in virginia except when she s the lead physician for both the washington redskins and the washington nationals. chris: what does it mean to you to be the first female head doctor in the history of both major league baseball and the nfl? i don t even think about it. i never it never really crossed my mind. i never think of myself as different. chris: we saw for ourselves at a since exhibition game. phil taylor went down on west ran in the field. she examined him there and and on the sidelines for what turned out to be a season-ending tear of the muscle. west told us how different injuries are. overused in baseball, a lot of shoulder and elbow issues in baseball. in football it s a lot of traumatic injuries, high-energy injuries that we have to really manage quickly. chris: that s another difference.
in virginia except when she s the lead physician for both the washington redskins and the washington nationals. chris: what does it mean to you to be the first female head doctor in the history of both major league baseball and the nfl? i don t even think about it. i never it never really crossed my mind. i never think of myself as different. chris: we saw for ourselves at a since exhibition game. phil taylor went down on west ran in the field. she examined him there and and on the sidelines for what turned out to be a season-ending tear of the muscle. west told us how different injuries are. overused in baseball, a lot of shoulder and elbow issues in baseball. in football it s a lot of traumatic injuries, high-energy injuries that we have to really manage quickly. chris: that s another difference. in baseball an injured player is
uma: with the ballots still counted and the outcome very much in doubt, contentious alaska senate race is headed to washington. senator lisa murkowski will be right here in d.c. on monday, to most a fundraiser. the incumbent senator who ran as a write-in candidate is setting up account to help pay for the ballot-counting. murkowski s opponent joe miller responded to the news of the count saying bring it on! he has support of john cornyn, the texas senator who reached out to donors in an effort to help miller. the tea party candidates campaigned on an anti-establishment platform, but what happens when tuesday s winners head to washington? can the newly elected officials who bring on a special agenda move boldly ahead to what they say the voters want, or will tensions rise as they try to exert pressure on the g.o.p. we have the author of boiling mad: inside tea party america. she joins me now from new
on america s news headquarters tomorrow with the latest on his fight for the alaska senate seat. two mid-term winners will make history when they are sworn in come january. south carolina tim scott and florida alan west will be the first two african-american g.o.p. candidates to serve together in congress. west ran as tea party candidate and the first african-american candidate to win in his district since reconstruction in the 19th century. congressman west joins us on the phone. welcome. nice to have you here. thank you for having me. i got finished with early morni morning in south florida. uma: good for you. i know you must savor your own win. what message does it send to people saying the tea party movement is racist? it sends a message that it s nothing to do with racism and everything to do with principles. it has everything to do with the me sanel that the tea party stands for, the limited
in view of republican gains in the house tuesday, saying the g.o.p. welcomes pelosi s decision to run. based on her proven ability to create jobs for republican lawmakers. uma? uma: molly, thank you very much. he hasn t even been sworn in, yet, but marco rubio delivered this week s republican address saying that the government is headed in the wrong direction. and the election is a second chance for republicans. the american people said enough is enough. that message is loud and clear. we republicans will be mistaken if we mislead the results as an embrace of the republican party. this election is a second chance. a second chance for republicans to be what we said we were going to be. rubio who ran on the tea party candidate is seen as a rising star and says some of the big issues with the g.o.p. include tax breaks, healthcare reform and the budget. well, president obama begins a ten-day multi-nation trip to asia. in mumbai, deliberate choice