salazar stays in the game in left field. he pinch hit for pie.s ray now will try to keep this a three-run deficit in the bottom of the eighth as the orioles have one more shot in the ninth inning. ray ruered the final two outs in the seventh after the marlins chased baez, five runs in just a third of the inning. uggla fouls it back. he was the only batter not to come up in that seventh inning. >> buck: another big night for uggla with the power. he has struggled hitting just .219 with a couple of hits tonight in three trips. the breaking ball he couldn't reach. and there is lindstrom, the closer. the three-run lead. it is hit to right. markakis is there and he has it for the out, and one down. the orioles and the marlins could not take batting practice today out in the field because of the violent thunderstorm that bent through, so the orioles could not play balls off the bat a couple of times you have seen nick markakis break one way and then have to go the other way to get fly balls the first time in the stadium. >> buck: yes. the orioles have

salazar maintained contact for the out.ouple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run. ]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield. jones takes charge and adams gets there and has it. two men down. the high sky and the rough sun, jones taking charge and he caught that ball side ways to get a better look at the sky and the baseball. >> buck: and we'd like to welcome those who are watching the wash nationals. mets beat the nats by 7-0. jim hunter with buck maine[ ane a amtheoharris sukikes a strike oakland sent 9 people the plate in the first inning. and brian bass has retired all six batters he's faced. broken bat gro

salazar playing his first game. he was called up from triple-a to take over for cesar izturis who is on the disabled list. he was hitless in the game. and that's a strike. grounded out twice and flied out. no balls, and two strikes on the oriole first baseman. >> buck: bailey comes back and throws two good fastballs to salazar after walking mora. >> jim: and salazar down on strike. mora takes second base. two men down. the orioles down to the final out. that will probably not be a stolen base for melvin. they just let him take it. dave trembley and the o's down to the final out. here is matt weiters who is 0 for 3 today. runner at 2nd with two down. and weiters takes it low. and bailey has struck out 2 and walked 1, three batters, the orioles haven't put the ball in play yet. and that's a strike. weiters still looking for his first rbi in the big leagues. and he has four hits so far. two singles, a double and a triple. other close pitch. 2-1. melvin mora at second base. to shortstop and fielded by orlando cabrera an

pretty good cut. 1-1 on salazar.he orioles got two in the eighth, both charged to leo nunez and two here in the ninth. one hit in the first seven innings and one hit. and a base hit up the middle! salazar tied the game! what a comeback for the orioles! salazar off the bench, 2-2, and a three-run ninth inning, what a comeback for the birds! >> buck: three runs with two outs. two outs and nobody on when they started this rally, and oscar salazar, we have talked about him getting big hits. he is just a hitter. he gets hits no matter who is pitching, no matter what side they're throwing from, he delivers again right back up the middle, and jeremy guthrie, the pinch runner, scores the tying run. what a comeback. three in the ninth. >> jim: a brand-new game. tw on and two out and here is roberts. a chance to get the orioles the lead. a ground ball to choice. fielded there by cantu. he'll go to the bag and the inning ends. the orioles stay alive, five straight singles gets in three a brand-new game. bottom of the ninth tied

and salazar goes across the bag. >> and it looks like the orioles got a call as salazar's foot was notct with the bag as he received that throw from melvin mora. >> and obviously the first base coach had a very good look at it. todd steverson saw it and that's why he protested and that brought the manager out of the dugout. >> and it cost bobby crosby a base hit. so good footwork by salazar because he got the call. his foot was not on the bag, whatever he did, he sold it. so it's a 3-0 game and the orioles get a huge break because there still should only be one out and the bases still should be loaded. and here is rajai davis, the 8th batter to come up in the 1st inning. foul down the first baseline. a hanging curveball. >> well they send 10 batters to the base on friday night. and a different approach, but still three runs in here as they've been able to get just one hit and that was the leadoff hit. and there is a strike. >> rich hill get as head of davis. no balls and two strikes. two of the three walks in this inning have scored. the other walk drove in a run and the hit batter dro

salazar moves up to third. that's good base running on his part. >> jim h.: here's robert andino, the number nine batter. lannan has a chance to get out of this very inexpensively after second and third and nobody out. here's a tapper out in front of the plate. nieves pounces on it and fires to fires. lannan gets out of it. ú we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >>> nats hitting coach rick eckstein admits this team is struggling with their situational hitting. the nats are hitting only .236 with runners in scoring position. >> to get that crucial hit with runners in scoring posit

salses salazar pinch-hitting for -- oscar salazar pinch- hitting for mark hendrickson.trying. -- takes a strike. there's a bouncer towards the hole. rearses dekes it short. long throw across. he got him! bang-bang play. wally bell says the ball beat the foot to the bag. two men out. >> buck: salazar made it close. ramirez took a little extra time. boy, he's got a strong armment watch how he rights himself really loads that powerful arm and guns across the diamond just in time to get salazar. that's nolan who is running takes exran crow hop and gets into good position just before salazar's foot comes down on the bag. >> jim: that one looked like it could have gone

salazar's rbi single. >> and oscar salazar, another shot, and he ties the ball game for the o's and atves them a chance to come back to win. >> the o's go to the 12th and end up losing the game. there was kind of a bad base running blunder and we're going to show you that with ty wigginton who basically came through with a big hit and he is thrown out at second. >> this is always the case for the orioles. one little base running mistake in the rally and that usually ends up costing them an out they need a lot. of course, it is being aggressive but you have to be aggressive smart if you're going to win in this division against the yankees and the boston red sox. you cannot make mistakes. a mig mistake on the part of wigginton who is really swinging a hot bat. the play is right in front of him. you heard jim hunter say you cannot make that mistake. stay there at first base. the next fly ball scores the sacrafice fly and the orioles could have won it right there. sfwloo you hear the term in baseball agood base runner, knowledgeable base runner. >> what is the difference? >> well, you don'

. >> bob: josh willingham with a base hit over the glove of salazar. and willingham is two for three. it's more than hot over there right now. elijah dukes coming up.   >> bob: seven washington hits, hernandez had given up the same number of hits through five that guthrie did last night. i think you'd have to say one guy today is pitching better than the guy did last night, but the guy last night got the win. >> jim p.: well, a lot of it has to do with run support. the one thing, you do miss melvin mora at third base. melvin, hadn't hit a home run in over 150 at-bats but he's playing sparkling defense. salazar is a good hitter, but he's not the glove guy. >> bob: elijah dukes, he's not a guy that hits the ball the opposite way a lot. but even when he does it a little, he's much better than he is now. >> rob: if you're going to stand in the middle of the box and not step in towards the plate or try and go the other way with t. then they're going to have a field game against you. you've got to go towards the ball. >> jim p.: he should

salazar, secretary salazar, raising concerns about coal mining and mountaintop removal related issues and secretary salazar responded to that letter on the 4th of june. as i understand it, senator coburn also wrote and his letter was to miss tompkins, raising questions about whether she was, in fact, committed to enforcing the law when she was the solicitor. and she wrote him back and said she is clearly committed to enforcing the law which, of course, would be part of other oath of office. and based on those exchanges of letters, i'm informed that both senator bunning and senator coburn are satisfied that her nomination can go forward at this time. i would ask unanimous consent at the end of my re, a to include the correspondence between those two -- response, to include the spoarpdz between these two senators -- correspondance tweencorrespond betweencorrespod problem is. why we cannot get this nomination cleared. i raise it at this point. i put people on notice -- or the senate on notice that if we're not able to get it cleared, i will, once again, come to the floor and ask unanimou

i have always liked wigginton. >> bob: 2-1 on salazar. the check swing.there is is a strike. >> rob: we had a guy when i was in cincinnati who would play outfield, infield, the switch hitter, and maybe the funniest player i have ever played where always laughing, always happy. always unselfish, but one time somebody got hurt and he had to play every. after about four straight days, he was howling. i can't play every day, this is killing me. some guys enjoy not having to play or maybe not have the

the orioles have recalled oscar salazar and wear number 26..372 in 50 games with 10 home runs and 10 rbis and dave tremly gives them a star so salazar at first base today. and we'll begin with pitcher rick hill. >> that's his best performance. he is sitting on top of the hill, mr. hill. he's best effort by any pitcher so far with the orioles. he's threw an outstanding game against seattle, seven inning shutout and had seven strikeouts and gave up two hits. curve is the key to his game, there is no doubt about it. one of the best curveballs i've seen here, even though he's left handed since monicker won 16 games in 1983 with the orioles. he's already got 22 strikeouts in 21 and two third innings. that's an outstanding ratio. one per inning is what you look for. rich hill has been outstanding at that so far this season. >> the oakland a's send a rookie pitcher mazzaro. >> last year he was 15 and 6, and so you can see why the a's want to see what he can do. the first game against the white sox, very tough lineup, 6 and a third inning only gave up

oscar salazar of the orioles joining us.here are some guys that you just get the feel when you're around them talking to them that if they want it stay in the game and coach and manage, they're ready and they're going to be able to do it, and he's one of those people. comes right out of his pores at you. uehara gets him to pop it up behind second. shortstop andino and he's got it and uehara works his way out of a jam.  >> gary: as the o's are try to take the second game of this three-game set. good ballgame. >> jim: really is. uehara, when he's had to get people out, he's been able to. you can see the mets outhitting the orioles with the long ball. the mets don't hit a whole lot of them. especially at home on the road. matt wieters tonight, first major league home run, two run shot to left field. got it out of here. this is what camden yards is about. >> gary: uehara has been able to react to the way the mets play. uehara so far has been able to get the big out when they've got people on base. >> ji

or oscar salazar who has the rbi. john lannan on the bench. >> rob: you don't know how happy that makes me feel when i see couple of national names up on that list and not three orioles guys. >> jim h.: it's all one big family here. >> rob: and if we do win today, it will be 12-12 in the beltway series a lot riding on this game. >> jim p.: if you really want to go, they would have won nine out of the last 16, too. make yourself feel better if you're a national fan or a national broadcaster. >> rob: there you go. >> jim h.: this is the final game of the interleague. the completion of the six interleague series. the orioles won five of the six interleague series. >> rob: that's going to be long flight now to marlinville. >> jim p.: no, it won't. on southwest it's 2:10 every time. always scheduled 2:25. they never leave late, but you might have some airport traffic. happiest flight attendants in the history of flight attendants. must be paid well, they can sing. of course if you do it often enough, i saw a flight attenda

salazar for the orioles goes 1 for 4. an dino goes -- andino goes 1 for 3. good ballgame, good pitching. a nice way to spend a sunday where the nationals win. >> it's always nice to win and it makes everything so much easier. we played good defense. lannan kept us there. bullpen came in and certainly mcdougal threw the heck out of the baseball. turned a couple double plays, and just all around very solid ballgame. >> shall we go back and take a look at john lannan's game today. first inning he breezed past, then you pick it up from here. >> he walked reimold. he actually had three walks today, which is not generally what he does. he throws him a breaking ball there 3-2. scott comes up behind him and gets a high hanging breaking ball that he rips down the right-field line, ends up second and third. salazar then comes up, and puts him in a situation where he hits a ground ball through the left side. scores a run. it could have been a lot worse than that. he ends up getting wieters to hit a ground ball to first, then ends up being a double play. then he got and

nolan reimold and oscar salazar have already been used in this game.o, you're down to three bench players. wigginton is aware of the possibility. he's loosening up -- loosening up. >> jim: albers, ahead 0-2. a little bit low. bonifacio takes. bonifacio's run in the first inning right now is the difference in this game. he reached on an error on a throw by melvin mora. not only did he reach. both runners coghlan and bonifacio advance. so, there were two in scoring position. they both scored on the base hit. the single by hanley ramirez. >> buck: yeah, matt albers has to get bonifacio right here. 2-2 count, two outs. end the inning with him the third out. leave hanley ramirez standing on deck. >> jim: 2-2 chopped towards the middle. throws. safe is the call at first. bang-bang, roberts made a fine throw. bonifacio simply out ran it. >> buck: yeah, if bonifacio took that approach every at- bat, he'd hit .350. you just can't throw him out. brian did everything he could to unload in a hurry and it is bang-bang. actually, a little closer than i thought. he h

>> rob: this is a seed, salazar knocks it down.yan zimmerman, boy, he smelle hit, all of a sudden he kicks inanother gear and he gets an gle. adam duoff the stretch. >b: i know who is going to be hitting four tomorrow night. >> jim p.: manny acta said i need it play my best players. and they kind of have the a team in today other than josh w he ge a high striall. >> jim p.: real high. >> bob: compared to the rest of the day. >> jim p.: you really don't want to be there, but you'll take it if you're david ndez. belt high, maybe shoulder high, over the plate. >> bob: he got the top of it. >> jim p.: i think the difficulty, we talked about it, you the young battery- mate, so you've got all the scouting reports. every team has their advanced scouting reports. adam dunn, you want to stay up and in, crowd him, stay out of the middle of the plate, get him to swing at breaking balls down in the strike zone. then of course the pitcher has to say, well, is that my strength or do i have to go to something that i don't really do. we've seen

castillo and oscar salazar, rejoining the team. >> buck: you and i have been reunited.have you been? >> jim: i've been out here. congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter. popped foul near the oriole dugout. >> buck: these relievers have come into this game and have done an add admirable job. trembley has to be very pleased with the  and albers have shut them down. >> jim: two men down. this is the first athletic to strike out in this game. >> buck: a good breaking ball down and away and petit is in a problem here and good breaking ball. a will the -- a lot of depth. and a good pitch. >> jim: two down and orlando cabrera, the leadoff hitter.  and that's another good breaking ball and he swings through it. >> buck: the a's have had two  base runners since the first inning. they haven't had anything going. >> jim: oakland is probably  frustrated that they had to  settle for just the three r in the first inning because they had such a bigger opportunity. but the orioles had not been able to score, so that lead ha

secretary salazar thinks it is a good idea he have a lawyer. they are not going to allow that. william sessions, nominated to be chair of the united states sentencing commission. listen to this one, mr. president: we have been toll the reason he is not going to get approved is because he is from vermont and senator leahy is chairman of the judiciary committee. they want to embarrass our friend, the chairman of that committee, pat leahy. harold hongju koh, state department legal advisor, like the interior department, the state department, secretary clinton wants a lawyer there. a lawyer with the huge most important office -- no. robert groves nominated to be the director of the corner cens. and there are 20 others. just republicans recklessly refuse to confirm our new ambassador to iraq, listen to what they're doing now: they're holding up lieutenant general stanley mcchrystal, imminently qualified soldier who president obama and secretary gates chose to be our new commander in afghanistan. i met him in my office the other day. this is a man whose military is in his blood. his f

struck -- salazar was a no vote. the former colorado congressman try to win one of his former colleagues. >> what was the minority leader up to, a house filibuster? >> the minority leader has the right to speak as long as he wants. he spoke for about one hour 10 minutes, reading through the bill. he had some points that others did not rule out until about 3:00 a.m. in the morning. that bill came out and there were a lot of questions about what was in it. they went page by page reading aloud what those were. it was an opportunity for him to extend the debate and make sure that his points were heard as the votes were being cast, you heard the republicans chanting "btu, btu!" a lot of people said that that vote led to the republicans taking over. they are trying to bring back some history. it was said that this was the first chance for the democrats to go back to the minority. >> thank you for bringing us up to speed. >> happy to do it. >> up next, comments by president obama and chancellor merkel. then, another chance

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john salazar was a no vote. >> what was john painter up to, mounting a house filibuster? >> the minority leader can speak as long as he wants. it was about an hour and 10 minutes as he was talking, reading through the bill. there were a lot of questions about what was in it and who was in it. it was an opportunity for him to make sure his life was heard. a lot of people say of the vote in 1993 led to the republican takeover in 1994. republicans are trying to bring back some history. >> thank you for bringing us up to speed with the process so far on the energy and climate change bill. this week's on-line addresses also focus on the energy bill. president obama followed by house minority leader john boehner. we have seen our reliance on fossil fuels to jeopardize our national security. it pollutes the air we believe -- we brief. of the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy and leads the global economy. now is the time for us to realize this. now is the time for us to leave. the energy bill that passed the house will create the incentive that will spar

john salazar from we were colorado was a no vote despite work from mark udall. >> what was minority leader jonbenetter up to in the process? the house filibuster? >> he has the right to speak as long as ept. >> he was reading through the bill. he had some points through the pioli. it was a 309-page management amendment until waxman and company didn't roll out until 3:00 in the morning. that bill came out, and there were a lot of questions about what was in it and who had read it. joan boehner read allowed what was in it. he made sure his points were heard. as the votes were being cast later, you heard the republicans chanting b.t.u. on the floor. that is a reminder of the 1993 democrats and house took under president clinton's urging. a lot of people said that vote in 1993 led to the republican takeover in 1994. the republicans are trying to bring back some history. the arizona republican said today this was the first step for the democrats to go back into the minority in 2010. >> darren samuelsson. thanks for bringing us up to speed with the process so far on the energy and climate change

andino doing a great job fillg in foresee car -- for salazar. what a big job that was. >> andino gets the orioles on the board, 1-0 os. it stayed that way until the bottom of the 5th. matt wieters would score, and this gives the orioles a 2-0 lead. >> gary: you see wieters coming around to score. two big runs for wietere night. top of the 7th. david murphy, rbi double, this gives the mets a lead. >> they come battling back. they get the lead on this double. david murphy last year withe rangers comes up big for the mets. >> that forces him pie pinch upping with the tieing run as they have the infield in, and you have a against k-the robbe owens -- and aubrey huff agait k-rod. reimold will pinch hit andrewa walk. and orioles go home winners wh the final of 5-4. orioles after dropping the first game in the series come back d win back to back games 5-4 the final. albers, a perfect 9th inning, no runs allowed. and rodriguez gets the loss. he's 1-2, andino, the third career home run, and orioles first

john salazar from western colorado was a no vote, despite lobbying from senator mark ewe daw who came over from the senate side to work him, a former colorado congressman trying to win one of his former colleagues. >> what was minority leader john boehner up to late in the house process sort of mounting a house filibuster? >> yes, people were wonder iting if he had a patch on his shoulder to sustain himself because he is a smoker. it was an hour an ten minutes that he was talking, reading through the bill. hey points with respect to the bill. henry waxman and company didn't roll in until 3:00 in the morning, it seems like forever ago, but that bill came out and a lot of questions about what was in it and who read it. john boehner went page by page reading around what those pieces were and kind of just, i think, it was an opportunity for him to just extend the debate and make sure his points were heard. as the votes were being counted later, you heard the republicans chanting "b.t.u." on the floor, a reminder of the 1993 energy tax vote that the democrats in the house took under the pr

salazar takes mora's place. outfield, reimold, jones, markakis. very good outfield for the orioles. thing about the orioles defense last night, they win 6-3, but they did turn four double plays. you will not have the same guys out there that were able to do that for you last night. there's a change-up. he's got a pretty good breaking ball. i asked gregg zaun who caught him, he said fastball, good velocity, very deceptive sometimes. it's straight. but it's a good breaking ball. he threw his change-up a lot. >> jim h.: line drive, that is slicing foul down the left- field line. >> rob: it's funny to hear you say you turned four double plays. from my perspective the nationals hit into four double plays. that's why i love combining forces, because you're seeing a different perspective with your ball club, i'm seeing a different one from mine and things we need to do to better ourselves and turn the corner here and go in a different direction. >> jim p.: manny acta said we could have scored eight or nine runs last night. i think the approach was maybe -- that was a 3-2 pitch, but the 2-0

with manager dave trembley as they do each and every wednesday, tonight they'll also talk with oscar salazarat's tonight. tonight koji uehara goes to the mound looking for his third win of the year. it's his second start since coming off the disabled list. the manager was asked about pitch counts and what he'll be looking for as he watches koji during the game. >> i think koji's not alone in this. i think most pitchers, the biggest indicator that you see the other team, their hitters. their hitters will tell you. koji is a guy who pitches to contact, but he's also a guy that is a master of deception and upsetting the hitters timing. when he gets swings and misses, when he gets guys out in front and he speeds them up, then he slows them down, then he speeds them up, when he has them late, i think that's when you know he's on his game. and i think that the truest indicator of that is watch their hitters. they'll let you know. just like the hitters will let you know when a guthrie or a bergesen or any guy who pitches when they're losing it. when the timing is not disrupted and they're fouling t

cleanup spot who homered last night in left, the dh is luke scott for the birds, third base oscar salazars will catch and robert andino at shortstop. ty wigginton, nine of 18 his last five ballgames for the birds. let's see what they can do today against john lannan. lannan is about due to get back on the winning track? been pitching as good as anybody on this ball club. >> in his last seven games he has a 2.65 earned run average. over his last 14 starts, take away the first start, he's at 2.98. he can't pitch any better. he's only yielded more than three runs in one of his starts over his last 13, so he's our staff ace, he's the guy that goes out there and makes pitches day after day, it's a continuation of last year. i'd like to see us get him some runs. we're still only scoring three runs a game for him throughout his career. you could have that won/loss record reversed. he's going for his fifth win to even up his record. >> when josh willingham came to the ball clon, willingham -- ball club, he made it clear, i came here it play. now he's producing at maybe the right time as they head

i'm delighted that hillary and rahm emanuel, larry summers, ken salazar and janet napolitano, kathleen sebelius and tom vilsack all occupy hi positions. the president thinks they share his values. i was delighted that after the thrust bill passed the first major bill signed was the dramatic expansion of america co corp. of service opportunities. that congress passed a bill which will by 2017 expand amer correspo correspond. that is what we advocated in 1992. it took 25 years but it was 25 years well spent. [applaus [applause] >> the president and vice president biden who have revived the cops program. and it is important. the president is advocating a sweeping national direct loan program to cut the cost of colle college. that, too, was a d.l.c. idea. we made that an option with income contingent repayment for college students much and when we did it the students of america saved $9 billion repaying their college loans, $1,300or every $10,000 they borrowed and taxpayers saved $4 billion because no one defaulted on their loans. barack obama is right about this but the d.l.c. first propo

i was visited yesterday by secretary salazar regarding hillary tompkins, great education background, the lawyer for the justice department. that was cleared yesterday. and the republicans said "no." we have numerous people -- sentencing commission, william sessions of vermont, we're told that is held up because senator leahy is from vermont so they are holding it up and they don't like chairman leahy is handling the judiciary committee is what we have been told. we have harold hongju koh, and i heard on monday, day before yesterday to secretary clinton, this is somebody she needs very badly. he is going to be the lawyer for the state department. we have a number of people under the. >> under the judiciary committee. we have somebody who's going to be the -- help run the department of homeland security. rand beers, good person. extremely well qualified. and as i indicated, a number on judiciary but the topper is lieutenant general stanley mcchrystal to run afghanistan. i would hope that people would search their con shns and try to get these -- conscience and try to get these done. i

gave up a base hit to the pinch- hitter oscar salazar, then got brian roberts to hit into a 5-4- 3 double play and struck out nick markakis. >> jim: meyer has finished three games on the year, but they were nonsave situations. if you're going to get a guy in there for his first professional save attempt, having a three-run lead is a good way to do it. the orioles do it in back-to- back games coming about a with three in the ninth inning. ball two. melvin a good night at the plate. a couple of hits and an -- and an rbi. now hit in a couple of straight games. 4-11 last. there's a strike. melvin taking all the way. >> buck: at the top of the strike zone, obviously melvin needs to get aboard. similar situation last night, but melvin got it going with two outs when he sippingled to center. that led to a three-run ninth inning and tied the game. -- tied the the game. >> jim: there's a strike. 2-2. >> buck: backdoor cutter. there is something about the ninth inning that it takes a special personality to close out games. there have been guys over the years that had all the pitches, had the stuff,

it's a one-run game finally for the third pinch-hitter oscar salazar who delivers the game- tying base hit up the middle to make it 6-6 with two outs in the ninth inning and jeremy guthrie scored. they have done a great job of some of the elyse lead pitchers of baseball. rose roarses, the closers of the mets. they got a couple of walks in an inning against him. ryanan madson on saturday give up two home runs in that comeback win by the orioles in philadelphia. last night, matt lindstrom got two quick outs and gave up the three-run deficit as the orioles came back and tied it. unfortunately, he they didn't like the outcome after 12 innings last night it orioles have shown you have to get them out all 27 outs. they're not going to give up. unfortunately for the birds, they were not able to pull out the win in extra innings. when you look over a one-run game and look at the things that may have happened, mistakes and misplays can be costly and it hurt the orioles last night. >> buck: they did have some opportunities and the miscues here's. emilio bonifacio hits a ball up the middle. you s

the day after these raids were conducted, secretary salazar and deputy attorney general august den appeared before the media touting how successful this investigation was. i've been in the senate now my 33rd year and i felt like it was a dog and pony show to me and i know when when one when i see it. this has all the classic signs of one. and the offenses for which these warrants were issued were nonviolent offenses. one has to think that the man power and resources allocated in this operation are usually reserved for arresting truly violent felons. now let me contrast this case and compare it to another federal sweep that happened in north texas after a two-year investigation, the f.b.i. arrested 17 people involved in a large drug trafficking organization that extended from texas to massachusetts. the f.b.i. seized cash, weapons, real estate, vehicles, the f.b.i. officials say that this ring allegedly distributed $22 million in cocaine. ironically there was not a mainly press event regarding the drug sweeps on which the attorney general addressed the media. and i guess what i'm saying, i k

and maybe there is an arrangement where the three of us can work with secretary salazar and we can ask him that he do the initiative, do the study, move to the national shrine program and bring in next year's budget. mr. dicks: i'm prepared to have a meeting with the officials from the interior department, with mr. simpson and yourself to address this issue. that's the best i can do today. but we will follow through and make sure it happens. mr. buyer: your word is solid with me. . mr. simpson: i guarantee the national park service is aware also. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. dicks: i want to -- i welcome a colloquy with my distinguished colleague, mr. latourette, and yield him two minutes. mr. latourette: i thank the gentleman. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. latourette: i thank the distinguished chairman. first i'd like to express my appreciation to the chairman for his work on this bill, especially his commitment to investing in the new great lakes restoratio

discussion at the rules committee, we talked about the fact that the secretary of the interior, secretary salazar has agreed to visit san joaquin valley and learn more about the situation firsthand to address the very legitimate concern that the gentleman from california has raised. as a fellow from colorado, i can attest to the savy ability of our former senator, former attorney general, former water lawyer, one of the most knowledgeable minds and best minds that we have in the area of water law, water rights and water. and i know that our the gentleman from california shares our desire to address the legitimate issue raised by his constituents and i have ever degree of confidence that the secretary will play a constructive role in doing that. the health of our communities is our most prosheous resource. this bill provides a historic and much needed investment in the environmental protection agency, $108.5 billion, a large portion of which will improve our water and waste water infrastructure. i understand the vast challenges we face with water. establishing a water infrastructure that promotes

, orioles have been scrappy lately getting key pinch-hits from guys off the bench like sals oscar salazar and most importantly they're scoring a lost runs in the nine lt inning as we saw last night. over their last seven games, they've scored 13 runs in the ninth inning. last night we know that didn't translate into a wirngs but it did knock out hard-throwing closer matt lind strom. i asked dave trembley if nights like that help keeps opposing teams honest. >> i think it sends a message we'll play all 27 outs and we'll make you work for it. guys have stepped up against the other team's closers. look what happened against the mets and then you go to the phillies and last night. the at-bats have gotten better. you know, the key thing is if you've seen the games, guys off the bench. we've had some very, very, very big at-bats with guys coming off the bench. >> so, orioles magic is arriving though it's been a little late to show up this year n2009 this year, there's only been two wins the orioles have had come back when they're trailing after six innings. remember this time last year in 2008,

senator cornyn and senator prior and former senator, now secretary salazar, bipartisan bill for former attorneys generals have also supported substantial improvements in the way that is done. i think the not healthy now. we need to fix it. i would just note one reason we're having a hard time, mr. chairman, on our side is finance committee. that was masters of the universe setting our health care policy. senator grassley het me know that he is ranking on that committee. senator hatch, senator corner and senator kyle also are members of that important committee. so i'm glad they can at least be here for a while. >> thank you. i'm glad, too. of course i will keep the record open for the rest of the week for additional questions to be submitted. senator corner -- senator cornyn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to note for the record, mr. chairman, there is no important committee in the senate than the judiciary committee -- judiciary committee. >> i liked you anyway. you didn't have to say that. but i do think the finance committee, the health committee, are taking a lot of our members

our former colleague, now secretary salazar, needs a solicitor in the department of interior. we reported her nomination out of our committee on the 30th of april, nearly six weeks ago now. and there has been something of a rolling hold on her nomination. i know senator bennett had an objection at one point. that has been satisfied. senator coburn had an objection. that has been satisfied. senator bunning had an objection. that has been satisfied. now i'm informed there are additional objections. i hope very much that my colleagues on the republican side will go ahead and approve her for confirmation quickly so that secretary salazar can get on with the business, important business of the department of interior. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to spend a few minutes talking about the importance and challenge of health care reform, something that's on the fast track here in the senate. recently, as i traveled my state of 24 million people, i heard many similar themes from my constituen

secretary salazar is trying very hard to put together a team of people that can help him to -- to do the job of secretary of interior, and he needs a person in this solicitor's office that he can depend upon and he has chosen her to be that person. so it, to my mind, is unacceptable for us to continue denying him the choice that he has made and the choice that president obama has made for the solicitor's office. it is very unfir unfair to miss tompkins to be denying her this position, and, frankly, i have great difficulty understanding why she was singled out there. have been a great many nominees that have come before the senate in the last couple of months related -- in connection with department of interior responsibilities. why we would be singling her out and holding her up while others have been approved, i have great difficulty understanding. now, my colleagues say they need additional time, they need additional time. frankly, i can't understand what the additional time relates to. i know of no questions that need to be looked at. i know of no objections that have been raised