And if the Glass Slipper fits. The 11 ceded xavier extends the cinderella lineup setting the arizona wild cats in the sweet 16. Kansas cruises, gonzaga, oregon surviving nailbiters. All eyes now on tonights game to see who will round out the elite eight today. Friday, march 24th, 2017. Zmoos nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. We have carson pitching in once again this sweet 16. Sorry. Soul crushing. Arizona wild cats go down. Happy for the wild cats took a bad shot. They only needed two. Were going to get to the games in a moment as we work through our grief. Theres a lot to talk about in politics, drama unfolding in washington this morning over the Republicans Health care plan. After failing to negotiate more support, President Trump is now drawing the line in the sand, telling House Republicans they must vote and pass this bill today or he will leave obamacare in place. Its a big gamble for the president. He doesnt appear to have the votes in hand. As of right now, more than 30 republicans are either against or leaning against the bill. Were going to walk you through all of this this morning. Lets start with Peter Alexander at the white house for us. Peter, good morning. Savannah, good morning to you. Its going to be a dramatic day here in washington frankly for House Republicans. Today is the moment of truth for one of mr. Trumps big campaign promises, repeal and replacement of obamacare. After sweeteners, its time to vote, President Trump says. If the bill goes down, hes moving on. This morning with the Republican Health care bill in crisis, President Trump the selfproclaimed deal maker is threatening to walk away from the table. The president has made a very strong case. Reporter but it may be too late. Overnight a desperate effort to resuscitate the bill. For 7 1 2 years we have been promising the American People we will repeal and replace this broken law because its collapsing and its failing families and tomorrow were proceeding. Reporter the house speakers first statement punctuating a first 24 hours with evaporating public ran support forcing a stinging delay of the vote to repeal and replace obamacare. The president last night dispatching top advisors including strategist steve bannon to capitol hill. I feel great. Reporter delivering an ultimatum to House Republicans. Vote today or obamacare stays. Mr. Trumps budget director warning the room the president is de republicans are split. Are you still a no . Do you think its going to pass tomorrow . I have no idea. This will be a one and done up or down with a down, were done. Reporter the mood grim, a far cry from the morning. President trump getting a standing ovation from the conservative Freedom Caucus. Mr. Trump offering a compromise that would have cutback essential Health Benefits which under obamacare require insurers to cover maternity leave, Mental Health care and emergency room visits among other things. We have a great bill and i think we have a very good chance. Reporter but back on the hill it may not be enough. I am still a no at this time. Im desperately trying to get to yes. With all the Freedom Caucus they are really trying to get to yes. Reporter among the sticking points coverage for preexisting conditions and kids under 26 staying on the parns plan. Mr. Trump wont budge on either. Late thursday a source saying if the bill doesnt pass it wouldnt be on trump. Breaking their promises to their constituents. Across the aisle, House Minority leader nancy pelosi already laying any failure squarely at trumps feet. Lucky there, donald trump. You may be a great negotiator. Lucky for bringing this up on a day when clearly youre not ready. Reporter the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan score keepers here in washington, may not be making it any easier for republicans. They just released their estimate of the cost of the most recent revision to the bill at least the most recent we know, reporting it would do less to reduce the deficit and like the original plan, they would estimate it would still leave 14 million fewer americans with Health Insurance by next year. Savannah, carson . Peter alexander, thank you. A lot of moving pieces here. Lets get to chuck todd who is in washington for us. Chuck, good morning. Okay, so, the president issues this ultimatum saying this my last best final offer. If you dont take it today, youre going to have obamacare forever. First of all, is that a real work . Look, i think it is a real threat. Because i dont think the president is as committed to repealing and replacing obamacare as rub cans have been over the last six years. This is not what hes wanted to do first. Weve heard him complain about how much time this is taking. And heres the thing. I think a reality check at the white house, all of the struggle to negotiate in the house and it hasnt even begun, the hard part of actually passing health care which is negotiating with the different factions in the senate. I think this is a white house saying, you know what, we dont want to say we want this to go down today, but if it goes down, wash your hands and move on because i think they sort of see nothing but brick walls in front of them when it comes to trying to figure out a replacement for obamacare. Chuck, youre in congress. Youre weighing two options. Youre going to be a team player or you have to actually think about how this new bill is going to play in your hometown. What is the Tipping Point either way . I think its a tough decision. You have to sit here and worry about the threat thma trump blames you for not being able to repeal and replace obamacare. You own that broken promise. At the same time, do you risk voting for a bill that may never see the light of day whether it goes to the senate, may not be a bill that the president eventually supports in the long run . And i think thats particularly these conservative members. You know, they werent born yesterday. They know that some of the deals being cut today to get their vote may be thrown aside when they move to the senate. So, i think there is a trust deficit here between the House Republicans in the white house and i dont know if they can bridge it by 5 00 today. Isnt the question at the end of the day, who is more popular, who is going to have more juice in those districts, the members of congress or donald trump . Well, heres the split problem, savannah. On one hand youre looking at a guy with 37 approval. On the other hand, 80 to 85 of republicans do like this president. So, if youre member and your constituents love trump, maybe you have no choice but to go with him which is what President Trump is gambling on. On the other hand if youre from a swing district, do you want the baggage that comes with President Trump right now . So, that is what moderates are staring at, that 37 and those conservatives are looking at the 85 among republicans. Chuck, do you think there is any regret on behalf of the president or the white house they tackled Health Care First . 100 , a thousand percent. This was the rookie error. You dont make your first big piece of legislation taking things away. You be the goody. Give things away. President obama did stimulus. President bush did tax cuts. This president is desperate to do tax cuts and infrastructure. Had he led with that and punted health care a year, its complicated. The public, his supporters would have given him time on this. Now theyre rushing this through. The irony is they dont know remember that criticism that used to ride the democrats over and over again, now the republicans are finding themselves because they created a sense of urgency for no reason. So interesting, chuck. We dont know what this day will hold. No, we dont. It will be wild. Who knows what will happen by sunday when meet there ces on. Yavcafoiaovno jerry bro on sundays meet the press. Thank you. Arizona. I know. There is another battle heating up on capitol hill. The showdown on President Trumps Supreme Court pick, democrats trying to force the hand of republicans by vowing to block the nomination. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more on that this morning. Hi, kristen. Reporter hi, carson, good morning to you. With republicans firmly in control of the senate, judge neil gorsuch will likely be confirm. Its just a question of how at this point. Democrats plan to filibuster gorsuch setting up a big fight that could change how the senate does business. Good morning, your honor. Good morning. Nominee neil gorsuch and the future of the Supreme Court are both up in the air this morning. I am humbled. I am honored every day i come to work. Ive been humbled and honored to be here with you. Reporter despite sailing through his confirmation hearing relatively unscathed, Senate Democrats still upset to give president obamas Supreme Court pick a hearing vow to block with a filibuster, the move announced by chuck schumer. After careful deliberation, i concluded that i cannot support judge Neil Gorsuchs nomination to the Supreme Court. My vote will be no, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. Reporter while there are enough republican votes to confirm gorsuch by a simple majority, senate rules require a super majority of 60 votes to end a filibuster. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has threatened to use the socalled Nuclear Option, a maneuver that allows senators to change the rules in order to confirmgo votes. The problem is it is not a onetime exception. And could set a new precedent in the senate. Republican senator lindsey graham, while reluctant to change the rules, said he would support the Nuclear Option. Whatever it takes to get him on the court, i will do. Reporter back in january, President Trump agreed. Would you want Mitch Mcconnell to use the Nuclear Option . Yes, i would. Reporter the white house hoping the extreme move wont be necessary. We call on senator schumer to follow democrats to abandon this attempt to block judge gorsuch from receiving a fair up or down vote that he and the American People have voted for. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said he wants to get gorsuch confirmed before the senate takes its easter recess. Thats in the first week of april. Carson, savannah . Kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. Thanks, kristen. There are new developments in the dead dly terror attack in london. They have identified the suspect. This morning we are learning including a ut iah man who was london to celebrate his anniversary. Bill neeley has the latest. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. New raids, new arrests. Extraordinary figures from british police. They say there were 3500 witnesses to the killing. Many over there on the Westminster Bridge and they collected nearly 3,000 pieces of evidence. This is a massive investigation. One american still in the hospital, many others grieving. London silent, standing in tribute, a mayor and a city grieving as the fourth victim of terror died, a 75yearold british man. This is the final photograph of the dead Police Officer taken by Stacey Martin from florida. He had a very kind of quiet reserve personality, but was joking and, you know, reporter keith palmer was stabbed 40 minutes later. It has now emerged the killer was a muslim convert. Named the dead terrorist Khalid Masood, he had aliases, we know his first name was adrian russell. Reporter hed been jald for violence, but not for terrorism. He was once investigated by mi5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. Reporter Prime Minister may was filmed being rushed from Parliament Wednesday as shots rang out. Making two more arrests overnight. More than 30 injured are still in the hospital, including the woman seen jumping in the river to escape masoods speeding car. American kirk cochran from utah was one of four killed. He and his wife melissa were on the last day of a European Tour to celebrate 25 years of marriage. In utah their friends remembered kurt. Kurt had such an up lifting way about him, you know, that made you feel good. Reporter there were Many American survivors relieved to be alive. And a car comes out of nowhere and it just hit four to five innocent bystanders on the street. Reporter in london the search goes on. Police on their knees. Kathryn, duchess of cambridge on the verge of tears. Westminster bridge and parliament have reopened. Search is ongoing at five homes. London still on high alert. Police say this morning that the core of their investigation is how Khalid Masood was radicalized. Was it online on his own, was he helped by maybe, directed by others. Thats why the searches and the raids go on. Carson, savannah. Bill neily for us in london, thank you. Breaking overnight frightening moments for a family in Southern California after a car was stolen with a one year old boy and his twoyear old brother still inside. Thankfully those boys were found safe this morning. Cathedral city police say the car was stolen after their babysitter stepped out to do an errand. Amber alert was issued and the search was on. The car and the boys were located in a neighboring town. They were in good condition. Police are still looking for the suspect. New developments in a story weve been following for several months, on thursday Israeli Police arrested a 19yearold man accused in a wave of bomb threats against u. S. Jewish community centers. The suspect is jewish himself and holds dual israeli and american citizenship. Police say he used advance technology to mask his identity when making those calls using a neighbors to jewish facilities over 38 states forced repeated evacuations. Hes now being prosecuted in israel, but american Officials Say he could be brought here to face charges in the u. S. As well. Fright ming moments for a contract worker in south florida who was left dangling on the side of a building after a scaffolding collapsed. Officials say the worker was doing exterior work between the 6th and eighth floors when the scaffold platform tipped. The man ended up hanging by his personal safety gear that was anchored to the top of the building. Eventually rescue crews lowered the worker to safety to the ground he was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. Now to march madness. Sorry, savannah, the sweet 16, another night of exciting games. Of course dramatic finishes. Well start with the big upset, 111th seed xavier knocking off number two arizona. The wild cats miss a threepoint attempt in the closing seconds and the must ka tiers hold on to wind 73 to 71. Elsewhere, michigans magical run is over after falling to oregon in the mail ducks took the lead with a minute to lead. The wolverines had a chance to win at the buzzer, but short. 6968. And gonzaga punched their lead holding off west virginia. They had a chance to tie it up in the final seconds but they came up empty. The zags win 6158. Kansas moving ong after a blowout win over purdue. Roker is going to have a bit of a college scene. Dont want to give it away. Going to tell you more about that. But setting records across the country as we go. But in the meantime were going to be setting some Severe Weather records unfortunately. Look at this. Wisconsin, heavy lightning and hail and a lot of damaging hail out there. Were going to be seeing more of that today. Speaking of Severe Weather, this has been kratz i so far this year. Were off to the fastest start for tornadoes to this point in time for the year since 2008. Normally we haveou so, we are really rocking and rolling as far as the tornadoes are concerned and we have more of a Severe Threat today. 8 million folks at risk from springfield, missouri to houston. Lake charles, louisiana damaging winds and hail. And then for tomorrow it moves to the east, memphis, birmingham, new orleans, mobile, all looking at Severe Weather. Could be damaging wind and hail as well. These storms pushed through today on into tomorrow and finally start to dissipate by the time we get into sunday. But again, were going to be watching some of these storms developing overnight tonight which could be very frightening. Were going to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody, im team 4 chuck bell. Temperatures in the 30s. Were all above freezing around the city. There are pockets of subfreezing temperatures. Hagerstown, there is a freezing rain advisory for those locations here until 9 00 this morning. As far as rain chances we do need the umbrella and warm coat this morning. Radar shows light patch of rain coming towards the d. C. Metro. Might be cold and enough for icing across parts of the i81 corridor. Be careful for that. That is your latest weather. Guys . Thank you. Coming up a high school thinks f