>> first of all, breaking news, you may have heard this, but ari fleischer, who's been handling tiger woods' relations, he quit this morning. he quit tiger's team. i don't know if he's just distraught over the health care bill passing or what, but either way, i do think it's a response, no matter where ari fleischer was on this announcement, the whole roll-out of tiger woods' return to golf has been pretty terrible, quite frankly. >> why is that? >> let's take yesterday, for example. the five minute rule. i've never seen it like this before in my life where before it even started, everybody in the audience is told he has five minutes. secondly, the fact he was standing for both interviews, it's as if he wants to run away every ten seconds because things are getting so uncomfortable. third of all, i haven't seen a public figure look that uncomfortable since sarah palin was sitting down with katie couric. >> interesting because there are a lot of rules surrounding that brief news conference he held a month ago. his mom looked upset, but did hug him. yesterday, he was asked about his dad

several reports say fleischer's presence gave the impression the golfer was being stage managed.pr standpoint most believe it's the golfer's actions, not his words that will rectify his wrongs. >> that determines whether or not people support tiger what, he does in his lifestyle and the government course, not what he says. there time to leave him alone and al allow him to prove what he says he's going to do. >> reporter: when you returns to golf -- when he returns to golf at the masters his game will be scrutinized. the judgment at home could be much tougher. >> i love elin with everything i have. and that's something that makes me feel even worse, i did this to someone i love that much. >> how do you reconcile what you've done with that love? >> we work at it. >> tiger woods says he's nervous about how he'll be received at the masters. you can see his quest for a 15th major. it will be here on our air. masters coverage starts april 8th. the final two rounds airing on channel 9 april 10th and 11th. >> he seems to suggest that elin is willing to work with him on this. >> i read so

we did learn ari fleischer, former u.s. press secretary working as a crisis communication counselor to tiger woods is no longer doing that. we spoke to his office a short time ago and they said effectively they backed away because the attention should not be on ari fleischer but on tiger woods and they did not believe that was what was happening at this point. >> peter alexander, thank you for the update. >>> tiger talking to the media days after saying he would return to augusta. last night he admitted he was nervous. >> what reception are you expecting from fans? >> i don't know. i don't know. i'm a little nervous about that, to be honest with you? >> how much do you care? >> it would be nice to hear a couple of collapse here and there. i hope they are also collapse for birdies, too. >> joined by golf editor. david, what jumped out at you. >> i think tiger woods was composed. he was well coached. it was not difficult to imagine some of the questions he would be posed in the first interviews he conducted. to me he seemed m

ari fleischer is on his team. he's a pr guy. you think his hand might have been in this. >> ari fleischer has carved out a career for himselves in rebuilding images and he did that with mark mcgwire. mark inning wire, took it albeit bob costas, the big question is will tiger woods take questions about his personal life? some people say the mast sers a perfect fit because it will be restrictive and certain media will not be allowed in there. we're lucky enough to have mike beutel from bloomberg. mike was some of the few people in the room when tiger gave his apology. i hope i pronounced your name correctly. >> you're one of the few. >> what kind of reaction do you think he is going get from the media given that you've covered this man for a long time? >> from the media at the masters he's going to get a very controlled reaction. there will not be tabloid media there. there will not be the non-golf media. it will be very comfortable setting, as much as it can be comfortable for tiger to be there. he will see a lot of familiar face

. >>> after woods' interview former white house press secretary ari fleischer quit working for woods.s a membe of team trying to plan the golfer's come back. the golf channel reporter said fleisher felt he was becoming the focus of media attention. and he wants the focus to be on woods. >>> our time right now is 6:53. let's get another look at our forecast. here's meteorologist tom kierein. >> after our summer weather in march, it's turning cooler. we're about 20 minutes away from sunrise and a cloudy sky over the potomac river. those clouds have been producing rain. we're getting some showers in fairfax county as well as in prince william, fauquier, and that's moving off to the north. those will be heading into perhaps washington and up into montgomery county over the next 15 minutes or so. there are some other showers in northern anne arundel county and into howard county this morning as well as in southern maryland. these are marching from the southwest heading off to the northeast. temperatures all around the region are near 60 degrees. from columbia heights to district heights. o

fleischer confirmed that he has ended his professional relationship with tiger because, fleischer saysls like he's becoming too big of a story. >> oh, yeah, right. >> oh, okay. >> i would have gone another direction with my excuse on that one. >> he knew it was a big story. >>> get out your calculator, mika. minnesota twins' superstar catcher joe mauer signed yesterday a contract worth eight years, $184 million. eight years, $184 million. >> uh-huh. >> that's a lot of money. mauer in a twins uniform through the 2018 season. won three batting titles, mvp last year where he hit .365. he's from minnesota who's drafted number one overall by the twins in 2001. top three players in baseball, mike? >> yeah, a-rod -- >> pujols. >> well, albert's something. >> no, i'm talking player. salarywise. >> absolutely. >> how much is that a day? >> that's $23 million a year. which is a little bit less than a-rod makes. >> it's great for baseball. >> great guy. >> great guy. great for baseball. >> great player. >> hometown boy. >> twins got a new stadium. >> yankees. >> we'll find a way. >> he's got no t

ari fleischer undoubtedly gave him that advice when the former white house spokesman signed on as anr. so tiger tried to lower the temperature a bit by granting interviews not to some big-name anchor but to reporters for the golf channel and espn. and while woods stone walled about what happened during his thanksgiving night crash when he was either pursued or rescued by his wife, he did answer most of the questions about his serial infidelity. >> were there moments you thought you should stop but examine didn't? >> yeah. i tried to stop and i couldn't stop. it was just -- it was horrific. >> you went from being recognized as the greatest golfer in the world to becomein a punch line. how did that make you feel? >> it was hurtful. but then again i did it. >> you said you made transgressions the how do you in your own words describe the depth of your infidelity. >> well, just one is enough and obviously that wasn't the case. i made my mistakes. >> why not seek treatment before all of this came out? >> well, i didn't know i was that bad. i didn't know i was that bad. >> tiger's team lim

i also spoke with ari fleischer the former white house press secretary's office. he had been working as tiger woods' crisis communications adviser but has withdrawn from working with tiger. he said simply that he was taking away the attention that should have been on tiger and it was being focused on his involvement there and he thought tiger really is the one about whom people should be speaking at this time. finally, ed, cbs had an opportunity to speak to tiger woods as well. they declined and said they wouldn't do an interview with the restrictions they were provided. they say they want an interview in its entirety later but suffice it to say we may have heard the last from tiger woods on these topics. i guess as they go forward according to most sports writers and others tiger is going to say, been there, done that, let's talk golf. >> thanks, peter. if he makes the cut at the mast ersberg i think it will be amazing. great to have you with us. >>> coming up prom scored a victory when the house passed the health care reform bill last night but it may come at a

now are two or samuel fleischer actor. he is in chicago right now and he is a professor at the university of illinois in chicago and he is also president of the international almond smith society. professor fleischacker, what is that society? >> guest: that was a society founded about that as a society founded about 15 years ago to encourage more scholarly interest in smith. one of our models was the hume society, which did help ratchet up interest especially among philosophers and david hume. smith is of interest to not just philosophers or economists as to intellectual historian to literary theorist, often these days. and we encourage the study of smith from all and no political perspective. but to say we try to stay away from the political uses of smith for ideological purposes and simply encourage scholarly work on what he had to say in all these various areas. and we have compensated basically at least once a year and also try to encourage scholarly work and various other forms. postcoital mention david hume twice. wh

some people are going to want that may kulpa and ari fleischer, the word is he retained to guide him on this who had mark mcg require do an interview with bob costas and he said, i've already answered those questions. it would seem to be the direction he would take. sit down with "60 minutes" or oprah, do that interview and never address it on the pga tour. it's interesting to see if that's the avenue he goes. >> he has to do that otherwise we'll hear a lot more that we heard from the last caller. he's a polarized figure, used to being reviewed and never will be ready to come back in some people's minds until he opens up and as you said he was scripted in the press conference. i think it was pretty good but it was still a script. it has to be appear to be sp speaking from the heart. the only way is by answers questions. >> we'll continue to be all over this story for you. rafer be there as tiger makes his return. on "issues, jane velez-mitchell, what does this return mean for his recovery, is it too soon? on "the joy behar show," why did he pick augusta and the master's and the debat

if ari fleischer isn't helping him out here, who is?lp. >> they ordered extra security. so if some big bet -- >> i'm sorry, whereere they before? >> before he got caught? >> keep them away the whole time so he won't be in this big mess. >> the best thing for tiger at the moment is not a deranged, crazy fan. the security, the most damaging thing for tiger is to have his photograph taken with a beautiful blond, that could really hurt him. the security guards told to keep the women away. >> why don't you have a picture with your beautiful, blonde wife? >> because she moved away, she moved to sweden. >>> use some of that security during high school, huh, bob? >> me. >> i'm just teasing you. >> i was, you want to go to prom with me? i was that guy. good morning, natasha. if you're traveling up to the northeast today, jfk already a half hour and just because the winds are about 25 miles per hour and later today they get up to 35 miles per hour. new york city, laguardia and new jersey. watch for an hour or more delay because of the gusty winds