Start of the first race of the competition Oracle Team Usa was behind, penalized two race victories by the International Jury for illegally modifying boats in warmup races. Emirates Team New Zealand outsailed and outshined elliss team race after race until the u. S. Team turned the tide in the 12th race gaining time and momentum on the kiwi team. All the boys were loose. They were positive. Jimmy is a great leader. Its a boat full of assassins. The most spectacular comeback in the history of the americas cup. Reporter and wednesday keeping the oldest trophy in International Sports in the united states. Kurt gregory, nbc news. Just spectacular. Way to go team usa. Now to an amazing discovery in alaska. Thousands of fossilized dinosaur tracks. Scientists say they found these footprints along the banks of the yukon river. These fossils were preserved in natural casts which form after the dyno steps in mud and then sand forming the footprints. Scientists say it could can date back to 30,00
So the ball bounces back to the houses court where republicans say they will likely attacattac attack something else. Not a lot of people talking to each other in this point. We are four days away from mondays midnight deadline where the government will shut down if the house and senate cant work this out. Has the president himself been impacted . Reporter his Approval Rating has taken a hit. This New York Times cbs poll shows his approval rate at 43 , lower than his disApproval Rating. On how the president looks at health care it is lower. On the deficit, 35 low with 54 disproval disapproval and we have the debt ceiling debate going on next month. Now to new chilling fbi video of an armed aaron alexis inside the navy yard. These are the eerie moments before he allegedly went on a rampage. You can see alexis creeping downstair cases armed with a shotgun and stalking through hallways. His shotgun had four messages etched into it including my elf effort. The fbi says that may refer to ex
Everyone is on high alert. Bay area camps in yosemite were evacuated this week. San jose family camp is holding up but other camps are still in harms way. Two homes and seven outbuildings were destroyed early but no other structures are destroyed. More than 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze. Yosemite is open but it will take you longer to get there from the bay area. Take highway 99 and go on highway 140. Some bay bridge drivers face a detour approaching the toll plaza from oakland to make way for a new fast track only lane and the countdown continues until the bridge is shut down completely. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is at the toll plaza. We are getting close. The new bridge will have a new feature that the old bridge doesnt have it will have a bicycle and pedestrian path. This rendering shows the finished product. The path is on the right and is 15. 5 wide holding bicyclists and pedestrians. Everyone is going to have to be courteous so the two can coexist. That will b
Sorting centers open before years end. Thats a lot of folks. A good time. Their expectations that people are going to be buying lots around the holiday season. This is the direction were going. Nobody wants to go out shopping. Let me click, click, click. Any time of day. Doesnt matter what the weather is. Doesnt matter if you have gas in the car. Theyll wrap them for you, wont they . They will for a couple bucks extra. Worth the dollars. Bless you amazon. Just in time for holiday shoppers, apples new products and services. Preorders for the new ipad will be taken today. They have better processors, cameras and fingerprint unlock technology. Apple making a bigger bet on the mobile pay service. 500 banks, major retailers all agreed to support apple pay designed to work with the new iphones making them into a virtual wallet. It goes live monday. Is that your apple product i hear going off there . I think its mom checking in. What is your mom doing up . She watches sometimes. Its 2 30 in t
This is why superman works alone. Im batman. Nice coat. Forget there have been bad batmans out there over the years. Val kilmer, i didnt remember him. Good morning, friday, august 23rd. On set washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay who i gave her a cold. Shes upset. Were sharing everything. Guys, be careful. Okay. Dont overshare, please. Drugs here if anyone touches them. Always be in england. Can i just say, does every boy grow up dreaming of saying, im batman . I dont know. Its a funny joke. Every boy doesnt grow up. Thats good. Oh oh. Discuss that also. Pulitzerprize winning historian jon meacham. Pulitzerprize winning column t columnist, msnbc political ans list, can we shorten the title please, Eugene Robinson and Vice President and executive editor of msnbc. Com richard holt. Hes also the author of the book the message, the reselling of president obama. And thats all we have time for this morning. Back to you. If we did the subtitle of richards book we would run