chekhov is really tricky to do. i don't think australia's had a particularly happy relationship with it overtime. >> reporter: why? what's the problem? >> to my mind, a lot of the time we've inherited a kind of anglo tradition of doing it, in which the pauses are so terribly leaden. and it starts to feel like noel coward without the jokes. so to my mind, chekhov is really funny. he's full of humanity but he's also very funny. so it was important that we find a world where that was going to happen. >> reporter: you can't help but note that this isn't like most of the epic stories we're used to in our entertainment world today. it's a country estate. they're sitting around moaning a lot of the time, right? >> it's very easy to make chekov very small. and it is epic... >> reporter: you feel it's epic? >> it's epic moments in people's very small domestic lives. that's the balance, opening up the time spent with those people. chekov is tricky. as we say in australia, he's a "bugger" to perform. i don't know, can i say th

decisive set a long stubborn tie break needed for this one eleven nine zero would finish meaning it's chekhov's who's into her first w.t. a final. motorsport nowhere casey stoner continues to put himself in position to increase his thirty two point gap atop the motor g.p. standings the australian fastest around the indianapolis grand prix circuit during practice ahead of sunday's main event the newly paved track providing an increasingly smoother ride for the twenty five year old to improve this time by two point. eight seconds from the morning to the afternoon session stoner literally dodging every obstacle on preserving why life in his puff to top the time sheets american ben spies actually led for most of the afternoon but finished behind the leaders on last year's indianapolis grand prix winner danny pedrosa meanwhile was third quickest. it's the third week of american football's preseason super bowl champions green bay edging indianapolis in the pic all the action to date for time m.v.p. peyton manning he's nursing a neck injury but the colts found sold their quarterback concerns eased som

george: chekhov applied in his pajamas. >>juliet: good morning on saturday, august 6th.re dead after the chopper goes down if afghanistan. who has taken responsibility and the details ahead. >>dave: for the first time in u.s. history, we have lost our aaa credit rating. the financial whiz did not see this coming. >> is there a risk the united states could lose its aaa rating? yes-or-no. >>guest: no risk. no risk. no risk. >>dave: should geithner get the boot? second senator demint thinks so and will tell us why. >>clayton: and they are say no more noise, a hilton hotel complaining of the construction noise going on overnight at ground zero. do they have a case? we report, you weigh on, on twitter. hour three starts right now. >>clayton: we are following a story from afghanistan, 31 u.s. troops have been killed after a nato helicopter crashed. the taliban taking responsibility. >>juliet: and now the latest from afghanistan. tell us, connor. >>reporter: good morning, this is a devastating employee to the u.s. military. the u.s. military has confirmed a helicopter went down