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good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning -- there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. >> yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america's banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning -- high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. >> also the faa is convening a

rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight crossed a runway moments after another plane was given the okay for takeoff. and as mars blackman said, it's got to be the shoes, right? announcing the auction of michael jordan game-worn sneakers from the finals. some estimates say they could go to for $4 million. yeah. all this coming as, you know, that -- >> one thing everyone in wash washington is hearing is happening over the planes. >> they should be talking about it. >> and doing something about it. >> doing something about it?

for sure. >> that's the acting faa administeror said. >> it is still acting. they don't have a permanent one. >> they had a hearing. we'll see if it becomes permanent. we'll get to that later in the show. also, we're seeing tension escalate after the pentagon said that a russian fighter jet clipped a u.s. spy drone and forced the u.s. to down it. the dangerous encounter happened over the black sea. a russian jet dumped fuel on the drone several times then clipped the propeller which forced the u.s. to down it into the water nearby. they're still working to recover it this morning, actually. national security council spokesman said the confrontation is reckless. >> we don't want to see this war escalate beyond what it already has done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly -- this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. >> after that happened, the u.s. summoned russia's ambassador to the state department. you can see him here. he was going in and was there

for 30 minutes. he claimed there was no collision. the u.s. has been warned not to enter u.s. airspace that's swar ra -- as this war is raging on in ukraine. >> you will see what will be the action of the united states if you see such russian drones very close, for example, to san francisco or new york. what will the united states do? for me, it's clear. >> those are comments he made after leaving the state department yesterday. again, that is the russian ambassador to the u.s. all this comes as president putin is about to make a public appearance any moment now. we're waiting to see if he weighs in on the drone incident. our national security reporter natasha bertrand is covering this developing story. the u.s. says the interceptions happens all the time. the way this happened, this contact between the russia and the u.s. militaries, first we've seen of something like this.

this grave. what else do we know? >> of course it comes at a very sensitive time between the u.s. and russia. obviously, they're both operating in the region and the potential for escalation and miscalculation is very high. so what we're learning is that the russian fighter jets kind of tracked this drone for about 30 to 40 minutes over the black sea, in international waters, before coming close to the drone and actually dumping fuel on it. and then going behind the drone and making contact with the propeller causing the drone to essentially become inoperable, forcing the u.s. military to then take it down over international waters. the u.s. is saying the pilots lacked confidence and they were reckless. was this an unsafe maneuver by the pilot itself or something that came from the kremlin? the pentagon is not saying at this moment. they're warning the russians that this kind of behavior can cause an escalation that could

draw the two countries into a conflict. the pentagon saying that there was no con ffrontation -- there was no communication while this confrontation. that makes us wonder if the lines of communication are opening operating properly. >> the u.s. is working to recover this. what is the concern that officials have if russia gets there first? >> it's unclear whether the u.s. will be able to recover this. we're told that there are no naval assets in the black sea at this moment that are working to recover it. the white house has said that they have taken steps to protect their equities. they would not go any further than that. but implying, essentially, they're taking steps to prevent the drone from falling into russian hands. the pentagon press secretary was asked about this yesterday, whether the russians have been themselves trying to get ahold of the drone which again fell into the black sea. they would not go there. what we're told is that they are

taking all possible steps to prevent sensitive tech knowledge, of course, this drone from falling into russian hands. >> absolutely. thank you. >> obviously, something the white house is following. i want to get now to cnn's presilla alvarez from the white house. >> president biden was briefed on this yesterday by national security adviser jake sullivan. the through line as you heard from natasha is that the contact by the russian pilots was, quote, inappropriate, unsafe, and unprofessional. that's what we've been hearing from the white house as they've also stressed that intercepts in this region are common. what was different and unique about this incident was just how unsafe it is. now the white house has also dismissed russia's denial of the incident and said that they're taking steps, again, as you heard there, to protect their private equities. but not sharing much more than that. now, of course, the administration has been in touch with allies going so far as to also summon the russian ambassador to the u.s. to relay

the concerns. bottom line is really that the u.s. will not stop operating in this region. don? >> is the white house hesitant to take further action against russia here? >> of course, this comes at a critical time. there is always risk of a dangerous escalation. but they have stressed they have those lines of communication, the diplomatic lines with russia. we saw evidence of that yesterday again with the russian ambassador to the u.s. and that is where they are right now at risk, of course, of any escalation. that's what they're trying to avoid. >> thank you. thank you very much for that. >> let's talk more about what has developed here. our cnn military analyst is here. cedric, good morning. explain to us what the capabilities are of what is known as an mq 9 reaper drone. do you understand what john kirby is saying when he says they're working to, quote, protect the equities of it? how do you do that? >> that's a great question, poppy. good morning to you. the whole business here is, of

course, about sensitive intelligence. the basic capabilities of the reaper, it flies at 50,000 feet. almost as high as that balloon that we shot down off the coast of south carolina. what it does is it's an intelligence collection platform. it can be an armed platform. in this particular case, i'm certain it was intelligence collection platform. supports strike missions but mainly done for surveillance. one big thing about this is it has a range of about 1150 miles. it can stay up for about 24 hours. it has a big wing span of 66 feet. it's wider than a lot of aircraft. it can do a lot of collection intelligence sources, signals and imagery intelligence. p that's why it's a big deal to make sure that russians don't know exactly how good it is at collecting this kind of intelligence. >> do you have any insight into

how the u.s. could remotely if they don't get their hands on it first, how can they remotely protect that protect that intelligence? >> they can zeroize the equipment. they can take the videos newly and void. anybody who looks at that then won't be able to see what has been transmitted. >> let's talk about this happened. it's the details from john kirby that are fascinating. basically, the russian fighter jets were flying in front of the drone and dumping fuel on it before this even happened. you think it was a mistake they clipped the wing, right? >> yeah. i do think that, kaitlan. the reason i think it was a mistake is when you look at the way in which these drones operate and the way in which the russians fly their aircraft, they come really close to this. this is a picture of the drone

as it's getting ready to take off h what the russians did is they went to this area right here, dumped fuel on this part and then they moved back as the craft was flying and they hit the propeller right there. that was the key thing. when it -- when they did that, that made it impossible for the drone to fly. the air force which was operating this remotely had no choice but to basically let it sink into the ocean into the black sea. they made it that way because they needed to clear it from the sky so it wasn't a risk to other aviation assets. >> what stands out to me is just looking at the drone. it's enormous drone. most people don't think of them -- >> it's not like a household drone. >> it is. take a look right here, don. what you can see, 36 feet in length, the wing span is 66 feet. compare that to the russian fight cher

fighter which is longer. what you're seeing there is really a relative comparison. this is a smaller aircraft. it is a highly effective aircraft. these guys can fly faster than the reaper can. >> is that a typical size? >> yeah. that's the average size of a reaper right here and of the fighter. that is about average for a fighter of that type. >> all fascinating. colonel, thank you very much. >> you bet. we're going to be joined by john kirby from the white house a little later in the program. where do things stand now? what did they learn overnight? he's here on "cnn this morning." we want to move to the extreme weather battering both coasts. in the west, rain. the rain just keeps falling. more than 13 million people there and in arizona are in flood watches this morning. in the east, it's a -- it's snow, a lot of it. the nor'easter that left parts of new york and new england buried under at least three feet of snow. more is actually on the way. some areas of the mid-atlantic and northeast are also seeing high wind alerts.

more than 237,000 people in five states are without power this morning. our meteorologist chad meyers is in the cnn weather center tracking it all. i mean, it's like every different spot on the map something else is going on. what are you watching the closest, chad? >> watching the storm in the northeast pull away. but after it's already dumped 36 inches of concrete snow there, people really having a hard time digging out. and also the snow and rain coming into southwestern california. i mean we're really seeing rain all the way even into san diego at this hour. here's what's left of the snow right now. what's not going away is the wind. the winds here will be 40 to 50 miles per hour today. the snow totals from 3 feet down to almost nothing in boston because of that ocean effect. here's the wind. the wind is going to be all day long. 40, 50 miles per hour. the branches are loaded with snow. the branchs are going to be blowing back and forth, possibly coming down and really even bringing down more power. here's the rain into southern california for this morning.

take it when you can get it. some spots just don't need any more. what is good about this, the positive of this storm is when it gets into colorado. they work on spring ski season now. there will be new feet of snow, feet of snow in colorado. just in time for all those spring breakers. >> yeah. welcome news for the spring breakers. hopefully they stay safe. chad meyers, thank you. >> hauls always looking on the side. >> always have to keep spring break in mind. >> the exchange commission is investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank as regulators scramble to contain the fallout. what prosecutors are now looking into. plus this -- to say this doesn't matter is to say that war crimes don't matter. >> here's the deal for foreign policy every day as governor. >> those are republican hawks pushing back on republican governor ron desantis after saying that support for ukraine

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know this morning whether or not the investigations will lead to any charges or allegations of wrongdoing. it does come as shareholders filed a class action lawsuit against the bank's parent company and democrats, several of them progressive members of the democratic party, unveiled a bull that would essentially restore the regulations rolled back by a bipartisan majority. wall street is breathing a sigh of relief. yesterday stocks rallied including those of other mid-sized banks. it's a sign they feel reassured by the government's quick intervention. paula reid is tracking the developments. what do the investigations look like? how similar are the ones between the doj and sec? >> it's interesting to see how this plays out. the justice department is looking into the collapse of svb. the sec also opened their own probe. the investigations are in the preliminary stages they're looking into the bank's failure and action business senior

executives and the lead-up to the decision by federal regulators. while the exact nature of the investigations remain unclear, when you have an event like the failure of svb, something so significant and investigation like this is very common in the immediate aftermath. spoken to former prosecutors, they say one area that may be of a special interest to justice department lawyers involves shares told by top company executives before the bank imploded as well as disclosures by the bank about the financial health. interestingly, the sec chairman kind of eluded to all of this in his statement sunday. he didn't identify any specific institution. he did say we will investigate and bring enforcement action it's we find violations of federal securities law. it's unclear if anyone will be charged. this could result in a criminal case. it could ultimately serve as more of an autopsy and an after action report depending on what

they uncover. >> a lot of questions about what went wrong. paula reid, thank you. >> most stocks did rally. the smoke has not cleared completely. moody's placed six u.s. banks on review for potential credit rating downgrade and slashed the outlook for the whole u.s. banking sector. let's bring in our cnn anchor christine romans. that is huge. what does it mean that moody's did this? does it indicate future bank collapses? >> i think the most important thing is things have really stabilized here. of we saw that yesterday. stability is back in the system. what moody's investors services is warning is we should be prepared for harder times ahead for the banks. you have a lot of deposits baboe the insurance line. you have people trying to move

banks and investment they parked their assets in are, you know, under value right now. we should be prepared for more strain in the system. if there are failures, what i'm hearing, is that they will be contained. they bring since these bank that's have failed and we'll be watching closely for other weaknesses in the system. right now, things stabilized. >> a lot has been -- we've been talking about the social media aspect of this, the psychology, information aspect. you remember washington mutual in 2008, poppy and i were talking in the break. it took ten days toin 2008 for them. 24 hours for silicon valley bank. is there an internet effect? >> absolutely. this was a social media run on this bank. it was a run on the bank. if you look at the biggest failures, washington mute ual i at the top. if you look at the with draws in, 2008, washington mutual, it was $10.7 billion withdrawn over

i think 10 or $16 billion withdrawn over ten days. this was $42 billion in 24 hours. you had people texting each other. you have vcs texting the founders of companies saying get your money out of here. you had twitter conversations about get your money out of this bank. and just so much more fast paced banking. think about it. if you -- for example, if you look at the website of washington mutual from 2008, it looks like this old fashioned website. now you got online banking. people were moving their funds out of -- in real time out of svb. we have never seen a run on that quite as quickly. i you this that's one thing really concerned regulators how quickly that panic was spreading and money coming out of the accounts. >> but look how old that looks now. that looks like something is wrong with your computer. >> fancy back then. >> it shows you how remarkable it is, the difference in how people bank then and now.

patrick mchenry, the congressman from north carolina, he is the chairman of the house financial services committee. i'm fascinated on his thoughts on this. he said this is the first twitter fueled bank run that we've seen. >> yeah. he's not wrong. that's what i think really got so many regulators so concerned. this spread so quickly here. what turned out -- at the base of it was sort of like banking 101 failure. they had the wrong duration of treasuries and they were called out. they were unable to raise $2 billion quickly. just wait that it spread on the internet, i think, is very interesting. i think a cautionary tale for regulators to really watch here as the banking system stays maybe under pressure as moody's says. >> so interesting. we learned from that "new york times" reporting this morning. top treasury official went to jamie dimon who is, you know, the only surviving ceo in terms of still running the bank he ran during the 2008 financial crisis, went to jamie dimon at

jp morgan and said could this be bigger and systemic to the financial system and dimon said there is potential it could be. >> wow. >> yeah. >> look, there is nuance. we're saying this is the internet. basically, svb is -- has the most responsibility. >> yes. yes. >> oh, yeah. wait, can i just say, your money is safe in your bank much moody's investors services made the point that banking system is strong. the banking system is stronger today than it was in 2008. if you go to your bank to withdraw your money, it will be there. you can rest assured about that. >> interesting that they went to the big banks, treasury, to say do we need to step in here and then what can happen? thank you he very much. >> you're welcome. >> tune in tonight. cnn prime time to see bank bust. what is next for america's money? we're going to talk to experts about how this happened, what it means for you, your bank, all ahead tonight. >> my favorite is christine romans little piggy bank. >> it's a great graphic. >> i don't think romans created that herself. >> i'll take credit for it.

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listen. >> our territorial dispute in the sense that any more than it will be a territorial dispute if the united states decided they wanted to take canada or the bahamas. >> to say this doesn't matter is to say that war crimes don't matter. he's going to go beyond ukraine, putin, if you don't get that and listen to what he's saying this is a chance to stop putin before it gets to be a bigger war. and china's watching. >> that's rubio graham there. there are others. so joining us now, correspondent for "the new york times." good morning to you. what do you make of this divide in the republican party on ukraine as we were talking this morning in the meeting, kaitlan said this is not just members -- these are hawks who are disagreeing are ron desantis. >> this is a big moment for the republican party and its own evolution on foreign policy and it's a big moment for the 2024 campaign. >> how so? >> the republican party historically is hawkish. they've been wanting to project

strength against russia and abroad. donald trump said we want to strike here at home. the whole america first agenda. that was an outliar. they make up the vast majority of support in the potential 2024 field. now they're both coming in on that side of the ledger. so that's a big shift for the party itself. it's really notable. you see marco rubio and lindsey graham. he is supporting donald trump but choosing to criticize ron desantis for agreeing the candidate he is backing in 2024. >> rubio saying he doesn't deal with foreign policy every day as governor. he's the senior senator in his state. when it comes to lindsey graham saying, you know, to say you don't care about war crimes, what ran desantis is more nuance. he was not saying that. it is interesting. ron desantis previously supported arming ukraine as poppy pointed out yesterday. i think what is most fascinating about this is getting the first look at ron desantis' foreign policy. >> absolutely. he's been a blank slate on this issue. rubio is not wrong.

in tallahassee, foreign issues are not central. ron desantis is choosing this and this the first big thing he is saying. he chose to give his opinion to tucker carlson who has been aligned with trump on shifting the republican party in this direction. its no the just the announcement itself of the position, where he announced it and how he announced it and when he announced it. he is running for president at this point. >> but to try to enact your foreign policy position you have to become president. to become president, you have to get gop voters behind you. could this not be a very savvy move by him looking at how much republican support for the on going level of funding at least for the war in ukraine has dwindled significantly? >> he's absolutely aligning himself where he thinks the majority of the republican party electorate is. that said, if you become president and you don't want to -- if you want to go back to his previous position, it's very hard to shift. if you said that ukraine is not part of the vital national security interest for the united states, it's going to be hard to make the case if you become a president desantis to the

congress that you should be putting money into something that's not vital. >> yeah. >> he left the door open a little bit. >> a little bit. >> yeah. >> on the other hand, do you point out that trump is the one who is following desantis and i'm talking about how he's talking about education? ? >> yeah. you know, i watched trump's rally this weekend. it was an education speech in iowa. it was really a trump speech with a little education in the middle toward the end. but it was interesting just to see how he is adopting some of the same language and some of the same sort of emphasis. education is a defining thing -- >> schools and -- >> on schools and critical race theory. there is a moment where he is talking and talks about critical race theory and trancege tr-- t gender. he takes it in. he says, wow, that was a loud

moment. you can see him saying this is motivating the base which is something that desantis saw first. >> it is fascinating how they try to distinguish themselves on things like that. they do agree now on ukraine. obviously, the education thing. nikki haley saying that desantis is just echoing trump. can we talk about desantis. do you think he is running? it's more of a tool for fundraising? >> basically a legal thing. if he wants to keep raising money to potentially run again, you have to file paperwork to say i'm legally running again. it has potential always investigations are swirling to deleverage with prosecutor. good what if i don't run? is there any possibility that these are -- these are the things i don't give up at the beginning of that process. but he is leaving the options open. are we believing everything that george santos says. >> why not? >> that's a joke. >> before you go on a serious

note, biden on guns, making the speech again, trying to keep this at the forefront of americans' mind and hearts. he's pushed again for renewal of the assault weapons ban. is this just a speech that will lead to no action in congress? >> i don't think that there is any chance that will is movement on guns in a divided congress. joe biden got through the only bipartisan gun measure in years and years last year. i think this is a chance to remind people that he tried to make a difference on that issue. the continued shootings is reminder there isn't a difference that's been fully made. he wants to be out there and use this, whatever strength he has to tell people to keep moving. >> the supreme court made it nearly impossible for states to really act unilaterally on meaningful gun legislation without a full national -- >> it has to come through congress. >> has to. >> we saw bud enyiden yesterday. he was greeted you about the

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the number of americans living with alzheimer's, it's projected to nearly double by the year 2050. that's according to a new report from the alzheimer's association. joining us now with more on the explanation behind this is cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. this is a huge jump. there is obviously a lot of implications behind it. what is behind this new number? why do they think it is so large by 2050? >> kaitlan, what is behind this new number is the american population is aging. we're seeing many more people 65 and plus over the next couple of decades. let's take a look at what this number looks like. 2023, 6.7 million people age 65 plus in the united states with alzheimer's. by 2050, that comes to 12.7 mul million. that is a huge jump in a short period of time. we talk about the implications of this. we need more doctors in this

country to help take care of these folks. we also need better treatments. there two drugs that are quite new that really sort of changed the course of alzheimer's. they get to the underlying biology. but there are a couple of issues. one, there is aa lot of debate about how well they work and there are side effects. in addition, they are super expensive. there is an excellent chance that someone's insurance is not going to pay for them. more drugs in the pipeline. hopefully they will work well and hopefully they will not cost a ton of money. >> kaitlan? >> onest things we also find interesting is that apparently many people don't alert their doctors early enough about some of the symptoms. are they -- embarrassed is not the right word. or worried to admit this is

coming? >> embarrassing might be the right word. people take it for granted. i'm forgetting this and that, i'm just getting older. it may not be. it may be a sign of alzheimer's. it is important to tell your doctor. i'm not going to sugar-coat it. it's not because your doctor necessarily can give you a drug that your insurance will pay for and that will work well. but there are other things that you can do to try to stave off alzheimer's as long as you can. you can talk to your doctor about that. you can plan for care giving. >> thank you. so many people. >> you read my mind. it's tough. i dealt with it in my familiarly. i'm sure you have, too. >> yes. >> people fight it when you say, you just told me. that my grandmother was going through it. she would drive over to our house and then go home and she would come back. forget she was there. >> when there is so few solutions, right, i think

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a man that killed people at a tops supermarket last may. how did they discover? >> that area of new york seeing these on discord, there are two people on that same channel who noticed these threats coming alive and called their local police department. i want to pick through thing this is person was allegedly saying on this chat site talking about that grocery store tops. saying that it was going to happen next week and saying kills one to two. also some of the statements made on discord have racist overtones, talking about buying a kkk outfit, becoming a legitimate racist or should he do a mass killing? i mean really awful things. also kind of talking about the fact that he had just lost his father who allegedly was an avid hunter and saying is this a way he can sort of remember his father by committing such an act?

this triggered the red flag laws in the state of new york. this person was arrest. zachery mullen, 20 years old, extreme risk order of protection was issued and brought into custody. here's the thing, he is no longer in custody because of the state's federal reform laws. he is in the custody of his mother where he was living. the police department did go in there, removed all of the weapons which they did find a shotgun. they did find another gun. they found ammunition. >> wow. >> that is all cleared from the home. the district attorney there very conservative district attorney saying i don't know if can you get access to another gun here. but that's the way the laws are in place here at new york. those are so controversial in many elections both before they were enacted and now. this is scary. >> the red flag law worked. >> big deal. >> thank you. >> also this morning, facebook's parent company meta is about to

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september. our next guest says it goes beyond meta. he calls the streak of layoffs the elon effect. joining us is sarah fisher. elon musk, you mean, who runs twitter. is this an indication that the companies think elon musk got it right? that they really overhired over the last few years and really have to slim down? >> i think so. a lot of pressure from wall street is forcing them to be more efficient. these companies did unprecedented hiring sprees during the pandemic. facebook's workforce swelled up to about 87,000 people. i think they're looking at what elon musk did, cutting that workforce to 7500 to over 1,000. they're thinking, look if, twitter can still function, i think there is room for us to cut. i'm not saying the companies should be going as far as elon musk. he made such drastic cuts that there is now pretty serious problems with the product. but i do think that they're looking at it and saying there is areas for us to be more

efficient. with mark zuckerberg saying the cuts yesterday mean faster is -- flatter is faster and leaner is better. that is the new mantra in silicon valley. zbri do . >> i don't know if it is safety. some of the cuts came in the safety and monitoring departments. chat gtp was already stunningly good. and now it's going to be better at that. >> oh, my gosh, so much better at that. the previous version of chat gtp had about a 10% chance of passing the bar exam for lawyers. this new version that is being introduced today has about 90% chance of passing the bar. that is new in the previous version. you can put in a text query or a question and get texts back. you couldn't use an image to get texts back. that is a game changer for the uses of the technology. you could take your phone and scan a picture of a sales presentation and they could,

within seconds, put out an jut put summarizing that presentation said. major implications for business. but to your point about safety, there is also a lot of challenges about what this means for misinformation. >> of course. 90% passing the bar is better than the human rate that passes the bar exam on the first try. sarah fisher, i'm terrified. thank you. >> thank you. >> our coverage continues. five things you need to know this morning. >> an american drone was fired down. >> this happened over the black sea. >> russian ambassador claiming that the russians do not want confrontation with the united states. >> this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. >> the justice department launching an investigation into the collapse of silicon valley bank. clearly the government is very interested in finding out what

happened and making sure it doesn't happen again. >> credit ratings firm moody's has officially downgraded its outlook for the banking industry. >> we have to make sure that people know if they put money in their bank and the deposit it it will be there in the morning for them. >> we didn't have snow all winter long. now we got the biggest storm of the year. >> an intense nor easter is bringing heavy snow, winds, and coastal flooding across the northeast. >> we're still dealing with widespread power outages. >> that's not too bad right now. we do expect that it's going to come back with a vengeance. >> ron desantis facing backlash after aligning himself with trump on ukraine. >> the florida governor saying while the u.s. has many vital national interests, there is a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not one of them. >> it's a misunderstanding of the situation to say this doesn't matter says that war crimes don't matter. >> we want all the stories. >> and one-on-one with the legendary coach k. >> one of th