and the mavericks leading by two. they are in the penalty. >> mark: i tell you what, this is playoff basketball. the intensity on both ends. this is what you wait all season for. >> mike: this is championship effort. they are missing some shots but everybody going at it right from the start tonight but especially here down the stretch. >> jeff: this is the value of getting into the penalty early in quarters. so, that when there are loose ball fouls, you're shooting like nowitzki is on these rebounding fouls and they're going back to mario chalmers. >> mike: all the practice that he does at the free-throw line, day after day, year after year, comes to fruition here. nowitzki, such a spectacular free throw shooter. one of the best ever. two clutch ones there. a 17-4 run. nowitzki doing it again here in the fourth quarter. james out to chalmers. shot clock at five. bosh. nowitzki on him. couple of fakes. and whacked from behind, stevenson went for the block and fouled him. >> mark: and he recognized that's a bad play by

the dallas mavericks best the miami heat to win their first the dallas mavericks best the miami heat to win their first nba championship. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with leave of absence. congressman anthony weiner is still refusing to follow calls to resign over lewd photos. but suddenly, he is requesting a temporary break from his job. he's getting professional treatment. this, as still more photos surface of the embattled new york democrat. nbc's brian moore reports. >> reporter: outside the new york office of embattled congressman anthony weiner a small but vocal group demanded he resign over a growing internet sex scandal. >> in order to be an effective leader, you have to be respected. >> reporter: hours earlier, tmz.com released a new batch of suggestive photos. apparently self-portraits taken in a congressman gym. now, the congressman is being forced to explain his online communication with a 17-year-old girl. >> it's noth

and the mavericks leading by two. they are in the penalty. >> mark: i tell you what, this is playoff basketball. the intensity on both ends. this is what you wait all season for. >> mike: this is championship effort. they are missing some shots but everybody going at it right from the start tonight but especially here down the stretch. >> jeff: this is the value of getting into the penalty early in quarters. so, that when there are loose ball fouls, you're shooting like nowitzki is on these rebounding fouls and they're going back to mario chalmers. >> mike: all the practice that he does at the free-throw line, day after day, year after year, comes to fruition here. nowitzki, such a spectacular free throw shooter. one of the best ever. two clutch ones there. a 17-4 run. nowitzki doing it again here in the fourth quarter. james out to chalmers. shot clock at five. bosh. nowitzki on him. couple of fakes. and whacked from behind, stevenson went for the block and fouled him. >> mark: and he recognized that's a bad play by

carey thank you this is this party and here is what's coming up in the program the mavericks pull ahead in the finals attack against akin to becoming miami in game five in dallas held by twenty nine points. and the word. drugs you can safely through to the quarterfinals at queen's club in london the dolls competing rubbish the public. view same ball as two hundred meters in thirteen months appellations diamond league meeting in norway. and let's get started with those and the finals where the mavericks a long way away from securing the title that's after winning game five on the home courts. to mount a once again the german had twenty nine points as some incredible three point shooting throughout the game they've grown james as the heat with seventeen points down rebounds down assists in seven playoff triple double and the past as well. in miami's playoff history the mavericks. championship title in sunday's game six in florida. was

the dallas mavericks have a lot of veteran players. they were the oldest team in the playoffs this year. and, you know, it's a lot harder to jump when your shorts are filled with silver dollars and hard candy, so -- [ laughter ] the mavericks are so old that if the series ends in miami they're planning to just stay there and live out their remaining days. it's funny listening to the announcers talk about how old these guys are and realizing that every one of them is at least five years younger than i am. i've been watching a lot of the pre and post game analysis of the series. it's very important to watch this stuff, so you know what to feel and how to think. but i'll be honest. i miss charles barkley. charles barkley is a lot of fun to watch. so, to inject a bit of charles into this series, we took the audio from his show "inside the nba" and combined it with video from the cartoon "fat albert" and the results speak for themselves. >> hey, i'm going to tell you something. women be milking that baby thing too. >> ya'll okay. hey charle

the dallas mavericks have a lot of veteran players. they were the oldest team in the playoffs this year. this yeara lot harder to jump when your shorts are filled with silver dollars and hard candy, so -- [ laughter ] the mavericks are so old that if the series ends in miami, they're planning to just stay there and live out their remaining days. it's funny listening to the announcers talk about how old these guys are and realizing that every one of them is at least five years younger than i am. i've been watching a lot of the pre and post game analysis of the series. it's very important to watch this stuff, so you know what to feel and how to think. but i'll be honest, i miss charles barkley. charles barkley is a lot of fun to watch. so to inject a bit of charles into this series, we took the audio from his show "inside the nba" and combined it with video from the cartoon "fat albert," and the results speak for themselves. >> hey, i'm going to tell you something. women be milking that baby thing too. >> y'all okay. hey, charles. >> it

. >> y por primera vez los mavericks de dallas, llevan el título de la nba a casa. >> (♪). >> muy buenas tardes hace 50 años un presidente estadounidense en funciones pisó por última vez la isla de puerto rico, y ahora el presidente barack obama se prepara para repetirlo pero qué lo espera ahí y por qué ahora puerto rico?. >> enrique acevedo está en san juan con los detalles de esta visita presidencial histórica, amigo, buenas tardes. >> que tal josé muy buenas tardes, muy a su estilo en puerto rico se prepara para la visita histórica con mucho calor y humedad y mucho entusiasmo caribeño así recibe al presidente barack obama. >> políticos se dedican a buscar votos. >> la llegada del presidente obama monopoliza, mucho ha cambiado en que el presidente de estados unidos visitó este lugar, desde que john f kennedy y la primera dama aterrizaron en san juan hace 50 años. >> comenzaba su proceso de industrialización y se encuentra ahora totalmente estancado económicamente. >> la isla reporta una tasa de desempleo de más de 16% la más alta de todas las jures educaciondicción

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after the mavericks fell on sunday, assured local news cameras that a comeback is on the way. here they are. filing out. >> we ain't through with them -- we going to get them. mavericks going to take this in seven. i'll put my house on it. >> you got a house to put on it? >> yeah. >> i got a house. >> okay. i'll put my house on it. >> jimmy: okay. his friend's house was unavailable, so he, again put his house -- "daddy, tell us again why we're living on the street?" "i put my house on it." this puts miami in a position to potentially win the title in dallas, which would be an embarrassment for the team. but no more embarrassing than this martina navratilova haircut dirk nowitzki has on -- his rookie card. from a pure humiliation standpoint, nothing will ever top that, so he'll be all right. nowitzki had another very strong game on sunday -- 34 points. he's made 24 out of 24 free throws in this final series. that is almost 100%. and he's done it with a pulled tendon in his finger -- he, nowitzki has a bad finger, chris bosh of the heat has a bad eye -- he had a swollen left eye

but the mavericks and dirk nowitzki showed what they were made of. germany's best basketball player had one for the history books. >> it's too bad we couldn't see this. stay tuned. >> this week we look at han rights and begin in the arab world. many of the countries fighting for political freedom score low when it comes to basic human rights. they are attempting to create a functioning system that will provide jobs and justice and greater democracy. in other parts of the arab world the demands are similar. they are all fighting for their share of political power and econom opportuni butften experice repression and violent crackdowns. we have more on the struggle in several of these countries. >> this algerian man -- the entire arabs -- arab world has been on the streets calling for more freedom. and according to the u.s. human rights organization, countries acro north africa and the middle east have poor records of human rights. only three of the 16 arab countries -- in every other nation the basic rights are absent. the good rating is because of moh

but the mavericks and dirk nowitzki showed what they were made of. germany's best basketball player had one for the history books. >> it's too bad we couldn't see this. stay tuned. >> this week we look at human rights and begin in the arab world. many of the countries fighting for political freedom score low when it comes to basic human rights. they are attempting to create a functioning system that will provide jobs and justice and greater democracy. in other parts of the arab world the demands are similar. they are all fighting for their share of political power and economic opportunity but often experience repression and violent crackdowns. we have more on the struggle in several of these countries. >> this algerian man -- the entire arabs -- arab world has been on the streets calling for more freedom. and according to the u.s. human rights organization, countries across north africa and the middle east have poor records of human rights. only three of the 16 arab countries -- in every other nation the basic rights are absent. the good rating is be

zack's got a lot of mavericks stuff there. all right, so, we're looking for, like, maybe snooki's autobiography or -- all right, what do you have there, zack? tell us -- read the title, because we can't see it that well. >> okay, this is nicholas sparks. "true believer." i believe it's a beautiful love story. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, mary, what do you have there? >> i have "say goodbye to whining, complaining, and bad attitudes...in your kids!" >> jimmy: how do the kids like that book, by the way? >> they're not listening. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they're busy whining. i'm going to have to call that a tie, though i do like that picture you got there, zack. well, you know what, i'm going to give it to zack, because he's -- hold up that back cover again. oh, yeah. any book written by a guy in a sweater is nothing to be proud of. all right, the final challenge -- the tie-breaking challenge -- i would like you to run to your bedroom, strip the sheets off your bed, and come back dressed as a ghost. and don't forget the eye h

mavericks point guard jason kidd won his first title 17 seasons. mark jackson was talking last night about his influence on the mavericks squad and in doing so provided us with our unintentional joke of the day. >> jason kidd's dna is all over this team's title. >> jimmy: it happens. you know, to play winning basketball, you have to have talent, and you have to work hard. you have to grab hold of every advantage you can. you have to use the rules. in order to be the best, you have to learn from the best. >> great basketball players must master many skills. shooting, passing, driving, pretending, and most importantly, acting. >> we have seen throughout these playoffs some outstanding acting. >> hi, i'm james caan, actor. i've used my acting skills to make you believe in my characters. now, i want to teach you how to make a ref believe whatever you want them to on the hardwood floor. at the james caan school of basketball acting. our graduates have gone on to achieve great success in the nba, and in life. in six short weeks, you can learn all the fun

más adelante pero los miami heat y el disparo se niega ganaron los mavericks la serie se empareja . >> mientras en la selección mexicana el equipo esta completo porque el "chicharito" hernández llego . >> a pesar que aseguro que no mezcla el talento el presidente rompió su palabra y pacto la pelea, campeón para el 29 de octubre en las vegas nevada . >> continuamos con más . >> se acerca el fin de semana el pronostico para los próximos días . >> gracias buenas noches . >> nuevamente la costa con esa situación de sistemas fuera de temporada , la presencia de lluvia ya en camino los nublados lloviznas para esta noche aumentarian y se presenta el sistema con lluvia no deje el paraguas este es el panorama, y lluvias sábado lluvias y finalmente las condiciones cambian mejora la situación y san josé cuando se presenta el sistema . >> le tengo más detalles mañana . >> más adelante . >> si usted tiene migrañas le daremos noticias que le quitan el dolor de cabeza . >> ---los cienÍficos creen que podrian hacer una pastilla contra la migraÑa.---esto, gracias a que los medicos d

mavericks fans do. they were up six. let's check out the fourth and final. terry says, wade, i'll take that. later on, wade. off of his foot. out of bounds. five turnovers in the quarter. later on, it's dirk. corner jumper. dallas, out in front by ten. and under a minute left. mavs by nine. dirk can cutting to the cup with authority. the mavericks win, 105-95, to capture their first title in franchise history. mark cuban jazzed up. dirk overcome with emotions. all things were good in dallas, texas, usa. >>> that will do it for your espn news update. don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene, check out the highlight express. >> that was exciting. a great series of games. >> absolutely. >> very cool. >>> there were celebrates thousands of miles away from dallas, in nowitzki's hometown country of germany. first european-born player in nba history to be named mvp. his mother was a pro basketball player in germany. >> they'll be up all night. >>> turning now to racing, a dramatic crash at the le mans race in france. >> he slammed into another car at 120 mi

but the goal now in the dallas mavericks are on their first n.b.a. title after one hundred five points to ninety five victory over the miami heat to win their best of seven final series four two it was sweet revenge in miami for the mavericks pounds after seeing the heat win their first title in dallas five years ago this time guard jason terry scored twenty seven points in levitz he added twenty one for the mavericks to be maybe the finals most valuable player. the german averaged twenty six points per game in the series always exciting in the final stages on sunday school time is twenty one points in the final quarter any miami hopes of a comeback and fulfill has won three. if you're in this league for thirteen years and just battling for the playoffs in the last place with ten years eleven years. always come along come up a little short and. that's what this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all of the work of the time in that i have the last thirteen years so. this feels

mavericks' fans filled the streets after the team defeated the star-studded miami heat to win their first nba championship. about 5,000 people m gentlemaned into the apartmently named victory park in downtown dallas. the victory parade -- a victory parade has been planned, but officials have not announced a date yet. mike shumann will be here with highlights and reaction. >>> police say she is dead, but more than two weeks after her disappearance, friends and family of nursing student michelle le are doubling up on their efforts to find her. jonathon bloom followed them today. >> determined not to give up hope, michelle le's family gathered a handful of supporters to meet in a hayward parking lot. with them, new boxes of fliers touting the $65,000 reward they are offering for michelle's safe return. >> it is not over for us. >> not over even though police say they are convinced michelle le was murdered as authorities search for her body, family members launched their own search for clues that could bring the 26-year-old nursing student home alive. >> check the ditches and storm drains. >>

basketball now the dallas mavericks have won their first n.b.a. title after one hundred five points two ninety five victory over the miami heat to win their best of seven final series four two it was a sweet revenge in miami for the mavericks fans on to seeing the heat win their first title in dallas five years ago this time guarded jason terry scored twenty seven points and dirk nowitzki added twenty one for the mavericks we made the finals most valuable player. the german averaged twenty six points per game in the series always exciting in the final stages on sunday school attendance twenty one points in the final quarter any miami hopes of a comeback and fulfill my dream. if you're in this league for thirteen years and just battling the playoffs in the last basically ten years eleven years. and always come along come up a little short and. that's what this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all the work in that time in that i have over the last thirteen years so just thi

after he helped the mavericks may get a 2-2 tie. they are hoping to beat the heat, and his fever and the miami heat. >> he is here in the middle of your screen. he won the fourth stage. the overall tour leader is br adley. she is an internet superstar. she has her on website and fans on facebook. she is the cross side -- cross- eyed possum. she is going on display in the tropical house. she shot to fame when her photograph appeared on the internet. now she is set to becom the star attraction. i wonder if she was sending pictures of herself to people on facebook. stay with us. i will be right back with our in-depth report. >> will come back, everyone. the german the park -- parliament is discussing the phase out of nuclear energy. what will fill the gap once all of the reactors are taken off line? there are other initiatives are around the world that couldshow geany e way to a totally renewable power grid. first we go to brazil where today's garbage is being used to produce tomorrow's electricity. >> instincts, it rots, and it never

basketball now in the dallas mavericks have won their first n.b.a. title after a one hundred five points to ninety five victory over the miami heat to win the best of seven final series four two it was sweet revenge of miami the mavericks standout seeing the heat's win there i think the last five years ago this time gosh jason terry scored twenty seven points and it's the addict twenty one for the mavericks to be named the finals most valuable player gemma averaged twenty six points a game series always exciting in the final stages and on sunday scored ten of his twenty one points in the final quarter is not by any miami types of a comeback. dream. if you're in this league for thirteen years and just battling. playoffs the last basically ten years eleven years. always come. short and. that's what this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all the work in that time in that i have over the last thirty years so just this feels amazing. for me was one mornin the russian basketball pl

after he helped the mavericks may get a 2-2 tie. they are hoping to beat the heat, and his fever and the miami heat. >> he is here in the middle of your screen. he won the fourth stage. the overall tour leader is br adley. she is an internet superstar. she has her on website and fans on facebook. she is the cross side -- cross- eyed possum. she is going on display in the tropical house. she shot to fame when her photograph appeared on the internet. now she is set to become the star attraction. i wonder if she was sending pictures of herself to people on facebook. stay with us. i will be right back with our in-depth report. >> will come back, everyone. the german the park -- parliament is discussing the phase out of nuclear energy. what will fill the gap once all of the reactors are taken off line? there are other initiatives are around the world that could show germany the way to a totally renewable power grid. first we go to brazil where today's garbage is being used to produce tomorrow's electricity. >> instincts, it rots, and it

live look, off to a good start,. >>> we were debating between liz and i tony awards, mavericks game. >> tony awards. >> yeah. >> i don't know what i was doing last night. >> supposed to be sleeping. >> i watched neither. >> all right. maybe next time. next year. >> yeah. >> 5:56 a.m. in the next half hour their program was nearly cut what cal baseball could do for the first time since 1957. >>> keeping tabs on the men in blue how they could be able to investigate a bay area police department. >> he spent the last year in custody here at the los angeles county jail but this morning johannes meheserle the former bart cop that killed oscar grant is free the latest coming up. >>> yet another legal challenge for the prop 8 ruling why supporters of gay marriage are not too worried. i am kit doe with a live report coming up ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ the rich aroma gets you up ♪ looking forward to your first cup ♪ morning! big day, huh? thank you. ♪ oh that mountain grown taste, ♪ ♪ just what you need ♪ for the big race. daughter: morning mom! are you excited? ♪ as you finish every mile..

so they made the mavericks honorary ohioans for beating the heat. the mavericks returned to dallas to a hero's welcome. jason kidd showing off the trophy. owner mark cuban says he will pay for the team's victory parade. also the championship rings have been done and they plans to take it to the next level, whatever that means. the finals was just as much about the heat losing to the delight of many as it was the mavericks winning. >> come on. how often do we get to hear about the lebron james reality show and what he is or isn't doing? >> and we will take our my talents. >> when are we going to hear about this team and what they accomplished. >> all of the people that routed for me to fail all of the people will wake up and have the same life they had before they woke up today. they have the same personal problems they had today. i will continue to live the way i am going to live and continue to do the things i am going to do. i am going to be with my family and be happy with that. >> if any of those hateers got the miami herald they had this to enj

basketball now in the dallas mavericks of won their first n.b.a. title after a one hundred five points ninety five victory of the miami heat to win the best of seven final series four two in the sweet revenge of miami the mavericks runs out in the heats when their i think the last five years ago this time dos jason terry scored twenty seven points it's the added twenty one for the mavericks to make the finals most valuable player gemma averaged twenty six points ok the series always exciting in a final stages and on sunday scored ten of his twenty one points on a quarter it's not by any miami types of a tom back. that's that's not great. if you're in this league for thirteen years and this battle in the. playoffs the last basically ten years eleven years. and always come back from up a little short and. that's what this is this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all the work and the time in that i have over the last thirty two years so just this feels amazing. for me was one

. -- dirk nowitzki led the mavericks to victory. >>> president obama celebrated america's relationship with germany at a white house state dinner last night. german chancellor angela merkel and her husband were the guests of honor at the dinner in the rose garden. mr. obama used the event to present the chancellor with the presidential medal of freedom. >> to freedom. you struggled for and defended a new every day of our lives. >> no dictatorship can keep down the forces of freedom for so long. >> she is an ally known to differ with the obama administration. >>> plenty of local disappointed golfing fans this morning after word that tiger woods has pulled out of the u.s. open. the tournament begins on the 16th at the congressional

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and only the best surfers are allowed to ride these giants. >> the mavericks event itself attracts 24 of the biggest names in big wave surfing by invite only, and people flew in from all over the world to hit those waves. >> surfers are given barely 48 hours' notice to jump on a plane and get to half moon bay in northern california for the competition. extreme sport videographer tyler short receives word of the contest two days before. >> got an e-mail about 2:00 in the afternoon saying it's go time, the 24 surfers have given it the green light and they're going to convene at half moon bay on that saturday. >> 140 miles north of half moon bay, dan quarrels and his fiancee, betsy forman, are planning a romantic valentine's weekend when they get word of mavericks. >> my fiance and i had decided to take turns with who was responsible for the plans of february 14th for valentine's day, and this was his year. >> betsy is a surfing fanatic. dan knows that taking betsy to mavericks will be a dream come true. >> she had never got to see an actual surf competition before, so this would have be

it's been quite a series for the mavericks' dirk nowitzki. he might get his own "space jam" movie after this thing. [ laughter ] he scored 21 points in game four despite having a cold and a fever. which there is no sadder sight than a giant german with the sniffles. you know what the worst part of a seven-foot player with 101 degree temperature is? taking their temperature. you actually need a lightsaber to get up there and -- [ audience groans ] the people of dallas are in love with dirk nowitzki right now. listen to this pregame introduction. >> and at forward, in his 13th season from germany, number 41, diiiirrrrrr diiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkk nowitzki! >> jimmy: see that, i should get that from you, dicky.

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the dallas mavericks rise to the top of the nba. >> the dallas mavericks are nba champions, the first title in franchise history. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. we begin with politics this morning. it's the first major debate between republican white house hopefuls. the seven candidates will share the stage in new hampshire, this includes newt gingrich, he relaunched his campaign with a speech last tonight. joel brown is in washington with more. joel morning. >> terrell good morning to you. with the nation's sour economic mood, tonight's debate will hinge largely on how well each of these candidates can pin the blame on president obama. for one candidate, tonight is how a candidate can get his campaign back on track. newt gingrich is making it clear he's still a candidate for president. >> with the help of every american who wants to change washington, we will prevail. >> reporter: the former house speaker tried to jumpstart his campaign with a foreign policy speech in los angeles last night. it was

. >> the dallas mavericks are nba champions. the first title in franchise history. >> mavericks star dirk nowitzki left the court as soon as the final buzzer sounded with tears in his eyes. cal alum jason kidd, he stayed on the court to celebrate. it took kidd 17 years playing pro basketball to get his title. he says it was worth it. >> it's a dream come true. you know, it's not real right now because just the battles against the heat and understanding the journey. it's been a long journey for 17 years, and i'm just happy to be at the right place at the right time. >> a lot of the focus for the finals not on the mavericks but lebron james. he left the cavaliers for miami believing it was his best shot at a title. the cavs owner sent out this tweet, congrats to mark c. and the entire mavs org. mavs never stoond now entire franchise gets rings. old lesson for all, there are no short cuts, none. cal's baseball team showing the university why talks about cutting the baseball program were a bad idea. the bears beat dallas baptist to

in miami's playoff history the mavericks. championship title in sunday's game six in florida. was a big win for us obviously we do not go to miami. and give them a basically two shots or to close as well so i could plug in there and in the fourth stall there from a big win for us and you know we're going to go down there are presently approach to the sun as a game of the game seven you know you don't want to give this great team any hope or doing so we go twelve more assuming people. will see what happens on the. on to the latest tennis action from queensland in london where former winners and in aren't andy roddick progress into the world finals as preparations continue ahead of arguably the biggest event of the tennis calendar it's certainly wimbledon roddick met kevin anderson for only the second time ever but didn't receive any unexpected opposition from the south african for most of the match addison started pretty solid live on a couple breaks in the fifth game of both sounds made sure it would win it comfortably six four six four setting up a quarter final against brain

finals were the mavericks along with away from securing the title off the waiting game five on their home course dirk nowitzki instrumental once again the german had twenty nine points and some incredible three point shooting throughout the game bron james left the heaves we had seventeen points down rebounds and found assists a. playoff triple double and the first ever you miami's playoff history the mavericks though would now rack off their championship in sunday's game six in florida. those a big win for us i was thrilled with it when i go to miami. and give them more recently two shots to close as though it's so so. the fourth still there from the foursome and now we're going to go out on the basically approach slingers game seven and you know you don't always get this great team or any home corridor so we go play more disagreement constructed and of course it would happen sometimes. in formula one this year's the hurrying grand prix has been cancelled due to political turmoil in the region the race was originally scheduled for march as the season opener but was postponed for oct

mavericks fans filled the streets. after the game about 5,000 people jammed into victory park in downtown dallas. you can bet there will be a big parade for the mavericks but no date has been announced. proof there is another sport besides football in dallas, texas. >> you are right about that. >> i didn't get to see the game. i had to get up this morning. >> we'll get you a tivo and record it. let's take a look and show you what is going on. time to go to bed at 7:00 when it's still light outside. by friday you'll finally get some sleep. >> good morning. we're looking at haze this morning and i don't expect any flight arrival delays but some other ones are going to develop across the country as severe weather will develop in the heartland. check out flight tracker at abc7news.com. talking about temperatures, traveling at home. 50 in antioch. everybody else in the low to mid-50s, low to mid-50s into salinas and about 49 in gilroy. the warming continues under mostly sunny sky. coastal clouds and clear elsewhere that wil

here is what's coming up in the next town known as the mavericks pull ahead in the finals against the heat overcoming miami in game five in dallas held by twenty nine points from the great scheme. and. take us a free throw into the quarterfinals at queen's club in london the dolls to the beach instapundit. the world's fastest wrong no you same goal to donates the two hundred meters at the latest a diamond league meeting of all slope. and spartak moscow all fine for the bad behavior of their brows in st petersburg last long also being threatened with having to play a whole match behind closed doors who bears any repeat. let's get started with the n.b.a. finals where the mavericks so just walk away from securing the title after winning game five on their home courts dirk nowitzki instrumental and once again the german had twenty nine points is the ellsberg used some incredible three point shooting throughout the game we brought james left with seventeen points down rebounds from town assists seven three a playoff triple double and the first ever in miami's playoff history but even that

. >> last night, it wasn't just an nba title won by the dallas mavericks as it was legacy lost by the miami heat. not what the team had in mind when it signed lebron james and dwyane wade and chris bosh, a trio of $100 million stars who promised a half dozen titles or more for miami. their failure, however epic in scope is owned by one-third of that big three. lebron james. >> nowitzki, lays it in. >> reporter: this wasn't how he thought it would end. >> the dallas mavericks are nba champions. >> reporter: they might be celebrating in dallas, but in cleveland -- and so ended the most tumultuous year in lebron james' career. in that instance, the ohio school boy prodigy and cleveland's beloved savior was vilified and morphed for the casual fans into an anti-hero they could love to hate, a role james never embraced. >> i think people feel like maybe he's not humble or arrogant. if he had foreseen this, i don't think he would have done it that way. he knew he would risk damaging his brand, not to this extend. >> reporter: reaction to miami's final loss was hardly surprising. despite the

basketball now the dallas mavericks have won their first n.b.a. title after a one hundred five points to ninety five victory over the miami heat to win the best of seven final series four two it was sweet revenge in miami rick sounds off the same heat when death is talking dallas five years ago this time gosh jason terry scored twenty seven points to take the bait skate added twenty one for the mavericks named finals most valuable player the german averaged twenty six points a game in the series always exciting final stages and on sunday scored ten of his twenty one points in the final quarter at any miami hopes of a comeback unfulfilled has not and. if you're in this league for thirteen years and just battling the playoffs the last basically ten years eleven years. and always come up a little short and. that's why this is this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all the work in that time in that i have over the last thirty years so just this feels amazing oh meanwhile it's

will dallas mavericks did it tonight. check this out. celebrations in dallas after the mavericks ddteefe miami heat, 105-95, to win the nba championship four games to two. it's the first championship in franchise history for dallas. jason terry led the dallas mavericks with 27 points, and dirk nowitzki had 21. lebron james had 21 for miami. look for gasoline prices to keep falling. the lunnberg survey now puts the average price of a gallon of self-serve at 3.71, down 17 cents in the last three weeks. according to lunnberg prices will fall more because of an oversupply of gas at a time when unemployment is weakening demand, and gabrielle giffords will leave a houston rehab hospital by the end of the month it begin outpatient therapy. new photos of the arizona congresswoman were posted today on the arizona facebook page. her mother is next to them in one of them. giffords was critically wounded in a january shooting at a tucson shopping center that killed six people. those are your headlines this hour. i'm richelle carey. >>> and firing. >

game six of the nba finals between the dallas mavericks and the miami heat. and make no mistake about it, this one comes down to whichever team is better at getting the basketball into that round metal thing -- [ laughter ] -- the hoop. yeah. what a series. this has been one of the most exciting finals ever. every game is so close. and i'm talking oprah and gayle close. really, really close. [ laughter ] i have not seen a finals series like this since the great cook versus archuleta battle of the davids back in 2008. [ laughter ] i don't -- remember that rap song by kurtis blow that goes, basketball is my favorite sport, i like the way they dribble up and down the court? it seems like a weird part of the game to like. [ laughter ] the dribbling, up and down the court, right? the series tonight returns to miami. charles barkley went on record to say, miami fans in his opinion are the worst fans in the league. he says they're not loud. which i think is odd for miami, considering how loud they are when they're sending their sandwiches back at the deli. [ laughte

. >>> data lewinsky led the mavericks to a victory over the miami heat in game 4 of the nba finals. they will face off again in dallas on thursday. -- dirk nowitzki led the mavericks to victory. >>> president obama celebrated america's relationship with germany at a white house state dinner last night. german chancellor angela merkel and her husband were the guests of honor at the dinner in the rose garden. mr. obama used the event to present the chancellor with the presidential medal of freedom. >> to freedom. you struggled for and defended a new every day of our lives. >> no dictatorship can keep down the forces of freedom for so long. >> she is an ally known to differ with the obama administration. >>> plenty of local disappointed golfing fans this morning after word that tiger woods has pulled out of the u.s. open. the tournament begins on the 16th at the congressional country club in bethesda, but he says lingering issues with his left leg will keep them off the court. he says his game has never been the same since news of his personal infidelity went public more than a year ag

con este triunfo de los mavericks. y nos vamos con poncho, carla, ernesto, claudia, todos zel brapd el triunfo de los mavericks. adelante muchachos. >>> estaba brincando allÁ, todavÍa (risas). claudia, seguimos platicando con claudia trejos de deportes univisiÓn. que nos tiene todos los detalles de todas estas celebraciones. mi claudia. >>> ¿como estas claudita?. >>> muy bien, esperÁbamos una serie muy intensa, la cual re recibimos y puerto rico e tiene que celebrar en grande. porque jj barea, se llevÓ el tÍtulo ayer. el primer titulo de una franquicia que obviamente la pasaron divino. y bueno, los colegas de univisiÓn 23 de miami, stefano y josÉ luis, hablaron con el boricua de los mavericks el sensacional jj barea. >>> el boricua jj barea ¿como se siente?. >>> lo mejor que me ha pasado. es una tremenda victoria en miami. >>> en la escuela secundaria es una segunda casa ¿como se siente estar aquÍ en frente de tantos hispanos y boricuas ¿como se siente estar aquÍ?. >>> estuve un aÑo de high school mi cam

turns out the dallas mavericks may have something to say about it. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. we saw it against the lakers. then again against the thunder. now the mavericks have pulled off another improbable comeback, this time against the heat. games two, nba finals. dwyane wade nailed a tough three-pointer. he had 36. miami up 15 and in total control, or so they thought. dallas played locked down defense and started chipping away at the lead. dirk nowitzki caught fired just at the right time. lay-up tied it at 90. fans in miami were stunned. the heat would tie it. nowitzki once again answered the call. one-on-one with chris bosh and he blew by him. dallas up two. miami a shot at the buzzer. wade couldn't get it to fall. after trailing by 15 with six minutes left, the mavs rallied and stunned the heat, 95-93. >>> baseball, a day after manager terry collins ripped his team for not trying, mets responded in a big way. new york pulled off their biggest comeback in over a decade. carlos b

el sexto juego de la serie. >> el alemÁn nowitzki fue figura clave en la victoria de los mavericks y fue nombrado el jugador mÁs valioso de la final. jj barea fue el mÁs valioso de dallas. >> disfrutar ahora. >> un saludo precioso para toda la gente de la isla el encanto, los mavericks llegaron a dallas, fueron recibidos como hÉroes por miles de fanÁticos el dueÑo del equipo saliÓ con el trofeo de los campeones de la nba y el alemÁn nowitzki como el jugador mÁs vo lalioso. a toda la gentee le iba al equipo de dallas y a todos los demÁs y ya. >> seguimos con mÁs de "primer impacto" adelante. >> celebra la isla del encanto. auk tiene 18 aÑos un joven filipino mide solamente 23 pooli pulgadas y media. Él es casi del tamaÑo de 2 latas de soda una sobre otra, su familia espera que gracias a la publicidad que estÁ generando los mÉdicos se interesan en su casa y ofrecer tratamientos en su condiciones. >> ojalÁ asÍ sea. >> la verdad que sÍ. >> bueno, amigos tenemos que hacer un breve parÉntesis, por un hey francesco mcqueen! i thought you were a stop sign. haha, you just o

mavericks will only go as far as dirk nowitzki will take them. 27 points and that wasn't enough. lebron james, tough fade away at the buzzer. it's only worth three, but the degree of difficulty is about an 11. dwyane wade played like an nba last night. the three gave miami their largest lead of the game. he finished with 22-10. next possession, lebron drove to the hoop. get out of the way when he's rolling like that. miami won down the stretch, 92-84. >>> the thrashers were sold to a group that will move them to winnipeg. speaking of hockey, bruins and canucks tonight at 8:00 eastern on abc. >>> a recipe for success, danny espinosa was cooking with fire, hit a pair of homers. phils won it, 10-2. >>> finally, the most important piece of equipment for any baseball player has to be his glove. wilson reached out and made a bare handed grab. no glove, but plenty of love for that stuff. the cowboys could use a receiver with hands like that. to the eighth, no one was going to catch this. eva langoria left the yard in a hurry. tampa has the lead. they went on to we win it, 5-4. that's yo

. >> the big three in miami were not " enough for the dallas mavericks. the ndp, during the wednesday had 21 points as the mavericks beat the heat. the first nba championship for dallas as well as a area natives, jason >> giants second baseman her " should be out, they're after separating his shoulder. buster posey is still out. we would still like to go see some baseball. the giants are having some bad luck. >> great baseball weather this week. sunshine and raise temperatures. tomorrow the highs will be in the '60s for san francisco, 70's and bayside and '80s inland all we of the '86 in antioch. the temperatures will go up every day eventually into the '90s england. 70's by the bay. this seabury's does come back later this ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier c

in sport, throughout the nba finals, the dallas mavericks have had to show they can come back. now it's the miami heat's turn. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. dirk nowitzki has been the story this postseason, but trailing to the heat in the fourth quarter. the mavs turn to their supporting cast. dwyane wade led the heat, knocked down the three and miami had the lead. mavs would tie and dirk would put them on top with a quick move to the basket. he had 29. then dallas turned to their sharpshooters jason kidberry to three with moments to play. the mavs pulled away to win 112-103, dallas a win away from their first nba championship. game six is sunday. >>> in the nhl, the stanley cup finals are tonight. on nbc. >>> alexa casia, twins beat the rangers 5-4. >>> red sox and yankees delayed because of rain. boston rained runs down two scored seven in the seventh. red sox flip the yanks in new york. >>> phils and cubs delayed but for an entire different reason -- wind. as if the night wasn't long enough, they also went into ex

her answer should be i'm an unconventional maverick who doesn't play by the rules and roger aisles will not let me. we're joined by samantha bee live from des moines, iowa. thanks for joining me. i know governor palin says it's a family vacation. it does seem like a political campaign. how can she do this and keep her job as a fox news analyst? >> jon, for fox to fire sarah palin for taking a much needed vacation with the family that would be monstrous. i they that's how you run your business but some fake news organizations actually have standards. [laughter] >> jon: anyone else who hopped on a bus and went to iowa and all these other swing state and things, historical landmarks would be forced to declare whether they are running or not. gingrich, santorum lost their job for doing just that. fox has different rules for different people. >> they have the same rule for he everybody. if we like you, you can stay. they fired rick santorum when they googled him. [laughter] as for newt gingrich, the presidential election was really just a good excuse to let him go. what news network wants to