>> well, perez has been dog very well. he had a good spring training. he is a left hander. he has been used as a closer. he has a good fastball, average change-up and above average curve ball. >> there is that key phrase. he needs better fastball command that is probably the reason why he is still at bowie and alberto castillo is with the orioles. >> rick: the only reason is because of that fastball. you heard larry mccoy talk about it because he has great mechanics. he has two very good pitches and that change-up, too, that's going to keep people off the fastball. if he doesn't not have chaipd of that fastball, he should not be in the big leagues right now. he does have very good stuff. whens throwing the ball over the plate, there is no reason why he should not be in the big leagues. 19 walks in 26 innings, that's not very good. when he starts cutting the walks down, he will be a big leaguer. >> jim: next tuesday, it is the 2009 amateur draft. the orioles have the fifth pick in the draft. when we come back, you will hear from joe jordan, the orioles director of scouting.

indians-whobs, this is great, chris perez, indians got him in the mark derosa trade.i ramirez, yikes, right in the nothing in. jermaine dye, man, that was close to his face. grazed it. rays, two helicopter batsmen, first year, would have been a 3-6-3 double play. white sox, get it done, 6-3. gavin floyd, pitched really well, again, no earned runs, 7 2/3. his last card, 3.28 e.r.a. he has had five straight starts with one earned run or less. beckham, career high three hits, garko, third homer in five games for cleveland who has lost 11 of 13. >> up ahead on espnews, we'll tell you how manny is doing in his final minor league rehab game. the suspended slugger request rejoin the dodgers later this week. 6 there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> spj haespnews, presented by sprint. the now network. and in

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. >> host: you must have known hector bhutto perez to a prominent exiles from a worldwide who were both murdered in this time in the 1976. >> guest: but i was the uraguay list and the argentine and list so staying there was undecided. >> host: so it was lucky for all of us that you did get out. >> guest: i don't know, but for me it was. >> host: because you continue to write. >> guest: yes, i went to spain, barcelona and there i wrote to the odd years of exile almost 1213 years. >> host: which ever books of yours are translated in english? >> guest: a lot of of them, but for instance the memory of fire was written in this time thanks to the military dictatorships that gave me time to write. it was a very, very difficult experience. all american history, all american history in three volumes thru short stories telling it as flesh and bone and in something that you could touch. not ids but the human touch and of history when it is realized. >> host: in "mirrors" you read this tapestry of stories. there is a flow from one aspect, sometimes you cover a thousand years on a page. in other tim

but perez doesn't cover first base. four runs in 2/3 of an inning, two hit bats men. chicago white sox win 6-3. floyd throws 7 2/3. 1.27 e.r.a., one run or fewer in five straight starts. how about monday's notables. home runs. justin morneau continues to rock. he has 18 on the national league side. zimmer hits number 13. >> coming up on espnews, shopping news out of houston. yao ming's future in doubt as his foot injury is not healing like it should. we have the latest from south texas. manny ramirez has lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final rehab start with his bat and the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier to have halladay back but would he be rusty against the rays? let's start right now. >> keep it current on espnews, alongside mike, i'm the coach, why don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> that's where we begin as the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies on monday night. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23.

. >> this is actually my fourth book and book number five is going to be about a fellow named jose perez who was an ims inspector in orlando and kept out the 20 highjacker -- >> pardon me. >> could i kiss you? >> just said hello as a matter of fact. >> how did you come across him? >> i followed the 9/11 commission hearings and this was a guy that never let his just due. >> you have to let tony hear what your next book is. >> [inaudible] >> i'm just saying i'm writing about a fellow named jose who kept the of 20 of hijacker, al-kahtani out of the 1911 event and never has gotten his just due. the proceeds are going to benefit the flight 93 memorial in shanks fell pennsylvania and i want to tell his story. that will be next. >> would you sign this book? >> i would be thrilled to. pardon me, senator, for one moment. [inaudible conversations] >> if you don't mind i will get a shot of all of you. >> thank you. >> my privilege. >> i got a thing from aei for preparedness for panamax. i don't know if you have seen that. interesting piece. >> i will take a look out that. i hope you're getting alon

the fifth hijacker which i think puts too much emphasis on him and not enough emphasis on melendez perez. so somewhere it will come out in the wash. what i try to do is pick up 20th 20th -- flight 93. i try toy pick up the story, it was august 4 when he made that stop and then walk through of what is known about cat tan any, and i have had difficulties in finishing the book because of the lack of a prosecution of this guy. so, it's kind of hard to bring it to closure. >> one participant who we feel pretty clearly -- [inaudible conversations] >> is now unavailable to prosecute, so nobody -- [inaudible] >> yeah. did you follow the pelosi press conference today? >> no. >> pretty interesting exchange. she flat out said she was lied to by the cia relative to the harsh interrogation measures. i wondered if she was sort of brought out on this issue because karl rove wrote an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" saying she ways in the loop. she was briefed in december of 2002 and she had the media availability. >> who said this, rove? >> rove said this and reconstructed a timeline that see

the mets with perez out, maine out, they've lost 40% of their starting pitching. >> gary: and what ak that was. did he earn that one. only 13 walks surrendered, and that will put jones on. markakis coming up. nick's got the bat going on, as last night he delivered a single and an rbi, with the home run, his 8th of the season. 21 game home rub drought over. and that's good news not only for markakis but also for the orioles offense, as obviously having nick hitting is vital. markakis in the third hole against the right-hander. and that's going to be a base hit into right field. jones will make a turn. he will stay as church fires it all the way in to third, knocked down by wright. so we talked about first inning offense. the orioles with one down, two on. >> jim: it looks like a high fastball. last night, pelfrey pitched him away, he singled to left. but we're looking at a 25 year outfielder that's a .299 lifetime hitter. as any hitter, when you're going to get 550 at-bats to play, you're going to have the peaks and the valley. just does too many good things at the plate oh go into an

would you not see perez stories, newspaper headlines and so forth saying do republicans want to hurt seniors out there? how badly would seniors be hurt by this type of legislation? the administration is proposing it and i see nothing on it. i see nothing regarding whether or not this is going to create a problem for seniors. the media ought to be asking that question. and they've been silent. >> any other questions? sir? >> my understanding is that folks are going to be arguing that -- i wonder what your comments are on that. >> there's a key difference here. that is, under the government medicine currently, and medicare, if a treatment is not something that they will pay for, you are actually prohinted from going outside the system and paying for it yourself. if it's denied to you as a covered service. that means that it is illegal for a doctor not to file a claim for a service and it's illegal for you to go out and pay for it yourself. it's called private contracting. not allowed. the difference is in your private plan, the insurance companies don't tell you you can't have a treatm

perez nama, communication director kerry ibrahim cooper. on an msnbc talk show with tucker carlson six months after the trip ibrahim cooper claimed, quote, to my knowledge we don't take money from the government of saudi arabia, end of quote. i want to make it clear, it's important to understand american muslims are entitled to organize, advocate and engage in a political process. such are the makings of a vibrant democracy. they have taken advantage of the opportunity america provides for every background. they are teachers, doctors, policemen. they are mothers and fathers and neighbors. i am reminded of a young pakistani american who is muslim that i had the privilege of meeting during one of my visits to walter reed hospital. i met him when he was in the midst of his physical therapy, therapy that was necessary because he had both lost legs while in combat in iraq. despite his tremendous sacrifice, he was committed to the hard work of rehabilitation in part because he hoped to go back to iraq. he was a patriot of the cause that ought to