as deborah potter reports, stephen ministers do not counsel. but they do offer prayer and listening, and that seems to help. >> i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: sometimes, you just need someone to listen. >> i just don't know how to resolve this in my head. i'm just really upset. i can't forgive myself. >> reporter: sometimes you need something more-- a hand to hold, and maybe a prayer. >> dear lord, thank you for watching over all of us today. in your name, we pray. >> amen. thank you. i feel so much better. >> reporter: at good shepherd lutheran church in raleigh, north carolina, parishioners are training to become caregivers. >> the key thing that i saw is you leaned into her. you engaged her and told her, "i'm listening to you." >> reporter: they're learning to be stephen ministers, named for st. stephen, the first christian martyr, who cared for the poor. parishioners are recruited and interviewed by the pastor, then trained to offer one-to-one care to people in and around their congregation. they commit to be available as needed

send your tokens to stephen baldwin.hism, first question, i guess, why does stephen need personal wealth? answer -- stephen's influences in hollywood, hollywood worships money. without it you're seen as a loser and cannot be an effective influence to this group. he's seen as a loser right now. >>> speaking of web sites, our winner, senator chuck grassley of iowa, you will recall was the highest ranking republican to go all nutsy over health care reform. >> we should not have a government program that determines you're going to pull the plug on grandma. >> grassley is boasting in a press release, and on his side, i worked successfully to improve medicare payments to doctors in rural states like iowa and in turn access for beneficiaries as part of the health care enacted this year. chuck grassley taking partial credit for health care reform. i wonder if the tea party knows about that. senator chuck "i got pull the plug on grandma passed" grassley, today's worst person in the world. is more important . at remax.com, you can

here with us now, stephen a. smith is in new york, the syndicated radio host for fox radio, and the former nba star broadcaster and commentator on the scene, john sally. steven smith, were you surprised at the whole story today? >> not necessarily, i mean tiger woods, i consider to be the best in the world, the best i have ever seen, and the fact is he had some time off and regardless of being in the sex addiction clinic, whatever he wants to call himself being, he had plenty of time to work on his game, to practice just a little bit. i'm quite sure that he got on that golf course a little bit and worked on his game. he' focused, he knows what it takes because he's won before and he's a born winner. this is his sanctuary and he stepped up and performed, i'm not surprised at all. >> larry: john, did it surprise you. >> no, he's the greatest golfer of all time. i called on tying tore make my sticks today, literally i'm going to learn how to play golf because i was so into what tiger woods was doing. how can you say

president jimmy carter appointed stephen breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit, where he then became the chief judge in 1990 and then served as a member of the u.s. is still conference -- judicial conference and the influential sentencing commission. he is known not only for is opinions. he is also celebrated for his scholarship and teaching. from his book "active liberty," we know that he believes that law should be interpreted through the lens of language, history, tradition, purpose, and consequences. above all, that interpretation enables democracy. it was a serious objector of the framers that people participate in the political process, he has said. if people do not, the country cannot work. it is a great honor to have him here when we can participate in this discussion of foreign law and the courts. please join me in welcoming supreme court justice stephen breyer. [applause] >> thank you. that is a very nice introduction. you realize the point is to get you interested in what i am going to say. it is only fair to bow

this will be the shortstop stephen perez. a long throw-in plenty of time to get per air. >> a lot of freshmen. you see the shortstop for the hurricanes. perez a freshman as well. this wake forest team has battled some injuries this year and they haven't come together as a ball club yet. a lot of young players in this ball club. rhinism in this case -- ryan sim inic. who better to give it, delivering it in the head coach jason morris. should be plenty of opportunities tor this wake forest offense to try to make contact as eriksson likes to use an economy of pitches. as i mentioned, as you saw, the brutely pulled semeniuk. and there you saw thim in a 2-0 count. hitter was sitting on a fastball there and he took some off there. a weak fly ball to the 1st base. two quick outs in the top half of the 1st inning. he is a guy that is really masterful on the mound. as a hitter you have to have discipline. this is a tough guy to approach. steven brooks the junior out of wycoff new jersey comes in hitting .327. he is a speed ter. one of

when we go back in time president jimmy carter appointed stephen breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit where he then became the chief judge in 1990. and he also served as a member of the u.s. judicial conference and influential sentencing commission. justice breyer is known not only for his opinions, as a call supreme court justices read an explanation from their decisions, he is also celebrated for his broader scholarship and teaching. from his book, active liberty, we know that the justice believes that law should be interpreted through the lenses of language, history, tradition, precedent, purpose and consequences. above all, that interpretation and enables democracy. he was a serious objective of the framers, the people of the framers, the people that purchase but in the political process, and that people don't participate in the country can work. so it is a great honor, when we can parpa discussion of for law and the court, please join me in welcoming me the supreme court justice stephen breyer. [applause] >> thank you. that was a very, very

president for but he was still with us who appointed stephen's.donald rumsfeld was asked about and having stephen's appointed. former clerks and with ginsberg. so the number of people required a tremendous amount of time and research them and that is how it ended up to 10 years. >> what kind of competition do you have in this space? we should know for the audience, age 90, the longest-serving justice. he has got several decades of legacy on the court. have you been other big works on his career? >> there have been other books i've touched on transport. there's a good book that looks a very specific part of his judicial career. but nothing that is a true biography. and this book really personalized stevens who is a man who is beloved by the people who know him. so in addition to covering is very important work and his influential professional life, it also really presents really entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from the people who know him best and love him the most. so this is really the most complete look at stevens dema

judith and stephen new peter well. they lived in the same building, and i know her dedication to appearing here in her fourth year as chief judge also has a lot to do it honoring her friendship with peter. judith, we are deeply grateful. the list of those who have argued before the new record is impressive, and the pri kathleen sullivan, miguel estrada, and others have all competed for the attention of this panel. i am pleased to announce the today arguing this side of the state of oars on a will be in the net -- nina pillard. she appeared before the supreme court on 25 cases and served on the legal counsel the department of justice during the clinton administration. (arguing the side of the immigrant, sokae elesanjo. kenneth starr will become the 17th president of baylor university this june. any of you who complain about deadlines, those journalists today, and sleep deprivation, it should take note of can today. he took the red eye to philadelphia, and he was teaching his workshop at 9. when he arrived this morning i

with a count 2-1 on stephen perez.nce for tim cooney pitching here in coral gables against the university of miami, the 15th ranked hurricanes. second straight weekend on the road for cooney and the demon deacons in the acc. that one gets away and the count is 3-1. >> we saw cooney struggle when he pitches from the stretch. it doesn't seem he has the same command as when he pitches from the wind up. once again he is worried about the runners that he is losing his focus at the plate. >> jason: you mentioned earlier the hurricane struggles bumping the baseball. and perez who has otherwise been very reliable as the number-two man in the order now has 2 strikes on him. >> these are the little things that drive you nuts as a coach. i am sure coach morris is going nuts in that dugout right now. you have a runner on the base. you have another runner on the worked. you want to move that runner over. two times they were unable to do the job. with when you are a number two hole hitter you have to get that ball down. perez has be

stephen's right, we've got commodity price increases, we've got oil at $85 a barrel. we still have credit issues. what's your view on where we are right now? more positive? more negative? legs? short legs? what do you think this economy's about? >> i think the legs are short and wobbly, honestly. i'm in the skeptical camp. we have, in addition to all the factors we just talked about, you've still got major, major real estate issues. i'm not just talking about housing although it's a huge issue. there are something like 6 million homeowners now who are behind in their mortgages. there's 15 million homeowners who more to the bank than their houses are worth. and the foreclosure programs that the administration has put into place so far have really -- they've all flopped. and it looks like the most recent one doesn't look like it's going to be any more successful because the banks are revolting against it. then on top of that, ali, you've got commercial real estate issues. i think this is the big, big question for this year. we have been hearing for two years that commer

mark shields and stephen chu also spoke at this event. >> this is like christmas because we finally have all of our people back home with us in washington. it is great to be here with a bunch of building tradesmen and building trades women. ladies and gentlemen, today we meet in this great hall at pivotal time in american history and in the history of america's building trade unions. together as americans, and as trade unions, we must decide whether to wither in the face of our current economic adversity or work like hell to wrestle it into submission.

. >> he is the nationals $15 million arm, baseball rookie stephen strasbourg. we take a closer look. >> reporter: stephen strasburg is arguably the most talented pitching prospect of all time according to sports columnists. >> awesome. >> reporter: the # 1-year-old is the first overall pick in the 2009 baseball draft by the washington nationals with a fast ball clocked as high as 10 # miles per hour. >> they say he comes around once in a lifetime. >> it seems to be a win-win for the owner of the harrisburg senators, the city and fans, of course. >> knowing that he was a pick in the draft for the nationals and it is a big deal. >> reporter: a record crowd of harrisburg senators and stephen strasburg fans waited through a two-hour rain delay follow bid a 20-minute power outage to see him pitch last week in his first home game. >> we've seen a big upswing in season tickets from last year. our group sales are way ahead of where we were last year. >> reporter: with the upswing of clouds crowd flocking into town, the mayor is hoping that will mean more bucks spent on

stephen marsh is using a new solution that reverses the novocain effect. it is important for the professor to speak clearly to his students. >> to go back to the college classroom, to be able to teach. >> eric is getting a crown. the 3 d digital impressions take less than five minutes and is much cleaner than the old way. >> instead of putting the group in, it is taken with a laser. it is a digital compression. >> it makes a more accurate images and a mold. >> is a much more pleasant experience. >> his implant will be made at a lab. the computer also helps dr. marsh talk to the labs and see the impression is making for his patients before they arrive. >> i can put my patient in front of the camera, and the lab can visualize the patient. >> one more way to make that visit to the dentist a lot more comfortable. >> that was monica robins reporting. ask your dentist if any of these options are available. the h1n1 swine flu virus is back on the rise. that makes this week's schedule flu clinics for national public health we even more fortuitous. while maryland's

stephen strasburg making his debut.ive innings, struck out eight, allowed four hits an only one earned run an hit 100 miles per hour miles per hour on the radar gun. he also helped his cause with an rbi double. harrisburg rallied to beat the curves 6-4. that is a victory for stephen strasburg in his pro debut. >>> there is a major traffic alert you need to be ware of. the nuclear security summit is set to get under way. i'm sarah simmons. i'm have the details in a live -- i'll have the details in a live report when fox 5 morning news returns. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> taking a look at the wilson bridge. traffic already starting to pick up. temperatures in the upper 50s at reagan national airport this morning. coming off a great weekend. almost perfect conditions yesterday. temperatures in the mid-70s and bright blue skies throughout the day. a few more changes today. another great-looking day. highs upper 60s to about 70. the reason why, cold front coming through. not much rain associated with it. just a couple of light sprinkles

the on deck hitter stephen perez looking for an opportunity here in the bottom half of the 4th. >> jason: curve ball well hit, left center field. semeniuk heading toward the track. over his head and off the wall. it will be an rbi double for zeke devoss as frankie ratcliff scores with miami's 5th run of the ballgame. >> good at at for that young freshman. he battled and battled to hit a couple balls there. got a good hit on a full count. cooney just gave in, just gave him a good pitch to hit. good job turning on that pitch and two on base hits. up by the letters, he does have nice job driving that ball out to left center field. >> jason: stephen perez at the plate for miami. 0-1. he walked and scored in the 3rd. miami leading here ot home 5-2 over wake forest -- at home 5-2 wake forest. battle of freshmen right here with cooney and perez on the outside corner. perez does not like that call from the home plate umpire junior creep. >> the zone got extended a little bit there. a good job of framing for the umpire. >> jason: this sa wake forest pitch staff that entered the weekend with an ov

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myranda stephens reports that recent changes in maryland's laws could help accelerate their goals. >> we're going to have our road captains right behind us. thanks for coming out. >>reporter: at the harley davidson in darlington, bikers rode their hogs for a cause. >> if curide for a charity like this, it's a double pleasure. have you fun and you're doing something good for a charity. >>reporter: dozens of bikers took part in a ride to help with the child advocacy center, a non-profit group that helps the agency that investigates child abuse. >> i've seen numerous kids who were abused, heard about it from where i used to work and things like that. it's untolerable to me. >> we get the awareness out there that this is occurring and all of these people here are supporting this, supporting us. you can't ask for more. >>reporter: the riders aren't the only ones hoping to change those numbers. maryland lawmake passed a slew of laws to help. >>reporter: among them, increasing penalties from five years in prison to a mandatory 15 years. along with extending the length of time a sex offender

stephen douglass came up with the idea of popular sovereignty which would let the people of the area decide. the result, as of this audience knows, was a divided kansas. charles sumner stood up on the floor of the senate and gave a very long speech in which he attacked stephen douglas for his support of popular sovereignty. he made some very tough remarks about other senators. that triggered an assault on a sumner several days later by a house member who was related to one of the senators who had been verbally attacked. he came into the chamber, sat there, did not want to offend the dignity of the senate, so he waited until they adjourned, and then he marched down the aisle, walked up to charles sumner, who was bent over his desk signing his signature on a bundle of envelops so that he could mail the very speech he had made a few days earlier. as he was signing that, his opponent had at came up with a solid gold handle, brought it down on the senator's head. the other senators a workshop. sumner fell to the floor every -- bleeding profusely. people thought he would die. he stayed awa

stephen king has been working on the project for more than a year now.signed copies of his last book in a wal-mart in dundalk, the store that sells more of his books than any other story in the country. >> i hear the lion king theme at the maryland zoo now. >> hakuna matata is playing everywhere there now. here are the new parents of two new male warthogs. they already have fur and teeth. they look like miniature pigs. you won't be able to see them for several weeks, the staff has to baby proof the enclosure. looking for that this summer. >>> we'd also like to say congratulations to the agistini and nolan families. murphy patrl nolan was welcomed to the world yesterday. he weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces. 22 inches long. he is just perfect. >> came out walking, i hear. right? >> he's gorgeous. >>> 6:56. problem-free fossphilosophy. i was paying attention. 77 degrees today. our two-degree guarantee. we're down into the upper 40s overnight. we'll go for 80 on friday and saturday. 20 degrees above normal. sunshine will give way to a few clouds, still mid- to up

justice stephen breyer was going in san francisco, california. he received a b.a. in philosophy from stanford university, a b.a. at magdalene college and oxford university as a marshall scholar, and a law degree from harvard law school. he served as a law clerk for associate justice arthur goldberg during the 1964 term. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school, where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. beginning in 1979, he served two years as chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. president jimmy carter appointed justice breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit in 1980. he became its chief judge in 1980 -- 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, are moderated this evening is james duff. he graduated from the university of kentucky on this pr

myranda stephens, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> all right.tion into nearly $54,000 of campaign spending. unrelated to running for office. election board found purchases for an eye examination, online games and car repairs. by law campaign funds can only be used for elections. no comment from keri tonight. >> president obama said he does not have a litmus test for his supreme court nominee on the issue the controversial issue of abortion. president met with a bipartisan group of senators today. including members of the panel that will hold confirmation hearings on the nominee. mr. obama did go on to say, he wants a judge that will consider independent and women's rights. senators have their own ideas. >> a person who has been a lawyer. given their life to the practice of law. >> i hope we have someone that is not a circuit court judge. i personally feel it should be someone that is an academic. >> of course, mr. obama is trying to find a replacement for justice john paul stevens retiring this summer. president hopes to have the person confirme

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 sidewalk. just as a precaution. >> in six years, i have seen, at least four cars totaled on this side street. >> no place to park here without being afraid of people running into the cars. >> and some residents say that they have complain to the city to get something done. they would like speed bumps or flashing lights added to the street. because of the holiday, though, no one from the city was available for comment. but we hope to get some answer os monday. live in northeast baltimore, myranda myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> testimony continues in the attempted murder trial of lamont davis. he is acc

of the reasons was -- i was brainstorming about what we should do with this video with my friend stephen. we were trying to think about what topic no one else would focus on. what are some common strains of that people agree with, maybe military, freedom of speech. what is another strength that america has that no one else will think of? we thought, oh, the free market economy. people do not often think about that when they think about the great things about america. obviously, this is one of the great things about america. we decided to make that our topic. as it turned up, we to -- we were able to find a lot of small and large business owners that we were able to interview. >> what did you learn from your interviews? >> i learned a lot about what it takes to start a business. when we interviewed the business owners, we did not really focus on what kind of forms you have to fill out. it was more like, what you as a person has to go through to start a business. three of the people we interviewed told us that anyone can start a business as long as you have the appropriate amount of determ

stephen hawking weighs in on whether there's life out there. >>> tonight, we begin a week-long seriescrets of the high cost of medicine. i'm going to start off by showing a you a couple of numbers. this year, medicare will spend roughly $125 billion on patients during their last 12 months of life. that's a full quarter of its entire budget. so why is spending so skewed toward the end of life? well, we all know medical advances have allowed people to live longer, but here's the thing. fully three quarters of people who live to age 65 will develop cancer, heart disease, chronic lung disease, dementia or are going to have a stroke in their last year of life. and all of that is costly. let's show you how some of those numbers break down. the estimated lifetime cost of treating a stroke, for example, in a senior, $100,000. for heart disease, conservative price tag, around $121,000 over 20 years. that's without surgery. and if you need surgery, many people do, costs can run more than $4 million. for prostate cancer treatment, the cost is around $41,000. and the average cost of a nursing hom

stephen douglass came up with the idea of popular sovereignty in 1854, so we now let the people of the area decide, so the result is leading kansas. he gave a very long speech in which he attacked stephen douglas for supporting popular sovereignty and made tough remarks about other senators. that triggered an assault some days later by a house member who was related to one of the senators who had been verbally attacked. preston brooks came into the senate chamber, did not want to offend the dignity of the senate, so he waited until he adjourned, and then he marched down the aisle and walked up to charles sumner, who was turned over his us signing his signature -- his desk signing his signature so he could mail the seeds from a few days earlier. as sumner was signing that, for its hurricane with a solid gold hammer, -- had a cane with a solid gold handle, brought it down on his head. others were shot, and sumner fell to the floor, bleeding profusely -- others were shocked, and sumner fell to the floor, bleeding profusely. he stayed away for a three years. his and the death became a tour

stephen wayne of georgetown university is joining us this morning.welcome and thank you for being here. what's the learning curve in the first year for a president? hos guest: that depends if they're initial actions are greeted positively or negatively. the extent to what they're willing to change views some times in contradiction to what they said during the campaign and it also relates to public opinion. so, you can't answer that except to say, every president, confident as he may be - as barack obama was when he became president has to rethink some things he said or anticipated things that would happen to him during the president. host: what's your thoughts on president barack obama compared to last presidents? guest: well, i think president obama has made adjustments in the presidency but he's been really over taken i think by events. the depth of the recession. the need to make a new decision with respect to afghanistan. - and the decision he made - somewhat contra versely to stick with his health care program after the expenditure of so much mo

host: let me jump in and get a response from stephen wayne. go ahead. guest: two things. sometimes we make adjustments on the basis of history that we wanted but a history that didn't exist. a lot of times people are looking at a fiction and not a fact. your certainly right, change is scary for people. particularly older people and particularly people who have an orientation that think that america has gained it's greatness from individual initiative and private enterprise, and a limited government activity. the fact of the matter is. president obama has a different view of government than had president bush. both believe how to use government in times of emergency when there was no place to turn. obama believes two things that president bush by and large did not. one, he believes that in a capital is cap capitalistic society where the key motivation is to gain money you have to curb the abuses that develop in the system. we began that in the 19th century trying to prevent the railroads from getting mo non mri. republicans don't believe that nearly as much. secondly and t

but two of his men were veterans of fallujah, lance corporals justin sharratt and stephen tatum.like wuterich, tatum presented his story of what happened that day. >> i had been told by my squad leader to treat the house as hostile. before even entering the house, shots had already been fired; upon entering the house, i heard an ak-47 racking. >> narrator: tatum said he threw a grenade into the room that he thought the sound was coming from. >> grenade just went off. dust was in the air, smoke was in the air. couldn't really make out much more than targets. >> narrator: by the time they cleared the first house, three men, two women and a child were dead. next, wuterich said he heard one of his marines shout, "there's a runner," and he ordered his men to the next house, house two, the only place he said the runner could have gone. >> again, we used grenades and cleared the rooms by fire. >> it was dark, couldn't really see a whole lot. i never took more than two or three steps in either one of the rooms. the engagements maybe lasted five, six seconds. >> narrator: just seconds, bu

stephen perez waiting patiently. at the knees for strike one. perez 0-2. he walked, stole a base and scored this the 1st. series concludes here in coral gables tomorrow. then the demon deacons back home. high point wednesday night, and then it's the florida statism knowles. by the way, florida state just one win away from career victory 1600. >> wicho: flor state was tailing virginia tech by one run and home. >> jason: 0-2 on perez. the pitch, perez out in front and fouls it off. >> wicho: i am sure coming into this weekend if you are a seminole fan you have to like your chances against the hokeys to get that number 1600 in for coach martin. you hope to get it on sunday just to avoid this week. >> jason: the hurricanes used to take on florida state twice a year. we'll see them only once this season. it will be in talahassee later this month. the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. >> wicho: that's one of the changes when they went to the acc. instead of playing six games, three at home and three on the road for the canes or the seminoles, depending who you are talking a

stephen perez also stole 3rd back in the 1st inning and would score. ratcliff not going.t one is chop fouled on the

there you see anna felix, the mother of stephen felix, and the other brother, michael, who was and allcan pitcher here, drafted in the 2nd round of the pro drafts. great baseball player in the their family. 2 going. nice by done by casey mccollum in the 3rd. retired. 1-3. and felix moves to 2nd base on the chop to 3rd. >> really impressed with golden and how he was able to kind of right himself and regroup after a very shaky one-plus innings to start this game. 3 quick runs and now settled in and looks like a million bucks. >>> and chase whitley delivered a big blow in the 1st when the trojans scored twice. he had a 2-out rbi double. followed steven felix's home run, with 1 up. and felix is at 2nd base. 3-2, troy leads. 2 outs in the 5th. >> wow, this is an rbi hit right here. rowell lays out and >>> we start the 6th. troy leads, 3-2. >>> we are in the 6th inning in troy, alabama. it looks as though this will be a lot of sunshine from now on. and houston has provided some sunshine to the ualr trojans. >> i think houston has a nice swing. look at him trying to bunt right there. the guy

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >>> a lot more information on the nuclear conference and how will affect travel through the district all on the website, wjla.com, keyword "summit." >>> we are very happy to announce we have won five prestigious edward r. murrow awards. >> the awards were for overall excellence, best newscast, breaking news coverage, as documentaries, and best new series for our "touch of life" series about breast cancer. the news and weather partners at wtop radio are also celebrating. they won 12 edward r. murrow awards, including best news operation and best breaking news coverage. a big congratulations to them. >>> coming up, it is official, a rematch is coming in the race for maryland governor. >> a son is suing his mother for what she wrote on his facebook page. >> gas prices back near $4 per gallon? >> physically, i cannot think or move. >> next, a tennis legend that begins the fight of her life. >>> surprising news from a sports legend. >> martina navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. >> it was spotted during a routine mammogram. the tennis champ admit

. >> today on america & the courts, supreme court justice stephen breyer and clarence thomas discussed next year's budget before a house appropriations subcommittee. it ought about cameras in the courtroom, the diversity of law clerks, and cases involving health care legislation. "america & the courts," is tonight at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. but in his weekly online address, president obama talks about financial regulation that would create a part -- a consumer protection agency and established new rules governing the practices of wall street firms and government sponsored entities. after that, republican house whip eric cantor talks about the federal tax filing deadline and criticizes better it -- criticizes government spending and higher taxes. >> there were many causes of the turmoil that ripped through our economy over the past two years. but above all, this crisis was caused by the failures in the financial industry. what is clear is that this crisis could have been avoided, if wall street firms were more accountable, if financial dealings were more transparent, and if consume

stephen strasberg, he is lights out. they told the aaa plhilly -- philly to 1 hit. 17 strikeouts, and is very comfortable throwing 99 miles an hour. unbelievable. can't wait to see him at national's park. they have given up 21 runs in those two. you need a hot pitcher. one of the best practical jokes of the year, his game-winning home run, he was fired up. they surprised him, and he did not know what to do. once he got in the tunnel, they showed him the love he wanted. when he got home plate, he did not know what to do. i showed this to you at 5:00, but it is back by popular demand. watch the base runners. over. >> safe, unbelievable play. >> unbelievable is right. it was worth a second look. he has the wind. great shot. you know that the steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger has been suspended, and he will undergo behavioral evaluation. they want a top-10 draft pick for him. i will keep an eye on that for you. six games suspended with no pay for violating the conduct policy. they have added two more tournaments. tiger

stephen mansfield also joins us. thanks everyone for being here.h we had this new poll out today shows president's job approval lowest ever 44%. approval on health care lowest ever in that poll, 34%. what happened to the there's delay passing a sprawling budget busting unpopular health care bill is going to be the thing to refor -- restore obama to health? >> at&t, 100 billion at deere. it is not specifics that are awful. i think the president ran as a bipartisan candidate and he's disappointed a lot of people because it was the most partisan exercise of raw politics that we've seen at the national level probably going back to lbj. the distance between expectation and the way he has acted. and the way he's acting now. in maine one of the most ungracious moments. i think he's doing himself enormous in the we have to watch the job numbers. what was announced today was important because we are seeing the trend lines change and beginning to see job growth occur once again. is it enough? no. do we need to do more? absolutely. the thing more determinativ

stephen was here in dundalk walmart, because they sell more stephen king books in the country. >> maybe the universe. >> we did this last time, this is the census map. www.2010census.gov. it will lead you to like, you know, all these really cool things. right now the national average is 52%. maryland is at 54%. the 2000 census, the national return rate was 72%, maryland was 74. on pace with 2000. >> if you have a census form, get that big boy in. >> you could break it down to the zip code if you google around. >> you really can. if you are just -- if you have some down time at work and you happen to be messing around on the internet, i know that never happens, but just in case pigs fly and you decide to go online and do something today. with check out the interactive map. a lot of federal money, states and countries, the state and countries in maryland could use are riding on this census, as are political boundary lines. pretty darn big deal. >> you'll be hearing more about it all day long. let's look, heck, let's look at the forecast, simple. sunshine today. we'll go for a high tempera

stephen chu, our secretarial ministry, martha johnson, the ceq chair, carol browner, our white house,rector -- please give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. martin o'malley is here. [applause] ray mavis, the secretary of the navy is here. [applause] admiral gary ruffhead, chief of naval operations, is here. thank you, gary. [applause] i want to thank the base commander here at andrews and the leadership that is present from the air force, the marine corps, and it was guard. ken and i were colleagues in the senate and i appointed him int because i knew he would be a faithful and pragmatic stored of our raw natural resources. as secretary, he is changing the way the department does business so we are the responsibly developing sources of energy and renewable sources of energy, from the wind on the high plains to the suns in the desert, to the winds off our coast. when grateful for the work he has done that as culminating in -- i am grateful for the work he has done today that is ut(v andrews is the home of air force one and i appreciate everything you do for me and my family. i

when we then interviewed stephen for the peace -- piece, he did not exactly deny it., there is no record of such a meeting. he is -- that is not saying that the meeting did not occur. lesley stahl is the correspondence that i worked with. for the next week, condoleezza rice was saying publicly that there was no record of such a meeting. she was attempting to a tic -- attack his credibility. five-seven days later, some of our confidential sources then decided to come forward and go public and say, i was there. he was telling the truth. right after our piece, which was a two-part piece, the 9/11 hearings occurred. he followed up our peace with his testimony. what he did was framed the debate, what he did was establish his credibility. tv news can let the viewer is looking in the eyes. -- ken -- tv news can let the viewer looking in the eyes. you are defining yourself before those twwhom you are attacking are going to come out and attack you. i know for a fact that he did not regret for a minute going on the show. that was a smart move. to me, that anecdotes' illustrates

host: stephen on airline for democrats. caller: my economy in south carolina is all hotels and things of that nature. it is tourism and things like that. one of the biggest things that helps stimulate the economy in the united states is to stop the worker bees is coming into the country right now. -- worker visas. every summer, they bring in -- bill gates does it. everybody does it permit -- everybody does it. they get visas ofor these peopl. our unemployment is 50% in myrtle beach. -- 15% in myrtle beach. host: are people staying employed after the summer vacation season? caller: no. it is seasonal. host: thank you for your call. indeed -- in the "new york post" this morning -- the state' double the cigarette tax to pay for it all. the governor is our desk -- as our guest later this week. he sat down for an interview and talked about what new employment figures show is happening to the u.s. economically. >> i would be very cautious about saying anything else. i do not see it yet on the ground. i talk to businesses all the

stephen moore address that is in moments. martha: a florida man being hailed a hero this morning, he went out and found this missing 11-year-old girl, safe and sound, and who knows how many days she could have survived out there. we're going to play the dramatic 911 call when he realized that nadia bloom was alive. >> i got her, i got nadia. >> caller? >> i'm in the middle of the swamp. >> you're in contact with her? >> i'm holding her right now, yeah, she's okay, she's got bites all over her, she's got some scratches, she is very lucid, she has no major injuries. i've got some -- i'm going to give her some liquids, i've got some stuff prepared for her. martha: what an incredible story this is, doctors in florida saying a girl found alive after four days alone in a swamp where there are alligators is apparently doing fine, she is 11-year-old nadia bloornlings they say she was found largely unharmed in this alligator-infested area, if you can believe it. police say a member of our family's church went looking for her and found

i have never heard you make that one before, stephen. that judging is best which is most readily understandable by the people. is that it? >> my god. >> let's do whatever produces a good result. when our opinions are reported in the press, they do not give the details of section 323. what we're really wrestling with, trying to reconcile a lot of different provisions prodigious tell you who won. was a the impoverished widow? or was it the insurance company? and if it was the widow, ray. it was a wonderful decision. and if it was the insurance company, that terrible court. it is always going to be like that. it was like that in most famous jury trial in history, where the very clever lawyer says,"oh, yes, you may take a pound of flesh, but if any blood goes along with that pledge, your bond is forfeit." -- if any blood goes along with that flesh, your bond is for the." is a sorry. brilliant judge, everyone says. if you authorize some to take a pound of flesh, you implicitly authorized to take whatever blood goes along with it. if you ask s

and to announce our award this year i will turn the microphone over to stephen. [applause] >> the nbc award for biography this year goes to blake bailey. [applause] >> writing fiction saved john cheever's life. on the strength of a collection of short stories that he himself considered so wretched that he tried to destroy all copies of it. he was mustered out of the 22 inventory regiment and into writing fiction for the army navy screen magazine. assigned to storm utah beach on d-day most of the soldiers he trained with the eventually died in combat. and stories including the swimmer, 548, country husband and to radio, seem indelibly etched into the canon of american literature. they won the 1979 award for fiction. blake bailey whose biography of richard yates was an nbc finalist offers an ancestor's to afterlife biography of an heir to the yankee protestant defendants whose kitchen was littered in bottles. a prodigious feat of research that required processing and coaxing testimony out of witnesses bailey's account fills 700 pages. bailey's attentive to his subj

you sat down with stephen colbert to talk about marijuana.g the law, you realize that. >> no, i, um. >> you're a criminal, sir. >> no i'm not because -- >> you are a criminal. >> i am actually under the influence of medical marijuana. actually a doctor prescribed. >> was it dr. dre'? >> larry: marijuana's kind of a trademark with you. you still smoke it? >> every blue moon. >> larry: how many blue moons are there? i don't keep count. >> there's a blue moon every day. >> larry: do you think that it should be legalized? >> i know it should be legalized. legalize it and i'll advertise it. >> larry: can you perform just as well while a little high. >> how about i've never performed without it? >> larry: well, how about learning -- maybe you'll be better without it? >> let's try that one time. >> larry: try it one time, snoop goes on. >> do it together. >> larry: i'll go on with you. >> yes, let's do it together. happiness is togetherness. >> larry: a jew finds relief. anyway, e-mail question from sarah in orlando. "how do you pronounce your real

against, you know, david letterman he's now going to be competing really against john stewart and stephen colbert who established themselves as the cable guys of late night. as the cable guys on late night. so it's more, you know, a very young crowd split up in a lot of different ways. that is conan's audience and the audience on comedy central. i expect him to do well. he probably won't have to worry about, you know, big numbers. i think he'll do a good, young audience. he'll be very free, creatively free to do what he wants to do without a lot of interference from, you know, what he used to have at the network. >> larry: we'll be back with bill carter and lynn etrice and lauren sanchez after this. >> larry: back in january, conan said he wouldn't move "the tonight show" back 30 minutes so jay leno could start at 11:30. here's how george lopez joked about that at the time. >> conan o'brien sent a letter saying he wouldn't move to 12:05 to make room for jay leno at 11:35, which i don't understand, because latinos have no problems to be told to come into work a half hour later! right? >> l

according to stephen shepard, a professor of public affairs at williams college, citizens depend on the arts to get them through tough times. they also provide for the cultural needs of a society at large. in a study done by north adams, business, law, and health care are men on the fields needing treated talent in society. under the right conditions, culture can pay. >> $5 trillion of american's household wealth evaporated in the last three months. >> is hard to imagine that the arts will be prosperous during the economic recovery. but our first stop is one of austin's most famous pianist. she grew up in south africa. after earning several music degrees, she moved to the u.s. with her husband peter. >> i think it is extremely valuable for people of all ages to be able to use music as a place to retreat from our world come to find a beauty and to find peace and to just enjoy it. after 9/11, i noticed that students seemed to play the piano in some kind of security when the country was in turmoil. they felt very happy to be able to have music. in this country, over the arts are dependent