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>> GOOD EVENING.

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I AM RAVEN SANTANA.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT.

POLICE BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND NINE ON CALLS HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

THIS, AFTER PATTERSON POLICE SHOT AND KILLED NAJEE SEABROOKS, WHO WAS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC INTEREST POLICE STANDING OUTSIDE OF HIS APARTMENT BATHROOM IN A STANDOFF WHERE IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS, OFFICERS WERE HURT, ASKING HIM TO PUT DOWN THE KNIVES.

AFTER A FIVE HOUR STANDOFF, SEE BROOKS WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

WHEN HE EMERGED FROM THE BATHROOM WITH THE KNIFE, THE TAPES WERE RELEASED, AS PROTESTERS GATHERED TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THEIR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR AND MEMBER OF THE PATTERSON HEALING COLLECTIVE.

NO, TODAY FROM THE MAYOR OF PATTERSON, WHO HAS BEEN CALLING FOR THEIR RELEASE.

BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ENTERING THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING UNDERWAY.

ADVOCATES WANT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED FIRED AND SENT TO JOE.

MELISSA ROSE COOPER REPORTS.

>> HOW MUCH TRAUMA, HOW MUCH RACIST, RIGID TRAUMA MUST BLACK PEOPLE FACE?

>> TENSIONS BOILING AND PATTERSON, AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES DEMAND JUSTICE FOR NAJEE SEABROOKS.

>> PUT THE KNIVES ON THE FLOOR, NAJ.

NO ONE IS GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

NO ONE IS GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

>> THE PROTEST, GATHERING YESTERDAY, AS THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RELEASED THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, SHOWING THE HOURS LONG STANDOFF BETWEEN SEABROOKS AND POLICE AFTER RESPONDING TO A CALL OF SOMEONE IN DISTRESS.

HERE, YOU CAN SEE AN OFFICER HOLDING UP A GUN WHILE TELLING NJ PBS THREE TO DROP THE KNIFE AND COME OUT OF THE BATHROOM.

>> HE HAD A KNIFE OR IT WHAT YOU DON'T DO IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS YOU DO NOT BRING A GUN TO A KNIFE FIGHT.

>> POLICE ARRIVED TO THE APARTMENT WHERE NJ PBS THREE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A ROOM JUST BEFORE 8:00 A.M. ON MARCH THE THIRD.

>> IT IS RAMOSE.

>> CAN BE HEARD RESPONDING TO THE OFFICER, BUT HE SEEMS TO QUESTION WHETHER THEY ARE THERE TO REALLY HELP.

MINUTES LATER, ANOTHER OFFICER CAN BE HEARD ASKING HIM TO COME OUT ON HIS OWN FREE WILL, OR SAYING THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE.

A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE IS HIS MOTHER ALSO TRY TO GET SEE BROOKS TO COME OUT, BUT NO LOOK.

>> WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, NJ PBS FOR?

>> NJ PBS'S MOTHER EVENTUALLY TELLS AN OFFICER THAT HER SON WORKS FOR THE PATTERSON HEALING COLLECTIVE.

MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE TRAINED IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TACTICS, BUT ACCORDING TO ACTIVISTS, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED ACCESS OR TO HELP.

>> THEY ASKED TO BE THERE.

THE POLICE KNOWS THEM.

THEY HAD THE ESCALATED SITUATIONS TOGETHER.

THIS WAS NOT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY.

ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LET THEM TALK TO NJ PBS FOUR.

>> WE WILL NOT BROADCAST THE GRUESOME SHOOTING BUT ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, TWO OFFICERS FIRED THEIR GUNS AFTER SEABROOKS LUNGED AT THEM WITH A KNIFE.

THE BODY CAM SHOWS AND BEING TREATED ON THE SCENE BEFORE HE WAS TAKE IT IN TO THE HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.

COMMUNITY LEADERS STAND FIRM.

NJ PBS THREE'S DEATH COULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED.

>> HE SHOULD'VE NEVER COME OUT ON A BODYBAG OR CAME OUT ON A STRETCHER AND HANDCUFFS.

HE SHOULD'VE CAME OUT HUGGING THE MEMBERS OF THE PATTERSON HEALING COLLECTIVE, WHO WAS OUT THERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

THE PEOPLE THAT HE CALLED FOR HELP.

THE RESOURCE WAS THERE.

THE PATTERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT IGNORED IT.

>> NOW, LOVED ONES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE CALLING FOR A FEDERAL INVES KITCHEN, SETTING A HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT BY PATTERSON POLICE.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS SHOOTING.

IT HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY IN PATTERSON.

SO THIS IS A CONCERN >> A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RESPONDED, SAYING, WHILE THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES NOT COMMENT ON INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS, THE OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING PRACTICES.

>> A PATTERSON POLICE OFFICER SHOT KHALIFA COOPER, WHO WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AND PARALYZED.

A PATTERSON POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED McKNIGHT, WHO WAS UNARMED.

>> SHAME.

>> SHAME.

>> DON'T TELL ME THAT THESE AREN'T PATTERNS.

DON'T TELL ME THAT THESE AREN'T PRACTICES.

>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CONFIRMS THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS IN VISTA GETTING THE SHOOTING.

LOVED ONES AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES SAY THE ONLY JUSTICE THEY WANT TO SEE IS THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO SHOT SEABROOKS FIRED AND SENT TO JAIL, HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, SO NO ONE ELSE'S LIFE HAS TO BE TAKEN TOO SOON.

FOR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS, I MELISSA ROSE COOPER.

>> FOR A TIMELINE OF THE MONTH LEADING UP TO THE KILLING, READ THE FULL STORY AT NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.ORG.

INSTRUCTED IN CAMDEN, A FEDERAL JUDGE OVERHEARD ARGUMENTS ON RESTRICTING CONCEALED FIREARM.

IT BAND GUNS AND DOZENS OF SO-CALLED SENSITIVE PLACES IN NEW JERSEY.

THE LAW WAS PASSED IN RESPONSE TO A SUPREME COURT RULING THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET A PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM.

PLAINTIFFS ARGUED TODAY THAT THE STATE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND THEY WANT THE JUDGE TO KEEP IT FROM BEING ENFORCED.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT JOANNA GAGIS WAS AT THE COURTROOM TODAY.

JOANNA, WHAT ARGUMENTS DID YOU HEAR?

>> Reporter: WE HEARD ARGUMENTS TODAY OVER THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF NEW JERSEY'S RECENT CONCEALED CARRY GUN LAW.

THE ATTORNEYS ARE ARGUING IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY THAT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE BREWING CASE RIGHTLY PERMITS FIREARMS IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER, AND THAT NEW JERSEY'S RESTRICTIONS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VIOLATED THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

THE STATE ARGUED THAT THE BREWING CASE ALLOWS FOR INTERPRETATION OF NEWLY DEFINED SPACES, AND THAT SIMPLY DIDN'T ASK EXIST IN THE 1700s, WHEN THE ORIGINAL GUN LAWS WERE WRITTEN.

THAT WAS MUCH OF THE CRUX OF TODAY'S ARGUMENTS.

>> THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING.

THAT IS WHAT IT REMAINS TODAY.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS, ARGUING THAT NEW JERSEY'S LAW, CREATING AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF SENSITIVE PLACES WERE PERMANENT GUN OWNERS ARE RESTRICTED FROM CARRYING IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EARLIEST GUN CARRYING RESTRICTIONS.

>> WE, SO FAR, I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE THING THAT GETS YOU IN PLACE.

THAT IS GOVERNANCE.

IT IS NARROWER THAN GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.

THEIR CLAIMS ABOUT MUSEUMS.

IT IS THE FUNCTION OF GOVERNANCE.

>> Reporter: DAVID JENSEN, ALSO AN ATTORNEY, FURTHERED THAT ARGUMENT, BY REFERRING TO LAWS WRITTEN IN 1700s, WHEN THE PLACE WAS RULED BY A KING.

>> KNOWN SHALL COME WITH FORCE OF ARMS, NOT BRING FORCE IN A TIME OF PEACE, NORCO AND ARRIVED BY NIGHT OR BY DAY IN THE PRESENT OF THE JUSTICE.

>> AS WE STAND HERE, THERE ARE RECORDS.

>> THE STATE ARGUED THAT THIS LIMITED INTERPRETATION IGNORES A KEY PIECE OF THAT 18th CENTURY THOUGHT THAT THE PLAINTIFFS REFERENCED.

>> WHAT YOU WANT IS TO READ OUT OF THAT VERY SENTENCE IS WHERE IT ALSO SAYS ONE CANNOT GO RIGHT BY NIGHT OR DAY IN MARKETS.

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

YOU CAN'T RELY ON THE STATUTE FOR THE PROVISION OF COURTHOUSES.

BUT THEN READ OUT THAT.

WHAT IS BRUIN ASKING FOR?

HE IS ASKING FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF WHAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THE SECOND AMENDMENT ALLOWED.

THAT IS THE POINT OF THE HISTORICAL ANALOGY.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL SOLICITOR, McKENNA, DEFENDING PLACES LIKE TRANSPORTATION HUBS, THE LAST ONE, DRAWING QUESTIONS FROM THE JUDGE ABOUT WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION.

>> IF SOMEONE, WHO IS ON THE TURNPIKE IN THE PERIMETER OF THE NEWARK AIRPORT VIOLATING THIS RESTRICTION?

>> NO, YOUR HONOR.

IT HAS TO BE THE AIRPORT ITSELF.

IT IS NOT RESTRICTED.

DRIVING ON THE PICKUP LANE OF NEWARK AIRPORT, THAT IS NOT A VIOLATION.

>> GUN RIGHT ADVOCATE MICHAEL SCOTT --FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE.

>> IT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A CARRY PERMIT IN THE FIRST PLACE BY BLOCKING CARRY NEARLY EVERYWHERE IN PUBLIC.

AND SO BRUIN SAYS YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.

THEY LOSE IN THE END.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS NO DEFICIENT DECISION FROM THE FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY BUT SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS CASE IS LIKELY TO MAKE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

AT THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT HOUSE IN CAMDEN, I'M JOANNA GAGIS PAID BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO, RIVEN.

>> THANKS, JOANNA.

>>> THE HEAD OF THE STATE AGENCY THAT ENFORCES RULES HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST GOVERNOR MURPHY AND THREE OF HIS TOP AIDES, ALLEGING THAT THE GOVERNOR'S FRIEND ASKED HIM AND AND THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT'S LONG-STANDING POSITION AS AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG.

THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED ON THE SAME DAY AS SENATE COMMITTEE PASSED THE TRANSPARENCY ACT, WHICH WOULD GIVE GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DIRECT APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION'S BOARD.

IT ALSO UPHELD ELECTION CAMPAIGN DONATION LIMITS.

HIS ATTORNEY ALLEGES THE MOVE WAS A RESULT OF HIS EFFORTS TO SHED LIGHT ON DARK MONEY AND POLITICS.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT.

>>> THE NUMBER OF DEAD WHALES WASHING UP ON EAST COAST BEACHES SURGED IN RECENT MONTHS, MARKING PUBLIC CURIOSITY AND A LIMPID SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN STUDYING WHALE DEATHS SAY THAT MOST OF THE ANIMALS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A SHIP STRIKES.

THOSE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND REJECTED BY GROUPS SEEKING TO BLOCK OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY PUSHED UNFOUNDED THEORIES THAT THE WIND INDUSTRY IS THE CAUSE.

THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE HEARING HOSTED BY JP CONGRESSMAN --IN WILDWOOD.

TED GOLDBERG CONTINUES HIS REPORTING ON THE CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT.

>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME TO WILDWOOD YESTERDAY WITH ONE QUESTION.

>> THIS CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE, THAT YOU HAVE THESE MARINE MAMMALS DYING, WEEK AFTER WEEK ON THE JERSEY COAST, AND THE NEW YORK COAST.

WHY?

>> CINDY PARKER WAS AMONG THE PEOPLE PROTESTING OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC HEARING CALLED BY CONGRESSMAN JEFF VAN DREW AND CHRIS SMITH.

SHE BELIEVES THERE IS A BETWEEN OFF SHORE SURVEYS AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DEAD WHALES WASHING UP ON THE JERSEY SHORE.

>> OCEAN CITY DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS.

BUT THEY BOUGHT IT IN EMINENT DOMAIN.

HERE WE ARE, HAVING TO BATTLE LOGICAL CURRENTS COMING THROUGH OUR TOWNS, INTO OUR OCEANS.

>> EVERYTHING THEY HAD DONE HAS UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE REVIEW OVER A MULTIYEAR PERIOD.

WE HAVE BEEN LAYING UNDERWATER CABLE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN FLOOR FOR DECADES.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONCERN --A REAL CONCERN --OVER SERIOUS HARM TO MARINE LIFE.

>> AARON RICE DID NOT TESTIFY AT THE HEARING, BUT HE'S AN ECOLOGIST AT CORNELL.

RESEARCHING HOW BELLS AND FISH PERCEIVED SOUNDS.

HE HAS HEARD ARGUMENTS THAT WHALES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HIT VESSELS BECAUSE THEY COULD GET DISORIENTED BY THE RADAR USED FOR OFFSHORE SURVEYS.

RICE SAYS SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN FISH FINDERS WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.

>> BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY IMPACT OF THAT IS EXTREMELY LOW.

>> PEOPLE AT THE HEARING DISAGREE.

>> THERE ARE DEFINITE STUDIES --I'M WONDERING IF THEY ARE BEING HIDDEN, BECAUSE IT IS OUT THERE.

>> HIDDEN BY?

>> ANYBODY WHO IS PRO-THIS PROJECT.

>> I THINK THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE BEING HARMED.

THIS IDEA WITH THE GOVERNOR AND OTHERS, SAYING, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, THERE IS A GROUPTHINK GOING ON AMONG THE SCIENTISTS THAT I FIND APPALLING.

>> REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT CHRIS SMITH AND JEFF VAN DREW ARE NOT CONVINCED, EITHER.

THEY FEATURED SEVERAL WITNESSES, INCLUDING BOB STERN, WHO UNSUCCESSFULLY SUED TO BLOCK THE OFFSHORE WIND FARM.

DURING THE HEARING, SMITH AND VAN DREW CALLED FOR CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE ANY POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN OFFSHORE WIND ACTIVITIES AND WILL STANDINGS.

>> THE TRUTH IS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ACTING MORE IN THE INTEREST OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL THAN IN THE INTEREST OF OUR PEOPLE.

>> I THINK JEFF VAN DREW IS A FLIP FLOPPER.

>> NOT EVERYONE IN WILDWOOD WAS ON BOARD WITH HIS MESSAGE.

ONE OF THE COUNTER PROTESTERS WAS ED BECAUSE NICK, LEADER OF THE NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS.

HE SAYS THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN WILDWOOD ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT WHALES.

>> THE FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT FALSE NARRATIVE, THEY ARE FUNDED BY THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.

HE IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE FALSE NARRATIVES.

THEY RECEIVE FUNDING AND THEY HAVE ADMITTED IT, FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.

THIS IS A FRONT, AND ASTROTURF TO GROUP.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A BIG BUMP IN HUMPBACK WHALE DEATHS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THE STATES THE PROMPT OVEN FOR MENTAL PROTECTION SAYS YOU CANNOT BLAME OFFSHORE WIND FOR THIS.

>> THE MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS ARE GROWING.

THAT'S DOING?

THOSE EVENTS, IT IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE SHIPPING SUPERHIGHWAY.

IT EXISTS JUST OFF OUR COAST.

>> IN RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT, OR SAID, AND UNDERWRITER OF NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS AND THE COMEDY THAT OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WINDFARMS SENT THIS COMMENT.

SINCE 2019, OUR OCEAN ONE PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERGOING A COMPLETE AND FEDERAL REVIEW PROCESS.

THE 418 PAGE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT INCLUDES 1200 CITED REFERENCES FROM SOURCES SUCH AS THE U.S. COAST GUARD, THE U.S. NAVY, AND THE COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO PEER-REVIEWED EXPERTS, MAKING IT THE MOST THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND READILY AVAILABLE DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

FOR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS, I'M TED GOLDBERG.

I HER BUSINESS REPORTS NET, THE BANKING CRISIS JITTERS CONTINUES.

ARE MORE BANKS ON THE VERGE OF CRUMBLING?

RHONDA SCHAFFLER HAS THE DETAILS, PLUS OUR OTHER TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

RHONDA.

>> RAVEN.

THE NERVOUSNESS OVER THE BUSINESS SECTOR CONTINUES TODAY, AFTER THE REGIONAL BANK FIRST REPUBLIC GOT AN INFUSION OF CASH AFTER A DIFFICULT WEEK.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE FAILED SILICON VALLEY BANK OFFICIALLY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION EARLIER TODAY.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO CONTAIN THE ISSUES WITH BANKS.

RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PEARL JAMES SAYS IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IN TERMS OF HOW MANY MORE BANKS CRUMBLE.

IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY THE POLICY ACRES ARE TAKING PROMPT ACTION.

A LOT OF BANKS ARE GOING TO COME UNDER HEAVIER SCRUTINY, AND THE SECTOR IS GOING TO SUFFER, AS A RESULT.

IN GENERAL, WE DON'T EXPECT THAT THIS IS A MAJOR --GOING TO BE A MAJOR FINANCIAL CRISIS.

>> NEW JERSEY'S TOTAL GAMBLING REVENUE INCREASED MORE THAN 10% IN FEBRUARY.

MUCH OF THE INCREASE CAME FROM BETTING ONLINE.

IN PERSON GAMBLING AT THE CASINOS WAS ONLY UP JUST OVER 1% COMPARED TO A YEAR EARLIER.

AND ONLY THREE CASINOS, HARD ROCK AND OCEAN, WON MORE FROM IN-PERSON GAMBLERS LAST MONTH THAN THEY DID IN FEBRUARY 2019, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.

MEANTIME, THERE WAS A DECLINE IN SPORTS BETTING REVENUE.

RESIDENCE IN NEWARK SOUTH WARD WILL HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED $12 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A PROJECT THAT WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO AN EXISTING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

THE PROJECT WILL COST $125 MILLION IN ALL.

IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2025.

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE QUICKER ACCESS TO NEWARK AND PENN STATION.

NOW, HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CLOSING NUMBERS FROM WALL STREET.

I'M RHONDA SCHAFFLER.

THOSE WERE YOUR TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

>>> SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESS REPORT, PROVIDED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY BY UNITING BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR 150 YEARS.

STRUCK A REMINDER TO CATCH NJ BUSINESS FEED THIS WEEK WITH RHONDA SCHAFFLER.

THE THRIVING FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY, MOTION PICTURES, MAJOR NEW STUDIOS, AND OF COURSE, HOW THE COUNTRY'S BANK FAILURES ARE IMPACTING SOME NEW JERSEY BUSINESSES.

WATCH IT SATURDAY AT 5:00 P.M., AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 9:30 ON NJ PBS.

>>> YES.

MARCH DOES MEAN MADNESS FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL FANS, ESPECIALLY IN NEW JERSEY WHERE ANOTHER HOME TEAM IS WINNING BIG AND BUSTING BRACKETS.

IT MIGHT BE TIME TO DECLARE JERSEY AS A CINDERELLA STATE, IF YOU COUNT LAST YEAR'S RUN BY THE ST. PETER'S PEACOCKS.

THIS TIME, IT'S PRINCETON.

THE TIGERS UPSET SECOND SEED UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN A GAME THAT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE.

THEIR LAST TOURNAMENT WIN WAS 25 YEARS AGO, WHEN NOW HEAD COACH MITCH HENDERSON COOK SCORED 19 POINTS, SIX ASSISTS, AND SECURED THREE STEALS TO HELP THE TIGERS BEAT UNLV.

ALL THE WAY FROM SACRAMENTO, COMPANY, THE ONCE PRINCETON PLAYER, NO COACH, MITCH HENDERSON, JOINS ME NOW.

CONGRATS, COACH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS FOR MAKING SOME TIME.

WE KNOW IT IS A BUSY AND EXCITING TIME.

WE ALSO KNOW ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS TODAY.

LOOK CAME EARLY FOR YOU LAST NIGHT.

HUGE WIN, BEATING THE SECOND SEED, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BY FOUR POINTS.

TELL ME WHAT THAT'S BEEN LIKE.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU GOING TO THE TERM AND YOU PREPARE YOUR TEAM TO WIN.

YOU KNOW, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF ONE OF THESE WINS AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, AND AS A PLAYER, LONG TIME AGO AGAINST UCLA.

I WAS PROUD OF THE GUYS.

IT WAS A VERY TALL TASK.

WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF THINGS REALLY WELL.

WE DIDN'T PLAY GREAT ON OFFENSE, BUT WE WERE REALLY TOUGH DOWN THE STRETCH, AND SO MANY OF THE GUYS MADE BIG PLAYS.

WE HAD SUCH A GREAT PRINCETON CROWD OUT HERE.

YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT BUSTING PEOPLE'S BRACKET.

YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE GETTING A KICK OUT OF THIS.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT.

THE TEAM IS --WE WENT TO DINNER LAST NIGHT.

I SET OUT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS ON THE TEAM AND SAID, DO YOU GUYS REALIZE WHAT YOU JUST DID?

THEY WERE LIKE, NO.

I THINK AS TIME GOES ON, WE WILL REALIZE WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT THIS WAS FOR US.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MISSOURI TOMORROW.

WE ARE SITTING HERE AND PREPARING FOR OUR NEXT GAME AND HOPEFULLY TO KEEP THE MAGIC GOING.

>> YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THINGS COMING FULL CIRCLE.

YOU JUST MENTIONED, 25 YEARS AGO, YOU WERE A PRINCETON KID PLAYING IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

YOU HELPED SHOCK THE WORLD THEN.

AND YOU ARE DOING THAT ONCE AGAIN.

TELL ME WHAT THAT JOURNEY HAS BEEN LIKE.

>> SO YOU KNOW, I'M THE COACH WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL.

WHEN YOU'RE A STUDENT ATHLETE, THE WORLD IS RIGHT AT YOUR FEET ALL THE TIME.

YOU KIND OF HAVE BLINDERS ON.

NOW, I'M THE COACH, AND I HAVE MORE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW MUCH GOES INTO THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, BUT REALLY, THE EXPENSE THAT WE HAD TOGETHER NOW.

AND IT IS SO MUCH BETTER NOW.

IT'S 1 MILLION TIMES BETTER BECAUSE A LOT GOES INTO THIS.

YOU WANT THIS ATHLETES.

YOU WANT THIS FOR THEM.

YOU WANT THEM TO FEEL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M HERE WITH YOU.

OUR GUYS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE LAST FEW HOURS, JUST SOAKING EVERYTHING IN AND HOW PROUD THEY HAVE MADE THEIR UNIVERSITY.

I'M JUST SO HAPPY FOR THEM THAT THEY GET A CHANCE TO FEEL THIS.

>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GUYS AND THE PLAYERS YOU HAVE.

SOME ARE SAYING, HE'S THE BEST PLAYER IN THE STATE.

IVY LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2022.

IS HE GOING TO KEEP BUSTING BRACKETS IS MY QUESTION.

>> WE HOPE SO.

HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT TOSAN IS HE IS ACCEPTING OF COACHING.

YESTERDAY DURING THE GAME, SAID, LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO START TAKING THIS GAME OVER.

AND HE DID.

AND WE ARE HOPEFUL.

WE HAVE A REALLY TOUGH TASK WITH MISSOURI.

WE KNOW THAT.

WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT HE CAN KEEP IT GOING FOR US WITH THE REST OF HIS TEAM MATES.

>> WE HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING.

YOU ARE GIVING PEOPLE A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY, AND PEOPLE HERE IN JERSEY ARE LOVING IT.

WE ARE LOVING IT.

TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU WILL PLAY THE SEVENTH-SEEDED MISSOURI IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT.

WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.

>> GOOD LUCK, COACH.

WE'LL BE WATCHING.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT.

CHECK OUT REPRESENTABLE WITH DAVID CRUISE THIS WEEKEND.

DAVID TALKS WITH BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN ABOUT THE STATE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS.

WATCH IT SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 10:00 A.M.

IN A CHECKBOX, DAVID GOES ONE-ON-ONE WITH SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT BANK FAILURES.

THAT IS SATURDAY AT 6:00, BOTH RIGHT HERE ON NJ PBS.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY.

>> THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, MAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREAT FOR EVERY CHILD.

R WJ BARNABAS HEALTH.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.

AND WURSTER, COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY.

>> OUR FUTURE RELIES ON MORE THAN CLEAN ENERGY.

OUR FUTURE RELIES ON EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES.

THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS.

OF OUR SCHOOLS AND STREETS.

THE PSG C FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

INVESTING IN PARTS.

HELPING TOWNS GO GREEN.

SUPPORTING CIVIC CENTERS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.

>>> NY WATERWAY INSURANCE GROUP HAS BEEN PART OF NEW JERSEY FOR OVER A CENTURY.

WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH NJM'S CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM, SPORTING HEARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, REBUILD COMMUNITIES, AND CREATE A NEW GENERATION OF SAFE DRIVERS.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF NEW JERSEY.

NJM.

WE'VE GOT NEW JERSEY COVERED.

>> I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT I'M STILL HERE.

>> THAT IS ME AND MY DAUGHTER WHEN WE WANT TO SEPARATE OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

>> THEY GIVE ME NEW LIFE.

>> I'M STILL GOING EVERYWHERE AND EXPLORING NEW PLACES.

>> NOBODY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

NOBODY.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OLDER WITH MY WIFE.

>> THAT IS POSSIBLE NOW.

>> WE ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH INNOVATIVE KIDNEY TREATMENTS.

AND WORLD-RENOWNED CARE AT TWO OF NEW JERSEY'S PREMIER HOSPITALS.

>> IS A BLESSING.

>> R WJ BARNABAS HEALTH.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.