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questions about the koran burning and more in manhattan. and cnn and piers morgan. rves as a televised why on talent shows. how much do people know about his controversial tabloid past? we'll have a fullreport. and david west resigns as president of abc news after cutting a quarter of the staff. can the broadcast networks overcome tough times and sinking ratings? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." it wasn't very long ago that terry jones was an obscure pastor in gainesville, florida, who had written a book called "islam is the htdevil." and he might have remained...

against conservative tea partyesque radio host j.d. hayworth and facing that fight, john mccain brought today the biggest republican gun anybody can find these days. he brought to arizona newly elected equestrian trailer pulling, truck driving lawyer, massachusetts senator scott brown, who appeared alongside mccain at a rally in phoenix in order to throw his support behind john mccain's re-election effort. >> hello, phoenix. my name is scott brown. i drive a truck and i am here to support senator john mccain for another term in the united states senate. let me tell you how brave john...

Ethical reason in washington, is secrecy the main issue for you? >> an awful lot is secrecy issues. they're so hidden. doug coe, the head of the family, won't generally get up on the platform at his event because he recognizes it would be a problem if people knew he was associated with it. they have very shadowy fund-raising. it's unclear who their donors are, who's supporting this fellowship. then there's the issue of all the politicians, in addition to the ones you named. kansas representative tiahrt has been associated and he's under investigation for his part in the pma scandal, a lobbying...

a big chalkboard. >> if you go further than that, then tomorrow night you'll watch the rod blagojevich show here on nbc. if you are blagojevich, is "celebrity apprentice" the way to go or are there other shows he would be better suited to? >> well, i mean, it's been so long, at this point he should be on the history channel. it was only a year ago but in celebrity punch line times, that's like a whole decade. you know what i'm saying? it's like, sure, you humiliated your entire state and undermined the spirit of american democracy and that's impressive, but what have you done for me ...

playing at a 12-year-old's tournament at a stadium in cooperstown. so you talk about the village of the damned, perhaps, over the course of a couple of days here, rose and then clemens in just a four-day period. >> speaking of all of that gambling, always been biggest baseball taboo to the 1994 1919 black sox scandal, but the use of performance-enhancing drugs which clemens has been accused of, the brightest stas s have cast a cloud of suspicion over the sport. is drug use in baseball becoming a bigger black eye for the sport than gambling's ever been? >> it's interesting because it'...