as a member of congress, a very generous person heard the story and offered him an autographed hank aaron bat. as a member of congress, you are not allowed to accept a gift valued over $200. so the government took away his back again. tonight, we cannot replace the bat that was taken away from that young boy. but we do give them something that we hope will take its place. ladies and gentlemen, i present to you the first ever recipient to of the lifetime achievement award for services rendered to the asian american community and services rendered to our nation. i give to you secretary mineta. [applause] >> i cannot think of a more appropriate gift tonight than to receive this bat. i want to thank the mayor, and everyone, members of the board of supervisors, for hosting this event tonight. all of us who have had the privilege of serving in public service have gone to that point because we were standing on the shoulders of those who preceded us. i want everybody here to remember that whenever they do in the future, bring everything you are and bring everything you want to the jobs you are go

today's guest was against europe's common currency before it even came into being professor real king hank aaron a prominent german economist is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for your time sir you were among those who launched a legal action against the euro all those years ago you must feel vindicated now i think an economist like me is like a doctor a social a doctor he feeds was sponsored for the society and so this is the reason why i want like a good fossil is wanting his child. the child has to look to the traffic on the street and my job is to warm up to consequences of see you or not see governments are sinking so very very. complicated because your is not a nation like united states and all the a nation can have a national currency but as long as you will be is not a nation and vince that will never be a nation it cannot have a common currency economic disparities notwithstanding do you think the euro was a good idea at least in the theoretical sense not currency behind the idea of to your is the wrong idea namely said we can form united states if you or your. with a curren

have to tell you, i still think about babe ruth hitting the most home runs and still think about hank aaronhe guy that hit the most home runs in a career, i just don't -- the other guys don't register with me. >> roger marries to me still holds the home run record and they broke the rules, they distorted the game, the guys who used performance enhancing drugs, so i think if there is any evidence whatsoever .. about someone then he should be kept out of the hall of fame. i mean it is the one punishment you can apply. you can't go back and unravel history, you can do that, the one thing you do and maybe it is only a symbolic thing is to keep them out of the hall of fame. they are going to keep pete rose out for doing something after he was through playing, then how in the world can you let guys in who distorted the game while they were playing is beyond me. >> schieffer: doris, do you think it is important for these players to set an example? i mean, a and i absolutely do. i put my cards on the table i played baseball in high school and hurt my arm badly and finally ruined it when i got to co

. >> brian: hank aaron couldn't be reached for comment. >> steve: he could not.op of the hour and switching gears. the suspect in the colorado massacre, james holmes, faces up to 142 charges for the massacre that killed 12 people and wounded 58 others. brian. >> brian: elizabeth prann joins us live from centennial, colorado with details. when will we see holmes in court again, if ever? >> right. well, it could be as early as next week, thursday, august 9, is the date set where the judge will hear the media's motion in regards to releasing those sealed documents. and as a defendant in this case, holmes does have the right to be in court, although the courthouse p.i.o. tells us he doesn't have any indication at this point that he will be present and of course, there will be no cameras in the courtroom. as far as charges are concerned, the district attorney in arapaho county, who is an outspoken supporter of the death penalty, seemingly focused her attention on the movie theater crime scene. that's where the most serious charges were handed down yesterday. perhaps i