. >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and couldn't make it back out here and with his experience, one thing about melvin speese, he is the premiere taipber in the marine corps. please help me welcome major general melvin speese >> well, of course i am not admiral roughhead, mr. secretary, but i did spend the night at marine's memorial clu

i'm craig melvin. thanks so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a fantast . . >>> new this morning, the same agency that is suing you and we mean everyone. >> plus, i was scared, i was shaking. it was really scary. nothing happened like that. >> we talked to a young girl shot by that arrow while on a school field trip. how a pop star helped her get through the pain. >>> plus, the boys are back in town. the world series champion giants return to at&t park for the first time since winning the title. >>> we take you live outside to san francisco. the bay bridge all lit up on this thursday, for your morning commute, march 28th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. it is 4:30. i'm marla tallez. jon kelley is off today >>> i'm laura garcia cannon. lots to get to. let's check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. >> good morning, laura and marla. good morning to everybody at home. we have an active pattern, a little about

i'm craig melvin. good sunday to you.stories making news right now. will the sequester hold up your travel plans? we could find out tomorrow. the faa is expected to make a final decision on closing air traffic control towers. the closures were proposed as part of the mandatory sequester spending cuts. the jodi arias is set to start up again tomorrow. the 32-year-old arizona woman is accused of stabbing and shooting her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, back in 2008. arias admits that she killed hill, but says it was self-defense. >>> and the germans, they do love themselves some david hasselhoff. the hoff there made an appearance in berlin earlier today. he was part of a protest to stop a real estate developer from tearing down part of the berlin wall. still a rock star in germany. >>> back here, kentucky senator rand paul basked in the spotlight at cpac last night, after weighing the conservative group's straw poll. but what do we make of the win? what should we make of the win at cpac? our own ari melber is taking us behi

. >> we have melvin johnson.orking at grand central since 1974 and he was a guest on "red eye" at one point. melvin, what was crore first experience -- your first experience at the "red eye" studio. >> it was kind of a hell hole. we had the homeless in there and the drug addicts. >> what brings you to grand central and where are you going to? >> connecticut. >> what part of connecticut? >> hartford. >> can i get you a specific street address and zip code? >> no. >> the whispering gallery is a phenomenon why? >> have i no idea. >> because what this person wants to ask. >> because of the chambers ? >> because of the chambers, exactly. and are you single? >> no. >> we are done here. now in this area outside the oyster bar is an accuse stick phenomenon known as the whispering gallery. if somebody stands there and whispers, the sound will travel around the area and over to there and the person will hear it perfectly. let's test it out, shall re? i am going to steal each and every one of your precious happened bags, yo

it must be tough on bob melvin. is it me or the a's fans getting younger?pot. third homer ties the game at 2. griffin, four earned runs, struck out 8. a's explode with five runs in the third. tapped off by a two-run bomb, a's go on to win it 7-4. >> final round of the arnold palmer invitational check out this shot. feet in the water, two bounces, taps it in. shot of the day. sergio garcia from the tree manages to get back on the court. tiger looking to be the world's number one golfer since 2010. opened a lead with a birdie but play was suspended. a severe storm and hopefully they can finish tomorrow. nascar 400, hamlin tied in the final lap. they made contact with less than a miami to go. kyle busch takes the checkered flag for the first win of the season. more from the ncaa tournaments at 11:00. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easie

going to be tough for bob melvin to figure his stuarting infield. jeb lowrey fighting for the infield spot. griffin went 4 2/3 twir, allows four ones on five hits, and struck out eight. a's explode with five runs in the third. capped off with the home run for norris. a's win 7-4. >> final round of the arnold palmer invitational. check out this shot. feet in the water. two bounces, drains it for the eagle. sergio garcia, great shot from the tree. manages to get it back on the course but withdrew from the tournament. if you're climbing trees, i don't plame him. ingtiger -- play was suspended e to a severe snowstorm orlando. course had to be evacuated. hopefully they can finish tomorrow. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. more from the ncaa tournament at 11:00. >> ama: could an animated prehistoric family take the top spot at the box >> ama: join me tonight at 9:00 on cable 13. if you're ever haunted by an annoying song stuck in your head, we'll tell you how scientists say how to exercise to the tunes. >> a scout meeting unli

former stanford stars make something noise, making it tough on bob melvin's final decision for starting infield. a future a right here. the afor mentioned stanford star, jed loughery, trying for one of this spats. griffin aloud two runs, struck out eight. a's explode with five in the third, capped off by a two-run bomb from norris, his fifth of the spring. the a's win it 7-4. >>> to the arnold palmer invitational. check out this shot. his feet in the water. drains it for an eagle. that's our shot of the day but sergio garcia had a shot of his open, for a wrong reason. he is stuck in a tree, climbs up, gets it back on the course, but with drew from the tournament. tiger looking to become the world's number one golfer for the first time since 2010. then play was suspended. severe weather in orlando. >> coming up next, nascar is in california. >> coming up, we'll giant two unique world travelers as their sent >> ama: in a half hour at 6:00... >> crash, crash, boom. >> ama: neighbors say they've never seen or heard anything like it. a big play to keep the kings in sacramento. how a silicon

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. and if it's sunday, it must be -- >> former florida governor jeb bush. >> governor, we want to -- [ speaking spanish ] >> thanks for joining us, governor. >> governor bush, thank you. >> the former governor, six ways from sunday. if he's not running for something, what's he doing? >> i think it was very good for the president to have that dinner. >> i think the president has to stay directly involved. >> i don't think anybody came away from there expecting we're going to come up with some grand bargain. >> and three of the gop senators who broke bread with the president dished out. if there's no grand bargain, can we expect the fights to continue? >>> and there's something you don't see every day. a sitting congressman nearly 70 years old, suited up and in the ring. >>> in today's political headlines, security threats can sell the news conference with hagel and karzai. he's been in afghanistan meeting with troops and afghan leaders. >>> t

. >> after consulting with manager bob melvin and the teams medical staff -- anderson left the game.s ended up winning anyways seven-to-five. >> the oakland zoo is welcoming three new pups to its meerkat exhibit. the pups, named ayo, rufaro and nandi, are nearly six weeks old. the litter is the first successful delivery among the meerkats in more than a year since it is not uncommon for members of a meerkat mob to attack the pups. but zoo officals say the mob has taken good care of this litter. the new pups bring the size of the zoo's existing meerkat mob to eight. the sexes of the pups remain unknown. zoo offcials

i'm craig melvin. >>> the first full day of sequester. the government will start cutting some $85 billion officially triggering reductions that here pose the congress failed to avert. >> it's important to understand we won't feel the cuts' pain right away. many will have their lives disrupted in a significant away. >>> house speaker john boehner spoke to david gregory for "meet the press" right after the meeting with president obama on friday and other congressional leaders. >> in the end, we will see a pathway here that's open. >> if i did, the meeting at the white house might have gone better. >> $85 billion is a 9% domestic program defense and 13% to defense. hundreds of thousands of americans could be affected. kristen welker has more from the white house this morning. >> reporter: president owe became kra and members of congress are waking up with the knowledge that the $85 billion in spending cuts have gone into effect this morning. this after an 11th hour meeting on friday which yielded no results, only bluster. both sides digging

skipper bob melvin announced that brett anderson will be his opening day starter. >>> and now the thursdayht top five. tiger woods got wet. put on the rain pants and blasted out of the water of the honda classic. no. 4, ohio state. evan turns the ball over, gets upset. here's what head coach thought about it. look how red his face is! huh? whew! no. 3, south dakota basketball. it goes! yeah! no. 2, blake griffin, the dunk! clippers beat the pacers. and griffin meant business! going way upstairs! and no. 1, find me a better catch than this one. nc state, brett williams. unbelievable somersault catch. i knew you'd love that! >> he grew wings! that was amazing. >>> real quick. gonzagaen won tonight. they'll be the no. 1 team in the country. the last west coast conference team no. 1 in the country, the 1977 dons with bill cartwright. >> that's going back a ways. >> a long way back. but a great night for west coast conference. >>> we'll be back. newscast is tomorrow morning at 4-30. >>> letterman is next with charlie sheen. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway broadc

i'm craig melvin. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. what's the bottom line when it comes to the sequester? >> this process has totally stalled out. >> here's the thing, none of this is necessary. i still believe we can can and must replace these cuts with a balanced approach. >> this discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. it's about taking on the spending problem here in washington. >> and there you have it, folks. deadlocked in washington. now if these budget cuts do spell doomsday, what will they look like? >>> i thought i could hear him screaming for me and hollering for me. >> also from the outside it looks fine. inside, though, it's a nightmare. now no one knows if it is going to get worse. >> we need some time of pair, reflection and getting to know each other. >> but after that, how long will it take for the world's 1 billion-plus catholics learn who the next pope will be. >>> first, president obama continues to hammer republicans in congress over the $85 billion worth of automatic cuts now in effect. in his weekly addre

i'm craig melvin. good sunday.other top stories making news right now. british police are trying to figure out what killed russian president -- excuse me, russian billion nair, boras bearsofski. the tycoon was found dead at his home yesterday. he was good friends with dissident alexander nahvimco, who was fatally poisoned back in 2006. >>> and police in georgia have released the 911 tapes from the deadly shooting of a 13-month-old baby earlier this week. >> a woman says her baby has been hit in the head or shot. >> her baby has been hit in the head or shot? >> shot, i can't tell, she's screaming now. the baby's on the ground now and the mother's over the baby. >> the baby's on the ground? >> yes. >> stay on the line with me. >> two teenagers, a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old have both been charged with first-degree murder for that crime. >>> the fight over a bill that would require voters to show a photo i.d. to vote in north carolina is heating up. even though more details about the proposal have not been made publ

i'm craig melvin. good saturday.some of the other top stories making news right now. >>> two people are dead and at least three are seriously hurt in central pennsylvania. their bus crashed earlier today. that bus was carrying players and coaches from seton hill university's women's lacrosse team. >>> one american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts came back to earth today. three astronauts back on solid ground today, wrapped up a 144-day mission to the international space station. an american and two russians landed early this morning in kazakhstan. >>> the health scare for lil wayne. reporting the 30-year-old rapper was hospitalized in los angeles yesterday, apparently had a seizure, but last night, this tweet from the rapper's account. "i'm good, everybody. thanks for the prayers and love." >>> back to politics now. campaign filings release last night show a new but old name maybe entering the new york race. anthony weiner, the former disgraced new york congressman, resigned in 2011 after that twitter sexting st

. >> talk about melvin a little by.seems like a guy, he played the game and understands go what everybody goes through. >> he's always trying to compete. you know? we can be here playing chess, he'd be competing to win even if he didn't know how to play. he comes ready every day. and does a good job. >> aj griffin tie fofrd five earned runs. netherlands and dominican republic playing in semi finals in baseball tonight. winner will meet puerto rico. warriors in new orleans next possession, he went to stanford but a slow learner. harrison barn was authority. love it when he gets a surge of strength for the cubs. seth curry always sizzling. i mean, every game. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. now looks like they're going to have a victory in new orleans. >> join me tonight at 9:00 a big part of the movie and happened in this fight. a rare event 14 seconds after raised. >> a livermore preschool shut down two. workers banned from child care what. workers are accused of doing to kids in thei

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. could compromise be coming to the nation's capital? >> next week i'll attend both the democratic and republican party meetings in the capitol, but i'm confident we can agree on what those goals should be. >> so are those the president's goals or the gop's goals and if they can't agree on the goals, what's left? >> i will speak today until the president responds and says no, we won't kill americans in cafes. >> calm down, senator. mr. holder is right. even if he doesn't explain the law very well. >> the young guns versus the old guard in the u.s. senate. is this a vision of what's to come in 2014. and later -- >> very sad for the people that will not be able to see the inside of the gorgeous white house. >> a lot of people, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to go in the white house. >> today's the first day that they can't go to the white house. they say tours are a sequester casualty. we continue to watch developing news from south africa. that's where nelson mandela was admitted

>> the solano county office is looking for two teenagers that escaped from city hall. 18-year-old melvin mesa and brazeal escaped yesterday. they were last seen in an unsecure outdoor area. brazeal was being held for property crimes. >>> residents are trying to drive out a sex offender from their neighborhood. >> reporter: parents and children who crowded the corner of willow park were the opposite of a welcoming party. they lost a battle to keep a registered sex offender 69-year- old charles christmon from moving into a cottage in this property but they want an appeal court to reconsider. >> we have children who walk to school every day right here where mr. christmon is being held. every day they pass here. starting our stopwatch now you can see it took us about four minutes to make the walk here and some say putting chrismon violates the law. >> a straight line measurement would be within a quarter mile but the way the court chose to measure, was the path on the road. >> reporter: charles christman was accused of committing a lewd act with a boy in 1989 and similar crimes from the earl

>> the solano county office is looking for two teenagers that escaped from city hall. 18-year-old melvin mesa and brazeal escaped yesterday. they were last seen in an unsecure outdoor area. brazeal was being held for property crimes. >>> residents are trying to drive out a sex offender from their neighborhood. >> reporter: parents and children who crowded the corner of willow park were the opposite of a welcoming party. they lost a battle to keep a registered sex offender 69-year- old charles christmon from moving into a cottage in this property but they want an appeal court to reconsider. >> we have children who walk to school every day right here where mr. christmon is being held. every day they pass here. starting our stopwatch now you can see it took us about four minutes to make the walk here and some say putting chrismon violates the law. >> a straight line measurement would be within a quarter mile but the way the court chose to measure, was the path on the road. >> reporter: charles christman was accused of committing a lewd act with a boy in 1989 and similar crimes from the earl

after consulting with manager bob melvin and the teams medical staff -- anderson left the game.nning anyways seven-to-five. >> tiger woods is hitting his stride on the way to taking his 17-th world golf championship title. woods was in full control -- never letting anyone get closer than three shots -- as the w-g-c cadillac championship came to a close today. woods finished with 27 birdies on his way to winning the tournament with a one under 71. steve stricker made a late run but finished two strokes behind the lead. if woods can win the bay hill competition in two weeks he becomes a lock to regain his spot as the worlds best golfer. >> at the age of 48. boxer bernard hopkins becomes the oldest person to win a major boxing title. hopkins took the i-b-f light heavyweight championship from tavoris cloud in a twelve-round unanimous decision last night. by winning the fight hopkins broke his own record. a record he set back in may of 2011 when he beat jean pascal for the w-b-c light heavyweight title. >> yesterday, harvey looked at 54 ----barbie.. made her first appearance on march

bob melvin likes taking two out of three from the giants. >> absolutely, it doesn't hurt my feelings.des go back and forth whether it's here or there and has a different dynamic and more exciting than your average run-of-the-mill spring training game. so there is a lot of passionate fans on both sides of the bay. >> the bell rings on monday and we'll be facing a very good club and a very good pitcher, but it's time to get going you know? we had a good spring, a little long with that added week, but the fellows are ready to go. >> you don't have to wait until monday to see more of the giant and a's. tomorrow at 6:00 on channel you can see a half-hour special about the giants, "destiny to dynasty," and it runs at 8:00 tomorrow night. and you can see a special on the a's "built forsuccess," at:30 on channel 2 and 8:30 on kicu. the san josi sharks had the coyotes in town. the sharks take advantage of a power-play. they trailed 2-1 late in the 3rd 3rd. this time 2-2. it went out to a shoot-out. logon couture puts one past. the sharks lead om when the shoot-out was overall, the sharks now h

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc. tense times on the korean peninsula.d praying for newtown. the president says he cannot forget these faces. will congress? >>> and what the case before the supreme court means for same-sex couples today. >>> and in south africa, former president nelson mandela remains hospitalized. the 94-year-old mandela is responding to treatment for pneumonia. he was admitted to the hospital on wednesday. it's the second time he's been hospitalized this month. nelson mandela spent 27 years in prison during south africa's apartheid era. >>> also, developing news we're following back here. this just in from washington. sources are telling nbc news that an immigration deal has been struck between labor and big business group between afl-cio. the u.s. chamber of commerce, democratic chuck smum mchumer o york, they have been debating that and what it means for america coming up in just a few moments here. >>> though the united states has expressed concern about north korea declaring a state of war with south korea, they are cautious about

i'm craig melvin.ou are watching msnbc, the place for politics. >> madam president. >> without objection. >> the senate has passed a budget. >> senators pull an all-nighter on capitol hill to pull off something they have not done in years, but was it more show than substance? >>> also, his final day in the middle east and president obama goes back in time, biblical times. >>> and with congress poised for its first fight over gun it is, the white house prepares to ramp up the pressure. i will talk to a connecticut congressman. >>> first, topping political headlines, the senate passed a budget for the first time in four years. like the student these once were, they pull and all-nighter and wrapped up voting around 5 a.m. now, they head off on spring break for two weeks. but all is not necessarily well in the democratic dorm room there were four democratic senators who voted against the budget plan, all of whom are up for re-election and one, frank lautenberg from new jersey, he didn't vote at all. meanwh

. >>> i'm craig melvin in for thomas roberts. 100 days ago at about this time, we were just starting was inside sandy hook elementary. soon we'd find out 20 children and six childrens had been mowed down. today as we find out more about precisely what happened inside that school, gun control advocates are using this 100 day anniversary of newtown for a sweeping call for action, trying to put pressure on congress

. >> i'm craig melvin. here is what is happening right now. dump major snow on the midwest before it moves northeast. tornadoes are possible further south as system moves east. three people are dead after a shooting at marine corps base in quantico, virginia. the gunman shoot two people before shooting himself. >>> a series of bills will qualify as bail yut as they worked demonstrators rioted outside parliament. back to "hubris." >>> with congress back from summer recess, administration leaders prepare it make their case to invade iraq. to eliminate saddam. inside the white house, paul wolfowitz's deputy, under secretary of defense, douglas fife, iraq hawk like his boss, presents a slide show to national security officials that is full of questionable assertions. >> of all the places where intelligence was manipulated in the bush administration, the fife shop was the key place. >> there was a debate about how one characterizes the relati relationship between iraq and al qaeda. nobody made the argument there was no relationship between iraq and

on the other side, many draft opponents have resurrected their memories of the 1960s, like melvin lairdresided over the withdrawal of forces under nixon. 10 days ago, in a washington post piece, he insisted the volunteer force represents the countedry's makeup, costs less and has exceeded quality standards. the volunteer force is a success by any measure, he wrote, critics say he is still shell shocked. the quinnipiac poll people found that the nation as a whole does not want it by a 65-28% margin. then approved drafting men over women. women are divided, 45% in favor, 48% against. as is often said of debates over the draft, it all depends on how much skin have you in the game. >> we'll be right back. as well as they could because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican.

. >> in oakland mayor kwan and a's manager melvin kicked off first ever oakland a's spirit week.display add flag fly over historic tribune tower first week of the season. others spirit event include green gold lights shining in front of city hall and at the oakland international airport. defending western division champ open the season monday against seattle at coliseum at home this weekend best chance to see the best free style skiers anywhere in the world. and it won't cost awe penny. event is the u.s. free championship at heavenly mountain resort. they sent us video of the event. weekend can competition taking place at the bottom of a mountain so all you have to do is park and walk up to see the skiing for free. >> free style competition is really right down our alley. it's our sweet spot. definitely going after that high energy youngester audience and it's going to be a party here tomorrow night on saturday. we have the aerial. start about 6:00 o'clock. concert before. concert after. we have fireworks out there. many olympic hopeful will be among those performing mogul, aeria

. >>> i am craig melvin. here is what's happening. north korea is escalating tensions.t says it is entering quote, a state of war with south korea and all issues with its neighbor will be dealt with in a wartime manner. the north repeatedly threatened south korea since the united states hit it with sanctions for a nuclear test. thousands marched in pyongyang earlier. the mass demonstration was show of support for kim jong-un. that's the latest. back to "lockup." ?ó< >>> you would think that putting criminals behind bars would stop them from committing crimes. as we with found out from talking to c.o.'s and inmates, that's usually not the case, especially when it comes to gangs. >> the gangs inside the prison control drug trafficking, extortion. any kind of crime that you can think of that happens in the streets, it happens within the prison system. >> actually, gang members, their number one source in making money is through narcotics. out on the street, and the institution, they can make just as much money in the institution as they can on the street. selling narcotics

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. >>> i'm craig melvin on this friday.he "news nation" following developing news. $85 billion worth of automatic cuts will start kicking in later today. there was no 11th hour deal. there was, however, a meeting between president obama and congressional leaders. then, a frustrated president took the podium. >> i told them these cuts will hurt our economy. they'll cost us jobs. and to set it right, both sides need to be willing to compromise. let's be clear. none of this is necessary. it's happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. they have allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit. >> house speaker boehner reacted right after the meeting. >> to house is going to move a continuing resolution next week to fund the government past march 27th. i'm hopeful that we won't have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we're dealing with the sequester at the same time. the house will act next week and i hope the s

i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall today. the "news nation" is following breaking news out of israeli. president obama will be holding a joint news conference with benjamin netanyahu. following a would closed-door meeting between those two leaders. as the assad regime and syrian rebels accuse each other of launching deadly chemical and launching a deadly chemical attack just hours before the president's arrival. the white house at this point says it cannot con official those claims. this trip to israel is the first for the president. this is a four-day middle east trip. he was greeted by netanyahu and israeli president perez. before leaving the a airport, president obama was shown the israeli air force system which the u.s. helped pay for. he met with president perez and took part in a ceremonial tree planting. >> there is a common vision uniting us. to confirm dangers. to bring closure as soon as possible. >> i reaffirm president perez, as i will throughout my visit, that in this work, the state of israel will have no greate

. >>> i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. the president there wrapping up a news conference with king abdullah, one of america's closest allies in the region. topping the crisis i, half a million refugees to jordan and they also spent a great deal of time that iran may pose in the reasoning if it develops nuclear weapons. president obama arrived in amman to a red carpet welcome and immediately had a lengthy meeting with the jordanian leader. >> today i'm announcing that my administration will work with congress to provide jordan with an additional $200 million in budget support this year as it cares for syrian refugees and jordanian communities affected by this crisis. >> before heading to jordan, the president spent a final morning in israel touring some of jerusalem's powerful cultural landmarks. at the grave of itzhak rabin. president obama also visited the holocaust memorial joining president peres and prime minister netanyahu as well as secretary of state john kerry as well. and in nearby bethlehem, president obama toure

and craig melvin has a look at what's next. >> safe travels to you by the way.e of the gop autopsy as more of the minority outreach, better technology, short he primary season and fewer debates. are all those things the answer for when republicans win back the white house? or are the policies holding us back? >>> also the search for the missing teacher. we'll talk to her mother and sister about the massive effort to bring her home. all of that and lots more coming up right now on "news nation." this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for children under

. >>> i'm craig melvin, here's what's happening right now.ea, thousands marched through the main square in pyongyang, the mass demonstration was a show of support for kim jong-un who ordered the country's rockets on standby. >>> former south african president nelson mandela remains in the hospital. he's said to be making steady progress. >>> americans are still shopping despite higher gas prices and payroll taxes. spending was up .7% last month leading some economists to raise growth targets for the quarter. >>> now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to h"hardball." no secret supreme court justices are apair of popular opinion when they start cases, the background music of this week's two gay marriage cases was at tuesday of the public on that. in 2009, not 100 years ago, 2009, only 32% of african-americans supported same-sex marriage, while a majority of african-americans, 53%, were opposed. by december of last year, 2012, the percentage supporting in that community supporting same-sex marriage jumped to a majority, 51%. the biggest jump i

. ♪ >>> i'm craig melvin, here's what's happening right now.ma signed the violence against women act earlier. vice president joe biden who authored the original le legislation back in 1994 was at his side. osama bin laden's son was captured and arested. >>> in a televised statement, norlt korea says it will exercise its right to a preem preemptive nuclear attack. >>> now, back to "hardball." ♪ >>> i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our constitution is important. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was, of course, rand paul. he began his epic filibuster, and 12 hours and 50 minutes later there he is, something of a hero. here he is ending it. >> i would go for another 12 hours to try to break strom thurmond's record, but i've discovered there are some limits to filibustering, and i'm going to have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. thank you very much for the forbearance, and i yield the floor. >> i don't know why he referenced hitler,

. ♪ >>> i'm krak melvin. here's what's happening right now.ragel plans to meet wi afghan president. doze dozens officials from around the world attended hugo chavez's funeral and osama bin laden's son-in-law appeared in court today. he was arrested last week in jordan. >> president clinton has signed a bill that bans same-sex marriages. the white house says the president has long opposed government recognition of homosexual marriages but hopes the bill won't be used as an excuse to discriminate. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was a 1996 "today" show report by bob kerr on bill clinton signing after midnight the defense of marriage act, also known as doma. by the way, he signed it just weeks before his re-election. there are no pictures of that bill signing because, as bob kerr reported there, it happened after midnight and far away from tv cameras. today in washington in our own "washington post," clinton disavowed the bill he signed back there into law writing, quote, in a powerful new op-ed piece, on march 27th doma will come before the

. >>> i'm craig melvin. here's what's happening right now.ews has learned the cardinals of the catholic church are expected to meet monday. that's when they're setting a date for the process of sleblgting a new pope. >>> the international space station sunday after experiencing mechanical trouble. the capsule was carrying one ton of supplies. >>> actress bonnie franklin has died. she was 6 t. back to "hardball." ♪ >>> when the supreme court asks do you think that the california law, which doesn't provide any rationale for discriminating against same-sex couples other than just the notion that, well, they're same-sex couples, when the supreme court asks me or my attorney general or solicitor general do we think that meets constitutional muster, i felt it was important for us to answer that question honestly, and the answer is no. >> welcome back to "hardball." this was president obama earlier today on california's gay marriage ban, proposition 8. last night the obama administration filed a brief asking the supreme court to strike down the cont

with many thanks to our wonderful team here in jerusalem, craig melvin has a look at what's next. >>reaction to president obama's message in the middle east urging israelis while urging those in the west bank to return to the peace talks. we'll see how the two messages are being received abroad and here at home. plus, polar opposites from the federal budget to same sex marriage. even gun control. why is it that some members of congress and the american public appear to be on two different pages when it comes to hot button issues. a look at that and a lot more coming up next on "news nation." enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer through 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events, including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma

. >>> i'm craig melvin. the maine zumba instructor has pled guilty.forego a trial that would reveal explicit videos. >>> the faa is announcing to close towers and it will affect safety. >>> astronauting docked earlier at the international space station. it will be there for four months. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." no secret supreme court justices are aware of popular opinion when they start cases, the background music of this week's two gay marriage cases was at tuesday of the public on that. in 2009, not 100 years ago, 2009, only 32% of african-americans supported same-sex marriage, while a majority of african-americans, 53%, were opposed. by december of last year, 2012, the percentage supporting in that community supporting same-sex marriage jumped to a majority, 51%. the biggest jump in support for gay marriage was among blue collar workers of all ethnic groups. back in 2004, only 18% were in favor. now with 80% opposed back then, four out of five opposed. by december of 2012, there had been a spectacular shift in opinio

. >>> i'm craig melvin. here's what's happening right now.ma says his administration and congress are working to provide $200 million in additional aid to jordan. that money will help humanitarian assistance to hundreds and thousands of refugees within the borders. >>> the faa says it will close about 150 traffic control towers because of budget cuts. >>> and investigators are working to determine whether the man killed at a texas shootout is related to the killing of colorado's prison chief and two others. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." allow your mind to wander back to 2012, the republican primaries, and imagine mitt romney facing a right wing duo or duet of newt gingrich and rick santorum running together on anyone but romney ticket. could could he have won with that crowd double-teaming him? they actually held tucks together about joining forces and running on a ticket. they couldn't decide, this is the funny part on who would be the presidential candidate and the vice presidential candidate. so then the idea fell apa

after consulting with manager bob melvin and the tentacles that, anderson left the game.d a's and of winning anyway seven to five. >> the san francisco giant world series trophy tour continues with stops in bay area today. the trophies from the giants' 2010 and 2012 titles first will be on display from 2 to 4:00 p.m. in south san francisco of the joseph fernekes building. >> and from 6 to 8:00 p.m. it will head to several where they will be displayed at the veterans more recreation center. the event is free and open to the public. later this week, the trophies will be continue to travel around the bay area with stops in hayward, walnut creek in east palo alto. >> at quick programming note coming up at three a daytime exclusive. hollywood legend valerie best known for rhoda on the mary tyler moore show since down with the doctors on our first tv interview after being diagnosed with brain cancer. diagnosed with brain cancer. >> she's thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie s

black genius," where we got various speakers--stanley crouch, angela davis, spike lee and myself, melvin van peebles -- to talk about how black people can solve their own problems in america. how far they can go in doing that. and i've worked with other things. jayne cortez has done some wonderful events there that i've been tangentially a part of. and i just go and i make suggestions and i talk about stuff. c-span: what's your relationship with transafrica and what does transafrica do? >> guest: well, i'm on the board of transafrica. transafrica's one of the--the few black organizations in america that pays attention to black issues outside of america and brings them to the attention of congress. it's a lobby--lobbyist organization. you know, randall, who--who runs it, was very instrumental in--in causing the embargo on south africa and therefore freeing mandela. and also he went on a hunger strike when clinton refused to allow the haitian--the haitians who were leaving haiti--to come into america. now those haitians who were coming here, many of them were killed when they went back to

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that was craig melvin reporting. now on a lighter note a look what is trending today.duchess of cambridge is getting attention after getting stuck in a metal grate. she pulled her shoe free. it happened while she was presenting st. patrick's day shamrocks to the guard. >>> amusement and disbelief when satan made his appearance in the history channel's hit series "the bible." they say the demon bears a striking resemblance to president barack obama. >>> emma watson smacked down rumors she will play anastasia in "50 shade of grey." who here actually thinks i'm doing "50 shades of grey" as a movie. like really? >>> we have a very important question for ashley haynes in oklahoma. >> ashley you're amazing. will you go to the prom with me? >> you have to say yes now. you got a lot of support here. we're taking a look at our pick city of the day. in chicago today not going to be a nice one. no. sleet will change over to rain showers. 38 degrees. could create travel troubles at least this morning. there should be some improvement later on today. even though spring starts on we

. >> we reached hotlanta's owner, melvin ware, now living in los angeles. >> he called in advance andthat's where our checkbook was. >> but he said williams didn't stay that long, not as late as 9:00. >> it wasn't like five minutes or ten minutes. we already spent maybe a half hour or something like that. >> how did wayne get to the office? >> he drove. i think he had his dad's car, if i'm not mistaken. >> wayne's father, homer williams, testified he had the station wagon until almost midnight that night. but chet dettlinger, an investigator for the defense, said wayne told him long ago this was a lie. >> he told me he had the car if daddy didn't have the car. but wayne said, i had the vehicle and i didn't want to corrupt the -- my dad's testimony in the eyes of the jury, so i lied about it and said i didn't have it on the stand. >> what makes this important is what time robert henry says he saw wayne and nathaniel cater together. >> it was about 9:15 to 9:30. it was on luckie and forsyth street in downtown atlanta. >> so at the trial you said that you were in bed until 10:00 p.m. you