diego state university, san diego, california. >> stephen strasburg goes number one to the nationals as expected. the san diego state right-hander, who some believe is the best pitching prospect in decades goes to the nationals. now they will have to sign him along with his agent, scott boras. >> well, we were optimistic about signing all our draft choices. we don't negotiate through the media, so i'm not going to begin now. we're going to begin the process, which i've begun already. i've spoken to scott boras in a congratulatory phone call. i also had a very great and detailed conversation with stephen strasburg. he was elated to be drafted by the washington nationals, fired up to be the number-one pick and he was having a great time there in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. >> so strasburg goes number one as expected. welcome in aaron fitt from baseball america. aaron, we just heard the nationals talk about cybering strasburg, easier said than done, especially with scott boras calling the shots. who has the most leverage here in the strasburg-nationals

moments ato the nationals selected san diego state right- hander steven straysberg with the number 1 overall selection. we're going to have previous us coming up next on nats extra. >>> there is rain coming down as we try to get game number 1 under way between the cincinnati reds and the washington nationals, they are wrapping up a home stand with three against the reds. welcome to nats extra pregame brought to you by byron kerr, ray knight. moment ago the nationals made the selection everybody thought they would, bud selig making the selection announcement from the draft. the nationals going with steven strasberg as the number 1 overall selection from san diego state.  steven strasberg there, there  is the right-hander from san diego state, and he has everything, all the tools you would expect, ray. 103 miles per hour fastball, the best prospect to come down in 30 years. >> yeah, i want to share a story. rod data who is the tremendous coach there at usc, he had tom seaver, then later on he watched prior pitch and he told me at the college world seri

he hit .338 in san diego two years in a row. if you combine the year in 2007, 2008, he had 42 doubles, 15 home runs and drove in 90 runs. she a guy that can swing the bat. they talked about him defensively. i looked something up. you know he has the fifth best earned run average for the catcher in all of baseball over the last 3,000 innings that he's caught? just 4.01 earned run average. so he must be putting down the right numbers. >> and he's a guy is that is happy to be with the nationals after what happened to him in spring training with the boston red sox. he finds himself out of a job and hooks on with the nationals and he is getting the job done. speaking of getting the job done, defensively nobody does it better at third than ryan zimmerman. let's go to debbi taylor. she had a chance to sit down with the third baseman. debi? >> thank you very much, johnny. ryan, let's talk about your recent doe nation to virginia. they made the college world series and how proud of you of the program that is being built down there? >> i

this has caused water shortage to spread to los angeles and even to san diego. the democrat congress is directly responsible. you were warned, you failed to act and now this congress must accept the responsibility for their actions. a government that cannot provide water is a government that has failed. throughout history dictators like zimbabwe's mugabe have used water as a weapon to starve their enemies of water. but what we've never seen in history is the democracy starving its own people of water. mr. speaker, my constituents are not enemies of the state. quite honestly, offering this amendment today is the worst of all options. but because of the actions of this democrat majority, i have in -- i had no other choice. they have refused to allow debate on this issue or even a vote on a bill that would end this crisis for good. this amendment is a small step in a long process that must be made to build a case that this congress has failed its constitutional duties to provide for the general welfare of its citizens. and, mr. speaker, unfortunately this is a bipa

got to san diego state, got in shape, and velocity started to creep up. after his freshman year touched 97 and hasn't stopped since then. if way was to sign quickly could pitch in the major leagues this year. he is represent bid scott boras and those negotiations are likely to drag out. >> how do you propose for them to get a deal done here? >> well, my strategy -- and i don't know if they would use it -- put a big offer on the table, 25 million, take the offer today, 25 million, you're in mini-camp on monday and we get you out to the big leagues by some specified day. every day you don't sign it goes down by a half million dollars but you can only use that strategy if you're actually willing to walk away from the player if you get to august. the nams need a pr boost. >> that was the no-brainer of the draft so the nationals are on the clock. what pick was the most surprising? >> i had tyler mathis ranked third in the country and he fell to 11th. it's surprising a talent that big, a left-hander who touched 98 and 99, has command, has a great body so fall t

stephen strasburg, the flame-thrower from san diego state goes number one to the nationals. >> hey there. welcome to espnews. glad you could be with us here. ryan burr along with michele lafountain on what is a monster day and night in the

>> san diego. >> big naval installment out there obviously but tell me something. how is the recession make itself felt in san diego? where are you noticing it more in life styles? >> actually i'm not there anymore. i am a local now. my husband is working in the city so i live in maryland. >> so you only hear about san diego. >> from grandma. >> thank you and welcome and we hope to hear more from you as the program goes on. hello, welcome to close-up at the newseum. >> my name is gwenette and i am from evanson alberga candidate. >> welcome to the states. i understand you spent some time as a journalist. >> i don't know if it would be called journalism because i'm writing mostly arts and entertainment. >> if you are writing it with a journalistic discipline then yes, if it is about the culturated impacts politics and i'm sure bob would agree with that. so, tell me what you bring to arts and entertainment. print? >> in print but i have also done a radio. i was an international student where i did an english-language program for international students. i just saw like

just about five hours ago the nationals drafted highly touted pitcher stephen strasburg out of san diego state and the question is can he live up to all the hype. and manny acta thinks he has the right make up to deal with it. >> the main thing is what he's going to do after he signs. it's always going to be pressure when you're drafted number 1 overall because people are going to be expecting big things and comparing you with a lot of people taking first overall and all that. if he can stay away from all that and just be himself and if he is as good as advertised right now i don't think he'll have any problems. >> deb: and tonight's steven's college coach at san diego state describes him as a hard working humble kid who gets it and he wants to play big league baseball. >> and he said the same thing about rob dibble too. he said the guy always has humble. he did. >> rob: i was never humble. >> johnny: scoreless relief in each of his last 18 appearances. look at this number. 16 innings only 8 hits allowed, no earned runs, walked seven and struck out six. >> rob: the one thing i like about

right-handed pitcher from san diego state university, san diego, california. >> bud selig making the call. so now it is the seattle mariners that are on the clock coming into this draft. all the publications really said it was a two-man draft, strasburg and then dustin angerley, the first baseman/outfielder for north carolina who hit over .400 this year. no brainer the mariners take ackley? >> absolutely. it's the one chance any team has the take an impact position player. center field, above average glove, average or better arm as he continues to recover from elbow surgery. he's going to hit for a lot of average. big question, is he an okay power guy or above average power as he continues to fill out physically. love the swing, love the bat speed. a positive glove in center field. >> the mariners taking your time. you think it's a no-brainer? >> absolutely. >> when that pick happen, we'll bring it live to you right here. just a reminder, a "sportscenter" special tonight, from 9:00 until 10:00 on espn. karl ravech and his crew break down the key picks of the draft and tell you which

and he is scheduled to return to the dodgers on july 3rd against san diego. of course, "espnews" will have highlights of all of these games and we will continue to bring you live at-bats here on espn. >> and down the line, it is hard to tell there. >> phillies and blue jays, top of the first no score. jayson werth crushing it into the upper deck and the 14th home run of the season and 6th career multihome run game. it gets better for werth. the upper deck 139th in the history of the former sky dome. and the phills winning the second time in the last 11 games. and the 10-0 win the largest shutout win on the road since 1994 on the road at montreal. and the fourth interleague shutout in phillies' history. >> and coach rodriguez honored pregame for most games caught in a career nowhere one is going to catch this. the bottom three, the 2-1 throw. and lance berkman and into the hill in center field and two runs come in. and six r.b.i.s in the last few games and win it 8-1. and third round at wimbledon rotted >> and andy roddick facing his friend, jurgen melzer. and

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stephen strasburg, the flame-thrower from san diego state goes number one to the nationals. >> hey there. welcome to espnews. glad you could be with us here. ryan burr along with michele lafountain on what is a monster day and night in the sports world. we got nba final, lakers-magic, game three. pittsburgh with their backs against the wall, game six, stanley cup finals at the igloo in pittsburgh. pens need to win to stave off elimination and not be embarrassed again and have the red wings skate around on their home ice with that stanley cup thing, plus major league baseball draft currently going under way. but it's all been trumped by breaking news out of southern california, and the college basketball team at u.s.c. >> that's right. so unexpected news as tim floyd has resigned this afternoon. according to the clarion ledger, the basketball course at southern california a month after being accused of giving $1,000 to man who helped steer sharpshooter o.j. mayo to u.s.c. floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter of resignation to u.s.c. athletic director make garrett. this is what it says:

few but if you show up on that same trip at the emergency room in san diego, they don't have any of your records. they don't have your history, your family medical history, they don't have your allergies, they don't have any of your imaging, your x-rays and so forth. they're going to ask you half a dozen times when you're there, what are you allergic to? can you fill out these forms? and most importantly, how are you going to pay? but if we went to a system like every other industry has, where you have an electronic health record that goes with you every where you go and has those records for your family history, your personal medical history, your allergies and all your insurance information, when you show up at the emergency room, they're not going to have to ask you half a dozen times, they're going to be able to get right down to the business of treating you for whatever the reason is you find yourself in that situation. we have to make sure that as we move forward as a country, that we reward those who have already taken matters into their own hands. there's a lot of major health sy

remember jack measurety stadium in san diego? they put a fence inside the brick fence. you had to hit a ton to get it out of the field. they moved it in, cut off the an -- the end to have corner action. >> bob: this ball is drilled to left center by pena. elijah dukes will pick it up. that's the lead run here in the 8th inning. [cheering and applause] in this series, the nationals have not scored an earned run after the 4 4th inning. >> bob: fastball up in the zone. second ball carlos pena hit hard this series. he hit a home run earlier in the series. he's been kind of quiet with a couple of bunt hits. >> bob: 5-11 in the series with two bunt hits. there's a lot of pressure on the nats bullpen. the nationals have scored one run in this series after the 4 4th inning that was an earned run last night. their bullpen has been outstanding. zobrist 0-2 with a walk. his job if he can't score the runner is to push him to 3rd. this guy is a big, strong power hitting 2nd baseman with 13 home runs. >> bob: popped up, left side, up near in b ring. it doesn't hit anything. willie ha

we're installing energy-efficient runway guidance lights at the san diego airport. yes, energy-efficient lighting saves money. as a matter of fact, this thing has a payback -- it costs $5 million. this has a pay-back of two years to five years. when you put in efficient lighting it has a payback. it uses less electricity. it lowers the cost. but, no, senator dough burn comes to the floor and bashes it. so those are examples -- some examples of what he's bashing just in my state. but i have to say, madam president, i'm going to put into the record, if i might -- i ask unanimous consent to place in the record the fundin funding ns by program -- the funding notifications by program for my state of california. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: if you go through here, madam president, you will see in this largest state of the union that is suffering with an 11.2% unemployment rate, projects that are putting people to work today and doing good things. a medical assistance program, a clean water state revolving fund grant, state energy programs, putting

. >> johnny: out of san diego state, right hander. >> rob: he's big and tall. >> johnny: quickly ahead of guzman. 2-4 night last night. r bi. dukes are a home run, his 6th. ryan misses out side. when you compare umpires and look at hernandez, he's not one to take a lot of lip off batters. >> rob: no he's not. he's been consistent coming into the major league. that's what a lot of umpires try to do. i'm going to be consistent whether i'm lenient, tough, a little more reserved. he's always been tough and consistent at that. i think, you know, you might not like him, but you respect him. >> johnny: line drive to left field. base hit for cristian guzman to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning. >> rob: last start 200th of his career, 201. derrick lee was the one thousand strike out victim. >> johnny: guzman kind of getting back in the swing of things. he's 4 for his last 9 now going back to sunday's ballgame. 2-4 against the reds last night. 1-4 against the mets. 1-4 in this ballgame. coming in hitting .330. that's 7th in the national league. nats have the first hit of the ballgame. harang

by early 1953 groups that form as far away as san diego, san francisco, oakland, berkeley and chicago. emboldened by the triumph men and women of the mattachine brought the days of fear, silence and secrecy to an end. thank you. >> thanks, todd. again that is from "pre-gay l.a.: a social history of the movement for homosexual rights". i have a million questions, a million. i'm only going to have time for a couple of them and as you were both reading one of the things that struck me was the question of or the craziness of the senate invasion of private lives thinking about it now even in the construction of your two books of like to ask you both the same question and that is obviously you are doing research, you are wanted to talk to some of these people who are still around. in honduras subjects responded if they responded at all to your wanting to kind of give their lives another kind of look? karen? >> my book is based on archival research and i tended to speak with people interrogated and i was unable to do that so i tried to go at an angle using our calves from the state archives

diego state. >> if the nats feel they can have strasburg help them out he would be just the seventh player in the last 30 seasons to reach the majors without playing in the minors. the last player was nady in 2000. >> still to come here on "espnews," tim floyd has resigned as usc's head coach. we talk to an insider and tell us how much the violation of recruiting violations affected the decision. >>> tim floyd has resigned as he head coach of usc. last month he was accused of giving 1 then to a man who steered of j. mayo to the trojans. >>> and to talk about the situation with tim floyd resigning from his position we bring in andycast. in his letter he said i no longer feel i can offer the level of enthusiasm to my cutties that is deserve bid the university. any indication this was coming? >> in talking to a good friend of his, in the nba, they got the sense -- he got the sense that tim was going to fight this, the allegations over the last couple weeks, but something obviously changed. when it got permanent and linked him directly to the $1,000 he allegedly handed to of j. mayos ha

in san diego, we charge 24 individuals under the racketeering statute in connection with a scheme that included more than two hundred 20 properties, valued at more than $100 million. the alleged leader of this group is a documented member of a well established street gang. in a case with a unique twist, we work with our partners in the milwaukee police department to investigate of mortgage fraud scheme by a convicted drug dealer. michael -- and his conspirators ran a house flipping scheme with phony appraisals and forged bank records. they would obtain loan money in divide the proceeds. the load -- the loans would go into default and the houses into foreclosure. the criminal activity did not end there. one of the whole pop -- the bodies of two suspected drug dealers were found under concrete slabs in the back yard. we have cases similar to these across the country. the mortgage fraud is not necessarily the bodies that were found in the back yard. unfortunately the picture is not any prettier when it comes to corporate fraud. like mortgage fraud, economic crimes are crimes of opportunit

an ivy leaguer and signed orinally with san diego and went to boston. pitched 2006 in 13 games with the red sox and three in minnesota last year. in minnesota this year when oakland picked him up. shows you the value of the the left-handed reliever. >> gary: they're always being searched for. throw it up there and get it across the plate, you're left hand the you have a good chance of getting a job. scott 2-2 f him including a home run. scott 3-3. jones will stop at 2- 7bd. davis gets it in. luke scott gets his second hit. 2-4. don't look now but a couple runs on the board and the orioles could be right back in this ball game. >> buck: absolutely. certainly somebody goes long ball here and it's a two run game. obviously not happy to be battling back from such an early deficit but that's the situation they've been left with h now he comes out and gives up óyuwm ts after the first strikeout first batter he pitched. >> gary: aubrey huff with two on and one away. huff is 0-3 off him. time-out taken as the oakland bench suddenly realizing this thing getti

. >> rob: before sandy wentk to the san diego office, dusty baker may make a pitching chao he was the pitching umpire who was in charge. >> johnny: baker makes a trip out to the mound to talk to micah owings. he is working into the 6th inning here against washington. got a 2-0 lead. >> rob: and he has only worked into the 7th inning four times so far this year. actually 7 innings once this year. but more than 6, only 4 times in 11 starts. >> johnny: that is jared burton trying to get loose. >> rob: he may give him a hitter or two more. he probably said if this guy gets on, you are done. >> johnny: 101 pitches he has thrown so far. >> rob: it is very humid. very muggy today. >> johnny: harris grabs a bat. he is ondeck. willingham is on first. kearns popped out to the 1st baseman. >> rob: i think man in acta probably senses if the nationals don't get something going soon, they will be facing david weathers, arthur rhodes and francisco cordero here at the end of the ballgame. one of the best bullpens around. >> johnny: line-drive to left field. nieves got a base hit. the nats catcher

mountains of san diego county. we are a historical site in the mountains. your question, can you repeat it? host: does the iranian election put the u.s. in a tough position regarding development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy in iran? >> -- caller: absolutely. not just because of the election that just occurred. this is something that has been ongoing since before the administration took office. we had it during the clinton era and the bush era. number one, iran is linked to venezuela, cuba, castro, the new president in cuba. when you look at ahmadinejad, you look at him during a photo op, he actually calls bush the devil, challenging him at the united nations. this is just another country where the man is a puppet. i do not know a lot about his opponent. i knew none know a lot about him. i know that he represents the people, which is why we are obviously having a lot of uprisings over there. all that it is is that it is more photo ops. we have enough issues around the world right now. we went to the united nations, as i remember, to get a resolution

diego tribune," the american -- "the american standard." mr. rockwell has been involved directly with nuclear power for 20 years. he started in 1943. he was in the elite task force at the atomic bomb project in tennessee. he became head of the radiation shield engineering group. then a navy captain hired him to work on the naval nuclear propulsion program, and he has a long list of accomplishments there. he is a fellow of the american nuclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award, now known as the rockwell award, distinguished medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineers. he has written numerous books on technical papers, including the widely-used design manual -- how one man made a difference and created the new world. stories and images from the dawn of the atomic age. we are very glad to have you, sir. now, from the chamber of commerce -- vice president of the 21st and she -- 21st century development institute. he has served as deputy assented -- deputy ass

. >> recently and had a meeting in the san diego area. it was a meeting of the top officials of all of the departments. i learned something quite surprising. i like to say what it is. i would ask you to take a good look. virtually all of the narcotics trafficking in this country, the people who control those trucks, the kits that are ordered are essentially controlled by certain things in federal prisons and some state prisons today. they gave me the names of the prisons. i spoke with one person and told them about this. i want to bring it to your attention publicly. it is not a acceptable that narcotics trafficking directions have been given out of federal or state prisons. i'd like to ask you to make a thorough investigation. i will be happy to give you the information i have. i will not discuss it here. i am asking you for a commitment to take a big, strong, and that look at this. >> i will certainly do that. there are measures in place that monitor the telephone calls, the people who visit with the people who are detained in the feder

of think event hosted by the 2009 epicenter conference in san diego lasts about an hour. >> thank you very much. that is the first excerpt that we've shown in the united states of the film "inside the revolution" that we will be releasing on september 11, 2009, to try to take people inside the most moral, try to understand the dynamic that is going on because we are at the most dangerous moments in the history of the islamic revolution and it's been an extraordinary week as well. in the grand scheme of 2009, we are at the 30-year anniversary of the islamic revolution. it was actually on wednesday, april 1st, that we celebrated the islamic revolution in iran. it was 30 years ago on wednesday that the ayatollah khomeini it was toppled the shah who was pro-american, pro-israel, he toppled iran and there were 9 million iranians in streets. the streets of iran were on fire. when khomeini took power and on then on april 1st, 1979 he declared that iran was going to be the first islamic republic. the first country in human history to be governed by shari'a law, by the laws of the koran. now,

san diego is next. caller: good morning. c-span. not to change the topic or anything. we have a horrible thing going on here. the census bureau has reported that murder is up 1600% and only in the minority group, the black people. it is down 10% in the white people. it will not reported. you will not see it in the news media. i suggest people go -- is very disturbing. go to the census bureau and ask them. they will give you the information. that acorn? totally corrupt organization. i know firsthand by the way they're handling things here. host: let's move over to new york on the democrats' line. caller: my question was for the previous guest. it was a wonderful conversation there. i wanted to ask him if there was a rift between the rural and urban population in iran. it seemed like there were people that were doing all kinds of sophisticated stuff. i thought maybe it was the rural vote that went for ahmadinejad. i am bringing it up because i'm living in a rural area. i find it to be quite different from an urban area. host: ok. burke but, new york, is on the line. -- b

plays at san diego. >>> most teenagers at the age of 17 are thinking about the next video they can post or youtube logging on in faceback and the prom. those are not on the mind of melanie oudin, the georgia native home schooled is not the typical teenager. making her wimbledon debut, she was in the third round facing a former number one player, jelena jankovic. melanie oudin, there has to be some nerves. and the first time playing a top 10 opponent. there has to be nerves there. the first set tie-breaker and oudin, those are the nerves and with jankovic up and gets the first set. and then jankovic calls for a doctor that delays the match. and she felt dizzy and thought she would end up in the hospital. she was crying during the changeover. later oudin 6-5, got herself a forehand winner and 38 winners. and yanukovych just 13 winners. -- jankovic with just 13 winners. and oudin, the forehand too much and oudin with the huge upset. jankovic when the match was over had some excuses. >> was it heat stroke or dehydration or what? >> i don't know. there was also some woman problems as well, y

. >> what do you think about stephen strasburg from san diego state? >> i hear he is the real deal. i heard nothing but good stuff about him. so that's good. >> what kind of advice do you have for him as he goes through what you went through? >> just enjoy it. take your time. don't rush it. if he opens up in the big league, good luck to him. that's a big dinse, going from that 7 days to 5 days, that's the big thing for me. you can feel it on your arm every time you go out. during the course of the season where you go 30 to 35 starts whereas in college, you make 15 to 16. >> you are saying, 2008, work in the minor league, not working hard on your arm really helped you for this year? >> absolutely. it's all about the long run. everybody wants to win this year but everybody wants a tradition of winning year after year. that's what the rays have done. >> what was it like winning those games? >> that's awesome. that's dream come true. it was a blessing. >> to have a good team to play on, too, did that take a little bit of pressure off? >> this is a young team, very young team. so i fit r

it will eventually connect sacramento, our state capital, to san diego in the south. that is the first phase will be between los angeles and san francisco, points in between. i also want to point out the private sector has to be leveraged into this too. in california we're working with the private sector so you take the $13 billion, you add the $9 billion from my state, hopefully billions from other states, and hopefully billions from the private sector that you can get involved in it. and it starts to look like something on the scale not quite what governor rendell wants, i don't think. because i think he even has a bigger plan, but i think you start to leverage and you start to see some real things happening. and i wanted to just point out that our studies, and if i am saying something that's been disproven, let me know, show that our high-speed rail in california save 12.7 million barrels a year by 2030 and reduce co-2 emissions by 12 billion pounds per year. supposed to be 160,000 construction jobs and literally they're saying california hundreds of thousands of p

as a critical care nurse at san diego medical center i see patients conditions who are much worse because they avoided earlier treatment although they leave quicker than they should because insurance companies will not approve care. i can tell you from more than 34 years of experience insurance companies ration care the current system ration care based on the ability to pay. some patients do not get the life-saving treatment they need and she needed a liver transplant the signal would not approve it until i and others protested i was with natalie's another that said they had approved the transplant but it was too late. she died one hour later. it does not have to be this way. we agree with obama's who called healthcare a basic right now we agree with a president who says health care reform is not a luxury but a necessity. the same is true of healthcare. right now and the only nation on earth that boarders human life for many we need a guarantee single standard of high quality healthcare. to make the change let's have a real policy debates on the merits. people talk about evidence based pr

diego, the firsts game after his suspension comess to an end. >> all right. so the dodgers with one eye onnt albuquerque,e,e,eye on chicago and the white sox on tuesday. region. inflicting suffering of its own people and many others. to be sure i am aware and international affairs old wounds do not heal easily. however if we look closely at iraq political economics potential is clearly in the gulf nations' strategic interest to support the government and people of iraq. iraq neighbors should lend support with intelligence sharing and increase border control efforts. especially those nations that have thus far failed to live up to pledges to tighten border crossings. iraq moreover should be considered for membership and a regional forum such as the gulf cooperation council. agreed security progress has been made in iraq over the past two years. there remain those that wish to see the new iraq feel and who will continue to kill innocent civilians to further this goal. as we have seen in anbar, diyala and the men of the province's legal, success depends on the f

san diego, calif. on independents line. caller: one of the serious problems with the medical debate is that the press, which takes a lot of medical advertising, is simply not telling the public about the dangers that exist as far as surgery's daughter so expensive and so lucrative that doctors perform -- surgery's that doctors perform better so lucrative and so expensive. you are relying on the doctor to tell you to take two aspirin and go away. that is not likely. no matter how honest they are, doctors will tell you they do not want to $30,000 or $100,000 for the surgery. there's a tremendous danger to the health of the patient. the dodgers have their own complications -- the doctors have their own complications. guest: fee-for-service turns out to be not a good way of paying for medicine. there's a terrific article in "of the yothe new yorker." . in it. in texas, they spend more money than anywhere else in the country. florida has the highest statewide spending for health care. their health care is among the worst in the

in san diego, we charged 24 individuals under the racketeering statute in connection with a scheme that included more than 220 properties. value that more than $100 million. the alleged leader of this group is a documented group of a well established and violent street gang. in a case with a unique twist, we work with our partners in the milwaukee police department to investigate a mortgage fraud scheme orchestrated by a convicted drug dealer. michael locke and his conspirators ran a classic house flipping scheme with a straw buyers, phony appraisals and forged bank records. they would obtain a loan money and divide the proceeds, loans within go into into default and homes into foreclosure. at the criminal activity did not end there. winlock sold one of the houses in question, the bodies of two suspected drug dealers were discovered buried under concrete slabs in the backyard. he is now serving two life sentences on homicide and kidnapping convictions, and has been convicted of wire fraud arising out of the mortgage fraud scheme. we have cases similar to these across the country, and by

i recently had a meeting in the san diego area on the southwest border. it was a meeting of top officials of all the departments, fbi, dea, the d.a., etc.. i learned something surprising and that like to say what is and ask you to take a good look. that is that virtually all the narcotics traffic in this country, but routes that drugs travel and the people to control those drugs, the hits that are ordered are essentially controlled by certain gangs in federal prisons and some state prisons today. they even gave me the names of the prisons. i spoke to bob miller and i spoke to him about this. it is not acceptable that narcotics trafficking directions be given out of federal or state prisons. i would like to ask you to make a thorough investigation and i would be happy to give you the information i have i will not discuss here. what i am asking you for is a commitment to take a strong, in- depth look at this. >> i will certainly do that. there are measures in place, the monitoring of telephone calls, the monitoring of people who visit with people detained,

josh bard, very similar, he hit .338 one year for san diego, the next year he came back and hit .285 and drove in 51 runs in only 300 plate appearances. these two guys add a veteran presence in the line-up. they both are hot, swing the bat extremely well. josh bard, he's taken up a lot of that slack now that he's gotten his batting eye and getting good balls to hit that we lost when flores went out. >> it looks like the florida tooning of bard and nieves is working so far. >> i don't think it's a straight platoon anymore. i think josh bard has earned a majority of the playing time, and he is swinging the bat well. it's something we need, in dire need of us to be able to have consistent offensive production. he's gotten big hit after big hit over the last three or four weeks of the season. >> one of the reasons josh bard is swinging the bat so good might be the hitting coach of the nationals, rick eckstein. debbi taylor caught up with him a few minutes ago. >> rick, you have had such a knack for being able to personalize your approach to the different individual hitters. how difficult

no matter what company you work with, if we can get some sort of uniform health care -- host: san diego, california. mark, independent life. caller: i would be very shocked if they build a not pass this year, to the problem in 1993 was that out of the gate, in the military, it killed this whole agenda. from the next year, the republicans ran the whole country. when the midterm elections took place. as far as the plan that i can see right now, it appears to lack a criminal prosecution element to it as far as dentists or doctors inflicting intentional harm on patients. there was a case out here in california where a doctor and his wife were doing fillings on good teeth, and sometimes at one sitting would do 10 teeth and fill teeth that were good, just for the money, just to profiteer. and this is not something that can be combated by civil suits. you cannot say that is worth money. anyone doing something like that has to go to prison, and that element -- and when you simply just sue people to get money, they just simply raise their medical malpractice insurance rates, and then bill us for

let's go now to tom on the democratic line from san diego, california. caller: yes, hello. i do not know very much about what is going on with chairman bernanke, but i would like to comment on the federal reserve. a lot of people in this country feel that it is a very controversial organization. i just recently saw a documentary that was broadcast here in california that claims the federal reserve had a lot to do with the great depression. they deliberately flooded the country with money causing a financial crisis. i think these are dangerous people, and i think congress should look into what they are doing. they have not been audited, and people should look at what they are doing carefully. host: there is a bill in the house right now has over 200 kokesh sponsors that i believe are spot -- co-sponsors. let's go to the democratic line from peoria, illinois. caller: yes, how're you doing? host: good, how are you? caller: just fine. just to comment on the fed -- if you look at the system, it is entirely done. let's put it into perspective. why would you merge with somebody al

adrian concerns -- adrian joins us from san diego. caller: good morning, how were you? actually i just had more of a comment for the under secretary. i know you've got a tough job, sir, quite a few things that are not too good in the bush administration but i know you did a good job. thank you for that. as far as the economy and things going on in general, i believe obama has some good things going on right now. he is not too bad looking guy -- every time i lookeat him by and proud to be an american and and latino and i feel he brings quite a lot of hope. host: how you view the first five months of the of ministration? guest: from economic perspective, and kind of worried. a huge stimulus package that is not focused enough to get the economy moving. huge increase in the debt. his proposal is to increase the debt further. i'm worried about the intervention into the automobile industry, which is quite extensive and possibly even more intervention in other sectors. i know the intentions are certainly good, but i am concerned about what this is going to do with the economy.

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diego. his last blown save was that, a year ago.    another one of these guys  have been around a little bit too, rob? >> rob: yup. >> johnny: a lot of experience under his belt. >> rob: rangers, brewers, reds, he has been bounced out of that closer role and then comes back. it happens from time to time. >> johnny: has made all his save opportunities this year. >> rob: brad lidge put on the disabled list, the last few weeks, maybe hen lidge comes back ryan madson keeps his job. >> johnny: right. >> rob: it's a tough job to keep sometimes when you're going through rough times. cordero has done it like everybody else, mcdougall was a closer going back to the kansas city royals. >> johnny: a good one with kansas. >> rob: a good one. jay bruce going through a rough spot, a lot of peaks and valleys. it's a very humbling game. >> johnny: the is-2 to take investorries. one down here in the bottom of the ninth, harris grounds out to second. 

but the wealthier areas, areas around the coast of san francisco, san diego and los angeles have adjusted maybe 20% declines but haven't seen their full decline because they haven't had this for closure. but it doesn't mean they won't adjust. they had the largest appreciation, the neighborhoods had the biggest percentage increase. they saw 500% appreciation the last 15 years, so the

cemetery in san diego under the national shrine program. excellent. but what happened when i complained about let's get rid of the weeds around the stones. they took a weed whacker and now we have dirt all around the stones. that is not the shrine program that we're talking about. mr. dicks: would the gentleman yield? i would like to thank you for bringing this issue to light and i would be happy to work with you to improve the standards of these cemeteries. i agree we must improve these cemeteries to ensure that our appreciation for our veterans' sacrifices is appropriately expressed by maintaining their final resting place to the highest standards. the national park service is taking steps towards better maintenance of the cemeteries. the national office of the park service is assembling a team with expertise in cultural resource preservation and maintainance. this team will conduct a review of these two active cemeteries and make recommendations to the national office regarding approprie corrective actions where deficiencies are found. i will follo

diego but can't ship immediately, so our staff sergeants and gunnery sergeants work with them, get them in shape, get them ready for life in the corps. one of our biggest challenges right now is motivating the pool. because they want to go in june. we told them, you're not going to go until october, then that becomes in some ways a leadership challenge our recruiters haven't had to face. it's a good problem to have, but nevertheless it's uniquely different from what we've had before. we are going to skid slightly beyond 202, i think we were at 202,124. we can without any additional authority go up to 204,000. i told our people, don't do that, let's show some management skill here, a little past 202 is ok but not much. we don't have the money to go much beyond that and there's no reason to do so. >> what's the marine corps doing to prevent suicides among active duty troops? >> let me give a word of background so everybody understands what's been happening here. i think it's fair to say up through last year, we were running a sign wave, the numbers one higher one year than the next and ba

team members, the san diego area spically, i would just like to say that commander boehm's goin g