i was poor, larry. >> larry: was this in atlanta? >> yeah, this is in atlanta, man.y to buy a loaf of bread. i had maybe, $30, $40, $50 in my pocket. i was approached -- well, actually, i inquired. a guy i knew was standing outside. and he said that, you know, he was working. and i say, how? and he then introduced the method of purchasing and distributing crack cocaine on a small scale, of course. >> larry: you were arrested for that? >> before i made it back home, i had $50 in my pocket. that was the beginning of my career. i was arrested in 1997, i was 17 years old. possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. >> larry: how much time did do you? >> i did about six, seven months, county time and got seven years probation. >> larry: so jail's been a part of your life? drugs' part of your life. weapon's part of your life. >> yeah. >> larry: and you have -- >> my past life. >> larry: i understand. you have five children. >> i have five children, but i really have six. >> larry: the sixth is what? >> the sixth, she's my daughter through my relationship with a

>> atlanta. >> larry: to leave atlanta you need permission to leave.ather keep. >> larry: you did need permission? >> i did. >> larry: as you look at your life now, we have 1:00 left -- >> okay. >> larry: are you on your way. are you a happy man? >> am i a happy man. they say when you are a completely happy man, you die. you know what i'm saying. i'm still, i'm happier, i'm the happiest that i have ever been. but i think that, like right now since i have gotten out of this situation. this is the first time i have actually taken advantage of and actually been able to enjoy the fruits of ab

>> atlanta. >> larry: to leave atlanta you need permission to leave.my probation i would rather keep. >> larry: you did need permission? >> i did. >> larry: as you look at your life now, we have 1:00 left -- >> okay. >> larry: are you on your way. are you a happy man? >> am i a happy man. they say when you are a completely happy man, you die. you know what i'm saying. i'm still, i'm happier, i'm the happiest that i have ever been. but i think that, like right now since i have gotten out of this situation. this is the first time i have actually taken advantage of and actually been able to enjoy the fruits of my labor. >> larry: want to rap a little? you've got 45 seconds. >> weave avenue been rapping for an hour. >> larry: ♪ we've been rapping for an hour ♪ sing something. >> i don't do that. i don't do that. >> larry: aging jewish guy writes rap songs. >> when you want something wrote for you, come collar. >> whenever you would look for a song to be written for you, come hollering at me. >> larry: i'm hollering. >> after this we will go to the studio a

watch out for those early-morning thunderstorms in atlanta. possible airport delays maybe early in the day, i could not tell should clear out. and look at this, beautiful up there in mid-atlantic to new england. florida's going to be hot. we're going to see very warm conditions, the warmest in a long time there in dallas at 94, san antonio 92. and even denver's going to be enjoyable at 78. the mountainous areas are going to be nice and warm, too. 62 up there into billings. so, ohio valley, tennessee valley are the only areas that need the umbrella today. everyone else, maybe you can get away with short sleeves later this afternoon. there's a look at your friday forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. columbus, ohio, one of those spots that will have a chance of thunderstorms. that will also include areas like indianapolis, up through detroit. chicago, chance of showers for you, as we mentioned. down through kentucky and tennessee, just a slight risk of a few strong storms, but we shouldn't have to deal with too many bad

atlanta closed out its win, 13-1 over arizona.have the last place team, atlanta, with 18 wins. 3 and 2. brad hawpe is a good hitter but it's a lefty-lefty matchup and you have to challenge him to put the ball in play here with tulowitzki on deck at this stage in the game. cubs scored a run and lead the pirates 4-3 in the 8th. olsen keeps throwing strikes. dodgers are over .500 and have won 6 in a row and start the day only 3 games behind the team they are playing, the padres. rockies right now are backup behind san diego. olsen is taking a long time and the hitter is getting time. got him on a 3-2 pitch that hawpe took and his first 2 strike outs of the day come in the 6th. it's 1-1 now. 7th inning is coming up. so, verizon fios includes cool widgets like facebook, twitter, even access to youtube right on your tv, instead of crowding around your computer. hey -- have you seen the walking ham? walking... the ham's got boots on... i'm not sure i have. or the soapy monkey? oh, my husband's on youtube. oh, honey, we really don't... oh

you playth with atlanta in 2007.ou played for bobby cox, a terrific manager. >> one of the best managers i've ever played for. you know, it's sad to see him going out of the game, so they say. i think bobby loves the game of baseball. he's definitely one of the best managers ever to manager the game of baseball. i had great time playing for him. >> i remember one game against the cardinals, you matched the career high 6 hists in one game, six rbi's in one game. you tried the franchise record. >> i'll tell you, that was one of the most memorable moments for me in baseball. just to be a part of that organization. and to have a chance to play for bobby cox, it ranks up there with the world series that i won. >> willie, when they talk about versatility, nobody in major league baseball that i can see can do it as well as you can. no matter where they put you out there, you can be infield, out field, whatever, you're going to get the job done. >> you know, it just comes with confidence, just being able to go out there and

elizabeth is on the job hunt and live in the atlanta news room.he story. >> well, juliet, relocating can be tough, time consuming and emotionally draining, especially if you've been with a company a long time, but like many people across the nation, ncr employees are picking up and moving with the fortune 500 company low donating from dayton ohio to georgia. now, some community governments in atlanta saw a demand and they created a mentoring program to help out. it's called georgia path ways and it links up a dayton family with an atlanta host family and now it's never been done before, but it was created to help take care of the personal side of moving, such as finding doctors and day cares. the things that you don't really consider before packing up. >> it's a big change for a lot of people. a lot of people have grown up in dayton their whole lives, their parents worked for ncr. grandparents worked for ncr. so it's a big cultural change to come out and move to atlanta. >> it sends the message at that we want to welcome the employees here, their

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there are 14 other fortune 500 companies in atlanta. ups moved their headquarters here in 1990s and rubbermaid came shortly after. it's home to the busiest airport. so companies that want global access. >> gregg: thanks for that report. still ahead, seven-year-old shot to death by a detroit police officer. what investigators now say happened. they were divided by war more than four decades ago. a wall is bringing those together those who fought fought in the vietnam conflict and those that fought against it. many adults don't meet the recommended daily intake for all vitamins and minerals through diet alone. that's why there's... it helps provide key nutrients your body could be missing. one serving of boost contains twenty-six essential vitamins and minerals plus 10 grams of protein. these nutrients help promote bone health and muscle mass to help keep your body moving. achieve a balanced diet so you can live life to the fullest. find boost in the nutrition isle. brand power. helping you buy better. would you go next if you had a hover

magic propinó una de las palizas más despiadadas en su historia, al aplastar 114-71 a los hawks de atlantartido de las semifinales de la conferencia de este. sólo un triunfo por 47 puntos sobre los celtics boston, en la primera ronda de la postemporada de 1995 supera a la paliza de anoche. . para hoy solo hay un partido, y que partido. suns de phoenix usarán camisetas con la frase "los suns", en lugar de sólo "suns", la iniciativa busca "honrar a nuestra comunidad latina y la diversidad de la nba en el estado de arizona y la nación", dijo el dueño del equipo robert sarver. hoy los suns reciben esta noche a los spurs de san antonio en las grandes ligas, los orioles no pudieron con los yanquis en nueva york, pero los nacionales siguen ganando, ayer otra victoria mas en casa. el cubano liván hernández lanzó su menor número de entradas y máximo de lanzamientos de la temporada, pero se las arregló para mantener su buen promedio al llevar anoche a los nacionales de washington a una victoria 6-3 sobre los bravos de atlanta. el derecho de 35 años permitió dos carreras, una de ellas limpi

how is atlanta more similar to boston than it is to rural alabama and we -- what we are really saying is the scholars, no matter what part of the country to be writing in, to be writing and thinking about across regional down -- boundaries. >> when you say the south, what are you saying? >> sometimes we are saying the state that conceded and fought. then kentucky, a lot of those people see themselves as southern. atlanta where i grew up, some of them have no sense of southern identity and half of them are from another place in the world. what's interesting to me, in recent ideas that the george w. bush getting elected and the red states were on the rise. that was all the a sun belt phenomenal. the kind of new conservatism coming out. what's the south. it's a riddle. and i think every scholar who's actually asked this question and looked at it hard ends up saying the south is not a specific place that we can clearly delineate on a map. the south is something that we imagine. it's about identity. and once you start saying it's a cultural construct, like saying race is cultural construct

bennett >> come on, don't be upset 0-3 with a walk next up, baker and then ross gonzalez will go to atlanta because it's a nightmare from many people and i prayed here so i know a lot of methamphetamine that work around here in the front office that he's a nightmare to try to manage and put up with his attitude a lot of them these other players >> right off the end of the bat with a back hand very nicely done for the second out >> i respect freddy gonzalez >> they haven't been given budgets often which to work with gonzalez won 84 games two years ago with a 21 million- dollar payroll >> nice play by christian going across his body, well done freddy is next marlins need an adam dunn kind of guy i think he needs it all of these players grown up together they are all about the same age and have done nothing >> they have not won any championships >> had some nice seasons though >> got to win championships though that's what you're paid for >> they also have one of the best young pitching staffs in baseball that means nothing, got to win freddy gonzalez, anal of 46, ninth manager of the history

atlanta gets the 7-6 win over the nationals.rg went through his normal routine at syracuse and talked about his time in the minors. he says he is just doing what he has to do to make it work at the next level. >> i am just trying to keep throwing strikes and throwing the ball down the zone. just facing better hitters and a higher level of competition. just doing my best. >> the pitch is this friday. the yankees completed the sweep over the orioles. nick johnson homered and this was trouble from the get go. it was six-one. the yankees win 7-5. the orioles are just seven and 214 this season. more than 10,000 fans watched d.c. united get their first win. they beat kansas city 2-1. danny recently returned from a hamstring injury and scored both goals. he found the back of the net. d.c. united improves do one and five. tiger woods is coming off the previous discipline. it phil mickelson winds come at tiger woods finishes out of the top five. it would -- he would become the number 1 ranked player in the world. >> it is something i hav

1957, atlanta,nd then you moved to new yk city. >> brooklyn, new york. brooklyn. in the house.h of what we know is a southern young man or are you through and througbrooklyn? >> like most -- not like most, but like a lot of people, african-americans lived i chicago, detroit, new york, summertime your pents sent you down south. so many smers it was split up. it was spent half with m father's mher which is in snow, alabama and the other was spent in atlanta, georgia with my mother's mother, and she's the e that put me through morehouse and the nyu graduate film school. e lived to be 100 years old and she's an art teacher. she taughtrt for 50 years and the south a for 58 she never had one white student because of segregatn, and a lot ofhite students missed out on a great teacher. anywayshe saved her sial security checks f 50 years and used that money to send her grandchildren to college. so since i washe oldest i had first dibs. >> when you read about spike lee often in the media, it is said the lead tag line controversial. do you accept that and do you buy at? >> i think that peo

. >> the orlando magic built a huge lead and beat atlanta in the nba 20 -- in the atlanta playoffs. -- in the nba playoffs. in the nhl, let's go to montreal. there was a shutout until he lit the lamp. 2-0 pittsburgh. the canadiens are down two-one. the university of virginia athletic director says as a part of the healing process, the lacrosse teams will honor yeardley love by continuing their seasons. both will represent in the tournament. this season will continue which was following the question after the murder of yeardley love. >> you have to believe they really wan what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterio

tomorrow tommy hanson goes for the atlanta braves.areer, right? >> well, he has an earned run average less than 3. he's pitching well. this year 2-2 with a 2.17. has yet to give up more than two runs per outing. good curveball and fastball. elevates it inside, runs it in on right-handed hitters. bing curveball. and just a 23-year-old young man. has just pitched great. >> and he has won most of his starts for the nationals against the dodgers and against the cubs, and hanson beat houston his last outing. there you see the numbers of hanson comed to howy. -- to louie. >>> thanks very much for joining us tonight. that's our nats xtra post-game, washington wins it by a score of 6-3. we'll see you tomorrow night 6:30. little sigh of relief there. yankees going for the win, 4-1. as joba chamberlain comes in. >> oswalt on the mound for the stros. they took on the diamondbacks. top three, two oswalt serving up a blast of justin upton. fifth home run of the season for upton. ended up being a 1-0 game with that being the difference. upton 1 for

winning them both, he'll take on atlanta's tommy hampton. a little day baseball today.'s wrapping up their series in the bronx. bottom four, yankees up 4-1. mark teixeira doubled to the gap in right center. jeter and mcjohnson come around to score as the yanks take out the o's 7-5. >>> all right. if you remember the redskins sign band at fedex field, you know that dan snyder and the redskins love to control their message, they're compulsive about it. it took a turn for the ugly. it has to do with the redskins cheerleader. she is married to a marine lieutenant who is just completing a long combat tour in iraq and afghanistan. now a television station wanted to cover the emotional reunion between kristen and her marine husband. she was denied the permission and told if she talked to the television station, she would be fired from her job and she could only talk to the redskins broadcast partner station, which is wrc. after the redskins realized what creeps they were being. dan snyder offered an apology. it's fair to say that this 4-12 football team has an even worse recor

that was your scenario as the nats had to host atlanta and something had to give.ottom two, nats down. then the game is tie at 2. all right. so that's pretty g. late near the 2, roger had a great catch the other day. this one to left. down for a double for morgan. the nats had a 3-2 lead. but we would go to extra innings. tied at 6. matt diaz goes the other way. the nats drop 1 in 10 innings. 7-6 is the final score. stephen strasburg is in syracuse, new york getting ready for friday's debut. if things go well there, he could be in d.c. by the beginning of next month. possibly an early series against cincinnati but either way the nats' future ace, number one starter is taking everything in stride. so says his g.m. >> he's excited for the new challenge. it's a step in the direction that he wants to be in. you know, obviously his confidence level is high. he believes that he can be pitching in the big leagues right now and that's the confidence level we want him to be at. but he understands that we're doing what's best for him and what's best for the franchise and the

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and i remember vividly the atlanta b.e.p. meetings, when martin luther king, jr., whitney m.registration and citizenship education in the 11 states of the old confederacy. during the most hotly debated moments of the meeting, dorothy height sat with her knitting needles, knitting away, until overcome with impatience and could not take the dictum any longer. dorothy would methodically place the needles on the table, noticing it, the room would get exceedingly quiet. [laughter] >> and then the only woman in the established civil rights leadership group of that era, would have her say, and in doing so, restore unity and purpose to the discourse. not only -- [applause] >> -- not only did her male colleagues stop arguing, they hunted. and listened with an attentive ear. when i succeeded wiley brandons a the head of the w. e. p., dorothy height was my mentor and my friend. during my stewardship at uncf and the national urban league, dorothy height went with me, stood by me, and propped me up on every week i would lean aside. she put her long arms of protection around me and kept me

elizabeth prann is live in thereabout atlanta to explain. >> reporter: a gamble that may pay off forme buyers as the listing agents are doing everything they can to keep the properties moving and keep the real estate market afloat. >> cabinet space. >> yeah. >> reporter: the first-time home buyer tax credit is over but it doesn't mean the deals are gone. >> if we get home alone, we watched the price drop just $10,000 in the last three weeks. >> reporter: for lily thomas house searching in south atlanta, that is just one more reason she is in no hurry to buy a home. >> i'm not basing my decision than incentive that the government is offering. >> reporter: but millions did. the program that gave the homeowners up to $8,000 in tax credit will cost the government $4.6 billion over eight years. the program may appealed to house hunters looking for boost in buying power, but thomas is glad she waited. >> there are cuts in some homes that i look at on the net. it go in and look again and they marked the price down maybe like $5,000, $8,000, so they are actually going down. the house she loo

d.c. 81, atlanta a high of 86.s in the houston area. travel overall should be good we think across the country today. we'll watch for delays in san francisco as well as chicago and detroit because of those storms. but if you're traveling overseas, we've got some delays from the volcano. there are some flights canceled in scotland as well as ireland. we're watching the northerly flow because the ash plume could spread across other parts of europe. call your airline ahead of time. >> we thought that threat was over, i guess it's back. >> could go on through the summer. >> as long as the tornado continues to rumble, the ash can blow where it wants. >>> new details about the accused times square car bomber, how he almost got away? the security measures that failed and the ones that did keep his flight on the ground. >>> a possible change that could make you an involuntary organ donor. supporters say the bill saves lives. >>> the smell you crave that you can't do without that you want permiating your home? the belly bom

>> say atlanta! atlanta! a favor, can you just -- here, my microphone isn't working, could you hold that? thank you very much. take a check of the weather, see what's going on all across the country, shall we? we'll go to the maps, and as we take you there, talk about the fact that we do have some snow rolling through areas of the pacific northwest. keep in mind, you could be looking at some snow, one to three inches in places like jackson and keep in mind, cold temperatures in boise, 5 to 20 degrees below the norm for this time of the year. meanwhile, rough weather as you head to places like detroit and cincinnati. keep that in mind. the east coast looks beautiful. >>> this portion of "the early show" sponsored by kay jewelers. the number one jewelry store in america. >> just in case you're wondering, these are tears of joy that this young lady has on her face. what's your name? >> kate. >> hi, kate. kate, that's a quick look at your weather picture. maggie, we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, dave. >>>

. >>> kept a suburban atlanta woman has a story to tell after a near fighter -- near fatal bite by a recluse spider. she ended up in the hospital after a book by. >> i had this thing by my throat. i thought it was [unintelligible] it was the respirator. >> she spent 11 days in a coma. doctors had to perform a mastectomy because gangrene had set and-a --set in. >> a former hooters worker is suing the restaurant chain. >> i feel like someone needs to stand up to head because girls have back down to >> -- had backed down. >> she claims hooters violated the law when they placed her on weight probation. the headquarters said it has had seen a lawsuit insists it does not enforce weight limits. >> the head of facebook is promising its members greater control over privacy settings. the facebook ceo said the site will soon add privacy controls that are easier to use. he promised users an easier way to turn off third-party services. this comes in response to complaints. >> aston kutcher is not longer the mayor of twitter. britney spears has more followers now. aston said he did not care. >> no

the nationals beat atlanta a 6-3 last night. livan hernandez gadsden. planks and defense. -- livan hernandez gets the win. and there's the catch of the night with bernadino. this was the monster shot. adam the bottom of the six. upper deck. 11 hit washinton. they win it 6-3. if steven strasbourg has gone a step closer to washington. the overall draft pick has been updated to aaa syracuse. >> i think we will get him. he's going to get five in the next spot. >> five starts in syracuse. strasbourg will be in washington. there's a look acente a comfortw humidity afternoon. be gorgeobu can ited t the weekend?

in the seventh inning atlanta still leads houston at home 4- 2.ere. 5-0 washington. bottom of the seventh and jorge cantu trying to too something about that. he's walked and has a single in two official trips. >> bob: high strike. >> rob: going to get ahead. >> bob: first base coghlan, first base ramirez, both with very good speed. >> bob: very late reaction on that one, 88. >> rob: a slider at 89 miles an hour. realliable, really powering it in there -- really, really powering it in there. get a third-type of pitch in there. a nice offbeat slider at about 80, no one will come near and touch it. you're looking for that 95 you're going to be geared up too much. >> bob: that is just foul as he threw what looked like a pretty straight fast ball that cantu was able to reach. >> rob: and the reason i say pull down the curve ball or slider here is if he can pull this ball down somewhere near the dirt, going away from cantu, cantu has no chance. right here this is a hard hit ball and it's close to being over the bag. that's how late cantu was getting aro

game seven sunday in atlanta. hawks win a road playoff game for just the second time in their last 18 tries. they had stunk on room service. jamal crawford, he has a game high 24. that's good. game seven coming but not until game six comments, thoughts, opinions. >> we didn't want the season to end. you know, we weren't ready to go home for the summer. we got something special here. now we're getting back on track. going back for game seven. >> it's the first time we've been in this type of game and we didn't react near hi as well as we would have liked to have. that's for sure. now we're -- we've got to go down there and find a way to get another one. ? both teams were just grabbing and clawing and fighting to win a basketball game. now we can go home and play in front of our fans. >> neither the hawks or bucks have had much success in game sevens. interestingly, the hawks return all their starters from the 2009 first round against the heat. the bucks haven't been in a game seven since the 2001 finals against the

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. >>> the space shuttle atlanta is beginning its journey to earth. it undocked from the space station. it's due to return on wednesday morning. >>> religion extended an olive branch. nicholas copernicus once condemned by the roman catholic church for his scientific theory was reburied by polish priests in a lavish ceremony. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street is going to be kicking off the dow. the dow opened at 10, 193 after gaining 125 points on friday. the s&p rose 16 and the nasdaq rose 25 points. as we take a look at overseas, in tokyo the nikkei gained 26 points and while in hong kong the hang seng gain 121 points jo volatility is the name of the game on wall street these days. china's stocks jumpeded to a three-month high on the possibility that country is ready to rein in some of its oefrts. china's president stressed the need to prop up the global economy during the start of bilateral talks. it's long ben pegged to the dollar's value as opposed to a broader basket of currency. meanwhile oil prices snap add three-day slide tra

at least metro atlanta weigh see home buyers who decided to pass up the federal tax credit. they're seeing home prices drop 10, 20, even $30,000 from their original asking price. here in the south it's a buyer's market because these listing agents have to move these properties, so they have to replace these incentives that were in place by the federal government, that we did see an uptick in march sales. that was the month before the deadline expired. home sales rose 27%, that's the biggest increase in nearly 50 years. there is still a lot of inventory out there and a lot of demand. so buyers can still be a little picky. rick? >> what about all those tax credits, how much did that cost the federal government? >> well, preliminary reports coming from the cbo, congressional budget office, report that over the next eight years, it's going to cost the federal government about $4.6 billion. keep in mind, these tax credits will be doled out when buyers file for tax returns this time next year. the national association of realtors, they report about 1.8 million people participated

atlanta getting some storminess right now if you are flying anywhere.ou got a connection in atlanta, you might encounter some delays of heavy rain coming through there. our futurecast today, right now, fairly clear skies. later on, some more clouds build in and then as we head into tomorrow, that is when we start to talk about the possibility of moisture. there is in the afternoon and in the evening. primarily out to the west in the afternoon but certainly by evening, we'll get some of that precipitation working its way in here. some rain showers linger into sunday as well. not raining solidly all day long. still some rain showers around on monday. primarily to the south though. here is your forecast for today. early sun, some afternoon clouds, warm temperatures, 54. 84degrees for your high today. we'll see rain showers in the afternoon and evening over the weekend. not everyone will get them but most will. sunday being rainy. monday and tuesday temperature in the 70s to around 80 degrees. that is a look at what is happen with the weather. time now for

they play atlanta tonight and last night they beat them 6-3. keep an eye on roger.s is an incredible play. he also dropped a liner, but this is the catch of the night. energized the entire team. >> it was a great player. [unintelligible] >> unbelievable. i know he was out there dealing with the lights. he lost the ball in the lights for a second, and for him to be able to readjust shows how athletic he is. >> let's go to new york where the yankees completed the sweep over the orioles. the former nationalist nick johnson had 10 strikeouts. the orioles falling to 7 and 21 on the season. the lakers have taken a 2-0 lead with eutaw. last night kobe bryant dropped 30 points -- a 2-0 lead with utah. of kobe bryant was named to the old defensive team. tiger woods is looking for some defense. coach bryan was a superstar and the lakers win and continue to roll. tiger woods was on the course again trying to get ready for the first round of the players. he failed to make the cut last friday. he shot a 79 friday and could not figure it out. here he is today and what went wrong

last night they flat out embarrassed the atlanta hawks. second quarter off the turnover. jaysle williams lobbed it to mickael pietrus. up 20 at the half. if you like that alley-oop, you're going to love this. orlando led by as many as 46. went on to win it 114-71. it was a much closer game between lakers and jazz. milsap got him. once again kobe bryant saves hid best for last. with the clock winding down he drilled along two, jack loving it. they lead the sooerks two games to one. >>> some sad news out of detroit. ernny harwell lost his battle to can sefrmt he called tiger games if for over four decades. he was 92 years. >>> marquis players never step up in the playoffs. well, they got it done last night in overtime against the red wings. joe thornton dished to patrick martin for the game winner. a 3-2 win in overtime. finally if you missed it, here it is. 17-year-old running on the field dur a phillies game on monday. he was tasered by a police officer and immediately fell to the ground. the question now facing police is whether a taser guns with an appropriate use of fo

so people kept saying that and one day i was standing at the gate of a factory in atlanta georgia at 4:30 in the morning for the shift change. that's a good place to be the cause a whole bunch of people are coming in the. and this woman came out and was really small and elderly and could tell how tired she was from working all night. i said i hope when you get home you can get some sleep and she said i hope so, too, but we have a mentally ill daughter and we struggled to pay for her care and my husband stays at her at night and i stayed during the daytime while he works. and that worried me. i worried all day about whether or not their son or daughter, she didn't say which, was a week when she got home. i was thinking about whether she got to sleep or not. so that night i was riding around and came to a town that jimmy was going to be that might be really told you it was a disorganized campaign. [laughter] so i got in the back of the room and he didn't know why was there in the day rally because it was close to that election so i got in the back of the room and he was shaking hands,

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aaron gives up 6 runs in this one. 7-1 atlanta and this one is also gone. 2nd of the day and it's 8-1 braves and the final is 13-1. here's what to look for the next couple of days here on masn and masn 2, at st. louis tomorrow night and st. louis on tuesday, and then the ball club is back at the nationals park and on friday, the o's come down and it's on masn 2 in hd. we hope to see you all week long starting on wednesday. when you look at the pitching matchups for tomorrow, it's up to stammen to get this ball back on track after losing 2-1 in colorado. >> stammen has terrific outings and he got a no decision last time out. he went 5 and allowed 6 hits and walked 4 and struck out 2. generally he's not walked that many hitters and that's a big plus when it comes to winning ball games. morse had a 4-year $41 million deal and since then, 6 wins and 13 losses and 5 runs a game. maybe they are gets him at the right time. >> the cardinals are beating been the reds today, 7-2. the cardinals at home, they are also 10 and 6. olsen today goes 6 and 2/3 innings. he ta

connecticut led by 10. 15 points, six boards, mystics get the week off, then host atlanta saturday night> they seemed to go away to hibernation, then resurface for the grand slams. i'm talking about the williams sis templts venus has the best match record on tour and last week climbed up to number two behind little sis serena. venus always fashionable at the french open. a little black dress there, spaghetti straps. that's what it says on my shot sheet. dropped volley, venus took the first 70. second set, venus is 29 years old but she still has the power. she wins easily 6-3. a little golf action, you saw it right here on our air, byron nelson. this is the day for jason day to putt to seal the win. drop it like it's hot. he takes the byron nelson championship. >>> why stay up until 11:30 tonight? here's y. sports plus. we're recapping the battle of the beltway. >> the big voice. >>> what are we looking at? >> could see a few showers. >>> thanks for watching. "60 minutes" is next. we'll be back here at 11:00. bye.

. >> an alligator was spotted in this atlanta neighborhood got an unusually scary visitor. the 6 foot gator was spotted near the swimming pool. shocked residents could not believe their eyes and snapped pictures. police and animal control officers kept everyone at a safe distance away. animal control wrestled it and brought it back to where it came from. trying to go for a swim. >>> listen, if your child's too young for school right now when she does go to school, she may never know who harriet tubman is. >>> before you make that cup of joe, you'd better check out that coffeemaker. if you bought it at wal-mart it might not be safe. >>> good morning. 6:38. we've got a partly sunny sky. how about this mild start. many of us, temperatures pushing into the 60s. we're holding at 59 at bwi marshal. a light wind out of the west- southwest at 3 mile-per-hours. that will continue to pump in as the storm to our west slowly works its way in our direction. we'll see how that will impact our weekend weather coming up. we had no problems around the beltway. we are working around anne aru

it happened near atlanta. first responders were able to pull all the victims to safety and no one was injured. >>> the carjacking suspect on the run has finally been captured. cameras were rolling when donald ran to avoid police dogs and officers in oregon. at one point, he jumped in to the river but the current was too strong. once back on land, he was reached by police. he actually tried to reach for a gun so police had to use a taser gun to subdue him. >>> the chaos in greece continues. the government wrestled with balancing the budget and clamping down on rioting. >>> you say you don't like speed cameras? well, some new development are documents suggest that the law may be on your side. we'll be right back. ggwgwgwÑagcçbç >>> there's anarchy in athens as thousands clash over the government's plan to balance the country's budget. it calls for budget cuts in greece and a big increase in taxes. rioters set a bank on fire and so far three people have died during the unrest. flights have been grounded. shops ar

got 21 points and a dominating performance from dwight howard in the opener of their series against atlanta magic beat the hawks 114-71. game two is thursday in orlando. >>> in baseball, a walk-off win for minnesota. with the score tied in the 9th inning, a wild pitch scored the twins' j.j. hardy from third base and minnesota beat detroit 4-3. >>> when we return we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a closer look at the man suspected in the times square bombing attempt. >>> sports sponsor by odor-eaters insoles. powder and spray, absorb sweat and destroy odor on contact. [ female announcer ] all you need for sensitive skin. all you expect from the number-one recommended detergent by dermatologists. all free clear is free of dyes and perfumes. and has powerful stainlifters to help get your whole wash clean. it's all good. breakfast! your... better breakfast. with egg whites. red onions... jalapenos... banana peppers... tomatoes... black forest ham... and sweet onion sauce. melted cheese all on english muffins... or flat bread... however you want it! [ male announcer

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. >> and if you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, chicago, memphis and atlanta. >>> some medical news this morning. scientists in maryland have achieved a major breakthrough, creating the first living cell from nonliving parts. they call it a synthetic cell. first, they took a bacteria cell and removed its dna. then, they created a different set of dna from scratch. and the cell booted up and started growing. although it's not a new lifeform, it raises some thorny issues. >> like any great scientific innovation, this has enormous promise and enormous peril. this may allow us to make more virulent viruses. this could unleash bacterium on the world that has properties we didn't expect that could cause great disease or ecological damage. >> it could be used to produce vaccines within a year and eventually produce energy or clean up oil spills. president obama's commission on bioethical issues is looking into it. >>> optimistic news in the fight against one of the deadliest forms of cancer in women. researchers are saying simple blood tests, followed up with ultrasound e

lost all four games on a road trip where they lost a game on a wild pitch and in atlanta on a wild throw. >> right. >> atwo and six road trip. there is one juan in the dirt. block bid barajas. and there is a cervelli at first. there is juan miranda. and a strikeout. and there is and there is the so much faster. and there is right field. there is a high pass. and there is last pitch. and he just throws miranda away. and there is kevin russo with a couple hits twochl rbies on a double. there is a hit in this game. and there is a strike. you didn't like the call, is on one there is a double switch. yankees took out hughes. there is 22 and there is his brother and his niece at the game last night. trying to get his first pitch. and there is the first winning hits. there is now 02, back and out of play. second time up this season for kevin russo. there is more of a middle infield. there is nothing due to count. after russo there is jeter. there is ball one. there is feliciano. there is a strike out, miranda. there is a ball two. there is russo took it low. full kouchblt -- count. and there is