. >> reporter: and don't forget, next hour we have vinnie cerrato.'m going to have you ask questions too. 8:45 is the time. >> thank you, dave. appreciate it. >>> and thanks to all of the redskins who have been taking part and helping out and playing a role. >> jason campbell and everybody taking out time to do it. that's fantastic. >>> and we've been talking about heat. the redskins need to know this. but it will get hot over the course of the weekend. here is the temperature trend. i just stepped outside, it's beautiful outside. lots of sunshine, 65 degrees. a high today of 85. tomorrow 90, that's warm. ant sunday and to to , du doaywnday, wnright hot an humid. highs in the mid-90s. and frankly, if we don't get c nys maloudaround here it could be higher an 96 on esnday, maybe 98re wee l 'lsee what l apens.ap currently here. en here. york city 67 in new york city. . it psburgh is at -- a cool 68. e d erthare a ercouple of clouds. i steppeoutside and there are some clouds out there, but for the most part a lot of sunshinep be that's the way it will f

vinny, let me try a reverse spin on you.hat if the economy gross faster, no double dip, just faster through the end of the year into the winter. is that good or bad for stocks? i have a sense that that scenario, which is a small chance scenario, might be something weighing on the stock market regarding interest rates. is faster growth good or bad for stocks, vinny? >> faster growth is good for stocks, highly unlikely, particularly given the fact that the valuation levels where stocks are at right now are rich definitely ahead of themselves, and the key in all of this is what el-erian said about values. >> but vinny, i don't want to interrupt, just let me challenge you, though. if you get a faster growth scenario, that's good for profits, because the product activity of all of the corporate cost cutting means any increase in top-line sales in the economy nationwide is going to leverage up profits big-time. what's your response to that? >> my response to that is price times unit sales equals top line growth. top line growth is

she sits down with vinny serrao. vied for air guitar champion right here in the district last night. it was quite a turnout and quite a lot of folks onstage making fools of themselves on stage as you can say. the winner will travel to finland to compete for the world title. >>> this weekend at the box office an elite team of soldiers takes on an inspirational chef and a killer stops people in paradise. rafael seth has a look at what's in theaters. >> i'm going to try to flip this thing over now, which is a rather daring thing to do. >> reporter: meryl strep brings the original julia childs back to life. this blensd child's memoir, "my life in france," with blogger julie. they share a plucky passion for life's possibilities. julie and julia is rated pg-13. summer may be winding down but big bang actn ki eabrngllti breaking out. g.i. joe brings the plastic doll cartoon to the silver screen. they are two members of a unique military unit using technology to fight the corrupt cobra organization. >>> drop me off right her

flip was a basketball star turned assistant head coach while vinny was a recruiting coordinator for the football team. both of these guys obviously are now back in d.c. together and they talked about their friendship as they sat down for lunch with me. >> i qut a chance to know vin pli when i was in school. and we actually -- he played basketball and roomed together. we recruited hill when he came to minnesota. so it's always funny how things have a tendency to come back around. >> i was in high school when flip was the point guard and their warm-up was what everybody wanted to watch because they did the harlem globe trotters warm-up and flip was the guy out there with like three balls and doing all that. >> really? >> yeah. >> what's a fish burger? >> it's really good. i am going to do the fish burger. >> i'll have the goat cheese salad. that's small, rit? and then i'll have the fish burger. >> a that's the fish burger depend? >> so when you found out that you were coming here or when you were just interviewing with the job, how much did you keep vinny in the loop? in he called me like

when you get people like tony vinny and john saakashvili and john mccain saying it is not about who theynd what they do, but who we are. we talk about prisoners of war and i think we have to listen to >> ted kennedy was an individual will rebate to you a special relationship they had as individuals. we know that what he did for the country and what he has done for the world, but oftentimes those acts of charity went unseen. they were never noticed. there was not a tv camera, a still photographer, there was not a reporter. but thousands of unreported acts of kindness. >> there are incredible stories. you know, one plane, went to see the father, told him what a great job his son was doing and then sat with the sun for a couple of hours and then got on a plane back to washington. there probably tens of thousands of stories like that. >> my good friend and longtime colleague, robert novak, and died last week of the same illness, he was diagnosed shortly after ted kennedy was. in his autobiography by his own acknowledgement, he had not a kind word for ted kennedy. the first word that kennedy

when you get people like tony vinny and john saakavili a john mccain saying it is not who th are andey do, b who we are we talk abt prisoners ofar like pete person coming out against , and i think we have to listen to them. >> final thought on ted nnedy's dea. >> ted kennedy was indivual with thoands of best friends. hetalked to people and they will relate to youspecially ship that they haas individual we know what he did for the country, what heas done for the wor. but tentimes, those acts of charity that he did with e time that had re on earth were never noticed there was t a tv camera thereas not still photrapher. therwas not a reporter. >> thoands of unreported acts of kindness. >> there are iredible stories. one staffer, a ung sffer his fath was dying of brain caer. kennedy got on a plane, went see the fher to tell him what a great j his son was doing and then sat with the sun for a couple of hour and got on a plane and went back to washington. the are probably thousandsf storielike that. >> my good friend and longtim colleague, robt novak, who died last weekf the same illness,

polically is betweenhose who rved in the military and thos who did no when you get people lik tony vinnyn saashvilind johnmccain saying it is not who ey are and what they do,ut who we a. we talk out prisoners of war like pete terson coming out againsit, and i think we hav to listen to them. >> final thougs on ted kennedy's dth. >> ted kennedy waan indidual with tusands of best friends. he talked to people and they will relate to you especially ship that they d as individus. we know what he did for the country, what has done for the world. but ofteimes, those acts of charity that he did with the time that he had hereon ear were never notic. there wasnot a tv came. the was not a still phographer. there wanot a reporter. >> thousan of unreported acts of kindness. >> there are increble stories. one staffer, a youn staff, his father w dying obrain cancer kennedy got on a plane, went to se the fatheto tell him what a great job his son w doing and then sat with the sun for a couple of hours. angot on alane and went back to washington. there e probably thousands of stories li that. >> my good fr

gm vinnie, ernie rumfelled, or mike. you can vote right now on wusa9.com. just click on the sports page. since july 30, we have been out here in the sweltering heat of two-a-days at training camp. today, a camp officially breaking here at redskins park. two-a-days are over and the redskins players couldn't be happier. jim zorn and the team hit the field preparing for the second preseason game. for the players, marking an unofficial holiday. no more early practices and the players couldn't be happier. >> you have no idea. we can go home, sleep in our own bed. that's going to be a big plus. >> i cried last night. it's over, man. >> i'm going to miss those two- a-days. a whole year. i won't see them. i won't have to shower three times in a span of seven hours or whatever it is. it's pretty sweet. >> quick notes here, chris cooley returned to practice after sitting out yesterday. phillip daniels back on the field today. jim zorn says he expects his first team offense will play a quarter against the steelers or until he sees enough production. we have some sad n

doug williams, vinny testaverde, had a great career. trent dilfer, won a super bowl for the ravens and now josh freeman, 17th overall. >> troy: all the quarterbacks ahead of him all went on to have great success. they just didn't have it in tampa bay. >> joe: second and eight. quick setup, and the throw, a little behind brian clark, incomplete. third and long coming up. a minute left in the third quarter. it's third and eight. >> troy: here's a look at josh freeman in the pocket. he's got real skills. he's the number one pick. he's come from a good college, threw the ball a lot, all those things. that's true. when you get to the nfl, sometimes you rush things, you don't get your feet set. i can just tell you in the little bit i've now had a chance to watch him, i think you know, the first thing that strikes me is he was very well coached, and he's got great ability. >> joe: the blitz. the pass behind brian purvis. dirk johnson will punt it away for the buccaneers. >> troy: this is what they're hoping to avoid. i mean, a free rusher and

vinny testaverde was in the nfl like when i was two years old. i mean, you just...he disparity of those guys and how they prepare and what they've seen through the game. you almost want to sit around their locker room like you would around your grandfather and his rocking chair and just hear stories. those guys bring so much experience and they can tell you how to prepare. and you watch them and how they prepare, how they affected the backups, vinny testaverde and how he affected a tony romo who was on the team at that time just trying to make the team. you know, you learn a lot of things from guys who have this kind of stature, and what vinny testaverde used to, do i also played with a doug flutie who was kind of a different 40-year-old. he was a 40-year-old that was the 20-year-old. i mean, after practice doug flutie would come up and say, let's play a pickup game of basketball. you're like, no! but this old man just kept churning. they learn so much throughout their experience. they know how the cut the fat off of preparation. that's the best thing about it. how

doug williams, vinny testaverde, had a great career. trent dilfer, won a super bowl for the ravens and now josh freeman, 17th overall. >> troy: all the quarterbacks ahead of him all went on to have great success. they just didn't have it in tampa bay. >> joe: second and eight. quick setup, and the throw, a little behind brian clark, incomplete. third and long coming up. a minute left in the third quarter. it's third and eight. >> troy: here's a look at josh freeman in the pocket. he's got real skills. he's the number one pick. he's come from a good college, threw the ball a lot, all those things. that's true. when you get to the nfl, sometimes you rush things, you don't get your feet set. i can just tell you in the little bit i've now had a chance to watch him, i think you know, the first thing that strikes me is he was very well coached, and he's got great ability. >> joe: the blitz. the pass behind brian purvis. dirk johnson will punt it away for the buccaneers. >> troy: this is what they're hoping to oid. i mean, a free rusher and ei

. >> firefighters pulled him out to safety but not before he called his wife who said, vinny, i told you! the man's going to be ok though. coming out of an off traffic betting parlor. >>> better late than never about the welcome home ceremonies for vietnam veterans. many of them didn't get a respectful homecoming during their original return from war and often met by angry protesters. fort campbell had an honorable welcome home ceremony for the vets. and family and friends all gathered. >>> still ahead on "good morning maryland" -- a road trip that could reunite long lost lovers. >>> and more controversy over the president's health care plan. what he says could be taken out of the reform bill. >>> first, here's a look at the latest in business news with abc. >> reporter: good morningem topping your "moneyscope" -- fresh signs the global economy is snapping out of the recession. japan's economy expanded last quarter ending a yearlong recession. positive news from the world's second largest economy is being overshadowed by concerns american consumers won't spend enough to keep the econ

. >> jason and le'ron, rob thomas, watch my guys practice, spend time with vinnie. talking to a host of clubs and confident he will be with the team. >> no chance. >> the redskins are gearing up for their first preseason game of the year. it's thursday night, the baltimore ravens are the opponent. >> she was born into one of the most famous families in u.s. history. eunice kennedy shriver will be remembered for much more. kennedy shriver founded the special olympics showing the world that the mentally disabled can soar on the competition. >> i liked her because she really believed in us. >> have you ever seen a special olympics? i mean, it is special. the name fits. to see those children out there and cast aside. now they have a place in something in society for them. >> important stuff. eunice kenneve shr riwas 88 years old. the funeral arrangements are still pending. >>> cl) b@fa >>> general motors says the new chevy vault will get 230 miles a gallon in the city. there are questions about recharging stations, because this is an all electric car. where are recharg

despite some injuries in camp, vinny is pleased on how well his team is progressing. >> i think everybody understands what will take place not only on the field but off field. everybody has a feel for what's going on. i think everybody is more comfortable. i want to have our starting 22 healthy for the giants game and then i'll feel much better about it. >> reporter: we'll tell you who will not play tomorrow. it's a full contact scrimmage except you cannot touch the quarter back. i get a little choked up talking about it. >> maybe somebody is watching and they will pick you up for the season. >> that's true. >> reporter: it's possible, but i doubt it. >> me too. >>> a pretty scary day on the job for two window washers. they got stuck hundreds of feet on the air. the plat tomorrow suddenly tilted to one side. they both had on safety hartnds. crews quickly rescued one man but a firefighter had to climb down the side of the building to hoist the other worker to safety. >>> she says they are still working on their marriage but what the south carolina governor did today might tell another stor

>> no, that didn't happen. >> reporter: vinnie perrell who wasn't in the danish documentary, says he somebody. >> when i actually -- i actually forewarned them. i know you're there. i'm going to count to three and i'm going to shoot. one, two -- no, don't shoot and you hear footsteps and running off. >> reporter: police and the military were nowhere to be seen in this chaotic tape. but what you're about to hear from the man who was shot is simply stunning. how many times has the new orleans police talked to you about this case? >> zero. none. >> reporter: never? >> never. >> reporter: a.c. thompson is a journalist for a nonprofit news organization callinged pro-publica. he's been investigating the case for about two years and wrote about it in "the nation" magazine. >> across the city, people died of gunshot wounds and other violence. and it seems that there was no real effort by law enforcement to figure out what happened to these people. >> reporter: after thompson's article this past december, police said they would look into the allegations. but when cnn contacted them, they decl

. >>> i'm vinny filling in for jane velez-mitchell.ext on issues, incriminating evidence continues to pile up against dr. murray, man who authorities say regularly administered propofol to help keep michael jackson asleep. cops uncovered a secret stash of the powerful anesthetic in the doctor's closet. when he ran out, no problem. he had more shipped to him via fedex. is that legal? >>> a georgia woman screams don't take me while talking with her boyfriend. the phone call suddenly disconnects leaving the boyfriend speechless, to say the least. cops are crawling hands and knees frantically searching for any clues. a horrible story we can only hope ends with a family reunited. stay right here. all that and more coming up next.

. >> jason, diangelo, watch a couple of my guys practice, spend some time with vinnie and enjoy the day talking to a host of clubs and confident he will be with the team. >> no chance. >> no chance, all right, on the field, of course, brennan always seems to be a popular player in camp. interestingly enough, the second year man out of hawaii hadn't thrown an intersection all camp. he would give the first guy who picked him $100. consider chris $100 richer today. he was the first to get a theft this morning. much more coming up. we'll tell you who won't be playing on thursday night. also tell you one of those second year wide receivers will be ready to go and introduce you to one of the redskins of the iron men, that's all coming up later in sports. ladies. >> we'll see you then. >>> a programming note here now, michael vick will be on this sunday's 60 minutes. it will be his first interview. now that is this sunday, august 16 at 7:00 p.m. you can watch it right here on wusa9. >> coming up, new details in the death of a lees bergmann who appears had been mauled by a dog. >> coming up, is

vinny serrato will be here and we have tough questions lined up for him.e him on board. back to you. >> thank you. here they go again. >> millions of customers were hit with higher interest rates. now, there is another good reason to keep an extra close eye on your next credit card statement. a real american hero hitting the big screen. so is it worth your money this weekend at the theater. our movie ritic kevin mccarthy from 106.7 the fan is here in studio. he will give us his take coming up in just a few minutes. ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through ♪ music and dance calling you ♪ just need that mountain grown lift ♪ ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. us i get two bonus box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. so i always have totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kid

you'll remember before he was a raven the one pass he accepted from vinny tess is it a verdictty. >> i even remember that. >> but he won the super bowl here. >> thanks. >>> still to come on wjz's "eyewitness news" -- >> a reversal of fortune for this gm plant in whitemarsh. they once fear they had could be on the chopping block. now they could play a have ital role in the company's future. i'm derek valcourt. . in . >>> coming up right now. a car plows into an suv killing an innocent driver. a live report from the scene. >> i'm mike helgrin at baltimore city hall. we'll talk about how hard it'll be to pick a fair jury for the corruption trial. >>> empty spots at a car dealership. why the cash for clunkers program is working and will it be extended? that story coming up in a live report. >> unseasonably cool temperatures, you need a warmer blanket tonight? don't miss the updated forecast. check these stories and all the breaking news. eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now.

> see, jason and laurent, d'angelo, rob thomas, watch a couple of my guys practice, send time with vinny. talking to a host of clubs and i'm confident vick will be with a team. >> i wish he could be playing here with the redskins? no chance. >> they are gearing up for the first preseason game tomorrow night against the ravens. and michael vick will be seen on sunday's 60 minutes. the first interview since admitting to dog fighting and going to prison. it is sunday, august 16th at 7 p.m. here on wusa9.com. >>> still to come when 9 news now returns, the president continues to make his case for health care reform, one town hall meeting at a time. >> still tracking the accident southbound route 20 that has all lanes blocked. we will have more details coming up. >>> on the weather terrace, cloudy skies and muggy this morning we will check out the weather forecast as we get over hump day together. you are watching 9 news now. good morning. Ñ/dh óçfa female announcer: from jennifer, while supplies last, this luxurious microfiber sofa and chair for just $399. our most dramatic offer ever: both p

at 5:00, vinny and flip saunders sit down. and new vaccine to protect against the recurrence of breast cancer. and first news on the weathe join jim handly with me. >> i'll make sure the wife is watching that. >> yes. >> you know we had stories about men having their chests stripped. >> maybe this is a story. >> not me, no. i stay away from that one as well. >> okay. waxing won't work for keith. >> you have us wanting to watch now, that's for sure. >> tom would never do that. >> it hurts. >> ouch. >> we had a rapid rise in our humidity and the temperatures are now climbing into the 80s. we'll peak in the low 90s this afternoon. it's going to be a steamy day with hazy sunshine. also poor air quality by mid afternoon. then tomorrow, might have a morning shower, greater chance of afternoon thunder showers. less humid thursday and friday and a bit cooler but oppressive heat moves into the weekend. see you tomorrow morning. >> okay. thank you, tom. have a great day. >>> finally, many people have stories about the one that got away.

realize this, there had never been a book written on tr and conservation, tr and the wilderness of vinnie magnitude. there was a university press of a little bit of notes so i had this great opening and i started realizing that between the civil war, the manson proclamation of lincoln and world war i with woodrow wilson roosevelt using the white house to promote conservation and nature and what he called the strenuous life, to save birds. his involvement with the audubon society and the eventual creation of the u.s. fish and wildlife international monuments. it is changed america. if this summer anybody opens up annapolis, uco levesque green. you are looking at roosevelt reserves, roosevelt monuments. he put aside 240, almost 240 million acres of wild america said now is people are talking about environmentalism and corrine movements, roosevelt is becoming the key figure to understand because he was the only politician of his day who have absorbed darwin and to it understood biology and understood bird send migratory patterns and understood mating habits of deer and elk and antelope and a

new jersey, on the republican line, vinny. caller: that lasts caller actually stole my thunder. was there at 9/11, saw the two planes at the towers. i was pretty upset. with the bush administration did -- and the last caller hit on every note, was to protect the country. a lot of people do forget that. people who have not witnessed what i did, those two plants going in, and destroying those towers and watching them crumble, was absolutely devastating. it is a vivid memory. i always re-live those planes hitting the stores. the bush administration having done what it did to protect the country -- host: things come vinny. here is a caller now from dallas, texas. caller: i have to tell you, i hope all the colors -- callers of the democratic party here my phone call. i am fed up. this is the last straw. we have majority in congress and in the senate and house, we have the president -- when barack obama, president, ran for office, he promised to bring transparency to our government. i am really fed up. i'm fed up with bailouts. i want health care to pass, but we cannot even get our ow

vinnie tatum, another coach was also there at the time in the restaurant. he said he did not hear anything that appeared to him to be a rape. she claimed -- she didn't claim it was rape until six years later. after that, she says that he then got in the car and she gave him a ride home. this is after she said he randy her. she claims there was another sexual encounter between the two of them at a later date. he says that that was the only time that there was any ebb counter between the two of them. she later claimed to be pregnant, in the police report he says that he gave her $3,000 for an abortion. now, important to note, once again, that she did not charge him with rape and even go to the police after -- until after she was charged with extortion, a federal charge in june. then she went to the metro police in louisville and charged him with rape. they investigated this. back to the interviews that this police report contains due to this investigation, and they did not charge him with rape or anything after that. >> okay. so we don't get the rape charges

. >> reporter: vinnie said he almost fired at somebody. >> i know you're there, i'm going to count toone, two and you hear, no, don't shoot. and you hear footsteps just running off. >> reporter: police in the military were no where to be seen, but four years have gone by and what you're about to hear from the man who was shot is absolutely stunning. >> reporter: how many times have the new orleans police talked to you about this case? >> zero, none. >> reporter: ac thompson is a reporter. he has been investigating the case for two years and wrote about it in the wrote about it in a nationwide magazine. >> people died of violence and it seem tld was no real effort by law enforcement to figure out -- police say they would look into the allegations. but when cnn contacted them they declined to make any comments. now the fbi is on the case interviewing harrington. >> at the time, i thought i guess you could consider him like a neighborhood hero. i felt like a vigilante. i was going protect my home. i don't care what it takes, i will protect my home. >> harrington doesn't know who attacked

tonight at 5:00 p.m., vinny and flip saunders sit down for lunch with lindsey. that's at 5:00.y, it's tuesday. it's august 4th. we're so glad you're here with us. >> it's barack obama's birthday today. >> happy birthday, mr. president. partied a little over the weekend. a little basketball. >> yes. >> did better in bowling this time around. >> yes, he is. >> from a 129 to a 177. >> he's getting hot in the bowling ally. yes, he is. hi. >> oh. >> you know what, i wish i could have joined you -- >> joan rivers has a new show out and it is called "how did you get so rich." >> that's the title. >> that's the title. so she's recruited people from around the country, actually i love the stories, because you find people who came from nothing, or from something small and developed either a product or an idea into something big. >> like our kids yesterday. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> so we were in joan rivers' fouse, which by the way is quite ab. fabulous, unbelievable. >> meredith, rosanna and harry nd his wife andrea. and there's joan, we're all holding fake money. >> katie was there. >>