. >> i'm meredith vieira. lot of nervous eyes going to be watching wall street today following thursday's big decline, the dow closing down 376 points. >> that's right. that's even more than the overall loss during that so-called flash crash earlier this month when the dow dropped nearly 1,000 points in about 30 minutes before recouping some of those losses. so what is the turmoil mean? could we be headed for another significant downturn? we'll talk about that with cnbc's jim cramer. >>> also ahead, important news for women. a new study is revealing a potential break-through in the battle against ovarian cancer. scientists have found a way to catch the deadly disease earlier than ever before. dr. nancy snyderman will be here with details. >>> also, we've got some amazing video to show you, a man's touching reunion with a long, lost friend. this is a gorilla that he raised, then released into the wile five years earlier. it's really something to see. we're going to show it to you and talk to the man involved in

meredith? >> stephanie gosk, thank you very much. front page scandal all across england. robert, you've covered sarah fergusson for the past 17 years or so. in that time you've gotten to know her. what was your first reaction to seeing this video, apparently trying to sell access to her husband? >> reporter: i have known sarah about 17 years, but my view of this, it's totally outrageous. it's brazen. and this wasn't the first time that this happened. one must remember she set up this meeting. she had had another meeting with the undercover reporter in new york and she also had a meeting with a real businessman that she set up. it's not a question of entrapment here. this is a question of proper investigative reporting to check out a story and find out it was true. clearly by the apology of sarah ferguson this morning and the website, it is true. >> obviously she didn't know that this reporter was not a businessman. what led up to this story? scotland yard says what she did might be appalling bu

meredith, matt, back to you. >> richard, i'll take it. thank you. >>> ray kelly is the commissioner of new york city's police department. commissioner, good morning. and congratulations on the work of your department on this. 53 hours. that's pretty amazing. >> the fbi, joint terrorist task force and nypd did a great job. >> this investigation is ongoing even though mr. shahzad is under arrest. at this point, ray, do you think he was part of a larger group? are you looking for other people living in this country or elsewhere? >> as you say, the investigation is just beginning. i think it is too early to say that. obviously the destir get this information as quickly as possible certainly by the media but this is going to take a while. he is cooperating. he is talking and i think investigators want him to talk at his own pace. >> we've heard by several reports that officials in pakistan have either arrested or detained several people. can you confirm or deny that? what do you know about that? >> i don't know that. i don't know that for cert

bonded by their military ties and love of music, they are former captain meredith melcher, she was a former sergeant daniel jens deployed to iraq as a crew member with the field artillery canon. he placed 11th on the season three of nbc's "america's got talent." staff sergeant ron henry. recently retired after a 20-year career. and former sergeant david clemo, initially deployed in afghanistan after 9/11. and then to iraq, where he laid fiber-optic cables. meredith, how did this group come together. >> well, we actually knew one man who we had worked with at various points in our military music careers, and you know when the opportunity presented itself through sony, he sort of rounded us all up and about two days to go to new york and rehearse a couple of songs. we performed them for sony and they loved it and that's how we're here today. >> larry: so are you now going to be a group, daniel? are you going to go in concert? >> oh yes, larry, you know we're so excited. we've already done a military tour through several different army and air force bases and now we're doing this -- a l

clay meredith faces josh willingham and hammer wins the battle. a fly to deep left centerfield. willingham's eighth of the year. it was so dramatic the lights went out everywhere. the nationals beat the orioles 4-3. lindsay murphy was at the game and hopefully with the lights on filed this report. >> reporter: the nationals just got done playing 20 games over a span of 20 days. and have come out with a 10-10 record. they will get a much need day off before heading out on an 8 high day west coast road swing. they do it with momentum after willingham's home run. >> 4-3 nationals. >> that's what you dream about when you're a kid, so you know when you're up at the plate you can't be trying to do that or it doesn't usually h i was trying to get a good pitch and hit hard. >> we relish this one. with an off day tomorrow. we've had 20 straight. we had a rain out in there but 20 straight on the schedule trying to get to this point. >> we had ups and downs during this swing and it's just you can see our team comradery. we all come together. it's one big unit and you can see something spec

meredith asked carol line why she chose to honor bipartisanship and these two men in particular?ecognizes that our country has serious problems and that we're only going to be able to solve them if we work together. and i think we saw that these california legislators set an example for lawmakers across the country and also for all americans who really should recognize how difficult it is to forge compromises to solve these difficult problems and try to reward the legislators who had the courage to do so. >> dave, you discovered how -- actually both of you discovered how difficult it is to reach across the aisle and compromise. you're a republican. you reached across the drts. as a result, the voters rejected the compromise and your own party voted you out of your leadership position. in retrospect, was it worth it, dave? >> oh, i think so, given what we were facing. the options weren't certainly any better. and i think, in many ways, were very much worse. i think we did the right thing and we're all a little bit disappointed that the voters didn't approve the compromise that we

reliever clay meredith had to come in after alfredo simon got hurt.osh willingham has a solo homer to give the nat's the win and the o's another loss. >> we have 24 guys here pulling for each other. trying the our best and for sure we didn't want to lose. we give it 100% effort and that's all we can ask for. >> reporter: here is why meredith had to come in to pitch. simon hurt a hamstring running to cover. he says he feels he will be back soon. simon looks like a candidate. >>> other baseball news, the texas rangers have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move to speed up the sale of the team. the filing includes players like alex rodriguez, they owe him 25 million from his original deal nine years ago. rangers owner tom hicks wants to tie up the debt to complete sale of the team to a pittsburgh group for $575 million. the team would stay in texas, that sale could be done by the all star break. >>> basketball news, cleveland's mike brown goes from coach of the year to coach without a job. fireed from the cavaliers today after his team had the most win

clay meredith was brought in after alfredo simon got hit.he o's another heartbreaking defeat. >> we got 25 guys right here pulling for each other. we're trying our best, and for sure we don't want to lose. i mean, we give it 100% effort and that's the only thing we're going to ask for. >>> here's why meredith had to come in to pitch. alfredo simon had to leave the game. it looks like the right hander could be headed to the dl list. >>> other baseball news, the texas rangers have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. that's a move made to speed up the the sale of the team. alex rodriguez, he's owed nearly 25 million from his original deal nine years ago. rangers owner tom hicks wants to tie up the debt to complete the sale of the team to a pittsburgh group for $575 million the team will stay in texas. that sale could be done by the all star break. >>> basketball news, cleveland's mike brown goes from coach of the year to coach without a job. he was fired by the cavaliers today, this after his team had the most wins in the regular season. but lost

cla meredith replaces simon. josh willingham places that baby in the bullpen.da st., nationals when -- 4-3, nationals win. virginia dodged a major bowl. stoneybrook with that goal. virginia comes back to win 10-9 and will play duke. in's and women's final four town this week. the virginia women lost on saturday so their season is over. >> a tough season for them. >> a top last month. thank you, keith. do not forget the water cooler question. do you think the term "retarded" should be banned from all federal legislation? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. here is a look ahead to our next hour. >> a statement concerning a deadly torpedo attack that happened back in march. >> gas prices make another move. >> keith mills will return with another sports report. >> we have some fog and drizzle on this monday morning. much better news in the seven- day forecast. >> that drizzle is impacting the morning commute. i'm going in. troubleshooting runs on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin'. with our new iced dark roast coffee

cla meredith takes over and probably get rocked. josh willingham has a titanic blast. the nationals win, four to three. the series is 2 to 1. jose lima pass away from a heart attack at the age of 37. the energetic and entertaining picture went 21 and 10 for the houston astros in 1999. he pitched a playoff shutout for the dodgers. one day after marilyn suffered a -- maryland suffered a loss to notre dame, the head coach retires. no chamiopnshi -- final fours since 2006. it was the first time they have not reached the final four. he talked about how much he enjoyed his time in maryland, that this year's team was favored to coach. and national church will begin immediately to find his replacement -- a national search will begin immediately to find his replacement. the segals get the win -- seagulls get the win, 14-13. this all very -- they hope to match the women. the game0-winner -- game-winner with just 5 minutes left. byron nelson classic -- an event that lord byron would have loved, but may have felt squeamish about. he finishes in a tie for 17th. the gallery going cr

daddy loves them. >> that was meredith vieira reporting. the father appeared in an exclusive interview this morning on the "today" show. he said a resolution will be introduced today condemning japan for not allowing children who are been abducted to interact with their parents. >>> our time now is 41 minutes after 11:00. and still ahead, a day after major indexes posted their biggest losses in months, investors are looking for better news morning. we'll have the latest numbers. >>> plus, one of the stars of the nbc hit parenthood talks about growing up in northern virginia. stay with us. >>> for the second day in a row, the stock market is lower in early trading. let's check in with courtney ray dwan. she joins us with that and rest of the day's business headlines. >> reporter: the dow is down only eight points. earlier we were down as much as 85 if not more. stocks saw their biggest drop in three months yesterday on growing fears that greece's debt crisis will spread throughout europe and that's still a big worry today which is why we're

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willing ham up facing claire meredith. willingham the hero, hits walk-off home run to left. nationals win in extra innings 4-3. josh willingham comes up clutch. >> kind of what you deem about when you're a kid. you foe, when you're at the plate you can't be trying to do that, usually doesn't happen. i was trying to get a good pitch to hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter. he's the ult may pro. he's -- you don't see josh make too many mistakes on the baseball field. he's just solid as a rock. give you good at bat every time out. of course with the long ball, speaks for itself. >> yes it certainly does. jim riggleman and the nationals improve to 23-22 after the win against the orioless. >>> college lacrosse. the maryland head coach resigned after nine seasons, it comes one day after the terps were upset. coddle did leave the terrapins to the postseason it's a consecutive times. virginia's quest for a championship continues. cavs taking on stony brook. cavaliers continuing to play in honor of the late yeardley love. stonybrook in red on the offensive. crowley shoots and scor

. >> reporter: meredith says the streets are changing if better. >> i hen and h streets will be lanesoing each way and 15th street to constitution all the way up really. >> i hopped on the bike to see for myself. new lanes on pennsylvania avenue seem much wider and fresh paint on older bike lanes help me feel save. so the infrastructure is there but bicyclists say getting drivers to be courteous, that's another work in progress. >> i often see cars parked in bike lanes. i see loading trucks in bike lanes and sometimes it's the cluelessness that causes problems. talking on the phone putting on makeup. >> i have had run ins with car doors. >> drivers are sometimes prize surprised by what the safest thing for cyclists is to do. riding in the middle of the roe road is sometimes the safest thing for bikers to do. >> biking is a shared road. it is not just theirs. >> don't veer in the bike lane when they exist. >> reporter: as alderman notes we need to respect laws as well. >> i get frustrated with drivers, pedestrians, cyclists. none of those groups are perfect. >> there's a lot of educati

so, play meredith, comes into replace simon.st batter he faces, josh willing ham, the guy they call a hammer. he land on the bull pen for the walk off solo home run, the nationals win the battle of the beltway over the orioles at the 10th inning. >> millwood pitched another great game for him. lugo a tremendous settack. and you know unfortunate the way the game ended. >> it's heartbreakinn anytime that you lose a game, you know, but i can tell you that we got 25 guys ahead pulling for each other and we're trying our best. we give 100% effort and that's theeonly thing we can ask for. >> college lacrosse, and stunning news for college park. maryland head coach david cotle has resigned. ththe announcement was made. his contract ran out after the terp's upset loss to notre dame. that means next weekend final 4 here will be wiihout a team from maryland. and afterward he told his team -e was gone. they're calling it a resignation. cotle left loyola in 2001 to take over the terps. he led them to a final arpz. appearance. an immediate s

willingham facing clay meredith. you know what? you are so not catching that. walkoff home run. the nationals win it in extras, 4-3 improving to 23-22 this season. up next, the nats head out west for a 10-game road trip. >>> turning now to college lacrosse, yeardley love was honored today at graduation with a degree. while thousands participated in a moment of silence at charlottesville, the men's lacrosse team was on the field playing heavy hearts against stonybrook in the ncaa tournament. head coach and the number one ranked cavaliers last won a national tight until 2006. virginia up 8-7, stonybrook in red on the offensive. check out kevin crowly, middle of your screen, shoots and scores, tied at 8. stonybrook fans enjoying every minute of this one. cavs lead by a goal. briggs in front, sweet play. virginia wins it, 10-9, advancing to the final four. the cavs will play duke in the national semis in baltimore next saturday. >>> nascar now founder bill france senior and seven-time champion richard petty prin ducked into the hall of fame in charlotte, north carolina. last knit on

cla meredith in the bullpen for the orioles.f a shift on izturis has moved almost behind second to short stop. outfield straightaway. here's the 1-1 delivery. griffey fouls that back. 1-2. >> jim: i think the one thing they look at and getting the opportunity, this will be the 80th at-bat he's had this year. and only 2 extra base hits. it's not about home runs. there's been a lot of productive hit there's drive the ball gap the gap. junior not able to do that. again at age 40. >> gary: i thought josh wilson. talk about a guy playing with energy. the orioles saw that back in 2007. he was with three teams last year, tonight he's done with it the bat and the glove. >> gary: 1-2 on the way to griffey. popped it up behind second. the short stop izturis back. and there's 2 down. vote for your favorite o's for 2010 all-star game. you could win a sweepstakes. one lucky winner gets 4 tickets to a game, vip parking, on feel access for batting practice and a personal iced batting practice jersey. go to orioles.com/all-star for details. wil

clay meredith facing josh willingham and hammer wins this battle a fly to left center. game winning solo home run. willingham's eighth of the year. nats edge the orioles, 4, 3, and 10. lindsay murphy files this report. >> reporter: matt cap's first blown save of the season was easier to swallow thanks to josh willingham's walk off home run in the 10th and the nationals win in extra innings for the first time this season. >> that's what you dream about when you're a kid so you know when you're up at the plate you can't really be trying to do that. it usually doesn't happen. i was just trying to get a good pitch and hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter and squared it up as good as he could and save the day for us. >> reporter: the battle of the beltway bragging rights belong to the nationals who will hold a 14-13 record all time against the orioles. from nationals park, lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> lindsay, thank you. >>> last night's game 3, settles and magic, rajon rondo back and reverse and fakes everybody plus the foul. wow. later second. red i can's pass defle

. >> reporter: meredith beacon is chair of the bike advisory council. she says the streets are swiftly changing for the better. >> h street will have dedicated bike lanes going each way. all the way up really. >> reporter: i strapped my flip cam on my helmet, hopped on the bike to see for myself. the new lanes on pennsylvania avenue seem much wider and the fresh paint on older bike lanes helped me feel safe. so the infrastructure is there but bicyclists say getting the drivers to be courteous, well, that's another work in progress. >> i often see cars parked in bike lanes. i see loading trucks in bike lanes. sometimes it's the cluelessness that causes problems. talking on the phone, putting on makeup. >> i've had run-ins with car doors. >> drivers are somewhat surprised by what is the safest thing for sies lists to do. -- cyclists to do. riding in the middle of the road sometimes is the safest thing to do. >> it's a shared road. it's not just theirs. >> they need to not veer into the bike lane when bike lanes do exist. >> reporter: on the other hand as

bring on meredith. pitch to willingham, cranks it to left. a walkoff 4-3 nationals win. now the dave trembley watch is heating up even more. you'll find stories all over the web that he may not be in the orioles dugout come tomorrow when the orioles come back home to play the oakland as. >>> on "mondays with larry" or web guru agrees with one that says washington couldn't support baseball. now larry looks back at the five years and something set him off on saturday in dc. so read all about it in today's "mondays with larry" on abc2news.com. >>> 6:08. we've got showers showing up on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. and we've got camera lenses that point out the fact there's still moisture out there. if it's not raining there's spray from the cars driving in front of you or around the region with 65 degrees, our current temperature. very thick moist atmosphere with the humidity at 90%. easterly flow continuing at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. we continue with the tropical-like flow which means more showers today so take that umbrella. yes, we'll be talking about the

like david remnick and meredith, i haven't done the research on the obama administration. i can't say. what i can say is this, what is very interesting is to watch leaders express their willness to change. not just to change the country but themselves to change and to learn. we've been -- we have a tension in american society where some people think you have to know what to do the minute you become president. but is that really realistic? frankly there's no job like being president, even vice president, even a strong muscular vice president in the case of, if you will be the vies presidency of dick cheney. even in that case you're not president. and so there are burdens of the presidency which you can only really shoulder when you are president. so is it realistic to assume that day one the president is going to have all the right answers? is it realistic on any day to have the right answer? what i think it will be interesting for all of us to watch is the extent to which barack obama shares his learning process with the public. because, you know, he is after all if you lo

he pulls a hamstrung and is replaced by cla meredith. three pitches later, the game is over. josh willingham hits a home run. the orioles are off tomorrow. they play oakland on tuesday. i should say they are off today. i say andy macphail will not make a manager change. >> you are not that old. >> all right. 6:27. much more to come in our next half-hour. >> a somber graduation ceremony at the university of pr virginia. >> a group of students picking up the pieces after vermont police stopped and investigation. what it means to the victim's family. >> the unofficial start to summer is almost here. if ♪ ♪ ♪ do, do, do it together ♪ do, do it together ♪ ♪ it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ do, do it together ♪ do, do it together ♪ it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ it's all ri-i-i-ght [ female announcer ] cruises from baltimore and new jersey. visit royalcaribbean.com today. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in hd. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. i am stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us. tony pann has a quick look

sterling, virginia, my mother-in-law, nancy chen of portland, oregon, my mother, and my darling wife, meredith, who is the light of my life and with whom i'll be celebrating a 35th anniversary this year. and i would be remiss not to recognize the product of this happy union, matthew of houston, texas. >> thank you again. tonight i think is going in three ways. it reduces a carbon foot present of this determine, and there's more information about that in your program. and i'd like to thank the natural resources defense council, which helped guide our efforts. and they're represented here tonight by the executive director. thank you for coming, peter. so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. and tonight also marks the first time in the 96-year heft of this association that the two presidents at this head table are going to challenge the old ways of doing things in washington and shatter some feelings. so thank you. and finally, i think we're on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. so i would close by thanking the seven other members of the white house c

. >> reporter: meredith is chair of the bike advisory council scene she says the streets have swiftlyhanging for the better. >> i and h street will be dedicated bike lanes going each way and 15th to constitution all the way up really. >> i strap maryland i flip cam on my helmet and hopped on the bike to see for myself. >> reporter: the new lanes on pennsylvania avenue seem wider and the fresh paint helped me to feel safe. the infrastructure is there but bicyclists say getting drivers to be courteous, that's ott work in progress. >> i often see cars parked in bike lanes and loading trucks in bike lane and sometimes it is the cluelessness that causes problems, talking on our phone, putting on makeup. >> i have had run ins with car doors. >> drivers are prize surprised by what the safest thing is for cyclists to do. riding in the middle of the road is sometimes the safest thing for bicyclists to do. >> biking, it is shah you are shared road. not just theirs. >> don't veer in the bike lane when they exist. >> reporter: on the other hand -- >> we need to respect laws as well. >> i get frus

. >> reporter: meredith is the chairman of the bike advisory council and says the streets are swiftly changing for the better. >> i and h street will be dedicated lanes each way. 9th street and 15th from constitution. all the way up really. >> reporter: i strapped my flip cam on my helmet and hopped on the bike to see for myself myself. the lanes on pennsylvania avenue seem wider and the fresh paint helped me to feel safe. the infrastructure is there but bicyclists say getting drivers to be courteous, that's another work in progress. >> i often see cars parked in bike lanes and loading trucks in bike lanes and sometimes it is the cluelessness that is causing problems, talking on the phone, putting on makeup. >> i have had run ins with car doors. >> drivers are confused with what the safetiest thing for cyclers to do. >> they don't want to recognize us as vehicles. biking is a shared road. not just theirs. >> they need not to veer in toe bike lane when bike lanes exist. >> we need to respect laws as well. >> i get frustrated with drivers pedestrians and cyclists. none of those groups a

meredith facing josh willingham and willingham wins. a fly to deep left centerfield. a game winning walk off solo home run. willingham's eighth of the year. the nationals edge the orioles 4-3 in ten innings. nothing new for willingham who is eighth inning home run on mother's day gives the nats another win. >> a little better. still won the game for us but he had thrown me -- i was taking the strike and once i got to a 2-1 count he left one to hit and i wasn't trying to hit a home run. i was trying to hit it hard and it went out. >>> eighth seeded stoney brook hosting virginia. stoney brook trails 8-7. kevin crowley ties the game at 8-8 so stoney brook fans sensing an upset but virginia holds on. the pass to colin briggs who scores the game winning goal. virginia edges stoney brook 10-9. cavaliers advance to the semis for the sixth time in the last seven years. >>> in nhl playoffs game #, blackhawks hosting the sharks, third period tied 2-2. hawks on a power play. dustin byfuglien scores what proved to be the game winner. the blackhawks defeat the sharks 4-2. chicago

meredith, when you're pissed, your face says everything you're thinking and now i have a staff that can'tl my face? >> yes, you are. control your face. >> maybe you shouldn't tell me things you don't want me to know. control that. >> then i can't tell you anything, and 80% of my day is off limits to my wife and i don't want that. >> well, i don't want that either. i'm sorry. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: control your face. >> jimmy: we were talking about -- there's a video game for this. >> apparently, yes. >> jimmy: a video game on the wii. >> right, and i haven't seen it, but i'm dying to. >> jimmy: it's pretty interesting. it's like -- because you do doctor stuff. it's with the wii, so you have to do stuff with it, but then there's stuff, like relationship stuff. >> that seems like so un-wii like. unless it's sex. [ laughter ] "grey's anatomy." you know. >> jimmy: i haven't gotten to that level yet. [ laughter ] this is more like flirting or stuff like that. well, maybe there's sex. >> like sauntering down the hall in a doctor coat. >> jimmy: no, it's not even that. it's just your

of sterling, virginia, my mother-in-law, chancy chen of portland, oregon, my mother, and my wife meredithlight of my life with whom i will be celebrating a 35th anniversary this year. thank you, all. .. coming, peter. [applause] . and when we set out this event, i learned that this job proved to be very easy because the hilton hotel has been practicing many of these sustainable practices for many years. it was very easy to do what we wanted to do. so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. [applause] >> and tonight, also marks the first time in the 96-year history of this association that the two presidents at this head table are guys who challenged all ways of doing things in washington and shattered some glass ceilings to get here. so thank you. [applause] and finally, i think we are on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. [cheers and applause] >> so i would just close by thanking the other seven members of the white house correspondents association board. each one of them over the past year took on very difficult assignments always with good che

sterling, virginia, my mother in-law, nancy of portland, oregon, my mother, and my darling wife, meredith who is the light of my life and with whom i'll be celebrating a 35th anniversary this year. thank you all. [applause] . i would like to thank the natral resources defense coun silt which helped guide our efforts, and nrgc is represented here tonight by the executive director. thank you for coming, peter. and when we set out to green this event, i learned this job proves to be very easy, because the hilton hotel has been practicing many of these sustainable practices for many years. so it was very easy to do what we wanted to do. so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. [applause] hotel. [applause] >> and tonight, also marks the first time in the 96-year history tonight also marks the first time that the two presidents at this head table are guys who have the challenge of doing things in washington and shattered some glass ceilings to get here. is thank you. and finally, i think we are on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. [cheers and applau

of sterling, virginia, my mother-in-law, chancy chen of portland, oregon, my mother, and my wife meredith, the light of my life with whom i will be celebrating a 35th anniversary this year. thank you, all. .. i would be remiss not to recognize my son. [applause] >> thank you again. tonight is the sort in three different ways. it is the first time that the white house correspondents' association has made a concerted effort to reduce the carbon footprint of this dinner. there is more information about that in your program. i would like think the national resources defense council which helped guide our efforts. there are represented here tonight by the executive director. -- t day are represented here tonight by the executive director. c-- they are represented here tonight by the executive director. thank you for being here. [applause] for many years. it was very easy to do what we wanted to do. so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. [applause] >> and tonight, also marks the first time in the 96-year history of this association that the two presidents at this head table are guys who c

when this guy was pitching well, about three years ago, four years ago in '06 and they also had cla meredithlate innings. zimmerman second base. rodriquez at first. and a 1-2 to bernadina. change-up way outside. breaking ball and roger is gone and hensley strikes out the side. it's a strikeout fest but the nats have f.b.i. runs nine hits to go with them. this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the all-new jaguar xj. the stunning result of taking a very different road. >> bob: this hd national baseball broadcast on masn brought you by your local ford dealers. invite us to experience ford like never before. ford, drive one and by h.h. greg. we make buying tvs and appliances simple. it's a beautiful night in south florida. and it's really looking good at halftime of this game in a football stadium. the nats lead it 5-0 and coming off a series in chicago, rob, when they didn't have a lot of offense, but the pitching and the defense got it done. >> rob: and in tight games, rob, this i

in an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" today meredith witness any writes about the small businessredit crunch and part of the piece reads that if banks are not allowed to effectively price for risk they will not take the risk. right now we need banks and particularly community banks to step in and provide liquidity to small businesses, interest rate caps and fees that will more likely drive consumer credit out of the market and many community banks out of business. the business will take more credit from the consumer. it is important to support any and all lending activities that would enable small businesses to begin hiring again. if the regulatory reform passes, with a rate cap and interchange regulation amendments, small businesses will be hurt. is this the most important piece of this financial regulation bill in terms of job growth, small job growth, that the chamber is likewise interested in? guest: when you talk to small businesses they are talking about right now the biggest issue is the credit crunch. the biggest driver behind that is the folks who give them credit, parti

meredith, go ahead. caller: good topic. this is probably the biggest story going on right now. nobody thought it was a very big story, but i think it's a big story and it's getting bigger. my big question on this deal is b.p. not giving out legitimate numbers on the amount of oil coming out. but are they doing that to cover up how much oil they are expecting to take out? my understanding, this is a field that goes all the way up into arkansas, parts of tennessee. it's a huge field of oil. and i was kind of wondering whether they're taking out x amount of minerals and paying the government for that and actually, you know, taking out x times 10. i wonder if that's why they're not showing how much oil is coming out of the broken well. host: obama says testimony on spill is ridiculous. it talks a little bit about b.p. and what they're trying to do. says b.p. engineers who have struggled to plug the gushing leak since last month's explosion plan to launch a new attempt overnight friday. remote-controlled robots operating at the well head would insert a six-inch diameter vacuum tube