and as bryan indicated, you know, the rates of drug use are about the same. among all racial groups. but also, and what many people don't realize is that the rates of drug sales are about the same among people of all different races. now, this defies our racial stereotypes, right? when we think of a drug dealer, we think of a black kid standing on street corner with his pants hanging down, right? well, drug dealing certainly happens in the ghetto, but it happens everywhere else in america, as well. you know, a white kid in nebraska doesn't get his marijuana or his meth by driving to the hood to get it. no, he gets it from a friend, a classmate, a coworker, who lives down the road. >> moyers: so, how... why is it, michelle, that the burden then falls the hardest on the people u've described? young, black men in the inner cities? >> well there's a number of reasons. now, first, the enemy was defined politically as black and brown. for the reasons i described. political reasons. it was part of the republican party's effort to prove they were getting tough on the

general webster this is bryan of the pentagon. i take that you can hear us okay. >> i can hear you very good, thanks, bryan. >> thanks very much for joining this evening. this is lieutenant general william webster the commander of the army in kuwait. the firm has more than 50,000 military and civilians operating in 13 countries. general webster's area of responsibility is an area of more than 4.5 million square miles, or about 1.5 times the size of the continent of the divided states, so a big job. he took command in may of last year and right now is sustaining the two current combat operations supporting both the responsible drawdown in iraq as well as the buildup in afghanistan and the army. so general webster, think you for taking the time and i understand you are going to give a bit of an overview before you take some questions. so let me turn right over to you. >> thanks very much. this is my second tour of duty in the the third army. i was a deputy commander for general mckiernan backend 02 and 03 when we initially attack in

thanks very much, bryan.

live in the newsroom, beth parker, bryan, back up to you u. >>> an unexpected revelation in the deadlyubway bombing in moscow. russian investigators claim one of the suicide bombers in that country's recent attack was this 17 year old girl. the newspaper reports she was the widow of a slain us lammist rebel. the death toll from the two bombings on monday rose to 40 after a man died overnight. the second bomber is believed to be a 20 year old woman. investigators say she was the widow of a man killed last year as he prepared to assasinate. eight members of a suspected christian militia will stay in jail until they go on trial. prosecutors believer they are members/of a group called -- >> and plan to spark a war against the us government. fbi raise in michigan took the suspects into custody. they are accused of planning to make a 911 call, kill officers who responded and then bomb a funeral. >>> nearly three months after the the devastating earthquake in haiti, there is a struggle to reunite families. many parents don't want to be reconnected with their children because they believe thei

. >>> bryan betts was found shot to death in his silver springs home last thursday. police are looking more information about a vehicle being seen leaving the alley. betts suv was stolen that night and later recovered in southeast washington. >>> a mother in charles county is outraged after her autistic son was left on a school bus for two hours. delonte likely fell asleep and ended up in a parking lot 18 miles away. the driver and attendant violated policy but not sweeping the bus. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich wants president obama as a witness in his corruption trial. he has asked the court to issue a subpoena. the judge did not indicate how he might respond to the request. >>> good news in maryland's real estate market. sales are roaring back to life. but as mike shu report. some agents fear the expiration of a tax credit will make for a lean summer. >> reporter: the sky has been falling. some real estate agents not making a single sale in 2009. but in maryland, the worse appears to be over. >> the entire first quarter of this year has been very go

i want to thank bryan moorehead for the great tour, and mitchell pulwer for trying to explain to me what was going on here. we've got governor beverly perdue, who's doing just a great job on behalf of all of north carolina. please give her a big round of applause. and i think it's important to note that the state of north carolina has provided enormous support for expansion here at celgard as well. and i know that the combination of both federal and state support makes a big difference. so i didn't want to leave the state out. lieutenant governor walter dayton -- dalton is here. please stand up, walter. the hotshot young up-and-coming mayor of charlotte anthony foxx is in the house. give him a big round of applause. some outstanding members of congress, congressman mel watt. congressman larry kissell. and even though he's from across the border, we love him -- congressman john spratt of south carolina. so it is good to be here at celgard, and it is good to be back in north carolina. it is good to be back. we just concluded our tour, where we saw some of the workings of this facility wher

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one thing about this i have noticeds from bryan -- i pitched with some great left- handers -- they cane way and this kid can do that. >> gary: here's the delivery off the bat to center. can't find it! had trouble with it right from the get-go and could not find it. and patterson is on with a base hit. >> gary: in the opening i talked about this is a great pitcher ballpark but on a day like this -- it happened to me and to anybody that ever pitched here -- you lose balls in the sun and when you can't see you can't catch them. easy as that. >> gary: the oriole, obviously -- when you lost nine in a row and are 1-11, these kind of things become very big in ball games real quick because the orioles have already lost three times when they have had a lead after eight innings. that happened only four times all of last year. and they've given up the home runs in the 9th inning, trying to stop it in the back of your mind when things start happening. >> jim p: and real is uehara -- he has been hurt with a hamstring. gonzalez was supposed to be the closer. you know, arm injury and mediocre stuff -

i'll have the latest on bryan roberts. >>> news of a trade in the nfl, and phil mickelson makes the masters a family affair. that's ahead when wjz news continues. >>> it is 6:27, 70 degrees and sunny. good evening, here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. the polish people are in mourning. >> reporter: tens of thousands of polish mourners gathered in warsaw to pray and pay their respects. they lit candles in tribute to president, his wife maria and 94 others who died in a plane crash in western russia on saturday. the president's body which has been returned to poland will lie in state starting tuesday. investigators at the crash site were not able to identify the body of the first lady until monday. people are placing flowers creating a shrine in western russia. why the plane crashed is still a mystery. air traffic controllers had urged the pilot not to land because of thick fog. there's speculation the president pressured the pilot to land any way. but a chief prosecutor says he has found no evidence to suggest that's the case. russian investigators say a check has f

bryan helton said it is important to honor history.s family fought on both sides of the civil war and his 23- rolled son is a soldier. >> my son last year went to iraq, and i was so proud of him. >> help growth in northern virginia and wants his 6-year- old to know the commonwealth's role in the civil war. about that is where we came from, that is who we are as americans. >> this woman takes issue with the name. >> i think civil war history month would be an excellent idea, but i don't think singling out the confederate side would be beneficial. >> many democratic and black lawmakers are outraged. and it seemed like he was kowtowing to the right-wing extremist component that still supports the confederacy. with that in mind, it is irresponsible. he is the governor for all of virginia. >> today at the manassas battlefield where stonewall jackson looks on, there was support for governor mcdonnell's decision. >> i think it is a good itiative by the governor. it is one that brings the confederacy into the spotlight. that is part of our his

and who on camera is seen blaming me for what is obvious that i didn't do, is a guy by the name of bryan who works for the nevada democratic party. he's the field director for the nevada democrat party. he used to be a staffer for hillary clinton. he was the one who was involved in this tactic of misdirection and accusing me of what they were trying to do. which was trying to stoke and provoke an incident at the rally. >> you actually have a freeze frame with a big arrow pointing to one of these guys with the egg in his palm. let's get to the deeper political import, which you began to do right there. what if this were tea party activists who had eggs and threw them at a bus carrying harry reid or harry reid supporters and threatened a democratic activist in their midst? what would the media have done with this story? >> narrative that came out of false accusations from the capitol protest the day before the health care bill was passed, was that the tea party movement is racist. that it is on the verge of some type of violent outburst. when the facts have not aligned up to that whatsoeve

starts the hitter off well and gets ahead in the strike zone, it's very tough to sit on the pitch with bryan because he and go to any one of four pitches because he has command. >> jim h: orioles snap the skid. now it's off to seattle. three night games beginning tomorrow before heading to boston. final stop on this long ten- game, 11-day, three-city trip. >> jim h: montanez came through in the 4th inning. wieters scoring from second base as the orioles at that point took a 4-0 lead. birds win a final of 8-3 to snap the nine-game losing streak. heading back to oakland now where we are joined and thank matt wieters outside the can clubhouse. from the players perspective -- we heard from the manager -- what it is like to get the losing streak over? >> it's big to be able to, you know, get a winning streak started and be able to win one today. it's good. heading to seattle, we can take some confidence going in there. >> rick: talk a little bit about brian on the mound today. it seemed like every pitch was working and you worked very well together. >> three straight starts he's had that he had g

police believe at least two people were involved in the shooting of bryan beck. two men drove out of the alley next to the home the night before his body was found. detectives are looking into people bets may have met on line. >> we looked at his computer, his cell phone. we talked to family and others. >> mr. bets lifestyle is just one aspect of all circumstances that we're looking at. >> bets stolen suv was recovered. beens reported seeing at least two men walk away from it. >>> the boy scouts of america is ordered to pay 18 and a half million dollars to an oregon man sexually abused by a former assistant scout master. kerry lewis says he was abused six times between the ages of ten and 12. attorneys hope the scouts will release confidential files on other abuse cases. this was the first of six cases filed in oregon. >>> a man accused of plotting to bomb the new york subway system has pleaded guilty to terror charges. the 25-year-old was convicted of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and providing support to al-qaeda. prosecutors say he and another

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the fire started just after 11:00 last night at owe bryans located on main street. lawmakers were there celebrating the freshmen members of the national assembly. the governor's security team escorted him out of the bar when they smelled smoke. when they saw him leaving, other lawmakers made their way out as well. there were no injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> three people are hurt and now there's talk that the city's company rotating closures may be to blame. megan gilliland joins us this morning where the firefighter is recovering this morning from shock trauma. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. lieutenant jeff novak suffered severe burns battling a fire on wednesday. it's a fire that was fueled by budget woes. that fire happened on wednesday at northwest baltimore at the byrwin apartment. company 12 which lieutenant novak was the first to arrive to scene. that night, novak and others faced the fire without water, since the first three closest engines were unavailable. still novak rushed the fire, rescued one person and went back in

what happened is homeowners in bryan, ohio, some lost their homes. we know that retirees in ravena, ohio, lost a good by th bit of r wealth. that's repeated in charlotte and raleigh and ashville, north carolina, as it is true in cleveland and bedford, ohio, because of wall street excesses too many people lost their homes, lost their wealth, lost their retirement, lost their jobs of the and this legislation today, coupled with senator dodd's legislation coming out of banking, this legislation was bipartisanly passed, it will move us in the right direction, it was bipartisan but not a compromise with wall streevment when bipartisan means bring wall street to the table to write the legislation, that's not what the american people want. when bipartisanship means that our committee writes strong language and republicans and democrats -- at least one republican and democrats come together, that's what we ought to do. that's the direction we should go -- that's the direction we should go and that's what responsible govern something about. i yielthe floor an

bryan, democrat, you are first up. caller: how you did this morning?how many weeks on that extension that they just gave and when does it start? guest: the extensions started -- it would be retroactive, when it ran out april 6. it depends on how many -- this is sort of the fourth tier expansion and it would depend on the situation and how many weeks you would have, if you are calling for yourself or for a family member. the important thing is not just extending unemployment in making sure people get the subsidy for continue their health care, but that we have even more of a focus on what we do with a job creation. we have not done that in not yet. we have not seen the bipartisan cooperation we need for job creation. i think, though, in terms of the health-care part of this bill, the extension of cobra and the subsidies for cobra so people are more likely to be able to afford to keep their health insurance, we've got to -- what the health care bill being implemented in the next two or three years, that should be able to help, too. host: bloomington, ohi

i suggest, not only are they wrong, but they should read paul bryans proposal. he is a republican right now, paul, and he has a value added tax provision in it. so i don't think it's on the agenda. and so, let me suggest that we argued the pros and cons, the next that i can come to the press club. >> under chairman rangel, the ways and means committee has put an enormous effort in the last couple of years into putting together a revenue neutral package of tax reforms that were brought in the over all base and lower taxes on u.s. companies and middle-class taxpayers. given the deficit, is a possible to do a revenue neutral reform? does any package of tax changes or reforms need to bring in more revenue over all? >> well, i think to charlie rangel's credit, he brought that out, as i said earlier, some months ago. it was actually many months ago. and i think clearly, tax reform has to be a major item on the agenda. as to whether it's neutral or not, i think has to be discussed at a time when we are able to focus in on comprehensive tax reform. this isn't the time n