that started with coach auriemma, pat summitt, lisa leslie, cheryl. those guys really paved the way. we've been able to benefit from the groundwork they laid down, and now women do have an opportunity to go overseas and make some pretty good money. with candace parker coming out and the popularity she's given the game, and it's all about players getting better, and when we can get better to that level, then the game will keep growing. >> phoenix at san antonio, 7:30 tonight, espn 2. diana taurasi, thanks, as always. we'll catch up with you soon. >> no problem. go, manny. >> and manny ramirez, this just moments ago at the batting cage in isotopes park. he will start his rehab stnt tonight, a week and a half away from being eligible to return to the major leagues. >> if i can interject, it's amazing to me, we just heard diana taurasi. the last thing she said is, "go, manny." it's amazing his popularity. a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. maybe that's where we're at now with baseball in the steroid era, but it just doesn't seem that th

. >> [unintelligible] >> cheryl mills is a very close confidant and counselor for the secretary. with all the was the most appropriate person to comment. >> is it likely that she will likely not be in attendance because of surgery? >> will it will be able to address that later appeared >> was a bad break? >> i am sure it was painful. i am not a physician. i do not think it was a severe break. that is why i think she will have the surgery in the coming days. but how it affects her -- you all know hillary clinton. she is already probably plotting how to get back to the office as quickly as possible. they're just going to assess this on a day-to-day basis. >> it was not a compound fracture. >> some of this may not be totally known until you get into surgery. my impression is that it is a simple fracture. >> when will she had surgery? >> it is not scheduled yet. >> she fell. did she tripped over something? [laughter] >> did she get into a fight with the israeli foreign minister? >> we await the the movie and the dramatization. she fell. there is a formal procedure, given that the bos

cheryl got wright to fly out to end the game. 0 for 5. came in leading the nationals in runs. mets have lost 9 of 14. >> >> back out to omaha. mike patricka and/orel hershiser with this live look in between arkansas, and virginia. >> ikener in center, the pitcher pitched game 2. and mckinney has a rocket in it right . they need a ball hit at those guys so they can use their arms. >> the thing is he's coming in cold from the bench. it's not easy to make that firt throw to the plate to try to get a runner. >> i'm really surprised they don't have theke infield up the middle in. >> they're back now. >> danny doesn't run real well. we saw that. he's a first baseman, but still, that's putting a lot of confidence in the ball t being t properly right at your second baseman or shortstop to get the double-play. >>hi now, before the at-bat started, they were all the way in everywhere. they have thought about it, and backed up. but holtson has gotten ahead in the count, 2-0. all thiser strategy won't make y difference if you can't make him swing the bat. >> 1 for 6 with runners in scoring

next call is cheryl calling from chesney, south carolina, on our independent line. caller: i am really tired about these -- yes, i smoke. they have products that help you stop smoking. why then not going after alcohol? i go to restaurants where there is no smoking, but there are people in their drinking alcohol. my choice is to walk out if i do not want to be around it. and the same thing is for somebody who does not want to be around smoke. i do not want children to smoke, but people have been smoking since, i do not know, the beginning of time, just like they have been drinking alcohol. i just feel we are going into a big brother country, you know, and they are starting to nitpick at everything. host: we have a, this morning on twitter. this came in from norman. "is the fda capable of regulating itself? the selective enforcement standards that apply is ineffective at best. next call from jeaane in st. louis, missouri. caller: i need to tell the story for mothers and their grandchildren. i worked as a respiratory therapist for nearly 30 years. i have never smoked,

cheryl arvertsen. jeffrey bartholette. marilyn g wax with national public radio. the other side of the podium, angela king chair of our speakers' committee. laurie rousseau, organizer of today's luncheon and the new managing director of stanton communications. congratulations. valerie jackson associate editor with plats. ira allen public affairs specialist with the fogarty international center and the national institutes of health. skip keltenheiser, independent author and writers of letters from washington. rick dunham, washington bureau chief, one of our former presidents here with hearst newspapers and glad to have rick here as well. finally, r.e.m. writer editor and publisher with american journalism and review. and now you can give your applause. thank you. >> it may come as a surprise to some of you here today as you've watched our speakers luncheons over the years that we do not intend to site members of the press to speak at the podium. for one thing it would get way out of control if we start letting those doors open, right? but we have a special cause to

. >> buck: and dave trembley has four in his pen including the closer george cheryl. >> jim: luke scott is retired for the first out in the 11th. so luke who pinch hit and singled in the rally in the ninth now a one out, and here is zaun. he will bat for the first time. hehe is in matt wieters' spot. wieters was lifted for a pinch runner the ninth inning. guthrie did come around to score. >> buck: and don't forget gregg zaun lit that home run on saturday night that set up brian roberts. he hit a one-out home run, his second of the season. that came against the phillies' acting closing ryan madson. >> jim: there is the strike. 1-1. brian bass is up once again. he was up back in the fifth inning and then did not get in the game. good eye by zaun. he works the count to 2-1. sliced foul the other way. >> buck: zaun spent parts of three seasons here in florida. he actually came to florida in 1996 after he left baltimore. he played in 10 games in 1996, and 58 games in 1997, 106 in 1998 as part of that world series effort in 1997. >> jim: the 2-2 is inside. ball three. zaun work as one-out wal

mented jorge cheryl. he'll face a lefty. look at his angle. it is really t the left-handed hitter. he used to swing his leg to get closed. when he swung his leg back, he'd swing it open. >> jim: so less is more. >> jim: yes. and now he picks up his arm. rick kranitz, i think his father-in-law has passed away so he is not with us over the weekend, and he is adjusting, almost like a catcher. you're in the right position. he is one of the more deaccept ty left-handers i have seen. rick is away and we wish him well and certainly con dell lenses to his family. again, it is just a subtle change and this is the same guy that ended up pitching for the orioles in the all-star game and he was a dominant closer, too. he had arm problems. a couple of months of the season. >> rob: you make the point about albers, the more time it takes you to get to your release point, if there is a guy on base and he is a quick base stealer, that is a millie second you're not getting the ball to the catcher. you want to get to the catcher as quickly as possible so he has a chance to throw people out. george sh

. >> cheryl, you had a question. >> june 12th is a friday, and so a lot of this fallout is going to be over the weekend. was that on purpose, that a friday date was picked and will that cause any problems? what are you guys doing over the weekend? [laughter] >> it is my birthday on the 14th. >> we will be here on the 12 a we will be here i am sure on the 13th and available and we will this have to see the measure of the problem, the magnitude of the problem. what was the first part? >> what is the frauded victim purpose? bead we did not set that date. congress established that they but i think looking at it, it is not a bad day. someone will have a problem with annie dave the week. >> the call center will be open? >> absolutely. >> mr. chairman can we ask you to keep the air-conditioning on of the weekend? >> we are already doing that. >> see would agree to administrator he is. >> i do have a question for the commissioners and a follow-up for eloise. for all the commissioners, how concerned are you that essentially 18 stations, i don't know if they are handing in their licenses will no

aubrey huff, george cheryl even though he is not going to with a free agent after this season a couple now off the table which is why i thought they would be more involved. brian roberts signed a four- year deal and jamie walker is not with the club anymore. i don't think it is going to be the big roster purge of 2000 like we saw at one time. i don't think there is going to be a big fire sale, but there are a club that is going to bring appeal to other teams because they have usable parts. it is just matter of where they are. as andy macphail says we're not a farm system for other teams. it has to help them as well. >> that is a great point. >> how about luke scott? here is a guy, he is very streaky, and when he is hitting the ball well, he can carry a ball club. he can pound the ball out of the park. people look for that. >> i don't know why u you would be looking to move him. i told andy that and he said i'm with you. there is a guy who is a left- handed power bat who is under our control this next and the next season. is he untouchable? of course not. but at there point he is a guy

her adult daughter, cheryl, she was accused. it was alleged to be a family conspiracy to molest children. they were arrested. they were convicted in two separate trials. they were given enormous sentences. gerald amirault, being the male -- and you have to understand it is the rule in all of these cases that gender matters. if you were the male, you were seen as a major perpetrator, although if you were a lone woman, as kelly michaels was, the weight falls on you. anyhow, they were sent away to prison. and i began writing about them after mrs. amirault and her daughter had both served about six years and gerald had served eight years. and a couple of months after the first piece hit "the wall street journal," they were -- the women were released on a plea, and gerald was kept. and there began our fight to free gerald. the prosecutors fought and fought and fought to get the women back into prison, and they almost won. but by this time, the publicity that had been generated by the writings about this -- which were taken up later a