. >> and actor toby mcgwire accused of running a ponzy scheme. >> this looks like actor toby mcgwire is headed to court surrounding high stakes poker games. the spiderman star and 21 others are being sued by a bank rupsy trusty, money won from a man convicted of running a ponzy scheme. mcgwire's lawyers say he did nothing wrong. it's been four days since the death of amy winehouse. now, her album is back on the charts. the back to black album sits at number nine. police are waiting for extended toxicology results to find out the cause of death. >>> it was all about bling last night in some of the most fashion forward ladies celebrated a new collection. from court any kardashian to lacey swimmer, they got a look at the hottest new design autos i have many of her pieces. they're just unique and different. >> the starlit ladies say the collection is perfect for standing out on the red carpet. >> coming up, on the news at 4:00 how researchers are fighting malaria with a mosquito trap that smelz like stinky feet? if you've wanted to own a ghost down, now is your answer. >> and location, l

they look the other way with barry bonds and rafael palmeiro and sammy sosa and mark mcgwire, all of home stand accused of having used these drugs. thank goodness for tom davis, a republican from virginia and henry waxman, democrat from california, will help these hearings, or they never would of been held accountable, including the owners who denied it, and the commission appeared the mark mcgwire had biceps' bigger than my thighs. would that give you pause just looking at that? >> i have no idea what your eyes look like. [laughter] one of the things -- one in -- i have no idea what your thighs look like. one of the things you do not do is lie in front of congress. i do not care if he was doing steroids or whatever else. >> is that not what the lewinsky scandal was all about? baseball is only a game. i would correct all of this in the record books, put asterisks on all the records and keep them out of the whole thing. >> last word. thank you. see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto insidewashington.tv. hi, i'm alex guiriba outreach program services coordin

mcgwire in. last word on that, mr. mcgwire?> well, you know, i do appreciate senator alesi's acknowledgment -- will be looking for a senator with principles rather than looking for a political engineer position. >> all right. would you like -- >> you can look no further. you've got one right here. absolutely, sure, i am a principled person. and because i explained the politics of that vote on being honest and forthright about it, and jason understands that. he's been trolling the halls of albany for many years. he understands politics. he understanding the mechanics of politics. and he understands the reason we voted the way we did. >>> our susan candiotti is in new york city where hundreds of same-sex couples are getting marry today. we'll hear from her a little bi. one man sprang into action and started saving lives. we're live from norway with this remarkable story. >>> then, famine again grips the horn of africa. food aid is waiting at the borders, but something is keeping it from reaching the starving and the dying. goodni

they are closing out -- mcgwire and hester will be closing their contract soon, and we did issue a letter authorizing final intention release. with respect to the wealth component of the program, we continue coordinating with caltrain, and i'm pleased to report that all the designs made by high-speed rail have been accepted by the rail authority. so that is good news. we did reach final comment resolution on the dual board report prepared by parsons. the final report was submitted on june 29. our station is designed to accommodate dual mode operations as well. now, i would like to have our construction of date, but what we have been doing as well as what we plan to do over the next number of months. >> good morning, directors. i am with turner construction providing the construction management oversight. there it is. thank you. this morning, i would like to provide our normal construction of date and also give you more details about what is coming up the next couple of years, which is the majority of the buttress shoring and excavation work. on the demolition site, the contractor -- the c

there are some big names on the potential witness list, including barry bonds and mark mcgwire and clemens' manager and gm in new york, joe torre. >>> the washington nationals aren't just one of the hottest teams in baseball, they're also one of the most exciting. look at this. >> oh, my goodness! just glad everybody's okay. >> ramos missed the sign for a suicide squeeze last night, and swung away with teammate michael morse sprinting home from third base. fortunately, ramos fouled the ball back and missed morse, who was about ten feet away from the plate. here's the kicker. they tried it again, at the same at-bat and they were successful that time. ramos executed a nice bunt, and morse scored what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats went on to beat the chicago cubs 5-4. >> he almost got scalped. so good thing it worked the second time. my goodness. >> worse than a baseball in the teeth. >> i know. could be bad. >> it could be bad. 4:51 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. are we getting some rain? i think we need it now. >> yeah, yeah, some of us are getting out. some

prosecutors and defense lawyers are talking about bringing in wade boggss, barry bonds and mark mcgwire. >>> there is a new twist in the law on gays in the military. a federal appeals court is telling the pentagon to stop the ban on openly gay service members. the policy of don't ask don't tell was declared unconstitutional but the supreme court decided to keep night place until the military can change their procedures. now the obama administration is in the unusual position of keeping it until it can be changed. >>> obama invited lawmakers from both parties for more negotiations today. there could be real progress because senator jon kyl is behinding that they are maybe allowing some tax trade office and that "the washington post" is reporting that the white house may agree to cut some cuts in social security. joe biden will also attend the talks. >>> a lot of activity outside the verizon center. an ancient ritual is drawing the crowds. >>> an update on the alleged hacking verse civil more allegations are mounting against the british tabloid news of the world.  lysol knows

barry bonds, mark mcgwire, sammy sosa are among the 100 people prosecutors could call in the trial ofroger clemens. >> it is one of the stories making news at 6:12. the pitching legend is on trial here in washington. he's accused of using steroids then telling congress he never used them. jury selection resumes this morning. it could take until next week. >> rebel supporters in libya are taking to the streets. they're renewing their call for the ouster of moammar gadhafi. nato is intensifying the bombing campaign as rebel forces move closer to the capital of tripoli. >> south korea will host the 2018 winter olympics. pyeongchang beat out cities in austria and germany. the 2014 games will be held in russia. >>> with temperatures in the 90s and the humidity is high, the last thing you think of is the word cold but a lot of people get bad summer colds. >> they're very miserable this time of year. there is science as to why they're worse than the winter ones. manuel gallegus explains why in this health alert. >> reporter: ellen's summer is off to a lousy start with a miserable cold. >> i

the federal government spending millions of dollars trying to nab barry bonds and mark mcgwire on steroidsrges. what do we get for our money, wiehl. >> we get to see to our kids if you cheat and you lie you are going to at least be charged and you may have to go to jail. but the problem is we have spent millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars on all these prosecutions. we have prosecuted, we being the government have prosecuted 11 people for a total grand total of less than three years in jail for awful these people. >> bill: most of these people got very short sentences. tens of millions of dollars. >> all about lying. >> bill: i know. i like the message as we had earlier in the program. we van epidemic of lying and cheating in this country and government has to set some standards. but the government walks in and boots it on the robert clemens thing. why was that thrown out in the first ten seconds. >> give it two days. first two days. >> bill: why was it thrown out. >> the government tried to back door in evidence. >> bill: i don't want that exactly what did the lawyer do wrong?

there are some big names on the potential witness list, including former sluggers barry bonds, mark mcgwire, and clemens' manager and gm in new york, joe torre and brian cashman. >>> well, it will take more than just an nfl lockout to keep us from finding reasons to make fun of the dallas cowboys. >> yes. >> especially after this one. >> one of the cowboys' star wide receivers may want to step up his game with the ladies. roy williams came up with a very original way of proposing to his girlfriend. he recorded the proposal and then stuck it in the mail, along with a $76,000 engagement ring. well, she apparently wasn't swept off her feet by the gesture. maybe he song it. adding insult to injury, she then, well she kept the ring. >> and here's where it gets ugly. >> it does get ugly because he filed a lawsuit to try to get that ring back. >> well, eventually his now ex-girlfriend not only did she say no but i guess they broke up. found out now she says the father, who ended up with the ring -- >> her father. >> will then give it back. >> yeah. >> i wonder if they'll meet on a bridge somewhere

are some big names on the potential witness list, including former sluggers blairry bonds and mark mcgwirend joe torre, and brian cashman. >>> this morning the founder of pakistan's nuclear weapons program says north korea paid millions of dollars to senior pakistani military officials in exchange for nuclear technology. "the washington post" reports the kickbacks occurred in 1998, and it published a letter describing that secret deal. if it's true it could deepen the distrust between the united states and pakistan. >>> a helicopter crash in california killed one marine and injured five others. the crash happened yesterday afternoon at camp pendleton, which is about 50 miles north of san diego. a spokesperson says the helicopter was in a remote mountainous area where marines usually conduct training exercises. the five injured marines were taken to the hospital, but there's no word if any of the injuries were life threatening. >>> park police in yellowstone national park are investigating why a grizzly bear attacked a man and a woman, killing one and injuring the other. this happened yeste

thely clues, barry bonds, mark mcgwire, sammy sosa, david cone. >> it's at the wall.is out of here! >> way out of here. yet night for nate. he -- great night for nate. he hit his second home run of the might. the giant won 6-5 over the padres. that game inned late last night. now they wrap up the series and the as beat the mariners, 2-0, jade -- yesterday. >>> take a look. ouch. >> oh! >> yeah, tori. >> this is a picture from the santa rosa press democrat. that's j.t. henley. he has a shiner. he's a dentist from rohnert park. a black eye but he was not seriously hurt in that accident at at&t park tuesday night. another man was hit in the shin and we saw the woman hit in the head with an injury. she was taken to the hospital. >>> nine minutes before 8:00. london has fallen under the spell of harry potter. right now hundreds of fan fans are caption -- fans are -- fans are camping -- camping out. some fans have been out there since last week. >> i came down early to get like the best spot possible. this is an end of an era. >> the movie opens next friday in the u.k. and

and the ball mark mcgwire hit for his unprecedented 70 home run back in 1998 sold for almost $3 millionsome payday for lopez who says he has more than $100,000 in student loans to pay off. >> you know this ball will be easy a six-figure paycheck. it wasn't about money to me. >> reporter: to reward lopez, who says he's been a yankee fan as long as he can breathe, the team gave him tickets to the rest of this year's games in a luxury suite and bats balls and jerseys. >> first, i scratched my head, wow, i don't know if this kid has it all there. >> reporter: brandon steiner is one of the foremost authorities on sports people beale ya. he couldn't believe that lopez would give the ball away. >> how about making some money? he gave up a lot of money, but still not too late to make some money. >> something great happened. then obviously a great kid here a great guy did something just great. that's what it's about. >> reporter: so on wednesday, steiner teamed up with his old friend, owner of a chain of new york-based sport going stores and modell gave him a world series ring. the two vowed to

lawyers say other baseball greats like barry bonds and mark mcgwire and sammy sosa might be called tog on the atlanta schools cheating scandal. the report released at 11:00 this morning. state investigation found 178 teachers and principals charged -- changed wrong answers to boost school performance. >>> entertainment news. beyonce's day bay at number one with number "4." it tops the billboard chart even though it was leaked a few days early. you're caught up on today's headlines. "american morning" is back in 60 seconds. >>> being. 54 minutes past of the hour. in less than an hour, we will hear a little bit more about what casey anthony's fate is. at 9:00 she is due to be sentenced with the only part she was found guilty on in the trial which is four counts of misdemeanor. >> jennifer ford says not guilty does not mean innocent. >> that's right. brings us to our question of the day. what should happen to casey anthony now? >> jordan says on facebook i'm concerned that a morbidly curious public will allow casey to capitalize off the death of her daughter. allowing her to make even a

toby mcgwire, uncle ben said, with great power comes great responsibility. don't make uncle ben die in vein. >> excellent. yeah. i wanted to ask a quick follow-up question to that question. you were mentioning challenges and this is open to anybody, but you talked about challenges and how young people have a voice, a seat at the table now, one of the things that is sometimes said about this generation is that they're given the label of slack tivists. you're not really engaged, if you click there's -- you're not doing the same thing, like malcolm gladwell wrote a piece in the new yorker saying that today's people who click aren't the same sort of activists we had in the 9 1960's. so i wanted to get your thoughts and responts to that charge. is that how you see it? >> i think that there are some good points there. i think to really kind of echo your points about balancing the responsibility that comes along with that access, i think we need to really kind of thing around, it's, you know, it's not necessarily the same thing if i like a facebook pages around a c