sports.com and author of a people s history of sports in the united states. good morning. good morning, alex. let s look at tiger s tale. he is tied, four strokes back. does he need a miracle today? does he need earl woods to come down from the heavens and alo allow the ball to enter the hole? no. he s the greatest closer, i would argue, in the history of the sport. he does need help from the people in front of him. it s not some weekend duffors on the back 18 year. we re talking about phil mickelson, the number three ranked player in the world, lee westwood, who is the number four ranked player in the world. so they are going to have to falter if tying certificate going tiger is going to move forward. have the fans forgiven him and what about the critics who said he s not going to be able to make a strong return? look, as far as the fans go, it s a bit of a screwkewed audi.
say. it s amazing how it how my dad can speak to me from different ways, even when he s long gone. reporter: tiger woods still has 18 holes today and then again on sunday to see where he winds up here. but the sports writers say it appears he s already writing that great american tale the comeback story. alex? oh, i thought you were going to say the tiger s tale, but you didn t go there. kerry, something about your segment, you spoke, the talk on the green is not about the mistresses, rather about his play, which is exactly what all the pr experts have said he absolutely had to do coming in here. do you think the talk of mistresses is going to very quickly dissipate? are you hearing anything about that these days, as you re kind of eavesdropping on things? reporter: of course people are still talking about, but it s not the lead sentence anymore. it s just sort of in the background. in fact, this week, another
and both she and vonn on saturday in the super g on saturday. chris jansing, our gal at the vancouver olympics, thank you so much. we ll check in with you on monday. have fun this weekend. reporter: yeah, thanks. and you will want to stay with msnbc for olympic men s hockey this afternoon. the defending gold medalists from sweden take on belarus at 3:00 eastern time. catch our special olympic update show, live on msnbc from vancouver 5:30 eastern. don t miss it. well, coming up, for the first time, international watchdogs say iran is seeking nuclear weapons capability. what does that do for the u.s. push for sanctions? up next, the daily rundown interview with dennis mcdonough. plus, of course, it s tiger s tale. can you call it a press conference if reporters are hand-selected and no questions are allowed? we ll dig into what s motivating