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happy. i'm notrhe best dan in the world. i got just a little ir today, attorney general barr will be front and center at a public hearing with a fullsc sure of the mueller report to be top of the agenda. homeland security undergoes a massive overhaul. going inside the go fund me phenomenon that handles millions a year. the university of virginia goes from last year's goat to this year's champion. a terrifying double wipe out in theescue you have to see. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm marlie hall. >> happy to be with t yous
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tuesday morning, i'm frances rivera. the fight for the full mueller report is front and cenr. william will testify since releasing his four-page summary. the hearing is focused on the justice department's budget, you can expect plenty of questions on theandling of the mueller report. tracie potts has more. >> reporter: question number one is when will they get the report, he said mid-ril. there are still legal arguments flying back and forth on both sides on whether or not democrats have the right to see the full report. expect this to be a big part of today's hearing. maybe they'll get to talk significantly abouthe budget. what democrats want to know is why he came a different conclusion to counsel robert mueller on obstruction of
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justice. that's why they want to see the full report, all of th evidence. barr says it has to be kept secret that is why he's redacting the report. big f this likely to be a part of the hearing. speaking of hearings, mueller, the special counsel, thehiuy this entire nearly two-year investigation. will he ever show up on capitol hill to testify, maybe. now we have the democrat andth republican a head of the judiciary committee calling for eller to testify. it had been said early on that was a possility. he's n working with barr on redacting this report. they are calling for him to testify, no date has been set yet. >> that would be something if he es. tracie potts for us, thank you. the shake up at homelandse rity is starting to look like a total orhaul. dhs secretary nielsen resigned
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under pressure, the director of secret service is also it appears senior aid stepphen miller has taken t reigns. the power struggle comes amid a growhg crisis w scores of asylum seekers trying to enter the country. we have more. >> reporter: the president with a sudden purge. two administration officials tell us secret service director the secret service director is out. dhs secretary kirsten neilson who had gone to the border resigned under pressure after clashing with the president privately for months. nielse saying this. >> i share the president's goal of securing the border.
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the highest monthly for march in over a decade. criteria wants tougher for a growing number of asylum >> asylum program is a scam. seekers. some of t roughest people you've ever seen. >> reporter: last june, the president ended familyon separa but according to three officials he's urging his administration to reinstate those as a deterrentn niel had become the face thaf controversial policy. >> i want you to admit that t cages exist. >> they are not cages. >> i'mf concerned a growing void of leadership within homelandse rity. >> reporter: there are now ten key leadership positions without permanent replacements from the pentagon to the un.
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>> reporter: it is said t exit is not due to the mar-a-lago breach. >> university of virginia went on to the toast of the basketball wor in one year. >> i said i want a chance. that'sll we want. these guys came fight. i'm so thankful. this is a great story. >> they needed a late three to pushs game intove ortime. they defended texas tech in an extra period to secure the title. >> this virginiaeam was the first ever one seed to lose to a 16 seed when they fel last year. e emotions were high as the team celebrated the schoon's first na championship. >> forget last year. this is everything you dream of.
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this is a dream come true. >> this game for the ages is one the students at the university of virsnia will alway remember. they took to the streets in droves to celebrate and revel in the madness. >> a stunning development that shocked the nation. huffman and other parents admitted their role. they struck a deal with the government but will this dealhe sparem from jail time. we have the latest. >> do the kids know? >> reporter: days after felicitiy huffman was in court. in a college cheating scam where paid.s i am in full accept answer of my guilt she writes, i am ashamed
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of t pain i caused. i want to t apologizethe students that work hard to get into college. she says her daughter never knew of the scam in which she paid $15,000 to her answers changed. tv personalities paid $600,000 to cheat the system will also plead guilty. for actress lori laughlin and 19 other parents charged, no deal yet. >> the remaining parents if they are going to plead guilty, now is the time to do it. >> reporter: prosecutors say the plan unravelled when there was an agreeme to cooperate with invest >> reporter: huffman's plea deal calls for four to ten months behind bars but they will ask for no jail time. it will be up to the judge to
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decide. a car bomb killed three u.s. service members and one contractor in afg wnistan. the traveling in a convoy near the air base when a suicide bomber drove into the convoy. we have details. >> reporter: thedl d attack happened outside an american air base. a suici bomber drove a massive car bomb into a convoy of american troops. trilhrg u.s. service members and american contractor. the taliban is claiming the attack knows how to time their violence for maximum impact. the deadly blast was a grim welcome on the general on hisvi first to kabul. it comes as the u.s. and the aliban is negotiating a peace settlement. there are 14,000 u.s. troops and presid mt trump hase it clear america's longest war hos
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gone on long enough. >> 19 years. it is unfortunate. it's diculous. >> reporter: the set back for these peace talks pushing back the end of a war thatas already claimed more than 2,400 u.s. lives. a major scare in the hollywood hills. police got a callbout powdery substance found in an envelop. they treated the scene for a possible anthrax scare. fire officials say there was no chemical found in the envelop. two people were taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> how w that? who won? 2020. >> swim back.
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ready? >> that is john legend picking up a new hobby, swimming. not taking less ones from your average swim coach. lochte is showing him the ropes. posting a video on instagram with the caption "swimming with ryan lochte in myar bac full disclosure. i can't swim but i wouldn't minn if r taught me. >> no. get in there with john legend too. >> reporter: we have anle incred storm that will hit in the next 48 to 60 hours.e entral plains will get hit by one of the worst storms in a long times. heavy snow, gusty winds, blizzard conditions. check out the saswfall for this area of pink is 12 ihes
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of snow. that area of red, 18 inches of snow is forecast. right on top of interstate 90 which ie guarantee will closed on thursday. f now a closer look at your day ahead. >> hard to imagine we just gave a snow forecast when you see the temperatures inhe south. fire dangers aigh. strong winds begin. it is not too late for every in the central plains to go quickly on springme break where else. check out this amazing rescue at sea. it happened in february in portugal. a veteran surfer is knocked off a board but is b savedy a professional jet ski rescuer. thatave wiped them both out.
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planning a terrorist attac here in our region. it is 4:00 a.m. good morningeveryone, i'm ron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. some people stayed up late tot watch lnight's game. boy did uva make it worth it, earight? we're to go. melissa mollet is watching the roads in first 4 traffic. >> and the guy who woong for texas -- >> texas tech. texas tech! never texas. >> neverxa >> i'm sorry. the texas losers, you're right. he's here, as well, toet us up to speed on the forecast. get us up to speed. >> this is what happen was just trying to support my conference. this is what i get foroong for texas tech -- i promise, red agiders, it's never, ever, ever happening n. just so you know. congrats to the wahoos and the cavaliers. wahoo, indeed. we've got lingering raindrops around first thing. very low impact on your daily planner other than a drop or t
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