randy johnson of the u.s. chamber of commerce will be along, plus more of your calls. >> during his travels next week president obama is scheduled to meet with russian president medvedev. a preview this morning from the heritage foundation two panels look at issues between the two countries including arms control. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 on c-span 2 quinnipiac university has the results of a new poll on americans' attitudes toward healthcare. that is the topic of a town hall meeting it afternoon at northern virginia community college. president obama travels to annandale, virginia, to take questions from an audience and from online sources including youtube, facebook and twitter. virginia governor tim kaine will be there. that 1:15 eastern on c-span. this holiday weekend on book tv discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we are live from george washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling on the ascent of george washington. join our t

carpenter and randy johnson both out of the game. giants cling to a 3-run lead in the top of the eighth. albert pujols, the machine, has not one but two home runs. he has five career home runs off of randy johnson. his 30th career multi-home run game. elsewhere, the brewers are beating the mets 6-2 in the bottom of the seventh. santana, you see his numbers, he was knocked out of the game, 6 innings pitched, 9 hits, 5 earned runs and four ks. prince fielder, home run in the seventh, three home runs in the last six games. >> our cy young parade continues. john smoltz won the award with the braves in 1996. tonight smoltz making the second start for the red sox. boston looking to beat the orioles for the ninth straight time. last thursday, smoltz allowed four runs in a 3 who-pitch first inning, took the loss a 9-3 defeat in washington. so smoltz, only goes four innings, despite all that run support. he had a long rain delay in baltimore. red sox up by a score of 10-1. and cliff lee got banged around by the indians, gave up four first inn

. >> he did it to randy johnson. what's he going to do to matt cain, off to a career year 9-2 this year. giants and cardinals, wednesday night baseball on the big network, 8:00 p.m. then sunday night, couple of hot ones, rays and rangers. check it out on espn. >> coming up on "espnews," a dream semis at wimbledon with

randy johnson hurt his shoulder fielding a ball.ad to go on the dl to bring sanchez out of the bullpen. another good curveball. >> jim h.: eli was at fresno when he got promoted. that was a real nice moment. i caught that last night live as it happened. and the best part was when his father hugged him after the game. what a sense of achievement for your child to do something like that in a big league game. >> jim p.: of course they hailed from puerto rico. he got there before the game. 11 strikeouts, no walks. >> jim h.: and last week they were going to trade him. randy johnson got hurt. >> jim p.: he's got more value now. yes, he does. johnny vandermeer maybe. >> jim p.: it's funny. if you pitch a no hitter, if you get a hole in one, the next time you play golf, you think about the fact that you could do it again. usually you're trying to make a birdie, get it on the green. if you never pitch a no hitter, you can't do it twice in a row. now, hey, why not? >> jim h.: roger craig once said, he hoped he'd never won 20 games because th

there's something wrong with randy johnson's shoulder. he's done. he's been pitching really well of late too. s ooswald pitched really well today. he went eight innings, one earned, six k's. astros win 7-1. >> the yankees were hosting the blue jays. top four, leading 6-4, aaron hill with a runner on first takes chamberlain to right field for a homer. chamberlain not happy. faces just one more batter and was done after 3 2/3. bobottom fourth, right field for the three-run homer. bottom fifth now, same score, runner on second. derek jeter, four hits and he takes that b.j. ryan pitch to right field, a two-run homer. yankees win it. >> could they tie boston for the a.l. east lead? boston had to lose for that to happen but drew coffee didn't want that to happen against seattle. ninth of the season for ortiz. six innings later, red sox trailing by one, runners on first and second for ortiz, and he takes beautista to right field for a single. j.d. drew ties up it at four. and then an inning later, the pitch goes to right field. the sox win it 8-4. >> brewe

he was filling in for the injured randy johnson.e struck out 11 san diego padres, and his father was in the stadium to watch his son itch for the very first time as a pro. >> this is the first time. that is a gift for him. >> to be part of it is special. then, his dad, whosaw his son for the first time in the major leagues pitch, to see them hug, it was special tonight. >> he may stay in the rotation. >>> two weeks ago, candace parker was giving bih to her daughter. tonight, she will be sitting up with her teammates, trying to deliver pain to the washington mystics. they square off at 7:00 at verizon. we caught up with candace, and she says it is challenging. >> what is really tough is not sleeping as much, balancing everything. you never know when she will have a good night. that is the hardest part, coming to the practice and trying to focus on basketball. >> she does not even look like .he had a baby two months ago bhtiligk. rac >>> steve has a final look at the forecast. not a washout, but expecting showers? >> exactly, thunders

. >> he did it to randy johnson. what's he going to do to matt cain, off to a career year 9-2 this year. giants and cardinals, wednesday night baseball on the big network, 8:00 p.m. then sunday night, couple of hot ones, rays and rangers. check it out on espn. >> coming up on "espnews," a dream semis at wimbledon with the andys lining up for their shot at king roger. they have only had a few hours to cope with an historic meltdown, but boston sends it stopper to the mound. here comes the raise, the current longest streak in baseball. they're eyeing a great eight. and injury and quality opponents have the mets sliding. trying to avoid their first six-game skid in four years. ♪ snet -- ♪ >> supposed to get it while the getting is good, so here is one you're not going to hear every day. kobe bryant, with the option to opt out of the final two years of his contract and force the lakers to pay him an enormous sum of money to keep him in los angeles has decided to not opt out. he declined that option so he will be staying

louis, randy johnson giving up not one but two home runs to albert pujols. he had a solo jack in the fourth, two-run shot in the sixth. pujols came in hitting .409 against the "big unit." gets his fifth career home run off of him. carpenter, the other former cy young award winner knocked out of the game. five innings pitched, six earned runs on the day. >> the cathedral of tennis. wimbledon centre court awaits the men's quarterfinals. wimbledon day nine features the strongest, deepest field of eight ever. five grand slam champs, four former number ones. great matchups. >> there are. starting off with hewitt and roddick, should be a real, real contest. both know each other well. roddick has dominated recently, won the last four. i love the way roddick played in the win over berdych. hewitt has that look in his eye again. it could go the distance. >> it could. hewitt is one of the best competitors. but roddick is serving well. he'll get free points. i think because he is fitter, faster, he will able to scramble in the base line rallies. expect this would be to

randy johnson. hoping to avoid a three game sweep to the giants. randy johnson swinging.es his pitching shoulder swinging the bat. another reason nl should implement the dh. he would stay in the game from there but then goes out to pitch. just not gonna happen. johnson pitching so well. began 3-4. 5-1. made a mess of it here. trying to throw to first. astros lead 4-0. you can see the shoulder there bothering johnson. he was 5-1 last eight starts. in the eighth. achen. one earned six ks. astros go on to win. >>> tour de france. stage two. 186 kilometers. three sprints. four climbs. lance in tenth to the day. staying with the pack. staying with his teammates. just past the midway point. he would finish the day staying at tenth overall 40 seconds behind the leaders. one of the riders takes a hard fall in pain. no serious injury reported. no serious injury reported. line, ahead of the pack. faibian cancellara retains the lead. >>> roger federer makes history at wimbledon in an epic final against andy roddick. would you like to see our new menu? look at this! (laughing) - wooo

the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. hough johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just the fifth

the last one to do it was randy johnson with arizona.n and david welles through perfect games when they were both with the new york yankees. it was a great game to watch yesterday. two hours and three minutes and gone. that soccer game will be longer than that. >> you think so? >> yeah. >> 70,000 people are expected for that. >>> we're going on a kitchen stop tour. >> it's not even open yet, but we know one swanky spot in the b & o building. it will be a dine on a dime. >>> do you have binoculars? >> here you go. >> we'll be taking a look at the manatee. look at the crowd already forming for the soccer game tonight. >> 70,000 people. >>> meantime, mta's mark jones is keeping an eye on the trains and buses. how are things moving along right now, mark? >> reporter: good morning. the commute start looks good out there on the light rail and metro system. you'll find penn train operating with a delay. look for the number 9 to be diverted due to police activity. the 77 taking a diverse at edmondson and ingle side. you'll find the number 17 wor

the last person to pitch a perfect game, back in 2004 randy johnson threw one with the arizona die mohnbacks. mike mussina in 1997 against the cleveland indians. the last no-hitter thrown at the orioles, clay buchholz with the red sox. the big news this morning, minor leaguer chris tillman has been scratched from tonight's start for norfolk. he will pitch tomorrow night. let the mind wander because it sets him up to pitch in baltimore next week against kansas city. here it comes. >>> a suspect subdued by a taser after a courtroom outburst. >> but was it justified? we'll show you. you can see the judge. >>> putting this toupee to the ultimate test. >>> plus, paying credit card bills late is not always the best thing but not always the only thing that can hurt your credit. we'll tell you ten things you should not buy on your credit card. >>> we'll take a look outside with really low, dark clouds. you have areas of fog after the heavy rainstorm that moved through. more storms on the way. >>> good news in the city. that earlier accident has been cleared out of the roadway. as we look at the bw p

first perfect game thrown in the majors since randy johnson in 2004.e 18th perfect game in major league history. burley is just the 5th player in history to throw one of each. >> kind of take it one at a time. pitch by pitch. if you start to think about that. and telling yourself you have a no hitter. perfect game. whatever. you will will worry about messing up or making mistake so i do not worry about what's going on. >> burley got a phone call from president obama after the game. offering his congratulations. obama is, of course, a huge white sox fan. jennifer, back to you. . >> well, i don't know what time are we delivery the daily bread? >> summer har . >> summer harvest at city hall. and the mayor was digging up fresh vegetables. vegetables planted in april on the 2000 square foot war memorial plaza. today was harvesting time. mayor sheila dixon was joined by other city leaders. she hoped to set an example for the promise of urban gardening. >> the end result, and the fact that we are providing nutritional fresh vegetables grown from the gardens,

randy johnson did it with the arizona diamondbacks. david cohn did it with the yankees in 1999. and one year before that, cohen's teammate, david wells did it. those damn yankees. >>> while summer time is all about baseball, it's also a little bit about movies. and this weekend, whether you're looking for an mated film, a romantic thriller or, there is something coming to a theater near you. here is george with the movie previews. >> i'm pretty sure this is animal cruelty, but i love it! >> reporter: the gang at g- force is part of a government program that trains animals to work in espionage. not just any animals. our top dogs are pigs, guinea pigs. the force has a huge mission. nothing less than the fate of the entire world. nicolas cage, penelope cruise, tracy morgan, and sam rockwell lend their voices to the 3-d film. g force is rated pg. >> it's called a stairmaster. get on it. >> no one falls in love with your personality at fist time. >> another comedy this weekend is for the r-rated crowd. gerard butler stars as a chauvinistic tv reporter who challenges his sexually chal

randy johnson was a high school classmate. >> he was the kind of person that always cared about other people. >> reporter: hayes was killed wednesday in the u.s.-led effort to push the taliban out of afghanistan's opium poppy growing region. in a british television interview, president obama warned things could get worse. >> we knew that this summer was going to be tough fighting, that there was an interest in the taliban exerting control. they have, i think, been pushed back, but we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: mr. obama's already ordered 21,000 more troops to afghanistan to provide security for next month's presidential election, but military officials tell nbc news general stanley mccrystal, the new top u.s. commander in afghanistan, believes the administration's strategy could fail without more troops. at the same time officials say james jones cautioned commanders in the field last month the president is not inclined to approve more troops this year. analysts say a big reason is the strain the iraq war put on the national guard and reserves. >> they have come into th

host: final thought from randy johnson. guest: i think we can get a lot of reforms that the caller is sensing we need in the insurance market as i mentioned which is wrapped up in this mandate idea without going into these broader, huge issues that may bring down the bill like new government plan or -- there is stuff we can do without doing everything. i think that is what we need to strive to pull >> in just a couple of minutes, more about health care. this is the annandale campus of a community college. president obama is holding a town hall meeting today to take questions about health care reform and legislation to. he will take questions submitted online from various sites like facebook, youtube, and twitter. that begins at 1:15, and will probably run it to about 2:30 or so. we will follow with your phone call reaction. that gets underway in about 10 minutes. until then, a look at the economy and the impact on the housing industry from this morning's "washington journal." a look at housing and the economy. on the screen

sanchez was only starting because future hall of famer randy johnson got injured.e down on the field afterward and broke down shedding tears. i think sanchez just might get another start and it wouldn't surprise me at all if dad is there, too. >>> well, this is the story that has sports fans buzzing. no one has seen the videotape. nike is being so protective of lebron james' image, they confiscated a tape of a high school kid jamming in lebron's face. courtney lee of the orlando magic did it not once, but twice in their playoff series with lebron's cavaliers. nike said it was against the rules to tape a pick-up game. now someone is selling a shirt that says, "i dunked on lebron, but he stole my videotape." that's just awesome. >> this is so good it's worth calling it the play of the day. the women's u.s. open. the long birdie attempt. the ball almost stops, but then get it going again. takes a right turn and activates a tractor beam, stay on target, stay on target and it is in the hole. that is the play of the day and that's sports. i'm jeff fischel. >>> do you thi

only randy johnson's 13-0is better. the steroid era's imprint on baseball's record book is staggering. just look at the games home run leaders. six of the top 15 have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs. so when manny passes mickey or a-rod cooper town takes notes. and a hall hall of famer is pas, they sounded off on the steroid era. >> a player that could be great could be great even if they didn't take steroids. and i think that those players have to remember that. if they have just lived and did what they were supposed to do normal they would probably be voted into the hall of fame, i think. someway something is going to be put on there. be an asterisk behind their name. >> if you're caught using any enhanced drug should be denied the hall of fame. we're trying to keep this clean. all of a sudden if someone goes into the hall of fame, even though they were hall of fame before they started using steroid, did they play the game clean? no. you have to finish your career clean. you have to start, you have to finis

. >> thinking back when you had randy johnson going houston and you have car low and garcia and the big, john. they went 9 and 1 or something like that. >> there's a risk. >> i'll give you five of the best players and if we don't win the world series, i want them back. >> at least you have them for the hopeful run at the world series. >> we have los angeles in orange county. there's a strike recall. they don't like that call. i think he's had a pretty good day, very consistent. >> here's another fast ball, breaking ball. >> yeah. >> let me ask you the hall of fame pitcher, obviously when he's reacting to is they caught it. it looked like it hit the strike zone before it sank. >> so did brian. >> the only thing that matters is the guy in blue. >> well, black and gray! you can't call it blue anymore. >> hey, you. >> it's fouled down the left field line. guthrie has five truck outs and three have been called strikes. >> he's pitching like most people expect him to do. if you look in the mirror, he's doing what he feels like he can do every time. he's shown us he can do that, no matter who

he isn't in the starting rotation, but he was called on to replace future hall of famer, randy johnson, who also injured. a single fielding error separated sanchez from a completely perfect game. amazing stuff. and sanchez -- the former fee an safe sarah palin's governor says she resigned to cash in on her fame. levi johnston claims in the six weeks he lived with the palin family, he hearpped the governor wanting to talk advantage of lucrative deals being offered to her. a palin spokesperson denies the charge, saying palin is doing what's best for alaska and not what is best for her personally. johnson is said to be shopping around for a book and a movie deal. and still ahead in our next half-hour -- more summer scandal for a beleaguered pet project of mayor adrian fenty. what are teens really during the day while they're on the city payroll? plus -- >> metro maintenance on four of the five rail lines this weekend. how much time you need to factor in your trip this weekend. >> and adam is standing by with your wakeup weekend forecast. the second half-hour of "good morning washington sa

pedro gomez reporting that randy johnson has been moved from the 15-day to 16-day disabled list withn rotate ter cuff. he believes he can come back in september. >> paul beaderman, pulling off one of the greatest upsets. he beat michael phelps in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships. also snatching his record. peterman acknowledged his polyurethane suit gave him the edge over phelps. now peter man is the same swimmer phelps beat by more than 3 seconds en route to winning one of his eight total gold medals less than a year ago in beijing. phelps was a little off his olympic time. but beaderman was an unheard of 4 seconds faster. >> christiano ronaldo scored on a penalty shot in the 48th minute. real madrid won #-2. it was his third game with his new team since his 131 million dollars transfer from manchester united. >> >> mercury and the suns. there is diana taurasi. phoenix up early on. taurasi bombs away. swish from three. then more from the sun. more from taurasi from way, way out. she bears that one. phoenix up by 15. third quarter, time melting aaway, who else? taur

randy johnson has a partially torn rotator cuff. will miss at least three weeks. think he's done. i think they may not be.ease sta >> he wants to pitch in september. >> phil mickelson will return to the tour next week. he's committed to play in the pga championship, as well. your thoughts? >> i hope this is a sign that amy mickelson and mrs. mickelson, phil's mom, are a lot better. i hope they are. ichiro had his first walk-off hit last night, and it was his 1,953rd major league hit. how did it take so long? >> i have no idea. >> it's amazing. >> braylon edwards reported a day late for camp and failed a physical. are you surpriseed? >> i'm stunned at. this i like braylon edwards. i'm stunned. jeff garcia wants to win the starting job at oakland. can he? >> he's better than demarcus russell. last one, chien-ming wang has been shut down for the season. are you sad? he had an e.r.a.... >> the yankees took the bat out of my hand. >> out of time. try do better next time. >> i'm mike wilbon. same time tomorrow, knuckle heads. check out the "p.t.i." podcast on itunes. le

randy johnson is thwith the u.s. chamber of commerce. he recently testified in congress about this. the u.s. chamber of commerce is in favor of health-care reform, right? >> that is right. part of this whole process is trying to pare some of these big bills down to something that is reasonable and everyone can accept. we need to rethink things a little bit on the hill and maybe we need to rob -- maybe we need to walk before we run. rick: one of the ideas that is being talked about is a mandate for all employers who have five employees and up to provide health insurance for all of those workers. i'm for you have run the numbers there. what kind of numbers have you come up with with a number of jobs that might be lost or new jobs that will not be created because of her of -- because of a requirement like that? >> i do not think we can put a figure on it exactly. when we open up the 1000 page bill, i did not know whether to laugh or cry. they really just do not get it. here we are in the middle of a recession. they're going to keep on small businesses and many businesses more taxes and

the giants just lost randy johnson. he is out indefinitely. he has a strained left shoulder. >> bob: boy, he really hurt himself swinging the bat, didn't he? that is a if you believe off the leg of omar quintanilla. he is a little guy from high school in el paso. he was traded to the rockies with eric byrnes, the deal back in 2005 for the pitchers joe kennedy and jay las toic. that is a good slider by tavarez and quickly no balls and two strikes. >> rob: knocking at the back door. >> rob: cork ball. >> bob: and a reminder. the nats are coming home a week from tomorrow after the all- star break. and he's going to have a mandatory team work-out on wednesday evening. it is a short break this year. i know at least the last three years the nats haven't had to play until friday after the break, but the cubs are coming in for four, so your ticket information, 888-62-nats or nationals.com. and go watch adam dunn and the nats take on al finance sew soriano. our old friend now that the cubs are coming. i saw where soriano got dropped to six knot the lin

randy marsh call down in the dirt. >> bob: then nick almost gets hit with a breaking ball. marsh misses the 2-2 call and then nick johnsonth zimmerman coming up. frustrating 5th inning, rob. >> rob: yeah, first and second. hitting into a double play ball. then adam dunn. two outs, runner on third. coon get him in. >> bob: here is ryan zimmerman, facing a left-hander who is going to be tailing the ball away from him for the most part. he has 85 feet of hitting room on the right side of the infield. that's a high strike. but here is another one of those situational appearances. >> rob: you've got to think what this guy is trying to do. -to-me. i say this all the time about our pitchers against other hitters. >> bob: that's the pitch you do not want to swing at because that's a ground ball to third waiting to happen. >> bob: zimmerman hit a three- run homer tonight. right center field. and the count here is 1-2 in the 7th.   >> bob: that's a wile pitch. >> rob: that will help. >> bob: there goes your double play possibility for the rockies and nick johnson at second base, nobody out. >> rob: he c

the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. even though johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just th