so kevin ware is the name of the final four right now. and i think when he comes down here and the show of support he gets is going to be immense for kevin ware and for louisville. i think louisville is kind of a fan favorite as well. >> we're going to follow his every step, every move because he's going to be here. carlos of course we're going to bring that press conference as soon as it starts. this will happen momentarily here. programming note, our rachel nickels is going to sit down with kevin ware and his mom. 3:30 eastern right here on cnn. >>> well, his company not doing well, so jc penney's ceo is now taking a pay cut. and it's a big one. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is co

kevin ware from the louisville cardinals, final 4 bound and rehab bound for him. he was to join us 7 minutes ago, he's running behind but we'll be live with the louisville sophomore as "studio b" continues in just a minute. >>> it took receipt angers university less than hours to fire their coach after video showing his ace abusing players, throwing balls at him. he's using homophobic slurs. his fire nearly four months after the athletic director suspended him three games and fined him $50,000 with little explanation. the athletic director called the decision of his a mistake saying i am responsible for the decision to attempt to rehabilitate him. the corrective action was debated in december and i thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate him. i was wrong. stay tuned for more dismissals. >> we have a job to do. kevin ware today speaking out for the first time since he broke his leg during the ncaa tournament. it was a gruesome injury that had players, coaches and fans shaken up. in the last hour, kevin ware said he's been overwhelmed with su

ware helped dave deliver the top ten. >> thoughts going through kevin ware's mind. here we go, paul -- number ten. >> what was that loud cracking sound. >> number eight. >> hey, look, my tibia. >> that's right. >> six. did it go in? >> number four. >> take me up coach, i'm staying in. >> three? >> they fired leno? and the number one thought going through kevin ware's mind at the moment of the broken leg -- >> at least my break is not busted. >> your favorite? >> i have to go with number one. my bracket is not busted either. i have louisville going all the way. >> cocky, huh? >>> in a gesture of cross generation diplomacy, kid president and adult president finally met. >> cool. >> i think you should try to sit behind the desk so you look more official. >> hello. >> any advice for me as an ordinary president? >> i have one. >> okay. but it's not really advice, it's just how you are doing. you're doing awesome. >> you think i'm doing awesome? that mean as lot to me. i think you are doing awesome. we have a lot of responsibility, but we are handling our business. >> i t

here is king james, my prayers go out to kevin ware and his family. may you have a speedy recovery, kid, and come back even stronger. >> isn't just king james. kobe bryant called him. michelle obama called him, and i want you to look at this photo of him. this is just sort of after he had had his surgery and trying to get up and walk around and he is so drugged up at this point and he told me he did not even remember the first lady calling him. he was so cute about it. he was like call me back, first lady, please call me back. >> it is amazing. even on the crutches, when you saw the injury live obviously and now you see it bandaged up, it is amazing he is getting around good on the crutches as well. >> maybe if louisville will win he can go to the white house for real and that will make him very happy. do you think -- >> a little more clarity. >> do you think that his injury is going to affect louisville's negatively, positively, what do you think it will be like to have him on the bench. >> one of two things will happen. win one for the giper, rally

. >> that is a gruesome looking injury to kevin ware. >> louisville guard kevin ware and the stunning injury that shocked everyone, breaking his leg, a painful open fracture. >> it was a gruesome sight. nothing like i've witnessed before. >>> also texas on edge. >> we'll find you, we'll pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we'll bring you back. >> a district attorney and his wife brutally murdered in their home. the assistant d.a. killed two months ago. who is targeting the prosecutors? >>> plus firefight. cnn on the ground and on the front lines with u.s. special forces in afghanistan. >> we know there is a taliban strong hold from here. >> a cnn exclusive straight ahead. >>> and easter finale. >> i am coming soon. >> the history channel's series making history, the actor who plays jesus moved by the powerful story. >> i can tell you that at one point being on that cross, i had a flash of my entire life leading up to that moment. >> the stunning series that has all of america talking this morning. you're live in the cnn newsroom. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank yo

as we saw last night kevin ware is a very big inspiration for his team. he thinks by being there he can help them win. today the university of louisville president also spoke with kevin ware. here he is. >> when i asked him if he he thought he would be able to go to atlanta, he said i have got to be in atlanta. so, i think he dual whatever he can to be back home and to be with the team this weekend. >> yeah. gets back to louisville on wednesday and i would be very surprised if kevin ware was not in atlanta on saturday louisville against wichita state. shep? >> shepard: shockers in louisville. thanks. there is word of another suspicious fire on virginia's eastern shore tonight. investigators say this makes more than 70 suspicious fires just since november. according to police there the latest one broke out last night at an abandoned building in the middle of the woods. cops say almost all the fires happened at night. almost all of them in empty buildings. so far no word of any injuries. investigators say there may be more than one suspect. said so. fires b

kevin ware attempted to block the shot. upon landing his leg snapped. looked like a tibia fibula break. teammates distraught. rick pitino reduced to tears. happened right in front of the louisville bench. ware taken to a local hospital. then the game resumed. plumlee all alone but louisville with the lead at the half and dominated the final 20 minutes. russ smith, he had 23. siva fearless on the drive. cardinals with the lead. part of a 20-4 run. hancock extends the lead. teammates posing with ware's jersey and the moist region trophy. they're on to there fitting. the home of kevin ware. >> trey burke trying to lead michigan to its first final four since 1993. former nba stars glen robinson and tim hardway both have sons on the team. they scored the game's first 13 points. that's tim hardaway, jr., making it 33-15. then glen robinson iii, throwing it down. thick nick stauskas. 6-6 beyond the arc, the kid was in the zone. wolverines led by 17 at the half. burke, 15 points, eight rebounds, and robinson scoring again. michigan 79, florida 59. the wolverine

and another inspirational figure for many folks, college basketball player kevin ware, who suffered a terrible, terrible injury at a march madness game on sunday has made. well, on the way to making a speedy recovery and now he's about to offer a press conference and his coach has been speaking for 20 minutes now. and the coach goes first and player goes second. he's just now sitting down. let's listen in. >> well, he started out the game, i think shane was just disappointed in the way he's been playing. and he says, it's time for me to play better. >> all right. with all due respect to the coach we're not going to talk about basketball strategy here and we want to hear from kevin ware. and trace gallagher has been listening to the coach and check with him and wait for kevin to speak. >> yeah, before kevin speaks, they're going to go through rick pitino's stuff. the final four this saturday, but pitino started out the news conference recounting what happened the other night, the amazing story that captured the imagination of the country which kevin ware broke two bones between his kne

here in the postseason you have this kevin ware injury. then have you his substitute tim henderson who made four three-pointers the entire year hit two key ones to really help propel them over wichita state. you add it all up. seems like no matter what happens with the regular season in college basketball, people get into their brackets, people get into the hoopla, the pageantry, then in the finals, if you look at the rarityings they're up. in the finals people come together to watch what should and great game. irrespective of who wins the star of the show here is clearly kevin ware, even with his injury. you brought in the facemask earlier everybody's walking around with. lied chris yesterday was wearing the jersey of kevin ware. it's very cute. nike and some other manufacturers have come out with the jersey or his number or something about kevin ware. they're making money off it. you can't help but follow up on that question with, well, what about kevin ware? does he come out the winner in all this or is this the support around him, thos

first, all of our thought and prayers go out to kevin ware. a horrific injury that i never want to go through or know anyone who goes through. it is awful. we pray for his recovery. and there was some tentative good news that looks like his surgery was successful. so that is a hopeful sign. it raised questions for mexico i am a division one swimmer. very difficult from basketball and football where the school is profiting off you. i was surprised to learn that you're actually not guaranteed your four years of scholarship. so if you are injured, like kevin ware has been, you're not guaranteed anything. you're not even guaranteed that your medical bills will be covered. he is a high profile case. he will probably be taken care of. i'm sure there are at love college athletes who are injured who don't get publicity who won't be taken care of. that seem really wrong to me. >> i think that's absolutely right. and the kevin ware injury reminded me why these guys should be paid. they rick their career and in some way, their lives every day. this was a

kevin ware doesn't have $6.5 million. but louisville's basketball program brought in $42.4 million in revenue during just the 2011-2012 academy year, according to numbers reported to the u.s. department of education. kevin ware's immediate career and recovery will be paid for, but coverage in these situations is deliberately narrow and there are examples of players who incur horrendous bills, in some cases because they're not qualified for coverage. so louisville is under no obligation to re-sign kevin ware's contract. the good news, he emerged today from emergency surgery, which was successful, and he's expected to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. the spokesman reported than doctors are expecting a full recovery. but for the university of arizona basketball player kevin hardwick, it's a different story. after a knee surgery, he was not taken care of. his mother said you believe your child will be taken care of on and off the court throughout their college career. my insurance doesn't cover all of kyle's medical

kevin ware broke his lower right leg in two places this week. his shinbone in fact actually broke through the skin. it was so gruesome, too gruesome to really show again on television, but you get the idea of what happened. you could see the looks on his teammates faces and really everyone else nearby. it was a pretty unusual injury. appears he jumped quite significantly horizontally and vertically and landed in an awkward position. look at the lower bones over here. this is the knee up here. obviously the ankle. this is the tibia bone and then the fibula. and both these bones were broken as a result of that jump. show you an x-ray now. this is sort of illustrated, this isn't his x-ray specifically, but keep in mind the picture you just saw and you see the fracture here, and then you see another fracture down here. this is the skin. and you can actually see the bone coming through the skin there. when that happens there's a big risk of infection as well. and one of the keys is you got to operate, but you've got to do it even more quickly because

s replaced by kevin ware number 5. not sure if it was pulled or did gang busters sales so it's already sold out. but the deal is this, some are questioning if it was right for adidas and the ncaa to profit from kevin ware's pain. louisville's athletic director told wdrb, quote, this shirt was created as a respectful tribute to honor kevin and allows fans tole rally around the team. and because of that, a desdas contributing a portion of receiver sale to the university's scholarship fund. so let's talk t-shirts and kevin ware. our hot topics panel today. congratulations on your new book. also comedian, kelly goff, correspondent, and hadley heath. independent women's forum. so welcome to all of you. happy friday. since and you hayou have a new get first dibs. do you see anything wrong with? >> if the immediate photo that followed the break wasn't him standing up and on crutches, that's inspirational. i get it. had he been out for three months flat on his back in a coma, no one would have done this. within 24 hours he was

the final four -- we all cringed when kevin ware went down on the court. i'm going to show you exactly what surgeons did to fix his leg. plus, one thing you can start today that will lower your kids' risk of futurer heart disease. >>> but first, on friday, a federal judge allowed the plan b pill. previously it was prescription only if you were under 17. plan b is called emergency contraception and the cdc says one in nine women age 15 to 44 have used it. to joining me to talk more about this is my friend and colleague elizabeth cohen. you've been following this story for some time. the news is interesting because the judge said there was no real reason that it shouldn't be sold over the counter. what are you hearing from your doctor sources? >> right. the judge called it capricious and i think doctors would agree. what he basically said was look, the fda is charged with deciding whether a drug is safe and effective, and if it's safe and effective for 17 and older, it's also safe and effective for 17 and younger. he said the medical data is clear. it works

. >> guard kevin ware cheered them on from the sidelines. more highlights from espn coming up. >>> and coming up, the nation's number one airline. we have the results from a new survey. >>> and troubled retailer jcpenney going into its past as it looks towards its future. we're going to explain in your business news straight ahead. >>> and the feathered friend that seems to be ruling the roost at a college in florida. we'll be right back. >>> fighting slumping sales. jcpenney is looking to its past for a new ceo. it comes after current ceo ron johnson was fired yesterday after just 17 months. before taking the job, he was known for creating apple's popular retail stores. myron ullman now takes over, he served as ceo from 2004 to 2012. >> overall performance for the u.s. airline industry is at its best ever. that is according to the airline quality rating report. it used on time arrivals, denied boardings, mishandled bags and customer complaints to compile the ratings but complaints are up 2% from last year. now, overall virgin america ranks

. >> that's a gruesome-looking injury to kevin ware. >> reporter: louisville sophomore guard kevin ware leaped towards a duke player with the ball. it was a routine play, something ware had done thousands of times before. but this time, as his 6'2", 175-pound frame landed on that right leg, it generated the equivalent of up to 2,500 pounds of force, snapping both his fibula and tibia -- the main weight-bearing bone in the leg, breaking so severely that it punctured his skin. the pain and shock on grisly display in front of his own team's bench, the severity of the injury made plain on the faces of his teammates, coaches and fans. >> i got everybody over after we covered up the injury and said listen to him. and he said it over ten times, "just win the game, i'll be okay." >> reporter: ware was rushed to the hospital -- and louisville did, indeed, win the game. >> this is an unusual fracture to see on the basketball court. >> reporter: doctors speculate ware may have already had a stress fracture. >> something suspicious, maybe he had a stress injury or he had some weakening in the bone

we'll tell you how kevin ware is this morning. how ware and his broken leg are doing this morning and also what about future playing? we'll find out. >> that was just awful. >> before you get pranked today we'll tell you about the april fools' tricks from youtube to twitter to google. be prepared. >> hmm. >> it is monday. april 1st. "starting point" begins right now. >>> our "starting point" is in texas where a district attorney who vowed to hunt down his deputy's killer has himself become a murder victim. mike mclelland and his wife gunned down this weekend in their home southeast of dallas. this is the same county where less than two months ago mclelland's colleague mark hasse was shot and killed on his way to work. >> a manhunt is under way for the killer, possibly killers, and the small dallas suburb certainly on edge this morning. george howell is live from kaufman, texas, and george i know investigators, they're not saying a lot yet are they in terms of any more on these, killings. >> brooke, no. they're not. and you know, a

i was wrong. >> shepard: earlier i asked louisville's kevin ware about that video. he called it devastating to watch. >> i honestly feel like i couldn't be one of those kids getting attacked by a coach or even just being -- using the kind of language that he did to those guys, you know. it's not right. you don't treat people like dogs because you don't know how those people might react to you. >> shepard: treat people like dogs. rutgers' president said the school's athletic director told him about that video months ago. at that time the school suspended the coach for three games, fined him 50 grand and ordered him to get anger management counseling. but now rutgers' university president says after seeing that video himself firing coach mike rice was the right decision. jodi arias was a strange person. that's a quote and it's not from investigators, attorneys, or even his former friends but, instead, from the father of the woman accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend, stabbing him 27 times with a kitchen knife and slitting his throat. jodi arias was in court for day 40

kevin ware, louisville player, breaking his leg in two places to the shock of millions watching. josh, you were one of them. >> i wish i wasn't. it's one of those things you can't unsee. it was absolutely gruesome. we're going to discuss it here. we have blurred it in its entirety. even the cbs broadcaster showed it twice until everyone realized what happened. doctors saying that the

if you missed anything with kevin ware, we have your kevin ware match-up. >> my first instinct is i can't start leg. isneaker on, but my leg is like this. >> he kept chanting, just win the game. just win the game. we did it for him. >> i have pictures of them putting the trophy by my side and me sleeping with it. >> thank you for all the support. thank you so much. >> my injury or not, i still want to win a national championship. the president picked us to lose, but when i speak to him in the white house, i will for give him. >> and the number one thought going through kevin ware's head at the time of the break -- >> louisville, >> reporter: lieu izville the sentimental favorite and at night michigan taking on syracuse. jim boeheim, second most wins in college basketball history taking on john be line making his first appearance in final four. he says he thanks jim boeheim getting him in to coaching in the first place. >> he assisted me from getting to richmond and west virginia. i'm indebted to him but we won't be doing him any favors on saturday. >> reporter: that's going to be the game

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and coach pitino brought kevin ware the regional championship trophy. coach says kevin ware is in great spirits and rooting for his team to go all the way. wow. we're learning that the senate may be closer than ever to a bipartisan deal on immigration reform? which would likely include a path to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants said to be in the united states right now, along with height 'ed border security and other changes. the so-called gang of eight, four democrats and four republicans trying to finalize a deal but one of the eight says we have not crossed the finish line yet. so are they miles to go or what, mike? >> everybody seems hopeful but marco rubio wants to get buyin and saying, quote, arriving at few final product will be needed. the other senators that weren't part of the initial drafting process in order to succeed, this process cannot be rushed or done in secret. that means holding hearings and allowing senators to offer amends. today at the white house white y carney sounded cautiously optimistic. >> we're not

the sophomore guard kevin ware suffered a broken leg. we're not showing it to you, because you know what, this injury is simply too disturbing to watch. seeing and hearing the break brought players and coaches to tears. and left the crowd in indianapolis eerily silent. a senior member of louisville athletic department spoke to cnn's don lemon last night. >> while kevin was down, one of the players -- called the players over and said, you know, win the game. win the game. it was his message to the team. and they certainly took it to heart, and got the task accomplished. >> have to imagine that those guys at that level they want to win so bad. he said surgery to repair the bone was successful. he'll remain in the hospital until at least tomorrow. this instagram picture overnight shows ware in his hospital bed with louisville's trophy for winning the ncaa -- there it is on the left. winning the regional tournament. meanwhile, michigan passed florida to earn its trip to atlanta. it's the wolverines' first final four berth in 20 years. the fi

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of course we all followed the story of kevin ware. but for a moment a freshman stole the show, gave michigan a big lead but then the game's mvp luke hancock got superhot and in the second half louisville did what they've done all season and closed the game. rick pitino cuts down the net because the first college basketball coach to win a championship with two different schools, he spoke with our rachel nichols after the big win. >> was there a moment as the clock is ticking down that it hit you, we're going to win this game, we're going to be national champions? >> i was trying to find the clock. when it was 16 seconds. i knew it. and then for the first moment, because when we prepared for after north carolina for colorado state i knew it could end with them. they were that good. then i knew it could end with oregon. then i knew it could end with duke. we were playing so many great teams. so many great coaches. but this is a special group of young men. >> congratulations, obviously, to louisville. the michigan guys should not hang the

injured guard, kevin ware, remember him? he provided the inspiration. he got to cut down the net. >> it is not about me. i have never been that type of guy. you know? these guys came out and played a great michigan team. these are my brothers, you know, they got the job done.

kevin ware's right leg snapped in the ncaa tournament. the coach says, that is how they overcame the trauma. >> it was very difficult to look at and watch, but he's a brave young man because all he kept saying was, win the game. >> yes, he is because that was a tough looking break. and that break was actually reminiscent of joe theismann's monday night football injury from 1985. he tweeted his best wishes to ware. louisville beat duke to the ncaa final four. ware underwent two hours of surgery. he reportedly is resting comfortably at an indianapolis hospital. >>> to washington, immigration reform, do they have a deal or not? democrats are claiming victory predicting legislation could be written as early as this week. republicans say not so fast. nbc's tracie potts has details. good morning, tracie. explain some of this confusion. >> reporter: sure. there's not a complete deal yet. this gang of eight who has been working sings last fall has one of the biggest disagreements in place. the aflcio and the union have come together on a guest wo

we'll give you the status update on kevin ware. >>> let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here in new york city. south korea is doing its own tough talk this morning to counter the ongoing threats from its neighbor to the north. the south's new president said their country would strike back against any attack against the korean regime. last week pyongyang said they were entering a, quote, state of war. the young dictator said they would continue to expand their nuclear arsenal. the pentagon continues to flex its own muscle by deploying f-22 fighter jets as part of an ongoing exercise. a shared border remains open. >>> one of the best known comedians is free on bail after he was questioned by prosecutors over the weekend for allegedly insulting president muhammad morsi. known as egypt's version of jon stewart, of course not funny, but this gentleman who hosts a weekly show is one of several people slapped with arrest warrants in recent days raising new concerns about the political intimidation in a highly divided country. yousuf was a guest on the "daily show" last year. he

ware. >> reporter: louisville sophomore guard kevin ware leaped toward a duke player with the ball. it was a routine play, something that ware had done thousands of times before. but this time, as his 6'2", 175-pound frame landed on that right leg, it generated the equivalent of up to 2,500 pounds of force, snapping both his fibula and tibia, the main weight-bearing bone in the leg, breaking so severely it punctured his skin. the pain and shock on grisly display in front of his own team's bench. the severity of the injury made plain on the faces of teammates and coaches and fans. >> got everybody over after we covered up the injury. i said listen to him. he said it over ten times, just win the game, i'll be okay. >> reporter: ware was rushed to the hospital. louisville did indeed win the game. >> this is an unusual fracture to see on a basketball court. >> reporter: doctors speculate that ware may have already had a stress fracture. >> there's some suspicion that maybe he had a stress injury or he had some weakening in the bone because it fell so catastrophically. >> reporter: while

brand-new video of kevin ware, up and around, just one day after the horrendous injury on the basketball court. find out his prognosis and what louisville players are doing to honor him today. >>> and in the age of american idol and real housewives, who would think a show about the bible would create so much buzz, we're going to look at the history channel's surprise hit. this is cnn newsroom. >>> a texas community is now on edge. there's a massive man hunt that is underway, authorities are on high alert after a second prosecutor is killed within two months. kaufman county d.a.m mccullen and his wife cynthia were shoot to death in their homes, this is just two months after an assistant da was gunned down in broad daylight. after his colleague was killed outside the courthouse in january, mccullen vowed to put away the people responsible. here's what he said at the time. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because we're very confident that we're going to find you, we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and let the people

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louisville sophomore kevin ware suffers one of the most gruesome sports injury in recent memory live on national tv. joe theismann joins us with memories of his own career ending injury and his advice for kevin. the world lead. from the u.s. to japan with love. a member of american royalty gets primed for a post that is sure to please our ally to the east, but could it also signal the rebirth of a political dynasty? plus, our national lead. does someone have a hit list of law enforcement officials. officials in texas on alert after a d.a. and his wife are found dead two months after his deputy is murdered. we'll have the latest from a former fbi official. we begin with the sports lead and the moment when millions of people sitting if front of their tv sets let out an audible gasp. we're blurring out the graphic injury, but you don't have to see the leg snap or the bone break through. take a look at the players on the louisville bench. their reaction says it all. louisville sophomore kevin ware's injury during yesterday's elite 8 showdown with duke instantly went down as one of the mo

he said watching, my heart goes out to kevin ware. everyone's point of reference with these things happening, they don't happen often. i remember with him, he said he wasn't able to way. because of the intensity. cbs made the decision not to allow this video to be looped over and over again. it is absolutely horrific. >> i think that was probably the right call. to see it live was a very tough thing. what i remember more is the reaction of his teammates. i've never seen something go from normal to completely chaotic so quickly. it happened right in front of their bench it was. sort of a gutteral reaction that was touching on some level but was also very frightening. i don't think anyone knew how bad it was right away. >> and his coach even said, outside of the loss of his own baby, the death of his brother-in-law on 9/11, this was the third worst thing that happened that he's had to deal. with that's incredible. >> rick petino has done there for 30 years. but there is no way to prepare your team or get them ready to go play a game of

thank god and kevin ware did have a successful surgery. but should anyone be showing an uncensored version of the injury injury. >> cenk: they tweeted out a picture and then i saw it. then i didn't want to watch the video. me personally, i didn't want to watch the injury. should they show the injury? sure yeah. >> there is a line that you can draw. when it happens live, whoever was looking at that particular point in time saw it any way. but as far as replays i think that's the question. when you show a little distance warn viewers look away, we're going to show it. but when you look at it 18 times, and then different angels andangelanyangles and then you look how it flopped, that was exploiting the player. >> you make a choice to go see that. you can't blame them for putting it all together. >> that's why we have the internet. it's one thing to air something on television, and sure you can warn people but maybe people don't understand how gruesome it really is. also you have to really evaluate the news value of it. so a guy broke his leg

he'll have much more on kevin ware's condition on "gma." josh, our thanks to you tonight. >>> overseas this evening and to new rhetoric from north korea's young leader tonight. that country's top lawmakers heating today, kim jong-un with them. and then afterward, releasing a statement, calling their nuclear weapons, quote, their nation's life. tonight, south of the border, they are taking this very seriously and abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is in seoul, south korea, for us this evening. martha? >> reporter: tonight, in north korea, it's volatile leader, kim jong-un, has given no indication he will stop his dangerous provocation, with the regime saying its nuclear weapons are "the nation's life," that would not be traded for "billions of dollars." this coming just 24 hours after kim declared a state of war with its neighbor here in south korea. in the capital, seoul, just 35 miles from the border with the north, there is a sense of unease. "i am in the military," says this young man. "i feel this personally." the t

suffered last night by kevin ware the equivalent to a car crash. it was a horrific and gruesome thing to see. >> kevin ware just took a shot, oh, my goodness. >> reporter: with 6:30 left in the first half in an elite 8 game, between duke and louisville, kevin ware landed awkwardly, after contesting a shot in the front of his own bench. >> that is a gruesome-looking injury to kevin ware. >> reporter: as ware touched down, his right leg detonated beneath him, breaking in two places, his bone protruding through his skin. >> when he landed, i heard it. and i didn't ever think in a million years i would see something like that. >> reporter: cbs stopped showing the replay during the game. and the tears in the eyes of fans, players, and coaches on both teams said it all. >> i got everybody over after we covered up the injury. i said, listen to him. he said it over ten times. just win the game, i'll be okay. >> when kevin landed and his foot planted, the significant forces on the bones led to it coming through the soft tissue. >> reporter: overnight, in a

injured guard kevin ware was on hand to mark the victory by cutting down the net. petrino is the first coach to win at two different schools and he agreed to let the players get a tattoo if they won. >> the university of michigan loss in the ncaa championship game inspired fans to start small fires. new video in the abc7 news newsroom shows ann arbor with disappointed fans taking to the streets and setting small items on fire including a box spring, a deck, and a couple. firefighters responded to at least seven fires but only two people were arrested. >> not good. not good. >> what about sportsmanship. >> there is always next year. that team is young. three freshmen and a couple of sophmores, they will be around. >> for the rest of the day, we have live doppler 7 hd at 6:17 showing seven days of dry weather. in san jose, as we look at 87 near h.p. pavilion it is 49 degrees in san jose. a cooler sport around the bay and walnut creek is cooler inland at 44 and low-to-mid 40's for mill valley and palo alto and san francisco. from mount tamalpais this morning, back tow

it's like i relived that moment all over again through kevin. >> joe has reached out to kevin ware, so they've had conversations. ware spoke to the new york daily news by phone and said, this is a minor setback for a major comeback. here's the attitude we talked about. i have to have the right approach to it. things are going to be good for me, this is not a lifetime injury where i can never play basketball again. carol, really, the best medicine for ware right now is rejoin his teammates midweek in atlanta for the final four. that will give him and the team a big lift. people are searching for answers as to why this happened, why, how could this possibly happen, don't do that. you're a sports fan, it's inherent once you step between the lines or on the court, you can be injured like this. >> just land the wrong way and it happens, sadly. the other thing, too, there have been medical advancements since joe theismann broke his leg, right, who knows? maybe medical science will save kevin ware, too. >> he's young, that will help in the healing process, as well. got great treatment right a

kevin ware arrived with his teammates. before leaving louisville for atlanta he shath sat down to talk about the injury that's changed his life. >> first of all. tell us about the leg. how much pane are you in? what do you feel like right now? >> i'm actually fine. it might hurt here and there, just the actual part where the bone came out. but i've been fine. i'm trying to walk as much as i can, you know. >> i want you to listen to what you just said, you know, the part where the bone came ou. this is surreal. can you describe for me what it was like when this happened to you? what you first thought and take me through that moment. >> i guess i landed completely wrong. and i honestly felt like hurt like, thought it was a cord that went across. but it turned out to be my knee, you know, and the coach just gave me one of those looks like somebody just saw a ghost or something leak th something like that. and i'm looking at him like confused. and i'm looking at my leg and it's kind of like my arm. my leg is like this. so i ju

we all love to laugh and we know the darling of the ncaa, kevin ware. there's a little cameo by a cnn colleague too. >> and now, here's maybe shed a little light on the topic, a special report on the late show's shake-up from cnn, everybody. >> it's official, jay leno will be replaced by jimmy fallon. after a brief retirement, jay will replace in 2015. then he'll be replaced by seth in 2019. the same year jay leno celebrates his 30th year at cbs where he's expected to remain until he dice. >> that is hilarious. >> i just saw her five minutes ago. she didn't sound like that. >> she had a sense of humor. very funny. we had a good time. >> there's so much happening right now especially with that. and i'm excited to see how this transition goes. i love jimmy fallon and i do think it is his time, but jay is number one. that's going to happen? >> we shall see. and also last night kevin ware was giving the top ten thoughts he had as he was down on the floor. so that was all tied together. you'll see it later. good to see you. see you throughout the weekend. >>

tyler horn ton hid a three-point, kevin ware attempted to block the shot. landed on his right leg and snapped. tibia and possibly fibula break. teammates wrought. coach pitino in tears. ware was taken to the hospital and is doing well. when the game resumes, mason plumlee all alone for the alley-oop. louisville with the lead at the half then dominates the final 20 minutes. russ smith hat 23. seive into, fearless on the drive. cardinals take the lead, part of a 20-4 run. 85-63 the final. teammates posing with ware's jersey. they're on to atlanta, which is his home city. pitino saying the sophomore will return possibly a year from now. >> i'm real proud of the team. i don't think any of us, with what we had to witness, could have overcome it if it wasn't for kevin ware, 12 times, saying to the guys, eye'll -- i'll be fine. win the game. >> trey burke, trying to lead michigan to its first final four since 1993. glen robinson and tim hardway with teams on the team. hardaway, jr.'s three made it 33-13. then glen robinson iii throwing down. and nick stauskas, 6-6

maybe kevin ware can do -- >> kevin ware's in the house! i like it. very cool. >> you're going to see these. these were donated by amare stoudemire, the new york knicks superstar because they can't do anything themselves because of north carolina rules. donated these. on the back it says "win for ware." you'll see a lot of these in the arena tomorrow night, people waving them around. he's been a real presence for his team on the bench and actually went up on to the court last night to try to help them when they were down by double digits, root them on. >> oh, my goodness. joe, here you are at the dome. you're going to have to pump it up for michigan. they haven't been to this kind of dance since '93. they're really up against quite a bit of pressure when you talk about the sentimental favorite. of course louisville was the number one seed team but now you've got this story. michigan really has to bring it. how will they do that? >> well, fredricka and rachel, perhaps it's the secret sauce that john beilein's been able to put together by building a tea

you can leave that kevin ware. >> kevin ware is coming with me to the stadium. see these on tv tomorrow, a bunch of people in the arena holding them. you'll see a lot of people supporting michigan. let's not kid ourselves. michigan, big school, a lot of gradua graduates. >> she's not mean but she's not leaving me with that. rachel. >>> coming up after this quick break, it is a topic i've covered many times before. missing people of color. it's a topic that often gets overlooked by the national media. "jet" magazine did an exhaustive investigation. the magazine cover says it all. "missing & black: where's the outrage?" i'm going to talk with the magazine's editor in chief. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com ...and we inspecte

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kevin ware of louisville was the heartbreak. ware suffered this gruesome leg injury on sunday against duke. he later had surgery to repair a compound fracture of his left tibia. on monday ware was moving around on crutches. he was in good spirits. he could be released from the indianapolis hospital where he had the surgery on tuesday. and he hopes to join his team in atlanta midweek for the final four. ware's mother lisa talked about her son's ability to come back from his devastating injury. >> i have no doubts that he would be back, stronger, and even better than he was. like i said, he's had to overcome a lot of obstacles, and it seems as if every obstacle that he has to go through, he becomes a better man because of it. >> we wish him well. now baseball the nationals bryce harper accepting the rookie of the year award. he blasted not one but two mammoth home runs to lead the nationals over the marlins. at 20 years old harper became the youngest player in major league history to hit two homers on opening day. i think it's saf

first, what's the latest on kevin ware, the louisville guard that broke his leg last week that whe all can't get out of or minds? >> reporter: that's right. t-minus 8 hours till kick-off. horrific leg injury, compound fracture that he suffered in the game against duke. he will be basically all over the stands tonight at tip-off at 6:00 tonight. amare stoudemire has donated 10,000 big heads of kevin ware's face that fans will be wearing during the game. here is your recap, courtesy of cnn, in case you missed what kind of week he had. >> my first instinct was like, i can't start crying. i looked down at my leg. i see my sneak er on, but my le is like this. >> he just kept chanting, just win the game. just win the game. we did that. >> i saw the pictures of them putting the trophy by my side and me sleeping with it. i was very proud. >> how are you feeling, kevin? >> good. thank you. >> thanks for all the support. thank you so much. >> my injury or not, i still want to win a national championship. they picked us to lose indiana in practice, the president did, but when i speak to him in th

. >> louisville basketball guard kevin ware is resting comfortably this morning following an injury he suffered. due to the graphic nature of the video, we have decided not to show you the actual play. it was a routine play where he was attempting to block a shot but his right leg snapped when he landed and broke it in two places. teammates and fans were distraught after witnessing the injury. it happened right in front of coach rick patino and louisville bench. >> we are proud of the team. i don't think any of us with what we had to witness could have overcome it for kevin ware 12 times saying, i'll be fine. win the game. >> teammates posed with ware's jersey after the game. they face wichita state. michigan beat florida and will face sear use koos. >> eric: opening day in major league baseball. giants will face the dodgers. a's are at home after taking two out of three on in the bay bridge series. a's will host the mariners in their home opener. giants are on the road, they are inviting fans to an opening day party. game will be shown on the jumbotron and first 5,000 fans will get fr