beasley father twittered this.s going through is just a bump on the road we call life. pray for him, he needs it. >> nfl now, brett favre made his vikings debut last week. throwing for just four yards. he'll have a chance to surpass those stats. he'll play the entire first half for the team's next game against houston. brad childress is happy with his progress. >> he's doing everything he need to do to get up to speed. and, as are our guys. i'm confident that we've got the time and distance to be able to do that. >> i think you just have to be careful, particularly when you're just starting at the phase you're just starting,ta there aren't too many throws. pitch count, i guess, i'm not a great baseball guy, but, you know, when guys come back, you know, it's not like they break them off, you know, so it's -- it's more managing and i'm not going to put a number on that for you. >> the edge still has something left in the tank. at least the seahawks are hoping that's the case. 31-year-old edgerrin james has agreed to

perhaps with all judges, joining us now with her thought, is joanne epps, who is the dean of the beasley school of law, at temple university in philadelphia, dean epps also testified on behalf of the national association of women lawyers. at judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings, recently and nice to talk with you, dean, thanks very much for being here and let's talk first of all, about your testimony, when you went down to washington and testified on judge sotomayor's half, what was the point you most wanted to make? to members of the senate sdmeet i wanted to make collectively three points. i wanted to say in her half she was exceptionally well qualified for the position, she was experienced and had the judicial temperament to make an appropriate an effective supreme court justice and i wanted to say by way of response to criticism that her series of opinions really screams screamed out that she did not deserve the label of an activist judge and i wanted to make a symbolic point that i thought her confirmation to the supreme court would allow her to serve as a role modal not just to

miami heat forwarard michael beasley has checked himself into a rehab clinic. he's done so down in houston because he is battling depression. we want to show you pictures. this is a big question mark. he said he was going down to houston because he felt he wanted a change of scenery. two photos posted to his twitter account on tuesday. like i said, beasley told his manager he just needed to get away from the washington, d.c. miami area. he had also posted messages on twitter saying things like i feel the whole world is against me. i can't win for losing. the heat open up their camp september 28th. last year he was the second leading scorer for him. you have to wonder if he'll rectify things quickly. >>> now moving to the nationals. they right now are battling with the brewers, trying not to ploe it. right now they're down 6-1. let's take you to the tape. the third inning, nationals pitcher colin going up against catalanotto. strikes him out. baluster was doing somethings pretty good until the sixth inning. then he got into trouble. nats still leading 1-0. balus

. >>> mike beasley checked himself into a reha facility. he was encouraged to enter the rehab after he posted several suicidal-type messages on his twitter account. it's unknown how long he'll be in the facility and whether he'll be available for training camp. >>> great play from the twins and orioles. mike aubrey had this slicing play. take a seat for your efforts, you deserve it. he made the play, bounced off the wall into the bench. he was all right. twins downed the orioles, 2-1. that's a look at your sports headlines today. >> who got a million bucks for just 23 minutes of work? your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, unemployment strikes in louisiana. we'll show you the workers who got the bad news. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we are watching with interest this area of showers and thunderstorms. this is just northf puerto rico. it looks ominous. it's unorganized. this plob of showers and storms should be somewhere near the carolina coastline in two to three days. that's why we'll have

talking about miami heat star michael beasley.umerous reports say he checked into a houston area rehab facility for psychological issues. the "miami herald" says, being treat ford drug use. it all started after a picture was posted on the twitter page. it's no longer there. on the table next to him a plastic baggy. unclear what was in the baggy, but he also pleaded, feeling like it's not worth livin'. i'm done. i feel like the whole world is against me. the whole account shut down. >> i'm so glad that he apparently got help. >> exactly. that's the truth. >>> michael vick has upset the man that worked the hardest to bring back the nfl. photographed allegedly drinking a cocktail, his drink. his mentor, tony dungy told s.i.com, you can't do that. in an e-mail to the "philadelphia inquirer" vick didn't violate probation. he's not fully reinstated by the nfl. these circumstance, not a good idea for him to be out drinking. if he indeed was. behave like a monk until everything is over. >>> and five years in prison for violating probation

he would have discovered that governors campbell and beasley and hodges over the last 25 years have taken first class or business class trips. what he would have discovered is that not just the governors but the secretary of commerce have traveled in that same fashion. what he would have discovered, not only that but staff in many instances have traveled in that same fashion. there's something wrong with selective outrage. it's okay to say i don't agree with this or that but pass over 25 years of history and say it's been the current practice for 25 years but we're going to be outraged just in this one instance. there's something wrong with that. if he would have done a real investigation, a whole lot more than business class tickets have been purchased, in some cases flights across the atlantic on the concord were purchased. already in today's paper, the greenville paper, well, no, i need to come back to get back the confederate flag, pull it down from the state house dome. well, we went and found the confederate flag wasn't until the following day. that, in fact, a private jet was sent

he told me today that tony beasley will be away from the ball club for a several days. he has had two deaths in his family in the last couple of days, an he's back in virginia attending to the family business which was owned by one of the relatives he lost, and tony will be away from the ball club for a while. he's going to pop one up, and that's going to be a double play. gonzales to dunn and that's the risk you run if you pop it up on the infield. you leave your runner in no man's land and that wasn't a real great read by ronny cedeno. >> rob: no, it was not. >> bob: so that was right after he visited with the third base coach. >> rob: he does exactly what the third base coach did not want him to do, which was hit the ball hard or bunt the ball hard. a head's up play. >> bob: the nats turn their second double play of the night. that's a mistake by the pirates while they have the lead. we'll see if it comes back to haunt them at some point. clippard now. andrew mccutchen. he is 2-2. he has gone big and little by homering and bunting for a hit. >> rob: be careful with t

you need to have gotten some level of sleep the night before, and whether myself or hodges or beasleyr campbell, you know, we don't go out and purchase the tickets, it's done through the department of commerce, so, i simply say, there's something of a double standard when you've had a practice in place for 20 years, and not just for government forships, for secretaries, for higher level officials, and folks are saying, wait a minute. that's been going on for 20 years in south carolina. so, i'd say, at some level there is a double standard, and if, with all due respect to senator thomas or others, if they were serious about the inquiry in terms of understanding where the administration comes from, and, rather than just sent out a press release, at some point, they would call the office, give us background on this. so, i would say that. >> state law says officials should use state planes for official business, and they should opt for low cost travel. sanford has come under intense scrutiny and criticism since admitting he cheated on his wife and lied about it. >> remember, you can alway

finally tattoos, michael beasley showing off ink. look closer, check out the table. it. probably not the best angle to take the picture. we found these photos online. miami heat also saw the photos they are sending him to rehab for substance abuse and depression. why do you think they call it dope? that's it for me. we'll talk to you tomorrow. >> i never knew fred took a hard line against drugs. kind of surprises me. >> quickly. liverpool. >> liverpool. >> started the season. liverpool lost again. last year they lost twice between august and may. that's how long the season is. they lost twice. >> is that the buddhist league. >> english premier. >> coming up next, news you can't use. >>> a rare television appearance, rips his wardrobe. we'll show you when we come back. vo: why spend $5 per person at the drive-thru, vo: when you can serve your family breakfast from walmart, vo: for a little over $2 a person. mom: just one breakfast a week and the savings really add up. save money. live better. walmart. when i really liked to be outside, i did not like suffering from na