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raises the stakes, gets everybody talking in apocalyptic terms, but the political process is ongoing. the legal process is very slow, so the stakes are high, but nothing is going to happen legally to actually resolve those stakes. >> john dickerson, rikki klieman, robert costa, thank you. investigators in nashville today revealed that they found a suicide note when they searched the home of the shooter who killed three students and three staffers at the covenant school last week. now some of the officers who responded to the scene of the shooting are speaking out. we should warn you that some of the video is disturbing. cbs's janet shamlian has the eyewitness accounts. >> reporter: we're hearing for the first time from police officers describing the harrowing moments inside that nashville school. >> it was readily apparent i was going to be the one to make entry. >> reporter: officer rex engelbert was joined inside the school by several others, including detective mike collazo. >> once we started hearing the first shots, that's when everything kicked into overdrive

for us. we continued to hear more shots being fired. >> reporter: the police chief said some of the officers had never met but instantly worked as a team with little regard for their safety. >> they formed together. they got prepared and went right in. >> reporter: and today police released a search warrant revealing what was seized from the shooter's home. more than 47 items, including a suicide note, several covenant school yearbooks, a school photo, as well as folders and journals with notes on firearms courses and school shootings. investigators say 28-year-old audrey hale acted alone and fired 152 rounds in the attack, which the journals indicate was planned over a period of months. the covenant school community has now laid five of the victims to rest. the funeral for the head of the school, katherine koonce, will be held tomorrow. today the police chief credited everyone from emergency dispatchers to the covenant staffers who had school keys at the ready. but for those who ran toward the

gunfire, it comes with a personal price. >> my family sometimes comes second. it has to. goe hse to mak survedy many can and stabilize the community as best possible. >> reporter: selfless actions. tonight authorities say they are still searching for a motive. items seized from the home are being examined by both the national police and the fbi. norah. >> janet shamlian, thank you so much. tonight the fbi is investigating the shooting death of the onetime chief of staff to former maryland governor larry hogan. roy mcgrath died during a confrontation with fbi agents in knoxville, tennessee, on monday night. it's not year if his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot or came during the clash. mcgrath was on the run for three weeks after failing to appear in court on charges that he stole more than $200,000 from the state of maryland. an important update from russia. "the wall street journal"

reporter under arrest on charges of espionage was able to meet with his lawyers i priso they report that evan gershkovich's health is good, and he is said to be grateful for the outpouring of support. the white house called the spy charge ridiculous and said gershkovich's release is a priority for president biden. the pentagon announcing today another $2.6 billion in aid to ukraine. the aid included much needed ammunition for rocket launchers and automatic weapons. it comes as the west adds another nation to nato's ranks. today finland became the 31st member of the security alliance. cbs's holly williams examines the gains for nato and the russian response. ♪ >> reporter: nato's a defensive alliance that protects the u.s., canada, and most of europe. an attack on one country is considered an attack on all. today its newest member is finland. >> this is maybe the one thing we can thank mr. putin for

because he once again here as precipitated something he claims to want to prevent by russia's aggression. >> reporter: in the lead-up to vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, he complained about nato's expansion in europe. but ironically, putin's achieved the exact opposite of what he wanted. before russia's invasion, about a quarter of fins supported joining nato. after moscow attacked its neighbor, that surged to around 80%. since finland's frontier with russia is over 800 miles long, its membership has more than doubled russia's border with nato states, and right next door, sweden's also seeking to join the alliance. finland's military is considered one of the most capable and modern in europe. moscow says that if forces from other nato countries are now deployed to finland, it will respond by bolstering its own military in that region.

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the ncaa men's basketball tournament is in the history books, and so is the university of connecticut after the huskies won their fifth national title. cbs's jan crawford takes a look at the sport's latest dynasty. >> reporter: late today, a hero's welcome on the uconn campus, soaking in the celebration of a memorable night. >> the huskies have their dreams come true. >> reporter: uconn's dream came with total dominance. double-digit wins in every game of the ncaa tournament. in the end, it may have seemed a like a coronation, especially for coach dan hurley, whose family is basketball royalty.

but threees a ayurley leftbe m struggleheecam a coach and now champion. >> it means everything, but i'm probably also not here if i didn't have to deal with that adversity. >> reporter: adonnis was the team's outstanding player. his familiar watched from his native mali. >> i just want to say anything is possible. >> reporter: march madness is over, but april is for celebrations. ♪ lsu threw a giant party honoring the champions of the riveting women's tournament. just like for uconn, where the cheering has only just begun. but there was one ending, a poignant one. the final final four for broadcaster jim nance. >> to you, all the viewers, thank you for being my friend. >> reporter: jan crawford, cbs news. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for

"cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york city, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former president donald trump spoke at mar-a-lago after returning from his arraignment in new york. he maintained the case and other ongoing investigations are politically motivated, saying, quote, i never thought anything like this could happen in america. democrat-backed judge janet protest say wits has won the widely watched wisconsin supreme court race. the court will now be controlled by liberals for the first time in 15 years with a decision coming on the state's 1849 abortion ban. and invites are now out for the may 6th coronation of king charles iii, and for the first

time, queen camilla. it was previously unknown if she would gain the title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight we're in new york, where we saw an extraordinary day unfold. former president donald j. trump was arrested, booked, read his rights, and the indictment against him unsealed. tonight trump addressing supporters for the first time from the ballroom at his mar-a-lago resort. the 45th president of the united states pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. according to the indictment, the 34 counts were part of an elaborate scheme to conceal crimes that hid damaging

information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election. they include claims by a doorman that trump fathered a child out of wedlock, now known to be not true, as well as hush money payments to hide sexual relationships with two different women, including former porn star stormy daniels. trump denies the allegations and calls the investigation a witch hunt. we have team coverage and cbs's scott macfarlane was in the courthouse today and starts us off tonight. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, a sight unlike any in american history. a former president brought here to manhattan to be criminally indicted. the prosecutor here accuses donald trump of paying hush money to undermine the 2016 presidential election. a defiant stance from former president trump as he left trump tower this morning. but after waving to supporters as he entered manhattan criminal court, surrendered to authorities, and briefly appeared before cameras, trump looked noticeably somber.

he had been arrested, the first formal criminal charges for any former president. there was reportedly no mug shot taken, but he was fingerprinted and given a case number like any other defendant. flanked by his lawyers inside the courtroom, trump listened as the judge's clerk read off the charges against him. asked for a plea, the former president remained seated and said "not guilty." he said nothing as he left the courtroom. trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to three individuals who were threatening to reveal negative information about him during the 2016 election. one involved former adult film star stormy daniels and $130,000 in payments to her orchestrated by former trump fixer michael cohen. another payment, $150,000, to former playboy playmate karen mcdougal, who alleged she had a sexual relationship with trump while he was married and was prepared to make the story public, an allegation trump denied. and another payment, $30,000, to a trump tower doorman, who had

tried to sell information about a child he claimed trump had fathered out of wed look. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg spoke after the arraignment. >> under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> reporter: the former president addressed supporters tonight at his family estate in florida. >> alvin bragg of new york -- [ crowd booing ] -- who campaigned on the fact that he would get president trump. i'm going to get him. i'm going to get him. as it turns out, virtually everybody that has looked at this case, including rinos, and even hardcore democrats say there is no crime and that it should never have been brought. >> reporter: sources close to the former president tell cbs

news he's gaming at how the arrest can help him politically, today sending out this fund-raising email selling a t-shirt with a fake mug shot on it, on sale for $47 as he runs to be the 47th president. trump also continued to attack bragg and the judge in the case, juan merchan, who oversaw a previous trial where trump's real estate company was convicted of tax fraud. only a few republicans were in new york to support the former president, including georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and new york's george santos. but several top members of the gop called the arrest shameful and a travesty. the next scheduled hearing in this criminal case isn't until december with a trial tentatively scheduled for january, just as the 2024 presidential primary season begins. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. an important update from russia. "the wall street journal" reporter under arrest on charges of espionage was able to meet

with his lawyers in prison today. rsovich's h g and iaio b outpouring ofsupport. the white housed the spy charge ridiculous and said gershkovich's release is a priority for president biden. the pentagon announcing today another $2.6 billion in aid to ukraine. the aid included much needed ammunition for rocket launchers and automatic weapons. it comes as the west adds another nation to nato's ranks. today finland became the 31st member of the security alliance. cbs's holly williams examines the gains for nato and the russian response. >> reporter: nato's a defensive alliance that protects the u.s., canada, and most of europe. an attack on one country is considered an attack on all. today its newest member is finland. >> this is maybe the one thing we can thank mr. putin for because hee

ipitat something hla wanto prev aggression. >> reporter: in the lead-up to vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, he complained about nato's expansion in europe. but ironically, putin's achieved the exact opposite of what he wanted. before russia's invasion, about a quarter of fins supported joining nato. after moscow attacked its neighbor, that surged to around 80%. since finland's frontier with russia is over 800 miles long, its membership has more than doubled russia's border with nato states, and right next door, sweden's also seeking to join the alliance. finland's military is considered one of the most capable and modern in europe. moscow says that if forces from other nato countries are now deployed to finland, it will respond by bolstering its own military in that region. norah. >> holly williams, thank you. and the day e big story,

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm willie james inman in washington. thanks for staying with us. nasa is one step closer to sending astronauts back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. the space agency introduced the crew of the upcoming artemis ii mission and they got a rousing ovation at the ncaa championship monday night. this crew won't actually land on the lunar surface, though. instead they'll fly around the moon tme f ture fr uston.mann has >> rep june,

this mock-up capsule behind me is going to be part of this new crew's training for the next 18 months. and when they fly, they're going to join seen such close-up view of the moon. >> ladies and gentlemen, your artemis ii crew. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: nasa has its own final four. this astronaut crew leading a new lunar mission. their selection realizing a lifelong dream puts them over the moon. >> we've spent our entire lives looking up at the moon, and now we're going to go out there and look back at earth from that same distance. that is crazy. >> reporter: on this diverse artemis ii crew, three americans, all space veterans, and a canadian. reid wiseman, a u.s. navy captain and the mission commander. victor glover, the first black astronaut to make a long-duration space flight. christina koch, a member of the first three all-female

spacewalks. and canadian jeremy hansen, the only space rookie aboard. >> first tri u're going to tuhe astronaut wa. no. we won the astronaut powerball. >> true. >> we know how big this moment is, and i personally feel it's so much bigger than me or my name being attached to it. >> reporter: after launch, the orion capsule will reach the moon in four days for a lunar fly-by. this crew could push deeper into space than any humans ever before finishing their ten-day mission. a moon landing mission would follow. nasa's envisions the moon as a proving ground for its eventual goal, mars. >> and liftoff of artemis i. >> reporter: artemis ii will be only the second flight of the mammoth sls rocket and the first for the orion capsule using its entire life support system. >> is there trepidation? absolutely. it's the first crewed flight of a vehicle.

but that's like what we live for. >> and we are taught as astronauts to take any kind of that trepidation, that fear you may call it, and turn it into focus. and our focus is 100% on being successful this in vehicle. >> reporter: for nasa, the stakes are high. artemis ii just has to go well for the space agency to have any chance of landing artemis iii on the moon later this decade. >> that was mark strassmann reporting. nasa is fostering the next generation of rocket scientists. nearly 300 high schools from coast to coast are taking part in what is called the nasa hunch project. olivia leach has the story. >> reporter: it's monday morning at ben barber innovation academy. these high school students are hard at work, using highly technical machines to fabricate parts in this manufacturing class. but this isn't your ordinary school project. they're working on parts that will be used by nasa. >> we're building a component to

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an american adventurer is on his way to the north pole for the seventh time. now, it's a little bit different this time around because it comes after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. david begnaud spoke to him before he headed north. >> reporter: erik larsen lives for adventure. >> i think with the windchill, it was close to 60 below. >> reporter: he's touched the south pole and the north pole six times each. he's the only person to journey to both and mt. everest all in the same year. >> you keep going back. is it ever going to be enough? >> my old answer would have been a very robust no way. it was never enough. i'm not so sure now because of

the cancer, yeah. >> reporter: in 2021, larsen was diagnosed with colon cancer. they told him it was terminal. >> trying to think about what those few years would be like with my family and my young kids, to say it was difficult is an extreme understatement. >> reporter: but the prognosis was wrong. he needed chemo, radiation, and had 14 inches of his colon removed. he never thought he would live to do this again -- pack his bags and head back to the north pole. >> why put your body through that again? >> to see it again when i thought i would never do anything again. for me, it feels like the right thing to do. >> reporter: because when you've touched the top of the world and survived the predicted end of yours, risk is only opportunity to live wildly. david begnaud, cbs news, los angeles. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday.

for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm willie james inman. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former president donald trump spoke at mar-a-lago after returning from his arraignment in new york. he maintained the case and other ongoing investigations are politically motivated, saying, quote, i never thought anything like this could happen in america. democrat-backed judge janet protasiewicz has won the widely watched wisconsin supreme court race. the court will now be controlled by liberals for the first time in 15 years with a decision coming on the state's 1849 abortion ban. and invites are now out for the may 6tronatikihearle ast

me, queen camilla. le.s for more, download cs ap your ll phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs n york. tonight, former president donald trump arrested, pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors alleging he repeatedly hid damaging information about sexual misconduct. here are tonight's headlines. >> obviously it is unprecedented. >> a stone-faced donald trump in court. what it was like in the courthouse and what the indictment says about payments to a porn star, a "playboy" model, and a doorman. the former president rallies supporters from mar-a-lago. >> this fake case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 electidid

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do you want to pass on a age? anytngs . want to say,ik >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight we're in new york, where we saw an extraordinary day unfold. former president donald j. trump was arrested, booked, read his rights, and the indictment against him unsealed. tonight trump addressing supporters for the first time from the ballroom at his mar-a-lago resort. the 45th president of the united states pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. according to the indictment, the 34 counts were part of an elaborate scheme to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election. they include claims by a doorman that trump fathered a child out of wedlock, now known to be not

true, as well as hush money payments to hide sexual relationships with two different women, including former porn star stormy daniels. trump denies the allegations and calls the investigation a witch hunt. we have team coverage and cbs's scott macfarlane was in the courthouse today and starts us off tonight. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, a sight unlike any in american history. a former president brought here to manhattan to be criminally indicted. the prosecutor here accuses donald trump of paying hush money to undermine the 2016 presidential election. a defiant stance from former president trump as he left trump tower this morning. but after waving to supporters as he entered manhattan criminal court, surrendered to authorities, and briefly appeared before cameras, trump looked noticeably somber. he had been arrested, the first formal criminal charges for any former president. there was reportedly no mug shot taken, but he was fingerprinted and given a case number like any

other defendant. flanked by his lawyers inside the courtroom, trump listened as the judge's clerk read off the charges against him. asked for a plea, the former president remained seated and said "not guilty." he said nothing as he left the courtroom. trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to three individuals who were threatening to reveal negative information about him during the 2016 election. one involved former adult film star stormy daniels and $130,000 in payments to her orchestrated by former trump fixer michael cohen. another payment, $150,000 to former playboy playmate karen mcdougal, who alleged she had a sexual relationship with trump while he was married and was prepared to make the story public, an allegation trump denied. and another payment, $30,000, to a trump tower doorman who tried to sell information about a child he claimed trump had fathered out of wedlock. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg spoke after the arraignment. >> under new york state law, it

is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> reporter: the former president addressed supporters tonight at his family estate in florida. >> alvin bragg of new york -- [ crowd booing ] -- who kpcampaigned on the fact that he would get presidet trump. i'm going to get him. i'm going to get him. as it turns out, virtually %-pn hardcore democrats, say thao

re ts ws arsttica y nding out this nd-raising email selling a t-shirt with a fake mug shot on it on sale for $47 as he runs to be the 47th president. trump also continued to attack bragg and the judge in the case, juan merchan, who oversaw a previous trial where trump's real estate company was convicted of tax fraud. only a few republicans were in new york to support the former president, including georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and new york's george santos. but several top members of the gop called the arrest shameful and a travesty. the next scheduled hearing in this criminal case isn't until december with a trial tentatively scheduled for january, just as the 2024 presidential primary season begins. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. in the day's other big story, more than 44 million people from texas to wisconsin are under a severe weather warning, including possible

thunderstorms and violent tornadoes. meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is in little rock, arkansas, where some big storms are expected tonight. good evening, chris. >> good evening to you, norah. once again, it is another dangerous night. people need to be on alert. what's remarkable about this, again, is the extent of the storms. already severe thunderstorm watches. conditions are favorable across parts of the midwest, favorable for the development of more strong storms. but several states, again, could see some strong long-lived, long-track tornadoes. this threat continues into the day tomorrow, really not letting up much at all with the possibility for some strong storms, again, including tornadoes. the timing for this is extremely important as we watch these storms throughout the day tomorrow. but once again, norah, one of the big challenges, one of the big dangers is that some of the strongest storms, including tornadoes, are going to be

happening at night while people may be sleeping. >> really scary. chris warren, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." for more on the legal and political implications of today's charges, let's bring in chief political analyst john dickerson, chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, and cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. rikki, you've read through the indictment. what stood out to you? >> i think what stands out to me is i wanted to know what the nexus was. what's the connection between falsifying business records and what law was concealed? and what we've learned is that the government says that this was a conspiracy in essence, an agreement of more than two people to keep information away

from the voting public in 2016. so it's a federal election violation, a state election violation, as well as a mischaracterization for tax purposes. >> and there might be new witnesses, right? >> i think the new witnesses are the things that intrigue me most because what we have here, in order to prove this agreement or cfo., they talkedbouthe tat's allen weisselberg. they talked about the comptroller. they talk about the accounts payable supervisor. so these witnesses may have already testified or given information to the district attorney's office. and when you look at the allegations concerning weisselberg, he's either a target or a witness. >> really interesting. robert costa, along with this indictment, there was a 13-page statement of fact filled with some really interesting details, and the timeline is important. >> norah, when you read this statement of fact, there's another piece of history right

here, that in 2017, trump's first year in the presidency, he was cutting checks to michael cohen in the oval office. so during his first year in office, while he's dealing with immense national security challenges and all of these other major issues, he's also, this statement of fact says andt center of a criminal scheme to pressure michael cohen to make these payments to stay quiet. it is perhaps the closest criminality that has come to this u.s. presidency since richard nixon. >> john dickerson, what does this mean for donald trump legally, politically in the future? >> well, politically it's been sorted the way things always are with donald trump. his supporters rush to his aid, say he's the victim of the prosecutor. those who are his detractors say no one is above the law. what is tantalizing about all these facts is we thought this would move into the legal realm where reason, fact, argument can win the day. but that's going to take a very long time to work out. it may take a year or more, and that means this legal case

raises the stakes, gets everybody talking in apocalyptic terms, but the political process is ongoing. the legal process is very slow, so the stakes are high, but nothing is going to happen legally to actually resolve those stakes. >> going to be an interesting couple of years. john dickerson, rikki klieman, robert costa, thank you. investigators in nashville today revealed that they found a suicide note when they searched the home of the shooter who killed three students and three staffers at the covenant school last week. now some of the officers who responded to the scene of the shooting are speaking out. we should warn you that some of the video is disturbing. cbs's janet shamlian has the eyewitness accounts. >> reporter: we're hearing for the first time from police officers describing the harrowing moments inside that nashville school. >> it was readily apparent i was going to be the one to make entry. >> reporter: officer rex engelbert was joined inside the school by several others, including detective mike collazo. >> once we started hearing the first shots, that's when everything kicked into overdrive for us.

we continued to hear more shots being fired. >> reporter: the police chief said some of the officers had never met but instantly worked as a team with little regard for their safety. >> they formed together. they got prepared and went right in. >> reporter: and today police released a search warrant revealing what was seized from the shooter's home. more than 47 items, including a suicide note, several covenant school yearbooks, a school photo, as well as folders and journals with notes on firearms courses and school shootings. investigators say 28-year-old audrey hale acted alone and fired 152 rounds in the attack, which the journals indicate was planned over a period of months. the covenant school community has now laid five of the victims to rest. the funeral for the head of the school, katherine koonce, will be held tomorrow. today the police chief credited everyone from emergency dispatchers to the covenant staffers who had school keys at the ready. but for those who ran toward the

gunfire, the work comes with a personal price. >> my family sometimes comes second. it has to. i'm here to make sure everybody else goes home as much as -- as many can and stabilize the community as best possible. >> reporter: selfless actions. tonight authorities say they are still searching for a motive. items seized from the home are being examined by both the national police and the fbi. norah. >> janet shamlian, thank you so much. tonight the fbi is investigating the shooting death of the onetime chief of staff to former maryland governor larry hogan. roy mcgrath died during a confrontation with fbi agents in knoxville, tennessee, on monday night. it's not clear if his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot or came during the clash. mcgrath was on the run for three weeks after failing to appear in court on charges that he stole more than $200,000 from the state of maryland. an important update from russia. "the wall street journal" reporter under arrest on charges

of espionage was able to meet with his lawyers in prison today. they report that evan gershkovich's health is good, and he is said to be grateful for the outpouring ofsupport. the white house called the spy charge ridiculous and said gershkovich's release is a priority for president biden. the pentagon announcing today another $2.6 billion in aid to ukraine. the aid included much needed ammunition for rocket launchers and automatic weapons. it comes as the west adds another nation to nato's ranks. today finland became the 31st member of the security alliance. cbs's holly williams examines the gains for nato and the russian response. ♪ >> reporter: nato's a defensive alliance that protects the u.s., canada, and most of europe. an attack on one country is considered an attack on all. today its newest member is finland. >> this is maybe the one thing we can thank mr. putin for

because he once again here has precipitated something he claims to want to prevent by russia's aggression. >> reporter: in the lead-up to vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, he complained about nato's expansion in europe. but ironically, putin's achieved the exact opposite of what he wanted. before russia's invasion, about a quarter of fins supported joining nato. after moscow attacked its neighbor, that surged to around 80%. since finland's frontier with russia is over 800 miles long, its membership has more than doubled russia's border with nto states, and right next door, sweden's also seeking to join the alliance. finland's military is considered one of the most capable and modern in europe. moscow says that if forces from other nato countries are now deployed to finland, it will respond by bolstering its own military in that region. norah. >> holly williams, thank you.

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the ncaa men's basketball tournament is in the history books, and so is the university of connecticut after the huskies won their fifth national title. cbs's jan crawford takes a look at the sport's latest dynasty. >> reporter: late today, a hero's welcome on the uconn campus, soaking in the celebration of a memorable night. >> the huskies have their dreams come true. >> reporter: uconn's dream came with total dominance. double-digit wins in every game of the ncaa tournament. in the end, it may have seemed a like a coronation, especially for coach dan hurley, whose family is basketball royalty. but three decades ago as a

player, hurley left the game because of mental health struggles. he became a coach and now is a champion. >> it means everything, but i'm probably also not here if i didn't have to deal with that adversity. >> reporter: adama sanogo was the tournament's most outstanding player. his family watched from his native mali. >> i just want to say anything is possible. >> reporter: march madness is over, but april is for celebrations. ♪ lsu threw a giant party honoring the champions of the riveting women's tournament, just like for uconn where the cheers has only just begun. but there was one ending, a poignant one. the final final four for broadcaster jim nance. >> to you, all the viewers, thank you for being my friend. >> reporter: jan crawford, cbs news. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from new york city, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former president donald trump spoke at mar-a-lago after returning from his arraignment in new york. he maintained the case and other ongoing investigations are politically motivated, saying, quote, i never thought anything like this could happen in america. democrat-backed judge janet protasiewicz has won the widely watched wisconsin supreme court race. the court will now be controlled by liberals for the first time in 15 years with a decision coming on the state's 1849 abortion ban. and invites are now out for the may 6th coronation of king

charles iii and, for the first time, queen camilla. it was previously unknown if she would gain the title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, april 5th, 2023. there is the "cbs morning news." >> i never thought anything like this could happen in america. in a mar-a-lago speech, hours after being indicted, former president trump speaks publicly for the first time about his 34 felony charges. severe weather. tornadoes touch down in the midwest leaving serious damage. hear from one man whose shop was destroyed by the storm. ai dangers. president biden addresses artificial intelligence. his warning to companies as the technology develops at a rapid pace.

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