my name happens to be on the book with john bruining, a brilliant military historian. there's an aviation aspect to this that i had no grasp of planes other than spending a long time riding in them, most of them cold flights over the atlantic but john brunning was extraordinarily helpful making sense of just how important colonel alon was. remember, for those of you who are students of espionage and terrorism, the israelis got their hands on a state-of-the-art soviet mig with a defector back in the day, that made its way to the united states, and went to groom lake, area 51, and colonel alon had actually done battle with the migs in your traditional red baron dogfights. so his knowledge of just how to fight in the air against the evil empire of the soviet union at the time, during the cold war, was critical, critical. >> to what degree do you attribute your enable to -- inability to do more in the '80s and '90s to governmental bureaucracy and the structure of the u.s. government? >> all of the above. i think that if you look at the u.s. government during that time peri

bruins and take the lead. >>> battle of the bay -- steve and john helped raise $200,000 for special olympics n very raised 4 years. i asked why he thinks alex smith will succeed under the new coach. >> going to get looked at this year in the new west coast offense and he will run that. >> i think ellis is suited for that. his arm, his ability, his knowledge of the passing game and the defense, i think suits him. >> he lost in the semi-finals and starts the top five. >> i really miss the weekly interview was the 49ers. that was fun. >> you were a tough interview. you asked hard questions -- why did i pull out steve young in the third quarter, we were winging, that's why. >> number four, if you constituent in a yankee fan's lap and he has a beer you better pull out nine dollars and get a new one. >>> number three, jordon country, braves and padres, running catch, that saved the win over san diego. >>> number two, back to stanley cup, dan -- down goes frasier. >>> how about helmet can of a 24-year-old set the world record on a bike in new zealand, becoming the first to do a triple back flip. he raised down a 6

john boy! >> this is ploy counterpunch, tonight's topic for debate, can the boston bruins win the stanley cup?p, bert? >> they're playing great hockey against vancouver right now. >> okay. >> when it's all said and done. >> yeah. >> i'd have to say, no. gordy? [ laughter ] >> making terrible things happening with our minds. >> this is a part of the show. where we make terrible things happen with our minds. let's do this. ♪ [ laughter ] [ laser sounds ] ♪ ♪ [ laser sounds ] ♪ >> yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> yeah. yeah, baby! that's what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] oh, you know what that means? >> that means -- time for the t-shirt yeti. [ cheers ] ♪ the beekeeper is back from the sweat lodge in wyoming. now they are totally hopped up on bath salts. and they are ready to party. >> oh, my gosh. they are tossing out t-shirts. >> both: who wants a t-shirt!? [ cheers and applause ] >> that's all the time we have. thank you for watching the steel network "sports freakout." we'll be right back with kirstie alley! ♪ [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coff

bruins. they now lead vancouver 5-1 in the third. . >> a whirlwind 24 hours for golfers the strike appeared on his impressive win at the bar yesterday to a preview of johnlassic in the quad cities where he's a two-time winner. strikers victory yesterday not want him $1.1 million but he moved up to no. 4 in the world. and make him the highest ranked american golfer with the u.s. open in two weeks away. . >> work and hard at it keeps me wanting to play. all those things. i get to spend the time a home and be with my family and kids and then it's been a nice balance. . >> congratulations to a steep ridge sticker the first cut pick in tonight's rat is how the air who batted over 100 last year. robin ventura is back with the white sox. the former all-star third baseman has joined the club as a special adviser. there is no longer abc's national champion for the 2004 college football season. the b.c. as has stripped usc of his title because of violations involving star tailback reginald bush. and that is amonday night. were happy at the time you shared with us. i'm i'm micah materre. i'm mark suppelsa for all of us here have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

bruins are up 4-0. >> all right. all right. there you go. there you go. i think that's an audience pleaser. let's continue the questions and get down to the floor. >> thank you, johnlet's turn to a serious subtle. new hampshire is one of five states where individuals who happen to be gay can marry legally. this is a question of conflicting interest. i know you're opposed to same-sex marriage. as president would you try to overturn -- what influence would you use from the white house to overturn state laws despite your own personal belief that states should handle their own affairs whenever possible and in many circumstances. >> i do believe in the 10th amendment and self-determination for the states. i believe it's between a man and woman. i carried that legislation when i was a senator in minnesota, and i believe for children the best possible way to raise children is to have a mother and father in their life. now, i didn't come from a perfect background. my parents were divorced, and i was raised by a single mother. there's a lot of single families and families with troubled situations. that's why my husband and i have broken hearts for at-risk kids and why we t