nick: bubba watson has the honor. jim: we know he's ready, bubba is always ready. he doesn't dawdle at all. he'll be ready to rip it. 16th in the world. 33 years old. three wins. the last one coming in new orleans. last spring. jim: he loves it. nick: and the same determined face almost to the -- the same place it landed before, almost to the inch. ian: this tee shot has increased in difficulty through the years. gotten narrower. gotten narrower. nick: considerably. jim: wipes down the grip. nick: he's smiling, chuckling away. jim: just realizing that, ok, my hands, there's a little moisture hands, there's a little moisture there. jim: it's fine. that left side. so just as they did a short while ago, both in the fairway at the 18th as the playoff is at the 18th as the playoff is under way. mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it g

champion bubba watson. >>> good evening. our big story tonight breaking news in the trayvon martin case. a special prosecutor has said she's prepared to hold a news conference in 72 hours. and lawyers saying they've lost contact with him and are dropping his case. could an arrest be coming soon? i'll talk to trayvon martin's parents. plus my exclusive with masters champion bubba watson. >> can you quite believe you're in the green jacket on cnn talking to the world about being masters champion? >> to my favorite person. >> obviously. >> yeah. >> but can you believe it? >> no. it's a dream i've never completed. it's a dream i've never finished. to be here, i guess now it's a dream come true. it's like heaven on earth. it's just a wild ride and hopefully this ride keeps going because it's fun right now. >> bubba watson. really uplifting and emotional interview with the masters champion. we begin tonight with the trayvon martin case. joining me now is sybrina fulton and tracy martin and their attorney benjamin crump. another di

>> a classic bubba watson trick shot. so he fancies, why shouldn't he? he's the master's champion. it's only in america special. my version of the ryder cup. bubba, you may be a master's champion, you haven't come up against the morganater. >> did you nickname that yourself? >> i did. so morganater is the master champion. five feet. >> about nine feet. >> nine feet, oh, could be out of your range. >> it could be. >> i'm going first. winner takes all. may the best man win. and i will. by the way, you're going right handed to give me a chance. >> that's fine. >> what do you think of my stance? >> what are you doing right now? >> don't you worry about me, mate. this is going in. okay. that didn't go very well. show me how it's done, master. >> there's no comments for that one. right handed. >> 300 million watching this worldwide. oh. >> i'm lucky. at least mine stayed on the grass. >> okay. come on. let's have these back. first one to sink one wins. we'll be here all night if we have to. oh, yes. oh. >> let's try this one more time. this is it. >> finally, finally. >> bubba watson, th

yes, it does. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> bubba watson doesn't really look or act like a golf champion. s too shaggy, his swing is a little too wild and his mind is a little toot scattered, but bubba brought home the masters on sunday that delighted his fans and seemed to surprise the new champ. my colleague john elliott has the story. >> reporter: entering master's lore is no easy feat but the best shot bubba watson's life did just that. >> oh what a shot! >> reporter: a brilliant finish in the georgia dusk bringing him to the place every golfer alive has dreamed standing over a putt to win the masters. >> reporter: the fact bubba watson of bagdad, fl, now holds golf's most precious title is stunning. he is a golfing accident, a purely natural talent, who never took a single lesson, who's never parsed a single frame of video of his swing. in a sport obsessed with microscopic, watson's power swing is a mystery even to him, his longest drives, 422 yards, more than four football fields. watson's country charm belies a meet his youtube alter ego. singing in a band of fellow pros in a band c

bubba watson breaks all the rules. how did this renegade win golf's most revered prize? his unlikely unforgettable journey to that green jacket. >> good evening. we begin with two stories tonight showing the promise and peril of america's new economy. look at this. the dow down more than 130 points, closing below 13,000, four days straight of losses thanks to a blow from last week's disappointing jobs report. but thanks to facebook, there was also an astonishing success story. the social network snapped up a company called instagram for $1 billion. it has just 13 employees. it's around been around 550 days, marketing online photo albums like this. tonight it's worth 12 times more than kodak. good news coming up. but first dan harris has more on what's behind a troubling day on wall street. >> reporter: today, the often stomach-turning, soul-crushing, economic roller coaster ride we've been on took a fresh and scary dip. >> this is non-sense. >> reporter: on this down day for wall street, the biggest losers, bank of america, caterpillar, and fedex. driving the dip, last f

so bubba watson with a putt to win the masters on the first playoff hole. didn't even really hit the cup. sudden death continues. next playoff hole attempt, watson in trouble among the pine needles. recovers nicely. ripping a hook out of the rough, and onto the green. an amazing shot from 155 yards. says he loves to hook if. if he's got to swing, says he can do it. he taps in. tearful celebration with his mom. bubba watson can put on a green jacket, he is your 2012 masters champion. >> this day means so much more than putting on this green jacket in many ways, and -- but it's a special time to do it here this tournament. played good. i thought i was playing good all year. but somehow fell in my hands today and to put on this green jacket, it's amazing. it's a blur. the last nine holes, i don't remember anything. >> yeah, it was a hard one. it's close. close to the jacket. bubba played well. it was great. unbelievable atmosphere out there. you know, we were going at it, both of us, so it was good. >> i like the way oosthuizen talks and they call him shrek. >>

bubba watson would make up the difference and force a place-off. he's left with an impossible shot out of the windows. keep in mind the green is to the right and behind the tree. bubba breaks out the hook shot and nails it. drops it about ten feet from the hole. bubba watson with an easter sunday to remember wins the masters in dramatic fashion. not bad for a guy who's never taken a golf lesson in his life. >>> nba bulls picks it up in the final seconds of the fourth. then in overtime it's anthony again from the same spot. he had 43. knicks's derrick rose returns. they win it in omt t. >>> from overtime to extra innings. detroit take it is back in the bottom of the frame. alex avila with the walk-off home run. tigers win it 13-12. red sox are 0-3. >>> to cinci. scott rolen ends it. in comes the wins run. 6-4. are you starting to see a trend here? another game, another walk-off, this time by the pirates. rbi single to deep scepter. let the celebration begin. buccos knock off the phillies, 5-4. that's a look at your sports on "early today." >>> box of

that's bubba watson, one shot back at the time. tee shot would come to rest about eight feet from the cup. watson is eyeing a birdie. to put himself in a tie with the south african, who stays - it. drains it. 10 under par. eventually, the two would go to a sudden death playoff. the tenth hole is the second hole of the sudden death. look at watson here, on the right in the trees. most of us hook it into the trees. bubba watson hooks it out of the trees and gets it on the green within 15 feet of the cup. oosthuizen would eventually bogey the hole. this for par, and the green jacket. bubba watson, his first major tournament and his first masters. >>> we could find out today if an appeal made by the new orleans saints were successful in reducing penalties stemming from the bounty program. "the new york times" says nfl commissioner roger goodell will announce his decision later today. among other penalties, head coach sean payton was suspended for the entire upcoming season. we'll see if the commissioner has any leniency for the black a

>> a classic bubba watson trick shot. he's the masters champion. l, my version of the rider cup. bubba, you may be masters champion, but you haven't come up against the morganator. one shot each. >> did you make that up yourself? >> i did, the morganator versus the masters champion. how far is that, five feet? >> nine feet. >> could be out of your range. i'm going first. winner takes all. may the best man win, and i will. by the time, you're going right-handed. >> that's fine. what are you doing right now? >> don't you worry about me, mate. this is going in. okay, that didn't go very well. show me how it's done, master. >> no comments for that one. >> no pressure, but 300 million people are watching this worldwide. oh! at least mine stayed on the grass. >> let's have these back. first one to sink one wins, and we'll be here all night, if we have to. oh, yes! oh. >> let's try this one more time. this is it. finally, finally! >> bubba watson, the masters champion, that's all for us tonight.

when bubba watson won the masters.t my number one sport but at the moment i felt it was the greatest thing. in that moment. a guy named bubba could come and win the masters playing outrageous shots. it was all just crazy. and yet supposed to be visceral. >> and by the time you finish dinner, it's gone. with tebow you'll finish dinner and then turn on the tv and he'll be there again. because i live in new york and they won't get enough. >> so you won't be doing the tebow. >> as a jew, it is very difficult for me. and it drives -- the thing that people -- >> what is the jewish version of the tebow? >> the jewish version is either -- bringing something up or, you know, a belch. one or the other. or basically things aren't going to work out today. >> do you feel america is slowly getting out of the doldrums? despite the negative stuff that pops up, do you have a sense it's beginning? the engine's beginning to run again? >> i have a somewhat sense of that. what they miss, i think, at least i've seen in my travels going to t

bubba watson, jerry bubba watson, 33 years of age from baghdad, florida, winning his first major justhis first green jacket. the raw emotion of it all, don, is what struck me. he was on the green. let's just say he let it all fall out. the tears just came down like bucket loads. his mom ran on to the green. his fellow professionals and close friends, ricky fowler was there. ben crane. hunter mahan. aaron baggily. you may know that bubba watson and some of those guys are in a group called the golf boys. a music video that came out last month. those fellow band members there just supporting him. this is a huge, huge moment in the life of jer ra bubba watson. the amiable popular left-handed player. his first evergreen jacket, don. >> second playoff hole to win. does this happen very often? >> reporter: it doesn't. this was only the 15th playoff in masters history. and such impressive for me was the resilience of him. he put his drive on the second playoff hole, which is the tenth. he put it into -- then a superb hook into the heart of the green. paul louis oosthuizen from south african p

bubba watson would make up the difference and force a playoff. after shanking his tee shot on the second playoff hole, he's left with an impossible shot out of the woods. keep in mind the green is to the right and behind the tree. bubba breaks out the hook shot and nails it. drops it about ten feet from the hole. he would bogey, leaving watson with a double putt for the green jacket. bubba watson, with an easter sunday to remember, wins the masters in dramatic fashion. not bad for a guy who's never taken a golf lesson in his life. >>> nba, knicks and bulls. pick it up in the final seconds of the fourth. carmelo anthony stops and pops from beyond the arc to tie the game. then in overtime it's anthony again from the same spot. he had 43. knicks spoiled derrick rose's return. they win it, 100-99 in o.t. >>> from overtime to extra innings, red sox and tigers. boston takes the lead in the 11th, but detroit takes it right back in the bottom of the frame. alex avila with the walk-off home run. tigers win it, 13-12. red sox are 0-3. >>> to cinci for more

bubba watson cannot contain his emotion. his parents named him jerry but they were chanting bubba.talked about his win while wearing the most coveted outwear in golf. >> i mean, this is what everybody strives to do. no matter how much you want to live your life other ways, this is an honor, a special privilege to put the green jacket on. i watched it as a kid, watched it growing up. went to the university of georgia. we always talked about this tournament. played here once a year at university of georgia. again, i've never dreamed about actually winning and silting talking to you guys. yeah, it's a special time, special place. as a golfer, as a fan of the game of golf, as of everything, it's a special time for me and my family. >> watson's win is the latest in the instance of parody in the golf world as watson was the 14th different golfer to win in the past 14 majors. where are you, tiger? >>> to baseball now where the red sox were trying to avoid a sweep in detroit. top of the 11th, boston already up a run when dust tin singles in a run. they're looking like they might get their

let's go to bubba watson. everybody loves bubba watson. this is a really endearing story.about the couple's struggle to have a baby. on their very first date, he was told by his now wife angie she couldn't have kids. they said it wasn't a problem. let's take a look at the tweet he just sent out. right after the masters a couple of days after that, the tweet says, changed my first two diapers today. masters champ. he's a proud father of a new baby boy caleb. and they got the baby just a few weeks before the masters. and so his wife was home trying to change a diaper and put the baby down for a nap when he won. >> again, everyone loves this guy's story. you won a million bucks, the masters, a new kid at home, a loving wife. doesn't get better than that. bubba is living the life. >>> russell brand is living the life, too. he has so much money he can literally set money on fire. this is from tmz. they caught him somewhere in l.a. living the life and he literally started setting some bills on fire. of course, the interesting thing here is that he just got divorced from katy per

bubba watson is here. at six years old he began curbing plastic golf balls with a nine-iron in his family's backyard. he's never had a coach or taken a single lesson. on sunday he was crowned the masters champion at augusta national. he captured the green jacket in dramatic fashion in a second death playoff he pulled off one of the most dramatic shots in championship history. >> did it go up? look at it. another watson is wearing a green jacket at augusta! and this time his name is bubba. >> rose: tom watson then bubba watson, the title was his first try yum inform a major tournament. he's poised to continue that success at the u.s. open in june at the historic olympic club in san francisco. i'm pleased to have him at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> that that shot. everybody's talking about it. when did you know that it had had the effect you wanted it to have. >> i felt like i didn't hook it enough. and then the crowd rushes in so you can't see it. your feeling changes b

>> a classic bubba watson trick shot. so he fashions himself, why shouldn't he? ion of the ryder cup. bubba, you maybe the masters champion but you have not come up against the morganator. >> if i say it often enough it will catch on. if you say it will definitely catch on. we have a putting green. how far is that, about five feet. >> about nine feet. >> could be out of your range, couldn't it. >> could be. >> i'm going first. winner takes all. may the best man win and i will. >> you are going right handed to give me a chance. >> that's fine. >> what do you think of my stance? >> what are you doing right now? >> don't worry about me, man. this is going in. okay. that didn't go very well. go ahead. show me how it is done, master. >> there no comments for that one. >> no pressure. >> right handed. >> 300 million people watching this worldwide. >> oh. unlucky. >> at least mine stayed on the grass. >> get the balls back. come on. first one to sink one wins and we lsh here all night if we have to. oh, yes. >> let's try this one more time. this is it.

bubba watson was. and he really can do magic, even when he cannot see the pin. this was a left to righter and it won him a green jacket. all the details, and what happened to phil mickelson, why he was stuck under a bush, all that coming up in moments on sports xtra. let's go back to you. >> that was something to watch. thanks. that does it for us. fox5 is always on on myfoxdc.com. again, nissan sports xtra is coming your way next. again, happy easter. on fo r cid by l? i can get a smartphone with verizon 4g lte ? it'd be so easy to check facebook, send emails. and the screen is easier to read in sunlight ! the universe is practically telling me to get a smartphone. it's like, "lisa, it'd be super cool if you got a smartphone. also, i like your outfit." thanks universe, let's get me a lucid. come in and say hello to your new, easy to use smartphone. the lucid by lg for only $79.99. verizon. >>> greetings, i'm dave feldman. ahead, the caps' playoff picture now in focus. and the nats aim to start the season 3-0. >>> we begin in augusta, georgia. his name is bubba

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masters champion bubba watson. he's here in the house. he'll tell you why a green jacket and a pink driver have the bubba business booming, ty. >> green jackets. pink drivers. i'm tyler mathisen along with kayla tausche and simon hobbs. welcome, everybody. "power lunch" teeing off, right now. >>> so earnings in europe triggering another storm on stocks. you can see we're attempting to stabilize here. the dow was down 170 points a few seconds ago. we've now come back from that. investors clearly worried that earnings are going to come up short. the other issue, that the spanish government is potentially losing the confidence of its bond investors. let's just have a look then at the nasdaq, down 1.4%. s&p down 1.3%. the dow down 1.25%. taking the pulse of the markets, the euro is very interesting. it is not getting as hard hit as you might have expected given where we are on yields both in germany and the likes of spain and italy. here we are. we're trading currently at 1.3092. if it doesn't dive, when you reconsider the extent to which asia

it's like a glove it's the jacket he thought he'd never get to where bubba watson is cole's twenty twelve masters champion. in the pond spartak moscow moved up to third in the russian premier league just a point behind c.s.k. moscow not all important champions league qualifying spot. on last man standing we recap the conference finals in the cage well as guardian tinana must go get ready to contest the case daryn but. there was no shortage of extraordinary highlights to go along with the surprise ending a call soaping major of the year bubba watson the man left wearing the masters green jacket following on and off a playoff win over louis west hazan twenty british open winner west basin beginning that day all alone in third place before producing one of the most memorable shots ever seen out of just the south african making a rare albatross on the second hold only the fourth such effort in the event seventy six year history shots giving west facing a shortage of confidence with the twenty nine year old finishing tied for the lead with watson for eighteen holes the american over i did his

charlie, can i say, i love bubba watson and i hope you takes you up on the invitation to join us at whitets dinner. that would be beyond cool. besides bubba, we have john grisham, carole king and farley brothers. dude you gotta be entertaining. yeah lunch announcements are primetime. [ male announcer ] lunchables peanut butter and jelly with a crispy rice treat. feed your great ideas. [ feedback ] ♪ it's peanut butter jelly time ♪ ♪ peanut butter jelly time ♪ peanut butter jelly time ♪ peanut butter jelly ♪ peanut butter jelly [ cheers and applause ] peanut butter paul. a legend is born. ♪ peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat ♪ a deep, throbbing, persistent ache. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can do more of the things that i enjoy. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactio