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No Shutdown Deal In Sight, Congress Leaves For Break; Satellite Images Show Saudi Airbase Where Iran Strike Injured At Least 10 U.S. Troops; Trump Suggests Scaling Back Funding For NATO; More Than 3,000 "No Kings" Protests Planned Across 50 States; Sen. Cruz Previously Claimed George Soros Funded Protests; Cold Front Sweeps The East, Heat Scorches The West; Tiger Woods Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI Following Crash. Aired 7-8a ET

Aired March 28, 2026 - 07:00   ET

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm pleasantly surprised. Yes.

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is nice, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

ROMO: Especially after what we've seen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I have -- we'll have time for breakfast.

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): All right. So far, so good this morning at Atlanta's airport. But it looks more like this at Bush Airport in Houston and JFK in New York right now. And lawmakers have already left Washington without a deal to pay TSA agents.

New fighters just joined the war with Iran. Iran-backed Houthis are taking shots at Israel. Also, at least ten American troops are injured after an Iranian attack.

And what's going on with Tiger Woods? The golf icon arrested and charged after a rollover crash in Florida. We'll share what police say they saw at the scene.

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BLACKWELL (on camera): Brand new hour on Saturday, March 28. Welcome to the 7:00 Eastern hour on CNN THIS MORNING WEEKEND. I'm Victor Blackwell.

Congress now on break without passing a deal to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. The Senate passed a bipartisan deal. The House immediately rejected it. House Speaker Mike Johnson called the measure a joke. And President Trump also called the shutdown dangerous. He blamed Democrats. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The conflict in Iran also makes it absolutely vital for the radical left Democrats in Congress to immediately end their dangerous shutdown of our Department of Homeland Security. You know, they want to play games. That's all they are. These people are lunatics.

They sort of remind me of -- they remind me actually, a little bit of Iran. They're deranged. They're deranged -- they're deranged. They're deranged Democrats.

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BLACKWELL: Here's how the House and Senate plans differ. The Senate plan funded TSA while postponing negotiations on funding ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. The House plan funds all of DHS for eight weeks. Now, without a funding plan in sight, TSA agents are going without another paycheck. President Trump ordered DHS to pay the agents, but it's not known when exactly that will happen.

Team coverage for you this morning as the shutdown continues. Rafael Romo is live from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Camila DeChalus is in Washington, D.C. I'm going to start with Rafael. Rafael. Listen, I can see the floor behind you. So, that's some good news as compared to what we've seen every other day this week.

ROMO: That's right, Victor. And you know what? It's even better than last hour. Last hour, it was in quite halfway full here at the main checkpoint area at Atlanta's international airport.

Now, it's practically empty. The only people that we see standing around in the background are some ICE agents here this morning. TSA agents, who are still showing up for work even though they're not getting paid. By comparison, some of the airports across the nation that are seeing high wait times include George Bush Intercontinental in Houston at about 145 minutes. JFK and Minneapolis at about 45 minutes each.

But many people here telling me a very surprised -- pleasantly surprised. A gentleman telling me, and we heard him previously, that he was glad that he was going to have time with his wife to have breakfast here at the airport this morning.

I had an opportunity to talk to a couple. They were coming back from the Caribbean. They flew back from Morocco after going on vacation. And this is what they had to say about the situation that they found here in Atlanta. Let's take a listen.

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BILL MUSGRAVE, TRAVELER: Looks surprisingly below where I figured it would be. But, you know, it's always nice to be pleasantly surprised every once in a while.

ROMO: What do you make of the whole situation that the government shutdown is still going on? TSA workers are still not getting paid.

MUSGRAVE: I don't want to really get political on camera, but I will tell you in November, I will remember.

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ROMO: Victor, you heard that right. He said, in November, I will remember. That can go a number of different ways. But anyway, it was really interesting what he had to say.

I also wanted to show you last hour, if you remember, the pre-check line was all the way up to there. Now, it's gone. So, very good news. If anybody wants to travel anywhere in the nation, Atlanta is the place to be. Victor, now back to you.

BLACKWELL: Rafael Romo at Hartsfield-Jackson. Good news to start the day. Thanks so much.

Now, with Congress out of session now, on recess, House Republicans say that the Senate should come back from the break to approve their new plan that will fully fund DHS for eight weeks. Listen to Speaker Johnson.

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REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): We're going to send it over there, and you can see what they do. If this is not used and they don't do it, the president has shown leadership, he's going to fund TSA agents. We'll get that covered.

But we have the rest of the country to take care of. We're not asking them to do anything heroic. These aren't partisan games. We're not adding bells and whistles to this. It is a clean continuation of funding to make sure that the most basic responsibility of government is fulfilled.

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BLACKWELL: CNN's Camila DeChalus joins us now from Washington. Camila, outline where the sides -- where the chambers actually stand now, because this is not only a partisan fight, you've got the Senate passing something completely different than what the House will accept.

CAMILA DECHALUS, CNN REPORTER: Well, that's right, Victor. We're really hearing at this point in time that both parties are really trying to calculate what their next steps are going to be. A lot has really transpired in these last 24 hours.

You had just early Friday morning, Senate passed a bipartisan bill that really funded all of DHS, except for taking out funding for immigration enforcement and border patrol. Now, Senate Democrats knew and were very adamant that they were not going to pass any funding for DHS unless it addressed reforms. And even though that bill did not, it still did not include funding for immigration enforcement and border patrol.

And really, House Democrats said that they were very eager to get on board and pass this on the House side. But House Republicans had different plans. Take a quick listen to what the house minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, had to say.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): We want Republicans to stop holding TSA agents and air travelers hostage to their extreme immigration agenda. Bring bipartisan legislation that was unanimously passed by the Senate to the floor so we can end this Trump Republican shutdown today.

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DECHALUS: Now, Victor, even though House Democrats were eager to pass this on the House side and officially end this partial government shutdown, House Republicans were very open about how critical they were of Senate Republicans for passing this bipartisan bill. And they are just flat out just rejected this and decided to take up their own version of a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. But here's some really notable differences.

Number one, this is a short-term spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for only eight weeks. And it also included money for immigration enforcement and border patrol. And this was a very clear message that House Republicans were sending, and that is that they do not want to pass any funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless it includes money for all the agencies under this department.

And that was a really big deal breaker for Democrats. Now, what we reported was that three House Democrats really switched party sides and voted for this spending bill. But the really loud message is both parties are very adamant that they're not going to take up both versions of their bill.

And that really leaves us at a stalemate here. And this, really now, at this point in time, this partial government shutdown has now become officially the longest government shutdown to ever happen in U.S. history. But what we're hearing is that Senate Democrats really have no plans to take up this House version. And at this point, were hearing that both sides, both House and Senate side, are now going to be out for two weeks. So, really, the end is really not clear of what both sides are going to do moving forward.

BLACKWELL: Camila DeChalus, thank you very much. More than 3000 No Kings Protests to plan for today across the country. And organizers say they expect millions of people to turn out in all 50 states, talking major cities. You see the map on your screen. New York, Atlanta, some small towns in Alaska and Hawaii.

Activists say almost half of the protests planned are in red states or in battlegrounds. Last year, nearly seven million people turned out across the country for the protests. And organizers say the movement is driven by anger over many issues. But near the top of the list, high prices, immigration crackdowns, and the war with Iran.

Yesterday in Washington, actress and activist Jane Fonda kicked off this weekend's protest. She spoke outside of the Kennedy Center.

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JANE FONDA, ACTRESS & ACTIVIST: We chose to hold today's action in front of the John F. Kennedy Center. That's right. Because this beloved citadel of the arts has become a symbol of what is happening.

50 more people were fired just today. The center has been effectively silenced after artists refused to bow to ideological demands and the racist erasure of history.

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BLACKWELL: Coming up. Leah Greenberg, the co-founder of Indivisible and legal organizer of today's protest, will join me to talk about what's expected on this. The third No Kings Day.

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All right. Wall Street ended the rough week with a stock -- a stock slide. Once again, Dow closed in correction territory. The S&P 500 logged its longest weekly losing streak in four years. Much of the worry centers on the war with Iran and its effects on oil prices and inflation.

The Treasury Department says President Trump's signature will soon appear on U.S. dollar bills. This is the first time that's ever happened for a sitting president. The Treasury secretary says it's meant to honor the nation's 250th anniversary.

Pope Leo is making his first foreign trip of the year, visiting Monaco, one of the world's smallest and wealthiest countries. It's the first modern papal visit to the country where Catholicism is the state religion. His one day visit includes time with Monaco's Catholic community and a public mass at the national stadium.

Still to come. Another night of explosions in Tehran as President Trump says the war is not finished yet. We'll have a live report from the region.

Plus, Tiger Woods was in jail. Coming up. What we know about the rollover crash that led to his arrest?

And it's not summer yet. You know, we're just getting into spring. Temperatures will cool down considerably today in the East and the South. We'll have the latest weather report coming up.

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BLACKWELL: This morning in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, President Trump is signaling the war will last longer, despite already claiming victory.

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TRUMP: Now, it's not finished yet. I'm not saying -- it's sort of finished, but it's not finished. It's got to be finished.

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BLACKWELL: The president also lashed out at NATO, suggesting that funding cuts could come because he said they're not there for us. Trump is also calling on more Middle Eastern countries to sign the Abraham Accords. That was his signature foreign policy, which normalized Israel's relationship with the U.S., Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates, among others.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated that ground troops are not necessarily a must for the U.S. to achieve its goals in the war. He also said the war will end in weeks, not months. A satellite images show the Saudi airbase Iran attacked. At least ten U.S. troops were injured from the strike.

CNN Chief National Security Analyst Jim Sciutto is with us now. Jim, hello to you. Tell us more about these overnight strikes in Tel Aviv.

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Well, what we're seeing, Victor, quite clearly, is that Iran maintains an ability to strike across the region. Right? They struck a U.S. base, damaged aircraft there, injured multiple service members. Yesterday, they struck in Saudi Arabia, in Kuwait, in Jordan, and here, as we experienced last night in Israel.

And that's despite Israel's and all those other countries' air defenses, bolstered by all the U.S. assets in this region designed to boost those air defenses. Last night was particularly harrowing because in the span of just a few minutes, there were two ballistic missiles with cluster munitions. By the way, just to that point, we're getting an alert now. Rocket and missile fire in your area.

We get these all the time. And we got these last night before those cluster munitions unloaded over the city, releasing, you know, more than a dozen smaller munitions, which are just close to impossible for Israeli air defenses to intercept. And some of them struck.

In fact, one of them struck just not far down the road from us here and killed one person, injured two others. Others struck in the eastern part of the city. So, Iran, despite being battered by U.S. and Israeli strikes, hitting thousands of targets, still maintains an ability -- a reduced one, but an ability to cause some havoc in the region, demonstrating its strength. And all in all, the regime, despite all this, somehow survives.

BLACKWELL: Jim, how does what happened overnight and the continued attack on its neighbors from Iran influence progress on these talks between the U.S. and Iran?

SCIUTTO: Yes. Well, listen, it's not good, right? The -- and the talks, to be clear, remain indirect conversations about talks. The open question is, will there be a face to face to face meeting between U.S. and Iranian negotiators and mediators? And where will that be?

We still haven't seen it. And even if that happens, when I speak to Israeli officials, they say -- and I think you can see this from the public statements as well, that the U.S. position, that 15-point plan and the Iranian response are very far apart on core issues. The U.S., for instance, demanding the shuttering of all of Iran's nuclear facilities. Iran not willing to go that far.

The U.S. wants the Strait of Hormuz completely open. Iran wants to maintain sovereignty. I mean, how do you find a middle ground on those issues is still an open question.

BLACKWELL: Jim Sciutto from Tel Aviv. Thank you, Jim.

All right. Let's talk now about these developments and more. We're joined now by CNN Military Analyst and Retired Colonel Cedric Leighton and CNN Global Affairs Analyst Kimberly Dozier. Good morning to both of you.

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And, Colonel, I want to talk with you about the new player on the board. And those are the Houthis out of Yemen, the Iran-backed rebel group. They fired their first missiles of this war toward Israel, as we start the second month of it.

First, an official with the group said that closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen is a viable option. You know, we've focused a lot on the Strait of Hormuz. If they were to exercise that option, how would that change this war?

CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Well, that would be a big change, Victor. Good morning to you. There are certain things here that the Houthis have already done and some things that they're talking about doing. So, in this particular case, they've obviously sent a rocket toward Israel. That was intercepted.

However, if they shut the Bab el-Mandeb, that is going to impact a lot of the global trade, in addition to what's already impacted through the Strait of Hormuz, through cutting that off. So, if the Bab el- Mandeb is cut, that would then cut the alternate trade route that the Saudis have, at least in part. They could still theoretically go through the Suez Canal. But that is going to be a real problem because there are a lot of ships that go down through the southern aspect and down through the Bab el-Mandeb.

So, it could have significant impact on basically the alternate route that not only Saudi Arabia, but of a lot of the Gulf -- other Gulf countries are using. And if that happens, then you will see even more perturbations in the economies of the Gulf states. For example, medicine and food supplies are already being cut in places on the western side of the Persian Gulf. Those supplies could be cut even further if there's no alternate route going into those countries through Saudi Arabia. So, it's a significant -- potentially significant development.

BLACKWELL: Kim, what do you think explains the Houthis month-long sideline here in this war? Why they weren't in earlier? And what explains entering at this point of the war?

KIMBERLY DOZIER, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: You could say that this is a strategic use of assets by the Iranians. But that sort of denies the Houthis any agency in making this decision. The U.S. and Western campaign against the Houthis, when they were regularly rocketing the Israelis, had really hurt the organization. The U.S. unleashed billions of dollars of munitions on the Houthis over the first year, or the opening months of the Trump administration.

And so, when Hamas and Israel had a ceasefire, it was a good opportunity for the Houthis to bow out. They have been biding their time. But now, you see, as the Iranians are running out of some of the munitions, they have to fire, bringing the Houthis to bear adds pressure.

As Cedric was saying, you've got mostly oil and gas shipments out of the Gulf being choked by the Strait of Hormuz. You have a lot of East West container traffic that comes through the Suez and around the Bab el-Mandeb that would be impacted by this. So, you start having a knock-on effect on global trade.

And also Cedric was mentioning in the Cape in South Africa, Singapore, et cetera.. The alternate routes and harbors that are being used for this deflected trade are overwhelmed with all the shipping traffic. They're simply not built to take that much. All of that builds the costs. And the Iranians know that really builds the economic pressure on the Trump administration.

BLACKWELL: Colonel, the administration to this point has not taken deployment of U.S. ground troops off the table. In fact, our sources tell us that some of the next phase options that the president is being offered come with the risk of high casualties because they could involve or would involve U.S. troop deployment. I want you to listen here to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the potential for ground troops.

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MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE: We can achieve all of our objectives without ground troops, but we are always going to be prepared to give the president maximum optionality and maximum opportunity to adjust to contingencies should they emerge.

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BLACKWELL: Can achieve all of the goals without using ground troops. But on Truth Social last week, the president listed five objectives. One of them was never allowing a round to get close to nuclear capability. Can that be guaranteed without the deployment of ground troops, considering the enriched uranium is still there and Iran somewhere? LEIGHTON: Yes. Unless it's turned over voluntarily, that enriched uranium, Victor, I don't think so. I -- and this is, you know, kind of an interesting statement by Secretary Rubio because what he's basically saying is that the goals that they have can be met without ground troops. Well, it depends on what the goals are.

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But if that goal stays the same, the one that you mentioned specifically about the enriched uranium and securing that and preventing the Iranians from using it, that's very hard to achieve unless there's a diplomatic solution that says Iran is going to turn it over to a third country or to the IAEA or some other international body. So, this is -- it's not realistic to say that there -- that we are not going to be in a use of ground troops at this particular point in time, if those goals remain the same. So, it's color me skeptical at this point.

BLACKWELL: Kim, I want to play for you the president last night talking about NATO, again, bemoaning their refusal to send assets to hope to -- the Strait of Hormuz to guarantee passageway.

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TRUMP: I think a tremendous mistake was when NATO just wasn't there. They just weren't there. It's going to make a lot of money for the United States because we spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO. Hundreds of protecting them. And we would have always been there for them. But now, based on their actions, I guess we don't have to be, do we?

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BLACKWELL: I mean, the president's been frustrated with NATO for a very long time, going back to his first term. But is this moment different? Because in the previous iterations of this frustration -- these complaints, the U.S. wasn't fighting its own war at the time, having to focus on its own resources. I wonder, how does Putin hear that? How do others hear this new frustration or this renewed frustration from the president?

DOZIER: This is good news for Putin whenever Trump gets mad at NATO. But let's remember, NATO isn't some disembodied entity. The U.S. is part of it.

He's really mad at Western allies who didn't automatically join after he and Israel had launched this war without briefing the allies, explaining to them the war goals, doing any of the groundwork you do before launching a strike like this to bring others on board at some point in the future. So, this is a Trump -- shooting himself in the foot situation, but he's still seeking someone else to blame.

BLACKWELL: Kim Dozier. Colonel Leighton, thank you both.

Still to come. Millions of people are expected to join in No Kings Rally today to protest President Trump's policies. We'll discuss with one of the lead organizers what's different this time.

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BLACKWELL: Today, more than 3,000 No Kings protests are planned across all 50 states. Most major cities have planned protests, including a major demonstration in St. Paul, Minnesota.

As you remember, a flash point in President Trump's immigration crackdown, nearly 7 million people attended similar events last fall, protesting President Trump's policies. And there is been an interesting shift since then. Organizers say two-thirds of the people who plan to attend live outside of the major urban centers. That's up 40 percent from the first No Kings event in June last year.

One of the lead organizers, Leah Greenberg, with Indivisible, is with me now.

Leah, good to have you.

Let me start there with this shift to the suburbs. What do you think is driving that?

LEAH GREENBERG, CO-FOUNDER, INDIVISIBLE: Well, I think since the last No Kings, we have seen a mass secret police force occupying a major -- or an American state. We have seen an illegal, catastrophic war that is, you know, robbing from -- robbing our health care and our schools in order to pay for bombs abroad.

We are -- these are issues that cut across ideology, that cut across red and blue. Fundamentally, what we are seeing around the country is that an enormous number of people are outraged by what is going on, do not feel that the government is accountable to them, and are collectively standing up, and that reaches into red and rural areas that might surprise you.

BLACKWELL: I read that you said that the No Kings Day protests are not about a single list of policy demands that you are not coming off with check off these 10 points. So, what is it about, then?

GREENBERG: It is a collective show of mass defiance against a would-be authoritarian, and is a signal to everyone who's in any position of power across this country that we need you to fight harder. We have got a lot of people, a lot of, you know, democratic elected, who show up to one of these. And the message we want them to take away is, whatever my position, whether I am an attorney general, or whether I'm a member of Congress, or whether I am a local county council member, they understand that they need to use every tool in their toolbox to fight back against this authoritarian overreach, to protect their people, to advance a vision that actually works for all of us.

It's about collectively coming together across our entire coalition, across our issue areas, and showing that we will not be cowed and that we expect better of everyone who represents us. BLACKWELL: 5 million at the first No Kings Day in June, 7 million or so at the second one in October. Is there an expectation of show up -- turnout today?

GREENBERG: Well, look, I'm superstitious. I never name a number in advance. But what I can tell you is that we had about 2200 events in the first one. We had about 2700 events in the second. We have got 3300 events all over the world, on six or seven continents today, and we are expecting to see a powerful show of disapproval and folks collectively standing against this administration and finding community together.

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BLACKWELL: I want to play for you something that Republican Senator Ted Cruz said around the time of the second no Kings Day. This was in October.

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SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): These protests, they were not organic. They were paid for. They were bought and paid for. You and I talked about before how George Soros -- there is real evidence that George Soros is paying for it. I talked about on my podcast "Verdict with Ted Cruz". I laid out the receipts how Soros' foundation has given over $3 million to Indivisible, one of the key organizers of these protests. I think, in many ways, they are astroturf.

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BLACKWELL: What do you say that? Your group, astroturf. This is not organic protest.

GREENBERG: Look, I think there is a long history of anti-Semitic tropes suggesting that shadowy Jewish billionaires are behind genuine -- movements in this country.

Republicans have suggested that about our organization and about other organizations for years, and usually it backfires. And you know why? Because there are regular people all over the country who are picking up, organizing these protests, bringing out their communities. You don't get this kind of organic upsurge of outrage everywhere in the country because of some nonprofit. You get it because people are furious at the harm that is coming to them and their families and their neighbors, and they show up.

BLACKWELL: And so, what happens tomorrow? I mean, not literally. But what is the momentum that comes out of these huge protests? What's the momentum? What builds forward?

GREENBERG: Yes. Well, first of all, each of these protests is not just a moment of opposition. It is a recruitment vehicle for ongoing local activism. Each of these is put on by an organization or a local grassroots pop-up group or a community of neighbors who at the protests say, how do we keep this going? How do we take action? Whether that is getting everybody in your community to a know your rights training, so, they understand what to do if ICE is in their neighborhood. Whether that is mutual aid to support people who are suffering, who have lost their jobs, and are suffering under this administration. Whether that's continued advocacy to fight against this horrific war with Iran.

We collectively are in the process of absorbing all these people into an ongoing cycle of civic engagement and activism so that we can collectively flex our power for whatever comes next.

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BLACKWELL: Leah Green --

GREENBERG: And we are already anticipating -- thank you.

BLACKWELL: Finish the sentence.

GREENBERG: Oh, sure. And we are anticipating a major additional action coming on May Day. No business as usual. We are asking folks to show up collectively. No work, no school, no shopping, and make their voices heard. So, we are already planning our -- collecting -- collaborating with the folks at mayday on the next action.

BLACKWELL: Leah Greenberg with Indivisible. Thank you very much.

And next hour on "FIRST OF ALL", I'll talk to Democratic Senator Cory Booker. I'll ask him, if people feel Congress is doing its job, as the DHS shut down and the war in Iran continue.

Still to come, record heat in the West. How this could set the stage for a severe fire season. That's next.

And if you're heading out, you can stream our show from anywhere in the US, right from the CNN app. Also check out cnn.com/watch.

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BLACKWELL: Top stories today. The war with Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said the U.S. can achieve its goals without using ground troops. He also said the war would end in weeks, not months. Iran's president warns his country will retaliate if its infrastructure and economy are targeted.

Congress is now out on recess after the House and Senate passed competing measures to end the partial government shutdown.

The Senate passed funding for TSA, while leaving other DHS funding for later. But House Speaker Mike Johnson called that a joke, and the House agreement funds the entirety of DHS for eight weeks.

Some serious temperature swings ahead. If you live in the east, winter like temperatures are making a comeback. And in the West, grab your swimsuit, head out to the beach. Record heat is in the forecast for a lot of states. CNN's Allison Chinchar has more on whether you need a coat or sunscreen, and that little video we just showed at the beach, I'm envious.

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes, yes.

BLACKWELL: Yes.

CHINCHAR: And in some places, you are going to need both of those all within the same week, just because the temperatures keep going up and down. Let's take a look at some of those, because it's a pretty interesting 24-hour change. When you look at where some of these areas were just yesterday compared to where they will be today.

Look at Atlanta, high yesterday was 84 degrees. Today, we won't make it to 70. Charlotte, mid 80s. Yesterday, topping out at only 61. Today, Shreveport, very similar.

Again, the high temperatures in the mid-80s dropping by nearly 20 degrees for today. We will have record heat. But it's all going to be into the West. All of these dots you see here represent a record temperature for today. And then, even as we go into Sunday, more of them there, you will start to see it spread a little bit further east into areas of the central portion of the country by the latter half of the weekend.

But look at some of these areas. Again, you are talking Phoenix, Las Vegas, Sacramento. A lot of these areas, the temperatures are 15 to 20 degrees above normal. Now, again, in most cases, people appreciate that. It's nice to have kind of a warmer spring. The problem for a lot of these areas is they have already had their warmest march on record. And the concern here is also what that means for a lot of the fire weather conditions, not only out west, but also across portions of the southeast as well.

BLACKWELL: All right. Allison, thank you.

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Tomorrow, "IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN: A YEAR OF ENFORCEMENT", airs on "THE WHOLE STORY WITH ANDERSON COOPER" at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN.

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BLACKWELL: This morning, Tiger Woods is facing a suspicion of DUI charge after a dramatic rollover crash in Martin County, Florida yesterday. Police arrested him after his land rover clipped the trailer at a high speed and flipped on to its side. Now, police say he was not injured in the crash, but authorities say Woods was cooperative when tested for a DUI, but added that he was not trying to incriminate himself.

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[07:50:01] JOHN BUDENSIEK, SHERIFF, MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Mr. Woods did a breathalyzer test. Blew triple zeros. But when it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused. And so, he is been charged with DUI, with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.

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BLACKWELL: Woods was released from the Martin County Jail late last night. He left the facility just after -- or rather just before midnight. Here is CNN's Randi Kaye.

RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Morning, Victor. Here is what we know from authorities. Just before 2:00 p.m., they say Tiger Woods was traveling down South Beach Road, and he was following behind a truck that was pulling a small trailer. Authorities say that he was speeding up on that truck. That the driver, in fact, told authorities that as he was trying to slow down and pull into a driveway, he could see the Land Rover speeding up behind him.

So, authorities say that when the truck tried to pull off to the side of the road, this is a very narrow road, Tiger Woods swerved, and then, clipped that truck, and then, rolled his Land Rover landing on the driver's side of the Land Rover.

He had to then push his way out through the passenger side of the Land Rover.

Now, when authorities got to the scene, they said that he was showing signs of impairment. They said that the investigation showed he was driving erratically. They did administer a breathalyzer test. They say that he blew a triple zero, which means that there was no indication of alcohol in his system.

But clearly, they were suspicious of something, because they did bring him to the jail here in Martin County, and they said that they tried to administer a urinalysis test, and that Tiger Woods refused.

So, here are the charges that he's facing. He has he is facing a DUI charge, as well as property damage, as well as a refusal to submit to a lawful test. Meaning, that your analysis test that he refused to take. So, by law, they are allowed to keep him in jail for eight hours, based on a Florida statute. But this could not have come at a worse time for him, Victor.

He is just getting back on the golf scene. He took part in the TGL golf tournament earlier this week, and there was a lot of speculation that he could be returning to the Masters next month. So, we will have to see what that -- what happens with all of that. But clearly, Tiger Woods is going to have a lot of explaining to do. Victor?

BLACKWELL: Randi Kaye, reporting for us. Thanks so much.

Big night for college basketball. Four teams punched their ticket to the elite eight. Andy Scholes is here.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes. We are getting close, Victor. We are almost there at the end now, and we will find out half of the final for today. We are down to the Elite Eight. Boy, do we got some great matchups. Dan Hurley has UConn back in the Elite Eight for the third time in four years.

Huskies had a 19-point lead on Michigan State in this one. But the Spartans did battle all the way back. Under two minutes to go, Alex Karavan, he hit a huge three for UConn to put them up by four.

Jeremy Fears, Junior, though, answered right back from Michigan State, his three made it a one-point game again. In the closing second, Spartans were at the line down three. They missed the second free throw right here. Terrance Reed grabs the rebound for UConn. That pretty much put the game away. Huskies hold on to win 67-63. They will now face Duke in the Elite Eight.

The Blue Devils getting a huge lift from Caleb Foster's return the Duke guard. He fractured his foot 20 days ago. He underwent surgery a day later, but he came off the bench last night, scored 11 second- half points against St. John's.

Blue Devils Head Coach Jon Scheyer, said he was stunned by Foster's performance, calling it incredible, and no stats can measure how big his heart is for what he did.

Duke ended up winning that game 80 to 75. They are now win away from back-to-back trips to the Final Four. Tennessee now also back in the Elite Eight for a third straight season. The ball is pulling away in the second half to beat Iowa State, 76-62.

And while they keep making the Elite Eight, they have never gotten past it. Will this finally be the year? Rick Barnes gets them to their first ever Final Four. They are going to play Michigan, who beat Alabama. Their game is going to be tomorrow.

Two teams, though, will punch their ticket to that final four today, Iowa looks to keep their dream run going as they take on Illinois in an all big 10 battle.

Big Ten still has four teams alive. That game tips off just after 6:00 Eastern, followed by Arizona taken on Purdue. You can watch all the action on our sister station, TBS.

And last night, great night for Duke all around. So, the women's team was taken on, LSU in a nail biter in the sweet 16. Tigers are down nine with 3-1/2 to go, but they rally and the closing seconds. But Caleb Williams gets that offensive rebound, and then, gets fouled. She would make both free throws to give LSU a one-point lead with nine seconds left. But Duke draws up a great play. They get the ball to Ashlon Jackson. She makes a nifty move there. Enter three, rolls around the ribbon and in at the buzzer. You see her teammates just mobber immediately. Duke wins out in 87-85. Women's team trying to get to the Final Four for the first time since 2006.

But busy time of year if you are Duke basketball fan. You got the men's team trying to make it to the final four, women's team still alive. BLACKWELL: Man, the excitement of that ball circling around the rim --

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SCHOLES: On -- and because -- let me think about that, if it rolls out, they are out.

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BLACKWELL: Yes.

SCHOLES: Rolls in, they -- I mean, the drama, incredible.

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BLACKWELL: That was exciting. Andy, thank you.

SCHOLES: All right.

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