on monday, fisher called mcnair one of the greatest competitors of all time.aid he hopes that's what people remember. not the details surrounding his death. >> we all have given the right to judge, and my hope is that steve will be remembered and also forgiven, but remembered for what he did and what he meant to this organization. >> we all make mistakes. we all wish we could go back on. but i'm not here to dwell on that i'm here to celebrate the life of a dear friend and teammate. >> there will be a public memorial service for mcnair on thursday afternoon in suburban nashville. a private funeral is scheduled for saturday near mcnair's childhood home in mississippi. in nashville, bob holtzman, espnews. >> when we return, more baseball here on espnews. a record-setting run scoring night in philadelphia and the results of randy johnson's mri are in. >> the newest member of the 300 club is shutting it down. how long will the giants be without the big unit plus dwyane wade says he'll remain in miami on one condition. what the heat must do to keep their superstar f

kristin fisher has the story.us what we are talking about. >> fox dropped the ball big time last night. anytime you watch a major league baseball game on tv you see a close shot of the pitch and then it cuts to a shot of home plate so you can see what happened to the pitch. makes sense, right. only problem is that didn't happen last night at the all- star game when president obama threw the first ceremonial pitch. look at what happened last night. right here you see the president walking out. here we go. he's about to start to -- lined up. he throws it and then what happened to it? you have to no idea who caught it. did the ball make it over the plate. isn't the fun of the first pitch to see what happens d faan e atwhkind of arm the president has? i'm not the only one who thought that. this story has got the blogs and the twitter folks on fire. they say fox screws up obama's first pitch. they are not pleased and look at all e thattweets coming in. people were mad, andrea. this is from diana mcdougal. she wrote how

a woman was shot on fisher drive.they say she suffered life-threatening injuries. >>> sonia sotomayor will be in the hot seat again today gearing up for day three of her supreme court confirmation hearing. republicans are raising questions about her fairness. sotomayor says she rules according to the law not by her personal beliefs. >>> space shuttle "endeavour" is hoping to takeoff today. they have scrubbed two lifts due to bad weather. they are trying to liftoff tonight at 6:03 from the kennedy space center. >>> iran's state television says an airplane with 150 members onboard crashes and all are believed to be dead. once again, a plane has crashed in tehran. we'll continue to nol low follow the story throughout the morning. >>> esident obama turns his attention to health care reform today. he plans to back house democrats new plan to overhaul the system and he'll call for congress to get moving on it. brooke hart reports. >> reporter: house democrats unveiled their health care plan saying now is the time. >> this l

ken fisher has been with forbes for 25 years. he's been managing money successfully for a very long time and he'll be right here with some wisdom. g b >>> joining us, the author of the new book, how to smell a rat. i believe he also celebrated 25 years as a sports columnist. heck of a thing. thank you for coming on. you, too, doug. we'll go two-minute drill and then you'll come back for a longer time. in the beginning, kent fisher, summer rally, down 9,100. i'm playing it from the optimistic side. what's your personal take on this? >> my view is that we're being pulled. today america is much smaller than the nonu.s. world and that's just dynamite. the fact that we're getting pulled. we're less than 25% of gdp today. the other three quarters, three time the force of us on the world, it is moving forward, making us stronger than we think. we ten to be too u.s.-cent rick and to underestimate. this is very strong. >> he is saying it is a very strong rally. your take? >> it's been an extremely strong rally, larry. i've put another ke

the fishers donated millions to ball university and created the fisher distinguished profess orship in wellness. invested in the future, the university's fundraising campaign. the president of ball state said that john w. fishery commitment to ball state university have been unequaled in the university's 90-year history. ball memorial hospital dedicated the john w. fisher heart center in january of 2009. many will remember john for these business undertakings, but i'll remember him as a dear friend and mentor. i first met him back in 1988 when i entered public life. since that time, our relationship has been a continuous source of wisdom and guidance to me. while he had no political ambitions for himself, he had lifelong interest in public affairs and keenly aware of the issues facing the country. active participant in muncy rote ari, he always asked a question. but having spent in many occasions sitting in john's office and learning from him about the world of business and public life and drawing on his wisdom, faith and integrity. john fisher shaped my life and my career in countless

she's an astronaut the the mother of kristin fisher. dr. fisher good to have you with us. not only are you an astronaut bethe din inioctof being the first mother inio space. talk about that. because you flew your first mission on. look at you with little kristin. >> oh, yes it was a hectic time of my life but kristin says being the rsfit fimother in spa i owe it all to her. >> your crew found out when you were going to be a mom. >> i found out i was assignedded to my crew two weeks before i delivered isn.ti it was a challenging year to n.y the least. >> and kristin's dad is a doctor. you are a doctor. he was an astronaut also. how challenging was that just going off and leaving your young daughter and flying in to space? >> it was very hard but i was fortunate. we had a wonderful young lady who is still a wonderful family friend who was taking care of kristin and my mom came and helped the last six weeks. i had a lot of good support your next mission was cancelled because of the challenger disaster. >> i thought of the danger but being part of nasa to me was worth it. i th

this afternoon jeff fisher spoke. >> this evening near that i knew would want me to say i am sorry, i am not perfect, we all make decisions sometimes that are not in the best interests, please forgive me. >> the national's take their win streak to colorado tonight. they will be on the road until the all-star break. ryan zimmermann has been selected to the all-star team for the first time. he is batting around .300. he is a human vacuum cleaner at third base. the game is july 11 in st. louis. lance armstrong went from 10th to third today overall in the third stage of the storefronts. -- in the tour de france. >> we take you to finland, for the world why the competition. a finn won the world championship. the winter winds his week in beer. -- his weight in beer. >> one of my favorite sports. >>> it has been mostly talk on capitol hill. now it is crunch time. the president's aff is taking the message of this bill seriously. >> his chief of staff stayed behind from the moscow trip to keep the troops moving. he wants the house and senate to pass their bills before they take vacations in au

fisher made plans to sell the business. then two days before the closing, the phone rang. >> i got a call and they said, are you ready? and i had to pause because my wife was already looking at houses. >> reporter: the fishers put florida on hold. in just two weeks of aaa, business is up 60%. >> i'm fighting to succeed, and in that fight to succeed, i'm getting further in debt. but that's the only way i can see my way out. you've got to take a chance. take a chance and chase it. >> reporter: for fisher, it's a fight he's not ready to give up on just yet. erica hill, cnn, new york. >>> and for more creative ways to reinvent yourself, for new career, visit us on the web, check out cnn.com/money&main st. >>> before we go, we want to recap tonight's breaking news on the michael jackson case. as we reported, a source close to jackson's family, someone with knowledge of the investigation, confirming to cnn tonight that jackson's personal physician who you will remember here, dr. conrad murray, administered the drug that authoriti

thousands piled into mount zion baptist church, including jeff fisher, the titans coach, who coachedmcnair's entire career with the titans organization, eddie george, made pro football a national relevant again. and former terp frank wycheck. became one of his favorite targets. and vince young, who was visibly shaken up as he sat down. mcnair was like a big brother for young. ravens receiver derrek mason paid tribute to his good friend. >> the last thing that i want to remember about you is every time you scored, every time you came out of the huddle, you gave two bumps to your chest and pointed to the sky. so i'm going to give two bumps for you and point to the sky. [ applause ] i love you. >> such a class act. it's hard to remember, but the titans moved from houston to memphis and finally to nashville, bouncing around with no home for a few years. along with mcnair, it was fisher and george who helped put the titans on the nfl map. >> somebody asked me today do i think steve mcnair is going to go in the hall of fame. i had to chuckle. i said he is already in the hall of fame. [ app

in five minutes kristin fisher takes us to space. right now howard takes us to the commonwealth and our focus on virginia's weather. >> it is a quiet morning across virginia. a trace of rain for the entire month. the lawns have gone from green to brown and crunchy. temperatures in the 60s in many areas to the lower 70s. the shenandoah valley the the cool stuff. closer to town we have temperatures in the upper 60s. we will have cloudy skies and a few breaks and sun and a couple of showers with highs in the low 80s. >>> pour the coffee and drink it up. enjoy the ride, folks. 66 eastbound right now tracking zero problems from route 50 to 123 and beyond. let's go ahead and move it over to some more traffic. 395 northbound from duke to seminary, looks like from 95 to the 14th street bridge a 20- minute commute and we are flying southbound on the gw parkway. from the key bridge or from the beltway to the key bridge lanes are wide open. 9 news now will be right back. in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans... to replenish the b

fisher coached mcnair for 11 years. as people continue to share insight into the man that he was, police continue to learn more. the woman found dead at the scene had bought a gun two days before the incident. this is a photograph of sahel kazemi. she and mcnair dated for several mont. mcnair played 13 seasons in the nfl, most of them with the titans. jeff fisher wants people to remember him for what he did on the field as well as in the community. >> the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to say i'm sorry, i'm not perfect. we all make decisions sometimes that are not in the best interest. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to say celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. for the kind of teammatthat i was. that's what steve that i knew would want me tsay. an emotional jeff fisher talking about his former quarterback. >>> the nationals open a three-game series in colorado tonight. ryan zimmerman will take the field knowing he's an all-star. he found ou

>> mel fisher treasures.zing here is that the silver somewhat corrodes a little bit but the gold you find looking exactly as it looked the day it went into the ocean. >> absolutely. gold shines forever. when we go down and find a gold bar it's almost surreal. looks just like that. finding silver or anything is great but there's nothing like finding a piece of gold. >> when you find this stuff, how is it that you guys get to keep? do other people try to make claims on it? >> well, we actually have an admiralty claim. once you can identify an artifact from a ship wreck you can get a lease on the water. basically that wreck site is ours. if anybody wants to work that wreck site they have to do it with us or through us. we've got the federal government backing us. >> just want to show this chalice. that is extraordinary. what was the reaction on board the ship when you brought that up? >> oh, it was incredible, man. we came up and immediately poured a glass of champagne in it. it tasted a little salty. but it was

we will get off to the healing process on the right foot. >> that is jeff fisher. the funeral service will be held tomorrow at southern mississippi university in hat chrtiesburg. ozzie knew some, ed reed and sa marri rovl will attend. the first time we have seen michelle since the murder and an emotional time for her and fitting words from derrick mason. >> sounds like she has a lot of good people behind her. there is continuing coverage of the memorial on our website, wbaltv.com. there you can listen to fan reaction to his death. you can hear more of the moving tributes by former teammates that is all on wbaltv.com. a baltimore area soccer team coach is charnldz with soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl. baltimore county police want to know it there are other victims. kerry cavanaugh is live with more. >> he was known as mr. chuck to his players. now police say the 32-year-old volunteer soccer coach is a sexual predator. charles friedel is charged with sexual solicitation of of a minor and distribution and possession of obscene material all linked to overtures w

yesterday his old coach jeff fisher said what he whispered to mcnair after the game is something onlywo of them will ever know. he also hopes people won't judge mcnair, who was married, based on these pictures. >> steve mcnair that i knew would want me to say sorry, not perfe perfect. we all make decisions sometimes that are not in the best interes interests. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to say celebrate my life for what i did on the fie field, for what i did in the community. >> that is jeff fisher. mcnair will be remembered at a memorial service thursday in tennessee. the ravens two players will speak. >> it is 5:25. 63 degrees on tv hill. in the next half hour of "11 news today" -- >> the two teens found on light rail tracks in baltimore county have been identified and there has been headway with the investigation. details are next. >> president obama meets with russia's prime minister today and lays out to students his vision of u.s.-russian cooperation was i will have that coming up. >> we are in storer another high pressure day. the sun will be u

a woman was shot in the face in the 7700 block of fisher drive. police are not releasing her condition. the man is now a block away inside of a home on lyle avenue in the neighborhood in mclean. there are others inside of the home, but police are not releasing how many people are inside but they are okay. police say everyone involved in this incident knows each other and though they will not talk about progress being made they are talking with people inside the home and would like to talk to the man inside further. >> communicate with him and the people in the home to try to explain that we just want to have a conversation and just try to listen to him and listen to his story and to see what happened and what's going on. right now at this hour police are continuing to try to communicate with the people in the home. police are here for the long haul. they have not released the people's names or identities of those inside the house. you can see the portable toilets out here. they have been here for the long haul and expect to be here and are hoping

kobe bryant, derek fisher, pau gasol, a bunch of the guys.ecided to wear taller shoes, but not for the lakers. i'm actually wearing them to show my unwavering support for adam lambert. they're for the lakers. by the way, if they think they're out here for celebratory chitchat, they're wrong. i have i have a whole hour of line drills. we have to get ready for next year. father's day is on sunday. i'm planning to spend father's day as i usually do, at home watching maury povich paternity episodes. by the way, my kids are watching right now, i don't want anything homemade this year. it something valuable. i want something you have to pay for. you got it? they're not watching. no chance of that. by the way, you know how kids give their dads those father of the year mugs and shirts? the truth is, not everyone can be father of the year. there can only be one father of the year and for me, the father of the year is this guy. >> he hit a ball into the outfield. >> kind of expect that when jason marquis is on the mound and on top of his game. >> congr

we are also waiting for jeff fisher, from the tennessee titans'. tomorrow, during this hour, as you might have heard, michael jackson's memorial. you heard that this woman worked at davis and buster's, right? another employee from the date -- shepard: the coach is talking about steve mcnair when he went to see him at university. >> 15 years later, he is no longer with us. as i said in my office moments ago, pondering what to say, it occurred to me that i should say what steve mcnair, the steve mcnair i knew, wanted me to say. the steve mcnair that i knew, if he were here right now, would want me to say michelle, i love you. tyler, [unintelligible] i love you. that is what he would want me to say, the steve that i knew. fred, everybody. i love you. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to say i am sorry. i am not perfect. we all make decisions sometimes that are not in the best interests. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew what one means -- want me to say celebrate my life for what i did on the field. for what i did in the communit

today a emotional jeff fisher, steve mcnair's tennessee titan coach. called him a great person. >> the steve steve mcnair i knew, would want me to say celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. >> police say the two had been dating for several months. steve mcnair was married, with four children. >> well, learning more about the teen accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl that is held without bail tonight. 17-year-old lamont davis arrested 13 times since he was 10-years-old. when he was charged with second-degree-assault. he last appeared before a judge july 1st, 24 hours before 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot in the head. expert say this type of breakdown in the system is common. >> it doesn't sound like they did a great job, but that's not unusual. because a lot of the juvenile justice systems here in the united states are not working. >> the department of juvenile services had davis hooked up to a gps monitoring device but it was removed just before the shooting. >> and maryland's u.s. attorney hires threw three

near intersection of mile avenue and fisher drive, darcy spencer has the latest. darcy? >> wendy, fairfax county police negotiators are trying to get the man to come out of the house. they have the house surrounded. they have for hours, but so far, he is not coming out. it is a massive police response in the falls church neighborhood. fairfax police were called to a home in the 7700 block of fisher drive around 6:30 for report of a shooting. a woman found lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound. >> we do have one female victim who has been shot. she is an in unknown condition at fairfax hospital. don't know her name or identity at this point. >> police say a man they're calling a person of interest is believed to be holed up inside a nearby home in the 76. police have surrounded the house in an attempt to make contact with the man. so far they have not been able to get him to come out. >> our negotiators are trying to get in touch with that person to -- find out what the situation is. and to talk them into coming out to talk to us. we are -- basically talking

right now a wounded woman and a whole world of trouble in one mclean neighborhood. 7700 block of fisher drive. digital correspondent andrew stack joining us live with the latest. >> reporter: derek, as of right now you can see that four blocks behind me are lined wall- to-wall with police vehicles and a short time ago they brought in several mobile batteries of flood lights. to neighbors it appeared as though the entire fairfax county police department had descended. >> quite a disturbance when the fire department and everybody else came by but what can you say, man? it is the times. >> reporter: a neighbor in this quiet mclean neighborhood heard a gunshot. what he saw next left him shocked. a woman shot in the head and laying in a front yard. >> she is alive. unknown condition at this point. >> reporter: for hours police tried to make contact with the manholed up inside the home on the 7700 block of fisher drive but no luck. >> we have someone inside the house that we want very much to talk to and that's why our negotiators are on the scene and making every effort to get through to the

according to internal documents, fisher denied any abuse.uments also so that in june, devon told his teacher fisher punched him in the stomach. again, it was reported to dcff. doctor hager, the executive direction tore of the l.a. county violence intervention program said what should have happened next was the social worker should have brought him to a special los angeles family clinic to be evaluated physically and emotionally. >> reporter: dr. hager, was devon brought into your network? >> no, he was not. >> reporter: nor was he taken to any of the six other pediatric coun county clinics that specialize in child abuse. according to internal dcfs documents, the doctor said she found no evidence of abuse. the social worker closed the case. hager said if devon had been evaluated at one of the county's special clinics, things may have turned out differently. all of the injuries would have been documented, x-rays would have been taken, then he would have had mental health assessments and somebody working with him from crisis and he would have s

kristin fisher is live from the wilson building. >> reporter: hi, jessica. good morning. well, in just four hours at 10:00 a.m. marion barry will be here speaking to reporters over what went down the past 4th of july weekend. a park police officer patrolling anacostia park on the 4th of july was flagged down by a woman in a car. >> the woman stated somebody in another car was harassing and stalking her. >> reporter: the woman was political consul stant donna watts a friend of marion barry. barry was arrested 45 saturday night. >> the only charge is a charge of misdemeanor which is -- is stalking which is a misdemeanor. >> the best word to describe mr. barry at this hour is betrayed. he adamantly denied the charges. >> reporter: he paid $800 to buy her an opera jacket at the same time he was trying to repay tacks. >> mr. barry has over a period of time lended his friendship and his support to the accuser, miss donna watts through her many stages of instable. >> reporter: this barry's third run in with park police since his i misdemeanor drug charges in ' 92. >> i have had

the first mother in space in 1984 and she is here with her own daughter kristin fisher. great to have you with us. as one of the few with the right stuff your memories of ' 69 and that lunar landing where were you when it happened. >> it was the last summer i spent living at home and we got to watch it together an it was a special moment. >> is that the moment you said i want to do that. before they were all guys. >> that reinforced it. i wanted to do this since the moment i saw al shepherd and watching his flight. >> did you write a letter to them and say i want to be part of this program? how did it happen? >> no. i figured as i got older there weren't a lot of women astronauts around and i one a pilot so i figured the dream was going to go to somebody else and all of a sudden nasa was recruiting people as mission specialists and i had the right credentials to apply and applied one day before the deadline and was fortunate enough to be in the first group of women selected. >> when you were selected was it a phone call, telegram or what. >> a phone call, one of the most

it is kristin fisher's birthday, everyone. >> angie is late on that. >> i know. whatever.elebrating an accident on the bw parkway heading southbound at 295. drivers are backed -- backed up to annapolis road. >>> watch for thunderstorms this afternoon. a few shower and storms mid- 80s. hot tomorrow with an isolated storm. track on-line at wusa9.com. >>> as for wall street things are looking lower. a small loss is predicted a the opening bell. >>> and getting a caffei

in five minutes kristin fisher shows us great ideas including a hot new sushi spot.right now a hot forecast from howard. >>> this morning a lot of fog in couple of spots but otherwise a much quieter morning than yesterday afternoon or evening. look at the temperatures as you get ready to step out b@the doo readings in the 50s in culpeper. 57 to 66 in fredericksburg and 64 forebelvoir. looking at highs in the mid to upper 80s with an outside chance of a thunderstorm. angie has the virginia traffic. >> that's right. it is all about you. keep you posted on the situation on 95 northbound at the fairfax county parkway. an accident is cleared. delays are not. looking at 31 minutes from the prince william parkway to the previous scene. on 66 eastbound. that delay is starting to break apart nicely from 50 to 123. drivers are at speed as well and come fly with me. southbound on the gw parkway from the beltway to arlington no incidents or accidents along the way. 9 news now will be back with more weather, news and traffic just for you. vo: since 2006, walmart has sold over 260

deploy peace proceeds come to the fisher house foundation which like the ronald mcdonald house for sickay near veterans hospitals while their loved ones ar recovering from their injuries. >> reporter: the fisher house provides a home away from home. we have 21 rooms here. we have a community kitchen. we have a learning facility here. >> sometimes families will come and they don't have anything other than the clothes on their back and a little money in their pocket and we can help provide gift cards for the local grocery stores. we can help provide them transportation to get to the local grocery stores. >> reporter: there are 43 fisher houses across the country serving 10,000 families each year. workers say the families are grateful and that we should all be mindful of the sacrifices they're making. >> everybody is out there celebrating the fourth of july, it would be nice if they could [ inaudiblegive us the freedom t we have today. >> reporter: learn more at deploy peace.com. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. >>> wow. >> we had a little bit of technical problems with that package

it is surrounding two homes one on fisher drive, another nearby on lisle avenue. these are live pictures from the scene where police are still there staking out the home where they say a shooting suspect is holed up. it started last night with police say a gunman shot a woman outside of the nearby house. that woman is in critical condition this morning. we'll have a live report from the scene with the latest details in our next half hour. >>> judge sonia sotomayor will be back on capitol hill today for a full day of questioning before the senate judiciary committee. yesterday, the supreme court nominee faced tough questions from lawmaker about whether she would bring bias to the bench. critics say that sotomayor suggested in a speech that she would make better decisions from the bench because her race and gender gentleman i want to state up front, unequivocally and without doubt, i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or swrnder group has an advantage had sound judgment. >> had you been saying that with clirty over the last decade or 15 years, we would have a lo

john fisher -- >> i'm telling you today the number was 676,000. >> what are you talking about. >> today's actual number. >> there's been a plunge in the four week average, there's a huge down. >> i think the bias for the market for the rest of the year, thanksgiving, maybe around christmas time, the market wants to go up. it wants to be optimistic in 2010 and investors want to say back to school is better than last year, christmas is better than last year, earnings trending better. >> we're comparing to awful results a year ago, right? >> be that as it may, the bias of the market, bias of investors right now is the stock market wants to go higher. you can put in the numbers however you want to. but investors are going to take this market higher over the course of the rest of the year. in 2010, they'll be disappointed when reality hits them and things aren't as good as they're hoping for now. >> you can't position your portfolio for 2010 now and leave returns on the table. >> this market has shown ability to move much higher than you bears ever expected it to and then goes down and moves m

when police say a 36-year-old woman was shot on fisher drive. reported seeing a man run from the scene and into a nearby home and in the 7600 block of lyle avenue. that led to a stand-off. that lasted nearly a day. and numbers of fairfax county and state police are onhe scene along with s.w.a.t., armored vehicles and robots. streets have been closed throughout the ordeal. >> basically they told us last night at about 7:00, you ow, just that -- you know, we are not letting anybody out right now. we are trying to resolve this. and that if you did get out you would not be able to come back in until it was resolved. >> it has been a labor intensive event for us but i am hopeful that we will have a is a satisfactory conclusion and turn this lovely community back to its residents with our deepest and most sincere appreciation for its use. >> reporter: police had some communication with someone inside of the home. they won't say with whom. >> spend a lot of time developing a relationship with the person that they are talking to. it does not happen in f

in and that's when paul fisher yelled to his family run.her shot the bear when he found it rummaging through the kitchen. >> as soon as i got close, the bear from back in there charged me. so as i was retreating i fired three shots. and the bear kept charging. >> after that a sheriff deputy showed up and shot the bear another five times with his handgun. the bear was not killed until the sheriff fired two more shots from his rifle. no one in the family was hurt. the chafer the senate finance committee shooting down reports of a plastic surgery tax. senator matt bachus says lawmakers are not considering the so-called botax to help fund health care reform. a g.o.p. aid con foirmd fox news the idea was tossed around there. botax would raise money to pay for health care reform. we will hear from glenn beck to hear what he has to say about the botax idea. i can't keep from laughing because i can only imagine what the beckster. brian: right because i can't imagine that glenn beck has had plastic surgery or bo owe talks botox. steve: it includes h

an emotional fisher had this to say -- it was eddie george who delivered the news to fisher late lastmedia on the death of his friend and teammate. >> it's difficult. steve and i, we weren't like best friends that talked every day, but we certainly were good friends. our families, we know each other. our sons know each other. they kind of grew up together the time i was here playing. and to learn of his death is -- it's unbelievable. it just, i guess i accept it. my heart just sinks deeper and deeper into accepting the reality behind this. something you don't want to believe. comes the reality that it's real. and you think about -- i think about all of the times that i have been around steve, over the eight years that i played on the field, off the field. our super bowl run. the days when he wasn't having a great year and he was being scrutinized in the media, to being the co-mvp and -- it was just a bond that we had because we -- all we had was us coming there. we didn't know what to expect. we certainly wanted to accept a lot of it. and, you know, he was the heart and soul of this t

was attended by brett favre, the three-time nfl most valuable player and titans' head coach jeff fisher who coached mcnair 11 seasons, including the lone super bowl a decade ago. everyone here said they didn't want to think about the circumstances that led to mcnair's death but focus on his legacy on and off the field. >> steve was like a hero to me. heroes are not supposed to die. >> mississippi has lost a tremendous legend. i truly feel that it will be a long, long time before there will eastern player the caliber of steve mcnair. >> steve mcnair leaves behind a wife and four sons. he will be buried later today in his home town of mount olive, mississippi. larry smith, hattiesburg, mississippi. >>> families may have to wait several days to visit loved ones buried at an illinois cemetery because the grounds have been declared a crime scene. hundreds of bodies at the cemetery were allege lid dug up and dumped in a scheme to resell burial plots. cook county sheriff tom dart says he received thousands of complaints about the scheme, half of which are about missing head stones. >> our goal

fisher might leave the course before he finishes his round.s a text saying his wife went into labor. >>> michael vick may be a freeman after serving time for dog fighting. the question is, will he play football again? >>> talk about taking the shirt off a man's back. look at this, this is u.s. versus panama. that's perez trying to hold onto his jersey has one fan fights him for it. with the help of teammates, he finally gets it away from him. dude, get your own shirt. >>> a rome tourist who doesn't like it gets a free kick here and the u.s. gets a 2-1 over panama. >>> gonzalez at the plate. he gets beaned in the head. had to leave the game and was taken to the hospital for tests. his brother adrian also played for the padres and came to the hospital later to check on edgar. that's sports. >>> in this tough economy, people are really doing what they can to try to save money. some are even leaving their cars at home. hln money expert clark howard tells you which means of transportation will save you big bucks. >> how should you get from one city

amy fisher and her husband had an affair.g to learn all these years later, wh she thinks the lessons of that event, that notorious event. >> two thumbs up. she looks great. has a brand-new book out that she thinks will help a lot of people. we'll talk with her, coming up. >>> we say it takes a village to put the two of us together. you don't want to see us when we roll in here. we have wonderful people who work with us. and today is maria's turn, who works with you. they will show you how to get professional picks for under $10. professional products under $10. maria goes today. >> really great things. >>> later, oscar winner, holly hunter, will be along, as well. >>> let's go to chris cuomo for the news. >> thank you, diane. we have new information about the controversial arrest of harvard professor henry gates in cambridge, massachusetts. a 911 operator says that race was not mentioned in the phone call that reported the possible break-in at professor gates' home. president obama has invited dr. gates and police sergeant cr

. >> monday, emotional jeff fisher, titan's coach, called steve mcnair, a quote great person. >> steve mcnair i knew, would want me to say celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. >> when asked about the so-called "other woman" and the circumstances around the shooting, fisher said this. >> steve mcnair that i knew, would want me to say, sorry. not perfect. >> steve mcnair shot four times. twice in the head. the woman died from a single gunshot. steve mcnair's family said it is getting immense support from the community while trying to get over the shock of the news. >> kind of like, i could not believe it. right now i am still in disbelief a bit. but you know, just idea, you know, knowing that he is gone. >> well, police are calling steve mcnair's death a homicide. they have yet to classify the woman's death. we're live at m&t bank stadium. >> a lawyer for former dc mayor marion barry said he is confident stalking charges against barry will be dropped. at a news conference today. frederick cook said barry denies allegations biden naright hoff. h

jennifer: the only place to buy a sofa bed. >>> i'm here in the web center with kristin fisher she has an update on the hero central project. >> good morning. most of our hero central stories are of course about people but the one i'm working on now is about a dog. not just any dog. check fathis out. right here. this is tazo, a black german -- oh, no that did not work out. that was not the picture i was going for. here we go. in just a th thright here. is tazo a black german shepherd anan d ann bachursear and rescu dog with the sedc fire departme . mert. i'm sure he's been a heroon previous occasions but we ar tr ngthat awful metro crash o fo last month. i the scene and he s the scene and he was part of a rs itegh onfirefighters ne ne people from that wreckage. in fact, in this picture, you can see those demolished inthre t here partner chris hopaner ch foreground. we're not e rtonly alilso hongribem.hie he will also be the a thof a fu byfunightot by the washington mystics. equinox restaurant and the og tatyl plil kee ac it will take place during a ta washington mystics game tonight. a

one on fisher drive. the other feet away on lyle avenue.an shot outside one house and the suspect keeping police at bay at another house nearby. will thomas is live in falls church now with more on this still developing story. will? >> reporter: shawn and brian, as you can imagine, we are not alone out here. a very large police presence. this area here in falls church just surrounded by law enforcement vehicles. an ambulance even on standby there. at last check we're told police are trying to make contact with the suspected gunman hold up inside a home just around the corner from where we are safely right now. police first responded out here shortly after 6:30 when a neighbor just down the street here heard what he thought was a pop, looked out the window and saw a womanlaying on the ground. that's when he called 911. a stunning scene unfolded in a quiet falls church neighborhood shortly after 6:30. county and state law enforcement descended on the scene. s.w.a.t. team members in armored vehicles also part of the response here. >> we do hav

fisher spoke about the motive, money. >> an individual in the front office would take cash payments. they would then give an individual a deed for plot. after they did that, they would get a grave digger to disinter a grave, take the remains from that grave, and dump them in the back part of the cemetery. shepard: the investigation has been underway for months half. -- for a month and half. >> what people have done is beyond comprehension. people have been dumping the bodies in a remote part of the cemetery and have resold those plot. they were thrown in a fenced off area -- fenced-off area, not even underground. the sheriff says it will be hard to sift through everything at the cemetery. >> there are not going to be quick answers. we will be here for quite some time. we are not talking weeks. we are talking months. >> fisher says they may not be able to guarantee every family that their loved ones will be reburied intact. shepard: how did police find out about it? >> the owner of the cemetery came forward about five weeks ago to say that one of their employees blew the whistle on th

here's kristin fisher. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday's memorial service to michael jackson will go down as one of the most watched events ever, second to the inauguration of president obama. we did not see the same kind of overload like on the day he actually died in which sites like twitter completely crashed but the numbers are coming in and pretty staggering. look at cnn.com. they are reporting global web traffic was 19% above normal during the memorial service at times as high as 33%. this one reported 9.7 million video screens. antob@ put that in perspective, cnn's viewership record for a full day is 27 million video streams. that is three times as high and that was set in january on president obama's inauguration day. keep in mind these are only the numbers for one side. it will take several days to compile all numbers from websites around the world. so it is not looking like any records will be broken in terms of web traffic but it is a differenstory on facebook. michael jackson's facebook page had just 80,000 fans and

. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center with something fun for us to watch. >> you have got it. good morning, everybody. it is friday. so i have to start with a fun viral video. what you are about to see is a video posted on youtube. it wasn't created by amateur videographers like much of the content on that site. it is actually part of a global campaign campaign for a major company. see if you can guess what company this ad is for ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] ♪ all right. so we have roller skating babies. is it an add for diapers, roller skates, any guesses over there? >> i have seen it so i know. >> well, actually, guys, this is an ad for evian bottled water. why? their slogan is live young and the brand director said the company was trying to sell water drinkers a dream. it was created by a special effects team in london and if you look at this, they took real babies that could barely walk and put them in a green screen before they became the digital roller skating babies. did it work? is this an effective ad. i don't know if it makes me want to grab a bottle

we will get off to this healing process on the right foot. >> that is jeff fisher. thanks to pete gilbert. the funeral service is tomorrow at the university of southern mississippi. ozzie newsome, ray lewis, samari rom and ed reed will represent the ravens. derrick mason one of the classest athletes. well said last that in nashville. >> he really was. a baltimore county soccer coach is accused of trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. kerry after sncavanaugh is livee story. >> he was known as mr. chuck to the players but police say the 32-year-old volunteer soccer coach was a sexual predator. charles friedel is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and distribution and possession of obscene material all linked to overtures which police say he made to a 14-year-old girl by cell phone. charging documents say the girl told her parents we friedel sent naked pictures of himself and asked her to send the same. this happened while he was a coach volunteer for the greater baltimore soccer club. investigators say an undercover officer posing as the girl lured him

♪ i'm re at the web center with christian tin fisher for today's hero central report. are giving us an update, kristin. >> that's right. every morning on this show we like to highlight a local hero in our commune and this morning we have somebody very special to honor. his name is lee daust and he is a volunteer at the school if in fairfax county and the school serves tunes with deveer disabilities. his grandson used to be a student there. he since moved away but lee never stopped volunteering at the school. he spent thousands of hours and building equipment and doing maintenance work for the school. look at this picture. it is a shot of one of the things he has built for the school. it is a stand for a candy capped seat so the child can be easily moved around the room and employees say he works tirelessly and without fanfare to advance and improve the life of our students. a hero indeed. now, this hero nomination came from carolyn, a physical therapist at the key center school. but if you would like to nominate a hero for an upcoming hero central segment, i would love

i'm kristin fisher with what's hot on the web. without a doubt the top story on the web is the news that north crease korea's leader has cancer. andrea has told you about that story this morning but on the web it is one of the top trending topics on twitter and the number one story on most news websites around the world. here's the story on the bbc's website. laght now this is the most pud poanr most e-mailed story on this site. north korean leader jim i don't know ill has life-threatening pan key yakic cancer. it is being confirmed by ytn. they say they got the information from intelligence officials with the south korean and chinese governments but at this time no anconfirmation fro either country. now, this news comes one week after a massive cyberas acwak launched on government websites for both the u.s. and south korea. i apologize about this site. the text seems to have gotten a little scrambled. right off the bat people blamed the north korean government for the cyberattacks. over thewe ekwanew evidence emerged strengthenin

police say at about 6:30 is when a woman was shot outside a home along the 7700 block of fisher drive. neighbors heard at sounded like a pop and saw the woman who was shot and then immediately called 911. police say the possible gunman ran into a home not too far away if there on lisle avenue. neighbors say they watched as the scene unfolded right before their eyes. tons of police presence an s.w.a.t. team members flooded this neighborhood and have been trying to make contact all night long. police negotiators, we understand, have been trying to reach, make phone calls and it has been described to us by one law enforcement official that someone is picking up the phone but continues to hang it up. at this point, they are still watching this house, trying to get in contact with this man. we will, of course, have more details for you as they become available. steve? >> all right. we'll see you again in just a little bit. gurvir? >>> sheriff's deputies down in florida have arrested the seven people they think are responsible for the murders of a couple known for adopting disabled children

until noon. >> kristin fisher has an update here on hero central. good morning to you. >> good morning, andrea. as you know we are a few weeks away from the start of a new school year and that means the tuition deadlines are coming up quick. a nightmare for so many family and especially in this economy. families are having a hard mefuu dsto rom omfrfort washington, maryland. last week she send me an e-mail saying she needs a hero. r accepted toaccepted to enstunsoevsiivn in er orbaimlte and in a falci idimin some financial aid but fl he a running out idi' qum quoting fomeisr innng out meoualt iout of ideas of what to do. meanwhile my son is looking at me each day with an eck presentation on his face like what am i going to do? if you have any advice or suggestions, let me know. that is from chery fort washington, maryland. that's what we will do. hi tougris morning i with a meg called the called the school counseling group incorporated. reth aseeybare he d d inc enbe esfalimi since 1979. get this, cheryl's question is, towaway to secure byy by thurs

anna fisher to our studios yesterday. district residents could face a number of tax hike an their husbands lay off forces one stay at home mom to take control of her financial future. we'll be right back. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one that has bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. activia light. ♪ activiaaa! how about a swim? i'm a little irregular today. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? summer is no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ activia get gold bond pain relieving foot cream. maximum strength medicine stops pain fast. gold bond pain relieving foot cream. finally fast relief for painful feet. >>> when the economy tank and your his land band loses his job what is a stay at home mom going to do? the case of one woman you launch your own business. >> reporter: san ya bunch a mother of two prepares a cup of joe a

numbers were staggering, nearly 5,000 onhand to say goodbye, including brett favre, jay cutler, jeff fisher and vince young there. among the many that spoke, former teammate, baltimore's ray lewis. >> built of wheels, heart and sacrifice and dedication. this is what this man left his four teams. every time you guys walk out, hold your heads high. >> mcnair will be buried in mississippi. >>> on to baseball. you would think you would need 60 losses before the all-star break. there's only so many ways to say the bullpen blew it. last night, the bullpen blew it. mike mcdougal, walked a batter, threw a wild pitch, walked another batter. apparently, manny acta is out of work. >> blew another one. our bullpen let us down again. overall, i feel good. we battled back. up until the end, it's just here and there they are gonna fell again. >> same two teams tonight. craig has a chance to save that. 1-4 record. the astros countering with mike hampton at 5-5. first pitch, 7:05. >>> stage 8 of the tour defrance. lance armstrong, unable to make any time today. he's eight seconds back. renaldo of italy, ahe

. >>> we say good morning to kristin fisher. she's the web center talking about what is hot on the web this morning. good morning. >> reporter: one of the big stories on the web is the video taken allegedly by the taliban of a kidnapped u.s. soldier in afghanistan. the taliban allegedly posted that video on-line. they posted it yesterday and since then it has generated just an outpouring of support on all of the social networking sites, especially facebook. andrea has already showed you a clip of the video this morning. here it is, right here. if you do a youtube search for that video this is what will up. keep inmind, this was posted just yesterday. in 24 hours i want to show you guys how many times this has been viewed. there's not just one clip. there are several clips. here's 12,000 views. 18,000 views. 21,000 views. 23,000 views. i goes on and on. there are 1,050 results if they are video. you can see the numbs are really starting to add up. the reason i bring this up, people are fond responding to this on facebook and twit

. >>> i'm here with kristin fisher with more hero central news. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. we have a new feature on the hero central home page to let people who want to be a hero connect wi co y. in unmm their community. ed you oine starrellte have tosam 9.wuco goto wusa9.c button 0 our main page. this is what will hero e hero see zoom in llwizoom in you n testteziara r p codeto a e p of the itnear you. 01ad20, 6. type it in and that is atwh20 will pop up the do good channel and it is wusacom partnering opartner "usa today" and what it does is it connects people with causes and the various ways they cakemamake a difference in their community. when i apopped in that zip lis came up and it shows you the charities closest to you and the ways you can most easily get lvvoededin your community. if you are interested in to doing that, a new feature on wusa9.com and you have you have an idea for an upcoming hero central story, e-mail me at u.s. wusa. i want to share one more site with you th moisrning. here it is right here. you can find this on our technologyse ctn.