[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Im congresswoman Donna Edwards and i represent marylands fourth Congressional District. Welcome to the Fourth District. [applause] i am really delighted one to see this packed house. He wasnt really difficult to do with all the work we do around the community and in this region centered around some of the most fabulous women that you find anywhere so thank you very much for joining us today. I have the privilege of representing this Congressional District and representing a state that the center for American Progress has said is the number one state for women in the country. [applause] now of course we take great pride in that but we know we have a lot of work to do. Im honored, really honored to be here today with our senior senator, our mentor and our friend, our senator Barbara Mikulski. [applause] and most delighted to welcome somebody who is not a stranger either to Prince Georges County were to maryland or the Fourth District
Of all, theres a couple of committees that have jurisdiction. Its not just us. Ways and means and you got icea and the government reform committee. I dont know what is precisely going on in the senate, but were going to continue our oversight role as we showl. We have two subcommittees. One is the subsubcommittee. A lot of questions relating to the security of the individuals information that they put into the system as well knowing that they are changing a number of the lines to try make it work. So theres a lot of issues that are out there, and i dont know that we will do a hearing every week just on this. We have a lot of other issues as well whether they be energy, telecommunications, trade, etc. , so theres only so much time in the day. Did the contract ost have an affirmative responsibility to warn c. M. S. That more testing was needed . We heard one say, its not our job. Im not sure they offered the response, remember, they are under oath so they were a little careful in terms o
8-zip. what went wrong. watching your team not score, not one run. in the postseason. reporter: what went wrong? everything. reporter: what happened? we got our behinds handed to us one more time. but tomorrow s another day. i think they re going to feel the effects of not having strasburg. there s always tomorrow. we ll be back. reporter: this is what play-off baseball looks like. the big flag. the big balloons. and the big crowd. and the drum line. it s been, oh, so long since washington had any baseball play-off action. and to have something like this, well, washington, today your wait s over. how long you been waiting for this? about 46 years. 1972. all my life! reporter: some took extraordinary measures to be here today. i m really hot. and i ve got a temperature. i m sweating. i threw up all morning. reporter: i shouldn t stand too close. this is what play-off baseball looks like. a sea of red. red, red, red. the right shade of red. washing
four earned runs. michael morse at the plate with the bases juiced. he pops up to right field. tomorrow, a must-win. most of the guys saying it s business as usual. it is just another game. we ve played all year. we ve played 162 games of the season. we won the a.l. east. we have the best record in baseball. we re in a situation tomorrow where we ve got one game to play and one game to win. we get past tomorrow, we ve got our ace going. are you sensing pressure? is there a sense of urgency now? i don t think so. we ve been playing great baseball all year long. we ve had the best record in the major leagues for a reason. we believe in ourselves. just about coming out and getting it done. reporter: so, russ detwiler on the mound for the nationals tomorrow against kyle lohse, one of the best cardinals on the staff. more reaction coming up in sports. and we re going to be talking redskins, rg3 back on the practice field today. we will hear from him coming up. jim? doreen?