abortion. and we'll talk to the woman in a new biden campaign ad hitting trump on this issue. back in session, house lawmakers returning to a long to do list there on the hill, including a potential republican revolt against the house speaker. and later, an historic first, two parents facing sentencing today for the deadly school shooting, committed by their son. thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump losing his emergency bid to delay his first criminal trial. an appeals court denying his request to stall the new york hush money case, based on the

argument it will be all but impossible to seat an impartial jury. now, we are full steam ahead to the start of jury selection on monday. in a case that is expected to feature testimony from adult film star stormy daniels and trump's former fixer, michael cohen. let's discuss all of this with lisa rubin and former federal prosecutor jessica roth. good to see you, so, lisa, the appeals court judge wasted no time at all, made it very clear that this was a bad argument in her mind that trump was making to try to delay this trial even further. walk us through trump's argument and what the judge had to say. >> first of all, the judge didn't say very much at all. all she said was she was denying the request to stay the trial while the court considers his argument that venue, meaning where the trial is situated, is inappropriate in manhattan because the pretrial publicity is so pervasive that he can't get a fair trial here in manhattan on a you and i and jessica and our viewers know that much of that pretrial

publicity has been created by donald trump himself. and that was part of the argument yesterday. the other part of the argument, of course, is the fact that this is the former president, and wherever he goes, that publicity will follow him. part of the argument that the d.a.'s office was making was that in whatever county you're in, in new york city, there are people who know of donald trump, who have feelings about this case, and manhattan is not a place that is going to be any riskier for him in terms of getting a fair trial than the other counties of the city, including but not limited to, for example, staten island, where he has stated a preference to be tried. >> so, jessica, are there any avenues left for trump to turn to do try to postpone this trial? >> well, i think he's going to continue to try. we have heard reports he's going to try to challenge the gag order, he's going to probably try everything under the sun. i don't think any of them are going to be successful and i think that's the critical point. i am surprised that his lawyers are spending so much time this close to trial on these kinds of

i think unfounded motions. they should be focusing on their trial preparations, but i don't see anything on the horizon, never say never, but i don't see anything that is likely to delay the trial further at this point. >> let's look at what jury selection could look like. we now know some of the questions that jurors will be asked. it is 42 questions that the judge has approved as they -- there is as, bs and cs in a lot of these. some of these are simple, where they live, their job, if they're married, if they have been victims of a crime. others are more specific if they worked for a trump organization, gone to a trump rally. another asks if you, a relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for any anti-trump group or organization. another asks if they have read either of mark pomerantz's or michael cohen's books about the case. are these your typical jury questions? >> some of them are. let's say two corporations are going to trial against one

another in a civil trial that had a jury. it would be typical to have questions, have you or any member of your family or close friends worked for corporation a or corporation b. it is typical to ask, do you know any of the lawyers here, do you know the law firm that they come from? those kinds of questions are typical. what is less typical here are the things about the jurors' political beliefs, not beliefs, but how strongly they feel those beliefs. they're not asking people, are you a republican or a democrat, who did you vote for, judge merchan said he's not going to ask that. but they're testing the intensity of feeling by asking things like, have you volunteered, what kind of media do you consume, how regularly do you consume it, right? they're trying to sus out are these people who can be fair, not do they have an opinion, but can they set the opinions aside and be fair and hear all the evidence as impartially as possible to give the former president a fair shake.

>> jessica, let's pivot to the federal d.c. election interference case, we have developments there, special counsel jack smith just filed his brief to the supreme court, arguing against trump's presidential immunity claims. and in it, smith writes, the framers never endorsed criminal immunity for a former president, and all presidents from the founding to the modern era have known that after leaving office they face potential criminal liability for official acts. let's remind everybody, the supreme court set to hear the oral arguments on this issue, presidential immunity on april 25th, a couple of weeks. what else stood out to you in this brief by jack smith? >> so the vast majority of the brief is devoted to reiterating arguments jack smith made before, there is no such thing as immunity from criminal prosecution, even for official acts committed while in office. but the last part of the brief is what really engages with the specific issue that the supreme court asked for a briefing on, which, if ever, does a president enjoy immunity for acts that are committed -- that are official acts during the presidency.

and jack smith is nervous about the court addressing that issue, because it holds the possibility of holding up the case further. so what he says, first line is, there is no immunity for official acts and then says, if there is such immunity, it wouldn't apply here, given the allegations of subverting an election. and then goes on further to say, there is actually enough private conduct that would be wholly outside of any official act for the court to say that the indictment -- the case can proceed, based on the allegations of wholly private conduct, and if the court is inclined to say that there is immunity for some official acts, but not private acts, send it back to the trial court to make the distinctions during the trial, between official acts and private acts and instruct the jury accordingly about what it should -- what evidence it should consider for what purposes. he's really trying to avoid the court sending it back to the d.c. circuit and to the trial court for further rulings on the legal question of when there is immunity. and it is a timing question at

this point. >> and so, lisa, given how jack smith is sort of trying to steer the court, it seems, based on that line in here, he's saying, even if there is some presidential immunity, that's what the court finds, that immunity should not be held to bar this prosecution. could that speed up the likelihood of this case going to trial? >> i think jack smith is -- in the first instance what jack smith wants is what jessica said. he wants the court to find there is no immunity, even for official acts, in the criminal domain. there might be some immunity at the outer perimeter of official acts where civil liability is concerned, but he would love an up or down ruling that says no immunity, even for official acts. that's where judge chutkan ruled. that's what the d.c. circuit ruled. >> but people are arguing these aren't official acts. these are outside his role as president. >> what you see on the last three pages on the brief is jack smith laying out his contingency plan. if the court finds there is some degree of official actions, that

can be immune, here's my plan for how i can get this case tried and fast. >> all right, thank you so much, ladies. good to have you both. lisa rubin, jessica roth. now to the growing fallout over trump's latest comments on abortion. the former president said he was proud to have ended roe v. wade, but that abortion restrictions should be left up to the states. and that's getting him heat from both sides of the aisle. president biden accusing trump of lying about his -- while mike pence and his long time ally lindsey graham blasted him for opposing federal abortion restrictions. let's bring in nbc news correspondent dasha burns, former democratic congresswoman from maryland donna edwards, former chief strategist for the bush-cheney 2004 campaign matthew dowd with us. dasha, fill us in on the blowback trump is getting from both sides on this issue. >> the blowback came fast and furious from both sides of the

aisle. he had been test driving this idea of 15, 16 weeks as a federal ban. there was some speculation he might come out and endorse something like that. instead, he came out and said i overturned roe v. wade, i did this for you guys. now it is up to the states. some will have more restrictions, some will have less. the right of his party, the conservatives in his party, antiabortion, were not too happy about him allowing states like new york and california to pursue their own agenda on this, and you heard from lindsey graham, you heard from mike pence, you heard from susan b. anthony organization that is influential in antiabortion advocacy, the former president, though, knows that this is a tough issue for republicans when it comes to elections and even in that four-minute video where he came out with his position, he said at one point, follow your heart, but we must win. and on social media, he's clapping back at lindsey graham saying, the senator is doing a great disservice to the republican party, to our country, writing later, many good republicans lost elections because of this issue, and

people like lindsey graham that are unrelenting are handing democrats their dream of the house senate and perhaps even the presidency. president biden and the democrats are jumping on this right away, criticizing the former president, the fact that he's taking credit for the overturning of roe v. wade and all of the complications and the fallout afterwards. they came out with a pretty deep, raw, personal ad highlighting the story of a woman who had a miscarriage at 18 weeks and was not able to get appropriate medical care because of the overturning of roe v. wade. i want you to take a listen to some of this. >> her little footprints. >> it's okay. i know.

>> this is something that democrats, at the biden campaign, will keep hammering on the campaign trail. we have seen time and again, ana, that abortion is a losing issue for republicans and it can drive democratic voters and voters in the middle to the polls. ana? >> matthew, so, trump is blaming other republicans on election losses. those republicans who backed strict abortion rules. what do you make of the party infighting? >> it is funny he's blaming other republicans when he picked most of the losers, he endorsed most of the losers that ended up losing in their key races. if anybody is responsible for the losses, it is donald trump in this. to me, donald trump ended up on the -- at the actual worst possible political position that he could have been in. he didn't satisfy the right. he still has -- he still has allowed to be able to motivate the left and the center in this country against his policiesment and add to that donald trump

will be confronted by this every day when he says leave it up to the states, he'll have to answer the question, do you agree with what florida is doing, do you agree with what texas is doing, do you agree with what alabama is doing, do you agree with what mississippi is doing in all of this. he, i think, ended up on the worst possible position on this. he's offended his -- part of his base, and he's done nothing to appease swing voters. to me, take the substance out of the question, which we could have a conversation about substantively where donald trump is on this, which is awful. >> they say how trump has proudly taken credit for ending roe v. wade. let's listen. >> i was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and, in fact, demanded be ended, roe v. wade. >> if he were to be put back in a position where he could sign

off on a law, he would sign off on a national abortion ban. let's be very clear about that. >> congresswoman, what should democrats do, if they want to keep this issue top of mind for voters? >> well, it is going to be top of mind for voters, because on the one hand, donald trump is in a box of his own making. he takes credit for ending roe v. wade, but now he wants to dance all over the middle on this issue and so i think that democrats are going to be smart up and down the ballot of running on restoring and protecting abortion rights. and they are aware, the majority of the american people are, on this issue and donald trump should not be able to escape responsibility for overturning roe and you'll see it on balance all across the country, where this is going to be acute, a key issue front and center for voters, democrats need to run with it, run on it. >> dasha burns, thank you. donna edwards and matthew dowd,

stand by. when we're back in 60 seconds, the woman in that new biden campaign ad will join us with her story of being denied an abortion. also ahead, what we know about the vice president's meeting today with families of americans taken hostage by hamas as israel vows to move forward with an offensive into rafah. plus, a historic first as the parents convicted for their son's school shooting are sentenced today. and later, what country music star morgan wallen allegedly did at a nashville bar that led to his arrest. you're watching "ana cabrera reports." stay with us. you're watching "ana cabrera reports. stay with us it cuts millions of blades of grass. ♪♪ transports anything that's in-season. ♪♪ and takes care of whatever fall may bring. [whoosh sound] the x350 lawn tractor is built to give you peace of mind all year round. you just have to get in the seat.

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going to maybe wear home from the hospital. all of these. this is the blanket she was in. these are her little footprints. >> it's okay. i know. >> the woman in that ad is amanda who is joining us now. amanda, thank you for taking the time. i'm so sorry for what you have been through. for those who aren't familiar with your story, can you just describe to us your experience and why abortion laws in texas, where you're from, made your fertility experience much more

difficult. >> sure thing. thank you so much for having me and for giving some space to this story. so, in 2022, i was pregnant and just shy of 18 weeks, i was two days shy of 18 weeks. i experienced complications and found out i was going to miscarry, losing our daughter was inevitable because of the condition that i had developed, but because of the laws in texas, the doctors were not allowed to perform an abortion because the baby's heart was still beating and so that would have been considered illegal. so, we had to wait until either her heart stopped beating or until my life was considered at risk, which was the only exception at the time at which point my doctor would be able to intervene. so, for me, it took three days before i got sick enough and i actually crashed into septic shock twice and nearly died before i was able to get the healthcare that i needed. >> wow. wow. it has got to be just so painful

to think about all of this, and to relive it, over and over again. did you have any apprehension about doing this ad for the biden campaign? >> you know, i didn't. i will be honest with you, it was really difficult to film and it has been really difficult to watch it over and over again. i'm really glad that it is getting picked up and people are paying attention and people are, you know, realizing how important and how critical this issue is. but it's really hard. but i didn't question whether or not we should do it. i didn't have any reservations because this issue is critical. and this is the most important thing on my plate right now is making sure that president biden and vice president harris get re-elected in november. >> what's your response to donald trump's comments yesterday saying abortion should be left to the states, and that it is okay for different states to have different laws? >> i mean, to me, that's him

saying that he endorses and he backs the bans in states like texas and he thinks what happened to me, nearly dying and permanent compromising of my fertility and that's okay and that's what should happen. that's what that says to me. frankly, i don't believe him when he says he wouldn't sign a national abortion ban. he has already said he will. and we have seen his allies come out with very detailed and concrete plans for how they will enact a national abortion ban with or without the help of congress, if he's re-elected. >> do you blame donald trump for what happened to you? >> absolutely. if he hadn't overturned roe v. wade, texas would not have been able to enstate the law that prevented me from getting the healthcare i needed which nearly killed me and has forever compromised my ability to have children in the future. >> there are those on the other side of the aisle and on the other side of this issue who believe that trump actually isn't going far enough to protect the unborn, especially

with his latest statement. they want to see a federal abortion ban. what do you say to them? >> well, i think, first and foremost, that's disgusting. but i also think that that group of people is very small. and i think, yes, they're very loud, but there are very few people who actually believe in a total national abortion ban and we're seeing the number of people who don't support these bans is growing by the day. and the more we talk about it, and the more the biden harris campaign keeps this front and critical -- front and center, the more critical it is. >> so, what's next in your fight. what's on the line in the election, do you think? >> i think there is a lot on the line. i think democracy is on the line. i think the health and lives of women and pregnant people in this country are on the line. i will fight tooth and nail, alongside president biden and vice president harris from now until november to ensure that they get re-elected because it

is critical, the stakes could not be higher. i'm actually heading to north carolina later today to help campaign and next week i'll be in wisconsin to help campaign as well. so, this won't be the last you'll see of me, unfortunately. >> well, amanda zurawski, thank you for sharing your story and bravely speaking out about your painful and difficult experience. i appreciate your time. we wish you and your family the very best. >> thank you. thank you so much for having me. >> back with us now, donna edwards and matthew dowd. your reaction to what we heard from amanda? >> first of all, i thank amanda. i think it is one of most powerful and impactful political ads i've ever seen. and for sharing her story, and the reality is that donald trump, in fact i think he's been all over the map on abortion rights, and he will seek and his allies will seek to end abortion rights across the country. and without sharing this story,

then the american people won't know and the reality is the american people overwhelmingly support abortion rights in this country. donald trump should not be able to skirt around this issue and win. and amanda has done a great service to the public in telling her story. >> public polling shows the majority of americans support roe protections. matthew, how effective do you think stories like amanda's will be when it comes to donald trump specifically? >> well, first, ana, well done on the interview. exceedingly important and well done in such an emotional issue in this. i'll second donna, what she said, which is bravo to amanda and the bravery she's shown in speaking out on this. she didn't need to. we talk about this issue as a woman's issue. but this issue actually has

universal approval on roe v. wade among men and women. almost the same exact numbers. so this is both a female direct issue, but actually an issue that affects male voters. as i listen to amanda, you come to realize that the only pro life and pro choice party in america today are the democrats. the republicans definitely aren't pro-choice, definitely don't believe in the freedom of women to make their own choices. but listening to amanda almost dying in this and women across the country who could face serious injury or death, they're not the pro-life party. in the end, the only party that is willing to stick up for the life of a woman and the choice she has is the democratic party. >> matthew dowd and donna edwards, thank you for the discussion. we're tracking a lot of developments on capitol hill this morning. the start of impeachment proceedings against cabinet secretary, dilemma over ukraine aid, and a potential mutiny against the speaker. that's next. plus, what we're learning

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the house and senate are both back in session today after a two-week recess. they're getting right to work. right now lloyd austin is testifying on the pentagon budget and when the house gavels back in at noon, speaker mike johnson has a daunting to do list as he tries to navigate both passing aid for ukraine and

israel and keeping his job. nbc's ali vitali joins us now from capitol hill. ali, where does that foreign aid stand and if johnson can get it passed, can he keep his job? >> reporter: yeah, because, ana, stop me if you heard this one before, whatever path johnson chooses could have implications for whether or not we continue calling him speaker of the house. that, of course, stems from the issue of ukraine funding and the way that the speaker moves on with handling it. my understanding is, of course, the house comes back tonight, but it is likely to be a week of discussion and then next week we'll see what the actual procedural motion and the way in which they go about this ukraine military package is. there is a few different ideas on the table. in my conversations with democrats, though, many of them say they don't want to vote on just a stand alone ukraine military aid package, they want to vote on what the senate passed several weeks ago, a supplemental foreign aid package, we heard secretary austin during his testimony just in the last few minutes mentioning how essential this is, because it provides aid not

just to ukraine, but also to israel and to taiwan, functioning on multiple fronts on foreign policy. some democrats tell me that if that's what johnson ends up putting on the floor, it could be the thing that jeopardizes his job, but they might be there to help him save it. >> the other big development this week, ali, the house set to deliver those impeachment articles against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas to the senate tomorrow. do we know what both sides are planning? >> reporter: well, we have a little bit of a sense of how this is going to go in terms of what we'll see and when. on wednesday afternoon, it is when we're going to see the house bring over those articles of impeachment, and then on thursday, we'll see the senate begin to take it up, but honestly, ana, i think this is going to be dispensed with pretty quickly. in my conversations with sources, both on the democrat and even some on the republican side, there is not a huge appetite to make much hay over this impeachment proceeding because it is not likely to yield with a conviction. what we're likely to see is

senator chuck schumer tomorrow afternoon begin the process of tabling this motion on impeachment. there could be some procedural steps from some republicans to try to highlight the fact that there is no full trial here. of course, that is their right. and it is exactly what house republicans want to see, but that's not going to change the fact that this is not going to end with mayorkas losing his job, at least not as we expect it right now. >> ali vitali, we will be in close touch. thank you. vice president harris will sit down today with families of american hostages still held by hamas after six months of war. the white house says the vice president will give an update on the efforts to broker a hostage and cease-fire deal, and nbc news is learning from a source in the israeli prime minister's office that those negotiations have hit a new roadblock. and prime minister netanyahu is vowing to move forward with an offensive in rafah, even now saying a date has been set. joining us now, nbc news international correspondent josh lederman.

what can you tell us about the new apparent sticking point in the negotiations for a hostage and cease-fire deal? >> well, ana, that source in the israeli prime minister's office told our team on the ground in israel that there is a big difference between hamas and israelis over what should happen in northern gaza, with hamas really pushing for all of those gazans who were evacuated from the north, the beginning of the war, down to southern gaza to be allowed essentially a free ability to return as they please, to northern gaza, with very little restriction, where as the israelis are insisting upon airport style security checks for those who are returning to the northern part of the gaza strip. they want it to be a trickle of people returning. so that is one sticking point right now. the good news is neither side has pulled out of these talks. but as of right now, there are no signs that a deal is imminent. >> netanyahu has faced warnings from the u.s. against a rafah offensive and now saying a date has been set. so, i wonder, josh, has anything

actually changed or is he planning to go ahead without u.s. support? >> well, he seems to be signaling he's going to go ahead without u.s. support. he's been speaking today, the israeli prime minister, saying that no force in the world will stop us from going into rafah. that's a clear reference to the u.s. but i think the question is what exactly is that rafah operation going to look like. is there something that netanyahu can pull off, where he still says we have accomplished our goal of going into rafah, clearing out hamas and finishing the job to borrow the phrase he has been using, without the kind of large scale massive ground operation that the u.s. has been trying to push israel away from, that they believe would lead to so many civilian casualties and deaths? the u.s. in their conversations, they have been trying to persuade them to pursue a much more targeted, surgical like approach, going in, finding the top hamas officials in rafah and taking them out without causing

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today in michigan, the first american parents ever convicted

in connection with their son's deadly school shooting are being sentenced. jennifer and james crumbley are also coming face to face for first time since before each of their trials. prosecutors are asking the judge to sentence the pair for 10 to 15 years. nbc's shaquille brewster is joining us from pontiac, michigan. shaq, during the trial, the wife tried to place all the blame on her husband. now, they're in the same room together, face to face. i'm just curious, what has that been like? >> reporter: yeah, that's something that we have been watching closely. what that interaction would be like. we saw the two walk in separately. they were wearing their prison outfits. james crumbley wearing that orange jumpsuit. jennifer crumbley wearing the gray striped jumpsuit.

and we didn't see any actual interaction between the two, though it did appear as if jennifer crumbley looked over at james a couple of times. james looking kind of directly ahead. the first hour of this hearing has been filled with objections raised by the defense over the presentencing report. remember, these two parents are facing about 15 years, up to 15 years in prison for those counts of involuntary manslaughter, that conviction that we saw in the past couple of months. and we're waiting to see when court resumes and when it resumes we believe we'll see victim impact statements, ana. >> and just days before the jury convicted james crumbley, it had come out he had allegedly threatened prosecutors from jail. how is that playing into his sentencing? >> reporter: we have already heard it mentioned. it was definitely mentioned in some of the presentencing reports where james crumbley, during his trial, was on the phone, a source tells us with

his sister and look at some of the quotes. he was accused of directly threatening the prosecutor here, saying that, quote, there will be retribution, believe e proses is a reason why he should to that 15-year mark because they say he is showing no remorse. and that this goes into what we saw during the trial and a sign that he should be behind bars for the longer stretch of time. the state is recommending about four and a half to seven and a half years behind bars. it will be interesting to see where the judge lands on that. >> shaq brewster, thank you very much. country music star morgan wallen faces new controversy this morning. he was arrested early monday for allegedly throwing a chair off the rooftop of a bar in nashville. nbc's chloe melas is following this one for us. chloe, seems like he could be in some big trouble here. >> i mean, yes. he is facing felony charges, also a misdemeanor charge.

and, you know, he's had such a successful music career over the last couple of years since he first came on the scene in 2016, but it has been checkered with all this controversy along the way. the latest controversy for one of country music's biggest stars, morgan wallen. ♪ look into my eyes ♪ >> reporter: the chart topping singer arrested after allegedly throwing a chair off of a six-story bar in the center of nashville's bustling entertainment district early monday morning. police reviewed surveillance footage, they say it shows wallen lunging and throwing an object over the roof. the chair falling just a few feet from two officers standing below. bystanders sharing posts of police carrying the chair later. the singer was released after posting an over $15,000 bond. he faces felony charges. his lawyer telling nbc news, wallen is cooperating fully with

authorities. the 30-year-old tennessee native has had a meteoric rise since his debut on the country music scene in 2016, with two chart-topping albums with his most recent one "one thing at a time" breaking the record for the country album at the with the most weeks at the top of the charts. he had a 2020 arrest for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. prosecutors dropped the charges. less than five months later, he was dropped from his "snl" debut for violating covid protocols. >> i had some growing up to do. >> reporter: two months later they brought him back. >> i'm you from the future, i came back to stop you from partying tonight. >> reporter: his career taking a major hit after he was caught on camera using a racial slur. his record label and radio stations temporarily dropping him. wallen spending time in rehab, away from the spotlight.

>> i was wrong. >> reporter: but throughout, fans stayed loyal. his one night at a time tour was the highest grossing country tour in 2023. but will this latest run-in with the law shake his fan base? >> he's just a heck of a singer, never made a bad song, but he seriously needs some help. >> he has to appear in court on may 3rd in nashville, stemming from this incident the other night where he threw the chair off this six story building. that night, the irony, he actually has a concert stop in nashville, right down the road. as of now, that stop is still listed on his tour schedule and he is touring on this very successful tour, the highest grossing tour last year until the end of the summer. >> talented guy. interesting to see how his future unfolds. thank you very much. next on "ana cabrera reports," severe weather on the move. are you in the danger zone for potential tornadoes? we'll have your forecast. plus, the huskies make history at the men's march

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it is a uconn coronation. the huskies make history, back-to-back national champions. >> i love to see boys jumping up and down, just that pure joy. congratulations to the uconn huskies becoming back-to-back ncaa championships, and nbc's sam brock has more. >> it's the result many would

have expected, but what a way to get here. goliath versus goliath, the two best teams with the two largest players going head to head. they just happened to run into the buzz saw that was uconn as they win back-to-back titles on the men side for the first time in decades. >> it's a uconn coronation. the huskies make history. back-to-back national champions. >> a story basketball power uconn putting a bow on a dominant tournament run. >> all year we set this as a goal to go back-to-back. >> rim rocking slams. >> special delivery to johnson if that. >> and crafty play, clinching the program's sixth national title all-time, tying with north

carolina and tying with duke and indiana. the first men's squat to win consecutive trophies since the gators in 2007. >> a special coaching staff and incredible group of players. >> overnight, students packing the pavilion for a watch party, and the 7'4" national player of the year, the huskies leaving no doubt, the victory coming as south carolina's women's team returning to their columbia campus champions. >> they did it in a way in which they lifted up each other. >> after defeating the hawkeyes, although caitlin clark racked up

points -- >> you need household names, and rivalries and consequence, and march madness had all of that. >> uconn just won 12 consecutive tournament games by at least 13 points, and that had never been done before, and now the coach and his superstitions will be right back there again for another year. >> very impressive. thank you, sam. thank you for joining us. thanks to the huskies for helping me win my family bracket. that's a rarity. feeling good today. i hope you will join us again tomorrow, same time, same place. you can catch the show around the clock on youtube and other platforms. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific, and i am joée