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thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. a new york judge has issued a steep penalty to former president trump for inflating his wealth to deceive banks and others. first to russia where alexei navalny is reported dead this evening. amna: russian authorities claimed he died earlier today at a remote arctic prison. 47-year-old anticorruption campaigner and politician had for years exposed the hidden fortunes of many top russian officials including the president incurring their wrath. president biden said the news of his death in russia where many opposition figures have been killed did not surprise him but it did outrage him. he went from being vladimir putin's staunchest credit to leading russia's strongest anticorruption movement and eventually russia's most

prominent political prisoner. >> i believe, i am confident and declare they are not the masters of our country and never will be. amna: russian president -- russian prison authorities say he died in the arctic circle where he was serving a 19 year. prison services said he fell ill after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness. he was last seen in yesterday's court hearing alive but gone after three years in an seemingly laughing and well. his wife took the stage at the munich security conference hours after he was reported dead. >> we cannot believe this government, they always live. but if this is true i want their entire entourage to know that they will bear direct responsibility.

amna: at the white house this afternoon president biden was unequivocal. >> make no mistake, putin is responsible for no-call these -- for nuvalny's death. amna: alexei navalny was born outside of moscow in the late 19 -- was born outside of moscow. he grew into russia's most well-known political opposition figure crusading against corruption. he called vladimir putin's united russia party the party of crooks and thieves. he led mass protests in 2011 and in 2012 when it was clear president putin would maintain the presidency. >> this is not an election. this procedure is aimed at only the appointment of prime

minister putin once again for president. amna: in 2013 he broke into politics with a mayoral run in moscow. house arrest followed in 2014 for embezzlement and convictions on fraud and money laundering, charges he denied. despite being barred from running, in 2016 he announced he would run against vladimir putin for the presidency in 2018. more arrests and repression followed. a 2017 detention for an unsanctioned rally. 187 cities and tens of thousands of russians protesting corruption. despite repeated threats he forged on with his anticorruption foundation investigating russia's elite and bypassing state run media with youtube videos garnering millions of use. >> this is our country and these

swindlers are stealing our money. amna: his fight nearly killed him once already. in 2020 he was in a coma for two weeks after being poisoned by a lethal nerve agent. russia denied poisoning him but a recorded call to a russian intelligence agent featured in this 2022 cnn documentary revealed the poison was planted in his underpants. despite being evacuated to germany for treatment, he made the decision to return to russia in 2021. he was jailed this soon as he landed in moscow and has been behind bars ever since. today, hundreds gathered across european cities chanting anti-putin slogans and blaming him for alexei navalny's death.

>> he has a russian patriot. he wanted the country to become better. amna: navalny himself saw this day coming. >> my message for the situation when i am killed is very simple, don't give up. amna: for more on his death and legacy, we are joined by andrew weiss. he is now at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you for being here. knowing his work and the threats he phased, were you surprised to hear this news? >> alexei navalny has cheated death multiple times. the kremlin gave its all by trying to point -- by trying to poison him. the fact that it told years of pressure on him, the physical

toil, we still do not know exactly what happened at the prison, we may never know the exact circumstances of his death but he was put in the most difficult situation imaginable. amna: his death is still yet unconfirmed. do we have any reason to doubt this news? does the timing of his death stand out to you as significant? world leaders are gathering in munich to strengthen the nato alliance and counter russia. does that say anything to you? >> it is unclear if this was a deliberate act on the people of this important gathering in munich where vladimir putin delivered a thunderous speech in 2017 signaling to the world that russia would be on the march and would not put up with western prussia on it anymore -- western prussia on it any more. we have a presidential candidate in the united states who openly

embraces vladimir putin and wants to support russia's line on ukraine. we have deadlock in the u.s. congress. we are seeing a moment of great defiance. amna: tell us more about navalny. he is the most prominent political opponent in russia. >> put this in perspective, russia's leader has stayed in power for nearly a quarter of a century by a lack of alternatives. vladimir putin and his political team have cleared the landscape of any significant opponent save for no volley. and now for years going back to the time when navalny was first put in prison in 2021, they have made sure this person could not challenge vladimir putin. there was no chance he would allow navalny to be released. at this income, there is a sadistic glee where the kremlin

has prompted russian opposition politicians, has tried to show how tough they are but has been very sadistic in applying selective pressure showing the average russian, keep your nose out of politics. amna: what about the movement he built? >> the russian opposition such as it was has fled the country in the wake of russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion into ukraine. the movement was under intense pressure from russian authorities even in the months and years leading up to his attempted assassination in summer, 2020. the movement is largely in exile. you see it in its continued work on youtube. there are no grassroots politics. and the russian popular reaction

is passivity. the putin regime sleeps comfortably and it's bad. amna: you heard his wife say the kremlin must be held responsible. >> president biden was pretty clear that the u.s. and our european partners have put unprecedented economic pressure on the russian government as a result of its aggression on ukraine. we have seen a war that has cost russia dearly. there is not a lot left in the toolkit in terms of further economic sanctions that will make vladimir putin call uncle. i think we need to be braced for a long-term confrontation with russia. this is a formidable country with an intense grievance against the united states. amna: how would you summarize what is navalny's legacy? >> one of tragedy.

i think it is incredibly bleak right now. russia is largely aging and sitting on the sidelines politically. people have gotten used to things that should not be acceptable. atrocities on the streets of major ukrainian cities and towns , unprovoked aggression against a neighboring country not looking for trouble. what we see is that alexei navalny was a symbol of hope for many but the hard men in the kremlin have no interest in hope happening. amna: thank you for being here. let's turn to nick schifrin in munich for the annual security conference. how did this news about alexei navalny land in munich? reporter: a shockwave is the best way to describe it. i was with the congress as the

news came in and it was received with horror that quickly became grief mixed with doubt about whether this was actually true. many have worked with navalny and his staff for many years. many of them started to put together statements that would blame vladimir putin and the kremlin though there is no official confrontation. it also instantly changed the conversation. a lot of the conversation coming into the conference was about former president donald trump and his comments about nato and the u.s. failure to deliver from congress absolutely vital military aid to ukraine that it needs in the next few weeks and instantly the conversation became instead about russia and vladimir putin. much of that conversation focused on former president trump and ukraine, but what about the conversation about former president trump and nato and ukraine? reporter: still going through

the halls of this international security conference and perhaps it is no surprise that at an international security conference, most of the audience leaves in international security cooperation. perhaps vice president harris was playing to the crowd when she suggested former president trump whose name she did not actually use was the outlier for suggesting that the u.s. should not defend countries that do not meet the 2% gdp threshold of defense. >> however, there are some in the united states who disagree. they suggest it is in the best interest of the american people to isolate ourselves from the world. let me be clear, that worldview is dangerous, destabilizing, and indeed, shortsighted.

reporter: the estonian prime minister -- i asked her earlier tonight to respond to the news about alexei navalny. >> vladimir putin's playbook has not changed. we have seen a long list of political competitors he has eliminated. this is not a surprise considering he has been torturing navalny for years already. this is the way dictators work. in the handbook, what do you do? eliminate all the alternatives so the cronies around you, when they see you are going in the wrong direction, they have nowhere to turn to because there was no alternative. reporter: was no volley murdered? >> -- was navalny murdered? >> i can't say that. but we have the poisoning that took place sometime ago and the imprisonment and how he was

treated there, he was not treated well. reporter: the estonian foreign intelligence service released a new assessment saying russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the west in the next decade. >> it can be prevented if we invest in our defense. if you think about the aggressor, the aggressive -- the aggressor takes the step of attacking someone when he thinks he can win because the other side is weaker. we have not taken the defense seriously enough and that means all the nato allies have to do more. reporter: i want to ask about the u.s., is the united states a reliable partner? >> of course, all of these statements from the united states are making us worried because the united states has been the biggest ally. the only time article five has

been used is when the u.s. called us. and this is something we need to do together. i mean, when you have aggression that pays off, some part of the world, it will invite other aggressors in the world start wars elsewhere. reporter: does europe need to assume that the united states cannot provide europe a nuclear umbrella anymore? >> i don't think so. we have the agreements in place in nato and the structures are in place. what we have to do ourselves is do more. like i said before. but the united states has been a reliable partner. and we hope they will be in the future as well. reporter: former president trump has said twice now in the last week or so perhaps the u.s. should not defend nato allies that do not meet the 2% gdp

threshold. perhaps the u.s. congress can restrain a future president trump from leaving nato but isn't the damage already done, the damage to article 5 --? >> it has been a wake-up call for many european countries that have not done enough and i think it is a positive thing. if they start to do more. but statements like this, we are watching them and we are trying to figure out but this is not a surprise. candidate trump had the same ideas. over 60% of american experts go to europe and not to asia. it is to the benefit of your people, your jobs, your

employment, prosperity -- that we are really tight to each other so if something happens in europe, it has a clear effect on the american economy. reporter: the u.s. house of representatives -- in eastern ukraine we are already seeing a region about to fall because of a shortage of weapons. and without this military aid there are worries that ukraine will run short of air defense and the next few months. some are worried ukraine will lose the war if the u.s. house does not send the money. do you share that concern? >> we definitely have to help ukraine and we have to help them more because they are defending their country. if you think about the countries in the ram stein coalition supporting ukraine militarily,

the combined defense budgets are 13 times bigger than that of russia's heavily inflated one. reporter: but without the u.s., doesn't that number changed a lot? >> america has an important share. it is something we have calculated. if all the ram stein coalition countries were to commit to 0.25 percent of the gdp military to ukraine, this breaking point for the war could be there. reporter: ukraine has been sent more than 80 billion dollars of military aid from the west. this last year it did not achieve its lowest goals for the counteroffensive. what can it achieve with more military aid even if the house releases at that it has not already? >> if they have long-distance

weapons, if they have real weapons to defend themselves, then they can push back russia. the breaking point in all these elements could be much nearer. we can't also say, let's walk away and you get this territory and aggression pays off. if aggression pays off, it serves as an invitation to a aggression elsewhere. reporter: how do you see the war ending? >> i see the war ending with russia going back to russia. that is very simple and easy. reporter: prime minister, thank you very much. ♪ amna: in a stunning financial blow, a judge in new york find donald trump and his business associates more than $350

million. for their year-long effort to deflate their assets. the judge also barred donald trump from serving as an officer or director of any business in new york state for three years. the new york attorney general who cross acadian the case celebrate -- who prosecuted the case celebrated the decision saying no matter how powerful you think you are, no one is above the law. the former president blasted the ruling writing -- the justice system in new york state and america as a whole is under assault bipartisan, deluded, biased judges and prosecutors. william brangham has been following the case closely and joins us now. by all accounts, this fine is a punishing financial blow to former president trump. tell us more about the judges ruled today. reporter: this is a stunning

legal and financial blow to the former president. donald trump himself is ordered to pay more than $350 million. his two sons each have to pay $4 million. his chief financial officer has to pay a million dollars. donald trump is barred from running any business in new york. the judge also ruled that an oversight monitor will stay on her job and she will also have the authority to appoint an independent compliance monitor will keep an eye out going forward. there is no doubt that donald trump will appeal this ruling based on a statement of his own assets from this trial itself, this penalty could basically cost though former president all of his current, available cash savings. amna: in prosecuting this case letitia james argued trump and

his associates committed repeated fraud. the judge agreed. remind us of what mr. trump and his associates were found guilty of doing. reporter: the prosecution and the judge of firms this that over a decade long period, the trump organizations inflated the assets of their holdings. they put out statements that exaggerated their true net worth. they did this so that banks and insurance companies would look at those companies and say they are rosier than was true. over the years they have benefited a norm asleep from what the judge called blatantly false financial statements. -- benefited enormously from what the judge called blatantly false financial statements. they said they had millions of dollars in cash on hand they

could control when they did not. the judge was withering towards the former president and his companies saying they were unwilling to acknowledge the fraud and they were not willing to vowed to do differently going forward. in his ruling he wrote -- their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological. they were accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. the documents proved those over and over again. donald trump is not bernard made off. the judge in his ruling issued this large financial adjustment against them and barred them from working in new york state for years to come. amna: william, thank you so much. reporter: you are welcome.

♪ geoff: president biden again urged a cease-fire in gaza and the is really prime minister pushed back. they had their latest phone conversation overnight. afterword on social media net and yacht -- netanyahu dismissed international dictates regarding a permanent settlement with the palestinians. president biden later focused on halting the fighting. >> there has to be a temporary cease-fire to get the prisoners out. i am still hopeful that can be done. and in the meantime, i don't anticipate -- i'm hoping -- that the israelis will not make any massive land invasion. geoff: the un's international

court of justice rejected south africa's call for urgent action to safeguard rafa and evidence emerged that egypt is building a buffer zone along the border with rafa. it is feared an israeli attack would drive more than a million refugees into egypt. satellite images show plots of land being leveled on the egyptian side and the makings of a concrete wall. cranes were seen working in the area. spillover tensions from the war in gaza roiled the red sea again today. missile fire from houthi rebels in yemen targeted a vessel. they have links to iran and have demanded that israel and its war on gaza. zelenskyy has made security deals with two european allies. in paris today he signed a long-term military package with the french president. in berlin he reached an

agreement with the german chancellor. he also expressed hope that american help will still come through. >> i expect the united states will not drop out. there are some hotheads in the u.s. involved in that the political process despite the complexities and the house of representatives. i expect a pragmatic american approach will be found and they will be protecting the security of the world. geoff: russian forces slowly advanced in a city where ukrainian fours have run short of ammunition. here at home, two juveniles have been charged at the shooting of the super bowl parade. they are accused of gun violations and resisting arrest and that more charges are expected. the shooting came wednesday outside kansas city's union station as separate was winding down. one person was killed.

what -- joe manchin has announced he will not run for president. the centrist democrat had considered a third-party bid but he says he does not see a path to victory and doesn't want to be a spoiler. he also announced he would not seek wrote -- reelection to the senate. wholesale prices fell in december. they rose in january. a sign that inflationary pressures have not run their course. the dow jones industrial average lost 145 points. the nasdaq fell 130 points. the s&p 500 was down 24. still to come, president biden visits ohio one year from the long recovery of a toxic train derailment. we look at the political headlines. and the iowa phenom who broke the ncaa women's basketball record for most career points. ♪ >> this is a pbs newshour from

wep a studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: it is been more than a year since a toxic train derailment devastated east palestine. the initial fire and controlled burn of chemicals a few days later left residence concerned for their health and safety. after much anticipation and some criticism, president biden visited the community for the first time today. president biden met with officials on the ground who updated him on their up --ongoing cleanup efforts. >> we tested the air, the soil. we provided emergency loans for local businesses. there is more to do. geoff: the president pledged support and that he is holding norfolk southern accountable. >> there are acts of god but

this was an act of greed that was 100% preventable. geoff: but for former east palestine resident, lonnie, the president's visit was too little too late. >> it has been more than a year. this was last february. he could have helped us. geoff: the rail line runs across the street from the homebuilder shared with her husband and son who grew up admiring the train. she said her families trained -- she said her families feelings changed. >> i am terrified it will happen again. geoff: she is now packing up the last of her belongings from the house she lived in for 30 years. her family took out a loan to relocate 10 years of -- 10 years

away. >> our house has been on the market for over 100 days and we have not had a request for a showing. geoff: she has grown distrustful of norfolk southern and resents her government has directed her till ask the railroad for help. >> we are being told to go to them, the ones that did this to us. we should not have to go to them for help. geoff: since the derailment norfolk southern has pledged to make it right and says it is given the town more than $100 million of community support including an upgrade to the city park. some residents are receptive. >> i think the railroad is doing the best they can. they are putting more money into the park.

>> they have not left town. they are not leaving town. some people spend the rest of their life trying to chastise them. >> some of us want to move on and then there are other people who want to fight about everything. and it is very divided right now. geoff: but for barb, 30 year resident of ease palestine, watching the division in her community is painful. she is most concerned about the perception of east palestine, now best known for being the site of a toxic train to rome in two. >> i think we -- the site of a toxic train derailment. geoff: just blocks from her home she turned her crafting hobby into a business selling her

wares in a shop just outside of town. >> i have run into some people that say, where are you from and i would say east palestine and they would put my items back because they are afraid that something is in the fabric. and it hurts. geoff: for ashley, the fear is warranted. >> these are the symptoms they have experienced. geoff: concerned her community's health issues were being ignored she started compiling the symptoms residence said they were experiencing including her own. she lived two blocks from the site. >> i could only last in town for about 10 minutes. in early february i was vomiting after i went into my house. geoff: for the last year she has been living in a hotel nine miles outside of east palestine

with her boyfriend and seven-year-old son. she says she is hesitant to sell her home because it is not safe to live in. norfolk southern has been paying for her expenses but she is not sure it will continue. >> people walking into their homes are having memory problems and nosebleeds. it feels like you have to beg the person that did this to do something for us and it's not ok. geoff: for now her family lives in limbo with an uncertain future ahead. one year later there are still many questions about safety standards for all trains especially ones carrying hazardous materials. we are joined by the secretary of transportation. i want to start with one of the questions we heard most often from folks in east palestine which is, why did it take the president more than a year to visit? >> the president widened at the

-- the president went at the invitation of the mayor. the president's commitment continues and we will be with the people of east palestine for as long as it takes. the epa is holding norfolk southern responsible for the cleanup. for our word department, -- for our department we are making sure this does not happen again. geoff: despite intense scrutiny from regulatory agencies since the do you -- since the derailment, rail accidents have increased. >> we are doing everything we can with the authorities that we have. focused inspections. a new role requiring emergency

as gabe breathing apparatus to protect train crews. the simple reality is we need a stronger hand and congress should give that to us with the bipartisan railway safety act. one thing the legislation would do is lift the statutory cap that prevents my department from finding a -- from finding a railroad -- from fining a railroad. it would also accelerate the adoption of safer equipment and standards that on our own would take too long or we lacked the authority to do. there was a lot of noise about this a year ago. but because of intense lobbying against this by the railroad

industry, it has been difficult to get many members of the congress on record of being for or against this safety act though it had democratic and republican cosponsors at the time. geoff: he said he supports what he calls a data driven safety standards like more heat sensors on railways but he does not support the proposed mandate to have two crewmembers on trains. the industry wants to have in most cases one engineer on trains that could be miles long. he says he sees no link between crew size and railway safety. >> i think common sense tells you that when you have eight train, especially one that is two miles long or longer, you ought to have more than one human being on that train. we continue to work with our authorities as a department to advance a rule that was frozen during the trump administration

to make that possible with our regulatory authority. congress could make it happen more quickly. we are talking -- we are not talking about an industry that is skirting to afford to put human beings on the job. they have cut thousands of railway workers out of the workforce and are incredibly profitable. the idea that they want to go further and have these trains going through american communities with just one person on board, i think it flies in the face of common sense. geoff: the industries --' the industry is largely self regulated. what more can you do in terms of accountability to hold the real industry -- rail industry accountable? >> we are using the tools we

have available. there are other steps where congress stepped in over the years and reduced our department's ability to oppress things like the adoption of safer tank cars that would be less likely to ruure in a crash. the railroad industry is famously one of the most powerful in this country. it has wielded power in this country since the 19th century. there were a lot of people that stood up in the wake of what happened in east palestine i year ago saying we have to do better as a question -- a year ago saying we have to do better as a country. all ♪

geoff: from the reported death of outspoken putin critic alexei navalny to donald trump latest legal blow we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. president biden said today there is no doubt that vladimir putin's government is behind the death of alexei navalny. what is your reaction and assessment. >> it was shocking because of who navalny was in terms of opposition. a well-known opponent of vladimir putin but also because of the timing. the munich security conference is happening right now. it is the most important gathering of national security and foreign policy leaders from around the world. and the announcement of navalny

's death came a few hours before vice president harris was supposed to speak which was known. mrs. navalny was there to do a panel with former secretary of state, held re-clinton. we had been listening to donald trump's saying, if nato does not pay its bills then russia can do whatever it wants. this ends in an incredible -- this sends an incredibly chilling message to the world that vladimir putin probably feels very emboldened. and when there is a major candidate running for president of the united states saying what he is saying, vladimir putin probably feels confident that may be come november he will have a friend in the white house. geoff: we heard andrew weiss say earlier that there is a

suggestion that the u.s. will be locked in a confrontation with russia for years to come. >> vladimir putin is an expansionist and an authoritarian. from jimmy carter until about george w. bush, foreign policy felt it was important to champion democracy. after our we have stopped. the democrats -- after iraqi we stopped. we are not going to invade countries but we should be on the right side of history. as f vladimir putin, he is who he says he is. the ukraine is a start, the polish people are worried for a reason. in retrospect it looks terrible

that we did not give the ukrainians every military system we did eventually when they had momentum. geoff: russia is reportedly developing space-based capability to take out satellites with a nuclear weapon. how will this affect the ongoing debate on the hill about ukraine eight -- ukraine aid? >> i would hope it would change hearts and minds and the political dynamic that i don't see it changing anything. the characters up there are unmoved by fax. they are unmoved by america's role in the world. they are unmoved by what it means and why it is imperative that the u.s. fulfill its commitments but also fulfill its commitments to ukraine. maybe they don't care because

president biden says what is happening in ukraine is a war between democracy and autocracy. at some point they will face the realization that if ukraine falls, then they will talk about poland or estonia or the other baltic states. i would hope the idea of a nuclear space weapon would turn them around but not with these folks. geoff: will this help focus the minds of congress? >> i am impressed with the amount of action. members of the house, there are two different coalitions and they have two different approaches. one is a skinny bill. another section says if we can get concessions from democrats on immigration that let people remain in mexico while awaiting asylum claims, we will give them the whole foreign aid package. there is still a lot of

momentum. i'm a little more optimistic. geoff: david weiss charged alexander smirnov with lying about president joe biden and his sons business dealings with the ukrainian energy company burisma and it undercuts a major piece of the republicans impeachment query >>. >>in a perfect world the chairman would say, we are done here. our chief person is caught lying to the fbi. when you ignore the fact send you are devoid of shame, you can do whatever you want. what we are hearing from the chairman is we are going to forge ahead. i am the dower one at this table when it comes to congress particularly the republican majority but i don't -- it might

change the conversation around the table but it won't change anything in terms of the course of action already underway on the hill. geoff: is your view equally as dower? . no. what we've seen with oceane or novel case where he was clearly lying. -- what we have seen with the smirnov case where he was clearly lying -- the legal system does not work with nonsense. you have to have evidence. you can make claims but they are tested. oh geoff: the judge has ordered former president trump and his companies to pay more than 300 $50 million in a civil fraud case. a major financial blow but also

to his persona building has brand on building a successful businessman. >> and he -- as a result of these court cases he is still making money. every time there is a ruling or a judgment against -- against him, there goes a fundraising email asking for money for his campaign. i can't remember if it is his daughter in law who says we will use every dollar we have in defending donald trump. you hit on the key thing -- this judgment hits at his idea of himself, a very wealthy man. it is why he went to all of those hearings when he didn't need to be there because that to him is the existential threat.

we will find out if he does have a half million dollars to put up to fulfill this judgment. when you add on the 83 point something million dollar judgment in the e carol case. we are about to find out if he has the money. geoff: a half a yen dollars is real money. -- a half a billion dollars is real money. >> i think people can understand -- the guy had three sets of books. the bankers >>. the irs books. and he must've had the real books. people can understand that is fraud. and if he has to pay the money, i think that will be bad.

if he cannot come with the money in this case they will start seizing assets. imagine what that will do to the trump psychology. and then he cannot be a businessman in new york state for three years. this is the family business. the family got kicked out of the family business. this -- these are all psychologically derailing things for donald trump. geoff: and you have a judge rejecting his bid to toss the hush money case. looking at the totality, what will the net effect of this be? >> he is going to be in a courtroom. we will go from the theoretical to the real. i am looking forward to it

because the dude needs to be held accountable in a court of law. geoff: have a good weekend. good to see you. amna: caitlin clark is now the all-time leading scorer for ncaa women's basketball. the iowa superstar made history last night when she broke the record on her home court leading fans to erupt in cheer's. just over two minutes into the game caitlin clark sank her signature clark, a deep three-pointer and claimed her place in history upsetting now wnba player kelsey plum's 2017 record. clark has scored 3569 in hundred

26 games. clark needed eight points to make the record and she scored 49. she led the hawkeyes to a decisive win over the wolverine. during the game a quick timeout to celebrate clark. >> you knew i was going to shoot a logo three for the record. reporter: she reflected on what this means to her. >> i'm very grateful to be surrounded by those that have been my foundation. reporter: and for the history of the sport. >> so many have come before me laying a foundation for women's basketball and that should be celebrated also. reporter: and that includes lynette woodard. and pearl moore, the overall record holder with 4061 points.

records aside, clark is widely seen as a once in a generation talent. >> she is one of the most transcendent scorers. reporter: these sports illustrated staff writer. sold-out arenas, long lines and record-breaking viewership. a phenomenon dubbed the clayton -- the caitlin clark effect. >> ha this has been part of the caitlin clark effect. reporter: 100 points shy of pete maravich's all-time scoring record and with the possibility to lead the hawkeyes to their first ncaa title, all eyes are on number 22. amna: i had a chance to see her play in person and she is the

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