[laughter] it's been a long time since cleveland has won a championship.aughter] they bombed out like lebron james didn't make it to the finals of the nba championship having the best record in the league. but i guess if you know about the cubs -- [laughter] >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, harvey, paul, he elizabeth, me, studs. thanks for coming, by this book. [applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune's commitment to literacy. a book signing will take place in the arts room as you exit this room to the left, it is the first room on your left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

cleveland. there are banks of the river through several miles as it goes into cuyahoga county. it ultimately flows into lake e r*eu e in the city of cleveland. when scientists began studying the fish population of the cuyahoga, they found only a few species were able to survive in the polluted waters. many of the fish who remained were deformed. after years of hard work by the cuyahoga by citizens, by industry leaders, by government agencies, more than 60 different fish species can now be found in the river. madam president, that tells you what the efforts of government can do. it took more than a few activists in the city of cleveland. it took more than the cleveland city health department. it took more than the cuyahoga county health department. it took a strong national government and the environmental protection agency created, if you remember, during the presidency of richard nixon with a democratic congress, that ultimately the creation of the environmental protection agency and the abilit

series because everybody just overlooked if series and said it was going to be cleveland and l.a. we were very hurt by it, but, you know, that's just the way things are. all we have to do is go out and win games, and nor this series, we lost the first two ones. we didn't play as well as we needed to. we understood that, but we decided as a team that, you know, we weren't just going to give up. we deserve a chance to win a championship. and we've worked exteamly hard to get to where we're at today, so we weren't just happy with just making it to the finals and handing the lakers an easy championship. we believe that if we play our game and play our style of basketball, this should be our year to win it. but, you know, we have to go out there and take it, you know. it's been tough for us, but nothing in life is easy. we continue the play like we played last night, you know, and understand that it's going to get harder, then, you know, at the end of the series, we should have a trophy. >> superman. still to come, we talk more magic and lakers as we head towards game four. the "airche

they've dropped 7 of their last road games to cleveland.dy sizemore, four straight games with an rbi. >> nascar rolling into new hampshire this week. how tony stewart won the poll without taking a lap. after flirting with the 50s in yesterday's first round, kenny perry was dodging raindrops in connecticut. like the rest of us. we'll tell you if he's still leading. would you like to see our new menu? look at this! (laughing) - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! yo, those things are so-o good. mmm, amazing. you think anybody can eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. - here's your check! - look at that! (laughing) - small price! - we just feasted for 5 bucks! the big eat tiny price menu. now you're eating america's favorite pizza. pizza hut. >> espnews is presented by -- >> cardinals here, albert pujols a chance to tie it in the ninth. a nasty, nasty slider from joe nathan who stri

. >> not in cleveland. [laughter] >> you have much better supermarkets then we do in chicago.here is a certain touching quality to that. and said. >> did you see the guy who was predicting the end of shoe manufacturing in the united states? >> a chicago unionists. i think it is still true and certainly people who work computers believe it to be true, that people value allot what they do with their work, this deal that they put into their work. i was thinking about this barbour, where i had my haircut by an 8-year-old guy in madison, wisconsin and yeah, has he for almost 60 years thought he was really good at cutting hair and proud of cutting hair? absolutely. has that question been posed to him in that way other than someone saying, g that is nice? probably never. that is another fabulous thing that studs did was to tell you that kind of-- i wouldn't call it the inkless but value that unacknowledged skill at job set all levels many of which as you point out have now disappeared and in that way for readers of studs books, allowed them to value their own jobs whether it was the

started off with cleveland. went the san francisco, colorado, the cubs, pittsburgh, the cardinals, the red sox, the braves, milwaukee and he is still pitching. and still pitching effectively. grounded to second. alberto gonzalez an to first and there's one away -- on to first and there's one away in the 8th. follow the nats with our i touch. it features video aye lights and live -- highlights and audio broadcasts. visit nationals.com on your iphone on the ipod touch to purchase. a lot of nationals fans hanging around to see if this ball club can pull this out, tying it up for a run and take the lead and snap this three-game losing streak. brandon phillips against tavarez and takes a strike. >> rob: think about tavarez over 17 years. you have to keep yourself in great physical condition. the arm is one thing but you need strong legs and a strong trunk. a lot of ab work. >> johnny: tavarez, one major league active pitchers when he came in the season this year, 4th among career holds, 150. arthur rhodes of the red

but the to cleveland on our republican line. -- let's go to cleveland.ller: i have seen a little infrastructure improvement, but it seems like a small amount. our road system is over 60 years old and a water system is over 100 years old. they could have spent more to help that. the biggest thing to hurt us is the loss of industrial manufacturing jobs. all the so-called economic experts the said it would not heard anything have been proven wrong. china has built itself into an economic superpower through industrial manufacturing. go to your local hardware store. hardly anything is made here anymore. until we get off this disastrous free trade policy i don't see things getting better. the have to put a cap on immigration. we think letting more people into this country

and they're in extra innings in cleveland as well. >> the st.c, the final event for the u.s. open next week. phil mikel son, back for the first time since his wife's breast cancer diagnosis. he will play the u.s. open, and then after that they will -- phil started red hot. birdied his first two holes. however, he would double bogie, and then turn it around on the front nine. he would birdie the 7th to finish at 2 under 68. he's playing his first tournament since the six-month suspension, on the par 4, ninth. john daley, nice movement and ball acceleration. daley, 1 under at the turn. however, things getting a little dicey on the par 3, 11th. probably should have used it, over the imreen. he would have to go to the drop zone. throe got mad, throwing his club. had a snowman instead. even his 2 over 72. so, after day one, brian gay, atop your leaderboard, he shot a 64. jose maria ole thawbal who will go to the golf hall of fame later. with a 66. there you see retief goosen, shot a 68. at the left, phil mickelson talked about his round afterwards. >

. >> on behalf of the los angeles times and steve of the cleveland plain dealer thanks for joining us on "newsmakers". >> thank you. >> as we continue the kferings, let me follow conversation, let me follow up to your question on california. what are you sensing and what role does labor have in >> the administration is really retsents. that's what wear hearing. they're really retiscent. they think it's going to up up a pan dora's box. we saw what happened with bailout money to the private sector and they are just not interested in deling into that area. there's 50 states out there, most of them have budget troubles. not all as bad as california. but they really do not want to go down that road. and i think you saw that the secretary was hesitent to give any indication they were going to do anything other than what they've been doing, which is money from the stimulus, to help with extended unemployment benefits, transportation projects, and the like but when it comes to helping states borrow money or deal with their budget shortfalls, i think that the administration is just saying that

we had a meeting in cleveland. one of my good friends, reverend jackson, called us the democrats of the leisure class. some of the set we were republican light because we talked about trade, national security, and welfare reform and holding families together. they forgot we also talked about strategies to reduce poverty, collect child support, promote education, and that we were very explicit early on in saying we would not stand for discrimination against anybody who played the politics or anything else. we were always in the right place on that. but we thought we needed to break out of the orthodoxy of the past. then, after i got elected, some of our critics said, we must not believe in anything since we wanted politics that went beyond the partisan divides of the 1980's. by 2008, the same people thought that was a good thing to be. and i understood it. it was so easy to cover politics until we came along. it was like the gunfight at the o.k. corral. playing checkers, there are two kinds of pieces. it was one col

soon thereafter clinton delivers a peach in cleveland that -- a speech in cleveland that propels him to the forefront of politics. then he launches a presidential campaign as a different democrat. >> we offer a new choice based on old values. we offer opportunity. we demand responsibility. we will build an american community again. we are, as democrats, a revitalized democratic party. >> in november he ends 12 long years of republican rule in the white house. as a key advisor to the campaign, the transition and the president, al becomes, in clinton's words, the conscience of the white house and bruce reed goes to the house a domestic policy advisor to the president. soon a democratic agenda becomes national policy. the 100,000 cops program not only helps produce an unprecedented drop in violent crime but puts to rest the view that democrats are soft on rhyme. a movement recommits us to patriotism and civic duty. his bold effort to end welfare is not only lifting millions out of poverty but shows that the party believes in making sure every american has the opportunity and responsibil

cleveland, madam speaker, is within 500 miles of 43% of the united states population. and is ideally situated as a transportation and logistics hub. the occupations are high-tech and hands on. recognizing the increasing need for construction contractors to interpret green job specifications, the green academy and center for sustainability was developed in the fall of 2008. the academy offers both professional development training in the areas of sustainable business practices, leadership in energy and environmental design, accreditation and certification along with a multitude of other offerings in the new green economy requested by businesses and the community. through gacs, the pathways to green jobs programs will transition at-risk populations into green occupations, through training opportunities and deconstruction, weatherization, wind turbine components, manufacturing and solar panel installation. the first pathway's class, consisting largely of formerly incarcerated individuals and people lacking permanent homes, provides soft skills training along with hands-on

cleveland's e.r.a. is going to stay up because they've given up the 10 spot tonight in pittsburgh against the pirates. they trail 10-1 in the eighth. -- in the eighth. >> jim: 2-1 on coghlan. check swing. there's a strike. either the marlins have -- marlins have very high opinions of their strike zone knowledge or theeg having a tough problem with chad fairchild because there's been more than a few looks back at the umpire on the strikes called. uggla looked back at fairchild. he swings through it and inning ends. a big insurance run. we go to the ninth. account orioles do it again? they come to bat down by three.  >> jim: orioles baseball brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by acura. acura advance. our cameras out in south beach. a popular night spot here in miami in a 5-2 game. birds coming up in the top of the ninth inning. fredi gonzalez going to homer simpson -- no, he's not going to homer simpson. he's going to brett

pietrus has surprised some people with his play in the playoffs, big series against cleveland, great tonight. has he surprised you guys at all? >> what happen with mchale, he started the year playing well, a lot like this, and then he just went injury, play a few gapes, injury, play a few games, injury, play a few games, and not only was he not able to get into a rhythm but was never integrated with us and that's why we put him on the bench because it was getting disruptive to have him in and out of the lineup. now hoe has played i don't know how many straight games but he has played a long period of time, and when you come to a knew team, it's obviously very helpful, not only for him but for his teammates getting him involved, and he is just in a real good rhythm. obviously the pressure doesn't bother him at all, and you sort of laugh sometimes because all of us, coaches, players, you guys in the media, attribute so much to, like, experience and playoff experience and everything else. and he played in golden state, they won one series. when he barely played out there. so, this is it

i think about sheila, the woman in cleveland a lot. in many ways her story seems to be a story about hopelessness. and surely on one level it is. but it's also a story about hope. sheila still believed that in america if you got the chance maybe on your lunch hour you could find someone, and if you just whispered in the right person's ear things could change. i don't know if sheila picked the right person's ear when she spoke to me. she left by the time we tried to hook her up with someone at cleveland clinic and i hope she has gotten the care that she needs but i heard her and all the people she represented and i use every opportunity to repeat her plea. when people get sick they should be able to get the care that they need. she whispered in my ear. i've spoken in yours and it's time to shout in the ears of those who are going to decide whether or not the sheila's will get that healthcare. i end this speech the way i end most of my speeches. i mentioned i heard from many people after my cancer diagnosis in 2004 alone i received 65,00

i would say the most unlikely since grover cleveland, side-bar. grover cleveland was elected mayor of buffalo in 1881, governor of new york in 1882 and president in 1884. so in three years went from mayor of buffalo to president, first time he ever went to washington was for his inauguration. so it's kind of -- and it's funny because harry remembers grover's second election, harry was born in 1884, so the second time grover was elected, of course, it's nonconsecutive. i'm not going to do the math now but another great democratic president that harry was quite fond of. harry himself for his own unlikeliness was born 125 years ago. his early life was unremarkable. worked in a bank. he was a farmer. on his father's farm in grandview. he opened a haberdasher with his friend in kansas city. and in early 1922, there was a financial crisis in the country, a panic and he and jacobson lost the business and he was 38 and living at his mother-in-law's. at the time bess told her mother don't worry harry going places and her mother said, he better hurry up. th

this is marks the second time the orioles have got a cleveland indians number one draft choice. the other was jeremy guthrie. we'll take a look at the florida marlins hitters. that story next when we continue. "o's xtra" here on masn in a moment. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities orr you're watching batting practice as the orioles get ready to face the florida marlins in game two of the three-game series. "o's xtra" here on masn being brought to you by at&t, your world delivered. time now to take a look at the orioles starting lineup. felix pie gets a start in center field. adam jones gets a rest. luke scott in left and aubrey huff hitting .311 with two home runs and th

a speech in cleveland and at the book signing that was afterwards she came up to me. because of the direction she came, i think she sort of came to me from the elevator, so i thought perhaps she hadn't been to a event. she was dressed in a suit and stockings, so i assumed she had been at work because why else would you wear them? [laughter] and she spoke to me in a whisper, and she said my name is sheila, and i'm afraid for myself and for my children because i found a lump in my breast. but i don't have health insurance, so i can't go see the doctor. her employer didn't provide it, she couldn't afford it, and if the lump was cancer and she didn't get it treated, it was arguably a death sentence for her. in america in 2007. a working mother. shame on us. and shame on a system that actually disincentivizes, and i'm sorry for that word, from getting us from getting treatment. if she'd been attentive to the rules on pre-existing conditions, she would know not to get that bio-- biopsy. if she identified a pre-existing condition before she had insurance, she wasn't going to

in cleveland and at the book signing it was afterwards. she came up to me and because of the direction she came, she came to me from the elevator so i thought perhaps she had not been to the event. she was dressed in a suit and stockings so i assume she didn't work. i assume anyone wearing stockings must have been a work because why else would you wear them? [laughter] and she spoke to me in a whisper. she said my name is sheila. and i am afraid for myself and for my children, because i found a lump in my. but i don't have health insurance so i can't go see the doctor. her employer did not provide it, she could not afford it and the lump was cancer and she did not get it treated. was arguably a death sentence for her. in america, in 2007, a working mother. shame on us. and shame on a system that actually disincentivizes, and i say from getting treatment. if she had been intended to the rules on preexisting conditions sheila would no not to get dep biax dabashi was uninsured. and that she would know not to engage in those pesky self examina

, jim sjust so happy to look at the major league stat sheet and see somebody else, in this case, cleveland wa higher e.r.a. >> jim: we're routing for them, too. >> bob: you're second worst to them. >> jim: yes. >> bob: cleveland 5.23 and the o's 5.06. but at least now the nationals know somebody else is struggling more mightily than they have. >> jim: yes, but i don't want to get you depressed, bob. it is bob, isn't it? yes, bob. okay okay. [ laughter ] but you don't have the d.h. over there all the time. >> bob: of course we don't. >> jim: so there's a difference. i don't want you to get too -- >> bob: you're not taking the air out of my balloon. >> jim: not with that red slighter on, i'm not. >> bob: no, sir! so josh bard is on base again. the thing i didn't mention about bard is on-base average in june, it is about .480 now with that walk and here is willie harris who walked his first time. one ball, one strike. rob talked about willy hitting a .238, but he has hit safely in five of his last six games at a .333 clip and he has hit a couple of home runs. you make a mistake and he can dri

over that career there he played for cleveland, drafted cleveland, boston, san diego and now with thehe has the ability, johnny, to see things. he works really hard, maybe the hardest worker. he is in the cage ever day. he came out of college as the best hitter in america, and he's come here and f -- and finally getting a chance. the tough thing about josh, it has always been you don't do quite enough and then he had great years in san diego and people always look at him as a back-up guy. i don't think he is that type of player. i think he has to play every day, get 450 at-bats, and he's going to put up numbers. i think he'll hit 35 doubles, 15 home runs and he's showing us that he can swing that bat and hitting in the clutch. he's not afraid to hit with runners in scoring position. >> when you speak about hitting, hitting in the clutch, one guy that's kind of fallen off the radar screen somewhat, you know he can hit because he has hit in the past, and that's ronnie belliard. the question to you, silver fox, what is his role as you head for the final three months of this season? >> i'

i think about sheila, the woman in cleveland, a lot. in many ways, her story seems to be a story about hopelessness and surely on one level it is. but it is also a story about help. sheila believed in america, if you got the chance, maybe on your lunch hour, you could find someone and if you just whispered in the right persons year, things could change. i don't know if she looked at the right persons when she spoke to me. she actually left by the time we tried to pucker up with some of the cleveland clinic and i hope she has gotten the care that she needs, but i heard her and all the people she represented and i use every opportunity to repeat her plea. when people get sick they should get the care they need. she whispered in my ear, i have spoken in yours and it is time to shout in the ears of those who will decide whether the sheila's of the country will get that healthcare. i and the speech the way and my speeches, i mentioned my diagnoses in 2004 alone i release 65,000 milson 30,000 pieces of snail mail. i read each and learned so v

great years with cleveland. .291 in 06. .284 in 05. >> rob: 17 homers and 78 driven in for 05. >> johnny: the count is full 3- 2. 12:30 at night, 3-1 pitch was a little up obviously. he's got to be swinging. you've got to recognize here. bottom of the 11th here, one out. >> johnny: he's down on strikes. >> rob: not happy about that. nice breaking ball. >> johnny: second time belliard goes down swinging. he did it in the 9th. >> rob: got to have confidence and throw the fastball, sell it with a hitter. >> johnny: austin kearns will be weight. there's two down here in the 11 11th. >> johnny: wil has done a fantastic job. >> johnny: two solid veteran catchers. >> rob: both are very enthusiastic, get the most out of the pitching staff. that's really turned around in the last couple of weeks. they're trying to pump up their pitchers. that's your number one job as a catcher. >> johnny: 1-2. nick masset following aaron harang and arthur rhodes and francisco cordero to the mound. the bullpen for the reds 4-18. that's the 11th inning in the books. we're still tied at 2. we'll come back with more.

we go to cleveland on the phone for democrats. go ahead. good moverpbing morning. i would like to comment on the second gentleman that called first all regarding the statement that he made about paying for healthcare for people that don't take care of their bodies. as a professional, i would like to say that people who take care of their bodies also get ill. i have provided healthcare for 30 years. i am the at point that i have wanted to leave it and get out of it. the things i have seen have b horrible. they really have in the 30 year time that i have been a participant. the profitting in the system that has so much of the cost overpadded to where if we can deal with these people who help to create this problem, a lot of the costs could possibly go down over time to where maybe people can a forward a single payer system. i'm not sure if that is the answer. i do know that the things i have seen with my own eyes has been very pain fum to me. in the "washington post," prime minister brown is going to stay as the leader of britain. he reshuffled his cabinet. the finan

they're in cleveland. top 5 now. royals leading 2-1. >> curtis grander son gets that one. his game is tied at 3. go to the bottom of the ninth. bases loaded. scott podsednik, slices it down the left field line. josh anderson, watch the fan, watch the fan. oh oh. jim leyland wants to argue. >> that hurts, who knows what happens in extra innings. but 4-3 finish. third homer in his last four games. he's ten home runs behind reggie jackson on the all times list. >> all right, twins ace minnesota trying to win three in a row on the road for the first time this season. adam kennedy, what a find he has been for the a's. two-run shot, ties the game at 3. bottom nine, tied at 3. davis the bloop hit to right, a's win 4-3. oakland starting to pick up steam. the a's won nine of 12 overall, which includes a 7-game win streak in that. >> ian stewart has been red hot. top four, continues that streak. number 12 on the year. rockies up 2-0. bottom 7, brewers down 3-1. bases loaded for ryan brawn. brewers scored. his fourth straight he fought only a half game ahead of st. louis. the rockies

host: here is cleveland. good morning on the republic mine.caller: i was curious if you were able to determine whether his political philosophy was influenced by having been surrounded by so many people, people strongly influenced by certain philosophers and military strategists who would be considered by conservatives. was he influenced by that group? did you agreed they were corrected? guest: that is an interesting question. his relationship with the neocons is in the bottom part of his time a secretary because he ended up surrounded by a number of very prominent members of the neo-conservative community including his deputy, the chief of policy positions at the pentagon. but he himself is not a neo- conservative. many of his views overlap. they depart -- that is in one critical area which is the notion of spreading democracy around the world. he was always uncomfortable with that notion, particularly as a rationale for going to war against iraq. he argued to keep it out of frederick just find the invasion. he was not successful. the white h

beckham, career high three hits, garko, third homer in five games for cleveland who has lost 11 of 13p ahead on espnews, we'll tell you how manny is doing in his final minor league rehab game. the suspended slugger request rejoin the dodgers later this week. 6 there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> spj haespnews, presented by sprint. the now network. and in part by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> manny ramirez, playing in his final minor league game before he gets ready to rejoin the dodgers. first at-bat, he singled, that's a good start, playing for the inland empire as the designated hitter. second time up, manny got three pitches, and, well, struck out on three pitches. officially 1 for 2 in this game. his suspension ends later this week, july 3 he joins the dodgers. >> angels an

louis won in cleveland, 3- 1. mets beat the yankees 6-2. those are the finals in so far from interleague play. the american league who let the national league, 31 wins to 25 through last night.  >> bob: last night star stretch of 12 very difficult interleague games against the upper echelon of the a.l. east. tampa bay, new york, toronto and boston. then a series to follow at baltimore. that ball into left. dukes is back. can't get it up against the wall. hernandez scores. upton scores. it's 8-2. >> rob: this is just a hanging breaking ball by colome. when you drop down to try to help the ball, sometimes it flattens out. it helps longoria, doesn't get all of it. great effort by elijah dukes and b.j. upton breaking it down there at the end. that is one of the fastest humans i've ever seen. >> bob: elijah dukes did not get all the way back to the wall when he jumped. i would say the nationals does not have an outfielder that goes back on balls as well. the rays lead 8-2. >> rob: in defense of elijah, he's been playing right

new york second in the american league in offense, cleveland third in offense. he faced those who teams four times already this year. red sox, fourth overall in offense in the american league. florida marlins, fourth best in the national league in offense. >> bob: i had one young nationals pitcher tell me today that he thought he might like pitching in the american league because he wouldn't have to bat. i told him, i said, young man, be careful what you wish for. >> rob: i brought it up last night, i'll bring it up again. seven teams in the american league have over 300 runs scored already. only two in the national league. big disparity in run scoring. >> bob: isringhausen was known for having a killer curveball, in the prime of his career. >> rob: excuse me, .306, the colorado rockies have the third highest total in the national league now. >> bob: elijah dukes 0 for 3. he's popped up three times tonight. the rays are trying to go two games over .500 and eight over here at home. willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a reminder, the nats

a victory over the royals would pull cleveland out of the last place.y have a .276 on-base personal. the royals are leading right now in the top of the fifth. olivo, his second homerun in june, averaging just two homeruns in the month of may. >> evan is alall mighting, leads derek jeter for the 2009 all-star game. rays hosting the angels and so far it's all angels. leading 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth. taylor, an rbi sing until the first, followed up by an rbi groundout by juan rivera. >> mariners and the o's, seattle opening a nine-game road trip in camden yards, orioles leading 1-0. roberts 1-2 with a run. keep you updated here on "espnews." >> espn the magazine is learning from two independent sources, jeremy mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine drug a -- during a random drug test. he said he ingested a double-dose of an over the counter allergies mention and a previbed drug for attention deficit disorder. a third drug came up positive. the name of the drug has been removed from court documents because of a gag order. mayfield's attorney c

inside a "the new york times," a piece from cleveland, ohio.monday is the 40th anniversary of the kite a holder river -- cloy of the river -- cuyahoga river

look at the people in canada, they are a lot healthier looking than the people in detroit or cleveland. i don't think they are suffering. host: a couple of stories about the health-care debate. obama and ama at odds about health-care reform. the ama said last week that it opposes, and it is also creating momentum. this morning the new york times has a story about medical students. obama looking at running and the medical students. the american medical association has long battled democrats who oppose protecting doctors from malpractice lawsuits. during a meeting last month, association officials found one democrat willing to entertain the idea, the president. in talks, mr. obama is making the case that reducing malpractice lawsuits can help drive down health-care costs, and should be considered as part of any health-care overhaul. tennessee on our republican line. caller: i am retired from the state of tennessee. i have to pay for part of my insurance. i also have to pay for the d plan. if i can pay for that. i don't think the government needs to get into anything. i would be willing t

soon thereafter, clinton delivers a speech in cleveland that propels an to the forefront of national politics. later that year, he launches a presidential campaign as a different kind of democrat. >> we offer our people a new choice based on old values. we offer opportunity. we demand responsibility. we will build an american community again. we are, as democrats, a revitalized democratic party. in november, he ends 12 long years of republican rule in the white house. as a key adviser to the campaign, a transition, and the president, al becomes the conscience of the white house, and bruce reid goes to the white house as domestic policy adviser to the president. soon, a democrat agenda becomes national policy. the 100,000 cops program not only reduces violent crime, but puts to rest of the nation's perception that democrats are soft on crime. americorps reflects the party posing a commitment to civil duty. -- the party's commitment to civil duty. it shows that the party believes in making sure that every american has the opportunity and responsibility to get ahead. clinton is propelle

royals and indians in cleveland, that's gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the indians, looking good there, shin-soo choo swinging, mark derosa looking, for meche, 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo crushes one, this blast came with the bases loaded, and we call that a grand slam. his first career slam since may 5th, olivo with a home run, the 11 ks for meche is a career high. just the fourth win in the last 19 games overall for the royals. >> and updating you, phillies-mets, they've got to extra innings, bottom of the tenth, and we have one out, and they are 4-4, cole hamels gave up four runs to the mets, 11 hits, five innings of work, in the bottom of the seventh, the mets got three runs against sean green who just relieved mike pelfrey to tie it up, the mets frustrating fans, they granted 15 base runners through the first nine innings, a season high, so 15 hits so far, but only four runs. pirates-rays, dog night at turner field. some barking going on. >> dog night? >> didn't you see the little doggies. >> i did. i find that an odd promotion. >> all right. a key playe

to cleveland and -- on our republican line.caller: i see a little bit of infrastructure improvement happening. it still seems like a small amount as far as what they could have spent for helping that out. water systems are over 100 years old. they could have spent a lot more on helping that out. i think the biggest -- i think that has hurt us is the loss of industrial manufacturing jobs. all those economic experts to said that would not hurt a thing, those people have been proven wrong. china has built themselves into an economic superpower through industrial manufacturing. go to your local hardware store. hardly anything is made here anymore. until we get off of this disastrous free trade policy, i don't see things as getting better. they have to put a cap on immigration. the only thing this will do is make the wage scales even lower than they have always -- than they have already been hammered down. they are kneecapping the middle- class, to destroy it. working at a restaurant is honest, hard, work. but it doesn't have a pay

. >> bob: the high pitch count of the year, 120 at home may 16th against cleveland. he pitched only 6 innings that night. bard, a good take. great at-bat with two outs to get aboard and get anderson hernandez to the plate. walk number 4 by garza who has only given up two hit since the 2nd inning and it looks like he is done. so the nats will take the pitcher that is the second toughest to hit in the american league and get him out of the game after two outs in the 6th inning. like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of the coolest things you can do with fios... ...is stream your music and your photos from your computer to your tv. slideshows look and sound

host: we have a call first from cleveland on the democrat's lead. caller: good morning, i want to know the caller would speak more towards ohio in the paradigm shift. for now we have the democratic senate and control of what will make up the portioe board if the reelected. we have seen ohio be very jerymandred for republicans who had control -- finally the democrats took over because they're so out of five. i want to know if you have studied the ohio state map? guest: that is an excellent question an interesting topic. ohio is an important state with many congressional seats. republicans control process there. redistricting there is done by an independent commission for the state legislature. the districts were gerrymandered by republicans. during the course of the decade in ohio when republicans control the process there was an initiative to take this issue and put it into the hands of an independent commission in a bipartisan way. democrats of course supported it because there were other partou. now the democrats have taken over and you see their

they're up 2-1 in the eighth in cleveland. the mets and phillies now all tied up at 3. >> you saw it earlier on espnews. usain bolt, running in his first race of 2009. starts off, and says, kid, i'm the fastest one out here. standing room only. went for $25, no problem. bolt wins in 10 flat. let's look at the world record that usain bolt currently holds he had a field day at the beijing olympics last summer. setting the record in the individual races. and ran the third leg in the 4 by 100 meter relay for jamaica, where another world record was broken. >> >> all right, still to come. they're under way in o-town. we'll update magic and lakers in their pivotal game 4 match-up. >> and we will update things from fenway right now the red sox nursing a 1-0 lead. penny and sabathia. we'll let you know what's going on. also, a thriller in houston. astros cubs and that right there, part of the highlig since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best

i bought my house here three years ago after a retired from being a firefighter in cleveland, ohio. i intended to refinance. -- i attempted to refinance. bank of america wanted $5,000 of my money to refinance my loan. my house is only worth half of what i paid for it. until this country can do something about the lobbyists, the banks have the most powerful lobby in the nation, we're going to continue on this path of not caring about americans. there is nothing that obama is doing to help americans at all. that is my comment. host: this is another economic story in "the boston globe." the demand for used cars is driving some prices up. the next call is from woodstock, georgia. the unemployment rate is 9.4%. what do you think? go ahead. caller: i was curious about the fact of unemployment. do they have the numbers of those who have been injured on the job in our in workers' compensation situations? there have been so many freezes on hiring right now. host: that may come up at the hearing we will be covering with the joint economic committee. that will get underway in about seven or ei

>> caller: i am from cleveland, ohio. i am asking this question on behalf of those of us in the viewing audience who are scientists for have a strong scientific and mathematical background, but not so much in education, who are nearing retirement age. what i would like is your unseghts. we are not ready to go sailing into the sunset. what are your thoughts on various ways that we can make a difference? >> that is an important question, it is not just a math and science question. i am 65. ve are getting into our 60s. my mother-in-law lived with us for several years. my dad with lift and lived with us for 7 years, we have 8 years of elder care. reen my dad passed away, we should get some old people to move in. bernardine said you are already here. i think it is true. our generation has a lot of energy. shareople, older people have wisdom, have gifts, have talent, energy that needs to be shared. you mentioned math and science in particular, that speaks to a screening need in chicago public schools. i think that we ought to b

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i went on to cleveland to train and then was in the navy during the vietnam. and, lieutenant cmdr helping and the veterans returning veterans dealing with the emotional issues through the war. i have been in business all of my life. i went into business because i found it hard to have, i didn't find the adequate services that i felt my patients and others needed. so i developed hospital help and then went into the insurance business and develop services for the needy. i have always had a particular interest in serving the underserved. yes, we have had a challenge and that health reform was not past several years ago. but we cannot let that bother us. we must move of forward. this is a time break now, this is a most unusual time where we have the president, the congress and the public will not to pass this, and we hope that this panel today will in latin that debate and help move the process forward. my first question is to chris jennings, tell us, chris, what you think the likelihood of passage will be. then i want to talk about the government sponsored progra

we were on opposite stations on cleveland before he really made it big and he is one of the nicest guys. reds have the lead-off batter on. >> rob: when you hear somebody's voice, can you tell right after who it is? >> johnny: just about. -- right off who it is? >> johnny: just about. >> rob: you you want to -- you want to give me one? >> rob: no. i have trouble of trouble with my voice. >> johnny: i'm interesting, the year you had arm surgery, you didn't play at all did you? >> rob: i was rehabbing in '94 in august when we went on strike. so, that was a bad year to get hurt. not that any year is a good year to get hurt. >> johnny: nobody wins strikes do they? >> rob: free agent, i had reconstructive surgery on my shoulder and i was on strike in august. you live. you learn. >> johnny: wil nieves will go out and talk to lannan with jonny gomes at first. >> rob: that is why i talk about these young kids. it is not about the money strasburg will earn. when his team is ready, you bring him up to the major leagues. i was the first people to be critical of the cubs who brought up prior and woo