some amazing things, and that, coupled with good detective work, there's just no end to what we can do. >> we here in science, in forensics, we're here for the truth. we're not here for the prosecution, we're not here for the defense. we're here for the truth. >> he will spend the rest of his >> he will spend the rest of his life in a state penitentiary. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com vanished without a trace. this morning, still no sign of a malaysian jetliner with 239 people on board. clues turning into dead ends more than 48 hours after flight 370 disappeared. we are live with the very latest. russia not backing down as crimea moves closer to a vote on its future. angry protests on the streets and new support for secession from vladimir putin. we are live with an exclusive look at crimea's tense border. he calls his own son evil. peter lanza speaking out for the first time about the school

shooting that left 26 people dead. what he says he now thinks about his own child. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, march 10th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. hope you had a great weekend, but it's all over now. sorry about that. >> thanks, john. >> we're going to start, though, with the latest on this tragic mystery surrounding the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. every minute that passes, there seem to be fewer clues and more questions. still no sign of the jetliner, despite an exhaustive international effort involving dozens of ships, planes and search crews from eight countries. it has been nearly three days now since this plane vanished in southeast asia en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. reports of possible debris sightings have so far turned up nothing. there's been no link to terrorism so far as we have found yet. the search for answers has investigators focusing on two passengers who were traveling, though, with stolen passports. cnn's david mckendzie is live in

beijing. what's the latest, david? >> reporter: john, the latest is more unanswered questions at this hour. vietnamese officials saying that they have seen a yellow object floating in the ocean. now search-and-rescue vessels are on their way to investigate that. that might raise some hopes of an answer to this mystery. this plane, which early saturday was flying over vietnamese air space, which vanished. no real theories at this point as to what happened, but as you mentioned, two passengers which boarded that plane were on stolen passports, who were going on from kuala lumpur to beijing on to europe. they haven't ruled out terrorism at this point or hijacking. in fact, they haven't ruled out any possibility of what exactly happened. the most of the passengers, more than 150 of them, chinese nationals. many of the families of those people are in this hotel behind me waiting, wondering,

frustrated, not knowing what has happened. they are going to be flown to malaysia, like family members of others on that plane. more than a dozen nationality, including at least three americans on this ill-fated mh-370 jetliner. so many unanswered questions at this point, but they say it could take days, weeks, perhaps even months to figure out what happened. a priority for them is to find any concrete sign of where this plane presumably went down. john? >> and so far, no sign. and you could tell the unknown is wearing on those families. david mckenzie for us in beijing, thank you. >> no distress call, and the two people traveling on those stolen passports bought them from the same travel agency, so -- >> at the same time, consecutive numbers. >> really interesting. so a lot to still follow and so many mysteries. now to the crisis in ukraine, where russia seems to be tightening its grip in crimea. president vladimir putin defending the breakaway moves by the region's pro-russian leaders.

in phone conversations sunday he had with british prime minister david cameron and german chancellor angela merkel. cnn has an exclusive look at the situation on the new border between russian-controlled crimea and the rest of ukraine. by all indications, moscow's military is dug in. cnn's anna coren has that, live for us in crimea this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, christine. there is no doubt about it, a new border is being erected between crimea and ukraine. we drove up there yesterday, and we came across a checkpoint. our car was searched, equipment was searched, one of our cameras was taken and turned off. but the soldiers eventually spoke to us. they said we could not film the area. what we saw were camps of russian soldiers. when we moved a little bit further, we could see that there were armored personal carriers that are being dug in. they were rolling out barbed wire. they were digging holes for

fence posts. and they were also putting up signs that would indicate a mine field. and we spoke to a local, christine, who said that a local dog, one of his neighbor's dogs had been blown up after he ran into the area a few days ago. so, there is real concern that this area is now part of russia, effectively. they didn't want us to film, they did not want us to show the evidence, but i can assure you, christine, it is happening. >> so, the referendum, anna, is less than a week away. what is the mood there now? >> reporter: well, we've been seeing clashes pretty much on a daily basis, certainly here in soferapol and sevastopol, clashing with people who want to remain part of ukraine. they start out peacefully and then turn ugly very, very

quickly. there is also a media crackdown under way here. there are no ukrainian tv stations being broadcast in crimea. it is state-sponsored russian tv. they want to control the message in the lead-up to that referendum, which takes place, christine, on the 16th of march. >> anna coren, thank you so much for that. again, that referendum to ask the people who live in crimea whether they want to be part of russia or part of ukraine. that will be the next big hurdle. thank you, anna. >> six minutes after the hour right now. breaking overnight, the father of adam lanza speaking publicly for the first time since his son massacred 26 first graders and staff at the sandy hook elementary school back in december 2012. peter lanza telling "the new yorker," "with hindsight, i know adam would have killed me in a heartbeat if he had the chance." he says he believes when adam shot his mother four times, each bullet was meant for a member of their family, including himself. pete were lanza also says he wishes his son had never been born. just days after rejecting a bill that would have stripped

military commanders of authority in prosecuting sex assault cases, the senate is poised to pass another measure dealing with how top brass handles alleged sex crimes. the bill, sponsored by michigan senator claire mccaskill, would get rid of the so-called good soldier defense that takes the service record of the accused into account. in cases of dual jurisdiction, when a crime's committed off base, the victim would have a say on whether it's handled by a civilian or military court. happening today in massachusetts, we will get more details about what will be done to keep this year's boston marathon safe. emergency officials are expected to speak about how they will screen the crowds and what spectators will be allowed to carry along the marathon route, 26.2 miles worth of security there. the race is set for april 21st. the bombing at the finish line last year killed 3 and injured more than 260 people. this morning authorities in mexico trying to confirm that a notorious drug lord is really dead after a weekend shoot-out they claim killed nazaroi

moreno, head of the knights templar drug cartel. the questions, because this guy was declared dead in 2010 after another gun battle with police. this time, authorities say they have his body and they've checked his fingerprints. >> this guy keeps dying. this time they say it's for real. happening today in austin, nsa leaker edward snowden expected to take part in an interactive conversation about online privacy at the south by southwest festival, appearing via video conference from russia, where he is now living in sil yaum. wikileaks founder julian assange also spoke to the festival from the ecuadorian embassy in london. he's been there for two years since britain called to extradite him to sweden for charges. chaos at amherst leaving dozens arrested. police in riot gear went to the campus to break up the blarney blowout. they say drunken revelers threw

cans and snowballs at them. they had to use pepper spray and some taking part were treated for alcohol poisoning. breaking overnight, a strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake reported off the coast of northern california. this quake centered some 50 miles west of ueureka in the pacific. we're hearing reports of people feeling the ground shake for up to a minute. no damage or injuries reported. >> we'll follow up on that. so, spring not yet here, but this weekend was awfully nice here in new york. >> almost there. >> no snow, nice temperatures. >> almost there. >> we are almost there. will it stick? indra petersons, it's all on you. >> good morning. >> i'm going to try, how about that? is that good enough? >> good enough. >> we are already starting off this morning, it feels pretty good. a couple weeks ago, i would say these were afternoon highs, but already this morning new york city 38. not bad, right? providence 33, and new jersey about 34. so, let's talk about what we are expecting. now, by the afternoon, look at this, guys, it looks amazing out there, especially anywhere into the south. these temperatures in the mid-70s today for new orleans. d.c. going for 60s.

looks like new york city 51, even boston looking for the 40s today. so, that's how it looks today. tomorrow, believe it or not, actually gets nicer. hard to believe. we're talking about 60s in towards new york city, d.c. gets 70s, but you really want to check out maybe what happens about wednesday in through thursday, especially thursday. d.c. goes from 63 down to 35. so, there's still another big change in our forecast. a couple things going on. first, a little clipper kind of makes its way north of us today. not going to be a big deal. it's the system coming in behind it that we will have to start to watch. the cold air and warm air combines again. that system makes its way through the upper midwest, the ohio valley. then tuesday, wednesday, in through thursday, it's all about where the system goes and how much rain or snow we get. good news now, a lot of it staying north of us. we will keep you posted. >> enjoy it while it lasts. all right, indra. that's your weather look. now the market look. huge drop in exports for china, sending stocks lower worldwide. markets in asia closing sharply lower. >> wow. >> japan and hong kong

suffering, yep, but not as much as china's stock market. big losses there, down almost 3%. stocks in europe started negative and are clawing back. u.s. futures indicating a mixed open at this hour. we head into today with the s&p hovering around, you know, a record high. shares of boeing dipped about 2% in afterhours trading on friday. boeing manufactured the 777 malaysia airline plane that disappeared and is presumed to have crashed into the ocean off the southern tip of vietnam over this weekend. you know, boeing has a stellar safety reputation. separately, though, we've learned that hairline cracks were found in the wings of 40 dreamliner jets being built for boeing. boeing says the wing cracks are being addressed and that none of the dreamliners currently being flown are affected. we'll watch that today. we'll also watch the parent of the malaysian airlines plane, that stock getting hurt a little bit today, too. so we'll watch that as well. >> very good. all right, coming up next, a scary close call at a florida airport. look at this skydiver and a plane meet just a few feet off

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we are following new developments this morning from syria. reports say 13 nuns and 3 convent workers kidnapped by rebels, held for more than three months, are now free. the group was released sunday, reportedly in exchange for some 150 prisoners being held by the syrian regime. cnn's mohammed jamjoom is following developments, live for us this morning in beirut. what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: christine, this was a very dramatic and tense negotiation process, months in the making, and last night here in lebanon, officials started talking about how the nuns were going to be released imminently.

then there was a last-minute hiccup. there were what were called logistical difficulties. other officials were saying, though, if there were problems with the negotiation. finally, hours after that, the nuns were released. there is very dramatic video showing the nuns as they arrived on the syrian/lebanese border, taken into the custody of lebanese government officials. what happened after that is that they were then transferred back into the custody of syrian officials. so, in essence, they went through lebanon and then went back into syria. in exchange for their release, 150 women that were being held by the syrian government were released. that was the exchange, or the terms of the exchange. now, lebanese government officials are telling us today that these nuns are all back in syria, that they are safe, that they told them that, in fact, they were well taken care of in the custody of islamist fighters. there is, however, some discrepancy about why these nuns were taken. originally, the syrian

government stated the nuns were kidnapped by islamic fighters. after that, opposition groups in syria stated, in fact, that the nuns were only being held to protect them, because the part of syria where they were, malula, was under attack by the syrian government. christine? >> all right, mohammed jamjoom for us this morning in beirut, thank you. 17 minutes after the hour. it's the 66th birthday of an american missing seven years in iran. bob levinson, the fbi agent whose family says he was working for the cia when he disappeared, has not been seen or heard from since 2010. the iranian government says they have no idea where he is, but his family will be asking questions, especially as negotiators sit down for a deal. >> although it's been seven years, we've never been more hopeful with the continued developments between our two countries. we're going to keep pressing officials on both ends, and we're not going to go away until this is resolved and my dad's home.

>> the state department says it is committed to levinson's safe return and is asking iran to work with the united states to find him. meanwhile, a top european negotiator warning there are no guarantees the nuclear talks between the west and iran will be able to reach an agreement. catherine ashton called the process challenging and difficult after meeting with iran's foreign minister in tehr tehran, and the iranians said they wouldn't agree to any deal that doesn't respect their country's rights. breaking overnight, he has to finish his 28-year murder sentence first, but peru has agreed to extradite joran van der sloot to the united states to face extortion charges in alabama. the 26-year-old remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba, and her mother says he extorted money from her by offering false information about her daughter's whereabouts. the extradite likely will not happen until 2038, when van der sloot is expected to complete his sentence for murdering a different woman in a peruvian hotel room. incredible pictures to show you from florida, where a

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the excitement is building. selection sunday less than a week away. one team in line for a top seed, wichita state. the shockers completing a perfect season over the weekend by winning their conference. >> andy scholes joins us with more in this morning's "bleacher report." hey, andy. >> hey, good morning, you guys. what a season. wichita state is now 34-0 after winning the missouri valley conference title over the weekend. the shockers, first team since the 1991 unlv runnin' rebels to head to the tournament undefeated. while the team is perfect, the t-shirt maker not so much. the conference title shirts say they're champs on the front, but on the bracket on the back, it says indiana state won. i guess if you can't beat them on the court, beat them on the t-shirt. trending today on bleacherreport.com. the struggling miami heat received another kick in the face yesterday as they took on the bulls, and lebron, he literally got kicked in the face by jimmy butler. the two got tangled up under the

basket right here. both received a technical foul. joaquim noah would lead chicago to the win, and check out his dad during an interview in the stands. he's going to go nuts during a sequence where noah made a play on both ends of the floor. that's awesome. all right, dale earnhardt jr. was looking to keep his hot streak going this weekend in las vegas. things were looking gore him as he has a lead on a final lap, but he runs out of gas on the second turn. that opened the door for brad keselowski to pass him and get the win. junior said afterwards, 16 ounces of fuel, that was the difference between getting first or second. all right, after a stellar third round on saturday, tiger woods' back started acting up again yesterday and he struggled to a 25th-place finish at the cadillac championship. this is the first time in his career he failed to birdie a hole on the final round of a tournament. 23-year-old patrick reese had no problems with the course. he won the tournament, and by

doing so, he joins some exclusive company. reed is now one of five golfers to have three tour wins before turning 24 years old. the other four? tiger, phil mickelson, rory mcilroy and sergio garcia. so, guys, i would say we're probably going to see much more from patrick reed this year. i actually wouldn't be surprised if he wins a major. >> patrick reed is the reason i think it's going to be hard for tiger to get to those 18 majors to tie jack nicholson. there's too many good, young golfers showing up at all these tournaments, so if tiger's not perfect, one of them is going to end upbeating him. this guy, patrick reed, 23. all right, andy, appreciate it. we're watching two del developing stories. still no sign of a 777 that vanished 24 hours ago. new reports also of violence in crimea. we've got the very latest on both of these breaking stories, right after the break.

where is flight 370? more than 48 hours after it disappeared, investigators with new questions this morning in the hunt for the jet with 239 people on board. did it blow up, disintegrate in the air? and why were some passengers flying with stolen passports? we're live with the latest on the investigation. russia's grip on crimea even tighter this morning, despite a weekend of urgent phone calls between vladimir putin and world leaders. he says he supports a secession vote, one the u.s. and others say is simply illegal. we're live in russia with what's

next for its leader. and what oscar pistorius calm and dismissive, or did the latest witness at the trial get it all wrong? a security guard back on the stand saying the blade runner told him "everything is fine" after the sprinter shot and killed reeva steenkamp. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour this monday morning. it has been more than two days now, still no sign, no sign of a malaysia airlines jet. despite reports of debris sightings, malaysian officials say they have not been able to locate any wreckage of this plane that vanished over the south china sea. ships, planes and personnel from eight countries now involved in a huge search effort. flight 370 was headed from kuala lumpur to beijing with 239 people on board. right now, investigators are paying close attention to just who was on that plane, specifically two passengers flying with stolen passports. cnn's jim clancy live in kuala lumpur for us. and the significance of the stolen passports, jim, i mean, i

think there could be a lot of reasons why someone would be flying on a stolen passport. investigators just don't know how crucial that detail is to the disappearance of this jet yet, do they? >> reporter: no, they don't at all. and christine, what they're doing right now, it's launching an investigation here. on one hand, they're trying to identify the two individuals who, by the way, boarded that plane and are missing along with the other 237 passengers. they're trying also to find out, were they part of some kind of human smuggling ring, were they involved in terrorism? this has even launched a probe into a stolen passport ring in thailand. but is it tied to all of this? is it tied to the disappearance of this jetliner? you know, if it's terrorism, if it's foul play, there's been no claim of responsibility. this is a flight that just disappeared into thin air. the mystery deepens and so does the frustration. they haven't been able to find

one single thing that can be directly linked to the missing jetliner. now, today they had a belief that there might have been a life raft that was spotted, a yellow life raft, upside down in the south china sea. but when both vessels got there and investigated, it wasn't that at all. more reports have continued to come out of things that could be linked to the jetliner, but when they investigate further, they find nothing. this is a vast area of the sea. we should understand that. but at the same time, people do want to know what happened. already we've seen chinese residents. after all, more than half of those missing aboard this airliner were chinese nationals. they've been coming here to kuala lumpur. they're looking for answers. they're looking, really, for their loved ones. but i can tell you, christine, there are no answers here in kuala lumpur, at least not yet. christine? >> a lot of questions of how a plane with that many people, no distress signal, could just

disappear. jim clancy, thanks, jim. we'll be back with you soon. let's talk about the crisis in ukraine, the latest this morning. russian troops appear to be digging in on what's become europe's newest international border, the one separating russia-controlled crimea and the rest of ukraine. tensions in that region running high ahead of a vote on crimea's possible secession next weekend. vladimir putin defended the breakaway moves by crimean leaders in phone calls sunday with world leaders. cnn's phil black live in moscow. phil, the russian president not backing down one bit. >> reporter: no, not at all, john. when president putin spoke to german chancellor angela merkel, british prime minister david cameron, he stressed his belief that crimea's imminent referendum on the idea of breaking away from ukraine, joining the russian federation, he says that's entirely in line with international law. putin's view is that the authorities in crimea are legitimate, so are their concerns, and the results of the referendum will be the democratically expressed wishes of the crimean people.

now, on the ground in crimea, cnn's own teams report that russian forces are consolidating their control of that region from president putin. there is still no public acknowledgement that those soldiers occupying crimea are, in fact, russian, and no comment on what their presence means for the legitimacy of the coming referendum. russia says that ukrainian ultra nationalists are still threatening ethnic russians in the east of the country. russian journalists are being harassed, detained, turned back when they try to enter the country, and warns the west not to consider economic sanctions, because if the u.s., if europe do so, it will only rebound and hurt them. so, from russia, only continued defiance in the face of all international pressure, and it points to the increasingly likely scenario where in less than a week, the crimean people will vote to carve crimea out of ukraine and the russian federation, the world's biggest country, looks set to get even bigger. and even if countries like the u.s. don't officially recognize that development, at the moment, it appears there is nothing they

can do to stop it. john? >> no closer to a solution. maybe even further away this morning. phil black in moscow, thanks so much. breaking overnight, we are hearing from the father of sandy hook gunman adam lanza for the first time since his son killed 20 first graders and 6 staff members at the sandy hook elementary school back in december 2012. in a "new yorker" interview, peter lanza says, "with hindsight, i know adam would have killed me in a heartbeat if he had a chance." before the sandy hook mass erie, adam lanza shot his mother, nancy, four times. peter lanza believes each bullet was meant for a member of their family, including himself. he also says he wishes his son had never been born. >> it's a remarkable article. this man still clearly mourning things. the military's mishandling of sex assault cases comes up for another vote in the senate today. last week, lawmakers rejected a bill that would have stripped military commanders of authority in prosecuting sexual assault cases. today they are expected to pass a measure sponsored by missouri

senator claire mccaskill, eliminating the so-called good soldier legal defense that takes the service record of an accused predator into account. also, in dual discrimination, where it is off the base, they would have a say whether it's a civilian or military court. nsa leaker edward snowden will appear today via teleconference from russia as part of an interactive discussion about online privacy. snowden's living in russia, where he was granted asylum. over the weekend, wikileaks founder julian assange also spoke to the festival, appearing via skype from the ecuadorian embassy in london. he's been there two years almost, since britain moved to extradite him to sweden on sex crime charges. assange called his time in the embassy like being in a prison. overnight, a powerful earthquake. 6.9 magnitude just off the coast of northern california. the quake was in the pacific about 50 miles west of eureka.

hundreds reported feeling the ground shake for a minute, but no damage reported as of now. no injuries reported. now that we've pushed our clocks forward, could spring be very far behind? let's get to indra petersons for a look at your monday forecast. good morning. >> good morning. how's just like a two-day tease? does that count? can we warm up for two days? can i at least have credit for this. >> it's better than what we had before. we'll take it. >> exactly. all winter long, the cold air jet stream went all the way down into the southeast, but finally, for a couple of days, the jet stream is lifting and warm air is moving in. you probably felt it over the weekend. it will continue with that trend today and tomorrow especially, behind a warm front with pretty nice temperatures. today not bad, either. waking up, 30s. suddenly, 30s feel good. new york city already at 38 degrees. the afternoon will feel better. hard to believe we are talking about 60s and even 70s. dallas going to 77 today, d.c. 62. that is amazing. looks like new york city also looking for 51.

here's the thing, though, it gets warmer tomorrow. new york city actually gets to the 60s, d.c. goes to the 70s. you really want to watch wednesday into thursday. look at those highs drop. we're talking about really 60s going to 40s to 20s, guys. this is what i'm talking about, just that little tease that we have for a while, because we're not done with the cold air just yet. a couple systems making their way through. a clipper goes by today. some people could see light showers in the morning, really upstate new york. but then comes the next system looks like tuesday, wednesday, really wednesday into thursday for the northeast. this guy's going to bring some snow. how much and who gets it and where it's going to be, we'll be watching a couple models. right now it looks like north of the major cities, but we have time to monitor it and see where that goes. >> but two days, we'll enjoy the two days of warmth here. >> focus on the now, the present, guys. >> that's right. >> all right, that's your weather, how about your markets? disappointing news on china's exports overshadowing friday's not-so-bad jobs report. stocks in asia closing sharply lower. european markets trying to shake off the news, holding around

break-even right now. u.s. futures, dow down 2 points, i would say uneventful. shares of boeing down 2% in after-hours trading. boeing made the malaysian airline plane that disappeared over the weekend. boeing, a dow 30 stock, is up 58% over the last year. the malaysia airlines tragedy wasn't the only bad news for boeing. on friday, the company announced that cracks were found on some dreamliner jets in production. boeing says none of the dreamliner currently flying have the problem. you know what a lot of analysts say about the dreamliner in particular? every kind of little headline setback isn't really a setback. they have so many orders for this plane, especially from the big asian economies, a sign of sort of success is having one of these airplanes. the orders are there. >> but a tough few days for them. >> absolutely. 40 minutes after the hour. on the stand at the oscar pistorius murder trial, a security guard, one of the first people to speak with the blade runner after he shot and killed his girlfriend. what he told the court, right after the break.

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in south africa, the oscar pistorius murder trial entering its second week. security guard peter baba was back on the witness stand being grilled by the defense on cross examination. pistorius's lawyer trying to cast doubt on the guard's account of the phone call he had with the olympic blade runner just moments after he fatally shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the guard says pistorius told him "everything is fine." the defense tried to emphasize that the guard's actual witness statement used the word "he," as in he is okay, and not everything. afghanistan today warning a key political power broker who many think was critical in keeping warring factions in line, was one of the vice presidents and helped hamid karzai gain support from ethnic groups and keep peace with warlords. many expected him to influence the upcoming presidential election. fahim is thought to have

suffered a heart attack. one of the band of brothers has died. william "wild bill" guarnere was 90. he earned that nickname in world war ii, fighting in the fiercest battles in the war. he lost a leg in the battle of the bulge, won a bronze star and two purple hearts. >> you can actually hear him talking a lot during "band of brothers" -- >> during the film, yeah. >> at the beginning of each of the shows. fascinating what he had to say. a hero. quarter to the hour, let's look at what's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo joins us. >> hey, hope you had a good weekend. i wish i had more to tell you about the disappearance of this flight. we'll be following up on what you're doing this morning. we have the latest on the investigation, some developments about what may not be good clues, what may not matter, so it's not really moving in a direction we'd like about discoveries this morning, but the major theories are still whether or not this was terrorism, whether or not it disintegrated in midair, what

the stolen passports could mean. we have great experts who understand investigations like this. but this is something that is highly, highly unusual. we're also going to be following ukraine, of course. cnn has exclusive video of a border checkpoint in crimea. we're told it is under russian control, and there now appear to be land mines in the area. we're also going to have on the show this morning senator john mccain. he's been very strong about putin. and unfortunately, he has been right about these sequential bad events that have happened in ukraine. so, he's going to be on here to talk about how we got here, what he thinks happens next. and we'll talk a little republican politics with him, because he's just back from the big cpac, and he gave some fiery speeches there, had it out with ted cruz a lot. so, we will get into the drama. >> yeah, he's demanding some apologies. that will be interesting to hear. john mccain, never restrained. looking forward to that. >> thanks, chris. a blood test to detect alzheimer's, coming up. researchers say they've designed one that is very accurate, but

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we'll get more details today about safety at the upcoming boston marathon. emergency officials are expected to speak about how they will screen the crowds and what spectators will be allowed to carry along the marathon route. this year's race is set for april 21st. the bombing at the finish line last year killed 3 and injured more than 260 people. more than two dozen students recovering this morning after a stage collapse at a high school in anaheim. look at that. that's just terrifying. that happened this weekend during a performance at servi high school. there were 250 students on the stage at the time. police are looking into whether the stage just could not support that much weight. justin bieber is due in court in toronto today, facing charges he assaulted a limo driver just before new year's. the singer and his friends were on their way to a hockey game when the driver says he was hit in the back of the head several

times. his lawyer says he expects this to be treated as a summary offense, the equivalent of a misdemeanor, apparently. >> just gin bin bieber in the nr problems. it must be monday. this could be a way to detect a devastating illness before it takes its toll. georgetown university researchers have developed a blood test that they say can predict with 90% accuracy whether a healthy adult will develop alzheimer's disease or other form of dementia. this test looks at fats in the blood present in lower level among alzheimer's patients. the authors say much more research is needed but hope the test will some day be available in doctors' offices. a lot of people asking the question now, you know, would you take this test? do you want to know if you are at 90% risk of getting alzheimer's? >> and the privacy implications. what if this information is out there and you couldn't get any life insurance policy, you know? >> that's a good point. >> that's what i worry about, who else knows. all right, it was an epic battle, but after two weeks and more than 90 rounds, a jackson

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welcome back to "early start." it's "money time" this monday morning, shaking off some negative export news from china this morning, futures now mixed. stocks in europe mostly higher, but look at the big losses for asian stock markets after an unexpected tumble in china exports in february. there was some fear of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy in the early going. malaysia airlines stock down as much as 20%, for obvious reasons. we start the week, though, with the s&p 500 right near highs, record highs! the dow jones industrial average just 1% from an all-time high. >> you're so excited! >> all these things going on in the world and you still have stocks looking at a 125-point rally and a record for the dow jones industrial average within spitting distance of that. it could happen in a couple days if you have this trend. happy birthday to the bull. >> happy birthday to the bull. >> it's 5 years old. let's celebrate this incredible run for household names, happy news on a monday. you had to hang in for five years, but two of the biggest winners, online travel sites

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>> we'll have to see if our employer is one of those -- >> job training helps everybody. everybody wins in this situation. employees do, the companies do. >> they have the money in the bank. companies spending money on employees is always a good thing. >> and rare. "new day" starts right now. we will specify our efforts to locate the missing aircraft. >> without a trace, the search for clues. 329 people in the jumbo jet seem to have vanished. this morning new theories about whether it was an accident or something worse. >> standing his ground, russian president vladimir putin refusing to back down on ukraine in two phone calls with world

leaders. and new evidence russians are lay land mines. >> a sky diver and plane become entangled mid air and crash 75 feet to the ground. incredibly both men walk away without injury. we have the stunning images. >> your "new day" starts right now. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> by my side is the splend it brooke baldwin. >> and always good to have mike l mikel