willis mcgahee tucks it from 1 yard. the kickoff the 8. he bangs off jameel mcclain and gets to the 27 yard-line where jake delhomme and the carolina panthers will go back to work. 13 play, 90 yards. they took almost 8 minutes off the clock before willis mcgahee punts it from the 1 yard-line behind the offensive line of the baltimore ravens. michael oher on the right side and garrett on the left side. some quickness at guard. great experience at center with matt burke anchors it. from the shotgun on first and ten. a quick outlet pass. down the far sideline. nese midfield. gives the panthers the biggest gain of the first half. no fooling about the taken that steve smith brings to the field. nine year veteran. 1421 receiving yards on 78 receptions. he's had more than 1000 yards four straight years and plays like that will show you how dangerous he can be. how about haloti ngata? moore trys to stretch the sideline. domonique foxworth with bring him to a halt at ravens 41. >> stan: 2nd down coming up for the ravens. they are about to enter fie

willie harris could score.tting a big lead as pearce plays way behind him and gonzalez rips one straight back. 1-1. >> rob: part of being a major league player is weathering the valley, peaks and valleys, you can have highs and lows. until you come out of that valley that sets you apart, your manager i'm sure rick eckstein and mike ric rizzo want to see this guy come out this have valley intinging. i mean -- swinging. i mean, fighting. putting together some good at- bats. >> bob: he appears to be taking a much bigger swing than we saw him bring back from syracuse after he had been sent down. >> rob: he had shortened up. he was chopping down. hit line drives all over the place. >> bob: 1-2 to alberto. -- alberta. he's gone. >> rob: overmatched. >> bob: ryan zimmerman's leadoff home run the only nats run in the seventh inning. it was a bomb to deep left center. brine ryan's 20th. it stays now 4-2. we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload fast

. >> gerry: demetrius williams and willis mcgahee in the backfield. under pressure, he tried to get down, but he can't do it without taking a significant hit. he had to get in between the 1 and the 13-yard line. he ran into willis mcgahee as he was trying to get to kind of a safe spot now where the officials spot the ball will determine whether or not the drive lives or we see steven hauschka for the first time. >> stan: it's too bad he didn't see todd heap in the back of the end zone. he was wide open. >> gerry: i'm a little surprised they're not going bring in the field goal kicker

willie? >> george, there was relative quiet on this story over the last couple of months -- excuse me, the last couple of weeks. we haven't heard much about it. what do we know about what was going on behind the scenes? during the campaign there was a contentious relationship between president clinton and then candidate obama. >> reporter: well, it's interesting. we're being told now, nbc news is being told through various background briefings there was a rather intense period of diplomacy that went on leading up to the clinton visit that both al gore, the two women's employer, and the families of the two women, asked for mr. clinton to go to north korea to be the intermediary. the north koreans welcomed him but before he went they wanted to make sure that the mission would be successful, that he would not return home empty-handed and it all went off according to plan. >> hey, george, i understand al gore may be showing up out there. is that right? >> reporter: we're hearing that. we haven't

>> willie, who is that?firm there's a tape of mcsteamy, his wife and a third party. >> that's terrible. >> any comment from the white house on that? >> checking the blackberry not just yet. >> not just yet. >> savannah -- >> the issue here -- >> they are like two kindergarten boys. >> i'm a journalist. you know what, willie, why is this? busy reading the story. >> researching. >> savannah guthrie live at the white house. >> sorry, savannah. >> an extraordinary hit you just did. you've educated america. they can all go to work. >> my last appearance on "morning joe"? >> no. you'll be here tomorrow. no doubt about it. >> even though you're a diva. >> schedule will be memorized. >> she's such a diva. >> don't worry about that. >> the thing is, if she weren't screaming in the makeup room at the white house with the curlers. >> the makeup room. >> right next to the situation room. >> put a glass up to the wall. >> she gets off the hit, she's going to scream into her microphone, hold it up, i cannot work under the

willie, what did you learn?was possible to eat a sno-cone and poll dance at the same time. and i also learned king thinks we need health care reform and regulation over the hudson. >> all of the topics, i learned, we will be talking about on the radio. >> yeah, we learned about a gm car, that may get 230 miles to the gallon. we also learned, willie, perhaps there is not a rudder weather man in all of america -- >> crude, actually. >> if there were one other weather person in the building, we would use them. here is a "morning joe" moment, joe and bill karins going at it. >> look at the beautiful arch there. we are looking at clear skies and sunshine out there in many areas. i am seeing two things at once. she throws well, too. and 81 in chicago -- i will never bring it up. >>

>> one minute, willis. >> unfortunately we have a whole minute left. >> willis stuffing his face. can forget that "world news now" classic moment, the morning our very own willis taste tested his way through several dozen boxes of donuts on live television, the episode that has since become a youtube sensation. >> he's almost choking in that. >> now willis and the other donut lovers here in new york have another choice to get their sugar fix. >> a franchise with roots in the north is taking on some of the biggest names in donuts here in their own turf. >> glazed with sprinkles, jelly filled, new york, know a good donut. this this city there is no shortage of places to satisfy the craving. now there's a new chain in town, an invader from the north hoping to poke holes in the competition. >> i came in here on a friday, it was a dunkin donuts. i came in here on a monday morning and they changed it. >> in canada, tim hortons is the undisputed king. they are hoping to cream and dunk the competition. but what is it we love about donuts so much? >> yummy. very yummy. >> reporter: after e

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first, here is willie geist. he's got the news. which wi willie?re following a breaking story now. live pictures from miami where continental airlines flight 128 was forced to make an emergency landing this morning. the jet was en route from rio de janeiro when it was diverted because of bad turbulence. according to fire department officials 26 people treated for injuries, four of which we're hearing considered serious. >> evacuate add couple days ago here in new york. >> they thought it was a suicide bomber. >> people hospitalized for turbulence, that is serious turbulence. >> we're still getting information on this. the u.s. military says it has identified the remains of an american navy pilot shot down in iraq during the persian gulf war. they say they led marines to the gravesite of captain speicher missing for nearly two decades. the u.s. is calling now on the swit government to help with the release of three americans in iranian custody. sarah shourd, shane bauer and joshua fattal apparently strayed across the border while hiking across iraq.

here is willie. he has some of today's top stories. willie?s morning a senior taliban commander in pakistan is confirming reports the chief was killed in a u.s. missile strike in south waziristan. for years baitullah mehsud helped in the assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto. today he is dead. meanwhile, judge sonia sotomayor will be sworn in tomorrow as the next u.s. supreme court justice. she won confirmation from the senate by a vote 68-31 with just nine republicans backing her nom facial. >> i just think that's a bad political mistake. >> only nine. >> only nine and, again, if they constantly like democrats voted against the nominees based on ideology, okay, fine, that's what republicans do, but they have chosen to change their pattern for the first time when the hispanic female not really smart politically. >> o'donnell said all of these votes are about politics, somebody they're running against in an upcoming race. >> i think the republicans who over the past eight years have not acted conservative enough and focusing our

thank you, willie.ord jr., professor. thank you for coming onboard this morning. >> thanks for coming, professor. >> one of the things that's generated a lot of debate this morning that is been yet another controversial -- >> are you getting a lot of hate e-mails? >> twitters. >> i'm getting hate twitter and hate e-mail. >> i am, too. wait a minute. >> both sides. >> it's hillary clinton's comments in africa about the 2000 election, we should play it again because i think it's been a while and we should let our viewers walk through this with us. here is hillary clinton. >> our democracy is still evolving. we had all kinds of problems in some of our past elections, as you might remember. in 2000 our presidential election came down to one state where the brother of the man running for president was the governor of the state. so we have our problems, too. >> okay, harold, chime in. pat and i have been disagreeing on whether or not the secretary of state should have gone there. i just thought she was actual

willie, what time is it?dylan ratigan. it's nice to see you. topping the agenda today, public option doa, the white house, potentially looking like it may walk away from having a government-run health care option in this country, and it appears to be back, however, or backtracking, i should say. and we will talk about the benefits and liabilities. and howard dean joins us in a second. >>> also on the agenda today, we are calling it the death panel, death match, contessa. senator grassly joins us live to respond to the wharf words between he and the president. the senator is among the gang of six. we look forward to talking to him. and tropical storm, the triple threat have jump started the hurricane system. where are they? how much damage will they cause? we will try and answer both. >>> aliens among us. is et really out there? the high-tech missions to find out whether we are really alone in the universe. some say the circumstantial evidence, contessa, overwhelming in favor of et. it's 9:00 a.m. pull up a ch

at least the first time since willie homered in the 8th inning last night.d. 9-6 phillies over the mets. and the brave have come back late in ball game, 8th inning, tie the marlins 5-5. did you think a few people saw the matchup of perez and martinez and said, that will be a high- scoring game? >> rob: i thought it would be a duel. >> bob: you did not. >> rob: for about their warmups. >> bob: yeah. >> rob: perez -- it's just -- the mets missed boat. you let lowe go away. he went to the brave in your own division and you sign that guy for $36 million. you're hooked up with him for two more years. >> bob: that's unbelievable. only ten wins last year and over 100 walks. there's morse's mom and stepdad. it's 1-2 on the breaking ball away. a pitch under his hand. morse is gone. he is 1 for 4 today. >> rob: well, that pitch kind of dips across the plate. sets up outside. the pitch is across the plate and chuck meriweather said, i'll give you a strike on that one. >> bob: harris hit his fifth homer of the year last night, his 25th career home run. most of those wer

how do you do that, willie? >> phil is very open minded about these things. >> we're proud of you, kid. >>> let's go to the top story, may i? i don't know why you gloss it over as not a headline. god. all right. top story of the morning in a new book, former homeland security secretary tom ridge says he was pressured by top bush administration officials to raise the nation's terror alert level just ahead of the 2004 presidential election. and he write this, "a vigorous, some might say dramatic discussion ensued. john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level and was supported by rumsfeld. there was absolutely no support for that position within our department. none. i wondered is this about security or politics? post-election analysis demonstrated a significant approval rating in the days after raising the threat level." a spokesperson for donald rumsfeld call says it was irresponsible not to discuss the alert levels. no analysis from you? >> well, you are so on fire. we're all just staring at you.

willie harris came in double switched.e has walked and scored already tonight. >> rob: i like those caps in the game. >> bob: gonzalez will chop one foul a breaking ball inside. chavez and their closer matt capps. >> rob: those are the two happiest guys in town now. >> bob: if the nats got the bases loaded, they'd still need one more runner to have the tying run in the on-deck circle, which is the -- kind of farfetched criterion for a save. >> rob: it almost looks like doumit and meek are arguing. doumit is going, listen, joe said don't do that, so i'm not going to go against joe. >> bob: that's right. you're in hot water. don't get us both in there. and gonzalez gets one up the middle, stabbed by cedeno. a run scores. two outs. it is 11-6. pretty good range by ronny cedeno. the veteran shortstop. it is willie harris now with two outs. >> rob: it had all kinds of spin on it. a nice kick. willie harris hits the first pitch, and the pirates have beaten the nationals again. two hours and 46 minutes for a decisive 11-6 win. an

. willie harris playing left field, batting 9th on the double switch. ronnie belliard, 0-0 this year. pirates are occupied with him right now. so he's running on the next pitch. i like it! jim riggleman going for the insurance here. out for a sunday afternoon stroll. the count is 1-1 to wil n ronnie is one of those guys w carries his batting gloves to keep his fingers closed while running and sliding. >> rob: you're not supposed to put your hands on the turf wh you slide, you'll break a wrist. >> bob: jam them into the b. >> rob: you hold them up. lots of guys go to that wrist/thumb hard plastic protection you can velcro ad your hand. >> bob: 1-2 to wil. 0-3 for the strikeout. they've gone to the 10th inning in cincinnati. reds came back and tied that game with colorado. that's a good take by wil. it's hard to lay off pitching like that that are strikes  while before they take that break. 4-4 colorado at cincinnati, tp of the 10th.  nieves who knows exactl

also we have willie geist here. >> willie. >> actually we on "morning joe" do support turning willie over to the death penalty but, i mean, it's nothing personal. we have to cut somewhere. we have to cut somewhere. it's like logan's run, they all about around in those track suits and then they walk -- you can live to 30 and it's a great life. do you remember it from the 1970s? >> do you know what i'm looking forward to is when the new administration takes power and you're trying to get an ambassadorship and they go, no, no, no. we do have a spot on the death panel. >> i told my wife, hey, honey -- >> speaking of the death panel. >> we have pat buchanan with us. i don't think that was a good segway. hey, pat, she's a little rusty. got to work on those segways. pat is not that mean. pat, here's what i was thinking this morning, as i come in and i'm reading all of these horrible quotes and you've got the death panel from sarah palin -- >> evil. >> and then the evil and you have newt gingrich talking about the death penalty, nancy pelosi last week talking about swastikas and nazis at the

. >> willie geist up in new york.u know, i twitter all the time -- >> right. >> and you have these people, this is the worst thing -- you know, buchanan and i and anybody else who's been out on the campaign, especially '93 and '94, we see those people all the time. i saw those people all the time in town hall meetings. they would sit there, scream and yell, you just listen to them. this has turned into such theater town. the people upset at the town hall meeting knows the cameras are on them. the democrats are saying, wait, let's try to make these people look like rabid dogs that want to blow up the world and republicans -- i saw a talk show i'll talk about last night where conservatives are ginning this up. i would say in 1800 thomas jefferson and james adams faced pretty hostile crowds. >> it's hurting the health care reform effort. it is. >> what i'm saying -- what do you mean by that? >> i think it's been very difficult for the white house to get their message out. you're hearing from these people. they're getting

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good morning, andrea. >> good morning, willie.cidentally. i can tell you one thing for a fact, i know for a fact they briefed us, had a background briefing at 11:00 yesterday morning on how fbi would take over interrogation from the cia. looking forward-looking to the new procedures hoping that would detract our attention from that eric holder was about to announce, which is they are going to go after perhaps as many as a dozen of these interrogators. this is not a large number given the size of the program but they are going to go after some of those, only the ones they say were the bad actors who went outside the lines of the already very per missive bush administration guidelines. >> andrea, savannah has been asking -- you ask andrea the question. >> hi, andrea. i was just curious, what i haven't seen in any of the reporting the reason why what the department of justice already did, prosecutors looked at the same facts, the same evidence and concluded no prosecution or even preliminary inquiry was warranted. these were careers,

. >> gerry: demetrius williams and willis mcgahee in the backfield. under pressure, he tried to get down, but he can't do it without taking a significant hit. he had to get in between the 1 and the 13-yard line. he ran into willis mcgahee as he was trying to get to kind of a safe spot now where the officials spot the ball will determine whether or not the drive lives or we see steven hauschka for the first time. >> stan: it's too bad he didn't see todd heap in the back of the end zone. he was wide open. >> gerry: i'm a little surprised they're not going bring in the field goal kicker here since you're looking for a new kicker. >> stan: something's wrong with the communication system here. he had to run over, cam cameron had to run. here comes john harbaugh running down to call a time- out. >> gerry: ravens facing a fourth and inches. joe flacco unable to get the play. he'll have time to discuss what he wants to do now. ÷÷  >> the next step is scoring touchdowns. when we get in the red zone, we don't want to have to settle for field goals

willie harris. right field.t is dropping and the nats have their first base hit since 21 batters ago! two of the three hits tonight are broken bats. >> rob: when you have great stuff like josh johnson, even lurking when you make great pitches, sometimes the hitters break their bats and get singles, get home runs sometimes, and he has given up a few home runs this year, not many. he averages about two a month. alberto gonzalez is next. >> rob: hitters will let you know who you -- what you're featuring on any given night. 21 straight, that let -- lets you know how good josh johnson has been. >> bob: no way for hermida to get there. >> rob: he has some new wood this at-bat after breaking his bat in the last at-bat and see how it works. >> bob: and that was not on the swing he broke it. and gonzales rips one up the middle. that's the best contact he has made in a while. two on and nobody out. >> rob: short and sweet. right to the point. he took the fastball right up the middle. not time for a big long swing. time to

well, personal finance editor, gerri willis, is here to talk free job training for you. yep, i said free. gerri, where do we start? anything that's free, i'd say is good. >> that's right, don. it's a great place to start. costing you no money at all, and the most obvious place is the job. if you're laid off, look, some severance packages include job training or other benefits. talk to hr about your severance package and find out how you can take advantage of job retraining. don't forget to ask about other positions in the company or at different locations if you work for a big company. don? >> all right. well, can uncle sam help out with this? >> yeah, you bet. the department of labor sets up local one-stop career centers. and at this offices you can find information about local jobs available, free classes on jab prep, computer training even. there are also a number of specific programs that can help you out. the displaced worker program. this is a program that will help you find work if you are laid off and the industry in that area is in decline. there's also somethin

willy jolly is ready to help you deal with the inevitable. >> hi, this is willy jolly and today i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. i was recently speaking for one of my clients and she said that she heard these short messages i share on the radio every day and she said it had an impact on her life because she was dealing with change. she had been moved from another city to washington, d.c. and it was uncomfortable. but she heard me tell the audience that change is good when your attitude is great. change is going to happen whether you like it or not. we're going to have change happen in our lives. do you remember your first day in high school, how big the halls were. do you remember going back and visiting the high school after you graduated and how small the halls were. the halls didn't change. you did. change is inevitable but our attitude can make the difference. decide to enjoy everything and understand that change is not the enemy, it is an ally. this is willy jolly, have a great day and make this is a day you will not forget. yeah, no

willy jolly explains the power of woods. >> reporter: hi, this is willy jolly. i want to give you a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. this is something i have learned over the years that is very effective it is seeking good. if in your life, finances, family and future. most people don't realize the power of words. if you ask most people are you huh are you do detective i'm just making it or if i didn't have bad luck i wouldn't have any luck at all or here's one, how are you feeling, i think i'm trying to catch a cold, no. when people ask how are you doing i'm doing great or outstanding or always unbelievable. things going good or bad, unbelievable. speak good because your words have power. speak good in to your life and your future, your family and finances because your word has power. this is willy jolly. this visit my website at willy jolly.com for free motivation. a @ the kennedy family gathered in massachusetts in preparation for the wake of eunice kennedy shriver. she died yesterday at a cape cod hospital. hundreds turn out last

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this is willy jolly. today i want to share simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. it is an idea that is a simple way to get some help, some wealth and relaxation as part of your daily routine. i'm encouraging you to park further away and walk to your destination. you know, even people who go to the gym, who workout, look for a parking spot near the gym. i say to you, park far away. a block or two and then walk because in that time you will get a chance to think. you will get some relaxation, some exercise and a way to rejuvenate as you are going about your day. it can have a profound impact on your success. try it. you'll find you'll like it. this is willy jolly. make this a great day and visit my website for free motivation at willy jolly.com. have a great day. ysi= >>> welcome back. we are expecting details about a fire that destroyed the home of a former dc school board president. mayor fenty and city officials will release a report on last week's chain bridge road fire. the mayo

this is willie jolly. today i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. in tough economic times one thing i am telling friends, clients and family members don't willingly participate in this recession. that sownes like an oxymoron. how do you not participate it, everybody feels it and gets a pinch. i said willingly participate don't line up in the line with everybody else. i was at the airport one day and came out of my car and the driver dropped me off and i went inside to the ticket line and there was a long line. so i went back outside to the sky cap and he said i need to check the bag and he said fine and i gave him a couple of dollars and went in and on the inside was a lady looking at the watch and she wassening aty filled and she said i have been in the line a long time and i said why are you in the line and she said because everybody is in line. and i called the sky cap and he looked at her bag and said too late she already missed her flight. she was lining up be

this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com for free motivation and make every minute count. b@a >>> virginia congressmen will push for a new metro station. they want the blue line extended toward woodbridge. >>> and a playground at marvin gaye park. and friends of the national zoo host brew with the zoo. the microbrew fund-raiser begins tonight at 6:00. >>> time for today's hero central report. this morning the story of a teenager hero win. reach rachel she is 16 and a camp counselor in new york city. she was filled on a bus with children headed to camp and the bus driver collapsed and died. she sprung in to action, though. >> i was here, right. and so i just got up, i ran and put my foot on the brake and pulled it. >> out of the darkness comes the light. his gift to you is that he left you in charge for a moment. you had three seconds to react and you discovered. so even if his death he gave you something. >> reporter: that was the camp director and he's already inviting rachel back as a c

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willie, what else have we got?l plane was killed when the plane slid off a wet runway and crashed into an old control tower. at least seven of the 16 passengers were injured in that accident. today the full senate begins debate on the nomination of judge sonia sotomayer to the supreme court. confirmation virtually assured in a democrat senate perhaps coming as early as friday. still, several republicans plan to vote against the nominee including senator john mccain. >> regardless of one's success in academics and government service, an individual who does not appreciate the common sense limitations on judicial power in our democratic system of government ultimately lacks a key qualification for a lifetime appointment to the bench. for this reason and no other, i'm unable to support judge sotomayer's nomination. >> judge, are you surprised to hear that from mccain? >> i am. pat buchanan, republicans have a long history of going after democratic nominees for the supreme court. but in the end deferring, advising and c

this is willie jolly. today's live better step for success is focusing on your dreams. as i travel around the country there is one point i cannot stress enough. the importance of taking time to dream and reviewing the lives of those who made invaluable contributions to our society. one element comes up. they have the power of dreams. from martin luther king junior, to walt disney, albert einstein, the list goes on and on. dreams are the seed for success. if you take a corn seed and plant it and water it, it will grow in to a corn stalk. the same is true for your dreams. if you see it in your mind, plant it in your heart and water it daily. it will grow. how do you water it, you say i believe i can do it. even in tough times say it. there's power in your dreams. dreams will become a reality. they said an idea whose time has come cannot be denied. get going, live your dreams. this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com for free motivation and make every minute count. hey i'm worried about mrs.

thank you, willie.y i don't want to be here monday when mika gets in. going to be a little chill. >> i don't think so. >> yeah? >> i think she likes open, openness, honesty. >> it's her paris hilton family. >> you should do a pillow fight on the set, willie and mika. >> beat the hell out of each other. >> we have another e-mail, chris has, about savannah. praising the academic achievements? >> no. >> oh. mean? don't read it. >> what is it? >> i'm very thin skinned. >> not savannah's thought she doesn't jump in so much but you're opposed figures. to work with you must be awe inspiring. how can she get any words out of her mouth when you're sitting right next to her. >> why are you so great? >> if you don't think that's not a question i grapple with every day -- >> what is it like to be so hilarious, willie. >> oh, stop. am i? >> all right. >> enough, enough! all right. >> kurt and michael are great, too. >> she is not married yet. with lines like that. >> i know, i know. >> this is not a speaking part fo

i don't think it's willy-nilly. i think activists at the yale university law school who're very consciously doing this. they are tied to activists in europe, and they are developing this whole body of law that the social conservatives are very worried about it >> let's take euthanasia or doctor assisted suicide is okay. in the netherlands. do you know that i believe it's 65% of americans support allowing a doctor to fu fulfill terminally ill patient's right to end life >> that's one where americans are relatively close to other in need lund. 59% of americans oppose gay marriage even though of them are for civil unions. but i think this notion that there's a pipeline that's running somehow from europe and from the netherland to the united states i think that's the wrong metaphor. there is a battle that's going on between a culture of duty and culture of freedom or however you want to refer to or religious or secular culture. surely one of the lessons of legislation we're not taking our laws from massachusetts of supr

. >> reporter: michael kelly and his friend willy cyrus come here several times a week and buy tickets together. >> see them every day. i give him half and i will spend the rest of it all. >> reporter: willy says if he wins he will buy everything in sight. >> and michael says he will pay his bills. >> make sure my children are set up. >> reporter: he says he almost never plays the lotto but today he spent the only dollar he had in his wallet on a ticket. he is hoping it will bring good luck. >> some of the money could be spent on schools. >> reporter: according to the lotto, if no one wins the jackpot tonight it would increase to 43 a million dollars. they say that would be the world's largest jackpot. live in bethesda, lindsey mastis, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> oh, let the frenzy begin. thank you. >>> you can see tonight's drawing during 9 news now at 11:00. >>> still to come, a hot problem with an appliance designed to keep your food cool. >>> plus, we are gearing up for the redskins game. hi, sara. >> the rains are coming down and it is getting windy but the good news the tarp is

so willy harris already in the ball game as the second baseman.ally different ball game than it was 1 half inning ago.   . >> rob: chip away, try to g one, maybe two this inning.   i think we have worn street o well enough. i think we could get a couple against him. >> bob: betancourt has one save this year, that came with cleveland. so they don't really have a pitcher with a save other than huston street. joe beimel had one here, manny corpus has one, he is on the defensive line and he is what you might call their erst while closer. it's all street now. 0-1 right here. >> rob: betancourt coming in, bringing the cheese at the knees. see if willy can get one back through the box or kick one out of the yard. . >> bob: they have been getting willy out on fastballs up rather than getting ahead of him. >> rob: that's the toughest think about not batting a lot. at that seed your hand-eye coordination is going to be a little bit slowed. see the catcher back there shaking, he'll pro

and if they don't meet that mortgage company rep, they get don willis. >> when they come in and say you don't understand where i'm coming from, i can quickly say i do. >> reporter: he's a certified counselor who has been there myself. >> because of millayoff, we had to -- my layoff, we had to do something to stay in the home. >> reporter: today he's working at this foreclosure workshop where 500 plus are trying to save their homes. >> we have seen dramatic drops in amount of money people are owing. hundreds and hundreds of dollars less. >> reporter: that's what pat wants. >> i ended up on disability. then my husband lost his job at lows. he's been out of work for two years. things just got really difficult. >> reporter: she says sitting down face-to-face with someone like willis is a blessing. he says that's all it takes, that first step. >> communicate with your lender. if you can even foresee a problem. >> reporter: and if you can't. >> put pride aside. because in this age, it's no particular demographic. it's definitely no income range. >> reporter: most of all, he says. >> be honest

gerri willis this morning, thank you, gerri. president obama due to talk about the economy a little bit later on. dan, i'm not sure if the president will be talking about these numbers, but for him, that is certainly good timing. >> reporter: it really is, and as gerri is pointing out, we're not talking about stellar numbers, but better than expected. good news because all morning we've been talking about the potential of these numbers eventually reaching into the double digits. the white house, the president himself has been talking about how these unemployment numbers would eventually hit the double digits. no doubt good news, and we expect to hear from the white house later this morning on those numbers. what the white house will continue to say is that they believe that the stimulus package, the plan, is beginning to work, the jobs are being saved and jobs are being created. but that americans really need to be patient because this is all going to take some time. >> yeah, certainly. well, the cnn national report card last ni

does, of course. >> willie understands show little it's shocking. we'll move past that. the he will he emt of senator kennedy's career encompass just that, joe, people of opposite parties, whether they were constituents or the national stage whether it was taxes, whether it was banking legislation, whatever it was, and he would say exactly that. let's figure out what we can do to move it forward for you. i will have to vote against it in committee and i will vote against it on the floor but i'm going to send you to orrin hatch. >> i'm going to vote against you. i may even wave my arms a little bit because this is what's happening behind the scenes. i'm going to help you. i have another group that will help you. don't worry. it will be okay. >> it wasn't hypocrisy. it was goodwill. >> david gregory, final thoughts. i know you have to leave us. >> you go back to the administration of bush's father, the first president bush, the idea of getting individual mandates for health insurance with a dead letter on capitol hill. look at what's possible in this

this is willie jolly. i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. we have been talking about the fact that in these challenging times we see a rise in anxiety, stress-related illnesses and as a by-product of that anger we see people getting angry and they are responding and lashing out and making decisions that impact not just today but a long time to come. that is why i encourage you before you act to take some time to think about what you are going to do. many times people are angry and will shoot off an e-mail and it impacts their lives in ways they can't even begin to describe or the believe. that's why before you shoot an e-mail out or write a letter or leave a voice mail, think about what you are going to do and ask the question, is this going to matter in a year? at that point you will be able to maybe pull back and take some time before you act. think before you act and you will have greater actions in the future. this is willie jolly. visit my website at will he

award. >> they honored willie nelson for his work in film?think it was for his humanitarian efforts actually. >> oh, all right. >> yeah. and then they gave me like, you know, an award, which i never really gotten an award before. so i was very nervous about the acceptance speech. >> oh, yeah. >> i didn't know what to do. i was like i'll look on wikipedia. like they'll know how to write an acceptance speech. so i write an acceptance speech in wikipedia and it comes up -- it has a list. >> it was there? >> yeah, it was there. you can look it up. and it's like start by thanking the people that are giving you the award. >> that's good. >> okay. thank you maui film festival for your generous accolades. >> award, yeah. >> and then it was like funny anecdote. thank -- thank you, et cetera et cetera. so i write this acceptance speech and i rewrite it and i'm nervous about it and i have this picture in my head of like a podium on a beach. i'm like a podium on the beach and i'm like get up on the podium and like have my acceptance speech and then have

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earl stewart and jeri willis there. president obama says the worst of the recession maybe behind us. josh is already hearing from you and so am i on facebook and blog. we'll have a lot of people's xhepts and questions in our 4:00 eastern hours. >> you were talking about a news conference. we have a busy 4:00 hour today. we're going to get revved up for this. we know we're hearing this all the time. i have people writing in with lots of questions and commentses. we want to get to as many of your questions as possible. the easiest way to send the questions is at cnn.com/fredricka. is it the economy bottoming out? it's the first thing you see. you get a chance to pop in there, send us your questions as well. go over to my screen. we have everything going on facebook and twitter. both cadon't forget the s in my names. there you go. what we do, i was looking through them. we don't need to read them all right now. they're coming in like crazy. lots of comments and questions, and what we want to do is get through as many as po

this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com for free motivation and make every minute count. >>> welcome back. here's our hero central story. at ten years old what were you thinking. >> it never would have occurred to me to do what one boy is doing. he was ten years old when the took a trip to africa. what he saw changed his life. >> i saw a woman and young boy walking down the street and both looked tired an i thought why not give them bikes. everyone has an old bikes. bikes can be used everywhere and that's where it started. >> i thought he was pretty silly really. and then he sat down and explained to me, very reasonable that there was no infrastructure and i'm not sure where the got the word infrastructure to support cars in africa so he was going to send bikes to africa. >> reporter: and he did. at 10 he started wheels to africa, his own charity. >> a we do is get old and used bikes from people who donate them and then we disassemble them. put them in big storage container and ship them

this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.dom for free motivation and make every minute count. >>> mayor fenty will cut the ribbon at the yes organic market on georgia avenue and taylor street. it is move in day at catholic university in northeast dc. classes begin on monday. >>> an the washington kastles tennis team will get keys to the city. last month they won the world team championship. >>> i'm in the web center with kristin fisher. and you are looking at on-line reaction to the death of senator kennedy. >> that's right we have been flooded with comments since the news broke yesterday morning, but our web team has been working overtime to get those comments on the site and bring you the most corempnsive coverage of senator kennedy's death and they have done a great job. here's what you can find tore go to sawu 9.com. the top story, senator r edward kennedy dead at age 77. o ghthea llu' you'll seine red, view slide e showand leave condolences. if you want to leave your condolences click on

. >> well "your bottom line" with personal finance editor gerri willis starts now. >> hello. i'm gerri willis and this is "your bottom line," the show that saves you money, become an empowered patient, tips to wage a battle against your insurance company if your claim is denied, making the most of a miserable job solution that don't involve sacrificing your paycheck and starting a small business. grab a pen and paper. we'll show you how. "your bottom line" start right now. >>> cash for clunkers, some say a big success. others argue poorly planned by the government. the program burned through its bill lon dollar first round of funding in less than one week. now with $2 billion more headed on the way, how long can we expect it to last? jack is the chairman of smart transportation.org. you helped design this plan so we really got the person who knows the most about it with us today. i want to share some numbers we have, though, and ask you about them. >> sure. >> total number of clunkers out there, some 40 million. even with the $2 billion, we're going to take out less than a mi