melvin, mira, melvin! esto resultó mejor de lo que nosotros esperábamos, pero mi reto más grande ya viene, debo controlar mis lágrimas durante mi despedida final. ♪ melvin ha llegado a salvo de regreso a su hogar, esta es la reserva en donde rescatamos a melvin, lo bueno es que hay muchas otras jirafas con las que podrá interactuar. las jirafas son muy curiosas y al parecer melvin disfruta el cambio de ambiente, está dando un buen vistazo y al parecer está feliz. vaya, esto es agradable. sé que aquí será feliz. este será el lugar donde descansará, él estará muy bien en el lugar. ¿podrías dejar de grabar? no puedo dejar de llorar. no debo llorar, él estará bien. es un buen lugar. debo dejar de llorar. es ridículo, sé por qué lloro. saber que ayudaste a un animal es algo maravilloso y normalmente me alegran las despedidas, es sólo que melvin tiene algo especial, él se convirtió en parte de nuestra familia. (johan) eso es. (lyndal davies) el hecho que melvin sobreviviera es suficient

. >> bob melvin began day one of a's workouts with the team meeting. melvin even brought in pitching great bob welsh to inspire his young players. melvin said his message was simple. he wanted to congratulate the team on their a.l. west title last year but also encourage them to build off that for success this season. >> you want to carry that forward, but you also understand that this is a new year and you have to let that go. but once you do let it go, you have to reflect and say what made us good. what made us last year able to win the west. and those are the things that players need to know. and we've discussed that as a group a bit today too. >> a five-minute video was also showed during that meeting. when asked if there were pie celebrations in the video bob melvin said of course there were. after all they had to have something to show. kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >>> stanford coming in winners of 14 straight versus ucla. left-handed hook. cardinal up early. 5-2. second half action now. stanford leading by ten. spinning and driving to the

. >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and couldn't make it back out here and with his experience, one thing about melvin speese, he is the premiere taipber in the marine corps. please help me welcome major general melvin speese >> well, of course i am not admiral roughhead, mr. secretary, but i did spend the night at marine's memorial clu

decisions decisions for bob melvin. mike will have the story from spring training in arizona next. >> it wasn't that [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his citibank account. nice job ben. [ male announcer ] next up, the gutters. citibank popmoney. easier banking. standard at citibank. citibank popmoney. easier banking. >> good evening. mike will hold the regular weekly news conference tomorrow but nothing regular about it. cal hoops coach will certainly be talking about the shop. pack 12 has reprimanded montgomery for pushing cb. at first montgomery laughed this off as motivation tactic but ad was not amused at all issue ago statement saying this will not happen again. now nut perspective this is nowhere near as serious as knight indiana choking reid in 1997

. >>> ¿sabÍa que el doctor melvin estaba bajo investigaciÓn?. >>> absolutamente no, que habÍa un sistema de procedimiento administrativo y civil. >>> ¿estÁ en contacto con el doctor, sabe donde estÁ?. >>> no sÉ. >>> el doctor melvin en algÚn momento ¿organizÓ un encuentro con usted con prostitutas en su casa de campo?. >>> lori, la realidad que ese tipo de calumnias es completamente falso, no voy a dignificar mÁs. ese tipo de calumnias, no hay nada mÁs que pueda decir que si esass calumnias son falsas, me lo pueden preguntar 100 distintas formas. >>> insistimos en saber de quien Él cree que es la persona que se identifica como peter williams y ha hecho las acusaciones en su contra. >>> no sabemos quien es peter williams, que viniera, que enseÑara su cara, que viniera a testificar, alguien que se esconde como una rata para mi es rata. >>> por ahora el senador menendez goza del apoyo total de sus colegass demÓcratas, otro senador dijo que lo conoce de hace aÑos y que es un hombre integro. >>> gracias y regresamos con mÁs. >>> crisis

decisions decisions for bob melvin. mike will have the story from spring training in arizona next. >> it wasn't that >> good evening. mike will hold the regular weekly news conference tomorrow but nothing regular about it. cal hoops coach will certainly be talking about the shop. pack 12 has reprimanded montgomery for pushing cb. at first montgomery laughed this off as motivation tactic but ad was not amused at all issue ago statement saying this will not happen again. now nut perspective this is nowhere near as seriousht indiana choking reid in 1997 but the fact is you just can not put your hands on a player. can't do it. nba lost icon today with death of lakers owner jerry bus he grew up in poverty in wyoming. work ethic and smarts led him to l.a. real estate empire and lakers estimated at 1 billion dollars in32 years value. 32 years at m and made the finals 16 times. winning 10 titles man would created show time was battling cancer. dr. jerry bus 80 years old. >> to baseball a's true surprise last year winning the al

you got bob melvin here, who is the magic man, and knows when to pull the trigger, and it's going to be exciting to say the least. >> mike: i tell you what. the enthusiasm was ton takous today in the clubhouse. they can't wait to get started. at 6:00 we talk to the a's managing partner who will give us a stadium update, and we have to talk about josh reddick's beard. it's the top story in phoenix. reporting live, mike shumann, abc7 sports. >> can't wait to see the interview. moving on, tony haws began his pro career in 1996. his opponent at the sap open final raonic was five years old, and ace number one, there's number two here's number three, and all number four, next game, backhand winner to take haws' serve. 6-4, 6-3, raonic, the only man to win three street in san jose. >> women's hoop, snooped and -- stanford and ucla. high low action. stanford a winner by 11, 68-57. 15th straight win over the bruins. quite story with the cal bears. lindsey's squat is sixth in the nation visiting usc. boyd landed hard on her side but she is gutsy. >> history made today at daytona, danicka patri

melvin even brought in pitching great bob welch to inspire his players. he told me the message was pretty simple. he wanted to congratulate his players on their al west title, but he wanted to encourage them to go for even more this year. >> you take pride in that, that's for sure. and you want to carry that forward, but you also understand that this is a new year and you have to let that go. but once you do let it go, you have to reflect and say, what made us good, what made us last year able to win the west? and those are the things that we as a coaching staff as well need to carry forward and the players need to know and we've discussed that as a group a little bit today, too. >> 2013, we have to go out there and do it again. that's wa we'll worry about. we just got to keep going this year. >> video was shown in that meeting. when bob melvin was asked if there were any pie celebrations in that video he said, come on, man, of course there were. we had 15 walkoffs last year. that's a lot to celebrate. >> absolutely. thank you, kate. also today as michael

a multimedia organization that melvin chaired. last week the fbi was at melvin's west palm beach offices, taking away boxes of material. authorities have not disclosed the focus of the investigation. menendez drew more attention because he just reimbursed melvin last month. more than $58,000 for 2010 travel on melvin's private plane. menendez had not reported those flights under senate rules but says that was simply an oversight. >> when it came to my attention that it had not been paid, i came forth and paid it. and so i can't do anything better than that. had i wished that in those travel schedules that we had that we had a better process to make sure it didn't fall through the crack? yes. but when it came to my attention, i did the right thing and i paid for it. >> reporter: and the senate ethics committee says it's aware of these reports and is doing what it should in its own process. senator harry reid, the majority leader, says whatever investigation should go forward, but he backs bob menendez. savannah? >> kelly o'donnell

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stay safe, good sir. >>> i'm craig melvin. when we come back, alex wagner is is in for laurps o'donnell on this friday night. she'll show you why democrats believe they might be able to take back the house from republicans. >>> plus, howard dean and chris hayes will be on "the last word," next. >>> i'm alex wagner in for lawrence o'donnell. we have much more of "last word" on the way. guess who is scarier to republicans in congress, al qaeda or grover norquist? here is a hint. they'll only cross one of them. what republicans are now call ing obama-quester is next. >>> bill clinton gets frank with the democratic party about 2014 expectations and going on fox news to reveal just how scared ashley judd really makes him. rove versus judd continues, that's coming up. at 1:45, the aflac duck was brought in with multiple lacerations to the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living exp

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secretary of defense melvin laird, republican national. security adviser brent scowcroft, a republican. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, colin powell, republican did all of them have endorsed chuck hagel. who lost benghazi -- next it will be lost china, who prpromoted and is from captain to major? joe mccarthy will find out about it. >> go ahead, charles. >> and have as long a list of endorsements as you want and leave your lying eyes. -- believe your lying eyes. it is less about ideology or any thing is about competence. there's a democratic senator quoted after that disasters day of hearings in which hagel did not even understand what containment of iran and -- he said, "chuck hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to next week's to connect." -- next week's pettitte." he had a performance that was a total embarrassment. you talk about discipline among republicans? the discipline among democrats .s shocking and embarrasseing his performance was so bad that at the end he said, "don't worry, senators, i will not be a decis

stay safe, good sir. >>> i'm craig melvin. when we come back, alex wagner is is in for laurps o'donnell on this friday night. she'll show you why democrats believe they might be able to take back the house from republicans. >>> plus, howard dean and chris hayes will be on "the last word," next. there's this island -- and it's got super-cute kangaroos. barrow island has got rare kangaroos. ♪ chevron has been developing energy here for decades. we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ >>> i'm alex wagner in for lawrence o'donnell. we have much more of "last word" on the way. guess who is scarier to republicans in congress, al qaeda or grover norquist? here is a hint. they'll only cross one of them. what republicans are now call ing obama-quester is next. >>> bill clinton gets frank with the democratic party about 2014 expectations

secretary of defense melvin laird, republican national. security adviser brent scowcroft, a republican. rmer chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, colin powell, republican did all of them have endorsed chuck hagel. who lost benghazi -- next it will be lost china, who prpromoted and is from captain to major? joe mccarthy will find out about it. >> go ahead, charles. >> and have as long a list of endorsements as you want and leave your lying eyes. believe your lying eyes. it is less about ideology or any thing is about competence. there's a democratic senator quoted after that disasters day of hearings in which hagel did not even understand what containment of iran and -- he said, "chuck hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to next week's to connect." -- next week's pettitte." he had a performance that was a total embarrassment. you talk about discipline among republicans? the discipline among democrats .s shocking and embarrasseing his performance was so bad that at the end he said, "don't worry, senators, i will not be a decision m

later on, yeah, bob melvin said that they were shooting knucklers. not entirely the player's fault. they said that the cal's coach should be suspended after a scrimmage during last night's comeback win against ufc. no punishment has come from cal. >>> women's hoops. brittany at number three. uconn trying to reach the 3,000 points after scoring here in overtime. winning it 76-70. >>> and it is never good to get hit in the manzo. that's new jersey's team taking on the courtesy of the senators. a whole new meaning to the high signal. we'll see you at 11:00.

. >>> a's camp manager bob melvin says the a's are in an enviable position. now, the a's have to figure out how to work in all the stellar arms. a tough job for the pitching coach, curt young. >> the quality is here. the arms are here. the success from the past is here. it's not just expectations, what they might do. they've already done it, which, you know, is a good feeling for the whole organization. you hope to get this to this point, where you have guys that you know you can count on. they count on themselves. the team counts on them. >>> the 49ers say farewell to a team member of their front office. tom gamble has been hired by the philadelphia eagles as the team's vice president of player personnel. i'm dave feldman. raj and jess are back with more after this. >>> is it tomorrow? >> it is tomorrow. >> if you're not sure about what you're doing for valentine's day, here's an idea. >> how about a free oceanside concert at sunset. isn't that beautiful? an artist and skult per. tomorrow's the last day. you can see it. take your loved one with you. >> right

i'm craig melvin. the latest week in washington is from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> the president torpedoing his plan. >> the only way to get something done is with with a bipartisan agreement. >> i believe we are making progress on a bipartisan basis. i believe we can come up with a product. >> i hope that -- >> just a few months after the post election high anointing immigration reform as the next big issue, what is going to get done? we will talk about that plus two veterans of capitol hill may be about to change their tune on the president's pick to head up the pentagon. we will talk to bob carey about what all of that means. >> mr. president, we will stand and fight throughout this country as americans for our freedom. >> the gun rights groups say they are working to protect the second amendment so we are going to take a look at what rights the second amendment affords and which it does not. we start with developing news in florida where the white house confirmed that president obama teed off wit

his name was will melvin hancock. we called him sonny. he was 74 years old. we were brought up on a farm so he loved to fish and hunt. and when he would hunt, you never knew in the holidays what you were actually eating because he would have like bear meatballs for you for the holidays. that was kind of funny. >> sure. >> caller: he loved jazz and the blues mainly. he loved to play his guitar. he was the best brother ever. best brother. and for me, he but the me my first car. he took me to college and called me every saturday and sunday faithfully by 7:00. if he didn't call me by 7:00, i would call him to find out why he didn't call me. >> of course. >> he was the best brother ever. >> how did it happen? how did this come about? >> we were told -- i, myself, called him myself around 11:30 and talked to him to make sure that, you know, he was okay and that he wouldn't go out and shovel his snow. and he told me that his neighbor would normally shovel his snow for him. so, i didn't have to worry about that. so i'm thinking, okay. everything is fine. and then my

and melvin. >> growth was not 5% but 4.4%. a flat-lining economy means people's living standards are falling. his excuse is that other countries have done worse than us. so can he confirm that since the chancellor's spending review more than two years ago, as of 20 major cheat 28 economies britain has been 18th out of 24 growth? >> first of all let me say on high-speed rail come which goes right through the middle of the chancellor's constituency, we are proud of the fact it i is a this government has taken the decision to invest. just as this government that is building crossrail which is the biggest construction plan anywhere in europe. he asked about other european economies. the fact is if you listen to the european union, the oecd, or the imf, they all point out that britain will have the fastest growth of any major economy in europe's -- in europe this year. but i have to ask them, what is his plan? we all know. it is a three-point plan. more spending, more borrowing from more debt. exactly the things that got us in the

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. ahead this week in washington. gun control. >> nobody is talking about somehow violating the second amendment. we're talking about some common-sense things. >> the obama white house goes on the offensive. where they are going with their plans for what to do. >>> plus -- >> is it going to pass. people are looking for excuses not to vote for it. >> pass the senate, pass the house? >> it will certainly pass the senate. >> democratic leader in the senate, harry reid, saying an immigration bill will pass his chamber, what will that mean for the millions here illegally remains to be seen. ♪ >>> oh, yeah, the countdown to the big game in the big easy is on. live to new orleans to see how they are getting ready for super bowl xlvii. news in northern texas. police have arrested a 25-year-old man. and charged him with two counts of murder there. he shot and killed two men at a gun range just outside ft. worth yesterday. one of the dead, decorated iraq war veteran, chris kyle whether or not by

i'm craig melvin. good sunday to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories making news right now. three died in southern california when their helicopter crashed earlier this morning. the victims were shooting a movie about 30 miles north of los angeles. right now, federal transportation officials say they are not sure what caused that crash. >>> a new take on the penn state sex abuse scandal. a report out today says the late football coach joe paterno did not conspire to cover up the sex abuse allegations against his assistant, jerry sandusky. paterno's family commissioned the report and then published it on their website, paterno.com. a court found sandusky guilty of 45 counts of sexual abuse. >>> and millions around the world are celebrating chinese new year today. the lunar new year officially began in china at midnight. it is now the year of the snake. want to get a quick update now on that massive storm. the nor'easter is now responsible for roughly 365,000 power outages, the cancellati

i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. the president is in florida, reportedly for a little r&r. back in washington the clock is ticking, less than two weeks to the massive budget cuts. what does the deadline show us about what's going on inside congress? >> they only care about their decades' long, decades old gun control agenda. ban every gun they can, tax every gun sold, and register every american gun owner. >> the president of the nra is a popular guy among hard-core gun rights advocates but among those concerned with the brand of the gop, he's become something very different. we'll talk about that plus a little bit later,' banned big sodas, kicked smokers out of new york city bars and restaurants. what's this guy got up his sleeve now? we'll talk about that as well. >>> first some developing news to bring you right now, republican senator marco rubio is now on his way to the middle east, right now. the senator says he will be visiting israel, he will be visiting jordan as well. senator rubio made that announcement ab

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good news is bob melvin thinks he can be back by april 1 home opener against seattle. he became somewhat of a cult hero. the a's there head banging do you remember this? he fenished with 24 safes. if it looks like giants squad is working out in scottsdale majority of the players are already there. 37 pitchers in camp. why pitchers and catchers three days before the position guide? here is the answer. >> like to give pitchers a couple bull pens, spring training may take longer to get ready, get stretched out. arm in the condition and to be game ready for the season. >> a lot of people doing that. the story of paraolympic super star has gone from hall mark worthy to something in the first 48. arrested and charged with murder of his girl friend. police in south africa say he shot a 30-year-old four times inside of his home thursday morning. there is no other suspect involved family and friends hoch it's a tragic accident. this summer he made history when becoming the first double amputee track athlete to compete in]jd[r olympic games, sunday afternoon james han says he wa

sunday melvin goodman argues the government is spending excessively on defense making us less secure. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for complete schedule visit booktv.org. up next on booktv cita stelzer talks about the dinner hosted by winston churchill during and after world war ii which were used to persuade world leaders to adopt his position on various matters. it is about 40 minutes. >> good evening. thank you for coming. delighted to see you here to talk about my new book "dinner with churchill,". since my book is all about the importance of dinners and be assured i will not make you wait for your own there is. i will be brief and i want to wet your appetite so that you will buy my book. you want to -- let's try another sentence. i have lived with winston churchill for four years and it was wonderful even though that took place in the frigid archives at churchill college. i am also asked where i got the idea for another book on churchill to add to the thousands already written. i have read many books about this fascinating man and noticed many of his

melvin's team in tempe. coco crisp comes around to score. young left the game with a leg cramp. now it's seth smith with a drive. smith had a couple of rbis on the day. three late runs for a 7-5 win. travis one of the even to the best -- eventual game winner. >>> can't blame yankee fans if they're feeling a little down with rodriguez and jeter already recovering. this is what happened to curtis. looked like a minor annoyance but x-rays revealed he had a broken forearm. >>> a weekend that featured just about everything the weather man could conjure up has ended up with kutcher as the winner. kutcher still needed his ski clothes. kutcher and jason day in the morning. the other match, mayham equally dominant. will it go? it will. mayhan also moved into the finalless. mayhan had not trailed all week. that changed on the fourth hole to final. down two we got an opening at 16. kutcher airmails his t shot. that's a souvenir for mayham down one. but he could not take advantage. mayhan gets a shot of desert shrubbery. the ball barely makes it out. kutcher is the match play champion winni

craig melvin has the story of vets getting new jobs while schools are getting a safer environment. good to see you. >> this is a cool story. called troops to teachers. a department of defense program that helps qualified service members start a new career as teachers in public schools. at one middle school in philadelphia where the school was in a lot of ways like a battlefield, it has made a huge difference. in east philly, john paul jones middle school had a reputation. >> it used to be on lockdown. >> reporter: captured on a cell phone at a nearby middle school common here, too. mold, fleas and rats ravaged the library so badly school officials had to throw away thousands of books. >> when i first came, i was pretty nervous. i thought it was going to be a little scary. >> reporter: the nickname came before the bars on the windows and doors, "jones jail." last september, eighth grader travon williams says something happened. >> this became a whole new school. >> reporter: school district officials turned it into a charter school, gave it a new name and face lift and then called i

you have bob melvin here who is the magic man and knows when to pull the trigger. it is going to be exciting to say the least. >> i tell you what the enthusiasm was contagious today, and i for one cannot wait for the season to start. reporting in phoenix with the a's mike shumann, abc sports. >> turning our attention to tennis, milos roanic ending his run in san jose in dominating fashion. three years, three wins and never dropped a set. starts today's final and 144 mile per hour ace, hit four ace's in the opening game and finished with 19 and an over powering performance. the backhand return and that broke the serve. takes the first set and a pair of breaks in the second to close it out 6-4, 6-3 and roanic with four career titles. three in san jose. this abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> colin, thank you so much. >>> well, coming up, we are learning more about the african athlete accused of murder, and what his training is saying about his future in sports. and new details about the meteor that exploded over russia and the pieces that coul

>>> good saturday afternoon, i'm craig melvin. we are tracking the aftermath of the blockbuster snowstorm that socked the northeast. here's how it looked from space. check that out. right now the storm is being blamed for at least five deaths. about 650,000 homes and businesses do not have power right now. dozens of cars and drivers are still being rescued from the long island expressway in new york. meanwhile, in plum island, massachusetts, homes are in danger of being swept right into the ocean given the high tide, combined with the howling wind and snow. boston's mayor along with the governors of new york and connecticut are urging people to stay home. >> it's clear we still have a lot of work to do. please stay home so we can allow our crews easy passage to the streets. >> stay home, please, unless you have urgent business to be out on the roads. >> this is going to go on for a number of days. this will not all be done today. >> no rest for the weary, not even news reporters. >> i thought i would borrow vicky's snowshoes to ma

melvin beverly of san lorenzo was shot and killed. he parked his car and was going into a store when he was shot. this is oakland's 13th homicide of the year. >>> officers aboard a police patrol boat spotted the body of 57-year-old david biddel about 10:30 yesterday morning. it appears he has been in the water for some time. >>> three more popular websites are the latest victims of hacking. twitter. wired magazine says some people's e-mail addresses and phone numbers were exposed to the hackers. the white house has agreed to provide is senate intelligence economy with e-mails and other information in relation to an attack on the benghazi consulate. sources say some of the documents related to discussions with the administration about how to characterize the attack. republicans had threatened to hold up the nomination of chuck hagel until they received those documents. >>> the first lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deadly southern california tour bus. eight people were killed when a tijuana based bus crashed on february 1s

you have bob melvin here who is the magic man and knows when to pull the trigger. it is going to be exciting to say the least. >> i tell you what the enthusiasm was contagious today, and i for one cannot wait for the season to start. reporting in phoenix with the a's mike shumann, abc sports. >> turning our attention to tennis, milos roanic ending his run in san jose in dominating fashion. three years, three wins and never dropped a set. starts today's final and 144 mile per hour ace, hit four ace's in the opening game and finished with 19 and an over powering performance. the backhand return and that broke the serve. takes the first set and a pair of breaks in the second to close it out 6-4, 6-3 and roanic with four career titles. three in san jose. this abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> colin, thank you so much. >>> well, coming up, we are learning more about the south african athlete accused of murder, and what his training is saying about his future in sports. and new details about the meteor that exploded over russia and the pieces tha

bob melvin, the manager, couldn't be happier. >> he's taken that at lewd and i love that. we want all the guys to want to play and be out there. yesterday was the first time we did 122 games. to try to combat, you know, he plays awfully hard. it's not like he goes out there and paces himself. if i can rest him on a particular day and not have to give him a full day off, dh is probably the best option for that. >>> how about some college hoops before we get out of here. usc and cal. cal down 12. mike montgomery not happy. he asked the whole crowd back. crab cools off. he said, look, it's all right. they're still down seven. left with five to go. cut the league to know, crab again from three-point range. just makes the guy up sed and he comes to dlircht. 76-68 is your final. as they say, there's a lot of fight in those cal bears. that will do it for tonight. terry, diane, you wanted more cal. >> i did. >> act right, though. you're slowing cal graduate. >> i'm proud of those bears but you don't -- not used to seeing that on the basketball court at cal. i'll have to talk to mr

he forced melvin lee edwards to the car, marched him to the side of the road and in front of onlookers, executed the 69-year-old businessman. >> he's shot right here on the grass. >> reporter: at 5:35 he stops at a construction site, killing 26-year-old jeremy lewis. he wounded a co-worker before fleeing. at 5:52 a.m., just over an hour after it all began, sayed shot and killed himself while his car was still moving. police say there are no signs sayed had mental health issues. they have taken his computers as evidence and hope to discover what prompted this deadly rage. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. >> our thanks to miguel. 38 minutes past the hour. >>> the vice president is on the road today drumming up support for the administration's gun control proposals. joe biden will take part in a conference at western connecticut state university. that's just ten miles from sandy hook elementary school in newtown. >>> so you knew this was coming. people aboard last week's nightmare cruise are now plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against carnival. an oklahoma couple filed the suit on b

good news for for manger melvin they think he could be back on april first home opener against this and remember this he took over the closer role mid season. the entrance to game dubbed the rage. 24 saves and era of just over 2 and a half. looks like the giants full squad already working in and out scottsdale. that's because the majority of the players are already there. 37 pitchers in camp for bruce. position players arrive tomorrow and take the field

. >> reporter: bob melvin has the luxury of not naming his starting catcher right away. in fact, given the split from the two leading candidates, he admits platooning norris may be the a's best option. >> i think getting to know pitchers is where it all comes together and rotating, making sure you're not catching the same pitchers. >> i want to to catch all 162 but when it comes down to it it's a good matchup for him and he's in there and i'll just wait my turn. >> reporter: perhaps the most unique element of the 2013 catching tandem is that the foundation for their relationship was established by the 2012 opening day catcher. >> i can't say enough about what he did for me especially coming into an organization, not knowing a whole lot the of people. as long as i play this game i'll go about my business to match what he did every day here. >> you see one catcher doing one thing preparation wise. they prepare together. he'll carry that bond into the season the same way. >> reporter: and he started forming a bond with norries last year when they were opponents. n norries h

detectives say 69-year-old melvin ed war wards was orred o his bmw and then executed. >> there's no indication of a motive. there's no connection to a conspiracy. >> reporter: with the suspect on the run, police say sayed shot and killed 26-year-old jeremy lewis in a utility truck. his third carjacking. with police closing in on sayed, investigators say he jumped out of his stolen car and took his own life with the same shotgun he used to kill three others. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> now on a lighter note, a look at what is trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online. pop star kelly clarkson firing back at former mentor clive davis after his new memoir took her to task. "american idol" winter took to her page to blast davis' account of their tiff. she denies his recollection that she did not want to include mega hits "since you've been gone" on her second album. >>> if you're looking to cut back on your daily coffee spending, don't take this guy to your local starbucks. he managed to order a single drink that rang up, get this, to $47.30. it included 48 sh

sorry, melvin. marcus! whatever. now martimere has to dip his elbows in the pudding. crowd: ewww! no, it's awww... but don't be too upset, the last round is worth a million and four points! ♪ time out! okay, time out. i found this in my pudding. the extra weight kept me from tipping the scale. okay, what do you want me to do about it? nothing. francine, there's no such thing as timeouts. we're live on the air. you're on your own, manny. but -- hope you like pudding. see, without that extra weight, their pudding bowls would weigh the same, and marcus has a chance. all right. okay, welcome to round three! paul, spin that wheel! and the next challenge is chicken and chins. now it's time for some inspirational sports music. ♪ add a chicken... add a chicken... ♪ ♪ add a chicken... got to tip the scales ♪ ♪ add a chicken... add a chicken... ♪ ♪ add a chicken... 'til you tip the scales ♪ the little guy is faster, the rubber chicken master. now his pace is quickening; the boy is really chickening. the big guy's catching up, the little guy is checking him. good thing they