. >> inmate johnny brewster, serving three years for cocaine possession, lends his formidable sewing the prison's recycling efforts. >> sometimes i get teased about it by these guys here. ♪ >> right now, i'm making belts from pant leg material. as you see, we start off by joining the two pieces. usually i make one large spool approximately 35 foot every two to three days. i'm making approximately 10 to 12 belts a day. i learned to sew approximately 20 years ago from my mother. she asked me one day if i want to learn to sew. i said, i don't know, boys aren't supposed to sew. girls are supposed to sew. she said don't give me that nonsense and sat me down on the sewing machine and started teaching me everything she pretty much knew. i'm doing pretty much what i like to do. it keeps me out of trouble, and i try not to ever, you know, take that for granted. because after all, this is prison, i mean. ♪ >> brewster lives in "a" dorm, an open population unit that gives him more movement than other santa rosa inmates and a small corner of the prison to call home. >> this is it, right here, th

lehmann brewster is one of the most successful heavyweight boxer is in history first as an amateur he wants several big competitions in america the failing to qualify for the atlanta olympics he turned her passion brewster's biggest fight came in last may get out but in a klitschko part of the family that's became dominant at the beijing securing him at w.v.u. title. hello and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us today well first of all i want to ask about that that website is called the fighting connection com yeah my website and it's claiming that that this website it's going to try to truly make boxing a global sport yes it's your website so tell me. is books include ready global sport. it is it is a global sport but a few things for the first thing is is so hard to get sparring partners like when you speak about how russia and rest of europe is now becoming dominant that's because they are adopting the the western way of fighting but with their way of training but yet at the same time western fighters don't have access to be able to spar with european fighters

you see who is sitting next to me, formerly punky brewster. >> i love punky. >> i know you're a mom of two. you have poet and jagger. >> i have to say hi to them. i love you girls! >> and you have a birthday coming up, a 4 -year-old. >> next week. have i have to put in the order today. >> mine are all about cars right now. >> rainbow, cars. >> coming up this morning, we had babies on earlier today and now we've got the animals to follow the babies. we have the quest for the best this morning. we have a real dog and pony show for you. we set out to find the best pet trick and some furry friends are getting prepped backstage to show off their talent. so, soleil, do you want to take this next tease? >> coming up, paying off student loans, our experts answer your questions. >> you do everything perfectly. >> you are the sweetest. can i stay here forever? >> first we have some serious headlines to get you. i'm going to get to the headlines. tropical storm isaac is dumping more heavy rain, up to a foot in some places. this morning officials in mississippi are reporting the first death relate

bush in the aftermath of nine eleven i think go ahead brewster i think many of the problems that he had many of the problems there were a numerated in the opening here really escape you know political or government resolution it's a matter of the political culture our icons who we hold up for admiration whether they're lady gaga or someone who is wise and industrious and ambitious and used and that's why they the educational level and maybe this has tumbled because we have we have we have the the icons that youth are shown who are not people who engage in deep thought and cerebration that there are stars for the for the moment and even. when we have candidates like sarah palin or mr perry from texas almost denigrating the learning as though it's a disability for politics again that sends a terrible message to youth deciding how they want to spend their time and the same issues with god you know we have health care staggering amount spent and yet it b.c. continues to climb and the general level of health continues to plummet inverse proportion to the spending it's because we have lost th

ok it's time for the only brewster's are. good to see you again not the best news though a face becoming yet another day i mean how much is it losing though don't tell me what's six percent five point nine of those actually yes six percent roughly that's because the valves of the open locked up shares the world frozen on before facebook versus the now have two hundred seventy one million more little things to worry. that's exactly the number of shares that have been locked until today when the largest social media network went public in may now early facebook investor such as the global for example that's the investment firm founded by the russian billionaire uni milner they now get a green light to start selling part of their holdings and apparently that's exactly what they're doing but in general we've seen a bit of an upswing a positive couple of twenty five minutes i'd say that's because cisco has reported better than expected results and it's up more than eight percent this hour and also based fears incessant of the econ

she stabbed billy brewster at their apartment in whitehall township around 2:00 a.m. and they were supposed to walk down the aisle at 10 a.m. at her arraignment, she was distraught and said she didn't do it on purpose. >>> chad johnson is out of jail and out of a job. the miami dolphins released dolphin after he was arrested for allegedly headbutting his new wife over the weekend. johnson, who recently changeed his last name from ochoa sinko -- ochocinco got into a fight with his wife after she found a box of condoms. >> he said she leaned over and head butted her in the head and she claims they leaned together and butted head. she had a laceration on the forehead and described to being two to three inches in length. >> johnson married evelyn -- and he was charged with simple domestic battery and misdemeanor. a judge ordered johnson to cut contact with the wife. >>> she was not impressed with the silver medal. the gymnast is mocking the facial expression that went viral. >> and why this olympic athlete's gold medal is taken away. >>> and tomorrow could bring storms to

he did to go church and stepped out as he went to brewster academy to do the rehearsal and about whathe people were concerned about today, not the convention but the storms. >> anything about the hurricane, governor? >> and everybody is fine there, and affected by it. are you concerned about your convention. >> convention-- >> well, in effect, mr. romney and president obama are something of a very delicate political spot. they have to be concerned about the hurricane, lest it appears they're more concerned with the election than the hurricane isaac. and to hold things up monday and push things more to tuesday, wednesday, thursday and even talk from the governor of florida to extend into friday, the likelihood of that would seem small, people have planes booked and convention facilities and things like that have arrangements after the republican national convention, but it's not just the republicans, with the storm headed out to the gulf and the further west coast of the gulf, that means the president has to be worried about his convention being threatened the following week and of cou

to get a driver's license the had told the dmv you're not a citizen to read florida found at the brewster to vote the wanted to check the federal databases and check the dhs records and what happens the justice department sues them for trying to stop them from verifying people are u.s. citizens. why would they do that? why would they want people that are not citizens voting adjust for the preliminary check? if already found 100 people who were confirmed not u.s. citizens to register vote 50 of whom voted in prior to elections and that is just at the very start of this program. 50 voters, that's 10% of what made the difference in the 2000 election. >> host: the two parties don't agree on what made the difference in the election. any let's get the central thesis about preventing voter and election fraud and making sure the only u.s. citizens vote. that seems pretty commonsensical and that should not be a partisan issue yet it is a pitched partisan battle. i think it's very fair to point out to come from a conservative republican perspective and the book is very much from that perspective. d

after my book was reviewed and said, hugh brewster not know that the fourth tunnel was a dummy, and on his book in that illustration, he has the fourth final with steam coming out of it. shirley everybody knows it's not. sizer attempted to write, you know, i'm not such a dummy. as to not know. so i wrote saying i'm very surprised our learned correspondent didn't recognize the famous 1912 illustration, which is used for its charm and it's a period and drama, not for its historical accuracy. however. the fourth is not such a dummy, no am i. know, i felt like saying. you know, it was used for exhaust from the kitchen, from the turbine engine room, from the hospital. it had a very useful function. all the finals have high trying out the side through which is being undertaken -- through which steam was pumped. it was designed to make the ship seem like the german buyers which were forced akers and seymour bigger and grander and so forth the but the fourth final was put to good use. it wasn't a complete dummy. nor am i. well, i think -- are we out of time? it was lovely of all these question

k brewster." but she's all and she'll be here in the next hour. first your local news and weather. is in charlottesville and will have enjoy the overage >>letemperatures in the 60'70'ou yesterday, today. lotsit gets more humid by the wh update at 9:25.

>> you know her from "punky brewster." but she's all grown up and she'll be here in the next hour. the story focuses on a young writer dealing with a loss after the september 11th tryst attacks. the play will be held at the san jose repertory theater. >>> close to the weekend. >> tom: comfortable out there. in the 50s and 60s and headed to the low 90s inland. we will see the 80s bayside today and about as warm as yesterday and a touch cooler at the coast. enjoy the sunshine and warmth for today. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. ♪ 100% greek. 100% mmm... ♪ oh wow, that is mmm... ♪ in fact it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. well ok then, new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. ♪ >>> back now with more "today" on this thursday morning. a crisp and cool start in new york. on the plaza, british sensaon cher lloyd. savannah had to leave a little early to head too l.a. for her appearance on "the late show with jay leno." you see who is sitting next to me, formerly punky brewster. >> i love punky. >> i know you're a mom of two. you have po

>> you know her from "punky brewster." but she's all grown up and she'll be here in the next hour.nd will learn his sentence. george huguely's attorneys will ask to reduce the sentence offering an appeal from his mother for leniency for her son. he was foun guilty in native of killing yearedly love. >>> here's storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hey, tom. >> good morning. we're off to a delightful start here this morning. temperatures, as we approach 9:00 are into the low to mid-70s around the metro area and still low humidity in the air and highs in the 80s with sunshine and more of the same tomorrow. a bit hotter. over the weekend, turning more humid and some of the remnants may give us passing tropical showers sunday, >>> good morning, traveling on 395 usual delays. here's a live look at the pentagon. as you make your way to the 14th >>> back now with more "today" on this thursday morning. a crisp and cool start in new york. on the plaza, british sensation cher lloyd. savannah had to leave a little early to head too l.a. for her appearance on "the late show with jay leno." y

. >> let's ask the cast of punky brewster what they think now. >> did you see they have wayne rogersraded to the couch on fox and friends. where do they -- this is the national debates or watched up tv actors. >> stephanie: until we know what clinger and hot lips houlihan say there is no putting this to bed my friends until snyder checks in. 17 minutes after the hour. >> find myself in a constant state of confusion. >> stephanie: eric roleert remains in the sidecar. we continue after the commercial. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ beads rattling ] [ bass thudding ] [ beads rattling ] spearmint that tingles as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. >> stephanie miller. >> ♪ you say you want a revolution well, you know ♪ ♪ we all want to change the world ♪ >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 22 minutes after the hour. eric boehlert from media matters rejoins us for right-wing world. oh and golly. that's what we -- hanni