there was tension between fletcher and weber. >> was fletcher let go? >> no, i don't believe so. he was too well-known and well-thought-of. i can't remember why he left. >> you're watching american history tv where every week we bring you eyewitness accounts of the people and events that have shaped our nation. saturdays at 8:00 a.m., sundays at 3:00 p.m. and mondays at 4:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> the single largest and most impressive civil war monument in washington to a military officer is the statue to general grant. even though he was president of the united states, it's really his service as the commanding general of the union army that made him famous. it's a very unusual statue. it faces down the mall from the lincoln memorial, and it's right at the base of the capitol. it's actually several statues together, and it was constructed over time. it was constructed and designed by a man named henry schraddy who was not a professional artist. he was a wealthy man that went into art and literally gave his life to making this statue which took decades to do and it was bui

i asked about art fletcher's role. the more, of course, we spread affirmative action, the more art was major expoexpostor of our policy. he was the face of the policy. interesting enough, arnie weber, who was george's protege from business school at chicago, was someone i tended to clash with constant constantly, was strongly opposed to the affirmative action goals and timetables. he adopted views which i think now were correct. but it was a bit chaotic because arnie at one point -- oh, no. first, art fletcher went to chicago and gave a speech strongly in favor of our affirmative action policies sometime in '70. arnie followed with a speech critical of the policy, and i was to appear the next week at a gathering in chicago. the chicago papers were focused on the difference between these two assistant secretaries. so i called george. i said, george, i need guidance. what am i to say? i explained what the two had said and what the papers were treating it like in chicago. george said, larry, weave them together, which was

fletcher will be getting his 15th nfl season this fall.rns 37 next month. >>> last night, game one between the caps and bruins. the capitals mustered 17 shots on goal and this miss by marcus johansson led to a perfect counterattack. chris kelly gets the slapper to end the game 1-0. but while the bruins were celebrating their win, look what the caps players were doing? congratulating their own goal keeper because braydon was sensational last night, stopping 29 shots and keeping the caps in this game. >> we had our scoring chances. in the second period, they got a lot of shots because we took too many personalities. they're going to fire a lot of pucks at the net and we had our chances and you know, they came down on the winning goal and it was a perfect goal inside the post. >> the last time the nationals hosted a game and stole possession of first place was way back in 2005. they will do that again tonight as they sit at 5 and 2. it's early, but it's still a kudos for this team. the nationals held their home opener and as they have done, t

. >>> there's more to come in our show hike london fletcher who will be -- like london fletcher who will be staying with wash -- washington and your redskins.  >>> we've got some good news. redskins linebacker london fletcher fume l resewned with the team for two years and -- finally resigned with the team for two years. he tweeted the news redskins fans your captain is back. the support i received from the fans doesn't go unnoticed. this was the move everyone was hoping for. fletcher came to town before the 2007 season and has since been the team's iron man playing in all 80 games since putting on the burgundy and gold uniform. as a matter of fact, he hasn't missed a game since 2001. fletcher led the nfl in tackles with 166 last season. he will begin his 15th nfl season this fall. he turns 37 next month. >>> the redskins also signed safety kinnard jackson. he spent the previous five nfl seasons with the tampa bay bucks. the caps and bruins is tomorrow at 3:00. that's all for sports. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. i can get a sma

he made them join fletcher in the cause. we're one week from the nfl draft.announcing their slick, fletcher has a pretty good idea what his team plans to do with the second overall pick. >> and this is -- [ indiscernible ] >> and that is the big question. i guess the colds -- colts are going to take a look and look at rg3. i like -- . >> and finally, the nationals are at home, still at home and to start the three-game set against the marlins. >>> now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. thank you for joining us tonight. keep it here. tmz on tv is next. and stick around. we'll so you tonight for fox 5 news at 10 and the news edge at 11. [ male announcer ] this was how my d day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪

just moments ago london fletcher tweeted this statement. redskins fans, your captain is back. hail to the redskins. fletcher hasn't missed a game since coming into the league. he's started every game since 2001. this summer fletch organized several players only practices for the redskins during the lockout and despite being 36 years old fletcher led the league in tackles last season. welcome back. >>> the skins today added another body to the defense signing denard jackson. >>> thank goodness for the bruins held scoreless in regulation thanks to hopi and they blocked 22 shots, but the bruins' defense was better. the capitals mustered only 17 shots on goal. you won't score or win that way. what last night's performance does tell success this caps squad is confident hopi is the right guy for the job, good news heading into game two. >> the 3rd period, they never knew what happened. i think that was great thing. we could have had a couple goals, pretty close. we've got to be -- could do more of that. >> wen this is a huge game and -- we know this is a huge game and i've game for

coming up london fletcher gives two thumbs up to his soon to be quarterback rg3. [ female announcer ]h xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> last week london fletcher resigned with the redskins. today he was back out in the community, something he does often. fletcher teamed up with d.c.- base home repair group rebuilding together to renovate the samaritan ministry of greater washington. teammates fletcher has a pretty good idea what his team plans to do with the second overall pick. >> try to see who is going to pick no. 2. that is the big question. i guess the colts have said they're going to take luck and we're going too take rg3. -- to take rg3. i like his upside. >>> caps, bruins, tomorrow, back in verizon center sunday, bot

. >> what role did arthur fletcher, assistant secretary, play? >> that's a fair question. i gave the philadelphia plan rationale to art fletcher, who was the assistant secretary for the office of federal contract compliance. art was an african-american, lieutenant-governor candidate as i recall in kansas, republican, but very interested in doing all that he could to enhance the republican party's image in civil rights, particularly in light of the southern strategy in the '68 election. i think that was part of my thinking, too. and when we came up with the idea or i came up with the idea of the philadelphia plan, art thought it was from heaven. he jumped a little too quickly because i had urged him to first have a hearing finding discrimination in philadelphia. i think he anounsd tnnounced th and had the hearing afterwards, which was a bit dicey, but we got by. >> finding discrimination was important, was not it, to the rationale you provided bill rehnquist? wasn't that important for making the legal case? that you already found discrimination? >> yes, yes. but it was a li

joining them will be their captain, london fletcher.skins officially announced fletcher's signing in a move to kind of help with the salary cap issue they had to deal with before free agency. fletcher's contract is five years and he gets paid the most in his first two years. >>> the wnba draft held today, the mystic selected natalie novosell from notre dame with the eighth pick and used their 10th pick. angela barrett will stay in d.c. taken 26th and lynette kaiser will head to the tulsa shock. >>> now for our high school game of the week poll, games in boys lacrosse, softball and boys and girls soccer. go to our website to vote on thursday. >>> i'm starting to hear the cheers of caps and as you can imagine, in about a half hour, this place will be rocking. we will have full highlights and postgame coverage for you coming up tonight at 11:00. i'm kristen berset live at the verizon center. back to you guys in the studio. >> she can hear herself now, might not be so easy later. >> a little shellshock going from the hot outside to the cold

fletcher came to town before the 2007 season.ayed in all 80 games since he first put on that uniform. his deal is for two years. fletcher will turn 37 this year. >>> and just a head's up, join us for our draft day 2012. the quarterback count down special. it airs on april 26 at 6:30. we'll be live in new york. redskins park and at fedex field to preview the draft. the quarterback, you know who they are by now. and andrew and robert griffin iii. >> they are in an intermission before the second overtime period. so it's 1-1. >> it's still intermission. so the caps couldn't score in game one and that's the big reason why they ended up losing in overtime. they did score. the bruins tied it up in overtime, nothing happened. now we're in the intermission before the second overtime. nothing like keeping you on the edge of your seat. >> an update at 10:00. >> we can tell you what the future looks like for the capitals. game four will also be here at the verison center. that is on thursday night. game five, if necessary, will be back in bo

fletcher also the ceremonial ribbon cutter.es need some sharper scissors. >> he does. >> look at that. london finally getting it cut. afterwards of course he was talking about being happy to be back with the burgundy and gold. >> i'm very excited to continue my relationship with the washington redskins was important to me, important to the organization. so i look forward to the season and i'm thrilled to be returning to the redskins. i definitely did not take for granted the fans, the fan support that i received. you know, the twitter response i got. i guess it was -- i was trending in d.c. i think i may even have went global. so that was pretty huge. to be appreciated by the fans is something i don't take for granted. >> trending on twitter. how far we have come. every athlete is on twitter and they know all about it. >> what is going global? >> you can trend nationally or worldwide or just locally. so he might have been trending -- >> worldwide? >> i think nationally. i don't think globally. we're glad you're back, big fellow

the skins have not confirmed this deal but fletcher tweeted about an hour ago., your captain is back. hail to the redskins. the team begins their off-season program on monday. good news. the ability to re-sign fletcher was a big priority for the redskins this off-season. a locker room leader and fan favorite. among the burgundy and gold faithful fletcher who turns 37 next month has spent the last five seasons with the redskins. he has played in 224 consecutive games over 14 years and led the nfl in tackles last season. now also the redskins signed former buccaneers safety jackson today. jackson is a silver spring native. in hockey in last night's stanley cup playoff series opener against the bruins the caps' young goalie braden holtby was lights out. on the other end the capitals were out shot, 30-17. last time i checked you kind of have to shoot to score. >> that works. >> increases your chances. holtby making his first playoff start in the net. it was impressive. 29 saves through three periods including 17 in a very tough second period. only problem though, ti

nathan fletcher is joining us now. mr.embly? by that i mean, have you changed? has the party changed? what's gone wrong here? >> i feel in so many ways that what you see in today's political world is just that, it's an environment that's not fixated to solving problems, it's to the clip just played, it's how do you preserve them to campaign on them? our politics has evolved to a point where i feel like it's just a game. this isn't a game. if you're a small business owner who lost your business or your job, it's not a game. i'm trying to send a message to san diego voters that if i'm selected mayor, i'll take your ideas, but our focus will always be how do we solve a problem and move into the future? i think we need more of that. >> did you misjudge where the party was in 2008 when you ran, or has there been a sea change in just the last four years from your perspective as to what the republican party, at least in san diego, represents? >> there's always been issues i agreed on, particularly more on fiscal issues and some i

i want to thank both of you, jeannine fletcher and donna bethell, thank you. howard kurtz is "newsweek's" washington bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." let's start with something that kicked that you have week, the outreach of the campaigns to hispanics. we talked about it a bit on last night's program. but this is also playing out, lauren, online, right? >> it is, latinos for obama has relaunched its site. it began in 2007 and got a big makeover. that now have a new twitter handle "latinos for obama" and they've done several things. you can textunidos" to your phone and get updates. you can sign in with an e-mail and get updates on your e-mail. then there are two other areas, you can find out where parties and events are in your hometown. so that would be.... >> brown: very local and specific. >> and they have a lot of chapters having house parties launching this new initiative. >> brown: both campaigns have this but this is an example of targeting a group. >> brown: the romney campaign hasn't been doing as much online. a romney campaign offic

the latest on fletcher's return. plus nashville's game keeps getting longer and longer, but it was another thriller nats park. sports is next. >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> it took an uncomfortably long time, but in the end it was worth the wait. fletcher is back. flesh tweeted the big news earlier -- fletch tweeted the big news earlier. he is the glue that holds the defense together. at age 36, he led the league in tackles last season. not only have fans been clammering for him to resign, so have his teammates. some of them took to twitter tonight to express their excitement. fletch, just saw your tweet. the defense is officially complete now. hails to the redskin. and then gomes tweeted glad the best line backer in the league is still rocking burgundy and gold. nationals can't seem to get away from long games. they went 10 innings yesterday. tonight longer. 4 hours and 4 minutes to be exact. game two against the reds. another great pitching dual tonight. nationals down 1 in the 8

james fletcher has more. >> the san mateo bridge.ks a little hazy in the shot and if the camera was tilted up, you would see blue sky. all around the bay this morning. here is what

london fletcher says, hello washington. and take a look at the nationals. can they do it again?me was back and forth. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer, moving you forward. >> for the second straight day the nationals and reds went extra innings. once again, a storybook ending. a royal was untouchable for seven innings. he was replaced and all of a sudden it was 1-0 reds. the pinch hitter, first pitch up, it is deep, off the glove at the fence. it is a tie game. let's go to the bottom of the 13th. bases loaded for jayson werth. he singles up the middle. espinoza comes home with the game-winner. 2-1 the final. the nats are 6-2 to start the season. let's go to toronto. the orioles and the blue jays. seven home runs in this game. deep left field, turned out the lights. the orioles beat toronto 7-5. the big news out of redskins park is that london fletcher has come to terms on a new contract with the redskins. london made the announcement on his twitter account saying the capt. is back. that is great news for washington. another edition of the wiz

and yet it is losing some of its bricest esst brightest stars l nathan fletcher. that leaves the republican party in california in doubt. >> the open primary was to make both parties more moderate yet that's not what's happening. >> you're right, michelle. this is, i think, a concern among moderates and those who hope to see the republican party rebounce. the california -- the republican primary in june will only be open to republican registered voters. not to independent voters, unlike the democratic primary. that maieans the more conservate factions of the party will be running for president. ron paul, might have a chance to pick up delegates that could go to romney. the whole profile of the republican party and activist base is more and more conservative in california. >> david? >> carla you said were you at the jelly belly factory with santorum earlier. he was there, and he was certainly counting his conservative bona fides when he was there. is that really resonating here in the golden state? do republicans here think that he is the conservative messiah or ar

assemblyman fletcher made the risky choice of leaving the republican party.ision to voters. >> in today's political environment you're expected to play the game. i've been told by many in the republican party i'm not very good at this, and there's a reason. i could care less about playing games. because i don't believe this is a game. and that's why today i'm leaving partisan politics. i'm leaving an environment that thrives on playing the game. i'm leaving behind a system that is completely dysfunctional. i'm embracing in independence. >> joining me now is california assemblyman nathan fletcher, candidate for mayor of san diego. okay, the first thing a republican is going to e-mail or tweet me is saying, well he's just leaving because he can't win a republican primary, he can't get the support of republicans. what say you? >> well i could have won this race as a republican. i don't think i could govern as one. our environment today right to that point has evolved to one where the party insiders that control so much of the process would rather preserve a prob

joshua fletcher. a rifle gun valued at $22, which i promise to take in the service of the provisional government of texas and return the same upon my return from the army of the people in the government foresaid. that is a really poetic receipt for a gun. it was signed by george b. wilson. what made it bona fide was it was signed by william p. harris, one of the representatives from harrisburg after whom harris county is named, which established that as an obligation that they would make that good just in case that rifle wasn't given back. now, the provisional government needed to raise real money. so they had three commissioners -- stephen f. austin, william h. wharton, and branch t. archer, to a fund-raising mission to new orleans. they left the day after christmas of 1835, arrived there in january of 1836. and they had a meeting at the city hotel, which was in the french quarter because new orleans was the largest fund-raising center for the south. and at this meeting it was chaired by a man named

joining us is is augusta tas thomas and bill fletcher. welcome both. miss thomas, are you extraordinary. let me share with our viewers, if we can get aoo >>n pmb. ha rt lheki j d. >>e s emearscol ani wasn jiohigh. itas the david t. howard elementary and junior high school. >> you've been fighting for civil rights laws for years. >> for years. >> what are your objections to these voter i.d. laws? how do you see this as an attempt to stop people from registering? >> i see it being an attack on the poor, the elderly, the veterans, the seniors, the students. all of these folks cannot get voter i.d. c bblto te remb t deatad count an d etr yo coteth rht or wrong, you still couldn't vote. >> that was an extra test. >> yes, it was like a poll tax. >> poll tax. >> i remember they would pull a straw out of a broom and tell you -- ask you how many straws did you have. whether it was right or wrong, they still said you couldn't vote. i remember they used to tell us read a portion of the constitution. .f you read it perfectly, eror y cn've. soe'oto bck tohi i mn,e'

this just in -- fletcher and the skins have come to an agreement.ack on the roster. >> movie stars brad pitt in angelina jolie are now engaged. they have been the gather since 2005. they have six kids together. deasy the engagement is a promise for the future. jolie is sporting a ring that took one year to design. the couple and their children are reportedly very happy. >> you never want to rush these things. [laughter] >> sunshine this weekend. low 80's sunday. maybe a few showers on tuesday. then we will turn cooler and drier. we need rain. bauble of more on that coming up tonight at 11:00. -- bob will have more of that coming up tonight.

let's head over to the weather center james fletcher. jazz them of the faults of the office around 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.. this afternoon, sunny and breezy of. a touch cooler than yesterday. temperatures right now are 50 in san francisco, warming as you head to the east bay. tsk here is how temperatures should settle. we're looking for lower this upper 70's. the warmest ever does in the east bay are near antioch. they-upper seventies for a lot of hours 680 communities are this a high valley. for oakland should come in at about 70 degrees. that is the weather for today. we will take a longer look at the weather in our next update. >>darya: there are no major traffic delays reported during the closure of the gold and the curious fact if only half as many >>mark: the fifth, the federal coffers as the economies in before and after. >>charles: i am vending on a hill and staff of the deal south of old doyle drive. roadway now looks like the scent of a disaster movie. take a look behind v. for this is. >> marshals treated as a block away. here's

let's get an update on what is happening with james fletcher siri >>james: you can see the green and yellow indicating light-moderate rain. it is falling right now in the east bay. the rain is slowly moving off into the oakland and east bay hills. light rain north on 101 to, otherwise we're doing pretty good as these shares continue to push off to the east. throughout the remainder of the day, hit or miss showers. by noon is patchy but still there. by the evening commute, east bay showers with modern stuff near antioch. >> our team coverage continues with yoli aceves. she has been watching the rain moving in along a 80 in oakland. >> it has turned from light rain to moderate rain. piquancy out what the road is. it is pretty slick. >> we have not yet attract any hot spots. we did just it word of an accident on 580 and macarthur boulevard. highway 92 looks good and the golden gate bridge ride 101 south on still looks great coming in from marin county. >>mark: a fatal crash killed a father and his young daughter on a concord sidewalk. there were killed on saturday and hit the two as the

martin fletcher, nbc news. >> official prosecutors the state department tell nbc they are sympatheticituation but they are following the law. >>> now at 6:00, the "discovery" makes a dramatic appearance in the skies over washington. >>> space shuttle "discovery" lifted off from the kennedy space center for the final time today. riding on the back of a jumbo jet. >> people across our area got a once in a lifetime sky show as the shuttle circled our region. >> sharp flight ended with a smooth landing. picture perfect moment at dulles airport. it was one thing everybody was talking about today. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> doreen gentzler. what everyone is asking. did you see it? erika was there for the action and joins us from dulles airport. hey, erika. >> reporter: hi, doreen. well, take a look behind me. of course i saw it. i got the best view. i don't think you could get a better looking shot than the one that is

fletcher lambert williams. >> he estimated the ship was going 27 miles -- 27 knots just based on the rotations of the propellers that he could hear. >> of the night of the 15th, taborites "an impact woke me up there "he went on date -- he went on deck. >> i walked over and saw nothing peculiar except crushed ice under my feet. i went to my cabin and told my wife we struck an iceberg and went to williams' cabin. these -- i told him we struck an iceberg. >> clearly unfazed and content of the titanic was unsinkable, taylor and his wife only got into a lifeboat when ordered to. half a mile out, it hit him. >> this prevailed. a real tragedy. 1500 or more people were plunged into the ocean, all calling for help. >> taylor lived with that date for the rest of his life. >> it was said that he never recovered. it was the horror of what he experienced. >> at the time of the titanic disaster, elmer carol -- elmer taylor with a seasoned traveler. he had already crossed the atlantic 60 times. carroll and his wife -- elmer and his wife survived. the business partner did not. >> now, your first ale

. >> well said.(.ecl) don fletcher helping out in the community. he was rebuilding together. they construct homes for families in organizations in need. the soon to be 37-year-old glad to be helping out and says he is glad to be a redskin again. >> i'm very excited, you know, to continue my relationship with the washington redskins was important to me, important to the organization. so i look forward to the season. i'm thrilled to be returning to the redskins. >> all right, alex ovechkin, not a factor last night and that was almost lost in the glow of victory. the captain playing just two minutes in the third period. dale hunter opting to go defensive in that time. it was a move prompted by the coast to help his team hang on. he didn't steam be on his game. he looked sluggish. today, everybody deflecting, including ovie. >> sometimes you know, you have to -- some get shortchanged a bit, but they do whatever it takes to win a game. >> finally, over 13,000 of you voted for this week's high school game of the week. boys lacrosse. fairfax at thomas jefferson. full highlights at 1

nathan fletcher joins me now. hi, nathan. thanks for being with me.e begin by saying have you gotten national attention lately because you have a story to tell. i want to know why republicans across the country should care about the san diego mayoral race. >> i think everyone should care about the race. i ran for office to solve problems, to try to get things done to make a difference and i think our partisan environment in this world evolved to one where folks would rather preserve a problem to campaign on it rather than solve it. i think in a lot of ways it is a reflection of both parties. i am running and sending a message to say we'll have a mayor who will be willing to really reach out and work with anyone if your idea is good and we can fix a problem and solve something, let's work together and get it done. >> you quit the republican party to become an independent because essentially your argument is there is no room for moderates in the party. what's your response to those that say this is sour grapes because you can't win as a republican in th

think i'm the top shot guy and i can go tell everybody what to, do listen to the guys like london fletcher on defense who have been in the league a long time and try to learn from them. >> the newest redskin will be introduced at 2 p.m. press conference saturday at fedex field and will coincide with the annual draft day party. >> you can bet skins fans are celebrating their newest edition. oh, are they doing that. now all they need is some official rg3 swag. at least that's what retailers are hoping. t-shirts are pumped out at a maryland factory as we speak and that's where we find bob barnard tonight. >> reporter: not bad, huh? the men in charge of shirt making are as excited as just about everybody else. >> we are screen printing the design and it's, of course, with rg3 on it. >> reporter: his name had barely left nfl commissioner roger goodell's lips when the first robert griffin, iii t- shirt started spinning around the silkscreen machine here at g and g outfitters in maryland. >> of course, it says the most interesting man in town and i think the people in washington conceive him now

having fletcher back in the pole will lighten the mood. welcoming a few new faces in pierre garcon, josh morgan, williams. here's the redskins offseason schedule. ota's begin saturday and run through the first week in june. it will hold its mini-camp june 11-14. college lacrosse's greatest rivalry in baltimore tonight facing john hopkins. owen fly with the story in the fourth request. bligh scores bliffing the terps -- give the terps a lead. terps win 9-6. the 108th meeting between the two schools. >>> finally tonight, red sox hosting the braves. kelly on first. he goes into second with his first career stolen base, but it wasn't that graceful, as you can see. he had a little problem getting there. starting his flight about eight feet too soon. before the game, he had gone 464 games without attempting a stolen base, and now you know why. >> how about the mavs. >> how about them? looking good. michael morse, huge out of the lineup. they're getting it done. hopefully they can continue until morse gets back. >>> good baseball weather the next

joining us is is augusta tas thomas and bill fletcher. welcome both.extraordinary. let me share with our viewers, if we can get a shot of miss thomas on here. you are 90 years old. you went to the same school that will. >> in september. >> that martin luther king jr. did. >> he was in elementary school and i was in junior high. it was the david t. howard elementary and junior high school. >> you've been fighting for civil rights laws for years. >> for years. >> what are your objections to these voter i.d. laws? how do you see this as an attempt to stop people from registering? >> i see it being an attack on the poor, the elderly, the veterans, the seniors, the students. all of these folks cannot get voter i.d., these special i.d. registration cards they want them to get. we're going to have 5 million people not being able to vote. i remember the day beat had to count beans and whether you counted them right or wrong, you still couldn't vote. >> that was an extra test. >> yes, it was like a poll tax. >> poll tax. >> i remember they would pull a straw ou

having fletcher back in the fold will lighten the mood. the team will be welcoming new faces.ere's the skip skin's oafs schedule, otas begin next saturday the 21st, they'll run through the first week of june. the team will hold a mini camp june 11th through the 14th. d.c. united looking for their first road win facing the new england revolution, 82nd minute, tied at 1. pontious great move right here. he'll find the corner of the net and this will be the game winner. united wins a thriller, score 2- woob. capitals and bruins game two going on right now. they're going into double overtime. we do know one thing, game three will be at verizon center monday night at 7:30, hopefully when they go to verizon center, the caps will have a 1-1 tie in that series. they're going to go into double overtime. >> they're saying that the caps are the hunted this time not the hunted. >> what happened to the team that used to score four or five goals. a total transformation. >>> mild tonight, a slight chance of showers and warmer tomorrow. we're talking 80s. get ready. >>> thanks for watching. by

in 1789, fletcher christian led a mutiny. >>> muhammad ali refused to be inducted in the u.s. army, he was stripped of his heavyweight title. >>> in 1945, mussolini was executed, when defeat was certain, he tried to flee to switzerland, he was caught and shot trying to cross the border. >>> thanks for starting your morning with us, we have much more ahead on cnn saturday morning which starts right now. from cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. >>> ahead this hour, police say he murdered his wife and daughter, then tried to burn down his house, but that didn't work. now, a seattle swat team is staking out this underground bunker where police think the suspect is hiding out. >> this isn't a hole in the ground, this is a large built-up structure but hidden. took time to find it. >>> also ahead the future of our food, wait until you see how some americans are shaking up their eating habits in a big way. are you on the bandwagon yet? >>> on a mission for money, the newest frontier in mining one of the most precious and pricey metals on earth. >>> good morning everyone i'm rand

and bill fletcher, author of the upcoming book "they're bankrupting us" and 20 other minutes about unions, formerly education director for the afl-cio it's great to have you all here. i want to play a clip from the white house correspondents dinner. jimmy kimmel who i thought was okay. this one joke, to me was just a kind of perfect haiku about the obama era in a lot of different ways. >> remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> ouch. it's a very funny joke. it's a funny joke for a number of reasons. if you're explaining a joke that makes it less funny. it's funny because the notion of unity, the idea when you look at the approval ratings of the president in the period between essentially his election and inauguration day, they were 85%, 90%. it felt like a rare moment in a country that's extremely polarized along a lot of different dimensions. particularly among ideology and party, that there was a unifying celebration. the unifying part of it, we have seen how quickly that dissolved and the hope part of it, that this would be fun

well it appears redskins captain and fan favorite, london fletcher will be back in washington this seasono sides have report lead reached a deal, the terms of which have not been released. but the linebacker tweeted earlier tonight, redskins' fans your captain is back, hash tag, hail to the redskins. the ability to resign the 37-year-old was a big priority for the skins this off-season. the locker room leader has spent the last five seasons in washington. he has played in 224 consecutive games over 14 years. very durable. and he led the nfl in tackles last season. the redskins begin their off-season program, monday. the wizards taking their two-game win streak on the road visiting carmelo anthony and the knicks. second remaining in the first half. anthony misses. puts it back just as time expires. all of carmelo's 18 points came in the first half. wizards done 19 at the break. third quarter. crawford. alley-oop. and that looks good. look at baron davis. knew he couldn't stop it. goes down grinning. 2-12 in the game. later in the quarter. trapped, commits one of the wizards, 21 turnovers.