the mets one pitch away.will continue to battle, trying to get on for the 3rd time tonight. right down the middle. game over. ball game that takes about two hours and 16 minutes, and the nationals drop it to the mets 6- 2. outhit 9-6 and livan hernandez continues his mastery over washington this year. he's 3-0 against the nationals. for rob dibble and debbi taylor, bob carpenter. mets 6, nats 2. masn 2 tomorrow night, the nats continue game two in this series. we will get you going at 6:30 with nats extra. visit mavensports.com for -- visit masnsports.com for all the latest news on the nats. stay tuned, nats extra post game coming up with johnny and ray and from the booth, so long for just a while.   >> welcome to nats extr game brought to you by verizon fios. good crowd on hand to watch the opener. the mets come in and leaving 44- 48. the nationals fall to 26-66. losers of six straight, 11 of their last 12. another disappointing night but there were some bright spots. number one would be

mets up by just one. still in the ninth, two on for andre who grounded into a game-inning double play. the mets wl take it, 5-4. battle for first in the a.l. west. angels and rangers. jones hit not one but two homers. one game lead in the west. calm of walkoffs to show you. phils and reds. two down, bottom nine. victorino, to second. all the way from second to score the winning run. beat the reds, 3-2. rays hosting the blue jays. tied at nine in the ninth. a slicing single to right. carl stole second and third to get into scoring position trotted home. a barn burner 10-9. tour de france, american lance armstrong remains a second behind fabian from switzerland. finally, we revisit the mets and dodgers. great defensive play in the seventh. mark a bouncer down the line, ricocheted off the bag. tossed to first for the out. incredible play worth another look. murphy flipped the ball behind his back and had loretta by the slimmest of margins. >>> harry potter's daniel ratliff widens the playing field and i'm no

the new york mets leaders in holds.t as those relievers have kept their team in the game, you, too, can stay in the game with just for men hair color. the mets have lost three of four tonight. the nationals trying to stop a five game slide. let's see if they can do it. we'll we will be back with more right after these messages.   >> welcome back to national park. the upcoming schedule, the next five game the mets are here against. also wednesday at masn and masn hd on wednesday. the cardinals and nats have a makeup game thursday and an diego here for a big weekend series. nats extra pregame starting 30 minutes before the games you see on your screen. >> tough break for scott olsen, >>, ray on the 15-day dl. retroactive back to july 11. and hope this is something he can overcome and be productive with this club. >> yeah, johnny. i think it may be something that will take a while. a labrum is very similar to the cartilage in your knee. it protects your hip, and any time you get sprained in that, generally it's an a

. >> allis, tell me how you met your husband. jo well, that's a long story. i met my husband at one of the last demonstrations at the war at column beaa university jochlt what were you doing there? >> i was protesting the war. i had met him maybe a year before. we had both gone to the university of wisconsin. we met atz÷)us' poea university in 1972. >> why was he legend dari at the university of wisconsin? >> well, i was a history major and he had already made his place as an historian and in the left wing circle. >> why were you left wing? >> i began and got caught up in that. it was really, my peers all around me felt the same way in wisconsin. it seemed natural to adapt those views. although i really didn't have those views in high school. >> what's your version of the story. facts are the same. i went to a different kind of high school. i wrote about that. i went to a high school affiliated with the little red school house. the alumni of that school was like a whos who of the old left and new left. they all went there. peter paul and mary. it was a who's

scoreless. 5-2 the mets have the hit advantage. second game of the three game series and stammen and pelfrey tomorrow night. i think josh wanted to rip but didn't get a 2-0 fastball. >> rob: like i said, make him come to you and make him bring it up and make him bring the ball up to where you want to hit it to driving level. >> bob: up and in, 3-1.   josh still looking for his first base hit in the second half.   breaking ball in there. we'll see if jim riggleman does something with the runner at first and adam dunn is not a good combo though and willingham does strike out and fairly frequently and adam is not a fast runner so he's holding and a breaking ball pounded foul and willingham got part of his foot with that one and oliver perez is giving him a steady diet of curves. >> rob: that should show you something as a hitter, too and he's only getting the breaking ball over and too low with the change up. >> bob: does that mean you can look for the breakin

mets lead the season series 7-2. they've won 2-3 here.re here, didn't make their first appearance in this ballpark until the first weekend of june. nats had already been to new york twice, plus we went up to play the yankees. low throw, good dig by murphy and two outs here in the 5th inning. watch the nats and the cardinals, the may 3 rain-out game has been rescheduled for thursday at 7:05. all original tickets from that game will be valid for entry at all gates this thursday. get your tickets by visiting the nats park box office, 888- 632-nats or online at nationals.com. get your tickets today and get your red on. nick johnson 0-2. ground ball and an error. and a called strikeout. and livan working quickly. when hernandez gets that first batter of an inning, livan starts smelling blood and he wants to get off the field in a hurry. a little bit in, 2-1. >> rob: he is still fun to watch. >> bob: he is a pitcher. >> rob: a pitcher, he doesn't have exceptional stuff but he does have a lot of pitches here on the pitch track. he can drop a bre

that's what these mets do.ves and get on base. >> rob: there's christian guzman giving an effort.   >> bob: omir santos is 28 yeas of age from puerto rico and that's it for that bat and the mets in the top of the 2nd. lannan gets another ground ball out and number 16 josh willingham and he needs to get hits and it's been a tough start after the break for josh who's been swinging well for the most part this year. we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >> bob: they've got the redn by the red loft and red porch tonight. it's the bottom of the 2nd in a scoreless ball game get your red o

>> she said she met me first. and that's what shtells me. say that i met her first. i will say th, that morris hayes is very instrumental, my keybrd player, it instrumental inus comin together. and on we got gether, we clicked. it was etty easy. and the mo interesting thing abouher is w rapidly e picked up unrstanding of scpture. beuse i pret much lk about that with everyone i know because it informs my life so much no the other thing is that she's really funy. and she likes to laugh. and yoknow, tavis, i love to laugh. tavis: [laughr]. >> no, i am kidding. tavis:yeah, he's funny. yeah. >> i am kiddg. i told her i wagoing to y at to you one time. that was for her. tavis: you got it out, d on that note you can get out. his name is prince. his new project is called lotusflow3r, it has not one, not two but three cd's, bria valente, let elixer. prince, i lo you and thing u can do about it. up next, bria valente, elixer, stay withus. tavis: bria valente talent singer feated on a new cd disk and kicks off prince's new cd set, from losflow3r. here is om video. ♪ tavis: so b

they're chasing the mets for the worst record in the history of record.ets lost 120 games that year, nats so far, just two games ahead of that. hey, please don't catch them on that. and dressing up as batman, in honor of jack, used to be the joker. and watch this, shane victorino. goes back, says wait a minute, he never touched me, i got back. let's look closely, victorino gets up, gets back, did he ever get tagged? well, maybe the umpire says he was out of the base line, he says whatever you say, still wins, 10-1. and stars out, e in the house, how about hudson? kate, in a word, beautiful. o's take the lead, here comes bryan roberts. he is out, said he missed the base, roberts can't believe it but they really couldn't believe this. bottom 9, still tied, matsui, that pitch is gone. yankees walk off in style, beating the o's 2-1. and everybody except of course stewart cink was disappointed that tom watson didn't make the british open. but still he made history. here is how. the 59-year-old watson needed to sink this putt, but he never had a chance. and ste

brook shields met him at the age of 13.he said his favorite song was smiles. >> there is a line in the song that says smile though your heart is saking. today although our hearts are aching we need to look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon and we need to smile. ♪ >> the question remains tonight, where will michael be buried. there was a private service at an l.a. cemetery before the memorial but there are multiple reports out he will not be laid to rest there. jermaine, you heard from his brother, has publicly said that the family wants to bury him at neverland ranch but that will take a special waiver from lawmakers. >>> you a neck perspective tonight. while shooting another story that you will see later in the newscast, we met a man who was the pilot for the jackson family. he told us about michael jackson's fascination with flying. >> i knew michael. i knew -- we hung out, you know. he was always fascinated with the helicopter. when it came in, he would watch it land and take off. he was like, what is

a number of republican senators came forward, met with senator harry reid. met with senator baucus. >> i want to ask senator kyl about that, but first the tax increase? >> absolutely no. we're in a recession. we know that 75% or 80% of the jobs created in the country are created by small business. at least 55% of the income that would be generated by this surtax directly hits the entrepreneurs who run the small business. it would be a job-killer, exactly the wrong thing to do at anytime, but especially in the heart of a recession. >> senator charles grassley, a ranking member the on finance committee, and senator barkus and others who meet with harry reid. i've heard that you had tough conversations with senator grassley, and you warned him away of giving too much. is that true? >> no, i haven't warned him ever anything. but it is true that we've had discussions in our republican congress that senators hatch and grassley and emsley and olympia snowe who met with that group i think sent a strong message, no, on the taxes, and no on a government-run insurance

so when i met the group, it was like shock for me. all of my thoughts about israel. and i'm really happy about it. >> reporter: the teenagers who made this video know it won't solve all of their problems but for the moment, at least their song is louder than the drums of war. this is matthew cullman reporting from the medialine from tel aviv. >>> and that is "worldfocus" for a tuesday evening. and a reminder you can always join us anytime on the web. that's worldfocus.org. i'm martin savidge. we thank you for joining us and hope to see you back here tomorrow night. until then, have a good night. >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the following funders -- -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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the issue is expected to be met with opposition from republicans. for more on his moral, go to our website, wjla.com. >>> obama met with vladimir putin in what aides called a frank session. the talk about improving relations between washington and moscow. president obama said they did not agree with everything, but the established a neutral tone of respect. the first family flies to italy tonight. the government in china is trying to stop the civil unrest between the ethnic weaker -- uighur minorities and han chinese. >>> prosecutors showed a key piece of evidence in the trial of william jefferson to the. they showed a video recorded by the fbi that showed him outside a hotel accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000. he is accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes. >>> a proposal that gained a lot of attention becomes what in d.c. >> alberto gonzalez has a new job lined up for the fall. >> temperatures are still in the upper 80's. p >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00. >>> a law recognizing sinn-sex marriages performed elsewhere is in ef

former chess champion gary casp casparoff met with the president in moscow, i met with him earlier this week and asked how the meeting went. >> the most important about the meeting, the fact that objections, this administration decide today build relationships with russian opposition groups and they were listening and he made the comments and i think that it was not just one of show as president indicated, but it was-- it's an attempt of the administration to open the new communication channel and i think that's the main result of the meeting. >> so just by making the appearance with you, the opposition leaders, that sends a message, do you think, to the kremlin leadership that the american president is paying some attention to democratic processes in russia? >> i think it it more. because, unlike bush administration or clinton administration, obama doesn't want to build relationships with russia and america, relations between the white house and kremlin. the russian and american people and meeting oppositional leaders and meeting the njo, he did before and meeting with the business gro

two full met yesterday. they met with the president of honduras.you have seen some actions taken in it did mind. -- in its deadlines for restoration of president zelaya. that is where we are. >> how far reaching are the military operations? >> we continue to monitor the situation and will respond accordingly as events transpire, but as i said, we are watching closely. >> another meltdown. this one is in california. they have failed to agree on the balance a budget plan. they are on the verge of issuing ious to creditors. how concerned is the administration about the development? what will the federal government do to help them out? >> i think the big step the federal government can do -- we have it done as related to the recovery plan. about $144 billion in the amount of money in the recovery plan for states. many of them struggle with the downturn in the economy and how it affects each of their state budgets. as you mentioned, a number of states that find themselves at the end of the fiscal year and require -- are required to pass budgets, we are

. >> can you tell me how you met your has been? >> that is a long story. i met my husband that one of the last demonstrations on the war in vietnam. and vietnam. wisconsin. he left before i got there. in 1972. >> why was the legendary at the university of wisconsin? >> i was a history major and he had already made his reputation as a historian. >> why were you left-wing? >> that is a very good question. i arrived in wisconsin in 1963 when the vietnam war was just beginning to really heat up. i got caught up in the anti-war movement. it was really my peers around me at the atmosphere constant. it seemed natural to adapt those views. >> ronald radosh what is your version of this story? >> my version might be slightly different. i went to a very different kind of high school. i wrote about that in my memoirs. i went to a high school the was affiliated with an elementary school. all of the teachers were communists or fellow travelers. the alumni of that school was a who's who of the old left and the new left, angela davis, you can name them, they all went ther

as an example, he met with paul mccartney. paul mccartney was telling him -- and this is a well-known story. michael told it to me. paul mccartney mentioned he was going to try to buy back the other half of the beatles music. michael then went out and bought it. you could say it's not very nice. i've heard paul has always been very angry at michael for doing that. perhaps paul shouldn't have mentioned it. perhaps that's just business and the way it is. but he really was a very, very good businessman. very smart guy. >> larry: you're a sharp realtor guy and you know southern california. i was up at neverland. we did a whole show from there thursday. i never saw a property as beautiful as that. 3,000 acres. what would you do with it? >> i'm not sure exactly who owns it. a very good friend of mine, tom barrick, is very much involved -- >> larry: he was there. their company apparently pretty much owns it. >> yeah, tom is a brilliant guy. wonderful friend. and he was actually somebody who helped michael jackson a lot over the last

washington and franklin actually met first during the french and indian war. there was a conference not far from here at mount vernon in alexandria, a conference to arrange for providing provisions for the army that was being sent under general james brad dock in 1755 out to the head of the ohio. and washington was present and franklin was present, and they met at that point. as far as i know they didn't meet again until franklin entered the second continental congress in may of 1775. and they really didn't see very much of one another. they were colleagues in congress for about a month in may and june of 1775, then washington was appointed commander of the continental army and franklin remained in philadelphia in the congress. franklin did come to cambridge, massachusetts, where washington's headquarters was located in october of '75. that was on congressional business, and then a year or so later franklin was sent overseas as an american envoy, and he remained in europe for the duration of the, of the war. so they really were never in one another's presence

and senator baucus and others who met with harry reid. but i've been told that you've had very tough conversations with senator grassley and that you've warned him against giving away too much to the democrats. is that true? >> no, i haven't warned him ever anything. but it is truehat we've had discussions in our republican congress that senators hatch and grassley and ensey and olympia snowe who met with that group, i think sent a strong message, no. on the taxes, and no on a government-run insurance company. let me make one quick point. republicans are very committed to reform. but we do not like the idea of spending and taxing and creation of more deficit to achieve the results. >> but senator grassley has talked about other increases, not taxing or taking away the exclusion for health insurance plans right now. he's also talked about a public insurance plan based on the idea of cooperatives. on those issues, does he speak for the republican congress? >> no, and i certainly disagree with any kind of government-run plan. i don't think i

give it up for the roots. ♪ >> jimmy: "don't make fun of the mets!"e of the mets will be in the all-star game. i had a crazy good fourth of july. i had a great break. onthe fourth of july, i got asked to perform at the white house for the president and first lady. i emceed a show for -- [ applause ] thank you, for -- that's what i did, too. that's what i did, too. i started clapping. and i was like, "yeah, i'll be there." i emceed a concert. it was michelle branch and the foo fighters. it was -- it was for like 1,500 troops and their familiesn the white house south lawn. it was just insane. i wanted to be on the north lawn. i don't care. either lawn. west lawn. they said no thanks. bo was already there. but i was there -- wa t is -- it was phenomenal. i ani d d some pictures here ththe fourth of july.fr tk.rathetose garden that's the famouarro gseden. he comes out around there. these are not great pictures. these are from my phone. but anyways -- let's go to the next picture. that's me, good, uncle sam. that's right in front of the white house. it's l

because none of them had met prior to being chosen for this program. a rising junior at wilson high school and 21 area students. traveled to china before july 14 to see the great ball and forbidden city. instead they, and 65 students from oregon wound up being quarantined in beijing. due to swine flu. h a fever as high as me103 degrees. walter johnson's student. says despite the health scare. so far students have been treated well by their hosts. >> they treat us great here. the hospital is really nice. the >> thedetu w ssntere selected by a university program, known as confucius institute. much expenses picked up by the chinese government who say they will pay for them to stay an extra week after an inside look at china few visitors ever see. >> i will say this, as long as everyone is recovering, and they all seem to be, i think it is turning out to be a good experience. >> students were set to return from china on july 31st. that has been pushed back a week to allow them to get out of the hospital and finally get a chance to tour the country. reporti

. >> i was 13 when we met. started wearing the glove, i asked him, what was up with the glove. >> when you left us, a part of me when it with you and a part of you will live forever in us. >> you just don't think that you are going to see where that you will live to see him gone. he will never really gone, he is going to live forever and ever and ever. >> ♪ we are the world we are the children we are the ones to make a brighter day ♪ >> a song that michaeshepard: al jackson wrote with his friend lionel richie. now, they sang it to pay tribute to him. what was it like being there? >> you can really feel the energy from the crowd. the moment that chills went up this line is the moment when the gold casket came in. there were a lot of tears. the crowd got the loudest when berry gordy referred to michael jackson as the greatest entertainer that ever lived. it was very very powerful. shepard: what happens to his body now? >> at this point there is a lot of speculation. there could be a private burial in the hollywoo

i met him at oxford after i went to princeton. i met day becket to. -- i met daniel beckett, too. the finest writer now that i have met is robert stone. he is someone i admire a great deal. >> what is it that, when do you conclude that they are great writers? >> i conclude they are great writers when they leave me to make associations, connections, leaps in my mind that i do not feel i could have made otherwise. which once i made an they felt inevitable somehow. >> who do you think rates today in this society, could, non- fiction political writing? >> i am a fan of a lot of writers. i let christopher hichens. -- i love christopher hichens. it is not important for me to agree with political writers, it is important for me to carry along with their argument so i can entertain their points at youthfully. other political writers? there are people at the atlantic like james fallin. as far as columnists type writers, i like frank rich. it is hard to go through it all. to go where do you lived in rye? >> i've lived in livingston, montana. -- i live in the livingston, montana. i live in a

because i've never met children like this. they're the brightest children i've ever met. the best behaved children i've ever met. they come over to my house, they behave wonderfully. i know how deeply he loved them and how deeply they loved him. >> larry: that's obvious. >> i don't want to destroy this relationship in any way, shape or form. i'll tell you this, no matter what, i will protect these children. >> larry: how are you personally, arnie klein, dealing with all of this surrounding you? paparazzi following you? >> i ignore it all. i ignore it all. because you know what -- >> larry: stories that you're the father. i mean, come on, you can't put it away. >> i know. but you have to understand i've been through a few things in my life. i've been through debbie rowe marrying michael. i've been through the pregnancy before. the botox. i've been through enough nonsense in my life. understand? this is just another episode. this is a little bigger because they're following me for a change but i think it's all sensationalism. but it's happening to the world. we should more

>> i met a couple of white teenage fathers who did not go on the record.what i noticed was their decision to have the child was met with a lot more opposition then for this particular team with his parents. because this team in the book called "the teenaged dad," his parents had had him at a young age, whereas the other kid who i met, his parents were professional and had waited to get out of school before they had them. their frame of reference was completely different. across the board, getting these parents to cooperate was incredibly difficult, regardless of race. and a lot of respects, regardless of culture or socioeconomic, because the parents want to make sure i did not have a certain agenda. tavis: they wanted to protect their children. >> exactly, and it was difficult trying to persuade these parents i was just a curious journalist who was interested in what these kids had to say and give them an opportunity to voice their opinions. tavis: with the white teenage fathers, in some instances, their parents were pushing for an alternative. does that m

it is a tragedy for, mets, family, and france.he endures this every day. >> there is no way to describe the feeling. >> more international news for you. the trial of the burmese opposition leader has resumed after a six-week delay. he is charged with breaking the terms of a house arrest after an american man swam uninvited. he faces five years in jail if convicted. at least 400,000 people are in need of temporary shelter in southwest china. at least one person was killed, 300 injured. up to 18,000 homes have collapsed. peter harvey, 49, is accused of acting and -- attacking jeff waterhouse and a salt and other peoples at the same time. tensions are rising again in the chinese neighborhood of chi, with bloody clashes between muslims and han chinese. we managed to film some of the unrest and the official response. he sent us this report. >> mosques were ordered to close, and the government expected trouble. with tensions running high, we were not taking any chances. muslims' demands justice. innocent men, they cry. >> there have bee

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they play the mets tonight. july 31 used to be a huge day for player movement. the nats like their young new players. the players are still very optimistic. they try to respond to the brand new manager. >> we all go out and work hard. we tried to prepare ourselves for the win, but we have been coming up short after the all- star break. hopefully, we can go out and get a number one and get that one ouof the way and get on the road. >> i say they win tonight. lance armstrong felt better about his performance today. he is still a minute and 37 seconds behind. there was a tremendous crash at high speed. bernard lost control and went over his handlebars. he was said to have lost consciousness over head trauma. he was airlifted, and there has not been an update on his condition laugh -- condition yet. a terrible crash today. there you have it. a dangerous sport. >>> up next, they make their way to capitol hill. >> what they want >>> they want congress to help them and their families recovered. we're live with what the wounded warriors are saying. dodge they're saying

and he is with the mets.ction has not been that great, but they are hoping a guy who put up big numbers for the brave consist get the job done. the numbers francoeur put up, it has been a struggle since then. the mets hoping still 25 years old they can reconstruct his swing and get his back on track. >> so far francoeur had some hits and rbis, but all hits have been singles. for the braves, chipper jones is in there, long-time mets nemesis. but a guy who has enormous talent. bobby cox loves his talent. he gets his opportunity to blast the right-wing a born-again christians who we also take place pleasure and blasting. >> you consider yourself some politically leftist publisher? >> i am uncomfortable using the terms leftist as with right wing because i think they carry a bit too much baggage along with them. but to the people who use that term or to the reader i would say that leftist or perhaps extreme leftist would be the stereotype. >> one of the books you have coming out? >> well, we have been working a lo

but actually i had met michael a little after...n he was, like nine years old, nine or ten. >> couric: were you amazed by his talent? i mean, you were a child star yourself, little stevie wonder. but were you amazed by his voice? >> very similarly to smokey. you know, the way he sang the song "who's loving you" i said what? he's got to be older than nine. but he was nine. nine or ten. he was nine, yeah. and he has got to be looking at history as one of the greatest readers of the song. a song writer wants to always have a singer that is able to take the lyric and give it the complete meaning that it was meant to be when the song was written. so he took the lyric of "who's loving you" and other songs that he did and made it completely believable. in your opinion that experience and he was great with that. >> couric: and he did it time and time again. stevie wonder. stevie, thank you so much for coming and sharing your thoughts with us on what i know is a difficult day for you. >> yeah. it's a very painful moment. it's sort of surreal

in the second the mets tacked on three more. the rally was capped off by daniel murphy's rbi single. the nats lose 6 - 2. washington has dropped six in a row. >>> pitcher scott olson is probably done for the season. doctors town he had a tear on his left shoulder. the team put him on the disabled list over the weekend. >>> plenty of drama in the bronx. the orioles and yankees were tied at the ninth. at the plate matsui. >> there it goes. deep to right. see ya. >> a walk off home run by matsui and the orioles lose it 2-1. >> the time 6:24. in ten minutes where you can get a free pastry for breakfast today. >>> and ahead we check in with the space shuttle "endeavor" after the great space walk, what is on tap today? here's angie. >> we are live from the key bridge and m street where more drivers are moving without incident. the local roads you take we will have them when we come back. >> nice this morning on the weather terrace. it is a dry, pleasant morning although some showers are lined up. i will show you that and have the rest

. >> the president met with many world leaders and today set out with an audience with pope benedict. >> this was a personal meeting closely watched. the president and the pope disagree on one of the biggest issues, abortion, but that is not to say they cannot learn a little bit from each other, and they attempted to do just that. under the ornate and historic setting of the vatican, president obama met with pope benedict today during a highly anticipated sitting since they did not exactly see eye to eye. >> thank you so much. >> they spoke privately for roughly half an hour, discussing everything from immigration to the middle east. the right-to-life topic took center stage. afterwards, the pope presented obama with gifts that included a copy of the vatican document on bio-ethics, explaining the churches opposition to stem cell research and in vitro fertilization. >> i have some reading now. >> back in the district, outside the basilica, people said maybe obama would consider the pope's message. >> that matters of life be higher. >> on the right to life, i would like to listen to the

earlier,the team met with socc freely, asking for support. >> we are asking for suppt. [inaudible] just 25 miles from occupied territor. >> even if this country feels threatened by rusa, and ey are hard pressed to make a orgia a truly mocratic state. >> we haseen aot of promises that have bn offered an unbken by the government, but i think w we have to, all of us, all polital efforts, do everything in their powers to ensure that t georans will stand united against external threats but also everything possib to get gegia >> the main ai was to reassure georgiahat they will not be forgotten during america resettingelations with russia. the ited states will be waiting to see whether georgia will continue to democratize successfully. bbc ns, tblisi. >> we areearing a lot about how to put her is changing soal networking. now it is changing the way we view our movs. it is changing habits of filmgos, critics, even studios. >> people send short messages, and moviegoersre using it to ansmit opinions. lots of moviegoers tweaked. you might make a comment about the movie, whether or

i just met with these house democrats and they were in there three hours. i could only join them an hour. i understand the senate finance committee is meeting three times today. that kind of work will produce good results. >> reporter: we'll bring you the president's news conference. watch it live tonight at 8:00 here on wusa9.com or at wusa9.com. >>> thousands of people have gone to wusa9.com to learn more about a health care forum in maryland. it includes a loud exchange between senator ben darden and constituents. see it for yourself by visiting the maryland news page. >>> we should know soon if a group of high school students from our area will be released from a chinese hospital and get back to their vacation. 22 maryland and dc students are quarantined at their hotel in beijing. at least one member of the group has a confirmed case of h1n1 flu. natalie cheney is part of the group. in an interview with chinese television she says the chinese are treating all of them well. >> we have been treated well. in fact they have received american food. they have

. >> before his speech, president obama met the russian prime minister, vladimir putin in the day's mostsely watched event. >>> before departing for russia the president said quote, one foot in the old ways of doing business. the reference to russia's communist past. after today's meeting both the president and putin put aside their differences. putin complimenting obama. >> translator: with you, we -- our hopes. >> meanwhile the mood on the russian streets towards president obama's visit was subdued. public opinion polls show most russians remain skeptical of the united states and skeptical of obama. television of the visit was sporadic with the most popular channel declining to televise his speech. >> you know it's one interesting thing to see here. nothing excitement about obama that you get when he travelless the count prooeps parts of europe, people are thriving the motorcade throughout but that partially sort of reflects the kind of russian, kind of, you know, i don't know. just sort of, not disinterest but sort of wariness of obama. >> tomorrow, president obama heads to italy, whe

the effort hits home for new york mets outfielder ryan church. so what is it like having a brother fighting in iraq? >> it's nerve-wracking, you know. i think about him everyday, but i think i'm very honored and blessed to have a brother who's fighting for our country, fighting for freedom. >> reporter: "welcome back veterans" was started by the chairman of the new york mets. he got the idea after his whole team visited the walter reed army medical center. bob dupuy helped get the entire league involved. he personally understands the importance of supporting veterans. he fought in the very unpopular vietnam war. >> you didn't talk about having served. you know, there was an embarrassment factor, and it was difficult adjusting. >> reporter: bob says adjusting may be even more difficult for soldiers today. >> i think as technology has become more advanced. i think as things have started to move more rapidly and to be out of the mainstream for a significant period of time makes it even more difficult for the young people now to get readjusted than i

>> i met michael because somebody brought him into my office. they walked into the room with michael. i took one look at him and i said, you have lupus -- this is a long word. >> lupus? >> yeah, a butterfly rash and severe crusting on the portion of his scalp. i'm also very visual. i'm a person that would not look at the smile of mona lisa, i would look at the lips. >> larry: was he there because of that condition? >> he was there because a very close friend told him to come see me. he had severe acne. >> larry: oh, he did? >> he did. many people made fun of him. many people remember him trying to clean it off. it hurt him very much. he was extremely sensitive to pain. he walked to my office. had several things wrong with his skin. i said, you have thick crusting of your scalp and hair loss. he said, how do you know this? it's the natural course of lupus. i then did a biopsy. i diagnosed lupus and our relationship went from there. >> larry: grew from there. fast forward. you saw him the monday before he died? >> absolutely, yes, sir. >> larry: w

church for francoeur, deal done. >> pedro martinez is a former met.ould be philadelphia philly before the end of this weekend. pitched well. >> espnews brought to you by: >> we have so much to talk about in baseball. that's why we bring in none other than senior baseball writer for espn.com jerry crasnick. jerry, let's begin with the breaking news i broke moments -- i didn't break it, but i announced it moments ago. guys like you break these kind of things. the mets trading ryan church to atlanta for jeff francoeur in a swap of outfielders. from the mets' side first, ryan church never been liked by jerry manuel, has a tough history with this new york mets organization, the way he was treated with the post-concussion, this whole kind of thing, and they get rid of ryan church for jeff francoeur. what is your reaction to this move? >> well, linda, i'm really interested in the jeff francoeur end because here's a guy who two years ago you couldn't have been able to get near in a trade, and now his stock has fallen so much the braves were lucky to get ryan

brook shields first met him years past.aid his favorite song was smile. >> there is a line that says smile though your het is aching. today, although our hearts are aching -- we need to look up. where he is sitting in a crescent moon. and we need to smile. [cheering and applause] >> if you just smile. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering and applause]. >> reporter: the question remains tonight where will michael jackson be buried? jermaine, his brother you just heard from has publicly said the family wants him buried at neverland ranch. but california lawmakers would have to grant a waiver, and brian, it hasn't happened yet. >> all right, ill thomas, and in charles county, the near drowning of a 2-year-old. the call came in earlier, the sheriff's office says the child was left sleeping in the care of a 14-year-old. when the parents came home, they couldn't find the boy. and when they came home, they found the child in a back yard pool. the child was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> and d.c. recognizing same sex

we met -- i don't know how long after, but i met adam sandler first. >> oh. >> at a nightclub.as very young. i don't how much older he is than me. he sent me a ketchup note. i was at a nightclub with a bunch of girlfriends and he was with his boyfriends. i guess i had a backless shirt on or something and he wrote a note on the background of a ketchup packet saying nice back or something. and my friends said, why don't you want to see adam? i said, well, why doesn't he come over to see me and he's like, go over there to see him. then it was like a standoff and neither one of us went to the other one's table. that was it. then we saw each other a few months ago when judd and i started to date. it was really awkward. >> how could -- how does one write in ketchup to start with? >> i don't know. a pointy ketchup bottle. >> in the movie you play the long last love of adam sandler's character. well, i mean, you know this because you're in the movie, but maybe some of the audience doesn't know. you have since remarried in the film. >> yes. >> you have remared eric -- rerrer remarried e

then 2-0 mets. in the bottom of the fourth, 5-0 new york. he tries to rally the team.e is chugging around. here he comes. here ces thehrow. he'll slide, and he's in there safely. 5-2 ballgame. in the bottom of the eighth, washington had a little something going. first and second with no outs. then a shot here. 3-6-1 rally killing double play. the win against the nets. >> let's go to new york. orioles and yankees. o's withunners at second and third. markakis. get him out of there. roberts goes to third, but a lost opportunity. wild pitch. here comes brian roberts trying to score. the slow, the slide -- out of here! lostpportunity number two. to the bottom of the ninth. jim johnson. matsui e!s off. -- matsui tees off. the final there, 5-1. >> when woodward heyward was asked the trade for minnesota, he thought it was historical. >> i think it was a big deal. i was surprised he was able to pull off such a great deal. i haven't seen a deal that good since the louisiana purchase. i loved it. i think it helped us out a lot. we didn't have to give up a lot. >> louisiana purcha