10 Things to Know for Monday - 13 March 2017
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. WHO ASKS TRUMP FOR WIRETAP CLAIM PROOF
Sen. John McCain calls on Trump to reveal evidence that then-President Obama bugged phones at Trump Tower - or retract the accusation.
In this March 2016 photo released by The Ocean Agency/Reef Explorer Fiji, a snorkeler swims above coral that has bleached white due to heat stress in Fiji. Coral reefs, unique underwater ecosystems that sustain a quarter of the world's marine species and half a billion people, are dying on an unprecedented scale. Scientists are racing to prevent a complete wipeout within decades. (Victor Bonito/The Ocean Agency /Reef Explorer Fiji via AP)
2. WHERE BLIZZARD COULD DROP 18 INCHES OF SNOW
Forecasters say a nor'easter will bring heavy, wind-whipped snow from New Jersey to Maine beginning late Monday.
3. HOW NCAA BRACKET SHAPES UP
Defending national champion Villanova claims overall top seed, with Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga leading their conferences into the basketball tournament.
4. TRUMP TO SEND BUDGET PLAN TO CONGRESS
The president's $54 billion military spending increase proposal, and deep cuts to domestic programs, face a reality test with Republicans in control, many of whom are already protesting.
4. ABRUPT DISMISSALS OF 46 FEDERAL PROSECUTORS LEAVES VOID
The quick exits aren't expected to have a major impact on ongoing prosecutions, but they gave U.S. attorneys little time to prepare deputies who will take over temporarily.
5. WHY GOP PUSH TO REPEAL OBAMACARE WORRIES SOME HOSPITALS
Planned cuts to health care will likely leave more poor uninsured - forcing clinics, hospitals and states to foot the bills.
6. TURKISH PRESIDENT INTENSIFIES DISPUTE WITH EUROPEAN NATIONS
Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims "Nazism is alive in the West" after two of his ministers were barred from campaigning in the Netherlands, home to many Turkish expats.
7. UNICEF: 652 CHILDREN KILLED IN SYRIA IN 2016
That makes it the deadliest year yet for the country's rising generation, the U.N. agency says.
8. RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURES KILL CORAL REEFS AROUND GLOBE
Even if the world could halt global warming now, scientists still expect that more than 90 percent of corals will die by 2050.
9. 'KONG' REIGNS AS BOX OFFICE KING
"Kong: Skull Island" amasses $61 million in its first weekend in theaters, easily passing "Logan."
10. FATHER, SON BATTLE FOR LEAD IN IDITAROD RACE
Mitch Seavey departs a checkpoint five minutes ahead of his son Dallas, about a third of the way through the 1,000-mile race.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan applauds following a rally in Istanbul, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The escalating dispute between Turkey and the Netherlands spilled over into Sunday, with a Turkish minister unable to enter her consulate after the authorities there had already blocked a visit by the foreign minister, prompting Erdogan to call the Dutch fascists. Erdogan said at the rally: "I had said that Nazism has risen from the grave. I said 'I thought Nazism was over but I was wrong.' In fact, Nazism is alive in the West." (AP Photo}
Villanova coach Jay Wright is greeted by fans as he leaves after watching the broadcast of the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection show Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
