let's talk about allen iverson. offered an indoor soccer contract. former nba mvp. offered $20,000 a game. with a 5,000 per goal bonus. we will see if he wants to get it going. we will tell you, celtics guard, rondo suspended suspended for just not being nice. he has been called the best right handed hitter. the a's are giving manny ramirez a chance to show it. signed today to become an oakland a's. $500,000. he will sit out 50 games because he failed a drug test last year. manny ramirez will join the team on friday. his first game could be on his birthday, may 30 at the twins. last week, freddy solomon lost his battle with cancer and today friends and family gathered to remember him who died last monday. he was one of the speakers. he won two super bowls the 9ers. starting long side clark and joe montana. nfl note, the raiders dropped him after the season so he joins the kansas city chiefs. a three year deal. $19million. 11million for playing this year. stanford joining the enemy. going from silver and black to red and white. >> how could he do that? >> money talks

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from gloria iverson, 90 years old, the philippine islands.applause] >> i wish it will snow in the morning so nobody has to go to school for two weeks. from michael, 13 years old, long island, new york. [laughter] >> i wish that the women and children of iraq and afghanistan could grow up and exist without fear of violence, brutality, and death at every corner, without hunger, without poverty, but instead with freedom. anonymous. [applause] >> i wish that my mom's and all same-sex couples were afforded the basic human right of marriage and in turn given the legal rights needed so that we could become citizens. i wish we did not have to struggle together as a family, fighting together to remain a family. i wish we could live, work, and be just like every other family. from marina. >> and this is a little boy i want to meet. i wish that the next time i leave it shadow and sadie my dogs in the backyard when we leave somewhere that they would dig out of the yard and run far, far away, but i wish that only a shadow would come back and not sadie. i

when alan iverson announced coming back to pro ball, i am fairly certain he meant basketball. he meant soccer. they have offered him a contract to play in the indoor soccer league. in that league, they frown upon the ball hitting your feet. a $5,000 bonus for each goalie's gore. it should not cause much. they only have two regular season games. the offer has paid for itself in publicity. when was the last time you heard anyone outside of new york talking about the rochester team. tom will be talking about the weather, next. weather, next. >> our mild weather continues. >> low 50's tomorrow, and again on wednesday. there will be a slight chance for a sprinkle tomorrow and a slight chance for showers in the middle of the week, but it gets even warmer thursday and friday, which means the next front could bring a thunderstorm before it turns windy and surely over the weekend. >> one of those summer thunderstorms. summer storms. that is all tonight. "the tonight show" is next. we will see you >> announcer: it's "the tonight

i tell people if he can play with allen iverson he can play with jeremy lin.ges an he's excited about showing everybody what he can do with jeremy lin. jeremy is a phenomenal passer, who better than to find somebody that's offensively talented as carmelo anthony to score for you. i think they'll be fine. it will make it easier for lin probably. >> here's something i don't often say when i'm reporting and i do this very rarely, by the way, report on sports, but professional athletes, you rarely get the chance to say, this guy is the definition of humility. i want to play a quick piece of an interview he gave last night talking about his rise to -- his sudden rise to stardom, and just sort of how he accommodates for it all. have a listen. >> i want to be the same person before and after and you know that's where i want to be. i don't want to let anything affect me or this team. i think, you know, playing in new york is a big stage and that's, obviously, a temptation and the danger. >> okay. that is just awesome. when you hear a player, a professional athlete, ta

. >> woodruff: and special correspondent dave iverson takes us to the theater, where the son of san francisco mayor george moscone remembers his father's legacy, after he was gunned down in 1978. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: it was a big night and day after for rick santorum. he swept the latest round of republican presidential nominating tests and, in so doing, altered the complexion of the race. >> conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. >> ifill: the former pennsylvania senator scored decisive victories in both those states, plus a five-point wi

bruce, you call him a young iverson.x lynn telling north carolina, take that weak kool- aid and get it out of here. howard at the other end drops the triple. maryland up by 3 at the half. second half, harrison barnes and north carolina coming back. they jump to a 9-2 run. north carolina wins 83-74. >>> 11:00 a.m. this morning georgetown playing south florida. i don't think the bulls got the wakeup call. this is nate moving. he believes he can fly. could. hoyas win. virginia taking on florida state. 5 minutes to go. evans grand theft orange. then he takes it to the rack. virginia up by 1. down the stretch, michael snare. this is deep drilling to the third degree. florida state holds on 58-55. >>> george mason in the first place fight with old dominion today, down 6. brian pearson says fear the beard and fear me. old school 3-point play. pearson had 17 and 10. the bank was open late. stewart, corey edwards, i should say off the glass. 3-pointer. george mason wins 54-50. >>> u. mass.at george washington. u. mass wins. >>> n

district 7 councilwoman karen toles appeared at a public forum at iverson mall. she began comments with an explanation of her infamous traffic stop. >> i was going to another meeting -- >> when that speech was over, she took off. she surrounded herself with mall security and ignored questions from reporters. >> they do not want to face facts. >> last wednesday at noon, the veteran prince george's police officers said he spotted toles going over 100 miles per hour and swerving across multiple lanes. she was given a ticket for unsafe lane change and a warning for doing 105 in a 55. >> to me that is absurd. she broke the law speeding. you are talking about 105 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour some? wow. >> the officer in charge is offering an explanation. he said a speeding ticket would not have held up in court. >> you have to go in front of a judge and a test that it was captured on a radar device. the officer was trying to catch up the whole time. he or she could not actually read a citation. >> heard driving record is by no means perfect. she does hold a val

tolls appeared today at the iverson mall for a crime prevention meeting. there, she just read the statement she handed out last night. >> i consider violations a very serious matter and i regret -- [ inaudible ] pay the appropriate fine for these moving violations. >> reporter: many of her constituents not happy about this fast-driving incident. >> you talking about going 105 miles per hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone just to go to a meeting? she's putting herself and the other people in danger. >> her position she should be an example certificate. if you expect regular citizens to abide by the law, she should abide by the law as well. >> reporter: ms. toll said tonight she voluntarily not going to drive any county vehicles until she completes a driver improvement course to ensure her safety and the safety of others. now, this is not her first road encounter with police. coming up at 6:00, the other cases. live in prince georges county, pat collins, news4. >> thank you, pat. >>> no speeding but a road was shutdown this morning because of flooding from heavy

>> reporter: county council member karen toles at iverson mall today let security guards do the talking for her. >> she's not taking any statements. >> reporter: she's a council member. ma'am, you're not going spike to us about this? would could -- speak to us about this? could you at least tell us what happened on the roadway. >> reporter: toles left from a side door to be driven away by a staff member. >> i think they let her off easily. >> she should have gotten charged. >> the in car cram speed did indicate 105 miles an hour. >> reporter: assistant chief police kevin dials explained today toles only got a warning because the officer pursuing her on the inner loop of the beltway at noon on february 22nd did not have rock solid evidence, no radar, no calibrated speedometer and despite the chase he never got on her bumper long enough to pace her. >> because the violator's vehicle exited the beltway at a point in time that was before the officer had that opportunity to establish that good pace, that's why the officer felt that he did not have enough probable cause to issue the violator

tolls appeared today at the iverson mall for a crime prevention meeting. there, she just read the statement she handed out last night. >> i consider violations a very serious matter and i regret the incident. and i intend to pay the appropriate fine for these moving violations. >> reporter: this is not her first incident with the police. in september 2010, she was fined $110 road for driving a road off the vehicle. march 2010, ticketed for unsafe lane change, the fine, $90. may 2009 and again in june 2009, tickets for not having a child properly restrained in a car safety seat. total type fines there, $50. now, tonight ms. tolls says she will voluntarily not drive a county vehicle until she takes a driver improvement course until she ensures her safety and the safety of others and why wasn't that officer's speedometer calibrated? the officer is an administrate and the officer doesn't do much roadwork. live in prince georges county, i'm pat collin was, news4. >> thank you, pat. >>> a dozen occupy d.c. protesters were arrested this morning outside the monsan

over the first six starts, jeremy lin set nba scoring records, him alan iverson, shaq, the numbers speak themselves, his talent speaks for himself. people are not hyping him he is asian, the guy can ball. he's talented. no one does this every night. >> he's the ultimate story of possibility. you pointed that out. >> i mean this guy didn't get drafted, was playing in the d-league he was sitting on the end of a very bad knicks bench. he was somebody who wasn't expected to succeed. went to harvard, doesn't -- isn't known for producing nba players. this is somebody who doesn't have the pedigree you would expect for a starter on the knicks. this is a guy people thought he was the trainer when he walked in madison square garden and now scoring 38 on kobe bryant. that is the greatest story ever. >> we hear linsanity. an awesome compliment, but marc, we have seen jackie chan of basketball, air dumpling, fortune rookie, are we that ignorant? >> some people are. people have the sense of bewilderment and surprise he can play basketball. the racial slurs, like with espn -- >> marc, why is it a probl

what he is doing now, breaking the records of shaquille o'neal, michael jordan, allen iverson, that'st's -- so many degrees away from what his hopes and dreams were in college. even in his first year of the nba, too. >> but did he hope and dream for in college? >> i asked him. we sat in his dorm room. >> you are twittering. back and forth. >> we keep in touch. when i was in dorm room in harvard, he was a senior, everything about his life at that point was surprising. he wanted to get a chance and play in the nba. jeremy has always will self-confidence and been the best player on the court. high school, california state championship. college, beating bigger teams. proving himself that way. but this, you know, magnitude of what's happened to him is so mind-blowing. that's the biggest trancenition his life. how does he deal with the fame? how do you go from being a kid who is completely anonymous to now being the world's biggest sports star? >> do you worry about that for him? >> i do just because he is so humble. genuine. you see athletes who praise god and give credit to their teammate