the game tied at one. however, the night belonged to the devils. david clarkson to adam hen reek who controlled the puck with his skate and fired it past jonathan quick. they later added an empty-netter. the kings lead the series three games to one. they could wrap tup saturday. game five is in new jersey. half of the nba finals is set after an incredible come-from-behind victory by oklahoma city. thunder hosting the spurs. san antonio in control early thanks to tony parker. the spurs up by as many as 18. but oklahoma city turned it on behind a stellar performance from kevin durant. 20 of his 34 in the second half. oklahoma city led 79-77. russell westbrook added 25, including a layup plus the foul giving the thunder a six-point lead with under three minutes to play. now the dagger. dur toont perkins. now watch durant. a few seconds later, hugging his family seated courtside. 14 seconds to play. thunder eliminate the spurs after trailing two games to
with his crew. they are union guys, you see. that clip later in the show. first, let s get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. house minority leader nancy pelosi is asking speaker john boehner to call off next week s congressional recess so members can continue to work on everything from student loans to the highly charged debate over taxes. president obama says he has no intention of extending tax cuts for the highest earning americans first signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010. on yesterday s morning show, larry summers, complicated the president s message a bit when he warned against any sudden moves that could put the brakes on the economy. the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we ve got to make sure that we don t take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that s got to be the top priority. we ve got to make sure
gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that s got to be the top priority. we ve got to make sure that we keep providing energy to the economy. and the areas where we ve done that, like manufacturing, with support for the automobile industry, we haven t had great results but we ve had much better results. later mr. summers released a statement clarifying his position. i fully support president obama s position on tax cuts, extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses substantial problems of fairness and fiscal prudence. the comments follow a recent interview with bill clinton where the former president appeared to break with the white house. and the question of renewing the bush tax cuts only later issuing a clarifying statement of his own. it s getting republicans an awful lot to talk about. president clinton not wanting to further undermine our economy recommended a short-term extension of all of the tax relief. obviously, president bil
she has an update on time saver traffic. i do. no problems to report all around town. running smoothly on the major thoroughfares including 95 out of virginia. if you re heading out the door, you ll be just fine over the occoquan river into springfield. these are the early risers. i think they also get to work on time. no issues for them or for you if you re heading out the door right now to this point and on to 395. let s go back over to our maps, this time crossing the 14th street bridge along 395 you ll be fine. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are fine. we ll take a live look in the northeast corridor. coming in from route 50, all lanes are open. for the second time in just five months, a member of the d.c. council is facing criminal charges and has now resigned. and this time it s the council chairman kwame brown. he s expected to plead guilty to bank fraud charges tomorrow n. his resignation letter, he wrote, i hereby resign mying as chairman of the c
we were giggling. i m actually not laughing at that. no, you re not. but it reminds me, like willie and i last night, again, we are justing kn knocking down a pack marlboros at the holiday inn. the only holiday inn in new york that bloomberg allows you to smoke. it s called the willie carve out. and we got it. it was a big elaborate lobbying campaign. so we re over there, right? and suddenly willie, who has all of these devices, you know, he s like high tech guy. yeah. right? suddenly, and he reads an advance copy of the new york times today. uh-huh. and he breaks out in song. guess what he sings? sitti send in the clowns. and he goes, don t you love farce? i do too. and it s become farce with the new york times. the story is the candidate next door. the new york times dispatched reporters to mitt romney s la jolla home, went around the neighborhood, found every democrat they could to trash mitt, and in fact admitted as much. well, ok. go