>> i'm almost there. >> one big thing. >> one more dream. >> the nba. >> the nba championship, absolutely. you got it. >> and last year, when you didn't get it, how did that hit you. >> it hurt. any time i said i would go and, you know, i feel like i can reach it and it's like right there and it doesn't happen, it hurts. it hurts. >> but tell me more. so you were there and you saw the lakers take it. >> well, the lakers, aren't the championship goes to l.a. now of course. but we're -- we felt like we were right there and we didn't, you know, hold up our end of the bargain so we got another season. and we are looking forward to this one now. i know i got a teammate of mine that will help me get there. >> by the name of shaq. >> what does he add. >> he adds a low pulse presence that i haven't had. >> so you go down the paint. you got a place you can drop it off. >> absolutely. and even if i don't go down the paint i can also give him the ball and let him go to work also. he's great. >> nd you're not worried about him being pushed out 69 way. >> if anyone can push shaq out of the way, find h

>>ight. >> nobody, wn you went to e nba saidhris going to be the nba freman rookie of the year. >> no, no. >> so how ishat? i mean why is it you constantly surpris people sm. >> imay be my work ethic. and it' all about situations too. i was blessed to go into a great situation. when i got drafted to the hornets there wasn a point guard so i was thrown in the fire. i had an oppounity to learn and play the same ti. you know whereas a l of guys come into tuations and yo learn from the bench. u know. there is a guy in front of you andhe coach is like you watch him, and then you learn. i got a chancto make mistakes and lea at the same time. >> so whats the possibility ofetting you and lebron to come to new york to play? >> i don't know. i know -- >>ou're having dinner wit him tonight. would you find out for us. >> iill see -- his contract is before mine. so -- it is up at the end of e yea >> yea yeah. >> and he clearly going to look the options. >> i'm se, i'm re. >> he said that me. he is going to looat the options. >> yeah, exactly. so. >> b his parentshis mother thinkhe will stay in cle

. >>> and he's an 11-time nba all-star. he sells more jerseys than any other player in the nba. now kobe bryant has a new deal and he's only talking about it right here. darren rovell with a special interview on "street signs." we'll be back. >>> earlier this year morgan stanley made a case for the fifth bric. they said that should be indonesia, and now big business is starting to put real money behind that. today ge chairman and ceo jeff imel talked about boosting investment in indonesia. he is my boss, so we take that very seriously. here now to talk about indonesia's growth is the minister of trade mary panjestu. i remember when morgan stanley came out and said there should be a fifth bric. brazil, russia, india, china, and indonesia. why indonesia? >> well, i think we are the largest country in southeast asia, and we have been growing at around 6% up to the time of the crisis. even last year we grew at 6.1%. this year we are projecting growth at around 4.5% which is the third highest growth in 2009 out of all economies and we have weathered the crisis well. we've continued o

all nba defensive selection, he won the m.v.p. of the nba's 50 greatest players. robinson scored over 20,000 points, won two olympic gold medals and a brnz. he's one of only four players to have a quadruple double and once even scored 71 points in a game -- the final day of the 1993-1994 regular season to beat out shaquille o'neal for the scoring title. >> david robinson has come out and scored 71 points. >> an nba championship eluded robinson until the spurs drafted fellow big man tim duncan to form a dominating twin-towers set -- the spurs won their first title in the lockout-shortened 1999 season compiling an astounding 15-2 postseason record. four years later, san antonio won it all again, defeating the new jersey nets in six games and solidifying his place in nba annals. following that 2003 championship, robinson retired from the nba. david robinson will be remembered for his huge smile, chiselled physique and devastating interior presence. he is one of the best big men to ever play the game. a player whose broad shoulders al

the nba has issues of its own. lockout for the referees they will impose the lockout if a contract isn't reached by october 27th. replace referees begin training next week. >>> baseball, the nats newest catcher just acquired from seattle's meet the team in new york. they may need him. flores had surgery this leak and bard has been hampered by a groin. the nats take on that team at 7:10. a pair of pitchers trying to move above 500. the nats are on a three game slide at the moment. >>> college football and it seems last saturday against yankees marc u the terps got a scare against a team they should beat. the problem with tomorrow's gain, is they shocked this terps a season ago and since then they have lost practically no players to graduation and maryland lost 30. the terps know a win this year may be even tougher. two games so far. maryland has given up 97 points and that's not eye opening news. >> i know problems. like i say it is not going to happen overnight. you have to be with these kids and tell them what the

jordan won five mvp awards and helped the bulls win six nba championships. >>> on the diamond, nationals in miami taking on the marlins. adam jon dunn hits home run number 37 and nats knock off the fish 5-3. that's a winning streak, two in a row for the natials. high school football, dunbar taking on eastern and man, did

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maybe he still can. >>> back to the nba story. have you ever got upset with a referee's call. may get more frustrated after labor contract talks broke down again between the nba and ref's union. replace many refs will take the court when the preseason starts tomorrow. to be fair, the replacements will come from the nb's developmental league. >> not fans. >> foul! last week funny video. watch the kids caught on camera at a yankees game. the finger fight. what? he goes two. lack at the red haired kid go for the duckout low. down goes frazier. as for baseball the playoffs yankees will play minnesota or detroit. and the red sox will play the angels. you are just looking at the kid. >> sorry. >> yankees won that game. sports in 30 minutes. >> thanks, rafer. >>> we have an exciting addition to our primetime lineup. "the joy behar show" premiered last night and airs every night at 8:00 eastern on hln. her is a clip of what you will get. not for nothing commentary. >> over the iran fired two missiles even after the united states, france and england told them not to. now, which part of

this summer, for example, two-time nba scoring champ and seven-time nba all-star tracy mcgrady changed does that. but he did. he changed it from number 1 to number 3 in order to promote that there is a three-point program for making things right in darfur. three points -- peace, protection and punishment. three points is also the name of a documentary that you can watch online at hulu about mr. mcgrady's travel to darfur, what he saw there and his decision to become an activist. >> i don't see one ball. one ball. >> 500 people. >> we were talking earlier about the soccer field and you said it would be just $1,000? >> just to clean the place and to make it like without grass. >> a flat surface. >> a flat surface. >> but it would be everything that they need. >> they pull the goal posts and the net. >> that's a done deal. >> in march, mr. mcgrady and the co-founder of the "enough" project and the council under president clinton, they launched the darfur dream team. it's programmed to link american middle schools and high schools and colleges to schools that are for the referees in the di

sloan's 21 seasons of the jazz is the longest reign by one coach for one team in nba history. and string sr. the only coach to lead three teams to the final four. >> an idea of what you should watch on saturday, something ohio state fans haven't been able to watch or maybe they're peeking through their fingers. they're meeting at u.s.c. was a horror flick. what say we dig into this thing with a pair of reports and start with lisa. >> jim tressel says there will be more pressure on his quarterback than on u.s.c. matt barkley. about barkley, trestle says, if u.s.c. has success running the ball he'll be the luckiest freshman alive. he'll hand off the ball and be fine. but for pry your, he says terrell will be carrying the weight of an entire young buckeye team on his shoulders. will he be nervous? tressel asks and answered his own question, absolutely. >> for all the attention focused on the inexperience of matt barkley, jim tressel pointed out his quarterback is not yet a veteran. on his radio show he heard a caller attempt to compare terrell pry your to vince young. but as tres

khloe kardashian marries an nba star. is a money bidding war over wedding pictures but why? i don't get it. tonight the bizarre fascination with the family famous for nothing. the shocking facebook threat suggesting that president obama's life could be in danger. the unbelievable coast-to-coast investigation that's got facebook fans on high alert. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. time now for the "showbiz news ticker." more from the "newsroom" making news right now. >>> two big stories breaking. we know the cause of dj am's sudden and tragic death. the medical examiner confirmed that dj am, adam goldstine died of an accidental overdose. the dj was found dead on august 28. also breaking today, mel's startling plea. mel gibson reportedly asking a judge to wipe his record clean of the 2006 drunk driving arrest that spawned his infamous anti-semitic rant. mel's lawyer got the ball rolling saying he deserves to have it erased. mel begged for forgiveness for his rant where he went off on a cop after he was stopped for speeding

>> the wizards head coach laughed off the warning, but said the nba spent a lot of time on security. >> the nba has taken an active role in protecting what they can. >> investigators pulled two cases and backpacks out of zazi's denver apartment and sources say, he may have been planning to use hydrogen peroxide explosives powerful enough that a few grains can create a small boom, more can do significant damage. >> someone with a backpack on could have walked into one of those stadiums, detonated that bomb in the middle of the fans and there would be dead and injured for maybe 100 yards in every direction. >> metro says it is aware of the alerts, but that it stepped up security after 9/11 and has no plans to implement baggage checks. >> we are an open system and we are called here mass transit and to implement things that would cause long delays might dissway passengers. >> the homeland security alert on stadiums notes a trading manual specifically talks about blasting and destroying the places of the ♪ the amusement and morality. >> it's been a busy day of diplomacy for president oh

the nba has long wanted to export its product overseas. the league has taken a major step by importing new ownership for the new jersey nets. a man in russia has agreed to buy the team. they will buy 80% ownership of the team and by half ownership in the new arena. the russian businessman has an estimated net worth of nearly $10 billion. he lost $7 billion in the market downturn this last year. he will be the first non-north american owner of an american team. stick around, tom tasselmyer yoy r . >> we continue to follow details in the ongoing acorn probe. what local law experts say about that case. plus, flu shots versus nasal sprays. meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. >> a little bit of a roller- coaster with these temperatures. >> and it s

i bumped into a guy at the airport who was headed to the nba. he now teaches middle school. i probably could make more money if i stayed in the nba but i feel so rich having made the decision that i made and i just looked forward to the time i would be able to thank you. he thanked me. i thought oh, my god, why are we here at pbs where if not for a moment like that where somebody, whether it is prince or a guy who is carrying all that extra load for the rest of us teaching our middle schoolers about american history, which you know, is for most kids, castor oil. this is great. this is why we get up in the morning and that's the kind of thing that i think that the parks are speaking to. that you're speaking to, that i'm trying to do in all of the different subjects that we tackle. i thank you, brother, for that kind comment. tavis: "the national parks: america's best idea." burns may be right about that. the good news is we'll all be able to judge for ourselves as you'll be able to see it on pbs "the national parks: america's best idea," produced by the one and only ken burns

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tonight -- nba mvp lebron james. nba mvp lebron james. chef chris bianco.to and the cletones. and now, look out, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by abc, inc. >> thank you, fellas. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. someone had to be, and i was chosen. by the way, it's never smelled better in this studio than -- it's actually never smelled good this this studio. i does tonight because it's friday night, we have the italian feast of san gennaro going on right here in our backyard. this is our eighth annual feast. it's a big charity event we put on. it goes on all weekend here, so if you're in the area come by and say hello. last night we set the world record for the largest meatball ever recorded, 198 pounds. [ cheers and applause ] we're pretty proud of ourselves too. this morning, i weighed in at -- what is 205 plus 198 pounds? whatever that is, that is what i weigh. the food is the main attractive at the feast, but there's also music, carnival games. carnival games are something i've been fascinated with. i d

who's the best no look passer in the nba? >> probably jason kidd.ould give it to jason kird. >> your olympic teammate. >> of course. >> number six cubs and brewers. ryan braun. deep. but not deep enough. tyler colvin. you would be a good stfleder. -- center fielder. 6'8". >> that has to hurt. >> more than the stanchion going in for the bucket? >> got to hurt. >> let's check out dodgers and nationals. cristian guzman is going to start the double play. is rockies fever running around denver right now? >> yeah. this is the "top plays" right here. this has got to be the "top plays." i don't know where it's at right now but got to be the "top plays." >> don't get ahead of yourself, cowboy. we got more to come. >> he's got rocky fever so bad he's sweating. >> number in our orioles and bluejays. jose bautista over to third. baltimore in the house. >> my orioles, made number four. >> orioles lost, though. 6-5 in 11 innings. >> they made "top plays." >> get used to that. >> this cat's name is lionel messi. and he is perhaps the best soccer player on the plan

michael jordan, one of the nba's greatest basketball players -- one of? he is the greatest.being inducted into the basketball hall of fame. but jordan's impact goes way, way beyond basketball. from cnn sports, here's larry smith. >> reporter: while larry bird and magic johnson are cited for saving the nba from obscuritity in the early 1980s, it's michael jordan who often gets credited for taking the league to a whole new level. >> i think michael was an agent of change, because he came at a time when sports marketing was taking off. he came at a time when cable began to hit its stride. and he came at a time that globalization was something you read about but hadn't really achieved the status that people talk about it, and certainly hadn't reached into sports. and at all of those came together as it related to the nba at a time when michael jordan and the bulls were in this ascendency. >> reporter: the nba's extraordinary growth during jordan's career may have been from a confluence of events, but his impact on other businesses is undeniable. corporations like coca-cola and c

nba player locked up. with a police say they found when they pulled over delonte west. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome. saturday, september 19th, 2009. i'm eun yang. news straight ahead. we will take a look at the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. finally the weekend is here. after another fairly cloudy week. we have really hit the sweet spot in the forecast. more sunshine in time for most everybody's days off. mostly clear skies outside on this early saturday morning. temperatures in town are in the mid 60s right now. also mid 60s alongside the bay. there are plenty of 50s on the map. 54 in cull pepper and 52 in winchester. 55 in frederick, maryland. 66 in beautiful southern maryland. visibilities are generally fairly good. not too much of a fog problem just yet. we will end up with a beautiful day today. sun is up at 6:53 this morning. 52 minutes away from now. after a bright and sunny day goes down at 7:10 this evening. 75. room temp

this summer for example two-time nba scoring champ and seven-time nba all-star tracey mcgrady, changedm number one to number three. in part to promote that there is a three point program for making peace in darfur, peace, protection and punishment. three points is also the name of a documentary about mr. mcgrady's travel to darfur, what he saw there and his decision to become an activist. >> so we were talking earlier about that soccer field and you said it would be just $1,000? >> to make it like -- >> it would be a flat surface. but it would be everything that they need. >> they put the goal posts and the nets, that's it. >> that's a done deal. >> in march, mr. mcgrady and the co-founder of the enough project, john pendergast, the director of the national affairs of the national security council under president clinton, they launched the darfur dream team, it's designed to match schools o' -- joining us now is tracy mcgrady and john pendergast. it's nice to have you on the show. john, let me ask you about the big picture. there was technically a peace agreement years ago, 2006, but t

who's the best no look passer in the nba? >> probably jason kidd.ould give it to jason kird. >> your olympic teammate. >> of course. >> number six cubs and brewers. ryan braun. deep. but not deep enough. tyler colvin. you would be a good stfleder. -- center fielder. 6'8". >> that has to hurt. >> more than the stanchion going in for the bucket? >> got to hurt. >> let's check out dodgers and nationals. cristian guzman is going to start the double play. is rockies fever running around denver right now? >> yeah. this is the "top plays" right here. this has got to be the "top plays." i don't know where it's at right now but got to be the "top plays." >> don't get ahead of yourself, cowboy. we got more to come. >> he's got rocky fever so bad he's sweating. >> number in our orioles and bluejays. jose bautista over to third. baltimore in the house. >> my orioles, made number four. >> orioles lost, though. 6-5 in 11 innings. >> they made "top plays." >> get used to that. >> this cat's name is lionel messi. and he is perhaps the best soccer player on the plan

the battle over the pictures of chloe kardashian marrying a big nba star? why?t's up with kardashian mania? >>> and the shocking facebook threat suggesting that president obama's life could be in jeopardy. >>> and more stories breaking from the showbiz news ticker, tv's most provocative entertainment news channel continues right now. . >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it's 30 minutes past. hour. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >>> the worldwide outrage over roman polanski's arrest in switzerland and why are so many hollywood stars rushing to support a man who pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl over 30 years ago? here's the big news breaking. legendary director filed legal papers today to be released from a jail in switzerland. he was arrested on saturday under a extradition request from the united states. more big news breaking tonight -- >>> some of hollywood's biggest stars organize a huge petition to set him free. but big backlash as they were accused of being out of touch. >>> the great debate. sh

the man you see here could become the nba's first foreign majority owner who is not canadian. he is worth nearly $10 billion and made his money selling precious metals. nba commissioner david stern appears to be on board, and this could hasten the team's move from new jersey to the borough of brooklyn. did somebody tried to blackmail john travolta? the movie star testified today about the tragic death of his son and those who he says actually tried to cash in on his grief. the astounding accusations and the courtroom comments coming next. . shepard: john travolta testified today about the moments before his son jett died, with some people trying to extort money from him. the sun had a seizure while on vacation. -- the son. john travolta testified that he ran downstairs with his wife to try to find him, and his son was lying on the floor. there was a legal document in case they wanted to fly their son to the united states to get medical care instead of going to win local hospital. they say that these people threatened to release the legal form unless the troubled of -- unless t

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he went on to become an nba mvp and two time champions with the spurs. >> just the joy and love that you brought me, it's really just hit me. i thank you for this honor. >> the hall of fame class is headlined by michael jordan. it includes stockton, c. vivian stringer and jerry sloan. great class indeed. >> college football tomorrow. >> atmosphere is essential for any good restaurant. >> there's one that take ustous a whol >>> a los angeles woman who was the world's oldest pan passed away. gertrude banes died at the age of 115. when she was born, just 44 states and cleveland was president. >>> imagine inever enjoying france's food while suspended off the ground. the high-rise dinings pierce the thought of achieve. the chef did a test run this afternoon. they will enjoy the meal and view this weekend. all proceeds will go to charity. okay, okay. >> how can you enjoy dinner strapped into a chair >>> letterman is next with actor michael douglas. i'm vic carter. and i'm denise koch. have a

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>> john stockton never won an nba title. that's about the only bad thing you can say about his career. coming out of then unknown gonzaga university, stockton's ability to put the ball where players could score with it, unparalleled in league history. in fact, stockton is the nba's all-time assist leader with 15806. more than 5,000 over mark jackson who ranks second. and stockton's one of only three players to ever compile a thousand assists in a season. and he did it seven times. stockton, and the legendary can a karl malone formed arguably the greatest one-two punch the league has ever seen. the two played a record 1412 regular season games together. virtually perfecting the pick and roll. in fact, stockton solely put, the utah jazz made the postseason each and every one of their nearly two decades together. but pointing out his offense would be only telling half the story. stockton's the nba record holder for steals at 3265. over 750 more than second place finisher michael jordan. you may have heard of him. he missed only

i saw-- 46 total tweets. >> i took the summer off because there was a lot of guys in the nba gettingitter, but i'll be back on once training camp starts so people can look to follow me. >> should there be nba rules that forbid you guys doing it before and during the game. >> i don't think guys should do it in the locker room. a guy tweeting at half time, he's not focused. your job you need to handle it at the time. in your free time you have to do what you have to do when you're tweeting. when you're at the job, focus on that. >> this coming nba season and boy, is it intriguing, who is the team to beat? >> i think wooer' the team to beat. i look at the last couple years when our starting five is healthy we've got the best record in the nba and healthy at the end of the year we'll be the team to beat. that said it's tough to be healthy. it's a long nba season, players get hurt, but in my opinion we're still the team to beat. >> final question, is michael jordan recently inducted in the hall of fame and michael always hints he might still come bag and play, don't be surprised to see me

six nba titles, five league mvps, one ncaa championship and a pair of olympic gold medals.ut other players have done as much, so what made michael jordan different? >> is it the shoes? >> no, man. >> reporter: movie director spike lee met jordan when the two were paired up for a nike ad campaign. >> money's got to be the shoes! shoes, shoes. you sure it's not the shoes? mike just had all the greens. he's a nice guy, personable, smile, people just knew he had a good heart and they knew that he was a winner. >> reporter: the will to win, more than any other quality, it's jordan's competitiveness that's most often mentioned. sam smith, who covered the bulls in chicago, had a front-row seat. >> he didn't accept fools well, you know, the kind of -- he didn't put up with that. if you didn't perform, he was in your face and letting you know about it. it doesn't necessarily get you liked, but michael wasn't looking to be liked by those guys, he just wanted them to perform. >> reporter: smith experienced that fire in 1989 when he approached jones and two other reporters to picked th

i mean, i know all that stuff i did, you know, i was young, nning around, just happy to be in the nba, and just try to go do everything i could do, but i mean, i'm getting older, much more mature. just -- i refocused my whole life, started being, you know, wanting to have fun, fun, fun. it was more about the team, the team and my family, that's my main focus. my family and my team. >> andray blatche is a superstar, and he ease going to be really good and consistent on the court this year. if he ever ends his nba career, he can be a cupcake baker. >> he's a great guy. >> so much fun, too. >> so engaging. i didn't know if he was going to go for it, and he was like, yeah, let's do it. he's just fun-loving, but has been very serious thisear about preparation. >> looking forward to that. i wish you had brought some cupcakes. >> those red velvet, om my lord. >>> products that range from cereal to reading glasses, the internet site that's full of deals. >>> an amusement park offers a free day of admission for a million people. what's the catch? we're coming right back with the answer. >>> di

age and gravity the enemy in the nba. iverson coming off his worst season in the league. he averaged 17.5 points per game. look at that. giving him the old guitar in elvicountry there. >> allen had to change from number 3 to number 1. >> it's going to be a real personal yore. i'm excited about it because i feel like a rookie again. having to come in and prove yourself and become a household name all over again. >> apparently everybody in memphis skinnier, too. >> guy averages 18 points a game and that is his down side. there are guys in the league would love to have 18 points a season. >> when you are a.i. averaging 30 for your whole career, he's made the all-star team ten seasons out of 13 in the nba. >> that is not too bad. >> thank you. >> coming up, we'll tell you why health experts are worried people may not take the proper precautions against the seasonal flu this year. >> hockey players to tell but tonight. >>> there's been a lot of discussion how to prevent t h1n1 virus or the swine flu, but today government health officials expressed concern too many of us may fo

. >> by now, you know that ricky rubio has decided to pass on the nba and stay in spain a few years. the timber wolves took rubio, and ow his rights. there was a late game out on the coast. a win would give him a winning record for august. he erased all thatn the eighth. way back, solo shot. the nationals have lost four in a row. for tennis fans, it is the u.s. open. olivia the 167 ranked player in the world won the first set. there'll be 114 unforced errors. 15 service breaks. >> i think she is going to make it all the way through. >>> the democratic party is looking for cash to fight lies about health care reform. >> barack obama, now media victim? the democratic party sent out a fund-raising e-mail asking for $5, $50, even $1,000. we can't count on this media to expose the news about reform, so we will have to double our own efforts. there is one thing we know the president is good at. raising cash. president is good at. raising cash. the new mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. before taking it on, one must study it first. rushing in unprepared may prove overwhelming.

that's fourth best in nba history. >>> rain has washed out night play at the open. the williams sisters advancing to the double's match. a series of vollies will come her way. serena watching as her sister does all the work. serena scheduled to play tomorrow. i have rain in new york as well. let's hope they can play. >>> what a couple of >>> it's not the fastest way to go, but a couple packers fans (announcer) tired of nighttime breathing problems? (sniffy/congested noises) ("whish, whish") here's the solution. (applause) is it a bandage you ask? no! it's famous, drug free breathe right. (squeaky noise) ingenious flexible strips that fit your nose to gently open your nasal passages... (free air/deep breath) ...for up to 31% more airflow. (female) wow! (announcer) you'll breathe better so you'll sleep better! small strip. big relief. bright idea! breathe better. sleep better. breathe right. >>> coming up next on the late show with

. >>> nba player, west, was arrested last night. he's facing weapons charges. he's a guard for the cavaliers. he was pulled over for speeding and making a lane change. he has one of three gun on his motorcycle. he's facing speeding and weapons charges. no word on why he had the weapons with him. >>> a federal judge called it a cold-hearted murder. now, the man convicted of murdering an armored car driver will spend the rest of his life in prison. he was sentence d to life plus 0 years for the shooting of jason swindler. they wanted the death penalty, but it was off the table when they found him to be mentally challenged. >> i can't understand how davis could get -- shoot him in the back like that. >> we have lost our son. nothing will bring him back. at least we know no one else will have to go through what we went through in his hands. he left behind a young son and wife who suffers from hodgkin's disease. >>> a woman whose family thought she was missing was murdered. her body was discovered in a plastic storage container two weeks after she disappeared. a 17-

she got out and ran toward a nba house and called 911.e have. >>> ed the man and independent ped up in a chase and were searching for him for several hours after he crashed near furnace road near the prince william count question line. this is in a neighborhood near lorifax heights that they had been searching overnight. i was talking with metro riders, some of whom had even heard about the situation last night and they told me what their thoughts were about it. >> i try not to change my habits. i am a little more aware but i'm not scared. just looaround a little more. make sure my door is locked and watch. >> that is probably the best thing you can do at this point. again, we don't know at this point. there is awe suspect in custody but police are telling us at this point they won't say if that person is connected with the carjacking. we will have more details as they comeo us. back to you. >> thank you. >>> female students at georgetown university are being urged to lock their windows and doors after a pair of incidents over the weekend

local nba player delonte west is singing the blues. what police found in his guitar case that landed him behind bars. >>> nba player and prie george's county native delonte west facing serious weapons charges. west is a guard for the cleveland cavaliers. an officer pulled him over on i-95 thursday night for speeding and making an unsafe lane change. police say they found three guns on west. two handguns and a shotgun. he's facing speeding and weapons charges. there is no word on why west had those weapons. >>> amazing story now of survival in the rocky mountains. a colorado woman has been rescued after crashing her car and spending five days traed in the wilderness. >> reporter: this was the scene tuesday afternoon. 68-year-old cynthia hoover had been rescued. five days after her car careened off of central city highway. the car tumbled and flipped and landed outside the view of passers-by. badly hurt, hoover could hardly move. but she braved the environment letting her hair absorb the rain so she could drink. >> as it turned out we al

nba coming up, the worst year of his career. iverson agreed to a one-year contract with the memphis grizzlies. $3.4 million, far less than the $21 million he made last season. a 1-0 win against trinidad & tobago. clark with a lone goal the 61st minute. americans lead their qualifying group after mexico beat honduras. for the first time in the tournament, the 17-year-old came out flat. dropped the first 14 of 18 points, never recovered and lost in straight sets. men's side, roger fedor advanced. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> we'll tell you why grey's anatomy star katherine heigl is taking time off from complaining. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a lot of people around the world chose yesterday, 9-9-09, to get married, but not the way these two did. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. rain linger anything south florida. a little thunder shower moving on shore between ft. lauderdale and miami. a little wet weather to st

a man who earned ve nba championships and olympic gold. he grew up in the meadow. >> my mother didn't go to college and my father didn't go to college. i'm basically the rising star in the family. >> reporter: magic johnson says what made him successful is that even way back in high school, he understood that there had to be something more in his life than basketball. >> i took care of my business in the classroom. >> reporter: today taking care of business magic johnson enterprises means owning 105 starbucks stores. in fact, johnson has 160 students on scholarship right now. he consider it is his greatest accomplishment. when asked about the question of attitude, johnson thought it earned her a moment in the spotlight. >> look at that smile you've got. now, if you go around walking like that -- [ laughter ] -- that means everybody else is going to have a good attitude, too, see? >> reporter: before leaving he signed a sneaker. in more than one way he has left his mark. >> good luck to all of you. >> reporter: in washington, beth parker, f

our next guest was named nba rookie of the year in 2006.y! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you're the man. wow. he's done a lot of stuff. >> just a little bit not too much. >> jimmy: i mean, our heights are kind of similar. i mean, we're almost the same -- >> hold on, hold on, hold on, now. >> jimmy: i'm wearing heels, too. [ laughter ] but i mean, look at this. these are the guys you play against. can we zoom in? look at this. >> yao ming. >> jimmy: yao ming. i mean, what are you? 6' -- >> 6'. 6'1" on a good day. >> jimmy: 6'1" on a good day. and yao ming is what? >> 7'6." >> jimmy: 7'6" and you just still -- you don't care 'cause you're still an all-star and you're just -- you're just good. >> you can't. you can't care. you still got to play the game. >> jimmy: yeah. >> as long as they don't change that goal from ten foot, i think i'll be all right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: exactly. >> if they go higher i'm in troue. >> jimmy: so, you put out this book for kids called "long shot" and it's really, really -- it's really cool. kind of your s

. >>> baltimore assent and nba star caramelo has a lucrative career. yesterday he was in syracuse to cut the ribbon on a building donated to him he donated $3 million for the basketball court. former teammate jerry was there as well. he led the orange to a national tight. he hopes the new center will bring them to a another championship. >>> coming up, incredible video of a building explosion that never should have happened. we'll tell you the ruling on the cause of that. >>> it started out as a hot thing for teenagers as a way to keep in touch. a crash course for those that don't understand the social networking site. >>> instead of free bread with your meal how about a diamond ring. a promotion you don't want to miss. >> not too much traffic to speak of this morning. traffic is moving along at a good pace on the beltway. i'll have a complete report up next. is in your jea with the special k challenge™s than ever. jeans don't lie. go to... the new specialk.com to design your plan. febreze air effects actually eliminates odors in the air and leaves a f

prince georges county police have arrested local nba star west for possession of two hand guns and a shotgun. he plays for the cavaliers but he graduated from nor roosevelt high school in greenbelt. last night prince georges county police stopped him for making an unsafe lane change on his motorcycle on 495 but found he had two handguns and a shotgun with him. the cavaliers are yet to comment. >>> as you first saw the video on 9 news now we are talking about an under cover video of acorn. they appear to show employees advising people on how to skirt the law. yesterday, lawmakers proved to full the funding from acorn and today the agency says regardless of whether they run out of federal money or not they will stay in business. samantha hayes has the story wherever over the last 15 years acorn the largest community activist organization is estimated to have received $50 million from the federal government. lawmakers have moved to cut that funding. by an overwhelming vote, including 172 democrats, the house of representatives sent a strong message to the organization, no more money fro

he is considered to be the greatest nba player of all times. six titles, five trophies.done. >>> a slew of new films ready to hit the big screen for fall, including this one. >> you know what you are? why can't you be more like my son? >> sir? >> and joining me live, editor at large, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> cloudy with a chance of meat balls. >> we have food falling from the sky. too much of a good thing. and it is one of the fun family films coming out. and another big one is where the wild things are. we will look for that in october. >> another one creating a lot of attention? jennifer's body. >> megan fox plays the title character. this one is about demonic possession. she starts literally eating the high school boys around her. it will be a fun horror romp. >> okay. speaking of jennifer. jennifer aniston? >> a quirky girl who can't find love tries to find true love. sounds a little bit true to life, right? >> not a big stretch for her. romantic comedy. >> it is what people love seeing her in. she will have a stretch next year when she does other fil