betty in medicare. paul likes to joke he won t tell the public how long she s been enrolphed in the program, wants to preserve the program for her and other seniors and future generations. he ll hit the president s plan hard. so again the president speaking now. paul ryan to speak shortly. nbc s ron mott reporting from new orleans. thanks sieo much. we ll talk more with bernie sanders from vermont, he joins the show ummi incoming up in a while. you ll love the democratic and republican convention, the speeches, the pageantry. now that they re over you want to relive the most glorious moments of all. introducing convention cutaways feech herbing the best from both. women sobbing before anyone started speaking, and the guy who s dancing to no music whatsoever. and relive the majesty of the woman who s just walking around. all right. that was part of last night s
were on our way backstage to get up on stage and announce to our people to seek that shelter. nbc s ron mott reporting from indianapolis. indiana governor, mitch daniels who you saw in ron s piece yesterday, calling the concertgoer who is stayed behind to save others, heroes. still ahead here on way too early, jim thome s huge night as the velvet rope is pull aid side for his entrance into one of baseball s most exclusive clubs. also ahead in sports rex ryan in mid season form. new york jets preseason game last night. a tantrum and we ll show you a couple of highlights, too, that s ahead in sports. and bill clinton gives his opinion of rick perry. sure, he disagrees with perry on some major policy points. but he seems to approve of the governor s look. that clip and a check on weather, when way too early comes back.
very faintly over the the intercom we heard somebody saying something about red. reporter: in all, at least 37 passengers were hurt, though none with serious injuries. people on floor, like laying down on the floor, hurt. people just everybody was just yelling. reporter: this is the same ferryboat involved in a deadly 2003 wreck that killed 11. saturday authorities almost immediately ruled out terrorism or operator error, which was the finding seven years ago. instead they say the likely cause was mechanical. that was nbc s ron mott reporting. investigation into the cause of crash could take up to a year to complete. today s the day that we salute our moms. and for many of us, it means cards and flowers. how much are we spending on mom? we ll take a look. first a nod to some military moms. i would like to say happy mother s day to every mom in america. thank you, moms. smart.you re staying at this resort for free? how?
working things out. nobody wants to get hurt worse than they already are, but at the same point in time, nobody wants to throw away what was good in that marriage. reporter: now, the tiger watch seems headed back to the golf course, as the associated press is reporting he s likely to make has much-awaited comeback at golf s top event, the masters, next month. woods is said to be training with his swing coach and playing in the private golf course near orlando where he owns an estate. and boy, does the game need him. tv ratings have fallen significantly in his absence. any time tiger woods makes a comeback will get nearly super bowl-type ratings and attention. for the pga tour, for golf in general, the buzz will be instantaneous. buzz tiger woods is more accustomed to. and that was msnbc s ron mott reporting there. well, the stormy weather continues on the east coast. a flood watch has been issued for much of the washington, d.c., area. up to five inches of rain could fall i
maintenance quality and we don t have any of that information yet. so the russian civil authority will certainly be looking at the maintenance records of the airplane to see if there had been any previous problems with it. there are some reports that are not yet confirmed that this particular airplane had a tail strike earlier at some point in its career, but that s several years ago. that probably doesn t mean anything. it was a bit of history. but beyond that, that s all we have at this point. john cox, thank you so much for that. right now we ll turn to our senior former senior british officer mikey kay. the wreckage has been found in an area where egyptian forces are fighting the islamic militant insurgency. there s been no indication that the plane was brought down by a deliberate act. but mikey kay, what is your take on this because of the area? i think the the reporting so far indicates that the