she's with the gathering crowds in austin. who've never been, tell us what we're missing. >> reporter: well, steve, it's all about pitics at south by southwest. some of the lines forming right now as this conference kicks off. we really do see a swell of participation, and it's about job creation this year. you'll remember president trump, of course, won this election by promising a lot of manufacturing jobs, south by southwest here is a counterpoint. it's all about creating more engineering. technology-focussed jobs and a lot of questions remain as to what president trump might actually do when it comes to immigration and protecting jobs for people in the tech policy world and of course, across silicon valley. we caught up with a former barack obama administration tech advisor to hear what she had to say. >> there are real consequences for the technology being developed right now. it's necessary that policy makers continue to think about these issues. and think about them carefully and consider all of the stake holders that m

be targeting the area of austin, texas.he raids would be retribution for travis county sheriff sally hernandez's new policy that limited cooperation between local and federal authorities. this is a courtroom recording of ice agents being questioned by judge austin. >> there is been questions about whether austin is being targeted . your immediate supervisor, i guess. came and briefed me and the magistrate judge that at the end of january, we could expect a big operation, agents coming from out of town, there was going to be a specific operation and it was at least related to us in that meeting that you was the result of the sheriff's new policy. juan: so that was the discussion in court, in open court. gregorio casar, what has been going on with sally hernandez, the sheriff there, and what is been the attempt of the state as well to stop the efforts of lawmakers and elected officials in austin to maintain assange were city? >> w what we are facing is repression and retaliation against a decade-long campaign to become a welc

austin police not finding it funny. even after the two guys explain to the police officers what they were doing, they released conner and took brandon in. austin police arrested him and accused him of failure to comply. i watched the video a number of times, and i don't quite see where he was resisting. in fact, i don't think brandon even had a chance to resist because these cops essentially came from nowhere and took him down. >> so at some point in the 1.8 seconds between them tackling him and getting him on the ground, he's apparently resisted enough that he has to go to court? he was on the floor, he wasn't fighting. >> conner says he'll take a break from the pranks for a while because this shook him up quite a >>> time for blind versus blindfolded. connie edison who is blind, also a traffic reporter and a film critic, has a traffic channel where he's joined up with christia. in we start with keys. >> i'm going with the blind guy. they have heightened senses that the blindfolded dude isn't going to have. >> he'll ha

austin police not finding it funny. even after the two guys explain to the police officers what they were doing, they released conner and took brandon in. austin police arrested him and accused him of failure to comply. i watched the video a number of times, and i don't quite see where he was resisting. in fact, i don't think brandon even had a chance to resist because these cops essentially came from nowhere and took him down. >> so at some point in the 1.8 seconds between them tackling him and getting him on the ground, he's apparently resisted enough that he has to go to court? he was on the floor, he wasn't fighting. >> conner says he'll take a break from the pranks for a while because this shook him up quite a >>> time for blind versus blindfolded. connie edison who is blind, also a traffic reporter and a film critic, has a traffic channel where he's joined up with christia. in we start with keys. >> i'm going with the blind guy. they have heightened senses that the blindfolded dude isn't going to have. >> he'll ha

over 20% of the population in austin is foreign born. but certainly with the high tech industries that we have, we have a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators that come to austin from all over the world. >> austin's seen a number of immigration and customs enforcement raids. the president is threatening to withhold federal funding from cities like yours. i don't know how that effeaffec you but you said regardless you're not back down. >> we have a city that has a lot of scared and worried people. my goal in this city as a mayor is to fill potholes and collect garbage and make sure that we're safe. so we follow the advice of our public safety professionals and they tell us that in order for us to be safe and we're one of the safest cities in the country, in order for to us be safe, there has to be a trust relationship between law enforcement and communities so that victims step forward and witnesses step forward so police can go anywhere. communities that focus on that trust relationship are in fact the safest communities in the country. a

that celebration of music, technology and the arts traction forms austin, texas, every year.to have the creativity is a certain mexican mineral water. m.m. pack is a good writer, historian and texan. she and a few other locals help us introduce what some call austin's most cherished beverage. >> when you open a bottle of telfochico, you can hear it. ♪ >> it's a great sparkling water out of mexico. >> it's austin, texas. our most popular drink. we literally sell ten times more of this drink than the next popular drink. >> it's the celebration drink. the name means little mole because it comes from a spring underneath a volcano known as the hill of the little mole. >> i think it's definitely water of austin, texas. >> i meet people all the time who have not heard of it and are pretty interested after they taste it. certainly in texas, it's available everywhere. >> it keeps us going every single day. we ask our customers if they're interested in beverage and if they want one of the waters. we get a curious look and we say it's a mineral water that's really popular in town and th

these lockers are spread around austin. meanwhile, the throne from "game of thrones," and turner is here he promoting a range of new content. saying this audience reaching this audience directly is more important than ever. >> we deal with the earliest audience in plurals or generation d, as a lot are calling them. they've grown one a lot of choice and they want control of that choice. utser experience is the third leg of experience with brand and distribution. >> it is not the just media brands trying stand out here. lockheed martin, up here in a helicopter 1,000 feet above austin looking to make strategic investment that's will benefit the aerospace company. and there's a range of start-ups here pint rest is here putting up cameras. some vent you are capitalists we talked to say after snap, they're pushing companies to strike while the iron is hot. >> the market seems lying it is at all type will highs. the jobs report and everything else. we're encouraging every company. >> there hasn't been a real outbreak but there is

austin, i want to start with you. we know the jobs number needs to be in the right direction rather than the wrong direction. how important is this number as it relates to the overall economy, not just the voice here on the floor of the exchange? >> i think it's pretty important. we are now in the longest string of jobs creation in u.s. history at least since we have been keeping the data. i think that's important for both politics and the economy that that keeps going at a steady, growing pace. it's surprising, we have been able to do this for as long as we have but i think it's great. >> surprising. does that mean you think it's going to change? >> i certainly hope it's not going to change. personally, i don't think it's going to change except that we got to be inching our way closer to full employment. as you run out of bodies to hire, the numbers are probably going to shrink a bit. the question is how much below 4.7% unemployment can you get before the fed starts raising the rates and is afraid that inflation woul

coming up the politics continues in austin. james baker will also be speaking here in austin. ali?u of james comey, who is not speaking there. jo, great reporting. i hope you're getting away from the politics a little bit to have some of the barbecue and take in some of the fantastic music at south by southwest. >> reporter: i hope so, too. >> talk to you later. jo ling kent for us at south by southwest in austin. thank you for watching this hour of "msnbc live." you can find me on twitter on fabook and instagram, and on snapchat @veli. right now on msnbc, chris jansing hosts "andrea mitchell reports." chris, take it away. >> thanks so much, ali. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," show your cards. today is deadline day for the trump administration to deliver to the house intelligence committee any proof to back up president trump's stunning but so far unsubstantiated claim that then president obama tapped his phones at trump tower. >> this is information he has. he tweeted about it. he brought it up. so he has the power to clarify. why not? >> i can't comment on the private co

austin has been enveloped by south by southwest — a sprawling interactive media, music and film festivalfifi. showcased some 130 features. the south by southwest film festival opened amid great excitement as stars arrived for tfis ares-ere sf serve: is sefie fl it is the ninth feature film from revered american director terence malik. it is very much a local tale involving interconnected lovers set against the backdrop of the music scene in austin. the key relationship is between struggling song writers, faye and bv, played by rooney mara and ryan gosling. but faye is also involved with cook, portrayed by michael fassbender. i play somebody who is sort of trying to find some sort of transcendence, in a way, and he does that through sexual encounters, though drugtaking, any heightened experience. he is somebody who is very who is really i think a very powerful, very wealthy and self—destructive as well. don't you want to make some money? song to song has many of the hallmarks of a terence malik film. visually arresting, lots of voice—over monologues from the actors, little a story that is more

bush did for them. >> martha: austin, are they trying to correct the record?> these are not about the details of those. you aren't seeing any litigation over the iran deal. you aren't seeing litigation over those subject issues. i think you guys are may be drifting the living in a bubble if you do not recognize that there have been some heavy blows to the credibility of the foreign policy team of the trump administration, that sean spicer, the president himself and several of the leading foreign policy figures have said things that have been compiled to be demonstrably not true. and they both had to correct the record and they've had to fire people for giving misinformatio misinformation. whenever that happens, you have got to come forward and get that information. >> martha: i think that's fair fair. >> otherwise it's just going to -- >> martha: he's no longer part of his job because of how this transpired, and it didn't look at that the attorney general didn't cite the meeting. all of that is actually part of the record. in terms of this story that is tangen

one austin resident who loomed large was madalyn murray o'hare, an activist atheist.ow there is a movie about her rise and very lurid fall. the film shows her as a larger—than—life figure. her actor applauds her achievements. in the early 1960s, single—handedly, with the help of her young son, she got christian prayer out of public schools in the united states of america by taking it to the supreme court where it was found to be indeed an infringement on the constitution. you have just ruined a television show. she became a media star and was a difficult woman according to many accounts. she had an interesting relationship with her father. he was too religious and she needed something to strike out against. as she got older and became more and more committed to the notion and got more and more informed about all of it, she also went on later in her life to form the american atheist association. the director said he was interested in the dynamics of her family life. i wanted to tell a story about a woman who had a very complex relationship with her family. a person who

you bounce between austin and palo alto fairly often? >> uh-huh. >> i know there is a lot of movement out of silicon valley towards texas. other than high house prices, is there any other motivation? why would we have a brain drain going to texas other than maybe high house prices or is that it? >> we have lower house prices actually. >> yes, i meant your how house prices. >> texas has home values, no state income tax. it's a highly diversified economy. most of the major cities are growing. houston slowed down. houston is an amazing, vibrant economy. a very multi-national city. texas is a great place to do business. austin, in particular, you have the hill country which is absolutely fantastic. it's the home of several international events a year, south by southwest, only formula one racetrack. >> and stubs barbecue. >> the other thing -- >> no, i haven't got time for you to say anything else. >> okay. >> sam heywood, thank you. we'll be back in just a minute. >>> that's our show for this week. my thanks to our guests mps reminder, all o

steven and then austin. >> sorry. going to say the border adjustment tax as it is formulated in the paul ryan plan is dead. it won't happen. you will get retailers like walmart that will spend -- already spending money to defeat that plan. i want to go back to the issue of the stock market, which you mentioned at the start of the segment. the stock market fell today, it's been falling. there's a lot of unease in people in the financial markets and businesses, that maybe trump can't get this done. the reduction in taxes that he promised. i believe strongly it is going to get done. my only point is if we don't get it done, it's bad for america, it's bad for the stock market, it's bad for investors. we got to get it done. i would love to see a bipartisan agreement done on tax reform. if it can't be done that way, republicans have to get their act together and do this on their own. they have a majority in the house and senate, they couldn't do it on health reform, they have to do it on tax reform. >> steven, austin, thank

austin is where, it was the nest of secession. and public and political interest centered there. even the secretary of the navy jenny wells who had proposed taking wilmington in 1862 when the city was still relatively undefended against the week wrote that we should keep wilmington and go after charlestoninstead . >> so they concentrated their efforts militarily on capturing it. poor manpower, resources, naval forces capturing charleston without success. charleston had the largest seizure of the civil war, 587 days and did not fall. even though the federal forces were able to make money, they were uncertain at best. those terms simply transfer their operations 175 miles off the coast to wilmington. by then, wilmington was closed to a major seaport to virginia. and arming and supplying robert e lee's army. in fact, wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as lee's lifeline and the lifeline of the confederacy. this main artery of supply for a lee's army, so much so that robert e lee said wilmington must be defended at all hazards. by 1864, he said if wilmington fal

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austin believes someone is out there that can give her son justice. >> everyone knows, i believe, buto one is talking. >> i'm rick williams, channel6, "action news." >> in delaware county they held a ceremony to thank the animals that serve the community. four service dogs were recognized. stoney creek veterinary hospital hosted the kay non canine veter. >> a toddler who locked himself in the car happened to be in the right place. his mom stepped out of the vehicle and when she turned around, zayne has locked the door and hopped in the front seat. >> i thought it was funny until i realized he had the keys. mom's phone was also in the car and zayne locked all four doors. there was a deputy in the parking lot and saw the whole thing happen. it took about 20 minutes, but he was able to get the door opened. >> we'll tell you why these people got buzz cuts today. >> details about a scam experts say is growing. >> walter, lots of clouds on the way for tonight. we are tracking light rain and drizzle, south and west of philadelphia. brighter skies on the way. details in the accuweather foreca

the bus was on its way from a senior center in austin, texas, to a casino. >>> new this morning a united flight makes a safe landing after a bird strike. the plane was on its way from tampa to houston when it had to turn around and make an emergency landing after hitting a bird. fortunately nobody was hurt. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin with your most accurate forecast. we're seeing clearing skies from west to east as a cold front sweeps on through. satellite and radar image picking up on that first cold front sweeping on from west to east. notice it is well offshore, but we're tracking a second cold front sweeping from the southwest to southeast. we can see the blue arrows headed in our direction, meaning we have some colder air moving in. in another moment i'll track some wintry presip by the end of this week. winds are mild. atlantic city, 13 mile-per-hour wind speeds for you. hour-by-hour forecast very interesting. the shift in the winds as the second cold front sweeps on through. right now we're seeing mainly westerlies. we pause this later tonight. we start to see

"austin, look at me, what's going on here?"hey took me into knott's office in there. knott pulled out a .380 automatic pistol. and told me that since i wanted to commit suicide, told me told me to put the gun to my head and mr. ross, yo me out of that chair with a >> rs knott admitted to re no bulletly almost went cold, i could not believe what i was hearing. >> reporteo keed on s own, working inve court records on knott.alling.ing pa other teens who had been sent there to take action. >> that place just ruined his life. i mean, you know.te he's not the ne whose lpeople.to a wall. a wall of indifference from local officials who were friendly with the pastors.hat if i estigate this thing, that i would be fired for insubordination. >> reporter: and he says the nt all the way to the statehouse, in montgome >> nobody was interested in lifting a finger to save these children from this abuse. general, luther strange, who has now been appointed to the u.s. senate the attorney general investigator, kennedy says, reported to him that ra

"austin, look at me, what's going on here?"is they took me into knott's office in there. knott pulled out a .380 automatic pistol. and told me that since i wanted to commit suicide, told me told me to put the gun to my head and pull the trigger. mr. ross, you could have knocked me out of that chair with a feather. >> reporter: kennedy says knott admitted to it but said there were no bullets in the gun. >> i literally almost went cold, i could not believe what i was hearing. i knew then that i had crazy people that i was dealing with. >> reporter: so kennedy, on his own, working from home, began to investigate, pulling up the past court records on knott. >> charles kennedy calling. >> reporter: and urging parents and grandparents of some of the other teens who had been sent there to take action. >> that place just ruined his life. i mean, you know. >> unfortunately he's not the only one whose life has been ruined by these people. >> reporter: but then kennedy told "20/20" he ran into a wall. a wall of indifference from local off

. >> after skipping the oscars and all of awards season, eva quietly came to austin in support of heran. he was there to support his new movie. >> there was no script for this film, so every day was a surprise. >> ryan walked the red carpet solo. eva posted this photo and captioned it with a heart. as for why she avoids the spotlight, eva told the magazine she would rather be at home with a couple young daughters than dress up on the red carpet. >>> next, someone who didn't shy away from the red carpet, sha leez tharn in austin to premier her movie. >> she shares these stemmy seans. >> she's a dancer. i'm a daerns. being naked is nothing. >> you made contact with the french? >> obviously. >> and finally, game of thrones is getting a special guest star, producers revealed singer ed here is ran will have a small part in the hbo hit. how did he get the gig? she is a super star of the show. and they wanted to surprise her. check this out, the meme is already started. >> how+ cute. i'm a fan of ed here is han. >> get some tattoos. >>> game of thrones returns to hbo july 16th. >>> up next,

that coming. >> connor has found another way to get his ridiculous bod out there on the streets of austinrse also impressed. avalanche of digits into his ladies, >>oh! >> is getting sthus guy to say i c >> i want to poke them, like,

eric: austin is a super interesting test case. uber and lyft left. other companies fill the void.have seen competitors sprout up. and then all over the world uber has some sort of global peer computing -- competing. i don't think we have seen anything quite like austin weather is a full-fledged operation and then uber and lyft totally pulled out. vonnie: they were protesting a lot that require drivers to be fingerprinted. now there are a bunch of startups trying to fill the gap. we will see how that works. eric newcomer, thank you. wti dropping below $50 for the first time this year. $48 and change now. opec arethat costs by not -- this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. wti dropping below $50 for the first time this year, falling for the fourth straight day. for more on joined by alix steel, anchor of daybreak. what does it mean? why is it happening? alix: they are right at the 200 moving day moving average for oil. that can be damaging on a technical level. the huge schema during oil conference saying we don't know yet if you want to extend the cut. six weeks a

let alone get austin, texas, sober enough to fill out the paperwork to leave.] >> tom: i think this is a good good, carley, this shows that trump is having an effect in the world. the world leaders are doing tough talk. >> one of the greatest things about trump as eddie affects people at the highest capacity. he's getting some you guy to say crazy stuff, nobody knows if he's joking or serious. >> tom: do you think he's giving them a little bit of gumption because of what happened here? >> sure, i also think there giving them gumption, the european union will hopefully crumble into the sea. i think it will be a while now, i think in ten years they're going to be in serious trouble and i think they should be. >> tom: interesting. coming up, "halftime" with tv's andy levy. and a brand-new episode of the "red eye" podcast is available now, subscribe on itunes and on foxnewsradio.com. ♪ >> tom: welcome back everybody, time to find out what we got wrong and what we missed from tvs at andy levy over at the "red eye" news deck. >> andy: trump is at war with the freedom

. >> you talk about the case of thomas -- from the early 19th century in austin. he tells about that case? it is like the moment of this movement or this expansion of the duty to retreat. >> okay so this case of thomas selfridge happens in boston. i think it is two years within the killing of alexander hamilton by birth. so it is within a couple of years of that. it is not, it does not become his famous but becomes a landmark legal case. that gets referred to in the later 19th century case is about the duty to retreat. do you want me to read this section? this is early in the book. it starts with this trial. so when thomas selfridge stood trial for manslaughter in december 1806 the nation's laws were based on the topic of lethal self-defense. this 32-year-old lawyer had killed a man in the streets of boston claiming that he did so to protect himself from grave danger. the english common law in which united states legal foundations were based, held that one must withdraw the face of an attack and not retaliate until retreating as far as he can safely. the crown of

he'll be coming down here to austin to south by southwest on sunday.king about the intersection of his cancer moon shot and technology and innovation and where he's taking that project next, but of course, kate, it is austin, they're known for food trucks. i have to point out the line going on right here for this taco truck. and certainly we're getting off to a strong start. >> i was just going ask you, torchy, goes to torchies for tacos, okay? >> reporter: i'll take the assignment seriously. >> we are moments away from the end of trading on wall street on a friday after the first jobs report under president trump. for more on the closing bell and talk jobs, i want to bring in sue herrara. what's the market doing? >> kate, up about 50 points on the trading session. it was kind of a quiet session given the fact that we did have a really good job's report. the first one as you mentioned under the administration. but, one of the reason why is wall street was kind of quiet today is this job's report was the last piece of data that the federal reserve will

>> i'm going to l.a.x. >> i was thinking austin. if you're going to l.a., i'm going with you.you have all the hookups. our weather forecast here across the bay area, sunny skies really felt like beautiful california weather for one. i know it's winter. we've been locked in the rainy pattern for so long. the only side effect is the pollen report. blooming and producing issues with your allergies across the bay area. cedar and pine in the high levels. tomorrow morning's forecast will offer clouds to start so you probably won't need the sunglasses as you get going on the friday morning commute. 50 for the tri-valley. also low clouds for the north bay, san francisco and the east bay. do notice here rainfall, some showers off to the north for tomorrow morning. as we advance this the showers will not make it towards the bay area and once we hit the afternoon on friday we will have that sunshine returning here from the north bay down to the south bay. let's get you into that micro climate forecast. we've worked hard to get here. 76 in gilroy. 73 in san jose and 71 in milpitas and aro

this bus was traveling from austin, texas on a casino trip.workers in most mike schuh -- many mississippi scrambled to pull survivors from that bus. the impact was so strong that it crushed the bus and pushed it down the tracks. >>> higher ups in the baltimore city police officer are moving 50 officers back to patrol after demoting a top commander. the supervisors are among the 46 officers being placed back in university and on regular patrol. this is the latest fall out from a federal investigation revealing widespread abuses specialized gun unit. the others include falsifying police reports and overtime. they pleaded not guilty. jan and mike. >> that's a quick look at what is going on. >>> the time is 4:30 and wake up washington starts right now. >> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >> the fearless girl's statute across from the charging bull on wall street. they are calling on corporations to hire more women. >>> good wednesday morning and thank you for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. >>> first, al lyson, people want t

where austin is located is one of the most aggressive sanctuary areas in the country.ally hernandez is refusing to hold illegal aliens who have been arrested even if i.c.e. asked for a detainer on them unless they are booked on capital charges. to complicate a process and not required by federal law. already texas has denied travis county $1.5 million. the sink sway policy -- it seems to me, mr. rodriguez, a person who is in this country illegally who is then arrested for a crime -- just remember, just crossing into the country is not a criminal defense, it's a civil defense. if someone is arrested for a criminal act should not be allowed to roam around even if sally hernandez wants them to. that's logical, is it not? >> i do believe and support local law enforcement either in travis county or in the rest of texas and i have to do believe and i do believe sally hernandez and local law enforcement here think that this is the best policy. i've had the opportunity to talk to local law enforcement not only here in austin but around the state of texas. not one of them has t

the protests come after stranger fruit premiered at south by southwest this austin, texas. the film includes new video of brown inside that store before being shot. the director believes the video shows brown trading marijuana for ciga what police claim saying that brown robbed the store. brown was gunned down shortly after. the shooting led to months of unrest in the st. louis suburb. >>> there was something unexpected in the air as well as on the ground near richmond, virginia. a hot air balloon came down in the middle of a neighborhood in the town of atlee. no injuries reported. officials have not figured out what caused that balloon to come down abruptly. >>> one of the stars of abc's "black-ish" is getting the ultimate endorsement from none other than michelle obama. >> she wrote a letter of recommendation for one of the stars who plays zoe, the 17-year-old discussed her relationship with mrs. obama during an interview with "w" magazine and one of the colleges on her list is harvard university. the former first lady -- first daughter, malia is heading there in the fall

his mother joined the cast and crew on the red carpet in the south by southwest festival in austin yesterday. >> was surprised to hear two years later there was a video. >> the filmmaker claims the footage proves brown did not steal from the convenience store he was accused of robbing before his fatal encounter. the video shows him handing a bag. the 18-year-old walks toward the door and hands the bag back to the clerk before leaving. the director spoke with "cbs this morning." they say brown traded a bag of marijuana for the items. >> he didn't take anything from the store and for the store to claim he took something and was asked for it back, why on earth would the clerk give him something, put it in a bag, realize something and say, oh, by the way, give me that bag back. >> a lawyer for tsays the documy doesn't pay for the facts it's kind of a silly theory. >> he claims pollock removed part of the video showing the clerks demanding he pay for the cigarillos. the city's former police chief and officer wilson. the civil trial is slated for 2018. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york.

former vice president and his wife jill spent yesterday at the festival in austin.n a co-note steve at the festival, biden told the crowd his only regret after deciding not to run at the white house. >> i would have loved to be the president who presided over the end of cancer as we know it. the only bipartisan thing left in america is the fight against cancer. >> and of course biden lost his son beau biden to brain cancer two years ago. today the former vice president will head to the university of delaware to lawn of: >>> up next, we will tell you about the grammy winning singer coming to famous hbo series. >> police were called to richard simmons' home again. what some of his publicists are saying. >> and, talk about romantic. we'll show you more of the sky high nuptials, couples tie the knot in a hot air balloon. chevy ireally...t awarded car company three years in a row. let's see how quickly you can read through all their awards. 2017 motor trend car of the year. kelly blue book 2016 best resale value... 2016 j.d. power highest quality breaking... ack. 10 best

passengers were headed from austin, to a casino in biloxi, when the train smashed into the bus at an intersection. the train pushed the bus about 300 feet up the tracks before coming to rest. it took rescuers more than an hour to pull the victims out of the wreckage. n-t-s-b investigators are expected to arrive at the scene this morning. a disturbing crime discovered in france. investigators are searching for poachers who broke into a paris zoo.. the four-year-old white rhino named vince was found with three bullet holes on his head. one of his horns had been cut off.. apparently by a chainsaw. his second horn was partially cut. two other rhinos were in the same enclosure.. and they were not hurt. happening today.. excitement is building about march madness. the big ten tournament is happening right here in d.c. for the first time ever. the verizon center starts hosting games today. and fans are pouring into town. tom roussey has more. come over to your t-v set and watch daredevil stunt-- leading to lots of views online. weather. toss to eileen through now (gone by 6am) - warm & wind

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he made an emotional appeal during an address at the south by southwest festival in austin, texas. now, biden urged tech innovators to use their resources to fight the disease. the former vp noted that the fight against cancer is the only bipartisan issue left in america. >> it's my hope that this new administration once it gets organized, and i'm not being facetious, will be able to focus on and be as committed and as enthusiastic as we were in the goal of ending cancer as we know it. >> and you'll recall the former vp's son beau biden died from brain cancer back in 2015. >>> still ahead right here, why there is a lot more heart attacks and car crashes today compared to any other day of the year. >>> and new this morning, a golf course owned by president trump vandalized. who says they did it and why. >>> plus, caught on camera, talk about rooftop parking. the dramatic video showing this crash and how it ended up like this. th for wounded warriorsgram and their families to build new lives together. when my dad left, i was, like, this big, but now i'm, like, this big. my dad got a