then he tracked her down and he killed her. and no conviction is justice for what happened to her. but ironically, the science that she was working on, in fact, helped to put away her killer. breaking news overnight. massive protests turn deadly in two countries. people in ukraine and venezuela, rising up against their governments. flaming shooting in the air, tear gas sending crowds scrambling. we're live with the cast of confusion that all unfolds this morning. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. a lot going on this morning. we begin in the ukraine. these are live pictures from the ground. this morning, kiev's main square son fire.

you can see the smoke there. you can see the water cannons in the background. this is a scene, independent square, set ablaze, by protesters trying to keep police out after one of the bloodiest days in recent memory. at least 25 people are now dead. at least 25, and the number could be much, much higher than that. the protests camp all but surrounded. and ukraine's president is resisting calls to pull back. you'll see it from the pictures here. a chaotic situation. that city very much teetering on the brink. nick paton walsh is live in kiev. he joins us live on the phone. nick, give us a sense what you're seeing. >> reporter: just from that central square, it's fair to say overnight the protesters pushed back in terms of the amount of area controlled there. but there's still a tense standoff. about ten meters between both sides. and they've thrown missiles at police. have things thrown back at them

but i think the real question now both sides look perhaps a little tired, perhaps a little bewildered after last night's remarkable violence. they seem to have killed 25, at least nine police officers. we're seeing very little reconcile with the opposition of the president of ukraine. he's been quite clear in a brief meeting that he had with the opposition he wants to see them distance themselves from radicals they calls them within the upization ranks. and the opposition simply emerged from that. and given the absence of this negotiation at this point, john, i think the fear is what happens on the streets now. the issue perhaps last night when things had spun out of the control, it was the organized police operation. it was the police response to what was happening on the streets around them. and i think the concern certainly now is there are few people there. but there are also few options for the government to try and control this greats certainly pressure both from moscow to

see. and prevailed as the leader of ukraine. and of course, increasing outspoken from the united states, putting pressure on the white house upon him saying, look, you're the president of this country. john. >> of course, we're looking at these pictures in what was the deadliest day for the ukraine in decades. as you said, russia is trying to exert influence. we just read a statement from the russia ministry saying they will exert all influence for peace. and we also understand that vice president joe biden called the ukrainian president. but the u.s. doesn't seem to have much sway right now. >> reporter: they haven't really been in the game for the past few months. that's been more the european union's job. but the major problem is, the europeans they don't have much to offer in association with

where the european union might eventually bring ukraine. a decade well off of that. and coming into ukraine's troubled government and economy, that's something that can genuinely could have prop the country up. that's perhaps why they're supporting yanukovych now. and they are going to need to keep their families fed. this is really into the idea of what is ukraine, the country split between the east and west. and now those two pretty incompatible sides are having to find out if there's anything, or if simply the country will be divided. >> nick paton walsh on the streets of kiev. maybe that violence will stop a little bit. halfway around the world, to venezuela where tensions are rising this morning now that the

leader of the opposition has turned himself in to police. there have been days of violent protests on the streets. tens of thousands of people streaming into the streets, and demonstrators want the president nicholas ma dudura to resign. we told you earlier this week, he expelled three u.s. flow the mas. karl penhaul is live in caracus, karl, the pictures are dramatic, thousands and thousands of people in the streets of caracus. >> reporter: absolutely, christine, yesterday, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters dropped into the street. at one point blocking the main freeway into the heart of caracas and that producing big traffic jams but then as you say the harvard-trained economist lopez turned himself into

police. and just after nightfall, he made his first court appearance. the socialist government here have charged him with murder. they've charged him with terrorism. they've charged him with setting fire to public buildings. a very serious rap sheet there. he was held overniht in a military prison outside of caracus, and he's due to appear back in court in the next few hours. and that could be another flash point. because the opposition are calling for a huge rally to support him as he appears in court. then other development, you mentioned the expulsion of three u.s. diplomats. overnight, the embassy here in venezuela did issue a statement saying that three of its diplomats had been active at venezuela's university, the socialist government here accusing the diplomats of stirring up trouble among students but the u.s. embassy

saying its diplomats were doing no such thing. they were helping students track visas to study in the united states. but the flash point likely to come in the next few hours as leopold lopez, a harvard-trained economist makes his next court appearance. christine. >> karl penhaul, clearly is this more than a simmering tension there in venezuela. >> hag today, a second day of substantive nuclear talks between iran and six world powers in vienna. the goal to find a permanent resolution over the dispute into tehran's nuclear program. a six-month interim agreement has been in place since january limiting iraq's exchange for lifting sanctions. the white house is apparently considering new options in syria, now that peace talks have failed, and vial lengs is on the increase again. top aides are reportedly meeting this week to discuss what else could be done shortly of putting u.s. troops on the ground in syria. the administration is said to be

worried about the unintended consequences of anything they do. this will get your attention. there's a new proposal this morning that could have the federal government tracking every move you make in your car. homeland security is now seeking a private contractor to build a national license plate tracking system. many local police departments already track license plates. but this system will connect all of those local databases, to make it much easier to know where people are going. critics say any minute any of day, a dhs spokesman tells "the washington post" that the database will be only be used as part of criminal investigation. this morning, a fuel in the fire over the debate of raising the minimum wage. it's a major priority of this administration and the congressional budget office finds that increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would help lift nearly 1 million families out of poverty. raising the minimum wage would lift 1 million families out of poverty. at the time time, cbo finds that

it could cost 500,000 jobs. republic -- >> the opposition of raising the minimum wage that costs jobs if you tease it out all the way then it shouldn't be a minimum wage at all. there are probably fewer than 5% of the american people who believe that. >> federal minimum wage is $7.25. an hour. many states, many states and some cities require higher minimum staealaries for workers. of course, the president has raised the federal minimum wage. japan finished lower after tcu's big rally. hong kong finished higher. stocks in europe basic even. there's a uk job list number coming out later. and stocks here in the u.s., they're starting offer the day mixed as well. disappointing earnings from coca-cola casting a shadow over the dow yesterday. some tech stocks, though, lifted the nasdaq to eight straight days of gain.

the longest winning streak for nasdaq since last summer. it's been on a tear there. s&p 500 closed higher. this is a big day for economic news in this country. market, around the world are waiting minutes from ben bernanke final meeting of the federal reserve. those are set to release at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. we're also going get housing january index. that raising inflation and potential stimuli to investors. a lot to look at with the weather, too. this morning, there's good news and bad news. the good news is, the snow is over. it's getting warmer. that's good. the bad news, the stuff i'm worried about with two feet of snow on my roof, flooding could be a huge, huge problem. indra petersons is here with that. >> nailed it. one thing we're all loving right now. look at these temperatures across the entire country. the bulk of you are going to be seeing above-normal temperatures but there you go, john just mentioned, the concern for flooding. we're talking upstate new york

and also around illinois. that's a concern for flood watches. especially into tomorrow as we start to see rain making its way through. we see showers making its way into the northeast. with that not only warm temperatures but the rain on top of the snow also helping, bringing those flooding concerns. the real story, this week, is going to be starting late evening tonight into tomorrow. once again, we have the setup for severe weather. starting to notice the system pooling around the lakes. of notice by tomorrow evening, really starting to see a squall line pulling all the way into the gulf. and eventually extending into the mid-atlantic and northeast. and really, to the southeast by friday. let's talk about why this matters so much. once again, you have the threat, not only for straight line winds, but even isolated tornadoes could be doubt there. jocelyn, looks like today you're under the gun. 300,000 of you are going to be under that flight risk. for springlike concerns. severe thunderstorms really pushing their way through. notice by friday, really pushing through the mid-atlantic and

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breaking overnight, a nation in upheaval. chaos in the streets. dozens dead. hundreds injured. people demanding the president step down. we are live with the very latest this morning. inside the jury, they couldn't agree that killing an unarmed teen, after an argument over loud music was murder. now, one juror explains why. and winter warmup. parts of the country getting a break from the snow and freezing are temperatures. but, oh, no, with that comes a new warning. indra petersons is tracking the temperature and the danger

coming with it. >> welcome back. i'm christine romans. very busy day. >> i'm john berman. >> let's start in the ukraine. the death toll rising kiev's main square up in flames. live pictures now of independence square. protesters have been facing off with police after a day of intense fighting. fighting that has left at least now 25 people dead. it was the deadliest day, bloodiest day in ukraine in decades, since it became an independent nation. and despite the national pressure, ukraine's president is insisting he won't back down. nick paton walsh joins us live on the phone. nick, remind us, why are all these people taking to the streets, they want this president out? nick, you can hear me? can you tell us what's happening on the ground now? all right. nick on the phone, he is in

kiev. he is watching the violence. up can see the pictures. it it is just stunning. literally, the square on fire. and we're told there are bus loads and bus loads of young men coming in from the countryside who want to join in the protests, john. >> we'll get nick on the phone when we can. meanwhile, let's turn to what's happening right now in venezuela where violent protests are getting worse there as well. demonstrators insist they will stay in the streets until the president nichololas maduro lea power. that as leopold lopez leaves. lopez turned himself in before thousands of supporters. you can see it right here. what a dramatic scene. maduro is accusing washington of being behind the protests. the president held his own rally, a little more subdued to not step down.

he's alling the opposition an infection that needs tour cured. in vee 18 that, iran and six world powers are sitting down with nuclear talks aimed at edging a permanent deal. a major sticking point appears to be iranian missiles which the u.s. and its allies consider part of a potential nuclear threat. tehran contends it's part of their defense and beyond the limit, of the talks. the obama administration is reportedly talking this week about new options in syria, now that peace talks have failed, and violence is is on. rise again. top aides are set to meet this week to discuss what else can be done short of putting u.s. troops on the ground. the administration is said to be worried about the unintended consequences of anything they do, although a lot of people, critics will say that doing nothing over the last several months has had consequences as well. the president is heading to mexico now it's so-called three amigo's summit when he will meet with the heads of mexico and on the agenda, the status of the keystone pipeline.

canadian prime minister steven harper is not happy that president obama has yet to approve that pipeline that would bring oil from his nation, into the u.s. and said he wants to bring it up when they meet. new developments into the investigation of new jersey governor christie, bill stepien and bridget anne kelly both have again refused to turn over documents to a state legislative committee looking into the shutdown of those lanes on the george washington bridge. committee members say they plan to ask a judge to force the aides to comply. the federal government is apparently looking for a way to keep track of your car. listen up, folks, homeland security has put out a request to find a private contractor to build a national license plate tracking system. many local police departments also track license plates. but this system would connect all of those local databases to make it easier to snow where people are going. the dhs spokesman tells "the washington post" the database would only be used as part of

criminal investigations. >> i can't decide if this is creepy or just common sense. >> both. >> tweet us what you think. @early start. both sides reacting to a new report showing that raising the minimum wage could help or hurt at the same time. the congress budget office finds that increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour 0 would help lift 1 million families out of poverty. but here's the catch, at the same time, the cbo suggests it could cost 500,000 jobs. democrats in the white house disagree. >> the opposition to raising the minimum wage would cost jobs if you tease it out all the way, then there shouldn't be a minimum wage at all. there are probably fewer than 5% of the american people who believe that. >> the federal minimum wage right now is $7.25 an hour. and people are opposed to it

say don't have small business be the back of your anti-poverty program. anti-poverty programs are one thing. wages are another thing. that's what the concern is. but we'll see. it's a brig priority of the administration. global stock markets are mixi'm looking at japan lower, hong kong higher. stocks in europe basically break even. here in the u.s., things look the same. investors all the tech stocks, the nasdaq in an eight-day winning streak. in the harvard business review with this title "who's got the top jobs?" the top jobs in american business, here's what they found. there are more women, more leaders educated outside of the u.s. and more corporate leaders with undergraduate degrees from public universities now in the majority at executive -- public universities. also interesting, few lifers. the study compares leaders in the top ten roles of fortune 500 companies over ten years. interesting. this morning, you can feel

it in the air? yes, it is warmer. and there's no snow for the first day in the last 100 days. it feels very nice to say that. but there's a big problem. all that snow's got to go somewhere when it melts. and that could mean serious flooding. indra petersons has the forecast. >> you got to add the bummer to the top here. i want to start with good stuff. the temperatures above normal. really the entire country seeing above normal temperatures. yes, but rain and another system is expected to make its way into the ohio valley and the northeast today. you combine those two, and what do you have? you have the threat for some flooding. chicago looking for a flood watch. also to upstate new york. yes, we have a lot of snow on the ground. temperatures are warm, that alone produces flooding and then the potential for ice flooding out there. even more snow. yes, there's rain, but another system tomorrow that will produce conditions, a blizzard condition through minnesota. why is this important to the

rest of you? once again, you have that setup. the cold air to the north. all this warm air, a low moving through, a jet stream moving through and the threat for severe weather. 300,000 of you. jopland, missouri, looking for severe thunderstorms this evening. by tomorrow, you see the storms slowing up around the lakes. then that big squall line through tomorrow afternoon extending all the way into the gulf. so this is really something everyone needs to pay attention to. feels like spring. we could be talking even tornadoes. >> thanks, indra. let's get back to the latest in the ukraine. nick paton walsh is there on the ground in kiev. nick, tell us what you're seeing this hour. >> reporter: well, i'm just hearing the continued banging noises that we here from in the square. that doesn't mean anything is happening. there's been a lot of exchange of fireworks over the past night or so. smoke is still billowing out of the square. the question is how does this

standoff defuse itself? the a number of people have left. you can see from my vantage point how police positions have advanced. an they have moved in on two flanks of this square, quite substantially limiting the space that protesters have available to them. still the standoff there. still the protests despite in number this morning, frankly, that's still going at each other. there are still stirring speeches given to the crowd. what we're lacking at this point. any sign viktor yanukovych and the opposition described and distanced himself from radicals in the crowd. he seems to be digging in many ways. many, i think, have been supporting him. hoping he might have some firm response to it. at the end of the day, frankly, the fate of this country hangs

in the balance does it swing towards europe? or does it continue its strong links with russia who at this point have billions of dollars of cash ready to assist the economy. a stark choice for many in ukraine, because there no single arm that pleases the entire country here. christine. >> nick paton walsh in kiev. thank you, nick. >> you can see the water cannons shooting the flames try together put them out on the streets. a jury deadlock not able to decide if michael dunn had the right to kill an unarmed tagg teenager after an argument. this morning, we're learning what went on in that jury box. one juror's story next. angie's list saves me a lot of time. after reading all the reviews i know i'm making the right choice. online or on the phone, we help you hire right the first time. with honest reviews on over 720 local services. keeping up with these two is more than a full time job, and i don't have time for unreliable companies. angie's list definitely saves me time and money.

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this morning, we're going inside the deliberations in the loud music trial. hearing from a juror who thinks michael dunn got away with murder. the juror who identified herself as valerie tells abc news there were heated arguments in the

jury room as jurors debated whether dunn was justified in shooting and killing 17-year-old jordan davis. they could not reach agreement leading to a deadlock on that charge. three thought dunn acted in self-defense. but the rest thought he should have just walked away. >> we all believed there was another way out. another option. roll your window up. ignore the taunting. put your car in reverse. back up to the front of the store, move the parking spot over. that's my feeling. >> dunn was convicted of attempted murder and faces up to 60 years in prison. prosecutors say they will retry him on that murder charge. >> some of her comments made it clear that that jury had some difficulty interprets the law. the final outcome, 9-3 will leave many people to suggest that perhaps the prosecution could have gone at this case a different way to turn those last three jurors. maybe next time. 44 minutes after the hour. breaking overnight, a desperate

search son in springfield, missouri, for a 10-year-old girl missing after apparently being grabbed off the street by a man police say she did not own. witnesses say they saw haley owens thrown into a truck while walking to a friend's house. the suspect has now been arrested but the girl has not been found. in south africa, lawyers for both sides say they would rather not see the entire murder trial of olympic sprinter oskar eriksson aired live on television. both prosecutors and the defense say they're hoping to have parts of the trial recorded. they do not want witness testimony to air. pistorius is charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend last year. dangerous turbulence in the news. this time, nine people seriously hurt this is on board the cafe pacific flight from hong kong. passengers say it felt like a roller coaster, a roller coaster

of projectiles flying everywhere. they were thrown. the several hit the overhead bin. the airline is investigation what happened. >> it was just yesterday we were talking about the denver to billings united flight in this country. and several seriously injured because of that rough turbulence. let's take a look at what's happening on "new day." chris cuomo joins us. >> hey, how are you doing, guys? i'm just writing the lead for the story this morning. obviously, the turmoil around the world. i mean why is it happening right now? we remember the arab spring. there some type of concerted action going on. it doesn't seem that way yet. we're going to have to look closer. we're going to take you. you see the different boxes there. kiev, the ukraine. horrible situation there, it's getting worse. you have opposition parties setting up. there's big questions about what the u.s. should be doing there. and now venezuela, what's going on there. a lot of civil insurrection. students involved. u.s. diplomats kicked out of that country. and the situation you hear about

most often, of course, syria. we wanted a diplomatic solution there. you know the country has secretary of state john kerry working on that. more innocents are getting killed. more women and children are being affected. what can the u.s. do is the answer? it can do nothing at all. we're going to take that on today. we're also having mike rowe on. everybody loves mike rowe, right? well, there's controversy. he voiced over a commercial. that's what he does. for this one, it was walmart. he was talking about how they're dedicating to buying a lot of american-made products. a lot of people got angry. they're angry about walmart, what does walmart pay, they don't back anybody. he took heat. guess what, he answered it. he's coming on the show to defend himself against these allegations. talk about a new book he has. so we'll put him to the "new day" test. >> some of those comments people who loved him saying, wait, how rich to say walmart is going to

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unacceptable. it's an outrage. it's unfathomable to me that people not only soldiers, picked to be in his highly sensitive center. zbrt soldier who posted it terry harrison has been assigned to other duties. the wisconsin national guard said she's received death threats. >> my heart goes out to families who have met those caskets at an airport. happening today, the energy department set to announce new loan guarantees to build the first nuclear reactors in the united states since 1978. some $6.5 billion will go to a group led by the energy firm southern company to build two new reactors at a plant 30 miles southeast of augusta, georgia. president obama supports the project as part of an overall

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good morning. welcome back to "early start." it's money time. stocks struggled for direction this morning. japan closed lower. hong kong finished high are. european stocks mixed. u.s. futures a little lower today. it's about tech stocks. the nasdaq risen for eight days. now he highest level since january 2000.

that's right, january 2000. the s&p 500 now only a few points away from its record-closing high. americans are back to the old bad habits. pulling the plastic out of their wallets. borrowing surged last year. total household debt $2.1 billion from everything to mortgages, credit cards, student loans, home loans. it's the first time since annual debt increased. the majority of borrowing driven by mortgage debt. 11 pat $5 trillion. a huge number, still 9% below the peak reached in 2008. the success of "house of cards" is not all netflix is smiling about today. it took a couple of years but netflix customers finally got over that huge price hike. remember complaining about that? the customer satisfaction rating is three-year high. in fact, netflix scored a bigger increase than any other online retailer. netflix has 3 million

subdescriber. >> do you you want to know what happens in the first season of "house of cards"? >> we continue to condemn street violence and excessive use of force by either side. >> chaos overseas. buildings up in flames. tear gas and rubber bullets fired into crowds. what is going on? we're live on ground. cruise ship attack. a woman assaulted on a cruise by a crew member. all because he thought she insulted him. speaking out, a juror in the loud music trial says she believes michael dunn got away with murder. was race a factor? >> your "new day" starts right now.

good morning. welcome to "new day." it's wednesday, february 19th, it's 6:00 in the east. overnight, cities burned and blood spilled in every corner of the world from caracas to kiev. dozens killed in ukraine. >> in venezuela, the opposition leader has been arrested. police claiming four lives. and tensions are still building. in thailand, bitter clashes between anty government protest tore. five people killed there. >> of course the situation you hear the most about, syria, the bloody civil war there, inten intensifying pressure on the white house to do something about the slaughter. we'll bring you the