mel martínez renunció como senador. >>> este es su noticiero. >>> comenzamos con una buena noticia, elado bajó el desemple esta es una señal queh fondo. tú]qgbuldkph@ la bolsa de valor cerrando en alza, el mes pasado el índice de desempleo bajó a 9. 4%, el porcentaje más bajo desde abril del 2008. >>> el presidente dijo que el país está yendo en la dirección correcta, y aunque lo peor puede haber pasado todavía hay mucho por hacer, el gobierno está gastando millones de dólares para estimular la económica. hoy el presidente firmó una popular ley para que cambien los autos ineficientes. >>> la mayoría de los fondos no llega a la comunidad, 75% de los fondos tienen que llegar, y va a llegar en forma de proyectos de construcciones. >>> y una encuesta se muestra más optimista, pero es temprano para celebrar, y muchos que han abandonado la búsqueda ya no son co.ados. >>> no es algo que se confirme, tenemos que esperar unos meses más. >>> varios economistas y la misma casa blanca coinciden que el desempleo puede aumentar más, en su opinión aunque la recesión esté terminando recuperar los trab

that's senator mel martinez of florida. we interviewed him many times. senator mel martinez and i being of the same state, working together on many pronlgs jektje. mel martinez, we all knew, was not going to be going for a second term. it may be surprising, though, that mel martinez is deciding now to go ahead and get out of the race. he is not going to seek re-election next year. florida governor, charlie crist, has the power to appoint a replacement for martinez. we know that crist intends to run for that senate seat. does it mean one is getting out so another can get in? no. there is no reason to believe that up to now. we don't know who charlie chris the will appoint. we know he is being asked to appoint a hispanic e is the only hispanic in the senate and has been working on projects like immigration reform, for example. we are going to monitor this for you. if there are any surprises, we will turn it around right away. if there is any news or information about who is going to be taking over, we will bring you that as well. in the meantime, the story

tippy martinez, marty appel, i'm tim mcca >>> hi, everybody. wall street journal report." i'm maria bartiromo, one again coming to you from outside the new york stock exchange. president obama gives a big thumbs up to federal reserve chairman ben bernanke, new signs of rebounding in the housing market and the rally goes on, but will it be a september to remember? the little bank that could, the regional bank that's showing the big guys what to do and how they avoided the whole subprime mets. read all about it, the music gizmo that wants to give nintendo a run for its money. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >>> this is america's number one financial news program "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >>> here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke won't have to pol earn up his resume any time soon. during his vacation on martha's vineyard, president obama announced he will be appointing mr. bern anke toe a four-year term. he led the fed thr

. >>> mel martinez is resigning. the former republican previously said he would not be running for re-election in 2010, but martinez is giving up his senate seat more than a year early. he will stay in office until someone is picked to fill out the rest of his term. under florida law, governor charlie crist will appoint a successor until the next election. >>> there's more chilling evidence of the pennsylvania gym shooter's obsession with women. he traveled to los angeles to take a self-help seminary to solve his frustrations with women. and he made this youtube video as a homework assignment last year. he talks about how he spifed up his home just to impress them. >> my objective is to learn to be real, and be emotional and to be able to emotionally connect with people. >> mourn you ares gathered last night to remember the three women who were killed in tuesday's shooting. he had been planning the attack for months. he wounded nine others in the shooting and then committed suicide. the four women injured in that sho

mel martinez is resigning. we have confirmed that he will in fact step down a year as head of the end of his term. he served as housing and urban development secretary under george w. bush and was also the former chair of the national committee for republicans. why is he stepping down with such a battle ahead in the senate? there is a republican governor in florida, charlie crist, who will be able to make a replacement for this now- retiring senator. major garrett is working the story. major garrett is going to get to us with more information about the early oil retirement of mel martinez in just a moment. jane: job numbers are out, and for the first time in 15 months, the rate is down for unemployment. the dow is up. >> it is a big surprise when it comes to the report we were waiting for this week. 9.4% was not what investors were expecting. they were expecting an upward rise. also, 247,000 job losses, a bright spot, because the expectation was for much more than that. that is the upside surprise from wall str

martinez. he announced he will resign early. we knew he would not run for reelection. can you give me a reaction to the announcement but also tell me if you feel this will complicate republican efforts to hold the seat in 2010, given that the governor of the state who has to make an appointment is checking into the laws and regulations how this works in florida. your reaction and how does this affect the election for you guys? guest: i had dinner with him last night and he told me about. the senate is full of people who have interesting stories. nobody has a better story than mel martinez. he came to cuba -- from cuba to the united states. his parents put on a point in havana. they did not know if they would see him again. he lived in a foster home. he finally got his parents their and broke many barriers as a lawyer, as a mayor, as a cabinet member, as a senator. he has been a wonderful contributor to public life. we will miss him. he told me his one regret is he is leaving at time when republican party is making a comeback. as far as competition the board, i don't kn

losing mel martinez here seems to me to be a blow to the republican party. there is no formula that the republicans can reclaim the white house as i see it without florida. and martinez was a vig voice with the cuban community in florida and with hispanics in general. i don't know who or how they're going to replace him down there. >> i bet a lot of politicians are looking at joe scarborough, our colleague, and saying he's having a lot more fun, having a lot more impact, doing what he's doing in the mornings than i'm doing here sitting up in an office on capitol hill waiting for the roll call so i can get this that little subway and go vote in a tunnel somewhere. >> if you're a republican you're doing so in the minority. you know from being up there, life's no fun. especially on the house side when you're in the minority. you can't get much done. i think these are fairly discrete cases. trent lott, he had a lobbying gig lined up, it was obviously for the money in that case. i think martinez, from what i hear, he's sick of being in d.c., sick of being in the

that's the absent, long absent pedro martinez back in the major leagues. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your weather headlines are storms in the southeast and heat in the mountain areas. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the philadelphia phillies pedro martinez made a triumphant return to baseball last night, showing doubters his arm may have a little life left in it after all. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> a very good morning to you. last time we saw pitcher pedro martinez he was sub .500 with the mets last year. say hello to the rejuvenated philly flash. three-same cy young winner was looking like his old self. philly offense did the rest. jimmy rollins, we have liftoff. three-run bomb, part of an eight-run fourth for the phils. we go to the fifth. bleacher brain surgeon. early shower for shane victorino. we live in a agreesless age. 12-5, the champs giants and dodgers. don't l

martinez dijo que quiere dedicarle mas tiempo a su familia en florida... menos nueve personas murieron a causa de una explosion ocurrida en el interior de una mina de carbon en el noroccidental departamento de antioquia... la alcaldesa de la localidad de amaga, senalo que la emergencia fue provocada por la concentracion de gas metano en uno de los socavones de la mina... nueve de los mineros murieron, mientras otros dos fueron sacados con vida y llevados a un centro de salud cercana de la zona.. en ecuador,pesada particiaparon de una movilizacion en el puente internacional rumichaca para exigir la eliminacion de las salvaguardias a productos colombianos... durante las protestas, representantes de sectores productivos de la provincia de carchi dieron un plazo de 10-dias para que representantes del ejecutivo los reciban en quito.... a la protesta se unieron personas que en ese momento transitaban por el paso internacional... y un grupo de colombianos se quejo por el estricto control migratorio.... ???buenas tardes a todos, ???ncamos los deportes con tres equ

martinez. >> aye. >> mr. mccain. >> no. >> mrs. ms. ccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no. >> mr. menendez. >> aye. >> mr. bmerkley. >> aye. >> ms. mikulski. >> aye. >> mr. nelson of nebraska. shepard: judge sonia sotomayor has just been confirmed as the next supreme court justice of the united states. it takes 50 to confirm her and she is now confirmed. history has just been made in the united states. the first latina to sit on the supreme court. the fastest growing minority population in america, which at some point will continue to grow and be a very, very powerful voting block. judge sonia sotomayor, the young woman from the bronx, n.y., who paid her way and earned her way and impressed a lot of people along the way. she has no major place in history. -- she has made her place in history. >> we do not know where she is. she may be at the white house. when justice samuel alito underwent this process, he was watching television at the white house with president bush. as soon as they learned he had the right number of votes, they swore him in. when the ch

with that caveat, we are strongly supportive of the bill you and senator martinez have introduce bed d about increased research and we think it should be more. >> so it is fair to say the reinsurance industry would not support the bills that we have introduced with respect to the federal government giving a loan guarantee to the states for their hurricane catastrophe funds? >> senator, the loan guarantees without some conditions with respect to the underlying insurance markets and insurance being risk based would be important conditions with regard to to make certain itthe insurae markets are responsibly being profilesed and that the -- priced and the people are paying baghdad baghd based on the risk they have. >> what i don't understand is when the big one hits, a category four or five hitting a dense part of the urbanized coastline, there's going to be more business than you can shake a stick at. and you are going to have to have the states strengthened in their reinsurance funds, their catastrophe funds, in order to accommodate that kind of economic loss. a and, rather than your i

jim hunter, buck martinez stand by with the play by play.ians with a four- game series. coming up next on masn. (scott) rogaine®? i'm just a skeptic so i don't necessarily believe that anything is ing to work but, i was like, hey, this actually works. (announcer) only rogaine® foam is shown to regrow hair in 85% of guys. i'll check it out and i'm like, nice. (announcer) rogaine® foam stop losing. start gaining.  >>> it is orioles baseball masn. a great sunday afternoon in camden yard. baltimore orioles and cleveland indians here, the finale of the four game series. i am jim hunter. we could not have better weather conditions. the orioles try to win a four- game series split. over the past two weeks, the orioles pitching has become consistent. game in and game out, giving the chance to win. here is a look over the last 11 games. jeremy guthrie and jason berken 2-0, david hernandez, 0-1, and buck martinez, brian matusz on the found? >> yes. his arm got a little early. he like to get a little more depth on the breaking ball. he has had tr

martinez. >> aye. >> mr. mccain. >> no. >> mrs. ms. ccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no.

that's the absent, long absent pedro martinez back in the major leagues. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your weather headlines are storms in the southeast and heat in the mountain areas. your forecast is comingst ly t ." >>> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. straight ahead on "news 4 today," a 12-year-old is holding onto life this morning after an accident in montgomery county that injured several other young people. >> a teen is seriously burned while trying to re-enact a youtube individual yoechlt we'll have his mother's advice to other parents. >> the redskins hit the field today for >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the philadelphia phillies pedro martinez made a triumphant return to baseball last night, showing doubters his arm may have a little life left in it after all. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> a very good morning to you. last time we saw pitcher pedro martinez he was sub .500 with the mets last

. >>> for more about all of this we are joined tonight by andres martinez. he is a senior fellow at the new america foundation in washington, d.c. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we've heard a lot tonight about how official corruptions impeding the drug war in mexico and i'm wondering is that why the mexican government deployed tens of thousands of federal troops to fight drug cartels, and then is it working? >> it's one of the reasons why there was a perceived need to deploy the military, yes. the fact that a lot of local police forces had been compromised and infiltrated which is a recurring problem in mexico. i wouldn't say it's only corruption though. i think it's actually a matter -- there was no other force to throw at the problem. mexico lacks a strong, muscular federal police force. so partly it was just that the federal government was being outgunned. >> is it working? >> there's a stalemate in place. it worked initially. a sort of shock-and-awe element to having the army patrol the streets. but over time the cartels have ad

seguimos en polÍtica, el senador republicano martÍnez, anunciÓ oficialalnte su renuncia antes que concluyara regresar al sector privado, luego de 12 aÑos de servicio pÚblico, en diciembre, martÍnez había dicho que no buscarÍa la reelecciÓn en el 2010. la hermana del ex presidente kennedy se encuentra grave esta noche la acompaÑan su esposo, hijos y nietos. suud se rioróteér ékppo variosh@rames se ha destacado en la defensa de los derechos de los discapacitados. la noticia sobre la economÍa hoy fue positivida. la tasa de desempleo bajÓ por primera vez en mucho tiempo, esto podrÍa darle nuevo aliento unos 14 millones de desempleados. les decimos cÓmo responder a los mercados y tambiÉn el gobierno. teérkl]kskph@h@teérkl]nakph@h@t@ obama aprovechÓ la ocasión, dando un mensaje cautelosamente optimista. >> el presidente dijijque el paÍs estÁ yendo a la direcciÓn correcta, y que se estÁn perdiendo la meta de los trabajos que se perdÍan cuando empezÓ su presidencia, y que lo peor de la recesiÓn pudo ver pasado el gobierno estÁ atando miles demillones de dÓlares parÁ estipular la economÍa hoy el pr

will charlie crist appoint him to mel martinez' vacant seat?ke a listen. >> there will need to be an appointment made, and i want to insure my fellow floridians that we will undertake a very thorough, comprehensive, of process to do that. congress is in recess, so florida will have an opportunity in the coming weeks to make sure that an honest person of great integrity that will protect the public trust will be appointed to go ahead and serve the remainder of his senate term. i will not appoint myself, and i have gotten a lot of recommendations about qualified people who are concerned. if you have other questions, i will be happy to try and answer them. >> [inaudible] >> no decision has been made. >> [inaudible] >> there's not a short list. there's not a long list, but i'm getting a lot of calls and recommendations and volunteers. shepard: it sounds like this was the beginning. the governor of florida, a republican, the senator from florida, mel martinez, who has been in office 12 years, originally from cuba, has served in florida more than a d

crist was already running to replace martinez but says he will not appoint himself. and new york democratic congresswoman caroline maloney says she will not run for the senate next year. maloney had considered challenging incumbent kirsten gillibrand who was appointed when hillary clinton became secretary of state. democratic leaders, including president obama, have tried to discourage potential challengers to gillibrand. a powerful democrat who resisted efforts to make public records about sweetheart loan deals for colleagues apparently got one himself. and what's next for the taliban after the depghts of one of its top leaders? introducing new tums dual action. this tums goes to work in seconds and lasts for hours. all day or night. new tums dual action. bring it on. a tornado hits, air life denver takes off... their night-vision goggles keeping the rescue mission safe... and powering those goggles-- the only battery air life trusts: duracell. trusted everywhere. chris: one of p america's and pakistan's most wanted is assumed dead and taliban leaders are looking fo

but nobody has a better story than mel martinez. he came from cuba to the united states in the peter pan operation. his parents put him on the plane and did not note that would see him again. he broke some many barriers as a lawyer, as an mayor, and as a senator. he has been a wonderful contributor, and we will really miss him. he told his that is one -- that his one regret is that he is leaving when the republican party is making a comeback. gov. crest is going to run for his seat. we knew that. teammate even have a primary but he is an exceptionally strong candidate. i should not presume to guess that the governor -- whom the governor will point. >> as a former governor yourself, is it not politically tricky situation? you may have been faced with this yourself. is this treaty or just part of the job and the governor of florida will handle it? >> it gets tricky when you appoint yourself which would be an unwise thing. it is one of the decisions that a governor has to make. i am a big admirer of governor crist. he has skill and com

we saw a different time of pedro martinez this week. he talked about his time in new york and said i did not perform the way i wanted to with the mets. shine had a chance to show he still had it. all sorts of run support before he even took the mound. jason werth off perez. bottom nine brad lidge trying to finish it off. mets down two, go for the double steal on the hit and run. and jeff francoeur lines into the unassisted triple play. check out eric rutcliff. he tags out daniel murphy to end it. has jerry manuel's team seen it all this season in phillies win by a 9-7. lost in all this, pedro martinez, who picks up his second win of the season for the philadelphia phillies, allows four earned runs over sex innings, five strikeouts in this game. oliver perez takes the loss. he did not get out of the first inning. eric turns the first unassisted triple play to end the game since 1927. martinez now on his return to the big apple. >> every game is the same to a player like me. i'm trying to enjoy and take advantage of everything that happen

senadores que favorecieron a la nÓminada,cuatro de ellos se estÁn retirando, incluyendo el senador martÍnezonde podÍan decidir si iban a apoyar a su base, y hacer bÁsicamente a ese sector, mÁs ultraconservador del partido, o si iban a expandir esa base para incluir al grupo hispano. decir a uno y tomar mÁs que todo sus Órdenes de la radio conservadora, y hubo mucha presiÓn para que los senadores se mantuvieran con un voto en contra en contra de la jueza sotomayor, no es extraÑo entonces, que los nueve que votaron a favor de ella como el senador martÍnez,lo estÁn retirando, y los otros cinco no enfrentan contrincante el aÑo enante. >> el seÑor david soule, fue nombrado por el presidente bush padre, en su lugar entra ahora la jueza sotomayor, ¿repercusiÓn tendrÍa este brasil en la balanza la corte suprema? >> interesante, la balanza no cambiarÁ, estamos cambiando un juez considerado liberal, por una jueza que a muchos conservadores dicen que es moderada, no nos sorprende mÁs que muchos de los fallos de ella caigan mÁs dentro de la lÍnea moderada, y no se h@h@tfdxvuxeokph@h@tfdx@ querÍa pregun

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martinez was technically not a covert agent when his name was published. the aclu used the information and took photos of him outside his house, which were then shown to the detainees. the question is, were any laws broken? at the pentagon, jennifer griffin. bret: if you think it is easy to get a piece of stimulus money, we will show you what hoops you have to jump through. you might think people in the u.s. are going overboard about u.s. are going overboard about the h1n1 bret: now, fresh pickings from the political grapevine. president obama told the national council of churches that people who say abortion funding will be in legislation are bearing false witness and that "these are all fabrications that have been put out there to discourage people from meeting what i consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation." won high church official says the president is the one doing the fabricating. the philadelphia archbishop wrote a letter to the house of representatives saying, "some will claim that federal funds do not support abortion under the house b

just misses martinez, victor not pleased. bottom of the 2nd, first pitch of the inning. porcello hitting kevin youkilis and it's on. youkilis charges the mound, throws his batting helmet. no pun ofs of thrown, a lot of guys pushing and shoving. both porcello and youkilis ejected. terry franco no and jim deyland the managers t errs talking it . lowell, in for youkilis, deep to left and red sox put a seven spot on win it over the tigers. >>> and matsui hosting the blue jays. at the dish, yankees down 4-3. that is matsui's 17 home run of the year. tied at 4. next batter, posada, a little flare to right, keeps carrying. that is a home run in the new yankees stadium, right field, again. 7-5, yankees is your final. >>> mean tile, phillies looking to aid four-game slide. francis koshgs top of the 12th, homer time, takes gregg deep for the solo shot, phillies win 4-3. >>> and now let's go back to jeremy and vinita in the studio. >>> a new humanoid robot giving the competition a run for its money. >> this prototype can run faster than honda's robot and it's no pushover. it can re

when martinez catches and lowell, and youkilis. and it had j.d.g 8th and lowell hitting 7th. so, they have the hitters and now everybody starting to swing it.ictor m that's been the problem for about a month-and-a-half for the red sox.be they haven't gotten enough production. very difficult when you're in the same division with the raysi and yankees, who can hit. but, now, red sox are swinging it better.h,this and even gonzalez hit a homerun. he can hurt you in number 9. but, the question with the red sox, also, beyond their offense, do they have enough starting-pitching? penny struggled. and buchholz has been really good. tazawa, very good day. so, if they have enough, i still think they're making the playoffs. i look at those guys, and youkilis, and pedroia, and papelbon, and beckett. and say, they'll figure out a way. >> wakefield is supposed to return next week. we're wondering if there was a mental block, could not beat them, and now, is there a mental block, for boston? after that sweep at yankee stadium, there was a discussion about them fr

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martinez, whose term expires in 16 mons, said he will leave as soon as republican governor charlie cristppoints a replacement. an update tonight on a story sharyl attkisson has been investigating-- washington power brokers who got so-called vip loans from a company at the center of a mortgage meltdown, countrywide financial. another v.i.p. name has surfaced and once again tonight, sharl will follow the money. >> reporter: add congressman edolphus towns to a growing list of government v.i.p.s who received loans from countrywide financials. that's significant because towns and democrats heads the committee investigating the mortgage lender's practices, and he personally blocking the effort to subpoena countrywide documents. republican darrell issa is behind the subpoena effort. >> it's really about what countrywide sought to do, how vast it was, what they got for their millions of dollarses in discounts and how do we make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: a countrywide whistle blower said the company aggressively courted those in positions to make decision. giving out risky exploo

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i have no specific plans for my future. >> martinez is a former chairman of the republican party. he had previsly announced plans not to run for re-election. opening up speculation for polical governor charlie crist might run for the vacant sit. martinez said he'll step down as soon as crist names a replacement. >>> up next on "news4 today," an update on the morning's toporie. >>> some young volunteers doing a little yard work for a very appreciative woman, 109-year-old edie williams. the teenaged workers, who had some run-ins with the law in the past, now members of the d.c. youth rehabilitation services free lawn services program. the program does what it says, gives people in need a helping hand with yard work. and ms. williams tells us she's grateful for the help. look at her, 109. >> boy, oh, boy. >> good for her. >> finally getting hot in d.c. we've been spoiled and lucky. >> those that like the hot weather, are going, where is it? >> like keith garvin. >> guess what -- >> we knew it would happen eventually. >> at some point this time we knew we were going to turn on the ove

. >>> also tonight, florida senator mel martinez, senator mel martinez, a republican, said today he is quitting his job, resigning from the senate for no particular reason, he says just his desire to move on. mind you he had already announced he wasn't running for re-election in 2010. apparently that wouldn't get him out of the place fast enough. florida's governor charlie christ, already running for the seat, now has to appoint a replacement. he said he would not maneuver to appoint himself. >>> word came last night the nted for years, believed to ve carried out several spectacular terrorist attacks. now he has been killed in a missile attack and one of the taliban strongholds. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is with us from kabul tonight with details on what finally brought down apparently this wanted man. richard, good evening. >> good evening, brian. the u.s. had tried to kill massoud several times. the u.n. blames him for 70% of suicide attacks in pakistan. charismatic, feared, with a $5 million u.s. bounty on his head, taliban commander massoud was pakistan's most w

martinez 1-5 as red sox debut. whraiter in the six, rocko will bring home martinez.i in with a normal. they are a half game against the yankees for first place in the a.l. east. josh beckett gets his major league leading 13th win of the season. boston 10-2 against baltimore this year. >> how about the ray. >> they love playing the royals. then again, who doesn't? bottom eight, rays have 3-1. karl proffer. reaches out and touch someone. how about all the bases? two-run home run. rays win 7-1. crawford's 11th of the year. he's been on fire. jeff chen takes the win. crawford is hitting .400 during the stretch. you might not have noticed but jeff neiman has made the case as the best rookie pitcher in the a.l. league. his ten wins are the most and he has shored up a braves rotation that hasn't always been steady. neiman has the most wins and bet e.r.a. of all tampa bay starters this season. dodgers and braves. joe torre and his squad bottom sixth tiedor at 3-3. randy wolf deals to norton. manny ramirez not known for his arms. and that's why. hernandez beats the throw. bra

senators greg bond and martinez and boyne very much so it is a distressing thing. think is short-sighted on the part of the republicans. >> do the republicans have a problem. >> it a minus but that not why people will vote for or against t will be the bigger economic issues. mark is right they have a problem but i don't think this will be a determining factor. >> woodruff: all right, are you a determining reason for having the program every friday. david brooks, mark shields, thank you both. have a great weekend >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day, the u.s. unemployment rate fell slightly in july, and job losses slowed. a string of bombings in iraq killed at least 37 shiites. scores of others were wounded. this week and one american and three british troops were killed in afghanistan on newshour.pbs.org two online-only conversations tonight. on art beat, jeffrey brown talks to "washington post" film critic hank stoover about director john hughes who died yesterday. and to julia child's grand nephew, alex prud'homme. he co-wrote her memoir, which w

andre martinez cooperation here, attention there. in general terms what is the state of the u.s.-mexico relations? >> the state of the relationship is a bit like a tired marriage in need of counseling. we're at a stage with both parties have agreed to undergo counseling. we have these opportunities whenever you have a new administration. clearly there's an additional timely pattern. i think there's a receptiveness in mexico to the fact that u.s. said the drug car is a shared responsibility. what we need to do now is a commitment that matches us that responsibility. >> so far what we're seeing in terms of actual collaboration falls short. >> reporter: denise dresser, how do you see the general state? >> i think that the climate for cooperation has improved since president obama came in to office. and hillary clinton's trip to mexico in recent months where she stopped the rhetoric of co-responsibility has helped a great deal in that regard. i think we have to transition from the rhetoric of collaboration to the reality of it. and that would entail the u.s. assuming greater responsi

orioles host the red sox, boston catcher, martinez, acquired from the indians, matched a career high. scored two runs. out slugged the orioles, 18-10, to sweep the three-game series. when we return it is time to go golfing. and glory be, the funk is on me. we'll check in with fred who had a great, great day on the senior tour. ntthn scott speicher. >>> welcome back, you know the last time tiger woods teed it up, he missed the cut at the open. only second in time in his career he missed the cut at the major. second time, guy gives a whole new meaning to going green. that is not tiger, but this is. began the day with a 1-shot lead on number four, sinks the down hill put for the first birdie of the day. attempting to go out with style on 18 -- but it didn't matter. tiger shoots 3-under-69 to finish 20-under-par, winning the buick open for the victory. 36 and one, leading out right after three ones, not human. and tacoma part native, funk, ran away with the senior open. a pro shot, from 171 beyond a beyond 171 beyond 171-yards, lands on the green, funk acknowledges the crowd, and knows it

you all want to suggest for the record, on a hurricane bill that senator martinez and i have profferedthat seems to meet with widespread support, bats-- what is it that he would recommend to us as to how we go about getting the attention of these senators who were not from coastal areas that are threatened by hurricanes to support it? ms. chapman-henderson? >> senator nelson i thank first and foremost, as taxpayers, we all need to be concerned about the impacts of hurricanes because of the significant economic impact to all of us but on a more practical level and think you can go state-by-state and identify impacts that surprised some. one in particular that springs to mind is from hurricane ike and the flooding that occurred in ohio. more than $1 billion in insurance losses happened in ohio because of floods. similarly in pennsylvania after hurricane ike and west virginia after different storms, the hurricanes did not come to the coast and as you know stop. they move through and they cause damage throughout the united states and they think it is again one of those things were sometime

que está casada con cruz martínez. el músico y líder del grupo los super reyes.iene 2 varones. y el festejo, fue en grande, y en monterrey. arrestaron al hijo del actor michael douglas. con presunta posesión de douglas. tenía una importante cantidad de meta anfetaminas. no es primera vez que cameron enfrenta problemas con la ley. en el 2007, había sido arrestado por posesión de drogas. >>> piensa que la barrida de la actriz penélope cruzada mucho que hablar. se rumorea que puedo estar embarazada. no ha sido confirmado por ello ni su novio el actor español javier barden. el único que habló del tema es el director español pedro al modo bar que se encuentra promoviendo una película con la actriz. dijo que la >>> contando los días >>> claro. por favor. queremos ir al mundial. >>> ¿cuanto falta para ir al mundial? 300, ¿cuanto?. >>> son muchos todavía mientras no te coman los tigres. h@ tenemos suficiente para empacar. >>> exactamente >>> comprar la cantimplora para el agua. el sombrero para el sol. >>> fernando, que nos ayuda a prepararnos para el mundial ¿verdad? >>

gary thorne and buck martinez will join you next. we're back with "o's xtra" postgame. it is the opener of the three- game series as the orioles' final stop on this road trip and the birds looking far win behind the right-hander jason berken. enjoy the game, everybody. we'll see you on the post-game show! xxúú >> back here at the rogers centre as the pre-game festivities have concluded, and they were great to watch. 1992, 1993 world series championship teams for the jays came back. lots of players returned. it was great to see them. >> >> gary: now we're ready to play baseball as the teams open their three-game set with jason berken and ricky romero and mark is with us. >> hey, gary, on this turn-back- the-clock night for the toronto blue jays, jason berken would like to turn the clock back to may 26 of this year when he made his major league debut. he came out, had a solid outing. he has struggled since. this will be his 14th major league start. the manager dave trembley says he cannot look at this as a do or die outing as he has struggled here. this isn't a try-out. t

. >>> florida senator mel martinez calling it quits. the republican announced yesterday he is stepping down more than a year before his term is up saying it's time for him to move on. at a news conference yesterday, martinez said he would resign as soon as florida's governor chooses his replacement. >>> and former governor from alaska sarah palin is weighing in on the health care debate. in her first online posting since leaving office she called president obama's plan to overhaul the health care system, quote, downright evil. >>> that's a check of your saturday headlines on hln. i'm natasha curry in for susan hendricks. thanks for joining us. the debate over health care reform has gotten louder and in some cases violent. gary tuchman looks at whether the protests at recent town hall meetings were jen gin demonstrations or staged distractions. >> reporter: is it democracy? demagoguery? or both? congressional town hall meetings during august recess used to be rather sleepy affairs. not anymore. there are images of president obama with a

. >>> florida republican senator mel martinez is resigning, more than a year early.e sent a note to supporters today telling them he's quitting once a replacement is named. martinez had already said that he would not seek re-election next year. so, who will fill the seat? not governor charlie crist. crist is a leading candidate for the job in 2010, but he says he will not appoint himself to replace martinez. >>> get off of me! >> everybody back up. >> missouri, florida, michigan, texas, town hall free for alls, as the health care debate spills out of washington and into the heartland. lawmakers knew this would likely be a make-or-break month for reform, most didn't expect the constituent confrontations like this that are flaring up everywhere. democrats say the clashes are being orchestrated by conservative groups, and now big labor is fighting back. much more on that in our next hour. >>> all right. first, though, shouting to be heard. shoving to be seen at a lawmakers' forum in tampa. our affiliate was in the thick of it. >> reporter: hundreds lined up, and at 6:00

florida governor charlie crist picked one of his former aides to fill the senate seat of mel martinez earlier this month, martinez, a republican, announced his resignation with more than a year left in office. today, the governor chose his former chief of staff, george lemieux, to serve out the rest of the term. crist, also a republican, has already announced plans to run for the same senate seat in 2010. in the west, four wildfires burned thousands of acres in the mountains and coastal areas of southern california. teams of firefighters worked around the clock to contain the flames that threatened nearly 900 homes and forced hundreds to evacuate. today, governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for both monterey and los angeles counties. an official battling one of the blazes described what the forest service is up against. >> it's really thick in here so we can't see a whole lot. once this breaks up a little bit and we can get the air in here, we will hit it hard. people that live down below, you can smell it, you can see how bad it is. >> brown: southern californ

it will be hard to go back to, but how much press did mel martinez's speech, which i don't know if you read, but it it was an emotional speech. i was very proud of him for having given it. i'm very saddened that we are losing that voice of mel martinez in the republican party and i hope that -- i hope that at some point we again have another republican senator because i think it is that important. >> first thing, i was surprised how many republicans voted against sotomayor because i thought it was in their political and policy interest to vote for her, partly because i think she is one of the more conservative or moderate choices obama could have made. i think your case would be stronger if more of your friends actually cast a vote for her. i want to raise a question with you because i think it is a difficult problem republicans had. when we did our stucky, andy cohut at pugh, put questions on a questionnaire for us and we found this fascinating split in the republican party. not surprisingly moderate to liberal republicans now or rather small minority of that party were in favor of a

florida governor charlie crist, who happens to be running for martinez's seat in 2010, could appoint himself as the replacement. but he's already said he won't do that. so now we can assume charlie crist is looking for a place holder to hold on to that seat so that it will be an open seat for charlie crist to run for in 2010. >>> today, the senate ethics committee dismissed complaints against senators chris dodd and ken conrad. the senators came under scrutiny last year after questions arose that they may have violated the senate gift rules by accepting discounting home mortgages from countrywide financial. wheel the ethics committee found they did not violate the rules and there were no sweetheart deals they did say dodd and conrad "should have exercised more vigilance" in their dealings with countrywide. >>> coming up, rahm emanuel wants liberal groups to play nice with the party's ken terrorist members. will they listen? many surfaces that seem smooth and strong are actually susceptible to irreversible damage. your teeth are no different. everyday acids can cause irreversible loss

buck martinez, amber theoharis and gary thorne, great to have you with us. the orioles have been involved in one-run ballgames on the season. they're 14-19 in one-run games. of late the one-run games have continued to pile up, four out of the last five that the orioles have played have been decided by just a run. >> buck: grady sizemore get as two-strike changeup for david hernandez and hits it the opposite way that was his 18th home run of the season last night. >> gary: the 0-1 delivery to him. so sizemore is on. that is the sixth hit batter by berken this year and the lead- off man on for the second of three innings. it guilty him down on the foot and obviously it didn't bother him very much. a switch hitter .306 right- handed. he made it close. cabrera has five home runs, all five hit left-handed. and berken will have to wait. he has a lifetime batting average of .419 against the orioles. despite the fact he had gone hitless, and so. >> buck: 419 against the o's in his career. the highest average with runners on this season, .344. >> buck: pretty good co