the world. we begin this hour with growing outrage over the brutal and horrific scenes coming from the town of bucha just outside the capital, kyiv. ukraine's president says there's evidence that more than 300 people were killed and tortured while russian troops occupied that town. the white house warning bucha will not be the last. >> we should be under no illusions that russia will adjust its tactics, which have included and will likely continue to include wanton and brazen attacks on civilian targets. >> a warning now. the images you're about to see are graphic, and some viewers will find them hard to watch. cnn's team on the ground in bucha captured these images. several bodies, hands tied behind their back, shot and killed. they're left in a basement. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visited bucha on monday to see the death and destruction firsthand. while there, he admitted continuing negotiations with

russia will be hard after seeing the atrocities in bucha. >> translator: every day when our troops are liberating occupied territories, you can see what is happening here. it's very difficult to negotiate when you see what they have done here. every day we find people in barrels, strangled, tortured in the basements. >> and in the coming hours, president zelenskyy is expected to address the u.n. security council, a meeting that is set to focus on the atrocities committed in bucha. ukraine also expected to make the case against russia's claims that the images from bucha are fake. satellite images, though, suggest otherwise. take a look at this. on the left side, stills from a video taken on friday showing bodies in the street. that was just friday. on the right, satellite images taken more than two weeks ago showing what appears to be those same bodies lying in the same spot. the town of bucha is the site of some of the worst atrocities we've seen in ukraine so far.

itv news correspondent dan rivers went to bucha to see the devastation for himself. again, a warning, his report contains disturbing and graphic images. >> reporter: at the gateway to bucha in hostomel, there are the mangled remains of russian vehicles and the blown bridge which marks the extent of their advance. and nearby, the burnt bodies of soldiers killed here by a ukrainian counteroffensive. gruesome sentinels to a battlefield in which dated russian machinery was pitted against the latest western-supplied anti-tank weapons. and this was the result, a rewriting of the orthodoxy about russia's perceived military strength. some of the russians who sought to occupy this commuter town near kyiv will probably never leave t leave. thanks to one man's war, their

remains may never be repatriated or possibly identified. this is the most potent symbol. a street choked with the charred remains of their tanks and armored vehicles. now that they're gone, we're beginning to get a picture of the terrible toll inflicted on the civilian population here. war in all its grotesque brutality has turned these streets into a hell from which there is no triumph. massacres of ukrainian men have been uncovered by the army here. the war crimes committed here mark a bleak new low in this conflict described by ukraine as the most outrageous atrocity of the 21st century. there isn't just one site where massacres occurred. the true picture here is only just emerging. this man in hostomel tells me about the rape and dismemberment of a young woman at the hands of two chechen soldiers. he says they just slaughtered

them like a lamb. but he took his revenge with other local men, killing them both. for the civilians like maksim, caught between the two sides, there was little to do but pray for deliverance. >> describe what it was like, the bombardment. describe how it felt to you. >> it was terrible. it was completely terrible. you know, near my car was exploded three mines. >> reporter: some of the dead were buried by their neighbors close to the shattered remains of their homes. this is where ina lies, hit by a shell, her grave adorned with food and drink her relatives would have traditionally shared at her funeral. but her son has been unable to reach the town to grieve for his mother. but many more were hastily interred without headstones or even identification. here it's believed 280 people were buried in mass graves, one

row for ukrainians, one for russians. >> translator: this is horrible. we survived this. they were shelling us. i cannot find words to describe what we lived through. >> reporter: this family appear to have escaped unscathed after days in a bunker. her fa as he swings, he says, if the bad men come back, i'll stamp on them. there seems little chance now of the russians fighting their way back into these towns, but the legacy of their brief reign of terror will never be forgotten. >> let's go to malcolm davis now, a senior analyst of the defense strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute. he is in darwin this hour. malcolm, thank you for being with us. i want to start with now there

are these revelations of what the russian occupying forces have done in those villages and towns, the atrocities which have been committed and the outrage it has sparked around the world, is there likely to be any kind of moderating influence as this conflict moves forward? are they likely to change their behavior in any way? >> look, i think firstly, it makes a negotiated settlement just almost impossible. i do not see how president zelenskyy can now ask the ukrainian people to make significant concessions to the russians, including territorial concessions that would leave ukrainian people under russian control after bucha and other massacres, particularly as more come to light. so the first point is negotiated settlement i think is dead in the water. the second point is i think it really does place a lot of pressure now on nato and the west to do a lot more than what they've done. and frankly, i am staggered that the biden administration and nato and the eu have not already

moved much more quickly and much more extensively to respond to these massacres. as for the russians, they're going to continue to do what they've done in bucha and elsewhere. this is the way they are. these are not soldiers. these are animals. and i do think that we need to recognize that there will be many more buchas in the days and weeks ahead. >> you say you're disappointed in the actions taken by nato and the united states in the wake of these images and the atrocities which have been committed. but what can they do? >> well, for starters, i think germany could be much more willing to cut off oil and natural gas to the russians -- from the russians now rather than in five years or ten years' time. so we need to inflict a lot more economic pain on russia immediately rather than down the track. secondly, i would imagine that there needs to be a much more assertive move and a much more visible move by nato to provide heavy armor, artillery, and indeed let's move again on

supplying fighter jets to ukraine. give the ukrainians what they need in order to win this war because the only way this war ends in a justifiable manner is if we have a russian comprehensive defeat rather than some sort of face-saving off-ramp where concessions are made to the putin regime. i think that is untenable at this point. >> i want you to listen to the spokesperson for ukrainian's ministry of defense and what the ukrainians now believe are russian goals to the east, at least in the short term. here he is. >> translator: the main focus of the enemy is on preparations for the resumption of offensive operations to surround the joint forces and capture the city of kharkiv. >> so when he says joint forces, he's talking joint forces operations, which is based in donbas, and it's more than just ukrainian soldiers and highly trained ukrainian soldiers. but why is there so much concern

here if the joint operations forces fall, could that change the balance in the favor of the russians? >> if the russians can regroup and re-equip and rebuild their logistics, then they could launch offensive operations against the joint forces in that area, cut them off from ukrainian supplies, and ultimately surround them and destroy them. it's not just the military forces there. it's also the civilian population that is still trapped in cities like mariupol and kharkiv. so i do think there is real concern that what was seen in bucha could be replicated 100 fold or 1,000 fold in a major ukrainian city captured by the russians. i think that's why we do need to start assisting the ukrainians with the types of weapons systems, the heavy weapons systems, the capabilities they need in order to go on the offensive on a major scale and decisively defeat the russians rather than pin prick attacks.

>> there's still the question of russian losses. last week the centers for strategic and international studies published a report saying russia may have lost 25% of its initial attacking force. these casualties are not on the scale of world war ii but are large compared with the relatively small size of the russian military today. although reinforcements and replacements can offset some of these casualties, it will eventually have a political effect. that 25% includes dead and wounded soldiers. do you agree with that assessment, and what are the implications? >> yeah, i do agree with the assessment. i think it's accurate, and i do think those are significant losses but they're not the sort of losses that would prevent the russians from regrouping and rebuilding over the long term. so the russians are in this prolonged battle now, and they're bringing in reserves and fresh forces. i do think that there is a risk that we prematurely assume that the russians are defeated. they've taken a heavy blow after the initial phase of this

conflict, but they're now falling back into the east. they're regrouping, rebuilding their logistics, and they could easily impose defeats on ukrainian forces. so i do think we do need to maximize our opportunities while we have them, in terms of inflicting damage and cost on the russian forces while they're regrouping because that's when they're vulnerable. >> malcolm davis, thank you for being with us, sir. we appreciate it. well, for weeks, the southern city of mike oykolaiv endured bombardments. the mayor says at least ten civilians were killed on sunday and monday while nearly 50 others were wounded. we're told some victims are in very serious condition and the death toll is likely to rise. the mayor added that russian targets so far include hospitals, kindergartens, schools. not too far from mykolaiv, cnn's ben wedeman and his team

were a few hundred feet from incoming artillery fire. they had stopped to speak with ukrainian soldiers out in the open with little cover. one crew car was so badly damaged, it was undrivable. the other also damaged but still able to reach safety. here's ben's report. >> reporter: this is an area where there's been a fair amount of outgoing as well as incoming artillery. downed down the road is a town that has been fought over for several days by russian and ukrainian forces. in these vast open spaces, the russians seem far away. they're not. down here, john. down here! keep on rolling. you see it over there? we hug the earth. two more artillery rounds.

the cameraman keeps rolling. all righty. so we've had two incoming rounds responding to artillery that's been firing in the russian directions. those shells came pretty close to us. no one has been injured. the officer tells the translator we need to go now. >> go away. hit-and-run. >> okay, okay. i hope the car's okay. >> ready to move? >> yeah, let's go. >> reporter: and so we run with

full body armor to the cars. one car can't move, peppered with shrapnel. >> we're losing petrol. >> reporter: no time to lose. >> throw it in the back. >> reporter: the driver razor focused on getting us to safety. his car also hit. >> go, go, go, go!

>> let's go! >> all right. now we're trying to get out of this area as quickly as possible. our other car completely destroyed. >> reporter: crammed into this small car, we approach safer ground. >> we're going to go all the way to that village and then we'll take a breather. >> reporter: the producer checks the damage to the car. the soldiers we left behind are still out there. we could leave. they can't. ben wedeman, cnn, outside mykolaiv, ukraine. still to come, signs that the horrors of bucha will be replicated elsewhere. there's new evidence emerging from the outskirts of kyiv as ukrainian forces retake territory once held by russian soldiers. all the details in a moment. also a teenager from kyiv forced to flee her home and leave her parents behind for a safer life in hungary. her incredible story amid a war. that's next.

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well, right now you're looking at drone footage of the destruction in mariupol, ukraine, a city under siege for weeks. the mayor says mariupol is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe with more than 100,000 people in need of evacuation. he says the city has not had food, water, or medicine in more than a month. he says the situation is, quote, very difficult, which seems to be an incredible understatement. the red cross says another attempt to reach mariupol failed on monday, again because of security issues. the red cross team has been trying to enter the city since saturday -- actually since friday, to provide humanitarian aid and help with civilian evacuations. among the millions of ukrainians who have fled their country is 17-year-old alla renska who lived in kyiv. when the russians invaded, her

parents september her to hungary for her own safety. she's now studinying in a schoo in budapest, but she's on her own, no family, stuck in ukraine. here's cnn's matt rivers. >> reporter: she's got a pink backpack, a warm smile, and he's already made friends even though 17-year-old alla renska, a ukrainian, has only been here in budapest, hungary, for a month. >> 6th of march? >> yeah. >> reporter: in an empty classroom of her new school, we sit and talk about how she never thought she'd end up here. >> no, no war. >> you didn't believe it? >> yeah, it's 21st century. it's ukraine. it's europe. why? >> reporter: before the war, she was just a normal teenager, making goofy videos with her friends, taking selfies. but then the war reached where she lived in kyiv. when did your family decide that it wasn't safe for you to be in ukraine anymore? >> when we heard explosions, and

our house is just like -- >> your house was shaking? >> yes. >> reporter: her parents made the agonizing decision to send her to stay with friends in budapest. alla's dad took her to the train station on march 4th. but in the crush of people also trying to leave, they were separated. could you see your dad when the train was leaving? >> no. >> was that hard? >> yeah. yeah. i cried maybe all night. >> reporter: she took only these pictures from the train, a bleak landscape she says matched how she felt. but then an idea. she wrote an email to a baptist high school, one of the best in hungary, talking about the war and what happened to her. i really want to go to school and continue studying, she wrote. i kindly ask you to help me. and help they did. the school converted these old containers into dorms where alla now lives and studies. her days are spent in classes,

and at night, she chats with a few other ukrainian girls just like her, who also fled, now living there too, even though she does still miss her family. >> i try to not cry, and i try to be strong because my parents, i know that when i cry, they also feel not very good. >> reporter: that strength on full display when alla video calls with her parents later that day. it's all smiles and updates on school and work. we say hello and ask an obvious question. >> how difficult is it right now to not have alla with you? >> cannot explain how i feel because it's too hard for me. i'm happy that my daughter. i love her very much. she is safe now is the main -- is the main for me. >> reporter: a few minutes later, though, the call is over, and alla's stoic facade falters.

>> how was that for you? >> oh, i try to not cry. >> they love you very much. >> me too. >> what are you thinking? >> it's not fair. it's so unfair that i should be here. >> reporter: this is what war does to a happy 17-year-old. but she is determined to stay optimistic. this is a photo she wanted us to show. her parents sent it to her right

after she left. the first spring flower to push through the snow near her house. a sign, they said, of brighter times to come. matt rivers, budapest, hungary. >> it's unfair indeed. if you would like to help people in ukraine in need of shelter, food, water, medical supplies, pretty much everything right now, please go to cnn.com/impact. there you'll find a number of ways that you can help out. when we come back, world leaders planning more sanctions on russia as horrifying images of brutality emerge from the ukrainian town of bucha and others. there's more evidence piling up on that. plus kremlin connections with a colorado steel mill and the factory workers who fear they could have ties to putin's war on ukraine. a cnn investigation still to come.

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welcome back, everyone. there are new images continuing to emerge of russia's brutal occupation across parts of ukraine, including a town on the outskirts of the capital. and, again, a warning, these images are disturbing, and they appear to show the bodies of the town's mayor, her husband, son, the ukrainian deputy prime minister told cnn earlier that they were brutally murdered by russian forces. some were showing signs of torture. all of them shot in the head. ukraine's president is warning civilian casualties may be high in areas that have now been liberated from the russians by ukrainian forces. >> translator: there is already information that the number of victims of the occupiers may be even higher in some other liberated cities. in many villages of the liberated districts of the kyiv, chernihiv, and sumy regions, the occupiers did things that the

locals have not seen even during the nazi occupation 80 years ago. the occupiers will definitely bear responsibility for this. >> strong words from the ukrainian president, who visited the town of bucha. that's where the shocking images began to emerge on friday. we want to warn you now, there are more images coming, and they too are graphic. bodies of civilians can be lying in the streets. that's prompted a swift global response. some nations are now expelling russian diplomats while others are vowing further sanctions. the british foreign secretary says russia must be suspended from the u.n. human rights council following what she called war crimes and says the uk is looking to step up sanctions as well. we also heard from the president of the european parliament. >> we need to step up our strategy of making this illegal invasion the costliest mistake that the kremlin has ever made, and the hits to russia's economy

must be proportionate to the atrocities we are seeing. >> the white house says more sanctions against russia are coming this week. president joe biden calling for war crimes charges against russian president vladimir putin. cnn's phil mattingly has details. >> reporter: president biden long before many of his closest advisers were willing to call russian president vladimir putin a war criminal did so himself. and as the horrors of the images of what took place in bucha just beamed around the world, he wanted to underscore that point and make clear everything he's seen since has certainly proven that to be the case. take a listen. >> he is a war criminal. we have to gather all the detail so this can be an actual -- have a war crime trial. this guy is brutal, and what's happening in bucha is outrageous. >> reporter: biden's comments underscore a reality here, one in which u.s. officials are not willing to call what they've seen up to this point a genocide. this is a process, a lengthy

one, a multilateral one, one in which the u.s. is engaged with the international community to collect, process, analyze information and intelligence for an eventual legal case. when that case would actually come to pass, when anybody would actually go on trial, still very much an open question, particularly given the fact that the conflict is still very much ongoing. it was something national security adviser jake sullivan laid out to the media, that while russia may be retreating from the suburbs of kyiv, they're very much refocusing their efforts on the eastern part of the country. and it is not going to be a short process ahead. in fact, jake sullivan said it could take months, and that, in his perspective, underscored the reality of the moment, a reality where complacency, according to him, cannot be something that takes over with the west, with the u.s. and its key allies. more sanctions, they will be deployed in the days ahead. more lethal assistance to ukraine, humanitarian aid, that will be coming as well. jake sullivan's point, the president's point, the u.s. perspective at this point in time is that this is going to take a long time. and while the ukrainian military

has certainly performed far above expectations, better than anybody could have hoped for, this isn't ending anytime soon, and the support from allies, the u.s., the eu and others is an absolute necessity at this point as russia prepares to reengage in a major way in just a different part of the country. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. american steelworkers in colorado are grappling with the fact that their company is linked to a powerful russian oligarch accused of supplying material yell for putin's military. cnn's drew griffin has our report. >> reporter: it's an impressive sight. american steel being forged by 1,200 proud u.s. workers in a steel mill that's operated in pueblo, colorado, for nearly 150 years. the company could not be a better symbol of american industrial resurgence, except for one now gut-wrenching

problem. it's russian. >> we have that stigma of being a russian-owned company. >> reporter: two-thirds of all shares of this mill's parent company are owned by kremlin-connected russians, and its biggest shoulder is the oligarch, roman abramovich, who is closely aligned with vladimir putin and has been sanctioned by the uk, eu, and canada. the british claim abramovich is or has been involved in destabilizing ukraine via evraz plc, including potentially supplying steel to the russian military, which may have been used in the production of tanks. the company denies it. but when russia invaded ukraine, u.s. steelworkers here in pueblo woke up to a distasteful possibility that somehow they are supporting vladimir putin in this. >> hearing all this stuff, it's heartbreaking and, you know, it's very -- i have my own kids,

so it makes it tough to sit there and see all the stuff going on. >> reporter: steelworkers daniel durant, rick lucero, and chuck perco are afraid of what might happen if abramovich is sanctioned by the u.s. >> it's just the uncertainty is scary. it's real scary. >> uncertainty for your jobs? >> for the jobs, yeah. >> i disdain what's going on over there, but my company is not abramovich's company in my eyes. >> reporter: david ferryman is senior vice president of evraz north america. do you consider this a russian-owned company? >> i don't. we're headquartered, independent operation, in chicago. we have our own ceo. we have our own board of directors. we're based in london. yes, the parent company has a large footprint in russia. >> reporter: that footprint includes a massive russian business. evraz 2021 report shows revenue of $14 billion and that 16% of

the parent company's revenue is derived from the north american plants. abramovich, himself, made $522 million from evraz dividends last year. ferryman insists the revenues generated in evraz steel mills across north america are reinvested in the company in north america. so your position is that these are completely separate entities? >> i'm not saying they're completely separate. those earnings stay here in north america and they're invested into these facilities. >> technically that may make sense to you, but when we watch what's happening, there's a lot of people wondering how a russian oligarch can invest in a u.s. steel mill and be making some money here while also playing footsie with vladimir putin. >> i can't speak for that. what i can tell you is we're about as american a company as

it gets in pueblo. we've been here longer than colorado has been a state. we're really critical to our nation's infrastructure. >> the thing to remember is this is all connected. >> reporter: oligarch expert casey michelle says there is no doubt abramovich's money helps putin. the eu said abramovich is providing a substantial source of revenue to the government. >> there is no such thing as an independent or apolitical oligarch. these parasitic figures that extracted wealth in russia and are now extracting wealth in the united states of america all on behalf of a dictatorship in the kremlin. >> reporter: exactly, says ukrainians for colorado president marina dubrova. >> it doesn't matter how many, what's the stakes he owns in that company. any stakes, half%, even one tenth of a percent, that portion has to be sold. >> reporter: the union president agrees abramovich should sell. to him, it's personal. >> i am the grandson of war refugees. the russians came into my grandparents' farm in 1945 and

told them, you have one hour to leave. it hurts a little bit, but there's enough of a disconnect for me that i can go to work and know that we're not funding that war effort. we're completely separate. >> reporter: despite uk, eu, and canadian sanctions against him so far, the united states has not touched roman abramovich. >> the united states is still ignoring the fact that civilians are being killed. look at mariupol. i mean how much more evidence united states has to have to make a decision? >> reporter: as for why the biden administration has not yet sanctioned abramovich, sources telling cnn's phil mattingly at the white house that treasury is looking at sanctions but also trying to spare evraz's plant so it wouldn't damage anybody in the u.s. economy, particular live those u.s. steelworker jobs. drew griffin, cnn, chicago.

i'll have a lot more from ukraine at the top of the hour. but first i would like to bring in rosemary church. she's standing by at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. it is a complicated world out there when you look at all the connections around the world with business and russia and all this sort of stuff. >> yeah, everyone plays some sort of part in all of this. thank you so much, john, joining us from lviv. we'll get back to you at the top of the hour. authorities in spain have seized the yacht of a russian oligarch at the request of the united states. on monday, spanish and american officials raided the vessel, which belongs to viktor vekselberg. he is a close ally of vladimir putin and had been sanctioned by the u.s. over russia's war on ukraine. the seizure of his yacht was the first one conducted by a u.s. task force, which cracks down on sanction violators. and coming up, the war in ukraine has given new urgency to europe's transition to renewable

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the southeastern u.s. is bracing for more severe weather. storms are unfolding across the southern plains. tornado watches have been issued for parts of texas with dangerous weather threatening some 35 million people across the gulf coast. now, this will be the third straight week of severe storms for the region, and you are looking at the aftermath of a tornado that hit arkansas last week. well, a new u.n. report on climate change calls for the rapid phasing out of fossil fuels. but the report also shows there is a lack of political will to scale up the use of renewable energy. the u.n. secretary-general is

warning of the risks of doing nothing. >> we are on a pathway to global warming of more than double 1.5 degree limit. some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. this is a climate emergency. climate scientists warn that we are already perilously close to tipping points that could lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. >> meanwhile, the war in ukraine has jump-started renewable energy efforts in the european union as part of an effort to wean itself from russian oil and natural gas. but experts say the united states is missing the opportunity to step up its own transition to renewable energy. cnn's rené marsh has the story now from washington. >> reporter: when russia invaded ukraine, it triggered what

climate change warnings did not. it expedited europe's plans for transitioning to renewable energy. since the invasion, germany announced it's speeding up wind and solar energy projects. france ended its gas heater subsidies. italy is moving to build six new wind farms. and the netherlands is also ramping up offshore wind, all in an effort to end reliance on russian oil and gas. the war giving an urgent push to europe's clean energy transition. >> when there's a national security imperative, it's far easier to get consensus to spend money to push forward more dramatic changes. >> reporter: the russian invasion, high gas prices, advancements in the renewable energy sector, and a climate crisis have all converged to create a moment for the green energy movement like never before. yet scientists and energy experts say the united states is in danger of missing this moment. >> right now, europe is leading,

and it's moving faster than others. but obviously this is a global problem, and we all need to be on the same page. >> the united states is one of the leading contributors to heat-trapping emissions, and its actions are critical to meet global climate goals. >> reporter: the eu has adopted a climate law setting 2050 as the target date for zero emissions. no such legislation has passed in the u.s. biden's climate push in build back better remains stymied by politics. >> we are playing catchup. there's no doubt about it. all of the investments that were in the bipartisan infrastructure law, that are in hopefully the next version of what congress will pass, these tax credits for clean energy, renewable energy, that has to be part of our strategy. >> reporter: an urgent new u.n.-backed climate change report released monday calls for an immediate transition to renewable energy to avoid climate catastrophe. >> i'm really worried that in the united states, we're going to miss this moment because there's no real political consensus. and because there's no political

consensus, we can't have a big piece of legislation, which is what you really need if you're going to super-charge the transition. >> reporter: on capitol hill last week, lawmakers raised concerns the u.s. also lags in producing the critical minerals that power things like batteries for electric vehicles. a space china dominates. >> what we've seen russia do, weaponizing energy, i guarantee you china will do the same thing, weaponizing critical minerals. >> reporter: russia's aggression has set off the race for renewables in europe. but the question remains, will the u.s. catch up? well, president biden has taken what actions he can without congress, including last week when he invoked the defense production act, intended to jump start the production of minerals needed to power renewables right here in the united states. but that move alone can't spur the aggressive transition that this climate report is urgently calling for. so it comes down to a choice between political consensus for

strong climate legislation or climate disaster. rené marsh, cnn, washington. time for a short break now. when we come back, college basketball has a new champion. the record-breaking comeback in the exciting finish. that's just ahead. stay with us.

fans celebrating in lawrence, kansas. the men's basketball team defeated the north carolina tar heels to claim their fourth college championship. cnn's andy schultz is in new orleans. >> reporter: the final four coming to an end with yet another amazing, emotional game. just full of runs and for the fourth time in their history, the kansas jayhawks are national champions. but it certainly wasn't easy. north carolina catching fire in the first half.

brady manning making three threes. the tar heels went on a 16-0 run led by 15 at halftime. but kansas came storming back in the second half thanks to a 31-10 run. then, they were down one with under 90 seconds left and the jayhawks' big man, david mccormick coming up huge with back-to-back buckets to give kansas a three-point lead. tar heels had one last chance but their three, no good. kansas celebrates an amazing comeback, winning 72-69. it was the largest comeback in championship game history. >> it is great for us. we played a terrific team. they played their butts off the first half. and we had no answer. and then, somehow, the -- the -- the -- the switch flipped a second half and our guys were unbelievable. >> how happy are you for 'em with that kind of a comeback? >> you know, it -- it would be unbelievable to win at all. but to win in that way, that will be one that not too many

people forget very soon. >> reporter: this is the first championship for kansas since 2008. the second for head coach and he told me he's coached a lot of talented teams over the years. but what set this group of players apart is how much they love and wanted to win for each other. in new orleans, andy scholz, cnn. >> and thanks for spending part of your day with us. i will be back later next hour. and our breaking news coverage continues with john vause live in lviv, ukraine. that's next. handle. ♪ this magic moment ♪ but heinz knows there's plenty of magic i in all that chaos. ♪ so different and so new ♪ ♪ was like any other... ♪

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