two years ago, this was ted williams' street corner. in some ways, it still is. >> hey, my brother, how are you doing, man? >> great. >> happy new year. >> nearly everything in his life has changed. everything, that is, except the voice. >> right back here. >> but the memories of 17 years of homelessness are still fresh. >> what's it like to have to stand in a median in a highway and ask people for money? >> i thought it was the most degrading thing i thought that was the lowest form of homelessness. >> reporter: he was standing right here when a reporter from a local ohio paper shot him with the most unlikely of gifts. >> when you're listening to nothing but the best of oldies, you're listening to magic 98.9. >> reporter: days later he was on the "today" show. >> oh, god! hi, mr. matt lauer. >> announcing the "today" show. >> this is "today." >> the man with the golden voice proved he is also something of a performer. >> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> reporter: you don't just get it, ted. you nail it. i mean, you complete

. >> and details how the man with the golden voice ted williams has given back two years after beingcovered on a street corner. keep it on this channel for continuing news, weather, sports and more. i'm mara schiavocampo. thanks for watching "early today," this, your first stop of the day on your nbc station. have a good one.

don't know that people would automalt cli elevate him to that strats fear of a jodye dimaggio or ted williamshere a lesson in the story of berra about how to maybe overcome obstacles to become a super achiever less natural talln't maybe, something like that? >> well everyone that we chose we -- they not only excelled in their field but they actually elevated it to an artform. and yogi definitely elevated being catcher for the yankee to an art form. >> yogi was originally an outfielder and told by the yankees that if he did become a catcher he wasn't going to make it on the team and he was not a great catcher. and he took it upon himself and found a mentor and became one of the greatest catchers if not the greatest catcher, of all times. >> by the way, guys, to clarify ted williams is still alive at a cryogenics -- >> stop it. >> one of the common traits among super achievers is happiness and you have an interesting quote from george clinton who says if you get to the top and catch up with happy you have a real problem. you will get real bored. is one of the traits that these people are never

. >> joining us michael car dosa and ted williams and bernie grimm. you, this woman, boy, she certainly has dazzled her jail friends. >> yeah, you know, it's not difficult, you know, to dazzle jail friends, but to say free jodi? jodi is hurting inside. she has the biggest heart. this is a woman who stabbed a man 27 times, then slashed his throat, shot him, tried to cover it up by taking the camera and putting it it in the washing machine and she's got a heart? give me a break!. >> greta: well, she had not yet been convicted, but i have to agree, ted, as i said, i don't know how she's going to get out. i mean, this one the evidence at least from the outside, the limited evidence i have seen seems quite overwhelming against her. >> and if anyone knows, ted know, scorned by women and when he gets this opportunity he goes on and on and on. >> i don't know the evidence in this case, i don't know if the woman was a battered woman. >> the pictures on the camera, got the sort of, you know, got the blood, and i mean-- >> she was arrested she said it was, she di

in san francisco, former prosecutor michael cardoza and here in washington ted williams and bernie grimm. first troy, he knows this case better than anybody else. >> troy, i want to get an idea from you when the pictures is are shown is there any reaction from the jury? >> they have been stone faced throughout the entire trial. the only two times i saw you reaction number one when they showed travis before body. i don't want to be too graphic but you know pacman with his open mouth his neck was gaping open like that. they were disturbed by that. and really pornographic photos of jodi. >> everything i see and hear or have looked at in the case this woman is crazy as we say in lake charles laz as a jay bird. my question simply is why didn't they go after the insanity defense this this case or i think they would have had a better chance of proving insanity than anything else in this case. i don't know about that. but i looked this woman in the face and i didn't know what to expect when i met her. going to be a monster or something that i could say absolutely i could tell this woman murdered

joining us are defense lawyers, ted williams and bernie. first do you, do you think he regrets taking the stand, the pastor tonight? >> in a homicide case you never ever ever ever, i don't know if i'm clear, ever want to call your client. you have to be losing the case so bad at that point that it's the last ditch effort. i don't know if he regrets having the clients on the stand and get off and almost relieved you know what at least i got on the stand and told my story. the way it came out he got caught up and jammed up in very, very bad stuff. >> greta: ted? >> i'm like bernie, never want to put your client on the stand, but this guy may very well have helped himself today on the stand because clearly, what i found troubling is that he was on trial for killing his second wife, but they allowed the judge did, apparently, a lot of testimony to come in concerning the killing of his first wife. and as a result of that. >> greta: that hurts. that hurts. no defense lawyers wants that. >> and greta would go ouch, that really hurts because clearl

later wrote about baseball player ted williams "esquire" in 1996.n to politics in the late '80s that defined his career. cramer's captivating chronicle of six presidential candidates offered an original and personal perspective on the dare i say it, human side of politics. because of cramer, we really came to know george hubert walker bush's past to the presidency and know about the protective son of the same name who is incredibly competitive with senior staff on that came pain who showed some traits that would become familiar during his own time in the white house. the politically tragic aspect of how he always seemed to finish behind the elder bush. gary hart's self-destructing slide chronicled in real-time. joe biden scranton roots, tragic personal loss and near-death experience. again, he was chronicling that in real-time. dick gephardt's hard drive to become a contender and michael ducaucus political posturing that secured the democratic. an appreciation for cramer's collection of stories grew and grow over the years. changed political reporti

joining us our legal panel, michael cardoza, and bernie grimm and ted williams. can he do that, can it be enforced? >> and people say can the police do that and the judge do that? yes, they can, the issue is whether it's-- i think the human right of having children and pro creating, a judge can't step between that, what happens if she gets pregnant, can he order her into court and have an abortion. >> she loses her probation and goes to jail. >> and has the baby in jail, and it's troubling, the woman is completely irresponsible fthere's a case to tell a woman to stop having children, this is it. >> i should add the latest child abuse, a guest found a child strapped into an overturned stroller in a hallway while she was partying. >> again, it's troubling and i wish the judge could do this. we're not living in china where you're limited to the amount of children that you can bring into the world, but let's be very candid here, there are women-- >> it sounds-- >> and these crack babies into the world, there are women who mistreat and abuse these children when they c

in san francisco, former prosecutor michael cardoza and here in washington ted williams and bernie grimme knows this case better than anybody else. >> troy, i want to get an idea from you when the pictures is are shown is there any reaction from the jury? >> they have been stone faced throughout the entire trial. the only two times i saw you reaction number one when they showed travis before body. i don't want to be too graphic but you know pacman with his open mouth his neck was gaping open like that. they were disturbed by that. and really pornographic photos of jodi. >> everything i see and hear or have looked at in the case this woman is crazy as we say in lake charles laz as a jay bird. my question simply is why didn't they go after the insanity defense this this case or i think they would have had a better chance of proving insanity than anything else in this case. i don't know about that. but i looked this woman in the face and i didn't know what to expect when i met her. going to be a monster or something that i could say absolutely i could tell this woman murdered somebody. the

in san francisco, former prosecutor now defense attorney michael cardoza and bernie grimm and ted williams. bernie, how in the world did this thing not get prosecuted earlier. when you heard the discussion about the coroner. frankly i thought the pathologist would have spoken up. >> very suspicious, we know cardoza and what position he's going to take. the defense's position, the reason nobody looks at this, this is a man of the cloth, he comes to the game, you know, cloaked in character, cloaked in the presumption of innocent unlike these folks perhaps in steubenville. at any rate, that's what he comes to the game with. i love michael, but no one would second guess this. you're right, now this is pretty late and there's evidence that probably has dissipated, the body in one case was cremated, no direct evidence against the guy, but the clincher for me, says 55 miles per hour and later when they do an accident reconstruction,s' going 25. how does she die of those injuries at 25 miles per hour. >> greta: he's extraordinarily lucky that the two homicides are being tried separately and i assu

francisco, former prosecutor michael cardoza and here in washington, defense lawyers bernie grimm and ted williamspeople say can you sue? you can sue, but whether or not you're successful. whether this newspaper should be worried about something. >> no, it's freedom of the press. they can put it out there. there's harm in this and the gentleman seems sincere and bothered by it and if i was a police officer i wouldn't m want my address out there especially the folks. there's know proximate cause, the two guys that burglarized the house, whether they read the newspaper. my guys want to be there, vacation, somebody's at the movies, grab the jewels and cash, get out. >> mike, he wants to hold them accountable if something happens, what does it mean, hold accountable? >> like he said, whatever is legally available to them. sue them for wrongful death if someone should get killed, but here is the question i have and here is what begs the question, this list gets put out. and to me, it's not very well thought out by the newspaper. but they put a list of gun owners out. did they put next to those names, t

piece i had done that was put together with a lot of photographs and made into a little book about ted williams, but this is the first book i wrote as a book. c-span: your name is listed as richard ben cramer. what do people call you? >> guest: they call me richard. i always know a newspaper friend by them calling me "richard ben." ben is my middle name, but i only stuck it in as a byline because the baltimore sun used to put its bylines in this little bitty eight-point bold type, and the first byline they ever gave me once they had shipped me out to anne arundel county, which is south of the city of baltimore, said, "by richard cramer, annapolis bureau of the sun," and "annapolis bureau of the sun" was so much longer than my name that i stuck the middle name in there, too, just to even it out. i found out then that people really remembered it. they thought i was some kind of strange arab or kin to richard ben-veniste. whatever it was, it increased the memorability factor a lot, so i stayed with it. c-span: as you know, we read a profile on you by the washington post. >> guest: martha sherrill,

credited with writing one of the best articles in sports journalism called "what do you think of ted williams died yesterday from complication of lung cancer at john hopkins university medical center. bill: 21 minutes before the hour, a bizarre murder investigation is underway in chicago. a man hits it big in the lottery only to be found dead immediately afterwards. why investigators are planning to exhum his body. martha: talk about whiplash we'll tell you what really happened in this rare video from the animal kingdom. look at that. have you ever seen anything like that? there is more where that came from. unbelievable stuff. we'll show you when we come back. hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. [ breathes deeply, wind blows ] [ male announcer ] halls. let the cool in. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's

he wrote some of the best sports profiles about ted williams and joe dimaggio. he's the most sympathetic writer you can imagine, always striving to understand the world that his characters, how they saw the world. he would say he's always trying to get behind their eyes. he didn't write in a confrontational way, trying to see the world as his characters saw the world and gave them em immense empathy very rich and rare in our business. >> coming up, new york city mayor michael bloomberg. >> well said. >> general stanley mcchrystal and former security advisor dr. brzezinski. first, bill cakarins with a loo at the forecast. >> thank you, mika. a nice warm day across much of the country. it's a little chilly. if you're traveling in the greater houston or galveston area, have showers or thunderstorms heading your way about local time 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. is when we see the worst rolling through, pretty much from now maybe until about 6:00 or 7:00. if you're flying, i think most of the airlines won't start up until after the rain is gone. then we have another round

williams. dana, i'm going to start with you. we saw freshman senator tedas making a big push in the spotlight. this time going after chuck hagel. he was one of three senators who streeted against john kerry's appointment of secretary of state. he seems to be staking out a specific territory for himself, sort of more on the right. but when you wrote about senator cruz during the election, you said that you were, quote, comforted by the theory that cruz is driven more by ambition than by tea party doctrine. so does that theory still give you comfort? >> it does, karen. i mean, i can't say that what he's doing right now is reassuring for people who are seeking some sort of moderate and reasonable behavior. now, he voted against kerry most likely like his fellow texas senator john cornyn to appease the big donors down there in texas who have it in for john kerry. he's definitely been a real hotdog since he's arrived in the senate wanting to stir things up as much as possible. he's very careful though. so if he sees the winds beginning to blow another way from

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you know i saw "ted" on the plane prince william and his wife the dutchess of came rage attending the unveiling of her first official portrait of which there will be many. the couple got a private viewing at the national portrait gallery in london. it has a dark background with a smile. but, man, she is prettier than that, don't you think? bill: she said she loved it. martha: she's being polite. they were both being polite. she looks way older than she is. more on that later. bill: we leave you with that. have a great weekend. martha: happening start. martha: "happening now" starts right now. jon: an announcement from jay rockefeller today that he will not run for re-election in 2014. the west virginia democrat saying it is time to haeupbgt hang it up after a long career in the u.s. senate as well as terms of governor in that state. this is a prime pickup activity for republicans. shelly capito announced she would run for the seat whether he was in the race or not. she is considered a prime republican pick up opportunity. republicans control the senate 2545: it looks like a potential

president kennedy and to ted kennedy, i can't help but be reminded that even our nation's greatest leaders and all the rest of us are merely temporary workers. >> reporter: william mo cowen is appointed to fill kerry's vacant senate seat until a special election is held in june. >>> on severe weather watch tonight, a large storm system makes its way to our region and this is video of the tornado touching down in a daresville, georgia, outside of atlanta. the news crew captured -- captured the twister. sue palka is in the severe weather center now. what can we expect? >> i think it's going to be a long night. looking for heavy rain and strong winds. we're beginning to see thunderstorm warnings of our own and that is to our south. and let me start with sentinel radar. not much rain in the d.c. area and it's been to the north of us or to the west and it's continuing to move very rapidly from south to north and can you see what is going on around the region right now. i want to let you know we have a new flash flood warnings and starting with the severe thunderstorm warnings that popped up and it affects southwestern orange county and nelson county. those storms are

ted cruz from texas. joined by juan williams, fox news political analyst.arine ham, editor-at-large at hotair.com and fox news contributor. she had so much fun yesterday she came back again for more. good morning. juan, strong words from the senator. what do you think about that? >> you know, so sad. he is talking about kool-aid. i think he is the one that is drinking the kool-aid in terms of the nra and people who are extremists. the president is doing is not exploiting the deaths of young people but i think responding to a terrible massacre, not only the massacre in connecticut at newtown but the shooting of congressman gabby giffords, the shooting at a record can, colorado, at the movie theater, the shooting in wisconsin. we have a situation where the president is responding to a crisis of guns being easily accessible and used in these mass curse and i think it is appropriate that the president would respond. martha: you know, legislatively, ted cruise touched on this as well, this is a very high hurdle. we have a full screen that we want to pull up. the

to ted kennedy, i can't help but be reminded that even our nation's greatest leaders and all the rest of us are temporary workers. >> massachusetts governor duval patrick has named replacement. williamis serve as senator until a special election in june. with his appointment there are two african americans serving in the senate for the first time in u.s. history. >> maryland governor makes his 7th state of the state address. calling on state law makers. a long list of priorities for the general assembly which included taking on traffic congestion and eliminating the death penalty. >> it cost three times as much as locking someone up for life without parole. and it cannot be reversed if an innocent person is executed. >> there was mixed reaction to his address. democrats praised it as a blueprint to move the state forward. more like omalley had his eye on a presidential run. >> in virginia three top arlington county employees were getting a pay raise. making them the second highest paid employees among other jurisdictions. the move was unanimous leah proved earlier this week. >> controversial comments. a 49er is apologizing after remarks about gays. find out what he said that has him

republican senator ted cruz who replaced kay bailey hutchison is a former law clerk to supreme court justice william rehnquist. on the house side, joaquin castro is representing texas' 20th district. he's the identical twin brother of san antonio mayor julian castro who gave the keynote address at last fall's democratic national convention. and republican steve stockman is serving his second stint in congress. >>> again, the u.s. senate returns at 2:15 eastern. until then, we meet another new member of the house, democrat john delaney, of the 6th district in maryland joined us on "washington journal" this morning. >> host: congressman john delaney is a freshman democrat representing maryland's 6th district. thanks for being here this morning. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: also a leader in the freshman class. the democrats have a handful of class presidents. how does that work? >> guest: we do. it works well so far. we have four representatives serving as class president. >> host: and how do you divvy up the work? >> guest: well, there's two the first year and two the second year, so that'

ted paluch on the malmedy massacre. part of hearn history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> last month british foreign secretary william hague testified before a british committee on arms export controls. they examined a range of issues and the government's policy on strategic exports and arms licensing and other goods. from london, this is hour 10 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> foreign secretary, may we welcome you to the arms export controls once again and, we want to also, mr. richards to the foray and also mr. james paver. i'm going to start with a question on the arms trade treaty of which i generously gave you advance notice in my contribution in reference to all debate last week and, in that debate i stated that the principle of consensus while it may be helpful in getting negotiations underway, though that doesn't always prove to be the case. for example the fissile materiel cuttoff treaty, the principle consensus is not as easy getting any negotiation talks underway at all. then the justification for the consensus principle in the context of the arms trade treaty. the history of consensus is that it is the ki

and listen to the company he joined -- joe dimaggio, jackie robinson, ted williams, roberto clemente, hank aaron, frank robinson and the famous buck o'neill. at the white house, i stood patiently waiting for the moment to ask stan musial to sign that old baseball glove which i still have from since i was a kid. he agreed to do so. what a thrill. i was 10 years old all over again. you know, outside busch stadium in st. louis is a statue of stan the man in his playing prime. he's coiled up in a batting style that every coach said don't bat like stan "the man" musial. even though he has great numbers, if you do that, you will never hit the ball. we all tried. the coaches were right. etched into the base of that statue were words that major league baseball commissioner ford frick said when stan retired in 1963, and i quote -- "here stands' baseball's perfect warrior, here stands baseball's perfect knight. on the field and off, stan musial was always a gentleman, always a champion. he exemplified the values of sportsmanship, discipline, hard work, grace, consistency and a love of family. b