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and prompts an bomb scare that sent jet fighters scrambling. setback at that west virginia mine. rescue crews got inside, but now the quality of air has become too dangerous and crews are being pulled out. what happens next. tiger woods, it's just a few hours away from teeing off the masters, but before his first drive, a haunting new ad is creating a lot of buzz. it featuring the voice of his voice. >> you'll find out what thinking was, i want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything? >> advertising guru donny deutsch will join me to talk about this ad. what does donny, think and what are people on the blog saying about it? this is a hot topic today. we saturday off with a diplomat from the middle east as he caused a bomb scare aboard a united airlines flight last nichlt federal marshals

confronted the man, a diplomat from qatar, after he emerged from the bathroom smelling of smoke. smoked a cigarette and tried to cover it up, and then reportedly made a flippant comment to light his shoes. that was enough for the marshals to apprehend him. two fighter jets were scrambled in this. pete williams is the justice correspondent. what more do we know about this man and the big question a lot of people are asking, why hasn't be been charged? >> that's the picture of him you were looking at him a second ago. he's 27 years old, a relatively low level diplomat here. we're told by u.s. officials two katari diplomats are in denver to pick him up. the u.s. expects that qatar will sent him back to qatar. this is the closest thing there is to expulsion without the u.s.

formally taking action to prepare him persona non grada. 25 minutes before the flight was due to land, he spent long time in the plane's rest room and came out smelling of smoke. the flight attendant asked if he was smoking and he deny it. he said he was trying to put out the pipe. he said i was trying to put out the pipe on my shoe and he was trying to light his shoe on fire. now, he was questioned, no explosives were found. it was a sarcastic flippant remark. no xharncharges were timed and the sense the u.s. decided to take this course and not filing xhajs for them basically sending him home. >> did ever apologize for that, in the wake of flippant remark he allegedly made.

>> reporter: i have not heard he made any apology, no. >> pete williams is on the story. thanks, pete. you bet. >> statistics somehow security alerts force mosh flights to land. according to the faa security reasons for 35 flights to land early in the first three months of this year there were only 17 such landings last year. and developing now, severe delays after a security breach this morning at los angeles international airport. knbc is live outside lax with the details. what happened there? >> reporter: well, tamryn lax was on heightened alert after what happened with the qata diplomat and then they released that alert. a man was asked to take his bag through additional security. well, he just kept walking because apparently he didn't hear. however, hundreds upon hundreds of people were forced out of two

terminals in the world's 7th busiest airport. united and delta completely cleared this morning as lines and lines of people are now still forming because the airport has re-opened. you want to know why, tam m tam? they found him on his flight. they checked him and his bag. nothing suspicious. we have 15 flights delayed right now. the department much homeland security says that they are going to slide the schedules for these flights and that people are going to get on board of these flights. right now we're looking 159 to an hour delay. >> what a way to start the day. thank you very much. within the past hours official as nounced a setback in the efforts to rescue four miners still missing after monday's explosion at a coal mine in wizards. they have evacuated the mine after entering earlier today to search for the miners.

they say the crews encounted dangerous levels of gases. >> unfortunately, as they're traveling into the mine this morning, we had some consecutive samples coming out the bore hole number 1 at the back of long wall 22 that indicated an explosive mixture. >> crews are working to clear the mine of those potentially explosive gases. when the rescuers were pulled back, they were about 1,000 feet from a shaft chamber bers where they hope the miners reached the safety he. they're live near the line. brian, the obviously question is, what next? >> reporter: tamryn, it's such a frustrating development. these crews have been chomping at the bit to get this there. finally they started making some headway, but they had to balance the very slim hope that these four missing miners would be alive against the very real possibility and danger posed by the explosive gases. to give you an idea how close it

was, they have a cutoff point once it gets above 5%, that's just too dangerous. it got to 5.4%. after a couple of hours of making real headway, they had to turn around and head back out. now they have to start this proz all over again of venting these explosive gases, monitoring and deciding it's safe enough to go back in. this is all focused on one rescue chamber, the sort of last chance for these four missing miners if they got there. there's a possibility they could have survived, but authorities holding out very little hope at this point. they say at this point they're still going ahead with this as if it is a full rescue operation. t tamryn. >> hopefully they reach want miners soo but there's a team appointed to start the investigation. what what more can you tell pe about that? >> reporter: labor secretary hilda solis made a quiet visit here yesterday.

she talked with the family members and didn't talk to any of the reporters or come by our media center, which is more than a mile away. she made it very clear that there would be a full investigation of this. as a matter of fact, this mine had many of the safety features built in from a custom of the previous deadly mine disaster here in west virginia. so they say it will be a learning process, but they're going to make sure that any lessons learned will be put into force in the future. >> all right, brian moore live for us in west virginia. thanks. president obama and russian president medvedev signed a historic treaty in prague this morning aimed at reducing nuclear stockpiles. president obama says the new arms pact will set the stage for further cuts in the two nations' nuclear arson physicals. a noo report says first-time claims jobless benefits rose unexpected last week. the number of newly laid off workers increased by 18,000. on a positive notice, the same

report showed the number of people claiming benefits fell by 1313,000. that's the lowest level since december 2008. tiger woods tees off in a few hours at at master. on the eve of his return to golf, woods' most loyal sponsor, neek key, have released a new, very interesting commercial. in it woods, as you see there, staring directly into the camera while he's seemingly being lectured by his late father in the bauk gound. here it is. >> i want to find out what your thinking was. i want to find out what your feelings are. and did you learn anything? >> as the anticipation builds ahead of tiger's scheduled 1:42 tee time, let's go to kerry sanders. he's at augusta. kerry, set the stage. what's the atmosphere like?

we're three hours away from teeoff with tiger. >> a lot of anticipation and a lot of excitement among the fans who were here. really the speculation ends at 1:42, and then the analysis begins as they begin to watch tiger woods tee off and play his game as he makes this return, this climb back up to the golf game. when he goes to that tee, it will be the chairman of the augusta national, billy payne, who introduces him and bringing him up and tells the crowd and television audience who is now teeing up. interesting, it was also billy payne who scolded tiger woods. >> it is not simply the degree of his conduct that's so egregious here. it's the fact he sfoined all of us, and more importantly our kids and our grandkids. our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we sought for our children. >> well, the weather right now

seems to be very nice, although it's likely there will be thunderstorm that is move in. the wind is already picking up, and around 1:42 this aern it may be stronger. if there is some rain, that could cause a delay in play, maybe causeding tiger woods to split his game. most athletes say it taking them off kilter to start and stop. it's going to be a very interesting next two days here. i think there will not be just golf fans or patrons watching this. there's going to be worldwide eyes on this. what did you make of that commercial? >> you know, kerry, that's a tough one. i think no matter what mistakes you make, you always want your parenting to be proud of you. maybe he's thinking, what would me dad have thought of me, this messy made of my life? i don't know. it's hard to say, but it is powerful. anytime you shoot anything in black and white and someone is staring at you, you have a reaction. donny deutsch is an spoert these

things coming up. here's a hint, kerry. donny deutsch says this ad is brilliant. >> i call it a faker. >> thaemplt the blogs -- people are lighting up the blogs and you can twitter me what you think. toy he yoet has now issued a statement in response to a damaging internal e-mail that has surfaced. the e-mail was written by a now retired toyota executive. it it raising new questions about toyota's response to safety problems with its vehicles and we get the details now from phil lee bow in chicago. >> another damaging piece of information regarding toyota and whether or not it was dragging it's feet in terms of alerting the public for 2.3 million vehicles, the damaging information comes from this company e-mail cents from an executive five days before the company rrled 2.3 million vehicles. in the e-mail irv miller, who retired from toyota, says i hate to break this to us, but we have a tendency for mechanical fail

near accelerator pedals off a certain manufacturer on certain mol models. we need to come clean. the worlds "come clean" are getting a lot of attention. it was sent five days before the recall on january 21st. within the last week toyota fined 16 plt 4 million just under 16.4 by the department of transportation for being slow in alerting authorities to the recall of the gas pedzals. the d.o.t. says they hid the defect. toyota says we understand the concerns there. we have publicly acknowledged on several kashgs that the company did a poor job of communicates during the period proceeding our recalls. we have taken a number of important steps to improve our communications. they say they're improving their communities and responsibility pentagon as quick as possibly to consumer concerns. this e-mail is going to get a lot of attention from americans

who believe that toyota has been way too slow and knew way too early about what was going on with its gas pedals and this that it should have done something sooner. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you. the unrest in kyrgztan. >> virginia's governor says he made a mistake? what he's saying approximate the history month prom mags. plus. >> we miss you, we love you. please come home. your children miss you. >> police say the security camera video shows that that man in their investigation is not telling the truth. we're going to talk with a police officer who helped break this case. you're watching msnbc. be good to your heart?

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now to the bloody coup. the opposition leader says she will run an interim government for six months before calling for elections a day after the country's president fled the capital after violence broke outs. you see the protests in the video. today the president released an e-mail statement refusing to resign and stating that he remains in power. that has the u.s. military very concerned, because this airbase at manas is the main transit point for u.s. and nato troops and supplies into afghanistan. this is a critical point for our troops. n we're there with the latest. >> reporter: well, let's start with the latest on the president. the president, in addition to the e-mail, has called into a

russian radio station saying that he still considers himself the president, he's not going to back down, but he also acknowledged he doesn't really have any power now because of this coalition of oposition leaders formed the interim government and really seem to be controlling most of country including the security forces. today people were back on the streets. unlike the bloody protests yesterday, we saw today people rallying in support of this coalition and taking their anger out against the president. they called him a murderer and said that he was responsible for the violence that we saw yesterday. you mentioned the troops at manas airbase just outside the capital. huge airbase for transit into afghanistan, and a number of these opposition leaders in the past said if they were in power, they would want to shut this base down. this morning i did talk to the leader, the new leader of this interim government, and she told

me there's no plans on changing the status. she does want to discuss going forward with u.s. officials and with the ambassador now. as you now, she said it's the same status quo going guard. >> that's obviously the critical news. i can't understand mitchell was reporting for "nightly news" last night, that's the key point. the u.s. was worried that the opposition leaders would not want that base operating. >> reporter: exactly. and, you know, it all depends on when they're not in power, they can play to the crowd, to the public a lot more than when they are in proower. they have different political things to take into consideration. it looks like they may want to possibly tweak the deal or tweak the relationship between the countries. it it doesn't look for now they had any plans to shut down the base. >> all right. thank you very much. impl at least 200 are dead in

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herniated and get exact measurements. what do you think? interesting. president obama and american's former cold war enemy russia have signed a landmark nuclear arms treaty today. early yes today they agreed to a deal at that cut their nuclear warhead supply by one-third over the next seven years. the deal is signed, but it will need to be ratified in the u.s. senate. still, president obama is talking about the new treaty and the significance of it. here's what he said. >> this day demonstrates the determination of the united states and russia, the two nations that hold over 90% of the word's nuclear weapons, to pursue responsible global leadership. >> mike is at the white house. mike, the president said this sets the stage for the two countries to make further cuts here, but obviously, this is a historic move today. >> well, they're calling it a win-win, our american officials saying a new day has dawned and u.s./russian relations saying

that the previous administration, bush administration things are reached a low that hadn't been seen since the darkest days of the cold war in the early '80s. this s.t.a.r.t. treaty signed by both both president medvedev and president obama today, it has all the old cold war phrases we haven't heard in years. launchers, throw weights, things th of that nature. reduces the nuclear arsenals by about 30% of both countries and it's all about the nukes lately in the white house. and in prague. the czech republic as well as, the white house came out with its nuclear posture review and holding a nuclear safety summit here in the united states. whenever the leaders of these two countries get together, it's about so many other issues as well. iran and what to do about its nuclear aspirations at the top of the agenda when these two men met earlier today. >> thanks, mike.

three massachusetts girms plead not guilty at the same time those very teenagers find themselves now the target of some attacks. the governor of virginia has apologized, but he's still standing by his controversial decision to make this month confederate history month in his state. ahead we talk with someone who really thinks this is a good idea. you didn't really think she was going to retire, did you? coming up, courtney has the scoop on a big move for oprah. you're watching msnbc. 16 chevys with a five star frontal crash safety rating. that's peace of mind for every size family. chevy... may the best car win. preparing for retirement can be complex. and with 7,000 boomers a day reaching retirement age, the need for help has never been greater. a merrill lynch financial advisor can help you plan, invest, and manage your assets,

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linked to coer ed ted to co-roe possible health problems. it could effect thousands whose homes were made with the defective wallboard, particularly in florida they have problem as well. lawyers representing a group of teenage girls in massachusetts have pleaded not guilty on their behalf today. the girls are accused of tormenting 15-year-old phoebe prince so much so she committed suicide back in january. now we're learning the girls may be the victims of bullying themselves. jeff ross seven in in hadley, massachusetts. what can you tell us about that part of the story? >> reporter: they've become pariahs in this community, some public disdain for what they're akudz of doing, apparently some websites have been set up damaging their names with nasty photos and messages and some of the lawyers for these alleged bullies are saying they're getting physical threats themselves coming just short of

saying death threat. one reporter asked one attorney yesterday, do you foel fear for your clirnt he's life, and he said yes. clearly these threats are taken seriously by the alleged billion bulys and attorneys. here in court today the other three suspects have pled not guilty, making six in all. four girls and two boys this week who have been arraigned. there's other future court dates coming up, and all of them have to report to the state police by tomorrow or next week depending on which one we're talking about. for booking purposes, but they're allowed to stay out of jail until their trial. one of their conditions for release is they can't go anywhere near phoebe prince's grieving family. >> all right. live in hadley, massachusetts with the latest on that. thank you, jeff. at least earlier in the hours we talked about tiger woods is scheduled to tee off in two hours. ahead of his new return to golf a new commercial featuring tiger

and the voice of his late father and it's getting a lot of attention. here's a clip of it. >> tiger, i am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. i want to find out what your thinking was, i want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything? >> well, joining me now to talk about this ad is advertising guru donny deutsch, the chairman of deutsch incorporated. >> i like advertising legend. >> in your own mind. but you're here, but your opinion does count in that role whachlt do you think? >> brilliant. i think it is the most brilliant piece of advertising i've seen in a decade. i was stunned. let me tell you why. here's the choices for neike. they would run a golf

commercial. it's like it never happened. they could have done nothing and not had an ad. instead, they said we have this brand, this billion dollar brand. in order to protect it, let's show the people that, you know what, tiger is not letting go of his? he has his con sense, the voice of his father in his head at all times. he has his dad's voice saying, why did you do this? think again. it's it's master. . >> what about this picture of tiger, what does that send? >> what it's sending is he's got his mother's voice. he's truly remorseful, and he truly, truly -- this is a part of him now. i think the other big media story, bigger media story, billy payne the head of the masters gets on, crusty old white guy and starting spanking. >> what does it matter he's white? >> it does matter. he spanks tiger that he let people down. how dare you. billy payne and the masters have

done more to hurt women, not letting women in in the year of 2010 who only a number of years ago tiger woods a man of color couldn't play this course. i'm a jew. i wonder if i could get in there. i don't mind you or anybody else getting on and saying tiger let me down. how dare you masters. i don't know how people are not going nuts with this. who is he to sit in judgment? >> he has a position in the masters. i think if that's the issue, if the masters is massage nistic, doesn't let women in, that's a separate issue. >> no, it's not. you shouldn't be on a soapbox. who are you to sit? judgment where as far as i'm concerned a lot of women are doing more offense things to women than tiger is doing. that's my point. >> i want to get back to the ad, and i'm trying to pull up this tweet someone brought up because some people online saying because earl woods is dead and he didn't give his permission for the voice here's one person.

cute kim writes get real. they still show billy mays' pitch stuff. he died. what do you make of that response? >> tiger thinks it's respectful as well. i have the same kind of relationship with my father. he's my conscience. it's a tribute to his father. i think it's the ultimate show of respect for him frankly, this is the one voice i carry with me. >> tell me what you think on twitter. do you agree with donny it's brilliant? >> come on. vote yes. vote for the blue team. >> this is like you get booted off "american idol." thank you, donny. what a character. all right. you probably got an opinion about this. following heavy criticism -- >> don't do the the white man overbite dance. >> it's all black and white. heavy criticism virginia republican governor bob mcdonald apologized for failing to mejs slavery when declaring april confederate history month in this state. he calls that quote a major omission.

he inserted a new paragraph in the pro clamgs it condemns slavery and inhumane and blames it as a cause of the civil war. he said he wanted to focus on slavery in the drafting of the original proclamation and wanted to look at the history. he put it in because of the sons of confederate chairman. joining me is geoff davis. thanks for joining me. >> well, hi. how are you doing today? >> i am super. >> nice to be with you. >> nice to have you. let me get your thoughts, jeff, on the governor saying that he made a mistake, he never should have omitted slavery and the evil and inhumane part of the civil war history we should not and cannot forget. >> ir think the governor got about what we expected in our original news release on the thing, and that was there would be some political cone tension

probably, and quite a bit of zeal toward something of a more stringent nature. that apparently is exactly what happened. >> do you think it was a mistake, jeff, to omit slavery? >> slavery is not the main cause or a main cause of the war between the states. slavery should be dealt with, but in the context that it was not a cause. now, if you were to say the result of that war was the end of sleigh aavery, that would be absolutely true. there is a connection, but it's not the connection that a lot of people would overzealously like to see put in something like that. >> but i guess the answer to the question that i ask you is, was it a mistake to omit slavery in this proclamation, and your answer sir is what? >> my answer is it didn't need

to be in the proclamation, because the proclamation dealt with the war. >> but there were over 500,000 slaves in the great state of west virginia during the civil war, 500,000 human lives. you think that -- in that state alone. they don't deserve to be spoken for? >> well, i know a little something about west virginia, and -- >> as do i. i did go to school, so i know a little something, too. i'm black, so i know a little something about slavery, sir. i just want to know. >> that's good. >> yeah. >> well, let me just ask you this. why should it be that just the confederate states are picked on about slavery when slavery existed throughout the united states? >> oh, i don't think anyone is picking on you, sir. i think the question is that certainly we can explore the

history and if you want to have your con rate history month, i don't think anyone is opposed to that because we can learn from that awful time in country's history where young men were sent off and generations of womens were widows as a result. it tore our country apart. i think the question was about the omission of slavery that a lot of people had an issue with. >> right. i'm glad to get back to that. >> okay. >> because if you look at the union army, for instance, in the war between the states, there were a number of states that were all slave states then, just like the south. slavery wasn't any more right in the south than it was in the north. but the fact is it was the whole nation. why pick on the con fed racy alone? the confederatecy did not invent slaifrary. >> i appreciate you. as a person from texas, i don't want anyone picking on the home state bullet we have to tell the truth and make sure the kids know it.

>> thank you, jeff. >> the truth is very, very important. >> and it shall set you free. thank you, jeff. i appreciate it. okay. thank you. it is not smog experts say, it's pollen, and it's so thick. what a transition. that it's creating haze over some cities across the nation. so if you're feeling bad, there's a reason. doctors say it's a particularly bad allergy season for those of us that suffer with allergies. the record levels of pollen this year are due to an unusual cold and wet winter and quick warm-up. oprah winfrey is starting a new chapter, a new nighttime tv show. oprah at night? let's get the scoop from msnbc.com pop culture. >> will oprah winfrey appear on her own cable network, own. we haven't heard any confirmation she would be doing that, just supporting a network. now a new show, primetime like you had, oprah's next chapter is more of a travel show.

she will be out of the studio. she won't be doing interviews. that was a great interview one there, steve carell and tina fey. she will travel with her celebrity friends. >> very cool. >> when is own going to be on the television? the release date for this network is pushed and pushed. >> she's retiring in september. >> 2011 is when the daytime talk show goes off the air, and own is expected to come sometime during the fall. whether she'll start those two and there will be an overlamb, don't know yet. but finally some news she'll be there. also news kate gosselin will return to television, thant she left. she went straight to "dancing with the stars." twist of kate is the new show that she's going to be on. it's going to feature her kids but not ex-husband jon gosselin. 12 episode are planned starting in the summer. it's about her life with the kids and the struggles she goes through. >> she's going through a rough

patch. now jon has sued for custody. >> that's right, he's suing for sole custody saying she's absent tee on the stint on "dancing with stars." he's trying to get his payments lessened. i'll see her in person in the flesh later today. chris rock on david letterman. david letterman continues to -- he's just a funny guy, you know. when things get awkward, he gets approximate funnier. that's the point. listen to chris rock and david letterman making light a little bit of his personal past problems. >> you're a rich man. you could just go home. wife's still mad you, ain't she? >> well. >> it's rough, dave. >> he yeah, yeah. not much i can say here. >> i know. i was backstage and fired all the cute girls. you got a bunch of the fat, old guys back there. it's horrible, man. the vibe is just horrible, man.

a man can't take it nowhere. >> i tell you something, some of those guys are starting to look pretty good. >> how about that? how about that? david letterman can take the heat when it's dished back to him. you have to hand it it to him for that. >> hang out with kate gosselin, that's pretty cool and can't wait to hear the scoop. >> for the latest go to scoop.msnbc.com. hopefully courtney will tweet while hanging out with miss gosselinment. a new study shows lasting lung damage for firefighters who worked at ground zero. we talk with a former lieutenant who suffers from severe health problems. florida police came onto what some are calling an a-ha moment in a mysterious murder. okay, class, our special guest is here -- ellen page. hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! we're going on a field trip to china! wow. [ chuckles ]

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welcome back. a third former new orleans police officer has pleaded guilty in a deadly shooting following hurricane katrina. this was the scene on that bridge caught on camera by nbc news in 2005. you can here the gunfire in the background. on wednesday michael hunter admitted he helped cover up the shooting. in court he described how he saw a police sergeant firing an assault rifle at wounded civil heians lying on the ground. two people were killed, four others were wounded. they were not armed. a man in florida who apparently thought he planned the perfect murder according to police did not count on camera. they accuse this 63-year-old's tearful plea for his wife was not sincere. he was arrested after authorities say a man matching his description was seen on

surveillance video pushing it in the lake. she was found in the submerged car the same day. the autopsy showed she died of multiple head wounds. joining me on the phone is the sergeant from coral springs, florida police department. thanks for joining us. has he admitted to this crime in the wake of this department showing this surveillance video? >> no, he did not. upon his arrest he was actually showing no emotion at all. he immediately requested to speak with an attorney. >> he's arrested and charged with first-degree murder. how did your department come across this surveillance video or the idea to look for possible video? what are we looking at here? >> an officer on his off-duty time took it upon himself to do a little investigation. he actually did a map of the area where the suspect actually worked and found a very large lake. himself he decided that would be a great place if someone was to dump a car and body. they did an area canvas of the lake and discovered a hole in

the sand with fresh tire marks. >> we showed the video yesterday, he was crying saying he wanted his wife back. what were your impressions when you were look at this tearful plea for his wife's safe return? >> obviously, from a police perspective that was a great tool from the investigation. we analyzed his statement and take it to the next step and come to several different conclusions that helped the investigation. >> obviously, this is about the death of a mom. she was only 41 years old. what else can you tell us about the kids here and even her? >> it's a very unfortunate situation for the children. not only did they lose their mother but they could end up losing their dad forever. her sister now has temporary custody of the children. >> thank you very much. we greatly appreciate you coming on and talking about this. a lot of people reacted to what we were seeing. thank you. despite a setback this morning, efforts continue to try

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welcome back. officials are conducting further tests to confirm if the bone fragments found at a 9/11 debris sifting site are human. 2,752 people lost their lives when the towers collapsed. the remains of 979 are yet to be found. there is scientific evidence today that the first responders and firefighters working at the world trade center following 9/11 were exposed to dust that harmed their lungs. that's a finding in a study that followed some 13,000 workers. vincent forest spent three weeks at ground zero. he is the founder of the gear up

foundation. thanks for joining us. what's your reaction to this study? 13,000 workers followed and they were exposed to this dust that was compromising to their lungs. what's your reaction to that? >> it's not at all surprising for me, having gone through what i have for the last many years since 9/11 and especially since msnbc took the lead weeks after my service, one of your reporters, jim bun, at the time, going back to ancient history, was doing as expose on this and we knew then there was some catastrophic effects. >> and your body was telling you something was wrong. what is your life like now, as far as your health? >> it's challenging. i am better than the thousand who have suh come to their

disease. many are my friends. i'm on many different meds, natural alternative medicines and medicines of the mainstream medical field. it's challenging every single day. i have souvenirs of 9/11 still in me. every once in a while, my wife is still pulling shards of silicon out of my back. >> hundreds are suing new york city over cancer diagnose. the judge said it wasn't enough. what's your reaction to that, that it's still unsettled so that people like yourself can pay for their treatment. >> i happen to agree with the way this was at the end, treated, because i felt it was blood money, that settlement.

considering it started at a billion-dollar fund and we lost almost half of it, i'm happy the judge is trying to get an additional amount of money for the first responders. >> well, we greatly appreciate what you've done for this country and putting your health at risk. thanks for coming on with me today. >> my privilege. >> it's mine. that does it for me this hour. i'll see you back here at 2:00 eastern. we'll tell you how sex ed teachers could face charges. coming up, new at noon, a mother searches for the daughter taken from her 25 years before. plus, the french world was buzzing about their model first lady and her alleged romance with a hunky musician. now, she's going on the record and radio about her marriage to nicolas sarkozy. i drove my first car from my parent's home

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