obama welcomed the world championship boston red sox at the white house after david ortiz gets an obama shoutout. it he scores a self-y, to boot. >> it looks great. >>> mavices grills conan about texas trivia. >> the city of dallas was founded by whom. >> jr using. >> name the largest dome in texas. >> dr. phil. >> what is the leading cause of heart attacks in texas. >> tony romo. >> the answers are right, i'd said. or wrong depending who you are. >> right or wrong, funny. richard, thank you very much. >>> nbc is here with the weather outlook. what do we got in store for day two of april? >> we're talking about severe weather in a second. the earthquake thing was so insane last night. i was heading to bed, the news was breaking of this 8.2 magnitude quake. those are the rare ones on the planet. we don't get many. it's the scale down in the bottom only goes up to 8. there's been a couple of history up to 9. an eight is ten times stronger than 7 on the scale. we've had strong aftershock. here is the frequency on the planet. each year we average one 8.0. we had some fatality as far as the tsunami i

hayes, gets a shoutout for starting in 1878 what has become a white house tradition. ( whistle blowing ) ( applause ) president obama presided over the annual easter egg roll, kids pushing eggs with spoons in a race across the white house lawn. but the dramatic high light today was the president reading the children's book "where the wild things are." he really got into it. >> and they gnashed their terrible teeth together! and they rolled their terrible eyes! roll your eyes! >> reporter: the wild things were tamed, the president said, through the magic of staring. >> now who wants to have a staring contest with me for a second? >> reporter: all the kids did, and they lived happily ever after. the end! >> pelley: the end. geologists are preparing to drill more holes into the crest of a slow-moving landslide in jackson, wyoming. they hope to learn more about the landslide which began just over two weeks ago. it has cut one house in half, several other houses and two apartment buildings have been evacuated. few traveled as long or as far to be in boston today as john odom, a remarkable comeback story next. next weathe

obama's omission of sebelius' name last week in the rose garden. i thought most people thought it was so obvious. she wasn't standing there and she didn't get a shoutouters got a shoutout. he said the question pretty lame. fair question? >> definitely a fair question. how much to make out of whether he mentioned her at one point or another. i don't think this is ever going to be about the actual head of the department. they become a vessel for all of the criticism and really a bunching bag for the broader healthcare law which is why it's one of one of the least desirable jobs in washington. that's why obama already chose someone confirmed. not ideological person '. more of a bureaucrat, let's get things done. run the budget. person to run are the bureaucracy not to drive ideological war over obamacare. >> i think she is going to get it coming and going. asked to account for some the things that went on with obamacare before she arrived. and then i do think obamacare is running into a new set of problems as we get to late summer and fall. and more enrollment, higher rates, possibly more cancellations for people who are in small group insurance market.

with president obama when he announced that sunday last minute surge in sign-up bringing them to more than 7 million. kathleen sebelius was not by his side and after a series of shoutouts the president gave, her name was not mock them. we understand that she will appear tomorrow when the president names her successor. john? >>> . >>> mike, thank you. >>> joining us is our political contributor, jason johnson. jason, why now? >> well, it's a time to turn over a new leave. the president and the administration hit the $7.1 million dleadline. i think she was on the chopping block. the president is stub orrin and he is loyal and he didn't want to fire her during the worst part of the healthcare roll out. now is the time. >> is this about putting a new face on obamacare? >> there are challenges over the summer. there are 2014 i am politic indications to this. think about it. now sebelius is out of. there will be a confirmation heari hearing, republicans screaming at a brand-new woman. this is going to be a situation where the obvious could be beneficial to the administration and to do a change people have been calling for, for five or six months. >> doesn't this call attenti