if the west memphis three didn't kill those boys, then who did? the united states will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> there will be costs. is that a veiled threat if the russian army moves into ukraine? is president obama drawing another red line? oh, my goodness. fire, drought, torrential rain. as the perfect storm creates catastrophic floods in california. this morning, i'm sorry to say, there's no end in sight. >> so you told the sheriff that you were walking to nebraska? >> that's right. to get my million dollars.

>> it's the little black and white film that could. nebraska is up for six academy awards tomorrow night, including best picture. you'll hear from the producers about why they think it can take home an oscar. your "new day" starts now. it'sen early saturday morning for you, but we're just glad we're not alone. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. it's 6:00 and this is "new day saturday." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> well first thing this morning of course the breaking news we want to get you caught up on all the fast-moving developments in ukraine. >> yeah, there are fears of a shutdown -- showdown, rather, between ukraine and russia and the u.s. could get caught in the middle of this whole thing. i want to show you what's happening right now as we know it. ukraine says movements by russian military personnel in ukraine's southern crimea region amount to an armed invasion. crimea is, their acting prime minister, meanwhile, is urging

russia to intervene here. >> and crimean television says russian helicopters flew in the skies over crimea yesterday. look at this video. and mysterious guards are toting automatic weapons you see here, suddenly appeared outside two airports in the region. president obama is telling moscow, pull back or face the consequences. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historic relationship with ukraine including cultural and economic ties and a facility in crimea. but any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity will be deeply destabilizing. >> there are also pictures coming in, you see them here, russian tanks on the move. this is near russia's black sea fleet base in crimea. moscow insists any troop movements are necessary for security. now senator john mccain says president obama needs to take a

harder line with russian president vladimir putin. >> it's pretty clear that maybe the president of the united states has been a bit naive about vladimir putin and his ambitions. >> cnn's correspondents across russia and ukraine to bring you the very latest on this crisis. >> ian lee is in the ukrainian capital of kiev and diane magnay is in crimea there. >> let's start with fred in moscow. crimea's acting prime minister is urging russia to intervene, asking them to come in and help keep the peace in the region. is this essentially carte blanche for russian troops to move in and how has russia responded? >> well, it certainly might be, victor, carte blanche for them to move in. it might be part of a larger plan for russian troops to move in which seems to have been unfolding over the last day and a half. the russian foreign ministry has responded to that request made

by the new crimean prime minister and said they are certainly not going to disregard that request. they haven't said yet whether or not they're going to move additional forces in there. however, as you've just said ukrainians are already saying that the russians have already moved troops in that direction, it's unclear whether or not that could amount to an invasion, whether or not that's some sort of small-scale incursion, or whether or not that is something that might pertain to a military exercise that the russians have ongoing in that area, as well. the russians so far for their part are saying that any moves by their forces on the crimean peninsula are in line with an agreement that they have with the ukraine to be able to do those things because we have to keep in mind that the russians have a large number of military bases on that place. they have an agreement with the ukraine to station military there. that at any time there's about 25,000 russian forces there including also with their families along with them as well. so it's a very important territory to the russians, and the russians certainly are making no secret of the fact that it is. on the other hand, victor, it's

also very difficult to believe that what's going on in crimea right now is not in some way, shape or form organized by some larger power. that when you look at the efficiency with which the gunmen that are operating there have been taking over those local government buildings, victor. >> okay, so, let me ask you, what do we know for certain about where russian troops are in crimea, specifically, and, and what are people saying about, you know, their own, own questions in terms of who is in control i mean i was reading that air space has been closed there, communications are disrupted. what do you know about that? >> well, yeah, absolutely. the air space has been closed at the main airport in crimea. there's no planes apparently going in and out. the russians always have a large military presence in sevastopol on the crimean. they have a huge naval base there, it's home to the black sea fleet, there's always a number of warships, nuclear submarines as well, which i saw only a couple of days ago.

but they also have other military bases that support that large naval presence. so it's an absolutely key place for the russians. now what the ukrainians are saying is that the russians are ying in ever more forces and that's what's causing the great concern. >> all right fred pleitgen for us in moscow. >> we want to head now to kiev, the capital of ukraine and epicenter of those anti-government and anti-russian protests that ousted president viktor yanukovych. you see it's about 400 miles away from crimea. which is a distance from new york to pittsburgh. just to kind of give us a good sense. >> cnn's ian lee is there. ian, how are people reacting to the news in kiev of all that's happening in crimea? >> well, victor, the prime minister arseniy yesenyuk had ian net meeting today and said it's a sheer provocation he hopes the russians hope to

elicit a military reaction from ukraine in order to make the crimea a breakaway region. well the prime minister said that the russians had failed, that the ukrainian military will not be provoked in any such way, that they're not going to engage militarily in hopes for a diplomatic solution. they believe that those avenues are still open. that they are going to try to use those, as well. but, he did have some strong words for the russians, telling them that they need to go back to their bases, that they're not welcome, they need to go home, and that ukraine -- that the crimea is ukrainian territory, victor. >> all right. cnn's ian lee in the capital of ukraine, thank you so much, ian lee, appreciate it. you know one top u.s. lawmaker called the russian movement an aggression. congressman mike rogers we're talking about, chairman of the house intelligence committee said and i want to quote him here, it appears that the russian military now controls the crimean peninsula. this aggression is a threat not only to ukraine, but to regional peace, and stability.

russia's latest action is yet another indicator that vladimir putin's ambitions threaten u.s. interests and allies around the world. >> those actions mike rogers talked about, he's talking about this, armed men patrolling the streets and the airports of crimea. we've discussed it just a bit this morning so far. they're not wearing any markings to show which country they're from. >> mm-hmm. cnn's diana magnay confronted one of those troops trying to get some answers. >> can we ask you guys where you're from? you're from russia? >> diana magnay is in ukraine, diana has there been any confirmation as to where these troops are from? >> none at all, no. they are now surrounding the parliament building, which is new, in a peaceful fashion, and

the people here say that they are basically doing it for the safety of the people here in this part of crimea, who are mostly russian. but it is the fact that their vehicles have no number plates. they have no insignia, and they seem to be a sort of controlling force, operating with a very real presence alongside pro-russian local units, self-defense units, whatever they may be, people who are wearing a georgian ribbon which is a symbol of russian military valor and who are acting alongside these marked gunmen. these reports that there are 2,000 according to u.s. security officials, russian military operating in crimea, now the ukrainian government says as many as 6,000. it's very hard to give you any kind of confirmation of that on the ground. it is not as though the capital city, simferopol is littered with army troops going around?

no. they are in very specific locations. they're acting in a low-key impression and it's impossible to tell you exactly who they are. but it is impossible to believe they are anything other than russian military because of their high level of organization, their efficiency, the weapons that they carry. and it would seem as though behind the scenes, and with the help of those gunmen, vladimir putin is massaging the pro-russian forces in to this country, who are now led by a new leader, who is effectively put in to place two days ago in the parliament here. he's a pro-russian guy. and so it's all sort of consolidating the pro-russian position in this country, ahead of a referendum, when crimea will decide whether or not they want to stay part of ukraine or not. >> okay. diana magnay, thank you so much. we appreciate it. now, you know, the bottom line here, too, for us is washington doesn't have a lot of options when it comes to the crisis in crimea. >> we're going to take a look at what the white house can do and

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make every stay more rewarding and feel the hamptonality. we're going to show you what we're seeing right now. possible military moves in the black sea here. russia has moved a naval ship into the harbor in crimea. this is the second largest port in ukraine. >> the port is technically in ukraine, russia has leased it until at least 2042. crimea is a dispute as tensions rise between russia and ukraine. the region is closely tied to russia. >> and of course also a crucial base for the russian nave have. >> cnn military analyst spider marks explains why. >> this warm water port called sevastopol it's the only warm water port russia owns. everything else is covered with ice right now. this has great historical ties for the former soviet union, now russia, the russian federation.

>> well, this is about more than crimea. more than ukraine. >> some see this really as classic cold war style standoff. for the new yorker's david realmnick that is deeply troubling. >> it's very, very dangerous. if, in fact, this is what people in the white house are saying, that these are russian troops, this is extremely scary not only from the point of view of ukraine but for the geopolitical point of view. and at the very best we're looking at a -- at the possibility of a cold war-style conflict. and that is extremely worrying. >> now speaking of the cold war, this is a russian spy ship docked in havana. >> yeah. >> moscow is planning to a new naval bases around the world, including one in cuba. >> all of this, of course, putting the u.s. in a tight spot. all eyes are on president obama to see whether he's going to stand up to putin.

cnn's erin mcpike joining us from washington. realistically what can the white house do about the crisis in crimea? >> well, christi, just late yesterday president obama said in the white house briefing room that he's deeply concerned about russian troop movements inside ukraine, and he issued a stern warning to russian president vladimir putin. >> any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing. which is not in the interest of ukraine, russia, or europe. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukrainian people. it would be a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the independence and sovereignty and borders of ukraine. and of international laws. and just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. and, indeed, the united states will stand with the

international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> now, following those remarks, a senior administration official told cnn that if russia does not stand down and instead keeps those forces in ukraine the united states may opt out at the next g-8 summit scheduled for early june in sochi. but the president's mentions in the briefing room were not enough for the very hawkish republican senator john mccain who suggested on cnn's "situation room" that he didn't go far enough and that putin doesn't respect obama. >> i really believe that when vladimir putin looks around the world, sees what happened in syria when the president -- when the red line turned pink and the president didn't act, our acquiescence to their occupation of georgia, the -- all of the actions that have to do and indicate a decline of the united states of america, i think he's emboldened and he's acting. >> now, other high profile

republican lawmakers have stopped short of criticizing the president, but they've made clear they would like the united states to stand strong against russia, and in support of ukraine. christi and victor? >> all right, erin mcpike in washington for us. thank you, erin. >> all right, back here in the u.s., california is very much in need of rain. we've talked about this drought. >> oh, i know, but this is not what they needed. look at this, people, mudslides. floods. bringing even more problems to that drought-weary state. we've got more pictures for you just ahead. stay close. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. chalky... not chalky. temporary... 24 hour. lots of tablets... one pill. you decide.

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worst drought in 100 years. it desperately needs this rain. >> it does. but the ground is so dry, this is a problem. and with some areas getting as much as six inches of rain all at once, flooding is a big concern. los angeles county is already under a flash flood watch. >> and the threat of more mudslides has prompted an evacuation order affecting about 1,000 homes, that's in southern california. >> folks in the area barely had -- they barely had time to grab their pets as the mud poured into their streets and their homes, too, and the rains led to power outages and flooding as you see and really some traffic snarls as you can imagine. >> this is terrible. let's go to meteorologist karen maginnis in our severe weather center. they needed rain for so long, and i hate to be cliche but when it rains, it pours. and now, we're getting these mudslides. >> and they got it all at once. this is a very vigorous system, one of the strongest systems they've seen in about four years. so you may remember, they've had some burn areas over the last couple of months, kind of an

early start to the fire season. but this is a tightly wound storm system that's pushing in a ton of pacific moisture. power outages, the localized flooding, and there will be mountain snowfall. they need the snow in the mountains for the snow pack but we could see an additional one to three inches of rainfall, and yes, in southern california, even as we go towards the oscars. here's where that wet weather is all the way from san francisco, so if you're flying there, you might encounter some delays. also for los angeles' international airport, as well. and phoenix, already is picking up some rainfall. they're saying they haven't seen rain there in just about 70 days. take a look at this coming out of california. in the vicinity of woodland. now, a trained weather spotter said he looked at this initially a funnel cloud, slowly making its way towards the ground. eventually it did. you can't see the very bottom of it as it does touch the ground. but it does. apparently there was some damage

to report there but we don't have any reports of any injuries. but very spectacular, in california, in the month of february, a tornado. incredible. christi? >> i'll tell you that, that has got to be rare. now, i have to say we feel so bad for all of our friends in the midwest and the northeast because they're already sitting under so much snow, they're getting pounded again. i talked to my friend in pittsburgh yesterday and said it was just miserable. what do you say about the midwest and northeast now with this other big storm. >> yes, we are watching this as it makes its way across the interior west. the same pacific storm system will merge with another system, move across the midwest, kansas city, st. louis, chicago, you may see all-time record high temperatures, record low high temperatures, as in you may make it into the single digits. they haven't seen temperatures like that since the late 1800s. we have to go back two centuries for that. well, as we go into the work week, across the midwest, eventually into the northeast, what about those temperatures?

well, if you live in new york city, the high temperature on monday, is only going to be about 26. so here you are in the month of march, you think things are moderating. no, they're not. it's getting worse. back to you guys. >> good heavens. karen thank you so much for keeping us apprised of what's going on. what a mess. hey you've seen this emergency landing in texas? a plane filled with 123 passengers flies right in to a flock of birds. >> wow. and just a couple of days ago you'll remember director spike lee went on this rant about gentrification. now vandals have hit his family's home in brooklyn. we'll show you more pictures. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes.

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rapist is over. 51-year-old eric hartwell apparently cut off his ankle bracelet last week and walked out of a group home where he'd been living while on parole. u.s. marshals found him in a motel room in norfolk, virginia. vandals hit spike lee's father's home in brooklyn, and this happened just days after the director went on a rant against gentrification and that rant was viral all over the internet. a neighbor's glass door was also shattered and the words, "do the right thing" were spray painted on the wall. of course that's the name of one of lee's movies. that neighbor says she believes there must be a connection between lee's rant, and the graffiti. police are investigating that vandalism. number four the s&p wraps up february on a record high up 4% for the month and closing just below 1850 yesterday with good news for your retirement accounts, if you want to get a smile on your face, take a look at your 4001 k today because that's what the s&p mostly tracks.

>> and number five, tensions that are rising on the black sea peninsula, the new pro-russian leader of crimea is urging moscow to provide help in keeping the peace there. meanwhile a ukraine accuses russia of moving troops in to the autonomous republic, and president obama is urging moscow to pull back or face the consequences. now president obama's top diplomat is reaching out to his russian counterpart on the crisis in crimea. secretary of state john kerry says he spoke with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, and urged moscow not to inflame the situation. he says lavrov insisted that russia is not violating ukraine's sovereignty. lavrov also said any movement by troops are military exercises that were prescheduled, and are not related to events in ukraine. and former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is comparing the grip on the region to that of a czar or communist leader. she made these scathing remarks during an event in florida and it's a quote. we're going to read it here. there is no doubt he sits as the

absolute authority now in russia, and it is quite reminiscent of the kind of authority that has been exercised in the past by russian leaders. both the czars, and their successor communist leaders. clinton went on to say that putin wants to control any unrest in ukraine, and he has a huge interest in russia's neighboring countries, because he eventually wants to make a new union to compete with the european union, which putin would call the euasian union. >> what's happening in crimea i think it helps to look at a map to understand some of the huge regional differences that have a little historical context. >> and tom foreman walks us through it. >> ukraine is a little bit smaller than the state of texas, about 45 million people living here. 2 million down here in crimea, more or less. and most of these people feel stronger ties to russia than they do to ukraine. why is that? because russian is their first language. many of the older ones will even

remember back when it was actually part of the soviet union, before it was gifted, in 1954, to ukraine as part of a deal then. how far is it from crimea up here to kiev? that's about 400 miles, or the distance roughly from new york to pittsburgh. moscow is more than twice as far away. but look at russia over here in gray. look at how closely the border is located to crimea. and importantly, look at this red area, because all of this area has stronger ties to russia than it does to the rest of ukraine and that shows up in their voting, as well. in the last election, this entire area was the base of support for the now ousted president yanukovych. so, as you watch this conflict move forward, as you wait to see what russia will do next, keep an eye on the eastern part of the country, because that's the part of the country that will more naturally want to align with what russia wants to do.

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23 before the hour now. mexican drug lord joaquin "el

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that he could hide in plain sight. in almost every bedroom of the house there are two tv screens. one for security, and one for tv. when you go into the bathroom the picture of a normal house really does transform. beneath this bathtub a secret tunnel. so if you climb down the steps you find yourself in the tunnel itself and you can see it's been quite carefully constructed out of wood. you have to crouch a little bit but you're quite mobile and there's an electricity system running throughout this. the nearest other safe house from here is three kilometers in this direction. the constructed part of the tunnel ends here, and if you go through this door, you find yourself in the sewage system. an ideal escape route. and the tunnel system comes out right here in another safe house just down the road, and as you can see, it is a very similar setup to the previous one. in all the houses, evidence of life suddenly suspended. the minutia is often interesting. a child's slide.

christmas decorations. and a fondness for mayonnaise. this safe house is perhaps the most significant of all of them. this is where chapo guzman escaped from when he was being pursued by mexican marines. they broke down this door, and found they had missed him by eight minutes. and this is where he fled to through this bedroom, and into this bathroom where, as you can see, there is another escape hatch underneath this bathtub. mexican marines tell us they discovered this entire network of underground tunnels and safe houses when they arrested the head of chapo guzman's security, and he gave them this information. once again underlines the very central role of intelligence in the arrest of one of the world's most wanted men. nick parker, cnn, mexico. >> and you can't watch that and help but wonder how much manpower and time it took to make that happen. >> build the tunnels, to secure them. i just find that fascinating. >> yeah. >> there's just a lever that's under the bathtub in each house, and you walk down and then you're into the public sewer

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suggests there's still a lot of twist in the atmosphere. a very vigorous weather system that in some cases over the next 24 hours could produce between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall. all right, i know i'm going to be watching the oscars, and as we go through this afternoon, it is going to be quite soggy. we keep those rain chances pretty high throughout the entire day. that in addition to the wind, kind of kicking up between about 20, maybe gusts around 30 miles an hour. the higher elevation you go, though, we've seen some peak wind gusts around 80 miles an hour. some of those higher elevations might expect four feet of snowfall. well, as we go in to sunday afternoon we keep the rain pretty much in the forecast. off and on throughout the day. by about 6:00 as those temperatures are only in the low 60s, we'll start to see those rain chances drop down. so instead of looking at about 70 to 80% chance of showers, we're looking at those rain chances dropping off to around 30% to 40% and then by the end of the oscars wouldn't you know

it, looks like pretty much the rain is going to be gone. >> all right. just in time for the party. >> no wardrobe malfunctions because there was too much wind and rain. thank you, karen. >> so, for best picture we're talking about the oscars. you've got those big movies, "gravity" "12 years a slave," "dallas buyers club," big stories. there's this black and white film, oscar nominated movie, "nebraska" and it captures a raw, humble, sensibility. >> yeah, and it's nominated six oscars. here's a peek for you. >> let me take you home. >> going to lincoln. if it's the last thing i do. i don't care what you people think. >> listen to me. you didn't win anything. it's a complete scam. so you got to stop this, okay? >> i'm running out of time. >> you don't even have a suitcase? >> i'm not staying there. >> dad, i can't let you go. >> it's none of your business. >> yes, it is. i'm your son. >> then why don't you take me?

>> i can't just drop everything and drive to lincoln, nebraska. >> oh. what else you got going on? >> okay. so suffering from a type of dementia, his character sets off walking from montana to nebraska to collect what he thinks is a million dollar prize. >> and his son played by will forte goes with him. what transpires is a profile of human nature sense against a vast midwestern landscape. and i asked the movie's producers why they think the film resonated with the academy. >> i think it's a really heartfelt, emotional story, and it's very simple, but strong in the connection between father and son, and the way they are able to reach out and actually embrace family. so i think it has a very strong, basic story, and it's, of course, we're very proud of how beautifully it's shot in black and white. so it's kind of unique among those nine films. >> albert brewster nominated for best actor says that on the first day of filming, the

director of the movie alexander payne pulled him aside and asked him to let the camera find his performance. what does that mean and how do you think that changed the way that the character's developed in the film? >> well, i think bruce has been primarily known as a character actor for the last 35 years. and it's always been his -- part of his job to be noticed, and to stand out in a movie, to give something bigger. and in this particular case, woody is a character that doesn't say much and has to recede into the background. and i think it was a whole different thing for bruce, and yet it worked perfectly for the movie. and, you know, it was a great way for an audience to gradually connect with a character, rather than kind of being hit over the head with him right off the bat. >> june squibb also nominated for best supporting actress for her role in "nebraska." she's 84 years old.

plays a hard-edged, bombing wife and mother. her first nomination. ron, do you think she's found her niche? i mean is this who she will be moving forward? >> well, she's an amazingly versatile actor. i mean people think maybe she's a little bit like that character, with, you know, hard edge and the foul mouth and a little bit of heart of gold but actually june is the sweetest person, and she can, you know, do so many things. that this is just the beginning of another stage of her career. >> so the budget for this film, and correct me if i'm wrong, $13 million. but it's grossed about $17 million. of course you had six nominations for the academy awards on sunday night, but, 17 million dollars, what do the academies see do you think maybe the audience just didn't see. why such a small gross there? >> well, i think that the

academy saw the quality of the movie, and the way that it resonates emotionally and comedically. you know, i think with audiences, i mean folks just aren't used to racing off to the cineplex to see, you know, a black and white movie with no major stars. but our job as filmmakers is to try and enlarge the dialogue. and try and, you know, tell true stories, and hopefully people eventually will connect with it. you know the audiences that have seen this movie, it's really, really resonated with them. and a lot of people have seen it. so if somebody had asked us at the beginning of the day if, you know, $18 million and a bunch of nominations we'd be happy with that, we would have been ecstatic. so we think the film has succeeded beautifully. >> ron yerxa, albert berger, good luck at the big show, and thanks for some great movies. >> thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> all right. >> yeah.

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>> russia this week gave all of its gold medalists from the sochi games $120,000, plus a brand-new mercedes suv. while the silver and bronze medalists all received life in prison. >> oh my gosh. >> i like throwback thursday. >> that was awesome, yes. s so -- spiders? >> no. >> anything? we're not going to talk about it. i'll tell you what it's the roaches i can't take. >> for me it is open water. >> the creepy crawlies we're talking about -- >> that's why i'm going to -- >> well you know -- we're talking about this weather guy because you when you're on live people you're just on live and there's nothing you can do about it. >> and that got us to thinking, hey remember that weather guy in this city and remember that one time on television. so, of course -- >> jeanne moos. >> of course.

take a look back. >> in bakersfield, california, it was sunny with a 100% chance of arack nids. >> oh, my gosh. did you guys see that? there was a spider that fell -- ew! >> yet another weatherman -- >> creeped out right now. >> aaron perlman has been apacked by a spider while on the air. >> i hate spiders, man, especially when you're bald. you feel them crawling on your head. >> but suddenly the spider became itsy bitsy. and aaron joined the ranks of weather people ambushed by arack nids. >> oh, my gosh, that was creepy. of course it had to be right on my head. oh, i just don't like -- aah! . >> the spider wasn't even in the studio last year when christy gordon freaked out. it was just hanging out on the lens of a camera stationed outdoors. some spiders were invited guests.

>> i will punch you if you even get close to me. just get it out of the studio. >> spiders aren't the only critters to cause jitters. bbc radio's kate kinsale la was in the middle of her forecast. the good news is it will start -- ah -- story, there's a mouse. >> is there a book -- >> don't killing it. >> why? >> it's quite sweet actually, bless it. >> but having a bug fly in your mouth. that could make you a star. actually it was a grass happener. >> that led to chris wood's death. >> [ bleep ] flying in my mouth. that's [ bleep ] i can't -- >> isiah has gotten an emmy for his reporting. but he's gotten over 19 million views on youtube for almost swallowing a bug. >> did you eat the grasshopper? >> no i didn't. spit it out immediately. >> but creepy crawlies are nothing compared to what ended up in one weatherman's shorts. kcci weatherman curtis gertz was doing a live shot at the iowa state fire when a giant burmese

python snaked into his pants. >> oh, my gosh -- >> hurt us was finally relieved of the stake. >> curtis was it good for you? >> the long-range forecast calls for a slight chance of being showered by spiders. >> ah. >> aah. >> and a few isolated snakes. >> oh, that's just wrong. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> that's right. that's just wrong. >> have you seen that snake? >> yeah, i had seen that before. i hadn't seen the full angle, though. >> yeah. >> which is kind of, you know, funny. >> at least buy me dinner first. >> we hope we made you smile with that one this morning. >> next up here on "new day" starts right now. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine.

>> a russian warship is 200 miles from miami. and a ukraine invasion seems imminent. is this just saber rattling or darker shades of cold war aggression? >> nfl pro bowl player darren sharper surrendered to los angeles police. the investigation is spreading even further now. >> and tomorrow's hollywood's big night when the stars go to party, hoping to take home the golden man. the expert predictions ahead. your "new day" continues right now. >> so what's on the menu this morning? we have our water sitting here. >> room temperature. >> crazy people. but we are glad to have you with us to sit back and eat your breakfast. we'll get you informed i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 7:00 on the east coast and this is "new day saturday." >> and we're starting of course with the breaking news, ukraine

now accusing russia of sending in thousands of troops and dozens of armored personnel carriers into its southern crimea region. >> ukraine says it will not be provoked into using force and it's telling russia, pull back now. the pro-russian leader of crimea is urging russia to intervene though to keep the peace in moscow says it won't ignore the >> crimean television says russian helicopters, look here, flew in the skies over crimea yesterday, and mysterious guards toting automatic weapons they suddenly appeared outside two airports. president obama is telling moscow to respect ukraine's sovereignty, or, and this is a quote, there will be costs. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties, and a military facility in crimea. but any violation of ukraine's

sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing. >> we want to show you some of the pictures we're getting in now of russian tanks on the move near russia's black sea fleet base in crimea. moscow insists any troop movements are necessary for security but senator john mccain says president obama needs to take a harder line with russian president vladimir putin. >> it's pretty clear that maybe the president of the united states has been a bit naive about vladimir putin and his ambitions. >> a cnn correspondents are in russia and crimea following the fast-moving, really complicated developments for us. >> we're going to start with fred lick pleitgen in moscow. fred, crimea, home of course to the russians of black sea naval fleet it is major strategic importance to russia and ukraine. >> mm-hmm. and also, you know, russia saying it's extremely concerned about developments there. what do you know about what's happening specifically?

>> well, seems as though, christi, that after the military movements that we had basically throughout all of yesterday, right now a lot of it has moved into the political arena but the events are just as fast-moving as they were before. as you said the new prime minister of crimea went forward and said he wants russia to get involved in what he called stabilizing the situation there. the russians for their part have said they're not going to ignore that. now what's happened, just within the last hour, is that the russian parliament, the duma, has called on vladimir putin to take action to stabilize the situation in crimea, as well. it's unclear what exactly that entails, whether that could entail even more military forces in the crimean peninsula. but certainly it is something that they're calling for, and that, of course, really ups the ante in all of this a lot further. one of the other things that we also always have to keep in mind all of that is that russia is also staging a gigantic military exercise right next door to that crimea region.

and that military exercise involves as many troops as the u.s. had in iraq at the height of the iraq war. >> wow. so you point out here that this pro-russian leader's asking russian troops to come in, to stabilize, to reinforce peace. that would have the opposite effect, i'm sure, and the president and the u.s., president obama's telling moscow, do not go in. do we have any indication of which direction russia will go after we've now learned that they won't ignore the request? >> it's very hard to say we didn't specifically say the truth but he did say do something to stabilize the situation too, vladimir putin. so that could entail a lot of things. clearly the russians are giving themselves leeway as to what exactly they do. what we're hearing is there are substantial troop movements within the crimean peninsula of russian forces. it's unclear whether or not that is overstepping any of the boundaries yet because we do have to keep in mind that russia

does have an agreement with ukraine to station its forces there, in that area, and also to move them around within certain parameters. ukrainians are saying that the russians have abused that agreement. the russians say they are still well within that agreement. so at this point in time there's many people who believe that this might be saber rattling on the part of the russians. that this military exercise they have next door was moved forward to show the world they're not very happy with what's happening in ukraine and they're certainly going to draw a red line when it comes to the crimean peninsula. it is absolutely key place to the russians, they've seen it as their territory for a very long time, as you said, a large part of the population, the majority of the population is russian. so vladimir putin is also in somewhat of a bind. has to be seen as being tough here at home, while at the same time, of course, it is a very volatile situation. you have the u.s. president barack obama warning vladimir putin not to take any action that could, that could cross his, you know, hate to use the word red line, but that goes too far in all this. it's a very volatile situation, and very much unclear what

russia's plans are exactly. >> things are changing on the ground there minute to minute. we'll check back with you, fred pleitgen. >> one top u.s. lawmaker called the russian movement an aggression. congressman mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee, he said quote, i want to quote this for you, it appears that the russian military now controls the crimean peninsula. this aggression is a threat not only to ukraine but to regional peace and stability. russia's latest action is yet another indicator that vladimir putin's economic ambitions threaten u.s. interests and allies around the world. so, you know, to better understand this whole conflict, it helps doesn't it if we can see how divided ukraine is. and this map shows that you know the nation, and how it voted in its last elections, the blue areas you see there, sided more with europe and former prime minister you'll yeah tymoshenko. the red areas sided more with

russia and ousted president now viktor yanukovych. that includes crimea. which has strong ties as we've been talking about to russia and people there you know they speak russian so they feel like that is their heritage. >> yeah. and this is the map we were just talking about. they had the wrong map up. as we see here the blue going with the west and these orange and red areas going more with russia. we're also digging deeper into this with ian bremer, president of the eurasian group consulting firm which studies global political risk. he's also the author on several books on the soviet union, political uprisings, including the j.-curve, a new way to understand why nations rise and fall. ian good to have you with us. and, and, and first up, what do you think we're witnessing in crimea. after the reporting of a flag being hoisted the russian flag now they're flying over parts of crimea, is this a full-blown invasion or is it some hybrid? is it something else?

>> the russians won't consider it an invasion. crimea is majority russians in terms of the people who live there and almost all russian speaking. the orientation of the population is overwhelmingly towards moscow. there is, of course, a russian military base there. it's been added to very significantly over the last 24 hours. both in terms of infantry as well as naval capacity. the russian view is that yanukovych, who had cut a deal with the opposition to stay in power, for some six-plus months, was ousted illegally. that is technically true. they don't recognize this new government in ukraine, and that the crimean parliament is requesting help from russia. so certainly from a russian perspective, they will have all sorts of justifications for how this is not a breach of ukraine's territorial integrity. the united states may be setting red lines on ukraine but they are not prepared to defend them, and putin knows that, which

means that his ability to escalate here is pretty unfettered by the international community. >> so let me ask you this, could ukraine eventually descend into a civil war when we're talking about these two sides? >> you know, i don't expect a full-blown civil war but something like we saw in georgia a few years ago i think is reasonably likely. where a piece of ukraine is not controlled by ukraine. the russians control crimea right now. it's purely a question of whether and when putin feels like formalizing it. you know, putin hasn't actually made a statement over the last three days. he doesn't need to say anything. actions speak a lot louder than words from the russians right now. and we also have major pro-russian demonstrations in three large ukrainian cities near crimea, all heavily russian speaking with large russian minority populations. including donetsk which is quite significant. wouldn't surprise me if we see a lot of instability and violence

in those areas. but crimea is effectively russian. that was true yesterday, it's true today. >> the president yesterday in his statement says that there will be costs if russia invades the sovereignty of ukraine. is this another red line, and you know even the critics of the president have said that maybe some of them at least have said they don't want to see troops on the ground but something has to happen to support ukraine if this is another red line, what does the u.s. lose if they don't go in and support ukraine? >> well, the, the pentagon has just said following obama that there are no contingencies planned militarily to respond to the russians and ukraine, which is i'm sure untrue. because the pentagon has contingencies for absolutely everything. but i think they were trying to say, hey, don't worry, it's not like we're going to put troops on the ground here. we're not going to talk about war. so far what i've heard is the potential for targeted sanctions against russia. i've heard about the fact that obama might not attend the g-8 summit coming up in sochi.

my goodness, i mean, this is not the sort of thing that putin is going to respond to. ukraine matters a factor of 100 to russia, and to putin, and to the russian people, more than it does the united states. and that's going to be made very, very evident, abundantly evident, to the american people over the next few days. unfortunately, the one consequence this is likely to have, is it's going to be a hit to american foreign policy credibility in the region. i really don't think the u.s. should be in the business of setting anything that smells like a red line in an area the americans clearly are not going to defend. >> okay, let me ask you this. why does it seem, i think people who are watching this as though see echoes of the cold war coming to us here, i mean is that an overstatement to say, or, are we looking at a, a cold war brewing again? >> obama and kerry have both said strongly that they do not consider this to be in any way reflective of the cold war.

but they said that when they felt like they were winning with the new ukrainian government that wanted to jettison the russians and orient themselves toward europe. i assure you putin sees this 100% in cold war terms. ukraine is considered a part of russia, but overwhelmingly by the russian people and by the kremlin. they have absolutely no intention of letting it go. at no point did the americans call on the ukrainian government to respect the terms of the military lease, for example, ongoing military lease with the ukrainian base. the russians see all of this as the potential of loss of their own empire in their backyard. i assure you there is absolutely no chance that putin's going to simply allow that to happen. so from his perspective it's very zero sum, it's very confrontational, and they're not going to let it go and the americans are going to have to deal with that fact. >> all righty. ian bremer, thank you so much for being with us, and what's going on there. we appreciate it. >> you know, after one of the, the worst droughts in history.

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♪ 29 minutes past the hour right now. i just want to give you the time in case you've got something on your schedule but hopefully you can sit back and relax. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. hopefully you don't have anything planned this early. maybe 10:00, 11:00. up first this nationwide manhunt for an escaped child rapist, it's over. 51-year-old eric hartwell apparently cut off his ankle bracelet last week and he walked out of a denver group home where

he'd been living while on parole. the u.s. marshals found him in a motel room in norfolk, virginia. number two, actor philip seymour hoffman died of an acute mixed drug intoxication. this is according to a new report from the new york medical examiner's office. which says that drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and amphetamines were found in hoffman's system. the manner of death now has been ruled an accident. >> number three an american airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing last night after it was hit by a flock of birds. it happened on takeoff but only left the left engine with minor damage. none of the 128 people on board was hurt after the plane landed they all were reassigned to other flights. number four, all you folks in california i know you've gone from drought to drench, it's miserable and dangerous. torrential downpours, leaving those mudslides after the worst drought in 100 years the state desperately needs the rain as you know but the ground is so dry that flooding is one of the big concerns right now.

los angeles county specifically is under a flash flood watch this hour. >> and number five, russia is accusing ukraine of trying to destabilize the situation in crimea. it says unidentified gunmen directed from kiev tried to take control of the ministry of internal affairs in the autonomous republic. the ukraine meanwhile is accusing russia -- russian forces of trying to seize two airports in crimea, and it says it are pelled them. >> the thing that the white house doesn't have a lot of great options when it comes to this crisis. >> president obama may talk about the cost of intervention but can he really sway russia? one opportunity is just ahead on the calendar, the g-8 summit in sochi. >> a u.s. boycott would be certainly embarrassing for russia but it still might not be enough at the end of the day. cnn's erin mcpike joining us now from washington and the white house. so, erin, is it true that the president may skip this global summit? and would it persuade other nations to do the same?

>> well, christi, just yesterday a senior administration official told cnn that we may very well do that. but at the very least president obama issued a very stern warning yesterday afternoon to russian president vladimir putin. take a listen to what he said yesterday in the briefing room. >> any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing. which is not in the interest of ukraine, russia, or europe. it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukrainian people. it would be a clear violation of russia's commitment to respect the independence and sovereignty and borders of ukraine. and of international laws. and just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. and indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be

costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> now, obviously putin and obama have a strained relationship, but president obama did say that he spoke with putin a few days ago and that both countries are staying in close contact, christi and victor. >> so, erin, will the -- will congress follow the president's lead? we know that some members have been pretty outspoken thus far. >> well, republicans yesterday did put out a number of statements saying that they wanted the united states to stand with ukraine and stand up to russia somewhat. a little further than the president went. but john mccain went even further than that, criticizing the president, saying he's naive, essentially, and that putin does not respect obama. here's what he said yesterday on "the situation room." >> i really believe that when vladimir putin looks around the world, sees what happened in syria, when the president -- when the red line turned pink, and the president didn't act, our acquiescence to their occupation of georgia, they --

the -- all of the actions that have to do and indicate a decline of the united states of america, i think he's emboldened and he's acting. >> now, to that end the state department is warning americans to stay out of ukraine, to stay out of the region, while the situation continues, christi and victor. >> all righty. erin mcpike at the white house for us. thank you, erin. >> so what a lot of people are looking forward to this weekend, tomorrow's big night. the academy awards. >> yeah. >> the fashion and all of the, you know, ellen is hosting. >> you know that's going to be good. >> she's going to be funny. >> you know the point of the whole thing is to find out which stars will walk away with an oscar. >> right. and will anybody really be crying in their champagne if they don't win? i mean they were nominated. it's just enough to be nominated! . we're going to talk to the experts ahead. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented.

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exactly 38 after the hour. at least it was when i started. >> right. >> now we're in the e block and that means it's time for entertainment. we're going to talk entertainment and it's oscar weekend, the big story, of course, is the academy awards get under way tomorrow night in hollywood. >> so we've got "12 years a slave," "american hustle" competition is expected to be so fierce tomorrow. did you have a favorite? >> let us know what your favorites are. here to talk about the predictions, and the picks from the experts, we've got senior editor of rotten tomatoes gray drake and senior editor of "us weekly" bradley jacobs. gad to have both of you back. >> before we get your

predictions, let's take a look real quick at one movie that's getting so much buzz, "dallas buyers club." >> seems like every time i see you all i see is white. white coat, white shoes, white -- >> i am telling my patients to stay away from here. >> why? >> excuse me. >> so you want to go grab a steak sometime? i know it's red. >> wow. bradley, when it comes to best actor everybody's talking about matthew mcconaughey. do you think she's a shoo-in? >> he's absolutely going to win. this is matthew's moment, as they say. you know, he was forever like the bongo playing, industry joke for a lot of years, and then he got tired of that guy and he took a couple of years off. stopped doing rom-com, started doing more serious stuff and look what it led him to "dallas buyers club" the role of his

lifetime essentially. playing a straight guy in the '80s who gets hiv positive and has to go from like a homophobic outlook to hanging out with drag queens and transgendered people, and you know, learning about azt. it's an amazing performance and he's won every award so far and he'll be there tomorrow night and hopefully he'll give an excellent speech. i'm looking forward to seeing that win. >> great news is the actor's oscar to lose when he drops 30% of his body weight or alters his appearance drastically? i imagine you're a shoo-in after that. >> well, that certainly helps. but i mean ultimately the bottom line, hopefully, is always the performance, right? and matthew mcconaughey was spectacular. but don't discount the hollywood legend legendary power of bruce dern because who wouldn't love to give him an award for shooting john wayne many moons ago and for this amazing performance in "nebraska" and

also mr. leonardo dicaprio. this could be a huge upset tomorrow night if he wins for "the wolf of wall street" because he made that movie into something entirely different than what it started. >> everybody is talking about him, too. that's going to be interesting. when we say stiff competition we meet it. what about best actress. amy adams, cate blanchett, sandra bullock, judi dench, meryl streep. bradley you first who is top for it? >> again there's no question this is cate blanchett's win. it was my favorite performance of the year. i wanted that movie to go on and on. she has never won best actress, even though she's a leading lady. she won best supporting actress for "the aviator" basically everyone forgot about that oscar that she won because she's not a supporting actress, she is a leading lady. she's been nominated several times in the past. this is finally her year to win. i defy anyone to tell me that there's a better best actress performance than that one. it is exquisite. >> grae, what about amy adams

and american hustle? >> we loved amy madams not only for that performance but also for the unbelievable performance of her posture, wearing those low-cut v-necks with no double-stick tape. however, i completely agree that this one is cate blanchett 100%. those armpit stains and pill popping things that she was doing were the least of that unbelievable performance, it's -- she's going to take it home for sure. >> all righty, biggest award of the night is best picture. who do you think's got it and why? >> man, what an exciting category this is this year. because, i could name three movies that i think might take it home. and i'm going to say, "12 years a slave" will get the academy award because it's an important film that was so powerful and so spectacularly done. however, i think there's room in this category for an upset, as well. i think it's possible that "12

years" and "gravity" have split the vote and we might see "american hustle" come out of nowhere and get the best picture award. >> wow. bradley? >> here's the thing. everyone knows that "12 years a slave" is an important movie. but, i think that a lot of those academy members had a hard time opening up that screener. had a hard time getting to it. i know people in my office who had a hard time getting to it. you know, it just looks like it's going to be tough to watch, and it is. it's very harrowing. and i think a lot of people might end up voting for "gravity" or "american hustle" which are much more cloud pleasing, if you will, and that you might see one of those two win over "12 years a slave." >> what do you mean having a hard time opening it up? physically opening something? explain this. >> no, having a hard time -- >> getting into the plot? >> they have the screener on their dining room table, they've been sent it, and they're like i've got to watch that. i know i've got to watch that. i know it's important for me to see it, but they don't get

around to it. and that's what i'm -- that's what i'm worried about for "12 years a slave." >>" 12 years a slave" was so good that i think people will cast a vote for it even if they couldn't bring themselves to open the screener up. >> you know what personally i still have not seen "12 years a slave" in many ways because of what bradley just said. i mean -- >> it's hard to watch. >> when i hear people describe it's such a great movie the first thing they describe is the scene with lupita luongo and the second thing they describe is the lynching scene or near lynching. >> it's hard to watch. >> it's a difficult movie to see. >> i saw it in a theater -- i just want to say i saw it in a theater and you couldn't leave, of course. but you know, i think it would have been tempting, watching the dvd, to step away from the screen, to, to take yourself out of it for a little while. >> yeah. >> okay. i don't disagree with that. but i will say that you have -- i also built it up in my mind as

being so much more outwardly violent and gory and graphic than it actually was. and it's such a moving, beautiful film that it's really important to watch even though it's not necessarily good time at the movies. >> right, right. >> grae drake, bradley jacobs, thank you both. be sure to watch cnn tonight at 9:00 eastern for an all-new cnn film called "and the oscar goes to" it's the ultimate backstage look at hollywood's biggest night. also former nfl star facing life sentence for crimes he allegedly committed across the country. >> details right after this break. [ male announcer ] considering all your mouth goes through, do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerin®... power to your mouth™. ♪ aflac, aflac, aflac!

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former network analyst is also under investigation in florida, arizona and nevada. this is expanding. cnn's tory dunnan is joining us. what is the latest in the terms of allegations? >> there is a lot going on and a lot of jurisdictions. to do a timeline to break it down. he turned himself in to police in l.a. it happened without incident. he turned himself in on charges from new orleans. police in new orleans say it was something that happened back in an apartment in september in new orleans. also important to point out, he was in l.a. in the first place because there was a hearing that took place last week on two separate charges from l.a. he made a not guilty plea. there was a bond that took place in part of the court order was he had to stay in l.a. that is why he turned himself in to police there. beyond that, you mentioned the

investigations. one in miami beach. police say it is open and active and stemming from an incident back in 2012. in arizona, police are saying they are looking into something there. they are waiting for the crime lab results. they expect to file charges. police in las vegas have an investigation going on. they are not saying what may or may not have happened. >> what is next for sharper? >> right now, he is in l.a. there will be an extradition hearing to move him back to new orleans. let's listen to what police had to say. >> i think we have a strong case. we work closely with the district attorney and the process of one state moving another state's prisoner will take effect. i do think it is important to let the public know that there may be more arrests yet to come in our case and as a result of what i thought was very good work by our detectives and the district attorney's office, these men face serious charges

in the state of louisiana. >> joe, we have to wonder what the nfl is saying about it. >> they are not saying anything. darren sharper ended his career in 2010. it was two years removed from list playing career. the nfl network broadcast. he is an employee. he worked as an analyst the last few years. he is suspended indefinitely without pay. clearly the nfl wants to wait for the facts to come out before they make a decision. if he is innocent, they don't want to face a wrongful termination lawsuit. the nfl cannot control with a players do outside of the facilities. there will be a couple of bad apples in the seed. the nfl is coming off the most profitable year. the super bowl the most watched television program ever. as far as hurting the reputation

of football, no. >> we hear people under contract for things and if they have any sort of nefarious or god forbid criminal action taken against them or if they act in a way that does not put their employer in a good light, that they are terminated point blank. >> even the charge. you don't have to be found guilty. >> the nfl put the position on the hr department. they are waiting for the facts to come out. he has been suspended indefinitely without pay. that is where the nfl network's position. the league is staying away from it. >> they probably won't say anything. >> i would not expect them to say anything. he stopped playing in 2010. the earliest incident was 2012. two years after his career was over. >> tory dunnan and joe carter, thank you so much. take a look at this video. see this guy running away from

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first up, parents wait months for milestones for baby's first steps or first words. this baby had to wait for something just as special. hearing her parents say i love you for the first time. 9-month-old kendall johnson was born deaf and a cochlear implant can help her here. >> kendall's dad says she is getting used to sounds with help from her big brother. a big brother would definitely give sounds. he was always, as we understand, born deaf and got his own implant four years ago. good for them. if you are a dog person, you will go to great lengths to save your furry friend. >> this golden in the middle of rush hour on the highway. coming over the wall, a rescuer. >> the man said he heard about the pup on the radio and rushed

to help her. he ended up luring her over with a sandwich. vets say he got there just in time. she had broken bones and bleeding. she is expected to recover. a lunch lady being called a hero. listen to what happened. 8-year-old ashley dwyer. she is in the lavender here with red hair. the orange was stuck in her throat. she ran to the lunch lady and carpenter for help. >> i raised her arms like that. i took my hands and just thrusted. it just shot out. >> you know how grateful her parents were. she had her first aid and cpr training. she said it is all part of the job. for the parents of the little girl, that is more than just a job. good for her.

the cookie monster has been caught. >> what is wrong with people? can we just say what is wrong with people? >> for the kids up watching, we're not talking about the blue one from "sesame street." this guy. you are about to see him running away from cops. there he is. you know what they say he did? >> it gives it away. accused of stealing a jar of money from girl scouts selling cookies in san diego. now they have one message for the alleged thief. don't mess with the girl scouts, buddy. >> don't do it. >> the suspect was booked in the county jail on outstanding charges, including battery. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. >> the next hour of "new day" starts right now. >> the united states will stand with the community in affirming costs for any military intervention in ukraine.

>> the tanks are rolling in as russia pushes into ukraine and now president obama says an invasion will come at a cost. it's frightening to look at that. fire, drought and torrential rain as rains cause flooding. and does it seem the airline industry is trying to get you to hate them? you want me to be angry. the latest moves that has passengers furious. your "new day" continues right now. >> if you are already on the treadmill or, you know, doing your thing at 8:00 in the morning, i'm proud of you. >> good for you. >> good for you. absolutely. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. i missed my morning workout before the show. >> i can't believe you didn't work out before the show. we're driving in at 3:00.

>> it is now 8:00 on the east coast as christi said. this is "new day saturday." our developing story, ukraine is now invading crimea. now the tension is escalating as president obama warns there will be costs to any military int interventi intervention. >> we start with kiev where the ousted president viktor yanukovych. cnn's ian lee is there. ian, what is happening in crimea? >> reporter: the ukrainian government really has diplomatic options for crimea. they don't have the fire power to go against the russian military nor do they want to provoke the russians with more of the russian military into crimea and annexing the area.

they are hoping the united nations security council will take a look at the situation. it is unclear what will happen because russia has veto power there. they are appealing to the united nations to show that the government here, the new government is acting responsible in crimea. we are following a new development right now. the pro-russian unrest seems to be spreading. we are seeing reports of pro--russian demonstrators in a regional building in the pro-european supporters. there are reports of clashes. now it is north of the crimea close on the border with russia. close economic ties to russia. this is also the second largest city here in ukraine. >> all right. cnn's ian lee in the capital of ukraine. ian, thank you very much. >> let's take a moment to look

deeper into what the president said as he made his statement as he added his choice to the chorus of kiev. >> president obama making it clear there will be consequences if russia meddles. >> just days after russia came to the olympic games, it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world and indeed, the united states will stand with the united community of costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> a lot of people hear what kind of costs? cnn correspondent barbara starr joining us from the pentagon. what are the president's options? he cannot start a war. >> reporter: that is right, christi. the first thing is just that. no u.s. military action, no appetite for that. no real ability to use it or reason to use it at this point. the focus is on what ian lee

just said. diplomatic initiative, but also financial and economic. the white house making clear it just might not go to the upcoming g-8 summit if troops are in crimea. suggesting that other european nations would not as well. so really trying to put the economic financial pressure on moscow and send that message don't do this. it's not worth it. and to not cause any additional provocation or instability. >> was this a surprise, barbara, for washington? the russian helicopters over the skies of crimea? the troops there? some expected an invasion of any kind was unlikely. >> reporter: i think that is right, victor. from all we have spoken to all week long, nobody was looking at, you know, a widespread

invasion by 150,000 russian troops on the military exercise along the border. by midweek, wednesday, thursday, u.s. officials were privately expressing a lot of concern and seeing signs that russia might make some more small scale initial moves as they now have done. you know, go in, if you send in a few hundred troops, is that going to be a problem? just keep provoking the situation. that's what they were looking at and they knew that they would get almost no warning or indication that was about to happen. i had officials telling me we're watching this unfold on television. that was frankly one of the best sources of intelligence they had as things unfolded. i don't think it was a big surprise to them. i think they always thought that vladimir putin was going to try to send a message to ukraine and

send a message to the left that he was still going to have some reason to be involved in this entire situation and do what he could to protect what he believes are russian interests. >> all right. barbara starr in washington helping us understand what is going on there in ukraine and moscow and washington. barbara, thank you. >> reporter: sure. >> hillary clinton says vladimir putin may be looking at consolidating the position in ukraine. >> i want to quote here, there is no doubt he sits at the absolute authority in russia and it is reminiscent of the authority that has been exercised in the past by leaders, but czars and communists leaders. let's bring in james rubin. he is a former secretary of state in the clinton administration. thank you for being here. what is your response to hillary clinton's statement about vladimir putin? >> i think she was correctly

predicting precisely what has transpired. she, before all of this happened, on thursday, i guess it was, she was concerned that president putin was going to look for an opportunity to do this sort of thing. i haven't spoken to her. i don't know exactly what she had in mind. clearly, president putin is trying to exploit the new government in ukraine and frankly by their action, the russians are trying to provoke a civil strive if not civil war in ukraine so those parts of ukraine that are most pro--russian can perhaps remain fully in russia's orbit. the new government in kiev and ukraine, indicated they want to lean more to the west and that has troubled president putin. let's remember that the russian government and the russian state has promised the world in a

formal legal agreement in 1994 and frankly by the very terms of the united nations charter to respect the territory and independence of ukraine. they have now violated that pledge. it is very clear that they are in substantial violation of that 1994 agreement and the only question now is whether the united states over the years by its reluctance to engage in many parts of the world and whether putin did not participate in syria and now to push back against russia and bring to bear the costs that president obama referred to. will europeans support us and lead in an international effort and make clear to russia it is not business as usual. there will be a price, a real price and a real cost to this violation of the 1994 agreement.

>> so here is the next question i think that comes after. that considering the u.s. reluctance and considering the violation by russia, do you see a realistic scenario in which the crimean region rejoins the federation and what is left of the ukraine? >> not in the minds of the rest of the world. in terms of de facto, that has already happened. you have a russian takeover of the government and russian troops on the ground and russia maintaining control over crimea. in a way, that is already happened. this is a rerun of the situation that occurred six years ago in the country of georgia. the difference is that the georgian president responded to russia's actions by provoking a formal war. i do not think ukraine will make that mistake. i think the ukrainian leadership

knows russia is trying to provoke them. they will not fall into such a trap. as a practical matter in answer to your question, crimea is part of russia right now, but legally, and in terms of international acceptance and international recognition, i don't think that will ever happen. >> cnn got word, mr. rubin, yesterday that the president said maybe he will not go to the g-8 summit in sochi in june in this is still going on. is that a smart move and would he have support from other g-8 members? >> we will have to see. i would hope that many countries in europe, germany in particular, france and united kingdom are realizing they are dealing with a very dangerous figure in vladimir putin. someone who has prepared to use military force to try to change borders which is what they are doing right now and they would support a policy of diplomatic

sanctions on russia and those diplomatic sanctions, as you indicated, could include not going to the g-8. they have to be more than just one meeting. that won't really do the trick. russia has to see that across the board their role in the world is going to be diminished by this action if they are ever going to reverse it. it is easily reversible, mind you. there are russian troops allowed to be in crimea because they have a base there and it would be very straight forward for diplomacy to come to bear and the people in kiev and people in crimea and russia and the united states and europeans to begin an intensive diplomatic effort to return to the status quo before this action. but that would require a change of heart on the part of russia and that's not going to happen unless the world galvanizes a formidable response beyond just

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just bad news for kim and dennis. they chose not to listen to the evacuation order. their road in and out covered in mud. >> you can't get out. no. >> reporter: what has mother nature been like for the last couple of months? >> we had fire, drought and now torrential rain. >> wind. >> pretty much everything. >> we hit all four elements at this point. we're done with anymore crazy storms. >> reporter: but the rain is coming and it is expected to last through much of the weekend. victor and christi. >> kyung lah. thank you. let's go to karen maginnis in the weather center. >> it starts to taper off more going into sunday. we focused a lot on southern california because of the oscars, but in san francisco and around the bay area, this rainfall has been very heavy. it has downed trees and power

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a man in pennsylvania is living every father's nightmare. he is battling the courts fighting for the daughter he thought was dead only to learn later that she was secretly given up for adoption. >> alexandra field has the story. >> i had to, i will rob a bank for my child. >> what do you know about your daughter? >> nothing. >> reporter: that could change. a utah supreme court ruling means chris carlton can fight for custody of his daughter, almost four years after the infant was adopted by another family. >> you don't know her name or where she lives or her parents. >> no. again, this is something that was preventible. if utah would get its act

together and fix these laws, then something like this cannot happen. >> reporter: carlton, an army veteran and former military contractor says his ex-girlfriend disappeared from his hometown, williamsport, pennsylvania when she was pregnant. she later said she gave birth to a son who died. court documents admitted she gave birth to a daughter, whom she gave up for adoption in utah. >> just like people who go to nevada because they want to get married quickly or same-sex couples go to massachusetts because the laws favor them. women who give up their children for adoption, they go to utah. >> reporter: not knowing where his child was, carlton missed the utah 20-day deadline to file a paternity claim. a lower court judge found he had no standing to contest the

baby's adoption. >> the most significant argument that carlton is making is that the utah laws are unconstitutional, most notably, the fraud immunity statute. >> reporter: the statute says fraud representation is not a basis for automatic grant of custody to the offended party, but the statute does allow for the possibility for civil or criminal penalties. carlton is 1 of 12 fathers who claim their rights are violated. they joined the utah attorney general and former attorneys general. >> it is up to the adoptive parents and the judge to fix this. right what is wrong. >> reporter: in carlton's case, this week's supreme court ruling means the fight returns to district court. carlton's attorney will argue the state's adoption laws are unconstitutional and carlton should have custody of the daughter he did not give up. >> no matter what the adoptive

parents say or no matter what -- let's say your biological mother ever says, your father has been here like he always will be. >> reporter: we have reached out to attorneys representing the adoption agency, but we have not yet received comment. chris carlton is celebrating the supreme court decision as a victory. there is a long legal road ahead. when this case returns to district court, carlton will have to successfully argue that the 20-day deadline should not apply to a man in pennsylvania where no law exists. if that is settled in his behavior, we could talk about a custody hearing while a judge has to consider what is in the best interest of the child at that point. >> alexandria field, thank you so much. i wonder if he has seen the child. >> to know she is out there somewhere. it is saturday, most of us will be hitting the roads with

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thunder. top five things you need to know for your "new day." russia may send troops into crimea. they would protect the black sea and russian citizens. number two, all you in california went from drought to drenched and look what is going on now. torrential rain leading to dangerous mudslides. after the worst drought in 100 years, the ground is so dry, flooding is causing this. and in fact, we know los angeles county is under a flash flood watch. number three. a year in jail and $5,000 fine. that is what secretly filming animal rights abuses could earn you in idaho. governor butch otter signed the bill in response to the videos

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ties by politicians. david wildstein says, quote, he has officially pissed me off. then, quote, clearly we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house. can we? wildstein, quote, flights to tel aviv, mysteriously delayed. unquote. it is not clear how the rabbi is mentioned. >> we are now getting a sense of the traffic jam. we want you polito listen to th1 tapes. first, we have matt covering all things chris christie for new jersey public radio. matt, it is good to have you back. >> good morning. >> what's the deal with the rabbi becoming part of this? how is the rabbi connected? >> we're not sure. sources in the political

community and the jewish community aren't really clear. our only guess is this rabbi, perhaps, did not do enough for the christie re-election campaign. he appeared to be a republican and general supporter of the governor, but maybe christie's people had asked him to maybe hold a campaign event or do some sort of formal endorsement and he didn't and they were upset with him. this is a pattern we're seeing. they were apparently upset with the mayor of ft. lee who was asked to endorse christie and did not and a result, a traffic jam. in this case, they are upset about the rabbi and joking about the traffic jam to tel aviv. it should be noted, the port authority, controls the bridge and also controls the airport. newark airport. you know, they could have created a traffic jam anywhere they pleased, including the airports. it is amazing stuff. >> we also learned the democrat who called for governor christie

to resign has quit the investigative committee after pressure from republicans. is this talk fair to the governor or is this an example of partisan bias? >> that's right. the governor's people were all over this yesterday when one of the members on thursday night said that the governor and his friends should all resign. the governor's folks were upset with this and this assembly woman ended up being the one to resign from the investigative committee last night. on her way out in her statement, she trashed one of the republican members of the investigative committee. that's because he is a friend of governor christie and he had written an e-mail that was disclosing the subpoenas and indicating he was putting a statement forward saying that these traffic jams were part of

some sort of traffic study. so the democrats are saying that he potentially was part of the cover up and it is possible that this special investigative committee subpoenas one of its own members, the republican legislator who was involved in one of the e-mails. it has gotten very partisan one way or another. both sides are really going after each other. it could turn into something of a mess. we'll see. >> and at the center of this, all those people who sat in traffic for hours. we now have the 911 tapes. let's listen to a couple of those. >> notified. waiting for over an hour. >> they have a new pattern. they are testing a new pattern of traffic from washington. it's down to one lane now. >> and traffic is a nightmare. >> 10-4. we're getting calls from irate motorists. >> you are aware the town is a

total gridlock. >> before this bridgegate scandal, christie was discussed as one of the 2016 hopefuls to top the list of republicans. he said in a town hall this week, i will not worry about politics. i'm on my back nine. if you don't have to worry about playing the front nine, you're only obligation is telling the truth. is he pulling out for 2016? >> no. i think he could be a contender for 2016. we should keep perspective. he still has 50% approval ratings. he lost a lot nationally against hillary clinton. he is still in striking distance. six or seven points. some other potential rivals in the 2016 primary have their own problems and skeletons in the closet and own popularity issues

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the newspaper said american airlines to phase out complimentary cabin pressurization. >> it no longer makes since for us to provide breathable air at altitu altitude. seriously folks -- rim shot. if you feel you are not getting much bang for your bucks. >> starting next january, the airline will give out frequent flyer miles based on the ticket price, not how much you trial. >> mark murphy is joining us now. why would delta do such a thing? >> it is all about the bucks,

victor. you said bang for the buck. they will reward people that spend more money to fly. those guys looking for the cheap airfare. they will get their airfare trimmed. >> the new program will award anywhere from 5 to 11 points for every $1 spent. elite numbers will get the most. you book a trip from new york to los angeles for $650. that will earn 1,000 miles. >> anybody today. >> under the new program, the credit would be over 3,000 miles. let's take a look at how this benefits business class passengers. oh, my gosh, right? >> right. >> go ahead. if someone books a business class ticket from new york to london for $5,000. under the current program, that is 20,000 miles. under the new program, 45,000

miles. >> the people who suffer are people who book frequent low cost fares or travel twice a year across the country. with fares already so high, mark, what is our incentive to stick with delta? >> loyalty programs really don't make people loyal. 14% of the american population that flies is loyal to a single airline. they become less relevant because they are more and more difficult to accumulate points. take a leisure traveler. flying twice a year, forget frequent flyer programs. they are not worth joining. go for the cheapest fare. before the change today, almost impossible to earn enough miles to make it worth your while to be loyal to a single airline. that is the trend. what delta is doing, they are rewarding the people who fly in front of the planes or highest ticket price because they drive the profitability. take care of your best customers. it is about the 1% on the plane.

>> so, american airlines is no longer going to offer discounted fares to customers who book last minute or bereavement fares. how many more benefits are there left to cut? >> if you are a great flyer, you will get great benefits. if you are an average joe, forget it. you will pay fees. the bereavement fare is not a bad thing. other than that, it is really not that relevant because the last-minute tickets are the highest price tickets. you will go anyway because of that situation. 5% is not going to make the difference. they are trying to get in alignment with the u.s. air partner because of the merger. >> i remember it. mark murphy, thank you for joining us. if you took a flight across the

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they protect the black sea fleet and russian citizens. ukraine says thousands of troops are in crimea. this is hours after president obama warned there will be costs for military intervention. >> cnn's diana magnay is following developments. diana, is russia paving the way for military intervention? up to this point, troops were seen as a military exercise and training mission. are they now going to move to some type of military action? >> reporter: well, that was the way that russia described it, but frankly, i'm in the city of simferopol. a long way away where they are supposed to take place in the russian bases. i have seen many, hundreds of military troops guarding various

government facilities at the airport yesterday. just an hour ago, a young one speaking told me he was from russia. we have confirmation that these troops who are guarding these facilities are from russia in any case. the fact the russian parliament may consider sending troops this is a cover for the fact there are already plenty of troops here on the ground. the atmosphere in simferopol where i am is astonishingly pro-russian. you get a sense from the crowd as president putin has their back with these guys surrounding their facilities and keeping them safe from what they believe the radicals coming in on the trains from kiev to force them to do what they don't want to do which is join the new ukraine, victor. >> we heard pro-russian protests

were expanding north of kie cri. do you know where the fighting is? >> reporter: there is a scuffle with the russian and pro-eu demonstrato demonstrators. east of ukraine is eastern facing. we have seen scuffles in the city of karkiev. they are not widespread. it shows you how divided the country is and if there is a new government in kiev, it doesn't mean there is anything solved in this site. >> diana magnay, thank you. >> if words could stop russia, the troops would be gone by now. >> president obama condemned the apparent invasion of crimea.

he used the words of a cost for apparent intervention. of course, he not layout what the cost would be. cnn's eric mcpike joinjoins us the white house. >> reporter: victor, he did. we learn fred from the scene yo official that the consequences could come in the form of the g-8 summit in sochi in june. he had stern words for vladimir putin in a briefing yesterday. >> we are now deeply concerned by a report of military movement taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has historic relationship with ukraine, including cultural and economic ties and a military facility in crimea. any violation of ukraine's

sovereignty and territory would be deeply disabling. >> reporter: we also know the state department is warning americans to stay out of the region while the situation continues. christi and victor. >> erin mcpike, thank you so much. we appreciate it. still to come on "new day," this mudslides and flooding in california. >> the pictures are awful. we will show you what is happening there and try to figure out what is in store for those folks in the future here. stay close. the new guy is loaded with protein! i'll believe it when i -- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge!

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what else it is bringing with it is hard to watch. >> mudslides. look at these. the rain brings problems. with the ground so dry, the flooding is a huge concern. right now, los angeles county is under a flash flood watch. from one extreme to the other. >> karen maginnis, let's talk about this. you said this was something rare earlier. a tornado warning near los angeles already. that's over now? >> it is over as of the last couple of hours. they are very short lived when you have a warning out. it did produce 1 inch-sized hail. this is the month of march. yes, this is not going to be a drought buster, but it is providing much-needed moisture. not just in the form of rain, but the snow pack in the mountains so vital. san francisco yesterday set a record rainfall total. they saw about 2/3 of an inch of rain.

in southern california, because we're watching the oscars and anticipation, it looks like you could see 1 to 3 inches there. phoenix could see the first rainfall in more than 70 days coming up. and yes, it looks like a lot of the weekend nascar events could see wet weather. look at the very cold temperatures. double digit below zero. minot, minus 24. these are in the windchills. these are actual air temperatures. look at the windchill factors. this is brutally cold. 53 degrees below zero in minot. omaha, feels like minus 10. i point out the temperatures because the weather system that is going to push on from the west coast, that is the major snow and rain producer and produced all that flooding, is going to trek across the interior west and central plains and then across the tennessee and ohio river valley and guess what? it looks like into the northeast

going into the beginning of the workweek. new york city, washington, d.c., yes, it's incredible as this is, and in a winter that is so memorable, here comes some more snow. we see where the winter storm watches are and warnings are out. kansas city, you could get pummeled with snow, sleet and ice. it is going to be especially dangerous. we take you through time. here is sunday. there across the midwest, it will be a narrow band. chicago, you might pick up some. the bulk of this is nebraska, kansas, southern illinois, indiana, ohio valley. there in the northeast, there is the snowfall. you thought those temperatures in march would be a little bit more back to normal. no. they will be below normal with temperatures across the deep south or rather across the northeast expected to be only in the 20s. this time of year, christi and victor, it should be 45.

no, 20s on monday with snow. >> oh, that hurts. you never know what march will bring you. karen maginnis in the cnn weather center, thank you so much. let's go to montana and talk more about snow. the avalanche came down on the two-story home in missoula. an 8-year-old boy was buried there and an elderly couple was under the snow. >> all three were pulled out alive. that is the good news. they are treated at the hospital now. thanks to the folks that came to their rescue. president obama announces a big initiative to help young men of color succeed and injects his story about having an absent father. we will talk with mark, the head of the urban league, just appointed as the program's advisers. if your enamel is exposed to acid and you brush it away, you know, then it's gone. i would recommend that they brush with pronamel. they don't need to cut out those foods

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i firmly believe that every child deserves the same chances that i have. that's why we're here today. to do what we can in this year of action to give more young americans the support they need to make good choices. >> some pretty emotional moments at the white house this week. the president getting personal and passionate about a subject dear to his heart and in addition to young men of color, he was surrounded by magic johnson, the parents of trayvon martin and business leaders. and our guest is the president of the urban league. mark. >> good morning, victor. >> the president kicked off the initiative, my brother's keeper. the advisory counsel on the ability for young americans. great title. what is it? >> that advisory council is

going to focus on financial education and literacy for young americans. our young people are making financial decisions all the time. they are purchasing cell phones. they are going to the movies. and what we need to do is equipped them with the skills they need with the analytical ability they need. i think the exciting thing is the chance to integrate this thinking with the push toward common cord. how we make math and science relevant in the application. this is all about equipping the next generation for the complex and financial decisions they will make about houses and cars and consumer products and budgets and spending and investing money wisely. >> i think a lot of people, including myself, touched by the president's words at the white house this week and hearing from our don lemon in washington about the moment when he received that father's day card and the boy said he never signed

a father's day card. then leading to what we saw this week. i wonder, though, beyond the words, what practically is this program going to be? is this initiative? >> here is what i understand, victor, the president has marshalled the forces and commitment by a number of foundations who commitmeted an additional $200 million. he identified his administration with the best practices already underway that address the challenges of boys of color face to figure out a way to expand them. i also think you can never underestimate the power of the bully pulpit. what barack obama has said i will lead this charge and by the way, since i grew up without a

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depression. i think his first term was dedicated squarely to addressing those issues. the important thing is not why now. the important thing is is that it is now. the president with three years left in his accidedministration believe can impact this. i say join in this cause. join in this crusade. this is person to american competitiveness. boys and men of color. i'm the father of an 11-year-old son. we all have a role to play not only with our own sons and grandsons and nephews and others, but we have a role to play in the broader community. this is going to light, i hope, a fire among people and i would say for those who may question this initiative, this is, i think, the president thinking also about rightfully so, about his legacy and addressing an issue that many have ducked, dodged and ignored at the

highest levels. >> this will extend beyond his presidency. let me ask you, are there quantitative measures -- this is too important to toss off to a blue ribbon commission and $200 million, although that is not anything to sneeze at. are there benchmarks to be measured? >> one benchmark is the high school graduate rates for young men of color. the unemployment rate for young men of color. i think the incarceration rate of young men of color. there are many benchmarks we will look to as we look with the president and we put the resources of the organization behind the effort. we have been working on this issue for a long time. this will shed light and i think add some encouragement and enthusiasm to those who have been really working on this and make it and provide for it,

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