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 earlier

today. snowplows work to clear the roads of what will be a nasty commute. look at this taken from the producer sitting on the tarmac at the international airport. you can't see it. indra petersons is following the weather from new york. good morning. >> reporter: is this a familiar site by chance? once again talking about more snow right during the morning rush. not bad now. temperatures close to the freezing mark. it's kind of wet snow that has the miserable feeling. a lot is melting on contact. in central park across the street here, about an inch or so is what we've seen. let's talk about what we've seen in the midwest. again, four to six inches or so. that's what they say as the system made its way across the ohio valley yesterday. this morning in rush hour, we saw totals here. we're expecting more. not so much in new york city.

the bulk gone and expected to switch to rain. boston, several inches expected and several towards maine. we'll see the higher totals as the low shrinkens. tomorrow, believe it or not, temperatures expected to warm. keep that in mind. the next system that makes it's way through is going to be rain. that's a welcome site. it's been so cold here. it's been a miserable winter. yes, temperatures going from below normal to above northroplnorthrop -- above normal. 70s coming your way carol. gorgeous weather. it doesn't mean not seeing rain. one system coming through tomorrow. the system behind that, everyone needs to pay attention. wednesday midwest, thursday ohio valley. friday towards the mid atlantic. we have the threat of severe weather. warm air mixes up against the cold air.

that's the second half of the week. winter weather continues. >> we have do remember, it's almost through february. then we have march. >> thank you indra petersons. the flight turned from routine to terrifying. violent turbulence sent passengers and crews to the hospital. rene marsh has more for you. >> reporter: in a split second without warning, united airlines flight with more than 100 on board was violently tossed in midair. >> a lot of screaming and a lot of hollering and things going on. >> reporter: the incident so jarring, passengers say one woman hit the ceiling so hard it cracked the panel over her head. turbulence rattled everyone on board the flight from denver to montana forcing the pilot to

declare an emergency. one remains in intensive kaemca. the others have been released. one passenger said it even took the flight crew by surprise. >> they were trying to assess themselves. they didn't offer explanation because of what happened so quickly. >> all right. carol, you know the stories coming out of what happened on board that plane just so dramatic. one man said a woman called out for her baby which he took as indication she lost control of the infant. we have calls out to the hospital to get an update on the person in intensive care. turbulence injuries are the most common. airlines always stress the importance of having the seat belt on. experts say turbulence injuries are virtually non existent for people wearing their seat belts. carol? >> rene marsh reporting live

this morning. checking other top stories. the state department says allegations behind venezuela protest. young people in the nation protest over high unemployment and rising crime. witnesses say this video shows security forces raiding the party headquarters of opposition leader wanted by police in connection of the protests. >> this is a disregard for human rights. it's a disregard for all civil commissions, military institutions searching the offices of a political party. what happened today is serious. >> another big protest is planned today. the washington post reported the obama administration is considering resuming talks with the taliban for the release of bowe bergdahl. the prisoner swap would consist of releasing five members of the

taliban now held in protective custody you in qatar. teachers reported smelling a licorice like odor at a school. that odor associated with the chemical spill from freedom industries last month. the officials took water testing from the school yesterday and planning to reflush the school's pipes. months after being released from prison, two public thorns in the side of russian president vladimir putin have been detained again. two former members of the rock band pussy riot were detained in sochi. the two were released from jail in december after serving a two year sentence for houliganism.

meryl davis and charlie white finished with record high scores. white and davis held the u.s. state medal count, five gold, 19 in total for the overall lead. we have more from sochi. >> reporter: we have warm event, fog postponed events. now we have torrential rain. it is pouring here at the bottom of the mountain. that didn't stop the american from becoming one of the best stories of the games. alex deibold are what olympic stories are made of. he works construction and painting jobs in the summers. in vancouver in 2010 he didn't make the team as a boarder. he worked for the team as a wax tech. in sochi he's an olympic

medallist. his teammate jacob say warrior. he didn't medal but competed finishing out the event after suffering what he believes is a broken broken ankle. higher up the mountain, snow wreaked havoc on the super-g where the american finished fifth. meryl davis and charlie white made history as the first americans to take ice dancing gold. the pair who have been together 17 years beat out canadian rivals who twizzled their way to silver. in women's hockey, thyme usa advanced to the medal game. the long a waited medal of the night came on the track, americans blazed through the longest bobsled run to win the bronze. it was the first american medal in the two man bobsled in 62 years. this morning, the glow was there

with holcomb tweeting. >> years ago he was diagnosed with an eye condition. his eye doctor was able to use an experimental surgery to correct his vision. he since named the procedure after holcomb who now has two olympic medals. >> rachel, many thanks. jimmy fallon and raved reviews. >> i'm your host for now. i want to take care of this show for a while. if you let me stick around for a while, maybe i'll get the hang of it. my goal is to make you smile and put a smile on your face. isn't that the whole goal of

what we're doing, have fun? >> fallon made the debut of the host of the "tonight show." he was joined by mariah carey, will smith. check out his musical guest,u 2. isn't that incredible? it's on top of 30 rock. it looks fake it's so beautiful. we'll have much more of jimmy fallon's big night later in the newsroom. still to come, a 19-year-old who says she's responsible for more than two dozen murders. could miranda barbour be a serial killer? >> good morning carol and you at home. that's the big question, who is miranda barbour? we found a former classmate from about the time she says she started killing people. his take after the short commercial break. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street

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checking our top stories 14 minutes past the hour. another nasty storm bearing down on the midwest and northeast this morning. the storm dropped several inches of snow in the cleveland area. here's what drivers have to deal with on their way to work. snow stuck in areas dealing with wind gusts 40 miles per hour. new england will bear the brunt of the storm. up to eight inches expected to accumulate today and tomorrow. then a big warm up comes. another person dies in an avalanche. george martin and his wife were spending the day sunday riding snow mobiles on marked trails with another couple the group

triggered the avalanche walking across freshly fallen snow that had been packed on another older lair of snow. martin was buried underneath the snow about an hour. paramedics were unable to revive him. in miami a man is charged with criminal mischief after he dropped a $1 million vase after part of a protest to the value gallery for featuring international art. while the protest may be valid, damaging someone else's works is questionable. stunning jailhouse tapes to share with you. phone calls between dunn and his fiance who says he killed 17-year-old jordan davis in self-defense tells her over the phone he's a victim and victor. >> yeah, and like i said over and over again, the legal system

is not set up for you know, people like you. so -- i know you're innocent baby. i know you did something you wish you hadn't had to do. you did what you had to do. >> you know i was thinking about that today. i'm the [ bleep ] victim here. i was the one victimized. i mean, 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. >> those calls were made public two days after a florida jury convicted dunn on three counts of attempted second degree murder. he faces 60 years behind bars. the jury could not reach a verdict on first degree murder in the death of jordan davis. a murder investigation, a satanist, jailhouse interview with a local reporter.

everyone wants to know is miranda barbour a serial killer? she sits behind bars. she killed a man she lured from craigslist craigslist. her husband is not shedding light on what is going on. >> i plead the fifth. >> do you think she's being honest? >> who's to say? >> do you think she's lying that she killed 22 people? >> i didn't say that. don't put words in my mouth. >> in an odd twist, satanists across the country are distancidistance ing themselves from barbour. good morning. >> many of the details are disgusting and quite frightening to be frank. but there's a lot of skeptics out there carol, including some of her former friends from high school and middle school. we found one of them. i'll get to that in a moment.

let me start with this. miranda barbour and her husband are charged with the killing of a pennsylvania man. during an interview, in jail with a newspaper reporter, she says she confessed that she killed more than 22 people in four other states. she also mentioned she joined a satanic cult when she was 13 years of age in alaska and that's when she started killing people. allegations of course went viral immediately. people from that alaska town started communicating with each other via social media and talking about their shock and disbelief and fear about these allegations. we found one of her former friends and schoolmates who says thinking about it now, it's scary, but they didn't see the signs then. >> we had no idea that we were sitting in class with a murderer, alleged murderer. she did dress kind of more dark,

like never bright colors. that doesn't mean you're a killer or anything. i thought that's just how she dressed. it never scared me. >> a law enforcement source tells cnn they're trying to figure out if she's in fact part of a satanic group. they haven't found the name of a group or members. i talked to an expert from the fbi that spent 30 years looking at these types of crimes, crimes involving satanic groups or alleged satanic groups and cults. he told me in many cases what these people are looking for are attention and forgiveness. we know that barbour has received a lot of attention. as for forgiveness, well that murder charge in pennsylvania still stands. >> she joined this cult, she says, when she was 13 years old. that's when she claims the

killings began. she's only 19 now right? >> you're absolutely right. she told the newspaper reporter she was 13 at the time, joined a satanic cult and that's when she started killings. i asked several people from the town about this time when she was 13. about the age of the pictures you're looking at now. those are from her yearbook. they don't remember mass slayings, killings or cases that have gone cold. there's a lot of different things about the case that make it curious. i just got off the phone with the police chief in pennsylvania. he tells me they just processed her husband. he did make some statements. he did not go into details of the statements. they have contacted the fbi for help in etch radreaching out to jurisdictions where alleged killings happened. >> got to investigate. rosa, many thanks. coming up in the newsroom, ready to get your hands on the

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good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the ring of fear grows. with negotiations breaking down and exchanges with russia, the u.s. faces tougher decisions than ever. chief national security correspondent is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning carol. it's been a debilitating few days in syria. the break down of peace talks and worsening of the violence on the ground there. the centerpiece of u.s. strategy in syria had been the peace

talks in geneva. two countries with arguably the most power to influence the talks and information on the ground, both point at each other. secretary of state john kerry blames russia. now there's worry that path to a solution is dying. as the syrian people suffer, diplomatic efforts to bring them peace are descending into recrimination. >> talks themselves are taking a recess. >> 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 in fact enables assad. >> the same charge is right back saying the u.s. is betting everything on a military solution. inside many areas of syria, the

most extreme militants now hold sway. daymon do you understand mass graves. one man identified his brother by the children's socks he had gone to buy when he disappeared. a nighttime execution was caught on tape. the obama administration, strategy until now, largely dependant on the geneva talks is left looking for new policy option. >> we need an america that leads which means an america that will bring together our allies and work to defend the moderates over the extremists in syria. >> so far it's rejecting moves from arming and training rebels to air strikes on regime forces. >> if you're not willing to put lives at risk, people think you simply don't care. because so many others are

willing to put live at risk, they're going to determine the outcome of the battles that unfold in syria. >> administration officials say the u.s. is now pushing for new u.n. security council to improve the humanitarian situation on the ground. i want to go to now, this photo from yesterday that caused an emotional reaction of the young boy fleeing the violence along with his family, accept a rated it appeared from his family. alone in the desert. the the human rights tweeting this out causing a huge international reaction. it turns out as moving as this picture was, that boy was not alone as he looked. look at the second picture. it shows he was in fact close to a group of refugees that included his family. somewhat misleading. the u.n. saying the media made

too big a deal of it. it implied they came up to him alone in the desert and reunited him with his family. now looking at that picture, that wasn't the case. of course a picture like this can have enormous power to attract people toe problems on the ground there. this turned out to be misleading. >> frankly that picture should have great impact. those people have nowhere to go. >> no question. they're walking through the desert. it shouldn't be like that. >> it doesn't take away from the severity of the situation on the ground. this is one of the cases where the one little boy attracted so much attention to the issue which has a function and value. at least the initial story as told was not exactly the way it was on the ground. you can see he was much closer to his family than the u.n. initially implied. >> i understand. jim, many thanks. another round of brutal winter weather pounding the northeast this morning.

the same system left cars stuck and sliding in chicago monday. new york city could see three to four inches of snow before the day is done. the new england area will be hit the hardest expecti ining eight inches today and tomorrow on top of all the snow already on the ground. all that snow has caused a shortage of propane. many people are left struggling to heat their homes. a woman in illinois is worried she'll have to sell her home if prices don't come back down soon. george, tell us more. >> carol, good morning. as you mentioned the price is high. some good news. the price is drop from the all time high we reported $5 per gallon to trading around $3.50 a gallon. that's good news. a lot of people can't afford it.

>> so what we're doing carol, we've been talking to people in a lot of places. we spoke to a supplier who was even worried. he said the prices are so high he's worried his customers can't afford to i buy it. one woman cannot afford to keep her home simply because the price of pro papane is too high. one woman we spoke to in illinois may be forced to sell her home. >> how long you lived here? >> 40 years this month. >> have you ever seen a winter like this? >> not like this. not like this. >> for the past 40 years, every single day she has made this walk to the mailbox. she lives alone now since her husband died. for 40 years, she's weathered many storms here and proudly hasn't missed a beat. >> all my life i was paying

bills all the. you can check my record. never late, never skip, never. >> this year things are different. living on a fixed income, annika can no longer afford to keep the price warm. the propane is double what she's used to paying. with bills stacking up, she knows she may soon have to sell the house. >> i never was in this position all my life. i worry. i'm so worried. i feel like i can't explain how i feel. i can't explain. >> a lot of people are struggling with the high price of propane. some 12 million americans use it for heat. the demand this year has been even greater due to the especially long winter. supply is limited partly because

of last fall's corn crop. farmers used a lot of propane to dry it. some experts also blame the shortage on the amount of propane being exported. the crisis has prompted politicians to step in easing road conditions to get propane to places that need it. over the past few weeks, we've shown you the effect on everyone from suppliers to homeowners. >> they either have a choice. you pay for propane or house to live in. what are you going to do? what are you going to do? >> the same choice this woman must make leaving behind uncertain about what's behind. >> i was never certain i was going to come in this position to to worry about bills. >> right there you get a sense of all the people who are really hurting with this problem. it's still unclear what annika's

next steps will be. we know she has family nearby. we also know she's waiting to see what happens with the price of propane if it continues to drop. again, she's worried, says she can't risk another winter worrying if she can pay her bills, which she's done all her life, and keep her house warm. >> that really hurts me. i quit smoking. i've quit for 75 days. 15 days, but not in a row.

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of the president's remarks at 11:30 today eastern time. supreme court under scrutiny as the advocacy group pushes for transparency from the court. >> republicans, democrat, and a large majority of americans support a simple fix putting cameras in the supreme court. >> the group notes that state and federal courts already allow camp eras in the chambers. limited number of seats forces hours of waiting or days to get inside. politics sometimes make strange fellas. we saw that in action. what could bring the majority leader and one of the biggest tea party names? dana bash has the answer.

good morning. >> good morning carol. minority leader mitch mcconnel feels he would be majority leader now. republicans would have control of the senate had a series of controllables not been taken out in the past two elections. mcconnel is facing challenges from all times. he's enlisting his junior with credentials. >> two senators from the same state and party sharing the 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 in eastern kentucky was planned last month. after what happened last week in the senate, the timing couldn't be better for mcconnel to appear with the tea party favorite like paul. mcconnel angered his own gop providing the vote to break the

filibuster by cruz. >> my job is to protect the country when i can and step up and lead in occasions when it's required. that's what i did. >> the senate republican leader up for re-election this year wants to keep his job. though campaign aids are most worried about beating democrat grimes in november, mcconnel has to win the spring gop primary. he thinks he'd be the majority leader now had others taken the challenges more seriously. gushing about rand paul is smart politics for mcconnel. >> the junior senator from kentucky is a national figure already, deeply involved in the national debate about the direction of this country. >> paul went out of his way to resip p resciprocat reciprocate. >> we are privileged to have senator mcconnel. >> hard to believe a few years

ago, paul considered mcconnel part of the problem with republicans and endorsed paul's gop opponent. before you buy into the bromance here watch the body lang wang. >> they formed an alliance stronger than many realize. jesse benton helped get paul elect ared to the senate with 60% of the vote and ran ron paul's campaign to be president. carol? >> dana bash, reporting live this morning. thanks so much. it's a brand new day for the "tonight show." michelle turner has that story for you. hi michelle. >> hey carol. we'll dissect, discuss and decide.

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> welcome to "the tonight show." please. >> reporter: jimmy fallon turned out all the stops. >> i want to say thanks to all the fans for all their support and to my buddy that said that i would never be the host of "the tonight show" and you know who you are, you owe me $100, buddy. >> for the first time in nearly 42 years, new york city reclaimed the store reed late night talk show four decades after legendary host, johnny carson, took it out west and where jay leno carried the tonight torch for 22 years. fallon's first guest, movie star, powerhouse, will smith, had encouraging words of sport for the venerable late night host. >> people are coming because of

your heart. >> ever the consummate entertainer, fallon didn't disappoint, twerking in an evolution of hip-hop dance hits. he stayed true to his roots. >> the roots are from philadelphia, ladies and gentlemen. and unveiled a new tonight show signature segment. >> american ice dancer, charlie white, voted most likely to say, fear not, for i bring tidings of great joy. >> musical guest, u2 wowed the crowd overlooking the city. their os star-nominated hit song. >> i want to do the best i can and take care of the show for a while. if you guys let me stick around long enough, maybe i'll get the hang of it. >> nischelle turner joins me along with senior media

correspondent, brian steltser. >> nischelle, what were your favorite moment sns. >> there were a lot of them. i did think it was really ironic and quite funny that one of td things when jimmy fallon got the job was happy to have a show that didn't air the next day. he is still airing the next day. i am a big fan of the roots. i kind of skewed towards jimmy fallon anyway. i love that he has a different house band. i love the bit where everybody came out and dropped the $100 on his desk. my favorite was stephen colbert, because he brought a basket full of pennies and told him, welcome to 1130. i thought that was fun, a great show. i love the evolution of hip-hop dancing. i'm a kid of hip-hop as well. i love that. >> a lot of stuff in that show that would appeal to younger viewers. as you know, brian, this is what nbc is trying to attract, this

younger viewer z jay leno's viewer skewed to, what, 57 years old was the average age. i've got to say, most younger people i know watch stuff on line. they don't stay up until 11:30 and catch a tv show. >> no. a whole lot of people are seeing that stephen colbert moment for the first time on youtube this morning on their phones. that's okay. nbc is okay with that as long as they are able to make money off of that the same way they do on tv. i have seep almost universally positive views for jimmy fallon. the most important thing he did was tried to make jay leno's old viewers comfortable with him. he introduced himself and essentially grabbed their hand and said, come with me. he did a good job of warming up those older viewers while at the same time appealing to younger viewers. >> i have to agree to you. i think the choice of u2 is primo. he could have had arcade fire or

whoever he wanted to. u-2 is quintessential to anybody. to see them performing on top of rockefeller center, that was just so awesome to see, with the sun setting and just scene and all the high shots. it was such great production value. was so smart. u2 is really vel vanitrelevant . it was a choice that appealed to all generations. >> i am going to ask a short question to both of you from a younger generation. are you guys going to stay up until 11:30 and watch the jimmy fallon show or will you watch it online? >> i do the morning show, carol. i'm in bed at 8:00. >> how about you brian? >> if i'm up at 11:30, i'm a lot more likely to try jimmy fallon than jay leno. the fact that stephen colbert came out and poured that money on him. there are a dozen shows at 11:30. it is going to be very hard to

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the ahead in the "newsroom," the man convicted of attempted murder in the loud music murder trial says he is both victim and victor. >> i don't know how else to cut it. like they attacked me. >> you will hear more of the stunning jailhouse phone conversations between michael dunn and his fiancee. >> is he the new face of the gop. the new mayor of san diego is republican, pro-same-sex marriage and pro abortion rights. and she made waves at the olympics and on the internet with this image. u.s. figure skater, ashly wagner

on her not so poker face. the second hour of "newsroom" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. spring cannot come soon enough. we are dealing with our 18th winter storm this year. this round could bring nearly a foot of storms to parts of the northeast today and tomorrow. new england could get another 8 inches. these are the nasty conditions drivers have to deal with. wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. check it out. the view of newark's tarmac, it shows you look out the plane's window and the runways are covered with snow, across the country. more than 750 flights have been canceled just today. we are following the storms from all angles today. maria santana is in new jersey tracking the dwindling salt

supplies used to clean up the snow and ice. indra peter sons is tracking the storm from new york. i want to start with you, maria. >> reporter: good morning, carol, how are you? >> i'm good. tell us what's happening in your area. >> reporter: this is definitely a bad situation for this area. we have had so many snowstorms. luckily, this was a quick one. right now, it looks like the precipitation has stopped. this storm dumped about 2-4 inches in the new york metropolitan area. we have been speaking to several new jersey mayors since yesterday and they say that the situation is pretty dire. their reserves for salt are pretty low. they have enough to take care of this storm right now. any future storms, well, that's another question. that's really up in the air. i'll show you this street where we are here. this is west new york new jersey. this is a major artery in this town. a lot of commuters go into new

york city from here. as you can see, the road is in pretty good shape. secondary roads, though, are suffering. yesterday, we had the opportunity to speak with west new york mayor, dr. felix roke. this is what he said about the salt situation here in west new york. >> we're really playing catchup here. some of the side streets have ice on them, because we weren't able to use salt in the last storm. now, we're getting another storm. it is one storm after the other, cold weather. it freezes and creates a layer of ice and then a new snowstorm that falls on top of it. it has been a real tough cycle to say the least. >> actually, carol, i believe we were listening to steve fulop, the mayor of jersey city. that is the second largest city in new jersey. the last storm, they had no salt at all. he said that they basically just had to prioritize what gets

cleaned up. they received 500-ton shipment of salt, not nearly enough. they used 800 tons every snowstorm. this time around, they also have to try to prioritize which roads get cleaned first. a lot of residents complaining that secondary streets are still in pretty bad shape, carol. >> maria santana, thanks very much. let's bring in indra petersons. i just want to know when it will all be over. >> reporter: it has been a rough winter, carol. we definitely know that we have seen so much snow already. of course, this morning, new york city, commute time. that's when we started to see the snow fall around the area. the bulk of that area really has calmed down in the last hour or so. a lot did fall. temperature about 30 degrees. there is still some snow left in the area. there is another way we can make it through. the thought is that the temperatures will warm up and it may be rain. let's talk about what we have

already seen from this system alone. it went through the midwest and the ohio valley. we are talking about a good 4-6 inches of snow has already fallen through you that region. now, it has made its way over toward the northeast. now, it is climbing out toward boston. we will start to see the snowfall here in the next few hours tichl hours. it is going to last throughout the day. still, heavy melts. portland, maine could see on the outskirts, 8 inches of snow. it is not out of the question. here is the good news. tomorrow, the temperatures climb. there is another system out there. it is expected to be rain. temperatures are going to go from below normal to above normal. in the south, we are talking about temperatures into the 70s, guys. keep in mind, when that happens, it also means that that could bring a threat of severe weather wednesday, thursday, friday, spreading from the midwest to the mid-atlantic. >> i think the next big problem might be flooding. there is a lot of snow on the

ground in many places. if it hits 54 degrees, all that stuff is going to melt and it has to go somewhere. >> you completely nailed it. it is great we are talking about rain washing some snow out of the way. when you talk about ice jams and flooding, a huge concern when we talk about how much snow we have been seeing. >> indra peter sosons, thanks s much. a lot of this snow and ice is creating big problems for school systems. schools in virginia beach are holding classes to make up for all those missed days. >> i mean, they -- i don't know. >> we have committed to 183 days and we are going to give them 183 days. >> i don't really want to go to school on saturday but now that i think of it i really want to see my friends and stuff and i want to go to lunch and sometimes i miss my friends on weekends and i want to talk to them and i just get bored. so i mean it's okay.

>> that is looking at the glass half full, right? no word on how long the weekend sessions will continue in virginia beach. in the skies over billings montana, the united airlines flight instantly turned from routine to down right terrifying. violent turbulence seized and trashed the airliner and the 199 people on board. the jolt was so unexpected, a baby flew from its mother's arms but the baby is unhurt. three crew members and two passengers were taken to local hospitals. >> i felt the plane kind of bank to the right a little bit and then it felt like we got hit from the bottom. i was scared. it was really scary. >> there was a lot of screaming and a lot of hollering. >> nobody was really expecting and i do mean nobody. i think the flight crew was in the same boat we were. >> there was a guy in front of me actually that lifted up and hit the ceiling of the plane and came down on the other side on the lady across the i'll. >> wear your seat belts. one flight attendant is still in

the hospital. everyone else's injuries turned out to be minor. united airlines says its flight safety team will review exactly what happened. >> i'm the victim and the victor, those shocking words coming from the mouth of michael dunn. dunn, who says he killed 17-year-old jordan davis in self-defense. martin savidge has more for you. >> i'm the victim here. i was the one who was victimized. >> prosecutors releasing audio of jailhouse phone calls between michael dunn and his fiancee. >> i mean i don't know how else to put it. it is like they attacked me. i'm the victim. i'm the victor but i was the victim too. >> the revealing calls recorded in the weeks after dunn's arrest for shooting and killing 17-year-old dafr advivis after argument over loud music at this florida gas station. dunn maintains he was threatened by jordan davis and his friends.

in one of the calls released by the florida state attorney, dunn complains to his fiancee about being housed alone in a cell. >> i guess it would be better than being in the room with them animals. >> he was convicted on attempted murder but they failed to reach a verdict on the most serious charge, first-degree murder. the mistrial sparking outrage from some in jacksonville. protesters gathering at the gather station where the shooting occurred. >> 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. it has to be now. it has to come to an end now. >> michael dunn's daughter, rebecca, told abc's good morning america, she hasn't stopped crying since her father was found guilty on the three counts of attempted murder. >> i love him so much. he is my best friend. i feel like a kid.

i can't imagine having life without him. dunn says she has no doubt her father killed 17-year-old davis in self-defense. >> he is going to protect himself if he sees no other way. that's what he is gonna do. >> martin savidge, cnn, jacksonville, florida. >> he faces at least 60 years behind bars for three counts of attempted second-degree murder. he is expected to appeal. >> the stakes are high. ron sits down at the table with the united states and five other world powers over the nuclear program. talks got underway in vienna austria aimed at permanently cushing the program in exchange for easing of sanctions. they hope to build a temporary deal by december. cnn cnn's reza sayah is on the phone. >> reporter: these nuclear negotiations, the talk of much of the country.

many iran aviaians debeating wh theout come will be. if there is a deal struck, if the economic sanctions are lifted, that could give a serious boost to the economy and improve the lives of many iranians that have suffered through the actions for a very long time. these talks are focusing on a permanent deal. last year, they struck an interim deal. observers say striking a deal on a permanent basis will be much harder essentially, because both sides have put forth their position and they also put forth the line saying they are not going to budge from their position. if you talk about iran, they want the right to enrich uranium. they believe under international law, they have the right to a peaceful nuclear program and peaceful nuclear facility. they will do their best to -- >> i thought i lost him. reza sayah reporting live in

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another nasty snowstorm bearing down on the northeast. some in new england could get up to 8 inches by tomorrow. a look at some of the massive snowfall totals so far this year. detroit is dealing with more than 75 inches so far this year. chicago, not far behind with nearly 68 inches. new york city and philadelphia, 55 inches of snow a piece. that's amazing. a warmup is coming but then of course, another cold front might follow. mass starvation abuse and down right inhumane treatment. they are detailed in a new report outlining humans rights violations in korea. i want to warn you, you might find this report disturbing. >> reporter: emimagines of skeletal, starving people eating snakes and rats, emaciated human

remains for rats to eat. drawings by a former prisoner in a north korean gulag, part of a disturbing un report on human rights abuses. a survivor told of a starving woman that gave birth in a camp. a prison official heard the baby's cries and repeatedly beat the mother forcing her to drowned the child. >> with her shaking hands, she picked up the baby and put the baby face down in the water. >> there is no other place on earth today that has the level of human rights abuse that north korea has. >> reporter: in the four large north korean prison camps, housing more than 100,000 people, systematic starvation, torture, rape were common place. guards would force the inmates

to dig their own graves and hit them over the head with a hammer. speaking to amnesty international, another former prison official said another method was to have an inmate come to an office and sit down and two people would be waiting with a rubber robe. if you strike someone with it, it will wrap around their neck and then you kill them by pulling the rope. north korean defector, quan younghe told paula hancock how guards killed her brother. >> they tied him to a truck and dragged him. >> reporter: american kenneth bae is believed to be held in one of those camps. the u.n. official that released this horrific report says this. >> too many times in this building, there are reports and no, a. well, this is a time for action. >> reporter: time for action but will anything change inside north korea? >> the north korean government wants to be recognized and to have international legitimacy.

in every venue where north korean officials walk internationally, this is going to stalk them. >> the north korean regime calls the united nations report a political plot and says the human rights violations mentioned in this sorry-called report do not exist in our country. >> brian todd joins me from washington and i'm also joined by phil robinson in boston, the deputy director of human rights watches, asia division. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> brian, can you explain why so many people are being thrown into these labor camps in north korea? what are interest crimes? >> a lot are being thrown in for crimes they know nothing about. what north korea does is if someone runs afoul of the regime, they will target not only them but their relatives as well. one woman testified she was put in a prison camp for doing nothing more than gossiping

about kim jong-il. they put her and her elderly parents in a prison camp along with four of her children, ages 1-9. all of them died, except for her. witnesses are saying repeatedly, the north koreans have a practice of trying to wipe out three generations of a family if someone runs afoul of this regime. >> the united nations says this is the time for action. what kind of action is it talking about? >> well, it certainly is time for action. this is the sort of mass abuse that the u.n. was set up after world war ii to deal with. so the commission of inquiry is calling for a referral by the united nations to the international criminal court or failing that action to set up some sort of ad hoc international tribunal similar to what was done in former u go slof ya oro wanda to assess and insist on criminal accountability for the north

korean government officials that were involved in this. the report clearly states these are policies that come from the top of the government. so we are looking at kim jong-un and other top officials need to be held accountable for these abuses which are continuing today in north korea. >> it is just mind-boggling. brian, this u.n. report also highlighted kim jong-un's lavish spending habits, including what, a home movie theater for his closest friends. >> that's right, carol. they detail about $187,000 that he spent on equipment for a 1,000 person private movie theater. they detail other things too, that he spent tens of thousands of dollars to import cognac. that's something his late father, kim jong-il, liked to do. he spend $1 million a year to bring in cognac. kim jong-un is also trying to bring in mercedes benz, luxury vehicles, piano, recording

equipment. he is spending more than his father did. that's really saying something. >> so, phil, can anything really be done without china's help? >> well, there has been various different accountability mechanisms done without china's help. the problem here is that the u.n. security council would have to refer north korea to the international criminal court, because north korea has not signed the rome statute that established the court. we expect that there is going to be a long, prolonged campaign here to try to press for china and russia and other past supporters of the north korean government to allow for this process to go forward. the key issue here is that no one can say anymore that they didn't know. this is a report that is damming. it sets out that there have been severe, pervasive, and systematic violations amounting to crimes against humanity by

the north korean government. every international forum that talks about north korea, every international meeting that diplomates go to, they are going to have to face this. it is now the job of the international community and the u.n. to make sure as justice kerby says, that this report doesn't just slip on to a bookshelf and get ignored. the time for action is now. >> phil robertson, brian todd, thanks to both of you. i'll be right back. 6:00 or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know.

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if you are one of the 73 million people that use pandora to listen to music, the company says it knows more about you

than just your favorite songs and it is hoping to cash in. pandora is rolling out a new ad service to help political candidates target voters. the next time you listen to a little country or some r&b, you might get pegged as a democrat or republican. let's bring in cnn's money tech correspondent, laurie segall, from new york. tell me more. >> it is all about your zip code. every time when you sign up for pandora, you put in your zip code. that has a lot of valuable gee graphics cal data. they have said, a lot of folks have voted left or right and been able to target you. they are taking it to a whole new level. now, they are able to say, in a suburb of chicago that generally leans left, a lot of folks are listening to reggae music. they can correlate those and better serve you. you can get out of these ads by signing up for the premium service, $3.99 a month.

pandora is getting better and smarter about knowing their users. political advertising is going to be huge in the future, carol. >> so it has to be more than just geographic c just geographical and by your zip code. don't they have a quiz you can take? >> you put in your zip code. they understand. you can take a quiz. there are all types of quizes that you can look at. what they have been able to find, i think this is pretty interesting. my musical taste is all over the place. let me just go through some of what they found and what your political affiliation means based on what you listen to. according to pandora, if you listen to mary j. blige ands the late bob marley, you tend to vote democratic. if you listen to yanni, the greek pianist, you tend to vote republican. jay-z and bruce springsteen, cross-over appeal. they couldn't peg those folks who listen to them. if you listen to dolly parton

and other country musicians, pandora says you probably vote republican. they are more associated with republican zip codes. according to pandora, you probably vote democratic if you listen to daft punk. what i thought was interesting, folks with most eclectic music tastes tend to vote democratic. i think it is about all of these streaming music services are trying to find ways to make money. these are apps on your phone. they have to make money. advertising is the big thing. there are all sorts of ways to advertise. now, we are listening to music adds. it is interesting. >> it is interesting. it still seems so stereo typical to me. it just does. i know a lot of conservative republicans that like groups other than yanni and dolly parton. >> it is one of those things we have to look at it and see how it evolves. i know a lot of folks who listen to country music and they are

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good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. i'm taking a look at our top stories at 33 minutes past the hour. from the midwest to the northeast. another bone-chilling snowstorm rolling across the country this morning. this is what it looked like across cleveland they did a pretty good job there. snowfall across much of the nation has been massive so far this year. at the top of the list, detroit has been buried under more than 76 inches of snow. not all at once. man, that's a a lot of snow. after relatively calm deadly protests have erupted in kiev, the capital of ukraine, three protesters have died and several others injured along with seven police officers. earlier today, things turn violent for the first time in two weeks after the headquarters. the protesters are demanding

limits to the president's powers. >> after the embarrassing sexual harassment scandal that forced democrats, bob filner to resign, the city has elected a new leader and he is republican. that makes san diego the largest u.s. city with a republican mayor. city councilman, kevin faulk ner beat out his opponent by nearly 7% points. he is moderate and supports gay rights and green initiatives. san diego mayor elect kevin faulk n faulkner joins me now. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, what's it like to take over a city after such a big scandal in the mayor's office. >> i think all of us here in san diego had a real sense of relief and a sense it is time to get back on track. all of us, i think, whether you are republican, democrat,

independent, we wanted to move this city forward. i'm excited to hit the ground running. >> in your election speech, you talked about being independent. some say you down play your political affiliation. do party labels matter to you. it is not something we stressed, particularly here on the local level on city government. when i talked about independent, i talked about independence to continue the reforms we have started here in san diego. issues like pension reform that not only are san diego facing but other cities and states across the country. particularly we saw in this race here in the last week, in the last couple weeks, the ex troexy amount of money coming in for national government employee unions. it is over $4 million. i talked a lot about being independent. we can continue those reforms to invest back into our neighborhoods, streets and libraries. >> those things you talk about sound very republican. other things you stand for like gay marriage and abortion rights make you sound like a democrat.

well, that's who i am. it is something i think that's who we are as san diegoans. how are we turning our neighborhoods around and providing good quality services? particularly in those neighborhoods that haven't got enough services. that's one of the reasons we did so well on tuesday. >> so you are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. is that fair? >> absolutely. i think that reflects our city as well. >> we hear a lot about how republicans want to make their tent bigger. do you think a republican candidate like yourself could succeed at a federal level? >> well, you know, i focused on succeeding at the local level. i'll tell you, i think there is absolutely room for a variety of views. that's important to me. that's important to the party. state and national, that's certainly the type of things that i think more people want to see. i am sure there are many

republicans just like you. at a federal level, we just don't hear about them. why do you think that is? there is so much back and forth. one of the things that i stressed is, it is not about gridlock. it is about how do we come together. there is good ideas for democrats, independents, republicans. people want us to work together. that's what we are doing in san diego. i think that's one of the reasons we did so well in this election last week. so many of these issues are not about partisanship. it is about leadership and how you bring people together to find good common sense solutions and don't worry about the rhetoric that is too often reflective of politics today. >> that's so refreshing. >> just one last question. you were up against a democratic councilman, right, who supported president obama? >> do you think that had anything to do with his demise? >> oh, you know, it is hard to say. i got that question a lot when the president decided to endorse here in the last several weeks.

what san diegoans care about is what is happening here. i was proud of the endorsements and the sport that i had. that was reflective on election day of the strong showing and the eagerness as we turn the page and get back to work rolling up our sleeves and doing what we are supposed to. >> san diego mayor, kevin faulk ner, thanks so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> still to come in the "newsroom." a 500% spike in the use of adhd drugs among schoolchildren. are those helping improve rates in schools and their behavior. you might be surprised. [ female announcer ] hands were made for playing. ♪ legs, for crossing. ♪ feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra,

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have gained a reputation as the good grade pills. a new study is pushing back against those claims. consider this a moment. "the new york times" reports the use of these drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has shot up 500% since 1990. now, more than 1 in 20 american children between 4 and 17 are taking adhd medication. joining me now to talk about this is dr. william cooper. he is a professor of pediatrics and preventative medicine at vanderbilt in nashville. welcome, doctor. >> good morning. a 500% spike. if these adhd drugs aren't the cognitive enhancers as this new study claims, why are so many children taking them? >> what we see is that adhd is a pretty common condition. it affects around 10% of children in the united states. around half are treated with medication. that explains a little bit of the increase over time.

>> still, this study says that these drugs don't really help children learn. in fact, they don't do much at all. what we find with these adhd medications is that there is no magic pill that a child can take to fix all the symptoms of adhd. what we look for is a little bit of short-term benefit to allow other treatment to work to help the child. >> the study also notes that because these students become less disruptive and that's one of the things these drugs do. they calm these kids down, fair? >> yes. we do find that any of the patients i take care of in my pediatric practice, what they describe is that they do take the medications and it allows their minds to slow down for the other part of treatment of adhd, behavioral therapies and other interventions to take effect. >> it calms them down. the study says that may have a detrimental effect. in class, the teachers don't

notice them as much. they sort of sit there and don't take in as much as they could. >> i think that's a really important observation. i think it really highlights that when you think about taking care of a child understanding the unique needs, with he know that around 40-50% of children who have adhd also have other problems, such as learning disabilities and other psychiatric conditions. so it is really important for parents and health care professionals and educators to think about an individual approach for each child that will meet their needs. >> one more disturbing finding of this study, it says students on these drugs in some cases are more likely to drop out of school all together. in light of what you just said, is that one of the reasons why? >> we're not really sure. these studies are really hard to do. the long-term follow-up studies are really hard to measure, because, many times, the length of time that's required to have these follow-up, the children aren't taking the medications any longer in the community or they may be taking them every once in a while. the data are really sometimes hard to interrupt.

it's important to think about what's going to work for the individual child. >> a last question for you. in your mind, how many kids are wrongly thought to have adhd. it's really critical to diagnose adhd carefully and correctly. there are proven ways to diagnose that. it's important to apply those criteria to a child. it involves input from the teacher, input from the parent and as together as a team, deciding what the right diagnosis is is really the most critical step. >> dr. william cooper, thank you so much for joining me this morning. >> thank you. >> still to come in the "newsroom," president obama pivoting back to the economy. he says, producing more fuel-efficient trucks will help the nation become more economically independent. will republicans in congress go along with his plan? [ tires screech ]

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address announced he was going to use his pen more often, meaning executive action and move around congress, this is exactly the kind of thing he was talking about. on the day of the state of the union address, i sat down with the senate majority leader, harry reid, who said that one of the things that democrats have been urging him to do with the power of his pen is to focus on issues in the epa like what he is going to announce today, which is, as you said, making the standards for trucks even higher and have a geel oal of t for a few years from now. certainly, this is something that his fellow democrats in congress are applauding. particularly on issues like climate change. i am told in a private meeting that the president had with senate democrats in his retreat two weeks ago. they pushed him. on the subject matter and the tactic he is using today.

>> the president will soon speak presumably in front of the great, big, tractor trailers. a question for you. he is going to use the power of his pen, right? republicans say that will only add to the divide between the two parties. how bill the gop react? >> it is so tough. i've been thinking about this. it is sort of like a chicken or egg question. republicans are already raising their hands and throwing up their hands saying, really, this is exactly why we have trouble convincing our rank and file to do anything with the president. because it is hard to convince the conservative base that compromise is even doable when you have a democratic president who goes on his own. that's the republican line. at the same time, you do have some legitimate concerns and frustration from democrats at the white house and on capitol hill, that they haven't been able to do some of the things that the president wants to do that maybe there isn't bipartisan support for, because of the gridlock in congress that

simply won't go away. you have arguments on both sides. absolutely, particularly, as you are heading into the primary season in the republican party, particularly. you are going to see them use this more and more as evidence of why republicans should not and cannot work with the president because he is abusing his power, they say. of course. the democrats say, not at all. he is using everything he has in his tool box. >> dana bash reporting live in washington. when the president begins speaking in upper marlboro, maryland, that's what we are looking at. we'll take his remarks live. the president expected to begin speaking sometime in the 11:00 a.m. eastern hour. still to come in the "newsroom," the olympics give athletes a chance to dream and a chance to redeem. an american figure skater, ashley wagner, hopes a metal can wipe away what's been a difficult few months. we'll hear from her next. [ male announcer ] she won't remember this, being carried in your arms...

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a historic day on the olympic podium. for the first time ever, american gold in ice dancing. charlie white and meryl davis rocked. they partnered since they were children, trained in detroit. they were nearly flawless, finishing with record high scores. coming in second, a team from canada who also trained in detroit. white and davis helped bolster the united states medal count, 19 in total, tied for the overall lead. for every athlete, the only difference for u.s. figure skater, ashley wagner, the recent bumps have been very public. you probably know ashley from this face. her reaction from the judge's scores following her performance in sochi. this photo went viral online.

rachel nichols asked her about that and more. >> reporter: heading into this year, ashley wagner was the two-time u.s. figure skating champion and she was expected to be america's darling at this olympics. she fell twice at last year's mantle. then it was handed to gracie gold and wagner had to be squeezed on to the team for sochi through a controversial process of her replacing another skater. she seemed to redeem herself by skating strong in the team competition held at the start of these olympics. the judges didn't agree, scoring her low. one of the many things we discussed when i caught up with her here in sochi. >> there was so much controversy over your appointment to this team. after the team competition in the olympics, you skated so well you tweeted, i period belong period here. how did it change how you felt about being at these olympic sns. >> there is nothing more frustrating than having someone try and take away your olympic

michig accomplishment. there are bandwagons that come up and they have missed all the work i have come up to. that was supposed to be read in a very aggressive tone and it was directed at anyone who said i shouldn't be on this team. i am here to stay and i am here to put out a performance on the ice and really deliver. >> you also had something interesting come out of the team competition which was an internet picture that had your face after your performance, which was great and your face after you saw your scores, which was not so great. what did you think when you first saw that? >> it was hilarious. i am the type of person that i can make fun of myself, no problem. it was a silly face. what you see is what you get with me. i wear my heart on my sleeve. i was disappointed. i made a funny face. everyone else liked to make fun of it. it is a great thing. >> reporter: you saw what happened with the gymnast. she is not impressed. i am not impressed.

can you do the face now? >> yes. >> pretty soon hopefully you will have an olympic medal to go with that face. >> absolutely. >> she is a good sport clearly and refreshingly honest. we will soon find out if she leaves here with a medal or just an internet name. that takes place over the next few nights. i can't wait to see her too. thanks so much, rachel. >> thank you for joining me. i'm carol costello. taking yet another hit. a winter storm is slamming parts of the midwest and it doesn't look like it is going to get better any time soon. >> plus, should the obama administration negotiate with terrorists, the government reportedly wants to win free dom for an american prisoner of war by handing over five taliban militants from guantanamo bay. >> why