rbis and they did it against the pitch who are has dominated the american league at least over the first month of the season. he was 4-0 coming in. but how about this his first five starts held the opponents to a .206 batting average, had not allowed a run at home in 15 innings in any start coming into this game today. what did the orioles do? they pouns on in him 6 innings. any time you can get that kind of production against one of the top pitchers in the league, oh, can the confidence do. >> early on in the game i thought there was going to be trouble because two of the first three batters you faced were swinging at the change-up but it seemed like i said, one time through the order, second time through, everybody started getting better pitches to hit. always better to be lucky than good. >> jeremy guthrie had -- i

thought really the big inning for guthrie in this game was in the bottom of the third because the orioles had scored two to tie the game at 2 and then guthrie came up and oh, did he dominate that inning. tell us about that third? >> he really d orlando hudson comes up and this is what they've had trouble giving up runs. right back up the middle again, very good play by izturis, covers the ball well up the middle. gets the runner at 1st base. look at the pitch on justin morneau. this is where he really started to make good pitches. they score some rains at the same time. jeremy guthrie with his first win of the season. >> here's the roller coaster it's been for the year, he was outstanding in his first three starts, 0-2 with search earned runs. his last three starts, 30-2 but 14 runs, 13 earned runs, so not a very good e.r.a. and today he

goes 6 and two thirds. guthrie snaps his personal 8-game losing streak and again the thing about guthrie is when he's able to command his pitches as he did today, he got a lot of calls in the black of the plate and had he a very good change-up, when he is commanding those pitches, all those secondary pitches come into. >> you know what i liked about his performance today, giving up the two home runs, he could have easily dropped his head and said, oh, here we go again, but no, he kept grinding it out. it just seems like he finished that ball game with the most confidence i've seen him walk off the field with yet. >> the orioles win it by a final of 7-3. they have won the first two games in the series. another game coming up tonight on masn. the evening portion. play masn maximum access fantasy baseball. fans log on today, join a league or form your own league. get on line, masnsports.com.

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♪ you gotta evolve ♪ if you want a revolution, the only solution, evolve ♪ ♪ you gotta evolve ♪ if you want a revolution, the only solution, evolve ♪ . our prospect player is josh bell, 9-19 with three home runs and 8 rbis. he has a home run in each of his last three games. josh bell in the same week in which andy mcphail put his hitters on notice, if you don't produce, you'll be replaced, josh bell gets hot. six home runs, three coming in the last three games and 18 rbis on the year. and rick you're beginning to see what's going on here in the orioles minor league system. ryan hughes was on a tear, he got promoted these other hitters are beginning to notice.

even brand don schneider who is struggling right now one of the reasons orioles have other options going on. we're not suggesting josh bell is anywhere near being called up but it's nice to know that a guy who is regarded as a top prospect is getting noticed. >> i talked to the general manager of the norfolk tides, he said i don't know if the kid is going to hit with any power. in the blink of an eye, he put up six home runs. now he's pretty happy about having josh bell up there. >> you know the other thing that we're beginning to see with the way the minor leagues is being run, we saw it with alfredo simone, so he was a starter, now he's the orioles closer. you have josh bell at 3rd base who is regarded as the third

baseman of the future but brandon wearing who was playing 3rd base is now playing 1st base in double a. he's a home run hitter. you put him at 1st base, brandon go out and hit all those home runs and in a couple of years, maybe you'll be the 1st base man at the orioles. >> you have to juggle at times. you never know really a lot of position players get moved around through the course of their career depending on what's going on at the major league level. but what i really like about josh bell and a few of the other guys we have down there is we're developing left-handed power, and that's what ewe need in this ball -- that's what we need in this ballpark. you like to see guys coming up and getting the hitters count and hitting the ball without forcing it too much. bell has a nice i can kwik swing, short and right not -- a

nice quick swing, shrt and right to the ball. >> make them notice in the big league front office. let's get a look at other games, tigers and indians, no score in the 4th. two out. scott size more with a double. this will clear the bases and the tigers take a 3-0 lead. big base hit there for scott sizemore. bottom of the 6th, tigers leading 3-1. bases loaded, austin kerns. it's -- and that gives the tigers a lead of 5-3. they're in the top of the 9th now and the tigers leading it 6-4. big day tore austin jackson, he's really making a push for rookie of the year early on.

sizemore 1-3 with three rbis. elsewhere in the american league, bottom of the third at fenway park, yankees leading the red sox 2-1 after new york won the opener last night in a blowout. tancha bay will get going here in just about two minutes. tampa bay in first place in the east at home against the oakland athletics. there are other games in the american league east, yankees in bofrp and rays are at home. in minneapolis, day one part of the day-night double header, orioles beat the twins 7-3. %

. the orioles get home following this series in minnesota, the seattle mariners will come to camden yards wednesday, thursday and friday. the orioles will take on the mariners the first of a three-game home stand. come on out and join us. here's the upcoming schedule the

evening part of the day-night double header at 8 p.m. tonight. rick and i back with you at 7:30 and thefy the the finale at 8:00. >> kevin, millwood who's been pitching very well could use some of support jeremy guthrie got today. this is exactly what the orioles need. they're 8th out here on the mound. a chance to pick up two games in one day. that would be a beautiful thing. he's been throwing the ball well. we need to give him a little bit of support. show him the love, jim. >> gary thorne told us it's going to be very cold tonight so the pitchers certainly will be in command and have the edge. baker on the mound for minnesota, he's not off to a great start but he's pitched well against the orioles. >> he has. he's kept his walks down and he's been able to at least get a

pretty good record so far this season. e.r.a. isn't all that great. the orioles have a shot at putting up runs against him. >> the orioles won it by a final of 7-3. big day for julio lugo. amber is with lugo. >> you said all along that you need to play to get your numbers up the past couple opportunities you've had have had multi hit games. what do you feel is working for you? >> i feel good physically and mentally, and i hit the ball and fortunately it's going to the right place. i feel good. i just need to play. >> you've seen liriano before, what did you see from him today that the whole team was able to get 12 hits, take advantage of? >> i thought he had good stuff today. the whole team, i think we was a little aggressive. he didn't get to people in strikeout situations. >> you tie what a guy like ty wigginton was able to do a guy

who was a utility player last year, do you see how easy the equation is here if you hit you stay in? >> this game, that's what it is. if you hit, you're going to play. where, i don't know, but if you hit you're going to play. >> leading off is, is that a place you feel comfortable? >> yeah i do. >> got some pede up there. >> yeah, got some speed. >> can you steal some bases? >> yeah, i can steal some bases. >> three and a five with a rbi. look at those numbers, 6-9 and an rbi. amber is so busy at target field. let's go right back. now she's with jeremy guthrie. >> you struggled to put up runs with you on the mound, what does that do for you as a pitcher? >> it's a great pick up. makes you want to pick them up as well, you go out there and get those runs like that. really when i don't think a

whole bunch of people expected a bunch of runs today against francisco, so as pitchers, we strive very hard this year to -- to put up a zero after we score. our hitters carried the momentum through the two innings back to back and put on some big tackon runs later in the game. >> there are judgments you made after the 1st inning? >> i don't think anyone would consider that a bad pitch to morneau. it was a one-one change-up below his knees, so that's a matter of identifying what pitch it was, analyzing it, realizing it was a good pitch and a hitter did a better job on it than i would have hoped for. so he made a -- he took a great swing. doesn't affect anything i'm doing because ultimately i wanted that change-ups.

so next time at bat i'm going to change-up again and get a better result. >> relief to get the zero off your stat line? >> certainly, yes. you know, like i said, i strive to go out and help our team win and it's nice to be able to contribute to a win and i'm excited for the team that we've won two games in a rowand had a chance for a double header sweep tonight. >> jeremy guthrie picks up his first win on the year. o's xtra challenge, oh, did i need this win i picked the only left-handed batter in the line-up and nick march cass i can came through, scored a run and got in position. even stole a base. although matt wieters did get a base hit, scored a run, so i'm back within four. you're still in the lead and you're bragging about it. >> i'm not bragging. i'm happy for nick. >> you can't leave because you might not come back. here's what the fans can do. we're coming back at 7:30 for

the pregame show for the second game, why not go out and enjoy a nice dinner and come back later and join us. rick dempsey an our intercrew, jim hunter, thanks for joining was the orioles win the day part of the day-night hunter. a big day at the plate for orioles, seven runs on 12 hits. enjoy your next couple of hours, everybody. see you back here at 7:30. in the "pepperation." now, for only $5.99, enjoy our famous house-made chips and salsa, and our hot, tasty soups, like chicken enchilada or the new chicken and green chile. slow-smoked chicken topped with ripe avocado and fresh cilantro. plus, enjoy our new house salad with hand-cut romaine topped with fire-roasted corn. all with unlimited refills. it's chili's bottomless express lunch for just $5.99. for a limited time. only at chili's.

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>> the nhl has suspended texas linebacker brian cushing four games for violating the league's performance enhancing drug policy. he was the defensive rookie of the year last season. general manager rick smith says the team is -- quote -- "disappointed." cushing, for his part, released a statement today -- quote -- "i was substance tested randomly by the nhl during the 2009 season. the results of those tests indicated the presence of a nonsteroidal banned substance. i believe we presented compelling evidence during the appeal process to challenge the test results and i disagree with and am disappointed by the suspension. bound by the leagu decision of e league, i regret the situation it presents to the texas organization, my teammates and our fans." >> the next step for the top overall pick, steven strasburg, appears to be just another steppingstone to the big leagues. he struck out six in six innings of work in his abdel aziz

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at least that is the theory of kyl. and jamie demurray is on the pole for tonight's race. it's the second pole of the season for the 500 leader. >> it's really challenging to practice in the sub and then racsun and thenpractice under t. i'm not sure what you'll have. the racetrack -- you industrial to race the racetrack and you don't have the pace that the guys around you have, you just have to back up and run with what your car will do. s>> jeff gore son has finished second a lot lately. tonight he will start second. last year's winner, mark martin,

starts next to ryan newman on row three. and not seen on this page is jimmie johnson. he will start 22nd, his worst starting position of the season. that said, it is worth noting that johnson started this race last year in 42nd. he finished second. espn nascar analyst rusty wallace, who are you picking to win in tonight's place? >> here at darlington, south carolina, i'm picking jamie mcmurray to win the race tonight. he's been very fast. he's on the pole with a brand-new track record and jamie flat knows how to get around this racetrack. in fact, he's won the nationwide race here driving for me. so my pick for tonight's race, jamie mcmurray. >> and keep in mind, post-race press conferences right here on espnews after the race. nascar now is back monday with the round-table addition o editn espn2. back to you. >> thank you. once the race goes final, make sure you're right here on espnews. we'll have the live news conferences of the winning driver, crew chief and others.

that's following tonight's race at darlington. >> this is a rematch of one of the most controversial decisions in the history. two different fighting styles on display. and espn2 will have coverage of mma live 9:00 eastern over on the deuce. >> keep you current here on espnews -- "philly inquirer" reporting that the 76ers are going to interview sam mitchell. and also they're going to interview thunder dan, dan majerle and momty williams on monday. and mccamey and mike davis withdrew their names from the nba draft. they're returning for their senior season. and joe vak djokovic has withdrew from the ma drad open masters on friday due -- madrid open masters on friday due to

illness and injuries. >> top stories coming up here on espnews -- phil mickelson, mover and shaker at spaw grass. by the end of the weekend, he could be number 1 in the world. >> the mets unbelievable at home. as of right now, they're in as of right now, they're in extras with the giants. [ male announcer ] professionals need to perform

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>> coming up on espnews -- these days it's phil's world and

we're all just living in it. even tiger. mickelson at sawgrass. >> the yankees continue to rule the roost in their rival's house. >> and en route to a potential finals rematch, kobe and dwight hit the road. they're trying to put strangleholds on their respective series. >> let's get you caught up on some of the afternoon action.

>> it's another half-hour of espnews. i'm bram weinstein. kobe and dwight appear to be heading into ho-hum game threes. we'll have a preview of both. but we start with tiger and phil where the pressure is on both of them and one of them really responded today. >> it's moving day and phil mickelson just doesn't go down the street, he changes time zones. mickelson shoots a 66 as we check out the leaderboard. third-round action at the t.p.c. more on michel monday? just c.at sawgrass. more on mickelson in a moment. heath slocum is now tied with

lee westwood. now for mickelson. he was bogey-free on his entire round until he got to 18, the lone mark on his card, a bogey on 18. phil mickelson at nine under for the championship. he was pretty much pleased with his day today.. >> i played well today. i mean, i certainly had a good -- had a good run on the front nine shooting five under there, made a couple birdies the back, unfortunately let one go on the last but it was a good day. i thought that as the round wore on, i thought played progressively more difficult. the backside pins were very challenging, yet i went inside the scorer's tent and saw that there were a number of scores in the 60's. so there's some birdies out there. well, it was windy when we played but the greens were a little more receptive this morning. i think the course evolved like i thought it would. in the afternoon, it's getting more difficult. the greens are firmer and the balls hard to get stopped. i don't think that the ball's rolling quite as true as well in the afternoon and so it's --

it's not going to be easy. i felt like things started to click a little bit today and i think i have a -- i think i've got one more low round in me. i just hope that it will be enough, that i'll be within striking distance. >> phil mickelson's 66, that's tied for his third best round at the players championship. mickelson looking pretty good as we move on. tiger woods, how about him? one under on the day, 71. he's now at four under for the championship. you could pretty much say this has been up and down for tiger woods. 31 on the front side. two bogeys there. a 36 on the backside, two bogeys. he bogeyed 17 and 18, not the way you want to finish. tiger nontoo please noon too pls up-and-down day. >> i had it going for a little bit. i thought i played kind of -- you know, if i would have birdied 16 and 17, i would have been right back in the tournament. it depends what the leaders do, obviously, but if i would have

posted eight, i thought i would have been right there. the wind is all over the place. it is swirling. scottie and i were playing 12 and a simple little wedge shot in there from a hundred yards and it's downwind, into the wind, it was right to left, then it was left to right. i mean, we had all four directions going. and it -- it's tough out there. you don't turn this thing around, you know, overnight and just go out there and play, you know, great golf. this is a process, and especially since i haven't played at all, i just need more rounds and, you know, luckily i got two rounds on the weekend. >> wendy knicks is at the t.p.c. at sawgrass and joins us now. wendy, phil mickelson shoots a blistering 31 on the front side, very much in contention. did he predict as much after his round yesterday? pred >> a little bit clairvoyant, p perhaps, deuces, he did and for a number of reasons, i think primarily because he didn't hit

the ball well for two days.e he knew is was coming. he wasn't out of contention obviously, even though he hadn't played well, and typically that makes guys feel good knowing they haven't played well and haven't shot themselves out of it completely. he was also aware that the course was going to play quite a bit easier this morning than it was this afternoon.tneves are we did not have this windsa dis that's picking up and the greens are drying out and getting faster as the day goes on so the leaders that are going off now he believes are at a slight disadvantage because the course is playing slightly more difficult. he predicted he would be able to make a move today. as you heard him say, he thinks he has another round in him.e it just depends on it's enough on sunday afternoon. if he should finish in the top five and tiger out, he wouldiger become number one. it's up to phil mickelson to win here at the t.p.c.ewhat >> speaking of tiger, it seems like we're all waiting for him to turn it on. a 71 today. somewhat uneven again.s what can you attribute this to? >> i think it's a matter of time and rust. he said so today.me.

today was just his ninth fr competitive round since the playoff.e it just takes time. practice rounds differ from competitive rounds and i think what you're seeing is at times him hit the ball very, very well and at other times not so. he's going to have to close that gap and become, as you said, more consistent. that's what he's struggling with right now and, quite honestly, i just think it's going to take some time. bhat h he acknowledged this week forgl the first time, at least the first time i heard, that some of these issues he's dealing with off the course have impacted hie game and that he's going to havh to continue to reconcile what he does off and what he does on the course.ave and i think that's going to take a bit more practice. >> meanwhile, everybody else will take advantage.tice. wendy knicks in ponte vedre beach, florida. thank you so much. >> thank you. wk es >> now on espn.com, our jason sobel providing live analysis of the players championship. get his expert opinion as it happens on espn.com.j >> orioles and twins. rain last night forced a day-night double-header today. bases loaded and two outs.

that's nick markakis to the gap. two runs come in. orioles tied the game at 2-2. next inning, bases loaded. markakis back at the plate again. this right up the box. no play. one run scores. orioles go up 5-3. they win this game 7-3, your final. jeremy guthrie gets his first win of the season. francisco liriano takes his first loss of the season. markakis, .457 batting average in his last ten games, including nine r.b.i.'s. one other note, manager rod gardner says catcher joe mower is really close to returning from that heel injury. >> tigers and indians, justin verlander was 4-0 last season against the tribe. bottom six, indians down 3-0. bases loaded for austin kearnsment two runs score. indians tie the game at 3-3. same count in the seventh inning.

bases loaded for detroit. miguel cabrera, what a season he's having. austin jackson and jny damon comjohnny damoncome in to score. cabrera with two r.b.i.'s today now has 32 on the season. that's top in the american league. this win snaps a two-game losing streak for detroit. meanwhile, cleveland has lost five games in a row. >> get you caught up at fenway park. yankees and red sox knotted up at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. boston getting to c.c. sabathia in the third. darnell mcdonald with a solo homer. a couple batters later, victor martinez with a two-run shot. the yankees, cervelli has an r.b.i. single. yankees looking for their sixth straight victory. robinson cano in there despite being plunked on the knee last

night by josh beckett and johnson placed on the 15-day d.l. with a wrist injury. >> looks like a beautiful day in queens, new york, to go see a ball game if you ignore all the trash that is flying around the ball field at citi field. when this goes final, wait until you see the highlight of this. 4-4, trash getting in the way of the giants and the mets. pablo sandoval, sac r.b.i. the mets have won eight straight at home. it's their longest streak since 2006. and no matter how this one ends, if they get it to nine, they'll be hard-pressed to make it ten. tim linthicum is on the hill for the giants tomorrow. >> bring your own trash day. >> bring your own trash day. marlins and nationals. there's josh johnson. he has never lost to the washington nationals. bottom of the fourth, he's in trouble. willie harris, that's gone. two-run shot. 3-0. sixth inning, six hits, five strikeouts but three earned for johnson. would it hold up? no, it wouldn't. marlins would take a 4-3 lead. now it's 4-4, bottom of the

eighth. adam dunn got plunged with the bases loaded and that is the game win, as the nationals take that. thank you, pinto. 5-4, the final. on this day, matt chiko was called up from aa. the winner today is tyler clippard. clippard has the third most wins in the majors. he's a reliever. he's now at 5-0. getting some good spot starts for the nats. >> a funeral service was held in baltimore, maryland, today remembering 22-year-old yeardly love who police in charlottesville, virginia, was beaten to death by a former boyfriend, u.v.a. lacrosse player george hughley. the women's lacrosse close was expected to address the gathering before the family spoke. the media was not permitted on the grounds at the family's request. >> aggressive -- that's one way to describe lebron james' play last night. how about angry?

we'll hear from king james about his performance last night in boston. >> texas linebacker brian cushings suspended four games. we'll get his reaction, next ne. ♪ and so the conversation turned ♪

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>> bad news for san antonio who lost their series to the suns. good news is tony parker is going to play for them despite a variety of injuries after that fall. he had x-rays. he will play against phoenix. >> what would lebron have donemp with two good arms? or maybe the time we've spent focusing on his elbow, that should be over now. the king sent a message to the celtics last night, outscoring their team in the first quarter en route to handing boston its worst home playoff loss in celtics playoff history. today he spoke. >> after the game two loss, i understood how bad we played and so i didn't -- i never got down, never -- you know, never panicked at that point. i knew we had to play much better in game three to win that game. i mean, the third quarter in game two was just probably one of the worst quarters we had and we allowed them to get into

their sets easy, we played a lot of one-sided basketball and a lot of zone on offense and they just completely took us out of our game. so, you know, throughout those few days that we had off, i watched a lot of film, broke down a lot of things that we can help each other, how i can help the team and we were able to bounce back. this is the best time for basketball players, being a part of the nba. this is what you hope and dream for, that you can be a part of this. and for me to have our team in the position we are today, for me to be able to do the things that i do, it's great. i mean, feels like -- feels like my -- this is my march madness. me never being part of march madness in college, this is my march madness. >> so lebron's feeling good. celtics got to be feeling terrible. 29-point loss was the biggest home playoff loss in celtics history. previous worst was a 27-point loss to the pacers in the 2005 first-round. game four is tomorrow at the garden.

>> hockey. after missing the last two games of the montreal series with an undisclosed injury, bill guerin is returning to the lineup for game five. the coach said he exemplifies the -- quote -- "grit he believes his team needs to bring into game five." so here's the menu. 7:00 eastern. penguins have been not so good at home. lost 3-5 home outings during the post-season. sharks blew a chance to sweep the red wings on thursday. they get another chance to end the series tonight but they've been tough. they've outscored their opponents 13-2 when they have faced elimination this post-season. >> all right, we've got a final from "baseball today." at citi field, bottom 11th,ch. there's henry blanco laying into that one. it's a walk-off home run for the second straight day, a metsts catcher has hit a walk-off home run. yesterday it was rob beraha. today it is blanco. yes, jose, you can run on the. field. yes, that one's gone.met.

5-4. mets are winners for the ninthe straight time at home. it's their longest streak since 2006. they take the giants by the final of 5-4. blanco, big day at the plate, 3-5 including that first home run of the year. jason bay had two r.b.i., a sac fly and an r.b.i. single as well. the streak of nine at home will be put to the test tomorrow. tim linthicum takes the hill for the giants then. >> the nhl has suspended texas linebacker brian cushing five games for violating the league's performance enhancing drug policy. he was the defensive rookie of the year last season. general manager rick smith says the team is -- quote -- "disappointed." cushing, for his part, released a statement today -- quote -- "i was substance tested randomly by the nhl during the 2009 season. the results of those tests indicated the presence of a nonsteroidal banned substance. i believe we presented compelling evidence during the appeal process to challenge the test results and i disagree with and am disappointed by the suspension.

bound by the decision of the league, i regret the situation it presents to the texans' organization, my teammates and our fans." >> kobe and the lakers are in the driver's seat as they hit utah for game three. jamal mashburn will stop by to tell us what, if anything, the jazz can do to get back in the series. >> and tiger woods survived the cut at sawgrass, barely. now can he make a run at the leaders? we'll update you on his play at the players championship. ouncer] it's not where you've been... it's where your armpits smell like you've been. old spice matterhorn. one of four triumphantly fresh new scents from old spice. [ wind whistling ] [ old spice whistle ]

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and was devastating to him. it was really devastating and that is why he stayed in politics. one reason i think for as long as he did he can back as prime

minister in the 50's when he probably shouldn't have. he was retooled. but he couldn't get over the awfulness of being turned out of power after the war was over. >> the interesting parallel of resolved because things do you guys and so much else and continued to kind of rest on that in denney essentially the same thing happened to him. let's go back to pearl harbor because as you know we take it personally with a large vessel, but in the book we've been focusing on the big three but to go deep into the whole thing. what went on in london and brittany indy 500 client? i mean, when the news of pearl harbor came what was the

reaction in england? sprick it was interesting how the british responded to pearl harbor because this is what was going to happen -- the u.s. and getting into the war meant in fact it took a long time but britain was not going to be seceded but at the same time there was this a sense of why didn't they do a before? was very muted reaction harold nicolson, the diarist i was talking about, wrote in his diary how depressed he was that there were no american flags flying in london the next day. people just were really angry. they were glad americans were in the they were very angry that they hadn't come in before. but it took an attack on him on the americans to get into the war so there was right from the beginning of this alliance there

was a kind of uneasiness and in fact in your on the part of the british toward americans. >> on the general he was overpaid and there is a line here but even with great regret i notice before when he was a young officer he wanted to marry the british. he was american [inaudible] he kind of went through and got vouched for the cleanup pretty good. what were some of them on top-level people you remember of the citizens of london? >> as i said before it wasn't the three guys i talked about, there were many americans, eisenhower, a lot of americans who work hard to make this alliance a success and obviously

the british troops, the american troops who came into england. there was a -- there was a sometimes confrontational relationship between american troops and the british. think of this island, it is a tiny island the size of georgia and all of a sudden within a year and a half, 1.6 million g.i. to descend on this place and many of the people in england have never, ever met a foreigner. the soldiers would complain i thought the interest of english, you know, i thought they could speak english. it's not like the english i've ever heard but there was a great class of culture sometimes it is very funny and sometimes dramatic for the british. the american g.i. was brash

thinking we are over here to save you and the british not surprisingly thinking it took a long time to get here. we've been putting up with lessening etc weigel you guys are paid much more than we are. you have no shortages so there was a great amount of misunderstanding between the two. but at the same time, american troops did come to know the british people and vice versa. but it's very interesting when normandy occurred, windy day occurred in american censors would go through the letters that were written by the g.i.s and france they found a third of the letters written by american soldiers from france were being written to the british homes to the people they had come to know and in some case to love but in some cases had become friends

with so that is one of the really interesting stories of the war, these two people had a lot in common but nothing in common at the same time how they came together and difficulties but finally did achieve relationship i was struck by your statement when you pulled if we have heard of mr. winant and i had no idea who he was and i have no idea who the ambassadors to iraq were as well it pertains to the foreign policy in america. it seems as though he died in favor of defense. in your research while you were writing your book and working on a and what goes along with that, were you ever given cause to

think about the situation and what were those thoughts? >> very the the khator plant was taken about the investors to iraq and afghanistan. we don't know who they are. back then, what winant did cause of who he was made him much more important than the ordinary investor is. when he left britain the times of london called him the adhesive, the glue that kept the alliance together but he went above and beyond what most do and you're right that often dispenses fight over foreign policy. but roosevelt actually most of that kind to investors including sire but he was a special case. to the question did they think that the president i did in terms of this whole idea of team work on international

cooperation working on true partnerships trying to understand other countries as if they were your own. enough of winant in particular put an emphasis on as did and murrow that we can't be constantly confrontational in the world. we have to try to understand so that kept coming over and over again in my thoughts and i write about them in the book. sprick and his introduction with a line of winant that he acknowledged the accomplishment of such goals would be an extremely difficult task keeping it all together. but adding the day of that could be done anything could be done if we really cared to do it. given the state, i'm going to take you off topic but i know that you are knowledge and in debt on this. where are we today trying to accomplish all these goals and i

reckoned now trying to do what they couldn't do in afghanistan what should we remember today that we pretty clearly learned in the 40's? >> why been talking about is putting an emphasis on not just talking the talk but actually walking the walk to do the work that needs to be done to forge relationships and partnerships it's easy to talk about. it takes an enormous amount of energy and work to do it and it is a change in philosophy i think to some extent for this country to really put an emphasis that really hasn't been there for quite some time. >> okay, great, we should probably wrap this up. my instructions are to say simple instructions are think you for attending this