it profiles 13 groundbreaking americans including george washington and jackie robinson. he wrote the book before taking office. revenue from book sales will be donated to a scholarship fund for children of fallen and disabled soldiers. >>> according to "the washington post" the postmaster will earn $5.5 million in deferred compensation, retirement benefits, and accrued leave. he retires after nine years as the nation's top mailman. last week they announced the u.s. postal service lost $8.5 billion in the last fiscal years. >>> federal and local officials unveiled the first kerbside charging station on 14th street. it is the first of its kind. the company behind it plans to install dozens of the stations around d.c. >> coming up, a royal engagement. the prince william and his fiancee speak out about the wedding. >> grain around the region. doug hill is back. >> the new information on mcnabb's contract extension. how did this happen? the redskins try to make sense of their monday night nightmare. the redskins try to make sense of their monday night nightmare. coming up lat

just for example, jackie robinson played first base. if you were the leftfielder, your paths never crossed. a guy can call you names from the dugout all day long and you cannot catch up with him because of the positions you played. now in basketball, you know, you stand on the foul line and you are right here. you are hearing everything. you are within range. a guy is less apt to call you h next to you. >> you spent 10 years in the league and a stint in the army and finished with the detroit pistons. let's see this ring. you won a championship as well. when you look back at the time now and you see the game today. is the game a better game today? faster game today? what do you think? do you watch? >>well,, you know, conditions -- when you see the buildings they play in now and i reflect back to the building i played in, it is unbelievable. we don't even discuss the money. >> let's not even talk about it. >> you don't get into it. we have guys that are angry because the kids make all this money. i get a chance every year to talk to the n

from georgia o'keefe to jackie robinson to george washington. proceeds from the book to be donated to a scholarship for children of the fallen and disabled soldiers. >>> during last night's "dancing with the stars," semifinals, the judges gave out -- i should say 13 tens, 10 nines and one 8. george pennacchio has the post-show report. >> reporter: jennifer grey and her partner with scores of 10-10-10. they return for triple 10s again, this time for the wonderful waltz. >> it was kind of emotional. for me, and afterwards we were just kind of - >> ok, he was crying like a baby. i got him to pull it together. i said pull it together. it's just a dance show. >> she said why are you crying? >> reporter: carl and his partner lacy shwilmer scored an almost perfect nine for their sampla and came back with the argentine tango. dancing to second place with the judges. >> wow, you put it like that, it's crazy. what more could we have possibly asked for? i have no words to express how excited i am. except for sexy. >> reporter: one point behind them, brandi

eric hill, jackie robinson, stephen yet, and marcus santiago and our park patrol unit for really what was some tireless work between monday and the parade on wednesday in supporting this great celebration at civic center plaza. president buell and commissioner harrison touched upon events yesterday out at harding that are going on all weekend, but just when you thought it was safe to take a breath, we actually happen to have the senior golf championship this weekend, which is a terrific event. we have some very famous golfers out there like tom watson and fred couples, some early world- class champs out there competing for the senior cup championship, and it does coincide with the fruits of this commission's labor in having the pga tour take over the management and marketing of the golf course. you can already start to see the strength of the decision. during the world series, the pga did a marketing campaign that look at golf courses in arlington and san francisco that went all over the country. for all the baseball fanatics that were out there that wanted to play around a golf, the

jackie robinson beat him by 10 years.when he broke the color line it was not just a story in brooklyn, a story all over the united states. it opened the doors of a for people like this and all over the place. if you want to look at one. , at one point there were 22% of major league baseball players where african americans. that has dropped to 10% and i cannot fathom why. 26% are latinos. what they do down in those latin countries, i do not know, but they all want to get out of there. they come here for a better life. >> you are right. i broke in with jackie robinson. he played in montreal. we played against each other. he was a great man. i had no problem with him. as long as i was playing baseball and he played baseball. montclair, a great man. i have no problems with them at all. i miss them. i really do. especially else and howard -- elston howard. my kids went to school with his kids in high school. they are great. jackie who was a great guy. and the only thing i can say about him is how i attacked them at home plate

. >> jackie robinson played himself and obama could do the same. all three have something in common and they all r are -- they all sucekd. >> chris katan played himself. you can see the rob schneider movie and you can see the difference between the right one and the bad one. >> did you not get chills? joy obama could do it if they do bag of vamps again. >>> to the greg-alogue. it is an ejection seat of sanity in a fighter jet of foolishness. >>> well, if there is one thing i learned in line, a despicable character. case in ., fidel castro's recent analysis of the mid-term election. i thought they always carried ribbons and shals and tris skits. they say it was the consequence of racism. they say the most reactionary sectors in the united states are sharpening their teeth. and warns, quote, all power will fall to the extreme right. mind you this is almost the extra same opinion held. bill maar and that boob with bat wing hair. and anyone else. anyway, for all of you folks who still think tee partiers are racist, please reconsider the view now that a

obama writes about people like jackie robinson and salinsky. >> give me a break. >> she did a lot of great things. did you see her in the movie? >> no. >> she played like a kid. a kid that had problems. >> matt, you mentioned socialism again. >> greg, i have to say, it is screwed up that you dumped on this book. if you look under the section, customers who bought this book also bought -- >> wow. your book is ranked number six on the children's book list. it is right behind rick sanchez's latest book. >> i'm always behind kids reading. >> and rick sanchez. >> greg-alogue, first of all, great palin pandorin even though bill ruined it. >> it was so close. i had her there. >> and here is what palin said on her facebook page. she said, healthcare reform will lead to rationed care. my parents or baby with down syndrome will stand in front of the panel so they can decide based on a subjective judgment of level of productivity in society. that's what she said. none of that language was in the healthcare bill. >> i guess you should be calling me healthcare bill shultz. >> the question is, was

it's a attribute to 13 ground breaking americans including george washington, george okeef and jackie robinson. it was written before the president took office in 2009. the proceeds will be donated to a scholarship fund for the children of fallen and disabled soldiers. >>> 5:15 is the time. sal is checking contra costa county. how does it look? >> looks okay. traffic continues to look pretty good on highway 4 westbound coming up to the willow pass grade. if you're driving through concord, traffic looks good on 680 and no problem on the bridge. southbound 101 traffic looks good. northbound 101 looks good to the downtown area. if you're on 101 a little bit farther south redwood city that traffic is easy. we'll check marin county just because right now it's light. 5:17 17 let's go to steve. . >> thank you. i'm getting ahead of myself. next week many of you will be traveling. and if my forecast model is right it will be brutally cold. we will get much colder. and as cold systems drop in they don't hold a lot of rain they hold more cold air. some areas will struggle to get out of the upper 40s by t

we were -- when sports illustrated began, jackie robinson was playing baseball, but everything else wasgated, and even baseball to the degree that there were black players was not -- there is a famous story about bear bryant when usc came to play the crimson tide, alabama, and just thumped them with cunningham was their great fullback, and great black athlete, and this is over. and there that point on, they started to recruit. >> rose: but alabama went to be number one. >> exactly. >> rose: saw the writing on the wall. >> but it had been segregated up through the sixties. you know, there are many, many, many stories of a really stories. >> rose: in basketball and -- >> yes, it did. not just in the south, everywhere across the entire sports landscape but there seemed to be an understanding that would come through when black and white athletes played together and liked each other that you could not help but be conscious of when you watched. >> rose: sports also i had a beginning and middle and an end, there is, at the end of the game, a result, a score. >> yes. >> a winder and a loser, it

it's a tribute to 13 ground-breaking americans, among them jackie robinson and founding father georgeritish family announced prince william is now engaged to be married to his girlfriend kate middleton. >> yeah, there's been a lot of buzz about this of late. the wedding will take place next year some time in the spring or summer. joining us on the phone is mark saunders. thanks for being with us this morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning. >> does this come as a surprise to you? >> well, it doesn't come as a surprise. if it's supposed to have been a secret, it hasn't been a well kept secret. everybody's been expecting it for some time. but they always -- that i mean they seem to announce it just at the right time. today it was a surprise, and the story is across the country and across the world as a tremendous breath of fresh air. it's a wonderful news story. and it's something that everybody seems to be really enjoying at the moment. >> you know, we all remember the big wedding in 1981, charles and diana. and we are fascinated here in the united states by all the ceremony involved

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about 13 renowned americans including the artist georgia o'keefe and jacky robinson. it will sell. say, it will sell with all proceeds going to veterans. and they say he wrote it before he, before 2009, before he took office. and as you can see, a nice children's book for the holidays and 500,000 copies is the initial printing. i have a feeling a lot more than that will sell. >> thank you so much. you can get the latest political news. go on to cnn.com. and how about this for you? a coyote roaming the streets. there he go. chicago. animal control could not be happier. what is wrong with this picture? it is something you have to see. that's next. >>> also, will kate middleton be more like princess diana or fergie duchess of york? >>> for decades law enforcement has used dogs, even horses to fight crime. could coyotes be joining the ranks? you have to see this. yeah. that's not a dog, folks, running on the streets of chicago. that's a coyote. get this. the police are not chasing him. this wily coyote turned road runner patrolling, looking for rats and mice. animal control said he is

they include george washington, baseball icon, jackie robinson and artist georgia oh keefe. >> it will be a huge best seller and probably sell very quickly. >>> hearts may be breaking all over the world right now. britain's prince william is off the most eligible bachelor list that engaged to his long time girlfriend, kate middleton. how did they first meet? much more of their joint interview in london today. stand by for that. >>> and a royal biographer will share some special insight with us. >>> and pushback on airport patdowns and screenings. but now the outrage isn't coming. ♪ eggland's best eggs. the best in nutrition... just got better. even better nutrition -- high in vitamins d, e, and b12. a good source of vitamin a and b2. plus omega 3's. and, 25% less saturated fat than ordinary eggs. but there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed: better taste. better taste. better taste. yum! [ female announcer ] eggland's best. better taste -- and now even better nutrition -- make the better egg. >>> let's get back to one. our top stories. the highly anticipated wedding of prin

and the robby award, a humanitarian, presented by jackie robinson foundation in 1996. his success on the links have earned chi chi rodriguez a special place in history. however, his work -- and i state -- however, his work in helping disadvantaged children has earned chi chi rodriguez a special place in our hearts. it's about giving. it's not about receiving. it's about helping others, not about what you get. he wasn't about me, myself and irene. it's about, what can i do to help others? and that's what chi chi wanted to do. he proved that the humble beginnings do not define a person. he assumed that with hard work and determination you can be successful but you can be caring and you can ge back because the lord gave him something and he wanted to return something back to others. by giving back to help our youth he taught us, please join me in honoring and saluting chi chi rodriguez. i urge all members to support the passage of 1430, and i yield -- >> will the gentleman yield? mr. baca: sure. >> i appreciate it. my understanding is that the congressional hispanic caucu