welcome back. time for "end point." will cain will pick it up. >> in contrast for the posh dinner between the president and the republican senators the most important conversation was taking place over candy bars on the senate floor, rand paul's filibuster of the white house's drone policy. where are the limits and boundaries on the seemingly

boundariless war on terror. can americans be killed, what are the legal limits of the war on terror. >> it was a one-way conversation but i agree it was really interesting while he was filibustering he had a lot of great information in raising the issue as opposed to spewing stuff. it was fascinatinfascinating. radhika? >> the most important conversation is sheryl sandberg on our cover, she is a pivotal figure and women and leadership and success and ambition and if you read our cover you will learn about her and her perspective and get great lessons. >> she's a fascinating figure. i'm a big fan of her book called "lean in." richard what you got? >> i think both of those are fascinating topics. >> a great diplomat. >> i think sheryl is the new face of feminism. ther's a lot of learning for everyone and rand paul who i never agree with about anything. >> ever. >> i think it was great he did

an old-fashioned filibuster. he only lasted 12 hours, wasn't even close to the record but good for him. >> we're out of time. "cnn newsroom" with don lemon begins now. happening now a chilling reminder of a cold war. this morning, north korea shocks the world, and warns the u.s. a preemptive nuclear strike is possible plus this. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes. i gue >> you could call him the energizer bunny senator rand paul keeps going and going and going talking for nearly 13 hours. the story behind his filibuster. a california woman living her dream and this morning her family reeling from her death. tempers flare on the basketball court as college rivals come to blows resulting in, get this, six technical

fouls and five ejections. wait until you see the play that started this fight. you're live right now in "cnn newsroom." good morning everyone. i'm don lemon in for carol this morning. in washington there's a focus on peace. today president obama's new charm offensive continues with a sitdown with representatives paul ryan of wisconsin and chris van hollen of maryland, it's a dollars and cents lunch date with the ranking members of the house budget committee. dan lothian joins us now. the president has been extending the olive branch recently hasn't he? >> he really has and i should point out we've learned from the white house that that lunch will be taking place at 12:25 today but certainly we have seen a shift in strategy by this white house, just about a week ago the president was seemingly saying what more could he do?

now there is this aggressive push to court republicans, the president working the phones, there's that lunch that you just talked about, and then last night the big dinner where a lot of those senators who attended were optimistic about working towards finding compromise here in washington, and the president himself according to a senior administration official felt that there were a good exchange of ideas. 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 in an effort to find compromise less than a week after across-the-board cuts kicked in. >> reporter: how did the meeting go? >> just fine. >> reporter: 12 republican senators invited by the president broke bread for more than two hours. >> reporter: what was the tone 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. 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'll 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. >> these senators seeing that dinner as a good foundation for future discussions. they did talk about putting together some kind of strategy so they could have more of these face-to-face meetings. now again, the president not only sitting down for lunch today but headed up to capitol hill next week where he will be meeting separately with senate republicans, also house republicans as well, don. >> the important question is, who has lunch at 12:25.

what about noon or 12:30? what is 12:25? >> reporter: when i saw it come out it i said the same thing. the president has a tight schedule. >> a five-minute lunch seems like to me. >> reporter: that's right. >> 12:25 to 12:30, thank you very much, dan, with he appreciate it. >> reporter: okay. forgive kentucky senator rand paul if he doesn't have much to say today, he did nearly 13 hours' worth of talking today. >> i rise today to begin to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes -- >> he did, from 11:47 wednesday morning to well past midnight. the senator's attack focused squarely on the president's drone program and its use on american citizens overseas and possibly here on u.s. soil. paul wasn't alone. he got help, a couple of fellow senators took over for a brief

time asking questions or reading tweets, but it was a tea party senator who did the heavy lifting, grabbing a bite to eat while still making his point or pausing to grab a much needed drink of water. something he did plenty of times, but in the end, he grew tired and it was time to wrap it up. chief congressional correspondent dana bash joins us now. i'm sure his mouth is tired, doing a lot of mouth exercises and stretching this morning and a lot of drinking of water, dana. >> that's right, well he had to eventually wrap it up because nature was calling, i think that's the real story behind the story. i thought what was most interesting about this, there was lots of interesting things, first of all just because we hear so much about partisanship in washington, which is very real, what was going on here at least at the beginning of this 12-hour filibuster was something

that does have bipartisan support which is concern about the administration's policy or non-policy or questions about whether or not they would use drones against u.s. citizens on u.s. soil? you saw a democrat, ron wyden who has the concerns as well. by 11:00 or midnight what this turned into was conservatives blowing up the internet, blowing up the twitterverse saying excuse me other senators where are you? even the chair said other senators should get out there. this started out as somebody alone, he had a couple fellow true real conservative senators with him, then by midnight he had his fellow senator from kentucky, who happened to be the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, coming to the floor, going back into the senate saying she's courageous so it became a clarion call for conservatives by the end of the day and there were a lot of frustrated conservatives, more

in t senators out there with him. >> he had opposition which we'll talk about on cnn. dana, now what? >> if you were watching it at 12:30 at night, there was a lone democrat out there, dick durban, the number two democrat in the senate and he was waiting for paul to finish so he could file a procedural motion in order to move john brennan's nomination forward. of course this is all about blocking john brennan to be the next cia director in order to make the point about drones. we are going to wait to see if rand paul and his fellow opponents will back down today or whether or not they're going to let the clock run out. it is possible that if they don't back down, this vote which we thought would be yesterday might not be until tomorrow, the weekend or next week but it will happen and even he admitted he knows he doesn't have the votes to block john brennan. >> another filibuster of sorts. thank you, dana bash, with he

appreciate it. now to good news from washington, the government said today that initial weekly jobless claims fell to a six-week low. christine romans joins us from new york to get through this report, all smile this is morning and she should be. what did we learn, christine? >> good morning, don. it's an encouraging report, showed that 340,000 americans lined up for the first time last week for unemployment benefits, a six-week low down 7,000 from the prior week and sometimes, don, this can be a choppy report week to week so we like to look at the four-week moving average, that's almost near the lowest level since 2008 so this shows you, when i look at a longer trend i can show you in a longer trend chart because i love charts this is a number that has been trending lower and i guess i don't have that chart but it's a number that has been trending lower and it's good news overall and when you see, don, when you see under 350,000 jobless claims every week, it's a sign to economists that you could see meaningful job creation ahead

when you have fewer and fewer people having to line up for unemployment benefits so that's good news. >> we like looking at you better than a chart. >> i love my charts. i love my charts. >> you do. it helps to illustrate but you're not bad on the eyes. thank you christine romans. >> you're welcome. north korea is ratcheting up its fiery rhetoric and invoking the threat of nuclear war, by the likelihood of tougher u.n. sanctions and the u.s. seems to be the target of its latest aggression. cnn's ana koren is in seoul, south korea. good morning. >> reporter: hi, don. we're used to the fiery angry rhetoric out of north korea but nothing quite like this, threatened a preemptive nuclear strike on the united states and south korea. they've made the threats of preemptive strikes in the past but never a nuclear strike which would then suggest it has nuclear capabilities, of course it tested its nuclear bomb last

month which is why the united nations is meeting in new york in less than an hour to vote on a resolution which will no doubt impose tougher sanctions on north korea. now a few days ago north korea came out and said that as a result of the sanctions, it would scrap the 1953 armistice that effectively ended the korean war and of course this grabbed everybody's attention. now we're hearing also that north korea is conducting large scale military drills across the country land, and the south defense ministry describes this as unusual, the scale that it is on so don, i think it's certainly fair to say that tensions are rising here on the korean peninsula. >> tensions are rising. i was going to ask you how the threats are viewed in the korean peninsula but the tensions are rising. >> most definitely, and as far as the south korean military is concerned, they are always on high alert but obviously with these threats of nuclear attack,

even more so. south korea will be holding joint military drills with the united states starting next week and that is when north korea says it will scrap the armistice so obviously we'll be keeping across that and also for north korea's reaction after those u.n. passes its resolution on the tougher sanctions, don. >> anna coren thank you very much. to central california, police are investigating a dead lay tack by a lion. 24-year-old diana hanson was an intern at the indicate haven sanctuary and inside the cage with a 350-pound lion when it turned on her. her family says she died doing what she loved. >> she was so happy when she got that internship and 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. >> wildlife experts familiar with the facility describe it as professional and well run but this morning there are a lot of

questions about exactly what happened and why. cnn's dan simon takes a closer look. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to our friend and to her family at this trying time. >> reporter: the 24-year-old volunteer has been identified as diana hanson from washington state. her facebook page shows her picture with large cats. her father released a statement saying in part diana was so excited at working in cat haven and living in california. >> jennifer michaels got 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 sanctuary 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 are 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." i think what's striking about that statement is the father seemed to show no animosity or bitterness towards this facility, in fact he says that the way to honor his daughter's memory is to support animal sanctuaries just like this one. don, the key question this morning is what were the

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>> reporter: hi there don. how is it going? i can tell you very windy, very cold out here, wind gusts up to about 45 miles per hour. if you look out into the bay you can see some of the waves crashing and still some white caps. couple hours ago the wave heights were higher when we were dealing with high tide. we had storm surge around three feet. as we go later tonight as well as tomorrow we'll go through two more periods of high tide. tomorrow morning we're going to be worried about it because potentially we're talking about more coastal erosion as well as coastal flooding, especially in some communities, over to the east you can see how close the homes are. many of these roads have been impassable so residents are staying at nearby hotels because basically it's a convenience factor but keep in mind, don, this whole area has already suffered a lot of damage from superstorm sandy and the big

nor'easter from february 9 so they certainly don't need another storm like this but the real sit we're going to be dealing with this for the next 24 to 36 hours. wind as well as some snow mixed in, and heavy snow. >> jennifer delgado hunkered down. thank you very much, we appreciate it. almost three months after the newtown massacre congress is set to start voting today on stricter federal gun laws.

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no charges against a retirement home who refused to give cpr to a resident. local police say the worker who refused a 911 operator's request to start cpr did not break any laws. the facility bars employees from providing medical care. in just about 40 minutes a senate committee could begin taking up the first proposed changes to federal gun laws since the newtown massacre. bill aimed at curbing gun

trafficking appears to be gaining steam but three others backed by the obama administration face stiff opposition. those would ban assault weapons and outlaw magazines with more than ten rounds. the university of north carolina at chapel hill is the subject of a federal investigation this morning after a group of women filed a complaint about how the school handles sex assault cases. david mattingly joins us now and one complaint alleged unc has "an atmosphere of sexual violence." what are the allegations and why did the government agree to step in? >> the investigation is handled by the department of education and comes from five women behind this complaint, four of them claiming they had been sexually assaulted while students at unc and another joining in the suit as a former dean of students. the lead complaint tells a disturbing story, talks about

how she reported allegations that she had been raped and was told by administrators that "rape is like football, saying you take a look back at it and wonder what you could have done differently." so that is the most disturbing allegation here, but the complaint goes on saying that women were made to feel that administrators fostered an environment of silence and hostility toward cases of alleged rape. these women submitted a 4-page brief back in january, the department of education now saying yes we're going to launch this probe after they provided more information, but they're cautioning everyone saying yes we're looking into this but there is not an indication that there's been any wrongdoing found so far. >> we heard you on the morning show this morning when you read that quote, everyone gasped at that quote. if these accusations are true they're terrible. how is unc responding to this. >> a spokesman for the university of north carolina after this probe was launched

says the university confirms that they have received that there will be a probe and that they will respond appropriately toll the requests and that are made and they will cooperate fully. in recent months and they have defending themselves in the way they handle rape cases on campus. he says this is another layer, another aspect of this ongoing complaint against the university. >> there's an honor court and one of the students says she was threatened with expulsion after the honor court said she created an intimidating environment? >> this young woman is currently a student at the university, is involved in the federal complaint but she also went to the student-run court this honor court and lodged complaints against her ex-boyfriend about alleged sexual assault. she said that those charges were found that he was not guilty and

now the ex-boyfriend has lodged complaints within that same honor court against her saying she has created a hostile environment on campus toward him. so one of the possible punishments here, the most extreme punishment she could get if she's found guilty by this student court is expulsion, but they haven't got to that point yet. >> interesting story. thank you david mattingly, appreciate it. he's known for his outspokenness, a trait that was on full display in the senate, rand paul's lengthy filibuster, was it just a political stuntor did it open the door to a bigger debate? our political panel weighs in.

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are up ahead of this morning's opening bell, the dow hit a second record high close in a row. let's bring in alison kosik at the new york stock exchange as the bell is ringing. >> the bell has rung and another positive open for stocks, a lot of it is being helped a little bit by a bigger than expected drop in weekly unemployment claims showing that last week only, only i say that lightly 340,000 people filed for first time unemployment claims, a drop of 7,000 but even if the number was disappointing the market's been shrugging off any downbeat news lately. one strategist puts it this way, there's more confidence that the economy is on firmer footing, it's not growing fast but it's not about to fall off a cliff ear. still it could be one of those cautious trading days today, don, because wall street is really focusing on the big monthly jobs report that comes out before the opening bell tomorrow and the expectation there is that employers added

175,000 positions in february, that would be a solid gain but the reality is it's not enough to put a meaningful dent in the unemployment rate which is currently at 7.9%. >> alison kosik thank you very much. other business new, yahoo!'s new ceo getting a $1.1 million bonus for her five and a half months on the job last year. melissa meyer recently ruffled feathers when she ended yahoo!'s popular work at home policy but shareholders won't balk at her extra pay. yahoo!'s stock has jumped 46% since she took over. mitt romney has another be jo, he's going to work for his son tag's private equity firm, serve as chairman of the capital executive committee after losing the race for the white house, romney rejoined the board of directors at marriott. president obama offering another olive branch to congress as he tries to get a deal on spending cuts and cnn confirms that house budget committee

members paul ryan and chris van hollen will be invited to lunch today at the white house. starts at 12:25. that follows a dinner date of sorts between the president and a group of republican senators finding common ground on the nation's deficit, just one of the topics at a meal described by some of the senators as cordial and honest. one politician not at last night's dinner was rand paul. as we have been telling you the outspoken kentucky senator held court for nearly 13 hours as part of a filibuster to stall a vote on cia director nominee john brennan. >> i rise today to begin to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes. 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? i have allowed the president to pick his political appointees but i will not sit quietly and let him shred the constitution. i cannot sit at my desk quietly and let the president say that he will kill americans on american soil who are not actively attacking a country, which had previously brought a challenge in federal court to the legality of the authorization to target -- i would go for another 12 hours to try to break strom thurmond's records but there are some

limits to filibustering and i have to take care of one of those in a few minutes here. >> when you gotta go you gotta go. with that, rand paul brought his fill buster to a close so joining me senior contributor van jones and cnn contributor and analyst for theblaze will cain. i'll start with you, will, it was interesting to watch, substantive or do you think just a stunt? >> substantive yes. what you saw last night was one of the most patriotic thing in american government, this is mr. smith goes to washington. this is the most important conversation going on in our country right now. what are the limits of the war on terror, what are the boundaries in a boundariless war. does it encompass americans on american soil, can they receive a hellfire missile in the face. that wasn't theater. that was a substantive issue that needs a lot more

conversation. don? >> i want to read this from "the wall street journal" van and it's titled "rand paul's drone rant" summed it up, "calm down, senator. mr. holder is right, even if he doesn't explain the law swell the u.s. government cannot randomly target american citizens on u.s. soil or anywhere else. what it can do under the laws of war is target an enemy combatant anywhere at any time, including on u.s. soil. if mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts. he needs to know what he's talking about." so similar question to you i asked will, what do you make of that? >> well let me just say, i love this president and i respect this president, rand paul was a hero yesterday, and what i've been hearing is a lot of shame from liberals and progressives who felt like geez, we should be up there sticking up for lifl l civil leberts and asking tough

questions. we are in a situation where we have new technologies, as will said i'm agreeing with will, put it in the newspaper this is undefined, ill-defined war and we have not had the conversation we need to have. what rand paul did yesterday was used the filibuster the way it's supposed to be used. it's not a post-it to gum up the government. you should stand there and do it the way he did it and this is an important issue. i don't think that the american public has a clear view of what this administration thinks is the limits of power when it comes to drone strikes and it's important we have the conversation. it's wrong to call it a stunt. what is a stunt is when they put the post-it on the door and slip the thing aund the table and you don't know who is filibuster. >> as a former white house official how would you advise the white house or the president to respond to this, if to respond at all? >> i think he should invite a public discussion about this. there is always a danger in any white house.

this is not just about the obama administration. when you're in the white house, you are you have so much more information than the public. you've been briefed and briefed and you tend to develop a view that is separate from the american people because you're having a different conversation and you can begin to develop delusions of we know better and we must act, the responsibilities are crush so long when you find yourself in this situation where the public, i say hold on a sec. there are principles here. we want to make sure we're doing this the right way and i think that the shame is that liberals and progressives have given a pass to any administration on civil liberties issues and i see rand paul as a civil rights, he didn't think dr. king was right to bring the federal government to the south but last night he was right and the government should be ashamed. >> president obama is launching a charm offensive, what some are calling, in the last 24 hours.

at 12:25 in a couple of hours having lunch, what do you think is behind this? >> i can only assume it's frustration with the lack of action over the last four plus years and finally reaching out and having a conversation as opposed to a one-way conversation from the stump or from a stage, hasn't been working so maybe reaching out works but i have to say listen, don, the more important issue is this rand paul issue and van says we need to have a conversation. the conversation needs to be about the authorization for the war on terror, that's the seed kernel of this issue, what are its boundaries. conservatives are pointing out due process. the constitution is intention within itself. the president has broad powers to conduct war. the only thing that limits him is the statutory authorization for the war, who is al qaeda, where is al qaeda, where is the limit of this war? that's the conversation. >> but one would think that the focus of the lunch is going to be on the forced budget cuts. maybe they'll talk about it since rand paul did his thing last night. van, can you still hear us?

van can't hear us. i was going to ask van a similar question. that has to be it. will cain, van jones thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thank you. taking a break, after skyfall, why director sam mendez says he's backing away from the latest bond thriller. i've discovered gold.

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one reunion that won't be happening, sam mendez and james bond. the "skyfall" director says he won't be directing the next bond film. a.j. hammer of "showbiz tonight" has been following the story for us. why not? >> aparentally because of a love of chocolate. sam mendez gave an inteview to "empire" magazine and turned down the chance because he has theater commitments and productions of "king liar" and "charlie and the chocolate

factory" fans. sid lipsey has this movie in the top five of all-time and it's practically brand new. sam mendez has had a wide ranging career with a background in theater, academy award for american beauty. mendez did not close the door to coming back to the franchise down the road. he's quoted as saying he had a eat time working on "skyfall" and hopes to work with the team in the future. >> i was wondering what with the chocolate. i didn't know what was going on. what about carrie fisher reprising her princess leah role? >> j.j. abrams is directing the new "star wars" film but the speculation about carrie fisher putting on that gold by kindie has been making the rounds since she told "palm beach

illustrated" she's going to be an elderly princess in a retirement home. you hear her say that and it sounds like the obvious thing she'd say as a joke but "star wars" fans are eager about any news and there have been reports mark hame le l will be willing to come out as luke skywalker. harrison ford would be willing to risk the carbonite and come back as hans solo. there's plenty of time for plenty of rumors to circulate around the planet. >> a reunion of all three would be fantastic. >> i agree. just ahead in "the newsroom," we'll see you a.j. later. mt. etna putting on a magnificent fireworks display, the latest on europe's tallest active volcano. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest

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disorders. the ban became law after the state house and senate overrode the government's veto. the aclu and center for productive rights will challenge it in federal coast. a slow-moving storm over the atlantic is expected to cause tides to rise. local power companies have crews on standby. europe's tallest active volcano putting on an extraordinary show, mt. etna spewing lava into the sky over sicily. zain verjee has the latest now. >> hey don, a spectacular firework display. could you even see this from space, it was so huge, on earth in the dead of night, mt. etna spewed fire, hot lava, ash and smoke also flung up in the air. take a look at the best volcano video we found. you can see the red hot lava

just bubbling and exploding. the the lava's 2,000 fahrenheit. hou mt. etna is one of the world's most active and tallest volcanos. this actually happens all the time there. luckily no one was hurt. >> all right, thank you. turning now on to your money and the most reputable companies in america, alison kosik joins us with the winners. who is on top of the list? >> the big winner this year is -- do i hear a drum roll? this year the winner is amazon. thank you, don. so harris interactive is the group that puts the list together every year. it actually sounds quite scientific. it's called the reputation quotient study. it looks at 60 companies based on six factors including products, how employees are treated. and amazon moved up the list from being in fourth place last year. it scored high for emotional appeal, workplace environment

and financial performance. another tech giant made the top of the list as well, that was apple. although coming in at number two, it was at number one last year. but all that disappointing f financial news offset some of the love people are feeling for apple's product and services. disney, google, johnson & johnson rounded out the top five. >> someone asked me, and i guessed apple, but, no, number two. cool. so who is at the bottom? >> a huge shocker. are you sitting in financial companies. financial companies are in the caboose. aig was at the bottom of the list winning the worst reputation for the fifth year in a row. consumer s aren't impressed tha it paid back the bailout money. goldman sachs came out a little better, but not by much. it is the only other company on the list with a score below 59. halliburton, it looks like people aren't all that crazy

about how it's involved in the oil fracking injure. so americans are pretty harsh against companies viewed to be not, quote, moral companies. and reputation is everything. >> absolutely. i want to see the full list. cnn money i'm sure. >> you got it. >> thank you. up next, two of the hottest teams in sports put their streaks on the line and lebron james needs some late game heroics. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air.

the miami heat and chicago blackhawks needed game winning shots in the final seconds to keep their historic streaks going. joe carter has more in this morning's bleacher report. morning, sir. >> top of the morning to you. yeah, miami almost blew the game. they had a it 20 point lead and let it go around. but like all good teams, they still managed to find a way to win. the streak now up to 16 straight and counting. only five other nba teams in the history of the league have won 16 in a row. lebron james threw down that awesome dunk in the first half, but it was in the second half that his team needed him the most. the game on the line, the king shredded the defense, the left-handed lay-up. miami struggled but still squeaked out the one point win. the heat have 45 wins on the season, orlando 45 losses. the chicago blackhawks also

needed some magic at the end of their game. game winner 49 seconds left in the game. fans celebrating another great win for this team. certainly a magical run, a magical season. halfway into this year, still unbeaten in regulation. you go back to last season, the blackhawks haven't lost a game in regulation since last march. the pressure to win seems to be getting to some of these college baseball teams. one day after st. john's and notre dame fought on on the court, stanford and cal got into it. the altercation stopped the game for nearly ten minutes. six players received technical foul fouls,. in my opinion, the clippers blake griffin threw down the dunk of the year last night. watch this closely. jamal crawford, a nice feed between the legs. watch it one more time. look at that. between the legs and windmill

finish. magic johnson recently offered lebron james to enter the slam can you think du dunk contest. he needs to invite this guy. it's considering dropping the all access pass to every nfl game because, yep, cash. they're losing money. read more about it at bleacherreport.com. they can watch the nfl rewind, and then the red zone channel on cable, so that's why they're losing money. >> i like that dunk. what did you say, get some. pretty awesome. thank you, sir. next hour of cnn newsroom begins after a break. ewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.

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around the time that the gun went off. the newsroom starts right now. i'm don lemon. we begin in central california where police are investigating a deadly attack by a lion. 24-year-old diana hanson because an intern at the cat haven sanctuary and was inside the cage with a 350-pound lion when it turned on her. this morning her family is struggling to make sense of it all. >> apparently the other intern was outside of the cage. i don't know why she would ever be i think so the lion's cage. >> wildlife experts familiar with the facility describe it as professional and well run. but this morning there are a lot of questions about exactly what happened and why. cnn's ted rowlands is in dunlap, california. first question i had, why was she inside the cage with a

350-pound lion? >> reporter: well, the question everybody has. not only her father, but also the founder here at cat haven has the same question, why was she in there. was she ever in by herself with this lion previously? was this the first time? you said she was with another person. she was with another intern and apparently that person was outside of the cage and tried to distract the 5-year-old lion that would ultimately kill diana but was unsuccessful. when deputies arrived, the lion was still next to die ana. they were unable to revive diana. animal planet says despite the fact the lien was basically brought up in captivity, spending his whole life here at cat haven and had no signs of aggression ever in his past, you cannot let your guard down. >> we can't forget how powerful

these animals are and it does strike me as potentially dangerous for someone to be alone with a cat like this. and you can see a tragic drought come when one potentially loses sight on the absolute predatory ability of these incredible cats. >> and today cat haven has not opened and will likely not open to the public. normally it is a cat sanctuary that is open to the public. and as you mentioned, it has a stellar reputation within the community nationwide and as we started the report the, d, the n is what was the young woman doing in the cage. >> we'll find out more as the investigation plays out. thank you. now let's shift gears to north korea and new warnings that stir chilling memories of the the cold war. north korea is enraged by the

likelihood of tougher u.n. sanctions and as usual the u.s. seems to be its target. anna coren is in seoul. >> reporter: well, the u.n. security council is meeting as we speak to vote on those tough sanctions. they are likely to be passed unanimously which would mean that the tough sanctions that would target international financing would be enforced on north korea. this is in response to the nuclear test held last month and in the past few days, don, we've heard everything from north korea threatening to scrap the armistice agreement signed back in 1953 which effectively ended the korean war and then just hours ago it said that it would launch a preemptive strike on on the united states and south korea. as you've mentioned, we've heard the angry rhetoric coming out of pyongyang, but nothing quite

like this, they never actually said that they would conduct a preemptive nuclear strike before. so this is certainly new language. >> anna, thank you very much. the white house keeps singing a new town with a focus on peace. today president obama has a sit down meeting with paul ryan and chris van hollen. it's a dollars and cents lunch date. it comes after a dinner last night with a dozen republican senators at a washington hotel and the dinner was at president obama's request, lasting over two hours. and republicans left happy. >> it was a good dialogue. i want to thank the president for engaging with us. particularly also want to thank both senator lindsey graham and senator mccain for coordinating the meeting. good. very candid discussion. and the discussion included not

only sequester, the budget, but really where we focused is how do we bring people together in a bipartisan way to address the debt and deficit. and that means tax reform and that means entitlement reform the way we preserve social security and medicare but truly addresses the debt and deficit. >> so forgive rand paul if he doesn't have much to say today. did he a lot of talking yesterday. nearly 13 hours worth. >> i rise today to begin to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes. >> and speak he did. from 11:47 wednesday morning until well past midnight. the senator's attack focused squarely on the president's drone program and its use on on american citizens overseas and possibly here on u.s. soil. paul alone. he got help. a couple fellow senators took

over for a brief time asking questions or reading tweets. but it was a tea party senator who did the heavy lifting, grabbing a bite to eat or pausing to grab a much needed drink of water, something he did plenty of times. but in the end, he grew tired and it was time to wrap up. >> i would go for another 12 hours to try to break strong thurman's record, but i've discovered that there are some limits to filibustering and i'll have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. but i thank you very much for the forbearance and i yield the floor. >> dana bash joining us now. he's getting a lot of praise today for what he did. >> yeah, he did something that is one of the most traditional tools that a senator has. and the irony here is that he

was helped by one of the newest technologies that we have, and that is the internet and more specifically twitter. what we witnessed watching him as the day went on on was really fascinating. he started out really surprising both parties going out there and saying that he was going to filibuster and then keeping at it at the beginning as you said first three hours we watched him will, he was by himself. then he got help from a couple of his fellow tea party backed senators. but what was really interesting is that as this started to sort of take on a life of its own, you saw the conservative blogosphere raise questions saying where is everybody else to help him. reince priebus said attention all republican u.s. senator, please go to the floor and help out at senator rand paul. stand with and. that was fascinating for a couple reasons. one is by midnight, you saw the leadership of the republican party come and support him.

one of those is the senate minority leader, top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who is from kentucky, up for re-election, and wants to make sure he doesn't get attacked or primaried from the right. so he went up there and he said that he was proud of senator paul's courage. but the reason why it was -- maybe he didn't jump up there hours before is because the politics of there are not clear cut. you also have some republicans, wall street editorial page, saying he's wrong on the fundamental issue that he was filibustering which is questioning the u.s.'s right to use drones on u.s. soil againstiagainst u.s. citizens. >> dana bash, thank you. no charges will be filed against the california retirement home worker who refused to give cpr. diane bayless died after collapsing in the dining room. the worker who refused a 911

operator's request to start cpr did not break any laws. how to the trial that has captivated the nation's attention. 32-year-old jodi arias is facing the death penalty in arizona. she's accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend in june of 2008. arias initially told police alexander was killed by masked intruders but later changed her story saying she stabbed alexander 29 times, shot him in the face and slit him throat all in self-defense. arias is now answering more questions from the jury, something we rarely see a defendant do. and we warn you, testimony has been extremely graphic. any g miguel marquez has more. >> how did you have time it on get the gun? why did you confront travis after seeing him with another woman if it was not due to jealousy? >> reporter: questions delivered by the judge written by the jurors. they indicated people who either didn't understand jodi arias's

explanations for how she killed alexander or were skeptical of her claims. >> were you mad at travis while you were stabbing him? >> i don't remember being angry. i remember being terrified. >> reporter: arias was respectful, quiet and calm as she went through some 150 questions from the jurors asked by the judge. 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. >> reporter: many questions asked about her adopted more honest faith and how she reconciled that with a very racy and adventurous sex life.

>> does the book of mormon go into the vow of classity about. >> it uses verbiage such as hoardums, things like that being unclean and that's all in reference to sexual sins. >> 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 on her relationships and when and why she chooses to tell the truth and why her memory seems so selective. >> miguel, is she still answering the jury's questions? >> she is indeed. the judge cut it off last night, we expect many more questions today. 50 to 100 more today. and then both sides, both defense and the prosecution, get to go back at her to sort of talk about all of these questions that have been asked the last couple of days. >> all right. miguel marquez, thank you very much. for women to get ahead in

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morning. latest total is 7,000 fewer than the previous week. and latest four week average of unemployment claims is at its lowest level since 2008. the last of the 115 cardinals who will elect the next pope is due to arrive in rome today. but the official start of the secret vote known as the conclave has not been set. cardinals have been meeting behind closed doors discussing church business and sizing up competition. an italian court slaps former prime minister still vie owe berlusconi with a year in prison, but he isn't likely to see bars anytime soon. he did denies publish i ing an illegally obtained wiretap and can remain out on appeal. cheer leading is not a sport. at least not according to federal judge in connecticut. the issue was raised by the women's volleyball team at quinnipiac university. several members sued after the

school said it would kill the volleyball program in lieu of a cheer leading squad. the judge ruled it would violate federal laws that bar sex discrimination in education. that includes the quality of sports available to men and women. in an industry dominated by men, cheryl sandberg stands out for blazing a trial for women. the facebook coo is being called mark zuckerberg's right hand and was once described in a company filing as so critical that her departure could hurt the company. thousand she's sharing her experiences in a new book called lean in. but some critics say sandberg's advice is a little short sighted. so joining me now is the editor-at-large for "time" which features cheryl sandberg on the cover of the upcoming issue. and ceo of consultant firm 21st which focuses on gender in the

workplace. the book is out next week, but she gave a hint about what she calls leaning in in the pbs interview last year. take a look. >> biggest thin i thing i wanted the women to hear is be ambitio ambitious, start out with big dream, big goals. the world is still run by men and if they're not more ambitious, they'll ghefrt theet. lean into your career. when you need the balance, think about it then. when you need to think about what you're doing with children. but don't make sacrifices now for children you don't even have yet. because that almost guarantees that you won't have a job worth staying for once you get to that place. >> i want to start with about a l belinda. your headline is don't hit her because she's successful.

does what we just heard sum up her mission? >> i think you did. i think what is causing all the controversy with cheryl is that she wants women to step up and she wants to say although there are institutional barriers, and although there is sexism, she wants women to say i'm going to put up my hand, i'm going to pursue my career with more vigor, more aggression. and that's controversial because a lot of people think that what is holding women back is that the men aren't giving us a break, we have too much to do at home, obviously if you have children, the maternity laws in america are incredibly primitive. so there is this argument among women about why we haven't got to the top. and i think cheryl's emphasis is on what women can do. >> there are different expectations of women, though, in the workplace and at home. and you say sandberg is blaming other women for not trying hard

enough. why do you think sandberg's perspective is wrong? >> i just think it's not new. i think it's been 20 or 30 years that american business women have been telling other ambitious young business women to leap in, work harder, adapt to the rules of the game, learn the codes, become a little bit more masculine in their leadership styles. i think that's precisely not what companies need in 2013 when 60% of university graduates are now female, the majority of m.a.s and ph.d.s and majority of many company's customers are now women. >> so what do women need? >> actually i think that's the wrong question for sandberg to be asking. it's not what do women need, it's what do companies need. and do companies need to be able

to attract, retain and promote a majority of the educated population today? yes. does facebook need to do that? yes. why is she the only woman on that executive team? why does she need to lobby to get on to that all male board at facebook? >> belinda, how realistic -- >> not a sign of a healthy leadership pulpit. >> how realistic is sandberg's vi advice? she has two harvard degrees. she's a top executive. how realistic is it? >> i think only among women is the fact that she's super successful a strike against her in how to become successful. would we ask jack welsh, how realistic is it for you to give us advice when you've been the ceo of all those big companies. obviously cheryl has had will a huge number of advantages. her father was a doctor. she had a great education. she obviously had mentors and

sponsors. but i think the fact that she is so successful probably puts her in a better position than lots of women to explain how you actually get to the very tip py top of some company. a lot of women can't do what cheryl's done. one of the things she says is that you have to marry the right guy. which is a fine thing to say except, you know, how do you know he's the right guy. >> the difference is i think when you talk about jack welsh, people aren't asking jack welsh for advice on how to be a man and be at the top. they're just asking for advice on success and how to operate within a company. and i think there is a distinction because they're asking cheryl how to be a woman and then also how to remain on top. there is a distinction there. >> i'm not sure there is a distinction. i think they're asking cheryl sandberg how do you get to the top. when you have the sort of challenges that she has or that maybe cheryl has less because

she has so much child care and a lot of help, but that women have. the reason we don't ask jack welsh how do you get a man to be on top is because we expect men to not have to be at home with the kids or to organize the play dates, to make sure the home runs on time. and i think cheryl's viewpoint is worth listening to. it is right that there are institutional stuff to change here, but that doesn't mean we should ignore her. >> we have to run because of time. there are different expectations of women in the workplace and at home. and that was the caveat. thanks to both of you. speaking of facebook, it is rolling out a brand new look. we'll bring you the latest on the site's time line redesign. everyone's retirement dream is different; how we get there is not. we're americans. we work. we plan. ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others.

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next time you logon to facebook, you might notice a few changes. the site is announcing its new look today which could include bigger photos and retooled ads. alilisoison kosilisoison kosik. mark zuckerberg says the ads are more engaging. are these changes more user friendly, is it going to add dollars to the ads? people don't like changes on facebook. they hate it. they're already tweeting me about it. >> i know. i've gotten plenty of tweets, as well, of outrage.

it's a good question whether this is for the user, for more ad dollars. facebook can definitely use all the ad money that it can get especially when you try to access facebook for rom your moe devices. but zuckerberg has been clear that it's all about the user and their experience. we did look to tech crunch to get some of the details on what can be expected to come for facebook and it says that the new news feed will be broken down into categories like music and photos. so that means you'd be able to filter your news feed and just see what your friends maybe are listening to. this would be the first major change to facebook's news feed since 2006. the announcement is going to be made in about three hours. that's the expectation. now, facebook itself is not commenting on this roll out, don. meantime we are keeping an eye on the shares. shares are up about 1.5% sitting at $27.85 a share. still below that ipo price. >> oh, yeah.

and let's talk more about the big freakout. are we expecting one? >> oh, yeah. facebook users don't take well to change, do they. most of the anger that we've often seen is directed at the privacy and security updates. people don't tend to like it when the physical look of facebook changes either. who can forget the big uproar when time line went into effect. everybody freaked out about that. but this new look, it could be a good thing. it's apparently making it easier for users to kind of sort lieu all the information hitting all their streams at once without seeing too much repetition. and makes it it easier to stalk everybody. kidding. >> i'm accused of not looking at anyone's time line but my own. and it's true. >> i'm sure you are. >> thank you very much. we'll check your top stories right now on cnn. in just about a half hour, federal officials are expected to reveal details of their

investigation into problems with boeing 787 dreamliner. the latest probe keys in on a january fire aboard a plane at boston's logan airport. it was traced to the plane's lithium ion battery. that incident and others prompted the faa to ground all dreamliners. other countries have done the same. then at 2:00, president obama is scheduled to sign the latest version of the violence against women act. it includes new protections for gays and lesbians and gives new authority to tribal court in domestic violence cases. joe biden is expected to be on hand. he drafted the original law in 1994. about 40 miles of south florida beach front is off limits to swimmers and you can see why, because tens of thousands of sharks have been spotted just offshore. imagine you're swimming and there is your buddy in the next lane right there. marine biologists say they migrating back up north after heading south for the winter.

the commissioner of the nfl reportedly makes a startling admission about the most popular league in the country. roger goodell has taken several steps to try to keep players safe, but he fears a player could die on the field. that's according to an article in espn the magazine. the article quotes an nfl hall of famer who speaks regularly with goodell who says the commissioner is privately terrified. another player could die on the field because of the league's violent culture. happened only once before. chuck hughes suffered a heart attack in a game back in 1971. goodell denied requests for an interview and recently denied ever making the comments. so whether he said it or not, there are a lot of people associated with football talking about it today. thanks for joining us. you used to play with the intensity and with the speed of the game. do you think the game has become more violent, faster, could a player actually die on the

field? >> no question. and if those comments were made, it wouldn't have been made in veiain vain. guys are getting bigger, faster and stronger. so the collisions, the impabts are getting more powerful. so the problem there is that the body's ability to protect the brain has stayed the same. it's just physics involved. >> whether we want to admit it or not, fans love the violence. so the football commissioner if he reduces the violence in the game, can he be hurting the popularity of the game? >> that's a big misunderstanding. the game can still be violent and exciting with big hits, huge collisions. while still making it safer. the issue is just to reduce the number of life threatening and life altering collisions. and if we can do that while keeping the game exciting, then we must. >> there is a new study that college players could get long term brain damage even without getting a concussion. and we are nearing a time --

whether we're nearing a time when we need to say enough is enough. a lot of people are wondering that. >> and changes have been made. they've started making changes and rightfully so. and a step in the right direction. but all that we know now with concussions and the long term effects from alzheimer's to dementia, changes must occur. it's not just the big concussive episode where you're knocked unconscious. less than 10% result in unconsciousne unconsciousness. dr. gupta has reported that it's the sub concussive blows, just the repetitive tiny hits in the head. if i punched you in the arm and you didn't let it heal up and i kept hitting you and hitting you, it will bruce bise badly eh that there will be long term damage. >> is there enough focus on concussions? >> it's all about awareness. this is a step in the right direction. the media is doing a freiggreat

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ten rounds. an atmosphere of sexual violence that's how a complaint sums up victims of sexual as hault at the university of north carolina chapel hill. now the government is investigating. david mattingly joins me. this complaint was filed by five women. what prompted them to take this action? >> withis is being handled by t department of education, four women claim when they were students at the university of north carolina, they approached the university with allegations of sexual assault. and they're saying that the university, administrators there you can actually fostered an environment of silence and hostility toward cases of alleged rape. they're joined by a former associate dean of students from the university of north carolina and now this probe has been launched. and one of the most startling allegations among these women, the lead complainant tells the

story of how she approached administrators when she was a student there, saying that she had been the victim of sexual assault. and she was told she says that rape is like football. you take a look back at it and wonder when you could have done differently. so she and three other former students and this one former administrator approached the department of education, this probe has been launched. and the department is saying, yes, we'll look into this, but the fact that we're doing this should not be looked at as a sign that something has gone wrong. the allegations are serious enough, you've backed them up enough, we'll come and look. the university for its part is responding saying that we know about this, we'll cooperate fully. and in the months leading up to this, they've been defending themselves with the way they ham rape cases on campus. >> one one says swoman says she

they're seek revenge because she went to the courts about her ex-boyfriend? >> that case drawing an awful lot of attention. this young woman is a sophomore at unc, she is part of the complaint that was lodged with the department of education. but in her particular case, she approached the student-run honor court, the student-run court, with her allegation of sexual assault against her ex-boyfriend, that happened last spring. she tells us that the court found the ex-boyfriend not guilty and the ex-boyfriend has since filed a complaint against her with the court and they're now looking in to this case that she has fostered an environment of hostility toward him on on campus. now, there are some consequences if they find that she is guilty of that, there is a number of things they can do. the most extreme is expelling her. so there have been demonstrations on campus. she's been vocal about.

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to promote peace and stability in northeast asia. we have urged the north korean leadership repeatedly and continue to do so to heed president obama's call to choose a path of peace. and to come into compliance with its enter nation international . gabrielle giffords wants the u.s. senate to require all gun buyers for get a background check. she and her husband took that message to a gun control rally at the tucson grocery store where she was shot in the head more than two years ago. six people were killed and 13 wounded in the attack. mitt romney's got another job. the republican nominee for president obama is going to work for his son tagg's private equity firm. he'll serve as chairman of the executive committee. romney rejoined the board of directors at marriott. let's turn now to the catholic church's election of a

new pope. that task is left to a gathering of 115 cardinals. the last one is due to arrive in vatican city but there is still no date to begin the selection process. we now to 3john allen in rome. why is it taking so long? >> what the vatican will tell you is that the cardinals simply want to be careful and deliberative, they want to get things right. what cardinals will tell you on background, however, is that another problem is this is a wide open field in terms of the race to be the next pope. there is no clear frontrunner, no consensus around any one guy. their fear is that if they went into conclave soon, they would be there quite a while before somebody got that two-thirds vote and they don't want images of paralysis and gridlock, so trying to take time now to do the political heavy lift to go make sure that doesn't happen.

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as millions of students prepare to head off to college, some financial aid officers aren't sure how much aid they will be able to offer. and it's all because of those $85 billion in forced spending cuts. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange, as she always is. you're permanently there i think. so tell us about the impact. >> you're funny today, don. you want to know about how these spending cuts are impacting financial aid. this is serious business for a lot of people. we talk about these spending cuts in theoretical terms, but this is hitting close to home. what usually happens around this time of year is colleges go and send their letters to students around this i'm this month

telling everybody how much financial aid they will be getting. here is the problem, though. and what's difference about this year is these schools they don't know for sure how much government they will be getting from the government for work study programs, for supplemental educational grants. these kind of programs help students to the tune of $2 billion every year. so these letters this time around will be coming with a lot of asterisks. some with a lot of fine print or maybe a big no, they will say the award is subject to federal funding so it could change. the good news is that schools aren't going to be going into this blind. they do have estimates from the national association of student financial aid administrators. but some of these schools will be hit pretty hard. some of the schools getting the biggest cutting include itt technical institute, new york university, nova southeastern, all facing cuts of over $400,000. that's not chump change. >> and people who weren't paying attention to this sequester or the forced spending cuts or budget cuts, they are now.

it's affecting us in ways that many peel did nople did not exp. if we get a deal soon, could it clear up the confusion for the students? >> it could, but the letters still have to go out this month, students still need to make a decision on which school to go to. families will have to make up the difference. pell grants, the big federal funding program, they won't be touched. >> all right. alison kosik, new york stock exchange. thank you. first dinner, now lunch. president and g ocop trying to the forced budget cuts.

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