mike williams used to weigh 450. after losing 40. the redskins signed him to free agent deal. williams, fourth overall pick by the bills, just a few years ago in 2002, now weighs in at 342 pounds. after working out with teammates in arizona recently. williams ready to bring home the bacon or shed the bacon. what do you think coach zorn? >> i will let him describe how he described it to me. he was talking about what a pound of bacon looked like. and that he lost a lot of, a lot of bacon. >> my agent told me that, said a pound of, packet of bacon is about a pound. visualize, you know, when you are losing, that's what you are losing. because it is generally all fat. so, if you are doing it right. so that's, that was interesting. i've went to look at a pound of bacon. i was like jeez. this is not exactly good on your body. so, that was probably my motivation. other thing in there. it was a good visual. >> mike williams, derek dockery, stephon higher, 4/5. all out in arizona working together. they all lost weight. all in some of the best shape of their lives. >> lean and mean. >> ri

he will be battling out with mike williams and mike williams is the guy that's become famous becausethis team who lost more than 100 pounds. he's really trying to make an impression. both of these guys said beyond their personal performance, everybody on the offensive line is really committed to working to the really being a lot more fit and i tell you what, when you watch this team out there on the field, they do look very different as a unit. let me take you back. the offensive line, you know, they might look a tad bit trimmer is what you would be safe to say this year. they are leaner and that's by design. former maryland terps earned the starting spot last season. he said more power to mike williams or anybody that could unseed him. meanwhile, derrick dockery is a former redskins who is coming back to this team at the guard position. dockery is one of the group that decided to crank up their off-season workouts and went to arizona for a little bit of bonding and to really get in the best shape possible. >> it was a collective thing we did as a group. okay. you know, me and my tra

joining us to discuss, we have mike williams founder of genesis asset management, and doug roberts, chief investment strategist for the bears. and i think it's only fair i kick this off with mike, our bull today, because we are up 160 points. we've got great earnings news out of goldman sachs. out of intel.l. and there seems to be some momentum building here, mike. what do you think? is this going to continue over the next three months, just like we saw happen in the first quarter? >> you know, trish, i think first of all, this is a trade range. i mean, it's summertime. we shouldn't expect much more than that. but i think point you want to highlight is the point that larry made right at the end of the last clip, and that is that what's going to be missed if we focus on the negative news is that companies made rapid and radical adjustments to head count and inventory costs. that's going to cause what we saw in intel, and it's going to cause what we saw in altera, it's going to cause what we're going to see pretty much, much throughout this earnings season. and that is, companies are going

. >> remember mike williams been out of the league for two years?now he's a redskin and vowing for the starting right tackle spot. if he doesn't get that, he could do infomercials on weight loss. in february he weighed 450 pounds. today he weighs 342. a loss of 108. how did you do it, mike? >> my agent actually told me -- just said a pound of -- a packet of bacon is about a pound. and so just visualized, you know, when you're losing, that's what you're losing because it's generally all fat. i actually went to go look at a pound of bacon and i was like jeez. this is not exactly good on your body. so that was part of my motivation. >> bacon on the body every good. jim riggleman and the nats looking to win their fifth straight game for the first time this season on the road. a two-run blast put milwaukee up 6-5. brewers still leading in the bottom of the 9th. adam dunn with the tying run on and the chance to play hero. but brewers win. 7-5. tomorrow a 2:00 p.m. match [ inaudible ] game tied 3- 3 in the 7th with two men on for nick markakis. that's a cl

remember mike williams, the fourth overall pick by buffalo. buffalo. if he doesn't get the tackle spot, he can do infomercials for weight loss. in february he weighed 450 pounds. today he weighed 342, a loss of 108. how did you do it, mike? >> my agent told me -- just said a pound of -- a packet of bacon is about a pound. and so just visualized, you know, when you're losing, that's what you're losing because it's generally all fat. i went to look at a pound of bacon and i was like, jeez. this is not exactly good on your body. so thawas part of my motivation. >> i'm going to go look at a pound of bacon right after the show. the world champion phillies have reached on an agreement to acquire pitcher cliff lee. he's the defending cy young winner. the phillies also get outfelder ben fransicco in the trade as they give up four prospects to the indians. highlights on the news edge at 11:00. i'm dave feldman. brain, back you to. >>> now you have the news edge. the news is always on myfoxdc.com. a busy day weather wise. the radar still lit up. we have the live

the biggest loss on this team happens on the o-line and we don't mean that -- we mean it because mike williams has lost the weight of an entire jonas brother. going from 450 pounds to 342. after sitting out of the league the last two seasons, he is vying now for a starting spot. >> there's some things that are a little rusty, but it's there. you know, it's kind of like uncovering an antique. once you polish it up a little bit, it's worth some money. and so -- and that's exactly what i set out to do. there's some things that need to be polished up, but the value is till in there. >> reporter: that is a lot of weight lost. over 100 pounds in just five months. if you go into my blog, skins uncensored, we'll tell you what williams was visualizing to motivate him as he was losing that weight. i have to warn you it's kind of disgusting. that's on wusa9.com. we are live out at redskins park. brett, back to you in the studio. >> he's lost one jonas brother. if he can just lose one more miley cyrus he might be close to being in shape. don't forget 9 sports will have wall-to-wall training coverage start

remember mike williams, the fourth overall pick by buffalo back in 2002?en out of the look for two years. he is vying for the starting right tackle spot although, if he doesn't get that, he could do unfoe more shalls for weight loss. if member being he weighed 450 pounds. he now weighs 34 #. that is a loss of 108. so mike, how did you do it? >> may agent actually td me that v university sid a pound of -- a packet of the bacon is about a pound. anso just visualize when you're losing, that is what you're losing because it is generally all fat. i went to go look at a pound of bacon and i was like geez, this is not exactly good on your body. that was probably my motivation. >> that is a great way to do it. he looks great. >> in other news, jim riggleman and the nats looking to win their fisk straight game on the road. nats ead 5-4 but not for long. casey mcgee hits a two-run homer. brewers win 7-5. same two teams this afternoon. they'll get it then. >>> at 6:00, there is still time to have fun at the beach this summer. the mayor of ocean city will join us live

rye tackle mike williams. he is down from 450 pounds to 342 pounds and lost almost 110.e's still going. zorn not the only one talking to redskins park today. players reported and they have to make final preparations for camp. lindsay czarniak has more from ashburn. >> reporter: we watched all the players straggle into redskins park today. clinton portis, jason campbell, rogers. you name them, they were here. everybody was checking in and tonight they will have a meeting and then tomorrow, they will be right back at it. bright eyed and bushy tailed for the start of training camp. safety chris horton said it best when he thought back to last year describing what these guys are about to go through. >> those are -- miserable. i'm not going to lie. i was -- i was tired. our coach, you know, he works us unl we can't go no more and we got to do that for 3 1/2 weeks. so they were -- very crucial but i learned a lot and i was able to sustain, you know, throughout the whole season, mixed. >> safety chris horton was using the humor today out here at redskins park and so was linebac

. >> photographer mike williams had the idea. >> we were asked to bring something new and different toe to draw more people into the fashion artscape. >> an amazing opportunity and i'm grad to be a part of it. i'm glad i went out and tried it. i'm just very thankful. >> the contest will be held sunday at 6:00. the winner gets $1,000 and a magazine photo shoot. that's something quite different for this woman. by day she's a college biology professor. >> it's a thing on the side. i have my two lives, my sewing life and teefing life. >> it would be a dream come true. >> it would mean a lot to me. i'm really trying to jump-start a fashion business. so i really think this could be the first stepping stone into the next stage. >> jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> show me what you got. >> wish them all the best of luck. >> that's all for us at 5:00. >> here is what's new at 6:00. >> a baltimore-bound plane forced to make an emergency landing. now investigators looking look for what caused a foot-long hole to pop open at 30,000 feet. >> five people go out on an inner harbor pleasure cru

remember big mike williams, the fourth overall pick in the 2002 draft. big, just not as big. a few months ago he tipped the scales at 450 pounds. today down to a slim and trim 340. so how in the wild, wild world of sports did you lose all of that weight, mike? >> my agent told me that -- just said a pound -- a packet of bacon is about a pound. so just visualize when you're losing, that's what you're losing because it's generally all fat. >> i went to go look at a pound of bacon and i was like geez. this is not exactly good on your body. so that was part of my motivation. >> reporter: good motivation. but these fans are motivated to get some autographs. they are lying in wait for the redskins to come out here. and they will do so in about 45 minutes. so guys, it should be an action- packed day. practice at 8:30 and open to the public as you see. the 3:00 practice is closed so come on out here now. that's it for now. we'll go back tolt station -- to the station and heck in in about 45 minutes. >> thank you. >> dave has a cool job. >> he does. >> and he alw

thank you, captain mike in sky chopper 13. >>> tim williams over in the weather center. what a storm system, tim? >> many people didn't see anything at all, not a drop of rain. let's explain and back up on the radar. the storms were rolling through. first warning radar until 6:00. started rolling through and started triggering thunderstorm warnings across much of the eastern shore, dorchester, whacamico, and talbolt and baltimore county and carroll county saw the brunt of this. winds exceeding 50 miles per hour in many instances. and this is what we have been talking about. a lot of folks thought that the damage was due to tornadoes, but we have been talking about straight-line winds. we throw that term around. he will explain what we are talking about. straight-lynn winds. downward thunderstorm winds that are not associated with rotation so they don't have the same characteristics as tornado. however, damage or debris is pushed into the directions. the wind is blowing. typically in one direction, whatever the whipped is but not in a rotation. straight-line wind can be a

rob williams, mike brooks, ed lavandera, thanks so much, guys.coming up, we're keeping you updated on the investigation surrounding michael jackson's death. toxicology report expected out sometime soon. we want to know how many doctors associated with michael jackson are being investigated. were they responsible for killing the king of pop? call in. 1-877-tell-hln. >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. in a matter of days we might learn what caused michael jackson's tragic death. his life cut short. 50 years old. anytime now toxicology results expected to be released. we want to know, was his death an accident if diprivan was found in his system in is that an automatic homicide? dozens of doctors associated with him being investigated. we'll take your calls. 1-877-tell-hln. let's bring in our experts, joining us now, melanie bromley, west coast editor for "us weekly." also welcome back dr. leigh v o vinocur, emergency room physician from the university of virginia school of medicine. doctor, let me start with you. i just mentioned it. if dipri

mike brooks. also with us, morning radio talk show host rob williams from news radio 1620 in pensacola. ce day one. as has mike. mike, let's talk about this possible connection here of a business dealing between the alleged mastermind, leonard gonzalez jr., and byrd and melanie billings about possibly giving him money. what do you make of that? and does that feed in to you as possibly one of these new motives we're talking about here? >> it could, mike. we know byrd billings had an automobile dealership, he sold used cars and he had a financial arm, he'd go ahead and give loans. you know, now, what exactly -- what kind of financial backing did he get? now, apparently, they did support him financially in buying a karate studio. but the other thing is in the warrant that we just were reading about today apparently gonzalez's mother, terry popp, had bought a car from a guy by the name of john hartsfield. he's the one who called the police when they put the picture of this red dodge van out there and said hey, this looks like the van i just sold her, and she said that she was buying it for h

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mike perry. >>> scattered clouds have been filling the skies. here's a live look outside. meteorologist tim williams is tracking it all. >>> overall, weave seen a pretty clear afternoon. aside from the haze and the humidity. first warning live doppler radar, shows the one area that we are seeing showers coming down. this is an area with pretty strong storms. pretty strong downpour, i should say, right over elkridge. near hanover and dorsey. this system is moving around 30 miles per hour. to the east. and i'll give you an idea. it is a pretty good duration storm. and it's going to be heading up toward elkridge. moving up toward avalon. arundel mills could see the showers as well over the next few days. or next few hours or so. over the next few days, we could see the same type of dynamics we had over the weekend. with pretty strong storms in the afternoon. >> okay. tim. thank you very much. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> councilwoman indicted. criminal charges are filed against helen holton and businessman john paterakis. we continue to follow the breaking news on city hall corru

william county. neighbors are told to take precautions. michael flynn spoke with one of the victims. mike cam. >> the man who was tasered moved into the apartment community last week. tonight he told me he considers it a miracle that he survived the attack. >> it was the scariest time of my entire life. >> the 29-year-old victim punched in the face and tassed during a violent hold-up monday night. three robbers wore masks one like the mask from the movie scream. it happened as the resident of the dominion lake ridge apartments in prince william county walked his dog with his girlfriend in a comb men amon a 9:30. he walked away to grab a plastic pet bag. i heard pattering of footsteps. somebody grabbed me put a gun to my head. and said give me the money. i am wearing mesh shorts and a t-shirt. i had no money on me. awe the robbers got mad. hit him in the face and shoved him to the ground. when one pulled out the taser. >> when they realized i had no money and punched me in the face and started tasering me. it was horrible. i couldn't move muscles nothing. just ridiculous. i couldn't move.

mike huckabee.com. click on fox news feedback. here is letters and e-mails we got this week. scot writes the show with bernie williamsatriotism. >> leah says thank you for your comments on michael jackson. it sealslike my entire generation thought mr. jackson so be a public joke. we are in a generation where people think only what is best for themselves and not about others. it is available on the website. barry benton pointes out i made an error. he said you ended the show commenting about a viewer that didn't like the willie nelson and ray price versions of faded and tainted love. willie wrote crazy, however, faded love was not written by willie nelson. it was written by john wills and bob wills. thanks for catching me on it and we will send you a copy of my book "do the right thing" because you made sure that we got it straight and i appreciate it. we only get to celebrate our nation's independence because of those whose sacrifice gave it to us. we salute kenneth l.ruser who was shot down in three different wars. he died on june 20th at age 89. during his military career he flew over 250 combat missions in world w

investigation, mike, that they try and on tape additional information, and play one another against each other to obtain more information related to that crime. >> let's bring in rob williams. morning host news radio 1620 a.m. he just was in that press conference we had a chance to listen to. we're all wondering if there are going to be more arrests to come. we think maybe this person who didn't show up to disable the surveillance cameras, what do we know about that? could there be a ninth, tenth arrest, rob? >> i think that's a pretty safe assumption, mike. i'm going to tell you why. we broke that story this morning on news radio 1620, my station. i've interviewed sheriff morgan every day this week. he says there's still three more persons of interest. i said the person who was supposed to disable the video, the security system? he said absolutely. that is somebody in on the planning, somebody who can, should be arrested and will face charges. it's just a matter of, shall we say making sure they have all their ducks in a row. or i think the sheriff just quoted about beanie babies and bubble gum, they've got to be in a row before they put the cuffs on this person. >> from

mike huckabee.com. click foxews >>> we love hearing from you, you can always write to us onben our website. scott writes, the show with bernie williamslue to show my protdism.hael then another one said thank you for your words about the legendary icon michael jackson. i was born in the 90s and it seems like my entire generationt thought he was in it forrry himself. and barry benton points out that i made an error. he says he ended tonight's show about a viewer who didn't like the willie nelson and ray price versionsov of "crazy" and "fadew love". you pointed out that willie wrote both of those songs. that is not correct. willie wrote "crazy" but "faded love was written by john willisb my bad. do the right thing and i w appreciate it. we salute today retired marine corps colonel, kenneth l. russer, a highly decorated aviator that was shot down in three wars.i, he died today. he was shot down in three wars,t five times in all. f for his valor and bravery, he was awarded 59 medals including two navy crosses, four purple hearts and two legions of merit. in 1945, while based in okinawa, he stripped down his fighter and intercepted a japan

mike huckabee.com and click on fox news feedback. here is some letters and e-mails this week, scott writes, the show with bernie williams was okay untilm. and leah wallace, thank you for your words about the legendary icon michael jackson, i was born in the 90's and seems like my entire generation thought mr. jackson to be a public joke and we are in a generation where people think only what's best for them is selves and not right for each other. we had a lot of folks commented on the michael jackson commentary, available on our website, and barry benton points out i made an error, okay, you ended tonight's show commenting about a viewer that didn't like the willie nelson and ray price versions of "crazy" and faded love. you pointed out willie wrote both songs, that's not correct. faded love was not written by willie nelson it's bob and john wills, my bad, thank you for catching me on it. we'll send you a copy of my book "do the right thing" you did the right thing and made sure we got it straight. i appreciate it. remember, we only get to celebrate our nation's independence because of the courage of those whose sacrifice gave it to u

william? >> mika's writing a book. >> oh, gosh. well thank you. that is really generous. >> mike?ade even more affordable and more accessible. >> what did you learn, mika? >> we never cross-promote here on "morning joe." did you guys get my coffee? who has my starbucks? >> william, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." >> good morning to you. i am dylan. welcome to the morning meeting. >>> topping our agenda today, the president's health care pitch. did he win the hearts and minds and what's left to do? did he convince you that we need reform and that we need to do it now? we'll talk to white house deputy press secretary bill burton on that subject. >>> the mystery around michael jackson's death continues to grow. a raid at his doctor's houston clinic and subpoenas to his nutritionist this morning. we're asking who were those around michael in the weeks before he died and are any of them in fact to blame for his death. >>> then the made-up controversy over president obama's citizenship blowing up once again. why aren't republicans quashing the conspiracy t

mike allen, the chief political correspondent for politico. good morning. >> congratulations pap pa willie. >> he named him george w. >> george william, we'll use the full middle name at all times, george william geist. >> i won't be welcome at home if we continue with the george b. >> hillary clinton been in the shadows since she came in six months ago, has a big speech tomorrow. tell us about it. >> she is. one of the biggest surprises of this add mgs she hasn't been getting constant coverage, been out there a lot on substance and celebrity element. with this speech tomorrow at dan's institution, cfr, secretary clinton will be drawing a big picture around the obama administration foreign policy. she'll emphasize development and their approach to the great powers. it has been crisis driven until now. this is her chance to give the big picture and starting to step out a lit more herself yesterday, speaking to boys of the u.s. agencies, for international development, part of her vast state empire they were saying how come we don't have a boss or director? it's not my point, i picked someone. the white house is still vetting them. senator clinton is traveling wi

william, what did you learn? >> i learned that being a republican can be very treacherous in certain parts of the world. we learned from our author today. >> i think he's right. mike barnacle, what did you learn? >> also, i learned that people on the right have a sense of humor, people on the left have no sense of humor. >> come on, man. far left. far left. far left. >> angry left. >> what did you learn? >> i'm told that all republicans are not evil. >> still working through those feelings. >> i finally discovered my husband has something in common with the republican party. >> that was mean. >> smoking. the smoking e-mail. >> he says i'm an idiot. >> and i've learned that there's somebody up here that does give a damn about the troops in combat. i'm not going to tell you which one it is -- >> you don't care about the health of americans? >> he's wearing a pink sweater. >>> it is "morning joe." dylan ratican takes over right now. >> that's the meeting. >>> good morning to you. no desk cleaning, thank you, mika. joe, you just stay away. you just walk away slowly. >>> welcome. walk away. walk away. >>> topping our agenda today -- i love you from a distance -- the wi

mike allen, the chief white house correspondent for "the politico." >> join the conversation on civil rights and race relations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams live in two weeks. >> defense secretary robert gates said today that the army would temporarily and 20,000 more soldiers. his comments came at a half-hour news conference with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and to mike mullen. >> good afternoon, today, i am announcing a decision to temporarily increase the active it duty strength of the army by about 22,000. that is a temporary increase from the current authorized and permanent strength of 547,000 two unauthorized temporary strength of 5069 -- 569,000. surely after taking office and mindful of the decision to surge additional forces into iraq, i recommended and the president and congress approved the size of the army of 65,000 and a marine corps of 27,000. at that time, it was judged that these increases would sustain the projected level of deployments and lower the stress on the force. at the same time, i directed that the army continued to reduce the size of the non- deployable or institutional part of the force. much ha

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