i've known hundreds of houston police officers. they are the finest caliber and strongest of character. and officer canales was a rare breed in our culture who worry the badge to defend and protect the rest of us. officer canales died during surgery at the hospital where he and his family and other officers had gather. he was 42 years of age. this is a photograph of officer canales. he lives behind his wife, a 15-year-old son and a 17-year-old daughter. the officer was the first houston police department officer killed in the line of duty this year. the last time we had an officer killed was december 7 of last year. officer tim abernathy was killed by gunmen that ambushed him during a foot chase in northeast houston. in the state of texas, six police officers have been killed in the line of duty this year. they are senior corporal normal smith of the dallas police department, officer see czar arreola of the el paso department, lieutenant alexander of the corpus christi police department, sergeant randy white, harvey of the lubbock

in downtown houston. >> great. it's a good way to finish. and we very much appreciate this panel. it's very informative and thank you very much. and i will adjourn. >> [inaudible conversations]

metro multimodal facility in downtown houston. >> great. it's a good way to finish. we very much appreciate this panel, very informative. thank you very much and i will -- >> thank you, senator. >> i will adjourn. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> the house came in today, debated five bills and has recessed until 6:30 eastern for votes on those bills debated this afternoon. tomorrow, members consider nearly $46 million for the homeland security department next budget year. a 7% increase over this year. also this week, defense department programs and policy. on friday, speaker pelosi may bring climate change legislation to the floor. live coverage when the house returns here on c-span. on thursday, washington journal talks to the original head of the homeland security department, former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> july 4 weekend on book tv, discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as

we have a lot of high-paying jobs in downtown houston. i don't know why it is. and that comes from someone who buys chevrolet and gm products. i drive chevy trucks. i'm kind of texas that way and i will continue to buy them and i'm glad they're made in mr. barton's district. i know the witnesses won't be able to answer individually why that happened, but when you lose in the last year we've lost three huge chevy dealerships in the houston market, why we would go in and pick one of the oldest and the only one within the inner city to close, it just kind of boggles my mind. and so with that, mr. chairman, i'll yield back my time and i appreciate you calling this hearing. and like other members, i'm getting ready to go down to the transmission hearing down in the room below us but i'll be back. thank you. >> thanks, mr. green. mr. doyle for an opening statement, please. 3 minutes. >> thanks, mr. chairman. thanks for holding this hearing and i want to thank you personally for allowing jim goalic from goalic jeep chrysler a constituent of mine and someone in my distr

nor is the texas -- the houston ship channel. these are fiscally conservative requests. i don't think you'll find any member of congress with higher fiscally conservative standards i odo. i think the request is appropriate. it's absolutely necessary for an area that got hammered by the hurricane. i urge defeat of the amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. members are reminded to address their comments to the chair. mr. flake: may i ask the time remaining. the chair: the gentleman has two minutes. the chair: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. mr. culberson: every piece of legislation directs which parts of arizona do you have? you've got -- mr. flake: the east valley. mr. culberson:e let's say congress passes a piece of legislation to designate funding for kidd peak observatory. erbil congress passes designates funding. we have to be fiscally responsible -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i'm a slow learner. let me remind the gentleman, this district, harris county, received $1 m

jonathan fagen, rockets' beat writer for the houston chronicle.jonathan, appreciate the time. >> it's my pleasure. >> after being swept by the yankees, the mets look to end the losing. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> what to watch for. brewers hosting the mets at 7:00 eastern on espn. the mets have fallen to the .500 mark for the first time since may 6th. good thing for the mets fernando nieve is on the mound. he's got a 1.45 e.r.a. and n three starts for new york. time for a pre-game extra. orel her shiez her call the game for espn and joins us now. orel, the mets mustered only three runs in a forgettable weekend for the yankees. why can't they get anything going on offense? >> well, it has to be the injuries. they have like 69 million dollars on the d.l. of players, and that would be more than nine teams' opening day roster. you think about carlos delgado at first base, 38 home runs, over 100 r.b.i.s. 100 on the d.l. in beltran. jose reyes 100 runs scored and david wright is now an average hitter, but he's not driving in as

. ♪ >> shocking news out of houston. ming's future in doubt, his foot injury not healing like it should. we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final league start with his bat. the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier, with the a's going for win number 11. >> what's up? welcome to "our house." keeping you current on espnews. i'm the coach why, don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitche

unlike the east coast, we don't have regular service between houston and dallas today. so to develop one we need to make sure that we are building a system which can be priced so we can compete with the automobiles, with the aircraft and also to keep an operational system. i do think bringing the discipline of the marketplace to the system can help set a fair schedule and construction, you know, of the technology that will make sense and would be viable for the long term for the state. >> let me ask mr. szabo, i'm looking at a map, basically the amtrak system with the high speed corridors that have been designated, the 11 that have been designated in the darker red, and is this the beginning of a planned system, that those are investments that are already being made? and do you favor the ones that are already in the amtrak system being upgraded to high speed or are you looking at other factors like a new high speed rail project that might feed into amtrak and therefore enhance amtrak's capabilities? >> one of the next steps we absolutely must take is the development of

go back to a couple of years in houston, 74 walks in 7 -- 19 walks in 74 innings. that's the kind of stuff you need coming out of the bullpen. putting out fires. >> bob: you are not giving the team any additional runners. zimmerman on a pitch inside, charged by longoria. that's it for the nats. 7th inning stretch time on a friday night in st. petersburg, florida. 3-3, nats-rays.  . >> bob: bottom of th inning coming up, 3-3 game. joel hanrahan still on the mound much long way to go here. >> rob: absolutely. manny acta knew this early. they knew we were going to have to score a lot more runs than 3. we have. joel hanrahan has to keep them right here. this is the most important inning of the game, 3-3 against the best offense in the american league. >> bob: i think joe west is giving the rays' dugout a hard time because of our lights. he knows everything going on out here. it's the bottom of the 7th. reid brignac, b. j. upton and carl crawford. brignac 0-for-1 with a dprowb a -- a ground ground ball and a walk. that ball right off the mask o

had rita hit houston, which it did not, it hit close to houston, it's very -- it was interesting as someone might want to write what could have happened to the price of oil and gas had both the port of new orleans and port of houston and almost all offshore operations at that point would have been shut down for quite some time that didn't happen but it would be an interesting research project but what is your responsibility to the ports to keeping them open and how did you discuss that at your exercise and could you testify to that point, please? >> madam chairman, again, working with fema and i will give an example what we did during hurricane ike last year. we worked closely with coast guard through dhs and fema and fema requested amphibious ship be deployed into the gulf, and the port of galveston was devastated by hurricane ike and there was one over 100 obstacles in the channel so the uss wasp way and we have any given day two ships on the east coast and to on the west coast primarily amphibious that can take on rotary wing also the time to unload all the back that can respond and we h

in houston isn't the only import area and texas and cities like laredo is one of the largest block ports of entry in the world imports from mexico literally trailers, thousands of travelers on a weekly basis. it seems unwise and unsafe to have the lab for the empire state of texas hundreds of miles away in another state, the location of labs need to be evaluated and reports submitted to congress on whether the labs are located where they are most needed a. discussion draft allows fda to assess current lab locations and relocate labs as necessary and i like to hear from the fda on whether they have plans to evaluate current locations. congress also is to allocate funds to the building of more fda labs and employees to see the budget allocation of funds for laughs so it insures the food supply of any to build more labs in areas where food imports are arriving such as houston's of the fda can quickly and accurately test our food imports and ensure food safety. thank you mr. chairman and i look for to hearing our witnesses and thank you again, our new fda director for appearing before the co

houston rockets team physician dr. tom clanton tells the houston chronicle that center yao ming's broken left foot could cause him to miss the entire upcoming season and it could be a career threatening injury. yao suffered a hairline fracture during the playoff game with the lakers. he's listed as being out indefinitely. espn magazine writer with more. >> yao ming is seeking second and third opinions to find out what treatment is necessary for the fracture in his left foot. he's going to make a decision by the end of the week, either continue to let it rest and hope that it will heal or get surgery. if he has surgery, it automatically means that he'll probably miss at least part, if not all of next season. yao is reluctant to do that because he's already had several surgeries. even though the last one worked fine, played in the olympics, played last season, no problem but having been under the knife a number of times he doesn't want to do that again. the bigger question is for the rockets, while no doubt he'll come ba

>> coming up on espnews, shocking news out of houston. yao ming's future in doubt as his foot injury is not healing like it should. we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor leagues with his presence. we find out if he lit it up with his bat. the toronto blue jays should be happy to have halladay back. roger federer on a date with destiny. number 15 is now within sight. let's start right now. >> what's up? what do we have to keep you current. alongside mark morgan, i'm the coach. why don't we start with two of the best national league teams playing out west. >> as the dodgers await the return of ramirez later in the week, l.a. opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny

host: this is out of the houston chronicle. here next up on the democrat line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this discussion. why do we discuss this election when -- if we know or it doesn't really matter. this just says to everyone, watch out. when you have religious leaders or religion as your primary

pujols, the prince, lance bergmann in houston and then the little guy who leads off for the blue jay, marco scutaro. >> bob: i know when we looked at the walk statistics, we are like, why are they walking marco scutaro to get to aaron hill who has 90-plus hits? atestimony dunn 0-for-2, a drive to left and a swinging swowt. he may have been guessing correctly, first pitch breaking ball, but he could not get it. >> rob: i'm thinking they are not going to give adam a lot to hit with first base open. >> bob: it is a lefty-lefty match-up so let's see how much they want to pitch. brett cecil has pitched a good

and the worst of them, the biggest racist there, houston baker, is a black professor, carl holloway is another one, houston baker even sent an e-mail to the mother of one of these students after he was exonerated, attacking her as the mother of a farm animal. houston baker was making undoubtedly -- well, i know he was making six figure income, probably $200,000, $300,000, went on to a better job at vanderbilt as a private university, the board of regents is controlled by conservatives. the conservative regents at duke protected, protected the accuser and protected the lynching. they supported it. why? because of duke's good name. you get rid of the white racist. there's -- conservatives have efor must leverage over these universities, because they are the biggest contributors, because there are whole legislatures, which are run by republicans. but that's what i said earlier. there is no academic reform movement, there are few isolated groups. most of which take a distance from me, because i've been so attacked. but you know, they're good people, and i'm sorry, we can't mention them now

a couple of other stories, from of a "of the houston chronicle." yesterday was flag day. the front-page have a picture of the flag of going up on a front porch in the houston area. we will also have a look at "the baltimore sun." their newspaper had a picture from fort mchenry as high school students from mississippi help out in the flag day celebrations at fort mchenry just outside baltimore. ohio, good morning to carl. make sure you turn down your television or radiator -- radio. caller: well, the federal bureaucracy -- the faa is equivalent to the department of education, and these are failed bureaucracies. you have the car czar and education czar -- we need to get rid of them. host: say the faa is not doing their jobs on the regional carriers? caller: no, we need to go back to the imperial image of america. that means allays a fair. -- lee is a fair. less government. leave the banks alone and leave the railroads alone. we probably could have passenger trains again. host: back to "usa today" and that opinion peace and regional carriers. the editorial board calling for

the event, hosted by the south texas law school in houston is a little over an hour. this program contains language that some find objectionable. >> you know, it's often said, i think, by those of us who are doing this work, which is about everybody here, that -- and i think we take consolation in the idea that we're making some history happen as we do it. but the truth is, it's hard to get your head around that sometimes. you don't realize, i mean, you do a lot of work on a case and maybe it happens and maybe it doesn't and maybe even when it does, it seems like it was just for one individual, seems like it was just for that one time. that's great enough, but sometimes we need reminders that the work that we do lights a torch up for people that come next. i've had a real personal experience with that recently, it was my privilege to represent the family of a young man named tim cole, who as many of you know, we posthumously exonerated in a texas court about a month ago. thank you. but there's a story behind that, because one of the most important features in that cas

if you start from houston and work your way to new york, these can be affected and we saw that during hurricane katrina, one of the largest parts -- ports was shut down. and the oil and gasoline operations were very close. if hurricane rita hit houston, it was very interesting as someone may want to talk about what could have happened to the price of oil and gas if both of these places and almost all of the offshore operations, they would have been shut down. this did not happen that this would be an interesting project. what is your responsibility to keeping ports open and how did you discuss this? can you talk about this? >> i will give you an example, of what we did last year. we were working closely with the coast guard, and there was a request for an amphibious ship and galveston was devastated by ike. the u.s.s. nassau was deployed. we have ships and you unload vessels that can respond and the navy was on board and they worked with the locals to open this up at the request of fema. >> do you have any of these ships on the gulf coast? >> on the east coast they would respond. >> a

it hit close to houston. it is interesting but someone might want to write what happened. almost all operations would have been shut them for some time. that did not happen, but it would be an interesting research project. what is your responsibility to keeping the ports open, and how do you want to do that? could you testify to that point, please? >> working with fema, and that with it yet example of what we did with hurricane at ike, we went through the coast guard, with dhs and fema, and fema recommended a ship pointed into the gulf. the port of galveston was devastated by the hurricane, and there were over 100 obstacles and the channel. the uss national was the point where -- we have at any given the date ships on the east and west coasts that can take over. also, the type you on load vessels out of the back and they respond. they work with locals to try and open the port. again, working on the request of fema. >> do you have any ships on the gulf coast? >> not at this point. but the east coast will respond. >> and they are able to get that time? >> yes. if we get a re

also, a thriller in houston.ros cubs and that right there, part of the highlig since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.

in downtown houston. >> great. it's a good way to finish. we very much appreciate this panel, very informative. thank you very much and i will -- >> thank you, senator. >> i will adjourn. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] acand we'll be touching a lot on payment reform and how to control healthcare costs. we brought in some great examples of some things that are working at the state level. i'm going to just go ahead and push right through. we're going to hold questions until the end. we do have a microphone here. and there is a purple paper in your slide -- in your packet of information that you can go ahead and fill out if you have questions. you have a yellow one. [laughter] >> so yellow. sorry, yellow one. so you have a yellow question card and we'll hold questions until the end so that we can make it through all of our speakers. so let's start with bob reischauer. he is president of the urban institute and former director of cbo unde

and then went to houston, went to the mets, came over here and played shortstop, playe cene fiel.%it and ught it. knew andino was coming down on him, too. >> bob: broke in the mets in 99 after signing with houston at the age of 19. eight years before that. it took him a while to get to the big leagues. >> jim p.: that didn't work too well. i mean right here, 0-2, you're down by two runs, you've got to figure out, okay, number one, i want to stay away from an extra- base hit and i want tost afra homruu?r] ydoby fadown and away. make zimmerman cover the outside corner. >> rob: i had a pitching coach in the minor leagues, got love him, he passed away a few years ago, he used to always say don't be a thomas edison out there. don't try to invent pitches. don't try to do something you're not capable of doing. right there you saw him change the arm level and everything. i think as a hitter, you're probably not going to swing at that pitch unless it's anywhere close. >> jim p.: he did that earlier on in the year and had some success with it. again, you're already down by two runs. why

it was a week later that kennedy made his famous houston speech, in a panic. today we remember that famous houston speech and when we think of kennedy in a campaign that's the speech we think of. it was the speech he did not want to make. it's one he gave out of fear and desperation in response to what they were doing behind the scenes. >> what was the crux of that speech? >> you can vote for me because i'm a democrat. i will represent all americans. i happen to be catholic, but i will not be the catholic candidate for the presidency. norge, the pope will not pick up the phone and the morning and give me my marching order. there would be different areas from the church. i'm not going to give federal aid dollars, $8 to parochial schools. and if a foreign country as for foreign assistance to help disseminate birth control information, i will be sited on the merits, not on the basis of what my church might give. >> but we currently have an ambassador to the vatican. >> we do. interestingly enough, the history of that would make the book itself. harry truman first

but sheila jackson lee, from houston, texas has been an anchor in the proceedings that have brought usto this stage. and i yield to her five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. i think it is important for all of us to recognize the solemnnyity of this day. i thank the -- sol tim -- so lemonyity of this day. -- solemnnyity of this day. i come from texas, houston, i think it's important to note that the judge, as all people in america may have, has his defenders. he will have an opportunity for those defenders to continue to raise their voice and to continue to emphasize their belief, as my colleague from texas indicated, that he had the -- he had debilitating conditions, that he had faced a tragedy. that should be recognized. but i believe what i've come to acknowledge on the floor of the house, and in fact i am coming to acknowledge, that there is the responsibility constitutionally to follow the law. so article two, section 4 in fact says that we are to proceed with impeachment, specifically if civil

i live in houston. i live in the refinery corer door. so we know what pollution is all about, but we know what jobs are all about. so i believe we can have both. this is the first step for this bill, mr. speaker. it moves to the senate. and i've told my constituents you have a guardian against the loss of jobs and that you will see savings. $29 billion in consumer savings. the american council for energy efficient economy found that energy efficiency provisions in this bill would save $29 billion. it is important to note as well that we have the opportunity to listen and change. let me just share with you some of the work after reading the bill until 5:30 a.m. in the morning on thursday morning. reading the manager's amendment which could actually be done. and knowing what is in front of us. first of all i discussed and got taken out the impact of building labeling on old buildings, old homes. so the bill was limited to new construction. we are going to work to ensure that if they do a building labeling program as was brought to my atten

in the houston area. a great testament to mark's life is the lives he's changed throughout his work. every structure and canal and road well traveled, every school mark helped build will offer generations of afghan children the opportunity that comes from education. every clinic he helped build will place -- be a place where sickness will be cured, where human suffering is relieved and where lives are being saved everyday. mark has left a noble legacy as he has come to the end of this earthly journey. it is for others now to pick up the torch he used to light a wave for the afghan people in the deserts of this remote nation. it has been said the legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. next year on april 21, lieutenant colonel mark straten's name will be called. his name and life will be remembered by aggies and other grateful americans and by his air force buddies but no doubt the people of afghanistan will also remember the man from america, the air force co

texas does have the longest running border with mexico and the port of houston, and the port in long beach imported tons of food, yet we don't have a fda lab and i've had the honor to meet inspectors on the docks at the port of houston but there detailed out of loretta, texas. i guess because it is such a large state, the need for a lab somewhere, i am glad the bill does include the ability to contract with labs because we want the inspections done as quick as possible. does the fda intend to evaluate the current locations of 13 labs? whether these locations are meeting inspection demands, but also in the president's budget talks about three high-volume fda labs and how the fda decides where to place these labs? and what consideration placing in a place like taxes or even southern california? i did not know if they had allowed with l.a. -- and that is my only question is of thank you mr. chairman. >> well, i am fascinated that the laboratory issue comes up so much here because it's such a key issue and in my past experience as a public health official it's often the laboratories that

jackson lee: madam speaker, as an advisory board member of the holocaust museum of houston , i rise with a deep sense of sympathy and outrage of the terrible tragic incident that happened as "the washington post" reported, at a monument of sorrow. and also a standing edifice for peace. i offer my deepest sympathy of the family of steven t. johns. and as a believer and advocate of the constitution and our first amendment rights, i stand here in outrage to express my opposition to the idea that protected speech equals protected violence. this was a dastardly act, and we don't know how many other targets as hateful minded person might have been engaged in. we must continue to stand against hate. we must continue to promote the passage of the hate crimes legislation. but frankly, we must say to those who we are mourn by putting forward a holocaust museum, many across the nation and in my town of houston that we stand with them in solidarity. to my good friend, peter and fred who chairs the holocaust museum in washington, you have my deepest sympathy, my respect and i stand in solidarity with

houston about to win at minnesota 4-1, st. louis 12-5 at kansas city. american league ruling on this day so far. 3-2, 2 minute board. there's a base hit. he had retired the first two batters. the next three all make it aboard, and it's 7-2 toronto. when you're pitching in the ninth inning and down four, your manager wants to see the effort that you might give when it's a 1-run game in the 9th inning. joe has not been able to close it out. >> it looked like a change-up, which you don't want to really throw a lot of those to right- handers because it breaks down and into them. that's what that was. as you said, you want to get the three outs and give your team an opportunity to bat in the ninth, but you just gave them an extra insurance run. >> nats were within grand slam range, but not now. 3-0. >> 27 pitches it will be a 3-2 count now as overbay rips one foul. that ball will be two more runs. overbay will have a five rbi day, and the blue jays lead 9-2. manny does not want to have to get up another pitcher here. lyle overbay, 41 rbis with five of them t

second full season. 70 games last year. 70 the year before, two-thirds at houston before coming here.hat likes to get the ball several times a week. patterson reaching on a two strike pitch. misjudging it. kapler is everywhere. [cheering and applause] >> bob: 25,481 here at tropicana field. they had a big crowd last night for the ludacris concert. that first number they did was something. it's the only one i heard. >> rob: after that you were deafened. >> bob: what? what? what? bases empty, gonzalez with two batted in. he goes out of his zone to foul this one. 75,000 for the pregame series here. on a breaking ball, gonzalez reaching. the nats can't do anything against the tampa bay bullpen this weekend. s on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding

i ask unanimous consent, because of official business in houston on june 4, 2009, speaking at the graduation of a school district that had suffered great damage in hurricane ike, north parks -- north forks independent school district, i missed the following votes. i'd like to ask they be placed appropriately in the record. roll call vote number 304 on agreeing to the amendment of the h.r. 2200, i would have voted no. roll call number 305, h.r. 2200, agreeing to the amendment, i would have voted aye. roll call vote 306 on the thompson, mississippi, amendment i would have voted aye. 307, the transportation security transportation authorization act offered by jackson lee, i would have voted aye. roll call vote number 308, the amendment to h.r. 626, i would have voted no. roll call vote 309, the motion to recommission on federal employees 35eud parental leave, i would have voted no, and roll call vote 310, passage of the federal employees paid parental leave act, h.r. 626, i ask that my vote be recorded as aye, madam speaker. madam speaker, i ask that all these votes be placed in the appropriate

host: this is out of the houston chronicle. here next up on the democrat line. go ahead.caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this discussion. why do we discuss this election when -- if we know or it doesn't really matter. this just says to everyone, watch out. when you have religious leaders or religion as your primary factor in your country, how can you ever think you are going to have an election that means anything. i think it's a shame for the people of iran that the world looks at this nation and says, well, it doesn't really matter because the leader is someone else. host: the 9/11 talking about gate's promises. here's a little bit on what mr. castle reports on. he warn that had fighting would get bloodier. the report is in the "new york times." the full story there as well. next up on the independent line. caller: i am from iran. i voted from maryland. i voted and i am zpwhrad to see signs of dem crassy. it is not true that it doesn't matter who is the president of iran. we saw a totally different face of iran during mr. ahmadinejad's presidency. it really is importa

and houston and denver are still, you know, right there beneath them, but it makes the spurs a lot better, and if they can stay healthy, then you have to give them a decent chance at causing some trouble in the playoffs. you know, richard jefferson gives them now four solid players who can score the basketball. if manu ginobili and tony parker and tim duncan can be healthy, then i think this improves them a great deal. motivation in getting the veteran trio? >> the bucks, it's financial. many of those guys if not all of them may even be cut by the bucks because they simply traded them to get rid of richard jefferson's long-term contract, two years left on that one at big money and to get these expiring contracts. and it also clears up some room for them to resign their free agent charlie villanueva and sessions. for the bucks it was about money and staying young and resigning their bright young players. >> all right, chris. the other big news today, yahoo! sports reporting on the for three players. what can you tell us about boston swapping players around? >> that's the surprising thing.

houston, texas on the line for republicans. go ahead. >> what's going on. i appreciate you having this topic on discussion. i put dick cheney and nancy pelosi on blast. i'm tired that every time i call into c-span, something happens with my credit card account. i want to thanchingt f.b.i. >> we'll move 0 on to daffen important, go ahead. hello. this is the first time i have ever gotten through. i was really glad to hear the lady from ethiopia call. she mae a very important statement. it is too bad that the people in this country haven't gone through what she's gone through so that they can see what she says is the purpose mr. owe bomba >> my thoughts about how the information came out are, i'm not 100% sure -- it goes back to where we are everyday right now. no matter what is said on the democratic side, we have a fight on the republican side. should it ever come out, no. should it be public? probably not. how many countries do we have that discuss their trobgations? >> you raised the question before about sackses and others who have shared their thoughts o

>> rob: i was player of the game a few times in houston. they would say brought to you by something and you'd get a $100 bill. i was like sure, i'll do it. you got an envelope with a crisp $100 bill in there. i was like i'll do it. >> johnny: count is full to adam dunn. dunn on base for the first time. we'll cover the bases tomorrow. home depot cover the bases with adam tomorrow. ballgame starting at 4:30 in the afternoon, wrap up game. dunn gets on. >> rob: kearns might interview adam dunn. he brought his jersey with a typo in it for charity. nice players we have. >> johnny: bruce has got a beat on it. two down. dunn retreats back to first. >> rob: we're het -- we're hitting a little harder now. again, get ago head with strikes is huge at this level. aaron harang, eight consecutive games with a home run, we're trying to get that home run in the ninth consecutive game. >> johnny: his location so steady tonight. he's walked one batter. that's dunn at 1st base now. >> rob: i think a lot of older, smarter veterans are not going to let him go.

he'll be taking on left-hander sean west, a 23-year-old from houston.tammen and west tomorrow night. coverage begins 6:30, "nats xtra." juan villone takes over here. he'll face right-handed hitting wes helms pinch-hitting for ricky nolasco. ron villone still sporting a nice e.r.a., it's his 29th appearance. not good control numbers. 12 strikeouts, but 14 walks. unusual for him.   >> bob: wes helms, as a pinch- hitter this year, 7 for 21 with five rbi's. he's at .33, ron villone nowhere near the plate here. >> rob: ronny's more at the stage of his career where he will pitch around danger more so than challenge it. >> bob: maybe that's why the walk total is up? >> rob: absolutely. the rookie lead-off man chris coghlan next, then emilio bonifacio and hanley ramirez. their top three hitters are 4 for 9 tonight. the nats are 0 for 10. scott olsen finishes with 94 pitches, 66 strikes. oh, what a night. nats couldn't get him a run in the 8th to make him a rainer. ron villone has to hold the marlins. he's battled back now to make the

we will ring in the fourth, and then it's on to colorado and houston prior to the all-star break.the nats have a stretch of a bunch of road games here. that's 13 out of 16 games on the road, starting last friday at baltimore. >> rob: i hope colorado cools off because they've won 22 of their last 29. >> bob: that's a managerial change that worked. arizona didn't, colorado did. >> rob: they're now five games over .500. it can be done. >> bob: 0-2. no swing says james hoye. this is fun to watch this one over and over again. so easy. almost took a window off our masn office. and a breaking ball, see ya. strikeout number five for ricky nolasco. he's really warming things up after the nats got him for two in the second. >> rob: you throw one this good, he's frozen, he knows he can't pull the trigger on that one. adam will walk back to the -- to the dugout. >> bob: with two strikes you can not be looking for that pitch because he'll throw the fastball right by you. >> rob: absolutely. you throw one that great and it's wrapped around the back part of the plate, and there he went front doo

not at galveston or houston or new orleans are not metropolitan, but these areas have more density. the numbers are staggering. -- >> i want to thank you for your sense of urgency and i want to tell you more about this critical issue. new york city has excellent coverage but because of the economic conditions of these states, new york state has had to cut funding. as you talk about the urgency in this metropolitan areas, the other comment that i would make -- you have an outstanding chard showing the growth in call volume, the public needs to understand that these are people, and during hurricane katrina, those were people whose lives were being saved by the volunteers. we had rooftop rescue, connecting people to the appropriate government entity, the most vivid example was joe thomas's wife. she took a phone call from a man who found his mother's body. there was no one else to call. your urgency to continue this funding speaks to the need of the american people and i want to thank you for that. >> is there any closing comment? >> having spent a few years doing this, i understand th

. >> rob: well, jim hickey, the pitching coach, he was the mastermind in houston for all those great pitching years that got them to the world series. dave martinez was on my team in cincinnati for many years, actually a former montreal expo that was a pain in my neck when he was hitting. excellent centerfielder, good hitter. they have some guys and then don zimmer. >> bob: he is still a senior baseball advisor to this ball club in his 64th year, 51st in the major league. so this is not just a bunch of people running around without a plan down here. the tampa bay rays can win the american league pennant playing in the same division with boston, the yankees, toronto. >> rob: by the way. >> bob: there is not a. >> rob: the same year, the toronto blue jays are the best pitching staff. they won 86, 84 games. they have the best pitching staff in the american league league. a ridiculously tough division. >> bob: they have done it with draft and trades. ground ball to zimmerman, he brings the glove up, makes a dan dandy play -- makes a dandy play. nearly throw it is away but nick johnson ma

as he mentioned, i clerked a little bit down the road in houston. it's wonderful to come back and have a chance to catch up with old friends and escape the summertime heat in washington, d.c. thank you very much for having me here today. what i thought i'd do is talk a little bit about president obama's -- the way he selected judge sotomayor to fill the souter vacancy and then talk about

these two teams have struck ot the fewest teams, houston, seattle and yankees.eouts against this mets team, which has the fewest strikeouts in the majors that he's doing it again against. martinez grounded out his firt time up. and that one in the air to let center field. jones coming over. >> jim: mr. bobblehead. he got a new glove today. it weighed about 7 pounds. i said you cannot use that glove. it looks pretty, he goes no, that's just -- they send it to me, and i said don't bring it out. nobody will want to dance with you out there with that glove. >> gary: here's castillo, and the unusual shift as they move scott over to the line way in. jones in center playing like a softball center field. markakis straightaway in right. and it is inside. two down. castillo has the only hit for the mets, a single that came in the third inning. other thing berken is doing he lasted 4 and a third, and 3 13 in innings pitched. grounded to second base. right now, berken is dominatig through five. shutting out the mets. ♪ ah, man,

. >> rob: dan wheeler played with houston, atlanta. now helped them go to the world series. >> bob: this is a bullpen by committee. randy cate, howell, the lefty had two. troy percival had 6 early. that's a fastball outside. 2-2. on the field here in st. pete. >> rob: talking about public health care, i'm sure, nuclear problems in north korea. >> bob: anderson hernandez hits it off the end of the bat and pops it up. serious bullpen questions. they will solve all of our problems down there, i promise you. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. . >> bob: how is your fi start at the major league level going right now? i i will craig stammen has been amazing, against the best offense in the american league, he has five strikeouts on th

pujols, the prince, lance bergmann in houston and then the little guy who leads off for the blue jay, marco scutaro. >> bob: i know when we looked at the walk statistics, we are like, why are they walking marco scutaro to get to aaron hill who has 90-plus hits? atestimony dunn 0-for-2, a drive to left and a swinging swowt. he may have been guessing correctly, first pitch breaking ball, but he could not get it. >> rob: i'm thinking they are not going to give adam a lot to hit with first base open. >> bob: it is a lefty-lefty match-up so let's see how much they want to pitch. brett cecil has pitched a good game, not quite as good as detwiler. elijah dukes is hitting .290 with runners in scoring position this year. you are looking straight north, right up the left field line and right up south capitol street on a beautiful night at the ballpark, warm and muggy, 85 at game time but that wind coming right down capitol street has died somewhat. 20 mile-per-hour winds, 15 to 20 coming from the northwest. dukes had a good rip at a first- pitch fastball. >> bob: by the way, they sent corey pat