this kind of case, given that it was argued not very long. just a matter of weeks. or does this seem appropriate, that four days seems reasonable, given the gravity of this case? in your opinion? >> well, on the side that, you know, let's give the jurors a break here. it's reasonable. jordan davis, 17-year-old kid, lies dead. michael dunn will likely go to prison for the rest of his life, depending on this decision. so i think it's okay for them to take time and make sure they get right, but if want to compare it to other big cases that have been tried in the recent past, they've already deliberated longer than they did in the george zimmerman case, in the jodi arias case, in the o.j. simpson case, in cases that went much, much longer. so statistically, this is a very lengthy deliberation for a very short trial, and a relatively simple fact pattern. so i'm kind of surprised that

it's gone this long. i mean, either he saw a gun or he didn't see a gun. either he had a right to shoot or he didn't, and once you get nast question, the rest of it kind of falls into place pretty easily i think, but these jurors are struggling. i think you've got a faction of jurors holding out against the majority of jurors and they're having a dispute about what's the appropriate thing to do. >> all right. paul canallan, thank you so muc. keep us posted. we'll check back. >> thank you, fredricka. always nice being with you. all right. for those just joining us, welcome to the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. right now sections in the northeast bracing for yet another winter storm. coast massachusetts is under a blizzard warning. boston as well as all the way up to maine could see 12 inches of snow or more.

new york city could see even a few more inches than what they're experiencing today. and that could mean more flight cancellations and delays. rosa flores joining us live from new york. so, rosa, that little bit of snow you have behind you. i'm being facetious, isn't really stopping people. they're getting out and about behind you. slushy or not. but people who are flying in and out of new york, have other much bigger worries. don't they? >> reporter: they absolutely do. i was just as laguardia yesterday. it's just a pain for people. as you know, you're stuck at the airport. sometimes if there's canc cancellations you've got to grab a hotel. sometimes provided by thelines. sometimes not. of course, you have to spend more money, which in this economy, no one has extra money. let me paint a picture behind mere. you're looking at a world class central park here in new york city. lots of cabs usually lined up for folks shopping.

again, this is a walking city. folks are walking out and about. they go grocery shopping, they walk. there's a piece of equipment back there and the 2,300 pieces of equipment used to clear the streets in new york city. i've been up at all wee hours of the morning doing live shots and can tell you the trucks are out and about to make sure that the streets are plowed, and we're expecting between two to four inches just today. when it comes to flights, fred, i just looked at the numbers again. 700 cancellations so far today. the number upped by about 100 for delays. that's down to -- up to 2,800 cancellati cancellations -- excuse me, delays, when it comes to flights around the country. now, fred, you're going to laugh at me, because i was prepared for a lot of winter weather. look at my boots. >> let me see the boots. what you got? yeah. they look cozy and warm. >> reporter: i'm ready for something big. >> very smart. i'm ready for big snow, fred! we're expecting two to four.

we're expecting two to four inches. right now it's 37 degrees. so we'll have to see. everybody that i talked to said, this is like the worst winter that they've had in new york city. i'm thinking, it's because i moved here. that's why. >> oh, well, you know, depends how you look at it. some of us like the white stuff and some people don't. don't mothball the boots yet. more is coming. you're going to get more use out of them. i'm not a meteorologist but listening and paying attention. rosa, thanks so much. talking more of weather coming up on what's expected and also talk more about the jury in the loud music murder trial. possibly to reach a verdict at any moment. this is the case of michael dunn, accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old jordan davis after an argument over loud music at a gas station. it was busy at the start of the morning, with the jury asking very interesting and telling questions, but it's been a little quiet since then.

as far as we know. correspondent martin savidge and legal analyst sunny hostin live in jacksonville. martin, begin with you. the jury asked questions. haven't heard a peep or anything since. correct? >> no, we have not, and we're waiting for anything. it's the questions that give insight how the deliberations may or may not be going. first question this morning, actually came roughly about a half hour into the deliberations. they wanted to know if they could clear the bulkier exhibits for more room to move around. then a three-part question that began to show this jury is grappling with the issue of self-defense or the justifiable use of deadly force. the question is broadly put, do they apply it in one's count or would it apply to all counts? here is judge russell healy talking about it. >> first question -- is the defense of self-defense

separate for each person in each count? the answer is, yes. second question -- are we determining if deadly force is justified against each person in each count? the answer is, yes. the third question -- or if we determine deadly force is justified against one person is it justified against the others? no. self-defense and justifiable use of deadly force applies separately to each count. >> all right. and since then, the jurors were sent back to continue deliberations, and the court has been in recess. we haven't heard a word since for the family of jordan davis, of course, all of this has been very difficult. they thought this would be an open and shut case. we heard a short time in the form of a tweet from lucy macbeth, jordan's mother. tomorrow is my boy's birthdays. i hope we will have a righteous verdict. patiently we wait, and waiting is the name of the game right now. fredricka? >> sunny hostin, well, you know,

martin kind of set it up there, that some thought this would be an open and shut case. certainly not one that would bring at least four days of deliberations, but that's exactly where we are. was that your view as well? open/shut? clear as determining whether michael dunn shot this 17-year-old jordan, and whether he felt a threat or not? >> you know, i have been listening to so much of the testimony i did feel going into deliberations the prosecution put on very, very strong case, and i thought enough of a strong case for first-degree murder conviction. and so i am a bit surprised that it is taking them so long to come to a conclusion and also surprised that they seem to be still talking about self-defense. i will tell you, i just came out of the courthouse, and representative, congresswoman from florida, corrine brown is there. she's been there every single

day of this trial. i asked why she was here for this particular case, and she said, this is her district, and something nields to be changed about the stand your ground laws, and i've heard a lot of people say that this case isn't about stand your ground, but it valley, because what people need to understand is, in florida, stand your ground is part of self-defense. it just simply is. and this jury was instructed on the stand your ground law. and i suspect that perhaps that is what is hanging up this jury, and so i think it's very interesting that at least inside of the courthouse and including the congresswoman, people are saying that what is sticking with this jury is the stand your ground law, and something really needs to be done about it. >> and maybe that's underscored by that question that was asked about determining you know, whether deadly force is justified against each person. whether this is an issue of self-defense separate for each person in the case. those were two of the questions asked by the jurors. >> right.

>> sunny? >> i'm sorry? you said -- which questions are asked by the jurors? >> two of the question, right, that as it pertained to self-defense. you know, separate for each person, in each count, as well as determining whether deadly force is justified against each person? >> yeah. i think what is so interesting about that is, when you look at the law of self-defense, basically, self-defense, a claim of self-defense doesn't just apply a blanket defense to every single person. you have to look at self-defense per victim, and so if you believe that there was justifiable force against jordan davis that does not mean shooting into a car with three other people that were not threatening you, this self-defense claim extends to them, and it was interesting, i think to all of us, they are k asking whether or not that self-defense blanket blankets this defendant for all four victims. very strange and shows that with this 41-page jury instruction,

she are struggling with the mere concept of self-defense, and how it applies in this case, and, again, it really goes back to stand your ground, because in non-stand your ground case, quite frankly, this wouldn't apply. because you have to flee. you have to call 911. you can't just stand your ground and -- and basically shoot into a car with so many people. that's never classic self-defense. it's really been a fascinating thing to see the jury grapple with something like that. >> all right. sunny hostin, martin savidge, thanks so much. martin, i know you'll get back with us. we understand there would be something like a 30 to 45-minute notice if indeed the jurors come to a verdict. giving family members all representative, everyone, that kind of opportunity in which to get back to that courthouse. all right. coming up next, we're going to uk about this exciting day in sochi, russia, as the u.s. hockey team faces russians with vladimir putin watching. not cracking a smile.

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fixodent. and forget it. a heart-stopping match at the winter olympic games in sochi. usa taking on russia in hockey. the match came down to the wire, but in the end, team usa won, score -- 3-2. cnn's andy shoals joining me live with more on this. quite thrilling. >> yeah. very thrilling victory and a hero's come out of this one for team usa. his name, of course, t.j. oshie. he's 27 years old and the thing is, in these olympic games, when it gets to a shoot-out, after the first three rounds, still tied, can you have the same player keep taking the next shot, the next shot, the next shot, the next shot. teamous went with ochi because he's shoot-out expert. why he's on the team and came through with the u.s. taking

four out of six shots. a cool back story. went to high school in min. warroad, minnesota harks a population of less than 2,000 people, but they've had eight olympians come out of there. >> incredible story. >> called hockeytown oshies latest super star. a huge star after carrying the usa to this win today. he said i want it to all be about the team. >> it was pretty crazy. there's a lot of over-qualified guys that could have been going there as well. so the coaches had enough trust in knee put me out there. >> back in the hockey league, one of the better guys in the shoot-out. i know what he's capable of. to go that many times and have a few tricks up your sleeve for the goal they doesn't get your head, pretty impressive. >> little kids everywhere saying, i'm t.j. ochi, scoring the game-winning goal.

a big win for the u.s. on top of their group. if they tomorrow against slow jayne. they win that, guaranteeing a spot in the quarterfinals. trying to win their first gold since the miracle on ice back in 1980. >> let's talk more about that, so many years ago, the miracle on ice. reminiscent of that, if you didn't know about it, you do know about it now, because you're hearing about all of these parallels. >> not the exact same situation, of course. back in 1980, the usa was a huge underdog. no one expected in tome win that game. right now almost on par. a big game in terms of this group, who could get the win to be on top to get the bye. a much easier road to get to the gold medal game. the usa came up short in the olympics losing to canada in the gold medal game getting the silver. i'm sure they want to bring home the gold this time. >> oh, they do. cnn got a chance to talk to the u.s. captain a bit earlier today about the meaning behind today's win, and the comparisons being made to, gosh, a couple decades

ago. >> now it's, you know, we play russia. we don't play the soviets. there's not that, you know, rivalry between the two countries from a political end, and the professionals play now versus the amateurs, you know that we were in 1980. so i think the whole thing is very, very different from the players to just the scope of the game and what the game bhent to meant to a nation back in 1980 versus what it means today. >> wow. from 34 years ago today, but feels like just yesterday. in fact, i guess in a way -- it did just happen all over again. see that was cool stuff. >> it is cool stuff, and right now the usa, in pretty good standings in the metal count as well. look at that. russia on top with 15 medals. usa right behind them with 14. hopefully when this is said and done, get on top of them and take home the medal count. >> we'll see what happens. another week or so to go. very exciting, nonetheless.

andy, appreciate it. >> any time. coming up next, same-sex couples in virginia who want to get marriy score a major legal victory. will it become an issue in the campaign in's coming elections?

gay couples in virginia are welcoming a federal court ruling that struck down the state's ban

on same-sex marriage. this is the late nest a series of developments on gay rights ish pups our barbara starr joins us with more on this. barbara? >> reporter: fred, as you know currently same-sex marriage is permitted by law in 17 states and the district of columbia. but if some court decisions are a barometer, look for more. gay rights supporters are savoring a victory in virginia from a federal judge just struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. tony london and his partner of 25 years challenged the ban after being denied a marriage license. >> we are no ditch than anybody else out here. we just want the opportunity to be recognized the same way everyone else is and to have the same benefits that married couples have. >> reporter: the ruling comes amid a flurry of activity in the courts, legislators and executive branch over the

question of what rights same-sex couples should have. just this week, the kansas house voted to protect people and businesses who deny services to same-sex couples on religious grounds. in kentucky, a federal judge ruled the state must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. and here in washington, attorney general eric holder moved to give same-sex couples equal standing with straight couples in federal legal matters. things like bankruptcy, the right to not testify against a spouse, and next of kin notification rights. >> they will strive to ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, the same protections and the same rights as opposite sex marriages under federal law. >> reporter: gay rights supporters have gained ground since last summer, when the supreme court struck down a law denying federal recognition for

legally married same-sex couples. it could be an issue in this fall's mid-term elections. >> democrats could use that as a kochal against republicans saying why don't you support this, and in southern states like kentucky or arkansas, where there are also senate races this year, some of the red state democrats could be really reluctant to support same-sex marriage. >> reporter: and that's what people may be watching. will republicans use against the democrats, especially in those southern red state campaigns. fred? >> barbara starr in washington. thanks so much. all right. babies don't necessarily communicate like you and me, but are they born with a sense of right or wrong? coming up, anderson cooper tells us about a groundbreaking research. >> how do we know what she's really thinking? >> well, we don't know the subtle tis of what she's really thinking, but we find when they look at a associate individual between two individuals they can

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all right. bottom of the hour now. welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield. the top stories crossing the cnn newsdesk now. actress ellen page is "tired of hiding and lying by omission." the canadian star of the movie "juno" acknowledging in a very public way she's gay. she got a standing ovation. her announcement comes a week after nfl prospect michael sam revealed he is gay. during the celebrity all-star game in new orleans, last night u.s. secretary of education arne duncan was the big star. duncan scoring 20 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. look at that. he actually took home the mvp award. duncan was a former co-kacht ca

his former college team. and 1.6 million requests for fbi background checks in january, a third less than a year ago. last year's surge was sporked by fears of new gun restrictions following the newtown, connecticut shooting. background checks are often considered to be the most accurate means of tracking legal gun sales. 12 men and women deciding the fate of michael dunn are still locked in a dliber aceation room right now. they've been tat moat it more t hours. the judge said they are obviously struggling. joined by two gentlemen to weigh in g. to see you. >> good to talk to you again. >> let me begin with you. how do you decipher what's taking place, deliberations, the types of questions these jurors have asked the judge? >> it's a fool's folly to figure what's going on inside that jury room, but now that we have the time we have to do it.

when we look to the questions they asked, it really seems to me as though they were asking questions that suggests the issue is this. they may believe that the way dunn acted in response to jordan davis may have been justified. but the question i think, is even though he was justified in his reaction to jordan davis by shooting, was he justified in shooting at the other three. and i think what they may be focusing on is those last three shots where dunn got out of the car, aimed at the car taking off and put three shots into it, because if we had to make sense out of the overall picture of the few questions, that's one very reasonable belief, that they may be working through. >> and then, joey, one of the questions, which really speaks to that potential theory is, if deadly force is justified against one person is it justified against the others? and the judge answered, no. helping to give them clarity they there can be different judgments based on the parties involved here. is that what you ready here?

>> sure, fredricka. i did. just to sort of echo what mark said, i think it's very -- right on point. that's the analysis you could conclude from the question. in the event this jury does believe that there was justification as to jordan davis, what does that mean as to the other three? what were they doing such that it would be excusable, that is, mr. dunn's conduct, as to them? of course, there were multiple shots. nine which hit the car. ten, of course, fired in total, and so with the other shots, fredricka, the issue becomes what were the other three teens doing in the car, such that mr. dunn felt in fear of them, and would, therefore, be justified under the law in the charges as to them, which is attempted murder. >> and, joey, in your view, is this troubling to the prosecution in particular? that four days of deliberations, and the xlok sticlock is still ? >> you know, it is, and it's not. why i say that and why i hedge is that the longer you do this, the nor confusing it becomes.

there are jurors out a long time, fred, and, of course, convict. jur es out for a long time and then acquit. what i really do believe, particularly in light of the fact that it was a holiday weekend, it was, of course, valentine's day yesterday. the jury is sequestered nap they really are troubled, and they're really seeking to get it right, because this is a decision when you have a jury that's impaneled that there is to live with for the rest of their life. you would expect to build confidence in our system that the jury's really focused and aiming on the evidence so that they could be at least content with the decision they make. >> and the mark, do you see that perhaps the case that you were involved in, the george zimmerman/trayvon martin case in any way kind of set the stage for these jurors to try to be as diligent as possible? to try to be as thorough, to try to take advantage of asking these questions, that with that kind of precedence of the case that you were involved in, that that has directly impacted how this case is playing out,

particularly as it pertains to the jurors? >> i think that's a great point. that's one good lesson learned from the zimmerman case with the high publicity it had. that jurors are looking at these cases and taking them very seriously. certainly the idea of self-defense has hit the forefront for the past couple of years throughout the nation, and the idea of how we are supposed to act responsibly with guns and act to a perceived let that been talked about in many, many circles for a long, long time, and we now know that that exact conversation is going on in that jury room and they're trying to figure out, did mr. dunn act reasonably under his perceived threat? if there was a failing, i was concerned about the defense not putting forth a reasonable explanation as to what may have happened, and now it may be the jury's considering that the tripod that was in the car may have been the presumed gun that mr. dunn was reacting to, and they're giving him some leeway because of that. >> hmm. mark o'mara, joy jackson.

thank you, gentlemen. we're 25 hours and counting for these jurors and they deliberate in jacksonville, florida. we'll check back with you. thank you. >> thanks, fredricka. >> thank you. and new revelations about what babies may be thinking. and what they know and what they're responding to. what they're trying to tell us. a fascinating look inside their minds, next. but first -- in today's "human factor" dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to a man who made olympic history and continues to change lives for the better. >> reporter: chris has had numerous successes on the snow. but a routine checkup when only 21 almost ended his budding career. >> they said, you have a disease called psc. primary sclerosis cholangitis. i said, doc, you got the wrong guy. >> reporter: unfortunately he was the right guy and his liver disease was slowly damaging

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all right. have you ever wondered when what a sbaeb baby is thinking and at what dpoint they know the

difference between good and ba? researchers studied the minds of babies and what they discovered is eye-opening. here's anderson keep. >> reporter: mees megan, 6 months old. >> look how pretty you are. >> reporter: so is connor. hazel is 11 months, and lyle, just 3 months old. these babies are lep helping to answer one of life's biggest questions. are we born knowing right from wrong. most people think of babies at blank slates. your experiments they that's not true. not that they have to be taught wrong from right? >> at very early ages there is a lot going on there. >> you want to put that in there? ah! wow. look at that. good job. >> reporter: this is the infant cognition center at yale university. otherwise known at the baby lab. based on over eight years of studies, researchers here

believe babies are not taught the difference between good and bad, but instead are born knowing it. as these babies grow, there moral beliefs are enhanced by parents or society, but they aren't created by them. the studies are conducted with the help of puppet shows. the puppets act out good and bad behave eer. watch as his puppet struggles to open the bocts. a green bunny tum comes and help. green bunny, nice and helpful. then an orange bunny comes along and slams the box shut. orange bunny, mean and unhelpful. the actions are repeated a number of times. what does this mean to 6-month-old megan? she watches the show, and is then presented with the two puppets. the nice green bunny and the mean orange bunny. >> who do you like? >> megan grabbed for the green bunny. the nice one. dr. karen wynn runs the lab

saying by grabbing with her hands, megan shows she understands the difference between good and bad. >> when it comes to the social world, little megan here was hugging -- that's cute. she's -- showing the really typical response of all of the babies that come in. they gravitate towards the helpful characters and friendly characters and from very early on. >> how do we know what she's really thinking? >> well, we don't know the subtle tis of what she's thinking but we find when they look at a social interaction between two individuals they can tell whether that's a positive or negative one and they're drawn towards the positive character. >> up goes the curtain. >> reporter: connor and sochi watch the same show. nice bunny, mean bunny. according to the studies, over 80% of the time, the nice bunny ends up in the arms of the baby. wynn and her team wanted to see if babies eastern younger than 6 months would recognize good and bad behavior. so they tried this experiment

with 3-month-olds. babies this young don't have the motor skills to grab for anything. so how do they show a prirchs? it turns out by staring. babies this young are known stare longer at things they like, and they avert their eyes from things they don't like. >> noah, who do you like? >> noah looking at the bad orange bunny then switches his gaze to the good, green bunny and he keeps staring. >> they're not old enough to reach, but in their looking they will orient visually to the positive characters. much, much more so. >> they look more at the positive character? >> lots longer at the positive character. >> is that surprising? >> it did surprise me nap did surprise me, and what it's caused me to believe is that it's just a kind of a fundamental value. you know, we're fwoilt say, this is good. this is positive. this is bad. >> incredible. >> uh-huh. >> incredible. yes! >> reporter: it's also incredible, that about 90% of the 3-month-olds tested seemed

to recognize good behavior. 19-month-old natalie takes the experiment one step further. >> natalie, we're going to play a game. okay? >> reporter: by not only recognizing good and bad behavior, but acting on it. >> oh! >> natalie is presented with two empty bowls placed in front of the two puppets from the show. >> no. >> oh, no. natalie, look. there's only one treat left. there's only one treat left top give. >> watch as she gives it to the good puppet. >> who do you want to give a treat to? that guy? okay. >> so what does it tell you? >> they are actually, i think it tells us they're actually evaluating, what does -- who's deserving of what types of behave irin the world? and who's, you know, who do they feel warrants getting the benefits? >> and the babies take a step further. they don't just reward, they punish as well.

here they're given a choice to take a treat away from a good or bad puppet. >> who do you want to take a treat from? >> almost 90% of the time, the babies will punish the bad puppet. >> is it possible this is coincidence? they're gravitating to a color of the shirt they like more, or where the placement is? >> good question. we switched the colors of the shirts. so for half the baby, the green shirted puppet is nice. for half it's the orange shirted puppets that's nice and we find over and over again it really doesn't relate to color of the shirt or which puppet's on the left or right. it's who's been the positive character? >> even though these babies can't tell us what they're thinking, their actions leer at the baby lab are helping us understand more about what's going on behind those eyes. anderson cooper, cnn, new haven, connecticut. >> wow. no surprise all of those babies, so inquisitive. straight ahead if babies can recognize and we know now they do recognize good and bad

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okay. we all know babies are cute and have their own way of communicating. so in this second part of his serious, anderson cooper shows us how you'll university researchers are using creative ways to find out whether babies are born with a moral compass.

>> it's hard to believe, but these little babies are helping to answer one of life's biggest questions -- is are we born knowing right from wrong? >> a lot of activity. >> reporter: researchers here at the cognition center they believe that humans are born with an innate sense of moshl believes, which means babies don't need to be taught the difference between right and wrong. they are born already knowing it. we watched babies as young as 3 months old as they were presented with a puppet show. here a puppet struggles to open a box. we see a green bunny that helps to open the box. good behavior, good bunny. then an orange bunny slams the box shut and run away. bad behavior,bunny. when given a choice between the two, 80% of babies chose the kbood bunny.

with babies 3 months old, it goes to about 90%. they are taking the studies further. if babies recognize good characters and bad characters, what does it take for them to interact with a bad character. it's an experiment, the deal with the devil. research shows that babies are predisposed to want to interact with good people and avoid bad people. here's an example. lucy watches the puppet show repeatedly and seems to recognize the good behavior and the bad behavior right away. after the show, the good green bunny and the bad orange bunny offer lucy some graham crackers. which one will lucy choose? >> whose do you want? >> that one. >> she takes the one cracker

from the good puppet. it's a baby version of a sacrifice. >> most of them choose the one cracker from the nice guy rather than choosing two crackers from the mean guy. it shows that babies are really willing to take a cost to avoid interacting with the mean guy. >> over 80% of babies will avoid the mean guy but only seems when they have just a little more to offer than the nice guy. >> so what happens when the mean guy has a lot more to offer than the nice guy? jack is presented with the same puppet show, but a different choice. this time the bad bunny has eight graham crackers to offer, the good bunny just one cracker. jack goes for the eight crackers from the bad bunny. >> so if someone may be unpleasant to deal with, but if

they have a reason like more stuff or more things we want or need. >> it's interesting. i tended to think of it the flip version of it, which the positive. which exhibits not only that we have an aversion to interacting with negative people, but there is a cost to being a negative person and that is you have to have more -- there's a cost and you have to work to overcome it in some way or another. >> i tend to see the negative. >> although most babies end uptaking crackers from the bad guy, one-third will still take the cracker from the nice guy. this is a good sign to karen who say if babies can override their selfish instints, full grown adults should also. >> we are creatures conducting cost benefit analysis on all aspects of our actions. >> even babies are weighing these considerations. >> even young ages are weighing

these considerations and decides where their own threshold is. >> baby jack's threshold was hunger and the choice perhaps too tempting. >> you got to do what you got to do. >> anderson cooper, new haven, connecticut. >> very sweet. in a minute, we'll be meeting a high school basketball player unlike any other out there. the handicap he's overcome to be one of his team's top players. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn.

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take a look at this. they are nuts. a couple of russia climbers looking prs and they found it in china. it was the top of the shanghai tower, soon to be the world's second tallest structure. the pair made it all the way to the top of the building's construction cranes. they did a similar stunt last

year when they scaled one of the pyramids in egypt. why did they do it? just because. crazy stuff. as we watch the winter games in russia, there's a high school athlete we want to show you who is succeeding here at home. he doesn't look any different than his teammate, but he is. our affiliate wbbm in chicago introduces us to this young man. >> reporter: john oliver has so much heart and talent you don't think he's missing anything, but look closely. there's nothing hand his wrist besides the beginning of his palm. >> i don't get a reaction until later on in the game. you don't really notice it the at first. i don't play that way. >> the thing with john is you walk into a gym and you don't even notice if at first because he doesn't let it bother him. >> reporter: the senior was born with a club left hand. he doesn't like wearing a prosthesis and his figured out basketball mechanics on his own.

. >> i learn to adjust. recently i have gotten better. >> reporter: since he was 3 years old, john's family got him involved in basketball and baseball. they never treated him like he had a disability. a big reason why he says he doesn't feel that way. >> i have had to work harder than e everybody else. >> reporter: he cracked the starting line up his sophomore year and has started every game this season. >> a kid came up to me after the game and told me i was an inspiration. >> wow. he's an inspiration. that's going to do it for me. the next hour of the newsroom begins now with don lemon in new york. are you enjoying the snow? >> i am. we haven't had a chance to talk. you got like half an inch of

snow. is everything okay? >> it's paralyzed us. >> are you okay? >> the second time around was a little easier for most folks. they decided to stay home. less gridlock. we're okay. it's all melted. i'm sad to see it go. >> we got 12 to 15 inches and the schools weren't even closed here in new york. >> a little soft spot. we won't go there. >> thank you. see you later. roll the open. hello, everyone. top of the hour. thank you for joining us. there's a lot going on. sit down. we're going to tell you about a lot. an earthquake in the south, what is going on with the crazy weather? live pictures now in new york city. it is snowing in the northeast. look at that. what in the world? what's happening? we'll take you there live. one athlete calls sochi a venue

of disaster. we'll tell you why. and a look at the new face of heroin. >> don, i know like me you have been paying close attention to the resurgence of heroin addiction. it's amazing how many states it involves now and who the face of heroin has become. i'll be talking to a guy who is a world class gymnast who has succumb to this illness as well and how he got out of it. . we'll begin with a developing story. live in jacksonville where 1 jurors could decide the face of this man. michael dunn, you have been listening to his testimony all week. they could decide his fate at any moment. they have been at it for days. he's charged with the murder of a 17-year-old after an argument over loud music. and the attempted murder of davis's three friends. our legal analysts have been inside the courtroom for this

trial. sunny hostin joins us live. so the jury has had several questions about the charges. they have been in there for more than 20 hours. what is taking so long? >> reporter: that's sort of the million-dollar question. i think if you look and listen to the questions, it seems that they are struggling with michael du dunn's testimony and his credibility. it was so unusual for a first-degree murder defendant to get on the witness stand, but he did. he got on the witness stand. he claimed to have seen a shotgun, don, in the car with these four young boys. he claims that jordan davis got out of the car and brandished this weapon and he felt in fear of his life and that is why he shot ten times into the car. it's clear to me and to other people that have been watching this trial that perhaps there are a few jurors that do believe

that version of events. they have been asking questions directly related to self-defense. not only today, but also yesterday. and i think that is what this is going o come down to. what is so fascinating is people are saying this is not a stand your ground case. this is a stand your ground case because it was instructed to the jury. they got the definition for stand your ground and it's part of florida's self-defense law, and that's the problem here. >> you say pr the questions that they have, you think some of the jurors are believing dunn's side of the story that it was self-defense. how does that bode for the outcome here? plus your thought on the length of the deliberations. >> reporter: you know, usually the rule of thumb, don, is one hour of jury deliberations per day of trial. this was a very short trial. we're talking eight, nine days.

so the fact that they are 20 hours in, it's even longer than the george zimmerman case deliberations, which was only about 16 hours. it's much longer than the o.j. simpson verdict, which came in under four hours. and so i think that this jury is really struggling. they are probably hung on one or many counts and that tells me they will come back in, explain to the judge that they are hung and what the judge does in a case like this provides an alan charge. it's like a pep talk and tells me i know you have been working hard but please try to exchange ideas, do the best you can to reach a consensus. i think that perhaps is what we're going to hear today. typically the judge lets them deliberate until about 6:00. we're getting close to 6:00. they have started at 9:00 today. and i think there's some trouble in the jury room. i think they may be hung, don. >> very interesting. sunny, standby. we're going to be going back to

sunny live at that courthouse where they are deliberating the fate of mr. dunn, who is accused of killing this young man. the parents of trayvon martin, people have been drawing parallels. they sent a message to the parents of jordan davis condemning racial profiling in florida. they say it serves as a basis for the shooting and kill iing teens. they said "no matter the verdict, the fact that ron and lucia will never see their son again will not change. we know that pain all too well. we walk with jordan in defining his legacy and continuing the fight against unjust gun laws." the family attorney of trayvon martin is going to join us live in the 6:00 hour to talk about this case. make sure you join us here on cnn. benjamin krump will join us to talk about the case. we're going o get to the weather now. enough with the crazy weather.

even the government's climate agency says the weather is freaking weird right now. the deep south freezes solid. it's frozen solid and they are wearing short sleeves at the winter olympics. it's weird. something about long wave patterns and slow jet streams. lots of science stuff. in california no rain. it's the most severe drought on record for the state. president obama promising nearly $200 million in drought relief. what californians really need is the weather to cooperate. talk about weird nature. an earthquake struck last night in south carolina. a 4.4 magnitude shaker they felt all the way to atlanta. people in south carolina had a 70-degree day today. an ice emergency and an earthquake all in one week. what's next? locusts and more of this is coming to new england. a blizzard warning is in effect for cape cod extending past

boston. boston could have 12 inches of snow on the ground. new york city will be spared this time around. that's good for new yorkers. the snow is coming down, but the airports have more headaches to look forward to, right? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. there's about 700 cancellations around the country at this hour. there's 3,200 delays. you know those folks are having major headaches. let me set the scene here. take a look. it's snowing in new york. new york is expecting between 2 to 4 inches at this hour. but the brunt of the storm is going to be in massachusetts. he mentioned cape cod. the east coast of massachusetts is under a blizzard warning right now. it includes cape cod and hear th this. the winds are going to be between 50 and 60 miles an hour. it's going to be tough for those folks. the brunt of the storm is going

to be between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. governor patrick there is definitely already making arrangement arrangements. here's what he had to say. >> under these conditions, it really isn't possible for us to keep the roads clear and safe given the rate of snowfall. so we are asking people to stay off the roads from 5:00 this afternoon until 5:00 tomorrow morning. >> reporter: here's a quick breakdown. in the area of cape cod and the east coast of massachusetts, they could get between 6 to 10 inches. boston, probably 6 inches. new york, 2 to 4. hear this. maine up to a foot of snow. those folks are going to get the worst of it. >> oh, my goodness. how many times have we heard that from governors and mayors? stay off the roads. a whole heck of a lot. people are still out in new york city. i can see it behind you. stick around. we'll get back to you as soon as

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over for the first time in 20 years. the buildup forming ice caves. >> these were something special. they were as big as a garage. >> reporter: people in so many different regions say they have never seen weather like this winter's. over the past week, we have reached a point where 49 out of 50 states have had snow on the ground. we have had thunder sleet. captured in this video from a backyard deck in new jersey. but also a punishing drought in california. people in more than a dozen towns in danger of running out of water. again, that refrain. >> this is the worst year i have ever seen. >> reporter: these weather patterns are severe, crazy and connected. this winter a high pressure ridge of stable air blocked precipitation from the pacific ocean causing the drought. then it pushed the jet veem further up into canada than

usual, which led to a trough in the east. that's why those areas got hit by cold weather from canada. >> they are associated with the long wave pattern, so they are connected in that sense. >> reporter: experts say the flow of the jet stream that's driving the severe weather patterns into the south and dumping piles of snow here in the midatlantic is also slower moving this year than in years past holding those severe weather patterns longer over this year and in places like great britain. which caused severe flooding will. the wettest january in two and a half centuries. and yes, that same wave pattern is what's affected the winter olympics making it almost summertime in sochi. why is it all so slow moving this year holding the weather patterns over us longer? >> that's an area of research we're currently investigating. we don't have an answer to that question. if we did, we would have a much more skillful prediction in the

longer time scale say out to one to two months. >> reporter: another mystery, whether all of this is connected to climate change or not. the centers of environmental prediction say they are still trying to crack that code. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> brian todd, thank you. one athlete calls a sochi venue a disaster. that's next. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband?

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the u.s. men's hockey team didn't need a miracle to beat russia today. all they needed was it t.j.oshi. he scored on 4 of 6 shootout attempts. the victory nearly didn't happen but a goal in the third period was waved off and the teams could meet again when the finals begin next week. the host of the games

winning the medal count. russia tops the count with 15 medals while the u.s. is tied with the netherlands in second with 14 medals. norway, germany and canada round out the top six. the u.s. had high hopes for today's women's super g race. the race was a disaster for 18 skiers who couldn't even finish including 7 of the first 8 racers on the course. we have more details. look at this. put up this picture. people have been asking me, what is going on? why such disaster at the u.s. olympics? what's going on with team usa? could it be the weather? this is a cross country skiing event and, this is not a doctored photograph. this guy is shirtless watching the ski event. what's going on? is this the problem? the weather? >> some people are saying that.

it's been up almost into the 60s during these olympics. people have been going out to where the beaches are and laying out without shirts on and people rocking shorts every day. a photographer in sochi put on his facebook saying i didn't bring enough shorts for the winter olympics. as you were talking about the competition on the slopes today, the temperature was about 45 degrees when they started. they already said this downhill course had some of the most dangerous turns people had ever seen. so the warm weather along with the lack of snow made those turns even harder. switzerland's competitor who got fourth in the competition in the super g race said there's no snow at the bottom. it's not funny anymore. this is a disaster. it was a shame for everybody. julia mancuso finished eighth, but that's disappointing for her. she said she was just happy to make it down the course. aside of how dangerous some of these slopes are, we saw the

worst injury we have seen at the olympics so far earlier today. a russian skier fractured her spine today in a crash during a training session. she was in surgery for six and a half hours. just a terrible, terrible injury. a russian media outlet is reporting that president putin is going o visit her in the hospital. >> so the speed skate rers complaining about their uniforms. is that correct? could it be the uniforms? are we the only ones complaining? what's going on? >> we hear it a lot more because it's our athletes that are doing the complaining. the speed skaters are concerned about the suits. the under armour suits were going to be the secret weapon. it turns out the vent in the back of these new suits that they were trying to use is actually slowing them down and not speeding them up. that's according to the speed skaters. . now they have reverted back to

the suits they were wearing in previous competitions for the competitions today. but it didn't help. the skaters that went today, brian hanson finished seventh. shani davis finished 11th. so underarmour in this disaster is saying, hey, it's not the suits. you changed back and you're still not performing in a medal worthy finish. >> all right. i'm not there. excuses, excuses. we'll see. my clothes are too tight. i don't know. thank you, andy. talk to you soon. it's nba all-star weekend in new orleans. the biggest highlight so far came from secretary of education arkansas kn arne duncan. he made a fancy, no-look pass to skyler digens for the easy score. boom. >> that is awesome. >> duncan played for harvard

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we're learning more about the culture inside the miami dolphins locker room. the nfl team has been in the headlines since last october when a player quitclaiming he was taunted by a teammate. jonathan martin said richie incognito used racial slurs and constantly bullied him. a new nfl report shows there was more than just one bully. >> reporter: the explosive report released on friday by

independent investigator ted wells showed that jonathan martin worked in a culture of harassment. not only that, but richie incognito wasn't the only one doing the bullying. the 148-page document details continuing verbal abuse and vulgar sexual comments made about martin's sister and mother by some of his teammates. the situation first exploded last october when martin walked off of the team's facility allegedly because of bullying. he gave this interview in the fall. >> i have spoke on to my teammates in other locker rooms and ask does this stuff go on. and the consensus was this was not normal. >> reporter: martin was tormented by three of the team's offensive lineman starting in 20 12. on friday martin's agent reacted. >> i'm just happy that we're able to move forward. i think jonathan really wanted to get this behind.

him and start to focus on playing football in 2014. >> reporter: the report says richie incognito along with veteran john jerry and mike pouncey engaged in a pattern of harassment. martins was not the only target. the investigation uncovered another lineman who was subjected to homophobic name calling and inappropriate touching. a trainer was also the subject of racial slurs. >> i'm embarrassed by my actions. what i want people to know the way that jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and how our taem mates communicate, it's vulgar. it's not right. when the words are put in the context, i understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised, but people don't know how john and i communicate to one another. >> reporter: according to the report, march tan tin says he was driven into depression and his failure to stand up to his

teammates a personal shortcoming as he tried to fit. he considered suicide twice and sought help. the report also says martin struggled with emotional issues since high school. richie incognito's lawyer says ted wells' report is replete with errors adding "it's disappointing that mr. wells would have gotten it so wrong, but not surprising. the truth is that jonathan martin was never bullied by richie incognito or any member of the dofl fins offensive line." representatives for mike pouncey could not be reached for comment, but in a series of tweet before the report was released, richie incognito lashed out at martin claiming "the truth is going to bury you and on friday after this report was released came this. "please stop the hate. cnn reached out to richie incognito, mike pouncey and john jerry for comment. so far they haven't gotten back to us. >> nick, thank you very much.

coming up at the top of the haur, the father of a shooting victim upset at a law make thaer said perhaps the gunman had a 100-round magazine. he's going to join us live. plus the latest on the trial in florida of the shooting because of loud music. we'll have live news at the top of the hour. the recent death of philip seymour hoffman brought attention to a frightening trend of heroin use across the country. this week federal officials announced a new push to equip first responders with a drug that can save people from overdosing. watch this incredible video and see it in action. >> reporter: what you're watching is shocking. a heroin addict named liz overdosing. that night she was with adam and louise. they volunteer with the program that provides clean needles and other assistance to