. >>> and finally, in missouri, a delightful exchange played out between fans at a yankees/royals game. a lucky girl who got a foul ball. instead of keeping the memorable souvenir for herself, she handed it forward to a young boy standing nearby in a yankees shirt. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins, who has your weather channel forecast. >> little girls have a reputation for being nice, right? >> yes, they had to dig it in a little farther for us east coasters. >> what's the matter with you? you gave me the ball. >>> oh, well. good morning. around the country temperatures are very warm. there's not a lot of active weather, no hurricanes to talk about. we have pretty much a persistent forecast. what you saw yesterday, there's a good chance you will see it again today. unfortunately, for texas, extremely hot. right now at this hour, look at phoenix, arizona. the temperature hasn't dropped off that much and humidity levels have been higher than you have liked recently. 99 degrees. a hot day today in arizona. phoenix could hit 110. e

in missouri a delightful exchange between fans played out at the yankees-royals game. what's becoming sort of a trend. a lucky girl who got a foul ball. instead of keeping the memorandum babble souvenir for herself, she paid it forward by handing over the ball to a young boy standing nearby. he was just standing nearby. come on, bill, it's cute. and now the grumpy nbc meteorologist bill karins has your weather channel forecast. sglt kansas city people are mice. what can we say? >> the midwest has good hearts. >> do you think someone at the yankee stadium would walk over and give kansas city the ball? >> they're only like ten-years on the old. >> at ten in new york city, they are already bitter. >> a weather guy who is bitter. >> it is 5:00 a.m. >> true. >> well, around the country, we saw a beautiful day yesterday. down to florida, showers and stores. let's talk about the weather pattern out there. the heat continues for many areas. summer kind of feels like it's begun to end in the great lakes and new england. ps have been rather cool as of late, but summer is continu

yankees visiting the royals and something special happened.atch the ball boy get the ball and manned it to a little girl. >> the little fan runs over to mom gets a little hug. there is something extraordinary. she walks to the young boy and says, would you like a souvenir? hands it over to the yankees fan. did you see this? >> what you don't see is he going to walk back over around say, what's your phone number? [ laughter ] >> that's how it begins. >> he is a yankees fan what do you expect? >> very cute. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ah yes. there it is. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know. but now? now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sl

in the third, the royals billy butler hits the long ball against the yankees, looks like it strikes theack on the field. the umps call it a homer upsetting yanks manager joe girardi. royals squeak by new york 5-4. >>> take a look at this. the twins' ben revere makes a sensational over the shoulder catch right on the warning track. on the third he stretches out for an amazing diving grab. minnesota takes out detroit 6-5. >>> and in oakland the a's brandon allen long fly bounces off the center field wall and adam jones baubles the ball so allen races around the bases for an in the park homer. oakland over baltimore 6-5. >>> good news for nascar fans. espn reports danika patrick will drive full time next season and also reportedly plan to enter select sprint cup races next year. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and the amazing new drug that can stop the deadliest form of skin cancer. is still holed up inside a san rafael hotel with a possible hostage. what officers are saying about their next move. the second hack attack in a week targets bart police. how it's

by the way, the yankees beat the royals last night in kansas city. red sox had the night off.r the american league east. the monday night preseason game of the year, jets and texans in houston, rex ryan, his first major public tantrum of the young season. trying to get a time-out. can't get anybody to listen to him. there you go. don't tell him it's preseasonal. slams the headset on the field. yelling at refs and his team. he was sacked here. 6 of 7. four first downs. 73 yards. jets lose 20 to 16. now what are you waiting for. a little load rage. monday's finish came after a scary-looking wreck and sprint cup race at watkins glen than western new york. after that race, because of that wreck, temperatures flaring. one of the drivers tries to confront greg biffle. a little pushing, a little shoving. the crews holding that guy back. things are unsettled. boris took to the press looking to finish this business. >> i'm just -- i'm more upset with greg biffle. he's the most unprofessional little scaredy-cat i've seen in my life. he won't fight me like a man after. if someone texts m

as september approaches, it appears the yankees and red sox will go down to the wire for first place in the a.l. east. yanks and royalsson ca s is heating up at the right time, giving new york the lead in the fourth and they went on to win it 9-7. jacoby ellsbury took one deep, and they held on to win it 3-1. defense took center stage in the night cap, sean rodriguez went to left, a toss to second for two, on to first for a triple play. around the horn for the second triple play in as many days. unfortunately, not enough. rays won it 6-2. yanks now lead the east by a half game. walk off anyone? how about five. dodgers and brewers, all he needed to do was hit one in the out field and he did it. milwaukee won it 2-1. braves have won more games in extra innings than any other team this year. that didn't bode well for the giants. pr prado ended it with an rbi. white sox and indians needed 14 innings, one rbi single, white sox walked off with an 8-7 win in 14. pirates and cards after pittsburgh tied it in the ninth they won it in the 11th. and we saved the best for last, the astros have had an unforgettable season. down th

as september approaches, it appears the yankees and red sox will go down to the wire for first place in the a.l. east. here we go to kansas city. yanks and royals. robinson cano is heating up at just the right time. home run derby champ belted his first in the last six games. gave new york the lead in the fourth. they go on to win it. 9-7. double-header for the red sox and rays. jacoby els bury took james shields deep in one. they won it 3-1. defense took center stage in the nightcap. sean rodriguez, a shot to left. lowry on to first for a triple play. around the horn and the second triple play in as many days. unfortunately, not enough. rays won it 6-2. yanks now lead the east by a half game. walk-off, anyone? how about five? dodgers and brewers. bases juiced. mark kotsay at the plate. all he needed do was hit one in the outfield, and he did just that. in came prince fielder. milwaukee won it 2-1. the braves have won more games in extra innings than any other team this year. that didn't bode well for the giants. prado ended up with an rbi sing until the 11th. atlanta increased their lead for the wild card with a 2-1 win. white sox and indians

the royals win, 5-4. yankees half game ahead of boston. >> we was robbed. >> we was robbed. >> we are sitting better than predicted. >> rangers and angels, lines one deep to right center, off the wall. torre hunter off first base. he guns one to the plate. hunter, the veteran flies in with one hand, sneaks in, he scores to take a 2-0 lead. game tied at two in the eighth. two runs for the rangers. they are on fire. they win 4-3. texas won nine of the last ten now seven games ahead of anaheim. jays and mariners, scary, scary moment in the sixth. watch this. >> oh! >> taking a 97-mile-an-hour fastball from morrow off the bridge of his nose. he left the game, believe it or not, this is the part i don't get. x-rays came back negative. 97 miles per hour in the honker. top of the fourth. wright makes a diving play. instead of first, backyard baseball here. throws to first, catches cameron rounding third. he says i'm taking a stroll home. wright had the ball. that's good stuff. nets go on to win, 7-3. >>> coming up next,

yankees win. the red sox and royals, a pop fly to center. tagged from third. watch the arm from melky cabrera.let to the plate. wow. the catcher holds on to the ball. the game tied at three. getting it done. thrown out at second. the run already scored. red sox come in, a half game on the yankees in the east. a scary moment during the white sox game. fukudome with a line drive off the head. humber falls flat on his back. he does pop up, try to find the baseball. try to convince the trainers to let him stay in the game. they were having none of it. he says he's just fine. indians win, 4-2. this is the clip you have been waiting for. joe biden is in beijing. he's going to smooth over relations between the united states and china. it seemed like a good idea to have a friendly game of basketball. >> what could go wrong? >> georgetown, our gorgetown university in washington, in beijing, nine minutes left in the game and all hell breaks loose. pushing and shoving lead to this. benches empty, chairs thrown. this was not just pushing and shoving. they called the game there. georgetown had to leave the