time for sports. the u.s. first round for the lowest score in relation to par at the tournament. on saturday justin thomas set a newmarker. he is nine under 63 in the third round, but it was sunday at aaron hill s found the winner s circle matching rory mcelroy s u.s. open score. records set in 2011 shooting a five you should under 67 in the final round to complete the tournament at a total of 16 under par. he faltered only once when a bogey on the tenth hole with three straight birdies on the back nine to put him ahead of the field with a four-streak victory that earns the second pga tour win, and the first major championship. turning now to major league baseball, and a about day at the plate for the rockies third baseman. he made his way into the fourth cycle of the mlb season. getting the hard part out of the
continues. what we ve learned is that afghan security forces are being led by afghan national police. this is significant because nato and part of the transition made it clear that they re intent on positions more and more authority towards afghan forces. today was actually the first day of the transition period to be extended over the next two years. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the murdoch phone hacking scandal in britain has claimed its first public official. just hours ago, britain s top cop suddenly resigned. his resignation comes on the same day police arrested a top murdoch executive. let s bring in cnn s atika shubert. atika, is there a connection between the resignation and the arrest of that top murdoch executive? well, there are basically two different strands of the same scandal. in the place of sir paul stevenson, the topmost senior police officer here in britain, he basically resigned because of increasing intense scrutiny over th