to talk about the budget, defense spending, afghanistan and more is our expert roundtable with gordon adams of the stinson center, lauren thompson of the lexington institute, mckenzie eggland of the american enterprise institute. lady and gentlemen, welcome. mckenzie, i want to start with you. the house and the senate have very, very different views, obviously on about what the defense budget ought to look like. is there anything these two chambers are going to agree on and is the white house going to go along with it? >> that's because they're controlled by different parties. >> shocking. >> the democratic -- the republicans sent the -- send the signal that they want this fight and it doesn't want it to be laid on the election trail that begins in earnest now, not just the presidential candidates to take the blame for sequestration because they think sequestration will take us back at any moment and there will be furloughs, there will be consolidations, there will be layoffs. this is going to come up on a local and community level between now and november. so you're seeing the republicans

no score until the fourth when gordon beckham hits his fourth homer. next batter is adamtill up in next inning... tyler flowers hits his second home run, and first one onto waveland avenue all year. the sox win 6-0, and sweep the cubs at wrigley for the first time since 1999. >> i still don't think we have played our best baseball yet but it's coming together ... things got away from us in a few games but we are a competitive team we never give up ... if we keep fighting hard it will turn one of the original members of the bulls has died. bob boozer died of a brain aneurysm over the weekend, at the age of 75. the bulls selected him during the expansion draft in 19-66. boozer helped them win an expansion- team record 33 games and earn a trip to the playoffs in the bulls' first season. he played here for three years and also won an olympic gold medal. the fire looking for their first ever win in portland. the timbers lead one- nothing late in the first half... marco pappa intercepts, and passes to jalil anibaba for the equalizer... his first goal. but early in the second ha

adam jones agreed to an expansion. wayne chen, five strikeouts including aaron gordon. bottom two. j.j. hardee also homer in the third inning but it was not enough on this day as the orioles lose by the final of 7-5. so the orioles home stay wraps up against the kansas city royals. tomorrow, they take it on masn on wjz. the university of maryland beat notre dame to advance the ncaa division against the local foe we talk about temporarily. but the main weapon, eric. five goals today. three in the first half. scored 13 tournament goals. got more to go. pard me, the orioles won. but loyola lost. against second year term coach john philman. another ncaa tournament semifinal for final four action games. philly with two goals there, but that's no more than just a celebration, not a wild something else going on. but made it 2-0 and maryland went on to win, so they will face loyola in the national championship. brad winning the nascar race. pardon me, wrong video. the high school track and field championships. where baltimore high school won the 2a title to walkersville. win the 4a state champi

adam jones. kansas city headed to their lead in the night. alex gordon down the right-field line. he is running hard. nick markakis to robert andino. he sure cops matt wieters. 3-1 and a huge insurance run. the orioles chip away. wilson betemit off of the closure. home run at number 6. 3-2. a little more life. two outs. j.j. hardy up the middle. he beats the tag. he says you are safe. 3-3 game is extra innings. adam jones hit a home run against the red sox. last night a home run in the 15th. 4-3, the orioles win to keep pace with tampa, stay tied for first in the american league east and they are fun to watch. 10 games over .500. the field is set for the preakness. and have another bodemeister are the favorites. went the day well, bodemeister is seventh. i'll have another is a number nine. the stable manager says there's nothing tiger what can do about the inside post. >> that is the worst spot to be in. they thought we were crazy but kevin plank decided to take on the sports apparel world, they thought he was crazy. what else would you expect? we're going to give it a shot. tiger

adam jones comes a big again. ure team had won foour straight. alex gordon down the line. he had no chance at that. 3-1, kansas city. top of the ninth. wilson betemit makes it 3-2 with one out. two outs. tying run at second. a drive. he comes up throwing. he beats the tag to keep the game alive. the bullpen was unbelievable. adam jones off of nate adcock. a couple of weeks ago, jones hit a home run to beat the red sox. 4-3. jim johnson saves in four kevin gregg. we found that in the sky. orioles 10 games over .500 and still tied for first . . the practice field is set. bodemeister and i'll have another of the favorites. tiger walk, teeth of the dog, both local connections. creative cause. i'll have another. optimizer. cozzetti. you watch the race right here on wbal. the lakers looking for a win. game two last night. the lakers did not play well enough. for the quarter -- fourth quarter. the game is tied. the thunder come back. kevin durant had 22. steve blake is with the lakers. this is for the win. he usually hits that. the lakers lose. how about adam jones? no question a

gordon would stay in the game. dieson forced to leave. right now, tied at 3 in the seventh. one side note. adames in this game, he's extended his hitting streak to 17 games now, pretty impressive. >>> the duke blue devils. go on, admit it. the words alone muster up feelings of extreme dislike in these parts. one side of the maryland blue and fans think of basketball, the bitter rivalry, so strong, the lack of warmth spans all collegiate sports. and today the two rivals met in the ncaa in the final four. first quarter, scoreless. kevin cooper gets around his defendtory billy griffin. later in the quarter, joe cummins to griffin, maryland leads 7-4 at the half. >>> and other semi final top seeded loyola taking on the four-seed notre dame. second quarter greyhounds up 3-1. ward gets past his defender to eric lusbe who fires and scores his third of the game. loyola takes a 4-1 lead. >>> in the third quarter, 6-3, greyhounds, lusbe again, his fifth goal of the game. 50 of the season. that kid can score. loyola goes on to win 9-7. they will play either maryland or duke in monday's title game. >>> and

adam daniel ropefeld. richard pleck, accepting on behalf of his great aunt juliet gordon lowe. toni morrison. pat summitt. bob dylan. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much. everybody please have a seat and welcome to the white house. it is an extraordinary pleasure to be with all of you to present this year's medal of freedom. and i have to say just looking around the room, this is a packed house which is a testament to how cool this group is. everybody wanted to check them out. this isle highest civilian honor this country can bestow. which is ironic because nobody sets out to win it. nobody ever picks up a guitar or fights a disease or starts a movement thinking you know what, in i keep this up in 2012, i could get a medal in the white house from a guy named barack obama. this wasn't in the plan. but that's exactly what makes this award so special. every one of today's honorees is blessed with an extraordinary amount of talent. we could fill this room many times over with people who are talented and driven. what sets these men a

adam. students and teachers got a real live civics lessons today. 20 in new american citizens were sworn in during the ceremony at the elementary school. that included richard gordon who was the sixth grade teacher at the school. the australian native has been in the united states for 19 years. >> i was very excited to become an american citizen. i am very proud. i know my family are proud. hopefully my students are proud. >> after taking the oath, he led the students in the pledge of allegiance. congratulations. you might be able to get your hands and knees one-of-a-kind playhouses on display at the shops at wisconsin place in chevy chase, maryland. pretty fancy. there were donated. seven of these playhouses will be auctioned off tomorrow night. still ahead on abc 7 news at noon this afternoon trying to help a chocoholics curve -- shopaholics curb their spending habits. >> a new drug everyone is when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves your soil. for big beautifu

adam daniel ropefell accepting on january karski. richard plaque, accepting on behalf of his great-aunter juliette gordon low.oni morrison. john paul stevens. pat summitt. bob dylan. >> we are awaiting the arrival of the president and others who will be honored at the medal of freedom ceremony that's taking place in the east room of the white house. live pictures. i still have with me krystal ball, msnbc analyst. and i also have kristin welker, our correspondent at the white house. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the us. >> here is the president. >> thank you. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat. and welcome to the white house. it is an extraordinary pleasure to be here with all of you to present this year's medals of freedom. and i have to say, just looking around the room, this is a packed house, which is a testament to how cool this group is. everybody wanted to check it out. this is the highest civilian honor this country can bestow. which is ironic because nobody sets out to win it. no one ever picks up a guitar or fights a disease or starts a movement thinking, you know what? if