four and they re in the top of the 8th now. this is three overcoming a short the outing and there is abc 7 news reporter is right by at and t park. vans have got to be loving it. they re loving it. the first batter for the giants hit that home run and fans have been excited ever since. there is where we are live and also, next door. there is what we know is that this started at 1:07 people decided to have a late lunch or early dinner. i don t know. they re hoping that giants will close them off. you know odds are against them. they won yesterday and they re ahead now. encouraging was to see tim lincecum coming in as a relief pitcher. many clapping and cheering him on. this gave them hope. i hope they can pull it off. i am not going to say anything yet. i have a good feeling. and how about lincecum. i want today s game to be over already and there is some good hitting. and some people brought lap tops and work from the far and there is st. anthony s serving lunch
there are no hot spots. and that everything is in fact all clear but it is going to be a long day of clean-up for firefighters and these business owners after that massive fire tore through about 10 businesses. a master by called about 1:05 this morning and crews were it spread really quickly. firefighters tried to keep their work going and thatic came crashing down. i spoke with a couple of business owners standing by and they say it wasn t already tough economic times, this makes it worse. when i came here, i saw the fire at the corner and then spread from this side up to that side. as a precaution, firefighters evacuated a nearby apartment complex. but we hear that they are all back home right now. we heard earlier also one firefighter was injured. he suffered major cuts to the back of his hand and has been treated at a local hospital. again, live back here on scene, you can see that they are on top of that ladder hosing down a corner of that apartment complex. that
as a business owner, i don t think obama is a good choice. ifill: outrage in pakistan, after an outspoken 14-year-old was shot by the taliban for promoting education for girls. woodruff: and we examine new evidence that lance armstrong was at the center of a sophisticated professional doping program, including testimony from his former teammates. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the supreme court heard arguments today in one of the most closely watched cases of the term. it marked a return to the decades-long legal debate over affirmative action. the scene outside the supreme court building made clear just how anticipated this case has been. for the first time in nearly
covering the annual meetings at the imf and the world bank here in tokyo. reporter: sometimes the challenges, particularly in europe, seem like something right out of a greek myth. you remember the one about people being punished by rolling a bolder up a hill only to roll it down and up again and again? policymakers have put their heads together, but every week they face new problems and still, the economists at the imf said the europeans have to do more. the choice today is between making the necessary but tough policy and political decisions or delaying them once more in the false hope that time is on our side. it is not. reporter: jose vinals said private-sector money is flowing out of peripheral economies in europe back to the core ones. that s been pushing up borrowing costs for governments and banks in countries such as spain and italy. vinals said neighbor nations need to do their part toward stability. policymakers need to build stronger firewalls and establish
a nun walks into a convenience store and is caught on camera stealing beer. whether she s the real deal or someone in disguise, she s got some confessing to do today, wednesday, october 10th, 2012. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie. more on the chilling new time line of the deadly attack in libya and today s hearing in a moment, but meantime, in the presidential race, it looks like mitt romney is not the only one you might say is ruffling feathers a bit on sesame street. that show is calling on president obama s campaign to pull its new ad featuring big bird, and romney is blasting his opponent for focusing so much attention on that one moment from last week s debate. we ll talk about all that about robert gibbs who is a senior adviser to the president s campaign. a st