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Longhorns, they were rolling early led by jarrett allen who snags the rebound to finish the slam. allen later decided that was not good enough. >> allen -- throws it down! >> the dunk of the year! the dunk of the year! >> definitely a top contender for dunk of the year. he just powers that one down. unfortunately for texas, it wasnt enough. west virginia takes it 77-62. and how about a little bit of a cliche here? the miami hurricanes play the virginia cavaliers. late in the game, hitting the co...

Replacement for michael flynn? >> reporter: these three candidates we keep talking about. i spoke with a source inside the white house who is familiar with these national security maneuverings who dismiss the idea that petraeus was a serious contender and all signs point to harvard and well known inside the administration and according to a senior administration official just here last week. i am told by one source he was here actually interviewing with mike flynn, with mcfarland and keith kello...

Michael flynn is out at national security adviser. who is in? there are three leading candidates to become the next national security adviser. >> the man in the middle, general david petraeus. hes heading to the white house today. barbara starr is at the pentagon with all her reporting on who it is likely to be. petraeus not leading the pack because he comes with a lot of baggage. needless to say, who is at the front of the pack right now? >> good morning. three senior retired military officers....

Like estonia. bringing american policy i line with russia with the annexation of crimea. so, its not just about two individuals. and michael flynn made his paid trip to russia in december of 2015. 18 months into the russia war in ukraine. >> barbara, cnn has some new reporting. just in this hour, that bob harward is the top contender for michael flynns just-vacated job. >> admiral harward he was the deputy at the u.s. central command and of course defense secretary james mattis headed up central...

Military officers. the leading contender at the moment may be retired navy vice admiral robert harwood. he is very close to james mattis, and they served together and harward worked for him many times. he did serve to the national security council a few years back and he also led operations in afghanistan, and said to be somebody very sharp, very smart, and somebody that mattis trusts. i have interviewed him before. this is a guy that knows his business. does he have the broad experience, manage...

Are continuing. the fbi continues to look at the question of what were the russians doing in their covert action trying to influence our politics and did they have contact with people in the trump campaign. that cannot be turned off without massive firings. thats crucial. theres a similar investigation by the senate intelligence committee. the members of that committee have bolstered themselves, have said we need to continue this, take it wherever it leads. its the most important thing were goin...

She has been become contender with the media. my colleague jake tapper spoke with kellyanne conway on tuesday one-on-one here is the exchange. >> joining me now kellyanne won cay. thank you for joining me. the betsy devos was confirmed today. mick pence was the first vice president ever to vote on the split. can you understand their stated concerns these republican senators what they perceive to be lack of experience with the school system? >> i think thats part of the healthy democracy. we run ...

I think he just started it sooner. as byron said, hes going to have to live with the fact that we are going to fact-check him. theres nothing wrong with that. if the voters into the american people have the right to know whats true. >> jon: it wasnt that long ago that the president was saying byron, if you like your doctor, you can keep her doctor. at that turned out not to be the case. did the obama administration get the same kind of scrutiny as a trump administration? >> i believe that actual...

Each other more the upper chamber will turn into a jungle. hatch also defended his friend, senator jeff sessions. >> were treating him like he is some terrible person who doesnt deserve to be chosen by the current president of the united states, the attorney general of the united states. i think we ought to be ashamed of ourselves, i do on both sides. and frankly, weve got to get to where everything is not an issue here. >> were likely to hear a lot more about this dust-up in the days and weeks ...

>> so shouldnt we all move out to floating barges on the ocean and then health care can be as efficient and affordable as it was a century ago? its a full employment program for leeches. so says the man who is reportedly donald trumps top contender to head the united states food drug and administration. if a life of freedom and great health care on a libertarian floating country is not enough for you, hes also pursuing immortality, at least for a select few. heres the possible next chief of the ...