alex perez, abc news, miami. >>> the wife of that jetblue pilot who had a midair meltdown is speaking out. connie osbon says the family believes her husband was not intentionally violent toward anyone and she praises the flight crew for the way it handled the situation. osbon says the family is focused on her husband's recovery and won't be giving any interviews. >>> jetblue ranks at the bottom of the list of major airlines when it comes to on-time performance. just 73% of jetblue's flights were on time last year according to a study on airline service which was just released. hawaiian airlines ranked best with its flights arriving on time more than 92% of the time. most airlines improved their quality rankings over the past year when it comes to bumping baggage handling and consumer complaints. >>> the deadly colorado wildfire that's been burning now for a week is almost fully contained. the remaining irk vac wes will be allowed to return to their homes this morning. the fire which flared after a controlled burn scorched six square miles and damaged more

news. >> miami marlins manager is apologizing to the team fans for comments he made about fidel castro. he told time magazine, of course, he loves castro and respects him for staying in power so long, that outrage miami's cuban american community at a news conference today he said his comments were misinterpreted by the supporter. the team suspended the out spoken manager for five games but some are calling for him to be fired. >> a new warning tonight for people who walk their dogs and golden gate park. coming up cell phone video we obtained on canine confrontation that may have prompted a new band. >> storm tracker two, bill martin will let us know where it's coming down the heaviest right now. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless re

janet shamlian, nbc news, miami. >> that's our broadcast for this thursday night. i'm savannah guthrie. for brian williams and everyone at nbc news, thank you for being with us. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night, everybody. >>> and the breaking news regarding the mass school shooting at oikos university. our nbc chopper over the scene of a trash can in oakland. police officers got a tip earlier that a gun might be inside of this trash can. we're expecting at any moment now they'll begin to search through the garbage looking for that .45 caliber semiautomatic gun which they believe was used by one goh to kill seven people. this is near

janet shanley, nbc news, miami. >> that's our broadcast for this thursday night. brian williams and everyone at nbc news, thank you for being with us. we hope to see you right back here with us tomorrow evening. good night, everybody.

the second is the creation of a new miami office. that would stand in stark contrast to the anti-trust division's proposal to close a number. i think it's four of its offices at the present time. beyond that, it would require taxpayer funds not only now, but in the future, indefinitely, because i can guarantee you based upon our experience from '73 to '75, that we will play havoc trying to close those offices down the line. or that office down the line. third is the unprecedented proposal to give away and the chairman has mentioned this, to give away our headquarters building. which is federal government property built exclusively for us to the largely privately endowed national gallery of art. that will cost the taxpayers from $80 million to $300 million depending on where we move, and whether it's a new building hike the sec's. you know, madame, chairman. at least for a fiscal conservative like myself, i think that this congress or a large majority of the house at least was enacted on the promise of frugality. and to my way of thin

new investigation. they both attended a special rally here in miami. the area trayvon called home. >> feels good. lets us know that our neighbors really truly love us. >> what do you want the public to know about your son and who he was? >> we just want the public to know he was a regular teenager. he was respectable and loved by his family and his friends. >> reporter: trayvon's parents are asking the justice department to investigate possible interference by the state attorney's office. trayvon's parents showing a much smaller than expected crowd in miami for a rally that included speeches from reverends al sharpton, jesse jackson and a special performance from chaka khan. >> no justice! >> no peace. >> no justice! >> no peace. >> similar rallies were held in new jersey, chicago and indianapolis. those in attendance are united in their message. >> to the mother and father, i promised them that we would be here until zimmerman is arrested. >> reporter: they want george zimmerman behind bars. >> it's just baffling how people -- they just take his word

it is a packed room in miami at this news conference. will go back to miami and bring you his comments live. john zarrella, thanks for dancing with me. we will be back soon. we will take a break and be back with our political buzz panel. actually, we are going to do political buzz here. your rapid fire at the best political topic of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing with us today, robert zimmerman, dean obadal, and chris metzler. he leans right. first question. welcome to all of you. >> good morning. >> i'm exhausted from the ozzie guillen thing. first question, "w" is back. he explained why he has been so quiet the last few years. >> when you get out of office, it is kind of a daunting feeling. you have served and given it your all and all of the sudden, you have got some years ahead of you. i have decided to stay out of the limelight. i had plenty of the limelight. i don't think it is good frankly for our country to undermine our president. i don't intend to do so. i do intend to remain involved in areas that i

a new baseball season gets under way and miami's shining new stadium.g new stadium. [ jane ] how did i get here? with determination. courage. and all the points i earned with my citi thankyou card. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou card. redeem points for travel on any airline with no blackout dates. i bet they can't wait to bite my chocolaty ears off. whoa. wait a minute where'd you guys come from? edible arrangements bouquets beautiful like flowers, but unforgettably delicious. pineapple bunnies? visit, call, or go to ediblearrangements.com >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york, partly sunny, 57. miami, rain, 87. chicago, you're going to be partly sunny today, 50 degrees there. mostly sunny in dallas, 79. and mostly sunny in l.a., 65 degrees. >>> now for a check of today's national forecast. a system moving slowly across the south will produce thunderstorms, some severe, from the mississippi valley to florida, georgia and south carolina. missouri and the lower ohio valley will have a few showers. rain and

spanish when he addressed to the miami community has highly anticipated comments came after this new miami marlins manager learned of the controversy over his time magazine comments. the article in for that he praised dictator fidel castro even loved him ... all he was trying to say so he said was that he admired his term as leader it's just as the team is trying to build a fan base with cuban americans ... i don't just represent myself i represent latin america and this ball club i am embarrassed and i feel very guilty to be honest ... i never intended for it those words to be taken that way he recently became active in the cuban community in miami and he feels terrible about what he feels is his betrayal of all latin americans he said it's the biggest mistake of his life so far and he accepts the punishment of that five daygame suspension coming up next the latest on the trayvon martin case and three teachers make a claim on that mega-millions lottery pay out in maryland and a man comes face to face with a wild bear in southern california when we come back ♪ ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ ♪ [ femal

if you are heading to dallas 91° the hot spot. 80s phoenix, denver, atlanta, new orleans, miami. 50s eattle and portland. low to mid 60s boston and new york. good news, even with the wet weather across the country and the threat of severe weather none of our major airports nor regional airports in california are reporting delays. flaws -- abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> if the air here seems cleaner it is not your imagination. the american lung association is taking the region off its list of the 25 most polluted regions in the u.s.. the organization stated the air report says northern california has seen huge reductions in car exhaust and soot over the past decade. california as a whole is still one of the most polluted states in the nation. >>> mystery of the jewelry found at lake merritt by students solved. police identified the owner of those bags discovered last month. police say the owner was on his way to have the jewelry appraised when he lost the bags. the youngsters are students at st. paul's. >> i'm happy this wasn't stolen. and i'm happy that the person claimed it. >> i th

may have been too much hype for the new look miami marlins. they were no-hit for seven innings. nothing like blowing your home debut with the brand new manager, ozzie guillen, as well. a bunch of new players. a big park. >> money well spent. >> very well spent. >>> we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this. ♪ it's time to play ball ♪ play ball, it's time to play ball ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by hoveround power chair. like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors and hallways. more reliable. hoveround employees build your chair, deliver your chair, and will service your chair for as long as you own your chair. and most importantly, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for little or no cost. call n

wet on i on i-95, from new york to miami. rain soaks i-35, from minneapolis to oklahoma city. i-70, from denver to kansas city. and i-90, from the dakotas to wisconsin. >> if you're flying today -- we can both go. let's do it simultaneously. it should be smooth sailing. airport delays are only expected in kansas city. i shouldn't have had that chamomile tea a half hour ago. >>> more serious news this morning. two years after the bp oil spill, fishermen and scientists are reporting a pretty disturbing impact in the gulf of mexico. they've been spotting an alarming number of deformed fish. many with sores, even lesions. chemicals released during that disaster, also being blamed for collapsing fisheries and other musicians, such as eyeless sh rich. even crabs without their claws. >>> the police chief who oversaw the university of california davis police department during its notorious pepper spray of occupy ro testers is stepping down. and he's under criticism since that incident took place last year. >>> and, of course, there was this scene at the airport in portland, oregon. jo

new york, partly cloudy, 59. miami, mostly sunny, 81. chicago, partly sunny, 48. dallas, thunderstorms and 81. and los angeles, mostly cloudy and 65. >>> now for a check of today's national forecast. it will be cool and windy with scattered showers from new england to western virginia with a few snowflakes in higher elevations. the great lakes and upper ohio valley will have showers. thunderstorms will pop up from kansas to west texas and from eastern oklahoma to louisiana. the southeast will be dry and warm, and the west will be dry with showers along the northwest coast. >>> in sports, well, that didn't take very long. ozzie guillen, the famously loose-tongued new manager of the miami marlins, has already talked himself into trouble with the city's huge cuban community. he's using a marlins off day today to return to miami to apologize after striking a nerve by speaking kindly of cuba's long-time dictator fidel castro. "time" magazine quotes him as saying, quote, i respect fidel castro, you know why. many people have tried to kill fidel castro in the last 60 yea

it started tonight against the new look miami marlins.s detwiler was dealing on the mound six innings, three hits, no runs and he tied his career high with 7ks. he gets donnie murphy to end the second. carlos zambrano pitched well but made one mistake to rick ankiel and to the deepest part of the ballpark, his first of the year, a solo shot. it's 1-0 nats, but the defense would make that run hold up. ankiel, we know about his arm. how about his wheels? he tracks this down in left center field taking down the extra bases. the nats shut out the marlins 2- 0 improving to 11-4 on this young season. >>> if you watched the caps play this year, you've noticed a very different looking team. a group that used to easily score three or four goals a game is now focused on defense. maybe that's the secret to playoff success. the capitals are tied with boston heading into game 5. this were questions heading into the playoffs, especially at goalie. braden holtby has been composed beyond his year last night stopping 44 of the bruins 45 shots on goal and

the first game ever at the new park in miami, and top of the first, striking out, bottom of the third, tied at one, gabby sanchez, the first homer ever in the park unofficially. sanchez a miami native. top of the fifth, alex rodriguez, also a miami native and scores anderson. yanks spoil the exhibition opener at the new ballpark with a victory. >> the final game of the college basketball season tomorrow night in new orleans. two storied basketball programs, kentucky and kansas for the championship tomorrow night. today the jayhawks head coach named coach of the year. hard to believe but kansas the true underdog in the matchup tomorrow. the wildcats were supposed to be playing tomorrow night. for kansas, it's been more of a long and winding road. we've got a lot of nice pieces, too, but theres are more heralded obviously, and from where we started, it took us our path to get here was different than theirs, but you know, they're good, but really good, but the thing about it is this time of year, one game left, who would you be playinging if they weren't really good? >> to nascar. it's a

. >> while guillen was speaking, angry protesters were outside the marlins' new stadium in the heart of miami's little havana. >>> now to baseball. on the field in san diego, with the game tied 2-2 in extra innings, arizona's chris young smacked a two-run homer in the top of the 11th. the d'backs held on to win 4-2 and are 4-0 to start the season. >>> in the nba last night, boston at miami and early in the

new york, showers, 55. miami, afternoon thunderstorms and 82. chicago, mostly sunny, 49. dallas, afternoon thunderstorms and 78. and l.a. will be 64 with showers. >>> now for a check of today's national forecast. the northeast will be windy and cool with occasional showers extending south to virginia. thunderstorms are likely from the lower mississippi valley to west texas, which could see damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. a pacific storm will move inland from the northwest coast. showers and thunderstorms are likely from california to the rockies. >>> in sports, the university of arkansas fired popular football coach bobby petrino ten days after a motorcycle accident. exposed his qulent affair with a young female staffer. athletic director jeff long said his behavior harmed the university. he'll lose an $18 million buyout in his contract. petrino, married with four kids, issued an apology through his agent. in his four years at arkansas razorbacks were 34-17. >>> some members of miami's large cuban community wanted ozzie guillen fired as manager of the marlins

. >>> this is a big story today, you go to miami, and as ozz ozzie guillen realized, the new manager mi marlins got off on the wrong foot with fans because he said he loved fidel castro. hello, in miami? have you lost your mind? he's paying for it today. he's going to do the apology tour. >>> also clowning around with your cash, we'll talk about this gsa official forced to pay by losing his job for a conference, nearly cost $1 million of taxpayer money. lawmakers demanding an investigation. you're watching "starting point." we'll be back in a moment. 12y ♪ now that you're around you put them all to shame ♪ ♪ let me break it down cause what i'm trying to say ♪ ♪ no one gets me >>> that's chris young, "you." >> my playlist. i was leaving a houston game and brothers were jamming and i said you know that's a good song if the brothers are doing a line dance. >> i played "billie jean" the other day. i'm a very diverse individual. >> we're in 2012, will. >> christine romans has a look at the headlines. >> north korea says its new rocket should be finished today and planning to launch it next

surrounding the new miami marlins manager, ozzie guillen.heard of him? talk about hot water. ooh, he made some comments to "time" magazine about fidel castro. >> here's what he said "i love fidel castro. i respect castro. you know why? a lot of people have wanted to kill him for the last 60 years but that expletive is still here. guillen apologized and will again in a press conference he scheduled for today but many fans are still angry. some elected officials say they want him fired. >> you think? phil rogers in the "chicago tribune" is reporting this isn't the first time he made offensive remarks. when he was the chicago white sox manager, he used a gay slur to describe a reporter and rogers is now saying that the time has finally come to hold him accountable by saying this "a time magazine reporter simply didn't do guillen the favor that so many of us have done on an almost daily basis around the ballpark, letting his stream of consciousness rambling go in one year and other. >> ray mcnulty says it should be good enough and says, doesn't

news. >> good morning. my name is todd grisham. this is your "sportscenter" update. baseball is back. miami, with a brand-new stadium.eball's all about tradition, which is why carnevale girls bring the starter on the field. top of the first, two runners on. david freese, the world series mvp, driving in the first two runs. 2-0. top of the second, rafael furcal, with an rbi. it's 3-0. bottom of the second, kyle lohse had his mojo working. getting gaby sanchez to line out to end the inning. third inning, facing josh johnson. got him swinging. no hits through three innings. bottom of the fourth, lohse gets ramirez to ground into a 5-4-3 double-play. we go to the fifth inning. lohse, freezing sanchez. still has a no-no through five. sixth inning, john bach, see you later. grounded to the pitcher. we head to the seventh. no hits allowed by lohse until this by jose reyes. part of that $191 million off-season spending spree by miami. lohse was fantastic. carlos stanton. straight away center field. but jon jay, great catch. lohse, 7 1/3 innings. cardinals win, 4-1. >>> opening day baseball continues. apparently, it's a two-w

new balm park. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> good morning. the miami marlins have a new name, new players, a new look and a new ballpark. unfortunately, they opened the season with the same old results. there's the new crown jewel. $634 million marlins park. no better way to christen it than with the champion himself, muhammad ali. then the world series champs knocked out the marlins. david freese, cardinals up 2-0 after one. that was enough for kyle lohse. he had a no-hitter going through six. they forgot the bats in the new stadium and the cards won 4-1. >>> that's okay, the miami, the heat, they took care of the best in the west, the oklahoma city thunder. it was a matchup of possible mvps, kevin durant and lebron james. durant finished with 30. lebron had it going all game long, 34 points and 10 assists. they haven't lost at home in three months and won this one, 98-93. >>> spurs won their ninth straight. but it wasn't easy. from 17 down, paul pierce, a chance at the buzzer. could not get the jumper to fall. the spurs won again, 87-86. >>> do you k

they christened a new park in miami. it's on the site of the old orange bowl.y brought in muhammad ali to be a part of the pregame ceremony. he won the world championship for the first time in miami back in 1964. david frese, a 2-run single. and the cardinals never look back. they win tonight by a final of 4-1. and the $100 million man, jose reyes had a couple of hits tonight. the newly acquired one breaks up the no-hitter. >>> the warriors tonight. rick addleman and minnesota had a 20-point lead at one juncture. they've got some guys you've never heard of. wayne ellington, and mark j. oh, no. the reason you want to finish in the bottom seventh, you get a chance at the lottery. david lee, 31 point, 8 rebounds. jenkins goes under kevin love, and that's it. 97-94. of the warriors a winner tonight. >>> give me the thunder and the heat. battle of heavyweights. lebron james fhe's not the best player in the world, maybe it's kevin durant. tonight, it was all lebron. 34 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists. a tight game goes to the heat late. durant, a chance to be a hero.

honolulu, dallas, new orleans, and miami will be in the 80s. phoenix will hit 92. >>> and coming up next on "america this morning," how tim tebow spent his easter. >>> and u.s. markets get their first chance to react to last friday's jobs report. it may not be good. >>> and this raging inferno. from a california freeway. word this morning about who caused it and why. we'll be right back. c >>> there is still fallout this morning because of last week's u.s. jobs report. economists had expected that just over 200,000 jobs would be added. instead, only 120,000. that sent most overseas markets down today and u.s. markets are expected to follow suit today. tokyo's nikkei average fell 142 points today. markets in hong kong and london are closed. on wall street, the dow lost 152. the nasdaq index was off 11. >>> the jobs report and doubts about the u.s. economy are a major reason that crude oil prices are down and gas prices seem to be leveling off though, up less than half a cent in the past week. >>> and moviegoers are still eating up "hunger games.

new york, 58. miami, 87. partly sunny, 68 in dallas. los angeles, 78 and sunny.et's check your national forecast. a stormy day from the northern mississippi valley to ohio. damaging hail likely in the ohio valley. northeast showers with snow in northern new york and new england. sunny along the east coast. south and southern plains will have sunshine and record heat. rain and mountain snow will stretch from the pacific northwest to the central rockies. >>> in sports this morning, it's being reported the nfl players association is warning new orleans saints offensive players they may face criminal charges in the team's bounty case. sources tell the associated press the union hired legal counsel to represent the players if needed. the nfl says from 2009 to last year as many as 27 saints players received thousands of dollars in cash bonuses for hits that knocked opponents out of the game. >>> in the ncaa women's college tournament it's down to denver and baylor. grind griner led the team and bears will try to be the first in ncaa women's history to go 40-0. >>> nata

louis cardinals taking on the new miami marlins. today they're calling the official opening day.ngs out better to drum up enthusiasm i guess, right? make it last. bill: best time of the year. just came out of march madness. got opening day today. round one at augusta. martha: easter can give up the length that you're to good about -- lent. bill: we have no complaints. we're just happy people, aren't we? martha: happy people. bill: yes we are, again. how much is too much. a new debate day over what doctors are calling unnecessary testing and treatment. want to debate that. dr. marc siegel, fox news medical a-teamer and dr. robert osfeld a cardiologist in new york city. doctor, good morning to you as well. here's what happened. a group led by the american board of internal medical foundation and "consumer reports." a lot of medical advice from a lot of different areas. they're saying cardiac stress tests not necessarily needed. chest x-ray before minor surgery. that got a thumbs down. other things like mris, some doctors even said the antibiotics for mild sinusitis, that is overpre

some 80s from houston back to new orleans, even into miami and tampa. 79, atlanta, and 65, new york.s of travel, you may have a few bumps to deal with, especially in 3450i my, chicago, detroit, and philadelphia. mainly due to the wind. delays are going to be under an hour, so that's the good news. dallas for now we have you delays under an hour, and for thunderstorms intensifying by the afternoon, well, we might have some issues there. all right. randy, that's the latest. let's send it back to you. >> thank you very much. take a look at this, by the way, reynolds. i love it. so celebrate easter people across the world took part in peep diorama contests. this is just too good not to share with our viewers. here you see some political and pop culture pieces from the washington post, like the peep situation room. they're working very, very hard. in new hampshire how about some spaghetti and peep balls? or the mona peepsa. this just cracks me up. >> wow. >> people have a lot of free time on their hands. it's part of a contst, i think, for the washington post. >> it is a little creepy, is

news, washington. >>> and president obama also denounced the comments by hillen rosen. >> when i think about what michelle's had to do, when i think about miami own mom, a sister, that's work. >> mr. obama also says the families of candidates should not be used as targets in political campaigns. >>> coming up on "the morning news" a mayor turned hero. newa newark, new jersey's corey booker rescues a woman from a burning building. >>> we'll have all the top stories from around the world. plus, we will look back almost 30 years to when charles first butched into the domino man. now see what happens when steve hartman bumps into dominos when he goes on the road. never missed opening day. i but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your

delays expected in new york, chicago, miami, salt lake city, and las vegas.rything out west towards the wind, that's going to be your issue. chicago, thunderstorms might keep you grounded for just a bit. that's your forecast. randy, back to you. >> sounds like i need to schedule a trip to dallas. >> you will be a happy camper if you go. >> thank you very much. >>> there were three big winners in friday night's lottery, splitting 640 million dollars, but we may never know who two of the three mega millionaires are. kansas and pair mare, turns out, were two of the winning tickets were sold, don't require winners to come forward publicly. the third ticket was sold in illinois, but even though we don't know the winner's names yet. we do know that they will each get $218 million a piece before taxes. a pretty cool return for $1 investment in a lottery ticket. >>> for one kansas man his quest to be the nation's newest millionaire included a brush with mother nature. after buying three lottery tickets wichita, kansas, resident joked with his friend that he had a bet