chris miller playing the role of point guard tonight. very smart move sitting next to a man who scored over 17,000 points in the nba. >> i grew up in north carolina. i bleed red and white. this guy changed the game of basketball in my community. he came from philadelphia but he is one of our own. you got to explain to me how does a guy like phil end up with a microphone in his hand 25 years. >> he had a real gift of gab. i don't know why he kept on talking but now it has aid off. >> he said 25 years doesn't seem like a long time but when you said a quarter of a century he felt old then. what was he like as a teammate? >> i only played 4 games with him. he came in as a rot is d. the ps we ded justagoog i kiofrewhd he dr d i unod ing b to ke y j i ki waoin e eini son. whe call second asked you to be a part of tonight's activities, was it a hard sell? >> i talked to phil and he asked me to come back. obviously anything phil wants is good. now in his 25th year of broadcasting, did he really have to work tonight. >> besides you, wes is going

stay tuned for chris miller and ron thompson. >>> fans, your turn to vote for the pivotal play of ther. plea -- three plays to choose from. one the hat trick, two the comeback win against chick which can and three the fabulous 500 points scored in new york. go to csnwashington.com. text the word score and you could win and autographed puck from comcast sportsnet. >>> back to the skins and the day's big story donovan mcnabb joining the skins. kelli johnson has inside access to redskins head coach mike shanahan. >> what he's got to do now is learn our system. it will be different. everybody uses west coast. it's a generic term right now. their offense is much different than the one we're running. so it will take a lot of studying by him. he's committed. he's got passion. and a good indication of that is how he worked with the team this morning. 7:30 this morning before the press conference. he understand what's it takes to be a lead under the locker room. and today is the first day. >> reporter: you talked about the leadership of mcnabb like and he will way. what makes that special inta

in charlotte, north carolina, david lee miller, fox news. >> chris: one industry that is doing fine these days is the lobbying business. that is despite promises from president obama to change the way washington operates. correspondent william la jeunesse reports it hasn't worked out that way. >> we have to take action on both ends of pennsylvania avenue to end outside influence of lobbyist and do the work openly. >> reporter: how open the administration has been is open to debate. but there is no doubt about the influence of lobbyists in washington. >> while companies are slashing jobs, while the companies are scaling back other operations, they are in fact boosting operations when it comes to influence lawmakers. >> special interest spending on capitol hill topped $3.4 billion last year, all-time record. leading the pack, health and pharmaceutical products, 266 million. followed by general business, oil and gas, insurance and utilities at $144 million. >> organized interest who do lobbying are making a cost benefit trade off. if they want to get policy that they are interested in, they'

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fox news, by the way, contacted irve miller who politely declined further comment. in washington, brian wilson, fox news. >> chrisans are striking back at senate judiciary committee patrick leahy over his refusal to delay confirmation hearings for one of the president's nominees. republicans had requested more time to go over new material from ninth circuit court nominee lu. a g.o.p. staffer sent out statements that leahy made in 2005 describing his dissatisfaction with information from bush supreme court nominee mi harriet miers. here is one comment -- >>> president obama signs a new strategic arms deal with russia and we'll talk about what it really means with the fox all-stars when we come right back. boss:hey, glad i caught you. i was on my way to present ideas about all the discounts we're offering. i've got some catchphrases that'll make these savings even more memorable. gecko: all right... gecko: good driver discounts. now that's the stuff...? boss: how 'bout this? gecko: ...they're the bee's knees? boss: or this? gecko: sir, how 'bout just "fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car in