now some quick headlines. we are learning the 911 dispatcher accused of miss handling the distress call in the josh powell case has been reprimanded. powell killed himself and two young sons by setting fire to his home. many say police would have responded much more quickly has the dispatcher classified it as an emergency. it s the end of an era. basketball coach pat summit stepping down after 38 seasons and 8 national titles. it comes after summit revealed she had early on set alzheimer s. osama bin laden s widows and children are still there in pakistan this morning even though they were supposed to be deported to sawed die arabia tuesday night. they have been under house arrest since seal team 6 shot and killed bin laden nearly a year ago. it was last may believe it or not. new questions over whether
if you re in the midwest, wisconsin, illinois, minnesota be prepared with the umbrella. strong storms from kansas city to oklahoma city. strong, gusty winds, mild day from testimony tx to oklahoma to new orleans, back in the desert southwest, turning the heat up a little bit. florida will deal with showers and storms. as we go through the weekend. saturday it looks like we get the first shot of rain willie up there through new england and the gulf coast and then by sunday, we get a lot of heavy rain right along the coast. so we need it. but it s going to ruin some people s weekends. from miami up to maine, that s an incredible band of weather. let s turn to sports, pat summit yesterday stepped down as the head coach of the tennessee women s basketball team. she will take the position of head coach emeritus, summitt s decision comes a year after she was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. her long-time assistant will become tennessee s new head coach in a statement released yeste
just moments ago, the white house announced in a president obama is going to award women s basketball coach pat summit the presidential medal of freedom. this is the nation s highest honor for a civilian. summit is the winningest coach in the history of women s college basketball and is stepping down, she s announcing that now officially, after 38 seasons as coach, she led the tennessee lady vols to nearly 1100 wins, 8 national title as. she catapulted her team and women s basketball into the national spotlight. the move comes less than a year after summit was diagnosed with early onset dementia of the alzheimer s type. and it s such a poignant moment as she announces that she is stepping down.
welcome back to morning joe. a break for sports now. pat summit yesterday stepped down as the head coach at the university of tennessee with the women s basketball team there. she will take the position of head coach emeritus. the decision comes less than a year after she was diagnosed with early onset dementia. longtime assistant holly warlick, a former player under summit, will become tennessee s new head coach. in a statement well released yesterday, summit said i have loved being the head coach at tennessee for 38 years, but i recognize the time has come to move into the future and step into a new role. summit leaves as the winningest coach, look at these numbers, in men s or women s college basketball history. she took over in 1974, and racked up 1,097 wins against only 207 losses. she won eight national championships, won 16 s.e.c. tournament titles, and most importantly perhaps in her 38-year tenure, every player who
canucks beat the kings. ottawa rangers and senators needed overtime, kyle turris, a perfect shot over the glove of henrik lundquist. it doesn t get better than that, senators won it 3-2 in o.t. the series tied 2-. pat summit stepped down as the women s basketball coach in tennessee. summit had won eight championships during her 38-year career at tennessee. nba, a month ago there was talk about breaking up the celts, now boston is guaranteed a share of the atlantic division title. paul pierce had 29 in a career-high 14 assists against the magic. final seconds, it s pierce with the dagger. give you one guess who the yankees played last night, the twins. justin mourneau was also seeing double, hit two home runs, has four in the last six games. minnesota won it 6-5 in new york. for the second game in a row, the brewers beat the dodgers with a walk-off, sacks full for