cornell had a similar problem ten years ago.ible evidence that the school is trying to do something about this. campus paper calls them an unfortunate necessity, but some students think they're just a steel ban that make a bad situation worse. one student even said they make cornell look like an insane asylum. justin richmond decker has started a facebook group for students who don't want the bridges. it has more than 1,000 members now. we're talking to him. we're also talking to dr. susan murphy, she's cornell's vice president for student and academic services. also in just a few minutes we will bring in howard and sherry ginsburg. their son, one of the cornell students, who took his own life. justin, let's go ahead and begin with you. why do you and these thousand students that signed up on your facebook page not want the fences there? >> i'm sorry, what? >> can you hear me okay, justin? >> yeah. >> you can hear me okay, now? yes, i can. >> okay. go ahead and tell us, tell our viewers why you and about a thousand students now

second half, cornell's lewis -- cornell's lewis dale drives down the lane. gets the layup to go. he had 26. cornell dominates wisconsin 87- 69. the big red advance to the sweet 16. they'll face top seed kentucky. top seed duke battling pac-10 champion -- [ inaudible ] duke blue devils led by 13 at half. second half duke goes inside to kyl. he had 17. and duke downs cal 68-53. set up a sweet 16 matchup against purdue. boiler makers defeated texas a&m 63-61. top seed in the west syracuse taking on gonzaga. second half, syracuse hammers gonzaga 87-65. the orange will face butler in the sweet 16. >>> the second seed west virginia taking on number 10 missouri in the east. second half, leading by 3. west virginia led by 6. another big game for butler. dives into the lane and has a game high 28. west virginia defeats missouri 68-58. next up for the mountaineers washington in the sweet 16. >>> first round ever the women's ncaa tournament, virginia facing number 12 wisconsin green bay. final seconds, off the miss, monica scores on her second attempt. she had a game high 34 but it wasn't e

cornell dominates wisconsin. big red advance to the sweet 16 where they'll face top seed kentucky. syracuse taking on gonzaga off the miss. the orange break. section half, the sharpshooter got red hot. four of his five three point es. syracuse hammers gonzaga 87-65. the orange will face butler in the sweet 16. and the maryland women defeated east carolina 87-52 to advance to the third round of the n.i.t. cornell out of the ivy league have never won a ncaa game. >> march madness, loving t. thanks, feldy. >>> that does it for us at 6:00. we're back later tonight at 10:00 and the news edge at 11:00. home you are too. 

cornell -- yes, cornell, advances as march madness lives up to its name. and more so. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> the storm that brought all that heavy snow this weekend to the heartland is now heading east to the rain. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>>e krebs. >> i'm kimberly suiters. straight ahead a major victory for democrats. >> healthcare reform has passed. what's next and what it means for you and your family. >> tiger talks. this morning the golf star answers questions for the first time since the scandal. >> and how to ask for a raise even in a >>> good morning. if you're just wking up, this is "early today." >>> and in sports, after facing one of the biggest scandals in sports history, tiger woods is finally starting to answer some questions. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. tiger woods has come out of hiding just days after announcing he'll return to the pga in april. tiger took questions yesterday for the first time in

cornell up 44-31. hi, my name is lewis, i'll be your serve. for now, 64-49.and dale hits. he had 26. cornell wins 87-69. michigan state and maryland. lucas went down with a torn achilles tendon. revis vasquez scoring nine of maryland's final points in two minutes. maryland takes the lead. and lucious has gotten the ball. lucious at the buzzer. the season end with 13. michigan state advanced to the sweet 16. matt painter and the boilermakers taking on the aggies. nails the pullup jumper. tied up at 61-61. under ten seconds to go, chris kramer on the drive. going the other way. dash harris to b.j. harris, his three-point attempt is no good. purdue moves on as well, they win 63-61. that will do it for this espn news update. remember, you can always stay current with espn news. now back to abc's "america this morning." >>> some environmentalists are sounding the bar on pollution one at a time. >> the 60-foot boat call the plasticy is made from plastic bottles. >> the crew is hoping to call attention to recycling and raise awareness of plastic in the ocean. >>> tw

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cornell takes down temple for the big red first ncaa tournament victory.ional's pitcher stephen strasburg will make the third start of the spring against the cardinals. he has thrown five scoreless innings striking out 4. >>> three swiss pilots are hoping to speed past the record for fastest flight in the world in a private jet. they want to soar around the world in 58 hours. the current record was set by steve fossett in 2006. he did it in 67 hours, 1 minute and 10 seconds. >>> when you have a five-day forecast that looks as good as this one, three of the five, you want to look at it again. >> i would say so. no rain until late, late sunday, brian. >> now you have the news edge. news is always on myfoxdc.com. back tonight at 10:00 and news edge at 11:00. have a good night. . f06

democrat strategist cornell brancher and republican strategist, kevin madden.come. >> thanks for having us. >> a bit of evidence. we'll look at the numbers, of a bit of a democratic bounce in the early days just after passage and the president's signature on health care reform. usa today gallup poll is passing the health care bill a good thing, bad thing or no opinion. 49% say a good thing, 40% say a bad thing. cornell, you know the environment coming into this is not good for the democrats. what do you make of that? is it evidence of a little bounce? >> i think this is evidence of democrats taking back control of the messaging here. i think we saw republicans get out and define what health care reform was going to be. we saw the president go out on the road and take back our messaging on health care, we saw the polls begin to move up. what you have right now is more americans understanding actually what's in the health care reform bill and less of them thinking that death panels, for example, aren't a part of this. the numbers are moving up. >> is this why you

>> picked northern iowa and butler and cornell. maybe. >> well, you're not the only one who's happy this morning. so is president obama. and that's where we start. though not because of his brackets. we begin with congress' historic passage of health care reform. as expected, the fanl vote was extremely close. the bill which had already been approved by the senate needed 216 votes in the house. 219 democrats voted yes. 212 voted no. 34 democrats and all 178 republicans. now, under this law starting later it year, insurance companies will not be allowed to drop your coverage if you get sick. tlp be no cap on life time insurance benefits and you can keep your children on your health insurance through the anyone of 26. also coverage will be available for uninsured americans with pre-existing conditions. nancy cordes is on capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and what a sense of relief for democrats who have been focused almost single mindedly on health care reform if nefor nearly a y. in back to back lat

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and cornell versus kentucky. but you will also see parts of other games. >>> harry smith has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> how will the healthcare bill change medical care for older americans? we'll have a user's guide, including how hospitals will cope with new regulations. our complete coverage continues tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> thank you, harry. well, sea world death. the emotional plea to a florida judge from the family of a trainer killed by an orca. >>> shocking behavior. a texas woman uses her baby to stop her car from being repossessed. we'll explain how. >>> stronger laws for sex offenders. the parents of a murdered san diego teen lobby for chelsea's bill. what they're asking federal lawmakers to do. eyewitness news at 4:00 at any times -- continues with denises, [ male announcer ] it's our hottest offer of the season, but it's melting fast. so hurry, act now to get fios tv, internet and phone at the super low price of $99.99 a month -- guaranteed for 2 ye

cornell, some of the underdogs, still alive. they take on kentucky in a sweet 16 matchup tonight.ig red don't have the nba caliber callent that kentucky does. >> you think, we have to speed up and don't let them speed up of. >> cornell has won three ivies. and they're going to play how they play. and we're going to try to play how we play. >>> kept kent is the top seed in the east region. and the highest in the remaining tournament. a game you can see on wjz. in fact, coverage of all four ncaa games coming your way here starting at 7:00. cornell, kentucky follows washington in the east. pro indor soccer play offs kickoff this weekend. they are on the way to mexico to take on monterey in a series opener tonight. baltimore is the defending champ. they have beaten four times in the six became games. >>> it's going to be a challenge. have to defend well and do well with our prekits. but i think we're up for the challenge. we built our team to win championships not just the play- offs. >>> following that opener in mexico tomorrow night. they return home to face baltimore monday night.

. >>> well, a wave of student suicides being called a public health crisis at cornell university.suspected suicides at the ivy league school the past two semesters. >> the stress of classes and whatnot, it can get you to that point and cornell has -- it's so big and you really have to push yourself to go out there and get to know people. you just get lost and you get lonely and i can see why people would want to jump. >> we have been knocking since friday, been knocking on every residential door reaching out to individual students and in groups. >> the university is also posting guards on bridges and other spots around campus. cornell saw a cluster of student suicides in the late 1990s, but in other years university officials say such cases were within or below the national average. >>> well, stay with us. we've been talking a lot today. it's the first day of spring, ri right? >> yes, and it feels like it here. >> but elsewhere. >> not so much. >> we'll show you where they're expecting a foot of snow and reynolds wolf keeping an eye on the red river. compare a well equipped lexus

cornell university upset temple university to win the school's first er ncaa tournament game. advancing to the second round pretty rare in the ivy league. >>> well, tiger woods wille sporting a new logo on his golf bag when he tees it up at the masters. he's going with the tw logo, which is a nike brand of clothing and accessory. nike is tiger's longest corporate sponsor and will be replacing the at&t logo which dropped him december 31st. the golf bag and the golf hat are the two areas where the companies get the most television exposure. >>> remember this a few weeks back, he collapsed in a trainer's arms during a game? it looked like the guy was having a seizure. he was carted off on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask and taken to a hospital. last night he returned to the court for the first time after missing six games. and you know what? he looked great. he played more than half the game and was the team leading scorer. afterwards he says the plan wasn't to play that much, but he felt fine. >>> big-time players make big-time plays. joe johnston drains the buzzer beater in

. >> what's the forecast for cornell? >> clear sailing straight through, full court.'s go to the happens and see what's happening. we've got some big problems rolling in to sections of the southern half of the country. let's say throughout the gulf coast and over through areas of georgia georgia, even in to the carolinas, you'll see heavy rain. possibility of some hail in some locations and high winds today. then tomorrow, really cold air through the northwest or or sections, excuse me, of the upper midwest and into areas of new england, as well. where you could see >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. we have more mountain snow headed to the rockies. >> did you graduate? >> what do you mean did i graduate? i failed statistics, but i did graduate. >> did you play sports? >> did i play sports? i took a year of figure skating because i had to because i missed out on gym signup. i'm not proud of it but i did take a year of miss fitness as every cornell student has to. i just got stuck in figure skating. >> all right, dave. >> i'm just being honest. everything

three young men to their own lives at cornell. in all three cases, students were found in deep gorges underneath bridges around campus. >> the most important thing that i hope students on this campus learned, and every campus in the country, is to take care of oneself. we all need help at some time in our lives. >> in fact, cornell has taken the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students. >> a virginia man is in the hospital after being attacked by his pet monkey. neighbors have provided a picture of the monkey. the 60-year-old told police that the animal attacked him after accidentally stepping on his tail. >> one of its fingers was severed off and the other one was just written. -- one of his fingers was severed often the other one was just didn't. >> according to animal control, the victim has owned the monkey for several years and does have a permit. >> the government is taking more than 1 million high chairs off the store shelves. it >> and one of the nation's premier boutiqu

a game a lot were curious about, playing cornell. cornell got out to a 10-2 lead.all downhill from there. kentucky just had too much running up and down the court. dunks, layups all night long. cornell, frankly, having a tough time getting shots off on the offensive end. their run ends in the sweet 16. kentucky wins. who do they play? they get number two west virginia. no problem with 11th seed washington. the rout was on. they outscored washington by 15 in the second half, winning 69-56. they advance now to play top-seeded kentucky in the east regional final. tonight, midwest regional goes. first game, tennessee against ohio state. the later game has the one a lot are excited about, northern iowa, can they keep it going? they beat kansas. they play michigan state. good team but michigan state playing without its best player, lucas, out for the season. in the south region, tenth seeded st. mary's takes on beryl. the last game of the night, big ten versus acc purdue. top-seeded duke, duke now with kentucky, the only number ones left in the tournament. >>> still ahea

after that you will see cornell against kentucky. check out your brackets by going to the hoops frenzy page at wusa9.com. now with the rest of the morning sports here's brett haber. >>> good morning. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. sydney crosby has two things ovetch win wants a gold medal and stanley cup. last night they informed the reigning champs we are coming from you. the arch men enemies at the phone booth. tied at two in the third. the redirection from eric. and penguins sent it to a shootout. caps down 2-0 in the shootout. bean then the fourth, mike for the win. ball game caps. they win 4-3 and beat the pens the third time this year. >>> a day after the flip saunders andre match blowup tempers cooled. there he is and baseline turn around for his 21 but a drop in the bucket. granger on the inbounds gets the ball back and nasty two of his 31. wizards lose their 13th straight effort spring baseball last night. nats and yankees. a-rod facing levo and that is as far as you can hit a ball without it going over the fence. i

cornell is such a good, good team. they are so good, ivy league and everything. >> herman picked purdue, his brother's alma mater to win the tournament. >>> at first a florida man thought a dark object sticking out of his cheeseburger at a daytona beach checkers found a metal screw. the man says he's contacted an attorney but not sure whether he'll file a lawsuit. a spokesman for the checkers restaurant chain refuses to comment. >>> mr. obama, where for art thou, australia expected to welcome him but he canceled his trip to focus on health care reform. one company has built a wall to welcome the president to the country. now they have added the words, "obama, where the bloody hell are you?" it's all in good humor. officials say they understand why the president put off the trip until june. >>> whether you support it or not, yesterday's signing of the health care overhaul one for the history books. as emotions running high, vice president joe biden let loose but caught by an open micro phone using an expletive. >> repor

cornell pulling the upset 87-69. syracuse cranked up a notch.use to the sweet 16 with 87-65 victory. ohio state led georgia tech by six. the buckeyes with about -- ohio state begone 75-66. nascar continues the early season run on the little short tact -- little short track in bristol, tennessee. then you get relatively tiny accidents. it's like robert cars at the beach. sliding into the wall and then sliding into jeff gordon, taking out a handful of drivers. here is the finish -- defending nascar champion, jimmy johnson, winning. the national speed the marlins, 9-7, the fourth when of spring training. the seasonopens two weeks from tomorrow at home against the phillies. i don't know if it would have been worse if they lost by a lot -- i think this was worse. it was marked more heartbreaking. -- was much more heartbreaking. >> i'm expecting angry phone calls because i'm wearing this should stay green it was an act that. >> you thought it was st. patrick's day. the miracle of high-speed internet is changing our lives in ways we never thought possi

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daybreak, when we wake up to news of a surprise victory of corn yell cornell over kentucky, strong winds, ending rain. falling temperatures up to about 30 friday night. going to feel like a chilly day. brisk weather continues on sunday, thickening clouds, probably evening and overnight sunday into monday, next round of rain will push in. 6:22, let's see what's happening on the roads, here's troy. >> wishful thinking on the roads, like justin's wishful thinking for the ncaa tournament. looking like this at 695, liberty road. we look at your drive times first, not so bad. 795 southbound. 140 to franklin boulevard. owings mills boulevard. four minute ride. 795 southbound, owings mills boulevard to 695 is a six-minute ride. we have more details on the accident, west fayette and pearl street. blocking the right lane. two left lanes get by. there's another accident in baltimore at calvert street and northbound. you might want to look out for as well. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> 6:23. we lost a hollywood actor this morning. robert culp died from injuries suffered after a fall in his home.

i'm not proud of it but i did take a year of miss fitness as every cornell student has to.t got stuck in figure skating. >> all right, dave. >> i'm just being honest. everything you also was full. >>> okay. still ahead here this morning, we'll switch gears. i'm sure we will discuss cornell again, but first, this really interesting story about this facebook burglary. we have a couple who is here this morning, very upset because they feel that hindsight being 20/20, they should never have posted on facebook where they were going to be because they believe one of their friends burglarized their house. we'll talk to them when we come back. [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. and now, you have the power to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina, proves that puppy chow, then dog chow nutrition, fed properly over a lifetime, can help extend his lovable antics up to 1.8 healthy years. long live your buddy. oh, max. long live your dog. purina puppy chow and purina dog chow. yes, are we covered. rex ate chips, ice cream, tapioca, and

cornell west about what message they think should be sent to the president from the black community. not calling out president obama. i'm calling out black leaders who have said recently that the president doesn't need to focus on an african-american agenda. when black leaders start saying that then what role are they playing? if they're not fighting for the best interest of black people no matter what the president is. this is not about the president, it's about the presidency. how to you get the white house to take note of the suffering of your people and get them to address that? >> it's not a question of the president and the color of the president, but it is true that president obama has tended to tilt toward the investment bankers more than he's tilting toward brother and sister on the block. that concerns me. >> all right. you know what the urban league will release its state of black america next week. i believe it is on wednesday. stay tuned to cnn for that and to see the entire interview of tabba smiley and cornell west, head to my blog at cnn.com/don. cnn.com/don. reading

cornell is such a good, good team.i just went with them because they're so good. >> in case you're wondering, alex picked his older brother's alma mater to win it all. that's purdue. >>> in jackson, mississippi, a judge ruled in favor of the lesbian high school student banned from bringing her girlfriend to prom. the u.s. district judge ruled the school violated constance mcmillan's rights by banning her from the dance. they didn't order the school district to hold the prom like the aclu wanted. when the big battle started the school canceled the dance scheduled for april 2nd. we'll talk with the teenager and her attorney at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> in raleigh, north carolina, three people were arrested, several others forcibly removed from a school board meeting last night. it was a contentious debate on busing. shortly after these arrests, the board voted 5-4 to reverse a policy that buses students to achieve economic diversity. instead, the board voted for a new plan aimed at placing students in schools closer to

a cornell, a nobel prize winner robert richardson said...reat immunologist, by the way, trying to find vaccines for plague... against plague, all kinds of terrible diseases said that after the patriot act, just two years out of the patriot act, the number of laboratories at cornell that were working with sort of select agents, these viruses, toxins and back year that were potentially harmful, the number had dropped from 40 laboratories to two. we had, in effect, decimated the laboratories in the united states, at least in one university, and others, because of fear of the government intrusions into their activities. there were other ways in which the government intruded. that is trying to get surveillance, as it were, of library records of records that had to do with how people were using their commuters. there was an effort to try to pre-control publication. and there was also actual efforts to sensor great scientists. like jim hanson, who's one of the great climatologists, was subjected to prior restraint in the bush administration where p

. >>> lewis dale scored 26 points as cornell knocked off wisconsin 87-69. the big red is the first ivy league team to advance to the sweet 16 in more than 20 years. >>> number one seed duke dominated inside against california for a 68-53 blue devil win. duke faces purdue in a south regional semifinal on bring in houston. >>> wes johnson of syracuse scored a career-high 31 points as the orange defeated gonzaga. next syracuse plays putler on thursday in salt lake city. so exciting. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and the right of spring. gas prices creep up as we approach summer driving season. g? (announcer) the sinus triple threat. (announcer) not just sinus headache... ahhhh! but pressure... and congestion. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today it's weather. heavy rain will be be developing across the mid-atlantic states. remains dry and sun any over the southern plains

. >> well, you paid a lot of money to cornell.s thrilled. >> you're not jazzed on this thing -- >> well, i was called to maryland and morgan. this school could be cinderella right there. >> it's good to see it happen. >> i'm excited for you. i know how it felt when the tide were rolling towards undefeated and a national championship. it's unbelievable. >> sam's having the time of his life. >> and you couldn't care less? >> well, it's not my school. it's my money, but not my school. >> well, i'm rooting for you guys against kentucky, but i would root for al-qaeda against kentucky. >> he's a louisville fan. >> oh okay, what a deal. well, 6:45, we have something coming up. i'm going to do a google search for the word wireless. the convention is going on in las vegas. we got 188 million hits on the word wireless. cool. >> that's unbelievable. the fact there's a convention taking place about the wireless revolution. it's its own story. steve joins us from the convention and talking about what will be in the future, it will blow your mi

>> our first check on traffic ons wet roads -- >>> on bee -- we did congratulate cornell. you guys did have aggrates game. >> third, quiet ons roadways, rain is moving in. keep that in mind before you head out. rutsle streets e its hats been reopened. that's always good news. looking at the belt kay. -- froms split down to 295, it will only take you a few minutes. no problems ons outser loop between i0 and i90. >> 219 to 212. the only thing are you worried about is how much staying healthy will cost you. >> gets who is going to be sure we follows rules? irs. >> this health care plan hats passed. now what? here's ntsb 2's nbc 2 -- >> benefited with cites, we did notice shrink from our challenge, we overcame itent. >> reporter: s bill got more than it needed as far as votes and drama. go freedom died a little bits, today. >> 34 democrats voted no. >> reporter: a group of anti- abortion democrats had a change of heart at the 11th hour after president obama said no federal money would go toward abortion. notice a single republican voted yes. >> can you say it was done openly?

cornell is moving. who could have predicted that?x, an autistic chicago teenager is something of a basketball wizard. he filled out a bracket online picking every game correctly so far. that is right. >> the chance of him getting all of these games correct is one in over 13 million. the odds of getting all the games correctly is one in 1 trillion. he sees perdue winning it all. i will stick with this kid. >> this could be a big ticket. >> good for him. >> what kind of money could he make? >> week do not know. >> it is illegal. >> week do not know. >> it is illegal. >>> standardized testing scores nationwide are basically stalled. d.c. schools are seeing some improvement. fourth grade reading scores were up. compared to the rest of the nation. in virginia, reading scores were unchanged. maryland average score was 226 last year. >>> african-americans are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, and math. >> a new program is aimed at changing that. students are taking part in the a-man program. is for boys only. a fraterni

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featured games are washington versus west virginia, cornell versus kentucky.but you will also see parts of other games. >> you ought to see people in real life who say it has bobbled more than that. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. cold case cracked. police say this man raped a teenager nearly a decade ago. >>> now, the government is considering stricter regulations to make them safer. >>> the produce workers here at whole foods at harbor east sure have great voices. or are they opera singers in disguise? that's coming up next. >>> just after 6:30. 64 degrees with a few clouds out. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. there are tanning salons. sandra hughes explains, the federal government is considering more strict regulations to make them safe. >> reporter: 19-year-old rachel donahue says she goes to the tanning salodge to feel good about herself. >> 30 million visit tanning businesses every year. but there are increasing questions about tanning beds and skin cancer. tomorr

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still with us, democratic strategiest cornell belcher and alex castellanos.ut in tucson, arizona, not just the senator and governor palin but the first dude, todd palin was there, cindy mccain there as wem. listen to cindy mccain and she's warming up the crowd and let's see if this one passes truth test. >> you have come today, i know most of all to see my husband. but i know you've also come -- but you've also come to see sarah as well. let's stop it there. by applause meter standards who did they come to see? >> they clearly came to see john mccain when he was accompanied palin was the big star of the day. she drew the crowd. she is doing it all around the country. >> produce freres the michael jackson beat it video called. they want that jacket back. >> could she help him get votes? when you're being challenged from the right, i know you're as a democrat you don't like her appeal globally. but in that niche? >> i understand what her appeal is. and in that niche she absolutely helps him. he is being challenged from the right. he needs his bonaifieds to be b

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degrees of english, latin from george washington university before going on to do graduate work at cornell. his writings and has appeared in many publications. and he was editor in chief of the village voice literary supplement as well and has since gone on to appear in many of the leading publications including a frequent contributor to the weekly standard on middle eastern affairs and also writes were numerous other publications near times, "washington post", is slated and all other publications on-line that you can think of. as a native new yorker or as a porter rican turned it new yorker he decided after 9/11 tried to figure out why it occurred and he decided to separate himself for you spent time in cairo damascus beirut and tel aviv and his book offers a fascinating account of the people he came to know intimately. the differing views of the arab world, ed bin laden, the same, arab liberals and of the u.s.. the characters the portraits that you come across hour fascinating. the professor at the american university in cairo wants one of the light and university and the egyptian freeth

. >>> cornell university has declared a public health crisis, following a recent wave of suicides onampus. two cases were recently confirmed, bringing the total to 6 for the academic year. if an e-mail, the university president encouraged students to take advantage of the suicide prevention resources. the cause of the suicide at the ivy league school remains unclear. >>> last month, 17-year-old chelsea king was abducted and killed near san diego. now, her parents are pushing for chelsea's law. ben tracy reports for wjz, that their proposal would make it even tougher on current registered sex offenders. >> reporter: brent and kelly king are still grieving the loss of their daughter. 17-year-old chelsea king vanished, february 5th after going for a jog. six days later, her body was found in a shallow grave. john gardner, a known sex offender, is charged with her murder. so the kings want a new law to better track sexual predators. >> i promise to do all i can to protect other daughters and other mothers from this incomprehensible nightmare i'm walking through. >> reporter: they call it

. >> and it all started when he picked wisconsin to beat cornell. time now to call in our own jonathan alter for "newsweek" magazine. john, good evening. good to see you. >> hi, keith. >> the president says he is still going to reach out to republicans, incorporate their ideas whether or not they give him support. is this stoicism or credo? and if it's a creedo, what is the creedo? >> it is a credo, look for the better angels of our nature. you try to reach out. you get credit for reaching out. a lot of liberals want him to deck somebody. they want the satisfaction of him putting someone on the canvas. but that's not a good way to govern. you want to stay above the fray if you can. there are times you do need to come down and throw some punches. you saw him in the last six, eight months throw a lot of punches at the insurance industry. it doesn't do him any good to attack republicans or respond in kind to republicans that he may need on other votes. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> no. that's it. >> let me read something from the law lauer interview, anot

he's on the mend at the cornell medical center where he underwent cardiac bypass

northern iowa over kansas and cornell over wisconsin.fully examine the stats. that's all. one website puts the odds of anyone picking a perfect bracket for the first two rounds at about one in 13.5 million. let me tell you, alex, you are super special. >>> a colorado high school senior takes a maxim model to prom. all he had to do was ask her on youtube. check it out. >> hi, i'm conner. i'm here in the hottest place on the planet, las vegas. asking you to go to prom with me. we're talking dinner, limos and -- >> so that smooth line that he gave her and his smoking moves apparently paid off, because the model and ultimately fighting championship ring girl said yes and joined 18-year-old conner cordova for his senior prom. told the local paper the night was better than her own prom night in 2004. she said he put a lot of effort into getting her to be his date. she gave him her number and they are going to stay in touch. nice. >>> head of the national urban league said the landmark health care bill is not enough. he's demanding to focus nee

see if cinderella can dance 1st seed cornell faces new favorite in the tournament kentucky.p story the house of representatives expected to cast a final vote on the new health care reform law before it goes back to the president. osama bin laden reported ofly releasing a new audiotape in which he threatens to kill americans should we execute the accused 9/11 master mind khalid sheikh mohammed. and attorney general eric holder vowing to appeal a federal judge's ruling to release a guantanamo bay detainee with suspected ties to the attacks of september 11th. and on this day in 1933, the u.s.s. sequoia became the official leash time yacht of the president of the united states. the sequoia actually had a prettycolosal history before president ever stepped on board. catch boot leggers during prohibition. the commissioned it and herbert hoover used the ship to indulge in favorite past time fishing. during world war ii he held top secret meetings on the is he coy a and laid the groundwork for d. day there in all 8 presidents took advantage of the ship for fun as well as for officia

and cornell. what's up?caller: i would like to know about chevron, cvx. >> i had chevron on actionalertsplus.com the other day stephanie runs it with me. you know what, there is a moment where oil is not acting that well so we want a little more yield. so we traded up out of chevron, which has decent growth, to british p. after bp bought those incredible assets from devon and it has that higher yield, i thought it made sense to -- >> sell sell sell. >> and buy -- >> buy buy buy! >> british petroleum, now called bp. and that's just what i did. how about ron in florida? ron. >> caller: boo-yah from florida, jim. >> boo-yah, sunshine. how can i help? >> caller: hey, with warren buffett's acquisition of burlington northern and csx's aggressive ad campaign, do you visualize railroad stocks in one portfolio, especially burlington northern? >> i think burlington northern, if you own it through berkshire hathaway is a definite buy. berkshire hathaway remains just a fantastic situation. i know that warren buffett may

. >> plus cornell's cinderella story comes to an end in march madness.'s bracket? that hurts. let's its focus on happier things. the white house soup of the day. new england clam chowder on a friday. >> it's feeling a little clammy outside. >> it is feeling clammy a little. wet, uncomfortable. >> a good day for cham who youder. >> we're crabby about the weather. get it? we'll be right back. >> it's clam. there's no crab in it. (announcer) the sinus triple threat. (announcer) not just sinus headache... ahhhh! but pressure... and congestion. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. increase in 6 months. pete, back it up! ( marker squeaking ) when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with comfort suites. spacious rooms, free hi-speed internet, and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. now stay two separate times with comfort suites... or any choice hotel and earn a free night. book at choicehotels.com. your p.a.d. isn't just poor circulat

and what the shooter upset decimating brackets across the country and then today, the big red from cornellu kidding me? its first ever trip to the sweet 16, two wins by double digits and the 12th seed in the east nominated fourth seed wisconsin and in the sweet 16 here comes kentucky. northwest, northern iowa and which is aren't the only cinderellas in the dance, joined by 10th seed st. mary's and 11th washington. how unpredictable it's been, of the almost 5 million brackets filled out at espn.com the sports network reported last night only 12 had correctly picked the first group of teams into the sweet 16. man alive. and on this day in 1980, president jimmy carter announced the u.s. would boycott the summer olympics in moscow and came in response to the soviet invasion of afghanistan. a few months early the russian army marched to kabul with the intent of installing a soviet puppet government. canada, west germany, japan soon joined in the boycott. regardless many of the athletes did not take the news well. some had spent much of their lives training and still the moscow games went on and

he's riding the cornell train.e likes them. >> because the size of player and how good they are in defense and how good they are this year. cornell, such a good, good team. so, i just went for them because they're so good in that ivy league and everything. >> every sing male game. he submitted that bracket with cbs sports. >>> we'll be back with the daily beast, tina brown. >>> a brand new poll shows how the tea party could hurt republicans in upcoming congressional races. >>> and, of course, mika's must read opinion pages. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ happy anniversary wow! [ grunts ] oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. aah! [ door opens, closes ] wow. what's the occasion? [ male announcer ] relax. pam helps you pull it off. - i got another 300 miles in me. - sure you do, honey. - come on guys, give me a hand. - we can make it to paperclip mountain. looks like somebody needs a comfort inn. hi, reservation for the carter family. uh, yes, your room is ready. free high-speed internet. relaxing poo