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moraga st. mary's is going to their third straight ncaa tournament. the gaelserned a number five seed. here is at kpix what made our final four picks. take a look. >> i pick my brackets strategically based on statistics. >> then i divide everything by the multiple of 68. >> picking a winner is so random. >> you need a little luck. >> there has to be some random element. >> it's like blindly throwing darts. >> uconn. >> i just love how unpredictable it is every year. >> yes! >> oh, no, not vern. >> pick your brackets and play along with our team. >> everybody okay? >> at kpix.com. >> good luck! don't listen to us. you can see how your picks stack up against ours in our bracket challenge. there's a $1,0 >> norah: donald trump's money trouble. >> norah: donald trump's money trouble. the former president says he can't secure the $454 million bond in his civil fraud trial.
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are his namesake buildings at risk? >> if i don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath. >> norah: plus, the new questions about what trump meant. >> the events of january 6, 2021 are recent enough that we know that he would perpetrate a bloodbath rather than allow our constitutional system to work. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we're going to begin tonight with donald trump facing a cash crunch. the former president is on the brink of being forced to surrender some of his most valuable real estate properties to help pay that $454 million civil fraud judgment in new york. he's already admitted that he doesn't have the nearly half a billion dollars in cash, and today his lawyers revealed that more than 30 firms said they were unable to or "unwilling" to accept the risk associated with such a large bond. the clock is ticking with the bond due next week. it's worth remembering the civil judgment stems from a ruling
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that trump falsely valued parts of his real estate empire for financial gain. and then on the campaign trail, trump is also defending himself after a series of disturbing remarks about migrants, january 6th defendants, and warning of a "bloodbath" if he loses in november. it was all while discussing tariffs on chinese-made cars. cbs's robert costa is here and he'll start us off tonight. >> reporter: former president donald trump could soon be facing a financial crisis. his lawyer's duty revealing in a court filing that trump has failed to obtain a $454 million bond, calling it "a practical impossibility." it's due in just one week and without it, new york attorney general letitia james could freeze his bank accounts and seize his prized properties including trump tower and 40 wall street. >> the bottom line is, this
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is rigged. >> reporter: trump, who was unable to reach agreement with more than 30 companies that provide appeal bonds, is also scrambling to raise money for the general election. cbs news has learned trump is considering enlisting his former 2016 campaign chairman, paul manafort, a convicted felon who was found guilty of committing several financial crimes in 2018 and later pardoned by trump. ♪ ♪ meanwhile, the former president has ramped up his incendiary rhetoric on the campaign trail. >> we're gonna put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars. if i get elected -- now if i don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that's going to be the least of it. it's going to be a bloodbath for the country. >> reporter: trump insists he was referring to a potential bloodbath in the automobile
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industry. in the past, trump has warned of bedlam if biden wins, suggesting there will be anger if he is convicted of a crime. >> there will be bedlam in the country. it's a very bad thing. it's very bad precedent, as we say, it's the opening of a pandora's box. >> reporter: over the weekend, trump also referred to migrants as "animals" and described those convicted for crimes related to january 6th as "hostages and patriots." that remark drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> it's just, it's just unacceptable. >> a hostage is someone who is being held by a criminal group or a terrorist group for a financial or political ransom. that's got nothing to do with people who have been criminally charged and given due process. >> reporter: meanwhile, former trump white house advisor peter navarro will likely be headed to jail. today the supreme court rejected navarro's push to stave off his sentence for refusing to comply with the congressional subpoena and he is now set to report to a correctional facility tomorrow in florida. norah. >> norah: that is some big news. robert costa, thank you. president biden and israeli
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prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke today for the first time in more than a month amid growing tensions over israel's offensive in gaza. and the president warned netanyahu that the u.s. would not support a operation into rafah without a plan to ensure the safety of innocent civilians. cbs's chris livesay reports that israeli forces today raided a hospital in northern gaza as famine there spreads. >> reporter: gunfire cracked at the al-shifa hospital complex in northern gaza where 35,000 palestinians are sheltering. but among tem according to the israeli military were hamas militants. the course of the war and its humanitarian costs are driving a wedge between israel and its closest ally, the united states. president biden and prime minister netanyahu hadn't spoken for at least a month until today. >> on the call today, president biden asked the prime minister to send a senior interagency team composed of military, itelligence, and humanitarian officials to washington in the coming days to hear u.s. concerns about israel's current rafah
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replanning. >> reporter: israel agreed to that request. this comes after senate majority leader chuck schumer last week called for new elections here. now the israeli leader has shot back. >> i think schumer's statements are wholly inappropriate. i think we're not a banana republic. >> reporter: negotiations reconvened in doha today with israel offering a six-week pause for40 hostages. among those still in captivity, itay chen. last week israel confirmed the american was killed in october. but hamas is holding his body as a bargaining chip. >> saying i give you a blank piece of paper. if you have a daughter, if you have a son. i ask you, put a price on that piece of paper. it is that price? >> reporter: the u.s. confirms israel has killed hamas' number three military
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official, marwan issa. u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan says justice will come for the others hiding the tunnels. norah. >> norah: chris livesay, thank you very much. back here at home, it was weekend of deadly violence in jacksonville beach, florida, with gunfire erupting as hundreds of young people gathered for spring break and st. patrick's day parties. cbs's cristian benavides reports from fort lauderdale. >> reporter: beachgoers running for cover as gunfire erupts on jacksonville beach. three separate shootings as crowds celebrated spring break and st. patrick's day on sunday night. in one incident, three people were shot, including a tourist who was shot three times. another person was killed in a separate shooting. >> quite frankly, i'm pissed off. we have a reputation as a law and order city. i'm a law and order police chief. if you're gonna commit a crime, don't come here. >> reporter: this comes after a teenager was arrested for pulling out a gun and pointing
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it towards spring breakers in new smyrna beach. police body cam shows the teenager running away from officers confronting the 16-year-old. >> i've never seen that happen and we come here all the time. >> reporter: some towns have seen an uptick in rowdy behavior after miami beach urged spring breakers to stay away. the city imposed a midnight curfew. during the first three weekends of spring break, miami beach said there have been no shootings and no fatalities and the total number of felony arrests is down by 26%. >> here in fort lauderdale, i feel like the beach is a little more wild here. >> reporter: but in fort lauderdale where there are fewer restrictions, video of fight clubs and sand wrestling matches have popped up on social media. in past years, fort lauderdale have also cracked down on spring break when things get too
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rowdy. this year the city says there's been an uptick in both crowds and spring break related arrests. norah. >> norah: cristian benavides, thank you. now to some breaking news. supreme court justice samuel alito has extended the temporary pause on a sweeping texas immigration law from taking effect. this law would empower local authorities to arrest suspected migrants from unlawfully crossing the border. the department of justice calls it unconstitutional. cbs's omar villafranca reports on the challenges facing border police departments. >> reporter: this is a daily occurrence. >> yeah. >> reporter: if the supreme court ever allows it to go through, texas governor greg abbott will get his way and webb county sheriff martin cuellar and other local law-enforcement will torn federal agents in securing the texas-mexico border. >> do you feel law-enforcement was consulted enough when this law was being being made in austin? >> i don't think so. >> the law would allow texas sheriff and police department to arrest, jail, and prosecute migrants accused of illegally entering the u.s., meaning they didn't come in and
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of official port of entry. state judges could also order migrants back to mexico to avoid prosecution. abbott signed s.b. 4 into law last year in response to the record increase in migrant crossings on the texas-mexico border. this is what abbott said about the law in an interview with cecilia vega for "60 minutes." >> we are not posing a texas border policy. texas very simply is enforcing the laws that are of a policy of the united states congress. >> reporter: if it does go into effect, critics like laredo mayor dr. victor trevino worry it could lead to racial profiling and will not be effective. >> reporter: do you think s.b. 4 makes laredo and texas safer? >> i don't think so. it's going to cause situations that are unfair and unjust. >> reporter: do you think this law is a burden for your deputies? >> well, it's a burden to everybody.
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>> reporter: sheriff cuellar says his department is short-staffed but his main concern is the lack of training from the state on how to enforce the law. any new task forces being formed for this law? >> no. >> reporter: any new vehicles for this law? >> no. >> reporter: any new training yet? >> not yet. >> reporter: i spoke with several law enforcement sources this afternoon. they tell me their police officers and deputies still have not received any state guidance or training on how to enforce this law, and they're just hoping they get some sort of training before this law >> norah. >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you so much. tonight the race to evacuate nearly 1,000 americans still trapped in haiti took on even more urgency as armed gangs unleashed new attacks on the capital. u.s. embassy has urged all u.s. citizens to leave immediately. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports tonight from the city of cap-haitien in northern haiti where americans are being evacuated. >> reporter: tonight the rush to escape haiti, private companies having to airlift
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americans out by helicopter. the second rescue mission by florida congressman cory mills alone. >> to miami. >> reporter: the first flight out of the country in two weeks touched down safely in miami yesterday. just 47 seats were occupied on the government chartered site, officials said. the state department announced it would offer limited charter flights for u.s. citizens the less chaotic northern city of cap-haitien but getting on one of these flights is not easy. the journey from port-au-prince to cap-haitien where flights are taking off is an extremely dangerous trip by road with gangs setting up checkpoints along the way. those who did make the flight relieved to be back on american soil after weeks of uncertainty. >> i think everybody wants to see if they can get out here. not everybody can get out. >> it some mixed emotion. it's good to be back here. i'm safer. i have family. i'm also thinking about the people back home. >> reporter: this is the airport in cap-haitien. and just look around and listen. it is eerily quiet here.
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this should be bustling. today gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in haiti's capital in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead. bodies can be seen in the streets, some loaded onto trucks. >> we can hear some heavy attack. some people are trying to attack the building of the government. >> reporter: people are still trying to cross the border to safety to the dominican republic. others to get as far away from the nation's capital. authorities in the u.s. say flights for american citizens from this airport in cap-haitien will continue only as long as it is safe to do o, and they say concerns about haitians fleeing this recent turmoil and headed for the u.s. so far have not materialized. norah? >> norah: manny bojorquez, thank you for being there. tonight there's new evidence and the mysterious disappearance of a college student who went missing ten days ago during a fraternity trip to nashville.
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newly released body cam video shows him speaking with a police officer on the night he vanished. cbs's errol barnett has the new developments. >> reporter: new tonight, police in nashville releasing this body cam video showing an officer's brief encounter with 22-year-old college student riley strain. >> how are you doing, sir? >> good, how are you. >> good. >> reporter: it's just minutes after strain had been kicked out of a downtown nashville bar, surveillance video from that night shows strain stumbling and falling down. that was ten days ago. he hasn't been seen since. his parents, desperate for answers. >> this is a very trying time, emotional. it's a roller coaster. >> reporter: over the weekend, another clue. a bank card found on the embankment of the cumberland river, now the focus of a massive search. strain, a senior at the
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university of missouri, was in nashville with several fraternity brothers visiting local bars. he was asked to leave this bar, owned by country music singer luke bryan. the bar says it served strain one drink and two waters. luke bryan posting on social media "this is scary. praying for his safe return." friends say strain told them he would head back to the group's hotel. he wasn't reported missing until the following afternoon. >> all of our hearts are out there and we are trying to find him, and we are doing the best we can. >> reporter: now, tennessee's alcoholic beverage commission is investigating the possibility that strain may have been overserved there at luke bryan's bar, but norah, we should be clear at this stage, police has said they do not yet suspect foul play. >> norah: errol barnett, thank you. princess catherine appears in public following speculation into her whereabouts. we're going to show you the video. that's next.
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>> norah: pope francis just marked 11 years as the head of the catholic church and this week, he's out with his first memoir looking back on his life and the events that shaped him. cbs's seth doane got insights on the pope from his coauthor including on whether he plans to retire. >> reporter: his urgent calls for peace come from the pulpit where he also regularly pushes for respecting migrants and the environment. and now pope francis is revealing another side: the pontiff as a man. in a new memoir the 87-year-old chronicles his life through major historic events. his joy at the end of world war ii. and cheering the fall of the berlin wall. but he also delves into the more intimate, being briefly "dazzled" by a woman, so enamored, he writes "it was difficult to pray." >> where are you, fabio? holy father, i am at the beach.
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>> reporter: pope francis at the other end of the line and asks you this? he's on the line. he certainly saw the personal side of this pontiff through hours of interviews and revisions. "it was my pitch," he told us. i said, there were many people in the world who don't know him, especially in the states. why was america such a focus? >> it's a great country. >> reporter: conservative catholics in the u.s. are among the chief critics of this more progressive pope. >> he says at one point in the book that if he tried to keep track of everything people say and write about him that he would never have time to do any thing else and would also need a psychologist. >> reporter: father sam sawyer is a jesuit, like pope francis, and editor of the catholic magazine "america." what are the headlines that stand out to you from the book? >> he talks about his experience from his viewpoint of pope benedict's resignation, the conclave that elected him.
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>> reporter: despite the resignation of his predecessor and health concerns he says the pope only thinks about resignation because journalists ask about it. >> he said i'm good right now. i don't think about resignation. >> reporter: in the book, francis reveals that during hospital stays and medical treatments, he knows others speculate about the next conclave and another pope. "relax, it's human," he writes. "there's nothing shocking about it." seth doane, cbs news, rome. >> norah: "heart of america" is next with one woman's inspiring journey from a hospital bed to the new york city half marathon. ♪ ♪
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form in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. after being in a wheelchair for two years, the once-aspiring ballerina took up running to challenge herself. >> i realized all the things that i had accomplished with having tumors in my body, i was like, "you know what? anything's possible." and i shouldn't let this diagnosis and a tumor control my life. i just finished this major surgery, and i'm getting my life back. >> norah: well, she now hopes to tackle the full chicago and new york city marathons this fall, so congratulations. leanna scaglione, tonight's "heart of america." . noarah, thank you. i'm juliette goodrich, out pouring support after a tragic crash that hits home with many families. >> i am here with my son,
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waiting for the bus. it could be anybody. >> a salute tragedy of it. the suddenness, how unexpected life is. what we are learning tonight about the three family members killed at a bus stop and the suspected driver now under arrest. the wheel falling off and a number of other issues it has been a turbulent month for united. how the airline's ceo is trying to reassure flyers ahead of the summer travel season with a new action plan. and, she comes from a difficult past and she is not afraid to talk about it. running away at 13, age 14, i had a needle in my arm. 14-20 i was a heroin addict. how a woman is helping transform young lives through a charter school on treasure island. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. good evening. it is a heartbreaking story. a community heartbroken now after a tragic crash

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