i had 20 or 15 and i had two producers, tony brown and mark bright.went to the studios and laid down the tracks. tavis: i want to ask about your process. -- process. every author has a way to do this. some people do their own stuff. there is a greater balance and you said clearly, you record other people's stuff. >> i want the best song. i will listen and if i like it, i will ask my husband, and he will say, who wrote it. i don't want to be swayed. i have my favorite song writers. i want the best songs. tavis: what is a good song for you? >> one that touches my heart and gives me chills. if i can be touched, hopefully you will. tavis: tell me about what you wrote. >> this was, she's turning 50. i started it out. that is as far as i could get, the two lines. the first line was, her husband left on saturday for a woamn half her age -- woman half her age. tavis: that is the third one. >> i knew there was a fourth one. i said can you do something with this. she got with tommy lee james, started writing, and we made some changes and i recorded it. tavis: w

british prime minister tony brown sets the record straight about his alleged involvelet -- involvement in releasing the pan am bomber. >>> it is 4:28. captain mike perry is live in sky eye chopper 13 with more on breaking news. >> we're in northwest baltimore, vic. this is going to be in the 1900 block of folk street. in the western district, where a particularly bloody shooting scene. we do know that an adult male has been shot. looks like in the foyer area of the home and the 1900 block of nort fulton. now, police are -- north fulton. police are seeking two suspects wearing blue jeans and white t- shirts. they have one person detained. but it's not clear what that person's person is to this scene. we'll stay on top of this and keep you updated. back to you. >> thank you very much, captain mike perry. in tonight's tonight's flu rauch -- watch report. experts say the flu could be spreading very quickly. now, the schools are back in session. drew levinson has more from the white house for wjz. >>> as classes begin -- begin at schools and colleges around the country. students are learn a

tony brown, a geologist at the university of exeter. dr.wn began his examination by collecting the soil, dirt, grass, and debris from the wheel wells of derrick severs' automobile. under a microscope, dr. brown analyzed the samples and discovered tiny bits of vegetation mixed in with the mud, including minute pieces of moss, leaves, and grass. there was even a small piece of fishing line. >> it told us that it was a mixed deciduous woodland, probably oak-dominated, but with also several other species. it was clearly quite shady -- the moss could only come from a little shaded woodland. and there was also a fair amount of grass, and at first that might seem to contradict the woodland, but that's likely to occur either at the edge of a clearing in a woodland or towards the edge of a woodland. and, of course, the fishing line suggested it was somewhere that fishermen parked. >> narrator: and dr. brown discovered another microscopic clue -- more than 20 different types of pollen were mixed in with the mud from the wheel well. pollen is a fine,

tony brown and kathy hughes, the republican party has gone out of control. what is the man talking about socialist, liberal? if you accept someone from another race, somehow you are not conservative? this is completely out of balance, just like with the whole issue with the healthcare. i mean, right now kiaser, united healthcare, they are rationing healthcare. we need something to be balanced. even if you are conservative, too many people are without service. >> host: steve, let me stop you because you will start a healthcare debate here. >> caller: i know. >> host: steve. >> caller: just when you can't have a president make a speech without trying to make the notion some secret thing will come out. that is a joke f. our president for any reason is out of control, you can remove them from office. this other thing is a notion of racial hate. >> host: thank you, steve, from washington, d.c. employment the white house admitted it made a mistake on the lesson plan. here is from "u.s.a. today." lesson plan sent to schools originally suggested students write lette

>> points for qualifying, bonus points that have become so important, tony schumacher has six and antron brown question there is larry dixon, mike. >> your number one qualifier because of the new points system, he actually lost a point overall after qualifying was over. >> and speaking of qualifying, funny car is coming up. that man right there, cruz pedregon, the defending funny car champion is the number one qualifier but he is not in the playoffs. so, anything he does is going to take points away from everybody else at the carolinas nationals, zx max dragway in charlo cordless multi-tool. re-model. re-grout. re-store. all re-powered. meet the hand tool, re-thought. the power and versatility of six tools... packed into one. more innovations. more great values. craftsman. trust. in your hands. ♪ >>> the nhra full throttle drag racing series, yep, the zmax dragway and funny cars are coming up. we continue in nitro. let's show you the standings as we start this, the final session, with cruz pedregon, you'll remember is not in the playoff sitting number one. the next ten guys all are, guys and g

browns in their offense. one offensive touchdown their last seven games. you could make it their last eight games. brady quinn can't handle it. the broncos punch it in, kyle orton and tonyton, 1-37, 253 yard. phyllis, short. the broncos up 20-. and they were on cruise control, outgaining the browns. 45 on this run. defeat cutback. and then the push-in. let's everybody go in. broncos win this one 27-6. browns have lost eight straight. >>> cardinals-jaguars. kurt warner and the cardinals 0-5 in the eastern time zone last regular season. kurt made up for that and missed only two passes. campbell to scobee, a blocked field goal team. wells makes a few moves and decides every time i get the ball i'm going to score. i don't get it that often because i play defense. 83 yards for the touchdown. the cardinals take a 17-3 lead in jacksonville. how about this one, 243 yards and two t.d.'s, this to larry fitzgerald, 92.3%. that's a single game nfl record. cards win it 31-17. stuart scott and jaws are going to talk football now for you. [whistle] >> welcome back to "sportscenter's" coverage of "monday night football" from south florida the dolphins getting ready to take on peyton ma

tony curtis signed yesterday and wears number 80. he will work on special teams mostly as a blocker. cleveland browns come to town sunday. coverage kicks off at 1:00. the ravens are favored by 13 points. this is the first division game of the year. at eagles camp in philly michael vick prepares to play in a regular season game for more than two year. he spent 18 months in prison on a dog fighting charge. sat out the first two games as part of an nfl suspension. this is a meaningful day for vick. >> to be able to suit up and go out and play in the game when it counts i've been watching football you know from afar the last two years and you know this is a dream come true season for me. and in my eyes i've already won the super bowl and this team has already won the super bowl. >> reporter: donovan mcnabb continues to heal from a broken rib. kevin could be likely to start when the eagles play the chiefs sunday. vick or jeff garcia could be the back up. >>> the orioles are not saving their best for last. the final weeks continue to be a struggle in toronto. jeremy guthrie pitched into the 8th inning. travis snyder connects f

browns in their offense. one offensive touchdown their last seven games. you could make it their last eight games. brady quinn can't handle it. the broncos punch it in, kyle orton and tonyorton, 1-37, 253 yard. phyllis, short. the broncos up 20-. and they were on cruise control, outgaining the browns. 45 on this run. defeat cutback. and then the push-in. let's everybody go in. broncos win this one 27-6. browns have lost eight straight. >>> cardinals-jaguars. kurt warner and the cardinals 0-5 in the eastern time zone last regular season. kurt made up for that and missed only two passes. campbell to scobee, a blocked field goal team. wells makes a few moves and decides every time i get the ball i'm going to score. i don't get it that often because i play defense. 83 yards for the touchdown. the cardinals take a 17-3 lead in jacksonville. how about this one, 243 yards and two t.d.'s, this to larry fitzgerald, 92.3%. that's a single game nfl record. cards win it 31-17. stuart scott and jaws are going to talk football now for you. [whistle] >> welcome back to "sportscenter's" coverage of "monday night football" from south florida the dolphins getting ready to take on peyton

tony curtis, cut by the eagles. sixth round pick out of michigan. mostly special teams. he spent last two years with dallas. and only an eagle for a couple of weeks. when the browns take to the field at m&t. brady quinn will be at the controls. that word from coach today. one time raven assistant said quinn will remain the starter despite a lackluster start. offense has one garbage time touchdown in eight quarters and also 0-2 despite the one time starter, anderson will remain on the bench, at least this week. >> on the other side of the field. look for the ravens to continue to run the ball with the three headed monster in the back field. last week mcgahee came to the forefront and led with 79 yards, averaging 5 yards per carry. and scored two touchdowns in the big win over san diego. but at this stage of the career, mcgahee said individual stats are less important. >> asked me that a couple of years ago, i would be i am all for stats. but i am going for six points right now. so, you know, you cannot worry about stats. because sometimes you might just have a 36-yard game, you know and it is what it is. but you know, when you get the touchdown, it overlooks the s

tony curtis. the new raven signed yesterday. expected to work primarily as a blocker and on special teams. cleveland comes to town sunday. you can see the ravens battle the browns, right here on wjz. our coverage kicks off at 1:00. >>> ralph friedgen and his maryland terrapins are on his home turf saturday. they play home turf to rutgers. young team throwing in mistakes. and making matters worse, the coach says some of his guys don't handle the struggle. >>> i know guys sometimes flip out a little when they get into the action. and yeah, whether it's inexperience. and then when we do make mistakes, some of us kind of go into a shell. and i talked to a couple of those guys. i said, you know, everybody is going to make mistakes. >> giving up an average of nearly 40 points per game. >>> oregon coach chip kelly made quite an offer to an angry fan who was upset about oregon's loss. the fan wrote the coach a letter, asking for reimbursement for travel costs and more than $400. kelly sent the guy a $439 check. the fan, so impressed with kelly's response, is not going to cash the check. and wrote a letter, saying he's back on board. >>> it's been that kind of season fo

tony blair. brian: do you have a bad story about gordon brown you want to share. >> no. couple of them going around with gordon brown. has to do with the terrorists. steve: cut you off at the valet line. >> no. brian: you married a great guy. you should stick with him. he is a nice guy with great food speed. >> it's true. you should see him chasing the little girls around. they love it they were circling the house the other day. it finally like rang true to me i was like babe, you are a professional chaser. like that's what you did in the nfl. and that's what you do now. and it's just -- no one can ever get away from him, ever. brian: called him babe, too. i'm sure they did. i know they did. brian: great to walk in a giant locker room. mike strahan. tiki barber great on this couch and not too great on nbc. >> wow. brian: i'm sorry i let that slip. your husband is another great guy. you could walk in the locker room and have great conversations. >> it really wassments michael introduced. >> michael introduced you. >> i thank him every time i see him. gretchen: so nice to

browns. that play is worth seeing over and over again. meteorologist tony pagnotti agrees.ere with the week forecast. beautiful game. >> beautiful weather? san diegin sandiego and beautifr here. we will call it partly cloudy, the dew point feeling good this morning at 55. taking a look at the hd radar, we're clear on our scan, but just look out to the west and south. that is where the shower activity is and that is where the next weather maker will be coming from in the next few days. enjoy today, up 62, warm up, uptown, 59 as we said at bwi, 46 at fredricks berg. yes, tomorrow, set your clock. we will celebrate the ought auty autumnalling equinox. can you believe it. here is the boundary that is going to bring us shower activities. warmer temperatures as we usher in fall. here we the clouds and radar and future scan. we will see clouds thickening up later this afternoon and through tonight. it looks like a few sprinkles, we won't show you showers coming in until probably late tomorrow, midday, maybe a little bit of activity. here you can see tomorrow morning, a few sprinkl

tony pike for marr shawn gilliard, and the bear cats go on to win this one 28-18. nice win for that big east team. ohio state and toledo at brownsn cleveland. terrelle pryor coming off a rough game against u.s.c., but this time he's got dave. ohio state hasn't lost a game to another team in ohio in 88 years. no problem with the rockets. 88 -- or 38-0. 88-0, now, that would be a story. >> that would be big. >> oklahoma, landry jones, nice spin move and spin again, and then a flip, and ok! you got anything else in your repertoire? oklahoma up 24. and then jones to ryan broyles. jones with a school record six touchdown passes, got some help. oklahoma wins 45-0. georgia at arkansas. joe cox for a.j. green, great catch as he elevates. georgia wins 52-41. cox threw for five touchdowns, and that ties a school record. let's pump up some volume! >> brown, the running back, big hole up the middle. 15, 20, he's off to the races. they cannot catch carlos brown. five eagles in pursuit, and carlos leaves them in his dust, 90 yards for a michigan touchdown. >> looking over the middle, finding it, and it's intercepted! pecked off at the 40, to

brown photo. i don't want to talk about it, he beat the crap out of that girl. >> larry: do i deserve a medal for that? >> i think maybe an emmy and a tony. >> larry: okay. your book included the lipo. you almost died the first time you did lipo. would you go back again? >> look, life is a process, i've found, and i prayed about that a lot i think it's funny that oprah prayed to do a good interview on whitney houston. did you see her on abc? >> larry: no. >> she looked a little cracky. i'm just saying it appeared that there would be an outside chance. >> did you a nose job at 26. >> yes, my first of two. i got two nose jobs and i'm upset because i think it actually grew back and i just wear -- >> larry: why? >> because i just wear bangs any way. my new book is called, i just don't need one anymore. >> why didn't you tell me it was going to be so hard? >> because you pour yourself out and give it time. i didn't have that much time because we were doing the d-list and they were doing a story about writing a book and he did the structure and i came in and hopefully brought the funny. >> larry: okay. now, let's -- what advice would you give