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a big cat sanctuary. a lion killing a young intern. this morning we'll be hearing from her father. also talking to animal experts jeff corwin and jack hanna about what the young woman was doing inside the cage in the first case. then droning on and on with some snack breaks in between. it was an epic filibuster by senator rand paul. ended early this morning. we'll tell you why vote code pink which supports women for peace and the tea party are on opposite sides of most issues are together supporting his efforts this time around. a developing story out of north korea. threatening a preemptive nuclear strike on america. the u.n. meets to lay down some punishments. >> the storm that snowed in chicago and the d.c. suburbs now blowing people around in the northeast. we are live. and the dow is on a roll. hitting another all-time high. we're going to look at futures this morning right now.

what could happen today. it's thursday, march 7th, and "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody. we start with breaking news. tough talk overnight. north korea threatening a preemptive nuclear strike against the united states as the u.n. security council prepares to vote on tougher sanctions against that nation. a foreign ministry spokesman made the threat in a statement to a state-run news agency. south korea says the north has been conducting a series of military drills on an unusually grand scale. right now it's believed that pyongyang does not have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the united states and really can't back up all that talk. also a developing story out of northern california this morning. a young woman from washington state mauled to death by a 350-pound lion. the victim has been identified as 24-year-old dianna hanson of seattle. she was an intern at the cat

haven sanctuary in dunlap, california. dianna's father said she absolutely adored the african lion that killed her when for some reason she entered his cage. >> she was so happy when she got that internship. she was having so much fun down there. it was her dream job. she was so happy there, it makes it bearable that she died so happy. >> dan simon joins us live from dunlap, california, this morning. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. i think the key questions this morning, what were the protocols, were they followed, were they ignored. we are here outside cat haven. inside 50 rare exotic, some of these cats very large. they had all the permits. they were regulated by the state. and cat haven seemed to have a good reputation. >> this is cousy, a north african lion. >> reporter: a lion shot dead wednesday afternoon. >> a female volunteer intern entered the lion's enclosure

where she was attacked and fatally injured. the lion was shot and killed per our safety protocols. our thoughts and prayers go out to our friend and family -- and to her family at this time, at this trying time. >> reporter: the 24-year-old volunteer has been identified as dianna hanson from washington state. her facebook page shows her pictured with large cats. her father released a statement last night saying in part dianna was so excited at working at cat haven and living in california. her favorites were the tiger and the lion couscous who killed her today. >> we're moving over to the african lions and i'm going into the den. >> reporter: jennifer michaels, also known as jungle jenny, got an up close view of the lion while getting a tour of the animal sanctuary called cat haven in central california. >> i didn't see any type of aggressive behavior or anything that i needed to be worried about. >> cat haven is a 100-acre wooded sanctuary, home to some

of the rarest cats in the world, including lions, tigers and leopards. it describes itself as an innovative park, dedicated to the preservation of wildcats. 5-year-old couscous came to the sanctuary as a cub. founder dale anderson said this species of lion no longer exists in the wild. >> the north africans were killed off in the wild in the 1920s so all the ones you see are in captivity. >> reporter: as for the victim, dianna hanson, it's not clear exactly how she died. but her father says big cats were her passion. writing we will miss you so much, but i know that you will be happy for now you truly are in the eternal cat haven. and soledad, i think what's remarkable about that statement or maybe surprising is that the father seems to have no bitterness or animosity towards cat haven. in fact he says that the way to honor his daughter's memory is to support cat preservation

societies, just like this one. >> what a terrible loss for their family. dan simon for us. thanks, dan. let's get right to wildlife expert jeff corwin, the host of "ocean mysteries" on abc and also the author of "jeff's explorer series, sharks." it's nice to have you with us this morning. you heard a couple of things i thought were interesting. one, a question of whether or not the protocols were followed or if they were ignored. it seems unusual to me as an outsider that an intern would be allowed close to a wild animal like that. >> well, soledad, interns and docents and volunteers are really important and integral to the survival and management of zoos and institutions around the country and around the world. there are many volunteers that have lots of experience working with creatures. but i have to tell you we can't forget how powerful these animals are. it does strike me as potentially dangerous for someone to be alone with a cat like this.

you can see a tragic outcome when one potentially loses sight on the absolute predatory ability of these incredible cats. >> that was my second question for you, if i can. we heard a woman saying that she had never seen aggressive behavior. i just wonder if in a wild animal, like a lion, is that just innate to the species, that aggressive behavior is part of being a lion? >> absolutely, soledad. i mean these animals are hard wired to be exquisite, pinnacle predators. they are at the top of the food pyramid when it comes to the ecosystems where they live. we can see this even in our domesticated cat. i have a couple of its cats at home and you see that little instinct kicks in when he shows up with a little gift he found in the garden. that only gets more exacerbated as the creature gets bigger and more wild. they have incredible skills as a

predator. those skills even in a captive situation like a zoo, they don't go away. that's why many zoos and institutions under the aza have very strict rules and regulations when it comes to working with these animals. >> jeff, it's always nice to see you. thank you for talking with us. lots of questions remain, of course. a little later in our next hour we'll hear from the director of the columbus zoo, jack hanna will be our guest. while you were sleeping, an unusual coalition came together to support an epic filibuster by senator rand paul, the republican senator from kentucky. finally stopped talking after 12 hours, 52 minutes. he ended at 12:38 this morning, pausing only for water and a snickers bar. isn't there a commercial about that? the senator was holding up the confirmation of john brennan as cia director to protest the attorney general holder's assertion that it could be possible for drones to be used to kill americans on u.s. soil.

>> no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. that americans could be killed in a cafe in san francisco or in a restaurant in houston or at their home in bowling green, kentucky, is an abomination. >> let's get right to shannon travis this morning. he's in washington, d.c. hey, shannon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. as you mentioned, the kentucky senator drank water and took snack breaks and popped candy. he only ended his marathon by joking that nature has its limits and that he reached his. take a listen. >> i would go for another 12 hours to try to break strom thurmond's record but i discovered that there are some limits to filibustering and i'm going to have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. >> reporter: soledad, obviously

the serious issue here, as you mentioned, can the u.s. government carry out drone strikes against american citizens on u.s. soil. it's an issue that the far right and the far left is concerned about, americans and even terror suspects not being given due process in the courts. rand paul especially concerned after attorney general eric holder told a senate judiciary panel yesterday he could envision that in an extraordinary circumstance. holder added that the government has no intention to carry out drone strikes in the united states. the kentucky senator railed against even the potential for it. at what point paul used a fairy tale to make his point. >> has america the beautiful become alice's wonderland? no, no, said the queen. sentence first. verdict afterwards. stuff and nonsense, alice said loudly. the idea of having the sentence

first? hold your tongue, said the queen, turning purple. i won't, said alice. release the drones, said the queen, as she shouted at the top of her voice. louis carroll is fiction, right? >> reporter: soledad, several republicans took to the senate floor to help paul. even ron white of oregon, a democrat, he supported it. he's also concerned about it. one last point. although rand paul went almost 13 hours, he doesn't hold the record, that belongs to south carolina senator strom thurmond who filibustered for over 24 hours. >> what was he filibustering over? >> over the civil rights act of 1957. >> and still, there it went just like is going to happen to rand paul. that's really, really interesting. thank you, shannon travis. appreciate the update for us. weather system is what we're also talking about this morning. a dozen inches of snow on d.c., battering new jersey and the massachusetts coast. john has a look at that and other top stories this morning. it is a windy, snowy, rainy

mess in the northeast right now. the very same system that rolled through the midwest, buried parts of virginia and caused a travel nightmare on highways and at the airports is now hitting us here. more than 1600 flights were cancelled. the virginia governor declared a state of emergency. at least 215,000 people have no power. right now at least seven states are under severe winter warnings from new jersey to maine. the biggest threat seems to be winds and coastal flooding. jennifer delgado is live in scituate, massachusetts, where the wind has been blowing really hard, jennifer. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. over the last 15, 20 minutes we're starting to see those waves building even more. high tide came at 6:50 and you're seeing those effects with that fetch coming in pushing the waves. we're going to deal with wave heights up to about 24 feet and we're expecting a storm surge roughly just under 3 feet. now, tomorrow it's expected to be even higher than that. so right now the winds are gusting. we've had gusts up to about 45.

we could still see those peaking up to 50, 55. i want to point out to you here's the pier. you see some of the homes on the massachusetts bay. keep in mind, we do have a voluntary evacuation in place. there are national guardsmen here just in case we start to see more problems with coastal flooding as well as erosion. this whole area is really a lot more susceptible now because of superstorm sandy and of course the nor'easter that blew through on february the 9th. also want to point out to you we're dealing with mixed precipitation and with the strong winds around, we're also going to be looking at the possibility of power outages across the region. again, coastal wind warning as well as flood warnings in place through tomorrow. back over to you, john. >> an uncomfortable morning on the south say, jennifer delgado, thank you. president obama has invited congress members paul ryan and chris van holland to lunch at the white house today. ryan of course a republican is the chair of the house budget committee and van holland a

democrat is the ranking minority member on that committee. this is a bipartisan meal offensive that the president seems to be on. last night president obama taking a group of about 12 republican senators to dinner at a fancy washington restaurant. he picked up the tab. the president getting generally good reviews for reaching out to rank and file republicans. one of the dinner guests there, john hoeven said the table talk was candid. >> very positive, encouraging, candid. focused on how do we come together. compromise is necessary and it's possible. the issue is how do we get there. that's why these kinds of dialogues are so important and there needs to be more of them. >> coming up at the bottom of the hour we'll talk to dan coates who also attended the dinner. i understand sea bass was served, along with a filet mignon alternative. reaching out to both sides of the dining aisle.

>> starts well, ends well. thanks, john. ahead, jurors get a chance to ask the accused killer jodi arias some questions. they had 150 of them. we'll talk to one of the country's top attorneys about how that went. and then a giant shark migration spotted off the east coast of florida. this is normal. we'll take a look. we're back right after this. i've discovered gold.

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for us this morning. >> how did you have time to get the gun? why did you confront travis after seeing him with another woman if it was not due to jealousy? what is your understanding of the word "skank"? >> reporter: questions delivered by the judge written by the jurors. they indicated people who either didn't understand jodi arias' explanations for how she killed travis alexander or were skeptical of her claims. >> were you mad at travis bhiel you were stabbing him? >> i don't remember being angry that day. i remember being terrified. >> how is it that you remember so many of your sexual encounters but you do not remember stabbing travis and dragging his body? >> i don't know how the mind works necessarily, but i know that that was the most traumatic experience of my life. >> reporter: arias was respectful, quiet and calm as he went through 150 questions through the jurors asked by superior court judge sherri stevens. top of the list, explain how

alexander died on june 4th, 2008. shot, stabbed and cut dozens of times moments after she was taking pictures of him in the shower and dropped the camera, which she said threw alexander into a rage. >> i had run out of the bathroom and i turned and i just wanted him to stop, so i pointed the gun at him, hoping that that would just make him halt. and it didn't. instead he lunged at me right around the time that the gun went off and i didn't mean for it to go off. we got -- we fell with pretty good force down in the corner kind of near the sink. kind of sort of that area. and he fell kind of on top of me but to my right. i didn't want him to get on top of me. he was grabbing at high clothes. he was trying to get on top of me. i don't know where the gun went at that point, it was not in my

hands anymore. it got knocked out of my hands or if i dropped it. but i broke away from him and as soon as i broke -- the moment i broke away, that's when he threatened my life. i have no clear memories after that at all. >> reporter: many questions asked about her adopted mormon faith and how she reconciled that with a very racy and adventurous sex life with alexander. >> does the book of mormon go into detail regarding the vow of chastity? >> it uses verbiage such as whorpdoms, things like that. being unclean and that's in reference to sexual sin. >> reporter: jurors wanted to know how she could stick with alexander even after she claims she caught him looking at child pornography. there were many questions about her relationships and when and why she chooses to tell the truth and why her memory seems so selective. now, this was a very different jodi arias than we've seen

inspect days past. every time the judge read a question, she stared at the judge, then would turn to the jury and address them staring them straight in the eyes. this is a woman who faces the death penalty and she is clearly fighting for her life. more questions from the jury today. >> thanks, miguel. let's get right to criminal defense attorney joe tacapina. the questions didn't seem particularly sympathetic. how do you read that? >> it's not good news for jodi arias. without question these questions were either very cynical, skeptical of her story, or just baffling. i mean, you know, she was asked questions about why did you clean up the house after this self defense murder? then, you know, she fell into her i don't remember routine. but she does remember taking the gun and the rope out of the house. i mean so she has recollection of things like that. however, you know, her story is really not very plausible. and someone -- >> you could sense that from the

jury questions, the 100 plus jury questions. you got the sense that they -- even the faces, they would turn and kind of smirk sometimes. >> if that's an accurate read. you have some jurors yawning during some emotional testimony. the worst question i think for her was when one of the jurors asked do you have -- have you got treaten for your mental issues? and she said what mental issues? >> why do you think that's bad for her? i'm not an attorney, as you know, but that would say people are seeing her as very troubled if your only goal is to keep her from the death penalty, doesn't that kind of help? >> she's not right now asserting any sort of a mental defect. she's claiming this was self defense, number one. so it's not like they're going to find perhaps she's not guilty by reason of insanity. i'm not thinking there's a lot of sympathy heading in her direction. i think they think she's a sociopath, not a poor damsel in distress that needs counseling. >> it is so weird that they get to do that. i didn't realize there were

three states where jurors are allowed to ask questions. >> i'm not a proponent of it. jurors are supposed to be impartial fact finders. >> you're a defense attorney. >> i was a prosecutor. as a prosecutor i wouldn't bow a proponent of it either. the courtroom, there's certain rules and there's reasons for rules. jurors are supposed to take facts as they find them and apply the law. that's their job, as impartial fact finders. once they start asking questions, i think they become advocates and also think they're investigators and they lose their role a little bit. >> the questions are fascinating to hear, though. >> it's great tv. >> this jury has been paying attention. >> clearly, clearly. joe, nice to have you with us. we appreciate it. business news, the dow is going up and up and up. if we see another record high today, what does it mean for our 401(k)s? we'll take a look at that coming up next. could only come from nature.s new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse.

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welcome back. the dow jones industrial average sets another record, adding 42 points on tuesday. it's now up 9% this year. christine, what does it all mean? >> well, it means if you look at your 401(k) and you're invested in stocks, you're doing better. the dow up 30, up 12% over the past year, nasdaq up 10%. it's been a really good run over the past 12 months. here's the case for buying stocks, okay. the fed is stimulating economy every month, $85 billion going right into the economy. there is no alternative. there is no place else to put

your money to get a return. corporate profits are strong. companies have $1.7 trillion, a record amount of money in cash. they're not hiring us but they're keeping the money in the bank and stocks are at a fair value here. when you look at price to earnings ratios, we're right along the historic averages. record highs for prices but the value of stocks is still pretty fair. here's the case against buying stocks. europe is in a recession, that's a problem. washington, the debt theatrics there. if something goes wrong, you could see interest rates start to move higher and that could really hurt the stock market. the american consumer is strapped. how much longer can people with declining incomes go out there and keep spending so much money? and there's something in the markets called profit taking. when you look at a big rally like i just showed you those numbers, sometimes people take money off the table. there are hedge funds who are betting against the market here for all of those reasons, soledad. >> so that's one of those yet again confusing two graphics. here's why yes and here's why no. >> the futures are higher this

morning. you could see another high this morning, no question. but that's the landscape you're facing. >> christine, thank you. ahead on "starting point" this morning, not your usual dinner date. president obama and 12 gop senators break bread. the bigger question of course is did they make any progress? senator dan coats will join us to talk about that. and dechbfinitely not a sig you want to see if you're swimming in that water. a migration of sharks. we'll explain what's happening there. zñç cold feels nice on sore muscles, huh?

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this morning. good morning. let's talk about this dinner. this had potential to be a hot disaster. they dined on the president's dime, of course. a dozen republican senators who were invited to dinner at a fancy washington, d.c., restaurant. the menu included some serious talk about spending and taxes and the white house is hoping that it could lead to better bipartisan cooperation. let's get right to cnn's dan lothian who's at the white house this morning. i think this is the kind of thing that has the potential to be a train wreck. but most accounts seem to say that it was productive. >> reporter: that's right. i think there was a real positive tone coming out of that dinner. the president, according to white house officials, enjoyed the dinner. said that there was a good exchange of ideas. they touched on a number of issues from the debt and deficit to entitlement and tax reform. so again, an optimistic tone. according to some of those senators talking to cnn, they said that the conversation was very real. while everyone was respectful, nobody was holding back punches.

it was a dinner date with republicans, and president obama picked up the tab. blocks from the white house at the swanky jefferson hotel, food and fiscal challenges, and an effort to find compromise less than a week after across-the-board cuts kicked in. >> how did the meeting go? >> just fine. >> reporter: 12 republican senators invited by the president broke bread for more than two hours. >> what was the tone in there like? >> very positive. encouraging, candid. focused on how do we come together. compromise is necessary and it's possible. the issue is how do we get there. >> reporter: president obama has stepped up his outreach to republicans in recent days. a series of phone calls, this dinner and planned trips to capitol hill next week, engaging in a way his critics say he failed to do in his first term. >> ultimately the way we're going to get stuff done, personal relationships are important. and obviously i can always do a better job. >> reporter: the dinner didn't

result in any major agreements, but it was viewed as a positive step in the right direction. >> that's why these kinds of dialogues are so important and there needs to be more of them. >> reporter: now, cnn has confirmed that president obama has invited representative paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee, here to the white house for lunch today along with a top democrat. this is yet another sign of a significant shift by this white house in strategy as the president reaches out to republicans in a bigger way. soledad. >> dan lothian joining us this morning. thank you for the update. let's get right to republican senator dan coats who was at that din are. nice to have you with us. how did the dinner go? >> it was a cordial dinner but it was a serious dinner. we talked about the debt and deficit and plunged into more and more debt through out of control government spending. i was glad the president took the opportunity to talk to us personally. i've been talking to him a lot from the senate floor. i'm not sure he's listening on cnn and c-span. it was nice to be across the table from him and be able to

express exactly my deep concerns about how we fix this fiscal mess. >> if you're talking debt and deficit, fiscal mess, that sounds like it could be a very uncomfortable kind of dinner. how would you describe the back and forth with the president? was he accepting of some of the proposals? was it that specific? i mean did it get contentious? >> it did not get contentious but it was serious. and we had, i think, a very adult discussion. instead of being on the campaign trail, the president trying to make his point, we were working together and talking together about the real essence of our problem and how we can get this thing turned from this never-ending short-term fix fiscal cliff stuff into a long-term solution to our fiscal problem. i was pleased that it was that substantive. >> senator, hold on one second. i want to turn to my panel for a moment. i'm trying to decide if i like this idea of the negotiation and

progress. the senator said i've been talking to him from the senate floor and that doesn't seem to be effective. so is it better that you have these sort of small dinners or should congress actually work in congress where they belong? >> i think that this is exactly the way washington should work. you know, this is the way it used to work in the old days. i mean -- the old days like even 20 years ago. no, no, no. i mean even when president clinton would do this. president clinton would have members of the opposition party over for dinner. president obama has admitted that this is something he's actually not that good at, but it's like this person-to-person thing. the president is still the most important person of the world, the leader of the free world. when you invite members of congress over, they're charmed. >> the question of how useful this is depends on how much back and forth there was. the accusation of republicans has been that when the president addresses the house caucus or whatever situation of republicans it comes across as lecturing. informing them about his ideas so hutch listening was done. >> so do you think that's a fair

criticism? would you say that the president did a lot of listening? because it's true, i think a criticism of him is that he does a lot of the talking part and not much of the listening part. >> this was just the opposite of what we've seen. us on our platform trying to get a message to him and him on his platform a lot of times campaigning outside of washington. this was very substantive. he did listen. it was a very serious discussion. and i hope that it leads to action. you know, talk is one thing. >> please tell me about it, i know. that's all we do. we talk about the talk. senator, you don't even need to finish that sentence, sir, i know where you're going. next up is lunch. lunch, does not mean that's more important or less important? >> obviously less. you do the lunch date when you're not so serious. >> i used to pick lunch when i didn't want to spend a lot of time with people. senator, in all seriousness, what do you think happens when

you have chris van hollen and paul ryan at the table face to face. where do you see that going? >> well, those are two key figures that are going to have to bring back to their caucuses details of where we need to go. but i think the president's reaching out now, maybe it's a consequence of the sequester, all the overhype about this is going to be doom's day for america has not worked. and i think getting back now to the individual, let's talk about this. let's get serious and let's do it in a way that we can -- obviously we have to come together in the end to produce something, as the president said. but his reaching out, i think we ought to accept it for what it was and we ought to be thankful that we've had this opportunity and that the president is doing this. as i said, it's got to lead to action. it can't just be talk. because the situation we're dealing with is very serious. >> i'm not a politician but i'm a voter, so god, yes, please, let's get it altogether. thank you, senator coats. we appreciate your time this morning. how many times have you said,

yeah, let's do lunch. >> i'm trying to figure out if we ever had lunch. >> trust me, if we're having lunch it's because i don't want to have dinner with you. wait, let me get to an update on the top stories. >> that winter storm we're talking about, that monster storm that's dumped heavy wet snow and created serious problems on the roads and in the air is still hovering over the east coast and may stay here a while. there's a state of emergency declared in virginia where some parts saw 20 inches of snow. mass power outages were reported. 1600 flights cancelled. now there are coastal flood warnings in effect for parts of new england as well as areas recovering from superstorm sandy, karen maginnis is live with what is in store today. a lot more, correct, karen? >> yes, it is. we've got coastal flooding. as a matter of fact, yesterday we had an attorney from long island beach, he sent us this is report. take a look at what he saw. this is before the big waves have occurred. we're looking at high tide this

morning. they could be even higher coming up for tomorrow. this is from our ireporter ben von klemperer. he said sometimes these can be worse than the hurricanes. this beach was closed during superstorm sandy for weeks. but still some snow for new york, 2 to 4 inches possible over the next 24 hours. and then for boston, wind gusts maybe as high as 50 miles per hour. here's some of the wind gusts being reported right now. there's been some discussion about whether this was in fact a nor'easter. it was kind of a hybrid, maybe an atypical nor'easter. but the winds coming out of the northeast gusting, so wave generated heights could produce some beach erosion. john. >> our thanks to you. 38 minutes after the hour. the man wanted in new york city for a deadly hit and run crash has turned himself in. he is due in court this morning. the accident claimed the lives of a brooklyn couple and their

newborn son. 44-year-old julio acevedo surrendered to authorities on wednesday. this week he told reporters he was trying to escape from someone who was shooting at him moments before the fatal crash. bail is now set at $1 million for the california man accused of sexually assaulting women that he met on the dating websites christian mingle and match.com. a third woman has come forth saying shawn patrick banks was in contact with her. she claims he made threatening calls after he was arrested, warning her not to talk to police. banks remains behind bars this morning. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords makes her first public appearance at the site in tucson where she was shot back in 2011. the former arizona congresswoman repeating a call for universal background checks. >> be bold, be courageous. please support background checks. thank you very much.

>> giffords, along with husband mark kelly, survivors and victims' families gathered outside the tucson safeway where jared lee loughner opened fire killing six and wounding 13 others. loughner is sentenced to life in prison without parole. the former head of the transportation security agency, kip holly, saying he supports a new policy allowing small knives on planes but says it actually doesn't go far enough. he says, quote, they ought to let everything on that is sharp and pointy. battle axes, machetes, bring anything that you want that is pointy and sharp because while you may be able to commit an act of violence, you will not be able to take over the plane. it's as simple as that. he insists the search for knives slows down the search for objects that can cause major harm like explosives. >> yeah, people are mad about that. i feel like the machete thing is a good line. >> battle axes also. >> even small knives. you have to take off your shoes -- >> why don't they change that

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welcome back, everybody. take a look at this video. it's amazing aerial footage from off the coast of palm beach, florida. there are literally thousands of sharks there. they're making their yearly migration. the animals have forced a slew of local beaches to close temporarily as the sharks pass through. experts say no need to worry, though. also this week, scientists from the nonprofit o search made history. they tagged the first great white shark on reported off the coast of florida and are now tracking the 14-foot lydia. jeff cor wwin is back with us. nice to have you back, we appreciate it. so the first-ever great white tagged locally off the coast of florida. there's obviously a bigger goal than just the tagging of the shark. they described it as now we can start working on the puzzle. what's the puzzle you're trying to solve? >> well, basically trying to unravel the mysteries of these incredible predatory sharks. these amazing great whites. to find out why they would stray and wander into waters that

really aren't typical when it comes to the habitat where these sharks live. typically when we think of great white sharks we think of colder places like south africa or california. and it's not typical or usual to see them in places like florida. >> so then should people look at these pictures of thousands of sharks in the water and be concerned about their safety? >> well, i don't think so. what's kind of -- i don't know if this -- if you're going to find this comforting or rather unnerving, but when you're in the water in florida, you're usually never more than 20 to 60 feet away from a shark. >> option b. >> sharks are around us all the time. feeling a little unnerved there? >> yes, yes, a lot unnerved actually. >> yeah. well, these animals have occupied our oceans for nearly 400 million years. they're beautifully designed creatures. when they are functioning as predators, they rarely target people. there's a lot of things that we

can do in our own lives to minimize the opportunity for a shark attack. so these animals are moving by the thousands. and they are not having any conflict with people. >> so is the goal then protect the sharks from the people or protect the people from the sharks? >> i think a little bit of both. there are things you can do, for example. you don't want to be swimming at night. you don't want to be swimming in adverse weather conditions. you certainly don't want to be in the water when you have tens of thousands of sharks moving from point a to point b. but the truth is that sharks are in a lot more trouble from us than we are from them. just this year alone at the wrap-up of 2012, we killed more than 100 million sharks. today 90% of all shark species are in trouble because of the industrialized shark finning industry. >> jeff corwin is the author of jeff's explorer series on sharks. nice to have you, jeff. appreciate it. >> thank you. ahead this morning, a follow-up on a story we told you about yesterday. a mother of seven kids has been diagnosed with cancer.

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welcome back, everybody. sinking a halftime shot from half court never an easy feat but a high school basketball's coach in del city, oklahoma, did that, took home $20,000 in prize money, happened during the thun derz/lakers game. turns out there's lots more to the story, they did the cut away they have seven kids, his wife has kenny. heath and jenny join us from oklahoma city. yesterday we were showing the highlight of the shot i was interested in knowing more about your family so thank you for talking with us. seven kids, holy cow, i have four, i thought that was a lot. seven kids, what's the age range for your family? >> 13 to 3. >> oh my gosh.

wow. so walk me through -- that's just exhausting thinking about that. wow, look at that picture. so how did you get tapped to be the guy who would try to make the shot in halftime? >> it's pretty random, there's someone at the arena who picks people to do the promotions so i had gone to the game earlier, was late trying to sign up. this time we got there earlier and were able to get signed up and found out it was couples night which my wife wasn't too happy about but that's how we got chosen. >> so they pick you, you go to center court, the pressure's on, you have to make the shot. you play basketball, you're a coach. did you feel super confident like i got this nailed or did you feel like maybe there was a lot of pressure? >> you know, we had to do the free-throw thing first and then we got to the half court shot and you know, i was just really

enjoying it. there wasn't a lot of pressure. i did tell the mascot before i shot that i felt like i was going to make it. it was just enjoyable. >> my favorite moment is watching jenny's face as watching you make that shot. the cutaway to jenny is hilarious and of course boom, oh, it's good. jenny is about to pass out. you guys could use the money, you made $20,000 because you made that shot successfully and as we mentioned you've struggled with your health, you're in the middle of your chemo treatments for a rare form of cancer, that $20,000 will come in handy i would imagine. how much did you owe in medical bills? >> we don't have an exact number. the lord has been good in people being generous and helping us with our insurance. for us it's about the money, the

money is a blessing but seeing the lord work through this whole situation and be faithful to us and you know he's the one that's getting us through this. >> congratulations on a great shot, congratulations. i hear that you've had some good news about your health, you've got five more chemo treatments but the tumors have shrunk a little bit so you're waiting to hear good news at the end of all that so we're certainly rooting for you and clearly god was on your side on that shot. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> so true. >> good luck to you both. we have to take a short break. ahead we'll tell you about senator rand paul. did you see his 12 plus hour filibuster? it was interesting, it wasn't, sometimes in the filibusters they fill it with gobbledygook but he was talking specifically about the drone program. we'll tell you what he had to say, interesting cast of characters on both sides of the aisle that support him on this. the search for answers after a lion mauls a young woman to death at a big cat sanctuary.

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welcome, everybody. our "starting point" this morning the northeast bracing for a big storm. coastal areas are getting slammed, high winds, flooding on the ground with what this major storm is expected to bring today, plus a 350-pound lion goes on the attack at an animal sanctuary, a 24-year-old intern is killed before police shoot the animal dead. we'll talk about the dangers of working with the wild animals with jack hanna. political theater for nearly 13 hours senator rand paul finally ends his epic filibuster earlier this morning in protest of the white house drone policy that says americans could be fair game. stock futures climbing after the dow has another record day. what's behind the market highs and should you be buying right here? later this hour we'll meet the british radio personality young mans who interview with actress mila kunis has gone

viral, "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody, our team this morning, will cain is back, a cnn contributor, columnist for theblaze.com, radhika jones with "time" magazine, richard socarides, former senior adviser to president bill clinton and writer of the newworker.com. let's look at sea bright, new jersey, water running up to people's doors. high tide was hours ago. wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour is pushing water into the streets. the area is still trying to recover from the damage from superstorm sandy and many people who were given the opportunity to evacuate considering the damage last time around they've evacuated, windy, snowy mess

will hit other parts of the northeast, flurries in the northeast, same system pounding the midwest, burying virginia under about 20 inches of snow is making its way to new england. seven states under severe winter warnings from new jersey to maine. we begin with jennifer delgado in scituate, massachusetts. how is it looking in scituate? >> reporter: you can get an idea very windy. the winds have been kicking up roughly to 45 miles per hour. we'll stay that way up to 50. you're looking at the massachusetts bay, with he are in scituate. you're seeing some white caps, when you get the winds coming in from the north, very strong, the fetch builds and we're going to see wave heights today still roughly about 20 feet. we did have high tide right around 6:50 and we did see tide height of 13.6, that level is coming down and that's good news to some of the residents but keep in mind, with this happening here we're talking about coastal erosion as well as coastal flooding and residents

here have, many of them have left their homes to get away because roads are impassable with the water level rising. if you look over towards the east you can see a lot more of those homes. lot of the areas are filtered with homes along the coastline so certainly a lot of people are still in danger and tomorrow, soledad, we're going to look at wave heights being even higher right around 7:00 tomorrow morning. >> what a mess there. >> reporter: it's a mess out here. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> reporter: okay. other developing story, a young woman, an intern, mauled to death by a 350-pound lion that she loved dearly, the victim is 24-year-old diana hanson of seattle. she worked at the cat haven sanctuary in northern california, an african lion, name was couscous killed after she entered his cage. hanson's father said his daughter was thrilled to be working with the big cats.

>> she was so happy when she got that internship and she was having so much fun. it was her dream job she was so happy there it makes it bearable she died so happy. >> dan simon is live for us in dunlap, california. dan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. i think the main question this morning is how did this woman find herself in harm's way, were protocols followed or ignored? cat haven seemed to have a decent reputation. >> this is cuzi a north african lion. >> reporter: a lion shot dead wednesday afternoon. >> female volunteer intern entered the lion's enclosure where she was attacked and fatally injured. the lion was shot and killed per our safety protocols. our thoughts and prayers go out to our friend and family and to her family at this time and this trying time. >> reporter: the 24-year-old

volunteer has been identified as diana hanson from washington state. her facebook page shows her pictured with larges cats. her father released a statement last night saying in part diana was so excited at working in cat haven and living in california. her favorites were the lion and the tiger, couscous, who killed her today. jennifer michaels also known as jungle jenny got an up close view of the lion getting a tour of cat haven in central california. >> i didn't see any type of aggressive behavior or anything that i needed to be worried about. >> reporter: cat haven is a 100-acre wooded sanctuary, home to some of the rarest cats in the world including lions, tigers and leopards. it describes itself as an innovative park, dedicated to the preservation of wild cats. 5-year-old couscous came to the snkt wear as a cub, the founder dale anderson said this species

of lion no longer exists in the wild. >> the north africans were killed off in the wild about the 1920s, so all the ones you see in captivity. >> reporter: as for diana hanson it's not clear how she died but her father says big cats were her passion writing "we will miss you so much but i know that you will be happy for now, you truly are in the eternal cat haven." apparently this lion had never shown aggression toward humans in the past it makes you wonder whether or not this young woman had some kind of false sense of security while being around this lion. of course you can never let your guard down around these kinds of cats. soledad? >> earlier when we talked to jeff corwin, he was telling us the animals are hardwired. 'not about do they appear aggressive. they are inherently aggressive. dan simon with our update on that story this morning.

john has a look at other stories making news. >> north korea intensifying its rhetoric threatening a pre-em preemptive nuclear strike against the united states this as the u.n. security council prepares to vote on tougher sanctions against north korea that vote expected later today. right now it's believed that pyongyang does not have the capacity to launch a nuclear strike at the united states. to the nation's capital and this just in, rand paul has stopped talking. it only took him 12 hours and 52 minutes, it happened overnight, about a serious issue, protesting the administration's domestic drone policy with an old-fashioned filibuster, pausing for a sip of water, a bite of a candy bar, delaying the confirmation of cia director john brennan. he had to get a bit creative at times. >> has america the beautiful become alice's wonderland? no, no, said the queen, sentence

first, verdict afterwards. release the drones, said the queen, as she shouted at the top of her voice. louis carroll is fiction, right? >> we saw goats from "the godfather" jay-z, other senators trying to help rand paul. he began his filibuster before noon and finally yielded it up and wrapped it up at 12:48 eastern this morning. president obama invited paul ryan and chris van hollen to the white house today. last night it was dinner with a dozen republican senators in washington, the president picked up the tab, the menu included steak and sea bass as well as some frank talk about spending and taxes. one senator "it's a good first step toward compromise." >> very positive, encouraging, candid, focused on how do we

come together. >> compromise is necessary and possible. the issue is how do we get there. that's why these dialogues are so important and there needs to be more of them. >> in a few minutes we'll speak with steny hoyer. the president's dinner date as well as rand paul's filibuster. questions from jurors coming fast and furious from the jodi arias murder trial. day after answering more than 150 questions from the jury who listened to her testify for 15 days. it does seem the jury may be skeptical. >>is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> i can't really explain why my mind did what it did. maybe because it's too horrible. >> arizona is one of three states that allows juror questions for witnesses during a criminal proceeding. if convicted arias could face the death penalty.

an asteroid the size of a football field is set to buzz by our planet on saturday. it is 330 feet wide, it is expected to miss us by a mere 600,000 miles, too far away from the naked eye to see. astronomers in italy plan a webcast with a live telescopic view of the fly-by tomorrow afternoon. >> thanks. the stock market opening in a little more than an hour. we could see another record high mark for the dow. christine has an update for us. >> futures are undecided because we get jobless claims in 20 minutes and a big jobs report tomorrow. look at how far stocks have come over the past year. it's been a remarkable rally. the dow 30 up 12%, nasdaq 10%. the s&p 500 is the stock gauge what's in your 401(k), up 14%. here is the case for buying stocks, the fed has been stimulating the economy. there is no alternative. you hear about this from investment advisers, david kelly

at jpmorgan, $1.7 trillion, record amounts of cash, banks are not hiring as much but giving the money back to shareholders and making profits and keeping their cash and stocks at a fair value. you don't see stocks when you look at the price of the stock to the earnings of the company they're not necessarily overvalued so the bulls are saying that's why stocks keep going up. here is the case against stocks quickly, europe is in a recession, washington is in the throes of debt drama, strapped american consumers, and profit taking, up 14% in the past year i'm taking some off the table. futures basically at this point pretty mixed, i think you'll get the direction from jobless claims in about 19 minutes. >> thanks. from drones to dinners we'll talk to congressman steny hoyer, he was at dinner last night with the president, talk about whether republicans and the president, can they ever come to see eye to eye any time soon?

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last night two different scenes miles away from each other n a swank hotel the president sat down with republicans for dinner trying to find common ground on the budget. one senator telling cnn it was a positive first step. on the senate floor senate rand paul was snarfing on candy bars continuing a filibuster holding up john brennan's confirmation. steny hoyer is the democratic minority whip and represents the state of maryland.

nice to have you with us, we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much, good morning. >> give me a sense of what you think about the dinner between gop senators and the president and what was genuinely accomplished out of this coming together. >> i don't know what was genuinely accomplished frankly but i think it was a positive sign. i think the senators that went obviously wanted to talk to the president about whether or not they could reach common ground on a lot of very important issues including most importantly a compromise that we could get this country on a fiscally sustainable path and have what we call a big deal ala bowles-sin soichi noguchi. the mere fact of meeting, talking and discussing and the fact the senators came out and said it was a positive meeting it's a good sign. we need substance as well as discussion. >> earlier i was talking to senator dan coates and he was telling me the tone of the

dinner was fairly friendly. i want to play what he said. looks like i don't have that, my apologies but he did say it wasn't contentious, i was kind of sort of joking with him it could have potential considering how nasty some of these discussions have gotten, it had the potential to be contentious and unpleasant and he said no it was very civil but of course as you point out, it's the first step so what's the second step? what makes this go beyond a really nice, friendly dinner? >> the second step is i think we have to come to grips with the fact that if you're going to solve the fiscal problem confronting us, the budget problems, getting this country on a stable path it's got to be along the lines of all of these commissions have been bipartisan, simpson-bowles, domenici-rivlin, the gang of six saying you have to have a balanced way forward, cut spending, look at discretionary and entitlement spending and also look at revenues and if you put those together we can get to

where we need to be. these discussions i'm sure involved what has been the real point of contention and that is whether or not we need a balance of revenues, there clearly is great support for cuts in spending. there's a contention about entitlements and contention about revenues and i'm sure there's discussions involved with those two items. we passed a budget frankly, not us, a continuing resolution to fund the government going forward which wasn't bipartisan at all. that was not consensus seeking. hopefully we move forward as the senate talks with the president clearly envisioned but haven't realized we're going to have to have bipartisan agreement if we are going to get this country on

a stable path and stop having a crisis every 60 or 90 days or 120 days. >> i'm sure everybody would appreciate that. i would agree with you on that. quick question about senate rand paul who went on this long 12-plus hour long filibuster, while everybody was eating dinner he was snacking on candy bars to keep up his energy. he was referring to the attorney general's comments about drones and attorney general holder said it was possible to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under u.s. law for the president to authorize lethal force in the united states, basically a drone attack in the united states potentially on an american. >> right. first of all, i think this is a serious question and i've said this in the past that the congress ought to look at it, the administration needs to consider, we need to come up with an agreement on what this policy ought to be. very frankly, the fact that we had a live filibuster, if you

will, so the american people could see the positions being taken as opposed to some sort of private filibuster which says to the leader of the senate look we're going to filibuster this unless you have 60 votes don't bring it up where the american people never see the substance of objection or proponents or opponents. to that extent i'd like to see not more filibusters but at least the american public seeing what questions are being raised. >> i understand. >> this is a serious issue and we need to look at it from a policy standpoint, but let me make the observation, soledad, that a drone is a weapon of -- a weapon, just like a gun, it's more sophisticated, it can go more places but clearly i'm sure what the attorney general was speaking of, if there was a terrorist act, even if it was a terrorist act being committed by a u.s. citizen, he did not want to preclude any opportunities

that we have to prevent that terrorist act or during the course of that terrorist act taking out those who are perpetrating it, but i think the -- >> he did say it was hypothetical, that was his comments. steny hoyer, nice to have you with us we appreciate your time. >> soledad thank you. got to take a break. "starting point" is back in a moment. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one

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they had been raped as students at unc and one a former associate dean of students, one of the more disturbing allegations in this complaint involves one student she tells the story of how she reported allegations she had been raped and told by administrators that "rape is like football, you take a look back at it and wonder what you could have done differently." well the complainants here are saying that women were made to feel that administrators fostered an environment of silence and hostility toward cases of alleged rape. there was a 34-page brief submitted to the department seeking an investigation and they have it and they've had to submit another 100 pages of allegations, the department deciding they're going to look into this. the university, for its response, not having a lot to say at this point, but that the

university has received the letter from the department and will respond appropriately to their requests and will cooperate fully. >> david mattingly for us thanks. other stories making news we have john berman. >> new video in to cnn of this east coast storm right now, this is sea bright, new jersey, where the water has risen up to people's doors and the storm is not over yet. gusts up to 50 miles an hour will batter the east coast into friday. the high tide and flood levels are affecting those still recovering from superstorm sandy and snow showers will continue into tonight through tomorrow morning. karen maginnis is live at the weather center in atlanta. what is in store for too day? >> the northeast and new england will be battered by the gusty winds, the force will produce heavier waves and at high tide

we'll see the wave heights three to five feet above where they should be and in those low lying areas that spells out coastal flooding. there could be some beach erosion but in addition to that, we're still looking at this nor'easter, atypical though it may be to produce several inches of snowfall for new york city and long island spreading up to the new england coast, for boston, four to six inches of snowfall. yesterday you may remember in washington, d.c., we were looking for half a foot maybe as much as a foot of snowfall. didn't materialize there but well to the west of that i-95 corridor, they did see about 20 inches, but right now winds along the coast gusting up to 50 miles an hour. john? >> karen our thanks to you. three weeks after oscar pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend campbell brown her family is finally speaking out. this is the first time we are hearing from them. her uncle says he want to meet

with pistorius but not out of anger, he says. >> i would like to be face-to-face with him and forgive him, forgive him what he's done. >> the uncle says this is his way of finding peace and says the steenkamp family will not attend the pistorius murder trial. police in bakerfield, california, say no charges will be filed in the case of an 87-year-old who died after a worker refused to perform cpr. the 911 operate why are begged the staff member to perform cpr on the dying woman. >> i understand if you, your facility is not willing to do that. give the phone to that passerby or that stranger and have them. i need, this woman is not breathing enough. she's going to die if we don't get this started, do youened? >> the company is conducting an internal investigation. the worker who spoke to the 911 operator is taking a voluntary

leave of absence. a controversial ban on abortions after 12 weeks is now the law in arkansas, where state legislators voted wednesday to override the governor's veto. the new law is the most restrictive early abortion advantage in the country. the government said it blatantly contradicts the constitution. the aclu will challenge this law in federal court. so you don't have to worry about him anymore. mitt romney has landed on his feet, the former republican presidential candidate is returning to the private sector taking a role in an investment firm that is run by his son, tag. he'll spend about a week out of every month advising the firm. >> that's a nice little gig. >> he's made some money doing it. i've listened to what mitt romney has to say about private equity. you could call the coo of facebook many things, sheryl sandberg many things but don't call her bossy.

radhika jones is the executive editor of "time." i love sheryl sandberg's book, it's an interesting dive of what women face as they try to be successful in a corporate culture and successful at work. what was your takeaway from the interview? >> we met with sheryl early on and this is something she's incredibly passionate about. she is an exceptional case, she's incredibly intelligent and competent person who has risen to the top of the field where you don't see a lot of women, let alone leadership positions. she's passionate about advising women at the beginnings of their careers to be ambitious, be active and stay in. what she sees and i think we all know this, more women attend college than men. plenty of women are moving forward. there's an ambition gap and

there are structural and institutional barriers to women we're aware of. her focus in this conversation is how have women internalized some of the barriers and are they sometimes holding themselves become a. >> "the sisters are doing it to themselves, for a variety of reasons they're not aiming high enough, they're underestimating their abilities, they're doing too much housework and child care, they're compromising their career goals for partners and children even when such partners and children do not yet exist. we hold ourselves back in ways both big and small by lacking self-confidence, by pulling back when we should be leaning in." she talks about the ambition gap that's been a lightning rod for criticism. some say you blame the victim, it's the women's fault, the sisters are doing it to themselves. >> i think the important thing to keep in mind this is a large conversation and people take bites out of it.

you were talking during the break about anne marie slaughter's piece, why women still can't have it all. she focused more on this structural barriers that keep women from rising sometimes to leadership positions but i think sheryl's point is look these things exist. if there's anything that i can do that's in my control as a woman to make sure that i'm not being left behind for leadership positions, why on earth wouldn't i try to do those things and be aware of them. >> one of her important points is encourage women to see themselves as the leader of organizations. she's not criticizing women for not think being that but encouraging people to think that way. >> she says women don't necessarily lean in to their caree careers. i think it's a combination of the structural and the personal. >> sheryl talks about women she's hired directly and indirectly in her jobs at google and facebook.

>> she has specific advice to women about what they should do. >> and interesting comments about marissa meyer as well. >> this is a big conversation everyone gets bites out of. >> let me read you a bite. she's talking about marissa meyer ceo of yahoo!. no one knows what happened there, talking specifically about the work from home policy that's been reversed. she says i think flexibility is important for women and for men but there are some jobs that are superflexible and some that aren't. regardless, she believes no man who ordered the same policies would come under fire the way meyer has. i agree. we pick apart meyer who has taken over a struggling company and so far has risen the stock price 46% instead of championing her, pick, pick, pick, pick, pick. >> that's right and sheryl is aware a lot of this also has to do with perception so she talks a lot about the ah-ha moment for her the 2003 case study about an

entrepreneur who was very successful and in one version of the study the entrepreneur is named howard and in the other version of the study the entrepreneur is named heidi. when people were asked to evaluate the character of the person, would you like to work with this person, howard came off great, successful, heidi is like well, she seems very aggressive. >> heidi is that thing that rhymes with witch. >> likability and success for women don't often correlate. >> her book is an amazing must read along with the anne ma leeslaughter article from "the atlantic" because they're great insights to women's role in the workplace and blunt discussions. >> by the way they are must reads for men not just for women. >> there was great advice for everybody. she says you have to be the smartest person, most organized person and show empathy. that reminds me of a lot of successful women and men. >> ahead on "starting point,"

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fox news president roger aile se reveals some of his true feelings for president obama and vice president joe biden. excerpts from his new book revealed in "vanity fair." he said "obama's the one who has never worked a day in his life, he never earned a penny that wasn't public money. how many fund-raisers does he attend every week? how often does he play basketball and golf? i wish i had that kind of time. he's lazy." he says for joe biden "i have a soft spot for joe biden, i like him but he's dumb as an ashtray." >> not so nice.

>> that's just the beginning clearly. >> everyone's latching on to the fact he called the president lazy which is at least not nice but he talks about an interview president obama gave to barbara walters, i grew up in hawaii it was pretty laid back. >> the pretty laid back to lazy is a little bit of a leap to me. >> barack obama used the word lazy. >> said he feels a laziness in himself he attributes to his laid back bringing up in hawaii. >> interesting when they leak the quotes from biographies because i think roger ailes will be fascinating to read up on. >> one is the authorized biography where the quotes are coming up and the unauthorized biography and roger ailes is trying to trump the author iunad with the authorized one. you can meet a british radio personality he's got ten minutes

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put yourself in this young man's position, given ten minutes to take an interview

with mila kunis. it's gone viral. >> seriously i'm petrified. >> so far you're doing a great job. >> really? >> no. >> it's a bit of an unnatural environment i'm used to being in my pub with the boys. >> do you get free drinks? >> i hope so. >> i hope so. >> do you like, have you ever gone to a football match, we go could gonandos. it's a chicken restaurant. >> we're having some chicken and we're going to go see a championship league game. >> i heard he's getting married soon and now i think about it i'm not going to get many more chances to do this. >> are you asking me to go to a wedding? i've gone to a marine ball. >> this is what i've heard.

>> chris stark in london joins us. nice to have you. that interview went on and on and on was absolutely hysterical. how did you get the gig of interviewing milakunis when you weren't talking about the movie she was pitching? >> i work for a radio show in the uk and the guy i work for i think just thought it would be really funny to send me. he usually does all the interviews and i just do little bits of his show and i think he thought it would be funny to send me out and see what happened. >> they gave you ten minutes to prepare. >> yeah. >> what did you do in your ten minutes? >> well i panicked because he told me that i was going to see mila kunis. there was a cab waiting outside and i tried to think of what questions can you ask a mega star? and then i got to the hotel where it was at, a posh hoe sell. i shouldn't have even been in the hotel to be honest and i was

put in front of mila kunis. it seems a bit of a blur. i'm nervous thinking about it. >> she seemed awesome. what kind -- could you tell how it was going? did it feel like it was going well or did it feel like it was going badly? >> no, in my eyes it felt like it was going badly. the first thing i asked her, i tried to give her like a compliment because she's gorgeous, she's really hot, so i tried to say i think i said something along the lines was was it hard playing someone ugly. it came across badly. i didn't mean to use ugly, i meant you're hot i fancy you but i worded it in a weird kind of way and even when i was saying it i was thinking this isn't right. you've done -- to be honest i just wanted the ground to swallow me up sort of take me there. >> in the middle of the interview the pr person kind of tried to gently get it all back on track and then mila basically

did a self-interview actually about the actual movie that she was there to talk about. i'll play a little bit of how that went. listen. >> okay. >> i should get back to the -- >> why? this is a better conversation. >> areou serious? >> he has to -- >> talk about the movie? let me give you answers i know you're going to ask. i play a character the youngest out of the three witches, she's very naive and sweet actually. you see what happens is she's a first character that oz meets when he lands in this magical world, falls madly in love with him, he breaks her heart. >> that was the best interviews i've seen with mila kunis and any movie ever. >> areal? >> yeah. you learned a lot more in your style of interview than the rote answers she was giving because that's the same questions asked when they do this junk. what's your takeaway. you asked her out, how did that

go? >> well i haven't heard of her. that's the long and short of it really. it was an amazing experience and i don't know, i think what was nice. at the time i thought there was all these people sitting around staring at me. i thought i was doing the wrong thing but maybe it was nice having a chat with someone about normal things or normal in my world anyway about what my football club and this chicken restaurant nandos where me and my mates go. >> i thought it was really terrific interview. chris stark thank you for talking with us. we appreciate it, anybody who wants to see the whole interview has gone viral you can watch it online. thanks, chris. >> thank you so much. >> have you guys had a chance to see this? it goes on forever.

>> what we want on tv is people being authentic. is he revealing about himself and she's honest about herself. >> that's right, his authenticity forces her to be authentic. they get used to the patterned formulaic interview, she did a one-man version that some odd character swings a hard left-hand turn brings the real person out. >> she used to be a bartender and she was talking about how quickly she can drink beer. >> she came across as really real. >> i want to see the john berman interview. >> i'll be there. >> you have a little crush on her. >> have you ever asked anybody out that you interviewed before you were married? >> i've been married a long time, richard, so no, never.

>> i've been asked out at the end of interviews. >> i've been asked out after the show, yes. >> really? >> let it's get a list during the break. >> we have to take a break, "end point" is up next we're back in a moment.

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