more, now, from john donvan. >> and it's a high, fly ball. right, center field. back it goes. racing back. that ball is gone. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is.

john donvan looks at the story of the man who dominated america's past time in what will always be knowne steroid era. >> high fly ball, right center field. back it goes. racing back -- and that ball is gone! >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day a jury declared him a felon, he was a ball player who wanted it. badly. the fame, the money, the glory, the right to call himself not just great, his dad, bobby bonds, he was great, but barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is! >> baseball's very best. >> barry bonds originally when he was first starting out, he was an incredibly fast baseball player who could steal bases, hit for average, do all these amazing things. and he was not known as a power hitter. he was a thin, fast young man. and many have said and i agree with this, that barry bonds would have made the hall of fame on his own right. >> reporter: and he maintains to this day he was not doping with steroids. >> hits it high, hits it deep to center -- >> reporter: that the change we all saw, a guy that looked like this in the later years, having once

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i'm john donvan, in washington. >>> well, coming up, trouble for another sports superstar. you won't believe this one. what kobe bryant said to get him slapped with a $100,000 fine. >>> and parents on alert. now that another toddler is served alcohol at a popular chain restaurant. ♪ >>> a detailed, new report from the senate exposes many of the parties at fault in the financial crisis. the bipartisan report cast broad blame, saying that the crisis was caused by conflicts of interest, heedless risk-taking and also failures of federal oversight. much of the report centers on goldman sachs which is accused of deceiving clients. >>> overseas stocks are mostly lower this morning. investors are worried that rising food and fuel prices will hurt economic growth. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.1% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow ticked up seven points yesterday. and the nasdaq climbed 16. >>> some of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders have been ordered to pay for improper foreclosures. citigroup, jpmorgan chase and 1

i'm john donvan from "this week" in washington. >>> and joining me to discuss the lessons learned and road ahead. four tea party freshmen. all of them new to elected office. with us from florida, allen west. from north carolina, renee ellmers. and here in the newseum with us, congressman joe walsh of illinois, and steve southerland, also florida. >> thank you all for joining us, thank you, and welcome back to the program. steve southerland, let me ask you first. you all came to washington to tame that deficit, to cut spending. now this latest battle is going to be about raising america's debt ceiling. are you going to vote for that? you heard what secretary geithner told me that would be catastrophic if that didn't happen? >> sure. well, let me say this. they are pushing for a single subject vote. a clean debt ceiling vote, and i'm not for that. look, we've got to have some guarantees going forward. caps and some guarantees that we raise that debt ceiling, that we get this economy on a trajectory to where we service our debt like any banker, a banker wants to know. >> you can see rais

for "this week," i'm john donvan in washington. >>> and we're joined now by republican congressman mike pence. he's from indiana. he's a tea party favorite and who we saw earlier vowing to shut down the government if democrats wouldn't agree to steep budget cuts. and also we're joined by congressman chris van hollen of maryland, the top democrat on the house budget committee. he's dealing with some angry colleagues this morning. congressmen, thank you both for coming. welcome to "this week." you've been all over the air for the last 12 minutes talking about shut it down if it didn't go right. will you vote for this deal? >> first, christiane, let me say, i've been battling runaway federal spending under both political parties ever since i arrived in congress. and i for one want to celebrate the fact that we are now debating on capitol hill -- >> will you celebrate with your vote? >> well, less spending instead of more spending and what i was saying repeatedly at the rally that you just clipped and on the floor of the congress was that house republicans needed to pick a fight. i think jo

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> what a great story. >> a dance it is. >> yes, indeed.re going to be hearing about the debt ceiling. this is sort of going to become part of the national vernacular. let's define exactly what it is. the legal limit of the debt ceiling is $14.3 trillion which is an astonishing amount. >> it is. >> they're making it more. probably puts most people's credit card debt in check. >> in perspective, no kidding. >>> when we come back we'll talk about "the skinny." pia toscano, a little bit more after she was shockingly booted off "american idol." but is she getting the last laugh? >> and will the cast of "jersey shore" return for another season of fun in the sun? >> you want them to. >> oh, yes. you're watching "world news now." shore" return? shore return? >>> we'll be back. ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> and time now for "the skinny." everyone, we've got some juicy stuff going on today, but, of course, a lot of people are talking about the untimely departure of pia toscano from "american idol." >> yeah she didn't die. she just got booted off the show

i'm john donvan in los angeles. >> wow. >> pretty extreme. >> they say lashgs is a dog eat dog town.dn't know it was a man-eat-goat town. there are other things you have to do too? >> there are some things that you could learn how to do. you could learn how to hot wire cars in case you need to know how to do that. pick locks, conceal your identity, evade some attack dogs. >> i guess the final exam involves being handcuffed, hooded and thrown in the back of a trunk. >> a good saturday afternoon. >> and dropped off atten un known location which turned out to be a home depot parking lot so you can go get more supplies. >> if that was me -- how do you know you can access that room. if that was me, the door would be collapsed and i wouldn't be able to get at it. in my disaster, that's how it would happen. maybe people there, goats, chickens, we just don't know about it. >> it's crazy. what do you do? i don't know. >> okay. >>> when we come back, surviving in space. >> with nasa's groundbreaking new mars rover, will it survive its landing on the red planet? that story is coming up. >>> wel