david asks, can you tell us about how the friendship between honduras thompson and ed bradley came to? great question. i'm not sure what the answers are. i do know. that thompson befriended charles corral who was cbs news guy very early on like in latin america in the early 60s. and they remain friends for a long time. so any who sort of he had a ton of friends, i'm sure there are many of them on on this call right now. and and many girlfriends, you know, many of them have contacted me. you know with with their stories and and and it's all interesting believe me, but i'm not sure quite sure how he and and ed bradley crossed baz. now, of course he was doing a lot of political reporting. so it's it's not wouldn't be uncommon for him to run across. anybody that did that kind of political coverage? along the way but it's true that they had a a close friendship and and bradley would come to woody creek or to owl farm. and watch football with hunter. and you know that there was a there was a real kind of social network there. that was very important hunter ran a kind of a little shadow. the

he's been mesmerizing us for years, showing ed bradley his skills in 2006.t just may be nothing tiger woods has done has generated more electricity than what's going on this week at augusta. >> wow! what a shot from tiger woods! >> reporter: michael bamberger is a senior writer for golf.com. >> well, i think the intensity that we're all feeling about tiger woods playing well in this tournament, it actually has very little to do with golf. it has to do with the fact that we don't want to let go of an iconic hero in our lives. >> reporter: tiger struggled more today than yesterday, but he rallied on his second nine and will now make the cut and play this weekend. and that is going to add to what's already been a magical week here at augusta. norah. >> o'donnell: great news! i will be watching! jim axelrod, thank you. and still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," the jury's verdict in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap the governor of michigan. and it's blast-off for spacex's first private charter flight to the space station. els free. my he

contacted me with their stories and it's all interesting but i'm not sure quite sure how he and ed bradleycrossed paths.he was doing a lot ofpolitical reporting so it's not , it would be uncommon for him to run across anybody thatdid gthat kind of stuff . but it's true that they had a close friendship. and bradley would come to create to come to our farm and watch football with hunter. those there was a real kind lof social network there that was very important. hunter ran a kind of show, there was a lot of bedding but it wasn't about the betting. the betting brought them y closer together and hunter that with political journalists to. if you read here and loathing on the campaign trail you'll see that hunter was very proud of his record betting on the primary betting against experts , the other journalists but he didn't do it just towin or display expertise . i think he also did it to bring them closer together with his colleagues and he wasn't part of thatgroup . when he joined the campaign press corps. so the first was his personality and these other mechanisms to kind of ingratiate him

for more on all this, i'm join ed by josh letterman at the white house, matt bradley and i'm also joined by are tired general steph twit y, the former commander of the european command and now an nbc news military analyst. so josh, i'll start with you. what's the white house saying so far about secretaries blinken and austin's meeting in kyiv? and does this press a possible visit by president biden or what happens next? >> we're hearing from president biden, who said that the meeting went well. he says he spoke with both blinken and austin as they were on their way to poland as they were preparing to go into ukraine. he's expected to get briefed by them now that austin is on his way to germany where he's doing other meetings and blink is now back in the united states. but the real point of this trip was to make the trup. so by that standard, they feel they got in and got out safely. they got the headlines they wanted to which is a strong show of support for the ukraiians. as far as biden potentially visiting, he has made clear he wants to go as soon as possible. he obviously visited many