camp in poland. five big oil executives defended the tax breaks they get, despite record profits. democrats want the tax cuts repealed, saying the bill would save $21 billion over ten years. one republican called today s hearing a dog and pony show saying democrats are only trying to score political points since the bill has virtually no chance or being passed. and anderson, tiger woods dropped out of the players championship after only nine holes. his return to golf after suffering knee and achilles injuries was short lived. it s now unclear if he ll compete in the u.s. open next month. i m no psychic, but the golfing gods are not happy with him. isha, thanks. time for the ridicu-list. perhaps you heard about the mom giving her 8-year-old daughter botox. tonight, we re not adding her to the ridicu-list. we re adding all her hater. she gives her 8-year-old
the atlanta hawks and join the miami heat in the eastern conference finals. game six in atlanta, all bulls. they had the number one seed. carlos boozer who went to duke came to life scoring 23 points. chicago wins 93-73 and they go to their first eastern conference finals since michael jordan played basketball professionally. game one is sunday in chicago. hey, the first round of the players championship often called golf s fifth major, quiet down, tiger woods was returning to the golf course after battling knee and ankle heal injuries but he would not last long. about nine holes. tiger withdrew from the tournament and shot a six over and said he had trouble walking and then went to the first aid center to verify his claims. and finally, the nfl lockout is going into overtime. it s the longest in league history at 58 days. meanwhile, the players are seeking a minimum of $707 million in damages from the owners over tv revenues. the players claim the league violated the collective bargai
20 cents afterwards. more on that later this hour. and the pga says it did not pressure tiger woods to play in the players championship this week despite his injuries, like one golf analyst claimed. woods tried yesterday, but hurt himself and had to withdraw before he even got nine holes in. experts are ready to take drastic measures to save new orleans and baton rouge from mississippi river flooding. the army corps of engineers wants to open a massive spillway that would send the mississippi flowing into cajun country, where some 25,000 neighbors already are evacuating. and you can see the damage the water has already done to a neighborhood near vicksburg, mississippi. nbc s anne thompson has the latest from baton rouge. reporter: contessa, here in baton rouge the mayor has closed the levee to foot and bicycle traffic and crews are putting out sandbags and tiger dams in anticipation of the mississippi river rising even higher. now, the big thing people are waiting for here in lo
players championship. after playing nine holes, scoring 6 over 42, woods limped off of the course saying he was having a hard time walking. he hadn t played since the masters because of a knee and achilles injury. the concern is whether he can recover in time for the u.s. open which is just five weeks away. he may have reached a pivotal moment in his career. isn t that interesting. he s really just been stumbling trying to get back. hard to see someone who was on top his game really struggling so much. yesterday was like the worst nine holes that he s ever played or played in that particular tournament. finally said forget it. and did what the rest of us do. take the club and start beating it on the golf course. oh, man. here is your friday forecast now. severe storms from new orleans to st. louis, memphis, and jackson, mississippi. rain from minneapolis to chicago, pittsburgh and asheville, north carolina. showers and thunderstorms from savannah to miami. and snow shower
and speaking of former train wrecks, tiger woods just can t get back on track. nine holes into the players championship he had to pull out, insisting he was having a hard time walking. he did shoot his highest score ever on the front nine, a 42. you ve hear the expression bull in a china shop, well how about bull in a dress shop? this bull ended up just chilling out in a store in a small brazil city. the salesman hit in the bathroom. looks like he got away because just couldn t find anything his size, thomas roberts. there was no dress in there for him. i feel like that s like a bull in a china shop sometimes. walking through the newsroom. dangerous business. i know. and let james tate go to prom. poor kid. and she said yes. i know. so then she doesn t get to go to the prom. i know it kind of stinks. tough news. prom season, that s it. chris, great to see you. thanks so much. hi, everybody, good morning. a lot to talk about coming up in the next hour, a pair of suicide