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. >>> it is turning out to be a great year for superfilly, rachel alexandra. beating all of the boys over the weekend, rachel alexandra's owner says she will be honored with her own line of wines. >> they happen to own kendall jackson wines from california. she became the first filly since 1924, to outrun the colts at the preakness stakes. >>> a couple of extra-inning affairs in major league baseball last night. >> with the home run-hitting details, jonathan coachman with espn news. >> good morning. a big night in the majors tuesday. albert pujols showing exactly why he is the very best. cardinals and mets. citi field. first, bottom second. hoe han santana. helping out his own cause. bases loaded. two runs score. his first career two-rbi game. cardinals down 7-4. but not out of it yet. pujols, straightaway center. who says you can't hit home runs at citi field. cardinals down 7-5. top nine, 7-6, now. skip schumacher. one out. here comes julio lugo on his horse. and we're tied at 7-7. k-rod, not happy. top ten. sean green pitching. bases loaded. that's with two

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alexandra, i first have to ask the question about the legacy of the cousteaus. you are the grandchildren of job cousteau cousteau cousteau cousteau. what deal hope to have accomplished by the end of august? what do you want viewers to know? guest: blue august is an exciting initiative my brother and i are pleased and honored to be hosting. it is a full month of programming highlighting the challenges and issues and some of the solutions are around conserving water on this planet, both motions and fresh water. it is very exciting programming indeed. host: you both grew up around water all of your lives. where do things stand, in your opinion? focus on the oceans. how bad is it, where is their hope? guest: we are facing a lot of problems with respect to ocean conservation. you have to remember that oceans of the life-support system of this planet. we lost about 25% of global coral reefs. many of the large fish are reduced by 90%. scientists believe fisheries will collapse in the next 40 years if we continue our current behavior. climate change, melting ice caps. t

host: alexandra, you are founder and president of blue legacy.guest: it is an organization that i started in the year 2008. our mission is to tell the story of our water planet and get water to be part of the discussion again. we just finished a 100-day journey around the world, going to all five continents and selling both freshwater and oceans stories. it so it has been very exciting. we have made over 40 short films that have been aired on line and we are moving forward with discussions about experts and planning expeditions. host: in "the wall street journal" about the typhoon heading china and the collapse of a hotel in china. has this been made worse by climate change? guest: i think there is very little question about the fact that climates' is being exacerbated by climate change. oceans are the primary driver of our climate systems. the reason climate change is a problem is because what it is doing for oceans. storms are increasing. desertification and droughts. precipitation patterns are changing drastically the, leading to conflicts. ho

while republican bob mcdonald opened a sccampaign office in alexandra. derek? >> if you closed your eyes and listened. almost seemed like a presidential campaign rally. all about the race for the virginia governor seat and for democrats nationwide and republicans there is a lot riding on this race. polls show him trailing his republican opponent, bob mcdonald. in a rally and fund raiser at the hilton in tyson's corner. the state's democratic heavy hitter, the heaviest hitting democrat, president obama. >> it isood to be in virginia. a place that has been good to me. >> obama carried the once solidly republican commonwealth in 2008. his approval ratings in virginia are slightly higher than elsewhere. president obama told a crowd there, emerging tradition among the state's democrats. >> a tradition that -- that starts off with the basic idea that we're all in this together. >> he said he would carry on the tradition with education at the top of his agenda. you have to bring change. innovation and greater accountability to our schools. we haveo make change that en

craig melvin has been in contact with several alexandra city officials this evening. craig? >> reporter: jim, alexandria police aren't saying much. they won't talk about the investigation. they won't talk about the event that led to the investigation. but news 4 has learned that tonight two alexandria police officers are in fact under investigation. sources tell news 4 the alexandria police department has launched an internal investigations into claims of misconduct with two of is officers. sources also say the claims are sexual in nature, and they were made by a woman who h bnee pulled over. then alexandria police departmet would ons s aay a matter of lili, "we don'tss dcuishecu specifics of any ongoing internal investigations." if the claims do turn out to be true, it would be the latest in a string of recent embarrassments for the department. july 25th, alexandria police chief david baker was arrested and charged with dui after crashing his city-issued vehicle. next week a parking enforcement officer for handing out parking tags to people who weren't handicapped. bill you

the has kell at monmouth park, preakness champion, rachel alexandra kicking the boys' butts.l with calvin borel aboard dominated more impressively than she it at pimlico. she destroyed the field by four lengths. she has won 10 of her 13 career starts. one run of the best in sports continue. tiger woods giving the fans at the buick open something to remember in what is reportedly at the final pg event at war wick hills. 1324 hole, woods hits his second shot into the water. zipping that wedge, he saves par. the next hole face a lie described as hitting off a dead sheep, a fabulous flop shot to six feet. pakes the putt and saves par. so the 16th hole, par 5. the second of two putts, but it is a birdie. that gives him a three-shot lead. he gets to 20 under par and woods hangs on for his 69th career passage tour win. final round of the pg open at crooked sticks. fred function extending the lead today. 12th hole, great touch. he would birdie and get to 18 under. 15, again rolling it pure. drops it like it is hot for another bird. the former maryland golf coach running away with it.

alexandra is heading to college. >> he introduced me to an whole new world outside of the city. >> reportermike says anomi has steered him out of trouble. >> he is my 6th grade teacher. ever since he has been like a father to me. >> reporter: like a parent. and always, always teaching. >> if you don't wake up every morning wanting to get something out of life. it is going to walk right by you. >> reporter: passing on what he has learned about life in the great outdoors. ron allen, nbc news, aentown. >>> that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. and we thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams, lester holt will be here with you this weekend. then i get to see you right back here on monday. in the meantime, have a good weekend. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

tonight in alexandra, local republicans got stood up by the top of their ticket. gary is here with that one. what the heck? >> as you know the republican candidate for governor in virginia is bob mcdonald. he surprised supporters this evening who gathered to open his local campaign office, he didn't show up. >> reporter: the new office is the 18th in the state. >> why are you here? [ laughter ] >> reporter: laughter because he canceled at the last minute. one official saying meetings in fair fax had run long, others got a different message. >> he's busy making speech in roanoke i hear. he can't be in two places at one time. >> reporter: his staff reached him by phone. >> all right. >> hi. what happened? >> reporter: he said after a day of campaigning in northern virginia something came up suddenly he had to do. >> what came of that was unavoidable. >> reporter: after first responding he would rather not say, he explained he had a very, very important to make critically imimportant. >> i think we're all fired up any way. >> reporter: echoed campaign strategy focusi

we have women in alexandra the first time, the president is a woman. we have femal ministers and profsors and deans of differencolleges. now won is woingin the political field. we have a lot ofthem. so the role of woman has changed racally especiallyin our couny in egypt. and the constitution gives the right foromen to ctain cab nu f running for election in the parliament. >> charlie: let me make - there are a number of points i want to make here. one,ou've had emergcy rule since 1981. emergency rule. you should be confident enou, confidenenough in your leadership not to have to. >> you will not grasp fully the emergency rule. it has been there sce the ys of theritish occupation and it used to becalled marshall law. we confide our recourse to the emergency l to terrorist crimes. otherwise it is the rule of law underhe courts of law. but do not believe what you say. we have demonstrations. if you go tothe letter of the emgency law, nobody would go to the ministration. d this ergency law was agreed upon byhe majority. >> charlie: uts it still necessary.

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rachel alexandra, the super filly will run next week in saratoga.head football coach announced that jonathan crompton will be the starting quarterback and tim tebow back to practice after missing some reps last week due to a sore lower back. >> seattle still on top, thank ken griffey jr., two-run homer. the career numbers astronomical. 625th career home run. 412 of them coming in a seattle uniform. >> they are still tied in denver. giants and rockies, top of the 12th, a 1-1 game. both teams have had some chances in extra innings but nobody has yet to break through and score. rockies entered play leading the giants by three in the wild card hunt. >> our top stories are next. >> our top stories are next. we hear from mark i heard this bar is crazy. i know. this is sausage! (men in background) let's go! dude this place is a sausage fest. alright you guys go get a cab excuse me; can i get five pounds of kielbasa? hey, you guys made it! oh look they brought food! (announcer) there are captains in every crew. calling all captains. drink responsibly. but i

. >> reporter: after having her first child, alexandra grove considered having her tubes tied. >> i definitely considered not having anymore just because it wasn't -- i'm on a career path and school. and it wasn't something that i wanted to do. >> reporter: it's a decision millions of women make every year. experts estimate that about 130 million women around the world have a tubal ligation annually. of those, 20% have regrets. >> it's permanent. and it's more invasive than i would like to go. >> reporter: a procedure that involves, tying, cling, caughtirizing, or blocking the falopian tubes tubes with coils. although many consider the technique to be permanent, tubal ligation can be reversed. >> we have to make a small cut here to expose the opening here. on this side, same thing. and then we connect these two ends. >> reporter: through a three- inch incision at the bikini line, dr. ferman can reconnect the woman's tubes in two hours. >> he said for 35 and younger, the procedure offers an 85 to 90% chance of conceiving. >> reporter: it improves healing, boosting the success rate. >> there is

. >> filly phenom rachel alexandra is aiming high, making a run at the title horse of the year when sheales for the second time this year on sunday. though she's taking on an accomplished field rachel's connections wouldn't trade places with anyone. >> i'm glad she's the one we're lead to go the paddock and not someone else. naturally everybody wants to be horse of the year and she's in a position to put herself in a position to become that. >> she has determination. she has the guts. she's a race horse. she tries every time. >> from the time i've been in the business to now, i haven't seen a filly even half as good as she is. >> she's grown all her female competition out of the water. she's taken on the boys in the preakness and won. and she's willing to do it again. i just think, you know, mr. jackson's a huge sportsman to do something that isn't the norm in american racing. when you have a filly or a colt, any horse after the triple crown, their objective to to become horse of the year. but i just want a great finish and hopefully we see a few champions come out of this race. >> summ

was a girl and i really think that richard balk was much more for me and everything nicholas and alexandra and -- >> or the rise and fall of the third reich >> i have to tell the story when my 30 year old was my and my 26 year old was five am i 30-year-old had a sweet valley high book in which one of the twins fell off the motorcycle and was in a coma. >> they did that in several of those. [laughter] >> when the girls went to bed i read this book and i was a little shocked that the line-year-old would be reading about this so the morning she got up and i said could you possibly -- do you really want to read this book about this, and she said mom, it's not trauma its drama. [laughter] >> i think that's great. i think we are going to probably end on that note. this is a great weekend to celebrate reading and writing. thank you for being here. thank you to the la times for sponsoring this panel. remember, support your independent bookstores so that they will still survive. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >>> for more on the festival of books, visit latimes.com/extras. >>> this summer boo

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alexandra and philippe cuse toe discuss planet green's blue august special, examining the sustainability of the world's oceans. that's on "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. beginning tuesday, august 11, washington journal will hear from four mayors about how the economy is affecting their city. tuesday, phoenix mayor phil gordon, on wednesday, youngstown, ohio,'s jay williams, thursday, indianapolis', greg ballard, and friday, fort myers' jim humphrey. we'll take your questions for the mayors beginning tuesday on "washington journal." iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has been sworn in for a second term, this event is courtesy of iran's state-run tv. it's about 20 minutes. >> i, as the president, in the presence of the holy curran and in the presence of the -- holy koran and in the presence of the iranian nation hereby swear in the name of almighty god to protect the official state, the system of the islamic revolution, and the constitution . and to use all my expertise and all i have in my power in the discharge of responsibilities that i have undertaken and to devote m

we love you, miss alexandra, but we have to help you.stake is women match it to their face. you should actually match it to your throat. that's why sometimes, you know you take a picture, and your face is all white and your body is tan. the way i want to do it is run it right on your jawline, just like so. blend it down. if it disappears into your throat, you're all good. >> cream or powder foundation? >> this is cream. >> and that's better? >> it depends on what you want. cream is moisturizing if you have dry skin. and another great tip is primer. the reason our makeup disappears by 10:00 a.m. it's because it's soaking into your pores. you need a great primer to create a barrier between moisturizer and foundation. >> so a primer is something you put on before anything else and then the foundation. makeup mistake number two. >> eyebrows. >> don't take me there, girl. >> show us the before and why it is wrong. >> first of all, she's got a lot on, and she's not really enhancing the best shape of her brow. >> i thought they didn't look bad

>> alexandra. >> reporter: a where are you from? >> happy birthday. >> already off to a nice start. plenty of sunshine out there. load-to-mid-seventies across the board. 90 this afternoon. not very humid, though. better chance of storms >> and that's your latest weather. now let's head down to washington, d.c. and say hello to mr. willard scott. how are you, sir. >> i'm waiting for you, baby. you're the best. number one then, number one now. i've certainly got to mention, t ted kennedy. living in this city, born and raised ais was, i got to know some of these people from time to time. he was one i would always have fun with, no politics. i'd meet him once in a while and we'd have a little clucker or two. what a nice, nice man. god bless him and the family. happy birthday from our friends at smucker's, how nice it is to have really good smucker's. there is florence poe of jackson, missouri. 112. stays active at the senior center at home by going to exercise classes. how about that, boys and girls? can't beat that. and the reverend ol

sprinkles go from alexandra into the district. through the afternoon we will on get into the mid to upper 70's. there might more weather in the next half hour, chris, including a hurricane very close to hawaii. so, we've got to talk about that in the next half hour. >> sam, thank you. >>> right now, we do want to get back into this video we found of george sodini, the man who created that shooting, obviously, outside of pittsburgh. here's another excerpt of the video we found of him, in his own words. >> so, my objective is to be real and to learn to be emotional. and to be able to emotionally connect with people because when i'm 10 to 20 years older than she is, you know, she has to feel good about this thing. and the only way around that, you know, is to work on this. and, perhaps, stem exercises or forgiveness exercises, asor hate or whatever else. i'm going to post this and see what comes back. >> we've been watching this video. so has dr. barbara ziff. you're a forensic psychiatrist. when you see this, is this a man that come

then, whoever gets your first -- alexandra broadman. >> we have alexandra. >> thank you for doing this tonight. >>do you think a system involvig cops is an acceptable compromise? >> i personally don't -- a system involving co-ops. >> there is nothing wrong with health care, operatives, many states allow them and stems that -- some states have them, but they are not a substitute for a public auction. -- for a public option. it's very difficult to get enough people to put together themselves. you need about 500,000 people to be competitive with the private insurance industry and you need a lot of start up money. that is why it is dealt that if the government was able to kickstart it with money that would be repaid, but -- so that it could be repaid the g7 to be paid for itself, but the government has expertise running medicare. health-care cooperatives don't and while i would encourage people who want them to put them together, that is fine, the problem is there is no real profit incentive for anyone to invest a substantial amount of capital in said -- in setting it up. they will not get

and then whoever gets here first -- alexandra broadman? mr.illiams or miss broadman, are they coming? >> congressman? >> congressman, thank you for doing this. >> that is clear mcintyre in the stands. >> my question is, do you think that a system involving co-ops is an acceptable compromise on health care reform? >> i personally doubt. i will explain why. there is nothing wrong with health care cooperative spirit in fact, many states allow them and some states have them. they are not a substitute for a public auction. it is very difficult for enough people to get together to put it together themselves. for one thing, you need about 500,000 people to be competitive with the private insurance industry. you need a lot of startup money. that is why it is felt that if the government was able to kick start it with money that would be repaid so it could eventually pay for itself, the government has the expertise, having run medicare, that it can do this. health care cooperative is, frankly don't. while i would encourage people who want them to put th

alexander -- alexandra broadman? are they coming? >> congressman? >> where? >> congressman, thank you for doing this tonight. >> and there is clear mcintyre. >> my question is, do you think that a system involving co-ops is an acceptable compromise? >> i personally do not and i will explain why. there's nothing wrong with health care cooperatives. many states allow them and some states have them. but there is not a substitute for a public auction. it is very difficult for enough people to get together to put it together themselves. for one thing, you need about 500,000 people to be competitive with the private insurance industry and you need a lot of startup money. that is why if the government was able to kickstart that with money, that would be repaid, said that it could eventually pay for itself, but the government has the expertise running medicare that they can do this. health care cooperatives frankly do not. well i would encourage people who want them to go ahead and put them together, that is fine, the problem is there is no real profit incentive for

. >> alexandra vias is the woman in the video that officers were trying to blame. her attorney. what happened on that day in february? you were driving with a cat in the car. it jumped out. you pulled the car over and were out of the car at the time that the police vehicle hit you in the rear. what happened after that? >> that is when i was met by officer presley. i asked him if he could give me a couple of minutes to save the cat and he wanted me to join him. that is when i see the damage done by car. >> you are saying that they made a perversion as to how the accident happened and that it was not your fault, it was their fault. correct? >> yes. >> you were drinking that night, correct? >> a little bit. >> they gave a breathalyzer? what did it show? >> at the station it showed that they were over the legal limit, but the problem is that it was administered by the officer that was the ringleader of the scheme to accuse my client of causing the accident. >> what was she accused of? an actual crime? >> she was charged with dui and dui property damage, and enhanced pe

>> rachel alexandra, the filly, there's talk about zenada, it's been a good year? pretty good year especially for all the focus that was on mine that bird and another year of nothing happen with the triple crown. we're at 31 years and it's thought of as all or nothing. it's been pretty good considering that it was yet another year without a triple crown, which is how the general population monitors things. >> are you afraid of horses? >> i'm afraid to get up on horses. >> you didn't even want to get close to that other one. >> no, no, to, no. i think that was beautiful. that was a little bit too close for me, actually. >> watch your back. >> you know, you've really got to watch yourself around here. it's like a nascar race. >> i wouldn't be afraid of the horse's head. >> i know the instructions. you have to be to the right side of them. i kind of know. again, these are really well behaved here. . these are -- i think this is actually a medalodoro colt? this is the stallion, a big horse, big winner, now owned by the sheikh of dubai. this will be one of the biggest s

>> alexandra. >> reporter: a where are you from? >> massachusetts. >> happy birthday.ously not cynthia. your mom. happy birthday toour mom. let's check your weather. for today we're looking at beauful weather here in the northeast, gulf coast states. nice weatherut west. tomorrow expect to see cooler conditions with a front moving through the northeast. another gorgeous day. looking a hot weather out west that builds again. andt i ais sunny and it is a little more humid on this wednesday morning, good morning, live picture from our sky watcher camera. temperatures in the mid 70s in washington and near the bay. low 70s montgomery, fairfax, prince george's counties, highs around 90 or so. lots of sunshine. a little more humid today and tomorrow. a front coming through in the morning with clouds and cooler weather behind that. then friday and saturday a coastal low-pressure system may give us passing tropical showers. >> and tt's your latest weather. now let's head down to washington, d.c. and say hello to mr. willard ott. how are you, sir. >> i'm waiting for you, baby. y

chamber of commerce as well as keith epstein of business week and rep brad sherman, alexandra cousteau will be our guest on monday's edition of washington journal. i want to thank you for watching today, we will see you again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. from the young american foundation news conference, a discussion on college reading material. we will be live starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern. chief justice john roberts will swear in the judge so the mayor -- such a majo sotomayor sotoma . welcome to the national conservative students conference and hosted by the young american foundation. young american foundation is an organization to educate students on the principles of limited government, a strong national defense. we also hosts a campus lecture series for which you can have such speakers as newt gingrich, and ann coulter. dr. lee edwards is a fellow of the conservative thought and heritage foundation, and chairman of the victims of communism memorial foundation. he is the author of 20 books including biographies of ronald reagan, barry goldwater, histories of the heritage