Nbc news exclusive. The alabama woman who jumped from the trunk of a moving car toes cape her kidnapper, opens n the back at frightening it of my head so i can just get through the day. This morning, why she says she owes her life to a video she saw on facebook. And how sweet it is. Ahead, mackie. And twohanded jam. South carolina stuns duke, wrapping up a weekend of march madness powerhouses like ucla a North Carolina survive and advance. So, how is your bracket looking today . Monday, march 20th, 20 nbc ne y today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, er today on morning. You see those things on my eye balls, those are basketballs. I thought it was tears. Did you w watched the scores they popped up on my screen. Duke, not helpful to my bracket. My bracket is in good shape. Good. The less you pay attention, the better you do. Were going to talk about the tournament coming up. Lets begin with a ahead fot trump and his administration. It starts in a few hours when the directors of the fbi and nsa testify before congress on russias interference in the election. Possible collusion between the russians and the Trump Campaign, and trumps explosive allegation that he was wiretapped by thenpresident obama. Another event on the hill this morning, the opening of he neil gorsuch. And leaders plan to bring replace obamacare to a vote. All this with a new gallop poll that shows the president s Approval Rating has fallen to a new low. We have all ofhi talk to defense secretary and cia director, leon panetta. Well begin with Peter Alexander at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good monday morning to you. This is the start of week the trump presidency. And this is the most cons eventual so far. Testimony of james comey, at a hearing ection. Ge stakes of russian and on the issue of wiretapping, this could be the day of reckoning, where comey will be whether President Trump was the target o so, who approved jam james comey, the star witness this morning, on the first he hearing of russians efforts el. The top democrat, alleged rustr russian operatives. Deception. Thats where we begin the instonas denied any ties to russia. And the republican chairman his colleague. No evidence of collusion. Reporter comey is certain to get grilled trumps unfounded claim that president obama ordered surveillance of t a claim thats even frustrating republicans. Was there a physical waptor . No. That investigation is ongoing. Its not complete. Lets see this investigation ru the wiretapping claim a wre an this wild goose chase. What the president said was w is of damage. And he needs to put an end to this. Reporter that doesnt look likely, after President Trump defended that british helped surveil his successor. Comments that fox news has distance itselfr infuriating th british, and driving the Deputy Director of our National Security dismiss it publicly as nonsense. Also this a new test from north korea. North korea, isvery badly. Reporter the rogue regime unveiled a new rockeould launch missile capable of reaching the u. S. Kim jongun ecstatic. Rex region warned a preemptive u. S. Strike. And days after President Trumpa little to help,tillerson sat do down. The two side stepping their disagreements, projecting an air of agreement, instead. Twee j former director of national intelligence, James Clapper and others stated t tha potus collu with russia. This story is fake news and everyone he blames democrats. And the real story being lost here is theki classified information. Matt andalexander, thank you. That brings us to leon panetta who of defense and cia under president obama. Good morning. Nice to have y with us. Nice to be with you both. Theres house intge Trump Officials cold with russia. And the explosivey psident trum. In this public setting, is director comey going to be able on eitherf how important is it for him to testify with all of this swirlingarone is looking forward to it. So, you know, it is somethihing be paying attention to. That on wiretapping, that hes gngdirec. And i would think, based on havi member of the house and Senate Committee saying theres no eviden the claim by President Trump, that director as well. So, i think were probably he getting one issue, hopefully, resolved. As toation, hes going to be much and we ha for that investigation to play out. He wiretapping issue. There seems to be widespread agreement that t evidence at the moment to support the president s claim. Why do you think, as a aro gd t why do you think the president and the white house would continue to double down on Something Like this when director comey can so easily take the air out of the argument . Well, frankly, i dont think his to why the president statements here. You know, he m theres no evidence to support it. Heed the house and Senate Intelligence committees. Theyve done that and determined theres no evidce time has come the president to accept the resp mistake here. That there is no truth to thisu think to the president president frankly, he should m. Hes got to deal with thes got court justice, who is in he deal with the threat from north korea. Its timeo issues. Whats the bigger issue here . What do allegations like these, re unsubstantiated, do to ourworld . Well, first of all, it affects the credibility of the. And you know, all president has, really,trus needs the trust of the american people. Needs the trust of thehat he sa. But in addition to impacts on the credibility of the office, it wit the rest of the world. The world, now,upset. Weve upset the tion didnt turn out the best the other impag o to deal with other coues the is the our National Security. So, i thi important for this president to at this issue to the real responsibilities he has as mr. Secretary, matt said have been around the block. Which is a nice way meant. How we can reform very jobyove our system of at mil this issue. Whats the well, you know, let me make clear, we haveomen in the world. But theyre backed up by a that outdated. It was world war ii to deal with the and frankly, its years old. It doesnt keep up with the needs we f and so, what weve got to do is reaches out to thelled, in cybe languagen and really tries to retain areas because deats what we need in order to for security in this country. Secretary been around the block, secretary panetta, great to see you. Nice to we move to the ot events hpe. Confirmation hearings happening this morning for gorsuch. And paul ryan expects a vote thayrepublicans Health Care Reform bill. Welker morning. Reporter judge neil gorsuch is bracing for democrats here o a source close toeeting withder boards, mock trial sessions, conducted by lawyers from the white house and the justice department. But will itmorning, 49yearoldg ring up for what could be a fierceconfirmat. First thing to watch, hl deliver in just hours. A source familiar witells nbc nh will likely say a bound by precedent. On display when President Trump announced january. It is laws. Reporter howil tough questi according to one democratic wl the coir after republicans refused to giv to f. Democrats could try to blockter they disagree with issues like. Notto only we have. Reporter the political reality, the republica rules to override that think ii expected to vote oner battle on the republican plan t obamacare thursday. Bu states all putting t you justify to th coverage. This bill minep i this process. Expressed c thursday. At this point, it doesnt ps th. Theres some new homes near appears to be human. Itta campsites. Ther w in place. Warmry flames. But crewshere is newuber. Its president jo ling kent has the latestf uber, has quit after l founder lawsuit by google, tech. Its a look at hower, the compa road. Sudnly e jo jones saying, the beliefshatave guided my career experienced at google, pitting two silicong google, which is developing its own selfdriving cant head of u selfdriving unit, downloaded 14,000 documents, tr committing fraud while working at google in ubers mission isansportatio everyone. And selfdriving is a core piece of thattatent to nbc news, uber called the claims a baseless attempt to slow down a competitor. If other develop selfdriving technols and it den lsystem, his company isnt worth anything anymore. Reporter experts say this lawsuit could make the companys ceo already facing a series of public nightmares. Including claims of alleged sexual harassmensexism, after a former employee wrote at when she complained to Human Resources that her manager propositioned her, she was told he wouldnt be punished because hes aperformer. Uber hiring attorney eric holder to explain. Weeks later, a dash cam video showing the ceo arguing with a diver about fares going down going viral. Like to take responsibility. They claim everything in their life for someone else. Good luck. Reporter he apologized to his staff saying,lly change as r and grow up. As suber attempts to clean up this long list of ceo has the full confidence of the board to continue leading the company. Sometimes companies, like human beings, have to go through a crisis, for major changes to take place. Hthpening at uber. Reporter the latest string of problems at uber has revived the deleteuber boycott. And that prompted the ceo to leave the Economic Advisory counsel. Uber has asked for an injunction to stop all selfdriving business. A hearing is scheduled for april 27th. Were so excited. We cannot contain all is dylan dreyer has returned. Im back. First day from Maternity Leave. I was going to come back last week, but that snowstorm thing happened. I waited until spring happened. How is calvin . Look. There he is. He is my favorite person in the world. The fact i made it out of the was a miracle. Yeah. Hes alive and well. We missed you. Great to have you back. Kept hum alive for three months so far. All right. Transitioning to the weather, now. Im nervous to do the weather. Weve got record oo thing to ta about. Possible record highs, especially down through the southern plains, through parts of the rockies, as well. Were running about 15 to 30 degrees above average. Highs in oklahoma city. 93 degrees. Kansas city, 80 degrees. Memphis, 83. We are loo h ft to continue across the south. Temperatures staying above average. You notice it sinks down a little farther to the south as we get later in the week. We are looking for cooler temperatures to work their way into the northeast. And we have some thunderstorms this morning back through chicago. Thats a look at the weather across good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A beautiful start to spring. Lots of sunshine. Well see a warmup this afternoon. The suburbs near 50 degrees today, 53 for philadelphia bright sunny skies. And the winds will be light in new jersey, below 10 miles an hour for most of the day. 53 degrees. Just a little cooler at the shore. But bright sunny sky. The snow will be melting in the Lehigh Valley, 46 degrees this afternoon. Sun sni skies. Sunshine. Up to 52 in delaware. Ave a great day. Forecast. I did it. Im thinking, Somebody Just tuning in thinking, roker looks amazing. A little more makeup than usual. Dylan, thank you. Coming up, we have a today exclusive. The alabama woman who was able to escape her kidnapper from jumping from the trunk of a moving car is talking to us about that terrifying ordeal. 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Well have another update in 25 minutes. You can stay updated on the go with news and weather with the nbc 10 app. The today show continues in just a couple of minutes. Welcome back. 7 30, monday morning, the 20th of march, 2017. And we start off with some sun, and good friends out in rockefeller plaza. Well go say hello in a couple minutes. A big day on capitol hill. James comey and nsa director, mike rogers, testifying before the house intelligence committee. The focus, if there was collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia leading up to the election. And trumps insistence that thenpresident obama ordered the wiretapping of trump tower. Confirmation hearings set to begin for President Trumps Supreme Court nominee. Neil gorsuch will have an Opening Statement before testifying before lawmakers. If confirmed, he would be the youngest justice on the court. A pair of upsets in the ncaa tournament. The South Carolina gamecocks shocked the duke blue devils. The final in that one, 8881. Theyre headed to the sweet 16 for the First Time Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams. The gamecocks will face baylor friday night here in new york city. And lets not forget about michigan. The wolverines magical run is not over yet. They beat the number two seed, louisville cardinals, 7369. They play oregon. They also won on sunday. Now, to the story behind some dramatic video that we showed you last week. A kidnapping victim in alabama, forced into the trunk of her own car, who makes a daring leap to freedom. This morning, she is speaking out for the first time about that ordeal. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has her story. Hi, kerry. Good morning. Reporter good morning. 25yearold Nursing Student b t brittany decision was abdublgted outside of her apartment. Her abductor stuffed her into the trunk of the car. Fortunately, there was a law passed in the year 2000 that says there has to be a release inside the trunk that will allow the trunk to be opened from the inside. Well, she found that in the darkness, was able to pull it and jumped out. And her dramatic escape from the moving car was all captured on a video camera here at the gas station. The unbelievable escape of a terrified woman, rolling out of the trunk of a moving car. All captured on video. That woman, 25yearold brittany digs, freeing from her suspected kidnapper, threatening to kill her. The suspect grabbed her outside of her home, forcing her into her own car. Well, since you dont have any money, youre going to help me get money. So, he made me drive him to another side of town. He tried to rob two other couples. Reporter when that wasnt working, he made her pull over. I kept telling him, im a broke college student. I dont have anything. Hes like, lets pop your trunk. Looked in the trunk. Theres nothing there. Now, get in the trunk. Reporter back in the car, he found her wallet. Give me your p. I. N. Number or im going to kill you. Reporter after multiple failed attempts at the atm, his last threat, at the last gas station. If this dont work, im going to kill you. Reporter panic was setting in. Im going the drown you and nobodys going to know im in this trunk. She came up with a plan. Im thinking, i have a trunk latch. I remember the video on facebook. I got the bright idea to use my insulin pump latch. Im waiting for him to get back in the car. Hes gets in, hes yelling. Hes pulling out faster than i thought he was. Popped the trunk, popped the latch. And i step out, instead of rolling out. Reporter frantic, she ran into the gas station and hid while the owner called police. This morning, her alleged kidnapper still at large. This photo put out by police is all there is to go on. Brittany says until hes caught, her nightmare will not end. I try to put it in the ba