. >> mitchell: and good evening. search includes have now recovered at least 7 bodies from the hudson river following yesterday's midair collision of a helicopter and small plane. tonight the investigation into just what went wrong continues as families on both sides of the atlantic mourn and wait for answers. hari sreenivasan has the latest. >> reporter: search crews hoisted what's left of the helicopter out of the hudson river, seen here after seconds after a collision with a small plane yesterday. >> the recovery efforts are focused on the piper now. sonar has revealed a number of promising targets. >> reporter: the liberty tours euro caper a star had just sustain off, the piper pa-32 left teterboro bound for the jersey shore. on board the plane was pie lot steven altman, his brother douglas, the helicopter was carrying 50 friends vacationing from bologna, italy, who were celebrating one couple's 25th wedding anniversary. >> i expressed to the ambassador our feelings, our sympathies, our prayers for the five itali

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. a sad piece of unfinished business from america's first war with iraq back in 1991 was officially closed today. the pentagon says the remains of navy pilot michael scott spieker have been found near the wreckage of his plane in anbar province in western iraq. kimberlie dozier has more and what it means for the family spieker left behind. >> reporter: navy captain michael scott spieker has been found at last, ending an almost two decade long wait for his family. the first american casualty of the gulf war was found buryed it in the desert west of baghdad near the wreckage of his f-18 hornet. u.s. marines found bone and dental fragment identified by pentagon pathologists, they were led by an iraqi who said he was there when -- >> he remembered a plane going down and he remembered them burying the body. the captain was shot down on january 17th, 1919 two hours after the war began. >> i'm scott spieker. >> reporter: the 33-year-old father of two was not supposed to fly that day.

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>> mitchell: sharyl attkisson in washington, thank you. we have an update now on south carolina governor mark sanford who disappeared for five days in june to visit his mistress in argentina. the associated press reports sanford failed to report 35 trips on private planes as required by state law. sanford's office says friends and political groups paid for those flights. the governor still faces an ethics investigation over his private use of state-owned aircraft. and the this ports note of special interest to the legions of chicago cubs fans. the tribune company sold the team today and for a record price, $845 million. the deal includes wrigley field. the new owner is the rickets family, joe rickets founded the on line brokerage ameritrade. his son tom is a life long cubs fan who met his wife in the bleachers at wrigley field. and up next on the "cbs evening news," they are fighting a war in some of the worst conditions anywhere. but the ase marines are not complaining. (announcer) claritin-d refuses to compromise on fast congestion relie

. >> mitchell: good evening, katie is off tonight. a lot of weekend plans are about to be ruined up and down the atlantic coast, all because of a storm that's going to stay hundreds of miles offshore. hurricane bill has been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 2. forecasters expect it to turn northeast and pass between bermuda and the u.s. in the next few days. but a hurricane does not have the to score a direct hit to cause trouble. in this case, flooding, rough waves and rip currents along the east coast could be on the way. here's kelly wallace. >> reporter: for millions of east coast beach goers like these at rockaway beach on the edge of new york city, this is as close as they're going to get to the water this weekend. >> you know about no swimming today, right? >> reporter: swimming banned at beaches along much of the east coast due to hurricane bill's might. >> we're biting our bottom lips and hoping it goes away. >> reporter: waves as high as 14 feet are expected along the carolina coast, as high as 23& feet off massach

i'm andrea mitchell live from the john f.ennedy presidential library in boston for this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports." thousands and thousands of mourners have been streaming past senator edward m. kennedy's casket to say good-bye. family members and friends are standing vigil around the clock. today, senator kennedy's wife, vicki, greeted the public and massachusetts congressional delegation inside the library. more than 25,000 people lined up until 2:00 this morning and thousands more today to pay a final farewell to the beloved senator. 6,000 others are following the events on a twitter page set up by the kennedy family. members of the kennedy family, including his niece, caroline, took the time to thank the public last night for their sympathy. >> for my generation, he was a surrogate father for 29 grandchildren, and i don't know, probably 60 or 80 great grandchildren. so that was a great thick fng f all of us. >> this evening, a private memorial service will be held for senator kennedy at the jfk library.

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. >>> i'm jane velez mitchel. here's my issue. we have to feel for the husband who lost his wife, his young daughter and nieces in that horrific drunk driving accident in new york. his wife was bombed and high when she killed eight people, including herself. now her husband's job, his finances, all in jeopardy. his surviving son is injured and he's being investigated by child services. it makes you wonder why he ever called that news conference saying that coroner's toxicology report on his wife was just plain wrong, that she could not have been drunk. he made excuses for his wife's actions. all that did was draw attention to this case. denial is a very dangerous thing. but instead of having blinders on, this grieving husband should be asking himself, why he didn't see this coming. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >>> tonight on "issues," a family feud over the so-called wrong way crash mom. two members of diane schuler's family are severing ties over allegations of lying. plus new video of schuler just hours before th

colonel mark mitchell then major mark mitchell along with another gentleman, along with his old team looked up from either their saddles or motorized buggies they are writing in and they feel like they are back in world war ii because they are being welcomed as liberators and that is key and that is why i think this book is a book about relationships and power of relationships. it is a book about afghanistan but in the end i think i try to write this so that he would be interested in it even if you didn't know much about afghanistan because he would be intrinsically interested in the human drama of ordinary people to do extraordinary things with very little so you feel a kinship with the characters or the people, the real people in the book because you meet them in the beginning and they have families. cal spencer, the same guy that gets in the truck and hears about the attacks is sitting in his team room and fort campbell the ceiling tile rain stained, gray linoleum floors from the mica tables, these are not brand spanking new davis and he is off to go off to be america's answer to

. >>> good evening, i'm jane velez-mitchell in for nancy grace. tonight, breaking news in the sudden death of music superstar the family last saw the boy around 8:30 p.m. friday night. >> whenever you have someone that young and vulnerable. >> they are asking 1,000 volunteers to come out to this location to ask for this young 8-year-old. >> robert's family tells us that like any other 8-year-old boy, he's inquisitive and likes to explore and sometimes he likes to check out hiding places. so, please, check your garages, sheds, your vans and cars, anyplace a boy may go. michael jackson. >> a source with knowledge of the agreement tells me katherine jackson will have custody of michael jackson's three children. this is how michael jackson apparently wanted it to go. this is what he said in his will. he wanted his mother to serve as guardian of the children. >> the children will be fine. they're with my mother right now and my kids. anyone who tries to contest this will on any level, whether with the executors or anything, they're not living out micha

pat mitchell who commanded the fire on the hornets went to pete mitchell, the captain of the hornet and said he thought his entire squadron should stay with the torpedo squadron. back in hawaii and i won't diverge too long on this because i only have a limited amount of time but may 31st he asked six of the offenders, six of the 21 that had arrived on the uss shall not be flown to midway to add to the meager error and garrison they had out there and so six of those planes were flown out on a command of langdon kellogg fever when, the graduate of the denver city of california berkeley captain of the rugby team and very interesting man. in the midway battle that would take place june 4 of those six planes were the first to attack the japanese fleet. they played an important role helping convince the commander of the striking force to make a fateful decision that ultimately affected the outcome of the battle. of the 18 men who flew with h that day only two survived the attack. they were the first to arrive alone and unsupported and taking on the entire japanese fleet. i don't have time to

mitchell is aloft to make this team as the fifth receiver. jim zorn says hold your horses. >> it's still a battle going on it's a good question. i'm not sure about that yet. but he's definitely been impressive. he made a couple of really heads up plays. strong catches. another one for a touchdown, which he was excited about. we're all excited about that play. you know, one more game, he's going to be here next week to play again. and, you know, we hope that he continues to show his improvements. >> i'm one of those guys that, like i said, this is my job. i come out here and i bust my tail not only for myself but for the guys -- the other guys that are going to be on the team. if i'm on this team, i'll bust my tail for everybody. they're going to be doing their job. i can't let up and not do my job. >>> baseball, the nationals shift infielder ronny bellyard to the dodgers for two prospects today. the nats have to win 16 of their final 31 games to avoid a second straight 100-loss season. tast because this afternoon the nationals lost their 85th

they are bruce jetson and jim mitchell. today in "the new york times" they published the first half of a two-part series on the history of the torture program "the times" honing in on these two psychologists who cree atded the torture protocol for post 9/11 prisoners and apparently were working as contractors for the cia and made millions of dollars for themselves in the process. among these sensational revelations in today's report, neither had ever conducted a real interrogation prior to creating and overseeing the bush administration program. neither jessen or mitchell had any particular knowledge of al qaeda. neither jessen or mitchell spoke arabic or any of the other foreign languages that might be spoken by the subjects of interrogation nor did either man possess expertise on the culture from which these subjects would be coming. and neither jessen nor mitchell had ever done any relevant scholarship in the field. dr. jim mitchell's doctoral work was to compare the effectiveness of diet and exercise to combat hypertens

this is "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. never thought i would have a heart attack, but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. >>> welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports." we are live if cape cod this hour where family and friends are paying tribute to eunice kennedy shriver. just moments ago, i spoke with congressman ed markey of massachusetts about the ongoing health care debate, as well as the man who wasn't here, ted kennedy, and his own health battles. the one person clearly not here is senator edward kennedy. that certainly signals that he is not well enough to attend his sister's funeral. this is a struggle. >> well, you know, they loved each other. they were the pillars that carried the family over the last 30 or 40 years. and i'm sure he wants to be here. the rest of his family was here, vicky and teddy jr. and all the rest of the f

mitchell is off tonight. we begin tonight in southern california where authorities are pleading with residents of several neighborhoods to get out as dangerous wildfires threaten 12,000 homes around los angeles. 2,000 firefighters are struggling to contain those raging blazes. more than 6,000 homes have been ecuated. but some who did not heed the warnings were burned. >> reporter: jeff this is a very fast-moving fire. it has tripled in size since yesterday. take a look at that smoke over the hill. the conditions are so smoky that some fire fighting aircraft have had trouble making their drops. it's an inferno, triple-digit temperatures and drought-dry brush that goes up like kindling. >> we were just asked to tell you to leave. when we say that, we tell you to leave, you leave. because your life is in danger. it's very important that you understand that. >> as vacation cabins incinerated, authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of homes. >> there a mandatory evacuation order. obviously the fire is here. >> w

. >>> good evening, i'm jane velez-mitchell in for nancy grace. tonight, breaking news in the sudden death of music superstar michael jackson. >> a source with knowledge of the agreement tells me katherine jackson will have custody of michael jackson's three children. this is how michael jackson apparently wanted it to go. this is what he said in his will. he wanted his mother to serve as guardian of the children. >> the children will be fine. they're with my mother right now and my kids. anyone who tries to contest this will on any level, whether with the executors or anything, they're not living out michael's wishes. >> you want to look at what's in their best interests. they obviously have a relationship with katherine, they have cousins, aunts, uncles. all of that will be taken into consideration, as will most likely listening to the kids, themselves. what do they want? >> when she and michael jackson divorced in the '90s, she had a divorce settlement with him. it had been agreed she would receive $8.5 million. that is the money she's still re

that unfortunately is -- >> mitchell has the middle east. dennis ross has iraq. gates is all over the place and her husband is over there taking the cream off the north korea thing, so she gets africa. >> is africa a failed continent? >> yes. >> a failed continent? >> we have a president >>> okay, hillary took a question about what allegedly about what allegedly mr. clinton thinks about chinese trade in the congo. >> what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton? >> you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> question, why did this question touch a nerve with hillary? is it the point you made earlier? >> it's a long, hard trip and she let down her guard. that dominated her whole trip. >> they mentioned clinton. about mitchell, about biden, all getting a piece of the state department. >> about clinton bringing back the two hostages and him being in vegas. >> she supported that. she was in boston. >> is hi

. >> i'm jane velev-mitchell in for nancy grace tonight. >> this is what he said in his will pep wants his mother to serve as guardian of these children. >> the children will be fine. they're with my mother right now and my kids. and anybody that try to contest this on any level, the executors, anything, they're not living out michael's wishes. >> you want to look at what's in your best interest. they obviously have a relationship with katherine, they have cousins, aunts and uncles. any of that will be taken into consideration. >> when she and michael jackson divorced back in the '90s she had a divorce settlement with him. it 4 been agreed she'd receive $8.5 million. that is the money she's still receiving from the estate to this day. i'm told there will not be extra money going to debbie rowe. >> we're going to take care of them and give them the education they're supposed to have. >> many developments tonight in the michael jackson case. i am holding in my hand hot off the presses, the search warrants for the raid on dr. conrad murray's home and office in las vegas for the latest det

i'm driandrea mitchell in washington. late last night, we received an e-mail from former vice president dick cheney, striking back hard against the obama administration's decisions. david ignatius, associate editor and columnist for "the washington post" and intelligence expert and nbc's own justice correspondent pete williams along with nbc news white house correspondent, savannah guthrie in new york joining us to talk about all of this, picking this apart. first of all to you, david, let's talk about the impact on the cia, taken out of the central role for detention and interrogation. some would say that that is a good thing, because it was nothing but a burden, but it really is a diminishing of the agency. >> talking to people at the cia yesterday and today, andrea, i heard nothing but relief that they're out from under what has been really a nightmare responsibility. going into this interrogation program, a lot of officers had doubts. they suspected this would come back and bite them politically. it has. they're unhap

mitchell will be the key one. when asked of that, saying there is some kind of a deal that allows one to go on with face- to-face talks with the palestinians, probably at the americans a room, as well, and other words, resumption of peace negotiations. but i think you have been hearing already from paul wood, the fact it has been so difficult to get to this point shows how hard it will be if they do sit down and really start to talk turkey about issues that really hurts and really matter. >> thank you very much. some breaking news. nato says the four soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in southern afghanistan, making 2009 the deadliest year since the war began. some breaking news. we will have a full business report in about 25 minutes. now he is here, though, let us talk about first, bernanke at the fed, he is likely to be reappointed. >> that's right. before his term ends in january of next year. president obama is breaking off his holiday to confirm he will be renominating ben bernanke to serve another term. c

we're going to back to andrea mitchell in nairobi for more on this. andrea? >> you know, hillary clinton kept trying to say today in our interview is that this is a private, humanitarian mission by her husband, that bill was really emotional, she said

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thank you so much, andrea mitchell. we appreciate it.e'll be watching your interview with secretary of state hillary clinton on "andrea mitchell reports" at 1:00 p.m. eastern. now awaiting the arrival of president clint president clinton with those freed journalists. to debbie stabenow. clunkers legislation up for debate. harry reid is confident he has the votes to pass an additional $2 billion for cash for clunkers. do you share his optimism? >> well, we've been working hard and, joe, i never want to jinx anything before the vote but it looks very, very good and, by the way, i have to say because it's such an important story that you've been talking about, everyone here on the hill is celebrating the return of the two journalists. we are thrilled that this has come to a happy ending. >> help us out here. when we first heard that the first amount of money for the cash for clunkers was spent in four days, a lot of republicans saw that as a failure. a lot of democrats saw that as a succe success. explain why we should spend another $2 bill

>> andrea mitchell. and back to pete williams. pete, there's a lot in here but at the same time there's a lot we don't yet know. >> right. among the things we do know is what holder wants to look at. some of these allegations of abuse and a few others that are still classified that are said to be even worse, about ten in al where interrogators appear to have gone well beyond the bounds of what the cia was authorized to do. we don't know what they are because 44 of the report's 109 pages are like this -- they're all or mostly blacked out. we don't know what those other cases are. it does seem clear that eric holder would not call for an investigation, though, in three other categories -- the cia operatives who did follow the rules, the bush administration officials who came up with this enhanced interrogation program, and then the justice department lawyers who approved it, brian. >> and, andrea, this is going to amount to another examination, more material out there representing the united states. let's talk about legacy, the lega

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chase daniel the fade to marco mitchell for a touchdown. the 4th, the 'skins down 3 punting toll steelers but jay burnett would lose the ball. 'quinns recover. next play daniel does it again over the top to a wide open fred davis in the end zone giving the 'skins a 17-13 lead. that is your final, washington wins. >>> going to baltimore, dropping a goose egg you know a lost our coaches weren't happy. we a little something we had to prove. >> they won the super bowl last year even though that doesn't matter for this season but they are a great football team. we recognize that. we wanted to do a good job against them. overall we did okay. >> it was a great night. we left there, i finally got -- i have been itching for a chance to get out there and play football. it has been awhile. i had some mistakes but did good things as well. >>> and i am joined now by the redskins top draft pick brian oh orakpo. i know you have to feel better about this 238 yards better than baltimore where you gave up 500. >> the coaches and players were pleased with our

daniel threw a three-yard touchdown to mitchell. and then it was a perfect throw to davis for an 18 yard touchdown. and daniel finished the gate with two touchdowns. the redskins are 1-1 in the pre-season. >>> in baseball, nationals hostinthe brewers. it was a slugfest last night at national's park last night. in the end, the brewers out slugged the nats. >>> and chicago's quinton hit his 14th home run of the season, and baltimore is 3 and 7 in their last 10 games. that's your sports minute. have a great day. >>> in this week's kid' post, they get a chance to live out their dreams by taking flight. here is barbara harrison. >> this week at the fair, in the air, and finding it where? i am barbara harrison alongside tracy grant of the "washington post." >> good to be with you. >> always good to see you, too. we will start with a program teaching kids to fly. is that right? >> that's a little bit over the top. there is a wonderful place, the college park air 'san it's celebrating its 100th anniversary. it has flight simulators, and cos

first, daniel threw a three yard touchdown to marko mitchell. then the standout from missouri made a perfect throw to tight end fred davis for an 18-yard touchdown. daniel finished the game for 68 yards and two touchdowns. the redskins win it 17-13, and are 1-1 in the preseason. the skins host the patriots next friday. >>> in baseball, nationals hosting the brewers. it was a slug fest at nationals park last night. the nats and brewers combined for 20 runs and 26 hits. in the end, the brewers outslugged the nats 11-9. the nats have lost five in a row. nats and brewers back at it again later today. >>> orioles on the road against the white sox. chicago's carlos quenton hit his 14th home run of the season. the white sox downed the orioles 4-1. baltimore is 3-7 in their last 10 games. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> 7:47. coming up on this edition of "news 4 today," the latest on the hunt for a reality tv star wanted in connection with the brutal murder of his model girlfriend. >>> flames light up the night. where

i'm andrea mitchell in nairobi, kenya.ate as you were just talking about, also of the government's cash for clunkers program and we'll be following the historic vote on sonia sotomayor. >>> cyber attacks today, the big news we're talking about today. hackers getting into twitter and facebook as well. we'll have the latest on that. i never thought i would have a heart attack, but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you bin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. >>> looking for a big report on jobs tomorrow. the president promises we can create hundreds of thousands of nup opportunities with green technology, but is that any comfort to those who have been laid off? we'll get real on this one. >>> plus, millions of american homeowners facing foreclosure and in some cases, it's not the mortgage payment. it's the tax bill that comes due. >>> the pennsylvania gunman who shot up a health club

a protest here outside democratic congressman harry mitchell's office in scottsdale. >>> traditionally town hall meetings have been fairly sedate affairs of the recent health care debate is changing that. our affiliate kcci in des moines tells us about a meeting held last night by iowa senator tom harkin. >> it reads like mongolia that was thought up in the early 1930s in germany. >> reporter: people from both sides of the health care debate packed a room at the des moines health care center to here senator harkin talk about health care. the angriest ones were the loudest. >> how dare you -- >> the senator tried answering questions and concerns, but it wasn't easy thanks to the lively crowd that spilled into the hallway. >> i think he heard me, yeah. i think he heard there's a lot of people out here angry that congress proposes bills, doesn't read them. and then when the people out here read them, congress gets angry that we're reading the bill. >> denise groves has experience in nursing and went to the meeting to get more information on health care. >> i didn't really think i was goin

i want to bring in my colleague, jane velez-mitchell, host of "issues with jane velez-mitchell." coming your way 12 minutes to the top of the hour. i thought it was time for him to take his medicine and move on. but no go. we get another postponement here. >> well, yeah, they want to know if virginia authorities say yeah, he can do this specific type of community labor in their state, like graffiti cleanup and sort of physical labor as part of his community service, which is part of the plea deal. but the bigger picture is look how slow things go when you have a celebrity involved. i have gone into those courthouses in los angeles early for a celebrity case. you see the normal cases, the average cases, the people who don't have money, who aren't famous. bing bong bing, they are sentenced and they're off to the slammer faster than you can blink. and yet you look at this case, which is not that complicated -- >> doesn't seem it, no. >> the celebrity cases get dragged out and dragged out, perhaps in the hopes that maybe we'll lose interest and we won't care what happens. >> well, fa

hall tossed mitchell to the ground. this information was available on twitter thanks to the media who saw the fight ve. ironically the redskins have since banned tweeting from the field. nascar now. good old boys up in michigan this afternoon. we pick it up on lap 121. a tight group when curt busch and david reagan get together. spin out of control. both cars pretty messed up. kurt busch got the worst of it. he would finish 36th. get yourself a cold one. jimmy johnson dominated the race. with three laps to go, johnson runs out of fuel. literally. has to head to pit road. johnson finishes with a disappointing 33-place finish. brian vickers takes the lead. he's given a present, a victory at michigan. jeff gordon is second, dale earn heart jr. finished third. heck of a day for brian vickers who yesterday got in a fight with kyle busch in the nationwide race. pretty good redemption. wnba, 60-59 p b new york

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nbc's andrea mitchell.erage of the final day of senator edward moore kennedy, his last trip to the nation's capital now headed for arlington national cemetery in a moment. you've wanted to quit smoking so many times, but those days came and went, and the cigarettes remained. but today's a new day. and a few simple steps can make a real difference in your next quit... things like starting with a plan to quit smoking... getting support... and talking to your doctor about how prescription treatments can help you. talk to your doctor about prescription treatment options. and make this time, your time. >>> we're back now with the funeral and burial of senator edward m. kennedy of massachusetts. they just made a brief stop at the nation's capital. tom costello is there for us with a report. tom? >> people on the steps of the capitol are starting to dissipate and leave for the evening on what has turned out to be a beautiful night here. ten presidents, five democrats, five republicans. he, himself, authored 300 bi

johnson looked at mitchell and said, "how many votes do you have, clarence?" that is what it will come down to with obama. >> the wascally wabbit is dead. in the end, the liberals are bluffing. mara liasson of npr put it correctly. there is no left wing democrat who will lose a seat if the option is left out of the bill, but there are a lot of moderate democrats who will lose a seat if the public option is in the bill. that willetermine how it goes. there will be no public option. there might be a co-op idea, which is a trojan horse, which would be a substitute. >> i don't think there will be a co-op idea. that has fallen pretty flat. it would not surprise me if the house passes a bill with the public option it. and the senate passes some bifurcated thing that does not have the public option, and it is all resolved in conference, probably without a public option. that will be the big trade off, that you have a public option and you give in on x, y, and z. >> you have the blue dogs digging in their heels, you have howard dean saying that the public option has t

>> thank you very much, nbc's andrea mitchell. we're told that the motorcade is, in fact, moments away. we also want to take this opportunity to remind you that this coverage live on nbc and, of course, on msnbc, will continue. some stations may be, leaving u now. but we ask all of you to have patience. we'll be back in a heartbeat. >> we're back with the continuing coverage of the arrival of the body of senator edward moore kennedy who, for 47 years, one of the most active and, in fact, longstanding senators in united states history, with more legislation to his credit than probably anybody else who served in that chamber, everything from the voting rights act, civil rights law to the disabilities act, title 9, giving women the opportunity to compete the same level as men in collegiate athletes and the end of his career, his great passion, national public health bill of some kind. he also, of course, became a lightning rod for a lot of criticism for his to his outspoken resistance. he led the fight in a contentious and what many

one on one on the outside and nice little move by mitchell gets open.he throw by colt brennan ties the game up. >> jim: new england takes a time out stopping at 1:52. >> phil: i think new england is going to change quarterbacks, too once they get this football back. >> jim: pat chung handled the first punt of the night. green handled ever since. gets by mitchell, in to the redskins side of the field and chung with a player on his back takes it all the way down to the field goal range. lindy holmes was along for the ride. >> phil: that changes everything, of course for the offense in a situation like this. >> jim: that was 33-yard run back of 46-yard punt. andrew walter coming in at quarterback, the former raider. signed as a free agent. signed during training camp. >> phil: it's tough in coming in during training camp trying to pick up the system couldn't well. bill belichick, i think is a terrific pick up by the patriots, he's got good talent, terrific college career. he had good moments with the oakland raiders. throws the ball very well. benjarvus gr

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. >> andrea mitchell, "andrea mitchell reports," stay tuned, everyone. thanks, andrea. >> thank you. >>> and as we begin with this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" live from the john f. kennedy presidential library here in boston, as you can see, we are gathered for this special edition. at this hour, people of massachusetts whom the late senator loved so well are going to have their chance as well as the rest of the nation, their first chance to say good-bye and farewell to senator edward m. kennedy. at this hour, the final chapter of ted kennedy's half century of public service is being written. right now, his family will be escorting his casket from that fabled summer home in hyannis port on the familiar route that the family has taken to travel to boston on their way from hyannis port. the motorcade will be passing, as we have been describing, a series of sentimental landmarks. first, the neighborhood where his mother rose kennedy was born. this in the north end. then the house where his brother, john, lived when he first ran for congress

he came back and threw the beautiful flare to marco mitchell who is making a strong case to make this team. we think ct brennan is going to make this team. he did spectacular today to redeem himself. the redskins don't win this game b they feel good about themselves, especially the first team offense that scored twice and a strong performance by jason campbell who maybe for a week -- you know this town -- quieted some of these critics. >> he looked great. came out four for four. you get the feels that's what they wanted to accomplish tonight? >> reporter: absolutely. he looked ve good. we're happy for him because you don't root for people in the media. thought he was very professional today. it's good to see a guy you like do well. >> thanks a lot. dave feldman live a field. field. brian bolter back to wrap up the edge when we come back. o announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's