get in here. good morning welcome to "new day." it's tuesday, february 18th. 6:00 in the east. we begin with a near disaster in the dies over montana. witnesses say it came out of nowhere. it tossed around 114 passengers and crew members like toys. by the time the flight touched down, the pilot had already declared a medical emergency. renee marsh is tracking the latest developments. >> one person this morning remains in the hospital because of that severe turbulence. three flight attendants and two passengers were injured. and everyone else on board got the scare of their life. in a split second, united arables flight, was violented tossed in midair. >> there was a lot of screaming

and a lot of -- lot of hollering and things like that going on. >> the incident so jarring, passengers say one woman hit the ceiling so hard it cracked the panel over her head. severe turbulence rattled everyone on board the flight from denver to billings, montana. five passengers were rushed to local hospitals. one remains in intensive care, the others were treated and release. one passenger says the turbulence appeared to have even taken the flight crew by surprise. >> i think they were trying to assess things themselves. they didn't offer any explanation because of what happened so quickly. >> if you've been through turbulence, you know what that is like. one passenger says that a woman called out for her baby which he took to indicate she had lost

control of her infant. >> no warning at all. thank you very much. so the big story of course is the weather. the winter that feels like it may never end is bringing another round of weather. this is look at the live snow coming down in new jersey. it has already dropped several inches of snow in the midwest and is now moving east. another 3 inches of snow is expected from pennsylvania all the way to maine. indra petersons is tracking the conditions outside our studio where you are a human barometer for the snow levels. >> what a surprise, right? just an hour or so ago, we didn't have anything out there. temperature right now in new york city about 30 degrees or so. a lot of it was melting. but now in the last few minutes,

you're starting to see accumulation a little bit. look at that. a snowplow, so looks like new york city is prepared for this morning commute. you know what, it has been such a tough winter. new york city, we are not the only ones dealing with this tough, tough winter. once again, the northeast a bracing for another snowy blast. >> i have to stop. i cannot see where i am. >> this latest winter storm already causing crippling whiteout conditions in northern illinois and slamming chicago area with 6 inches of snow. in milwaukee, icy roads causing vehicles to spin off the highway. the massive amount of snowfalls and the relentless storms near record-breaking totals. washington d.c. almost doubling its normal amount of snowfall

for february so far, while new york city and philadelphia nearly triple their accumulations. officials now forced to make up snow days. class was in session on president's day in pennsylvania. >> they may lose a professional development day that the teachers are going to have to have and a retreat day. >> they are considering expanding days by 30 minutes and some in new jersey may hold classes on saturdays. but get ready for the big thaw. later this week, temperatures will finally rise melting the snow from washington d.c. to maine. on the west coast, it's heavy amounts of rain and snow in oregon that right down trees, landing inches away from people inside. >> i can't see how she got out alive. >> and in seattle, mud slides trapping this car on the highway and closing some transit tracks.

>> are you sick of the cold? i have good news. by the middle of the week, temperatures, check them out. we're going to be going from below normal to above normal temperatures by just tomorrow. it doesn't mean it's perfectly sunny. the system behind this one is expected to bring rain and then a system behind that one. yes, staying warm. what do you have, you have the threat for severe weather. wednesday, thursday, even friday, talk about the threat for severe thunderstorms towards the end of the week. >> let's see if you can figure out what can we do wrong that this is being done to us? >> i'm confused about the us. >> i'm saying as a human being. that's what we all need to know. it's been too long. >> tough winter. >> then it's your fault, would

you agree? back to you in a little bit. let's go to erin mcpike now. she's in washington d.c. >> reporter: we just got a bit of a dusting here in washington d.c. and the good news is, the sidewalks, the roads are clear. you can see a little bit of fresh snow there on the mall. we are getting a warmup. it's going to be 52 degrees by 3:00 p.m. the voupding areas of -- surrounding areas of d.c. got a little bit of more snow. some of the school districts have two-hour delays. that could slow things down in d.c. as parents have to get their kids to school. things look a lot better than they do there in new york. >> thank you so very much. . so just days after a jury couldn't decide if michael dunn killed a teenager in cold blood

or seventy defense -- self defense, we are hearing phone calls just after the shooting. let's get more now from cnn's martin savage. >> i'm the -- victim here. i'm the one that was victimized. >> reporter: prosecutors are releasing audio of jailhouse phone calls. >> i don't know how i'm -- they attacked me. i'm the victim. >> right. >> i'm the victor, but i was the victim too. >> reporter: the calls recorded in the weeks after dunn's arrest for shooting and killing 17-year-old jordan davis after an argument over loud music. dunn maintains that he was threatened by jordan davis and his friends. in one of the nine calls released, dunn complains to his fiance about being housed alone in a cell. >> i guess it would be better than being in a room with those

animals. >> reporter: the jury maid to reach a verdict on the charge of first degree murder. the miss trial on that count bringing outrage from some. >> i brought my grandson because this little man here, i love him with all my life. and i don't want him or no other black child to have to continue to go through this. it has to end and it has to be now. it has to come to an end now. >> reporter: michael dunn's daughter rebecca told nbc's good morning america she hasn't stopped crying since her father was found guilty. >> i can't imagine living life without him. >> reporter: she says she has no doubt her father killed 17-year-old davis in self defense. >> if he sees no other way, that's what he's going to do. >> reporter: jacksonville,

florida. >> all right. turn to syria now. the blame game is on as secretary of state john kerry meets with the states in a bu da by. the question is does the u.s. need a new move, does it have one. gym sciutto is in washington. >> one thing's clear, the balm administration to this point has shown no appetite for military options, even arming and training opposition remember bells. it's not clear if any of those are back on the table now. and now the country with arguably the most power to influence the information on the ground are pointing fingers at each other. as the syrian people suffer, diplomatic efforts to bring them peace are descending into

recrimination. >> the talks themselves are taking a recess for a moment. >> secretary of state john kerry is blaming russia. >> russia needs to be a part of the solution and not be contributing so many more weapons and so much more aid that they're enabling assad to double down. >> russia is leveling the same charge right back. inside many areas of syria, the most extreme militants now hold sway. cnn's found evidence of mass graves. one man identified his brother by the children's socks he'd gone to buy when he disappeared. a nighttime execution caught on tape. the obama administration largely dependent on the geneva talks is

left looking for new policy options. >> we need an america america that leads and work to defend the moderates over the extreme iss. >> so far it has rejected moves ranging from arming and training remember ls to -- rebels to air strike sgrs people think you simply don't care. because so many others are willing to put lives at risk, they're going to be the ones who determine the outcome of the battles that unfold in syria. >> administration officials tell us one option the u.s. is pushing for now is a new u.n. security council resolution condemning the atroscys. that resolution is unlikely to include the threat of sanctions or military portion. russia may not support a resolution without such a threat. it's hard to see a way out of

this. let's take a look at more of your headlines at this nour. nuclear negotiations with iran getting underway this morning. six world leaders are at the table. their goal is to build on the temporary deal. break news now. two members of an all-female russian punk band have been taken into custody by police in sochi. the women were recently released from prisonme. they were there to protest a lack of free speech in russia. >> the white house will improve an offer to bring home the only american soldier held by the taliban. they would be released together from guantanamo bay in a swap for this man, a previous offer

called for their releases to be staggered over time. the administration is trying to get a deal done before most combat troops leave afghanistan at the end of the year. learning now more about what it was like inside the jet hijacked by the ethiopian jet. officials say the pilot was locked out after going to the restroom. the rome-bound plane landed safely in geneva. police say the co-pilot vunded. quite a close call in space monday night as an asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields missing us by about 2 million miles. the telescope captured these images in space. now, this comes just a year after relatively small asteroid

did this. blew up over russia causing injuries to more than 1,500 people. officials in that region wanted to give each athlete a chunk of the assist trod. they stopped it. >> the kid who won the gold in the slopestyle thought there might be some in his gold medal. >> that might have been an olympic rumor. >> sorry. i like it. after trouble with the weather monday, it's been a very busy morning at the winter olympics. spoilers ahead for you. several medals being handed out today. let's get straight other to rachel who has the latest for us live in sochi this morning. playing a bit of catchup today it seems. >> reporter: sort of, kate. at the beginning, we had sun too warm melting snow, then we had

fog, today, torrential rain that has made some of the snow courses a little bit treasurer rous. but that did not stop american alex die bold. take a look. his bronze is what olympic stories are made of. for the vancouver olympics in 2010 when he didn't make the team as a boarder, he worked for the team as a wax tech. in sochi, test an olympic medalist. and his teammate, trevor jacob is a warrior. he didn't medal, but he competed. he finished despite what he believes is a broken ankle during the semi-finals. heavy snow wrecked havoc with the star times. meryl davis and charlie white made history as the first americans to take ice dancing

gold. the pair who've been together 17 years, beat out canadian rivals who twiz led their way to silver. team usa advanced to the gold medal game to a much anticipated match against canada. these were soaring 50 feet in the air and fail nailing his landing. but the most long awaited came on the track, steve holcomb blased through the longest bobsled run to win the brobz. it was the first american win in 62 years. the gold was still there, with holcomb tweeting, oh yeah, this is what it feels like when you wake up to a dream come through. >> reporter: holcomb is one of those great stories too.

he started going blind. he got very depressed, of course. basically started falling out of the sport. his doctor tried an experimental eye surgery on him. now the procedure has actually been named after holcomb and he's got two olympic medals. >> very nice. now he's spending half his time with his eyes closed hoping they make it down the track. another spoiler alert coming. time for the medal count check. two have already been handed out this morning. russia and the u.s. tied for the overall lead with 19. the netherlands, canada, norway round out the top five. >> let's take a break. she's a self pro claimed serial killer. why then are police casting down on the craigslist killer's

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we went on a digging expedition to try to find out who this woman was. we found a former class mate and friend from around the time she says she joined a cult and started killing people. she paints herself as a cold serial killer who says she started taking lives after joining a satanic cult in alaska at 13. . austin wrench says he went to middle and high school with barbour. he says there were no signs. >> she did dress kind of more dark, that doesn't mean you're like a killer or anything. i thought that's just how she dressed. >> barbour and her husband had only been married three weeks

when they were accused of killing this pennsylvania man. the two have pleaded not guilty. >> i said, as you sit here, do you have any remorse whatsoever. and she said none. >> she confessed to newspaper reporter to killing at least 22 in four other states. >> i said what's the actual number, and she said under a hundred. >> her husband didn't confirm or deny her account. >> do you think she's being honest? >> who's to say. >> during his three-decade career, retired fbi agent consulted on hundreds of satanic ritual cases. many of the cases he saw included fabricated details. >> a lot of these individuals have emotional and psychological problems and a lot of their motivation is to get attention

and forgiveness for various problems in their live sfwls barbour is getting much attention. as for forgiveness, not from the law. so far, one murder charge stands. a law enforcement source tells cnn they're still trying to figure out if she belongs to a satanic cult. >> obviously a lot to be figured out in this. let's take a break here on "new day." when we come back, the dunn trial, the zimmerman trial. zimmerman said something in our interview that was echoed by dunn in phone calls just now. it has people hopping mad. >> and police are looking for this man. he's a base jumper leaping off a gondola thousands of feet up. police are scram b ling to stop

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the elements in a wintery nyc. what do you see. >> reporter: i see snow again. temperatures are 30 degrees or just below. still getting a little bit of accumulation out here. yes, several inches. good 2 to 5 inches possible towards new york city. boston, you're still looking anywhere 3 to 5 inches and the system developing as it makes its way to the northeast. portland talking about 8 inches. out of the ohio valley really kind of exiting into the northeast. expected to exit out of new york city about 10:00 a.m. or so. and then move offshore tonight. one of several expected to make their way through. we are going to be talking about rain, yes, rain tomorrow. why? because the temperatures are going up. we're talking about going from

below normal to above normal. any snow on the ground could melt. sounds great, but that also has the potential for flooding concerns. this next system could produce a squall line producing severe weather we'll be looking for towards the end of the week. all right. you can really see it. thanks so much. let's take a look at more of your headlines. three crew members and several passengers were injured when their denver to billings, montana flight hit severe turbulence. witnesses on board the flight, say the turbulence came out of nowhere. breaking this morning, violent protests once again broken out in the ukraine for the first time in about two weeks. police fire rubber bullets into the crowd. demonstrate rs set fire to the

head quarters of the ruling party in kiev. this fresh wave comes after opposition members failed to get a constitutional vote. this morning, a west virginia let school is set to reopen after a familiar licorice smell in the water. now officials are insisting that the water is safe to drink. the national guard, however, continues to retest it. the school district says it will continue to use bottled water for now. you recall this story on "new day." he raised through traffic at record speeds then invited police to quote, catch me if you can. they did. they captured this recognizeless bike -- wreckless wieker. police say rodriguez was wanted

on several outstanding felony and misdemeanor warrants. they got him. don't tease them. >> he taunted them on facebook. >> all right. so we heard it from george zimmerman and now we're hearing it from michael dunn. both have said they're the victim and it's making people very angry. while those claims were backed up by injuries, the man who killed trayvon martin also said he was victimized by the process. he says he was used as a scapegoat. is zimmerman just looking for responsibility to avoid his actions? >> "new day's" interview with george zimmerman is making headlines, not only for what he said, but what he implied. bloggers criticizing zimmerman for claiming he was a scapegoat

and a victim of a miss carnal of justice. >> the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation in self defense. >> you don't think it was about the law? >> i know it wasn't, yes. >> what does that make you? >> like a scapegoat. >> a scapegoat for? >> the government, the president, the attorney general. >> one washington post blog said that comment shows how delusional he is. and a liberal blog wrote, yes, yes, it's all a plot against him. >> your story is not a sad story. you're not some sort of victim from what happened after the fact. >> social media also erupting with appearingry comment -- with angry comments. some even directed at cnn. some directed at what zimmerman

had to say. another reacted scapegoat? you killed someone. they criticized zimmerman for seeming to have an overall lack of remorse. >> unfortunately the department of justice is conducting a civil rights investigation. i have to tread lightly. >> we checked and the department of justice is investigating if any civil rights violations took praise, though no charges are expected to be filed. in the interview, zimmerman said he hoped he could change people's perception of him. >> if it takes one person a day at a time to help them realize that that's not what this case was about, then that's what i'll do. >> the washington post had this comment. zimmerman fails on that hope every time he speaks. erin mcpike.

cnn, washington. >> which is one of the important reasons he should speak. it helps counter the argument. two questions that come out of it. news the hash tag "new day." let's keep the question going. first question, if zimmerman was found to be justified, which he was at his trial, can he still be a victim? how about michael dunn? is that why the jury deadlocked? then the larger one is, when you de mist fie people like this, george zimmerman has been given this power that he knew how to kill and get away with it. really? or are we distracting oust yourselves from looking at a system that puts too low a bar on self defense. by doing that, silencing a

bigger discussion that we need have. those are the questions. you give us the answers. >> it's a discussion that needs to continue. >> the family's lawyer, the martin family lawyer, he understands these issues very well. he's seen the pain of the family. we'll talk to him about it as well. coming up next on "new day," the video will make your heart skip a beat. a search a now under way for one jumper and we'll show you why. plus is jimmy fallon as good as jaly leno? that's going to be the ultimate test, right? we're going to take a look at the highlights and see what the sayers are saying. [ tires screech ] [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles.

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welcome back. let's go around the world now. starting in venezuela where security forces raided the head quarters of a major opposition party. >> reporter: venezuela has given three american diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, amusing them of meeting with students to insight opposition protest. they called the accusations false and baseless. meanwhile, the demonstrations showed no signs of letting up. the key opposition leader said he himself will lead a new march on tuesday. and in britain, some never before heard interrogation tapes of amanda knox. cnn has that. >> reporter: this is the first time we're hearing an audio recording of a panicked amanda

knox explaining to prosecutors why she placed here's at the scene of the crime and wrongly implicated her former boss as the murder. the recording was made in december 2007 and aired as part of a bbc documentary last night. >> i was in the middle of the night. i was innocent. and they were telling me i was guilty. >> reporter: it remains one of the most controversial pieces of evidence in this case. convictions, the defense is planing to appeal to italy's supreme court. >> in indonesia, a dramatic rescue. they're still looking for two japanese scuba divers. >> reporter: five japanese divers have been rescued after drifting at the sea off the coast of bali for three days.

two more are still unaccounted for. they spotted the five women clinging to a shallow reef 20 kilometers from their last-known dive site. the head of bali's search and rescue said their skipper may have left the area to refuel before returning to the meeting point. the search for the missing two divers continues, but strong winds and driving rain have hampered the efforts. back to you. >> what a nightmare. let's head to canada. that's where a hunt is on for a suspected base jumper. take a look at the video now. daring leap from a ski began do la. why are so many drawn to such a dangerous sport? why are authorities focused on

spotting them? we have more. >> reporter: what you are about to witness not only seems crazy, it's also a crime. base jumping. it's the extreme of the extreme. base is an acronym. basically find something tall and hurl your body off of it. the jumper in this video took flight off a gone doe la. police are using the video posted on social media sites to track down this jumper. they say they have already arrested a woman to allegedly helping him jump. >> youtube will become a vehicle to prosecute and find them.

it's not a platform to carry out a base jump. >> reporter: but it pulls many thrill seekers back for more. >> it's dangerous. if something should happen where the -- the parachute failed to deploy for example, you could have somebody killed. >> reporter: that was the case recently when the parachute didn't open for a newlywed who died in utah. her husband was charged with a misdemeanor base jumping offense after her death, charges that were later dropped. veteran base jumpers say arrests may not deter thrill seekers from taking these sometimes deadly and, in this case, illegal plunges. >> and then we show it on television which is of course -- >> that is scary stuff. and illegal.

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he brings it back to new york for the first time in four decades, and it was a star-studied affair with will smith, u 2 and a parade of guests on hand. so the reviews are in. >> well, first of all, we just saw that video. and i love that parade of people coming out to pay up the hundred dollar bet that they lost. you had icons. joan rivers who ended her almost 30-year tonight show ban. but then you had people like tina fey, young, fresh, hip hollywood. >> i love tracey morgan. >> this is exactly what nbc wants jimmy fallon to be. >> here's your host jimmy fallon! >> welcome to the tonight show. thank you everybody. >> jimmy fallon pulled out all the stops on his first night.

it was one brimming with humble thank yous and star-studied surprises. >> i want to say thank you to all the fans and all their support. and to my buddy that said i would never be a star of the tonight show. and you know who you are. you owe me a hundred bucks, buddy. >> for the first time in nearly 42 years, new york city reclaimed the late night talk show, four decades after legendary host jimmy carson took it out west. his first guest, will smith, has encouraging words of support. >> people are coming because of your heart. >> fallon didn't disappoint.

twerking with smith in an evolution of dance skit. he stayed true to his roots. and unveiled a new tonight show signature segment. >> charlie white, he was voted most likely to say, fear not, for i bring tidings of great joy. >> u2 wowed the crowd. and capping the night with a show-stopping rendition of their oscar-nominated hit song. >> i just want to do the best i can and take care of this show for a while. if you let me stick around long enough, maybe i'll get the hang of it. >> all right. i was up at midnight watching. i was taking notes. it was a very new-looking tonight show. there was a hip hop band, the

roots. that's different. spike lee directed the open. and kim kardashian showed up on his show too last night. she's the only person to be on jay's last show and jimmy's first. most people thought he had a really good show, really good start. one review i did see, though, said he does need to work on that interviewing skill. when he has a president on, you can't slow jam the news forever. so you do need to be able to hone that skill. >> there are plenty of us doing accountability interviews. i know people who know him. i think what makes him different in a phony world that entertainment can be is they say he's a genuinely good guy. the smile is authentic and that is a refreshing thing in such an ugly business. >> and very different comedians. i think maybe that's the

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it's tuesday, february 18th, 7:00 in the east. we're going to start out with our news blast. that's the most news you can get anywhere. let's go. >> i'm the victim here. i was the one who was

victimized. >> without warning, violently tossed in midair. >> there was a guy lifted up and hit the ceiling of the plane. once again, the northeast is bracing for another snowy blast. inside many areas of syria, the most extreme militants now hold sway. >> the regime stone walled. they did nothing. the world is watching as nuclear talking with iran get underway in vienna this morning. the iranians facing out of -- off with the u.s. and others. hammer out an agreement in exchange for what, scaling back their nuclear programs. both sides are sounding skeptical about a deal. bracing for more violence in venezuela today. recent demonstrations there have already led to three deaths. meanwhile, the state department

is denying accusations that the u.s. is attempting to de stabilize this country. the president of venezuela has expelled three american diplomats. ten people killed, more than a hundred more injured after a roof collapse. they had gathered for orientation in the auditorium of an ocean resort when that ceiling caved in. officials believe recent heavy snow and rain were the cause. you know that name. he is still a captive and he needs to come home. there is a new fresh push from the white house to bring home the american soldier held captive by the taliban. the u.s. will offer to release five members of the afghan taliban in a sexual for this sergeant. he was taken in 2009.

a previous offer called for prisoners to be released over time. the administration is trying to get a deal before most troops leave afghanistan at the end of the year. phone calls from the man who shot and killed a florida teenager after an argument over loud music. prosecutors just released jailhouse calls from dunn. dunn who has claimed self defense is heard saying he was the one victimized. >> i don't know how else to cut it, but they attacked me. i'm the victim. i'm the victor, but i was the victim too. meantime, protests continue in jacksonville after a jury could not agree on the first degree murder charge against dunn. dunn was convicted to multiple counts of attempted murder.

>> miranda barbour is not a satantist, so says the church of satan who wants nothing to do with the 19-year-old. barbour says she joined the cult. police have not been able to verify the claims yet. barbour is custody on charges that she and her husband killed a man they met on craigslist. >> church of satan, talk about objectioncy morons. long delays after a fuel truck collided with a police cruiser. hundreds of passengers reportedly trapped on the tarmac. they are in stable condition. the accident triggered 90-minute delays. it's not over yet. the east coast getting slammed by more snow. take a look live at snow coming down in cleveland this morning. a severe storm is set to make a mess of the morning commute for millions in what has already

become one of the snowiest winters on weather. we're covering it all for you starting with indra petersons tracking the conditions for us right outside our studios. >> you just mentioned la guardia. still more trouble. a good two hours delays this morning. it is snowing again. temperatures very close to that freezing mark this morning. none theless we're still looking at maybe 1 to 2 inches in new york city. up towards boston, going to see heavier snow. even as high as eight inches of snow. never a good time. looks like the snow is already coming down. >> it will continue through the new york city throughout noon or so. finally tonight, exiting out from the at least. this is just one system guys. by tomorrow, we are warming up. yay! notice that means we're going to

be talking about rain tomorrow. that's good news in the sense that temperatures are warm, but flooding concerns and ice jamming will be high. by the end of the week, a third system in the mix is expected to bring a pretty good squall line. midwest on wednesday, ohio valley on thursday. we could have the potential for some severe weather. wonder what it looks like in iowa right now. oh, here it is. the storm rolled through. there's a picture for you of the roads. thick layer of ice underneath the snow. makes roads very difficult to travel on. very deceptive. dozens of accidents already reported. >> in minnesota roads and highways were blanketed with snow. many cities have declared a snow emergency yet again. that would be their sixth of this season so far. crew members and two

passengers are waking up in a hospital this morning. severe turbulence hit their plane out of nowhere monday as the united airlines flight was landing in montana. >> it is. i mean if you've been through turbulence, you know just how scary it is. passengers say this was something they never experienced before. one man says passengers were screaming as they were tossed. the plane was dropping and jostling side to sigh. three flight attendants and two passengers had to be rushed to the hospital. at last check, only one person we mains in the hospital. passengers say it happened in a split second, no warning. united flight experienced severe turbulence as they came in for landing. one passenger said that a woman hit the ceiling so hard that it cracked. as for the flight crew, he

thought they were just as surprised as the passengers were. as for the airlines, they say they're assisting people that were hurt and their flight safety crew is investigating what happened. >> all right. thank you very much. what was it like on that flight? let's find out. carrie mullins was a pear. thank you so much for jumping on this with us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> it sounds like absolutely terrifying moments. can you describe what you saw? what was it like? >> sure. it was typical flight. we took off out of denver. in fact, i managed to kind of doze for a little while. then i came over the intercom and said they were passing out beverages. so put my tray table down, started reading. handed me my drink.

it was all very calm. they -- we hit a little bit of turbulence. nothing too severe. they came over the intercom and said, you know, we need people to stay with their seat belt buckled. and then just in a split second, we were tilting to the far right. and plunging. and it was just instantaneous. everything that everybody had in their hands were flying through the air. people were screaming. i was right over the wing, so the -- there was a lady behind me that was yelling, my baby! so i can just assume that she had an infant in her arms and let go of it. >> one other passenger mentioned it felt to him as if when the turbulence began that the plane had been hit from underneath. and it also, as you said,

sounded like it happened instantaneously. that was the conversation after that? what were people saying? >> it was interesting. we didn't hear anything over the intercom. we spent probably the next ten minutes or so handing items back to each other. my cell phone and my tablet ended up a couple rows ahead of me across the aisle. and the man next to me had lost his wallet. his credit cards and id were all over the floor of the plane. >> and now we know three crew members and two passengers were injured in all of that. we all at one time or another experienced some kind of turbulence. you seem to fly often. how would you describe how this was different from anything you felt in the past? >> it was pretty scary. i have never experienced -- i mean i've had flights to

billings several times before. usually coming into denver is when you hit a little bit of turbulence. and that was -- it was nothing compared to what i experienced yesterday was quite surreal and honestly felt like a scene in a movie i was watching. it was hard to believe with my own eyes. >> i'm sure. i know you're in billings now. let's hope you have a much more uneventful flight if you decide to fly. >> absolutely. >> glad to see that you're okay this morning. thanks. all right. in maryland today, president obama is expected to announce new rules for decreasing greenhouse gas e meetings. this is part of a big speech on jobs and the economy. it would apply to commercial vehicles and take effect in

2018. the head of the agency overseeing the george washington bridge has ordered investigations into the scandal around the lane closures in question as to whether police had any role. a new report shows that a record number of women are using ivf treatment to get pregnant. about 2,000 more babies by ivf were born in 2012 than in 2011. they counted for 2% in 2012. now to the crisis in syria. the situation is getting worse as the tensions between the u.s. and russia are doing the same. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with them today for propping up the assad regime. the russian officials say it is

the u.s. that favors fill tear action. is a diplomatic solution even possible? we're in washington with more. >> reporter: yeah, the trouble is peace talks have been the center piece for the u.s. strategy. now they're in disarray. the u.s. and russia are pointing fingers at each other. john kerry blaming russia for giving the assad regime both weapons and diplomatic cover to continue, in fact, accelerate the violence there. russia says it is u.s. betting egg on a military solution. cnn's found evidence of mass graves and execution by al qaeda linked terrorists. president obama is said to be looking for new policy options but he has rejected moves raining to air strikes.

they are now pushing for a new u.n. security council resolution. but that resolution's unlikely to include the threat of sanctions or military force. let's take a look at what is in the papers this morning. we'll start with the wall street journal. hacking of a navy computer network was more extensive than previously thought. it took four months to finally purge that cyber attack. this is the vice admiral now expected to lead the national security agency. you can hear the questions exposed by that cyber attack. 401(k)s soars to record highs in 2014. fidelity investments reports the average balance in its accounts was just over $89,000. that's nearly double the average

during the debts of the reinvestigation. vanguard reports it plans averaged $101,000 at the end of december. the highest total since it began tracking day take. >> and in the los angeles times, what's in your wallet. aapartmently visitors from creditors if you're a capitol one company. it says they can contact you in any way you choose. now according to capitol one they won't actually visit you, just debt collector. all right. more trouble this morning for two members of a russian female punk band. the women have been at the tand just outside -- detained outside sochi. what do we know? >> reporter: chris, exactly what vladimir putin didn't want to

happen, he'd released them ahead of the game to try to create an atmosphere of political tolerance. now i've spoken to one of sefl people arrested. she says to me that she was approached on the street, accused of theft at the hotel where they were staying at. they're concerned they're going to be questioned without a lawyer being present and say that they've been repeatedly detained while in sochi. they say they were about to try and record a video for a song called, putin will teach you how to love the homeland. they are being detained to be questioned over the allegations of theft. but the key issue here is putin had hoped these games would pass without secured issues. this is exactly what they wanted to public size.

it appears that these arrests were the sanction by central powers in moscow. back to you, kate. >> thank you very much. sticking in sochi, a spoiler alert for you. let's catch you up on where things stand with the olympics. four events in the books. american alex die bold won bronze keeping up the possibility that the u.s. could be the first nation to medal every day of the olympics. he's hoping. also today, probably did not say that name right, of norway took gold in the men's 15 kilometer buy yath lon. he held on in a photo finish. the top two were even given the same time, amazing enough. also there's american pride on full display. team usa made it to the medal

podium, headlined by the ice dancing duo of meryl davis and charlie white. they beat out the defending champs from canada. the two-man bobsled team also won bronze, the first medal in that event since 1952. the u.s. women's hockey team, one win away from gold. they outshot the opponents 70-9. the gold medal game is set for thursday against canada. it will be the first time they have faced off since they introduced the game no 1998 to the olympics. who will win? i know where my money is. >> yes. >> i know where my money is michaela pereira. >> uh-huh. >> let's bet our mittens.

>> no. >> she does covet those mittens. here's the medal count for you. russia and the u.s. remain tied with 19 medals. the netherlands is in third. with the gold we told you about, norway jumps back into a tie with canada. >> if we win, i'm going to have a new set of oven mites. bob costas returned. today's show matt lauer sat in. first time since 1988 that costas was absent from the olympic chair. >> i'm going to up you that. the mittens are on the line, but

then you have to wear them. a pack of stray chihuahuas attacking a town in arizona. there are reports of the roaming strays, the packs are up to 15 and are said to chase kids as they're set to walk to school. >> wow. he may be a supreme court justice, but these are fighting words. scalia says chicago's in deep dish when it comes to pizza. he issued this controversial ruling. he said chicago-style deep dish is tasty, but it's not real pizza. a south florida artist is facing criminal miss chef charges this morning for intentionally breaking a $1

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fallon a hundred bucks. will smith joined fallon for the evolution of hip-hop dancing. i know i'm not the only one who wore overal alls with one side hanging down. >> actually -- i justed to -- i had some linoleum back in the day i used to carry around. >> keep working on that. >> coming up on "new day," does u.s. policy in syria need change? the answer seems to be yes, but how? former new york city mayor rudy giuliani sitting on the couch right now. also ahead, the michael dunn verdict reignited the debate other florida's self defense law. we'll talk about it. i'm beth...

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believe to ignore the cultural argument. >> i see it more as cull curl dishes in parts of the -- difference in part of the country. guns are more popular and part of the country, another part of the country where guns are out lawed basically. dunn got convicted. >> right. important. >> i don't think dunn feels he got away with it. looks to me like he's spending 25 years in jail. >> at least. >> from my view as a prosecutor, if i got that conviction, i figure that was a win on dunn. so i think the overreaction to it is more debating nice points as opposed to debating some kind of a justice. in zimmerman's case, if you believe it was cold-blooded murder, that's an injustice. jury says no. would a jury in new york have

come to that conclusion. >> so focus on the culture of the community? >> yeah. zimmerman case i followed very closely. that was a self-defense defense you could have in florida, new york, alabama. i think if there's a difference, the difference is how a florida jury that has very different views about guns and how to defend yourself with a gun would come out differently than a new york jury. >> because in new york, you have a duty to retreat. >> right. >> those words where in the self defense statute. makes it easier theretofore give bad behavior. >> you give that same charge to a new york jury -- >> get a different outcome. what do you think about this where there's a lot of focus on

who michael dunn is, that george zimmerman is this ka nooifing jean news. >> some people think he's innocent. some people think he's guilty. if he is, then he got an oj simpson verdict. >> but not for killing the kid. there's been no message sent. >> i remember a lot of mafia guys i sent to jail for tax evasion. sometimes you don't get them for what exactly what they did, but you get them for 25 years, you got them good. >> let's talk about something different, equally violent and threatening. it seems to me that you're a part of the group that believes now that the only way to change it is to take out assad. >> i should say the thing has been so miss handled.

i don't think there's been a presidential miss handling of a foreign followcy situation as great as this in my life time. this is a president who declared a red line 12 times. if he used chemical weapons, we're going to take serious action. it happens, he folds. now he's complaining about russia. >> the congress was pushing back on him that they wouldn't have authorized it. >> he could have any way. he bottomed before without congressional authorization. clinton bottomed without congressional authorization. the miss handling of this is monumental. now they're blaming for russia for not being cooperative. they brought russia in. who brought him in? brock and john kerry. >> what should we do? >> way back when, we should have

joined the people that were protesting assad. after all, we supported it against ka dafy. we supported it against, what's his name in egypt. so we supported against those two. they're not nearly as bad as assad. >> do you think we go in there and take out assad? >> now it's more complicated by the fact that al qaeda has come in. >> right. >> the president's leading from behind creates vacuum. vacuum gets filled by russia. vacuum gets filled by al qaeda. in my view, no clear decision here, no hundred percent decision here. if it were me, i take out assad. too friendly with iraq. >> then you have your men and women in there and you're

spending blood and treasure and it doesn't really change? >> is it better than slaughtering tens of thousands of people? can we sit by? we have done it so far. we have a secretary of state saying climate change is the worst weapon of mass destruction and he's sitting by watching assad doing what's he's doing. >> it's a hard situation knowing what to do. do you think the country is ready to get behind more military action? >> the president has to make the decision and bring the country along. we do too much of this, the country doesn't want to do this. the country didn't want the emancipation proclamation. franklin roosevelt brought to the second world war to save the world. the country didn't want ronald reagan pointing miss ls at russia and it ended the cold war. great presidents become great

presidents because they make unpopular decisions and show the people were right. >> last point, you were on jimmy fallon last night. you gave him a hundred bucks. do you think he's got what it takes? >> i think he's got what it takes. i'm an old friend with him. tracy morgan used to play mayor barry of washington when barry was going to jail for drugs and we did a great skit which ends beating barry with -- i love fallon. i love him. and he's a yankee fan. >> he is. he seems like a good guy and so if r you. thank you for being with us. >> thanks. >> coming up next, the michael dunn verdict has sparked debate about self defense once again. do laws need to change? the family attorney for trayvon

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welcome back to "new day." it is just past half past the hour. let's take a look at your headlines. three crew members and two passengers had to be hospitalized after a denver to billings, montana flight experienced severe turbulence monday.

they say the turbulence came out of nowhere. one woman's head hit an overhead panel. another quick-moving storm system has moved into the east and bringing more bad weather. that's a live look outside our studios right now. from the midwest to maine, there's not a lot of it, but the snow is falling fast. making it tough for folks to get around. new details this morning on a deadly avalanche in idaho. they found another man about an hour later, but could not revive him. that man's wife was buried 90 minutes, but she survived. avalanches in the west have claimed a dozen lives in the last few weeks. terrifying video from a bizarre bus crash in idaho. the video shows the bus jumping a curb and crashing into a

building. [ bleep ]. >> a terrifying crash caught on tape. a city bus in idaho smashing straight into a video. police say the 59-year-old driver appeared to have his eyes closed right before the accident. newly-released video shows the panicked seconds as the bus crashes through a parking lot. it slammed through the wall and knocked out one of the building's pillars. at least nine passengers were on board. one was taken to the hospital for nonlife threat thing injuries. idaho state police later found that the brakes were never even applied during the crash. investigators say there is evidence that the driver was drowsy prior to the crash. >> wow. what video that was. all right. back now to an important story

we're following this morning. it's the fallout from the michael dunn verdict, a miss trial in the first degree murder trial over the death of jordan davis. it draws comparisons to the trayvon martin case and george zimmer man's acquittal. joining us now is benjamin crunch. please send our regards other to the family. we knower time there's a new situation, it remind them in a painful way. you are not just their representative. you understand the impact, the politics, the law of this situation because you follow it so closely. i want to start with a bigger point. we'll talk about the specifics. but mayor rudy giuliani was just on and he said something about culture. are we ignoring why you get a verdict like dunn, why you get a

verdict like george zimmerman by hanging it on the law, by stand your ground? are we aweigheding the -- avoiding the real conversation. >> i think in a large way, we are. but i have to disagree with mayor giuliani to a certain point when he said that he went to jail, so that's the important thing. well, the verdict is important too because that matters. the criminal justice system allow michael dunn to escape criminal liability for the death of jordan davis. and the criminal justice system allow george zimmerman to escape criminal liability for the death of trayvon martin. so what is this message that we're sending to society when you shoot and kill a young unarmed black teen, you're not held accountable, but when you shoot and miss like with the

attempted murder charges dunn was convicted on, you were held accountable. marissa alexander shot a warning shot in the air and she was convicted for 20 years. the message is the stand your ground law is really the don't miss law. seem like you exonerated. >> that is an excellent point. it is important for people to remember that michael dunn got punished for missing, but they could not decide on a penalty for his actually killing the child. yes, he was a teenager. to any parent, he's still a child. why did it happen? was it that the jury looked at a careful of black kids and said maybe they would have a gun, or is it because they believed the situation with michael dunn? what do you think is the motivator? >> i certainly think if race is a fact, then we have to talk about it. their play book seems to be when

you use a stand your ground law, what you have to say is, oh, it was black males and they look suspicious and then attack the character of the young black person that the jury and america seem to willing to accept that all our children are criminals and thugs and you know, this whole thug music hip-hop music. those are really metaphors for black especially at that times. little white boys listen to rock 'n' roll. when they listen to rap music like jay does why is it a criminal matter when we indulge our culture but not the other way around? it's a double standard. >> now i want to ask you about something else. we interviewed george zimmerman. the media always interviews people at the center of big criminal trials. there was pushback from a lot of

members of the black community. i want your take on this. i decided to give him a platform because i believe men like george zimmerman are falsely em poured, they we look at him and say, he knew how to work the system. my concern is that by giving him that kind of power, you're distracting from why he got away with it. when you interview and show that he really doesn't know much about the law, you take the man out of the equation and then you can focus on the lay and the culture where the energy belongs. what is your take? >> chris, trayvon martin's parents and i and supporters, we choose to focus on the big problem of stand your ground. we see george zimmerman and michael dunn as symptoms of the problem. the problem is this law that says as long as you can articulate some imaginary fear

that it's justified to kill our children. it is legalized murder and we have to talk about that. i do believe that it is very troubling that a lot of black parents in florida are worried whether their children are going to live to be 18 years old. trayvon was 17. jordan was 17. so we do have to go talk to these legislators and say is our children life more important than stand your ground. if so, if you really think that our children's lives are valuable, you have to do something to amend this law. we can't keep having this repeat over and over, because people then lose faith in the system. that's the worst thing. >> people rejected the zimmerman verdict. is the message, don't see him as being special because there's a lot of people that could be involved in that situation that

is motivated by when you get to hear him and what he has to say. you know you got to focus on the law. >> absolutely. you got to focus on the law. as a lawyer, that's so important that the precedents that are being set is one of those situations where it's the press sents of the zimmerman trial that has set. now it's made easier when you kill a young minority. i think if the roles are reversed, you don't get that verdict. if trayvon martin killed george zimmerman, he's convicted of first degree murder. it's unequal and we have to make it right. it's bigger than george zimmerman. it's bigger than michael dunn. we want our children to live and fulfill their dreams. >> the amen to that is that they're all our children. we're taking care of each other

one way or another, whether they like it or not. thank you for joining us today. help us keep this conversation going and please send our best to the family. >> thank you, chris. >> kate, to you. coming up next on "new day," she kicked oup controversy before the olympic games even began. once again, ashley wagner has people talking, this time about her not so subtle poker face. we'll hear from the skating super star just ahead. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. ♪ aflac, aflac, aflac! ♪ [ both sigh ] ♪ ugh! ♪ you told me he was good, dude. yeah he stinks at golf. but he was great at getting my claim paid fast.

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welcome back. u.s. figure skater ashley wagner became the sensation of the olympics and the internet with this photo after she saw her score during a competition. we spoke with wagner about all the buzz. >> reporter: ashley wagner was

the two-time u.s. figure skating champion and expected to be america's darling. but then she fell twice at last month's nationals. and wagner had to be squeezed onto the team for sochi through a controversial process that involved her replacing another skater. she seemed to redeem herself by sating strong -- skating strong in the team competition. but the judges didn't agree, scoring her low. there was so much controversy over your appointment to this team. after the team competition in the olympics and you skated so well, you tweeted, i belong here. what was that experience like and how did it change how you felt about being at this olympics? >> there's nothing more frustrating than having someone try to take away your own

accomplishment. there are band wagon bands that come along every four years, and they missed what i did over the past four years. unfortunately that was taken in an aggressive tone. i'm here to stay and put out a performance on the ice and really deliver. >> reporter: they had your face after your performance, which was great and your face after you saw your scores, not so great. what did you think when you first saw that? >> it was hill layer just. i can milk fun of myself. no problem. what you see is what you get with me. i made a funny face and everyone else gets to make fun of it. >> you saw what happened with the gymnast. what have you heard about ashley wagner with that photo? >> that i'm not impressed.

>> reporter: can you do the face now? >> yes. >> reporter: hopefully you'll have an olympic medal to go with that face. she's a good sport clearly and refreshingly honest. we'll find if she rachel, thanks so much. i love the fact she wears her heart on her sleeve. you can see ashley's reaction to everything. you know what she's thinking and feeling. >> makes it real. >> exactly. this is one classic from the olympics. not what the spectator had in mind. we have it and others like it when we come back. pay my bill. phone: your account is already paid in full. oh, well in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants and boots and pants♪

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♪ perfect song. here's why. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. this accidental selfie has tens of thousands of retweets. it's not the only eye going viral at sochi. >> what's wrong with this picture? it could happen to any of us. >> my mom, grandmother, aunt would pull something like that. >> she thought her point and click camera was pointed at the hockey rink where slovenia and russia were battling it out. instead of look at the hockey, she's shooting in her own lens.

the eye ball has now become the second most famous at the sochi olympics second to bob coste's pink eye. his eye infection inspireed a flip book, eye candy. >> since it started in his left eye, that had to have its own twitter account. naturally with a twitter account, bob costa's left eye. tweets like these. now the same goes for the eye ball shot captured by russian tv at the hockey game. who hasn't taken an accidental selfie? >> i was taking a video of my sister and it ended up being of me. >> how did it look? >> good i think. >> not the case for this woman.

>> when i get on the bus and take pictures, i'm like, did i just take picture of myself? that's ugly. >> you don't always end up at the right end. this reports to be a photo of a dad capturing his daughter being proposed to only to come face to face with his own face n. the age of the selfie, it's all about me, me, me. in the case of the accidental selfie, i, i, i. >> now you're going to have the reverse picture. >> cheese. that's sochi with cheese. >> oh how cute. she's got a new best friend. >> that was funny. >> i would like to meet that elderly woman. it's all in love. >> it's not just elderly. >> are you kidding me?

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and hit the ceiling of the plane. >> sky drama. screaming passengers tossed from their seats and knocked into the ceiling when a plane hit severe turbulence. five passengers and crew injured. we have the latest on the frightening ordeal. right now snow and ice plummeting the northeast from pennsylvania to maine making a mess of the morning commute and creating headaches for air travelers. when will we get a break from this winter? the man that shot a teenager says he was the victim. both sides promise to keep fighting. >> your "new day" continues right now. good morning. welcome back to "new day." it's tuesday, february, 8:00 in the east. up first this hour, five waking

up in the hospital this morning after one terrifying flight. an unexpected encounter with severe turbulence jolted the flight as it was heading towards its landing in montana monday. panicked passengers were thrown from seats as the plane shook. rene we spoke to passengers last hour and it sounded terrifying. >> it sure you did. if you've been on a plane and gone through turbulence, you know it was scary. passengers say there was lots of screaming as they were tossed around, items flying out of passenger's hands. the plane plunging and dramatically tilting to the side. the shake up was so violent, three flight attendants and two passengers had to be rushed to the hospital. one person is in intensive care

and one remains in the hospital. a man said a woman hit the ceiling so hard it cracked. passengers say united airlines flight from denver to montana hit the severe turbulence in a split second without warning. this of course happened as the plane was coming in for a landing. for the airline's part, they say the flight safety crew will review exactly what happened. chris? >> all right. thank you very much. the latest storm to to slam the midwest is moving through the mid atlantic now as well as the northeast where it's going to head today. it's making mess of the morning commute. traffic is the least of concerns. some winter weary towns could see half a foot of snow. a difficult day for anyone with a plane ticket and most importantly those that lose power. indra petersons is live outside our building. what's the latest? >> reporter: i don't think anyone wants more snow at this point. it's been a tough winter.

right during commute time of all you times. we are seeing steady snow falling down. it's a wet snow. i'm seeing 29 degrees, so close to the freezing mark. it feels wet. a lot is melting as it hits the ground. we've seen an inch across the street at central park. let's talk about how much more we're expecting, shall we? new york city several inches expected. the low will develop and make it's way to the northeast. we could see four to six inches, even as much as eight towards maine. timing at 10:00 a.m. or so, this will switch to rain. boston around noon starting to see snow. exiting to the northeast by the end of the day. that's system one. here we go, system two expected by tomorrow. more rain, guys. here's the good thing. temperatures are going up. finally this is what everyone cares about. who cares if it's raining,

temperatures 15 degrees above normal. 70s, how good does that sound? keep in mind once you have warm air filling in along side the cold air, you have threat of severe weather. we're watching the severe threat of weather from the midwest to the northeast. pretty much mid atlantic by friday. kate? >> it's been so long we don't know what it feels like to be the in the 70s. >> what is 70 right? >> i can't count that high anymore. indra, thank you very much. turning overseas. are we at a cross roads in syria. ? secretary of state john kerry has harshly condemned the negotiation. a follow up on the radical group for brutally terrorizing victims. we spoke exclusively with the

isis defector from beirut this morning. >> good morning kate. the rebels are now fighting on multiple fronts against their regime and against isis. we took an in-depth look speakispeak ing as to how the organization was able to thrive and grow in syria. when isis fighters, islamic state in iraq and syria, first arrived, they were welcomed. >> actually they didn't come as warriors. they came as simply people who want to help people educate people religiouslreligiously. >> they entrusted protecting the town to them. >> translator: we were all on the front lines fighting. we realized with the situation and town under isis, they were

exerting control through terrorism and punishment, a tactic isis repeated in the effort to entrench itself. >> this man who is a syrian who wants his face and voice concealed. he defected from isis, their main strong hold in the east. they think he's dead. the syrian with isis thought they were the purest organization around, he says. their principles matched ours. he says they were manipulated and deceived. initially fighters and suicide bombers were a battlefield asset. suspicions began to grow. isis organized missions as suicide bombers and thought they were attacking the regime only to realized their target was another rebel unit. when one of the martyrs pulled

out, he tells us, he was executed in front of everyone. just because it was said about him he was disloyal. he disobeyed so he was killed. isis has one goal, to establish an islamic state. many syrian opposition members are accusing them of collaborating with the assad regime. they have a lot of experience. they know what they are doing he says. there were a lot of regime locations we could have taken without sustaining losses of our fighters. we would receive orders to retreat. in early january, islamists banded together to drive them out of syria. he says he and his group have sleeper cells within isis to bring the organization down from inside. defeating isis is crucial as

defeating the regime. kate, the big challenge of course is that as these rebel units are trying to fight isis, they're forced to pull back from the front lines they have with the regime. now we're seeing units stretched incredibly thin which is a reason there's a growing cry for military support. kate? >> which is why the question of what can the u.s. do becomes more and more important. we seem to be at a cross roads in the civil war. thank you very much for your amazing reports that continues this week. thank you so much. let's talk more about this. we have cnn analyst and former israeli ambassador joining us. he's the ambassador and resident for the international affairs. mr. ambassador, great to see you. thanks for taking the time. >> good morning to you kate. >> i hope you were able to hear the truly amazing reporting on this radical group isis.

it's just one example that i think really reinforces the very real concern over arming and aiding the rebel groups. what do you do? i want to get your thoughts on this. how do you ensure that any arms aren't going to get into the wrong hands? is that a risk you think is worth taking? >> well, it was a horrific report indeed. if you're looking for easy answers, syria is not the place for it. america basically has three core interests there. america and the west i think in general it is getting assad out of power, keeping radicals like isis out of power, and assuring that america's credibility throughout the entire middle east is maintain aed. that is important to try to prevent the iranians from

acquiring chemical weapons. secretary of state continues to try to gain that credibility. it's important to be involved in syria as well. keeping arms out of the hands of radicals is not easy. there are forces in syria such as the syrian free army which are not backed by hardly anybody. there you could maintain good control over weaponry that could be used to prevent the radicals from gaining power and keep assad out of power. >> with the geneva talks essentially stalled, how do you take the first step towards reaching the goals? this is a conversation that's been going on three years for the civil war. no easy answer of course. shouldn't there be some answer? >> well, it's very difficult to establish the rules of the game if you're not playing the game. if america had been involved in

the game three years ago it would be in better position today to establish those rules. i don't think it's too late. america and the west can get involved and back factions in syria who's values and goals are closely identified with those of america in the west. i think you'll find that if we can get to the negotiating table again with various factions in syria, that america's leverage and credibility will be greater there. bashar assad is not going to make con sessions now. he's got this unending lifeline of support from russia and iran. he will not make con sessions unless he's convinced there's a credible military threat on the battle field. that simply does not exist now. >> so i hear you suggesting kind of the position the white house and president is taking especially with regards to the chemical weapons and the threats and then not taking military

action against syria after the existence of chemical weapons was known. i hear you suggesting you're very critical of that. what should the united states do now? the white house says military options is not on the table. do you think simply that's the wrong option right now? >> well, we're dealing with the middle east, kate. impressions are very important here. the impression is that america has backed away. that has impact on other fields. i mentioned the attempt to prevent iran from acquiring chemical weapons, israelis and palestinians. there's an opportunity in syria to re-establish that credibility by backing the right factions. not everybody fighting a assad is an islamic extremist. assad is close with iran. he is responsible for 100,000 of

his own citizens. establishing american credibility is a goal and worth revisiting that policy. >> quick, i want to get your final thought. do you think we're past the point of any real hope of a peaceful political resolution to this? >> well, i think it's probably too early to assess how long this conflict is going to go on. certainly all of us hope for an end to the war by the syrian people. it's dominated by the assad regime or dominated by radicals backed by al qaeda or too extremist for al qaeda like isis or sir i can't have divided between the two which serves nobody's interesting. certainly not america, not israel and not the entire west. it's not too late to step in and prevent that very disastrous

outcome from occurring. >> what's to do? that's the question with no answer at this point. that's for sure. thanks mr. ambassador for your time. >> pleasure kate. have a good day. >> of course you too. chris? michael dunn in the cross hairs. in the phone calls dunn sounds convinced the law is on his side. let's get more on this from cnn martin savage. >> i'm the victim here. i was the one who was victimized. >> prosecutors releasing audio of jailhouse phone calls between michael dunn and his fiance. >> i don't know how else to put it. they attacked me. i'm the victim. i'm the victor but i was the victim too. >> the calls recorded in the weeks following dunn's arrest

after he shot and killed jordan davis in an argument over loud music at the gas station. dunn maintains he was threatened by jordan davis and his friends. in one of the calls released, dunn complains about being housed alone in the cell. >> it would be better than being in the room with animals. >> he was convicted on saturday but the jury failed to reach a charge on the most serious, first degree murder. the mistrial sparked outrage from some in jacksonville. protestors gathered at the gas station where the shooting occurred. >> i brought my grand son. i love this man with all my life. i don't want him or no other black child to have to continue to go through this. it has to end. it has to be now. it has to come to an end now. >> michael dunn's daughter rebecca told good morning

america she hasn't stopped crying since her father was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder. >> i can't imagine, like, living life without him. >> dunn says she has no doubt her father killed 17-year-old davis in self defense. >> he's going to protect himself if he sees another way. that's what he's going to do. >> cnn jacksonville, florida. >> 17 minutes after the hour. let's look at more of your headlines. at least three have been killed in violent protest that broke out in ukraine. police fired rubber bullets into the crowd. thousands of protestors and officers have been injured. this fresh wave of violence comes after opposition members failed to get a vote to limit the president's powers. the u.s. is hoping an improved offer will help bring home the only american soldier held by the taliban.

sergeant bowe bergdahl was captured. he is proven to be a live. u.s. plans to offer releasing five taliban officers. president barack obama is gearing up for a big speech on the economy today in maryland. he is expected to announce new measures to reduce green house gas remissions including the next phase fuel-efficient measures. as promised in the state of the union address, the administration plans to do it without congress. spoiler alert from the olympics. few ruesults to bring you up to date. photo finish in the men's biathlon. spenson took gold by the skin of his teeth. he recovered to cross the finish line sent meeters ahead of the next racer.

american alex dibold won bronze in the snow board cross finals. let's check the update of your medal count. u.s. and russia tied with five. norway one behind jumps in third. up next, men's 10,000 meter speed skate is underway. results should be coming soon. >> big game today. u.s./canada for the gold, women's hockey. big bet on the line here. michaela pereira, chris cuomo. >> see what happens when we arm wrestle? she almost tore my arm out of the socket. >> i don't know why anybody should be surprised. >> looks so pretty and nice. not so much. >> that's how you survive. the debate on mammograms.

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welcome back. the debate over mammograms is reigniting after a new study claims the screenings offer little or no benefit to woman

and could be harmful. doctors are up in arms over the findings, and women are plain confused. we are joined at the cnn center. we were talking about this last week. i was confused then and now more confused now. i think a lot of women would agree, simply frustrated. shouldn't be clear guidance one way or the other? why all the back and forth? >> i've got to tell you kate, it's fascinating. this becomes one of the most controversial things in public health. a lot has to do with expectations. the expectation of this screening test from a lot of people is it's going to find owl cancers and ignore abnormalities that aren't cancer. no screening test is going to do that. you have false positives and false negatives. you find things that you think are are or are not and sometimes

you miss cancers. i've looked at data more than ten years. i'll tell you putting it all together, i think mammograms do find cancers early and save lives. that benefit starts around age 40. it goes up when women are in their 50s. i think that's benefit here. personally, admittedly, my own mother was found to have breast cancer on a mammogram. she had no idea she had it. she was diligent on checkups. she's doing well she believes because of that mammogram. she's one person. a lot of women out there are listening that have had the same experience. so the guidance and we should not have confusion about this. it's important women don't stop mammograms because of a study. the guidance says starting at age 40, every year get a mammogr

mammogram. >> what do you think was going on with the study last week trying to debunk what you're saying there? we're talking about it this week because a radiologist slammed that study saying they didn't know what they were talking about. >> this is one of many studies like this that have found different things. this particular study was a 25 year study started in the 80s. they followed 90,000 women. look at numbers here. basically half the women were put in one group where they got breast exam and mammogram. the other group got just breast exam alone. you can see the numbers there. the bottom number is important. you had roughly the same number of deaths are from each group. this says all sorts of things. you may also conclude mammograms offer no benefits. let me show you the nature of mammograms done in the 80s

versus now. that was circa 1980 and then on the right 2004. screening tests are going to improve with time. there's a little good news here kate. those self breast exams are pretty good at finding cancers. that's another thing you can conclude from the study. treatments for breast cancer have gotten better. women found with late stage cancer can get good results as compared to people that find it earlier. that's good news in the study like this. you should not conclude and stop your mammograms. >> that's the last thing i want to hear. i'm going with your guidancguid. at least we are talking about it. the more you talk about it, the more hopefully women will get screened. i'm paying more attention because of our conversations. >> you'll help a lot of people. >> great. always great to see you.

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sounding skeptical that an agreement can be reached. the popular candy crush game going public. filing the offering to start trading on the new york stock exchange. number five, spoiler alert. five medals handed out today with two to go. the u.s. has won a medal every day of the games. the men's skiing half pipe final is this afternoon. always updating the five things to know. go to cnn.com for the latest. is the senate's top republican in trouble in aik kentucky is calling on mcconnel. he's seeking help from an alley. >> minority leader mcconnel feels he would be majority

leader thousand. had a series of republicans not been taken out in the last two elections. that is why mcconnel himself facing a challenge from all sides is enlisting his junior senator with credentials for help. two senators from the same state and same party sharing a stage shouldn't be remarkable, but it is with mcconnel and rand paul. >> i'm pleased to be here with my colleague senator paul who does a fabulous job representing our state everyday in the united states senate. >> this day of joint appearances was planned last month. after what happened last week in the senate, the typing couldn't be better for mcconnel to appear with the tea party favorite like paul. mcconnel anned the gop base by filibuster way. >> my job is protect the country

when i can and step up and lead in occasions when required. that's what i did. >> the leader up for re-election this year wants to keep his job. his campaign aid say they're worried about beating democrat grimes in november. mcconnel first has to win the spring gop primary. he thinks he'd be majority leader now as republicans take more challenges more seriously. gushing about rand paul is smart politics. >> he's a national figure already, deeply involved in the national debate about the direction of this country. >> paul went out of his way to reciprocate. >> we should understand we're li privileged to have mcconnel. >> years ago mcconnel endorsed

paul's go gop opponent. watch the body language. warm words but no back slapping. >> despite the rocky start, mcconnel and paul have formed more of an alliance that extended to mcconnel's re-election campaign. the man running it is paul's nephew. he helped paul get elected in kentucky and also the one that ran ron paul's presidential race. >> many encounters over the years. that's for sure. he's keeping busy. >> dana, thank you so much. dr. jim withers spends his nights in a makeshift clinic to help the homeless. amazing. take a look. >> for more than 20 years, dr. jim withers has spent days like this. operation safety net is looking

for patients. >> we've seen people out here with all kinds of things that should never be on the streets. cath ters, tubes coming out of them. >> working in these conditions is rarely easy. dr. gjim withers says turn thin his back on homeless in pittsburgh was never an answer. >> there were times i was scared. i had a guy point a shotgun, and another guy threatened to point my throat. >> i dropped you off firewood. >> when temperatures are below freezing, stakes are especially high. >> when it gets below 15 a, everyone is at risk. we do patrols. sometimes you sense when a person is giving up. that's a strong predictor about who might not make it. >> he says the payoff is worth it. he founded this institute to bring work to cities across the

world. >> there's a sense if we weren't doing this, there would be nobody there for them. it gives meaning to everyday work. i wouldn't give it up for anything. >> jim says what makes him different is he decided to make a difference. >> it's all just a decision. >> what makes him different is he decided to make a difference. that's an important message to take to heart. i know i have. coming up next on "new day," jimmy fallon taking the reigns officially at kwoez the tonight show. can kelly clark back from sochi. there she is. i quit smoking.

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moments from jimmy fallon's debut. back in new york city, the star studded premiere is getting ray reviews. jimmy's first guesses were will smith, u2, robert denero, lady

gaga and stephen cobare stopped by. editor of the walk street journal speak easy blog, good morning. what grade would you give the debut show? >> probably a b. he's got work to do. we're making lot out of this. he's only basically a half hour early. because of the olympics he's pushed back to 12:00. it's not that big of a deal. he didn't change much. he's got a desk, guests, a band, monologue. it's the same show people have always do always done on kwoez the tonight show. >> the fact he relocated to new york city is different other than being in the west where it had been for years. it's not much of a difference between going to a starbucks in la and going to one in new york.

>> starbucks is good coffee. why do you change the wheel? does he have to change the show? >> the show has been leno in command. the age under leno, the viewer average was 58 years old. they're look for viewers a decade younger than that. he still has work to do to attract younger viewers. he had acts and bands that were cool. u2, will smith, they're not young acts but terrifically entertaining and popular. we'll see if he can bring in the mass audience and lower the bar if in terms of age as well. >> definitely had people laughing. we've been laughing. where do you think he should improve? what changes do you think the audience wants to see? >> he's got to figure out where

it fits in. it says you've got to have a huge six course meal. maybe people don't want to stay up that late. or the pick your poison here. he had the evolution of hip hop dancing. that's a viral bit they hope gets spread around the internet. he has done that before. we'll see if he can do more. bits people can cast around and the next day. >> he considers himself a student of johnny carson, one of the greats. things have changed as you have said. one thing he mentioned is his interviewing skills. that takes a bit to get rhythm going. >> it takes a bit to get rhythm.

you know as on this show, it takes, training, discipline. it takes an edge too. he wants to come across as a nice guy. to get a good interview, you've got to push. >> who pushes in late night television? >> letterman will. he doesn't care anymore. >> even like the court gesture himself, john stewart, when he gets in the chair next to him, he's making jokes or nodding yes, yes. >> it will be nice to see him do something real on tv. have someone express real emotion or say something that hasn't been said on a million other talk shows. >> christopher, always nice to have you on our show. >> smart and good looking. kelly clark live in the

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so she's a three time olympian medal, winningest snow border of all time. >> she's upside down. >> joining us now, kelly clark, took home the bronze in the women's half pipe in sochi. great to have you. do me a favor. in terms of context here, you got in when the sport started going. what is cool for you, personal rise or seeing what's going on with the sport? >> it's amazing. i started snow boarding before it was cool. there was no x games or

olympics. when i was 14 years old, i said this is what i want to do with my life. four years later i won olympian gold. 30 years old, four olympic experiences. >> another medal under your belt. how does this compare to olympics past to you? >> they've all been different. i've grown up through the games. every four years a grown as a person and athlete. the medals are amazing but what they represent to the person that calls them their own gives them value. 12 years after the first time i climbed on the podium, this has the most value. i know how hard i've had to work for it. >> you talk about all the olympic games you've been to. that fire in your belly, what is it now? do you want to prove as a

30-year-old you can still do this? is that old for snow boarding? >> that's what they say. >> we don't like they. they can stay sitting on their couch if that's what they're saying. >> what's the fire in your belly? >> you never arrive. you are never going to be the best. it's always changing. after 15 years competing, i have to change and progress and be challenged daily. that's why i love it so much and can be motivated after 15 years of competition. >> the tricks change and you're still pulling out new moves. >> the run i had in salt lake wouldn't make the finals today. >> if you were to compete against the kelly of 12 years ago, who wins? >> i win. >> so not just about age and durability, it's about skill and knowing what to do to score. >> i think experience does go a long way. right now it's smarter, not

harder training for me. i have to take more rest day, and do have to put in more effort on the fitness side over things. i'm able to maintain and lead this sport at 30 years old which is amazing. >> you're hoping for another olympics. how do you train? if you don't know how far the sport is going to go, you sort of have to have a predictive quality in how you train. >> it's interesting with snow boarding. we don't know how to train snow boarding. there's data. we're transitioning from a lifestyle sport more than a sport that's physically demanding. i'm on the forefront experimenting getting as strong as i can being as injury free as i can. >> no easy task. there's been a lot of injuries in sochi. >> it's been a difficult games. >> is this a hard half pipe? >> it was challenging to ride. at the end of the day, the reality is it's an outdoor

winter sport. that's part of it. >> look at that smile. it hasn't left her face. >> what do you want kids to know? >> i would say keep it fun. have a good idea of who you are regardless of your profession. pursue your dreams. nothing is impossible. >> it's still fun for you after all this time. all the medals you've won. >> it never gets old. always a privilege. >> privilege to have you here. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> so great to see you. all good stuff if that's not enough for you. a mom that used technology to change her son's life. more of the good stuff when we come back. [ male announcer ] the way we see it, after a heavy snowfall, you have two options... you can stay inside or get behind the wheel of the jeep grand cherokee with an available best-in-class 4x4 traction management system to maximize control, giving you confidence in all weather conditions.

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♪ all right. it's time for the good stuff. today's edition little intersection of kindness and technology. 9-year-old matthew shields was born different from his friends. >> so you just have the thumb? >> and little bit nubs. >> never an issue until this year, bullying reared its ugly head. >> he started coming home with his hand in his shirt. >> can you believe that kids would be bullying someone like this? they were. his mom discovered robo hand, a mechanical hand you can print out and make using a 3d printer. a family friend came to the rescue finding the friends on the internet. they made it. >> it's pretty cool to be able

to say you gave a kid a hand, the ability to grasp something and high five or hand shake. >> they printed it out. >> matthew can curl his fingers and he says it has made all the difference. >> i actually have fingers. i didn't know what it felt like until now. >> it's been a huge blessing. it changed the conversation from what happened to your hand until oh my gosh, that's so awesome. that's huge when you're nine. >> that's true. >> lesson to everybody, being different doesn't make you less than. now he's the coolest kid. winter, bla bla bla making us crazy. somebody has found how to make the best of it. watch her on the frozen trampoline. so that happened. then the dog comes and laughs at

her. >> you've got to find a way to break the winter blues. she did it, made everybody laugh. she's just fine. >> she's got a little snow up her shirt. >> she's doing the walk, the ice in the hiney walk. >> i can't top that. >> was that you? >> no. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. good morning i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. i know you're sick of snow and ice storms pounding the nation this winter. there's another storm on the way bringing nearly a foot of snow to parts of the midwest and northeast. outside of cleveland, near whiteout you conditions