"starting point" begins right now. our starting point is that warning from north korea. the moment of explosion is approaching fast. >> the country is vowing to block workers here from the south from entering this shared industrial complex, even warning they will shut that facility down. it's one concern. also, pyongyang is promising attacks against the united states with, and i'm quoting, smaller, lighter, and diversified nuclear force. and then you have the pentagon announcing it is now moving a ballistics missile defense system to tus bases in guam. this is two years ahead of schedule. that move is coming after south korea reported the north has moved its own missile to the eastern part of the country in preparations for an eminent launch. >> this is a big story developing by the minute. we have live team coverage of this korean crisis. dan lothian is live from washington.

we're going to begin in south korea live with jim clancy who is there. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, we started off the day and we got the word very early and then this afternoon. north koreans saw it all playing out before their eyes as the television announcer came on their national television. take a look. >> translator: we are maintaining the weapon readiness posture, especially after today's movement of the anti-airborne operation. i believe we are fully prepared to control the critical situation. >> all right. now, that was a spokesman for south korea's defense ministry responding there to the announcement that they had detected the movement of medium-range missiles over to the east coast of the korean peninsula, presumably for a test. it could be a military drill, but both the u.s. and south korea do expect that the north

will test fire a missile as a way to in a propaganda war that's under way right now, to try to fire a shot back at the u.s. and south korea's joint military maneuvers. back to you. >> jim clancy in seoul, south korea. up until this point tensions seem to have been rising. >> they do. jim clancy, thank you. this morning "wall street journal" headline, u.s. dials back on korean show of force so they're deciding to lower the volume in a show of military might. dan lothian is live from washington. we're hearing this headline, dan, but at the same time we're also learning from the obama administration they have this so-called playbook for north korea. >> that's right. that was first reported by the "wall street journal" now independently confirmed by cnn that there was this playbook whereby the north korea did one thing, then the u.s. would react in a certain way. now there's this concern though, according to one official that perhaps they may have pushed north korea's leader too far. so they're dialing things back

just a bit. keep in mind over the last several weeks the u.s. really has been beefing up its presence in the region. twice last month the u.s. said b-52 bombers that fly over south korea as part of what we are told is a routine mission. there were navy ships sent to the region and then just yesterday, of course, we find out that this missile defense system will be sent to guam. a lot of concern because many u.s. officials really don't know kim jong-un. they believe that he is unpredictable. perhaps could be more dangerous than his father. so secretary of defense there says the u.s. cannot take any chances. >> it only takes being wrong once. and i don't want to be the secretary of defense who was wrong once. so we will continue to take these threats seriously. i hope the north will ratchet

this very dangerous rhetoric down. there is a pathway that's responsible for the north to get on a path to peace, working with their neighbors. >> the warning from the white house is that north korea needs to concentrate abiding by its international obligations and that if it continues this kind of rhetoric, these kinds of actions, that it will only isolate -- further isolate itself from the international community. brooke? >> dan lothian at the white house. few americans know more about north korea and former new mexico governor bill richardson. we will talk to him in a few minutes. next, it is tough to believe but here we go, carnival cruise "triumph" involved in yet another catastrophe. this one though may be deadly. a worker is missing this morning after this ship escaped from its moorings yesterday afternoon. it has been docked for repairs

since that february engine fire that sort of infamously disabled that. shannon travis has been tracking the developments on this ship from washington. shannon, what do you know? >> brooke, this is such a worrying store rid and bizarre at the same time. this worker is identified by local reports as john johnson, or better known as buster, as some people call him. 64-year-old african-american apparently he wasn't wearing a life vest at all. the family, as you mentioned, is being told that his chances of survival are remote but that search is ongoing and the family is asking for the public to pray. this happened yesterday. these freak winds, near hurricane force winds, up to 70 miles an hour, brooke, whipping through mobile, alabama, blowing over the shack that these two guards were in, blowing it into the water. one man was recovered. again, john johnson remains missing. also, involving the carnival

cruise ship "triumph," some people are wondering if this ship is cursed. this is the same ship that suffered the problems in february with those over 4,000 people on board were stranded. the winds basically ripped, yanked the ship out of a repair dock. sent it adrift into the waters. 900 feet long, massive ship for those winds were pretty rough. take a listen at one witness actually describe what he saw, brooke. >> we was outside and it was steady raining. nothing serious. all of a sudden, by the time we made it into the maritime museum, someone said, oh, my god, look at the carnival cruise ship. i turned to look. i seen three portalettes go by. that got my attention. i turned and looked that way and you can see the carnival cruise ship starting to come out of the bae systems. >> now, brooke, the coast guard released pictures saying that "triumph" collided with another ship. it is secure right now and all contractors and crew onboard are safe. >> what is going on?

hopefully they will find him and he's okay. i know. shaking your head. a new development in the search for two missing teen hikers. christine romans has that and the rest of the day's top stories. >> good morning. new developments this morning for two missing teen hikers. one is found, the other is still lost. two cal state fullerton students went hiking sunday in orange county, california. 19-year-old nicholas gendoya was found last night about half mile from his car. he was confused. he was delie drhydrated but he alive. they're confident now they will find 18-year-old kyndall jack, too. new this morning, southern california man attacked bay giant shark in hawaii. the horrifying incident happened wednesday while the man was surfing off the coast of maui. the 58-year-old victim said the shark's head was the size of a basketball. he's being treated for two deep gashes to his thigh. a fellow surfer from detroit witnessed it all. >> at one point i saw a large

shadow come right at him. i really thought it was a seal. a few minutes later i heard a big splash. a little guy in the water. it hit me that was probably a shark. >> county lifeguards say based on the man's injuries that shark may have been anywhere from eight to ten feet long. just taking a taste and leaving two nasty gashes. new developments in the investigation of the murder of colorado state prison chief tom clements. a manhunt is under way for two members of the white supremacist came 211 crew. 47-year-old james lohr and 31-year-old thomas goulee are considered armed and dangerous. el paso county sheriff's spokesman say they are not considered suspects and will not sigh even if they knew of ebel. that delivery man left two little girls behind. their grandfather talked about the tragedy. it's something that's certainly very, very, very sad and eating away at this family. a disturbing letter surfaced

written by ebel in 2006. in it he discusses killing prison guardses once he is freed. he calls himself big bad evil evan ebel. e tonight the cnn exclusive, the widow of prison chief tom clements will speak with our anderson cooper. developing story in fort knox. police search for a gunman who killed a civilian worker at that base. investigators say yesterday's shooting happened in a parking lot. they described it as a personal incident. it prompted a temporary lockdown. the victim's identity has not been released. president obama deciding to donate 5% of his $400,000 a year salary back to the treasury department. the white house says he wants to share in the sacrifice being made by federal workers who are, of course, affected by forced spending cuts. the president will cut a check every month for the next 12 months totally $20,000. the president announcing plans

to attend the dedication of the george w. bush library this month. there will be five current or former commanders in chief on hand, including george bush sr., bill clinton, and jimmy carter. that will be an amazing photo-op. television's worst kept secret in tv is now out in the open. nbc making it official. jimmy fallon will replace jay leno february of next year. here's what they had to say about it last night. let's start with jimmy fallon. >> keep working hard and trying to make the best show that we can along with you guys. thanks to jay leno for being so gracious. i know this whole thing means so much for me to have his rapport. >> we all fought, kicked, and scratched to get this network up to fifth place, okay? now we have to keep it there. jimmy, don't let us slip into sixth. we're counting on you. we're counting on you. >> "the tonight show" will be moving back from l.a. back to

original home in new york. this home run ball turned into a bean ball. pete smacked into center and hit a woman smack in the head. hit the woman because it might have hit the guy if he didn't bravely jump out of the way. >> did she took one for the team there. >> she took one for the team. she seems to be okay. >> look at the dude just jump out of the way. >> you always bring your glove, right? you would have jumped in front of your wife. >> i would catch it bare handed if i had to. i would catch it in my teeth if i had to. >> tough guy. >> maybe that will be part of the wedding video one day. poor thing. okay. so, rutgers. let's talk about it this morning. more dominos could fall at rutgers university stemming from this video showing this basketball coach physically and verbally abusing his players there during practice. >> coach mike rice has been fired. this morning the school's athletic director and president as well are under scrutiny for

their handling of the case. cnn's pamela brown is following the developments. >> appears the story is far from over in the wake of mike rice's firing and whether tim pernetti will go as well. pernetti made the decision to suspend rice in december and changed his tune after the video went public. after a 24-hour tidal wave of public outrage over this video -- >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> -- mike rice's three-year tenure as rutgers university head basketball coach abruptly came to a end yesterday. he acknowledged his behavior was out of bounds. >> there's no explanation for what's on those films because there is no excuse for it. i was wrong. and i want to tell everybody who -- who has believed in me that i'm -- that i'm deeply sorry for the pain and the hardship that i've caused.

>> reporter: rice was initially suspended for three games and fined back in december. right after the video went viral, athletic director tim pernetti scrambled to defend his decision. here's what he said tuesday. >> we're taking this first offense as an opportunity to reeducate mike rice on the rutgers standard. >> reporter: about face. . pernetti announced rice was fired after attempts to rehabilitate him. >> the statement that the athletic director's attempt to rehabilitate someone who engaged in repeated behavior like this is really pretty appalling and, again, that the precedent for having even kept him for this amount of time is pretty galling. rutgers does not come out of this looking particularly good, no. >> reporter: rutgers students are reacting to the fall tout. some saying pernetti should go, too. >> i think the athletic director is probably going to get fired now. he deserves, you know, he let it go on for this long. >> why did he wait this long and wait for, you know, it to be

public and blow up on national television and on espn, on youtube, to go, okay, maybe we should stop this because we're getting negative exposure. >> reporter: and for the first time, we're hearing from former players who were subject to rice's attacks. tyree graham spent two years play for rice and says he was just trying to motivate players. >> he's not as bad as the media right now is making him seem. coach rice, you know, he's one of those guys that, you know, he's very passionate. don't get me wrong. at the same time, a lot of those times on the film when he was jacking up a player or throwing a ball at a player he was really joking. >> reporter: a louisville head basketball coach rick pitino is known to get angry on occasion says rice's strange behavior is well beyond the norm. >> i've never seen anything like that before and i'm sure that there's a different side of him that really cares about his players. but that was difficult to watch, to say the least. >> reporter: and now new jersey

state officials are saying they're planning on holding hearings over how the university handled this situation. pernetti isn't the only one catching heat here. members at rutgers calling on the university's president to resign. >> domino effect. yesterday morning wondering what would happen to the coach and 24 hours later we now know. pamela brown, thank you. we saw in pam's piece tyree graham, one of the former play irs for rutgers, actually was in -- starting two seasons, played back in 2010. interestingly, he says that this coach, you know, big east conference and that the coach wanted to just get them ready to be disrespected by the players by what we've seen. we're going to be talking to him. >> interesting perspective, to say the least. >> next on "starting point" we'll talk to bill richardson. he has been to north korea several times. he has so much insight into the situation going on right now. basketball louisville player kevin ware talking to cnn after that horrendous leg injury he

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nuclear threat from north korea's dictator leaving the world wondering and nervous about the question of whether it's all talk. >> bill richardson is the former governor of new mexico and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. visited north korea many times. most recently just in january. good morning. >> good morning, brooke. >> as we mentioned you have been multiple times. you are a rarity in that you actually have a relationship with north korea. the question is, given all this news, how serious is this? do you think they're bluffing? >> well, it's serious. are they bluffing? the answer is, nobody really knows anything about this new young leader. my concern is that he's being manipulated by the hard line

elements in north korea, the party congress, the militant hard line military that want some kind of confrontation. at the same time there's been a lot of rhetoric but no real action. now, you take that caisson factory, they're taking out the south korean employees, some 5,000, but the 54,000 north koreans that are employed, they're still there. so you know, if there's a positive good sign, that is one. so what i'm saying is that a lot of rhetoric, little action. but i think our response has been appropriate. cool, calm, but at the same time cutti putting her military resources ready in case there's an emergency. but if they try anything with the united states, it's suicidal. that's not going to happen. >> governor, there's a report that indicates the united states is feeling its way through the response in this way. the "wall street journal" report tag united states trying to dial

back its rhetoric a little bit. after a high visibility display of military power aimed at deterring north korea ann provocation, the white house is dialing back the aggress i've posture amid fears that it could inadvertently trigger an even deeper crisis. that's according to u.s. officials. do you think it's a good idea to dial back the rhetoric and tone it down a little bit? >> yeah, i think that is the right posture. what has happened in the past is north korea always likes to test the new leader in south korea. now, there was just an election of a woman president there. she's just been in office a short time. every five years or so the north koreans test this new leader in south korea with some kind of provocation, with rhetoric. this may be going on at the same time. so i think the administration's response does make sense in the sense that you don't want to continue this huge rhetoric and

at the same time provoke some kind of incident. the danger is not a war with the united states or south korea, i think. the danger is some kind of military altercation in the yellow sea, a navy squirmish of some kind. >> what about opening up a line of communication? i hate to bring up dennis rodman but he said the president of the united states picking up the phone and talking to the young leader of the country. maybe not the president but you say yes, you say perhaps north korean envoy should be reaching out. >> yeah. i do believe that. i think there has to be an end game to the administration's policy. and the end game, in my view, is diplomacy. some kind of special envoy, some kind of south korean diplomat. china needs to play a more important role. they really haven't done anything to lean on north korea. they helped us at the united nations with drafting of some sanctions but they've kind of been backing off. >> they haven't when the threats was made this week.

long time ally, north korea. >> well, i mean, we can all express dismay. it's like rhetoric and no abs action. i think what china can do, they have leverage over north korea. they provide them food and fuel and hard currency. so they could do a lot more. i'm not blaming them. i still think some kind of diplomacy is needed by this six-party countries in ty ies r. south korea, united states, maybe the secretary general of the united nations who is south korean. maybe some kind of neutral country. but something is needed to cool things down. >> okay. governor bill richardson, thank you. 22 minutes after the hour. ahead on "starting point," is facebook ready to take on google phone? the buzz surrounding the social network next. you're watching "starting spark cash card from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that's three new paper shredders.

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stunning to everyone b who lives in this community. who would have expected it? and what led to this? all we know is this. cnn has learned that the suspect, after he was caught, said something to investigators, now they're not revealing what that is yet, but possibly it could be a part of the motive, what led to all of this. the suspect is 37-year-old old. his name is maynard and lives withis father. his father told our cnn affiliate that his son suffered from mental problems but we don't know how he got his hands on what police say is a .40 caliber glock, a handgun. when we walked up to the sheriff as he was sitting in his marked vehicle yesterday and shot right through the window striking the sheriff twice in the head. again, this has just incredible news to all the people who live here. >> it broeke my heart.

the best sheriff this county has ever seen. he did more in less time of being in office than any sheriff i've ever known. >> heartbreaking. heartbreaking. the whole community is just heartbroken because we knew that he really cared and that he was really doing the right thing. >> this is a sheriff who was sworn into office just a few months ago in january. he was well loved in this community. he was a police chief in the area just before this job. and he did a lot to try to fight prescription drug abuse, which is huge in this coal mining community of about 40,000 people. there will be a vigil for him here at the courthouse at 8:00 eastern time tonight. back to you guys. >> susan candiotti, thanks. now to christine romans with the other top stories. good morning. >> good morning. new this morning, four policemen and a civilian killed by a nato air strike in afghanistan. that's according to afghan

officials. they say the officers were wearing civilian clothing and may have been mistaken for the talib taliban. nato is investigating. reward up to $200,000 being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of killer or killers of da like mclelland, his wife cynthia and chief felony prosecutor mark hasse. government offices will be close sod they can attend the public memorial for the mclellands. funeral is tomorrow. they are still trying to see if there is a link between the killings. now the video that will stop you cold. a man brandishing a large caliber pistol and emptying four bullets in the chamber to prove it was loaded. another appear to be sorting drugs. yet another seemingly shooting up heroin. what makes this video even more shocking, these men were already in a new orleans jail. that's right. they're behind bars where this is happening. the man in charge of run that

jail and other in orleans parish set to take the stand this morning testifying about conditions under oath as part of a hearing over proposed jail reform. next hour we'll talk with the executive director of the juvenile justice project of louisiana. new this morning, bird flu back in the news. 11 cases of the h7n 9 strain. four people came down with it reportedly died. first time that strain has been seen in humans rather than birds. world health officials say it doesn't pass easily from person to person. care for americans with dementia kaub more expensive than care for heart or cancer patients and it's only going to get more expensive. that's a finding of a comprehensive new study publi published this week. and the number of patients and cost to treat them will double by the year 2040. japanese researchers finding men who are going bald 32 percent more likely to have heart problems. the study involved 37,000

people, doctors say if you're going bald, focus on controlling the big heart risks like smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure. remarkable to see kevin ware walking just days after suffer that gruesome injury on the court after the victory on sunday. the 20-year-old sophomore has become something of an overnight inspiration. ware talked with cnn's rachel nichols about all the support he received, especially support from one big fan at the white house. >> the first lady, michelle obama, called you. >> yeah. >> you're now the coolest guy he knows. the coach said, the president calling you, okay, fine. he calls sports people. but michelle obama? what did you say? >> i honestly don't even remember speaking to her. they're telling me that she called. please, if you called, please call again, please. i really would appreciate it because it's a once in a lifetime thing. i know the president kind of

picked us to lose to indiana in our bracket. i'll forgive him. when i speak to him in the white house, i'll forgive him. >> that's hilarious. >> ware says he will be with his louisville teammates in atlanta for the final four this weekend. she's in a league all her own. arizona high school sophomore is doing her best to strikeout stereotypes on the field of america's favorite past time. adam is the very first girl to play at her school's all-boy baseball team and he's pretty confident she can keep up. >> i'm pretty tough, so it's a workout. it's not something that most girls can do. but i mean, i know my way around the field, so i kind of just wanted to challenge this. they're like my older brothers. >> the boys on the team are happy to have her. one thing we look at women in sports, look at women in the corporate arena. one thing that mentors and sponsors always say is confidence is critical. that girl has confidence.

>> in paspades. >> she's got confidence. growing questions this morning for rutgers university. why didn't the school remove coach mike rice sooner over his abusive treatment of his players? >> that after this video surfaced this week, showing rice hurling basketballs at some of the players, screaming slurs at them. joining us now is tyree graham from raleigh this morning. he was a member of rutger's basketball team starting in 2 0 2010. tyree, good morning. question number one, we now know your coach is fired. the nation has seen the video. the nation is outraged. you played for him, you practiced with him. is what you see on the video jive with what you experiences? >> no, ma'am. at my time with rutgers. he's very passionate about basketball. he loves basketball. he loved what he did. he loved his family. he almost loved us, so he pushed us. >> but you told cnn that at one point he did hurl a basketball

pretty strongly at your back. did it hurt? why did he do it? >> yes, he did. he said because i didn't run a sprint fast enough. you know, b as any coach thanks want you to be better, like i said. so that's why he did it. i told him, i said, coach, come on, man, don't do that, please. he didn't do it after that. >> well, he does look like from video that he was doing it to other people over an extended period of time. not only that, but hurling gay slurs at some of the players. you say you understand his behavior. even the gay slurs? >> no, i don't respect the gay slurs, sir, no, not at pull. i do respect all the other things, like his passion for the love of basketball to make us better. not only was he passionate about basketball, he was passionate about us in the classroom, also. >> tell us something we don't know about the coach. in your mind, what kind of guy is he? >> he's a misunderstood guy right now. the reason being is because some of these videos and these press clips that i'm watching him

kicking people and hitting people with basketball and stuff, some of that was in a laughing matter. i wish the audio showed that and not just him saying the gay slurs. >> what about what you've talked about how rutgers, part of the big east conference, pretty tough conference, pretty physical conference. you say that rutgers isn't as respected or the coach said that and he was trying to do all of this, this physicality of all of this to prepare you to be disrespected. how can you explain that to us? >> when i first -- he first recruited me and some other players, he told us, look, we're in the big east. i'm a new coach t in the big east. rutgers basketball is so unrespected. you know, nobody respects you. whenever you go into a gym against the villanovas, louisvilles and other big-time schools in the big east they don't respect you. the coaches don't respect me. you've got to have an edge. you've got to have a chip on your shoulder at all times. that's kind of what he tried to enforce in us. i can say about coach rice was always trying to enforce that in us ever since day one and every day. >> quickly, tyree, do you think

it was the right decision to fire him? >> no, sir. the reason being because rutgers made a decision where they suspended him earlier this year for three games and also $50,000 from him. so i feel like rutgers gave him his punishment. when the media got ahold of the video they changed up and now rutgers fired him. i feel like that's wrong because he served his punishment. he served two penalties for one offense. >> i guess now the school does not agree with you and as we now know they fired him. tyree graham, former rutgers player. thank you. aheard d, a big boost for t los angeles lakers this morning. check out shaq's shirt. they retired it. what's wrong that shirt? we'll tell you. also coming up, ronald reagan's daughter creating quite a stir, saying she believes her dad, ronald reagan, icon, would have supported gay marriage. howard bragman got the interview. 40 minutes past the hour. you are watching "starting

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almost here, i got tickets, by the way. >> really? >> all of the teams have arrived in atlanta but talk of the tournament continues to be about a player who won't even actually be competing. >> i can't believe you're going. >> you know. >> meanwhile, joining us more with more. andy? >> good morning, guys. all eyes remain on louisville guard kevin ware who suffered by far the worst injury we've ever seen on a basketball court. yesterday ware spoke with cnn's rachel nichols about what he's gone through over the past few days. he said he never wants to see the video of his gruesome injury. >> i've seen the picture.

and i've seen it and like quick glance of it and i just turn away from it because i kind of feel like, me, trying to get back on the basketball court that would just stop me from getting where i need to be. i don't want to see the video. i don't plan on ever seeing the video. >> ware was with the cardinals has aarrived in atlanta last night. he plans on being with the team every step of the way, including sitting on the bench saturday night when louisville takes on wichita state. the atlanta falcons are giving linebacker banks a second chance. it's one he deserves. in 2002 banks was a highly recruited prospect when a classmate accused him of rape. he went to prison for five years. she eventually recanted her claim and his conviction was overturned in may of last year. banks will finally get his chance to live out his dream and play in the nfl. one of the top stories on bleacherreport.com. tuesday night shaq had his jerseys retired but it didn't

look right. that's because it's backwards. o'neal and the number 34 are on the front of the jersey instead of the back. the lakers realized the mistake and said that it will be fixed before tomorrow night's game against memphis. when you're on a date at a baseball game here's an example of what not to do. tuesday night a home run ball came flying into the center field in arizona. the this guy jumped out of the way to safely allow his girlfriend to get smacked right in the face. i'm geuessing it wasn't a pleasant ride home. but not everything ends in doom. this guy pulls an engagement ring out of a baseball and his girlfriend obviously pretty shocked. but eventually she would say yes and seal the deal with a kiss. guys, who do you think was more shocked there, the girlfriend who's boyfriend got -- >> the guy totally runs. he runs the other direction. >> but the girl who got the engagement ring was more psyched about that baseball than the girl who got smacked in the face. >> yeah. i love the two thumbs up though.

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so the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage, not expected for another two months. more politicians are coming out in favor of it. >> patty davis, daughter of president ronald reagan are talking about how her dad might have felt in the whole debate.

with friend and gay rice advocate howard bragman. >> i think he would be puzzled on the one hand on why anyone would have a problem with people wanting to be married. he wanted government out of people's lives. he would not understand the intrusion of government banning such a thing. this is not what he would have thought government should be doing. >> howard bragman, vice chairman for reputation.com and friend of patti davis. patti said she never spoke to her father about gay marriage and you look at that video, she seems pretty certain he would have supported it. and she has some other reasons why. >> in 1978 in california, a very contentious ballot measure called the briggs initiative. tried to ban gay teachers from public schools and even in '78

when he was running for president ostensibly. her father wrote an editorial and opposed this initiative. joining a lot of democrats and said this is not contagious, they are born that way. and the second thing and maybe the most interesting thing, is her own life. her parents would go away, a lesbian couple stayed in their king-sized bed and were treated like any other couple. >> i had never heard that story before. let's listen. >> i grew up with two lesbian aunts who used to babysit us in my parents went out of town together. they stayed at our house, slept in our parents' room in their king-sized bed and i mean, i grew up understanding that they were a married couple. >> i think that will be shocking

to a lot of people. >> i think it will be shocking to a lot of people. a huge dichotomy for a lot of people. i posted this on facebook and i am really angry at reagan for the mishandling of the aids crisis, and we feel like a lot of people died because he would ignored it. but it would be wrong to simplify and say he is a bad guy. and the third part, patti talked about the dislike of government intervention. stay out of people's lives, stay out of their bedrooms. >> i want to ask about her brother, michael reagan, who is a conservative commentator, and this op-ed last week basically taking a different stance. let me read this for you. "it will inevitably lead to teaching our public school kids that gay meaning is a perfectly fine alternative and no different than traditional marriage. there is also a very slippery slope leading to other

alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality. think about polygamy, beastiality, and perhaps even murder. he was on piers morgan. what is their relationship like? >> they refuse to have a reagan family feud on this. they agreed to disagree on this particular issue and a lot of political issues. there is a lot of dichotomy there, but the family is more important i think to both of them. i worked with michael about 30 years ago, and i ran into him a few years ago in new york, and howard, how are you? haven't seen you in so long, and he sa i said, by the way this is my husband. you would have thought i took a poop on his shoe. it was really uncomfortable. even the mainstream in the republican party isn't talking about beastiality polygamy,

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our commitment has never been stronger. good morning. i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman. "starting point ", the motion of explosion is coming. that's what north korea is saying as it threatens to use nuclear weapons against the united states. what a story this is. free after 42 years behind bars. we'll talk to louis taylor. accused of starting a hotel fire that took the lives of 29 people. he was just released over doubt surrounding the evidence. and google phone, now the facebook phone? all the buzz this morning. thursday, april 4, "starting point" begins right now.

our "starting point," a new nuclear attack threat from north korea. pyongyang warning that the moment of explosion is approaching fast. >> the north vowing to block workers from the south from entering this shared industrial complex, warning they'll shut the whole thing down and pyongyang promising attacks with a smaller lighter and diversified nuclear force and the pentagon announcing it is moving a ballistic missile defense system to its us bassed in guam two years ahead of schedule. that move coming after south korea reported the north has moved its missile to the eastern part of the country in preparation for an imminent launch. >> it is getting tense. and we're all over the stories in the region. we'll begin with jim clancy in seoul, south korea. >> more threats coming out of north korea this day, really repetitions of what we have heard in the past.

south korea's defense ministry says it has confirmed north korea has moved an intermediate range missile to the eastern coast. that's an area where the u.s. already has two destroyers, as well as radar platform. the u.s. and south korea both are anticipating some kind of a missile test to come from the north. all of this comes a day after the u.s. is moving a sophisticated anti defense missile system to island bases on guam. meantime, in kaesong, north korea continues to block south koreans from getting into the site and warns it could pull all 53,000 south koreans out of the facility, shutting it down. the north is particularly angry at south korea for cite sizing kaesong staying open, saying it

earns cash for their leader, and they said that could make them shut kaesong down, in their words, mercilessly. south koreans are working to be prepared and not taking the fear factor too seriously. jim clancy, cnn, seoul. and "the wall street journal" has decided to lower the volume in this whole missile crisis. dan lothian, you have this report revealing the obama administration has a game plan, a so-called playbook showing our military force. >> reporter: that's right. this independently confirmed by cnn this playbook, if you will, says if north korea does one thing, the u.s. will react in another way. the sense is that perhaps they

have pushed kim jong-un too far. and they are dialing things back, trying to lower the temperature in the region. over the last several weeks, the u.s. has been ramping up its presence in the region. twice last month, sending b-52s to do missions over south korea, then following that up by sending stealth bombers to the region earlier this week, navy ships were -- went in there, and just yesterday we learned a missile defense system will be sent to guam earlier than expected. there is this plan, has been this plan to show the sort of sense of force, to flex the muscles here in the u.s., but at the same time, some concern that they have pushed a little too far. there is a lot of worry, though, because the uncertainty of newt leader in north korea, thought to be unpredictable, perhaps more dangerous than his father, so secretary of defense chuck

hagel saying they are not taking anything for granted. >> some of the actions they have taken over the last few weeks present a real and clear danger. >> reporter: so the walk from the house is that north korea needs to dial back the rhetoric to stop the kind of provocative actions we've seen over the last few weeks. if not, they will be further isolated from the international community, brooke. >> dan lothian, at the white house, appreciate it, january. >> we want to bring in a cnn military analyst who spent years as a senior intelligence officer in korea. general, thank you for joining us. you heard in dan's report, the united states says it's moving these new anti missile defense systems to guam. i wonder if you can explain how that fits to the overall u.s. strategy dealing with north korea, and if you can lay out that strategy for us. >> absolutely. the primary concern that the united states has right now, north korea is getting much more

strident, albeit, we've seen these levels of strid ensy before, and a new leader in place. trying to figure out what his intentions are. clearly the threat capabilities and intentions. we can read their capabilities. we have never been very good figuring out what their intentions are the high altitude defense system deployed to guam, that if the missile development in north korea has progressed and we've gotten it wrong, and if he can marry up some capability on the tip of that missile, and we don't think he has the ability to have a nuclear capable missile system, albeit we have to be very cautious and those missiles will probably reach u.s. territories in the pacific and allies to include japan and certainly guam. so we have to be able to protect

against it. this is a very prudent measure on the part of the united states to posture itself much more -- not aggressively, but in a much more probably fulsome way in order to handle all types of contingencies that might be coming out of the north. >> general, the u.s. doesn't have actual assets on the ground in north korea, presumably satellite. how do we kw what north korea is up to? >> very difficult. we have great technical, are you exactly correct, brooke. we have great technical collection against north korea the only way we can penetrate north korea, we do that by way of interrogations that take place routinely from refugees that leave north korea, routinely coming through china and other means of getting out of the kingdom up north. so we are able to get insight. we also have periodic visits. you spoke to governor richardson

this morning, which is wonderful. we also have digs that have taken place where the north has allowed u.s. military folks to go to very specific areas to look for those that might have been killed. that is exceptionally limited. we have very few insights in terms of human intelligence coming out of the north. >> we've been talking about capability. real capabilities of north korea. earlier, we saw from kim jong-un, the wish list of american targets. it included los angeles, washington, austin, texas, a lot of major cities in the continental united states. is that in any way realistic? >> that's bluster, that's the short answer. that's being petulant, being strident. we pay attention to it because he's an international figure, but there is nothing to that. >> thank you,eneral "spider" marks. another incident involving

the carnival cruise ship "triumph." rescue workers looking for a shipyard worker in the alabama river after another incident involving the carnival cruise ship "triumph," a strong wind sweeping it from its moorings, getting repairs from the in famous engine fire. 64-year-old john johnson's family has been told his chances of survival are remote. >> we were outside, steady raining, nothing serious, by the time we made it to the maritime museum, somebody said look at the carnival cruise ship. and i saw it, and i turned and looked this way and you could see the carnival cruiseship starting to come out of the b.a.e. system. >> the cruise ship is now secured. new developments in the investigation of colorado state prison chief tom clements. a man hunt underway for two members of the 211 crew.

47-year-old james lohr and 37-year-old thomas goalie, considered armed and dangerous. they are not considered suspects, wouldn't say whether the pair new evan ebel, the man suspected of killing clements and a pizza deliveryman. and mark sanford speaking to cnn about his tuesday night win. after finishing second sterm as the state's governor under the cloud of an extramarital affair, he told jake tapper, politicians try too hard to protect an image of perfection. >> none of us are perfect. and i think that the sooner we roadways it in ourselves we begin to have conversations with people. >> and he will face elizabeth colber colbert-busch in the general election. rutgers men's basketball

coach mike rice is out, and the athletic director is under pressure. rice has apologized. earlier on "starting point," we talked to a former rutgers player who thinks this coach is misunderstood. >> i do understand a lot of things, like his passion for basketball. he wanted to make us better. not only passionate about basketball, he was passionate about us in the classroom. the video of him kicking people, hitting people with basketballs, some of that was in a laughing maur matter. i wish that some of the video showed that and not just the use of gay slurs. facebook is expected to unveil a phone this afternoon. it will be made by htc and powered by the android operating system, rumored. the company is trying to figure

out how to use money off mobile users, especially overseas. facebook shows down 30% after the ipo. >> what do you get with the facebook phone over a phone that has a facebook app? >> a lot of talk about the facebook phone. we'll see if we get the details on that and the apple ipv. ahead on "starting point," just released from prison after 40 years. lex next, louis taylor talks about what it's like to finally be free. can girls compete with the boys? baylor's brittney griner reacting to mark cuban's talk of drafting her. >> you're watching "starting point." a [ male announcer ] this is betsy.

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years in prison has been released. after a judge decided the evidence may not have been enough of a conviction. louis tailor was 16 years old when he was accused of starting a hotel fire that killed 29 people. in arizona. >> he was convicted of arson by an all-white jury and he spent 28 consecutive life sentences, until attorneys with the arizona justice project decided to reopen the case and two days ago, they reached the goal with a superior court judge gave him a plea agreement, where he could plead no contest in exchange for his freedom. here he is. louis taylor from phoenix, with his attorney, larry hannon of the arizona justice project. thank you for joining us. decades in prison. two days of freedom. how do you feel? >> i feel great, man. to feel mother earth underneath my feet. free mother earth.

it's amazing that i perservered and maintained my innocence all these years, and finally, you know, i -- i was freed two days ago. it's amazing. >> as farther of this deal for freedom, you did agree to plead no contest, rather than have anyone acknowledge your innocence. the associated press quotes the county attorney saying this is not exoneration. louis taylor was found guilty at trial beyond a reasonable doubt. do you even care, now that you are free? >> well, the thing is, the pima county attorney didn't want to hear about injustice. when the innocence project and justice project looked at this case meticulous until 2001, they discovered a few years back, that the jury had been tampered and there was a report that

could have exonerated me 39 years ago. he didn't want to hear about injustice. i didn't want them to take another minute, another decade, i had been in prison wrongfully for 41 years, and she didn't want to cure the injustice, so i wanted my freedom, i was innocent. >> larry, let me pick up with louis' point of wanting to be free. but legally speaking, with the no contest, this means he can't. do you feel like this is the reason he was offered this deal in the first place? >> you know, i don't speculate very much about why the county attorney did this. it may be because they wanted to minimize the risk of being sued. what has bothered us is that the

county attorney and lawyers who worked in that office didn't take the time apparently to sit down and look at the evidence. there were seven fire experts, including their own fire department, who concluded after exhaustive evaluation there was no evidence of arson. but the county insisted if louis wanted out today, he would have to agree to this no contest, and as louis has said, his freedom was the most important thing. >> larry, as part of the justice project what made you look at this case and say we have to go in and fix this. what jumped out at you? >> when we first worked on the case and the project began in 1998 and in 1999, i met louis for the first time, it was clear to us at the very beginning that

this was one of those cases that a prong like ours has to look at, and what jumped out at us was the testimony at trial was based almost exclusively on what a fire investigator said he could determine about how the fire started, but, yet, other people who looked at the same evidence, said, well, there is no evidence of arson there. so we -- we knew from the outset it has had to be looked at. >> louis, final question. have you been free for 48 hours or so. you went to a diamondbacks game. if you did, how was it? and looking adherhead here, wha next for you? >> all i can do is go forward. people talk about lawsuits and stuff. the things they should have done is cure the injustice, i maintained my innocence for 41

years, and it's amazing. the chief took me to the diamondbacks and it was amazing. i was overwhelmed. it's amazing to feel mother earth under my feet. free mother earth and all i can do is something forward, i educated myself in prison, i finished college, you know, i worked as a medical technician in prison, i was minimum three times and never ran off. people were always running off, come on, louis, you have natural life. i say i'm innocent, man. i'm going to wait for justice. and, unfortunately, the county attorney did not want to cure the injustice. i didn't want to give them another minute. they already took 42 years of my life. >> you're out. welcome to the free world, sir and perhaps you can hopefully find work in the medical profession somehow. thank you so much, louis and larry. >> you know, diamondbacks. >> thank you for having us. >> you got it.

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welcome back. minding your business. dow futures up 50 points right now. in a few minutes, we're expecting to hear that weekly jobless claims fell, except for a blitz because of hurricane sandy.

new claims down since 2011. that is a threshold that signifies hiring. how much would you pay for a baseball card? 1.6 million is how high the bidding has reached for a 1909 honus wagner card. only 50 of them in existence, this one in very good condition. in short supply because wagner made the american tobacco company recall this card, because he didn't want kids to buy cigarettes. bidding ends tomorrow. not very many of them, that's for sure. >> christine romans, a story most interesting to you of all of the stories we talked about all morning. jon bon jovi and richie sambora have been together a long time. sambora won't be on the final leg of the tour. personal issues were cited. all shows will go on as scheduled. 53-year-old guitarist has struggled in the past with substance abuse. >> but it could be creative

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welcome back to "starting point." i'm john berman. >> and i'm brooke baldwin. christine romans has the top stories. today marks the 45th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. there will be a rally today called protecting the dream. new developments in the murder trial of jodi arias. we're hearing from the juror who was dismissed. the woman, known as juror number five, released a statement saying for the past three months i have been fulfilling my duty as one of the jurors in the case

of jodi arias. i would like to remind everyone that the time and money being invested in this trial is more relevant and important than my removal from the jury. and jodi arias' parents being questioned just after jodi being arrested. you can hear her mother saying that jodi has mental problems. a mom's body found in her car days after it was pulled from a ditch and towed to an impound lot. the trooper report says no body found in the car, but carolyn watkin's body was found three days later in the driver's seat. >> that's right. the amount of time she was laying in that car. >> looking for her pocketbook and the keys. and when they started searching, they found her body in the car. >> the trooper who missed the body is on paid leave while the state investigates. the state of connecticut,

three hours away from putting the toughest gun laws on the books. overhaul less than four months after the massacre at sandy hook elementary. a measure that added more than 1 100 guns to the list of assault weapons. it makes buying or selling high-capacity magazines illegal. it is expected to be signed at noon by governor malloy. president obama in denver yesterday praising state lawmakers for taking a step and wants the rest of the country to follow their lead. >> the type of assault rifle when pa paired with a high-capacity magazine has one purpose. to pump out as many bullets as possible as fast as possible. what allowed that gunman to shoot 70 people and kill 12. in a matter of a few minutes. >> the president is urging

congress to vote on gun laws. hillary clinton coming out with a new book. you have to wait another year to get a new copy. it will share key decisions and experiences with her time on the state department. she will share her ideas for "addressing the challenges of a dramatically changing world in the 21st century." lance armstrong back into the world of competitive sports by swimming. expected to compete in three events this weekend at a swimming championship at the university of texas. he was stripped of seven tour de france medals and sanctioned events by the u.s. anti doping agency. but u.s. masters swimming is not bound by the rules. new data on the state of the job market. new jobless claims unexpectedly rose by 28,000 last week, came in at 338,000. this is a volatile time of the year because of passover and easter holidays. but improvement is undeniable.

in 2009, job losses were soaring, they have stayed below 400,000 except for the blip from sandy. and a new jobs report. people will see if the sequester had anything to do with less job growth. sequester and cold weather to see if that's in play in the jobs report. i'll have that live when it happens. >> thank you, christine. guns, drugs, booze, and money. all inside the walls of a new orleans prison. this shocking video from 2009 was just released during a hearing over the reform of orleans parish prison. unmates running wild with no supervision or apparently security. >> this video shown during the testimony in the week long hearing in the proposed jail reform. prison, known as opp. it has been closed. but has been known for frequent violence, suicide, and escapes. and dana caplan, executive director of the juvenile justice

project of louisiana, a member of orleans parish prison reform coalition and worked with many inmates who passed through opp. dana good morning. the video i have never seen anything like this. one expert who worked with this particular case, this is the worst jail, worst prison he has ever seen in of us who have been working to improve conditions, we have long been saying conditions in the facility are unconstitutional, out of control, and the levels of violence, sexual abuse, and misconduct amongst the guards and staff is unacceptable and as was said in the trial so far, one of the highest in the country. >> i guess my question, how

could this have possibly gone on? this came out during a lawsuit. what is the solution that your group wants to see? the topic of the lawsuit is whether or not there will be a consent decree. i think we need federal oversight of this facility. this has been going on for years in new orleans and we have not shown the capacity to address the problem. a federal consent decree that includes strong monitoring and oversight of the facility is certainly important, but we need to also look at the funding structure. for too long, opp funded with a per diem structure. $29.30 per inmate. and it's created a perverse incentive to keep the jail fuller than it needs toty in te those funds are spent. we need to revamp how we're funding the facility and as a

city, we need to adequately fund it at the level it needs to be supported. we also need to consider some long-term reforms, and some people have called opp a debtor's prison, historically, so many people in there, not for serious charges, but for fines and fees and traffic attachments, and so ultimately if we can adequately fund the facility, pay staff what they need to be paid, have a smaller facility, but really ensure we have strong federal oversight, right now with the consent decree, that is what is ultimately needed to turn this around. >> i know that deputies at opp basically make the same as cooks at popeye's. to give a cost comparison. opp is closed. and we see these inmates snorting a substance, gambling, drinking beer. where are they now? >> opp is still open. this was shot in the house of detention allegedly, that is one part of opp that the sheriff has

shut down, but opp remains open, and that is, you know, a cause of concern in that certainly while that video shot in 2009, we hear reports up to today that the conditions of medical neglect, of violence, are rampant in that facility. >> okay. dana caplan, executive director of the juvenile justice project of louisiana, thank you. ahead on "starting point," it's official. jay is out, jimmy is in, and they both have plenty to say about it. >> had a really awkward day today. i had to call david letterman and tell him he didn't get "the tonight show" again. >> the latest late night shuffle, next. >> we sat down with oscar award winner, multiple award winner jeremy irons about the third season of the incredible drama,

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41 minutes past the hour. welcome back. if first you don't succeed, well, nbc is trying to pick up late night, replacing jay leno with jimmy fallon and bringing "the tonight show" back to new york. fallon addressed it in last night's monologue. >> you probably have heard the news i'm taking over for "the tonight show" next spring. but don't worry, in february, our focus is right here on whatever the show is called. >> and nick valencia has a closer look at leno's legacy and another late-night shift by nbc. >> and today i accepted a new position. i will be the head basketball coach at rutgers university. >> reporter: with a touch of humor, jay leno announced he will step down as host of nbc's

"tonight show." stepping into the gig, 38-year-old jimmy fallon. a strategic move to attract a coveted younger viewing audience. >> jay leno, yes, he has a great audience, getting loyal. but they are getting older too. jimmy brings in the younger audience. >> reporter: what kind of legacy will jay leno leave behind? >> jay leno will be on the list with johnny carson and jack parr and the late-night guys that made it what it is today. >> reporter: production will leave the burbank, california, studios and return to the original home in new york. fans lining up had mixed reaction to the news. >> it will be sad to see jay go. we love him. >> he's kind of old, has to go. jimmy up and coming. i love jimmy.

>> reports about a possible "tonight show" switchup have been circulating for weeks. leno and fallon joked about the change and alleged rivalry earlier this week. the friendly exchange is a contrast from 2009, when nbc tried to change up the "tonight show" about installing conan o'brien. they are laying the ground work for a smoother transition this time around. >> jimmy fallon, a hell of a guy. >> jimmy, we're counting on you. >> leno loyalists, he will be on air for another year. nick valencia, cnn. >> meantime, leno went on the town talking about late-night turnover. take a listen. >> how many of you folks earlier today saw the white smoke coming out of the chimney at nbc. anybody see that?

we have a new pope. i got a call from my mom, and well, david, i see you didn't get the "tonight show" again. >> i love the paul schaefer cackle. and even a top ten list last night and pointed out he will soon be the only late night network host not named jimmy. don't forget about the guy who had the "tonight show" not too long ago. conan o'brien also weighed in on the switch. >> i want to congratulate jimmy. that is a really fun gig. he will do a -- it is. it is. it is a fun gig. and you know what? jimmy is the perfect guy to do it. he will do a fantastic job. congratulations, jimmy. >> in case you are wondering

about hard feelings, conan made no mention of jay leno. >> can you blame him? >> hard time. a thrilling drama about power, greed, sex and family. what's better than all those things? jeremy irons with a look at the new season of "the borgies." [ male announcer ] this is george.

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just in to cnn, i usa official, the u.s. intercepted communications that north korea could launch a ballistic missile in the coming days or weeks. it moved a medium-range missile

to the east coast. barbara starr with more at the pentagon. what can you tell us about this? >> good morning. u.s. officials have been watching intelligence for weeks now. that the north koreans are watching a missile launch from a mobile system. one of the truck-mounted launches that readily moves around north korea. u.s. satellites can see them, but when they are on the move, satellites can't track them. they are also gathering communications intercepted out of north korea, very classified information and that is leading them to conclude that the north koreans are planning, perhaps in the coming days or weeks, to launch a mobile missile. most likely intermediate range. what does that mean? it means it could hit a target in the region, south korea, japan, guam, not the continental united states. that's a longer-range missile. but it is so significant, putting the region on edge, one of the key reasons we've seen the u.s. move missile defenses

into the region. you will also see the u.s. ratchet back on some of its own rhetoric. a lot of concerns here at the pentagon by officials, this has all gotten out of hand thiey sa. they will ratchet it back, but that missile launch is the number one concern right now. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. north korea putting out this statement. where it slams the u.s. for what it says are military moves against it, including sending a u.s. naval ship into the region and sending a defensive missile system to guam. the dprk already declare that it would no longer remain a passive john looker to the u.s. imperialists' frantic moves to ignite a nuclear war, but make every possible effort including a preemptive nuclear strike to defend the dignity of the supreme leadership of the country and the destiny of the nation. that coming in from north korean officials. >> we'll be following that all day long.

something else for you right now, "the borgias" rise to power, starring acajeremy irons. take a look at how he deals with enemy who's try to kill him. >> you wish to prove to us your innocence? >> i'm innocent. >> then find for us. >> who else has eyes on suspicion? >> everyone. everyone who wears a red hat. interrogate them all. >> that will be difficult. >> then become one. we will cleanse this of ours of anyone who thinks to question our fitness. >> he's so good.

third season premieres sunday 10:00 eastern on showtime. the two of us sat down with jeremy irons to talk about his portrayal of the blood thirsty medieval pope and talked about how dev yas he is in real life. you are the person people fight to work with. so why did you choose this role, she show? why did you want to play a fornicating pope to quote you. >> well things were different then. why did i want to do it? a saw a lot of good writing, transferring from the sort of movies which i sort of used to do, what you might call independent movies to television and the idea of playing a pope at an extraordinary time in history, and a man who was quite hard to grasp, because he was

described as being an amazing administrator, a man of fantastic appetites and enthusiasm. but yet he was also blackened as being a murderer and fornicator, because he had 12 children, and at that time, it was sort of acceptable as long as you didn't put it out there too much and of course, these days, you can get -- you can't get away with anything, everybody has mobile phones and e-mails and facebook, we live in a very public world. >> you could get away with a lot. >> a fantastic drama, so much about power and the role and pursuit of power. we have a clip we want to look at. >> you are poisoning? i've rattled the grass. all the snakes in rome have come

forth. >> well who did it? [ bleep ]. >> we knew this was upon us. who is to protect this family, if not you? >> it feels like the shakespeare meets the god father meets the renaissance. >> i don't think power is strange, mind you. if you look at washington, power is power is power, no matter what clothes they are wearing. >> you mentioned clothes a moment ago. >> clothes. >> my segue to a lot of clothing removal on this show. a lot of people at cnn, we know that show. a lot of skin. do you ever blush or other actors or actresses on set

blushing? i know it's showtime, but, wow. >> i am pretty careful, you know, because i'm -- an older man. >> a pope. >> but, no, acting is about pretending, about getting into your situation, about concentrating, the paraphernalia around you. if you are in the mood for blushing in a love scene, are you not in the right place in your head. and actors will just get into that. before we went on air, you two were flirting outrageously and neither of you were blushing. >> fully clothed mind you. on the "borgias," there are very little clothes. >> you my a pope, play so many

wonderful roles. my 6-year-old boys, when i hear your voice, i hear the voice of "star," the bad lion from the lion king. >> my dad just showed me the whole kingdom and i'm going to rule it all. >> yes, well forgive me for not leaping for joy. bad back, you know. >> on behalf of my 6-year-olds whom you terrorize. >> not a bad lion, just a lion with a bad lot in life. >> devious man. >> flirting, you wish permberma. >> he admitted he was trying to make us blush. jeremy irons, try harder next time. >> "starting point" back in a moment. ]dc(ñqgñ/twg