that's is it for us. thanks for watching. "early start" begins now. have a great day. ♪ diplomatic breakthrough or during this period of timic bungle? a deal on the table that could avert an air strike. no. he is in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun and say step closer. he is threatening us with his firearm and he is going to shoot us. >> a dramatic 911 call from george zimmerman's wife and the dispute ends with no arrests, no criminal complaints.

why shelly zimmerman says she felt threatened by the man who killed trayvon martin? >> the force of the nature. the southwest under water. >> do not want to be stuck there. >> not one bit. there is more rain on the way. >> good morning. we are happy you're with us. i'm zoraida sambolin i'm. >> john berman. >> it's tuesday, september 10th and 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> the latest on syria. the offhand remark that has turned the battle on the assad regime on its head. president is meeting with lawmakers today and address the nation evening. with the american public overwhelmingly saying no, to an air strike on the assad regime, a senate vote now delayed and strong opposition in the house

to authorizing military action, the only choice for his administration may be to go along with a new proposal from russia. brianna keilar begins our coverage. >> reporter: in a six network media blitz, president obama spoke about his latest plans for dealing with syria, telling wolf blitzer. >> if we can accomplish this limited goal without taking military action, that would be my preference. >> reporter: earlier in the week, it seemed a military strike was the only option on the table for the u.s., until this. secretary of state john kerry making a seemingly off-script comment that turned into a possible option, providing syrian president bashar al assad a way out of a military strike. >> we turn over every bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full

and total accounting for that, but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done obviously. >> reporter: a u.s. official quickly chalked up kerry's statement to, quote, a rhetorical argument but russia saw a game plan what considered a gaffe, considering syria to take action saying, we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only agree on putting chemical weapons storage under international control but also for its further destruction. syria responded just an hour later. their foreign minister saying i declare that the syrian arab republican welcomes russia's initiative. >> it is a development and i have to say we would not arrive to that point where there are public statements like that without a credible military threat to deal with the chemical weapons use inside of syria. >> reporter: but even as support seem to grow, some question if this is the answer. >> if the regime immediately

surrendered its stockpiles to international control, that would be an important step, but this cannot be another excuse for delay or object instruction. >> reporter: a sentiment shared bit president. >> we don't want just a stalling or a delaying tactic to put off the pressure that we have on there right now. >> reporter: but that pressure, at least for now, seems to be subsiding as the senate postponed their wednesday vote on syria. meanwhile, experts wonder if the russia proposal is a bunch of empty words. >> you would have to have a cease-fire and long period u.n. inspectors would come in and seems to me almost unimaginable. >> syria's foreign minister says syria welcomes the proposal but the question does remain this morning, will that government actually open up its weapons

stockpiles for international inspection? muhammad is in beirut this morning. this is a crazy 24 hours. at this point, what is the assad regime saying? >> no final decision as of yet. all we have heard officially is the foreign minister of syria saying yesterday in moscow that the syrians welcomed this initiative because they believe that the ruxs care deeply for the welfare of the syrian people and the russians want to avert any direction toward syria. what is interesting here this is coming less than a day after the remarks in that interview that president assad gave to cbs charlie rose he would not confirm or deny whether syria possessed chemical weapons. all the while, you have syrians dying, sometimes in the dozens and sometimes in the hundreds, every day by conventional weapons. i can tell you that in this

region, there has been sort of a collective sigh of relief. so much tension, especially in countries like i am now in lebanon about what these air strikes might do and how it might inflame the record high tensions but really that is all we have heard from the syrians as far as what they are going to do next. we have heard there may be some sort of presser later in the day in damascus and we will have to wait and see in the hours ahead. >> mohammed, you mentioned people are dying in syria no matter what the means, chemical or otherwise. there has never been this admission from the syrian government they had chemical weapon stockpiles and with all of this going on, what are the rebels saying at this point? the rebels are angry and very disappointed. the rebels thought these air strikes were going to happen and many believed that would help their cause and fight against the regime.

we have spoken with the syrian free army and say here we go, another stalling tactic by the assad regime. they and others activists have told us they don't think assad is serious at getting to the negotiating table of allowing the international community or any international body to take control of their chemical weapons arsenals. what we are hearing from the opposition in syria is they are deeply disappointed. they think this is only going to prolong the suffering of the syrian people and they are saying yet again what they really need is nsyria is a military intervention which is what we have been saying close to two years now. john? >> mohammed jamjoom, in beirut, thank you. >> interesting to hear what the president has to say tonight. >> whatever speech they had

planned has to be drastically different over the past 24 hours. fascinating. 7 minutes after the hour. brazil's president is bristling over reports that the nsa spied on oil giant. if the latest information leaked by edward snowden is true, the u.s. would be guilty of industrial espionage. the report comes as brazil prepares to auction drilling rights to some of the largest oil fines in decades off the atlantic coast. is the government using border inspections to get access to your electronic devices? no documents relieved by the aclu is part of a settlement with the obama administration shows the government can create a travel alert for almost anyone. that, "the new york times" says, allows custom agents to detain you at the border and confiscate your electronic devices without a warrant. customs and immigration forces are not commenting.

west lawn of the capitol this afternoon who is leading the charge to defund obama care and they are calling on the white house to exempt americans from the plan. to florida now. an parent altercation between george zimmerman and his estranged wife and her father. 911 got a call from shelllie zimmerman. she called 911 and said her husband threatened her and her father with a gun. >> is hes in now? >> no. he is in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun and he keeps saying, step closer. he is just threatening all of us with his firearm and he is going to shoot us. >> a friend of george's, wes, was there and was able to keep the two of them separated. there may have been some incidental touch between wes, the friend, and dad. but the reality is what happens

here, it is a divorce case. these people have been living for 16 months under the spotlight and, you know, they are suffering from it. >> o'mara said george zimmerman did have a gun on him but that he never took it out. shellie claims that george accosted her father and smashed her ipad but declined to press charges and george zimmerman was not arrested. >> apr expert will tell you what the people want to do is laying low right now but this is not the definition of that. in phoenix, take a rolook a these pictures of heavy rain leaving a street flooded. what do you think that guy is saying? i'm in a little bit of traffic right now. dozens of accidents. many cars like that truck ended ub submerged in upwards of a thousand homes lost power. >> karen, how bad will it be in arizona today?

>> it looks like we still keep about a 60% chance of showers in the forecast coming up. as we go watch flash flood warnings and watches out all across the four corners regions. the rainfall is going to be isolated so it doesn't look like it's widespread rainfall but look at the prescription we have got out there right now. we have moisture coming up from the southwest. typically, it's monsoonal moisture but enhanced by a lot of the tropics have been active here so some of the moisture is making its way around the north. swirling around the four corners region. if you live in albuquerque and tucson and phoenix and you could see the potential for flash flooding today on the order of 1 to 2 inches. around phoenix, as i mentioned, only about half an inch but you get the dry river beds and they

fill up so quickly and you see the damage that we saw there. >> those poor folks over there. thank you. we will check back in with you. a thrilling finish to the u.s. open. number two seeded rafael nadal defeating djokovic in four sets in the men's final. this was the third time in the last four years that nadal and djokovic have played for the u.s. open title. we will have more on last night's final match in "the bleacher report." >> let's not wait. >> let's not. >> this was a stunning match. >> that is what you said yesterday i believe. >> these guys are hitting the ball so hard. i was exhausted watching. how can they possibly keep doing this? >> please go to picture. >> there is me with my friend. >> there is a lot less gray in your hair. how long ago was that? >> a few years ago. he has won a lot of grand slams.

>> john berman was apparently giving him advice. >> he accepted it and look. 13 grand slams between us. no, these guys hit the ball so hard and stung to watch. 13 grand slams. rafael is one behind pete sampras now. two very good days of tennis. congratulations to everyone involved with that. >> including you. >> including me and my friend rafael nadal. coming up judgment day for two political candidates plagued . a new program that could help you skip those horrid long security lines. that's coming up next. thank you orville and wilbur...

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runoff and moves on to the general election. it is a frannic race to the finish. cnn's rosa flores reports. >> the remorse i feel will always be with me. >> reporter: first, former new york governor eliot spitzer. he resigned in 2008 after admitting he used prostitutes. >> i've hurt a lot of people. >> reporter: now preelection polls show him nearly tied in his run for new york comptroller. a drastically different story for former u.s. representative anthony weiner. he pulls nearly last among major candidates in the new york city mayoral race and he is facing the fallout of a sexting scandal. >> i want to look forward. >> had i conducted myself in the manner in which you conducted yours, my job would have been

gone. >> reporter: voter anger at weiner keeps rising. >> you're putting on a show. >> so? >> reporter: if anything, you would have expected that spitzer would have had much more of an uphill battle in this race given his behavior was clearly illegal. weiner's may have been unethical but it wasn't necessarily illegal as far as we know. yet the opposite has transpired in that weiner has found it very difficult in the aftermath of a second scandal to recover from it. >> reporter: hard to believe that weiner was once at the top of the pack. now polls show him near the bottom with the city's public advocate bill de blass jo in the lead. if he fails to get 40% of the vote, he faces a runoff. spitzer, if he wins or loses, his neck-to-neck race, all agree he has made a political comeback. diane nyad is going online

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breakthrough in syria? >> he asked me and he said i don't want to hurt you but i will kill you so i got up and i gave it to him and he took off. >> stabbing a deputy and stealing his uniform and carjacquesing his way to freedom and how he managed to pull it off. >> about an hour. >> is this a repeat performance? a record breaking gator catch. it's the third one in a week. how hunters managed to wheel this 741-pound beast in! >> very carefully. >> he looked alive. not there. >> not smiling either. not this time and not last time. no smile. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. nice to have you with us this morning. 31 minutes past the hour. our top story is syria and

the dramatic shift that could now avert u.s. air strikes on the assad regime. president obama is set to address the nation this evening. this is a huge high stakes address that was supposed to be the president's final push to convince the country and the congress to finish syria for using chemical weapons on its own people but now it seems everything has changed because of what was either a diplomatic breakthrough or a diplomatic bungle. a senate vote to authorize military action is now on hold. the russian government has jumped all over what is called a rhetorical slip by the american secretary of state. cnn's senior national security correspondent jim shuto breaks it all down for us. >> he could turn over every single bit of his chemical

weapons to the international community, in the next week, turn over it. but he isn't about to do it. >> a spokesman said it is a rhetorical argument but russia heard something more. by late morning its foreign minister promised to encourage its allies syria to accept it. >> translator: we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only but weapons under further storage but we have passed our offer to the syrian board minister. >> reporter: who declared his country on board. >> translator: i declare that the syrian arab republican welcomes russia's initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. >> reporter: at the end of the day some powerful american voices were, at least in theory,

publicly endorsing the theory. >> if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians, that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. >> reporter: but the rhetorical may be getting well ahead of the prableg. experts say that reliably empty syria, one of the largest chemical stockpiles in the middle of a war would be next to impossible. >> you have to literally open up the country and a cease-fire and a long period where u.n. inspectors would come in and blanket the country and identify what is there and invoinventori and it seems unimaginable. >> reporter: kerry made it clear

the u.s. does not want to play games and the deal could not be a reason to get congress to delay military action but it may be just that. the u.s. may not trust syria or russia but it does not want to look like it's dismissing a serious diplomatic issue. >> what is president obama's response to all of this? >> i have to say it's unlikely we would have arrived at that point where there were even public statements like that without a credible military threat to deal with the chemical weapons use inside of syria. if we can accomplish this limited goal without taking military action, that would be my preference. on the other hand, if we don't maintain and move forward with a credible threat of military pressure, i do not think we will actually get the kind of

agreement i'd like to see. >> the recent developments complicating the politics here. the president is set to spend the afternoon on capitol hill and try to get the lawmakers to vote yes for military action. the big pitch is tonight when he addresses the nation on syria and cnn will carry that live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. 36 minutes past the hour. back in custody this morning, a detroit man police say stabbed a sheriff's deputy and escaped wearing the officer's uniform. abraham pierson also known as derrick white was in a holding cell on monday. the deputy had just removed the inmate's handcuffs when authorities say he pulled a sharpened comb and stabbed the deputy in the neck and handcuffed him and fled. then police say he kidnapped a woman but the police caught up

with him. >> we were alerted to the suspect. he tried to escape again but he was caught. he is looking at a significant amount of time. >> that he is. the deputy was treat for his injuries at a hospital and happily was relieved. charge this morning for a new newlywed wife accused of killing her husband by pushing him off a cliff. authorities say jordan lynn graham was arguing with her husband in july as they walked around a trail in the park. the two apparently tussled and prosecutors say she pushed him face first off the cliff. and then they say she lied about what happened when they first interviewed her. as for a motive, court documents say she may have been having second thoughts about getting married. they only had tied the knot a week before. >> a bizarre story.

an ohio man committed online he killed someone while drunk driving. matthew kordell is expected to appear in court. he admits being behind the wheel when he crashed into another car in june killing 61 yered vincent kanzani. he faces up up to eight years in prison. a judge is saying it's up to jurors to decide if aeg live should have known that jackson's doctor conrad murray put the pop star at risk. before they rest their defense next week, they may call katherine jackson back to the stand. she originally testified in july. a wildfire is exploding in size in california. officials say the fire is growing more stubborn.

air tankers are dropping fire retardant and unfortunately it is still expanding. the fire has burned through more than 3,700 acres and 100 homes are threatened and dozens of families have been evacuated there. the fire, unfortunately, is only 20% contained. karen maginnis, how is the weather affecting that fight? >> the temperatures is dry and warm there and they have been in a drought the last several years and keep the dry air filtering in across this region and very little as far as rainfall chances go for that region. but they were saying late in the day, about 8:00 p.m. local time, that the fire had actually turned back on itself. that is good news for firefighters because it kind of stalls the fire out. but right across the san francisco bay area, this is where we are looking at some smoky conditions due to the fire but they are saying that that mt. diablo museum on the

monument this that was build by the ccc is intact but still have a number of trails that are closed. we keep those temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 80s with only about a 10% chance of precipitation. they are saying they think the fire started with a brush fire that soon got out of control. as you can imagine, very easily with dry fuels and the terrain there and it's been jumping around but it looks like they may be able to get it under control over the next day or so. we certainly hope so. >> we do hope so. karen, thank you. we have been talking for a few days now about that big gator that was caught in mississippi. the big monster that looked like it was smiling? >> it wasn't. >> hold on to your breakfast, folks, for one that is even bigger. >> and also not smiling. >> that one definitely not. the 741-pounder was caught over the weekend. this is north of nanchez. it measures more than 13 1/2 feet.

>> snagged him with hooks actually set into him and five lines on him. tied him up to the side of the boat. we had a good fight on our hands and fought him about an hour. really didn't know how big he was until his whole body came out of the water the first time while he was pulling us down the river. >> so that guy that was talking is a first-time gator hunter like the guys who set the previous record just last week. local wildlife officials think that record will be shattered next time. there may be 900-pound gators lurking in the mississippi! let's go gator hunting! >> you go. knock yourself out down there. >> i would go with somebody who knows what they are doing down that. not first-time gators on hunters but experienced hunter, i would go. >> have fun. coming up, remembering a big moment in american history when alabama changed forever and

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welcome back. four men accused in a gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in indiana have been convicted on rape and murder charges. the victim initially survived the december 16th attack but died in a hospital on december 29th sparking international outrage. lawyers for the four men convicted say they will appeal. 45 minutes past the hour. important milestone is marked in alabama. 50 years ago this week the doctor walked his son named sonny to an elementary school in huntsville. they were stopped by segregationists day before but that day, september 9th, 1963, sonny iv became the first black student to enroll in a white alabama public school. take a look at that picture. >> breath-taking. >> the doctor is now 82.

his son is 56 and a computer engineer but the pair, look at them walked the same route again remembering what it was like and how things have changed. >> people used to spit on me and curse me and throw rocks at me. now they give me medal and plaques. the same thing, we have come so far although we still have a long ways to go, but we have come so far. >> come so far, but still have a long way to go. sonny iv says he doesn't remember much from that day. he says to his mind he was just another kid who was headed to school. >> amazing to see them today. >> changed history. >> it was not that long ago. >> no. i know! that's what i tell my children. i was talking to my daughter about that last night. look at when mommy was born and when all. this happened. it registered so quickly to a 10-year-old it wasn't that long ago. 46 minutes after the hour. take a look what is coming up on "new day."

chris and kate, what is in store? >> if you only knew. >> do tell. >> in that case. >> good morning you two. >> i have a question. what made you smack berman around before? i was watching it but i didn't have the sound up enough. >> i don't remember. there were so many moments! >> i saw him cowarding like this and you were slapping him around. >> there were so many moments, i can't remember and i'll go back and look at tape and let you know. >> moment of insanity or cure? >> insanity with a z! we are talking about the big question today. why? a big turnabout in play here, right? secretary kerry is making remarks and some say offhandedly addressing the hypothetical notion that syria surrendering all of its weapons and russia say they may make the deal happen. the president addressed it with our wolf blitzer and harry reid

wound up moving the vote in the senate because of all of this. how does it lead into the major address the president will make tonight to all of you? that is a big one. >> a lot to talk about with that. also a new day exclusive for you. a truly shocking story that we have been following. a man pleading guilty to giving his girlfriend an abortion pill without her knowledge. now we are going it hear from the woman live and get her reaction to the unimaginable ordeal she has been through and why she wants to share her story. amazing. >> i am looking forward to hearing that. >> thanks. see you in a little bit. coming up a fight breaking out on the field but this time, it's the managers, not the players, that caused all of the commotion. the yankees lost! it's like christmas! the bleacher report is next. ncer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space.

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. 51 minutes past the hour. football in philadelphia and new head coach unveiled his high octane defense. >> so impressive the offense that it stole the spotlight from rg3's first game back since knee surgery! joe carter is here to explain it all in the bleacher report. great to see you. >> you too. i like it. i like it a lot. going into the season, obviously, a big gampl ble to bg the offense from the college to the nfl. it was everything it promised it would be and all i can say a little bit more. the first half alone last night, the eagles scored 26 points and they ran an eye-popping 53 plays! by comparison, the steelers ran 53 plays all game on sunday. afterwards, michael vick who has

seen a lot of offenses in his day says this one is absolutely crazy. >> i've never been a part of anything like it when the first quarter is over, i thought they was about to go into halftime. i mean, it was unreal. and, you know, only thing i can say to myself, it's going to be a long season! >> final game of the opening week, san diego blew a 21-point lead and lost to houston on the final play of the game! the texans settled in and showed them how to finish scoring 24 unanswered points including that game winner as time expired. the texans win a gritty one 31-28. rafael nadal is the comeback king of tennis. over a year ago a knee injury threatened to end his career. he took down the number one player in the world yesterday to win his second u.s. open title

at 27, he is healthy again and has a bright future and 13 grand slams, by the way. you know we have seen managers yelling at umpires, players involved in brawls? but last night, it was manager against manager. buck showalter and joe girardi going at it and girardi thought that the orioles, their third base coach was stealing signs. showalter didn't like it and girardi accusing his guys of cheating so the two went at it and here is what they said afterwards. >> whe was yelling at the third base coach and, you know, somebody wearing black and orange, i'm not going to let that happen. >> i'm going to protect our players always. that's what i'm going to do and it was something i saw and i'm just going to leave it at that. >> maybe a couple of big oversized gloves and put them in a ring. jose canseco between of two of them. >> that is the way to settle it. >> joe, thank you. we will be right back.

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5:58. what does that mean? >> we are going to show you pictures of pily cyrus on a wrecking ball. >> we were. >> but we have no time for that. so, instead, chris and kate, take it away. >> is there a metaphor in there somewhere. >> one of the few times you're happy to not have enough time it turns out in that circumstance. check your clock. it is just about the top of the hour. that means it's time for us to give you the top news.

>> mr. assad doesn't have a lot of capability. he doesn't have a credible means to threaten the united states. >> back from the brink? a russia broker deal with syria now on the table. the president tells cnn it could have hurt the strike but what will he say to you tonight in his major address? we have the latest. domestic disturbance. george zimmerman briefly back in police custody after his wife calls 911 saying he was threatening her with the gun. we have the dramatic call ahead. the new iphone set to be announced today and we have all of the details what to expect and will there be a new much more affordable version. your "new day" starts right now. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan. >> welcome to "new day." it's tuesday, september 10th, 6:00 on the east. wow, what a difference a day makes. yesterday the president was

pushing for a strike on syria, this morning, talk of a deal. question mark intentional. we have new developments involving russia and france that are unlike anything we have seen in modern diplomacy. president obama sat with wolf blitzer. we'll tell you what he had to say and all of these questions that we have this morning. we have a team of experts to break down the possibilities. mr. john king and ms. christiane amanpour, all here to talk about what's going to happen. we also have mr. john mccain. >> plus, diana nyad set to face her critics today. some in the long distance swimming world are questioning whether she could actually have pull off that amazing swim in the way that she claimed. we hear from some of the skeptic and also we'll hear directly from her team. and speaking of skeptics on uncompletely -- i can't