Triggering flash floods and water rescues. It was moving like a river. Ships so far have failed to reconfirm the signal that could be from black boxes belonging to flight 370. Dramatic testimony this morning at the Oscar Pistorius trial. I sat over reeva and i cried for i dont know how long. She wasnt breathing. A gunman opened fire inside an lapd station. A Police Officer wounded. The officer was shot seven times. He was saved, though, by his body armor. The most improbable tournament run comes to an end with a uconn championship. This is pure pandemonium here on the uconn campus. This party is raging. Looking at the hungry huskies. This is what happened when you ban us last year. We worked so hard for it. Freshman congressman advance mcallister is apologizing after a video emerged showing him kissing a staff member. The navy has rolled out its newest secret weapon that can obliterate incoming missiles. Oh a car in the wall hard in turn number one. Dale earnhardt jr. How about this duo right here, 42nd and 43rd president s enjoying the game together. The veep offered his own take on what its like being married to a teacher. Jill is probably right. I think id have the same attitude if i didnt sleep with a College Professor every night. The same one. On cbs this morning. A woman was recently conned out of 86,000 from a guy she met on match. Com. Even worse, he still wasnt called. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning, charlie. We begin with this millions of people in the southeast are bracing for more Severe Weather today. Flash flooding already killed two people. Vicente arenas is in belhaven North Carolina where tornados destroyed several homes. Reporter good morning. You can see some of the damage that was caused by the storm that moved through here. Trees were snapped in half and thrown into a front yard. Theres even some twisted metal down on the ground. These storms spawned tornados and heavy rain all the way from North Carolina to florida. Two tornados touched down around 4 00 p. M. In this rural area of eastern North Carolina last night. From a distance this twister was caught on camera. The storm lasted just seven minutes, but that was still enough to take out power lines, flip cars and level homes. At least 13 people were treated from injuries at local hospitals, including a father and son. Levi spencer says he was driving his pickup truck when winds tossed it across the road and into a field. Any time you see a man walking away thanking god crying and stuff, and me and myself we cried all the way here. Reporter the carolina storm comes just one day after a tornado touched down, carving a 16mile path in central mississippi, leveling communities overnight. Heavy rains quickly followed and a 9yearold girl was killed after flash flooding pulled her into a culvert. By morning, some areas had seen more than 8 inches of rainfall. Many in mississippi and new orleans were left with destroyed homes and little to salvage. But for some knowing their families were safe meant much more. Oh, my god, thats all matters. All this stuff can be replaced to me. Its just a house. That can be replaced. You cant replace somebody if they get hurt. Reporter as heavy winds and rain moved across the south, roads in alabama flooded. Drivers quickly abandoned their cars, and those who didnt faced dangerous conditions. In birmingham alabama, rescue workers evacuated more than 120 people from their homes and downed trees blocked major highways. The storms also caused problems for people across the country. As many as 6,000 flights were delayed because of the weather. Another 500 had to be cancelled. Here in belhaven though the cleanup starts this morning. Thanks. Strong winds at daytona beach, florida, overturned a single engine plane last night. The cessna had just landed when a gust flipped it over of the the two pilots were not hurt. Megan glaros of wbbm is tracking the storm and the weather in the west. Good morning to our viewers in the west. There is still a possibility of some Severe Weather across parts of florida this morning. The last 24 hours the vast majority of all the storm reports in the nation were centered in the deep south. Anything from hail to winds to tornados to even flash flooding. It looks like that potential does continue to push to the south today before wrapping up a little later on this morning as the storm system heads off the coastline. We see the west though dealing with yet another storm system this one bringing rain from seattle down to portland but not impacting the state of california. Droughtridden state that will stay dry for yet another 24 to 48 hours at least. Megan, thanks. Oscar pistorius delivered emotional testimony this morning in his murder trial. The double amputee track star known as the blade runner described in tears how he shot his girlfriend. Correspondent and cbs news contributor debora is in pretoria with dramatic moments from the courtroom we saw today. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. It was another emotional day in court as Oscar Pistorius broke down sobbing loudly and uncontrollably. He finally described what happened on the night when he mistook Reeva Steenkamp for a burglar and shot her through a locked bathroom door. He told the court that he was overwhelmed with fear when he heard a noise and thought an intruder was breaking in. He reached for his firearm and screamed to reeva to get down and call for help. I heard the noise from inside the toilet what i perceived to be somebody coming out of the toilet. Before i knew it i had fired four shots at the door. My ears were ringing, i couldnt hear anything so i kept on shouting for reeva to phone the police. Reporter after returning to the bedroom and realizing that Reeva Steenkamp was not there, he ran back and tried to break down the door with a cricket bat, finally making a hole big enough to reach through and grab the key. I unlocked the door i flung the door open i threw it open and i sat over reeva and i cried. I dont know how long. I dont know how long i was there for. She wasnt breathing. Well take an adjournment. Court will adjourn. Reporter earlier in his testimony, Oscar Pistorius told the court that his relationship with Reeva Steenkamp was a loving one, that they were talking about moving in together, that they believed that they had a future together. He did concede that there were times, though that he was jealous of Reeva Steenkamp. He said he was besotted with her and there were times that he was more into her than she seemed to be into him. Court had to adjourn early once again, as pistorius was overcome with emotion. He could not continue giving his testimony in the witness stand. Thanks. The university of connecticut is celebrating another ncaa Basketball Championship this morning. The huskies never trailed last night as they beat kentucky 6054. Don dahler is here with a big victory for a team that was looking for redemption. Don, good morning. Good morning. Many thought uconn had a tough road ahead after longtime coach jim calhoun retired just before the 20122013 season. And the team was banned from the tournament last year for failing to meet academic standards. But last night the team took the title and a stance against their critics. If i could have your attention. If i dont have your attention, let me get your attention. Reporter alongside his teammates, senior Shabazz Napier erased any question about a team so many had doubted. Ladies and gentlemen, youre looking at the hungry huskies. This is what happens when you ban us last year two years. We worked so hard for it. The uconn championship. The huskies once again are in basketball heaven. Reporter the team that lost its head coach, its conference and a handful of key players just one season ago won it all last night. For the National Championship deep in the heart of texas. Reporter from the tipoff uconn dominated the court. There goes daniels reporter managing a 15point lead in the first half. Theyre going to go reverse. Reporter inside at t stadium, a recordsetting crowd of nearly 80,000 watched, including an unlikely duo. They go by 42 and 43. Bipartisan sportsmanship. Kentucky drives in. Reporter Common Ground seen off the court, but not on as kentucky battled back. He puts the exclamation point on so many followups. Put the ball up there. Reporter uconn was relentless. Boat wright though. Reporter napier dominated the scoreboard with 22 points. The wildcats narrowed the lead trailing by just one point with just over 8 00 remaining in the game but uconn responded with backtoback threepointers. Wow, right over. Top of the key, and he hits backtoback threes reporter kentucky never recovered. Randle. Oh, wow. And this most improbable tournament run. Reporter at the buzzer the crowds both inside the arena and back home in connecticut erupted. Even 30 arrests couldnt dampen the celebration of the teams fourth National Championship in 15 years. Tonight uconns Womens Basketball team will play for the championship against notre dame. If they win, it will be the second time the school has pulled this off. They first did it in 2004. Uconn is the only school to ever win both mens and womens titles in the same year. Charlie, norah sglflt don, thanks. Crews looking for the Malaysian Airline have suffered setbacks this morning. Theyre covering an area where they detected pings over the weekend. Seth doane is in beijing where today marks a grim anniversary. Seth, good morning. Reporter thats right, good morning to you charlie. Yes, just a month ago on march 8th flight 370 was scheduled to land here in beijing. That, of course never happened. Today in australia authorities there coordinating the search urged patience and said the priority is to try to detect additional signals coming from the deep. Until investigators are certain that the batteries have run out, searchers on the ocean shield will continue to try to pick up those signals or pings from the black boxes. The battery life expires on the device at 30 days but experience with the kit from around the world is that they usually last longer than the 30 days. Reporter Authorities Say theyll drag the towed pinger locator through the ocean for several more days. For now, the submersible vehicle, blue fin 21 will stay above water. It is a large area for a small submersible that has a very narrow field of search so its going to take a long long time. Reporter today up to 14 planes and 14 ships are scouring the nearly 30,000 square mile search zone, looking for debris. While some authorities are expressing increased optimism Australias DeputyPrime Minister admitted feeling anxious. The connections two days ago were obviously a time of great hope that there had been a significant breakthrough. It was disappointing that we were unable to repeat that experience. Reporter if it was a disappointment for authorities, the wait has been devastating for weary families. At beijings limit do hotel, there was a quiet vigil today. Steve wongs mother was on the plane. We need to persist in finding the clues, he said and finding our relatives. Twothirds of those passengers were chinese and there is certainly growing frustration among the passengers family members weve spoken with frustration of false leads, so much speculation. Norah, they just want some closure. All right, seth thank you. And this morning president obama plans to sign an executive order aimed at eliminating the pay gap between men and web in the women in the federal government the average woman earned 77 of what the average man earned and the white house staff isnt doing much better than that. We as an institution here have progressively addressed this challenge. Obviously, though at the 88 cents that you cite that is not 100, but it is better than the national average. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, so how do white house officials describe this disparity where at the white house women make on average 88 cents for every dollar the men make . Reporter good morning. The white house is getting, as you indicated, norah, roughed up by its own pay equity rhetoric. An Analysis Shows that the Median Income of feel male staffers is 88 of that of male staffers. Now, this study also showed that men and women with the same white house jobs earned exactly the same salary. Now, the white house said its gender pay gap is tied to job experience education and hours worked among other factors. This matters because those explanations according to the Labor Department explain a good deal of the gender pay gap nationally. The big difference in these stories, when president obama discusses this issue nationally he doesnt mention those other work variables, only the broad figure that 77 cents per dollar is what women earn compared to men in median wages. The factors the white house used to defend its pay gap are used nationally, the difference shrinks to 5 to 7 cents on the dollar. So, major, exactly what is the president going to do today . Reporter the president will sign two executive orders both dealing with federal contractor workers. Thats a small subset of the u. S. Labor force. One will allow those workers to openly discuss pay and salary levels without fear of reprisal or punishment. This could expose some differences in pay between men and women. The second requires federal contractors to tell the government pay levels by race and gender. This is largely a tool but most economists do not believe it will increase pay for most federal contract workers. The crisis in ukraine is deepening this morning with the threat of more lost territory. Prorussia activists are trying to take control of government buildings in two eastern cities. Mark phillips is in london where britains foreign minister is accusing russia of trying to destabilize ukraine. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, it is sounding familiar. Government offices in the Eastern Ukraine this time are taken over by people claiming to be prorussian ukrainians. Russia warns the ukraineian government against taking repressive action that could lead to civil war. Ukrainian forces move in to evict the demonstrators and the tension rises. Once again the fires are burning in ukraine and moscow is being blamed for stoking the flames. Demonstrates said to be prorussian ukrainians had occupied government buildings in the major cities of danetsk. They demanded a referendum the same device that was used to annex crimea to russia. The u. S. Says many were not local and were being paid. Overnight Ukrainian Forces moved in to try to reclaim the buildings in what theyre calling an antiterrorist operation. The government in kiev says 70 what it calls criminals were arrested, but the demonstrators still control some government offices in the largely russianspeaking industrial heartland of Eastern Ukraine. And not for the first time the ugliness spilled over into ukraines parliament when the leader of the old pro Moscow Communist Party got up to accuse ukraine of bringing its problems upon itself by bringing down the previous prorussian government some of the other members thought they had heard enough. And with the accusations and the fists flying Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has weighed in again saying it is the west not russia, desable destabilizing ukraine and called for talks. But that seems to be driving toward another eastwest confrontation. It is time to show you some of the headlines. The stars and stripes has new details on last weeks ft. Hood shooting. Ivan lopez opened fire after an argument over a request for leave. Three soldiers died and 16 people were injured before lopez killed himself. The New York Daily News reports the reverend al sharpton was an fbi informer. Documents allege that sharpton recorded conversations with mob figures in the 1980s using a bugged briefcase. Sharpton says the fbi never told him he was an informant. Usa today looks at an experiment that appears to reverse paralysis. The findings are in todays journal brain. Four paralyzed men can lift their legs and move their ankles when an electric current is applied to their spines. 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