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the tar heels next play the ohio bobcats on friday in the sweet 16. my goodness. a big loss for north carolina. >> huge. i mean, you notice he was shooting with his right hand when he fell. >> you need both hands when you play basketball. >> you do. >> have you watched so much basketball the last few days? >> great. it's been thrilling. >> every day was good. yeah. my team lost. they played well. they've did very well. >>> our time is now 4:54. coming up, enjoying a d.c. spring tradition. the service that is making it easier for you to get downtown to check out the annual cherry blossom festival. >>> plus, fewer hassles. why senior citizens could have why senior citizens could have an easier time getting through what do you think of this one? why senior citizens could have an easier time getting through really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. >>> welcome back. tomorrow is the beginning of the annual cherry blossom festival in

the tarheels to defeat the ohio bobcats. te tarheels tied it up and took control of the game. final score, 73-65. they'll play the kansas jay hawk who is had trouble with their opponent north carolina state. the jay hawks led most of the game. kansas hung on to win 60-57. >>> right now montgomery college in rockville is hosting the latest nbc washington pnc bank community shred. it's going to happen until 11:00 this morning. so you have just over an hour to get down there. joining us is dr. judy ackerman. the provost of montgomery campus. thanks for being with us this morning. tell us what is going to happen to all that stuff after shredding. what do you do with all that? >> well, it's really exciting. people are arriving with big boxes. they're waiting patiently in line taking it to the shredder. >> not much time for people to get there. but i see a lot of cars moving in. a lot of people coming in, right? >> there are lots of people coming in. as long as they're in line by 11:00 this morning, we're good. we'll get them in an

the duke game, i'm very happy for the ohio bobcat fans. we have several of those great folks that work here, so i know they're happy this morning. >>> if you're happy and at least hoping for sunshine and warm temperatures on the eastern seaboard, sunny and nice and warm for you. out to the west, cooler temperatures and a chance for snow out in the rockies. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> and we're digging deeper on today's top stories. the american soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghan civilians is suffering from a brain injury according to our sources. next, cnn saturday morning. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. call now for our free guide and tips on planning for your retirement this tax season. i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer fir

the stretch and they get two seed ohio state thursday night. >>> ohio, the winner goes on to play north carolina. ohio trailing 6 at the break but six minutes to go. bobcats the outside three, ohio takes a four-point lead and go on to win the game. ohio, the cinderella if there is one in the tournament won 62-56 so ohio, ohio state, xavier and cincinnati all move on, first time four schools from one state have made it to the sweet 16. big win as i said for north carolina against creighton but came at a price. carolina's point guard kendall marshall goes down hard landing on his write wrist breaking a bone in his right hand and shoots with his left hand and went to the locker room. played eight more minutes but then the game when the game was out of reach. sources close to the team say he will have surgery on his hand today. likely to miss we're told friday's game against 13 seed ohio, only saving grace, only potential it was his right hand and he's a levity. >>> n.c. state taking on george of town. final second, georgetown needs a three to tie. jason clark puts up a shot at the buzzer. it is off the mark. wolfpack win, 66-63. n.c. state gets kansas on fri

the south. at 7:15, we kick off with xavier playing baylor. and 13 seed ohio bobcatslaying the north carolina. and north carolina state takes on the kansas jayhawks. >>> and last night red sox-yankees tied 4-4 in spring training. coming up at the top of the morning in "morning joe," rick santorum said republicans might be better off with president obama than mitt romney. not his finest moment. when we come back we'll huddle around the water cooler for a man who really wants president obama to read his book. tries to get the commander-in-chief's attention during his speech. that clip, when "way too early" comes right back. this at&t 4g network is fast. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male anno

the break. xavier cut it to three at one point. terry jones. nice. bears move on, 75-70. they get kentucky next. and ohio. the bobcats hanging tough. posey the sweet tag. not going to contest things coming offer the ankle injury. the call is safe and texas wins by a score of 4-1. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike shumann will be here with all the hoop highlights at five six and eleven. have a great weekend everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> next at 5:30. it is a form of coercion. >> stopping your boss from going too far. the statewide effort to keep your facebook pass wood under lock and key. and why east bay companies are reluctant to hire and how some job seekers embark on the path tohárrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x ááÑá áá ááááááááá >> good morning. i'm terry mcsweeney. president obama is picking congress to fund jobs created by the bipartisan transportation bill. he said they are for middle class worker. the senate passed the bill with support from both sides of the isle. but the president fierce construction jobs will suddenly stop if the house doesn't follow suit. >> in a matter of days funding will stop for all sor

the league this season. even so, the bobcats -- d.j. august stin missed a three and new jersey won 104-101. >>> in college hoops, a big 10 showdown. ohio state at michigan state. late in the game, the spartans muscled inside to tie it at 68. with time running out, buford drained a long fade away. the buckeyes won it 72-70. >>> when we return, desperate digging. the race to rescue three

the tar heels committed 23 turnovers in overtime against ohio but they live to see another day after outscoring the bobcatsin the extra period. tiger woods shot a bogey free 65 to get to tender for the tournament and is tied with the lead. giants fans can breathe a sigh of relief, buster posey survived his first play at the plate but the rangers get the win 4-1. bruce bochy told him do not block the plate. it is not worth it. >> especially in cactus league and he was easily safe >> bruce told him that there things you can do where you can get a tag on him and still make the out >> we were all holding our breath. we're coming back at 11. ,,

ohio ncaa men's basketball tournament. they have four in the sweet 16. one of them, ohio university has never made it this deep into the dance. the 13th seed bobcatsseed bearcats from cincinnati and face the ohio state university, number two seed from up the road in columbus and fourth seem is xavier, this is the musketeers' sixth trip to the sweet 16. 11th seed north carolina is in it too. the wolfpack upset the hoyas. brown sealed the deal with three free throws in the last ten seconds. georgetown had a chance to tie at the buzzer but -- >> no. >> missed. n.c. state faces kansas. lehigh that dropped duke couldn't quite repeat the magic against xavier. the slipper did not feet and xavier faces baylor on friday. >>> it might be a bittersweet 16 for unc. marshall fractured his wrist. it's not clear if he'll play. unc faces ohio university. >>> if your brackets are in shambles go to cnn.com/brackets, maybe you will a feel better. see my picks and how i'm doing or not. >>> and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. just ahead in the newsroom, new calls that american troops could be coming home from afghanistan sooner than planned. at the pentagon w

the break. xavier cut it to three at one point. perry jones. nice. bears move on, 75-70. they get kentucky next. number one seed north carolina and 13 ohio. i don't want to watch it. the bobcatsfor the three-ball. ohio's first lead of the game. up one with 8 minutes to go. 30 seconds left. carolina up 2. walter to the rack. he won but missed the free throw on his way to a 26 point night. harrison barnes, oh, trying for the win. couldn't get it off. back the other way cooper just missed so they go to overtime. then it's carolina. barnes stop and pop. he had a dozen. unc survives in overtime, 73-65. they really miss their point guard who was injured. kansas survived a scare from nc state, but moves on. thomas robinson 15 boards. 18 points. jayhawks face carolina next. high school hoops. archbishop and costa canadian. the d-2 state title. gordon. what a game he had. 33 points, 20 boards as midi captures the state title. 78-57. is tiger woods really back? we will find out this weekend. for now tiger has the lead at the halfway mark of the arnold palmer invitational. in orlando where the goal was to avoid being his lunch, trevor putting for birdie, while mr. gator gets some sun. w

the sweet 1666 to 63. michigan state beat st. louis 6561 florida blew out 84 to 50 and ohio knox of south florida's less cinderella's slipper is off for the bobcats are the lowest seed left in the tournament. any human making quite an entrance for the boys of nascar in bristol 143 laps to go dillon her junior accidentally bumps his teammate jeff gordon blows out the left rear tire on the 24 car causing them to spend now he would finish 35th art and her junior 15. nobody had a better car than the blue the lead for 231 months hello matt and a checkered flag for the least his first win of the year. giants manager bruce both she says the present says he missed the putt tax and for the bowl the and robert went to a sudden- death playoff for his second shot from the rough and stopped 6 ft. from atop the other three golfers missed the birdie putts they've felt the wind song takes the no. 1 ranking back from were not for it. the center was the no. 1 pick in the 2005 draft but it wasn't always the best player he still remembers being cut from the troubled theme of growing up in australia. when you're 15 years old are read the you were cut by a junior stat

the exceptions, xavier and and ohio university. go bobcats. d toss it back to matt and savannah. >> did matt write that story? >> sweet 16 for the bobcats. they must be going raise zi in athens, ohio. they take on that little school called north carolina on thursday. that's right. natalie, thank you very much. >> let's get a check of the weather from al roker. >> good year to be a buckeye. i like it. all right. let's see what's happening, as far as your weather is concerned for today. pick city of the day, flint, michigan. nbc 25. nbc mid michigan's best early -- >> bobcats. >> i mean buckeyes, the state. the state of ohio. for goodness sake. i'm trying to say something nice about your state! and you come over and give me a hard time! what's with that? anyway, let's go back to the map. mr. ingratitude. you can see a strong storm now making their way, texas on into oklahoma. that's where we've got the risk of strong storms today. making its way all the way up into southern minnesota. more rain in the pacific northwest. lots of record highs, grea

ohio in sweet 16. at times roy williams couldn't bear to watc watch. bobcat hanging tough. nickel log hits thef the game. fast forward. walter. to the rack. he had 26 but missed 43 throw keeps tie game. harrison ford losing the handle. cooper for the win. half court. off the mark over time from there. carolina. barns. stops the pop h.a dozen unc survives in o t. 73-65. nc state and kansas for the right to play the tar heels. larry brown in the house. kansas off and running. up to whitney with authority. jay hawk up 10. nc state strong late in the season. turns over. on the break. williams and nc state down 1. final seconds. did you know 3. richard howell. struggle to get it off but that would have been for the tie. kansas hangs on 60-fwechlt they will play unc in the elite 8. of not playing much defense. miller for the jam. 22-4 baylor earl early. that's a fan dunking right there. 20 points. 15 rebounds. baylor up 7 at the half. xavier cut it to 3 at one point. too much from the bears. jones hooping. bears move on 75-70. indiana and kentucky what game this was. harbaugh brothers supporting th

the league this season. even so, the bobcats d.j. augustin missed a three and new jersey won 104-101. >>> in college hoops, a big ten showdown. ohiohigan state. late in the game, the spartans muscled inside to tie it at 68. with time running out, buford drained a long fade away. the buckeyes won it 72-70. >>> when we return, desperate digging. the race to rescue three children trapped in a collapsed house in china. dren trapped in a collapsed house in china. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious alle

caller: and my graduating class was 1964 and this is the for it time ohio university bobcats have made the sweet 16 since the year -- guest: oh, absolutely. caller: but that's all i want to talk about, sports. i called because you have only repeated of and over -- over and over republican conservative boilerplate talking points. you know, sir, i respect you. you have accomplished a lot. i would much rather talk hear you talk about original thoughtses to answer these caller's questions. it's almost like i'm listening to fox news. for example, you talked about that the democrats [laughter] are up for big intrusive government. yet, santorum and the republicans and the conservatives want to insert trophies into women's body parts almost as if they've been abducted by aliens from the mother ship. they want to make us have more religious -- in the passing of our laws base on medieval religious mysticism and sexism and racism. they're anti-game. all these phobias. your vice people too long different lines based on general deb, ethnicity and color and half of the people in the world are women,

the final four. >> do you really? >> yeah, i do. >> this year's long shot, 13 seed ohio. bobcats seed north carolina. then ohio will go home after that game. later, the hoosiers face off against kentucky. finally, north carolina state takes on the kansas jayhawks. that will be a good game. last night, red sox 4, yankees 4. bobby valentine squeezed home the tying run in the bottom of the ninth. >> i love it. great game today, indiana and kentucky. >> yeah. >> indiana beat them earlier this year. but i think kentucky, man. they may be going all the way. >> i sit there all day in front of the tv watching basketball and spring training baseball. >> you're pathetic. a pathetic human being. >> my team's out. >> who did you have? >> lamar. my cousin plays for lamar. out in the first round. i'm done. >> you shut off the tv? >> i'm done. >> all right. i appreciate your loyalty. >>> up next, in addition temeo k mika's bracket, the must-read opinion pages. turn left. the passat is one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not that we'd ever brag about it. turn right.

this time, the university of ohio bobcats have made it to the sweet 16.ecause, sir, you have only repeated over and over republican, conservative, boilerplate talking point. i respect you. you have accomplished a lot. i would much rather hear you come up with some original thought to answer the caller's question is. it is almost like i am listening to fox news. you point out that the democrats are for big, intrusive government. and yet, santorum and the republicans and the conservatives love to insert probes into women's body parts, almost as if they have been abducted by aliens to the mother ship. they want to make us have more religious dialogue into the passing of our laws -- dogma into the passing of our laws. religious sexism and anti-gay. you advise people in their lives based on ethnicity and gender and color. half of what -- half the people in the world are women. there.et's leave it you brought up a lot of points. let's get a response from ken blackwell. what do you think of his comment that you are sticking to the party line and would like to ha

the sweet 16. 12 seed south florida. 13 seed ohio. ohio is the cinderella story of the tournament. winner gets north carolina. ohio down six at the break, but back they come. six minutes to go, the bobcatsthe long three, takes a four-point lead there. there's clark kellogg's son, by the way. ohio, not ohio state, ohio beat south florida 62-56. so ohio, ohio state, cincinnati, and xavier all four advance to the sweet 16. that's the first time in the history of this tournament four schools from one state end up in the sweet 16. a big win yesterday for north carolina against creighton, but it came at a huge price with 11 minutes to go, north carolina's star point guard, the guy who makes it all happen, kendall marshall goes down hard, lands on his right wrist. he fractured his wrist. he shoots with his left hand. that's the only thing that might keep him around. he went to the locker room and came back out to play. but when the game was out of reach, they sat him for good. sources close to the team say he will have surgery today and is likely to miss friday's game against 13 seed ohio. opens the door a little bit for ohio. >> willie, let me ask you, "new york times" obviously talking about

ohio in south florida and he got it. perfect from four from downtown.Ñi 21 points and the bobcats are headed to the sweet 16 for the firste lady cal bears as they go to the first ncaa test without one player on their team. we'll see how they did a f [ male announcer this march, dive into the subway® jalapeno tuna, featured $5 footlong™ of the month. explore a new world of flavor when our taste-rriffic tuna meets spicy jalapenos to leave your taste buds tingling! this march only, it joins our many $5 footlongs™! subway. eat fresh. south bend. they are looking for theirñr ti-going early.l gets it it is part of a 10-3 run. he gets a july per to fall and has 16. a great game and the freshman from downtown and call the bank and the deposit. six steals and next up notre dame on tuesday. the pga players are trying to secure a spot in the upcoming match. we had a four-way playoff. the shot of the dayç and par 317. a couple of bounces and not but net. a hole in one and a 62. the one-stroke lead witéi two to play. he misses the short par to get into the playoff. they missed the birdie attempts and he has this four footer for bird

ohio and south florida playing right now. clark: tied up on tbs. we're even at 12-12. jim: nick kellogg starring for the bobcats. clark: will be nice to see the bobcats have that opportunity. a long way to go in that one, though. jim: here's jones. [whistle] clark: they'll probably try to foul. this most likely will be the last intentional foul, i think, down 14, 74 seconds to go. creighton just didn't have enough going from the perimeter today, jim, to have a chance to beat north carolina. clearly superior along the front line. once the tar heels got it going to start this second half -- as white knocks down the free throw, it was all she wrote for the bluejays. game effort but not nearly enough shot making and execution. jim: so now they empty the bench on the creighton side. dingman returns. clark: beautiful look here at the emotion between player and coach. gregory echinique. jim: watching the studio the last four days, watching the sound bytes, i've never seen more outpouring of emotion in these post-game press conferences than i have this -- clark: i agree. it's been real, it's been poignant. it's been som

the local orthodontist office. they were able to send make to a public university, ohio univ.. [cheers] go bobcats! n.c.a.a. by the way. they were able to pay for my college out of pocket. what did that mean for me? i entered school and exited school in four years which is now the exception because it now takes about five years for the average student to complete college. i had zeroed debt and i did not even have to work a job while i was in school so i could focus on things like clubs that would help my professional career when i graduated. fast forward to your generation. not only has the price tripled, but the jobs that our parents have had declined bank that factory now employs about 20% of the population. the wages for those jobs are not nearly what my dad was paid. my mom got laid off from her job and now makes half what she used to make and is without health care for the first time in her life at the age of 60. when you think about what we have lost, it is not just we have handed over the levers of opportunity over to the shoulders of students to pay for but we have also lost an economy that

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the ohio university. >> we have a whole contingent of ohio fans. >> there you go. they are getting ready to take on north carolina in the sweet 16. i love north carolina. great basketball prediction but go bobcatse plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, natalie morales and al roker. coming up, the latest in celebrity style. >> we are talking spring fashion trends. a lot of celebrities are sporting these trends. nude as a color is beautiful. also, bright, bold colors and stripes. we are going get to the bottom of that. we are told you can buy them at what we call all price points. >> good. all right. >> it's time for basics with bitman. that's right. he's back in our kitchen. mark has the secret to whipping up the ultimate decadent dessert. chocolate mice. no, that's chocolate mousse. >> there was something that was not good. a quick track record. >> i loved everything. >> coming up, "today" professionals are back with the hot topics of the day including a crackdown on underweight models and tim tebow's new home. >> how do you crack down on underweight models? they need help, right? >> also, the latest installment of jill rappaport looking for homes for dogs from the shelters. before we get