walked off the green. his long-time caddie is in tears. i don t know the last time i saw a caddie crying when the golfer won a major tournament. well bones makay, jim, bones as he is known on the tour has been with phil his entire career. there is a partnership and he is his best friend. they had the disappointment a month ago at marion, phil mickelson for the 6th time came in second at the u.s. open. he got away. said it was devastating and hair-breaking to. see that image, it was wonderful. i believe stevie williams cried a few years ago when tiger woods won the british open. that of course after the death of earl woods, tiger s father. this is very rare. this was whole different kind of emotion than that. that tournament was played on a highway. it was like asphalt with the ball out there, it was so dry. the other image i thought was phil mickelson hugging his wife and his three children.
cnn s rachel nichols with the 2013 and first-time masters champ. it s an amazing journey, the whole golfing career and i ve played a lot of majors and to finally get one means a lot. i ve knocked on the door a couple of times recently and to get over the hurdle hopefully is the start of something to come. what do you see when you look at this guy? that s a happy man when i look at that. it s quite a feeling to make a couple putts to win the tournament. it s what every kid dreams about so for it to finally happen is amazing. making this all more intriguing, brooke and john, on the bag for adam scott, stevie williams, the former caddie for tiger woods. you were talking about that. you notice that? you notice that? that was greet. jared greenberg. now australia has adam scott and men at work. it s like an embarrassment
becoming the first australian to ever win the masters. he pulled it off, sudden death, breathtaking fashion. it was just awesome. crazy. good morning and welcome to early start. i m brooke baldwin. i m john berman. happy patriots day. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin with a little news from the homeland. we have the northern plains pounded. we saw some of the pictures by snow. where are we, like almost in may now and here you have this snow, lots of it. combined with low visibility, high winds creating a recipe for disaster on this minnesota hi highway. the dakotas saw up to a foot and a half of snow yesterday and, folks, it is not over yet, another winterlike blast taking aim at denver. how much snow is expected there? let s go to bonnie schneider live in the weather center. say it isn t so. i m sure that s what they re saying in denver. where is our spring. denver, you re on your way to seeing the snowiest april ever but it s not just snowing in colorado
0 right direction, a country closed off to most for so long, sleeping, a 50-year nightmare for many of its citizens, finally, may be waking up to what? time will tell. north korea knows what it has to do. john kerry leaving the door wide open for kim jong-un. will he agree to nuclear talks or risk war by launching a missile? also ahead this morning, missing in the mountains. a hiker bury the by a deadly avalanche and searchers right now, helpless by treacherous conditions. so check this out. this is minnesota and, yes, folks, it is mid-april. snow, ice, howling winds. this is actually happening. it is supposed to be spring. and augusta, georgia, here we go. this is a victorious adam scott becoming the first australian to ever win the masters. he pulled it off, sudden death, breathtaking fashion. it was just awesome. crazy. good morning and welcome to early start. i m brooke baldwin. i m john berman. happy patriots day. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin with a
birthday of kim jong-il. the celebratory mood comes as the north s new musudan missile keeps the region on edge. keeping the sand op hot, the government doubled down on the threat. promising all-out war and more higher-quality nuclear weapons. over the week ends, john kerry said there s still hope for peace. the united states will do what is necessary to defend our allies, japan, the republic of korea and the rege yan against these provocations. our choice is to negotiate. reporter: the north has rejected offers for peace talks, calling it a cunning ploy. to many south koreans, this is a familiar pattern. on sunday, psy drew huge crowds for a concert, defying the looming threat. u.s. and south korean officials believe kim jong-un could cause problems for a long time. staying in washington. the gun control debate is waiting for votes. there s a new bipartisan deal gaining strength. two republicans might support the deal for background checks. that support after a mother