barred schools with low graduation rates to participate in the n.c.a.a. tournament, he would see graduation rates improve. my own all water is in the far right, as is its duty and -- a risky, own alma -- my own alma mater is in the at frederick, as is duke university. >> see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv. of the best of europe. venice seems to be every italy connoisseur's... prague has always been beautiful... germany... the irish civilization... the eiffel tower was built... hope you've enjoyed the magic of... checkpoint charlie, the most famous border crossing between the american and soviet sectors, stood about here. the place is marked by a replica checkpoint, a thought-provoking post with a young american soldier facing east, and, on the flip side, a young russian soldier facing west, and a fascinating museum, the house at checkpoint charlie. during the cold war, this museum stood defiantly, spitting distance from the border guards, telling the story of the wall and celebrating all the clever escapes

and the stanford women the net n.c.a.a., bailor, tennessee.that -- baylor with vanderveer year. and give me the schedule if you would please? uc-davis at stanford. on a saturday. at 3:30 and vanderveer is hosting. >> we are excited that we have three teams from the top 10 in the n.c.a.a. tournament. it is a great conference. i was hoping that if we could do it again it would be in indianapolis. we are going to play whoever we play and keep winning and do the best that we can. >> gary: the men's n.c.a.a. with no bites in the bay area. city conference one the state conference over the weekend in ventura. and we set it up. vern glenn is transforming the highlights 81 each, 18 seconds. jonathan williams, kicked it in by a young parker. that is it, 83-81. the long three was missed and pamela, listen to this. the first time they won a title in 49 years since brad dugan. >> relief. you know, we're not celebrated or in the last eight years. this is what we're waiting for it is a lot of relief, excitement. and then it became a blur. >> gary: we're not

. >> reporter: we showed our findings to n.c.a.a.dent mark emmert. >> what i saw looking at it was, you know, a set of facts that, obviously, should concern all of us. >> reporter: is this the kind of image the n.c.a.a. wants in any way, shape, or form? >> well, obviously not. you certainly don't want a large number of people with criminal backgrounds involved in activities that represent the n.c.a.a. >> reporter: there was good news. 11 schools had five or fewer run-ins with the law, and one came out completely clean. undefeated rose bowl champion texas christian university. t.c.u. head coach gary patterson told us there's a critical reason why. >> every student athlete that comes to t.c.u. gets a background check if they're going to be on scholarship so we go very deep. >> reporter: when you say "background check" are you meaning criminal background checks. >> there are a lot of different stories out there. >> reporter: as for fauonuku, in an interview at the family home he denied threatening to kill anyone, claiming it was a pelle

two wins away from a n.c.a.a. hopes for the n.c.a.a. for tell are gone. mike montgomery. it is not been a great year. he has lost a lot of players. today, u.s. seat took them apart. and 21 and alex stevenson. u s c up by 10. 14-16 rebounds for the was just not good enough. smith doing it 70- 56. cal will was never in it. 17-14, more than likely tell will be in the n i t tournament, and some of them anybody with leftover? that is probably going to be them. more excitement with you, and pittsburgh at madison square garden. with you, and yukon and tied at 74 yukon defeats pittsburgh. 76-74. and this is where it gets excitement for these tournaments. everyone's to hear my thoughts. and if you play 18 games and then you have another tournament. if you have victory? you automatically go to the n.c.a.a. my point is that what you put those 18 games during the regular season? and really, just of those 18 games mean something and not have the tournament to go the to the n.c.a.a. >>pam: like a warm up? >> gary: both of those

why well that's because it's a patrick's day and the n.c.a.a.'s march madness kicked off today that's right most adults here just want to drink green beer and celebrate irish heritage it doesn't matter if you're irish is just a chance to drink a chance to stand at a crowded bar get plastered and stagger hall or someone else will but this year the drinking is compounded by the n.c.a.a. tournament a tournament kicking off a sixty eight teams began a battle to find out who is the best this year and this is the first year that the n.c.a.a. has made every game available for its broadcast in its entirety so you can watch the games on t.v. online on i phones on i pads and in all the office brackets and office pools and you have a recipe for americans being very very distracted at work today according to office max has twenty eleven hoops at work survey about half of working adults check game scores online at least once a day at work or the outplacement consulting firm challenger gray and christmas saying there's the march madness will cost companies nat

>>pam: until now virginia commonwealth was a long shot in the n.c.a.a. tournament.imberly tells us why sports cookies are sweating it out now that the team is in the final four. >>kimberlee: they were supposed to make this year. they have the see you what 999921. these people made earlier on could be costly this court to bookies. as you see the hilton in las vegas wedding it out in odds of 5000 to one. somebody made a $10 back, nbc would win the tournament and if that happens delta would have to pay out $50,000 to that person. check out this other but i found on line, right now be see you still long shot with odds 400 to one to win it all. according to the odds the sea was one of the biggest underdogs ever. if you'd like to check out some of these n.c.a.a. bets online visit www.kron4.com. >>pam:>>pam: we want to tell you baseball is back in the bay area, the giants will spend a full season being held as the world series champions and the a's will have to build upon last season. this weekend we will help you get ready. kron 4 is re-airing our baseball by the bay spec

n.c.a.a. your ago, butler and old dominion. tried to make a deep n.c.a.a. run. the finishes are really nice, 50-58. butler advances. kentucky and princeton. tied at 287. with just a few seconds left. kentucky brendan night over, a sslow down, they add advanced, 59-57. richmond, the hometown of vern glenn, 69-66 over vanderbilt. moorhead, louisville. louisville is up to. up to- points however, morehead goes on to defeat 62-61, they move on to take richmond. let me be a bad guy. it is fun to watch the last 5 minutes of the game. i am here to tell you if there were not gambling in those brackets, you would lose 80 percent of your audience. 80 percent. and if i stay home to see more vanderbilt? or that does not mean that guys like me who love basketball will sit there like that. all of this and to rest, with 80%. >>pam: wow. >>catherine >>jacqueline: yousuf 50% last yesterday! you said-- [laughter] 50% now it is up to 80%. and >> gary: what happened to you? one from obama to here? >> earthquake. and baseball and the desert. >> gary: on st. patrick's day, and no gree

vern glenn has a condominium and the desert from coverage for preseason .. >> gary: n.c.a.a. million of yours up 14% from last year. when the games for only on network. and now, espn has made a plea for the tournament and they had numerous offers. it is time for baseball. by the bay. (music) oh my gosh! >> gary: tonight, it will be chuck's automobile of concord. it is " follow me home " to the segment. a baseball special. and vern? >> arizona, and willie mays and i have known for years. when he tries to make a point that because we vern. >> gary: and when he calls to pee-wee? do you say something? >> vern: and i sat down with a little bit for him and here it is. >> gary: okay. >> vern: on any day, you could run into the willie mays. he could be the critical famer. add with ted williams, saying that he invented the game before willie mays. he played the midsummer classic 24 times. he is not only the greatest living ballplayer. but i do not like hearing that. and i said wait a minute. and i have to be passed away before i am getting credit? >> vern: a world series in 1954. he o

a couple of items -- many of you may have been watching the n.c.a.a. division one men's championship basketball last week and and will be throughout the tournament of course. i have the brackets here -- i was doing my brackets -- this is part of my comment and there's a reason for it. the size of this tournament, not just the final four, but all the games beginning with last week and are located in 12 different cities. these cities include dayton, ohio, newark, new jersey, tulsa, tucson, tampa, cleveland, washington d.c., denver and chicago, all of which have lower populations than san francisco. two of them have higher populations -- chicago and houston, where the final four will play. the reason we will not host anything here is we have no or rain and we haven't had an arena. this is huge -- we have no irina and we haven't had an arena. this precludes us from any major concert because capacity is too small from national political conventions to the nba and a lot of sources of revenue. this is one of the things i comment on frequently and there are pl

it's been a long shots for the n.c.a.a. basketball tournament.ky plays connecticut and virginia commonwealth will take on butler. five million brackets were submitted to cbssports.com before the games started. none of them had all the right teams. a cobra is missing from the bronx zoo. the snake like this one is missing from an enclosure. the cobra is believed to be trapped in an isolated area and it should show itself when it becomes hungry. let's hope the staff is pretty careful. one bite can kill within 15 minutes. up next, receive hartman takes another gander at the goose named maria. this story has taken an unexpected turn. story has taken an unexpected turn. in between, there's motrin pm. ches and sleepls no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. motrin pm. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super

creating a four n.c.a.a. championships. >> a reminder, with baseball season believe it or not that we will get ready. we would get credit with a baseball by the bay. the giants, interviews and a spring training tonight at 8:00 p.m. >> marty: the parade was just last week. we need to get rid of that rainfall. >> marty: still ahead, the lights will be out for one hour tonight we will explain. >> isabel: meanwhile, this live look outside. traffic near the bay bridge. the camera lens has raindrops and traffic. you can see that we will be right back >> isabel: tonight, households will be shutting down the lights for one of our organized by the world war of life agency. if you'd like to do so? bertha our = 8:3041 hour. earth our it is 830--4 the amount of one hour. the world wildlife agency and >> isabel: taking a look at the bridge, a lot of rainfall. brian will back to tell you that it will be with us for several more hours. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. (music) >> marty: a good satu

. >> gary: n.c.a.a. connecticut just bodefeated, 74-67. also come off byu loss to florida.ncing and florida. -- yukon stanford meet south carolina ladies and desist strange. curl vanderveer here. tried, true,-this is kind of strange. he was wrhelping the wrestling streateam >> with a new freshman, nicknamed, the terror. really experienced. >> and i'm going to make this look good, c'mon, bring it on. >> this wrestling team is doing well. this is a surprise move but she is a good sport. >> it reminded me of being a little kid when i would get fights in with my brother. we had real wrestling matches. at least jason did not start pulling my hair (music) >> gary: baseball the giants, the mood cody his injury a was yesterday. chasing a fly bal ball and arizona, and today, when the doctor looked at it. indeed there was trouble. still no word on what was up with brian wilson. will he make opening day? and brian wilson still is a question mark. much about showtime producing a documentary /reality series of the giants. here is a sample. >> here we go just another date leaving paradis

virginia commonwealth basketball barely getting back to the n.c.a.a..a sharp young smart, coach. with the the 11th seed, and upset no. 1 on kansas over the weekend and butler. that final four on saturday. that is the story of the post-season. and vcu and the associated press is known in that purdue and walker are still alive in the tournament. and ohio state the all-american team 28.5 points per game the. the giants stadium does not start until. tonight in a giants stadium. but the word is the game against the a's with 40,000 people. vern glenn 40,000 on a monday night for a practice game? >> believe it! it is the bay bridge with the giants and they are back from arizona. it there in the city by the bay why not? at least one not have 40,000. >> gary: one thing is not changed. you are still out in the parking lot. >> and with my peeps [laughter] and i am trying to get into the game. serious business. everybody is glad that the giants are back from arizona. brian wilson and state back in arizona the fact that both buster posy esteban this status. >> it is

>>pam: the n.c.a.a. tournament tips off the thriller right off the bat.ll store closure. gary has all the details next. >>gary: good news coming out of the oakland a's camp. andrew bailey, the two-time all-star, walked off the field and immediately was announced he was on his way to birmingham alabama to meet with specialist. court today, no swelling and can resume throwing whenever the pain goes away. there's no timetable on when he will return but once again nothing serious. the shows you how good and true is. to send him right to alabama. good news he's ok. throwing out the first pitch before the a's in cubs today. derrick getting things going. delivering home cocoa crisp. he put a spring training problems behind him. rhett jackson a home run to right. the giants playing a practice game this evening. one came down at the ncaa tournament. -build vs. arkansas, not from the corner sent the game into overtime at 72 for you and see in asheville. the advance to play the no. 1 seed in the region. pittsburgh 81-77. for anybody on the west coast, if you're swea

it's for those who prefer using fully spelled the words this in a loveless try to keep pace at the n.c.a.aible four straight final four appearance. the stanford women's basketball team take some time out. they're going to make a music video. gary is next with all the sports. but trying to grow grass from seed in tough areas like deep shade, along the driveway, and where the kids play can be a little intimidating... until now. with scotts ez seed. it's scotts best grass seed, starter fertilizer and a growing material that absorbs water and expands to surround and protect the seeds, you'll get a thick, green scotts lawn even if you've never been successful with other seed before. the revolutionary scotts ez seed. grow grass anywhere. >>gary: good evening everybody north carolina just beat marquette 81-63. stamford ncaa west women's semifinal. here's the how the cardinals are getting ready. >> (music) (music) >>gary: is always you when this is cool. while this week we showed you wrestling them show the music videos. they're nice and relaxed and the players talked about making this video. >> t

the stanford women prepare for their women's n.c.a.a. tournament opener on sunday.ford it " parents for one meant happens tomorrow. if the pac-10 player of the year to that favored to return to the final four. tyler without question one the all-time great coaches of women's basketball. you will never get her to brag. it's her tomorrow. >> we know we need to come out and play against any team. the matter what the seed is. i think our team is very aware of that. they're not going to take any team lightly. if i think we have everything in place, a great offense and defense. it's coming up with those loose balls, taking the charges that we need. all that i think that will determine our future. >>gary: on the men's side cal, the mit tournament they're under way at colorado. ncaa, he is the brother-in-law of channel to encourage frank somerville. he's the coach, george mason 59-57. why am i showing this? an exciting finish less than 10 seconds left. (cheering & applause) >>gary: fecundate one player and george mason, you wind it is fun. arizona and then this, you saw ariz

mary's will go to the n.c.a.a. tournament. and final, regular-season game.will find out about the glaes sunday and if you did not remember? the national player of the year. 52 points byu defeated mexico 72-76 seven of the reporters, with the byu is 30-3 and ohio state is good, but this has never body excited. women's basketball, sanford. and these guys could just walk out oand think they're going to make money. stanford wins 100- 71 now with the finals, stanford will play ucla. she is been nikki caldwell, she is bent nominative the most attractive coach in the deli and be a. officially, the n f l has a lock out, peyton manning. and seven other players are not going to sue the nfl because of the certification. there is no longer a players' union. and without that-certification, the c gangs will no start until september. and those-games will not start till september they are not able to do a lot of things. until >> isabel: still ahead, a nuclear plant in northern japan will have an update on that developing story. as well as the impact on communities in the ba

guest: i was doing better in my picks than the president in the n.c.a.a. but he is right to call for a review of all 104 u.s. nuclear power plants. they are probably fairly safe, but there is always the unanticipated event and there is always human error. we are looking at complex systems with high impact accidents, that can always be a challenge. looking at investing the $10 billion in other technologies to produce electricity, that is something we need to do more of. host: let's put some more information on the table in our conversation with daniel weiss. there are 104 nuclear reactors in the u.s. accounting for 31 states, providing 20% of america's electricity. the oldest is oyster creek in new jersey, built in april 1969. there is an $8.3 billion loan for two new reactors to be built in the state of georgia. the largest percentage of electricity being nuclear is in vermont, new jersey, connecticut, south carolina, illinois, new hampshire, and virginia. the newest plant in 1996, watts bar 1 in tennessee. then goes back to texas. it has been 15 years sin

this is the president giving his picks for the n.c.a.a.. the president is not doing too badly. guest: no, he is doing quite well. he obviously loves basketball. of the 32 games, the first 32, he got 29 right. he only missed three. i think he missed -- i cannot remember which ones he messed. louisville over morehead state, -- igan state over ucla = host: butler was a surprising pick. guest: he has picked kansas to go all the way. it is conceivable that the way things happen -- stand, that he has near perfect as most people get. host: what abo the criticism for spending time on doing this? guest: this is one of those perennial issues that comes up in presidencies. almost every democrat or republican when presidents try to achieve a balance when -- between light things like a vacation or basketball picks, and at the same time handling very weighty, monumental issues, whether confronting japan or libya. it is hard to balance those. he did get some criticism from the republican national committee and others that maybe he should not have taken the time to go on espn announce his pick

this is the first day of the incident led march madness tournament -- the first day of the n.c.a.a.arch-tournament and my practice is a little battered. we went to think the museum. we think general petraeus and his team for helping us to build this event. a special thanks to the ceo of the museum and we are indebted to him and the museum for presiding -- providing the forum. thank you tuesday that the new america foundation. this is a ritualistic thing. this is important. please silence yourself phones, iphone, and every other if electronic device so we do not interfere with the conversation. you have the ability to bring your own questions to general petraeus. "the national journal" staff will circle around taking your questions which will bee filtered. not filtered -- [laughter] >> he said filtered. [laughter] >> as you can tell, i did not surprising patrick's day. they will not be filtered. they will be put into the ipad which i will then quite elegantly years in 30 minutes and we will have those questions and mine for general petraeus after the first half are which will be led