flight. >> told them to close their eyes and go to sleep. he was taking them to a better place. >> charges filed against a mother accused of trying to kill her three children by driving them into the ocean. we are now hearing the 911 calls from hours before that event. >> any new american must do what all of russ required to do, respect the rule of law. now, mr. president, i hope you are listening because that goes especially for you. >> is the conservative party of the year, but have any stars emerged and what about all the talk about in-fighting? two voices on the right share the elephant in the room. >> good morning. thanks for being here with us on what's shaping up to be a busy saturday morning. i'm pamela brown. >> i'm joe johns. 10:00 on the east, 7:00 in the west. you're in the "cnn newsroom." we begin with a mystery at sea

unfolding now under the cover of darkness. after a jet carrying 239 people vanished off the southern coast of vietnam. >> just last hour malaysian transportation official vowed the search will continue around clock. he said this. >> we cannot detect the aircraft. but we are very sure that the disappearance will be around in the sea. it won't be on the land. >> the uss is now headed from the south china sea to the area where malaysia airline flight mh-370 was last reported as liquid and rubbish are spotted in waters off whmalaysia and vietnam. >> three americans including an infant were on board the 777 from kul and an austrian wasn't board at all and that his passport was stolen two years ago. the same may be true in the case

of an italian citizen. >> let's bring in cnn airline and correspondent richard quest following the qup dw ing thing . what do you make of this talk of passports missing and so on. does that give you any reason to believe that this was something other than the terrible accident? >> not yet. flight manifests are notoriously unreliable on international flights at the extremes, different names, different local pronunciations. all of these sort of things can mean that a flight manifest, different languages, a flight manifest doesn't necessarily look neat and tidy when -- particular my when you've got several hundred people on board. the fact that, however, the fact that two passengers were onboard traveling apparently on stolen or lost passports on an international flight where the destination is china and where the use of that passport might have been expected to throw up

because of the connection between the various immigration authorities that is troubling. that is going to give some cause for concern. and no doubt, will be a factor for maybe the criminal authorities rather than the accident investigations. but at the moment, it will be way jumping a leap to put the two together. >> all right. so let's just run through the possibilities here. we've said on some of our earlier programs here on cnn that weather was probably not a factor. so of the other things that potentially could have caused something like this that investigators would be looking into, certainly there would be a question of operator error, after that, mechanical malfunction. then i suppose there's that third question, it's too early certainly to rule out though the notion of ill will from person "x." >> you say weather, weather as such, when you talk about weather you're talking about extreme weather leading to the break-up of the aircraft. no, that we can pretty much rule

out. that doesn't really happen. but weather leading to a chain of events in the same sense of flight 447 a couple of years ago, that still has to be on the agenda. look, let's put this in bruss tax. we have a range of possibilities that we won't know. everything from will ill, terrorism right the way through malfunction of the airframe, right the way through some form of on toward incident waiting to the way the pilots flew the aircraft. you have an entire range of options. and until they actually find the plane and the plane, you know, the plane will give up its secrets. of that i am absolutely certain. the cockpit voice recorder, we don't know yet was the plane emmitting messages to malaysian airlines as it started to fail? we're a long way from finding

this sort of information. >> what we do know, richard, is that there was ant mayday call. is that right? what does that tell you? >> it tells me that whatever happened was dramatic, it was drastic, it was catastrophic, and for whatever reason, the pilots involved were unable to get a call away. now, does that mean because they were incapacitated? i don't know. but, you know, we've got an example. again, i keep coming back to this. the closest case we've got in recent years is air france 447 over the south atlantic. and in that case, the plane, which left the sky, fell out of the sky, there was no mayday message there and they had four minutes to give a mayday message. so we can't say yet. the investigations, the ntsb, american ntsb, british air accident investigation, they will all be involved but they will be dissecting this bit by

bit. >> still so many unanswered questions. and really eerie, richard, because you actually met the co-pilot of this this plane and actually sat in the cockpit of a similar aircraft just a few days ago. tell us about him and what you learned from this experience. >> it was. i mean, we were very lucky and privileged. we had been grant ed to fly on n air flight. filming for cnn business traveler. it was all authorized and properly managed. we had a safety captain who was there as well. and he was flying the aircraft. he's a relatively new -- experienced first officer. and he was flying the 777 and did a picture perfect landing to kul kuala lumpar. in the left-hand seat was

extremely captain. >> 18,000 hours, more than that. >> absolutely. >> thank you, richard quest. we appreciate it. dozens of relatives of missing passengers and crew members have gathered at the beijing airport. some overcome with grief and fearing for the worst. >> cnn's david mckenzie is in beijing where the flight was supposed to land. david, set the scene for us. what are you hearing from people the there? >> what we're hearing from them, pamela, is frustration, anger, and, of course, sadness as they wait these agonizing hours trying to figure out what what happened to their loved ones. people coming in and out of that hotel where they've been put while they wait for any word from authorities, what happened. and certainly the information so far has been pretty slim to them. some of them expressing frustration that no one is really telling them what is going on. we have word that malaysian airline authorities, a large contingent of them are coming in to beijing. they should have landed already to give support, counseling, and

information to the families and loved ones. but at this stage obviously it's looking very bleak indeed. it's been many hours since that plane lost contact somewhere over the airspace of vietnam and people will obviously kind of be expecting the worst at this point, or so, as they follow our reporting which suggests that there have been debris and oil slicks seen on the surface of the ocean somewhere between vietnam and malaysia. so not looking good at this point and a lot of very, very tense hours here in beijing. >> your heart goes out to them. >> very, very hard. david mckenzie, thank you so much for that. so what could have caused the plane to disappear? according to malaysia airline crowe so far it does not look like it was bad weather. >> any review shows there's no bad weather at that point. >> so for more on this let's go

to our jennifer grey at the severe weather center. jennifer, tell us about the weather conditions at the time the plane left kuala lumpur airport. >> 77 degrees. winds out of the northeast at three miles per hour. visit at six miles. you didn't have strong cross winds or fog. visibility was fine and looking at the south china sea area you can see clear as can be during the past 24 hours. but of course, those ground observations really don't pooen mean much when you're cruising at 30,000 feet. you want to look higher up in the atmosphere. we looked at wind shear in the area. a lot of times that can cause turbulence. we looked at those reports. nothing showing, even turbulence in the area. so we definitely agree with all the folks have been saying that weather was probably not t a factor. guys? >> that's right. that's for sure. we've been so focused all morning about what happened out there we really haven't talked about what's going on domestically.

what does the weather look like here this weekend? >> oh, man, it is going to be nice. how about a warm-up? a little taste of spring for the south. we have some air that's going to pull in from the gulf of mexico. that's going to warm us up, especially here in the southeast. look at these temperatures. by sunday, charlotte should be at 66 degrees. that's six degrees above normal. hitting 70 by monday. look at dallas. 71 on monday. almost 80 degrees by tuesday. new york city, you're almost at 60 degrees by tuesday. so a lot of areas in the northeast. we have a little bit of a cooldown on sunday. that includes you, d.c. here are some video. but then rebounding nicely by monday, guys. we are going to have a nice little breather by the beginning of the workweek. >> we like to hear that. >> it's about time. >> i know. >> come on. all right, jennifer, thanks for that. >> thank you. coming up right here on "new day" could the crisis in ukraine have a ripple effect? how russia's actions could impact countries around the

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new developments this morning in the case of a pregnant mother accused of trying to kill her three children. ebony wilkerson made her first court appearance earlier today after being charge with three counts of attempted first degree murder. >> police say she rolled up the windows and told her children to go to sleep before taking them on a terrifying ride into the ocean. let's bring in cnn's nick valencia. >> i just got off the phone with the pub blub defender and the bond was set at $1.2 million. at $1.2 million bond was $300,000 per attempted first degree murder charge. another $100,000 per child abuse

charge. lots of eyes on this case. her attorney i spoke to him a couple hours before that. he said a big issue for them and what he's going to try to argue is her mental health. he's saying that she's very, you know, prone and susceptible to mental health issues. >> there was a 911 call made hours before the incident that kind of gives you a little window into her mental health. >> it's a chilling call when you consider the circumstances. just two hours before, her sister made this phone call. i want to play this phone call for you and tell you, we'll talk about it after we hear. >> she did intentionally try to kill the children. witnesses observed this. we had witnesses who actually saw her go into a surf. we had witnesses who tried to get the children out of the car, which she tried to keep them from rescuing the children. we also have the fact of what the children have told us, that their mother was trying to kill them. >> so that's not the phone call but that is the sheriff of

volusia county. witness testimony as well as interviews with the children that ebony wilkerson did this on purpose. >> she tried to keep them from rescuing the children. >> according to witnesses, that's right. witnesses thought it was a joke initially, joe, when this car drove on the surf and it wasn't until they heard those faint cries for help from the window that two onlookers decided to check things out and luckily for the children in that minivan they were able to be rescued. according to witnesses, again, as you mention, she was trying to keep them from helping the children out. >> incredible. >> you can't wrap your head around it. >> it's hard. >> thanks. >> you got it. as diplomatic powers try to hammer out a solution in ukraine, russia is standing its ground and pushing back against the west. coming up next, ukraine's sovereignty isn't the only thing at stay. >> but first in the los angeles public schools, nearly one in five kids drops out before graduation. at this week's cnn hero is

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as world waits to see whether the cream of crimea will vote to become a part of russia, the stakes are high for international community. >> just days after president obama signed an executive order prepare for sanctions there are growing concerns that vladimir putin's actions could impact more than just ukraine sovere n

sovereign sovereignty. >> let's bring in aaron david miller. this week you wrote an op-ed on cnn how the crisis in ukraine could affect places like syria and iran. could you talk a little bit about the fallout that you see occurring in other spheres? i don't know if we have his mike there. can you hear me? aaron david miller, can you hear me? all right. then we're going to have to just move on and get back to aaron david miller as soon as question get communications established there. >> the beauty of live television, right? >> absolutely. >> thanks for bearing with us, everyone. we're going to go to some of our top stories today. number one, a mystery at sea unfolding now under the cover of darkness. after a jet carrying 239 people

vanished off the southern coast of vietnam. last hour malaysian transportation official vowed the search will continue around clock and that it's focused on the sea, not on land. according to the airline, three americans including an infant were onboard the 477 from kuala lumpur to beijing. the jobs report was better than expected. the economy added 175,000 jobs last month. a big improvement from january. but the unemployment rate is up to 6.7%. so why the higher unemployment rate? people are feeling better about their chans of finding work and re-entered the labor market. number three, was oscar pistorius a paranoid cheating gun-loving boyfriend with a temper? wrapping up the week at the trial, emotional ex-girlfriend accused him of sleeping with guns and cheating on her with reeva steencamp, 29-year-old model. the trial has been adjourned until monday. there's more backlash for

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all right. now let's go to vice president of the woodrow wilson international center, aaron david miller. this week you wrote in cnn an op-ed about how the crisis in ukraine could affect places like syria and iran. talk to us a little bit about the ripple effect you see of this crisis. >> well, you know, big powers, when they act or don't act, small ones pay very close attention. you have a situation here where the united states has very bad hands, very bad cards. putin has history, proximity, geography, all on his side. and small powers, iran, syria, north korea, even the israelis, will be watching very closely to see whether or not the united states can come up with an effective response. certainly not military intervention, but sanctions and political pressure, to roll back

what vladimir putin was done. and, of course, the outcome here is not going to be a happy one. the reality is the iranians are going to look at this, they're going to say, hey, the west is preoccupied with sanctions. maybe they will loosen ours. the syrians will continue bashar assad, to violate the terms of the chemical weapons agreement which the russians helped broker. so whatever -- however this turns out, putin win, putin loses, you're still going to end up with a middle east that's going to be more complicated and more difficult for the united states. >> and you argue that this situation is more favorable to putin compared to how the outcome could be for president obama. i want to read something you wrote this week. you said, president obama is facing a crisis in you krin where geography, history, and proximity favor putin and leave washington with a weaker hand, perhaps some face-saving win-win can be devised. but if not, and perhaps unfairly, because obama's options are bad ones, america

will again be judged a weak and reckless power. you say in this particular scenario, what should our strategy be? >> in 1956, soviet union invaded hungary. our administration kout couldn't act to stop it. 1968, the soviets took over czech. even mr. putin in georgia acted in 2008 and while we responded, putin essentially got what he wanted. the real problem here is the geography is destiny. and we don't have the cards. we can do sanctions, we can impose political pressure. we can perhaps find a way to convince reluctant europeans, the germans and britds, to toughen sanctions and even go after the russian money which would be a blow but this is not going to be a short movie. i suspect it's not going to have a happy ending for the short term and, unfairly or not, this

president who is viewed already as risk averse rather than risk ready, on his watch is going to have to preside over perhaps the most assertive russian move in eastern europe over the course of the last 30 or 40 years. >> speaking of history, do you see this as the worse crisis with russia since the bay of pigs and do you think that the way putin responds to western pressure will sort of determine how others smaller powers respond to the u.s. in the future? >> it's really hard to say. the whole noegsz of american credibility is a much misunderstood term. the notion somehow that had we acted in syria putin would have weighed the costs and consequences of his move into ukraine differently to me really doesn't make much sense. i think the united states still the world's most consequential power with the best distribution of political, military, economic, and soft power simply con fronts a reality.

vladimir putin has undertaken an imperial move even while he's no longer in imperial power. let's be clear. what is it the united states really is prepared to do about this? this is going to be another frozen conflict where the russians over the short term will prevail, long-term consequences, like russia's invasion of hungary and the russian invasion of czech slovakia, ultimately did not work out for the benefit of the soviet union. we won the cold war. they lost. but putin still has the capacity to defend what he considers to be vital russian national interests. and frankly, we can't really do much to stop him. >> aaron david miller, always good to talk to you. thanks so much for that. >> pleasure. it's been a three-day love fest for conservatives and it all wraps up this evening outside washington, d.c. when the conservative political action conference unveils much anticipated presidential straw

poll. we've already heard from republican heavyweights like texas senator ted cruz and senate mooi nor minority leader mcconnell. michele bachmann had this to say. listen. >> today there are 20 million americans who want a full-time job but they can't find one. we have the lowest labor participation rate since women joined the workforce in the 1970s. so you see, with so many americans struggling in this obama economy, i think it's incumbent upon us that our first duty has to be to help our fellow american workers. not lower their wages by rapidly adding millions of unskilled laborers. it's time that we learn the lessons of 1986. number one, secure the borders first and then, second, build the dang fence. >> joining us now, amy holmes,

conservative and anchor at theblaze.com and tea party express chairwoman amy cramer. michele bachmann proposing a wall even when some of of her fellow republicans on the hill admit a more nuanced solution. does this resonate with the conservative base still? >> well, you know, i know that you've covered cpac for many years. and what the media often overlooks is that cpac is full of young people. a lot of those attendees are college activists and they are there for red meat. this is rally. this is a way to get back to some conservative principles. look, we know from polling data a majority of americans do believe we need to strengthen our borders and approach this with border security first. but i think we need to look at this three-day conference as really an opportunity for conservatives, tea party member, and republicans and i consider those different groups of people, to come together to celebrate the right. >> and i agree. i mean, this is, you know,

people are there for they want change and they want -- they stand on fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets. and what is going on right now in washington with this administration and under harry reid's rule in the united states senate, with obamacare, the job problem, there's so much that's not going right. and that's why we need change. and listen to these great activists, you know, talk about the ted cruzs and rand pauls of the world, excitement and enthusiasm there that hasn't been there for a long time. it's exciting to listen to that. >> we heard earlier this week paul ryan talk about the infighting within the gop. let's take a listen to what he said. >> the way the left tells it the republican party is in this big mess of civil war. it's tea party versus establishment, libertarians versus social conservatives. there's infighting, conflict, back biting, discord. look, i'm irish.

that's my idea of a family reunion. i don't see this great divide in our party. what i see is a vibrant debate -- >> civil war or friendly family squabble. what do you think? amy holmes? >> well, you know, it's been unfriendly at times. over the weekend i think much friendlier. we saw that chris christie was invited this year. he was not invited last year. again, members of the right, folks on the right who didn't necessarily think he was conservative enough for cpac last year are also rallying around him because they see him getting so much incoming from the left. so i think that's showing some of the interesting going on with conservatives. also when we look at this straw poll there's going to be a lot of pressure on rand paul to be able to win this thing because his dad has in years past. >> that's the next question. can't let you get away without asking. who is going to win this thing and do you think these results are going to give us any hints about 2016?

starred with you, amy cremer. >> i think it's going to be interesting. i wouldn't be surprised if rand paul or ted cruz wins it. there's a lot of sxiexcitement. their message is good. they're fighting on principle and finally somebody standing up and doing that. i wouldn't be surprised if it's either one of them. >> amy holmes, what do you think? >> well, as i say, the pressure is on rand paul because we know his dad has one the cpac straw poll and pollistas are usually well organized. i think the two amys on your show this morning, said the last name every time. >> amazing. >> you yknow, seems like every year a new star is thrust into the spotlight with cpac. any stars this year who have erm merges? >> well, i think, you know, like i said, we've elected new senators and there's a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for them. and some new members in the house. and that's what people are

energized about. the republicans that have been in office 30, 40 years, you know, they're part of the problem. they contributed to this mess and gotten us into it. so really, i think some of the new stars are some of the new ones that have been elected last cycle but also some that may be elected this next cycle. and that's what we're to used on out here in the states is elected true conservatives and, you know, retiring some of these, we appreciate their service but they've been there too long and it's time for them to go home and spend some time with their grandchildren. >> oh, ouch. >> all right. amy kremer and amy holmes, we'll end it on that note. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up right here on "new day" the body of a michigan woman discovered inside her home. she's been dead for six years. why did it take so long for anyone to find the body? that's coming up.

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woman's automatic bill payment helped hide the fact that she died in her home six years ago. this is in pontiac, michigan. authorities say the woman would be 49 years old if she were still alive. get this. her body was mummified because it was found in a closed car in a closed garage. now neighbors are wondering how could this have gone unnoticed for so long. >> this is hard because i never see anyone move around in there. >> terribly shocked. nobody cared about this person?

nobody realized that she wasn't there and that, you know, nobody we -- nobody was concerned. >> really just bizarre. >> i know. >> at love of unanswered questions. alexander field live with more on this story. nice to see you. what else are police saying? >> good morning. this whole thing is so disturbing. so many people are asking how this could go on for so long. the sheriff said this was really a perfect storm. the woman who is believed last seen in september of 2008. and that's around the time she stopped working. so an employer wasn't looking for her. investigators tell us that she had anned stranged relative on the east coast but they has been estranged for many years so that person wasn't looking for her. her mail was being collected directly at the post office so there were no letters piling up outside her house. a neighbor actually continued to cut her grass for years at a time. and now the undersheriff says that tens of thousands of

dollars in her bank account actually helped mask the fact that she disappeared so for so many years. listen to this. >> all of her bills were paid by electronic automatic deduction from a local bank. and so her electricity was being paid, her gas was being paid, her cable tv was being paid, her house payment was being paid. at one point in time she had $54,000 in the account. >> years later, of course, that money finally ran out, that's when her home went into foreclosure. the bank then sent contractors over to the house to do some repair work and at contractor who finally made the dois covis >> given the facts are so odd here there's got to be an investigation going on. any sign of foul play? anything to indicate that there was something other here than a natural cause of death? >> so we've seen hazmat crews going into the house and the sheriff says that's concerns of mold in the house which was

largely abandoned for so many years. the sheriff says there is nothing inside the house, nothing inside the garage or the car that would immediately indicate the cause of death here or why this woman was found in the backseat of her jooep. it could really take weeks now for the medical examiner to have a clearer picture. that's when the toxicology reports will come in. we could, of course, learn more from that. >> thanks so much for that. >> to think she said it was a perfect storm of factors. >> including electronic bill pay, which is fascinating. >> and the fact that her neighbor mowed the lawn. >> you have to have someone check on you. still to come here on "newsroom," how would it be to use your smartphone to control everything in your home? we're talking your light, air conditioning, even your coffee maker to brew a fresh cup of joe. you name it. stick around to see just how cool internet-connected smart home could be. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video.

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words and, get this, the app's maker says once users get used to it, people can read up to 600 words a minute with this tool. >> well, we've heard of smartphone, right? what about smart homes. cnn money tech correspondent got to tour what could be in store for all of us in the near future, internet connected home that let's use your phone to control your world. lock doors, turn off lights and, yes, even brew fresh coffee on demand. that's what i care most about. check it out. >> welcome to the home of the future. ♪ from the moment you step out of bed. ♪ fly me to the moon in this house everyone is connected by smartphone. it's ownby tech entrepreneur matt, investor in smart things. the company responsible for all the technology. your home is smart. what the can it do? >> it can sense it based on motion or you can of course tell it good morning.

but hitting the button on the i'm up and then you can see the house senses it, the lights are coming on in the bedroom. >> walk into the kitchen. started brewing the coffee for you. and the coffee is actually brewing behind me. >> the coffee is brewing now. >> reporter: how is your commute? your kitchen lamp will tell you. green means no traffic. >> you put it near a commute pattern and it checks the traffic and then it will tell this lamp to change colors based on the timing of your commute. >> reporter: your home can even tell you the forecast. your open the door. >> the current temperature is 53 degrees. >> reporter: smart things make use of a hub that's kind of like a router. once you've installed it, it can download different apps on the smart things platform to control different devices. >> your home becoming programmable in the same way you can put app s on your phone, yo can install an app of what type of cough free you want brewed in the morning. >> reporter: it seems like

something out of science fiction. but it's just part of the morning routine for matt. >> what i see happening in sort of connected home that right now expensive system. that's beener radically democratized. for now you can buy the cheap devices, on the smartphone, and there needs to be a platform for it. >> reporter: the tech is being used to keep your kids safe. >> the chemical cabinet has been opened. >> reporter: here's a cool one. your connected home plays your music of choice when you step inside. ♪ let me play among the stars >> reporter: it's part of a larger trend of technology moving beyond your smartphone. >> it's almost like went you look at the app you're texting with your home. >> yes, we wanted to make it very intuitive. people are used to texting with each other and we give your home a voice. it's called hello home and you can say good morning and good night and have it react around you. >> reporter: good night, home. lori siegel, cnn money, new york. >> yeah, i don't know. that's going a little far. >> i know. >> creepy, walk in the house,

hello. >> hello. >> of course. i don't know. i like the idea of just pressing a button and having fresh brewed coffee though. if it helps me sleep in a few extra minutes in the morning, i'm all for it. >> so be it. it's almost time to set your clocks forward an hour. do that automatically. >> unfortunately because we're working tomorrow so we're going to feel the brunt of that. >> yeah. but did you know that your watch loses time every month? scientists are now trying to make a clock that would never slow down. that's coming up next. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.d everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you

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here's a reminder. don't now get we told you this. daylight saving time begins tomorrow. set those clocks forward. >> did you know that your wristwatch actually loses time

every month? ppg correspondent barbara starr tells us about it. ♪ >> reporter: chicago asks the age old question and pentagon is looking for the answer. this high-tech lab of lasers and mirrors measures the movement of atoms, 429 trillion atomic vibrations add up to just one second. >> that vibration is sort of the smallest unit of time we can actually measure. >> reporter: their goal is to make the most precise clock in the world. currently the source for precision time is gps satellites which contain atomic clocks used to synchronize clocks on the ground. but the pentagon worries the satellites could be jammed, so they want an even more accurate alternative. your wristwatch loses a second every 30 days. clocks on gps satellites lose a second every 30,000 years.

this program is aimed at building a clock that wouldn't lose a second for a billion years. >> i don't care what your watch is saying. my says they should have gone three minutes ago. >> reporter: synchronizing time has always been vital for soldiers but now it's more important than ever. >> you've got all of these high-speed aircraft, you have precision-guided ammunitions, cameraing and sensors and radars all operating simultaneously. you have to do that skroinkization much more prec e precise precisely. >> reporter: so if gps goes down, troops will face new dangers. >> if you were to lose a couple billionths of a second, your positioning starts to get off by act a meter. you lose a few more billionths of a second and now you're starting to get off by several meters. >> reporter: and your life won't be so smooth either. gps time is in everything, from power grids to your cellphone to the atm you use to get cash. without precision time, that atm

would eventually stop. if we can tell time more precisely you may still be late for work but now you'll know exactly how late you are. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> how about that? >> that's pretty amazing. barbara starr, thanks for that. >> again, don't forget to set your clocks forward tomorrow. watch us on "new day" tomorrow morning. a little sleep deprived. that will do it for us today. thank you for being here. >> and stay right there because there's a whole lot more ahead in the next hour of "cnn newsroom" turning it over now to our colleague fredericka whitfield. >> good to see you guys. i know you guys won't forget. just in case, i know you got my back, right? >> you're lucky. >> all right. good deal. thinks so much, joe and pamela. hello, everyone. it's 11:00 eastern hour of the "newsroom" which starts right now.