ted williams departing the field. >> you have to me about replacing the tv ledge end. >> ted williamsing the field and everybody going crazy and cheering and saying don't worry. his replacement is here. chip whitly! a guy like me running in. don't worry about ted williams. i will catch it! striking out right away. you can imagine the reaction. i never in my heart had ill will towards people. if i had not been myself and watched conan o'brien debut, i would have been horrified as well. >> what are you did that day, you would land the holy grail of comedy, "the tonight show." then you would have another down moment. >> oh, yeah. in a way i say i'm going to go on to have and i wrote that thinking not really. >> let's take a break. i want to hang on to the big moment. whatever you call it. >> you can get hit by a softball? i don't get softball, but the ball is not soft at all. >> this is a seinfeld routine. that was great. that was observational comedy. you should do ten minutes on this. this is fun. in communities across the country. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's pr

don't worry about ted williams, i'm going to catch up real soon and striking out right away. you can imagine what the reaction would be. so i never in my heart had any really -- had any ill will towards people because i think i -- if i could have -- if i had not been myself and had watched conan o'brien debut after david letterman, i'd have been horrified as well. >> what you didn't know that day at harvard in 2000 was that you were going to land the holy grail of comedy, "the tonight show". >> right. >> and then you were going to have another down moment. >> oh, yeah. and in a way, you know, i say i'm going to go on to have more, bigger failures, i wrote that thinking not really. >> let's take a break because i want to hang on the big -- the big moment. whatever you want to call it. let's find out what you really thought. >> did you get hit by a softball? >> yeah. >> i don't get softball. it's softball, but the ball is not soft at all. and if it hits you -- >> this is a seinfeld routine. this is incredible. that was great. that was observational comedy. >> i'm going to get y

ted williams says he expects prince george's county will settle the $10 million civil suit that ryanled. he also says the maximum normally awarded for civil rights violations would be about $300,000. the county executive's office deferred comment to police. as for corporal taylor, his lawyer says they won't comment on the criminal or civil charges in this case outside of the courtroom. >>> the baltimore area teen who police say shot a classmate on the first day of school is being charged as an adult. a grand jury indicted 15-year- old robert gladden on 29 counts of attempted murder, first degree assault and reckless endangerment. prosecutors say gladden fired two rounds from a shotgun he took to perry hall high school and critically wounded 17-year- old daniel borowy. his father says his son is recovering. >>> no easy day, the book that chronicles the raid that killed osama bin laden hit store she feels today, not without controversy and possible -- shelves today not without controversy and possible punishment for the former navy seal who wrote it. the pentagon says the book contains

ted williams never batted .1000.i mean, my credibility is only as good as the latest program that i'm administering. and you can't do these projects worried about what people are going to think. >> but is your most powerful weapon your reputation? >> definitely not. my most powerful weapon are the checks going out. that's all that matters here. >> show me the money. >> show me the money. show me the money. >> and he did. by january of 2012, kenneth feinberg had paid out nearly $6 billion to over 200,000 claimants. but not everyone wanted to make a deal. tens of thousands of others have decided to sue bp. and coming up, trapped chilean miners consider desperate measures. >> [speaking spanish] >> male translator: i had to think about which miner was gonna collapse first. and then i started thinking about how i was gonna eat him. >> the 33 when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budge

officially has its first winning baseball team since 1969 when ted williams managed the senators. >>> and for more on the nationals and fan reaction to the shutdown of steven strasburg, say hello to paul wagner. >> some people think general manager mike rizzo is crazy for taking the ball out of steven strasburg's hands, especially with the way the right hander is pitching. but outside nats park, the gm was getting plenty of support. >> a swing and a miss. strasburg wins that skirmish. >> reporter: steven strasburg struck out 9 batters and gave up just 2 hits over 6 innings yesterday in one of the last games he will pitch for the nats this year, a decision that thans seem to understand and accept. >> the right decision. going to be good for a long time. don't want to ruin them. >> i've always said they should have waited and started in may, kept them in spring training; but i understand what mr. rizzo's doing. he doesn't want this great pitcher to get hurt again. >> that's the idea. the only thing to do, want him for many, many more seasons. he's going to be the heart and soul of this

. >> we should also mention that david pietrusza is the co-author of a book on ted williams.and recently edited "silent cal's almanack". the homespun wisdom of calvin coolidge. who is arnold rothstein? >> he was the father of modern organized crime. he is again land figure, he is a monster figure. but he is not one of those these them and those guys. he doesn't have a scar across his cheek. he doesn't have brass knuckles or commanding as part of his main business an army of thugs. although he will employ the muscle guys to collect debts and such. but he is, as one of his earlier biographies called him, the big bankroll. and he is a gambler when gambling is still very big and very fashionable and semi- legal in new york. and he moves into so many things from there is this big bankroll, where he is putting together the money for rum running and bootlegging, and financing both sides of organized labor disputes, even financing it at one point, the folks from the communist party. i guess the shipment of cash had not come in from moscow that month. he is lending money to them. lend

ted williams, washington senators. >> it's the senators.> they won last night. they beat the dodgers 4-1. they clinch a playoff, first time since the expos, the old expos, made the playoffs in '81. this year's performance marks an incredible turnaround. the nationals lost 100 games in both 2008 and 2009. please go to these games in washington, folks. support baseball. >> okay. >>> up next, josh green from bloomberg businessweek. he's going to join us. we might activate the spank wire. >> now i am officially concerned about you. >> she's very concerned about you for reasons we'll ask off air. make sure you check out our blog. mojo.msnbc.com where we dug up some of our favorite memories and guests over the past five decades. it seems that way. >>> plus, if you ever want to know more about the show's director, t.j., who wants to know anything more about t.j., you can get the exclusive behind-the-scenes manifesto to see what it takes to make "morning joe" happen every morning. we'll be right back. ♪ these are the days [ male announcer ] 6 years

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. >>> also thursday on "rock center with brian williams," ted koppel goes toe-to-toe for a provocativepen partisan media and the role it's playing in our society. that's on "rock center" thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central. that is all for us today. we'll be ba we remember theck lives of ambassador chris stevens and the three other americans that were lost this week on our consulate in libya. thoughts and prayers, of course, are with their families.

. >>> also thursday on "rock center with brian williams," ted koppel goes toe-to-toe for a provocativean media and the role it's playing in our society. that's on "rock center" thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central. that is all for us today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." as we leave you, we remember the lives of ambassador chris stevens and the three other americans lost this week in the dad. listen, we're gonna go broke unless we figure out a way to divvy up this shared data plan...fairly. so, um, whoever's fathered the most children, gets the most data. let's just do it by hair. body hair? most dental work. what? [ phones buzzing and beeping ] stop downloading, and stop liking everything. it should be by who has the least amount of cartilage in their left knee. [ mom ] i just want to take a bath. [ male announcer ] say no to sharing. say yes to sprint. with truly unlimited data, text and calling. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it.

. >>> also thursday on "rock center with brian williams," ted koppel goes toe-to-toe for a provocativean media and the role it's playing in our society. that's on "rock center" thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central. that is all for us today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." as we leave you, we remember the lives of ambassador chris stevens and the

but in 1994, it was ted kennedy, a five-term senator, who seemed vulnerable, coming off the well publicized 1991 rape trial of his nephew, william kennedy smith. even though smith is acquitted, the political damage to kennedy is clear. in 1993/ '94, ted kennedy was somewhat weak, he had just come off of this period of kind of reckless bachelorhood that had brought him a lot of bad headlines. he didn't look particularly good. he seemed actually like somebody who you could beat. >> romney offers himself up as the anti-kennedy. >> he made a great impression. we thought he had a great story. >> the miracle happened. >> romney is married, the father of five sons, and has the right dna. >> i'm standing here now with governor george romney who is telling me -- >> his father george was a three-term republican governor in michigan and even ran for the 1968 republican presidential nomination. it causes team kennedy to rethink its campaign strategy. >> we had a meeting, someone said the first thing we have to do is talk about the budgetary implications of this, and he said no, the first thing i want to know is, bob, what are we going to do

but in 1994, it was ted kennedy, a five-term senator, who seemed vulnerable, coming off the well publicized 1991 rape trial of his nephew, william kennedy smith. even though smith is acquitted, the political damage to kennedy is clear. in 1994-'94, ted kennedy was somewhat weak. he had just come off of this period of kind of reckless bachelorhood that had brought him a lot of bad headlines. he didn't look particularly good. he seemed actually like somebody who you could beat. >> romney offers himself up as the anti-kennedy. >> he made a great impression. we thought he had a great story. >> the miracle happened. >> romney is married, the father of five sons., and has the right dna. >> i'm standing here now with governor george romney who is telling me -- >> his father george was a three-term republican governor in michigan and even ran for the 1968 republican presidential nomination. it caused team kennedy to rethink its campaign strategy. >> we had a meeting, someone said the first thing we have to do is talk about the budgetary implications of this, and he said no, the first thing i want to know is, bob, what are we going to do

about you in 1994, it was ted kennedy, a five-term senator who seemed vulnerable, coming off the well publicized 1991 rape trial of his nephew, william kennedy smith. even though smith is acquitted, the political damage to kennedy is clear. in 1994-'94, ted kennedy was somewhat weak. he had just come off of this period of kind of reckless bachelorhood that had brought him a lot of bad headlines. he didn't look particularly good. he seemed actually like somebody who you could beat. >> romney offers himself up as the anti-kennedy. >> he made a great impression. we thought he had a great story. >> the miracle happened. >> romney is married. the father of five sons. and has the right dna. >> i'm standing here now with governor george romney hosteling me -- >> his father george was a three-term republican governor in michigan. and even ran for the 1968 republican presidential nomination. it caused team kennedy to rethink its campaign strategy. >> we had a meeting, someone said the first thing we have to do is talk about the budgetary implications of this and he said no, the first thing i want to know is bob, what are we going to do on tel

. >> i give bill credit for coming on and sparring with ted, but even though it is an nbc program hosted by brian williamsosses wouldn't allow anyone from msnbc to appear with koppel, holding everyone else accountable. i talked about author michael lewis trailing president obama but giving the white house veto power over all quotes. now "the new york times" is getting out of that business. the paper telling reporters in a memo the court approval game goes too far and gives the impression that we are conceding too much control over a story to sources. what made change it is if other news organizations followed suit. >>> on fox and friends, they make a fair number of mistakes and happen to cast president obama in a negative light. here is the morning show saying obama is too busy to meet with benjamin netanyahu, but he has time for this. >> there he is, sitting down with a pirate, making sure he did not forget to commemorate international talk like a pirate day. arggh, he is in the oval office, the pirate is. >> the photo is from three years ago, and the president was doing a bit for the white house corresp

college i went to williams college in massachusetts and the way that happened was one of my mentors was ted pfizer who recently passed much too worthy. he was head master and in those days where do you want to go to college and i guess harvard. why that? a lot of my friends want to go there. i don't think that is a good reason to go anyplace. you want to write history books. i think we will send you to williams with 1800 students. you go there you will study closely with a historian or political scientist like james macgregor burns. if you are good and you study closely with him which is very hard in the university with a graduate school which graduate students are the ones who work with the professors and that is the way to start. my reaction was i admired william and my friends who had gone there but by the age of 17 we don't like to be told what to do but i did go to williams and he was right that the most important figure in my life was jim burns who very kindly took me on almost as an apprentice and i studied closely with him almost like a tutor and had everything to do with the fact t

good friend, congressman ted deutsch, also of florida, and i will file legislation along with many other members of the florida delegation that will rename the clinic as the william "bill" cling v.a. clinic. this is such a fitting way to memorialize him. with passage of this bill every veteran who walks through the door of the clinic will know the name of the man who did so much for so many. mr. speaker, i look forward to the passing of this legislation so we may pay fitting tribute to a great american, william "bill" cling. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess unti >> live coverage of the house here on c-span. we'll take you live now to the rayburn house office building on capitol hill. for armed services subcommittee of the house is looking into problems with the f-22 fighter jets. pilots have reported getting dizzy from oxygen depravation. current and former air force officials are testifying along with a nasa engineer. >> to properly inspiration or breathe is very, very challenging without supplement

he has cowrote a book on ted williams and he edited "silent cal's almanack." mr.david pietrusza, thank you for being on booktv. thank you for joining us. that will wrap up our program. book tv >> harvard professor, randall kennedy nerd is selling book company and/or time of the strange career of a troublesome word. you write about violence by speech. what do you mean? >> guest: that book is about the word nigger and is a word that is triggered lots of violence and to some it is the final word in another cells. what i wanted to do in that book was to give a history of this word that has been covered with blood literally and sometimes figuratively and wanted to show the way in which this word has wrought havoc in american culture. of course that is not all it does. one of the reasons why it was both worthy is because of the complicated word. it has a terrible history, a history of insult, history of terrorism, a history of intimidation, but of course it has been put to other uses, too. it's been made in an ironic and a term of endearment so the word nigger as a comp