jake byrd, everyone. oh, there's jake. nicely done.reat job. [ applause ] >> looks like "mean girls 2." >> jimmy: you're probably right. jake byrd, everybody. i hope that jake will be there for me when i commit my crime. it was a crazy day here in l.a. i hope this turns out to be a turning point for lindsay lohan. on the bright side, all the craziness today did provide us with something pretty great today. our unintentional joke of the day. >> it's a sheriff's department issue. i'm sure they have a procedure for getting her out of the building. >> front door or back door? >> not going to go there. >> jimmy: good call, alan. good call. so -- in other crazy people news, sarah palin is speaking out, finally. she is opposing a plan to build a mosque, there's a plan to build a mosque near the site of the world trade center. while she's opposing it, i don't know. you put a mosque there, there's no way the terrorists blow it up. if i was in charge, i'd put a mosque on top of every building in america, just to be safe. but sarah palin tweeted

wit vic ay re o jake's vice president biden. and jake asksie p for his response tooe explmentom g stanley mcchrystal abouion. sunday morning right here3 ek." >>> now, though, we turn to hundreds of raids carried out by federal agents across the country today in what's being called the biggest stor doctors and nurs american taer ced that never happened, a that don't ev pierre thomas is on the case. >> reporter: the suspects are doctors, nurses and other health care providers arrested in a series of raids across the country. 94 people charged with committing $251 million in medicare fraud. grand theft of your tax dollars. >> it's the most heinous kind of crime. offering services that have no medical benefit. lying. >> reporter: the suspects are accused of billing the federal government for equipment never sold and medical treatment never provided. we saw the epidemic of fraud first hand as part of our investigation in miami last year. this is nothing. >> this company was supposed to have provided to medicare patients over $400,000

>> jimmy: well, actually got a little -- oh there's jake. thank you, jake. byrd, herb. it's thursday night. time for our weekly tribute to the fcc. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> bell city council members wanted to go into closed door session so they can discuss whether or not to [ bleep ] the city manager, whether or not to [ bleep ] the chief of police. >> what do you think? who will ali [ bleep ]? vote now. >> i think ali is going to [ bleep ] roberto. >> you've really done a lot. you [ bleep ] 200-plus [ bleep ] since you're in office. >> this one is missy boo. >> my name is bonnie, and i [ bleep ] animals. >> have we forgotten how to do anything? it would take us 85 dales how to [ bleep ] a seven-inch hole. >> do not be afraid of the [ bleep ]. >> oh, don't be afraid. >> we are not. >> novelists are drawn to, you know, [ bleep ] [ bleep ] and low lives. >> we study whales and we know that blue whales [ bleep ] three types of [ bleep ] here in southern california. >> before bruce can [ bleep ] this pretty puppy, he has to ask the dog's ow

jake, the president is sounding more partisan here than usual. can we expect to hear more of this heading into the midterm elections in november? >> reporter: absolutely, midterm elections, they're usually referendums on the party in power and every white house wants to change that dynamic, make it a choice election, and that's what you see here. president obama is leading the way in making the argument that it's a choice between president obama's policies and president bush's policies. so they're trying to reclaim the 2008 momentum that way. >> jake, the republicans are countering that even a year and a half into his own term, the president is still running against president bush, as you just noted there. is that a fair criticism? >> it's absolutely fair. in fact, in our interview with vice president biden that's going to air tomorrow morning on "this week," you'll hear him use the term "repeal and repeat." and that what means is he thinks he's -- accusing the republicans of wanting to repeal the things that obama has done, health care reform, w

and here goes -- oh, jake, nice catch.be playing with other kids not worrying about other people. matt cane, really great tonight. struck out 9. cain, era to 3.0. giants beat arizona. >> all right, we have the a's. they host the red hot chicago white sox tomorrow night. world cup softball coming in your living room. jenny finch, maybe the greatest name in the history of the sport. announced her retirement. she will be with her kids. certainly be home at night. she will not take them. and she hit a two-run homer. usa beat canada, 9-0. jenny could pitch and jenny will retire just terrific. she was a pitcher for arizona, winning a collegiate championship and 60 games in a row. bobby has been named the major league soccer all-star game set for wednesday in houston. he's one of the guys that's a last minute edition. he scored more than a year to put the earthquake up front against the l.a. galaxy. galaxy is the one that picked him. tonight, we will have a 2-2 tie thing. donedonovan, he scores. galaxy improved to 12-2, and 4. ar

thanks, jake. you can see jake's full interview with the treasury secretary and, of course, the weekly roundtable tomorrow morning on "this week." >>> still ahead on "world news" this saturday, protests and arrests. a school busing program is canceled. is this another step in the resegregation of america's schools? >>> general stanley mcchrystal says good-bye. we hear from the former commander of the war in afghanistan for the first time since his stunning fall from grace. >>> and the incredible reach of social media. facebook helping us make sense of the mundane and the momentous. (announcer) chug that coffee, bolt that burrito. no matter what life throws at you, you can take the heat. until it turns into... heartburn. good thing you've got what it takes to beat that heat, too. zantac. it's strong, just one pill can knock out the burn. it's fast, the speed you need for heartburn relief. and it lasts, up to 12 hours. so let them turn up the heat. you can stop that heartburn cold: (sssssssss!!!) zan

thank you to jake mgoldrick. we had regional projects related to work on celebrity -- collectively together. he helped organize a from work with the golden gate bridge district and other leaders throughout the region. patching together money, patching together collaboration, patching together those wounds that have opened up in the course of this project. in closing, i think you not only for your introduction but for your stewardship and leadership and constancy. thank you for your faith, love, and devotion. this is one of the things i know you care deeply about. that showed throughout the course of this effort and the course of the work that is being done here. thank you very much. [applause] >> i remember then that chair jake mcgoldrick saying to the mayor in an early speech that he jogged every morning under those drives. he said, "do not job under the structure. you never know what could happen." [laughter] we get now to the point here where people are too cold and we need to wrap up quickly, but we still hav

watch for jake.he hat. >> the atmosphere continued even as lohan's lawyer talked. >> she's accepted responsibility and that's really all i have to say. >> she went to jail? >> yes, she did. >> oh! [ applause ] >> jimmy: some people report the news, others receive the news. in less than two weeks the state of missouri will vote on a proposition that if passed without exempt missouri exempt from fines for not buying health insurance. it's important with potentially far-reaching implication, and in kansas city, a reporter consider knbc there hit the street to get local reaction. >> for the first time anywhere in america. missouri voters are going to have an opportunity to vote whether they want to vote out of the federal health care reform laws. >> jimmy: and that's -- [ applause ] let's see that again. >> federal health care reform laws. >> jimmy: appears to be eating his head. yeah, that -- probably isn't going on his highlight reel. let's see that one more time but this time with jake byrd in it. >>

thanks, jake. you can see much more of his sitdown with treasury secretary timothy geithner and interview with rising star in the republican party, new jersey governor chris christie later on "this week." >>> all right. we're going to turn overseas now sic aeast germany and started a stamped gloria rivira hls f ♪ >> reporter: at first, hundreds of technomusic fans were blissfully unaware they were in danger. a single tunnel was the only way into the grounds. by about 5:00 p.m., space grew tight. no one wanted in anymore. they wanted out. officials directed people to turn around, but there was nowhere to go. fans scrambled through narrow gaps in a fence or formed human chains to climb to safety. panic broke out, this policewoman said. officials say at least 19 people died in the stampede trampled in the chaos. over 300 suffered injuries. inside the concert, not knowing there was trouble, hundreds of thousands of people carried on partying. germany's annual love parade is like many summer festivals a

>> jake tapper at the white house tonight, thank you, jake. >>> and an investigation is under way into a terrifying cross country flight. more than 20 passengers injured last night. with severe turbulence struck seemingly out of the blue. about 58 people a year are injured by turbulence, while not wearing seat belts. so, how did so many get hurt on this one flight? abc's clayton sandell is in denver where the jet was forced to land. >> reporter: united flight 967 was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> you know, we were kind of warned at the beginning by the pilot that there was going to be turbulence. >> reporter: over missouri, 255 passengers and ten crew on board the boeing jet suddenly encountered a monster thunderstorm. it was growing rapidly, rising from 25,000 feet to 45,000 feet in only 30 minutes. >> thunderstorms are developing so fast, and airplanes flying along at 400 miles an hour, he has very little time to change course. >> reporter: like a linebacker on a football team, the storm slammed the jet hard. >> everything just went and hit the ceiling. it almost looked li

let's bring in jake tapper, who is hosting "this week." good morning, jake.oto s >> goo good to see you as we >> while the president has a lot riding on this crisis ending as soon as possible, tell us, what is happening behind the scenes? >> behind the scenes, they feel confident as matt has said, but i will be very surprised if anybody declares this over until that relief well is in motion. they do not want to get ahead of where the story could go. there have been a lot of fits and starts to this story from the very beginning. from the very beginning when they were told by bp that there was not any oil spilling from the well at all. i think until the relief well is in place, you won't hear any mission accomplished declarations. >> we have this big development in the gulf. then, we have the passage of landmark financial regulations. and the oil spill looking to be stopped. this was a good week for the president. you talked to the vice president about regular reform. >> that's right. we talked to vice president biden. the interview will air later on "this week

jake tapper reports. >> reporter: it was combustible. a conservative website posting a video clip of department of agriculture official shirley sherrod at an naacp event talking about meeting with a white farmer. >> i was struggling with the fact that so many black people have lost their farmland. and here i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so, i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: an obama administration official called sherrod in her car and demanded she pull over and type a resignation letter in her blackberry. agriculture secretary tom vilsack said in a statement that there is zero tolerance for discrimination at his agency. none of them bothered to learn that the incident in question happened 24 years ago when sherrod worked for a nonprofit. the question is, why would you look at the white farmers differently than you looked at the black farmers? >> because i always, up to that point, i felt they had all of the advantages. >> reporter: then, in 1986, she changed her mind, as s

here's jake tapper. >> reporter: president obama posed in an electric car, in at an event in michigan, heralding the stimulus bill. >> i recommend them. >> reporter: but the real electricity this week, has been behind closed doors among democrats. an explosion of anger, building up for months. a fuse lit by spokesman, robert gibbs, saying that democrats could lose the house this november. >> i think there's no doubt, there's enough seats in play. that could cause republicans to gain control, there's no doubt about that. >> reporter: remarks many house democrats thought unappreciative and suspected as an attempt by the white house to distance itself from am impending loss. >> i think the comment was unfortunate. >> i think robert gibbs' statement was completely wrong. we're not going to lose the house of representatives. >> reporter: and it prompted larger gripe sessions among house democrats this week with the president. what's their beef? one democratic congressman told me that, quote, obama has a general thrust of, we've got to do tough things. and then he says to congress, okay. yo

jake tapper has much more. good morning to you, jake. >> reporter: good morning, juju.hat's right, white house officials are eager to put this controversy in the rear-view mirror. but president obama did tell abc news, about his phone call with shirley sherrod. after landing in atlanta after her frenzied media tour, shirley sherrod said she was thinking about her job offer from the agriculture department. >> this has been a whirlwind. and i need a little downtime to -- and i really have not seen the offer in writing yet. >> reporter: in a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, both democrats and republicans, including house republican leader, john boehner, expressed sympathy for her. >> the whole episode has been unfortunate. and i think this lady has been put through hell and back. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with "good morning america's" consumer correspondent, elisabeth leamy, president obama explained how he told sherrod he related personally to her speech. the full one, not the unfairly edited excerpt. >> one of the things i shared with ms. sherrod was the

jake tapper is in washington tonight. goldman sr: aig, goldman sachs, group,roup, bank of america, morgan stanley, jpmorgan chase ving11 other banks receiving s xpayer bailout funds gave their own executives $1.6 billion in salary and bonuses at t for their their performances at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009. that was the exact same time that was asen the economy was crashing down, because of decisions made by some of these same executives. some of whom were paid more than some of whom wer $10 million apiece. according to treasury department ennethal kenneth feinberg. >> the taxpayer has a right to be outraged. who wouldn't be? >> reporter: all of this was be legal, because executive pay executivens on companies receiving bailout funds did not exist until february 2009. he at the time these payments were made, they were ill the part of t viosed, bad judgment on the part of these companies, but they didn't violate any statute, they didn't violate any regulation at the time. >> reporter: feinberg had few reporter: fein

jake tapper reports. >> reporter: it was combustible. a conservative website posting a video clip of department of agriculture official shirley sherrod at an naacp event talking about meeting with a white farmer. >> i was struggling with the fact that so many black people have lost their farm land and here i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: last night, an obama administration official called sherrod in her car and demanded she pull over and type a resignation letter in her blackberry. agriculture secretary tom vilsack said in a statement that there is zero tolerance for discrimination at his agency. none of them bothered to learn that the incident in question happened 24 years ago when sherrod worked for a nonprofit. the question is, why would you look at the white farmers differently than you looked at the black farmers? >> because i always, up to that point, i felt they had all of the advantages. >> reporter: then, in 1986, she changed her

at we begin tonight with jake tapper at the white house. cccccc >> reporter: good evening, good evening, e president spokht. president obama spoke with ccrley sherrod, the former stice.lture department employee, obae resignation the administration sought and then wased an injustice. president obama today told shirley sherrod he was sorry. >> he expressed his apologies for for the events of the last events of the l >> reporter: it was an apology that sherrod accepted and one she felt was she due, as she she felt said on "good morning america" this morning. said that iave people think that i as a racist, someone who has worked against racism all of my hufe, really, really hurt. theeporter: after all the speech she had originally told unfairlyspeech that was unfairly edited, was about her father a whikilled by a white man in ing her crow south during her teens and how she overcame her prejudice. this morning, aides to tom details, secretary of sriculture, e-mailed sherrod he men about a new job offer, as she told the women of "the view." >> he

jake tapper joins us now. jake? >> reporter: that's right, diane. many congressional democrats have been furious this week, and the person they've been angry with is the man who lives in the building behind me. president obama today posed in an electric car at an event in michigan today heralding the stimulus bill. >> i'm telling you guys -- i recommend them. >> reporter: but the real electricity this week has been behind closed doors among democrats. an explosion of anger building up for months. a fuse lit by spokesman robert gibbs saying that democrats could lose the house this there are enough that could cause republicans to gain control, there's no doubt about tha ter anye democrats thought unapprecia and suspected were an attempt by the white house to distance itself from a pending loss. >> i think the comment was unfortunate. >> i think robert gibbs' statement was completely wrong. we're not going to lose the houf epativ largripens house deday lasnighhe pnt. what's their beef? one democratic congressman told me that, quote, obama has a general

jake canyon southern permit officer. the southern station recommends the approval with the following s. you have those conditions before you, going to read them quickly. number one is entertainment and dancing. allowed five days a week from 8:00 to 2:00. it is exclusive to patrons 21 years or older. the permit is valid for one pool table. when they hire permit holders, they take control of the nightclub and operations and bar tenders and cocktail servers and security personnel. if using outside promoters the head of security much contact southern station one week prior with the calendar of the event. during hours of operation, at least one manager shall be on the premises. one person should be inside the nightclub for every 80 patrons. the front door of the premises shall be closed or covered with a sound curtain during hours of operation. all beverage servers and entertainment and dancing shall cease by 1:45 a.m. the soft clothes and all patrons shall exit by 2:00. all managers and bar tenders and cocktail servers and s

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jake roof gut -- roof gutter. clubhouse is much beloved and very dangerous. it is grossly deteriorating, and it needs replacement, and that is a big public safety concern for us. bob dole of pool did make the list as well. -- balboa pool did make the laws as well. if i can keep the roots integrity, i can usually hold on to the other systems. goothose of you that have done e renovations probably know this. public utilities commission has been very helpful. they have done an updated energy system, and they were doing some light things work, and they found your air handling system is failing, and of course, the staff knows that as well, because they have had difficulties as well, and it did not come up in comment. union square is interesting in that it was recently renovated, but we had a great deal of problems with the lighting system. there are a lot of stairs, and the lights have failed because of a faulty design when they did renovation they did a puddle of water we need to get it working. it continues to fail. but as the worst of the processes we would need

jake jacobs. >> my name is jay jacobs. i am a salsa instructor. i have been teaching dance for almost as long as they have been open. i think it is a very unique venue. the community is really a very givers community, and the security guards at the other club always love soften night raided soften night, because there are few incidents -- really love salsa night, because there are few incidences'. what happens is the club owners will rent out places to other people. it does lead to some unfortunate incidents. it is a huge area. the other point i wanted to make is there are not many venues fed to support the latin music. -- venues that do support latin music. they would have a pretty significant impact, and we are lucky to have venues that do support it. musicians need the work. they have a great location. >> thank you. stephanie dalton. >> i write newsletters' that got to 7000 people a week. -- that go out to 7000 people a week. i am an advocate for musicians. a lot of people cannot speak of, so i speak of for them, and i also speak of for communi

. >> my name is jake, and i have lived in this neighborhood since 1967. i have a lot of equity in the place. every wednesday they worked alongside the program, and we'll log well over 1000 hours every year. we set a record last year. we are ahead of that this year. it is windblown sand that covers a big rock outcrop, and the entire sunset rage, -- ridge. because of past trails, it is very steep. they have come up with the huge truck and hauled it away, and it is a one-way street, because it is not being renewed. once it is gone, we will have bare rocks. the stairway on the east side was on the verge of collapse. the remedy that, and that has really cut down on the erosion. it does need further attention. i think the program is doing a wonderful job. >> is there any other public comment? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners? there has been a motion to approve. >> there is a second. any discussion? hearing none, all in favor? >> aye. >> we are now on item 20, which is the recreation and park department urban forestry. >> good evening, comm

here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we wouldn't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did it have to be this beautiful. finally, i'm going to wrap up. san francisco is rich in the various kinds of arts projects. we have a fabulous collection of stuff here. there were four components. there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they employed many people. this is excellent to show the work. the visual arts project. it was especially important in san francisco because of dieggo rivera and radicalizing it. this is the coit towers. this was done under cw a. 1934. the wpa wasn't in existence. this is the very first of the relieve projects. har

that and you heard jake say, that will be the true test. >> new tonight at 11:00 it was arson. new information about this fire that destroyed a $10 million san jose school. someone set it intentionally, a portion of the school was saved. portable classrooms will be used during the school year. classes are set to begin august 16th. >> firefighters are battling wild fires, this one in riverside county. likely all the others burning right now. gusty winds are fanning the flames. nobody has been hurt so far. one home was destroyed in a wildfire near lake elsenor. >> more is on tap as well. today was the hottest day of the year in parts of the bay area. jeff it, had to be in the 90s in some places. it was a scorcher outside. >> even triple digits across the bay area. as part of the bay area in the north bay, specifically, had some of the hottest temperatures of the year. 101, livermoore, gillroy, napa, and the mid 90s, close to records today it is all from the ridge of high pressure in the southwest. underneath that high pressure, we have this dome of hot air that will continue to s

apparently on the reunion special that airs monday night, vienna called jake a fame whore.today she told "star" she'll be appearing in "playboy" later this year. i think somebody needs to pull vienna aside and just explain what fame whore means. she said "playboy" offered her $250,000, she needs the money and she's been looking for the opportunity to show the world her genitals, so it all works out. but here's the twist. "playboy" says they have no idea what she's talking about. a spokesman said we haven't spoken to vienna. she said she filled out the little cardboard form in the middle of the magazine and thought it was a done deal, but -- so, unless she had -- [ applause ] i don't know, unless -- i don't know who she was -- unless she had a, this negotiation with hugh hefner and he forgot, i mean, he is 84. something is very, very wrong with this "bachelor" crew. some good news on the other hand, for oprah winfrey. after being ousted from the top spot last year by angelina jolie, oprah has reclaimed the number one spot on forbes annual ranking of the world's most powerful

across the board, jake, we had to reduce spending. every department of state government was cut. stateare going to be cuts you make that you like and some you like less. billion you have an $11 billion hole to fill, you have to fill t. i wasn't going to but $3 billion in a failing pension system. we need pension reform. i passed some already for new system.n march. fter his fall, we're going to go after health benefit reform and pension reform, because we're o new broke. >> in the clip, you said no new tax increases on people of the f the of new jersey. jerslso, your state did not fund $1 billion in direct fund $1y tax rebates. he homestead rebate. hat means that people's property taxes will go up. >> what we did, we did a couple did,ings. first, we changed it from a we property tax rebate program to a direct credit. processing the $20 million a year in processing the checks and borrowing the money to pay ody was going h everybody was going have to make for thed sacrifice. ms for theust going to cut programs just for the vulnerable ev or just for the rich. that but programs for t

the mayor was correct in recognizing one of my predecessors, supervisor jake mcgolder, as well as my immediate supervisor. to the innovations in the design we have added construction innovations like the oscillator, the largest in the world, that can sink huge 11 foot piles into the ground without pounding them and avoiding transmitting vibrations to the many historic buildings near the construction site. that was a huge step in securing the approval of the california transportation officials to move the project's second phase. in doing so, the project will spearhead a move in california toward considering the full cycle cost of projects, not just the construction cost but also the maintenance and rehabilitation cost, and responsibly accounting for those over three decades into the future. we will adequately maintain our roads and our transit system. that is what is needed in order to assure the state infrastructure remains in good repair for many years to come. it is fitting that the presidio parkway should be leading the way. i cannot and my remarks without acknowledging in a curta

governor chris christie told jake tapper that the show is not good. >> mtv's jt jersey shore" positive jersey in which or negative? >> what it does is take a bunch of new yorkers, drops them at the jersey shore, tries to make america feel like this is new jersey. it's a beautiful place. we've got another six weeks or so of summer left. come to new jersey. >> governor certainly was not the only critic of the show. many italian-american groups have panned the show as offensive. >>> in sports, alberto contador road into the tour de france. meanwhile, seven-time champion lance armstrong finished 23rd, competing for the last time. for other highlights, kevin connors at espn news. >>> good morning, historic sunday in indianapolis. we take you to the brickyard for the action. pole sitter juan pablo montoya getting focused for the brickyard 400. jimmie johnson both eyeing their fifth brickyard victory. first lap of the race turned to kyle busch, flipped sam hornish jr. from behind, where there's smoke, there's generally a pileup. seven cars. busch would finish eighth, hornish, 30th. 40 left to

good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, you seldom see something like this where somebody claims they've been wronged, the white house adm she's offered a job, but the white house does seem very er to get this story be overnight, secretary of agriculture tom vilsack met with members of the congressional black caucus to discuss the circumstances which led to the ouster of agriculture department official shirley sherrod. it was vilsack's most recent act of contrition for the episode. >> it was a very good meeting, and we really believe that mrs. sherrod deserves our respect. >> reporter: this followed vilsack's apology to sherrod after it became clear that her words had been taken out of context in the short clip making the rounds on the internet and cable. >> this is a good woman. she's been put through hell. >> apparently she's watching this briefing, shirley sherrod, on cnn right now. is there anything you want to say to her? >> on behalf of the administration, i offer our apologies. >> reporter: a ore vilsack su

the president said, mark this down as a good day. >> but, you know, jake, the president faces this as a paradox. this is not a big pillar of his legislative agenda. following stimulus. following health care. yet, his poll numbers continue to slide. how does the white house plan to address that? >> reporter: well, they're going to try to cast this election as a choice between obama policies and bush policies. this wall street reform bill will be an example of that. this is a major change to the financial system. the biggest one since right they side o d what republicans want to do. >> and do they realize without getting much republican support for any of the president's legislation now, as th into the midterm elections. legislatively, they're pretty me or es.reporter: well, tere extending unemployment insnce. a small business, lending initiative. but, yes. there's no major items they'll be able to pass before the end of the session. we should say, george, also, the wall street reform bill is expected to be signed on wednesday. it will be a pretty big signing ke iou hre at the white hou

jake tapper is at the white house with the details. jake, it looks like there was a flurry of activity last night. the tape is released. white house officials get on the phone with the agriculture secretary. and this morning, he says he's reconsidering the whole matter. >> reporter: that's right. secretary tom vilsack says he's willing to review the decision to terminate shirley sherrod. it's a story of twists and turns, and a story that's become a real distraction for the white house. yesterday afternoon, secretary vilsack defended his decision to seek her resignation, saying it was his and his alone. this after a conservative website posted a video clip of sherrod earlier this year at an naacp event, talking about a meeting with a white farmer. >> i was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland. and here, i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so, i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: but vilsack had never bothered to learn that the incident in ques

the orioles' jake fox, a shot up the middle. escobar made the stop, flipped it behind his back, and got the runner at second. it doesn't get any better than that. jays won it, 8-2. >>> finally, check out this soccer celebration from iceland. after scoring a penalty kick, a player cast out his line, and he reeled in a live one. there's great fishing up in iceland. then he and his teammates posed for a picture with their prized catch. at least he won't hear stories about how the big one got away. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, what's the one thing in the world penelope cruz would change? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, how will these high school grads feel about each other 75 years from now? you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back. >>> if there's one location in the country you don't have to worry about a sunburn, it would be our friends in alaska. a lot of clouds lingering, showers in nome. anchorage, 60 for the high. days are sh

wood-stieg and her son, jake, have tended this land all of their lives and own their mineral rights. they understand the trouble that could come with more drilling, but they also think it could bring relief to a financially- strapped region. >> anytime you can get money back and put it back into our local economy, it's going to improve everything overall. >> reporter: diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," hersey, michigan. >> susie: monday, we continue our coverage of natural gas drilling and shale gas recovery. the technology used to extract that gas is called "fracking," and environmentalists are concerned it could pollute groundwater and cause other unintended consequences. >> tom: here's what we're watching for next week. our friday "market monitor" guest is mary ann bartels, head of u.s. technical and market analysis, bank of america/merrill lynch global research. we'll see the july reports on auto sales and employment. monday, we kick off our three- part series, "rules of the board," looking at what shareholders should expect a board of directors to know. >> susie: miram