>> tony romo. >>> this morning's "eye opener at 8" is presented by panera bread. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. the new ceo of general motors makes a crucial trip to capitol hill today. mary barra will speak about the ignition problems that is linked to 13 deaths. >> she has apologized for not having fixed those problems sooner. >> she also must apologize -- she also apologized rather last night to the families of those who were killed. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: gm requested this meeting last night and they talked about lost loved ones who died in some of these recalled vehicles. a very emotional scene, as you can imagine. we caught up with ken rymer whose daughter died in 2006 in a chef cobalt. >> it was kind of what we expected to a certain point. i mean you can't change what

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. >> 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 it could have been worse. >>> this morning in st. louis you're getting drenched right now. i 70 is very wet. severe weather will be a big story over the next week. it looks like today, areas of yellow are slight risk. tomorrow we watch the potential for tornados, maybe a few strong tornados. that's time of

they took in the big game with the dallas cowboys tony romo and others. >>> back on campus, things got a little wild. police reportedly made dozens of arrests as jubilant uconn fans shattered windows and caused minor property damage. in kentucky, officials reported 17 couch fires and seven arrests and seven injuries or two arrests. lighting fires and tonight it is the battle of the undefeateds with the lady huskies of connecticut taking on the notre dame fighting irish in nashville this evening. >>> oscar pistorius is back in the courtroom today for a second day of testimony in his murder trial. the 27-year-old olympic athlete is charged with premeditated murder in last year's shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. today's court proceedings shed new light on the couple's relationship. the pistorius read a text message steenkamp sent him regarding an argument they had at a friend's party. >> i feel sick that you suggested that and that you made a scene at the table and made us leave. i'm terribly disappointed in how the day ended. i'm scared of you sometimes and how you reac

any took in the game with tony romo and others. back on campus, things got wild. shattered windows and minor property damage forced police to lock up dozens of uconn students. and in kentucky, officials reported 17 couch fires, seven injuries and two arrests. tonight it is the battle of lady huskies taking on the notre dame fighting irish. >>> pistorius is back in the courtroom today. today he read a message steenkamp said to him regarding an argument they had at a friend's party. >> i was not flirting with anyone today. i feel sick that you suggested that and that you made a scene at the table and made us leave early. i'm terribly disappointed in how the day ended and how he left me. i'm scared of you you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you react to me. >> yesterday with his voice trembly, he gave an emotional apology to steenkamp's family. >> i wake up every morning and urt first people i think of, the first people i pray for. i can't imagine the pain and sorrow and the emptiness that i've caused you and your family. i was simply trying to protect reeva

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tony romo. the presidents. the monitor that hangs over that stadium is 65 yard long.itle tonight against notre dame. martha: that could be a great game, too. absolutely. bill: tech to be have been hammered the last couple days. earning season begins. the dow closed down triple digits yesterday. it's been a rough couple day on wall street. we'll let you know what happens 10 minute into the day on wall street. republican ted cruz takes the stand on an accused iranian terrorist. will tehran win on this issue? we are about to find out. >> this nomination is not an isolated incident that is taking place in a vacuum. it's part of iran's clear and consistent pattern of virulent anti-americanism. co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. anyone need a coupon? i don't. by senator ted cruz call county it absurd and he's not the only one. iran appointing to its next ambassador to the u.n., someone involved in the hospital table holding in 19

>> tony romo. >>> this morning's "eye opener at 8" is presented by panera bread. >> i'm charlie roseay. mary barra will speak about the ignition problems that is linked to 13 deaths. >> she has apologized for not having fixed those problems sooner. >> she also must apologize -- she also apologized rather last night to the families of those who were killed. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: gm requested this meeting last night and they talked about lost loved ones who died in some of these recalled vehicles. a very emotional scene, as you can imagine. we caught up with ken rymer whose daughter died in 2006 in a chef cobalt. >> it was kind of what we expected to a certain point. i mean you can't change what has happened you know but you know, she was forthright in letting us know that what they're doing now is to make sure that something like this does not ever lap again and we can only hope that in time and in moving in the right direction that she's very truthful with that, you know but she seemed very sincere about it and we're all hoping that you know for the lives of our fam

getting a little face time on the at&t stadium in arlington, texas, that is the cowboys quarterback, tony row romoft of them. the headlines are next. >> america tonight next only on al jazeera america >> this takes guts... >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here ever tonight's top stories. growing tension in eastern ukraine. pro-western protesters declared the city of donetske an independent republic. westerners accused russia of sanctioning. signals from what might be the black box from missing mh370 airliner. it's been 31 days since the plane disappeared with 239 people aboard. >>> thousands gathered in rwanda to remember the genocide much 20 years ago. leaving 800,000 people dead and many more dead and traumatized. pawg kagami led the ceremonies marking the event. >>> protesters for and against the albuquerque police department, officers shot and killed a homeless man last month. the justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the shootings. that's the headlines. remember can you get the latest on our website, aljazeera.com. thank for your time, do keep it h

they were surrounded by jason garrett and tony romo also. >> south carolina community is on high alert one, african viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world. so far the reason it is known to be on the loose is some of its shredded skin was found last week. >> the viper can grow up to four feet long. tenants of the apartment community where the skin has been found were told to call police if they find something that resembles something coming out of this skin. yikes. >> yikes indeed. this type of snake is called a ga boon viper in case you wanted to know. >> they are highly dangerous. if you live here in this community, call police. don't leave your pets out. don't leave your kids unattended. >> the fact that it's not -- believe me, if i saw this, i would go the other way. but it is not giant. it is midsized. you wouldn't think it is as deadly as it is. >> these things go fast. believe it or not, in this part of the country, i was at a park and my son ran right into a snake. it was just a garden snake. they are so fast. i saw it coming. i didn't have enough time to react. >> wick

tony romo and jerry jones in that box.entucky just couldn't get over the hump. >> kentucky fans could have been forgiven for believing they would come back. this happened against louisville. they came back and won the last two minutes. it looked like these young kids were going to make an incredible run at the end. >> oh, my lord. >> john calipari at half-time said something that probably described better than any of us could describe the plight of the kentucky team, the plight of the team. five young kids, freshmen all starters. when asked at half-time why things weren't going the way he thought they'd be going with one specific player, calipari looked at the reporter and said he's 18. it happens. >> but incredible run by uconn. nobody expected them to get there. nobody expected kentucky to get there. improbable ending. >> the connecticut team was built a little bit like the louisville team last year. the guard play was excellent. big guys that excel in the tournament. you and i were at the iowa state and connecticut east

tony romo, the quarterback right in front of them. >> laura bush there, too. >> i wish they'd put theg these long time-outs. we didn't get to see this on television. but we have video from inside the stadium, a father-son duo stealing the show as pharell's "happy" is played inside the stadium. ♪ >> you think they practiced that? >> here's the back story on that. that gentleman is the lead dancer for the dallas mavericks male dance team. so that's a man who knows what he's doing. he and his son worked up a little something. the camera knew where they were. >> big rob is the dad, and trey the 15-year-old son. so he's got the moves like dad. >> that's impressive. >> you and nicky can do that. >> yes, assuming i could dance. >> you have moves like jagger. >> no, i've got no moves. in fact, i was trying to dance yesterday in the kitchen, and leo said, please don't. please don't. my 15-year-old. >> don't dance in front of the 15-year-old. >> yeah, please. >>> fashion statement of the night at the championship game goes to injured willie collie stein. out with an injury. rocking paisley stev

tony campana. in the seventh, huddy a strikeout, went 7 2/3, 3 hits. sergio romo to close it out, martin prado in the ninth. 2-0 giants the final. the series finale tomorrow with tim lincecum scheduled on the hill. >>> the grounds crew in oakland were at the park early before 5:00 a.m. today to get the field ready for a doubleheader. scott kazmir. 10-9 last year with cleveland. had inside knowledge against his old mates. freezing nick swisher in the first. sister pes december, first knock of the season, drives in coco crisp, 1-0 a's. 2-0, runners at the corners. tag on derek norris. called out. bob melvin says, i beg to differ. look at the replay, he repeals. it's hard to tell even on replay. the call stood. out. first pitch in the third from corey cluber. alberto callaspo, high, deep, low hah. two-run bomb to right. first tunnel celebration of the year for the a's. 5-0. kazmir nasty, 7 1/3 shutout innings striking out five of his former teammates in the win. >> they know me, i know them. it's a cat and mouse game. they know my tendencies, what i like to do. you k