red sox. boston makes history as the first team to hit three grand slams in a single postseason series. the question is how am i still functioning? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that wishes these playoff games didn't run so late. i'm jonathan lemire on this tuesday, october 19th. we'll start with the news. >>> former president donald trump has filed new lawsuit against both the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection and the national archives. the suit, which was expected, seeks to block the committee from obtaining his administration's records from the archives. in the 26-page complaint, a lawyer for the former president argues that the records must remain secret as a matter of executive privilege. in a joint statement from the panel's chair benny toms and vice chair, liz cheney, the committee vowed to, quote, fight the president's attempt to obstruct our investigation. meanwhile the white house is ram

willie geist having to make a similar choice in supporting the boston red sox going into the alcs. take deep breaths, willie. >> escaping my body through my nose, joe. >> what are you going to do? >> i'd like -- i'd rather vote present if i could, but that's a cop-out in politics and baseball. i said this to you last night, something i've never said, go sox. >> oh, my lord. >> sounds like it hurts. >> that is hard to believe. speaking of the astros, mike, they finished off the white sox yesterday. they remain, cheating or no cheating, they remain a mighty team. >> they're a great team, a great club. they will forever be tainted by the cheating a couple years ago. they were accused of stealing signs during the series they just won. but, yeah, they are a formidable opponent. alex cora and the young boston red sox, he's got them focused, incrediby focused, and they could upset the astros. game one going to be really critical friday night. >> yeah. the giants have won 107 this year. they're being taken to game five. willie, we wouldn't expect anything less of a dodgers-giants series. w

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. >>> the boston red sox have a shot in baseball's postseason. cnn's patrick snell has more on our minute in sports. patrick. >> isa, thanks so much. we start with the most intense rivalry there is when it comes to major league baseball. just ask any fan of the new york yankees and the boston red sox. tuesday night at the famed fenway park, a one and done game, just under 40,000 fans packing in to see it. boston winning the contest 6-2. look at these scenes here. this the first meeting between these tuomaswo massive rivals. they will face al east champions tampa bay in the best of five divisional series starting on thursday. >>> the yuefa's women's league, putting an end to a 20-month injury nightmare after rupturing a cruciate ligament in her right knee. a courageous return. great to see her back. lyon winning 3-nil. >>> his store iied career, three-time olympic medallist, the hispanic's best nba season lakers where he won back to back titles in 2009 and 2010. >>> with that, isa, it's right back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> now, i believe

and the boston red sox will face off against old rivals the new york yankees. in tuesdays wild card game, they got that by beating the washington nationals, 75. the when a red sox and yankees will play tampa bay in the division series. that is all you'll support from me for now. i'll be back with more later. jemma. thank you very much for that's now to american scientists have been awarded this years nobel prize for medicine. david julius sin, our dame pat protean, were singled out for their discoveries in receptors for temperature and touch. the nobel committee secretary general call the discoveries crucial to us arrival. paul reese has more from stockholm there was expectation that the price would be even more timely, great expectation that it would be awarded to those who develop the m r n. a vaccines used in the fight against coven 19. in fact, we had a protest here. it's a nobel form by a group protesting against by on tech, not sharing its formula with the vaccine produces in developing countries. but that had been happy because the prize did gars he said

these last rose had taken game, one of their playoff series against boston red sox, red sox pitcher heroku kazi, was samara, was making his post season debut. and he had a tough outing. martin maldonado on the receiving end of one of his wilder pitches and finished by 4 to the astros game. 2 of the series is coming out, but later this saturday long with the dodgers versus the braves and game, one of the national league championship series of the results. we stay in the moment. you know, you, when you turn to pay, as you prepare for tomorrow, you lose, you turn to pay as you prefer for tomorrow. so they, they've done an amazing job since they one of the season, you know, and i, i joke with that, but it's truth. and i, we, we lost the 3, the 1st 3 games of the season to, to baltimore and, and only fell like game 4 against tampa was to see them, to be honest with you. so we've been living like this for, for a while. so i will be ready for tomorrow. and just before we go, an update from the premier league lester have just defeated manchester united for to while man city beat burnley to now. ok

it wasn't even close $101.00 on the night, the australia who play a boston red sox next. the new n h l season has started on tuesday. the current champions, the tampa bay lightning host to the pittsburgh penguins for the game, began the stanley cup with display tampa bay had hoped to match the peasantry. but when the action did get going, it was the penguins who are the better team pittsburgh spoiling the occasion. for the lightning, i think goes to 2 and it was a special evening in las vegas as to seattle kracken became the lead newest team. they would love to win against the team that was previously the latest vision that goes night. why and, and also thought ever goal is they fall back from 3. nothing down to tie the game, but it was not to be and vegas eventually one for 3. all right, this is for with gemma later. thank you very much joe. for that, we want to show you some live pictures from the us state of texas, where canadian not to william shatner is about to blast off to space shot in there . and the blue origin crew arrives just a short moment ago at the launch

nights to the astros, he will play the boston red sox next. while the new n h l season has started on tuesday, the current champions, the tampa bay lightning host, the pittsburgh penguins before the game began, the sunday cup was on display tampa bay had hoped so much the peasantry. but when the action did get going, it was the penguins who were the better team to pittsburgh, spoiling the occasion for the lightning by 6 goals to tuesday. and it was a special evening in las vegas in seattle, kracken became the league's newest team. they would have love to win against the team that was previously the latest edition, the gold nights. brian donato scored seattle's 1st half ago as they fall back from 3. nothing down to tie the game. but it was not to be vegas eventually winning for 3. all right, that's the sport for now. more later falling, joe, thank you very much for that. that's it. for this news our on al jazeera to stay with us down. jordan is going to be with you in just a few minutes with more updates. thanks so much ah ah it's the was. 2 mo

. >> secretary walsh, maybe folks know this, but they're about to find out, you are a huge boston red sox fan. and in about five hours the sox are going to start their american league championship series against the houston astros. put on your sportscaster's hat. will the sox go all the way to the world series and if they do will they win the world series? >> taking a line from one of my favorite nfl coaches, my favorite nfl coach of all time, we'll take it one pitch at a time. and bill belichick would say that, one pitch at a time and i'll let you know in the next four out of seven games. >> that's a nonanswer. laugh. [laughter] . >> when i was voted mayor in boston i had a friendly bet with the mayor of denver, mike hancock, that the patriots would win against the denver broncos and i lost and i had to wear a peyton manning jerseys. and the bruins against montreal canadiens and the bruins lost and i wore a canadiens junior and the bc and we lost, i stop betting. next were patriots against seattle seahawks and we won the super bowl and refused to bet in the atlanta game. won the supe

league championship series between the houston astros and the boston red sox. those passengers lucky to be alive. >> no one's deceased, and man, that's an awesome feeling for us as first responders. >> reporter: and david, one passenger telling "the houston chronicle" that when that plane finally stopped, everyone yelled to get out. she felt shaky and shocked coming down that evacuation slide and finally running away from that burning jet. david? >> when you see that wreckage, just a miracle everyone got out okay. zohreen, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the major news tonight on boosters. the fda is now signaling they will approve mixing and matching booster vaccines. the cdc usually following suit. they will debate this in meetings tomorrow and thursday. now the fda will likely recommend getting the same booster as your original vaccine, but mixing and matching if that's what's available, that's okay. if you got the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine, tonight, what a new study shows if you then get a different booster, pfizer or moderna. what they s

we will see you again tomorrow when i'm scheduled to be hitting a grand slam for the boston red sox. everybody gets a turn. "way too early" is up next. ♪♪ >>> the fight over executive privilege escalates. former president trump is suing the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection in order to keep white house records secret. the question is will it work or just delay the process? >>> plus, remembering former secretary of state colin powell. politicians and friends from both sides of the aisle are paying tribute to the military trail blazer. the question is can the country live up to his legacy? >>> and another grand slam for the red sox. boston makes history as the first team to hit three grand slams in a single postseason series. the question is how am i still

the boston red sox had a dramatic walkoff win sunday, beating the tempo bay raise. there was late game excitement. -- tampa bay rays. there was late game excitement. the game totaled over five hours. some critics call baseball to lengthy and too darn boring. the mlb is looking at ways it can change that. one of those things is possibly using robots. it's using the minor leagues as a place to experiments, as usual. businessweek what about this. the independent atlantic league is trying out new things, like moving the pictures mounds, letting bettors try to steal first base, which would be fun, making the bases bigger. but the war -- but the robots is an interesting thing. using robot umpires to call pitches. it would maybe make the game a little bit faster. five hours is just too long for some people. even me. probably even tom keene to sit through a bespoke game. except for one his beloved rec or plane. merck is seeking emergency use authorization for its emergency covid-19 bill. plus booster shots, the flu season, and much more, with the director of the institute f

and tonight, the boston red sox are at this moment, showering themselves in champagne, the socks have been won the playoff series. and boston will sleep tonight, with dreams of another world series. that is tonight's last. we're the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well good evening once again 265 of the biden administration, there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election. a lie that led the groundwork for the -- that were capitol and the intent to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january six committee is the relating its effort to occur uncover critical information about what happened on january 6th. this week former aides to donald trump are here scheduled to appear to give in-person depositions. one time white house strategist steve bannon has chosen not to comply with his the piano setting up a potential legal battle. earlier today january six committee member congressman jamie raskin democrat of maryland, said he is that the chairman to take a hard line on those who would defy subpoena orders. >> i'm advising the deployment

the houston astros vegas the boston red sox for game three of the american league championship series. that game is tied one game apiece. a pair of grand slam is led sox to a victory. i'm already nervous. >>> the steelers hosting the seahawks. geno smith, jet fans know that play. starting in the place of the injured russell wilson fumbles away possession while being sacked in the final minutes of the extra period. the steelers take over and drill it from several yards away. pittsburgh beat seattle 23-20. >>> to foxborough, i watched all of this. the cowboys and patriots also end up in overtime. dak prescott helps the cowboys to their first win in new england since 1987. he found the receiver on a 35 yard touchdown pass to beat the patrio patriots, 35-29. they're close but can't quite beat the good teams. in cleveland kyler murray caught four touchdown passes on their way to a 37-14 win over the browns, keeping the cardinals as the only unbeaten team in the nfl. it's arizona's best since 1974. >>> meanwhile the embattled jaguars hosting in the dolphins in london. it sends the dolphins

and tonight the boston red sox are, at this moment, showering themselves in champagne. the sox, having won their playoff series, and boston will sleep tonight with dreams of another world series. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 265 of the biden administration. there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election, the lie that laid the groundwork for the sacking of our capitol. and let's not forget the attempt to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january 6th committee is escalating its effort to uncover critical information about what happened on 1/6. this week former trump aides to donald trump are scheduled to appeal before the panel to give in-person depositions, one time white house strategist steve bannon has already decided not to comply with his subpoena, setting up a potential legal battle. earlier today january 6th committee member congressman jamie raskin, democrat of maryland, said he's told the chairman to take a hard line on those who w

meanwhile america's team, the boston red sox will visit the houston astros for game one of the american league championship series. i'm already very nervous. >>> meanwhile some coaching shakeups among teams now eliminated from the postseason. despite a record that carried the cardinals into the national league games, they fired the manager. the cardinals' president of baseball operations cited philosophical differences. in new york, aaron boone is safe so far as the yankees' manager. fwu yankees will not renew the contracts of at least two of the coaches under him. espn reports the deal that for a third assistant coach not going to be renewed. a shakeup there. boone for now still has his job. >>> turning to the nfl, the eagles to host the buccaneers in kickoff in week 6. quarterback tom brady tossed touchdown passes leading the bucs to a lead in the third quarter and then a pair of rushing passes from leonard frenette. the bucs had a 28-22 victory over the eagles. tom brady, this just in, he's still really good. >>> time now for the weather, and like tom brady, another ageless wonder. w

we have good news, your boston red sox lead the tampa bay rays two games to one i hope you have a chance to see the highlights. >> amazing i'm going to do that now, brian. thanks for the heads up. >> i hope i didn't ruin the score. if i did, i apologize. julianna tatelbaum >> thanks, brian >>> more on the markets and your money in a moment but right now to some of the key headlines you need to know about this monday morning. including a little more pain at the airport for already wary trav travelers. be bertha combs >> boston strong this morning. not strong if you're flying southwest airlines, brian. southwest says it cancelled more than 1,800 flights over the weekend. they blamed a combination of bad weather, air traffic control and its own staff shortages. in a note to staff yesterday obtained by cnbc, southwest told employees, quote although we were staffed for the weekend, we could not anticipate the significant disruption created from unexpected air traffic control issues and bad weather across our florida stations. other airlines didn't report similar disruptions and recall that so

the boston red sox to the american league championship series. they beat the heavily favored tampa bay rays, three games to one. a series the yankees watched from home, if at all. so congratulations to the entire world, which clearly benefits from this. i can see brianna agrees. >> ah. >>> there is other major news this morning. one of pro football's most high profile coaches resigns after an avalanche of new homophobic, masochistic emails come to light. las vegas raiders coach jon gruden resigned after "the new york times" revealed a pattern of homophobic, masochistic emails over a seven-year span. this followed a racist email that came to light a few days ago. in the new emails, gruden denounces the drafting of a gay player and calls for the firing of players who protested the national anthem. >> this is a stunning downfall for one of the game's highest paid and highest profile coaches. gruden was in the fourth year of a ten-year, $100 million contract. in a written apology, he says he never meant tojoining me is ian nfl insider. thanks for bei

and tonight, the boston red sox are at this moment, showering themselves in champagne, the socks have been won the playoff series. and boston will sleep tonight, with dreams of another world series. that is tonight's last. we're the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well good evening once again 265 of the biden administration, there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election. a lie that led the groundwork for the -- that were capitol and the intent to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january six committee is the relating its effort to occur uncover critical information about what happened on january 6th. this week former aides to donald trump are here scheduled to appear to give in-person depositions. one time white house stra

. >>> to baseball, another day, another grand slam for the boston red sox. bottom of the second, bases loaded for carl schwarber. he unloads on that pitch. made it 6-0. red sox hit two grand slams in game two. and after this one, first team ever to hit three grand slams in a postseason series. this after hitting three grand slams all season long. fenway was rocking. boston wins 12-3. take a 2-1 lead in that series. game four coming up later tonight after 8:00 eastern. that was game three, braves and dodger series. that's at 5:00 on our sister channel tbn. >>> washington state firing the coach and four assistants after they refused to comply with the state's covid vaccine mandate. yesterday was the deadline for thousands of state employees to be vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. back in july he posted on social media that he elected not to receive the covid va-19 vacciner reasons that remain private. >>> suspended by nhl for violating protocols, according to sports and espn, unnamed sources, kane was being investigated for using a fake vaccine card. kane

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red sox when it comes to their big win against the houston astros. >> carol lin mano is here. the sox hitting two grand slams in the first two innings. >> i know. it's unbelievable. think about the postseason that hernandez is having, 16 hits, five home runs in seven games, that's a very impressive stretch. the rest of the lineup has decided to join in on the fun. first inning like you mentioned, the bases loaded for j.d. martinez at the plate. gets a meatball line drive that ends up over the fence for the grand slam. that's great start. you're thinking, okay, red sox, can't beat that, but you're right, do it again, second inning, bases loaded, no team has hit two grand slams in the postseason inning, boston ended up doing it, headed back to boston for game three on monday. incredible run for them. what an ending for game one between the dodgers and braves. tied in the ninth, cody bellinger with a line drive single that would place the go ahead run in scoring position. chris taylor gets indecisive, a blunder leaves him in no man's land. the braves would tag him to end the ing

the astros clinching the american league friday night in their game six over the boston red sox taking the series, 4-2. they'll face the braves or the dodgers. that might be game one, but i'll watch. >> there you go. looking forward to that. we'll get to baseball mix soon enough. >>> we move to the outrage on campus at usc. students protesting after alleged sexual assault and drugging incidents at a fraternity there. the frat has been temporarily suspended, and police are now investigating as the incidents raise new questions about college drinking with students back on campus this year. zohreen shaw is at usc with the latest. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. lapd now said the president of sigma nu is a subject of interest in one of the sexual assault cases last week. that's according to our station kabc in los angeles. you can see signs from students protesting the entire fraternity behind me, though, as the outrage continues to grow. this moment in usc's investigation of assault reports intensifying after allegations of drugging were reported at this fraternity house

red sox and the new york yankees go head to head at fenway park. this a one and done american league wild card game. with that it's right back to you. >> thanks very much, patrick. now, when a global outage left facebook and its family of apps inaccessible to its billions of users for hours on monday, the internet had a field day. the #instagramdown trended on twitter and people around the world use the the outage to poke fun and share frustration. look at. this even corporations got in on the act. twitter tweeted, hello literally everyone, on the company's main account. mcdonald's seized the opportunity in the spotlight to ask twitter, hi, what can i get you? the official twitter account responded 59.6 million nuggets for my friends. he showed his ability to shine next to an injured person representing facebook. you can see the instagram and what's app. >>> one user on twitter making a netflix squid game series reference about the outage. it is one of netflix's most popular shows. >>> and the story, if you bought your powerball ticket in morrow ba

and tonight the boston red sox are, at this moment, showering themselves in champagne. the sox, having won their playoff series, and boston will sleep tonight with dreams of another world series. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 265 of the biden administration. there appears to be a new effort to amplify the lie of a stolen election, the lie that laid the groundwork for the sacking of our capitol. and let's not forget the attempt to overturn our presidential election. this comes as the january 6th committee is escalating its effort to uncover critical information about what happened on 1/6. this week former trump aides to donald trump are sched

i'm scheduled to be hitting a grand slam for the boston red sox. everybody gets a turn. now it's time for ow the last word." good evening, lawrence. >> rachael, i don't get it. you're doing a live tv show from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. i you don't see how you would have any idea how many grand slams have been hit in boston tonight. because, i he mean, how could you? you're -- because you don't have your brother bill texting you the score like i do right here. telling me exactly when the grand slams come in. i'll do my part. i know how this works. it's all right. >> rachael, i was fascinated by your interview with congresswoman because -- especially because she actually did say the words, in her first response, well, i can't say what was actually said in the meeting. whereupon in the audience you kind of go, all right, do we go to the commercial now? like what's left to talk about? but it was very revealing and very, very helpful. for me, studying every little wrinkle of this. the for me the most single important fact that we know about the meeting is that it was two hours long.

we will see you again tomorrow, when i'm scheduled to be hitting a grand slam for the boston red sox. everybody gets a turn. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> rachel, i don't get, it you're doing a live tv show from nine to 10 pm. i don't see how you would have any idea how many grand slams have been hit in boston tonight. because, how could do? because you don't have your brother bill texting knew the score like i do, right here, telling me exactly when the grand slams are coming in. >> i'm just telling you, everybody within driving distance of fenway park, is scheduled for one over the course -- and i'll do my part, i. no i know how this works, it's all right. >> rachel i was fascinating by your interview with congresswoman pramila jayapal, especially because she actually did th

>> the houston astros clinched the american league title knocking off the boston red sox last night thanks to a lawsuit inning three -- late inning three-run homer. will they face the dodgers or the braves? we could find out later today, saturday, october 23, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. >>> welcome to today. thapgs for joining us on this saturday morning. reunited and it feels good. a good old fashioned cold. >> nice to have you back, and you're back on a busy day. >>> we want to start with the top story, the details released last night revealing what happened when alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed the cinematographer killing the director on the set. new court documents. >> reporter: court records reveal that alec baldwin was told the gun was cold or without bullets or, in fact, the gun was loaded. the district attorney's office said it's unclear if charges will be filed in this case. but we're hearing from experts there's likely more than one person to blame for such a tragic accident. >> this morning h

manchester city against boston red sox. and it was what you said, two heavy weights. a little struggle but 59 minutes. the peyton and eli manning on monday night football broadcast. that was a no one finish. there is the glorious warrior. look at this. just america, just look at these moves. scoop, there it's. go with the season candidate that can also win "dancing with the stars." what a dead may never die. to tenacious. kevin, deflection. >> akin to muhammad ali by people in cleats. it was poetic. >> oh, my god. >> you want to go to chelsea? nothing -- >> let's go to chelsea. >> nothing like this. oh, look at this. a shooting gallery ending with chillwell and a fastball of a finish straight down the pipe. they are now top. yeah for excel spread sheets. and manchester united hos -- injuries stricken everton runs on fumes but this is like the scene from rocky iv where old rocky realizes he can bleed. and then look at this. ronaldo's signature celebration. manchester united the og media of the premier league. >> you say that with daddy here. it burns. >> i'm a sort of

red sox take down the rival new york yankees >> the throw to the plate is in time to get him. >> an exciting start to begin the race to the world series today, wednesday, october 6th, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >>> hey, everybody welcome to "today. we are so happy you're joining us savannah is on assignment. a lot of yankees fans not so happy in new york. >> a lot of red sox fans are happy. >>> first to that breaking facebook news, francis haugen testified before congress claiming the social media giant's platform harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy. >> zuckerberg hitting back overnight saying the testimony paints a false picture of his company and that it's frustrating to see its work get mischaracterized >> in just a moment, we're going to speak with journalist tara swisher who spent years covering facebook but first, hallie. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you this is the first time we are hearing from facebook's mark zuckerberg in his full-throated defen

red sox win it! >> that is boston's christian vazquez, walking the red sox off with a 6-4 win over the tampa bay rays in game three of the american league division series. it had looked like the rays were going to take the lead when with two outs kevin kiermaier set a fly ball to right field. total free play. had the ball not bounced over the fence, diaz would have ealy scored. instead it's ruled a ground rule double and he was held at third and the score remained tied at 4-4. according to the rule book, it was called correctly, but i imagine mlb officials will be looking at that one at the end of the season. no matter, the red sox take a two of three-game lead with paunch to the world series. it would cap a huge day for boston sports as the city prepares for return of the boston marathon. >>> the white sox in the franchise's first playoff game in 13 years. the a.l. central champs stay alive. the astros will have a chance to close out the series in game four this afternoon. >>> it will be another act

featured, couple of the games, yankees, red sox, boston under the lights. 3800 could anyone figure out garret coal? xander could. a two inning off that high price starter. it opened the scores. third inning, he has man strength. 435 feet, gone. 3-0 red sox. what a trip. yankees tried to claw back into the 6th inning. stanton off the fabled green monster wall. yanks keeps sent judge to score. unwise decision. relay through, got him. the red sox and it's first postseason, winning it all in 2018. one big, 6-2. they advance to play the rays in the division series starting tomorrow. >> i don't think there is many people that picked us probably to win this game. you know, we all have faith in ourselves. we knew what we would go out and do tonight. we just had to execute. we did so we are going to enjoy tonight. >> guys are bummed. guys are -- you poor a lot into this. >>> back here, the giants got after it in its first work out since they won the division. there was mike who swung a bat, so did chris bryant but the brdon bell yesterday fielding ground balls with that splint on his fractured

another day, another grand slam for the red sox. boston, three grand slams in the 162-game season, erica, they've hit three in three games against the astros. the red sox the first team ever to have three grand slams in a postseason series. happened last night. bottom of the second. kyle schwarber tees off on that one, 6-0. the fans having a good time all night long as boston rolled in game three 12-3 to make it a 2-1 lead in the series. game four tonight. game three of the nlcs with the braves and dodgers is at 5:00 eastern on tbs. and the new nba season tips off tonight with two incredible matchups. the brooklyn nets, the favorites to win the nba championship, this despite the team telling superstar kyrie irving to stay away while he's unvaccinated and regulations in new york prevent him from playing home games. lebron and the lakers the second favorites followed by milwaukee and golden state. the bucks get things started tonight, getting the championship rings. lakers and warriors, watch that on tnt 7:30 eastern. one of those spo

and in boston the red sox tasted defeat in front of their own fans tuesday night. they were leading 2-1 until the 8th inning. in the 9th, the astros taking total control to power their way to the 9-2 victory. series now level at two apiece. in uefa champions league, a sell-out penalty, proving the difference in madrid as liverpool win. a penalty, cool as you like as french giants had the same score as in paris. with that, isa, it's right back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> now, apparently making it to age 95 isn't that impressive. an aide to queen elizabeth declined being named aulde of the year. they say the queen doesn't meet the relevant criteria. because her queen the majesty says you are as old as you feel. the oldie is keeping the queen on its cover. good on her. >>> and that does it for us. thanks very much for joining. i'm isa soares. early start with christine romans and laura jarrett is next. they'll have more on president biden's economic agenda which includes a new price tag. do stay right here, and i shall see you tomorrow morning. bye-bye. do you

tom: i would ask the former mayor of boston with the red sox are doing. lisa: i'm sure the interviewer will take a lot of time talking about the red sox. joe biden is going to discuss the jobs report from the white house. how much will he talk about the debt ceiling, kicking the can down the road. are we creating a serious problem for ourselves? jonathan: i'm wondering if i should just let tom do it. tom: i think the gentleman -- we've got jobs day, we've got a lot to talk about. the gentleman from dorchester will have an opinion. jonathan: randy, help me read the fed to leaves. what do you think the number needs to be to get it done? >> go cubs. lisa: thank you. jonathan: carry-on. >> i think unless it's a disastrous number, they are on a clear path. what we are looking for is what's happening with wages. we had that low print, the number of jobs create a. that's not because there wasn't a lot of demand. it's because supply was tight. people are being picky about choosing their jobs. it could mean a strong job market. lisa: when do we have enough data to

they're going to head to boston after the red sox rally from a 5-1 deficit. raphael devers. gave the sox a 7-5 victory. red sox host the yankees tomorrow night. the winner versus the rays. san francisco giants claiming the national league west title. the giants winning a franchise record 10 seven game. that game on our sister network, tbs. i have to feel bad for the dodgers and their fans. they won 106 games and they have to play in the wild card game. one loss and their season is over. >> that's for sure. thank you, appreciate it. >>> can democrats reset this week to sav the president's agenda? we'll discuss next. we see a close up of the grille ...an overhead shot. she drives hands free along the coast. make it palm springs. cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off - script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyric. jo good morning, everyone. >> this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. 32 minutes past the hoar. time for the top stories. >> a bunch of social networks. facebook over and over again chose to optimize fo

we go to boston, after carlos altuve ties the game, the red sox tagged the bullpen for a team playoff record seven wins in the ninth all with two outs. and a 9-2 win ties the best of a.l. championship series at two games apiece. but before houston offensive spree, here's what people are talking about today. a controversial call by home plate umpire laz diaz, the red sox starter walking off. that, my friends is a strike. instead, it's called a ball. and that continues castro goes to center field. scoring the run. and boston will take the open to the series tonight in houston. whoever wins tonight likely wins the series. >>> meanwhile, after leading the new york yankees to the four season manager aaron boone has been resigned until 2025. the yankees fell short in expectations this season. with an early leave to the loss to the sox. and winning the 2009 title under manager joe girardi in the last season. >>> the bucks with their win over the eastern conference rival brooklyn. and giannis led the with kevin durant with a game high. kyrie irving not there. and in los angeles, the new look

you want to look at liverpool football club owned by the boston red sox. they maintain form. an ecstatic rampage capped by moe sala. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> he can jive, having the time of his life. this is not choreographed. this is a man no -- he wants to be like fred jestaire. he'll never dance alone. this is exquisite. he is a gorgeous human being. the best player in world football right now. there is no doubt. a big story that solves geo politics, the middle east, the premier league, new castle united. taken over by a public investment arm of the saudi arabian government. it was taken over in front of the stadium. public urging of amnesty international. joy. they look like brazil in disguise. liquid football, but all that football soon turns to ashes in new castle's mouth. first what's known in the trade as a wolf blitzer. straight into the situation room. and then england's captain, struck one for tottenham. new castle suddenly the richest team in the premier league with saudi arabian backing. this was a reality check for a story of geo politics, human rights,

we got america's team, the boston red sox squaring off the astros. >> that's a brutal way. the giants had such a great season, great ballpark and fans. mike, i suspect you will be staying into watch the red sox game. you guys have tried to paint the red sox despite their massive payroll and they have been a dynasty the last few years, how are you feeling going into it? >> i feel pretty good going into it. you think it's the little engines coming uphill and chugging along all along and alex core, no big stars. the team is very focused. houston suffered a grievance lost to listens mccaulogh. chris sails got his problems straighten out. he'll be on the hill tonight. i am looking forward to a good series and looking for boston to come back to the series. at least one game to one. >> they're a team that had the fourth worst record in baseball. our whole season was that one game playoffs against the yankees. they won that. they were the under dog and certainly against the astros. they are. they were against the race, too. they won that series. now they're in the final four, why n

. >> so, mika, ann does have him on an allowance that includes four really good boston red sox tickets. we heard in the story about the lawyers, and if you're around and i know this is a lawyer, sometimes you'd get a good case but people, a senior partner running down and looking, hey you, the guy with the big nose, what's your name, joe, here, take this, finish this for me, i'm going to the courthouse, i'm going to come back and have it done by then, you do a good job, you get more cases. your story that we told on 9/11 talked about how you got down to 9/11 and how you got down to 9/11 to report there for a couple of weeks is you showed up early, you went there early because you wanted to see if there was anything at the assignment desk, and it's the same thing, we talked about it with the law. also the same thing with media. if you're around the newsroom, if you're there waiting when news breaks, they may see you, even if you're new like you were and go, hey, we got a story. get out there. if you're around that, it happens. again, i want to premise this by saying we understand we're

a big spot in the 6th, 3-1 red sox. the second time in the game, the perfect relay to get aaron judge at the plate. boston crowd just goes wild. they partied the rest of the night as red sox send the yankees packing 6-2. >> you feed off that energy. red sox nation brought it tonight. and we needed it, and you can't say enough about the crowd tonight. >> guys are crushed. tonight was another tough one, tough one to, tough one to take. and we've been through a lot of wars with guys in that room, you know. we've got a lot of scars. so guys are, guys are bummed. >> the national league wild card game, dodgers take center stage. dodgers won 106 games this year, but their season could end in one game tonight. 106 wins, the most ever for a team not to win their division. but tonight's starter for the dod dodgers max sherzer says don't feel sorry for them. >> you have to win your division. we didn't win our division. there's no crying in baseball. the second place wild card game. >> you throw streaks, stats out the window. anyth

up to the plate, epic celebratory video out of boston as the red sox pop bottles after the big wild card game win. absolutely ecstatic drinking champagne and blasting water in the locker room. they beat their rival and a 6-2 victory. it will face the tampa bay rays thursday. cuteness alert. many golden doodle from connecticut has been busy tending to its owner's newborn triplets. you can see his legs but he is bouncing perfectly on the ottoman to lean over and say high and get a nice snack, a nice width of just how great babies smell. careful and well done. and finally, homeowner set up of people crossing his pristine lawn all the time so he decided to take matters into his own hands setting up automatic sprinklers to avoid traffic from strangers. some folks say it's a little bit petty, others think it's downright genius and what's happened when people walk in the sensory kicks it off and then to get sprayed. what do you think? i think it's genius. had a sub on social media to weigh in on this and if you get any videos you want to share. issues and a modest opec -- continuing to push up

that will put boston up by 6 red sox roll 12. the 3, 7 straight postseason win at fenway game 4 tomorrow. that's your look at sports. back to you guys. all right. thank you jason. not coming up and you've ever felt like your phone is vibrating in your pocket and it's not. >> you're not alone. details on what's called the phantom phon >> a little of her named lincoln got a big birthday celebration today at the zoo in oregon. the oregon zoo in portland, lincoln turn for morning has come a long way since being found stranded in california's morrow bay harbor back in 2000. 17. he had apparently been abandoned by his mother today. the zoo calls him the prince of see pups and he is a big favorite. he so adorable. he celebrated his birthday by hanging out in the water, playing with his toys and lapping up a lot of attention. so we say happy birthday to >> some people insist occasionally they feel like their phones are going off in their pockets. but nothing's, there, they're not crazy. there's a new study saying many americans experienc

i hate to break it to boston fans, but the red sox have a playoff game at fenway this afternoon. >>> our next high goes to a virginia dad named roland holland, getting a second taste of viral stardom for his enthusiastic support of his daughter and her cheerleading squad. ♪♪ >> that is holland at last weekend's homecoming game in virginia moving perfectly in sync with the cheer team. he's a retired air force major who has learned every move to the touchdown routine. he earned the nickname cheer dad after going viral in 2019. he is still at it. way to go, dad. >> our final logos to another cheer leader whose moves are, no offense, a bit more robotic. ♪♪ >> that's our old pal and future overlord spot the robo dog taking the field during the missouri, tennessee game alongside the school's marching band. spot who belongs to missouri's college of engineering doing some twerking as part of the halftime show, and absolutely no halftime show, and absolutely no one asked for that. if you want to go from "i don't got it" to "i got this" well, then get this. a deliciously bold, smooth e

the red sox win 6-4 in the 13th inning. boston can wrap up the series with a win tonight. it's one of four playoff games on the schedule beginning with brewers and rays. john berman smiling after a big boston win is what i love to see. >> it's like five hours. it was going on forever. i'm in bed at the end of the game, you know, it was lunchtime when i started watching it, and i was in bed at the end of the game. it was so fulfilling. >> it was magical stuff. >> all right, coy, thank you very much. >>> and cnn's coverage continues right now. >> good morning, i'm erica hill, jim is off today. happening right now, thousands of passengers are stranded at airports across the country after southwest airlines canceled hundreds of flights this morning, and that of course only adds to the chaos of the past 48 hours. take a look at this video, these are passengers last night at the denver airport. you see just waiting, looking at phones. over the weekend, southwest canceled more than 2,000 flights.

for the playoff game between the astros and red sox, but the plane never got off the ground >> the airplane rolled down the runway, struck an actual fence, and from there became disabled. >> reporter: the plane involved, 34 years old. no u.s. airline still flies the md-80 series of planes. the cause of today's crash unknown, but what investigators find could be crucial to the few foreign airlines that still fly it tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> tonight, the congressional committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol is voting to recommend holding a top adviser to former president trump in contempt, trying to compel steve bannon to respond to a subpoena for testimony and documents related to the riot here's garrett haake. >> reporter: tonight, lawmakers taking a first step towards compelling a former top trump adviser to tell them what he knew about the planning for the january 6th attack or face potential prosecution. the committee investigating the attack on the capitol voting tonight to recommend holding steve bannon in contempt of congress why is it important that this

for the astros and red sox game four tonight. >>> dozens of new york cops facing misconduct charges for actions during last year's black lives matter protests. the civilian complaint review board is an oversight agency for the new york city police department it reports it received more than 700 complaints amid violent protests across the city so far, it completed 127 investigations that substantiated 42 of the complaints of those they contained 91 allegations of misconduct against 65 officers. the board now recommends disciplinary charges for abuse u of authority, use of force, blasio says training is the key making untruthful statements, ac and offensive language has worked implicit bias training has worked but we have to do more. >> the civilian complaint review the new york city mayor bill de blasio says training is the key to stopping this behavior. >> i'm not happy to see even a single officer potentially having done the wrong thing but it is a force of 35,000. i want to put that in perspective. i think de-escalation training has worked implicit bias training has worked but we