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In a few minutes. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is at the white house with more for us this morning. Reporter the president has been on quite a roll this morning, continuing that tweet storm from over the weekend, continuing to talk about mexico, saying their border laws are more effective than those in the United States, even though that conflicts with something he said just recently saying that mexico is allowing too many people to pour into their country, causing them to come to the United States as well. Were seeing the president continuing with these, as you saw just there now, saying that daca is dead because democrats didnt care, but then seconds later says that everyone is hopping on the daca bandwagon. Anyone crossing over illegally now would not be eligible to qualify for daca, so that is an important thing to note there. But overall what were seeing is much different language from the president on daca than what he has said in the past. And look at just this, what he said just yesterday on Easter Sunday as he was going to church, compared to what he said beforehand about daca. A lot of people are coming in because they want to take advantage of daca. And were going to have to really see. Very, very tough subject. Were going to deal with daca with heart. Should be a bipartisan bill. Should be a bill of love, truly, should be a bill of love, and we can do that. Reporter now, part of the reason the president could be making these comments could be going on such a tear about daca today here, ana, is because of who he spent the weekend with while he was in palm beach for the last few days. We know that he was with several people, very few white house aides, the Top White House aide is steven miller, a very hardline immigration proponent, but also several people who are on the fox news payroll as you can see there, judge gentlemdonl others, so that could be part of the reason the president is going on such a tear about this. Were told by sources telling my colleague Kevin Liptack that they essentially communicated to the president that the base is unhappy with him because they believe he hasnt followed through on his immigration promises he made on the campaign trail. And clearly the president is trying to rectify that situation by tweeting a lot about it this morning. The president also tweeting about amazon this morning. Reporter yeah, another tweet just coming in from the president , several tweets now, even though hes scheduled to be on the south lawn any minute this about amazon, only fools or worse are saying our money losing post office makes money with amazon. They lose a fortune, in all caps, this will be changed. Also our fully tax paying retailers are Closing Stores all over the country, not a level Playing Field. Now, thats something that the president has said often, he thinks online retailers, brick and Mortar Stores arent on the same Playing Field anymore. That sentence right there, in the middle, is quite interesting. He says this will be changed. Now, that comes after several rants from the president about amazon and the post office last week and when asked about that, the Deputy Press Secretary Lindsey Walters told reporters there were no actions planned at this time on behalf of the administration, but clearly well have to see if the president actually is signaling i a policy change or venting here. Kaitlan collins at the white house for us, thanks so much. Joining us now from the boston globe, cnn political analyst matt visor, cnn political commentator doug high and cnn contributor and former philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter. The president s tweets today and over the weekend, hes come out hard with this hard line immigration rhetoric, similar to what we saw during the campaign. Why go there and why now . Well, kaitlan hinted at this, but, you know, that this white house proximity is power. And you saw who he was with over the weekend. Steven miller, a hardline immigration adviser, was with him as well as sean hannity and others. I think this is a reflection of him doubling down on his campaign rhetoric, which we heard a lot about this during the campaign. He seemed to veer in Different Directions at different moments and i think thats whats making it hard now for members of congress in both parties trying to figure out what exactly the president wants on daca because he sort of talked about it in different ways at different moments, whether he wants a solution to it, at one point he tried to tie that to the border wall funding which democrats reluctantly agreed to do. And then he sort of backed away again. So whether or not he wants an actual solution to this is kind of up in the air. Mayor nutter, this tweet specifically, daca is dead, he writes. The democrats didnt care or act and now Everyone Wants to get on to the daca bandwagon, no longer works, must build wall and secure our borders with proper border legislation. Democrats want borders, hence drugs and crime. What should democrats do with this . Well, you have to unpack a lot out of that. It is a good thing that twitter upped the character count for him. First of all, the presidesident complaining about daca is like a guy that sets his house on fire and then complains that the neighbors didnt put the fire out. He has no idea what he wants to do. He has a roller coaster of ideas in his mind. Fox friends is now the new White House Policy Office and the president blew it up with no plan whatsoever, has then blown up every other plan that has come along, even some of his own ideas. So just likes to keep talking about it because as was mentioned earlier, he talked about it a lot on the campaign it a good talking point for him and his base, he has no intention of actually trying to solve the problem that will be left to members of congress to try to figure this out, and put something on his desk and force him to sign it. Well, one could argue, though, this could be good news for democrats in a Midterm Election year, this could fire at democrats. However, has your party done enough to actually claim the Higher Ground here on this issue . Because the truth is, democrats didnt dig in their heels to make sure protection for dreamers was included in this spending bill, for example. Well, you know, the spending bill is pretty big bill, has a lot of stuff in it. I think that the two leaders, two minority leaders, senate and the house, have a much better idea of what theyre trying to accomplish. The budget may not have been that particular moment. But it is evident that the president will not seek a particular solution, the democratic partys position on daca is very well known. And the members of our party do understand that were committed to this issue, but the president will just continue to flail around about it, and i think that the republicans are actually getting very nervous that they need a solution going into the midterms later on this year. Doug, the president has opened this door for us to do a quick fact check and remind people that the president himself and his administration rejected multiple proposals that would have given him his money for this border wall he so adamantly wants in exchange for a pathway to citizenship for daca recipients. Did the president ever want a deal . Well, we know he wants to claim credit for big deals and big beautiful deals. It is not clear he wanted a deal necessarily or that he knew what that deal would be. But ultimately were still in the context of this being an election year, which always complicates things. We also know that congress and ive gone through a lot of fights and struggles myself, had a hard time doing anything on immigration, and when you try to do anything on immigration, you get burned. And so i know in the previous hour lynn sweet said this was on the back burner, i go further, this is not only on the back burner, it is on the back burner of the furthest oven further part of the back of the kitchen. This is not going to happen this year solely because we know we had problems in the past of doing this, then you add Midterm Election politics in it, it is a lot to tweet and talk about it. But substantively i think the status quo will remain for the rest of the year. Let me switch topics. Another issue that is catching a lot of attention now are these Sinclair Broadcasting Television Ads that are read by news anchors. Theyre promos for the sinclair stations. Local stations and local markets. Take a look at what were talking about. Jessica headily. Im ryan wolf. Our greatest responsibility is to serve our valley communities. Eastern isle communities. We are concerned matt, why do you think this is hitting such a nerve . I think that it is across the country, in all the local markets, local tv, they have a powerful Broadcasting Network that is different from the National News media, and so i think that anytime you have influence aimed in those markets, it feels a little bit different than sort of National Media outlets. Mayor, should we be concerned . We should be very concerned. You know, i kind of had to laugh to myself, it sounds like the soundtrack in Donald Trumps mind. And why hes often so confused, but then, you know, goes on a twitter tantrum pretty much every weekend now after all this stuff. The power of that media is when the gentleman just mentioned, in the local markets, again, is what is driving his policy, if there is any, but really more his politics, talking to the base, repeating all of these messages and really trying to dumb down any idea of what real news is and what facts are, and, you know, this is his style. How do you see it, doug . Well, first and foremost, i think about the journalists who are affected by this. We look at these videos and say why are they doing this . It is very clear. Their jobs are on the line. I think we know the first reporter who stands up and says something about the First Amendment and how theyre not going to do this is not only going to be hailed as a hero, for the press, but also get another job very quickly. The problem is, the third and fourth and fifth reporters who do that probably wont get that same benefit and thats, i think, why were seeing so many continuing to read off this very same script. Matt, clearly this information is an issue. We saw it in the election with the russian bots, the pizza gate controversy, recent attacks on the parkland students, some may say what is wrong with local news anchor addressing the fact that there are fake news stories out there, certainly that people should be aware of . Well, i think the responsibility for local news anchors is to clarify whats real and whats fake and where there is a hidden agenda, and where there are facts and objectivity. I think this kind of campaign obscures that. It doesnt clarify it. And so i think that, you know, local news is something that a lot of people rely on for their information. And the fact that this is being driven on, you know, some sort of National Corporate way i think is also problematic for local viewers and small and medium sized communities across the country. Matt visor, doug high, mayor Michael Nutter one last word real quick. Just, you know, the local viewers are expecting a certain level of independence and integrity in the local markets. The fact that this is a coordinated campaign with 100 plus stations at the same time and someone could put that clip together is indicative of a serious problem in our democracy and goes back to the First Amendment issue. Gentlemen, thank you for the conversation. Have a great rest of the day. Thank you. Also this morning, trade war fears, a lot more real as china makes good on their threat for tariffs on the u. S. Alison kosik joins us with the details. We saw china, you know, threaten that it would retaliate and now seeing china make good on its trade threats. Stoking the fears of a trade war between the u. S. And china, beginning today china will slap tariffs on 128 u. S. Products. Thats a 25 tax on eight American Goods like pork and recycled aluminum. 15 tax on 120 other products including fruit, nuts, wine, steel pipes. Look at this 3 billion. It is a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars shipped between the u. S. And china each year, but if you look at them politically, these tariffs really are strategic. Take pork. Look at the map. The Pork Producers Council warns that this is going to have a Significant Impact on rural americans and of the top ten pork producing states, eight voted for trump in 2016. Now, clearly these tariffs are retaliation against President Trumps duties on foreign steel and aluminum that went into effect two weeks ago. China said it doesnt want a trade war but warns it is going to take measures that are necessary. So we see these tensions between china and the u. S. Get only worse. Especially since the president has long accused beijing of unfair trade practices that steal american jobs and hes got more trade actions in the works like tariffs on 50 billion worth of chinese goods. This is important to note, because experts are warning if trump does actually take action on these bigger tariffs, that could spark an allout trade war. That would be devastating for companies, household names that you see there, it could be devastating for consumers as well, we could see prices go up. And that is part of the reason we are seeing markets now in the red today. Not too much in the red because youre seeing sort of this first wave of tariffs come in. But, ana, the worry is if President Trump takes that sort of second wave of action, well see china take action in kind, we could see perhaps china put tariffs on huge exports like soybeans, china imports a huge number, more than 50 of its soybeans here from the u. S. Youll be watching the markets, of course, as we move forward. Thank you. Still ahead, thousands of teachers in two different states are walking out. Theyre hitting the streets, massive rallies under way now. Well take you there live. 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I know youve been speaking to a lot of the teachers there who say theyre suffering. Reporter yeah, this is a decade of pentup frustration, ana, that has come to a head here in recent weeks. The teachers in oklahoma way at the bottom of education spending for a long time, a state much more generous towards oil pumpers and gas fraccers than educators in the classroom. They said they had enough. Legislators were shocked into action, passed a tax increase to fund a fraction of what theyre after, but they say theyre staying out. Tulsa School Districts are closed indefinitely. Just to get a sense of what it is like to educate in a state like oklahoma, i spent time with rural and urban teachers and found that to educate here is also to learn the art of hustle and survival. Donna ross, the goal is to fill her classroom with such energy. High five, one, two, three. Reporter the kids never suspect that she works two other jobs to survive. Ive been up since 5 00 this morning. Reporter she drives for uber and caters weddings because a masters degree and 20 Years Experience barely brings a living wage in oklahoma. You can see where my net pay was less than 1200. I was being liberal. Just over a thousand dollars. Correct. Thats for thats one month. Thats a month. Reporter the most desperate, sell blood, and some like this former marine and special ed teacher rely on church soup kitchens to eat. Ive helped at food banks, ive helped deliver food. Ive helped do all those things. I honestly never thought i would be on the receiving end. I have to swallow my pride a lot and i hate asking for help. Reporter this state has long been the state with the deepest cuts to education. But something about the West Virginia strike helped turn oklahoma anger to action. I got on facebook, typed in oklahoma walkout, teacher walkout and nothing popped up. I was, like, why not be the guy that makes the group . Now it has 72,000 people. Reporter and it just started with you sending it to a couple of teacher friends. Couple of teacher friends and they invited other teacher friends and it just exploded. You dont get you dont get 72,000 people to agree with you in three weeks if it is not a problem. Reporter just the threat of a walkout was enough to force the first new taxes here in 28 years. Enough to give teachers an average raise of 6,000 bucks. It is a fraction of their demand. So theyre still walking. But for how long . And how will this affect arizona, where teachers there are staging the next red state revolt. The difference between a strike and a walkout is youre not defying the school, the superintendent is behind you, but could it turn into a strike if things got nasty . A lot of the superintendents say that they support teachers, and they support what Teachers Want to do. So i feel like as long as Teachers Want to stay out to fight for what were fighting for, i think there will be lots of support. Reporter teachers are not the only frustrated Public Servants in oklahoma. State troopers have to ration gasoline, prisons are overcrowded, social workers are strapped, but at the same time, oil drillers, and gas fraccers enjoy the most generous sweetheart subsidies of any state in the country. At one point in time our lightbulbs were every other lightbulb in the building. Reporter classes are crowded, theyre on a fourday week and the math teacher mows lawns. We do better at this than we do the School Teaching as far as the money goes. Reporter is that right so . You make more money cutting lawns. Do you service the lawns of your students . Yes. Every now and then, we will. Reporter similar reality for miss ross, who would like to do more teaching than driving. Yes reporter and was spotted waiting tables by one of her fourth graders and was mortified. He said, miss rorss, you wor hard you work a lot of places, dont you . He said, you must be rich. I said, i sure am. Reporter nobody gets into teaching to get rich, for sure. It is an interesting negotiating tactic when you know the teachers side gets paid more emotionally than financially and it will get harder for them to stay out as we get longer as parents put more pressure on them to get back into the classroom. What is interesting is this started in West Virginia, and it is really been sort of a red state teachers revolt that spread to here. Were seeing similar demonstrations in kentucky this morning, arizona is rumbling. Dire straits in kansas. So a lot of years of cut, cut, cut is has its cost. At least in the outrage were seeing here today. And i have a family full of educators, my heart does go out to those people in your piece, bill, who clearly are working hard on so many different levels. We really appreciate your reporting there, thank you for bringing that to us. Right now, at the white house, thousands of peeps are gathering for this years easter egg roll. 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Winnie with her husband a major figure in the fight against apartheid. She was 81. This morning, President Trump is demanding mexico take action over a socalled caravan of immigrants right now heading to the u. S. Southern border. Just hours ago, the president wrote, mexico has the absolute power not to let these large care vanz avans of people into country, they must stop them at their northern border which they can do because their border laws work. As for the caravan, here is what we know here. This group is the people without borders. And they say their primary goal is to flee violence and political unrest in Central America and seek asylum either in mexico or the u. S. Lets talk more about all of this with Cnn National Security analyst samantha vinograd. Sam, you say these twitter jabs are showcasing his own misunderstanding of the situation in another country. Explain. Well, i think that were seeing a trumpian twitter san trump. Hes upset no one will pay for his wall. We see him pointing the finger at mexico, see him pointing the finger at democrats, and it is almost like he saw some story on tv yesterday about the caravans and didnt bother to consult with any of his team to find out whats actually going on. Lets talk about the facts of the situation. One of these tweets, big flows of people are trying to take advantage of daca, they want in on the rights and goes on to say Everyone Wants to get on the daca bandwagon but we know they to have lived in the u. S. Since 2007 and arrived as children before that time. The facts arent on the president s side. They dont add up. Yes. And how many times have we seen the president tweet something that is not based in on fact, just to really rally his base or because hes angry again he cant get funding for the wall. But, ana, my concern here is that this kind of tweet has a lot of National Security consequences. It actually sets donald trump up to be a loser. 94 of mexicans are opposed to funding the border wall. 5 of mexicans only 5 of mexicans think that donald trump is going to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. So when the president spews inaccurate stories about mexico, it sets him up to be a pinata in the mexican president ial election that just kicked off. There is also this issue of nafta, that the president is throwing into the mix here. Another tweet, just in the last hour, mexico is making a fortune on nafta, they have Strong Border laws. Ours are pathetic with the money they make from the u. S. They wi im wondering could it actually hurt us by hurting the mexican economy and back fire in terms of what the purpose is if hes wanting people to stay in mexico . Most definitely. I heard from senior congressional sources that the president is, again, trying to use a bully tactic when it comes to nafta, to try to get better terms in the United States. Rather than letting his negotiators who know what is good for our economy, who know whats good for north america more generally try to get better terms, hes again trying to bully mexico into changing their position, which has not been a proven tactic before. Where do you see this headed . Were good. I think the mexican president ial election just kicked off. Every single candidate has campaigned against the border wall, and is campaigning against donald trump. So were going to see donald trump thrown around as a mexican political football and every time he does Something Like this, via twitter, it just adds more fuel to the fire. Thank you, sam vinograd. Good to have you with us. Still ahead, the trump family arriving at the easter egg roll at the white house. The president set to speak in a few moments. Were there. If youve been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may feel overwhelming. 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Were expecting the president to make some opening remarks here any moment now. This is go to be a much larger extr extravaganza. Melania will join the president with the easter bunny. The first lady spent a lot of time planning this. Im told she started in the fall, thinking about this easter egg roll, picked the colors for the commemorative eggs back in december. There is a lot going on. She added also lawn bowling to the activities this year. We saw donald trump jr. And his family Tiffany Trump go through the egg roll here to my shoulder. There is a lot of folks here today passing through. We have seen some administration folks, members of the cabinet with their grandkids. It has been a nice it is chilly egg roll this year. Well be watching for these remarks from the president. Again, we were told were given the twominute warning a couple of minutes ago, so we expect them to come up and talk any moment. As soon as they do, well come back to these live pictures. Well take you there. 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Let me take you live now to the white house, and President Trump. Everybody to keep this incredible house or building or whatever you want to call it, because it really is no name for it, it is special. And we keep it in tiptop shape. We call it sometimes tippy top shape and it is a great, great place. It is an honor to have everybody, on behalf of the trump family, many of whom are with us right here in the audience, i just want to thank you. This is a special year. Our country is doing great. You look at the economy, you look at whats happening, nothings ever easy, but we have never had an economy like we have right now. And were going to make it bigger and better and stronger. Our military is now at a level, will soon be at a level it has never been before. It is you see whats happening. You see whats happening with funding, the funding of our military was so important and so many military people are with us today. So just think of 700 billion, because thats all going into our military this year. So i want to thank you all for being here. The band, unbelievable. I love you people. I hear them a lot. Theyre as talented as anybody and any players anywhere. So thank you very much. And now im going to come down and were going to watch this roll. Thank you, all. Have a great time. Thank you. Happy easter. Thank you very much. So the president kicking off the 400th excuse me, what is it . 140th annual easter egg roll at the white house and you heard in there, thank melania initially in his remarks, thank the band, and he talked about taking care of the white house as well as taking care of the military. We continue to look at these live images. We have some other news just in to cnn. An aide to russian president putin says President Trump actually proposed bilateral talks in washington during the phone call that the two leaders had last month. Lets go to jeremy diamond, also at the white house, with more on this. Jeremy . Reporter thats right. It appears the President Trump and russian president Vladimir Putin could soon be meeting at the white house here in washington. Press secretary Sarah Sanders confirming after these reports that President Trump and president putin discussed at least the possibility of holding this summit on the arms race between the two countries here at the white house. She said in a statement, let me read it to you, as the president himself confirmed on march 20th, hours after his last call with president putin, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the not too distant future. At a number of potential venues including the white house and she said we have nothing further to add at this time. Her statement came after an aide to russian president Vladimir Putin, the aide is uri ushigov, said trump offered to hold the first meeting in washington at the white house. They at least discussed the possibility of holding the summit at the white house, but clearly a lot of details still to be ironed out. Unclear at this point if there will be this summit that the two men discussed in their phone conversation just a couple of weeks ago. Ana . Timing unknown right now. Thank you for bringing that to us, jeremy diamond. Lets bring back samantha vinograd. This news, you said it isnt shocking, but what is the significance . I think this is a nonstory. We heard President Trump reference this meeting after the phone call with Vladimir Putin we know he likes to invite everyone to the white house. He invited the dictator of the philippines who killed thousands of people. To me, trump likes to throw around this Oval Office Meeting card whenever it suits him. And under any other scenario, a leader to Leader Meeting may be a good thing because trump doesnt empower his own team. Putin doesnt really empower his team. Everything comes from the top. So the two of these guys sitting together and talking about arms control could be a good scenario, except for the fact that russia is still atabbi att country. What has putin done to deserve an Oval Office Meeting and would President Trump stick to the script if he couldnt do so in the phone call they had just a few weeks ago . And dont forget about that Oval Office Meeting that got so much attention with the russian ambassador, as well as the foreign minister, which the president apparently shared some classified information with them. So a lot more to come as the white house and russia prepares for this face to face. Thank you so much. New developments this morning as the 85 billion at t and time warner megamerger trial resumes. Were waiting to hear if sat t and the Justice Department paired down their witness list. Both are trying to comply with the wish to speed up the trial this as a witness for the Justice Department may have done some damage to its own case against time warner and at t. Business media reporter hadas gold joins us with more. Reporter thats true, the judge kind of gave homework to the attorneys from both sides. He said, listen, this trial is going too slowly because there is a big deadline looming in june. If a decision is not reached before june 21st, time warner or at t could walk away from this merger. It is not clear that that would happen even if the decision isnt reached before june. But the judge warned, hey, i need time to write this decision, will be really long, 200 pages, a lot of detail and accuracy and you need speed it up. Proceedings just got started in the courtroom, were expecting to hear today from colin brieland, used to be in charge of distribution, used to do negotiations with both sides. Last week we heard from a government called witness, from comcast, and he said something that really hurt the governments case, he said, hey, i dont think that our negotiations with time warner for content like cnn or tnt would change that much if this merger happened. And thats one of the governments key arguments, that this merger would harm competition and that time warner and at t could leverage their content in an unfair and uncompetitive way with their distributors. And here we had a distributor on the stand saying i dont think that would happen. So we should be hearing more from witnesses today. All right, thank you. Right now, a story were following all day, teachers in kentucky rallying at their State Capitol now, pushing for more money for their students. Polo sandoval is live. Thousands of people are there. What is their message . Reporter the message is that they dont plan on going anywhere. They are passionate about their pension, but as you just said, there is Something Else keeping them together here outside the steps of the capitol in kentucky. What we have seen are teachers that have come together to extremely upset about the state tacking on the separate on to a separate bill this issue of their pension. But then also as you can hear, funding as well. It is something that the teachers are quite concerned about as legislators inside are debating the education budget for the next couple of years including michelle richardson, joining us here on the steps of the capitol. Well hear from her. You said yes, it is about the pension, but mainly it is about funding. It is about funding. Funding for our kids, funding for our first responders, it is funding for our communities that were fighting for. Reporter what is it that you hope the message is for lawmakers inside in the session talking about how the funding and education for the next couple of years. What is that message you hope to hear . Youve got to fund the schools. Our backbone of our education. And if kentucky is going to succeed and be competitive, we have to fund the schools. Reporter thank you so much for your time. Ana, again, thats one of many people we heard from here. Yes, it is about the pension, but mainly it is about funding schools here. It is important to point out that a majority of the School Districts or the counties here in kentucky were already scheduled to be closed today because it is for break, only about 20 of them were not. As we heard from teachers today, if it means a potential walkout when class is back in session, so be it. All right, polo, in kentucky for us. Were seeing similar images in oklahoma. We covered the strikes a couple of weeks ago in West Virginia. Well stay on top of this developing story nationwide with teachers demanding more pay, more funding for education. We have some information now on more than 5 million credit and debit cards and information that has been stolen from two high end retailers. Hackers stole data from saks fifth avenue and lord taylor stores. One Security Firm said the attack is among the biggest and most damaging to hit retail companies. The Parent Company of both stores says they have identified this issue and have taken steps to contain it. Still to come, you could say it was the luck of the irish, an amazing buzzer beater capping off the Womens Basketball championship. Thats next. Alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. And help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks ill take that. Yeeeeeah ensure high protein. With 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. Ensure. Always be you. In birds eye protein blends. Ok. Theyre delicious side dishes with the protein of beans, whole grains. And veggies mmm, good. My work here is dooooone birds eye protein blends. So veggie good. You wouldnt accept from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. Most pills only block one. Flonase. We know that when youre spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. And you dont have time for a cracked windshield. Thats why we show you exactly when well be there. Saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. Kids safelite repair, safelite replace march madness started with 68 teams and now it is down to just two. Andy scholes is live in san antonio with a preview of the big matchup. Villanova is able to win tonight here in san antonio they would enter themselves into that College Basketball dynasty conversation, just the fourth team in the past four decades to win two titles in three years, joining the likes of duke, kentucky and florida. When the brackets came out, villanova were the favorites to win it all. They looked like it saturday night against kansas. Just blowing them off the floor and only thing standing in their way of another title is mo wagner and michigan. He was brilliant in the semifinals. Theyll need him to play big again tonight to have a chance. To win a national championship, you need a great team. I sat down with both of the coaches in tonights game and they told me you also need some luck. We had a lot of breaks this year. I think it was maybe it was thomas jefferson, ben franklin, said the harder you work, the more luck you have. We have worked hard. We deserve this. We have had some breaks along the way. One of the things you learn when you do win it is how many breaks you had to get along the way. And how many things had to fall right for you. And you look back at some of your other teams and realize, this team might have been good enough, but we didnt get a break here we got a bad matchup there, maybe the ball bounces the wrong way. You realize how fragile it is to when you do win it. Ive seen thousands of michigan fans and alumni hoping to win another title. One of those, none other than our own dr. Sanjay gupta. Check him out, saturday night, crowd surfing in the michigan student section. Sanjay is taking part in the turner team stream broadcast for michigan. You can watch it on tnt tonight. The main broadcast for villanova, michigan, on tbs. Tipoff 9 20 eastern. We saw an absolute thriller in the Womens National championship game yesterday between notre dame and mississippi state. Arike ogunbowale, she did it again yesterday to win the national championship. The first for notre dame in 17 years. They were down 15 in the third before mounting the biggest comeback in womens title history. Ogunbowales parents were there rooting her around. They named her arike, which means to see and to cherish. This will be a moment that the notre dame fans will cherish for a very long time. I just love seeing that reaction, and, by the way, that sanjay picture, that was priceless. Young at heart. You go, sanjay. Andy scholes, thank you. Have a great day. Thank you for joining me today. Im ana cabrera. At this hour starts now. Hi there. Im Brianna Keilar in for kate bolduan. We begin with breaking news. An aide to Vladimir Putin says President Trump invited the russian leader to meet at the white house. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is at the white house for us. We know this is all unfolding as we speak. What can you tell us at this point . Reporter well, we just got a statement from the press secretary Sarah Sanders after multiple inquiries were made about this potential meeting and im going to read it to you in full. She said that as the president himself confirmed on march 20th, af