funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in. working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> the city where heroin is cheaper than food and help addicts and their families are struggling. -- and how attics and their families are struggling. this is the city of karachi, and hear some have resorted to selling family members to feed heroin addiction. the revolutionary history could be a friend. >> what happens? are they likely to organize an attack? >> and one of the great art critics of the 20th century remembered but one of the great historians. simon schama on his friend. >> he was an irreplaceable union of head and heart. he had a mind like a razor blade. >> hello. statistics about karachi are quite disturbing. it is one of the most densely po

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had his salary by $2,500 a month and ends up investigation the union accuses freeman and his wife of stealing more than a million dollars. their lavish lifestyle including $250 bottles of wine. he could face a 200 year prison sentence if convicted. the checks are in the mail and you could be getting a rebate of hundreds of dollars a from your insurance company. the cbs reporter brent checked and tracy shows us as part of a health care reform law the requires insurers to spend their profits on medical care or reimbursed customers. for a sprained ankle or sore back to issues he arrives? a topical of the counter cremer prescription pain medication? jews hot or cold. he relaxes the owners that fire pain signals to the brain: * them. and both improved blood flow to the area. the use leftover prescription pain medication that is an invitation for abuse. some experts say ice often hunt for 20 minutes allotted time for the first 48 hour is others recommend alternating nice keep distract users from billing the pain. back to the cabinet the questions to how does your broadside or alcohol what

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this is fry did i freeman. he rips a -- freddie freeman. he rips the liner right back at strasburg. the rain is starting to come down. ian desmond deep to left, his second home run, solo shot no. 19 this year. nats up 1-0, but back to strasburg who returned to pitch after a 51 minute rain delay. he went six innings, allowed one run, struck out 10. he dominated the braves in his fifth double digit strikeout game of the year. bottom 5, jesus flores had not homered since june 2nd against the braves. the catcher helps out his pitch we are run support, a three-run -- pitcher with run support, a three-run shot. strasburg earns his 15th win. he said he was determined to return after the rain delay. >> clearly we had an extra inning game the night before. so i wanted to go out and keep pitching. it was huge for us to get a win, but we got to do it again tomorrow. pitching in front of a sellout crowd. the electricity was in the air. kind of reminded me of my debut. >>> orioles in texas against the rangers, top of the 5th tied 1-1. josh hamilton on the run lays out but cannot make the catch.

you have morgan freeman in "dark knight" is another. or chief creative officer of pixar.e animation to philippines. >> bring up the case of harvey weinstein who held a big bash for the president this week. $36,000 a plate, i believe. harvey weinstein shoots, he has shot "scary movie 4", two or three locations were in canada. outsourcing. this is the man who organized the big bash for the president. >> that is right. it shows that obama's lack of understanding when it comes to businesses. companies outsource because they think they are going to get a better deal elsewhere, so he created economic climate where the companies felt they could produce them in the united states and get money's worth out of it, then it wouldn't an issue. it falls back on obama's policies and how he failed and he wants to point the finger to romney for something his donors are doing. >> i have morgan freeman on the screen at the moment. he regularly shoots on location in india, china and u.k. he is not a director or producer. he is an actor but gave $1 million to pro-obama pac. it was a pac he gav

. >> and in that first series, welcomed by freeman and. >> and he did not go untouched. >> no. >> and that redskins defense, and they welcomed him to the nfl and to fed ex field and look at london. he's got the right moves even on the dance floor and two plays later, don't forget about me and takes him down and runs out of luck. the skins defense with four sacks on the day and the celebrations as we mentioned, mid-season form. >> and that is looking good. the sixth-round pick and turning the corner and some heads and that is from that right tackle and gets there later and with that out from two yards out were, 14 carries, 107 yards and the home run. >> and he'll make the team because of that. >> i think so. >> the second quarter and bind williams, a 31-yard touchdown and that game tied seven-7 and 151 yards and more compieced error returned than anyone. >> and this is one of the best redskins and with that 14 -7, finishing 11 of 17 for 74 yards. >> and the crowd booing rex grossman. >> not cool. >> and he played so well. fromga virginia tech, 13 yards scored and skins rolling, 23-7 an

freeman donated $1 million to the political action committee supporting the president. mr. obama celebrated his 51st birthday today, playing some golf in the morning and then heading to camp david. ahead, michael phelps already had the most medals ever at the olympics. did he add to the total? that story is next. the quiet sneeze...o masr ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. ooh gas, take an antacid. oh, thanks. good luck. good luck to you. doesn't he know antacids won't help gas? oh, he knows. [ male annou

sphred de free man goes -- freddy freeman goes deep. they split the four-game series 7-0 your final. >> the next day is a new day. you know that sounds cliche, but you can always come back and work hard and not leave anything out there, you know what i mean? so for me that's coming in tomorrow and getting in my work and leaving no doubt to that day i did start that i didn't put everything in i could to get back what i want. >> you have to give tim credit. as you saw earlier in this newscast petaluma's little league allstar's magical season came to a close with a win over panama in williamsport. they know their summer is about to end, so why not have some fun. a rough day for panama's pitcher. cruz allows peretta to score. these names are becoming familiar. same at bat and he drills it off the wall. douglas with the low score. three of his eleven r.b.i and 7-2p-town. top of six and he gets edwin niazo to pop out. he makes the catch and petaluma wins it 12-4. they will remember this for the rest of their lives. there will be a parade sept

. >> but in pleasanton tea party member jim freeman told me the deferred action policy is unfair. >> i have inlaws who have waited through the legal process for years in the philippines. those are inlaws of mean and they are still waiting. >> freeman i says young people applying for legal status ought to have to get in line behind everybody else waiting all over the world. a spokes woman for immigration told me those people waiting in line outside of immigration offenses going to be out of luck. she says all applications have to be filled out and mailed in. bay area immigration offenses will not be accepting applications delivered in person. the census department broke down its estimate of how many people are eligible for the deferred action program. in the bay area it is a big number. more than 50,000. in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> three men suspected of stealing a million dollars from an armored car company offense in santa rosa last year were apparently planning a bigger heist. prosecutors say the three men were planning to steal an armored car. last week from th

sphred de free man goes -- freddy freeman goes deep. they split the four-game series 7-0 your final. >> the next day is a new day. you know that sounds cliche, but you can always come back and work hard and not leave anything out there, you know what i mean? so for me that's coming in tomorrow and getting in my work and leaving no doubt to that day i did start that i didn't put everything in i could to get back what i want. >> you have to give tim credit. as you saw earlier in this newscast petaluma's little league allstar's magical season came to a close with a win over panama in williamsport. they know their summer is about to end, so why not have some fun. a rough day for panama's pitcher. cruz allows peretta to score. these names are becoming familiar. same at bat and he drills it off the wall. douglas with the low score. three of his eleven r.b.i and 7-2p-town. top of six and he gets edwin niazo to pop out. he makes the catch and petaluma wins it 12-4. they will remember this for the rest of their lives.ll be a there will be a para

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? and now, bbc world news. >> we are overlooking the olympic park in london. coming up, britain gives more than $7 million in equipment to be syria rebels. >> it is important to help prepare for the day after president assad. this is a doomed regime. >> a stake in a vote is being held for ghanna's late for-- ghana's late president. open swimming is starting in london. the only world record so far has been set by the canyon. what makes the east african -- kenyan. what makes the east africans so dominant? >> hello and welcome to london live from the bbc. it is day 14 of the london olympic games. there earned just two games of competition left. the mint's open water sw