-- e.r.a. eighth in the league. twins have 48 wins out of starters -- starters and 14 out of relievers as pie falls behind. 0-1. outside corner. called strike, 0-2. >> buck: crain is throwing the ball very well. up to 95 miles per hour with the fastball. he's throwing that sharp, breaking slider. >> jim: here is the 0-2 to pie. it's high. 1-2. ron gardenhire looking on from the minnesota bench. pie fouls it off. he had a good cut that time. >> buck: there's a fastball. pie has got to battle here just trying to -- he had that leadoff double back in the sixth inning. would score a run on a luke scott two-out base hit. >> jim: and a called strike three. pie down on strikes. jesse crain has retired six consecutive batters. middle of the eighth at the metrodome. orioles-twins tied at 6-6. >> buck: kam mickolio pitch very well allowed just three hits in seven games with 11 strikeouts. he's overpowered hitters with the moving fastball, good, late- breaking slider. he has impressive sliders. seven games this season. he's allowed only three hits. walked three batters and punched out 11. chris ray had a good inning. erased that. now kam mickolio will work the eighth inning of this 6-6 game. >> jim: alexi casilla will leadoff number nine. then it's back to the top. span and cabrera again. they seem to come up everything inning. see a switch hitter will bat left against mickolio and this is high. there's a strike. casilla taking all the way. mickolio got the call. comes right at him. joe nathan getting loose. in case they get the lead, he wants to be ready. casilla is down. mickolio blows it by him. >> buck: does every. he's had great movement on his fastball. we talk about his delivery how difficult it is for hitters to pickup the release point. got crossed by a delivery. a little late movement. 97 miles per hour on the corner. >> jim: here is denard span, the leadoff hitter. he's tripled, walked. fouls it off. 0-1. mickolio was the fifth oriole pitcher outside, 1-1. >> buck: this bullpen has really turned around dramatically of late when you think about jim johnson taking over for george sherrill who was trade. kam mickolio coming up and his innings are becoming more prawsm nent, more important innings -- more prominent, more important innings as he has earned that right. chris ray has pitched very well. he, too, is throwing the ball with a lot of confidence right now. bounced towards first, foul. >> buck: he's talked about how the bullpen has really come together late with the addition of mickolio. now with the prospects of going out finding a left-hander or two will be a complimentary pitcher in the bullpen. prospects going into spring training of having a pretty deep bullpen. >> jim: and he got him. so, two down on back-to-back strikeouts in the minnesota eighth. time for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates. michael aubrey who has a three rbi night. nick markakis who had a good night but played so far. another multihit game. or brian matusz who didn't have his best stuff left with the lead and kept his team in the game. text your vote now. have your voice heard a, b or c to 51862. strike one to orlando cabrera who backed out to get a look at that fastball. cabrera drove in a run with the bases-loaded walk in the six ts inning. whack to the -- back to the screen. a little low. ball two. 2-1 the count. bounced toward the hole. izturis, long throw across. out at first base. what a play by izturis! cabrera is gunned down from as deep in the hole as you're going to get. what a play by izturis. quick throw gets it across and in an eyelash gets the call at first. >> jim: orioles baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. hope your next trip at -- book your next trip at southwest.com. get some cotton candy while you're at it. what a play by cesar izturis, but did he get him? let's take a look. there's the freeze. >> buck: look at the ball just outside of the glove with the foot on the bag at first base. orioles got a break right there. >> jim: the call goes the orioles way. birds now come up in the ninth inning with a chance to get the lead. nolan reimold, nick markakis, luke scott coming up. nolan reimold is 1-3, he's also walked. and takes a strike. chris ray followed mark hendrickson who got the orioles out of that huge jam in the sixth and kam mickolio following hendrickson put this game back in order, but it's still tied and now in the ninth inning. reimold is dhing tonight batting third. there's jim johnson just in case the orioles get the lead, he'll be ready to pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning. 0-2 both these teams have three, four and five coming up in the nineth inning. when the twins bat in the bottom of the ninth, it will be reimold, markakis and scott coming up in the top of the ninth. hooked foul to protect the outside corner. jesse crain has faced six batters. he's retired all six. >> buck: as we mention, he is by far the most dominant pitcher on either team tonight. kam mickolio, he's been rett red-hot at a -- he had a 1-2-3 eighth inning. >> jim: this might be crain's last batter because lefties follow and harris is ready. that ball is hit into left field for a base hit. reimold got a mistake and didn't miss t he's thinking two. here is the throw to second base. safe at second base is reimold! tremendous hustle. he had double in mind right out of the box and the go-ahead run in scoring position with nobody down. >> buck: what a terrific at-bat for nolan reimold as he battled jesse crain. nobody had been able to solve crain. he gets a breaking ball out of the zone with two strikes and drives it down the line. span, a left-handed thrower right here you could see reimold has his mind made up on two. a leadoff double in the ninth and he hustles in to second base ahead of the throw. what a great at-bat and good idea the situation at hand as he hustles into second base. >> jim: well, reimold is on. pitching change. here comes mijares. orioles trying to get a lead in the ninth. in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that's just plain mean. why do they hate your bags? 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( ding ) >> jim: here is jose mijares face markakis. reimold at second. nobody down. it's high, 1-0. orioles try to get the lead back in the ninth inning. >> buck: mijares had a 1-2-3 eighth inning in last night's game in that 2-1 game. he turned things over to joe nathan who had a little bit of an adventure, but held on for the save, number 32 for nathan. >> jim: high, ball two. mijares has had a good year. reimold, two-hit game. 20th multihit game for nolan reimold. 2-0 pitch. curve ball in there for a strike. harris in in his 52nd game on the year. only matt guerrier has been in more games. hit foul back out of play. >> buck: got the ball right in on his fists. harris has a good fastball and a good breaking ball. that looked like it might have been a changeup. something that moved inside and tied up markakis. >> buck: from 2-0 to 2-2 on nick with a potential go-ahead run at second base, there's reimold. 2-2 is hit foul the other way. that will be a souvenir back in the crowd. nolan reimold really has tremendous baseball instincts the way he ran out of the box. he had double in mind all the way, forced the throw and got in there. >> buck: he does as good a job as anybody on this team to really you'd liez and implement the philosophy of protecting the plate. that ball was six inches out of the strike zone low. he ends up hitting a double. >> jim: markakis pops it up. down the line. span charging in on it and he gets there for the out. that's a big, big out for minnesota. markakis cannot move reimold to third and one down. >> buck: span goes down the line. he made a terrific catch in foul tairtry. he has the best angle and there are twins all over the diamond. harris converged to third. the center fielder came in to cover second base. casilla went over to third to backup the play. guys were moving all over the place and had it covered perfectly. >> jim: here is luke scott who drove in a run with a base hit his last at-bat and round the base and morneau cutoff the throw coming in from outfielder cuddyer. cuddyer was firing towards the plate and scott got in a rundown. luke's only hit on the nie. he's 1-3 with a walk. ty wigginton on the bench. >> buck: he's an option obviously, but he hadn't gotten up. he had a hat on. you think maybe you get him to switch to nathan and maybe that's what dave is thinking. wigginton has seven rbi's as a pinch-hitter. >> jim: the problem that trembley has tonight is the way he utilized this lineup is if he pinch-hits for scott, wigginton would have to go out and play left field. i'm sure that's one of the reasons why ty is not in this game. you could always vacate your dh and have reimold go out there, but there is not an outfielder on the bench tonight that is ready to play because jones has the back issues. 0-2 on scott. popped up. shortstop and third baseman harris calls. two men down. mijares has come on. reimold still at second base with two men out. >> buck: harris was tough last night. he's -- mijares was tough last night. he's pitched around a leadoff double so far. last night matt wieters strikeout against joe nathan to end the game. he has an opportunity right here with a two-out base hit to give the orioles the lead. >> jim: breaking ball is high. 1-0. >> buck: he was disappointed. he had a chance to do damage in that ninth inning at-bat. nathan got him and struck out three batters in the inning. >> jim: reimold led off the inning with a double. he's there with two down now. wieters a little late on the swing. 1-1. matt has an rbi and a bases- loaded walk. he has singled and scored 1-3 officially. now has a three-game hitting streak going. each team has 10 hits. each team has six runs. 1-2 on wieters. >> buck: mijaress, a little extra mustard on the last fastball. >> jim: a ball and two strikes, matt wieters. it's high. he wouldn't chase. 2-2. it's not a bad idea. see if you have the hitter a bit anxious to go after it. >> buck: this situation obviously wieters with a chance to knock in nolan reimold. he has to really expand his zone now just trying to lay off the high pitches. anything on the corners you've got to protect the plate. >> jim: it's low, ball three. looked like he threw a changeup that time and wieters let it sail low. dave trembley looking on from the orioles bench. >> buck: orioles stranded eight base runners early in the game. i'd love to have those opportunities back. >> jim: 3-2 with two men down. reimold does not force so he won't be off with the pitch. wieters fouls it back. this is a huge game for minnesota in their quest to catch the tigers in the central. white sox have already lost at fenway tonight. if minnesota wins, they tie chicago for second place in the division and the tigers are trailing in anaheim early on in the fourth inning. they could gain a game on chicago and detroit possibly with a win here. and wieters down on strikes. and harris came in off-speed and he got him, so a leadoff double. reimold left stranded. we go to the bottom of the ninth tied at 6-6. ? >> tom davis here inviting to stay opportunity for -- sta tuned for "o's xtra" post-game. >> it's been good. i been bad. it's been ugly. the orioles somehow managed to end up tied with minnesota going into that bottom of the ninth inning and it's been a lot of ex siet siement. a lot of things to talk about. >> right now, we're praying for extra innings to tell you the truth. 6-6 going to the bottom of the ninth. more from jim and buck. >> jim: time is rung out for you to win the cesar izturis t- shirt tuesday v.i.p. experience sweepstakes a lucky winner receives four v.i.p. seats and v.i.p. parking for a game next tuesday september 1 against the yankees. you'll win four passes to watch the orioles and the yankees take batting practice right in thefield. the deadline to enter is thursday at midnight. visit orioles.com now for your chance to win. mickolio stays on in this tie game. he had a three up, three down eighth. he has to go through the most dangerous part of the minnesota lineup to get this game to extra innings. joe mauer leads off the league's leading hitter. morneau on deck and then cuddyer. >> buck: mickolio worked two innings in the game down in tampa bay. this is not out of his comfort level. that was in the game on tuesday the 5-4 loss. mickolio was throwing the ball very well and it's going to be a challenge for him through this part of the order, but certainly he has the stuff to handle it. >> jim: mauer has one hit on the night. it came in the first inning. takes a strike. he's showing bunt trying to get melvin mora to move in, but melvin won't do it. melvin started to charge as the bat was around, but then he went right back to the spot he was playing. >> buck: again, it's mauer's first look at mickolio so showing that bunt gives him a real good look at what mickolio's velocity and movement are right now. >> jim: swings through it 2-2. from melvin mora's perspective, mauer has a career high 25 home runs. if he wants to bunt, go ahead and do it. mcneil melvin didn't bite at all. 2-2 on mauer. hard-hit ball right to izturis. low throw scooped by michael aubrey. nicely done. one away in the ninth inning. here is an update on the voting for the at&t player of the game and michael aubrey with the three rbi night just made a nice play leading markakis and brian matusz. still time for you to text inyour vote and have your voice heard a, b or cr to 51862 and results final on "o's xtra". so, michael aubrey getting some attention. here is morneau 1-4 with a solo home run. hard-hit ball right to roberts to plays the hop. both balls this inning have been smashed, but rye at -- right at fielders. >> buck: five up, five down for mickolio. >> jim: here is michael cuddyer. ground out, flied out to go with the two walks. the heart of the lineup when you go three, four and five, you have mauer, 25 home runs, morneau, 28 home runs and then cuddyer the number five batter has 22. that's as good production from the heart of your lineup as any team in the league. power against power. he swung through it. >> buck: some giddyup on that fastball. we talk about the challenges for right-handed hitters trying to hang in there with that cross fire delivery and a serious heat he throws that one to the outside and it must feel like it's five feet away on the outside corner. >> jim: two balls and a strike on cuddyer. strike, 2-2. >> buck: you can just tell the hitters don't see that ball that well. i mean, they're just indecisive in their approach. >> jim: hard hit ball. roberts knocks it down and cannot make a play! let's hope brian is not hurt. he landed very awkwardly out there at second base. two-out hit for michael cuddyer. >> buck: i don't know if he jammed his wrist or his shoulder, but this turf is not very for giving. kind of stuck his glove into the turf and didn't get much of a slide. looked like he rolled over his wrist or maybe jammed his shoulder as he didn't get much give when he hit the artificial surface here. >> jim: looks like it is his wrist on the glove hand. >> buck: this artificial turf is plaftever plastic and it grabs you. grass will slide over the top of it. kind of stubbed his glove into the ground. lay on it. >> jim: so, dave trembley and richie van sells will leave. roberts says he's ok. he'll get the glove back on the glove hand. here is can you believe can you believe who pinch-hit for brendan harris. a lefty batter up there against mickolio. >> buck: can you believe only 2- 9 as a pinch-hitter, but both of those left the ballpark. kubel two home runs as a pinch- hitter. >> jim: long look at first. time finally requested. >> buck: and mickolio just made up his mind. he wasn't going to do anything to see if cuddyer might make an early break, but he just held the ball to see what was going to happen there. >> jim: cuddyer has five steals on the year. strike one right in there. kubel dh'd in the game last night with tillman on the mound and he was 0-3, but he did drive in what proved to be the winning run with a sac fly. inside, 1-1. >> buck: kubel didn't start tonight because of brian matusz the right-hander on the mound the starter for the orioles. >> jim: ball and a strike on the pinch-hitter kubel. he went too far. 1-2. tough to pickup that pitch. recognized where it is. decide to swing and realize it's sailing high and he can't do anything about it. 1-2 an off-speed pitch. it's interesting watching the contrasting these pitchers with mickolio. his off-speed pitch is 88 miles per hour. there are a lot of major leaguers who pop-out fastballs at 88. fouled back. >> buck: that ball ball -- that ball 96 miles per hourment when you throw as hard as mickolio is, you get 10 mile separation, that's a pretty good changeup. it's the change of pace. it's not complimentary to your fastball. >> jim: 2-2 the count holding on jason kubel. outside, ball three and now this gives minnesota a huge edge. the runner cuddyer will be off with the pitch. so, a ball to the gap could get that winning run in. aubrey telling mickolio he's going to play behind the runner with a lefty at the plate. 3-2. there goes cuddyer. popped up foul back in the crowd. so, mickolio battling here. we'd like to welcome those who watched the nationals tonight 15-6. bonus coverage on masn and masn hd. the metrodome in minneapolis jim hunter with buck martinez and mark viviano. orioles trying to get to extra innings. the a game orioles let minnesota back in. >> buck: michael aubrey had a two-run double that came in a three-run second inning. twins answer with two of their own and we've gone back and forth all night long. twins tied it up late with a three spot. >> jim: ball four, let's head downstairs and check in with viv. >> we see the orioles in a bit of peril here in the ninth inning. you mentioned how well the bullpen pitched on this road trip. coming into tonight, 20 innings having allowed just two earned runs. when i spoke with bullpen coach adam dunn about the suck selfs of the bullpen, he said it starts with the starting pitching. as they've gone long near games, it's lessened the load on the bullpen. last night, tillman goes 5 1/3. you're taxing this bullpen and you're running into trouble here late in the game. we've seen hendrickson and ray pitch back-to-back games and eventually it's going to make it tougher for that bullpen to have to carry the load. remember, the orioles have the most relief innings in all the american league adding to it here tonight. guys? >> jim: that's a good point because the more outs you ask your bullpen to get, there's nick punto who will pinch-run for kubel and if this game doesn't end stay in the game and play third base. here is delmon young. ball one, outside. young has had a good night. three singles in four trips. he's already scored twice. jowts side. ball two. all of a sudden, mickolio has lost the zone. >> buck: you've got two quick outs. cuddyer had a single to the second baseman and then jason kubel walked. >> jim: ball three. after two outs, none on, cuddyer off the brian roberts and he's 3-o'on delmon young. there's a strike taken all the way. >> jim: young is a very good fastball hitter. rarely does he get beaten bay fastball. he might hit it into the ground. he'll take a hack on it. >> jim: swings through 3-2. >> buck: up out of the zone. >> jim: again, runners will be off with the pitch. cuddyer from second. punto from first. delmon young tries to get winning run in from second base in the bottom of the ninth inning. 3-2 is lined into right field. there's a base hit. markakis up throwing trying to get cuddyer. the twins twin in the bottom of the ninth. delmon young, a four-hit night and twins come back from down 6- 3 in the sixth to beat the orioles 7-6. a disappointing game for the orioles. they let this one get away. so, minnesota gets to mickolio after two outs and nobody on in the ninth. and they get the winning run. tough night for felix pie and minnesota wins it 7-6. would he invite to you join us again tomorrow. more o's action the -- more o's action. jeremy guthrie will be on the mound going against nick blackburn. coverage on masn 2 at 7:30 followed by game coverage at 8:00. buck martinez and wjz's mark viviano, jim hunter saying so long from the metrodome in minneapolis. tonight's telecast has been a masn presentation. a lot to discuss and dissect in this one. back to the studio "o's xtra" now tom davis and rick dempsey. >> "o's xtra" post-game. the orioles just lost on delmon young rbi single. minnesota 7-6 over the orioles. when you look back at it, it's the first time minnesota was on top in the ballgame. they had so many opportunities. >> they did. orioles twice this three-run lees leads in that. they jumped out to a three-run lead. they let minnesota come back from this point right there. they took a three-run lead in two. it was the sixth inning of the ballgame. bottom of the six inning, baltimore and loath the bases and gives up an rbi single and walks a couple people. it was -- it was just one of the nights where the orioles just seemed -- they could not keep this lead no matter what. it was almost like they were playing to play in a tie ballgame and go to the bottom of the ninth and it didn't work out. had it not been a 3-2 count when nick markakis gets the ball, i'm sure he throws a runner out at home. >> not only that, orioles strand nine including three at second in the game. it was a tough night trying to knock in key runs earlier in the ballgame. we'll pickup highlights why the game. it will be michael aubrey coming through with a two-run double to right field. matt wieters and melvin mora, 2- 0, birds. >> michael aubrey, second consecutive night. what a nice swing he puts on the ball here. goes to the gap in right center field. drives in two. melvin mora almost gets hurt sleight sliding into home. >> orioles take a 6-3 lead. luke scott rbi sing toll right field. scott is cut down between first and second. nick markakis scores. orioles lead it 6-3 at that point. twins will rally for three runs. the tying run scores when joe mauer's double play ground ball off mark hendrickson after brian bass did not do the job to start the inning. we go to the bottom half of the ninth inning. two outs, knocks in michael cuddyer and the orioles wound up losing to the minnesota twins 7-6. the orioles 3-5 on the road trip. 2-2 against the twins so far for the season. they're 11-27 since the break. michael aubrey has a two-run double. an rbi sichgle. matt wieters a bases-loaded walk and drove in a run. a two-run triple. justin morneau, a solo home run. alexi casilla doubled in one. orlando cabrera walked with the bases loaded and joe mauer hit into the double play, a ground ball. when you look at felix pie, this is a strange game for -- game for felix pie. he looked very good in the outfield. at times on the base pats, he -- pads, he looked like he was lost. >> he steals a base and doesn't look back at the third base coach. we'll see it right here. watch the shot first. we'll start off with the good part of the night here. look at the great diving catch in center field. he saves the orioles a couple of runs right here by making a fantastic catch. on this, you'll watch him now. the base hit to right field by reimold, he didn't look up to find out where the ball was. he doesn't know where to run. back and forth. he should be on the third base with an opportunity to score are but he isn't and later on he doesn't end up scoring. a pop-up in the infield. again, piep comes -- felix pie comes on takes control and catches a ball in center field. it's a pretty good play on his part. beats the fact that he took charge playing center field. adam jones did not make the game again tonight. now here is reimold again. pop-up in towards the dugout in minnesota. watch the catch by morneau and felix pie. i think felix thinks he might be invisible at this point right here because he's right in front of the third base area and morneau throws him out. we give up another out on the bases. that inning in particular we gave up three outs on the bases. it should have been an inning where we scored at least six runs. >> you start to think what is he thinking about when he's playing? >> he's trying to hard to be a good player. that's probably what it is. he is forcing everything to happen. he wants to tag up from second and go to third and make it a bang-bang play. it isn't a matter of whether he's hustling or not. he just kind of like overplaying. he's trying to make something happen when there's nothing there. sometimes you just -- the best play is to not do anything at all. >> rick, it was kind of interesting. when you go back -- i want to check my score card for a second. i notice in the third and fourth inning, seven batters in each inning. orioles left the bases loaded in each inning. they had three walks in each inning. one hit in each inning. stranded three in each inning and scored unone run in each inning. left on base is really costly. >> it really has. it's been happening the second half ever since the all-star break is that the orioles have been no -- have not been able to get the big hits to get the runners in. you see the man at third base. brian roberts who is usually pretty consistent making good, solid contact can't get the run in. felix pie pops up -- into shallow left field. nobody can move up in this situation. there's a runner at third base. that opportunity no, way. later on, izturis with an opportunity. bases loaded. he ends up striking out in that situation. melvin mora, too in the same situation bases loaded just can't seem to get the right hit at the right time and this is something they were doing with such consistency the first half of the season was always good contact with men in scoring position. >> when you think about that, do you need a little bit of extra concentration with a guy on third base more so than you would if you're just batting with nobody on base? >> you need to swing at good pitches and that's something they haven't been doing yet. they get in habits of swing swinging at bad pitches. you saw the breaking balls down inside the strike zone. they're not being patient right now. you can feel the pressure building right here with the offense is that they're trying to make something happen when it's not there. you've got to be patient like they were and start hitting with that better high percentage with men in scoring position. >> twins battle back twice down by three and come back and beat the orioles 7-6 on the delmon young rbi single in the bottom half of the ninth inning. tyke to -- time to take a look at the at&t player of the game. michael aubrey wins with 69% of the total vote. nick markakis at second with 16% and brian matusz third place with 15%. that's the at&t player of the game. again, delmon young rbi civicle two out until the ninth inning, minnesota twins 7-6 victory over the orioles. ? xw@t@t@@@@@h÷÷ >> ball hit to center field slicing away from felix pie answered makes the catch! that ball kept slieg slicing away. he was able to get his glove on the ball and take an extra-base hit away from gomez. >> felix pie is spectacular at times, but the orioles lose to minnesota twins. delmon young with an rbi sing toll win it until the bottom of the ninth. pie had an interesting night against justin morneau one of the better power hitters in the game. >> yeah, there were things that happened in the ballgame that would open your eyes. in the first inning of the ballgame, you see him pitch against morneau. there's two men on and he's starting to picks had -- pick his way through -- he's not making any bad pitches in the middle of the plate and he just kind of throws that fastball on the outside corner and gets strike three. later on in the game, start of the first inning, he leaves a fastball over his head. he tocky hawm hawks this ball into the seats -- tommy hawks this ball into the seats for a home run. you see it again. there was no discipline in this at all. he got locked in on a high fastball. wasn't a very good pitch at all. that's how good morneau can be. that was his 10th home run of the season on that -- against left-handers this year. >> there was a fly ball to center field in the fifth inning for morneau who lasted five. he locked into left-handed batters. copping into the game, they were 0-8. tonight, matusz pitches five innings, seven hits, couple of walks. 99 pitches. i was surprised he was up to 99 pitches through five even though the game seemed like it was going on and on. >> he wasn't as sharp as his last outing. he pitched a good ballgame. he was behind in the count. the left-handers he had no trouble with. first hit he gave up to morneau was his first hit that a left- hander has gotten off him all season long. he's been pitching good against left-handers. the right-handers tonight, his changeup wasn't working as good as it usually is. his curve ball wasn't working. that's where he ran into trouble getting behind with those counts and then he got hit. >> the bullpen has been terrific since the start of the month of august. the previous seven games, no wins, bull no losses, couple of saves, tonight the bullpen goes 3 2/3, four hits, four earned runs, four walks and a couple of strikeouts. when you look back at the bullpen, rick, brian bass did not have it from the time he walked on the field. >> he did not he faced five batters on the nie. he did not register one out. you see this ball right here. two men on. a double over the right field over markakis head. he struggles all the way through this entire inning. he understand up hitting cabrera actually it was a 3-2 pitch. he would have walked him anyway. that walked in another run and they scored two off him. ended up scoring three. here chris ray comes in and dawz very good job getting through the inning. the rest of the bullpen all night long was pretty good. kam mickolio has been unscored upon so far this season right here. look at this play by izturis. amazing. mickolio threw an out-- doing an outstanding job. he gets into the ninth inning. he runs out of luck right here. base hit to right field. nick markakis cannot make the play. the runners were running on a 3- 2 count. that's the game winner for the minnesota twins. they pull out a 7-6 win against the orioles and orioles just let them stay too close all night long. >> tough part about that was mickolio got the first two outs in the inning and he had been sue peshd since being recalled. he's been recalled three times. think that's the first run he's given up three times. >> it was also one of the first times you've seen him pitch two full innings. he kind of lost his release point right there and got behind in the count. once you get behind in the count, they can sit on pitches. they can say the fastball is coming right here and they also get an opportunity to see a lot of pitches and they pickout the one they want to hit. tonight, they got four hits. delmon young, four hits on the night. >> including the game-winning in the bottom half of the ninth inning. michael aubrey is kind of an interesting case scenario. orioles picked him up from the clintdz a couple months ago. went to norfolk. now he has a couple of starts under his belt with the oriolesment tonight, i drives in three runs with a bases- loaded walk and a two-run single. >> i like his swing. he's starting to grow on me a little bit. i didn't know whether i would like this thing from thebeginning. look at this a cutter down and in and he gets underneath it. drives it to right center field and helps the orioles out with a big swing right here. a triple in this at-bat right here. not an easy pitch to hit, but he's really starting to show well up there offensively. please, don't get hurt, melvin mora. we can't afford to have anybody else on the disabled list. >> he didn't have a good night at -- humber didn't have a good night. the ex-met stayed in for one inning and gave up one hit and four bases on balls, but tonight michael aubrey had a big night. 1-3, drove in three with a double and bases-loaded walk and this season so far since arriving from norfolk, .417 average, three rbi's, two runs scored and a couple of doubles. so, michael aubrey could be a contender for the orioles first base position next year. he was in the same draft with nick markakis and was a first- round selection by the cleveland indians the same year that the orioles took nick markakis number one. just reep reminder orioles end the series tomorrow night in minnesota. pregame coverage starts at 7:30. back home against the cleveland indians. three night games starting at 7:00. sunday, 1:30 start. 1:00 our pregame coverage. just a reminder if you can't watch on masn, join sports radio with joe angel and fred man from a for complete game coverage. twins win and beat the orioles 7-6. been true since the day i made my first 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stranded eight that that might come back and hawfnt i later on? >> we said before the game in this ballpark here uncharacteristic a low-scoring game. usually the games are real fast- paced and a lot of runs are scored. we had many opportunities to plate some other runners. didn't do that. you know, matusz uncharacterric of him. he had seven three ball counts in the first three innings. i thought the fifth was his best inning. i told him before he went out the fifth would be his last so slow yourself down and let gets three outs and give yourself a chance to win. really for me, it's -- we didn't put zeros up after we scored. i thought they allowed them to get back in the game. they're a team now that's won five straight. they found a way to win. >> and your bullpen has been so good on this road trip. of course, brian bass had a rough outing and kam mickolio again has done such a good job and got himself into a tough situation. brian knocks the ball down an infield hit at that point i guess you're up against a tough lineup once again and they come up with a big hit. >> yeah, we went lieu that lineup two or three different times. hendrickson's job probably goes unnoticed. he kept the game in check you know facing the two lefties back to back and getting it with the bases loaded only allowing one. ray really would have preferred to stay away from him tonight. he's pitched a lot lately. the guys are coming back from that injury. he threw the ball very well. mickolio threw the ball well. we kind of had it setup the or we would have gone ahead right there. johnson comes in the game. we had a guy on second, nobody out. i think it was back-to-back innings and didn't take advantage it have. >> felix pie had kind of a rough night. he made an outstanding play early in the game on the gomez catch, then a couple of baserunning miscues. is this a case of a guy getting an opportunity trying to do a little too much? >> i think it's felix pie being felix pie. i think that's part of what he does. i'm not trying to slight it or be cute about it. he makes mistakes on the bases and you sit there and go how in the heck did that happen. he made a heck of a catch in center field, but obviously that kind of gets overshadowed by the other two blunders. >> yeah, tough when you play a good team like the twins. dave, thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. >> our thanks to buck martinez and dave trembley. kind of interesting dave trembley usually doesn't say anything negative about any of his players. >> it really wasn't all that negative. he pointed out exactly what we saw all night long. that's felix pie. you love the guy because he has great talent and does some wonderful things out there on the field. he makes some great catches. he's got good speed. the guy hits for the cycle. it was fun to watch that the other night, too. he makes mistakes and shows how raw he is actually as a major league player. it's very, very tough when you bring up a guy like that up here. you can't send him back to the minor leagues because you have to put him on waivers and you might lose him, but he needs to learn to do a lot of the little things in the game that really make the difference between being a triple-a player and a major league player and this is one of the problems that you're going to have to deal with. he's probably one guy you have to spend a lot of time with talking baseball and baseball situations and sometimes the communication factor is a problem, too. the fact that he speaks such good spanish but not very good english. john she will beat baserunning coach. he speaks very good english but not real good spanish there. might be a lack of communication right there. you just never know. i know they spend a lost time working with him. it isn't going to sink in for a while. some day it will, we'll see him be an excellent player. >> it's work in progress. >> yes. take a look at the pennant schais chase right now. we begin with the yankees- rangers. bottom half of the ninth inning, kazuo matsui singled to -- matsui singles to right field. the yankees have a 10-6 lead bottom half of the ninth inning. cano singles to right field. matsui will score and 10--9 rangers. yankees are trying for a rally to tie in the ninth inning beings but two bears later miguel cabrera will line into a double play. -- melky cabrera will line into a double play. rangers free veil with a victory over the yankees. cruz a-solo his 22nd. cano's 20th. paddock 16th against texas beating new york 10-9. on the white sox-red sox being played at fenway park, jacoby ellsbury steals third base. his 66th steal. setting a single season steal. in the bottom half of the seventh inning, 3-2 white sox. victor martinez hits a single to left center field. nick green will score to tie this game up at 3-3. martinez 2- 2 with a couple of rbi's and great addition for the red sox. jason bay hits a solo home run to left field to break the tie his 28th of the season giving the red sox the lead and boston beats the chicago white sox 6- 3. boston 72-53. papelbon with his 0th save and boston scored three in the eighth inning. again, jason bay with a his 28th home run. elsewhere, tampa bay has beaten toronto 7-3. tampa bay has won 7-3. carlos pena hit two home runs a-pair of two-run homers, 37 for the season 2067890 home runs for the career. how about this for pena? 37 home runs this season. 35 singles. he's hit six home runs in his last five games and 11 in his last 17. tampa bay beating toronto 7-3 and detroit-angels are 3-3 top last of the sixth inning. kyle kendrick hit a home run for the angels. wild card chase, boston red sox have a game and a half lead overt texas rangers. tampa bay trails by three and seattle saito eight games back so seattle's chance are getting diminished with each passing day. that's a look at the american league wild card chase. we'll be back to take a look at what's ahead for the orioles and the twins tomorrow when they conclude the three-game 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goes for the twins. >> nick blackburn went into the all-star break with a pretty good record. he was 8-4, but since the -- since the all-star game, he has lost every decision so far. he's 0-4 and foichg an 8.80 e.r.a. he is not doing very well. minnesota is going to be very anxious to see how he will face up against the baltimore orioles tomorrow night. he has not had a good career record against the orioles. he's 0-1 with an 18.00 e.r.a. against that ball club. nick will be looking for his ninth win of the season. jeremy guthrie also looking for his ninth. >> it's kind of interesting, rick, when you look at these two pitchers obviously. twins have a lot at stake right now. they've tied the white sox for second place in the american league central and still have a shot to win the division. >> they really do. that's the thing about the division. sometimes you barely have to play over .500 baseball to win that decision and that's what's happening right now. tonight, they picked up games on both teams, the detroit tigers who are losing actually. they haven't picked it up yet, but they're losing out in anaheim after five innings and then they picked up on the white sox who lost in boston tonight. so, they've got a shot. >> lots at stake for the minnesota twins. orioles conclude the road trip and conclude the series in minnesota owmplt pregame coverage start tomorrow eerng evening at 7:30 about the game at 8:00. jeremy guthrie pitching against blush nick blackburn. once again, delmon young with an rbi single two out in the bottom of the ninth inning against kam mickolio giving the twins the 7-6 victory over the orioles and evens the season series at 2-2 against the twins. hey i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know she's wandering around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month. she seems crazy. actually, fios customers get that price for six months. it's like getting three services for the price of two. so am i 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a great finish. pick up, bottom ninth. 10-5, texas. hideki matsui singles to right. johnny damonon scores, 10-6 yankees. bases still loaded. next batter, posada. that the epitome of a never. mark teixeira scores, 10-7 yankees. next batter, robinson cano. dumpps it into left. that ball. a-rod, matsui both score. now a 10-9 game. later in the inning, after a nick swisher popout on an attempted sack bunt. melky cabrera, that was anders, steps on second. a double-play. stays in the game. rangers hang on, 10-9, wow. this is the third win in nine games this year against the yankees, michael young, 2 for 5. he had a home run. kevin millwood with five and two thirds. he allowed five earned. joba chamberlain not went four and allowed seven earned runs. >> the rays began play three games out of the wildcard lead. they need to win to keep pace with texas and boston. >> carlos pena, two homers, four ribbies in this one. he leads the american league with 37 homers. had six homers in his last five games. he's got more home runs than singles this season. tampa wins 7-3. the rays have won 8 of 10. they're 11-3 against the bluejays this season. >> so we look at the american league wildcard race. boston maintains its game and a half lead on texas. and still lead tampa by three. >> in about four weeks time, plaxico burress will be going to a place that i am sure he never felt in a million years he would ever call home. for the better part of two years, burress will be serving a prison sentence for illegally carrying a weapon into a new york nightclub. it's been nine months of near silence for bure pes. as he prepares for life behind bars, the former super bowl champion sat down to talk to our jeremy schapp about whached that night ask what he will regret the most. >> i look myself in the mirror every morning. and be like, you got yourself into it, you know. you've got to get yourself out of it, and get your life back on track. get back to doing what you love to do. and, you know, four or five years from now, down the road, you know, i'll look back on it and say i was reckless. i made a very bad decision. you know, and i'm suffering major consequences from it. and i took away what i love to do most, which is play football. and, you know, i lost my job. that's where i'm at right now. >> how do you think you're going to be able to cope in prison? >> i really don't know what to expect to be honest with you. i know people that went in and came out, and they tell you about it. but as a person, nobody wants to go to prison. who wants to go to prison? nobody. you know, i got myself into this situation. you know, i've got to deal with the consequences for that a. i've been accountable since it happened from day one. you know, i've got myself into this situation by lack of judgment. didn't think about with the consequences or what -- or what, you know, what it could have been. if i would have thought about it, i wouldn't have made the decision to take that gun into a nightclub. you know. >> september 22nd, you'll be sentenced. you've got four weeks. it's quite possible you'll be going directly to prison from that croom. what are you doing until the hours until then? >> spend time with my family. it will be the toughest thing for me, to be away from my family, my son. i wake up with him every morni morning. it's going to be an adjustment. i'll be away from my wife. she's pregnant. she's due on thanksgiving day. i'm having a baby girl. i won't even be there for that. >> if you missed it, you can see the entire plaxico burress interview. next monday, august 31st, when e60 reairs on espn2, 11:00 eastern time. >> up ahead on espnews, the cowboys new home stadium may be a billion dollars palace. but now their massive video board is causing a bit of an uproar. >> also ahead, the latest on the usc quarterback situation. usc quarterback situation. you want to stay tuned to stay i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. 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[applause] we will invite them later and a program to say something about what this experience has been to them and what motivated them to write to us. we he found over the course over t last two months since it has been published we have pay sisterhood network it is comprised of the 100 women that aontributed to this historic network so we want you to know them a little better allows well so we will have them say somethi has to go t the program. we will tell you about what motivated us to write this book and h we got started. we will talk about the "uncrowned queens" later because thisas bn a passion of hours from the "uncrowned queens" institute maybe i will say one word about our mission the mission of the institute is to identify, collect, preserve and disseminate the histories of african-american women recall communityuilders we have been doing this work for 10 years and this work "uncrowned queens" institutes that the foundation r this book. of t institute's goal is not all made to reclaim the histories of these african american with many community builders and share them and primary to share them by the worldide web and we have a web sit at "uncrowned queens".com which has the biographies and photos of thousands of african-americans and women from the buffalo new york area as well as the state of oklahoma and me part merely concerted they iit the community to join us in this rk of reclaiming ts history by giving us the biography of the community builders they're not normally that are wel known in the community but the bedrock of the commiee and the women who are instrumental touild institutions and as you talk about social just -- justice who are the educators and otrs of the community and very often we don't collect theihistors or preserve themo that has been the goal over t last two years and in a sensethat that is why redid is book although it was t the impetus the and this was really the culmination the whole election, the processf watching as the campaign went on to become engaged to learn more about michelle obama and see her ashe emerged in a person in her own right also who supported her husband and to say she was unfairly treated and denigrated on a number of occasions, that she was presented in terms of per image thomas diyala, intend very wrong way and i just he to poin* to the cover of "the new yorker" magazine that portrays sir as being three blac women, theilitant black won decade to you a warm issues deny for a gun if she decided to be combat as somebody who was unpatriotic that was not only us but so many women black women, latino women she was treated so negatively and unfairly probably one week after the election was over, we were all basking in the euphoria of having the first african-american preside in the histo of this country and the first african-american and first lady in this naon's history, i turned to my colleague, peggy, this woman willeed some support and encouragement and know that people out here are really supportive of her as she enters this new phase in her life in this un charter territory. so why don't we send out and ask african-american women to light her letterq or write poems have only to express there a steam but also encouragement and support? initially and reset doubt the call for letters we called it dear michele, letters of love support and encouragement. we sent it out over the inteet because we're all in a tecological world but because we only gave people three weeks to respond to this call we ask them to send in letters by december 1st beuse thentent was to have a book published by the inaugution. it didot give us a lot of times every gave them until december 1st to send in their letters. they did by the scores for over 200 letters were received in that time period and we had to do some work to identify 100 letters. they had some and a good ones that we had only to choose 100. we were going to publish ourselves but then my colleague realize she had huts but or something else it is azing she is souiet because i do all the talking she can talk than just a minute we do 1018 presentations because we have been doing this for so long over the 10 year period that we work together we normally have a field for or on presentation and what to say but i will throw it over to peggy and let her proceed with the rest of the story how we got this book to our publisher. >> we had meetings with the new ceo. we did not know him by a friend directed and t of us. he was interested in other books we had done. we self published those books with "uncrowned queens" blishing it was time we tell our n story and that is what we did with theuncrowned queens" institute we have added deal for you if you publish this book we need you to publish it inside of 30 days and that must have been a crazy statemento make because we know with the academic press you have two months of review and maybe six months later you may not be notified that the book was accepted and maybe one year later he may not be ready. we thought what we did too do to support the first lady, we really wanted to do thi book and ateast 30 days and it turned out it was a 34 days. the publisher said, beginning november 12 through december 1st you would not have recognized us. [laughter] really. it was a crazy seen. we talk toydney press one guy asked by toive him a schedule i gave them a schedule of what this will look like but we did have the idea i they said w will not publish do then we would take out a loan and we he printers on the stand by because we knew if you get a ok written you can have a printed in 10 days. you can get it printed in 10 days. being may not be dry. [lghter] pledges to give it a few days. we decided to do at and we said to him, he was away on a conference so i took a chance calling him and he said give me o day i said i have scoured the internet and no one is doing this of this is the i don't think -- ideal thin to do. he called on monday it is a go. e rest of the staff must of thought he had ge crazy because they had other books and line but it was a historic moment that we needed to capture and we had to do with thennd get it done. so after it was a g i guess he had second thoughts and he called and said maybe you can send me one of these letters i can take a look at it? [laughter] we sent him this powerful letter through e-mail that wrote a poem called week in anticipation of view. if i recall, it start light week in anticipation of u, we swallow vomited and engorged oceanic passages inde carriers ming cultural kindred from home and tribal remember events for enslaved reality that was the opening. we thought all my goodness. [laughter] then it went on with this extraordinary writing of this story of african women into this country and finally coluding with michelle saying that we now actually can remove the dismantle from the soldier of sojourners truth and marion anderson and rosa parks and on and on and we later cent at 80 other letters to take a look at them. when we really knew we were onto something is we could not stop crying. every time we g a letter it was a and emotional experience whether a person writing about their mother or their father or men or women writing about their children, or ltd pricing michelle obama that women had prayed for her it was an extraordinary experience. we never ever doubted we could do it. but what we uncovered that was sm powerful that black women had the incredible network and all this data that said we don't use the internet, and notrue. not only do we use the internet the bck women have established a baqe around the world because black women were sending us letter from average cut of my god i just came fm ethiopia women were traveling whether italy, buenos aires collor ethiopia, they were right thing to say is this the real deal? are we actually going to see these letters and some form? is a possible that you could go to the white house? but know it uas in. it was an extraordinary response the we had gotten from them and i might add as barbara will chime and, another thing we were struck with was the diversity of themes along with t diversity of women, housewives, former university presidents come the people whoere on the faculty, writers, not writers, people who had never tried their hand at writing before, they have ranged in age of 25 through 80 and they were writing things that really tol us that black women had deep sensitivities and sensibilities about this historic moment and the role that they could play. i will stop now. >> in terms of the it years and letters and poems 3/8 years to our eyes, we found with the e-mails and the letters we have received, it is the expressions and feelingshat were expressed by theseomen resonate with the white men who tell ushey are readinghese letters and they are crying. white women a writing us, latino and black wen and men the right thing us, african women and the universality of the themds are so powerful that we did not expect when restarted to put this book togetr that we would have a a book that had such universality and resonated with so many people all over the world. and and one of the things i mentioned the impetus was the michelle obama that was expressed on the cover. that image was not just an image of mhelle obama but all black women and we know for years, hundds of years, black women he been defiled by images that saye are welfare queens, poor mothers, jezebel typehen men come at and so the fact that wome wrote about it and talked about it, a 36 yo proach in her letter about how she has been working to change the ige that people laugh of her and her workplace, she writes to michelle and says i can only change and educa a fewbut u can changand ucate the mines of many. african women wrote to say, you will make a difference for black women worldwide, not just in the united states. that theme resonated throughmut this book and wit so my of us. wome rightabout we are very spiritual people and bring rear is very important. many women groped to say they are praying for the obama's and certainly for the safety, the wellbeing and prayer is very important and they want michelle to know th we pray for you, we pray for you and we will continue to pray for you and your safety and whileo one mentions the 17 with president obama is there and the back of our mind so those well-wishers are express. talking about the anctors their role thate have played in thi count because now we have a black family walking into the front door of the white house that was built by the slaves who could only come in through the back door. so the expressions and the themes that are resonating with in these letters and poems are ones that we can idenfy with. black women told about their stories about their own families and family history as a way to connect. both of us have letters in this book and my letter is out my father and about my father's struggle throughout his life to care for a large family, all of the jobs that he had, a talented man who only had a sixth grade formal educationas a minister who were terry hard in a plant everyday got up at 4:00 a.m. everyorning and was self-taught as a musician this was the man who took care of r family and was the ar-term but black families for black males are not seen as taking care of their children families we have the obamfamily as a representation of that. but that has been true in our communities for ages. we wand to tell the story and let michelle and others the reading this book, the is a historical continuity within our families that go back genations now wse the evidence of that very, very vividly portrayed in the obama family. want to say something that we havbeen trying to make sure that people understood what kind of book this was. number of people got the book and people that we view the book they said this is a book of letters come a very sweet letters, and the feeling is nice cute a book. this is not a nice and q book a book abo women telling their stories to a woman that they se as somebody who is a part of a major storic location that we are liky never to see again. the stoes are complex that they deal with issues that often times as african-american women rehab glossed over. or have hit on. women, young wom very clearly identified interracialolor line where they tak a look at what it means to be a black skin to amenand they say we're happy to see you because we see you and us that thefrican women say it is amazing thawe ould see a black man in the presidency but what is even more amazing to see a black man with a black woman. th is powerful [applause] that is an amazing story and young people put that out there. so there is nothing needs or acute abo that it is a long-term longstanding issue we have to address. black women talk about prayer and tting that as the center and reminding us that was the bridge that got a sober and we ould never forget that then they talk about the love of a blacman for a black woman and the way they talk abo barack obama and as he said dobro, honey, a child the way looked at her when he walked away. what thewere saying is they once did black m come with their black men to lookt them with the same love and desire and affection and their roach in this as if they were grt teamwo michelle lowballed the purpose they were saying to their partners, i wa this from you. that puts a whole new spin on the adm of black love th black woman being loved by a black man and more important the michelle obama or barack obama lid chiao ubashedly his love metal made 275,000 peop in denver by two billions of people around the world just as if no one was looking. that was one of the powerful things f me. of the other is that these women not only talked in r pace is but the agency to the women whoived before them. mothers that have passed away, a grandmothers, they revived the old names rosa parks a all the others that i mentioned before, they gave agency to the life and stories of those who came before. so i know also to was this is an extraordinary book because we saw black women s historians and saw them as poets when they talked about the love of the two per cariso people to dument the historic moment then we are reminded o the things that her own experiences in riding out your father i wrote about my aunt lily and likud the space is always looking for the fac of rosa parks because several women in thi book how their own story parker it is amazing how one person can standut we see that as the example of millions of others have the me story. when i looked, i realize the story that ioche was thate togetherave had a bus story. i said aunt lily told stories of the bitter segregation in the south prepare i felt it firsthand per cry was with aunt lily on summer vacation when the white drive td us to get up. we were not far enough behind the white line. he said we could not have two seats even though i was too big to sit on her lap he demanded we go to the back and stand. 33 refused and the driver came to d'arcy and threatened to throw us and she never budge. he suted obscenities and she shouted back. i have been making pies and cakes were white full to eat i will be watching their bedsheets 29 out -- to my right now we will sit in your one pc until we get off. with my heart racing comment aunt lily turned my head toward the window we rode home silent but ceded [applause] so we find other women write their own bus stories a recall points of their life that were so important and they sw themselves as traders with the passion with a deep understanding, with a deep knowledge of their place in history was at with the place of their grandmother and we were the most moved by women who loved the idea that michelle obama was not only going to the white house but taking hurt mama with her. [laughter] and we know exactly what it means to take your mama with you. i am looking i adhd believe -- just came in with her mom? heard grant mom? and has been extraordinary, this whole ehperience inviting black women to divide us to tell us their feelings. let me tell you something about the title of this book because people always ask us about that. has menoned earlier, it was dear ms. zhao, letters of love, support, and encouragement and the publisher said how about this title? we do not what anybody bossing us around. so we bought it and those o us to write poetry visit i the early morning hours had that experience it said is fot just "go, tell michelle" go tell it on theount and so ing some reseah to find out calling the publisherack yes we wi go with that but it has to be, after thed go. that signals that we were identifying and action and identifying a perso to be a reset the dou go and you te you? you tell michelle that is analogous to go taliban amot in the old negro spiritual and early kept alive by the jubilee singers and that title originally has the, and it to go teeeleven on the mountain. this is wrapped around and ensconced of every 10 people in this country. >> i will do little bit about the cover because the few books that had been written about michelle and the articles de when glamour shots the pictures of michelle weon't have this on this cover. we have michelle engaged in a conversation with an older woman. it sbolizes so we have felt about michelle and what we know about this particular experience because wdid not know who this person was part of these photographs are from the associated press, our publisher suggested them and we look at them and felt very come to go with the photographs and what it symbolized but one of our coributors who lives in richmond contacted u and said i went to my hair dresser and you learn all kinds of things, just like the barbershopper pro she tk this book and she said guess what? i'm famous. i have aetter in this book and a hairdresser said you are not this famous as ms. henley who was on the cover. [laughter] so michelle is talking to ms. heey and peggy concted ms. henley and we found out where she was a i don't know if iano it in dialogue but peggy says i don't write she said ms. henley we have written this book and we have your ptograph on the book is she says no you don't she said yes wdo she said really? we how you talking to michelle obama how did that conversation go? this occurred in a september 18, 2008 when she was in richmond for the economic summit and ms. henley said child, i don't know she said to me because my kne were knocking so i just don't remember. what did she say to you? i told her about myself andy husband she is aost 80 and the fact we had to get another job to support ourselves to clean offices and she and her husband were riding to work one day and he said to her, mary, i cannot feel my legs. th are no. and then he said my arms are numb and he pulled the car over to the sidof the rd and heied. sells. henry told ts story to michelle obama and not soon after the death of h husband so and telling the storyhe was in tears and she says she reached over and got tissues for her and hunter and comrt her and they became friends as a result of that conversation. several weeks ago when the present had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henley to come to washington d.c.. they brought her here and employ her up in a hotel, brought her by limoine to the congress and the white housand by this time we had center a book so we could verify that she was on the cover and she took her ok with her to the white house and showed it to the president and he looked through it and he said to michele, i think you need to sign this is so michelle obama got the book and signed it. now we're waiti for a michelle to sign our books and all contributorso we're going to the whi house. you heard it today the 27th of march, we just had a contributor come in? we are going to the white house. we don't know when. but we are going all of you peopleere heard us and you on c-span, somebody tell michele. [laughter] because we want to go. [laughter] >> i have to tell you the black women's network is something because black women are talking to one another on the blog you can go to our blog "go, tell michelle".blogs buy.com they're talking to less on facebook and saying what is this facebook sang? it is a thing. we say go for it and if peggy will do what anybody should try it they went to the website-- five page at "uncrowned queens".com it we still did not understand or appreciate t breadth and scope of the network beginning with the black churches and by the way publishers say it will take two months before you can get a reading set up for presentation. don't believe it. do not believe it because with one black woman calls the minister of her church, you have got to read it and if they call friday night you have a reang saturday morning. if you go to a black church on sunday, you have there reading money through wednesday it is absolutely they attacked it because we are working at selling a bk by virtue of people and hearing about it an understanding what it is toee its importance of the historic moment and the people with the african continent saying we need this book in french but we have a haitian woman who wrote a review of the book in french so that is on theeb page. myaughter lilly's spent se time in argentina and fluent inpanish a we have a tranation of a review in the spanish sell our latino friends can read about this book and spanish. so people all over the wor are expressing interest in it has been a phenomenal experience the most importantly, we are talking with 100 women from all over the world almost everyay and last week we were here in washington d.c. comic capitol height maybe by the serengeti gallery a ftastic place and one of our ntributors said that up as an absolutely brilliant of her. we want to youo know that this network is working and has changed our lives forever. there are people that we le and we have a person sitting here and the front row her name is betty and she is here with her husband she had no idea i would mention this but she lived right on the corridor of where the obama inauguration would be going an we were invited to come to her house and overlook from thealcony, so daily mirror getting photographs which rear in the process now of putting out, putting out everything that was happening along the parade route, youould be where and what the street looked like so it was fantastic that this network was keeping us informed as we were iour pajamas trying to put the book together and trying to seal the deal. . . years ago so i can't say enough how exciting and expnce it has been and certainly the excitement that we know that the women experienced as well because we have at least hundre of pages now of comments that you have made to us and women all across the world have been working to document that for historical preservation of what women actually thought what it was they were doing and say. this seems like a good time to invite those that have contributed to this work to come to the microphe and say a few words about what this haseant to them and what motivated them to do this. what he would like to start? maybe we can start over here. donner ushod -- dna smith. skycam greetings to you all. it is a wonderful to meet you personally. i feel like i know you since november we have been communicating. you have been communicating with contributors pretty much on a daily basis and i has been a wonderful experience and so i thank you first for your mission and producing this work and number two inviting me to be a contributor. i have two things i wld like to share. the poem i wrote is called so much of the woman that i am. -- s much of the woman i am. and the purpose in writing that was i would hear a lot about how michelle obama was an anomaly, as a black woman, the first black woman -- thank you -- and first lady but just differe. you know, she is different and that was not my expernce at all. michelle obama to me was my aunt, my mother and all of the women who groomed me in south carolina to towns over from georgetown where michells paternal grandparents are from and so there is this huge connection for me to write about how michelle obama is not an anomaly that so much of the women i already know and so much of the woman i am so that was the music behind my peace. i also wanted to share i recently returned three weeks ago from ethiopia where three weeks ago today i was honored by the africans international media summit as an achiever, i won and achievers award for my wor and the branding the image of africa, and that is exactly what you all are doing and talked about today. this need to replant the image of black women. that work is being done on the continent led by dr. erica dennett of the diaspora africa forum, dr. mildew, candice who is here in the united states with her nonprofit so it was an honor for me to be a part of africa's international media summit for 2009 where this year's theme was women in the media, and to rm this award and bring this back to the united stat where iould share it with all of you and my family and friends and i absolutely believe my participation in this book was viewed very heavily and than honoring me to be part of this work. thank yo again and by tnkou all for being here. [applause] >> hello, tiberi and barbara. i think we have e-mail each other. >> [inaudible] [laughter] on numerous occasions. so thrild to have you been d.c.. ayaan a third generation washingtonia and the mother of a beautiful 4-yeaold daughter and i refuse to have her anywhere butn d.c.. had the opportunity to have her and marand or virginia but wanted her here. i am glad you all are here in this magnificent city at the smacked it isn't time. the way i was selted, my poem, standing or truth, and i was a fluke. a friend sent me the e-mail. i wrote the poem in ten minutes and sent it off. it was divine and greater power took or when i was writing it. so, i was honored to be selected i had a long jim brown johm. l. k. day the day bore the inauguration and gave the book out as gifts, ordered a large quantity, gave it to my guests. my mother lives in milbourne australia and has been flying the book all over the place. and is excited about it. and i am actually going to visit her there next month and am looking forward -- [inaudible] okay. okay. [inaudible conversations] okay. i think we have a battery of technil issue on one of the microphones. but in any event, it has been spectacular and the sisterhood that has sprung forth from this book has been amazing. i am not person that belongs to a sorority's it has creed its own sorority. i serve on the board of governors for the women's national democrac club which is a few blocksway from here. i am the youngest african-american woman on the board of governors at this club and they are excited about the book. if the book inheir library and want you all to come@ at some point and speak at the club so we will make that happen. so i'm excited to be part of a, so excited for both of you wish you continued success and blessings. [applause] >> can you speak a little louder until they get the microphone street about? >>irst on to say it is good to meet both of you in person. i've been looking at your pictures on the web pages and talking with you over e-mail and over the phone and i am just excited to meet you and be here and be a part of this exrience. it has been amazing. im not a writeand i just got the e-mail, a couple of times from a couple of different people and the first time i got i said that sounds like a good idea but i put it to the se and iidn't pay attention and then another friend sent me the e-mailnd i sai i am going to respond because like a lot of peop i have had so many thoughts during the election season and so many conversations about what happened including the new yorker magazine cover and just i felt a connection to michelle and saw so many people iner i thought i'm going to like this and to my amazement my letter was selected so again i would like to say thank you for th. the thing i think that made me reallyant to write this was i felt the need to express myself about michelle because i think she does represent so many things to so many people and in my letter i say when i look at you i.c.e. me because i felt the connection to her and barack obama having gone to law school in a predominantly white institution and not quite feeling as if ielonged so looking ater i knew she had me be experienced some of that. i saidhen i see h i think about my mother because she is such a practical nurturing and caring person and that is who i see in my mother. she reminds me of my sister, my sisterriends, my cousin, the one who's smile is something i always wanted to emulate. the ones whose skin always seems to glow. she just embodied soany people for me and she representshe best in me and a lot of us s at is what prompted me to get my letter and i thank you for allowing me to express it. [applause] >> don't know if she saider na. betty? >> my names betty and as peggy mentioned i live here in nbc on pennsylvania avenue, so i have had a chance to observe the inaugural day parades the last four times if you will win and i have had a chance to wave at all of the psidents and first ladi and so watching the planning for this one was a challenge. but i must confess my thoughts about michelle may have been a little different in that after living in d.c. for so long and after working for the federal government i have had a firsthand look at all of the fit lady's he and all of the other people around me and i know that when they get in the white house people are expecting them to act that there's no job descriptions of that is why i was concerned when meshaal got in the white hse if athing there's no job description. you' going to have to create your own, but i knew that she would create something that wod be good for everyone. so that was my fault for writing the-- fault for writing. and i have to say i have a friend heren the house. he is the chairman of the d.c. black history committee. i did ask chuck when these ladies were coming iaid use your network when these ladies are ming to get people out here so why did wan to mention him. thank you for coming. we are glad you are here. [applause] >> one final contributor who is here, miriam brochard. >> i thought it was over for me speaking in pubc. [laughter] i am of course delhted to see you ladies ain and i hope we are going to hang out again. my name is miriam guichard and my letter is different than the others i the book, but wha i felt wn i was writing it is the same one. michelle obama for me looks exactly like my sister, acted actly like my mother and my grandmother. she is who she is and i love that. spent about half of my life in africa and french-speaking rica, and part of it was in the foreign service is of public affairs counselor, and my job waso tch the africans, the coast country nationals as we call them, abgut american culture and about american politics and why we do what we do and why we are as we are. i must say most of the time i was the first woman to head my office. invariably i was the first black to head t office said there was a lot of curiosity about african-americans and aica. i led doing african-american history month. and i would love to -- i'm sorry i am retired -- i would love to have been able to do not only books lining but other programs would have oversea my letter is mainly a concern to michelle to ask her to remember the women that are not here to, the women in french-speaking africa that all so long to know something about us, that all so long to know who we are, we are they are but they don't understand and they don't know and every opportunity we could have to share ts information within the better it is so i am working also for the book to be translated into fnch and am workg also for you to speak to the audiences in fnch. dubious simultaneous translation and i hope that comes about. thank you was so much for accepting my letter. thank you so much because i am merely a right back in the he united stes. i don't have a large group of friends but now i have lots of sists. thank you so much. [applause] >> good evening. >> good evening. >> my name is chuck hicks. [applause] i work with d.c. celebration committee. but there's a couple of comments. one is on behalf of many african american and i think theook represents our sisters, our mothers, our aunts because in some of adjusted bunch of black women that black men are dear to through this book and through mashaal that is shown and dewaal are to be congratulated for the second thing i would like to make a commitment to is that i will make all efforts to make sure the d.c. public library places this book and all of its branches will. i will also make sure that i make the american library association black caucus aware of this book and wean recommended be bought for schools and libraries and all of that. i think it is something every library should have in its librarand certainly i can make a commitment inetropolitan areas we can make that happen. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. excellent. we want to thank t contributors here today for stepping up and speaking out. this is the first time for many of them that we have had an opportunity to see them face-to-face and put the face with the name and the e-mails back and forth but as everyone has said because of this book, we had this other unintended consequence so to speak and tha is the development of this network of sisters an the network is growing. it is growing because number one, we are continuing to receive letters and hope to have an online "go, tell michelle" book so to speakoon. of those letters that were not able to be placed in this book because there certainly are other things, other kinds of publications o activitieshat we need to go along with this book as we talked about and you talked aut the educational program that you have here and peggy talked about the fact that we see his as an educational tool not just for college courses but we think high school students certaly could use this book as a discussion guide and mea to talk about serious issues the african-american women who wrote in this book havedentified but in a sense identified for those who didn't get tir letters in this book as well so we have a lot more work to do in terms of this book and we know t network we have established and all of you we invite to join the network as well. we gave you some e-mail and url for various febook and blogs that we have but we encou you if you go online to "go tell michelle" eager our facebook or blog and send a comment on the some of the storie thatre there and add your own comment about the book once you get it andave a chance to riew we would love your feedback. that's very important to us and we have receivea lotf encouragement as a result of the feedback we have gotten from people about how they have seen this book and wt this book means t them and what it says to them. >> i want to add all so that we spend 40 hours in the studio making an aud book on cd a we finished that maybe t or three weeks ago and that should be ailable early next week or late next week. as many as six or seven cds and what we did, barbara and i took turns reading your letters and i have to tell you that when you are reading these letters out loud y hear them differently, you see them differently and feel them differently and we think its an extraordinary collection that you can listen to while you are driving and while you are just sitting and doing nothing but just wanting listen keep an eye out for those. they should be available online very soon and in bookstores so we will let you know. >> are there any -- tsne right here. >> yes, all i am with a women's peace group called code think and together with a number of women's groups we are doing on mother's day in gathering in front of the white house for 24 hours fromoon m 9th to may 10th and this would be the perfect book to be reading together and we would love to invite you and any of your contributors who could join to come and read from the book. we've also invited the three generations of obama women to come and hope they will join a we hope you sill, too, because the book just sounds marvelous. i can't wait to read and what a place but in front of the white house to read the letters together. thank you. [applause] >> it is pretty astnding the turnout of voices with just three weeks to come to your door. pretty astounding a but i wonder if you cldurther articula your critea for your choices and if there will be an opportunity for each of you to readieces of the letts or the poems in the book? great. again what was the criteria and then could you share just a little bit of the language in the book? >> i might tell you when we started doing the uncrown queen is books the notion wa we were asking women to ninate women or separate biographies of women they fought contributed to the building of their communities. so, we didn't set any criteria. weelt that the leadership cris and a community and ople know who do the work and they know the stories of the people and so i was up to people to nominate one anoth and it w so good we did that because we took ourselves out of thequation so that when somebody's photograph and biography appeared on line we only made it appear that someone else decide in fact about was the person so there was no criteria. they were community builds and somebody knew that and believed it. none of the books were cookie cutter. any letter could have started any way it wanted to start because we didn't want to have ntrol over that,hose were th biographies for on pro queens. we held the same policy with reference to the letters we have reived. we did very littleith those letter punctuation here and there and i learned how to hate the comma in rome respects. people use comma in the craziest ways. but so w didn't fool around with the letters and occasionally we might see a word -- i remember distinctly sobody used the word begins and i thought they meant beckons so i cald them and i forget who it was but she was stunned and said y all are really reading these so absolutely we are trying to understand what it is that you are saying so that kind of eting we did, but overl the letters came and went into the book exactly the way we got them. sohe criteria was that it was a good read well, diverse and it wasn't a question of throwing anything out, it was just a question we could fit in and we agoniz over the 100 letters or morehat we did notnclude but weid include them into the audio booknd we are still collecting to lettersnd would love to still he letters because it ain't over yet and we know we feel when we are talking to women wenderstand women still want to he@@ their say in this and so we are transforming the web page so that we can carry all of those letters and we welcome people and i trust -- this ticket to the questioned? >> it does. it does. particularly -- [inaudible] i happened to read a piece and -- [inaudible] >> yes no >> do you want to read something? >> who yes. i mn, you know, let me just -- okay. my wonderful of smylie pass ay a few years ago. she lived for a century. her gndfather had been asleep for the quarter plantation in virginia. more than 40 years she worked at a bakeryn the representive department store in richmond virginia. en i was a child she made visits to my home in btimore maryland. whenever my family fell on hard times and that was often my moth would send for her. she would always come. we would meet her at the greyhound bus station. she never traveled light. she had several suitcases with leather buckles tied together with assorted scraps to secure the contents. filled to bursting the suitcases d apples and pears from aunt lilly's yard in virginia. she also had amoked shoulder pork and a bag, thi was the prized possession. aunt lilly had come to feed the hungry family in baltimore and was always right on time. we couldn't wait to get her to the house. as she cmbed the rickety front steps to 641 parnes street around the corner om the john hopkins school she called out for the children to get the paringnives to peel the apples and prs. she called for the pots po boil the water for the old blue ball cans and jars with pinkish rubber o-rings. when aunt lilly pulled on her old whit canvas apron wee would have tasty treats for the winter. perched on the edge of a not so steady chair or an old aluminum tub turn upside-down aunt lilly what we stop her dress and place an empty pot between her legs. she had no stream. when the children laughed about her stockings she said i'm not hereor a fashion show. [laughter] with near lightning speedunt lilly began peeling apple and pears and in no time at all the were dropping like flies io the pot between her legs. talking fast while appealing aunt lilly told the stories of the bitter segregation in the south and i read that before. but then hours later and still in her traveling hat aunt lilly had apples and pears ready to be preserved. we were comforted by the smell of old spice, cinnamon, cloves and sugar and with the site of aunt lilly putting the pot on the wood burning stove to we all settled down. aunt lilly was back in town. she was our second mother. with the preserves bubing and thickening stars ready for filling aunt lilly took the wrapping from the smoked pork. slicing the meat like it was gold leaf, aunt lly showed us how to make it last for the winter. what i learned that your mother might join you in the white house to care for your gls and support you in this awesome job i was ecstatic. young people can always use a cond mother. it reminded me of my aunt lilly coming to support my mothe during difficult times. as first lady you will definitely be an aelerating but difcult times i'm writing this letter for my aunt lilly. she didn't get a lot of schooling but she gave a lot of love. she knew how to be a second mother. if myunt lilly was a life she would tell you not to let anyone push you around and make sure you take care of your babies. whe your mom doesn't have to bring apples or pears and old suitcases to the whiteouse i know she will be toting bushels of love for your entire family. written from my aunt lilly. [applause] and i want to add it to go to the blog or facebook you will hear and see peggy's aunt lilly because there are photographs added to her reading. i am also reading the letter i wrote and photographs of my dad and picture he took during his liftime. so go to our blog. there's a lot of good stuff. >> it's wonderful. it's all wonderful. i have laryngis so i am going to try to get through this. i just want to talk what mean to the book. my friend here told me about the book after she had sent to her selection and that she had bn selected and then e day the book came ue were together in the car and i read her poem and then a part of another one, a i come from theater and film. i am an actress and singer and director and i said this is a stagedeading. have to put this on stage. it can't just live between tse two pages. it has to go on stage. and i got in touch with to queen mother's here we agreed it probably could be staged reading and we are in the process of getting that done right now. we have some very fine actresses staged in a way -- and we can't do all 100 -- and we are hoping strongly to get them in front of the first lady. we have aetter at thehite house right now i just want to say that there is a lot of praisend admiration for michelle in this book and it is all warnted but along with that phrase there is a balance becaus the women she drawls out of the women all of these experiences because of the path she took ty are able t give life to things like aunt lilly. had a grandmother who sent mashed potatoes through the mail from virnia t baltimore. [laughter] so i k the aunt lilly story. and it is all very wonderful because is is the history that is never put in history books. up with anoer word for itd come because it is in some way life lis between the covers. it is a flash that has become words mean. it is motion that has become still long enough for someone else to read. so since it is time for change perhaps we should think about changing what we call this. but it is definitely a seminal work that nee to be documented a number of different ways and means to continue to grow and i think my voice is just about out. [laughter] [applause] no >> i have to simple questions. are you gng to have a sequel and i was wondering if we could hear the young woman's poe i am dying to hear the poem rd by the you woman who wrote the poem. also i was going to giv a hint might be. it could be go tell the first grant of -- grandma. >>ctually there a sequel and it is the story behind the stories. it is this path and we are all gone. those who have come with us bringing us along our troducings to a new page and what we call history or her story or som other word we have not come up with. but yes we do have another book in mind which is to document what this journey has been and since we hav't gotten to the end there may be a third book to come. >> did you mention the journal? >> we didn't mention the journal. >> the sun press is talking to less -- we have t say it i extraordinary that -- isn't every da the plisher, th ceo of an academic press will jump on a book like this and say okay, let's roll with this and get this done. it isn't every day that happens. so we send out thank to a young man that came out of the university of nebraska press one who jumped on the idea, never got off of it, gave us an opportunity to do well lot o things and then stood back and watched andhat is fantastic. so it wasn' like somebody came and said term this idea on its head this is what has to look. first of ald we wouldn't have goneor it but secondly it was never anything like that so we thank them, the university of buffalo for example that gave the opportunity for our own office is for uncrowned queens and we couldn't have done that without them so it has been extraordinarily, you know, coming together so there's a number ofifferent things we will do but barbara is right on of the tngs really important to take a look at and that is that the stories people have told, namely the w and about how they came to this, meeting u and hearing your stories is another orabout the story. when we went to the hu man bookstore you just have to go there signing books telng him how their lives were chaed and one mother creeping up to me and saying she's alive again, s's writing again. this broke her writer's block. she is on t road again so there are so many powerful stories we heard that we want a chance toocument the, we just don't nt to lose them at all. >> the idea of a journal is the press would like us to do a journal which wod allow us to bring the stories for work a lot quicker because a book takes at least 34 days. [laughter] in our case. but t journal articles might take 20 so we are exploring a lot of different avenues how to get the stories out. >> one of the things i should tell is that barbara and i both developed the new appreciation for one another in this work and it is something we will find time to tnk about more and write about because, you know, at moves one person doesn't necessarily move the other person but then we start arguing for somebody. no, we have to have her in here. why? because this goes this way and it's fo where else. i don't kw about that. well, sleep on at. sour relationship chand in a good way and we learned jujuy were and the things that made us cry. we learned of the things that twisted us u inside. it was quite an experience of looking at this and knw when the things that could rock to ur boat and you'd say oh god, oh no, and then coming to the appreciation all of this is great. it's just different for each one of us. that for me was a profound experience. i learned a lot about her and she learned a lot about me was how we would like to incorporate at hn the next book and see if we can come out the other end of it. >> arere any other questions? >>here was the request for some poetry. >> i am not sure which one. >> she is a good reader. >> you don'tave to convince us. >> [inaudie conversations] >> absolutely, yes. >> what i would ask is he read a portion that we we could get -- and >> [inaudible] >> okay, why don't you read yours and we will find her some. >> again, the poem is so much of the woman on the andndt is on page one,tartsage 125. up from the pine trees and tall grass and seaweed surrounding the peoples in a ltle town in the south spring forth a humanity that is deep in new. into the hallowed hallways and the sterilend brooms and stately facade preseing the privileged and i fl things up north you revealed an intelligence that is on the na. back on the he front and busy streets and the daily duties of a professional wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend you found a way to gracefully bring lae andeauty to a world that is sometimes cold and unforgiving. for so many he painted different stories. you paint a difrent picture, tell another story. for me you represent so many of the women on know, so much of the woman i am. the powerful queen, mothers o the past a within you and they are proud. the favored children of the future are within u and they are blessed. theionary, hard-working and strong bck women of today are within you, and we are thankful. so much of the womanho you are we are. so much of the elegance, did the, strength and character to displaye see in ourselves every day. when the days become and the sand trier the a the wheat seems too hard to bear look in the mirror and seell ofhe women whve cefore you and have made it under dreadful circstances see all of the children who have yet to ce and know you shine a light so bright that will make their world a more livable place. see me cheering y on getting you hope, holding your hand rending you day lead that strong when and keep getting stronger and at the end of the day when the outside world is gone it is you who must decide to hug your children, kiss your husband, respect yr mother, protect your family and love yourself and at the end of the dawhen the world outside is gone please no always so much of the woman who yourell i am and here i am sending you loved, om michelle obama three [applause] >> i am going to rea reegas pull back there being shy. deer mhelle, sta in your truth. when theorld wants a piece of yo a piece of him and a piece of them, wants all of you, all love him, all of them, once in my view, none of him, none of them, stand a need your truth, his truth, their truth. remember who you are, hes, they are. remember that you wan him, he wants you and you bothove them more than life. remember when you have had with yourself, had it with him and had it with them stand in your truth, and his truth and their truth. rutka yourself, remember your roots, ground yourself, a block on solid ground, stand with the creator and all thing stand in your truth. [applause] >> we have one more poet. would you like to read and then we will i fink we will sig some books. >> der meshaal, and you are me. when i look at uic me. i see the young african-american woman who threw good family values, strong fruits, hard work and perseverance has come into r own when i look at you and i see my sister, the sister of a new always wanted the best for me especially when i made choices i had absolutely no business making. i see my mother come strong pragmaticractical woman who knows how to keep it together in thface of adversity. i see the mother who always cares for and about other people. when i look at you and i see my favorite cousin, the beautiful blonde wse skin always seems to glow, the o whose laugh and smile i want to emulate. when i look at you i see my sister, the friend i can talk to and lgh andry with about anything. you and barack oba are two of the precious few others who look like me in college and law school. u are me. through to so many of us see ouelves. thank you for allowing me and the world to see this. thank you for the beautiful black face of black americans you've presented to the world for all the history you and barack have and will continue to make. one of the simplest most treasured is you were showing the world the face of black america, the beautiful, faithful, accomplhed, nurturing, cing, loving, smart, strong and morrill face of black america. what a wonderful picture you have drawn for the world. what a wonderful story you are telling and what a beautiful portrait of love you will show the world. thank you for showing the world how love between a black man and woman can and should look through a few black men have the opportunity to see the waiter brought expresses his love for you, but he shows his respect for you the way he communicates with you, the way h alls you to become. through you black women see the way you do allhe same things for your husband. through you we see how you depend on and lean on each other. thank you. you and barack with so much history in the burdens of so many carried onour backs have given pride and hope to so many. thank you for that. because you have given so much too many i hope a pray that you feel and are able to reive interest and support of all the people you inspire. as you carry the burdens placed upon iou please know you are not alone. you and your beautiful family are thought of and pride for deily by the mlions you inspire though your journey may not be easy in the coming days, weeks, mons or years think of ross toase your burden and pain. thin of those you inspire. think of those who have given pe to, think of those you have filled with pride, thi of your sister, your sister friend, think of your favorite cousin, your mother, think of me. we are the same. sincerely yos in christ, lorie jones. [applause] >> i just wanto add one more thing in honor of our latina sisters and it is a poem called rainw house. i don't want to read all of it but a first coupls chances are interesting. never wanted to visit the white house unt now. now that your family, you and your family lived tre by prlamation of rainbow vote and iversal prior. i feel welcome now that all i know little girls wit double duh braids and missing teeth dream and play there. your home feels warm now that i know eighthrade student jacqueline mendoza will fly on nightingale wings out of the forest of wooden desks on the city of angels to watch you and youran walkingo your new house. [applause] coming up next, book tv presents "after words," an urlong discuiobetween a guest st and the author of a new boo this week, greenbelt founder movement and recipient was the mine talks about her latest book, "the challenge for africa." in the book she looks at the problems facing african nations and offer solutions africans and international community can adopt. wangari maathai discuss her book with nice l, executive director of the transafrica forum. >: host: activist, government officis, nobel prize winner, mother, leader ofhe feminist movement of africa, these are all terms used to describe you. dr. maathai, thank you for joining us today. >> guest: thank you. it is my privilege. >> host: there's so much to talk about and frank, i would like to start at the beginning. you have written all lot about your childhood, and in some ways your child is a typical regul child for many girls growi up on the continent. yet, opportunities come challenges that face to keep in a very different direction. can you talk about some of those chlenges and opportunities and talk about your life as a young girl growing up in kenya? >> guest: thank you very, very much. it's great to be here, and one of the reasons i write about that experience as a child is indeed to inspire children d especially girls to understand that you can still become achieve dreams that you have even when you don't come from opportunities that present themselves very comfortably or opportunistic lee at the beginning. and so, indeed was born in a very typal african home out in the countryde. none of the amenities we think about, and i was the first of three girls and the third in the family, and so i was very much my mother's helper as i grew up and that is why i write about fetching water for her, going to the field with her, taking care of my little sister, a literally almost emulating being a little while and around the house. and then an opptunity comes for me to go to school, and the question is brought up why don't i go to school? obviously i wasn't going to school because it wasn't typical for her gir to go to school at that time,ut my mother bless her heart does not resist the suggestion i should go to school, because she could have. and again, i tell thattory because i want parents to appreciate how important it is to make disions for your children, the right decisions for your children when they are too young to make decisions for themselves. and that those decisions can make theifference in their lives. but you make of them, but you heldhem to do. the path you help them to pursue will begin what diffence for them and life. >> host: and so your mother's decision to allow you to go to school really transported to oliver the world and y end up studying at one point in five united states. can you talk about that experhence? this was a time when many rican students wer coming to e u.s. or at least the large influx were cing to the united states can you talk about how that helped to in terms of your opportunits and how you saw your life experience in africa? >> guestth was indeed a very interesting expience because you can say i was at the right place at the right time because i had just finished high hool and i had finisd high school at the top of my class and so my teachers who we actually sisters from ireland, they wereery keen to see me pursue education, and i had an opportunity to go, but another opportunity came because at that time, some leadership in this country including president kennedy, then senator jfk and surrounded by some black leaders like for good marshall, people like andrew young, martin luther king, and her jackson, these leaders thought afca needed help because many of them who we were getting independence at a timehey had very few personnel to take over the leadership to take over the responsibilities managing the country's, and kennedy and his team decided at the best thing to d is to bring youngfricans to america to s in american colleges and prepare them for future leadership. >> host: that's the way that barack obama's father king -- >> guestprecisely. he can little earlier, i think in 59 or thereabout. i came in 1960 but it was the same wave and it eventually came to be known as the kennedy left. and i know someeople are writing books about it especially if his become vy famo obviously. and that is at a small college in atchison kansas somewhere near wichita. people don't even know where acheson is because it is usually not on t map but it is near wichita i tell pple, and it s a small college, the girls' college but, both managed byhe benediions, and it was hard for me the mt wonderful for years but also, wonderful in terms good education, very peaceful and conducive enviroent for me to study but also it was durinthe 60's and of civil rights movements, the issues that shaped american civil society and civil rights in this country, and so fore that experience although i was not in the streets, i was observing it from a distance, it helped me a lot and it shaped my concept of humanights and made me understand that human rights are not things for people to enjoy, these are things you fight for and then protect and that i learned from this couny. >> host: so as an observer use of the civil rights movement in the u.s. and changes made. you went back to can yet. how did that help inform your activi as you were experienci postcolonial struggle if youill continue at the time? how d that help inform how you believed you could move the postcolonial era for your own country? >> guest: well for me for one it was difficult to understand why the african postcolonial leadership could violate the rights of tir own people. i mean the u.s. experience wa very different. but here we were in afbica. weanaged to get rid of the colonial masters and your we had our own government and our own people now violating our rights denying us the very rights that made us fight colonialism to begin with. and for me i was encouraged by what i saw an american d i knew that there was no excuse whatsoever so i joined the pro-democracy mement that was coming from many different ingalls, it was coming from the teachers, it was coming from the civil rights movemen, from human rits organizations at that time that were being formed. it w coming from people in the environmental movement and seeing what we are calling environmental rights being violated, and for me the most important thing is that there was absolutely no excuse and that has ctinued to be my flagship that tre is no reason the african leadership have failed in providing the civil rights to their own people, denying their own people basic rights that t colonial government had denied them. now in the beginning maybe you don't understand. later on you study and begin to understand they are like everybody else tryin to occupy positions of preige, oupy positions of opportunities, occupy positions of privilege and i enjoy all the privileges thatome with the power and obviously they want to do eight. they want to step into the shoes of the colonial masters and eventually you come to understand throughout the world the are people like this and it is institutions that che them and laws that che the and citizens that check them and that is eventually why i concentrated very much and educating these citizens and in powering the citizens so they could eventually be able to hold their own eckert leaders accounble. >> host: in your new book, "the challenge for africa" the theme is leadership, international and what the community needs to do but also, what africans need to do for themselves. i wanted to talk a little bit about this notion to put forth about theracked mirr some duam and how that has impacted our africans few tir leadership and how the have kept them accntable and not kept them accountable. can you share that with the viewers?