of his teams to an nba final. stick around for a changing forecast. >> one local family who lost their daughter is speaking of on the eve of major legislation expected to pass in annapolis cracking down on drivers who use their cell phones behind the wheel. plus, an elderly man that was killed this morning during a quick >> the changes are coming. >> a cold front coming through, showers tonight and temperatures really drop off. 90's yesterday, edie's today and 50's by tomorrow. -- a.p.'s today and 50's by tomorrow. the sun will be out tomorrow afternoon for opening day, but breezy and cooler. that weather should last through the west of the weekend. >> you are trying to sell me on temperatures that dropoff by 30? we will see you back at 11:00 p.m. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- --www.ncicap.org-- to help our community get what it needs for the next, oh, 10 years. fill it out and mail it back today.

. >>> the nba playoffs have begun. one of the good stories is the youthful and speedy oklahoma city thunder team versus the experienced l.a. lakers led by kobe bryant. christian star and kevin durant making his nba playoff debut in los angeles. kobe bryant, a rare miss here but the thunder cannot corral the rebound. kobe does. he scores the uncontested dunk. brian 21 points but he was just six of 19 shooting. durant had 24 points. he was harassed all day. this time ron artest get him tied up. the lakers take game one 87-79. >>> tonight's geico 15 minutes of fame takes us back to last night in atlanta for the rockies and braves. colorado jimenez on the hill for colorado. they lead 4-0 in the bottom of the 9th. a no hitter for jimenez, the first of the season. but more importantly the first in rockies franchise history. he turns tonight's geico's 15 minutes of fame. >>> when we return, honesty still exists, at least on the golf course. we'll be right back.  >>> welcome back. pga tour stop in hilton head. brian

player of the year evan turner, and kentucky phenom john wall and four teammates are headed to the nba. a relative unknown wins the par 3 tournament at the masters. tiger will tee off tomorrow. >> also the latest on the ben for the steelers also the later on the

que siguen con unvision washington a las seis, vamos rapidamente al resumen del fin de semana de la nba nba, kevin garnett anotó 15 puntos y capturó nueve rebotes, y los celtics de boston recurrieron a una defensiva tan férrea como la que caracteriza sus rivales para vencer el sábado 85-76 al heat de miami, con lo que tomaron la ventaja tras el primer encuentro de su serie de postemporada. el escolta sustituto tony allen opacó a dwyane wade, el astro del heat, quien anotó 26 puntos después de promediar 33,7 en los tres partidos de la temporada regular contra boston. allen anotó también 14 puntos, su mayor cantidad en la postemporada, mientras que paul pierce encabezó a boston con 16 unidades. quentin richardson añadió 15 puntos a la causa de miami. el segundo partido está previsto para mañana martes por la noche, aqui en boston. otros resultados; cavaliers96bulls83 hawks102bucks92 nuggets126jazz113 lakers87thunder79 magic98bobcats89 mavericks100spurs94 trail blazers105suns 100 esta noche los invitamos para qu

before you know it, you're training hard and getting ready tort nba draft. when did you start that train something. >> i'm going to the final four and coming back on monday and well as i want to improve myself. >> malcom from virginia tech is going to put his name in and come back to virginia tech. would you do that advice for that? >> i know all the fans at virginia tech are going crazy because he might leave. it will help him to get better. he's going to work out against guys -- he might work out against guys that are the best guards in the country. so that will help him. and if he comes back it's going to help virginia tech. it's good to test the waters, understanding that if nobody really wants me -- if nobody wants him to get drafted, they may take him or they may not. >> and they get a good look at you for next year. >> right. all you have to do is work hard. i think malcom is going to be a great player. and i think what he's doing is the right thing to do. he's got to help himself. i think he'll have a shot. but i think he'll be a better player in he

por la nba, los wizards volvieron a sumar otra victoria mas en la presente temporada, anoche ganaronasa. anoche en el verizon center, don nelson se quedÓ muy corto en su primer intento por romper el rÉcord de lenny wilkens de mÁs victorias como entrenador en la nba, al caer golden state 112-94 frente a los wizards de washington. nick young anotÓ 29 puntos, una marca personal en la temporada; javale mcgee estableciÓ marcas en su carrera con 25 unidades y 15 rebotes; shaun livingston igualÓ una marca en su carrera con 21 puntos en nueve canastas de 11 intentos, y andray blatche agregÓ 21 unidades, con lo que los wizards tuvieron a cuatro jugadores por encima de los 20 puntos en un partido por primera vez desde diciembre del 2007.el argentino fabricio oberto jugo casi 11 minutos para los wizards. nos metemos en las grandes ligas, debutaron los orioles de baltimore fuera de casa, asi es que vamos aver como le fue a la novena del puerto. arranco la temporada regular en las grandes ligas para los orioles y de que manera de vista en la florida, carl crawford impulsÓ dos carrera

and also nba. host: what is the turnout? guest: it is above average. it is not to say there are not democrats who are watching college football or pga or nascar, but if you are putting together a media plan you are just looking for efficiencies. so this is the kind of analysis to try to find those deficiencies. h. card the nascar group and sacco -- soccer minds -- host: nascar and soccer mom spirit is it true nascar is a republican? guest: they are republican but they did not turn out at a -- at as high rate as football, golf, or in the bits, but they are republican. and if you look at the charts, sitting right there next to nascar is, for example, pro bowl writing -- bull-riding and rodeao is in the same space. host: why do those tend to be repupublican? guest: we don't exactly know why. in fact, in our business, we probably don't really care why, except that it does. it is just my gut looking at it is you are looking exports that have a largely southern -- looking at sports that have largely southern or southwestern appeal. host: why would the nba's

tough guy scores a clincher in the stanley cup playoffs and a suspension for being a tough guy in the nba playoffs. >>> plus, the oklahoma city thunder try to make some noise taking on the reigning champs. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >> it's a tranquil start to our monday forecast. your regional weather is coming up. you're watching "early today." 4 >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports the defending champion los angeles lakers used an unusual weapon yesterday in their nba playoff opener. defense. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the l.a. lakers began their title defense against the young and upstart oklahoma city thunder. we'll get right to it. there were many questions surrounding the champs. the biggest play by andrew bynum. after missing 13 games bynum started strong. the dunk put l.a. up by 17. he finished with 13 points and 12 boards. kobe bryant and company smother the league's leading scorer kevin durant. kobe a huge block. durant just 7 of 24 from the fiel

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the thunder answer with the nba's leading scorer, kevin durant. he went for 30.s the game at 88-88. the blazers took control with a 12-0 run. miller and batum had 12. the thunder face the lakers in the first round of the playoffs. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. i'm j.w. stewart. now, back to you in new york. >>> the mysterious tampa bay monkey has been spotted again. you can see him in this home video, scampering around a backyard bird feeder. officials have been after this elusive animal for the last year. >> they think he might be aan abandoned pet the or could have gotten separated from a group of monkeys. he's so famous, he has thousands of fans on facebook. >> of course, he does. that sounds about right. >> more than the show. >>> up next, the stories we're going to be following today, including the first lady's first solo trip overseas. >>> and a controversial new book about oprah winfrey hits store shelves. while i was building my friendships, my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in

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. >>> the playoffs in the nba and nhl are very much in full swing. last night's highlights now from espn news. >> good morning. i'm steve weissman with your espn news update. we start in the nba, where joakim noah has been talking trash about the city of cleveland. well, lebron james, he likes the city. and does some talking with his game. big-time dunk over james johnson, who was left completely speechless. cavs up eight. just over four minutes to play in the half. bulls down five. noah got booed a lot. and lebron, cheered heartily. two blocks in the game for james. in the fourth quarter, the three. cleveland four of four from deep in the fourth. shot 67% in the quarter. later in the quarter, james, the high arcer. 15 of his 40 points in the final stanza. cavs win 112-102. take a 2-0 series lead. >>> to the ice, var llama in net for the caps. second period, it was all about washington. the goal on jaroslav. goes through the legs of eric fehr. caps up two. same score. this time, brooks light off the leg of the rebound. uses the stick and puts it in.

and lisa, i'm mike breen, saying so long from los angeles, and thanks for watching abc, home of the nba finals. >>> good evening, and happy easter, i'm dan harris. we witnessed a highly unusual closing of the ranks around pope benedict on this holiday. during mass, a top church official stood before benedict, praised him, and then said the catholic church would not be intimidated by what he called petty gossip. an apparent reference to the continuing crisis over pedophile priests. it was a very rare altering of the vatican's easter celebration, and our senior foreign correspondenjim sciutto was there. ♪ >> reporter: today, thousands of faithful defied the rain and the controversy to fill st. peter's square for easter. then, as mass started, a significant break with tradition. when cardinal angelo sew dan know rose to address the pope and the accusations swirling around him directly. "holy father, the people of god are with you," he said, "and will not let themselves be influenced by the petty gossip of the moment." the pope responded with an embrace. faced with increasing criticism, the

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not every guy can be in the nba. not every guy can be the president of the united states.ut you have to be able to bounce back from those failures so to speak and be able to do something else. and in "a game of character" i talk about how my dad used the analogy of don't just be a player who plays a position, be a player who plays the entire game. >> larry: we have less than a minute. what do you like most about coaching? >> i really like the competition, first and foremost. but the most important thing is having an impact on young adults and being able to share some of the things that marian and fraser robinson shared with me to help get me to where i am with guys who are going through very similar situations. that's a really, really refreshing and fulfilling feeling. >> larry: great having you with us. look forward to many more visits, craig. and give my regards back home. >> thanks, larry. thank you so much for having me on. >> larry: craig robinson, michelle obama's older brother, the men's basketball coach oregon state beavers and author of "a game of character: a fam

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check out the nba playoff push on espn and abc, home of the nba finals. >> lakers trying to do something no team in the league has done since the lakers of almost a decade ago, repeat as nba champions. stuart scott, mike wilbon, jon berry. who poses the biggest threat to the lakers in the western conference? >> i think it's the dallas mavericks. i think they're playing the best basketball of any team in the west. since the all-star game they got it going pretty well. dirk nowitzki is playing fantastic. to me, mike, i think the dallas mavericks are the team to beat in the west. >> i think they're leading the group, byron, leading the whole conference. what worries me about what the lakers have to do is go through so many teams. suppose they get a first-round opponent san antonio, who could be a 1-8 matchup. then they have to beat the utah-phoenix winner, and then they get the dallas mavericks. that just seems to me like a lot to take on three really good team, and i didn't even mention teams like denver or others who could be substituted in those spots. it's going to be a lot. >> do you t

very smart move sitting next to a man who scored over 17,000 points in the nba. >> i grew up in north carolina. i bleed red and white. this guy changed the game of basketball in my community. he came from philadelphia but he is one of our own. you got to explain to me how does a guy like phil end up with a microphone in his hand 25 years. >> he had a real gift of gab. i don't know why he kept on talking but now it has aid off. >> he said 25 years doesn't seem like a long time but when you said a quarter of a century he felt old then. what was he like as a teammate? >> i only played 4 games with him. he came in as a rot is d. the ps we ded justagoog i kiofrewhd he dr d i unod ing b to ke y j i ki waoin e eini son. whe call second asked you to be a part of tonight's activities, was it a hard sell? >> i talked to phil and he asked me to come back. obviously anything phil wants is good. now in his 25th year of broadcasting, did he really have to work tonight. >> besides you, wes is going to be here, bobby. it has been a tough year for the wizards, can we get 10 minutes out of you tonight?

the nba board of governors still have to approve the sale. that should just be a formality. then they will honor the wizard, the mystics, the capitals, and the verizon center. this is a very emotional time for the family. >> the hardest thing was moving my father. the second hardest thing was watching him suffer with this terrible illness. this is walking away from something that has been part of our family. it is just part. >> it was rained out yesterday. this is the makeup game. he has been everything we thought he would be. he will not be with the major league team. gen. -- major league team in june. the cubs 14-3. strasbourg is not the entire -- the cubs won 4-3. trust for is not the entire answer, but he sure does help. -- strasbourg is not the entire answer, but he sure does help. >that was ugly. the oakland raiders are ready to release demarcus russell. >> he will never hear the end of that. >> there must be some kind of therapy he is going through. this week, we will see how corporative the states will be. things could be a little bit bumpy. >> on friday, states will

." >>> in sports last night in atlanta the hawks handed the nba champion, l.a. lakers their second defeat. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. what has happened with the l.a. lakers. the defending champs have sputtered, stalled, and basically shut down with seven games left in the season. >>> to atlanta, all hawks, third quarter. joe johnson with five three-pointers. johnson had 25. the hawks' bench was the story, outscoring l.a. by 26. off the sticks, joe teague got the dunk. 109-92. >>> to boston, kevin garnett tried to win his first growing title. the jumper put it up one in the founcht jeff greene scored two three-pointers. thunder won it 109-104. >>> his calves were hosting the bucks. tied game under 30 seconds to play. james with a tough layup. it fell, and they had the lead. james had 23. last chance for milwaukee, but lebron picked off the pass. the buck stops here. >>> to dallas, no stranger to scoring he got it done against the grizzlies. knnowitzki got it tied at the game. the fade-away for the g

their big man, kevin garnett, the boston celtics easily managed to beat the heat in game two of their nba match-up. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. on paper, the miami heat had an advantage when kevin garnett was advantage, but what happened on the court was a different story. celts didn't miss garnett at all. glen davis started in his place and was there to dominate. pulled down eight boards. ray allen capped a 44-8 run. with one of his five three-point three-pointers. celts lead after a 106-77 win. out west, lakers and thunder kobe bryant was an afterthought. he found his touch last night. 39 points for bryant. lakers up three in the fourth. thunder had a chance at the buzzer, but jeff green's three was off the mark, and the lakers held on to win it, 95-92. >>> the league's number one defense just got a little better. new york jets have signed six-time pro bow bowl linebacker taylor to a deal. nhl playoffs, all pittsburgh. sidney crosby started the onslaught in the second period. third goal of the postseason made it 2-0. the pe

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. >>> this was a strange and scary moment in the nba last night. denver nuggets carmelo anthony goes down to the floor and stays down after hurting his neck. the teams continue to play, and look, anthony is still lying flat on his back. the fans actually booed him because they believed he was being overly dramatic. >> what? >> anthony says he blacked out. pretty strange play. he did return to the game, though, so he is okay but i've never seen anything like that, they let him lay on the floor and the play keep continuing on, very strange >> hopefully the people that i saw the fans yelling at him as he walked in the locker room were encouraging him and not going boo. >> it seemed like they noticed he actually was hurt. >>> the issue of slavery had virginia's governor doing some back pedaling of proclamation on civil war history month. it was met with a public outcry. more on that story. >>> and sandra bullock's husband, jesse james, is speaking about allegations of sex tapes with his wife. >>> officials in west virginia say that the air is finally s

again it is not like the nba, nfl or major league baseball where you have commissioners and boards and bylaws. they have those things but it is controlled by one family. so there is not really any regulation. and, to train a black driver, you really have to come up with a father and son team or family oriented effort to get started and a lot of times we don't have that. it is rare. so again, you take antron brown and his dad, they are rare but that is what it takes to get to the top. so that is a problem. then you have to have disposable income to start out on their own whether it is go cards or andy level drag racing team or effort. you have to have that disposable income and that is where we are lacking. >> the other thing i would like to add, out of the 14 black drivers that we developed, it then have no father. 10 out of 14, and that and there were other issues involved. >> one more.. you have mark davis out there on the circuit now who does not have any sponsors. he started out with joe gibbs, gibbs racing, the ex-former coach of the. i don't know what the details are. but the fat

. >> the longest nba losing streak ever, 24 games, that unwanted record held by the 1981/1982 cleveland cavaliers. wizards no longer a threat to break that record as they snap their 16-game losing streak winning the first time this month. let's go down to new orleans. andray blatche and the wiz looking good early on. here in the first quarter, blatche and mike miller, text book pick-and-roll. dre' throws it down. he has 23 points for the wizards. third quarter, wizards up by ten. sweet pass to mike miller. miller was awesome. goes for a game high 27. wizards stretch their lead to 12. hornets made it interesting. down by four with less than a minute to go. james singleton turns it over. here comes james posey. we have a two-point ballgame. i thought for sure wizards would give it back. chri paul should have shot it. he passes it off to david west. not a three-point shooter. he's off the mark. wizards hang on to win it 96-91. that 16-game losing streak is over. 1-17 during march never looked so good. three weeks to go until the nfl draft. redskins don't know what they will do with that fo

. >> american museums have a very complicated relationship with the cultural agencies because the nba one type of program and the neh funds a type of program and all of them receive insurance from the federal council. the museums have gone through this enormous. of expansion. during the last 20 years, they have in many cases doubled their exhibition spaces. they have increased their staffs. many of them are undergoing a very drastic financial pressure right now. do you have any perspective, in terms of the damage to public museums and ideas from the neh? >> you have to find the dilemma. there is hardly a museum in america that is not under budget pressure, and many under very intense pressure. we have vastly more museums in america than the american people think about. no one has ever exactly counted it. we are a state of 40,000 ponds. museums across this country are like pawns. they are everywhere. it is wonderful. but it is also, in difficult economic times, hard to keep up. it tells you, because of the variety of them -- people want to have something to do with their history, or in

i want a scholarship to go to college and go to the nba. keep my grades up, stay strong. >> getting a letter from the president is cool, patrick isn't the only one in his family writing to a sitting american president. when his dad was in high school, he wrote to president clinton and bill clinton wrote to him. that's pretty good. >>> a petty thief really just makes him mad. why this woman should be losing sleep over what she stole. >>> 6:34. you want to talk about a big deal, yesterday's high temperature, 71 degrees. we talked about a warming trend. look at 86 in st. louis. 80-degree weather will be close as we head into the next couple days. more on that in just a bit. let's see what's happening on the roads. >> traffic looks fantastic around the area. looking good as you make your way 83 southbound from shawan towards the beltway. we'll be right back as we take a check right now of the buses and trains with mark jones. >> on the marc train system, penn train 405 working with a 20-minute delay. northern end between timonium and hunt valle

. >> reporter: the suspended nba star is now an inmate. basketball stargill berth arenas entered the montgomery county detention center at 7:40 p.m. montgomery county's contract with the federal bureau of prisons allows arenas to serve his 30-day halfway house sentence here. it starts with two days in jail. art walenstephen is the director. >> any prisoner coming in like this is processed, previewed, interviewed, checked out, check their mental health, health status, see how they're doing. they remain in custody the better part of two days and then they are transported routinely without cuffs or anything else to our work release facility. >> reporter: after two days at the detention center, arenas will be taken to a halfway house and assigned to a 10 by 10 rule and have a curfew, do his own laundry. >> in our system they're very strict. it can involve tests for alcohol, drugs and attendance at groups. the normal things you would do in a tightly-controlled community correctional program. >> reporter: arenas received two years of probation,

en la nba el astro dwyane wade no está listo para irse de vacaciones, y con su nuevo reto dio un triunfofreno a la multitud al regresar a "primer impacto" nuch fluch. hola q tal, les saluda maria rosa lucchini, la policia del condado de fairfax busca a dos latinos en coneccion con un robo y participacion de pandillas, ademas estudiantes de la florida llegan a washington y piden el cese de las redadas. tendremos esta y otras noticias,pronostico del tiempo y mucho mas, a las seis. ♪ música ) >>> un hombre fue sentenciado por su comunidad a ser quemado en una hoguera, tenemos imágenes que son muy fuertes >>> lo tenían cercado, y la policía lo tenía aquí, un hombre de 25 años, acusado de asesinar a su hijastro de 9 años envenen envenenandolo >>> Él tenía un niño de tendría el desayuno listo el niño llega una tasa de café con veneno y este tipo tira al niño al río haciendo creer que el niño se había ahogado >>> y aunque esta versión nunca se comprobó la ira formal fue incontenible, los moderadores de montalvo estaban fuera de contr control. la policía dno pudo evitar la psicosis colectiva, él

. >>> now to the nba playoffs and a pair of upsets. oklahoma city's kevin durant took on the l.a.akers' kobe bryant winding up with 29 points and 19 rebounds on the night. and the thunder won it 101-96. their first ever home playoff victory. >>> in chicago, derrick rose scored 31 points including a nifty give and go in the first quarter and the bulls went on to beat lebron james and the heavily favored cavaliers 108-106. >>> finally, it was oklahoma night at the nfl draft. sam bradford was chosen first overall by the st. louis rams. one of three sooners in the top six picks. closely watched florida quarterback tim tebow went to the broncos 25th overall. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and cyber crisis. the dangerous security hold on our nation's computer networks. alright kid, let's get ready for this morning's quiz. christopher columbus sailed the ocean blue... in 14 hundred and 92. nice! follow me, the missouri river is this way! lewis and clark expedition of 1804. oh, he'll never get this. magellan, 1520. awww, my 8 layers must've given it away.

lebron james was the first pick in the nba draft. lebron and the cavs taking on the bulls. there's lebron off the pump fake. 39 points, 10 boards, 8 assists. cavs down two. 6.2 to go. off the inbounds. mo williams for three. he had 21. cavs down one. luol deng, this is the free throw. anthony parker, forces one up. and the bulls hold on to win. they're on the board in the series. down 2-1. >>> lakers/thunder. game three of their series. scott brooks receiving his coach of the year award. kevin durant, in the fourth quarter. 29 points, career-high 19 boards. kobe bryant went for 24. this brings the lakers within two. jordan farmar, for three. no good. the thunder win 101-96. first playoff win since they moved to oklahoma city. they're on the board in the series. down 2-1 games. >>> sens and pens. sidney crosby and company with a chance to close out ottawa. the third, evgeni malkin, the shot. puck goes right to sidney crosby, who scores while falling down. sidney crosby with his fifth goal of the series. the pens up 3-2. this game went to triple-overtime. matt carriker, his f

. >>> time for nba playoff high lights.ere's will selva at espnews. >>> good morning, dwyane wade with that blockbuster free agency class this summer. potentially playing his final home game in miami. we'll get to wait in a moment. first, michael beasley, 2 of his 20. heat least by 28. celtics up by two. ray allen, rajon rondo, back to allen. 15. celtics lead by four. then d-wade time. wade, three points at the end of that wave, though. the heat open it 25-8 run. 6 career, 44 playoff games. 14. michael beasley with the putback. the "c"s can close out the series in boston on tuesday night. >>> game four, spurs/mavs, manu ginobili. playing with a nasal fracture. and he bounces hard. he pulls ginobili hard to the ground. you see him saying, fellows, fellows, stay on the bench. he's ejected. hill. 29 points, 5 for 6 from three-point legend. from behind the arc. jason terry had 13 points, they all came in the second half. nowitzki to terry again. mavs down by 14. the spurs win it, they take a three game to one lead in their seri

a reminder, a huge night of nba on espn. more games on tap, including the celtics looking to push the heat to the brink of elimination out west paimple of critical game threes on the docket. the battle of texas, the mavs and san antonio and the nuggets visit the jazz. both those series tied at one game apiece. >> all right. how about hockey? thomas vanek is the buffalo sabres' leading scorer, but he will not be available for game five tonight against the bruins. of course, the sabres fighting off elimination. vanek hurt himself in game two when he hurt his left foot. he's out. tried give it a go, but he will not be able to play. the capitals trying to put away the canadiens winning four in a row after this series. a couple game fives pivotal. 2-2, then whoever wins... >> do they get to go home? >> new york not yet. >> not pivotal yet. >> i'll tell you what's going on, lorena ochoa is going home. the world's number-one player the last three years from the lpga has decided to retire. it's called a segue. >> i'm learning. the.

black people, when they look at these -- sports they are focused on it, like college basketball and nba. host: so what is your point? caller: i cannot understand -- both minorities are in the democratic party but it seems like means toward republicans. guest: i myself am a republican. i am simply analyzing what 220,000 americans tell me. this is not really my opinion. this is what america is saying about what they enjoy it and what their party id is. host: kansas, independent line boardwalk. caller: it is galinas, please. fine. i want to thank c-span. i have a question for mr. feltus, please? have you ever considered doing a poll on how many of our legislatures and senators actually watch washington journal so they may gain better insight into what the people of this country are saying? i don't care about professional sports. high school, yes. it is a bunch of kids out there having fun. they are not making millions of dollars. host: do you get a lot of politicians at the high-school sporting events? caller: very, very few. host: what is your comfort level of politicians showing up at sp

. >>> in sports, with the playoffs starting next week, miami had to pull out a close win in the nba. the heat got the go ahead basket in the closing seconds against philadelphia and miami held on for the victory 107-105 as they battle for fifth place in the eastern conference. >>> atlanta's joe johnson scored 31 points against milwaukee as the hawks beat the bucks 104-96. the two teams could meet in a first round playoff series starting monday. >>> in baseball, they went extra innings in cleveland. nelson cruz smashed a two run homer in the tenth against the indians. and texas beat cleveland 4-2. cruz is tied for the major league lead in home runs with five. >>> and in the tenth inning, cincinnati's scott roland singled to drive in the winning run and the reds held on to beat the marlinss 6-5. both teams have won four games and lost three so far this season. >>> when we return, we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and nuclear defiance. iran vows to continue enriching uranium despite the threat of sanctions. s i was always confident in the way i got my taxes done

. >> back to the nba playoffs. the mavericks have been no strangers to heartbreaking losses in the postseason of late.ma 2006, nba finals. dallas a 2-0 lead in the series with the heat. only the lose next four and watch miami celebrate fan title on their home floor. the following year the mavericks dominated the regular season, winning a franchise record 67 games. the heartbreak came much earlier, dallas falling to the e eighth-seed warriors in six in the first round, becoming just the third number-one seed to lose in the opening round.aigh and in 2008, the mavs lost in the first round for the second straight year, this time they te fell to the new orleans hornets in five games. dallas was dominated in theost series, losing all three games on the road, an they were outscored by 13.5 points per p game in the fourosnba seasons, m have much postseason success to show for it.s dallas has won just 46% of its playoff games during the span, and the mavs are on the brink oh being eliminated in the firstso round for the fou

secretario general de la fifa dijo hubo amenaza y trabaja para tener un mayor nivel de seguridad en la nban más cerca de entrar a play off en béisbol, jorge can tu, pegó doble impulsado en la carrera florida vencieron a mets de nueva york por 3 a 1 >> vaya ta ché otro número más en la cuenta regresivo que nos acerca la copa del mundo, como puede ver, solamente falta 62 días para este partido entre méxico y sudáfrica en el torneo. y este domingo en la república, nos visitan ramón morales que está listo para relacionar la cancha, la esperanza latina de los pesos completo el, el cubano chicharito se va mano test cher, tenem domingo en el pacífico continue con más en primer impacto >>> un perro está vivo tras recibir 4 disparos y caer en una trampa descubrieron que tenía 4 bala en el cráneo, decidieron no sacarla porque podría costarle la vida. >>> un pelícano se robó la pelo atacó al empleado a un santuario de ave, al ser entrevistado dejandolo sin voz, estaba hombre abriendo porque se calmó al darle unos peces >> pobre >> impresionante fue el rescate de una vaca estuvo tres días en el conduc

. >>> y cerramos con el entrenador que más victorias ha logrado en la nba el actual mero mero de losvamos a ver gracias fernando. un hombre asegura haber mantenido una relación amorosa con un delfín. escribió un libro. ¿ >>> ¿como?. >>> sí fernando y al parecer ocurrió en los años 70, cuando trabajaba en un parque acuático en la florida. y afirma, que fue una relación apasionada y no solo espiritual. que también tuvo contacto físico con el animal. y luego estuvo 5 años sumido en la depresión. cuando murió el del fin. >>> qué horror. >>> un hombre de ohio, aparentemente tiene un toque celestial para decorar camisetas. luego de pintar con una técnica especial una de sus prendas se formó la imagen de jesús. confieza que no es religioso. asegura que podría ser una señal divina. para que se inspire decorando la ropa. >>> así vamos a una pausa. y enseguida, tras las rejas, podría terminar un ex boxeador que mató a golpes a los hijos de su novia. siga con primer impacto. hola que tal, muy buenas tardes les saluda maria rosa lucchini, un latino se postula para concejal de herndon y espera au

orlando 21-5 for the all-star break, the best mark in the nba during that span. >> rubber match betweennals and the mets at citi field. johan santana, 5-0 in his career. this is not going to be good. josh willingham with the bases loaded. off the wall, should be a home run, the ball remains in play. two runs come in. and runs over barajas. he's safe and willingham inside the park grand slam, thrown out, but it is okay for willingham. umpires reviewed it and clearly a grand slam the conventional way. top nine, francisco rodriguez hits willie harris on the elbow. and harris starts jogging to first base, rodriguez walks over and just touched him. no ejections, those are compet tifr juices. 5-1 against the team. hernandez seven shut-out innings against his team. last time he threw he was actually a met and doing it against the nationals. >> the future of the national pitching staff, the top pick, stephen strasburg, made his rg senators and boy, oh, boy, was he strong. five innings worth of work for him. only one earned. he did walk two. he struck out eight batters. miles per hour. three pit

he was a nba player one day and then in a coma the next and "secrets of a jewish mother." cnn.com/larry cans wing. i don't get that either. let's check in with anderson cooper. anderson? >> larry, the top of the program tonight, keeping them honest. in arizona, is arizona about to legalize racial profiling? it's what many people are saying there. supporters of the bill, however, saying that's ridiculous. the only way to control an immigration problem that's simply out of control. we'll have both sides tonight. also ahead, the big interview, dennis quaid, two and a half years ago he nearly lost his newborn twins after doctors gave them the wrong medicine two weeks after they were born. they're okay today but he was on a crusade. all that plus the situation in the gulf of mexico gone from bad to worse. the oil rig sunk creating a five-mile oil slick. >> larry: that's anderson cooper 10:00 eastern/7:00 pacific. tea party movement. will you make fun of it yet? >> i think kind of does that on its own. >> larry: it is what it is? >> yeah. you know, the tea party movement is -- i

. >> jimmy: your husband, nba player, not much of an egg battle because you can't reach his head. >>l ever. >> my little cousin is like, uncle tony, can i crack it on your head, he took it from her hand and went -- he didn't let her do it. >> jimmy: that is what jesus would have wanted. >> yes. >> jimmy: one of the guys on the team can do it to him. maybe at halftime or something. that would be a nice easter -- >> what if we play the lakers? tony is not playing. i could do it while he's on the bench. >> jimmy: absolutely do that. what's going on with him. he -- >> he broke his hand, yeah. >> jimmy: when will he be back? >> playoffs. >> jimmy: do you go to the games when he's not there? >> well, he has to go. >> jimmy: when he's not playing, you watch him sit? >> i drink in the family room. >> jimmy: oh, i heard you opened a nightclub in las vegas. >> it's opened, and we have a nightclub on top called eve, and so we opened it new year's eve. >> jimmy: nice. that's appropriate. and do you hang out there a lot? >> i do. >> jimmy: is it fun having your own nightclub? like tony soprano. >

. >> jimmy: are you both interesting the nba draft? declared yesterday. >> i'm undecided so far, so i'm just -- >> jimmy: let's decide right now. >> no, i can't do it right now. can't do it right now. >> jimmy: evan, you were the ap player of the year? >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: congratulations. [ applause ] and -- you guys could be millionaires in, like, a couple of months, right? >> yep. >> yep. >> jimmy: and then you won't return our calls? congratulations. i'm going to say a prayer for you that neither of you ends up on the clippers, okay? good luck. we hope to see you again soon. we have a fun show planned tonight. we have a real-life science teacher, high school science teacher from boston who sent us this video. >> first step, add some propel lant. there we go. second step, cap. here we go. third step, fire. >> jimmy: "science bob" pflugfelder is here to blow us up tonight. then later on, from dallas, texas, this is their debut cd, "pardon me," jonathan tyler and the northern lights. next week on the show, zoe saldana, balthazar get

. >>> nba playoffs. we've got to show you lebron.ying possessed in the first two games of the playoffs creating a poster last night on that poor young man who challenged him on a dunk. just don't do that. there's no point. >> i didn't know the playoffs were going on. >> lebron taking over in the fourth. >> are they playing hockey? >> yeah, apparently they are. a deep three there. then lebron sealing the game. the cavs up 2-0 on the bulls. they're looking to march back into the nba finals. >>> the boston marathon, part of patriots day, beat out the red sox game. >> awful. >> terrible. >> oh, i love it. >> this is the winner, the finish line, takes the race in 2:26.11. the third closest finish ever in the event. on the men's side, that's kenya's robert cheruiyot. he set a new record. mika, you're a big runner. >> amazing. that's fast. >> their pitching -- i'm serious. their bats, even worse. and last night they couldn't even catch the ball. >> it's going to be okay. >> ortiz and j.d. drew, two of their mainstays over the past five year