, before we let you go, ray knight has a question for you. >> hey, mike. congratulations, first. a statement, congratulations, buddy. i know how big you are on the guys who can fly and play center field and do some things, top of the order speed, but lls we talked a lot. you're a makeup guy. you know, we've seen so many guys move on our roster in and out and make changes. i know how important it is for makeup. these two guys fit into that mold? >> oh, yeah, they're super kids. they're super guys. we did a lot of due diligence on the background of all these players that we do. morgan is a guy that we're -- the pittsburgh people have simply fallen in love with the guy. he's a guy who is going to run through the wall for you. good in the clubhouse. he's a tough street guy from san francisco, hockey player background. he's really late to baseball, and that's why his age of 28, going to be 29 in a couple of days didn't bother me so much because we feel this guy even at 29 has an upside because he's got a lot of baseball in him. >> mike, before i let you go, let

mike. gh >> on mike and mike thiss morning, timmy legler was in for f regular partner mike golic. three quick questions about tonight's nba draft. not counting blake griffin, who is the one player you think is a most ready to step in and make an impact on nba level?n >> two, tyreke evans and stephen curry. evans has an nba body.ak he's ready to take contact righ, now. a very smart player. curry, a guy with that kind ofta scoring ability will be find in the nba. he's going to be a gem. if he goes to the right system, which i think he almost any of the teams up top need his scoring. >> how about the guy who you know is going to go high who makes you nervous?ou ou i'm concerned about ricky rubio. some of the things you do on the film, he won't get away with a lot of that stuff against nba defenders. i don't like the mechanics of his stroke.nba. he's got improve.tr physically can he compete at that level? there's no doubt he can runev team. he's got the knowledge. but will he be good enough to

mike vacara of nbc news.ause] in september and october of 2008, mike trace the turmoil leading to one of the most significant votes in the house of representatives and more than 40 years. the financial bailout. in live shot after a live shot, he joined the crack reporting with great sourcing, tracing the dawn to dusk negotiations. he even helped the technical crews drag cable across the tappan -- across the capitol rotunda to get his story on the air. here is a look at his work. >> you can see mike in the foreground. >> we have 30 seconds. we're just getting be assembled -- and getting the assembled people. hank paulson, congressional leaders, republicans, democrats, virtually all afternoon since about 7:00 in the morning. >> joining us from capitol hill , explain where things are at now and where we should be looking the rest of the afternoon. >> we have a lot of moving parts. there is a dramatic scene that played out over the course of the entire evening. it began the afternoon when hank paulson came to the

he bats for mike macdougal, gets a double play ball, two scoreless innings from mike. austin kearns trying to work out of a 10-for-75. he has shown us over the last several games, he is starting to hit the ball a little harder. got into some bad luck this week. breaking ball tries to pull it. rolen to his left. well played, one

got a good man in mike rizzo. >> johnny: you're not kidding.raft of the day of strasburg it's up to the powers that be, stan kasten and the lerner family and mike and everybody else to get involved, they have got until august the 15th. >> rob: a win would put a cherry on top of that. >> johnny: zimmerman, base hit to left field. ryan will take the turn, go for second. here is the throw and zimmerman in standing up with a double. >> rob: nice.   . >> johnny: and the nats hav got the tying run at second base.  . >> rob: zimmerman gets a fan right here, just pokes it back up the middle but he hits it hard enough into left center field, wind up on second base with a little bit of hustle. so zimmerman hustling all night tonight pays off. >> johnny: we saw him hustle that last time up on that fielder's choice. he was able to beat it out. ryan at second base, one out here in the bottom of the seventh inning. don will be up for the fourth time tonight, he flew out to babe ruth's in right in the fourt

looking good. >> mike mcdougalle, national's closer.ttle bit more on the two guys sort of like imitating the umpires right behind home plate. >> i'm tim williams. >> i'm joe ferrell. we're going to be your umpires for this evening. we're going to do a called first strike here. second is a swinging strike and a called third strike with a chain saw. >> how about everyone in the stadium knows is not close at all? >> season ticket holder in tran toe and had an opportunity to meet a bunch of umpires at a restaurant i like to frequent, and they recognized me from the seats. they liked it so much they ended up sending us a few shirts, and therefore second road game yesterday was the first, and we're going to be taking it to new york city when the blue jays play the yankees on friday, july 3rd, 1:00 matchup. tune in. we'll be in the same type of seat for the yankee stadium. >> lifelong baseball fans, grew up with it. we love umpire and love baseball and like having fun. that's about as simple as it is. that's it. >> they've lost all five games.

told what they did, mike said, i am just a dad. mike is from iowa, he's a small business owner and a great guy. let's hear from you. >> thank you, i also would like to thank the president. i am extremely honored to be here today. this is a wonderful kick-off to a phenomenal weekend. father's day is of great importance. i am a father and husband, my wife is here and my daughter. and i am also a small businessman. and one thing to point out, we all have had a difficult time over the years balancing work and family. it's a tough issue and it's tougher now with the economy hard. and it's easy to fall away from doing the things you need to do with your children. and i think of fatherhood, it's the best job, the most rewarding job. the best job i have had. and it's a job that most are not prepared for. and i was fortunate and my wife, we had good parents and role models. we had twins, and we didn't know what we were doing, not a clue. so you learn on the job. and it's a constant learning process and the thing i learned the most, it's not

. >> mike and mike. >> we are "mike and mike in the morning" where all of us at thea program are veryrk from home program. it's done a lot of good for a lot of people, buton does it wok for a basketball coach.s it phil jackson talking aboutr a be coaching from home, not going on all the road trips. generally speaking, i think it'. not a very good idea, but with a very select handful of coaches y in sports today, i think it can work and i think phil is in that handful. >> i completely agree.hi the situation does have to bet g right and it starts with the>> . type of coach you are and the t respect you have. han rings says he has plenty of respect.10 and the type of team you have.y you have arguably the best player in the game and he'stypem going to go down as one of the e best all-time. li's like a coach onst of the t jowsm other big-time veterans like derek fisher.ur kurt rambis who would be thee c coach on the road who may takee over for phil when he's done fow another year or so if he goesne that long. so again, the biggest hangup would be if the team is not praying well. ith do you

also, a shout out for mike at nbc. at a special thanks to our judges for their dedication and integrity. the high standards of joan and david permeate all the candidates and entries we consider for the honors this year. we're in good hands in the journalism world. >> thanks, chad. it is my pleasure and honor to introduce the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thanks to all of you, thank you. please, everybody have a seat. before i get started, as the father of two girls, can i just say how incredibly impressive those three young ladies were. [applause] that would be proud. -- dad would be proud. to heather and all the others that made this evening possible, thinking some much. it is wonderful to be here. i want to express my i want to express my appreciation for the opportuni

we have tom price who is a senior member of our committee and mike castle. mike is not here. most of you know mike. he's very involved over the past few days in making some decisions. but they are very supportive. and then we have our vice chairman of the committee, randi nugenbauer. we've met with randy's office and he has scheduled all the meetings and we have had several meetings. we've ironed this thing out and we knew we needed to get it right. let me say this, financial services, regulatory reform and the structure of our regulatory system is of critical importance and we knew that we had to get it right. we're offering today our solutions to address the causes of the financial crisis that we've all been going through, us and the families we represent. and to create a more transparent and accountable regulatory system. you'll see that a lot of what we propose here is about accountability and transparency and to create a system that will better protect investors, taxpayers, and consumers. consumer protection is very important. and the whole risk takers on wall street res

we have tom price, senior member of the kennedy and mike castle, if most of you know mike is very involved over the past few days making some decisions, but they are very supportive and then we have the vice chairman of the committee, randy neugebauer in fact as we met the past two months we met in randy's office and he's scheduled all the meetings and we have had several meetings. we have all ironed this thing out and we knew we needed to get it right. let me say this, financial services, regulatory reform and the structure of our financial regulatory system is a critical importance and we knew that we had to get it right. we are offering today our solutions to address the causes in the financial crisis that revolve in auslin through and the families we represent to create a transparent accountable for gentry system. you will see a lot of we propose here is accountability and transparency and to create a system that will better protect investors, tax payers, and consumers -- consumer protection is very important. and to hold risktakers on wall street responsible for their actions, not the

. >> mike and mike.fter t >> we are mike and mike, where k this morning i took the side ofe chris evert, not just because she's the first woman i ever loved, but because she happenste to the right. the gruptsing in women's tennisl is a distraction. it is both a distraction i think for the opposing player and inip that regard it is gamesmanship if not cheating as martinand nog navratilova called it, and if nothing else, it is a distraction/frustration for the fan. you get hfoeadache watching theh tennis match. >> well, if you get headache, that's fine. h listen, is it a little annoying, yes, but is it going to make me stopwatching, no.. the cheating comment by martinan navratilova is ridiculous to me to call it cheating. and i wonder, they both played,t chris evert and martina played when monica seles played, right, >> seles came along at the end , of the career.on >> she grunted.s t >> she's the first one i can remember. >> you d idn't hear anything out of those two then. now all of a sudden more people peopt and it's a problem. undderstand if you don't like it, but my point is it's her

mike is not here, most of you know mike. we have had several meetings and ironed this out. we knew we needed to get this right. financial services and reform and the structure is of critical i am importance we knew we had to get it right. we are offering today, our solutions going through you'll see a lot of what we propose here is about transparency and better protect investors, taxpayers and consumers. consumer protection is very important and to hold risk takers on wall street for their actions. for the last two years, queff seen regulations. we have acted with little oversiggete. the american people deserve better regulatory structure. the individuals behind me have worked diligently, contributed to our proposal. during our work, we were guide i by three key principals. these are principals we not only felt but our constituents told us again. no more bail outs. we need to restore financial discipline. and we'll no longer have to endure a command and control of structure from the government. these three principals are ee septemberal to ensuring that we have an exit strat

i am pleased that we have congressman mike pence's resolution before us today. i like to turn to him so he can begin the series of remarks. and eric, our beloved wept. eric cantor has been speaking on behalf of our -- he has been a strong voice for freedom and democracy. >> thank you for your leadership on these issues. we're here and a group unified as a house to salute the leadership of mike pence who brought this resolution fort with howard berman. -- who brought this resolution forward with howard berman. and of course, the champion for human rights and freedom. we're here because when america here's the call for freedom, we ought answer. all of us believe that america has a moral responsibility to speak out on behalf of the iranian people. make no mistake about it. the regime in charge is the one that turns on and off the spigot of democracy and a lead to democracy. -- and allegedly democracy. make no mistake about who is in charge. we have seen the brutality on our television screens over the last several days. it gives us all great cause for alarm. that i

fun there in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. [ inaudible question ] mike, can you just, other than obvious fastball and can you talk about why this kid is being called a once in a generation kind of pitcher in your opinion? >> i don't always call him that. he is an outstanding pitching prospect. he has got two plus pitches, size, leverage, downhill playing and he can throw both pitches for strikes, competes well on the mound and you know he is a tremendous pitching package and you know, great talent and success, so that was the reason we took him 1-1 and the reason he has been -- he was considered a top guy in the draft. question r [ inaudible question ] . >> he is a 6'2" right-handed pitcher that has two plus pitches and a developing change- up. he has a repertoire to start but we are going to keep him in the bullpen row. that is where he is most comfortable. and his make-up and character have led us to that decision. he is a tough minded hard-nosed right-handed pitcher, he wants the challenge of coming you out of the bullpen in the ninth inning, we belie

our guest is congressman mike pence of indiana.ou are the ranking member on the foreign affairs subcommittee. are you satisfied with the u.s. response to what is happening in iran? >> i very much welcome the president taking to the podium earlier this week and expressing the very strong denunciation of the united states of america for the violence being perpetrated by the government of iran. i also appreciated the president and his words bearing witness to the courage of the people of iran who have taken to the streets on behalf of their own freedom in free and fair elections. i was privileged to work with my democratic colleagues on the foreign affairs committee, the chairman, in offering a house resolution that garnered four hundred five votes on the previous friday. it expressed the sentiments the president expressed at the podium on tuesday. i truly believe what we are seeing happening on the streets of iran is extraordinary. people are taking to the streets, risking their liberty and their lives on behalf of freedom. the ameri

i'm sure the red sox all knees -- mike lowell. i'm sure the red sox all these years later were blad they -- glad they did. hanley ramirez hanley ramirez was their top prospal tekt and -- prospect and came to florida and he rips one down to second base for a double. down in the count and he's still able to extend the arms and pull -- pull it for a one- out double. >> buck: again, they are able to sit back and look breaking ball. there's the step. keeps his hands back. really drills it down the left- field line. melvin mora dives. timed it perfectly. it's just beyond his reach. hanley ramirez is having some series. >> jim: two hits tonight. he has a double, a single and an rbi. jorge cantu. aggressive swing. he fouled it back. >> buck: when you think of that trade that involved hanley ramirez, it was a pretty, aggressive trade for both teams. ramirez came down here with anibal -- anibal sanchez and garcia. he was obviously the focal point of the trade n return, red sox got josh beckett, mike lowell and guillermo moto. that's pretty

but nobody is more busy than mike rise zo. in addition to juggling his gm duties he has also been overseeing and going out and scouting a lot of these draft picks so he has the busiest blackberry in baseball. mark lerner and ted lerner have been out to see steven strays bourg, that doesn't happen very often in major league baseball. a lot on the line with this pick. manny acta saying what a franchise moment this is, he is also very confident steven has the makeup to live up to all this hype. we'll have lots more from the draft room in the press conference and the president's club. back over to you byron. >> thanks a lot debbie. if you look at what the nationals have available at that spot, look at what mike rid el had talked about, it may not be the best draft out there but they still have three of the first 80 picks. they can still get some quality people. >> they can get another pitcher. what they are doing is just stacking up on great young arms and we already have a truck load of good young arms and it's been evidenced by

obviously i'll chat with mike about that in terms of timing. let me turn to senator mikulski and thank her for the job they have done in developing these ideas in quality prevention coverage as well as workforce issues. i'm going to ask the senator to lead the debate on this and we recognize her. >> thank you very much, senator dodd. good morning to all my colleagues. this morning we're taking up title 2, the quality section, and after that i believe senator dodd wants to proceed on prevention. these two titles go hand in hand and even interface with each other. much of the conversation we've had over the last several days has been related to the cost of health care and there is no doubt that it is skyrocketing. we see, as do all public health policy experts, that the issues are quality and prevention could, in the long term, actually reduce the cost of health care while it increases health. in my area we focused on those issues, five big issues that were readily agreed upon by all as drivers, the reduction of administrative errors, the adminis

i'm mike massaro sitting alongside mike wallace.hen it comes to road course racing, the two guys we always watch out for, jeff gordon and tony stewart. mike, they've combined for 15 career road course wins. what it is about their style that makes them so good at this type of racing? >> first of all, we're out in wine country, so we'll use the word "smooth" to start with. tony stewart and jeff gordon have grown up to be very smooth with their race car. they know if they keep all four tires on the racetrack, they'll have a great day, good, smooth shift, good braking. that that's what takes them smooth. >> i don't know if the restarts will be all this smooth today. we heard brian vickers say he thinks the restarts will be a mess being double file. if you were in this race, what would be your biggest concern? >> number one, i would be excited to be in the race first of all. brian vickers starts up front, but you got to get in the corner cautiously and make sure you don't run over someone, run into the side of them and hope nobody runs o

it's been basically two and a half years for mike rizzo and stan, mike rizzo the acting general managereds to be the full time general manager. they have a great staff. so that's someone from the outside looking in, and i love kenny, but this team has never quit. they've never given up in any game that i've watched this season. there's mike on the phone. >> bob: according to byron, stan said he wouldn't comment on media speculation. that stopped short of saying the report's not true. time will tell. two balls and two strikes to nick johnson. that ball out to left center. carl crawford speed to burn, he was waiting for it.  try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >> bob: here's the at&t rap rewind. at&t, the nation's fastest 3-g network. your world delivered. those are basically your long ball highlights. a little bit of pitching by zimmermann so far. a well-played, well-pitched

six days ago, mike mcdougal named the closer. 2-1. nick johnson can't get it.ed and runners all over the place. it's a 3-3 game. nick johnson was holding the runner. the ball was spinning right off his glove and we'll see how they score it. >> rob: well, he fell behind 2- 1. pretty decent pitch on the outer half. gross pulls it down the line. >> bob: they gave him a base -- yeah, that's a base hit. three in this inning, 5 in the game. in fact, it will be a double because the ball went down the line. that one is charged to craig stammen. he is still responsible for ben zobrist at third base. second and third, two out. dioner navarro has driven in one run tonight. zobrist at third, gross at second. >> rob: hanrahan, when he falls behind 1-0, hitters hit .314 off him. 1-1 count, hitting .367. >> bob: ron villone has been ready for quite a while. that will be strike 2. >> rob: two strikes on a hitter. >> bob: rays have gotten matt garza off the hook here. hanrahan unleashes a fastball way upstairs. one of the problems that joel has had is, when he has missed, he ha

george kottaras with an extra base hit. 92, again, by mike lowell, that ball reached the seats. he's a guy who's had a lot of success in the past, but you wonder if he is healthy enough right now to help the yankees. >> 2 2/3 after a.j. burnett went very short last night, plenty of offense as there always seems to be when it's the yankees and the red sox. and in the third inning, the red sox got it going with mike lowell. >> it's never disappointing. you expect both of these teams to score, five combined home runs, exciting baseball, all the way around, j.d. drew finding the green monster, that was off philip hughes, he had come in to put out the fire, but then he made one mistake. that was the home run ball to kevin youkilis, that was in the fourth inning, that was the difference in the ball game. the yankees climbed back in it, johnny damon hit a homer in the top of the seventh, the very next hitter, mark teixeira, back-to-back home runs, they close within one, but obi, that was the best they could do. >> papelbon put on the tying run, but posada flied out, the red sox won wha

mike mac macdougal got a save against the yankees and now he comes out and worked two innings. >> i felt good deb - you did the right thing, got the double play. >> i will take t any time you get outs. >> debbi: how does a win like this affect this team? >> it's been great. it start the four games ago, kind of got it rolling. we hope to keep it going. >> debbi: do you think you guys are feeding off each other? >> yeah, you see how excited we were after the game. the guys are really close. it's exciting. >> debbi: is it nice to seat fans stick around and watch? >> oh, yeah, of course. it makes it all the more exciting, involved in the game. it was great. >> debbi: it was a team effort but how about willie harris? he does it defensively, offensively. >> he made a great catch. he stole third and got the big run and the homerun. what can you say? i mean, that was pretty spectacular. >> johnny: tomorrow, you will have chance to visit with mike macdougal on the pre-game show. >> here was a guy who was released by the chicago white sox. that was not a deal that was raising eyebrows. it was like

mike pence and the others know it. they're putting out proposals to their credit, they're putting out detailed ideas. but i'm not sure anybody is listening. >> but they also have the strategy of handing it all to the democrats saying you own this bill. so if it falls flat, they can later use it as a political weapon when the 2010 elections come up. and that's exactly what they're intending to do with the energy bill and potentially health care as well. with the energy bill, if it does raise energies rates and people are still without jobs tand economy is still not doing well, that can be a really powerful thing for the republicans to harness, to use against the democrats in maybe recapture a few seats. that's really how the political machine works. every election you try to pick up a few more seats. this could be a strategy that really works for them by not participating and voting for any of the democratic initiatives. >> any chance that 2010 could be 1994 again? >> tell me what the gross domestic product is in the se

in 2003 the anaheim mighty ducks were coached by mike babcock.nd he had a scrappy winger by the name of dan blysma who had a pretty fair scoring chance, but the devils beat the ducks in that game seven to win the cup. >> it was a shot from the point that i tipped and hit him in the shoulder, went in the air, and i had one more swing that i failed to make contact with. you get a lot of good pictures, and you take the bad ones if you don't win and you put them in the basement in a box somewhere, and we're looking for one we can hang on the wall. >> matthew barnaby, extra day here between game six and seven, a time to reflect back. give me two under the radar guys in this series, two unsung heroes. >> darin hellic and maxine talbot. talbot also adding two goals in a pivotal game three. >> talbot sporting a hefty beard. >> sidney crosby, one goal in the series, not generating much offense, and hossa, 0 goals, not enough offense. >> give me a guy who steps up game seven. >> i'll go to marion hossa, he will look utterly stupid and humiliated if he's wa

mike, are you going to be like oprah? >> i am not going to be like oprah. >> ok, i will call on folks, they can ask questions or share organizations that are doing great work on fatherhood. please tell us about the work you are doing. and i want to hear from the young people, who somehow ended up sitting in the back. i don't know how that happened. i will start here. >> i am riland, president of national fatherhood initiatives. and thank you for what you are doing on this issue, a lot of folks have been toiling on this issue, and to have you step forward and make this a national priority. and though you have had obviously success without your dad, but you needed them. and this is important, because we need to focus on that issue, we need to change the legacy and have our dads pass on a different legacy. so thank you for the work you are doing around this issue. >> thank you so much. i want to emphasize this point how just small moments and gestures can make a huge difference. you know a lot of folks know that i love playi

battling mike mcdougal.und ball towards the hole, diving stop by belliard, throws to second, out at second base. what a play not only to get to the ball, but then to get the lead runner at second base. one down. >> jim p.: strgl

mike mcdougal, he gets released and finds another ball club. and joe beimel, he looks like a reliever. all the chicks dig him. chicks like it when you get your job done. >> bob: debbi taylor has the night off so byron kerr is with us. you have more on this bullpen. >> byron: we talked about that bullpen and it's been a couple of weeks for them as the pitching coach is kind of settling in. so much is made in baseball about who is the middle reliever, who is the guy in the 7th inning. >> i know some guys like to know who is the closer, who is the relief guy. i think guys need to be prepared to pitch. i'm not saying that might not come about or manny and i have not talked about but i like to have guys ready to pitch. >> byron: mcdougal is getting close with that nice action that he had with the royals. >> bob: it doesn't hurt when mcdougal with throw mid-90s with all that sink. two years ago, the tampa bay rays won 66 games. last year, they won the american league pennant with 100. with young teams, folks, it can be done. ÷÷úp you don't do

host: mike, thank you for the call. another comment from david sampson who says kaiser permanente a, very satisfied. i could not imagine a system working better. from "it will street journal," "lawmakers are getting closer to sweeping changes that would reshape taxes, health insurance, and coverage, for 46 million people in the u.s. who do not have it. as soon as this week, a senate committee is expected to release the first piece of legislation which the second bill to follow later this month. the house expected to unveil its health-care bill by the middle of the month, and both chambers inning to pass legislation by august and deliver a single bill to president obama by october. cal joins us from cookeville, tennessee. what about your health care coverage? caller: not satisfied because i am with the veterans. everybody talks about how great that is. two or three people came down with aids after colonoscopy is because they need cleaner instruments. national health care is not really what we want. first of all, by the g

mike pelfrey, pretty good breaking ball. looked like the orioles had a chance, but he strikes out brian roberts. >> gary: and church will lead it off here for the mets. ryan church has singled, brought in a run and scored. rbi's have gone to wright and church, murphy and brian schneider for the mets. that one to left field. reimold with a long run and it will end up in the seats in any event and a two strike count on ryan church. orioles-mets will be meeting for two more. tomorrow, it will be koji uehara, 2-4 against tim redding who is 0-2 for the mets. jason berken thursday night 1-3 against luis hernandez who is 5--- livan hernandez who is 5- 1. the three-game set and then the o's off to philadelphia for friday, saturday and sunday. big cut and i don't think he hit it. he's going to go to first. it will be a strikeout on church, but he'll reach first base. it is a pass ball that will allow him to get there. so, the leadoff man on again. >> jim: take a look. great angle right here. ball just gets under matt wieters' glove.

we'll tell you all about i >> back here on espnews, mike yam and mike hill with you. we'll bring you the postgame news conferences. we'll do that after game two tonight. both of the coaches when the game is over, no other place you'd rather be than espnews. >> just when all was quiet on the brett favre front, we've got this news, still currently retired quarterback had surgery on his shoulder last month. this could be huge news because it might mark the first step towards another favre come bab. once again, might mark a comeback. we ask chris about it. mort, we don't want to speculate. he might just be getting something cleaned up, might want to feel better. what does the surgery mean? >> reporter: he had the arthroscopic procedure exploring the nonsurgical procedures with the acclaimed orthopedic surgeon in birminghaming. from the home he started consulting dr. and dues, you knew he was considering playing football again and you know that means with the minnesota vikings. if there's no team interested in brett favre, you know, then this isn't a story. my understandin

if you look at what the nationals have available at that spot, look at what mike rid el had talked about, it may not be the best draft out there but they still have three of the first 80 picks. they can still get some quality people. >> they can get another pitcher. what they are doing is just stacking up on great young arms and we already have a truck load of good young arms and it's been evidenced by what the young men do up here. you can talk about stay monday, detwiler, zimmerman, you get a guy like strays bourg, this just takes you to another level. you know, we haven't signed him but assuming we're going to sign him. worst-case scenario we get the number 2 pick next we're but we don't want to waste another

along with will selva, mike yam with you.e on the cardinals and what think have been able to do, they pull off a trade. and we have that for you. now manny ramirez. >> we are tracking every single one of his at-bats. the rehabilitation tour. ramirez all business taking part in batting practice, shagging fly balls. and ramirez suiting up with the 66ers. and in his first at-bat he was batting lead-off and went deep. that one off nick schmidt. and introduced to a smattering of boos mixes with cheers as well. in his second at-bat, manny gets walked. and sweltering heat, 106 degrees. and here is the schedule for man ram coming up, sunday, monday and tuesday he is playing against rancho cucamonga. and expected to return to the dodgers on july 3rd and that game will be in san diego. >> cardinals matching up against the minnesota twins. albert pujols got a new teammate and we get that you news in a second. the third inning and the cardinals gou 3-2 and he crush it is to left field. and leading the bigs in long balls. top of the 7th a

mike mcdougal trying to close it out an get john lannan a win. >> rob: mike has done a great job since coming back up. pitched in middle relief, setup role, now he's assumed the closer's role. got his first save hins kansas city the other night. 2 for 2 so far in save opportunities. throws mid 90s. he's going to bring the heat. >> jim p.: reimold is right- handed along with scott coming up. >> rob: great kid. they've had to turn over the bullpen earlier in the season. a lot of they throw maybe a few too many strikes, but they've done a much better job since they turned over the bullpen. this is part of this transition. >> jim p.: are they 19-4 after having a lead after eight innings, 0-40 when they're trailing after late. gives you an idea how hard it is to come back and win games. it goes back to that 8th inning whenaubrey huff teststhe arm of elijah dukes this guy wou meone a chance to tie it. ballgame. play in this >> m h.: reimold ove r >> rob: this is what you the orioles have not homered in this game er hitting t but it' >> jim h.: ball two. reimold, good man to be leing off in

i'm mike pence. thanks for listening.

why don't i turn it over to mike castle from delaware. >> i agree with jim completely on the legality of the situation in the senate. i think they are going to need 60 votes. that means it is going to have to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. but that is exactly what the american people want. you often hear that disease does not choose whether you're a republican or a democrat and i think the solution to this does not choose either. we need to work together hard on getting this done.

most support mike, what is the role of government? what is the obligations the employer has? that is what the controversy about this bill is about and we

mike had terrific years with kansas city. 68 games he pitched in 2003. came back a couple of years later, did the same thing. 54 with the white sox two years ago. he racked up 144 innings with kansas city in omaha before he got to the big leagues. 1-2. fouled off the plate at his foot. left hander getting ready in the nationals bullpen. this ballgame began four hours five minutes ago. >> rob: the first 8 1/2 innings took 2 1/2 hours. >> johnny: this is the 10th time in all the home games there's been rain which has forced delays in nationals games games. i don't think any team in baseball has had this much problems with weather. >> rob: still holding on to the conspiracy, bad karma. >> johnny: 2-2 to brandon phillips. nobody on and one out in the 11 11th. macdougal delivers. phillips on with the potential go ahead run. 5th base hit tonight for cincinnati. >> rob: kind of a four iron shot to right center field. pretty good pitch went with it. >> johnny: phillips on base for the first time tonight. phillips hit by a pitch in the 1 1st inning, grounded out

let me conclude by asking -- i'll conclude and ask mike if he has any closing comments. mike mentioned something to me a minute ago just in private here that i want to respond to and because i, because -- i'm going to repeat what i said over and over again. i'm interested in a bipartisan bill if we can achieve that. i'm inned in a good bill. and i believe that we have a good bill and it can be a bipartisan bill and even strengthens it. the interest is in getting a good bill. bipartisanship is a very important means by which you achieve those results, at least i believe it can be. so, but if i had to make a choice between having a good bill or a bipartisan bill, not that that necessarily has to be the choice, i think all of us would agree we want a good bill and that's not the minimize the importance of bipartisanship but getting the right product done is critical to all of us because obviously the initial committee moving in this area on these critical areas of quality and prevention and workforce and these other matters, driving that cost down, increasing that availabil

thanks mike. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> how is c-span funded? >> through dalmations? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government? >> grants and things like that. >> may be from sponsors? >> we might get government funding. >> viewers? >> how is c-span funded? america's cable companies created c-span is a public service. a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> monday's state department briefing included questions about iran, china and north korea. it is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. i think as many of you have heard, the secretary on doctors' advice decided not to travel for the g8 foreign ministers meeting, and the osc meeting. is deputy secretaries feinberg said, just a few minutes ago, he will go for the osc meeting which is the back in of the trip and undersecretary burns "represent us at the g8 foreign minister meeting. the secretary was in the office this morning. she attended her morning staff meetings. she is already made a few phonecalls. she made a bunch of phonecalls over the week

>> well, mike carbon should talk to this too. well, i mean, if they uphold the constitutionality of section 5 and really what they would be upholding is the constitutionality of section 5 as amended in 2006, that is the issue in the case, they haven't taken on the whole history of how that -- the preclearance provision was enforced before 2006, i mean, it was considerably changed, i mean, there is going to be

that will be the goal. >> want you to go ahead, mike. start talking about it. >> i've been informed that i'm number 80, that that is kind of included in the burr amendment. >> okay. adopted? so we can drop number 80? >> yes. >> number 80 is gone. 80 is withdrawn. is this enzi 80? >> yes. okay. so i'd offer enzi amendment 50. >> enzi amendment 50. i have 51. >> while that is being passed out, i would say that is to ensure that the secretary conducts workplace wellness evaluations in publicly funded programs before evaluating the privately-funded programs. i'm not sure why we are having cdc evaluate programs outside of the government when we haven't evaluated the ones in the government, so this would ensure that we would have evaluated our own programs before we starts a cessing the value of the impact of the privately conducted programs and that only seems fair to me that we talked a lot about the ongoing evaluations and stuff, but it is not one where we have evaluated. so i don't think that the taxpayers ought to be supporting ineffectiv

if not, we will call the roll, mike. the clerk will call the roll. mikulsk sni. >> no. >> senator bingerman? >> no, by proxy. >> senator reid? >> no, by proxy. >> senator sanders. >> no, by proximaty. >> senator brown. >> no. >> senator casey. >> senator higgins? >> no, by [roll call] [roll call] >> the amendment is defeated. >> mr. chairman that includes the coley section. their three outstanding, one we want to get clarification on coburn 12, with the sentiment of the committee to take coburn 12. senator enzi and ire are working out in the number six, and i believe we are very close to coming to an accommodation with the senator and senator isakson and i have a chunk of homework to do together coming to see how we can promote the advanced directives among seniors. >> i thank my colleagues for that and again i would urge is to try and reach some agreement on these. i spoke to tom brief the moment ago and got answers for senator coburn on that. >> could i inquire of the chair that this is a complex topic. if we close here, are we going to be preclude

. >> jim: here is the scouting report on mike pelfrey. good stuff. his pitching coach said at the end of the tonight or today, this will be a night game, it's about the sinker. he struggled lately 0-2. gave up nine runs in one of the games. last year when pitching was hurt, they needed him to go back and revert to what he did last year where he was a winning pitcher with a low earned run average. >> gary: he makes his first pitch against roberts. thank that is fouled away. he's second in double, third in runs in the american league. first in hit streak boost that had average to .299 flirting again with that .300 mark for brian and the streak has been a good one. he's gone 11-22, .500 batting average during the six-game hit streak. all of the orioles got back into it on sunday as far as gettinghits concerned. >> jim: yeah, everybody in the lineup. got a couple of home runs. it all started in the seventh inning in saturday where atlanta didn't pitch well. orioles took advantage. got big hits. got some walks. typical way of good, offensive teams taking

we've got a mike?president obama, the ban on head scarves and veils for young girls in french schools and president sarkozy's position on the entry into the union is it going to hinder what you said in islam two days ago? >> i think this is a process >> i think this is a process and what i tried to do in cairo was to open up a conversation, both in muslim communities but also in non-muslim communities, both in the middle east but also here in the west and as i said in my speech, the freedom is critical, both here and in the united states. and we should not have two standards of freedom of religious expression, one for muslims and one for non-muslims. that doesn't mean that each country isn't going to be working through these issues with its own history and own sensitivities in mind, and i don't take responsibility for how other countries are going to approach this. i will tell you that in the united states our basic attitude is we're not going to tell people what to wear if in their exercise of religio