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"end point" roland want to start us off? >> i'll defer. >> what a gentleman. >> two-thirds of u.s. demand is consumer spending we should be worried about the huge debt our young people are carrying because of student loans. it's hard to revive the economy with the debt. >> it's impossible to see a solution to that. let's talk about your book dan baum "gun guys." >> i would say in my 15 seconds if you think about gun policy it would be good to know why guns appeal to people as they do and my book would help. >> talking to people in the middle as opposed to the edges. >> all kinds of guns. >> roland martin has given up his time. >> i'm wearing the boots.

>> coming up tomorrow acvery eva longoria with us live. "cnn newsroom" with don lemon begins right now. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. >> inch by inch and mile by mile, a massive winter storm burying records and taking aim at washington, government agencies shut down. snow piling up. power outages spreading. the tsa changing the rules, small knives, some sports equipment will now be allowed on airplanes. we'll talk about it. the newest member of britain's royal family could be a princess. why the tabloids are betting it's a little girl. plus -- >> see the sky, who created you. lord! >> "the bible" who knew, better

than a best seller, now a television hit, god is beating zombies in the tv ratings. you're live in "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning everyone. i'm don lemon. carol is off today. snowfalls and records are tumbling. the same powerful winter storm that buried much the central u.s. slogging east, up to 20 inches of snow blankets the region and this morning get this, nearly 100,000 homes and businesses are now without power. that same wet, heavy snow could bring down even more power lines in and around washington. live look now from washington, there's the nation's capitol. federal offices closed today and temperatures swinging a few degrees could make the difference today. joe johns slogging it out for us, is he northwest of the capital in winchester, virginia. joe, it is going to get bad.

how bad is it going to get? >> reporter: well, pretty bad. i can tell you it's actually picked up since we started around 5:00 this morning eastern time and don, it's not just the volume of the snow, it's also the weight and the heft of it, and the fact that it's moist. if you look at this, you can see the way the snow just is prone to stick on the limbs, of course, so much weight can bring limbs down, can bring trees down, power lines, as you've already said. it's been a long day across the country, and this is going to go on for quite a while. in chicago the afternoon commute was an icy, snowy mess. >> it doesn't make for good driving but at the same time you no he what? it's beautiful out. the snow, the quiet. >> reporter: the ten inches of snow at o'hare airport set a record for most snowfall on that date. more than 1,000 flights in and out of chicago were canceled.

overnight, the snow started piling up in indiana. >> it was scary. it just felt like i was on ice and it was really slippery. >> reporter: and ohio. but amid the misery, there is a bright side. >> it's pretty sweet. >> feels like being on a mattress or a cloud. >> reporter: now that big monstrous cloud is bearing down on virginia, has washington in its sights and it's still far from being over. >> if you have to get on the road use extreme caution, drive slower than you normally would. >> reporter: as you can see it's easy to macke a snowman in this weather, great for the kids. i did that during the package insert, believe it or not, pretty impressive, right, don? >> it is impressive. you bring your thermometer to the heat stories, did you bring

your ruler? >> reporter: i did not bring the ruler but i can tell you just by looking at it probably two between four and five inches right here in this part of the shenandoah valley, very unscientific survey if you will. >> and a lot of our viewers are traveling and watching us from the airport. how many airport cancellations, have we checked on that? >> sorry, don, ask me that again. can kind of garbled. >> flight cancellations in the region. >> reporter: i do not know, i do not have a current number on the flight cancellations. i know the number was more than 1,000 as of yesterday, and that certainly wasn't counting the east coast. >> you're out in that. we can check it back here. we have computers. joe johns, thank you, stay warm, my friend. appreciate it. we turn to your money. the dow heads into uncharted territory this morning. it will open at an all-time high of 14,253. what does that all mean? now one wall street analyst is predicting the dow will hit

20,000. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. 20,000 is an incredible number. what does this mean? what's behind this? >> reporter: okay, so that dow 20,000 just remember that theory is coming from one lone bull, from a strategist from jpmorgan chase who says the dow could hit 20,000 in about four years and here's his rationale. he says that he thinks that corporate america is going to come in with strong profits this year and that will then be reflected in earnings and he thinks that earnings power is going to catapult stocks up to that 20,000 level within four years. he says look how the market's been acting lately, it's been able to shrug off the pressure of what's been going on just in the economy and the world economy and it still continues moving forward and he says with help from these stronger earnings he believes he thinks the dow could hit 20,000. >> that's what the bullish folks, that's a bull's argument. what about the more reserved bears? what are they saying? >> reporter: most everybody else

is a bear and they say they are actually expecting a pullback because they say for one reason this time of year is kind of slow for stocks, you're not going to see the volume push stocks that high. also the end of government funding. that's going to kick in at the end of the month, not to mention the big debt ceiling debate will be happening in a couple weeks as well. it may seem the market is numb to that now but many believe that could lead to a pullback. of course the one savior could be the fed. the fed continues pumping money into this market, pushing basically pushing investors to the best investments in town, seems to be stocks at this moment. you look at history as your guide and what happened to the dow after it hit the record highs so in 2000 the dow peaked and over two years it tumbled after the dot-combust. in 2007 the dow peaked again. year and a half later it tumbled because of the recession. in both cases the tumble was 40% to 50% and yes now we are at a

record high again, don. most market watchers think if it pulls back you won't see a huge pullback like the 40%, 50% we've seen in the past, if only we had a crystal ball. >> not so long ago people were pulling out of the stock market investing in other things. >> reporter: now they can't wait to put it back in. >> alison, appreciate it. crews are looking into why an enormous crane made a giant splash into a bay near portland, oregon. the structure fell lifting new support towers to carry high voltage power lines. luckily no one was hurt. attorney general eric holder is not ruling out a case where a drone strike could target americans on u.s. soil he made the comments in a letter to senator rand paul. he says in a hypothetical an unlikely to occur case the president could authorize the military to use lethal force within our borders. holder says the u.s. has not carried out such an order and has no plans to do so.

starting april 25th, the tsa will allow, listen up, will allow to you bring small knives and certain sports equipment in your carry-on. the items have been banned from aircraft cabins since the 9/11 terror attacks. passengers also will be able to carry on pool cues, lacrosse and hockey sticks, golf clubs and whiffle ball bats. the change will align the u.s. with international rules. the duchess of cambridge may have let a royal secret slip out. it happened as the former kate middleton was greeting well-wishers. zain verjee is in london with the latest. >> hey, don, it was the mother of all hints and a major oops for the duchess. what did kate almost say. well yesterday during a royal visit a well-wisher gave her a teddy bear. according to someone who was there, kate said "thank you, i will take that for my da --" and

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hawaii's house of representatives. i thought we were allowed to do such a thing, that's what martha stewart tells a new york court about her deal with jcpenney. the problem is, stewart's company has a deal with jcpenney's rival macy's. macy's is claiming exclusively. tuesday stewart took the stand. christine romans joins us with more on that. man, this is a soap opera. >> it really is and it's so rare to be able to peek inside three ceos, three household names, jcpenn jcpenney's, macy's and martha stewart and see how macy's has done. it's a contract dispute, macy's attorney tenacious in his grilling of martha stewart on the stand yesterday trying to show that she basically stabbed macy's ceo in the back and got in bed with another company when she had an exclusive agreement to sell her branded products inside macy's. martha stewart saying no, i thought i was allowed to do this and even giving a little bit of

a dig at macy's saying $300 million business at macy's is not enough to sustain a company like ours and she might be right because here is the truth, martha stewart has been shuddering magazines, laying people off, no more tv show, pulling back. she needs to expand in retail. this is what while kapinski said why she has to tie one jcpenney for the good of her company. >> martha stewart is a savvy businesswoman and looking for opportunities to enhance the value of her company and shareholders as well so broadening out the distribution to other retailers is an important element of growing this company. >> but did she break her contract with macy's by getting in bed with jcpenney? is that that is what this judge is going to decide. many observers of the court think this thing could be

adjourned because of scheduling conflicts and come back again in april. this deal also really critical for jcpenney. jcpenney is losing millions of dollars, putting martha stewart in their stores critical for its own turnaround and on the stand a jcpenney executive last week testified if they don't get her stuff in by mother's day they have to get her stuff in their stores by mother's day. >> we'll be watching, jcpenney losing tons of money and been in the news about it as well. thank you very much, christine romans. >> you're welcome. from immigration to politics and family, former florida governor jeb bush sits down with jake tapper. why jeb bush understands what his dad went through, watching him run for public office. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one.

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that list. right now he's focused on education and immigration and told cnn's chief washington correspondent jake tapper his brother, jormer president george w. bush came close to getting an immigration reform package passed in congress. >> your brother tried to push immigration reform. your brother had a lot of skin in the game, i covered it on cap top hil capitol hill. >> yep. >> what could he have done different? >> it passed the house, and as i understand it both the leadership in both parties kind of gave a pass to the freshmen senators to say look if this is going to put you in a bad position in your election coming up in 2008 don't do it. >> this conversation prompted speculation what your plans might be in 2016. you haven't ruled anything out and haven't announced anything

either. what kind of factors will you be weighing? >> i'm not going to factor anything in a year that's the only thing i've decided which i think i have enough self-restraint to pull off, to continue to pursue this hectic life that i have. i have an education reform foundation that is booming, all sorts of great things and i have my business and family so i'm not going to think about this for a year. >> i'll take a decision sometime in 2014, is that a fair assessment? >> i don't know. the only thing i've decided is i'm not going to think about it for 2013. it's too far out for me personally. >> you'll be the father of one candidate, one son in texas, one contemplating a possible

congressional run in florida. what's it like being pat pa of a candidate? >> now i know what my dad feels like, why he'd get emotional every time he was in a setting where george or i were in pursuit of some office of some kind. >> he would want to punch in the face people that went after his boys. >> he'd cry first. so in the case of my son i was in austin working on education reform issues in the capital and he spoke for five minutes prior and no uhms, no ahhs, totally incredibly handsome, articulate, thought it through, thoughtful, engaging. >> very proud? >> oh, yes. >> what about your other son? >> jeb is my partner in business and father of the most beautiful little girl in the world and -- >> you're welling up a little bit talking about your sons. >> yeah. and my daughter.

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venezuela, residents are waiting for president hugo chavez's funeral procession. the socialist leader's remains will lay instate. the presidents of uruguay, bolivia and argentina are on their way. the funeral is set for friday. 1 million syrians have fled their country's civil war. the united nations says a 19-year-old mother of two registered today in lebanon as the conflict's one millionth refugee. 70,000 have been killed in nearly two years of fighting. henry kissinger is in the hospital after falling at his home. officials at new york presbyterian have not said if he was hurt, the news comes as "the wall street journal" publishes an op-ed cowritten by kissinger offering a stern warn being the global nuclear threat.

opening bell happening soon, stocks expected to open higher on wall street and includes a record opening for the dow, whether the momentum holds is anybody's guess. we want to check in with alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. we are waiting. what are we expecting? >> up, up, up, the dow expected to pop up another 50 points in 45 seconds, following the dow's day for the record books where it's basically blew through its old record and has a new one. what's giving investors the incentive to buy, an upbeat report on private sector jobs in february, rose by 198,000 last week and that's a good sign. this report is the appetizer to the main course and the main course comes out on friday, the main course is the official government jobs report but as you said, the question is whether we can maintain these levels, many analysts we talked to say this is a market that's ripe for correction. >> you're right. [ bell ringing ]

there is the bell ringing now. will it hold, alison? we're hoping so. you need a crystal ball to figure that out. >> a lot of skeptics say this kind of momentum can't last forever and one of the deciding factors could be just for this week is that jobs report that comes out on friday because if it misses expectations, that could really be the excuse for investors to start taking their money off the table. >>alson kosik at the new york stock exchange we'll check back with you. hot story today the market. one of my next guests hassen been called the king of reality television thanks in part to shows like this. ♪ that is "survivor" the chine brainchild of emmy winning producer mark burnett, turning his attention to the most published book in history. >> my name is moses.

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"the bible." mark burnett joins me along with his wife and copower actress roma downey. good morning. >> good morning. >> hey, don, we made this for you. i hope you're happy. >> i am happy. i have to say, you know, i say that the bible, it's almost like when you learn a foreign language you have to use it in order to keep knowing about it, and your issue was, you said you did this because you had a concern about bible illiteracy. >> no question. i mean i'll give you a test now, don, i promise. >> i knew you were going to do that. i knew you were going to do that. >> i like you. i'm your buddy. i'm not doing that, but the stories of the bible not only is our faith and hundreds and millions of americans' faith but beyond that, it's the foundation of our society, our literature, our movies. you need to know these stories. >> you're right.

to be honest with you, mark, i've never seen "survivor," never seen that show. people talk it's sort of like candy, there's no substance. this show that you're doing now lots of substance and the ratings are tremendous. did you learn anything about that? >> yeah, we did. >> we're just delighted that the ratings are so great. the episode on sunday night was epic with abraham and moses, and coming up this sunday we have the walls of jericho come tumbling down, wemp sampson and delay la, david and goliath so there's lots more really exciting footage ahead. >> roma you said you're excited. did you expect this reaction? it was trending on twitter, it beat "the walking dead" which has huge ratings. did you expect this? >> we were hopeful that, we knew we had made a great show. it has beautiful special effects, it has amazing score by

hans zimmer, it has a wonderful, wonderful performances that are touching and exciting so we were hopeful that the audience would find it and it looks like they found it in big, big numbers. we're grateful. >> don, bible beat zombies. >> i said that in my intro earlier. i'm a fan of "the walking dead" but this is on my dvr. it's been on chat shows and criticism there's not enough diversity among the actors in the series. how do you respond to that? >> jesus is hispanic, and also there's a lot of african actors, sampson is african, sampson's mother is african, balthazar is african, a number of angels are african, it's a very, very

diverse cast and jesus is hispanic. >> i want to follow up on something i said earlier when i talked about reality show, sort of candy, more substance. this has beaten "the apprentice." is this going to shift anything for you professionally you think, mark, you think you can do both and we need both in television in the landscape? >> i think we need both. listen, a great television line-up, it's got comedy, sports, news, dramas, reality, and specials, and we do a bit of each but we have "the voice" coming back in a couple of weeks, "apprentice" is number one sundays at 10:00, "the voice" number one monday and tuesday and "survivors" wednesday and "shark tank" untouchable fridays and "the bible" is the number one show on tv. >> he we like the number one, don. >> you certainly do and are good

at it. success like this, congratulations and more success to you. thanks for joining us, roma downey and mark burnett, coproducers of "the bible" on the history channel our thanks to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. read your bible. >> all right, thank you. or watch it. the u.s. sees a growing explosion of hate. why is a number of extremist groups rise so long dramatically? [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees.

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the threat from hate groups in the u.s. increasing dramatically, that is in a new report from the southern poverty law center. messages targeting blacks, jews and gays were found on campus at oberlin college and a student saw someone dressed like a member of the ku klux klan. look at the number of hate groups t has jumped 69% since 2000. eight years later before president barack obama was sborn in, there were 149 extremist groups in the u.s. mark helped prepare this report. good morning to you. why are we seeing such a dramatic jump? >> good morning, don.

really the explosion began in the fall of 2008 which is the moment when two things happened, when barack obama appears on the national political scene for the first time and of course when the economic collapse begins with the subprime crisis. it seems clearly to be related, very closely to that, those two factors and it's not only the person of the president, our first black president but the demographic change he represents, in other words the idea that whites are predicted to lose their majority, fall under 50% of the population by 2043 so there are big changes happening in our society, and some people are reacting in negative ways and joining the groups. >> what you're saying is there are a lot of knuckleheads or racists who are threaten ed by

change in demographics t brings out the racists. >> let me be clear that we're talking about two different types of groups here, hate groups which have risen to over 1,000, and so-called patriot groups, the groups we used to call militias back in the 1990s. it's with the patriot groups that we've seen the just spectacular expansion of the movement and those groups aren't explicitly racist but the demographics caused many to feel this is somehow not the country they grew up in, that other people have somehow taken over. so it's maybe not an acute kind of racism like you might see from the klan but this feeling that the country is no longer ours in some way, and this has caused people to join groups in large numbers. >> tell us more about the groups, hate groups, is it

receipt recognize or potentially violent? >> we see criminal violence and terrorism coming from both worlds, the world of hate group, klan group, neo-nazi groups and the patriot groups as well. the patriot groups are really animated though by different kind of loathing and hatred, for them the enemy is the federal government, who they believe is involved in the conspiracy to impose martial law in the country, to take all americans' guns away from them to throw those resistance into concentration camps and throwing the united states into a socialistic new world order. this heated up spectacularly in the last couple of months as talk of gun control stemming from the newtown, connecticut, school massacre moved to center stage, we're seeing enormous anger at that, something like 20

states right now considering laws to nullify federal gun control laws if any are passed, in addition, something like 500 sheriffs mostly in the west of our country have said that they will not enforce any gun control measures so there's a lot of anger out there. >> it's an interesting study. mark potok from the southern poverty law center. one top ceo is joining the president in the fight to raise the minimum wage. we'll tell you who. advisor shod focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not your investment strategy. if you believe in the sheer brilliance of a simple explanation. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think time make a difference. join us. [ male announcer ] at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing.

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talking the talk. he walks the walk. he says costco's starting wage is at $11.50 which makes it easier to attract great employees and actually retain them. he says it's more profitable in the long-term to minimize the turnover of your employees and to maximize productivity. other companies are also supporting this movement, abc home and clothing retailer eileen fisher. 19 states in the u.s. pay above the minimum wage. this argument has two sides just like any, when it comes to small business. critics say if you pay workers more it means businesses have to raise prices for customers and it will wind up limiting hiring, hurting unskilled workers more than paying them lower wages wi would. we'll stay on top of it. >> thank you very much, alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the the

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a heart warming story from the nfl, the denver broncos miller is so inspired by his 6-year-old's cousin's recovery from a coma, he's guaranteed a win next season. >> that's a big guarantee. >> pretty bold. it does come from a good place,

he's motivated by a boy who just dodged death. his family member. on monday he tweeted this, you can post it everywhere, denver broncos will win the super bowl in the 2013 season. and i guarantee it 58. jeremiah is a 6-year-old who came out of a coma after a car accident and proudly told everyone in his hospital room that his cousin plays for the denver broncos and that's what motivated the super bowl guarantee. >> my younger cousin, about a week ago and he just got out of a coma. he remembered that his cousin played for the denver broncos and his name is von miller. i'm extremely motivated. >> the chicago blackhawks, boy are they rolling. hossa honored for playing in his 1,000th game. they have yet to lose in

regulation, 23 games and counting, which extends the best start in nhl history. consider the most unique celebration in sports and could be coming to an end or changing very soon for years the winning driver at nascar celebrates by firing blanks from two six-shooters. controversy set when a track announced the nra would be sponsoring the upcoming race. the track president says he's willing to alter the celebration if any of the other event sponsors are opposed to it. last week the miami heat put up their version of the harlem shake. i know what you're thinking. i won't show you another shake video because the timberwolves would like to put an end to this crazy dance. ♪ >> yeah, thank you. >> i think that's how a lot of us are feeling about this thing. >> i live in harlem and haven't

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okay, picking the next pope, the new bush book and more and your late night laughs. >> cardinals from all over the world are gathering in rome to select the next pope. you can watch the entire process on the new season of vatican's got talent. in his new book former president george hw bush defends his son george w. bush. yeah. the book is called, do you know how many times we dropped him? >> hugo chavez, venezuelan strong man and friend of the show is dead. repeat. hugo chavez is dead.

obviously this leads -- i know. obviously this leaves a huge hole in south american politics and even bigger collection of flag track suits. but our other breaking story tonight, john stewart has announced he'll be taking the summer off from "the daily show." yes, we wish him all the best in his new project, ruling the country of venezuela. >> the next hour of the cnn newsroom begins right now. coming up in the newsroom, take off your shoes but don't worry about your knives. tsa has a dramatic shift when it comes to letting some knives on planes but that's not all. you can also board with some unique sporting items. this morning, more reaction to the nurse who refused to provide an elderly woman with cpr at an independent living

facility. for the first time we're hearing from that facility on who's to blame and here's a hint, they say it's not them. she's known for her quirky role as mary tyler moore's neighbor. >> isn't your lunch hour over? >> do you care if i'm late? >> i care. >> valerie harper making a stunning admission to "people" magazine, she has brain cancer. it's one of the most unique jobs in the country, pot czar, the man tapped on picking the first one is flooded with candidates and has delayed the much anticipated announcement. can't remember why. "newsroom" starts right now. good morning, i'm don lemon. carol is off today. the same powerful winter storm that buried much of the central

u.s. now sloging east, up to 20 inches of snow blanketing the region. this morning a quarter million homes and businesses are without power. that same wet, heavy snow could bring down more power lines in and around washington. today classes are cannceled for about a million school kids and in washington parents are getting a break too. brian todd joins us from the national mall. don't you hate this term, winter wonder land when you're standing in it? >> reporter: i do, don. you know, this is also not too much fun. unlike other regions where the snowstorm is hitting, you can't even have a snowball fight in the mall. this is a heavy wet mess, not accumulating as you see on the ground at the moment. that is expected to change, projections anywhere from 5 too maybe 12 inches in and around the central d.c. area. we can see the outline of the washington monument as the snow falls there. you cannot really see the

outline of the capitol way down here. what you can see our photo journalist mike green will zoom in on the smithsonian institution where you can see the heaviness of the flakes, the degree of how heavy and big the flakes are. not accumulating on the ground here because it's not quite cold enough yet to stick on the ground. but a big concern in d.c., as it always is when this happens, two big concerns, power outages is one. power lines could be affected by this, already started to be affected by it. about 89,000 customers throughout the state are without power right now. most of that is in the western regions of virginia, at least an hour away from d.c. again, as the snow starts to fall in earnest, it could start to impact the d.c. area much more severely as far as power outages. another big concern, traffic, but we're getting a break on that at the moment. i'm going down -- we're going to

peer down 12th street down constitutional avenue. the streets aren't quite deserted but not heavy traffic. they have gotten the word, stay home, all of the schools are closed. about a million kids staying home. most federal workers have gotten the day off. traffic not a huge problem right now, but again, that could change. we're going to be monitoring the snowstorm as it gets more severe here in washington. >> absolutely, brian. d.c. traditionally doesn't handle snow well. the last time we were talking about this, it was a snow ma ged on when it hit washington? >> reporter: i remember it well, most of my colleagues and i had a nightmare getting home that night. it was january 26th, 2011, it was a snowstorm not too dissimilar from this one, hit during the day and later in the day. hit midday, people did not expect it to come to the degree it did, 5 to 10 inches of snow fall in the d.c. area very fast that day. people were taking three or four or five hours to get home where

they normally would take 45 minutes. it was a real nightmare, cars abandoned on the side of roads and george washington parkway look like a bad nascar wreck with cars being abandoned all over the place. we think it probably won't happen because most people have gotten the word early on, stay home, don't venture into this unless you really have to. >> glad you're done, any longer we wouldn't be able to see you with all the water on the lens. thanks very much. starting april 25th, once banned items will again be allowed inside airlines. passengers will be able to carry items like small knives and certain sports equipment through security checkpoints and on to planes. the change aligns the u.s. with international rules. live from dulles outside washington, shannon, there's certain knives, not all knives. >> reporter: not all knives,

this rule was announced yesterday but it takes effect on april 25th. the rules can be a little bit confusing, so i want to break this down. the allowed small knives, think of the swiss army length, smaller than 2.36 inches in length. less than a half inch in width. what's not allowed, knives that are longer than 2.36 inches. bigger than a half inch in width and have a fixed blade or locking blade, a box cutter or what have you. again, to kind of put that in real terms, i have a few examples. this one right here, not allowed. it's a box cutter, has a razor blade and molded handle locks into place. not allowed. also not allowed a typical type of leatherman's knife. reasons why as you mentioned, this would align the u.s. with the international rules but also

because a few other things, tsa chief says that this will free up screeners to search for bomb components more so. also, security experts say that things like reinforced cockpit doors make rules like banning small knives no longer necessary. one big flight attendants union said they should keep this in place. a pilot disagrees with changing this rule. take a listen as what he had to say. >> well, i had the swiss army knife can be used as a deadly weapon. so i'm not sure that would be a wise move. i'm not sure you're talking about hijacking, but it could be a danger amongst passengers. >> i think it would be a good option. sometimes we have small things in our bag that help us out and they confiscate them and after they confiscate them you have to buy new ones or impacts travel plans. >> that frightens me as a passenger to have someone have

that equipment. that's a whole other story. let's talk sports equipment. several pieces will be allowed once again. >> reporter: that's right. they are relaxing the rules of sports equipment also. things like pool cues, lacrosse and hockey sticks and golf clubs and wifle ball bats, they will be allowed in carry-on luggage. >> shannon travis, thanks very much in a very snowy dulles airport. drones targeting americans on u.s. soil. eric holder said that could happen. here's what he says. in hypothetical and unlike to occur case the president could authorize a military to use lethal force within our borders. holder says the u.s. has not carried out such an order and has no plans to do so. in washington, they'll break bread but can they strike a deal? cnn has learned president obama invited a group of prp senators to dinner, searching for a deal

on the forced spending cuts. dan lothian is at the white house with more. dan, progress, finally. fingers crossed. what do we do? >> reporter: i think a lot of people are hoping that. what you're seeing is an aggressive effort by the president to reach out to senate republicans as you pointed out, cnn confirming that in fact the president has invited a group of gop senators out for dinner. it's unclear whether or not it will take place at the white house or elsewhere tonight or who is on that list. this follows a massive outreach by the president this week, working the phones and talking to senators colins and corcoran among others and over the weekend we saw the president reaching out to republicans as well. white house spokesman jay carney was asked yesterday whether this was a charm offensive by the president. we've seen those poll numbers recently in the wake of those deep budget cuts, those deep cuts. we've seen the president's poll

numbers slipping. so he was asked whether it was a charm offensive side stepping a specific answer to that question but saying in general the president is reaching out to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, trying to make progress on long-term entitlement reform and tax reform, trying to find ways to reduce the deficit as part of the presencive package. to that end we have learned that the president also plans to head up to capitol hill next week, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell saying in a statement that the president will be meeting with senate republicans next week on thursday at their lunch. this was a meeting he says that the president requested through his chief of staff, in addition house speaker boehner's office says the president also requested a meeting with the gop conference next week, still waiting for some specifics rather on what day that will be. >> the other dl at the white house. tourist at the nation's capitol

will have to strike one site off the list. blame the forced budget cuts on that. >> due to stopping reductions resulting from sequestration we regret to inform you white house tours will be canceled until further notice. >> so congressman lou we gom ert offered an amendment that would prohibit federal dollars be spent to cover the cost of president obama's golf games. it would have been tacked onto the continuing resolution which would keep the government running. republican leaders say it wasn't relevant. the owners of a california senior facility have made a shocking statement. a nurse misunderstood their policy regarding emergency care. last week an elderly woman died when a nurse refused to perform cpr, this despite desperate pleas by a 911 dispatcher to get someone else to help the victim. our affiliate ktro has been

following the story for days now and joins us from bakersfield, california with the new revolutions. what do you know? >> reporter: stood by the side of their employee who said they was just following procedure, but this morning the parent company of the senior living facility is taking a step back from her controversial actions. 23 abc received a statement from blockdale senior living. they are now saying a refusal to start cpr after lorraine bayless collapsed resulted from a complete misunderstanding of our practice with regards to emergency medical care for our residents. >> you can talk to my boss and i'm -- >> they are refusing cpr. they are going to let her die. >> reporter: jeffrey toomer offered after this 911 call came into light. he said, our practice is to

immediately call emergency medical personnel until such person arrives. that's the protocol we followed. the controversial policy had been in question from the beginning with one family member of a residents claiming toomer said it didn't exist during a meeting with residents last week. the staff member you heard on the 911 tape is currently on voluntary leave and brookdale is reviewing policies at facilities all across the nation. don? >> thank you very much, lauren. controversial leader dies. live pictures now that you're looking at hugo chavez' body so he can lie in state. mourning for a while there. these are live pictures you're looking at. we'll update you on this on the other side of the break.

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will not seek immunity under florida's stand your ground law. he was charged in second degree murder in last year's killing of 17-year-old travon martin. he went free or a self-defense claim even though martin wasn't armed. zimmerman's lawyer may seek immunity under the self-defense law. officials in minnesota are on their second round of damage control. it started when the school sent acceptance letters to students who weren't supposed to get them. the school then sent a second round of letters saying the first ones were a mistake. now a third round of letters is laying out the real story, that why the students don't qualify for automatic admission, they can appeal to get in the school. bay bridge gets a serious face lift after l.e.d. bulbs were installed. it's an $8 million sculpture called the bay lights. it's slated to be on display for

a few hours every night through 2015. >> right now in the south american country of venezuela, mourners are lining the streets of the capitol waiting for a final glimpse of their president. you're looking at live pictures of a procession car rig the body to the military academy where he will lie in state. the country has declared seven days of mourning. the funeral is on friday. he was a polarizing figure and among the poor often considered a hero and others viewed him as an iron fisted socialist. live pictures of hugo chavez' body being carried to the place where he'll lie in state. living in exile wear watching their country enter into a period of uncertainty. chavez was largely reviled many

many of those ex-pats. is there a new sense of optimism? it is. there are 40,000 swen swale lancastvel swale ans that live in miami-da miami-dade. some of them turned out to celebrate last night, but they were quick to point out this was not a celebration of chavez' dea death. they could barely maintain emotions, waving venezuelan flags large and small and wearing baseball caps in the colors. the vast majority opposed to the chavez government, many gathered shoulder to shoulder at a local restaurant but say it's not chavez' death they are cheering.

>> i'm happy because my country can be freedom. >> it represents a burden off our back, really. i'm not happy he died. i'm happy he's out of president. >> the people are not naive and realize many in the homeland with staunch supporters of the chavez government and change may not come easy. there is at least now hope. >> this is a second independence for this great country of ours. >> first of all, let's get back to democracy. let's get back to obey our constitution. then we can celebrate. >> the next few days will be crucial to venezuelans believe, they will watch to see how the country weaves their way through the short-term aftermath of the president's passing which may give them at least hints to their country's future. now, a lot of leaders in the venezuelan were saying, we have to temper this, this is not the right message to be sending. people in venezuelan who are

supporters of chavez, we don't want them to see this side of how we are portraying this. in reality, when you think there are 40,000 just in the miami area, and at that restaurant last night there were perhaps 200, 250 that showed up to celebrate, i think the vast majority got that message, that let's temper this for now. >> john, appreciate it. criminal plikants are considered for a statewide post as washington seeks a pot czar before allowing legal sales of marijuana. it's a new world. six-speed transmission allows for lower shift points, offering an e.p.a.-estimated 36 mpg highway. okay, then. [ laughs ] what a test-drive. yeah. it's really more of a road trip at this point. yeah. [ male announcer ] chevy. mpg ingenuity. now get this great sign & drive lease on a 2013 chevy cruze ls for around $199 a month.

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grabs. >> reporter: dude -- >> i love washington. >> reporter: where's my czar? as in marijuana consultant. in washington state after seminars and lengthy search they still haven't hired a marijuana adviser because they've been swamped with qualified plikants. state liquor control board received 98 bids to become the consultant initiative 502. entrepreneurs are waiting for guidance. dante jones wants his business to become a marijuana superstore. for now he sells only to customers with medical prescriptions. dead head og, critical curb and amnesia haze, sales for recreational use become legal at the end of this year as a result of the ballot proposal's passage. >> the change in public perception since the november vote has been dramatic. >> reporter: the marijuana consultant will advise on

growing, transporting and packaging marijuana here. in other words, somebody who knows about marijuana from experience. that means some applicants with criminal records may be considered so long as their offenses were marijuana related and nonviolence. >> it is a whole new thing, unchartered territory. >> reporter: the liquor board expects to pay less than $100,000 for the pot consulting and may have up to four bidders. the announcement could come as early as next week for the winner or winners it could be u for ya or losers, reefer sadness. >> reefer sadness, paul, come on. president obama asks republicans to join him for dinner and that i am also have lunch. so is president obama feeling the pressure to make a spending cut deal? political buzz is next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest...

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responded. here we go, political buzz, a rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. cnn contributor and democratic strategist maria cardona and anna navarro, full transparency, i hate the buzzer, don't talk longer than 30 seconds. >> i love that sultry voice, can we go back to that. >> that was very intrigue, i love the voice at the beginning, can you use that throughout? >> i will. anna. okay. thank you. good to see both of you. up first, the blame game continues over the deficit the republican national committee releasing a new web ad asking democrats to admit they have a spending problem. listen. >> so it is almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem. >> i want to disagree with those who say we have a spending problem. >> i am not going to keep

cutting the discretionary budget which by the way is not out of control. >> somebody keeps saying we have a spending problem. >> not to be outdone the democratic national committee launched a website called gop sequester urging americans to tell the gop to work with president obama and reach a deal on the forced spending cuts. our question is, will media campaigns shift public opinion on who is to blame for forced spending cuts? we'll start with you, maria. >> well, i think more than what the campaign -- the media campaigns do is what the leaders do. i think a video where you have cuts trying to look like democrats don't believe in spending cuts and you have the president talking about needed spending cuts, including programs like medicare and medicaid and social security, i

think takes credibility out of that video. >> ten seconds. >> when you have sequester and gop sequester talking about real stories of people being affected by the sequester cuts, that i think has more credibility. >> boom, done. you beat the buzzer. yay. go ahead, anna. >> well, look, just recently we heard speaker -- former speaker pelosi say there is no spending problem in washington. obviously she is the only one in america who thinks that. but you know, i think it is ridiculous that we have this public post touring and it requires campaigns to get these two working. here's the truth, the american people aren't paying attention. we are bored of the dysfunctional washington -- >> five seconds. >> bored from going to crisis to crisis every three months. we're not paying attention. get it done. >> ah! anna, you didn't beat the buzzer. you lose $10,000.

goes to maria cardona. next, is the way to deal in washington through a politician's stomach. the white house and senate republicans may be betting on it. cnn has confirmed that tonight a group of republican senators, including senators mccain and graham and coburn and johnson invited the white house for dinner. next week senate republicans will host president obama at their weekly lunch. and that senate lunch, it's three years in the making. that's the last time the president attended. he will also meet with white house republicans. okay, we should note that all of these events are coming at the request of president obama. our question is, is president obama feeling the pressure to make a spending cuts deal? anna? >> i think everybody is feeling the pressure. and again, it's because we've seen that the president's poll numbers have gone down and the american public feels that congress and the government in washington is right there with

the worst of lawyers and leeches, but also. darn, it's amazing it's taken four years for republicans to be invited to the white house. it's amazing it wasn't until ten days ago that the president picked up the phone to talk about immigration with the people in washington with the senators who are dealing with immigration. >> you're done. you're done. when the buzzer -- you have to beat the buzzer, ana, you're a little long winded. >> i need a little -- like a red light, yellow light, green light somewhere. give me a break. >> thank you. >> a gong, go ahead, maria. >> i do think it's taken too long for the president to reach out, but look, republicans have been the ones who are saying they don't want to work with this president. i think it's smart of them to go around the leadership and focus on members of congress and gop senators who might be willing to cut a deal. is he feeling pressure? yes. republicans are also feeling the pressure. they are the ones who will get

blamed more so by the public if the sequester cuts continue to be in place and continue to hurt middle class voters and working class americans. >> done. look at you. like a local news reporter, get on, get off. love it. so finally, drone strikes inside the u.s. only in quote, extraordinary circumstances. that's according to attorney general eric holder who in a letter said that while the u.s. has no intention of taking such action, the president could authorize drone strikes if necessary to protect the homeland in circumstances of a catastrophic attack like pearl harbor or september 11th. here's a question. in defense against a 9/11 style attack justification, is it a justification for drone strikes on u.s. soil. ana? >> just throw the buzzer in right now. yes, we should have the ability to use drones. extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary actions. we've all gotten used to living

in this brave new world. it's not something that should be done lightly but whatever needs to be done to protect national security should be able to be done. >> every time. >> i'm not playing this game again. >> go ahead, maria. >> do i get another $10,000? >> yes, 10,000 more. >> i'll give it to pay down the deficit. yes, i think we cannot put and take anything off the table and extraordinary circumstances we have to have the ability to focus on anybody who is going to do us harm, wherever they are. what if we had gotten word that osama bin laden was in the united states, i think we would need to have the ability to do what we can to protect -- >> you have to give it back. you're not quite even. you're 10,000 ahead. thank you, maria and ana, both good sports. >> thank you, don, that was fun.

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the wise cracking valerie harper could always bring the laughs. >> 35, single, sandy hair, who didn't vote for him. >> rhoda, it's 1:00, isn't your lunch hour over? >> my boss doesn't care if i'm a little late. >> i care. >> mary, i think i better get going. there's a boss who hates it when i'm late, yours. >> love her. but the woman best known as rhoda is revealing a personal struggle. a.j., what have we learned? >> sad news this morning, don. "people" saying that valerie harper has terminal brain cancer. they are running the interview in the upcoming issue. they started to feel ill last summer and discovered she has

lepto carcinoma tosis, means cancer cells are surrounding her brain and doctors are telling valerie, you may have as little as three months to live. she's been fighting can ter for a few years. in 2009 she had lung canner but tells me and i love her energy here, i don't think of dying, i think of being here now. she may have shot to fame more than 40 years ago in the mary tyler moore show but started her career on stage as a dancer and chorus singer on broadway years before that. since her spinoff show ended. she had a long and successful career back on stage and appearing in a lot of tv shows "desperate housewives", touched by a angel. she held high offices in the screen actor's guild although recently she was critical of sag. married 26 years and they have a

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time to check the top stories, a leading dancer with russia ballet admits to ordering an acid attack. admits arranging the assault and attacker and getaway driver are in custody. they had a hostile relationship with the artistic director who got his job two years after a fierce behind the scenes power struggle. the director suffered third degree burns to his face and eyes. henry kissinger is in the hospital after falling at his home. officials at new york presbyterian have said not said

if he was hurt, the news comes as "the wall street journal" publishes an op-ed written by kissing kissinger. a huge crane made a giant splash into a bay near portland. the new towers also fell into the water. no one was hurt though. if you were hoping for a break on college tuition, you won't find it at a public school. a new report shows that public college costs are now at record highs. alison kosik has more. alison. not good news, why are public school students paying so much? >> that is the age-old question these days. you know what it seems to be, there's a perfect storm of factors going on. the main reason is that state government these days are actually cutting how much money they are giving to schools. at the same time, the schools are costing more. these tuition costs are rising.

there's a report now from the state higher education executive officers foundation and here's what it found. it found that average state funding per student fell 9% last year. that as these average tuition costs went up more than 8%. that's been a huge hit to parents and students, many of whom were already struggling to pay in the first place. when you break it down state by state and look back even further, the numbers are more stunning. in georgia, the average cost of tuition has gone up almost 78% since 2007. in new mexico, it's up almost 55%. so the big question of course, are these costs going to keep on rising. there's the silver lining for you. the president of the group, which actually compiled the report noted that 31 states have actually increased funding for the current school year, the 2012, 2013 school year and number of them have proposed an increase for the coming school year as well. students could finally, finally feel at least a little bit of relief.

don. >> a little. thank you. alison. just a little. appreciate it. what would you do if you saw two people fighting? would you jump in and stop it? would you take a picture with your cell phone? a viral campaign puts unsuspecting strangers to the test.

it was a staged strangulation that took some people's breath away and led to

strangled laughter from others. the story of an elevator escapade designed to make you design whether to run or fight. >> reporter: set up a hidden camera, get one actor to pretend to strangle another with an electrical cord, then ask what would you do if you walked into a murder in progress? scream bloody murder? it's the latest viral video from an agency called safe modo. the creators say out of 110 people, around 20% actually tried to stop the strangulation. beating with a bouquet, trying to drag out the victim. they call it elevator murder experiment but it's really meant to promote a movie with colin farrell, dead man down it's called. at least this downer of an elevator experiment left no one dead. though one guy sprayed a fire

extinguisher. >> some of it looks a little staged, the fire hose -- >> reporter: the question is are the people in the video genuinely reacting or are they just acting? the creators told us they used craigslist to bring most of the people into the building under the false premise of attending a focus group then sprang the elevator prank on them. the dogs were added to have an animal reaction. >> what would you do? >> i would jump in there. >> i don't think he would be beating anybody down. i would have called. >> reporter: meaning 911 this woman says she would have used her purse on the strangler. some would like to murder the video. it's like a horrible psych experiment borderline sadistic. these real proem mows keep happening and one of the times the actor is going to get shot. the one who really gets a lot of flak is the guy at the end of the video.

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with xerox, you're ready for real business. this story really caught fire and triggered responses around the world. a teen started a ten-mile walk for a job interview. he got a job and so much more and now helping others in need. our affiliate wxin has the story. >> reporter: he has met a lot of people since setting off on a ten-mile walk to a job interview, an interview he wouldn't end up needing after meeting the honor of papa ro. >> walking in ice and slush and snow for the hope of a job at minimum wage. that's the kind of story your parents would tell, uphill both ways in the snow. >> reporter: his story is now stuff of legend. he's been immortalized in his

own cartoon and seen his picture show up in stories he can't begin to translate. >> it's really crazy. >> the story as one of my customers reported, redefining viral. >> reporter: it's created a new life for him. >> it has changed quick, i went from sleeping on the couch to sleeping in my own apartment. >> reporter: before meeting his new landlord, he was homeless and living with friends. he also didn't have a phone. now he's taking calls from the chicago bulls organization. they contacted him after seeing a certain hat on tv. >> they gave me some tickets to the bulls. really impressed. it's awesome. >> reporter: he also received a free bus pass, though he hasn't had to use it much after meeting plenty of co-workers who have offered to give him rides. >> i really appreciate it. really grateful. the story didn't just get him a