. >> rob: that guy right there, larry walker. >> bob: larry walker. >> rob: a canadian. larry walker. >> bob: yeah he was a batting champion, didn't he hit like .372 one year, something like that? something crazy. >> rob: larry walker. if you brought up coors field he would really get mad as a reason for good hitting. >> rob: really. >> bob: yeah, he didn't like that criticism at all. yeah, you play half your games at coors.   . josh bard bounced out to  second baseman first time out. onon a night where covering the bases with sean burnett, he could be the nats new pitcher in the sixth inning.   rob running back favorite movie, "lloyd and harry"? friendlyly guy.   ryan, stu we. >> bob: is there anything about tv or cinema you don't know? >> rob: ah, i'm a product of, what was it, the x generation, is that what they call us, gen x. >> bob: josh bard gets jammed. i don't know where i belong. i think i'm too old to be a again ex-er, and too young to be a baby boom

. >> rob: getting guide like vlad goero go and larry walker and groims -- it's sad because you thinkf what could have been up there in montreal and it was just like, no, we're not going to spend the money. we're going to give these guys to other teams and help their organizations out. >> bob: wil nieves hitting .257. one of the great friends in this business is in the ballpark doing radio for the marlins. that's dan von horn. for a couple years while they were there they didn't have an english-speaking radio contract. nieves squirts one over to nick johnson. the nats go in order. manager jim riggleman with a 9- 11 record joins us straight ahead. if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goals? there may be more you can do. only caduet combines two proven medicines... in a single pill to significantly lower... high blood pressure and high cholesterol. in a clinical study of patients... with slightly elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, caduet he

larry. i walk with a walker now. that's no fun. you know. whole thing is not for me. >> larry: is it true that there's no such thing as the golden years? >> that's true. there certainly isn't. whoever made that up, should be spanked. >> larry: thanks, nancy, thanks for joining us as always. >> thanks, larry. >> larry: former first lady. terrific lady. nancy reagan on the passing of ted kennedy. we'll be right back. >>> my brother need not be eye deliezed or enlarged in debt beyond what he was in life. be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war an tried to stop it. those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, what he wished for others, will someday come to pass for all of the world. >> larry: that was a great eulogy. coming up in a couple minutes we'll be joined by david gergen. served as white house adviser to ford, nixon, reagan and clinton and longtime friend of kennedy family and best selling memoir how counse

larry. i walk with a walker now. and that's no fun. know, this whole thing is not for me. >> larry: is it true that there's no such thing as the golden years? >> that's true. there certainly isn't. whoever made that up should be spanked. >> larry: thanks, nancy. thanks for joining, as always. >> thanks, larry. >> larry: the former first lady, terrific lady, nancy reagan on the passing of ted kennedy. we'll be back. but with the strength of zyrtec ® , the fastest, 24-hour allergy relief, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. with zyrtec ® i can love the air ™ . i would say convenience is something that the bank of america really has the market cornered on. let me make it easier for you. let me show you how i can make it easier for you. we have the number one rated online banking website. it has an alert system that can text message you, so you're mobile banking, your bank's telling you what your current balance is. it's telling you if a certain check is cleared. customers that use the internet, use online banking. it all kind

walker, you brought up health care. i noticed yesterday from treasury secretary geithner and from larry summers, they both put out there this idea that you can fix the deficit, but the way to do that is to reform health care. the congressional budget office said health care reform will add $1 trillion to the deficit in the next ten years. is it smart to go out there with this message if you are the administration of saying we can fix this deficit. we can do it with health care, which is what we want to push right now? >> we clearly need comprehensive health care reform. health care costs are the longest driver to our long-range deficits. you cannot reduce health care costs by expanding coverage. that is an oxymoron. i'm sure the president meant what he said when he was running for election. however, there have been big subsequent events and the math doesn't come close to working so, therefore, he will have to break that promise at some point, but it won't be until after the economy turns around. >> there is good news on the economy. we heard a little from ali. there has been some recovery. how much credit can the obama

walker, you brought up health care. i noticed yesterday from treasury secretary geithner and larry summers said you can fix the deficit butway to do that is to reform health care. the congressional budget office said health care reform will add $1 trillion to the deficit in the next ten years. is it smart to say we can fix this deficit. we can do it with health care which is what we want to push? >> we clearly need comprehensive health care reform. health care costs are the longest driver for deficit. you cannot reduce health care costs. that is an oxy moron. i'm sure the president meant what he said when he was running for election. there have been good subsequent events and the math doesn't come close to working. he will have to break that promise at some point but after the economy turns around. >> there is good news on the economy. we heard a little from ali. how much credit can the obama administration claim for that recovery? >> some, but not as much as they will. that's how politics work. >> david gergen, how much do you think they should claim? >> i think they should claim as much as they can get. as a political m

larry doesn't bite my head off. i had been a fan of cash for clunkers, as well, because it was working, at least. now we head to scott walker at the nasdaq tracking the action for us. >> hey, trish, not weakness at all in technology, pretty decent, up a half a percent picks up after yesterday's strong session. look at big cap text, apple leading the way throughout the morning, up 2%. barclays capital raise to go 208 from 188, they like product pipeline and free cash flow. dell shares getting a lift. jpmorgan raising the price target. microsoft shares up 1% today. the hd version of its zun available on store shelves in mid september. but watch the chip stocks today, they had a reversal. the semiconductor index up half a percent. intel up 1%. texas instruments got upgraded over at bear today, and that was one of the cat lifts for a decent move today in this chips. kwal come higher, as well. the stock down on a downgrade over at morgan joseph, business reverse, up 4%. the so the tech trade keeps rolling today. >> good stuff. how do you play the stock market right now with the way the economy is performing? let's bring in our b