future is very much in doubt. let's begin with a tornado warning that threatened the daytona speedway and has now been lifted within the last 30 minutes. now, there are two new tornado warnings, but they don't include the speedway. earlier track officials had started to evacuate nearly 250,000 people there. the race was stopped in lap 38 because of bad weather and got increasingly worse. cnn news editor john nuse news on the phone with us from the track in daytona. john, is everyone being allowed back in? what's going on? >> fredricka, it's hard to hear here. a lot of people here inside the front entrance and here on the track, in the roberts tower. a lot of people here, very calm. everyone is just trying to wait out the storm. as soon as they can get the

track dry and the rain stops they'll go back to racing here. still a good number of people here who are trying to wait out the storm. >> and, so, i think i heard you correctly. you said a number of people there are trying to ride out the storm, but i couldn't quite understand you at the very top. are people making their way back into the stands or still coming down? >> it's hard to hear you, but, yes, a number of people, a number of people who attended the race. they recommended that everyone leave when that tornado was still under affect. now trying to wait it out. just sort of a pop-up shower and now everybody is just trying to wait it out. and the jet driers will have to come out to the track and fan and other materials down. everybody still hoping to get the race in today, obviously. but the rain is still falling right now. people are just standing under the main grandstands and gone to some of the restaurants along

the main stretch and some people have decided to go ahead and depart. a good number of people here wh that still want to see the race today. >> john newsome, thanks. historic moment in the nba. brooklyn nets signed the league's first openly gay player. he hasn't played in a league since then and now he is about to become a pioneer as the first gay player in one of the major sports leagues. joining me with more on this. >> it is absolutely 100% official and he's going to play tonight? >> he can suit up and be in uniform and he's in los angeles and thee could be on the court playing tonight. >> wow. >> i know, but before all that, he had to sign his contract and they did, they tweeted a picture of jason collins signing his contract. i like when you see pictures

like this. pretty neat there. piece of paper. >> be excited about an nba contract, ten days, ten years. that's wonderful. >> exactly. brooklyn nets released a statement shortly after and they emphasized this is a basketball decision, which is the way it should be. the game that gets factored into this decision. >> now, this is a return to the nets, though, for him. he played long ago. >> he is going back there and coached by jason kidd, who he was formally a teammate with. >> that's neat. >> a huge support system there and the nba commissioner, he's commented on the social implementations of this and the social side of this. they released a statement and it said that jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an nba team today. i want to commend him on achieving his goal. i know everyone in the nba family is excited and you can hear it in our voices, we're excited. this is historic. yes. >> he has been working out, playing with them.

this is all news to us, but he's been working out and playing with the nets, so, that's why he could policy potentially play t. >> he hasn't been just sitting at home watching television or anything. he's been working out and, you know, they wouldn't have given him the contract if they hadn't worked him out, as they say. they've seen him play and he's in shape and hopefully now we'll see him play tonight against the lakers. >> we'll be looking for that. that would be very exciting if it happens. it will be exciting when it happens, period. but getting the news today and then possibly hours from now they'll be playing. that's cool stuff. thanks so much, appreciate it. >> of course. all right. stefan bondy has plenty to say about jason collins' news. he covers the news for "new york daily news" he's in los angeles. is it your feeling, stefan, that you'll see him on the court tonight playing against the lakers? >> i absolutely think that he's going to play tonight. i think it's going to be a historic occasion at the staples center in los angeles.

i'm looking forward to it. you know, they sign him because they needed him and they signed him because they need a frontcourt player. they're kind of depleted in that department. he doesn't have overwhelming stats, but he's a guy that can plug a hole for them and i fully expect him to play tonight. >> stefan, we heard this question being asked of michael sam yesterday during the nfl combine, but how do you think this will play in the locker room in the nba? >> i think they are very open to it. we talk to players already about it. and they all said they would welcome him with open arms. joe johnson, who is the lone all-star on the team this year said everybody's comfortable with their own skin. they just want somebody that is going to help them win a championship. they are a veteran group. the only thing that is concerning is the media distractions that will come with it. everywhere they go, every city they go they will be asked the same question. but, you know, they're a group that can handle it. they're one of the oldest teams

in the league, if not the oldest team in the league. if any team can handle it, it is the brooklyn nets. >> you talk about the policy media distractions and the questions constantly being asked about jason being a gay player. if his teammates are okay with it, can they handle it, what is going on in the locker room, et cetera? the nets have clearly talked about that and clearly by them signing him on this ten-day contract it doesn't seem to worry them. a feeling it's a sign of the times. what has been the response from the nets on this and the evolution of them offering a deal? >> i think the basic sentiment is that this is 2014 and ten years ago this might have been a bigger issue. but as a society, we progress so far in this area. as a league, as well. like i said, they're really open in the nba. and remember a lot of these guys were already teammates with jason collins. they've been around the league,

he's been around the league. kevin garnett who plays on the nets, he played with jason collins last season on the celtics. joe johnson played with jason collins, the coach jason kidd played with jason collins many years in new jersey. they know him and they know what he's about. they might not have known he was gay when he was playing with them, but just speaks to their character that they're able to understand that they're friends and, you know, being gay doesn't make you who you are. >> stefan bondy, thanks so much for your time. again, if you're just joining us, the news being jason collins signing with the brooklyn nets. ten-day contract, potentially playing tonight in los angeles against the lakers. all right, moving on now to ukraine where the country looks to an uncertain future with no clear leader. former prime minister yulia tymoshenko announced she does not want to be the next prime minister. she rallied the crowd in kiev hours after being released from

jail. ended a stunning day of events that included parliament voting out president viktor yanukovych he tried to leave ukraine last night and he was stopped. nick, what happens now for ukraine and what about for the president who tried to leave the country and was stopped? where is he and what is his status? >> well, fredricka, the question is who becomes prime minister. we know we have presidential elections in may and we know the speaker of parliament will have presidential powers in the fourthcoming months or so. we're waiting to see who of the many different candidates put themselves forward will take that particular job. it appears that tymoshenko ruled herself out from that, her last word on the matter. the other question, of course, what becomes of viktor yanukovych. even, in fact, a lot of

distancing from that man. i think partly now because the images of exorbitant wealth are now being broadly played across ukrainian television. just come back from the house where he lived 19-foot osoviet limo and a party boat stuck out on the river and endless bottles of extraordinarily expensive wine. so, he does apparently made an effort to leave the country. he may still be in ukraine. he may have fled. we are still waiting to see what moscow really have to say on this. they've been kind of silent so far and haven't offered much forthright backing and he was their ally and sponsor for much of the time while he was in power. the key question being this new government and racing itself into power supporting itself in parliament is that actually going to be able to harness the

whole country together and, more importantly, it can fix the urgent economic problems this country has that got into this mess in the first place. fredricka. >> nick payton walsh, thank you so much. the u.s. says it want to extradite the mexican drug lord arrested this weekend. how it went down and what's ahead of the house homeland security committee had to say about all this. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only from progressive.

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the u.s. seeking the extradition of a mexican powerful drug lord. joaquin guzman was found with guns and grenades with him, but the arrest happened without a single shot being fired. the chairman of the house homeland security committee told abc news the arrest is significant.

>> this is the largest, biggest drug lord we've ever seen in the world and, therefore, i think extradition to the united states where there are multiple indictments and multiple cities, san diego and new york and texas and texas and chicago where we could deal with them in a secure, safe way and bring them to justice. >> nick parker is in mexico city for us. so, nick, give us more about the circumstances of the arrest and if there is a feeling that this will make, in any way, a dent on his cartel. >> well, fredricka, i think the real really sent a shockwave through the country. i think many people were surprised that he was finally captured after being so elusive for so many years. if you look at some of the front pages of the newspapers today, one word, captured. and a photograph of el chapo looking the camera directly in the eyes.

he was paraded at the airport in mexico city yesterday. i think when you talk about the issue of extradition, many analysts are suggesting that current president really is very sensitive about the issue of sovereignty and he may want el chapo to face justice right here in mexico. one of the world's most notorious drug lords now behind bars after more than a decade on the run. joaquin chapo guzman was paraded, the first public glifls in ye glimpse in years. >> translator: there were several moments in which he could have been apprehended but prudence and common sense prevented us from making the arrest in the place where citizens could be affected. we decided not to endanger the public and wait for the right time. that's why without a single shot fire it was executed by the navy

team. >> a luxury condo development in the resort city, a popular destination for u.s. tourists. marines found more than 130 guns, 19 armored cars and two grenade launchers. 13 others were also arrested. u.s. attorney general eric holder is calling the arrest a landmark achievement, but some analysts are cskeptical. >> the cartel is not run by him exclusively. an organization that has three top leaders. second, joaquin guzman was able to run his part of the cartel from prison before. very little making us think that he will not be able to do that, again. >> reporter: guzman previously escaped from a maximum security prison in 2008 in a laundry cart. a warrant for him in the united states where he was recently named public enemy number one in chicago. but analysts say it's unlikely

he will be immediately deported as the current administration has not extradited other drug lords wanted in the u.s. now, fredricka, one crucial factor here is that joaquin guzman has an estimated fortune according to "forbes" of $1 billion. a number of analysts concerned that he could use that vast fortune to potentially corrupt jails in the future, in the coming years. and that, i think, will certainly fuel calls in the united states. >> nick parker, thanks so much in mexico city. all right. dozens in this country are exposed to carbon monoxide at a popular mall now a restaurant manager is dead. we'll tell you what caused this terrifying incident. with at&t's new pricing for families you get 4 lines on at&t's network... including unlimited talk... unlimited text... and 10 gigs of data to share. 10 gigs? 10 gigs.

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caused the leak. >> reporter: a deadly gas leak at a legal sea foods in huntington, new york, leaves 27 people sick. investigators say they were exposed to carbon monoxide because of a leak in the flute pipe of the restaurant's water heater. legal seafood and two other restaurants were quickly evaluated. >> we were eating dinner. place was jammed, an hour wait, just very calmly the wait staff came and told us that we ehave to evacuate the building. >> reporter: there was no carbon monoxide detectors inside the legal sea food according to huntington town officials that under new york state fire codes they're not required in restaurants. legal sea food passed annual town inspection last march with no issues. but on saturday night, emergency crews realized there was a problem when they, themselves, started to feel the symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure, noausa and dizziness. >> people who were passing out.

>> reporter: originally the crews had been called to treat a woman who had fallen in the basement of legal sea foods and hit her head. that's when they found the restaurant steven nelson unconscious, also in the basement. he was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. >> we had to leave because i didn't want leave. they don't us just to stay outside. >> reporter: more than two dozen people, including two first responders were taken to had hospital. according to the police, most of the patients are legal sea foods employees. they are sending a message on twitter devastated by the news of the leak and offering condolences for the loss of their general manager, steven nelson. fred? >> thanks so much, alexandra field. something all of us have been talking about all winter long. polar vortex. great name, but what does it

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the country and yulia tymoshenko was released from jail. today she said she does not want to be the next prime minister. more on what is next for ukraine in a minute. apple has a fix for the hole in their software. people trying to make secure connections like with a bank website and it meant hackers might have been able to see personal information going between your phone and the website. another big showing for the lego movie. for the third weekend in a row, the film led box office sales. it took in an estimated $31.5 million. that brings total box office sales to more than $183 million. a sequel is actually in the making set for may of 2017. the daytona 500 was interrupted today by a tornado warning. officials told fans to evacuate the stands after they paused the race in lap 38. the tornado warning was lifted

short lly after that. 43 drivers are competing in the daytona 500. the race that kicks off the nascar season. and what a surprise. in mid-air a pilot got a huge surprise when a bird flew right into his windshield. right there that bird came right through the glass and into the cockpit and right into his lap. thankfully the pilot kept his cool and was able to land the plane safely. right there just so you can see it, again. amazing. he was the only person onboard. all right, so, for weeks now we've been talking about the polar vortex. it's a high-tech name for what most of us know as it's just freezing cold outside. jennifer gray is here to explain what it all means. >> okay, friends, let's talk. the term polar vortex has taken the country by storm this winter season. it's turn under to a national frenzy. but the truth of the matter is

that it's not an alien coming to get you, it's not this big monster that is going to invade the fwloglobe, it's always therd it's nothing new. if you search the term polar vortex on twitter, there are countless tweets about it. former president of the american meteor logical society got into the action tweeting out the actual definition of the term polar vortex and adding, "it doesn't come and go visit florida or bake cookies." classic. so, heefrz here's the deal, it stays around the pole. the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. it's not on the ground. stays there all the time. 365 days a year. when it weakens it causes cold air to plunge to the south. so, it's actually the affects of the polar vortex you're feeling, not the polar vortex itself. in fact, the arctic blast this week that some are referring to as the polar vortex isn't going to be as cold as the last. you have to keep in mind that as we approach spring, temps will

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the world's oldest known holocaust survivor has died. he was 110 years old and was in prisoned in a concentration camp during world war ii. a documentary music saved my life has been nominated for an academy award. the u.s. has been closely monitoring the situation in ukraine and president obama's national security adviser susan rice talked about developments there. cnn's athena jones is at the white house. so, athena, what did susan rice say about the whereabouts of the ukrainian president? >> hi, fredricka.

well, there is a bit of a mystery surrounding the now ousted former president, president yanukovych. let's listen to what rice had to say. >> he left kiev. packed up in an orderly fashion. he packed up and took his furniture with him. this is not fleeing in a very disorderly fashion. so, now he's in a place that will reveal itself. yesterday we know where he was and today we're not so musure. but the fact is he's not leading at the present. >> reporter: so, here you go. not only does the u.s. know, but the ukrainian government doesn't know where yanukovch is now. susan rice mentioned on friday the state department believed that yanukovych had gone back to the part of ukraine where his base is after leaving ukraine. right now, this is just one more sign of the political uncertainty going on there in

ukraine. now named an acting president and acting prime minister. there's still a lot of unknowns going on in that situation. fred? >> athena, you know, susan rice, no one will forget was really the face of the administration criticized initial response to the attack in benghazi, libya, that killed an ambassador and three other americans. what, if anything, did she say about that today? >> this is interesting because this is the first sunday show appearance that susan rice has made since appearing on all five of those shows back right after that incident in 2012, september of 2012. she was asked by nbc's david gregory whether she has any regrets about her involvement in that initial response from the administration. she said then that she does not have any regrets. she was using the information, the best information they had at the time she made clear. she says on those talk schoe appe appearances it could change. a lot of questions about that information. it was not 100% accurate.

the notion that she or anyone else who had been in the adm administration was misleading the american people is patently false. this is the first time we've heard from susan rice responding to this on a sunday talk show. fred? >> athena jones, thank you so much. >> thanks. all right, here's a question for you, with all the news involving the ukraine, provoked a question like this. what is in a hairstyle? we'll explain why yulia tymoshenko's braided hair is a potent symbol to ukrainians. for more than 20 years dr. jim withers has spent his days like this. >> you guys going to stay here or use the shelter? >> operation safety net is looking for patients. >> we've seen people out here with all kind of things that should never be on the street. catheters and tubes coming out of them. >> yo, safety net. >> working in these conditions

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in the middle of the chaos of kiev you might think a hair style is the last thing. but the audience was thrilled to see her hair was still in her destind distinctive braid. earlier this morning christi paul and victor blackwell spoke with nadia brk ilchik about her hair and why it's so important for ukrainiaukrainians. >> last night yulia tymoshenko took the stanl after getting out of prissen and she appeared emotional and encouraging the opposition to keep up the fight for independence. >> remember, she's been in prison for two and a half years and she was recognizable to her supporters. that blond braided crown. you see that there that is her trademark, her calling card.

this is very cal yulted. . >> nadia bilchik is here to explain. >> to understand her hair is to understand her background. she didn't start as a politician, she was a business mog mogul. she was known as the energy mogul of ukraine. she was considered "fortune 500" 100 most powerful women. so, how do you transform the image of a tough, businesswoman into a prime mintierial candidate. she met with image consultants and brand experts who said let's make her look more like a country schoolteacher and that was the braid was supposed to represent four key things and that was, innocence, pate rioti. by wearing her hair in this manner she conveyed a completely different image to this

self-made millionaire. >> has she really worn it that way ever since? was she wearing it like this every day that she was in jail? >> when she went to jail in 2007 and a lot of the times she's been in a prison hospital, you've seen her with a long braid on the side. which people often ask, is this her real hair. in front of supporters she said, look, i am a serious politician. you know, this is my real hair and she took down the hair. she's are my nails. i don't wear a lot of cosmetics and absolutely. in effect, if you've seen the images of her released yesterday. you'll notice that her hair, the top of her hair is quite a bit darker than the braid. so, obviously, having been in prison, there's not a good hair colorist in ukrainian prison. >> it reinforces how important imagery is in politics. i think about madeline albright and those broaches. she wrote an entire book about how much -- >> the brand.

this brand, braid brand has taken us to the olympics because johnny weir wore a tymoshenko braid in solidarity with the ukrainians who wanted to join the eu. again, it's a statement. >> everybody is wondering if she will be the next president, you know -- >> she hasn't said at this point. she has not said if she's going to run for president. again, we absolutely don't know. interestingly enough in terms of the hair braid, it's so popular that they even youtube videos on how to braid your hair like yulia tymoshenko. we didn't want to trivialize it. what is going to be einteresting if hillary runs in 2016, what are her image consultants going to say? what are her brand specialists

going to say? it happens in the clothing. three key things spf, structure, proportion and fit. what about this garment makes me look authorative and what about my hair makes me look presidential? it brings an interesting debate and certainly we'll see more of yulia tymoshenko in the next while. >> i wonder if she will carry it over. >> when people saw that braid we immediately knew who she was. even the last two and a half years spending time in prissen and the prison hospital, her look has changed. she was in a wheelchair because of her medical problems. >> she has very degenerative discs. >> i want people to know we're having this conversation about tymoshenko and clinton, but this is something men think aboutple al gore said after the 2000 election, if you see my shave the beard and lose weight, then you'll know something is happening. men think about that, as well.

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they're still not racing in daytona right now. they made it to lap 38 before the weather became a problem. a tornado warning was issued in the area earlier but it has been canceled. the tornado warning. fans evacuated from the track, but we're told that they are slowly being allowed back in,

but the race has yet to begin. they have to dry the track. outrageous high fashion shoes, dresses and even underwear. all part of a hot trend this fashion season. haute coutre made with 3d printers. how technology and fashion are coming together. >> this might look like your typical fashion show, but here's the catch, we're not here to see designers like oscar delarenta or versachi. the designers have adobe and the items you see on this runway, they were 3d printed. >> it can actually be a revolutionary turning point about the way clothes are. >> reporter: the garments and accessories you're looking at weren't sewn, they were printed. >> i think the crossover between the technology is happening right now. >> reporter: 3d printing is a technology that lets you digitally scan a design and then

print a physical object layer by layer. the items are generally made of plastic. >> they can be so much more intricate and they have the potential to be so much more intricate shape wise when you're able to design it. >> reporter: this season, designers sent their models strutting down the runway in 3d printed gowns equipped with 3d printed undergarments. but, let's be honest, no outfit is complete without shoes. >> i think the really exciting thing about this is a little bit like five years before it's there. so, at some point, yes, you'll be able to put your foot size in and choose a pair of shoes or a garment or a hat that will be exactly the right size just for you. >> reporter: the clothing came from computers. some of the people lining the runway were wearing them, as well. it's a growing trend. recently a victoria secret model got 3d printed angel wings for the fashion show. designers to try new ideas on

their computers before printing the physical clothing. >> a whole couture outfit is very exclusive. but what if with a body scan you can have your own individually custom made item of clothing. >> reporter: it's part of a trend designers call computational fashion. >> computational fashion is already quite a developed field of practice. but we want to show that this is more than a method of design. >> reporter: the technology is a canvass for createativity. >> it allows you to do things that you couldn't do. so, things that are too intricate for the hand, you know, down to tenths of a millimeter in size and things that are, have too many undercuts which are the technical term for trying to make something from mold. >> wow, creative indeed. all right, money, politics and dogsledding. all part of the week ahead.

on tuesday, we'll get a look at how everyone's feeling about the economy when the consumer confidence numbers are released. tuesday is also a big day for the greatest of all-time, it's the 50th anniversary of one of boxing's biggest fights, the world heavyweight title. clay later changed his name to mohammad ali. it could happen thursday when janet yellen speaks before the senate. stocks soared a couple weeks ago when investors liked what she had to say before the house. by the end of the week, the so-called bridgegate 911 calls are expected to be released. new jersey governor chris christie is trying to recover from the scandal surrounding the closure of lanes on the george washington bridge. but investigations into the incident are ongoing. and saturday is the start of the iditarod. the most famous dog sled race in the world starts in anchorage, alaska, and ends in nome.

this is the 42nd running of the race. last year's winner was the oldest ever at age 53. and one more that's happening on saturday justin beer bieber turns 20 years old. you have see this little girl, one of the smartest 3 year olds on the planet. she has an iq of over 160. the highest number possible. and just after her first birthday, alexis could already recite entire books from memory. by the time she was 2, she was reading and taught herself to speak spanish by using her parents' ipad. now, alexis reads at a fifth grade level. doctors who tested her say her iq is so off the charts, they can't even assign a number to it. wow. that's incredible. someone else i know who is

really, really smart coming up next in the newsroom. don lemon, my colleague in new york. hello, don. >> i'm not as smart as that kid. are you okay? do you need a little watter? >> i got it. but it's not working. >> it happens. doesn't it happen at the worst times. you are reading some serious story and you're about to choke. take care of yourself. good to see you. have a grit couple days off. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. the top of the hour. thank you for joining us. you are in the cnn newsroom and we're following a big story this hour from the world of sports. a story that will have an impact beyond basketball, beyond the basketball court, the football field or any other field of play. long-time nba player jason collins will make history tonight. that's because collins signed a contract today with the brooklyn netsll