there is also a bob greene panel essay contest.ng your bicycle help to make the air cleaner? the kids have just been great. we engage the schools at all levels. we want to educate everyone on cycling. it is environmentally friendly. >> it is a win-win situation. how many people do you expect back spreads over 200. >> all right. stand and john both said we have perfect weather conditions -- stan and john both said we have perfect weather conditions. we will have more for you coming up in our next hour. sandra shaw, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a local mother is being recognized as a survivor and an inspiration. she was diagnosed with a disease at age 32. it was the same brain tumor that took the life of ted kennedy. she was forced to put her studies to decide. she is now cancer free. she received her degree last night. >> she is a nonstop person. she persevered. >> i do understand that we are not promised tomorrow. so i try to make the most of every day. >> congratulations. she is continuing her research work and will assume a role at the un

there will be track work on metro on bob red, blue, and green eyes. inner loop near the wilson bridge. crews will immerse repairs and there will only be in one lane opened near telegraph road. >>> d.c. will offer better condoms to high school and college students. officials say they will be stocking up on trojan brand condoms. that comes amid complaints that the condoms the city is handing out are small and the poor quality. the program is part of the battle against aids infection. we will have another news update at 8:56. for continous news coverage, tune in to our sister station, newschannel8 ♪ can't back down there's too much at stake ♪ ♪ this is serious don't walk away ♪ ♪ can't pretend it's not happening ♪ ♪ can't back down [ cheers and applause ] >>> all right. >> whoa. >> you are -- so great to see you. >> how about that? "can't back down." [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? good to see you again. wow. you know they're going out on tour late their summer. but you don't have to wait because they're going to be performing live, coming up in

bob: 3-0 pitch. would bobby cox give him the green light? >> rob: probably. but he's so patient.to dave winfield about him, and he said he has that big reach like win field had, and likened him to freddy mcgriff, and a strong left hand hitter. >> bob: oh. the braves have said over the years that the green light from bobby cox is something that they call the privilege, and sometimes only have it ran hitters earn that after a certain amount of time. that was nasty, and the count goes to 3-2. brian mccann will be running off of first base. another one. that was close, and the bases are loaded again. >> rob: does not give in. he knows how melky cabrera is hitting, just over .200. going to take his chances with him. he's not going to let the young heyward lose a ball when he can attack a guy right here strategically. >> bob: what does he have in mind? >> rob: big curveball. no. >> bob: goes up and away with the heater. well, weave often said when livan hernandez pitches, he's out there playing camp with his battery mate. i'm sure that pitch count doesn't affect him the way it does a y

green belt this afternoon. he has another court hearing later this week. >> bob barnard reporting live. thank you. >>> the other big story we're following tonight at 10:00, dramatic developments in the trial of three men accused of covering up robert wonned's murder. prosecutors played a portion of a videotaped portion of the suspects. >> reporter: it is compelling to watch the investigation unfold and the doubts that surface in this tape. it is the first glimpse of how joseph price reacted to the murder of his friend hours after the crime. as it played in court price and ward were glued to the screen. there was not much emotion on the tape so it's unclear why victor seborsky started crying apps the interrogation played. it is a telling videotape, joseph price sits with two detectives recounting what happened inside his swan street home when robert wone was murdered. >> we read the transcripts a number of times. it was completely different being able to see the tape itself. his demeanor was pretty much calm and measured and slow placed. the interrogation did not seem confrontational at

. >> bob: how many would he hit playing 81 games here? >> rob: do you give him the green light?tore on the pitch track says yes. you saw the mitt way outside, dead central and it looked like adam jammed himself, but he's so strong and the ball carrying just enough to right field. he'll take number nine right there. >> bob: now a 12 game homer streak for the nats. they've hit 19 home runs in the last 12 games. >> rob: more importantly ties the score and it's career number 68 for dunn in the month of may. >> bob: hum. cristian guzman's 1-2. >> rob: although it feels like march. it's nippy. come on cristian. how about a double down the right field line? >> bob: only the second homer hammel's given up this year. nasty breaking ball fouled. 325 home runs. they appeal to third, it's a swing and guzman is on. >> rob: that worked. >> bob: that was interesting. the ball was in the dirt, the home plate umpire immediately appealed to the umpire at third and guzman is aboard on a strikeout and a wild pitch. >> rob: right here. you're going to see him. yes, he went. you see the home plate um

. >> bob: that's a neutralizer here, isn't it. zimmerman probably had the green light. of homers, three doubles and five of the six runs batted. that's getting it done by the big boys at the top. zimmerman takes a hard hat. fourth describe of the game will be his second home run as rob he waited and went out of here the other way. >> rob: the breaking ball that stayed up. good hitter will look for the fast ball. keep the hands back. zimm is much power to the opposite field as anybody in baseball crush that breaking ball. >> bob: and a 3-2 walked him. spot coming up now for adam dunn. >> rob: and pinto has never loved the nationals. 28 games coming into tonight. 23 games, 34 innings. 14 earned runs because he walked 25 guys in those 33 innings, 32 punch outs. >> bob: that surprises me. >> rob: it is. trust me, pitchers know the teams they don't do well against. first two lefties he faces where he should be able to get them out, they both whacked the ball. >> bob: adam dunn one for four with a triple tonight. alberto gonzalez next in the pitcher's spot. it appears miguel

bob, better than we were earlier today. the nasdaq still the only one of the three major indices that hawse not gone green yet. but inching closer. right now down 3.3 points. i know it's cliche to call it the tech heavy nasdaq but it is a fact and that is honestly what led this market so much lower yesterday. look at what is going on today. a bit of a bounce back. google up 1% and yahoo! up better than 2%. the philly semiconductor index took a 4.5% hit yesterday and barely above water at this point. even apple is heading up towards the flat line at this moment and on the earnings front a few stocks trading significantly lower and news corp down 6% and garmindown 6.5%. let's go to the nymex. >> i think i'll take it from there big guy. interesting to watch how the dollar is affecting everything so differently. if you look at the first chart, dollar index. still up on the day. well off its best levels but time we were up a half a cent is huge. gold has managed not only to come back, but, obviously, sitting on fresh highs made a few moments ago. contrast that and i don't know if we have the chart. nickel is down a

bob. republican caller. caller: good morning. i am starting to hear the old excuses coming out of this thing. they have had a week to do this. if the democrats want to claim that they are green, they should have multiple plans. if they do not have a plan in place for a response in place and have had a week to do with, the one bad thing that bush did with katrina is he waited for a week before he showed up. what the president is doing is getting in front of appear in is making excuses before washes onto the shores. but there is no reason he should not be calling for help from all of our friends. host: houses for the dealing with potential landfall? caller: i do not believe that florida has a plan either. we have not had real oil washing onto our shores since the 1960's or 1980's. that was when we had war maneuvers. host: incidental oil spills? host: -- caller: the navy will throw away their medical waste. you will wind up with a lot of medical stop washing outcome whenever there is oil in the air, whenever there is war. oil will always washup. host: this is john calling from naples, independent line. caller: i was just calling to say that i read about a study, those of what w