. >> one rookie making his mark, mitchell from nevada, second straight week brought in a touchdown pass. while marco may surprise fans and opponents he is not surprising one of his peers. >> i am not -- he is one of those guys, you see most rookies coming in saying the want the fight for a spot. he is trying to fight for a play, not looking just to play football, but he wants to earn a play. >> and the rookies have a chance no jacksonville. but starters, clinton portis ruled out. if he plays at all, it will be just a little, which is fine with the older guys. >> as a vet, i'm ready to get it over with, get in the regular game. we're trying to keep everybody healthy. >> preseason is a drag, but you need it at e same time. it gets you right, gets prepared for the season, once you get in the regular games everything goes down hill from there. you have a new routine, the weeks are flying by. that is the best part of our job. >> who says you can never go home again? if you live in denver that is what they said to their rmer quarterback jay cutler, who called it his home for the past few year

colonel mark mitchell then major mark mitchell along with another gentleman, along with his old team looked up from either their saddles or motorized buggies they are writing in and they feel like they are back in world war ii because they are being welcomed as liberators and that is key and that is why i think this book is a book about relationships and power of relationships. it is a book about afghanistan but in the end i think i try to write this so that he would be interested in it even if you didn't know much about afghanistan because he would be intrinsically interested in the human drama of ordinary people to do extraordinary things with very little so you feel a kinship with the characters or the people, the real people in the book because you meet them in the beginning and they have families. cal spencer, the same guy that gets in the truck and hears about the attacks is sitting in his team room and fort campbell the ceiling tile rain stained, gray linoleum floors from the mica tables, these are not brand spanking new davis and he is off to go off to be america's answer to

rookie wide receiver mark oh mitchell caught this third quarter touchdown from chase daniel, the firstchdown of the preseason for the redskins and they needed it. today mitchell was practicing on special teams working on the volleyball drill. concocted by danny smith, the special teams coach. this is all new to a guy who played wide receiver his whole life since growing up in alabama and starring nevada. >> i never played special teams before in my life. you know, now coming here, transitioning of learning how the routes and stuff at receiver. [ indiscernible ] i have to turn around and do special teams. that's like my biggest transition coming to the n.f.l. >> speaking of the n.f.l. , preseason monday night football jets top picks mark sanchez looking to get off to a good start taking on the ravens. this is not a good start. tries to jump off the short pass. fails to know the 340 pound defensive end, the pass -- hit right in the chest. that's probably the longest run of his career. ravens win 24-23. baseball now. the feel good week, mark rizzo losing his interim tag and steven strasbu

i wanted him to score. >> reporter: one guy who is still trying to make his mark is markoe mitchell butis play on the field as a receiver is helping. he caught a touchdown pass and might be surprising fans and opponents but certainly not one of his peers. >> i'm not impressed no march more. i seen test-fire day. he's been doing his thing and he's one of tse guys you see most rookie guys come in and just say okay i'm just trying to fight for a spot. he's trying to fight to play. he's not just looking to be on the roster. he wants to play football. >> reporter: the last chance to make an impression is thursday when they travel to jacksonville. >>> the nationals and cardinals, bottom of the 4th, albert pul pulholz. down 9 1-sip. bottom of the sixth. same score. here comes rasmussen. they get swept 2-1. and they traded ronnie belliard to the minors. how about the o's hosting the indians. brianroberts, a dribbler up the left side. the former nats throws and here comes ty wigginton. o's up one-sip. -sip. next up, he makes master son pay. up and out for a 2-run shot. set.eat the indians 5-2. o

. >> and one making his mark is mark oh mitchell and he hauled in his touchdown pass from brennan andmay be surprised at some, he's no surprise to his peerings on the redskins. >> i'm not impressed no more, i done seen it every day. he's been doing his thing, man and he's one of the guys that you see come anything and he says, i'm trying to fight for a spot, he's trying to fight to play, he want to play football. you like that in a guy like that. >>> and don't forget to vote for the fox 5 high school game of the week. this week, it's not just game versus game, but state versus state. you have until thursday to cast your vote and we'll be live at the winning game and we'll post the highlights on myfoxdc.com. >>> 65 degrees at 7:47 and it's one of the treasures of the district and it offers the best views of the area. >> but, much of the beauty weren't available until now. and tony has that story. >>> that's right, it's a special behind the scenes tour at the washington national cathedral. it gives you perspective on the city and cathedral itself. some 700,000 people a year worship and

>> mitchell: sharyl attkisson in washington, thank you. we have an update now on south carolina governor mark sanford who disappeared for five days in june to visit his mistress in argentina. the associated press reports sanford failed to report 35 trips on private planes as required by state law. sanford's office says friends and political groups paid for those flights. the governor still faces an ethics investigation over his private use of state-owned aircraft. and the this ports note of special interest to the legions of chicago cubs fans. the tribune company sold the team today and for a record price, $845 million. the deal includes wrigley field. the new owner is the rickets family, joe rickets founded the on line brokerage ameritrade. his son tom is a life long cubs fan who met his wife in the bleachers at wrigley field. and up next on the "cbs evening news," they are fighting a war in some of the worst conditions anywhere. but these marines are not complaining. (announcer) claritin-d refuses to compromise on fast congestion relief. neither should you. thank you claritin-d. (announcer)

marked "the gecko." come on people. >>> welcome back to a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" from the john f.ennedy library. behind me, you can see a big crowd of people. you can see vicki kennedy is surrounded by people, as people on this line are being greeted by the wife of ted kennedy. you can only imagine the emotion that this family is going through, but they have, each day, every day, come outside, thanked people. she told us last night that it just meant more to her than anything in the world that so many people had come out, that they were expressing their love for her late husband and it has helped her get through this period. she was very strong. she has been through 15 months of an extraordinary experience of taking him through this process of the surgery that he went through, the chemotherapy, all of the treatments, then finally, the decision to come home to hyannis port and go through the final stages of this dreadful disease. joining me now from kansas city, david von brailly, editor at large for "time" magazine. david, you've written so movingly about what ted kennedy represen

mitchell ever had a cheese burger? >> she's a vegan. i want a well-done steak with the burn marks still on them. >> some call that the best diet. is the president of the united states, has he reached the boiling point? is it time for this president to go -- some are have used the the word "nuclear," but some don't want us to use that word, to say i'm going to do it, and if you democrats want to follow me, charge the hill? >> the problem is not the republicans. it's the democrat. you've got the blue dogs saying we want to see more changes. he thought he could depend upon those liberals and progressives and they're saying, no, we're sick of it, tired of changing this whole deal so we're not going to vote for it.

. >> andrea mitchell in hyannis port, massachusetts, thank you. >>> embattled south carolina xwofer markays he is not going to be railroaded out of office. on wednesday sanford rejected a call from his lieutenant governor to resign. he said he plans on serving out the last 16 months of his term despite his affair and questions surrounding his use of state and commercial planes. >>> a suspected u.s. missile strike from an unmanned drone has killed at least 16 people in pakistan. pakistani officials say the attack targeted a taliban hideout. >>> us airways is raising its baggage fees by $5. it now costs $25 each week for the first checked bag, $35 for the second bag. if you pay online though it is cheaper. the airline is also now charging $50 for a second checked bag on transatlantic flights. >>> in california firefighters are bracing for another day of searing temperatures as they battle two fast-moving wildfires north of los angeles. the fires have scorched more than 1,700 acres and forced some evacuations. >>> it's 8:04 right now. let's go back outside once again to matt and ann. >> tha

mark my spot in the animal calling world that i was here. >> oh, he is there all right. bad news for the neighbors.us >> mitchell the brown pelle canals confer i are slip island, off wilmington, north carolina.s among the brown pelicans, found here on >> mitchell: i am russ mitchell. we hope you will join charles osgood here next sunday morning. captioning sponsored by cbs and johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations.

andrea mitchell this morning he was so relieved and so happy, it's in a way more personal that we have a daughter approximately the same age an the secretary of state was asked whether this markskthrough in relations with pyongyang, and she said it's certainly not something we're counting on, but i hope north korea makes the right choice. there's been talk whether it's a new chapter with president clinton, he's prone to controversy, some say, david, this certainly is an unparallel success for him. >> i think it's wonderful. my concern is that a rogue nation may want to kidnap an american to get a visit from president clinton. how do you avoid that conflict of interest? north korea has been doing this stunt for decades, where they do something bad and then get something out of it as we turn around. we need to be clear in this that north korea was at fault for having imprisoned them in the first place. >> do you think just getting the picture taken with president clinton, putting that on the cover of requests the new york times." is that enough? would they make demands beyond this? we're not geopolitical experts by any stretch. >> we want them to stop launching missiles. the iss

colonel mark mitchell, then major mark mitchell, along with a gentleman, along with his whole team look up from either their saddles or their motorized buggies that there riding in, and they feel like they are back in world war ii because they are being welcomed as liberators. and, that is key. this is why i think this book is really a book about relationships and the power of relationships. it is a book about afghanistan but in the end i think, i tried to write it so that you would be interested in it, even if you didn't know much about afghanistan because he would be intrinsically interested in the human drama of ordinary people trying to do extraordinary things with very little, so that you feel a kinship with the characters, or the real people in the book because you meet them at the beginning of the book, and they have families-- cal spencer, the same guy who gets in the truck and hears about the is sitting in his team rooms at fort campbell with ceiling tiles rains danes. there is great linoleum floor. these are not brand spanking new digs and he is about to the waffen be america'