america. \ good morning everyone, i'm tamron hall and this is "news nation." 192,000 jobs were added last month. that is about what economists expected. meanwhile, the nation's unemployment rate held at 6.7%. but here's the headline here, perhaps, the march report also contained a major milestone. all of the jobs lost during the great recession have now been recovered. wall street's reaction, right now the dow is up slightly, 22 points, modest there, the s&p is also up, as well as the nasdaq. all this comes at a time when president obama is wrapping up his push to raise the federal

minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. >> nobody who works full time should be raising their family in poverty. what it would do is help those families and give businesses more customers with more money to spend, and it would help grow the economy for everybody. >> joining me now, slate magazine columnist, also the author of "the leading indicators: a short history of the numbers that rule the world," and these numbers rule the election cycle and the way we see, i think, the confidence level of many within the job market. i want to start with this milestone here, zachary, all of the jobs lost during the great recession have now been recovered. what does that mean for our economy, as well as those who are still seeking who are underemployed and may be making minimum wage? >> look, the reality is, this is a good talking point, it's probably a good thing for those who want to say, look, things are not as terrible as many will

claim going into the midterm elections. we're going to hear a lot of noise about the republicans saying how bad things are and the democrats saying, wait a minute, not so bad. throughout this time, there are millions and millions of people, either underemployed as you mentioned, 1.2 million people who lost their jobless benefits because congress didn't renew the unemployment benefits, so their response to that statement, all the jobs have been recovered, a lot of people are feeling like, wait a minute, my job didn't get recovered, i'm still unemployed, and there are a the lot of people not touched by the trends, men a lot harder than women, manufacturing employees, construction employees, and federal government employees harder than health care employees. >> you broke it down by gender, but the unemployment rate is 6.2%, down, adult women up slightly, as well, and teenagers between -- under the age of 18, 20%, over the age of 18, though,

young people are seeing a 15% unemployment rate. i believe it's, like, 15.5%. >> i think the teenager one is a bizarre figure, given a lot of people can't hire teenagers. i don't think this says anything bad or good about our economic situation. >> the number regarding young people, not teenagers, but young people, that falls 18, to i believe 25. that's a significant block of people. you may not have gone to college, you may be a parent taking care of a child and may be underemployed. >> that's the issue, if you haven't been to college, your employment is very, very grim. if you have been to college, they are pretty good. i spoke at a college a few weeks ago, spoke to the president, he said a lot of the students there were not worried about getting a job, they were worried about getting a good career. they know they can get a job at walmart, just don't know they can get a career. >> for example, texas likes to tout that it did pretty well in the great recession, but when you look at the types of jobs people were forced to take, the

number is staggering, those who were underemployed or working at jobs that would not sustain some of the things we've discussed. >> or multiple jobs. >> or multiple jobs. >> you have three part-time jobs, it looks like there are three more jobs in the labor force, even if it's one person underemployed in each one of those. that's why the debate about the minimum wage is a viable one, which is if you're working 35 hours a week and getting paid $9 an hour and you've got two kids, you are below the poverty level and you're employed. great, we have an unemployment rate of 6.7%. i'm not poo-pooing this. the united states is not doing criminally badly, but we have these issues we're trying to work out. >> obviously, you can't, as your words were, poo-poo the fact all these jobs that were lost, they may not be the jobs people want, but they have been recovered since the recession. the other headline would be the jobs have not been recovered and we know what that means politically. let's turn to eric holder

publicly confirmed today what was known earlier this week or discussed, that the justice department is investigating whether this high speed computer trading violates the law. you've written about this. first, explain to people what this is. >> i did a column in "slate" about this. this is based on michael louis's new book in that there are a limbed number of basically hedge funds that were able to access data via these exchanges electronically that you and i couldn't possibly and do literally tens of thousands of very, very rapid trades. the average holding time is ten seconds, and they can basically do this much more quickly than you or i can. >> making it appear it's rigged. >> right. we're talking hundredths of a penny, but add that up by 10 million and you're talking millions of dollars. i think it's terrible and been saying for years that it is, as have a lot of people on wall street. one thing that makes me a little uncomfortable, regulators have known about this all along.

not like this was happening in the middle of the night. this has all been above board, all known to the s.e.c. and all known to state regulators, and i think it's a mistake to retroactively criminalize something that you said was okay going on. >> all right. >> looking for scalps that were in clean daylight i think is probably a mistake. >> zachary, thank you very much for joining me. we have new details this morning about what may have led army specialist ivan lopez to go on that deadly shooting spree at ft. hood, texas. nfrgt investigators are looking into reports lopez was upset he did not get more time off to attend his mother's funeral. nbc news spoke with one of his neighbors at ft. hood, who said lopez talked to him about that request for time off. >> he was upset, but he didn't show that he was upset. he was like, yeah, i have ptsd,

i said, well, what happens when you have ptsd? he said, i just shut down. sometimes i shut down. >> ivan lopez grew up in a small town in puerto rico, where he joined the national guard when he was just 19, he later signed up for the army in texas. officials say he was being evaluated for ptsd and treated for depression, but friends say, or describe him as pretty much like the guy next door. >> very good person. laughing all the time. never thought something like this could happen. you never are going to think that your best friend is going to be involved in something like that. >> we're also learning more about the victims. among those killed, 37-year-old sergeant timothy owens, a counselor and a ten-year army veteran. he just remarried last august. he had two teenaged children. among those injured, 32-year-old iraq war vet major patrick miller. also injured, keisha fountain. we're learning more about the

victims, those injured and, of course, those who lost their lives. nbc's charles hadlock joins us live from ft. hood. charles, what new information are we getting regarding specialist lopez and his state of mind prior to this shooting? >> reporter: well, the army and the fbi have been poring over the service record of ivan lopez, trying to find out if there were any red flags that may have indicated trouble ahead anywhere in his 15-year military career. they can't find any. in fact, in the four years he was in the u.s. army, he had three gold -- good conduct service medals. the army does say that he did have psychological problems. he was under treatment for anxiety, depression, and sleep depravation, and he was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress syndrome, but there is no indication that played any role in wednesday's shooting. the army says that there was a verbal altercation just prior to the shooting with one soldier, perhaps more. they are looking into that to

see if there was an argument. perhaps over his time off, over his leave. you mention he only got about 24 hours initially to attend his mother's funeral in puerto rico back in november. perhaps he was trying to get more time off, more leave and it was delayed or denied. that is one speculation from some of his friends, who are still trying to reconcile the man they know with the man that committed the shootings this week. tamron? >> charles, thank you very much. turning now to severe weather. warnings stretching from new orleans all the way north to charleston, west virginia. thunderstorms, damaging winds, and possibly tornados are in store. this is all part of that same storm system that battered the midwest last night, sending people rushing into storm shelters as at least eight tornados tore through the region and baseball-sized hail scattered -- shattered, car windows. joining me now, richard lui, who is in memphis.

i know they've got severe thunderstorms throughout that area, knocked out power for a number of people, but near you is where we saw the tornados, reportedly. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, tamron. it was around memphis, either to the west or to the east, and as you see, it's sunny right now here in memphis, but just hours ago is when the residents of this area in the middle of the night were woken up, either by the thunder that was passing through around 3:00 a.m., or as we sit here by a tributary of the great mississippi, they are awoken by warning text messages that came out from the national weather service saying they have concerns about flash flooding. but as you can see, that is not come to pass, good thing. this all just part of here, tamron, some 51 million people across our country that were affected by weather overnight. that is one in six, from texas to indiana. we're talking about the south, we're talking about the plains, and the ohio valley. and for those who did not heed the warning of staying inside like these drivers here in

missouri, as they went down the road, what did they encounter, but a funnel cloud. so common in these situations. also, the governor saying to those residents in missouri, you should stay inside. and this is what he warned. >> we've been working with the emergency management people, we, obviously, brought the folks in last night, signed an emergency order this morning, and our state emergency management center is up, operating 24/7. >> reporter: and then there is texas, tamron, as we look at that state, those who were attending the frisco rough riders minor league game in the stadium, another funnel cloud. it sent many of the fans there having to run for cover. and then at the university of north texas, students, because of tornado warnings and watches there, huddling in the dormitory halls. some of the roofs, as well as some building damage, did occur because of the weather around there. and as you were mentioning, that hail. the famous baseball-sized hail. the famous softball-sized hail,

hitting many parts of arkansas. back here in memphis on the famed beal street at 3:00 a.m., this is the water we saw flowing through the streets. that was the biggest concern in this part of the country. it's a sunny day back here behind me. good thing here, because actually today is the grand reopening of the national civil rights museum. that's at the lorain hotel, you might remember that just about a mile behind me. that is the location that exactly 46 years ago today that martin luther king jr. was murdered. >> thank you, richard lui, we greatly appreciate the report. happy you are there to cover the events and that it is a beautiful day for those down there. new violence in afghanistan just a day before presidential elections. a veteran a.p. photographer shot and killed and a reporter wounded. they were traveling in a convoy of election workers delivering ballots. chief foreign correspondent richard engel will join me live. plus, police say they are concerned about a new app that

may help suspected drunk drivers skirt the law. i will talk with the creator of this app. we're going to show you, and you can be the judge in our gut check. plus, boomer esiason apologizes to mets' player daniel murphy for the comments he made regarding murphy's wife and the fact that she should have had a c-section, so he would not miss opening day. >> i truly, truly feel terrible about what i put them through, so for that, i certainly apologize. >> more from boomer, plus, murphy responds. we'll play both of them. and you can join the conversation on twitter. you can find us @tamronhall, my team @newsnation. wright brothes started in a garage. mattel started in a garage. disney started in a garage. amazon started in a garage. ♪ the ramones started in a garage. my point?

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this is the eve of a land mark day in afghanistan. voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect their second president since the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. meantime, the taliban is vowing to disrupt tomorrow's vote and punish anyone involved in it. just today, an associated press photographer was killed an a.p. reporter wounded when an afghan police officer opened fire on their vehicle. the journalists were traveling in a convoy of election workers delivering ballots for tomorrow's vote. it is the latest in a waive of attacks ahead of the elections and afghans will be choosing a successor to hamid karzai, who can't run again because of term limits. hanging on the outcome of america's role in the future of afghanistan, richard engel joins us now from kabul. security forces in place, several hundred, if not thousand, trying to tamp down the violence we've seen leading

into this election. >> reporter: there are many security forces in place, but what's so disturbing about the attack you just mentioned on the two reporters from the associated press, one of the reporters, a photographer, killed in that attack. is that it was the afghan security services that were responsible for this, a member of the afghan police department walked up to the car in which these reporters from the associated press were sitting, they were waiting in a convoy with election officials delivering ballots, this afghan police officer walked up to their vehicle, lowered his weapon, yelled, shot at the reporters, injured cathy gannon, a largely respected writer from canada, and killed anna kneadering house, then turned himself in to his colleagues. it raises questions about their loyalty. these are the men that the

united states is entrusting with the future of afghanistan. these are the men who the u.s. troops are training and mentoring. that is why u.s. troops are on the ground and there have been many cases like this, so-called green on blue attacks, where afghan forces turn their guns on their american trainers, this time they turned their guns on a reporter, on a car full of reporters. >> horrifying details, richard. i know and you well know the outcome of this election impacts an agreement with afghan forces and the united states, and the remaining troops that might be left there beyond the end of this year. this hinges on the relationship and, obviously, the future of our presence there. >> reporter: there are currently 33,000, roughly, u.s. troops in this country. they are already in this advise and assist capacity, not going off their bases very often, but still providing satellite

imagery, providing intelligence, drone imagery, helping the afghan security forces fight the taliban, training them on weapons systems, making sure that they are organized, but going forward, it's unclear if this mission will continue. the united states needs to have a bilateral security agreement with afghanistan for this to continue, and so far president hamid karzai has said he will not sign this agreement, which would mean when the end of the combat operations end at the end of this year, all american forces should leave this country, leaving no one behind. many in washington, many in the white house, don't want that to happen. most afghans don't want that to happen, fearing there will be an enormous security vacuum. the new government, all of the leading candidates, very likely will sign the security agreement. the question is, when will it sign it -- when will the new government sign it, when will the new government be seated, and will there be enough time really for the united states to

adjust? u.s. troops are spoeds to, if there's no agreement, out by the end of the year. if we don't have a new government until summer, that doesn't leave a lot of time for the united states to shift gear and stay on the ground and resume this training role. unclear how many troops would stay behind. the commander in this country says 10,000 to 12,000. >> richard engel in afghanistan, thank you for your reporting. still ahead, pushed out by protesters after just 11 days on the ground. mozilla's new ceo stepping down after his position on gay marriage. it's one of the things we thought you should know this morning. and pulled over while driving drunk, well, there is a new app for that, if you can believe. i'll talk to the creator of an app called, oh, crap app. yes, you just press the button, it will record your conversation with police. it even has its own blood alcohol calculator, and you can

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an iowa law firm is raising eyebrows over its new smartphone app designed to help people suspected of driving under the influence. the app was designed to give drivers a variety of information

about what they can and cannot do once they are pulled over. it includes a list of basic rights and a blood alcohol calculator. also a function that will notify an on-call attorney for a driver facing arrest. the app also features a button that will enable the phone to record the conversation between the driver and the officer, then sends the file to a secure server. the creators of the app say they were astounded by the number of people who don't know or are misinformed about their true legal rights when interacting with law enforcement. joining me now is the app's co-creato co-creator. thank you so much for joining me. >> no problem, thanks for having me. >> absolutely. give me the back story here. first of all, i've never said crap in my life and said it now three times because of you and your app. with that said, tell me how this came about. >> it came about on a number of

different levels. we've been running a drivers rights card for about the past eight or nine years with mobile technology coming the way it has. an app was the next logical step, but it also came about from conversations we'd have repeatedly with friends, family members, people that we may not know, but they know what we do for a living, asking, hey, what do i have to do or what don't i have to do if i'm ever pulled over on my way home, so we wanted to put something together that helped educate the public, helped educate people to let them know what they really do have to do and what they really don't have to do. >> so one law enforcement personnel, he's a sheriff in lynn county, brian gardner, told a local station, and this was his quote, "if it stops you from being intoxicated and driving, i'm certainly in favor of it. if it tells you how to be intoxicated and drive and get away with it, there may be some concern there." as you well know, robert, the

concern is this app doesn't help people show they are innocent, it helps you cover up your crime, and if that crime is driving under the influence, you're putting my life, your life, our loved ones' lives, and everyone who's watching, in danger. >> well, nobody wants anybody to drive drunk. that's not the purpose of the app, that's not what we're saying, but we're saying and what we've seen time and time again in our profession is people attempt to invoke their rights, may do it incorrectly, may not know what they are doing, or they have invoked their rights properly, but that invocation is not properly documented or observed by law enforcement and there becomes a battle in court over what was said, what wasn't said, and what transpired. we're attempting to clear the air on what people have to do, what they don't have to do, and accurately document that initial interaction, which is oftentimes the most important part to a criminal investigation or even

to a prosecution of a case. >> but the heart of a question is, you say, clear the air. by clearing the air, do you mean covering up if you are drunk? >> no. because you've got to understand that there's a difference between drinking and driving and driving while impaired. people that drink and drive still get pulled over, still get arrested, still get charged. whether they are drunk or not drunk. it's all but impossible to completely avoid those situations. you don't cover anything up. one of the biggest misconceptions that we've heard since we launched the app is exactly what you said, were you helping drunks avoid punishment, helping drunks get out of it. if a person is truly intoxicated and the officer does everything correct like they are supposed to do, there's nothing that we can do, nothing that an app can do that's going to allow that person to avoid the consequences that they have coming. >> okay, in 2012, more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-impaired driving cases. that's one every 51 minutes. total alcohol-impaired driving

fatalities in iowa, which by the way, the app is available, 82, percentage of total driving fatalities involving alcohol-impaired drivers, 23%. those are, obviously, numbers, but behind those numbers, we're talking about individuals. we're talking about loved ones, but in good faith, you believe that this app is there to help and not to cover up this crime, or a crime. >> correct. absolutely. >> well, robert, it was a great pleasure talking with you, i appreciate you coming on. you've gotten a lot of buzz. this is in iowa. you're going to branch out. how does that work? >> well, the goal is, it's an iowa-specific app at the moment, the goal is to then branch out to other states, although people have been downloading it like crazy all across the nation, because the laws vary from state-to-state on dui, what you have to do, what you don't have to do, we have to make sure to comply and the app complies with each state's law that it gets

marketed in. >> robert, they say there's an app for everything and i think we've proved it with this one. thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. >> thanks again. all smiles for the president and big papi selfie earlier this week. >> he wants to do a selfie. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. >> turns out the white house is not so happy about it, and lawmakers are now getting involved. it is in today's first read postscript. next, "game of thrones," yes, you know, my favorite show, second to "walking dead." okay, it's a tie, love them both. "game of thrones" is back. what's the plot breaking this season? i'm going to talk with "variety's" digital director about what sunday night could hold -- okay, full disclosure, i've seen sunday night's show already. you want me to tell you what happens? okay, tweet me. enter homeowner, and ortho weed b gon max. kills weeds without harming innocent lawns. guaranteed. ortho weed b gon max. get order. get ortho®.

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while republicans said they would continue to try and defund and repeal the law. the superior coureme court furt opening the flood gates to what wealthy individuals can spend in politics, and the world series champions, boston red sox, paid a visit to the white house creating a perfect photo opportunity, as you know, for big papi. >> 7.1 million americans have now signed up for private insurance plans through these marketplaces. >> i can give you hundreds of letters from my constituents who have been harmed by this law. >> they do have one original idea, which is to repeal obamacare, because they haven't tried that 50 times. it's like that movie "groundhog day," except it's not funny. >> donors ought to have the freedom to give what they want to give. >> this is a victory today for people who want to see political parties and candidates on the same playing field.

>> the power of the donor -- >> joining me now live, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. for some reason, mark, i think that was the shortened version of that postscript. i guess they wanted the week to go by fast. nevertheless, looking ahead, i pause and say this, but 2016 campaigning -- >> i'd love to talk about the primaries that are happening in the midterms, but there's really not a lot happening in april. 2016 next week there's going to be a focus, mike huckabee and paul ryan heading to iowa, then on saturday, next saturday, not tomorrow, but the next saturday, you're going to be seeing mike huck bow, rand paul, ted cruz in new hampshire, that all will create a lot of 2016 stories we'll be talking about next week. >> i think we also might see, as they say, a few true colors. i think we're learning more about how some of these men and

maybe some women eventually in the gop who want to put their hat in the ring, what they think of one another, may it be rand paul and ted cruz, some of the layers being pulled back. >> that's right. there already is the early jockeying, invisible primary, people trying to create brands for themselves, maybe sometimes knock down a person here or there. again, you and i just talked about it's really, really early, but this is starting to be the time in which if you are going to make a presidential run, you're thinking about it seriously and getting all your ducks in a row. >> we also see, for example, ted cruz was recently challenged, yes, he wants to repeal the health care law, but what would he like to see instead in place, what is the recommendation or the idea coming from ted cruz and the critics of the health care law and i'm curious what republicans will say about minimum wage. >> well, and we've seen republicans say the minimum wage, they are going to cite the cbo report saying this leads to job decreases, but tamron, there are a lot of republicans who

haven't talked a lot about their health care plans. there was one potential republican presidential, bobby jindal, talking to reporters about it. some of the specifics actually, maybe more disruptive to the overall health care system than president obama's health care law, but he at least was offering a plan. we'll see if others take up that challenge. >> mark, have a great weekend, see you monday. >> you, too. coming up, we're gearing for serious college basketball in texas this weekend. coming up, i'll talk to the mother of julius randle, who helped lead his team to the final four. his mom will join us because basically her story has gone viral. she was forced to make a decision that no parent wants to make, especially if your kid is in a nail biter of a game. we'll talk to her coming up. and it feels like your lifeate revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience

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especially on social media. it involves the mother of kentucky forward julius randle. she was brought to tears when she had to miss the nail biting finish of her son's game against michigan. kyles, a single mom, had to get back to dallas so she should go to work the next day, so she missed this live, here it is. >> for the final four. harrison, that shot -- made it! for the final four, harrison, that shot -- oh, made it! >> in case you missed it, we're going to play it over and over. after the game, he said randle knew his mom would have to leave the game, so he wanted to make sure the wildcats won so she could see him play again. they did win and kentucky plays in the final four tomorrow in arlington, texas. randle, who is from dallas, said, i'm coming home to my mom. caroline joins us now. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you for having me.

>> absolutely. okay, give us the back story here. you are in the stands, as i understand it. you're there, but you knew at some point the clock was ticking and you needed to get out so you could make it to work. what was that like? >> it was heart breaking, because i have always been there for his special moments until the end. when there's something big and it's over, he's always looking for me and coming to the stands to give me a hug, so it hurt to have to leave. >> i understand some of the witnesses, some of the people there, i say witnesses, like this is an investigation. some of the people around, some of the fans, saw you crying. i mean, you're able to smile now, but at the time, you were in tears that you would have to leave him. >> yeah, it wasn't a big boohoo, i had a big lump in my throat, and just seeing him, and i knew he was watching me leave. that airport is just so small and there are limited flights,

and i had so much confidence in that team that they were going to play on sunday, so i booked the latest flight out, which was the 7:50 flight, and i'm not the type of employee that would call in and say, oh, you know, we were hoping it was an early game, but it was late, and call in to work, so i try to keep both my obligations, supportive mom to my son, and a hard worker to my job. >> and you're teaching him a great work ethic, what it means to be there when it's your responsible. so when did you learn he'd hit the three? >> well, when we got to the airport, we had already printed our boarding passes, didn't need to check in any bags, so we were just rushing through security, and found kind of like a little pub bar in the middle and found a tv, so we were there, it was three minutes left of the game, and then when the harrison twin hit the shot, it's real quiet, small airport, i just screamed, yes! and everybody was, like, looking

around, coming towards us. i think security was there, because they wanted to know what was going on. and i was like, you know, we're ahead, we're winning, and when the kid from michigan didn't make the shot, jeff webster, julius's god dad and i, just hugged. we were so excited. i had turned to the crowd that gathered with me screaming, my baby's coming home, coming home. >> that is amazing. i love this quote from you, he wears the number 30 because you played basketball in college in texas and you told him, listen, if you're going to wear my number, you're going to have to do something with it. you just can't carry my number and not bring honor to it. i love that. >> exactly. and i think, tamron, he's done quite well. >> yes, he has. spoken like a real, true proud mom. such a pleasure to speak with you. best of luck to kentucky, the entire team, and, of course, you and your son. it's awesome to speak with you. thank you, a what an honor, i appreciate it. >> thank you again for having me. >> thank you. i just love his mom.

i'm in love with her. mets player daniel murphy is responding to the firestorm that came after he missed two games for the birth of his son. this is what he said. >> we felt the best thing for our family was for me to try to stay for an extra day. >> so this morning, one of the sports casters who said that he would have had his wife do an early c-section, that sports caster, specifically boomer esiason, a famous football player once upon a time. well, we've got an update. me of eight princesses. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there.

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there's a lot going on this morning. here's some things we just thought you should know. the ceo of mozilla has resigned less than two weeks after he took the helm of the company. brendan eich went under fire after revealing he donated $1,000 in support of california's prop 8 same-sex marriage ban.

mozilla said, "we pride ourselves on living to a different standard and this past week did not live up to it." that's one of the things we just thought you should know today. "news nation" gut check. we discussed the new app getting a lot of attention, it's designed for drivers suspected of driving under the influence. there's a function to contact a nearby attorney. the creators say it's only meant to inform drivers of their rights however it's raising eyebrows from law enforcement who believe that some people are being told how to skirt around the law. people who may in fact be guilty of driving under the influence. what does your gut tell you? do you think this app would enable people to act irresponsibly or drive drunk? we have an update to yesterday's gut checks, comments criticizing daniel murphy's decision to miss

two games for the birth of his son drew widespread backlash yesterday. now one of the radio hosts behind the comments is apologizing on his own show. boomer said he was wrong for suggesting murphy's wife should have scheduled a c-section. >> in no way, shape or form was i advocating anything for anything to do. not telling women to do with their bodies, i would never do that. that's their decision and their life. and they know their bodies better than i do. the other thing too that i really felt bad about, daniel murphy was dragged into a conversation and their whole life was exposed and it shouldn't have been. that is my fault. >> so murphy is not specifically commented on the apology. he responded to the initial criticism saying he was glad to have been there with his wife. >> i can only speak from my experience but fathers seeing her wives, she was completely

finished. sthe had had surgery and she was wiped. so having me there, i think helped a lot and vice-versa to take the load off. >> when we asked if the host should apologize, an overwhelming -- it should have been 99%. who are you 9%? speak up right now on at which time evetwitter and let me knowo you are. it may be the wmiddle of spring but winter is coming as "game of thrones" returns sunday for the fourth season. >> the people love their king. they know i saved the city. they know i won the war. >> the war is not won. ♪ >> it's eliminating to see your enemies as evil. but there's good and evil on

both sides of every war ever fought. >> i live for this show. an estimated 5.4 tuned in to see the finale and millions more streamed it online. it's so popular, it has the distinction of being the most illegally downloaded show. what is the show based on? it's fan tassi novel seat requiseries about power, how to get it and how to keep it. "vanity fair"'s digital director mike hogan joins me. >> thank you. >> i thought i was into the show but look at you. >> i'm obsessed with this show. i've been lucky enough to see the first three, not illegally by the way. what is it that you think that resonates so? >> jim talks about how it was a hard sell to hbo to say, this is

the genre of xena warrior princess and make a drama. you did this with the sopranos and elevated everything you do and that's what we want to do here. it's absolutely the case. you don't have to be a jr tolkien fan. >> the books, the cult following was always there, but to your point to transition the series and those words to hbo and create these characters and bring them to life, that's a journey in itself. >> it really is. you have to give them so many credit for the casting. none of these people -- >> it is crazy. >> the only person anyone had heard of was shawn bean, didn't make it out of the first season and all of these people, especially amelia clark, she's got her own cult around her. >> i read somewhere because she's naturally a brunette that people don't recognize her out

of character. she was recently in fact even on broadway. >> that's correct. the writing of the show. they shoot it in ice land and scotland and all places around the world. they put in the effort to make it an incredibly high quality shows. there are quality shows that 1 million people watch. this is one that 5.8 million people watch and that's really something. >> the song that opening credits of the show -- >> which i sing along to. >> i love the show. because king jeffrey, all of it, these characters are strong and in particular, strong female characters. that was the first thing a lot of people were attracted to, you've got a female lead with two dragons, no one is beating her. >> exactly. every character has an arc and motivations and capable of greatness and horrible things. >> "game of thrones" your pick

to replace letterman? >> maybe chelsea handler. >> it all comes back to "game of thrones", thank you for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. i'll talk with the openly gay boy scout leader who was kicked out after talking about his sexuality. e're now in the approach phase, everything looking good. ♪ velocity 1,200 feet per second. [ man #2 ] you're looking great to us, eagle. ♪ 2,000 feet. ♪ still looking very good. 1,400 feet. [ male announcer ] a funny thing happens when you shoot for the moon. ahh, that's affirmative. [ male announcer ] you get there. you're a go for landing, over. [ male announcer ] the all new cadillac cts, the 2014 motor trend car of the year.

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immediately preceded the shooting. we do not have that definitively at this point. but we do have strong indications of that. >> friends from his hometown in puerto rico are shocked at what happened. >> very good person. laughing all the time and i never saw something like this could happen. >> targeting the media. two women journalists from the associated press are shot point blank today while covering the run-up to the election. veteran war correspondent cathy gannonwas seriously wounded. richard engel will share his memories of this fallen colleague, a fearless photographer. >> i do my job simply to report with myam