welcome back to first look, i m lynn berry. and in sports, the twins jim thome smacked his 600th career home run last night. and that was reaching that number faster than anyone else, except babe ruth. here s nbc s fred roggin. good morning, the phrase, it couldn t happen to a nicer guy is widely overused, but not when you re talking about the minnesota twins jim thome. chasing 600 home runs, he belted number 599 in the sixth inning against the tigers, a two-run blast gave the twins the lead. an inning later, there it is, number 600. the crowd in detroit gave him a standing ovation, just the eighth player in major league baseball history to reach that. next stop, cooperstown. the dodgers can t wait for this season to end. that will speed things up. the brewers pulled off a triple play. got it going, a nice flip to
isn t this august, not supposed to be a lot going on. don t you wish one day we d say there s nothing going on, go home. change the channel. a lot has to do with the economy, up first president obama talking jobs in the heartland of america. the president is in iowa this morning. no straw polls. no campaigns it s a campaign stop. it s a campaign-style trip through three mid western states. he ll meet with a group of farmers and small business owners today. he s been making his pitch for job growth and sounding a familiar theme that republicans are playing politics with the economy. the problem we have is not with our country. the problem is, that our politics is broken. [ applause ] the problem is, is that we ve got the kind of partisan brinkmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country. that s more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win. well, the president was glad handing after a town hall meeting in iowa, he was c