phil keating is live outside today. i listened to the questions, phil, and i was struck by how chill he seemed. it was a whole different tiger, or looked like it and sounded like it. >> he came across as a new and changed human being. and very remorseful for what he has done in the past. but as far as the questions that were asked and remember the ground rules here were that nothing was off the table. you could ask anything you wanted, but to be respectful. 200 plus media were in the room and almost all the questions were polite. there was nothing over the line or could be considered to be rude but the focus on the golf was really i thought surprising that there wasn't more questions about what he was doing in this life of lies but i explained that, how he did live this lifestyle over the past year or more. he didn't give dates or times but he said being tiger woods, he felt entitled. >> i was rationalizing and in denial at times. whatever i did, i lied to myself and to others and just because i said -- just because i wo

more on tiger coming up in a minute with phil keating's review of his swinging and swearing on the greenhern republican leadership conference wraps up with a string of powerful gop voices on center stage. mainly the man of the hour embattled rnc chairman michael steele whose recent scandal had fellow gopers calling for his head. all that coming up. first, geraldo, what is the word from the frontlines in afghanistan? >> geraldo: hi, kimberly. one of the problems here in this country, this war-torn country aside from the decades of violence is that it is among the poorest nations on earth and among the least educated, particularly the females. girls are not allowed or were not allowed under the taliban to go to school. craig now reports on some volunteers who are changing that in a big and better way. >>> geraldo, more than half of the population of afghanistan is illiterate and the incidene of illiteracy is higher among women who have been the target of attacks under taliban rule. because of that the central asia institute decided to open up 85 schools here in afghanistan to fill a desper

megyn: phil keating, thank you very much. folks, this is so interesting, because as phil pointed out, he gave two, 5-minute interview to two reporters, those are the ruse, you got five minutes, he wouldn't sit down, they had to be standing, over the shoulder, quick back and forth, this was it. this is a different setting, this is what reporters want to have happened during a big news con he event -- veant, a press conference where you get to ask the hashed questions and hopefully get meaningful answers and errorsedly tiger won't be able to put this behind him until he does that,'s oppose -- as opposed to handling the media in the choreographedd settings. anyway, phil keithing is down there and we'll take you there as soon as tiger gets started, 2:00 p.m. >>> big questions about what happened with a jetblue flight bound for florida. it took off from new yark, new jersey -- newark, new jersey this morning but did not make it far. you'll hear more on that. >>> life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, three things not mentioned

phil keating has the story of what tiger told reporters today. >> tiger returns to the sport that mades. but first facing another media blitz before teing off at the masters. >> it is not about the championships. it is about how you live your life. and i had not done that the right way for awhile. i needed to change that. going forward, i need to be a better man going forward than i was before. >> tiger answering questions about his return to golf. and the sex scandal that led to his absence. woods was involved in a bizarre car crash after thanksgiving following a story in the tabloids claiming he was involved in a extramarital affair with a new york city club hostess. as time went on, more women came forward claiming to be lovers of the famous golfer. woods announceed in december he was taking time off from golf to focusing on fixing his family issues. >> i had not hit far enough on the bottom, to make myself look at what i have done. and what i was engaged in. >> but now he is back, receiving a warm welcome. from fans, as he practiced with fellow golfer couples. tiger is glad to be b

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and that is another person who is supporting rubio, over crist from the republican party and phil keatingeau and, phil the governor, also, we are hearing, lost his campaign chairman. tell us what is going on with that. >> reporter: hi, martha. now, governor crist and his campaign for u.s. senate, he no longer has a campaign chair right now. this coming after former senator connie mack resigned and, abruptly last week after the governor vetoed senate bill 6, a bill passed by both houses of the florida legislature which would have tied teacher pay in the public school system to student test scores and this was widely popular, especially amongst the conservative bloc of the party, and, that angered a lot of the republicans and, of course, many have already abandoned the governor in favor of marco rubio. look at the latest poll, and it has marco rubio beating crist head-to-head, 56-33, keep in mind just last year, at one time, crist had about a 30-point advantage and crist beats democratic congressman meek in a head-to-head match-up, 48-34. rubio versus meek, also, is a republican win, and, a

phil keating is live in fort myers, florida. this must be very expensive, phil. >> reporter: bill, extremely expensive. this is the home of frank and gail cardiola from orange county, new york, this is the retirement home, they spent $300,000 on it, this was the bedroom, but it doesn't look like it used to, all of the chinese drywall has been completely removed, the crews are ripping down -- ripping down the duct work, this is going to cost $125,000 to rebold. so they have the mortgage, and renting for a condo while this is done and everything that is corroded is being redone. they feel the house is worth zero. they have met with the chinese, gone to the egyptian mines out there and he is urging secretary of state with president clinton, when hugo chavez is visiting, to bring the subjectum to -- subject up to him to get chinese government accountability. >> who is going to be financially responsible? there's only one party who has the deep pockets and that's the government of china, that owns the chinese drywall companies that di

correspondent phil keating is live in miami with details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, bret. florida governor charlie crist, republican governor, now tonight acknowledging for the first time that he is in fact considering running not for the u.s. senate seat in florida as a republican, but as an independent. late this afternoon in an interview with "associated press," governor charlie crist said he wants to listen to what the florida residents have to tell him and, "take a very, very thoughtful and deliberate making process." the national republican senatorial committee executive director urging charlie crist today and anyone who can get his ear telling him not to run as impendent but stay in the republican primary battle with marco rubio, or if he doesn't think he can win, wait another day. that is the same advice given this afternoon in tampa by former massachusetts governor mitt romney and a former candidate for president. who said that charlie crist should not run as an independent even though rubio has a commanding lead over

phil keating live in miami, people camping out to get free food? is what's it all about?so true. it's about a tough economy right now, and when you have free food for an entire year being offered, well, you're going to lure a lot of people to park it on the sidewalk, and that's exactly what happened in houston this week. this actually happens every time chick-fil-a opens up a new franchise, and this is maybe 1100-plus x number of stores here. this is their latest, and people were there excited to go to chick-fil-a, and every single one of them get a voucher for a free combo meal once a week for an entire year. denny's also offering a nationwide free meal promo right now, and so far 600,000 americans have logged on and submitted their names to win 52 grand slams. now, nobody can eat 52 grand slams in one sitting, so the concept here is they're going to be inviting a whole bunch of friends. one grand slam meal typically is one person's recommended daily caloric intake, half of that amount. that's why nutritionists don't necessarily see a whole lot of good here, they see a w