southwest region top seed kansas eliminating illinois. jay hawks play richmond next. >>> southwest regions 10 seeded florida state seminoles just hammer the fighting irish. seminols are one of the top defensive team. florida state wins by 14, noter dame the only number two seed to not reach the sweet 16. so florida state will face virginia commonwealth friday at san antonio. this will make the first time ever that a number 10 and a number 11 seed meet in the ncaa tournament. that's strange but true. >>> two pack ten schools played today. one team moved on, the other let it pass on. lavender drained the three. brown gives it is texas the lead. 69-67, but the cats don't panic. under 16 second left. watch him just attack the basket. derrick williams scores to tie the game and he gets fouled. derrick williams is a sophomore but looks like a senior. here comes jacoven taking his time. jacoven in good, no whistle, no foul, no come back. arizona hangs on 70-69. arizona reaches the sweet 16 for the seventh time in a row. >>> north carolina head c

in the southwest region this afternoon, richmond and moorehead, a battle of cinderellas.an diego state and temple are tied at 61 in double-overtime. >>> time for the women's. stanford, the top guns in the west, hosting uc davis. march mass -- march madness for the stanford fans. peterson, steps up. cardinal up. then it's ogwumike, spinning down low. that's pretty. stanford up 12. end over the half. the three-ball makes it 42-30 stanford at the half. and candace wiggins loving it. have the highlights at 6:00. >>> looks like stanford will advance and face st. john's. >>> to golf. third round play of the transitions championship in tampa bay. the pga tour rookie, second time he has ever made the cut. check out the shot on the par-3 8th. ace! 5-under 66. 11-under. two off the lead. your leader, justin rose, his approach on 15. sticks it to within five feet. he has a one-stroke league going into sunday's final round. >>> a's highlights and roger federer has met his match for the third straight time. and men and women won in sacram ♪ ♪ hello sunshine ♪ sweet as you can be ♪ iov

the southwest regional finals, rams came out smoking. vcu up 10. later in the half, money from deep. the rams hit nine 3s in the first half and led by as manying a 18. the jayhawks rally in the second half. morris driving baselinele reverse, he had 20. then off the steal, taylor, the fly-in for the gentlemen kansas cuts the lead to two. but vcu had the answer. rodriguez to burgess. rams back up eight and they shock the world, moving on the final four to meet butler. >> nobody really thought we could win going into the game, but these guys believed we could win. they knew we could win, and we talked before the game about how nobody else really matters what they think. that's really been our theme. >> mike: in the east final, kentucky and north carolina, into the first half. brandon knight. buries the 3. kentucky up 8 at the half. carolina battled back. barnes driving baseline. pretty reverse. he had 18. tar heels within four. under 3:00 to play. it's knight again, the clutch 3. he had 22. wildcats up three. on the other end, off the miss. tyler zoeh

. >> the southwest region, richmond defeats moorehead state, and in the west, san diego state survived in double-overtime over temple. moves on. in the southeast, in the second butler and pittsburgh, tied at 70, and byu and gonzaga. still underway, 56-4 # that -- 56-4 # that score. >> brian wilson has been sidelined with a mild strain of his left oblique muscle and oblique injuries can linger. he hurt it thursday against the angels. had an mri and will be re-evaluated on monday. g-men facing the royals today in scottsdale, barry zito on the hill. got help from the defense. sandoval with that line drive. quicker with the lighter wait. bottom two, cody ross, postseason form. his third homer of the spring and the giants are on top in the fourth, buster, has liftoff. that one is leaving the yard as well. giants win their 18th game of the spring, 3-1 the final. >> over to phoenix, a's and white sox, trevor cahill making his case to be an opening, day starter. went 6-1/3. ryan sweeney is batting .5 33 this spring. a's win that one big, 8-3. to golf, third round play of the transitions champi

louisville, cardinals fourth seed in the southwest region playing moorehead state.hin two. and forget the tie. he's going for the lead tlchl is the three. and louisville in bounds with 4.2 seconds left. you make the call here. is he fouled? no call. rejected at the buzzer. >> there is a media time out. coaching saying look at it, he dreamed about this last night. he said i know where i'm going. and i don't want you to go driving through the hole. i want to you pull up and win the game. he told me in a media time out. i said coach i'm going hit the shot he did. will be the 13th seeded team against richmond. and kevin anderson on fire against vanderbilt. three for the tie and lead. then, this moving 25 for mr. anderson. and there is 69-66 with a classic. and there is is a fade away and last second magic against old dough minutinnin. there is is a lay in, finishes for 20. and there is a final shot, and lays it in. and time expires. bull dogs advance in a thriller. >> and there no doubt we're going win it butler meets pittsburgh next. and unc asheville's rain is ever kn

southwest region, florida state taking care of texas a&m. chris singleton, six 10 jumper from the wing. bj holmes, learning to live with rejection. and there is 57-50, and notre dame tested by akron but they advance z dodgers got a look at the minor league player of the year today. this video presented with our special strobe lighting affect. jeff supone continues to struggle allowed 10 runs in eight innings, and there is four no-hit innings for dodgers and a's have been destroyed by the white sox and what happened? it was bad. the earthquakes open a new season tomorrow night hosting salt lake, making playoffs last year, hoping to build on that. they held and only to find classic british weather, here. >> came back from england to play and it's raining and cold. it's almost better sometimes to play out, you know, you can run for every one. so this is not a bad thing. >> he can run forever. >> they don't find. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us. >> have a great evening. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. captioned b

an earthquake there has shook a province in the country's southwest region near the myanmar border.fatalities at this hour. at least a dozen so far. china's news agency says it was a magnitude 5.8 quake that literally leveled a supermarket. >>> members of nato meet today to address the deadly unrest libya but no immediate decision at iming several oil ins bur1 o cameraman were detained at a checkpoint monday and held for nearly a day. they said they saw some rebel prisoners who were tortured while being held. team of journalists who were literally held by gadhafi's loyalists. a bbc correspondent and his cameraman were detained at a checkpoint monday and held for nearly a day. they said they saw some rebel prisoners who were tortured while being held. the journalists were accused of being spies and subjected to a mock execution. >> i just closed my eyes and asked my god to help me. >> i heard a lot of screaming. and i can't describe. it was horrible. the worst thing i've ever seen. in my life. and i've seen a lot of bad stuff. >> they are safe now and have all since left libya. >>> w

beating kansas in the southwest reg -- regional finals. later in the half, money from deep. the rams hit nine 3s in the first half. the jayhawks rally in the second half. moore, driving baseline, reverse. he had 20. then off the steal, taylor, flying in for the jam. kansas would cut the lead to two. but vcu had an answer. shot clock winding down, rodriguez to burgess. rams back up eight and shocked the world, moving on to the final four to meet butler, knocking out the final number one seed. >> in the east, kentucky and north carolina into the first half. knight, buries the three. kentucky up 8. carolina would come back. barnes driving baseline. spectacular reverse. he had 18. tar heels within four. game tied at 67. the freshman with the clutch 3. on the other end, off the miss, zoehler with the putback. tar heels down one. 40 seconds left. coming up large. the 3-ball from the corner. kentucky wins it 76-69 and will meet uconn in the final four. no number one or number two seed in the final four. >>> to the women, stanford held off north carolina last night. they play gonzag

big 12 champion kansas is the second number one seed in the southwest region.is the third number one seed in the southeast and defending national champion duke is the fourth number one seed in the west region. for more sports news and information, go to cbssports.com ,,,,,,,, >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." captioning funded by cbs, and ford-- built for the road ahead. ♪ i have clients say it's really hard to save for the future and they've come to a point where it's overwhelming. oh gee, i'm scared to tell you i've got this amount of credit card debt or i've got a 15-year-old and we never got around to saving for their college. that's when i go to work. we talk, we start planning. we can fix this. when clients walk out of my office they feel confident about their retirement. [ male announcer ] visit ameriprise.com and put a confident retirement more within reach. [ male announcer ] why do so many car companies compare themselves to camry? maybe it's because camry is the #1 selling car in america. and n

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watched the game on the big screen in their home arena as the rams beat top-seeded kansas in southwest regionalutler next saturday. another surprise. the other national semifinal will pit connecticut against kentucky. not as improbable. but the most -- >> share that stat. this says it all. >> this is incredible. we were talking about espn, 5.9 million people enter their brackets. only two had this foursome going on to the final four. >> that says it all. only two. man. >> i don't feel so bad. >> a lot of busted brackets out there. congrats to vcu. enjoy the moment. we'll be back after this. ♪ tonight's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ tonight's going to be a good night ♪ night ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] if you want to just push messes around dishcloths are just fine. for a better shot at getting surfaces clean, you'll want bounty extra soft. in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3x cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the w

a police officer at the southwest regional airport. >> raising questions as to what people she's hangingith, how did this gun get in her possession and why did she threaten to kill her mother? >> reporter: 17-year-old rachel is now charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. deputies say when they recovered the weapon from her purse they also found some illegal drugs, and we reached out to her attorney. he said he had no comment. meredith, her mother said she didn't want to comment either. >> kerry sanders, thank you very much. >>> it's 7:33. here's matt. >> thank you. oscar-winning actor george clooney could be called to testify at the upcoming sex and corruption trial of italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. nbc's michelle kosinski is in milan with details on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt. the case is so sordid it's almost embarrassing to explain in detail. this is the prime minister of italy we're talking about. he will stand trial april 6 and his lawyer says among the dozens of witnesses they'll call for his defense, george cloo

arizona gets memphis and the southwest usc faces virginia commonwealth in a wednesday play in game. the winner earns the region's will battle mitch meche state -- michigan state in the southwest. and in the california community college championship, a tip in in the final second and it lift had them to a two-point win. first title and jc knocks off the women of ccsf,52-45. after shutting down dwight howard, they made the t-wolves disappear. a nice father-son moment. but that was his only field goal. the warriors hold to to six-0 and the streak ends at 53 games. here is monty and he had 16 and they were up five. warriors up 16. and then curry and behind the back and then he alley-oops with a stick jam. he had a game high 24 and it was a 177 victory. >>> we will take a break before we show you the rematch of last year's world series. and there was another win over texas. cactus league action as we continue. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase w

here in the southwest there's a an nexus with a diverse region and a variety of species and the most quickest growing regions of the country. that generated a lot of conflict over the endangered species act. why is a state like arizona so bilogically diverse? a lot of people who don't live here don't realize that because of the deserts. a lot has to do with elevation. this map shows you the state and the colors are shaded according to the elevation above sea level. over here in yuma in the southwestern state you're at sea level, and here in flagstaff, the san fransisco peaks and big mountains, they are at 11,000 feet high. there's a big difference in elevation. you also see that with precipitation. this map shows you how much rain is expected to fall in an average year. over in the western deserts in yuma the average rainfall is 3 inches a year. here on mt. gram, it's over 36 inches a year, much of that falling as snow in the winter. a big difference in elevation and diverse climate. that translates into a very incredible array of ecosystems and has habitat. this is a simplification

what potential impact could this have on the southwest border region and specifically on taxes, whichs in close proximity to one of the deadly cities in mexico, where about eight murders occur every day. guest: governor perry -- you are absolutely correct. there was a proposal in the c.r., in the amendment, that would cut border security by hundreds of millions of dollars. what was amazing to me -- this was from a group of people in the majority who had been talking about how we need to invest more, but they wanted to make cuts. there was also an issue about the purchases of long rifles. along the border, we've seen that. the united states agent that was killed on the other side of the border was killed with a gun that was purchased in dallas. there was an amendment in the same c.r., the one that i voted against. the point is that there were in disastrous cuts. if you said, could you find $61 billion to cut? i would say, yes. we should consolidate the nasa effort and we could save money, but we should not make foolish cuts. that's the issue. cutting border security at a time when you

here in the southwest there's a an nexus with a diverse region and a variety of species and the most quickest growing regions of the country. that generated a lot of conflict over the endangered species act. why is a state like arizona so bilogically diverse? a lot of people who don't live here don't realize that because of the deserts. a lot has to do with elevation. this map shows you the state and the colors are shaded according to the elevation above sea level. over here in yuma in the southwestern state you're at sea level, and here in flagstaff, the san fransisco peaks and big mountains, they are at 11,000 feet high. there's a big difference in elevation. you also see that with precipitation. this map shows you how much rain is expected to fall in an average year. over in the western deserts in yuma the average rainfall is 3 inches a year. here on mt. gram, it's over 36 inches a year, much of that falling as snow in the winter. a big difference in elevation and diverse climate. that translates into a very incredible array of ecosystems and has habitat. this is a simplification

my entire region in southwest washington has been suffering under double digit unemployment for multiple years. in my district's largest county, clark county, the jobless rate hovers between 13% and 14%, and that's reported. dollar lot of people who have stopped reporting. i know we're not unique. the entire country is depending on congress to make job creation a serious priority and by passing this bill today, we're showing the people of southwest washington and across america that we're taking them very seriously. as i meet with small business owners in my dict they express two major sentiments to me over and over again. fear and uncertainty. they're afraid and uncertain about what this government is going to do to them next. what i'd like to do today is eliminate the uncertainty around this 1099 mandate. small businesses from across my district continue to ask me for predictability from their government when it comes to regulations and taxes. instead of fear, increased bureaucracy or higher costs, i'm committed to providing them with that predictability. by voting to repeal the paperw

region. the southeast is recovering from heavy rain. and clear skies stretch from the great lakes to the southwest. >>> here is another look at our top storywerful earthquake that hit northeast japan overnight has caused major damage. it also triggered a tsunami that has swept away buildings, trucks, cars and ships. the video is pretty remarkable. an unknown number of injuries are being reported, and power is disrupted to millions. so let's take you live to the scene by phone. cbs radio correspondent lucy craft joins us. lucy, give us an indication of what is happening there right now in tokyo. >> well, the last i checked, which was a few minutes ago, we had reports of 16 deaths, 11 injuries, and undoubtedly that figure will climb quite substantially. but so far the reports of death and injury are quite spotty. it's very difficult to get a sense of what's happening. we've had reports of fires, of houses and buildings collapsing. but it's really hard to get a handle on how extensive the damage is so far. >> we are seeing remarkable video. not only of the damage by the tsunami but the fires that you talk about, and the buildings that have ju

that is not every region as my fellow authors describe. we are a fragile area in the southwest and subtropics but for the world as a cold precipitation rates would generally doubled during those warmer periods and dropped to have during the ice ages. that has its own lessons learned on what the vegetation does because basically forced and wetlands or expanding during those hot house periods. we had gone redwood forests in the arctic circle and the tropics still had tropical forests in places they have looked at. it does seem to be a humid, hot and humid time. during the ice ages the forests in the north contracted, they were plowed over by a eighth sheets so we lost a lot of those forests. the tropics with less rainfall tended to turn into savannah or grassland. it this area was lush during the ice age which is why we are concerned here about the temperature rises because higher temperature means higher evaporation rates. munson means can evaporate. that is the background information. we are destroying coastal wetlands which are especially important and we have been building ci

a magnitude 5.8 quake centered at a region on the myanmar border in southwest china.d supermarket killing 22 people and injuring more than 200. >>> a perfect finish to the space shuttle "discovery's" final flight. it glided to a lachbdsing yesterday at the kennedy space center. it's being retired after 27 years and will go on display at washington's air and space museum. >>> katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. how to stop cyber bullying and protect kids from threats and intimidation. we'll speak with one family who was too late to help their own daughter from being harassed on-line. so that story and more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >>> and at 8:05 we send it took about erica and chris. guys. >> jeff, thanks. >> now we want to talk a little bit more weather. we know what we're talking about today, what people in the northeast are talking about today, what they will be talking about tomorrow. marysol castro is here with another check of the bad weather moving into this region at leas

region to dry out. >>> in the southeast this morning, recovery efforts are under way following a severe weather system that spawned a series of tornadoes. at least two twisters touched down in southwest alabama, causing some minor injuries. and at least three tornadoes hit southeast louisiana. >> busted open and were beat being back and forth. wind was blowing through my house. my back window exploded. we ran to the bathroom and all of a sudden here comes my son flying through the front door running like he's on top of the heisman trophy and all of my neighbor's house is flying around him. >> states of emergency have been declared in alabama and louisiana. one woman was killed in a house fire in mississippi, believed to be caused by a lightning strike. >>> a house homeland security committee opens hearings this morning on homegrown terrorism. specifically, questions about the radicalization of the american muslim community. even before the gavel dropped, the hearings have triggered heated debate. susan mcginnis is in washington with much more on this. good morning, susan. >> hi, good morning, betty. these hearings that start later this morning could be a key moment in this controvers

that is not every region as my fellow authors describe. we are a fragile area in the southwest and subtropics but for the world as a cold precipitation rates would generally doubled during those warmer periods and dropped to have during the ice ages. that has its own lessons learned on what the vegetation does because basically forced and wetlands or expanding during those hot house periods. we had gone redwood forests in the arctic circle and the tropics still had tropical forests in places they have looked at. it does seem to be a humid, hot and humid time. during the ice ages the forests in the north contracted, they were plowed over by a eighth sheets so we lost a lot of those forests. the tropics with less rainfall tended to turn into savannah or grassland. it this area was lush during the ice age which is why we are concerned here about the temperature rises because higher temperature means higher evaporation rates. munson means can evaporate. that is the background information. we are destroying coastal wetlands which are especially important and we have been building ci

southwest, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. in the nation's heartland, rain and showers across the region, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s,torms all across that zone. also, into the northeast, it is calm this morning, with mostly-clear skies and temperatures in the upper 40s and 50s.ri it's really hot, right here in northern california. >> it's definitely hot right here. >>> it is hard to believe that one of the best-selling female artists of all time is just -- >> -- 29 years old. >> that's it. britney spears, just 29. and she started performing as a child. it didn't take long for her style and for her appeal to draw fans of all pages and the ageless chris connelly takes a look at britney, then and now. ♪ everybody's talking all this stuff about me ♪ ♪ why won't ♪ i will live my life ♪ i'm stronger >> reporter: she's been a vital part of the pop landscape for more than a dozen years. and she's still just 29. ♪ i'm not a girl >> reporter: her look has transformed and matured without ever losing its sizzle. her live performances push boundaries. and provoke conversation. ♪ oh, baby, baby oh, baby, baby ♪ >> reporter: and t