message ahead of the midterms. meanwhile hours away from the release of the affidavit that led to the fbi search of mar-a-lago and the redacted document that tells us anything that we don t already know. the latest in an escalating situation in ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant goes offline after intensive fighting sparked fires in the russian-controlled silo. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 26th. i m in again for jonathan lemire, president biden stepped back on to the campaign trail yesterday, with a fundraiser and a rally in the dc suburbs of maryland. he railed against maga republicans at both events. told donors, quote, what we re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme maga philosophy. it s not just trump, the entire philosophy, it is like semi-fascism. the rnc came back with this statement, despicable, biden forced americans out of their jobs, transferred money from working families to harvard lawyer
thing we ve ever seen to babe ruth, and he will be a free agent after this season. expected to get the biggest deal north of $500 million and considering that he can do it all, it might be worth it just a day after the angels said they would not be trading ohtani ahead of tuesday s trade deadline. he had just a career day. ohtani starting game one against the tigers. he was amazing on the mound striking out eight while throwing a one-hitter, the first complete game shutout of his career. then in game two, ohtani hitting not one, but two home runs. he has a major league leading 28 on the season. the first player ever to throw a shutout and homer in the other, and he hit two in the game. the angels won both of them. here was manager phil nevin afterwards. you hate to say it like you expect greatness every day but it s what we get. the thing is him performing at this level when there s so much
bronny james is out of the hospital and at home after suffering cardiac arrest during back practice. andy scholes has the bleacher report. good morning. looks like he is doing better. cardiologist says that bronny was fully conscious when he arrived at the hospital and doctors are encouraged by his progress. the 18-year-old suffer cardiac arrest on monday and he was rushed to the hospital and briefly in the intensive care unit. but now he s home and rest. lebron thanking everyone for the love and prayers adding that everyone is doing great. to baseball, shohei ohtani had an historic afternoon. he was amazing on the mound striking out eight while throwing a one hurt, first complete game shutout of his career. and game two, he hit not one but
wins this season thanks to this second deck homerun from pete alonzo, that is the bomb, jake degrom was also strong on the mound striking out nine colorado rockies over six innings giving up only one run. after a tough two-week stretch, the metropolitans have a much softer schedule ahead of them. 20 games against teams with losing records. what a season this could be for those lovely mets. we wrap things up with tennis news, ahead of the u.s. open, one of the best players in the world won t be in new york for the final grand slam of the year. djokovic withdrew from the tournament yesterday because of covid travel restrictions. the 21-time champion is unvaccinated so he can t get into the united states. and the women s side, serena williams facing unranked player from montenegro in the first round next week. williams says that the u.s. open will be her last tournament of her legendary career. and winning in that first round could set up a second round match with the number two seed in
jake arrieta. andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. the dodgers are struggling. this is the sixth no hitter this season. we had four all of last season. this time, jake arrieta going the distance for his first career no hitter. he was lights out on the mound striking out a season high is 12 in the 2-0 win. the first cubs no hitter in 12 years. the dodgers for the second time on the wrong end of the no-no. and the u.s. open is opening this week without the big player sharapova. this means the road to the calendar grand slam is a little easier for serena williams.