later presidents coming through nashville, paid courtesy calls to sarah polk at polk place at nashville home. okay? lest step out into the hallway. a portrait of folks from sarah's family. one of you had asked right here asked about this very unusual portrait over the stairway. the spanish conquerers of the s aztecs in mexico. during polk's presidency, the country was involved in a controversial war against mexico. when the united states annexed texas, we accepted the claim that the border was the rio grande. the traditional border was not only more than 100 miles north but didn't extend as far west. the rio grand is six times longer than the oasis. if you trace it from the gulf of mexico and it sort of goes into central texas and north through what's new mexico and into colorado. the war ended with the u.s. army marching to mexico city, but following the same route that cortez had used 300 years earlier. apparently the army and american public was conscious of that. there was a best-selling book. the history of the spanish conquest of mexico. right inside the cover. had this image of c

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their

later presidents coming through you nashville paid courtesy calls at nashville home. you are welcome to step out in the hallway. portraits of folks from sarah's family. one of you had asked right here about this very unusual portrait over the stairway. the spanish conqueror of the aztecs in cortez, 300 years before pope. during his presidency, they were involved in a controversial war against mexico. when the united states annexed texas, we accepted the texans claim that the border was the rio grand, where as the traditional border had been the nuasis river that was 100 miles farther north but didn't extend as far west. the rio grand is six times longer. you can trace the nuasis from the gulf of mexico. the rio grand goes from el paso north to colorado. a much bigger chung chuk chunk of territory. apparently, the army and the american public was very conscious of that. a best-selling book, history of the spanish conquest of mexico. right inside the cover or one of the first few pages had this very image of cortez. the original is hanging in a hospital in mexico city.

phoenix moves on to take on the nashville predators.me. >> in the series it's lot. what were you thinking about coming at you? not that sound. what we didn't need to hear it until the end and talking about the sonic create your own. mike smith creates his own win tonight with fantastic saves all the way through. you knew that that i recalled come at them in waves. phenomenal save. on his split saef, what a save to keep over here on chicago again and acrobatic. making diving saves. leg saves. body saves. 241 saves through 6 games. that's an amazing accomplishment by mike smith. we talked about game winners by himself. the phoenix coyotes played fantastic. >> what a workload. >> wow. unbloefible. >> love to have that guy on your side. coach, what do you think of phoenix moving on? >> it's a great story and because of smith but on the other hand, there's an incident that chicago had a chance to come back. there's a bad hit on rozsival by hayes. he's defensive. ends up in a hurry. the youngster is thrown out as a result. the response by pho

the neighborhood near nashville is cleaning up from a sudden tornado.ed cars and brought down a scoreboard. several people suffered minor injuries. >>> the house votes today on a bill to keep interest rates on millions of federal student loans exactly where they are. if it does not pass, though, those rates would double july 1st. >>> and george zimmerman's attorney tells a judge that the website for his defense in the trayvon martin case raised over $200,000. zimmerman is free on $150,000 bail. >>> a look at your weather. snow in the northern rockies. showers from the dakotas to des moines. severe weather in the plains. thunderstorms from nashville to the carolinas. >>> and finally from us this morning, from a presidential slow jam -- >> do some verbal gaffes along the campaign trail, we've got it all in your "friday funnies." >> now, is the time to heed the timeless advice from teddy roosevelt. speak softly and carry a big stick. end of quote. i promise you, the president has a big stick. [ laughter ] >> trust me, i found out the hard way. >> kind of a

♪ ♪ how am i supposed to know ♪ >> in a prison in nashville the home of country music, we decided itt if we could find a country singer, and so we kind of made a callout to the other inmates and officers and they came up with mcculloch and he turned out to be pretty good. ♪ said she never talked about me ♪ ♪ how it never did seem right ♪ ♪ i've been pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ wasting days and wasting nights ♪ >> writing music in prison is just my life. i don't sit down to write a song. something hits me and my best songs come with about two minutes and about two or three minutes i have an excellent song. and i wrote "pulling time in nashville at the walls" which is tennessee state prison, which is shut down now. ♪ here the families come and see me ♪ ♪ they can spare some of the time ♪ >> i let my feelings out in my songs and i wrote old-time country. i don't write anything but old-time country. when i'm under pressure and depressed i write all the time. all i do is write my songs and play my guitar and study the bible and try to stay out of trouble. ♪ oh you can't leave ♪ >> thoug

they will take on the nashville predators next. there's a decisive game seven between the rangers and senators. brad richards came through in the clutch gave the rangers a 3-2 lead in the second. a couple of weeks ago chris crieder was wearing a title for boston college. he had his first career goal. game seven is thursday. football when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the new orleans saints it has. saints gm had an electronic device at his stadium suite and he eavesdropped on other teams from 2002 to 2004. if this is true, not only is it an nhl violation could be a federal crime for wiretapping. nba nets ended their 35 year run in new jersey with a loss to the sixers. the nets will move to brooklyn next year. philly's six players in double figures. baseball, rodriguez put his own spin on the ceremony pitch. the retired catcher tossed from home plate to second base before the yankees-rangers game. a-rod with a 3-1 bomb in the fifth. yankees win it. walkoff under the lights. one in the ninth. two aboard for joe mather. sin

going to be a rainy cool day in the great lakes, down through areas like memphis and nashville chaf ance of showers and storms. warmer and beautiful in salt lake city. recap the weekend forecast coming up, east coast, 50-50. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, iphone sales slip, microsoft drives and starbuck debugs the menu. early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> have movie goers had their fill of "the hunger games"? >>> a thriller between the blackhawks and coyotes. dwight howard is done for the year and the only hat trick wasn't done on the ice. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning welcome back to "early today" i'm lynn berry here is top headlines this morning. >>> new york police and fbi are digging up a basement as they investigate the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. the case helped spark the missing childrens movement including new legislation and their photos on milk cartons. >>> in southwest afghanistan, a u.s. army helicopter crashed during a night time mission in bad weather with four u.s. soldiers on board. a u.s. official says t

>> i think he should go to nashville so we can have a firsthand report tomorrow. eyewitness.bacon sundae. journalism has its obligations. >> i will wait to see how many patrons actually survive the experience. >> your aorta is puckering. >> what have we come to? >> outside tonight and on a different subject, the coquetries usually at this time of year the azaleas are thinking of coming out. the oak pollen and the trees these are a lot of the trees that are out in the bushes. are pollen count, there is the oak paula. you see that stuff in the gutters? that is the flowers from the oaktree. there it is. our pollen count to they even with a lot of it coming down 436, because we have been so dry. look at what is going on across the country. how many states have their warmest march in records for the weather, including out to oklahoma. that is part of the reason we have had this terrible, terrible pollen. the other reason is it is so dry, and that has contributed to some of the fires you have been hearing about. this is a great satellite picture. you can see the smoke from some of

so the pressure is on nashville. we get to decide whether america has it our way.ie tucker. >> oh. >> i think it looks good. i'm willing to try it. >> even if it doesn't work, no such thing as bad pr. >> we'll be very, very busy, me and you. >> am i in trouble. are you the manager? >> yes. i need to see you after the shift. e you after the shift. r the shift. [ female announcer ] it figures...on your busiest day you see the gray. try root touch-up by nice 'n easy. just brush our permanent color matching creme right where you need it. then rinse. in ten minutes zap those grays and get on with your day. nice 'n easy root touch-up. ♪ ♪ >>> do what you do. >> what you do, girl? >> finally this half hour, insomniac theater. our look ahead at the two movies debuting today at the box office. >> i'm going to start with "cabin in the woods." five friends get together in a remote cabin. you'd expect something like this on -- friday the 13th. >> yes. >> i don't like horror movies but they are saying this is a mind-blowing horror film. five friends, like we say go to a cabin i

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de stroit in nashville, and no -- detroit in nashville and no they are not.he predators take game one and the sharks start their opening round playoff series tomorrow night in st. louis. >> thanks, colin. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm carolyn johnson. weather updates on the abc7 morning news at 4:30. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good night, every. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark

remember, the federals had taken nashville. the government of the state of tennessee is in the saddle. harris had to abandon nashville. so he's attached himself to johntson. he's an aide on johnston's staff. he sends the governor to the troops because word is tennessee troops refusing to charge. so the governor comes over to talk to the tennesseans and he couldn't get them to budge. so it's breckinridge's force. breckinridge writes back to johnston, telling him he's having difficulty getting them to attack. he says i think you can do it. breckinridge is quite negative he can do anything. johnston says, well, then i will go with you and we will move them. so johnston arrives in amongst the troops. he's been carrying around a tin cup he picked up, his portion of the spoils. he's been using that cup as kind of like a saber for the day. he's not been taking his saber out of here. he's been using the cup. that's what he's been cheering the crews on. as he goes by, if they have bayonets, they've been tapping that. there's a scene of

nashville -- detro nashville/detroit on nbc at noon. followed by philadelphia and pittsburgh at three. >> pierre: by the way this is going, we just might make it to philadelphia on time. >> mike: we are in an amtrak city. it is a longer train ride than you might normally have on a sunday. but that's another way of getting there. chances are, we'll be there and we'll trust that our colleague, eddie olczyk, will be feeling better by that time as well. okay. the ice is tended to. the music gets louder. the teams drift back to the face-off near holtby. four weeks ago, holtby was in chocolate town playing for the hershey bears. is he under the brightest of lights right now. krejci chased out of the face-off. beagle will be in. peverley directing the linesman on how he wants it. won't make a difference. and beagle pushes it to the corner. and this one bounces toward thomas who's able to shovel it away. work in traffic. chimera gave it on to beagle. oh, and a save by thomas on jay beagle! >> pierre: thomas had to be so careful when he went to

nashville -- detro nashville/detroit on nbc at noon. followed by philadelphia and pittsburgh at three. >> pierre: by the way this is going, we just might make it to philadelphia on time. >> mike: we are in an amtrak city. it is a longer train ride than you might normally have on a sunday. but that's another way of getting there. chances are, we'll be there and we'll trust that our colleague, eddie olczyk, will be feeling better by that time as well. okay. the ice is tended to. the music gets louder. the teams drift back to the face-off near holtby. four weeks ago, holtby was in chocolate town playing for the hershey bears. is he under the brightest of lights right now. krejci chased out of the face-off. beagle will be in. peverley directing the linesman on how he wants it. won't make a difference. and beagle pushes it to the corner. and this one bounces toward thomas who's able to shovel it away. work in traffic. chimera gave it on to beagle. oh, and a save by thomas on jay beagle! >> pierre: thomas had to be so careful when he went to

de stroit in nashville, and no -- detroit in nashville and no they are not. the predators take game one and the sharks start their opening round playoff series tomorrow night in st. louis. >> thanks, colin. >> "nightline" is up next. >> i'm carolyn johnson. weather updates on the abc7 morning news at 4:30. >> from all of us here, thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good night, every. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- murder charges. the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed trayvon martin will wake up in a florida jail cell today and then head to court. >> george zimmerman faces second-degree murder charges in a case that's led to outrage worldwide. it's thursday, april 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. trayvon martin's parents have been demanding this ever since their unarmed son was gunned down during his visit to suburban orlando back in february. now just hours from now, george zimmerman will face a judge after so many outspoken c

nashville, tennessee, is the world-famous home of country music, but just four miles from downtown is home to this state's most violent offenders. it's a high-tech correctional facility called riverbend maximum security institution. riverbend opened in 1989 and sits on 132 acres. it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates, male offenders that are sentenced to death. >> ricky j. bell is warden at riverbend. he's been on the job since 1995. >> it's the state of the art operation. and very proud of what it represents for the taxpayers and the state. >> let's go! chow time! >> the prison compound consists of six different housing units. maximum security inmates live in one, three, and four. nicknamed the high side. it's here you will find riverbend's most dangerous inmates. >> the screaming n

it is nashville. it is not nashville for its country sense. certainly, that is part of what it is.have studios down there and they are producing unbelievable albums. ar bok just worked on doc johnson's new album. >> a new nashville? >> yes, absolutely. >> is this a moment for that blue grass rockability. >> mumford and sons who are now in nashville. >> they took blue grass. they put a hard-hip edge on it. they came from punk rock bands and toured like crazy. they were all over the couldn't interest country. another group that was playing coffee shops and now selling out. >> no doubt about it. susan is the biggest david brothers fan. she absolutely loves them. we are talking about crazy people, ted turner. crazy people we love, which should be the cover. crazy southern people we love. speaking of crazy people, julia reed who we adore, what did she get to you late in your column? >> i am still owed from julia. i know when it comes in, it is going to be great. in this issue, i am hoping when i get off the show there is an e-mail from her with her cope. >> julia, if you are watching, p

cincinnati, detroit, nashville that cooler air arrives by tomorrow during the day. the chance for rain again limited, in fact, almost nonexistent for the next 48 hours. the rain maker to our south stays south and tries to clip us by wednesday afternoon. doesn't look like we'll see much. it can take another three or four days when we could see soaking rain. we'll hope for. that in the meantime dry and milder. 60. 74 above average feeling good for april but not as warm as today. then down to 49. the outlook showing comfortable temperatures, still above average accept on wednesday and soaking rains potentially coming in saturday late day. could be a stalled system that spins out over the east coast jamie. if this happens, that could help with the rain deficit. it's still a maybe at this point. >> be honest. did you turn the air-conditioning on? >> special day as it always is with a little assistance. julia will be 101. they have been taking care of her for 4 0 years, close friend of william donald schaefer. because of his love for this place, little sisters received th

it was at shoney's in nashville. i went out, the truck went out and said "almost willie."ey went to the almost-prom. >> nice boyfriend she's got, liam. >> "hunger games" is amazing. have you seen it? >> but look how sophisticated she looks. >> have you seen the "hunger games"? >> yes. i saw it and loved it. i hear he's got the role in the next movie. that will test their relationship a little. you snow once he starts getting lots and lots of attention. she's used to it but i don't think he is. >> they're doing pretty good. >> now. i know. i wish them the best but you know what can happen. >> it can be tough out there, yeah. >> um-hmm. >> but they got a great script, got a great cast. going back to the movie. >> you're putting a different spin on everything. tomorrow we're going to talk to you -- >> congratulations to liam. >> we'll talk about that tomorrow because i want to get to this prom stuff. okay? he's going to be with me tomorrow obviously. >> 90210? >> let's talk about it. >> you're going to play -- i love the name of this guy you're going to play -- judd -- what i

louis. 68 in indianapolis. 85 in nashville. the push of very warm air. in the mid 90's across mexico. it is that time of year wihere the 90's reach into texas. lower 70's briefly on wednesday. here is what the forecast says as far as the futurecast goes. sunshine tomorrow, afternoon clouds. a cold front passing through on wednesday. most of the range should stay to the south of the metro area. sunny and chile in the morning. a few more clouds in the afternoon. 67 for a high. every chance of a morning shower wednesday. to live is sunshine thursday. easter week and looks great. partly cloudy and 70 on easter sunday. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local tweeted dealers. moving you forward. -- your local toyota dealers. >> it is unbelievable. they have been at the end all season. the capitals have been fighting for a playoff spot for over one month. right now, they are in control of the eighth and final spot. they just have to win tonight in tampa to get breathing room. three games left in the regular season. tampa bay has already been eli

directly before that is detroit and nashville, game three of that series. 60 minutes of regulation notrtime session is not either. doc and pierre have the second overtime after this. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. coors light down as low as 34 degrees? does it really matter if every beer is filtered cold, aged cold, and packaged cold? do the mountains really need to turn blue when your beer is as cold as the rockies? is rocky mountain cold refreshment really that important? ♪ you be the judge... frost brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> welcome back to the stanley cup playoffs, second overtime presented by geico. how about a review of this 1-1 game? >> pierre: create time and space, get it on goal. tro

scores two goals, nashville wins 3-2. >>> vancouver, many think they are the toughest team in the playoffs. kings, jeff carter deflecting the puck, scores the game winner, kings win game one 4-2. >>> nba, bucks and knicks, until the end, smith knocks down the rain maker, new york wins 111-107. >>> if i asked you which team had the best record since the all star break, would you say the celtics? if so, you're right. they have been clicking on all cylinders, getting the win against the hawks, 88-86. >>> a walk-off in the truest sense of the term. royals and a's. bases loaded. forces home the winning run and that is the ball game, a walk off walk, oakland will trade bruises for win, 5-4 in 12. that is sports on "early today" i'm mario solis. >>> is britney spears about to outdo jennifer lopez? the entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> physical fitness may not be the first thing we think of with elephants. they get a workout, too. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this thursday, if you're up in new england, you will see more showers this afternoon al

>> billy from nashville, tennessee. >> jimmy: hey, nashville. good to have you. welcome, billy.a from media, pennsylvania. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah! that's what i'm talking about. ♪ yeah! all right. now, the rules are simple. we pick a clue. announce if it's an action, object, person or phrase. action, object, person, or phrase. [ laughter ] then, we start drawing. 30 seconds on the clock per turn. no speaking, sofia. sofia and i will take turns sketching clues for our teammates. one point for a correct guess. then, our partners will have a showdown drawing of the same clue at the same time with sophia and i guessing. correct guess is worth two points. may the best team win. sofia, why don't you go first. >> okay. >> jimmy: yeah. >> what do i do? >> jimmy: so what you're going to is -- sofia, you'll sit down over there. eva, you and i over here. and then, you will pick a number, and the audience can help. >> okay. >> jimmy: and you pick a number. and then ,you look at it. and then, put it in this thing over here. >> okay. >> four! >> seven! >> seven! [ shouting ] >

we are seeing current temperatures in the 60's and 66 in montgomery, alabama, and 66 in nashville.t will fuel the thunderstorms right now and, also, later this afternoons into the evening. though severe weather risk in kentucky and tennessee and alabama and mississippi and louisiana and right now we have storms across parts of louisiana bringing in heavy rain, so aside from severe weather like large hail and damaging wind gusts you have a concern of flash flooding and dangerous lightning, and the second area we will watch as far as severe weather is southeast part of virginia including city of increase folk and northeast parts of north carolina including raleigh, with big cities under the gun today for the possibility of see severe storms we don't think we have a big tornado risk in virginia and north carolina but more a concern from kentucky to louisiana but, of course, still, alert because we did not have a big chance yesterday. it just takes one tornado to cause incredible images. you can see the line of storms across louisiana bying in heavy rain that is shaded in red and yello

. >> she is going to get a one way ticket to nashville. see her being a huge country star, she handled the rock wonderfully, great execution last night. skyler was trying to win this thing. >> we talked about this the whole season especially last few weeks idea of her personality, and she has that thing like i will do it my way. >> it is my way or the highway and if i go to nashville that is great but watch how i get there. >> i like that. >> love it. >> she did a great job i am impressed with skyler voting wise she may be in a little bit of trouble because i think holly. was exceptional i think joshua was exceptional last night and i think phillips has worked and my only criticism of jessica, pitch perfect but stayed exactly the same. i don't know she generated passion. >> let's talk about jessica last night, i thought it was interesting because i feel they are maybe trying to remold her and reshape her because with the high top tennis shoes never seen her in flats now she has come out with a sporty look. >> jessica sanchez. >> okay. >> h

nashville wins this one, 3-2. >>> nba carmelo thoeblts hantho carry the knicks began. le fwron james with the touches. the heat claim the southeast title. >>> kobe sitting out his fifth consecutive game with a shin injury. that's no problem when pau gasols like this. lakers beat the champs 112-108 in o.t. >>> and finally to the diamond, 2-1 when jesus guzman lays down a bunt. he's sure it's fouled. it's not. fired to one and the first for triple play. that's the official way to get out of the inning. dee gordon ends the game in the bottom of the ninth. break up the dodgers. at 9-1 they have the best record in baseball and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> you'll never guess who's celebrating brangelina's engasement. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus find out how one little boy's sharp eyes during a trip to the zoo made him a hero. you're watching "early today." . >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday. we're not going to see tornadoes today but we will have strong storms and wind damage pos

nashville won 3-1, they can eliminate detroit with a win on frye. >>> blackhawks and coyotes, marrion hossa levelled, no call in the hit, when you look at it again, torrez left his feet, hossa knocked unconscious. taken to a hospital, thankfully he will be okay. every game in the series has gone to overtime, michael boetcher found the net. they win 3-2. >>> brian campbell had a goal and assist, florida leads 2-1 after a victory. >>> college hoops, one and done, two weeks after winning it all, kentucky's entire starting line-up has declared for the nba draft. anthony davis expected to go first overall. >>> the knicks don't want any part of the lottery, they are trying to make the playoffs. the win last night, carmelo anthony filled up the stats 35 points. knicks won it 118-110. >>> ozzie guillen returned after a five game suspension. hanley ra mir reds, marlins beat the cubs 5-3. >>> dodgers tried to start the season 10-1 since 1955 but was not meant to be. two runs scored off a walk off double, they lost 5-4. >>> that is early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred rogan. >>> why di

one of men who sued says he was stopped when he went to the casting call for the bachelor in nashville and asked what was he doing there. warner called the complaint baseless , the creator of the show is quoted in a lawsuit as saying they are always casting -- always cast for ethnic diversity but no one comes forward. the last 16 season, all have been white and so have the bachelorettes. >>> if you are interested on being on the show by the way, abc2 news is holding auditions for the bachelor here in baltimore. you have to be 21, you can't be involved with anyone, married or separated or living with someone or dating someone for a couple of months. when we get details on the dates and locations we will let you know. >>> our own charley crowson tried to get a birdie or anything for that matter at the boys hope, girls hope golf tournament. money raised goes to helping to offer scholarships and boys and girls who are part of the program. the winner was someone who knew golf very well. >>> the ravens didn't add to roster but looks like they will have two picks in the second round of the dr

will have a chance for some afternoon showers, isolated thunderstorm areas of central tennessee and nashville area. we'll watch you for late day showers and storms. everybody else looks pretty dry on the map. slow warm up from here. yesterday was the coldest day that a lot of us will experience until next winter. >> let's hope so. coming up, kellogg's crunch is netflix glitches, and barbie's royal friends make their debut across the pond. your early business news headlines are straight ahead. and unof the entertainers earns more. >> the rangers force a game 7. coyotes make history and a new low for the st. louis saints. you're watching "early today". >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today". i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines. according to a new report after four decades mexican immigration to the united states has reversed with more people heading south of the border. the reasons given include weaker u.s. economy and increased bore terrify enforcement. >> a former aide testified about an alleged 2008 plot to use illegal payments to hide the affair of john edwards.

they take on the nashville predators, next. there's a decisive game seven between the rangers and senators. the signing of brad richard came through with a goal in the clutch. the rangers got a 2-1 lead in the second. a couple of weeks ago chris crieder was wearing a title for boston college happen he had his first career goal. rangers win, 3-2. game seven is thursday. >>> mickey loomis had -- if this is true, not only is it an nfl violation, it could uponly be a federal crime for wiretapping. >>> the nets ended their run in new jersey with a loss to the sixers. the nets will move to brooklyn next year. philly's six players in double figures. baseball, rodriguez put his own spin on the ceremonial first pitch. the night belonged to a different rodriguez. a-rod with a three-run bomb in the fifth. yankees win it 7-4. two aboard for joe mather. singled up the middle. in came the tieing run, in came the winning run. cubs walked off with a 3-2 win. that's your early look at sports on "early today," i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up, an

nashville won 3-1 and they can eliminate detroit with a win on friday. blackhawks and coyotes. scary moment in the first. torres leveled hossa. no call on the hit. torres left his feet and that should have been a penalty. hossa knocked unconscious. left on a stretcher, taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. thankfully he'll be okay. every game in the series has gone to overtime. last night was no different. the coyotes win this one 3-2 in o.t. panthers rally from three goals down against the devils. brian campbell with a goal and assist. florida leads the series after a victory. kentucky's entire starting lineup has declared for the nba draft. mvp anthony davis expected to go first overall. the knicks are trying to make the playoffs. carmelo anthony filled up the stat sheets, knicks win 118-110. >>> look who's back. ozzie guillen returned after a five-game suspension. the marlins beat the cubs, 5-3. >>> finally, the dodgers trying to start the season 10-1 for the first time since 1955 but it was not men the to be. the brewers have this walkoff double, two runs scored.

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. >>> investigators in tennessee are baffled after a plane went down in nashville. a 1961 beechcraft crash-landed in an abandoned air park. now police and faa officials are trying to figure out who was flying it. the plane was found but there's no sign of a pilot. >> it would seem that whoever was on board this plane purposely wanted to put it down at an inconspicuous airfield with no one around in the middle of the night. no one has come around to claim a 1961 twin engine beechcraft airplane. and that's rather suspicious. >> investigators say there was no faa flight plan made out for the plane, and they're wondering why a pilot in distress would not have september out a call for help. strange indeed. >> very strange, yeah. >> weather strange, too. >> yeah, definitely a change from what we've been seeing. we were talking 80s yesterday, then we drop to the 50s today, and we did see pretty big rains come through the area. a washout for your sunday as expected. getting just over an inch of rain around the d.c. area so far. here's a look at doppler. we may have a chance

the hawks lose or the wings lose in regulation they avoid nashville in the opening round of the playoffs at the joe today. this was fun. corey crawford and the blind backhanded pass from patrick sharp to an draw shaw and the hawks up 2-0 after two. and 2-1 with less than a minute to play, pavel datsyuk ties the game for detroit. into overtime. the hawks assured of sixth place in the west but patrick kane won anyway with his sixth shootout goal. 3-2. the hawks on the road at phoenix. the schedules come out tomorrow at noon. >> it's tough when you're giving up leads. hopefully we can learn from that going into the playoffs. make sure that doesn't happen anymore. >> a lot on the line for a number of teams. we know we had a playoff spot but could have played a number of different opponents. i thought our team played well tonight. the guys were entertaining in the shootout and nice to get a win. >> baseball, the white sox weren't exactly airtight yesterday in losing their opener at texas but much better tonight. a solid if not spectacular performance by jake peavy and a real good bullpen agai

atlanta, buffalo, chicago, detroit, nashville, washington and other major cities had record high temperatures last month. temperatures fell short of records set in new york city, philadelphia and denver, making it the second warmest march ever for those cities. >>> if you look live over the inner harbor, it's a nice sunny dray but a little windy. meteorologist wyatt everhart has a look at that very important weather. >> it's interesting with that record warm march and yet this last few days things have cooled off. today with the wind feeling cooler but clear skies, some sunshine not bad at all. as we look at the current air temperature, we're headed to the 50s, already down to the 50s but we have a freeze and frost advisory for central maryland, really all of our counties north of bolted. it does include howard county and montgomery county and a freeze warning for carroll county westward. bring in those plants. protect those overnight. other than that 50s but temperatures dropping sharply overnight. much more on that and how weather will change through your week. that's coming up. >> abc2 new