louis cardinals named for home run champ mark mcgwire, also genetically engineered by monsanto. [ laughter ] i sat down well congressman carnahan in his washington office to talk about the old third, the new first and why seven ate nine. congressman thank you for talking to me today. >> great to be with you. >> stephen: you are john carnahan but you go by russ. >> right. >> stephen: may i call you rusty? >> no. >> >> stephen: carney, rusty trombone. tell me about the district. it's parts of st. louis and parts of north st. louis county to a new superdemocrattic district. >> stephen: the headquarters of monsanto are in your district, true? >> yes. >> stephen: how did you feel about genetically modified foods? >> i think there's a place for that. a great example is some of the drought-stricken areas in the u.s. >> stephen: mon santo is one of your biggest donors. >> right. >> stephen: are you a genetically modified ear of corn in a suit running for congress. >> i am -- >> stephen: are you a congressman or a corn-gressman. >> i'm russ carnahan running for congress. >> stephen: you are dodging

of course his name is like mark mcgwire, sammy sosa, roger clemens and the the steroid era.bout the hall of fame. think >>gary: today is the last day of individual gymnastics. an american took gold in the floor today. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. >>gary: high school football is so large in the state of texas. they have just unveiled a $60 million stadium that will seek 18,000 just outside of dallas tx. voters improve the bond. the voters will pay for this including a 75 x 4580 video scoreboard. that is the news on kron. i suggest you watch channel 193.

to get out of the steroid era of the he doesn't want to be lumped in with the barry bonds and mark mcgwires. maybe they will forget he is a lying, performance enhancing piece of crap. it is all about roger. it is his world and we are living in it. >> why did i call you beery? that's a character you would play. he wants to be the guy in eastbound and down. isn't that what he is trying to do? >> he is the guy in eastbound and down. this man has never been a friend in his life. i think that's an amazing theory. we were talking about this in the green room. it is the same over there we hang out in. that's tv talk. you are absolutely right. that's exactly what he is doing. and people have tiny memories. the problem with that is clemens will still be a d-bag -- a d-bag . he put performance enhancing drugs on his wife. they were mailed to his house, and he said his wife took them for a "sports i illustrated" swimsuit issue, and she said yes because he is the bread and butter. >> i think it shows true love and romance. i would only hope my wife did that for me when they find out the drugs i am on r

jose canseco and mark mcgwire admitted using steroids dating back to the late '80s and '90, jason and jeremy giambi appeared in the balco. >>> well, moving on. regulators are considering whether to grant pg&e's request for are a rate increase to cover upgrading its pipeline system but congress woman jackie spear has just sent them a letter she does not want rate payers to get stuck with the bill here. abc 7 news reporter heather ishimaru has the story. >> reporter: the neighborhood devastated by a pg&e pipeline explosion two years ago is one big construction site right now. not only are many homes being rebuilt but the neighborhood's entire infrastructure is, too. pg&e has done a lot of work across the entire pipeline system since the explosion but there is another upgrade plan in the works and it wants rate payers to pay for most of it. $5.25 billion over three years. the average bill would go from $135 to $157. representative jackie spears sent a letter to the cpuc urging them to adopt a mistake driven analysis of who pays for what and does not offer a specific percentage but says i

and you know, if you look at, for instance, what happened to barry bonds in baseball and mark mcgwires of the use of illegal, banned drugs have really sustained extreme damage to their long-term reputations. so you know, unless he fights and wins in court, i think his reputation has really, really been hurt. i mean, look at roger clemens as an example. >> yeah. >> as a different. a lot of people said he was crazy to fight the case against him. it was a very, very strong case against him. and you know something, he fought, and in the end, he was exonerated. so, i think he saved a little bit of his legacy, but it's going to be hard for lance armstrong to save his, given what's going on. >> the world anti-doping agency and international cycling union will review the usada's findings with the option to appeal. >>> a candidate and his wife locking lips? children try their hand at humor. we'll look back at some of the most memorable moments of past political conventions. to one's military oath. d the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank

. >> sammy sosa, mark mcgwire battle back in '99. >> john: i'm against steroids in sports. we should have a dope league where people can take whatever drugs they want and then they can pay off the deficit. there is something wrong where you can't use baseball while using performance enhancing drugs but you can't use auto tune. >> in hollywood, l. l. cool j used his acting training to catch a burglar at his house yesterday. the rapper and actor stars in cbs's ncis los angeles. he found a man in his home. tmz reports he brought the suspect down, held him until cops arrived. the suspect had minor bruises and was arrested. >> john: the suspect was penalized. >> ll said mama said knock you out. >> "forbes" magazine is out with its annual list of the world's most powerful women. german chancellor angela merkel is number one for the second year in the row ahead of u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. followed by melinda gates and "new york times" editor jill averson rounding out the top five. notably absent are michele bachmann and sarah palin. last year, they ranked 22nd and