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 latest on the unrest overseas.

first to the ukraine. more than two dozen people dead and hundreds injured. a three-month long standoff escalates out of control. ukraine's president seems to be co-cying -- cozying up more to moscow. it was violence overnight. what's it looking like now, nick? >> reporter: the noise you may hear, that is fireworks, but it's a sign that protestors here have lost none of their energy. they are still engaged in a standoff. they are now increasing their numbers. remarkable for ukraine where political aggression is not really often on the agenda. here's what we saw just hours ago. it's been nearly a decade-long

struggle. this is where it stood. it's a stalemate. the police closing in, but looking tired. even with fewer protestors here the morning after, still more are moving in. they have been pushed back to a small area on the square, but still, this violent standoff persis persists. the question being, is there any kind of negotiation that can bring an end to these scenes. >> will not resolve the crisis. to restore peace and stability. we urge president january co-witch to end the confrontation. >> the president held brief talks and afterwards, demanded the denounced radicals in their

midst. >> i'm very unhappy because it was no discussion and don't want to listen opposition. >> reporter: fury continued into the morning, fueled by police violence. evidence of pellets and rubber bullets displayed. this man told me he was here for the future of the ukraine. ten years ago, the orange revolution tried to turn this huge nation ward europe, but failed. many here say they want to be free of raw -- russian grip. these men tell me this outburst so unexpected. what many people i think look at this as a pitiful moment for this vast country, but also

perhaps the future of europe and the soviet ideology being pushed now by vladimir putin. that's why this matters so much. that's why the u.s. has so much at stake here. it's about permitting those who want to face the wars here to have that chance, but also to accommodate the interests is what they need to keep themselves in jobs and their economy healthy. >> very well laid out how delicate the situation is right there as we see the smoke rising behind you. joining us from kiev by phone is christopher miller. he's been seconding out truly some amazing pictures through social media of the protests. christopher, can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> you've been covering these protests from the very beginning. you have been in the middle of

it all and we're showing some of the images you have been sending out. can you describe really the unexpected escalation of this violence? >> yeah. down the street, the mood is incredibly tense. more so than it has been over the last more than two and a half months, nearly three months now. in the beginning, this was a protest that began in response to the president's decision to spurn an eu deal and turn towards russia. and -- and sense then -- since then we've seen it escalate month after month, first in december when police raided for the first time entering dozens of protestors. it was on december 1st. everybody here thought that that would be the worst of it. they're a -- they were afraid it could escalate further, and it

did in january. but this type of violence that we've seen over the lost 30-odd hours is violence we haven't seen here -- >> can you describe who is committing the violence? of course, both sides are blaming the other, but what are you seeing? >> as far as the men at the front lines who first instigated this violence, it's a number of people. the people i've spoke to on the ground have identified themselves from a number of different groups. from far right groups to just more radical liezed protestors who have grown more angry over the course of the last two and a half months. and helping them, assisting them are normal ukrainians, men, women, young and old who created

human chains and are chiz ling away at paving stones on the sidewalks and passing them down this line to the front line for these more radical younger and middle age men to heave them across police lines. they're firing fireworks. a number of them were seen with handguns and firing air rifles. police in turn are using shotguns and cocktails. i was speaking with a group of them yesterday. they told me that they did have live ammunition. i was able to look at one and confirm, yes, they did have them. they told me they had not been used at that time. there's certainly possession of them. if these guns are used on protestors, you could see the death toll rise from 26, the officially confirmed number

right now, to much, much more. >> let's hope that is not what happens today. our reporters on the ground say there has been no energy lost amongst the protestors this morning. christopher miller, thank you so much for jumping on the phone with us. stay safe. >> thank you. we'll go to east asia. thailand where the death toll again is uncertain. almost a hundred have been hurt after the latest protests. violent demonstrations are overtaking the streets in bangkok. the prime minister is facing corruption charges. protestors shot at officers after tear gas was used to disburse the crowd. protestors have started camping out around the city in bangkok and their numbers are reportedly growing. to venezuela now and the exploding crisis in that country with tens of thousands of

protestors taking to the streets demanding their president step down. a top opposition leader is now behind bars connected with the violence. all of this days after three u.s. officials were expelled from the country. carl is with us from the capitol in caracas. you yourself have been roughed up by all of the mayhem surrounding these protests. tell me more. >> reporter: absolutely. let me bring up to date first though what is happening on the ground. lopez made a brief court appearance last night. he was held in a military prison overnight and is due back in court today. opposition protestors have made a rallying call to flock to the courthouse. we are expecting tens of thousands to turn out. that could prove to be a serious

flash point in downtown caracas just a short while from now. we also fell victim here. we went after dark to take some video of a faceoff between opposition demonstrators and pro government supporters. at one point the national guard was out there watching trying to keep the peace. at one point, a group of men armed with automatic pistol came around the corner on motorcycles. they disbursed the crowd by driving straight through them. they put guns in our faces, saw our camera equipment and proceeded to take all that equipment away. we're trying to get that back. we understand that the perpendicular tray tors may have actually been plain-clothed cops. >> be careful there. all this is happening as president obama is attending a summit in mexico today.

the trip, of course, overshadowed by this violence. senator john mccain is calling the u.s. peace talks a farce. the u.s. is reportedly revisiting military options. where do we go from him? jim is live in mexico. what was it supposed to be about down there, but what is the new agenda? >> reporter: good morning. that's right. president obama will be meeting down here with his north american counter parts, the mexican president and the canadian prime minister steven harper. the keystone xl pipe line, canadians would very much like to see that oil project approved. that's not likely to happen down here. also the president of mexico would also like to see the immigration reform efforts come

to fruition back to washington. that is also not likely to happen. as you've been talking about some of these world crises, these concerns will be following the president down here to mexico where the summit will be held. we heard the obama administration say yesterday they are reviewing their options when it comes to dealing with the crisis in syria. at this point they are stressing they do not see a military solution to that crisis. as for ukraine, vice president joe biden called the ukrainian president yesterday evening, urged him to show maximum restraint according to a statement from the white house in dealing with those protests there. you just heard carl talking about the street clashes in sends. you may hear something from the president or the white house on venezuela later today. >> a lot of people waiting to hear more from the white house today on a lot of the fires burning around the world right

now. let's turn now to more breaking news overnight. two flight attendants and sefrt passengers were injured after a jet encountered severe turbulence. the a plane was headed from hong kong to san francisco. tell us more. >> reporter: well, it was terror at 30,000 feet to paraphrase on old twilight zone episode. nine people were injured when a boeing 747 on route to hong kong from san francisco got slammed by that turbulence. the plane was carrying 321 passengers, 21 crew members. it was met at the gate by paramedics and emergency personnel. two crew members and six passengers were taken to the hospital by those rescue crews upon arrival. they also say that the plane encountered this turbulence

while over the pacific ocean north of the main island of japan. japanese officials say it may have been further north. it happened about six hours before it was due to land in hong kong. pictures posted show just how rough of a ride it was. there's luggage just scattered all over the cabin. air space over the pacific this time of the year is prone to turbo benefits. pilots certainly try to avoid it, but there are times it can't be detected. it slams into an aircraft unexpectedly. the only way to avoid getting injured is to fasten your seat belt. >> i have to tell you, i've been in a situation where there's really bad turbulence, it happens so suddenly that a kid with a mom in the seat in front of me was instantly in my own lap. we'll continue to find out what the fall out was there. we already know what that's going to be about.

so far this morning, the news has been rough. so here's a little bit of a silver lining all right. here's what we're told, the temperatures are finally expected to rise across much of the country. that's good. but here's the a little bit of the corollary on that. what happens when all this stuff starts to melt? the potential for major flooding. we have to watch that. indra petersons is my source for all this information. >> i don't know if 44 seems like a large warmup, but it does. look at these 70s, almost near 80 expected today near dallas. we're talking about warm temperatures, so snow melt. plus another system making its way into the northeast. only adding to the melting of the snow already on the ground. so, yes, the concerns for flooding, especially ice jams out there. this is the system we're seeing pull out of the four corners

today. this guy has the potential for a couple things. such cold air up to the north looking for blizzard conditions tomorrow. remember, when you have cold air up here, warm air down here, you line up the jet stream, we have the threat for severe weather. about 300,000 of you by tomorrow looking for the threat of strong winds, but even tornados could be in the forecast. really looking for that concern. the biggest day will be thursday. by friday, spreading into the mid-atlantic. a bigger concern as we move towards the end of the week, the threat of tornados in the forecast. never ends in my world. >> that jet stream sure seems to be messing with us this year. more of your headlines. this morning the debate over raising the minimum wage is getting murkier. a new office report says raising it to $10.10 would lift 900,000

families out of poverty, but could cost nearly a half million jobs. right now it is $7.25 an hour. nuclear talks with iran getting underway this morning in vienna. they're trying to get the iranians to scale back their nuclear ambitions in exchange for loosening sanctions. they vowed their country will never bow to pressure. back here at home, a wisconsin national guard soldier has been suspended after posting controversial photos online. the caption read quote, we put the fun in funeral. harrison has been suspended indefinitely from the yun ral honors detail. a former top aide to chris christie is refusing to respond to a subpoena in the george

washington bridge scandal. bill stepien says he won't turn over records. he is the former campaign manager. bridget ann kelly has also refused to respond. >> tonight is your chance to win more than $400 million in the powerball jacket drawing. you get, what, $230 million. you can do some things with that. the odds of winning the big prize, one in 175 million, but go ahead. >> keep hope alive. >> i say iter time, i just don't believe the chances that you're going to win matter. because you got a chance. >> you got a chance. >> say it, i got a chance. >> that's what hope's all about. >> let's talk olympics. and of course, as always, the caveat, we have a spoiler alert

from sochi. if you don't want to hear, but we know you want to. eight medal events. already this morning, skiing and snowboarding events underway. this comes after another big day for the usa. more now from sochi. rachel? >> reporter: well, chris, how great is this. half pipe skier david wise's wise took a photo of their baby daughter and put it on one of those giant sticks. so when he went down the pipe for what turned out to be his gold medal run, he said all he saw was the giant smile of his baby girl. take a look. when it comes to free style skiing, the u.s. is proving unstoppable. 23-year-old american david wise showed no fear in the first ever halfpipe ski competition. he cut through the slush landing

impressive flips, twists, and spins. he even ate it during one run. but his previous tricks proved so sick he landed atop that podium. >> it's funny. somebody compared us to the norwegians. the americans are really cleaning up house in these action sports events. i think right any so. one of our friends is going to win tonight. >> reporter: on the bobsled track, american duo lauren williams and elana myers darting ahead of the track. now she and myers are on the edge of grabbing gold. on the buy yath lon course it all came down to this photo finish. they broke out in a full-on sprint clock in at the exact same time at the finish line.

but take a closer look at these photos that show the one's boot crossing the line just before. today americans ted leg eti and bode miller. what's going on there? i sat down with miller who told me he was surprised the interview was so controversial. >> i felt like it was -- it was me, not her, you know. she asked questions that i feel like with her knowledge of my brother and the situation, i felt like were -- were pretty normal questions. but i've known kristen for a long time. i think she's really comfortable with me. and i felt terrible that she was getting just maskered in the press and social media. >> reporter: miller says he's happy to get the chance to set the record straight and happy that in some way, the memory of

his late brother did help him win that medal. he's really elkwebt in that interview. his teammate right now is leading the giant slol lem by nearly a second. on another gold medal watch right now as we speak. >> love starting the day off like that. looking for ward to more of the interview later. another spoiler for you even. time for a check of the medal count. the netherlands and the united states are tied for the overall lead with 20 medals each. russia follows. norway and canada are just behind. updated tally in the next hour for you. let's take a break, though. coming up next. horror at the sea, a female cruise passenger attacked by a crew member. wait until you hear how police say he tried to cover up the crime. >> it's all right. i got you.

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that now former crews ship employee is waking up in federal custody while cruise line executives are working with the fbi to determine how this could have happened. >> we know you'll find our version of unwinding in the tropics. >> american line vacations are a dream for some. but one woman claims her caribbean crews turned into a nightmare. a 31-year-old american woman says she was brutally attacked by this man. ketut pujayasa. he told authorities he delivered breakfast to the alleged victim's room. when he knocked, he said he heart a voice shout, wait a minute son of a, expletive. he used his master key card to enter her state room and then

hid on the balcony as the victim entered. he's then accused of violently beating and sexually assaulting the woman, at one point attempting to throw her off the balcony. >> there are cameras that record what happens on the balcony. if he was successful in getting her off the ship, it could end up as just another mystery on the high seas. >> the victim managed to escape and was felony to the hospital. he faces several charges since the alleged attack happened over international waters. >> it's happened before. people have disappeared from these ships. the prosecution rates are exceedingly low. it's the perfect place to commit a crime and throw them over board. >> cnn was unable to reach the man's attorney for comment. shortly after the incident they sent a letter to all the

passengers on board. here's a portion of it, we are treating this situation with the utmost seriousness. we're doing everything possible to assist the guest involved as well as the relevant authorities. the crew member has been confined to ensure he will have no guest contact for the remainor of the cruise. >> thank you for the reporting. we're going to take a break now on "new day." when we come back, all of the speculation about the loud music trial, now we hear from one of the jurors. juror number four is going to speak out about what happened in the room. why she believes michael dunn got away with murder. what did the case come down to? we'll hear from her. steel cage death match of midsize sedans. the volkswagen passat against all comers. turbocharged engines against...engines. best in class rear legroom against other-class legroom. but then we realized. consumers already did that.

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welcome back to "new day." it is half past the hour. a look at your headlines now. more than two dozen people killed in the violent uprisings in the ukraine. fire in kiev where clashes with police raged over night. the president banning all protests, planning to use all means necessary in order to restore order. despite a phone call from joe biden urging him to show restraint. to venezuela, lopez is in a prison this morning. he is charged with murder and conspiracy in connection with recent violence. there have been demonstrations all across caracas. many demanding the president step down while others support

the government. fiery protests also claiming lives in thailand. five killed, nearly 100 wounded in bangkok. they fired on them using tear gas to disburse the crowd. the prime minister is now facing charges from the country's anti-corruption commission. unsafe levels of arsenic is still pouring into the river in north carolina. that river is already contaminated from a massive spill at the same facility earlier this month. duke is promising to be accountable for the cleanup but admits the costs will be passed along to rate payers. you can see these thieves smash through a store with a pickup truck. apparently it was stolen. they then wrapped containablabl

a large safe. they hauled it out the door, where a front-end loader scooped it up. the whole thing took less than two minutes. by the way, look at the date. valentine's day. >> they were really prepared. >> yeah. so police are doing what they can to track these guys down. two minutes. so fast. >> if only they could put that ingenius to something not criminal. >> a juror in the so-called loud music trial is finally speaking out. what went on inside the jury room during those 30 hours of intense deliberations and why she says michael dunn got away with murder. this as we're hearing more of the jailhouse phone calls made by dunn just weeks after killing jordan davis. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i -- i do myself, personally yes. >> a juror from michael dunn's

murder trial is speaking out about what was going on inside the jury's deliberation room. >> we took a poll. there were two undecided, two for was justified and the rest were not justified. we all believed that there was another way out, another option. >> in an interview with abc's night line, juror number four, named valerie, said the disagreements ultimately led to a miss trial for the most severe charge of first degree murder. she believes dunn was guilty. >> we had a lot of discussion on him getting out of the car and the threat is now gone and your intent is yet to still go ahead and pursue this vehicle. >> i'm the [ bleep ] victim here. i was the one who was victimized. >> just yesterday, the prosecution released nine recorded calls made in the weeks after dunn shot and killed 17-year-old jordan davis outside a florida gas station. dunn felt he was the victim.

>> i don't know how i'm -- how else to put it. like, they attacked me. i'm the victim. >> in another call with his fiance, dunn shared his negative perception about the teens he opened fire on. >> when the police said that these guys didn't have a record, i was like, you know, i wonder if they're just flying under the radar. >> right. >> because they were bad. >> in another he rehersed the argument he might make. >> the action was in the law, so it's a tragic outcome. please grant me this bond so that i may return home to my frame and defend my freedom. >> but he will not be freed. he's facing a retrial and years behind bars. juror number four believes dunn had options. >> roll your window up, ignore the taunting, move a parking

spot over. that's my feeling. >> cnn miami. >> so what do you think now? >> we're reminded of the anatomy of a jury, the things that go on inside that jury room. because there was doubt, they had to go that direction. you know, it's interesting to see, no matter what, that struggle to come to consensus, it was impossible. >> and the debate that went on within the jury room is a lot of what our legal experts said was likely to go on. if there was a real threat, when was that threat gone. >> they did a good job on that second volley of questions. but three things, one, that they were focusing on when the kid left the car. that evidence was very iffy. some of the forensics suggested he didn't get out of the car. he wasn't found outside the car. when you hear the calls, you say

why didn't they put that in the trial. especially in florida, you must be careful with the introduction of bias of evidence. it's often seen as not equal to the prejudice of the jury, and a lot of decisions get overturned. the interesting question is, i still don't know why from that interview what was it that those two or three people believed that made them feel they couldn't say it was murder. we still don't know. >> those are the members of the jury we really want to hear from. >> she could know. it's very interesting to hear their perspective. what matters most going forward is what will the prosecutor do. they say they will retry it, but they must consult with the victim's family. tomorrow, we're going to have the family of jordan davis here on the show. they will talk about what they want to see happen here and what they want you to know about this

case. still ahead, is the united states talking to the taliban to try and bring a captured u.s. soldier home. the white house says no. so what is the u.s. doing to try to secure his release? ♪

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welcome back to "new day." a winter reprieve is on the horizon as temperatures are expected to soar making way for spring-like conditions in some parts if you can believe it. but warmer temperatures could bring a few problems. the snow's got to go somewhere, right? >> big concerns. we're already seeing it shifting. we already have a tornado warning. this is right near jefferson

city. it's south of greenville. we're talking about a system moving at 45 miles per hour. so definitely take cover now. this is something we're going to be looking at. it's going to be the story the next several days. this warm air now making its way into the south. by tomorrow, about 300,000 of you will be under the gun for severe weather. looking for joplin, missouri looking for that threat for severe weather. you will be looking for the potential for strong winds, strong thunderstorms and even the threat for tornados by friday. that makes its way all the way to the mid-atlantic down through florida. warm temperatures do mean the threat for flooding and ice jamming. up state new york looking for the threat of flooding. look at the temperatures. well above normal, not just in the northeast, but in the south. that's the reason we're talking

about a pretty big clash out there. also some rainmaking its way through the northeast today. the threat for severe weather really starting to pick up over the next several days. american soldier bowe bergdahl has been a hostage since 2009 and he needs to come home. we're staying on this story. the white house denies that they're actively negotiating with the taliban, but officials do say the u.s. has stepped up efforts for his release. there are earnest talks because there are new concerns about bergdahl's detear rating health. >> nothing is more sensitive more the u.s. military than one of their own being held captive. and even bergdahl's family is now weighing in on the latest developments. >> release me. please. i'm begging you.

>> the u.s. has begun new talking to get sergeant bergdahl back home after more than four years in cab activity. >> bring me home, please. >> working through intermediaries, most likely qatar, the u.s. is trying to see what it would take to get bergdahl free. he's been held since july 2009 when he apparently walked away from his base in eastern afghanistan. it's believed a taliban network has him. in the past, they have demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo bay. >> we have a long history of talking and dealing with all manner of bad guys. in the united states can make progress on returning this soldier back to the united states, we need to do it. >> the washington post is reporting the u.s. has now agreed to release all five taliban prisoners simultaneously

to qatar to guarantee bergdahl's release. the u.s. officials will say little other than they have never given up. >> we are not involved in active negotiations with the taliban. clearly, if negotiations do resume, we will want to talk to them about bergdahl. >> the family issued a statement saying we are cautiously optimistic these discussions will lead to the safe return of our son. u.s. troops could be gone from afghanistan by the end of the year. and what about his health? well cnn was the first to report last month that there was a new video. it hasn't been seen by the public yet. but the u.s. has viewed the video made in december and berg dale appeared in very frail health. that is a big concern right now

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it is wednesday, february 19th. you want to know what's going on that matters? let's start off with our news blast. any kind of negotiation can bring an end to this scene. >> force will not resolve the crisis. >> it is time for venezuela's 15-year-old experiment with socialism to end. >> when is the united states of america going to show some leadership? >> i'm not a spokesman for walmart. i'm a spokesman for american manufacturing. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder?

>> at this point, yes. >> bloody uprising intensifying this morning from caracas to kiev. breaking out all across ukraine now. smoke rising in the capitol city. more than two dozen people killed so far in clashes with police. venezuela, days of protests claiming lives. now that the opposition leader has been arrested. we have reporters there. going to get to them in just moments. severe turbulence on a plane was headed to hong kong from san francisco when passengers say they were thrown from their seats. just look at the pictures. this follows a similar incident on monday when a flight from denver encountered intense turbulence violently throwing passengers to the ceiling. an islamic militant group

claiming responsibility for bombings overnight in lebanon. officials say it may have been the work of suicide bombers. those explosions took place in the same neighborhood where militants attacked the iranian embassy in november. breaking overnight, an australian missionary is the latest westerner detained in north korea. he was questioned at his hotel and taken into custody allegedly over some gospel passages that he read. the north is already holding christian missionary kenneth bae. a cruise ship worker under arrest this morning accused of sexually assaulting a passenger and then trying to throw her overboard. the 31-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital by air ambulance. a room service attendant on the

cruise has confessed. the man says he used his master key to enter her room to teach her a lesson for insulting him. >> the white house now at a cross roads over syria. officials say the accelerating crisis is now a national security threat. with another round of failed peace talks,drone strikes are e unlikely for now. new video shows the assad regime's use of cluster bombs. they did it on rebel oppositions in towns last week. >> anti-government protests breaking out over ukraine. protestors holding off police in kiev with burning barricades. the president there vowing to restore order by any means

necessary. nick payton walsh is live for us in kiev. we can see the smoke rising behind you. how's it looking now? >> reporter: kate, no let up really in the tension here behind me. those noises you're hearing are fireworks being fired by the protestors at police. hst hard to see given the mess down here exactly who's doing what to who some of the time. the buildings continue to burn. no sign of a let up of the standoff here. growing tension as dusk approaches. we are not seeing political moves to slow this down. the eu deeply critical of the government. talks last night between the president and the opposition really went nowhere. the president saying that leaders of the opposition should denounce radicals in this crowd. as night falls again here, we

are concerned perhaps we'll see something like a repeat of last night's violence. back to you. >> just to remind everybody, nick says the sounds behind him are fireworks being used by protestors. >> also breaking this morning, tensions rising in venezuela. the leader of the opposition is now behind bars. thousands of angry protestors are in the street. carl? >> reporter: harvard educated leopoldo lopez is now being charged with murder, with terrorism and with arson in relation to these violent protests that are now completed about two weeks. he is due to appear in court just a short while from now. and the right wing opposition have once again put out a call for protestors to mass around the courthouse in a show of support for lopez.

we're expecting tens of thousands of protestors out on the streets once again. and that could become a flash point with the government security forces. we too became victim to some of these rising tensions last night. as we were covering the demonstrations, a group of armed men on motorcycles race through, they came to a halt near where we were. the next thing i knew i was looking down the barrel of a pistol and they stole all our gear. but back again, we are back on air and we will be taking a close eye on these protests later today. back to you, kate. >> as always, i know you're very careful, but please be careful out there. clearly an uncertain situation unfolds. also political turmoil in bangkok. five people killed and nearly a hundred wounded in protest against the prime minister.

police used tear gas to disburse the crowd. the prime minister is just a puppet for her brother, the former prime minister. all of this international chaos happening as president obama heads to mexico today for the so-called dubbed three amigos supplement. they'll discuss free trade, border security and the pipeline. canadian prime minister is expected to pressure president obama to approve that. >> key talks in vienna today on iran's nuclear program. they struck a six-month interim deal last fall in exchange for billions in sanction relief. and a once unmanageable development. what will come from them. sn's gym sciutto has more from

washington. >> reporter: gaucnegotiators in vienna just finished the morning session. u.s. officials saying they are as likely to fail to reach agreement as they are to make a deal. still, the mood as been surprisingly up beat. iran's foreign minister took the unusual step of addressing the american public, skyping with the american students in denver. he said the only way to resolve this issue is through negotiations. back in tehran, iran's most powerful leader had a very different message disparaging not just the talks, but the very idea of negotiating with the u.s. he says the u.s. will find another excuse, quote, to be months still to -- hostile to iran. u.s. officials say that is just -- the number of

centrifuges iran will be allowed to maintain, and whether key moouk facilities -- nuclear facilities will be dismantled. the u.s. insisting iran must fess up to past lies. that could be a sticking point. we're going to be watching as these talks expected to continue into tomorrow. >> you do wonder how much real progress they can make. also this morning, both those for and against an increase in the minimum wage are finding something to take away from a report by the congressional budget office. they say raising it would benefit millions of low wage workers, but would put many others out of work. president obama wants it raised in part of the income inequality. good morning, athena. >> the cbo says that raising the

minimum wage to 10.10 on hour would give more than 16 million low wage workers a raise. and another 8 million could also see their salaries boosted because of the ripple effects. all told, this move would bring 900 thousand people out of poverty. they also say this move could cost half a million jobs. p republicans have been seizing on that part of the report. white house economists disagree with that part of the cbo's analysis and they point to numerous other economic studies that suggest it would have little or no effect on employment. really depends on where you sit. >> all right. thank you so much for that. this morning some good news and bad news on the weather front. the snow is over and it's getting warmer, but temperatures are expected to rise to

spring-like conditions in some parts. and that could mean serious flooding as all of that snow and ice melts. indra petersons is here. that's the downside of all that warm weather. >> it sounds so good, right? look at these temperatures. towards dallas, almost near 80 today. but once you add these above normal temperatures and you combine that with several systems that will produce rainmaking their way into the northeast and south, you are going to have the concern for flooding. so flood watches for chicago out through tomorrow and upstate new york. also think about ice jamming. now, here's the second problem here. we're talking about very cold air out towards iowa and minnesota tomorrow. this will be the big story. starting late evening tonight around job lynn, missouri, we could have the threat of severe thunderstorms. >> 300,000 of you looking for

severe weather. that includes the threat of tornados by friday. speaking of how we're dealing with the weather, new jersey's in a bit of a pickle or unable to pickle. i'll explain. the state is using a brieny bik l juice mixture while it waits for rock salt. it's being held up due to a nearly hundred year old maritime law. pickle juice may be better for the environment. at least the environment will be better off. a wisconsin national guard soldier suspended after posting controversial photos online. terry harrison posted this image of her and several soldiers as they stood around a casket with a caption that read the following, we put the fun in funeral. she has been suspended pending an investigation. >> subpoenas in the bridgegate

investigation are headed to court after two former aides to chris christie refused to cooperate. an attorney for one of them said the request for records is out legal boundaries. bridget ann kelly is also refusing to respond. will spend nearly 3 years in prison for breaking into a nuclear facility. megan rice will spend time in jail. they are alleged to have sabotagsa sabotag sabotaged. back down to the tense situation abroad in the ukraine and venezuela, this as the president has been undered to respond to an on going crisis we've been following in syria. let's bring in billry shared son, the former u.s. ambassador to united nations.

mr. ambassador, thank you so much for coming in. i want to get your take on all of this because there's a lot of help that is needed, i think. let's talk first about the ukraine. some folks at home might not have been following this, but this has been going on for months. only this week escalating to such a violent level. what can you do? what do you think the u.s. can do to try to influence this one way or the other? >> well, first of all, stand with the democratic forces with the opposition in the ukraine and we seem to be doing that. secondly, kate, i think we need to push for some mediation, urge the two parties -- i saw that the former boxing champion and the president had a meeting unsuccessful yesterday. try to get both sides to at least stop the violence, find a political transition. but if that doesn't work, i think you need mediation.

the european union, maybe the russians be can be helpful although they have been a big part of the problem because they don't want the ukraine to move into the or bit of the european union. >> i want to talk about russia in just a second. so the vice president spoke with the ukrainian president saying it's the government's responsibility to de escalate the violence. we now have this morning e leaders threatening sanctions. beyond that, to is a sovereign country. is there much more that the u.s. can do to step in? >> well, we are per received as leaders there. the ukraine is a great country with great potential, energy, human resources. i think it's very important that we show that engagement. i think the vice president's call was important, standing behind democratic forces. but also urging the president not to have another bloody

revolution like the velvet revolution that has been occurring consistently there. there really needs to move into a political democratic transition. russia is key. we've got to find a way, maybe now that russia has had successful olympics, they can try to be more helpful on ukraine and syria, but they don't seem to want to do that. >> i want to talk to you about just that. russia being central in the conflict in ukraine and syria. to this point, we know the geneva talks have stalled. what we're seeing publicly and just finger pointing back and forth between secretary kerry and russian officials blaming the other side for not doing enough or too much i guess, if you will. is that the choice to get russia to play along since we have assisted in making russia central in trying to put this away? >> well, what has happened, kate, is russia refuses to put

strong sanctions on syria in the security council. russia has not been helpful in these peace talks that they have tried to foster. so the issue then becomes what do we do. there are a lot of bad options on the table. and i believe the next possible step would be for the united states to assist in some kind of humanitarian and lethal aid to the moderate opposition. that's about all we can do right now. but at the same time, i think continuing diplomacy finding ways to weaken assad who seems to be getting stronger. it's just a bad situation. but russia has to be part of a solution. and hopefully now after their olympics, they can look good and be more active in syria, in the ukraine, to stop some of this bloody violence that is just fanning all these fires around the world.

>> at this point, of course, it seems that after three years of civil war in syria, there are no good options. do you think the obama administration should be considering military options or at least taking a more public role in arming the rebels? >> i don't think any kind of boots on the ground is going to make sense right now. possibly assisting the rebels, that may be a limited option. it's not a great option. but i think the president is very conscious. the american people don't want another entanglement like iraq, like afghanistan. and a president has to be very conscious of that. however, this is a region of the world that affects american national security. it involves ref few gees, it involves our interests, it involves protecting israel. we have to ensure all means of diplomacy are exhausted. keep pushing talks, keep pushing

mediation. a political transition that involves assad eventually leaving. russia is key here. and i think this is where the president and president putin need to arrive at some kind of mediation evident, some -- effort, some kind of recognition that our interests are tied together in the ukraine and syria. >> after so much posturing on both sides, you wonder how they're going to be able to pull that off. great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, kate. let's take a look at what is allowing family visits. there's one caveat, the international red cross has to find a place to have those. it's not clear how many of them would be allowed to have visitors. the return of a former

clinton aide to the white house. robert mali was a key advisor to clinton back in 2000. he will help device american foreign policy from saweddy arabia to iran. a new proposal would built a national license plate tracking system to create a massive centralized data base. dhs says the data would only be used in criminal investigations. all right. get ready for the morning spoiler alert. big news out of sochi. ready? okay. gold in the giant slol lem. ted legity redeeming himself. it keeps hope alive for the u.s. to become the first nation to medal every day of the olympics.

four more days to go. >> and team usa nabbed gold in the half pipe final tuesday. david wise handing some impressive slips. he took a tumble on one run, but his overall score still got him to the top of the podium. >> as ray shell nick ls said his tricks were so sick he still one. the u.s. also showed some skill in the bobsled. lauren williams and elana myers got off to a record-setting start. williams not only is a bobsledding great, six months ago, she was in the summer games. >> is and another spoiler alert for you. an updated look now at the medal count with a big change at the top. the americans and russians are now tied with the overall lead with 21 medals apiece. the netherlands still with 20

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texas, but a powerful job nonetheless. >> i know the bush family and i like them. maybe he'll be a chip off the old block. >> we caught up with him and his supporters at a campaign stop in laredo texas. part of a cross state campaign that began more than 15 months ago. they have visited more than half the state's counties. >> because you are a bush, do you feel pigeon holidayed at all in terms of ideology. you have to follow in the footsteps, so to speak of your uncle, your grand fair, your own father? >> to a certain extent. i've said i'm going to be a man of my own right. >> the former high school teacher, afghanistan war vet, lawyer and business owner, hopes his experience, not just his

name will help him reach voters. one thing he has is an inherent connection with a demographic republicans have had a hard time to reach. his mother is from mexico. >> as far as the republican party reaching out to those hispanic voters, what needs to happen? >> we don't have to change our positions and ideas. as republicans we need to change our tactics. and i believe that as republicans, it's incumbent not only upon the party but also elected officials to spend time in the hispanic community. >> where do you stand on immigration? >> well, i've always said that with respect to the issue of imfederation, we as republicans have an opportunity to lead on the issue. but i keep talking about my vision for the future of texas. and that's focusing on education, energy independence and veterans affairs.

>> so immigration isn't one of those areas? >> it is not. >> despite some reluctance to take on a heated national issue now, there's no doubt some in the republican party see george p as a rising star. he recently tweeted this picture after tweeting with ran paul talking about the future of the gop and 2016. it's no secret george p's father could be eyeing the white house. barbara bush said she hopes jeb doesn't seek the presidency. >> i wish i had some confidential information to share with you this afternoon. but last time i did talk with him about it, which is a few weeks ago, it is what he has said publicly, he will make his assessment after the midterm elections. >> would he make a good president?

>> i think he'd make a fantastic president. >> call to service, following the example set by his father, uncle, grandfather and now a young father himself. he hopes to make his whole family proud as he embarks on his own political journey. >> and joining us now, it's really interesting look at george p. bush. not a lot of people have had that introduction to him quite yet. what does he say about his political future, his aspirations? >> of course he's not giving a lot away about that. he's been a teacher, he sevened in the military, he's owned a couple businesses, he has his law degree. it gives you a sense that this may be in part to set him up for a political run. all he will say right now he is focused on being the best land commissioner texas has ever had.

who knows? kate? >> great to see you. >> like most jobs, politics is always about what's next. it will be interesting. he's a charismatic guy. calling someone a subhuman mongrel is offensive right. even worse to call the president that, right? >> that's what ted nugent did. arguably more troubling is nugent actually helping abbott in his run for governor. we'll discuss. ameriprise asked people a simple question: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about the alternative. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry. what happens when your paychecks stop? because everyone has retirement questions. ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. to get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today.

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it's half past the hour. here's a look at your headlines. ukraine's capitol city is smoldering this morning. more than two dozen people have now been killed in violent anti-government protests. the president says he'll use all means necessary to restore order. french and polish leaders have now called for sanctions against them. >> to venezuela where lee pole doe lopez is expected to appear in court this morning. he is facing charges of murder and conspiracy in connection with recent violence. ant anti-government protestors have been in the street demanding the resignation of the president. new this morning, the energy department is set to approve bhls of dollars in loan -- billions of dollars in loans to build the first nuclear power plant in the u.s. in decades. it will be put into the $14

billion project in georgia. necessary lee is voluntarily recalling two of its hot pocket products. the company says the products may contain meat from rancho feeding corporation which is recalling meat from diseased and unsound animals. so far, no illnesses have been reported. check this out. a couple of brazen thieves smashed their car into a gas station in texas. it happened tuesday near houston. the surveillance video shows them smashing through the glass. within seconds, they grabbed an 18-pack of beer before getting back in their car and speeding off. >> stupid is as stupid does. this morning, anger over a

candidate's rally because ted knew jebt was a -- nugent was a part of it. he did not disappoint. he called president obama a subhuman mongrel. all right. even with an ugly game of politics, there's got to be a line somewhere and this much crossed it. we have two of our favorite cnn commentato commentators. one of the reasons we love you is you're not talking heads. you've actually worked in politics and know people. let's step aside from nugent for a moment and let's talk about the new george bush. george p. bush. this guy looks good, he sounds good, he's hispanic, he's white, he's talking the right thing. tell me about this guy. >> i don't know him personally. >> he looks good he sounds good, he is good. >> what do you got anna.

i don't want to hear from paul. >> i've known george p. since he was a kid. p as we call him. he is jeb's boy. i know they are incredibly proud of him. you don't get anything on a silver platter. i think all his children will tell you that. he started by working in a very rough and poor area in miami. that was his professional year. he's moved on. he fell in love with a texan and it turns out he felt texan through and through. paul could talk about his texan roots. and he's doing this in a really refreshing way. he's going all over the way in texas on that bus tour with his own agenda. i'm very proud of him. and let me remind people in texas, early voting as begun in texas. it began yesterday. so i hope that if you're republican you go out there and

support george p. bush. >> and he's not working it on the name, right. obviously the texas land commission, he's going to have a record walking into it. that's the good news for the republicans. here's the bad news. really, really anna? ted nugent. he calls the president a subhuman mongrel? i know it's an ugly game. i know the line moves all the time. isn't this too much? >> i think there is nothing difficult or hard about condemning the things that ted nugent has said. i find them really unacceptable. i think that is no way to refer to any human being, much less somebody who is holding the office for the president of the united states. if not for respect for the person, respect for the office. that being said, chris, this happens in politics.

bill mar, for example, who was in the super pack that paul was helping to run, he said some very, very vial things about women, people like sarah palin, like marsha black burn. he donated a million bucks to that packet. what did his spokesperson say then? we don't condone what he said, but we are not the arbiters of everything everybody says. that's the way it work sgrs i think pointing at the other side here is the wrong tactic. they suck too? this is no good when you're calling the president of the united states a subhuman mongrel. >> i'm not just pointing at the other side. i'm saying that what he said is wrong, that i don't condone it. that icon dem it. there is nothing difficult about saying that those words should not be used about any human. >> i want you that.

i want you that. >> but i'm also saying that this happens and you know, politicians are not usually held responsible for what some of the entertainers mostly who say outrageous things say. this was not said at the rally. it was said months before, as i understand it. do i like it? not a bit. do i think greg abbott should come out and say icon dem that use of language? absolutely. do i think this reflects on greg abbott? no. >> see, that's the part i don't get. paul, get in here. how does it not reflect on abbott when the guy said it and you still bring him out there. >> when you put him at a greg abbott rally, then abbott is endorsing -- obviously mr. nugent is endorsing greg abbott. it's good it doesn't apply to rock 'n' rollers, the first year

of the carter presidency. no talent bozo. he has a right, even to be that offensi offensive. it's greg abbott's responsibility to not put him in front of a sign that says abbott for governor. he is really appealing to the worst of my beloved texas. there's a lot of great texas musicians abbott could travel around this. >> at some point, don't we have to change the game here? doesn't there have to be a new standard of desency? now we're going to explain this away? too much. >> absolutely. i think we have to change the civil discourse. i think we have to change the way we talk to each other and

the anger displayed in politics and begin from there and also in the media. you know, i just don't think we can discuss serious issues. and the issue getting lost here is the discussion over the second amendment and where greg abbott stands on these issues. do i think he needed to bring out ted nugent? no. he's going to win the primary. he's got to start thinking about the general election against wendy davis although he's still leading by a comfortable margin. absolutely i agree with you. we have got to be careful. we've got to be civil with each other. >> give me a last word. >> let me defend my friend bill mar. it was a huge difference. i don't think people should talk particularly about women. that's an act.

it's a comic and he's a potty-mouth economic on a network that i think cnn is affiliated with. very different -- by the way, he never appeared at an obama rally. the chief advisor wouldn't even go on bill's show. there's a difference then between ted nugent and putting him at a rally with greg abbott's logo behind him. you know what he's going to say. i think if you're a smart politician, i'm sure you always want support from wherever you get it, but i wouldn't put him up there with my logo and my guy. >> i was on bill's show with david axle rod the week after the election. can we just -- with we just -- you know, the three of us stop making excuses for whether they're on hbo or whether they're on a stage for what ted

nugent or bill mar says. let's stop making excuses. it is unacceptable the way that -- >> we'll start -- >> about president obama. >> there's no false equivalency here. ted nugent is nothing like bill mar. >> we'll start with us. you both made excuses for you guys. i'll do my best to keep you honest on it. always a pleasure. coming up next on "new day," meryl davis and charlie white, the dynamic ice dancing team that has captivated the world on the biggest sports stage. how much work really goes into those gold medal performances? they're going to tell us coming up.

welcome back to "new day." gold medal winners meryl davis and charlie white wowed the world at the olympics. but what may surprise you is that the ice dancing pair, they've been skating together for almost 20 years at this point. they sat down with rachel. rachel is live in sochi. long time to be skating together, rachel. >> reporter: yeah, kate. they showed their two moms giving each other a huge hug. all the moms out there i'm sure can imagine all the hours of practices those two moms had to sit in the rink and watch those kids over 17 years of working together. but it ail paid off and they were charming when they chatted with us. i know you guys visualize every part of your routine. did you visualize after you win a gold medal? >> no absolutely not. charlie and i have been saying

we were so well prepared for what it was we were going to do on the ice. but kind of the aftermath of our performances was very new, uncharted territory for us and we're just kind of taking it one step at a time and as athletes, we've really planned so much of our lives that we're just trying to enjoy this moment. >> most people can't imagine working one on one with the same person for 17 years. >> we have a hard time comparing it to anything else. we had a great foundation from the start. then from that foundation getting to grow up together and experience so much of our lives together has really only enhanced that foundation that we started with. >> visa has this great commercial that shows video of you guys as kids. the story is you were so shy you couldn't really look at him and that your coach had to put a sticker on your forehead. >> that's right. we were both very shy kids.

>> we were 8, 9 years old. >> but we loved what we did. and we wanted to do anything we could to improv. so i put it right on my forehead so she didn't have to concentrate looking at my eyes. she could focus on that. >> didn't actually have to -- >> yeah. >> that's important when you're 9 years old. >> i grew out of that not so quickly, but eventually. >> you've had this amazing rivalry with the canadian champions. they won the gold medal in vancouver. flip-flop here. it's gone back and forth. what has that been like over the past four years? >> it's really helped us as a team having such amazing skaters and our close rivals training with us. we see them in practice every day. they're so talented. we always felt like we could never take a day off.

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>> on the brink. deadly protests are breaking out across the world. in europe, south america and asia. what's sparking this fiery chaos. >> speaking out a juror in the loud music trial breaking her silence saying most of the jurors believed michael dunn was guilty of verdict. so why then didn't they convict him? >> under fire, tv star mike rowe taking heat for defending walmart. is it a case of shooting "the messenger" or do his critics have a point? >> your "new day" continues right now. good morning and welcome once again to "new day". it's wednesday, february 19th just after 8:00 in the east. chaos erupting in every corner of the world, stretching from kiev to caracas. in the ukraine the death toll has climbed to 25.

in the capital city you can see smoke is rising after fires raged through the night. in venezuela violent clashes claimed four lives. tensions are rising with the arrest of the country's opposition leader. >> in thailand similar unrest. the prime minister is being charged with corruption. five people were killed so far in clashes with police. all of this reminiscent of the arab spring. while things intensify in syria with pressure on the white house to stop the carnage there. we'll tap into the resources of cnn and bring the unrest overseas and why it's happening and what it means to you. the ukraine, the numbers keep going up. the city of kiev smoldering right now. fires raging throughout night. there we have nick peyton walsh joining us from kiev. nick. >> reporter: chris, just to bring you up to date.

we've seen in the last few minutes large numbers of riot police moving down various angles towards that protest behind me. now that just raises the tension after last night's extraordinary violence. we went down in the crowd just shortly after dawn broke to look around and talk to some of the protesters. it's been nearly a decade-long struggle here between ukraine turning east to russia or west to europe. this is where it stood after its most violent day, stalemate. police closing in but looking tired even with fewer protesters here, the morning after still moving in. after all those hours of violence and casualties, they have been pushed back to a small area on the square but still this violence standoff persists. the question being is there any kind of negotiation that can bring an end to these scenes. the united states seemed to hold

the president more responsible. >> force will not resolve the crisis. to restore peace and stability we urge the president to de-escalate immediately. >> reporter: but the president held brief talks with the opposition and afterwards demanded they renounce radicals in their midst. the talks were pointless said the opposition leader. >> i'm very happy because it was a discussion and the president didn't want to listen opposition. >> reporter: fury continued in the morning fueled by police violence evidence of pellets and rubber bullets displayed. this man said he was here for the future of kiev. molotov cocktails and stones against a modern police force. ten years ago the orange revolution tried to turn this huge nation towards europe but failed. now the eu is struggling to fend

off russian economic pressure, but many here say they want to be free of russia's grip. we're here for freedom, we're patriots and slaves now these men tell me. this outburst so unexpected many will hope for calm while ukraine comes to terms with it. now as these protests show no signs of lowering their tension we are seeing increased global pressure, eu member states getting together they put through sanctions against those who they consider to be blamed for the violence, this portion of the violence, bound to include members of the ukrainian government. let me zoom down behind you. we can point out the growing numbers of riot police. it's hard to tell if these are shift changes. but i'm seeing a lot more of the move now than there were before and, of course, that will raise fears of, perhaps an escalation in police presence and maybe a

change in their tactics. that's not far ahead from where we are now. back to you, chris. >> quite a vantage point you have there in your shot. now to thailand where the latest anti-government protest claimed five lives and injured 500 others. demonstrations erupted in bangkok as objections intensified against the prime minister who is facing corruption charges. a police officer was among those killed as protesters shot at officers after tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. hundreds have been killed since november when protesters camped out around the city demanding the government be replaced. >> to venezuela a top opposition leader is due to appear in court this morning following his arrest last night. that arrest driving tens of thousands of protesters into the streets demanding venezuela's president resign. they blame the u.s. for fueling the crisis. we go live to caracas.

what's the situation? >> reporter: that harvard education opposition leader is now facing charges of murder, terrorism and arson and that is incensing his supporters twhor anti-government protesters the ones who want an end to venezuela's 16 year experiment in socialism. lopez just a matter of hours once again to appear in court and that's to galvanize tens of thousands of his supporters and set them on a confrontation course with government security forces. let's take a look at what's been happening so far. within hours of his surrender, opposition leader, leopold lopez appeared in this video calling venezuelans to push for change.

seated next to his wife he says, if you're watching this video it's because the government has carried one more abuse. protesters in caracas erupted in fury tuesday. continuing to demonstrate into the night after their hero while professing his innocence turned himself into national guard troops. the demonstrations began two weeks ago. thousands of students demanded government action to end violent crime waves in the country, stem inflation which is an alarming 56% and bring an end to shortages and necessary advertise. the tensions boiled over with police using water canons and tear gas. now venezuelan's youth want change. at the same time pro government supporters staged their own protest dressed in red accusing the opposition of being violent fascists blaming them for the country's crime and scarcity.

it's taking place as the one year anniversary of hugo chavez' death approaches. his successor facing opposition. their leader harvard educated is charged with terrorism and in connection with the violent protests that left four people dead in the last week. we got a firsthand taste last night of the rising political tensions on the streets of caracas. we were taking video of pro government supporters and anti-government protesters. at one point then a group of armed thugs on motorcycles rode to disperse the anti-government protesters. they stopped in front of us and the next minute i knew i was looking down the barrel of a chrome plated .9 millimeter pistol and stole our cameras and

members of the national guard stood and watched. we're back on air broadcasting now but that gives you a sense of how difficult things are becoming. back to you, kate. >> no one is safe from this violence. thank you so much, carl. all of this is happening as president obama is attending a summit in mexico today. his trip overshadowed by all the violence as well as the escalating war in syria. this morning reports the white house is revisiting military options in syria after peace talks have stalled. cnn is traveling with the president live in mexico. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, kate. we should note the president is due to depart from washington this hour en route to mexico for this north american leader summit. we'll meet with his north american counterparts. they will be talking about a range of issues from trade, immigration, to the keystone oil pipeline that the canadians would like to see approved by the u.s. government, but as you

mentioned these global crises, concerns of those crises will be following the president's trip down here to mexico. we talked to a senior administration official earlier this morning, in discussing these options that the administration is looking at, this administration official said they are constantly looking at openings on how to deal with the crisis in sir why. at this point they are still very much finding a diplomatic solution. they are leaning on the russians to show some support for a diplomatic process that can lead to an end of violence. ukraine as well, vice president joe biden called the president of that country yesterday evening, calling for maximum restraint on the part of the ukrainians in dealing with those protesters and as for venezuela, the events that carl just mentioned we expect white house press secretary jay carney to be asked about those events an air force one as he talks to reporters en route to mexico. a lot on the president's plate.

the official agenda has a lot on it but unofficially a lot to discuss. >> i'll take it here. thanks so much. certainly a lot on the president's plate. we'll take a look at other headlines. overnight several people were injured including crew members aboard a cafe pacific airlines flight that hit severe turbulence. it was headed to hong kong from san francisco when passengers on board say they were thrown from their seats, hitting overhead bins. this follows a similar incident on monday when a flight from denver encountered intense turbulence. a cruise ship worker is behind bars for allegedly attempting to throw a female passenger overboard after brutally beating and sexually assaulting her. the 31-year-old victim is a u.s. citizen. the police said the suspect, a room service attendant has confessed. he used his master key to enter the woman's room and wanted to

teach her a lesson for insulting him. he's charged with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault. >> at that report by the congressional budget office fueling more debate over raising the minimum wage. raising it to $10 to'7" would boost earnings for 16 million low wage earners but put half a million other people out of work. now the federal minimum wage is $7.25. officials say extremely delicate talks are under way to bring an army sergeant home from taliban insurgents. with new questions on his health and war in afghanistan winding down there's a new and urgent push for his release. it could involve a controversial plan to swap five taliban prisoners. the white house is denying active live negotiating with the taliban. some breaking news out of the olympics and of course your

spoiler alert. bode miller has pulled out of saturday's slalom run because of a swollen knee. american ted ligety nabbed gold. the first american man to win that event. shall we look at the medal count? russia with a silver in cross country last hour pulling into the overall lead with 22 medals. the u.s., netherlands, norway and canada rounding out the top five. at this time of day it changes hour by hour. >> five medal events during the show. >> these numbers keep changing. >> it's weird. >> i wonder if there's a connection or a conspiracy. >> conspiracy, obviously. >> coming up next on "new day" one of the jurors in the michael dunn loud music trial is speaking out. what went on inside that jury room. find out why she believes dunn got away with murder.

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welcome back to "new day". new this morning a juror in the loud music murder trial is speaking out. now giving new insight as to what went on inside the jury room during those 30 hours of deliberations. she reveals why she believes michael dunn got away with murder. we're also hearing more of those jailhouse phone calls made by dunn weeks after killing 17-year-old jordan davis.

c nm cnn has more. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do. myself personally, yes. >> a juror from michael dunn's murder trial is speaking out about what was going on inside the jury's deliberation room. >> we took a poll. there were two of us undecided, two for was justified and the rest were not justified. we all believed that there was another way out, another option. >> in an interview with abc's night line, juror number 4, named valerie the disagreements led to a mistrial for the severe charge of first degree murder. she believes dunn was guilty. >> we had a lot of discussion on him getting out of the car, and the threat has now gone, and your intent is yet to still go ahead and pursue this vehicle. >> like i'm the [ bleep ]

victim. >> dunn felt he was the victim. >> i don't know how else to put it. like they attacked me. i'm the victim. i was the victor but the victim too. >> in another call with his fiancee he shared his negative perception on teens he opened fired on following an argument over loud music. >> when the police said these guys don't have a record i was wondering if they are flying under the radar. they were bad. >> in another he rehearsed the argument he might make to convince a judge to release him on bond. >> i acted within the law, though with a tragic outcome. please grant me this bond so that i may return home to my family and prepare to defend. >> he's facing a retrial and 60 years behind bars. juror number four believes dunn

had options that would have avoided all of this entirely. >> roll your window up. ignore the taunting. move the parking spot over. that's my feeling. it makes sense what the juror is saying but, it gets complicated because under florida law this is no need to retreat from a situation if you fear violent injury or death to yourself. that takes to us the law. that takes to us the idea of the culture of violence and figure out what's the real force pushing this verdict. you can tweet us about it and keep the conversation going after you hear two different takes. one from democratic florida state representative alan williams, representative williams has been calling for the repeal of stand your ground and polk county sheriff, president of the florida's sheriff's association he supports stand your ground. thank you both, gentlemen for being here. sheriff, let me begin with you. the law is in place. been there basically since 2005

in its current form. why do you believe that the current self-defense laws in florida are a good thing? >> chris, the self-defense law hasn't changed at all and it's been with us for decades and decades and decades. the only thing they changed in 2005 was to say that you don't have to retreat. you don't have to turn your back on the aggressor. here's what happened in the dunn case. that was not a stand your ground case. that was not a self-defense case. quite frankly, that's why the police did what they did and the prosecutors are in the process of prosecuting him. it was a hung jury and the prosecutors are going to prosecute again. so, there has been this misconception that stand your ground created that. well, you can call an apple an orange but it doesn't mean it's so and that's what happened in this case and many others. for decades before stand your ground, people were telling us in investigations, oh, it was

self-defense, it was self-defense when it was not self-defense at all. so, stand your ground only says that you can be where you are lawfully allowed to be minding your own business and somebody attacks you, you can defend yourself. force with force. and obviously if you make a mistake you go to prison for the rest of your life. >> representative williams, even though it wasn't argued as a stand your ground defense, the words stand your ground are currently in the self-defense statute in florida and many argue it create as lower bar for people's responsibility in these situations. you're one of them. what do you want? >> well we want a full out repeal. it's great to be on here with the sheriff. but i will tell you the florida sheriff's association although they've taken a position on keeping stand your ground, not all 67 sheriffs in the state of florida support it. as a matter of fact when they

had the vote not all of them was in the room and it was a voice vote. it's not like in the legislature we press the red or green button we support or object to a piece of legislation, not all the sheriffs supported it. not all the sheriffs in the larger counties supported it. even those who were there said the law needs to be changed. we have a bill that will look at the aggressor in these type of situations. when you look at castle doctrine. it gives a lot of those protections that the sheriff is talking about this morning. >> castle doctrine is where if you're a place where you belong and have no duty to retreat you can stay there and defend, castle being your home. sheriff, when you hear the juror and she says we thought he had other options he could have done other things but under the law you're kind of rewarding him for not doing those other things because he doesn't have to, he gets to stay there. doesn't that give you some pause

for concern that you were rewarding people for not doing the most responsible thing. >> the stand your ground law does not reward you. what it simply says is you don't have a duty to retreat. i can tell you quite frankly that you should always retreat if that option is available. do you know why? because if you think you're exercising stand your ground, and you're not legally exercising stand your ground, you're going to go to prison for the rest of your life just like michael dunn is. but, simply put, and the florida sheriffs, i was at that meeting, and representative is a fine representative in florida, but i was at that meeting. it was a complete voice vote, a unanimous voice vote. yes, there's individual sheriffs that think the law can be tweaked but the overwhelming majority agree with the florida legislature. i was in tallahassee just

yesterday talking with the legislators. there is no interest in changing the stand your ground law. but here's what we got to remember. that doesn't give you the right to shoot somebody. that doesn't give the right to start a confrontation. all it simply says is if you're attacked, that you can defend yourself without having to retreat first. my sage advice is always try to retreat if it's safely possible because if you make a mistake, then we're going to do just like the police did in jacksonville and lock you up for what will be the rest of your life. >> right. but you have to remember the current confusion with the dunn case, sheriff, is that he got punished for missing when he shot, didn't get punished for hitting and killing somebody and it raises the question of with zimmerman and this case, you have two men who wound up killing unarmed kids because they didn't have the responsibility put on them to get away from the situation first because you could argue

they both started it one way or the other. representative williams, if you believe the current law said you must retreat before you use deadly force do you believe that george zimmerman, do you believe certainly michael dunn is in prison? >> well, i tell you that when you look at the provision in the law that we're trying to change, we want to make it where if we can't get a full out repeal we want to repair it and repair it in a way that says if you're the afwresor, stand your ground cannot apply to you. when george zimmerman confronted trayvon martin he was the aggressor. when michael dunn chose not to park in a different parking spot or do like we aldo when we hear loud music roll our window up and be quiet and wait on your fiancee to come out of the store he was the aggressor. this should be the don't miss law because in the case of michael dunn, when the individuals that he shot at, the ones that were not killed, he got 60 years for.

we want justice for jordan davis. the family wants justice. that's what we want in the state of florida. we want to make sure when somebody commits these kind of crimes they go jail. we want to send as you have at the end of every show the good stuff. we want from vied the good stuff to trayvon and to lucy mcbeth and jordan davis' parents. >> i understand the points from both of you gentlemen. it's a very important discussion. thank you for coming on "new day" to make them and just to be clear michael dunn will be aspirin son perhaps the rest of his life if it doesn't get overturned for those attempted murder charges. sheriff, thank you very much. representative williams, it's a conversation we must continue. thank you gentlemen. >> i agree. >> thank you, chris. obviously we'll stay on this discussion because there are a lot of questions raised by the case and the law behind it. the decision to retry goes with

the state attorney. that goes with her rights as the state. remember the victim's family will be consulted and tomorrow we're going to talk to jordan davis' parents and they are going to be here discussing live with you what they want to see happen and what they want to you know about the case. kate? >> coming up next on "new day," mike roe host of the widely popular "dirty jbs" is a pitch man for walmart something that had him facing some serious and probably unexpected criticism. he's here to talk about all of it.

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resign while opposition leader appears in court to mace murder and terrorism charges linked to the recent violence. day two of nuclear talks in iran. a top iranian official said his country will never bow to pressure to dismantle its nuclear facilities. bode miller pulled out of saturday's slalom because of a swollen knee. the focus shifts to the women's two person bobsled team. they got the lead heading in to today's gold medal run. and how would you like $450 million. tonight is your chance to win it. sixth largest in history. a lump sum -- that get us about $230 million. kate? >> yes, please. i'll take that. thank you very much.

"dirty jobs" host mike roe is known as an advocate for the working class but he's fighting backlash over a new walmart ad. the ad narrow rated by mike roe announces walmart's pledge to spend $250 million on american made products over the next ten years. >> we will build things, build families. and build dreams. because work is a beautiful thing. >> all right. so critics are slamming the ad, slamming roe, slamming the company's history of outsourcing and lowe wages. mike roe the man is here joining us today to talk about it. >> good morning. how are you >> lots to discuss. >> first of all, look, i'm still new to the social media thing, you know. a year ago i got a facebook account and i started trying to figure it out and today i got half a million people following

me and i think 200,000 of them are cranky because -- >> welcome to social media. >> it's so weird. >> it shows your reach. >> which is good. >> reach is good we could all say but were you surprised? >> so last sunday or whenever last week the ad debuted on the olympics and i was watching and i went over and checked the thing and people started to talk about it and then it went bananas and then i answered some people who seemed upset and i went to bed. the next morning 4 million people were having this conversation. now 7 million people have read the page and really -- there are a couple of different conversations going on. to me the interesting thing is there's certain topics in the country that the minute you start to discuss them it's really not about what you're saying any more. it's who you are talking to. a couple of months ago i had this foundation, we do a thing called work ethics scholarships and very focused on american manufacturing had been from the beginning. i went on a bill meyer show and

few days later went on a glen beck show. nobody was talking about what i was saying they were talking about who i was talking to. walmart is the same thing. polarizing. the conversation we need to have is reinvigorating skill trades and creating jobs. that's such a buzz phrase these days. reinvesting in american suppliers and american goods. it interests me and if walmart has a quarter of a trillion over the next ten years, i would like to see every company on the fortune 500 follow suit. >> you get some people and obviously the reaction you got you said it's polarizing. you know they are only hearing the headline. they already got their feelings about walmart. what do you say to those folks hey they don't pay enough money to the workers that work there because of walmart a lot of manufacturing had to go overseas. what do you say to those people because i'm sure you got some of those colts.

>> let's assume the criticisms are both accurate and valid. i don't assume. but let's assume they are. do you want to see them change? are you against $250 billion going into the economy? what i really say to them. it's a hell of a thing when somebody you have been trained to despise suddenly does something you agree with, right? the shrinks call it cognitive dis dissonance. walmart is an easy target. i'm an easy target. i'm the guy on tv. it's easy to say hawking, selling out. of course i sold out. my first job in tv was on the home strong industry. i won it on a bet or lost depending how you look at it.

every time you buy something, this shirt i like it. i was just told by somebody in makeup it brought out my eyes. it was made in china. is that good or bad. i don't know. if i had a choice to buy the same basic shirt in the same basic color for the same basic price i would do it. >> the criticism is walmart doesn't make the shirt. they buy it, sell it at a mark up and they don't pay their people right. they don't do the right things by insurance. they've become the biggest target. do you believe it's your job to take on the defense of the company because you're paid to represent them or is it just about the commercial. >> i'm not paid to represent them. i'm not here on their behalf. i agreed to narrow rate one 60 second spot for now. if this was a diagram, walmart's initiative around manufacturing and my foundation's focus share a lot of real.

in 2008 i start ad foundation that said work is a beautiful thing. now there's a campaign by the largest retailer on the planet that said work is a beautiful thing. mike there's a certain symmetry here. would you like to connect the dots? yes. i know there's going to be blow back. >> you don't regret doing this ad? there's maybe a silver lining. you get to talk about tissues you care about. >> this whole thing is about pr. you invited me on the show not because everybody agreed with me but because 7 million people got twisted up. i get it. walmart gets it. and for people to say wait a minute it's just a pr campaign, i would say no it's not just a pr campaign it's a pr campaign and it's not just for a store, it's for this whole notion that if the country doesn't get back to the business of making things

and if our biggest companies don't get back into business of affirmatively purchasing from american suppliers, right, then the consumer will not have a viable choice. so i get a little, you know, when people tart pointing to the consumer and going look it's your fault, you want to change it, buy american, that makes a lot of sense if the options are there. what i think walmart is going to do -- look i hope they succeed. if they don't i'll come back here and be like that was very disappointing. but when somebody writes an appeal to the united states of america for a quarter of a trillion dollars don't look for me to go look that's bad. >> we had you come here because you'll discuss what's going on intelligently because what you're finding on social media a lot of time negativity. stay with us. we want to take a break. this is a commercial enterprise. so far you can say. at any moment we can just knock you out.

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. welcome back to "new day". we're joined again by mike roe. he has a new book called "profoundly disconnected." it will raise some eyebrows. already we established something or proven something. the theory that social media can be an ugly mean place where negativity -- >> this is why this book has been raising eyebrows. there's many blank pages. >> it's important to create the

proper distance between the front and back cover when you run out of stuff to say. >> when mike roe is getting beat up on social media you know it's a mean place. this book has a theory, we used to talk about jobs, what do you have to do, you have to go to college, you need to be high skills. everybody needs a plumber. that line. everybody still needs a plumber. somewhere at the heart of this book. >> the book really happened for a number of reasons. first of all i don't care about raising eyebrows, i care about raising money. the money goes towards scholarships. from the first show of "dirty jobs" to the last one, every where i went said help wanted every where all 50 states without exception. >> what kind of jobs. >> you name it. paint being bridges. welding. plumbing. steam fitting. pipe fitting.

mechanics. diesel mechanics. good diesel mechanics can write his own ticket. >> why did we get allergic to hard work. >> my own view is it happened around the same time we pulled vo-tech out of high school and started using a certain part of our workforce as sort of a cautionary tale. go get that degree. doesn't matter what it costs because if you don't get it you're liable to wind up like this guy who is holding a wrench. >> is it hard work or difference between being an artisan or a professional. >> it used to be called vocational art. artistry was part of everything we did. but we took that out profit position and in our anxiety to create neat verticals now we have clean jobs, dirty jobs, good jobs or bad jobs. >> we need both. >> did your love of this or your

passion on this topic, did this come from "dirty jobs" or did you have this going sfin >> a little of both. >> the dirty world of opera singing. >> "dirty jobs" called me on my own bs. i had become profoundly disconnected with the things i grew up with. my grand dad eighth grade education, master electrician. the book is an attempt to look at a lot of different disconnects. trillion dollars in student loans. we're still telling kids if you don't get the four year degree the odds are stacked against you and yet the 3 million jobs that are available right now 90% of them don't require a four year degree. result we're lending money we don't have to kids who will never be able to pay them back to educate them for jobs that don't exist. the skill gaps is not a mystery. >> that's a huge proposition. that's a massive culture shift. >> you have all the data that

says people with college degrees have higher rates of employment than those without. >> not all of the data. some would lead you to conclude that. if you look at everything and again i'm not an economist. i just know that what i saw in all 50 states was a yawning gaping skills gap and the people i worked with on "dirty jobs" to me they should be on a poster because -- look "dirty jobs" looks like an anthem to hard work skilled labor. it is. but it's also a tribute to risk entrepreneurship and small business. a lot of those guys -- there were 40 or 50 multimillionaires on "dirty jobs." you would never know it because they were covered in crap. the bait today that i don't think we should take is this idea that employees are forever pitted against employers. that's not what i saw. it's what i hear. but it's not what i saw. you know, until we get jobs in

place and until real investment comes back in a proper way we're just going to go down the same rabbit hole of talking points and internet screaming and we're not going to converse. we're just going to argue. >> as we're talking you're a bit of a juxtaposition. you keep saying i'm not a macro economist, you're just a simple man with simple opinions but very passionate about these things. it seems that you said in the break, this was an idea that then just got out of hand. it seems that's how are you entire career has gone. "dirty jobs" was one show and got out of hand. >> i "forest gump"ed my way through everything. i was standing in jacksonville, florida. they are training as hard and as fast as they can dozens of welders. there are 800 jobs right there in the area at the local shipyard for welding. they can't fill them. these guys are starting at 50,

60 grand a year. where is the headline? >> let's get the headline because a big part of the sell on the book is that there is a disconnect and if you get past that you will see opportunity where right now we see dead ends. so the headline is for you that there are jobs available but we culturally are looking in the wrong places for what we define as success. is that fair? >> that's a fair headline. if i could do it shorter, we're rewarding the behavior we have right now. right? so when you celebrate one form of education, let's call it higher at the expense of all the other forms, let's call that alternative, you basically guarantee the end result. alternative education becomes the vocational consolation prize, sorry chris maybe this finance degree didn't work out four. here's a welding torch. so the whole thing starts from a premise of subordinates.

that's insane. >> impractical. >> mine was much shorter but yours is better. >> it's a one page book. >> the qvc guys. >> his voice is better. >> if only i had something to say. >> i'll tell you something, kate it's so beautiful. first of all look at the color, the design, the red and white pop that clearly isn't accidental. it's positioned for fingers of average size. perfectly engineered not too fat, not too thin. and because it's made of a special enamel it keeps your beverage hot or cold. >> smooth. >> my work is done. >> mike roe thanks for coming in. >> i love this set. >> you can stay. >> made in america.

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so, you know, it's been a fun few years. >> so touched by her waving day after day and it's a nice extended wave, somewhat royal just basically gentle that the entire school recently held an assembly in her honor. she received a gift basket, a special video present jays and, of course, plenty of hugs. here's a taste of what she has meant to them. >> every day as i walk to school we can count on her to be the warm smile on a dreary day. >> she does it on your way to school, at lunch and after school. >> she's one of those people pumping everybody's attitude up. >> it makes everybody's day a little bit brighter. >> i'm overwhelmed. it's wonderful. >> just a little kindness that goes so far. >> the ordinary becomes extraordinary and that's often all it takes to be good stuff. thank you. great wave. >> great woman. >> mike, what have you done?

>> you should do an hour of that stuff. that's great. >> look what we get in two minutes. >> if only they would watch. we'll take a break now. when we come back, violent protests, that's what's making news around the world, what will the u.s. do in response? we'll tell you. the truck is everything. and when you put them in charge of making an unbeatable truck, good things happen. this is the ram 1500. the 2014 motor trend truck of the year. ♪ and first ever back-to-back champion. guts. glory. ram.

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