maybe something else will still evolve out of this. maybe the things i've done and am still doing will still shine a light and give them hope at some point. we will never stop working to ensure that equality under the law is protected by the law. >> a landmark announcement by america's top lawyer. new rights and benefits for same-sex couples, regardless of where they live. and a huge disappointment for an american darling this morning. why one olympian favored for gold may never even hit the medal podium. 50 years ago today, the fab four launched an american obsession. they appeared on the "ed sullivan show." one man who spent a lot of time

with the beatles in the u.s. gives us behind the scenes look at the fab four. your "new day" starts now. ♪ well, beatles music will get you going this morning. it is sunday, so good morning to all of you either late-nighters or early risers. i'm krischristi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. i think that's the case on saturday into sunday, they're the late-nighters. this is "new danew day sunday. >> we want to start with this groundbreaking decision affecting same-sex coupling in every state of the nation. eric holder has announced that starting tomorrow, the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. >> on monday, i will issue a new policy memorandum that will for the first time in history formally instruct all justice department employees to give

lawful, same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. >> here's what that means. it includes survivor benefits for first responders killed on duty. bankruptcy filings, prison visitation rights, and the right to refuse to testify against a spouse. >> this is huge. in making the announcement, holder called the fight for gay rights a, quote, defining civil rights challenge of our time. cnn justice reporter evan perez is with us by phone now. evan, i'm reading about this, and he just said that on monday, the justice department will issue a memo. how did all this happen? >> well, victor, this is all part of the fall out from the defense of marriage act being overturned last year by the supreme court. the justice department has been giving legal advice to various parts of the government on how they need to change their

policies, to fit in with that ruling. the irs now allows same-sex couples to file as joint returns, as married couples. the military is now offering benefits to same-sex spouses in the military. and so now this is going to extend this to all parts of the legal system of the united states, the federal legal system of the united states, i should say. it does not affect states that don't recognize same-sex marriages. it doesn't change their laws. and so in state courts and in state matters, it won't affect those. but there's a large part of the country, obviously, that will be affected. everything, as you mentioned, from bankruptcies to survivor benefits, and even the right to not have to testify against your spouse in a criminal matter, for instance. you know, a married couple has a right to refuse to provide incriminating evidence against your spouse. and now this right is extended

to same-sex couples as well. >> so evan, you'll need to clarify. i think a lot of people are waking up this morning, and if they are in a same-sex partnership or their families, they're wondering, what are my rights in these states, these 34 states where my marriages aren't legal? how do you say, i mean, i know it's benefits, but how does that affect them? >> well, you know, the human rights campaign through the group that the attorney general was speaking to last night hailed this as something that's going to affect innumerable number of people around the country. because now what it means is, if you get married in massachusetts or in the district of columbia, which has same-sex marriage, but move to a state that doesn't have it. you can have the assurance if you go to a federal court, you'll be recognized as married, even if that state doesn't have it. so it does change the lives for a lot of people. it gives them some safety in that they can move around the country and not have to worry

about their rights being curtailed. >> cnn justice reporter, evan perez with us on the phone. evan, thank you so much. we'll continue this conversation throughout the day. there are a lot of questions from people who are protecting, they say, traditional marriage. we heard from the national organization of marriage, criticizing this as undermining the authority and sovereignty of the states, to regulate marriage. we'll talk more about what this means for same-sex couples and some of the criticism. >> and legally, with congress and courts, are they going to be able to reverse it in some ways. we're going to talk about that as the morning goes on. listen, we do want to talk about this major upset, too. the winter olympics for a u.s. star. and let me give you the spoiler alert here. we're about to tell you some of the results of the olympics that have not yet been broadcast, so you can turn your sound down here for a minute if you don't want to know yet. >> all right, ready? >> don't want to spoil it for you. >> here it is. bode miller took a disappointing

eighth place in the men's downhill skiing competition. he had been favored to win the event. >> yeah, overall. and new this morning, too, another gold medal for the u.s., jamie anderson took gold in the women's slope style. she's the third american to medal so far. sage cost,burg taking gold, and hanna kearny taking bronze. >> the u.s. is tied in firthird place. and norway leading the pack with five medals. >> you've got to see this video. this reminds me that i am no longer 15, but she is. figure skater accomplishing, look at that spin, people! 15-year-old julia skya, she's from russia, of course, in the team figure skating competition, that's a new event, by the way, russia's in first place. you think, in that competition so far? >> you know, i just wonder how

after that spin, you don't just stand up and go, wait, okay, give me just a second. >> or don't just finish that spin and go, okay, i'm done. i'm finished. go beat that. let's turn now to cnn's rachael nichols in sochi with the latest. that's an amazing spin, but bode miller, what happened, rachel? >> yeah, very disappointing for bode. the downhill is his best event. and he had been seriously nearly perfect in the training runs. but it was bright and sunny when he was training here in sochi. today, a little bit different. it's much more overcast, the visibility a lot different here. still, he got off to a great start. he had a fantastic first split time, but he had trouble in the middle and the bottom of the course. he hit a gate, and you should have seen him when he crossed the finish line, guys, slumped over, then sat on his skis for a while. he was clearly just crushed. knew he had messed things up. wasn't going to even medal here. now, he does have other events,

still has other chances for a medal, but this was the one that he was thinking of, and unfortunately, not going to happen for him here in sochi. >> all righty. rachel, i understand you talked to a guy that has really been on everybody's radar for the last 24 hours, because of this picture from u.s. bobsledder bobby quinn, who had to bust through his bathroom door after he was locked inside. what had did he tell you. >> reporter: yeah, you know, he said that he went in to take a shower, and it's just become an infamous story around the athlete's village. this is a story everyone is talking about. and he said, he didn't lock the door, he was alone in his room, he has a roommate, but the roommate wasn't there. he said he didn't take a phone. turns out when he got out of the shower, he realized he didn't even have a towel, and went to reach for the door and the door was jammed. and they've had a problem with some of the doors here, people getting locked in their rooms and bathrooms. bad time for him to happen to him, though. he told me all about it. >> my neighbors or my two other

teammates on the bobsled, so i was banging on the wall, trying to get their attention, and nothing. and nothing. >> reporter: did you have a panicked moment? >> not so much a panic, because i had brought in water, but, you know, i had nothing, and i was sitting there, banging on random parts of the wall, see if i could catch somebody's attention. and as i'm banging on random parts, going around the bathroom, so i kind of hit the door, and it cracks. and so you know, i go a little bit harder, and my fist goes through the door. >> are you surprised at that? >> well -- >> do you normally punch through doors? >> no, no, no. so i see light, and i was like, okay, it's time to get out of here now. >> reporter: guys, they're moving up to the mountains after this, or he's leaving that room. the usa hockey team, though, is going to go into those rooms. these are nhl players. he said he did leave them with a new door.

so at least they won't have to deal with his old door after all of this. >> all righty. rachel nichols, thank you so much. here's another story folks have been talking about, it's breaking overnight. iran says it's sending a message to the u.s. and it is using its warships to do it. >> a talk with the iranian admiral says the iranian military fleet is steaming towards u.s. waters. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is with us by phone right now from washington. barbara, thank you so much for being with us. what message is iran sending? >> reporter: well, good morning. they may be sending a message, but by all accounts, the u.s. doesn't think they're sending their ships. i just want to bring you up to date. i've spoken to a u.s. military official who says there's no operational information, in his words, that any iranian warships are steaming towards the united states. the iranians made this statement basically, the u.s. believes, as a statement of their political power, their military power.

they've often said they're not happy about the u.s. navy having ships in the persian gulf. so they'll send ships towards the u.s. but the actual facts are, it might be something very tough for them to carry out. it's pretty complicated to send ships for very long distances, for long periods of time, supplying the crew, supplying the ship. right now, the u.s. doesn't seem to think that the iranians are about to do it. they do think it's a statement, but not a fact just yet. >> so, barbara, i've read that in 2011, iran twice announced that they were sending warships to the u.s. maritime borders. is this a response to the u.s. beefing up its presence in the persian gulf? are these two correlated? >> that's probably a good bet that the iranians are sort of making this statement for their own political domestic, inside

their own country, purposes, to demonstrate their strength. you're right, they've said it before, they've not been able to carry through on it. but i think it's also important to remember, what everybody's talking about is international waters. 12 miles off someone's coastline. and the legality of it is the iranians have every right to operate in international waters, just like the u.s. does around the world, just like many navies do around the world. it would be a problem if they were in u.s. coastal waters, inside that 12-mile limit. but international waters, it's their perfect right to operate wherever they choose. >> all right. we'll see if this announcement comes to some actual plan of fruition. barbara starr, thank you. still to come on "new day," really emotional testimony in the so-called loud music murder trial. >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> michael dunn's fiancee,

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♪ 16 after the hour now. tomorrow, jurors will return to a florida courtroom to hear more testimony in that so-called loud music murder trial. michael dunn is accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis after a dispute at a gas station in twelve. >> dunn's fiancee, look at her here, she fought back tears yesterday, as she gave jurors a play-by-play of what happened that night. cnn's tory dunnan is following the trial in jacksonville. good morning, tory.

>> reporter: victor and christi, court is in recess, but day three of the michael dunn trial proved to be an emotional one. his family took the stand and described the night the shooting took place as lasting forever. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> and when you heard those noises, did you know what they were? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: michael dunn's fiancee cried as she recalled the moment she knew something was wrong. surveillance video shown in court captured rhonda rowers reaction as she shopped inside the convenience store. >> someone's shooting! >> reporter: she said she didn't know who was shooting, but minutes later, they pulled up outside a red suv that was playing loud music. >> did the defendant say anything about the music when he parked the car next to the red car? >> yes. >> and what did the defendant say? >> "i hate that thug music". >> she testified they left the scene, never calling police.

>> i shouldn't have even left the scene, but i left the scene, because i was still afraid. >> reporter: by his own admission, dunn says he pulled out a gun he kept in his gun compartment. after arguing with the occupants of the suv about the loud music. the same gun shown in court by prosecutors, and he fired in self-defense after he says he heard threats and saw a weapon. that's when jordan davis was fatally shot. brower testified they checked into a hotel and ordered a pizza. she says they sat by the elevator, believing police were coming, but then went to bed and woke up to this. >> did you happen to see something on the news? >> yes, i did. >> at that point in time, did you learn that a teenager has been killed at the gas station? >> yes, i did. >> brower says they then drove home to get everything in order. >> did you tell them that it was your fault for going home, because of what you testified to today? >> yes, i did. >> victor and christi, court will be back in session at 9:00 on monday.

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happens to be gay, from austria, speaking out on russia's anti-gay laws. now, this may not be what you're expecting here. >> we've heard so many people criticize the anti-gay laws there in russia. cnn's senior international correspondent, ivan watson, joins us now from sochi. what is she saying? >> reporter: well, after all this uproar, we're getting some positive signals not only from this one athlete and also from the russian organizing committee. dani daniella stoltz, she's a ski jumper and married to another woman, and in a press conference today, she was asked about this anti-gay propaganda law, and she said, you know, this has, blown out of proportion. she has gotten a good welcome here, and she wants to focus on the sport. in the meantime, we've also gotten some signals from the russian organizing committee. for instance, their decision to feature a russian pop duo that was famous a couple of years

ago. it's called tattoo for really putting on a bit of a lesbian show. this is the band tattoo. they played at the pre-opening ceremony, some of our viewers may remember them from one of their hits from a few years ago. we're going to play a little bit of that music video. so it's a sign that perhaps the russians recognize that this has been a bit of a public relations fiasco. various calls from the lbgt community for boycotts of the sochi 2014 games, and that the russians may have been trying to also send a signal of tolerance to perhaps try to calm down some of the uproar and controversy. victor and christi? >> ivan watson, thanks so much for breaking it all down for us. we appreciate it. still to come on "new day," that controversial george zimmerman dmx fight, called off. >> done. >> we have the details for you. plus, a convoy delivering food and medicine to civilians in a syrian city comes under

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out of bed? >> they can call your name, but you can ignore it. >> five things you need to know for your new day now. >> starting tomorrow, the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. attorney general eric holder made this announcement last night. the change applies to every state in the nation, including the 34 states where same-sex manger isn't legal. >> we don't want to ruin it for you, so if you're going to watch the events in the evening, turn away for a moment. we're about to tell you for the olympic results that have not yet been broadcast. all right, so this morning, team usa's jamie anderson has won the gold medal for women's slope style. that's the second gold and third medal for the u.s. but today we saw a huge disappointment. olympic star bode miller finished eighth in men's downhill skiing, and he had been favored to win gold. >> number three, that controversial george zimmerman dmx fight is no more. it's been called off. the boxing promoter behind the bout made the decision overnight, apparently and in a

statement to cnn just moments ago, damon feldman said he was tempted to go through with it for the money, but, quote, it was hurting too many people. that's just not the direction i want to go. i don't care how much money i could have made on this, unquote. now, feldman is promising to hold a press conference. it's apparently going to happen on tuesday. number four now, the ceo of aol is apologizing for comments he made about the company's benefits program. tim armstrong had cited the cost of obamacare and too-expensive pregnancies. to explain why aol would cut the frequency of 401(k) matching payments. now, he said that the new system would save money, but employees complained and now the old policy is back. and number five. thousands of you this in pennsylvania, you get to wake up this morning to power after last week's snowstorm, that i know has left you in the dark for several days. wednesday's wintry weather downed trees and power lines, as you see here. really difficult, then, for utility workers to get to damaged areas. officials say about 78,000

people still do not have electricity or heat, but they're hoping that they will have power restored by tomorrow. so we're keeping our fingers crossed for you as well, because that's miserable. they would be going into a fifth day without piit. >> and we're keeping our fingers crossed for the people out west dealing with this drought. maybe some states are going to get a break from the dry weather. this is what it looked like in portland yesterday. freezing rain, snow there bringing some slick conditions on the roads. >> obviously didn't stop people. they live there, they know what to do. they just get the skis out. look at them go. another round of snow could be pushing east, too. let's bring in cnn's meteorologist, karen maginnis. hi, karen. >> hi, christi and victor. did either one of you get stuck in the atlanta traffic that made news worldwide? >> yes, ma'am! >> no, i was out reporting in it. >> yes, miserable, huh? >> he was stuck on the side of the road. >> a nice way of saying it. >> with his hat and -- >> well, here we go.

round two. >> no! >> it's true. i know. there's a lot to tell you about. it's still evolving. we were mentioning this yesterday, because the computer models were not very specific about what was happening. we knew something was going to, but now, we're kind of pinning it down. things could change. all the way from springfield to oklahoma city to tulsa, to little rock, into russellville, extending into memphis. ice, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. where you see these watches and warnings. that's where we have the potential. when does this happen? it looks like going into monday and tuesday. that will be the big event. extending along the interstate, interstate 40, interstate 55, conducting right at memphis. memphis, kind of notorious for those big snow events or starting out as ice, changing over to snow. that's what happened in atlanta. we didn't see freezing rain, but there was enough heat in the ground that some of the

precipitation that fell on the ground just kind of froze in place. and then a couple of inches of snow. and it was just a disaster. well, across the southeast, we'll watch a couple of weather systems come together, and it's round two with ice and snow in the southeast. we'll keep you updated. >> ugh! >> i know. >> karen maginnis, i'm still going to say thank you to you. >> yes. although i didn't want that, but thank you, karen. we want to get you up to date on what's been unfolding in syria. this is how one u.n. official describes it. a day in hell. >> an aide convoy was trying to deliver much-needed food and medicine in the city of homs, but here's what happened. take a look. >> you hear all the gunshots there? the convoy came under fire as it was rolling into homs. it was shelled on. the team had to take off. san darg gger is the middle eas

correspondent and he joins us from homs now. thank you so much for being with us. can you give us an update on what the situation is there right now? >> yes, i'm sorry, i can barely hear you, but i'll try my best. i'm standing near now the front line between the government health section of homs and the reb rebel held section which is in the center of the city. what's going to happen today is the united nations is going to try to take food they weren't able to take in yesterday, and it's going to pack in the u.n. suvs, army suvs. so they'll try to take them that way. yesterday they tried to take them in in two big trucks. i'm sorry, in four big trucks. and they were shot at, and they were, you know, mortars were fired after them and snipers shot them. so today they're trying to do it

differently. and they seem to be determined. and they're going to try to evacuate those civilians, they believe, the area that's been under siege for almost 18 months. >> sam, we know this has been going on for some time, but i'm reading your reporting for the journal, and you write that rebels insisted that four red crescent trucks go in, damascus insisted only two trucks go in. i mean, was this specific incident started just because they couldn't agree on the number of trucks that would go in? it's got to be more than that. >> reporter: yesterday, four trucks tried to go in to deliver food, flour, and medicine and hygiene kits. and two made it in. two big trucks made it in. and two others were shot at and had to retreat and didn't make it in. so what they're doing now, the same, you know, the same that was on the two trucks that didn't go in are going to be,

you know, the same stuff is going to be put into a bunch of suvs that belong to the united nations. these are armored suvs. and they're going to be taken that way in like different batches, basically. throughout the day. >> okay. so, sam, real quickly, one, was this, you know, team deliberately targeted? and two, do we know who's responsible, specifically? >> reporter: good question can. yes, it was deliberately and consistently. i was just speaking this morning again with the head of the mission in syria, and he said it was a deliberate targeting of this convoy and it's a breach of international law and humanitarian principles. but he fell short of, you know, loaning either side of the conflict here, the government or the rebels.

but i speak to three, three people, including one senior u.n. official, who was part of this mission yesterday. they were part of that convoy. and they told me, there's no doubt in their mind that it was government forces that fired the at them. pro-government forces. then, again, of course, the authorities here dispute that and say that it was the work of a rebel factions. one of them, you know, one faction didn't want the civilians to get out and another faction wanted the civilians to get out in exchange for food. and they planted ieds along the path of the -- excuse me, improvised explosive devices along the path of the convoy. but mr. henny himself, the u.n. chief here in syria said no way these were ieds, these were mortars. and he's actually in charge of security himself for the whole syria operation. >> okay, sam dagher, middle east correspondent for the "wall street journal," boy, you and your crew, take good care there. sam, it's really chaotic, but

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good sunday morning. i want the to make sure that you are in the know, as you head into your new week here.

so on monday, the loud music trial is continuing in florida. michael dunn, of course, on trial for killing 17-year-old jordan davis after a dispute at a gas station back in 2012. and also starting monday, we should point out, the westminster dog show. yeah, you dog lovers, this is your version of the super bowl. it's going to be a good one. on tuesday, a heated runoff in the san diego mayoral race. councilman kevin faulkner was the top vote getter in november's first round with 42%. he's going to face off with david alvarez, who gained 27%. a recent poll showed the two in a dead heat for the runoff. and on thursday, we have new fed chairwoman janet yellin testifying about the state of the economy. this is a semi-annual report by the fed, by the way. and on sunday, i know, sports lovers, nba all-star game in new orleans. victor? >> folks will be watching. thank you, christi. so, you know, this story of the man who was lost at sea for more than a year, people around

the world are just fascinated by this story. however, some people are asking, come on, did this real happen? jose salvador alvaringa says he was blown off-course in 2012 and survived 560 miles of shark-infested waters living off turtles and birds and rain water. he's been released from the hospital. he could go home within days. cnn's miguel marquez is in the marshall islands following this story for us. >> reporter: i want to give you a sense of how unbelievably lucky he is for finding one of these islands. this is one of the larger islands here, about 30 miles long, but very, very narrow. that's the south side of the island, and the north side, it's just across the street here. that's the north side. thousands of miles of open ocean that way. the fact that he found himself on these islands, absolutely amazing. his health is better. doctors saying that he has one

more checkup before he will be cleared to take off and get out of here. diplomats from not only the marshall islands that have been taking care of him, but el salvador, the u.s., trying to figure out the best way to get him home. we believe his journey, his next journey, begins monday evening, out of here to honolulu, then maybe on to the u.s., and then finally to his home in el salvador. christi, victor? >> miguel marquez, thank you. so i want to let you know about this california company that's recalling nearly 9 million pounds of meat today. federal officials say it came from diseased animals that weren't properly inspected. the recall affects meat processed by the rancho feeding corporation. the questionable meat was sent to distribution centers and retail establishments in several states, so it's not clear which companies received it nor wlr the meat ended up being sold in some form. but just something to be aware of. yeah.

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so 50 years ago today, the baeltss exploded on to the national states and appeared on "the ed sullivan show" for the first time. >> ladies and gentlemen, the beatles! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah, i'll tell you something i think you'll understand ♪ >> this started the love affair in the u.s.. our next guest, larry kane, was

the only american tour to travel with the beatles entourage. you can read his memories of the beatles in this week's of "closer weekly." kane takes us down memory lane and reveals special memories of what it was lake to travel with the beatles in those early days. >> so he's joining us now from new york. larry kane, thank you for making time for us, and the author of three beatles books, including lennon revealed. you were with all of them in their first moments. were they -- could they even grasp -- could they even grasp what was happening? >> they never grasped it in 1969 what was happening. they always felt the bubble was going to burst, and they didn't realize what brian epstein said to me on the plane in 1960, he said, larry, let me just tell you something. the beatles will be -- this is exactly what he said. the beatles will be listened to by the children of the 21st

century. and i thought he was on something. i traveled to every stop, 72 concerts. i probably saw more concerts than anybody except them and i lived with them on the airplanes and the hotel suites. they tried to smother me at night when i was sleeping. but they were four really remarkable young men that really rose to the occasion. there are a lot of people that don't know that they made some history that was pretty amazing. august 20th, 1964, the second day we were traveling on the big summer tour, i advised them that the gator bowl in jacksonville, which was going to be close to my station, was going to be segregated. segregated in 1964. and they, to a person said to me, we're not going. i won't tell you the language, but they said, we are not going. and they, therefore, there was 17-day struggle with the outrage of the gator bowl. and finally, on september 11th, 1964, the gator bowl was integrated for the first time. there were a lot of messages

they took to the world. yeah, they were wild and they were a little crazy and you know, three of them were single and one of them really didn't care and you know, it was nights in hollywood with jane mansfield and john lennon and paul mccartney and peggy lipton and all that other good stuff. and closer, you know, "closer weekly" has a lot of that material in it. but my new book, "when they were boys," tells you how they got started. but the people, everyone says to me, didn't you know when you were traveling with them, that they were going to be giant and iconic? and the answer is no. if i knew they were going to be giant and iconic 20 or 30 years later, i would have brought along a better camera than my little kodak instamatic. and i want to tell you what the adults felt. because people need to know how it was. while the girls were going crazy because each one of them thought they were singing to them, my father pulled me aside, just before i left on the tour, and

this is a world war ii veteran, tough guy. and he said, larry, watch your back. these guys are a menace to society. they will destroy america, as we know it. but that's the way they felt. i know it sounds funny, but that's the way they felt. >> we had some folks who knew them early on in their career on a few weeks ago. and they said that, you know, when they saw them for the first time with the mop of hair and they said over, they said, this will never work in the u.s. of course, so many people have their favorite memories. what's your single favorite memory from your time traveling with the beatles? >> i think the single favorite memory is what they did on the airplane at night. they had opening acts. some of them were the righteous brothers, great artists, still with wonderful music. the exciters, who came from the bronx in new york. jackie dushannon, the katy perry of her time. and these groups were ground out. nobody wanted to hear them and the girls and boys would yell, we want the beatles, we want the

beatles. and i was fascinated every night, and i told this story at the beatles fest in new york last night, where i'm at for the rest of the weekend, every night they would walk up to the front of the plane, if you could imagine this in our business, the television business, or anywhere, and they said to those artists, how are you? are you okay? they knew the artists were being drowned out. they knew they were sublimating them just by their stardom, and they had the sense and sympathy and compassion to go and talk to these people and do this. and i was just amazed at that level of maturity. and you know, yeah, look, they were boys and you know, it was when they were boys, and that's the name of the book, but they were wonderful to me. i'll give you one final example. my -- i was in the service in 1966, and i got on the tour for a few visits. and john lennon and i got into this heated argument. he yelled at me. how can you possibly be in the military. and i explained to him that it was an obligation of mine, as an american citizen. and he called mccartney over and

he said, paul, when we get to new york, this is a plane from st. louis to new york, we're going to spirit larry away, we're going to give him a job in our organization, and we're going to make him an expatiate, so he can avoid the war. but i was so touched. >> larry, thank you. larry kane, he's an author, you can look up his books as well, but appreciate you being here. thank you. >> thank you, larry. here's what's coming up next on "new day sunday." >> i'm nik wallenda and coming up, you'll see my watch across of the georgia dome on a 5/8 inch rope. stay tuned. report and score allowedn t her to better address the issue...and move right in. experian. so when my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis them.

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for this morning's must-see moment, we're checking out the one and only daredevil, nik wallenda. >> and his newest feat, the king of the high wire, he's crossed the grand canyon, niagara falls, brought his skills to atlanta last night to cross the georgia dome. high above the indoor field of the georgia dome, wire walker nik wallenda dazzled the crowd below. >> i love what i do, i have passion for it. my great grandfather said it best. he said, life is on the wire, everything else is just waiting. so when i'm on that wire, that's life. >> it's a life that's led him to feats in far more dramatic settings. >> you know, you don't expect it to be this windy, but right on the water here, it makes it that much worse. >> from walking 180 feet above a sarasota, florida, highway, to crossing niagara falls, and his 1,500-foot stroll above the

grand canyon. nik wallenda has traversed some tricky terrain. but wallenda says every walk has its unique set of challenges, including those indoors. >> because of all of the curtains in the way, there's a lot of trussing and lighting that was in the way, we had to angle them at funky angles. the wire moves a little bit more. you don't know what to expect until you get out of there. >> his walk was part of the winter jam, a christian concert series, and one spectator was praying for a safe finish. >> i was just like, oh, my gosh, you're going to die, you're going to die, you're going to die, and he finally made it out, and i was just like, yay! >> that just makes me queasy looking at it. >> when it started, christi goes, oh, i can't do it. >> better him than me. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. >> a lot more coming up ahead in the next hour of your "new day," starts right now.

we will never stop working to ensure that equality under the law is protected by the law. >> america's top lawyer makes a new promise to same-sex couples in america, expanding equality, regardless of where day live. a huge disappointment for an olympic darling. american fans, you're not going to like this. i remember paul was sitting, drinking, and john came up behind him with a pillow and hits him in the back of the head. >> 50 years ago today, the fab four launched an american obsession when they appeared on "the ed sullivan show." one of the most famous photographers in the world shares his memory and his pictures of the bates. so, what's on the menu this morning? we were all set, so we're ready

to bring you all the information you need to know for your day. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." and we're starting this morning with -- and i don't think it's overstating it to say groundbreaking -- new information, a new decision from the department of justice affecting millions of same-sex couples in every state in the union. >> attorney general eric holder had announced that starting tomorrow, the federal government is going to recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. >> on monday, i will issue a new policy memorandum that will, for the first time in history, formally instruct all justice department employees to give lawful, same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible, aroundunder the law.

>> erin mcpike joins us now from washington. let's talk about the significance of this. because it doesn't change state law, but it does change how the federal government views same-sex couples. >> well, victor and christi, it's significant, as you say, because holder is taking the federal government to its farthest point yet, to recognize same-sex marriage in this country, and he had a receptive audience at the waldorf last night. so he previewed the new policy the justice department will announce monday to expand rights, at least in federal legal matters to married same-sex couples. and this is in states where gay marriage is not legal. and the obama administration in has pushed to recognize same-sex marriage and gay rights in a way that's really shaping holder's legacy. in his remarks, holder made the case that this is personal to him and this is a pivotal moment in america's history.

>> during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the states involved in this generation's struggle for lbgt equality could not be higher. then, as now, nothing less than our country's founding commitment to the notion of equal protection under the law was at stake. until the justice department's role in confronting discrimination must be as aggressive today as it was in robert kennedy's time. >> so let's run through some of the changes. they'll allow married same-sex individuals in all states. to decline to give testimony in federal cases that could incriminate a spouse, file for bankruptcy with that spouse as a couple, have full visitation rights to see a spouse in federal prison, and collect benefits from federal programs like the september 11th victims' compensation fund, and the public safety officers benefits program. and it also points out it will apply to couples in the 34 states, as we've been talking about, that have not legalized gay marriage.

but we should know that the number of states that have done so has actually doubled in the past two years to 16, and that number will be 17 in june, when a new illinois law goes into effect. in other words, this really could impact millions of people. also, the president of the human rights campaign responded by saying, holder, quote, continues to show incredible leadership and also that this move cements his place in history alongside robert f. kennedy, another attorney general who crusadd for civil rights. christi and victor? >> erin mcpike in washington for us. thank you, erin. >> so holder's announcement already has opponents of same-sex marriage, they're calling it an attempt by the obama administration to undermine states' rights. >> joining us now to talk about this, jonathan turley, a law professor at george washington university. jonathan, thank you. and you know, these are federal benefits we're talking about. we've heard from the national organization for marriage, brian brown says that this is an attempt to undermine the authority and sovereignty of states to make the decisions

about marriage. does this infringe upon states' rights? >> i don't think it is as much of an infringement as has been suggested. the president has been, legitimately, in my view, criticized for exceeding his authority, particularly with regard to congress. i don't think this is such a case. basically, he's using his authority as president to say that he is going to ensure, in this case, through the justice department, that there's a recognition of these marriages that have been certified in these states. he gives full faith and credit to them. this is going to affect about 1,100 regulations. it's important to note what it does not do. it does not create marriages. it does not declare people married in states that don't recognize it. but if you're married in massachusetts and go to alabama, those prosecutors are going to recognize you as married. and that follows a fairly traditional approach towards giving full faith and credit to

those types of marriage contracts. >> so, my question then is, is this decision vulnerable to, you know, state courts or to congress, because i think a lot of people waking up are going, but congress didn't vote on this. how did it happen? and you just kind of got into that. it was part of the president's executive order. but is it vulnerable to some sort of revision or modification? >> you know, christi, this is not, in my view, particularly vulnerable. i do think the president has overstepped his authority, in some other areas. i don't think this is quite as vulnerable. it's somewhat ironic, though, to hear holder's words. because holder actually opposed same-sex marriage for the first couple of years of the obama administration. he opposed many of these very same benefits, and the administration still has refused to go all the way and to say that gay and lesbian couples are entitled to the same protections afforded to race. so his comparison to the civil rights movement is somewhat

ironic for constitutional scholars, because when he says we're going to go the farthest we can, he actually hasn't. you know, he could actually prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but he has not. and the president has never endorsed that view. so it's a somewhat mixed legacy that he seems to be intent now on correcting, which i think is a good thing. but in terms of challenging this, christi, i think people are going to have a hard time. this falls really in the wheelhouse of the president. he's doing what other presidents have done in the past. >> let's pull that string you just mentioned for a moment, that this is not as far as the federal government could go and possibly creating, making same-sex marriages or those who are in same-sex marriages protected some other way, through hate crime legislation. what would that extra string be? and is this a signal that they're going this way? because there's been an evolution over time. >> yes, victor, i think you used

the best word for it. it is an evolutionary process for this administration. the president, as you know, in the first time, repeatedly declined to take a position on same-sex marriage in support of it. he really emerged at the end of his first term, beginning of the second term, in that regard. but they still have this major issue that they have refused to resolve. which is, should sexual orientation be treated the same as race. and that's a step that they have not taken. that would produce very significant changes across the board. it would also raise very controversial issues in court. and so many gay and lesbian advocates are saying, you know, we really would like to see a policy that treats discrimination against our community the same as other communities. that is yet to be resolved by this administration. it's not clear where they stand on that. >> well, as we've both said, this has evolved over time and there are three years left in the obama administration. >> that's right.

>> george washington university law professor, jonathan turley. thank you. >> thank you. all right. this morning, major upset at the winter olympics for a u.s. star. and i'm going to give you this quick spoiler alert here, because you're about to hear some results that have not yet been broadcast. so if you do not want to know them, turn your sound down for a moment. i don't want to blow it for you. >> yes, bode miller, he took a disappointing eighth place in the men's downhill skiing competition. he's a five-time olympic medalist. people expected him to win the event after he had a fast time in his training run. >> and alternatively this morning, another gold medal for the u.s., though. jamie anderson took gold in the women's slope style. she's the third american to medal so far. sage kotsenburg taking gold in men's slope style. and hannah kearney took bronze

in women's mogul. zplo where's the u.s. overall? tied in third place. norway is leading the pack with five total medals. an incredible video here. whatever you're doing, please take a moment and look at this. she's 15. that's all i want to say. >> and you should sit down while you watch. >> look, yes, please. listen to the crowd. this figure skater, what an incredible girl, it's 15-year-old yulia lipnitskaya of russia. this is a new event here. russia obviously in first place in that competition so far. i think she could just stand up and go, okay, i'm done now. >> she could come out, do the spin, get off the ice, and she'd still be -- >> and say, you top that, to everybody. >> let's turn now to cnn's rachel nichols in sochi with the late latest. bode miller, eighth place. cme on, rachel, what happened? >> yeah, definitely a big disappointment. bode's 36 years old. he was trying to become the oldest alpine skier to ever even

stand on a medal stand at an olympic event. you know, 36, for all the elderly people out there. did not happen for him today. the downhill is his best event, and he has been near perfect in the training runs here, really expected to run away with this. but the conditions were a little bit different this morning. it was a lot cloudier, he seemed a little thrown by that. still had a pretty decent start. had a great ferris split time, but he hit at least one gate, had a little bobble and another one, and you could just see when he crossed the finish line, guys, he was crushed. he knew that he was not going to medal here. he put his hands on his knees, just slumped over and sat on his skis for a while. later, he just seemed stunned.s like he really didn't know what happened. now, he does have a few more events here. he's got at least three more races and in one of them, he's the defending olympic champion. he does have another chance to get that oldest skier title, but it's a big disappointment for him today. >> okay, so, rachel, let me ask you about u.s. figure skater ashley wagner. because a lot of people, a lot of buzz out there about some

photos. what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, well, you can see a couple of photos floating around the internet. there's one where she looks really happy because she just performed a great short skate if that team event you were just talking about, and one after the scores were announced where she does not look very happy. and that photo is what's getting a lot of attention. you guys remember, in the summer olympics, mikalah maroni, the gymnast, where she had sort of a scowl on her face, and all around the internet, it went, mikalah maroni is not impressed, that could be the photo that echoes that at this olympics. the background behind it, of course, is that ashley wagner was expected to be the american favorite here at the games, but she fell twice at the u.s. nationals, only made the team because the selection committee forced her on there. they knocked off another skater. so she was expected to go in the other night and just redeem herself. it was a very difficult routine. she thought she skated very well and then the judging wasn't quite there. but i've got to tell you,

despite that photo, she went later and put on her twitter account, i, period, belong, period, here, period. she thinks that she has now proven herself. shelvf she feels good going into the individual competition and we expect to see a real fighter in the next few days. >> all right. rachel nichols in sochi, russia, for us there. thank you. appreciate it, rachel. this has a big story that has been developing over some time, but it's gotten tragically worse over the last 24 hours. we're talking about syria. some pretty horrific days. but what happened to this aid convoy has the u.n. calling this weekend one in hell. we'll tell you what happened in this shattered city of homs. that's coming up next. and listen to this. the promoter who wanted to put george zimmerman in the boxing ring with rapper dmx says, nope, not going to happen now. find out why he's calling it off. hey guys! sorry we're late.

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one day after a humanitarian convoy came under a ferocious attack in syria, aid workers will try again to good food and medicine to help the civilians there. >> yeah, this convoy came under fire as it was rolling into the war-torn city of homs yesterday. take a look at this. oh, my goodness. it was shelled, there was gunfire, the taken had to break away for safety. sam dagher is the middle east correspondent for the "wall street journal". he is there and we talked to him minutes ago about the situation. >> i'm standing here now at the front line between the government health section of homs and the rebel-held section, which is in the center of the city. what's going to happen today is the united nations along with the syrians, is going to try to

take in food that they weren't able to take in yesterday, and it's going to pack in armored suvs and it's going to try to take them in that way. because yesterday they tried to take them in in two big trucks. i'm sorry, in four big trucks. and they were shot at and they were, you know, mortars were fired at them and snipers shot them. so today, they're coming in differently. and they seem to be determined. and they're going to try to evacuate those civilians, an area that's been under siege for almost 18 months. >> and sam, we know this has opinion going on for some time, but i'm reading your reporting for the journal, and you write that rebels insisted that four red crescent trucks go in. damascus insisted only two trucks go in. i mean, was this specific incident started just because they couldn't agree on the number of trucks that would go in? it's got to be more than that.

>> no, no, no. yesterday, four trucks tried to go in to deliver food, flour, medicine, and hygiene kits. and two made it in. two big trucks made it in. and two others were shot at and had to retreat and didn't make it in. so what they're doing now is the same, the same trucks that didn't go in are going to be the same stuff, is going to be put into a bunch of suvs that belong to the united nations. these are armored suvs and will be taken that way in like different batches, basically. throughout the day. >> so, sam, real quickly, one, was this, you know, team deliberately targeted? and two, do we know who's responsible, specifically? >> reporter: good, question. yes, it was, deliberately and consistently. i was just speaking this morning

again with the head of the mission in syria, and he said it was a deliberate targeting of this convoy, and it's a breach of international law. >> sam dagher there in honems, syria. syrian peace talks scheduled to resume tomorrow in geneva and we'll be following that. still to come, a change of heart for the man who wanted to put george zimmerman in the ring against rapper dmx. yesterday, right here on "new day," he defended the fight. today, he's calling it off. ok ml have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. i've quit for 75 days. 15 days, but not in a row. for the first time, you can use nicorette... even if you slip up... so you can reach your goal. [ male announcer ] now, quit on your own terms with nicorette or nicoderm cq.

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all right. here's one way to spend a snow day. meet snowbama. a teacher built a frozen sculpture of the president this past week after an event where a storm slammed the region. it's a little freaky. >> yeah. >> this is not his first go-around. a few years ago, he built a frozen dinosaur that got rave reviews from the neighbors. >> i wonder, is that just spray paint? >> it would stop you if you were walking or driving by. >> can i just say, i think people are tired of the snow. the brutal weather this winter has really beat up the country. >> i know it, but you're complaining like you've been in it for three months. >> three days is enough. >> and you know what, maybe more. maybe more coming, sadly. karen maginnis, what do you know? >> you had so much fun last time, didn't you? let's show you, what it looked like. do you want a reminder? >> no. >> this is our nightmare. all those cars stuck on the side

of the interstate. this really was miserable. we know some person who works here at cnn, it took them 24 hours to get home. but, no, we're not finished just yet. this next storm system is coming in fast. and it's coming in a little earlier than what we had anticipated. and all the way from northern sections of arkansas and into memphis, tennessee, oxford, mississippi, huntsville, alabama. and you know what? atlanta, georgia, as well. it could start out as freezing rain, maybe some sleet. then it's going to change over to snowfall. but this is going to be moving fairly quickly. but with those temperatures staying cold, it's going to remain on the ground for a little bit longer. so, watches and warnings out, freezing rain advisories, winter weather advisories, and winter storm watches. this is something that you really have to pay attention to. can we show really fast what they were doing in chicago with the snow? they were carving it. it's the sixth annual snow

carving convention there. fabulous! these images, maybe you'll show them a little bit later, but they're just beautiful. all right. can you believe that? that they had 15 teams from around the world competing to carve the snow. now, we wouldn't be doing that with 2 inches of snow in atlanta, but they've had so much snow across the midwest and the great lakes, that this actually was pretty spectacular, international people, day did this at the navy pier. >> that is gorgeous. >> beautiful. >> karen maginnis, thank you so much. listen, we have a big recall we need to tell you about right now. it involves diseased animals and what you eat. we'll tell you more in a moment. also, mystery at sea. so many people are fascinated by this. a lot of skeptics too. we've got you new information on the castaway who says he drifted in the pacific for more than a year. liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order.

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presence in the persian gulf. the u.s. says so far, this just seems to be an announcement by iran, and not an actual deployment. number three, the ceo of aol is apologizing for comments he made about the company's benefits. tim armstrong had cited the cost of obamacare and too-expensive pregnancies to explain why aol would cut the frequency of 401(k) matching payments. he said the new system would save money, but the employees were none too happy, they complained and got their old policy back. number four, a company in california is recalling almost 9 million pounds of meat. federal officials say it came from diseased animals that were not properly inspected. the recall affects meat processed by the rancho feeding corporation. it was sent to distribution centers and retail establishments in several states. and here's your spoiler alert. we're about to tell you some olympic results that have not yet been broadcast, so just want you to be aware, you might want to turn your sound down. but this morning, team usa's jamie anderson won the gold

medal in snowboarding for women's slope style. that's the second gold and third medal for the u.s. today, we did see a big disappointment, too. olympic star bode miller finished eighth in the men's downhill skiing. he'd been favored to win the gold. so this morning, court is in recess in the so-called loud music trial. yesterday wrapped up day three of really dramatic testimony. >> yeah, michael dunn is accused of gunning down 17-year-old jordan avis after a dispute at a gas station in 2012. well, yesterday, his fiancee took the stand. look, she was just torn up, as she described the night of that shooting. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> and when you heard those noises, did you know what they were? >> no, i didn't. >> when you woke up, was the television on? >> yes, it was. >> and did you happen to see something on the news? >> yes, i did. >> at that point in time, did you learn that a teenager had been killed at the gas station?

>> yes, i did. >> so, was that testimony damaging? and if so, how much damage did it cause to dunn's case? cnn legal analyst, mark ohermeoa is outside the courthouse in florida. mark, did her testimony help or hurt her fiance's case? >> i think it was good testimony for this reason, it evidenced the emotion of what was going on both with her and mr. dunn that night. i think she was believable and credible. she showed a very traumatic event and testified about it. i think one concern they're going to have is how to explain away why they didn't call 911 right away. i think she gave what she could in that regard. it's going to be a difficult uphill battle for the defense to convince them that he acted reasonably with the shooting, but that the unreasonable behavior of not calling the police should be excused by the emotions of it. >> okay, so, i mean, his fiancee

there told the juror that he told her he, quote, hated thug music after hearing the radio from the car that davis was in. you know, mark, that this case has gained national attention because of its similarities to your former client, george zimmerman, and his trial. do you think that an argument of self-defense is going to stand up in this court? >> here's my concern with this case. if you compare it to the zimmerman case, in zimmerman, we had an ongoing argument and altercation. we had physical evidence of a fight. we had an extended period of time of that fight. in this particular case, in the dunn case, we have none of that. we have somebody, you know, a lot of room in between him and the eventual victim of the shooting. we have an opportunity for him to get away. and then we have his behavior afterwards, which, again, seems unreasonable with mr. zimmerman's case. of course, the police were right there, right away. he gave statements and he told the information as quickly as he could. i think it's a very uphill

battle, because, again, to believe that there's an imminent feature of great bodily harm, which is what dunn has to prove. it's not truly his burden, but it's going to be in the jury's eyes. to be able to do that, he's got to be able to convince them that he acted reasonably and the behavior afterwards, i think he's going to have a tough time. i don't know how people will believe it's reasonable to go home, go to a hotel room, have a pizza before calling the police. >> you know what else we learned from his fiancee, something else they had were some drinks. the couple had been drinking the night of the shooting and this fiancee says she was concerned for dunn's well-being behind the wheel. what impact could that have in this case? >> well, you know, the fact that he may have been drinking beforehand could have been another reason to leave the scene. it certainly could have affected his judgment as to whether or not taking out a weapon was appropriate. so i think the state's going to focus on that and say he wasn't, he may have been somewhat impaired, or at least we don't know if he was impaired, since he left the scene. but let's not forget another

part that i think the defense attorney has to get across to the jury. people are not good at reliving or recounting traupt events. dunn's not going to be good at it if he testifies. obviously, the fiancee showed the emotion she had with it. and even the other occupants of the vehicle, though they came across almost in lockstep with each other, i think if he can get across the idea that when a trauma of a shooting happens, it's a very difficult to recount. that may give the defense some room to argue reasonable doubt within it. >> we'll continue to watch this. mark o'mara, thank you for your expertise here. >> great to be here and see you guys. >> likewise. new this morning, you know that controversial george zimmerman fight, we just talked to mark o'mara, let's talk about his former client. the fight has been called off. the boxing promoter behind the bout appeared on our show yesterday. >> and after that appearance, apparently he made the decision to call the fight off. he tweeted, quote, the greorge

zimmerman fight is canceled. ames for anyone i hurt with this. >> there's also this statement to cnn we received just moments ago. david feldman said he was tempted to go through wit for the money, but here's the quote, i looked at it in a different perspective. it was hurting too many people. that's just not the direction i want to go. i don't care how much money i could have made on this. damon told us yesterday that the fight between zimmerman and possibly rapper dmx would happen soon, but that's since changed. he now says he'll update the situation. he's called a news conference on tuesday. still to come on "new day," we are talking to the man behind some of the most memorable beatles pictures ever taken. >> one night after a show, i remember paul was sitting and drinking and john came up behind him with a pillow and hits him in the back of the head. >> famed photojournalist harry benson is coming up live with beatles stories you've probably

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[ screaming ] oh, my goodness. just unmistakable sights and sounds from 50 years ago today. marking the moment the beatles invaded america. that just changed the course of music and fashion across the globe too. >> there's one man, photojournalist harry benson, he had a front seat to it all. he was welcomed into the beatles inner circle and spent time with the band, documenting every part of their lives, and of course,

he was there just steps behind this band when he landed in new york and exploded is on to the national stage and they appeared, of course, on "the ed sullivan show" for the very first time. and mr. benson joins us now live from london. he's also the author of "harry benson: the beatles." this book is filled with iconic photos of the infamous band. take us back 50 years and describe for us what it was like when they landed right there in new york and this love affair began. >> well, it was a new experience for me and the boys were, they were nervous and you know, they had about you know, the problems they discussed, you know, the problems with civil rights. and -- but, you know, i think the beatles had a tremendous affect on america by lifting it

up, and it wasn't long after the kennedy assassination i think they brought a lot of happiness. what was interesting about the beatles was, it went from a music story into a news story very quickly. >> yeah. >> that you would see different people covering it up, not just in music people. and i'm not putting down the music people, they're great. but there were a lot of serious journalists that wanted to talk to them. because it was now a phenomenon. >> so, is there one particular, you know, memory that stands out to you, that you will always remember, about these four? something that maybe we don't know about them. >> you want to know something

that you don't know. >> mm-hmm. something about this group that we didn't know before. >> okay, i'll tell you something that people don't mention. john lennon brought his wife, cynthia, a nice blond-haired girl, and she was horribly put out sight and sent home. and i know it broke -- i know it broke's john heart. john wasn't happy about it. and she wasn't, because we spoke on the plane. i mean, i photographed it, i photographed them on the plane, on the plane coming over. and you know, photographs don't lie. and that was a -- they tried putting a black wig on her for a couple of days.

but that was a sad part that they kept quiet, because they wanted them to look like, you know, fresh. which they were, you know, they were terrific. >> can we talk about one of these iconic photographs. it's the pillow fight you caught on camera. take us to that night. how did that all happen? >> well, i was in the beatles' room after the convert one night, and this was late at night. and one of the beatles mentioned, that was some pillow fight we had the other night. so it was like, not a bad picture, but there was a problem, there was another photographer from the "daily mail" there. and it was the "daily express," so it was competition. and i just hope he hadn't caught on to this. anyway, but, excuse me, two

nights later, i'm back in the room, late at night, how about a pillow fight? they all said, yeah. then john said, no, we'll look silly and childish, and they all agreed, but paul was having a drink on the couch. john creeps up behind him and hits him in the back of the head. spills his drink. that was the pillow fight. it went exactly how it happened. not set up. and it's a happy picture. >> you've taken some beautiful photographs and being that it's been 50 years at this point, you've had time to think it out. you know, john, paul, george, ringo. is there any one of them that you feel that you connected with better than others? >> on the beatles, you mean? >> yes. >> maybe george.

but john was a fine person, so was paul. i could do a picture of three beatles, but paul had to be one of them. if you look in the pillow fight picture, it's paul that's holding up the pillow. >> so you had to have paul in the photo. >> beg your pardon? >> you had to have paul in those photographs? >> that's right, yes. he was perfect. they all were. really, they were. and -- but i wasn't a -- i mean, i wasn't a music photographer. i was a news photographer, because as soon as that finished, i was covering the civil rights in america. and i stayed. >> well, when they hit in '64, it was a news story. harry benson, photojournalist, thank you for your stories and the amazing photographs. also the author of "harry

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>> can i have a time table? >> probably -- realistically a year this summer. >> summer 2015. that sources close to the vice president confirm is a very real target date. >> give me another good reason why you shouldn't run. >> i can't. >> yeah? >> there may be reasons i don't run but there's no obvious reason for me why i think i should not run. >> but sources say biden realizes that could change in the next year and a half, an eternity in politics. top of his mind, his family, and if they think he should run. they did, after all, nix a 2004 effort. sources say despite his 1988 surgeries to repair brain aneurys aneurysms, biden is very healthy. but hees not young. >> i feel no regret, not one single solitary ounce of regret. >> he's run for president twice unsuccessfully and knows the

grueling nature of the campaign trail and white house. in 2016 he turns 74, which would make him the oldest first-term president in history. the health of his son beau, the attorney general of delaware who was treated last year at a renowned cancer center is a key consideration. in november beau said his doctors gave him a clean bill of health but for the vice president, a man who lost his first wife and a daughter in a car crash, the health of his family will be a determining factor in a presidential run. yoo beyond his family, the biggest influence on his decision, hillary clinton. her powerhouse candidacy, should she run, might dissuade biden. clinton has yet to announce, but democratic donors and political masterminds are overwhelmingly throwing their weight behind her. in fact, some of president obama's key campaign aides have already signed up with groups supportive of clinton and biden doesn't have a grassroots infrastructure. there is no super pac supporting

him. but one source close to him said that a team could be put together quickly. after all, i was told, he is the vice president. christi and victor? >> brianna keilar, thank you. want to check in with john king in washington with a look at whas coming up on "inside politics." good morning. >> good morning. a big week in politics means a lively conversation just ahead on "inside politics." speaker boehner's sudden about face on immigration. we discuss how that impacts the 2014 campaign year. and if president obama is being told stay away by vulnerable democrats, well, who then can we expect to see on the trail for democrats this fall? we know bill clinton is raring to go. joe biden says he's ready, too. what about hillary clinton? could she help or hurt the democrats in big races? we'll go "inside politics" at the bottom of the hour. >> thank you. catch "inside politics with john king" at 8:30 eastern here on cnn. i have the flu,

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we want to give you something to smile about today. i think this is at least one of the things that will do it. new additions to the animal family at a zoo in new zealand. rare twin red panda cubs. they're the second and third offspring of their parents born at the zoo. their species is in danger because of habitat loss and illegal poaching. it's time for "the good stuff." do you remember that story out of utah, the kids who didn't

have enough money in their account for lunch, the lunches were tossed out. there's a dad in houston who was not about to let that happen. >> kenny thompson is his name. he apparently got wind some elementary school kid were in am same situation and they were getting cold cheese sandwiches, not a tray of hot food. so he walked down to the school, pulled out his wallet and paid $465 of his own money to zero out all those delinquent accounts. in all, he helped pay for more than 60 kids. >> wow. >> these are elementary school kids. they don't need to be worried about finances. they need to be worried about what grade they got in spelling. knowing i left the building that they didn't have that stress, best money i ever spent. >> bless his heart. kenny, you are inspiring for sure. >> it's tough to focus when you are just eating a cold cheese sandwich. thanks to kenny. now to pennsylvania, a couple in pittsburgh touched by

a tragedy and helped by the kindness of strangers. they saw their home burn to the ground a week ago. they have four kids, no insurance, no savings. >> so this is when somebody came in, heard their plea for help. this was on a radio station, and this guy donated a home to them. yes, an entire home. he says it made him feel good, as it should. boy, kudos to both of those men this morning. >> yeah. >> inspire us. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. >> "new day" continues now. i hope that was just a good little bit of inspiration to get you going. >> something to perk you up. >> i'm christi 35u8. >> i'm victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast. this is "new day sunday" and a ground breaking decision we're hear being. >> and that is not emphasizing it enough when we say ground breaking because this is affecting millions of same-sex couples in every state of the nation.

>> yeah. attorney general eric holder has announced that starting tomorrow the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. >> on monday i will issue a new policy memorandum that will for the first time in history formally instruct all justice department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. [ cheers and applause ] >> so in making the announcement, holder called the fight for gay rights a, quote, defining civil rights challenge of our time. >> let's bring in erin mcpike from washington. talk about, if you would, the significance of this, because, again, we're talking about federal legal matters, not specifically state and municipal matters. >> well, victor, holder is taking the federal government to its farthest point yet to recognize same-sex marriage in

this whole country, and he previewed monday's announcement before last night's annual gala of the human rights campaign. the president of that organization compared him and his place in history to robert f. kennedy, as he said, another attorney general who crusaded for human rights. now, this particular new policy development is an expansion ever rights in federal legal matters, and it will allow married same-sex individuals in all states, even those that don't recognize gay marriage at this point, to decline to give testimony in federal cases that could incriminate a spouse, file for bankruptcy with that spouse as a couple, have full visitation rights to see a spouse in federal prison, and collect benefits from federal programs like the september 11th victim compensation fund and the public safety officers benefits program. but this new policy already has ruffled the feathers of opponents of same-sex marriage. brian brown, who is the president of the national organization for marriage said, quote, the changes being

proposed here serve as a potent reminder of why it is simply a lie to say that redefining marriage doesn't affect everyone in society. however, jonathan turley, a constitutional law professor suggested last hour that the obama administration is not crossing any lines here. >> i don't think it is as much of an infringement as has been suggested. the president has been legitimately in my view criticized for exceeding his authority, particularly with regard to congress. i don't think this is such a case. basically he's using his authority as president to say that he is going to ensure, in this case through the justice department, that there's a recognition of these marriages that have been certified in these states. >> now, i would point out that there are 16 states that have legalized gay marriage. there's actually 17 if you count illinois, and that law will go into effect in june.

so when this is implemented, it will really affect the 33 states come june that don't recognize same-sex marriage at this point. christi and victor? >> erin mcpike in walk for us. thank you. a lot of people are wondering about the timing of this and what triggered this announcement at this time by holder. >> joining us now from washington, candy crowley, host of cnn's "state of the union." i think a lot of the question with timing has to do with the sochi olympics because it's such a debate and it's been amplified because of the olympics. why do you think the administration is doing this and why now? >> certainly it's fortuitous timing for this administration that wants to make a statement at the olympics, has with both its delegation and now with this. but my guess is this has sort of minimal effect on putin at this point or on the olympics. there's a lot of things i think that go into the timing of something. first of all, as you mention, there are the olympics but it's also obviously this was a dinner

held for supporters and fund-raisers for the gay rights movement. it is also eric holder's time to look at his legacy. he's now been with the obama administration since the beginning. where he wants to stake his claim in history. i think he made it very clear that this is where he wants to do it, and i think, thirdly, it's an election year, and certainly the gay community has been incredibly supportive of the president and of democrats, their big money contributors, as well as voters, and this is the time obviously that folks want their base to come out. now, eric holder, the justice department, you know, independent of all of that, and he is following what the administration started, which was to extend federal benefits in any way they could to legal gay married couples. so i think a lot of things come to play, but in the end i think

this is about eric holder, where he wants to take the justice department, how he wants his justice department seen, and it certainly will help if you look at the politics of 2014. >> interesting. candy, thank you so much. looking forward to your conversations this morning. keep it here for "state of the union" with candy crowley starts next hour right here on cnn. thanks, candy. okay. so this morning major upset at the winter olympics for a u.s. star and want to give you the quick spoiler alert. so we're back to give you some results that haven't been broadcast but we don't want to steal their thunder. >> just for a second. bode miller disappointing eighth place in the men's downhill skiing competition. he's got five olympic medals. people expected him to win this event. >> yeah, overall. also new, another gold medal for the u.s. jamie anderson won the women's slope style. the u.s. is in second place in

overall standing with three olympic medals. let's bring in cnn's rachel nichols. she's in sochi with the latest really on the bode miller upset, rachel. i'm wondering how he reacted to this, knowing everybody thought he was going to walk away with the gold. >> yeah, he was extremely disappointed because, you're right, he was the favorite in this event. he had near perfect runs during training. he was blowing the competition here away, and he was trying to do something historic. he's 36 years old, which is old for an alpine skier, and he was trying to become the oldest alpine skier to stand on a medal stand at the olympics. this was really going to be meaningful for him. unfortunately, while he got off to a pretty good start, had a great first split time, he had some trouble in the middle and the bottom of the mountain, ran into at least one gate, kind of bobbled on another one. seemed to have some trouble with the visibility out there today because it was a little cloudier this morning than during some of the training runs, and i got to tell you, guys, right after he

crossed the finish line, you could see how crushingly disappointed he was, just slumped over, hands on his knees, sat on his skis for a while, and just seemed stunned. he talked to us a few minutes later, talked to reporters, and he didn't seem to really have an explanation for what happened out there. he's got other events, so he has later chances to medal, including a race where he is the defending olympic champion, but still this one, you get the impression it's going to stick with him for a long time. >> yeah. everybody has been talking -- we've been talking about it and retweeting it, the photograph from the u.s. bobsledder johnny quinn. had to break through the bathroom door after he was locked inside. we've heard about the problem in the hotels there. you spoke with him. what did he say? >> yeah, more than 20,000 retweeted for that picture. it has been crazy, the topic of conversation at the athlete's village. johnny quinn, how he had to bust out of his bathroom.

he said he went to take a shower, and his roommate wasn't even there in the room so he didn't even lock the door. it just got jammed. got out of the shower realized he didn't have a towel so he wanted to get out of that bathroom, but he couldn't. he told me what happened. >> my neighbors or my two other teammates on the bobsled, so i was banging on the wall trying to get their attention, and nothing. >> did not happen. >> and nothing. >> did you have a panic moment? >> not so much a panic because i had running water, but, you know, i had nothing, and i was sitting there banging on random parts of the wall, see if i could catch somebody's attention, and as i'm banging on random parts, going around the bathroom, i kind of hit the door and it cracks, and so, you know, i go a little harder and my fist goes through the door and so -- >> are you surprised at that? do you normally punch through doors? >> no, no, no, no. so i see light, and i was like,

okay, it's time to get out of here now. >> the result, of course, was that photo that you saw, and he said he actually worried afterward that he would be in trouble but he wendt down to the front desk and they told him, don't worry about it and they went and replaced that door for him, which is a good thing, guys, because i have to tell you, that was in the athletes village. he's a bobsledder. in a couple days he's moving up the mountain to some housing up there. the people coming into his housing, that's going to be the u.s. hockey team. those are nhl players. they're used to fancy accommodations. fortunately, they will not have to go to the bathroom with a door with a hole in it. they have a new door now. >> wow. if they have to break through, it's cardboard. so the hockey players are strong enough to get through. >> yes. >> thank you, rachel. >> quinn said it was bobsled push skills. you know your athletic training comes in handy for something. >> and many other aspects possibly. thank you. still to come on "new day," how

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in, say, 10 or 20 years that so many major american companies, these worldwide brands, want to align themselves in this way. they want to be on the right side of history, and they know they're going to get attention for it at a time when russia is being criticized for being on the wrong side of history. i think nbc is in a very interesting, maybe precarious, place because of these issues, and they have been very sensitive to it. for example, they hired david remnick, the editor of "the new yorker" to come over to russia for a couple weeks to be one of their analysts who they can call on to talk about not just russian history but russian politics and the anti-guy propaganda law. they have done a good job of bringing up these issues and not trying to ignore them and just cover the games. >> here is another bit of controversy with nbc right now. they're really being taken to task by some people for editing out the ioc anti-discrimination statement from the opening ceremony. it was aired. it was aired around the world but it got cut in the u.s.

what do you make of that? >> nbc says this, they say the ioc's president's message was edited for time as was other speeches but the message got across very clearly. nbc should have known when they made this edit, wh enthen they out soft of the comments about tolerance and anti-discrimination that they were going to get flack for it. but they had to condense many, many hours of the opening ceremonies into a shorter version for prime time. they do this all the time. this is what nbc does and people have criticized them in the past for it, but i don't think there were political motivations here. i just saw a banner on the bottom of the screen on another news channel that said bowing to russia. i think it was just a simple edit to time. it shows how seriously people are paying attention to now nbc broadcasts these games. the fact you could go online to watch the full statement at least is a good thing. >> there's been this criticism. i want to read something from the human rights campaign that their president put out leading up to the games.

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