it shb the conscience of the nation, it should be respectful to the nation. not to score political points, not to do those things we think may just be popular for the moment but to make the right judgment to help all americans and i think most americans, certainly all of the americans i spoke with in my home state of vermont last week as i was around the state, whether they agreed or disagreed with the nomination they said we hope it will be a respectful, a respectful hearing. because at a time when we have seen disrespect for some of our federal courts, it damages the rule of law. we are an amazing nation in following our rule of law. we are an amazing nation in having an independent federal judiciary. and we should revel in that, ask the questions, yes, but show respect to the third branch of our government. >> senator, you said you reviewed more than 800 of judge sotomayor's -- >> we'll give that you break down here. >> judge sotomayor's cases. do you agree or disagree with her ruling that the -- in new york, the second amendment does not apply to the stat

we can continue to be a nation that mainly consumes, or we can try to move back to being a nation that invests and produces. and to do so, we need a 21st sentry national infrastructure policy that makes us more energy efficient, reduces our reliance on foreign oil. that means constructing smart power grids, designing buildings that consume less energy, making alternative fuels accessible and making public transportation systems more efficient. all of which will create new markets, for new jobs. and jobs that cannot be outsourced. for these reasons and many more, it's time to prioritize, but we need to be smart about it. simply throwing money and resources at the problem willy nilly will not pay the dividends we seek. in this moment of peril and possibility, to paraphrase a beloved president lincoln, the dog mas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormry president. we must think anew and act anew. which is why i, along with my colleagues, have introduced the national infrastructure development bank act. the bill establishes a development bank for america. a new inindependent entity

now, the third nation on this list is nigeria. the nigerians had a series of disruptions just this year due to civil unrest. in february oil companies reported to roiter reuters thatf the oil was cut off because of militants. according to testimony given to our foreign relations committee in 2006, nigeria loses 135 barrel,000barrels a day due to . iraq has gone through enormous upheavals. saddam'saddam's infrastructure n subject to ongoing sabotage over the last six years. a significant share of iraqi oil, like its neighbors, moves through the straits of hormuz, an additional point of vulnerability. moreover, iraq has not succeeded yet in passing a national law to share oil wealth among the ethnic groups in the nation and the friction that comes from this continues to allow the possibility of factual conflict and disruptions in supply. now, iran isn't on this list. we have an embargo against iran. we don't import oil from there. but it is still worth mentioning. many of our allies get oil from iran, and their oil supplies are larg

it's arand avenue and our nation "backyard." nstruction on the wasngton monument ben in 1848, but was left unfinisd cause of financial troubles and political infighti. work resumed aftethe civil war, but the new marble, alough from the same quarry, s slightly different color-- a demarcation still evident today. when the monumt was finally dedicad in 1885, it was the tallest buildin in the world. spectacular views still awt from t lookout station at t top of the monument: the catol building... the whithouse... the jeffson memorial... the lincn memorial. ving west from the whington monument, wencounter one of the cital's newest memorials-- the world r ii memorial. acing a war memorial between thlincoln memorial and e washington monument was controversial. longstreth: some peoe believe that having that ont and center on the mall sent the wrong message. others, quitto the contrary, said world war iwas one of the defing moments in not only the 20 century, but in the history of modern civilization. narrat: the memorial is masve in sco

the purpose is simply to defend this nation's national security., we have an obligation to be careful stewards of all of our taxpayers' dollars. but most importantly, those taxpayers' dollars that go to defense of this nation should be first and foremost what can best defend the nation's national security in times when we are in two wars and facing future threats that are indeed formidable in the view of most. so we are not without sympathy for the parts of our country, including the state of georgia, where there are a large number of jobs that are at risk. our sympathy is with them, and we will do everything that we can to provide job opportunities, including in the defense industries across this country. but we cannot argue that we should spend taxpayers' dollars for weapons systems simply to create or keep jobs. that's not our -- the use of taxpayers' dollars. if we want to do that then there are many other programs that we should fully fund to help create jobs and small business opportunities across this nation. madam president, this issue i ho

guess what, the nationals are on top and at some insurance. game, 5-3. >>> all american, all-at williams de, at wimbledon, venus taking on this arena. serena williams takes the first set. from there, here is match point with venus serving. serena williams wins her third wimbledon title, 7-6. >>> a california man is relishing his role as the new world champion hotbox either. joey chestnut scarfed down a record six hotdogs in 10 minutes to win the annual hot dog eating contest at coney island. he beat the six-time titleholder takeru kobayashi. what an accomplishment. >>> 10 minutes later? >> we do not want to know. >> nice weather for the fireworks, temperatures in the 70's. tomorrow, not as pretty, but we will take it. >> thank you for being with us tonight. we will be back at 11:00. - ♪ no me another meatloaf ♪ - ♪ forget the mac and cheese ♪ - ♪ oh no ♪ i want some fun piled on a bun ♪ ♪ i want a manwich, please... ♪ make tonight a manwich night. - ♪ i want a manwich, please ♪ - ♪ ahh-ahh-ahh. ♪ you don't have to be a witch either, it's true

from the nationals. bottom of the eighth, the quick throw catches austin kearns. he is caught in a rundown. what happened here in the bottom of the eighth? he grounds right back to the pitcher. looks like a double play ball. but he throws a pass second. he tries to get the runner at first. everyone is face. bases loaded. the rockies go on to score. they win the game, 5-4. >>> fans are beginning to pay their tributes to former tennessee titans steve mcnair. the started pouring in very early this morning to view the highlights of mcnair's career with the titans, played on the big screen. he was shot to death on july 4, the body of his girlfriend found next to him. funeral services for mcnair will be held saturday. >>> lance armstrong is just a fraction of the second behind the overall leader after today's fifth stage of the tore de france. armstrong is after his fifth crown. >>> michael phelps back in the pool, winning again. he had the fastest time in the 200 meter butterfly in indianapolis and also won t

in january, we hope to report of the national agenda. there is health care, energy, health care -- educations of it we identified by the congress where they want us to give them advice. we hope to be able to give you some thoughts on that. in february, we will rise -- released the 76 report and report you on our plan. -- we will release the 706 report and report to you on our plan for . that concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you. commisioner copps? any comments? >> thank you very, very much this is a huge part of -- this is cute. -- this is huge. if we do our job right, it will be very important. i have been shouting from the rooftops for something like this for almost eight years now. i have been calling for a national strategy to bring broadband out to every american, no matter who they are or where they live. now, thanks to the american recovery investment act, we have that commitment. it is the fcc that is directed to develop the plan. that is an opportunity. i am so pleased, mr. c

share a better life. >> glor: for those celebrating the fourth in the nation's capitol, the national the place to be tonight. the mall runs through heart of washington, but it is also at the heart of a big budget controversy. nancy cordiss explains. >> reporter: each 4th of july, the national mall sparkles like a jewel, but by day, it is clear that the nation's front yard as it is known is in need of some serious yard work, crumbling sidewalks, stained marble, even a reflecting pool that civil rights and cultural touchstone, is a sad soupy algae filled mess. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: stephen of the national park service says the mall is over due for about $400 million worth of maintenance. including 18 million to shore up the rapidly sinking seawall that fronts the jefferson memorial. >> 3 years ago this stone here was level with the plaza of. >> reporter: congress made a dent in that repair bill when it okayed 56 million for mall maintenance in the stimulus bill. that is part of a larger $750 million outlay of stimulus funds for the entire national parks s

national guard itself. the general was especially devoted to his troops and to the children of the city initiated programs for both. ann whorley, herself a professional, was a force in the major general's life and in his work. i thank the appropriations committee for honoring my request to have a d.c. tuition bill named for the general who was the first to bring this concern to me for introduction, and i will soon seek a proper authorization in peanding bill. jeanice mcmillan, finally, was the operator of train 112. all of the available evidence shows that ms. mcmillan did everything within her power to avert the accident. ms. mcmillan worked herself up the metro workplace ladder to recognize her goal of sending her only son to college. mr. speaker, the loss of precious lives that resulted from the june 22 accident touched their families uniquely and tragically. however, i also ask the house to remember these families who share the washington metropolitan area transit authority system with several hundred t

this goes back to other questions such as dealing with things like national, the national conventions are dealing with g8 summons for you don't have a disaster or declaration, having that ability to provide a coordination across the federal family is one of the mechanisms and one of the tools that exists under number five. >> is there anything preventing the secretary from using fema outside of it stafford act? continue fema outside of the declaration? >> absolutely imperative one of the components work actively on the issues every resources to the table, in fact, there are capabilities when is a federal response not requiring on behalf of governor where fema serves as a coordination role supporting federal agencies such as hhs would but can you look at what resources we bring to bear, how we apply that and again our primary capabilities are coordinating on behalf of the governor's request to resources of federal government, administering the stafford act. we look as fema our response capabilities other than for the nation is limited because we use other federal agency private sector

in one phrase, she seems to say this, will help the nation. it will free up to help the nation. on the other hand, she says it's her family, which i understand. she's been fairly much impoverished by litigation. and she's being referred to, as for example, a retarded flight attendant, by one hbo comedian. be that as it may, the one that rings most hollow is she doesn't want to put aska through the terrorf being a lame duck governor. if she is just weary of it, one can understand that. still, she made a contract with them to serve out her term. and she said, in her own words, she now is a quitter. >> and one friend of sarah palin's told me, she just wants peace. >> well, if she just wants peace, then we won't be seeing her on the campaign trail, if that's what she wants. because if she intends to seek high office, she won't have peace. the simple fact of the matter is if sarah palin thinks she's had it tougher than anybody else, that she's been more harshly criticized, i have two words for her. hillary clinton. hillary clinton was savaged for eight years. there were jokes about h

this should be a major national project. this is a matter of our national security. let me reference our friend, mitt romney. a good american. suggested that there are multiple reasons for us to say we want to be less depend interon foreign energy and to develop our own sources. that's the real key, of course. additional sources of energy here as well as more efficient use of energy that will allow the world to have less oil being drawn down from the various sources it comes without dropping prices too high of a level. it will keep people, some of whom are unsavory characters, from having an influence on our foreign policy. let me add mr. huckabee. mr. huckabee, good american, plays the guitar very well. he said so it's critical that our own interest economically and from a point of national security we commit to becoming energy independent and that we commit to doing it within a decade. we sent americans to the moon in a decade. we can become energy independent in a decade. we have to take responsibility for our own house before we can expect others to do the same f

. >>> off the top, the nation's capital all lit up. a star-studded fireworks displaned concert to celebrate america's birthday. thanks for joining us this fourth of july. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm tom fitzgerald. will thomas is off. from the festivities to the transportation test going on right now fox 5 is your holiday headquarters. kicking it off jennifer days on the national mall getting us started. >> reporter: anyone who has lived in this area for long knows the weather on the fourth of july often leaves a lot to be desired. that was not the case this year. it could not have been more perfect. police say good weather translates to very big crowds. for folks who made the trip it's about a lot more than the 17-minute fireworks show. for many this is an all-day affair. long before the big fireworks show daz he will the crowd, the search for the perfect viewing spot began. the best way to find a good se, hop in ben mccarthy's pedi cab. he said not too many were searching by late afternoon. >> everybody is saying it's slower on the mall

how the national zoo plans to celebrate this panda milestone. good morning to you and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. it's thursday, july 9th, 2009. we'll have much more on our top stories after we take a look at traffic and weather on the 1s. >> meteorologist tom kierein has joined us here in the studio, right there. >> hey, tom. going to the birthday party? >> sure. why not? get a frozen treat. you might want it later on today. will get up to around 80 or so. there's venus gleaming brilliantly in the eastern sky. in the western sky, got the juas-pfunasoo m andooitup j.er thg clouds.om cing int is ho iur, 67w waonsh67ingt. inray oay roo dright r no w, ano p bcipiontiuttoncos iol s aubbsurur r ndaleainars, uso jnt t ihedohepper0 5s, mid-50s toea r60 gr s.ee s. n i nirfafax, mtg onyerfa and prince george's counties. 50 t onhe eastern shore. it's in the 40s jeat n 5 r0 des eet in the tas unmoins. qu bun aeit of a clssoune. there's a weak area of low pressure around the outer banks giving us some high clouds.

it is the national sport. the use swaps to train. -- they used swaps to train. >> it looks lke they are rolling around in manila wenure. >> i guess it is a yearly event in finland after the snow starts to melt. what a mystery man has been identified -- i should say a mystery manatee. it is a young male. he was found eating grass in maryland on saturday. he was easily recognized by distinctive scarring on his tail. aquarium officials urge bay co worst not to get too close to be in danger a >> what th >> that iseree? e i live. e >>o h gtoising visit lisa >> they love heads of lettuce. right now we have an emu and a manatee. >> they're both in the wrong places. >> it is not chessy the sea monster? do you remember that? but i do remember that. you keep an eye out for him. >>> dozens of people lined out in california for an offer that seemed too good to be true. >> to good or may be too bad to be true. they were cheering for free marijuana. it is illegal to smoke marijuana under california law as long as it is unde

and time for a check on the national forecast. skies are mainly clear from southern california to northern washington, and it's a gray and stormy morning from the southern plains to the lower midwest. later today scattered stomps will continue to develop over much of the south. some intense storms are expect around the great lakes. it will also turn stormy once again along the eastern hills of the rockies but the big story will be the intense heat along the northwest coastline. highs will range from 95 to 105 degrees from portland to seattle. >>> in sports michael vick is back. he's being conditionally reinstated into the nfl. after serving a 23-month prison sentence for dog fighting. vick could play in a regular season game by october if he find as team. >>> in baseball a dramatic win for cleveland in the ninth inning in los angeles. victor martinez hit a three-run homer, and they beat the angels 8-6. >>> and a grand slam night on the national league. chicago's alphonso soriano hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 13th

allows them to detain foreign nationals who presented national security risk.there's no specific time limit by law on how long the government can detain people for national security reasons. there was a supreme court case a few months before 9/11 where the court even made about or the necessity to detain foreign nationals longer under the alien removal statute where there were national security grounds to do so. >> if you go back to that case, they held that question open. i don't think we know how the supreme court is going to rule on that, and the zadvidas decision places a heavy thumb on releasing people who can't be deported within six months. so that's a risk we're running, constitutional litigation. >> may i just make this observation? i think there is no opposition at all in congress to making the laws as clear as can be that terrorists are not going to be released in the united states. i think we need to strengthen the law. i think that issue can be handled. i think i agree with ms. pearlstein. i think it's already clear. but if we have to make it stron

this is an and a national and national problem. part of the reason i think the discussions with the city chiefs along with the national sheriffs committee members on this issue is to see the value of this not purely from a prevention tool for terrorism but for preventing all forms of crime where people acquire other people's id. my driver's license and one of my credit cards were taken. within one hour they were trying to purchase some products from a department store. fortunately the clerk asked for my driver's license, but they did not produce it because they did not look like me. this is a far more reaching a solution to an ongoing problem before 9/11. 9/11 accentuate the need now. >> thank you. i think that it's an important point. we should not overlook this. i appreciate the approach you have taken. there is a provision of the bill that i would like to get your thoughts on. it is the thought -- provision fed looks at the act of scanning the information contained on the driver's license. it would be a crime to use that informa

a sea of humanity blanket the national mall, most wearing their patriotism on their sleeve. >> the nation'sapital? it is awesome. them out while the fireworks lit up the sky, the spirit of patriotism filled the national mall. >> my dad was born in england, my mother's parents in denmark. i love those countries, but this is home. >> in an attempt to prevent overcrowding, they cut the checkpoints nearly in half. we found some long lines, but some say there were deceiving. >> they look long, but it goes really quick. they are doing a great job. >> unfortunately, they cannot say the same for concession stands. >> we finally got up to be e next customers and they said they were out of all the sandwiches, fruit. >> good moods and spirits were not faced. others looked for the perfect postcard position. >> the kids wanted to see the smithsonian. >> also taking part in what amounts to the largest picnic in the country was this the first sergeant, who was overseas 15 months. >> it is very special. >> that early comments, better fireworks than last year and weigh more people -- and a lot more people.

pirates beat the nats 3-4 at nationals park back in may.series between the two clubs, washington 15. pittsburgh, 14 since 2005.   >> rob: reverse switch. excuse me, alberto gonzalez almost behind second base. >> bob: how come nobody plays the shift on a right-handed batter who pulls the ball awm all the time. you never see that. >> rob: nope. almost a right-handed shift. also means that lannan is not going to throw a lot of changeups away much he's got to keep it in. >> bob: fastball caught looking. foul -- hooking foul. barely foul and it was very close to being 6-1. >> rob: see the swing on the inside cut fastball it looks like. maybe a changeup. not only is that ball foul, -- >> bob: it's only 3 at that down the line, but it gets re-- 325 down the line, but it gets real deep as it angles itself out to 7370. 383 in dead left field. >> rob: 410 by the bullpen. look how it juts out. >> bob: that's huge. zimmerman to the back for one. thought about a throw to second and he has time to get it to first. >>

we are better nation in this. every industrialized nation in the world as a health care system that provides some basic level of health care to all of their citizens. they are not better than us. they are not smarter than us. they are not more compassionate than nice. we can do this. every president since harry truman has said that we could do this. and yet it has not happened. it has not happened. it has not happened because frankly the system is set up in such a way that pokes basically inside the beltway why is it the way that it is. the people outside the beltway, the 47 million who do not help insurance and some any that do have it but cannot negotiate and get treatment or cannot afford the copays are deductibles, this is what we're working very hard in the dnc. we are working with a passion not just about election but about results. that is the only reason to do this thing. elections are great but they are a means to an end, not be in. there and his results for the american people, at their kitchen table for

chamber of commerce, and the chief economist for the national association of realtors. on thursday, martha raddatz from abc news and edward montgomery. on saturday, ken silverstien and richard miniter. and on monday, henry waxman. >> this holiday weekendb holidayook this holiday weekend on "-- this holiday weekend on "book tv." it is part of our three day holiday weekend starting friday morning on c-span the 2's "book tv." >> the president of honduras addressed the united nations general assembly. the speech happened shortly after passage of a resolution condemning me coup. it is about 50 minutes. >> on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations, his excellency, constitutional president of the republic of honduras, and invite him to address the general assembly. >> president of the general assembly, ambassadors, representatives of countries to the united nations, a distinguished special guests, chancellor of honduras, ministers that have accompanied us today. ministers from all other countries. distinguished minister of venezuela.

the nationals and the san diego padres tonight from nationals park here on masn.lcome, everybody. nice to have you with us on a saturday night from our nation's capital. welcome to nats town and a good crowd on hand this evening for game two of this weekend series against the padres who limp in at 38-59, the nationals 28-68. the silver fox looking mighty good tonight, our show brought to you by our good friends at verizon wireless. errors, errors are going to kill you every single time. i think the focus of jim riggleman's conversation last night to his ball club behind closed doors to get their attention, you can't continue to make the errors. nobody's trying to make errors, but it is what it is. 94 in 96 games. >> well, jim riggleman has always been a guy that thought about pitching first, defense second, offense third. and as a middle infielder he's a guy that stresses the fundamentals. last night he talked about details. last night we just had an awful night. a ground ball down the third- base line, adam dunn going into the corner. the ball not hit very hard b

against the washington nationals.he has not had a lot of fun against the washington batting order. 4-1 at home but not against the nats. >> bob:  th naslost the games after kearns hit a grand slam. nobody will rwa@ it's into the bullpen area. josh johnson, a strikeout pitcher. on the year, three strikeouts today, 97 total. but he has walked three. joe robbie stadium and pro player and now land sharkstadium. then i learned last night that this land shark naming deal is temporary. they have it up in lights but nothing appears to be personality. somebody told me they signed an 8-month contract. is that crazy? 2-2 to willingham. and josh will go out of play right side. we arrive at the 1 0-0 hour. first game in progress in major league baseball today and the nats with a run in the 2nd on a jordan zimmerman hit, his first major league hit, leading 1-0. bob

the more important question is national security. but you ought to understand, even if you decide to once again re-up or ramp up in this time period here, you lose a work force here that's critical, it gets harder and harder and harder to do. in fact, the defense department recognizes this gap -- recognized this gap years ago. in the 2006 quadrennial defense review public hished by the military to -- published by the military to identify the needs and strategies of our armed forces, they stated that the f-22 production should be extended through fiscal year 2010 with a multiyear acquisition contract to ensure the department does not have a gap in fifth-generation stealth capability. that's a direct quote, madam president, from the quadrennial report in 2006. the military identified in 2006, the most recent published report of this type, that our nation would suffer loss in aerospace manufacturing capability if fighter production does not have a seamless transition. yet for some reason, we find ourselves in the very position that the

it is very important from our own national security. congress must protect american writers and the publishers with a wide open debate. since there is a movement, "the new york times", "washington post" and many other newspapers and all free-speech organizations they have made statements and is submitted statements to congress in support of the free-speech protection act. i think it is important for everybody to do whatever they can to support the bill and congress must pass this bill as soon as possible. we needed now, it should not be lying there for credit is important for all american publishers especially these days when the economy is not doing too well and re-enter economic warfare, writers need to be able to right to free the and we need the free-speech protection act. thank you. [applause] >> . >> a good morning it is a great pleasure to be here as it always is to be at the heritage foundation were so much important work gets done. my main purpose of this morning is to try to tie libel tourism and to the more general framework

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> you can watch this town hall meeting with president obama again later tonight. up next, republican governor on indiana and wisconsin congressman paul ryan debate the future of the gop. >> and number of state governments face budget shortfalls. tomorrow morning, we will talk with jon shure about the impact the economy is having on state budgets. we will also talk with mort zuckerman and martha raddatz of abc news. after that, an update on the automobile industry with edward montgomery. later, a federal communications commission meeting on access to high-speed internet. the sec will also examine the recent transition to an all digital broadcast tv signal. live coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. eastern. >> this holiday weekend, discover and unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate with an historian and author. join our three-hour conversation, sunday on "in depth." >> now, a discussion on the future of conserva

again in the navajo nation is only one of the over 500 indian nations in the country. and each nation is different. it has its own culture, it has its own way of looking at things, on values and a own way of dealing with the emergencies. for the nomination we are located in the four corners region. we have the land that expands to this id of arizona, new mexico, and utah. and the nomination is about the size of the state of west virginia, 26,000 square miles. the land is mostly rural, 728% of the roads are paved. we have 9,000 miles of public roads and only 22 percent roads are paved said this means to him that in inclement weather conditions is really hard to get around. the population density is 7.1 persons per square mile so it is a very rural, over the weekend during the fourth of july i was invited to a family gathering near a place called the pine springs. i went from my home and tried to gallop on i cornyn and went west and then it turned right near hot, arizona and turned north and drove 18 miles on dirt roads, washboard, if you know what i'm talking about. it

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we're a nation of laws. if we get the law right the culture will fall in and do the right thing, protecting civil liberties and privacies while protecting a nation. >> what struck me is we are at this great strategic inflection point here, where there is a weapon that potentially has the opportunity to change the nature of warfare in the way nuclear weapons did in the 1940s. and yet in this case, you may have no warning of attack, and so certainty about where the attack came from, which makes deterrence much harder. >> we had a negotiations with the russians over their entry into w.t.o. we talked to them about intellectual property. we talked to them about financial rules, tariffs. we never mentioned cyber crime and yet they're one of the biggest havens. we've got to start making this an issue where countries think about what they're doing in cyberspace and how we might react. >> rose: also british theater actresses harriet walter and janet mcteer performing on broadway in "mary stuart". >> they were sort of

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he said a nation that can't feed itself, a nation that can't fuel itself, a nation that can't produce the weapons to fight for itself, is a nation forever enslaved. with respect to our national energy policy, he said it's so critical that for our own interest economically frrks a point of national security, that we commit to becoming energy independent. and we commit to doing that within a decade. we have to take responsibility in our own house before we can expect others to do the same in theirs. it goes back to my basic concept of leadership. leadership -- leaders don't ask others to do what they are unwilling to do themselves. we are a leader here in the united states. we are a leader. we sent a man to the moon in just 10 years. and i vow to you we can become energy independent. we can have an energy policy that invests in our people, creates jobs here, and moves away from our dependence on foreign oil because we believe in the innovation of america. we don't believe that we need to be depend interon mideast oil. i yield. mr. mcmahon: you're so right, congressman boccieri. it's jus

we'll be here all morning long live at nationals park. back to you guys. >> thank you so much. >>> the other big story that we're following, today, sonia sotomayor takes another step closer to possibly becoming the first latina and the third woman on the supreme court. the 55-year-old new yorker and veteran federal judge is expected to face some tough questions from republicans over her past rulings and her ability to judge cases fairly. president obama chose sotomayor in late may to replace justice david souter would retired last month. >>> house democrats hoping to present their plan if health care overhaul today. it includes higher taxes for those making more than $250,000 a year. but republicans want to trim costs. the administration's sweeping health care proposals are moving forward. it is unclear whether it will make it through congress before the august target date of president obama. >>> there are new reports that former vice president dick cheney kept congress in the dark about a counterterrorism program. sources say that mr. ch

the nationals will not win the pennant. let's talk about the redskins. what i did on my summer vacation to get away from the drama. dave feldman up next with sports. >>> this is a flash mop it has been added to merriam webster. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfe destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-f surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. stt at buschgards.com. it's the all new sesame street forest of fun... at busch gardens in williamsburg. with fourfamily-friend. and everyo's sesame street friends. ( el giggles ) ♪ big and small! there's fun for all! ♪ >>> good evening. redskins defensive tackle albert haynesworth pled no contest to a reckless driving charge in tennessee. he received three months probation, $5,000 contribution to charity and attend driving school and perform 500 hours of community service. jason campbell is planning on providing a different type of service, the kind that gets the burgundy and gold into the end zone and layoffs. he had trade specula

health care plan for our nation. i yield the floor. >> in the white house beefing friday, president obama talked about the recent arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates and the issue of race relations. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009]

this is not about singling out individual nations. it's about the responsibilities of all nations.f we fail to stand together, then the npt and the security council will lose credibility, and international law will give way to the law of the jungle. and that benefits no one. as i said in prague, rules must be binding, violations must be punished, and words must mean something. the successful enforcement of these rules will remove causes of disagreements. i don't russia opposes the plan configuration for missile defense in europe. and my administration is reviewing these plans to enhance the security of america, europe and the world. and i've made it clear that this system is directed at preventing a potential attack from iran. it has nothing to do with russia. in fact, i want to work together with russia on a missile defense architecture that makes us all safer. but if the threat from iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program is eliminated, the driving force for missile defense in europe will be eliminated, and that is in our mutual interests. now, in addition to securing the wo

never faced the nationals lineup.o he will get to know our lineup up close and personal. >> bob: shortstop. right fielder brad hoff. not many teams run on him any more. after he had 16 outfield assists in one season three years ago. they call him tulo. this is an organization that has done a great job of scouting, drafting, signing, developing ball players and getting them to the big leagues through their organization. we are right on time here in colorado. first pitch of the ballgame. misses a little bit outside. still pretty warm. 84 degrees. partly cloudy skies. highs were near 90 today. morgan hitting .276 as a nat 4-15. >> rob: second lowest earn run average but at home a 7 .12 e.r.a. >> bob: do you like that 22% humidity? >> rob: i love it. >> bob: it is a dry heat. >> bob: on a pitch up he slaps it foul. 28-year veteran. crew chief randy marsh has the plate tonight. it will be interesting to watch the strike zone early in the ballgame. hernandez had a high one last night. every umpire brings his own interpretat

a frustrating bottom of the 3rd for the nationals.eer, change-up slider, three runs and now -- two runs, pardon me, on three hits. and now the nats are behind. >> rob: change-up has not been that great today. breaking ball has not been that great but the blazing fastball seems to be able to go through the line-up three and four times with just that fastball located. >> bob: he just threw 32 pitches after retiring the number 8 hitter and the pitcher to start the inning. that was really something that sets up badly for the rest of the day. >> rob: johnson was up to 72 pitches and he was only at 25. now he is up to 57. so, neither one of these pitchers is long for this game. >> bob: it just galls you when hitters like bonifacio and coghlan. >> rob: it makes my skin crawl. if they do not hit you with a 90-plus mile-per-hour fastball, you don't give them respect by throwing them other stuff. you blow them away and tell them to take a seat. >> bob: uggla covers it. ryan zimmerman -- or, rather, jordan zimmerman's last at-bat and scott olson

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [applause] >> coming up, honduran president manuel zelaya who was removed in a military coup speaks at the u.n. the president of columbia talks about his relationship with the united states, and the chief of navy relations, adm. gary roughead. >> this holiday weekend on "book tv" discover runs amok -- an unfamiliar side of the first president, when we are live from the mount vernon estate with john ferling. join our conversation on sunday. this begins on friday morning on "book tv." >> how is c-span funded? >> public funding? >> donations? >> the government? >> they get funding through the taxes? >> public funding? >> how is the c-span funded? this was treated as a public service by the cable companies, there is no government mandates and no government money. >> the president of honduras addressed the general assembly of the united nations after he was forcibly removed from office. this happened shortly after the passage of a resolution condemning the military co

we will transform our nation. in terms of global warming, i know some of our friends may not believe in the phenomenon of global warming, and they may back up an individual here or a scientist there. fair enough. but the evidence is very clear. the over number -- the overwhelming number of scientists who study this issue not only worry about global warming but tell us that the situation today is a lot more direct than they thought a few years ago. that is what the overwhelming scientific evidence seems to suggest. last but not least is the issue of economics and jobs. i think others have suggested we have the possibility over a period of years of creating millions and millions of good paying jobs because we transformed our energy system. madam chairman, it just seems to me that we want to focus on at least three areas. number one, we need to enact strong near-term targets for efficient reductions. number two, we have got to meet president obama's renewable energy bill, which is passing legislation produces 25% ren

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> we will have a 50 minute break. we will come back after that. >> up next, we will show you the ceremony unveiling the statue of president ronald reagan at the capitol. then we will have ken burns on national parks. and then we will have conversations with the daughters of president lyndon johnson. presidential domestic advisers that work was nixon to george w. bush talked about the lessons they learned while serving to keep residents. sunday at 4:25 p.m. here on c- span. >> these places remind me of a modern cathedral. >> walter kirn would like to see if you changes to the higher educational system. >> i think these wonderfully concentrated islands of talent and wealth should be opened up to the larger society, not purposely kept separate, which they still are. >> "lost in a meritocracy." sunday night at 8 on c-span. you can listen to it on the radio. >> a new statue of ronald reagan was unveiled in the capitol rotunda last month, five years after the former president d

wheat growers, national cattle and beef association, national turkey federation, national chicken council, national pork producers council, the american soybean association, u.s. rice federation, american feed industry, the united egg producers and the american cheese industry. i think this demonstrates we have been able to move this legislation in the direction where we in agriculture are comfortable. i'll agree with mr. putnam that there's some additional work that can be done on this and we intend to do that, so i en courage -- >> would the gentleman yield? mr. peterson: i'd be happy to. mr. dingell: i yield the gentleman 30 seconds, would he yield to me? mr. peterson: i yield. mr. dingell: i would observe, we've talked about this before and i assure the gentleman we will continue to work together to address the concerns he and the very able gentleman from florida, mr. putnam have expressed their concerns about. and it has been a privilege to work with the gentleman, i thank him. mr. peterson: i thank think gentleman. i know he will work with us as he has through this part of the proce

the nation. if this inappropriate arrest had not occurred, we wouldn't be going through this pain. >> reporter: there were plenty of press conferences held this week by barry's spokesperson. it was during one of those press kchbss that it was revealed that watts-brighthaupt was given a contract by the barry administration. they supported it at that point. but when asked yesterday about the contract, barry said, we'll let you know. tune in. tracee wilkins, live outside the wilson building. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama is spending his last day in italy at the g-8 summit. today he is meeting with lead frers the african nations and later he'll meet with pope benedict xvi at the vatican. yesterday, president obama reiterated his goals for fig fighting climate change and opening up trade. the world leaders agreed to a target of trying to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the year 2050. meanwhile, back here in the states, democratic party leaders defended the president's stimulus

the national advisory committee will. something like 80%-100% of the vehicles that are in this museum and their roots in the naca, you want to think about that. all of these flying machines that you see around you had their roots in the naca. the nasa program that we did in the '60s had a great deal of pay off. we did not invent everything that happened at apollo, but it was the products, of the perfection, of the reliability of the performance come out of the reduction in power that brought about a spike and in my opinion the greatest advancement and the state of the art of technology in the history of man. it was the nasa programs that drove that. i say we can call their return on investment. every company in the united states has a capital expenditure. i have served on a number of boards. their whole future depends on making and investment with capital funds every year. they are looking for a return on investment. nasa is the best return on investment that this country has ever seen, and is today the best government ag

the national graduation rate. nearly 70 l.e in washington, d.c., below 50% and down almost 9% from just last year. nationally, 12.5% is below the poverty line. in washington, d.c. it's staggering. nearly 20%. the need is obvious. one way to help is through community service. the there will be 6,000 additional spots come september because of the new obama stimulus finlanding. in the summertime. that's where we met a remarkable young woman. her name is tora burns. >> everybody, i should see your eyes on me. wiggle your fingers. we're going to get all of the jitters out. everybody check it out. give me a smile. >> leading the classroom with an infectious smile. >> what i want you all to know is we can all make a difference. >> recycling is the lesson of the moment. community service is her cause as long as tora burns can remember. >> i would ask ask can you help the old lady out of the building? she was like you're only 6 or 5, why are you trying to help everyone. >> she says it's reinforced by her jarring memories in detroit. >>

much more than when the nation, the macro mission, the nation that was created by the colonial power, and that is threatened to. and i think every conflict uc and africa is reduced to micro nations fighting each other within that country because of engine not fully identify with the macro nation. and so that is why and tell us so much on that and to try to show that the leadership, that we need to constantly and deliberately encourage our people to accept their micronesian yes, to be proud of their micro nation, yes, but to also be willing to appreciate that as a micro nation you cannot survive in the 21st century. but union to reach out to the other a micro nations within a that nation that was created by the colonial master. and, as a matter of fact, the leaders already are going to the region abroad. for example, we have the african community, south african to many, central african community. we need african union to help move africa toward a more united in africa but you cannot have a more united africa when you have still struggling with united micro nation. and so the leadership

entities that have been nationalized, formerly private, now nationalized under president obama. the president president obama who said, i don't want to do this, i'm not interested in taking over corporations, i don't want to be involved in the day to day operations of these corporations, he's a are you luck contaminant nationalizer of private businesses -- he's a reluctant nationalizer of private businesses. didn't want to be nationalizing. there are other solutions out there. one of them would have been to take a.i.g., this huge insurance company that had such a large share of the market and still does, that no one could check its balance sheet, no one could evaluate the premiums they were charging because no one understood the scope of the business that they were in. and they guaranteed their return, the performance of these mortgage-backed securities, these toxic debt now, this intoxicatics paper that these investment bankers had, no one could evaluate a.i.g. but they could pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a.i.g. and we couldn't even have a discussion about splitting

cost the nationals a run. harris' first error of the year. nationals, rockies, tied at four.h inning. seattle we go. mariners, hosting orioles. first inning. luke scott up. got bases loaded. singles to center field. adam jones. and nick markakis. score off this. franklin gutierrez. into the camera well. and stuck at third. umpires would not send him home. running the bases too slow. fired up the manager. >> is that what you are telling me? that my guy didn't run hard! you're telling me that my guy didn't run hard! >> wow. you know that means something. when he is going that angry. man, trembley ejected. got his money's worth. orioles down 3-2 early in that one. hat even up. oh, there you go. he is furious. >> world team tennis kicked off in second. appearance in d.c. tonight. star power, venus williams. williams playing for the jokes warm up for team tennis was wimbledon. didn't disappoint. and butler was there taking in the action with his wife, venus williams. definitely the star everybody came out to see. downtown tonight. venus, far court. returning. and makes quick work