he promised the lerners he would run the show for five ears.e will be stepping found after 4.5 years ago with the organization. he said it's about me, clearly trying to squash reports that the lerner family doesn't want to incrse payroll. >> he will be missed herin the organization, but he's laid quite a solid foundation, we've done a lot of the things with his input. we'll go about with his business and feel a championship caliber organization. >> and kasten at today's game. defense was the theme. top six, jayon michael sends one to secon and check out espinoza's diving play. great play from the youngster skchl car les lee, and alberto gonzalez ys out. filling for? for ryan zimmerman and nicely. watch that again. pfectly timed. and that ends the inning. home half of the seventh. that was outstanding. espinoza at the plate, with the manon and he is getting big all over the place. two-run shot. he now has six home runs in 20 games. the national down the astros 7-2. a thirdtraight win, it's the nats and braves this weekend. >>> talking football.

as you know, stan kasten randy lerner group and has been the face of the ballclub.t mchenry has been at the ballpark all day long. he actually broke the news to some of the players. >> stan kasten today, he took things pretty personally. at one. he covered his face with sunglasses to hide his emotions. -- at one point he covered his face with sunglasses to write his emotions. -- hide his emotions. >> we came to a successful conclusion on both players and the energy and time and strategy that we put together in ways that people had no idea and will never understand. >> he refused to go on camera today, saying he did not want to distract from the game going on right now, but he promised to divulged his future plans at the end of this season, to which he said, "i think you will not lose track of me." >> surprising and by the way, 3-2, nats against the saints. st. louis has evolved is stephen jackson and running back. he is 6 ft. 3 and 240 gallons. >> he is powerful -- 240 pounds. >> he is powerful and everything you want in a player. he is a great football player. >> i

in may 2006, caston was part of a group led by washington-area real estate developer ted lerner. he was picked by major league baseball to buy the team. he made a commitment to stay with him for five years and it's time to move on. he did not say whether he would retain his ownership stake in the team. what does this mean for the nats now? >> that means we have lost the two-time executive in the year and in his career and a longtime player executive and someone who is running the organization. he laid the foundation of success here in washington. >> the nats are headed to a third consecutive last plate place finish in the nl east and that is 14 on the of the 16 teams in the national league. >>> and williams moved up in the depth chart, the backup to clinton portis with the release of larry johnson and that free agent was a part of the national 2007 championship team. he was ready when that opportunity called. >> when you come can come in and have the coaches consider you, that saying in something why about your preparation. >> haven't thought about the game plan or if my role wou

his name is bobby lernered. he owns a place near glen park called critter fritters. he's been a competitor of pet food express for 25 years. he says, look, the competition for this pet specialty food is grocery stores. the small boutique stores in san francisco, myself included, benefit from pet food express because their advertising calls attention to the fact that there's higher end, better quality food that's available. they take customers away from the grocery stores. so within those confines, if they're using their market par to shift people away from the grocery store competition, it can benefit the small boutique industrials who are also trying to find that niche. but the point is, no one knows for sure whether pet food express will impact a store on geary street or, you know, on sacramento street. it takes a lot of money do that kind of economic analysis and we haven't done that. i'd like to introduce someone whom i don't think the formula retail contemplates, the bank of america, the gap. michael levy founded this company in san francisco, he gives back to t

our plan for english lerner's also requires that we take a systemic approach to how we approach all language issues. the immersion middle school pathways -- we are moving language programs. we have to be cautious about how we do that so we are building capacity and quality programs. the school improvement grants -- a lot of information has been shared about those grants. what has not been shared is that the process of engagement for those communities is just now starting. now that we have been awarded those grants, we think we know what the dollar amounts will be. the process of engaging each of those communities and development of what their improvement plan will be over the next three years is just now beginning. those decisions have a huge impact on how we move forward with the structural reform of the school district. we are also ready to receive word about our magnet school grants. we feel confident we will be very competitive. however, we still do not know if we have been award these magmas school grants. those will have a significant impact as well on the instructional programs at the

in may of '06 kasten was part of a group led by washington area real estate developer ted lerner picked by major league baseball to buy the team. kasten said he made a commitment to stay with the team five years and now it's time to move on. he did not say whether he would retain his ownership stake in the team. what does this mean for the nationals? >> it means that we've lost a two time executive of the year in his career and a long time player executive and a guy who has run an organization, but he certainly has, like i said, laid the foundation for success here in washington. we're just going to continue where we're at. >> nationals looking for their third win in a row hosting the astros, top 3 tied at one. a great catch at short and doubles up the runner at first. he may lead the league with 33 errors but that was some nice defense. bottom 6, nats up 3-2, two outs. this one is launched to left center. it's the 11th home run of the season for him and the nats win 7-2. >>> well, the nats are headed toward a third consecutive last place finish in the nl east, but albert haynesworth, k

we attract the best and most dedicated teachers and lerner's because of our wonderful heart and soul that we provide here at san francisco general. in the future, we will continue to fulfill our mission to provide health care and, services to all. we are excited to be a partner in this wonderful endeavor. thank you. [applause] >> nothing that i do, nothing that the health department does would be possible without the fantastic san francisco health commission. i would ask them to stand up. president ilig. thank you so much. thank you for the support. thank you for the leadership. thank you for making things like this rebuild happen. many of them worked hard on the campaign trail helping us to make it happen. i want to thank also the broader city family, our fire chief is here. our special angel in the mayor's office, who has now moved on to another job and shepherded the project all the way through, and a very special thank you and welcome up to the podium for a missing, the head of dpw who made sure that the project is on time and on budget and it will be a great facility. [applause]

mark lerner was there and daniel snyder appeared they were on capitol hill.y joined together to fight childhood obesity. was it disrespectful. they stand on the nationals mound. >> if we win, we stop them from doing ed. obviously, we want to be where they are at. hopefully, one year we can celebrate on their field of the way they did on hours. ours. h way they did on hours. ours. h >>> we will hear from s right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. g

a graduated, three-state licensing process which goes from lerner's permit to intermediate to full. there are a number of states that don't do this and that is helpful for kids to gain maturity and knowledge as they advance to different abilities to drive and different requirements. at the lerner's permit and intermediate stages, it would prohibit all use of cell phones and communication devices except in the case of an emergency. the other piece of this, something we're working on, senator dorgan, students taking responsibility, stars act for short, training to elevate teens, educate teens about the dangers of drunk driving, distracted driving, speeding and not wearing a seat belt. what i said last year when i was here is that texting while driving is like playing russian rule et and no text message is worth dying for. a based on the conference we did in minnesota with teens across the state is that there is a lot more work to be done here. and i took away this year these three things i wanted to share with you. from now on, when i speak to groups of kids, i'm using the ipad. secon