. >> reporter: district shadow center michael brown has long been an advocate for d.c. statewood. he believes a dark cloud over the current administration does no good for the cause. >> i don't think it has a long- term impact, but in the short run, you're -- the distracters always use things against you. >> reporter: he's staying optimistic but other washingtonians who favor statehood are a lot more critical. he says until d.c. can prove it's ethical about campaigns and finances, congress will never entertain the thought of giving district control over its own budget. >> it looks bad with congress being here when d.c. vote -- with d.c. voting rights. not going to happen easily. >> i don't think it's going to go. it's going to hurt d.c. >> it's an image that they have trouble governing emthere was and -- themselves and doesn't look good for statehood. >> reporter: shadow senator michael brown says in the future he hopes people will look at not who washingtonians elect but who he says washingtonians have the right to elect. i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >>> the republican controlle

joining me with reaction to the comments, michael brown and radio talk show host, rose tennent. see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> sean: you doing okay. >> yeah. >> sean: here's what bothers me. within hours -- hours, michael, we don't -- the aftermath, we don't know how many people are hurt, how many people died, the tragedy, the race to politicize and blame the tea party is so knee jerk now, in every instance they're wrong. but they do it again and again. why? >> i don't know. i agree with your premise. because, at this time, we need to give our thoughts and prayers to the families and the victims-- >>> totally. >> clearly, he has major issues that need to be dealt w. he will never see the light of day again. one of the largest questions, whether they want the state to go after the death penalty because tell continue the court trials and hearings, rather than let him sit in jail, whether it's a psychiatric institute or prison-- >>> i am not an expert and i saw emptyness, i saw somebody lost in his head, mumbling to himself -- >> unless he was faking-- >>> i thought about tha

. >> reporter: district shadow center michael brown has long been an advocate.grees a dark cloud over the administration does no good for the cause. >> i don't think it has a long-term impact. but in the short run, they always use things against you. >> reporter: he's staying optimistic, he says. but others who favor state hood are a lot more critical. until dc can prove it is ethical about campaign and finances, congress will never entertain the thought of giving the district its own budget. >> it looks really bad with congress being here. >> i don't think it's going to go any good because of the people that live here. >> it's an image that they have issues governing themselves and it doesn't look good for the campaign for the push for statehood, especially given the republican congress is leary. >> reporter: once it blows over, the statehood battle should remain strong. >> he sounds pretty optimistic, ken. why? why does he think this won't be so damaging? >> reporter: well, according to him, what he's saying is that he hopes that members of congress will look

michael brown said, "that is a legitimate argument and extremely justified debatable issue and i don'tnk there is a right answer." finally, north korean weight lifter cole cleaned and jerked three times his body weight sunday. a record 370 pounds total and he won the olympic gold. but apparently he had some help. he says, "i believe kim jong il gave me the record and all of my achievements. it is all because of him." there is precedent to the late dictator athletic prowess. legend had it he scored 11 holes in one the first time he played golf, according to state run media. democrats and republicans agreed on a deal to avoid a government shutdown this fall. correspondent molly henneberg has details from capitol hill. good evening. >> reporter: this is one of the annual issues that ties washington in notes. both sides digging in on what to spend money on an what to cut. today, the top senate democrat and top house republican agreed to kick the can down the road until after the election. they came up with a temporary budget deal to fund the government for six months. from the beginning of

. >> brown: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and we close with a report from south sudan about a flood of refugees fleeing the violence, only to encounter grim

joining us on set in a special "squawk" exclusive is poker extraordinaire david einhorn and michael brownbest leaders. thank you for being here. poker world you won but you got bluffed at the very end there. can we talk about it? what happened? >> it wasn't at the very end. the very end i lost on a hand, the other guy had a little better hand than i did but there was a hand where i misplayed, i should have checked and called what he was doing and he outplayed me. >> have you ever won that much money? you put up a million bucks. >> no, i've never won that much money. this was probably the biggest poker prize tournament ever. >> and how often do you play poker? in the underground things in the city or what are you doing? >> all together including going to charity events, playing with my kids at thanksgiving and stuff like that, maybe ten times a year. >> so in these tapes of you playing you're wearing a red jacket which is the citi year icon amazing charity. we did something two or three years ago. >> a citi year breakfast. >> city year is like an urban peace corps, recruit young adults age

. >> michael, 50 shades of brown [ bleep ] it was a [ bleep ]. >> sorry nerd. >> you just got me. >> are the one that quoted prometheus. >> andy, i'll see you outside of this show. you have to walk out of this building sometimes. >> that was from jefferson starship. >> i've had a hard two months. i'm doing my best. [ laughter ] >> alec baldwin, he called his daughter a pig and calling this guy a little girl joe, you said you love that baldwin is doing. i would almost agree with you and object his side. can we show the little clip. >> he is wearing sandals. men wearing sandals deserve bad things to happen to them. >> when you have abusive husband you insulted, you know, joe. >> but he felt good, you felt thankful and relieved? >> now you love me. >> it was my fault. i fell. [ laughter ] >> greg, you said they tell you when you feel like you are being threatened to cower. who is they? >> the person that is terrorizing me usually. >> she is doing it again. somebody call somebody. >> i don't see anything. did you see anything? >> i don't see nothing. >> nicky, did you see anything? >> i

republican senator scott brown received new york mayor michael bloomberg's endorsement today and bloomberg's office says it's because of brown's work on gun control and senator brown's latest web video actually praises business leaders and attacking democrat elizabeth warren, reached the top spot on youtube. what's better, a popular web video or mayor bloomberg's backing? >> well, i'll tell you, i think this bloomberg ruse about it being about gun control is totally crazy. >> why? >> if you believe that, i have an empire state building to sell you in new york. i mean, basically the reason that he is backing brown is he does not like elizabeth warren's attitude towards cracking down on wall street abuses, pure and simple. >> ah, i see. >> plus, who supports gun control and the salt weapon ban? brown doesn't warren does. >> i'm sorry -- >> who supports legislation on -- on -- go ahead. >> i'm sorry to cut you. i've got to run. i love you. you're so smart. you have to come back. i love everything you have to say. that was peter fenn. still to come, we're wringing our hands thinking china will b

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. >> brown: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and we close with a report from south sudan about a flood of refugees fleeing the violence, only to encounter grim conditions in camps on the border. >> they don't have much reserve, they have been walking for six weeks, four weeks, six weeks so it is a very vulnerable group and it is the little kids and elderly are the ones that suffer the most. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf carnegie corporation and with the >> ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a fresh atrocity in syria stirred new condemnation today, and new despair over how to stop the killing. the opposition claimed the military and alawite militias loyal to president assad had slaughtered sunnis. accounts of how many died ranged from 70 to more than 200. we begin with a repor

. >>> other news back home, michael bloomberg, a political independent said he is endorsing scott brown in the massachusetts senate race. and bloomberg was hosting a fund-raiser for senator brown. the mayor said the endorsement had nothing to do with elizabeth warren's stance against the financial industry. was senator brown's vote to a specific gun control measure that won him over. senator brown voted against a bill backed by nra. and warren said she would support the tougher background checks and getting rid of restrictions, so she is pretty tough on guns herself. >>> to business, facebook struggling to live up to wall street expectations as the stock fell to an all-time low yesterday. the social media company saw revenue grow by 32% in the second quarter from a year ago, and the gains outweighed by nearly $2 billion in expenses, a jump of 95%. and jeff cutmore up the road from us. >> 32% didn't cut it for the market, and that's the problem here that we saw 45% jump in revenue for the first quarter, and the street was looking for something better here. that $38 a share price back in

republican senator scott brown has picked up a high profile endorsement in his massachusetts senate race against elizabeth warren. mayor michaelsenator brown's position on gun laws, specifically his stance on opposing a measure that would require states to honor concealed weapons permits issued by other states. heather, is that a big endorsement for scott brown, mayor mike? >> sure it is. it's also probably going to give him a little bit of cash. he's holding a fund-raiser for him. mike bloomberg has wealthy friends. the subtext here obviously is the wall street issue because that is the big thing for bloomberg, for i'm sure many other people who will be at this fund-raiser, maybe a little less than concealed weapons. >> what's funny, though, scott brown, he's not mr. anti-nra. he's voted with the nra on some things in the past. it's not that he is the republican anti-gun guy. this is michael bloomberg saying to elizabeth warren screw you, i'm going -- you were too critical of wall street, you don't know what you're talking about. >> i think it could be that. i don't know if it's half of that or 75% of that but we can't downpl

and the ravens are prepared to move on without him in camp... michael oher is getting another shot at left tackle. 3 those poor cleveland brownsost their team to baltimore...didn't have a team for three seasons. got one back.... and today it's for sale..owner randy lerner released a statement saying so...but said the organization will stay in cleveland.here's the kicker... jimmy haslam... minority owner of the steelers is in talks of buying.two years ago haslam said, "i am one-thousand percent a steelers fan."and that's what you call a conflict of interest. the orioles are hanging on to post season hopes...still a winning season... 7-and-a-half back from new york.but they have to be buyers.the m-l-b trade deadline is tuesdayy..so far the o's have been quite. one rumor's gone... brewers pitcher zach grinke went to the angels. angels.while that happened... o's dug an early hole with the a's. bottom of the 8th... they trail 8-7...jim thome grounder up the middle...nick markakis comes around to score...game tied....2 batters later...bases loaded...chris davis singles into left...jj hardy scores...thome gets the green light...bad i

brown who died of asphyxiation after a fight with off duty officer la bard. la bard faces manslaughter charges. a judge decided to set him free. >>> michael going for 8 gold medals in the summer olympic games. he wrapped up the trials sundays rallying to win the 100- meter butterfly and secure a spot in five individual race first the olympics and will compete in three relays, that adds up to 8, he will go for 88 gold medals once again. >>> hundreds of thousands without power this morning. and another storm woke you up early today. coming up, when you can ex-peck to expect to see the power back on. family in arundel is mourning the loss of their son killed in friday's deadly storm. i'm linda so, how this freak accident happened. >>> some have been in the dark since friday. we talk with the president of bge to find out what is going on. you will hear from a spokesperson on when you can get your lights back on. good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. megan pringle is on assignment. we begin with mike, in all week for lynette charles. you have a tall order. >> we will be dealing with the heat once again. less in the way of humidity. this

we bring in zane brown and host of "sports money." michaelese specific american companies but the market is behaving badly and has been for many months basically because the economy stinks. what's your take? >> i think you summed it up very well. the jobs report has been terrible. confidence among ceos i think was at a three-year low. we saw that come out. manufacturing surveys have been bad. and then we see a huge tax increase coming. it's going to be focused on the most successful small businesses. think about that, a tax increase on the people creating the jobs. i think that is really one of the things holding the stock market back right now, larry. it's very cheap but the uncertainty and tax coming ahead. >> to me as an old guy who started out in bonds many years ago, a 1.5% ten-year treasury tells me the economy stinks. that's the only way you get rates that low. >> it tells you some parts of commit stinks. it may be people looking globally saying i'm frightened in what's going on in basket case europe, i'm not sure what's going to happe

other big winners best on, and chris brown won for best male r&b. >>> today michael phelps' coach announcedll not doing the 200-meter, he qualified in the five individual events. he's also expected to swim in all three relays. he won a record eight golds they beijing games. his coach said no one should be expect to do do that twice. >> have to settle for seven. >>> coming up on news4 at 5:00, an american student studying chimps abroad gets >>> there are signs of improvement today for a texas grad student mauled by chimpanzees at a wildlife sanctuary in south africa. >> today we're learning more about what may have led to that attack. >> reporter: andrew is recovering well after six hours of surgery yesterday. he's stabled and being sedated by a team of doctors. >> i think under the circumstances of multiple injuries, he is doing well, and we are hoping for a positive outcome. >> reporter: this is the chimp sanctuary still closed to visitors this morning. we were allowed inside to see some of the 33 animals looked after here. each one rescued from poachers, or from their life as an entertain

he worked on the michael jackson molestation trial case, he worked on the chris brown and rihanna case, and sylvester stallon has used him many times in the past. so he hired scott ross and he wants him to look into sage's death, find out if sage was unhappy in the last few weeks, if he was doing drugs, drinking alcohol, just get some answers from him, and so he sat down with him yesterday and with frank stallone and some of the other family members. now he's going to get working on this case and see if they can get some answers to what happened. >> 36 years old, i think, right, for sage? >> yep, 36. >> hey, dax, been watching your show lately. you guys have been on fire. a lot of fun watching the show. it's good to have you on our show. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> good to see you, dax. >> dax holt there. of course, you can see tmz every week night here on channel 5 at 6:30. >>> still ahead, tucker, you have to do this, thank you, "i love your smile," you remember that song? >> of course. >> singer shanice joins us live with a special performance. looking all happy as always. >>> b

asking the question, where will the browns' end up? michael is on the phone from new york city.morning. caller: good morning. i think i can tell you the reason that roberts came out with his decision. he was dealing with supreme courts in europe. he was asked this question -- if the private system is the way to go, white is the u.s. 48 in light expand his seat? -- in life expectancy? one of the key things you look at his life expectancy. it is kind of funny because i was overseas for two years. i took a sabbatical from university. i was with a biotechnology group. we were interviewing doctors from france and italy. they had a life expectancy of 11 years longer than the u.s. not only do they live years longer, the doctors live 11 years longer. a 48% life expectancy proves the system has been a failure. host: thank you for the call. differing viewpoints on twitter -- host: 10 in the conversation. douglas, georgia. good morning. republican line. caller: good morning. i have a comment on illegal immigration. why do we continue to spend tax dollars building fences when census has pro

. >> senator brown picked up the endorsement of new york city mayor michael bloomberg yesterday.of his votes against his party and the nra on gun control legislation. the first lady is in london now to lead the u.s. delegation at the olympics. she teamed up with the soccer star david beckham earlier today for a let's move event. did so with hundreds of kids there. ann romney and her horse are prepping to go for gold in the london olympics. this sport is referred to sometimes as horse ballet. mitt romney won't thereabout to cheer them on. ann is okay with that. >> you won't thereabout to see it? it's your wife. she will be nervous. >> i would love to be there. it's a busy time for me. >> i give him a pass when it comes to my horses because he's so supportive of me. >> the house floor goes crazy for the usa. but the cheers had nothing to do with the olympics. the floor erupting after a fiery speech about jobs. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that's the u.s. swimming team doing their best carly jensen there. the curtain goes up on the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympic games and organizers have a tough

marcus brown is in the ring for the first time this afternoon. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> michael phelps will be in the pool tonight. he needs just one more to tie the all-time olympics record. two to set a new record. despite all the criticism he received over the weekend for coming in fourth, his family is keeping the faith. >> you cannot focus on the negativity because that would drive you down. you have to move forward with your mind focused on what you are doing. he is moving along. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. michael phelps, setting the all- time record. when you consider him the greatest olympian of all time. if not, who is? join us on our facebook page or send an e-mail to water cooler. if you missed out on any of the olympic games over the weekend, we have you covered. wbal-tv project wbaltv.com -- wbaltv.com. you can read the profiles of all dealing kids here from maryland. >> in other news, construction is set to begin today. the first will be put in place downtown later this morning. an indycar driver will be on hand. 170 miles per hour. organiz

. >> i'm short a little michael kors because i think the whole segment of the market is coming down. >> josh brown, tiffany, coach, kors, who? >> management said we are in a rebuilding year. you have to be in a rebuilding year sometime. you don't bet on a team in a rebuilding year. you expect suboptimal performance. coach needs to buy its time and get new things launched. let them do that. what would be the point in waiting in there. i think the luxury names are tough here. >> let's get to mary thompson watching the stock market today. >> we are watching apple for the second day in a row. today analyst saying the company could be right for a stock split. he says the company is recently initiated the dividend for joining the dow but would only join the blue chip index at a lower level. apple right now up just over 2%. >> thanks so much. so interesting how this stock reacts. he was on the show yesterday and we sensed a more cautious tone in his voice and the note was whether apple's guidance going forward was a little aggressive. >> if you take a look at the earnings of some of the folks that supply

brown. bit more enthusiasm. just read 'em a bit faster... he used to be black, and played with children. ben: michael jackson! yeah. "he used to be black and played with children"? what, like hoopla and...? fat gold guy. goldfinger. david dickinson. he's like a god. who is he? buddha. the divine inspiration for hundreds of millions of people-- "fat gold guy." he's a liar. tony blair. his nose gets big. tony blair. rock, paper, scissors. velociraptor! come on! ben, can you just please...? it's paper, it's rock, or it's scissors. that's it. three things in the repertoire-- rock, paper, scissors. ...paper, scissors. nuclear bomb! right. karen wins. no! please, both of you, stop. okay, shall we play something else? so, what's this game you want to play? it's called dinosaur-teddy-robot. dad: what do we do? mum: what are the rules? well... robot kills dinosaur, dinosaur kills teddy, and teddy kills robot, because the dinosaur can eat the teddy, the teddy can deactivate the robot, and the robot can laser the dinosaur. sounds so complicated. but it's good. good, mind. you hide them under the table, and then we say,

michael. this is smartfood. >> i like smartfood. >> this is parmesan herb and this is a cinnamon brown sugar. yummy, right? do you think?that is delicious. >> i love the cinnamon brown sugar. >> it's a high-volume snack so 1 3/4 cups for 300 calories. this is really cool. this is called chocolate pb2. it's a powdered mix. it tastes exactly like knnutell. serious seriously. >> it tastes like nutella? >> seriously, with a fraction of the calories. 45 calories for two tablespoons. a powder you mix with water. >> i don't trust powders. >> taste this. >> no. >> you have to taste this. >> but i'm not a nutella fan. >> really delicious. >> i am so into this parmesan stuff. >> then a nondairy treat that is decadent. ciao bella came out with a blueberry passion pop. >> whoa! i had it out too long. >> oh, it's delicious. >> it's 70 calories. >> we have to apologize to aretha for at least two minutes. >> shoveling it in. shoveling it in. we've all been there. don't act like you haven't. >> be careful. >> this is pretty good, though, for 70 calories, right? >> this is absolutely delicious. >> it really is. >> nothing is as good as

city attorney michael had no idea that they were getting sued intel we called he said they're puzzled because up until now relations with the aclu had been " amicable. governor jerry browned a new water were unveiling an ambitious plan to move water from the sacramento delta at the southern california and he seems up for the fight. >>> i want to get done the best i can. the $18 billion plan calls for building a massive twinned with tunnel system to send northern california water south to homes in los angeles and farmers in the central valley the pundits say not enough has been done to assess environmental impacts that ron is listening and learning trip to london is turning into iraq is over who said what it's all over a comment that a british newspaper says came from an unnamed ron revise their the romney camp denies ever happens to the visor is quoted as saying and we are part of the anglo-saxon heritage and rummy feels that the special relationship is special the white house didn't fully appreciate the shared history half joe biden fired back saying " is a feeble attack by the army campaign to score political points this assertion is beneath the presidential campaign.

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brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson among othersank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening. i'm susie gharib. tom is off tonight. a big pickup in the number of homes entering foreclosure, setting off fresh worries about the housing recovery. yahoo gets tough questions from shareholders at the company's annual meeting. we look at what's next for the web giant with scott kessler of s&p. and the big cost of outfitting your little slugger. we look at the rising costs of playing team sports. that and more toni

brown was killed. an hour and a half earlier a double shooting on 7th street, northwest, michael jones was pronounced dead the second victim was treated at hospital and released. 9:45 p.m., two people were stabbed, ames street northeast, charles scott junior was killed another person was hurt. >> police in charles county say an 18-year-old was killed at a fight at a party other night. sheriff's deputies were called to the house in end an lead this occurred about -- indian head, this occurred 2:45 a.m., the victim was 18-year-old gerry gill kris, friends had already taken him to hospital when deputies arrived he suffered from what appeared to be blunt force trauma. investigators are now waiting for autopsy results. >>> hollywood ledge end has died. -- legend has died the 59-year- old passed -- 95-year-old passed away in los angeles s with his family by his side. his career spanned 6 decades included marties and the wild bunch and tv shows like mikhail's navy. >>> developing story this hour, out of afghanistan. six nato service members have been killed, in the eastern part of the country. nato says an ied w

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