. >>> chris martin opening up about his split from gwyneth paltrow.aying he's hoping to set the record straight. gwyneth paltrow. hoping he can set the record straight. gic do the rest! just think of all the fun, cherie, your time will be the best! meet a princess, what a treat. you've booked ahead, so here's a seat. get on rides in less time, makes every memory divine! introducing fastpass plus at walt disney world, included at no extra charge with theme park admission. reserve attractions in advance and spend more time having fun together. be our guest! be our guest! be our guest! ♪ since 1984 ♪ but when i saw taco bell made a waffle taco ♪ ♪ i figured i would get with the times ♪ ♪ so i got a haircut ♪ and i got some tighter pants ♪ lost my flip phone, got a smartphone ♪ ♪ even took down my loverboy poster ♪ ♪ now i'm eating waffle tacos and a.m. crunchwraps ♪ ♪ and i just made like $700 on craigslist ♪ [ male announcer ] move on from your old macdonald breakfast... with taco bell's exciting new breakfast menu. [ alarm ring, bong ] with to get a sm

but it is almost like gwyneth paltrow and chris martin right now, what they want, you know, to document everything they're going through right now -- >> their life is documented. i find it weird, with more and more reality stars we meet and tori is an actress, she's known more for her reality stuff, they seem to divide their life up in seasons. when we meet them, how are you doing? oh, my god, we're in season nine. they break up their lives like that. it is not even -- they're saying you're not going to know that i broke up with my boyfriend, that's in the third one coming up. >> so in a sense, ironically, they lose their very sense of reality. >> and i do think if you -- >> that's deep. write it down. >> if you really want to repair your relationship, i don't think a docuseries. lindsay is trying to do that now and other people are trying to fix, repair, mend themselves through television series. i can't imagine that really works in the long haul. may work right now because we want to see what it's like and there are people who are going through divorces who may watch tori and dean and

now on "extra." >> chris martin's snl affair. did he really hook up after coldplay performed on the show? gwyneth's ex takes on the salacious headlines today. >>> only on "extra," jay leno's first words about letterman's retirement. >> he and i are going to do the sunshine boys on broadway. >> are you? >> could jay take over for dave? >>> blake shelton versus britney. his on-air diss at the acm awards with britney's sister in the audience. >> go down the block and see britne

chris martin spoke out on bbc radio. we're thinking, everything is going to be clear. he's going to explain -- >> just confused it further, i think. >> we don't understand what he meant. but maybe you guys will. okay. first of all, he says he doesn't blame anyone for the breakup, that they needed to make some changes. here is his quote. if you can't open yourself up, you can't appreciate the wonder inside. so you can be with someone very wonderful, but because of your own issues you cannot let that be celebrated in the right way. >> also said you don't let love really in, you can't really give it back. >> and there is more things like that. >> do you think -- i just -- what are the issues is the point? what kept him from -- maybe he doesn't want to share them, which is certainly his prerogative, but this has only confused me more. maybe they have a communication problem. >> we don't get it. >> we do have breaking news. >> oh, gosh. >> about the atlanta housewives. very important. we have to finish the story. we showed you the -- >> we are nbc news. >> we showed you the

open marriage is fine. >> this will not air, ever. >> then i'm good with it. >> do you think chris martinigured it out after the first year of marriage that she was nuts and insisted on the open marriage. >> she was like have these sprouts. he was like i can't do anything with that. the only open marriage i am into is if you leave the door open for a number one only though, number two shut the door. that is how you keep a happy marriage. >> we are talking -- are you talking about bodily functions that a are not sexual in nature. >> is that what everyone thought? >> i didn't know. i have been doing it backwards. >> whether you releasing fluids. >> things. >> are you digging yourself deeper. >> an open marriage. >> it is open for number one. >> you are talking about the bathroom door? oh. i was euphemisming it. >> you thought she was referring to or -- orifices and she was talking about doors. >> it is in oprah's book club. andy, people can choose sides. maybe she is the jerk. maybe she the jerk. but isn't america the real loser to lose a marva less -- marvelous couple who meant a lot to th

. >> chris martin is the sixth c.f. martin ceo since his great, great, great grandfather took his skills to a violin factory. >> they were dismissive, you should stick with your father, has a good reputation as a cabinet builder and the guitar is a fad. i think that was the impetus for him to go, i'm out of here. >> the immigrant businessman designed nine new models of guitar, all of them recognizable today with variations of size, shape and strength. >> martin literally wrote the book for the design of acoustic steel string guitars. >> matt has sold martin guitars since the 1950s. >> it's the one. you can't beat the original. martin could be like the bmw or mercedes, ever had your hands in one, that is precise machinery. >> with a price point ranging from $2,000 to more than $10,000, martin shares 3% of the $1 billion american guitar industry. changing musical and economic tastes threaten the brand in the 1980s. >> mtv came out with unplugged and eric clap ton came out for first one playing a martin guitar. what happene

directly ahead, the therapist behind gwyneth paltrow and chris martin's conscious uncoupling breakingmeaning behind the now famous phrase. that's ahead on "the five." the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com your chance to watch full seasons of tv's hottest shows for free with xfinity on demand. there's romance, face slaps, whatever that is, pirates, helicopters, pirate-copters... argh! hmm. it's so huge, it's being broadcast on mars. heroes...bad guys... asteroids. available only on mars. there's watching. then there's watchathoning. ♪ >>> last week, gwyneth paltrow and chris martin's break-up put the phrase conscious uncoupling on the map. the term left many wondering what it all means. the licensed psychoobabalist explained it today on the today show. >> a conscious uncoupling is a breakup that's characterized by good will, by generosity, and by respect. it is a proc

. >> chris martin is the sixth ceo since his great american ball park grandfather took his skills told stick with your father. he's got a good reputation as a captain. the guitar's a fad. it's a focus trend. i think that was the imptous for him to go, i'm out of here. >> in his first 25 years in the united states, the immigrant business man designed nine new mod ols of guitar, all of them recognizable today with variations of size, shape and strength. >> martin literally wrote the book for the designs of acoustic, steal stringy tars. >> matt has sold martin guitars since the 1960s. >> it's the one and you can't beat the original. martin could be like the bmw or mercedes. >> with a price point from $2,000 to more than 10,000, martin shares 3% of the nearly $1 billion american guitar sfri industry, but changing musical and economic pace threatened the brand in the 1980s. mtv came out with unplugged and eric clapton came out playing a martin guitar. what happened then? >> the phones started to ring. >> an 8,000 limited series in collaboration with clapton sold out in hours. >> we don't

the "today" show. >> last week's estimate between actress gwyneth paltrow and coldplay front man chris martinhe way it was described, conscious uncoupling, rather than the split itself. >> katherine woodward thomas coined this now famous phrase. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> okay. not even a week ago you're minding your own business. yes, you have this concept. you were doing some seminars on it. gwyneth puts it in a statement. and then what happens? what's the last week been like? >> oh, it's been amazing. first of all, i just want to say how sorry i am for gwyneth and chris that they're going through this. but things -- i just am so grateful to them. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you for going through this horrible break-up so that the world will pay more attention to my nonsensical psychobabble. [ laughter ] because you know my book is number 6 now on the amazon personal transformation charts. [ laughter ] oh, before we go further, i want to introduce you to a new employee. it's somebody we just hired behind the scenes here at the show. it's time for new employee spotlight. we ha

the conscious uncoupling ex-husband to be, chris martin, the musician. >> i certainly extend my sympathiesl those things they may be going through. i am grateful that they used to their personal heartbreak to introduce a new term into the culture -- >> is to be clear, you do not know these people. you do not know them personally. >> anyone taking my courses, they come in anonymously. i see them on the screen very often. they say what their name is. they can create an alias. i would not know. >> the course is about 75 minutes long. you can take this online. it is $300 i believe? >> no, no, no. the 75 minutes is a free offering. >> it is a free offering. >> it is on consciousuncoupling.com. it is free to the community. it is online. the course is a five-week program with a six-month follow-up with coaches, coaching with me. it is pretty extensive. but i developed a program i actually take people through that really allows them to go through what is one of the most traumatic experiences those people can go through in a very becaused cohesive way, brain chemistry has been shown to be the same

compelling ors conscious uncoupling of when how throw and chris martin.ncement on the aftermath. this is part of the celebrity industrial complex that consumes our attention and money. along the way reflects cultural biases. a professional gossip. her blog it's more than 1.5 million unique users per month. she has written her first book and joined us in new york. welcome. costre more like a sociologist/philosopher rather than a regular columnist. what is the difference between what you do, what you produce and traditional outlets like people magazine or even other bloggers like perez hilton. >> we are trying to analyze the gossip stories. view just brought up conscious uncoupling. this is a rebranding of divorce and break up. we all know the word on just uncoupling. right now trying to make it sound better. the analysis is why we are trying to make it sound better. why is it we have come to a point that we cannot accept the word like divorce or breakup and have to talk about in different terms act of when the how throw gave us conscious uncoupling. paltro

. >> there's word that chris martin is accusing gwyneth of spreading lies. >> as selena and the biebsafter her jenny craig ad controversy. >> i'm not like circus fat. i can call myself whatever i want to call myself. >> the emotional call to oprah after their relapse confession. >> how's our friend lindsay doing? >> that's a difficult thing. >> the surprising new beauty experiment. >> this patch will make you feel beautiful. would you wear it? >> oh, my gosh. >> and wednesday workout. pole dancing. >> i feel like i'm working it. >> now, the latest celebrity news, 24/7. >>> oprah interviews lying on the ground. why not? she's oprah, right? hey, everyone. kevin frazier is off tonight. we're pumping up the women power on the show tonight. body image, self-esteem, wisdom from lady o. but all the couples gossip. i mean, news. couples news. >> it's news. like justin and selena back together. >> what? >> and gwyneth wearing her wedding ring. >> no, get out of town. >> it's happening. >> so much to discuss. first, let's dive in with the royal couple what they do best, turning a play date with

so anyway chris martin made his debut as a mentor and was in the show yesterday for -- he sprinkled inam adam, christina versus sam. sam is the one wearing the dress. >> what? >> yes. ♪ life like a swinging vine swing my heart across the line ♪ ♪ seek it out and you shall find ♪ ♪ i don't think the world is so ♪ ♪ i feel something so right doing the wrong thing ♪ ♪ i feel something so wrong doing the right thing ♪ >> okay. we both, i think, agree, the winner of the battle round is christina. the one in the pants. let's see if we're right. >> that's who adam chose. >> oh. >> i hope she has a -- battle number two, team blake. tess versus jake. ♪ i've been loving you for such a long time girl ♪ ♪ expecting nothing in return ♪ ♪ just for you to have a little faith in me ♪ ♪ time time is our friend ♪ ♪ because there is no end ♪ all you got to do is have a little faith in me ♪ ♪ i said i will hold you up ♪ ♪ i will hold you up ♪ ♪ have a little faith in me ♪ >> church. >> i'm going with the one -- >> church. that was so good. >> going with the one in the dress. >> i think i'm going with the

>> good morning, chris. martin dolan, the head of australian's transportation and safety bureau telling cnn this object of interest washed up onshore about 190 miles south of here in western australia. he said that the atsb is currently studying photographs of the object, photographs also have been provided to malaysian authorities. he described the object as a sheet metal attached to something with rivets. he also says, it is sufficiently interesting, but he says the more we look at it, the less excited we get. and that was a direct quote. the object, we understand, is currently in the custody of police. according to the australian maritime and safety authority. they are bringing it here to the joint agency coordination center in perth for further analysis. clearly authorities treating this as they treated every other lead in this investigation. they're taking it seriously. something that needs either be ruled in or ruled out in the course of this investigation. chris? >> erin, thank you very much. let's bring in

please welcome, chris and martin kratt. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> how's it going?ttle snake here. >> this is a burmese python right here. >> seth: that's great! what a lovely thing. now, tell me about your show "wild kratts" while you --. >> well, in "wild kratts", we go from real life into animated versions of ourselves, which is a lot of fun. >> seth: okay. >> and we explore the creature powers of animals. like, this creature power is muscles, right? constricting muscles. >> seth: uh-huh. >> do you want to hang on to the snake? >> seth: sure! >> yeah. >> seth: sure. >> yeah. >> you can feel it for yourself. [ cheers ] >> seth: oh, my goodness. >> this is just -- >> so what they do is they coil around their prey and then they squeeze it to death. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] >> yeah! >> you're in the position of the prey right now. >> seth: that's great. let me tell you, it sounds like a great kids' show. [ laughter and applause ] >> we have lots of different animals. >> yes, we do. >> seth: okay. >> this is an example of one of them that we have. >> seth: okay, gr

about it this morning and in a sense -- hear me out -- it's a little like gwyneth paltrow and chris martinestion is when does she leave? if she leaves at the depths of it, then that is really a sign, this is a woman trying to put this together for four years. it's a mess. they fire her in the middle and only adds to the perception that these are the keystone cops. now relatively speaking, it's a fairly good time for obamacare. they hit the 7 million number. better to fire her at a time of relative strength than at a time of relative weakness. >> we have sylvia burwell the expected heir of the position here, choice of president obama. what's the word on the street? >> well, i think she'll almost certainly get through. i don't think they're going to decide in the last year that she suddenly has become completely incompetent. i think you'll see republicans use the hearing -- we're going to be talking to two members of the committee that will be having to hold those hearings and voting whether or not to confirm sylvia burwell. i think they'll use the hearings to first of all as leverage to try

year later, remembering, today's ceremony being attended by the families of the victims chris still campbell, martin line of duty. molly has been live in boston with more on the tributes. >> reporter: you were just taking a look at boylston street where the flag was being raised. at noon today a much bigger tribute was held in a convention center. 2500 people gathering together to pay tribute to the people who lost their lives, the people whose lives were forever altered and those that rushed in to help save lives during the attack one year ago. there were a number of dignitaries on hasn't, vice-president joe biden, joining the massachusetts governor, boston's mayor, and boston's former mayor, who was the city's leader during the bombing. the maphunt that followed and the first steps toward recovery. speakers acknowledge the first responders. the doctors and the nurses who saved lives, and the spectators that stayed at the scene to help, rushing to the aid of the injured. during the bombings and the day that followed four people lost their lives and were remembered today. crystel. lingzi lu martin r

he talked with chris cuomo this morning. >> reverend martin luther king wanted us to get over that type discussion about this. we need to get over this. i don't care what your race is. we need to get over this prejudice so those words are not offensive. they're not offensive to me. you can say them to me and i wouldn't be offended. >> i want to bring in ron christie, columnist for "the daily beast" and also a communication director for the republican national committee. good morning. i am glad you're here. welcome. >> good morning, carol. thank you. >> there are some who say that mr. bundy's racial comments affect the republican party as a whole. in your mind, does it? >> no. first of all, i think your intro was spot-on. i think comments that mr. bundy made with respect to race and other things were inappropriate and wrong and 100% out of line and not part of the discourse we need to have. that being said, what i find fascinating as the chief spokesman for republican party is when a guy with a problem with cattle grazing and discussion about the size of government and overreach of the f

. >> karen and chris cillizza, thank you both very much. >> on this day in april, 1968, martin luther king jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his room in memphis, tennessee. as news of his death spread, violence broke out in more than 100 american cities. bobby kennedy was campaigning that night for president in indianapolis when he got word that king had died. the local police chief warned him speaking to the crowd could be too dangerous but bobby kennedy pushed ahead and asking them to pray for the king family and to continue his legacy of nonviolence. john lewis describes what happened next. >> you were with bobby kennedy in indiana that terrible night when dr. king was killed. tell me about that night. >> on april 4th, 1968, i was working for the kennedy campaign, trying to help organize a rally in support of bobby kennedy. and we heard earlier during the evening that dr. king had been shot. but we didn't know his condition. we continued to organize and there was some debate whether robert kennedy should come in and speak. and some of us said he got to come and

martin luther king jr. was assassinat assassinated. police charged that man with vandalism. >> and chris delayed for months, and now he and his body guard are accused of punching a hotel guard outside of a d.c. hotel, but it was supposed to start today, but the judge delayed it so that chris brown's body guard could appeal the case on monday. >> and now a shock for students who co-sign a loan with the parent or the grandparent, because the feds are saying that the student may have to immediately repay the loan if the relative passes away. it is the "newsnation" gut check. >>> and steve is back with "karma is a -- [ bleep ]" and steve schirripa will join us next to talk about the new show. ♪ i can do it all from my mobile phone ♪ ♪ that's why i'm tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ if i need some help i'm not alone ♪ ♪ we're all tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ we've got a place that we call home ♪ ♪ we're all type e ♪ say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brillian

. >> reporter: chris never claimed himself to be a runner, but he's taking on the 26.2 miles this year in martin'smany people, it really hit home that it could have been someone they knew or someone they loved. >> reporter: just days after the tragedy, chris launched a campaign to raise more than a million dollars for the family's recovery. >> people just started pouring money in and leaving little notes. some of this money that was raised through this has now gone to help form the mra foundation, which is in martin's memory. >> reporter: over 250 people applied for the coveted spot to run this year's marathon as a member of team mr8. number 8 for martin's age and favorite number. >> team mr8 is 100 runners strong. some are teachers and friends of martin. and others are perfect strangers. >> i decided i wanted to run it for the martin richard foundation. i want to help out any way i can. >> hands down the greatest athletic experience of my life, if not the biggest experience to run it for his family. >> there's a lot of time to think during the marathon training behaltrain i ing. what do you think

martin. thank you to the team inside that submersible. kate and chrisouter space, how slowly and meticulously they have to work. these guys are deep down in the ocean. >> how seed yous the work is. they gave you good reason why it has to be. great job, michaela. thank you so much. >>> let's turn to this week's cnn hero. they're called motel kids, children one step away from homelessness. their parents can't provide decent meals, but for nearly ten years, california chef bruno serato has made it his mission to feed them free of charge. anderson cooper has his story. >> when bruno serato was honored as a cnn hero in 2011, he was serving pasta to 200 low income children a day in california. since being awarded, his program has grown significantly. >> who likes more pasta? now we are 1,000 kids a day, every single day, monday through friday. >> reporter: reaching kids in three more cities in orange county. >> each time i prepare a meal, i know i give security to a little kid and he has a full stomach before he goes to bed. >> you like my pasta? >> delicious

chris christie, he doesn't always try to persuade you with reason. he makes you feel that your life is going to be very unhappy if you don't do what he says. jonathan martin kean was supposed to be your character witness to the republican party, that's a problem sg. >> it speaks to the sort of messiness that goes with being a governor. back story is tom kean's son is a state senator in new jersey, very ambitious his self-. a power play that happened late last year, effectively chris christie and his people blocked his ascent in the state senate. as kean told me, he tried to take out my son. that's the back-door story. >> even putting aside bridgegate, it explains why it is hard to climb the greasy pole of politics. in jersey it is especially personal. this is obviously not helpful for governor christie at all. he's still somebody who i think is seen as a very formidable figure in the eyes of a lot of national republicans. what's so interesting is three years ago all of us would have said, well, romney is not that great of a nominee but wait until 2016 when they'll have a great field of republicans. we're close to 2016 now and the field is not as formidabl

chris pallone has the very latest now from boston. >> reporter: at the very spot where the first bomb exploded one year ago, the richard family paused to remember 8-year-old martin, killed while simply enjoying the day with his family. his sister, jane, still bears a visible reminder of what happened last marathon monday, a prosthetic leg. for so many in this town, the scars and wounds, while hard to see, are plentiful and still painful. they belong to the families of kristi campbell, lindsey lu, and the hundreds of people caught in the bomb blast. while today is about remembering the dead, it's also a celebration of life and the fight to triumph over tragedy. for brothers j.p. and paul norton, who both lost legs in the blast, today is a chance to show how far they, and in a sense, their city has come. they're walking the boston marathon course with family and friends. >> at one point, it was the worst day of our life, and in some ways, it was the best day of our life. >> there's no way we would have ever thought we would be walking this today. >> reporter: yet they are. the embodiment of the region's rally cry, boston strong. mayor marty walsh says it's importa

martin? >> they're doing all right this morning. good morning, chris. we should point out this is a weather one-two punch overnight we had the return of tornadoes and now just incredible amounts of rain. take a look. breaking over night, a third round of severe weather barreling through the southeast, spawning a deluge. the florida panhandle pummeled by over nine inches of rain and a massive thunderstorm. at least 65,000 lightning strikes light up the night sky. alabama hit hard yet again, flash flooding taking over streets and neighborhoods in mobile, alabama, inundated with 12 inches of rain. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> reporter: on tuesday at least one tornado in multiple funnel clouds responded in central north carolina. >> there's all sorts of stuff falling out of the sky. >> reporter: visible from space the massive three-day storm system tearing through large swaths of the south. >> no, no, no, no. >> reporter: packing a mile wide ef-4 tornado. survivors barely making it out alive. >> the moment of death is just an inch away. >>

martin richard who lost his life in the boston marathon last april. >> surely if there was anyone who deserved it less, it would be a young child who was clearly just loving, compassionate. >> chrislthough he never previously claimed himself to be a runner, he's taking on the iconic 26.2 miles this year in martin's honor. >> for so many people, it really hit home was that could have been someone they knew or someone that they loved. >> just days after last year's tragedy, chris launched a campaign that raised over a million dollars for the family's recovery. >> people just started pouring money and leaving little notes. some of the money that was raised through this has now gone to help form the mra foundation, which is in martin's memory. >> over 250 people applied for the coveted spot to run this year's marathon as a member of team mra. number 8 for martin's age and favorite number. team mr 8 is 100 runners strong. some are friends, coaches. others are perfect strangers. >> i decided i wanted to run it and i wanted to run it for the martin richard foundation. it's a huge honor. i'm happy to help out any way i can. >> hands down it will be the greatest athletic experience of my

martin luther king hasn't got his job done yet. i should be able to say those things and it shouldn't offend anybody. >> chris cuomo is here to talk to us more and also dan simon is in nevada a few miles from bundy's ranch. i want to start with you, dan. you have followed this story from the beginning. based on what happened overnight and this morning with chris, what's the reaction out there been? >> reporter: i can tell you that he still has his share of supporters. a lot of them have backed away. there is one gentleman in particular that you couldn't help but notice that he's standing by bundy's side and that's one of his bodyguards. his name is jason. he was in the army for six years. we noticed him quite simply because he's african-american and i wanted to ask him about his thoughts about bundy openly speculating about whether african-americans would be better off as slaves and this is what he told me. >> i would take a bullet for that man if need be. i look up to him just like i do my own grandfather. i believe in his cause and after having met mr. bundy a few times, i have a real good feel about him and i'm a pretty good ju

chris paul, and he is outstanding player, but mr. paul needs to ask himself one question of leader the ses -- question of what the leaders would do such as martinuther king or jim brown or muhammad ali and if this tape is true, wouldn't they step out to apply pressure to his pocketbook. and i don't want to place the blame on the players b t, but t is a role for them to play in terms of making the situation go away that are constructive for the nba and the community of players watching the players. >> and speaking of the community, is there a responsibilities here because there is the cliven bundy denounced for the racist statements also this week, but president obama was taking the brighter side of it. >> the reason that these statements are happening is that there is a shift in how we view ourselves, and like malaysia, we constantly have to be on guard against racial attitudes that divide us rather than embracing the diversity as a strength. >> and so jalani i want to bring you in, because can we take the encouragement in this, because there is so much public outrage or outcry, and quickly following this. >> yes, and no. and one, because it is

achieved great but the point to make it there's a lack of integration and i know when martin and jamie cedric and bernie and chris dodd all of comedians came out of def comedy jam no one came to ten fifteen years finally kevin hart old def comedy jam but the point is he sold sixty thousand tickets to black people in ten minutes and he like we got to put him in a movie even five movies probably playing a bad basketball star the next one need only you know best for us thank you russell simmons thanks to my guest success through still this available everywhere meditation leads simple little mound anywhere you want to go you get it and you go find me on twitter at games things will see that stuff. i'm. a site i think in mind. and i think. about my and other families that for politicians right. there too but. i. we welcome karen nathan abby martin terrific hosts on the our team network. it's going to give you a different perspective give you one stock tip never i'll give you the information you make the decision to me about how breaking the set works the revolution of the mind it's a revolution of ideas and consciousn

chris lu is here. give him a big round of appla e applause. some of the biggest champions for education in prince george's ko county are here including your governor martiney. county executive rusann baker, and superintendent kevin m maxwell, and your biggest fans in congress, donna edwards and steny hoyer. yeah. we are proud of all of them. and we are proud of you. all of you remind me, all of the young people here, that young people today are working on the cooler stuff than they were when i was in high skochool. classrooms across the country, students just like the students here, they are working hard, and they are setting the sights high. we have to do everything that we can to make shure that all of yu have a chance to succeed. and that is why you your outstanding principal aisha mahoney is working so hard in this state. [ applause ] that is why governor o'malley has been working so hard to repair old schools and build new ones across the state of maryland. that is why i'm here today. because last year, we launched a a national competition to redesign american high schools for the 21st century, the 21st century economy, and i'm proud to say that you

. >> chris peterson is a friend of the family, although he never previously claimed himself to be a runner he's taken on the iconic 26.2 miles this year in martin'st hit home is the fact that it could have been someone they knew or someone they loved. >> days after last year's tragedy chris launched a campaign that raised over $1 million for the family's recovery. >> people started pouring money in, leaving notes they did so. some of this money that was raised through this has now gone to help form the m.r.a. foundation which is in martin's memory. >> over 250 people applied for the coveted spot to run the marathon as a member of team m.r.a. >> team m.r.a. is 100 runners strong. some are friends, teachers, coaches of martin. others are perfect strangers. >> i decided i wanted to run it and i wanted to run it for the martin richard foundation. i'm happy to help out any wy)i can. >> hands down it will be the greatest athletic experience in my life, if not the greatest experience. >> a lot of time we think during the marathon training. what is it you think about? >> how fortunate i am. when you meet the richard family i can build off how they've com