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Never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if you're a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. >> as we say fair well, let's get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call racism in the tea party. calling that divisive and a lie. is this about racism or

politics? we'll talk about that tonight. also, on day 85 of the disaster in the gulf. we have a new reason to keep a very close eye live in the underwater camera. any moment we'll find whether the newest cap will pass a critical test. that will tell us whether bp finally shuts off the flow of oil after all. the littest investigation, the drug scourge killing more americans every year, they're not street drugs, they are prescription drugs, shockingly easy to get. we have a lot of ground to cover. but we'll begin with the number one story. naacp versus the tea party. now it's getting p...

The spores world. larry king, a very good friend of george steinbrenner. thank you for joining us by phone. i want to go now to josh levs who is watching the tributes pour in on the internet. what do you have there? >> any time we hear of the death of a public figure, even this guy who is loved and times not loved, that's what you get today. twitter is going wild. here's one, you can imagine that up in heaven billy martin is running around saying, for god sakes, make room for the boss. regardless of how anyone feels about baseball, he did so many wonderful things for tampa and will be missed. ...

Baseball twice, for illegal contributions made to richard nixon's 1972 campaign fund and in 1990 for paying a gambler to collect information on dave winfield. under steinbrenner, the payroll reached record numbers, the highest in major league baseball history. in the 1970s, no other owner had as much success with the free agent player market as he did. the strategy of acquiring big names didn't always produce a title. overall with steinbrenner in the owner's box, he won six world championships. >> the yankees are champions of baseball! >> reporter: steinbrenner enjoyed the limelight, starring ...

Age 80. he was an incredible and charitable man. he was devoted to his entire family, beloved wife joan, sisters and children and all of his grandchildren. he was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. he took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again. mr. steinbrenner recently celebrated his birthday on july 4th. funeral arrangements will be private and a public service with detail tobs announced at a later date. >> lie talk to you a little bit more about hs his life and career. obviously, we have people pouring in with thoughts about them. i pulled this up...