"ABC NEWS LIVE". HI, I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". BRACING FOR BACKLASH AHEAD OF A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE POSSIBLE LAST WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS. REPUBLICANS CALL IT A POLITICAL PERSECUTION AS OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY PREPARE FOR FALLOUT CONCERNS ABOUT ANOTHER POSSIBLE BANK FAILURE AMID ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR THE INDUSTRY. PLUS, AMAZON ANNOUNCES MORE JOB CUTS, WHAT IT ALL COULD MEAN FOR THE NEXT INTEREST RATE DECISION. AND YOUR CREDIT CARDS. AND A SWEET SIXTEEN SURPRISED MIAMI KNOCKS OUT ONE SEED INDIANA. OVERNIGHT, WE HAD THE LATEST ON MARCH MADNESS. >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PREPARING FOR PROTESTS AND POTENTIAL VIOLENCE IN THE EVENT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INDICTED. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY, AS TRUMP CLAIMED, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO STAR STORMY DANIELS. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASING AN INSULT FILLED STATEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT PROSECUTORS AND STORMY DANIELS AFTER EARLIER MAKING IT UNVERIFIED CLAIM HE WOULD BE ARRESTED TODAY STEMMING FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO A HUSH PAYMENT TO THE ACTRESS WEEKS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION. IT'S NOT THE PAYMENT, BUT THE WAY TRUMP ACCOUNTED FOR IT THAT COULD MAKE HIM THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS FOR YEARS, BUT IN RECENT WEEKS CALLED IN FORMER AIDES KELLYANNE CONWAY AND HOPE HICKS, ALONG WITH MICHAEL COHEN, ONCE TRUMP'S FIXER, WHO HAS ALREADY SERVED FEDERAL PRISON. >> TIME FOR WRITING THE CHECK, HE SAYS AT TRUMP'S DIRECTION, THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. >> THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS RISE. >> ROBERT COSTELLO, A LAWYER WHO TESTIFIED FOR TRUMP AND SAID HE ONCE ADVISED COHEN CALLED HIM UNRELIABLE. >> I'VE LISTENED TO MICHAEL COHEN STAND IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE AND SAY THINGS THAT ARE DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO WHAT HE SAID TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> TRUMP CALLED FOR PROTEST, AND THAT HAS DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETINS OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS WARNED OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THREATS AND VIOLENT RHETORIC AND SAY SOME OF TRUMP'S MOST ARDENT SUPPORTERS ARE STILL WILLING TO FIGHT ON HIS BEHALF. >> AND SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN, ALONG WITH ATTORNEY JEFFREY ROBBINS FOR MORE ON THIS. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING ON . AND WHAT'S THE LATEST? IS THERE ANY INDICATION AN INDICTMENT COULD COME DOWN TODAY? THERE'S NOT, DIANE . WE DON'T BELIEVE THE GRAND JURY IS EVEN MEETING TODAY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO INDICT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THEIR NEXT SCHEDULED TO MEET TOMORROW, WE BELIEVE. AND SO THERE'S NO INDICATION TO BELIEVE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE FROM THE WEEKEND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE DAY WHEN HE'S ARRESTED. NONETHELESS, THERE ARE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY. THERE ARE A LOT MORE OF METAL BARRICADES AROUND THE COURT TODAY. I WAS JUST INSIDE THE CIVIL COURT IN A DIFFERENT TRUMP RELATED CASE. THERE WAS SOME SECURITY ISSUE THERE THAT DELAYED A HEARING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. SO THERE'S ACTIVITY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING FIRM. THE CITY SAYS THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC THREATS, BUT THEY ARE PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT PROTESTS . AND WE ALREADY SAW ONE DOWN HERE TODAY, ABOUT 15 PEOPLE. SO NOT VERY MANY. THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING ON WHAT A SURRENDER OF TRUMP WOULD LOOK LIKE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECRET SERVICE IN THE EVENT HE IS INDICTED. NOW, JEFF, WHAT DO YOU THINK TRUMP CLAIMS THAT HE WOULD BE ARRESTED TODAY. COULD THERE BE A LEGAL STRATEGY THERE? WELL, I THINK THE STRATEGY, DIANE , IS TO IMPOSE AS MUCH PRESSURE FROM AS MANY DIRECTIONS ON THE THE MANHATTAN D.A. AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT INCLUDES CREATING A SWIRL OF CHAOS, JEOPARDIZING THE KIND OF A SENSE OF DELIBERATENESS IN ORDER THAT THE MANHATTAN D.A. REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE OCCURRED HERE IN ORDER TO BEAT BACK THE ATTACKS ON THE OFFICE FOR BEING OUT OF CONTROL. SOROS FUNDED FLAILING AROUND. THE D.A. REALLY HAS TO PRESENT IN AN ORDERLY, DELIBERATE WAY. AND A CHAOS SCENARIO IS ONE THAT HURTS THE MANHATTAN D.A. AND FRANKLY HELPS THE FORMER PRESIDENT NOW AARON. >> MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BEING WEAPONIZES HERE FOR POLITICAL REASONS. HOW ARE PROSECUTORS RESPONDING TO THAT? WELL, THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY RESPONDING BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE WEAPONIZES THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT THEY EXPECT. THE POLITICAL ATTACKS, THEY'RE THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT UNAWARE OF THEM. BUT THEY ARE TRYING. THEY SAY, TO GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND FOLLOW THE FACTS AND THE LAW. THAT'S THE REFRAIN THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR FROM MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG, CERTAINLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SOME OF THE OTHER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT TRUMP FACES RELATED TO HIS ROLE ON JANUARY 6TH OR HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION IN GEORGIA OR HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL MAY SEEM LIKE MORE CONSEQUENCE PRIORITIES, BUT THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. WHY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS MOVING THE WAY HE IS , HE HASN'T EXPLAINED. BUT THE CASE DOES SEEM CLOSE TO A CHARGING DECISION. >> IS THERE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION THAT GOES INTO A CASE LIKE THIS TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF BIAS? THERE CERTAINLY IS DIANE SAWYER MORE PERHAPS THAN IN ANY CASE IN HISTORY WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH WITHERING CRITICISM. AND NOW WE'VE GOT REPUBLICANS INVESTIGATE WITH THREATENING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROSECUTION . YOU HAVE THREATS OF RIOTS IN THE STREET OR SECURITY ISSUES. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON THIS D.A. TO LOOK NONBIASED, TO LOOK CALM, TO LOOK RATIONAL, TO LOOK AS AARON SAYS, AS THOUGH HE'S SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE FACTS AND THE LAW AND TO AVOID FEEDING INTO A NARRATIVE OF CHAOS AND FLAILING AROUND, WHICH WILL HURT THE PROSECUTION IF THERE IS ONE. AND FRONT. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY JEFFREY ROBBINS, THANK YOU BOTH. AND CONCERNS ARE GROWING ABOUT ANOTHER US BANK FAILING. FIRST REPUBLIC BANK COULD BE RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL LIFELINE FROM JPMORGAN CHASE. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS TODAY DURING A BANKING ASSOCIATION SUMMIT. >> LET IT BE CLEAR, THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT ACTIONS HAVE DEMONSTRATED A RESOLUTE COMMITMENT TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THAT DEPOSITORS SAVINGS AND THE BANKING SYSTEM REMAIN SAFE . >> THIS COMES AS THE FED WILL BE MAKING A DECISION ON RATE HIKES TOMORROW. BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS JOINS US NOW TO BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS FOR US . ALEXIS , WHAT'S THE LATEST ON FIRST OF PUBLIC? >> WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE? SO THIS IS ANOTHER BIG REGIONAL BANK WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF UNINSURED DEPOSITORS. SO PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS BANK IS AT RISK. WE SAW A STOCK DOWN 90% THIS MONTH. IT'S BOUNCING BACK TODAY. WE'VE GOT FIRST REPUBLIC UP ABOUT 40% RIGHT NOW. LOOKS LIKE JPMORGAN CHASE IS TRYING TO GET A BUNCH OF BANKS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A RESCUE PLAN FOR FIRST REPUBLIC, WHICH COULD INCLUDE POSSIBLY SELLING THE BANK. NO WORD YET FROM FIRST REPUBLIC. AND THIS RATE HIKE DECISION IS COMING DOWN TOMORROW. WHAT IS THE FED TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THIS TIME AROUND? >> BOY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FED MEETING IN YEARS. AND SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE FED MET JUST A MONTH TO GO BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THESE BANK FAILURES. SO THEY REALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS ,HIGH INFLATION OR STABILIZING THE BANKING INDUSTRY. WALL STREET'S SORT OF SPLIT ON THIS, SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO GET A SMALLER QUARTER POINT RISE IN RATES TOMORROW AS THE FED CONTINUES ITS FIGHT AGAINST HIGH INFLATION. IT IS STILL HIGH AT SIX PERCENT. OR WILL THEY JUST LEAVE INTEREST RATES ALONE AND GIVE THE BANKING SECTOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT STABILIZE IT? A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM MAYBE. HERE YOU GO . YEAH, ALL RIGHT. BUSINESS REPORT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, THE U.S. IS WARNING ABOUT CHINA'S SO-CALLED PEACE PLAN FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE. CHINA'S LEADER, XI JINPING IS DISCUSSING THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT , VLADIMIR PUTIN. BUT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN IS CALLING THE PLAN A STALLING TACTIC AT BEST. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IS JOINING US NOW FROM KYIV, ALONG WITH BRITT CLENNETT IN HONG KONG. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING ON BRIT. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN IS CALLING CHINA'S PEACE PLAN A FACADE. SO WHAT ARE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN XI AND PUTIN SO FAR AND WHY THOSE REMARKS FROM BLINKEN ? WELL, DIANE , THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP, ALTHOUGH THE PANEL MAY BE ASYMMETRIC, IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH COUNTRIES. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE REALLY KEEN, AS WE'VE SEEN, TO PUT THE STRENGTH OF THAT RELATIONSHIP ON FULL DISPLAY. RUSSIA NEEDS CHINA POLITICALLY ,BUT ALSO ECONOMICALLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S BURNT ALL OF ITS BRIDGES WITH THE WEST. NOW, CHINA VERY MUCH HAS THE UPPER HAND HERE. CHINA AT THE SAME TIME IS THE SENIOR PARTNER. BUT CHINA IS VERY HAPPY TO BUY RUSSIAN COMMODITIES AND ALSO PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE ANTI US VERSION OF THE WORLD ORDER. AND ASIDE FROM TRADE AND DEEPENING THE RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS FOCUSING ON WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF UKRAINE. BUT AS OF NOW, MUCH OF WHAT DISCUSSED MAY REMAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. OR WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT RUSSIA IS HYPING THIS UP, THIS VISIT, AND SHE'S WARM RECEPTION WITH ALL THIS POMP AND CEREMONY SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH PUTIN IS KEEN TO HONOR XI. COULD IT NEXT BE BEIJING? YOU KNOW, RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA SAID THAT PRESIDENT INVITED PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN CHINA SOMETIME THIS DIANE . >> SO, TOM , HOW HIGH ARE THE STAKES FOR PUTIN IN THESE TALKS? I THINK THEY'RE INCREDIBLY HIGH. DIANE . I MEAN, LOOK, CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO A YEAR AGO. I MEAN, THE INVASION OF UKRAINE WAS A CATASTROPHE. AND REALLY THE MONTHS SINCE HAVE BEEN PRETTY BAD FOR RUSSIA. UKRAINIAN FORCES ON THE OFFENSIVE AND EVEN NOW, REALLY, RUSSIA'S OFFENSIVE IN THE EAST IS STALLING AROUND THAT CITY OF BAQUBA, WHICH THEY'VE STRUGGLED TO TAKE FOR MONTHS. >> SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTIN NEEDS FAUCI WAY MORE THAN SHE NEEDS PUTIN. AND IT'S INTERESTING, YESTERDAY, AFTER SORT OF INFORMAL TALKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMIT, IT WAS PUTIN QUITE CLEARLY MENTIONING UKRAINE. I MEAN, MENTIONING THIS SO-CALLED PEACE PROPOSAL FROM THE CHINESE. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WHAT EXTENT PUTIN CAN NUDGE TO TALK MORE ABOUT UKRAINE, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNIQUES SHE WILLING TO MAKE AT THE END OF THIS SUMMIT. YOU KNOW, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO RUSSIA TO HAVE PRESIDENT XI SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AT THIS PRECISE TIME IN HISTORY. AND REALLY, AS THE CONFLICT IS THE BACKDROP TO THIS, THIS THIS WHOLE SUMMIT. SO IT IS A BIG MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING CLOSELY AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CHINA, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. BUT AS BRIT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHER BIGGER INTERESTS FOR THE CHINESE RIGHT NOW. >> BUT FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN, THIS IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE . ALL RIGHT, BRITT CLENNETT IN HONG TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN KYIV. THANK YOU BOTH. SO WHAT'S THE REACTION ACROSS AMERICA ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS HANDLING THESE CONCERNS? WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS JOINS ME LIVE NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. KAREN, TALK WITH RADIO HOST ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY DAY. SO WHAT ARE THEY MENTIONING ABOUT CHINA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA? YEAH, DIANE , A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO ABOUT A MEETING LIKE THIS BETWEEN CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE. YOU HEARD THERE FROM TOM AND BRIT, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE GLOBAL STAKES HERE. AND YESTERDAY, THE BIG QUESTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS WHY THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT CHINA HAS NOT YET SENT THOSE LETHAL WEAPONS TO RUSSIA. WHY THEY HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION ON THAT. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T BELIEVE CHINA HAS YET MADE A MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. THEY'RE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY ON THE ISSUE OF THAT PEACE PLAN. A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY, DIANE , ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN, WHETHER OR NOT CHINA IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE A PEACE BROKER IN THIS OR WHAT THE AGENDA IS THERE AND HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO MAYBE PLAY SIDES IN ALL OF THIS BY WORKING WITH RUSSIA, BUT ALSO TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THIS CONFLICT AT THE SAME TIME. NOW, OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REASSURE AMERICANS ABOUT THE BANKING CRISIS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS. SO ARE THOSE ASSURANCES WORKING? >> I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU HAD THE TREASURY SECRETARY, JANET YELLEN, AGAIN TODAY GOING OUT AND GIVING A SPEECH SAYING THAT THE SITUATION IS STABILIZING, THAT THE U.S. BANKING SYSTEM IS SOUND SHOWS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HERE THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO GIVE THOSE ASSURANCES, STARTING WITH THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK ALL THE WAY THROUGH OFFICIALS OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS. DIANE , A BIG QUESTION I KEEP GETTING FROM RADIO HOST ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? WHAT WILL THE PRESIDENT DO TO ASSURE A SIGNATURE BANK AND A SILICON VALLEY BANK SITUATION? WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? THE WHITE HOUSE SAID LAST WEEK THAT THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO EXPAND THE FDIC AUTHORITY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WHERE THE FDIC CAN CLAW BACK COMPENSATION FROM EXECUTIVES OF BANKS THAT HAVE FAILED, THAT THE FDIC CAN PREVENT BANKING EXECUTIVES FROM GOING ON TO WORK AT OTHER BANKS AFTER THEIR BANKS FAILED AND ALSO EXPAND THEIR AUTHORITY TO PUT FINES AGAINST SOME OF THESE EXECUTIVES. THE BIG THING THERE IS THE PRESIDENT CAN'T DO THAT BY HIMSELF. HE'S CALLING ON CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THINGS LIKE THIS. >> KAREN TRAVERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US . THANK YOU, KAREN. AND PROSECUTORS HAVE RELEASED NEW VIDEO OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE DEATH OF A VIRGINIA MAN AT A STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH. AN EDITED VERSION OF THAT VIDEO OBTAINED EARLIER BY THE WASHINGTON POST SHOWS A NUMBER OF DEPUTIES AND STAFF MEMBERS PILING ON TOP OF IVO ITANO. IT APPEARS HE'S FORCIBLY HEAD DOWN FOR 11 MINUTES UNTIL HE STOPS MOVING. THE D.A. SAYS INVESTIGATORS WERE TOLD OTIENO BECAME COMBATIVE, BUT THAT THE VIDEO SHOWS OTIENO WAS, IN THEIR WORDS, NOT AGITATED AND COMBATIVE, BUT FIDGETY, STRESSED AND ANXIOUS. PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED TEN PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. >> COMING UP, FINDING MEANING AT THE MUSEUM. MEET THE NEW AUTHOR CREDITING THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART WITH CHANGING HIS LIFE AND HIS CAREER. ALSO AHEAD, THE BIG SWEET 16 UPSET. WE HAVE THE LATEST IN THE WOMEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WITH MIAMI CINDERELLA STORY. WELL, THEY HAVE A FAIRY TALE ENDING. STAY WITH US.. WELCOME BACK. IN NEW YORK . AND IS SHARING HIS STORY AFTER TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND INSIDE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MUSEUMS. AUTHOR PATRICK BRINGELLY CREDITS MASTERPIECE IS AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART WITH NOT ONLY CHANGING HIS CAREER BUT ALSO HIS LIFE. KYRA PHILLIPS HAS MORE ON HIS STORY AND HIS NEW BOOK, ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD. THE THING ABOUT WORKS OF ART IS THAT THEY'RE STILL AND THEIR SILENCE AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AND SILENT KEEPERS OF HISTORY THAT HAD HELPED PATRICK BRINKLEY SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY. PROCESSING HIS INCONSOLABLE GRIEF WITHIN THESE GALLERIES. GRIEF IS A LOSS OF RHYTHM. IT'S ONE IN TO SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU STAND BACK . DON'T KIND OF CONNECT IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE THINGS HAVE STOPPED. AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO REMAIN STANDING STILL FOR A WHILE WITH MY HEAD UP LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ART, BEAUTIFUL ART THAT LED TO ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD. PATRIC'S NEW MEMOIR OF HOW WE FOUND MEANING WITHIN ALL THESE MASTERPIECES AT NEW YORK'S FAMED METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. TWO MILLION PIECES THAT WOULD HELP HIM UNDERSTAND LIFE AND DEATH IN A WHOLE NEW WAY WHILE TAKING ON A CAREER CHANGE HE NEVER SAW COMING. LOOKING AT THESE MASTERPIECES, BEING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, YOU COULD SEE YOUR BROTHER, YOU COULD FEEL YOUR BROTHER. OH, ABSOLUTELY. I SPENT THE GREATER PART OF TWO YEARS, IN A WAY, SORT OF SITTING BY A BEDSIDE OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS ILL. AND I THINK WHEN YOU DO THAT, THERE IS SOMETHING PROFOUNDLY SPIRITUAL KIND OF GOING ON . >> AND I THINK MOST OF US COME TO MUSEUMS IN SEARCH QUIETUDE AND GRATITUDE. PATRICK WAS DRAWN TO THE MET DURING ONE OF THE WORST TIMES OF HIS LIFE. HIS JOB AT THE PRESTIGIOUS "NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE HIT A WALL, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HIS OLDER BROTHER, TOM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FATAL CANCER. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BROTHER TOM . HE WAS VERY BRILLIANT, BUT HE WAS ALSO JUST SUCH A REGULAR DUDE, SUCH SORT OF A STRAIGHTFORWARD KIND OF A GUY. HE DEALT WITH IT WITH WITH GREAT BRAVERY AND GRACE AND FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT HE LOVED THAT REALLY MOTIVATED ME. >> IN THE END, TO WANT TO COME TO THE MET GRACE THAT GUIDED PATRICK HERE TO SEEK REFUGE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE HE KNEW , HOPING THAT HE TOO COULD FIND SUCH PEACE WITH HIS LIFE AND NOT ONLY WOULD PATRICK FADE INTO THE STILLNESS HE FOUND AROUND HIM, BUT HE WOULD EMBRACE IT WHEN HIS BROTHER TOM PASSED AWAY NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER HIS DIAGNOSIS, PATRICK LEFT HIS MUNDANE LIFE AT THE MAGAZINE AND BECAME A MUSEUM GUARD AFTER TOM DIED. AND YOU STARTED WORKING AS A GUARD HERE. YOU WROTE THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO CLOSE YOUR EYES TO FEEL WHAT YOU WISH TO FEEL. >> I HAD ALL THESE PAINTINGS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF THOSE PAINTINGS THEY GAVE OFF A FEELING OF PRESENCE, A SORT OF POWER THAT REMINDED ME OF TOM . AND I WAS REMINDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN I CAME TO THE MET, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVED WITH INTENSE SUFFERING. AND YOU LOOK AT THESE IMAGES OF BEARING THE CROSS. >> AND I JUST FOUND THAT SO MOVING AND MOVING PARALLEL BETWEEN ONE MAN WHO DIED FAR TOO YOUNG AND PATRICK'S BROTHER, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 26 . YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE SUFFERED OR BEEN IN THE COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY BASIC. SO WHAT'S THE ONE WORD YOU WOULD USE TO HAVE THIS MAKES YOU FEEL? I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONE WORD, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR HEART BREAKS, BUT YOUR HEART BEGINS AT THE SAME TIME. IT FILLS YOU UP. YOU KNOW, IT EXPANDS YOU SOMEHOW. >> GROWTH AND GRATITUDE. PATRICK NEVER EXPECTED AS HE MADE HIS WAY FROM THE LABYRINTH OF HALLS DOWNSTAIRS TO THE BRIGHT GALLERIES ABOVE, SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS ROAMING THESE CORRIDORS, FINDING CAMARADERIE THROUGH SOLITUDE. AND THE FELLOW GUARDS WHO STOOD WATCH IN STILLNESS RIGHT WITH HIM. >> I KNOW THIS WILL BE A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER. WHAT WAS THE ONE PIECE YOU KEPT COMING BACK TO ? >> THERE'S A PAINTING IN THE OLD MASTER'S WING. PETER BRING BRAGG GOES TO HARVESTER'S AND SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO THINK OF THESE PAINTINGS LIKE WINDOWS, AND THE HARVESTER'S IS ONE OF THE GRANDEST WINDOWS. IT JUST REMINDS ME OF HOW ALL OF US WE LIVE OUR LITTLE LIVES IN THE FOREGROUND WHILE THIS VAST SORT OF GLIMMERING WORLD SPREADS OUT AROUND US . BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE. IT'S ABOUT THESE PEOPLE AND THE FELLOWSHIP THAT THEY'RE HAVING. >> SPEAKING OF FELLOWSHIP, CLEARLY NOBODY WILL EVER REPLACE YOUR BROTHER. BUT YOU FOUND A WHOLE NEW TYPE OF BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD WITH ALL THE GUARDS HERE. >> YES, THE GUARDS HERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY. THERE'S MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED GUARDS THAT WORK HERE. THEY ARE FROM EVERY COUNTRY. YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY BACKGROUND YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND SO MANY HAVE DONE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEIR LIVES. AND I FOUND THE RICHNESS OF THE GUARD CORPS TO BE ONE OF THE RICHEST COLLECTIONS OF ANYTHING IN THIS MUSEUM. >> AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE THAT PROVED PATRICK COULD FIND ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE GIFT OF BEING A GUARD AND OBSERVING EVERY DAY HOW THE POWER OF ART CAN PLAY OUT IN ALL OUR LIVES. HOW IS TOM PART OF ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD? WELL, FOR ONE , HE IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND HE WAS MY BIG BROTHER AND I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM HIM. FOR ANOTHER, THAT PERIOD OF MY LIFE WAS FULL OF GREAT BEAUTY AND IT WAS FULL OF GREAT PAIN. FOR ALL MY FAMILY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, THAT THERE IS PAIN, THERE IS STRUGGLE, THERE IS LOSS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING FOR US IN THE END AND WE HAVE TO MAKE MEANING OF THAT. WE HAVE TO FACE IT. THANKS TO KYRA PHILLIPS FOR THAT REPORT. COMING UP, MARCH MADNESS IS HEATING UP AS ANOTHER NUMBER ONE SEED BITES THE DUST IN THE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT. AND UNDEFEATED SOUTH CAROLINA GO ALL THE WAY. STAY BACK STREAMING "ABC NEWS LIVE" . >> WELCOME BACK. THE NCAA WOMEN'S SWEET SIXTEEN IS SET AFTER A HUGE UPSET NUMBER NINE SEED MIAMI TOOK OUT NUMBER ONE SEED INDIANA GEARING UP FOR AN EXCITING NEXT ROUND. >> WILL REEVE HAS THE DETAILS. HI, WILL THE WOMEN'S SWEET SIXTEEN IS SET. AND SOME OF THAT WE GOT HERE IS STUNNING. OVERNIGHT, NINE SEED MIAMI KNOCKING OFF NUMBER ONE INDIANA IN A TWO POINT THRILLER, DESTINY HARDY HITTING THIS TIEBREAKING DAGGER WITH JUST SECONDS LEFT. THEN THE HURRICANES GETTING THE STEAL TO SEAL THE WIN. THAT'S AFTER ONE SEED STANFORD LOST ON SUNDAY, WHICH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE'S MULTIPLE TOP SEEDS OUT BEFORE THE SWEET SIXTEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWENTY FIVE YEARS. IN FACT, A ONE SEED HAD NOT LOST BEFORE THE SWEET SIXTEEN SINCE TWO THOUSAND NINE . AND IT HAPPENED ON BACK TO BACK NIGHTS THIS YEAR. ELSEWHERE, OHIO STATE ALSO ADVANCING AFTER JSI SHELDON THIS JUMPER WITH TWO SECONDS REMAINING TO BEAT NORTH CAROLINA AND UCONN ADVANCING TO ITS TWENTY NINTH CONSECUTIVE SWEET SIXTEEN . THEY'RE LED BY COACH GENO AURIEMMA, THE HUSKIES, THE MOST DECORATED TEAM IN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY, WITH ELEVEN TITLES BUT NONE SINCE 2016. SOUTH CAROLINA HAS WON TWICE SINCE THEN, INCLUDING LAST YEAR . DAWN STALEY SQUAD UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON, LOOKING RATHER UNBEATABLE. THEY'VE WON THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES BY THIRTY PLUS POINTS . ALL THE WOMEN SWEET SIXTEEN ACTION TIPS OFF THIS FRIDAY ON ESPE. >> DIANE WATSON WILL REEVE. THANKS FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING BEST. I'M DIANE MACEDO. "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU. ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU. THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK .