TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. Our Sports Lead now, at this point, they are like that old car. You keep sinking money into hoping to recapture some of the glory days before the intake hose was a Pringles can. "USA Today" reports that the New York Yankees will pay a record $29 million luxury tax this season. That is a lot more than the Houston Astros current payroll. The Yankees currently have $236 million payroll for purposes of the luxury tax and way over the $178 million threshold. They have been trying to work within a budget to get under the line next year. With A-Rod it could be a problem. The Buried Lead, that's we call stories not getting a lot of attention, maybe the closest to finding out which came first, the chicken or the egg because we now know eggs don't need chickens at all apparently. A new product is hitting the market called chickenless eggs. They won't look like what you see here. It will be a plant based mixture that tastes just like the real thing. A company called Hampton Creek Foods makes the product and it is attracting high profile investors like Bill Gates. The Pop Culture Lead, there are only three episodes left at ANC's hit show, "Breaking Bad," but this should help with the withdrawal. Today, ANC announced a spin off starring Bob Oden Kirk's character. The morally flexible attorney at law, Saul Goodman, that doesn't necessarily mean that Saul will survive the end of "Breaking Bad." The new one hour show is billed as a prequel to the series. The working title is, what else, "Better Call Saul." That's it for THE LEAD. I am Jake Tapper. I will be back later tonight at 11 p.m. Eastern, 8:00 p.m. Pacific for one hour live special "Crisis in Syria Decision Point." I now turn you over to Wolf Blitzer in "THE SITUATION ROOM."
Fourth Place Yanks Face Record Luxury Tax; "Breaking Bad" Spin Off Happening