centennial park along with games on a temporary field. the beacon awards are tonight honoring heroes like hall of famer ernie banks and a special recognition of the freedom riders, those courageous americans that rode buses across the south in the early 60s to defy discrimination. bud selig is here in atlanta for this weekend s event and he sat down with our very own fred reka whitfield for an interview. he talked about baseball s efforts to rid the game of steroids as well as at the lie guy built of certain players for the hall of fame. he also had some very interesting things to say about pete rose, currently banned from the game for betting on baseball games. so cleaner now than ever? no question about it. we banned amphetamines which was a great problem in major league baseball for years. the incidents of steroids in terms of positives are almost down to nothing. we re the only american sport testing for human growth hormone. we re giving blood tests in the
today saw a youth summit at centennial park along with games on a temporary field. the beacon awards are tonight honoring heroes like hall of famer ernie banks and a special recognition of the freedom riders, those courageous americans that rode buses across the south in the early 60s to defy discrimination. bud selig is here in atlanta for this weekend s event and he sat down with our very own fred reka whitfield for an interview. he talked about baseball s efforts to rid the game of steroids as well as at the lie guy built of certain players for the hall of fame. he also had some very interesting things to say about pete rose, currently banned from the game for betting on baseball games. so cleaner now than ever? no question about it. we banned amphetamines which was a great problem in major league baseball for years. the incidents of steroids in terms of positives are almost down to nothing. we re the only american sport
pioneers this weekend in atlanta. the annual civil rights game success held at turner field sunday but the game is just part of a wider celebration. today saw a youth summit at centennial park. the awards tonight honoring heroes and a special recognition of the freedom riders those courageous americans that rode buses across the south in the early 60s to defy discrimination. bud selig is here in atlanta for this weekend s event and he sat down with our very own for an exclusive interview. he talked about baseball s efforts to rid the game of steroids as well as at the lie guy built of certain players for the hall of fame. he also had some very interesting things to say about pete rose, currently banned from the game for betting on baseball games. so cleaner now than ever? no question about it. we banned amphetamines which was
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a hydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see
before all that plastic surgery. we ll show you the photos that michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillway was opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. in they communities in the basin could be under many feet of water and force many people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. this underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next how we ll be joined by general russel hono honore. reporter: in don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see the water gushing out through that first gate, halfway down this morganza flood control struck purr. there are 125 gates. for now only one has been opened. officials say they will continue to open up more in the