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im lawrence odonnell in for keith olbermann. the first campaign for president to suggest that people between the ages of 65 and 64 be allowed to buy in to medicare was gore/lieberman in 2000. four years later, that idea was picked up by governor howard dean, chairman max baucus included it in a preliminary outline in his finance committee bill. but in our fifth story on the "countdown," now that senator lieberman is blocking health care reform, even opposing the compromise that would h...

im lawrence odonnell in for keith olbermann. the first campaign for president to suggest that people between the ages of 55 and 64 be allowed to buy into medicare was gore/lieberman in 2000. four years later that was picked up by governor howard dean, max baucus picked it up. but in our fifth store tone countdown, now that senator lieberman is blocking health care reform, even opposing the compromise that would have done away with the public ops and replaced it with the medicare buy-in...

>> touchdown yoder. he always finds a way. he never gets the ball in practice. never gets the ball in practice. then you come in the game, hes always the one whos open. >> reporter: danny smith wen deep into his bag of tricks as the skins faked a field goal and punter hunter smith threw a 35-year-old touchdown strike to mike sellers. smith who was originally recruited as a quarterback at notre dame has now thrown and caught a touchdown this season. >> there was a moment there when you ...

sad and senseless. were learning more about the young boy who was shot and killed in his own home. good evening. police have identified that boy as 9-year-old oscar fuentes. today the boys family told news4 that he was shot through his front tour as they tried to get away from a robber. michael has that report tonight. >> reporter: 9-year-old oscar fuentes, the little boy killed by a bullet, shot right through the front tour of his familys columbia heights apartment as he looked out th...

at some of the heights. nolan reimold is going to hit the ball deep to shortstop. orlando cabrera comes up with it. long throw to first. gets past first base, and two runs score izturis and scott. >> well, you could see this throw right here. just not quite on the money, and justin morneau has a tough time handling it right there. the shortstop also gets an airer, and the orioles get two runs on the pay. >> felix pie, hits a solo home run. >> well, i think every time pie makes a mistak...

♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews. a rocky mountain rally gives colorado some much-needed breathing room in the wild card standings. the lions took matthew stafford with the number one overall pick but he might not even be detroits number one quarterback, and the worlds fastest man looks forward to slowing down but not before grabbing another gold for the road. espnews, now. ♪ >> rangers and rays both chasing the red sox in the a.l. wild card race. texas a game out entering satur...