we'll have more on the reaction from visitor at the expo tonight at 10:00. this is fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> latest poll shows support for health care reform is slipping. gallup 44 percent say they support how president obama plans to reform health care while 50% disprove. it's the first poll to show disapproval rating higher than the approval rating on the issue. >> mean time the president continues his push for health care reform even though congress now says it will not vote on the legislation before the summer recess. president traveled to suburb of cleveland today and held a town hall meeting about his plans for health care. the president acknowledged that his time line won't be met but says that's okay as long as progress keeps getting made. >> i just want people to keep on working. just keep working. [applause] i want the bill to get out of the committees and then i want that bill to go to the floor and then i want that bill to be reconciled between the house and senate then i want to sign a bill. >>reporter: the president now says he wants to sign hea

now, i understand that fisa premiere wang said a few words to you about the shanghai expo, and i want to reinforce his message. the theme for the expo badders city, better life will present a vision of a sustainable, healthy and prosperous world and the 21st century. it is anticipated that more than 70 million people will visit and more than 190 nations will participate. six months ago it was not clear that the united states would be one of those 190 nations. but, thanks to a number of you, we are on track to be able to do so and i salute vice premier wang for his leadership. he was at some of you know, the chair of the committee for the beijing olympics celeste that is any indication of his organizational acuity i think we can look forward to a successful shanghai expo. the u.s. national pavillion will be informative, intertek jean-- showcasing american ingenuity, looking at how we can address together the global challenges like climate change and clean energy, sustainable agriculture, mass transit, health and economic development. we are delighted that a number of leading american c

firefighters are in baltimore for the fire at expo. they got a chance to get some hands-on training during a live burn at sparrows point. jennifer franciotti was there. >> [alarm sounding] these are some of the toughest conditions firefighters will face. here at paris point, every move is controlled. >> we have thousands of years of fire experience and we try to simulate as realistically as possible. people from rural areas probably do not see that much fire experience in a single year or even in a lifetime. >> conditions are pretty routine inside. perfect for students to gain information from us. we pick up some things from them. >> the live burn is an off site location. it draws more than 17,000 firefighters from across the united states and even across the globe. >> they do it a different way than what we do and australia. >> this is my second visit. we pay for it. my department pays for it and we loved it. >> firefighters have been loaded in this shipping container. it is going to get very hot very quickly. >> and most dangerous si

it's all part of the firehouse expo. the six-day event offers education, exhibits, and the latest safety training. today a group of firefighters reviewed training on entering a burning building with the coordinated and controlled fire attack. the hands-on training is held at a variety of locations around the baltimore area reviewing numerous drills. >> they've made mazes inside the building. they have wire and various things that will entrap a firefighter. so they have to learn how to get themselves untrapped and disentanglement. >> the firehouse expo runs through sunday with a parade sunday going right through the inner harbor. >>> and now a look at the harbor. looks pretty nice out there. 79 degrees, relatively mild. meteorologist norm is here with a look at our first forecast. >> take a look at what we found on the radar, just about 35, 40 minutes ago. a little shower developed to the west of bowie, right now making its way over the top of the fort meade area. what we're going to do is get in even closer on that, take

so they have to learn how to get themselves untrapped and disentangled. >> and the firehouse expo runs through sunday with a parade that day through the inner harbor. >>> it's probably something many of us will not see in our lifetime, the solar eclipse is the longest and most spectacular of the 21st century. >> have you heard about this? video of the eclipse as seen in india. millions watched this once in a lifetime phenomenon. at its peak it lasted six minutes and 39 seconds. total eclipses occur about twice a year. as the moon passes between the earth and the sun on the same plane as the earth's orbit. it's only visible in asia. >>> yes, it's more impressive than just a big shadow, come on. 6:55. we have a shadow this morning from clouds. some big storms rolled through last night. most of you stayed dry. today's probably the same. but i would take the umbrella for just the 20% shot of a shower. don't be disappointed -- well, you can be disappointed because we need the rain but don't be surprised. tomorrow, better chain chan and maybe a -- chance of rain and maybe a tropical storm or

the small businesses expo expo is as she said on the holiday inn at cromwell bridge road.nd for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news. >>> coming up before susan boil, there was paul potts, the original singing has got talent singing sensation will tell us when his tour is stopping by our area. 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) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home and when you switch now, you can get a free compaq mini netbook. just pay shipping, handling and taxes. with fios, you'll get razor-sharp tv, blazing fast internet and crystal-clear phone service all for just... sign up today. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v, and for a limited time, get an incredible compaq mini, to get the most out of your fios internet. get it all together with a great deal on fi

>> outside the firehouse expo in downtown baltimore. >> why are they putting your lives in danger? >> cries for help from baltimore city firefighters. >> what happens when you call 911, and nobody comes. >> they are angry about the rotating closures of fire companies, in an effort to save money. >> delayed responses. are going to cause somebody to get hurt. >> what are you going to do when it takes 10, 15, 20 minutes before the first arriving company? >> the spectacle draws attention, especially from fire fighting experts in town for the convention. >> we are saying 15 percent of companies, engines and trucks are closed tonight. sleep well. meaning if you are in this general vicinity downtown, it is going to take a ladder company longer to get here, to rescue you. >> who is going to save your kids. >> tonight six companies are closed. >> what family members is this due to. including engine six located in the shadows of downtown. at the old towne fire station. and engine four. >> take one death downtown and city officials will see, people will stop booking conventions here. >> the c

the first since the expos in 1987. 3-2. >> unbelievable, inexcusable. he knows it.hose bags, they have not moved in a hundred years. i kind of see guys shortstep and miss it. but he just flat out went over it like nothing. we knew somebody had to see it. >> camden yards, os, bottom 12. tied at 3. melvin mora, hadn't homered since may. put itto an end. baltimore now 6-0. we are just warming up on this edition of geico sportsextra. yes, the season is still three and a half months's way but now is where the young guns continue to include. we'll tell y how one is preparing to use the summer league to get more playing time in the season. that's coming up. >>> two weeks ago, the wizards had a chance to draft blair in the second round. the wiz chose not to draft him because of the development of mcgee. just 237 pounds on his frame in the rookie season. he averaged 6 1/2 points and four rebounds. coming off a 19-win campaign, the developme in the summer action was allowed to play more physically. >> as for me, i'm more of a runner. it's about speed and just playing defense.

there you see the last of the expos. so, he goes down to florida and fredi gonzalez will be very happy about that. he plays great defense, good contact guy, crushes lefties. sad to see nick go, but we were going to lose him at the end of the year anyway. >> bob: an unusual situation as the last expo at the major league level is gone, but here is the future and future injury is now the way lannan slanl pitching. >> rob: john lannan has been fantastic n his last 10 starts, nationals have won seven of those. in 50% of those, he's gone eight or nine innings. he's been very consistent that. record not reflective of how great he's been. he's a team leader. he's an ace. he's great even though he's only 24 years old. a lost team lookses -- looking for aces. nationals have theirs in john lannan. >> bob: a lot of hugs and congratulations the way john has been pitching lately. at home, on the road, he's getting outs and very, very efficient. maybe his toughest opponent the pittsburgh parrot. you beat this guy. you can beat the pira

the self-making bed was just one of the highlights at the 2009 expo in chile. also on display, a lighting system that serve as a wall. >>> baseball news from the field and from behind the scenes with the trade deadline approaching. >>> plus, revelations more big names tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, the heat wave is finally over in the northwest, but all the rain continues in the east. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, red sox fans this morning on reel willing after a news report that two of their biggest stars from the 2004 world series were performance-enhancing drug users. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. for some this may come as a surprise. for others it's a no-brainer. "new york times" reporting manny rodriguez and david ortiz one of 104 who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. they were

i know michael barrett was an expo for a while but i don't remember him being around nearly that long. you are right about one thing, rob. carter, schneider appears way too obvious. >> rob: we know carter. carter caught for about 1500 games. >> bob: a lot of his -- >> rob: but he did go to the dodgers and was with the mets for a time, too. >> bob: yeah. i'm pretty sure it's not robert fick. >> rob: not robert fick. no way. >> bob: i said that in jest. >> rob: right about 5:00. >> bob: 0-2 to david wright. and some high heat. [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: strikes him out and suddenly the nats pitchers have become untouchable. mets haven't had a hit since the 3rd. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me.

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the self-making bed was just one of the highlights at the 2009 expo in chile. also on display, a lighting system that serve as a wall. >>> baseball news from the field and from behind the scenes with the trade deadline approaching. >>> plus, revelations more big names tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, the heat wave is finally over in the northwest, but all the rain continues in the east. your regional forecast is coming up. you'relyod." so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a internet. makes uploading as downloading. because your not fast's unless it's two-way fast. >>> good morning. 'mebs.kr i >> 'm i>>'mra barba harrison. >> evidence is outlined in the man charged in the chandra levy case. >>> why the government's cash for c

. >> and the annual fire expo is going on here at the baltimore convention center this weekend some this event brought in firefighters from surrounding states. a plaque, 12050th anniversary plaque, will be placed at the firefighters memorial. cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >>> tomorrow sarah palin gives up her job as governor of alaska. she burst on the national scene when john mccain announced she was his choice as a running mate in the 2008 presidential election. she created a stir of speculation when she announced on july 3rd she would not complete her term as governor. neil reports on what she's doing on her final weekend as governor. >> reporter: alaska governor sarah palin is spending her final 48 hours in office sharing hot dogs with her constituents over weekend picnics. earlier this month she announced she was leave in the middle of her first term. blaming the cost and distraction of investigations driving her from office. critics say this is even costing the state money. but supporters say transition costs are a fraction of the $2 million the state spent on the ethics probes agains

the parade caps off the fire expo, which was taking place at the convention center. >>> next on fox 45 news at 10:00, staying 1 step ahead of the h1-n-1 virus. the topics that will be discussed. >>> some unusual pests are found in a new jersey home. >>> health and education officials from across the state are preparing for tomorrow's swine-flu summit in annapolis. topics will include surveillance and reporting of swine flu along with emergency preparedness for a mass outbreak. officials plan to talk about statewide vaccination plans for the seasonal flu. health secretary and state school superintendent are among those scheduled to participate. >>> 8 people are dead after a minivan headed the wrong direction on a new york roadway crashes head first into an suv. police say the collision happened earlier this afternoon in new york. the minivan also hit a third vehicle before bursting into flames. the driver and four children in the van were killed, while 3 people in the suv lost their lives. >>> kops go to a house to investigate a break-in and find several alligators. 1 of the animals is

still to co -- >> i wil be reporting from greenland, where the midnight sun expos this is distuing truth. e ice is melting atn unprecedented rate. here, people have nohoice. ey have to adapto a warmer world. >> the families of 16 young people from english mlands who were a born withdeformed hands or feet haveon a landmark legal battle against the local council. they claim that the mothers were expod to toxic materials from a deceased steeorks, bu the council claims ty have yet to seany evidence of any link. >> today, the families aived at court, notnowing they were on their wayo make legal story. for 10 years, they have gued that their cldren's deformities re not a coincidence bu causedby the city. the clnup of these old steel works. for dedes, steel was thr currency. the plant's closure in 1980 was devastating. the council needed to replace old indusy with new, but first, had huneds of acres of contaminated land tclean up. this is what one of the old steelwor sites looks le today. turning it into this, though, was a dirty, arduous job that lastedears. the roads around here were filthy.

so they have to learn how to get themselves untrapped and disentanglement. >> the expo is through sunday and goes out with a bang. we have a parade scheduled in the inner harbor coming up sunday. >>> president barack obama takes center stage tonight as he keeps his focus on his proposed health care overhaul plan. he's holding a news conference amid growing resistance to the plan in his own party. democrats now saying there won't be enough time for house and senate action on the same measure before congress leaves for the august recess. >>> and remember, you can always see what the president has to say about the health care plan because he's going to have a live primetime address 8:00 tonight on abc. it will be a press conference that we will be airing right here on our broadcast. >>> here is some disturbing revelations here this morning from the united states government and safety experts. they are supposed to be in the business of warning us, right? but now we have learned they actually withheld evidence about the dangers of talking on cell phones while driving a car. it all centers on

some companies in europsay the cuts will force them to ise their prices, which cou make their expos less competitive. weet this angle of the story tonight from deutse welle. reporter: greenhouse gase are no lonr an issue only for environmentalists. germany's environmentaminister is callg for indurialized tions to reduce their grenhouse gases byup to 95% by theear 2050. th's a tall order for factory ners and industry leaders in germany, who say the cts will make gern industry less competite. th believe europe isn't the problem anyway. urrently, the u.s. and china eachccount for abut 2 of the world'sarbon dioxide emissions. germany emits about 3% but has alady reduced its co2 output more than require by the kyoto protoc. power plants and other industrialized cotries in the will haveto buy emission certificates to cver their complete co tput srting in 2027. they claim that will add about 10 billion euros to total aual osts and that germany would lose business as aesult. >> that was deutsche welle. for more where the world stands on the issue of clima change and glol warming, we're ined once

. -- expo and orioles teams. mark grant owned me, but didn't have a lot of solo home runs. >> bob: gantt is a middle of the order hitter. >> rob: it's not saying a lot of home runs. it's saying most home runs all solo. so mike grace could have hit 12 home runs and most all were sole yoa. he played with sandberg, hall of famer, jody davis. sean dunston. there's a lot of guys that just steal your rbi's. >> bob: bonifacio a-base hit tonight. stolen base and a -- and a run. nats haven't come close all year from throwing inside on this guy. >> rob: i'm going to stick with nyjer morgan. >> bob: ok. >> bob: there's a pop-up. breaking back, now coming in, adam dunn. plenty of time. one out. that's an important man to keep off bathe base in front of hanley ramirez. to me, the least obvious of those four would be ron gant. i'll take gants. >> rob: ok. >> bob: i'm pretty sure ron probably struck out five times as many as he hit home runs that year. avenues good hitter. kind of an all or nothing guy. here is hanley ramirez.

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. >> reporter: in nearly 30 years of hosting this expo, organizers have never battled economic times this stuff. firefighters said they had to search individual station budgets to get to this event. >> we really didn't see a drop in our attendance. we're very pleased. >> reporter: and until this economy turns around -- >> we'll keep doing what we've doing. we've been through worse we'll get through this. >> reporter: -- firefighters don't plan to miss a beat. >> and this year the baltimore city fire department is celebrating it's 150th anniversary. >>> let's talk about weather right now. really strong storms through the area. i want to see that picture a viewer sent us from waldorf. i thought it was amazing. bernadette, what does this look like to you? is this a possible funnel surround? >> it's a possibility of a funnel cloud? i cannot tell if that's touching the ground which you need that for a tornado. but it does look like it could be rotation in those clouds, if it is what they are actually seeing and they sent that to us. >> could something like that cause damage even if it doe

translator: the united states is providing just basic food and their exports are already 50% of spanish expos. that's only food. so the potential for the united states is strong. >> reporter: ships hauling american farm products routinely visit havana harbor. about $700 million worth of food last year and growing. rafael hernandez, the editor of "pamas" magazine in havana says good business trumps ideology. >> i have a business. rice growers, republican guys, who are not liberal democrats. guys from louisiana, iowa, delaware, nebraska, minnesota. the republicans that want to sell chicken and rice and wheat and soy sauce and soybeans. to you. >> reporter: actually, cuba thinks it can count on bipartisan support in the united states to end the trade embargo. according to a poll conducted by florida international university, even a majority of cuban-americans in miami oppose it. the u.s. embargo forced cuba to reinvent itself. it is now a major player in selling new medicines, treating diabetes, hepatitis and even cancer. one day u.s. pharmaceutical companies could license those products if the

alex jones published by oxford "losing the news" >> the perseus the books group and here at the book expo america of this year public affairs is doing something different susan mine berg is the publisher. what you doing? the group decided to take up a challenge that was to publish a book in the 48 hours on the show floor which meant from the opening day through thursday through saturday we will have a book party if you would like to stop by and celebrate broke the idea was to showcase a lot of things that are happening in publishing one is the way the electronic files for format and all different technology how much is opening new opportunities in publishing and bookselling? the other was to continue with the collaboration we're doing with other companies watts of companies with new ideas that can be very innovative from the book world when we announced this week that we would ask some to come help and many came to us before we had a chance to call them. do you want to help we have over 20 companies participating in this project to create the book. >> host: you have a whole schedule of th

the firehouse expo gets underway coming up at 6, which starts right now. >> now abc 2 news at 6. >> anrunk driver who police say struck and killed a 15-year-old girl is back on the streets tonight. good evening. i'm kelly swoope. the deadly accident happened sunday night in front of the girl's house on francis scott key highway. linda so reports, the accused has a troubled past. >> reporter: kevin smith is no stranger to the law. over the years, he's had a handful of traffic violations, the most serious just this past weekend resulted in the death of 15-year-old katlynn bossler. >> i can't imagine life without her. i just -- [ crying ] i can't imagine life without her. >> reporter: katlynn's mother spoke with abc 2 monday night, devastated that an accused drunk driver would

the other reason is we have the fire expo that is in town this weekend.s a lot -- thousands of people in downtown baltimore, so please be aware. it's going to be an extra headache. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. >>> candace, thank you. still ahead, cash for clinkers. how much of the government could pay you to buy a fuel efficient car. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news, a deadly wow! good luck getting your remote back. it's all right -- i love this channel. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> new this morning, four people are dead in a helicopter crash in western maryland. the crash happened west of the washington-frederick county line around 10:30 last night near smithberg. the help col ter crashed on the eastbound lanes of the interstate 70. it's unclear what brought the helhelicopter down. >>> they said that siad bin laden was killed in a missile attack in pakistan. they're not exactly sure when it happened, but they belief it was within the -- believe it was in the pa

their due diligence and investigate it is a whole other thing because whatever it was he did not expos to them -- expose to them in some credible way that they checked out properly what was going on. and they accepted it. he basically wouldn't tell them what he was doing. and there are those who are way too close to him. a fellow, the fund manager in connecticut, walter noel, is being sued by their state attorney general. and one in new york city is being sued by our attorney general for basically a lack of due diligence in what me call civic fraud. and i think i happen to believe that that is a valid argument that they are making against these people who clearly misrepresented what they were doing. and may very well had more involved with madoff than anybody knows about. and that i hope will come out in the trial. but in any event, it's on its face, it's a valid case. i do think that it really does argue for a more intelligence supervision of these kinds of investment vehicles. we don't want to overburden everything with regulation, but there are a lot of people who've been hurt and n

this interview taped and new york city at the 2009 book expo america last about 15 minutes. >> outlook jones, and "losing the news" you refer to the first amendment as fragile. why? >> the first amendment is great bulwark in this country but it's only been the great bull word since the 1930's. for most of our history that a great bull work as we think the protections we think of as absolute have been very, very on certain and they are uncertain because in times of great national stress, they get in pinched upon and our supreme court determines what the first amendment really says before world war i for instance in fact during world war i it was against law in this country to express opposition to the board. that's not the way our people now think of the first amendment guarantees. that wasn't a long ago and i think it's fair to say the first amendment while it is secure in one sense is a hostage to what might happen in this country say in the event of a terrorist attack when people get scared they get very scared and the first thing they get rid of is their right to have a kind of open

a parent expo was held at baptist church last night. they talked about groups that can give their kids positive role models to keep them off the streets. >> it helps them stay out of trouble. i know if i have a problem i can go to my mother and she will talk with mr. miles and they will give me advice. >> for more information, go to our web site at wbaltv.com and click on a news links. >> the search for a baltimore man lost for three days has come to an end. his body was found floating in the water last night. the medical examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. >> in baltimore pled guilty to a string of robberies that left one man wounded. he admitted to committing six robberies, including five convenience store holdups from may-july of last year. he shot a man in the groin of taking money from him. he has been sentenced to life and will not be eligible for parole for at least five years. >> a professor is accused of raping and molesting a 12 world girl has entered an alford plea. he did not admit guilt but ack

against the expos. guess who was the catcher?ardi.he's t sabathia, he came within a hit last year.throwi a disputed no-hitter and a-rod, works. yankee stadium homerun. sabathia, first daytime win.you you just want to go out and kep putting up zeros. ve know, facing a great guy in verlander.you just g and keep things close. cle. and, like i said, score runs at anytime and came on the 18thharn today. ma >> making his first start in st. louis since being traded in throwing 2004, throwing for the d-backs on saturday, and pujols gets the best of them in the bottom of the third. singles home ryan. then, he gets control back. swing. and eight strikeouts and then, he gets him to ground out. eight in 8 inninings pitched for haren. diamondbacks get the 4-2 win. he's now, 3-0 versus his formers team. 3- take a little bit of a closer ta look. he loclosweerrs l his e.r.a. ton the season.as the19th his 19th start of the season. 1h od 16th time he allowed two ord fewer runs.happy birthday >> it was a happy birthday for joe torre and the dodgers

he tries to get out and there is the expo on that. and a lot of the lefties ground the ball into the group. and it is so hard. going down away from him. we are going to milwaukee, some of the best bratz and dogs in the world. >> rob: it is best in milwaukee. >> bob: in pittsburgh it is supposed to be one of the best in the nation. >> rob: willpower. >> bob: outside. one ball, one strike. alberto gonzalez is struggling with the bat. he continues to make contact and struck out seven times this year. and that is in 138 at bats. and. >> rob: the situation is, you have a logjam of middle infielders. and guzman is swinging the bat well. hernandez is a talented young kid and give him as many as possible. not enough bats to keep them sharp. >> bob: 1-2 to gonzalez. eighth strikeout. unusual swing by a batter who makes contact 95% of the time.   . >> we are back at nationals park. we moved to the top the third inning. now john lannan is working towards his 12th consecutive scoreless inning. he is the ace on the staff and set a great exa

greenspan gave his expos i of what he thought was necessary and then he asked whether there any questions. i mean, bernanke, the federal market community, it comes together and it is a sixth point out. bernanke a space as the last person which is very different which gives everybody the opportunity on the committee to express his views, and expressed news without not having to be afraid to be bashed by the chairman who is said that time a kind of an untouchable person. >> can you tell us so little about bernanke background, i was surprised reading the book he grew up in south carolina, rural south carolina. >> and he seemed to have been a very good student which is not i think that remarkable given the remainder of his career. he went to mit, harvard, got his ph.d. from mit, and then quite quickly moved over to princeton and practically all his research has been related to the great depression. and more specifically the mechanisms through which the line into a crisis, the banking crisis crossed the depression and unemployment the contraction of the economy by 30 percent by the way which i

it will participate in many of the highest profile products in china, shanghai world expo, great brand recognition. stp has a lot of room for improvement. its market share has gone from 15% in fiscal 2007 to just 9% last year. supply and distribution problems, i think those have been resolved. if stp's market share were to recover to 15% back to where it was over the next three years, then it would blow away the street's estimates. it just reported inline first quarter and presented a weaker outlook for full-year demand. didn't like that. but i don't like it for 2009 anyway, it's the 2010 and 2011 solar subsidies that will kick in that i like. they have more than $700 million of low-yielding assets on its balance sheet representing 35% of its operating assets. if they sell it off, it would be a big positive for the stock. how about ying lee? this is the most popular stock ever asked by in the "lightning round." you will get blessed. this is not to be confused with cramer fade beer ying lung, in pennsylvania. i do not want you to consider ying lee the solar play with yung ling beer that

thousands of this region showed up in a health expo offering free medical care this past weekend, exposing a problem all too familiar that doctors hear. >> clearly we all recognize, any physician in the hospital would recognize that it is a system in crisis. >> reporter: but like most employees back at the kroger supermarket, produce manager steve shipplet gets generous health benefits. despite being a obama voter, he's nervous the benefits may be taxed to cover the uninsured. he needs more specifics from the president. >> he's going to have to spit out some numbers and let the public know exactly what it's going to cost them and what they're going to have to give up. >> reporter: he says if the president steps up and sells it, then he's willing to step up himself. >> we've got to do something, and if it means me paying those taxes to get this reform through, then i'd begrudgingly do it, yes. >> reporter: and back in the frozen food aisle, this republican is ready to do his share, too. >> no matter what kind of plan you're going to come up with, somebody has to pay for it. so eventually it

then a summit at expo. those walls were coming down, more blacks and whites go to school together, live together, play ball together, sing and dance together, he was, in some ways, a by-product of that age and helped create it. before there was a michael reaching across, there was nat cole doing christmas songs, but couldn't quite get across, a 15-minute tv show without sponsors and sinatra. so we reached out for a long time, but michael came at a time that as walls were coming down, he was building bridges. a perfect mix for the man in his time. >> larry: thank you as always, reverend jesse jackson on the scene in gary, indiana, at this memorial service tonight. we'll be back in 60 seconds with more. when you're really in pain relief can't come fast enough. introducing bayer quick release crystals. it's ready to dissolve faster than caplets or tablets. it's a whole new way from bayer to dissolve pain fast. new bayer quick release crystals. >> larry: here's a look, by the way, at the best of, highlights fro

thank you here at a medical rijuana expo, he's among supporters. >> i wisu well. >> appcie it. >> andn front of t federal courthou -- >> if they canake charles lynch ey can take anyone standing in this crowd so have to take atand. we need another dain court, a fair d in court. we need a new trial for charles lynch. >> i've never beenn activist or notng like that. but is great to see people making signs and cnting. th was dinitely a great day for me. >> but crles says the last few hs have taken their toll. >> i'm about to lo my house. it's been diffult finding work. my financial situation is beyond bankruptcy. as charles nervously awaits his fate, he sees glimmer of hope, a chan of administration. >> i'md of optimistic that, u know, with the new president, hopefully, in t coming weeks and the coming nths tt there may be a licy change at the federal level regaing states' rights. barack obama has admitted trying and inhaling majuana in the st. >> i did. it'sot something i'm proud of. it was a mistake as a yog man but i never derstood that line, e point was to inhale. that washe point. >>

. >> rob: i wonder, if the expos didn't bring the chicken on the stick with them.was like an overhead projector. you remember that up there. >> no. >> every time you through to first. >> it was like a and they were held up by someone's and even in our bullpen, see how many chickens you can get up on the board. >> we wanted to say. >> because every chicken was different. >> it was cut out of paper. and colored with crayons. >> and-0 to willie harris -- 2-0 to willie harris. burke working extremely slowly. short lead. holding. and willie takes a big time rip and follows it straight up. and it is a fun walk off this year am and on june 20th. he did it for the home run into the bulletin. >> i am pretty sure you are not supposed to touch him anything he and that was a fight and 2-1 shall pitch. >> it will do. >> it is a lunch. >> it is a beauty. >> and 2-4. >> on the sacrifice. believing and that would take the bat out of his hand. and that's what they are going to talk about here. >>   nick johnson, two grounders. two fly balls. 0

come true, just the opposite is happening, so once they have to readjust these figures, they go up expoextally. and you're getting it out there and other people are getting it out there. millions are expressing their dissatisfaction, but the mainstream press is not reporting it, sean. thank god for you guys at fox and yourself for covering the tea parties because without you, we wouldn't think anything was going on. absolutely no other network covered it. nobody. except maybe janeane garofalo covered it. can you imagine, sean, 37,000 people came out in protest in a town in texas to protest against this irresponsible spending that's going to leave their grandchildren in great debt and burden, and she said about that, she said oh, well, these people are just -- they're red necks, they're just people who are. sean: racist. >> prejudice against a black president. a remark like that -- my take is she would have to be suffering from severe guilt thinking perhaps she's a descendant of white slave owners. i had heard something on the other line and it distracted me, sean, i'm sorry. sean: let m

. >> the 2009 book expo america, booksellers convention in new york city. we're here with johnny temp from brooklyn, new york. tell us what you have coming out. >> this fall, one of the books we're most excited bat is a graphic novel by the great filmmaker melvin van peoples. it inspired a new film that is premiering simultaneous with the publication of the book. he is the godfather of the black-exploitation books, and also the book of mike farrell, who is on the show m.a.s.h., and this book is a road memoir, travel memoir, and we're putting him back on the road, and we're keeping him busy. >> what other kinds of books and have long have you been publishing. >> since 1997. literary fiction is the heart and soul of the company. we have an outsider sensibility, those some of the books are quite popular but our books are provocative in one way or another. we do a little bit of nonfiction as well, political nonfiction, writers who we publish in the nonfiction realm including, mike farrell, ron coe vac other, cultures heroes. >> you're the founder of the company

same day, july 21, a tech expo job fair at the marriott in linthicum, 10:00 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m.formation and to preregister, www.textexpousa.com. >>> still ahead on "good morning maryland" -- saving money at the doctor's office. it can be done. we'll let you know what tips we have. things you might want to know to save a few bucks when it comes to medical care. we'll be right back. >>> talking about saving money on your utility bill, today's helping out. 71 degrees at the inner harbor. sunshine and 67 in western howard county. we'll talk about our two-degree guaranteed forecast and see how long this cool weather will stick around, next. stay with us. 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) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home and when you switch now, you can get a free compaq mini netbook. just p

. >> reporter: thousands in this region showed up at a health expo offering free medical care this past weekend. exposing a problem all too familiar to doctors here. >> clearly, we all recognize any physician in the hospital would recognize that it's a system in crisis. >> reporter: but like most employees back at the kroger super market, produce manager steve shiplet gets generous benefits, he's nervous those benefits may be taxed to cover the uninsured and demanding more specifics from the president. >> he's going to have to spit out some numbers and let the public know exactly what it is going to cost them and what they have to give up. >> reporter: shipplett says if the president steps up and sells it, then he is willing to step up himself. >> if it means me paying those taxes to get this reform through, then i would begrudgeenedly do it. >> reporter: this republican is ready to do his share, too. >> no matter what kind of plan you come up with, somebody has to pay for it. so, eventually, it comes down to us, the people that's working and paying taxes. we're going to have to pay for

. >> reporter: 30 years of hosting this expos, they have never battled economic times this tough.on budgets just to get here to this event. >> we really didn't see a drop in our attendance. we are very, very pleased. >> reporter: until the economy turns around. >> we will keep doing what we are doing. we have been through worse. we will get through this. >> reporter: firefighters don't plan to miss a beat. from downtown baltimore, tim williams, wjz eyewitness news. >> by the way this year baltimore city's fire department is celebrating its 150th anniversary. >>> turning to sports, two more baseball greats are in the hall of fame. stolen base king rickey henderson is among the newest inductees. during his career, henderson stole 1400 bases. also inducted into cooperstown, former boston slugger jim rice, the only noon lead the majors in triples, homers, and rbis in the same season. and you know summer is almost gone when they have the speeches at cooperstown, new york. >> yeah, yeah. and a lot of boys of summer will be back home soon. >> by the way they won in boston. avoid the swee

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tell me why this economynot only expos tan export coodity play. >> only 13% is tied to an external trades very deep, damic domestic economy fro there you're misng out if you don't own some of thesstks. look at that hugipo last week, veryuccessful. that's the kind braziyou want. not just the iroore and other stuf >> you didn't disappoint. hoabout india? we learn yesteay their deficit ending may be up to % of gdp, maybe the u.s. gets awayith that. i don't think india does. >> what it needs to do is fix the tax collection side of that. they can do at. they have a new gst cominin next april. grt way to play the whole econy. >> chl, david? >> what's that? >> chl. >> china mobe,e like the 3g roll-out, wh they're doing with wireless internet access. the first time you're going to have non dsl internet access in china. it's going to be huge. the investordon't know it. >> davida pleasure to speak with you. > time now to today's editn of "po & drops." we have a drop for dj real estate. it was down 4%. karen? yeah, you know, real estate is a volate ctor for sure. today volatile to the downside beca