hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," as a possible indictment for donald trump looms in manhattan, the former president is calling for

protests. we'll look at the security preparations that might go into such an unprecedented moment. plus -- vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to ukraine, his first since the war began just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for his war crimes. and another upset in march madness, officially sets countless hopes and dreams of a perfect bracket on fire. cnn sports' coy wire joins me live to break down the ncaa tournament. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour in the u.s. where former president donald trump is trying to rile up his base as he faces a possible indictment in new york. the drama began saturday when trump declared on saturday that he would be arrested on tuesday and just as he did before the

2021 insurrection, the former president urged supporters to protest and quote, take our nation back. hours later, trump also used the potential indictment to motivate donors to donate to his presidential campaign. meanwhile, in new york, authorities are preparing for large rallies by trump supporters who are suspected to march against the potential indictments. the case is related to a hush money payment related to an adult film star. it's one of several investigations that trump faces during his latest presidential run. we're covering the story from multiple angles. our polo sandoval is in new york with a look at how law enforcement agencies are preparing for the possible indictment, but first, we get more details on the investigation from cnn's katelyn polantz. >> reporter: donald trump says on social media on saturday that he expects to be arrested on tuesday in this ongoing financial crimes investigation out of manhattan, but at this point in time, he doesn't actually know. his spokesperson for donald trump this morning said that

there has been no notification from manhattan district attorney alvin braggs' office that trump is going to be indicted in the coming days, although, everything that we know about this investigation signals that it is in its very last days. last week, trump was invited to come in and testify to the grand jury that has been investigating this for many, many months, as would be his right as a target of the investigation in new york. he declined to do that. we have learned that there is another witness scheduled for monday to go before the grand jury, but right now, the grand jury is finishing up its work. this investigation is about a $130,000 payment that donald trump's attorney at the time in 2016, this was michael cohen, paid to stormy daniels, who was alleging that she had an affair with donald trump and they wanted to keep her quiet before that campaign or as that campaign was ongoing. there also is clearly an investigation around just general financial issues related

to the trump organization, possible financial falsification of records, connect back to the stormy daniels payment. but at this point in time, we don't know when this indictment will come or what exactly the charges would be, if and when the grand jury in manhattan is asked to approve them. kaitlan polantz, cnn, washington. >> reporter: law enforcement officials who are actively engaged in these behind-the-scenes conversations saying that they do have several concerns should we get to the point where those charges are filed against former president donald trump, one of which is courthouse security here in lower manhattan if donald trump has to travel here to answer to these charges. that's mainly because the potential for demonstrations or rallies by trump supporters, that they could possibly be galvanized into taking action, beyond just peaceful protests in light of what we heard from donald trump over the weekend in his message, calling for protests. also, the idea of any possible

counter-demonstrations. that's what local, state, and federal law enforcement here in new york city are coming together and having those conversations about how they would respondent. another fascinating angle in all of this is what one federal law enforcement source told cnn's john miller that the secret service detail in charge of protecting the former president is also actively engaged in conversations with agents here in new york city about the logistics that would come in transports trump to the manhattan district attorney to answer to these charges. this is a process that is typically quite routine, that would include a full booking process, including fingerprinting and a mug shot being taken, before a potential arraignment. and it's safe to assume, an eventual release. however, given the publicity of this case, multiple sources saying that that process, if we reach that point, would likely happen away from the crowds and cameras. so it just speaks to the unprecedented nature of everything that's happening behind the scenes, as many wait for what the next step will be from a grand jury. polo sandoval, cnn, new york.

for more on this, i'm joined by political analyst, michael gen genovese, at loyola marimount university. and also, you're the author of "the modern presidency: six debates that define the institution." listen, we knew, you know, the day might come, but it still seems hard to wrap one's head around the idea of a former president potentially facing arrest. as i just mentioned, you studied the presidency, so just how unprecedented is this? >> well, you know, we came close back in the 1970s with richard nixon. and had he not been pardoned by gerald ford, there's a chance that this might have occurred. this is unique, is strange, but it's not surprising given the circumstances and given what we know of donald trump. he's been dodging legal bullets for a number of years now. and it looks like several strands are starting come together and they may all

connect really within the matter of just a few weeks or months. the first one we all thought was going to be georgia, but there were several different possibilities. we're on untrodden territory. this is new for us. so we're going to probably tread pretty carefully, especially given the circumstances that donald trump is declared candidate for 2024. >> well, exactly. and given what's gone on before, i mean, already, donald trump's reaction, calling for his supporters to protest and maybe more significantly, in his words, to take back the country. that all sounds familiar. how troubling is that? >> it's troubling, because we know what happened on january 6th. that's when he did a similar call for his supporters to march on the capitol. and we know what happened. we know that law breaking took place. we know violence occurred. and we know, you know, "hang

mike pence" and "nancy, we're coming for you." it was an ugly mob and a series of lawmakers, many of whom have been convicted already. donald trump saying, i want my protesters to be ready, we're going to take back the country, he knows better. he knows what the result of those kinds of comments are. that you egg on people who are probably likely to respond to him, the way they did on january 6th. and so that's an irresponsible use of his platform. and one that is likely to lead to violence. >> well, so, that's my question. i mean, your read from the political environment right now, you think there will be violence, or do you think that -- you mentioned, you know, many of the people involved in january 6th, you know, were prosecuted. this was supposed to stop january 6th from happening again. do you think it will? >> i think donald trump keeps playing the role of the match and trying to light the kindling. and if he does that and keeps

encouraging his people to protest, to take back the country, it simply increases the likelihood that some people out there who are not very stable, are not very grounded might very well take that as a call to violence. it may very well be that folks think that january 6th was the prelude to the bigger event. so a responsible leader would insist that his followers follow the law. that they be peaceful. donald trump is not like that. he does not play the game that way. he has his own rules and because of that, that's why people in his base like him, but also what makes him dangerous and kind of an inflammatory figure, especially given that there are several strands of indictments that may come down in the next few weeks. >> yeah. i'm wondering what this might mean for his 2024 campaign. will it help him or hurt him? you know, potentially, it might make him a martyr figure that might unite republican voters.

and we've seen already that he's sendi ing fund-raising e-mails the back of this. >> yes. well, again, he never misses the chance to raise money, but donald trump, it's an odd situation in that i think it will help and hurt. it will help him within his party, within his base. it will strengthen the bonds between donald trump and his base, and he will say, they're doing this to me, but they're doing it to you. so that will likely rev up the support within his base, but not necessarily within the party, in a broader sense, and certainly not within the nation. anytime a president or a presidential candidate is indicted, it's going to raise some questions. we've had circumstances like this in the past, very rarely, when eugene debs running as a socialist candidate from prison. it's only possible to run while indicted, possible to run while on trial and to run while in prison. that certainly doesn't speak well to the ultimately

electability in the general election. >> michael genovese, thanks so much for being here with us. >> thank you very much. an attorney for the former president claims the media is likely to blame for trump's assertion that he'll be arrested on tuesday. in a statement to cnn, he said, quote, no one tells us anything, which is very frustrating. president trump is basing his response on press reports and the fact that this is a political prosecution and the d.a. leaks things to the press instead of communicating to the lawyers, as they should. former vice president mike pence is another member of trump's orbit who's harshly criticizing the possibility of an indictment. he discussed the situation saturday in an interview on sirius xm radio. and again, in a pre-taped interview with abc news, pence said he believed the investigation is politically motivated, but added that any protests should be peaceful. here he is. >> the frustration the american people feel about what they sense is a two-tiered justice system in this country, i think is well-founded.

but -- and i believe that people understand that if they give voice to this, if this occurs on tuesday, that they need to do so peacefully and in a lawful manner. that the violence that occurred on january 6th. the violence that occurred in cities throughout the summer of 2020 was a disgrace, the american people won't tolerate it. and those that engage in that kind of violence should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> we'll have more legal perspective on this major story later in the hour. russia's president travels to a ukrainian city that took a defiant stand against his aggression. still ahead, vladimir putin's trip to mariupol and the message he's trying to send. and mass protests against a plan to try to curb strisrael's judiciary. why some people believe it's a distraction created by prime minister netanyahu. stay with us. dd the whoa! of listerine to your routine.

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cluster bomb attack in the city of kramatorsk. ten others were wounded on saturday, including three who were in serious condition. dozens of residential buildings were damaged in the attack and residents say there was nothing of military value to strike there. >> they were shelling, shelling on civilian's houses and putin saying, they're not killing civilians, that they don't shoot at peaceful people. we don't have anything here. they're shooting at us, they're killing us. our children, our elderly, they're destroying our houses. take a look at what they do. >> ukraine seize russia has launched more than 350 artillery strikes across the eastern front in the past 24 hours. that includes more than 50 attacks in bakhmut. this all comes as russian president vladimir putin went to occupied ukraine for the first time since his invasion began. clare sebastian is monitoring that story and joins us from london. clare, with these recent trips to crimea now, mariupol, what message is putin trying to send? >> yeah, kim, i think many some

ways, the trip in particular to mariupol was an obvious pr exercise for putin. this is the biggest prize so far for russia in this war, the only major strategic city that they've managed to hold on to, after occupying a force they had to retreat from kherson in november. look, i think it's clear that he's sending in some ways a message of defiance to the west. the visit coming just a day after the arrest warrant was issued by the international criminal court. pretty extraordinary optics of this, if this is an act of defiance, visiting some of the scenes of some of the worst alleged war crimes in this war, mariupol, almost a year ago to the day is when that drama theater was bombed, killing, it's believed, hundreds of civilians in what was perhaps the worst mass casualty event for civilians in this war. but pretty soon you there, behind the weal, projecting authority, projecting that he is in charge. it was, you know, interesting to see him. he was also outside an apartment block where he greeted fairly

star-struck residents, including one pretty tearful woman, who told him that the apartment block that they had apparently received this year perhaps after their own homes were destroyed was a little piece of heaven. it seems that this was a pretty choreographed visit here. but i think to the russian people, this also shows that he is heavily focused on rebuilding and integrating these illegal occupied parts of ukraine into russia, normalizing the idea that they are part of russia, something that russia, of course, has been doing with crimea since 2014, kim. >> all right, clare sebastian in london, thanks so much for being here with us. as we just mentioned, putin made the trip as he became a wanted man, facing an arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in ukraine. the international criminal court issued the warrant on friday, accusing putin in a suspected scheme to deport ukrainian children to russia. about an hour ago, i spoke with international human rights lawyer, wayne jordash, and asked him what evidence the

prosecutors could have. here he is. >> the evidence really consists of two or three main points. firstly, his public appearances, where he clearly accepts, along with the commission of the human -- for children's rights, who's also subject to an arrest warrant, that they are involved in a scheme of so-called adoption. so there's the public admissions from putin. secondly, there's a presidential decree, which again complicates putin and the government in relation to these adoptions. and then, of course, there's the evidence from the ground. that is thousands of children going missing from russian-occupied territory. many of them with parents and disappearing into russia. so it's the scheme, plus the admission. and i would also say this. putin is subject to an arrest warrant on the basis of superior

responsibility, which basically means that he has not prevented those crimes or punished them. and that's why his admissions, publicly, are so important. is essentially a proving of these crimes when he's giving these public comments. and therefore admitting to failing to exercise his superior responsibility, which is a really serious issue. >> in a significant breakthrough, serbia and kos ov have reached a deal to normalize relations. it was announced in a tweet after he met recently with leaders from both countries. kosovo and serbia have been in eu-backed talks for nearly ten years, this after kosovo declared independence in 2008. serbia doesn't recognize kosovo's independence, seeing it as a breakaway province instead. the eu says the deal will be in integral and binding part of the two nation's path of the bloc's membership. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is getting no relief from weeks of outrage

over his plan to revamp the country's judicial system. hundreds of thousands of israelis took to the streets saturday for the 11th week of protests over the proposal. netanyahu and his supporters say there must be a check on the power of the country's unelected judges. some critics say the plan would undermine israel's democracy, while others say the whole thing is netanyahu's way of distracting from his legal troubles. eliot gotkin is in jerusalem and joins me now. eliot, first of all, what is the latest on those protests? >> kim, this was a saturday night protest, as it has been the last, for the last 11 weeks. of course, we've been seeing mid-week protests as well. this is just becoming a regular thing now, to see hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets, rain or shine, to express their opposition to this government's radical judicial overhaul. as you say, they are concerned that it will erode pretty much all checks and balances on the government, by allowing it to

appoint supreme court judges and by preventing the supreme court from striking down laws passed by israel's parliament or knesset, except in very narrow circumstances. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who leads this right-wing and religiously conservative government, the most right wing and religiously conservative in israel's history, he maintains that this judicial overhaul is necessary in order to restore the proper balance between the judiciary and the government. he thinks that the supreme court has too much power and therefore he simply is restoring the balance. however, the protesters do not buy this. they are concerned about this overhaul eroding israel's claim to be a liberal jewish democracy. that it's going to be detriment of the economy and people's individual freedoms. we heard earlier in the week from president isaac hertzog. it's a ceremonial role, but he has influence. he proposed a compromise that would give the government some of what it wanted, but not everything. but this proposal amid warnings

from the president himself of the potential for civil war, really striking language from him, but the government rejected these proposals outright. the result of which is that this judicial overhaul remains live. it is still winding its way through israel's parliament or knesset. the government wants to have it in place by the time of the jewish festival of passover, which starts at the beginning of next month. and as long as that process remains on track, these protests will also continue, as well. kim? >> all right. sk eliot, pivoting now, seniors from the u.s., israel, and the palestinian authority, they're expected to hold another regional security meeting ahead of ramadan, so what might come of that? >> i suppose the hope is that everyone will be able to get some kind of progress in terms of trying to de-escalate the situation. we've seen a lot of israeli security forces, raids into the west bank, into the occupied west bank, to target militants, who have either committed, or

they say are planning to commit violent acts against israelis. and at the same time, we've seen attacks by militants against israelis inside israel, as well. i suppose it's just another way to try to calm the situation before ramadan. but we've seen already, when we had this meeting in the jordanian port of akabah that was supposed to make some progress towards de-escalation, that that didn't really work. and i suppose the fear is that this kind of meeting won't really work either. and that the current tensions, which are sky high between israel and the palestinians will simply continue. >> all right. we'll be keeping an eye on both stories. eliot gotkine, thank you so much for being here. in pakistan, there was another dramatic standoff as imran khan appeared in court on saturday. clashes broke out between his supporters and the police as he was attempting to enter the high court in islamabad. it came hours after police stormed khan's home in lahore using bulldozers.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." let's get back to our top story this hour. donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday as he faces a grand jury investigation in new york. on social media, he urged supporters to protest, echoing the rhetoric he used before the '21 insurrection. authorities in new york are now preparing for large rallies during his expected indictment. the case is related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels over an alleged affair, which trump denies. elie honig is a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and a

senior cnn legal analyst and he discussed the case earlier with our paula reid. he believes the case will go to trial if trump is indicted, but the case is far from a slam dunk, because it may rely on a witness whose credibility isn't above reproach. here it is. >> i think it's highly likely if there's an indictment, it goes to trial. donald trump does not strike me as the pleading guilty type. in order to plead guilty, he would have to go into court and say, yes, i committed a crime. how likely is it to result in a conviction? that will depend on the strength of the evidence and the witnesses. based on what we know, though, paula, i think it's an absolute mistake to say this is a slam dunk or smoking gun. we know there are checks, we know that the hush money was paid, but it's important to understand, paying hush money is not the crime. the crime is in how donald trump's people, his campaign, logged that payment. if they falsely claimed it was attorney's fees, which they did, that could be a crime. you have to tie that to donald trump himself directly. and really, as far as we know,

the only person who directly does that is michael cohen, who has all sorts of credibility issues. in texas, the circumstances surrounding a soldier's death at ft. hood continues to be a point of contention between the military and the soldier's family. army investigators say foul play isn't suspected in the death of private ana ruiz, but her family wants the military to expand their investigation, saying the late soldier spoke of sexual harassment on the base. cnn's camilla bernal reports. >> reporter: this is a tragic case, and the family of private ana ruiz through their attorney is calling for a full and open investigation into this case. the army says they are looking at all of the facts and everything that happened here and they also say that this is all being handled by the criminal investigation division at the army which is independent from the chain of command at ft. hood, and investigators say they do not believe that foul play

was a factor in this case. they also say that they will continue to look at harassment allegations, all of this after the mother of the soldier constituent on spanish-speaking tv and gave very emotional interviews to uniskprigs telemundo news, saying that the army had told her her daughter committed suicide. she questions that suicide and says her daughter spoke about sexual harassment allegations at the base. the army says that they are looking into all of this, they held a press conference and here's part of what they said. >> we take any allegations of harassment very seriously. and we have in avenues through which soldiers can report such harassment. any leader on this installation has a responsibility to take action if they find out about such harassment through a report, formal or informal, and they will take action. >> the army did not confirm

whether the cause of death was suicide. again, they say they will continue to investigate this case. the mother in these very emotemo emotional interviews saying that her daughter had asked to leave the base, had asked her to hug her the way she used to hug her when she was a child. this mother was heartbroken and saying that she sent her daughter to the united states alive and was going to bring her body back to mexico. their attorney releasing a statement saying in part, we will be watching closely to ensure that military leadership conducts a thorough investigation for the sake of ana's family and all of those currently serving in our u.s. military. that mother asking for a special visa to come to the u.s. she says she wants to be here to receive her daughter's body. camilla bernal, cnn, los angeles. california has a new initiative to produce affordable insulin. governor gavin newsom says the state will cut the drug's price

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that was the terrifying scene at a supermarket in ecuador when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck on saturday. at least 16 people are dead and more than 380 injured. the quake's epicenter was in ecuador's southern coast near the border with peru. dozens of homes, schools, and medical centers were damaged or destroyed. multiple roads were blocked by landslides, and a cnn affiliate reports that structural damage in a u.n. world heritage city. the death toll in the giant earthquake that rocked turkey and syria has now surpassed 55,000 people, and that's as parts as turkey are still feeling aftershocks more than a month later. while turkey's largest city istanbul is far from those tremors, it faces its own grave earthquake dangers. nadia bashir reports. >> reporter: the sound of concrete crumbling into rubble.

this time, by design. this demolition, part of a grand regeneration project. the city of istanbul preparing for what experts warn is an inevitable earthquake. tens of thousands of homes are currently in the process of being evaluated for their safety, as residents grow increasingly concerned. honestly, i am afraid, he tells me. i think residents would feel more relieved if precautions were taken immediately. this is one of what officials say is more than 800,000 buildings in istanbul, built before earthquake regulations were brought into force in the year 2000. and authorities say at least half of all buildings assessed so far have been replaced under high-risk categories. according to the damage estimation studies we held, we foresee that approximately 90,000 structures will be subject to heavy and very heavy

damage. >> in this vast city of around 60 million people, the threat of a major earthquake looms large. a fault line underneath the sea, just 20 kilometers from the city at its closest point could cause untold damage if it were to break. >> reporter: and while experts predict the magnitude could be anywhere between 7.2 and 7.8, there is no telling when the earthquake might strike. >> if a major earthquake doesn't happen in the next 20 years, we would be really surprised. so it's that close. there's no way to predict it. the sensible thing is to get prepared for it. >> reporter: but it's not just about ensuring the buildings are able to withstand a major earthquake, but also preparing for what is said to be an enormous humanitarian response expert, with experts expecting the loss of tens of thousands of lives and potentially millions of residents left ho. it is an immense challenge for

this metropolis, particularly when it comes to communities like this one, with many homes here built without permissions and without structural guarantees. those who say that they trust their buildings are just consoling themselves, she tells me. most buildings here are more than 30 years old, and most have had levels added to them. i don't think they're steady buildings. i want to move, but in turkey, rent prices are just too high. and with some of turkey's most disadvantaged now struggling to even buy bread, many are left with no choice, but to continue living in high-risk buildings. seeing what happened over in the southeast, we became very afraid over here, she tells me. what will happen to our house? what will happen to our children? what will happen to us? questions many istanbul residents are now asking themselves, as concerns mount over how much time is left for

this historic city to prepare for the unimaginable. nadia bashir, cnn, istanbul. in southern africa, the official death toll has climbed as malawi faces the aftermath of cyclone freddy, this as a search nor the missing continues. michael holmes reports. >> reporter: more than 400 people are dead after cyclone freddy tore through malawi. entire villages swept away, many families still searching for loved ones. this woman says her husband and child were washed away in the flooding. she is the only one left in her family. >> it was raining for three days. on the third day, i saw what looked like fire coming from the mountain. it felt like the mountain was falling down. then a huge splash of water and mud came. those who could run ran and survived. those who could not were covered by mud. that's how i survived. >> reporter: another woman describes how her parents were

holding on to each other when they were separated by a falling tree. >> my mother and father were holding hands, but a falling tree came between them. so my father was not able to hold on. there was too much water and my mother was taken by the water. my father survived, but he is very badly injured. to this day, my mother's body has not been found. >> reporter: across the country, officials say nearly 80,000 are displaced. more than 900 injured and nearly 300 missing. malawi's president calling for urgent humanitarian aid. on saturday, he visited primary schools in the east, handing out buckets, blankets, and food. many schools will remain closed until the end of the month. classrooms and toilets are unsafe. the cyclone first made landfall in late february, then circled back a second time this week, while the storm has finally passed, survivors are left trudging through the mud,

searching for some sign of hope amid the destruction. michael holmes, cnn. there have been more reports of violence and voters being disenfranchised during saturday's governor sship elections in nigeria. a labor party official says one of its agents was shot and killed in lagos. and at the victoria garden gated community in clagos, residents told cnn what happened when election officials made an unexpected change. >> people came out today to say that the polling unit had been moved. of course as a community, we did not receive any formal communication to say that the polling unit was being moved. of course, where i'm struggling to tell people to vote, because i'm uncertain of the legality of that polling unit, because you want to ensure that people's votes actually count. >> an electoral commission spokesperson told cnn that the polling unit was moved for safety reasons.

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the phenomenon called march madness has taken over the u.s. this weekend and one of the country's most prestigious universities is at the center of it all. princeton university is men's basketball team, a 15th seed in the ncaa tournament pulled off its second massive upset saturday night, while the university of kansas, the reigning champion and one of the favorites to win it all again lost in heartbreaking fashion. with me now is cnn sports' coy wire. bracket busters galore. this is what it's all about at this time of year, right? >> no other sporting event captures america's hearts and minds from a sporting perspective like the ncaa tournament. you have tens of millions of people, you mentioned those brackets, they don't even watch college basketball during the regular season, but this tournament comes around, you're filling them out at work, billions of dollars are bet on this three-week tournament. it's quite the phenomenon. and there is a lot of madness and upsets and magic. here's one of them.

princeton tigers, men's basketball team, after pulling off one of the unlikeliest upsets in the tournament already, in tournament history, on thursday, they come back to beat the university of arizona as a 15 seed. princeton looked downright unstoppable saturday night against missouri. they hit 12 three-pointers, jumping out early. they never looked back. they win 78-63. they're the first ivy league in the past seven years to reach the sweet 16. coach mitch henderson was a member of the last princeton team to win a game at this tournament a quarter century ago. he calls this a dream come true. >> we are so thrilled to be going into sweet 1637. it is an absolute pleasure being around these guys. they just grit their teeth and do it. i've always dreamed of playing deep into the tournament.

as a player, got to the second round, never beyond it. so this is unbelievable. >> one seed and defending champion kansas are down with just three seconds to go. their biggest star was going to need to miss a free throw to try to get a quick rebound. and then tie or win it. but that didn't happen. well, watch this. arkansas they pull off this upset. their coach shows off the muscles, man. he rips his shirt off as the team goes crazy pulling off this upset. come on, coach, where are you? they're trying to find it right now. as you can see, look at this passion, look at this emotion. the razorbacks are headed to their third straight sweet 16. i guess maybe we couldn't show coach, because maybe it was not safe for tv. so -- >> it's a family show. >> yeah. we'll leave it at this this, then. the biggest cinderella of them all, fairly dickinson, they became the second sweet 16 team

to win a game in march madness. they beat number one seed perdue. a team that spent several teams ranked in the top 25 this season.dickinson, which has only about 7,800 students undergrad. they would be the first to win. growing up in canada, i asked you how to be a big hockey fan. the only canadian. you're going to appreciate this play of the day. university of minnesota's rhett pitlick, watch this puck handling clinic he puts on. >> oh, sit down! >> are you kidding me?! take a seat. that was steven hoeltsman they're playing against michigan here. is that not -- and the goalie doesn't stand a chance. that's incredible. and best part about this, rhett pitlick is a prospect for your beloved montreal canadians. so, just had to show that, because how many times can you

deep in one mmp there. >> that was sick. >> yeah. >> listen, i want to go back to the ncaa's, you know, with all of the chaos that's going on now. you've had to sort of reconfigure your brackets. >> there are no remaining perfect brackets, none of us are perfect. i have texas going all the way. they're a two seed and marquette, another two-seed meeting in the final. i went for minor upsets. the favorites are houston and alabama. those are the two remaining number one seeds. >> all right. we'll see if it will come to pass. we'll have you back on and explain how it all went wrong for you. >> more madness. >> exactly. >> cnn sports' coy wire. thank you so much. appreciate it. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. you can follow me on twitter @kimbrunhuber. for viewers in north america, cnn this morning next. for the rest of the world, it's "living golf."

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