richard clemmons was rockwell's neighbor when he was asked to pose for his iconic 1958 painting.became the symbol of police work at its best. >> the 8-year-old boy who posed as the runaway is now 61. he's quoted as saying clemmons was a good cop and an even better man. >> who doesn't know that image? >> of course. >> amazing. time passes. certain images are indelible. >> can't believe he's 61. >> feeling older there. >>> coming up -- gay marriage. the hot political issue of the moment. >> that's all because of some very frank answers from the white house. so who is the latest to speak out? that story is next when we come right back. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by hoveround power chair. to you y hoveround power chair. to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for

order clemmons on file for perjury -- roger clemens on trial for perjury. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- secretary of state hillary into lonan advocate of human rights, rights in china for an economic summit only to find herself caught up in human rights crisis. a blind chinese dissident under house arrest slips past guards under cover for his and seeks refuge at the u.s. embassy in beijing. then at the pleading of his life, chen guangcheng believes the embassy and goes to a hospital. after talking to family and friends, he is begging to leave the country and he wants clinton to take him with her on a her airplane. in politics, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. >> if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and a shame for the obama administration. >> there looked like there had been a breakthrough. >> we are also encouraged by the official statement issued today by the chinese government confirming that he can apply to travel abroad for this purpose. >> chen has a fellowship at american university and e

. >> the key witness in the roger cl clemmons perjury trial wishes he could talk it back. clemens former personal trainer and also the prosecution star witness in the case. he took the stand in the district to testify he injected the hall of fame pitcher with steroid at least eight times during the 1998 season. he also says he knew it was illegal. clemens is accused of luge to congress when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. >> nearly one in four households in montgomery county could pay higher taxes under a proposal in maryland. the focus of a special session of the general assembly that's under way right now in annapolis. that plan would raise income taxes on individuals making more than $100,000 a year. and households making more than $150,000. people in the d.c. suburbs would be hit the hardest. the increase would affect about 190,000 households, in howard, prince george's, anne arundel, and montgomery counties. that's compared to about 120,000 households in maryland's other 20 counties. >> talk a good look at the two guys in the surveillance video suspected

chance that he misunderstood a conversation that happened about a dozen years ago in which he says clemmonstalked about hgh. pettitte's admission could weaken the prosecution's case. >>> also in court today another former aide took the stand in the john edwards corruption trial. prosecutors are trying to paint a picture of a greedy and manipulative politician who used illegal campaign donations to cover up his sexual affair. jay gray has the latest now from north carolina. >> reporter: the defense wrapped up a pointed cross examination of sherry young this morning, providing details of her financial gains, including a diamond ring and luxury car as a result of john edwards' affair and the alleged coverup. and outlining her role in that process, cashing checks from wealthy donors going along with the plan to have her husband claim he was the father of rielle hunter's child and traveling across the country, moving her family to hide the presidential contender's mistress. >> she was saying her family was doing everything it could for john edwards. >> reporter: something that according to young

richard clemmons was rockwell's neighbor when he was asked to pose for his iconic 1958 painting. appeared these cover of a "saturday evening post" and became the symbol of police work at its best. >> the 8-year-old boy who posed as the runaway is now 61. he's quoted as saying clemm omo was a good cop and an even better man. >> who doesn't know that image. >> of course. >> amazing. time passes. certain imarges indelible. >> can't believe he's 61. >> feeling older there. >>> coming up -- gay marriage. the hot political issue of the moment. >> that's all because of some very frank answers from the white house. so who is the latest to speak out? that story is next when we come right back. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by hoveround power chair. to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more

mcnamee started injecting clemmons in 1998 when both played for the toronto blue jays.ns is charged with lying to congress in 2008 when he testified he never used performance-enhancing drugs. >>> the florida a&m marching band will not return to the field any time soon, six months after the hazing death of robert champion. it will remain on suspension for one more academic year. the university president says more time is needed to hire a new band director and adopt new rules aimed at stopping hazing. >>> safety experts have new warnings for parents about products you might consider to be pretty harmless. over the past 25 -- 20 years, i should say, as many as 45,000 children needed emergency care because of accidents with bottles, sippy cups or pacifiers. most accidents involved children falling down while drinking from a bottle. so children are urged to sit while eating or drinking to avoid those trips to the emergency room. >> so is the danger the bottle or is the danger your kids not doing the right thing when -- >> a combo of both. the kid is sipping and falls and the

ask you should anybody believe anything that andy pettitte says when he says yesterday about roger clemmons well 50/50. 50/50, 50% chance i heard it the way i remember it or 50% chance i didn't hear him correctly. that's pretty weak, isn't it? >> i can't see how anyone could have read or watched andy pettitte's testimony and not thought about a gentleman by the name of franky five fingers from godfather ii. and you know, all of a suddennen from the government's chief witness to being like what are you talkin' about? i hear lots of things! and that's what i thought about him. i thought my goodness. unique franky five fingers get rid of that cancerous voice that franky had. make him a borderline hall of fame pitcher. give him a southern accent and he's andy pettitte. >> bill: dave zirin, you can follow him at the nation.com. twitter, at edge of sports. right on the cutting edge. way out on the edge. franky five fingers otherwise known as dave zirin thanks for being with us this morning. >> my privilege. >> bill: always really great. we've got lots more calls coming up about donald rumsfeld sa