one thing you need in the postseason is good goaltending. the sabers ryan miller stood on his head against the flyers. patrick coletta gave buffalo the lead in the third. sabers beat the flyers, 1-0. to san jose, sharks and canes needed overtime. sharks won in dramatic fashion, 3-2. baseball after a slow start, the rays are starting to turn things around against the twins. johnny damon with a walk-off homer in the ninth. tampa won it, 3-2. in game two with the mets, another home run. troy is on a tear, four straight. the play of the game was by a ball boy named anthony. daniel murphy, a shot down the line. anthony jumped up and made the grab. new york fans didn t have much to cheer about. they lost both games.
today we begin with one deal down, but a long way to go. after months of battling back and forth, congress has passed a 2011 budget to the president s desk for final approval. but the price for common ground on slashing trillions from the soaring deficit has just begun. nbc s steve handelsman reports. we don t want to shut down government. reporter: wasn t that settled last friday? nope. the house voted and the senate on the 2011 budget through september. 59 republicans voted no, even though house speaker boehner insisted that he won $38 billion in cuts. instead of spending more and more and more, guess what? we re actually going to spend less. grants to police get slashed, health programs and the epa. but there s an increase to the pentagon. key party republicans demand deeper cuts. $14 trillion in debt. now, we can ignore that fact. i believe we have to cut a tremendous amount of spending. washington, let s just say, has not been forthright with the american peo
2011 budget to the president s desk for final approval. but the price for common ground on slashing trillions from the soaring deficit has just begun. nbc s steve handelsman reports. we don t want to shut down government. reporter: wasn t that settled last friday? nope. the house voted and the senate on the 2011 budget through september. 59 republicans voted no, even though house speaker boehner insisted that he won $38 billion in cuts. instead of spending more and more and more, guess what? we re actually going to spend less. grants to police get slashed, health programs and the epa. but there s an increase to the pentagon. key party republicans demand deeper cuts. $14 trillion in debt. now, we can ignore that fact. i believe we have to cut a tremendous amount of spending. washington, let s just say, has not been forthright with the american people. reporter: for 2012 and ten years after, president obama wants to cut the deficit $4 trillion in part with tax hik
today we begin with one deal down, but a long way to go. after months of battling back and forth, congress has passed a 2011 budget to the president s desk for final approval. but the price for common ground on slashing trillions from the soaring deficit has just begun. nbc s steve handelsman reports. we don t want to shut down government. reporter: wasn t that settled last friday? nope. the house voted and the senate on the 2011 budget through september. 59 republicans voted no, even though house speaker boehner insisted that he won $38 billion in cuts. instead of spending more and more and more, guess what? we re actually going to spend less. grants to police get slashed, health programs and the epa. but there s an increase to the pentagon. tea party republicans demand deeper cuts. $14 trillion in debt. now, we can ignore that fact. i believe we have to cut a tremendous amount of spending. washington, let s just say, has not been forthright with the american peo
learn more at supportyourvet.org. mealtime was shortenedded by board room baltzs, which left this net minder to get his just deserts. now d.c. lands in montreal. hot bed of hockey tradition. the price was right, eight days ago. tonight, a high-priced fare must be paid on comcast sportsnet. joe: it s a holiday weekend back home. always a party here. comcast sportsnet presents the nhl. this evening the capitals crossing to canada. for a battle against the canadiens who did them wrong last week. so nice to see you again, i m joe beninati along with craig laughlin. the washington capitals are believed to be one of the most exciting teams in the nhl and as time goes by, more and more people are getting more excited about semyon varlamov. craig: joe, a team s success starts between the pipes and the caps have a great young russian net minder right now. semyon says there s three things he wants to accomplish. he wants a stanley cup, he wants to win an olympic gold and he wants