what i try to do in oklahoma city, we're a very conservative state. i'm considered a centrist. nationally i'm considered right of center and do i consider myself a conservative but if the mayor doesn't move to the certainty he's not going to get anything accomplished. i don't have any interest in being a mayor who's going to bang his head against the wall in frustration. if i have to move to the center to do that, that's what i'm going to do. >> literally, until about a year ago, i didot know what party mick was a part of because it almost doesn't matter for what we do. and so people are surprised that he would be a big supporter of the cdbg program. i'm not surprised. getting dollars and making things happen on the ground. so it really is not much difference in our city which is heavily democratic, the issues deaf bait are really not about d's and r's. it's about policy, how do you make investments, how do you get things done? that's a driving theme for me. you eitherade the city safer or improve education, create jobs and ran the government with integrity or transparency or y

and mick cornett is a republican , mayor of oklahoma city. gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us. here on "newsmakers." also joining us is our press panel. lisa mascaro is a reporter with the "los angeles times." if the i could start with a general question. kind of building on what you were saying in the -- we had a taped press conference, mayor nutter, right before we came onto this live program. how dependent are u.s. cities on congress and the federal government at this point? and we'll start with you, mayor nutter, and then -- >> the federal government plays a significant role and affects cities and states all across america. the federal budget obviously is huge. many departments and agencies directly fund programs and services to states and in some instances directly to cities and so when the federal government makes cuts, or when they invest, you can see the difference right on the ground in cities and states all across america. >> well, we're at the bottom of the funding stream. cities operate within the enabling legislation

and bought beer in oklahoma city.ate 40 east and they ended up that next morning in fort smith, arkansas. >> reporter: still in the yellow malibu? >> yes, sir. still in the yellow malibu with primer spots on it. they ended up there about 2:00 in the morning, spent the rest of the morning up until about 10:00 or 10:30 at the sheraton in fort smith, arkansas, on rogers street. they spent the night, and they walked to the bus station. >> reporter: eventually police managed to track down their yellow getaway car, abandoned now. but by then, they were long gone, had hopped a bus to memphis. >> they spent three nights there drinking heavily. they lost about a thousand dollars while they were in the motel as a result of a cabbie bringing a couple of hookers to their room and the hookers rolled them for about a thousand dollars. >> reporter: and after memphis, they wandered around southern louisiana looking for oil field work before hitchhiking to new orleans. there, the two found jobs in a carnival. and ake took up with a yo

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live with mayors from philadelphia and oklahoma city. following that, a house hearing on the surveillance of illegal gun smuggling among the u.s.- mexico border. >> c-span has launched a new website for politics and the presidential race. with information on the cannabis, twitter feeds and facebook updates and links to c- span's media partners. visit us at c-span.org. >> and now the "washington journal" begins with your calls. carol lee and kasie hunt speak with your reaction to the republican leadership conference. then at 8:45, a cia analyst

severe storms with golf ball-sized hail in oklahoma city, kansas city, st.louisville, also atlanta. heavy rain and thunderstorms from bismarck to indianapolis. showers in the northeast and florida. a few sprinkles in seattle and across montana. >> a heck of an umbrella with golf ball-sized hail. 70s in billings, boise and salt lake city. near 80 in omaha. 86 in kansas city. just 61 in boston. 92 in atlanta. and 94 in new orleans. >>> well, this story is from right here in new york city, where lots of people in chinatown were wondering what all the buzz was about. >> turns out, it was all about the swarm of bees that was just kind of hanging out and flying around on a street light. kind of odd to look at it there. it's unclear why they chose to spend their afternoon on that particular street light. >> have you been stung by a bee recently, though? >> not recently. >> i recently was. i forgot how much it hurts. it's very painful. it didn't hurt as much when you were a kid. >> yeah. >> the whole thing forced the street to close. ultimately, a beekeeper was brou

>> i did local theater here in oklahoma city.i wanted to act in this movie. >> reporter: act? oh, yes. but in fact, there was really only one role he wanted to play. one he may have been born to. brooks decided he would portray his own father. >>> coming up -- >> we have to get rid of the bad blood with forgiveness, mercy, and love. >> potentially put that sermon in that movie. >> a lot of that was the sermon he preached the morning that he died. >> when "the haunting" continues. diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. the value of dust, sweat, and blood. the markings of those who aspire to achieve greatness. they represent more than the traits of those we admire. they represent the soul... guts... glory. ram. >>> i knew there i wanted to act and at the oklahoma senate and american family and the father's very last sermon, delivered, of course, by brooks as his preaching dad. >> you see, the joy of life is poisoned

cal defeated kgb city -- oklahoma city to stay alive. williams doubles through the gap. 1 or bears.third. divide -- tied at two. then the gators did not look back. runner scores. gators eliminate cal with the 5-2 victory. >> switch to the women's final at the french open with schiavone facing li na, trying to become the first chinese woman to win major. this her second major final. li na in the near court. rips a nice cross-court forehand, takes the secondle set. na, playing with confidence. forehand winner, schiavone is gassed. doesn't ann attempt. championship point for na. schiavone any. going long. na breaks through. the first woman from china to win major, a straight sets victory at the french open. >> let's tee it up at jack's tournament, the memorial. rory mcilroy, the long eagle putt. on line. goes in despite aaron baddeley getting in our way. steve stricker is the leader and this is why. shot of the day on the par-4 2nd. his approach. he had a hole-in-one yesterday. watch this back spin. the eagle has landed. he had the flat stick working. long putt on 8. shoots a 69. cal b

an interesting situation happening in oklahoma city.news will take a quick break and we will be right back. ho green woolen have the bones of involvement via lead to the he and hefrom the her breat >> the daughter of the man accused of beating the giants fan at dodger stadium says that her father was with her. her mother who asked not to be revealed said that the daughter want to tell her story to lapd. >> she saw the news and one of the police to know that her father was with her. >> the police say that they have sufficient evidence that premier is was at dodger stadium. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> the labor department has reported that there was a rise in unemployment from 9 percent of to 9.1%. 83,000 jobs were added in the private sector, 28,000 government jobs were cut. the nasdaq is down 19, the s&p 500 is down seven. >> fema officials are assessing what is needed in massachusetts after a deadly tornadoes swept through the area and cause a giant mess. people are still recovering is still search

areas near oklahoma city were near 100. the heat kind of got knocked down a bit. not quite as hot as the front went through areas like boise yesterday in the 80s. this morning still 90 at this hour where it's 64 in l.a. it's been a very cool spring and very cool start to your summer along the california coast. that's not going to change, not with this weather pattern. the winds are still coming from the marine influence. these areas a weak frontal boundary. the only sprinkles we have anywhere in the west is up there in the pacific northwest. seattle, you're not going to get a lot of wet weather out of this today. maybe just a sprinkle or two. 75 in medford. boise 76. still hot in the desert southwest. >>> not many changes for the weekend forecast either, lynn. pretty warm. >>> coming up, how the dow clawed back from triple digit losses. not so fast. the winklevos twirns already back in court. >>> plus lightning mcqueen get revved up for their return to the big screen. >>> coming up, draft night in the nba. the flyers trade away two of their stars. how do the washi

that is a long process of what to do and search -- and the nba scoring champ, kevin durant, the oklahoma city thunder played a visit and has been back once time -- one tom ever summer. durant scored 60 points in one game three years ago, following it up withpo in the game in '-- 52 in the game in '09, last night, he chipped in with 41. >> sunday, the nats played bing ball with the diamondbacks. the fallout, the pitcher was given a five-game suspension. the manager, jim rigelman, given a one-day suspension, will sit out tonight's contest in san francisco against the giants. >>> last night, the nats facing two-time cy young winner sim lips company and top of the 3rd, morris played in right center fold and scored two on and earlier had a home run and the giants tied it. bottom of the 13th and even at 4, freddy sanchez with two outs. chris stewart with the game- winning run. >>> and last night's game 3 of the stanley cup finals, watch the center of the screen, nathan horton is leveled by the canucks and horton suffered a severe concussion and announced he will miss the rest of the series. -- rece

flooding on i-70 from kansas city to indianapolis and on i-80 from omaha to chicago and soaks it from oklahomanashville. >> flying, delays are possible in kansas city, chicago, memphis, atlanta and boston. >>> and now to the growing battle over the fruits and vegetables on our tables. >> yeah, the fight is about pesticides and what it really takes to make produce safe for us to eat. here's jim sciutto. >> reporter: are there contaminants on your produce that you can't see? when these purdue university researchers took their science lab to the produce section, they say they detected the fungicide on vegetables. they found preservatives on apples. they're not alone. far more comprehensive testing by the federal government, found traces of pesticides on more than 90% of samples on eight of the most popular fruits and vegetables. what's worse is that the chemicals turned up even after the produce was washed for ten seconds, in some cases even peeled which means that the chemicals were not just on the surface but inside the fruits and vegetables themselves. the advocacy group identified its so-call

this isn't joplin or oklahoma city or even tuscaloosa. what is happening this time of year and why this year? >> yeah, you're absolutely right, brian. it was a big supercell rotation much like we get in central united states. in fact, it began eerily similar to the way the joplin tornado began. in joplin, we were looking at a storm initially going north of the city. same with springfield. in each case, a flanking storm developed down to the southwest and quickly rotated. that was the sudden thing about each of these tornadoes. usually, you have to wait about 45 minutes after the first rotation before a tornado drops out. in joplin and in springfield, massachusetts, the tornado came right out of the gun. that's really unusual. >>> dr. forbes, i read a memo you wrote this morning saying the death toll this year, you would have to go back to, what, the post-depression era, 1936, to find a higher number. and let me ask you about the myths we grew up believing, that you never saw tornadoes in cities. that tornadoes existed in the tornado alley

i-40 from oklahoma city to amarillo. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in chicago, minneapolis and miami. >>> to get back to it in the murder trial of casey anthony, that after the judge called saturday's scheduled session off for an unspecified legal matter. >> the case would go to the jury next week. that's when the jurors will face the question, whose side is casey anthony's family really on? >> reporter: they are a family torn apart. a mother accused of murdering her own daughter, a defense based on sexual abuse and dark secrets. in court, brother and sister cried together, as lee anthony described being shut out of casey's pregnancy. >> they didn't find it important enough to tell me. >> if it's true that this is a family that operates with a lot of what we call disassociation, that is exactly what the defense is saying that casey is about. why she went dancing while her daughter was missing. >> reporter: and this bombshell from casey's mother. >> do you recall doing any types of searches for any items that might include chloroform? >> well, i started looking

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here's the oklahoma city five-day. generally believe here you're in fairly good shape. 92 on wednesday. 93. then you go up to about 99 on saturday. but cooling off by the time we get into sunday. here's a look at where the strong to severe storms will be rolling today in the bright red zone from indianapolis to nashville. memphis, you're involved in that. paducah, kentucky, getting storms today, as well. west coast, as we mentioned, drier finally. l.a., you're at about 70 degrees almost. i think it's 68, 71 degrees, right all that weather was brought to you by the chrysler town and country. george? >> okay, sam. thank you. >>> coming up, megadeal for a megamansion. the global party girl, getting ready to call this hollywood palace home. you'll find them with their heads down, working their butts off. ♪ occasionally, they look up from their work, look behind them, see the pack in the distance, then put their heads back down and begin working again. the new chrysler town & country. quietly, convincingly the best-selling

national stories we're following, to people are dead after an accident involving an ambulance and oklahoma cityleft of this car that crossed the center divider and slammed into the ambulance near tulsa, oklahoma. the driver and passenger of the car were both killed. three people were in the ambulance, to paramedics and a patient. they are always in stable condition. >> for a second day in a row, glass panels have fallen out of the side of the w hotel in texas. three panels fell onto the street in downtown austin. for safety reasons police have stopped traffic near the hotel and closed several surrounding streets. this is not the first time this has coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a small earthquake has hit the north bay. a full check on weather and a traffic forecast we come back. my whole enhances his appeared secur >> a 3.5 magnitude earthquake in north bay. no injuries or damage reported. >> this is the view from mt. tam. a little bit cloudy. everyone dealing with cloudy conditions. this friday we will introduce the chance of a pop-up thunderstorm. '60s and '70s are our afternoon highs

also on i-40 from oklahoma city to nashville and along the gulf coast, wet on i-95 in florida. >> ifying and paying those fees, airport delays are possible in minneapolis, chicago, detroit, dallas and the nation's capital. >> no way to get around them these days. no way. >>> well, now to florida where the judge in the casey anthony trial is tell the attorneys enough is enough. >> yeah, continuous courtroom bickering prompted the judge to promptly cancel proceedings yesterday after unleashing stern words for both sides. more now from t.j. winick. >> reporter: casey anthony trial judge belvin perry warned the prosecution and defense their behavior could cause a mistrial even threatening to exclude key witnesses. >> to exclude even at the price of having to do it all over again. exclusion may be the proper remedy if it continues. >> reporter: perry threatened to hold defense attorney jose baez in contempt of court.hen it all began on saturday when prosecutors complained baez planned to question witnesses on topics not included in pretrial reports. after a long sidebar, court was adjourn

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also a chance of tornadoes from oklahoma city to wichita and violent storms in montana and wyoming. texas gets some much-needed rain. showers and thunderstorms from along the gulf coast. >>> and we're looking at 90s in dallas, new orleans and miami. about 80 degrees here in new york and 88 in atlanta. fargo only gets up to 60. 71 in minneapolis and about 81 in detroit. phoenix, a scorching 110. sacramento, 96 degrees. >>> coming up, the ultimate bernie madoff memento goes on the auction block at almost half the price. >> yeah, going broke, saving money, there you go. >>> then could this be the future of photography, the camera that lets you fococ your shot after you take it. >> i could use that. >>> and it was seen for miles around, a dangerous fire burns for hours. hours. >>> think that the economy is recovering? well, fed chairman ben bernanke says not so fast. the fed cut its forecast for this year to under 3% growth and expects the economy to stay slow until next year, and despite that, the fed is not planning any policy changes. bernanke also says that interest rates will be ke

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when you get in the upper 60 and 72 points with the air temperature that look like this, 96 in oklahoma city, 100 in omaha this brings the oppressive a feeling. we will get a little taste marron near 90 degrees and even more when they climb into the upper 90's around here. as far as what is happening with any storms or low pressure areas, the high pressure is up and down because keeping as high and dry, but that will change. the high pressure center will move out and when it does, that is when the heat and humidity will build. very little in the way of cloudiness. and sunday from coast to coast. -- sunny from coast to coast. we will see the big jump in heat and humidity. take a look at the express forecast as we had through the evening hours. mostly clear. 74 degrees. 664 rain average morning temperature. -- 66 for an average morning temperature. temperatures will fall back to where they should be. wjla.com and always something interesting. we look at the heat and humidity and see how we will stand with those drought conditions. it will be a primer to get ready for what could be another hot

. >> cal defeated oklahoma city earlier today. doubles in into the gap, 1-0 cal. tied at 2. r.b.i. single and florida goes on to eliminate cal with a 5-2 victory. vancouver canucks are two wins away from the stanley cup with last night's win over boston. second period, 2-1 bruins, looking for the equalizer, tim thomas, incredible save. check out the replay, point blank save. shot and a point. stopped by alexander bureaus, we're headed to overtime and 11 seconds into ot. thomas is out of position, burros gets it to slide into the net. canucks take a 2-1 series lead. >> steve stricker, he had hole on one on friday and first of two eagles on the day. shoots a 69 and 12 under, three-stroke lead going in today's final round. earthquakes hosting houston, used to be the earthquakes, hoping to get on the board, this is gobbled up by goal keeper. earthquakes take a 1-nil lead, wins 2-0 the final. game three of the n.b.a. finals set for tonight at 5:00. hope to see you then. have a great day. >> next at 9:30, a fight over food stamps. why some say the current law that requires recipients to

the heat is the other big story. 112 in tucson, oklahoma city 103 and that heat is not going to help the fire situation certainly and the one that's approaching rapidly to los alamos. temperatures in texas will easily get over 100 degrees again today. 102 in dallas, 88 degrees in atlanta and 82 degrees expected in new york city. we're also watching something down in the gulf of mexico at this point, guys, no threat of hitting the united states. back to you. >> you said it was going to rain yesterday, rob, and it didn't rain. >> i said there was a chance of rain in some spots. see that's how that works. >> that's like saying futures are pointing higher but we can't tell you how the stock market is going to close. >> the notorious irish mob boss james whitey bulger is talking. what he told the feds about his trips to vegas and tijuana during his 16 years on the run. well-being. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. setting that goal to become a pr

much of the same from wichita to oklahoma city and from billings to jackson, wyoming.across texas and the gulf coast. >> 97 in dallas. 91 in new orleans. 88 in atlanta. detroit 81. and omaha 71. 70s in the pacific northwest. 96 in sacramento. and 110 in phoenix. >>> president obama has revealed to the nation his plans to bring the long, unpopular afghanistan war to a close. martha raddatz reports on the president's primetime address and also his plans for troop reduction. >> reporter: the president said u.s. troops have made significant progress in the fight against al qaeda. >> al qaeda remains dangerous. and we must be vigilant against attacks. but we have put al qaeda on a path to defeat and we will not relent until the job is done. >> reporter: what's clear from his comments is that the focus in the future will be on counterterrorism, not a broader approach. >> of course, huge challenges remain. this is the beginning. but not the end of our effort to wind down this war. >> reporter: and once the initial drawdown is over, it will continue. >> after this initial redu

louis, kansas city, oklahoma city, pittsburgh, detroit. you're probably getting powerful thunderstorms today. keep your eye to the sky for that. >> it is beautiful in central park. like i said, i got room for you. get down to j. hud in the park. robin? >> looking forward to it. happy friday, sam. >>> it was an evening of glitz and glamour last night, when prince william and his bride stepped out for the first official engagement to raise money for charity. nick watt has the latest from london. she looks great. >> reporter: there you have it. the duke and duchess of cambridge. the official debut as a married couple, on the glitziest night on london's social calendar. do you remember that kate and william said they were going to lie low for the first couple of years of marriage? hasn't worked for them. this is real, royal razzmatazz. here to reveal a new collaboration, ark. run by the philanthropist and sometimes boyfriend of uma thurman. for those that care about such things, that's a dusty, pink cap sleeve $6,000 creation, by designer jenn

] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tomorrow, philadelphia mayor and oklahoma city mayor talk to reporters about the u.s. conference of mayors annual meeting in baltimore this weekend. some of the topics discussed include how federal spending decisions affect cities, job training programs, and infrastructure. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> tuesday, our road to the white house coverage continues with former u.s. ambassador to china jon huntsman. he is announcing his intention to run for president at liberty state park new jersey. this is the same location where ronald reagan kicked off his -- presidential campaign in 1980. >>

lexington, kentucky, indianapolis, indiana, jackson, mississippi, charleston, west virginia and oklahoma citythe southern cities didn't do so well. the point of this is to remind people that we really need to get up and exercise to prevent obesity and heart problems and cancer and a number of other diseases. marla? >> good advice, tracie. thank you for that live report. >>> 6:44. time is running out. oakland city council has until midnight tonight to pass a new budget. the council president larry reid says he is optimistic they can beat the deadline. oakland faces a $58 million deficit. most of the budget will rely on concessions from city workers. those still need to be approved. today's meeting starts at 4:30. >>> the giants are going to try and start a new winning streak today. heart breaker last night to their game against the cubs. they start at 11:20 this morning. tim lincecum kept the cubs off the scoreboard until the seventh inning yesterday but the giants didn't score until the ninth. they went into the bottom of the ninth tied at one and it ended on a walk-off rbi single off sergio

one place where they won't, robin, is from dallas to oklahoma city. it will be near the triple digits for a good part of the day today. >> here, it's so soupy outside. >> a little humid and messy today. >> we'll still head out there. all right, sam. thank you. >>> now, to the growing calls, this morning, for a southwest airlines pilot to be grounded for good. after his midair comments about the flight attendants were accidentally broadcast on an open mic. and as ryan owens reports, air traffic controllers heard every word. >> have your i.d.s out. >> reporter: southwest airlines is known for its cheap fares and open seating. and now, for an open mic. on a flight from austin to san diego, the cockpit chat sounded more like a locker room rant. >> it was just a continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes. i don't give a [ bleep ]. i hate 100% of their [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the unidentified pilot had no idea his microphone is stuck, while he complains to his co-pilot, he's having a tough time finding flight attendants to sleep with. >> now, i'm ba

. >>> despite 110-degree weather in oklahoma city the cal women found inspiration from mother reid and beat oklahoma state. that's reid's daughter ella reid. and they avoid elimination in the fastball world series. they came right back to play florida where they beat cal. the game winning rbi for florida. cal loses 5-2 and now come home from the softball world series with a 35-25 season record. [ applause ] >>> well, six weeks ago the first member of the 49ers legendary million dollars joe the parry died. john henry johnson passed away yesterday at the age of 81. john henry johnson's best success came with the steelers. he was part of the million dollars backfield of the 1950s. john henry was born in pittsburgh, california, and he became an nfl hall of famer after 14 nfl seasons. shawn henry johnson, the pride of pittsburgh high. >>> the rain kept some of the cars in the garages today at the sonoma sports festival. but all 13 race groups are expected to take the track tomorrow. still get tickets to see nearly 400 historic cars. they come in all ages and shapes. the mcclaron is the feat

pilot chad smith says he was temporarily stunned by a laser beam while flying 142 passengers to oklahoma city. had he and others were targeted with the strong lights. criminals are shining them into airplane cockpits and the faa says this is a serious fence that is on the increase new this is not taking a little laser pointer and playing with the cat with it. this is serious, people's lives and health are involved. >> the faa is raising the penalty for anybody caught pointing the laser beam at an airline to $11,000. by the way coming up at 5:45, robert honda will tell us more on the bay area response to the incident. >>> and authorities in thailand arrested an american citizen on charges of insulting the king. a spokesperson in bangkok identified the person as gordon who was born in thailand, spent 30 years in colorado before returning for medical treatment. the investigators say he is accused of posting the material on line that allegedly harms the royal family. he could spend 15 years in prison for the offense. >>> and lance armstrong wants an apology from 60 minutes, he accuses them of bad

to pounds of ammonium nitrate the material used in the oklahoma city bombing was allegedly in his backpacknd a list of other i.e.d. components was at his home. since u.s. army major nidal hasan was charged with killing 14 people at fort hood the military has been on the lookout for radicalized troops. a marine spokesman says melaku showed no signs. >> there were no indications. this was a young enlisted marine serving as a reservist that was attending drills and other functions. >> reporter: but a military official says one month before the first shooting melaku failed a combat fitness test. he later did poorly on a personal fitness test and at some point was listed as nondeployable. the reason is not clear. when he enlisted in 2007, melaku would have been screened for terror ties. none were found. u.s. officials say they believe he was self-radicalized, that there are no overseas connections. now the marines are kicking him out of the reserves. wolf? >> when you say self-radicalized he was going to jihady websites? >> that's our understanding, yes. another one of those cases where he's wa

in fact, we're watching two areas of severe weather, one from montana all the way down to oklahoma cityhe other in the central appalachians and all areas adjacent to lake ontario and lake erie. supercell development we're probably going to see across the northern high >> today's weather report has been brought to you by party city. bianna and dan? >> all right, jackie, thank you. >>> now to heroism caught on tape. the hero, servicemen putting their lives on the line to protect others. this time they're doing it stateside as they go about their daily lives. and ron has been covering this story. >> that's right, bianna. it appears that their military training and nerves of steel came in handy in two separate incidents in just the past week. two former service members stepped in and confronted armed criminals who were in the act of pulling off a robbery. it was a terrifying scene. two armed men storm into a convenience store waving guns. inside the store, former marine jeffrey williamson. within seconds he hatches a bold but strange plan, to draw the gunman's attention from the other custo

they play oklahoma state friday in oklahoma city. what a play. >>> french open maria sharapova hoping to build on her comeback and a trip to the finals. but first she had to beat li na who was hoping to become china's first-ever grand slam winner. mistakes like this are not going to help. even her boyfriend couldn't stand to watch. match ended on a sharapova double fault. she had 10 in the match. so li na advances to face the winner of the bartoli and schiavone all italy match. schiavone far court into the net for the win. schiavone is looking to winner had second straight french open. >>> have you ever hit somebody unintentionally? that's alex burro's story and he is sticking to it. burrows and bergeron mixing tupped. he appears to bright on the right index finger. after speaking with about your else are, the nhl decided he didn't bite bergeron with intent. >> it was malicious. >> not something that you know i should be doing at this level anyway. >> ow! ow! [ crying ] >> that really hurts! >> oh. >> but he didn't mean do it. the ba

indianapolis, indian ajackson, mississippi, charleston, west virginia and at the bottom of the list, oklahoma city, oklahoma. and while, you know, there's been some joking about this today, it's a pretty serious situation because there are concerns that when people are sitting around too much, not getting their exercise, you know, maybe eating and watching too much tv, it has a big effect on your health. >> certainly does. tracie, thank you. >>> the family of missing nursing student michelle le says it wants facts about the case to come from the police and only the police. a san diego television station quotes a third party who says a number of out of state calls were made from le's cell phone after she disappeared. calls to reno and arizona. that person also says hayward police travelled to arizona to talk to someone who may be considered a person of interest. hayward police deny the claims. le's family sent us this statement saying, quote, we want to emphasize that the facts in this article have not been acknowledged by the family and were not given out by the hayward pd. that makes those facts

now, at age 81, he will finally face murder charges in boston, and in oklahoma city and miami. more on whitey bulger's criminal career and larger-than- life aura in boston, we turn to dick lehr, an attorney and former reporter for the "boston globe." he is author of "black mass: the irish mob, the fbi, and a devil's deal." he currently teaches journalism at boston university. welcome. tell us a little more about whitey bulger what put an irish wob ster on the fbi most wanted list with a bin laddern. >> it is an epic story. the first piece was that he was a crime boss of the irish gang in boston overseeing the underworld for nearly two decades. but the big piece is that he is at the centre of the fbi's worst informant scandal in its history. in the mid 1970s when with he agreed to provide information for the fbi, he quickly turned the tables and compromised a handful 6 agents in boston. they in effect became his private security team, keeping him posted on activities in law enforcement that was trying to catch him. tipping off the names of people who were trying to inform on him

in oklahoma city, i don't have a lot of these problems. we have a booming economy. n a lot of these older cities is alarming to mayors across the country. >> mayor soglin you called the resolution moderate, because it doesn't call for an immediate withdraw, and you were clear in the beginning of the resolution to say we honor and appreciate the service of the brave men and women fighting. you also said it's not an immediate withdraw but it would be -- but it would be something along the lines of trying to figure out a way to get out as safely and wisely as possible. but the end result being getting out? why was it important to make sure that you highlighted it wasn't immediate? >> well, we wanted to make sure also that it was understood that we certainly support the men and women who serve overseas as well as in the country. but the critical thing here, is that while we find money for fighting these wars and we do not pretend to substitute our knowledge strategically for that of the president or congress, we do want to remind them that there are urgent problems in th