so, we have to think about boston in an earlier time, and boston was much smaller buildings. think about people carrying all of their provisions on carts drawn by horses. remember, this is the biggest ship that's ever been built in boston. when the construction is happening in the 1790s. so we can meet a few of the people who provided the supplies for "constitution." we have the skillins brothers who carved the figurehead of "constitution." when she was first launched, you can see in a close-up of a painting from 1803, we have the oldest known image of "constitution" painted in 1803. you can see hurk hercules standing on the firm rock of independence holding the document, the constitution in her hand, because the ship is named for the document that governor oz country as she is defending our country. so the skillins brothers carved the figurehead. this is a wonderful representation of today of what that figurehead probably looked like. it actually was damaged when "constitution" was sailing in the mediterranean in the early 1800s so we don't have the original figurehead, but

so, we have to think about boston in an earlier time, and boston was much smaller buildings. think about people carrying all of their provisions on carts drawn by horses. remember, this is the biggest ship that's ever been built in boston. when the construction is happening in the 1790s. so we can meet a few of the people who provided the supplies for "constitution." we have the skillins brothers who carved the figurehead of "constitution." when she was first launched, you can see in a close-up of a painting from 1803, we have the oldest known image of "constitution" painted in 1803. can you see hercules standing on the firm rock of independence holding the document, the constitution in his hand because the ship is named for the document that governs our country as she defends our country. so the skillins brothers carved the figurehead. this is a wonderful representation of today of what that figurehead probably looked like. it actually was damaged when "constitution" was sailing in the mediterranean in the early 1800s so we don't have the original figurehead, but this gives

boston ain't but so big. this is the only jail for boston, so you always know somebody. >>> coming up -- >> kind of rough. >> krystle o'reilly confronts a tragic anniversary. an inmate who authorities believe might have shot his girlfriend has something to say to her. >> will you marry me, baby girl. >> and later -- >> ja-norris hayes explains the fight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >>> for most inmates, jail has a way of crimping their personal lives. for the seven months he's been at the boston suffolk county jail, 25-year-old robert sutton has only spoken to his girlfriend on the phone, but he's determined to take the relationship to the next level. >> listen, listen. i need a close-up. will you marry me, baby girl? i'm serious. give me one of them little rice and bean babies. emily, i love you, baby. >> with the crime sutton has been accused of, it may be a long time before he can start a family. he's been charge

in boston, rajon rondo. hello, rajon. >> hi there. >> jimmy: how are you? >> excellent. >> jimmy: you just moved into a new place, i hear. >> yeah. [ laughs ] a couple weeks. >> jimmy: so, do you think you have all the supplies you might need to win this? because i may ask you to go deep and get some stuff, all right? >> all right, i'll see what i got. >> jimmy: okay, good. all right, gentlemen. let's put them up side by side. if you could, go ahead and shake virtual hands. it's time to play an nba edition of the skype scavenger hunt. this is a simple game. it's a scavenger hunt. i'm gonna ask you to find an item, and your job is to bring it back as quickly as you can. are you ready? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> jimmy: your first challenge is to bring back the last thing you read, whichever one is -- whichever one i deem funnier wins. [ laughter ] all right, there they go. look at that chair. that's a good-looking chair. we don't have chairs like that in my house. all right, rajon, what do you have? you have got --

so, we have to think about boston in an earlier time, and boston was much smaller buildings. think about people carrying all of their provisions on carts drawn by horses. remember, this is the biggest ship that's ever been built in boston. when the construction is happening in the 1790s. so we can meet a few of the people who provided the supplies for "constitution." we have the skillins brothers who carved the figurehead of "constitution." when she was first launched, you can see in a close-up of a painting from 1803, we have the oldest known image of "constitution" painted in 1803. you can see hercules standing on the firm rock of independence holding the document, the constitution in his hand because the ship is named for the document that governs our country as she defends our country. so the skillins brothers carved the figurehead. this is a wonderful representation of today of what that figurehead probably looked like. it actually was damaged when "constitution" was sailing in the mediterranean in the early 1800s so we don't have the original figurehead, but this gives

it's a chance to catch up with buddies from his neighborhood. >> east boston baby, east boston. waitress. 2128, stay golden. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] how i grew up, just loyalty was a big thing. friendship was a big thing. don't find too many people who understand them words, friendship. friendship to me is, you know, i do for others, those that are my friends i would do before i do for myself. >> selfish. one coffee. there's six of us. you come in with one coffee. all right. i'll remember that. >> i didn't get canteened this week. >> i got your canteen. you hungry? you hungry? what you want? >> that's what happens -- >> all right, listen to me. >> it'll all be gone by tomorrow. >> we're going to take that but don't ask for it back later. when the camera leaves don't ask for it back. >> we catch a lot of flak. we laugh. we joke, you know what i mean. we hang out with each other all the time. we become close. we have your zip code tattooed on your biceps. >> how am i getting home? i'm from east boston, 0212, send me on my way. >> while one of guiliano's prior stays here resulted in an

it's a chance to catch up with buddies from his neighborhood. >> east boston baby, east boston. waitress. 2128, stay golden. [ bleep ] how i grew up, loyalty was a big thing, friendship was a big thing. don't find too many people who understand any more. friendship to me is, you know, i do for others, those that are my friends i would do before i do for myself. >> selfish. one coffee. there's six of us. you come in with one coffee. all right. i'll remember that. >> i didn't get canteened this week. >> i got your canteen. you hungry? you hungry? what you want? >> that's what happens when you -- >>le it will all be gone by tomorrow. >> we're going to take that but don't ask for it back later. when the camera leaves don't ask for it back. >> we catch a lot of flak. we laugh. we joke, you know what i mean. we hang out with each other all the time. we've become close. we have your zip code tattooed on your biceps. >> how am i getting home? i'm from east boston, 0212, send me on my way. >> one of his prior stay resulted in an additional conviction for smuggling drugs into the jail. he

you know what i found about out boston? they can take a joke that was dirty and -- at the same time. that was practice for all of the [ bleep ] jobs he was going to give the big banks. the reform. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] whoa, ladies and gentlemen! >> stephanie: good time was had by all. current tv, we had a jib. we filmed it for the documentary. >> i would like people to know what a jib is. it is an arm that carries a camera. >> stephanie: it sweeps over the audience. >> talking that tv terminology. >> i would like to go to your jib. that's what it is. >> stephanie: so we were there for history. it will be in the documentary on sexy liberal on current tv network. thank you, everybody. [ applause ] oh, that's right! up next, oh, my god. l.a. is crazy. the tickets are almost gone for the end of july. >> this is a special call out to all of you l.a. progressives out there. a short distance dedication. the stephanie miller sexy liberal comedy tour is coming back to hollywood california. >> holy, hollywood! ♪ in the club ♪ >> on

[talking over each other] >> they needed a house in boston so he went to boston where other united fruit executives live and showing them -- some houses weren't -- this is in the 1930s so there was a big problem and just decided i will live in the top floor of the ritz-carlton hotel and charge it to the company. he lived in the ritz-carlton in boston in new york near grand central station and in a cottage in honduras. >> after he took over he resurrected, the banana business -- what eventually undid him? he becomes in many ways a though he does some wonderfully heroic things. for me sad to see him diminish as a physical force. what happened? >> his son sam zemuuray jr. was on lease boxing team and got a graduate degree, and the thing you grow, everything about his family and russia and grandparents focused on this person and this kid, on the army air force leaders the one of the first casualties in the war, killed on a reconnaissance mission in north africa. people who knew him said he was never the same after that. that diminished camelot and the other thing was united fruit was too suc

are -- 62288 -- >> boston? >> born and raised. >> any other names you go by? >> nope. >> take the glasses off. i want you to turn sideways, face the wall. all right. face front. >> standard protocol dictates inmates be strip searched and every cavity be investigated for contraband. but for bloodworth that is not the most embarrassing part. >> false teeth or dentures? take them off. >> [ bleep ]. >> open your mouth. put them back in. >> why are you so upset to have to remove your teeth? >> i'm 22 years old, i shouldn't have no dentures. like any normal 22-year-old going to be a little embarrassed about that. see if i was 55 or something. >> just as he was at the nashua street jail, bloodworth is housed in the segregation unit in the house of correction. >> get down on your knees, chest over the bed. >> i'll try to stay out of trouble but if someone approaches me then i'll have to handle my bi, my biz, short term, abbreviation for business, now e what i mean. >> high tech here, too. you got the little touch light right there. i like that. i like that. ♪ >> rya

boston never led in the first half, but capped the third with a 15-1 run. dulg from downtown and the celts up by five. miami eanswered with a run of their own. dwyane wade had 27. down the stretch it appeared boston wanted it more. brandon bass was blocked by wade. rajon rondo kicked the rebound to michael pietrus who drained the three. ray allen came up with a ball, found paul pierce, swung at pietrus for another three, end a minute to play, paul pierce with the dagger in lebron james's face. boston with a shocking 94-90 win. ma hideki matsui made his return to the rays. bases-cleared bomb to right field. to philly, cliff lee was cruising when he made a mistake in the eighth. the dodgers harrow with a shot deep to left, juan pierre couldn't make the grab, in came two, dodgers took the lead. despite striking out 12, lee came up short once again. he's yet to win a game this season. dodgers rallied 2-. >>> and finally, no lead was safe in washington, nationals tied the game in the 12th, with the sacks full, bryce harper ended it. mets blew three different lea

it was a much better night for boston. you saw it in the fact that mitt romney put out that statement that you just read, we got an emailed statement from the wisconsin state director of the obama for america campaign. so what we're going to see is republicans claim a big psychological victory. this morning the republican national committee chairman is saying that republicans are going to be pouring resources into wisconsin. >> mike, we saw the tweets and emails almost immediately. even before actually the results were made official. this was not a victory for scott walker, but a victory for citizens united. those tweets coming from democrats, of course. more than $66 million spent on this race, a lot of it coming from outside. governor walker had a huge financial edge, something like 7-1. was this a lot to do about what's happening in the country with monday any and politics? >> that's very astute. that's another way that this is a preview of november. that we're seeing as we did in the primaries, the outside money can ma

pick up your feet and move. >> i was born in boston, raised most of my life here in boston. i did go to boston public schools. that's why i went through a lot of the things that these kids went through. get your nasty faces off the wall. get your face off the wall. i feel like i made it. so if i did, i'm not anybody special. if i did, they can make it also. one, two, three, and four. this is all you're going to move from now on. everywhere you go. there's four cells down here. okay? one, two, three, and four. look for that cell with your number and go. hurry up. hurry up! pick up your feet and move. you better start moving with purpose. is that cell number one does that look like a cell? is that cell number one? stay in school. learn your numbers. they feel like because they're angry they can do whatever they want to do and anger will solve the problem. oh, i was just angry and everything's going to be all right. and they have to realize that even if you're angry and you make the wrong choice, you will end up in this place. >> you ready for a cell mate? >> no, sir. >> you wa

pick up your feet and move. >> i was born and boston, raised most of my life here in boston. i did go to boston public schools. that's why i went through a lot of the things that these kids went through. >> get your nasty faces off the wall. get your face off the wall. >> i feel like i made it. so if i did, i'm not anybody special. if i did, they can make it also. >> one, two, three, and four. this is all you're going to move from now on. everywhere you go. there's four cells down here. okay? one, two, three, and four. look for that cell with your number and go. hurry up. hurry up! pick up your feet and move. you better start moving with purpose. is that cell number one does that look like a cell? is that cell number one? stay in school. learn your numbers. >> they feel like because they're angry they can do whatever they want to do and anger will solve the problem. oh, i was just angry and everything's going to be all right. and they have to realize that even if you're angry and you make the wrong choice, you will end up in this place. >> you ready the for a cell mate? >> no

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you see this in new york, in boston. the clubs and organizations forming that become vehicles for lobbying, for pressure group politics other than electoral policy. that's the characteristic change in american politics that's taking place in this period. the shift from highly organized machine politics to pressure group lobbying kinds of politics, so this make sense? so there's a big change in the way politics work, but there's not as big a change in the fact that immigrants are both civically engaged and still living and surrounding themselves with fellow members of their particular ethnic group. so you get up in the morning, you're in your immigrant family. you're perhaps speaking your old world language. you're in a community that is populated by many other people from your home country, but then you're also engaged in american politics, so this notion that you can't do both, and you can't be an active american citizen and a member of an ethnic community doesn't make sense to immigrants in their day-to-day experiences

boston celebrating the 100 anniversary, 100 year anniversary of fenway park. the o's are making their own history. never have the orioles won seven straight games at fenway. a win over the red sox tonight would do it. great ballpark packed with 37,000 fans every game. orioles third baseman didn't buy a ticket but he joined the paying customers making a catch in the second inning. o's scored two runs to take the lead in the sixth. robert andino singled a right up brings him home with the first run and o's starting pitcher did a great job keeping boston at bay. they threatened in the seventh with two on and chen allowed just one run in seven innings with four strike outs and closer jim johnson works the last inning, gave up the lead last night but finishes the job, a strike out to end a 2-1 orioles win with seven straight at fenway for the first time ever. the o's are now alone in first place. >> one more game in boston before the birds come home to face philly. on wjz saturday at 4:00. on the final day of the baseball amateur draft the orioles pick cal ripkin's

hail and high winds around boston, new york, philadelphia and d.c. and nowers in the northwest. scorching heat from denver to dallas. >>> triple digits in phoenix. colorado springs and dallas, 80s in the middle of the country. >>> coming up, the massive refund coming to madoff victims who lost it all. >>> then, the base car left by cops to capture criminals. >>> and the downside of our digital world. are we reacome on dad! can i get winner? here you go kid. hey.aren't you. yep. vokoun and hpern. i think you need a box check. a box check? yeah, it's simple. always check the rating symbols on the front. read the content descriptors on the back. you know, a box check. yes! that's gd solid checking. hey, thanks guys. son, i, i don't think this game's for us. maybe you should get this one. this kid got some skills. for more information, visit esrb dot org. >>> welcome back on this monday morning. a new settlement this morning in the historic bernie madoff ponzi scheme. clients of a new york hedge fund manager that put money into the scheme, will get a combined $425 million back. the

" coverage from boston continues this week. we want to introduce you to one of the federal trade commission's new commissioners. she is a republican member of the five-member commission. you have been on the board for about a month now, on the commission for about a month. what has your experience been like. >> it has been very positive, as i mentioned. i had been here for 12 years previously. in a way, it is a big homecoming. of course, playing the role of the commissioner, so i have enjoyed reconnecting with people i have known, worked with in the past, but also getting briefed on all the news, activities some cases, investigations undertaken. my last position before i left is i was head of the office of policy and planning. >> how did you get started >> i was very -- >> i had professors who were very inspiring to me. when i graduated, i was fortunate enough -- i got the opportunity to work at the general counsel's office. i made the leap over. >> we are catching up with you at the annual cable show in boston. why are you her

it's a two-day event f we're going to see temperatures similarly as hot in boston to d.c. for the next two days, 98 to 99 degrees. also, lynn mentioned some leaf is come. today it's going to be around the northern plains with some thunderstorms. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. so the heat wave today goes from the ohio valley all the way to the mid-atlantic and the northeast but the relief is coming to milwaukee who has been very hot lately. you euro going to get hot today but the thunderstorms will cool you off. also denver much cooler. so chicago, today will be the last day of their heat wave. tomorrow is on the way. >> if you happen to find someone in new york city, would you call me? i'll meet you. somewhere. we don't know them, that's for sure. >>> well, coming up, all eyes on the fed, good news on the housing front, and men setting their ambitions toward staying at home. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, alec baldwin's messy run-in with a new york city photographer. >>> coming up, lebron

the brooms in boston...next in sports unlimited... that's all for the late eeition, i'm jeff barnd. it's that ttme of the evening, here's bruce with ssorts pnlimited. an impressive streak on the line tonight in boston...the orioles had won fenway...in addition, they three game sweep of the red sox...well, there was no sweep...and the streak is broke. broken.. brian matusz dazzzed in his last start...bump in the road tonight....bases loaded in the first...facing adrian gonzalez....gonzo rips it by mark reynolds...bad bounce off the wall...2 runs score on the rbi double...red sox in front 2-0....bottom of he 2nd... pedroia slow roller to short... one out at 2nd...but robert andino's throw goes into the ptands...2 more runs ssore... 4-0 boston...matusz only the 3rd...2 in scoring tom of - position ffr daniel nava... singles into right...endy chavez misplays ii...both runners score easily...nava runs in each of the first 3 innings toolead 6-0....but they only needed one run thanks to clay buchholz... bottom of the 9th...going for the complete game shutout... the sweeppin boston beating

layup, boston, one second left! [ chee [ cheers and applause ] he second left, bird steals it buzzerjohnson at the buzzer. >> jimmy: that was -- [ applause ] they've been around for a long time. also a great moment in lip gloss. and one more thing -- considering how popular basketball is, it's surprising that there aren't more songs about it. you have that song by kurtis blow, "playing at basketball."l from "space jam," which is kind of about basketball, and that's about it. so, tonight we invited one of the great athletes and one of the great singers of our generation, mr. michael tyson, to come up with a song. and this is his tribute to lebron james of the miami heat. enjoy. ♪ ♪ whoo hoo hoo whoo ♪ lebron james whoo hoo hoo ♪ oh lebron james is great he makes cleveland irate ♪ ♪ he was born in ohio and that's where cleveland is ♪ ♪ ooh do you see the irony ♪ oh lebron, win a championship it's all you have to do ♪ ♪ if only y the finals you would be an indisputable success ♪ ♪ indisputable

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hail and high winds around boston, new york, philadelphia and d.c. and nowers in the northwest. scorching heat from denver to dallas. >>> triple digits in phoenix. colorado springs and dallas, 80s in the middle of the country. >>> coming up, the massive refund coming to madoff victims who lost it all. >>> then, the base car left by cops to capture criminals. >>> and the downside of our digital world. are we really >>> welcome back on this monday morning. a new settlement this morning in the historic bernie madoff ponzi scheme. clients of a new york hedge fund manager that put money into the scheme, will get a combined $425 million back. the clients include a new york charity and homes for the homeless, among many other groups. they'll get back about 40% of their losses. >>> drivers are seeing more savings at the gas station this morning. dropping to $3.42 per gallon. and prices in the west, have dropped as much as 30 cents since the beginning of the month. drivers in alabama and mississippi, now paying the lowest prices. >>> overseas markets are down because of growing doubts ab

hail and high winds around boston, new york, philadelphia and d.c. rainy from rapid city to kansas city. and showers in the northwest. scorching heat from denver to dallas. >> triple digits in phoenix. colorado springs and dallas. 80s in the middle of the country. 70s in the northeast. >>> coming up, the massive refund coming to madoff victims who lost it all. >>> then, the bait car left by cops to capture criminals. but the police didn't expect this. >>> and the downside of our digital world. are we really forgetting how to write?h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@ >>> welcome back on this monday morning. a new settlement this morning in the historic bernie madoff ponzi scheme. clients of a new york hedge fund manager that put money into the scheme, will get a combined $425 million back. the clients include a new york charity and homes for the homeless, among many other groups. they'll get back about 40% of their losses. >>> drivers are seeing more savings at the gas station this morning. dropping to $3.42 per gallon. and prices in the west, have dropped as

el otro festejo de dio en el fenway park de boston. donde el dominicano ronny paulino puso fin a una noche en que se habÍa ido sin hits, al pegar un sencillo productor en la dÉcima entrada, para remolcar la carrera de la ventaja, y los orioles de baltimore se impusieron 8-6 a los medias rojas. con este resultado baltimore mejorÓ a una maraca de 4-0 en el fenway park esta temporada. el mexicano alfredo aceves cargo Ó con la derrota. por los orioles, el dominicano ronny paulino se fue de 5-1 con una anotada y una producida y el venezolano endy chÁvez de 5-3 con dos anotadas y una remolcada. buena noche para los dos equipos en las mayores, pero la derrota se dio en el futbol porque dc united no pudo seguir con vida en la copa abierta de los estados unidos. el equipo capitalino anoche jugando en el maryland soccer plex 2-1 en timpo extra ante el union de filadelfia. abrio el marcador la visita por medio de brian carroll ex dc united, que vencio al portero bill hamid, el empate transitorio llego minutos despues tras una buena jugada de

not only in boston but nationwide. >> the percentages of mental illness are off the charts. they are shocking. it's much harder once people begin to get older to tackle those deficits that have been growing and growing and growing over a period of time. >> though he was deemed competent enough to understand his charges and stand trial, a lifelong battle with mental illness is a reality for inmite corey allen. is he serving a two and a half year sentence at the house of corrections for an array of crimes. because he is now on medication, jail officials confirmed he was stable enough to consent to an interview. >> i'm here for armed robbery, possession of firearm, assault and battery, intimidating a witness, aggravated assault. that's it. >> straight from the bloody bean. ♪ you know what i mean [ bleep ] clapped up slapped up ♪ ♪ jacked up ♪ straight from the bloody bean [ bleep ] you know what i mean ♪ ♪ it's all ferocious, guns down token ♪ >> i couldn't let go of my past. i had to get revenge, it just happened to be on my birthday that i allegedly picked up th

boston never led in the first half but capped off a 15-1 run. keyon dooling from downtown and the celts up by five. miami answered back with a run of their own. took back the lead with nine straight points. dwyane wade had 27. but down the stretch it appeared boston simply wanted it more. brandon bass was blocked by wade. rajon rondo kicked the rebound to michael pretruss, drained the three and silenced the crowd. on the mad scramble for the ball, ray allen found paul pierce, swung it to pietrus for another three. everything going the celts way. under a minute to play, paul pierce, with the dagger in lebron james' face. boston grabbed the lead with a shocking 4 94-90 win. >>> former yankee hideki matsui made his return to new york for the first time as a member of the rays. russell martin welcomed him back in grand fashion. bases clearing bomb to right field, yanks one 7-0. cliff lee was cruising along and then made a costly mistake in the eighth. the dodgers with a shot deep to left. juan pierre couldn't make the grab. in came two. dodgers take

he has a lean and hungry look and the central bureau of boston discovered that such men are dangerous. that was probably true. contrary to the characteristics of politicians and he hardly ever does any handshaking and has a reputation that his board is as good as gold. that's a very good summary of coolidge. it also gives a flavor of the image he presented was of absolute integrity and he will talk straight to the people of massachusetts and he didn't sugar coat anything and he vetoed any bill that he thought wasn't going to be good in the state and he thought it was the end of the political career and he got it break the strike and that was true of his whole career as president and it resonated very well with the american people. if you were to come up with a list of characteristics that any good politician needs to have or what we think they need to have, coolidge wouldn't have even been consider considered, but the fact was that he remained popular throughout his term. with the breaking of the police strike in 1919, coolidge, entering the national arena, he was moved very quickly i

a ruling comes today mirroring the ruling of the boston court. the supreme court might be dealing with the issue of same-sex marriage sooner than most people thought. joining me, richard socaritis and wayne bessan. this is good news, explain to us why. >> both of these rulings the one out of boston and the pop significance eight ruling are very significant federal court rulings. it's not every day that a federal appellate court very important court, throws out a federal statute as unconstitutional an act declaring that allow unconstitutional, and got of congress thrown out. in the proposition eight case, very significant that the ninth circuit court of appeals a very important court essentially paved the way for reinstating same-sex marriage in california. >> five is the most powerful number in the united states of america, five justices, detypes the constitution, rights, everything else. now these issues are going to be in front of supreme court. how do you now handicap these issues in front of the supreme court, is it a lot of parsing of tea le

that was sponsored by the boston globe and the boston herald. the boston globe endorsed ted kennedy that year. the boston herald endorsed mitt romney that year. the organizations that sponsor debates sometimes also endorse one of the candidates in the debates. it happens all the time. at every level of debating. this year in massachusetts, u.s. senator scott brown is running for re-election against elizabeth warren. before scott brown, the skeet in the senate he currently holds now was held for decades by ted kennedy. asked to participate in a debate sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute, scott brown decided there's a new rule for debates. he said he would not participate in that kennedy institute debate if anybody associated with the kennedy institute was going to make an endorsement in the race. now, he didn't just mean somebody who was going to be moderating the debate and asking the questions or anything like that. what republican senator scott brown insisted on rather is that the widow of ted kennedy personally be banned from making

. >>> campaigning in boston, the president, a chicago white sox fan couldn't help himself, thanking boston for trading red sox veteran, kevin youkilis to his white sox. upon hearing boos, the president quickly apologiz, saying i guess i should not have brought up baseball. >>> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,502. the s&p sank 21, the nasdaq plunged 26. >>> in tokyo, the nikkei fell 70 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng gained 84. europe's debt crisis dogged investors against on monday. hours after a former bailout request from spain, moody's slashed credit ratings on 28 spanish banks, that rattled investors over how much cash spain will need. bank of america led the dow's losses as u.s. banks with european exposure took a beating. walmart was the only blue chip in the black. thanks to its canadian expansion plans. >>> chesapeake energy dropped 8% after report it conspired with a canadian rival to keep land prices down in oil and gas-rich areas. >>> new home sales hit a tw

we'll see heat aises in effect from boston to d.c. heat index getting up to about 105 at the peak heating of the day around 4:00. it already feels like 84 degrees in new york city. the sun is just coming up over the horizon. today will be a couple degrees warmer than that. we're expecting near 100-degree heat. all of the big cities on i-95, including boston. interior new england will be in the mid 90s. cooler by buffalo and pittsburgh because we'll get a chance for some clouds or showers and storms late today. it is cooling off finally in chicago after about six days in a row of 90s. >>> coming up, jim carrey says no, and you won't believe who gets trashed by their kissing co-stars. >>> plus, alec baldwin goes on comedy offensive in the wake of his dust-up with a new york photographer. your "first look" at entertainment is straight ahead. is he wearing underwear? you're watching "first look." i hope so. on msnbc. ♪ we all need it. to move. to keep warm. to keep us fed. to make clay piggies. but to keep doing these things in the futu

the birds lost to boston last night 7-0. the orioles begin a flee-game series against the philadelphia phillies tonight at camden yards. >>> plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> live look outside. there it is, the washington monument on your ride. i believe that is the capitol dome on the left. it is friday, june 8th and tony perkins, we've made it to the weekend. >> yes. >> good to see you. >> felt like a long week. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. >> i'm tony perkins. welcome to fox 5 morning news. picture looked good. gwen is here to confirm that it shall be a good day. >> i thought you mentioned that the picture looked good at the desk because gwen was here. >> that goes without saying. >> we had a beautiful day for the most part yesterday. some of you saw a little bit of rain but other than that, it was popping up here and there, just sort of spotty. ridge of high pressure in control. i don't have any clouds to talk about. i don't have any rain to talk b here are the highs yesterday. we ar

foreign policy analyst and author of the new book on humanitarian interventions bomb for peace and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a political activist in contributor to antiwar dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston how would you assess the state of american empire because we have a democrat in power doesn't look that much different to republican was in power so what is the state of the american empire in your mind well it's nice to be on and to join this discussion i think the very way you put it american empire is something that we don't often hear in the united states for many people but the idea that we have a military empire despite our one thousand bases around the world is a new idea or one that they might not have considered at all. but i think you know john if i can did ask you why is that why is that the case you think i mean what with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of mace bases around the world a global presence of a military that is not even comparable to any other country i

.. >> host: and "the communicators" coverage from the cable show in boston continues in this week. up next, our interviews with two members of the federal trade commission. well, we want to introduce you to one of the federal trade commission's new commissioners, and this is maureen ohlhausen on your screen. a republican member of the five-member commission. maureen ohlhausen, you have been on the board for about a month, on the commission for about a month. >> guest: yes, a little over a month. >> host: what's your experience been like that? >> guest: well, it's been positive. i'm returning to the ftc. i'd been here for 12 years previously, so in a way it's a big homecoming for me but, of course, playing a different role as commissioner. i've enjoyed reconnecting with people i've known, worked with in the past, but also getting briefed on the new cases, investigations, prompts we've undertaken. >> host: what were some of your previous positions at the ftc? is. >> guest: well, i was head of the office of policy planning and then before that i'd been an attorney adviser to a commiss

boston hasn't even had a day in the 90s yet and we're expecting 98 degrees in boston for your wednesday. the humidity will be a touch high, too. areas like kansas city will begin to cool off along with denver, and then we really are going to watch day -- day two was always the dangerous day because you don't get overnight lows to cool you off. day two, we start worrying about the elderly. i wasn't talking about you, barnacle. 96 also in boston. you get the picture, willie. we get a break as we go through friday. >> wow. >> i don't mean to joke around about the dangerous heat. >> terrible human being. poor mike barnacle. >>> to sports now. after two days of deliberation, a jury in washington acquitted roger clemens of all charges that he lied to congress during a 2008 inquiry about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. clemens maintained then and does today that he has never used steroids or human growth hormone. after the not guilty verdicts were read, the seven-time cy young award-winner spoke outside the courthouse. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career, a

foreign policy analyst and author of the new book on humanitarian interventions bomb for peace and in boston we cross it john walsh he is a political activists and contributor to antiwar dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect and you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston how would you assess the state of american empire because we have a democrat in power doesn't look that much different to republican was in power so what is the state of the american empire in your mind. well it's nice to be on and to join this discussion i think the very way you put american empire is something that we don't often hear in the united states for many people the idea that we have a military empire despite our one thousand bases around the world is a new idea or one that they might not have considered at all but i thought you know john if i can did ask you why is that why is that the case you think i mean what with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of mace bases around the world a global presence of a military that is not even comparable to any other country in the wor