tiger speak. they hope to get home and hear the sound bites. the people who did hear him speak thought he was good. he seemed more human today. a little less mechanical with his answers. he was honest, referring to the heart break associated with therapy and missing his own son's first birthday. he spoke about the fact that elin was not going to be here. there was obvious frustration, though, that nobody will ever really know what happened the night and early morning hours after thanksgiving when this crash took place. tiger basically said i got a $166 ticket from the cops and that's all there is to tell you. i think a lot of people really want to know. he had five stitches in his lip we now know but they want to know what happened in that home? what caused this? were the injuries from the accident or from his wife? these are details people are looking for answers to. >> it appears tiger woods came to the press conference today ready for full disclosure. here are some of his thoughts. he says the way he was thinking was not correct. he took full responsibility.

and that issue that you just mentioned, peter, he said that he followed everything to the letter of the law. it seemed like he was really prepared for the legal questions today and fully prepared for this press conference, that it was a no holds barred press conference. i thought there was a wide array of questions thrown at him. was there any question that you thought that took him off guard? >> you know, that's interesting. a question that took him off guard. i think the one thing we didn't get a question asked about that would have been interesting is tiger made it clear in the past interviews he did that nobody else knew about what was going on claiming his agent and others had no idea about this. but just over the last several days there were explosive allegations in a "vanity fair" magazine saying his inner circle knew exactly what was going on, they were enablers, and helped him through this process and were frankly dealing directly with some of the alleged mistresses. there were no questions about that saying, hey tiger, did you know about it exclusively or who

else knew? i think a lot of people will be curious to know those details and may never get the answers. i think tiger wanted to bury this news conference on monday. it's suspected the masters folks said let's do it on monday to get it over with and he's hoping people will focus now on his golf and let his clubs do the talking. >> nbc's peter alexander live at the masters. thanks so much. now for more on how tiger hit them at the press conference let's bring in jimmy roberts who covers golf for nbc sports and also with us from augusta is alan bastable the senior editor f "golf" magazine. jimmy, how did he do? >> i think he did with el. i think peter made a good point. no one asked the question about the allegations in the "vanity fair" article. that's troubling to me but i think some of the things he did tackle, he met the questions about his use or nonuse of performance enhancing drugs head on in what probably was the most

oft repeated question. i think he did well. what you didn't see there was something you have seen in the past, which is this kind of underlying, this seething contempt that he has when he has to face questions that he doesn't like. and i think that going forward that will be the true measure of how he's doing. how does he handle the questions that he doesn't really want to hear? >> the masters. it gives a different environment than the other tournaments. do you think there was some strategy to him coming back this week? >> i don't think there's any doubt about it. i mean, the masters is the only place where the media is not allowed in the champions' locker room, on the driving range, not allowed to just talk to a player as he moves from the 18th green to the locker room. it is very, very tightly controlled. and i think he knew that and he realized that this would be the most comfortable place to not only re-enter golf but re-enter society. you also have to remember he's won here four times. he's played this course by my estimation over a hundred times so the comfort level was enormous.

>> one question i didn't hear is how much has he been practicing? i mean, he's -- >> i can answer that. a lot. >> really? >> he's a manic practicer. that's what he does. the measure of how well he will play is all about it's going to be measured in the short game. you know, for those people who love the game of golf and know a lot about it, it's really all about the putting. it's been said time and again for tiger when he putts well he'll play well but at augusta national it doesn't have the penalty for driving the ball in a wayward fashion so that's something that's kind of plagued him over his career. again, another reason to choose augusta. you can spray the ball all over the course and still win. >> okay. here's what tiger had to say about rehab at the press conference earlier today. >> i was in there for 45 days. it was to take a hard look at myself and i did. i've come out better, certainly a much better person for it than i was going in.

does that mean i'm ever going to stop doing that? no. i still continue with my treatment and that's going forward. that's not going to stop in the near future for sure. >> what was it for? >> that's personal, thank you. >> joining us now is alan bastable. if he's coming up the 18th fairway on sunday, possibly going to win this thing, there's going to be a lot of folks in this country that are going to forget about what the heck tiger has been through. they want to see him play great golf. >> yeah, you know, i don't think they're ready to forget quite yet but you're right a win here this week would go a long way to sort of, you know, heal the wounds. it's funny. i asked jim nance that question a few weeks ago, if tiger's coming up 18 on sunday with the lead how do you call that? he was sort of at a loss of words. it is going to be a momentous moment for a lot of reasons if he's even in the mix. elin isn't going to be here this week. is that going to be awkward when

he walks up the green and has no family to embrace? if it came down to the wire and tiger was in the mix it would make for some great drama. >> i would think that the players want tiger back. the tv ratings are going to go through the roof. he means everything to the game. he's an industry. how -- was he genuinely received well by his peers today on the golf course? >> yeah, it sounds like it. he played with fred couples and jim furyk, a couple of old buddies this morning. played with mark o'mara yesterday. these are guys he's known for a long time and has a good relationship with. he was chatting it up with paul casey one of the younger guys yesterday afternoon on the range. that question remains to be answered. certainly having tiger back will be very helpful in the sense that these guys no longer have to sit in these press conferences and try to answer questions for tiger in his absence. so in that sense, the players will be very relieved to have tiger back. >> jimmy roberts from nbc sports and alan bastable from "golf" magazine appreciate your time

today. thanks so much. tamron hall joins us now for a look at other top stories of this hour. >> hey there, ed. well, today neighborhoods from los angeles to tee withdraijuan are in cleanup and recovery mode from the 7.2 magnitude easter sunday earthquake the strongest quake to hit the region in decades. tore up roads and shook buildings. it was so far reaching that 20 million people as far off as las vegas felt the earth shake. the hardest hit area in the u.s. is little more than 200 miles from los angeles. on the border in calexico, california. what's the latest on the damage assessment and how are people recovering there, miguel? >> reporter: the 40,000 people that called this area home certainly felt that quake. it was probably -- this was probably the hardest hit town in this region. certainly not far from the mexico border, just a few blocks up the street. the damage here was relatively widespread for this small community though it's considered to be moderate, not necessarily severe damage.

it's surprising, though, because when you look around all of these buildings, which were built decades ago, are still standing. we haven't seen any buildings that are toppled over or crumbled down like we've seen across the border near mexicali. these buildings are decades old and they do have some damage you can see in the facade that there are some cracks and certainly probably some cracks below in the foundation and in the background you can probably hear some cleanup noise, some of the business owners and shop owners have been let back into these businesses. the cleanup is just getting under way. there were no serious injuries here. that's the good news. there were a few people who were hurt during the earthquake from falling debris and objects but no serious injuries. the biggest problem here on the u.s. side of the border is certainly going to be this moderate damage, tamron. >> miguel, thank you very much. and time to go across the usa. we begin in orlando, florida. a hearing is under way in the case of casey anthony charged in the murder of her daughter caylee. defense attorneys are in court today arguing to obtain access to records about a volunteer

group that helped search for caylee's body in the summer of 2008. the group says only 32 volunteers were involved in the search. anthony's attorneys say the records are incomplete and suspect more volunteers took part. next to missouri where authorities in kansas city evacuated a federal courthouse after a suspicious package was found with a note warning of explosives inside. investigators blocked off that area. the bomb squad was called to the scene and used a robot to examine the package. it was later found to be harmless. finally to new jersey where an engine cover fell off of a jet blue aircraft as the plane took off from north liberty international airport. 134 passengers, five crew members were onboard at the time. pilots returned to the airport 11 minutes into the flight. they landed safely. thankfully, no injuries. that is a look at what's happening across the usa. ed, imagine that being your flight. big old piece of metal falls off. >> always good to have a safe

landing. thanks. a texas father was sentenced to a decade behind bars after his wife drowned their 1-year-old son. that's right. the father was sentenced to jail time. i'll tell you why. plus, president obama's next big political battle. another spot on the supreme court may be vacant sooner than expected. and you can catch of course my show weekdays at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc for "the ed show." stay with us. it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night it's something different.

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welcome back to msnbc. a texas father has been sentenced to ten years in prison after his clinically psychotic and delusional wife drowned their 1-year-old son. valerie maxon was found not guilty by reason of insanity. doctors say she blamed herself when she found out her son was

developmentally disabled. she then began thinking the boy was the antichrist. after she attempted suicide, doctors told michael maxon not to leave his son alone with valerie. the murder happened in june of 2006 when michael left for an hour and a half to go grocery shopping. four years later he has been convicted of intentionally abandoning his son but his attorney is expected to appeal saying his client should only have gotten probation. >> i think it will send a message that parents are being held perhaps to an unreasonable standard. >> let's bring in former federal prosecutor jay fahey and also defense attorney rebecca rose woodland. let's talk about the prosecution of this first. jay, unusual? >> it's very unusual. i don't know be of any case in the country like this. we've seen a lot of parents that do something to their child. there's indications that they have mental illnesses, but

nothing like this. >> is it clearly the fault of the father for not protecting the child after the court warned him? >> i think that in this case it's very fact specific. the mother had been to five different doctors in three different states and all of these physicians, some of them psychiatrists, told the husband not to leave the wife alone with the baby. >> all right. rebecca, what's the defense here? >> it's a very hard thing to convict a man who did not commit the crime. his wife committed the crime. he was maybe made aware she was mentally ill. did he think she was going to kill his child? no. she was the one that committed it insane or not. he did not. he didn't have any hand in it. he went out to grocery shop to help the family. >> but he was told was he not by the court not to leave the child alone? >> sure. he was told not to leave the child alone but he does -- someone has to fend for this family. he had to go grocery shopping. it's not like he was out partying so i think it's a long stretch to say he needs to stay

in jail for ten years because of this. i understand they may want to hold him accountable but ten years? he didn't commit the crime nor did he intend on the crime happening. >> he was sentenced to ten years but there was no minimum period of parole ineligibility and in most states ten years means about, you normally serve about 20% of your time so the real number here is going to be closer to two years but that is still a lot of time. >> did the yates case have any influence on this at all? >> i think it did. there was so much public outrage. there were a number of children in the anonymous that case, poor mrs. yates was in a trailer with these four children, home schooling them. she never got out of the house. i think there was not mental health people intervening. this case is very fact specific and i don't think we'll see parents being -- i don't think we'll see a lot of district attorneys going after parents in similar circumstances. >> rebecca, chance for appeal?

>> absolutely. this is the first case of its kind for any of us. i have researched this. i didn't find anything. i've never heard of anything like this. the appeal will go up to the superior court in texas and we'll see what happens. i believe he will probably get a reversal of the ten-year sentence. possibly not a complete reversal baut lea but at least a reduction in sentencing. >> would this go all the way to the supreme court? >> it could be. there is a concept in the law that means you have to do the act. the act here is almost analogous to leaving a loaded gun or chain saw with a young child. that's what the prosecution would argue. but there has to be that concept and this is a case i see going up. >> thanks for your time on this story today. a british couple faces jail time after kissing in a dubai restaurant. a dubai appeals court upheld the couple's one-month prison sentence unless the couple makes a second appeal within 30 days the court's decision means officials will jail the couple

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welcome back to msnbc. the white house is preparing for another retirement from the supreme court meaning another potential opportunity for president obama to shape the future of the court for decades to come. associate justice john paul stevens has hinted he will step down during obama's presidency after spending nearly 35 years on the court. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is live in washington. pete, hinting, how serious is the justice? >> reporter: i think he is quite serious that he'll leave sometime before the end of president obama's current term and the only thing we don't know is whether that will be at the end of this supreme court term or will it be a year from now, possibly even two years from

now? it seems fairly certain that the justice stevens himself has not yet made this decision but also seems fairly likely that we'll find out sometime this month. there are a couple reasons for that. one is he'll turn 90 in about two weeks on april 20th. in may he'll become the third longest serving member of the u.s. supreme court on may 21st so those are a couple milestones that he might look at in terms of deciding but he's made a very telling comment in an interview with the "new york times" over the weekend. he said that he recognizes the need to make his intentions known sooner rather than later to give the president time to nominate someone and the senate time for a confirmation. so there's no reason, no past treen say this. it just seems likely given all the current things that line up that he'll say something sometime this month. but as i say justices do this whenever they want. >> does the obama administration have anybody in mind for

potential replacements? >> they definitely have potential candidates for the president to look at and they've gone through this once before. a year ago when they were deciding who to replace justice suter when they chose sonia sotomayor. they'll look at some of the people they looked at then, elena kagan, diane wood a federal judge from chicago. merrick garland a federal judge from washington. also possibly janet napolitano the homeland security secretary former governor of arizona and jennifer granholm who is governor of michigan. so the president has said he wants someone who has some political experience as well but they're pretty well along i think in terms of looking at potential finalists. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams. thanks so much. >> reporter: you bet. thousands of children descended upon the white house lawn today to take part in the annual easter egg roll. the first family was on hand to welcome visitors and take part in the event that included

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i'm julia boorstin with your cnbc market wrap. look at how stocks are trading today. the dow is nearing the crucial 11,000 mark for the first time in 18 months, the dow up about 45 points to 10,972. the new sign the housing market

is on the rebound the national association of realtors says pending home sales rose sharply in february up 8.2% far exceeding analysts' expectations. and apple says it sold more than 300,000 i-pads on saturday alone. that number exceeded first-day sales of the original iphone back in 2007. the company expects to sell 1.3 million i-pads this quarter but even before the dust settles on i-pad sales apple is set to anoungs a new iphone operating system on thursday. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. ed, back to you. >> welcome back to msnbc. here's a look at what's coming up your way in this half hour. tiger woods faced the media and answered plenty of questions. we'll take you live to augusta to find out what his chances are of a successful comeback. for tea partiers the senate's top democrat is their number one priority. hear how nevada has become

ground zero for the tea party movement. and defending the church. pope benedict didn't mention the church's sexual abuse crisis on easter sunday but another vatican official called the accusations against the pope petty gossip. but first, tamron hall is back with us for a look at the stories that we are following at this hour. hey there, ed. we begin with the fastest three minutes in news. we go "down to the wire" changing marijuana laws with a k-9 war hero and indoor score diving. you ready? hit the clock. we start in philadelphia with changes to the city's marijuana arrest laws. people arrested with up to 30 grams of the drug, that's just more than an ounce, may have to pay a fine but will face no risk of criminal records. the new policy takes effect later this month. the city da says it will help cut down on the court docket which is currently overloaded with drug possession misdemeanors. and bob dylan has reportedly canceled his tour of asia because the chinese government blocked his concerts in shanghai and beijing. chinese officials haven't given

an official reason but there is speculation the government was threatened by dylan's counterculture influence. his next tour date is may meant to allow people to post online reviews of your work but the site is getting some criticism because people can post anonymous comments and create a profile of someone else without telling them. former british prime minister tony blair is apologizing for a false alarm.

there was burnt toast at the home. he told the firefighters he was very embarrassed but thanked them for their quick response. a bomb sniffing dog in afghanistan is getting a special award. chocolate the german shepherd found ten explosives in one day and is credited with saving the lives of nato troops and will be awarded the highest decoration a dog can get. >> three, two, one. boost for ignition. and liftoff of "discovery." >> the shuttle on the way to the international space station after a successful launch this morning from the kennedy space center. so far there's only been one little snag as discovery entered orbit and nasa says one key antenna from data transmission failed but the space agency says it does have backups and the shuttle will be able to rendezvous with the iss on wednesday as planned. in tennessee three small sharks and an octupus turned up in a fresh water river in tennessee. the report is that state biologists aren't sure how the ocean dwellers got there. police are investigating to see if this is a hoax.

in my home state the great state of texas demolition crews are preparing to blast the former home of the dallas cowboys. today they are weakening the base of the stadium ahead of sunday's big implosion. sky diving without the sky is called a body flight competition and many extreme sports fans say it is the uk's top adrenalin rush attraction. the wind tunnel simulates a real jump with winds of up to 130 miles an hour. woo. that does it. "down to the wire." ed, i have to get more seconds on the clock because i have to say the dallas cowboys are god's team, america's team, and it's sad to see such a great stadium go but the new one is awesome. >> now, didn't tom landry -- didn't he coach in that stadium? i mean, how can you tear down a stadium where tom landry was the coach? >> yes. amen, brother. we do have the tom landry highway in texas, though. you can drive down that. >> tamron, you're a good cowboy fan. that is for sure. >> thank you. as the tea party movement gains legitimacy they have started to use their growing political clout to make life

miserable for democratic incumbents in critical re-election fights. but it isn't just conservative republicans fighting back. in a recent survey it shows that 4 in 10 tea party members are either independents or democratic voters. and their number one target appears to be senate majority leader harry reid. reid was critical to the president's success in passing health care reform. here is what the president said when asked about the tea party. >> there's a part of the tea party movement that actually did exist before i was elected. we saw some of it leading up to my election. there's still going to be a group at their core that questioned my legitimacy, or questioned the democratic party generally or questioned people who they consider to be against them in some way. and that group we're probably not going to convince. >> let's bring in bill press

nationally syndicated liberal talk show radio host and writing a book about right wing radio to be out in may. pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst and former presidential candidate. gentlemen, good to have you with us this afternoon. let's talk about harry reid. pat, you tell the truth. i know you got your good money on harry reid on this one don't you? >> now look. nevada is in tough shape. you know that sub prime mortgage thing really rammed them hard. high unemployment in vegas as you might expect in a recession. you know, the african-american community and the hispanic community is not as energized as it was in 2008. the conservatives are. the tea party are. harry called the tea party folks evil mongers. not a smart move, ed. i think he is looking at a very small pear in this particular game. >> bill press, it seems harry reid needs a legitimate third candidate if he's going to have a chance in this case. >> i think a tea party candidate would be helpful to harry reid. we've been frustrated with harry reid because he hasn't been as

tough as we wanted. when you look at the gang he has to work with including joe lieberman and bill nelson and zero help from the republicans i think harry has done miracles as a senate majority leader to be honest. what pat said is right. things are really tough in nevada. they're really hurting which is why they're not going to throw away the most powerful democrat they've ever had in the u.s. senate. when you get down to a strong republican, the tea party is going to take votes from the republican and then harry reid is coming back to the senate. >> i don't understand what he's doing at a shooting range. i guess -- >> i do. >> there are a lot of gun owners in nevada. you know that. >> you remember tom foley. he got in trouble. he had an elephant gun out there shooting on the weekends to show what a big hunter he was. he loved the weapons. i think you guys need the tea party guys, the third party guy or i think it's bye-bye harry. >> i think what we're seeing is right wing talkers and talk show

hosts align themselves with the tea party. for instance in minnesota you have michele bachmann having an event with sarah palin coming in. i think hannity is going to be part of this. this is hannity most recently on his show last week talking about the tea partiers and how he characterized them. >> i think we won the debate. >> we did. >> when you think of the vast majorities they have in congress and they had the bribe, back room deals, corruption. that's all because the tea party movement, all these timothy mcveigh wanna-bes -- >> timothy mcveigh wanna-bes? bill press, what's that all about? >> you know what? i just have to say, i hope sean hannity misspoke. i know they hate government. i hope they don't hate it that much. but, you know, ed, the real question is, is the tea party movement an effective force? i don't think they are. look, they're a bunch of retired, oldfarts who have no organization, no money, no

leadership, no message and pat can tell you of all people what it's like to run with a rag tag party like that. hey, pat, it doesn't get you very far does it? >> well, i mean, bill, let me tell you. that's why the democratic party is in trouble. >> we're not in trouble. >> you just had a long string of insults to a great number of people, some of whom are democrats. awful lot of whom are independents. >> not many. >> some republicans who are upset about government and you're smearing them. now, harry reid called them evil mongers. that's just stupid. a lot of those folks voted for barack obama when he was at 70%. but obama is trying to get them back. as for hannity saying they won the argument, ed, if the republicans didn't win the argument, what is barack obama doing running around the country trying to explain what's in health care? >> the point is, pat, he compared them to timothy mcveigh. that's the point. he is a terrorist. a terrorist. sean hannity is calling the tea partiers terrorists.

>> bill press and pat buchanan, always a pleasure to have you with us. thanks so much. >> go get them. >> all right, ed. here is the four-time masters champ and now tiger is going for number five. up next we'll find out why tiger chose to make a comeback at the masters and if he has at winning another green jacket. pro athletes are no stranger to uncomfortable news conferences. who could forget kobe's tearful apology?w rea is. we agree. it's real... boring. ♪ are you up for some sandwich-kicking flavor? are you miracle whip?

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the fact that i haven't really played at all, yeah, that's a little bit concerning. i'm hoping i get my feel back quickly. you know, feel for the game, feel for shots, feel for how my body is reacting, what my distances are going to be. i hope i get that back relatively quickly. you know, maybe hopefully the first hole. but if not, please hope it's the

second hole. >> tiger woods fielding questions from reporters during a tightly controlled press conference in augusta, georgia today, the site of this weekend's masters golf tournament. woods spent part of the day practicing for some of what is likely to be the most pressure packed golf he has ever played. this is a new marist poll revealing only 26% think the pga should punish tiger while 67% say he should not be punished and 7% are unsure. joining me now is the editor at large of "golf" magazine and also from augusta rich lerner from the golf channel. good to have you with us. connell, is he favored to win the masters? >> if tiger woods is healthy he is always the favorite. nobody else is better than tiger woods. he was put on this planet to win golf tournaments. we found out today a little better what his state of mind is. he seemed relaxed, relatively

comfortable under an incredibly surreal circumstance, and if his game is even, you know, up to 3/4 of his normal standards he has a shot to win this week. >> if he doesn't make the cut would you understand that? there's a lot of pressure. he has missed the cut before. >> there is no way tiger misses the cut. the masters is his favorite tournament. he can go out and shoot par with his eyes closed. what i want to see is how he handles that first tee pressure. he's going to be really nervous on thursday but i think he'll have it by the end of the round. >> one thing about tiger woods, rich lerner, is that no matter what's happening on the golf course, with tiger there's still a lot of golf left. what are your expectations out of the great one coming up this weekend? >> i think he'll perform reasonably well but i think it's too soon. i don't think he'll win. i don't think it's the worst thing in the world that if he has some struggles and meets with the press afterwards and he says, look, this was quite a week for me, competitively i was a little rusty. it'll take a few more

tournaments to get back into shape but i really appreciate the way the patrons treated me, i really appreciate the way the press embraced me. i hope that i can continue to take these baby steps going forward again. i think he'll actually show a little more humanity and i think that's what this press conference was all about was tiger finally showing a human side. he wasn't scripted for a change. he didn't put limits on what could and could not be asked. look, this guy had it all. he was a total package. hollywood handsome, houdini like ability to escape ridiculous predicaments time and time again. he was clutched like reggie jackson, refused to lose like michael jordan and now he has something else. he has baggage. we're talking about charge you extra kind of baggage at the airport. heavy duty stuff. but actually that makes him maybe a little bit more of a sympathetic figure than he was before. >> it seemed to me today, connell, that at the press conference he was prepared for anything that came up. now, he said he followed the letter of the law. he had all that programmed how

he was going to handle it. tiger seemed to be much more forthcoming than he's ever been before like he's, you know, really obviously been through a lot and it's connected and he is ready to move on absolutely. today we saw a humble but not humiliated tiger. i'm used to seeing a tiger who is arrogant, so full of himself he could host a show on fox news. but today we saw a man who stood up there and he answered questions. he was relatively candid. i would have liked to have seen a little more from him on the subject of what happened thanksgiving night but he's come out and said, look. that's between my wife and i and we have to respect that. "golf" magazine's connell barrett with us and also rich lerner from the golf channel, thanks so much. our top three today. the biggest news conferences involving sports stars and we start with kobe bryant on the day in 2006 he was charged with sexual assault. >> i love my wife so much. s she's so special to me.

but i'm innocent. and together my wife and i and our family, we're going to fight these false accusations. >> the case against kobe bryant was eventually dropped after the alleged victim stopped cooperating with prosecutors. at number two, michael jordan stuns the sports world in 1993. >> at this particular time in my career, i've reached the pinnacle of my career. i have achieved a lot in that short amount of time if you want to call it short. but i just feel that i don't have anything else for myself to prove. >> jordan would eventually return to basketball and the bulls after a stint in minor league baseball. but no sports star's news conference ever rocked the world like this moment in 1991.

>> because of an hiv virus that i have obtained i will have to retire from the lakers today. >> while many considered it a death sentence at the time, magic johnson never developed full blown aids and continues to raise money and awareness to fight the disease. it's being called a miracle in china. more than 100 miners were pulled out alive from a flooded coal mine after being trapped for a week. hear how they managed to survive. but first, while some people celebrate easter and chocolate bunnies and dyed eggs, a german town puts a fiery spin on the holiday. every year 500 people participate in the ancient tradition of burning wheels and rolling them down a hill. the hot wheels date back to germanic fire worship, popular in the country thousands of years ago.

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struggled as a team leader. now to the vatican. the pope prayed far church and what he called times of difficulty. however, he has not yet directly addressed the abuse scandal or accusations he helped shelter predatory priests. nbc new's jim masina is in london. what are we learning of the revelations of a priest accused of molestation in minnesota working in india now? >> reporter: hi there, ed. nice to be with you. you could not make this up. yes, there are more documents from an associated press investigation indicating that a priest from india who was based and working in the united states is wanted on at least two counts of criminal sexual conduct for having forced a 14-year-old girl in his parish, telling that girl that he would threaten the lives of her parents in this parish in green bush, minnesota, pushing her or forcing her to enter his

rectory and have sexual relations with him. the documents allegedly show that the vatican was warned about this case three years ago, ostensibly on pope benedict's watch. the priest was hardly punished. he was told to return to india which he did and he's still work dlg in the home par niche a bishop's office. he denies all the charges and says he intends to do nothing about them and nor does the vatican it seems at this point. meanwhile, ed, the vatican returned the mea culpa attacks on the other. the cardinal called the accusations especially the ones that benedict had done little at all when he was in a position to actually act directly in at least two cases of priest ped feel yeah and called that petty gossip, that's a quote and praised the unfailing leadership

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well, good afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. some breaking new this is afternoon a. shocking, graphic video from iraq apparently showing u.s. troops gunning now innocent civilians in broad daylight. journalists and children among those fired upon raising disturbing questions of the conduct of the iraq war and the structure of that war. and what lies ahead for the united states and its soldiers in afghanistan. the show starts right now.

well, again, good afternoon to you. in america today weerks does he recalling with newly-leased and graphic combat video of brutal civilian death in iraq. the website says that the classified video is from an american apa che helicopter. the video we are about to show you is disturbing and graphic. according to the website, this video dates to july 12th, 2007. it shows two men they identified a journalist and his driver. as well as several others. the camera strap is mistaken for a weapon. he and another man thought to be equipped with rpgs and ak-47s. >> five to six individuals with ak-47s. >> we have a guy shooting. >> the journalist, his driver and the other men assemble and the helicopter opens fire.

>> line them all up. >> come on. fire. >> the tape identifies approximately eight men as killed in the strikes. including reuters cameraman and his driver. they're apparently assumed to be insurgents. >> dead bastards. >> nice. [ bleep ]. >> thank you. >> later, a family and neighbors, adults and children inside a minivan pull up on the wounded to try to help. they, too, are fired upon. >> come on. >> clear. >> while the well being of the adults in the van is not reported, the two children in the van were seriously wounded. until now, the military had said it didn't know how those children were injured and that the people killed were anti-iraqi forces or insush gents. near the end of the tape, ground troops arrive on the scene and a tank drives over one of the dead