base hit, ramirez, with cantu coming up. guzman up the middle with ronnie belliard who earned his start tonight after his wonderful pinch-hit two-run dumb double last night. ryan zimmerman back on the diamond. that's always good for the nats across from adam dunn. willingham, morgan and dukes pretty much the every day outfield and secretary second consecutive start for -- second consecutive start for wil nieves. josh bard will start tomorrow in the day game after the night game. cantu goes up slugging and hits it foul. >> rob: i wanted to talk about the comment you made about nick johnson. i got -- spent time with howie ken derick today of the angels. he made that same comment about bobby abreu. he has changed their lineup. they're hitting .290 as a ball club. he said that his patience at the plate has helped everybody else in the lineup become more patient. i think nick johnson will have a definite affect on that marlins luf lineup. >> bob: something about southern california. the dodgers are hitting about .280 and the ange

so did cantu. his actually a double.wo hits and then the walk to uggla and now cody ross a three- run count. and a ground ball to zimmerman! knocks it down. still got him at first! >> rob: nice play. >> bob: ryan zimmerman sacrificing his sore body to get the nationals a crucial out here. that is textbook keeping the ball in front of you. call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way.  >> bob: nationals lead 2-1. just told her kids to stand up and wave at our united states armed forces members honored

sandra cantu vin initivanished march 27th.accused killer, melissa huckaby, was sandra's neighbor. huckaby's daughter was sandra's playmate. george lewis is at the courthouse in stockton, california, with the latest on the hearing that is about to begin. >> reporter: just moments from now melissa huckaby is expected to learn whether she has been indicted for the kidnap, rape, and murder of 8-year-old sandra cantu. sources close to huckaby say she is expecting to be indicted, that she will continue to plead not guilty to all the charges. she had been scheduled to appear in court next month, but her court date was moved up to today after a grand jury met, deliberated, heard evidence in secret. now, the prosecutors could have had a preliminary hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to try melissa mukby for a huckaby for all these alleged offenses but instead they took these to the grand jury, perhaps out of deference for sandra cantu's family. her killing has had a profound effect on the hometown of tracy. thousand

and now we will see if he can get cantu.mselves a p one out in the third and cody ross popped up and here is bergmann against cantu. 0-2 with a sack fly. i believe we are looking pasted this series to the phillies. and giving them everything they can handle. brian sanchez warming up out there. and come on, this guy,. >> bob: johnson, coghlan and another johnson at first base. and 1-1, cantu and it is going foul. and if you are going to be steve bartman. you better bring a glove. and steve bartman one the most popular men in the history of florida baseball. and they were playing the cubs when all that happened. now, it is one ball, two strikes. >> rob: what ever that pitch was, don't throw that again. he he can throw in the 90s and nyjer morgan is there and jason bergmann does a fantastic job of bailing out the nats in the sixth inning. @x@0@p@0@6p)@  . >> bob: you like action. we have had lots of it today. and sim are man hitting the ball beautifully and scoring. and in the 4th inning on a hit by legal lie georgia duk

i'll see how good cantu is. right there vandenhurk picks it up because nick johnson was charging, nobody home at first. >> bob: maybe you could hear the bouncing of the microphone on his 90-foot journey. he could be running with two outs. hey, why not? you're up by three. then barracks hit by guzman could get the nats another run and a four-run lead. he's been an rbi machine lately. long look. maybe a steb stepoff coming. >> rob: so, what was it? joey bishop, frank senate a, dean martin and sammy davis, jr. >> bob: the original rat back. >> rob: so, it's tony plush. we'll have to get nyjer to tell us his friends imaginary rat pack. it would be nice to hang around with those four guys. >> bob: there's talent there. >> rob: yeah. dean martin, by the way, some of the most famous ever.   >> buck: i had lench lunch the prior's club last year when we were up there. he gave me the dvd. you talk about funny stuff. late-night viewing though because of -- >> rob: yeah, kind of harsh language. >> bob: but very

at second base, cantu, uggla is behind him. and jason bergmann is trying to set this wi ballgame down. the speed delivery there. he had hermida way out ahead. jeremy hermida for a couple of years we kept hearing when this y gets healthy, he is really going to be something. he has had a vaetof injuries, but this year pretty healthy hitting right around% and bergman freezes him with a stball after the chan the -- that probably made that heater look about five or six miles faster. that is the of the inning. northrop grumman here on the big fastball, 95 on the black. that   is the four-seamer. >> bob: thrmn power house. an, withur pitch track tonight. cody ross homered the last time. and a fastball in there from jason. he didn't hold up. cody ross can't believe it. he froze his bat in that one position. let's see if he pulled it back. oh, yeah, he did. >> rob: he broke that imaginary plane. >> bob: and then he tried to sell it. >> rob: one of the reasons probably why the marlins are going with s

huckaby is accused of killing cantu, who was her daughter's playmate. her body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in a drainage pond about a month after she went missing. huckaby faces a number of charges. she has pleaded not guilty. >>> a group from texas will search for the missing florida girl, haleigh cummings. a spokesman explaining that's when the weather and vegetation will improve. she turns 6 today. she's been missing for six months. >>> nancy grace hosts one of the most popular programs anywhere on television and is also a best-selling author. she has a new book. it's a novel. it's called "the eleventh victim." today on hln with robin meade, she spoke to her about similarities between her and the main character in the book and why it was tough to write some of these passages. >> it was very difficult when i wrote about what she went to and the suffering and it was a big blur for me during that time, before and after his murder. and then at the very end when she's trying so desperately to get out from under that, to get away from that, and the

johnson, ramirez and cantu.ee- game series with the arizona diamondbacks to follow. and there's the schedule for you. masn two for this series, hd kicks in on friday. d.c. 50 joins us on sunday. john lannan, tomorrow night, and craig stammen and chris volstad. that's a thursday matinee at 12:35. "nats xtra," high noon. john lannan, the only lefty to appear in this series. i can't wait to see him back on the mound tomorrow night. chris coghlan opened the game with a double. Áwherever nick plays, he is going to hit .270 to 280. his on-base average is going to be .380 of higher. his power is really down. he only hit five homers last year, although he missed a lot of the season. but this year healthy. he has only hit six. >> rob: he only played 36 games last year. >> bob: and, of course, he was having a really good season in 2006 when he broke his leg out at shea. he was hitting .290. he had the left-handed home run record with those 23 for the nats until adam dunn passed him up. j.d. martin on a 2-2 pitch. and nick

the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old sandra cantu. it happened last march and a sunday schoolteacher is accused of killing the girl. court officials have ordered a new hearing for that woman. george lewis has more. >> reporter:andra was last seen alive in this video shot outside her home in tracy, california on the day she went missing. describeby her family as a happy, compassionate cld, sandra became the focus of a huge search effort in her hometown. ten days later, her body was found in a pond north of town inside a black suitcase. it was that suitcase that made police suspicious of melissa huckaby, a sunday schoolteacher and mother of a small child of her own. she was arrested after talking to a local newspaper reporter. >> i asked her whose suitcase that was and she said the day sandra went miss, someone had stolen a black suitcase on her driveway. >> reporter: she's entered a believe not guilty to the charges. prosecutors could have asked for a preliminary hearing to determine if there was sufficient evidence to put her on trial

the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old sandra cantu. it happened last march and a former sunday schoolteacher is accused of the killing. court officials have now ordered a new hearing for that woman later today. nbc's george lewis is in stockton, california with more. >> reporter: good morning. today's hearing comes after a secret grand jury session. we may learn today whether that grand jury has indicted melissa huckabee for the kidnap, rape and murder of sandra cantu, charges if if proven could make her eligible for the death penalty. sandra cantu was last seen alive in this surveillance video, shot outside her home in tracy, california, on the day she went missing. described by her family as a happy, compassionate child, sandra became the focus of a huge search effort in her hometown. ten days later her body was found in a pond north of town inside a black suitcase. it was that suitcase that made police suspicious of melissa huckaby, a sunday schoolteacher an mother of a small child of her own. she was arrested after talking to a loc

she's pleaded not guilty to murdering 8-year-old sandra cantu. was found stuffed in a suitcase pulled from an irrigation pond back in april. huckaby also pleaded not guilty to charges of drugging a 7-year-old girl and a 37-year-old man whom police believe she dated at one time. a trial date hasn't been set, by the way. >>> and michael jackson's family may file a wrongful death lawsuit against the late singer's concert promoter. a family attorney says jackson's family thinks aeg live played an active role in the last six months of his life and apparently paid for dr. conrad murray's services. >> aeg had a very, very active role in michael's life during the last six months. it paid for the home he was renting and, more importantly for this question, it apparently paid for the services of dr. conrad murray, who we're told is under criminal investigation in connection with the decedent's death. so in that regard there's an obvious link between aeg and concerns that we have about the decedent's demise. so that's one obvious source of tension right now

a good idea, according to sandra cantu's grandmother. >> i'm glad the judge said she would have to beear to every one of the court dates. that should not keep her from -- she did a lot worse. don't you agree? so those few scratches shouldn't matter. >> reporter: the prosecution is adamant about moving the case along rapidly. hinting that a child involved in a separate drugging incident may be called as a witness. >> in any case with children as victims or as witnesses, it's important to move the case along. >> the prosecution has a real advantage in that they have their case together. they've already had a dry run of their case before the grand jury. they are ready to go to trial. >> reporter: huckaby's next appearance, september 10th. the prosecution pressing the judge to set an early date for her trial. natalie? >> all right, george lewis in stockton, california. thank you. >>> well, with presidential elections just two days away in afghanistan, today a suicide bomber rammed his car into a convoy of western troops in kabul, killing at least seven people, including two u.n. workers.

jorge cantu cleanup. dan uggla sat second base. cody ross is the right fielder.o gets the call at catching. emilio bonifacio, the former national, the center fielder and rick vandenhurk is the starter for the florida marlins. adam dunn with three homers and 10 rbi's this season against the florida marlins. something the two-run shot yesterday for the game winner. he'll be in the lineup again tonight for washington. nyjer morgan leads off at center field. cristian guzman is the shortstop batting second. ryan zimmerman is at third base again back in the lineup after a one-game absence. adam dunn, there he is, in the cleanup spot. josh willingham is in left field. elijah dukes, the right fielder. ronnie belliard the start at second tonight had a big base hit yesterday. wil nieves is the catcher and john lannan is the pitcher. byron kerr and ray knight with you. welcome back to "nats xtra". we'll take a look at news and notes. karin has been put on the 15- day disabled list with that thumb and jorge padilla, 12 years in the mine owrs gets a call to the nationals and

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jury last month to determine whether 28-year-old melissa huckaby would stand trial. 8-year-old sandra cantu was a playmate of huckabee's daughter. a few days later, her body was found stuffed into a suitcase, thrown into an irrigation ditch near her home. the district attorney's office is treating the case like a death penalty case. but no decision on that is expected for two months. >> no trial date has been set either. defense tainers asked -- attorneys asked for a delay. in the meantime, huckaby remains behind bars without bail. >>> tonight, we're finding out more about the murder of a florida couple that cared for 17 adopted children. turns out, at least one of those children was sleeping in the bed where the two were killed. susan roberts has new details for wjz. >> reporter: newly released crime scene reports in the home invasion murders of burt and melanie billings revealed the killers took no chances. they made sure. melanie billings was shot five times, twice in the face. her husband took six shots, two to the back of his head. a sheriff's report says one of the billings' adopted c

. >> to more baseball, jorge cantu, taking on the astros, tied at two.or the 14th consecutive game. second to the out, eric aybar, with the inning ending double-play, angels go on to win. >> brett favre, former duke basketball star, greg paulus, now the starter of syracuse's football team. getting the waiver to play football. i think that it's going to take time to learn the offense. connected to foot work, to get a gauge of what's going on out there. what i'm trying to do now is get speed on a consistent basis. and the more experience and reps i think it's going to be better off in the long run. >> with anish shroff, known as coach, plenty of west coast baseball. favre back with the vikings back with more on that. >> which minnesota quarterback might be out of luck with favre in the fold? that's coming up with anish and coach. imoch) hops are the soul of samuel adams. (bob cannon) hops add a spicy, citrus flavor to sam adams. (jim koch) the best hops have en grown on family farms like stanglmair's for centuries. it has unique conditions of soil, moistur

sunday schoolteacher melissa huckabee on charges she kidnapped, raped, and killed 7-year-old sandra cantua trial date has not been set. >>> a jury in texas sent a person to 99 years in prison. she was convicted of mutilating her infant son by cutting off his genitals. the prosecutors say she was high on drugs at the time. >>> the first hurricane of the atlantic season is strengthening quickly. hurricane bill a category 2 storm packing winds of almost 100 miles an hour. right now bill is expected to pass near bermuda on saturday. that's the latest. now back to "hardball." >>> i said when i announced this strategy there will be more difficult days ahead. the insurgency in afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight. this will not be quick, nor easy. but we must never forget, this is not a war of choice. this is a war of necessity. those who attacked america on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. if left unchecked, the taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama this afternoon talking about the wa

indicted sunday school teacher melissa huckaby for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 8-year-old sandra cantu, who disappeared in march. she could face the death penalty. huckaby's also charged with drugging a 7-year-old girl, and a 37-year-old man. >>> a computer program is accused of masterminding the biggest i.d. theft in u.s. history. cross vr prosecutors say 28-year-old albert vonz less of miami and two russian partners hacked into corporate computers and stole data for 130 million debit and credit card accounts. gonzalez is already facing trial in a separate case. the theft of 40 million credit card numbers that cost at least $200 million. >>> the wife of south carolina governor mark sanford is speaking out in-depth for the first time about her husband's affair with a woman in argentina. jenny sanford tells "vogue" magazine that she googled the other woman to find out what she looked like. and that she -- that her husband was obsessed with this other woman. mrs. sanford calls his affair an addiction and describes learning of the philandering and quote punches to the gut. she also says i

jury indicted sunday school teacher melissa huckaby on charges she kidnapped, raped and killed sandra cantuing the market is due for a correction. major markets losing 2% on the day. the dow jones industrials down 186 points. the s&p 500 finishing more than 24 points lower. and the nasdaq falling more than 54 points. >>> i said when i announced this strategy there will be more difficult days ahead. the insurgency in afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight. this will not be quick, nor easy. but we must never forget, this is not a war of choice. this is a war of necessity. those who attacked america on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. if left unchecked, the taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama this afternoon talking about the war in afghanistan at the vfw convention in phoenix and, of course, his warning of difficult days ahead ring true for the family of sergeant william cahir who was killed in afghanistan last thursday. sergeant kahir enlisted in the marine corps reserves after 9/11

huckabee was indicted after she was charged with kidnapping and raping her neighbor, sandra cantu. found in a suitcase at an irrigation pond near her neighborhood. what is next, george? >> contessa, what is next is more court appearances leading up to trial. huckabee was in charges when she heard the charges, charges that could put her on death row. she had scratched on her forehead and arm, apparently from resisting to go to court. the judge said there was some trouble getting her to court and ordered her to be present at all future court hearing. huckab she was in a lot of stress. >> i am glad the judge said she would have to appear to every one of the court dates. that should not keep her -- she did a lot worse, don't you agree? so a little few scratches should not matter. >> her next court appearance is september the 10th. the prosecution is pressing the judge to set a trial date early. contessa? >> george lewis, thank you for that. >>> coming up, dna evidence has become a key, as we know to, solving cases. what if dna evidence was fabricated? scientists now say it can be done.

. >>> a former sunday school teacher is accused of killing and raping 8-year-old sandra cantu.kaby went when the judge read the charges. prosecutors could take a couple of months before deciding whether to seek the death penalty. can tu's body was found in a suitcase in april. >> the price tag for fighting california wildfires is now more than $60 million and fire season still has months to go. nearly a dozen fires are burning across the state. some are close to being contained. some are relieved to go back home but they are still cautious. no relief yet. >> last year, california spent $300 million fighting fires. in just six weeks. the state now has $519 million in the firefighting budget. >>> a man accused of stalking miley cyrus, she was there filming the movie "the last song." he told police that he was secretly engaged to her. >>> so we're looking at hurricane weather. chris is in for bob. >> there's a tropical wave continuing to make its way from the southeastern central bahamas and will affect the central united states down towards the miami area with heavy rainfall and

she is charged with the death of her eight-year-old neighbor sandra cantu.rosecutors are not commenting now because of a gag order. >>> two planes collided in mid-air. they were rehearsing acrobatic maneuvers for an air show near moscow. one of the pilots was killed. according to russian media, one woman on the ground was seriously injured and four others may have been hurt. >>> we got the new "dancing with the stars" line-up. it's just been announced. some of the stars because it's a list this big. donny osmond, because imaria wa on there a while ago, so i'm not surprised. melissa joan hart and osbourne, you know, ozzy's daughter. i love the variety, don't you? >> where is rod blagojevich? >> i'm sure he would have loved to. >> wouldn't it there, too? >> yeah, he would have leaped at that. interesting. >>> well, a virtual unknown has beaten tiger woods and he's the first asian-born player to win a major championship. rafer, good morning. i was reading on the wires that this guy even got a call from his country's president. it's a big deal. >> they're going

that is not what the cantu and will report about the good but they cannot ask us to be the campaigners against the region. >> i happened to notice what al-jazeera anchorman was arrested in syria. and so, you know. but in any case, yes. right here. no, i'm sorry. we have rules. [inaudible] >> okay. >> is not a secret al-jazeera was sponsored and funded by government, you know. but, you know, my choice i would say that we are not very keen that commercializing al-jazeera. especially news channel. why? advertising in the region is controlled by government. they will not put ads on al-jazeera and as we have good relationship with government. we have to be friendly with all arab governments in the region. and that would be the end of al-jazeera as we know it. so therefore, we do not accept to be, you know, fully to put commercial standards. the agreement that we have has been respected for the last 13 years. it does not dictate the policy of al-jazeera. qatar has benefited from us because it has hosted al-jazeera and al jara is also in the connection because it really made that are obvious