in vision or hearing. it's time to take a deep breath... and ask your doctor if viagra is right for you. time to go across the usa. we begin in orlando, florida where six air traffic controllers will be honored tonight for helping an amateur pilot land after his pilot died. doug white is certified to fly single engine planes but not the twin engine turboprop he was aboard easter sunday last year. this is what happened on that fateful day. the pilot suddenly had a heart attack. with the help of air traffic control, white made a safe landing. here's part of his emergency call. >> i need to get this thing on the ground. i'm flying a king air. my pilot's deceased. i need help. i need a king air pilot to talk to. i've already busted 10,000. i'm steady climbing. i need to stop the climb. stay with me. >> now to fargo, north dakota.

even though the red river did not do any serious damage when it crested yesterday the danger is not over. authorities are warning about potential environmental hazards that can linger even as the river recedes. finally, a lesbian high school student in mississippi testified before a federal judge today. constance mcmillan told the judge that her free speech was denied when her school refused her, refused to allow her to bring her girlfriend to prom. school officials testified the ordeal was disruptive. both sides will present closing arguments this afternoon. coming up, tiger woods says he's nervous about how fans will react to his return to golf. will the sports legend ever be able to move past his sex scandal? plus, an oil spill that is good for the earth. what can greasy french fries do for your home? we will reveal this stunning innovation in how it could save you money. after this. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze,

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and in the fight over health care reform that passed congress last night, opponents are already lining up with fresh road blocks that they will try to throw in the way of reform. senator jim demint, republican of south carolina, is introducing a bill this week to repeal the bill, calling it unconstitutional. demint issued this statement, quote, this arrogant power grab proves that the president and his party care more about government control than the will of the american people. americans told washington to keep its hands off their health care in opinion polls, at public protests, and at the ballot box, but their pleas were ignored. meanwhile, virginia's attorney general plans to sue the federal government, claiming congress lacks the authority to force americans to buy health insurance. nbc's luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, as the various legal challenges start take us through what's going to happen over the next couple of days. >> reporter: david, here's what's going to happen. the senate is most likely going to start debate tomorrow, 20 hours of debate on the reconciliation bill. president obama will sign the senate bill tomorrow. and for over those 20 hours the

gop, using one of 19 points of order, is going to attempt to take down a certain piece of the reconciliation bill, which means it would have to be sent back to the house. now, there are two ways to do this. we're getting very wonky and washington right now. the gop can take a scaffold and say you know what? this area does not deal with the federal budget because anything that is passed with reconciliation has to be passed using the budget and they would have to cut it out, go back to the house, and redo the bill. however, if there is something in the reconciliation bill that pertains to social security, david, then the gop and the senate parliamentarian can take what we call not the scaffold but the hatchet and strike down the entire reconciliation fix-it bill democrats are counting on right now. so you better believe that every rnc gop lawyer there is is actively looking at this legislation right now trying to find that magic part that they will be able to take the hatchet

to. if that happens the legislative process has to start all over again and most likely we'll end up with the senate health care bill. that is the process of the next few days. democrats are on the edge of their seats trying to see exactly what is going to happen. david? >> i've got some information on that incident last night on the house floor, a congressman who called bart stupak democrat of michigan a baby killer. what's the latest? >> reporter: yes. a congressman from texas, three-term congressman named randy neugebauer, he said last night on the house of the -- on the floor of the house that he said, it's a baby killer referring to the bill and not mr. stupak himself. he has issued an apology about an hour ago. he is of fame for cosponsoring a bill last june, david, that would have required folks running for the presidency of the united states to display their birth certificate from the beginning of the presidential campaign. >> oh, great. >> he most likely will become a

favorite of conservatives after being at it like this perhaps reaching joe wilson status. david? >> nbc's luke russert on capitol hill. thanks as always. >> absolutely. it is now time for the fastest three minutes of news. we are going down to the wire today with a river boat, a river boat fire, mike tyson, and seaweed. you got that? you ready? hit the clock. we start in georgia where a police dash cam captured the images of a hit-and-run. forest park police say a driver ran into a woman walking to work. this happened right in front of a police cruiser with its video system on. the woman who was hit walked away with minor injuries. police are still looking for the driver. last week we promised to find out the truth behind this youtube video. well, it is real. the crash happened january 13th. the woman in the car stuck on the big rig bumper tells the british newspaper "the daily mail" the truck clipped her, spinning her car, and prompting it to get stuck on the front. when the driver finally noticed

the woman and her car he was able to stop on the shoulder and incredibly nobody was seriously hurt. up in smoke. an historic river boat in st. louis, missouri has been destroyed by a fire. today investigators are trying to find out how the robert e. lee river boat caught fire yesterday while docked on the mississippi river. nobody was hurt. now to a new situation on the jersey shore. the mayor of seaside park was arrested this weekend in a bar room brawl. thomas conners was at a night club saturday evening whith his 23-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter. something happened inside and the family was being escorted out by a police officer when the son and daughter allegedly tried to hit the officer. the mayor tried to intervene and was also arrested for disorderly conduct. he says he'll be exonerated when all the facts are out. one news report suggested it all started because someone was coming on to the mayor's daughter. people for the ethical treatment of animals is fighting mike tyson the former boxing

champ who has raised and raced pigeons since he was a child and he plans a show called "take on tyson" about pigeons. peta says the races are cruel and urges a cancellation of the new reality show. french fry grease could help keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. scientists reported new findings regarding a smart roof covering made from cooking oil waste. the coatings can transmit solar energy as the seasons change. get this. seaweed could hold the key to stopping a rising tide of obesity. a research team at new castle university found seaweed reduces fat intake by 75%. the fiber stopped the body from absorbing fat better than most antiobesity treatments currently available over the counter. check out this intergalactic star factory. ooh. astro physicists say this shows

a galaxy in a growth spurt. the galaxy 10 billion light years from earth is making new stars 250 times faster than our own home, the milky way. and at least one member of the international space station crew is ready to trade his space suit for a snorkel. a flight engineer took this picture of the blaahamas and posted it on twitter saying i just want to dive into the bahamas. that brings us down to the wire. dive into the bahamas. what we will miss the most when the health care reform debate is finally completed and is finally over is the tendency of those on both sides of the issue to say, i don't know, over state their case? our top three today the most outrageous moments in the fight over health care reform and we begin, number three, with sarah palin. >> we're going to be subject to bureaucrats deciding, panels and commissions deciding just like they do overseas who will be

worthy of receiving the health care that government is going to provide. so that is the death panel that i referred to. >> oh, sarah. even after politifact nonpartisan deemed death panels the lie of year for 2009 sarah palin wouldn't let go of the idea that president obama wanted to kill your grandmother. but democrats were not immune from their own hyperbole. >> you get sick, america, the republican health care plan is this. die quickly. that's right. the republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >> florida democrat alan grayson paint'd less than flattering portrait of the republican health care plan that was number two. number one goes to a north carolina congresswoman with this argument about health care. >> i believe we have more to fear from the potential of that

bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country. >> equating those who support health care reform with terrorists like those behind 9/11? that earns republican representative foxx the honor of the number one most outrageous health care comment over the past year. congresswoman? congratulations. well, democrats were fighting for health care inside the capitol building this weekend and a tea party protest turned ugly outside. some demonstrators spat on lawmakers and even threw out the "n" word. is the tea party too toxic for the grand old party? the shuster showdown is next. plus, the obama administration welcomed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to washington today. will the administration and israeli prime minister be able to ease the tensions in the u.s./israeli relations? all of your top stories are ahead. for all the moments that make every day special.

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[ crowd noise ] >> reverend jesse jackson confronting a crowd of angry tea party protesters on capitol hill on sunday. jackson was one of the targets of opposition to the health care bill, but he also heard some bizarre shouts about not being with martin luther king the day he was shot. that, however, was mild compared to the racial epithets hurled at african-american lawmakers like john lewis and james clyburn. emanuel cleaver was even spat upon. antigay slurs were shouted at congressman barney frank as he made his way through the halls of congress. in their determination to intimidate democrats did the tea party do more to scare off republicans who have tried to co-opt their anger? nancy skinner is a progressive radio talk show host and armstrong is a conservative talk show host. armstrong, what did you make of

what happened saturday and what it says about the tea party movement? >> listen, i think overall the tea party is representative of most americans' angst against the policies and agenda of the obama administration and disenchantment with congress republicans and democrats. i think the chance of tts of th word is so outrageous and shocking, even those hearing that should have condemned this and expressed outrage immediately. i don't think anyone has a monopoly on bigots and ignorance. you can have an organization and you have no idea what can come to the top after the organization emerges. it shouldn't happen. i saw the earlier interview with congressman lewis and clyburn and i felt bad for them that in 2010 we're having to discuss this kind of ignorance. but i don't want to demonize and condemn the entire tea party. they're not for republicans. they're not for democrats. they're advocating what works for this country and they just feel that most people elected to

congress today and especially the white house is out of line with what most americans want and the direction they want this country to go. >> nancy skinner, we spoke over the weekend with the executive director of the tea party and he denied that this happened. he said there was no evidence of it and thought this somehow may have been a figurement of somebody's imagination. does that sound like leadership to you in terms of condemning this? >> i don't think that will dig the hole a little deeper here. david, atta boy for such great coverage late into the night and then this morning. really enjoyed it. the question is, does this, is it toxic for the political cause at hand? you don't have to be from madison avenue to see the democratic pictures which were people who have lost their lives because of health care, sad stories, which rush limbaugh and others are calling sob stories, and their pictures were these angry protesters hurling expletives. even those folks who may or may not have been the slurs, the vast majority of people had signs like communism, socialism. they were talking to speaker pelosi and shouting down her.

people in peoria feel that. those pictures have meaning. and they want progress. now, one quick thing. going forward, and david from said this, a bush speechwriter, the republican party should distance themselves from these people. it was their waterloo to be associated like this. instead of trying to when you're scored on in football instead of trying to score your own touchdown you try and take seven points off the board. that's what they're trying to do and it ain't going to work. >> in fact, here's part of david from's quote. armstrong, we'll get your reaction. he said we followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat. >> listen, i've got to tell you, if you follow what has happened from new jersey to virginia, and massachusetts, i got to tell you, these are not democrats and republicans. these are people who are just outraged with where this country is going. in all fairness, there are people including columnists like myself who have used the word

"socialism" and "communism" as associated with this administration. am i antiobama? no. i voted for him. but i, like many mernls, are very disappointed in his policies. we assumed that when massachusetts, they lost massachusetts, that the president got the message and he was going to do the will of the people. it makes it seem as though -- >> scott brown supported some of the health care, what happened in massachusetts, and he distanced himself as much as possible from the tea party crowd in massachusetts so i'm not sure that is quite a great analogy. >> i don't want to say the tea party has, the republican party has ownership of the tea party because they have no control over them. that is unfair also. >> i don't know about that. armstrong i keep hearing time and time again the will of the people that the tea party are the people and all of these conservative talkers, we are the people. wait a minute. we won an election. democrats did. and these polls, because this was so demonized for so long, still "the washington post"/nbc poll was one point in favor of the plan. you've got to stop talking for all of the american people because i think people resent

that the tea parties are their voice. >> i think the american people have spoken. >> we have to end it there. thank you both so much for coming in today. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it as always. google's most popular searches today on tiger woods include the key words "affair" and "scandal" and "jokes" after sunday's interviews aimed at restoring his image. >> you went from being recognized as the greatest golfer in the world to becoming a punch line. how did that make you feel? >> it was hurtful but then again you know what? i did it. i'm the one who did those things. and looking back on it now with a more clear head, i get it. i can understand why people would say those things, because you know what? it was disgusting behavior and, you know, that's a person, it's hard to believe that was me looking back on it now. >> joining us is "boston globe" sports writer bob ryan and with him acknowledging this was disgusting behavior does that end the number of questions he might face as tiger is hoping? >> of course not. this was a baby step,

five-minute interviews cannot possibly get the job done. but i do think in contrast to some other people that he is sincere. he just is trying to find his waythis. the i think -- i heard a sincerity that i have not heard -- not in that scripted appearance last month. i do think that he is aware that the public has lost total respect. i think he's trying to gain that back. people are going to want these details about what exactly happened that night and all that and they are privy to the texts and that stuff, that aspect of it, some people want every last thing they can wring out of that they won't get that from him. they should accept that. i think he was believable and that he truly understands the scope of what he did and wants to somehow become in the good graces the american sporting public. >> fascinating interview last

night. thank you so much. we'll talk to you in the weeks ahead as we lead up to the masters and tiger's return. thank you. up next, a bigger tax refund for you? that and the rest of the day's top stories are ahead. plus, one viewer noticed something interesting about our health care reform coverage last night and what his television told him he was watching. a little bit of a contrast. maybe not. [ female announcer ] the latest athletic fabrics inspired stayfree®

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and today's top stories, president obama will sign the health care reform bill tomorrow. the signing ceremony will take place at the department of the interior and the president will hit the road convinces americans the benefits of the legislation. he travels to iowa on thursday. netanyahu is in washington to talk to the obama administration. secretary of state hillary clinton met with netanyahu today. his visit comes at a tense time for u.s./israeli relations.

you may be getting a bigger tax income refund this year. the irs says the average refund is up nearly 10% from a year ago. that's up $266 to an average of $3,036. it's due to the tax ed kricredi last year's economic stimulus package. if you watched msnbc between 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon and 1:00 a.m., you saw our health care coverage. some of our viewers compared our coverage with what was listed on the tivo guide. bart stupak, the guide said we were showing conviction, i put fear in your life. when i was interviewing a congressman, the screen told viewers they were watching witness to jonestown. coverage of john boehner "the

mind of manson." at the end the guide said viewers were watching "the squeeze." thank you for those who watched this. special thank to everyone who watched msnbc yesterday afternoon and last night. that's our show for this monday. i'm david shuster live in washington. "the dylan ratigan show" is up next. congressman john dingell whose father offered universal health care back in 1953. he'll weigh in on the big health care reform victory from last night. >> imperial billiards made custom pool tables. now they have pellets that account for 50% of their business. for more, watch msnbc on sunday

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