well, johan, what do you think? >> somewhere in between. [laughter] that's not a good answer. >> but it's the beginning of an answer. i think -- i honestly think the worst is over but i don't think you will see a rebound of the u.s. economy in terms of three, 4% annual growth before way in 2010. so, everything that has been happening, there is so much support pumped into the economy first of all by the federal reserve and also now by let's say the fiscal authorities that it's hard to imagine that the economy would go on crumbling. and i think a lot of the recent data show the crumbling of the economy has more or less stopped or is in the process of being stopped. but i don't think you will see a strong rebound before next year. >> and i should have said if anyone wants to ask a question feel free. don't wait until the end, just march up to the microphone and we will take it from there. having read the book, johan has a free-market philosophy in general. he isn't antiregulation like some folks with that label woul assume that he is a fan of

weld, johan, what do you think? >> summer in between. [laughter] >> fess not a good answer. >> well, it's the beginning of an answer. i honestly think the worst is over but i don't think you'll see a rebound of the u.s. economy in terms of 4% annual growth before 1910 -- into 2010 and so everything that has been happening there is so much support pump into the economy, first of all, by the federal reserve and by now also was sent the fiscal authority is that it is hard to imagine that the economy would go on crumbling and i think a lot of the recent data show that, indeed, the crumbling of the economy as more or less adopt the process of being stalked, but i don't thank you will see a really strong rebound before mid next year. >> i should have said if anyone wants to ask a question feel free, don't wait until the end, march up to the microphone and we will take it from their. having read the book, johan has a free-market philosophy in general. he is not anti regulation like some folks with that label would assume, but he is a real fan o

believing their family complete, silke and johanes rick of louisiana struggled with these same issues- sometimes when i wake up, the kids start crying and so on, it's still an unbelievable thing for me that i have three kids. - as a result of in vitro fertilization following their own struggle, the ricks gave birth to triplets. during the process, they created eight embryos, each of which they expected to use to have a family. - it's three, i mean it's a nice number of children. so yeah, it's hard to know what you're getting into until you've lived, you know, through it. we're not even through, we're in the middle of it. - fifteen years of waiting and longing to have a family of their own, they now have their hands full with johanes simon, julius vincent, and anna marie. - they're all very different. - giving birth to three children all at once, and as older parents, the ricks decided their family is complete. the problem, what to do with their remaining embryos. - we wanted to give them a chance to live. - as scientists, the ricks didn't feel comfortable with leaving their potential

scarlet johan san and ryan reynolds's battles have spilled over to their jobs. the two were departed for the comic-consci-fi convention. ryan, his new role as green lantern. ryan told scarlet she could go alone. she threatened to chuck her wedding ring but at least she got hollywood points for showing up. warner brothers said to be furious with reynolds for missing the chance to promote the green lantern at this very important gathering. >>> elsewhere, aren't some things better left alone? is there a big hunger out there for 1959 surf movie gij et? miley cyrus is said to be on board, and reports zac efron will play her love interest into is joan rivers just too cranky for live tv? she dropped an f-bomb again and stormed off a local sacramento show yesterday morning. >>> this comes from wcmh 4 in columbus, ohio, where a century-old tradition took shape out of butter. since 1903 the ohio state fair commissioned a butter cow. this one pays contributory duty butte to the ones who make it possible, the dairy farmers. 1,800 pounds of farmer, a family of farmers, veter

pelfrey does what johan santana could not do.ght before. >> meantime the nationals looking to sweep the marlins. josh willingham at the plate. bases loaded top 7. a blooper. 2 runs score. nationals up 3-2. bottom of the 7th. same score. cody ross at the plate. we are tied. ross's 14th home run of the season. 3-all. we move to the bottom of the 8th. same score and 1 out. bases loaded for the marlins. helms at the plate. gonzales but not in time. hanley ramirez scores. great play in the hole. that's sweet but they can't turn 2. marlins on top 4-3. nunez in to close it out for the fish. gonzales swings to end the game. the final is marlins win 5-3. 10th straight win over the nationals. his 10th straight game with an rib. ross has 3 home runs in 9 games against the nationals this season. >> former boxer arguello was found dead at his home in managua, nicaragua. he was elected mayor of managua last year retired from boxing in 1995 with 65 knockouts. he was champion in 3 weight divisions. best known for 2 riveting fights against prior.

secretary mike johan says the study is flawed. he has already asked for a state by state analysis of cap and trade. >>> 2009 is looking for a strong year for yields. corn yields are tracking to hit just shy of 162 bushels an acre an for soybeans nearly 48 bushels an acre. due to variable weather conditions the usda says it will redo june acreage projections for corn in seven states. new numbers for illinois, indiana, kentucky, missouri, north dakota ohio and pennsylvania will be released in the august 12th update. new soybean numbers will also be released. >>> as is always the case crop conditions vary greatly from one state to the next. now earlier this month the "pro farmer" leading edge seminar in des moines we asked them to sum up how the growing season has progressed on their farm. >> we were lucky enough to get about 5 1/2" of rain since planting plus the inch on july 4th. yeah, july 4th, and the crops have the potential of being the best ever. but, we do need rain, 1 to 4" here in the next month or so, to get this full pote

he does his johan santana.omes out and strikes matt wieters out on a real good change-up. >> jim h.: he's a good looking young pitcher. five of the seven wins have been at rogers center. andino throws on the rub and got him. jim mentioned the 2005 draft. romero was the blue jays first round pick. check out this draft. justin upton, alex gordon, jeff clement, ryan zimmerman of the nationals, braun, then romero. garrett olson was traded for felix pie, then nolan reimold in the second round and david hernandez in e 16th round. all of those players in the 2005 draft and ricky romero went number six overall. so the have brandon snyder on the verge, we don't know when, but he certainly is making them notice. here's a high chopper back to the mound. and out by a step. so a three up three down inning.   >> jim p.: nice play by scott to rob wells, then the orioles would take an early lead. then luke scott, 18th home run. 8th against lefties. the jays would come back in the fifth. scutaro with

general johan, in fact one of the counties in atlanta's county named for the general, and he had been a soldier for about a quarter of a sentry and he was one of those soldiers who didn't think very much of washington. in fact he said he was the weakest general under whom he had served. but in 1777, general called said this, if washington ever does anything sensational, he will await more to his good luck or his adversaries mistakes than his own ability. he may be bent a little too far but he was somewhat pressured by thinking that because had it not been for cornwallis's mistake, he violated his order by taking his army into virginia. have cornwallis' stayed in the carolina, georgetown could have never taken place. and i don't think the americans could have defeated the british in new york. there were three generals involved in 1781. general clinton, the commander of the army, rochambeau, commander of the french army and general washington. two of those generals, clinton and rochambeau were professional soldiers. and neither of them thought of offering the american army could defeat

sunday night baseball, new york struggled to score runs, but scored five on saturday for johan santanat a little three-game extra? my two main men, john and steve. >> i'm john miller along with steve phillips at turner field atlanta. mets and braves on sunday night baseball. for the new york mets they need a win to get a split in the series. the mets are not hitting home runs. most of the hitters are not in the lineup. the one guy who is in, david wright, is not hitting home runs either. >> he is not. they have to rely on other players on the team. the new york mets made a deal to reconfigure their lineup and acquired jeff franciur. and he is with the mets. his production has not been that great, but they are hoping a guy who put up big numbers for the brave consist get the job done. the numbers francoeur put up, it has been a struggle since then. the mets hoping still 25 years old they can reconstruct his swing and get his back on track. >> so far francoeur had some hits and rbis, but all hits have been singles. for the braves, chipper jones is in there, long-time mets nemesis. but a

johan santana never faced the rockies until today. plenty of seats available there.witzki and atkins, they all went down. mets win 7-0. striking out 8 in 7 innings. mets get 1 more victory. 5 in a row. the season high is 7. tonight the mets against delarosa looking to win his 70 start for colorado. >> astros and cubs. both chasing the cardinals. chicago a half game behind st. louis to go into the game. the cubs won 12-0 on wednesday. here on thursday more of the same. 13 hits. 2 astros errors don't help the cause. chicago tied with st. louis on top of the national league central. houston allowed 9 runs losing 3 out of 4 of the series. ortiz still hasn't won since june 2nd. cubs 11 and 3 since the all-star break. >> lamar odom is returning to the los angeles lakers. according to marc stein it will be a 4 year and $3 million deal in the lakers exercise the 4th year of the contract. >> new york giants linebacker antonio pierce testified before the manhattan grand jury trying to decide whether or not to indict plaxico burress on a weapons charge. pierce will testify agai

real close to where nick johnson hit that homer against johan santana earlier. >> rob: we talked aboutit. a lot of teams this year, i'm sure for the rest of his career will try to pitch him away, away, away. hoping he won't try to go that way. and when he takes you that way he has the power to reach any left field stand. >> bob: that was adam dunn's 15th homer of the year by the way. the only run livan game up in a complete game 6-1 win. adam is 1-2. launches one but he got under it. it's coming down. angel pagan. >> rob: along with the a palo 11 lunar module. did you see the astronauts on tv today talking about they want to go to mars? or we should fly to mars now on a mans? >> bob: i did not see that today but i heard that in the past. >> rob: they are arguing with each other. they're all about 95 or something. >> bob: i don't think they're going to go, then. >> rob: they're not going. but they're saying we should go. no, we shouldn't go. we should build a space place up on the moon. >> bob: man, can you imagine how far the ball would carry up there? >> rob: we should be the first br