hopkins played host to syracuse saturday night at 8:00.the first-ever, primetime meeting in baltimore. last stop. 50-1 long shot. jockey anthony mowing in green on st. paddy's. got to be a winner. does it overtime. misspeaks, earning green. more than $200 on a $2 bet in the 8th race at laurel today. >> mary is clapping. she must have had money on her. >> i wish. i wish. >>> stay with us. we'll be right back. we all know someone who's always prepared... to "doctor up" their food so it tastes... just the way they like it. oooh... but there's no doctoring needed with mcdonald's... hmmm... new mcbistro chicken sandwich. juicy grilled or crispy chicken breast -- perfectly seasoned and hooked up... with deluxe toppings plus white cheddar. mmm... but leave the sauce bottles at home, 'cause you've got options like creamy ranch. honey, you're not gonna be needing that. - she's right. - i told you. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> tonight, a hit episode of csi new york, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. and the first round of the ncaa tournament tips off in

top seed in the west syracuse taking on gonzaga. second half, syracuse hammers gonzaga 87-65. the orange will face butler in the sweet 16. >>> the second seed west virginia taking on number 10 missouri in the east. second half, leading by 3. west virginia led by 6. another big game for butler. dives into the lane and has a game high 28. west virginia defeats missouri 68-58. next up for the mountaineers washington in the sweet 16. >>> first round ever the women's ncaa tournament, virginia facing number 12 wisconsin green bay. final seconds, off the miss, monica scores on her second attempt. she had a game high 34 but it wasn't enough. virginia upset by wisconsin green bay 69-67. >>> when we return, the biggest question on the hilltop. will the hoyas' big man say hello to the nba? a status report on greg monroe when we come back.  >>> back on. there is one silver lining in georgetown's disappointing loss to ohio in the first round ever the ncaa tournament. the hoyas had no seniors on this year's squad. of course that doesn't guarantee that everyone will be back. of

it was one of those games syracuse came back and you said, syracuse is going to win by 15. butler came back, took the lead, went on a big run in the last minute of the game and finished off syracuse. now we have kansas and syracuse both out of the tournament. kentucky rolled over cornell last night. >> was it ever close? >> cornell took a 10-2 lead early. you said, wow, this is going to be great. from that point on kentucky went on a 30-6 run to end the half. they never looked back. they were up 16 in the first. one of those cases where they're too big, too fast, too strong. cornell, what a great run for the sweet 16. kentucky plays west virginia. west virginia won big last night. butler -- who did butler beat last night? >> they beat syracuse. >> no, kansas state in double overtime. butler plays kansas state in the other regional. >> i'm sorry, i thought you said who butler beat. >> syracuse. >> isn't that terrible? >> the big east. i thought the big east was going to be so great. >> a big flop. >> the big losers. i just did that off the top of my head, willie. big losers.

syracuse cranked up a notch. syracuse to the sweet 16 with 87-65 victory.state led georgia tech by six. the buckeyes with about -- ohio state begone 75-66. nascar continues the early season run on the little short tact -- little short track in bristol, tennessee. then you get relatively tiny accidents. it's like robert cars at the beach. sliding into the wall and then sliding into jeff gordon, taking out a handful of drivers. here is the finish -- defending nascar champion, jimmy johnson, winning. the national speed the marlins, 9-7, the fourth when of spring training. the seasonopens two weeks from tomorrow at home against the phillies. i don't know if it would have been worse if they lost by a lot -- i think this was worse. it was marked more heartbreaking. -- was much more heartbreaking. >> i'm expecting angry phone calls because i'm wearing this should stay green it was an act that. >> you thought it was st. patrick's day. the miracle of high-speed internet is changing our lives in ways we never thought possible. helping us to connect, and learn, and in

number five upsets top seeded syracuse. number five is butler. they beat syracuse 63-59.izards guard gilbert arenas will be sentenced tomorrow in d.c. superior court on one felony account of violatin d.c.'s strict gun laws. the judge will decide whether arenas does jail time or gets probation. i'm dave feldman. will will be back to wrap up the edge right after this. >>> taking the edge off with a little eye candy. this is video from the victoria secreim

next syracuse plays putler on thursday in salt lake city. so exciting. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and the right of spring. gas prices creep up as we approach summer driving season. g? (announcer) the sinus triple threat. (announcer) not just sinus headache... ahhhh! but pressure... and congestion. introducing sudafed pe® triple action™. for more complete relief from the sinus triple threat. sudafed pe® triple action™. more complete relief. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today it's weather. heavy rain will be be developing across the mid-atlantic states. remains dry and sun any over the southern plains an southwest and the northwest will see more scattered showers this afternoon.d southwest and the northwest will see more scattered showers this afternoon. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. the house passed his tore rhis rick health care reform legislation that president obama could sign as early as tomorrow. a second bell that changes the first was sent to the senate. >>> and tiger wood

butler advances, downing syracuse 63-59. 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

syracuse taking on gonzaga off the miss. the orange break.tion half, the sharpshooter got red hot. four of his five three point es. syracuse hammers gonzaga 87-65. the orange will face butler in the sweet 16. and the maryland women defeated east carolina 87-52 to advance to the third round of the n.i.t. cornell out of the ivy league have never won a ncaa game. >> march madness, loving t. thanks, feldy. >>> that does it for us at 6:00. we're back later tonight at 10:00 and the news edge at 11:00. home you are too. 

andray blatche grew up in syracuse and he plays great everywhere. fun facts as the wizards travel to jersey. the second hafshgs andray blatche left all alone and takes advantage. look out. a career high 36 points, 15 boards, cut the deficit to 2. late third quarter tied at 63, earl boykin to al thornton. no foul called. he had 20. wizards with the first lead since the first quarter. now we're in the fourth quarter. tied at 79. wiz unable to connect. shot clock winding down. nets go to terrence williams with the easy dunk and new jersey back in front by 2. wizards cling to a 2-point lead. randy ford never good at home until now. newark, new jersey in the house. randy with your speed buck stagger wizards rally to defeat the nets 89-85. >>> virginia hosting duke without leading scorer sylvan landisburg. john shire drops to to kyle singler. blue devils up 14 at the half. john shire knocks it awaned and dives after the loose blue devils get the lay in. the cavaliers have lost seven straight. >>> the maryland women entered the season finale winners over f

younger brother, chris, plays on a much, much better team, syracuse. the number-one seed, rolled over 16th seed vermont to advance. so after the first round of the tournament, so how your bracket doing? president obama's doing pretty well. he picked 25 of the first 32 games correctly, only seven wrong. espn has 4.8 million online bracketen trees, none are -- bracket entries, none are perfect. only three have missed one. >>> steelers team president art rooney ii is taking the wait-and-see approach when it comes to the ben roethlisberger situation. his star quarterback is under investigation after being accused ofexually assaulting a 20-year-old college student two weeks ago. rooney said if it was summertime the steelers may have to be thinking and doing somethin different. but at the moment they're in a situation to let te investigation play out and then go from there. >>> the saints are raising ticket prices for next season. expect to pay about $10 more. i know what you're thinking, though. win the super bowl, jack up prices. the team is quick to point

they withstood a rally from top seeded syracuse who was a man down, 63-59.double overtime. it was easily the game of the night before closing out the musketeers from ohio. backcourt combining 53 points in the win. that first overtime was some of the most pure great shooting you're going to see. west virginia lost to an injury, didn't stop the steam from moving to elite eight. went into halftime behind but came out and disposed of washington and huskies from the northwest. favorite, kentucky made short work of cinderella big red, only 16 points in the first half making it easy for the wildcats the rest of the way. some fun little matchup, kentucky, west virginia. tomorrow on the elite eight. go boilermakers. let's see another indiana team beat duke. >> is that for david shuster. >> any time you say anti-duke things a lot of things, including david shuster will be fired up about that. >> david shuster next, andrea mitchell at 1:00. have a great weekend and we'll see you monday. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 mi

how about syracuse it? butler is a real deal. they have now won 23 straight games.y 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 for lost checks. he doesn't have budget to waste. but he does have digital currency.

syracuse keeps on going. >> get the r in there. >> i messed that up. come on. sorry, guys.sha are going to tease me about this. and i got kansas state down here. >> tougher team. you have seen frank martin's menacing glare? >> he's a scary 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 v

. >> syracuse for me. >> i should have been listening to this guy. don't want to offend anyone in purdue, but they're not winning. >> no one in kansas thought -- >> that's true. you never know. >> 1 in 13 million. i want to meet this kid. >> he would have won a lot of money if he put money on it. let's talk with what's going on weather wise out there. two big storms. one hit new england yesterday with the heavy rain, the other is what's going on in the middle of the nation. this is cold enough for a big-time snowstorm. the radar, all of it here, the front range has been getting nailed with one to two feet of snow. take a look. this is denver, colorado, the interstates. they're telling people to stay off of them. it is still snowing hard. at one point last night they had thundersnow. there was reports of lightning in the area. so once again, colorado, this is what happens in march. you may even get another snow event coming up friday into saturday. so here's the forecast. east coast looking pretty good. the storm leaves new england during the day. lot

top-seeded syracuse. taking on georgetown. are trying to play for a higher seed in the ncaa tournament. monroe with the bucket there. wright with the lob to freeman. georgetown pulls the upset, 91-84. >> if he can't play in the tournament, it definitely hurts syracuse on the inside. they still wesley johnson, big east player of the year. >> we've got some more action from here at staples r. ca movto t semi to na? eyat oto d . ever why e fr es b ♪ continues to be l be x we d thness it took the best beer in america award. nobody had tried an amereer thathat kiflavor. yea, jitill obsessed with lag sam adams lager continues dalsver rld. that's pretty cool. ime hink get a grip on the new kfc boneless filet. our meatiest piece of boneless chicken ever... with a side, biscuit, and drink for just 5 bucks. unthink. and taste the unbucket side of kfc. randle that is, round him. we have christopher averaging 16 points per game. of course, randle and there's theo robertson. wait, there is more. we have boykin. over the last two weeks, he'

and i'm calling on the big red nation to all show up in syracuse.en a great tournament. >> you can anchor from there that morning. you don't have to take the day off. >> excuse me? i may not be in the condition to do so. >> well do bacome back to th"th show," everybody. this has been talked about for a year. the big vote was last night. coming up, the concerns and the hopes of four people who have to live with health care reform and we'll try to separate fact from fiction. >> and the incredible life and death story on how two stars intervened on twitter and saved a teenager who was slet thing suicide. he contacted demi moore, knee. and they helped save the teen. >> but first into the news desk with betty nguyen. >>> good morning. as early as tomorrow, president obama will sign historic health care reform legislation passed by congress. now, most democrats are he can stat ecstatic, but not one republican supported the measure. chip reid has the details. >> reporter: they needed 216 votes in the house to pass health care reform and acceptse the presid

. >>> syracuse, kentucky, maryland, kansas. nobody you know is in the final four! who is headed to indianapolis? next. >> 6:35. we've got a look now at stevenson. when are they going to get their ticket to the big dance? when? 54 degrees now. we are looking at some pretty thick fog and rain making a return so. it's wet around the region. that is going to slow down your commute this morning. >>> here's kim brown. >> for the most part the major roads not looking too bad. traffic flowing freely on the west side of the beltway at frederick road. you'll see slowing on the outer loop between 795 and i-70. quick peek at the maps, still working a crash in northerly laurel, route 216 at all saints road. police in the process of clearing that. and drive times look pretty good as well, southbound 95 from various points -- it's not going to take you that much longer to make it around. just road spray and fog maybe slowing you up. now let's check the buses and trains with mark jones. >> good morning. you'll find the number 21 wusa -- bus with a diversion southbound at caroline

when they handed him a bus ticket today to syracuse, he kind of knew he was out of the running. mock are the last two pitchers standing for that job. not on jupiter. john lannon in his last start. looking pretty good. just two unearned runs for him. getting some help from that man, christian guzman trying to play his way back into the starting lineup. rbi triple there. he started at second today. guzman is asked to take them 9- 6. >>> meanwhile back at home, all kinds of improvements at nationals park for monday's opening day. most of it is food related. there are new healthy options this year like vegetable wraps and yogurt parfaits. or if you would like the 7th inning stretch to refer to your pants, there is the new two- pound pretzel called the victory knot. that is a chicken sandwich wrapped if many waffles with syrup drizzled over the top. i have heard of chicken and waffles. i have never heard that as the bread with the syrup on top. >> did you eat that? >> i would eat that if i knew i was going to be shot, execution style the next day and not have to live with myself. >>

and as tempting as the author to come to syracuse in winter actually was, i knew that i would not say no when i look on the list of other attendees and thought it would be speaking later in the afternoon and it was none other than john poindexter. and that's like a fairly small crowd. there wasn't going to be any other press in attendance. so of course i went. i was on the plane is in effect you get there. now mind you, i didn't know what john poindexter the site. in fact, i had never seen a a picture of the man taken after 1986 at the iran-contra hearing. he's at the j.d. salinger of the spy world, right this recluse soundbites. so annoyed with the sky looks like as far as i know he does not know what i look like, but i get into a room about the size and in putting down my back and the other attendees are coming in and i hear this voice behind me say, shane harris and a turnaround in a sea of face and a name tag and i kind of jumped and laugh and say hello, john poindexter, how nice to meet you. so thank if accurate if accurate is, in face to face the evil genius himself and i'm expe

. >> i have syracuse winning. i'm the only one apparently. >> after losing i'm like i'm sceptical now. are you a fan. you are doing it by mascots? >> no. and. and the time and i had help from my husband. and. >> and we had advice and. >> it wins. >> and quick filling out the brackets? >> and and choose to play and particularly if you beat us you gate chance to meet us. and you win $190 million. >> and we're excited about it. and a lot of people. we have some fun videos we have if you want to go there. and. >> this is funny i will say that. >> and just go to the web site. >> say it. >> so be fun. >> and it is the cbs sports line. >> get what you want. >> and and and thank you very much. >>> hope to spend a day with you. >> i know who you are going for. >> if i win i may opt for both of you. >> well be there. >> and the beltway. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> here are the updates from sharon. >>> the next five days. well above and, we're at 69. 73 on saturday a chance of showers think group to 71. a warm up back in the 70s by the

duke verses syracuse. that's coming up next in "sports unlimited." >>> terpins were upset early on.y had extra time to reflect on that game and get ready for the big dance, hoping not to have a repeat. they had no problem getting past houston last night, advancing to the second round of the tournament. early in the first, terps' down two in transition. game tied at six. the story of the game, though, was rebounds and the player of the game was jordan williams. williams brings it in and puts it back. later he follows his own -- uses the glass to his advantage. jordan had ten points and ten boards in the first half. he's still not done. with the terps' u7 four, he fights for the loose ball urpth and lays it in. maryland up six. under five seconds in the half, adam brown takes it across midcourt. launches a prayer and it rattles in. take another look at the last second as time expires. maryland only led by two at the break. second half terps' up one. vasquez with the behind-the-back pass. maryland up four. back to the big man. williams running the four. gets behind the defense and thro

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maryann, syracuse, your first up. >> -- caller: midmorning. -- good morning.dit for businesses. i was wondering about your guests opinion on the argument that the fda should be having that money so they can do direct funding or if should be going to the banks. my opinion is that the banks had a chance at this already. small business is a big deal in this country. fda to set up to do more assessment for small businesses. that is where i would prefer to see ago. what do you folks think? guest: a good point. by the way, i grew up in the syracuse area, right outside of steny at less -- skinnyatlas. one of the problems we have seen in the wake of these questions, rules that were rightly intended for large banks, rightly intended to realistically value their assets, having a consequence that no one intended, basically that there was much less savings. what we have seen in the big business sector, we have had to bankroll our suppliers to make sure that they had access to capital. getting small business access to capital is very important. ideally the best thing that

is the question of how did the georgetown team that beat two of the tournaments number one team syracusea team 7-9 in the american conference. the bobcats looked more like a big east powerhouse especially from downtown. ohio was red hot from 3 point land sinking 13 of their 23 attempts. the bobcats got double digit scoring from four of their five starters. when you look at georgetown, they had 18 turnovers coupled with the fact that two of their starters hit double digit. georgetown found itself in a 19 point hole at one point and never got closer than 7. the end result, a first round boot from the tournament in 13 years. >> started off slow and them playing as well as they were and we gave them that confidence. it's hard when a team has that confidence to try to get back. >> we had a couple of slow starts this season. we knew we couldn't do that. we did come out that way and we dug ourselves holes. some games we can bring ourselves back and some games we can't. a good team like that it's hard to come back from being down. >> something we tried, they got an answer. we got down, pushed, c

zathe in thest with -- west, butler and syracuse followed by xavier and kansas city. regional, washington-west virginia. cornell will take on kentucky. that's what's coming next week. we'll look for you then. for all of us here at cbs, greg gumbel, see you then. online, and then i went in to an h&r block. when i get there, and he told me my refund, it was $2,000 more than what i had found on my own. surprise ! tax laws are always changing, so doing your taxes alone isn't for everyone. i went to h&r block. you know, somebody that i can have confidence in. if you want to make sure nothing is missed, choose the pros at h&r block, just like isis and half a billion others did. h&r block. get it right. i'm going to have one of these under 550 calorie meals. [ male announcer ] applebee's new unbelievably great-tasting and under 550 calories menu. it's all the taste and none of the trade offs. that's under 550 calories? [ male announcer ] and it's another reason why, there's no place like the neighborhood. how drivers can get discounts up to 40 percent. i -- your neighbors ca

they have a tough game against syracuse saturday night.l have details ahead. >> there's no more snow babies. >> i was just going to say that. >> we're getting closer to may. >> it was all behind them, chg. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. >>> not far enough. the death of a baby in druid hill park exposed a loophole and a law designed to protect children. >> certainly, we would hope to be able to prevent any tragedy like this. >> now, the state is taking quick action to close that loophole. i'm mike hellgren, with the i'm mike hellgren, with the fix. ,,,, i'm mike hellgren, with the fix. ,,,, yeah, but... what.. happened to the back there? well, here's the thing: this was the only "sporty two-seater" they had on my budget. uh-huh. and the seats go all the way back. (announcer) settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting more car for your money at carmax. for the money you'd spend on a stripped down new car, you could get a fully loaded, guaranteed-quality used car at carmax. now more than ever, the smart choice is ca

duffy in rochester, minor in syracuse, brown in buffalo having these challenges. rights, to go back to your point, professor, the senate health bill imposes the most fundamental measures on abortion -- >> i have been deeply critical of these -- >> but you support the bill? >> oh, well, actually, i am deep, deeply critical and have written regularly about what it feels like to have precisely the kind of democrats that you are on the right who have been pulling this agenda, even as we have a democratic majority -- >> but i was opposed to it. >> oh, no, i understand that your positions have moved on these -- >> no, no, my positions have never moved on choice. i've always been pro-choice. it was an effort to try to -- my only point this, put me out of it. i'm not your problem. you're supporting a health business that imposes the most fundamental restrictions on abortion that we have seen in the last 50 years. >> i absolutely supported you in tennessee. i'm glad to see you're not running in this race in new york. although i've said here on this show -- >> you know why

six months past from syracuse university there is at a panel on home as security the 22 talk about the media's role to explain how a security topics but -- as tempting as it was, i knew that i would not say no when i look down the list of other attendees who i saw would be speaking later and none other than john poindexter. it looked like a small crowd, no other press so of course, i went per or was on the plane as soon as i could get there. i did not know what he looked like i had never seen a picture of the man taken after 1986 procopius like the j.d. salinger of the of spiraled. [laughter] as far as i know he does not know what i look like. i am in of room this size. the other attendees are coming in and i hear a voice behind me say, shane harris. i turnaround and icy of voice -- i hear a voice and icf face and i jumper code john poindexter nice to me you. i am face to face i expect a the monaco and the bald head. [laughter] and i am immediately taken aback because standing before me is this placid very kindly old man who opens up a conversation by apologizing to me and says our wan

>> well, i'm trying to think about basketball and beating syracuse if i think about health care i get i'm accenting the positive. >> greta: we both graduated from the same law school, georgetown. >> you were probably a real student i was a humble night student so my basketball loyalties are more mid western. >> i don't like comparing grades. you have written an op-ed piece with a title that has a lot of people on fire. headlined: for now we better start adjusting to our new status as good europeans. what's with that governor? >> i didn't put the headline on throw way in the end. i'm trying to maybe make a serious point this bill is about more than health care. it's about what kind of citizens we will be, what kind of people we will be going forward. the premise of this bill is that government will decide for the rest of us. and we will submit to higher taxes, submit to waiting in long lines for health care. we will submit to our health care choices being made for us by wiser people, those who run the bureaucracies of the state. i think that's discouraging and regrettable. but, that's

. >> tim: that was mindful, mike of the one syracuse had in the game against kansas for the national championship. they had one. booker. no doubt about it. booker may put this one away. a shooter's touch. >> mike: this is a game that would have been better served on radio. but at the end of the day, it is a huge win for oliver purnell. much more important win for them. >> tim: the three. two huge plays by trevor booker. and andre young's performance, both at the end of the half and at the end of this game. the difference of florida state. and the final is clemson 53, florida state 50. what a big win for oliver purnell. >> mike: no question about it. it took a lot of heart to shed a really sub-par first half and come out and get the win. >> tim: well, for mike gminski, >> tim: well, for mike gminski, this is tim it't cth er knowold mus. you!of te! exc... what grndwithan ♪ yout habe so nice ♪ grndwithan welome, to warm up. obviously he is hurting and the coaching staff told us they did not know whether he will -- whether or not he'll play. hasn't practiced all week. >> rich: he's been

kansas is testimony one overall and number one in the midwest, syracuse leads the way in the west.e scc champion kentucky is testimony one in the east and duke in the south. a reminder catch the ncaa men's basketball tournament live on cbs and live on-line at ncaa madness on demand at cbssports.com. gg, >> pelley: now, a few minutes with andy rooney. >> rooney: i got an e-mail from a friend i never heard of the other day, suggesting i do a story about the trouble that our u.s. postal service is in. that's what the post office calls itself, the u.s. postal service. i don't take suggestions gracefully, but they're thinking about closing post offices to save money, and i think it's crazy. according to them, there are 37,000 post offices in the united states, and if they closed 10% of them, they could save $3 billion a year. they're also talking about reducing mail delivery from six to five days a week and, naturally, they thought about raising the price of stamps again, too. most of us don't like any of these solutions to the post offices' problem. the best mail is the letter from a f

fifth seed butler heading into halftime with a double digit lead over syracuse while 11th seed washingtonatch with second seed west virginia. later games pit sixth seed xavier against second seed kansas state. see if cinderella 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 f

kansas is testimony one overall and number one in the midwest, syracuse leads the way in the west.the scc champion kentucky is testimony one in the east and duke in the south. a reminder catch the ncaa men's basketball tournament live on cbs and live on-line at ncaa madness on demand at cbssports.com. ,,,, the best potatoes absolutely come from texas. we grow the best potatoes right here in california. the best potatoes come from new england. definitely michigan. nope. they come from florida. ♪ it's california. california? give me a break. the perfect chip every time. no, not michigan. have you seen those guys? -michigan. -michigan. it's florida. no sir. they come from texas. ♪ >> pelley: now, a few minutes with andy rooney. >> rooney: i got an e-mail from a friend i never heard of the other day, suggesting i do a story about the trouble that our u.s. postal service is in. that's what the post office calls itself, the u.s. postal service. i don't take suggestions gracefully, but they're thinking about closing post offices to save money, and i think it's crazy. according to them, th

the fifth seed in the midwest knocking out the top seed perennial power syracuse in the regional semifinals basketball tournament. butler advancing to the elite 8 for the first time in that school's history. it's now one win away from heading home to indianapolis for the final four. but standing in the way of the winner of this game, a thriller last night between the sixth seed savior and xavier and second seed kansas state. the sweet 16 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. a

maryann, syracuse, your first up. >> -- caller: midmorning. -- good morning.ndering about your guests opinion on the argument that the fda should be having that money so they can do direct funding or if should be going to the banks. my opinion is that the banks had a chance at this already. small business is a big deal in this country. fda to set up to do more assessment for small businesses. that is where i would prefer to see ago. what do you folks think? guest: a good point. by the way, i grew up in the syracuse area, right outside of steny at less -- skinnyatlas. one of the problems we have seen in the wake of these questions, rules that were rightly intended for large banks, rightly intended to realistically value their assets, having a consequence that no one intended, basically that there was much less savings. what we have seen in the big business sector, we have had to bankroll our suppliers to make sure that they had access to capital. getting small business access to capital is very important. ideally the best thing that could be done would be to gi

. >> i ask unanimous consent that the remarks i delivered at the american cancer society in east syracuse on tuesday of this week be submitted into the record in support of this historic health care reform bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from california for the purpose of a col key -- colloquy. oh, he's not here yet. mr. doggett, i think you are next, distinguished the gentleman from texas, for one minute. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: so very fearful of being held accountable, giant insurance monopoly has spent millions spewing out anger and fear. we have not seen such outlandish arguments since the forces that tried to block president johnson. for republicans, our bill is too long or it's too short. it's too thick or it's too thin. it's never just right, because their true answer to health insurance reform is never, never, never. our determined efforts should not be derided as a four-letter word, but you could certainly sum up our many, many pages

kansas, kentucky, syracuse, vilano like i said, kentucky taking it i have no science behind it, i'm notent likes g east, i like the big 12, there's a lot of that sort of thing in we got kansas, texas, k-state, great team with a great coach this year, i think duke will make it to the final four as well. and i like the president picked the national champions to be th they're going to be celebrating in lawrence, i know that. this isn't going to be just any flu season. and expectant mothers, children, and young adults are especially at risk for the h1n1 flu virus. so let's join together and fight the flu. by getting your flu vaccine, you'll protect yourself and help prevent the spread of the flu. flu vaccines are safe and are the most effective way to prevent the flu. get the facts at flu.gov. together, we ca all fight the flu. >>> employment opportunities. encouraging news this morning for out of work americans. but where will the work be? >>> plus, storm aftermath. impassable roads. power problems. and growing frustration from homeowners all across the northeast. >>> and, art project. jas

. >> i ask unanimous consent that the remarks i delivered at the american cancer society in east syracuse on tuesday of this week be submitted into the record in support of this historic health care reform bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from california for the purpose of a col key -- colloquy. oh, he's not here yet. mr. doggett, i think you are next, distinguished the gentleman from texas, for one minute. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: so very fearful of being held accountable, giant insurance monopoly has spent millions spewing out anger and fear. we have not seen such outlandish arguments since the forces that tried to block president johnson. for republicans, our bill is too long or it's too short. it's too thick or it's too thin. it's never just right, because their true answer to health insurance reform is never, never, never. our determined efforts should not be derided as a four-letter word, but you could certainly sum up our many, many pages

now it's syracuse because they lost. think all of those number one teams were head and shoulders above everyone else and i think it will stay that way. >> ohio state win the big ten tournament because of devin turner, they have a chance to maybe slide in as a number one but i like those four. >> ohio state, you have to remember evan turner sat out half the games they lost and he's the national player of the year. if you threw him in and they win the big ten i think they will be primed to get that number one. >> do they leapfrogged to coarser accused him that i think they've leapfrogged to. >> what is duke doesn't get to the championship game in the ncaa tournament? >> if ohio state wins their tournament especially and they very well could, with the great play of the been turner. >> is due quinn's their tournament that what? >> the bigis a little bit stronger and ohio state played a tougher schedule. >> one topic circulating around college basketballth prsi -tel ex f65ms expansion is not new to the ncaa tournament. back i

syracuse, new york, a huge town for good times.ork city metro, a good day for you, 64 the high. the only place that's a sticking point is savannah, georgia, been there, it's fun, but it will be raining on you. the low pressure region coming across the northern part of the gulf. showers stretching into florida. the heaviest rain we'll find for the morning is pulling out of new orleans, mobile and mississippi, moving into western florida and lower parts of georgia. they stretch it out to the north a little bit farther. rain is getting into the valdosta, georgia areath and more rain around tallahassee. down to the south a little bit farther, the heaviest rain is still offshore from tampa and st. petersburg. so let me show you a live look at orlando and a little cloudy start for you. 54 degrees, a little bit of low-level clouds and fog. the high today, mid to upper 60s. what about the rest of the region? the rain is heavy from the keys head he hadded towards miami. and we're looking at a problem with the snow melting with the floods. w

i will see you in syracuse tonight. >> what's the forecast for cornell?clear sailing straight through, full court. let's go to the happens and see what's happening. we've got some big problems rolling in to sections of the southern half of the country. let's say throughout the gulf coast and over through areas of georgia georgia, even in to the carolinas, you'll see heavy rain. possibility of some hail in some locations and high winds today. then tomorrow, really cold air through the northwest or or sections, excuse me, of the upper midwest and into areas of new england, as well. where you could see >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. we have more mountain snow headed to the rockies. >> did you graduate? >> what do you mean did i graduate? i failed statistics, but i did graduate. >> did you play sports? >> did i play sports? i took a year of figure skating because i had to because i missed out on gym signup. i'm not proud of it but i did take a year of miss fitness as every cornell student has to. i just got stuck in figure skating. >> all ri

mary ann and syracuse is first. go ahead. >> caller: hi there, good morning. i was watching c-span last week and watching the hearings on for $30 million that could -- i'm sorry, maybe billion dollars, that could be going to either -- going in to help credit for businesses. and i was wondering about the guests opinion on whether the argument that the sba should be having that money so that they can do direct funding or whether it should be going to the banks. in my opinion, just quickly, is that the banks already had a chance at this and the small business is a big deal in this country and sba is setting up to be doing more assessment for the small businesses. so i would prefer to see it go to the sba but i was wondering what you folks were thinking. thank you. >> guest: it is a very good point. by the way i grew up in the syracuse area, a little time in new york, so i hope that you are enjoying a the winter. one of the biggest problems the economy faces right now is the lack of liquidity, lack of capital for small businesses. one of the problems we have seen

how about syracuse sloesh georgetown? and also, pittsburgh/notre dame.games to be played at madison square garden. but you look at some of the upsets that we've seen so far in these early conference tournaments, miles, with missouri going down and does that not bode pell for them to get more teams in the tournament? >> absolutely. if arizona state and washington can handle their business tomorrow night and get into the conference semifinal tournament on friday night and play against each other, now missouri and louisville get put on that bubble and go a little bit lower. >> you look at the three tomorrows from the pac-10, they played better down the stretch than louisville, missouri and texas from the big 12. plenty more to come here in the "acura halftime report." we have little ducks and little koigs. you're watching the "acura halftime report." we hams h coast arrest bus onts lay llas s reants forels. los ants pl sha air f fran.. s reants for ashiss ) yourese knoyou we'ricannes. amer to beijing. amer to beijing. i'm sorry i ruour eli re slive oh no yo

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-taped to hold it all together, plus a standard weather balloon and the helium to fill it. then up, up, up and away above the english countryside while the camera clicked away autom

we start with johns hopkins playing host to syracuse. goodness. did he just do that?w. orange out to an 8-1 lead. john greeley. that's lightning quick. 9-7 in the fourth. the ensuing face-off determines the outcome. white took it and let's it fly. sear cues wins 10-7 over hopkins. >> i can't remember a finer day to sit around and watch anything. kimmel. great shot. however, this one belonging to the guys in red. grant catalina. maryland in front. 7-2. the terps making it look easy. ending a three-game losing streak. 13-7 your final. loyola hosting airforce. four goals. combined to share 14. loy olia. air force finally makes a fourth trip. unassisted. no miracles. loy olia gets its first win. they pass air force 14-18. a split-squad effort. a 5-2 victory over pittsburgh. a shut-out loss for the red sox. i'm pete gilbert. see you back here again tonight at 6:00. >> 6:55. here's a look ahead to our next hour. at 7:15 we look at the link between diabetes and heart disease. also, drop several sizes in minutes. a revolutionary body-shaping under garment women are snapping u

host: syracuse, n.y., on the independent line. caller: i have been active, but i am a member of the working families party. we did pass a resolution, had a state committee meeting over the weekend. it was a press release that any u.s. representative who votes against the healthcare bill or reconciliation will not get the endorsement of the working families party based in new york state. host: let me ask you about this of line with president obama's rally in ohio yesterday. why is this a working-class issue? caller: because many working- class people either do not have health insurance under jobs, or if they lose their jobs, they lose their health care. we can no longer go on to remain non-competitive with other countries like canada who have universal health coverage. host: moving on to wisconsin, dave, on the republican line. caller: i have been a lifelong republican, i think. i am active every day with this health-care -- and i am presently a jail minister. before here there were talking about abortion, if there were to be plann

they'll roll on behind freshman williams points and syracuse and duke both easily advance.ames start at one and go through ten o'clock tonights. >> go pitt over xavier. >> roll the tv outside if it's across the east. a spectacular day, you'll not want to be inside unfortunately. fake a look at the maps, here is what's going on. temperature-wise we're starting off with very nice conditions across the east and cold air is if into the north. that's fot such a bad thing right now. it's stopping some of that snow melt and there's plenty of snow to be had across the far northern plains, but stopping the snow melt is good. at least for now for the river. here is the latest snow depths that you're seeing, so there's some snow across north dakota. take a look at the river, it's going to crest tomorrow and flood stage at the fargo moorhead measuring stages, gets to flood stage at 18 feet. it's going to tomorrow get to 37 1/2 feet. the record was set last year, 40.8 feet. so not quite as high, but a second year in a row of extremely significant flooding there. i tell you what, there's

host: benjamin is on the line for independence, upstate new york, syracuse.ler: there is just a couple of points i would like to make. number one, all these problems that we have all around the world caused simply by having a little box -when we go to vote. the lead as we have are the ones we have because we have -- the leaders we have, we have because we have no choice. right now we're just shipping over poor people and everybody we offered citizenship to, just to go to get shot at. the country is in bad shape because we have bad leaders, we don't have other selections. we need other selections. we need a draft. i call it a volunteer draft, because if you are not working, you volunteered to be drafted. i wonder what you all think on that. guest: when the united states did move away from the draft, as many countries around the world are that seek to professionalize the military, which developed an even more professional and skilled -- we developed an even more professional and skilled military but there is enormous strain on the military with these two wars,

. >> i got syracuse/kentucky still, so i'm all right. talk about what's going on out there weatherwise. boston, another heavy rain event. flooding on the rivers. light rain showers this morning. it will clear out this afternoon. we're in for a decent day. 50s and 60s through new england down i-95. the problem area, out in colorado. snow continues to fall. check out these pictures. we've already gotten a foot on the ground and it is still snowing in denver. interstate 70 has areas that are closed. interstate 5 25, portions of that highway are closed. denver to colorado springs to pueblo, be very careful this morning. the rest of the country, your weather looks just fine on this wednesday. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. national car rental? that's my choice. because with national, i roll past the counter... and choose any car in the aisle. choosing your own car? now that's a good call. go national. go like a pro. well, the tiguan's great. mm. and the routan has everything we're looking for. plus, every volkswagen includ