minister that the united states would pull out of the iran deal if his demands were not met. trump has reportedly set may 12th as the deadline for france, germany and the uk to fix the agreement. the houston astros will visit the white house later today to celebrate their 2017 world series win. the astros beat the l.a. dodgers last year for the team s first ever championship. and we got to stick with sports because you know what s coming, march madness has officially begun. the 2018 tournament bracket is out with virginia, villanova, kansas and xavier taking the top seeds. the tournament tips off tomorrow. get your brackets ready today. and happening now, the markets just opened two minutes ago and the dow is up slightly. cnbc s dom chu joins me now. i was not here on friday but boom, it was a monster jobs report. what do we expect today? so the monster jobs report did really propel the markets on friday like you said.
than 6:30 to play and never looked back. sophomore forward beeny boatwright scored 24 points. he was on fire. southern cal move on to beat smu. uc davis gets a win in its first ever tournament game beating north carolina central. n.c. central had chances to tie the game but were undone by some poor shooting on their part. the aggies advance to play the top seed kansas on friday. that s going to be a tough one. with the field of 64 now set, this is your last chance to fill out a tournament bracket before the first round tips off this afternoon. for those disappointed about not receiving any presidential guidance with donald trump declining to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor in filling out a bracket on espn, don t fear. former president barack obama has filled the void posting his picks for the big dance on his foundation yesterday.
durst right now is in a mental health facility in louisiana. officials say he is a suicide risk. all right. thank you so much. time now for sports. it has begun. the ncaa tournament field of 64 is set after the final first games were decided last night. the round of 64 tips off this afternoon with a midwestern matchup between notre dame and 14 seed north eastern. a pair of top seeds tonight flrks villanova and layoff yet and kentucky continues the pursuit of perfection against hampton. meanwhile president obama filled out his tournament bracket on espn yesterday. he picked kentucky to win it all against villanova in the ncaa title game. the texas rangers are gearing up for the upcoming ladies and gentlemen of the jury league baseball season with new food
d. over 300 schools compete from duke in north carolina to the ones that only the junkies know like the wafford terriers or south dakota state jackrabbits. every single one begins the year with the same opportunity, you win your conference and make the ncaa tournament. you win the ncaa tournament the national title is yours. as we said earlier today is selection sunday, day when the 68-team tournament bracket is unveiled and march madness begins. granted the big named teams usually do end up dominating the tournament, but you never really know what s going to happen and when one of those tiny schools knocks off a goliath, it s pure magic. it reminds even the most cynical among us that anything is possible. it s good for our souls. take what happened in 2005, little vermont against mighty syracuse, the underdog catamounts battled their way into overtime clinging to a one-point lead, the crowd is wanting to believe it could happen and this guy,
really upping the ante. of course, we re all trying to predict the outcome of the ncaa men s basketball tournament. the odds are not in our favor. the perfect bracket every game gets correctly i think the odds are to the tune of 9.2 quintillion to one. more likely you re going to win the powerball, right? yes. there s apparently $1 billion being offered by quicken loans, but it s got the backing of warren buffet. that is, of course, if you fill out the perfect 2014 tournament bracket. the first 10 million people who enter the contest will be eligible for the grand prize, so get it in quick. unbelievable. cnbc s mandy drury, thank you. thank you. it is 11 days and counting until super bowl xlviii, but football fans have been supporting their grid iron heros all along. here s a list of the top-selling player jerseys according to nfltopshop.com. drew brees, patriots