a firefighter takes on a very different hero role and late-breaking details on president bush s injury from a nasty fall. early today starts right now. good morning everybody and thank so much for wake up with us today. the best athletes in the world gathered last night in los angeles for the espy awards. the most anticipated moment of the evening didn t disappoint. caitlyn jenner live for the first time before a worldwide audience. she accepted the prestigious arthur ash award. ladies and gentlemen, the courageous the stunning caitlyn jenner. jenner did not walk the red carpet or talk to reporters. espn said she wanted her on-stage comments to stand. this transition has been harder on me than anything i could imagine. the biggest fear i always had in coming out is i never wanted to hurt anyone else. most of all, my family and my kids. it is an honor to have the word courage associate with my life. if you want to call me names, go ahead because the reality is i can ta
it s an honor and a privilege. i couldn t be more happier that this is happening in the great state of new jersey. home state. this is a superstar. he has touched everybody s heart and i m so grateful for all of you. it s your horse. i know you want to savor the moment but any idea where we might see your superstar run next? no clue. thanks very much. tom? what a great day of celebration. victor with his dad. they can celebrate another victory as he won the way a triple crown winner should here at the haskell, the easiest of efforts. weave admired that stride so many times and the way he just scooted to the lead. it looked like he wasn t even running hard. and competitive edge the pace setter set a decent pace. he s no slouch, but victor as jerry said was waterskiing early in the race. meaning he was high up firm hold. feet on the dashboard. feet on the dashboard. watching how easily he wins where does american pharoah go next? he would be the prohibited
say at this point. seattle slew was so worn out that he won poorly. american pharoah, you have to wonder, did triple crown take anything out of him. he looked better today than the last time we saw him. i don t particularly go to races that i don t work at. but i would go. if we did not televise this next race, i would make a point to see this horse run. that s how special i think he is to the game and to america. he s special in so many ways, not only his ability to run but his personality and just the way he conducts himself, and that beautiful, beautiful stride that carried him to the easy victory today in the $1.75 million william hill haskell here on the breeders cup challenge series. he wins the breeders cup. special thanks to the industry s official data base for thoroughbred racing. saturday the challenge continues in saratoga with the whitney. that s saturday 5:00 eastern on nbc. coming up, except on the west coast, it s your local news. and then it s americ
in a coma. a private funeral service was held yesterday near atlanta. happening today, city council members are holding the town hall to tackle questions about a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak. the number of cases climbing now in the south bronx. four people are now dead, 71 others sick. health officials expect to see even more cases. the town hall is tonight, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at bronx museum of the arts. 4:34 just about. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. it s monday morning. as michael says, it was feel more pleasant. i thought so. the humidity is coming back, right? compared to what we had over the weekend, it is coming back. it was a fantastic weather weekend. today the mugginess creeps back in. especially by later this afternoon. you can see in the weather headlines, continued hot temperatures near 90 all weekend long. we ll do that again today. tracking a chance for storms tonight and tomorrow. we have a cooldown coming our way deeper into the week. h
don t you can t hunt these things or pose for pictures with them. you know, i remember years ago not anything that i would do, but i would hear people saying they were going hunting. it was a sport, it was the thing to do. i hope you walked out of the room. you know i m not one of those people. i think now, obviously, it s a different time. bad news and good news. number one, pulled over and given a ticket you? however, i have proof i am innocent. i am lawyered up. [laughter] i can t get into the details but, apparently, officially i was charged with talking on a cell phone while driving in a motor vehicle. there s another part of this story that i will come up with and present to court. [laughter] when s the last time that happened to you? about a month ago. my son ran to get in an ice cream cone, and i was sitting in a handicapped spot, but i was sitting in the car. i wasn t parked, car was running, and the police officer just gave me a ticket. call. h