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i' alex witt. all at to bring to you this morning along with whlice in los angeles are notuling out homicide charges in the michael jackson investigation. but first this hour we have some breaking news onhe space uttle "evour." oncega it has ben delayed. jay baree is live at the kennedy ace center. jay, gd morning. what hapned? >> well, last night, alex, they had seven lightning strikeon the launch pad they have a lightning arrests out there. they do not believe that any damage took placut they're noceain. so what they want to do is they want to run down every one of these lightning strikes here in the next 24 hours, absolutely sur nothing has been broken, or created a problem whatsoever withithe space shuttle tem. d they wll try to goagain tomorrowvening at 7:13 p.m. eastern time. but ain, it's the same question with theweather. they don't expect the weathero be any better. they hav that rking against them, 60% chance of no-go, thundershowers ithe area. but right now, they've t to make sure that t

i just hope it is a teachable moment, though, alex.ecause new jersey had a terrible incident and then they passed legislation to stop racial profiling. in this country this isn't over. we aren't really in a totally post-racial world here. >> peter, as a consultant, a political consultant, you go around and tell these politicians what to do and say, don't you think it's great someone is able to come out and say maybe i misjudged? haven't we said that all along, it is worse if you try to hide behind things and just say nothing? >> absolutely. >> or not admit you made mistakes. >> yes. i mean look, people are human. they get caught up in the heat of the moment. they say things that they regret and it's fine to say look, i overstepped there. i shouldn't have done that. so i think, you know, what people are looking for in their politicians is, you know, they're not looking for superwoman or superman. they're looking for someone who they can identify with, and who is human. and that's -- that business of kind of apologizing, there's nothing

alex? >> do you know who it is that's donating that money, that's giving her $400,000 just a few weeks ago? >> these are her grassroots supporters, those who love and admire sarah palin, who think she's been treated unfairly by the press and the media. they do very little solicitation. sometimes you will see an advertisement for sarah pac. i'm told she has a list of more than 13,000 political contributors. that's significant. because in politics, you want a list. if you have something like 20,000, that means you've got quite a base to raise money from. it's significant she's got that many people, 13,000 people who have contributed to her political action committee. that's a well you can go back to and get more donations as she tries to spread her message around the country. she's not saying she's running for president, let's be clear. >> we've been monitoring the twitter page as well. u you mentioned what we picked up from her official twitter page. she lists several of the musicians she's

good morning, alex. the last we heard from the coroner's officehich was about a couple weeks ago, thos reports were supposed t take veral weeks. what hpens now isthat time li is becomi more uncertain because reports aced yestery that coroner's instigators are now serving subpoes to practically ever doctor tt has been involved in the singer's care recely. this is in an attempt to piece together his medical story and perhapmore signifantly to find o what kind of drugs he was taking to treat wat kind o ailmen but depending on what that coroner's investigation finds, which, again,may take longer thaw longth toxicology reports areupposed to take, that ishe cue that the lapd investigators will tke to determine the veigation, the course that they will take. of course, the chf has not ruled out homicide. okay. y, jih, what a the velopment of thecustody hearing? that's been pusheback a while. what's behi all this? >> that's right. learn late friday afternoon that the custody hearingwhich had been scheduled all al

i'm alex witt.reaction on the controversy surrounding the arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates jr. president obama talking about it again. >> because this has been ratcheting up, and because i helped contribute to ratcheting it up. i want to make clear that in my choice of words, i think i, unfortunately, gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department and sergeant crowley specifically, and i could have calibrated those words differently. >> i'm joined by author, commentator and professor michael alan dyson. good morning. >> good morning to you, ms. witt. >> where are we at on this? >> the president is a prince of a man, reconciling figure, attempting to bring the two figures together, sergeant crowley and professor gates. he also insisted that we underscore the necessity of dealing with racial profiling and i think that's the bigger story here. at the end of the day, professor gates was in his home. he was arrested. the sensible reason for the call was breaking and

i'm alex witt. welcome to msnbc sunday. 11:00 a.m. eastern time, 8:00 a.m. out west. here's what's happening for you this hour. >>> sarah palin stepping down as governor of alaska in just a matter of hours. she's embarked on a series of farewell picnics this weekend to thank the residents of her home state. a bit later today she'll be attending a picnic in fairbanks. nbc's norah o'donnell is live for us once again in fairbanks this morning where it is a very early, just 7:00 a.m. but that's really late in the day compared to what time she's been getting up all weekend for us. good morning, norah. what is she saying before she officially bids farewell to everybody? >> reporter: she's saying thank you to the people of alaska. that's what she's going to say here today in her farewell speech. i'm actually sitting in the v.i.p. section which is only invited guests and family here because this is exactly where sarah palin is going to deliver her farewell speech, her resignation speech. she's going to turn over power to the lieutenant governor here in this state, even though

nobody is better than alex. >> obama who tricked john mccain to make joe the plumber a voice. >> anybody who has to defend joe the plumber is in a rough spot. >> i'm sorry, i got so caught up in laughter on that argument. when we come back, are you smarter than malia obama. a reality show is asking that. it's something we thought you should know. >>> then on "hardball" -- >> then on "hardball" -- is this my read or why urs? >> yours. >> the firefighter at the heart of the controversial case that judge sonia sotomayor ruled on takes the stand during the confirmation hearing. will his testimony sway any senators. "hardball" with chris matthews starts in about eight minutes. ! tell your friends, tell your dad, tell your mom! never mind, they've been singing our songs since we first showed up with our pirate hats on! if you're not into fake sword fights pointy slippers and green wool tights take a tip from a knight who knows free credit report dot com, let's go! vo: offer applies with enrollment in triple advantage.

>> well, alex, this guy i think being wrongly cicatured in th media.e's an ama pporter, i think, an acti supporter. i don'think it's him. the wom whoun the day-care center said how apologetic he was. he knew this w a group of african-american kids coming in re and they had rescinded the offeto two otheramps which are multi-ethnic. i think there are racists there. e kids did hear this. but it seems to be a smaller number of people doing that and they panick, and just we with that flow. assume there was some degree of crowding here. but this guy duesler is not a neanderthal assic racist here. that's why it's more interesting to u in philadelphia to be talking out this. it a littl bit more nnced but ra is a part of it. >> joe, dom brings up a point. apparently the are other day camp groups that hve been teed invitationso the pool, one of which was accepted andlater it was rescinded, because the excuse of overcrowding. and that , to my understandg, a group of, you know, racially mixed and diverse group of kids thatere coming there,s well. do you think ther

i'm alex witt. we will ve all of thatlus th latest on the investigation into the death of michael jason. but first we're going to do politics andhe president' trip to ghana. just art timero now the president' family will be touring cape coa castle which was itain's heauarters in st africa for the transatlantislavtrade. the president finishing addre addressinghana's parliament in the la half hour wherehe spoke wi frica's tionship with t u. i see afri as a fundamental part of our interconnected world. as partnersith america on behalf of the future we want for all of our children. that partnership must be grnded in mutual responsibility. nbc'shitese correspondtavannahuthrie is traveling wth the president. savannahoins us once again li from ccra, ghana. what eactly doe the president mean by mutual responsility? well, you know, thisis a theme we hear a lot from the president. 's certainly one at ought to africa with him today. and he's talking about e west, industrializedations doing their part to he afr

alex? >> okay. let's get a look at the place where you are, because it's so pretty. >> it is pretty. fairbanks, of course, on the sheena river, it rhymes with tina. the beavers are swimming and the trout are jumping. we're just near the fairbanks princess hotel here. i think i mentioned earlier that pat buchanan was still asleep upstairs. we hear he's gone down for breakfast. just kidding. we don't know that he's here. he's a huge sarah palin fan. if only, i know he wishes that he were here. an interesting thing about fairbanks, because we are pretty far north here in alaska, just read that a short time ago that fairbanks is actually the only city in the world that has the largest stretch of temperatures, all the way from 66 below fahrenheit, to 99 degrees fahrenheit. no other city on the earth has such a wide range in terms of temperatures. so this is a pretty unique place. >> okay. you know what, i'm going to excuse you, because you've been up since god knows when. you've been on with us since 3:0

good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, mary. this is the reisterstown area. the meadows and sunnybrook farm neighborhoods that took a real hit in the storm last night. not even the largest of trees was strong enough to stand up last night's powerful storm. in the reisterstown area, the thunderstorm hit with blinding rain, hail and wind. >> i looked outside and i saw the trees across the street lay down, and i knew something wasn't right. >> we had these limbs behind you all in the carport. we have got a tree down on some lines over here. it was horrible. >> reporter: trees crashed into roofs of some homes and crushed at least one car. in this vehicle, a falling tree brought down electric lines, trapping a woman inside for hours. according to the national weather service, straight-line winds of 60 miles per hour did the damage, but it felt considerably stronger to some. >> i am surprised they are not classifying this as a tornado. >> really, why? >> because the force of the wind and the hail. >> reporter: well, the force of that, you can obviously see. bge cre

good morng to you. >> reporter: hi, alex.eah, there's -- go ahead. >> i wanted to t first about this investigaon with the three young children what is is out? >> reporter:fter michael jackn was found in his home anacrding to rports surrounded by various tes of prescriptionrugs, including an extremel powerful sedive that isn't supd to be used outside of hospita settings, access hollywood reporting that department of chiren and families wants look into the situation surrounng the children, how much exposure the may have had have possible drug usby michael jackson, and also what kind of situati they are in now. they're ling with ckson's mother at the family compound in encino. but the department of children and families wants to make sure they're ind setng and if kaerine jackson is granted permanent cusdy, rightow she has temporarycustody, will that the best place f them. that es alongalso with the custy issue of course when a judge is going to decide at's going to b best for these childre and of course, who is go to rt of throw

to find out more, visit hks.harvard.edu. >>> alex jones america, new york city 2009. we are here with publisher ret basic books. john, what is the publisher do? >> the publisher is a title i have. i ron in print at basic books so we have editorial marketing, publicity, design and i end up making the final decisions. i say a lot of yes or no all day long. >> wendi say yes or no to? >> whether we are going to acquire a book, how much we're going to pay, what resources we will put into promoting it. the final call on which jacket, a lot of a over become i like his jacket better than not want to get a bunch of small decisions all adds up to the decisions but a bunch of small ones along the way. >> how long have you been in books and where did you come from before basic? did you always want to be a publisher? >> no, i serendipitously found the business. i ran a bookstore in washington for ten years and finally decided i enjoyed the book business so much wanted to try something different. publishing was the obvious choice. you're going to date me, i think this might be almo

alex? >>iciclle kosinski there i downwnto l l.a thank yoyou. >>> alalso w this rning, thth "losos angesesimes" reporting th investigators are focucusing on at leeasfive doctors who prcribed drugs to michael jackson. auththorits s ve removed drdrug and otherededic evidence from m the holmbmb hll mansion wrere jajackn collapsed. theyey're yiyi to determrmin whether the medications were properly prerescbebed andwhethe ththey playeany kind of ro in theop icon's deat one source tellinge"l. times" som prescriptions were made out to jackson aliases. some of the drugs had no prescription labels on the bottles. investigators are tryin deteinhow jackson got the drugs. a cot hearing is scheduled tomorrow morning in los angeles to deal with who will ta temporary controof michael jackson's estate. > keep it right here or special live corage of michael jackson's memorial service al day tuesda on msnbc. >>> still ahead, the newtrouble for the former mar of washington, d.c. we'll tell you what happened to

>> a little treat for you here, alex. we are actually standing on the deck of "uss nanna" which happens to be the second largest wooden hulled ship in the world. this is also known as the queen of the you con, the lady of the river. this actually used to take goods and supplies up and down the you con river as well as the cheen nah river here in fairbanks. this big, beautiful boat -- it looks like a movie set. this is in pioneer park. this is going to be the backdrop for where sarah palin gives her resignation speech. right down there on that stage is where sarah palin, after she serves up some barbecue to the thousands of people here is going the take the stage and deliver this farewell speech she's been writing. not only probably the thanking the people of alaska, but giving a hint about how she wants to effect change in the future. one other interesting thing, this is a beautiful park, pioneer park at fairbanks alaska, celebrating the annual golden days, the discovery of gold which happened here in fairbanks over a hun

. >>> i'm alex tt. right now here msnbc sunday, theatt on two big breaking stories we'veeen following all moing. first toorthern indiana where a fourth of july fireworks celebration turned trgic. at least 26 pple injured when a pedestan bridge collapses at a park in the town of rrillville. it is about 75 mes southeast of chicago. that bridge was crowded wh abou100 people who had all gathered at that park toatch a fireworks display. joining me with the update of thnews, a reporte for wbbm-780 radio. iou understand you do have new informatn. >> i do. merrillville police saying that a structural failure is the reason that this brie collsed. we are talking about a 90-foot woen bridge that's snded by cables. the was quite a few people on it lt night a this fireworks celebration. initially they tught 100 water. had fallen intthe poli a now saying 50 people acally fell into the ter and 25 people were sent to area hospals with non-life reening injuries. nobody thankfull was illed. initially there were also repo

alex, and these guys aren't stepping down. sanford's not going to step down, after his argentina thing. and this guy's not stepping down. are we at a point now where the public is so used to this, you just list the names, spitzer, bill clinton, he was president of the united states. do we not care anymore, voters? >> to some extent it doesn't matter on what side of the political spectrum that this is happening. and it is a bit shocking when they don't necessarily step down. given that their entire platform, or the core of what they came to power and everything that was all about their -- the way they run their lives and the way they run their administration have to deal with those very issues. the real issue is, what is going to happen to the political careers of these people. yes, maybe they stay in office. yes, maybe they get reelected. but probably not. how are they going to be defined moving forward? these men, in particular, it's not only men that have this problem, but men right now in very public, powerful positions, th

good afternoon to you, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary. well, you know this crash has left some crews as to how it may have happened, but it will likely be months before a cause is definitive to be discovered. the helicopter went down in the median in the eastbound lanes of i-7010:30 last night near smithburg. all four people on board were killed in the crash or the fire that followed. there had been storms but visibility was an issue. >> limited visibility because of moisture and fog in the area, especially around the upper levels of south mountain. >> reporter: a briefing at the airport in hagerstown, the national transportation safety board said weather would be examined, as well as overhead power lines. >> based on witness reports given to the maryland state police, the helicopter was flying east over interstate 70. it impacted power lines that i understand were about 70 feet above the ground before hitting the ground. witnesses reported that the aircraft was flying very low. they saw sparks flying before the aircraft hit the ground an

julian epstein and alex johnson are here. al alex, let's bring you in on this.s how republican lawmakers are handle it. you have this video of a writer following some congressman who won't say, yes, the president deserves to be president, he was born in the united states. what do you make of this? >> well, i mean, look, i think most sensible minds are coming around on this issue, not even coming around, have the right position on this. look, barack hussein -- excuse me, barack obama -- >> did you deliberately do that? >> that was a mistake. i was thinking about his name and i was thinking he should have stuck with barry as he had -- >> what thank -- that is a repu thing to say. >> let's not get too wound oup. >> let's not get too wound up by an argument people are making that's perceived as racist, that the president is how a terrorist or -- >> and he should have kept his name? >> that was not my implication in any way. >> go ahead, julian. >> i don't know if we can let alex dig himself out of the mud here. i'm not quite sure what the meaning of that last statem

>> this is the alex witt movie of the year.if you have any sexual fantasies about coworkers, it's about a tv anchor who gets a flirtation going with a co-worker, reporter, and it's let's just say it -- it's a good bottle of the sexes movie. but guys don't like it because the bottom line message is men are pigs. >> okay. well darn, my cover is blown with you, tom o'neil. what can i do about this anyway? okay. well, we're going to have to have you back to talk about more films. as always, love having you. >>> there's a ray of hope in the housing market this morning. but does it signal rebound or is there a relapse still to come? crest whitestrips has created a strip so revolutionary... you can use it while you do just about anything. it molds better... it grips better... and seals better. you can even drink water with it on. introducing new crest whitestrips advanced seal. it's an all-new technology... that molds and adheres to your teeth better... ...giving you a dramatically whiter smile. whitening that fits any life and every

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here is alex gordon.e pitch outside for a ball. >> buck: i think of the word savvy a lot when i think of those kids. they've got a savvy about them. they're not cocky. they're very confident. they almost appear as though they've been here before. >> gary: one balm, one strike count. one -- one ball, one strike count. one-run ballgame. orioles have familiar by one- run games. 6-7 loss loss have been by one- run games. orioles have lost 6-7 ballgames to kansas city coming in take the opener last night. hendrickson will try and hold kansas city right here. gordon has singled and struck out. jf speed breaking ball has been fouled right back. out of the bullpen, wired wednesday clay will join us. we'll have a chance it to ta to him and a chance to meet him the newest of the orioles. he'll sit down now. here is the 2-2 delivery on the way. breaking ball hit in the air to right. it is deep warning track. markakis with room. alex gordon retired. >> buck: just enough room as markakis takes it off the warning track

but first, alex demetrick is live. alex? >> reporter: for the folks of sunny brook farm and the meadows, yesterday's storm was like being plunged. >> thick trees cracked like wish bones. what broke up was carried into rooftops or backyard swimming pools. >> then we lost visibility altogether. it was a whistling sound. >> i was looking outside. and i saw the trees across the street lay down. and i knew something wasn't right. >> it was horrible. this was probably the most damage i have ever seen from a storm in my lifetime. thinking for sure it was a tornado. but it was just high winds. >> reporter: while tornado was just the thought for many, the national weather service called it a straight-line wind. >> basically, it's an intense thunderstorm, where you have a down draft or down burst, that produces very intense winds. they said sometimes from 60 to 100 miles an hour. but they're very certain that this was not a funnel cloud. >> reporter: but it was still strong enough to damage the roofs of some homes and crush cars under

.: pulled foul, long and loud, but it's a foul ball. 1-1 on alex rios who had been the blue jays number three hitter, now he's down in the line-up a bit. last night he batted 7th. tonight with a lefty on the mound he's batting 6th. >> jim p.: this is a critical time, because almost all the pitches, whether they're to wells or to rios are up in the strike zone. even that curveball not as good as he'd like to throw. so you hope if you're an orioles fan that he can somehow find his way out of this inning and then get his rhythm. >> jim h.: now you're 1-2, you're a pitch away from getting out of the inning. you love your curveball but you've had some pretty good fastball command tonight. >> jim p.: we've seen the fastball in, but i think matt wieters something down in the strike zone. >> jim h.: and he got him. he swung through it. went away from the curveball.  ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. (announcer) get a nokia e71x the thinnest smart phone for 99.99 after mail-in-rebate. coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golde

alex rodriguez the solo homer to right, his 14th of the season and the yanks victorious. they've won 8-9. a-rod's 567th career homer leaves him two shy of rafael palmeiro for 10th place all time. the blue jays now 1-3 against the yanks this year. >> manny's former team, the red sox, hosting seattle. we go straight to the top of the 11th, game tied at 5-5 for rob johnson. he goes with the pitch. good hitting, kids. two runs score. mariners go up 7-5. they hold on to win 7-6. tim wakefield failed to get win number 11 in his 383rd career start. that breaks the boston red sox record previously held by roger clemens. >> up ahead on espnews. they call him the machine. albert pujols gave another reason for that nickname. we'll show you. >> he never seems to stop. manny ramirez -- he hopes he doesn't have to stop any more this season. he's back from a 50-game suspension. plenty more coming up from san diego. you know what i like about tennis are the rankings. i like to know exactly where you stand at all times. yeah, it works for us. yeah. hey, if they ranked "sportscenter" ancho

that is 84 at alex san tree -- out there. t-fps in the upper 70s.l right tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and mild. 60s and 7, winds out -- 70, winds out of the northwest. maybe not quite as warm as today. 81 to 85. winds, they are continuing out of the north at ten. northerly winds are great. we have the humidity in this area and getting the southeasterly wind or the southerly winds. so now they will keep the humidity in check. >>> all right, we'll do the zone forecast for you, all six venns -- zones on our website. and that is 82 for them tomorrow, partly cloudy. 82 out there. and 83 in here as well. we go down far enough to 95, you'll find mid-80s one more day. again, partly cloudy skies. no rain drops, and no thunderstorms. on the other side of the river, 83 downtown, 84 out there. probably mid-80s also as you go down into charles county for the area out there. 83 in rockville. a nice day to be on the water. really, 80 degrees, either side of 80 for ap napless ash annapolis. no winds, no showers, no thunderstorms. that's a good deal. satellite pi

here's alex stone. >> reporter: you'd think these crowds were lined up to see a hollywood blockbuster. >> it's the best movie-going experience, truly. >> reporter: but chances are, you've never even heard of the film they're waiting to see. >> hey, bab. >> reporter: and for good reason. "the room" has been called the worst movie ever made. >> i seriously think that it was supposed to be a drama that went terribly wrong in production. >> reporter: the acting is, well, bad. the shots are out of focus. and parts of the movie just make no sense. >> you are tearing me apart, lisa! >> reporter: but "the room" has built a strange cult following.

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. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, dead zones in the bay were supposed to have been smaller this summer. they aren't. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> an icon in east baltimore. prominent developer john paterakis, indicted in the ongoing city hall corruption probe. new at 6:00, why he is such an influential figure. >>> tracking more storms in the region. stick around for the updated weather forecast. >>> as eyewitness news has been reporting, mayor sheila dixon was indicted on corruption charges. this comes a day after a city councilwoman and prominent businessman were indict in the same case. that businessman is john paterakis, who has strong ties to the business community. political reporter pat warren has more on who he is. >> reporter: that's right. john pasterakis is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit campaign finance laws -- to violate campaign finance laws, in connection to councilwoman helen holton. >> reporter: john paterakis made his fortune with hns bakery here in an area t

alex, what did she mean by that? >> i think she's entitled to point fingers at the media.he's had rough treatment in the press. she's gone back to alaska and tried to be a governor. as she said a couple of weeks ago, she figures it's best she move on. she continues to have a tremendous platform. the fact we're talking about her today after she's not governor any longer, shows what a tremendous platform she has. >> alex, what is that platform? >> excuse me. what is -- >> i don't understand. >> my point is that, msnbc sent a correspondent up to alaska to cover her speech yesterday along with just about every other news organization in washington, d.c. when she talks, people listen to her. >> because she's become a national celebrity. >> exactly. i think that's a tremendous opportunity. now she needs to capitalize on it and figure out what she needs to say going forward. as a republican, i know attacking the media and hollywood -- i hope it's more constructive moving forward. >> alex, do you have a problem with the gap in logic? i mean, to say to members of the media, that's

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. >> alex, our cnn contributor of the republican strategist, she basically took the exact same line that alito and roberts took in saying, you know what, i'm not going to talk about it. >> that seems to be what's coming out of these hearings. she will be alito and roberts on the court. really, you can see no differences, which i think most people would find inaccurate that that's not her background. on the puerto rican legal defense fund, which, again, she was on the litigation committee and i believe she headed it and active in supporting it and that committee and she signed a letter to that effect. that they did go to try to limit taxpayer funding of abortion and wipe out parental notification on a few occasions, things like that. again, most republicans would have no trouble voting for her if she was pro-choice or prolife as long as she adhered to the law, strict interpretation of the law and hadn't said those other things like judges make policy from the bench. that's the real concern. >> on the litigation committee, she reviewed staffing, resources and didn't write the briefs. but,

i'm alex witt, you're watching msnbc sunday. 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m.ut of west. >>> in just a few hours sarah palin will step down as governor of alaska after meeting with residents at picnics in her hometown of wasilla friday and in anchorage saturday, she'll attend a farewell picnic later today in fair banks. that's where nbc's norah o'donnell is this morning. norah, what's the government been saying this weekend on her farewell tour? >> reporter: she is saying, thank you, to the residents of alaska and, of course, just later today she is going to deliver a farewell speech right here, pioneer park in fairbanks, alaska. you can see on the stage behind me they're already setting up seats for v.i.p.s who get to sit this close to the governor. she actually traveled from anchorage yesterday, a seven-hour road trip. she actually used her twitter account and tweeted that she packed her camper full of kids and coffee for the road trip and even tweeted what she was listening to on that trip, which included a lot of country music stars, as well as the black-ey

joining me now to talk about that is alex clement, a europe and eurasia analyst. what is your take on the meeting? do you thi we've seen me accomplishmenthere? >> well, think the rusans and the amers focused on what could be achieved relatively painlessly. those are issues in which they both have an obvious mutual interest. that's strategic arms reduction and the security and stability of afghanistan. beneath that, however, there's a whole raft of issues on which russia and the united states fundamentally disagree, whether it's nato expansion, you're asian energy politics, iran, or north korea, frankly, on which it will be very hard for them to reach agreement. in a sense the americans see a new relaonship as a basis for changing the status quo, while the russians see the status quo as a limiting factor for starting a new relationship. it's very hard to reboot things when each side is using a different operating software, so to speak. >> yes, you're right. and one thing i found when i spoke with president medvedev last month is that he really has gotten the promis

alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> human activity has a direct connection. as estimated, more than 1 billion people live in watersheds that impact the grasses. reality. >> strong thunderstorms right now over northeast maryland. and we'll talk about that in a minute. >>> take a look at temperatures here. 74. humidity, 81%. winds north to northwest at 8. take a look at the storms and the weekend after this. >>> let's take a look at radar. you can clearly see. it's all moving to the philadelphia and eastern pa region. and new jersey. zooming in around elkton. from golena to central and northern sections of delaware. and a line from conowingo. just to the north of suthersville. galena. and further to the north and northeast of the region. another line from just to the southwest of conowingo. through port deposit. that's headed up toward elkton and cecil county. you folks up there are getting all of that activity. a little rain southern portions of the lower eastern shore. light activity. there is more activity developing to the far south and west of us. that's w

george, les talk about the first batter, alex rios. turned out to be a 13 pitch at bat. >> yeah, he seems to have good at bats against me. sometimes i get him, sometime hebes get mess, but he always seems to take it deep. in the count. >> george, any advice to adam joans about going to his first all star game? >> if he asks me. >> the success you guys have had out of the bullpen. like last night, just six innings of one-run baseball. tell us a little about what the whole bullpen -- how it's taking effect right now. >> well, it seems like we're slyly starting to work ourselves into rolls, consistent rolls, and i think with that said that everybody seems to be doing pretty well, and getting kind of adjusted to their roll, whatever it may be, and stepping it up a little bit. >> george, we appreciate you taking the time to take a moment to be with us, after the orioles beating the blue jays for a second straight game. sherrill with this 20th save today. so the orioles win 4-2, second straight win over the blue jays. time to look at the at&

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the alex zan dree ya police chief has been charged with dui. after an overnight crash that sent a woman to the hospital. to that story in a moment. >>> first, parts of the area are under severe thunderstorm warnings. other parts are under severe thunderstorm watch. meteorologist steve villanueva standing by. >> we do have some nasty weather making its way across the area. we do have severe thunderstorm watching and warnings in effect. let's go to the maps, talk about what's going on and who's getting it. first and foremost, a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for a good part of the region until 9:00 tonight. those are the counties shaded in pink. we have severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now for howard county and for areas north up towards it looks like baltimore county, hawpeford county and carol county. doppler radar, things are quiet now in the beltway. up towards the north we're seeing nasty weather. as we zoom on in, right around i-70 in northern howard county, this is where we're dealing with nasty weather. this is actually m

alex rios. with the greatest of ease tracking, leaping and catching. jones easily takes away the home run. 0-3 afternoon at the plate. same inning, bur guess and the orioles best start of the first half proving a worthy starter indeed, down swinging. bottom six. oscar as a whole czar batting cleanup? gut instinct delivers. not a home run swing but result. orioles take the series from toronto. winners today, 4-2. back to the orioles in a minute. adam jones all-star first half in particular but first final round of the u.s. women's open where experience and history lose out to youth and steady nerves. go figure, christy occur started out with a two-shot lead. 14th from 50 feet, it is dead solid. perfect. 30 good the plus-one. short par putt? no. she tap dances on her back for relief. golf, it drives the pro's crazy, too. g. tied with candy kong has this putt for the win. it's no give me. instead it is a dream come true. 18-foot birdie, perfect. her second career victory. certainly one to remember for a lifetime. a one-shot victory for g. candy kong finis

. >> reporter: i'm alex demetrick at bwi marshall where birds forced an emergency landing yesterday. how biologists work every day to reduce that risk. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> more great summer weather headed our way. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast coming up next. >>> it is 65 degrees. new developments in the stalking case against marion barry. prosecutors dropped the charges before tomorrow's court appearance. marion's former girlfriend donna watts made the complaint over the weekend. the two had just called off a trip to delaware. however, after review of the evidence, including conflicting statements from watts, the decision was made not to proceed with formal charges. >> from the very beginning mr. berry has spoken truthfully and has been accurate in his description of the evans that took place. we are thankful to the u.s. attorney's office for seeing through it and making the right decision. >> berry still has to deal with the controversy over award ago city contract to watts. also, audiotapes vehicles splice it conversations bet

alex demetrick is live to update the options the former nfl star is facing now that his dog fighting sentence is complete. alex. >> reporter: kirks most importantly this frees vic to begin to lobby his return to the football field. freedom will allow vic to step up his efforts to resume his pro football career. there's no doubt he plans to seek reyou know statement by commissioner roger goodell. vic has been under home confinement in virginia after serving 23 months in prison. >> alex, thank you. >>> u.s. senator barbara mikulski is nursing a broken ankle today. she broke the bone as she was walking down steps at church last night. she will have surgery on the ainge could. senator mikulski is the fourth high-profile person to suffer a broken bone recently. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor and also pope benedict. >>> outside the skies are clouding up. there's a chance of rain. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. our week he questioned is slowly becoming a distant memory. >> t