st. petersburg up against the tampa bay rays, and the orioles made their debut. the home opener friday night against the toronto blue jays. if you could have weather like we had today. that is all for me. >> thanks. >> let's get to a couple of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> we estimate that students should be allowed to alternative sexual lifestyle website for educational purposes. >> one person writes, i would like to say no, but at the same time, it is for educational purposes only. so i really do not know what to say. >> another person says they should have access for educational purposes. they need to access any information they want. the closed minded politicians need to be voted out. keep emailing your responses to us. we will read more in the next hour and most of them on the front page of our website. here's a look ahead to the next hour of 11 news today. >> headaches can be brought on by different triggers, including the weather. >> [unintelligible] >> and give jumping out of a plan is not your thing, we will give you a look at -

st. petersburg, florida. caller: c-span need an alternative viewpoint. kaiser is following the obama talking points. they are a big cheerleader. they did not find anything wrong with the plan. everything she is describing is going to increase the cost of health insurance. the silver plan which is 7% will cost about $19,000 -- 70% will cost about $19,000. you save money with an unsustainable and hot mud from the government that as a $38 trillion medicare liability. host: you have a question? caller: i am a doctor. i will be penalized if i go over budget for my patients. they will say, you cann-h spenda certain amount for spine surgery. if he spent over it, we will cut 5% and call you a bad name in the newspaper. patients coming to the doctors will not be able to trust the doctors, because they will get more if they spend less on their patients. why should we ration care that way using government power? host: stay on the line in case she has questions for you. we did not invite her to be an advocate for an opponent. she is an analyst. that is what we are d

st. petersburg. today it is 90 miles from st. petersburg. and what the russians are told is it doesn't matter, we are just a club of nice people. and the russians say they might urge you change your charter and get rid of your military committee? and the american say, we don't need to change it, we already have the germans and the french and they don't have any military so it doesn't matter. those are the things i've been said. the russians don't get it. the russians don't trust us. it is not in the russian national interest to permit this policy to continue. and the united states has given the russians a window of opportunity, and that window of opportunity is the deployment of american forces in iraq and now afghanistan meant that when the russians went to war in georgia, it was difficult for the nazis to scrape together a brigade to deploy the american forces were stretched thin. and the invasion of georgia was meant to deliver a single lesson to the former soviet union eric this is what an american alliance gives you. this and as we used

st. petersburg. there have been several monkey sightings, but officials are having a hard time catching them. it is unclear where they came from. tonight on 11 news at 5:00, the relatives of an 11-year-old who was allegedly murdered by a registered sex offender are in annapolis today urging lawmakers to pass stronger penalties against sexual predators. the senate version demands 20 years. the to have until midnight tonight to work out the differences. tune in tonight at 5:00 for the latest bit now you're maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> good afternoon to you, maryland. i am angela jackson from wbal radio. here are your pick 3 numbers for today. your first number straight out of the box -- it is a five. the next number for you, a six printed on the ball great final number for the pick 3 game is a three. 563. pick 4 is up next, but first, you can double or triple your winnings with a keynote sprinkler. you never know when you are going to get one, so visit your local retailer and let your

st. petersburg region the worst in the country for commuters. rail advocates say the system will help to alleviate traffic congestion by giving people more transit options, and spur economic growth at the same time. >> if we can make this investment, we will produce more and better jobs and it will do so much in the way of mobility choices which is so important not only to our young population but to the ever increasing older population as people lose the ability to drive. >> reporter: across tampa bay, the republican mayor of st. petersburg, bill foster, also supports high speed rail, but only if his city is included in the plans. >> i will say that if it stops in tampa then it's a terrible waste of money and i'll fight like dickens to make sure it never happens. but if it includes the st. pete component, the ability to move people efficiently at high speeds i think is important for our region. >> reporter: the other transit debate in the tampa area is over a proposed one cent increase in hillsborough county's sales tax to help fund a light rai

st. petersburg against the rays. and now here is karen parks with the "late edition". >> hit my car. dented the whole passenger side. >> accidents along a busy street. what neighbors say is causing the trouble. >> threats across the country. what is in a series of disturbing letters to governors. >> and making a statement. the thing this woman was protesting in downtown baltimore. >> live in high definition from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am karen parks, jeff barnd is off tonight. some baltimore city residents say they have had enough of reckless drivers in their neighborhood. myranda stephens is live in northeast baltimore, with the story, you are seeing first on fox. myranda? >>well, karen, i am here along mclane boulevard where speeding drivers and that small hill you see behind me, is making this road dangerous. they say cars flyover the hill, but many drivers don't see the parked cars ahead. and often end up hitting the cars, and then driving away. it is a problem so bad, many residents are now parking their cars partially on the sidewa

st. petersburg. we finally have a happy recap.studio tom and rick. >>> welcome to o's extra postgame. interesting for a team with so many men in scoring position. orioles beat the rays 5-4. gonzalez keeps you on the edge of your seat doesn't he? >> i was thinking man cure tomorrow. i've been on the edge of the chair for all three. gonzalez looks like one of the guys that's going to keep it interesting all season long. you know something he's effectively around the strike zone. he makes hitters feel they can guess with him. he's a couple of inches out of the strike zone, little low, little high whatever. it makes them anxious to hit him. that's how he got through the 9 9th with the last fly ball. >> it was an interesting game to watch to say the least. we pick up highlights from this game. niemann had to leave the ballgame. orioles score 3-1. orioles 6 game tied at 2. wild pitch. tejada scores from 3rd. orioles take the advantage 3-2. still in the 6th, wieters will score. birds have an advantage in the top half of the 6th inning. t

st. petersburg and a very entertaining game, as was last night. only 7 hits in this one so far and the orioles have a 2-0 lead on matt garza. orioles left 5. tampa bay left 4 and guthrie holding on the a lead. >> adam jones leads off. adam singleton is first at bat. he's 4 for his first 7 on the season. >> normally if you're matt garza, you don't mind those ground ball hits between first and second, but it followed with a markakis. >> jim: popped it up and brignac brignac, the 2nd baseman takes charge. now your kids can learn to play like the pros from the pros, you can sign up today for an official baseball camp and your youngsters will enjoy 5 days of professional training, free membership to the junior orioles club. all the dates, locations and all the details, (410)472-3500 or as always you can get all the info online at www.orioles.com. who knows? you may have gym palmer there. >> great way to learn about the game. nick walked an scored in the first inning. there's a strike. fast ball right there and it's and 2. >> they are not getting -- sin

st. petersburg yesterday. >> this is a picture courtesy of renee.he said she thought it was a stray dog. >> jimmy: that may be the greatest thing i've ever seen. we need a monkey watch in l.a. anyone that's read "curious george" knows you cannot bag a monkey unless you wear a yellow hat. no one wants to see the monkey get hurt. so, it would be best if he turned himself in. if the unstoppable monkey is watching this show right now, i would like you to pay attention to this message, and do the right thing. give up now before something bad happens. >> please. unstoppable monkey -- turn yourself in. you're tearing your family apart. they need you. we need you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know it's serious when james bond gets involved. we will keep an eye on this situation as it develops. you know, it's wednesday night, that means it's elimination night on "american idol." at this point, they're mercy killings more than they are eliminations. surprisingly, the viewers gave big mike lynch the boot. he seemed to be -- gasps. and, by the way, whe

st. petersburg times with allegations of abuse against five former high ranking scientologists have found themselves under vigorous attack of the church they once dedicated their lives to. the former scientologists are accused of working together to destroy the church. >> the church will defend itself for its own sake and for the sake of its parishioners. these violence are out there and lying. >> current and former scientologists sent cnn dozen offers declarations, e-mails and accusations defending the church and its leader. in sworn affidavits, a number make allegations against marty and including a dozen instances of physical violence. >> the affidavits are from people who said the beatings and physical abuse was not perp tated by david but by you. >> right. outright lies. i did some and i didn't tell you i never did anything wrong, i'm no angel. will tell you, i was involved in this. for god's sake to try to make it sound like i perpetuated the whole thing is a complete and utter fabrication. >> you can decide for yourself who to believe but even these competing versions, the public s

this was a system that was designed at the height of the cold war to flatten st petersburg and moscow. is it really that important? >> let me bring david cameron in on that point. >> let me answer that directly because i think it's important. i think the most important duty of any government, anyone who wants to be prime minister of this country, is to protect and defend our united kingdom. and are we really happy to say that we'd give up our independent nuclear deterrent when we don't know what is going to happen with iran, we can't be certain of the future in china, we don't know exactly what our world will look like? i say we should always have the ultimate protection of our independent nuclear deterrent. that's why we voted to make sure that happened. >> gordon brown. >> i've got to deal negotiations over iran, and we've got the problem over north korea. if countries unilaterally decide to have nuclear weapons and break the non-proliferation treaty, then we need multi- lateral action with all of us working together. we are nuclear weapon states. we can make a huge difference in th

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st. petersburg aler gist dr. mona vishin-mangat couldn't feel more differently. she's a member of doctors for america, a grass roots group that lobbied for a single payor system during the health care department. ... debate. >> i'm extremely pleased with the bill. i think it's a very good bill. obviously it could be better but i think it's a step in the right direction. it gets us a lot closer to insuring more americans. it gets us closer to having, you know, stopping insurance companies from these malicious practices that i just think were very arbitrary. >> this one strictly is for ... so you can't do that for a child. >> reporter: three years ago dr. vishin-mangat opened her private practice thinking she'd have quality time with her patients. but insurance company mandates and paperwork are taking up too much of her time. >> let's take, for example, a new patient that will come to my office. that patient will call and say i have aetna. that sets a whole series of things into motion. not only does she have to find out if that insurance is active. she has to fin

st. petersburg tomorrow. >> tired listening to your schedule in the next couple of days. >> take care, robin. >> we'll see you tomorrow. we'll have the exclusive interview with the president. that will be tomorrow and monday. he will be in moscow for an exclusive interview with the russian president. bob? >> thanks, robin. >>> now, turning to the bomb scare on a plane bound from washington to denver. authorities say a passenger onboard, a diplomat from qatar, was subdued by air marshals, after allegedly saying he was lighting his shoes on fire. lisa stark is at reagan international airport with more. lisa? >> reporter: good morning, bob. it appeared that once again someone intent on doing harm had made it through security. in fact, security right here at reagan international airport. and then on to to packed jetliner. the flight was united 663, en route from washington, d.c. to denver. on board, 160 passengers and crew. one of the passengers this man, identified as qatari diplomat, mohammed al modadi. government sources say flight attendants noticed smoke coming from the restroom. and notifi

st. petersburg, florida. [chanting] >> charlie! >> watson haynes is and in is -- is an unbelievable human being could give him a round of applause. [applause] i am going to keep it brief. bankers want to thank my family and my god. thank god, first. -- i am going to thank my family and my guide. thank god, first appearing and thank you to my mother -- thank god, first. and they did to my mother. my amazing three sisters are incredible and they are truly charlie's angels, along with carol. [laughter] my decision to run for the united states senate as a candidate without party affiliation in many ways says more about our nation that our state -- about our nation and our state than it does about me. i can confirm what most floridians already know. unfortunately, our political system is broken. i was never one who sought to hold elective office to demagogue or point fingers. for me, public service has always been about putting the needs of our state and our people first. every single day, as your servant, i have tried to do exactly tha

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st. petersburg -- your office through hundreds of young black kids and the florida prison system for drug abuse and those sort of things, and illegal drugs. but in the meantime, i as a pharmacist, anyone can come into my place and i can fill prescriptions for what siccone, prozac -- oxycodsone, any other medication. how are you delineating what is a disease and what is criminal activity? because it seems -- when a young black kid is involved in drugs, it is a criminal problem. when a person such as -- when the police come in or a judge or a prosecutor comes in and get to their prescription filled for their xanax and zoloft and oxycodone, they just have the disease. we are dispensing ritalin dispensingadderrol to a college student at university of south florida, where you come from. that is no problem at all. but you can go to any black neighborhood and you are rest everybody. host: pharmacist from lakeland, florida. first speak to the disease and a""$gg"gh a are you going with handcuffs on. the outcomes are pretty similar. the criminal-justice system has a lot of components that are desig

st. petersburg. there's a look at the pier downtown.ide the tropicana field, time for the game time temperature. of course we're in a dome. it is a perfect climate controlled 72 degrees. visit train search.com to locate an independent train dealer near you. we mentioned brian matusz in the starting spot. as a rookie he's getting noticed. >> reporter: he really has created a buzz around the league. i spoke to ray's manager and asked who of the orioles young pitchers impresses him the most. he did not hesitate to say brian matusz. >> matusz is different in a lot of good ways. he's going to be very good for many years: he's got different weapons. what i look at a lot also with my guys, their calmness on the mound, demeanorrer, attitude. he's got all of that. >> reporter: there's no question his mount could be tested. we'll see how they gets out of jams and handle the situations. >> thanks very much. we'll see what matusz does when he takes the mound. in the meantime, here's last year. the scouting report for a 6'9" pitcher, repeat that del

st. petersburg times. i'm wondering what you have heard about the official reaction from state officials in florida, and specifically, the tampa bay area. guest: for a long this time, offshore drilling has been kind of the third rail, but when you don't touch. it unifies opposition to it, both parties, because of the concern about what a single spill might do to the tourism industry here, tainting the beaches. but that summer we had for dollar gasoline, for dollar a gallon gasoline, certainly changed the lot of minds and the economy has opened up a lot more people to the possibility of allowing drilling closer to shore. our governor charlie crist, particularly when john mccain came out in favor of offshore drilling said very famously, well, ok, if it could be made environmentally safe, i'm for it. probably the florida officials who has been the staunchest opponents of offshore drilling, senator bill nelson, said in reference to the president's proposal, well, he thinks he is ok with it. they are staking ou

st. petersburg, his hometown. he will have teachers union supporters. there will be a mix of republicans and democrats. there will be some of his longtime friends and family. as homey and anti-washington and tallahassee as he could make it look. host: thank you for the background information. becoming the senate race to watch in 2010. that was the capital view reporter for "the orlando sentinel." you can read his local reporting on their website. and lots of other national story is -- stories. as charlie crist abandons the republican party in his bid in his primary race to market rubio. let us get back to telephone calls. talking about president clinton's exhortation at the petersons did that the u.s. must be a tomorrow country. on the screen, the former president's prescriptions. let us hear your calls. texas, scott, a republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. the impeached pervert has definitely identified some of the problems -- jobs, manufacturing, unsustainable debt. and we know it would just eat us completely up. his solutions, his prog

st. petersburg, and i'm thinking, wait a second, why is it there's a fast train with faster and better equipment in russia than here? it makes no sense to me. well, i'm a big supporter of amtrak, i think rail passenger service is an important part of the transportation network and i think congress just has to do better and i know we have some among us in congress who believe we shouldn't do this hat hall. the private sector won't do it, it shouldn't be done. i'm not one of those. i think this is a very important adjunct to america's transportation system. now having said all of that and complimented you sufficiently, let me -- >> devil's lake on your mind, senator? >> mr. swkrao: yes, it is. yes, it is. you mentioned i think that the empire builder is probably one of the most successful long distance trains on the amtrak system. the senator from washington knows that, because that's where the empire bear in minder ends up. over -- builder ends up. over half a million people get on that train from chicago to seattle, it goes through north dakota and we face a problem. we have chronic lake floodin

st. petersburg in 1559. but a hurricane wiped it out. >> bagel house, h-o-u-s-e? heads. >> i'm craving a bagel head bagel right now. >> anyway, pensacola, the greatest place in the world. >>> 6:30 on the east coast. all right, shush. >> that is everything. the state of florida has everything. including what it doesn't have, which is income taxes. i love it more every day. >> okay. it's time to stop. >>> time for a look at some of today -- >> is that a crime? >> --'s top stories. according to a defense report, iran may be able to build a long-range missile capable of striking the u.s. within five years. the document also spells out that despite pledges by iranian officials -- it's not good -- shia militants in iraq, iran continues to provide training to those militants. >>> a new study finds one-third of u.s. teenagers with cell phones send more than 100 text messages with a girl. >> this is horrible. >> with girls sending and receiving more times than girls. a survey says texting is now the main way teens communicate. this is fascinating. even more so than phone c

st. petersburg. also the 1589 hand colored engravenging by about aitiesa of st. august us tin, florida, the earliest engraving of any locate in the u.s., also one of george washington's personal journals from his time spent at mount vernon and letters from john quincy adams and james monroe pertaining to the purchase of florida and to the foreign policy of the united states. mr. speaker, these are just some of the major items that are in jay's impressive collection. in support of this collection, the library now hosts an ongoing lecture series, program of exhibitions, research and public education program named after jay kisslack and this week the foundation held one of its annual lectures right here in washington at the library. the event included historian jonathan spens, one of the foremost experts on modern china and the professor of history emeritus at yale university. jay's philanthropy continues to ex tound in its depth and scope. through his substantial contribution, countless generations will be able to view a window into our past as americans and as flo

st. petersburg and i'm thinking, wait a second, why isn't this a fast train with faster and better equipmentn russia then here? it makes no sense to me. i'm a big supporter of amtrak. i think rail passenger service is an important part of the transportation and i know we have some of us who believe we shouldn't do this at all. the private sector won't do it and it shouldn't be done. i'm not one of those. i think it is an important adjunct to america's transportation system. having said all that and complemented you sufficiently. >> is devils lake on your mind senator? >> estevez. you mentioned the empire builder is one of the most successful long-distance trains and the amtrak system. the senator from washington note that because that is where the empire builder ends up. over half a million people get on a train from chicago to seattle and go through north dakota. we face a problem, as you know we have chronic lake flooding that has been going on for a dozen years now in what is called devils lake, dramatic flooding. it is the only circumstance other than the great salt lake where you have a

st. petersburg, there were about 106 children in that orphanage at the same time.oom, you see a line of pack-and-play size cribs. dhoe wh they do what they can, they love the children. but in china and places like that, people are living in foster care homes so there is a difference as far as maybe the level of attention the child gets prior to adoption. >> is there any information to suggest there is a higher level of -- the children coming from russia is higher incidents of emotional issues, anything like that? >> i think they all have -- have to some degree some emotional issues but it is up to the parents to kind of know what they're getting into and to be able to tap some resources in order to address those. you see varying things. there are children who have attachment issues, children who have sensory issues. but i don't know anybody who wouldn't if they had to stay in pack-and-play crib for 20 hours a day. it is reversible with therapy and with the proper intervention that is available in this country. >> alisa, thanks very much for your input on this. >>>

st. petersburg times.'m wondering what you have heard about the official reaction from state officials in florida, and specifically, the tampa bay area. guest: for a long this time, offshore drilling has been kind of the third rail, but when you don't touch. it unifies opposition to it, both parties, because of the concern about what a single spill might do to the tourism industry here, tainting the beaches. but that summer we had for dollar gasoline, for dollar a gallon gasoline, certainly changed the lot of minds and the economy has opened up a lo@@@@er ok, if it can be made environmentally safe, then i'm for it. probably the florida official who has been the staunchest opponent of offshore drilling, bill mitchell, has said in reference to the president's proposal, he thinks he is ok with it. they are staking out positions that are more open to this proposal than any we've seen so far. >> if the president's plan, if enacted would affect the tampa bay area specifically how and when? >> what is currently i