i looked at a.p., i went -- >> antonio pierce? >> yeah. i'm like, yo, take me to the hospital. he's like, what's wrong -- >> nobody heard the gunshot in the crowd noise? >> nobody. i said, take me to the hospital. he was like, why? i think i just shot myself. >> why didn't you have a holster? >> bad judgment. first thing that went through my mind, i don't want to bleed to death. i just want to see my family. because when pany min live in the public domain and make their living because of their visibility. >> three or four minutes before i'm to and the in front of the judge, my bail went from $10,000 to $250,000 in three minutes. i remember standing there looking at my lawyer and he was like, what just happened? >> why, plaxico, you're a millionaire, why go anywhere where you would feel the need to bring a loaded weapon? >> i'm not -- i'm not a criminal. you know? i'm not going around like pulling my gun out and robbing people and stealing. i'm not a criminal. i'm protecting plaxico burress. i mean, many ways to get around it. as far as hiring bodyguards or whatever you want to

he might have regretted it saying -- >> giants linebacker antonio pierce was with burress the night of the shooting, but will not be indicted by the grand jury on any charges. the nfl is not expected to discipline pierce either. pierce is scheduled to speak on tuesday. now, president and ceo of the giants had this to say. >> justin verlander tries to right the ship for the tigers as they take on the orioles. verlander, a 2 point e.r.a. over his last five starts. brian roberts, going to right field. his ninth home run of the year. verlander, would allow phi runs in the first, but would throw seven scoreless innings after that. tigers come back, bottom of the fifth, down 5-4, not any longer. miguel cabrera, his 21st of the year, tied 5-5. bottom of the ninth, still tied. thomas unties it. his seventh of the year, his first walk-off hit and it's a biggy. the tigers win in walk-off fashion for the third time this season. the orioles have lost 11 of their last 14, verlander has never lost to baltimore in six career starts but his e.r.a. went from 1.85 to 2.57 against the os. verlander strug

. >> plaxico burress, good news for antonio pierce.out the latest on the two stars and their legal issues for both players have had to endure for a month. >> >> we are helping stay current here on espnews, alongside mike yam. i'm anish shroff. we were sort of talking among ourselves in the news room. how do you explain albert pujols going into the slump? since matt halladay arrives. apparently it was just a passing phase, because the machine has returned. >> yeah, there is no slump for albert pujols in a game that's seeing mets fans walk out of fi. now at this point, getting up to the plate. the cardinals up 12-7. albert pujols batting just .226 with two home runs and five ribbies in 16 games since the all-star break. top of the tenth inning, sean green hit mark derosa with the bases loaded. still bases loaded. albert pujols, the numbers discussing. 7 for 9 with five grand slams. 24 ribbies this year with the bases loaded. that also includes the fifth grand slam he's able to max it up you with sean green, that makes it a 12-7 game. his

stories on the way jonathan coach man and mike yam,le they'll tell you about plaxico burress and antonio piercegrand jury made in new york.

. -- >> antonio pierce? >> i was like, take me to the hospital.. >> no one heard the shot in the club? >> nobody. he takes me to the hospital. i said, i think i just shot myself. and he was like no? i was like, look and he looked at my shoe and he was like, he took me to the hospital. >> how long have you been in the latin quarter when the gun went off? >> maybe five minutes. >> five minutes. some of the stories were nobody knew it, because we haven't heard from you before, but there were reports that said you were in the vip room when it happened? >> i never even made it up to the vip room. >> you were walking up the stairs. walking up the stairs. >> there were reports that you were wearing sweatpants. >>, no i was wearing some black jeans. i had on a sweatshirt. >> why didn't have you a holster? >> bad judgment. >> you can watch the burress interview in its entirety on e:60 tuesday night on espn. tony dungy scolded michael vick. he was upset that he was seen drinking pineapple juice and vodka. he said he can't give the media or public any ammuni

a grand jury decided not to indict his former teammate antonio pierce.burres to the hospital after ber rest shot himself. the full senate begins debating on judge sonia sotomayor. she is expected to be easily confirmed. how many will actually vote for her. the national rifle association recently stepped into the debate urging senators to vote no. first time a lobby has argued against a supreme court nominee. top lawyer at the white house in jeopardy of losing his job. craig has become a political liability for the obama administration since leading the effort to close downtown prison at gitmo and releasing national security documents from the bush administration. a white house spokesperson says there are nothing to any of these rumors. lawmakers taking up the cash for clunkers extension on capitol hill today. senate democrats are trying to convince republicans to approve not a $2 billion. a little extension for the rebate program after it ran out of money 26 days earlier. the incentives would probably grinsd to a halt this week without the extra cash. af

the grand jury didn't indict his former teammate antonio pierce who was present at the time.trict attorney says the football player is getting no special treatment, he says it just took a while to sort through the witnesses and evidence. >>> talk about the cash for clunkers program, because it's running out of money fast. the transportation secretary says it could go broke by the end of the week unless the senate approving $2 billion more for it. the house, remember, $2 billion for it. the house approved the funds on friday. car dealers burned through the original billion dollars during the first week of this program. it provides up to $4500 if you trade in your old car for a more fuel efficient one. >> it would probably be a good idea for the government to get these less fuel efficient cars off the road and it would reduce our dependence on foreign oil to some extent. >> would give me more money than what my car's worth, and i don't have 4500 to put down on a new car. >> the wildly popular program is credited with boosteding the auto industry but not everyone thinks the cash