will shift right here to this court and caitlin title game tonight. san diego state they're coming off an iconic march madness moment. lamont butler's game winning buzzer beater, sending the aztecs to their first ever championship game. coach brian duchess building something special in san diego yukon. our conquerors, winning by an average of 20 points per game. this tournament led by one of the most fiery leaders, you'll meet coach dan hurley. i caught up with both coaches in the locker room yesterday, and i found out that both are superstitious. coach hurley has no shame over his lucky fire breathing dragon under rules, and he says he's not changing anything. now, listen. i would be a complete idiot. if at this point, i mean, and i don't know if you know this, but it's been the same suit. it's been the same dress shirt. my guy, chris mastrangelo has, uh, has hit the dry cleaner, you know, so it's the same socks. obviously, the

dragons have gotten the most attention. same shoes. how long you've been wearing them. they've been through two gatorade bass to cutting down of nets. three cutting down the nets, you know, regular season title conference tournament title south regional title, same shoes and they're wet, but i'm still wearing them. both coaches are so fun so motivational. it's easy to see whether players love the march madness has turned into amazing april can't wait to see this place rocking tonight. april i love it. with all of the unpredictability and all the upsets. i can't blame them for wearing the same shoes, same socks, same shirt wire. i know. hopefully, you'll be changing your outfit. we'll see what happens tonight. thank you. thanks. okay? and cnn this morning continues right now. donald trump heads to new york to prepare for a moment we've never seen before. in u. s history. we will take the indictment dissected team will look at every potential issue

that we will be able to challenge and we will challenge. this is a huge security concern . any huge security effort. what's your status is in the united states of america? you're not above the law, no person should be targeted by the law, either. at least 32 are dead after a series of tornadoes hammered the south and midwest. three tornado is winds of 136 to 165 mph warnings that came from meteorologists certainly save lives my family can get in contact with towers were down. everybody was scared. thought i was dead. senator john fetterman is opening up about his battle with clinical depression, engaging some of the most things that i love in my life. we need more leaders that are willing to speak honestly about the challenges they're facing. secretary of state antony blinken urged russia to immediately released not just evan herskovits, but also paul wheelan. the last time the kremlin held a u. s journalist

on spy charges was during the cold war and also an explosion in a cafe. in downtown st petersburg, russia. explosion killed one of russia's most prominent pro war military bloggers flatland tartasky jump shot. incredible final fours and it is living up to all of the hype issue. very first. national championship. so happy for everybody back home in louisiana. an amazing and amazing when and here we are, at this very historic moment in u. s history just hours from now the former president donald trump set to return to new york city. as he prepares to turn himself in tomorrow to face criminal charges. look right there plain trump playing in

west palm beach, florida, trump says that he is planning to leave around noon and then arrive here in new york city around three o'clock this afternoon, sources telling cnn that trump was surprisingly calm over the weekend despite the initial shock of the indictment. we're told that he played golf and he chatted about how he could use the criminal charges to boost his presidential campaign. secret service has been helping to coordinate security at the courthouse in manhattan. sources tell cnn it isn't certain if trump will have his mug shot taken because his appearance is widely known, and there is concerned it might be. we're not expecting trump to be handcuffed because he'll be surrounded by federal agents. so as we wait to see what that actually looks like, in real time i want to bring in cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid and our chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. here good morning to both of you, john, you know, i was watching trump's attorney yesterday on the sunday shows, they still seem to not know exactly what tomorrow is going

to look like they said. a lot of that still remains. it's up in the air, basically. well, i think they've laid out the choreography of tomorrow. um the big thing for them tomorrow is it will be their first detailed look when the indictment is unsealed exactly what the district attorney is alleging, and exactly what the district attorney is saying he has said they don't know because again, it is unsealed. they don't know what the charges are. right can i want to play something? paula, this is, um donald trump's attorney, joe tacopina. what he said on cnn's state of the union yesterday. watch this. we will take the indictment. we will dissect it. um, the team will look at every every, um, potential issue that we will be able to challenge him. we will challenge and of course, i very much anticipated motion to dismiss coming because there's no law that fits this motion to dismiss and other challenges. well, it's interesting about that is joe, like the rest of us has not actually seeing the indictment, so it's expected that they will file a motion to

dismiss. that's not surprising at all. but they have to see the case first to decide. and how exactly, they're going to quote unquote attack this look if this is based on any kind of novel legal theory, you can absolutely expect legal challenges there. there are other moves that they might have to make to preserve their eventual opportunities for appeal. like, for example, joe, i believe, has said that they're not even thinking about a change in venue right now, but they may need to actually file a motion just to preserve their options later on, so until they actually see the charges, he can't really plot a course of attack, but he's clear he's going to attack it. hmm through john what we're going to see tomorrow. we talked last week about the security, perhaps here in new york city, because they don't know no one knows, i suppose other than trump, maybe his team what he's going to do if he's going to stop if he's going to talk when he arrives in new york tonight, he's going to do that. tomorrow outside the courthouse. how do you get the tens of thousands of officers ready for the unknown? so here's what we know. hill arrive sometime today. late in the day, he will go to trump tower. they will put in a very

well worn experienced trump tower security plan for his stay there overnight, and in the morning he'll go to the courthouse. that's where he's going to come into the district attorney's office be taken into custody with his secret service detail in tow. he will be parked so they'll be fingerprinted. he'll get a nice and number, which is the new york state tracker that shows you've been arrested and charged with a felony. um he will be taken through a back route internally through the building to the courtroom where a judge will be ready to arraign him. and at that time is paula would agree they will enter a plea of not guilty reserve all rights to challenge it on all levels. but here for the first time that the details of that indictment because they'll be handed that piece of paper when it's unsealed, typically in a case like this, they say, does the different. it's a legal requirement. does the defendant waive the reading of the indictment in court? i'm assuming with as many counts as there is, that's a lengthy

document. everybody usually waves it, especially because they have it already. and then he will leave the way he came. go straight to the airport straight back to mar-a-lago. but that's the opening of the next chapter, which is when does he fire back? and how how does he fight this? and as you just intimated? how does he use this? and he's already he's already fighting back, and he's already trashing the judge, which he's going to appear before. tomorrow which is remarkable in and of itself. of course, salesmanship , at least but not surprising for trump. i mean, he often does. i was struck by what lanny davis, michael cohen's attorney, said yesterday to dana bash, which is that they believe the payment to care mcdougall, who also says that she had an affair with trump may be part of this case. it's certainly possible based on our reporting. we know that investigators have asked about that $150,000 hush money payment to karen macdougal. what we don't know, though, is whether those questions were to establish a pattern of other hush money payments or if they're looking specifically at other crimes that could have been committed in the context.

of that specific payment, so i see where landing could get that. but our reporting is not clear that that's definitely something that's under criminal investigation. just quickly. where are we on cameras in the courtroom? i'm so glad you asked. don we don't know yet right now until one pm the district attorney or trump lawyers, they can file any objections to the judge that they have for potentially having cameras in the courtroom. cnn is one of the media organizations that is pushing for this, arguing that there is no more important public. interest in the arrangement of the former president, the united states, but this judge does not tend to be in favor of cameras down in the circus, so we don't know. we're just asking for one or two cameras one or two audio devices. it's not much don request actually argue that having cameras in the courtroom does cut down on the circus. a it means far fewer reporters have to be there because you can watch it on the feed and reported the same way. more importantly, though, there's a process in the courtroom as opposed to the scrum on the

courtroom steps or whatever happens later, mar-a-lago and it's a civics lesson for the public to watch that process where the judges in control and not the circus, which is usually outside really good point. good point. thank you. great reporting, john. you as well. thanks very, very much this morning. parts of the south and the midwest are bracing for another round of severe storms. those are some of the same areas were more than 50 tornadoes were reported friday. the death toll from this storm has now risen to 32 people. in arkansas alone. at least five people have died in little rock employees and customers that arrest toronto. there were forced to hunker down in the kitchen as the storm and the tornado just tore through joining us now. is a managing partner of that restaurant. stephanie or other, stephanie. thank you for being here. terrifying right about doesn't begin to describe what you guys went through. did you know that your go ahead. it really it really was. it really was really , really scary for a while. yes

one of the things we talked about a lot. is it often just you have almost no warning or very little warning. especially when these hit at night. did you have any idea that you guys were in the past? even we did you know, there were reports that you know, storm system was brewing and that we were going to have bad weather on on friday . and so when you everybody's watching. they're watching the news reports. but you kind of go about your day. we're used to these kinds of things in the south were you know we call ourselves tornado alley? so you know you're you're aware, but you really kind of just go about your day and think. oh, it's another tornado watch another tornado warning and until we got the warnings on our phones um and then at that point, i was like, maybe we should. maybe we should turn the tv on in the restaurant and see what's what's really happening. and because then it became really obvious

when they're shoving the you know the rotation with the radar and it was like, wow, and they're tracking the storm, literally by building landmarks. so when we see you know, i saw the places that we're so close to us, you know, literal street names or, you know, building landmarks. i was like, wow, we need to so that of course you go outside and look around, but that's what we do. um and it was it was hearing. um and so that's it's like this is this is serious. we need to take this very seriously and be prepared. yeah the mornings that we received were very good. yeah stephanie. i know exactly that feeling that you're talking about. i'm from alabama. and it's when you go outside and you can just feel that it is different in the environment you can see the sky is a weird color. it's that weird. almost currently chilling wind. um what is the damage looking like we're looking at these pictures. it looks it looks like you got hit pretty badly. we did the damage

around our block is. certainly not as devastating as some areas west of us the landscape is forever changed as as you know, being from alabama, but it is a very densely populated area. it's very large apartment complexes. so many homes are building were not allowed to go in our building right now. i know they're working to get power restored around us, you know, symbol and i'm sure we'll have to be taken down. you know, right around us. the interior of our restaurant is not, um damaged, but it's you know, it's just the exterior. our main building has a glass entry m. so that is the biggest concern at this point so that everyone is can safely into the building. yeah and we know how long it takes to fix that. and that

devastation stephanie were thinking of all of y'all glad you're safe and keep us updated on how the rebuilding goes. could we know how long how long that takes, and we appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you so much for having me. i really appreciate it. stephanie b. well the whole thing that's over and like a minute or less quickly that goes and then, but it takes years to rebuild and then something's obviously lives and mementos that you can never get a minute or so crazy. i'm glad that she's okay. we'll keep checking on that. in the meantime, all prices spiking overnight after saudi arabia, russia and they're all producing allies made a surprise move to cut production . the white house is blasting the announcement by opec plus it's raising fears that gas prices could jump. let's bring in cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond good morning, jeremy diamond. how are officials responding to the move? good morning, don. they're certainly not pleased with this move by opec plus, and that's because cutting oil production means higher oil prices, which we're already seeing being reflected in the market, and that could lead to higher gas

prices. gas prices, of course, have been such an important driver of inflation here in the united states, and that's where the major concerns come in from u. s officials now this production cut of over a million barrels per day isn't expected expected to kick in until may, and it could last until the end of the year. it adds to a two million barrel oh per day cut. that opec plus announced back in october, and so this is a significant concern for the white house. saudi arabia says that this is intended to try and stabilize oil markets. but the white house just doesn't see things that way. this is the same in from the national security council, they say, quote we don't think cuts are advisable at this moment, given market uncertainty, and we've made that clear. we will continue to work with all producers and consumers to ensure energy markets, support, economic growth and lower prices for american consumers. recall that back in october when opec plus announced that two million barrels per day cut the white house was furious, president biden vowed that there would be consequences for saudi arabia.

those consequences, though they never really became a reality. and now we come to this point where this new surprise cut is being announced similar concerns being expressed by the white house now where how is this going to affect gas prices remains to be seen. but right now, gas prices are about 3 51 a gallon. that's about 10, cents higher than they were last month , but still down from a year ago when they were at $4.20 a gallon but again concerns about gas prices and also the broader inflation picture, which we know has been a top priority. a top issue here at the white house trying to combat that much, jeremy. the top diplomats in the united states and russia, antony blinken and sergei lavrov talking over the weekend about quite a lot. the former national security advisor john bolton is here to discuss that and more next cnn this morning. is brought to you by viv guard. for

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lavrov over the weekend, demanding the release of the wall street journal reporter evan gorski vich herskovitz was arrested in moscow last week on charges of espionage. he is currently being held at a notorious prison until may 29th at least that's what we know for now. lavrov says that his faith, though, is up to the russian courts, and he scolded the u. s for quote, politicizing the arrest. joining us now is former trump national security adviser and former u s. ambassador to the united nations. john bolton . good morning, ambassador and thank you for being here. i wonder what you make of evan gorski witches arrest well, i think this is an act of state terror by the russians. i think they know exactly what they're doing. this is a trumped up charge of espionage, and i think they're trying to set up a trade of some kind. i hope the administration doesn't fall for it. i think instead of begging the russians to let him go if they don't produce pretty quickly i would try and take

more decisive action, for example, going to our nato allies and saying, look, we ought to expel russian ambassadors from all of our capitals because if they've arrested the journalist from one country, they could do it from another as well. it's one more step in russia becoming completely rogue state. and i think if we don't draw a line here very clearly very quickly. it's only going to get worse. do you think that's a step that the u. s should take when it comes to expelling the ambassador? absolutely there is no excuse for this arrest at all. this is a total put up job it's directed right at the administration because of the war in ukraine, and if that's the way the russians are going to behave here, as i say, if you don't challenge the behavior decisively early, it only gets worse. yeah i mean, everyone is hoping for evans released obviously and for his safety while he's there. also this week we saw last week we saw general mark milley of the chairman of

the joint chiefs of staff warning about this access between china, russia and iran and the threat that it poses not just to the united states but also more broadly to the world. do you share the same concerns that he's voicing in front of congress? no absolutely. i think this has been developing for some time. i think russia is on the way to becoming very much. the junior partner and a chinese led international axis. in addition to iran, i'd certainly had north korea as a as a partner country, and i think what it demonstrates is why the united states has to think globally when it thinks in terms of its international strategy. and why it is that the sad to say increasing calls for isolationism in the united states are badly misguided. so this is a challenge to us. hopefully our political leaders will wake the population up to it to the to the dangers we face really in europe and the middle east and south asia and east

asia, and this should be something that people pay more attention to the idea. that arose at the end of the cold war that we're at the end of history that there are no more threats in the world. you'd think that would have been dispelled long ago. it hasn't sadly, this is a good point to do it. you're clearly referencing there. the 2024 gop feel primary field that we are seeing shape up right now. obviously there are so many important headlines happening around the world when it comes to what's happening in russia and in ukraine and with china. so much of the focus this week is obviously on your former boss who is going to be arraigned here in a new york courtroom tomorrow. but i wonder what you make of how he is benefiting politically from this because they've already said that the trump campaign they claim that they have raised $5 million pretty much since his since this word of this indictment came down last week. right i think this is music to trump's ears. but i do think that it's the outcome of the case and potentially the outcome of the other cases. that's really more important. not just the indictment and i think tomorrow

at the arraignment hearing, it's really a very important moment. and the question is whether the judge in the case will have control of his courtroom or whether trump will have control of his courtroom is this plays out? a lot of people have said it will take a year for this case to go to trial, putting it right into the think of campaign season. i have a recommendation for the judge. actually, i think tomorrow after trump pleads not guilty, and they would normally come to scheduling discussions about pretrial motions and the like. i think the judge ought to say you know, mr trump, i bet you and i and district attorney brag all strongly believe in that old saying justice denied justice delayed is justice denied and i'm here to make sure justice is not denied to you. so we're not going to delay this case in the normal way. i'm going to put it it on a rocket docket. i'm going to set a trial date of let's say july, the fifth this summer. i'm going to say to the defense attorneys if you have dispositive pretrial motions, arguing the case should

be dismissed because it's insufficient legally because it's there's prosecutorial misconduct here. that's malicious prosecution. i want all those motions. i want all those motions filed in three weeks that the d a s office will have two weeks to respond. we are going to move this thing because this cloud needs to be resolved for you as a candidate and for the public and so we're not going to have delay injustice here. justice will not be denied. we're going to move quickly like to see the trump team's response to that. why? what do you think that? how do you think they'd respond? because i think the trump team is going to say, oh, it's such a complicated indictment. it's going to take many, many months to analyze it. and this and that delay benefits trump here. that's what i say the real test tomorrow is the opening scene and whether the trump team dominates. how long this how this case proceeds or whether the judge dominates it. trump has been trashing the judge saying that he quote hates him.

obviously this is the judge that oversaw the proceedings when it came to alan weisberg at the trump organization. do you think that there should be like a gag order in place when it comes to what we're seeing the former president how he's weighing in on this right. well, i think there are two basic arenas here. one is what actually happens in the courtroom, and i think i've just addressed how i think that ought to go. the other is what happens outside the courtroom, and it is normal in cases that draw a lot of attention that judges do imposed gag orders. now this is this is sensitive. in the sense. trump is a candidate for president, and it doesn't really matter much what the judge says trump is going to say he's being persecuted, but i do think, uh, that a defendant can be restored. rain from attacking. the judge attacking the d, a basically trying to pollute the jury pool. that's what trump's public strategy is to so riled public opinion that he can later say, you know, it's just not possible for me to obtain a fair trial, of course,

largely because of what he's been doing, so i think the judge can take preliminary action to try and make sure that doesn't happen. i think he probably should. i should note. trump is already arguing that and i should also note your former colleague bill barr, the former attorney general, says he believes this is a weak case. case when it comes to the marital, but we'll see what the judge decides on how that proceeds tomorrow. john bolton. thank you for joining us this morning. thank you. all right. they haven't seen the indictment yet. but some republicans are already rushing to defend the former president as he faces charges. will it come back to haunt them? that's next. adp we used d data driven insights too design solutions to help you manage payroll benenefits and hr today, so you can have more success tomorrow. sometimes one thing leads to another thing of a sudden it's on with roman. you

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destroy america. justice is not treating president trump blindly they're treating president trump has somebody else say it again wanted dead or alive. it looks pretty political. so without seeing the indictment without knowing anything behind it. the motivation was there long before the evidence was the case. and then what changed? doesn't trump announces he's running for president. sam. joining us now is cnn political director and host of cnn political briefing podcast. they have a challenge and cnn senior political commentator and former senior adviser to former president obama. david axelrod. good morning, guys. um so, david, this david david to my right. it. it's notable. that's what republican lawmakers think hutchinson who are going to have on next hour, who's running for the gop nomination, is one of the few republicans not to jump on the bandwagon in that respect, but when you ask the voters what they think morality actually do think that president trump should postpone his

campaign because of this, he won't. it's interesting. i don't know many front runners that say i'm gonna postpone my campaign or step down because the voter beyond the lawmakers, no doubt. i mean, hutchinson has called like you're saying for trump to step aside and leave the campaign. obviously that's not going to happen. i do think, though looking at all the polling that's out there. you do see that the president argument that this is a political prosecution has some resonance. whether that is just because the prosecutor is indeed a democratic an elected position here in new york and has boasted of 100 times being able to sue donald trump as part of his campaign. so i do think that voters say hey, maybe there's politics at play here, but i don't think that that necessarily causes voters to say oh, and therefore, donald trump is not culpable here. i don't

think that's the case. i think you can hold two ideas at the same time point. it's interesting before this indictment came. mark kelly, democratic senator arizona was warning about the risk of this. and then yesterday on the sunday shows, we heard democrat joe manchin talking about that, and then also, we heard republican senator bill cassidy, who of course, voted to convict trump and his second impeach. moment also warning, so it's not just those that are always on the trump bandwagon, but i think that when you look at this polling among republicans, there's an overwhelming view that this is a political prosecution is david mentions. that doesn't mean that everybody who thinks that doesn't believe that there is also potentially something to it. but you know, the interesting thing about this to me is everybody asks. well, do you think this will help trump and his campaign? i actually think a lot of the motivation for his campaign is to help him against these indictments. and you can see it in play right now. you can see him. so if he were not running for president, it would be a lot

harder to position these things as politically motivated prosecutions. but now he can turn to his supporters and say they're trying to silence me and they're trying to silence you. and you know, i think there's some indication this polling that people are hearing that. hearing that message, certainly in his base. can i follow up on that? because listen, as much as i respect our colleagues at the new york times, they're saying that trump is enjoying this is nuts. okay go on. think that's nuts? you know, look, he's going to try and turn lemons into lemonade. but the idea that the guy said, you know, i got a great plan to get elected president. i'm going to get indicted. and you know what? i make it inside of 34 times, and let's see how that works out. he does not want to be in a courtroom facing a judge. he's tried to avoid this week talking about this before all his life. he's kept his hand to the flame, and he's avoided this and now he's facing it, and it'll be interesting to see how he reacts when he has when he's in those four walls where he can't

control was happening, and i would just add he has some skill at making lemonade out of lemons, right? i mean, he has. he has shown us time and again, so the ability to raise $5 million in in 48 hours after the indictment, the ability to fortify the republican party around him in this moment, i mean, just think for just think how much politics has changed. a front runner for the republican nomination for president is indicted on criminal charges, and it's not seen as an opening for everyone else to start piling on in some way. that's how much donald trump has changed the calculation and how much he fortifies his own supported, twice impeached former president that's disgrace. right one term, you know, not only that he's not to your point about what this looks like. and when it comes to what republicans are saying, they're not necessarily rallying around him. per se. they're just they're not endorsing his behavior or anything like that. they're trying to thread the

needle of how do you say this is a political prosecution, but also not? you know, the way desantis is handling. it has been amazing to me. but you're right. it is closing the door for the 2024 people, and instead they're having to talk about trump. but also the thing i've been struck by what i wanted to ask you about is the lack of support for alvin bragg here like you don't see people coming out and saying this is a great case. this is, you know, really steady. we think this is going to get a conviction in the indictment. yet right? so there's generally what it's okay. is that, um, but i think alvin bragg is not launched some campaign. i think he has to be really, really a wary of being a political actor in this, given the frame that trump and his allies are building around this but caitlin you just noted about ron desantis is very interesting. he changed his approach to this. he he did raise the tawdry details of the hush money payments and a porn star initially, and now that's gone now it's purely was criticized. he was criticizing

around, so he tried to say, hey , this might be a moment where donald trump is actually week and i should try to make an attack here. and he realized that was not going to be welcome. i'll tell you, man, this he one of the challenges for him is trying to thread this needle where he's courting trump voters and trying to oppose trump, and you can see him shifting around and shifting around in presidential politics is never good, because it suggests inauthenticity. i think this is a challenge for him. but as for you really were asking me about the case. um you know, look, i think there's there is this sense among a lot of people that you know the phrases, novel legal theory and porn star. in a sentence probably doesn't give you great confidence that this is the one that should move forward. but you know, for all the people who say, gee, why did this case go first prima facie evidence that people are not coordinating. this is not a conspiracy against donald trump . this is an independent case. and this d a thinks he's got a

case to make. it's not about one. even the washington post editorial board comes out and says in its first paragraph of the piece on friday, you know, caution and concern ahead. the according to my sources at the folks who are saying that this is a weak case in georgia should go first. um it's just bad thinking the existence of an indictment in one jurisdiction has beneficial to other jurisdictions. the notion that this shouldn't be birth for political reasons doesn't align with the justice system. we don't coordinate investigations . they can coordinate court dates because it is common for defendants to face prosecution or different type mints in different jurisdictions, and they can do that funny willis or somebody else could actually end up going first. so this one is just the one that's coming to the fore general doesn't mean it's gonna be the one that prosecutors had to choose one of these. to try and paint the whole thing as sort of political. ah, this this one probably is the one you would choose. that's how it goes in o.

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fashion, scoring a whopping 102 points at the most points ever scored by team in a women's championship game so much history. here the host of kerry champion show on amazon prime carry champion joins us now carry champion good morning to you a big night for the l s u tigers were you highlights? oh, my. there were too many highlights. first of all, can i just say something? what happened yesterday? what's happened? this entire tournament for the women's game has changed the way in which so many people are taking womens ball seriously , so congratulations to both ladies on both sides. the highlights were one of many. this was lsu's very first and national title game, and they win, and there were so many lead changes that i thought to myself. no i'll do it. oh, no katelyn polantz use going. it was so exciting. i love the game. it was great, but you know the story. the story is the trash talk. that's what everyone is talking about after the fact don, and that's so disappointing because the game was so amazing

. you're talking about angel reasons that you're talking about. yeah making mocking clark with the this john cena move, prompting this backlash that's on twitter. last night, she was asked about it after the game. won't you listen to her response and then we'll talk about it. all year i was critique about who i was nobody i don't the narrative. i don't fit the narrative. i don't fit in the box that you want me to be in. i'm too hood. i'm too ghetto told me that all year, but when other people do it y'all say nothing. so this is for the girls that look like me that one that's going to speak up on what they believe in apologizing to you. so this is what she's saying. she's saying that clark made the same gesture during the game against south carolina on friday. former nfl star emmanuel accio weighed in and this put this up, he says it. what if it

wasn't classless? when katelyn polantz did it? don't call it classes. when angel reese does it, let the women compete. it's sports. so what do you say? what's your response? well, the thing is this, and that's he's right in the sense that the women need to be able to play the game the same way the men do in terms of getting these characters. this is good for the sport. take it or leave it. i don't know whose side you're on. but it's good for the sport. the reason why people often say i don't watch the women's game is because it's not exciting. i don't know the characters. there are no storylines. here. you have characters and storylines. katelyn polantz awa as we now call her is little stuff. this woman can shoot from the logo lights out. we've never seen anything like this before. she is the real deal, and there was nothing but respect for her is very right. she's saying the way in which lsu plays basketball. dawn staley of south carolina gamecocks talked about this as well, the way they play ball. people have now said this isn't basketball because the women are playing with more physicality. they're showing that they are just as tough. they're showing

that they don't back down and there should not be an assigned way that women should play. a basketball. it's good for the game and to have people come out and criticize angel reese for that mocking that's what you do. this is basketball win or go home. perhaps she could have done it differently. maybe one less gesture. who knows? everyone will weigh in. but i am proud of her for saying, look, i'm calling a spade a spade. i'm a big, tall black girl who made you look uncomfortable because i was doing it to a smaller white girl and you guys have called me ghetto all year long. and that's just not true. this isn't about me. it's for every brown girl that looks like me who wants to play the game and have respect there was no love lost caitlin that afterwards. and i think it is important what she pointed out, which is that katelyn polantz did it in a game for your prior to that. i think the one good thing is, we actually expect both of them to return next year. and so we'll get to watch both of their amazing talents because you're totally right on that. that

katelyn polantz has been amazing. angel has been it was such a great game to watch. but can we also talk about another fun aspect of this? and this is something i've been talking about on this show for like 2.5 weeks, which are l s u coaches outfit because every single game that she shows up she brings it and this is just a 10. taste right now what you're seeing if you go google image, all of her outfits. they are incredible. there was there were betting odds. you're so right. they were betting odds whether kim would wear leopard or some sort of cheetah print to the and she did not disappoint. sequenced tiger . they literally were like, what are the odds that she'll come out in some sort of print? thank you, kim. because she is a fashion show. i tweeted this the other day. this is really interesting. i said, how can she yell at her players in a fitted sequence tiger print outfit? how do you how can you get the gusto to gird up enough anger because you're so restricted, but kim founded, of course, congratulations to kim for the outfit with a feather boa. awesome huh? huh huh? she's

showing us how to do it. ladies she's saying i will not live by any rules. she doesn't play by the rules. she doesn't coach by the rules in a lot of ways, good ways, and she definitely doesn't dress according to set rules. how we do carry louisiana. if you saw new year's eve i had on a sequin jacket very similar to which is that's that's louisiana . nobody's surprised in louisiana. we love it. we should be talking about it. it's amazing. yeah, okay, let's say you are special. so we'll see if anyone at the men's game tonight comes anywhere close to wearing an outfit like that. nowhere close your right. louisiana set the mark and you're right. kim is from louisiana. so they said to mark the men will the men's side won't be as exciting. i will say this, you know, i know you guys have to wrap soon. i'm excited about san diego state. taking on yukon yukon is a traditional blue blood they are favored to win. dan hurley is a legacy coach comes from a legacy family, but this coach on the other side of the game, brian dutcher, i want to tell you guys

about him briefly and why i'm rooting for stds you he has been an assistant for the bulk. of his career and assistant in waiting, he helped put together the michigan fab five team as an assistant. he took over this program in 2017, and they are the most unlikely team carry. but let's root for them, though , okay? no problem. they did beat the crimson tide and knocked us out of the bracket. so we'll see that carry your great thank you so much perspective so much. what she said. this is sport. let people you know, talking is part of it, you know, very champion says thank you. thank you. attaching tribute on one of country music's biggest nights, marking a tragedy, though, of course in nashville, the star who used her own experience to pay tribute to the victims of the most recent mass school shooting. also senator john fetterman, opening up about his struggle with depression. identical twins. bethanyy and stephanie both

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community of sorrow over this and the 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. stretches from coast to coast. the cmt music awards, opening up with an emotional tribute last night to the 39 year old children and three adults who were killed in the covenant school shooting in nashville, tennessee. that was the host kelsea ballerini, talking about her own experience of the shooting that happened at her high school and knoxville to call for action. i wanted to personally stand up here and share this moment because on august 21st 2008 i watched ryan mcdonald, my 15, year old classmate at central high school , lose his life to a gun in our cafeteria. i pray deeply. the closeness and the community that we feel through the next few hours of music can soon turn into action like real action. that moves us forward together.

to create change. for the safety of our kids. and our loved ones. should note she still says she has ptsd from that shooting at her high school. this is the first year that the cmt awards were held in austin, texas. they previously have been held in nashville, so obviously very close to home forever and again, it's young people. young people affected so often by this and calling for change like she is well this morning, pennsylvania senator john fetterman is back home. great news to tell you about with his family after he spent the last six weeks at walter reed being treated for depression, in a new interview with cbs betterment says winning office was the beginning of his downward spiral. i had stopped leaving my bed. i've stopped eating, dropping weight. i stopped engaging some of the most things that i love in my life. lauren fox is following us on capitol hill. lauren you did

that great interview with senator tina smith about her struggle with depression. and now this? i loved this interview so much. i thought jane pauley did a remarkable job and you really saw in him hope. and sort of a renewal after such a fight. yeah. i mean, this was such a touching and human interview as he really let viewers and the american public hear about his personal struggle with depression. he said that right after he won his election in november, what was supposed to be a really happy moment he started to feel the spiral of depression. he said. he couldn't get out of bed, he said at one point, his 14 year old really asked him. dad what is wrong with you? you know you have kids . you have a wife. you just won this big race what is going on? and he talked about how would depression. it doesn't really make sense. it's not rational. well. it is something that really takes over your mind. and he was so candid here he is, in his own words. you know, you

just won the biggest, you know, race and in the country and the whole thing about depression. is that objectively you may have won, but depression can actually convince you that you actually lost and that's exactly what happened. and that was the start of a down a downward spiral. it makes me sad. you know, the day that i go in was my son's birthday. and i hope that for the rest of his life. his birthday would be joyous. and you don't have to remember that your father was admitted. and lawmakers up here on capitol hill have been so supportive of senator federman receiving treatment. they say that they are excited for him to return back to washington to get back to work. you can expect that his colleagues here are going to continue to support him as he