12:22 PM: The Congressional Hearing is being covered by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, MSNBC, FOX News Channel and CNN Headline News. From 12-1 PM ET, CNN aired its regular scheduled "Ballot Bowl" programming.
12:26 PM: FNC has a panel analyzing the situation. Shaun Assael of ESPN the Magazine is part of the panel, noting that Rep. Dan Burton was all over Brian McNamee "like white on rice." Assael: "I'm going to be interested to see Roger Clemens' wife testify. ... This is where the most fearsome pitcher in baseball has ended up, blaming it all on his wife."
12:49 PM: After about a twenty minute break, FNC is covering the hearings again. MSNBC and HLN have not stopped their coverage.
FNC's Gregg Jarrett: Committee chair Henry Waxman, Clemens' lawyer Rusty Hardin "don't like each other." Jarrett on accusations against Clemens' wife: "Clemens using his wife as the fall guy ... Are we supposed to believe that Debbie Clemens used performance enhancing drugs and [Roger] didn't?"
MSNBC has Congressional correspondent Mike Viqueira and Washington Post reporter Mike Wise on via satellite.
Wise: "I would say, only because the congressmen have really hammered at Clemens' inconsistencies in his testimony, even more than Brian McNamee ... at this point, Roger Clemens has some real problems, and at some point, some perjury charges could be leveled against him."
Attorney Ivan Golde on CNN Headline News: "Clemens is going downhill and downhill fast ... this is why a guilty man should never testify ... this is what he gets testifying and being guilty."
Golde: "[Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch] are credible sources, close friends and teammates of Roger Clemens. Why would they lie? It doesn't make sense."
1:05 PM: MSNBC is taking advantage of the 15 minute break in the hearings by quickly covering the presidential race. FNC is also covering politics.
CNN is finally taking a break from politics to cover the hearings. Reporter Gary Tuchman: "The most important single point is this: Andy Pettitte -- everyone likes Andy Pettitte -- he has acknowledged getting injections from McNamee. He also said ... Roger Clemens talked to him about HGH. ... It's very confusing, very complicated, and while McNamee has lied before, it doesn't look good. ... This thing with the wife is quite disturbing."
Tuchman: "A lot of the congressmen and congresswomen [are just] blabbering on."
ESPN's Roger Cossack: "As far as McNamee, he is who he is. He's a guy who has done lots of things, some of which are bad. He's no stranger to lying. ... McNamee is a guy who is no stranger to lying. He clearly is street smart, he understood what he had to do. ... McNamee's a tough witness to sell."
ESPN has Bob Ley and Karl Ravech hosting its coverage on SportsCenter.
Cossack: "I thought Brian McNamee's initial statement was the worst moment for Clemens. ... McNamee's worst [moment] was when Dan Burton of Indiana took him down the list of lies he told. ... Based on what I've seen today, I would think long and hard about whether I would bring a perjury charge."
The hearing is back underway. CNN, ESPN, ESPNews, FNC, MSNBC and CNN Headline News are covering it.
1:37 PM: CNN has gone back to regular programming.
2:03 PM: MSNBC and FNC have both left the Congressional Hearing to cover a speech by President Bush.
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