i'm milissa rehberger, this is "early today."hope it is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news in the "new york times", battling crime and calories at the fbi. fit bureau of investigation. for the past 16 years, the bureau didn't require agents to pass fitness tests. i find that surprising. but now they do. there is enough concern about expanding waistlines that they issued a statement saying the lives of your colleagues and those you protect may well depend upon your ability to run, fight, and shoot. no matter what job you hold. i want the american people to be able to take one glance at you and think, there is a special agent of the federal bureau of investigation. >>> in the "washington post," civil rights leader friend of mlk and iconic preacher has died. he was known as the dean of american preaching. he was born in baton rouge. he was the grandson of former slaves. he served for 42 years of the pastor of concord baptist church in brooklyn. gardener taylor was 96 years old. >>> to other stories we're fo

. >> good morning, i'm milissa rehberger. the duke blue devils are national champions but they had to claw back from a nine-point deficit to get there after an opening ceremony that included an eagle flying right through lucas oil stadium. two number one teams. and wisconsin came out swinging with dekker and kaminsky. the duke freshman stole the show grayson allen and tyus jones, okafor including three-pointers by allen. >> jones at the three. tyus jones launches the three. >> kind of came down to a final attempt by wisconsin. >> three seconds. he's going to run out of time. the blue devils are the national champions. >> this win gives duke coach krzyzewski fifth national title. he's only behind john wooden who has 10. on twitter madison wisconsin police showed appreciation for a subdued night tweeting state street now clear. thanks badger fans for mostly good behavior. in durham, a bit of a different scene. campus made a bonfire as blue devils fans celebrated their status as national champions. even mitt romney one of the be

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here's what's anning.m, the texas nurse who contracted ebola, is suing her hospital. a group of terrified shoppers who hid in a storage room during the terrorist attack in paris are suing a french tv channel for revealing their hiding place. and tiger woods says he will play in the masters next week after taking two months off to work on his swing. back to "lockup." >>> well, inmates move contraband cell to cell, tier to tier, they use dental floss, tear up sheets. they tie an empty tube of toothpaste on it and flip it from one tier to the other. they move cigarettes, tobacco, magazines, anything they can get to read, they'll try to move it. normally tobacco, they won't move anything like tobacco or any pills or anything like that, only if the officer is not present that's when they'll normally do that, or they know we're going to get it. this is not something we put up with, and we have to put up with a certain amount of it but if an officer is on the tier we try to get those to prevent things from being

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here's what's happening.kenya this afternoon to express condolences for those involved in a terror attack on a college campus. he told the president he looks forward to talking about strengthening counterterrorism efforts when he visits kenya in july. >>> and nypd detective caught on camera chewing out an uber driver has been removed from the city's elite joirnt terrorism task force. >>> tiger woods says he will now play the masters after taking two months off to work on his swing. >>> back to "hardball." >>> welcome back. two governors are hopinge inging to put their political missteps over controversial religious freedom bills behind them. they both signed revised legislation of this thursday that's yesterday. politicians in georgia and north carolina are slow tracking pending similar bills in their state house. i love that word "slow tracking," slow jamming. arnold schwarzenegger admonished his party in an op-ed in "the washington post" today writing, i know plenty of republicans who are sensible and drive

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here's what's happening.wo people have been arrested in baltimore, where demonstrators are protesting the death of freddie gray. gray allegedly suffered a severed spine in police custody. he died on sunday. a funeral is set for monday. former cia director david petraeus was sentenced today for two years probation for sharing classified information with his mistress and biographer. he will also pay $100,000 in fines. >>> parts of texas, louisiana, and the plains are bracing for powerful thunderstorms. some areas are at risk for tornadoes. >>> and minnesota has declared a state of emergency due to a deadly strain of bird flu that is spreading among poultry farms. 40 facilities have been affected so far. dozens of workers who handled sick birds are being offered tamiflu to prevent a potential spread to humans. back to "hardball." >>> i love elizabeth. we're allies on a whole host of issues. but she's wrong on this. and when you hear folks make olt of suggestions about how bad this trade deal is when you dig into

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here is what is happening.l worker has been arrested after landing a gyrocopter on the west lawn of the united states capitol. the postal worker identified as doug hughes flew from gettysburg pennsylvania and says he was delivering letters to all 535 members of congress to protest campaign finance corruption. while u.s. military officials tell nbc news it's possible the systems could have detected that aircraft as it flew through restricted air a space on radar, it would have looked like a flock of geese. now back to "hardball." >>> you know i saw, read somewhere today secretary clinton wants to -- she intends to raise $2.5 billion for her campaign. but she wants to then get the corrupting money out of politics. you know it's classic, right? it's classic politician speak. >> welcome back to "hardball" that is new jersey governor chris christie, today hosting a town meeting up in new hampshire. christie is on the second day of a three-day prestige offensive in that early primary state, testing the waters for a 2

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here is what is happening.enate will take up loretta lynch's confirmation vote tomorrow. she was nominated to be attorney general back in november. >>> the man who shot president reagan back in 1981 is seeking full-time release with conditions from a washington mental hospital. john hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in that shooting. >>> and the obstruction of justice conviction of baseball player barry bonds has been thrown out. in 2011, bonds was sentenced to 30 days home confinement probation and community service in that case. back to "hardball." >>> we've pulled together 11 countries to come up with a high standard enforceable trade provision that has unprecedented labor standards unprecedented environmental standards, fixes a lot of the problems that you had in things like nafta and ultimately, i would not be putting this forward if i was not absolutely certain that this was going to be good for american workers. >> welcome back to "hardball" that was of course president obama defending