let's go to lenny. that's been the criticism so far. >> and i can see conservatives' point of view in regards to the timing of this. granted it's at the beginning of the school year, but it's also at a point in time when the president's approval ratings are going down. he's losing grip with the youth and with ind pen debts. so it can be deseen as politica it's also an issue of conservatives being conservative when they want to be. we as conservatives constantly say the family is the number one factor over children. if that is the case, this is a great opportunity for america's school children to engage their president, get some civic pride, and then have them come home and have the real discussions about politics because let's be frank, if it's not happening at home, that's where we lose either way. there should be no person, whether it's the president, a celebrity, or an athlete, that has more inflens over the upbringing and molding of young minds coming through the school age than patientrents. it's t

i'm not sure i follow the logic of lenny's point. >> lenny is saying how many people follow sarah palinthem are. >> maybe they are rational or misled by sarah palin. >> you have to take personal responsibility to seek out information when you can. >> some things we thought you should know. >> a republican lawmaker whispering sweet nothings and the birther movement. >>> on "hardball," david axelrod previews president obama's big speech tonight. so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day. perfect. choose aleve and you can be taking four times... fewer pills than extra strength tylenol. just 2 aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day. upbeat rock ♪ so i could hear myself myseas a ringtone ♪hone ♪ ♪ who knew the store would go and check my credit score ♪ ♪ now all they let me have is this dinosaur ♪ ♪ hello hello hello can anybody hear me? ♪ ♪ i know i know i know i shoulda

he likes his job. >> we have lenny's first bag.>> are you going to eat what's in this anyway? >> darn right i am. >>> let's take a look. meteorologist susan shrack then the 6:00 news. susan? >>> good morning, everyone. we're looking at a lot of rain to start us off. let's look at maryland's most powerful radar. you can see the storm bringing all that rain onshore even know west of baltimore. they've been slow to catch up with the rain amounts. it will be spridding across the state -- spreading across the state and staying with us. the intensity and amount of the rain will lessen somewhat. wake-up time, we're looking at 67 degrees. temperatures do not move a lot for us today. the afternoon's still cloudy and looking at a high of 68 degrees. we'll be right back. did you know fios has a multi-room dvr? so you can record in one room and watch in up to six others. you can do that with cable! living room. bedroom. kitchen. thank you. (announcer) get the amazing multi-room dvr from verizon fios free for 3 months. you can watch recorded sh

lenny, thank you for your time. i appreciate it, guys. >>> defense secretary robert gates is responding to calls for a timeline to end the war in afghanistan. he says creating a timeline would be a mistake and the defeat in afghanistan would be disastrous for the united states. gates says the taliban and al qaeda would see an early pullout as a victory, similar to the soviet union's victory in 1999 after a ten-year war. >>> here's a spider story we were telling you. a xxx spin on peter parker's sense. a bite from the brazilian wander spider causes among some deadly effects an erection that lasts for hours for men. researchers are extracting the poison from the parts of the toxin, these parts that have the, how do i put this, the uplifting effect? testing in this is very early but it's showing promise as a viagra alternative. once bitten, perhaps not so shy afterwards. (male anuncer) if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a art att

colt and among the many friends who showed up to support the family in court today, hall of famer lenny moore. >>> a legal setback for an accused killer facing the death penalty. a federal judge ruled prosecutors will be able to use fingerprint evidence in connection with a murder that happened in january of 2006 at security square mall. 25-year-old brian rose accused of willing warren fleming, a mall merchant while trying to steal his car. a judge had thrown out the fingerprint evidence calling it too unreliable for use in a capital case. >>> tonight baltimore city police are investigating a possible fire bombing. the incident happened around 1:00 this afternoon in the 800 block of clintwood court, in the curtis bay area, when crews arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of the two-story brick home. >> we understand that this fire preliminarily began due to a domestic incident, involving an adult man and two women. it's reported that a woman threw some type of object through a window thus igniting a fire. >> we're told the two women suffered injuries an

lenny or squiggy? [ laughter ] but you know it comes from a place of love. >> yes. can roast anybody. >> how do you decide whether or not you will do a joke? because sometimes they're rough and there are a couple of instances in the book where you asked me whether you should do a joke or not. i said, no, i don't think you should and of course you went and did them anyway. >> the trick is to take it right to the line. you don't want people to think you went soft on somebody. we were roasting pamela ander isson. it was a benefit for the people for the ethical treatment of animals and i came out in a fur coat. i said, don't worry it's not real, we shaved bea arthur's back. and courteney cox went to the bathroom with andy dick and she was an a maniac. she kept interrupting everybody and -- >> she was crazed. >> i felt like a certain sort of mission in my heart to try to roast her into rehab. [ laughter ] so i wrote a couple of jokes on the margin and first one was courtney love you're like the girl next door. if you happen to live next to a methadone clinic. i had anoth

she did not even hesitate, lenny harris because of his positive attitude.hat says it all right there. >> you know something about willie harris, he loves this city, the fans, the people that come out for the ball games. i think he would like to stay here for a long time. >> i think so too. he loves to play baseball and feels appreciated here. i think manny and jim both have shown him the appreciation and respect he should get because he is a veteran player now, been able to put up some good numbers, in a lot of situations he could have been a guy they wrote his number in there and let him play every day for a while. he is certainly is kind of guy that could take that job over, a lot like lenny harris was, always there when they needed somebody, just that extra piece that was so valuable in a winning ball club. >> you know what time it is. >> what is it buddy. >> the stay in the game hold of the day, brought to you by just for men hair color. should we check the citi field 2009 holds leaders, pedro feliciano 13, bobby parnell 8, j.j. putz 5, brian stokes has

lewis, flacco, suggs, ed reed, lenny moore, tom. that is going to be a terrific party.ext tuesday. put up the graphic up there -- you put up the graphic up there earlier. tickets are on sale for the weekend on-line. then you can buy them at the stadium beginning at 5:00 at m & t bank stadium. again, the first portion of the event starts at 6:00. the other, 7:00 to 10:00. >> how has he changed your life? >> you saw the package with shanda. they are just strong people. >> let me tell you, here's another thing he's here for. the maryland million. mike of course works there at the track. and maryland million this year is named after another honoree. >> mckay, he founded it, his idea for the maryland million, a program for horses that are sired by maryland stallions, not necessarily born here but conceived here. this is the 24th year of the event, 12:15 on saturday. 12 races. we drew yesterday for the card, 114 horses. again, it should be a terrific, the graphic -- should be saturday at laurel park but it's saturday, 12:15 at laurel park. it's like $2 to get in. it's a great

individuals for mandating coverage should be reduced and a violation of the president's pledge -- >> see, lenny which is this baucus plan is full of holes. one reason americans are skeptical about this health care debate, look what's happening this week. the democrats have said there is a deadline of friday for the senate finance committee to work through 564 amendments. that's crazy. >> senator kerry said today only in washington is 15 months being considered a rush. it's interesting how some of the republicans start the clock at different points and this is certainly not a debate that has started and it is, by many accounts of time, a rush in time, though, would you say? >> no, i would say that the reality is that the problem with the health care debate right now is not the republican party, is that there is an absense of leadership. harry reid can't get behind this bill. olympia snowe can't get past it. >> i think that's a bit of an unfair characterization. if you look at this, i would rather see a party, my own party that would go to town on this legislation and really duke it out for what

colt and among many friends who showed up to support the family in court as well as hall of famer lenny moore. >>> recent cuts to the state budget including furloughs statewide for state workers may not be enough to dig us out of this massive deficit. the governor now says that the state will need to cut another $100 million to $200 million. at this point the governor has no idea where this money will be cut from. so far $736 million in cuts have been approved. >>> baltimore mayor sheila dixon ordered the city's public development agency to award demolition contracts through public bidding. this move follows an acknowledgment by the baltimore development corporation that it gave a no-bid contract for the demolition of a building at the site of baltimore's future casino. the group now says the contract was awarded outside the regular process because the vacant maryland chemical building posed a public safety threat. the demolition of the building cleared space for a proposed $220 million slots parlor. >>> in the meantime, the state's video lottery commission conducted a site visit yester

a day later and water is retreating but lenny is dealing with what the river and the soaked creek leftseveral feet of water rushed over columns drive. one man disappeared here monday morning. he tried to walk through the raging water to get to his father's house. so far they have not found him. for everyone in this area, it has been a scary, stressful two days. there are more than 200 people here tonight at this red cross shelter, 90 more than were here last night. reporting live from cobb county, channel 2 action news. >> when you see that destruction, there's never a way to associate a price tag but early estimates are $250 million. there is an area where people didn't have flood insurance. >> you're talking about uninsured homeowners. >> when we come back, it is time for your hump day "skinny i". >> lots of emotion on "dancing with the stars." talk about a comeback. >> peewee. >> was that a good peewee? >> oh, you ruined it. good ♪ skinny, so skinny >> my reluctance to talk about "dancing with the stars" i feel like a corporate shill. like i dill i january disney employee. >> no one

manned mostly by volunteers like captain john lenny who had actually worked on the fire boat for 31 yearsnd retired had she went out of service. >> oh, yeah, this is the best boat. others think that theirs is the best but this is the best. >> reporter: jessica dulong, a dot-com manager who had never even crewed before worked her way up to chief engineer. >> i'm standing surrounded by five big, powerful diesel engines. i love that. >> reporter: the pick-up crew and the harvey stayed busy. celebrating harbor events and showing off for school kids. (sirens) then september 2001.. we heard from another co-owner. >> we called the fire department and asked if you guys need help. they said go down there and see if you can be of any use. >> reporter: their first assignment was to help evacuate lower man hat... manhattan. >> like the flood gates have opened. taople poured on to the boat. sweedrt hngea we started heading north. as we're going north, this guy in the fire department sees this fire boat going by and says, "we need them." >> reporter: with hydrants blocked on land hoses had already been

i just saw tom walk by and we will have lenny moore and others here. please come out and join us for this very important event. it raises awareness, it provides screening opportunities and it raises much needed money for research. >> reporter: the folks at chesapeake urology do a great job. thank you so much. >> thanks so much and thank you to wjztv. >> our pleasure. it's part of wjz's continuing community commitment. we have one other person we want to bring over. mr. bass, come over for just a second. the mc of today's event. how are you doing? >> doing great. we are ready to roll here. >> there are going to be a lot of folks participating again and like we said on the morning edition the last couple of days, women for years have figured out to take control of your own body. you know, check the plumbing top to bottom. and guys really don't. >> true. >> it is the honest truth. if it wasn't for my wife poking me in the kidney, would i go to the doctor? probably not, but i do now. but this is a real huge men's initiative. and kudos to newman. >> you kno

i've got to comment on lenny. i like this look.ok. >> the lumber jacket -- >> very nice, lenny. >> very nice. >> some audienceembers sparing no expense with their signs. >> whoa! >> that had to say hours, not minutes. >> that's okay. that's the thought that counts. >> absolutely. >> there you go. >>> just ahead this half hour, a story almost impossible to believe. for two months, two men worked together at the same furnire store in maine and kept being asked by people if they were brothers and they sort of laughed that off. but then one of them started asking some serious questions, and guess what? they are brothers. and now they've even found their long-long half sister. >> wow. >> we're going to talk to them in just a moment. they didn't mean to dress alike, the two -- >> come on. >> no, no! >> come on. >> they didn't intend that. >> it's like "the patty duke show." ♪ they're brothers >>> also ahead, new details on the extortion case involving t death of john travolta's 16-year-old son jett. a jury has been selected for the case,

this is the same cemetery where groucho marks and lenny bruce are buried., it's reminiscent of the other story in chicago. >> absolutely. and these details that we're learning, allegations are gruesome. this suit alleges that workers at eden memorial park desecrated graves for years, a story that cnn broke. a long time employee is coming forward to reveal what he said he did there. >> reporter: this long time former employee says he was told to break concrete burial vaults to make room for new ones at eden memorial park. he tells cnn just what he would throw away. >> cement pieces, sometime a little piece for the next person. trash away. >> sometimes skulls? >> yes. >> reporter: garcia explains how a sales man would tell him to break the vaults in secret. >> he go like this and look. say, break this piece. break this piece. i tell not supposed to break. say go ahead. nobody can see. go ahead. do that. >> reporter: using a back hoe he and other workers would break through the vaults. >> just broke one piece for the cement, for the person there. just piece ce

and minnesota's republican governor tim paw lenny. and from the center of disease control, dr. thomas frieden. then from waterloo, wisconsin. a dairy farmer who relies on cooperatives for feed, seed, and now his health care, says reform doesn't have to mean more government spending. and a congressman leading the fight for a public health care option. keith ellison gets the last word. >> labor day weekend means more than the end of summer vacation. congress is coming back to find why feisty town hall and president obama faces a decisive test. support for his reform ideas are slipping and the president is betting on a speech wednesday to a joint session of congress to reframe the health care fight more to his liking. mr. obama's biggest challenge is bridging differences in his own democratic party over how much the government can afford, how best to reduce the cost and whether there must be a so-called government or public insurance option. as the president is upon the of saying, if it were easy, somebody would have already done it. what must he do now? we begin with two senators

. >>> grocho marks and lenny bruce is buried there but it's possible that not everyone is resting inions unit is looking into allegations that graves have been intentionally torn up and body parts scattered. abbie boudreau is on the case. >> reporter: this longtime former employee says he was told to break concrete burial vaults to make room for new ones at eden memorial park. he tells cnn just what he would throw away. >> sometimes a small piece. throw it in. sometimes skulls. >> yes. >> garcia plains how a salesman would tell him to break the vaults in secret. >> say, break this piece. break this piece. i would say not supposed to break. go ahead. nobody can see. go ahead. do that. >> reporter: using a backhoe, garcia says he and other workers would break through the cement vaults. >> broke one piece for the same way. just piece them in the body inside. we see it broken. >> reporter: garcia would take remains to large dark hole in the cemetery where no one could see what's going on. >> we just stop when people around because they always say stop when you see somebody coming. do not

. >> host: lenny joining us from the cape, massachusetts. good morning. >> caller: good morning. apologize, i have a terrible cold, but i'm fascinated listening to this. i know families in new england that were wiped out by madoff or a good part of their equity was wiped out. the questions i have are in terms of the s.e.c., i think it's grossly unfair to try to put the blame on the federal employees. the blame belongs on every one of the political appointees that were put in and i know this for a fact because i came out of a mess called buy investment. chris cox, when he was put in there, the former congressman from california, was told by the administration, the bush-mccain administration, not to do any type of investigative work. i happen to know career employees who are married to friends of mine from childhood who said that basically all they could do was do busy work for the last eight years and then prior to that when the republicans had control of the congress and that is why harry -- what is it name? marcopolis who, is absolutely the white knight that rode in, he was cons

but attorney general holder and lenny burr who is the head of the criminal division have have been very, very reseptemberistive with the idea of bring iing more cases an we have relationships with u.s. attorneys. so we go directly to where the malfactors or. my recollection is that one of the cases that we brought, grand connect, one of the malfactors is in jail now. the husband who started the scam who was taken over over by his wife, the former mrs. neff valued da is in jail. so we are pretty good at getting cases to the justice department and the folks who can put these bad guys in jail, we have a criminal liaison unit that's been good at referring cases. it's an ongoing effort. but we also respect the justice department's priorities, so we want to be in there as quickly as we can. so but i'll get back to you on that parcular case and we'll keep the effort up and again, they've been very receptive at the justice department. >> thank you. mr. devaney, i'm not familiar with the story that senator mccaskill brought up this morning. while there are obvious issues with congressional overs

but attorney general holder and lenny burr who is the head of the criminal division have have been very, very reseptemberistive with the idea of bring iing more cases an we have relationships with u.s. attorneys. so we go directly to where the malfactors or. my recollection is that one of the cases that we brought, grand connect, one of the malfactors is in jail now. the husband who started the scam who was taken over over by his wife, the former mrs. neff valued da is in jail. so we are pretty good at getting cases to the justice department and the folks who can put these bad guys in jail, we have a criminal liaison unit that's been good at referring cases. it's an ongoing effort. but we also respect the justice department's priorities, so we want to be in there as quickly as we can. so but i'll get back to you on that particular case and we'll keep the effort up and again, they've been very receptive at the justice department. >> thank you. mr. devaney, i'm not familiar with the story that senator mccaskill brought up this morning. while there are obvious issues with congressional ove