mike rizzo. nats will face off against the phil lease, by the way, in two weeks. >>> coming up on "morning joe", rick santorum finally offers his endorsement of mitt romney in an 11:00 p.m. e-mail with the actual endorsement coming deep into the message. president obama's stalled evolution on gay marriage among the topics with our "morning joe" crew. >>> when we come back here, we'll watch andy cohen talk up his new book with stephan colbert and colbert challenging andy to the quiet game. we'll see how that went when "way too early" comes right back. [ female announcer ] thir kids are getting a dependable clean in the bathroom? [ gasps ] think again. try charmin ultra strong for a clean with fewer pieces left behind. its diamondweave texture is soft and more durable so it holds up better for a more dependable clean. fewer pieces left behind. charmin ultra strong. >>> told you at the top of the show the cia said it thwarted an al qaeda plot. the plan originated in yemen and featured an upgraded ve

. >> we're supposed to have a great soundbite from gm mike rizzo talking about bryce harper.ss we'll roll that. oh, wait. dave ross says hold on. >> wait for it. >> all right. they said something really great about bryce harper and i wanted everybody to hear it. >> this guy is performing admirably in the big leagues. we feel he's got a chance to really impact the ballclub. he's a special talent. so you have to throw ordinary developmental curves out the window and believe me, if bryce harper is performing hike he's performing now, there's no -- like he's performing now, there's no way in hell i can get davey johnson to get rid of him. >> got to love live tv, gm mike rizzo saying what a lot of nats fans wanted to hear. tonight harper and the nats tried to take back the park against the phillies. over 35,000 fans were on hand. it was about 70/30 nats fans, hard to tell because both teams wear red and white. phil skimmer, charlie manuel, not showing a -- phil skipper, charlie manuel, not showing a very good natitude. jesus flores with a diving shot to the left. that allows chad

y >> reporter: mike rizzo's comments not quite as pc. he said i have never seen a more classless, gutless, chicken beep beam act in my 30 years in baseball. he faked tough. he think he will intimidate us after hitting our 19-year-old rookie who is eight games into the big leagues? he doesn't know who he is dealing with. it doesn't look like bryce is going back to the minors any time soon. werth broke his wrist trying to make this catch in the sixth inning last night. expected to miss 12 weeks after undergoing surgery today. he missed the entire 2006 season with an injured wrist. good news is this is not the same type of injury. the nats hoping to get ryan zimmerman and laroche back from injuries for tomorrow's game. meanwhile, a wild game in boston. tied at 6-6 in the 16th. yes, 16th. chris davis pitching. aviles. hit one in the gap. adam jones, relay to j.j. we have a play at the plate. matt weiner's great play by the os catcher holds on and we are going to a 17th inning. that saved the game. who is pitching for boston? how about left f

sit stephen strasburg when he nears his unofficial innings limit which has been scoffed at by gm mike rizzo which says the whole thing has been concocted by the media. imagine that. he is arguably pitching the best baseball in the national league right now. last night he blew away 13 pirates, undefeated, leads the league in strikeouts. 13,000 of you voted on our website for the game of the week, girls softball for a second straight week. robinson at herndon, playoff seeding on the line, highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> finally for the second consecutive week tiger woods in jeopardy of missing the cut until he turns back into old tiger, back to back to back to back birdies. tiger following up his pedestrian 74 with a good round, 2-under now. looks like he's going to make the cut. >> that's a great little saying. we'll do that to you next time we want you to be quiet. time to go, dave, ding. >> we need one for derek. >> oh. >> that's it for us. cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back at 7:00. good night. have a great weekend, everybody.

mike rizzo ripped hamels and he got fined. bottom of the 1st no score, placido polanco the batter, fly ball to right. bryce harper got the catch, got the throw to adam laroche, nice double play. bryce is pretty good out there. bottom of the 3rd, phillies leading 1-0, shane victorino with two on, no outs. edwin jackson goes seven innings allowing seven hits and three runs. cole hamels had a no hitter through five innings. top of the 6th, a base hit to right and espinoza tries to score. hunter pence's throw home is in time. nats fall to the phillies 4-1. afterwards high praise for hamels who pitched eight scoreless innings. >> we just couldn't get fog going against hamels. you have to -- nothing going against hamels. you have to give him credit. by the time we get something going, they made a great play. you tip your hat to hamels. he's tough. seven wins, pretty good. >> this afternoon orioles hosting the red sox bottom of the sic, o's trail 5-2. nick -- 6th, o's trail 5-2. nick johnson gets a two-run home run and earlier hit a

. >>> nationals general manager mike rizzo had harsh words for the pitcher after he admitted he meant to hit the hitter. major league baseball fined him for those documents. nationals taking on the patriots. rick rifles one to right field bringing in bryce harper. 2-0 nats. pittsburgh coming back. 3-2 in the ninth. adam laroche's first game off the injured list. a two-run walk off homer. pirates win this one 5-4. >> we had the right guy in there, didn't play too good in the 8th inning. we should have got out of that inning. but it was interesting ballgame, both closers giving up. that was kind of rare. >>> the rangers, josh hamilton making history tonight in baltimore. five at-bats, four homeruns, tying the league record as the 16th player ever and the first texas ranger to do that in a single game. all the while, single-handedly crushing the orioles as texas wins this one 10-3. the washington mystics back at work hosting media today. as they prep author their 15th season, debuting an almost completely new roster. the mystic season opens may 19th. >>> the capitals know how to make it

this bryce harper experiment working out so well that nationals general manager mike rizzo looking likeonals scraped together all of four hits tonight but thanks to harper's timely double the nats once again streaking in the right direction. harper moved up to third in the batting order against the diamondbacks tonight. bottom of the first, he's up with two outs. and harper's going to hit this chopper back to ian kennedy. kennedy waits to field the ball, throws it away. harper takes a wide turn and hustles into second. hold on a minute. they're saying that he missed the base. but look here. bad call. he got the corner. the umps rule on the appeal that he was out. no good there. then in the sixth harper going the other way. is it fair? is it foul? it's fair. harper's fourth double of the year. third rbi. and the nationals up 2-1. same score. in the bottom of the ninth, henry rodriguez. he can be a little wild trying to close it out. the 0-2 pitch. flies one to right. and jayson werth races over to make the catch. nationals win 2-1. and skipper davey johnson, color him impressed with 19-y

. >>> nationals' general manager mike rizzo will have to pay up for his harsh comments about phillies pitcher cole hamels. he said he had never seen a more classless, gutless act in his 30 years in baseball. he was referring to when hamels hit bryce harper with a pitch during sunday's game. he admitted to doing it intentionally and was suspended for five games. rizzo was fined for an undisclosed amount of money. >> rojas, left field. that's trouble. this game is over on a walk-off home run. >> and that was the pirates' henry rodriguez in the bottom of the ninth in the nationals game. they lost 5-4. bright spots -- return of ryan zimmerman after time on the disabled list, and adam la roche hit a two-run homer and returned to the team yesterday after an injury. >>> this morning, josh hamilton's name is being added to the history books. >> in the air to center. it is way back -- and good-bye, home run! >> the texas ranger is now just the 16th in baseball history to hit four home runs in a game. the epic performance came against the baltimore orioles at camden yards last night. hamilton,

. >> reporter: it came sooner than most people expect pd general manager mike rizzo joining me now.not going on? what a night this is going to be. you guys had your first little hiccup. you got off to a record setting start. now you have this four-game losing streak. you've been unable to score runs. six in the last four games. how big of a concern is that for you right now? >> you know, we've -- whenever you lose your third and fourth hitter in a lineup, it's, you know, you have to find different ways to score runs. we have to be more efficient offensively. we know that. but, you know, with the starting pitching we have, the bull pen and the defense we run out there day in and day out, they give us a chance to win games. even with the four-game losing streak we had a chance and opportunities to win all four of those games. we feel we're going to get some guys heated up here. we're going to get a couple of our veteran guys back in the lineup. once we start doing that we'll start hitting on all four cylinders and we should be ready to roll. >> kind of buried the lead. obviously the b

here's one from@matt woke up from a nightmare where mike rizzo came in and started breaking my fingers. it's a new day in washington. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> vice president joe biden appeared on "meet the press." he seemed to endorse same-sex marriage. take a look. >> the president said his views on gay marriage, on same-sex marriage have evolved. have your views evolved? >> look, i think the good news is that as more as more americans come to understand what this is all about is a simple proposition. who do you love? i spent more time with soon-to-be president of china and the vice president, i wish every american could see the look of love in my eyes for you. look, i spent a total of roughly ten days with him, five in china, five here. i have been loving him for over 30 hours, he and i. quite frankly i -- >> wow. i'm a little uncomfortable. good morning. it's beautiful. any love is good loving. >> it's tuesday, may 8th. i'm live here in washington. we have a washington anchor. c catty kay is here. in new york, the great willie geist. last night, katty kay, he was in town

mike rizzo takes exception to the actions. they say cole hammel says he's old school?h. he thinks he's going to intimidate us by hitting our rookie. he doesn't know who he's dealing with. they will play again in two weeks. >>> the clippers won in overtime, up 3-1. the spurs swept utah. they play if they close out the series. next, we go to washington. mark joins us for the must read opinion pages. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ lauer ] this is our team. and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. every communications games provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. i'm michael bazinet, president of creative digital imaging of bangor, maine. we have customers all over