in the room with him. >> this morning we're learning more about what drove that gunman to do it. new this morning on the one-year anniversary of george zimmerman's arrest in the shooting of trayvon martin. his mother penned an open later calling it the day the justice system failed. a huge tiger shark steals his catch, the whole thing caught on camera. it's thursday, april 11th. "starting point" begins right now. our "starting point" this morning, right now a powerful storm sweeping east after causing fierce tornadoes. the first one hit around 8:00 p.m. in hazelwood, missouri. debris in the streets, trees top tomorrowled over. missouri's governor declared a state of emergency. then in arkansas, a twister traveled 30 miles through van buren county. that's about 75 miles north of

little rock. at least 33 homes and a popular church were wrecked there. cars just tossed off the highway. four people injured. luckily no deaths have been reported. it's mostly a rural area. still, nerves, definitely frayed this morning. so let's bring in samantha mohr. still plenty of activity out there this morning. who is seeing the worse of it? >> things quieted doin down a little bit overnight. we anticipate things to get active again once we get daytime heating. look at the wintry weather, maybe from the northern plains. could see a half foot of snow in minneapolis by the time we get through tonight. a lot of lightning in southeast texas. that's a real problem this morning. with all of that electricity in the air and stretching on up into the tennessee valley as well. some of these storms have dropped, some two to four inches of rain. eastern illinois, danville, champagne, down into northwestern mississippi. we have flood warnings in place. do be careful, especially if you're driving in the dark.

it's hard to tell how deep that flood water is. again, under the gun today. we're expecting to see some, oh, 43 million people effected by potential severe weather. so that means lexington, nashville, birmingham, atlanta, down into tallahassee as the day progresses here. and, of course, we are in tornado season, typically in the south for march through may. as you compare this year to the past six, we're actually running about half of where we should be. normally around 325 tornadoes. this year just 163. i have a feeling we're going to be adding to this tally as the day progresses. christine, john? >> all right, thank you. we'll keep watching. while you were sleeping, a really big rae recall. vehicles made by toyota, honda, nissan, mazda, recalled because of an issue with the airbags that could starts a fire. shannon travis is live from washington. shannon, this is a big recall. what are the details? >> this is the huge recall over

a problem that could cause injuries. four japanese automakers are recalling 3.4 million vehicles. now, the fear is potential airbag defects. let's take a look exactly at who is recalling what. toyota says it's recalling 1.7 million cars worldwide. among them, john, many cars driven by our viewers, corolla, matrix, camry models. honda is recalling 1.1 million, nis is a 480,000. and mazda, 45,000. now, we want to note that most of the recall cars appear to be from 2001, 2002, and 2003. as for the problem in these effected vehicles, honda specifically says the passenger front airbag inflaters could deploy with too much pressure. obviously that could cause injuries. let's be clear, though, honda says, thus far, it is not aware of any injuries or deaths caused by this airbag defect. toyota says it has heard of airbag malfunctions but no

injuries. so it looks like these automakers are doing this recall out of an abundance of caution. all four of these automakers all purchased their airbag systems from the same manufacturer called tacada. john, take a look at your makes and models because these are some really popular vehicles. shannon travis, thanks. hostage drama in suburbia atlanta that ended with a gunman dead and four firefighters rescued by a s.w.a.t. team. police say the suspect placed a fake emergency call and when firefighters arrived, he held them hostage. demand they turn his utilities back on. that's when this strange situation in georgia got ugly. cnn's martin savidge has the latest for us. >> good morning. a lot of questions being asked in this subdivision. is it possible that the homeowner in danger of losing their home may have somehow been pushed over the edge? drama went on for hours but it ended in seconds. we know that firefighters

routinely run toward danger, but not this. >> when we maidenry into the home they were taken hostage by him. >> reporter: it began 3:40 wednesday afternoon. firefighters near atlanta were called to what they thought was a man having a heart attack. this is radio traffic from one of the five firefighters taken hostage. >> we are in a situation where we have a -- an armed person. >> reporter: the gunman began making demands. >> and he is requesting certa certain -- certain utilities to be turned back on at his house. and he is armed, and we are in the room with him. >> he's going through some financial issues and the power was turned off along with the cable and cellphone. >> reporter: about 30 minutes into the ordeal, one of the five

hostages was released. then around 7:30 p.m., police moved in. a loud bang, then volleys of gunfire. >> it got to a point where we believed their lives were in immediate danger, and our s.w.a.t. team made the decision to go in there and neutralize the situation. >> reporter: neighbors who knew the man didn't expect anything like this. >> he was really nice. maybe a little bit too nice, i don't know. i mean, he seemed like a normal guy. >> reporter: the gunman was killed. one police officer was injured. and the firefighters suffered only minor injuries. >> we're just relieved that, for us, our firefighters are going to go home safe to their families. >> reporter: you can also bet though that a lot of fire departments, a at of emts are going to study what happened here in georgia and wondering if they're going to have to change their practices when they respond to an emergency and what could the impact be on saving lives. christine? >> thank you. >> we said there's a lot going

on this morning. let's go to the crisis in the korean peninsula. japan, south korea, and the u.s. are on high alert as more rhetoric released on north korean television. jim clancy has been watching tv all morning from seoul. good morning, jim. >> good morning again, john. you know, we look at this situation. we are waiting and watching for a possible -- potential multiple missile launch by north korea, including at least one medium range missile cad the musudan that has the capability of reaching out as far as guam and hitting u.s. bases there. this is expected only to be a test firing. meantime, more fiery rhetoric combing from the north, this time from the committee of the peaceful requlun unification fr fatherland. it attacks the south for what it says has been their attitude, accusing the north of propaganda. they say the south is in panic, the whole region is in panic,

briing extra instant noodles, supplies of water and food and many countries are coming up with evacuation plans. they talk about chaos that i do not see even happening here. this was the announcement as was read on north korean television. and it warns, it would be foolish for the u.s. and puppet group war fanatics to miscalculate and hope for luck. war is a matter of time. and what remains is mercifulness punishment. there's no use to regret then. there will be no one alive to regret. pretty chilling message there, john, coming out of the north but we can say, i think, that this is more of that bluster we've come to expect. >> jim clancy, thanks to you. angry rhetoric from north korea. later this morning we're going to speak to a man that's been to north korea several times. former governor bill richardson will join us live in the next hour at "starting point." zoraida sambolin has the rest of the day's top story. >> it's been one year since

george zimmerman has been arrested and charged with murder. to mark the occasion, zimmerman's mother gladys wrote an open letter to the public. quote, april 11th, 2012, will be forrer remembered by the zimmerman family as the day that justice system failed us as americans and as a consequence, an innocent man was arrested for a crime he did not commit, solely to placate the masses. the letter comes two weeks after zimmerman's brother robert zimmerman jr. apologized for some controversial postings on twitter. in one he posted a picture of martin, alongside a photo of 17-year-old elkins, one of the two teenagers charged with killing a baby in georgia. president obama reaching across the aisle and breaking bread with republican senators at the white house. this all happened last night. among the gop heavyweights attending, marco rubio of florida, susan collins of maine, and lamar alexander of tennessee. the menu consisted of steak and

sauteed vegetables. the agenda included budget cuts, immigration reform, and gun violence. republican senator johnny isaac son of georgia helped coordinate that dinner and called the talks very productive. but will there be a second round? we will ask him when he joins us live in the next half hour of qu "starting point." and dillon quick will make his first appearance today. 14 students were injured before police took the 20-year-old quick into custody. harris county sheriffs said quick told investigators he had fantasieies about stabbing peop since he was 8 years old and he had been planning tuesday's attack for some time. in a new d.a. getting ready to take over in kaufman county, texas. rick perry appointed judge early norville wiley. still, there are no arrests in

that case. the earlier shooting death of assistant d.a. mark hasse. he must be confirmed by the texas state senate. watch the left side of your screen. a guy in the kayak isn't the only one looking for tuna off hawaii. a tiger shark shot up and snatched his catch. >> the shark made a circle, came around. and came near my boat, hit the kayak and then it kind of hit me what just happened and then i had a reaction to all of that. i did get the shivers a bit on it. just thinking about the whole thing. >> that was his reaction? experts think it was a ten-foot tiger shark that stole that man's tuna. >> shouting for joy. i would be screaming. >> i would be out of there. he caught a mahi-mahi after

that. speaking of sharks, next hour, we'll meet a group of teens who went fishing and actually caught a great white shark. >> shark week this morning. >> oh, my goodness. this is all for you, berman. >> my story is not about sharks, about bulls. the stock market, the dow, the s&p 500 both shattering their records. hitting another very good day on wednesday. set for more gains today. nasdaq is headed for a lower open. look for this. dow up 13%. nasdaq up 9%. s&p 500 up 11%. your 401(k) probably most looks like the s&p 500, the stock part of it. how much higher can we go? i asked sam stovall, i asked him, can we keep going higher? >> history says but does not guarantee we probably will advance another 3% before stumbling from exhaustion like the messenger from marathon into a meaningful decline of 5% or more. but i do not expect a new bear

market. >> sam has such a way with words. if we get that 3% gain it would be enough to put the dow above 15,000. stovall also told us investing in the market is like white water rafting. don't try to time the decline, just know it's probably coming. he said it shouldn't be too painful. for now, the path of least resistance has been higher on stocks. >> don't get too exhausted. >> baseball analogies. i'll bring those later. >> 15% increase for the s&p this year, that's huge. >> something. it is. you would take that over two years, that kind of a gain. we've already had it in the first quarter. >> i would take a gain, period. back to our top story. tornadoes touched down in a nation's heartland. in arkansas, a twister shredded a path 30 miles wide through three towns in van buren county. that's about 75 miles north of little rock. nearly three dozen homes were damaged. several vehicles overturned there in a popular church simply wrecked.

at least three people were injured. marcy manly is with our affiliate in arkansas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to say the damage here on the ground is substantial would be an understatement. the dark is misleading and deceptive as far as how bad it is. this was a home. that it want you to take into consideration that there are no walls, no roof. those are the steps leading to the front door that is simply no longer there. pieces of people's lives are spread all across the ground, just disprecioursed up and down. question have keyboards, bassinets, metal just disbursed in a thrown case of devastation. i don't know how else to describe it. this community is rocked by this storm. and that is what it looks like on the ground. but even up in the air you can see that this storm hit heavily. metal is wrapped around limbs. trees are snapped like

toothpicks. and for people who lived through this storm, they describe it as five or six freight trains barreling through this rural area. and they are just lucky -- counting themselves lucky to be alive at this point. now, how bad the damage is, how bad the destruction is is something they're going to take a look at throughout the day. we will be sending out assessment teams as sunlight comes up so they can see what they're working with. that's what lays ahead for this community in van buren county, arkansas. reporting for you guys, i'm marci manley. >> that house is demolished. thank you for being with us. ahead on "starting point," the senate from hours from beginning to debate gun control. cnn's brianna keilar has details. shocking fight when dozens of drivers when police tase a man in the middle of the highway. what caused this indicachaotic ?

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legislation is set to stage a 24-hour vigil today on the national mall in washington at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. live look right now at the mall this morning. numbers from newtown, connecticut, at the site of the sandy hook school massacre set up more than 3300 grave marker there's. >> they say each one represents an american killed from gun violence. this as the senate expected to vote this morning to open debate on a gun control bill. brianna keilar is live at the white house for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, john and christine. president obama met for dinner last night with a dozen republican senators. they did talk about this gun violence legislation and fiscal issues. it's unclear which if any of

these republican senators might join democrats in this test vote today in the senate on this gun bill. a gun bill that president obama says he prefer was stronger was he says it represents, quote, significant bipartisan progress. first lady michelle obama took the rare step of wading into a policy debate wednesday describing how she felt when she attended the funeral of teenager hadiya pendleton who was shot and killed in her hometown of chicago. >> let me tell you, it is hard to know what to say to a room full of teenagers who are about to bury their best friend. but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her way to doing something truly worthy with her life. >> reporter: the first lady's comments came on the eve of the senate's first vote on a watered down gun bill set to take place later this morning. republican senator pat toomey and democrat joe manchin, both of whom have an a rating from

the national rifle association, forged a compromise on background checks for gun purchases. manchin visibly touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would require states and the federal government to provide records on criminals and the violently mentally ill to the national background checks system. but kit pass a republican congress? >> many of them are looking carefully at the legislation, but i don't know in the end how many will support it. >> reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. >> none of these laws will stop crime. the criminals will just go on getting their guns like they always have. >> reporter: while the measure is far from the assault weapons ban the president pushed for after the sandy hook shootings, some of the parents of children killed say it's a first step. >> what i have seen here is people working to the on both sides to try to do something to

reduce the likelihood of another mother standing in my shoes. >> reporter: this senate vote is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. this morning. christine and john, keep an eye on this because 60 votes are needed to move this bill to debate on the senate floor. obviously there are only 55 senators that are democrat or vote with democrats so they're going to need a little help with the republicans. >> a lot of counting going on right now, to be sure. ahead on "starting point," first, the controversy over manatee gray for a color for plus size dresses, now target is renaming a line of shoes. wait until you hear why.

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bringing them to cuba, that they will be in court. we will get a preview of what happened coming up next. disturbing site when police tased a man on a highway. shocking takedown and the reason for it.

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welcome back. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. the parents accuse of kidnapping their own sons and sailing off to cuba will make their first appearance in a florida courtroom this morning. >> josh and sharyn hakken face a litany of charges. cuban officials handed them over to u.s. authorities yesterday. the boys are now back with their grandparents. cnn blackwell is live outside the courthouse in tampa. what can we expect this morning in court? >> the hakkens for the first time are going to hear this loose list of charges against them but they will not be specifically in the courtroom. they're going to be in the jail where they've been for more than 24 hours. this is going to happen via closed-circuit television. josh what and sharyn hakken,

waking up in a florida jail facing charges of kidnapping and child neglect after a week on the run. 2 and 4-year-old son, chase and cole, are back with their legal guardians, their gand grandparents, grateful to the authorities that ended their week long nightmare. >> and the thousands of people who said the prior prayers and out to try to help to find our grandchildren. >> reporter: the day after the hakkens lost their parental rights in connection with the father's arrest and erratic behavior in 2012, deputies say joshua hakken broke into the hauser's home in tampa. patricia hauser called for help. >> my son-in-law just kidnapped my two grandchildren. they've been in my state custody. >> reporter: investigators learned josh what hakken purchased this boat and they were heading south. >> state department received information that they were actually in cuba.

>> reporter: cnn's patrick in a va va went to a marina popular with americans and, sure enough, found the boat and the hakken family. >> i saw a boy playing on the top deck and a man with a large beard. comes out. i say, hey, are you josh? he said, yes, who are you. i said, i'm from cnn. gets very angry. goes in the boat. >> we did set up a team that consisted of local, state, around federal agents that actually departed the tampa area and went to cuba and actually met with the authorities there. >> reporter: the family was taken into custody. the boys and their parents separated on the flight back to florida. expedient and rare cooperation on extradition between two countries with an inkconsincons history. the boys now settling into a more familiar home. their parents, at least for now, confined to a new one.

we do not expect to see chase and cole, nor their grandparents inside the courtroom today for this first appearance of their parents. but we do expect to see them at 11:00 eastern. the hausers are holding a news conference on the front lawn. the boys will be there but only robert hauser is going to speak. he's going to answer questions about this last week. >> thanks, victor. zoraida sambolin has the rest of the top stories. >> new developments in the criminal case stemming from the colorado movie theater massacre. a judge has put the murder case against james holmes on hold until august. that's when he's expected to decide if holmes' notebook which he sent to a psychiatrist is admissible as evidence. meanwhile, portland oregon police have arrested kevin michael perfield, asused of sending harassing messages to the families of the shooting

victims. the arkansas department of health is looking for some 100 patients whole treated by the late dr. william jared. they're saying some of the drugs that he used on his dental patients may have been contaminated with infectious material he reportedly had a substance abuse problem and may have actually used some of the name ones full of the sedative demerol on himself that he used on patients. the department is recommending patients who saw dr. jared between november 2011 and february 2012 be screened for infections. and was it a ghoulish prank or more mysterious? a package with a goat head delivered to wrigley field yesterday. it was addressed to the cubs owner. police are calling this an intimidating package. goats are part of cubs lore. it dates back to the world series when tavern owner brought his goat to wrigley and he was tossed out. that is when he cursed the cubs, saying they would never win a

world series game at wrigley field, and they haven't. and watch this. as officers subdue a 62-year-old man outside santa barbara. it took seven bean bag shots and seven taser to get him on the ground. authorities say he was walking on the 101 freeway and pulled a knife on a deputy who went over to investigate what was happening. the man will charged with assault, that is when he is discharged from the hospital. john and christine? >> thanks, zoraida. 35 minutes after the hour. time for round two of dinner diplomacy. last night president obama vited 12 republicans to the white house to discuss whatever was on their minds and have some steak apparently. it's part of aer isries that is meant to bring both sides of the aisle close together on the deficit crisis, guns, immigration. >> senator, a republican from georgia who organized the white house dinner. he joins us now. lots on the agenda. i mean, tell me, what was --

whfs the bulk of the conversation about? what did you talk about? >> well, the bulk of the conversation was driven by the members of the president allowed to come. most of the conversation was about debt, deficit, our growing national debt, our fiscal policy and reforming entitlements. it was a very meaningful three-hour discussion, free flow exchange of ideas from both sides. >> during the first meeting the members came out and said they were struck by the fact the president really seemed willing to listen. what was your take on the tone in the room? >> well, just to verify that, the president opened the dinner by saying, i'm here to listen to you. i want to go around the room and have every one of you give me your input and i'll respond. he did. he didn't take notes he responded specifically about items we brought up. we talked about common interests and common ground and differences. we did what you have to do to build a foundation to solving problems. >> let's talk about one area. ari fleischer tweeted the president is getting more credit than he's giving for doing

something about social security. he's talking about attaching cpi to social security. he's wrong on taxes, ari says, but good for him on social security. what do you think? >> people need to understand about 2037 social security payments are going to be reduced by over 25% because of the declining trust fund. if we don't fix the calculation for the formulas in the colas in terms of social suitity and medicare, those benefits are not going to be there, not just for our children and grandchildren but for some of us. it's important that he address that difficult subject. and it's also important to understand we can afford to do it now and solve the problem in the out years but the longer we wait, the more difficult it's going to be on contemporary beneficiaries. >> so many issues in front of the congress, perhaps none bigger than the issue of gun control. manchin and toomey came out with their plan on background checks. what's your general sense of their proposal? >> candidly, i spent most of my time yesterday preparing for the den we're head last night that

we are talking about so i have not read the details yet but i'm going to a meeting at 10:00 where it's going to be discussed. i think there will be a motion today or a motion to proceed on which will pass and move to the gun bill probably tuesday morning of next week. >> do you think this measure, limited background checks, not universal, do you think it has a chance of getting through the senate? >> i really don't know. it's hard to handicap because there's no ambivalence in the senate about the gun issue. it's a very clear issue that's always been discussed almost every single year. it may be very difficult to pass. it may not be. i just haven't seen the details. >> let me ask you about immigration. there are so many things you guys are working on right now. that was on the agenda. "the new york times" reporting the gang of 8 agreed on a deal on immigration reform. it would delay a path to citizenship until after border security and verification of border security. where are you guys on this? >> border security is the absolute key. it's a non-starter if you don't do that. but i know the group's been

working hard. i had a good conversation with marco rubio yesterday. i believe he was beginning to feel better and better about the security on the border as the first predicate for reform. there's no question that immigration reform is an issue we must address. we've got to get out of the amnesty business and into the citizenship business where people are doing it the right way, not the wrong way. and we've got to get a way to get the high skilled workers and form workers into so our state to be able to pick our crops and help develop our technology. >> a lot of work to be done. thank you, senator. nice to see you this morning. the nation's heartland waking up to a path of destruction. in arkansas a twister shredded a path several miles long through three downs in van buren county, north of little rock. three dozen homes were damaged. several vehicles over turned on the highway. and a popular church was simply wrecked. at least three people were injured there. macri manley is live in van buren, arkansas. good morning.

>> good morning. we are in van buren county. this is near the area one of the hardest hit. so far reports are getting in that damage to 30 homes, 6 homes completely wiped out. i'm going to show you the damage we're talking about when we're talking about damages to homes. that is or was a house. the walls are missing. the roof obviously gone. the foundation completely shaken. and pieces of people's lives are now scattered all across the area up and down highway 65. obviously you've got the normal everyday aspects of living, but then you have things that tell us about the people who live here from a keyboard and harpsichord that we found also to different aspects like a baby ba bassinet and things like this, children's books, children's pictures strewn across the area. that really is the heartbreaking part of not knowing how this really will impact people as the sun comes up. we'll start to get a better idea of that.

back to you guys. >> people are going to have to come back home and go through their belongings. ahead on "starting point," it is a great day in georgia. augusta, thursday, the masters tees off. tiger woods is favored but a 14-year-old is the one that everyone is talking about. we'll have a live report coming up. and then, molly shannon is scary funny and he's starring in a new film "scary movie 5." she will join us live with a preview. she's waving to us and drinking a kaf natded beverage. you're watching "starting point "qurtd.af 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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. the face of golf and the future of golf will both be on display this morning at augusta national. the world's top ranked golfer tiger woods goes for his fifth green jacket when he tees off at the master. the happens in three hours from now. >> everyone is buzzing about 14-year-old chinese phenom guan tianlang. now live from augusta georgia this morning. patrick, this could be a huge comeback for tiger. he's now only four major

championships be hind jack nickla nicklaus. >> john, christine, you're right. it could be but he hasn't won a major in nearly five years. so now world number one, absolutely desperate to try and end that miserable streak for him. this is a guy conditioned to winning who cares only act winning majors and comes here brimming with confidence having already won three titles this season and one former masters champion in particular, three-time masters champion, phil mickelson, believes tiger can never be underestimated. so basically you have the situation there where players like phil mickelson, bubba watson, defending champion, they know tiger is a person that will contend and will make things very hard. of course, rory mci'lroy is someone else who is trying to

get his major. tiger will tee off with england and scotland of the usa. all desperate to get this tournament under way. looking forward to the challenge of tiger woods. he's after a fifth masters green jacket. but he wants to eclipse jack nicklaus as the game's all-time most recorded with 18 majors. woods has four to go to level him and he needs one more to become the game's most decorated player of all time. john, christine. >> really a crucial time for tiger. the way it sets up, they should be consider eed favorites there. even so, they are not necessarily the game people are talking about right now. it's this young 13-year-old chinese golfer. >> incredible story. guan tianlang, basically by day plays practice rounds with the likes of the tiger woods and then goes home to do his homework and work on his

english. i shook his hand when he was holding court with the media, came out and greeted the public and pose for photographs. i spoke with him briefly. confident young man. playing fearless golf. my one concern is he doesn't quite hit it as far as some of the top pros but you would expect that. this is a kid of 14. the youngest ever to play in the masters. the second youngest in major history. i hope he's still around. i hope he makes the cut because what a story, john, christine. i wish him well, certainly. >> what a story although all the guys on the field are hitting a million and a 1/2 miles right now. thanks so much. ahead, she shot the name on snl, you know, now molly shannon is starring in the new horror movie parody "scary movie 5." oh, no. she joins us live. >> wow. >> hi. >> good morning. ♪

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tomorrow and molly shannon with us this morning. >> thank you. >> how much fun to do that movie? >> so much fun. david zucker, the producer, legendary writer/director from airplane. he is so much fun to work with. and i just had so much fun. a very over the top character. a ballet dancer that drinks and smokes and bitter because she is being replaced of a young dancer. it reminded me of old movies like whatever happened to baby james. >> jokes, one after the other after the other, is it exhausting to film those? >> well, no, because i just do my part, a lot of -- you can seem like you have a pretty big part in a movie and go shoot it in two weeks. so mostly it was just fun. especially when you work with people like you know. david zucker and i, third movie together. so we just half if out for dinner at night. it's fun. >> we consider you the lead. >> oh, thank you.

>> you were watching some of that, you were cringing. are those some cringe worthy moments when they were happening. do you feel awkward doing those things? >> no. i don't know. i don't always love to watch myself. i would rather feel what it feels like than be looking at it. as a comedienne, i don't want to be thinking about it, i want to be free as a woman to not be thinking about how i look or beauty or -- i think comedically, you have to not think about that, be free. does that make sense? i don't like looking at the image. >> when you were looking at the "snl" character, you said ridiculous. it must be defining. do people walk up to you? >> i get people coming up to me, want to take pictures. but it's so flattering to me, because i created that character and a version of me when i was little and it blew my mind when i did it for the first time on "snl," that next monday after

that show, so many people came up to me, my daughter loves that, look, i could really feel like, wow, people are really relating this, and i wrote how i felt from inside. such a great lesson in writing and if you really write the truth from who you, how people respond to it. so it's very positive. >> so before we came on here, we were talking about it and we know a little something about headaches. and are you doing work for excedrin. >> what's funny about headaches? i'm thrilled to partner with the makers of excedrin extra strength, but being a comedienne, i had a sense of humor about situations that cause headaches, and you can go to the excedrin facebook page, and they are having the contest on who deserves ek sed ri s exc most and headache-inducing situations like delayed planes or toddlers that ask too many questions. why, mommy why?

the questions are funny. >> and an how do your kids feel about this? >> i love being a mom. i try not to make it too much about me. for a while, i hardly said anything, i wouldn't show them anything and kids in their class started seeing. i saw your mom on "the middle." and then i had to tell them. i never really wanted -- i feel sensitive to my daughter. i don't want her to be the daughter of some actress. >> molly shannon, best of luck with everything. >> scary movie 5. ahead on "starting point," thousands without power this morning. tornadoes carving a path of destruction through two states. the governor declaring a state of emergency in missouri. dozens of homes near st. louis damaged or destroyed. and two girls who lifted a

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good morning. i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. happening right now, storms streaking across the east, leaving tornadoes in their path. cars tossed off highways, homes wrecked. where the storms are going, next. in just the past few hours, more than 3 million cars recalled this morning. over faulty airbags. find out if your car is affected. straight ahead. plus, the senate expected to start debating new gun control laws this morning. we'll talk to the man behind them all. senator joe manchin. watch what happens when a store owner fights back against armed robbers. incredible video. thursday, april 11th. "starting point" begins right now. "starting point," right now, a powerful storm system on the move after causing a string of tornadoes in at least two states. what we know, first hit around 8:00 p.m. in hazelwood, missouri, outside of st. louis. neighborhood trashed, trees toppled and dozens of homes

damaged. and in arkansas, a twister several miles long through van buren county. 33 homes damaged and a popular church just wrecked. cars tossed on the highway, three people injured. luckily, no deaths have been reported so far. mostly a rural area, but residents definitely waking up this morning a bit shaken. let's bring in samantha moore. plenty of activity out there. who is seeing the worst of it? >> in southeast texas, explosion of storms in the overnight. makes for a nasty morning commute there and in the tennessee valley we go, heads up in nashville. a nasty drive time as well. notice we're seeing in the last hour, fewer lightning strikes because we lost the daytime heating overnight. again today, we expect to see a lot more thunderstorms forming in advance of the front and a lot of snow falling around the back side of this, upper level

low across the northern plains, could be talking a foot of snow northwest of minneapolis, and the flooding, that's an immediate problem across the great lakes and down into the tennessee valley. northwest mississippi, one of the troubled spots where floodwaters really causing a problem for folks. out on the roadways, hard to see how deep it is. be careful out there. and we expect to see more in the way of severe thunderstorms as the day wears on, major cities, including columbus, lexington, nashville to charlotte and atlanta. heads up, get that weather radio ready and you need the batteries, change them every year like you do in the smoke detector. >> great advice. samantha mohr, thank you so much. four japanese automakers involved in a major recall, affecting 3.4 million vehicles. the problem, a malfunctioning inflator that could inadverte inadvertently deploy the front seat airbags and even cause a fire.

toyota, honda, nissan and mazda all affected. 26 models involved. half of them involving toyota. corolla, matrix and camry models. new developments this morning, a hostage drama in georgia. police say the suspect placed a fake emergency call and firefighters arrived and the strained situation just got ugly in suanne. >> they made entry to the home and they were taken hostage. the demands were made. it was to have the power turned on. and he is having financial issues and he wanted the power, cable, and phone turned back on. >> when police felt firefighter's lives were in danger, they decided to go in. all four rescued with minor injuries. and john kerry preparing for a visit to south korea tomorrow

as the missile crisis continues to unfold. high alert this morning. a u.s. official telling cnn, north korea raised one missile to an upright firing position and test launch could be immine imminent. jim clancy live from seoul. do we know anything about a possible missile launch here? >> you know, barbara starr, coming out with the report from the u.s. official would indicate that perhaps north koreans were checking, trying to make sure everything was right. remember, they sell this missile technology around the world to countries like iran. they want to make sure this comes up this is essentially, christine, an advertisement for them. they will be very careful. the latest we have, we expect a multiple missile launch, and they should all be tests. quite a fireworks show. christine. >> the missile is the farther range than previous missiles launched. so does that make this more concerning?

it certainly does. it certainly makes places as far away as guam, japan in the firing line and south korea we don't know much about this missile. a lot of people are watching it carefully. the u.s. and south korea have advanced destroyers and radar platforms and watching it to see what are the capabilities of this missile. as far as we know, it's never been publicly tested, christine. >> watching and waiting for fireworks potential until the region. what's the north's next move? we'll ask a man that has been to north korea many times. bill richardson. >> a lot going on, here is zoraida with today's top stories. one year since george zimmerman arrested in florida and charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin. to mark the occasion, zimmerman's mother writes -- april 11, 2012 will forever be remembered by the zimmerman

family as the day the justice system failed us as americans, and as a consequence, an innocent man was arrested for a crime he did not commit, solely to blah indicate tplacate the m" this two weeks after his brother apologized for controversial tweets. in one, he put trayvon martin's picture next to the killer of a baby. and a suspect able to purchase a gun 10 months after he was released from a mental health institute. that because his information not issued into a federal database. two shopkeepers fight back. 82-year-old store owner luis

grabbed a bat and start the swinging as one of the robbers opened fire. luis was hit in the side by the gunfire, but he continued to fight back. when the gunman jumped the counter, the brother-in-law swung into action, throwing a chair and fire extinguisher. luis is back home after he beat that robber. he is being treated for his wounded leg and police, they are still searching for the suspects. you keep on watching this video, and are you amazing that somebody goes after a gun with a man with a bat. >> again and again and again and again. >> even after being shot. incredible. the senate takes a vote later on this morning on whether or not to open debate on the gun control bill. meanwhile, supporters of new legislation gathering on the national mall preparing for a 24-hour vigil. clergy from newtown are setting up grave markers. each grave marker represents one american killed by gun violence

since the sandy hook massacre in november. president obama pushing for a tough new gun measure. briana keilar joins us from the white house. >> reporter: president obama would prefer that the bill would be stronger but it "represents significant bipartisan congress." this amid a week-long offensive leading to the very significant test vote in the senate, set to take place at around 11:00 a.m. first lady michelle obama took the rare step of wading into a policy debate wednesday, describing how she felt when she attended the funeral of teenager hadiya pendleton, shot and killed in her hometown of chimp. >> let me tell you. it is hard to know what to say to a roomful of teenager who's are about to bury their best friend. but i started by telling them that hadiya was clearly on her

way to doing something truly worthy with her life. >> reporter: the first lady's comments came on the first vote on the watered down gun bill, set to take place this morning. pat toomey and joe manchin, both of who have an "a" rating from the national rifle association, forged a compromise on background checks. manchin touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would also require states and the federal government to require records on criminals and the violently mentally ill. but can it pass a republican congress? >> many of them are looking carefully at the legislation, but i -- i don't know in the end how many will support it. >> reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. >> none of these laws will stop crime. the criminals will go on getting

their guns like they always have. >> reporter: the measure is far from the assault weapons ban the president pushed for after the sand oy hook shooting, some patients say it's a first step. >> what i've seen here, people working together on both sides to try to do something to reduce the likelihood of another mother standing in my shoes. >> reporter: we'll really be watching the senate floor this morning, christine and john, 60 votes are needed to move the gun bill to the senate floor for debate. only 55 democrats or senators who vote with democrats, so they need help from a few republicans if this is going to happen. we don't know who exactly they may be at this point and even if this is definitely going to succeed. >> briana keilar, thank you. joining us is the man in the middle. senator joe manchin that co-authored the background checks compromise. thank you for being with us. before we talk about the proposal, we looked at video of

you meeting with the families from newtown, connecticut. it looked emotional. what was going through your head at that time? >> john and christine, thank you for having me. it was emotional. i never met braver people, stronger people in my life than the families of these beautiful little babies who were slaughtered. for them to come in with strength, they are not overreaming, asking to ban all weapons, stop this, stop that, take rights away from people or ban the second amendment. none of those things, they come from a gun culture the same as my state and we've put a piece of legislation out there and they are supporting legislation, basically says if you go to a gun show, you will be treated at same as if you go to a gun store today. if you buy online, you will be treated the same. and i think it's a tremendous process that's moving forward, but if we can keep guns out of the hands of people who have been mentally adjudicated and

are a criminal we know, then we have a chance of keeping those guns away from them and that's really where we need to be focusing on and what we are doing. >> have you been speaking with the nra, national rifle association while you are formulating this proposal and you thought the nra might stay jew tral aft neutr neutral. the nra has come out and said they are opposed and they are keeping score. will count the votes that senators make for this bill against them. do you feel like are you taking on the nra right now? >> i don't feel like i'm taking on anybody. i'm saying what we are taking is the most common-sense approach that most americans. i can assure you 75% to 85% of law abiding gun owners that enjoy shooting, all of the pleasures of the second amendment. i know i will protect the second amendment, they agree with us,

and i'm asking for my friends at the nra, let the members see the bill in its entirety. we're putting online. my website, manchin.senate.gov. and see it it has a breakdown. we conversed with the nra all the way through it. i thought everybody needs to be through it and we have a piece of legislation that protects the second amendment rights of gun owners like myself. a simple thing we should be get cleared up. if i go hunting in another state, and i pass through another state that has different types of gun laws, i don't have a background check, and i shouldn't be having my gun the way they interpret the law, i could be in violation. this clears that up. a lot of things cleared up what needed to be cleared up for years. asking our friends at the nra, please take another look and consider and allow your members to see the facts. >> do you think you have 60 votes? >> we do. today -- today we will go to cloiture. and that takes 60 votes to get on the bill.

the bill that we're voting to get on the slcloiture. i give credit to two senators that -- senator mark kirk from illinois and senator chuck schumer, they have been working and been with us from the beginning, senator schumer has moved from a position that i couldn't support, trying to find commonality. >> senator, some would say it's watered down. something that carlie soto said, the sister of the teacher -- first grade teacher at newtown. she says the background check proposal isn't enough. and this is kind of -- this is really kind of a shocking statement she makes. take a listen to it. >> it was horrible. and i didn't know that there was a difference. the bullet holes it would leave. i thought it was a normal bullet hole until i saw my sister's clothing that they wore. i saw the baseball-sized holes

that were in my sister's clothes. they were huge. it was unbelievable to imagine that a normal person could have this gun and a normal person could walk in a school and start shooting at little kids. >> what do you say, senator, to people who wanted more from gun control? >> the bottom line, that was not a normal person. this lanza fellow was not normal at all. and with that being said, we have got to keep the guns out of those people's hands. also, the legislation that pat toomey and i have worked on here has a commission on mass violence, and we have to look at how do we as a society become so tolerant to the violence? we will put people with experts, i want people with expertise that understand guns, mental illness, school safety, and understand video violence and see if we can culturally change. >> senator joe manchin, have you been working around the clock on

this compromise. a couple of busy weeks ahead too. >> we appreciate your support. this is very, very important. 15 minutes after the hour. ahead, more on our top story. the world on alert, watching and waiting for north korea's next move. we'll speak live to bill richardson from new mexico. he will give us insights from his visits to north korea. a fish tale you have to see to believe. a great white shark caught off the florida coast. very rare. we're talking to the four teenagers who reeled the great white in. you're watching "starting point." h. ♪ that's why we designed our newest subaru from the back seat forward. introducing the all-new, completely restyled subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru.

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ambassador, former new mexico governor. amid the precautions and amid the words that the missile is in an upright position, ready to fire, the question, how can we know if this is serious? and how serious is it? >> well, it's -- it's very serious, but we don't know exactly what is going to happen. two things could happen. one, it's in an upright position. a musudan missile, medium range. could be in preparation for a launch, or it could be a deception move. a move to unnerve the international community. either way, the north koreans have achieved making everybody nervous what we have to watch here is asian society, asian leaders, savering face here is very important in asia, now, the problem is that the north korean leader, the young leaders maybe put himself in a corner, and to

show to his north korean military that his main audience, going to have to do something. that is worry some. >> sounds like this may be for domestic consumption to bolster his image, this young leader. but if he paints himself into a corner, what is the way out? how do you take an off-ramp, try to figure out what the off ramp is to ratchet down the tension? >> well, the off-ramp, the way out, a face saver, might be china. and china makes a very urgent, diplomatic appeal and maybe this is what the secretary of state are discuss in seoul tomorrow. going to the north koreans and saying there needs to be entering into negotiation. and i think the main goal has to be long range, get the north koreans back to the negotiating table to negotiate a reduction or termination of their nuclear cycle. nuclear weapons cycle.

we're not just talking about nuclear weapons. we're talking about export of nuclear materials to countries like iran, hostile relationships with possible terrorist groups, we don't know that, so it's a grave situation, but it's also important, everybody stay cool. the north koreans are masters of deception, they are masters of unpredictability, and they play the international media very well, especially the north korean military. >> you brought up iran. north korea not the only diplomatic hot spot. u.s. at odds with iran on its nuclear program. the iranians are probably looking at what's going on in the korean peninsula. what do the iranians take from this, as far as how far the u.s. will be pushed? >> i think they are watching it very carefully. what the iranians want to see is a continuation of north korea's nuclear program, because right

now iran is developing theirs, and we don't have concrete information, but there could be some sharing of data, sharing of scientific materials, and, again, as i stressed before, the long-range problem with a country like north korea is perhaps some of those nuclear materials could be exported. they desperately need foreign exchange. have huge sanctions on them. the country in an economic crisis, and relations with syria, pakistan, iran, with groups on the black market, international outlaw groups. that's the danger that they might get some of this enriched uranium that the north koreans have. >> there has been some sense from the chinese, even mass sense that they don't think one country should be able to destabilize the whole region, kind of a veiled criticism of north korea maybe are you right, maybe the chinese will be so key in all of this, governor

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courtroom later today? >> well, the procedure just started at 8:30. this is for all of the people who have been arrested here in hillsboro county for the last 24 to 36 hours, not just joshua and sharyn hakken. so telling in which order they will come. but they will officially hear the charges, charges of child neglect, kidnapping, false imprisonment. battery, burglary read to them. they will not physically be in the courtroom in hillsboro county. they there say system via closed circuit television where they will be in the jail where they've been for the last 24 to 36 hours or so, and they will speak to the judge from the monitor. they have been isolated from general population that is customary when you have two suspects involved in such a high-profile case, right at the height of interest in their case, john. >> we have not seen the hakken boys yet, but i understand we

may get a glimpse of them later today. >> yes, we're expecting to see them at 11:00 eastern. we're told by the hillsboro county sheriff's office that they are planning to answer questions from the media, on their front lawn. the front lawn of the home where allegedly these boys were kidnapped last wednesday, the boys will be there, but we're told only their grandfather, robert hauser, will be answering questions. the only opportunity to get answers of the questions of what happened over the last seven days. >> victor blackwell live in tampa, thank you so much. as we said, a lot going on this morning, zoraida sambolin with the rest of the day's top stories. rescued at sea. u.s. coast guard used a jayhawk helicopter to save a stranded boater after his 31-foot vessel lost power in the gulf of alaska. they hoisted the boater off the deck to safety. it wasn't easy. the helicopter pilot and its crew had to battle 30-mile-an-hour winds and eight

to ten-foot waves to pull off that feat. that is incredible. senator rand paul sneaki is at howard university. the first republican to speak at the school in decades. let's hear his controversial comments and then hear him clarify. >> i think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant, but i believe in private ownership. never questioned the civil rights act and never came out in opposition nor introduced anything to alter the civil rights act, so your characterization is incorrect. >> he did get applause for his views on drug sentences. he ahead nitt . and a federal agency says schools didn't give more than 1,000 families who took part in

a study on premature babies didn't give enough information about the risks. the study played a role in the death of some infants and the blindness of others. that study took place 2004 and 2009. that sounds outrageous. new york city tried to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces. now a study from the university of san diego which new york officials may not like to hear. when serving sizes are restricting, consumers simply buy more of the smaller sized drinks. bob seger fan that spent 5 1/2 years in a semi comatose state is getting ready to meet her favorite rock star. 79-year-old evie hannon couldn't communicate with anyone until she bumped her head two years ago. >> my memory started coming

back. just gradually, but they said when i woke up one morning, the first words out of my mouth was i want to go to a bob seger concert. >> wow. >> i know. we're sitting here with our mouths open. the folks at willow brook manor nursing home in flint township, michigan. took her words to heart and made arrangements for her to take a limousine to the palace in auburn hills and she hopes to thank bob seger in person. >> i'm learning how to stand up. so i can hug him. and i want to hug him and give him a great big smooch. >> and he will probably give her a great big smooch right back. >> that is my favorite story of the week. i love it. way to go, evie. 35 minutes after the hour and these are feats of strength that even frank costanza

couldn't even imagine, a seinfeld reference. >> they heard the screams of their father yelling save me. that's what they did, lifting a 3,000 pound tractor off their father's chest and saving his life. hailey and hanna are here now, along with their dad, jeff. we're so glad, dad, that you are okay and your daughters were there to hear your screams. jeff, first tell me, how did you end up under the tractor? >> well, i was working in my garden area and my foot slipped off the clutch. and before i knew it, it flipped over backward, and was on top of me. >> before i ask the questions of the superheroes next to you, how did you think it was going to get off of you? >> i didn't think it would. >> were you pinned or being

crushed by the tractor? >> i was being crushed by the tractor. >> hailey, hanna you hear your father screaming, see what's happening. what's going through your head? >> i was scared. i didn't know what to do honestly at that point. >> i was -- i was scared. when i saw him, i just was like, kind of like holding my breath, i stopped breathing, it was scary. adrenaline rush. >> how did you get the tractor off of him? did you push it, do it together? talk about it? tell us about the moment when you started trying to move it. >> we kind of just got in ready position and we started counting to three and on three, we both started lifting at the same time and seeing if that worked and we noticed that it lifted a little bit. so then we finally got it up off his chest and then we pretty much just stopped at this point. >> like the idea -- >> digging out from underhis m

arms. >> ready position to lift a 3,000-pound tractor. what made you think you could lift that much? >> we didn't even think. it was just like do. >> you didn't have a choice. your dad under the tractor. was he talking to you? >> yeah he was like telling us to lift. >> unbelievable. >> i have a question. he looks like he's in really good shape there. no injuries? did you sustain any injuries from this? >> yeah, i suffered a broken wrist and i have a bunch of marks on my upper arm area and i got some serious bruising on my chest, so it hurts quite a bit when i sneeze or cough or anything. >> jeff, when the girls ask for a later curfew or to borrow the car keys, will you have to think twice about saying no? do they have a couple of free passes in their back pocket? >> they might have something down the road, i'm not sure what it is yet. >> i would go with something big, if i were you, considering

they lifted a tractor off your chest. so happy for all of you. congratulations, how amazing. >> thank you for joining thus morning. >> ahead on "starting point," imagine fishing, fighting, and at the other end of the line, you feel a great white shark. >> that happened to a group of teens, we'll talk to them about their unbelievable catch. you're watching "starting point." okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge!

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it is a fisherman's dream or nightmare? you feel a tug and after two hours of fighting, you realize you have been battling a 13-foot great white shark. this happened to four guys, not just four guys, four high school guy who's took turns reeling in their catch before they finally let it go. >> the four are joining us from ft. lauderdale, florida. you hook a big one. harry, i'll ask you first. you hook a big one, how long

before you realized this wasn't a sailfish on the end? this wasn't a tuna. this was something really special? >> well, after about 30 minutes, the captain said this is for sure something that he's never caught before. and we were able to realize that it was pretty big and it took a while and after about an hour and a half, we were -- we were able to see it at the top and realize it's something incredible. >> once you realized it was a shark, was the inclination, let's keep on reeling it in or what i would do, i'm going to run as far as i possibly can? >> well, we wanted to see it. we were out there for fun, and he wanted to make sure we got a look of everything we had on the line. we weren't scared yet, but after seeing it, it was quite frightening. >> josh, i will have you jump in. we can see it on the side of the boat. laying on the side of the boat. must have been exhausted after four hours of battling it.

what it was like to sit in the fighting chair, strap in, try to bring this thing in? >> it was hard. i mean, this is a big shark, i'll tell you that. i actually fell asleep afterward, i was so exhausted. took a nap on the boat. >> apparently so did the shark. we're told the shark did swim away. tanner, the shark did swim away in the end? >> yes, ma'am. i think it was about as exhausted as we were. it came up and just wanted to rest. i mean, it was definitely fine, but it was just as tired as we were. >> any advice to would-be shark hunters out there? what's the best way to get the shark? >> i'm no shark experts. we were just at the right place at the right time, but i guess, you know, use a big bait and hope for the best. >> hope for the best with a great white shark. always a good idea. >> hope for the best, prepare for the worst. >> what did the captain say when

they was going on? >> he knew how rare it was actually to catch a great white in this area, so we thought it was pretty cool, but he was -- he was freaking out, like it was awesome for him. and we found out how rare it was when we got back on shore. >> logan, i don't know if i've heard from you yet. what were you fishing for? >> we were just actually out there, because we were on the trip once again, but we weren't really expecting anything. just going out there, trying to catch some big fish and caught a few sailfish, mahi mahi, we weren't expecting anything after that. but toward the end of the trip, we caught great white. and it just topped off the trip, made it worth it. >> you get some mahi mahi, some tuna and a great white. congratulations. >> thanks, guys. sometimes when are you chumming on the back of the boat.

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hide your eyes, don't peek. ♪ i'm wishing, i'm wishing for the one i love ♪ >> reporter: and while alyssa was wishing, not peeking, who should appear. >> hi, baby. >> reporter: but the one she loved. we'll let alyssa give you the play-by-play. >> i gave him a big hug. >> reporter: a hug she's happy to recreate sitting in their san diego home. you know, scott, i kept expecting to you pop out of the wishing well. >> that would have been a pretty cool trick, but we kept it simple for this one. >> reporter: made simpler because the browns had a friend of a friend who has a sister working in pr at disney land and helped with the marine lieutenant's request. so when it was his 14-month-old son liam's turn to greet daddy. liam looks scared of you. >> he was only seven months old ohlde when i left and only seen

pictures of me and the daddy doll. >> that would be deployment daddy doll. with lieutenant brown's picture on it. >> i miss you, daddy. >> reporter: this was the day when daddy first laid eyes on her dad's stand in. within a few hours, liam was getting used to his daddy, playing and cuddling. there is a down side to going to washing well and making your kid's wish come true. alyssa told her parents -- >> my next wish is for a puppy. wish for a puppy, no, we got a brother instead. >> reporter: maybe that wishing well worked a little too well. >> puppy. >> i don't think snow white can bring a puppy. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. >> just daddy. >> reporter: new york. >> you could try, though. >> that is too much. >> you're a puddle. >> you have to take it from here, berman. >> "starting point" back in a moment.

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masters, all eyes on tiger woods. not won a major in five years, but been on a rampage. won three tournaments already this year. augusta national is a course that lines up so well for him. he is always in contention there, and a lot of people think this year he really -- not just the guy to beat, the odds on favorite there. also, phil mikkelson, a guy who won at augusta three times. plays well there. >> and the 14-year-old. >> i love that. there he is. >> can't drive as far, berman, because he doesn't have the muscle mass. >> the guys on the tour driving ball the a million and a half miles. not quite there yet. but as he grows and matures -- >> the fact that he's there. >> very impressive. 14. >> not even old enough to drive. >> a lot of people watching rory mcilroy. so exciting. >> that's it for "starting point." >> tomorrow, w