good morning, we re happy you re with us this morning. welcome to early start , i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legendary pitching career is not tainted. i hope those in the public that made up their mind before there was a trial will now back up and entertain the possibility of what he has always said, using steroid and hgh is cheating and totally contrary to his entire career. joe johns is live in washington and so, joe, long fight, four years, millions spent. big investigation. big prosecution and i suppose a big headline today a bad two weeks for the doj, first john edwards and now this. it has be
every intern has a choice. do sports or do weather with steve or sports with me. niki wisely chose sports with me. niki did a wonderful job as one of our outstanding interns from auburn. did you enjoy yourself? absolutely. loved it. must have been fun studying under steve each and every day as well as the crew. you have chosen sports. you have two stories. sure do. ready to go? i am ready. here s niki. it was raining when barry bonds arrived for his perjury trial yesterday and things only got stormier once testimony began. baseball slugger s childhood friends and former business partner stopped short of seeing he s seen bonds use steroids but he did tell jurors he could place bonds, his trainer and a syringe in the same place at the same time. he also said he noticed bonds hands and feet getting bigger over the years. the trial continues today. vice president joe biden showing some love for pinstripes.