ken lunardi. [ringing bells] [applause] >> ken lunardi, ladies and gentlemen! mr. ken lunardi.ne year on the cable car. ladies and gentlemen, mr. sullivan philips. how you doing, buddy? how are you? >> thank you. i'm ok. >> cool. sullivan, we scud a few questions. if you weren't driving a cable car what would you be doing? >> probably be cooking. >> good. i am so hungry. sullivan, give us a little warmup and then your bell ringing the ladies and gentlemen, mr. sullivan philips. >> [ringing bells] >> sullivan philips, ladies and gentlemen! let's hear it for him. our third contestant has been with muni for 10 years. he's been on the cable car for six years. ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. they're doctor they're not booing you, they're woo-ing you. ok. now if you weren't driving a cable car what would you be doing every day? >> fishing every day the >> excellent fishing off the coast here. what advice would you give to new operators of cable cars? >> new operators? stay out of buses. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. give us your practice ring and the real thing. howa

[applause] >> thank you, ken. and by the way, ken will be back this summer for the o.c.a.nvention. that is august 6-9 in san francisco at the st. francis hotel. there is much more work for asian pacific american groups to do, as ken mentioned. i just want to point out that there is this new movie out called dragonball z. it is based on a primary character who is an asian kid. but in the movie they did not cast an asian kid. so there is still a lot of awareness that needs to be done out there, especially in a lot of high-profile situations. now i would like to bring claudine back out here to make our next presentation. >> thank you. every year the asian american celebration committee presents what we think is the highest honor that we would like to give to an individual or an organization that has achieved exemplary impact in our community. there were years we selected to honor three 100-year-old asian americans for their life-long achievements. this year the committee decided to honor an organization that has brought impact on the entire asian pacific community, not just s

ken, . have you on this program. >> thank you. -- ken, good to have you on this program. >> thank you. tavis: rebecca traister is the senior writer at salon.com and author of the new text, "big girls don't cry." she joins us tonight from new york. rebecca, could have you on this program. >> pleasure to be here. tavis: the question that this book really wrestles with, whether the election really change the way that we think of women in power. you argue yes. tell me why. >> it has changed the way we think of women and power. i don't want to suggest that everything is ok now, but i think what we saw during the 2008 election cycle was this expansion of roles for women within a presidential cycle. hillary clinton, who was not only the first woman to get as close as any woman has to her party's nomination for the presidency, you also saw sarah palin. both of these women really did not behave in ways that we thought women may be would behave. this completely open our eyes to different ways that we

he breaks the record of $75,000 in one day set by ken jennings. now he talked about the fete on this morning's cbs early show. >> it felt incredible. at the time i really didn't understand the magnitude of it. but it was just amazing to break a record that ken jennings had set so many years ago. >> now what are you going to do with all of this money? >> i'm going to pay off some debts. maybe buy a new car. >> what are you going to get? >> i haven't decided. but i won't get a ferrari. >> maybe not. he correctly named the bridge of the river queue as the title of the film based on a similarly titled novel. his six-day total added up to $630,000. he's going for a doctorate at the university of delaware.

my special guest, ken burns. and why would this former minister of justice in france just said is one of the wildest things in political history. [ speaking in french ] >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. just 36 days until the midterm elections what if the new governing agenda from the party that wants to assume power appeared to be irresponsible? in our fifth story president obama says the gop's pledge to america is not serious. house democrats still have the chance to lock down the difference between themselves and republicans on tax cuts for the rich and the middle class with minority leader john boehner daring them to do just that. president obama characterizing the pledge could have been speaking to the deficit hypocrites within the opposition. >> what i'm seeing out of the republican leadership over the last several years has been a set of policies that are just irresponsible and we saw in their pledge to america a similar set of irresponsible policies. they s

ken bastida is on our assignment camera downstairs. ken, you know that area really well. >> dana, yeah. i mean, this is the peninsula. this is san bruno avenue. basically, it runs from 101 on the peninsula due west up to highway 35, which is skyline boulevard. now, it's sort of a mixed residential area. there used to be a driving range in that area. there are homes an shopping centers, stores. there is even not too far away from there, uhm, the college campus there, skyline college which is the community college in the area. this is a fluid situation. we need to remind viewers of that. we don't have any facts in terms of what's going on. we have reports, though, unconfirmed, we should mention, that a plane has gone down. this would be consistent with the flight path of a number of

conversation with iconic filmmaker ken burns. starting september 28 on pbs, catch the latest project called "baseball: the 10th inning," picking up where his documentary left off in 1994, including the impact of steroids on baseball. it also, the increasing role of women in the american politics with political writer rebecca traister air, looking at the influence of women in the 2008 campaign and her new book, "big girls don't cry." filmmaker ken burns and author rebecca traister, coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time.

ken, thanks very much for being here. i know you hate being on tv. >> i don't hate being on tv be you, so i'll give you a pass. >> that's very kind. vote is set for tomorrow, 2:15 eastern. do we know if harry reid has 60 votes to beat the republican filibuster on this? >> right now, at this moment, we do not know if he has those 60 votes. and like many things in the senate, when it gets close like this, it basically comes down to a handful of moderates. you mentioned two of them. olympia snowe and susan collins, both of maine. i talked to both of their offices today and they're still both uncommitted, undecided. however late in the afternoon, olympia snowe released a statement. she was very critical of harry reid and the process in bringing this bill forward. and she talked about the review. remember back in march, president obama had told the military to review the don't ask, don't tell policy. what many republicans, most republicans who oppose this measure, they pin that on their main reason for opposition, that the bil

that's why i'm very disturbed by ken buck. ken buck would ban common forms of birth control. and ken buck wants to make abortion illegal. even in cases of rape and incest. that should be a woman's decision not a politician's. as far as i'm concerned, ken buck is just too extreme for colorado. >> too extreme for colorado. that is an ad being run right now by democratic senator michael bennett of colorado. his opponent ken buck is one of at least five republican senate candidates that we know of who want the government to make abortion illegal, even in cases where a woman is pregnant as the result of rape or incest. the federal government should monitor every pregnancy of every american woman everywhere in the country to ensure that it ends the way the federal government prefers. no matter what the woman, herself, or her doctor thinks is best even if she is raped. ken buck wants the federal government to force the rape victim to bear the child of the rapist. memo to democrats. if your opponent has views that extreme, throw out the conventional wisdom. you can run against someon

michael and ken. don [cheers and applause] >> as with the earlier debates today and tonight, this started with a coin toss in the back room, and in our debate, ken buck was the winner, so he got to make his selection. >> the winner of the coin toss. >> that is right. he won the coin toss. as a result of that coin toss, mr. buck has chosen to go first in the opening comments, so, ken, you have four minutes. >> thank you. first of all, let me think club 24 sponsoring this and the other sponsors and others for a participating in this -- let me thank club 20. also, that we think my wife " as we go through this campaign " -- let me thank my wife as we go through this campaign. it feels very comfortable being to your right, michael. [laughter] 18 months ago, i started a grass-roots campaign to earn everyone's support to be the next u.s. senator here in colorado. i have been to farms and factories and truss stopped -- truck stops and coffee shops, and i have heard the frustration of countless people. they ar

ken bastida joining us again in the newsroom.en, we can clearly, clearly see this is a whole neighborhood on fire. >> yeah, allen. i can see the chopper shot that you're looking at, as well. these are homes that above the area. if you not area off of interstate 280, the golden gate national cemetery, the west of that, up along skyline at the top of san bruno avenue, something happened there. something hit, it was an explosion. this be consistent with aviation fueling burning off and, of course, now we have the incendiary fires that have started in multiple dwellings. i can count half a dozen homes that are involved right now just from what we're looking at. looks like a block is involved. and it's going to burn like that until that material is consumed. now we have literally a half block of homes burning. no aircraft remnants in the area but that's consistent with the devastation. you can see house after house leveled now. homes completely flattened. flames coming up, smoke coming up. and, you know, i -- would you have to guess a

. >> i'm ken wayne. we start with break news in the north bay. we want to show you a live picture of a fast burning grass fire that has closed parts of highway one near bodega and valley ford. from these live pictures you can see most of the flames have been knocked down but there is still smoke in the area and we understand its causing a big traffic back up that the chp has shut down highway one. the fire started shortly after 12:30 on the out skirts of bo dega. residents raced to safety as flames threatened their homes aim call for help went out and cal fire thought the fire was about 75 acres, about three hours after that first call. stands of trees fueled the flames. one firefighter was hurt after apparently touching a hot power line. his condition is unknown. will no word of other injuries. you can see several vehicles were burned, helicopters made water drops as ground crews put water on the fire. traffic was snarled as deputies and the highway patrol diverted traffic away from the fire. firefighters also battling a 15 to 20-acre wildfire i

. -- testimony expected in the second full day of ken harris -- ken harris'murder trial. yes, we heard from the owner of the new haven lounge, keith covington, who said he heard a single shot and did not know ken harris had been shot until police arrived. the testimony is said to be a different account that his original statement. >> it is a very important discrepancy. the number of people involved, the people in -- what the people did, their location -- it is significant, and hopefully we can expose that. >> we will have the latest tonight at 5:00 p.m. carroll county detectives have made it pair of breasts. police are arrested a 22-year- old and a 19-year-old who are accused of a standing in the stairwell of an apartment. the victim was rushed to the hospital where he died. investigators need help finding this man. he walked into a bank of america and rice to wrote. he handed the teller a road, demanding -- a note, and demanding money. if you ever information, you are asked to call crime stoppers. who washes their hands more often? the answer is coming up. also, an emoti

democrat kevin will face off against ken holt. let's go to sherrie johnson live. who will take over for jim smith? >> good morning to you jamie. i'm here in front of the old courthouse. jim smith's office soon. we will find out who will replace him. take a look here at your screen. the democratic nods for baltimore county executive is going to be the closest primary race in decades for that office. 94% of the prescription are reporting it looks like kevin is leading with 52% of the vote and joe has about 44% of the votes. both men served four terms on the county council and we caught up with them last night at their respective camps. >> i have never ever seen an election turnout this low and it was so low it was unbelievable. it was a good day, good weather day and they didn't turn out. that is a shame. >> the numbers have been cast. they haven't been reported. once they are reported we can corn firm where we safely are and have good news for our camp we hope. >> the winner will face off against ken holt. >> abc2news.com has you covered with all the results. check

anyway, ken, fascinating issue.ks for taking it on. >> thank you very much. >>> read more of ken's exclusive interview. this might be as good a piece of journalism about this united states senate. no one has dug into this the way ken strickland has. all this week on politics.msnbc.com. full transcript of all the interviews. really a political junky and senate junky's dream. an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. [ female announcer ] start your morning... hey. what are you doing up? i thought i'd take a drive before work. want to come? [ female announcer ] or make his day. yeah. [ female announcer

. >> ken buck would ban common forms of birth control and ken buck wants to make abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest. that should be a woman's decision, not a politician's. as far as i'm concerned, ken buck is just too extreme for colorado. ken buck wants to make common forms of birth control illegal. >> it's just ridiculous. i just can't believe in 2010 ken buck wants to limit women's access to birth control. >> ken buck wants to make common fertility treatment illegal. >> this is reaching so far into people's private lives. >> what do you call a candidate that says the way things are going the time may come for second amendment remedies and an armed response to our government? who says a teenage rape victim should be forced to have the baby but do call that candidate extreme. sharron angle, just too extreme. >> dole was recommended by illoy federation for right to life. and the tea party, dold called them great. >> good morning to you, thanks for being here. >> good morning, chris. >> so, is this sort of a strategy. go after the tea party candidates, show what they coul

watched by t >>> in 1994 ken burns's "baseball" was viewed by the most ever audience on pbs. he's back with "the 10th inning" which covers since then, the rise of new ball parks through one of the dartestkest . >> the game would have to go through one of the darkest ages before it would emerge stronger than ever before. teams found themselves making life altering decisions about how far they were willing to go to succeed. >> ken was kind enough to join us. thanks. this documents the most recent sequel of baseball. you don't often do sequels. >> i love the game. when you see the strike and steroids, you want to understand it other than the superficial bin ri judgments we make. so we have been struggling for the last several years. how do we compare it to the gambling scandals that are have afflicted baseball from time to time. the good news is the resiliency of the game is the star, nobody had a .350 hitting streak as dimaggio. no pitcher had 35 or 40 games. we have the genie in the bottle. baseball has the best testing. but we have to tell our kids and grandkids how to unders

ken mcdonald.ons officer, please come forward to help me present the second place trophy. second place, ladies and gentlemen. mr. frank ware. and before we announce the winner i'm going to drag this out even longer. i'm going to take a moment to thank the kind people who made the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest possible the the vice chair of the sfmt board of directors. and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardelli chocolatesing, and the american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> thank you for joining us on the ribbon cutting 4 car 15. th

testimony continues today in the trial of three men accused in the murder of ken harris. he is now live outside courthouse east and has the very latest. >> not too much action today in the ken harris murder trial. only one witness called to the stand by the prosecution, a dna analyst. she showed dna evidence that the prosecution says links to the three defendants to the crime. their attorneys are disputing this. >> defense attorneys spent much of monday afternoon trying to poke holes in dna evidence that the state presented. the attorney spent more than an hour asking the state's witness a dna analyst with the baltimore city, to read explain the dna gathering process. asking questions that have the jury ruling its eyes. a plastic beast -- plastic beaker could actually tainted evidence. other attorneys questioned the data itself, wondering how accurate it was, especially in cases where more than one person's dna was discovered. the start of the third week of testimony in the ken harris murder trial centered around one witness monday. a dna analyst with baltimore city polic

. >> i'm mike mibach in tonight for ken wayne. another search for possible clues for investigators trying to solve a mysterious string of killings. ktvu's ken pritchett live in pittsburg with the story. >> reporter: mike, beyond the entrance of this land fill, a long and winding road where our cameras cannot go, police and volunteers continued their safeco for fredrick sales, whose disappearance raises fearez may be the fifth victim anyway bizarre string of killings. truck after truck pass through the gets of the keller canyon landfill in pittsburg and while this was hardly any sign of police, they were at the dump site, beyond our cameras, searching. >> it is very time-consuming. you have to search small areas at one time. >> reporter: heroic less police spokesman doreen matthews said they had self leads in the search for fredrick sales, but says the focus is on the land fill because of the connection to the north side business park in hercules. >> the north shore business park is key, because the last vehicle he was seen driving

>> keat said he was terrified when ken harris was killed.hey are on trial for the murder of ken harris. here or what may have been his last words. fearing for his own life and where when happened to his friends, he told the jurors he followed with the brokers said. he testified that in the early morning hours of the no. 28, 2008, former city councilman ken harris came in saying he needed to use the restroom. he went to introduce covington to a woman he had in the car. and man pointed a gun directly at his head and began making demands saying, "you know what this is. get the expletive back in the building before i bow your expletive head off." according to prosecutors, he was followed and shot as he tried to drive away. as he was being forced into the bar with a gun at the back of his head, he heard a shot and hoped that they messed. covington replied that he saw the gun. >> it was an emotional testimony. no one can imagine what they went through. this is a terrible situation. >> when you see them come in the bar, he is walking in there is a

ktvu's allie rasmus with more from gilroy. >> reporter: ken. the grapevine moth is new to santa clara county. the department of agriculture confirmed finding three insects in the vineyard in the county. they can be tough to spot because their larvae can grow inside the grapes. >> if the larvae were inside of this, how would you be able to find it? it would be darn, almost impossible. >> reporter: thomas kruse had grown grapes at his vineyard for the part four decades and had to protect his crop against deers, wild pig and other pests. but there is another unwelcome guest he is worried about. >> they would theoretically eat all your grapes and that would be disastrous. >> reporter: the european grapevine moth was first found in napa county a year-ago and since then it has spread to seven other california counties, including santa clara. the insects with 3-5 mm. long and last week three of them popped up in vin-yard traps. county officials started an eradfication project. >> slater suspects bins and equipment used to transport grapes will have to

i was telling ken to drive. she heard the car shake but never heard gunshot. down i didn't know he was shot. i just kept sayiig, go, go, go. defense attorney jerome vivins discusssd the state case, he represents jerome williams, the suspect that prosecutors believe shot harris. >> hr testimony today seems to be identical to what she says. that will be one of the things that will be brought up onú cross-examination or. >> reporter: during opening statements. case and told jurors that the three suspects, modern technology and forensic science will prove beyond a reasonaale doubt hat yarlz mcganey, garry collins, and jerome williams are responsible in harris''murder in the rob robbet the lounge that harris stopped. >> as i indicated in my openingú this is a high-profile case and my suspicion is the police garment haddto make a quick arrest to calm the fears of he >> reporter: vivins argue somebody had to pay, somebody %-weee guilty or not.ether they in downtown baltimore joy lepola, fox 45 morning news. >>> robinson testified that she had known marris forrsix mon

. >>> ken holt has an opponent in the november election. democratic candidate for the job of baltimore county executive has decided what is the next step for him. >>> plus: if you go to the orioles game on october 1st, you could be benefiting a memorial to a young murder victim. >>> also ahead this morning: if you don't have your tickets to the virgin mobile free step, could get another chance this saturday. >>> cloudy and mild this morning, temperature of 65 degrees. winds out of the east, northeast. if you could stick around, we have just got some incredible hail video. i'm going to leave it at that, but it'll be worth the wait. stick around. you're in no rush, are you? kim brown has the latest on traffic. >> no reason to be in any rush so far this morning, justin. we don't have a whole lot going on on the roadways. just building volume that could slow you up. good morning maryland returns after this quick break. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could

beach, alabama, devastated when tourists stayed away, says the new independent claims administrator, ken feinberg, has not made things better. >> so we're very upset with the overall performance of ken feinberg. >> reporter: in an interview, feinberg acknowledges problems. >> we haven't processed all of the claims as quickly as we should have. i oversold this program at the beginning and i'm paying the price for it. i do not work for bp. >> reporter: he's been the target of anger and frustration at recent town hall meetings. we went back to two businesses we've kept up with. jeff hardy owns a shoe and apparel business and says his losses are now more than a million dollars. he's received one check for $5,000. these twin sisters who plan weddings on the beach have received $29,000 on a claim of $240,000. >> we feel like we deserve what we lost and that's what we're asking for, give us what we lost. >> reporter: do you understand how angry and desperate some of these people are when you send them these tiny checks? >> i understand the frustration. i understand the concern. remember, though

republican ken on his way to see who is going to win.he joseph bartenfelder/ken kaminetz race. >> reporter: they will square off in primary voting today. they are both four-term councilmen. kaminetz has been accused of an ugly mud-slinging smear campaign, bartenfelder has chosen for a positive campaign. the democratic primary for baltimore county executive is one of the hottest races in the area. >> we have a great county, fiscally well managed but we have challenging times. i think when times are going well we tend to keep doing things the same way. now that we're facing difficult times i'm looking forward to the opportunity of rethinking how do we do things. and can we start to do more things with less? >> we're going to have to have somebody who uses the right judgment as we move in order in baltimore county and make -- forward in baltimore county and make the right decisions to handle things efficiently and effectively.. >> reporter: it's estimated 32% of eligible voters will turn out. the nice weather and hot races will draw voters

. >> ken shuller is a patient advocate.ity to access medical information helped saved their lives. he is also a cancer survivor himself. >> joyce came to me after she completed chemotherapy and radiation and she wanted know if there was anything else she should do. >> six months they tell you, go on with object life. >> joyce hired ken to make sure she wasn't missing anything in her treatment. >> the first thing i saw in the medical reports is she is triple negative. >> which means joyce did not have any of the common receptor that heals most breast cancer. >> women who have triple negative cancer can often have a braca mutation. braca is a repair gene. when it mutates it can't repair anymore, when it can't repair any more, new cancer is developed. >> it's very scary information that you have this mutation. >> i always ask background and i asked her and jewish people have much higher incidence of braca mutation. you absolutely have to get this test done. >> it came out positive, but personally made me believe there were a l

democratic governor joe manchin hopes to retain the seat held by the late robert byrd for the last-ken century, going up against john raisey. the latest real clear politic average pollss that race close. popul popular governor. mountain state, 8.5%. that's below the national average. in 2008, as you can see, west virginia voted 43% for barack obama. 56% for john mccain. now, tonight, chief political correspondent carl cameron is up here in sistersville with a story about two candidates who have a similar theme. that's distain for many of the president's -- disdain for many of the president's policie policies. >> good luck. >> conservative businessman john raese is the g.o.p. best

joni's husband, ken, knows all too well the toll disabilities can take on a family.ni married in 1982 and have become mentors for other couples living with disabilities. now retired from teaching school, ken helps joni with the international component of their ministry, called wheels for the world, which provides wheelchairs and walkers to disabled people in poor countries. >> to give the gift of mobility to someone who has never walked before and to watch how it not only changes that person's life, but the whole family, that's been huge. >> reporter: in one ministry project, prisoners at a california penitentiary make special pediatric wheelchairs that joni and friends distribute around the world. tada herself has become a living testimony that a disababity doesn't have to be, in her words, "the end of the world." she has told her personal story countless times in speaking engagements and through the more than 35 books that she has written, including her newest one, "a place of healing." her autobiography called "joni" has been translated into more than 20 languages

. >> i'm ken bastida. >> i'm dana king. >>> clues keep turning knupp a bay area murder mystery that span two counties in several days. the latest piece of evidence, a cadillac escalade brought investigators to a business park in hercules. authorities spent hours search searching the area -- searching the area for hours that might lead them to the suspect. some are connected romantically, others by friendship, or where they lived. tonight one man is under arrest. they found explosives when they went to his house, but not just any explosives. robert lyle has more on this. >> reporter: well, dana, yo mentioned "bizarre" and i can tell you that each day this story becomes wilder with the details. tonight, we know the vallejo police have to rule out who was

joni's husband, ken, knows all too well the toll disabilities can take on a family.ni married in 1982 and have become mentors for other couples living with disabilities. now retired from teaching school, ken helps joni with the international component of their ministry, called wheels for the world, which provides wheelchairs and walkers to disabled people in poor countries. >> to give the gift of mobility to someone who has never walked before and to watch how it not only changes that person's life, but the whole family, that's been huge. >> reporter: in one ministry project, prisoners at a california penitentiary make special pediatric wheelchairs that joni and friends distribute around the world. tada herself has become a living testimony that a disability doesn't have to be, in her words, "the end of the world." she has told her personal story countless times in speaking engagements and through the more than 35 books that she has written, including her newest one, "a place of healing." her autobiography called "joni" has been translated into more than 20 languages

. >> i am joined by filmmaker ken burns. baseball the tenth inning premiers on pbs and the cup was not from water. you will do testing for both of us. >> cheers. >> thank you very much. >> your standards for doing the series have been consistent and the part of america that allows us to see the whole of america. what about baseball in the last 16 years tells us about the country in the last 16 years. >> what doesn't? the deregulation was rampant in the 90s and allowed the steroids to flood and the players to take whatever they wanted with impunity and without worry of punishment. we live in a farm logical culture and we give kids pills to do better in school. part of who we are.

. >> well, a lot of boys dream of playing in the nfl, but for ken harvey it's a childhood dream thatrue. surprisingly because he made some poor choices that could have knocked him out of the game and put him on the sidelines for lives. a look at story the beyond a dream series continues. >> wouldn't be anything and turned around and went to one of the best schools and drafted from picking the first round. here is a kid quiet and shy married a beautiful lady. >> ken harvey is living the american dream and he achieved his dream in part because of the great athletic talent on the gridiron. when he played in the nfl, he became a four time all time linebacker for the washington red skin and recently inducted into the hall of fame. yet, there was a time when ken nearly wasted his talent by making the poor choice of dropping out of high school. he was headed towards a dead end until he heard some words of wisdom from a complete stanger. >> he was telling me all the things that he wanted to do. how he could have been this, should have been there and looked at it and said i don't want my life