kansas state was down two. watching this player. kansas state moves on to the elite eight.? butler is a real deal. they have now won 23 straight games. one more win, and they go home to indianapolis for the finals. four redskins fans, at every position is open for competition. >> i feel like he is a guy who always plays with a chip on his shoulder. when you have a year like that, you have in the back of your head, i want to come out and prove everybody wrong, show everybody what i am made of. >> let's go to baseball. how about the nationals and this afternoon? this went so far the cameraman could not even find it. finally, now hear this. rumors are flying around the nfl that the eagles are ready to trade. the report says that they would take a top 40 draft pick. nasa says he wants to stay in philadelphia -- mcnabb says he wants to stay in philadelphia. >> here is the weekend. lots of sunshine, illy temperatures. bundle up for a nice weekend, there will be much warmer temperatures and next week. there will be much warmer temperatures and next week. >> he doesn't have time fo

.: in oklahoma city, kansas state having a good go of it.row up goes in. kansas state leading north texas 71-55. let's take you back to providence. verne: uphill battle for chris mooney. his team trailing 65-50. they were tied up at the half. the st. mary's gaels on a 22-8 run in the last 10 minutes. kevin smith at the line. one more. 65-52, 6:48 to play. bill: in the right spot against this press is essential. opens it up for drives like this, huh. verne: mcconnell, the junior out of mesa, arizona. he has 18 points in the ballgame. he is averaging 14 per game. there is ben allen. levesque is on for samhan. steindl is in there. 15 on the shot clock. 6:00 to go in the ballgame. winner gets villanova on saturday. bill: allen not a post up type of player. that is normally his shot. he likes the three. verne: that is over the back. it will be richmond's ball. st. mary's team when your games on television -- i excluded it from that. you have to give it in context. bill: you see them play a lot, have you not? bill: on and off. nice steal. well. ve

and butler, kansas state. one of those four team size your finalist -- is a finalist, right there. >> clark: an interesting collection of four there. >> jim: kelly at the line. he brings in the senior, jordan davidson. (applause) >> clark: boy, he had a nice second half, did nolan smith. >> jim: and what was crucial was the last minute of the first half. purdue had a four point lead and singler hit a 3. the fourth dunk of the night for johnson. and then nolan smith hit a shot with less than seconds to go and they went into the locker room with a lead of one. >> clark: and the shot by nolan smith was off an offensive glass which is where dukedominated the action statistically, banging the boards. >> jim: it's gonna be a big 12-a.c.c. matchup on sunday. duke trying to back to the final four for the first time since '04. [buzzer] >> jim: duke controls the second half and moves on. to the elite eight. closed captioning provided by cbs sports division captioned by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> jim: we'll be back

. >> now to the ncaa tournament and last night sweet 16 game between xavier and kansas state. at a game. time winding down first over time. xavier heather the long 3 for the tie and k state takes it the other way but off the mark and we are going to double over time. on fire last night. second o t kansas state nails the 3 to give the wildcat a 3 point lead and they hold on to win 101-96 in double over time advancing to play butler in the elite 8 of the west region. >>> our high school game of the week broad neck and mcdonough in baseball has been postponed due to the weather so we'll show the game with the second most vote big rivalry match up at loyola visits calvert hall in lacrosse and go one-on-one with trem blay on sports unlimited tonight. >> thanks. >> we are all starting to get spoiled by this weather e.cherry blossom coming out in dc you know winter is over. >> good to see tony back with the latest in sky watch forecast. welcome back. >> good to be here. you know what, cherry blossom overnight could be a bit of a problem. overnight low temperature 51 right now. gust no

kansas state had it here. jacob pullen, double overtime, kansas state wins a great game. ne seed kentucky rolling over 12 seeded cornell out of the ivy league. we had high hopes for this one. kentucky was just too much for big red. kentucky wins, 62-45, will play second seeded is west virginia. they won last night in the east. in the midwest tonight, tennessee against ohio state. then the later game has northern iowa looking to keep its run going. they play michigan state. michigan state playing without its best player. in the south region, st. mary's taking on bay lore. the final game as big 10 acc, purdue against top seeded duke. did you hear the story about the guy with the weather balloon in his backyard in great britain who did exactly what nasa does for about $400 million less? robert harrison had a helium balloon, launch it had up 20 miles in the air. he put a $100 camera like the camera you got for christmas from your mom, drops it in a box, attaches it to a balloon with a parachute and took beautiful pictures of planet earth that you just saw. a mission like that

up next for butler, his kansas state. salt lake city we go, and the we region, xavier and kansas state this was literally a nail biter last night. two overtime games and the end of the first overtime, state leading by three. musketeers trying to force a second overtime. that's 40 feet away. dennis clement off the mark. so we're going to double overtime. in the second, extra session, 35 seconds to go. clement gives it to jacob pullen right here. and pullen pulls up from the top of the key. that's good. kansas state wins a thriller over xavier, 101-96 in double overtime. coach says thank goodness. now to the adopted team for basketball fans in our area. west virginia, the last big east team standing. mountaineers overcame a rough beginning and the loss of their starting point guard to beat washington and move on to the elite eight. lorenzo romer, washington's head coach, taking his frustrations out. looking like bobby knight there. gary williams, west virginia, tied at 27. the turnover, overton takes it in for the layup. wa

. >> baylor and kansas state both left. >> watch kansas state. watch those wildcats. k they may do it. >> i'd love to see butler in the final four. it's what i have left if kansas doesn't win it at all. >> all right. thank you. good to see you. >> appreciate it. >>> coming up, another big blow for toyota this morning. what is forcing the automaker to stop production overseas temporarily. >> plus today's decision 2010 as sarah palin and john mccain reunite in arizona. we'll bring a list of top ten primaries. >> first with president obama and russian president dmitry medvedev expected to nunsz a new agreement on a nuclear arms treat, it's all washington speak for nuclear arms treaties and talks. >> s.t.a.r.t. stands for strategic arms reduction treaty. so the salt strategic arms limitation talks. on that one we decided not to use the "t" in strategic and s.o.r.t. strategy sick offense sib reductions treaty. start, salt, sort. rinse and repeat. >> this is "the daily rundown" on msnbc. somewhere in america... there's a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. the

kansas state rally. sweet loader along the baseline. tied the game at 54.seed answered by scoring the next nine points. they pull away to win 53-66. advance to the final four for the first time ever. that's in annapolis one week from now. talk about home court advantage. the butler bulldogs are in the final four. the goal in golf is to get birdies. the goal in birdies is to get dinner, like get fish. arnold palm erin sri tational. check out this approach on the 18th. how do you like your drink? on the rocks? one, two, three, rocks? he avoids the drink and ends up on the dish. ernie els stays try. finishes the putt at 10 under. a one-shot lead going into the final round and you can see that here on channel 11 later today. that's going to do it for sports. i'm steve davis. have a great day. >> i think i'm building an appetite up here. >> and we want to thank you for joining us. the b & obrasserie. the location again, top 10 in baltimore, and the location? depr >> rain today, bette >> approaching the second week on the job, this week stephanie rawlings blake p

and i got kansas state down here. >> tougher team. you have seen frank martin's menacing glare?ary dude. i could send him up to congress to get them to vote for health care. >> former governor of kansas -- former basketball player. >> she is a fanatical jayhawks fan. she's a maniac. >> in charge of health care. do you take care of kansas here? >> i do. because i want her to be happy when she's working on these important issues here. final game, we got kansas and kentucky. that's the game right there. >> that's right. the president is going with kansas, and all of us from kentucky will remind him of that on april 5th when we are partying. go to espn.com, they have all of his winners and losers, and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night have a great one. troy reiners manages nebraska's child support program. he doesn't have time for lost checks. he doesn't have budget to waste. but he does have digital currey. 38 states use visa pre-paid cards to deliver benefits to familieinstantly instead of mailing checks, saving taxpayers millions. this is nebraska. this is progres

the top two seeds playing in yesterday's opening regional action, won as expected, and so did kansas statethere were some big surprises, too. in the south regional, 15th seed robert morris university gave number two villanova a huge scare. regulation time ended in a 58-58 tie. and when a tough three-pointer failed to drop at the buzzer, nova won it 73-70. the wildcats play st. mary's in round two on saturday. the day's biggest upset came in the midwest regional where third seeded georgetown fell to a 14th seed ohio. the bobcats basset scored 32 points to lead ohio to a convincing 97-83 win over the hoyas. ohio takes number six tennessee tomorrow. >>> in the west, 13th seed murray state shocked number four vanderbilt using a play the team had never run before. murray state's thomas hit a 15-foot at the buzzer for the win. 66-65. murray state faces butler on saturday. >>> and in the south, 11th seeded old dominion knocked out number six notre dame, again it came down to the final buzzer as a game tying three-pointer rattled in and out. and old dominion won it 51-50. the monarchs play baylor

. >> the president's final four are kansas, kansas state, kentucky and villanova. the president predicts kansas will win the title. >> jayhawk fans hope he's right about that. we'll see. >>> some pro hoops being played last night at altitude. >> we get the details on who is high in the sky from our man at espn. >> good morning, america. i'm steve weissman with your espn news update. lebron james and the cavs can clinch the central division for the second-straight year. lebron doing his chalk thing. hosting the indiana pacers. first quarter, all tied up. mo williams, to lebron. one-handed on the jam. watch it again. he gets fairly high in the air. cavs led by as many as 18 in this one. fourth quarter we go. lebron in the lane. fading away. he can do that, as well. lebron with 32 point, 9 assists and 9 rebounds. just missing a triple-double for the second-straight game. oh, yeah. he can swat it, too. 6 points, 2 blocks and 4 steals in the final minutes. cavs clinch the central division title. >>> meanwhile, dwight howard and the magic hosting the san antonio spurs. or

tickets to the final four punched tomorrow, butler plays kansas state and west virginia takes on kentucky. the mountaineers have been in the final four in years. . >>> all right, kelly. i know it's chilly friday night but tomorrow, cool day, or a cold start around 30. but we warm up to 48 or so. the sunshine had feel good, you know. sunday, decent day. early sunshine. the chance for rain comes in sunday evening, sun night. so the weekend generally is going to be a dry one. little warmer sunday, and look at next week. man, thursday, friday, looks like we're going to get that warm weather pattern going again. >> the spring rollercoaster. >> yes. a little cool and crisp, we'll be sweating before we know it. >> next weekend is easter weekend. i'm thinking ahead. >> good for all bunny hunts. >> easter egg hunts. >> he has no children we can tell that. thanks for watching. you can follow all of our stories and twitter and on line at abc2news.com. have a good night. whoa, there's kirsten, the new california happy cow. she's canadian, right? oh, check her out -- exotic, mysterious. man, i dig for

. >> i can't really give you all that much because it's in very much the conceptual state of kansas. -- state. it's on dealing with what we know exists right now and could exist in the near term with what we have right now and know we'll have in the near term. that really is our focus although we again do get the opportunity to contribute to the services developing these concepts. >> okay. it's not like -- i mean, i assume they're consulting and there are discussions that are occurring. >> that's correct. >> do you have a view how long-range strike capabilities would have in that a and sea battle concept? >> again, unless we get into real specifics i'm not sure where i would head with that. i mean, we've got a variety of long-range strike capabilities, as you know. >> right. >> some quite impressive. we've used some of those in recent years certainly. and again, without really getting into the details of the concepts. >> okay. let me ask one other question, if i might, having to deal with afghanistan. let me find it here. it has to do with the intelligence operations, their military intellige

as you know, i like to refer to your state as ar-kansas. we are sister states. >> the last question i have, i know we have been through the h1n1 flu pandemic. i am sure different people would agree or disagree about how well that was managed by the federal government. what is the administration's budget to put us in an even better position this coming flu season and the years to come to handle h1n1 or some other pandemic? >> the ongoing efforts of pandemic planning continue. the budget, through the centers for disease control, through our hospital. as grants, through our partnership efforts with state and local governments continues to ramp that up. i don't think there's any question -- and this committee was instrumental in helping those years of preparation so that this year when something hits wheat were far more prepared than we would have been if we were facing it for the first time. we are in the process -- and i look forward to coming back to this committee and others in an entire system wide review, not just h1n1, but our whole count

. >>> and president barack obama filled out his bracket, kansas, kansas state, villanova and kentucky. how about over here? hmm... let's go back to the left. uh... waffling is back at dunkin' donuts with the return of the waffle breakfast sandwich. two oven-toasted waffles with a hint of maple, complete with fluffy egg, a slice of melted cheese, and now with delicious sausage. so hurry in today because it's only around for a short time. america runs on dunkin'. try our oven-toasted waffle breakfast sandwich today, only at dunkin' donuts. >>> all right. now, let's talk a little of health care. we're expecting a vote this weekend, over the last minute complications that democrats are battling over. >> stevie is live, is this a go? >> reporter: well, everyone wants to hear the answer to the question was the number in the house is 216. that is the number that the democrats are trying to get to. now, they are closer this morning after nnis announced his support for the plan. meantime, president barack obama is defending nancy pelosi's plan to use a deep and pass tactic. now, in using that,

this took place at kansas state university. another building because of an incident that is referred to here. we pick it up after introductory remarks from general richard miers. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is a great pleasure to have such a distinguished graduate as a former colleague and such a good friend. i have done little intelligence on this occasion, and i was told that bomb threats were primarily exam week phenomenon, so i thought i was that, but apparently that was not very accurate either. thanks very much to all of you for your flexibility in changing being used and for sticking with it. i will be signing class excuses to miss the rest of the afternoon right after these remarks. as someone who has spoken year before, general miers knows the pressure i am feeling right now, having to follow in the distinguished footsteps of senator bob dole, secretary of defense bob gates. these were native kansans who had an inherent advantage. presidential, dr. regan, thank you for the opportunity to get

of the leaders, stan is the only one whose two teams are still alive and able to win kansas state and kentucky. as for the top overall scores they are tied with the pointless. they get a $100 best buy gift card. looks like a new champion may be taking your reigns. >> i know. i am so far down. i'm going to root for you guys upon. >> all of us are so down. 98 point. >> our viewers are very savvy. >> forget about us. thanks, tim. >>> ncaa tournament is back. starting at 7:00, the featured games are washington versus west virginia. and cornell versus kentucky. but you will also see parts of other games. >>> harry smith has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> how will the healthcare bill change medical care for older americans? we'll have a user's guide, including how hospitals will cope with new regulations. our complete coverage continues tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> thank you, harry. well, sea world death. the emotional plea to a florida judge from the family of a trainer killed by an orca. >>> shocking behavior. a texas woman uses her baby to stop

butler over kansas state. we are going to find out tonight, the last two. ther duke, baylor, tennessee or michigan state, the last two to make it to the final four. >>> if you drive a general motors vehicle, you may want to listen to this story. the car maker is recalling 5,000 chevrolet express and gmc savannah and cargo models. it affects vans built over the past two months. the problem appears to be a faulty alternator. so far, no accidents or injuries have been reported. st. and facebook was still run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and that's quite a head start. ♪ you know, when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i'm going to work with kids. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ]

ncaa tournament action, butler and kansas state. west virginia and kentucky at 7. that's your morning sports. i'm dan hellie. everybody, have a great weekend! >>> thank you, dan. a crime dog might be known for taking a bite out of crime. some dogs in tennessee are known for taking a bite out of a crime-fighting vehicle. a police officer was filling out a police report last week. he noticed his car was shaking. thanks to these criminal canines, they managed to rip off part of the bumper and the tires. the officer had to use a chemical spray. he was in the doghouse with the judge, the owner was. he was sentenced to

the rain was heavier earlier right along the kansas state line here up towards nebraska into missourias city, you had a good wash of it. now you've got another second wave that's going to be pushing on through. as we zoom out and show you the big picture for today, you can see this is the main storm system we are talking about. on the back side while you're done with the showers and thunder showers, winds are going to be really, really strong. wind advisories have been issued here from parts of south dakota all the way into texas where the winds could be gusting at times. pushing 50 miles per hour. look at this into the dallas-ft. worth area. we are looking at 22, 23 miles per hour sustained. we do have some delays at the airport. about 30 minutes to arrive there because of it. tomorrow, our storm system pushes toward the eastern seaboard with the threat of severe weather toward the southeast. if you have travel plans coming back somewhere maybe sunday night, you're going to start to have some of those problems. fredericka? >> thanks, jacqui. >>> it was supposed to be a safe solution

and they finished second to kansas state who won the regular season by a large margin.'s 3, wide of the mark. >> clark: he rushed that one. rushed that one just a bit. now you've got to try to defend without fouling. and duke is gonna space the floor here. baylor content to sit back. you want to contain dribble penetration without fouling. >> jim: scheyer whips it to the corner. singler -- no. and the follow -- yes! lance thomas. [cheers and applause] >> jim: and a foul. >> clark: scott drew talked about it at the top of our telecast, "we have to rebound." the last four possessions they have not and it has cost them mightily. the missed shot, no box-out and there's lance thomas. >> jim: and what he has done just to keep the ball alive on the offensive end of this half. and this time he makes the 3-point play of his own. and just like that, duke is in front by 8. >> clark: and the story of your ball game. >> jim: singler with the steal. >> clark: 23-11, in second chance points and a vast majority in the last five or six minutes for duke. >> jim: time-out. scheyer called

winner of this game, a thriller last night between the sixth seed savior and xavier and second seed kansas state16 action continues tonight. updating some of fox top stories tonight. president obama today announced historic deal between the united states and russia to cut the number of nuclear warheads country has in arsenal by nearly a third. at the same time the administration unveiled new plan that it says will potentially help millions of americans struggling to keep up with mortgage payments. nasa reporting it will be launching the space shuttle discovery on april 5th. we're told that mission will involve dliferlg supplies to the international space station. and on this day in 1997, police in san diego discovered the bodies of 35 members of the heavens gate cult. all victims of a mass suicide. that cult founded in the 70s by a music professor named marshal apple white. 20 years later he led the group to southern california where he convinced followers and extraordinary event was about to take place. alien space craft hidden by the recently discovered hail bop comet would take them to existe

first to the final four and first ever for butler university, the bulldogs yesterday upsetting kansas state63-56 in the west regional final. they will play the winner of today's game between michigan state and baylor. west virginia's also going to the final four. the mountaineers downing kentucky 73-66 in the east regional final. and with yesterday's losses, president obama's choices to reach the final four have all been eliminated. the president's bracket now a total bust. last year he picked the winner. >>> to politics now and what the success of the health reform push means to democrats going forward even as the president continues his effort to get americans to accept the health care changes that are in store. i'm joined live now from washington with eleanor clift, contributing editor for "newsweek" magazine. eleanor, why did the push for health care reform legislation work this time rather than before? >> well, i think there are probably a lot of answers to that. one of them is this president's perseverance and his willingness really to turn a lot of the authority over to congress so t

kansas, kansas state, both i everything in washington's political, we know that.nt said he picked kaa lo of experience, they have a of experheya go, th have a it seems like the president ns seems like the president >> former governor of kansas, kathleen sebelius -- she is -- >> former basketball player. >> she as fanatical jayhawks fan. she's a maniac when it comes to is the jayhawks. >> obviously in cha lo cf1-olt . because i want her to be happy when she's working on these important issues here. >> jeremy, this is a critical time for the obama presidency. health care is on the line. it would serve the president quite well if kathleen sebelius is happy at work, working hard on these health care issues. >> that's true. >> he was conservative, how are you? >> i'm going to pick kentucky to win the entire thing. i had to pick my georgetn hoyas, i'm an alum, to go to the final four. i have them beating kansas to get there. vilna ifour >> totally. >> you're not t i also have kentucky winning the whol take a ok aiks. kansas, kentucky, syracuse, vilano like i said, kentu

he spoke at kansas state university. this is an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is a great pleasure to have such a distinguished graduate as a former colleague. i had done little intelligence on this occasion and i was told that bomb threats were primarily exam week phenomenon. i thought i was safe, but obviously, that was not very accurate either. thank you for your flexibility in changing venues. i will be signing class excuses to miss the rest of the afternoon after the for marks. --i will be signing class excuses to miss the rest of the afternoon right after these remarks. before, general miers knows the pressure i am feeling right now, having to follow in the distinguished footsteps of senator bob dole, secretary of defense bob gates. these were native kansans who had an inherent advantage. presidential, dr. regan, thank you for the opportunity to get the word out about the good things the u.s. intelligence community is doing now. i think most of you know that, and we heard in the introduction, that dick is a fighter pilot, which means that even when he i

later games pit sixth seed xavier against second seed kansas state.la can dance 1st seed cornell faces new favorite in the tournament kentucky. updating the top story the house of representatives expected to cast a final vote on the new health care reform law before it goes back to the president. osama bin laden reported ofly releasing a new audiotape in which he threatens to kill americans should we execute the accused 9/11 master mind khalid sheikh mohammed. and attorney general eric holder vowing to appeal a federal judge's ruling to release a guantanamo bay detainee with suspected ties to the attacks of september 11th. and on this day in 1933, the u.s.s. sequoia became the official leash time yacht of the president of the united states. the sequoia actually had a prettycolosal history before president ever stepped on board. catch boot leggers during prohibition. the commissioned it and herbert hoover used the ship to indulge in favorite past time fishing. during world war ii he held top secret meetings on the is he coy a and laid the groundwork fo

speaker, in the course of a -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas. state your parliamentary inquiry. >> is it true that in the course of comfortable debate that we not question another member's motives? the speaker pro tempore: members must maintain proper standard -- mr. tiahrt: is it against house rules to question another member's motives? mr. faleomavaega: every member and remarks should -- the speaker pro tempore: every member and remarks. mr. tiahrt: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield to an army ranger, mr. davis from kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. davis: this bill will define the america will be in america, rationed care and intrusive bureaucracy. they are thwarting the will of the american people, taking them on a head-long rush towards socialism. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. conversations in the back and in the aisles should be taken somewhere else. on both sid

kansas state outlasted xavier last night in double overtime to advance to the elite eight. kentucky meanwhile beat cornell. and it was west virginia over washington. in the upset of the night, butler did it stunning west region top seed syracuse for the bracket-buster tournament continues. 7:17 right now. back over to ann, lester and al. >> this morning the heaviest rains are off to our southeast. it has become more scattered around baltimore and it is ending to the northwest. i'd be a couple of the snowflakes. but we get a dry year. >> and that's your late erlates weather. >>> one man has found a way to conquer space without a multi-million dollar rocket and thousands of engineers from nasa. as nbc's mike taibbi tells us, he did it with a chief camera, a balloon and some duct tape. >> reporter: 38-year-old robert harrison is a self-confessed computer geek who says it was boredom that got thim thinking a while back about photo exploration in space. >> the camera, simple point-and-click. >> reporter: that's about 100 bucks and about 600 more for a gps tracking device duct-ta

obama has kansas, kentucky, villanueva, and upstart state to the final for. who has it when it's all said and done? kansas. we should note last year he picked north carolina to win it all and the tar heels came through. now the pressure is on the jayhawks to follow suit. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, kim car da shan's show may get canceled, and you're not going to believe why. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus folks give a hoot working to save these three cutis. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. very interesting setup in the central plains. it's going to be in the 60s today from denver to kansas city, but, yes, this is the snowfall forecast over the next 48 hours. into the front range we get the upslope enhancement. we could see some areas with 6 to 12 inches of snow. even downtown denver is going to see accumulating snow, probably significant snow. and then as the storm system moves through missouri, the backside of it, we could get a band of

moran: the news on the kansas subcommittee economy is not good. our state's unemployment rate rose to 7% in january. we need $500 million to balance our budget in kansas in 2010 and 2011. these million-dollar numbers don't mean much up here in washington, where this congress continues to rack up trillions in debt obligations fazz there are no consequences and money magically appears out of thin air. however the effects of this thoughtfulness are indeed terrible. in kansas, the overwhelming majority of our state budget is comprised of health care responsibilities. many of these have been handed down from the federal government. our education system is teetering on the breaking point with schools facing closure or consolidation and with educators and staff being laid off. services for our state's developmentally disabled and support for our sick and elderly have been cut. folks in kansas are hurting. i see their pain when i return to -- when i return from washington, d.c. every weekend home to kansas. in our state, we think differently than they do up here in w

look at this. >> you've got kansas. >> kansas beating k-state. >> and kentucky. >> a rematch in the coachingfrom 2008 when john calipari was coaching memphis. against bill self. >> i think once again self wins. that is the game right there. >> the president comes up a loser in basketball. what about health care? joining us mark preston in washington. mark, we were talking about this. don't think about it too much. it is a fun segment. ed henry is supposed to join us but ed's not here. no ed. we don't have ed. solise listen, mark. it seemed appropriate after we went to a ball game and had a couple of beers, it is like the health care debate. it is down to the wire. the president may go for a buzzer beater. do you agree there are similarities? >> there are. if you look at politics like sports northern iowa who defeated kansas gave president obama his biggest political win. had it not been for iowa, we probably wouldn't have had a president obama. won the iowa caucuses and, boom, he moved forward. if you look at politics as sport, don, you are right. >> i know where you are going with this. thi

kansas, kansas state, kentucky, and villanova.notre dame, stanford, and tennessee in his final four. >>> a republican who just announced his campaign in new york has a link to one of the biggest right now, "american idol." he is former congressman joe di guard di, father of kara dioguardi. he asked her to put her songwriting skills to work. the "idol" j

kansas, representative moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: thank you. every member of the united states house of representatives is privileged to serve the people of their districts. i'm honored to work for the people of kansas. a place that's been my home my entire life. tomorrow, it's expected that we will be called to vote on health care reform legislation. while most of the focus here in washington has been on the politics surrounding this vote, back home they care about what this legislation will mean to them, their families, the businesses they work in or own, and importantly, what it will mean to their children and grandchildren. for a long time, well before the obama administration began talking about health care, i have been arguing that we need to make improvements to our health care delivery system. many folks can't afford the medical costs associated with illness and old age. folks with pre-existing conditions can't change jobs without losing their health insurance and small business owners struggle to provide health coverage to their employees. i would have welcomed the cha

look at this. >> kansas. >> kansas beating k state. >> and kentucky. >> okay.ematch in the coaching department from 2008, when john caliperi was coaching memphis. against bill self. >> against bill self. and i think once again self wins. that's the game right there. >> all right. so the president comes up a loser in basketball. so then what about health care? joining us now, cnn's senior political editor, mark preston in washington. mark, we were talking about this. don't think about it too much. it's just a fun segment. everybody's talking about march madness. ed henry is supposed to join us, but ed's not here, right? >> who knows what ed -- >> we don't have ed. so listen, mark, people are filling out their brackets. i have one right here predicting the winners and the losers. and it seemed appropriate. we were talking about this last night after we went to a ball game, had a couple beers and talked about it. it's down it's wire. the president may go for a buzzer beater. do you agree there's some similarities there? >> you know, there are. and you know what's

can kansas state possibly earn a number-one seed in the ncaa tournament?r game coming up, oregon/washington state, the third straight year oregon faced the cougars in the pacific life pac-10 tournament. what do you think about the game? what do you think about the pac-10 getting to the ncaa tournament? >> it will be an exciting game. these teams have played tooth and nail. klay thompson is one of the best players in the conference. tajuan porter. we know what he can do. the oregon ducks have a lot to play for with ernie kent saying he won't be back so it's an important game and definitely, we can try to get thee teams into the tournament this year. >> you think three from the pac-10 deserve to the to go tournament? >> i think if it holds true to form and washington and arizona state play each other on friday night in that semifinal, the winner of the game definitely gets in and the other one can sneak in because most of the mid major and low major conference tournaments have played true to form. >> washington with a preseason favorite to win the pac-10. th

. >> people in kansas still have kansas state to root for.ed back to school why some are headed to the classrooms to understand how to deal with their teenagers. >> hear from a dad and his teen daughter next. there they are. how do you deal with a teen daughter. he'll tell us next. ú? >> listen up parents. a lot of you say you're having a hard time connecting with your kids, mostly your teenagers, so now some parent resorted to going back to school to figure out how to deal with teenagers. the parent universities as they're called are popping up across the country. do they work? bob says his relationship with his daughter ashley was not that great until he enrolled in the classes and i welcome bob and ashley to join me now to talk about it. welcome, guys. >> hi. >> thanks, good morning. >> i want to start with you, about two years ago you say that your relationship with ashley, who at the time was i guess 15 years old was becoming strained and was deteriorating. what were some of the problems you were having? >> well, it was, you know, every

many came here to kansas state. about every person who enters our borders? what is right? what is too much thurman second, when it comes to americans, a free society where we enjoys civil liberties and our citizens expect privacy, that does run some risk. we cannot eliminate risk with the government that has the right to gather on limited information from its citizens, turned out to intelligence services, but we do not want to live like factory give where do we want to draw the line between security end -- we do not want to live that. where do we want to draw the line between security and privacy? last year we had just over 14,000 homicides in this country. the you know how manyç people o were killed onçqi]'çt(ççl soil who were connected to international extremist groups xiv, and that number falls to zero if you look death those from extremists. success or failure should not just be measured in lives lost. it should be measuredç in lives even one that caused five of violent extremists strikes of the core of

a lot of people scratch their heads and say ohio state, kansas, no, no, no. shows here and you explain as well, these are the teams -- if you were putting together the best business bracket, this would be it. your midwest bracket has ohio state in the final four, why? >> why? because they make more money than anybody else. here is the thing. there were 32 games played thursday and friday. 17 of the highest revenue schools won, but 15 most. and, of course, of the final four that i predicted based on this business bracket, three of those teams are already out. here is what that means. money is great, about you it doesn't always buy you happiness, especially on the court. >> now, we have florida here as the other and this is a major school, big s.e.c. school. if the ncaa had their way, is this how they would fill out their bracket when it comes to television ratings and things. >> the tv contracts in 82 when the big ones started pay $60 million in the ncaa. now they get over half a billion so the ncaa is clearly driven. those schools don't end up in the final fo

many states like my own state of kansas have passed full tort reform. others haven't. this is really a state level situation. >> whether it comes to -- malpractice reform, whether it's volume, wheth it comes to salaries for doctors, do you really assert you disagree with warren buffett that this adequately spends the cost curve? >> according to the nonpartisan accounting congressional budget office, they say we get over $100 billion in deficit savings the first ten years, and that ramps up as you look in the outer years to $1 trillion. i think that's real cost cutting. i think that's real change in the deficits. >> where are the cultural changes to how extensive end of life care is or how many tests are ordered by doctors, the administrative costs, in hospitals or insurance companies. >> it's all in there. there is a huge amount of administrative simplification, getting to the 30 cents of every dollar has docs filling out forms and has insurance companies providing billing over and over again. we've got huge delivery system changes so that you no longer would pay hospit

kansas city to denver. so you have the agricultural states, nebraska, kansas, oklahoma, energy wyoming, colorado, and the northern mexico. and we actually, this area actually entered the recession leader because of the energy and the agriculture, and then it came in and really accelerated about where the rest of the country was. now it is like the rest of the nation coming out slowly. energy has improved partly because some stability in the natural gas production which is seeing activity pickup. agriculture is doing relatively well compared to other times particularly. and then we have a lot of small manufacturing which supports some of the larger main factor in both durable and nondurable because of the agricultural orientation. and those are also coming out just slowly but steadily out of this recession. the other thing kind of pointing to is the fact in that region there is about 800 plus community banks that operate, so while we don't have one large institution we have these 800 that are oriented towards agriculture, oriented towards energy, towards some of the manufacturing support that goes on, and that's w

were real excited about today's second round game with michigan state mainly because of what wasn't waiting for them. with number one kansas of the mix, a terps win today would mean a sweet 16 matchup with northern iowa and then maybe tennessee or ohio state. so nothing too scary out there but we're getting way ahead of ourselves. second half today michigan state and terps. terps down 8 and it would get worst. -- get worse. later the spartans worked the perfect back door. michigan state built a 15-point lead but the terps with a furious rally as they do. just under to minutes left, vasquez spins, gets the floater plus the foul. made the free throw. deficit cut to 6. michigan state showing possession. terps pressure. terps down just 4. now final minute, adrian bowie on the miss. gets his own rebound. maryland goes to having qez. -- to vasquez. maryland with the lead. mihigan state comes right back. green hits the jumper. spartans back in front by one. 20 seconds left final seconds, vasquez with the ball. spinner, lane, yeah, vasquez got t. terps up one. 6.6 left. michigan state doesn't call time. cory lucious takes itin tra

could be buyers from nebraska and kansas, iowa, other states. they're all in the arena to bid on their calves. but, apparently, only buyers from nebraska could make bids, even though other buyers from other states might offer more money. but, let's say by chance, a nebraska feed lot the highest bid he and buys the calf. still in state, can feed the calf out, still no reason to comply with the animal feed program. but now some months later, the steer is ready to go to the packing plant. but the plant is on the other sued of the river in another state and they'll pay more than a plant in state for that animal. whoa, wait a second here. can the feed processors sell? probably not because the two owners prior to him chose to not participate in the program. the bottom line is this, many livestock auctions attract bidders from in state and states around, states all over the country. so one can assume all animals sold through an auction barn will be required to have animal i.d. for those who have been to these sales, can you imagine literally the auctio

stewardship with a long distinguished years of service, both as insurance commissioner in the state of kansas, a leader in the naic, which is a credit to the secretary's not only intellectual acumen, but also her skills at organizing individuals and she's been selected by her colleagues in that context for a very important leadership role. the secretary then went to be governor of kansas, was tapped by president obama to take on this important leadership role and the men and women in this room and in our community are delighted to welcome you here today to speak with us. please join me in welcoming secretary sebelius. >> well, thank you very much, karen. karen and i have known each other for a number of years. worked together on a variety of issues, and she was kind enough to send me the address code memo today. gray suit. blue shirt. so i appreciate those nice touches. i'm sorry i could not make it here yesterday, and i'm apologizing for kind of dropping in and out today. i wanted a chance to come by. i'm due to go right from here to the, an event at the white house where president preval fr

state. how many of us thought with the loss of kansas, maryland will make it in to the big date. tough one. 85-83. maryland loses, what a great game. i don't know how many teams could have beaten michigan state. >>> we are going to take a look at your weather, coming up and then we'll take a break. >>> it's 6:09, we have maryland's most powerful radar. we have had an intense band of rain developing on the east side of baltimore. over to rosedale, moderate rain, a fresh sweep coming through. as we have five sweeps with maryland's most popular doppler radar. take it easy, more on this and our cooler forecast, coming up. >>> let's see what is happening on the roads as a result of this wet weather. here's kim brown. >> the rain not affecting the roadways too much. only one incident in the area, a fire in lockhearn located southern crossfire, there is equipment blocking the scene. that's about it, all of our major roadways checking in without incident. >> keep your friends close and your enemies away from your facebook page. >> why expecting a friends request could have serious consequ

states. snow in parts of kansas, oklahoma, and texas.either snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stops the mail. but saturdays may. the postal service today made a step closer to cutting saturday delivery. the postal governing board has agreed to ask regulators to look into switching service just five days a week as we reported here. that request will go to the independent commission for review. the proposal would effect every home and business in america and is expected to save the postal service about $3 billion a year. but, first, congress would have to approve that change. snuckers announcing plans to cut 700 jobs in michigan and canada. the company says it will close four of its fruit spread plants in tennessee and quebec. snuckers, which owns follow gears folgers. it will help cut cost and modernize. snuckers, and with a name like that, it has to be good. says it will produce jams, syrup and ice cream toppings with a new plant in ohio. with the economy the way it is, fewer college graduates finding work. and affording the cost

. >>> on the other half of the bracket, michigan state took on one of the tournament's great teams, northern iowa off a big win against kansas. northern iowa didn't have enough to stop the barton offense. the clock strikes midnight for northern iowa. michigan state wins 59-52 they will face tennessee for a spot in the final four. >>> every one in our crew of course, the madness here is trying toe find the time to get to sleep when you worked last night and come in on saturday morning and the games don't go off until after midnight. >> you have to watch the games, you're like one eye open and one eye closed. >> we have a few of one eye open one eye closed in the studio right now at least three. >>> we keep winking back. actually i just woke one upright there, sorry tony, i didn't mean to disturb you, that's okay. >> good morning. >> work hard, it is madness here. it's fun to be in cbs this time of year. cbs for march madness, things like the masters, a lot of the sporting events happen, we cover many of the orioles baseball, the football, we have them all. but when you work here, it's a little tricky, little tricky. >> wink w

states that would benefit include alaska, arizona, illinois, kansas, north dakota, oklahoma and texas. following months of depressed prices, the national farmers union is calling on the usda to step up assistance to dairy producers nationwide. with prices hovering below the cost of production for more than a year, president roger johnson says the usda must "increase dairy support prices to a level that will provide relief to producers to insure our nation continues to have a viable domestic milk supply." johnson notes more than 2,000 dairies have gone out of business due to low prices. >>> that's it for news. mike hoffman joins us from the maps now with our national forecast. >>> "u.s. farm report" weather is brought to you by mana. mana is the right crop protection partner because our proven products and value prices give you better choices. that's why mana makes sense. >>> we're going to start the week with a trough still in the eastern parts of the country. that will mean it's going to be on the chilly side all the way into the southeast. pretty cold air in the northern parts of th

states. now later today the snow will continue to pile up across eastern colorado and western kansas, and somethunderstorms are possible from southern missouri to northern texas. >>> in sports, denver is struggling to win a second seed in the nba's western conference playoffs next month. but the lowly knicks surged past the nuggets for a 109-104 win. that's the second straight loss for denver. and charlotte outscored washington in overtime for a 95-86 victory. that was win number 36 for the bobcats, a new franchise record. charlotte is also fighting for one of the last three playoff spots in the eastern conference. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell will meet with quarterback ben roethlisberger of pittsburgh. the steelers player has still not been charged, after a college student accused him of sexual assault. roethlisberger's lawyer says he committed no crime, and police have withdrawn a request for a dna sample. >>> and sudden death isn't dead, but there will be a big change in the nfl's overtime rule for postseason games. starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a f

. >> lehrer: then, the back and forth about whether the state of the union address has become a political "pep rally." >> woodruff: kansas city shuts down nearly half its public schools. ray suarez interviews the superintendent. >> closing schools and making the remaining schools much stronger academically is unquestionably the right thing to do. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks with historian ellen fitzpatrick about letters written to first lady jacqueline kennedy after her husband's assassination. >> there's a wonderful letter from a man who describes his three-year-old son. he said "i came home from work, my three-year-old son said daddy, they've killed the president." and he said "i'm a hard man, but i broke down and cried ." >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around th

to be part of this compromise as our tens of thousands of workers employed in kansas and aviation manufacturing. our state always been and remains the air capital of the world, and under this agreement it will continue. i thank my colleagues for helping us reach a compromise that will maintain our world standing. i am very hopeful, madam president, that the senate will continue to work in this spirit of bipartisanship on this bill. senator brownback yesterday in his remarks, senator rockefeller in his remarks a while ago, senator hutchison made these same comments, we need to move quickly to a conference committee and eventually have a bill signed into law before the current program expires. i know, i know that when a train moves, everybody wants to put their car on the train. but let's try to keep extraneous amendments. i don't mind senators at all talking about their concerns, whether it be, i understand education, gay marriage, earmarks. i would expect we'd hear a lot of speeches on earmarks. but if we can keep this bill the way it is and move this bill and then there will be another train. i'll have k