfl. bears behaving badly at training camp. rookie corner tries to strip the ball from martellius ben

the yankees go on to win 3-0. >>> it came down to two popular teams. mo'ne davis' dragons from philly against chicago. bottom of the first, a hit to the mound and a wild throw to the first gives chicago the early lead. chicago up by two, a solo homer makes it a one-run game. but chicago is able to hold the 6-5 lead eliminating philly. chicago will face nevada in the usa championship game at 3:30 p.m. eastern time friday. >>> week three of the nfl preseason kicked off last night. le'veon bell and legarrette blount both cleared to play after charges. jeremy maclin, watch his leg right there buckles and he goes down. he'll just walk it off and return to the action later. second half. philly will go on to win 31-21. >>> lambeau field will be selling this at packers game. it's called the horse collar. yeah. it's a massive kielbasa smothered in bread and beer cheese. it will cost you 20 bucks. if you don't share, you will get a food coma for sure. >>> and a mountain biker attempted to break the guinness world record for longest back-to-back flip. here he goe

hfs giants game. >> we have to take care of these yankees. i have a lot on this game. he was just cracking up like he normally does. >> other giants players remembered williams from their childhood. >> i think "mrs. doubt fire" is one of the first pg-13 movies i have seen. >> angel paw -- pagan couldn't understand english as a kid in puerto rico, but loved williams in "jumanji." >> you didn't have to understand what he was saying by his body language. he was naturally funny. >> the newer players never met williams because after the 2010 season his visits to the clubhouse faded away. in san francisco, alan wang, abc7 news. >> a memorial at the homemade famous in the movie "mrs. doubt fire" continues to grow. people from all over the world are showing up and leaving momentos behind. cards, flowers and that sort of thing. fans told us they are drawn to the steiner street home because it is connected to a movie and actor they loved. >>> living with depression, addiction and any other illness can feel impossible for those who suffer with it. those

to new york and the yankees take on the astros. top of the seven. a fall ball goes in the stands.ow him. that's chris rock. the comedian makes an honorable gesture giving the ball to a young fan there right next to him. the yankees go on to win 3-0. >>> it came down to two popular teams in the little league world series. the phillies against the team from chicago. bottom of the first. they hit the mound, and a wild throw to first gives chicago the early lead. and at the top of the fifth chicago up by two. phillies kyle cummings with a solo homer makes it a one-run game. they're able to hold the lead eliminating philly from the tournament. chicago will face nevada on thursday. the usa championship game at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. >>> week three of the nfl preseason kicked off last night with the steelers and the eagles. steelers running back bell and -- they both cleared the play following charges on wednesday. a scare where i moment when eagles wide-out jeremy maclin buckled his knee, and he goes down. he will walk it off, and he will return to action later. >>> to the second half.

>> tony, i don't see alex rodriguez ever playing another day for the new york yankees. he's been in a contention relationship. it's worse over time. different allegations lobbied back and forth. more evidence may come out against alex rodriguez to make him worse. >> if you are saying that you don't believe the yankees would have him back - i don't know what the contract language says - if they could avoid it, you wonder then what other team would take him. you ostensibly could be talking about the end of alex rodriguez's career. >> that's right. i'll say here on the programme that i don't think alex rodriguez will ever play another game for major league baseball. >> do you think - maybe you mentioned it a couple of times. i want you to put an exclamation point on it. do you think the book of arrest may close the steroid's era in major league baseball? >> i believe that this closes the era of steroids in baseball. i think major league baseball wants to move past it. 20 players have been inspected. you may see the other players related to this indictment suspended in the

a lot on the line for the giants and yankees game. >>> the marin county sheriff says there are no signs of foul play in williams death. yesterday, they announced the preliminary cause was asphyxiation due to hanging after first trying to slash a wrist and was found by a personal assistant with a belt around his neck, cuts to his wrist and a pocket knife. a toxicology screening is not available for a few weeks and they waiting for the results of an autopsy to confirm the cause of death. >>> fans and friends are still >>> fans and friends are still pay be williams was a huge supporter of the theater on tuesday showing up to perform a comedy set or to chat with young comics and up and coming comics. >> it was personal for him. that is why he loved to be here, it was more...real...and more manageable and enjoyable. it was something that he loved and he loved being here and being in support of the live arts. >> a sign with his name hangs over the front door of the theater. last night fans property flowers and signed a card. >> abuse of attacks on social media have caused his daughter to take

chris rock at the game watching the yankees and astros.ops up just behind third base in the dugout. guess who comes up with that ball. chris rock. see that? there you go. >> a charmed life. >> isn't that nice? he hands off that souvenir to a young fan. and as for the game -- there we go. as for the game, the yankees win it 3-0. isn't that nice, bill kairns? >> chris rock is a great guy. i just thought i have to endure a washington nationals and orioles world series. what would that be like? >> that would be nice. add to the gridlock that exists there. >> it would be good for you and everyone down there. >> and you would root for? >> football season. that sums that up. the rain overnight, thomas, everyone's waking up to wet cars out there in areas of the northeast and through the mid-atlantic. that rain is now pushing just about off the coast. almost going off the coast to the jersey area. but it's going to be a cool day. there's so much heat and humidity out there. we're in the 60s for highs today from albany. it'll be kind of warm and ste

if anybody has ever heard the song "yankee doodle dandy," wearing macaroni in his hat, macaroni is a fashion style from italy, and it was not, it was a negative term to call someone a yankee doodle dandy. so, fraunces tavern museum has been collecting artifacts since the inception of the sons of the revolution in 1876. they have over 6,000 pieces, including a large collection of letters and archives, as well as chinawear, porcelain, muskets, military items, so it's a vast collection. they have a larger archaeological collection as well from digs around the tavern, resulting in pottery shards and bones and glass glass pieces, to arrow heads. so the collection here at fraunces tavern is not just limited to what you've seen today, but it's very vast, and there are nine galleries in which we exhibit all the pieces from the collection. fraunces tavern museum's collection is open to researchers, and you can contact the museum and we'd be happy to assist you. the collection has been fully digitized, and hopefully in the next several years the collection will be accessible on our website to

the yankees did win the game. final of 6-4. >>> let's take you to san bernardino.ll right i'm talking about the pacific coo american at-bat against chandler arizona. hartness going yard. american is up for good. 5-3 in the 6th. elijah ricks ripped one. cruise thompson collided home and scored. and then here comes ricks once the ball got away. 7-3 the final. winner of this region goes to the little league world series. that's the big one. >>> giants doing business with the mets, on the late show. they activated first baseman brandon bells and he's already made a nice defensive play. belt missed ten games after he suffered a concussion july 19th. >>> this isn't good for the 49ers. according to reports, 49er defensive tackle glen dorsey is out for the year. yesterday he tore his bicep in practice. dorsey was expected to start on the defensive line. dorsey had two sacks last season which was his first in san francisco. >>> down in samford's semifinals of the bank of the west classic, serena williams facing andrea petkovic. slow start today. she beat her in straight set

yankee stadium, that would be the yankees and the tigers.rfield at one time was phillies property. today rare rah with the basing loaded for detroit. saves the runs. however, the yankees do win the game two to one. fans come out to eagles training camp are ready for their heroes but one little girl, well, she's in love. kids are so impressionable when it comes to their at athletes this little girl riley morris make it loud and clear she loves riley cooper. eagles wide receiver riley cooper gave her the walk of her life. this is clearly a walk down memory lane. she will never forget this one. how excited i'm sure she was today. kids are so impressionable it's actually fun to see players kind of -- >> love that. >> embrace the kids and her time she will never ever forget this. >> it's so nice to see the athletes do that and realize the impact they're having on those tots. >> a lot of eagles do that. >> fan for live there. thanks spore spending your night with us much the fox 29 morning news begins at 4:00 o'clock. >> two hours of new info take

winning the conference final probably playing at yankee stadium twice although some going till the other leg outdoor hockey it's such a great experience and for years you know we were talking about maybe we had an option to play new york in this year we played twice yankee stadium and stuff and memory of life so i really enjoyed it you hear the crowd you do sometimes you take it in sometimes you try to block it at the pens that this scream now little game of you only knew remember the first girl you kissed. i do it was her name sarah all you know it was probably six seven at a nearby house school that was probably school the. superpower you'd like to have fly pre-game ritual manny you do. a lot of stuff you want to before a game eight certain times sleep certain times listen to music are you nervous. all nervous or almost every game they were a movie. gladiator music you listen to before a game punk rock tough a city the play em all with my record to say montreal but we beat them this year is that a tough place to play though for some reason a great fan is great building great fans alway

yankees and white sock this afternoon in the bronx. joe tori has his number six retired. world series in five years and got the plaque in monument park. yankees honor joe they won this afternoon. martin prado the go ahead double right here to the wall. yankees beat the white sox this afternoon five-three. phillies showing little bit of life. lousy summer. awful summer. glimmers of hope. we'll take them at this point. >> yes, we will. thank you shredder. that's our news for this saturday night at 6:00. tmz is next. hope you join us tonight for a tmz is next. hope you join us tonight for a futhe wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll be happy wherever the summer takes me. the wonder of summer event. the 2015 volvo s60 sedan with complimentary first month's payment. starting at $319 a month. >> today on "tmz" -- >> there was a big problem in malibu w

. >> seth: you're a yankee fan? was it nice? did you think the jeter sendoff was good?itch right down the middle. >> seth: he groomed one for him. >> he groomed one for him and got a double out of it. but so what. you know what, i think he's great. i think he's wonderful. derek jeter -- you know, years ago i was in my car driving around and they had two guys. the mad dog and francia had a sports show. they had this old, old guy from albany, new york, telling these guys, "listen, i just saw a kid come out of high school. he's playing shortstop for the yankees aa, and i'm telling you right now derek jeter, remember that name. he's going to set the world on fire." and the guy kept raving about him. he was just a kid just out of high school. and so every time i see derek jeter i think of that old man telling me this is the guy that's going to really, you know, save the yankees. >> seth: well, that is incredible. what a run it's been. you went to notre dame. you're a huge notre dame fan. >> yeah. >> seth: i've always wondered how someone -- >> so one person went. thank you,

gibbs. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ sn snou. >> now everybody's verse. ♪ yankee doodle went to town tuk ridingbe handy ♪ >> thank you. [ applause ] first >> thank you. thank so much. enjoy your wonderful day hear at fort stephens. >> our first speaker is mr. cr gibsmo. cr is also among the scholars featured at the online acad my. he has also served as technical visitor on a team entitled american years. he has written books and his articles have appeared in numerous respected journals including the negro history bulletin and african-american inventors. please welcome mr. c.r. gibs [ t applause ] >> good morning everyone. >> morning. >> i will leave it to my esteem colleague to describe the ebb and flow of battle that occurred here in july of 1864. what i want to do is offer some reflections on the contributions of african-americans to the defense of washington.someio from all too often, our understanding of what happened was that we know about elizabet thomas's house who was destroyed by lincoln. the fort itself sits on part off an african-american neighborhood called vinegar hill. the story a

>> not great but they beat the yankees. >> that doesn't make you popular in new york. >> it doesn't. >> let's work on that. >> derek jeter was there and whatever. he makes you popular in new york. >> last year. of course, of course. >> i watched a couple minutes. it is crazy. >> it's crazy because it's so ridiculous. movie was packed with over 20 cameos including -- remember robert hayes, the pilot on the "airplane" movies. kelly osbourne, i don't know why. judd hirsch was a taxi driver. billy ray cyrus. >> achy breaky heart. don't break your heart. >> our own matt lauer and al were in it. hilarious. here they are. we've seen it about a thousand times. >> we thank you for watching the "today" show. we now resume our regularly scheduled program. >> the thing that's so ridiculous is they were as good of actors as anyone in the film. >> that's saying nothing. because -- >> that's saying everything. >> how he kept his tongue firmly implanted in that cheek of his, i don't know. it will be interesting to see how it did in the ratings. >> i bet it did great. it's hilarious. we've decided th

>> i kind of liken it to the red sox and yankees about 10 years ago where they just have more cash andapability and soon to be greater market value than any other business in china. basically the market in china is right now to be bought by one of the companies or a few others. really it is about tencent and alibaba in arms race and then trying to set up asia and the developing world and eventually making the strategic investments outside of china in north america and europe. >> which company is red sox and which is the yankee? >> that is a good question. what they have essentially been doing is not to the labor this. they have been playing moneyball. they have been using insurgent position on the mobile device through mobile and medications to gain market share from alibaba. >> the relationship has been a little bit complicated since jack ma spun off this part of the company back in 2011. i remember coming through this word or words to understand what the relationship is today. >> back in 2011, the whole purpose of spending it off is because it restricts forward ownership and list the

and a nice landing but in the ends of the yankees on top of the -- end it was the yankees on top of detroitbut terrific play of the day catch. >>> a second american infected with ebola arrives in atlanta today. coming up where another case of the deadly virus may have started here in the u.s.. >> and police say a man who waited for a mom to come home before raping and robbing her has confessed. he is due in court today. i'm kiet do, we've got a live report from fremont. evewith the highest levelde of engineering... design... safety... and performance. our latest creation is no different. with one exception... introducing the mercedes-benz b-class. it's electric! it's electric! the first electric vehicle from mercedes-benz. against 9 wildfires burningn the area. >>> firefighters in shasta county have a huge challenge on their hands. coming up their battle against nine wildfires burning in the area. >>> the family of a cal football player who collapsed and died will file a lawsuit later today. how they say his coaches contributed to his death. >>> and it's not just muggy outside. actually see

the most famous was yankees third baseman alex rodriguez.er, after bosch was exposed, rodriguez and 13 other players, all bosch's clients, were suspended. all accepted their penalties except rodriguez, who appealed. after a contentious private hearing, major league baseball's arbitration judge took rodriguez out of the game for the 2014 season. this, despite the fact that there is no positive drug test for rodriguez. after the decision, rodriguez repeated that he has never taken performance enhancing drugs in the years that he's played for new york. tonight, you are going to hear details of the evidence-- much of it from bosch himself, who testified for five days behind closed doors. as we first reported in january, what bosch said in that hearing sealed the fate of baseball's highest-paid star. once alex rodriguez was fully into your protocol, what were the various banned substances that he was taking? >> tony bosch: testosterone, insulin growth factor one, human growth hormone, and some different forms of peptides. >> pelley: all of them b

we've got yankees and tigers it's the play of the day. -- cabrera had to run back going back and going back. will he reel it in? >> yes. the stretch. completely stretched out and with the right hand reels that baby back in. a nice catch but the yankees won the game 2-1. >>> the oakland a's are known for their walkoff victories and another one in extra innings last night. >> they sure did. but the current best team in baseball may have a little extra inspiration this time around. yes, it's the rally possum running at the coliseum field. harry -- probably scared to death. some players say the little creature not a newcomer either. he's been spotted there in recent days. how did he get there? >> i don't know. but -- everyone is taking pictures. >> there he is. hey looking for something to eat probably. scared out of his wits. >> a little bit. >>> 5:45 right now. it's old school punishment with the social media spin. a teenaged girl acts like a brat so mom gets revenge with the help of katy perry. >> the only way out is right through a wall o

yankees ryan loses the ball on the glove.man scoops it up midair with the nongloved hand. the bare hand one more time going down, keeps the eyes peeled and will make a great catch. play of the day but at the end, yankees lost to the tigers 4-3. but hey, great catch. >>> 6:25. we are counting down the days until the the 49ers' first game at levi's stadium. coming up, we'll take you inside the new museum dedicated to the team's history. >> reporter: firefighters make quick work of a fire at a senior living center in san jose's willow glen neighborhood. i'm kiet do with a live report coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> this morning, the final hurdle in what's been a long road for the a's renewing a lease at the oakland coliseum. i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom with why it may not last as long as some home. >> and iraq war veteran is in the hospital after being shot in the east bay. coming up, what friends say sparked that attack. >> and it's not your imagination. we have s