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will take tsarnaev's remains. his uncle from maryland, who in the days after the bombing called his two nephews losers, spent sunday at a funeral home to cleanse and shroud the body, as required by islamic faith. >> i'm left alone to deal with this

tamerlan tsarnaev and who will take his body for burial. if the feds step in, does he go to a ceremony or does that mean the federal government can force somebody to take his body? >> reporter: you know, it's completely unclear what the federal government's role could possibly be. and in fact, the funeral home director, zoraida, says he intends on contacting the governor's office today. we talked to his press secretary and got a no comment. >> do we know what he's contacting the governor's office for? >> reporter: no. i mean, that's unclear, too. the funeral director simply says he wants him to get involved as well, just as he's suggesting the federal government might be able to

side of the road there. cnn's nick valencia is following the story. nick, this is just so sad. do we have any idea what caused that fire? >> yeah, good morning, christine. it is just a very tragic situation. you expect for a fun night out with the girls, a bachelorette party. it turns into a very tragic situation. i called the california highway patrol earlier this month.

they said they won't be able to determine an official cause for that fire until the vehicle inspection is done. that's expected to be completed some time later today. but when i spoke to the chp yesterday, christine, they told me they believe the fire started somewhere outside of the passenger area of the vehicle, perhaps even underneath the limousine or in the back in the trunk. now, over the weekend at the scene, one of the chp officers that responded to the incident said they were still searching for many answers. >> the driver was able to get out. some good samaritans did stop and assist and try to pull people from the fire, but unfortunately, it's just an unfortunate situation. we have no idea what actually happened yet. everything, like i said, is still under investigation. >> now, cnn has repeatedly reached out to the limousine company, limostop inc. we've left messages, we've tried to call. they have not called us back, unfortunately, but they did release a statement to the media. part of that read "limostop inc. will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the

cause of this fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families." as we mentioned, there were nine women altogether in the limousine. five of them did die there at the scene and four were able to get out along with the limousine driver. christine? >> and authorities and the witnesses say, nick, that it just went so fast, the whole thing happened so fast. have we heard any word from the survivors? >> they did release the names of the survivors, christine, and we tried calling them yesterday, getting in touch with them at the hospital. we were unsuccessful. but earlier yesterday, our affiliate ktvu caught up with one of the mothers of one of the survivors. her name is rosita. take a listen to what she had to say. >> we did not sleep, both of us crying and celebrate a friend's

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welcome back. syria vowing this morning to exact revenge on israel after a series of massive explosions rocked damascus sunday. the syrians say the israelis are targeting a military research facility just outside their capital and they claim jerusalem, jerusalem has joined

forces with al qaeda. more from cnn's fred polierik pleitgen in damascus. >> reporter: it's absolute mayhem in damascus. we were woken up in the middle of the night for massive explosions that went on for more than an hour, and there was so much explosions, so much gunfire, that people that live near that area actually thought there was a major battle going on there until they found out that it was probably a rocket strike by the israelis. it was at around 3:00 a.m. local time that gigantic explosions lit up the skies over damascus. one deafening blast after another, it went on for more than an hour, rocking a large military area in the suburbs of syria's capital and prompting terrified nearby residents to run for cover. this family lives a little over a mile away. daughter anna tells me what happened. >> after the first two bombs, we kept hearing explosions. there were like nine of them, because everything kept

exploding over and over again. we can hear gunshots, we can hear people screaming. so, basically, we didn't know what to do. >> reporter: in the second alleged israeli air strike in three days, the government says the latest target was a research facility. the opposition says it was an ammunition depot. in an exclusive interview with cnn, syria's deputy foreign minister said syria would retaliate at its own time and way. >> this is an alliance, i mean, between al qaeda and israel attacking together syria. it chose common interests. and what israel and its allies have tried to hide for a long time is this. when they attack, this is a declaration of war. >> reporter: israel has neither confirmed nor denied the attack, but if the violent uprising against the regime of bashar al assad drags on, israel is

becoming increasingly worried about their chemical stockpiles and is convinced the regime is trying to shift weapons to hezbollah, a group israel and other countries have declared a terrorist organization. >> until now, the information

lebanon war, some of those things, such as gasoline, were taken out in tankers to a much safer, secure place, where rockets they did not believe could access. so, that has been requested, though the government has not actually ended up doing that. they are watching and waiting. but we do know, as i told you, two antiair defense missile batteries have been put on the border with lebanon. >> sara sidner live in haifa for us this morning, thank you very much. >> it is 18 minutes after the hour. let's get you up to date this morning. there doesn't want to be abt

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backlash over a burial. the family of tamerlan tsarnaev claimed his body but can't find anywhere to bury the suspected bomber. violence on the soccer field turns deadly. the referee who was punched by a player during a game has died of his injuries. and a runaway mom is on the run no more. an update on the bizarre tale on

the area said that they will not bury him? yeah, the cemeteries, excuse me. >> reporter: right. the director of the funeral home, zoraida, says he cannot find one cemetery of all the ones that he has contacted who is willing to participate in the burial of tamerlan tsarnaev, not one. now, last night, the city of cambridge, where tamerlan used to live, issued a statement, went that far to do it, and said this. i'm going to read from it. "the difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests and widespread media

presence at such an interment." that's from the city of cambridge saying it wants nothing to do with it. now, tsarnaev's uncle spent sunday at the funeral home preparing tamerlan's body for burial according to islamic tradition. he says, after all, since he lived here for ten years, tamerlan did, there is no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to be buried here, and he can't understand it. >> i'm left alone to deal with this matter, and i also stress that tamerlan tsarnaev has no other place to be buried and there is no other place who would accept his body. and reasoning to it would be that he lived in america, he grew up here and last ten years he resided here in cambridge. >> reporter: now, for his part,

the funeral director says he's tired of all the protesters who have been setting up shop outside his home for several days now. >> american, you're a traitor. i'm getting sick and tired. they're all cowards. if you want to call me, give me your name and i'll talk to you. the thing is, we have to bury this guy, whoever it is, wherever he is, in this country, we bury people. i don't care who it is. >> reporter: but so far, no solution here. now, the funeral director says he might reach out to the governor today to see what, if anything, he might be able to do, zoraida? >> susan, you also have a new development in the case of one of the three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev. what's happening there? >> reporter: right. well, early this afternoon, this is robel phillipos, and he's the american friend, one of the jailed students accused of obstruction of justice, and in phillipos's case, lying to investigators about whether they went to dzhokhar's dorm room

after they knew that the police were looking for him. so, he is in court asking for the judge to set bail for him. he said he's willing to get a home monitoring system so that she can st he can stay in place, but he said that he simply made a mistake and wants to be out on bail until the trial takes place. zoraida? >> all right. and some of the boston bombing victims, we understand, were visited by a very special guest over the weekend. can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right. that's gabby giffords, who was here to pay a visit to them with her husband. and she posted some photographs of her visiting with some of the patients who are recovering at some of the rehab centers. she said they deserve a profile encourage award, which is why gabby giffords happened to be in town this day. she received the jfk profile encourage award herself over the weekend. >> so, it looks like she lifted some spirits there, which is always nice to see. susan candiotti live for us in boston. thank you very much. a heartbreaking update this

morning to a story we've been following. 46-year-old ricardo portillo, a soccer referee, a father of three, has lost his fight for life after calling a foul on a player. here's stephanie elum. >> reporter: at a vigil sunday evening in salt lake city, members of the community came together to remember a dedicated family man. >> he took a part of me with him. he took my daddy away from me. >> reporter: police say soccer referee ricardo portillo probably never saw the blow coming, the blow that would ultimately end his life. >> i'm in shock, because besides a ref, he's a friend of mine. >> reporter: it happened during an april 27th match for a recreational soccer league just outside salt lake city. after portillo called a foul on a 17-year-old goalie. >> the goalie pushed one of the forwards from the back. >> reporter: the goalie retaliated by punching the 46-year-old referee in the head. >> when he was writing down his notes, he just came out of

nowhere and punched him. >> reporter: portillo was taken to the hospital with what was believed to be a minor injury, but doctors found that he had suffered serious internal head injuries, police said, and lapsed into a coma. after a week in that condition, he died saturday night. johana portillo, the referee's eldest daughter, had spoken with cnn's jake tapper the day before he died. she told him her father had lived for his three daughters and for soccer. >> his passion was, you know, being there the whole weekend, just refereeing. he loved soccer. and it was just really bad. we never thought that this was going to happen. he loved what he did and it was his passion. >> reporter: the family knew the chance of recovery was slim. >> the doctor says only a miracle will bring my daddy back. >> reporter: the teen who's not being identified because of his age was arrested two days after the soccer field incident on preliminary charges of aggravated assault, charges that will likely be upgraded now that

portillo has died. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> thanks to stephanie there. we're following new developments in the manhunt for a killer of an 8-year-old california girl. leila fowler was killed in her home last week. the search has moved from ground to water with dive teams searching two reservoirs in calaveras county. >> it's blackwater diving and they're searching the bottom of the ponds with their hands. because obviously, in murky water conditions, they cannot see where they're going, so the tinders on the shore holding the rope will guide them through the water. >> investigators are also canvassing neighborhood residences for any possible lead in leila fowler's death. if you have any information, you are urged to call police. new developments in the story of that pennsylvania mom who was declared dead after disappearing 11 years ago. brenda heist is very much alive and now investigators are starting to piece together how she ended up in the gainesville, florida, area. they say it appears she hitch-hiked with strangers to

the florida keys in 2002. beyond that, it gets murky. >> she hasn't given us any indication of how she got here from the keys, and also, as her address on the booking sheet, she listed homeless. so, it's a mystery how she got from here to there, or from there to here. >> according to affiliate wcjb, heist told police she lived under bridges and skavaged food from trash and pand handling. a teenager too sick to make it to her high school prom had the prom come to her. 18-year-old taylor haberman suffers from a rare heart disorder and had been hospitalized for months waiting for a transplant when a patient support group called street light heard her story and stepped in to set up a make-shift prom in one of the hospital's conference rooms. >> she missed some other functions at school, so prom was one of the two things we were shooting for. >> i'm very excited. i can't wait. it's going to be a good night!

>> it is. it's going to be the best night. >> best night. >> priceless. just to see her smile and be happy and her spirits to be so up. >> next up for taylor, graduation day on june 1st, and she says she plans to be there. good luck to you, taylor. >> yeah, for street light for doing that, right? 38 minutes past the hour. the jodi arias trial has captured the attention of many, not just for the testimony but also because the jury was allowed to ask questions. does this unusual arizona law actually help the jurors? that story when "early start" continues. uh-huh. honey, i got this.

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the hands of a jury. in just a few hours, deliberations in the murder trial will resume. arias is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend nearly five years ago, claiming it was self-defense. arias herself spent 18 days on that witness stand answering questions from the lawyers and from the jurors. arizona just one of three states that allows that. cnn's ted rowlands has more on that part of the story. >> why is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> reporter: some of the toughest questions for jodi arias and the other witnesses in her murder trial were from the jury. >> why should we believe you now? >> reporter: jurors who can ask anything they like had more than 200 questions for arias, putting them in this wire basket for the judge to read. >> what is your understanding of the word skank? >> reporter: james carano says asking questions helps him and his fellow jurors decide the fate of david anthony, who was sentenced to arizona's death row last year for killing his wife and two step children. >> our questions were basically down to earth, heartfelt

questions. we wanted to be able to separate fact from fiction. >> i think it would have been useful to be able to ask questions. >> reporter: ricardo enriquez has served as a juror in arizona five times, including the first murder trial of music producer phil spector that ended in a hung jury. >> at this time, i will find that the jury is unable to arrive at a verdict and declare a mistrial. >> reporter: enriquez thinks asking questions could have helped. >> the defense experts were asking us to sort of suspend common sense and physics, and it would have been helpful for at least to come back and question some of the details that they were trying explain to us. >> reporter: besides arizona, colorado and indiana are the only other states where jurors have the right to ask questions. most states leave it up to judges. five states, minnesota, georgia, mississippi, nebraska and texas, actually have laws prohibiting jurors from asking questions. this jury consultant travels between her home outside phoenix and courtrooms across the country.

she's been helping clients pick juries for nearly 30 years, including the one that acquitted o.j. simpson on murder charges. she thinks arizona's example should be followed by every state. >> i do think that the jurors are much more engaged in the process because they know that they're actually part of the process. they're not just kind of sitting there like bumps on the log waiting until the judge says, okay, now i've read you the jury instructions, you can go back and deliberate. >> reporter: jurors here have asked more than 500 questions of jodi arias and the other witnesses in this trial. the answers to those questions will ultimately help them decide whether or not jodi arias is guilty of murder. ted rowlands, cnn, phoenix. >> so interesting to hear them ask those questions, you know, read by the judge, of course, but see sort of what they were thinking. >> oh, yeah. their questions are really interesting. still ahead, a new struggle for tamerlan tsarnaev's family. why they cannot find a graveyard that is willing to take the suspected terrorist's body. [ male announcer ] with wells fargo advisors envision planning process, it's easy to follow the progress you're making

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welcome back to "early start." 47 minutes past the hour. let's get you up to date. the body of suspected boston bomber, tamerlan tsarnaev, is in limbo this morning. there's not a cemetery anywhere near boston that seems willing to take his body. his uncle wants him buried in cambridge, but the town is refusing. the city manager says "the difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversity impacted by the turmoil, protests and widespread media presence at such an interment." the u.s. is demanding that an american citizen sentenced to 15 years in a north korean labor camp be released. so far, north korea hasn't budged, and state-run media there says kenneth bae's case is not a political bargaining chip. they say he confessed to various crimes aimed at state subversion. a baptist church near dallas had a different kind of message

saturday. it offered a concealed handgun class in the sanctuary. the class was free for anyone who met state eligibility requirements, and the texas house passed a bunch of gun bills over the weekend. one of them could put arm eed martials in public schools. the rolling stones back on the road banging out one song after another on the 50th anniversary tour. they kicked off the north american leg in los angeles. gwen stefani and others made guest appearances. by the way, mick jagger turns 70 this summer. oscar-winning actress reese witherspoon is tipping her hat to the atlanta police department. she was cited wearing a cap with the police logo in l.a. over the weekend. do you have the picture? quite a change considering this run-in with the department. >> i'm a u.s. citizen. i'm allowed to stand on american ground and ask any question i want to ask. >> go ahead. >> you'd better not arrest me. >> yes, ma'am. >> are you kidding me? >> nope. i told you -- >> i'm an american citizen. >> i told you to get in the car

and stay in there, didn't i? >> this is beyond. this is beyond. >> how many times have you seen that video? she pleaded no contest to obstruction and was fined. her husband pleaded guilty and paid a fine and agreed to an alcohol education program and community service, and he is also on probation for a year. all right, let's head now to lindsay lohan coming clean to cnn's piers morgan days before starting her court-ordered rehab. the 26-year-old told him she smoked pot, has taken ecstasy, but only tried cocaine a few times. here are a few other quotes, "i've never been a huge drinker," "constantly sending me to rehab is pointless," i've never been a junkie and never will be," and "everybody thinks i'm this crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything and behaves badly, but i'm not. i'm bad with timing." lohan started rehab last week at the betty ford clinic. >> if i were her publicist or lawyer, i would say stop talking. >> if she is doing court-appointed rehab instead of

jail and she says rehab is pointless, if you're the judge -- >> why don't you go to jail? >> why don't you just go to jail, lady? emergency officials in the southeast are keeping close tabs on rivers and creeks that could come out of their banks. some of the most widespread flooding is along black creek near jacksonville, florida. all right, it may not be over for that region as well. let's check with jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. good morning, jennifer. >> good morning, ladies. happy to report the heaviest rainfall is over for parts of florida, but over the weekend in the southeast we have been dealing with really just torrential downpours. look at some of those rainfall totals, more than 4 inches, and some locations, they were record-breaking. now, we still have flood warnings and watches in place anywhere you see them in green, but a lot of those are going to expire later today. so, we are dealing with some minor flooding across parts of georgia as well as into alabama, but we are not done with the rain yet. here is our upper low spinning right on top of the border of alabama as well as into georgia, and that rain now is going to be spreading up towards the north more. you're going to see it affecting

parts of the ohio valley as well as into south and north carolina, you can see where some of the heavier bands are. but up towards the northeast, another beautiful day is on the way. i'm telling you, you guys have been spoiled by the nice weather over the last couple days. as we go into the future, i want to show you where the heaviest rainfall will be, right along the rocky mountains. we'll see potential for flooding there, some of the locations 2 to 4 inches, and of course, that could be potentially some dangerous situations setting up throughout the afternoon. i want to point out over towards the west coast, the pacific northwest is going to be nice and warm today. some beneficial rainfall has been moving through parts of california. those wildfires now 60% contained. here's a look at your high temperatures today. upper 60s for the northeast, 80s down towards the south. i have to tell you guys, you guys have been spoiled by the nice weather. sunshine all weekend for you, too. >> we are loving it. thank you. all right, ahead on "early start," it was a big day for reality tv star honey boo boo and her mother, june. plus, "iron man 3" takes off at box office and what else is

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welcome back to "early start." 56 minutes past the hour. trending online this morning, honey boo boo's mom and dad are now measured. june shannon and thompson tied the knot over the weekend in their georgia hometown. guests were told to show up in full redneck attire and not bring cell phones or cameras. mike and june met nine years ago in an online chat room. all right, from the tanning booth to the recording booth,

tanning mom patricia krentcil is trying to extend her moment in the sun. >> how can we forget her? >> she's releasing a rap single. a clip of the song "it's tan mom" is on tmz. ♪ i'm hotter than the octomom, the world can't trash me now ♪ ♪ i want you to back away, get away from me every day ♪ >> i predict that's going to be playing all over the place. >> grammy award? i don't know. the song is available on itunes starting today. and blockbuster beginning for "iron man 3." it racked up more than $175 million this weekend, the second biggest opening ever. the superhero prequel is surpassed only by "the avengers." in its domestic debut last spring, including its overseas take, "iron man 3" has already made $683 million worldwide.

i can't wait to see it. >> that's a lot of movie tickets. >> yes. to check out our other top cnn trends, check out cnn.com/trends. >> and "saturday night live" with your late-night laughs. >> hello there. good to be here, good to be here. >> you seem really happy. >> of course i'm happy. it's almost summertime. pretty soon, i'll be back in louisiana drinking sweet tea on the porch with my high school buddy, alligator joe. >> now, why do you call him alligator joe? >> because he's an alligator, seth! >> so, james, what do you make of the recent defeat of background checks in congress, despite the fact that 90% of americans support the measure? >> seth, let me start by saying i have nothing against guns, and i'm not just saying that because i look like a bullet! you've got to have background checks, seth. i mean, if this guy can walk out of a gun store without answering some questions, something has

gone wrong. i mean, they make me answer five questions at the deli. >> senator tom coburn recently put forth a bill that said people can do their own self background checks. what do you think about that? >> seth, doing your own background checks makes about as much sense as doing your own prostate exam. sure, it sounds like a simple solution, but if you don't have a medical degree, you're just a guy with his finger up his butt. >> "seriearly start" continues t now. not in our town. the family of tamerlan tsarnaev looks for a burial plot, but the city where they want to bury him says, nope, look someplace else. a bachelorette party turns into tragedy. five women, including the bride-to-be, killed as their limo goes up in flames. a shark takes a bite out of his leg, but this teenage surfer keeps his cool. good morning. welcome to "early start." this morning. i'm christine romans. john berman has this monday morning off. >> yes, he does. i'm zoraida sambolin.

it's just about 6:00 a.m. in the east. so, dead or alive, it seems tamerlan tsarnaev can't find his place in this world. two weeks after he was killed in a shoot-out with police, the suspected boston marathon has n. his relatives want him laid to rest in cambridge, but town officials will not hear of it. susan sand yotty is live from boston this morning. susan, while tsarnaev's relatives are trying to figure out what to do with his corpse, investigators were back at the bombing suspect's apartment over the weekend. is that correct? >> that's right, zoraida. the fbi spent hours back at tamerlan tsarnaev's apartment. the place where he is suspected of building the bombs used in the terror attack. and so as the fbi searches for answers and evidence, there is still no answer about where tsarnaev will be buried, because no cemetery wants to get involved. >> back to russia. >> reporter: for days protesters

outside a worcester funeral home making it clear suspected bomber tamerlan tsarnaev is as hated as much dead as he would be alive. one sign reads, bury the garbage, but not in perk. his remains in limbo at a funeral home, much to the chagrin of its director. >> the thing is we have to bury this guy. whatever it is, whoever he is, in this country, we bury people. i don't care who they are. >> so far not a single cemetery will take tsarnaev's remains. his uncle from maryland, who in the days after the bombing called his two nephews losers, spent sunday at a funeral home to cleanse and shroud the body as required by islamic faith. >> i'm left alone to deal with this matter. i was so stressed that tamerlan tsarnaev has no other place to be buried. >> reporter: president kennedy's assassin lee harvey oswald is birried in the dallas area. home groan oklahoma city terrorist bomber timothy

mcveigh's ashes were scattered after his execution. where remains a mystery. as for tsarnaev's widow, according to her in-law, she's steering clear of burial plans. her attorney says she's still cooperating with the fbi. on sunday fbi investigators wearing protective suits spent hours back at tsarnaev's home where a law enforcement source said bomb residue had earlier been found on the kitchen sink, table and bathtub. surviving bombing suspect dzhokhar told the fbi the bombs were built in that top-floor apartment. and a few hours from now one of the younger brothers' three jailed friends, american student robel phillipos will ask a federal judge to set him free on bail pending trial. he's accused of lying to investigators about going to dzhokhar's dorm room. two other students from kazakhstan are accused of ditchen evidence.

back to the funeral director. he said he plans on reaching out to the governor of this state sometime today asking for help. but what kind of help that would be remains unclear. we reached out to the governor's press secretary last night but she had no comment. and also the city of cambridge issuing a statement on a sunday night saying it wants no involvement and is calling on the federal government to somehow play a role. what that would be, zoraida, is unclear, as well. >> we kind of understand how the people there feel. let's end on a positive note here. some of the victims of the bombing got a really special visit over the weekend. can you tell us about that? >> oh, yes they got a visit from gabrielle giffords. gabby giffords came to the rehab center and spent some time, she and her husband, with some of the victims who are recovering, recuperating. what a lift it gave them, you can imagine. in fact giffords posted on her facebook that all of these victims, and survivors, deserve a profile in courage award.

zoraida? >> sun shiny smiles speak volumes. susan candiotti live in boston. three minutes past the hour. new some shocking images to show you. there's a vintage plane going down during an air show in madrid. it's very graphic. thousands of people were watching in horror. take a look there. the plane crashed into a building. then it exploded. look at that. into a huge fireball. the pilot was killed. several people on the ground were also injured. the victim was an experienced pilot who worked as an assistant to spain's defense minister. the cause of the crash is under investigation. investigators this morning trying to figure out how a limousine suddenly burst into flames killing five people headed to a bachelorette party, including the bride-to-be. you're looking at new video of the fire just released overnight. you can see flames shooting out the back, smoke going out the front. the limo was driving nine women saturday night in northern california when it started

burning. the driver and four other women managed to escape. cnn's nick valencia following this store prip do we know anything about the house of this fire? >> i spoke to the california highway patrol earlier this morning. they said the official cause of the fire will not be determined until the vehicle is fully inspected. that's expected to be completed later on today when i spoke to them earlier they said they believe the fire started outside of the his seen, either underneath the limo or maybe even in the trunk. new details have emerged this morning from local media outlets, the san francisco chronicle reporting some of the time line of the event. they say the women in the back smell smoke and tapped on the limo driver's window to moat fie him but he misunderstood. he thought they were asking if they could smoke in the back. those were crucial seconds that were missed and an opportunity for him to pull over earlier now he pulled over eventually and some of the women were able to get out. but the fire spread very quickly, and engulfed the entire back end, as you see there in

the aerial shots from our affiliate. the entire back end of the limousine. they were just four minutes away from their final destination, if you can believe it. san francisco chronicle also reporting that the groom of the bride-to-be was waiting at the hotel room for the group of nurses. they were a group of nurses traveling in this limousine, for them to arrive back at the hotel. now we tried repeatedly to get in touch with the limousine company. they have not returned our phone calls. but they did release a statement to the media. i want to read part of that statement. they said limo stop inc. will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of this fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families. just a terrible and very tragic situation, a bachelorette party and the unexpected happened there. fatal fire in a limousine. >> have we heard from any of the survivors? how are they recovering? >> they were transported to two different area hospitals. we tried to get in touch with them. they did not take our calls. but one of the affiliates in the

area, kcvu caught up with the mother of one of the survivors. >> spoke to the coroner's office yesterday, christine and they told me that those that were killed in the fire, their bodies were so severely charred that it could take several days before they're positively identified. >> all right, nick valencia, thank you. seven minutes past the hour. an investigation under way this morning into a woman's fatal fall off of a party boat. 26-year-old jamie frecks was on the boat saturday night in kansas city when she fell through the emergency door and onto interstate 35. police say three vehicles hit her. she died at the scene. no one else was hurt here. she leaves behind a 6-week-old baby and a fiancee. still no arrest more than a week after the murder of

8-year-old leila fowler who was stabbed to death in her home. investigators knocking on doors in calaveras county, california, looking for possible witnesses and now dive teams are searching two nearby reservoirs for evidence. >> it's blackwater diving and they're searching the bottom of the ponds with their hands. because obviously in murky water conditions they cannot see where they're going, so the tenders on the shore holding the rope will guide them through the water. >> if you have any information you're urged to call police. and new developments in the story of the pennsylvania mother who was declared dead after disappearing eleven years ago. brenda heist is very much alive, and now investigators are starting to try to piece together how she ended up in the gainesville, florida, area. they say it appears that she hitchhiked with strangers to the florida keys that was back in 2002. beyond that it gets murky. >> she hasn't given us any indication of how she got here from the keys, and also, as her address on the booking sheet, she listed homeless.

so, it's a mystery how she got from here to there, or from there to here. >> i bet her family has a lot of questions. according to affiliate wcjb, heist told police she lived under bridges and scavenged food from trash and panhandling. a teenager sharing his story after shaping from a shark. he is recovering from surgery, surgery that included 20 stitches to repair tendons in his foot. here's what he said happened saturday morning after the coast of central florida. >> caught one of my last waves in, and i kicked off the wave and i was off my board. when i went to go back on the board, the shark bit me right in the foot and i immediately tried to yank it out. >> yank it out. >> no big deal. >> doctors expect him to make a full recovery. >> wow. amazing. all right, nine minutes past the hour. coming up, massive airstrikes near damascus and now syria is pointing the finger at israel

and warning that new violence opens the door to all options. we're live in that region coming up next. this might get bumpy.

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good monday morning. welcome back. syria reeling from a series of devastating air strikes, vowing to exact revenge on israel this morning. the syrians say it's the israelis who are targeting a military research facility just outside their capital and they claim jerusalem has joined forces with al qaeda. more from fred pleitgen in damascus. >> it was absolute mayhem in damascus we were woken up in the middle of the night by moosive booms and the explosions really lit up the night. all of this went on for more than an hour and there were so many explosions, so much gunfire, that people that live near that area actually thought there was a major battle going on in the outskirts until later they found out it was probably an israeli attack on a military facility. it was at around 3:00 a.m. local time that gigantic explosions lit up the skies over damascus. one deafening blast after another, it went on for more than an hour, rocking a large

military area in the suburbs of syria's capital and prompting terrified nearby residents to run for cover. this family lives a little over a mile away. daughter anna tells me what happened. >> after the first two bombs, we kept hearing explosions. there were like nine of them, because everything kept exploding over and over again. we can hear gunshots, we can hear people screaming. so, basically, we didn't know what to do. >> reporter: in the second alleged israeli air strike in three days the syrian government says the latest target was a military research facility. the opposition says it was an ammunition depot. in an exclusive interview with cnn, syria's deputy foreign minister said syria would retaliate at its own time and way. >> this is an alliance, i mean, between al qaeda and israel attacking together syria. it shows common interests.

and what israel and its allies have tried to hide for a long time is this. when they attack, this is a declaration of war. >> reporter: israel has neither confirmed nor denied the attack, but as the violent uprising against the regime of bashar al assad drags on, israel has become increasingly worried about syria's chemical weapons stock piles and believes the regime is trying to shift conventional weapons to hezbollah, an extremist group that the united states and other countries have declared a terrorist organization. >> until now, the information is not very clear on what happened. did they fire missiles or planes? it's not clear for me because i'm not aware of how it happened, but of course, it's worrying, but israel will suffer the same. >> reporter: now the syrian government has said it will retaliate against israel but they told us at this point they would not say when or how that's going to happen.

>> our thanks to our fred pleitgen for that report. the syrians didn't take long to go public with their accusations and threats. but the israelis won't even confirm that they are actually behind the bombing. sara sidner is live from haifa, israel this morning. what are the israelis hoping to accomplish here, sarah? >> again, as you mention, they have not confirmed or denied any of the accusations that israel struck inside of syria. if they did this would be the second time in three days and the third time this year that targets inside syria would have been struck by israeli warplanes. what we can tell you is that the line from israel officials has long been that they will not allow any weapons of mass destruction or very serious conventional weapons, very dangerous conventional weapons like surface-to-air missiles to move from syria's regime into the hands of hezbollah. a group that is in lebanon, that is known to be backed by iran, and that iran -- israel and the united states both believe is a

terrorist organization. they've said that time and again. so you can infer that if, indeed, israel did strike inside of syria that they were trying to stop that transfer of weapons or their belief that those weapons were going to be transferred to hezbollah, which is in lebanon, and shares a border here with israel. zoraida? >> sara, israeli prime minister netanyahu met with his security cabinet on sunday. can we infer anything from that? do we think that more attacks are imminent? >> it is very hard to say. no information was leaked out of that meeting. we do know that the prime minister has left to go to a planned trip in to china. it would be very unusual, according to analysts who have looked at what has happened in the past history here, that the prime minister would leave the country if they did believe that an open war was imminent. but really, we cannot say the situation, obviously, is going to be one that is uncertain, because they're not sure whether or not there might be some kind of a response from syria, which

is saying they will respond, but won't say when or how. or perhaps from hezbollah, who has long supported syria, and been supported by syria, who is on the lebanese border. and that is where we are right now. the mayor of this town, haifa, has said that they have also asked for israel to look at what kind of plans this city needs to make if, indeed, there are strikes coming over the border. zoraida? >> sara sidner live in haifa for us this morning. thank you. 18 minutes after the hour now. let's get you up to date. there is not a cemetery near boston that seems willing to take the body of suspected marathon bomber tamerlan tsarnaev. his uncle wants him buried in cambridge but the town is refusing and several other cemeteries in the area have also rejected his body. a baptist church near dallas had a different kind of message this weekend. it offered a concealed handgun class in the sanctuary. the class was free for anyone who met state eligibility requirements. >> there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world. >> school shootings, and movie theater shootings. you just never know what's going

to happen. >> i want to be able to protect myself and protect my friends and family. >> the texas house passed a bunch of gun bills over the weekend. one of them could put armed marshals in public schools. and lindsay lohan coming clean to cnn's piers morgan days before starting her court ordered rehab. so she's told us she smoked pot and taken ecstasy but only tried cocaine a few times. here are a few other quotes from her. i've never been a huge drinker. constantly sending me to rehab is pointless. i've never been a junkie, and never will be. and everyone thinks i'm this crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything and behaves so badly. but i'm not. i'm bad with timing. lohan started her 90-day rehab last week at the betty ford clinic. >> rehab instead of jail. but she already declared rehab doesn't work for her, it's pointless. i don't know if the judge can take a look at that interview. the biebs atabbed by a fan. a hard core belieber attacks the pop star during his show.

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for more information including cost support options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. backlash over a burial. the family of tamerlan tsarnaev have claimed the body but they've not found a place to bury the suspected bomber. violence on the soccer feerld. the referee is dead after a player punches him in the head during a game. >> and at a house of worship, gun safety classes. we'll tell you why. welcome back to "early start" i'm christine romans. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. john berman is off today and today is monday, may 6th. 29 minutes past the hour. so let's get started here. two weeks after dying in a shoot-out with police, boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev still has not been buried. and there may not be a cemetery in massachusetts, perhaps even in america, that is willing to give him a final resting place.

tsarnaev's uncle says he should be buried in cambridge, but the town, they just won't hear of it, insisting that the people already buried there deserve to rest in peace. susan candiotti is live from boston with the latest details on this new struggle. susan? >> hi, zoraida. and certainly on a singular or one-to-one basis not everyone in the boston area is objecting to the burial of tamerlan tsarnaev here. but nevertheless, no cemetery, no burial plot for him as yet. and you have a funeral director wondering what he's supposed to do next. now the city of cambridge on sunday went so far as to issue a statement about this saying it doesn't want to play a role in the burial either. it reads in part, quote, the difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and widespread media presence at such an interment.

in the meantime the uncle of tamerlan tsarnaev spent sunday at the funeral home, preparing the body for a burial if they can find a cemetery plot. he cannot understand why, he says, tamerlan spent ten years living in the area, why he shouldn't be allowed to be buried here. >> i'm left alone to deal with this matter, and i also stress that tamerlan tsarnaev has no other place to be buried and there is no other place who would accept his body. and reasoning to it would be that he lived in america, he grew up here and last ten years he resided here in cambridge. >> the uncle there, right, having to deal with all of this,

saying he's left to try to figure it out. let's turn back to the investigation. there's a bail hearing today for a friend of dzhokhar tsarnaev, one of the three arrested after the bombing. what do we expect to happen today? >> that's right. well he is the one who is charged with lying to investigators about going to the dorm room of the suspect in this case, dzhokhar. and removing items from that dorm room that they later found in a landfill. so he's charged with lying. he is asking the court, this american-born student, to allow him to be granted bail pending trial. whether he will get that, it's unclear what the government's position will be on this. but he maintains that he is not going to run away, and that he doesn't pose any safety or security threat to this area, zoraida. >> and susan, we see that you're standing right there by the memorial. you actually met one of the victims. it was her first time outside of the hospital. can you tell us about that? >> that's right.

her mother took her out for some fresh air after leaving the rehab hospital, and she told me that this adrianne haslett davis who is the dance instructor who lost part of her left foot in the bombing and she said when she came by and saw the memorial she couldn't believe how many people recognized her, and wanted to hug her, hold her hand, and pose for photographs with her. i asked her what that must have felt like. >> after seeing the memorial and seeing people there and seeing the respect, and hearing people tell me that i was an inspiration, that everyone all over the country, an inspiration, that the other people that are still in recovery could be here right now seeing it with me. they deserve to see it. >> and for those who recognized her, it was a real thrill. and it was for us, too, to see her here. zoraida? >> yeah, it's nice to see her out and about. i guess she didn't realize that

she's a household face and name, right? >> that's right. she can't believe the outpouring of support she has had. she's very positive, a very, very optimistic person. we hope that she will do well. >> we certainly do. susan candiotti live in boston for us, thank you. update on a heartbreaking story we've been following, 46-year-old ricardo portillo, soccer referee, father of three, losing his fight for life after calling a foul on a player. here's stephanie elam. >> at a vigil sunday night in salt lake city, members of the community came together to remember a dedicated family man. >> he took my daddy away from me. >> police say soccer referee ricardo portillo probably never saw the blow coming. the blow that would ultimately end his life. >> i'm in shock, because besides a ref, he's a friend of mine. >> reporter: it happened during an april 27th match for a recreational soccer league just outside salt lake city.

after portillo called a foul on a 17-year-old goalie. >> the goalie pushed one of the forwards from the back. >> reporter: the goalie retaliated by punching the 46-year-old referee in the head. >> when he was writing down his notes, he just came out of nowhere and punched him. >> reporter: portillo was taken to the hospital with what was believed to be a minor injury, but doctors found that he had suffered serious internal head injuries, police said, and lapsed into a coma. after a week in that condition, he died saturday night. johana portillo, the referee's eldest daughter, had spoken with cnn's jake tapper the day before he died. she told him her father had lived for his three daughters and for soccer. >> his passion was, you know, being there the whole weekend, just refereeing. he loved soccer. and it was just really bad. we never thought that this was going to happen. he loved what he did and it was his passion. >> reporter: the family knew the chance of recovery was slim.

>> the doctor says only a miracle will bring my daddy back. >> reporter: the teen who's not being identified because of his age was arrested two days after the soccer field incident on preliminary charges of aggravated assault, charges that will likely be upgraded now that portillo has died. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> 36 minutes past the hour. new clashes overnight between police and islamic protesters in the capital city of bangladesh. authorities say at least 15 people were killed in the violence in dhaka. dozens more were wounded. demonstrators are demanding the government implement an anti-blasphemy law. meantime the death toll from last week's building collapse in bangladesh now stands at 657. >> and the government is actually considering some new sort of safeguards because critics are saying it's modern slavery in those factories. factories that, you know, the -- the audience, the target demographics for what's made in those factories is us, uk, europe and american consumers. so -- >> such horrific --

>> wet week -- >> i know. >> a wet weekend means emergency officials keeping close tabs on rivers and creeks that could come out of their banks. some of the most widespread flooding is near jacksonville, florida. >> let's check in with jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. what can you tell us? >> hi, christina. hi, zoraida. we are looking at some of the rainfall totals over the weekend. for florida they are going to get a break from the heavier rain fall but for parts of the tennessee valley, georgia, alabama, they picked up a tremendous amount of rainfall over the weekend. some locations four to six inches of rainfall. that's why right now we do have some flood warnings and watches in place. a lot of these areas in green are going to expire later today. but still looking at some minor flooding in some of those rivers. now, that rain is coming down on the radar. the radar has been giving some action out there and right alone the border of alabama, as well as in to georgia you see precipitation working through and then it spreads up towards the north affecting parts of the ohio valley. that's where we're going to see

the rain today, really going to kind of stop right in northern parts of p.a. and then eventually that rain works in to parts of new england, as well as in to the northeast as we move into wednesday. on the wider view for today, this is where the rain will be, another 2 to 4 inches in some spots. ridge of high pressure, and then south and then for california, they're still getting some showers out there. that's good news for the fires that are burning. we're at a 50% containment. high temperatures today, in the 70s, as well as in the 60s. still very cool in the south, and speaking of the south, and of course, you have the big race at talledega, had some images for you of the rain. of course the rain caused a lot of problems out there. there were delays of nearly 3 1/2 hours. luckily they have that new air titan system and this is the super blow dreier basically and it speeds up the drying time by 80%. a lot of upumbrellas. the good news is the new dryer has a smaller carbon footprint. >> the super blow dry er.

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turns out iron man does have a super power. he's a box office magnet. the latest installment "iron man 3" had a blockbuster opening weekend earning more than $175 million. >> cha-ching. cnn's nischelle turner up with all the "iron man" buzz. good morning to you. >> breaking big records and i understand you saw it so you have all the perspective. >> some of that $175 million came out of my pocket. >> yesterday, afternoon, about 1:00 i have to tell you there were only two open seats in the theater that i went to on a sunday afternoon at 1:00.

i had a lot of company this weekend at the movies. it tore up the box office like you said. this is really impressive, considering this is the third "iron man" film because usually sequels don't quite keep pace with the first film in the series. this is the second biggest opening in history. that's when you talk about breaking records, behind only another movie featuring a whole stable of the marvel superheroes and that was "the avengers." to give you the sense of the domination, think about this for me. of the major movies in release, 83% of all the tickets sold this weekend, all of them, were for "iron man 3." that's the market share there. and 45% of all of those were for 3-d screens. now that's a sign that 3-d is alive, well, and not going anywhere and hollywood definitely likes that because at most theaters they charge more, of course, for those 3-d showings although my ticket was $15.50 and i didn't see it in 3-d. that drove up the box office here, as well. overall iron man 3 is well on its way to collecting more than listen to this a billion dollars

worldwide. combining what it made in north america this weekend, ladies, and all of the business overseas, it now stands at $680 million. that's how much it's made so far. >> here's a big question. i haven't seen one or two, will i enjoy three? >> oh, yeah you know it? that's the funny thing. i don't really think you have to have seen those movies the first two. you know the general gist of "iron man" and the fact that he's a superhero so you go in to it with that. there are some really great moments in this movie. all i have to say is ben kingsl kingsley, fantastic in this movie. and there's this little 8-year-old kid that steals every scene that he's in with robert downey jr. it's such a cute pairing i think they're really, really good together. it's a good one. it's a really good one. >> looks like a thumbs up, don't you think? >> a really good one says nischelle turner. >> thank you. could gray hair be gone for good one day? >> i hope so. >> we could be close to the day when you could rub something on your head and watch the gray fade away. >> does it come in a box?

anyway a new research report published in the online journal shows people who've gone gray actually accumulate hydrogen peroxide in their hair follicle which causes hair to bleach itself from the inside out but said it should be able to be treated with a topical cream that will return the hair to its original color. european researchers are testing out a process that appears to return gray hair to its original color, back to its roots. no word yet when this would be available. >> hmm. so it's activated by the sun. here's what i want to know. earlier we had said this was for men. i suspect that women also can use this. i know that i volunteer when something's new i always want to wait until they test it out and figure it out. >> what if you don't like your original hair color. >> then you have a problem. >> all right. 47 minutes past the hour, coming up a game of bumper cars turned into a spectacular 16-car pileup at talledega. all the highlights ahead.

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welcome back to "early start." 51 minutes past the hour. our top story this morning the corpse of suspected boston bomber tamerlan tsarnaev is in limbo this morning. there's not a cemetery anywhere near boston that seems willing to take his body. his uncle wants him buried in cambridge. the town is refusing, the city manager saying quote the difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the city of cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and widespread media presence at such an interment.

california highway authorities say they won't specific late on the cause of a deadly limousine fire until the charred vehicle is fully inspected. new video released overnight shows the limo fully engulfed on a bridge over san francisco bay. it was carrying nine women to a bachelorette party saturday night. five of those women were killed, including the bride-to-be. four others and the driver managed to escape. reports say the women were all nurses, they were just minutes from their destination when that limo burst into flames. four minutes away and the groom, said to be waiting at the hotel for them to arrive. and a baptist church near dallas had a different kind of message this weekend. it offered a concealed handgun class in the sanctuary. the class was free for anyone who met state eligibility requirements. >> there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world. >> school shootings, movie theater shootings. you just never know what's going to happen. >> i want to be able to protect myself and protect my friends and family. >> the texas house passed a bunch of gun bills over the weekend. one of them could put armed

marshals in public schools. >> it was an action packed weekend. >> it sure was. >> basketball, nascar, horse racing and baseball players dressed like star wars characters. >> andy scholes is here with this morning's "bleacher report." good morning. >> good morning, guys. it was a very busy weekend in the sports world. let's get things started with the big nascar race yesterday at talladega. after an over 3 1/2 hour rain delay, hln's own robin meade on hand, she kicks things off singing the national anthem. we saw a couple crashes in the race. a big one coming with just six laps to go here. kurt busch barrel rolls, ended up on top of ryan newman's car. luckily everyone would be okay. after the restart david ragan passes carl everett to take the checkered flag for his first win of the season. on saturday orb galloped its way through muddy churchill downs to win the kentucky derby. up next for orb is the preakness stakes on may 10th, which is the second leg of the triple crown.

later this morning, trainer shug mcgahee will join "starting point." the second round of the nba playoffs kicking off yesterday in the east, the knicks were looking to build on their first round win over the celtics but the pacers had other ideas. behind a balanced attack indiana built a commanding second half lead and held off to beat new york 102-95. interesting fact here the knicks have never won a playoff series after losing game one at home. well in the west, the top-seeded thunder were in trouble late in game one against the grizzlies. kevin durant came to the rescue. knocking down the clutch jump shot here with 11 sends to go. thunder win the game 93-91. sunday lebron james was named the league's mvp making him the youngest player to win the award four times. lebron was nearly the first unanimous mvp selection but gary washburn from the boston globe actually voted for carmelo anthony.

definitely a head scratcher there. but lebron isn't too worried about the voting process or winning individual awards. >> this really doesn't mean much to me. i'm humbled, and i'm happy about it, but i wish there were 15 of these up here, because i'm with a great group of guys that allow me to be the mvp. each and every night. >> all right. well may the force be with you. the toledo mud hens getting in the spirit of the may 4th holiday. they wore jerseys and fans came dressed as their favorite star wars. look at that chewbacca. there's darth vader with the light saber. guys this is pretty awesome. only been better if all the players wore storm troop costumes for the entire game. check out the kids. their favorite star wars costumes and the players with the chewbacca jerseys. the force maybe wasn't so strong with the mud hens this weekend.

they lost both games wearing those uniforms. unfortunately but still a lot of fun out there at the ball park. >> that looks so cool. >> andy scholes, thank you. it is 55 minutes past the hour. that is it for "early start." >> "starting point" begins right after this break. with free pacp from the united states postal service a budding artist can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ we'll do the rest. everybody has different ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal.

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good morning, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin on "starting point." it was supposed to be a night of celebration but it ended in horror. five women, including bride-to-be killed in a stunning limo fire. we're live with details about what went wrong there. >> then the family of the dead

boston bombing suspect struggling to bury his body as communities fight to keep him out. as a friend accused of helping the surviving suspect heads to court. what can we learn more about the terror attack? >> and israel accused of launching rocket attacks into syria with iran encouraging retaliation. will the u.s. be forced to respond? we're live in syria and israel, covering the story like no other network can. >> plus a teenage surfer swims for his life after a shark bites through his ankle ripping four tendons. so why does he call the experience pretty cool? you've got to hear this this monday may 6th, "starting point" begins right now. and on "starting point," this happened in an instant. the stretch limousine taking nine women to a bachelorette party suddenly became a death trap when it burst into flames. new video released overnight shows the limo engulfed on a bridge oversan francisco bay.