zone, there's a force pass michal neuvirth, blackhawks in front 2 -0. 2nd period same score. the caps steal the clearing pass and goes past corey crawford, caps down a goal. later in the 2nd period the hawks with some pressure. the caps failed to clear the puck. andrew burnett to cain scores it into the open night, 3-1 chicago. later 2nd period caps down 4-1. some vintage alex ovechkin up the left side between his legs scoring his 30th of the year. he's the ninth player to score at least 30 goals each season in the first seven years of a career of caps fall 5-2 and lead the jets by two points in the race for eighth place in the east. >>> john wall and the wizards on the road against the grizzlies, nene expected to debut wednesday. final seconds of the 1st half wall to jordan crawford who dials up the three. that is good. with one second left crawford with 22 points, wiz up three at the break. 2nd half with the wizards down one, rudy gay turns it oh. it's the one-on-three. you know the rest. the wizards in front by one. 30 seconds to go wiz down four. ruly gay sinks the clutch

rough night fair to say blackhawks have been shaky since mid january 9th game losing streak three gamechance for perfect road trip tonight tightening grip on sixth playoff spot in st. louis to rivals: added andrew shaw introduced to the glass. on the board quickly a first one shot tipping this one and early 1-0 lead. 2-0 later in the first andrew macdonald the shot this one kicked and blackhawks a rough night on the power play by cox on the board three game winning streak 5-1. chicago bulls richard hamilton the news could have been worse chicago bulls as hamilton contusion ran into roy hibbert screen played 16 games with chicago bulls likely will not play milwaukee tomorrow night northwestern getting set to head to indianapolis tomorrow big 10 tournament n.c.a.a. fade after going 8-10 on the bubble victory over minnesota and had some chances that they can make more noise than that >> i think maybe six weeks ago might be the only time all year if we add up 8-10 wheat can be right in the discussion and i think that is where we are i wish we were 10-8 lisette well i think there is more at

starting tonight blackhawks against toronto at united center and gave the blackhawks really needed toawks down 1-0 and macarthur made it 3-1. 3-2 after want corey crawford was pulled and the second blackhawks rallied patrick kane 3-3, and then marion hossa so strong track and a couple of guys with them scores from his belly putting the blackhawks ahead 4-3 final score 5-4 back on track at least for one night. chicago bulls on the road tonight playing one of those elite teams san antonio spurs-manu ginobli night but they do have tony parker and he is not that spending in the land first quarter a good game down in san antonio tonight first quarter derrick rose and tony parker bang knees chicago holding its breath derrick rose was okay state and the game. chicago bulls 50-42 lead at halftime right now 60-50 in the third quarter san antonio. college basketball tonight northwestern chance to do what they have never done before n.c.a.a. tournament all that would have to do tonight defeat no. 11 ohio state tall order john shurna last game at home all-time leading scorer doing work in the sec

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. >>> capitals on the road against the blackhawks, caps down 4-1st 2nd period. alex ovechkin on a run, the ninth player to score at least 30 goals each season in his first seven years of his career but the capitals lose to the blackhawks 5-2. >>> bryce harper has an option back to triple-a syracuse, so he went star in the big leagues. we'll have more on nissan sports xtra. >> quick question, any teams doing well? >> the caps are doing all right. i have a feeling they'll make the playoffs. they'll turn it on. and the nats are going to be pretty good, too. >> keep hope alive. thanks. >>> the news keeps coming here on fox 5, still ahead with the world reeling after a devastating shooting rampage in afghanistan, what's ahead for american forces? we'll take a closer look at the concerns that could put the war on a different path. we'll be right back. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the

banks floats in on a boat called blackhawk, and that was not a good move because that was the name of admiral porter's flagship. and admiral porter thinks he did it because it's an insult. banks had no clue. also, waiting for banks is a letter from general grant. now, taking over as commander of union forces. pieces of banks, you will go to shreveport or you will not go to shreveport. if you take it, fine. if not you're going to stop. you come back. you leave just enough men to garrison what you have and you and the bulk of your force will go east and you will take mobile because you have to protect general sherman on his campaign to take atlanta. to protect the flank. there's a better army operating around mobile, and the union does not want to have to deal with that coming in behind or sherman's flank for his side. and so it's an important mission. well, banks ignores it. he sends a letter to the president, and to general grant, separately saying things are going great but i'm going to take shreveport and i'm going to be in texas. he has specifically been told not to go to texas. an

. >> last night the caps were dominated on the road by the blackhawks 5-2.kin supplied the goal of the night between the legs job that beat crawford for 30th of the season only the 9th to score at least 30 goals in first 7 seasons of his career tonight caps are in detroit against the red wings, washington leads the jets by 2 for the final playoff spot in the east. >> tonight maryland women host lewisville second round ncaa tournament. >>> now you have the news edge news is always on myfoxdc.com fantastic night go out and enjoy it see us back here tonight at 10   

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last night a 5-2 loss to the blackhawks, tonight a road date against the red wings. 1st period no score. caps on a power play, marcus johansson to alex ovechkin who rips it past jimmy howard, ovie's 31st of the year, 1-0 caps. later 1st period 2-0. another power play. ovie's initial shot is stopped, but he buries his own rebound, caps in front 3-0. 2nd period now 3-1, alexander semin, semin in front, keith aucoin whirls and scores. caps defeat the red wings 5-3 and lead the sabres by two points for the final playoff spot in the east. >>> don't go anywhere because we're not. when we return, the maryland women seeking revenge against louisville in the ncaa tournament, a reunion in college park when we come back. >>> welcome back. i'm dave feldman. tonight a reunion in college park. brenda frese facing louisville and jeff walsh. she's taken on her former guy and he beat her in the 2009 ncaa tournament. less than two minutes left maryland by two. hawkins bobbles it, regains it and hits it. hawkins with 15, herpes of terps led by four. fine -- terps led by four. final seconds, becky with a c

of massacring 16 afghan civilians, tank last month when he was training in a mockup with his unit blackhawk company. his unit deployed in keys betterment bales is being held at fort leavenworth, a military police ton in kansas. we are learning more details about the 38-year-old farther of two. he underwent anger counseling. but neighbors in lake taps washington said that bales never expressed a lot of' motions with his mullet. deployment to iraq and afghanistan but he was guarded when talking about them. neighbors are shocked but expressed compassion for bales i feel so sorry for him and his family. he is just the victim of a terrible, terrible war. and, you know, usually, when something like that happens, it's a related to ptsd. >> those who grew up with him described him as a smart student. >> he needed something bigger in his heart and mind and soul and that's why he bent into the military. he even held a part-time job, taking care of a boy with autism. bales' defensive lawyer already appears to be laying the ground work for defense, suggesting that is normal guy suffering from posttraum

later in the second now, blackhawks on the attack.s to a blond, patrick kane, scores his 19th goal of the season. capitals lose 5-2. only had 18 shots on goal. and their five-game road trip gets tougher. at detroit on monday night. >> coming up on "sports final," what memphis forward rudy gay did to the wizards in the final minute. and it's been ten years since gary williams led maryland to a national championship. he joins us in studio to talk march madness. and reaction from the georgetown hoyas after a heartbreaking loss in columbus. dan hellie goes inside the locker room. that's all coming up on "sports final" in just a few minutes. >> well, it sounds great. and you were excited to have gary. >> he was awesome in studio. he's funny. he's well spok [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space, which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire, td ameri

blackhawks captain jonathan toews is almost ready to make his return to the ice.ed for seven days in a row, and says he's "pretty close" to be ready for contact. toews has missed the last ten games with an upper body injury, and he won't play tonight in new jersey. steve montador could return, after missing 22 games with a reported concussion. sox and dodgers in the cactus league: he finally drove in his first to right. sox lose, though -- 4- here are your midday winning lottery numbers ... here are the winning picked three numbers: 9 51 here are the winning pick four numbers:6 9 9 0 $363 million is tonight's mega- millions jackpot. tw3q it's time to get going. to put more giddy-up in our get-along. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's... ... and mix a little more hop in our hip-hop. with the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles ... you'll want to get up and go. treats day after da if you're one of them folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they'r

will be home against the indiana pacers at 7:00 tonight and you can see it right here on wgn the blackhawksg the division leading detroit red wings no score in the first hawks on the power play and patrick sharp wind it up for a long gold they have scored three power-play goals in four games it was tied at one goal each late in the second. detroit turned it over behind the net and patrick sharp center to patrick kane for his third goal in four games the hawks held on to win 2-1 ray emery had 23 saves in the third straight victory they finish the road trip in st. louis tomorrow illinois state in the missouri valley conference finals ... they'll lost 83-79 against cragin the fighting illini lost its regular-season finale to wisconsin 70-56 time now for your live chica illinois lottery drawing ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 1 5 1 here are the winning pick four numbers: 0 6 8 3 the mega-millions jackpot is $127 million [ female announcer ] feeling that flu all over your body? immerse yourself in all over relief with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to e

chippewa tioga w a johnson and blackhawks middle school were all placed on locked down because of nearby police activity police have responded to a report of shots fired at a home on mason one block north of memorial road the house is surrounded we will keep you posted a cook county judge has been removed from the bench judge cynthia brim was removed from her duties after she was arrested friday a panel of circuit court judges took action against her after she was charged with battery for shoving a sheriff's deputy at the daley center officials say that she also through a set of keys at an officer and went on a lengthy tirade in traffic court on a thursday a panel of judges said a medical exam revealed that she is unable to do her job and will be banned from court buildings for now k-9s police officers may be owed a half a million dollars by the county the sun-times reports that cook county k-9s officers racked up over time for the hours spent taking care of the dogs when off duty in a lawsuit the state's labor department said that the county violated illinois minimum wage law between ja

blackhawks playoffs tickets went on sale today, and it could be a good thing if they stay in sixth placeikely avoid nashville in the first round... a team that's beaten them four in a row. and the hawks honored hall of famer ed belfour last night. they went 0 for 4 on the power play... the predators on their first power play in the second, and they score to make it 3 - 0. same score in the third when francis buillon's long shot gets by corey crawford... he was pulled after that. the hawks five- game winning streak is over... they lose 6-1, without jonathan toews, and the recently- suspended duncan keith. the bears will start the year without receiver johnny knox and he could be out the whole season. knox injured his back late last year, and underwent spinal fusion surgery in december. sources say there was more damage than first thought and he's walking with a limp. the tribune reports the bears placed knox on the "physically unable to perform" list, which means he'll miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season..... knox has not commented. bulls center joakim noah will not be

time for sports: blackhawks captain jonathan toews will be cleared for contact soon, and could returns concussion before the playoffs. the first- place blues visiting the united center. hawks up a goal in the third... a blues' turnover leads to a hawks breakaway, and patrick sharp scores his 31-st to make it 3-1. but saint louis comes back... it's 3-2 with 90 seconds left, and the long slap shot is re- directed by david perron to tie it. after a scoreless overtime... dave bolland scores in the fourth round for the first shoot- out goal of his career. hawks win 4-3, and win the season series 4-2. the university of illinois introduced new basketball coach john groce at assembly hall. he received a five- year deal worth one- point- four- million a year. it's not the eight- year deal groce wanted, and it's unclear how much his assistant will get paid. the tribune reports illini interim coach and assistant jerrance howard is looking at other jobs, because he was displeased he did not interview for the head coaching job. the cubs finalized the 25- man roster and rotation. veteran pitcher ra

lawmakers were accused of abusing at it's time for sports you can expect some big hits whenever the blackhawksnucks and last night did not disappoint the hawks and the canucks' exchanged several jabs at each other at the united center the canucks were up one nothing early but then in the second. andrew brunette got the puck behind the net and get it to marian hossa who fled it to patrick kane and tied the score at 1 call in overtime dave bolland led the charge and passed to johnny oduya "ria" who took a shot and deflected it off of andrew shaw and into the net the hawks won 2-1 in overtime they have won five consecutive games derrick rose set out another game and the bulls took on the raptors in toronto they beat them 94-82 the white sox were taking on the mariners in the cactus league the former cup kosuke fukudome goes to the opposite field in the fourth inning and that's good for double in two runs brent lillibridge hit a couple of doubles as well the sox 1 big 13-8 the veteran sun-times... tim tebow is you can hardly call this an end to the party >>it's a party that wasn't even supposed to

the blackhawks are still struggling on the power play.ut a shot on goal. they still earned a point in new jersey last night. minutes left... brent seabrook ties it up with a long slap shot... his eighth of the year. it stayed tied into a shoot out... and in the fifth round travis zajak puts the devils up. andrew shaw has the last chance to tie it... and he hits the post. hawks lose 2-1, but they still earn a point to reach 93 on the season. the cubs and the reds playing in the cactus league first baseman bryan lahair continues to hit well after a slow start his rbi double gives the cubs the lead in the first inning alfonso soriano still had a hot bat the cubs beat cincinnati 7-4 and the white sox beat cleveland a 7-1 the live illinois lottery drawing is coming up here are the winning pick three numbers: 3 0 5 here are the winning pick four numbers:2 7 7 3 we have for the mega-millions jackpot is now up to $500 million ... that's half a billion dollars do you have anything for a headache...like excedrin... bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i

lost 72-61 the regular- season finale is sunday up in wisconsin still no jonathan toews when the blackhawksit ottawa tonight he is still recovering from an upper body injury and did not travel with the team for this three game road trip ray emery will get the start in goal tonight corey crawford has been polled twice in the last two games coach cusec he needs to fight through the slump and find the confidence he once had >>we are fighting for a spot in the playoffs and i have to find ways to make things happen the bears have released offensive lineman frank omi yale he signed as a free agent from the panthers back in 2009 and played 48 games over three seasons with the chicago bears he shifted to several positions on the offensive line during the time the bears are officially announced the release of defensive tackle anthony adams as well by cutting them to the bears save more than $3 million in salary cap space that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is next ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 040 here are the winning pick four numbers: 4 5 5 7 mega-millions is

the blackhawks were down two goals in the second. there are on a power play but marian hossa turned over the pot and the chicago black hawks lost 5-1 andrew brunette scored the only goal the winning streak is now ending at three chicago bears will release the backup quarterback caleb hanie according to espn chicago .com he began four games in place of the injured jay cutler and lost all of them he threw nine interceptions and only three touchdowns and josh mccown replaced as the starter last season but he will likely be the no. 3 quarterback of the bears decide to bring him in depaul and the university of connecticut were in the big east ornament the blue demons were down 19 points in the first half jamie crockett was blocked and former east aurora star ryan boat right was alone on the other hand for a dunk he scored 19 points off the bench depaul lost 81-67 and they finished the season 12-19 elsewhere western illinois lost in the summit league final and valparaiso lost the horizon league championship your live illinois lottery drawi

fifth round on to the sixth and the kings mike richards beat ray emery for the game winner the blackhawkst still earn a point the n.c.a.a. field of 68 teams is said and all illinois schools were shut out kentucky is the overall no. 1 seed followed by syracuse and north carolina michigan state earned the final top-seeded after being ohio state in the big 10 finals yesterday dance notre dame is a seven seeded team in the south region and plays xavier on friday marquette earned a three seed in the west and faces the winner of the play in game iona college on thursday northwestern was passed over for and at large bid so there will return to the nit tournaments for the fourth year in a row they are a fourth seed and will host akron tomorrow night illinois state snack the final seventh seed and visits old mess on wednesday the fighting illini were snubbed by that tournament's the cubs and the dodgers were in the cactus league matt garza struggled in his second outing of the spring ... the white sox lost to the rockies 5-2 and the cubs lost to the dodgers a 5-0 your live illinois lottery ... the

also blackhawks had united center before trip to ottawa which they made without jonathan toews capt.week when a joel quenneville back and they're not clear healthy away all of his game ray emery in the goal tomorrow. bellmont tried to find out thinking to much i do not know not acceptable. by have to be better for us. fighting for a playoff spot. i have to find ways to make big saves situations >> comparing the standard of last year he was very good for us instrumental in getting in the playoffs expectations standards elevated to those levels >> chicago bears officially waived anthony adams and arizona talking of the need of alex rios and adam dunn to return not the only ones >> for the white sox to rebound gordon beckham has to reverse the downward offensive spiral from 270 down to 230 with 11 strikeouts he knows it and everybody knows it >> was not my swing was not anything getting back to being a not a timid person and i was timid not how our role. i do not know. you will see >> i know where he is right now good place i think he will have a big year ready to take that step he did

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blackhawk, as well. 40 in san jose. low 50s mountain view to the upper 30s around palo alto, low 40s around mountain view and upper 30s around los altos. tonight partly cloudy with fog developing overnight. tomorrow that's how we'll begin our friday with some areas of fog. then sunny and warmer. your extended forecast has 70s in the weekend outlook. we have that forecast coming up. but right now let's explain the latest weather pattern. high pressure quickly filling in. it's going to expand. atmosphere is going to warm up. allergies are going to be out of control this weekend but the next chance of rain won't be until next week. and that's not so much a good thing even with our latest rainfall. we are still only 40% of where we should be for this time of the year in san francisco. dire situation in san jose at 27%. compared to last year at 80%. now it is a getaway friday and if you are going statewide, 63 in ukiah, 40 in the high sierra. and again no rain, no snow, all weekend. just clear sailing. ideal conditions. temp

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the caps lost their second straight game yesterday, losing to the chicago blackhawks 5-2. things won't get much easier for the caps tonight. they travel to detroit to face the red wings. >> nice if to see get to the playoffs, though. >> would be nice. >>> let's check the forecast. veronica johnson, we're enjoying the springlike weather. >> that's right. it keeps on coming, joe and eun. we've got temperatures out there this morning in the 50s already. mid to upper 50s across the area. plenty mild to start the day. 57 degrees, reagan national airport. meanwhile, again it's going to be a little wet. we've got the rain advancing east and southeast. showers coming our way, maybe even a thunderstorm or two. here's a look at your day planner forecast at 9 clock a.m. showers, 52 to 55 degree. meanwhile, by the time we get to the noon hour, clouds, more clouds, and continuation of those showers around the area. 64 to 68. we'll hit a high of 75 degrees. danella, we've got the seven-day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> sounds good. >>> right now we've got to take a live

you are high around 67 degrees in blackhawk and 68 in walnut creek. 65 or alameda. 67 in san franciscosa. 75 tomorrow. so tomorrow will be the climax when it comes to warmth. temperatures heating up, down to 65 on saturday. clouds will increase the second half of the day. then we get showers on sunday. set that clock forward one hour. time change goes into effect this weekend. cool and cloudy monday. showers start tuesday, wednesday heavy periods of rain through thursday so. all of this sunshine we have out this, we're going to have to wait until that returns. back to you. >> we shall. thanks. 6:53. a serial tire slasher is on the loose as police continue a search to put an end to this vandalism. stephanie chuang joins us live with an update on the recent tire slashing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. vandals hitting the quiet streets of palo alto twice in tour 8 hours. no suspect. police are trying to get tips. even though it happened earlier in the week. here along east meadow drive is where several cars parked on monday were targeted in the second string. the first happenin

on march 3, 2011, with the game in overtime and the fennville blackhawks just one basket away from aheir hero on their shoulders. moments later, wes collapsed. in the chaotic moments that followed, his mother jocelyn yelled for a defibrillatodefibr. when it was found. the batteries expired. wes was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest. >> was there a time when you found yourself going through the what ifs? >> yeah. eve had a couple of doctors saying once they looked at the autopsy that it was a heart that could have been restarted. >> are you ever angry that this happened to you and to your family? >> angry? oh, i don't know. i get angry when i see people in stores and they call their kids stupid. that makes me angry. i think what a great parenting moment you're witnessing. i wish i had that moment. i get angry that we had a crowd of well over a thousand. we didn't do the right thing. i get angry about that. doesn't change anything. i just try to channel that into things i can change. >> these are just our awareness cards that we give. >> last sp

most of the sunshine will be do in the south bay. 65 in evergreen. 60 in blackhawk.bay, only holding on to the upper 50s by the water today. the clouds will continuously clear out as we head throughout the afternoon. a storm system on the way saturday into sunday. >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> thank you so much. hollywood's baby bumps are coming up. reese witherspoon joins the list of stars expecting babies. we'll have that after these messages. [ magician ] here we go. ready? ok, which one? ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got a little secret, too ♪ ♪ i've got a mad little crush on you ♪ [ female announcer ] it's always better when there's a little more to love. introducing our silky smooth dove chocolate bar. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% cash back on groceries. 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. it's as easy as one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply

you have the national guard up with two blackhawk choppers dropping water and retardant. >> imagine thatand 28 of them gone. >> 28. two people have been killed, one person reportedly missing. no rain in the forecast. winds up to 20 miles per hour. hopefully they'll be able to make a little bit of progress on this this afternoon. >> so sad. okay, we hope they are. all right. thank you. >> sure. >>> when we come back, you saw the video of the congressman on the house floor wearing a hoodie in tribute to trayvon martin. that congressman is bobby rush. he's going to join me live in just moments. you do not want to miss that conversation. named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not that we'd ever brag about it. turn right. come on, nine. turn left. hit the brakes. huh? how'd that get there? [ male announcer ] we can't hide how proud we are to have nine top safety picks like the passat and jetta. so we're celebrating with our "safety in numbers" event. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his

if mommy has blackhawk helicoptered her child parenting and relationships through life how are they possibly this control over how people are acting. isn't it wrong on a fundamental level telling people who they can make friends with? >> again, you understand the intention. certainly as a teacher in a school, i'm sure they see a lot of kids that have hurt feelings but the bottom line is research shows from an outcome standpoint, when people have a best friend, they have better medical outcomes. you need a best friend in life. you need social support. you need that connection throughout your life. >> even if you don't, is shouldn't be your poise. people dabble and have a lot of good group of friend but never one best friend. >> and that happens. >> my older daughter who's 18 she had a group of eight. >> they figure it out for themselves. >> i think so. it's not about being authoritarian but teaching skills you need, listening, feeling, being able to express how you feel emotionally. >> and confiding in someone, trusting in someone. a best friend is about trust. sometimes that trust is broken.

you and the viewers remember blackhawk down in somalia where we had our special force dragged through8,000 troops. only one-fifth the number of troops now in afghanistan. that's all we had in somalia. when president clinton said we would withdraw it took us six months to do it safely. because to exit is one of the most challenging military operations to be done and we can't exit this country through pakistan because we don't bring anything in through pga stand because they ambush our convoys there and pakistan now doesn't even allow it. we are going to have to go through kazakhstan and uzbekistan upon the last few weeks and months have we even begun to let contracts out to permit an exit. this will take time because they will know how we will exit and it must be done safely and well for those who are saying get out tomorrow, no. it is about our service members getting out safely and inputting the correct strategy to continue probably from a distance of eradicating al qaeda and pakistan. >> valuable insight. former representative joe sestak for which we thank you so much. appreciate th

. >> you know what it's like to serve in the military personally and you have your daughter, a blackhawkfrom war. and your son is a junior in westpoint. let's move on and talk about something you're dealing with today and that's afghanistan. here is general allen yesterday trying to answer a question about will he get the numbers he needs to win this war? >> i've been given assurances by the white house that we are in a strategic conversation, chairman. there has been no number mentioned. >> no number mentioned. has it been frustrating for the best you can answer at the pentagon but to draw up war plans and have politicians tell you you can't have the numbers you need? >> well, for one thing, i'm not at the pentagon so i'm sort of not in that business and i am assured just as my superiors supported my ultimate decision and what i needed to do in baghdad, that general allen will get the support he needs to do to get the mission done. >> when you look at the budgets that are coming down the pipe, they talk about maybe a peace dividend and cutting another $100 to $200 billion out of the bud

the kinds of things who follow blackhawks if you're interested in iranians internal politics and foreign policy. on march the fifth come iranian supreme court orders the retrial of former u.s. marine and uranian americans sentenced to death for supposedly spying for the cia. on march 13, the u.s. reported that to iran and arms dealer who had been caught in a sting operation in the republic of georgia a few years later. in this country, it was revealed that our treasury department has begun an investigation into the former governor of pennsylvania, at rendell and several others for taking money to promote an organization called the mujahedin from a group of the state department terrorism list that had been trying to get off the terrorism list for years and has been paying very, very well known former u.s. officials great sums of money to advocate getting off the terrorism list. they have not gotten off the list. there were supposed to be a march 26th deadline for the state department to rule. the deadline is gone and i would predict there would be no decision on this issue certainly befor