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. five of the passengers died,

four were able to escape. along with the limo driver. cnn's dan simon is following all of the developments for us. he is live in san mateo, california, what can you tell us, dan? >> well, good morning, zoraida. the main questions today, how exactly did that fire start? it seems to have broken out in the back of the limousine, and why wasn't everyone able to escape? and adding to this tragedy, the group was literally just minutes away from the hotel where they were planning to celebrate an upcoming wedding. it was supposed to be a night of celebration. a bachelorette party near san francisco for a woman getting married next month in the philippines. but as they crossed the san mateo bridge in a stretch limo saturday night they noticed smoke. >> we got calls of smoke coming from the limousine. the limousine pulled over, and then all of a sudden it became engulfed in flames. >> reporter: there were ten people in the limo, including the driver. he, and four women in the party escaped. five others, including the bride-to-be, did not.

they died in the flames. so badly burned it's reported that dental records will be needed to make positive i.d.s. >> the driver was able to get out, and good samaritans did stop and assist and try to pull people from the fire. >> reporter: the mother of one of those who survived distraught but relieved. >> crying and crying. no. thank god that she survived. >> reporter: all of the women were in their 30s or 40s. most, if not all, were nurses. >> it's so hard on sunday morning we heard that they died. >> reporter: the limousine was operated by a company called limostop. in a statement the company said it was deeply saddened by the deaths, and that limostop 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. the limousine driver was not hurt. he has since spoken out and says that originally he thought the group was asking if they could smoke, when in reality, they were complaining about the smoke. he estimates it took about 30 seconds to one minute before he pulled over. now the four survivors were able to escape by climbing over the partition and then getting out a front door. they're being treated at local hospitals with smoke inhalation, and burn injuries. and those who died, the five, were found up against the partition, this gives you an idea of just how quickly that fire spread, which even melted the fenders. zoraida? >> and also how desperate they were to try to get out of there. dan simon reporting live for us. thank you. another bachelorette party tragedy to tell you about. investigation under way this morning into a woman's fatal fall out of a party bus. 26-year-old jamie frecks was on

the bus for a bachelorette party saturday night in kansas city when she fell through the emergency door and she fell onto interstate 35. police say three vehicles hit her. she died at the scene. she leaves behind a 6-week-old baby, a fiance, and a devastated family. >> always had a smile. she was a great girl. she loved everybody, didn't care who it was. jamie loved everybody. >> no one else on that bus was hurt. and two weeks after the boston marathon bombings and still no final resting place for tamerlan tsarnaev. relatives of the suspected terrorist want him laid to rest in cambridge. but town officials insist that is not going to happen. susan candiotti is live from boston this morning with the very latest for us. good morning, susan. >> good morning, zoraida. rejected. one after another, the funeral director who is in charge of the

suspected bomber tamerlan tsarnaev's body says he cannot find one cemetery, not one in the region, who will take charge and provide a burial plot. now, even the city of cambridge, where tsarnaev used to live with his wife and child, says it wants no role in any of this, and is asking whether the federal government could get involved. >> send him 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 buried in the dallas area. home grown 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 ditching evidence. that hearing will be this afternoon. and in court papers, phillipos says he is not a flight risk, nor is he a threat to public safety and he's offered to wear an ankle monitor pending trial. he also said in his words his charges have ruined his, quote, once bright future. zoraida? >> should have considered that when he lied. susan candiotti live in boston for us. thank you. syria vowing this morning to exact revenge on israel after a series of massive explosions rocked damascus sunday. the syrians say israelis are

targeting a military research facility just outside their capital. they claim jerusalem has joined forces with al qaeda. cnn's fred pleitgen live from damascus this morning. good morning, fred. >> hi, christine. it was absolute mayhem that night. we were torn out of our sleep in the middle of the night by these gigantic explosions. there were several, initial big blasts that went through the city, and then there were secondary explosions that went on for more than two hours. you could hear these explosions, you could hear gunfire in between residents of that area actually thought that there was a full-on battle going on there, and then syrian state television informed everybody that it was these strikes. have a look at the size of the blast. 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 more clear. >> is this declaration of war? >> 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. >> and some very strong words there as you can hear from the syrian government. we'll wait and see whether or not they actually do retaliate. but of course all of that has

this entire region on the edge even more so than it was before, waiting to see what will happen next. christine? >> all right fred pleitgen, thank you, fred. while the syrians are pointing fingers at the israelis, officials in jerusalem won't even confirm they're behind the bombing. let's go right to sara sidner live in haifa, israel this morning where an iron dome battery has been deployed to defend northern towns. so sara, israeli prime minister netanyahu met with his security cabinet sunday. do we think more attacks are imminent? >> there is absolutely no indication that that is exactly what's going to happen. we have not heard anything from the military, for example, on that, nor any of the prime minister officials or the foreign ministry, as well. what we can tell you is that there have been two iron dome anti-missile batteries that have been put in place on the northern border. and to make clear, they've been put on the place near the lebanese border, not near the syrian border. and that is partly because

israel is obviously concerned that there could be some kind of reaction from hezbollah over in the lebanese side of the border. when it comes to syria, a lot of analysts are looking at the situation there and saying, well, syria has been in this war for such a long time, they are weakened, and they do not expect a major reaction from syria, for example, an open war on yet another one of syria's borders. it has enough to deal with inside. now prime minister netanyahu actually had a meeting with his security cabinet, and then decided to go ahead and go on a planned trip to china. before he left he made comments about what he believes should be done with israel, but he did not say anything, very, very quiet, about what has happened inside syria. >> translator: my father taught me that the greatest responsibility we have is to ensure israel's security and guarantee its future. this legacy should unite all of us, every day, every hour, and

it does. >> and just to give you a clear picture of why we are here in haifa. this is the area in 2006 where a multitude of rockets were coming over from lebanon during the lebanese war. the mayor here has said he has told his staff to be prepared to make sure the shelters, for example, are cleaned up, and ready to protect people. he has also talked to the central government and asked them to consider looking into whether or not to remove certain very explosive items from inside some of the industrial complexes here. for example, gasoline. there are many refineries here. the government has said we're going to wait and watch to see what happens at this point. no one should panic. but certainly, there are tensions that are rising on this border. zoraida? >> sara sidner live in haifa. thank you. new clashes overnight between police and islamic protesters in the capital bangladesh. authorities say at least 15 people were killed in this violence in dhaka. dozens more were wounded. demonstrators 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 vowing reforms amid allegations that its modern-day slavery inside those factories. >> and new this morning we have some shocking images to show you. it's a vintage plane going down during an air show in madrid. thousands of people are watching in horror as this happens. that plane crashed into a building and then it exploded. take a look at that, into a huge fireball. there it is. the pilot was killed. several people on the ground were also injured. and the victim was an experienced pilot who worked as an assistant to spain's defense minister. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a heartbreaking update to the story we've been following. 46-year-old ricardo portillo, a sock he referee, father of three, losing his fight for life. he had slipped into a coma last week after a 17-year-old soccer player angry over a call violently punched him in the

head. family and friends gathered for a vigil yesterday, calling for an end to violence during athletic events. while there his daughter described the last time she you aher father conscious. >> i hold his hand, he pressed my hand really hard, it was like daddy, we're going to be okay. he saw me. he started crying, and he said no. and then they pulled me out of the room -- and that was the last time i saw him conscious. >> she says he will -- she will forgive her father's attacker but right now it's just too soon. new this morning, a surfer sharing his story after escaping the jaws of a shark. 16-year-old michael recovering from surgery, which included 20 stitches to repair tendons in his foot. saturday morning off the coast of central florida. >> caught one of my last waves

in, and 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. >> doctors expect him to make a full recovery. >> he is adorable. like nothing happened. >> what a story. what a story. all right the biebs attacked by a fan. a belieber overcame security in dubai, attacked the pop star during his show. lucky for bieber his security quickly tackled the fan before he could disrupt the show too much. his rep had no comment. whoa! >> that's what happens when -- that's one excited belieber. but bieber tweeted dubai, nothing stops the show. >> and ahead on "starting point," if syria retaliates against israel for reportedly firing rockets into their country, will the u.s. have to get involved? we'll talk with andrew chandler next. he has inside knowledge into how washington is dealing with the syria crisis. >> then youtube may not be 100% free for long. the new plan to start charging you on some premium channels.

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you know, israel also saying that it wants to stay out of syria's civil war. any action israel takes that says it will be against hezbollah? do you think they're targeting only hezbollah? or syria, as well? can they draw that line? >> you increasingly can't. and that's because hezbollah, by its own admission a few days ago, by leader hassan nasrallah is working in concert with the syrian regime at unprecedented levels and being backed up by iran. these three forces are coming together, and i think that's the reason why israel decided to strike the syrian military facility with some kind of weapon that was bound for hezbollah. so something unprecedented certainly in the years i've been covering syria. >> the big question here is what action, if any, will the united states take? listen to senator john mccain talking about israel's strikes yesterday on fox news. >> i think that it will probably put more pressure on this administration, but what one of the things i worry about is incremental. i saw this in the vietnam war.

incremental escalation. we need to have a game changing action, and that is, no american boots on the ground. establish a safe zone. and to protect it, and to supply weapons to the right people in syria who are fighting for obviously the things we believe in. >> so, do these strikes provide enough pressure for these game changing actions in your opinion? >> i think the obama administration can see the same trajectory of the conflict that the israelis see, inside of syria. you know, moving up the escalation chain, using scud missiles against his own population and increasingly accusations of chemical weapons. these are red lines for the united states. now the overall problem, though, are strategic weapons, chemical weapons, surface-to-surface missiles and so on, and their possible transfer to hezbollah, or those weapons falling into the hands of extremists among the opposition groups. so i think the united states will increasingly have to get

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welcome back to "starting point" i'm zoraida sam wolen. >> i'm christine romans. two weeks after dying in a confrontation with police, boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev still hasn't been buried. tsarnaev's uncle says he should be buried in cambridge but the town won't even consider it. susan sand yotty live for us this morning from boston. good morning, susan. >> hi. this controversy just won't end. as you said the funeral home director cannot find a cemetery anywhere in the area that will provide a burial plot for the suspected bomber in this place -- in this case. now not everyone feels the same way. nevertheless, no cemetery has come forward and so that is the key problem. in fact, the city of cambridge,

where the suspected bomber used to live, issued a statement on sunday saying, it doesn't want to get involved at all and it reads in part this way. 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, protest, and widespread media presence at such an interment. now, the uncle of tamerlan tsarnaev says after all, because tsarnaev lived in cambridge with his wife and child, and he lived here for almost ten years in the area, he should 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. there's 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. >> now the funeral home director says he plans to reach out to the governor of this state today to see whether somehow the state could get involved. we'll see. zoraida, christine? >> all right, susan candiotti reporting live for us, thank you. in a moment we'll talk with worster funeral director in possession of tamerlan tsarnaev's body and ask about all the problems that he is now facing. >> today we should learn more about the plan to help victims of the marathon bombing. the attorney in children of the one fund expected to talk about how that money will be distributed. families of those who died in the blast could receive more than $1 million. those who lost limbs are expected to get the same amount. the public is also being asked for feedback on that plan. >> there's no official word on what caused the deadly limousine fire over the weekend but california highway authorities

say it may have started underneath that vehicle perhaps even in the trunk. new video if you're looking at there shows the limo engulfed. five women died in the fire. four others and the driver did manage to escape. and reports say the women were all nurses, they were headed to a bachelorette party and they were just minutes away from their destination when the limo burst into flames. the bride-to-be was one of the five who died and the groom was said to be waiting at the hotel for that party to arrive. dive teams searching two four feet reservoirs in calaveras county, california, near the home of 8-year-old leila fowler. she was stabbed to death just over a week ago in her home. police investigators are also canvassing neighborhoods, knocking on doors, looking for potential witnesses. and where to place the blame over benghazi? greg hicks told congressional investigators that the state department internal review of benghazi let people off the hook. he also says he knew from the get-go that the attack was terrorists. he will testify wednesday in a

congressional hearing on the attacks which killed ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans as well. and president obama sending ohio state grads off into the real world with a dare to do better, and be better. he also talked about citizenship in his commencement speech yesterday. >> we've seen courage and compassion, a sense of civic duty and a recognition we are not a collection of strangers, we are bound to one another by a set of ideals and laws and commitments, and a deep devotion to this country that we love. and that's what citizenship is. >> you know there was a call to action. he told the grads to tackle issues like gun violence, education, and the environment. a wet weekend means watchful eyes in the southeast. emergency officials 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. may not be over yet for that region. let's check in with jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. >> good morning, christine. florida took a beating with the heavy rainfall over the weekend, as well, and some of these locations across parts of the tennessee valley and the southeast picked up four to five inches of rainfall. you can see on here areas like tennessee, especially through central parts kicked off some rainfall. as we show you on our graphic we still do have a lot of flood warnings and watches in place. a lot of these are going to last through the day. take a little while to get some of these river levels to come back down. but still more rain is happening right now. you can see right alone the border of georgia, alabama, moving through the ohio valley and that's where the rain is going to be, basically going to be just into the southern parts of pennsylvania, all the way down towards the southeast. some of these locations could still pick up two or more inches of rainfall. right along the appalachian mountains in virginia, as well as into west virginia. those are going to be our big problem spots today on a wider

view overall out towards the west, picking up some much-needed showers through parts of southern california. of course we all remember the wildfires that happened over the weekend. i think we have some video. we do know that the fires have now been 50% contained. and that's good news now that we have that onshore flow and that's going to continue as we go through the next couple days. so some positives out there. christine, back over to you. >> jennifer delgado for us, thank you, jennifer. >> very different kind of sermon this weekend at a church in north texas. a teacher leading the congregation in a concealed handgun class, and the pre-training drew plenty of takers. >> there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world. >> school shootings, and movie theater shoogts, you just never know what's going to happen. >> i want to be able to protect myself and protect my friends and family. >> well that class was offered to anyone who met state eligibility requirements. would you pay to watch videos on y youtube? the website thinking of charging you. the financial "times" reports

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is known for its multicar crashes and yesterday's race did not disappoint. 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 gets hit, he barrel rolls, ends 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 18th, that's the second leg of the triple crown. next hour shug mcgaughey will join "starting point" to talk about the derby win and orb's quest to become the first triple crown winner since affirmed back in 1978. 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 on 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. here comes kevin durant to the rescue. k.d. knocking down the clutch jump shot here with 11 seconds 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 star wars holiday this weekend. players wore chewbacca-like jerseys and chewbacca himself making his way onto the field before the game. there's darth vader with the light saber. fans came dressed in their favorites as well. definitely a fun day at the ball park for everyone celebrating the whole star wars saga. the force apparently not too strong with the mud hens this weekend, they unfortunately lost both of their games, but still a lot of fun out there. everyone supporting their favorite star wars characters. >> it's awesome. >> you were talking about them. i was looking up game one today for the miami heat and the chicago bulls. >> yes, zoraida. >> you think the bulls have any hans? >> well, you know, they've got a lot of injured players, and who

knows. they played inspired against the nets in game seven. maybe we'll see that tonight. fingers crossed maybe derek rose will end up playing sometime. >> oh, gosh, wouldn't that be great? thank you very much. wasn't it the bulls who stopped the miami streak earlier? >> yes, it was. >> anything is possible. ahead on "starting point," "ien man" blasts into the record books. what makes the franchise so successful where others have failed. that's next. you're watching "starting point." em why. free breakfast with express deals, you can save big and find a hotel with free breakfast without bidding. don't you just love those little cereal boxes? priceline savings without the bidding. 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.

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welcome back to "starting point." former south carolina governor mark sanford finds out tomorrow just how forgiving voters in his state are as he tries to resurrect his career in a special congressional runoff election. the latest polls show sanford and democrat elizabeth colbert-busch in a virtual dead heat. sanford left office in disgrace after admitting he lied about an extramarital affair in 2009. authorities in florida trying to determine where the cocaine that washed up on its beaches actually came from. the st. john's county sheriff's office says at least four bundled packages of cocaine came ashore last friday between pont verde beach and crescent beach.

officials aren't saying much about the discovery except that it's a significant amount of drugs. >> head scratcher. and the rolling stones back on the road badging out one classic song after another on their 50th anniversary tour. they kicked it off friday in los angeles. again stefani, keith urban and taylor all made appearances with the band on stage. let's listen a little. ♪ >> they're still sounding good, aren't they? by the way, mick jagger turns 70 this summer. >> and the tickets were really expensive, so i mean they liked it, so they're going right to the bank. there are some people complaining that it was just too expensive. the tickets were just too expensive. for 15 bucks you could see this iron man indestructible at the box office. the third film in the marvel movie franchise has opening worthy of a superhero. raking in more than $175 million. >> and that is the second best

opening weekend ever. cnn's nischelle turner live in los angeles to tell us all about it. >> you know, it was by far the biggest opening movie this weekend taking in the $175. 0.3 million that does. not too bad for a prequel. robert down any jr. is threatening to take over will smith's crown.any jr. is threatening to take over will smith's crown. listen to this. last year, avengers. $1.5 billion. the year before that, sherlock holmes, $545 million.

in 2010, iron man 2 made $585 million. before that, sherlock holmes the first one $524 million. and the original iron man back in 2008, that took home more than $623 million. so mr. downey jr. has established himself as an iron clad box office draw. so are you guys wondering how much he got paid for iron man 3 so ? take a guess. >> $15 million. >> what did you say? >> $15 million. >> that's pocket change. go up a little bit. >> $30 million, $40 million, seriously? >> he told gq magazine that he will pull in $50 million for this movie. >> wait, do they have like write riders that if hit certain numbers they get bonuses >> i suspect yes. >> sometimes yeah. sometimes what actors will do,

we saw this one of the first to do this was eddie murphy during shr shrek, they will take money off the back he said on the more money the movie makes, the more money they will make. so that's an interesting way to do things sometimes. that's so much money i need to say it like this, fitity mi ity dollars. >> what competition will they face next week? >> the big opening next weekend is the great gstsby. even though this movie has gotten promotion like no other, it is a totally different market that they will go for. so we'll have to see how it does up against iron man. i tend to think iron man 3 will still be the winner. >> i'll go with you. nischelle turner, thanks for getting up early for us. >> absolutely. anytime. >> i'm going to try to read great gstsby again before i see

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welcome back to "starting point". >> this morning the family of the dead boston bomber suspect struggling to bury his body as communities fight to keep him

out. as his friend appears in court, could we be learning more. >> and it was supposed to be a ni night of celebration, but fire including the bride to be killed in a more rihorrific fire. and whether the u.s. be forced to respond to israel attacks? and heart pounding moments at the kentucky derby as orb takes the win. but can he win the triple crown? we'll talk with his trainer live about this victory. it's monday, may 6. "starting point" begins right now. in may not be a cemetery in the state of massachusetts or the united states that is willing to be the final resting play of tamerlan tsarnaev. the uncle wants him buried in cambridge. he says it was tamerlan's home. but town officials say no way. susan candiotti is live from

boston this morning. >> reporter: good morning. no cemetery, no burial plot and funeral director wondering what he's supposed to do. the city of cambridge also weighing in saying it wants no role in burying the body of a suspected bomber. >> send him back to russia. >> reporter: for days protesters outside a funeral home making it clear suspected bomber attatame is hated even dead. his remains in him be at a funeral home much to the chagrin of its director. >> we have to bury this guy. whoever he is, in this country, we bury people. >> reporter: so far not a single cemetery will take his remains. his uncle from maryland who in the days after the bombing called his two neff news 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. and i want to stress that tamerlan tsarnaev has no other lays to be buried. >> reporter: president kennedy's assassin is buried in the there is area. oklahoma city terrorist bomber timot timothy mcveigh's ashes were scattered. where remains a mystery. as for tsarnaev's wid toe, according to her in-law, she's steering clear of burial plans. her attorney says she's still cooperating with the fbi. so sunday, fbi investigators wearing protective suits spent hours back at tsarnaev's home where a law enforcement source says bomb residue had earlier been found on the kitchen sink, table and bathtub. surviving bombing suspect dzhokharle 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, 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 dagestan are accused of ditching evidence. and phillipos is arguing to the court that these charges have ruined his once bright future. >> and right behind you is a memorial and you actually spent time with one of the victims that got out of the hospital. you can talk to us about that experien experience. >> reporter: in one really noticed it actually until we spotted adrian hazlet davis, she is is the one who lost her left foot in the bombing. and she showed up on saturday. she and her mom were outside for

the first time having left the rehab hospital and she came here to the memorial. she said they just happened upon it and immediately as people started to recognize her, they approached her and hugged her will and wanted to hold her hand and pose for photographs with her. and tell her what an inspiration she is to them. and she said it was a remarkable moment that she will they ever f never forget. >> and really nice to see that. difficult for her getting all of the attention, but she is a superstar to a lot of people. so moments there now we'll talk to the funeral director in possession of tamerlan's body and ask about all the problems he's facing. new details about limousine fire that killed five women headed to a bachelorette party. one of the victims the bride to be. four other women and the driver got out. it's not known what caused the limo to burst into flames.

dan, what are you learning about the tragedy? >> reporter: a couple of the main questions this morning, how exactly did the fire start. was it an electrical problem, was there a fuel leak. it seemed to have started in the rear of the vehicle. perhaps in the trunk area. the other question is why couldn't all of the victims escape. and adding to the tragedy, this limo was literally just minutes away from the hotel where they were going to have the bachelorette party. it was supposed to be a night of celebration. a bachelor receipt party near san francisco where a woman getting married next month in the philippines. but as they crossed the san mateo bridge in a stretch limo, they noticed smoke. >> we got calls of smoke coming from limousine. limousine pulled over and then all of a sudden it became engulfed in flames. >> reporter: there were ten people in the limo including the driver. he and four women in the party

escaped. five others, including the bride to be, did not. they died in the flames. so badly burned, it's reported dental records will be needed to make positive i.d.s. >> some good samaritans did stop and assist and try to pull people from the fire. >> reporter: the mother of one of those who survived distraught but relieved. >> we did not sleep both of us crying and crying. no. thank god that she survived. >> reporter: all of the women were in their 30s or 40s. most if not all were nurses. >> all of us worked friday night, so hard that on sunday morning. unbelievable. >> reporter: limousine was operated by a company called limo stop. in a statement, the company said it was deeply saddened by the deaths and that limo stop will do everything possible to

investigate and assist authorities in will determining the cause of the fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families. we should tell you that the driver was not hurt. he has since spoken out and says that originally he thought the passengers were asking if they could smoke when in reality they were complaining about the smoke. he estimates that it took about 30 seconds to a minute before he was able to pull over. now, of the four survivors, they were able to escape by climbing over the partition which separates the driver from the passengers. they were then able to apparently get out of one of the front doors. the five who died were found right up against the partition. this just tells you how fast that fire spread which even melted the taillights. >> oh, my gosh. all right. thanks so much. continue to give us new details as you get them. five past the hour. massive explosions rocking syria this weekend and the satisfiass

vowing to take revenge. they claim jerusalem and al qaeda are now allies. let's go to damascus. what you can tell us? >> reporter: good morning. this region of course is on the edge even in the best of times. but now after this, all of those tensions are just that much higher. but as you said, the syrians threatening retaliation as their military licks its wounds. it was at around 3:00 a.m. local time that gigantic explosions lit up the skies. 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 near account nearby residents to run for cover. this family lives a little over a mile away. the daughter 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. you can hear gunshots, you can hear people screaming. so basically we didn't know what to do. >> reporter: in a second alleged israeli air strike in three days, the latest sttarget was a military research facility. see i cansyria's deputy foreign minister says syria will retaliate in its own time and own way. >> this is an alliance 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. when they attack, this is a declaration of war. >> reporter: israel has neither confirmed authorize denied the attack. but as the violent uprising

against the regime of assad drags on, israel has become increasingly worried about syria's chemical weapon stockpiles and believes the regime is trying to shift conventional weapons to hezbollah, 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. 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: and you know the big question is how much -- >> fred reporting live for us. let's talk more about israel's deputy defense minister. good morning and thank you for joining us. you can confirm to us that israel has carried out the air strikes including firing rockets at the research center menear

damascus? >> good morguning. we cannot confirm or denny activities in syria, but we have concerned about the involvement of iran. we soo ee it in syria and also hamas. >> you can tell me whey you're not confirming or denying? why you're not going to claim it. >> woor ne're not confirming or denying any much the issues you brought up, but we are following up what's happening and we are worried about the the outcomes about the fact there are weapons of mass desfruks will truction

the hands of trierrorists. >> so you're worried about rockets in syria that you think will be shuttled to lebanon, is that the concern here? >> any game changing weaponry would be a problem for israel, a problem for the region and we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure the security of the people in israel. and we will not the allow hezbollah to obtain the weapons. >> reuters reporting that net netanyahu met with his security council. was it meeting related to these strikes and are they ongoing in monitoring the situation? >> the meeting taking place once a week or twice a week and nothing extraordinary to the activities here in israel today. but we are following what's happening in lebanon and syria very carefully. >> you heard the foreign

minister, assuming you just heard that report, he called the strikes a declaration of war on syria. he says syria will retaliate, syria will make it painful for israel. what's your response? >> in the region that we're living, we're used to hear such declarations almost every week. we just need to listen to what the people in iran, the leadership, are saying. in syria, the hezbollah. so we are not worried about the declarations. we have the the capability to defend ourselves and i think also our neighbors know that. >> are you worried it could lead to a larger escalation or more regional conflict? >> we have no attention, we see that israeli is a peace seeking nation and we want to live peacefully. but the region that we live is a problematic and we see what's happening today in hezbollah, in lebanon, and we cannot ignore the reality today. there all righ

there. >> all right. thank you so much for joining us this morning. tensions with syria will be at the top of the agenda when john kerry visits russia tonight. despite chilly relations with the russians, scar kerry will b looking for help to rein in the assad regime. there will be a summer meeting between president obama and putin. new this morning, some shocking images to show you. it's a vintage plane going down during an air show in madrid. thousands of people watching in horror. let's show you the images. the plane crashed into a building. look at this. it exploded in to a fireball. pilot killed. several people on the ground injured. he was an experienced pilot. the cause of that crash is now under investigation. the u.s. is demanding an

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we've been watching video where there are protesters actually gathered outside of your funeral home. how are you holding up to all of the pressure and the stress? >> well, the protesters are there which have been very, very good. haven't caused any real problems. the city of worcester officials have been outstanding what they have done for us. and we've got a lot of support initially we were criticized, but we're getting support from all over the world as far as saudi arabia thanking us for what we're doing. >> how do you feel about the criticism that you're getting? >> i think a lot of the people don't understand. it's an emotional problem obviously. but after it settles down and people think about it, they do know that we have to bury somebody. that's what t somebody. that's what this country does. >> you say we take an oath to do this. can i separate the sins from the sinners, no. we are burying a dead body. that's what we do. so are you surprised that the

cemeteries are refusing to take his body? >> not at and you woull. i think they fear reprisals from people who have loved ones being buried there. and i don't think that really works out because what happens here is that there could be an after the fact. people could say why didn't do you it when things calm down. like when i talked to two families that are fighting. if i settle that dispute when the families get back together again, guess who the bad guy is. me. >> now, the boy's uncle performed the muslim burial rights on sunday. i'm assuming you had an opportunity to speak with him. is there another option for him with this body? >> well, we've thought about some a muslim cemetery maybe out of the state. but i feel the same problem exists when the neighbors and people find out what we're doing. a muslim cemetery would be much more acceptable to the people

there. most of the cemeteries we have here are nonsectarian with a section set aside for muslims. the only true muslim cemetery is in connecticut. >> and i understand that perhaps there could be some federal involvement here. what do you think will happen? i believe that also the governor has been contacted. what are you hoping that the outcome is here? >> at this point any outcome would be better than nothing. we to have do have tor bury the. there aren't too many options. when there is no problem, it's easy. but somebody has to step in and say, look, we'll have to do something here. and we have to. i've gone as far as i can go with this. >> and one last question for you, sir. the boy's uncle, how is he handling all of this? we saw a little bit of it on camera. in your opinion, how he is handling this? >> the gentleman is very sad. it's a nice family.

he just is totally sad mostly all the time. sometimes to tears. he just doesn't understand why this was done. >> all right. peter, thank you so much for joining us this morning. good luck to you, sir. >> thank you for inviting me. ahead on "starting point," shots fired near a jennifer lopez film shoot. we'll give you the rundown on that. ♪

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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 ricardo probably never saw the blow coming. >> i'm in shock. because besides a ref, he's a friend of mine. >> reporter: it happened during an april 27th match for a recreation al 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 a out of nowhere and you punched him. >> reporter: he was believed to have a minor injury, but he had suffered serious internal head injuries and lapsed into a coma. after a week in that condition, he died saturday night.

johana, his eldest daughter, spoke to 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 weekends just refereeing. he loved soccer. and it was just really bad. we never thought this would happen. he loved what he did and it was his passion. >> reporter: the family knew the chance of recovery was slim. >> doctor says only a miracle will bring my daddy back. >> reporter: the teen who is 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 he's died. stephanie elam, los angeles. >> the oldest of his three daughters joins us. can i not tell you how sorry we are for your loss. i want to give you an

opportunity to talk about how he lived. so can you tell us a little bit about your dad? >> yeah. my dad was a really happy person. anybody that knew him can tell you that he loves to make laugh. he always had something good to say to everybody. we could be like in a serious conversation and i don't know where he will like pop out and say something funny. just to make you laugh. and that's what i'm going to miss about him. >> now, he came here from mexico 16 years ago. and i was reading that there are also grandchildren. is this a very large family? >> he left his three daughters behind, three grandchildren and a whole family and a lot of friends. >> i was also reading that this

is not the first time your father has been attacked. and this really surprised me that at the end of the day, this has happened to him completedly. were you guys worried about hip and could you tell me about some of those other attacks that occurred? >> the first time he got attacked was like ten years ago. he was a player. he got a broken leg. and then the next time it was about like five years ago i think. he had a broken rib being attacked by a player, too. we asked them -- i asked him, i was like why do you keep doing it. you keep hurting yourself. he said that that was his risk because that was his passion. so he can didndidn't want to le. i was worried the whole time. and this last saturday when they called me, i never thought it was going to be this serious. >> and did you witness what

happened? >> no, i didn't. >> and so was any of your family present at that particular game? >> no, nobody was present. >> so the first time you saw him was at the hospital? >> yeah. >> you can talk to me about that? >> i got a call from my uncle saying that my daddy was in the hospital again, that i needed to go down there. i was like, oh, my god, what did they do to him again. it never crossed my mind that it was going to be this serious. when i got to the hospital, i saw everybody's faces, the doctor's faces, and just this really, you know, bad feeling. i walked in, i saw my dad laying in the bed, and i got close, i grab his hand. he pressed my hand really hard. i saw him, i was like, daddy,

we're going to be okay. and he looked at me and he went like that and he started crying. he was like, no. after that, he started going into shock. they pulled me out of the room and that's the last time i saw my dad conscious. >> i'm very sorry, johana. i know i also read that somehow you were going to find forgiveness in your heart for this teenager. maybe not now, but maybe in the future. how can you go there? >> i just need time to heal. it's a lot of pain that this kid caused my whole family, especially my sisters and i. my youngest sister, she's like in shock. she can't believe it. she doesn't think that this is

going on. it's just like a normal day for her. she talks about my dad like nothing happened. my other sister, she's like in shock. she won't talk about it. she won't cry about it. just really hard. i will forgive this kid because it's only in god's hands, you kn know, for him to have his pub c punishment. but right now, it's too soon to forgive. >> we wish you all the best. though our thoughts and prayers are with you and we pray for your healing and hopefully at the end of the day this will show people to stop the violence in sports. so thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. she's talking about forgiveness. but that 17-year-old, they haven't released his name because he is a minor, but the 17-year-old has been charged initially with aggravated assault. now that the referee has passed away, there could be more

charges. so is he shez it's she says it. it 's in the court's hands. no official word yet on what caused a deadly limo fire, but it may have started in the trunk. new video shows the wlim knowl n engulfed. five women died. they were headed to a bachelorette party. just four minutes from their destination when the limo burst into flames. one of the ones who would died was the bride. it could take days to positively identify the bachelorette party tragedy. a fatal fall. she actually fell through the emergency door and on to interstate 35. police say three vehicles hit

her. she died at the scene and leaves behind a six week old baby, a fiance and a devastated family. >> always had a smile. she was a great wonderful girl. she loved everybody. didn't care who it was. >> nobody else on that bus was hurt. high honors today for the educators killed in the sandy hook shooting. t citizen honors medal. could campaign 2016 be a showndown between hillary clinton and jbiden? bill richardson thinks biden would accept the challenge. >> i think joe biden would not

defer. i think he would run. hillary clinton would be formidable, no question about it. but i've known biden over the years. he is somebody that has always wanted to be president. he has the eye of the tiger. he's going to all of these events. you've seen in his speeches, i was with him friday morning. i think there could be a faceoff. >> richardson also says part of hillary clinton's strength is her appeal to both the democratic and republican base. lindsay lohan coming clean to piers morgan before her court ordered rehab. she told him she smoked pot, she's taken ecstasy, but only tried cocaine a few times. i think she said four or five times. here are a few quotes. i've never been a huge drinker. constantly sending knee rehme t is pointless. i've never been a junky and never whether be. everyone thinks i'm a crazy drug addict who shows up late to everything, but i'm not. i'm bad with timing.

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line. shug mcgaughey thinks this horse can go all the way.

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gave shug mcgaughey the best gift. >> with the first of the three races, could he take a shot at the first triple crown title in 35 years? shug sure thinks so. he joins us from belmont park. shug, congratulations on your first derby win. i've been watching all of the interviews all weekend long. it rained almost all day. extremely sloppy track. were you concerned. >> >> well, i really wasn't that concerned about the sloppy track. he had trained on it while we were at churchill and trained good. we all know that morning mud is a little bit different than afternoon mud. but i really had a lot of -- quietly i was confident all week and that orb would run his race. whether it was good enough or not, we never know until it's over with. but we were awfully proud of him and he ran a great race.

>> and after the first turn on the way to the back stretch, orb was third last and this was a very, very fast start to the race. what was going through your mind? >> well, i knew they were going fast up front because i had seen the fractions. i thought he was in a very good spot on the racetrack. i thought the flow of the race he was really into the flow of the race very well. but you know you always when you're back that far, you wonder are we back too far, can we catch up. i did think we would be a big factor in it. >> so the series moves on, preakness in baltimore followed by the belmont stakes. orb i understand arrived at belmont park yesterday. what's your plan until preakness and how is orb doing? >> seemed to ship up here really well. i was able to see him yesterday afternoon and this morning. and i'm just going to try to

keep him happy and let him get over his race and first of the week probably breeze him and take him on to pimlico maybe monday or tuesday. >> you think this horse has more magic? >> i don't think we've gotten to the bottom of him yet. he's coming out of his races well. i think he still has some things to learn. the derby was by far his best race, but if you see usall his races this year, he'd turn it off a little bit. he did again on saturday. and he could see the horse coming that finished second and finished up well. but i think there's more to come. and we're really, really looking forward to getting to pimlico. >> so these three races have different strategies. how are you preparing him? most can win the derby and preakness, but they get tripped up by the belmont.

>> well, i'm not going to do much different. pretty much our game plan is to let him run his race. only thing i told joelle is just ride him with confidence and i thought he did a good job in that. and pimlico is a bit different, but we'll be fine. >> tell me what it felt like when the announcer all of a sudden said orb! suddenly orb comes around. how did that feel? >> well, you know, with me, i kind of knew what was going to happen. >> you knew at that point that that horse could win that race, when he started to break away. >> you have to repeat yourself. >> sorry. just so excited about that moment. you knew, you say you knew what was going to happen. >> yeah, i knew we were fwg do let him run his race. when he asked him to run, you know, when he made that big move, i knew we were going to be

a factor. whether we would get there or not, i didn't know. but when we got to the quarter pole, i thought we were going to have a really big chance. and when he made the lead, i don't show a lot of emoerks btit i was thrilled on the inside. >> i would say that is true. one final question for you. how do you celebrate with orb? what do you do for orb? >> well, we just try to keep him happy. we flew him back up here. he'd probably like that better than riding on a truck. and like i say, this week we'll just try to keep him happy and get him back on his feet, not do anything special. just kind of enjoy the next few days and start tightening the screws on him again. >> well, it certainly works. we wish you all the luck in the world. shug, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. this whole thing has been big for us. >> and when you can see the picture of him when he was in

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