he goes home to get the money and i'm sitting there with jim brown, sizing me up, going, you know -- ft you with jim? >> he left me at the club. we end up, the club owner talked jim brown out of it, because he said, you're going to lose, don't play this kid. and jim brown concluded, i'd pay $500 to see that. he bet me 500, and it was a positive day in the right direction for our family. >> jimmy: maybe so. but i guess -- was that your first purse? >> yeah, somehow my agent took 100% of that one. >> jimmy: oh, yareally? >> my father got all of that one. >> jimmy: and you dad didn't go to many of your matches. >> he never believed in that, because he was always, for two reasons, because he didn't feel like getting into a fight, and he was going to get into a fight if he went. he was a boxer. secondly, he thought he made me nervous and he was partly right about that. he showed up one day when i'm playing pete in the finals -- >> jimmy: pete sampras -- >> the first match that he came to, and he decides i'm going to drive 3 1/2 hours to palm springs and watch. so, he walks through the tick

and let's look at the traffic with jim brown. >> good morning.ned it will be ap issue and play a part in traffic. we don't have any problem nos accidents at this time. we'll kick them up you may want to keep your speed town and through upper baltimore county. and anne arundel county it will be foggy. 95 and up to baltimore city at 395. and howard county. and take you 10

i thought i was going to be like jim brown or gail sayers, that didn't work out, but one of the thingsid, that billy thomas was the program director when i was a kid there and one of the things he did was they would ask all the kids that went away to college to send in banners from their college, so on your way to the gym, there was a hallway and you looked at all these banners from like usc and notre dame and all the schools that people went to, and as a young person, i just remember the impact it had on me, because i had never even imagined some of those places like what do they do in california at usc, how do you even get there, or maybe i can go there, and he would always put up all kinds of things that -- just to stimulate you to imagine, and to dream of what you could do one day. i never dreamed i'd go this far, but the seeds of that dream were started at the boys and girls club. jon: ramona, you're living proof that it works, den vel washington, good to talk to you. thank you for joining us. i know in some states, the dropout rate is 50 percent and even above in a couple of plac

meg whitman, for her campaign ads you may have seen in which bill clinton attacks brown on the issue of prop 13. here's jim vargas with more. >> in almost every big political race you can find half-truthing but meg whitman is being accused of outright lies by her democratic opponent, attorney general, jerry brown. the whitman campaign dragged out a 1992 presidential debate between jerry brown and then governor bill clinton to show brown as a tax raise -- tax razor. >> "jerry brown took credit for the fact that people out there voted for tax 123 which lowered taxes which he opposed." >> reporter: today, brown emphasized he did oppose 13 but when -- -- >> what jarvis said is he helped implement and make it work. >> reporter: the democrat also produced a statement from a cnn report clinton quoted that was inaccurate. and saying that prop -- >> as a billionaire she things she can makes things up and lie in a political campaign. her track record of not telling the truth is growing and it gets longer every day. >> reporter: whitman told randy shandobil she's sticking by her ad. >> californians really do need to

at motorola, greg brown and sanjay ja and research in motion, mike ls aaeritis and jim mcselly. the reasons behind the double duty vary as much as the companies, and the arrangements certainly wouldn't work everywhere. it's hard to imagine apple having more than one executive in charge. >> i'm very happy to be here today with you all. >> you could certain argue, double chief executives hasn't done much for motorola, which is consequence tamtly in the red. but like many small businesses often run by families or married couples, when it works, power sharing works well. bill mcdermott is the co ceo of s.a.p., based in waldorf, germany. 48,000 employees worldwide, s.a.p. has a history of co ceos, but bill is the first american to do so. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> why does s.a.p. has a history of co ceos? >> very global company, always benefited from a balance of power. usually one had the development function of the company, the other had the customer facing operations of the company. and it was that collaboration from the factory to the fox hole, if yo

jim cattrell. >> i don't see this making any maernl changsz. there werpt any waiveish, a small lead for brown. the next debate is scheduled for saturday morning in fresno. jessica? >> thank you, tom. what happened after the debate is raising some eyebrows tonight. >> mr. brown, could you just answer a few questions? >> jerry brown in an out of character move never stopped to aner questions. he did prompt that it was an exciting exchange after switching to whitman. whitman, on the other hand, says she's delighted about how thipgz went. our coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by the debate at 6:30 which will be monitored by our tone tom brokaw. we'll also be featuring the entire thing happening on a rope. >>> police are looking for a suspect who beat, attacked and robbed a woman in east bay. he is 560 pounds. it happened at noon on capitol hill. the victim remaining in fair condition tonight. >>> he's been convicted, but after this round, we'll be staying there indefinitely. a federal judge caps he would his execution this thursday, saying his falt would be decided on the execution das of his

brown walked away with 55% compared to orange's 30% and douglas's 6%. jim graham won his reelection bid with 57% of the vote. harry thomas was also victorious in ward 5. he won easily over mcduffy, hunter and turner with 62% of the vote. and in ward 6, big victory for tommy wells, 75% of the vote. stay with us for more election results. view all t results on nbcwashington.com. >>> 5:06 is the time now. still ahead, tea party members are declaring victory after several big wins. what it cld mean for democrats. >>> after months in an iranian prisoner, an american is released. >>> another cool morning. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even befe you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. theew standard of the world. >>> 5:09 is your time now. still dark out there. twinkling stars in the night sky. it was a nice, cool, refreing morning when you step out. how is it looking, tom? >> feeling like autumn here in mid-september. and we have a clear sky this mo

council chair, the new one will be kwame drown -- brown it looks lick if it gets through the general election. phil mendelsohn keeps his seat. ward one, jim graham. ward five, harry thomas. and eleanor holmes norton for the d.c. delegate. they all remain in their seats before the the general election. >>> while all this a leaks excitement was going on, there was a bizarre accident at fenty headquarters. a volunteer fell and crashed through a plate glass window just before midnight. this happened while karen gray houston was on the air live updating election results. >> those are the people who were targeted by the get out to vote effort of the -- oh, my gosh. don't get too frightened. somebody leaned against the glass. >> we are told the volunteer fell through a nine by nine foot window and was bleeding pretty badly from the head. the good news here, the man was able to walk to an ambulance. so far though, no word on his condition this morning. >>> now, to the prince george's county race for county executive. let's talk about that. that was rushern baker beating the four challengers. we continue with this morning's team coverage with stac

jim. >> lehrer: and picking up on what the president discussed today, jeffrey brown has our own 9/11 conversation. >> brown: nine years later, and very suddenly and very loudly, a new national conversation has grown around questions of tolerance, trust, and religious and cultural values. we get four voices on these matters. the reverend janet vincent is rector of st. columba's episcopal church in washington, d.c. nine years ago, she ministered to rescuers, workers, and families of those killed at the site of the world trade center. bishop harry jackson is pastor of hope christian church in beltsville, maryland. his books include "personal faith, public policy, and the truth in black and white." reza aslan is author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and future of islam." he's also a contributing editor to the web site, "the daily beast". and nick gillespie is editor in chief of reason.com and previously served as editor of "reason magazine". welcome to all of you. i will start with you reverend vincent. we heard the president refer to the country as being anxious, he said fears can surfac

brown vs. board of education. it i the civ rights crisis and new jim crow, so if the courthouse door is slammed in our face and congress won't even make one-to-one the standard. they make it 18 to 1 instead of 100 to 1 on crack cocaine sentencing, what are our options? that very same movement needs to be informed they also have to defend the 14th amendment. .. think an awakening is required. a period of consciousness. and movement building has to -- consciousness-raising and movement building has to take place. if we were to go back to the racial incarceration we had in the 1970's, a time when many civil rights activists thought it was just high, we would have to release four out of five people who are in prison today. more than a million people employed by the criminal justice system would lose their jobs. prisons located in white rural communities would close. if we're talking about ending the system we have in this the united states today, it is going to take much more than kind of the tinkering of a handful of laws by courageous lawmakers. it is going to require an awakening within the community, incarceration. to

jim la costa, cnn. >> meanwhile, things are heating up for the california gov. and bill clinton debuted for the on with the start of a new television ad criticizing the record of fellow democrat, jerry browntman using a 1992 footage primary debate. and clinton, jerry brown square off. and his tax record was " just wrong. and this is a nationreported that he is sayint that is a nasty jabs towards his reputation. >> and you can see track record know it is moving slow south towards the lower deck of the golden gate bridge. we will be budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >> taking a look at today's numbers on the stock market. the dow jones ended the day up 28 points in the nasdaq was up seven points. meanwhile, an improvement for the americans for applying for jobless benefits. now, they're fal

willie brown gives us his opinion on what the two parties need to do to tip the balance. >> jim bernardn the cbs 5 weather center mostly cloudy outside the door, chance of showers throughout the bay area, few and far between, we will go looking for them none the less your complete forecast in just a few minutes having the right real estate agent on your side is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. >>> online check around the bay at this hour, light and variable winds, muggy 60 urging a federal appeals court to "uphold the law". lawyers say the trial judge who struck down the measure --quote- >> the supporters of prop 8 have filed papers asking them to up hold the law. they said the judge invented a right that doesn't exist. last month they ruled that it violates the guarantees of equal protection and due process that hearing has been stayed until an appeals court and they are having a hearing in december. >> on the national front president barack obama is work

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> and this morning on "the early show," that florida preacher who's threatening to burn the koran, despite condemnation from almost every corner, will talk about it. i'm terrell brown this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." no oil has flowed into the gulf for weeks, but it's just the beginning of our work. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. my job is to listen to the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel and restaurant workers and find ways to help. that means working with communities. we have 19 centers in 4 states. we've made over 120,000 claims payments, more than $375 million. we've committed $20 billion to an independent claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. we'll keep looking for oil, cleaning it up if we find it and restoring the gulf coast. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. bp is gonna be here until the oil is gone and the people and businesses are back to normal... until we make this right. ♪ ♪ >>> let's dance this morning, shall we? dancers from new york's alvin ailye american dance theater danced

brown that is running. today, someone made it clear who the candidate is by defacing signs at polling sites. in the meantime, council member jimm is seeking a fourth term in ward 1 and has not seen much of a challenge for weaver or smith and the polls showgm graham with 68% support and raised more money than both of his challenge -- challengers combined. harry thomas jr. faces a host of challengers in ward 5, tommy wells with two in ward 6. republicans, by the way, have candidates in four ward contests and areup opposed in this primary. the four republicans will challenge democrats, however. in the elect. >> will that name confusion you mentioned be enough to unseat mendelson? >> reporter: it's always up to the voters to know who they voting for. in this case, doesn't appear they do. mendelson started take the challenge seriously when the polls finally came out. "the washington post" polls showed the shadowed center, who is white, polling extremely high in areas like ward 7 and 8 where he rarely campaigned and in fact, his numbers mirror the current council member. the man running, michael d. brown has a strong support in anac

i am pamela brown and it is 8:27 on this thursday. here is jimn. >>> the traffic on route 1 college park and continues around the beltway to silver spring which is slower than normal but no major accidents. heavy traffic tried to get as the interchange of 121 in high of town by getting through clarksburg and germantown on 270. 95 in springfield is beginning to clear out as you make that trip, no accidents to report on 66. >>> not a bad thursday morning. we have added clouds. the clouds you can see looking east from our rooftop. temperatures are warmer than yesterday at this time. leesburg is 69 degrees. for the most part, we are in the 60's. we will have increasing clouds and a few showers this afternoon, mainly far west of the metro area. this evening and tonight, we will have a few showers but will not amount to much. mid to upper 80's today and cooler tomorrow. >>> defeated d.c. mayor adrian fenty is making plans. he says he will support his former opponent in the november election. he says he will not wait a rival campaign or run as an indepe

jim. >> lehrer: and to one of the big policy debates of the coming months: whether to extend bush- era tax cuts. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the tax cuts in question were signed into law by president bush in 2001 and 2003. unless extended by congress, they'll exre on december 31st. and rates would rise across-the- board. this week president obama announced he favors keeping the current rates for the majority of american households: those with incomes below $250,000 for couples and $200,000 for individuals. but the president wants to end the cuts for top earners, whose income tax rate would go from 35% to the pre-2001 standard of 39%. republicans are resisting that move. >> they say no. and the reason is they're holding all those middle class folks who need tax relief hostage right now in order to provide tax breaks for the top 2% wealthiest americans. >> brown: g.o.p. leaders have called for extending all the cuts for at least two years. arguing that too many americans will be hurt at a time of economic stagnation. >> this particular tax increase he has in mind that he will characterize as a tax in

mcwhitman and jerry brown want to be governor what are their plans to fix the job mess. john in the talk about how their ideas really stack up pgh >>> >> jim bernard here in the cbs 5 weather center gorgeous day yesterday across the bay another good one shaping up with a cooling trend on a field. we will have the details in just a few minutes ,, as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >>> our online weather check indicates cool temperatures as the fog returns to the bay area ,,,,,,,, shourd - says she may be released as early as tuesday. >>> an attorney for detained hiker sarah shore said she may be released as early as tuesday. they agreed to release her for medical reasons. shore ca

brown . board of educatio it is the civil rights crisis and new jim crow, so if the courthouse door is slammeds won'tven make one-to-one the standard. they make it 18 to 1 instead of 100 to 1 on crack cocaine sentencing, what are our options? that very same movement needs to be informed they also have to defend the 14th amendment. .. i think an awakening is required -- a kind of consciousness and movement building will have to take place. nothing short of a major social movement is going to end mass incarceration in the united states. it read back to the race we had in the 1970's, there is a time when activist thought mass incarceration was high. we would have to release four out of five people who are in prison today -- more than 1 million people employed by the criminal justice system would lose their jobs. prisons located in predominantly white, rural communities would close. if we are talking about ending the cast like system we have in the united states today, it will take much more than a week tinkering -- retinkering of a handful all flawless. it will require an awakening. much light du

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brown vs. board of education. it is the civil rights crisis and new jim crow, so if the courthouse door is slammed in our face and congress won't even make one-to-one the standard. they make it 18 to 1 instead of 100 to 1 on crack cocaine sentencing, what are our options? that very same movement needs to be informed they also have to defend the 14th amendment. .. >> so i think and awakening is required, a period of consciousness and movement building, consciousness-raising and movement building where it has to take place. because nothing short of a major social movement is going to end mass incarceration in the united states. if we're going to go back to the 1970s, there were times when many civil rights activists thought it was a creature slay hi. but if we were to go back to the bad old days of the 1970s we would have to release four out of five people who were imprisoned today. more than wondering people employed by the criminal justice system would lose their job. prisons, unit, located in predominate wide road committees that are now providing economic base for many communities would close. if we are talking

jim fact and to try to get in the elaine namibia be worth it. >> thank you. but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brownit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth. ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing tv... you can take with you. u-verse now lets you download, watch hit tv shows and schedule recordings on your mobile phone. order u-verse tv today. plans starting at just $29 a month for six months, with dvr included. plus upgrade to u-verse u300 and get the u-verse mobile app free. take the u-verse tv experience with you. and record up to four shows at once from any room on a single dvr and play them back on any tv in your house. ♪ order u-verse tv today. plans starting at just $29 a month for six months, with dvr included. plus upgrade to u-verse u300 and get the u-verse mobile app free. u-verse mobile and u-verse tv. only with at&t. ♪ and we're bac