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Millions around the globe. at his first tryout in worn out shoes and a borrowed glove, mariano threw nine fastballs. it was the only pitch he knew how to throw. after a few more tryouts, the yankees offered him a contract to play on their farm team, the gulf coast yankees. do you remember that, mariano? were they a good team? not bad, right? he got on an airplane and came back to america. few months later, in august 1990, mariano threw his first no hitter. that year he had an average era of .17....

By getting a little something out of them, whatever that might be, how much can he get and more to his advantage to get it next year rather than this year when its going to be then fresh in peoples minds for the election. neil: maybe im showing my age here, ken, but theres something about august. i dont know whether you go back to august 1990 when iraq invaded kuwait or august 97 with the contagious. august with the chinese currency mess, but the noteworthy when the dow would fall close to if no...

Your children and your spouse? these are the people you have to go to bat for every day. >> shepard: depends how you feel about your kids on that given day. >> amen. were american. >> neil: thanks very much. still guifoile. and august is a tough month for the dow. resulting in a 3% decline, close to 4% for the nasdaq. it has a history and well be rifling through this. august 1990 when we dealt with iraq invading kuwait. it fell 10%. and then we had the asian contasion. theres something about aug...

Had before, so. >> reporter: in august 1990, michelle and cal got married here beside empire lake. >> a great day. a beautiful setting and very relaxing. not very stressful. just kind of it being a big party afterwards. >> reporter: the fairy tale rolled on. kids kept coming. they built a house on empire lake and here on their private preserve they were a family in motion. fishing, swimming. skating. michelle and all of it. the kids, of course, grew older. taylor is the oldest. followed by kayla...

Across the street from mine, and i just saw her one day and just kind of evolved from there. >> what attracted the two of you to each other? >> she was very outgoing and very attractive and good personality. >> she was a knockout, she was funny, she was vibrant. >> his aunt mary harris was also taken by cals new girl, michele, she said, was a woman up for anything. >> athletic, lets have a good time, you know, jump on the jet ski, jump on the four wheeler. >> wasnt a dainty wee thing as it were?...

Grandchildren as well. there will be a lot of invited guests who will come to the presidential library to participate. it will be a relatively brief ceremony, full military honors for the president of the united states. there will be some prayers and then eventually there will be a very private ceremony at the grave site. that wouldnt be open to the press but everything leading up to that will be and well have extensive live coverage of that. >> i know you, wolf blitzer. i know you have a good b...

Decades later, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait in august 1990 and began to brutalize kuwaitis, george bush never wavered. this will not stand, he said, and he got the rest of the world to join him in reversing that aggression. yes, he had the courage of a warrior. but when the time came for prudence, he always maintained the greater courage of a peacemaker. he ended the wars in central america. he signed two nuclear arms reduction treaties. and he brought israel and all of its arab neighbors ...

He risked his life in defense of something greater than himself. decades later, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait in august 1990 and began to brutalize kuwaitis, george bush never waivered. this will not stand, he said, and he got the rest of the world to join him in reversing that aggression. yes, he had the courage of a warrior. but when the time came for prudence, he always maintained the greater courage of a peacemaker. he ended the wars in central america. he signed two nuclear arms reduct...

Need we ask about jorgeorge bus courage during world war ii? he risked his life in defense of something greater than himself. decades later when saddam hussein invaded kuwait in august 1990 and began to brutalize kuwaitis, george bush never wavered. this will not stand, he said, and he got the rest of the world to join him in reversing that aggression. yes, he had the courage of a warrior, but when the time came for prudence, he always maintained the greater courage of a peacemaker. he ended the...

Germany. i was moved as you all were by the pictures of berliners from east and west standing atop the wall with chisels and hammers celebrating the opening of the most vivid symbol of the iron curtain. and to be honest with you, i doubted that this would happen in the very first year of this administration. 28 years after the desperate days of 1961, when tanks faced off at checkpoint charlie, and that terrible barrier was built, now the east german government has responded to the wishes of its ...