only at jack in the box. lending a helping hand to others.'s tonight, how one restaurant is lending a helping hand to others. and pushing back against aapi hate. and we are talking no electricity, no running water, and not many people. we went mo county farming community that got flooded out and heard from

one man. welcome to the special edition of kpix 5 news. so many people in the dark after a the dark after a massive storm downed trees and power lines. the lights slowly crews have been working to replace damaged equipment. crews say this is the worst outage they have seen in decades. they even brought in extra help from out-of-state. we found one crew from oregon helping to bring power back to one neighborhood. here is where we stand tonight. there are a little under in the most of them in the south bay and peninsula.

our loren thomas joined us, and it has brought the community together. tell us about it. >> hey, juliette. main street is typically bustling on a night like this, but tonight it is a ghost town as many shops and restaurants remain closed after days of power outages. power outages. s local businesses tell me they have lost thousands and thousands of dollars in food and revenue. one local resident keeps turning this into an evening to remember. >> it was a race to save their inventory. when the power went out, most didn't expect it to last more than a few hours. when it lasted into the night, they had to find a quick solution. they secured a refrigerated ref truck. >> my mind and liquor and beer will go bad in a couple of days

>> reporter: patrick anderson says that restaurants are hemorrhaging power and to limit the power outages. >> you can only get ice but it only lasts for a few hours. we got a lot more than we needed. but then some of the other restaurants other restaurants around town could use it, too. >> reporter: the power was out and most restaurants remain close. in east palo alto, residents remain frustrated by power outages no letter from this week but also from this mo >> when >> when you have to look at you kids and you can even entertain taking them to eat, let alone knowing what is going on in your fridge, that's a lot different. >> reporter: residents voiced their experiences to pg&e. r tages inloaltowith

thous bay area. >> this is not enough ice to keep in our home. >> reporter: >> reporter: the quick thinkin of the owner turned a nightmare into a solution. the team prepped in the dark and took th food that would've otherwise been thrown out and turned it into a block party fundraiser. patrick says the common lottery and gathering as part of the spirit of their beloved restaurant. >> power at the post was restored a couple hours ago. we are starting to see lights coming on down main street. the businesses remained closed and will closed and will likely remain so for the next day or so. they say that they plan to open for dinner on

this is one of several signs that we have seen start to pop back on. back on. most of these businesses are not open just now. sever signs are flashing. you can see it at the shoe store. you can see the lights o inside. obviously the signs run now. the powerthe power was knocked out heavy wind that knocked down trees on the power lines. it has left many having to make adjustments at home.

we have had the misfortune of living without power for a week before, so we had that experience to go off of. >> and certainly stay with cbs news bay area as we monitor the impacts of the storm. we are always on kpix.com and the the cbs news app. today marks eight years since andrea attended the event in san francisco and joins us now with how the asian community came together. >> reporter: the monterey park gun the victim monterey park gun the victim spoke at the event. he is a symbol of strength and resilience in the asian sort of media coverage or

communications, so it is kind of a difficult time. >> reporter: he still was not comfortable with the attention and praise he has received since his act of heroism. during a lunar new year celebration, he took courageous took courageous action and wrestled the gun away from 72-year-old huu can tran. huu can tran. this is an incident that is changing his life. >> there are people who look up to me, and i am proud to be a support icon for them.for them. >> reporter: the rally in san francisco paid tribute to the i shootings at monterey park, which took seven lives.

the event was also meant to heal the wounds of those impacted by gun violence on the rise in asian hate crimes. >> i believe in human dignity, and i believe that that has been taken away. >> >> reporter: is a bay area native, she is angered by the cases asian hate, but is inspired by people like brandon. brandon. >> he is an asian man who did a physical act of heroism. it was in such a way where it was so sad and so tragic that we can hold him up as a beacon of light and we have a new hero.

>> they are also asking for help from lawmakers to address this issue. juliette? the family of alexis confirmed the partial remains by volunteers do belong to their daughter. just ahead of a planned celebration of his life tomorrow, it might've been her 21st birthday. the oakley police chief will present the family a plaque in honor of gabe, followed by dedication ceremony. the catholic diocese of oakland says they may have to file bankruptcy. this comes as the church faces 330 child sexual abuse claims, most of them going back decades. california state law opened a three-year window to revive past claims that may have established the previous statute of limitations. the window beginning january 2020. they said the filing for

bankruptcy can provide a way to support all survivors. oakland unified school district might be changing course in an attempt to close several schools once again. this comes after the board voted to reject several schools in january. the mergers will happen as soon as next school year. now onto stocks. the closed higher today after nearly a dozen big banks offer to lend a hand to first republic, another bay area lender on the verge of possible failure. in an agreement to stabilize the balance sheets, first republic will receive $30 billion in deposits from 11 of the nation's largest banks, and that includes bank of america, chase and wells fargo. the u.s. treasury secretary now working to reassure americans of the banking system is not about to collapse. she testified on capitol hill

today, saying that bank customers should feel confident that their deposits are safe. >> the government took decisive and forceful actions to stabilize and strengthen public confidence in our financial system. >> the justice department and securities and exchange commission investigating the failure of silicon valley bank after depositors rushed to withdraw money. some lawmakers are scrutinizing the role played by social media. all three major indexes rising more than 1% with the dow closing up 371 points. if you didn't know already, we are in the thick of march madness! the energy was certainly rolling in sacramento. fans streamed into the opening of march madness. first and second round games in the men's tournament getting played today and saturday at the golden 1 center. >> northwestern is playing at 4: 30. ucla is playing at 7:00. rooting for both.

but if they both win, they play each other on saturday. that is a family war. >> get ready! more of the big dance continues in sacramento on saturday. from a flood zone to a virtual ghost town. we spent the day in pajaro with a man who refused to evacuate his home. how he is getting through the days with the whole town shut down. and later, it is an amazing story of a young man living with autism. how he is finding hope on the slopes. what we are going to do is bring that through our new virtual reality experience that you can experience as well. here is paul, and look what he is wearing! it is the first day of march madness and some fans are happy, but other fans not so much! but we can all be hay out e het temperatures did warm up into the mid to e dry

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our recent storms are making a big difference when it comes to the california drought. the map was released today, showing that we are out of the drought, which was quite a difference from a month ago. some bay area reservoirs are filled to the brim after all this recent rain. our chopper was over several reservoirs in the east bay this afternoon. sonoma county's reservoirs have also surged following the storms. as wilson walker shows us, water managers are trying to save as much of it as possible. >> reporter: there any number of ways that you can try to capture the significance of this winter, one of them unfolding right now here at lake sonoma, where they are making room for more rain. >> we have actually encroached on what we call our

conservation or water supply pool, up into our flood pool. we now have to evacuate that. what you are seeing here is an increased amount of flows to draw the floodwater down behind the dam. >> reporter: behind the dam is a lake that has transformed in a matter of months. this was the scene back in november, and now it is enough to draw a steady stream of people who just have to see it for themselves. >> wow! i love it! after four years of drought, i live in santa rosa with the fire danger. we had to come up and take a look, because we knew that it was just going to be a pleasant sight to see, and it is. awesome. >> reporter: as for the water being released, the army corps of engineers is being more conservative than in years past. they are using updated guidelines designed to hold more water for the days ahead. >> the flexibility that is actually being called upon and

that we worked through together over the years is allowing us to hold back more water in the reservoir, significantly more. we are talking about 19,000 acre-feet of water, and that water can be used in the summertime. so the corps of engineers is consciously holding that water back until the conditions approved. >> reporter: the idea being flexible continues hour by hour. they are watching the storms that are approaching next week. if they fizzle out a bit, they could back off on the releases and store more of the water that is sitting in this lake. they want to be more nimble and agile and save more water for when the rain finally does run out. >> thank you, wilson! what a beautiful sight! just a couple months ago we were doing the california parched series, now it is long gone! >> that was in august! we have had just such an exceptional winter.

there is almost too much water! but at least we get dry weather for the next couple of days. the drought for my basketball team continues, but the drought for the bay area has improved! there is still severe drought in the central valley. thjust came out toy. the map ere is everything being erased from the th does t obviously r tourrentl conditions. a lo-term designation. the long-term drought has really been pushed back into the central valley and the severe drought is gone. it is just a little bit of napa and solano counties that are still in the moderate drought conditions in the bay area. at the state level, none are an exceptional category. just 8% of the state is in the severe drought category still. that means that 64% of california is now not in any of those drought categories. let's take a look at what we need to know through the next

several days. cool temperatures tonight and patchy fog. the dry weather continues tomorrow and saturday. temperatures are going to be just a couple degrees warmer, at almost normal for st. patrick's day and saturday as well. the light rain chances to return to the forecast on sunday. let's take a look at futurecast. clear skies overhead right now and a little bit of fog on the map by early tomorrow morning. we will see passing clouds by tomorrow and again on saturday, but at worst it is going to be a mix of clouds and sunshine. the more substantial cloud cover arrives by late saturday afternoon and early saturday evening. the moisture is still way off the coast. that will make an approach and move on to the coast before the sun comes up on sunday morning. there will be widespread rain. it is a must to guarantee that you will get some rain early sunday, but the heaviest downpours move through quickly. already, the bulk of that rain has moved out before we even get to midday sunday. just a few left over lingering

showers on sunday. it will not be an all-day washout. the total rainfall amounts for the system will be around the order of a quarter inch or so. take a look at the rain chances over the next seven days. we are not done. another round of showers on monday and fairly light. the one time from where we have to watch for any potential of localized flooding might be monday night into tuesday. that is a long way down the line in the forecast, and it does not look at this point like the system is going to reach the threshold of being categorized as atmospheric river. tonight the temperatures drop down into the upper 30s and low to mid 40s. a little below average for this time of year. temperatures around the bay are in the low to mid 60s and mid- to-upper 60s. similar temperatures on saturday and maybe even a degree warmer, then we could back down with the shower weather pattern returning for sunday, monday and tuesday. even some lingering showers possible by wednesday and thursday. at this point it looks like those would be few and far between. if there is one day that we have to be modestly concerned about, it would be tuesday. so that they will have our full attention through the weekend. >> thank you so much, paul.

sorry about your team. the water has receded in the small farming community of pajaro in monterey county. there is still no telling when they will be able to go back home. so our max darrow traveled to pajaro and spend the day with a man who could not bear to leave his home behind and is now living in an evacuation zone. >> reporter: there are still some places where you can find standing water in the town of pajaro, but for the most part the floodwaters have completely receded. there are families and people who chose not to evacuate. they tell me that they hope that their little town comes back to life sooner than later. one of those people is marcos perez. >> pajaro is a good and loving community. >> reporter: it is not easy for him to walk through the community he has known for more than 20 years. not when it looks and feels like a ghost town. >> all i see, look, is nothing but -- all i hear is birds right now. it is kind of heartbreaking to see the community like this.

>> reporter: he and his family are among those in pajaro who chose not to evacuate after the levee breach that resulted in the community flooding. their house did not suffer a ton of damage. they struggle with spending an undetermined amount of time in a homeless shelter. perez says that a hotel is not a feasible option. >> i can't be paying rent here and that a hotel that is 200 something dollars per day. imagine per week. you are paying 1000 something. >> reporter: but life in the evacuation zone isn't easy. they don't have running water. perez shows us that they say buckets of rainwater, which they boil and use for showering. >> would use a bucket decides to shower. it's hard. >> reporter: those who left are not allowed back into the community yet, and likely will not be for several more days, says a monterey county spokesperson. there are cleanup crews and cal fire teams working throughout pajaro. perez hopes that it happens sooner rather than later.

>> once we can all come back in, we are going to fix this and it is going to be a whole different story. >> reporter: he says the people of pajaro are resilient, and he has faith that his community will not look like this for too long. >> people will eventually get better. with our hard-working families, we will fix this some way or another. >> reporter: and pajaro will return to the vibrant place it once was. >> and hopefully soon. san quentin state prison is known for its death row. it is set to undergo a $20 million transformation. what that means for the inmates locked up. get this. an airline worker caught on camera stealing from a passenger's bag. how the traveler finally figured out what was happening.

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this is a very unique one. lalois ly we call it cbs news bay area indy 360, a dynamic way of telling stories that takes you,

the viewer into our reporting. tonight, we have the second installment of this exciting new project. this is how to watch it in 3-d just a little bit later, but first here is the story of a young man living with autism who has found hope on the slopes. >> reporter: 24-year-old connor ford can't always express how he feels. diagnosed with autism, he has a limited vocabulary. but put him on a pair of skis, and there is no need for words. >> he will exhaust his instructors to where they are like connor, can we take a break? he just wants to keep going. >> reporter: his mother says that the moment he even sees snow, something inside him just clicks. >> you can tell that he feels it. he is so confident. he looks typical because he is skiing with his body. it is a dream come true.

>> reporter: it is all the more remarkable considering where he started. when he was just three years old, ladonna had a sinking feeling that something wasn't right. doctors told her that connor was on the autism spectrum and would likely need round-the- clock assistance. >> i can't even tell you how devastating a diagnosis like that is. i have this smart, sweet kid, and they are telling me that he is basically going to sit around and do nothing all day for the rest of his life. >> reporter: then, she heard about adaptive skiing and decided to give it a try. >> i was terrified that he would have a tantrum at the top of the slope, and i would have to go get him, and they wouldn't let us come back. >> reporter: but instead, something else happened. connor turned out to be a natural. >> 15 minutes later, he is skiing down the mountain with his instructor! and he is smiling! it was amazing. >> so you are watching this,

and what is going through your mind? >> i'm so happy i could burst! >> reporter: his instructor, michael hunter, says that the change in connor was immediate. >> he definitely has a different energy when he gets on skis. he is in his own world. he is looking around and taking in everything. he continues, when i bring his attention back here, he is focused on me. >> reporter: connor is one of 100 students at achieve tahoe, a ski school dedicated to those with cognitive and physical challenges. >> simply being in nature, being on the mountain, enjoying the snow and the beautiful skies around us and the happiness that brings out and people. >> reporter: adaptive skiing is just like regular skiing, except that it uses specialized equipment and training to allow people with disabilities to experience the sport. it started out mostly for the

physically challenged, but in recent years it has expanded to include a broader spectrum of disabilities. >> and our adaptive school, we see what people can do, and we believe that everyone coming through the door, as long as they have a desire to do it, they can get it done. >> reporter: connor is one of the school's biggest success stories, as he effortlessly glides down the slopes. you can't tell them apart from other skiers, and that is exactly the point. >> has it changed him? >> it has. it really has. he is more confident now. he can do things other people can't do! i take videos and i show it to his teachers, and they are amazed that the kid that they see in the classroom is doing such difficult sports. they look at him in a different light! >> reporter: it is not just his teachers. ladonna says that it changes how she looks at him, too. >> i have always been told that connor can't do things. he can't write his name or

brush his teeth. he can't, he can't, he can't. no! i watch him ski down these mountains independently! he has a grin on his face, and he is having such fun! >> reporter: for ladonna and connor, for whom life is an uphill battle, that is just the lift they need. >> all right. and what an incredible story, first and foremost. a lovable story about a mother and a son and how he is learning to ski through this wonderful 360 way of doing it. so why do i have these on? well, why don't you explain? >> with this, you get to experience what it feels like! so you can put those on now. go ahead. i'm going to hand you the controls. are you seeing that already? >> i feel like i am now in the

sierra! >> so basically our viewers at home can see what you are watching on the screen behind us. and you have seen this in 2-d. what does this feel like? >> it feels like i am now no longer in san francisco, i am now in the sierra and i am about ready to hit the slopes! this is fantastic. >> now you are basically watching connor skiing down the slopes, and you feel like you are right there with him, right behind him. that is the point of this. we wanted to see what would be to tell a story like this, where you are no longer standing on the sidelines but actually in the story, feeling like a part of the conversation, and you get to see it in a way that is breathtaking. >> what was it like shooting and telling the story, and obviously a new way of telling a story, through 3-d? >> we had to learn how to do this, because this is pretty new. we have never done this in vr before. if you look up right now, look up you will see the sky. if you look down, you will see that it is really magnificent.

we had to do it with a special camera, so it has about eight cameras all around. it shoots in all different directions. then we have these great friends over at creator app, who took all these images and stitched them together to give you this 360 view. >> are you a skier? this is good to know! >> i am not a skier! thankfully our friends who shot this are avid skiers. we put the cameras on their helmets, so you get to feel what it is like to really go down most slopes with the skiers! >> what i love about this, too, is it gives the viewer a chance to see the story and decide how they want to view it. i can go down the black diamond slope, maybe on the gondola, right? >> right. every time you watch this, it is a whole different story. you get to notice things you didn't see before. for people who are home and

watching this and don't have the goggles, by the way, the goggles you are watching these on our by htc. if you don't have goggles, don't worry! you can watch it with your phone. all you have to do is pull out your phone, and there is a link to youtube on our site, at kpix 5. you can look and check it out just like that. it is a portal into another world, and it is just exciting, even on 2-d, because you get that 360 effect. >> i am in all right now, because we want to go skiing after the storms we have had. i feel like this is a perfect ski day. >> it was a perfect ski day. it was beautiful. >> i'm going to take this off. question for you. you can look at it on your phone, is that right? if i don't have the goggles, which i doubt, and my son has a variation of these. i would have to find it on my phone. >> yes, we have a link on our site. it is a youtube link. you can watch that on your

laptop or phone. you just move the phone around and you can watch it in every direction. it is really fascinating. >> i know we are going to be doing more of these stories, so what are you tell us what is next in store. >> so one more story for you next week. i'm sure you have seen these cars all over town. what you won't see in these cars other drivers. so what we will do is take you into one of these way mode driverless cars. you will get to experience it in a way you haven't before. so we put the camera inside the car and get exclusive access to one of these cars that will drive through san francisco. you get to feel what it is like to sit inside one of these cars. everyone has been talking about it. if you have been hesitant about whether you want to check it out, this is the best way to do it. you get the real feel of what it is like to sit in a car that has no one at the wheel. >> it is experienced storytelling at its best. i appreciate everything you are doing, and i am so glad that

the station is doing this. we are pretty hip, i would say! we have to move on. you can check out our webpage and use the cell phone if you don't have one of these. hopefully my son will share. thank you so much! let's check on the ski forecast with paul and get to some other news. i will take these off. plus the new ban on tiktok as white house officials get ready to grill the ceo of the social media app. caught red-handed. an airline worker caught rummaging through the passenger's bag and even pocketing some of his belongings. we have a reaction from the traveler and the airline. i am going to the slopes!

san clemente is the latest california city to be hit by landslides. we have seen this over and over again. this cliff crumbling and forcing people to evacuate their homes as we speak. so people are grabbing what they can and heading for more stable ground as crews work to stabilize the hillside and prevent any further loss. >> i think what you see now is the function of days and days of consistent rainfall, water soaking in overtime and creating that really, really heavy swell. we just haven't seen that before in san clemente in recent memory. what you see now is a little bit unusual with that. >> i would say. for the time being, the city is renting hotel rooms for people as they wait to see what the next storm will do. let's get back closer to home.

paul heggen here now. sorry but your team! but, we want our forecast and we want a good one! >> boy, this and everything? didn't help at all. >> i said how is my team doing? you are the aggies and i am aggies-davis. the dimmick determined? >> they did not make determine. it has been a rough day at kpix! >> we are seeing that beautiful sierra snow. will that be the forecast? >> is looking pretty good for the first time in a while. i love to be the bearer of good news! let's talk about the big picture of why things have changed. it is because high pressure is now over our heads. it means a hill of air that is suppressing the development of many clouds. eventually this will break down. we will see the next one coming our way, but that will not happen for a few days.

it is not due to happen until after midnight saturday night. there are light snow showers in the forecast for sunday. tomorrow, good weather, and good travel weather on saturday. okay travel weather on sunday. we are talking about a couple of inches on sunday. they definitely handled that after getting feet of snow at a time. our next rainmaker is still a couple days out. let's go through futurecast. we can go through tomorrow night and saturday. passing clouds overhead, but it is a mix of clouds and sunshine. we are still going to be dry through the daylight hours on saturday, and really most of saturday night. there is the rain hitting the coast around 3:00 sunday morning. the bulk of the rain will move through between 4:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. it will not last too long in any particular spot. local heavy downpours, but they move through quickly. we will see the bulk of the

rain gone by midday on sunday. some left over showers a possible sunday afternoon, so still be flexible with any outdoor plans. but outdoor stuff, saturday looks fine. sunday afternoon looks okay. it is sunday morning that you should have an alternative in mind. to add up this first rainmaker, this version of futurecast says that it will generally be around a quarter inch to a half- inch of total rainfall. this is one of the wetter forecast models for this system. others say maybe a 10th of an inch to a quarter inch. with as much rain as we have seen recently, this will not be enough to lead to any significant flooding threat. there are more chances for showers and flooding and maybe heavier rain in the forecast for tuesday and tuesday night. those we will keep an eye on in case they become wetter and lead to a localized flooding threat. but for right now it looks like they will stay below the threshold. we look at the long range outlook to see what is headed our way. it looks like the wetter than normal pattern will shift a little bit, and the same thing with the eight to 14 day outlook. there is still a weak signal

towards wetter than normal conditions through the bay area for the end of the month, but there is a much weaker pattern overall compared to the almost locked-in signs we were seeing at the beginning of march. it ended up being pretty accurate. so things are beginning to shift, but we still have more rain chances to go before things dry out more frequently. right now temperatures are mainly in the low 50s. it is down to 47 degrees in santa rosa. you will drop down into the upper 30s along with a lot of inland spots briefly dipping into the upper 30s. otherwise low to mid 40s, and temperatures warming up really nicely. we will freeze the maps at noon, and temperatures will be in the mid-to-upper 50s, even close to 60 degrees around the bay and the coast. low to mid 60s around the bay for highs tomorrow. mid-to-upper 50s along the coast, but temperatures inland are in the mid-to-upper 60s. almost all these numbers are within a degree on either side of what is normal for st. patrick's day. normal temperatures, which is something we also haven't seen recently. the dry weather continues on saturday, then we cool back

down with a showery pattern returning on sunday. the wettest half of sunday will be in the morning, then more showers and slightly heavier rain on tuesday, giving way to lingering off and on showers wednesday and thursday. the cooler weather, once it returns, is going to stick around for most of next week, which means that after the spring equinox on monday, it will be a chilly start to the new season. juliette? two people are dead after a horrible crash on the bay bridge. chp says that a dodge charger was speeding when it slammed into the back of a big rig, killing both people in the car. the chp says the big rig may have slowed down to avoid a three car crash that happened just minutes before. the mass forced a four-hour shutdown of all westbound lanes that ended at 3: 30 this morning. the backup lasted until nearly noon today. this is an interesting one. an airline worker was captured on camera taking things a passenger bad and throwing

away the rest of it. inside the bag was a family heirloom, jewelry and life- saving medication. christine lazar has the story. >> i was appalled. my heart just sunk. >> reporter: he watched as a gate agent at the airport in new orleans rifled through his bag, pocketing some of the contents while dumping out the rest. he excellently left his carry- on at the ticket counter on february 19th as he was flying to los angeles after retail. when his bag didn't turn up, he put in a public records request for security footage at the gate. >> i had a gut feeling that something went wrong. >> reporter: on the video, you see a security worker approach his bag where he left it. minutes later, all that passenger supported, then she brings the bag over to a nearby seat where she rifled through

it. >> i noticed that she was stuffing things in her pocket. i didn't know if that was my jewelry or my crystals. >> reporter: he said that he also had life-saving medication in his bag. the worker eventually moves over to a trash can, where she is joined by coworkers. you can see her open one pill bottle and pour out the contents right into the can. all this while her coworker appears to be taking cell phone video and laughing. the gate agent then throws the bag and the rest of the contents into the trash and casually walks away. >> my heart just sunk, because for instance, there was a family heirloom in there. if they don't find a garbage bag with the contents, then i will never get that back. >> reporter: he sent spirit airlines the video and they refunded the cost of his flight, but he didn't think this was an isolated incident.

>> how many other people has this happened to? >> okay. here is a sad one. another american has been kidnapped in mexico. she is a mother of seven whose children live in southern california. the fbi is offering a $14,000 award for her return. she is a u.s. citizen who has been living in mexico for the past nine years. fbi investigators believe she was kidnapped on february 9th from her own home. >> two individuals picked her up, and another one came out of the back. they have their heads covered, and they covered her mouth, and that is where they took her. >> her family says she has no ties to gangs or any other criminal activity. they believe that she may have been targeted in a crime of opportunity. the biden administration is planning to ban ti it sell thei in the company.

the platform is used by more than 100 million people in the u.s. they are concerned about the chinese government accessing private user data. the latest from washington. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that the white house is demanding that bytedance so stake in the app or face abandoned the u.s. >> when it comes to threats to our security, when it comes to the safety of americans, when it comes to our privacy, we are going to speak out and be very clear about that. >> reporter: tiktok fired back with a statement by saying that if protecting national security is the priority, divestment would not solve the problem. the tiktok ceo spoke with the wall street journal.

>> he said that when he took over as ceo two years ago, his number one priority was to earn trust. >> reporter: a house committee is calling on the ceo to testify next week about the privacy and security practices, as well as the impact on children. the security concerns are not limited to the u.s. the uk is now following the white house lead, banning tiktok on government phones. the prime minister calls it good cyber hygiene. >> it is useful and proportionate to restrict the use of certain apps, particularly apps where a large amount of data can be stored and accessed. >> reporter: the chinese embassy says that it is based on politics more than facts and will ultimately harm the uk's own interests. upsets on this first day of of march madness. vern glenn joys is next with all the highlights.

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they call it march madness for reason. let's debate. would you like to have a heartbreak loss or a complete blowout? you pick. >> today was heartbreak, kick in the gut, all of the above, but hey! that is part of what march madness is, jules!

so we had 16 games today. they are in the books. it move on and a go home, and that includes a couple of chakras. let's start with the 2 seed arizona. two minutes left with princeton down one. ryan lang born drove and banked a lay-up, and the 15 seed tigers had a one-point lead. wildcats down three! kerr kriisa for the tie! no. princeton finished the game on a 9-0 run, stunning the two- seed arizona. 59, mass. 55. here are my emotions! that is how i felt. my fourth-seeded virginia cavaliers playing 13 seed furman. furman with a full press, then they trap clark in the corner! this is a veteran! and he just heaved it! the paladins hit a three, took the lead!

so virginia blew a 12-point lead, then they drew up a play. and no. clanged off the rim. 13 seed furman, the paladins. they had not been to the tournament since 1980, and they showed virginia the door! 68-67, and those were very painful highlights for this uva alum to voiceover! tomorrow, st. mary's faces virginia commonwealth. 12 seated vcu has been a trendy picked upset the gaels. this tournament will be the final run for gaels senior and st. francis alum logan johnson. he has been his best down the stretch, scoring 20 or more points in six of st. mary's' final eight games! >> logan means everything to our program. he is one of our three liters, and he is an alpha. he is not into all the fluff.

he is not into that! you can count on him bringing it every time he steps onto the court. >> so we have more first-round games tomorrow, and we will bring them to you and wrap it up with me and the coach! >> when you lose by one point, is it just a sucker punch? what was the emotion? >> it is a punch to something that the fcc would not like! that is what it is. and you have to just live with that until the next season, which is months away! >> and what is happening with st. mary's? >> get it going! >> the late news with sara donchey is coming up. we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a good one.

- [narrator] every day, our lives are filled with choices,