important and you know by research especially the one that the research program i've pursued with jim robinson has been all about the role of politics but i think it's also important to think of politics more broadly didn't just you know the strange told by the republican party or the congress that the politics is about all sorts of constraints did. leave clues powerful groups in society said it's not just what the congress. did or did not prove it to decode. financial crisis but i think we have to think about the lobbying power of the financial institutions and the oversized part of wall street overall is getting to know what sort of things were done and we're not done to. put your response actually weeds very well to my next question because during a lot of our recent guests and started using the term crony capitalism when talking about political connections and business in the u.s. now let me give you a quote that i think kind of been kept in capsule it's why we're going to quote business interests financier's in the case of the u.s. played a central role in creating the crisis making ever

for instance, the former bishop, jim robinson was against the fact is going to the supreme court and he thought it was too early because even before the civil rights movement they didn't pursue it at a supreme court level until the majority of the country was for it. did she think he was too early in what were your thoughts with the people think it was too early? >> i did think anything. i thought it was a great story and i want to follow it and write a book about it. you know, what if ted olson had gotten his way? ted olson didn't want to trial. the trust things down. he also did want a bunch of things to happen to slow the pace down when it was in its middle phase, the appellate phase. so what if it had gotten up as fast as he wanted it to get? with the outcome of been the same? the concern here is not that everybody didn't share the goal. the concern was that five justices of the united states supreme court would vote and save these bands are in fact constitutional and ensuring that into legal precedent. the worry most people remember what had happened. ours was the case that prec

robinson cano off of jim johnson. three-run shot. seventh of the year and mariners win 6-2.nd a game-and-a-half up on the angels now. giants on honoring the 25 year anniversary of dave dravecky coming back from cancer. look at scooter making the play. 4th inning, aaron hill off of ryan vogelsong. top seven, parra finds the hole. here comes hill. 2-0 arizona. that is two starts for vogelsong without any runs being scored for him. dodgers are now a game up on the giants. >>> summer league in vegas. there is new golden state coach taking it all in. tied game. air balls the three, justin holiday with three. the put back. holiday, 29 points, 13 rebounds, the warriors win 74- 72. they have won 16 straight summer league games. that is three plus years. it is incredible. unfortunately the games absolutely nothing. carmelo anthony is now off the market. he will resign with the knicks, $122 million over five years. so much for all that i want to win a championship before i want the money thing. >>> it has been a rough week for brazilian soccer fans. coming up, things went from bad to

later that inning, robinson cano delivers a three-run homer off jim johnson, the a's now beat the angels by a game and a half. the mariners by 7. former giants pitcher, was at at&t park today to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. san francisco was hoping to get a lift from marco scutaro who was back in the lineup for the first time this season. he makes a nice defensive play, did not get a hit this afternoon going 0 for 3 with a walk. in the fourth, arizona's aaron hill takes him deep to left for a solo shot. the diamondbacks picked up some insurance in the seventh, after hill doubled. parabrings him home to make it 2-0. that would be the final. before the warriors took on the sun, steve kerr said hi to his former broadcast partner, reggie miller. a big game for justin holiday. 29 points and 13 rebounds. phoenix kept it close. the sun led by two late. just seconds left, the game was tied warrior ball, holiday put in the missed shot, and golden state wins it 74-72, it's their 16th straight summer victory. >>> later in the show, the day in golf, plus the tour de france. more of those hi

later that same inning robinson cano with a three-run homer off jim johnson. 6-2000 the final the a's a game and a half and the mariners by 7. >>> former giants catcher who made a courageous comeback from cancer made his appearance yesterday. marco scutaro was back in the lineup for the first time this season. he makes a nice defensive play but scutaro did not get a hit, going 0 for 3 and a walk. and aaron hill goes deep to left for a solo shot. the diamondbacks picked up some insurance in the seventh after hill doubled. 2-0. that would be the final. the giants have been shutouty vogelsong's last three starts. that is sports for a sunday morning. since mike caught that touchdown pass, we are going to give him the day off and i'll see you again tonight at 5:00. >> he's going need it for sure. after the game mike shumann tweeted, man, am i sore. a sad state of affairs for all of us tomorrow. 49er fans rock! you can follow schu on twitter @mikeshumann. >>> coming up, a bay area man completes a swim in the cold waters off of san francisco, described by some as the english helping you find

later that same inning robinson cano with a three-run homer off jim johnson. 6-2, the final the a's leadels by just a game and a half and the mariners by 7. >>> former giants pitcher who made a courageous comeback from cancer made his appearance yesterday. he was hoping to get a lift from mark coexecute row, who was back in the line-up for the first time this season. here he makes a nice defensive play but scutaro did not get a hit, going 0 for 3 and a walk. ryan vogelsong pitched well, but in the north arizona's aaron hill goes deep to left for a solo shot. the diamondbacks picked up some insurance in the seventh after hill doubled. para brings him home to make it 2-0. that would be the final. the giants have been shut out in vogelsong's last three starts. that is sports for a sunday morning. since mike caught that touchdown pass, we are going to give him the day off and i'll see you again tonight at 5:00. >> a well-deserved day off for sure. read this. after the game mike shumann tweeted, "man, am i sore!" "a sad state of affairs for all of us tomorrow. 49er fans rock!" you can follow

later that same inning robinson cano with a three-run homer off jim johnson. 6-2, the final the a's leadnd a half and the mariners by 7. >>> former giants catcher who made a courageous comeback from cancer made his appearance yesterday. marco scutaro was back in the lineup for the first time this season. here he makes a nice defensive play but scutaro did not get a hit, going 0 for 3 and a walk. ryan vogelsong pitched well, but in the fourth aaron hill goes deep to left for a solo shot. the diamondbacks picked up some insurance in the seventh after hill doubled. para brings him home to make it 2-0. that would be the final. the giants have been shut out in vogelsong's last three starts. that is sports for a sunday morning. since mike caught that touchdown pass, we are going to give him the day off and i'll see you again tonight at 5:00. >> all right, thank you very much. after the game mike shumann tweeted, "man, am i sore!" "a sad state of affairs for all of us tomorrow. 49er fans rock!" you can follow schu on twitter @mikeshumann. >>> coming up, a bay area man completes a swim in the co

not just jackie robinson, but hank aaron and bill russell and jim brown and arthur ashe and muhammadi and billie jean king. when i was growing up, athletes had an important voice. some courageously spoke out. we're finding less and less of that as athletes become richer and richer and also in fairness when some of the injustices are less overt than they were in the '50s and '60s. >> bob costas will stick around. when we come back, we'll have a reunion. frank deford used to work with bob. now he's with npr and hbo real sports. he'll be out here next and we will convene the ultimate sports round table. this "credit report. can i get my actual credit report... like, the one the bank sees? [ male voice ] sheesh, i feel like i'm being interrogated over here. [ male voice ] she's onto us. dump her. [ pay phone rings ] hello? oh, man. that never gets old. no, it does not. [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. experian.com members get personalized help and a real credit report. join now at experian.com with enrollment in experian credit tracker. this, and definitely thi