organizations and departments inside the school district, really having a strong foundation which ripken use as a model for community input -- it has improved each time we have done it and i think the continue to. i want to acknowledge that and tell you how much i appreciate it. second, i should say i was the person who authored the resolution to form the pac. i wanted such an entity at the district level for parents to have input in policy making at the district level. it was sort of the third iteration. we tried a couple of other things that did not work as well as we like. i think all the members who have served. -- i want to thank all the members that have served. i want to say something about the student assignment policy development. i think this is really tough. i think i was in the minority in that i agree more with the pac recommendations then other members of the board. i acknowledge some changes were made. that is the important thing. what we have done is develop a way to get community input and make policy on complex issues that is able to be modified, that is not set in ston

pre-seaaon worrouts...more than a dozen ravens traded their footballs in for a softball.ttey were all at ripkens. janice park showw us what ttese players were up too...n lockout day number 82. 82. at ripkin tadium... stadium... there wassánn shortage of faas . 3 team...even if it means ravens playing softball..his is offensive guurd ben gruubs' event.to help kids, just like him, when he rew up in alabama: alabama:"sports for me as a way out, and there's a lot of kids that don't have the resources other kids don't &phave, so hink building thiss recreational park is a start" players today are instead signing autographs...on a day when they would usually be gearing up for thh preseason: the nfl lockout is now on day 8: 82:"what i think? i think it should hurry and end, i love footbaal i want my ravens to win a superboww and myymaa joe flaccooget theecredit he deserv" peserves""the altiiore fans are terrific...they just want to see thhir team!"today players tell uu they're reaay por it too nd too: and hopefully everything will be back to nnrmal"and are ccnfidenttthey wwll play 16 gam: games:"ann th

. >> ripken. >> cal ripken and mantle. >> you were called a mutant, sam. >> mutant is my favorite. >>we should move our softball games tonight. that's been the problem with you at the plate. the afternoon games. >> yeah. the softball games. >> it was worth a shot. thanks, john. thank you. >> all right. >>> coming up, the mysterious runaway monkey, now caught on camera for the first time in years. like the boss, he was born to run. >>> and we're counting down to alicia keys, singing live, right here. ♪ ♪ -wee! -woo hoo. [ kids ] pop-tarts, please! [ laughter ] ♪ [ female announcer ] when you give your kids frosted strawberry pop-tarts baked with real fruit, they'll rise and you'll shine. pop-tarts. made for fun. we get double miles on every purchase, so me and my lads earned a trip to san francisco twice as fast! we get double miles every time we use our card... i'll take these two... ...no matter what we're buying. ...and all of those. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang! it's hard to beat double miles! whoa dude. [ male announcer ] get the venture card fro

cal ripken, micky mantle and lou gehrig to name a few. they did okay. >> all right.ew king of the jungle if you will at the san francisco zoo. her name is martha and today recen recently donated tiger explored her new home. this advertise the first new tiger to arrive at san francisco zoo since one of the big cat escaped and killed a visitor on christmas day 2007. since then the zoo has installed a higher wall and made the tiger grotto more secure. >> we added i think 10 feet or more to the height of theen closure. additional hot wire and some viewing windows and the mesh that you see out ther there. >>reporter: and despite today rain visitors seemed excited about the syberian tiger's arrival. 10-year-old martha weighs almost 300 pounds and eat as steady diet of chicken rabbit and pork. >> coming at 9:00. baseball engineers los angeles dodgers won't let anyone buy. stay engineers los angeles dodgers won't let anyone buy. stay with us [ kate ] if this icelandic mud could work wonders on my skin, imagine what it could do for my business. now, i just had to figure out a

so they noded in four contrary players, mark mcguire, junior clemmons and cal ripken, junior. smelt none of tho four, if you ld that vote today, bonds would make it ahead of any of those four just on theinatability. >> steroid -- i but griffey ahead of bonds. >> but even at that, there might be junior -- he levelled out at some point. looking backwards you could say junior griffey is a hall of fame player. and by the way, you talk about him not making at top 25 team. it really was a top 30 team as i understand it bud sealing had planned it. the calvary came to the rescue in the person of bob costas and this committee that met on the one. >> he had appointed a panel, there were seven or eight of us, just in case there were any injustices and owe medications and we had slot spots to fill. >> when we got together on the conference call, i think there were others lefty grove, christy mason. and because the fans had those overidentities to our last rekrut incleed -- i was all prepared to put those players on til i saw where they had left off. >> talk about what you talk about in th