many things of new mayor and fellow entrepreneur named jim gray, both of us are business people justappen to be mayors. we're not lifelong politicians. if there's a problem, let's work together. that seems to make a lot of sense, let's do it. there's not enough of that going on in the political world. so we set our competitive advantage compared to the rest of the country appears to be advanced manufacturing. we have two ford motor company plants, ge appliance and parts. ge's manufacturing headquarters are in this cluster we call the bluegrass economic advancement movement. we're in the process of identifying what our assets are, what our weaknesses are, how do we align the business strategy with the government strategy, education, foundation and non-profits and develop that type of alignment so we can drive excellence in advanced manufacturing. lots of support and interest, you can imagine, from the private sector who kind of feels, which i was part of, you feel like you're just kind of hanging out there and succeeding despite government health or despite a well-intentioned alignmen

here to put linsanity in perspective the veterans sports caster from cbs and nbc, jim gray joins us from los angeles. jim, welcome aboard. let me ask you a simple question? who is more important to the nba jeremy lin or blake griffin who made the la clippers a real team? >> well that's a tough question. but blake griffin. he has a huge future. already proven himself worthy of being in the game. he's in the game this evening right now. jeremy lin has come on the scene in the last three weeks it has been incredible see if he can sustain the test of time but it has been a phenomenal run and fun to watch. >> 270 points scored so far between the two of them. what's the record? this -- looks like a dunk-a-thon. >> well, you know, it's really a celebration geraldo of basketball. not a competitive game. i think in the last couple of minutes it's tightened up here and they both want to win now. there is a lot of alley-oops a lot of dunks and outside shooting and very little defense even though duane wade did come from behind as you look at last night's all star slam dunk. evans winning from utah

new mayor in lexington, kentucky, named jim gray, both of us are business people that just happen towe're not lifelong politicians, so if there's a problem, let's work together. let's do it. they say there's not enough of that going on in the political world. so we said our competitive advantage compared to the rest of the country appears to be advanced manufacturing. we have two ford motor company plants, ge appliance park, toyota's north american manufacturing headquarters is in this cluster we call the bluegrass, bluegrass economic advancement movement. so we're in the process of identifying what our assets are, what our weaknesses are, how do we align the business strategy with the government strategy, education, foundation and nonprofits and develop that type of alignment so we can drive excellence in advanced manufacturing. lots of support and interest, you can imagine, from the private sector who kind of feels -- which i was part of -- you feel like you're just kind of hanging out there and succeeding despite, you know, government help or despite a well-intentioned alignment.

gray. doreen, jim, now back to you. >> thanks, jay. >>> it's a tough day for students and staff at dematha catholic high school in prince george's county. they're mourning the sudden loss of a star high school football player. he died over the weekend from a blood clot in his lungs. chris gordon is in our newsroom with more from his coach and teammates. >>> rico webb was 17. now, parents of his teammates tell me they remember him as a gentle giant because of his size. but dematha football players say rico was the enforcer. the dematha stags are known as one of the most dominant football teams in the region and one of the reasons this year was the play of senior lineman rico webb simply put he moved people out of the way. a national signing day rico webb accepted a football scholarship to play for alabama state. he was staying in shape in the off-season. >> my son was currently working out with rico about three days a week and we last saw him on thursday. >> reporter: rico webb was here at dematha saturday. he called his father to say he wasn't feeling well. his father picked him up, took h

jim, you look good to me too, honey. >> later for that. >>> we got a very special guest in the house right now. d.c. mayor vincent gray and as jc said a short time ago, you were a child when she started on the air. >> i wish. >> thank you for being here. >> not only am i glad to be here, there's no where else to be other than you here celebrating 40 years of a fantastic career in the district of colombia, jc. >> thank you. >> i want you to know that today has been declared jc hayward day in the district of colombia. >> oh, my goodness. >> you are the only one for whom that's been declared today. >> oh, my gracious. how special that is. >> how special you are. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> not only have you done a great job in your professional career, but i look at the things you've done for the city, the boys and girls club, options public charter school which i was delighted to be invited to be the commencement -- >> our first graduation speaker. >> absolutely. and i watched how those students related to you and your words there, it really shows the passion that you have for this city and how much people love you in t