two-hour surgery inserting a rod into his tibia. >> a lot of people, ware's injury brought to mind joe theismann'stv. this was 1985, when he was sacked by linebacker lawrence taylor, and joe is still so many years later dealing with issues from that injury. he joins us live this morning from california. joe, good morning. gosh, take me back to, what was that, sunday night, it was sunday night, louisville/duke game. you're watching live like the rest of us. you see kevin come down, you see his leg. what was your first reaction? >> well, first reaction was it sickened me to see the injury the way it was, and then all of a sudden, it conjured up all the memories of what happened to me some 28 years ago. the vividness of it was incredible, and it has been in my mind. i can see the faces around me, smell the sounds, hear the sounds, feel the moisture on my back, it's like i relived that moment all over again through heaven. my heart went out to him. there aren't a lot of people who experienced what this young man has and i have, and now all of a sudden we're joined in that regard. >> no one knows what

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sound is all too familiar for one professional athlete, former washington redskins quarterback joe theismann. back in november 1985 during a monday night football game with o.j. simpson sitting in the broadcaster's booth, size man was tackled by giants linebacker lawrence taylor. theismann's leg snapping as he describes it like a breadstick. it ended theismann's career. joe theismann joins me on the phone fresh off an airplane to los angeles. i guess you were besieged, most of the country wants to know your reaction to this story. >> yeah, it's a little bit crazy to have to sort of relive something that happened almost 30 years ago. thankfully it looks like kevin's going to be okay and that's the most important thing. >> when you were watching the game last night, what was your immediate reaction? did you think of your own injury? >> oh, i got chills. i did, right away. anytime i ever see something like that it's just -- you know, you turn your head away, and then i was real curious to see whathe coverage was going to look like, how they were going to handle the injury. but as soon as he wen

. >> joe theismann went through a very horrible situation, and thankfully, medicine has changed nowadayse kevin ware has a better chance of coming back than joe did at the time, but joe had a very hard time talking about it, and when i had been around him, he didn't want to speak about it but i'm sure he's dealt with it and moved on, but it's very hard to see that. we have to understand when you take the field, whether it's the basketball court, the football field, whatever sport it is, you're taking a risk. >> catch "the point" tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. >>> coming up, we hear it all the time, we say it all the time, my taxes are too high, but does the u.s. even stack up globally? i've got tax numbers for you. tax numbers on a tuesday morning. >> yes! >> whoo-hoo! percent of investors can expect to find in their portfolio, is unexpected risk. bny mellon has the vision and experience to help. we look at the full picture... to uncover risk, find opportunities, and create a plan that's best suited for you. bny mellon. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i w

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joe theismann comes to mind. you know what the scene was like between duke and louisville.ue to the graphic nature we decided not show the actual play. with 6:33 to go in the first half. tyler horn ton hid a three-point, kevin ware attempted to block the shot. landed on his right leg and snapped. tibia and possibly fibula break. teammates wrought. coach pitino in tears. ware was taken to the hospital and is doing well. when the game resumes, mason plumlee all alone for the alley-oop. louisville with the lead at the half then dominates the final 20 minutes. russ smith hat 23. seive into, fearless on the drive. cardinals take the lead, part of a 20-4 run. 85-63 the final. teammates posing with ware's jersey. they're on to atlanta, which is his home city. pitino saying the sophomore will return possibly a year from now. >> i'm real proud of the team. i don't think any of us, with what we had to witness, could have overcome it if it wasn't for kevin ware, 12 times, saying to the guys, eye'll -- i'll be fine. win the game. >> trey burke, trying to lead michigan to its first fina

joe theismann had it. football has all kind of broken bones like this. with basketball it's rare.was handled, we expect him to get fully better and he will get back on the court. i don't know if he will have the same career he would have had but i expect him to be back within a year. >> eric: dr. samadi, look, skiing, people break legs all the time. >> it's true. the question is what did we learn from this? even though this happens so rare, the stress fracture that you mention in the introduction is it's hairline fracture. it's hard to detect it. a lot of times they may complain of pain in area. key is not to ignore it. i happens, by keep overdoing it and overusing it, you can turn a simple stress fracture that can get healed with rest. you can turn it in to a real compound fracture like this. which obviously opens up the skin. the bone, you can see. it's a nightmare. you saw the players watching it. it can affect the nerves, it can affect the muscle and cause an infection. be careful. he is lucky he had a successful two-hour operation. he is doing well and he has a rod in his tib

and that break was actually reminiscent of joe theismann's monday night football injury from 1985. he tweeted his best wishes to ware. louisville beat duke to the ncaa final four. ware underwent two hours of surgery. he reportedly is resting comfortably at an indianapolis hospital. >>> to washington, immigration reform, do they have a deal or not? democrats are claiming victory predicting legislation could be written as early as this week. republicans say not so fast. nbc's tracie potts has details. good morning, tracie. explain some of this confusion. >> reporter: sure. there's not a complete deal yet. this gang of eight who has been working sings last fall has one of the biggest disagreements in place. the aflcio and the union have come together on a guest worker plan. how do you keep them in the country legally but not necessarily give them a path to citizenship? they've come up with some dedales that would start in 2015. up to 200,000 visas could be issued. marco rubio is on that gang of eight, but he says while there is a deal they need to go through hearings. >> tracie potts,

earlier today, joe theismann spoke to cnn's "starting point." he said when he saw this injury to ware, it brought him back to the injury he suffered in the monday night game against the giants, you know what i'm talking about. >> yes, i do. >> this was the memory it conjured up for joe. >> all of a sudden it conjured up all the memories of what happened to me some 28 years ago, the vividness was incredible, and it has been in my mind. i can see the faces around me, smell the smells, hear the sounds, feel the moisture on my back when i close my eyes. it's like i relived that moment all over again through kevin. >> joe has reached out to kevin ware, so they've had conversations. ware spoke to the new york daily news by phone and said, this is a minor setback for a major comeback. here's the attitude we talked about. i have to have the right approach to it. things are going to be good for me, this is not a lifetime injury where i can never play basketball again. carol, really, the best medicine for ware right now is rejoin his teammates midweek in

i was watching the game with my dad when it happened to joe theismann and that was one of the worst iave seen in sports. this is tied. >> i think it is a good lesson for all professional sports, particularly football, to not keep playing these things over and over and over again. it doesn't do anybody any good. one more thing is up next. >> oh thank god. >> ♪ wild thing ♪ you make my heart sing >>> it is time now for one more thing. imagine this. imagine this, yesterday you may have been coming home from church and you are on the highway and look to the side of the road and there is the cops. they pulled somebody over, and it is the easter bunny. they are writing him a ticket for riding his motorcycle without a helmet which is required law in california. this easter bunny was wizzing down interstate 8 when a member of the california highway patrol pulled him over. >> wizzing? >> he was wizzing down the road. >> you have been listening to your 5-year-old too much. did you get the potty connotation. >> i was thinking he got a dui. >> wizzing? >> speeding down the freeway. >> poor bunny.

. >> well, joe teseman -- joe theismann and warren moon played there the field is 65 yards why insteadtwas a runner. he still holds the southeast conference record for touchdowns. >> neil: don't they think they robbed him, a young guy, of one of the best years of his playing life? >> absolutely. it was nonsensical. no reason at all. some people say, well, maybe they tide it for the publicity so they can take the headlines in new york away from the giants. if that was the reason come on. they -- you know what? the real crowning blow was when sanchez was so bad they started greg mcle roy against the bills. so mcilroy goes 5-27 years and named the mvp of the game. first guy in history to throw for 29 yards and be the mvp. >> neil: don't think he ever played another game. >> he played against the chargers in the last game. but for them not to start him then, tebow, see what he can do -- >> neil: stolen moments. mean while, your putting up with ims and everything else? [laughter] >> neil: a sea of question marks. >> listen, the guy hired me again. sure. i'm indebted to him. >> neil: great s

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. >> i was there when joe theismann broke his leg with the famous lawrence taylor thing and just likery here, when i was at rfk stadium back then, you could actually hear the break with all the crowd noise and that sort of thing. i can't watch this stuff anymore. >> oh, man, let's get more now on kevin ware's injury. cnn's medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is on the phone but we'll start with kenny klein, he is the senior associate athletic director for the university of louisville. thank you for joining us tonight. mr. klein, how is kevin doing? >> kevin's still currently in the methodist hospital here in indianapolis and undergoing surgery at this time. >> yeah. >> we're showing video of the players. players from both teams who are visibly shaken, visibly upset, even crying. how does this -- were you at the game? >> i was. i was at mid-court, and it certainly was a gruesome injury, and it affected a lot of our players but while kevin was down, wanted the players, called the players over and said, you know, win the game, win the game. that was his message to the team, and they ce

. >> it was a complete freak accident and the thing is too, joe theismann who suffered the same kindrrific injury to his leg on monday night football, he tweeted out watching duke-louisville, he actually texted kevin ware, and apparently called him as well. michael busch has called him as well. a lot of athletes are reaching out to kevin ware and he's getting that kind of support and you better believe he'll get support from the university. they'll want him back on the court, use him as a motivational tool and rick bettino saying we take care of our players. >> tell us where we are in march madness. i picked none of these teams to be in the final four. that's what i know. you've got louisville, wichita state, that's the early game coming up this saturday at 6:00, here in atlanta. then michigan against syracuse at 8:49. that's a marquee matchup of two teams, that have batled in the past, we could have a beautif louisville-syracuse matchup in the last game. because i'm a big ten guy. so we have my last big ten team is in. my iu hoosiers. michigan state, so we got michigan state is the

joe theismann sent out a tweet. he said watching, my heart goes out to kevin ware.veryone's point of reference with these things happening, they don't happen often. i remember with him, he said he wasn't able to way. because of the intensity. cbs made the decision not to allow this video to be looped over and over again. it is absolutely horrific. >> i think that was probably the right call. to see it live was a very tough thing. what i remember more is the reaction of his teammates. i've never seen something go from normal to completely chaotic so quickly. it happened right in front of their bench it was. sort of a gutteral reaction that was touching on some level but was also very frightening. i don't think anyone knew how bad it was right away. >> and his coach even said, outside of the loss of his own baby, the death of his brother-in-law on 9/11, this was the third worst thing that happened that he's had to deal. with that's incredible. >> rick petino has done there for 30 years. but there is no way to prepare your team or get them ready to go play a game of su

but he also noted, like joe theismann and that infamous injury, he has not seen the video nor does he want to see the moment of impact. there you have it. the first words from kevin ware from louisville. he's heading on with his team to the final four. we'll see what they do at the big dance. >>> "news nation" is also following developing news on the debate over gun control, a new poll shows public support for stricter gun laws is still strong with six in ten americans believing laws should be tougher. those numbers seemingly contradict a poll out last week that shows support was waning. the president turns to public opinion again to get congress to act. right now, the president is on his way to colorado. a state with a long tradition of gun rights but one that recently passed a series of tough laws in wake of the aurora movie theater shooting last summer. the president hopes the legislation will serve as a model, a template for a national bill. also today in connecticut, the state legislature is set to pass a wide-ranging gun control bill that is being called the toughest in the nati

. >> you know it's bad when joe theismann starts tweeting. i understand.arold, it's horrible. >> 19 years old. hopefully, youth is on his side and it's hard to watch. >> on a positive note, go big blue. >> the sweet 16 game against kansas to be down by five with less than 30 seconds to find our way back. trey burke wouldn't stop hitting threes. our big man mcgrath, a freshman. you got to love him and our chances. >> and can you believe, mark halpern? i picked wichita state! >> when i looked over your bracket, it jumped out at me. >> let's show my predictions. there we go. can you believe? where did that come from? >> these are four great teams. >> a lot of people said you were crazy on selection sunday. >> i called it from the very beginning. >> i thought you had them just going to the sweet 16. >> no, all the way to the final four. >> brilliant. >> i will reveal the rest of my picks next week. >> next monday. >> next tuesday, actually. >> we actually do have a sports cast coming up so we can review all of this once again but let's get to some news. intere

people were talking about the injury to joe theismann in football. he should be back in about a year's time if everything goes well. >> he rallied around the team. it was incredible. >> win the game. and they did. >> josh, thanks very much. >>> the latest on the manhunt in texas for the killers of a district attorney and his wife gunned down in their home this weekend. the killing came just two months after another prosecutor in the same county was murdered. pierre thomas is there. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's unheard of for top law enforcement officials to be executed in a small town like this. today, the fbi, atf, and local marshals are here to help solve these shocking murders. an army of police are trying to find out who broke into the home of mike mclelland, the county's top prosecutor, and murdered him and his wife in cold blood. >> it's unnerving to the law enforcement community. it's unnerving to the community at large. >> reporter: it was weeks ago that he had vowed to find the killer of one of his top deputi

. >>> former nfl great joe theismann knows what kevin ware is going through.broke his leg in a monday night game in 1985 when he was sacked by linebacker lawrence taylor. the injury so severe it ended his career. joe always good to see you, good morning. >> good morning, matt, good to be with you. >> it was so hard for all of us to watch this and i'm thinking of you in 1985 and as you watched it, it had to be even tougher. what was your first reaction? >> i was sickened to my stomach. it just conjured up all the memories instantly of what i went threw that evening, the excruciating pain and all of the people around me and all the activity and i saw everybody start to get around kevin. it just kept playing over and over in my mind. those things just don't ever leave you. >> cbs was very careful only to shoot kevin from the waist up during those couple of minutes after he was down, but i was looking at the reactions of the fans and the coaches, and the other players and boy the looks on their faces and the tears in their eyes told you everything they needed to k

the joe theismann injury is the closest thing i can remember. >> i'm sure guys don't take the court andd to talk to his team and really inspire his team before he left to go to the hospital. >> all right. terror in the aisles of a california walmart. a man crashed a car straight into the store. that was just the beginning of his rampage. we're going to have a live report straight ahead. it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see. it's the all-new lincoln mkz. i've always kept my eye on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health risks. but she's still going to give me a heart attack. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> will comback to "early start." a tir fieing easter for walmart shoppers in california. police are trying to determi

>>brian: legend joe theismann who had a similar injury called ware to offer his support.live at 7:30 eastern. 2013 baseball season in full swing. the angels won the first ever opening day into the game. they beat the reds 3-1. the nationals bryce harper making history. the 20-year-old became the youngest player to make two homers on opening day. washington beat miami 2-0. magic johnson needed to smile again and he got it. got a reason. the dodgers owner saw clayton kershaw getting it done. he would smack his first career home run as a pitcher, the first time since 1983 on opening day a pitcher had a homer and shutout in the same game. opening day with the traditional six-mile relay to deliver the first brat wurst to miller park, the tradition going 11 years strong. milwaukee beat colorado. bratwursts clogging up arteries since 1910. come up on radio between 9 and noon on kilmeade and friend, scott brown live in the studio, john lester and those two young ladies who were in prison in iran all on kilmeade and friend. >>gretchen: all right. sound like a good show. let's go o