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Earth transmitting system -- >> this guy, bill rasmussen, who had been fired from his job trying to figure out a way to deliver local cable sports. then when they found out about the satellite they said, so can we cover the whole state? and the guy looked and he said, no, you don't understand. >> for another 25 cents or whatever you can send this all over the country. they went, oh, gee. why would anyone want to do that? they didn't quite know what they had. >> and he wound up revolutionizing television sports. >> welcome everyone to espn "sportscenter." from this very desk in the coming weeks...

Appointment, in an acting role, a number of names floated the attorney general. the president will make a nomination by the time the hearing is held. we will have 53 republican senators in place, rick scott was with us today, participated in our policy lunch. we will have more breathing room to get that confirmation done. i would expect this committee to fully confirmed attorney general working on behalf of the united states. then look at nancy pelosi. she will be coming in a speaker, perhaps not, depending how the election goes in the house. democrats have to decide if they want to legislate,...

>> he just loved life. he was loving life. he would go to the baseball games, pirate games. he was trying to live his life and love life. this is what happens. >> reporter: he was a youth coach of basketball and currently he was a greeter at a local coffee shop. finally, melvin wax. he was 87 years old. he lost his wife several years ago. he was a father and a grandfather. the three most important things to mr. wax, his grand son, his judaism and the pittsburgh pirates. that funeral begins at 1:00. this continues to be a city of mourning for these victims. >> and in some way recovery. what is ...

Their -- these years with the president at the white house volunteering their time and working on these issues. they traveled with the president and the first lady today as i mentioned the first lady placing white roses and the president placing stones. jesse, i did want to ask you about something that i think has been pretty remarkable about this story as you learn more about the neighborhood of squirrel hill and just how close knit this community has been over the years of people that we know that grew up there, that they have written about, what a beautiful community it is and how they have...

His best selling book "moneyball" which was turned into a major motion picture starring brad pitt and jonah hill, it told the story about how data driven analysis could win baseball games. >> using this equation in the upper left right here, i'm prejecting work win 99 games to make it to the postseason. we need to score at least 814 runs in order to win those games, and allow no more than 645 bunts. >> michael lewis' new book, he focuses on the biggest most important data collector in the world, the united states government. and what has happened to it under a president who says things like th...