an epic flip-flop by the florida governor. jacki sheckner is here to tell us more about it. >> i don't think they make flip-flops this size. there is no man who has been morgans the affordable care act than rick scott and now he says he is going to support the expansion of medicaid, which means medicaid can now cover people up to individuals making $114,000 a year. that medicaid expansion is part of the affordable care act which rick scott has said for years now that he is animately against, no questions asked. cenk: ewe dining he flip-flopped here? >> poll numbers. i think it's sinking poll numbers. he sees that he's widely unpopular in florida. this was an easy sell. the federal government covers 100% of medicaid in the first three years. he thinks this will take him look the election and he will get away with it. the represent controlled house can find a a way to strike it down and he looks like the good guy. cenk: if the audience is unclear this is a flip-flop. >> let's take a look. >> i promise you that we'll work with th

nations do not florida their water including japan and ninety seven percent of europe so what exactly is it that we're ingesting it's not the same florid that's in your toothpaste that's been added to municipal water supplies is a flooring compound called hydrofluoric acid and it's a byproduct from the phosphate fertilizer industry yes you heard me right we break this down for you gashes fluoride is produced during fertilizer production now use goes straight to the atmosphere from these factories but presently filtration devices are used to contain the toxic chemicals and what's extracted from the filters is then condensed into a water based solution which is packaged unrefined and sold to city governments the purpose of water fluoridation so how did this all start while interestingly in one nine hundred forty four the american dental association themselves published it was not worth the health risk to florida it water supplies too bad no one heeded their warning because the very next year grand rapids michigan became the first community to florida and what happened next would not hav

joe carter is in fort myers, florida, with much more on that big match-up. wow, that's noisy or 7:07 a.m. >> and the fact that they're college kids is more impressive. here we are in fort myers. they like to call themselves dunk city. now for florida gulf coast university. the basketball team the eagles, the talk of the tournament. the cinderella story. this team, 'tis is really their moment right now. this crowd, guys, has been gathering since about 5:00 this morning. we've got about 50 people over here by us. i've said probably about 400, 500 people here on the plaza. all to cheer on the eagles.

two years ago, florida was losing jobs in many florida families releasing their dream. and the four years before i took office, florida last month at 825,000 jobs. unemployment than tripled from 3.52 9/11 .1 over those four years. the debt increased over those four years by $5.2 billion. our housing market had collapsed. our economy was off track. florida families are hurting. the shortsighted policies of borrowing her future has led to disaster. together we fight to cut spending, cut taxes and pay down debt. our unemployment rate has not dropped by more than three percentage points from two years ago. the second biggest drop in the country. [applause] we are now at 7.9%, barely above the national average and where do for your low from florida and we are stopping there. [applause] we've cut the state that the $2 billion. housing is up in consumer confidence is rebounding. our economy has created around 200,000 private sector jobs in the last two years. many thousands of florida families now have the opportunity to live their dreams. it's working. [applause] we can run o

ncaa - florida/ florida gulf coast andy enfield coach of florida gulf coast 1st half brent comer steal and lob to sherwood brown for the ally-oop dunk florida gulf coast jumped out for an early 15-4 lead 2nd half florida too good the back of a florida gulf coast player and goes in for the dunk florida gulf coast dejected the dream is over final: 62-50 florida ncaa - kansas/ michigan michigan takes the floor kansas led by 10 points with 3 minutes left but with time winding down and kansas up 3 trey burke. hits the long trey with 4.2 seconds left to tie it 76-76 in overtime michigan up 1 burke misses but mitch mcgary is there for the offensive rebound and putback wolverines up 85-82 clock winging down kansas down 2 elijah johnson drives and appears to have a good chance to score but passes back to naadir tharpe for the three and the win it's no good final: 87-85 michigan barring a last minute snafu - it looks like the raiders will have a new quarterback under center next year according to several reports the raiders are on the verge of trading for seahawks back-up matt flynn raiders matt

and none for dated communities and while the study did find that in florida areas to take a decline the most interesting part is that there was a declining trend in to decay in non florida areas too perhaps because of overall better hygiene ok but not only is there no causal link there's also serious health risks for florida over exposure for one in excess of florida causes fluorosis which is the way of the enamel on your teeth this is indicative of what it's doing to your body on a larger scale you see it doesn't eat away at the tooth enamel only fifty percent of the floor and we consume is excluded the rest is absorbed throughout our bodies are plenty o. glands and our bones in fact an alarming study by the u.s. public health service which was later confirmed by harvard medical school found that a deadly type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma was significantly higher in florida communities than in florida communities however the most distressing findings come from eighteen studies done worldwide showing a substantial lowering of i q and over the floor dated areas. and there are m

he also was in florida. they found his supposed national headquarters as well as most of his state chapters were just one rented mailbox at a ups store. just like the charity that got raided in florida last week, bobby thompson covered up to all manner of political leaders from president bush to ken kuch nelly. once he got found out, they all tried the shake that money off themselves like it have a pack of fleas and when the press exposed him for appearing to take money for veterans, he split. he was a fugitive. he ran for two years when he finally got caught was in portland, oregon. he's now been extradited to ohio. he is slated to stand trial there next month under his real name. john donald cody. of course, on our civilian desire to do something for themful before you go thinking this is just some weirdness that keeps crawling up out of florida, consider the last couple of years the news out of wisconsin. before scott walker became governor, his last job was being county executive in milwaukee. in milwauk

admits that florida is a drug not a nutrient multiple ethical codes are being violated here by forcing us to ingest this drug. look let's call it like it is water fluoridation has nothing to do with said benefits think about it getting our very sure of this substance through the dentist and the toothpaste we use every day and little processed foods we're already in eating and drinking on a daily basis we get more than enough so the argument that we need to ingest the substance as well is baseless look guys no matter what you think about fluoride the real issue here is having a choice no chemical matter what its alleged benefits are should be forced upon the public without their consent let's not forget as long as corporations are involved our best interest isn't really the priority so maybe we should be looking at water fluoridation as a money making scam the tale that's all too familiar governments and industry colluding to save money instead of saving lives. wealthy british style sun it's time to write. down. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with

communities than in non florida communities however the most distressing findings come from eighteen studies done worldwide showing a substantial lowering of i q and over the floor dated areas and there are many more adverse effects than just those not to mention that the f.d.a. admits that florida is a drug not a nutrient multiple ethical codes are being violated here by forcing us to ingest this drug. look let's call it like it is water fluoridation has nothing to do with said benefits think about it ruddy getting our fair share of this substance through the dentist and the toothpaste we use every day and look processed foods we're already eating and drinking on a daily basis we get more than enough so the argument that we need to ingest this substance as well is baseless look eyes and matter what you think about fluoride the real issue here is having a choice no chemical matter what its alleged benefits are should be forced upon the public without their consent let's not forget as long as corporations are involved our best interest isn't really the priority so maybe we should be l

. >> thp >> the new yop visi florida. sshe wap she was lashe was sunrise. >> anythi>> anything in >p pocker pockets of areas. nobonobody foun nobody found a months. >>>> i when p >> i when i . the stories didn't jive. when that happens, it bodes ill. stefa was a brilliant young girl, 22, just graduated from john jay college in new york. had travelled down to the miami, to be with her sister for her birthday. a celebration, it was a holiday. and she had monday off, she was going to use that to be with her sister. she was excited. she had just gotten out of school. planning to go forward to law school. such a bright future ahead of her. >> getting up the first thing i do is think about her. >> a beautiful 22-year-old. graduating with honors. she wanted to go on to law school. she wanted to be an immigration lawyer, perhaps a criminal lawyer. really, a bright, young girl. had her entire life ahead of her. then, she disappears. >> she is very responsible, honest. she has everything in order. she has fun, she do her school wor

and they are no longer just snow birds, they are spending a lot of time here in florida, florida as a whole getting strong as a market. if this continues it is slated to be third largest state in the nation. neil: problem is that, sellers are not pelting their properties out there maybe for variety of reasons, it is creating a weird conundrumhere demand is there but supply is not. >> demand is across the country, i came back from san francisco, with biggest ceo of real estate, there is not a market that doesn't have -- that has enough inventory,. neil: the problem? >> it is a lot of things, it is pent-up demand, a lot of people have not done things for a lot of years, itself their equity starts to come back they can move, they pretty much know it is bottom. so they figure, you know, already rched bottom we can make a move. neil: sellers are they just waiting it out, if it has reached value? >> they think that interest rates might go up, you know, we have low interest rates,. neil: that is already happening, katrina, what is it going to take, i can't believe i'm saying this sellers to

florida, fiu, florida international and university of central florida, big, big schools, but you nevers a great opportunity, and they can decide now what their brand is going to be. i don't think they will take party school, but they can decide what they want to be and be known for. sandra: i'm an lsu grad and i had to whack florida schools for a second. pardon me, every. it's a tough thing. when they are in the moment, right now, should they be airing commercials? sending out fliers? what should they go -- do so it's not a short term blip on the radar and this is a longer term thing where it boosts athletic programs, boosts academic programs because a lot can be done at this point. >> yeah, they got -- the first thing they got to do is accept this is for real. it's not a lucky thing that happened. you know, if you research the business, there's something called the flutey factor, 1986, boston college against top ranked um. in the last second of the game, there was a hail mary pass and won the game. they had done a capital raise that year, raising $70 million. after the game, they did

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five straight months in florida, looking. she had to take leave from her job so she could do media interviews, radio interviews, handing out flyers, the family, not just the mom. waterways were searched, wooded areas were searched. volunteers searched. it went on and on. it was really about a year, maybe over a year, before his car, an accura was found. interesting, when kendrick williams' accura was found, a woman had just bought it. not from him i don't know how many hands the car had gone through, over a year after stepha goes missing, police track down the car. probably one of the reasons they didn't find t it wasn't abandoned in the airport parking lot. begging someone to steal it. it wasn't burned up, left on the side of the road, in a wooded area, down a gulch. if had gone through several hands. and a woman thought she had rightfully bought the car. here it is, parked in someone's driveway. police wouldn't think to look there. they did find the car, and miraculously, that it still had stepha's blood in it. it would be

paul, how serious are these charges of stalking and assault in florida? right? >> reporter: well, they can be, brianna, because florida has one of the strictest stalking laws in the country. most places it's a misdemeanor charge, a minor charge where you face probation or community service. in florida they have a felony provision where you actually can be sentenced to state's prison in a particularly serious case. now we don't know what is involved in this case, whether it would rise to that level or, indeed, if charges will ever be formally brought, but it's in the a good place to be charged with stalking. >> no. paul, apparently her ex-boyfriend is alleging at least half a dozen incidents of stalking. if, say, his lawyers are able to establish a pattern here, will that be damaging? >> yes, that will be highly damaging to him. there are claims being made by the boyfriend that there have been seven prior reports of stalking-like behavior, phone calls, text messages. there's also a claim that this wound up in front of a florida judge once before when appar

they are better known as florida gulf coast. we will show you how dunk city ma >>> well, the new darlings of the men's ncaa tournament, florida gulf coast, better known as dunk city, and they were the cinderella story knocking off san diego state. this is their first year in the tournament. san diego state could not contain the high-flying act and throwing it down. oh my, dunk city, baby. just getting started. feeler and that's just ridiculous. the eagles trailed by one at the half. florida gulf coast exflowedded and having fun. thompson two of his 23 and getting his team pumped up and end in style. mcknight finishes the alley-oop and eagles flying to the sweet 16. first 15 seed ever to do so. 81-71 the final and they get third seed florida next. thriller of the day, second seed ohio state and 10th seed iowa state. the 13-point deficit and it tied the game at 69. under two minutes left. clie born drives and makes the bucket. they call the offensive foul. questionable call by the officials. iowa state cannot believe it. instead o

ncaa - - georgetown/ florida gulf coast john thompson georgetown coach andy enfield coach of floridat 2nd half/ fgcu up big fgcu's chase fieler with the dunk off the backdoor lob 52-33 fgcu up by 19 points! georgetown comes back 54 seconds left markel starks. 3-pointer to cut it to 4 72-68 but florida gulf coast made 6 of their next 7 free throws while georgetown went scoreless final: 78-68 florida gulf coast rough day for nortern calofornia at the prep hoops championships. sacred heart girls lose lyryan russell coach of san francisco's sacred heart cathedral girls girls division 3 state championship game 2nd half/ 32-32 sacred heart takes the lead on this shot by kayla caloyan 34-32 sacred heart 2nd half bishop alemany's leslie lopez woods 3-pointer 41-34 alemany leads bishop alemany wins there first state title final: 46-40 bishop alemany a tiger woods win at the arnold palmer hes's once again number one i the world. pga - arnold palmer invitational kevin chappell with the shot of the day. at the par 3, 14th.his tee shot with a 5-iron.and it lands on the green and goes in for the h

26 fueron en la florida.cada aÑo el ataque de abeja tiene mayor incidencia que un ataque de tiburÓn. la posibilidad de que una persona muera a raÍz de un ataque de tiburÓn es de 1 en 264 millones. los humanos exterminamos 100 millones de tiburones al aÑo. >>> la poblaciÓn disminuyo drÁsticamente debido a la pesca. grupos pidieron una regulaciÓn sostenida de la aleta del tiburÓn, la razon la famosa aleta. y realmente son ellos os que estÁn en nuestro menÚ y en la boca de muchos. y regresando a la florida, se lerochenda trecuecie, si ven estas banderas nada de nadar. son predatores y todos queremos que sigan bien. >>> vamos con un adelanto del domingo. >>> la vida de lujos de la jefa sindicato de maestros. y expertos dicen estar cerca de una cura contra la diabetes. y muchos jÓvenes luchan para estar dentro de las escogidas de "nuestra belleza latina." "aquÍ y ahora". >>> impresionante el tema de las diabetes, estÁ muy bueno. todos, pero ese en

a battle between a florida gator and a florida deputy. school just as the kids were getting out of school. deputy jessica mcgregor, the school's resource officer, decided she could not wait for the trapper. she got some rope and tape and she took care of business. she also says she learned how to handle gators as a kid. i guess that's a good thing. you would not want to try this as an amateur at poem. the deputy, she join us live at 8:00 on "starting point." that is eastern time. that's amazing. good for her. >> good for her. all right, folks. anything -- anything more exciting than watching tilda swinton catch zs? nothing. the oscar winning actress is on display at the museum of modern art in new york city. her exhibit is called the maybe. she's done this before in europe. but this is her first time sleeping in a box. first time, on american soil. she only does it a few times a year and the appearances are unscheduled. i'm going right after the show. >> this is the american sleeping debut. good for her. >> exactly. >> good for her. 20 gr

they are better known as florida gulf coast. we will show you how dunk city ma >>> well, the new darlings of the men's ncaa tournament, florida gulf coast, better known as dunk city, and they were the cinderella story knocking off san diego state. this is their first year in the tournament. san diego state could not contain the high-flying act and throwing it down. oh my, dunk city, baby. just getting started. feeler and that's just ridiculous. the eagles trailed by one at the half. florida gulf coast exflowedded and having fun. thompson two of his 23 and getting his team pumped up and end in style. mcknight finishes the alley-oop and eagles flying to the sweet 16. first 15 seed ever to do so. 81-71 the final and they get third seed florida next. thriller of the day, second seed ohio state and 10th seed iowa state. the 13-point deficit and it tied the game at 69. under two minutes left. clie born drives and makes the bucket. they call the offensive foul. questionable call by the officials. iowa state cannot believe it. instead o

their next game is against florida on friday.case you're wondering, yes, those really are the photos of campus. they were taken from the school's website. one other little bit of information i'll share with you. their coach actually studied xhikz economics at john's hopkins. i am telling you everything about the guys is just a little bit different. john, diana. >> thanks. there are underdogs and then these guys, off the radar underdogs. >> i saw them on the brackets. for a second i thought, maybe, maybe. i'm all about the underdog. there is no way. i'm going to screw up my bracket if i put them in there. i screwed up not putting them in there. >> i was a young reporter in 1991, in florida. when they approved the university, 1991. now look at them. on the verge of sweet 16. >> first to make it into the sweet 16. that is pretty sweet. we'll be right back. >> yep. kids make stains i use tide boost to super charge our detergent. boom. clothes look amazing, and daddy's a hero. daddy, can we play ponies? right after we do foldies. tide

in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families, and we have a whole new strata called the new league for, people who were driving forces yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure americans had the opportunity to have reasonable health care. not excessive. the fact is we've got to make sure that what happened in past -- and we know that. a lot of costs have spiraled out of control. we have to have a baseline. this country has promised that in a sense of being a land of opportunity for all its people. the resources that we have in th

in florida v. reilly. and in that sense, i think this case is a lot like that. in florida v. reilly, the officers used a helicopter to fly over the drug house, and they saw exposed marijuana. here, you're using the drug detection dog to smell the odor of marijuana that is being pumped out of the house into the street. and the people who use the house know that. they know that, and we know they know that because the mothballs were present. mothballs are a masking agent. people don't have a legitimate expectation of privacy, this court has held, in things that they knowingly expose to the public, even in the home. that's what the court said in florida v. reilly. it's what it said in katz itself. and i think, here, one way to resolve it is to say people who live in grow houses with a distinct odor of marijuana, who know that that is being pumped out into the street because of the air conditioning that they need to run the grow houses, there is no invasion in their -- in their expectation of privacy wh

. >> a massive rainstorm blows through central florida.ith it comes heavy rains and destruction. you are looking at a time lapse video of that very storm over orlando. as you can see wave after wave of rain sweeps through the city. many florida residents are spending today cleaning up after that heavy rainstorm. alex hill takes a closer look at the damage that the rain left in its wake. >> "all you heard was wind whipping and the next thing we know, we heard the tree crackling out front and everything just went black." >> reporter: minutes later, mark brummels front yard looked like this. and his was far from the only lake city storm story. take a look at what used to be morris timmons carport. he was inside when the whipping winds sent debris flying. >> "i head like a big boom outside and when i went to the back door and looked out i saw all the debris over >> reporter: on saturday, as storms spiraled north florida, t hit with some of the worst damage in the area. more than 200 trees fell through columbia county alone. and then came the r

. >>> now to florida. and what appears to be an increasingly dangerous situation for one neighborhood as a sinkhole keeps growing. one man is presumed dead after being sucked into the earth as he was sleeping. and tonight other families are on edge. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in seffner, florida watching this drama unfold. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, late this afternoon investigators said the rescue efforts had ended. the site is entirely unstable. they already brought in new equipment and tomorrow they plan to demolish the house. tonight the scramble to safety. how long did they give you, ma'am? >> 30 minutes. >> reporter: this family given just a half hour to collect their belongings and leave. engineers say a large sinkhole has compromised these homes near tampa. it keeps growing underground. at least 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep. they don't know when it will stop. >> we can no longer sustain a rescue effort. we met with the family, advised them of that, and that at this point we have to move

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>>> just east of pensacola, in the florida panhandle, is 84 acres of some of the most dangerous land in the state. this is the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison with more than 2,800 inmates. >> roll out. i have over 200 inmates that are serving life sentences, and i have over 200 inmates that are serving 25-year mandatory senses. our population here at santa rosa consists of inmates that are violation of probation to drug charges to burglary to rape or murder. just coming to work, the correctional officers in an institution put themselves in danger every day. >> back out, kneel down. you do it when i tell you to, you understand? i worry about them 24 hours a day. the worst thing you can have happen as a warden is one of your staff members hurt or loss of one of your staff members. >> i am going to put it in these terms to just be honest and understanding that this is a war. so, you don't know what to expect from day to day and minute to minute. you can't beat the people that made the system and made the rules and have all the power. >> j.c., your locker i

mitch, you're in florida. you know the state well. is this a tough day for democrats as well who know that they have to have republican allies to get immigration reform done? >> well, i don't think we're really afraid of jeb bush in florida. you know, he was never really vetted by the tea party pretty much. he was out of office. he has been out of office for a number of years. and what he is trying to do is ride the dynamic of, in effect, a new republican party, a new republican primary voter and effect a new jeb bush to great the new normal. as we know, there is nothing new about what they're doing. it's certainly not normal to most floridians or most americans. and i think he has made a great miscalibration, if you will, because people see through it. what is most interesting is the fact that marco rubio, he has gone as you said, editor, the right of marco rubio, which in most cases is kind of difficult. and in effect, has staked himself out as a competitor to marco rubio. i'm convinced as i'm sure most people are, they won't run ag

female, south florida. and he said, what would your parents say about you talking to someone as old as me? then freebird seems to worry i'm a cop. >> you seem like law enforcement. i happen to know law enforcement. >> you do? so you're an expert in this area. >> no, no, i'm just saying you come off as law enforcement. >> really? you know how you come off? >> how is that? >> somebody who is very nervous, somebody who came over here to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. >> 14-year-old? >> i read him some of what you said online. are you sexy naked? have you ever played with yourself? you going to put my [ bleep ] in your mouth. if you like that, i'll teach you. >> i was trying to say -- >> i'm trying to say it makes it look like you came here -- >> i came to pick her up. >> to have sex with an underaged girl. >> we were in a role playing chat room, dude. >> what role were you playing exactly here? >> people play roles. never ask role playing. people just talk. my god, is this some kind of holdup? man, you got

and in fact, sinkholes, victor, are such a common part of florida's landscape that the florida stateholes. all these dozens of dots, these dozens of dots freckling up and down florida's coast, these are all past sinkholes, past recorded sinkholes. if you look at the region right here, this tampa bay region, where that sinkhole happened thursday night. this is an area, according to that florida state department, that's very susceptible to abruptly forming sinkholes that just collapse. it's dominated by that region. if we can go back to that original document, i'll show you the most drastic ones. it's one of the biggest sinkholes report there had in the state. it just happened out of nowhere, guys. this is a large collapse. it took with it, partial portions of buildings and even a swimming pool, if you can imagine that. that happened in 1981. and these are some really scary things, guys. you know, jeff bush was asleep in his bedroom and without warning, it was that loud commotion that he heard just before he fell into the earth. >> it's like a horror movie. >> just a terrible tragedy.

one guy knew who florida gulf coast was. he bet $10 on the team to win their region at 1,000 to 1 odds. he'll win ten grand if they do it. they have to beat florida on friday and win another game. he's got ten grand for his ten bucks. >> that picture was legit. the dorms are on the beach like that? >> i got it straight from the website. >> darren, thank you. >> hard to believe. >> and the women's tournament, too. a little more march madness. >> i want spring break again. >> spring break every day, yes! >> at florida gulf coast university it is. >> sam? >> let's start with where the cold air is. the middle of the country, the chilly temperatures. look at the low area of pressure the snow all the way across the country. weakening. it re-forms a bit, heads out to the atlantic. if you're waiting for the warmer shot to final move across the country, it does this week. denver, from a foot of snow to almost 62. dallas, a frost and freezy morning this morning. 75 by thursday. everybody is getting milder temperatures. it's getting th

it was too much to overcome for florida gulf coast.rella runnen ends ine semifinals with a loss to florida. >> our plan was to twin and compete and win games. but it was unbelievable to see the excitement and passion not only of our local community and the students but also on a national level. >> the kansas/michigan matchup was built up to be a good one and it did not disappoint. the jayhawks were up eight with a 1:20 left but the wolverines came storming back, and the three pointer sent the game to the overtime. and michigan would go on to win 87-85 to reach the elite 8 for the first time since 1994. for more on this game head over to bleacherreport.com. >>> so, with kansas now out, that leaves louisville as the only number one seed left in the tournament and last night the cardinals continued to play like a dominant number one seed led by russ smith's 31 points. louisville jumped on oregon in the first half and they never looked back on their way to a 77-69 win. they advanced to the elite 8 for the second straight year. and their op

>> florida is a great example because florida has the diversity that in many ways california does and the other interesting thing is that florida, you know, 10 to 15 years ago was in the bottom third. >> it was not doing well. >> it was not doing well at all. and the changes there started with governor bush, put in place some very aggressive education reforms, like letter grading of all of the schools, saying we're going to tell the public, is your school an "a," a "d" or an "f"? and something came out yesterday that talked about a.p. scores of kids nationwide and florida was in the top five. so they've moved from being in the bottom third to the top five on these measures. i mean, that is really significant. >> what would it take for california to do a transformation like that? 15 years is not a long time to overhaul the school system. >> that's right. that's why i feel so much hope and confidence of what we can do in california. because if we have some leadership that says, okay, we're going to make this a priority in the state, we know that we can't be a healthy, vibrant, successfu

gators experience was too much to overcome for florida's gulf coast.inderella run ends in the sweet 16 with a loss to florida. >> our plan wasn't to be some great national story. our plan was to go in and compete and win games, but it was unbelievable to see the excitement and passion of not only our local community and the students but also on a national level. >> the game of the night belongs to one seed kansas and fourth seed michigan state. kansas up with 1:28 left but the wolverines came storming back, trey burke sent the game into overtime. michigan wins for the first time since 1994, so with kansas out that leaves louisville as the only number one seed left in the tournament. last night the cardinals continued to play like a dominant number one seed. lieu izville jumped on oregon in the first half and never looked back on a 77-69 win. they advance to the elite eight for the second straight year and opponent, two seed from the region duke, seth curry, the blue devils defeated michigan state, a rick patino and rick krzyzewski duel. syracuse agains

and also how many there are in florida?porter: well, there are thousands across the state of florida. literally, thousands that pop up every single year. the state keeps a loose track of them. people call in to report them when they happen. think about this. we were talking about how deceptive these things are when you look at their size. there is much more to this cavern below the water level than up here where i am standing. look up top. the hole that opened up when the sink hole was formed you see the size of that and you see how large this whole cavern is underneath it. so when you see a sink hole opened up on the surface there is so much more going on down below that we never see. >> you get a sense how a person can disappear. >>> how doctors say they have cured a baby with hiv. you may have seen the headlines. what exactly does that mean? we will take a look at that. plus she says she loved her ex-boyfriend even on the day she killed him. new testimony from admitted killer, jodi arias. we will take you inside the cour

john zarrella is live in florida for us. john, authorities said this isn't a typical sinkhole because it is huge. how, then, are they approaching this recovery? >> reporter: yeah, exactly right, brianna. the concern is that the sinkhole is growing from news conferences they've had. they're doing a lot of are ground testing. they continue to do ground testing. in fact, they've moved us back even further now, because the plan is for them to go ahead and test the ground on this side of the street as well. they do not know the scope of the sinkhole exactly how wide it is. they movknow it's about 30 feet deep, continuing to deepen but don't movie how far out it may spread. they need a baseline sample where the ground finally becomes sturdy. that's the problem. they haven't been in the house since the incident took place a couple of nights ago now, because it is just so unstable. so they are trying to figure the best way to approach the situation. now, you know, they evacuated the house to the right. they evacuated the house to th

and i want you to move to florida.nings right now in the state and you'll love it. we have better weather. >> i thought you were just asking me personally. now you're just opening up to pretty much anybody. i see how it is. when you look at the polling -- >> soledad i'll just focus on you. >> okay, thank you. as the anchor i always appreciate that. listen, let me ask you seriously about your challenges. when you look at the polling and this is a quinnipiac poll, vote for florida governor, looking at registered voters, you're far behind charlie crist if he is going to challenge you in the election were today, you would lose handily. >> well, as you know, the election is not today. so, it's november 2014. and the real poll that matters is the third friday of every month, is what unemployment is. now, you know the president's going to come down on friday, down to miami, and he's going to brag about what we're doing. and as ronald reagan said something like it doesn't, it -- you don't care who gets the credit, you can get

he graves florida the first lead of the game. the lay up and the foul. florida goes up 33-26. rosario then ice itself on the inbound pass. he banks it off the back of the gulf coast player and slams it home. the clock struck midnight for this team. florida wins it 62-50. michigan hoping to cage the top seed. kansas lead almost the entire game and mclemore finished the alley-oop. the jayhawks lead by 10. michigan erases the deficit four seconds left and tray burke from way downtown. ties the game at 76 and we go to ot. michigan kept the momentum going. 2 of his 25 and wolverines up by three. johnson takes it to the hoop, but kicks it out. i love this tournament. michigan comes from behind to upset the top seed kansas 87-85 your final. 12th seed oregon shocked a lot of people get together sweet 16. they ran into louisville. a bounce pass to chain. the ducks had no answer. 9 of 16 shooting and 31 points. louisville, the only number one seed to make it to the elite 8, 77 hft -- 77-69 the final. michigan state is facing duke. warrior fans know the name seth curry. drained it from d

also this morning, my conversation with former florida governor jeb bush about immigration. the republican party, in the future, not shying away from 2016, could his candor cause a clamor. >> somebody voting today, the city of angels where antonio viadosos could lead to the first woman mayor of america's second largest city. >> good morning from the s street dog park in washington, d.c. it's tuesday, march 5th, 2013, and this is "the daily rundown." here's chuck todd. go get it, chuck todd. >> that was a good catch, and yes, that dog is named chuck todd. thanks to him and his owners, michael and lul sauna. as washington gets ready for what may be the first significant snowstorm in two years, the snowquester, bread and milk buying and worrying, as only washington can, d.c. digging out from eat storm, the sequester. the president attend down the warnings again, adopting more of a reassuring tone. >> we are going to manage it as best we can to try to minimize the impacts on american families. this will slow our growth. it will mean lower employment in the united states than oth

>> it's florida. there ain't no leaders here. leaders are in puerto rico. >> all right, so who are the leaders of your group? >> i haven't been in communication with them since i left, so i can't tell them. >> do you know how your structure is set up, rank structure? >> yep. >> can you tell me? >> no. >> anything else you want to ask, answer, add? thanks for your cooperation. >> coming up -- >> i turned, aimed and fired. he was 6 years old. >> a veteran inmate still suffers from an act of war. and later -- >> you can plead guilty, not guilty or no contest. >> alfredo roca moreno faces authorities over the lighter found in his mattress. ckles] ann people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox! [splash!] i'm here with daphne oz, a model of healthy habits. so daphene, do you eat activia. i do it's always in my fridge. and you know activia isn't just for minor

went to florida. left florida, come to california, then to alabama and s.w.a.t. prison. no one has of escaped from santa rosa, but escape was one of the first things that crosses the minds of the staff. >> handcuff key is like you know, mainly for my defense. you know? >> having a handcuff key is not really unusual, but sometimes it's necessary. you know. theoretically speaking, you know? >> serving a 21 year sentence for armed robbery. says this isn't the first time he's received a dr during his time in prison. a disciplinary report. >> i have possession of a weapon, possession of a handcuff key. several disrespects. a couple fighting drs. since incarcerated, i still combine four of them to fines. >> caught with the cuff key, already when he was in this unit. now he must face the institutional classification team, or ict. could they change his status from close management level two to level one? the highest security level in the entire prison. >> you're currently in class management 2. classification officer is recommending upgrade to class management 1. >> what

in the case of florida, the teachers' union represents teachers, of course. they also represent a public-school employees. they do well. but to expect them to embrace school choice or higher accountability or the kinds of things that we did, i did not expected and it did not get it. so it was a political fight. it requires staying the course. it required faithful execution on the laws that the legislature passed. we were all in for a nine years to kind of get the results the we had. teachers generally, i think, move toward seeing the benefits of this new system. the union itself didn't, and they still to this day are opposed the most substantive reforms, not just in florida, but around the country. i wish it was different, but it's part of the process of the fight. sometimes you have to fight. sometimes you find a way to find common ground, when you don't you have to sort it up politically. in my case that is what we did. i ran for reelection on these reforms, got elected, which gave me a path to continue to do what i was doing. apart from being a joy to serv

let me tell you about what we're doing in florida. we are creating a pocket of freedom, a pocket of freedom with education reforms that put the interest of families and students first by embracing choice and technology and accountability. freedom solves problems that government cannot. education equals freedom. we are creating a pocket of freedom by embracing our budget every single year and passing it in a balanced way. we are showing the federal government that you don't have to spend money that you don't have. we are creating a pocket of freedom by lowering taxes and regulations on business so we can hire more floridians instead of people paying more for their government. let me tell you one more way we are planning a flag -- planting a flag in our state. there is an increasing trend in washington that someone described as cartel federalism. states are being lured -- i would argue, coerced -- into expanding programs like medicaid and passing regulations federal mandate, but with the promise of free money. they are trying to buy us