garrett atkins holding.evin kouzmanoff down to first base garrett atkins has it, good try as kevin millwood went over to cover the bag. throw in the dirt against him and we get the force out on ryan sweeney. >> mike: a good play by garrett atkins, he throws across the runner and he was not able to get enough on the throw. over there in time. fortunately this kid is in front. >> gary: that will keep the inning going with eric chavez's single and has grounded out. kevin millwood battling to give the baltimore orioles a chance and rbi ryan sweeney ground ball out and so far the big hit of the game tipple by cliff pennington with 2 down in the 4th inning. oakland a's 4-2 lead. 1-0 delivery in the dirt. matt wieters stops it. we were kidding last night with all the numbs being 42 of course. today is the anniversary of the first time numbs worn on the backs of any team in major league baseball, cleveland indians. it was supposed to be the yankees but their team got rained out. so cleveland ended up with the first

>> chris: major garrett, reporting from the white house, thanks for that. the screening policy for travellers flying to the u.s. inspired by the christmas day bombing attempt is on the way out. caroline shivley tell us what will replace it. >> reporter: the obama administration is making major changes in security screenings, for passengers, flying to the u.s. moving from a system based on your home country to one based on threats and that means the u.s. gets a tip it should be on the lookout for a terrorist fitting a certain description or background. and, then any u.s. bound flyer fitting the profile gets extra pat downs and checks before being allowed on the plan and the head of homeland security says this is a better system. >> it is a more information based way to screen and stronger way to determine whether passengers should go through second terry examination, and not just primary examination. >> reporter: for example, if the system was in place before the attempted christmas day underwear bombing, u.s. officials passed on information they were search

. >>> covering the bases with garrett atkins. thought baseball might be something he could enjoy as a career. look at him with the blond hair. he played in high school, university high school in university. we're pleased to be joined by his high school baseball coach who was at the early stage of a player's career gets to see a guy develop. we appreciate you joining us. tell us about an established major leaguer. you knew him before anybody knew him. >> i knew him when he was a freshman in high school almost 13, 14 years old. he was a two sport athlete. he was a basketball player player and also baseball player. a lot of people don't know he was an honor student. he was a scholar athlete for the city and outstanding player obviously and a great hitter. >> jim: when you have a player attracting scouts and as we heard from garrett scouts started coming out. he was drafted out of your dram by the mets. he decided to go to ucla. how much was that his and his family's decision? how much were you involved in that? >> i believe his moth

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garrett county, watch out, by 5:00 you could see a shower. your temperatures are holding in the 40s. how about the maryland commute? >> reporter: that's right, maryland. all eyes are on your roads right now. at clopper, very nice and quiet. georgia avenue and the east west highway, same situation. finally, all aboard, we're flying over 50 headed westbound with a nice, green, clean commute. drivers are moving early. in 90 seconds, 9news now will be right back with more traffic, weather and news. stay with us. >>> it is coming up on 6:11. we're starting a new series right now on 9news now. jessica doyle is here and millions of americans are out of work, so when's the big step to getting hired? >> here's the concept. hire yourself. be your own boss. obviously very attractive to many workers. right now it is extremely attractive for people looking for a job. consider this, franchising 101. ever have this thought? >> i'd like to do something for myself some day. >> tony has this advice. >> reporter: look into franchising in general because even th

garrett atkins. he'll bat seventh. say czar as toreis ninth.ou know, felix pie i said a couple of times already, he is my surprise player for the american league this year. he has so much talent. and is really coming on strong working with terry crowley on his wing. he possesses power we haven't seen yet. his ability to get on base is going to be better because even when he chops the ball he seems to get out of the batter's box very hit. he is going to get a lot of base hits in the infield alone. as long as that batting average is high, we can use him up in the order and we just now it have to worry about whether he will be accomplished enough to steal a lot of bases. >> we mentioned the orioles over the weekend against the blue jays struggled with the bats. tonight the orioles get back a key bat that was not available in yesterday's game. let's head back to the masn booth. >> with a 1-5 record, there haven't been a whole lot of offensive highlights for the orioles this year. but garrett atkins has been one of them. he is off to a very good sta

garrett atkins is number 5 on the list.arkakis gets the list, you too can keep your best with just for men mustache. we will be right back. stay tuned. . >>> go beyond the stadium, visit sarasota to plan your next vacation to beautiful sarasota. it is game two of the four game series. kevin millwood is learnly not -- certainly not new to the oakland a's. >> one thing you can say is kevin millwood is old faithful. he is very durable, there is no question about that. kevin millwood went 10 innings back in 1999. he wants to go deep in the game and he takes pride with it. last year with the texas rangers, he was just four shy reaching the high in his career and one thing is for sure, opposing managers have not been able to realize the value of kevin millwood and that's what garrett jar bob told me earlier. >> he gives his team a chance to win every night. we know he is an aggressive guy. our approach can't change day- to-day so we have to teach these guys one approach and have them battle it every night. >> eric chavez told me

a garrett county high school will be closed again today because american decontamination. health inspectors have to make sure the high-school and all of the school buses are free from mercury. a teacher apparel is also students passing the toxic metal around the classroom last wednesday. the school has been shut down since then. >> on this monday morning it is 5:35. uighur duncan stourton project could mean big delays of beltway drivers. -- a week-long construction project. >> a good samaritan help as dozens of people stood by, a video that has people outraged if in a moment. >> back up on the 14th street bridge because of an accident on the other side. these backups can stretch along way in no time. >> kids bring your child to work today. >> good morning, washington. >> that was a lot of fun. >> i was not here for that. i wish i had known. >> it was great with all the children, 47 of them. >> there were a lot of helper's, a lot of fun. remaster the kids up with the parents. let's find out what's going on. there's rain that could impact your commute. you can see heavy show

[applause] >> thank you, superintendents garrett. thank you also to gov. henry for making this dream a reality. we believe educating our children to the senselessness of violence and terrorism, and shoving first and the high price to be paid for those actions helped to shape a better future for all of us. this morning we are also joined by one of our oklahoma congressional leaders who is serving -- was serving as a lieutenant governor 15 years ago. she brings with her at a resolution from the u.s. congress. please welcome congresswoman mary phelan. [applause] >> good morning. secretary napolitano, gov. henry, mayor cornett, other distinguished guests, and it is my honor to have introduced a special resolution in the conference co-sponsored by our entire congressional delegation. it reads, resolution, remembering the victims of the attack of the federal building in oklahoma city, whereas on april 19, 1995 at 9:02 a.m. and terrorist that needed a truck bomb at the federal building in oklahoma city. whereas this is one of the worst attack to ever occur on u.s

gerri willis and major garrett.obless recovery, is it fair to say that or is it too early. >> even conservatives say it's too early to talk about jobless recovery but there are problems with the quantity. we had private sector job growth in march of -- march of 2010 but at christina romer said on "meet the press" yesterday, we don't see the gross domestic product driving huge gains in jobs. here's how she put it. >> most of the forecasts are we'll grow 3% real gdp in 2010. that's not enough to get a lot of job growth. we'll get positive growth, enough to bring the rate down a little bit. but you need faster than that to really make a dent. >> and as we saw last month, though there were private sector jobs created, unemployment remained the same because people said there was a chance to get a job and reentered the job market and couldn't find them so still having unemployment 9.5 or 6 for the remainder of the year. >> have we gotten numbers on the growth needed to facilitate bigger job growth? >> white house economis

>> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. thank you. get more on the goldman sachs charges from fox business network correspondent peter barnes. good evening, pete. >> reporter: when you buy a new dishwasher, tv or car, the government says the manufacturer must by law provide you with basic information about it. just look at toyota right now. it's in big trouble because the government says it failed to tell customers about problems with sticky gas pedals. the same thing with goldman sachs. the government says it broke the law when it sold investment products to two european banks since 2007. and that it did not tell them basic required information. the products were securities backed by billions in subprime mortgages. goldman did not tell the banks that a very savvy investment manager john paulson helped to create the securities and then turned around and made bets they would eventually blow up. which they did. it was financial car wreck. costing the banks more than a billion dollars. paulson's firm made about a billion. the government

yesterday righty garrett mock was named the starter in place of garrett olson who was sent down to aaapitching is not the biggest problem. that was clear yesterday afternoon in the final spring training game against the red sox. we're at nats park, d.c. mayor adrian fenty throwing the first pitch. looks good. didn't bounce it. nice job, mr. mayor. top of the first, no score. craig stamin facing youkilis with a man on. he leaves that up and over the plate. youkilis crushes this to left for a two-run homer. jim riggleman thinking, come on, man. come on. help me out here. red sox take a 2-0 lead like that. top of the sixth, 4-0 red sox. sean burnett on the hill. pudge rodriguez sets up outside. but the pitch is not outside, over the inside half of the plate. bill hall sends it down the right field line. mike lowell and jason varitek come around to score. boston on top 6-0. hall ends up with a two rbi triple. bottom of six, still 6-0 sox. ryan zimmerman up with runners on the corner against daisuke matsuzaka. zimmerman drives one to right, check out josh redick. simply glovely. desmond tag

center white house correspondent major garrett tells us how the president's plan was received. >> and unless your business model depends on bilking people, there is little to fear from the new rules. >> reporter: you have nothing to fear from the longer regulatory arm of washington, president obama told wall streeters who sat mostly stone faced inside cooper union college in lower manhattan. the pitch, megabanks deal squarely they won't feel pinch of the consumer protection agency, capital requirements or still to be defined powers to liquidate firms the government says need to close. with trillions at stake, mr. obama sounded soothing. >> this is a common sense, reasonable, non-ideological approach to target the root problems that led to the financial sector and economy. >> reporter: the street has some doubts as does mayor michael bloomberg who fears new regulation could cut wall street profit and siphon revenue from the coffers. the public is ambivalent, too. the latest fox news poll shows 39% support wall street overhaul and 39% oppose it. a quarter of those surveyed are unsure. i

here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> reporter: as americans confront tax day, somecongress are considering jacking up federal gasoline taxes by as much as 15 cents a gallon. this at a time when the national average for gallon of regular is $2.85, up 80 cents from a year ago. south carolina republican gram g lindsey graham is considering a gasoline tax and it would provide alternative energy sources. graham's idea which he insists is not a straight gasoline tax would add 15 cents to each gallon of gas. the goal: reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emission. the 15 cent fee would by a complicated formula fall as the pollution generated by industry and utilities also fell. he says it's better than the new regulation by the environmental protection agency or across-the-board taxes on carbon. opponents call it a raw deal for recession-battered consumers. >> the government action that raises the price. it's tax no matter what it's called. it will hurt consumers and that's the last thing we need in a struggling economy. people are struggling to make ends meet. >> reporte

garrett -- i'm sorry -- mr. garrett: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: mr. garrett from new jersey. the gentleman is recognized. mr. garrett: madam speaker, on september 11, 2001, almost 3,000 individuals were victims of the most devastating acts of terror in our nation's history. first responders and civilians, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, we acted towards impunity and the nation still mourns this tragic loss. i would like to specifically remember one of those victims and that is richard j. morgan. mr. morgan, or dick as he was known to his friends was many things to many people. he was an enduring husband to his wife patricia, a beloved father to his four children, a proud grandfather to his seven grandchildren and respected colleague to all that he worked with and cherished friend to those who were fortunate enough to have known him. dick graduated with a degree in civil engineering from manhattan college and m.b.a. from new york university and went on to serve in the national guard. then in

[applause] >> thank you, yougarrett, -- superintendent garrett.ly believe that educating our children with a sense of violence -- to show the sense of violence and terrorism -- helped to shape a better future for all of us. we're also joined by one of our oklahoma congressional leaders who was serving as -- she brings with her a resolution from the united states congress. please welcome congresswoman mary fallon. [applause] >> good morning. secretary napolitano, governor henry, and our other distinguished guests. it is my great honor to introduce a special resolution the united states congress co- sponsored by the entire congressional delegation, and it reads: resolution, remembering the victims of the attack of the federal building in oklahoma city, oklahoma on april 19, 1995, a terrorist detonated a truck bomb at the federal building in oklahoma city. this is one of the worst terrorist attacks to ever occur on the united states soil, taking the lives of 168 people and injuring more than 850 others, many of them united states government employees

>> chris: major garrett reporting live from prague. thank you for that. the signing of the new treaty follows the announcement earlier in week of a fundamental shift in u.s. policy on the use of nuclear weapons. so how is the president strengthen -- has the president strengthened the country or weakened it? we report, you decide. correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: president obama's pact with russia to reduce nuclear stock piles and the new limits he placed on the use of nuclear weapons, will he, argued in prague, make the world safer by reducing tensions and arms. >> nuclear weapons increasingly in an inner dependent world will make less and less sense. as the cornerstone of the security policy. >> reporter: already, however, senate critics see trouble in the president grand strategy. >> emphasizing for example we have a goal to have zero nuclear weapons in the world. that is just not likely to ever happen frankly. >> reporter: the president argued his abandonment of the bush-cheney plan to install missile defense systems in poland and czech republic

. >> major garrett is in the czech republic. what are the basics here? >> well good evening. it's just after 9:00 p.m. the russian president arrived a few moments ago and president obama due to leave the white house in about four hours. the treaty, 160 pages, the product of ten sets of negotiations between the united states and russia and nine phone conversation between the russian president and mr. obama. these are numbers compared to the last big nuclear arms treaty between the two countries in 1991. start. let's talk about those things that deliver nuclear warheads. intercontinent ballistic missiles and those delivered by bombers. the old number neighbor was 1600. that's cut to 700. on the all important number of warheads cutting from 2200 in 1991 down to 1,550. this will not happen immediately. the two nations have seven years to achieve the arms control reduction numbers. in the main, the numbers aren't exciting to advocates but what they say is they herald a better relationship between the united states and russia and that could do good for both countries. >> in what wa

also one thing he likes about garrett is when he goes into the cage, he will specifically work on one thing. then when he gets in the box he will put his own signature onto it. one thing atkins told me he likes about crow is they will repeat things over and over again. he lets you go on autopilot. of the key is that you don't have to think about it. then of course carat not thinking when you are at the plate is much easier said than done. >> gary: atkins had a great history of hitting with a .289 major league average lifetime and a .226 year last year. 0-2 deliver. >> rick: garza's pitch is going to miss outside. a 1 ball, two strike count. before the game i asked him about that shin where he took the shot. he said i feel fine. i can run. i can play with a day off yesterday. >> mike: very quiet in the batter's box. terry probably really likes his approach. >> gary: 1-2. garza. and he went around on it and garza struck the side out. he will finish it off with the assist. three strikeouts retires. did the caveman invent fire? ♪ sweet times knocking at my front door, what else could i as

. >> bob: garrett anderson was in the national league last year. he's now with the dodgers and off to a slow start at .192. he's always been around a .2 00 hitter. he had 15 years with anaheim. over 270 homers and nearly 500 doubles during that time. late reaction by the hitter. late reaction means the pitcher's got some late-moving stuff going. of course, the dodgers, other than maybe an inning or so in spring training, haven't seen this pitcher. that ball is out to left field for josh willingham. >> rob: he made him reach out and go for that. still a good sinker. he just smacked it in the outfield. >> bob: i'm not going to drop this stat on you because my superstitious partner would throw me out. >> rob: just say it. >> bob: the nats have been playing good defense no matter who's out there. zimmerman is not back in the lineup yet. >> >> rob: i think pudge has spread the spirit of defense throughout this ball club. >> bob: here's etheir on a fantastic start. he's become one of the premier players, not only in the national league, but in all of bas

scott garrett. and mr. speaker, if i could do so, at this time, i would like to yield my time to the chair with the understanding that you might yield to mr. garrett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy january 6, 2009, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for 42 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. . mr. garrett rhett: i thank the chair and i thank the gentleman from -- mr. gare et: i thank the -- mr. garrett: i thank the gentleman from california and the chair. this is something that members on both sides of the aisle agree something needs to be done we need to do so in a thoughtful manner where we do no more harm than good. president obama and other democrats claim republicans are doing the bidding of wall street banks and oppose all financial services reform. you hear that over and over again from commentators on tv and you've got to say you find it laughable on a number of different levels. first of all, it's the democrat's bills th

residential area at blackberry lane and garrett court that has that intersection closed. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> opening day 2003 we paid to see larry bigby, davy cruise and louis matos. >> there are bright stars shining on utah street. wieters, to jones, you name it, they've got them. linda sow has a preview of what's going on today. >> good morning, well lots is shining here at camden yards. >> this place is coming back to life. they have the lights on in the stadium. putting up the final touches on the board. they're painting that last strip. i gotta tell you, fans, of course, you'll get the classic opening day festivities, music, all the pregame ceremonies, but you'll see a lot of changes. one thing they've done outside the utah street gate here, they've given the numbers a new touch-up, new paint job, they're nice and shiny. inside you'll see lots of changes too. close to 18,000 seats on the lower level have been replaced. new seats have higher backs, cup holders, there's a new way to find your seat at the ballpark. they switched each row from letters to nu

megyn: major garrett. major, thank you. >>> right now republicans are trying to keep a controversial judge from a very powerful court position. they've already delayed his hearing a couple of times, but can they derail it entirely? we'll ask the man leading the charge. bms senator jess session -- jeff sessions is the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, he is poised to make news on this program in about ten minutes. >>> does this battle of a btle -- does this video of a battlefield incident tell the correct story of what our troops through and the decision they made? a closer look for you as we cue up the video and tee up a fair and balanced debate, right here. (announcer) the sinus triple threat. (announcer) not just sin headache... ahhhh! but pressure... and congesti. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for morcomplete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. megyn: a fox news alert. a lot of breaking news. we have big headlines coming out of

the front could bring a few sprinkles upper elevations, garrett county, even martinsburg. as we go to washington. the front is going to die out and nothing really coming in, except for a few clouds and return a lot more sunshine once we get that to move back out. and sunday late more into monday and tuesday. low temperatures tonight, around the beltway and just outside. temperatures generally mid to upper 40s to 50s. great low temperatures. maybe a bit cool, i can't quite call that chilly, though. tomorrow afternoon, some of our warmest readings out west, northern virginia, even up to montgomery county, prince georges county, and up to the bay. annapolis at 70 with that wind coming off the water. into the seven-day forecast, mid and upper 70s. right back up to possible 80s as we go next week. we strung together just one awesome, awesome week. but it is going to have an end by the time we get to next thursday. widespread showers moving in. it is such a fast moving storm, right as we go into next weekend, could be just as nice as this one. >> i tell you what, none of us are

in salisbury and up in hagerstown 52, just a little bit cooler as you go further points westward garrett county as you see and oakland. it's going to be a pretty easy start and no fog today, that is good news, just some clouds out there, partly cloudy skies, we will see more sunshine through the day and topping out today, probably right near about 70 degrees for the high. let's check in with candace dold to see what is happening on the roadways. she has the traffic edge, of course, that is always an issue. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we do want to show you what it look like. you can see the cars this morning, and here it is on 695 moving across the key bridge in excellent shape there. we're loving this ride in both directions and that nice and calm pace, continues on the beltway. right now the outer loop lanes from 95 up toward 83, just looking at an 11 minute clip, 54 miles per hour. note the volume is increasing from 83 up toward 795, but so far no complaints, 8 minutes, 54 miles per hour there. at 55 miles per hour with an 11-minute drive 795 all the way down toward 95. that's a lo

ranking member garrett and members for the committee. thank you again for the opportunity to testify on this committee. i testified before on one other occasion before this committee. and i look forward to talking about credit default swaps and government debt. i submitted my statement for the record so let me summarize some of the key points that i raised in that. i'll talk a little bit about the varied purposes and motivations for parties who utilize credit default swaps. i'll talk about the important information and signaling function they can provide. i'll briefly highlight the many industry efforts that are going on as it relates to credit default swaps but also derivatives generally in the areas of systemic risk. transparency. and infrastructure. and then i'll talk a little bit about manipulation focusing on the unique nature of these products and why that nature, in fact, provides significant protections against the ability to manipulate through credit default swaps. the classic use of a credit default swap is to hedge credit risk

[applause] >> thank you, yougarrett, -- superintendent garrett.ly believe that educating our children with a sense of violence -- to show the sense of violence and terrorism -- helped to shape a better future for all of us. we're also joined by one of our oklahoma congressional leaders who was serving as -- she brings with her a resolution from the united states congress. please welcome congresswoman mary fallon. [applause] >> good morning. secretary napolitano, governor henry, and our other distinguished guests. it is my great honor to introduce a special resolution the united states congress co- sponsored by the entire congressional delegation, and it reads: resolution, remembering the victims of the attack of the federal building in oklahoma city, oklahoma on april 19, 1995, a terrorist detonated a truck bomb at the federal building in oklahoma city. this is one of the worst terrorist attacks to ever occur on the united states soil, taking the lives of 168 people and injuring more than 850 others, many of them united states government employees

garrett is. >> thank you, mr. chairman. everyone agrees you want to shine back the debt she to the prior day whichever it agrees to be a good thing. but the economy was really big fan. since that time things have changed. you bust out of the shadow banking system that's really not there anymore, the huge multiplier effect that out there in the money supply, that's not there anymore for the leverage ratios we've had in the past, they're not there anymore. so with all that gone, which are really make an economy grow at a good pace, with those things gone now and if you do a good thing and go back to the smaller balance sheet, it won't that have negative impact or see the economy shrink because of that, or not shrink, but not go to the level we saw before and won't that play into your decision-making as far as how soon you want to shrink your balance sheet? and is there some sort of magic such are going to have to use enough force -- in that sense of setting a timeline for establishing your balance sheet shrinkage cracks the m

garrett is recognized for one and a half minutes. >> i thank the chairman. today we're going to be discussing the fed's exit strategy from unpress dend propping up of the economy due to financial crisisment bark on february 10th you were here and talked about one of the tools you now have and that's paying interest on reserves that held at the fed. i would think experts seem to tell me that trying to use this and other tools is going to be a real challenge for the fed in order just to get it all right and that's just not me saying it. renowned fed historian said for instance that he believes that the fed's antiinflationary exit strategy will fail. he asserts that the efforts to reduce inflation back during the 70s failed because as the chairman points out if you do it -- if it ends prematurely and if it ends prematurely because of public pressure press prur sh from the pub and congress and the administration and complain loudly because these things affect the employment rate or the unemployment rate. we're sort of in the same situation today with high, curre

. >> garrett will. pelfrey, he just gets a lot of base hits.gave un220 hits and only struck out 127. he should not have those type of stats. mock, last year, better on the road. let's go to beebee taylor before he takes the mound tonight. >> thank you very much garrett you are gearing up for your start for the season, what have you done to prepare? >> just, going over the hitters, they have a few new guys, i don't have much information on them. what i was doing in spring training, attacking guys, and work ahead, let the defense work for me. like that's the same thing i want to do. you know, i feel like i am ready to go. >> you had a good start for the spring, do you feel like you can build off of that. >> i had good games in spring, couple games that i wasn't happy with. i got stressed out. my last outings i got 100 pitches, mmm i am ready and i am going to be ready when the lights turn on. >> you spent time last season in the bullpen, do you feel good about the fact you are in the rotation? >> i feel like, you know the whole time, of course, b

i'll go with garrett atkins.he youngster on the mound is stuff, two games on the year and not lost. a lot of runs. look at the first seven versus last seven. 1-6 and is 5-1 in his last seven. look at the difference in the earned runs. this guy is tough to go against and is off to a big start. now, i will say both his starts have been against seattle so he has the staple lineup twice but didn't allow a run in either but this guy is a tough left- hander. >> rick: he is and he learned how to control that changeup. naturally, what keeps hitters off balance. he had a good fastball and good breaking ball. you see it right there but the thing that put his game together is being able to use that straight changeup and that has really helped him a lot. fastball late in the count, that's what all the left- handers do against the orioles. they use the awe-speed stuff early and hard stuff late in the zone and get people out. >> jim h: he was 11-11 last year as a rookie and so far 1-0 this year. orioles against the athletics.

lil 40 kozuira around garrett county tomorrow. gusting winds on the big, small craft advisory.re could be an early morning thunderstorm. to the three food choppers with winds gusting to 25 knots. the water temperatures in the 50 qazi 2 slowes 60's. -- in the 50's to low 60's. a cold front will arrive on monday, a weaker one, with just a few sprinkles. temperatures dropping into the low 60's. >> in tonight's consumer alert, about half of all americans will not pay dime of income tax this year. 47% of u.s. households will pay no income tax at all for 2009. that is up 38% from 2007. there are some in the credits for low and middle-income families -- so many credits for low and middle income families, they will not pay any tax either. if you have not filed your tax return it to my time is running out. the deadline is rapidly approaching and missing it could cost you some money. >> april 15 is just around the corner and if you have not filed your tax return yet, the irs has tips to make the process quicker and easier. file electronically using tax software or through free file irs -

listen to what robert gibbs had to say when major garrett raised the issue. >> is there anything the administration is doing to consider, calculate, pose, any way shape or form, measure implications of a value added tax? >> this is not something the president has proposed nor is it under consideration. >> neil: dead issue? >> do you think that means it's dead, congressman? congressman? >> neil, i don't think it means it's dead. i can hear you well. his top economic advisor paul volcker says in a speech that it's on the table. i guarantee you they're looking at it because there's no way they can pay for all this spending. they've got to -- you can only tax the rich, the so-called rich, making over $200,000 a year, so much. and of course they're going to add all that fica tax to the so called rich starting in 2013, 2014. not indexed for inflation. that's like the minimal tax, which was put in place 30 years ago to make sure that nine ultra rich people in the country paid some. >> neil: fair enough, so so you think. you're arguing that they might not be considering it immediately now, b

senior white house correspondent major garrett look at the two-tiered approach the administration is using to get more people in the tent. >> reporter: in meeting with congress or fundraising speeches, president obama calls for a new sheriff on wall street. >> we have a situation where people are allowed to take wild risks and all the downsides are socialized, even as the profits are privatized. then something is going to have to change. >> reporter: at the white house's behest, the democratic national committee cut the new tv ad. >> now republicans are working with wall street lobbyists to block reform. >> reporter: but even before there is a new sheriff, there is always a good cop, treasury secretary tim geithner and a bad cop, mr. obama. the president used his saturday radio address typically partisanship free environment to rhetorically rough up the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> the lead over the senate republicans and the chair of the republican senate campaign committee met with two dozen top wall street executives to talk about how to block progress on this issu

. >> think garrett is doing a great job. >> garrett is great for what he's been doing. >> my hopes forhat it continues on this path of greening all their sets. >> that's a cut! >>> an observation of earth day, cnn photojournalists looking at solutions to environmental issues and the people trying to make a difference before it's too late. the award-winning in-focus team tells the stories of the impact they're having on their neighborhood and beyond. saturday april 24th, 3:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> and we are going to start with war games in the persian gulf right on iraq's doorstep and the u.s. is just a spectator. actually, these are games for iran, just iran. they're showing off some new military hardware in the oil lane. in particular, something being described as a super fast speed boat armed to the teeth. >>> a search in the gulf of mexico. here are new i-report pictures of what we're talking about. an oil rig exploded and it's still on fire. 11 people are missing. the coast guard is out there in full force. more than 100 rig workers survived and they just arrived back onshore jus

. >> major garrett, great to see you. >>> signs of a major change of course for the nuclear weapons policy. this from the times of london newspaper. according to the paper, president obama plans to announce he's rejecting the so-called nuclear posture held by george w. bush. the change means the u.s. would refuse to launch a nuclear attack on countries without nuclear weapons and is not trying to get nuclear weapons. the times says iran and north korea would be targets. the paper reports america will not be the first to use a nuclear weapon. the report indicates the new policy to be published next week before a nuclear treat with the russian president dmitry medvedev. >> president obama is promising to keep pressure on iran over nuclear weapons. >> all the evidence indicates that the iranians are trying to develop the capacity to develop nuclear weapons. if they've got nuclear weapons building capacity, and they're flouting international resolutions, that creates huge destabilizing effects and will trigger an arms race in the middle east that's bad for u.s. national security and also bad f

two people died when a wall collapsed at a coal pit in garrett county. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, mike. massey's energy website talks about its low energy rate last year. the company does not operate any mines in maryland. >>> an update to a serious accident in baltimore county. kai is live in the newsroom to explain, the crash has now claimed a life. >> that's right, vic. 63-year-old mary jackson died her injuries last night at shock traum a. police say jackson's husband, 73-year-old james jackson, reportedly crossed the center line on reisterstown road yesterday afternoon, after losing control of their minivan. mr. jackson is listed in critical condition at last check. the couple's 2-year-old grandson who was riding in a car seat was taken to johns hopkins with minor injuries. vic? >> thank you, kai. another accident occurred after the first one. but no one was injured in those two vehicles. >>> new at 6:00, baltimore animal officials need your help to solve another upsetting case of abuse in the city. animal cont

slider outside to garrett atkins. orioles have a four-game losing streak. they will get a win on the road in their first game. 1-2 delivery on the way. that is struck out and missed and this one is in the books. and it goes to tampa bay. they win it 5-1. garza 2-0. guthrie 0p-2. soriano send save. game two of this three game set. our coverage on masn hd will begin at 6:30 with oh's extra. this one goes to the rays 5. 1. this has been a massen presentation. how it all came back. jim rick coming up right now. welcome, everybody. it's o's xtr a. after taking two of three from the birds. the rays come into baltimore and get the opener of this three-game series. welcome into our set in the bullpen. another tough night here, rick. again it goes back to we can talk about the base running mistakes, as we will. we can talk about the inopportune balls that tampa bay was not able to catch. you want win many games when you have one run. it's a collective team slump and it continued tonight. >> and it's really too bad because the orioles did, you know, the first time th

daric atkins when you look back at garrett atkins, here is a guy that's trying to establish himself.is best years at colorado and the ball travel as lot there. the offensive numbers are escalating, but in that kind of area it travels so well, the scouts saw something really good in this kid. he's confident he can turn this whole thing around, and sometimes a change of scenery is all you need. that was a big hit for him to hit that double, drive in a run. so now the pressure is off and he's going the start to settle in. we're going the see what we really have here, but it never hurts to win a ballgame first to get it done. >> talk about settling in, is there a time period that it takes to settle in. >> you kind of like to get around, you know, all the teams in your own division at least one type. i'm looking for him to -- a good half a season before you can really begin to evaluate what he's going to do. come off a bad year, the confidence has the build, but once you get that going again, tonight it looked like he swung the bat better. who knows what's going the happen with him. we kn

garrett atkins at 1st base and adam jones, last 7 games, buying time numbers.orioles last night will look to do a better job. 7 of the runners on runners base last night were in scoring position. here's the first pitch. and it's 1 and 0. >> they only hit 193 against him, so i guess that's why tejada is 5 for 10 and jones is 4-10. >> watching the game last night, brian appeared to be a tad late with the timing. until he gets that back, he's not going to be brad roberts. >> i think that goes to the back problem. >> 1 on 1 on roberts, jones and markakis will follow. he fouled it straight back. matt garza, a 1st round pick in 2005. he pitched in college at fresno state. he did make it to the big leagues as a twin, but one of the best trades this rays club has made. >> that was two years ago. he won 11 games and they go to world series and bartlett is the mvp. >> a high fast ball, he overthrows that. >> let me put it this way, the mvp of the rays, not the league. he solidified the defense. he's young, only 26. 8 and 12 last year as jim mentioned, but what jumps out

. >>> straight ahead here on "hardball" -- republican congressman scott garrett faces off with democratver the financial regulation. why dot ratings agencies still work for the bank? maybe chris can figure it out straight ahead on "hardball." f. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ somewhere in america... there's a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. there's a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there's a factory giving old industries new life. and there's a train that got a whole city moving again. somewhere in america, the toughest questions are answered every day. because somewhere in america, more than sixty thousand people spend every day answering them. siemens. answers.

. >> chris van holland, let's bring in republican congressman scott garrett of new jersey, a member of the financial services committee. congressman, your thoughts now. it looks to me like your party, the party that was championed by one of my heroes, one of yours, too, teddy roosevelt. went up there, busted the trust, cleaned it up. the polls in new york didn't believe what hit them when he was president. why aren't republicans being more teddy roosevelt and less william howard taft? what happened to you guys? >> the republicans are the ones that are being bailed out. goldman sachs, who basically has endorsed this plan, who has been bailed out by this administration, will be swamping the street this week in washington with their ceos and other executives saying they support the legislation. why is that? because president obama this legislation that chris dodd has and their administration is continuing the bailouts, continuing to say to the big banks on wall street, the very same ones that basically have provided the campaign cash to them in the past -- banks, don't worry, the american

garrett atkin's bat may be coming back around. the 1 1st baseman. >> reporter: obviously not the game you wanted coming out of a three-game series with the mariners but you have a day off. >> it will be nice to have a day away even though it's a short one. just to kind of forget about it and come back refreshed for boston. >> reporter: you outhit the mariners, nine hits and you had a couple and nick had a couple but it doesn't matter when you don't get the runs in? >> it doesn't matter. kevin pitched a great game. it's frustrating to waste the good pitching performances we are getting. we know we are a better offensive club than we are showing. we are just looking forward to betting the ball rolling and showing people we can play. >> reporter: thank you. >> garrett atkins with amber. o's xtra challenge, lou montanez one of four. wieters one out of four with an rbi. i guess they gave you the win? >> they gave me the win. >> how about that? i don't understand the rules. two hits, you're penalized because the other guy gets an rbi. i

. >> my little brother tevin deandre garrett. >> reporter: by reading the names of those they lost. >> my grandpa nicky b. maroney. >> reporter: 168 names. including -- >> my business sister, miss bailey owens. >> reporter: a 1-year-old girl whose image is seared into our national consciousness. she died in the day care center. bailey would have, should have, turned sweet 16 this week. her mother transformed her grief into action. she now crusades to make federal buildings safer. their glass shatter-resistant. >> her destiny wasn't for nothing. it was so other people can maybe make a difference. other people can go home to hare families at night. >> reporter: chris nguyen was also in the day care center. doctors weren't sure the 5-year-old would live. today he's a sophomore at university of oklahoma. >> it kind of stuns me that the survivors made it through. >> reporter: patty hall wasn't supposed to make it either. the explosion broke 40 of her bones. today, she moves a bit slowly, but considers it a miracle she can walk. >> this day reminds me of when we lost so many wonderful, good

for the most part, however, most of the metro area and from northeast all the way out to garrett and allegany county it's dry. 48 our temperature at bwi marshal, 40 the dew point. relative humidity 72%. a calm wind and high barometer 30.08. high pressure is in control. that high will ease off to the east. as it does it will allow for rain to move in. the high has really been eating up the front edge of this storm system. it's been drying up all the moisture. it will give way, as it does, we will warm up and cool down and rain will be in the forecast for the next four days or so. 52 in oakland and cumberland and hagerstown. 45 in ocean city, we have a northeast wind around hagerstown, a northwest wind toward elkton and northerly comment all over the state. three in dumb better land and three around ocean city. >>> we have a strong storm system. you see the spiral north of texas around oklahoma and we've had an outbreak of tornadoic activity, wednesday into thursday and thursday into yesterday we had several more. we're getting the same storm system but without the punch. rain moves in

garrett says i have always been against excessively restrictive gun law, however, i do not think background background checks are usually required to buy a gun at a store, so why should a gun show be any different? what is the point of a background check if there is such an easy way for criminals to get guns without checking their background. so, the question, do you think this loophole that you can be a private seller to private seller and go to a gun show and not have to have the background check. do you think that loophole should be closed? do you think criminals will exploit it or do you like to buy a weapon from an individual and not having a background check. call us 877-tell-hln. the e-mail address, we read those too, someone is reading them right now. text hlntv and standard text rates apply and go to my facebook page and chuck and christi have the topic posted as well. >> operators are standing by. >> absolutely. >> thanks. >> all right. >>> all right. our true champion today, a man named b.j.vio who every year holds a hoop-a-thon to help fight huntington's disease. they began the

bill: major garrett, good to have you on, thanks. martha: what is this all about, what does it boil down tortion and what does it mean for you and our economy? these are very big, important questions that need to be kept in mind while watching the speech this morning. stuart varney of the fox business network joins us live. stuart, you heard what majored, he said the president is going to say look, wall street, you big, you know, big fat cats, as he called them, behind every single transaction is a real person, a real family. is this bill, stuart, as you take a look at t. is this going to protect the little guy, and who else may be -- maybe should they be protected from? prps fannie mae and freddie mac, for example. >> reporter: the day after this bill is signed, and it will be signed, the day after, do not wake up in the morning and expect that your credit card, your bank account, your mutual fund, your 401(k), your pension money, do not expect any change in the way you handle your own personal money. there will be no immediate impa

let's get to our senior white house correspondent major garrett, traveling with the president in prak. ny -- in prague. why is the president so confident? >> the white house has conveniently put together the votes showing 93 votes or more, but pass may not always be -- it's been an a while since they took on the arms race agreement since 1991. there was an agreement in 2002 with putin but that not require ratification and the senate is much different than it was in the early '90s and the white house has conceded this treatment will not be approved or ratified by august of this year, meaning it will have to be debated and voted on in the heat of the election, in november or sometime thereafter, the most optimistic phrase from the white house is sometime this year. republicans have already notified the white house they're going to scrutinize very closely how the treaty is implemented, what its verification measures are and if the president is committed to full funding of modernizing and keeping modern, the existing nucleolar stockpile in the united states which will remain and have seve

frank of massachusetts, meeks of new york, and garrett of new jersey. from the committee on ways and means for consideration of sections 3 and 4 of the house bill and sections 101 through 103 and 401 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. levin, tanner, and camp. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. broun: i ask unanimous consent that i may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of h.r. 1914, a bill originally introduced by representative deal of georgia for the purposes of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. gingrey: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that i hereafter be considered as a first hons sponsor of h.r. 1868, a bill originally introduced by representative deal of georgia for the purpose of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objectio