>> nobody in syracuse is asking whether john gillen called bank.ter last night gave the orange a three-point upset victory over tenth ranked duke. the win revives their hopes for joining the ncaa madness next month. >>> overseas, the president of iceland got burned by a pizza comment. and a top senator's trip to the middle east. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the hill" reports that senator john mccain made a secret trip to syria last weekend. he visited a zone held by kurds near turkey's border. he chairs the senate armed services committee. a spokeswoman says he talked with u.s. military leaders about plans to oust isis from the city of raqqah. >>> "the washington post" says the new head of the epa had extensive contact with opponents of the agency's policies. newly released e-mails tracked scott pruitt's work as oklahoma's attorney general. a watchdog group says they show he befriended utilities and oil and gas companies. pruitt's office has not commented. >>> "the new york times" has a story about politics and pizza.

time running out, john gillen banks in a three-point buzzer beater, syracuse upsets duke 78-75. gillen finished with a career high 43 points. the giants opened cactus league play friday. over a long season, a team needs to have depth. as mike shoom an reports, it appears san francisco has it. >> in any team sport, you're only as good as your best. and they've won three world series titles this decade with just that. their bench would be just as good as it's ever been. >> absolutely. when you say that, i always think of conner gillespie, coming in big in the postseason, and the home run in the wild card game, so, yeah, i think everybody's here. everybody's ready to step up when their name's called. >> the bench can help every team. the better your bench, the better it will help you win games, i think we'll have a good pench this year. >> reporting in scottsdale with the giants, mike schuman, abc 7 sports. >> tomorrow mike will be in mesa to report on the oakland a's. this sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino. >> thanks, rick. >>> abc 7 news continues now onl

time running out, john gillen banks in a three-point buzzer beater, syracuse upsets duke 78-75. gillen finished with a career high 43 points. the giants opened cactus league play friday. over a long season, a team needs to have depth. as mike shoom an reports, it appears san francisco has it. >> in any team sport, you're only as good as your best. and they've won three world series titles this decade with just that. their bench would be just as good as it's ever been. >> absolutely. when you say that, i always think of conner gillespie, coming in big in the postseason, and the home run in the wild card game, so, yeah, i think everybody's here. everybody's ready to step up when their name's called. >> the bench can help every team. the better your bench, the better it will help you win games, i think we'll have a good pench this year. >> reporting in scottsdale with the giants, mike schuman, abc 7 sports. >> tomorrow mike will be in mesa to report on the oakland a's. this sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino

john gillen with the buzzer beater. syracuse with the big win. 78-75. all of the students rushed the court. >>> elsewhere, north carolina and louisville squaring off in chapel hill. rick pitino getting into it with a fan as he walked off the court. the fan was ejected from the game for the altercation. afterwards, pitino was asked what happened. >> i take it from the students all the time. you expect it from students. from an adult and turns his back on me like he's a coward. so. he is a coward. he doesn't -- >> north carolina beat louisville, 74-63. >>> for the second straight year, the brazil open is going to the dogs. instead of using ball boys, the tuournament is using rescue dog to fetch balls. the hope is the exposure the dogs get during the matches get them adopted. after last year's tournament, all four dogs found new homes. >>> tom brady's super bowl jersey still missing. brady posted this hilarious board to instagram. you will see lady gaga. his teammate julian edelman. a creepy picture of brady during deflategate. and jaws saying he has a his

john gillen wins it for the orange. they knock off 10th ranked duke, 78-75. march madness. can you feel it? >> right around the corner. >>> coming up in our next half hour, san jose homeowners say they've never seen flooding like this and now they're wondering who's going to pay for all the repairs. what's covered when it comes to flood insurance. >> a rocky road to school. wait till you see what some parents have to deal with just to drop their children off. ,,,, home tonight. flood wate >>> our top story at 6:30, some evacuees in san jose have been given the all clear to head back home tonight. flood waters are starting to recede in many places but some mandatory evacuations are still in place. those in the williams street neighborhood in fact. there are areas where the water is not draining naturally so crews will have to pump it out. >> this evening we expect temperatures to drop. it will be a new challenge for us from a weather perspective. we will provide information on warming centers as they're opened up through this cold snap that we're going to experience before t

tied with less than ten seconds on the clock, syracuse's john gillen drained a long three at the buzzer as the orange upset the blue devils. >>> astronomers from nasa and the european southern observatory have identified seven new planets which they believe can host water. >> reporter: the discovery is out of this world, seven earth-sized planets that could all harbor life and may answer the age-old question, are we alone? >> in my opinion, this is the most exciting discovery we've had yet. >> reporter: it's the first time outside our solar system that we found so many planets similar in size to earth around the same star known as trappist-1. using telescopes in space and around the world, scientists discovered the planets all capable of holding water, a key ingredient to life. >> these questions about are we alone are being answered as we speak in this decade and into the next decades. >> reporter: less than a tenth the size of the sun, trappist-1 is close and warm enough to heat the seven planets. three of them could have conditions similar to our world. this is what they could look l