danger of losing is critical to keeping that from happening. >> here's the cover of the book, it's alex jones's latest, "losing the news" the future of the news that feeds democracy, published by oxford. >>> mr. jones is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist who wrote for "the new york times" from 1983 to 1992. he's the author two previous books, the patriarch and the trust. he's currently the director of the center on politics and public policy at harvard university. 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 u

>> alex jones your book "losing the news" you refer to the first amendment. >> of first amendment was great for this century and has been better has only been bad grades piece of work since the 1930's. firm most of our history of the first amendment protections what we think of as absolut has been very, very uncertain. they are uncertain because in times of great national strives the monday gadget impinge upon and the supreme court determines what the first amendment really says. before world war i for instance or during world war i it was against a lot in this country to express any opposition to the war broke that is not what people now think of the first amendment guarantee. that is not long ago. it is fair to say the first amendment while it is secure and $0.01 is a hostage to what might happen to this country in the event of a terrorist attack when people get scared they get very skid brake might scare the first thing they get rid of is their right to have an open discussion that are free speech theoretically guarantees. that is something that can to depend on what the supreme co

here he is speaking on the alex jones talk radio show on the same day. >> we have been battling this socialist health care, the nationalization of health care that is going to absolutely kill senior citizens, put them on lists and force them to die early because they won't get the treatment as quickly as they need. once the government pays for your health care, they have every right to tell you what you eat, what you drink, how you exercise, where you live. any time you have economic chaos, people are always willing to give up their liberty to get economic stability. >> look at hitler. >> yeah, absolutely. one of the best examples. maybe the best example. this has been done throughout history. >> mao did it. >> that's exactly who i was thinking of. but this is the kind of thing we've got to stop. >> you know, the democrats may be fighting it out about whether they're going to be beholden to the insurance companies and whether there's going to be a public option in health care reform, but when it comes to the republicans, this is the kind of thing they're bringing to the table, hitler

now the catch by adam jones. alex rios looks like this ball is headed out of the ballpark. and adam jones brings it back. the last half-hour we brought up the analogy of paul blair. eric davis not too bad in those two comparisons. brad ferguson not too bad. what a first half he's had. dave delucchi and the strikeout. wins the sixth game. here's the eventual game winner. oscar salazar. the orioles win. adam jones heads to st. louis now wearing baltimore on his jersey. >> this year as opposed to last year, we get to wear baltimore on our chest i think if it says orioles, i'm representing the franchise, the team. by saying baltimore it represents every baltimore fan, the city of baltimore. so i'm pretty excited about that. >> orioles' fans love that. michael phelps headed to italy as we speak as members of the u.s. swimming team for the world championship. he'll swim three events in the world. he seems to be ok. >> thanks. >> 6:27. 61 degrees. much more to come in the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> towson catholic high school is set to close its doors this fall. some schoo

help from all-star center fielder, adam jones. alex rios. there -- there goes. up in the game. just a second full, big-league season. on the -- the o's also got a boost from part-timer oscar salazar. o's win, 4-2. they're feeling pretty okay as they hit the brakes. >>> everybody goes into the break. positive. you know, we got some challenges ahead of us, obviously. but if our pitching holds up and we can get some production out of some of those guys that we feel should be hitting, i think we'll be better. >> it's good to finish on a note, the first half with the win. so just take a couple of days to get away from baseball. come out friday. and you know, in chicago. and start the second half. >> jones was in st. louis, the only all-star. but still experiencing growing pains. failed to throw the ball to second place basein a timely manner. the jays took the blame for that. he joins the all-stars. baseball's future all-star game, which this year featured two oriole minor league pitchers. top prospect chris tillman. starter for the u.s. stars, facing the top prospects from the rest

you have to look at a lot of information -- alex jones document -- documents a lot of stuff with their own words, like rockefellers and those that say i'm trying to make a one world government -- host: indiana, independent- minded judge sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin in about 10 minutes. are you with us? caller: i would like to bell on her feelings about a woman's right to choose -- delve in on her feelings. i know she is catholic and latin america and i just would like to find out her views. i would hate to change -- see it changed to back 40 years ago when i was a kid. host: west virginia. michael, democrat. caller: i want to remind republican viewers when president bush was in office, they got their nominee and is now time for the democrats to get theirs. it is part of the consequences. if republicans want their nominees, they have to win the presidential election. otherwise, too bad. host: former chairman peak of the senate judiciary committee, arlen specter, will be on the podium but sitting on the democrats' side now. he will be second to last when it comes to seni

jones, the glove working a minute against the blue jays. first we see enough of the bats. brian roberts he is done slumping. slap to the gap. back from surgery. scores 1-0, orioles. 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 rem

that is alex rios of toronto, thinks he has a homerun, right? wrong. that is adam jones, an all-star for very good reason, took a homerun away. and salazar, nobody is taking that one away. second homerun, win the battle of the birds over the bluejays, 4-2. how about this play? zito and the giants hosting a play with a developing situation. fly ball down the first line, and ishikawa, look at that, another look, they turned their back to him. padres, in denver, ishikawa misses the ball, the padres crush the giants, 10-4, ouch, all the way around. and when we retur the wizards getting ready to play summer ball. will they return for real in the fall? and he is bad, tough, some say that brock lesnar's attitude was tseorhan i sethe ring. he is a big, big man, stick around. (music playing) hello? (woman) in here... well, this is new... i'm working on my digestive health. whatcha eatin'? yoplus. it's a yogurt for digestive health. it's delicious. here... blackberomegranate. honey, i can't find my hand. (announcer) yoplus has the special combination of... fiber plus... special cu

jones goes up. no chance. definitely it would have been a home run right there, but alex rios right there, adam jones just hauls in easily. >> time now to take a look at the american league scoreboard. red sox shut out kansas city 6- 0. beckett goes the distance. strikes out 7. now, the angels and the yankees are 1-1 in the fourth inning. oakland beat familiar tapeh 7- 8. jack custody pinch hit a single for an rbi. the detroit tigers man takenning their first place advantage in the american league central down in cleveland, 10-1. the betweens have a 13-5 advantage over the white sox, and in the second inning, seattle leads the texas rangers 8-0. that's a look at the american league scoreboard. when we return, adam jones will visit with us. birds beat toronto 4-2 for their second win in a row. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding ll. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low.

alex rios. drives it deep to left. adam jones has a beat on it. leaps at the wall. and robs a home run. simply glovely. >> impressive. imbreszive. >> bottom of the sixth. still 2-0. salazar sends one to left. solo homer for salazar. just his second of the season. the os beat the blue jays 4-2 and headed to the all-star break with a 40-48 record. championship sunday at the prestigious u.s. women's open. it was former champ christy kerr's tournament to win. she didn't. a youngster stole the show. this is pretty cool. nbc sports guys having fun with a superslow-mo and a water balloon. ji rallied. she's at the far right side of your screen. on the 14th hole. a long way to go for bier drdie. sinks it perfectly. 23-year-old ji said she was extremely nervous. she needs this putt to go for the win. got it! she drains it to win the u.s. women's open in dramatic style. ji birdied three of the last six holes to capture the first major of her career. nascar now. for mark martin, life begins at 50. last night at chicagoland the crafty veteran captured his series leading fourth victory of the year. t

brianbergson cruising again, top four, though, alex rios with a deep drive to center. adam jonese all-star, goes over the fence and brings it back, makes it look so easy. in fact, after the game he said it was easy. still 2-0 o's. bottom 6 oscar salazar getting the start at dh for aubrey huff and this kid can flat out hit. a solo shot to left, his second of the season making it 3-0 birds. top 7 birds start to get tired. david delucci doubles over ryan nolan's head. aaron hill robbed by melvin mora. last night's hero ends the rally with a brilliant play. then the o's punt it away in the bottom half, roberts going the -- put it away in the bottom half, roberts going the other way for an r.b.i. single. the orioles win 4-2. berg sen continues to impress. >> i think he has established himself as a real nice story in the american league this year as a starter pitcher. it seems like any time he pitches he gives us a chance to win and it was no different today. >> i think we have shown a lot of good signs the last couple series and i think that's great for us to win our last two series g

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at the other end of the spectrum, alex reels with a high fly ball to center. a sure home run. adam jones making it look easy. orioles fly past the blue jays, 4-2. tour de france, after nine stages, lance armstrong remains in third place, eight seconds off the lead. final round of the john deere classic shot of the day from steve stricker. his approach on 17 is right on the money. the ball hits the pin and backs into the cup for an eagle. what a shot. stricker won the tournament with the final round of 64. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> thank you, mario. >>> looking to make a fastback? all you have to do is rub one celebrity's feet. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a unique road rage from takes drivers on a journey from coast to coast and back in time. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good monday morning. welcome back. severe thunderstorms are possible today. eastern north carolina really from raleigh. mostly out toward hamilton sound. a slight chance of severe weather from memphis, head to go mississippi,

alex rios at the plate. he rocks one deep to left center. adam jones tracking it. he's going to make the catch. leaps at the wall. jones a very, very talented young man. bottom of the sixth. 2-0 baltimore. one out for oscar salazar. the little guy gets into one. sends it to left. solo homer for salazar. just his second of the season. the os beat the blueays 4-2 and head into the all-star break with a 40-48 record. unfortunately, that's last in the al east. golf now. in south korea, ji goes by the nickname mickey mouse. the major chance, the 23-year-old won the u.s. women's open with her final putt. this is neat. nbc sports guys having fun with the ser slow mo water balloon. here's eji. knocks down the long birdie to take a share of the lead at 1 over par. staring down the biggest putt of her career. from 20 feet away. she kind of looks like tiger woods did last year. and she knows it's good. drains it to win the u.s. woman's open. ji birdied three of the last six holes to capture the first major of her career. on the pga tour in illinois for the john deere classic. it's going a bit right. right

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jones. and old-time oriole fans like me will remember paul blair and this baby. takes the home run away from alex rios. a spectacular catch by the orioles he alone all-star. a well-deserved stand owing racing. brad ferguson. what a first half he had. against former oriole dave delucchi. here's the eventual game winner. oscar salazar. 4-2 the final. adam jones heads to st. louis, talks about the prize of wearing baltimore on the front of his jersey. >> this year as opposed to last year i get to wear baltimore on our chest. i think it's representing the franchise and team. but by saying baltimore it represents every baltimore fan, the city of baltimore. so i'm pretty excited about that. >> he keeps talking like that co-run for mayor. -- he could run for mayor. >> great point. great similarities. in some good company. >> keep it going. >> absolutely. >> a look ahead to the next hour of 11 news today -- >> senator john mccain speaks out about his former running mate's decision to step out of the political light. what he feels is in store for the future of sarah palin at 6:08. >> it appears to be the

adam jones takes a home run away from alex rios!e saw luke scott do it last night off the bat of vernon wells. so there you go. playing a little deeper, able to get to it easily, and it's just a matter, if you get there in time, and you could see never, ever lost track, that ball definitely going over the wall. there's a great angle right there, that camera along the wall that shows you that ball was probably a couple of feet over. >> jim p: well, two down. here is dellucci. there's is exactly what europe talking about, be about encouraging the hitters to put it in play, because you have guys behind you, confidence in they can catch the ball. >> jim p: well, it's much easier to pitch to contact when you know you have guys that are going to catch the ball, as you mentioned, and i never really thought about it, because most of the time i had really great defensive teams behind me. but i remember when i left and mike flanagan was still pitching, i think the 0 yeahs hit 209 home runs in 1987, i believe. and they gave up 215. >> jim h: o

jones. last night we did see a play where a ball went over his head. >> alex rios ball cleared his head, heed the wrong way, it kind of renewed that debate. is he playing too shallow. dave trembley did concede there are going to be situations later in games where you might want him to move back. you want to keep everything in front of you. otherwise i think he likes where he's positioned. he thinks for the most part he does get back. if he's playing back and balls are dropping in front of him, people will say he's playing too far back. >> amber: well, whatever he's doing, he's doing something right because he's going to the all-star game and the question was also asked of dave, when you have a 23-year-old that makes the all-star game, is there any concern that that could go to his head? >> dave has no worries at all. is too much happening too soon for this kid. dave says absolutely not. he's worked for everything. nothing's come easily to him. he's willing to learn, he works closely with john shelby, outfield coach, with the hitting coach. dave has no worries at all. his mom won't let that

alex demetrick has details on who joined and what to do in the event of a disaster. >> reporter: whether at the jones falls or a major flu pandemic, anyone who can lend a helping hand is being urged to do so. >> reporter: it was after hurricane katrina that they started looking for better ways to bring help. and it might be in our own backyard. >> the assets that already exist every day in times of relative peace, to make sure they're lined up and ready to go, in the event of an emergency or disaster. >> reporter: some of the people who could supply that help met in baltimore, where governor o'malley announced the formation of a civic guard. he's not asking for volunteers to rush into burning buildings. but he is asking individuals to think about what they could bring to help in a disaster. during isabel, for example, water evacuations were carried out by neighbors as firefighters and everything from tree trimmers to heavy equipment operators could be used in a coordinated response. >> it's experience, it's material. it's citizens who are willing to give of their own time, in advance of an emergency

alex gordon still thinking bunt will stay in. pie will be held by mark teahen, the throwover. brian roberts, adam jonesgoes that far. orioles now with 11 hits in the game. 11-10 outhitting kansas city. izturis does indeed bunt. just out of the reach of buck. >> buck: he got a piece of it. he had great reactions as he came out of the chute and just tipped it. that's difficult reaction. first place you're thinking about as a catcher is out in front of home plate. watch how he changes directions. ball up to his left and justgets a piece of it. just off the end of his glove. >> buck: had very little time. that wasn't very high in the air. pie at first base. 0-2 count. >> buck: on this roster currently with the orioles, there has only been one hit allowed by soria and that was the wieters flare to left. >> gary: you think he's tough? >> buck: he's tough. i know he's tough. >> gary: the 0-2 count, izturis. gordon still in at third base. and the pitch will be taken inside for a ball. so, even with two strikes, kansas city kept their third baseman alex gordon five or six steps in. he backed up even at the at t

adams jones earlier had a chance to catch a ball in centerfield that he could not get off the bat of alex double and set up the two runs that scored in the 5th. now, he comes up with two down and runners at first and third base. camp, on the other hand, looking to hold the orioles at 0. jones will take the pitch, maybe a little low for a ball. and that will bring chavez out to the mound. >> jim: that pitch hats been called a strike a lot tonight. the orioles get a little bit of a break. chavez comings right out. jerry meals not giving jesse charle son the low pitch on a couple of occasions. i'm not saying that was a strike. i'm saying it has been called tonight. you can see just maybe the bottom of the strike zone or maybe just a shade low. >> gary: 1-0 count. adam pops it up. first base. is there room? yes. and the play made by overbay. no runs, 1 hit, no errors and 2 left on base.   .  >> gary: a reminder that on sunday, august 16th, can you join brian roberts on theespn sports zone for a bash benefiting the children's hospital. it helps to raise money for patients