was this this was an idea that really blew up in his face, a hoax that may have sounded like a good idea and turned out to be a disaster? was there a sinister reason? monetary? why the hoax? reporter: well, what i know so far, greta, it looks like this thing is kind of the new-age social media prank. there is even a tv show called catfish where they do this and they film it. it sounds like a sick, sick joke that went way too far and targeted a naive, gullible person, a football player. in his personal life, he s quiet, he s religious, sheltered-type person in high school and college. and fell for the trick. i can tell you that ronaiah has been in hiding. there have been news trucks out in front of his house. people are waiting for him to
assistant basketball coach. zach tomaselli claims he was fondled when he was 13 years old. he plans to discuss these allegations very shortly. going to bring you his remarks live. we should note, however, that shorts are questioning tomaselli s credibility based on records from the syracuse basketball team s travel as well as hotel. also tomaselli announced this week he is going to plead guilty to sexually assaulting a boy in maine. the syracuse district attorney says he can t prosecute bernie fine for allegedly molesting two former ball boys. that is because the statute of limitations has now expired. bobby davis and mike lane claim that they were sexually abused during the 1980s. the d.a. does say he believes both guys are telling the truth. he told gary tuchman a nanny who worked in the fine home had suspicions. she didn t physically witness any molestation but clearly body language, affect, the way they talked to each other, the way they acted around each other, the c
devastation behind me. give you a sense of what s going on here. the only lights you will see as the sun starts to come up are lights coming from news trucks. there s no power around here. there s some vehicles moving. that s the medical center where people were killed inside there and that s a solid structure. you ll see that in just a second. the medical center just to the right. between there and here, a few blocks distance, is a sampling of the damage and the devastation that really the best word to use is carved a six-mile path of destruction through this town. there are still searchs going on for survivors. authorities hoping there are people. they re going through every one of these houses and cars to see what story is. we ll be talking to emergency workers and the people in charge of the rescue effort in a few moments. all the day s top stories just ahead on american morning. building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cell sites. increasing network
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi
welcome back to the ed show. breaking news we want to get you another update on the breaking news out of west virginia. rescue teams frantically trying to free trapped coal miners after a deadly mine explosion in raleigh county. that s about 30 miles away from charleston, west virginia, at least six people are confirmed dead. 21 miners are still trapped. news trucks are headed to the scene right now. stay with msnbc for complete coverage of this breaking news story. afghan president hamid karzai is upping his anti-western rhetoric, despite the fact that the united states is pouring billions of dollars into his country. just yesterday karzai threatened to join the taliban. the taliban. if the afghan parliament doesn t support his effort to resist u.s. and u.n. control. the threat comes alongside reports that the taliban is dominating some areas of