mcdonald s in nebraska. and south carolina has won the national championship. and south carolina, the new queens of college basketball winning their first national title in school history. now all eyes are on the men as gonzaga plays for its first national championship and north carolina tries to rebound from last year heartbreaker. who will cut down the nets tonight? i close my eyes and good morning, america. happy monday. robin is on a little spring break. great to have amy in. thanks. she was at the women s final four making a surprise appearance in the locker room after that huge upset when they beat uconn who had not lost in 111 games straight. . looks like she wishes she had her bell. mississippi state had a great run. so great robin was there. so incredible. we ll have much more on that just ahead. first we want to get to severe weather slamming the south overnight. there were rescues from that flash flooding in mississippi. up to inches fell in j
she was stunning. i was so glad to see her back on the horse again. she looked stunning, she sounded great. it was a good thing. we ll get to that, of course, a little bit later. i was looking for my thunder buddy last night. there was a lot of thunder through new york city and up andnd down the east coast. the eastern two-thirds of the nation facing a major clean-up today after those daging storms. nearly a foot of wet heavy snow pounded the greater chicago area, forcing nearly 1200 flights to be canceled and with temperatures dropping overnight this morning s commute is likely to be dangerous. that same system also produced thunderstorms a tornadoes in the mid-atlantic leaving at least four people de, dozens injured and buildings destroyed. meganen huz begins our coverage. reporter: the deadly winter storm system moves north, bringing waves of rain and terrifying twisters. this one captured in north carolina. this time lapse shows the storm trees into homes, cars an
morning and inside the theater with behind-the-scenenes secrets from hollywd s biggest night only on gma. and good morning, america. we have a lot of news overnight and we ll get to all that. plus, all that excitement building around the osca. robin and lara out in l.a. ready r all the action. hey, robin. hello there. we are inside the dolby theatre right now where the biggestst stars will watch the ademy awards. on the stage right over there, all eyes on chris rock. what will he do? what will he say? more on tt ahead. lara, i hear you were hanging out with the show s producers last night. yeah, no kidding, the executive oducers, the guys calling the shots and they gave me a few tidbits. some secrets, i ll share them with all of you coming up. back to you, rob. all right. we will have that and so much more ahead, george. all. note, that rampage overnight in kansas where a gunman killed three people, injured 14 before heas shot dead in a showdown with police. abc s c
establish a so-called safe zone nep northern syria to protect syrians fleeing their homes. if the cease fire fails. secretary of state john kerry told top lawmakers would require up to 30,000 u.s. ground troops to maintain in colorado, three sheriff s deputies shot while serving an eviction notice. last night a vigil was held in his honor@ south of denver. nate kerrigan was killed when the homeowner opened fire on the buttons. he homeowner also died in the shoot-out. the oovictions has been considered high risk. mystery at a federal office in the san francisco bay area. the customsen and border protection office in almeda was evacuated after an employee opened an informing containing white powder. thee people complained of feeling a sick but a search turned up nothing suspicious and the office was deemed safe centerer for disease contntl. this year s flu vaccine is doing better than last year s. it is 59% effective. that s a big improvement from last winter s vaccine, only
i m only here cause ellen didn t want to do the show. what will he say about the oscar controversy and who will take home the biggest awards of night. will leo dicaprio and sylvester stallone finally win? we are on the red carpet this morning and inside the theater with behind-the-scenes secrets fromomhollywood ss biggest night only on gma. and good morning, america. we have a lot of news overnight and we ll get to all that. plus, all that excitement building around the oscars. robin and lara out in l.a. ready for all the action. y, robin. hello there. we are inside the dolby theatre right now where the biggest stars will watch the academy awards. on the stage right over there, all eyes on chris rock. what will he do? what will he say? more on that ahead. lara, i hear you were hanging out with the show s producers last night. yeah, no kidding, the calling the shots and they gave me a few tidbits. some secrets, i ll share them with all of you coming up. all right