i will give you no hiding place down here. good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. fallout from that sharply critical inspector general's report on the v.a. hospital in phoenix. a document that confirms what this program has been uncovering since last november. namely, the veterans have been waiting months for care and that phoenix cooked the books to cover it. the problem could be system-wide. as we're coming to you tonight the house affairs committee is in session, complete with fireworks. >> can you say anything without reading your prepared notes? and while i have your attention, can you please explain to me why we in fact have 110 outstanding requests for information, some dealing with this issue specifically, and if you want a

specific one why have you not told this committee yet who was disciplined in augusta, georgia, and columbia, south carolina where nine veterans died because they were on a waiting list for colonoscopies? >> as you know, mr. chairman, in the last five years the office of congressional legislative -- has responded to over 100,000 requests for information. >> ma'am, ma'am, ma'am. veterans died. >> over on the senate side, support for veterans affairs secretary shinseki took a big hit today with calls for his departure. colorado among the first, saying that shinseki must step down. and kay hagan, john walsh of montana, john mccain who had been holding comment on the matter stepped in.

>> i really believe that shinseki should weigh in his own mind if he can continue his duties, given what has happened. i have not said this before but i think it is time for general shinseki to move on. >> that was in an interview with wolf blitzer earlier today. today, drew griffin has been all over this story from the very beginning. he is on capitol hill tonight. he joins us now. drew, some remarkable fireworks on capitol hill. >> yeah, the hearing is still going on with the house affairs committee trying to get the information that they have been after now for more than a year now. and the v.a. trying to explain away why documents have not been delivered. but the interim report is really the catalyst in the change on capitol hill. it is really an interim report meaning it is just the beginning. but it is already painting a

picture on the v.a. hospital in phoenix out of control and a v.a. system nationwide that has been trying to hide just how long veterans have been waiting for care. >> it is a report that talks of schemes. record-keeping deception, and 1700 veterans seeking appointments who were not on any wait lists that could get them one. at its core is the explanation of just how veterans seeking care in this phoenix v.a. were hidden away, kept off the books in four separate schemes including tricking veterans into accepting appointments far into the future. deleting appointments. more than 14 days old. actually manipulating data, simply changing dates to fit the v.a.'s goals without having doctors see veterans. allegations we first reported more than a month ago when recently retired v.a. doctor sam foote told cnn the number of veterans that died waiting for

care. >> and if you die waiting for your appointment you didn't exist? >> correct, they could just remove you from that list and there was no record that you ever came to the v.a. and presented for care. >> pretty convenient. >> pretty sad. >> the office of inspector general says it is still investigating if in fact any veteran died because of delayed care citing the need for medical records, autopsies and medical review. and in a damning conclusion, the v.a.'s office of inspector general calls the problem systemic throughout the v.a. while cautioning more investigation is needed. the embattled secretary of veterans affairs, eric shinseki, released a statement shortly after the report was released calling the findings, reprehensible to me and the veterans. he is directing the investigation, to bring them

timely care. the response at the white house, the president found the findings extremely troubling and directing the v.a. to take immediate steps to reach out to veterans currently waiting to schedule appointments. >> back now with drew, also paul reikoff, drew, the data, the schemes, all of which you have been reporting on. you interviewed with a current doctor and a woman who ran the phoenix v.a. who kept saying blah, blah, blah, we had to wait on the ig report. she was finally put on leave. do we know what is going to happen to her now? >> well, if this report is confirmed it is hard to believe she has any kind of future in any kind of v.a. system, because it was under her commands that these schemes took place. the report goes on to talk about

mismanagement and schemes, including allegations of sexual harassment and bullying. so it is a very damning report on how this phoenix system was run, but on the whole v.a. system in general. >> what about criminal behavior? >> they're looking at it. they're finding allegations of it everywhere. they are determining what does and does not need to be forwarded to the department of justice. but the report clearly makes it seem that there is information going over to the department of justice that has allegations of criminal and civil misconduct in it. >> paul, you have been critical of the v.a. for a long time. a lot of mismanagement we talked about on this show. what is your assessment of this report? >> i wish we were wrong, but we were not. this is what they have been telling us for years. this goes deeper than we initially thought. it is widespread, and we have been saying that for years. we have been having hearing and

ig reports and gao reports. but more importantly our veterans have been crying out for help for years. they have been ignored and dismissed. and betrayed. there probably is criminal behavior. people need to be sent to jail. if veterans died on their watch people need to go to jail and be held accountable. >> and people who have just gotten out from afghanistan, or iraq, with ptsd, and needing treatment. it is crazy. >> you come out after doing tours overseas, and you have to wait and get stuck on a fake waiting list with 1700 other veterans. i mean, it is clear they were cooking the books, it is clear that secretary shinseki didn't now how far it was going on. the president has to take action. >> it could shed light somewhat maybe on what is going on.

it is not just figuring out what happened and who should be held accountable. it is a question of fixing this massive system within the federal bureaucracy. how does that even begin? where do you go from here? >> well, i mean, i think we'll leave it up to the political pundits to decide. but if you're going to turn around a company that is in trouble, if you're going to turn around an organization that is in trouble. if you're going to turn around a baseball team that is not winning you change the coach. and i think that is where a lot of these politicians on capitol hill are looking. there needs to be a change on leadership and strong leadership that can be brought in. that can fight what appears to me and to all the sources i have talked to is this entrenched bureaucracy that has turned this v.a. into something other than what it should be which is a highly efficient health delivery system for the men and women of this country who deserve it snow it is also a centralized bureaucracy. i mean, paul, we hear now from

senators, congressmen, republicans and democrats, shinseki has got to go. does your organization take a stand? >> we just sent this ig report, we're a member-driven organization. we want to see where they stand, and make a thoughtful decision. our patience is running thin. you see the only two combat veterans, walsh and mccain have asked for shinseki to step down. we want to hear how can we get to the bottom of this? we're monitoring it closely. >> he has been there for what? six years? >> he has had plenty of time to turn it around, everything he has asked for before congress, he has gotten, and we continue to get delays, our veterans don't need delays or excuses. >> good to have you on, up next, more breaking news. game-changing if it all bears out.

new analysis casting doubt on the four pings that led the searchers to believe they were close to the wreckage of flight 370. that and the underwater microphones may have picked up the sounds, but now they're saying it was anything but what they thought they were. and i'll speak with the father and kid brother of veronika weiss, the strong and kind young woman they loved. and maya angelou, with her ears and eyes, turned the written word into art, made us all just a little bit wiser. >> but i do believe we have to do something about what we believe about each other and what we really believe about ourselves. it is imperative that we do so. if you as a white man and i as a black woman, if you really think that we are different then there is something terribly wrong.

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more breaking news tonight, day after day, for weeks we watched as the hunt for malaysian airlines flight 370 was searched for, and pings were detected, pings believed at the time to be from the cockpit voice recorders. day after day, no triple 7. well, now, we're beginning to get some idea of why. and it is surprising. details from renee marsh. >> reporter: it was the most promising lead and now we know it is false. new information the u.s. navy has concluded these four underwater signals were not from the missing plane's black boxes. >> from the u.s. navy standpoint, these sounds were most likely not from the black boxes. >> yes, i would have to say at this point based on all of the imagery data we have collected and looked at, if that black box were nearby we would have

detected it. >> reporter: when detected, it boosted confidence that the plane would be found. >> the four sounds taken together make up the most promising lead. >> but now the navy says the sounds could have been from the search ship itself or other electronics. >> we may have very well been at the wrong place, but again at the end of 30 days there was nowhere else to search for. >> after searching the ocean floor, the bluefin 21's mission is over. there will be new private companies taking over. meanwhile, a new potential lead. cnn has learned a sound that could have been the plane crashing was detected by underwater microphones. >> our analysis is designed to do the exact nuclear of that sound. yes, we have a view to finding if there was any evidence on impact of the malaysian aircraft.

>> they have a network of 11 hydrophone stations that pick up many sounds even ice breaking thousands of miles away in antarctica. but could it hear a plane hitting the water? >> it is possible, but the circumstances that would allow it would have to be very particular. >> we're joined by renee marsh, aviation expert richard quest, and david gallo, who co-led the search for air france flight 447. how big is this? >> it is enormous, given the fact they searched for weeks. let's push it out to the future. they didn't just search it by accident, they searched it because it was the right location for the seventh ping, the endurance of the aircraft. all the evidence pointed to this being the particular place where the plane went into the water. >> right, they said the pings

were consistent with the black box. >> i have the quote here from the april the 9th press conference. it is very stable, distinct, clear, not of natural origin, consistent with the flight data recorder. where the engines might have flamed out. >> and you spent time at inmarsat. this changes the game? >> no, it doesn't. it doesn't change the handshakes. that is really important, there is a lot of credibility that the plane went south. that has been checked many times. what this means is you have to go back. you have to be true to the inmarsat handshakes and follow that more closely. and that, i believe is what they're going to be doing in the future. driving back to where the handshakes led the plane. >> so renee if i understand this right, you're basically told by analyzing the data from the bluefin, no black box was found. so therefore, the pings they

thought they heard were not from the plane? >> flatly, yes, that is what we're told. they essentially said look we had bluefin down there. and we know that that bluefin completed its last mission today, searching some 300 miles of as soon as floor. they say if the black boxes were there they would have picked them up. i said what is the sound, they would have detected it on four occasions. the answer is, they really do not know. they don't believe it was from the black boxes. but perhaps it could have been a sound from the ocean shield, the search itself. >> how confident would you be that you can just rule out the presence of black boxes? >> that is a great question, anderson, and i haven't seen any of the data yet so it is tough to answer that. but if -- phoenix is very capable. >> that is the group that is doing this. >> yeah, that is the group doing

this. so if they say they found no evidence they found no evidence. to me this is still a tough call. if you hear somebody lost in the woods and you hear their voice calling out to you, you say that is them but we didn't find them, so we're leaving. that is a tough one. >> i know on your initial search for air france flight 447, you picked up a ping. that can throw a wrench into the whole thing. >> yes, it can. there were four months where we spent time looking for a haystack and a needle that was not there. >> and richard as you said moving forward they have to go back to the handshakes, the inmarsat data. and whatever it means it means a larger search area and a lot more time. >> oh, no question bit. you're going not only to one handshake, you're working your way up to the next bit of the arc. and the next bit of the arc and onwards.

we have to put it into the bigger context, when we got there they were running against the clock. 30 days-plus, they were trying to learn something. they were doing it very fast. data was being analyzed, crunched. they couldn't afford the luxury of saying let's wait. now they can have that luxury. >> well, also i mean, david or richard, when you think about you make a mistake with a number of ping sounds, you know, it is coming from something else other than black boxings. the idea that they have one microphone that picked up some sound that seems like a long shot to say the least. i mean, if the pings were a mistake, they somehow off a microphone picked up a sound, seems like a huge long shot. >> yes, to listening devices are typically on the sea floor. that is a long way from the impact surface. they probably could have heard the hull imploding, but that would be at a long depth. >> we have a saying where i come from, you call a spade a shovel

-- >> where do you come from? >> let's not worry too much about that. we have got to call it as it is. tonight, as a result of excellent reporting by renee and what the u.s. navy is saying it is slightly expo facto, i do not blame them for what they have done in any shape or form because they were doing what they had to do in the time of they had to do it. it is too simplistic to say they should not have done it. they had to be skeptical. >> were you imitating me there? >> no, but if the cap fits wear it. but ultimately they have to go back and find whether or not there is the confidence in the inmarsat data and then start looking again. >> it goes on, richard, thank you very much. david gallo, renee marsh, great reporting, as always thank you.

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teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. veronika weiss was 19 years old, her life cut short. no one ever expects to lose a loved one in a horrific way. when the unthinkable happens we owe it to the victims to copy their story alive and tell their stories.

her father and brother join us tonight. bob, i want to start with you. what do you want people to know about your daughter? >> veronika was a smart kid. she loved life, she played water polo with a passion, her teammates loved her. they put a tribute on for her the other night that several hundred people showed up at. veronika was just a smart, courageous little girl who grew up to be a young woman that everyone liked and wanted to be around. >> cooper, she was your older sister, what kind of a sister was she? >> she was really protective. she did a lot of things for my brother and i. she would go christmas present shopping. she would pick out all of my birthday presents, you know, she would get food for us, watched

over us, she gave us rides whenever we needed them. she was fantastic, she was a great older sister. >> does any of this seem real to you, cooper? >> it has been crazy. it is hard to get off of my mind, it is all i really have been thinking about honestly. >> bob, i understand the night of the shooting you did not hear from veronika like you normally would. you went on line and actually tracked her cell phone that was in the middle of the crime scene. what did you do then? >> well, we went and sat by the edge of the crime scene for about four hours. we checked in with the sheriffs from time to time but they were not in a position where they could say anything decisive. so we had to wait until probably about four hours until sunrise, until they took us around the corner in a catholic church, sat us down with a couple of pastors and another sheriff. and said we can now confirm that veronika was lost. >> i was struck, bob, by something you said about

veronika. you said she was the kind of person who would have wanted to help this shooter. can you talk about that a little bit? >> i don't know what the name for them today is, we called them nerds when i was in school. the kids that wanted to read books and such. that was the kind of kids that veronika was attracted to. somebody anti-social, she really reached out to those kind of people. and it is a shame, because he was targeting the exact opposite kind of person. she was a person who would reach out to someone. >> and they were drawn to her? >> yeah, they were drawn to her and veronika was drawn to them. like this kid came up to me at the water polo pool, and he said, not very many people liked me at school. except veronika was one of the few people who was kind to her. and that just speaks volumes, the kind of person she was.

she would reach out to people who were not getting the kind of love and affection they deserve. and that is why i feel like she would have liked this kid. you know? she would have tried to be nice to him. would have tried to hang out with him. she would definitely not have rejected him. my sister was not that kind of person at all. >> you know, i spoke last night to christopher martinez dad. and one thing he said was that lots of people were offering their condolences. and he wanted to reach out to the parents of the young man who committed this horrific crime. and in their grief, nobody would be offering them condolences. and bob, i actually understand you feel for these parents, as well. >> of course, the parents are in a terrible situation. neither the boy, elliott, or his parents chose to have mental illness be a dominant part of their life.

and they have been struggling his entire life, i'm sure, with all kinds of challenges. we're not angry at them. >> cooper i read something one of your aunts said. she said she was the only person who preferred the weather in seattle, where she was born, to california, is that true? >> yeah, she loved the rainy weather. i would get in the car with her when she would be giving me a ride somewhere before i started driving and before she went to college. she would have the air conditioning blasting, and it would be 60 degrees, i would say i'm cold, and she said well, i love seattle. i love the cold weather. she loved snow boarding and things like that. >> and i think i have the prom picture of her, as well. is that you, cooper in the picture, as well? >> yes. >> do you remember the picture? >> i do remember that picture indeed, she looked beautiful. >> thank you for telling us your

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tonight, donald sterling is vowing to fight the sale of the los angeles clippers, even though his wife, shelly, is moving to do just that. we hear she is talking to potential bidders, last week we were told that donald was doing that, as well. and in a letter, it says that this letter confirms that donald t. sterling authorizes rochelle sterling to authorize the sell. now he says he will fight to the bloody end and that quote, he disavows anything she is doing to sell the team. she meaning shelly sterling. and last week, he accused them of violating his constitutional rights, which is exactly opposite of what he told me last week. >> people want to hire a wall of lawyers and to go to war.

i don't think that is the answer. the league is a good league, all honest people. and i think that whatever they decide that has to be done, i think i should work with them. i don't want to fight with my partners, you know. we all do what we have to do in life. i love them and i respect them and whatever their decision is with regard to the disposition of my terrible words. then i have to do it. i think. i mean, i love my league, i love my partners, am i entitled to one mistake? it is a terrible mistake and i'll never do it again. the league won't stand for that. they wouldn't stand for racism. i'm telling you. and i did it. so is it harsh? of course it is harsh. but it is not like i don't deserve -- i thought they were going to do more.

>> well, tonight donald sterling doesn't sound so resigned. cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joins me. so just last week, donald sterling sends a letter authorizing donald sterling to sell the clippers, then last week he sends his attorneys a letter promising to fight to the bitter end? is this just saber rattling? >> one is, there is the possibility that they're just all nuts. one is there is a rationale that they could both work in concert. donald sterling is going to have to sell this team. there is no doubt there is going to have to be a sale here whether it is forced or voluntarily. he needs to get the biggest price he wants. if his wife -- can be the good cop and say i really want to sell the team he can be the bad cop and say no way i'm selling. so shelly can then drive up the

price saying you know, don is crazy, you have to give another $100 million. i think that is what is probably going on here. it is all about driving up the price. >> jeff, in the documents, yesterday the league said the reason they couldn't strip him from his team is because he was recorded without his knowledge in california. is that a made-up argument? >> it is not a made-up argument, but whether that is legal is irrelevant, in deciding whether a private association can have donald sterling as a member. >> sunny, i saw you shaking your head. do you disagree with it? >> i actually read through it, and i think he has about several strong arguments, he made about eight arguments and three are very valid. one was, listen, this was a private conversation and you can't even as a private association take my property away from me and violate my due process and violate my right of privacy. i actually think that is a very strong argument.

the other argument he makes is that this nba constitution that they're relying upon, this article 13-d basically constitutes the failure of an owner, not this kind of scenario, and the other thing he says which i think is sort of a veiled message to the other owners, listen, this is arbitrary and capricious, and he says others have done egregious things. the team was not taken from him. i think as we all know he only needs eight owners to agree with him. so all of -- sort of the arguments he made i really think are geared towards the owners. he is telling them there but for the grace of god go you.

>> and the first round from potential owners is due either today or tomorrow or both. and what do we know about the people who are looking to buy the clippers? i mean, the groups are clear -- >> there is a lot of billionaires out there looking to buy the l.a. clippers. and that price is going to keep getting jacked up for a couple of reasons. first of all there are television rates to be negotiated in the next couple of years -- >> which by the way, donald sterling in my interview with him claimed he could get the up to a $3 billion offer from fox. he says it is sitting on my desk, they're offering a billion, i could get it up to three billion. >> anderson, he claimed all kinds of things in your interview. but no doubt, look, there are all sorts of offers, and the franchise is not something you can just buy off the grocery shelves. the sterling family has owned the clippers for decades. this is a valuable commodity,

obviously they're going to bid each other to drive up the price of the team. this thing you have to remember about the letter that donald sterling gave to shelly sort of giving her permission to solicit these bids, this is not a binding document of the nba, donald sterling could not give this to shelly on a cocktail napkin or any other way on a document. he is the only one who can sign off selling the team. >> jeff, you think by next week there will be a deal? >> absolutely. >> sunny, you don't think there will be a deal? >> no, jeff is totally wrong on it. >> what do you think, do you think there will be a deal next week? >> i think the nba is pretty straightforward. you can't be a bigot and be an nba owner, they will try to make sure that donald sterling doesn't own this team. >> all right, june 3rd, my birthday, we'll see what happens.

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one of the most lyrical voices in american history is now settlement. the words of maya angelou will be there in years to pass. she died at the age of 86. she was a poet, a civil rights activist, a singer, a dancer and even san francisco's first african-american street car driver when she was just 16 years old. tonight we thought the best way to remember her was not with our words, but with hers. for you on this day, what do dr. king's words mean to you today. what do you think the mark of significance is today? >> well, i think that at once

i'm delighted that he had the dream. i'm delighted that if he woke right now he could also say ahh, some of my dream has come to pass and see that there are african-american families in the white house. a man and a woman and their children and a grandmother. a black grandmother in the white house. my goodness. at the same time, i think he would be disappointed to hear we have not come any farther. and so my hope is that the dream, we can awaken from the dream and find that some of the elements of the dream has come to pass. >> it was very interesting to me in the wake of the trayvon martin case and the case on george zimmerman, there was a poll done about the discussions of race that were taking place in the wake of that case.

and among many white americans the poll numbers said that a lot of white americans felt too much was being made about race. whereas among african-americans the majority felt that this was a discussion that needed to continue and need to be had and not too much was being made about it. it is interesting to me how still to this day often white america and black america sees things through different lenses. >> absolutely, because we have not come to the decision which is so important. you can only come to this decision if you have courage. the decision is i am a human being. nothing human can be alien to me. until we come to that, whites will really think i'm better than. well, they're not so bad but their color doesn't come off and the hair doesn't straighten out. and so we are not equals. until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister we will not have parity. it is very clear.

>> and you don't think that has occurred? you don't believe there is true equality yet? >> oh, i know there is not. and you know there is not. and everybody who hears you knows there is not. and yet this is the only thing we have to have. the only thing is, mr. cooper, people have to develop courage. it is most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any of the virtues consistently, you can be anything radically in front of the microphone, in front of the camera. but to be that thing in your heart you have to have courage. and so i'm afraid that we are lacking in courage. we think we are afraid. and fear, i'm sorry to say, motivates most of the cruelties in our world. >> president obama, in his address today talks about opening a new front in the civil

rights movement. one that also pulls in the struggle for equal rights for gay and lesbian americans, for women in this country. the rights of other minorities like immigrants. do you see that movement for equality as part of the civil rights movement, as a continuation of -- >> it is almost -- yes, sir, mr. cooper. if you think that i can have freedom but you can't because you're short or you're tall or gay or fat or pretty or thin but i can have it, not because by anything i earned. i just was born white, i was born pretty then you're just stupid. the truth is no one of us can be free until everybody is free. and every one of us needs to say to our children, children this is your world. come out. stand out. earn it. >> you ask questions in a time magazine article recently that you authored and questions i want to ask you. you wrote, can you imagine if we

did not have this under-girded hate and racism and if we were not crippled by these idiocies, can you imagine what our country would be like? how can you answer those questions? can you imagine? >> yes, i'm brought to weep when i think what my country can be and will be when we develop enough courage to act courageously and with courtesy and respect for each other. just imagine what on earth -- we wouldn't have to say we're the most powerful country in the world. we will be the most powerful country in the world. not because we have might. but because we have right. >> such a remarkable lady. my most recent conversation with maya angelou after nelson mandela had passed away. listen. >> there is an old spiritual, old gospel song, which is i'm on my journey now, mt. zion.

on my journey now, mt. zion and i wouldn't take nothing. mt. zion ♪ from my journey now, mt. zion. >> there is a lot more happening now. susan hendricks joins us now. anderson, president obama announced his plan for the remainder of his term. the president said a strong military and the use of diplomacy is the right balance. >> u.s. military action cannot be the only or even the primary component of our leadership in every instance. just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. >> meanwhile, a court hearing in

mexico today for a u.s. marine in prison for two months was quickly suspended until next week. the sergeant, an afghanistan war veteran crossed the border with three personal firearms purchased legally in the u.s. but he is facing a weapons charge in mexico. and apple will spend three billion dollars to acquire beats, the music streaming service and its related electronics company. one of the big winners in the deal is co-founder dr. dre, who owns 25% of beats, he is calling himself the first billionaire in hip-hop. >> well, while dr. dre is knocking it out of the park, 50 cent is taking heat for one of the worst pitches on the baseball field. ridiculist is coming up. they're approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. ask your doctor about safety information as serious eye problems may occur. visit airoptix.com for a free one-month trial. i missed you, too.ou.

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but that would require wifi. switch to comcast business internet and get two wifi networks included. comcast business built for business. time now for the ridiculist, and tonight there is a new national pasttime, namely watching 50 cent, is it 50 cents, or 50 cent, threw out the first pitch at a game. now i'm no expert, but i think there is an outside chance that the candy shop of which 50 was fond of taking everyone was nowhere near the bull pen. now, i think the baseball field, perhaps 50 cent should be the score keeper or something, anything but the pitcher.

or maybe he can get some tips from moriah carey. she did it in heels. there is a t-rex throwing out the first pitch at a red birds/memphis game. but if you really want to wow them. you need a gymnast. watch this, wow. i don't even know how she did that. gymnasts have an unfair advantage, gold medallist shawn johnson throwing out the first pitch at an iowa/cubs game, talk about a first pitch there. they should let will ferrell pitch the first.

whatever is lost on the score board will be more than gained on entertainment value if you ask me. or how about going full naked gun for a royal start to the season? >> we're about ready for the first pitch ceremony with the queen of england ready to toss out the first ball. >> how about that queen, ladies and gentlemen? >> now, listen, i don't want to give the impression that i could have done any better than 50 cent, i don't want to get into a beef with mr. 50 cent or t-rex. i am really more of a basketball guy. i know nothing about basketball, all i know about is politics. okay, that was really pathetic. uh! that is not even close. five million dollars for an authentic bracket from the first ncaa tournament? is that enough for an authentic bracket, i don't know who the hoop is or the ball is or -- i'm confused by the analogy, but i'll let it go.

i don't know anything about sports. take heart, 50 cent, we found a place in the world where we actually prefer a belly itcher than a pitcher. i don't know what that is a a setback in the surge. new details from the officials looking for flight 370. we will hear from a missing passenger's loved one. some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences. >> barack obama's stark mission looks to balance military mind and diplomatic leadership. and remembering an icon. maya