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are getting ignored. i'll talk with former defense secretary william cohen. reverend al sharpton gearing up for a big convention with the focus on the president's agenda. is he doing enough for black americans? i'll ask the reverend. orangtang's fighting for attention. president obama getting ready to nominate a replacement for the retiring john paul stevens. republicans are warning they could filibuster the nomination if the president chooses someone they consider outside the mainstream. democrats say they don't expect that to happen. >> i'm going to assume everybody is going to be responsible and we will move forward with this nominee and we should. >> if he picks an activist judge. i don't care whether the activist judge is liberal or

conservative, we ought to do everything in our power to defeat the person. >> cnbc washington correspondent john harwood at the white house. do democrats really want to risk another big fight with republicans? >> reporter: there's some benefits for a fight. base voters are already fired up about this election. at the end of the day the president wants to win this nomination. the key question on a filibuster, contessa, is whether republicans would have the strength to sustain one. she couldn't against sonia sotomayer. they only had 30 some votes against her and they need 40. candidates they talked about, people it would be difficult to hang all 41 senators together to try to stop it. >> john harwood from the white house. i know you're staying on top of this. i appreciate that. >> today president obama convenes leaders in washington since the conference that joined the united nations in 1945. the nuclear security summit opens with leaders from 46

countries. the two-day conference is the first to focus exclusively on the threat of unsecured nuclear material, which president obama says must be a top priority. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security both short-term, medium-term and long-term would be the possibility of a terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> president obama will also hold separate bilateral talks with several leaders including the president of china and king of jordan. former defense secretary william cohen is chairman and crow of the group. when we look at the summit, here is the president discussing the urgency of the terrorist threat, what does he hope to accomplish by focusing on the terrorist threat as opposed to pakistan and india's nuclear weapons. >> i think there is general agreement on those attending the summit that this does -- the threat of terrorist groups

getting access of nuclear materials is the gravest against us. he's taken an issue that virtually everyone can agree on. to get an agreement on how to have measurable accounting done to make sure we do something rather than just talk about it. i think the issue of pakistan and india is a separate issue that apparently both countries are determined to perhaps enrich more nuclear fuel to build more bombs. that's something we have to address, the world has to address. but what the president wants to do is focus on the single issue because it's the gravest threat that we face. >> can it really be a separate issue, though, secretary cohen when you have pakistan with the taliban insurgents, with militants and the possibility of coups? there's a real risk here if you have pakistan building new reactors, three of them in the works now for this nuclear fuel that it becomes the first to fall victim to insurgents coming

intrigue to take advantage of it. >> i think what the president is going to do, you mentioned before, he's going to have several bilateral meetings. those meetings with leaders, india, pakistan, china and russia and others, those are just as important as the summit itself. that's where some real negotiations are going to take place. i think what he's looking to do is to secure an agreement on the threat of these weapons and materials falling into the hands of terrorists groups. so if he can get all of the countries who are in attendance say we are going to secure what we have, the separate of issue of, are we going to build more, we need to have some real serious negotiations. that will not be easy. both countries, pakistan and india are reluctant to put restraint on existing nuclear materials and they want to build more. so take what he can get and sit down with them and see if they can get agreements in the future. >> if he does get this agreement on the existing nuclear material, what's the likelihood that the impact is real and

tangible? >> well, it has to be real and tangible, otherwise it's a waste of time. what the president is going to do, he's saying we've got four years to secure these materials. we want a commitment, measurable measures taken so we can certify what's being done, what's not being done and hold up those not meeting up to their responsibility, hold them accountable. the next four years are very important. i think it's an important initiative the president is taking. >> secretary cohen, i appreciate your expertise on these matters. thank you. >> great to be with you. >> breaking news. the vatican announcing for the first time ever bishops and clerics should report sexual abuse among the clergy to the police. a big development here for the catholic church moving forward on so many abuse claims around the world. we'll get reaction to this development later this hour. federal investigators are arriving this morning in west virginia to take a closer look at what caused a deadly mine explosion last week. authorities believe high levels of methane gas played roles in

deaths of 29 men. they will lay a wreath in honor of the victims and ask the country for a moment of silence. rescuers continue to search for a missing 11-year-old girl in florida. she was last seen friday afternoon riding her bike near her home in winter springs, florida, just north of orlando. law enforcement searched a swampy forest with all terrain vehicles and dogs. so far they have seen no sign of nadia. she has asperger's syndrome, related to autism. her sister told searchers nadia had been reading about survival in the woods. >> you can't see anything, it's darkness. this particular area we're searching is 15 to 20 feet deep, absolutely no visibility at all. have you to feel with your hands. >> rescuers left water bottles in the woods and notes urging the girl to come home. it was a beating that nearly killed a florida teenager. she was stomped in the head with

steel-toed books allegedly over an insensitive text message. now she's breathing on her own but she's been in a drug-induced coma since the beating. her attacker's parents told the "today" show their son never had trouble before and it was distraught over the suicide. >> he would like to apologize to josey and her family. he's remorseful about it. one of the things he said to me on friday was he wishes he could turn back the hands of time to the day before his brother died. and he thinks that none of this would have happened. >> i know the pain that you are going through. i'm just sorry. >> later this month, a judge will decide whether to try him as a juvenile or adult. russian investigators say flight records show no technical problems with a plane that crashed killing 97 people saturday including the polish

president. poland will observe a week of mourning for president lech kaczynski, first lady and dozens of senior polish leaders. that nation is in a state of grief. investigators believe the plane's pilot may have been warned about fog before the crash. some good news for the cash-strapped airline industry. the 20th annual national airline quality ratings released its results for the nation's 18 largest airlines and concluded the industry had one of its best years ever in 2009. cnbc's phil lebeau breaks it down. >> reporter: it's clear the airlines did better in three of the four big categories out there. the one area they struggled a bit, they bumped a few more passengers. that's because they have stripped so many flights out of the system. in terms of the top five airlines, these are the ones this do the best in terms of overall ratings. it's the same -- the top four

the same as last year. hawaii at the top followed by airtran, then jetblue, northwest, southwest moves up one spot to the number five position. so the top airlines continue to do well. what we're noticing, however, contessa, is that people are perhaps changing their expectations. fewer customer complaints, complaints about mishandled bags are down. perhaps people are checking fewer bags because they have to pay for it in the future. we're noticing on-time arrivals improved, that has to do with airlines stripping out a number of flights. overall the airlines have improved their performance when you look at 2009 versus 2008. contessa. >> phil, thank you. you mentioned fewer bags because you've got to pay to check them. spirit airlines plans to start charging a fee for carry-on baggage causing an outrage. one senator says he's fighting it. new york senator charles schumer says it's a slap in the face to travelers. spirit said they would charge up to $45 bucks for a carry-on.

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top of the morning rush, disturbing details emerging about a plot to blow up new york city subways. they claimed to strap explosives to their bodies and head to grand central and times square subway at rush hour. they would have boarded the usually packed one, two, three and six-line trains positioning themselves in the middle to ensure maximum carnage when they blew themselves up. a huge seven-alarm fire in chinatown injured 14 people including several firefighters, though it looks like everyone will recover. flames shot out of the roof of buildings. more than 250 firefighters spent hours extinguishing flames. investigators are looking for the cause. it's the end of an era in dallas. it's going out with a bang. more than 20,000 people watched texas stadium implode. there it goes. the dallas cowboys played 38 seasons there, won five super

bowls. former players, cheerleaders, fans stayed up all night for the final tailgate before the stadium was imploded at 7:00 a.m. the cowboys moved to a new $1.2 billion stadium last year. former massachusetts governor mitt romney won the straw poll at the southern republican leadership conference by a single vote. romney took the top spot with 439 votes, edging out texas congressman ron paul, former alaska governor sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich rounded out the top four. gop national chairman michael steele also did some damage control this weekend speaking before a half empty conference hall. >> democrats also know's they have some explaining to do. and they love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers at me and others instead of their radical un-american agenda. i'm the first here to admit i've made mistakes. it's been incumbent on me to

take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. >> steele has faced fierce criticism over his management of the republican national committee and questionable spending including the latest up roar over a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed nightclub. steele taking heat over his response when asked if he thinks race is a factor in all this criticism of his leadership. >> do you feel that as an african-american you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman would? >> the honest answer is yes. >> why is that? >> it just is. barack obama has a slimmer margin. a lot of folks do. it's a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. that's just the reality of it. >> reverend al sharpton heads up the national action network. this coming weekend they will hold the annual conference in new york focusing on a number of issues facing african-americans today.

good to have you with me. >> thank you. >> do you think there's a slimmer margin for people like michael steele and president obama? >> i think most people understand we still have instructial inequality in this country based on race. you know what is interesting about the democratic chairman and republican chairman michael steele speaking at our conference this week, last year newt gingrich spoke and talked about how we still have racial inequality in the country. in answering the question, steele had to say, yes, there's a slimmer margin. i don't think he necessarily made the statement in the way people are playing it up. i think he answered the question and i think it's a fact. >> robert gibbs responded to that and said he shouldn't play the race cards. it's not about a race card, it's about a credit card. has it become if people explain or justify their actions and in any way offer up the color of their skin as playing a role that it becomes the race card? >> i think that if we get into that, then we use that to not

deal with the real racial disparities in the country. it is easy for people that don't face that to say that. it is more difficult when you have blacks doubly unemployed. when you have us going to school and getting four grades less quality education, health disparities. those that suffer from that inequality are not playing a race card, we're dealing with a stacked deck. that's what our conference is about this week. at one level, we should not exploit it. people should not misuse it. i think the issues gibbs was talking about was spending not raise. at another level we can't trivialize it and act like there's not a race situation we still have to deal with in this country. >> i was going through the agenda. there's a lot on the plate. health care, jobs, perceptions in the media. one big recent controversy among black leaders has been whether the president is doing a good job in leading the nation's african-american agenda. >> well, i think that the question becomes the president was elected to be the president

of the united states. i think it is the job of civil rights groups and other groups to bring that agenda to the forefront just as labor does, just as women's group does and others. we cannot act as though the president has to lead differently than any part of the american public. otherwise we're not regarding and respecting what we as african-american voters elected him to do. this saturday at the culmination you'll have heads up major civil rights groups lay out what we want to see done and the timetable we're going to hold ourselves accountable. we're doing a two-hour special right here on msnbc sunday. >> you beat me to it. i was going to mention we're covering the conference live saturday and sunday. times are 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. eastern time. we're going to debate the black agenda right here on msnbc. you can tune into our special hosted by my colleague tamron hall and ed schultz as well.

reverend sharpton will participate in the panel discussion. it's always good to have you here. let me say, too. it's not just for black leaders across the nation, it's for everyone. when we see unemployment rate for african-americans above 16% that's a task for all of us. >> the question is what are we going to do about it rather than finger point. >> reverend sharpton, good to see you. >> good to see you. a family shipped their adopted russian boy back to russia by himself. the only thing with him, crayons and candy. now the issue turning into a huge international controversy.

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a 63-year-old french explorer said he's the first person to fly solo over the art particular in a hot air balloon. he was picked up by a helicopter in russia yesterday five days after leaving norway. he was originally supposed to land in alaska but bad weather forced him to change course. he traveled 1800 miles during

that flight. a tourist attraction called orangutan boxing. safari world calls it cruel and torturous for animals. they told the park to stop the show. even the website advertising this attraction. it's called cruel by wildlife experts. international outrage over the actions of a tennessee woman who returned her 7-year-old adopted son back to moscow alone with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems. reportedly the adopted grandmother nancy hanson actually put little justin on the plane. both nancy and the adopted mom have disappeared. their house shut tight for days. justin told caretakers torry hanson often pulled him by the

hair. russia is furious and threatened to stop all adoptions by u.s. families. what's your reaction to this story? >> it's so sad and so tragic. i feel so sad for this poor child who was placed in a loving home, to have the opportunity to have a better life. i feel so sorry for all of the children sitting in russia waiting to be adopted. i feel bad for the russians who now are wondering can we trust the americans to adopt our children. i feel sad for this mom who became so desperate she made such an awful decision. >> where is the real problem here? is the problem find ag child behaviorally unmanageable or is the problem that she put him on a plane back to his native country by himself? >> i think there's many problems here. i think the first problem is we had a mother in distress that did not seek help. a mother who felt so desperate she did not get herself

services. there's many services out there but she didn't get services for her child. i think it's unbelievably awful she would make this choice, this dangerous choice to put him on an airplane by himself. no child of any age should be put on an airplane, 7, 8 years old should be sent across the ocean on an airplane. it's awful. >> is there an inherent risk when you're adopt ag child, any child, international adoption or one from the united states, that you could end up with a child that you just simply don't know how to help? >> absolutely. when children are born and not nurtured and placed in an institution, possibly abused or neglected, there are serious implications. before adopting a child like this, parents need to be fully prepared and have the skills to

deal with the special needs their child will have but then have access to services. what we don't know here is did this mom try to get herself help and was not able to? was she so completely overwhelmed she didn't even try? across the united states, there are all kinds of services that are available, and they can be challenging to access. but parents have got to have that information. >> janice, thank you very much for joining me. i appreciate your time and certainly your expertise on this. they were by no means saints. but now the pope is for giving the beatles for sex, drugs and dock and role. pope benedict now offering the beatles the official seal of approval. how many years later? even going so far now as calling the group a special jewel. in 1966, john lennon stirred up controversy when he said the beatles were bigger than jesus. [ male announcer ] thank you, heat oven.

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there are reports of infidelity, loud agreements as they investigate a tv show producer in the death of his wife. her nude body found at a posh cancun resort where the couple was reportedly trying to work out their marital problems. her husband bruce beresford-redman is their chief suspect because of numerous inconsistencies in his story. miguel almaguer in cancun with more. miguel, bring us up to date. >> reporter: contessa, good morning. it's clear investigators have more questions for bruce beresford-redman. he voluntarily went in to police, was interrogated for several hours and released, told not to leave the country. basically their version of the district attorney's office is in communication with the consulate office who is in communication with bruce.

he reportedly came to cancun to work on his marriage with his wife after reports of his infidelity. days before she wept missing there were reports of hotel guests of loud arguing throughout the night. then the guest tells us, tells nbc news, suddenly everything went quiet. the next day monica was reported missing. her body, as you mentioned, was found on her 42nd birthday. he was questioned by police a few days later. again, as you said earlier today, there are numerous reports, according to investigators, that his stories are simply inconsistent. contessa. >> thank you, miguel. breaking news from the vatican on the handling of sex abuse cases. can you bring me up on the new directive to priests and bishops. >> reporter: yes. this is an attempt to quell the whole response to the sex abuse crisis. this was a guide posted on the

websites. it notes local bishops investigate every allegation of sexual abuse by a cleric and report those allegations that have a semblance of truth to the vatican congregation. they insist this has always been the policy but this new guidance makes public for the first time this explicit policy of reporting abuse to law enforcement. you know, critics have accused the vatican, of course, of foot dragging in handling so many cases of sexual abuse by priests, some of which are decades old and in some cases accusing the vatican of taking years to defrock priests while this church's internal appeals process dragged on and on, sometimes moving priests to other jurisdictions and other diocese where they continue to go on abusing. so this will go some distance, i suppose, to appeasing those critics.

contessa. >> do not anna, thank you. a man shot after taking this video. it shows what it's like to be in bangkok after an anti-government group protest turned violent. the video behind army lines, shows blood shed and death. his camera was returned to reuters by protesters. before hosting top officials from nearly 50 nations for the nuclear security summit, president obama is preparing for several bilateral meetings. a one-on-one meeting with chinese president hu jintao is of chief concern. president obama seeking china's support to ramp up pressure against iran over its nuclear program. joining me now, investigative journalist, author of "the secret war with iran." the sanction the united nations has put on iran because of nuclear ambitions and lack of cooperation with these investigators hasn't really done much to stop iran, it seems. >> on a tactical level,

contessa, it has caused difficulties to iran to purchase equipment, issue letters of credit. but strategically, it didn't attach a significant price tag. indicated to the iranians if they continue with the project they jeopardize the existing of their regime and maybe think it over again. >> how important are the chinese for any pressure to make iran tow the line. >> the only chance of the world to prevent israel from striking iran, because israel see iran nuclear as an threat would be significant sanctions. there would not be significant sanctions without the aiding, participation of china. if going back to the chinese foreign minister speech, mr. young just two months ago in munich, he said there would be no sanctions.

maybe during these two months, maybe during the summit today, president obama would be able to change china's mind. for the time being china is iran's closest economic ally. from their point of view there, i don't have any interest with these relations. >> thank you for coming in. i appreciate it. >> thank you. congress is poised for another partisan showdown for extending unemployment insurance. first day back in session following a two-week recess, the senate will vote on the jobless issue. democrats will need at least one republican supporter to get the 60 votes necessary to proceed. hill staffers often feel overworked, underappreciated, now they are feeling abused. they say a handful of outspoken republicans are to blame. first former house speaker newt gingrich said capitol hill staffers have no contact with reality and spend their entire life being arrogant to visitors from back home. then house minority leader john boehner dismissed staffers as

little punk staffers. republican devin nonez accused them of employing house thugs. joining me for hill say, luke russert. what? house thugs? is that right. >> reporter: quite an amazing story from "politico" talking about the increased rhetoric in the last flew months against capitol hill staffers. a lot of this is fueled with republicans trying to tap into the populist sentiment, trying to paint staffers as being out of touch, as being educated elite and whatnot. that being said when you're up here on capitol hill, the majority of staffers are kids in their 20s who are some of the brightest minds making about $30,000 a year living paycheck to paycheck. >> when i said overworked and underappreciated, i left out underpaid. >> some see themselves as young

carl reeves, rahm emanuals but the vast majority are hardworking. this is not a 9:00 to 5:00 job. you leave when your boss leaves. during health care we were up here all hours of the day. the staffers are here longer than we are. quite interesting, even republicans have told me privately they do not like to be characterized as little punk staffers. john boehner is known to be very kind to his own staff. at the end of the day, people up here ar working hard on capitol hill for your american democracy, contessa. you know who else worked hard? bc men's hockey team winning national title 2010 national champions boston college. does syracuse have a hockey team? i don't even know. >> we don't need a hockey team. we have a phenomenal basketball team. >> national champions. >> i love talking sports with you. i feel a little out of my element here. onto tiger woods. did his wife know he was cheating on her?

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there's no doubt that one of the greatest challenges of new motherhood is lack of sleep. but a new study shows it's actually how much sleep a mom thinks she's losing that may affect her postpartum mood. researchers found a woman's perception of poor sleep was a stronger predictor of mood problems than her actual sleep quality and quantity. a storybook ending at the masters but not for tiger woods. this was phil mickelson's time to shine. michels michelsl michelson, the man they call lefty had an emotional win at the masters. it was his wife's first time on

the golf course since being diagnosed with breast cancer 11 months ago. what a dramatic weekend of golf. phil mickelson played some amazing rounds. >> reporter: yeah, this is one they will talk about for a long time. it's kind of fitting. the tournament started with tiger woods saying his wife would not be with him here. phil mickelson saying he would not be here without his wife. tiger woods coming in saying he wanted to win the tournament. that didn't happen. the winner this weekend may be the sport's true family man. it was the green jacket tiger woods hoped he'd be wearing. instead crowd favorite phil mickelson was the one celebrating his third masters championship. woods was erratic on the course during sunday's final round. there were glimpses of brilliance, but the world's top ranked golfer mostly and defeated. >> it was god awful. knowing was going my way early.

i came to win the event and finished fourth. >> reporter: after his return last week after a salacious sex scandal he went from a source of curiosity. >> he didn't lose his way. golf is more important without him. >> reporter: his affairs are providing late night punch lines. >> you yourself have not slept with tiger woods. >> i have not but in fairness to me that's just because i never met him. >> on 18, phil mickelson shared a heart warming embrace with his wife amy. >> to come out on top is very emotional. it's terrific and feels emotional. >> woods, his comeback under way and his marriage still up in the air left the course alone. >> tiger could learn a lot from phil mickelson. >> reporter: of course the question a lot of people are asking this morning is when will we see tiger woods compete next. the answer at the 18th hole, he said i'm going to take a little

time off from the game and re-evaluate. the next big major at pebble beach in june. >> we'll be watching for that, peter. thank you. less than a week after twittering his high-profile breakup, he's aiming his commentary at tiger woods' wife elin. he claimed elin had to know tiger was cheating. he said, no wife is blind enough to miss that much infidelity. he tweeted elin had to be a willing participant on the ride for whatever reason. kids, lifestyle. yeah, i'm sure jim carrey knows. a new report hitting news stands on the internet takes a stark looking at the gross prisoners. nbc news teamed up with grio taking a closer look at mothers raising their babies behind bars. at least nine u.s. prisons allow nonviolent offenders who give birth while locked up to keep their babies with them up to 18 months.

maria has been following the story. what did you find? >> reporter: these are designed to keep the mother and child together, reflect social responsibility from the prisons. they want to preserve the bond to lead to a stronger future for the mother and child. >> bedford hills has the country's oldest prison nursery. 7-month-old delilah is one of the oldest resident. her mother was pregnant when sentenced. the thought of having her child in prison, she almost decided not to. >> i'm anti-abortion. the thought crosses your mind. who wants to actually have a baby in prison and not be able to stay with a baby. i actually made an appointment not to have her. i couldn't do it. i was like, no. so i kept her. >> reporter: delilah is one of nine babies living at bedford hills. here the infants do leave their unit. when the mothers go to mandated programs, the babies go to

daycare, staffed by other inmates like this woman serving 16 years to life for robbery. she says being with the babies is the bright spot of each day. >> i stole because i had a habit to take care of. i'm not getting high anymore. i have a habit with the babies now. you know what i'm saying? yeah. >> on her first birthday she'll have to leave to go home with siblings and aunt while charlene serves the rest of her sentence. >> do you think what it's going to be like for delilah to leave you when you're her whole world? >> yeah. i know she's going to feel mommy is not here. >> reporter: it will be a bittersweet moment parting with her daughter while knowing it's the best thing for the baby. >> as much as i would love to be able to keep her here a little longer, i want her to know more than inmates and officers. i want her to see beyond these walls. >> reporter: studies have shown mothers who participate have lower return rates than others.

others argue they should not be in the child care business. >> the one thing to look at, you're imprisoning babies. the other thing is if you separate them you're punishing the baby to be without their mom. >> it's really to preserve the baby's future as much as the mothers. studies show it is beneficial for mothers long-term. >> what about if dads want their babies. >> great point. so far prisons doing it feel like it's worth the expense and issue. >> mara, thank you. >> thank you. >> for more on this issue, go to thegrio.com and click on mara. tina fey is back and brought her best sarah palin. >> so, katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie.

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gotcha! i reedit my interviews with journalists to make it look like they were the ones that were woefully unprepared. so katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. gotcha! >> well, tina fey's impressions of sarah palin, fair or not, shaped some perceptions of the former alaskan governor during the 2008 presidential race. could the comedian have an impact on the 2012 race if palin decides to run. bring in anna marie cox, washington correspondent for gq magazine. does it shape perceptions of sarah palin now and her role in current politics? >> i think that tina fey's impression had one of the largest impacts of any comedians on the last election and probably a big factor in like over 50% of americans say they don't want sarah palin to be president. i actually know a lot of people

who think sarah palin is the one who actually said, i can see alaska from my porch. that was from tina fey's skit. it sounds right, so true, encapsulates the way we think of sarah palin and they think it's something they say. >> she did say when asked about her experience with international diplomacy. she said in alaska, it's important. we can see russia from points in alaska. she was making the point about alaska's proximity to russia. so it wasn't utterly baseless. >> no. i think tina fey is a genius comedic actress, i'm a huge fan of hers. it's not hard to make fun of sarah palin. she says so many things that are untrue or exaggerated or kind of willfully, as she said herself there -- or tina said -- willfully ignorant and woefully unprepared. while i love having tina fey do sarah palin's impression i'm not

sure if they are really necessary in order to make her a joke. >> anna marie cox, washington correspondent for "gq" magazine. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> i'll see you back at 3:00 eastern. tamron hall picks up next. the latest on the tennessee family that sent an adopted son back to russia with nothing but a note and some candy. did that adopted mom break any laws? plus, did oprah winfrey have a relationship with singer john tesh? she's got the scoop ahead. personally, i thought i was invincible. once it happened, i realized it's a different story. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone. so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i was the guy who was doing everything right. i was wrong. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. [ male announcer ] learn more about protecting your heart at iamproheart.com.