t.d. - i know all about being responsible. i take care of 3 of my neighbor's houseplants and an ant farm. - ant farm. [whistles] ant farm. - t.d. likes to mimic what he hears sometimes. - mimics what he hears. [whistles] - ha ha ha! - don't worry, mr. barber. t.d. is in good hands. i've done a lot of research on african grey parrots. do you know they can live up to 65 years? - oh, really? that's crazy. i guess that's why they call them grey. [t.d. groans] - i am very impressed, jessica, but, please, don't call me mr. barber. call me tiki. - ok. ha ha! - i'm going to go run some errands. t.d. squawks a lot, so if he gets too loud, just take this sheet, throw it over top of him. - right. - goes right to sleep. - ha! - [squeaks] good morning. - oh. - [squeaks] morning. - that is a good trick, mr. barber. i mean, tiki. - i'll see you in a couple hours, t.d. - see you in a couple hours. [squeaks, whistles] - i do love that parrot. - see you later, tiki. ha! i can't believe your first pet-sittin

long fourth quarter drive and short t.d.1-23. >>> in the fourth, seattle's leon washington had a second return for a t.d., the tenth player in history to bring back two kick-offs for touchdowns. that put the seahawks up and they beat san diego 27-20. and philadelphia's michael vick three touchdown passes and ran for a t.d. himself. the eagles beat the jaguars 28-3. in baseball, philadelphia clinched the playoff spot even though they lost to the mets because cincinnati homered and stomped san diego 12-2. the reds' magic number to win the central division down to one. with the score tied in the tenth inning, boston walked in the winning run for the yankees, 4-3 victory. the yankees' magic number to reach the playoffs is down to one. >>> when we come back this morning, another look at the morning's top stories and staff shuffle. the obama white house gets set for some big changes. hanges. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who

joe flacco, hooks up with anquan bolden for a 13-yard t.d. we'll see more from q in a minute. >>> payton hillis pounds it into the end zone to bring cleveland within four at the half. in the fourth quarter, seneca wallace to benjamin watson. that's a browns touchdown. cleveland takes the lead 17-14. joe, you got to win this out for it. joe lost one. high and deep! a 28-yard touchdown pass to anquan bolden. bolden had three t.d. catches on the game and ravens win 24-17. and the ravens go to pittsburgh, coming up. >>> we were on the schedule at the very beginning, followed the project every step of the way. we were there at the finish line. it's been more than two months since "extreme makeover: home edition" took over fleetwood avenue in baltimore to build the new home for boys hope girls hope. >> we didn't get to see the inside until halftime -- last night. >> reporter: some of us can change a light bulb or squash a stink bug but also move a bus and give hope. >> all going through my head now is wow. i'm crying a lot because it's finally hitt

jahvid best touching up his two t.d. runs last week with two today. weaving in and out of traffic. look at him go. 232 total yards and two touchdowns, but the eagles win 35-32. >>> giants prevented a sweep against milwaukee with some heavy lumber. a much-needed win as they hit the road for their final six games away from at&t park. the caped crusader,batman man in attendance. guillen clears the bags with a grand slam. you don't see many slams in the first. in the fifth, more from gee yes, based loaded, two out hit. 6 rbi day for gee yes. giants offense wasn't done. bottom seven, burrell's homer, the giants with the 9-2 victory. >> a lot of games left. nothing going to come easy from this point on. we have to earn every win and just kind of be smart and go hard and just win games. >> mike: in minnesota, the a's looking to take 2-3 from the twins, and oakland put up a crooked number off liriano in the first. it's a two-out singing into center. then in the fifth, mark ellis puts some muscle into this one. see ya. to left and gone. his fourth of the year. the a's love affair with the .

it's the only defense in the nfl that has not allowed a t.d. remember, they're playing well, despite injuries to their secondary. it hasn't slowed these ravens down. >> we haven't gave up a touchdown in god knows how long. and that's why you play the game. and any time you hear all of these injuries here and there. but for us, it's always next man up. >> we're trying to get back to our normal selves. the city of baltimore is used to us playing like. and you can do that when you have a healthy defense. >> a do a lot on thursday. try to create a lot of turnovers. so, you know, that's the only thing i can say about them. everybody knows they're a good defense. great defense. and we just got in trouble. >> ravens rookie linebacker sergio kindle won't be playing this year. but he has signed a contract. >>> kindle suffered a serious head injury in an accident this summer. that injury will keep him off the field this year. watching on tv. and you can see the ravens take on the browns in the home opener here on wjz. coverage comes your way at 1:00. bas

peyton manning, three t.d.'s, his brother, eli, had two. the orioles, they're in boston this morning. kickoff a nine-game road trip with the red sox 4-3. they beat the yankees on sunday. big comeback keyed by this. luke scott off mariano rivera in the ninth, home run number 27, ties it at 3-3. in the 11th, yankees with bases loaded, and mike gonzalez gets out of it. josh bell, brian roberts, ty wigginton, double play ends the inning. and then the bottom of the 11th, the orioles win it. luke scott at second, ty wigginton, opposite field. 4-3, the orioles avoid the sweep. and i don't care when, where, what time of the year it is, you beat the yankees, it's like beating the steelers. home opener for the ravens sunday against the browns. good vibes about that one. >> absolutely. keith, thank you. >> 6:26, 66 degrees on tv hill. much more to come on 11 news today. >> it's the first full week of general election campaigning. good morning. i'm tracie potts in washington. what both political parties face, coming up. >> it's premiere week on nbc, ti

three 14 or 15-year-old boy the conversation turn t.d. getting driver's licenses. said, dad, can you tell us about the dangers of distracted driving. ok, maybe he didn't really say that. maybe i brought it up. with some eyes rolling. we had a little conversation about it. and the good news was that the three of them, all of them said, yeah, texting and driving, that's plain stupid, we're not going to do that. i should have stopped there. but they were football players, i told them about the football field analogy and how when you're looking down, you travel so far. one of them said, i don't need to look down while i'm texting. i can do it without looking. and stupidly, foolishly, i challenged him to prove it and they kid, at the table, back and forth. they looked down to read the message and would text the responses, three of them, without one spelling error. scary. we have our work cut out for us. hoke -- ok, so. first slide please. i'm going to talk about the research going on throughout d.t. -- throughout d.o.t., what we did in the last summit, what we're doing