i don't know i want ron villone versus longoria. >> bob: ron goes with the heater and misses away, 1 ball, 1 strike. guzman jockeying with the runner and a breaking ball hangs up high, 1-2. cristian guzman man trying to keep reid brignac as close to second base as he can, mindful that there is a great arm in right field in case a base hit would go that way. >> rob: i think crawford is probably going to try to go to left field. you don't want cristian guzman running towards the bag worrying about the runner too much. trying to hit that way. big hole between third and short. >> bob: 2-for-12. villone in the american league in recent years with seattle and the yankees. and a fastball hit hard to the right side. anderson hernandez, a nifty play, two outs. lead run to third with he have onlongoria coming up. evan longoria coming up. will manny stay with the veteran left hander here? not many get to go to the all- star game apt world series as a rookie. >> rob: bob, there is your answer. they're going to walk longoria and pitch to peqa. the fans are going crazy, moo. >> bob: that's about t

ron villone, one intentional walk.ke that away, he has had a few walks, 8 of them in 24 innings but he has been pretty unhittable. that ball goes straight up does not hit any girders or rings and josh bard is there to grab it. we are with you tomorrow night at 7:05 even though the game starts at 6:08. jordan zimmerman will again try to win his third. his he will bow is fine. he will take on andy son nanstine with a 6.70 e.r.a. we will have our usual even r menu of post--game programming on nats xtra. pat burrell 0-for-2 with a walk. now, some of you may know who stay up in the wee hours -- and there is gabe cab kapler to hit for gabe gross. now, you know that we replay the game. so rob and i will be doing the play i'm i remember the big satellite dishes? >> bob: yes. >> rob: you used to be able to get the live feed, no sound but the live feed of ball games. >> bob: we used to call that the back hall, right out of the ballpark. >> rob: but occasionally, you know, when you did get the feet and the sound, you could hear w

ron villone. one of your last pitches of the night. make it a good one. >> bob: hitter and pitcher taking their sweet time here. >> rob: i talked to ron villone a lot about this. he likes to slow the tempo down f it's a very slow game, he will speed it up. he likes to control the tempo. make it his own. >> bob: 2-2. that's a fastball up and in. if you can get this out, you have the number eight spot and then, of course, cito gaston's hand in the number nine hole. he only has right-handed batters left. the way shawn camp was throwing the ball, wouldn't mind seeing him later this weekend and no more tonight. he struck out dukes and bard. here is a 3-2 to villone to overbay. ball four, bases loaded. now you've got to bring in the right-hander and quite frankly a right-hander who has struggled mightily lately in pressure situations, joel hanrahan. so, only one out registered by villone. double switch coming.  >> bob: how you guys doin tonight? it's a nice night. it was moving along. bases load, one out. patterson will come i

there is no one better to learn about from ron ba loan, cincinnati, he was there, st. louis, he was there, what's pujols there, with a do i need to do to get him out. >> johnny: hairston walks. loaded bases. ma caddy makes his first trip out to talk to detwiler. that's the fourth walk of this ball game issued by ross detwiler.  and two two have come in th inning. one walk in four innings against -- >> johnny: make that three walks in this ball game, not four. >> rob: another one against the giants in 10 hits so you know, johnny lannan does a pretty good job of walking guys and getting out of the double play. you don't want to make a career out of that but already the one run -- there is ron ba loan -- one run came off the walk second inning after two outs. single by hanigan brought in jay bruce on the walk. >> as we look at ron ba loan, he struck out 16 batters in a nine-inning game for cincinnati back in 1990 or 1991? he can bring it at his prime. >> rob: oh absolutely. absolutely. >> johnny: one of the most interesting guys to talk

ron villone still sporting a nice e.r.a., it's his 29th appearance.ot good control numbers. 12 strikeouts, but 14 walks. unusual for him.   >> bob: wes helms, as a pinch- hitter this year, 7 for 21 with five rbi's. he's at .33, ron villone nowhere near the plate here. >> rob: ronny's more at the stage of his career where he will pitch around danger more so than challenge it. >> bob: maybe that's why the walk total is up? >> rob: absolutely. the rookie lead-off man chris coghlan next, then emilio bonifacio and hanley ramirez. their top three hitters are 4 for 9 tonight. the nats are 0 for 10. scott olsen finishes with 94 pitches, 66 strikes. oh, what a night. nats couldn't get him a run in the 8th to make him a rainer. ron villone has to hold the marlins. he's battled back now to make the count 3-2 on wes helms. that's a base hit. inside the bag, willingham has a long way to go. if helms was a fast runner, he'd have a triple. there's another runner going to second base looking back over his shoulder to see where the ball is.

have you reported on ron paul's legislation to audit the fed? this legislation is chaired by four members, multi-millionaires and a think it is at the root of many of our deals are now. woodrow wilson put that into power at the same time that stalin was coming into power in russia. i'm not in that every democrat is communists, but i think that he was. he imprisoned people. i think that if you were to poll the american people 95% of those who would know anything would want the fed completely severed from the government. guest: that is a growing sentiment right now, the concern about the fed's power. on the ron paul legislation specifically, he has introduced a bill to audit the fed. right now the fed is audited internally extensively and has some outside auditing from the government accountability office, but it is limited because the fed is intended to be an independent institution. you do not want the fed, congress and political authorities interfering in something like the management of interest rates because the fed officials may need to rais

[applause] >> so, ron, you worked for two vice presidents.nstitution gives the vice president virtually no duties or power, but you worked for two people who obviously had tremendous power in the context of a new administration. and in between, we had another vice president who was an activist in the role of the vice president. so maybe we could take this conversation and take it to the question from where you sit, how do you make the vice presidency relevant, and maybe as importantly how do you make it accountable? are there lessons that, reflecting back through three administrations that you would bring to bear on this set of problems, and if you want to jump in with lisa and noel and get into the substance of those questions feel free to get in that also. >> we'd did get rid of the man sized safe. [laughter] >> before i answer john's question though i have to say just personally, i need to take a second, just to say as lisa did how exciting it is to be here. i had the great honor eight years ago in a small classroom of georgetown classroom

. >> rob: the one thing i like about ron being here is his approach. doesn't have a good mid-90s fastball ha he had when heame up through the leagues, he has to locate pitches, be very careful about where he pitches some of these hit terse because every hitter now, when you're an older pitcher, is dangerous. >> johnny: as you got older you justed? you had to. >> rob: absolutely. absolutely. >> johnny: and ramon hernandez popped foul down the first base line, nice catch by nick johnson there on the tarp. that one goes in the stands it's all down. >> rob: not just velocity. no lab ryan, his fastball was  little straighter than it was earlier in his career. here is nick johnson, great concentration, got to the tarp early, hanging on the rp waiting for the ball to do. >> johnny: d he has a is for 3 night, single to center back in the sixth. batting average. a .292 fothan 3 e.r.a. for those 16 games, up around 7, came down considerably. . >> johnny: and you  in the background who has to be really happy. >> rob: absolutely. and randy sinclair d

mitt romney is level by to see ron. host: david in denver, what do you think? caller: i have a few comments. i think is pretty clear that -- i'm a moderate republican. my family always has been. the right ring republican party has been speaking too often. i saw newt gingrich yesterday at that dinner. i would say that ye-- it is very scary, some of the things that he says. he is a very smart man. just disrespecting the world mainly because this is a globalized economy. we have to be cautious of that. host: tyrrone is joining us. guestcaller: i feel and lookingr is the republican party spokesperson, as he is setting forth the ideals and the agendas of the republican party. host: leanne in ohio, who speaks for your party? caller: sarah palin all the way. what happened with the republican party this last eight years is president bush was a social conservative, but we need a fiscal conservative in the white house. host: sarah palin on the fox news channel last night with strong hannity -- sean hannity. here's what the two talked about with regard to the rhetoric in

[applause] >> ron, you worked for two vice presidents. the constitution gives the vice president virtually no duties of power, but you have worked for two people who obviously had tremendous power in the context of a new administration, and in between we had another vice- president to is an activist in the role of vice president. maybe we could take this conversation to the question from where you sit, how do you make the by presidency relevance and accountable? are there lessons that reflecting back through three administrations that you bring to bear on the set of problems? >> we did get rid of the man sized safe. [laughter] before i answer john's question, i would like to say personally how exciting it is to be here. i had the great honor eight years ago in a small classroom of being the first outside speaker to what was then the madison society, and to see how for this group has come in eight years is really just spectacular and wonderful to be here and be part of it. it is also exciting to be here with my friend john podesta. for tho

ron paul wants to go back to the gold standard. what is everybody going to do, carry around a will barrel -- carry around a wheelbarrow full of gold? the federal reserve is basically a government bank that will allow people or allow the government to print money, put it out there to make things easier for everybody. is real simple. realistically, you can go about it anywhere and they can print out a promissory note and create money like the federal reserve. the only thing is, they regulate it much better, and it is designed to structure the economy well. host: i think we are going to have to leave it there because we have to go to the phone, pearl davenport, an energy reporter who will catch us up to speed on what is happening in the u.s. house on it and the energy and climate change bill. are you there? guest: good morning. host: where are they in the house? guest: well, it looks like they are going to bring it up for today for debate. it looks like the rules they have set up for debate means that we may get a vote today. this is

as ron described with the state department.so i would say that she did play a very important role and she was also close to truman. truman really did listen to her and was influenced by her. and her position was, if you want the new u.n. to succeed, how can you turn against partition when this is what the had voted for her. and she really did push this with truman. >> on the other hand, publicly she was supposedly chairman of -- during this period when epstein called and said the state department was engineering in his words a big conspiracy to destroy partition, and frieda put together a huge dinner, rally where prominent speakers were going to come to protest the efforts of the state department to turn back partition. and eleanor roosevelt was supposed to be chairman of the meeting. and they put out the ads stop the state department conspiracy against jewish palestine. and eleanor roosevelt said this is a grave embarrassment to me. i'm a delegate to the u.n. the president has appointed me. i cannot be at this dinner where you

i made me a weapon and my father told me, he saved ron, you say you're innocent. i believe that you're innocent, but if you take this man's life, then you're guilty. and i thought about that, i dwell on it, i went to bed at night with my weapon laying across my chest. this guy sleeping in the same dorm walking by me, staring at me, watching me all the time, but i couldn't do it. i couldn't take another man's life. if i had, that's where i would have spent the rest of my life. so i have took the weapon to an open drain and dropped it down and listened to it rattle till it stopped. by then, the warden of the prison had called me into his office one night and said, ron, you're going home tomorrow. the guy that committed the crime has confessed, even though it took him five hours later to do so. he said, but i know that you know the officers that are bringing these drugs in, so i want you to tell me. i told the warden, i said i'm not going to be your snitch. i said you want to find out who's doing it, you find out yourself. which i knew, but i wasn't going to tell. bu

ron talked about the very aggressive domestic agenda that the president has been undertaking. in this administration, the omb has become a power house across the range of questions, not just putting together the federal budget, but the administrators are very active -- the administrator is very active on healthcare, climate and energy. you have the cio which is implementing transparency. they even did personnel. is this just the natural accretion of power in through the executive office of the president? you have worked in state government, at the justice department. is this just more and more authority, by necessity now moving into compound the fence that surrounds the white house? what is your reflection on the way this omb is operating in the context of this very aggressive agenda that ron talk about? >> i think omb in many administrations is kind of an agent for institutionalizing change. we all believe in change. i think omb is the implementation arm of presidential policy. you have an unbelievably hard working, visible set of creative policy people throughout the white h

.: remember ron, it's an interesting thing about slow breaking balls.t appears that you just look for it. kind of big and looping. i used to watch him and i go, why didn't he just look for that. then i got to hit off him, it was big but it was going straight down. hard to, that a ball can break that much and still, cuellar had one. the big overhand curveball. >> rob: like mussina, for many years had that knuckle curve. >> jim p.: with the spin it's just incredible. >> bob: i've had hitters tell me the pitch may not be coming in that fast, but it's spinning real fast. >> jim p.: he could kind of snap his fingers and flip the ball up. incredibly strong forearms and hands. >> bob: aubrey huff hits one to right, that ball is out of here and the orioles continue to hit home runs. all of their runs driven in with the long ball tonight. it's 5-3 baltimore. >> jim p.: the opposite of last night when you have 11 on the board and don't get a home run. this is a guy that led the american league in cra base hits last year. >> rob: he's hitting about .280 lifetime o

would be sort of the typical ron way the look at it.so some of the same things he will have to weigh with yao out he was going to be weighing anyway. and the rockets are in a situation to offer him more than anyone else is likely to. there are a couple teams under the cap, but probably the rockets were going to offer a better contract than all the mid-level-type teams and all those offers. the. jonathan, has the team given you any indication in terms of a time line where decisions will be made for yao ming? >> that's a great question. they have not. the team itself is not commenting at all. i mean, just not even a little bit. i have not been able to reach his agent today, who is accompanying you on his visit to different doctors. i would think it's a week or two away. when i talked to tom clancy today, the rocket's team physician who has done yao's previous surgeries and has examined you, he did not have the timetable for that. the recommendation is those more extensive surgeries, sort of the zydrunas ilgauskas-type surgery. yao would n

shy ron martis. airon martis. >> johnny: the key is how you bounce back after that. >> rob: he was fantastic. steve mccatty and manny acta could tell you it is what he learns after that. it is not easy to be up here in less than 10 career starts. martis. and think you have it all figured out. you never have it all figured out. david weathers is still learning and pitched in 2,000 games. >> johnny: still learning. count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national

host: ron fairchild is the executive director for the national center for summer learning. tell us how much information do children lose over the summer by not being in school, not going to the library and not keeping up with their studies? >> they lose quite a bit. guest: in fact research shows young people experience serious setbacks in academic performance during the summer when they take a long break. for lo-income kids they lose big in summer reading. they accumulate and contribute significantly to the achievement gap. it's not just an issue for low-income kids in fact for all kids they experience setbacks in skills like math come putation and spelling. so what the research shows very clearly and on this particular issue is that young people face significant setbacks and risks during summer months. host: tell us a little more about the national center for summer learning and what your grouch is trying to do to close this gap. guest: sure, we work with summer providers to make sure youngsters have enriching and memorable summers. a lot of us have this outlook that summe

but let me get straight to your question, ron. i'm absolutely under actually more optimistic than i have ever been on the health care reform. having said that, i always say that health care is always more unlikely than likely, but it's more likely than it ever has been. and i look at all the differing reasons as to why, but i think it's important that you know these reasons and then i'm going to talk specifically about which feeds into why i'm optimistic. one, i think that you are seeing the policy discussion is much more open, it's much more integrated. none of the policies that people can unfairly, fairly mischaracterized is in these packages that members of congress are contemplating. so the sort of fear issue is hard to play on. as you know, all too often in the health care reform debate fear be told. in this contest i believe that the policy is actually served as a barrier against critiques. i'm not saying that there will be the usual hostile assaults, there will be. but they will just not be as effective. secondly on the mes

i do know this that i was given to ron by anger, rage and bill clinton. i thought to bill clinton represented everything that was wrong with america. i am loath to emma. i had no use for hillary clinton. and i think it goes back to being a kid raised in the atlanta suburbs looking at the '60s radicals and looking at the world from my parents died in. of course, 10 years later i read about this in the book -- i'm embarrassed by some of the things i said about bill clinton that my goal and i think i have gone there in 46 now as opposed to being 30 when i started campaigning to understand everybody has something to bring to the table and understanding while they couldn't understand bill clinton and they couldn't stand us anymore he hit it is, he thought those young right-wingers are from another planet, trying to undo all the great things that we achieved in the 1960's and beyond. we now look at each other and i really like hillary clinton and so much because we have taken this and she too is not the same hillary clinton that came to washington in 1993. we u

ron villone gets another shot at this guy. kapler take this is 83 miles per hour curveball for strike 3. [cheering and applause] the interesting thing about the bullpen t, the person guarding our bullpen is a kid wearing a tampa bay uniform wearing a glove. >> rob: if it was one of our guys, they would be able to tell our guys to get out of the way. >> bob: it's a lot of responsibility put on the kid. breaking ball by villone to gabe gross who's 0-2 with awalk k. >> rob: we may see something different at that time ballgame. never saw that before. >> bob: that's a good fastball. villone goes soft for the strike out. soft for strike one and over overmatches gabe gross. it's willy aybar hitting for gross, former atlanta brave. villone will throw him a breaking ball hit to the right side. willy aybar originally signed by the dodgers. a couple of years there. atlanta 06 and 07. didn't play in 07 because of a wrist injury and substance abuse problem. he hit .253 for the rays in 95 last year. 0-2. >> bob: still at 2nd, carlos pena. 1

young people do not accept the rule of their ron as much. one more thing, i watched the debate. he is not a very good speaker. he has no charisma. although the economy is in bad shape and he is getting a lot of support, i wonder if that will translate into a massive vote for him. it might because people may not like mike muthanna finished job as much may not like mahmoud ahmadinejad joas much. i think that the president represents a new generation of the right. they were part of the revolutionary guards. i do not think they got the share of the spoils that they deserve. they have been left out. a lot of the right establishment in iran has opposed the president not so much for his ideology but because he has taken power and wealth and privilege away from them. i think the military association of clergyman refused to endorse them and this is a problem. of the cleric's see him as been problematic. he has aligned himself to revolutionary guards that are not dominated by clerics. they have come to dominate the iranian economy. if you look at what happened two years ago, there was an

one of those relievers ron villone telling debbi taylor back in the clubhouse this was a big win for the ball club. >> to have a win after we played the last couple of nights. young starters are doing great keeping us in the game and pitching their butts off. >> what did you think of jordan zimmermann today? >> he looked pretty nasty. looked like he had command of everything and the guys pulled it out at the end. >> do you feel too the bullpen is starting to get into a good groove? >> i don't think fwheer a good groove. i think we're getting a chance to go out and have an opportunity to do the right thing -- things and make pitches and execute. it's just everybody is playing. >> does it help that you pretty much know when you're going to come in? >> it doesn't matter to me really. i hope i don't ever have to be told i'll have a role. i don't care for it. some guys they like it. they enjoy it. doesn't matter as long as we have a win. roles are secondary. >> what was going through your mind when adam was down 0-2 in the 11? >> i don't know if you're aware of this, but you were 0-8 in e

. >> bob: and ron villone, that's a pretty good baseball name too. ron told me he really enjoyed going to yankee stadium this past series. grew up a yankee fan. his family actually from thebronx been they went to jersey. tap swing and a foul. aaron hill 1-3 with an infield hit off the glove of jordan zimmermann. one of the best hitters in the american league this year. 91 hits. if he gets another hit tonight, he'll have his 29th multihit game and nobody in baseball has had more. that's well hit, left center. dunn playing way off the line and that's great advance scouting by the nats. adam dunn was playing 100 feet off the line. he's not. that's -- if he's not, that's a double. >> rob: as bob said, defense was setup perfectly by the advance scouting or whoever was checking out blue jays. adam dunn only had to run a few steps to pickoff that line drive. >> bob: we understand that was wade taylor for the series. >> rob: very cool. >> bob: a birdie told us. >> rob: nice job. >> bob: yeah, he's pretty good white did he say about the pitching? how are we s

[applause] >> ron, you worked for two vice presidents. the constitution gives the vice president virtually no duties of power

you are involved during the course of the transition, and ron, you were involved. ticket in order. whoever wants to go first. what is his criteria ask i wou? why has it been so slow in producing nominees? >> i want to make two quick points. my perspective is limited. olp focuses on vetting judges. we support through the vetting process. i will say that the first bush nominees were in may in terms of the court of appeals. the obama has that beat by a couple months at least with regard to nomination. i would just from a factual point say that nominations, the obama administration is ahead of previous administrations. >> only two so far. >> ok. >> do not over claim. or do more so it is up to four. >> there were only a few nominations that were made and those were people like roger gregory early on. when we talk about confirmations, it was september, the kind of thing. >> ok. that is it on timing. we were up to four. what kind of people will be put on the court? a lot of people want to counterbalance and balance out the conservative judges particularly on the court of appeals that pres

rob ron and there's days you can go out and throw a change- up. you've got to sell it on the arm speed. right now i mean three hits off this kid through five innings, doing a great job changing speeds and keeping the hitters off balance. >> rob: they spent toe time in the reds minor league organization with sarasota and dayton, chattanooga and dayton before he finally got his shot. so he broke in, what, 18 years of age probably. >> yeah, free agent 2004. and to bring up jar adjuster against again he pitched 500 innings in the minor leagues with the tigers before he got traded. so he came out of high school from kyra tsao with a, his dad grew up a huge brace man, pitched 500 innings, then got called up to detroit for 31 and he is now in with the braves after that trade for rent a rhea but 400 innings, well this kid is going to come right out of the big leagues, yeah but at what cost would you bring him up after pitching 110 innings in colleges right now. you talk about a guy like adjuster against, here is johnny cueto on the road this year, got fou

the ron paul website explains it better than i can. i would like to hear them talk about ron paul at the federal reserve. caller: it is important to read the bill. guest: cap and trade has been going on for a decade. this is been a gradual process. we have had debates for a while. john mccain has been a leader in pushing similar legislation. this agenda did not surprise anybody. it is one that president-elect barack obama campaigned on. the details were well-understood by leaders of both parties in the house. host: the president expressed doubt about the tariff provision in the bill. does he go into this negotiation with political capital and getting out of the bill once it goes to the senate? guest: he gave an interview yesterday and it was an effort to influence the senate debate. they want to take out what they see as a protectionist item in the house compromise. hopefully, they will have help doing that. there is still room to strengthen the senate bill for it is far weaker than the house bill. there has to the effort made to make

and so for ron and his friendship for me, and for me, my friendship with him, has just been trying to do the right thing. it has not been contrived. not been faked, not been any of those things, a step every day. we didn't go from 1995, when he was exonerated to friends, i mean, it was a step, and each day we woke up and we knew, each one of us individually, you've got choices in front of you. choose the right thing. it is a heck of a lot easier to go to bed at night and sleep. so... [applause]. >> i tell you what i'll do one more question only because we are running out of time, and that is great senate very, very brief on at a lighter note when you get to open prashgs can i come? i had another question -- >> we'll do another question then, all right? thanks. sure, go ahead. >> my question is, to jennifer. >> lean forward a little bit. >> my question is to jennifer and basically two crimes were committed, it was said before innocence under the duress and pain, will accuse itself. ronald was convicted of a crime he didn't do and so were you. your innocence accused you. the state of no

shy ron martis. airon martis. >> johnny: the key is how you bounce back after that. >> rob: he was fantastic. steve mccatty and manny acta could tell you it is what he learns after that. it is not easy to be up here in less than 10 career starts. martis. and think you have it all figured out. you never have it all figured out. david weathers is still learning and pitched in 2,000 games. >> johnny: still learning. count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national league in homerun e.r.a. 10 starts. ted lily. >> johnny: lannan delivers to gonzalez. fouled back. count is even at 2-2. reds are 6-7 against opponents from to the national league east. the nationals looking for their 10th win at home this year. 16th overall. rob, we were talking before this ballgame, you were comparing this year's record at the same time compared to last year. and this is a much, much

[applause] >> ron, you worked for two vice presidents. the constitution gives the vice president virtually no duties of power, but you have worked for two people who obviously had tremendous power in the context of a new administration, and in between we had another vice- president to is an activist in the role of vice president. maybe we could take this conversation to the question from where you sit, how do you make the by presidency relevance and accountable? are there lessons that reflecting back through three administrations that you bring to bear on the set of problems? >> we did get rid of the man sized safe.

while i do not endorse the ron paul bill, it does seem to me that we should have a lively public debate about how independent the fed should be and are there ways to maintain that independence while at the same time we increase the accountability. host: up all the fed has done since the beginning of the financial crisis until now, have expanded their role -- is the barn door open? kenyan not get the genie back into the bottle? guest: you raise a very valid point. it seems to be once but that has demonstrated that it at least thinks it has these powers and it has exercised these powers, it would be very difficult to say to a fed chairman and a fed board 10 years from now or 20 years from now, no, you can't do that, when the id

ron osborn, the director of the emergency management division office of the general could not be here but he prepared a report about hurricane preparedness and i'd like to submit it to the record. they're doing a major exercise in south carolina today. ron is a very smart guy and i'd like to put this in the record. >> without objection. >> and one final thought, as you talk about -- you know, when you go down to the coast of south carolina, land is obviously very valuable. but when -- there are a lot of minority communities. where do they go? their people have been literally there generation after generation after generation and where do they go and what do they do. from someone who may live in nebraska or in the upper part of south carolina where hurricanes are not such a factor, i think we want to make sure that our coastal residents can get help. i mean, people are not being irresponsible. they're not living in areas for mudslides. there are so many people in our country lives along the coast and it's a rich tradition culturally. and i want to hang onto it. i want to make sure we h

and one year we decided to go through and visit another colleague in ac ron, ohio, and -- akron, ohio, and all that and he had this home which they'd lost in the depression, one of the largest private homes in the united states, and in the course of doing that he took us through the thing, discovered that he and ralph regula had worked together for many years to create what is now, i believe, the largest national park east of the mississippi, the cuyahoga valley national park. i know they were both tremendously proud of that. it was a wonderful opportunity for that area of ohio because there are large cities on various sides of this and it provides recreational and other opportunities for a large population and if they had not acted when they did, it might not be there today. and it was done by those two representatives working as best they could with colleagues in both political parties and will stand as a lasting monument to their joint efforts on behalf of our country and certainly the people of their region in ohio. ralph and mary were a great and are a great team and one other th

i've got a question first i was wondering if you were a co-sponsor for ron paul's federal reserve, which is a pretty big issue if you want to find out a lot more information infoworld.com ann gates like a ponzi scheme with bernie madoff. i appreciate program. thank you. >> guest: to answer the question i am a co-sponsor of that bill. the federal reserve system of course is a private bank. they've been doing some very amazing things lately. i think it is extremely appropriate for the federal government and those of us in congress elected to office to know what the federal reserve is doing, and so i think it is a very good bill that ron paul has. a lot of co-sponsors. that's a basic transparency of the federal reserve is doing things in the up and out than they should be willing to share that information with us because they do control our suwannee supply. there was an article that appeared to weeks ago on a thursday which shows what they have done with the supply of money in the olden days because of that running the printing press and you go back from 1960 and it is buzzing out and down

first, i was wondering if you were aboard with ron paul's idea of auditing the federal reserve, which is a pretty big issue. if you want more information, go to infowars.com. it is like a giant ponzi scheme run by bernie madoff. guest: i have a co-sponsor of that bill. the federal reserve system ais a private bank. they have been doing some amazing things lately. i think it is extremely a proper for the federal government and those of us in congress to know what the federal reserve is doing. so i think it is a very good bill that ron paul has, with a lot of co-sponsors, and it is basic transparency. the federal reserve is doing things on the up and up, and they should be willing to share that information with us because they do control our money supply. there was an article that appeared two weeks ago on a thursday in the editorial page of "it will street journal" which shows what they have done with m1, which is the supply of money. you go back from 1960, van de graaff

the democrat is ron wyden of oregon. and they crafted language that would put strings on. that would have said, maybe if things aren't going so good and we are giving billions of dollars of taxpayers' money to wall street firms maybe we should have a limit on what they can get, but then a funny thing happened. the house passed its version, the senate passed its version. madam speaker, you know when we have bills that pass each chamber and there's some differences in them we have to appoint a conference committee and they meet and work out the differences and then send back to us a conference report. . somehow, somewhere in that conference committee the language that was put in by senator snowe and senator wyden was taken out of the bill and the words about 40 words that are located on the easel to my left were inserted into the bill and, madam speaker, as you read that language, not only were there no longer any strings on those bonuses, but this paragraph specifically protected any bonus that was given to any official, including the ones that became controversial a little

it ron osborn, the director of the reasons he management division, madam chairman, could not be here today but he prepared a report one about hurricane prepare ness and out like to submit it to the record in. if they are doing an exercise in south carolina today but ron is a very smart guy and now like to put this into the record. >> without objection he met in one final thought as you talk about when you go down to the coast of south carolina when, bland is obviously very valuable. where there are a lot of minority committees and where they go? when i mean, there are people who have been there literally generation after generation after generation, and where did they go and what did they do? from someone that may live in nebraska or the upper part of south carolina were hurricanes are not such a factor, i think we want to make sure that our coastal residents one can get help. i mean, people are not being irresponsible, not living in areas where there are mudslides. there are so many people in our country that live along the coast and it is a rich tradition culturally, the call a cul

and ron that because they can't afford it health care, it is wrong in my view that millions of people-- we have 60 million people in america today will not have a doctor of their own and have almost 20,000 people who die every year from diseases which are preventable because they never went to the doctor. that is over six times every single year the people we've lost on 9/11. this is a moral issue, a civil-rights issue and our position must be health care for all people, quality health care regardless of income and we can do that in my view if we take on the private insurance companies in the drug companies without spending any more than the amount of money we're spending today -- that is the struggle. >> host: a democratic lobbyist worse for ogilvy associations and this is a roll-call, quoted as saying this, a potential challenge looms for the washington leadership of the trade associations with reference to health care association's >> guest: i don't get it? i am not sending a roaring about lobbyists. there are the bloody problem. whenever you getting back to that question about pre

they are doing an major exercise in south carolina but ron is a very smart guy and i would like to put this into the record. >> without objection. >> and one final thought. as you talk about when you go down to the coast of south carolina, land is obviously very valuable. but when there are a lot of minority communities. where do they go? i mean, there are people who have been there literally generation after generation after generation. and where do they go and what do they do? and from someone that may flive nebraska or in the upper part of south carolina where hurricanes are not such a factor, i think we want to make sure that our coastal residents can get help. i mean, people are not being irresponsible, they're not living in areas where mudslides, i mean, so many people in our country live along the coast and it's a rich tradition culturally. the culture in south carolina. and i want to hang on to it. i want to make sure that we have that rational approach. so, madam chairman, i will help you in any way i can so that when a community is hurt, the community is rebuilt. and the comm

ron villone comes on. he has tossed 17 scoreless innings.o start off the 12th inning with jay bruce. he drew in the only cincinnati runs way back. five hours 4 minutes ago. >> rob: 9 scoreless innings by martis at that time. >> johnny: bruce with a two run shot. seemed like only moments ago. >> rob: that's a good spot for most lefties. bruce lights it in. that was his 14th home run after last season. >> johnny: one of the interesting things about this guy from new jersey, he's an all conference tight end. >> rob: built like a brick house. he's looked like that since i met him down in 94 in puerto rico. we worked out together. 1994. >> rob: i was looking for a job. we were on strike. i was a free agent. i used to run the beach every morning. >> johnny: staying in shape just in case. >> rob: i had to prove i was healthy. the white sox gave me a contct it was worth while. i made great friends down ere. johnnyalex gonzalez now 1 hive 1 -- 1-4 double in the 2nd. nobody out. bruce at 1st. the runner is safe. slipped on the t right in front of the

you have to ask ron kirk, the new head of the u.s. trade representative who will -- who has had already productive talks with anand sharma. we have already seen a greater willingness not to engage on the part of the minister and we encourage that and look forward to working with him and his new colleagues. on the question of climate change as i said we have already been engaged with the indians for many years on developing nuclear energy technologies of various kinds and we think that there is a great opportunity now to expand that cooperation between our two countries and the energy dialogue has been an important part of our relationship and i want to not only continue that but expanded into this new area to put an even greater focus on clean energy. >> you said that india was the third state to completely destroy its chemical stockpile, what were the other two countries that have done so? [laughter] >> i knew you were going to do that. i don't know, i don't know the answer to that question we will have to get back to you on accurate

. >> i think we've lost ron. the president addresses healthcare in his weekly radio address. this is what he has to say. >> when we can't accept is reform that invests more money in the status quo. reform that throws good money at bad habits. some of these costs have no place in our heng care system. in too many communities, nokes are paying higher costs without receiving return. we know there are maces around the countier that offer some of the highest quality of care in the nation at some of the lowest costs in the nation. we should learn from their successes and promote the best practices, not the most expensive ones. this week, i conveyed to congress my believe that any healthcare. that means, if you like the plan you have, keep it. if you like the doctor you have, keep it too. i have made it clear, we must develop a plan that doesn't add to the bunlet deficit. we will work with congress tofully cover the costs through rig rouse spending redugs. we'll eliminate weavet fraud and abuse and take offer -- take on healthcare costs. >> in the "washington post" it is written. >>

do you part ways with ron artest, going young and position yourselves to be major players in the freent market of 2010? do you pursue players that fit around yao or ignore his presence altogether when building your roster? and if yao does come back do you count on him to make it through a regular season and playoff run? something he hasn't done in years? while the brightest scenario for the rockets could be for yao to step down before next season and call it a career that would end a once promising career, but it would also end the confusion in houston. >> missed games are nothing new to yao especially in the last four years. he had a toe infection, broke his toe multiple times. the rockets have played 19 postseason games in the last two years and he's missed 10. >> much more baseball is on the way. the angels in arlington for a series with the rangers. at stake, first place in the a.l. west. >> and also, the mets trying to put a weeeekend sweep behind th to the yankees. their reward, a date with the first place brewers. the williams sisters have their sights set on another all family

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ron villone comes in after that. he nails down the 8th. huge strike out there. then mike macdougal goes out there keeps it a one rung ballgame. as far as the reliever, did a great job. wil nieves did a great job catching the out at. we want to give them credit even though we got the loss last night. they're being well pitched. that's a lot of it, has to do with the bullpen. >> kind of quiet last night. guzman late in the ballgame last night. first pitch on the way. we'll see the nationals can get the second game to go their way tonight againsts cincinnati. like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of the coolest things you can do with fios... ...is str

johnny holliday along with ron dibble. gonzalez 2-3 with an rbi run scored. micah owings goes 5 and gives up an unearned run, walks four and strikes out four. john lannan pitching well enough to win this game. 6 innings, 5 hits, earned run, one earned run, two walks and two strikeouts. and kept the ball club close. willie harris will lead-off to start the 8th. >> rob: alex gonzalez 2-3 day. many years in the big leagues. >> johnny: willie harris will hit for wil nieves. josh bard will hit. 2-1 cincinnati. they have led all the way. nats have scored 5 runs in the last four ballgames. they got shut out and so far only 5 runs against the reds in this series. harris digging in. he said when you come down to florida state, can you get me tickets. >> rob: oh sure. >> johnny: i might be possibly able to do that. >> rob: going into yankee stadium the end of the week. can you get me tickets. >> johnny: anxious to see you get the response of homeruns flying out of that park, aren't they. >> rob: yeah. when you look at the pictures side by side on the internet, the old