could've had a v8. >>> it's been two long days since john madden took the biggest test of his life. >the military entrance processing station. and he took his asvab, and that's a placement exam. and he cut an 83, which is outstanding. normal is around 40. so he did twice the norm. >> i felt proud of myself. i mean, i didn't really realize the severity of it until they told me most people in indiana only score about a 35 or a 40. and i was like, wow.ç but, i mean, i don't know. it made me feel good. >> we knew he was intelligent. he's a natural leader. if he's ever fortunate enough to get in the military, he's going to be a superstar. there's no doubt about it. >> one, two. >> unfortunately for madden, though, going straight into the military is no longer an option. superintendent mike dempsey's plan to release him directly from pendleton into the navy wasn't as easy as he had hoped. >> for the navy to pursue him, he needs to be out of department of corrections for 30 days. so what we need to do is get him out of here, get him home for 30 days and then he can go in and he can take his

and former nfl coach and sportscaster john madden turns 76. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." finally here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. more on "30 rock" show alec baldwin's stalker. who is she? and singer carole king will be share stories from her new memoir "a natural woman." keep it on this channel for news, weather sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching today. just your first stop of the day today, on your nbc stations. have a good one.

john madden has that madden 2000, if you're on that cover, you have a bad season or blow out your acl. the sports illustrated jinx is not as bad. >> so it doesn't apply here. >> no. also caps a huge win tonight. 2-1 over boston. we'll have all the highlights at 10:52, the series now tied at two games apiece heading back to boston saturday for game 5. >> great stuff. thanks, feldy. >>> let's take it back to football. president obama welcomed the university of alabama football team to the white house today. the president applauded this year's bcs champs for their dedication to working together both on and off the field. he also praised the team's efforts in the alabama community after tornadoes devastated most of the area last year. >>> homeowners, tens of thousands of dollars behind on payments, watch as their mortgages are ripped up and reworked. see the deals for yourself next. >> plus a mother under arrest in our area years after police say she abducted her daughter and disappeared.  so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just

only john madden at ucla has more. >> they're like the yankees. they're like the dallas cowboys. they go anywhere in the country and there are people that aren't from tennessee, that did not play women's college basketball, that no association with the university except their fans. because the quality of the basketball has been so good for so long. >> the stamford head coach released a statement saying " words cannot adequately describe the extraordinary career that she has had in the world of basketball. she's a model of class and courage and i do not think that enough can be said for just how much pat has accomplished in building and elevating women's basketball to its current heights. pat is tennessee basketball. >> it is official, brian wilson scheduled for surgery tomorrow. the giants closer will undergo a procedure for a second time, recovery is typically a minimum of a year. the nfl suspended the defensive coordinator greg williams has been getting calls on christmas from fellow coaches and executives after his role in the since county program, one such call from a former

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. >> the question of the day, john madden. the question was who's john madden?west point in almost a month. economists blaming disappointing job numbers from friday. but we're here to help and cheryl casone has the top five companies hiring right now. cheryl, welcome back. let's start with whole foods. >> rough jobs number. there's actually some good numbers coming out of whole foods. looking to add about 1,000 positions across the u.s. and canada. look, you can make between $10 and $14 an hour. they do offer benefits. you may have to pay into your health care benefits initially in the first one to two years that you're at the company and you can get stock options at this company depending how long you work there. and again, fortune has rated them one of the better companies to work for and their plan, their goal, they want to open 1,000 stores eventually. they wouldn't get me a time frame. right now they only have 319. there's a big movement in organic food, healthy food and healthy living and we're seeing that kind of industry overall build and whole foods is

introduce to you one of my top, said prosecutors, and john guy, my other top prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jen madden, dominic pate, john rutherford. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor, rick scott, and the u.s. attorney, bobby o'neill, for their continuing support of this investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision likely -- it lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult circumstances we have handled four years. let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case, as well as a loss of the state of florida. when they appointed us to this case less than three weeks ago, these find that prosecutors, despite all that is on their plate already, handling all of the homicides in the fourth ju

berniedela rionda, one of my top homicide prosecutors and john dye, my other top prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madden, from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic tate, also one of our special agents in charge, our sheriff john rutherford and undersheriff dwayne centerfit. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. oh, excuse me, allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor rick scott and his office, attorney general pam bondi and her office, along with our u.s. attorney bobby o'neil, for their continuing support of our appointment to this case and their support of the investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and our plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit, and we have made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize we don't pro

i want to introduce to you one of my top homicide prosecutors, and john guide, my other top homicide investigator. also is jim maddenfrom the florida department of law enforcement, dominic pate, our sheriff john rutherford. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want6ii to thank m two investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor, rick scott and his office, attorney general pam bondi, andç bobby o'neil for their continuing support of the appointment of this case and the support of the investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and our plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit. and we made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case and the laws of the state of florida. when they appoi

delarianda, one of my top homicide prosecutors, and john guy, my other top homicide prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madden from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic tate, also one of our special agents in charge, our sheriff john rutherford and our undersheriff duane centerfit. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this and i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators, t.c.el elsteen and gail gill breath. let me acknowledge our governor rick scott and our u.s. attorney bobby o'neil for their continuing support of our appointment to this case and their support of this investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and our plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit and we made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case as well as the laws of the state of florida. when

bernie delarianda, one of my top homicide prosecutors, and john dyde, the other prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jim maddenrom the department of law enforcement. dominic pate, also a special agent in charge. sheriffs john rutherford and the other sheriff duane centerfit. we appreciate so much all of the cooperation in this. i want to thank my two state attorney investigators. who spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicide. allow me to acknowledge the governor, rick scott and his office. attorney general pam bondi and the u.s. attorney bobby o'neil. for their continuing support of our appointment to this case and their support of this investigation. we have spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation. and our plan as we continue. we did not come to the decision lightly. this is like a lot of cases we handled in the circuit for years. we made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case. as well as the laws of the state of florida.

introduce to you tracy one of my top prosecutors, and john guy, my other top homicide prosecutor, who will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madden, from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic pate, also one of our special agents inside. our sheriff, john rutherford and undersheriff, duane. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. and i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. excuse me. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor, rick scott and his office. attorney general pam bondy and her office, and the u.s. attorney general bobby neil for their continued support of this case and this investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and our plan as we continue. i can tell you, we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit. ask we have made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition.

introduce to you one of my top homicide prosecutor is and john guy my other top prosecutor who will lead the investigation. also with us is jim madden, dominique pate, our sheriff. we appreciate all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best -- investigating homicide. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor rick scott and his office, attorney general and our u.s. attorney. thank you for your continuing support for this case and investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of our plan as we continue. we did not come to this decision lightly. this is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled four years. we have made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case as well as the laws of the state of florida. when they appointed us to this case less than three weeks ago i want you to know these two by prosecutors, despite all that is on their plate already, handling all the homicides

delarianda one of my top homicide prosecutors and john guy my other top homicide prosecutor who will lead this investigation. with us also is jim madden from the florida department of law enforcement, dominic pate also one of our special agents in charge, our sheriff john rutherford and our undersheriff dwayne centerfit. we appreciate so much all of their cooperation in this. i especially want to thank my two state attorney investigators who have spent countless hours doing what they do best, investigating homicides. allow me to take a moment to acknowledge our governor rick scott and his office, attorney general pam bondi and her office along with our u.s. attorney bobby o'neil for their continuing support of our appointment to this case and their support of this investigation. we spoke with all of them briefly and informed them of the results of our investigation and our plan as we continue. i can tell you we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit. we've made this decision in the same manner. let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by publ

john edwards' child. on friday, sherri young said, her husband's work for the edwards family had become extremely maddeningo her, but she allowed it to happen. the main question in the case, however, is about campaign finance funds and whether john edwards knowingly and willingly accepted illegal money. carol, back to you. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question is should osama bin laden's death be a campaign issue? tomorrow marks one year since osama bin laden was shot dead by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. what had happened all of us democrats and republicans joined together in relief and celebration. but that unity was short-lived. it's re-election time. president obama is playing the osama bin laden card. here is his new campaign ad. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> the ad suggests mitt romney wouldn't have given the order to kill bin laden. it quotes romney's criticism of candidate obama's promise to strike inside pakistan to get bin laden. senator john mccain call it pathetic as did the

romney adviser, kevin madden, pbs's gwen ifill, our political and legal correspondent, jan crawford and political director, john dickerson. this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome, as we begin the new one-hour edition of "face the nation," and we start with the vice president, joe biden, who sat down with us for an interview earlier this week in milwaukee, wisconsin. well, good morning, mr. vice president. >> good morning. >> schieffer: and welcome to "face the nation." we did some checking. this is your third appearance as vice president. your 55th appearance on "face the nation." that's more than any other democrat. you still haven't caught up with john mccain, who is the leader right now. well, let's get right to it. you really laid into governor romney this week. you said he was consistently wrong about everything. does this mean that you and the president have decided that mitt romney is the nominee, that he's who you are going to be facing come fall. >> bob, i can never figure o

john edwards. in brief testimony on friday, sherry young said it was stressful, and she rarely saw her husband. he did anything and everything for every member of their family. it became extremely maddening to me. yet she went along when her husband falsely claimed he was the father of the child of edwards' mistress rielle hunter. and sherry young agreed to live with hunter in lavish homes, moving her three children around the country. how will the jury react to her? >> they may feel sorry for her and what her husband put her through. or they may not be able to understand at all why any mother would do the things she did for her husband. and for john edwards. >> sherry young's testimony becomes even more important after edwards' lawyer, abbe lowell, methodically shredded her husband's credibility last week. >> i think andrew young's credibility at this point is virtually shot. it's almost impossible for any juror to really believe anything he has to say. >> reporter: andrew young dodged many questions, claiming his wife handled the finances. including hundreds of thousands of dollars collected from two wealthy donors allegedly to keep hunter silent. sherry young countersigned the checks,