josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> so you mentioned -- you heard josh elliott mention gregg williams and what he said about frank gore. he said we need to decide how many times we can beat frank gore's head. gregg williams in those tapes which were released through a documentary producer, he says we're going to dominate the line of scrimmage, kill the bleeping head. every single one of you be

our thanks to josh elliott for that story. >>> the masters at day one at augusta national.espn news. >> good morning. i'm todd grisham. this is your "sportscenter" update. thought you had a long day at work yesterday? how about the blue jays and the indians? the longest opening day game in major league baseball history. finally, in the 16th inning, it comes to a close. thanks to j.p.'s three-run blast. blue jays win it, 7-4. >>> red sox and the tigers. the first game for bobby valentine as the manager of the red sox. bottom of the ninth. tied at 2-2. austin jackson, comes through. rbi single. that scores danny werth. the tigers with a walkoff. 3-2 win. >>> reds and marlins. marlins already played a game. this would be their second. this is the reds' first. jay bruce. watch this shot. 442 feet later, it's gone. reds win it, 4-0. >>> another opening day tilt, phillies and pirates. and how about this story? retired military hero jeremy feldbush throws the first pitch. and by the way, he's blind. phillies up 1-0. roy halladay on cruise control. eight scoreless innings. phillies

here's abc's josh elliott. >> reporter: even in the brutal world of the nfl, america's unquestioned secularhe words are a stunning sacrilege. >> kill the head and the body will die. >> reporter: you are listening to new orleans saints defensive coordinator gregg williams, firing up his players before a january playoff game against the san francisco 49ers. in the tapes, recorded by a documentary filmmaker and first obtained by yahoo sports, williams seems to exhort the team to deliberately injure 49ers players, targeting old injuries and, in the cases of niners tailback frank gore, his head. >> we've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill frank gore's head. we want him running sideways. we want his head sideways. >> reporter: but perhaps most troubling, a reference made to a bounty on driving san francisco quarterback alex smith from the game, as williams rubbed his thumb and fingers together, suggesting financial reward. >> we hit [ bleep ] smith right there. remember me. i've got the first one, i've got the first one. >> reporter: the nfl has cracked down on the abuse. susp

josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> so you mentioned -- you heard josh elliott mention gregg williams and what he said about frank gore. he said we need to decide how many times we can beat frank gore's head. gregg williams in those tapes which were released through a documentary producer, he says we're going to dominate the line of scrimmage, kill the bleeping head. every single one of you before you get off the file, affect the head. continue, touch, hit the head. which is what the nfl has been -- it's been a very violent sport and will continue to be. they are continuing to crack down on concussions and hits to the head. something like this -- >> two points, one. the saints are not the only team doing this. they are the ones who got caught. in terms of the phrase, lifetime ban comes to mind. the tapes will be the nail in the coffin. >> his head should roll. >> no pun intended. go to our facebook page. how would you punish those involved in the football injury bounty scandal check out wnnfans.com. in this era, the league had to make an example of the saints. they've done that. i hat

josh elliott reporting. >> interest in the just released 1940 u.s.so grit that the government web site with that information is in a virtual traffic jam. the records are available to the public for the first time because of the 72 years of confidentiality that has now expired. national arrest kivts is registered at least 37 million hits on the site which allow people to learn about their past. show down problems are expected to ease up a bit tonight. now inflection the silicon valley database company running the site says they knew it was going to be popular but had no idea it was going to be like this one official said they were expecting a flood but they got instead a tsunami of people i wanted in the 1940 census. >>> now to the internet idea to deal witthe mounting cost of college education. 2 students in britain came up with the idea of buy my face.com. to help pay off their 8,000 dollar college debt. 80,000 dollar college at that time. harper and noise are selling the faces as ad space for hundreds of dollars a pop. they have 80,000 dollars they

. >>> now, to josh elliott and the headlines. >> we're going to go to breaking news overnight. a drug bust gone horribly wrong in a small new england town. alex perez is just learning new details this morning. and he joins us, now, from greenland, new hampshire, right now. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: josh, good morning to you. you know, this is the nightmare that every police officer's family has every night. it appears after killing the police chief and injuring four other officers, the suspect killed himself. >> police officers and chief maloney attempted to gain entry into that residence. gunshots were fired. and the officers were struck. >> reporter: police chief michael maloney was just eight days. eight days from retirement. the deadly standoff began around 6:00 p.m. last night. police officers were serving a search warrant at the home of 20-year-old collin untre, who has previous arrests for drugs and firearms. but as they entered, the officers were attacked. in the sense hours that followed, he holed up in the home with a female acquaintance. about 2:00 p.m.

here is josh elliott. >> reporter: this is the woman who could shatter the glass ceiling at one of the world's most exclusive and secretive golf clubs. she is virginia rometty -- the first woman ceo of ibm, a longtime masters sponsor. traditionally, the ibm ceo has been offered a member bership at the augusta. but they have nevered admitted women. and today, augusta chairman billy payne refused to say whether rometty would be the first. >> one of the changes that hasn't happened to the club is the all male membership. i am wondering if you ever foresee that changing and why or why not? >> all issues of membership are now and have been historically the subject of the private deliberations of the members. >> reporter: augusta national is so secretive, it won't reveal the names of its members or even how many of them there are. recordedly there be 300, all by invitation only. why there is not a no women policy, the fact is, there are no women members. >> as a grandfather, what do you say to your granddaughters? >> once again, expressed artfully, i think that is a question that deals with

josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> i don't have a problem with the all-male membership.you go to a private school, an all-girls school or all-boys school, how is that gender discrimination? if you go to an all boys school and say, i want in. they are private. you can do what you want. it's not like, they don't -- they allow women to play golf. >> how benevolent of them. how benevolent. to allow the women folk to get on the course. >> how is it any different than going to a private institution? an all boys school and a woman wanting to enroll? it's private, is it not? >> it is a private club. you have to understand. there's an image issue here. number one. and number two, this is 2012. what century are we living in that there is any club out there that is only going to do all women? where do you draw the line? no blacks, no hispanics, no jews, no gays, should i ride in the back of the bus on the way home? it's comparable and it's ridiculous to say as a woman that you don't support that. >> can i be in the boy scouts? do you want to be in the girl scouts? do you want to pl

where is josh elliott? he's a big dodgers fan. big dodgers fan.os angeles dodgers. >> thank you for that. >> you're welcome. >> i got you a present. this is the first hat i signed. you know i had 20 give you the dodger hat. you know. >> thank you. >> i got to take care of my girl. because you know, you and i go way back. >> we do. >> we're good friends. i said, okay, let me put this to robin who i love and 32. the dodgers. >> i love it. good luck with that, magic. josh is eyeing it. my best to cookie. love her jeans. i wear them all the time. >> i will tell her you said hello. >> we got magic and bird opening wednesday. >> come see the play. >> sam. >> you just got back from vacation? >> a superstar. magic in the house. what he's doing for hiv education is incredible. let's get to the boards. one or two things you need to know. is this monday? already it feels like tuesday or wednesday. it's probably still monday. i love this one. big white fish lake, michigan. love it. the splash of water. that's gorgeous. here's what's going on in the northwest.

. >>> in the meantime, let's turn to josh elliott with the other top stories develop right now. good morning, josh. >> good morning, robin. we're going to begin with breaking news that the world is watching this morning from the crisis in syria. a u.n. cease-fire deadline has just passed. but the syrian government is ignoring it, launching new attacks on civilians as it tries to crush the pro-democracy uprising. violence has spread into lebanon and turkey, amid new reports of mass killings. >>> we're hearing the panicked emergency calls seconds after the fiery jet crash in virginia beach on friday. david kerley brings us the tapes and the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the drama of an f-18 crashing into an apartment complex. >> the apartment building is destroyed. >> reporter: punctuated by the newly-released 911 calls. >> i see the smoke and stuff right now, sir. >> the pilot did bail out. i saw it. but it hit the apartment complex. >> reporter: and listen to the first responders. >> find the pilots. supposedly there were two chutes. so, if you coordinate with police,

hug it out. >> that means chef josh elliott that you are the "chopped" champion. congratulations.ons. i'm glad you're able to hug it out. >> yes. i'm telling you, that was incredibly nerve-racking. half way through, they said, can you guys talk or smile or do something? i took it way too seriously. and i said, i was way too happy to win. >> we know you can cook now. and we hope that eva was watching. >> we're not going to let that go, are we, george? go behind the scenes on [ cheers and applause ] >>> rascal flatts tomorrow. are you going to come down for a third day? >> what? >> thanks for coming. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. at 8:56 and this thursday morning. a new report finds out that s serious barriers for riders the disabilities. two california ergonomics consultant compiled the report said the system had a lack of anchors for wheelchairs', doors,osing train outages and gaps along train platforms. metro officials say the system is compliant with the americans with disabilities act. maryland senator barbara getting an out of today.ld honor have a super nov

hug it out. >> that means chef josh elliott that you are the "chopped" champion. congratulations.'m glad you're able to hug it out. >> yes. i'm telling you, that was incredibly nerve-racking. half way through, they said, can you guys talk or smile or do something? i took it way too seriously. and i said, i was way too happy to win. >> we know you can cook now. and we hope that eva was watching. >> we're not going to let that go, are we, george? go behind the scenes on [ cheers and applause ] >>> rascal flatts tomorrow. are you going to come down for a third day? >> what? >> thanks for coming. >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, hope you're having a good morning. it is 47 in baltimore right now and 40 in york. we'll warm up to about 62 with all the sunshine we are seeing rite now across the area. traveling back to west virginia, going to run into thick cloud cover and rain there. the rain will stay south of us today. but we do need the rain now. we are around 4 inches below since the beginning of the year. we'll take that rain but it's not coming any time soon. lots of sunsh

hug it out. >> that means chef josh elliott that you are the "chopped" champion. congratulations. i'm glad you're able to hug it out. >> yes. i'm telling you, that was incredibly nerve-racking. halfway through, they said, can you guys talk or smile or do something? i took it way too seriously. and i said, i was way too happy to win. >> we know you can cook now. and we hope that eva was watching. >> we're not going to let that go, are we, george? go behind the scenes on "chopped" at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >>> rascal flatts tomorrow. are you going to come down for a third day? >> what? >> thanks for coming. you can see >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. republican presidential candidate ron paul visits san francisco this morning. paul is scheduled to speak at a campaign fundraiser at the union square marriott. he hosted a town hall last night on ucla campus. breezy this morning. >>> breezes will continue, good morning. northwest 10 to 20 keeping us in the cool air mass with mid 50s to around 60°. slight ch

abc's josh elliott tells us all about it. >> reporter: carol lennon isn't strapping herself in for ae's just trying to go to sleep. this giant device called the cpap machine is the only thing that can help carol get uninterrupted sleep. she has sleep apnea which causes her to stop breathing at night leaving her feeling exhausted and let's not forget the snoring. >> according to my boyfriend, it was getting worse and worse. >> reporter: but now she has a new option to treat her problem. this little device called provent. >> this is the one device that seems to rival cpap. >> reporter: a patch fits over the nose and two small plugs go into each nostril creating just enough air pressure to keep the air waves open at night. >> it's easy to breathe in through the nose but hard to breathe out. >> reporter: the machine pushes air into the nasal passages enabling easier breathing. while it works very well, it's about as romantic as a cold sore, and more than half the patients who try it stop using it. carol refused altogether. >> i knew i would not wear it because i -- it would be obstructiv

josh elliott has the other top stories. >> i guess that makes three of us. here i am.roving once again that coffee is magic. let's get to the news. >>> breaking news. the first images coming in from the crash of a passenger plane in russia, in siberia. the fuselage splitting in two. 32 people killed, 11 survived the crash. the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing. no word on what went wrong. we'll keep you updated as news becomes available. >>> we were the first to show you this surveillance video of george zimmerman arriving at police headquarters, seemingly uninju uninjured. this morning, a new version of that same tape. matt gutman joins us to show us what that reveals. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, josh. we took the video, enhanced it, redigitized it to see the clearest, sharpest image yet. revealing for the first time what appear to be a pair of gashes or welts on george zimmerman's head. this video enhanced exclusively for abc news showing more clearly the first moments after george zimmerman arrived at the police department just after s

. >>> now, josh elliott has the other top stories developing right now. good morning. >> it's been a great week. thanks for being here. really do appreciate it. we're going to begin with that issue you were discussing, jobs. it is issue number one for millions of americans. just this morning, we're getting new clues about where people are getting hired and who is hiring them. abc's david muir, "world news" weekend anchor is here to take a look. >> reporter: we're getting an important snapshot of the job view this morning. 200,000 jobs created last month. it's as katie mentioned, the fourth-straight month of steady job creation. what does this all mean? consider this number, at the height of the recession, seven americans competing for every one job opening. now, it's under four for every one job. where are they? manufacturing, the auto industry. and the best salaries, we're told to look at health care and software industries. we have one more note. experienced workers are finally getting a break. employers are hiring older workers than younger workers now

. >>> first, the top stories and josh elliott. >> we're going to get to the dramatic developments inhe secret service prostitution scandal. three agents are being forced out, as we hear for the first time from one of the women involved. abc's reena ninan has the latest from cartagena, colombia. reena, good morning to you. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that members of the presidential advance team, did a little advanced work of their own last week. the room at the hotel caribe, before a night of alcohol and sex with prostitutes. abc news has learned the men reserved a space large enough for at least 30 people, before traveling here to the pley club. sources say several of the men not only met prostitutes here, they paid for sexual services inside the club. then, brought the women back to the party space at the hotel. congressional leaders say as many as 20 women may have been involved. >> this is a real black eye, if this is pretty deep. we need answers to the questions. >> reporter: one of the women involved said she was ripped off by one of the americans at the hotel. in an int

. >>> we're going to turn to josh elliott for the other stories that are developing right now. good morning, josh. >> good morning, all of you. we're going to begin with the first case of mad cow disease in the united states in six years, found in a california dairy cow. already some supermarkets in asia. specifically those in south korea, have stopped selling american beef. abc's jim avila has the latest for this us morning. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, josh. the discovery was random, pure luck. the dairy cow was dead on arrival and exhibited no signs of mad cow. this is the plant where the latest mad cow was discovered in hanford, california. it's only the fourth case in u.s. history. and no american has ever contracted the disease on native soil. 175 people died horrible deaths in the 1990s' english outbreak. >> the safeguards we have in the u.s., are very effective, our food is safe. >> reporter: the usda inspectors took a brain sample of the infected dairy cow, at the rendering plant that turns fat into cooking oil and bio fuel. 1 of only 40,000 cows tested

. >>> to josh elliott and the rest of the stories. >> good morning, all of you.aking news from afghanistan. word that a blackhawk helicopter like the one you currently see there, has crashed during a nighttime mission. four american soldiers are feared dead. it appears bad weather may have played a role in the crash. >>> a manhunt for two dangerous fugitives on the run from a kansas jail after outsmarting and overpowering the guards. ryan owens is on the case right now in kansas city. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, josh. we're not talking about any garden variety felons here, either. one of these guys is a convicted double-murderer. and authorities here concede after the clever jailbreak they pulled off, they could be just about anywhere by now. these are the two violent felons officers across the plains and west are doesn'ting. santos carrera-morales, a double-murderer, and eric james, a kidnapper. their jailbreak is right out of a hollywood movie. they and two other men escaped from the county jail in tiny minneapolis, kansas, at a

. >>> let's turn to josh elliott, for other top stories. >> good morning to you both. and to all of you. we're going to begin with a rare occurrence on wall street this morning. that may, in fact, satisfy anyone who thinks bank executives are overpaid. shareholders at citigroup have come together to reject an executive pay increase, that would have boosted the ceo's compensation to some $15 million. it is now the first major bank where this has happened. and although it's not binding, analysts call the move historic. and say that it could, in fact, trigger a wave of similar pay revolts. >>> it comes as we learn the gap between the rich and the poor is widening yet again. government figures out this morning show that wealthiest americans saw their earnings rise some 7% over the last three years. but workers at the other end of the scale saw their pay raise 2.5%. >>> and a wild scene in florida as a car came crashing through a crowded supermarket. and we want to warn you. some may find this hard to watch. in the surveillance video, you see five people sitting by the door

. >>> first, josh elliott has the other top stories that are developing right now. >> that's a growingrend? wonders never cease. this newscast is going to disappoint. away we go with it. we're going to begin with big surprise at gas station across the country. perhaps a growing trend here. new figures show prices are averaging $3.84 a gallon. they dropped below what they were a year ago. and we're expecting prices to fall possibly another 10 cents before memorial day. >>> now, the massive development surrounding the trayvon martin case. the police chief, blamed in what's been called a botched investigation, has offered to resign. but this morning, the city commissioner is refusing his resignation. matt gutman has more today. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, josh. it's been eight weeks since trayvon martin was killed. and the fallout is still very public. there was city commissioners who wept. in a public hearing, spiked with fury. >> i'm not suggesting billy lee is jesus christ. but you might be pontius pilate. >> reporter: they overturned their own demand for the resigna

. >>> let's bring in josh elliott and the rest of the news. >> we're going to begin with a fast-moving salmonella outbreak being blamed on sushi. dozens of people in 19 states have become sick. six clusters of restaurants in texas, wisconsin, maryland, rhode island and connecticut. investigators are not elaborating any further just yet. but they say that spicy tuna rolls could be the culprit here. >>> now, to the economy and new worries about the job market. take a look at this. between december and february, the economy created an average of some 245,000 jobs per month. but experts now say the hiring momentum slowed in march to roughly 200,000. and that has the federal reserve and investors on wall street worried. stocks also dropped overseas on the news. >>> and a violent scene in santa monica college in california. students saying let us in. in response, police pepper-sprayed more than two dozen of them. the students were protesting a plan to quadruple tuition for certain classes. >>> and robin roberts, headed down to the florida keys every year to watch this game. the women's title

. >>> now, josh elliott has the other top stories developing right now. good morning. >> it's been a great week. thanks for being here. really do appreciate it. we're going to begin with that issue you were discussing, jobs. it is issue number one for millions of americans. just this morning, we're getting new clues about where people are getting hired and who is hiring them. abc's david muir, "world news" weekend anchor is here to take a look. >> hey, josh, thanks for the title there. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we're getting a new important snapshot of the job market this morning. the government reports 120,000 jobs created last month. less than economists expected. hiring lowed a bit compared to january and february. but the unemployment benefits has dropped to a four-year low. consider this number, seven americans, competing for jobs. now, it's under four for every one job. where are they? manufacturing, the auto industry. both seeing strong growth. retail as well. the best salary, we're told to look at health care and software industries. we

. >>> we want to get news from josh elliott.e breaking news all morning long. another massive earthquake has triggered a tsunami warning off indonesia. earlier, an 8.5 struck. and then, an aftershock of 8.2. we show people moving inland. there is encouraging news to report, the quake's movement was horizontal. sam's report explained it doesn't displace as much water as a vertical quake. we just spoke with abc's dina antonio, who described the scene there in indonesia. >> when the quake struck, i saw pictures of the local network showed children crying, women are praying. they headed to the main mosque. some people left and went back to their homes, once they thought after an hour, that the quake was still and no tsunami. >> that first quake triggered a wave about 30 inches high. no major damage has been reported. of course, we'll bring you more developments as we get them this morning. >>> in other news, american fighter jets had to be scrambled to escort a korean airlines boeing 777 to a canadian air base because of a bomb thre