over. all caught on camera. how did this happen? >> your "new day" starts right now. this there is breaking news as we follow the developments of what happened to the malaysian airlines flight. brooke baldwin by my side. we do have breaking news for you. one of the two passengers who boarded malaysian airline flight 370 with a stolen passport has just been identified. he's 19 years old, an iranian national. he does not appear to have any ties to terrorism. however, that doesn't mean he isn't part of the security problem revealed here. this is a picture of the second

passenger believed to be traveling with a stolen passp t passport, but authorities have not released any information about him. why not? the certainsearch is expanding. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. she's in washington this morning. what do we know? >> we can tell you, the young iranian identified was trying to get to germany where his mother lived. a law enforcement official tells cnn that authorities have looked at the two men and so far, nothing of concern has turned up on them. investigators now say a 19-year-old iranian national was one of two men traveling on flight 370 with a stolen

transport. pouria nour mohammad mehrdad was on his way to seek asylum. while the international man hunt to identify the two men with stolen passports has been intent, authorities said today the teen does not appear to have terrorism ties. questions still remain about the identity of the second man who traveled with the young iranian on the doomed flight. they have been pouring through surveillance video to search for possible includes. police telling cnn that the man contacted the agency on march 1st looking to buy cheap tickets to europe on two men for different different flights.

that expired. so he booked them for flight 370. two days later, the plane vanished. >> they could be garden variety criminals, drug traffickers, people smugglers or fraud sters. >> officials say no one else on flight 370 use add fake or stolen passport. we won't know for sure until the wreckage is found. >> the search now for flight 370 and the 239 people on board, ten nations involved looking overnight. a pilot reported seeing large solid debris in the ocean during a flight from hong kong to kuala lumpur. but at this hour, there is not a

single confirmed sighting of that missing jet liner. just imagine the wait for loved ones. the emotions in that room. families demanding the airline do more. jim clancey, tell me what you know. >> you know, i know that malaysian airlines officials say we must find this plane. all of the malaysians repeat that. they know that this mystery cannot be unravelled unless they locate just where this jet -- liner is now. take a look. this morning, search and rescue teams are expanding their scope

looking beyond malaysian airlines flight path. as the search enters its fourth day -- >> these are the areas we're going to search. >> -- officials are including the strait of malacca. radar data leading some to believe the flight may have reversed course to return to malaysia in its final moments. also saying pilots from hong kong spotted large, solid debris in the waters off vietnam. >> we have not received any confirmation or verification of the debris that they're from the aircraft or not. >> u.s. intelligence sources telling cnn they are less inclined to think that the disappearance had a terror link.

the sources say the two men who boarded the flight with foreign passports were more likely trying to gain illegal entry into europe. families of missing passengers demanding answers from malaysian airlines being flown to malaysia. they have quashed numerous leads that all proved unrelated to flight 370. but he says the search will go on. >> we're not discouraged. it must be there somewhere. we have to find it. >> many are turning to prayer to deal with their grief. 239 people from 14 different nations. >> you know, we're holding out hope. because as of yet, there are no answers to any of this.

>> there are no answers and families have been warned to brace for the worst. their faith, their hope, their prayers may be more important than ever. chris? >> thank you. new includes, new ed ends, but we still don't know what happened. let's bring in the former inspector general of the department of transportation ma mary ska voe. this is one plane big, but small in relation to the area. >> yes. >> the battery life is about 30 days, right? >> that's approximate, about 30 days. the reported information will still be there. they will use anything they can to try to locate the boxes. but this isn't unusual. there have been many crashes in the past where it's taken many

days to find the debris field. >> and then terrorism not the biggest concern in terms of what most like happened. what's the first most likely scenario? >> the first is the ntsb in three-fourths of the cases find something wrong in how the pilots flew the flight. they always say you've got to watch your air speeds, your throttles and artificial horzens and you've got to coordinate. between this, the pilot in command and the first officer, they have to watch. on air france 447, they did not watch their airspeed and that caused the plane to stal. >> does that make pilot error less likely, the auto pilot?

>> it can. but if you hit any troubling weather, that can cause your airspeed to fluctuate. >> all right. so that takes us -- you're talking with mechanical problems with the plane itself. what are the importapossibiliti? >> they're looking at includes as to something that might have gone wrong. we know that this wing on the right side, it had damage in 2012. they're going to be looking at the tail. obviously american airlines 587 had a loss of a tail, although that was an airbus. there were reports four days ago that there were cracks. and they also look at the joinings, how the plane was joined together.

then there was a directive for the fuel tank wiring. >> what does that mean, directive? is that like a recall notice? >> pretty much so. it has the effect of a federal regulation. you must go out and inspect this. >> this specific plane or this model plane? >> this model plane. >> then you get to explosive decompression. does this help with the scenario that we're dealing with of no message from the cockpit? >> yes, when you have an explosive decompression, of course the pilots have occasion general masks, but you have to do it very quickly. at that point, that means you've lost the structural integrity of the plane. that can be from losing a structural member of the plane. you could also lose a door. there was a warning after the

asiana crash in san francisco to check the door pins and the fasteners for the emergency slides. things can just -- the plane just comes apart in that. >> two other points. i hear people saying, well, it had to be something big, but isn't that actually a little untrue that a small problem can become a big problem very quickly at that altitude? >> right. in any accident, it's always is series of things. in tw 800 it was the wiring in the fuel tank. what happens is little things unravel. like in air france, they were losing their airspeed, they weren't paying attention and they had a stall and literally fell out of the sky. a small wiring problem can cause an arcing and an explosion.

>> the big thing is why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. thank you so much helping us get a better picture of this situation. brooke? >> that visual is so helpful. the ousted president of ukraine is speaking out this morning. yanukovych says he remains the president and any replacement is illegitimate. all of this as the u.s. and european allies are taking steps to isolate russia. we have more this morning from crimea. diana, good morning. >> reporter: well, we have just been hearing from the ousted president speaking in the south of russia saying as you said that he's still a legitimate leader, he's still the head of

the armed forces and that the others are backed by ultra nash lists and fascists. he asked the question to the west saying, do you not remember what this is. he said that the u.s. was illegally sponsoring a coup if they provided money to the government in kiev. also this meeting between john kerry and president putin has been put on hold. it would have been the highest level talks since the only occupation began. president yanukovych also saying the elections on the 25th of may in ukraine would be illegal. here in six days' time we have a referendum coming up. apparently that's illegal too say the west, but it's going to happen anyway. >> thank you so much for that.

6:13 in the east. let's take a look at more of your headlines. senate democrats trying to prove they are serious about climate change. 26 democrats taking part in the talkathon. senators hope to lay the groundwork for future bills with their speeches. >> any green eggs and ham? >> i don't know about that yet. in the domestic spying program, the nsa was poised to destroy millions of phone records, but a federal judge ordered the records be temporarily preserved. nsa leaker edward snowden urging the tech community to get serious about protecting the privacy of its users and customers. he appears telling the crowd that the nsa is quote, setting

fire to the future of the internet. he also said he has no regrets over leaking information. >> when it comes to -- it's absolutely yes. regardless of what happens to me, this is something we had a right to know. i took an oath to support the constitution and i saw that the constitution was violated on a massive scale. >> he is currently living in russia. a new report this morning says north korea has developed sophisticated techniques. the report also says they use complicated measures to make it difficult to track when it purchases sanctioned goods. they also have showed no signs of abandoning its nuclear programs. colorado collected $2 million in taxes in january from

$14 million in marijuana sales. kick in another 1.5 million from medical marijuana sales and the total tops $3.5 million. they plan to spend it on new school construction. so big revenue stream there. >> and some of the money goes to help make sure kids stay away from pot. >> part of the program is to try to prevent abuse and getting it out of under aged kids' hands. >> maybe counter intuitive. >> is that anything scientific to that? you know what kind of segway that is. has to lead us to indra petersons. does it hah have to do anything with the weather at all? >> it doesn't, although you need the weather to grow it. there you go. all right. let's talk about these weather

changes right now. beautiful, new york city. 50s not so bad tomorrow and then look at this drop. new york city, you're not the only one going from 60s down to 20s. beautiful today. nice, warm air filling in all the way up to the northeast from the southeast. it's not going to last, because there is a cold front behind it. enjoy it just for a second. 70s out towards d.c. today guys. look at the drop by tomorrow, already down 40 degrees. upper 70s down to just the 30s. and this trend is continuing. looks like by the next day, talking about 20s out towards new york city. here's the reason why. this guy is making its way across the country. eventually making its way to the ohio valley overnight tonight. eventually by tomorrow night in

through thursday, a lot of snow, even strong winds, expected in up state new york and also around maine. talking about over a foot. but look at where that is. everyone else staying a tenth of an inch in new york city. chicago getting about 4 inches. it's definitely huge drop temperatures. >> when is spring starting again? >> painful right? painful. i'm not cool with that. >> no. >> it's settled. coming up next on "new day" a close friend of oscar pistorius taking the stand in the blade runner's murder trial. he says pistorius asked him to take the blame for something he didn't do. we'll take you to the courthouse. and the uproar over google glass. what is the problem with these high tech glasses.

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welcome back to "new day." want to get to the latest now on the oscar pistorius murder trial. on the stand right now, pistorius' friends. he is the friend pistorius allegedly asked to take the fall for gunfire at a crowded restaurant. robin, good morning. >> reporter: he has taken the

stand this morning. he's outlined to the court two incidents he said he witnessed pistorius being wreckless and irresponsible with handguns. and pistorius asked him to take the wrap for him. in addition, we've also heard the pathologist being cross-examined. take a listen to this. . this morning the pathologist who conducted the autopsy on pistorius' girlfriend, details so graphic, that the judge halted live broadcast. revealing that reeva steenkamp was two hours before her death, contradicting pistorius' story that they were in bed by 9:00 p.m. that night. three shots hitting his

girlfriend in her hip, arm and head. he said he thought it would be somewhat abnormal if someone did not scream. the description of her injuries so gruesome, they left pistorius physically ill on monday, vomiting into a bucket, and shaken as he left court. hollow point bullets are incredibly destructive on impact. >> besides the mushroom it would form, it would form almost like a little fan. you can imagine the amount of damage that can do to you. >> the defense will argue it was his disability that led pistorius to use the hollow point bullets. meanwhile, the state will continue to argue that he knew he was behind the closed bathroom door and that he deliberately shot reeva

steenkamp dead. oscar pistorius is far more composed today in stark contract to yesterday. >> thank you very much. want to tell you about a scary moment. the dallas stars, rich peverley collapses. let's bring in andy scholes. >> this is a really frightening moment. he had just come off the ice and was on the bench when he just collapsed. it happened about 6 1/2 minutes before the start of the game. they use add defib later on him. he did miss the season and preseason opener because of a procedure to correct an irregular heart rate. they stay he is doing well and is in stable condition. >> all the members reacting so

quickly and so efficiently. could be standing here with a different story, but they did an absolutely fabulous job. no word on when the game will be made up. mets, marlins, spring training. this man abandoned his son to go after a ball. it goes crashing into the fence. check out mom. she's not very happy about this. safe to say this guy will not be winning father of the year any time soon. we always talk about how you always go all-out for the ball, the one rule should be, don't abandon the children. >> mom's got the baby on her hip. >> that's a huge withdrawal from his emotional capital account he's going to have to make.

i don't like that he put it in the same precare just situation with a towel in front of it. >> thanks andy. coming up next on "new day," want to get you back to the breaking news this morning, the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. new information about the two passengers that boarded the flight with the stolen passports. officials have just identified the second man. those details straight ahead here on "new day." co: i've always found you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is what makes using the hotels.com mobile app so useful. i can book a nearby hotel room from wherever i am. or, i could not book a hotel room and put my cellphone

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let's begin with breaking news this morning concerning the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 370. we are now learning more about

the two passengers that boarded that flight with stolen passports. one of them is a 19-year-old iranian national. the other man is also iranian. they boarded the ill-fated flight. authorities do not believe either men have any links to terrorism. china is deploying satellites to aid in finding the missing plane. vic viktor yanukovych says s still the lawful president. the u.s. is among ten countries meeting in london to discuss more sanctions against russia. secretary of state john kerry meanwhile canceled a meeting with putin. >> general motors is under investigation. the hearings will investigate

why the auto maker and federal regulators had trouble identifying a defect. they were first alerted to the problem back in 2004 but declined to issue fixes. a rock climber is recovering from serious injuries after a dramatic fall. he was repelling down the side of a mountain. rescue crews had to battle wind, but they were able to air lift him into a black hawk helicopter. start startling stur va lance video to show you now. nine people were hurt, including several children with special needs. >> moment of impact, a tir fieing collision caught on tape. the school business crashes into

a taxi in brooklyn. a surveillance camera capturing the force of the impact. the bus flipping over, injurying six children inside. >> they were completely historical. they were screaming, yelling. they had no idea really what was going on. >> witnesses say they rushed to pull the students between the ages of 10 and 12 out of that wreck. >> i immediately jumped and started getting people out. >> the crash injuried nine people, six special needs students. the cab driver is in critical condition. officials are still investigating the cause of the crash. >> a lot of people on the scene rushed to help those kids when they saw it was a school bus. and people on the ground were saying that a lot of accidents happen at that corner, people speeding through there. we don't know what happened. thankfully those kids are going

to be okay. >> one of the good reasons to have those dam -- cameras up there. let's get back to the top story this morning. how does a 600,000 pound jet liner just vanish without a trace. let's turn to renee marsh for possible answers. >> three words, aifuate, navigate and communicate. it appears whatever happened, it was so fast, the pilots never got to that last step. until they find the data recorders, ail possible theories are on the table. there no shortage of ex-plan sagss. >> you just have to say that absolutely everything is on the table. >> one possibility, pilot error. the last jetliner to go missing

was air france 447 in 2009. it took two days before they found any debris and two years to locate the flight recorders. the cause of this crash, the pilot didn't react. another possibility, a mechanical problem. twa flight 800 went down off the coast of long island in 1995. >> the general area of maintenance is a valid area -- again, everything's on the table, including that. >> this japan airline 747 crashed after its tail broke off. a faulty repair seven years earlier was to blame. this malaysian plane had one past accident. in 2007, its wing clipped another aircraft. it was repaired.

>> this has got to be a parallel investigation both looking at whether it's an accident or a possible criminal act. >> investigators will check for evidence of bombs. or the 1994 attack on a philippine airline 747, one passenger was killed. it was part of a test run for an attack on 12 u.s. airliners that was foiled. there's no indication at this point of terrorism, but it cannot completely be ruled out either. one can only speculate until the data recorders are found. they activate when they hit water sending off an ultrasonic pulse one time per second. sonar equipment can detective it. they can work in water as deep as 14,000 feet, but only last for about 30 days. that said, we will find out what

caused the crash. investigators have an excellent track record of solving transportation crashes. >> joining me now is the former director of security at tel-aviv airport. i want to begin with something you said that investigators need to focus on, that being the stolen passports. we got the information that one belonged to the 19-year-old iranian national wanting to get into europe. officials are saying no link to terrorism. knowing that now, what does your gut tell you. >> there is nothing proved very substantially, our ability to make an intelligent assumption as to whether this is an act of terrorism or not because the fact that we have an iranian involvement here is obviously may be interpreted by some people as an indication to a

terrorist connection. we have to remember that a lot of the iranian dissidents out there are being persecuted by their regime. the idea of such a person using a false identity to get on a flight to go to europe to seek asylum makes sense. it happened in the past many times. at this point in time, i think that it is a very premature to describe this as an act terrorism. >> let me ask you about the crew. what more would you like to know about the crew on board this 777? >> the issue of the crew is something that they obviously -- a result of our past experience, the most evident case was egypt air case where the first officer

actually flew the aircraft into the ground. and that is something that since then has left its mark. there's very little that one can do about it. and that explains a lot of the question marks of why we did not get any indication or any communication about the problems on board. but still, i would say that at this point in time, it is -- it's kind of a very far assumption. >> thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it very much. coming up on "new day," google glass is causing an up roar. why are some businesses in san francisco banning the device? we'll tell you. and we can't wait to get our hands on our tax refounds, by

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streets of san francisco with a google glass. >> it is. >> reporter: most people are just curious, but this guy is not happy to see me. >> privacy. i understand that you can record it. >> reporter: the exchange happened in the city's famed district, the same area where sarah ran into trouble all because she was wearing google glass. this is inside a bar. she says she turned on the camera when things got nasty. >> i never experienced any sort of hatred or animosity for merely wearing google glass. >> the late-night confrontation apparently part of an angry backlash against silicon valley

employees. >> you're killing the city. don't touch me. i'm sue you. >> she coming up to me and says, you're killing the city. at that point, i'm further taken back because, you know, i'm not some big marshmallow man stomping around san francisco. >> several san francisco bars have now banned the use of google glass because of concerns about privacy. >> when you see someone waring them, what do you think? >> it's a symbol of people being able to record you without your consent. >> sarah says she wants people to know just because she's wearing them, doesn't mean the camera's on. >> in this case she was recording. she says she hoped it would cause things down. but here, it seemed to do the

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it is tuesday, march 11th. 7:00 in the east now. we're going to start with our news blast. >> not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. >> you still have no verification that shows whether they were terrorists. said that the u.s. was illegally sponsoring a coup. >> i don't have to listen to anything you have to say. >> you can be held in contempt of course. >> testimony so gruesome, they left pistorius vomiting into a bucket. >> this morning, viktor yanukovych says he's still the president of ukraine. he also called out the u.s. for support of the interim

government. meantime, the u.s. is among ten countries meeting in london to discuss more sanctions against russia. now for the latest in oscar pistorius' murder trial. trying to discredit his friend. he's the one allegedly asked to take the fall for gunfire had a crowded restaurant. he also says pistorius fired a shot through a sunroof after a traffic stop. he said he knew pistorius has a great love of weapons. senate democrats now in the 13th hour of an all-nighter on the senate floor. show you a live look. they're trying to draw attention to climate change. massachusetts senator tried to teach a lesson from dr. seus. >> unless someone like you cares

a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not. >> republicans are dismissing tonight's action as political theater. >> at least it had something to do with the debate. controversy over the nsa's domestic spying program. they were supposed to destroy millions of phone records, but a federal judge ordered that those records be temporarily preserved. nsa leaker edward snowden wants the tech community to fix, his word, what he says the nsa is destroying, specifically our privacy and security. he was speaking and told developers that the nsa is setting fire to the future of the internet and it's up to them to fight back. remember, know den is in -- snowden is in russia. all eyes on florida this

morning for the first congressional election of 2014. it's the state's 13th district in the saint petersburg area. it is widely seen as a referendum on obamacare. right now, that race is too close to call. all right. listen up. we have breaking news coming in right now about the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. two passengers who boarded with stolen passports have now been identified. one is a 19-year-old iranian national. the second is a 29-year-old and again iranian man. we're told both passengers made it into malaysia using valid iranian passports. two weeks later, they used invalid ones. authorities say they don't

appear to have any links to terror, but there is now some more questions of this situation. pamela brown tracking the latest developments from washington. >> well, in this particular case, now the focus is on the security lapses, the fact that these passengers were able to board the flight with those stolen passports. at a press conference, interpoll secretary says the more information, the more they're likely to conclude it wasn't a terrorist incident. it was a 19-year-old pouria nour mohammad mehrdad. we see pictures there. when mehrdad did not arrive as plans, his mother contacted malaysian authorities to help track him down. their flight originated and went into kuala lumpur airport. they were using valid iranian

passports and switched to the stolen passports, authorities said. it seemed like a suspicious coincidence, but again, after pouring through airport surveillance video and thumbprints recovers, the airport authorities say they believe there's likely a reason other than terrorism that caused that plane to vanish. >> still no plane. the search is widening this morning. dozens of boats and planes from ten countries trying to help out in the search. we can tell you that china has just deployed ten high-resolution satellites. so far, not a single confirmed sighting. simon got a chance to join the air search. she joins us now. tell me what you saw. >> reporter: you know, this is a c-130 plane that goes out and

carries out the regular search and rescue admissions. it's a vast expanse of sea and ocean they have to cover on both sides of the malaysian peninsula. that's 12,500 square nautical miles. that's why they are so thankful for the efforts. they have more than 40 ships scouring the sea searching for any includes. mostly neighboring countries, but also countries like the united states, australia and knew s.e.a.l. land. on board that plane, the minister of defense telling me they will not give up hope this is still a search and rescue mission. >> let's bring in the former fbi

assistant director. >> good morning, chris. >> help me understand something about these passports. so these two gentleman united states valid iranian passports to get into malaysia, just two weeks later they use these stolen passports. what does that mean? >> that's a great question, chris. you know, also how did they connect with the man who is in thailand supplying the tickets, buying them using thai currency. how did they make that connection? from this other gentleman. so the question is, have they located ali? the search for this gentleman is important. they need to find out from him how does he connect with

potential users of these stolen passports, how many others is he in possession of, what kind of a network exists that supplies these and who are the people that they supply them to. are they always supplying them to iranian people who want to be ref few gees. so there's still a huge mystery about these two individuals that board the aircraft and their passports and ali in thailand who bought the tickets for them. it still does not rule in or out terrorism. >> understood. but let's stick with this parallel theme for a moment. sometimes one problem leads you to another. assuming these had nothing to do, it's still eye opening about lapses in security. could it be they were effective in getting them to malaysia but

would not have worked going into china or europe and that's why they needed the fake passports which leads them into this other thicket which seems like some sort of human trafficking. plausible? >> yes. if you're traveling around the world, you're not going to receive the same scrutiny in many countries when you arrive or when you transit through their airports and go through security even as a transit passenger. that's one reason why there's a huge black market to get stolen passports that are european in particular. the fact they boarded with the iranian passports, that is one of two airlines in the world that enter poll is allowing access to their data base.

they would have determined that they were vold. the flights from malaysia out are still a question mark. how did they get the stolen passports from the gentleman in thailand. so some legitimate valid security questions on going that are separate and apart from what happened in this airplane, especially in that area of the world where terrorism is on the rise. is it true, thom, that most of the talk about a terrorist act is work off the idea of a test plot, that that's been a theory. what ask a test plot and do you believe that that's something worth investing in? >> everything needs to be looked at. i don't personally buy that theory. the idea is to test the system, see if you can board the aircraft with the travel documents you're using, see if you can introduce certain

materials in your luggage, carry-on or check in. during the test, you don't actually do the act. as a result of doing this, there's a great possibility that security measures will be tight nd up, that countries will be put under pressure to do more to check passports on outbound passengers. currently, you have 1 billion tickets a year issued for flights without a check being done. only a couple countries even check the passports for people leaving the country. >> that's obviously something that has to change. that's a good point you made there. you're going to hear about the test plot. the best reason to dismiss that theory is exactly what tom said. so that's why the mystery really does continue there. thanks for clearing that up. appreciate it. >> thank you, chris. the senate has approved

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they're checking on the situation. >> our thoughts with him for sure. we start with tuesday's "new york times." how boston is preparing for the marathon next month. overall tighter security after the bombings last year left people killed and injured. they're encouraging people to come out and show the city's resill yans. about 9,000 more expected than last year. new york apparently launched and then scrapped the problem of new york-new jersey port authority david sampson. they subpoenaed records friday and withdrew the subpoena monday. he has been scrutinized in the wake of the george washington bridge scandal. and in the new haven register, the united methodist church is now calling off a

church trial for a pastor who oh officiated his son's same-sex wedding. he will not be de frocked. instead, he'll participate in a public forum on the issue of gay marriage and the church. and to florida we go where hundreds will be marching to the state's capitol demanding the repeal of stand your ground. they are looking closely as what they consider this loophole. it would allow them to fire a warning shot at their attacker. 11 states are deciding on this. author joe mcbegin necessary has died. he wrote about the murder case of a former green beret. he moved next to sarah palin's

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discuss crimea joining the country. crimea says it's forming its own army to defend itself. good morning. >> good morning, brooke. >> i want to get to this canceled kerry-putin meeting in just a second. just on january co-vich. tell me, at this point, who is listening to him. >> well, look x obviously the russians is upping the ante. we're not sure how much coordination between he and the kremlin. clearly this whole referendum being drawn up with even more sort of russian-based news and information being fed into crimea and illegal machinations around the parliament, this is simply upping the ante. he came out today and incredibly

said he is still the president and he would be going back to kiev, he said, just as as soon as humanly possible. this as the new is going to be meeting with the u.s. administration tomorrow. clearly this war of words being waged in public. and yanukovych also said he threatened to bring his claims right to washington, to the supreme court and members of congress because he said that the ukraine interim government is illegal and it shouldn't be helped by the united states. >> you mentioned the ukrainian leader meeting with president obama. that happens tomorrow. a meeting that did not happen is between vladimir putin and also secretary of state john kerry. kerry was saying he needs to know russia's willing to come to

the table. here we are. what's the next move? >> this is an extraordinary development. it seems now that the russians are trying to humiliate secretary kerry in releasing and making public some of this conversation. obviously the united states and europe are trying to figure outweighs, not only to make it more difficult for putin, today, members of the u.s. and eu officials are meeting on sanctions on russia. also, they've got to figure out a way to get prudent putin to climb down from this mountain of righteous indignation that he managed to put across and attempt to claim crimea. they have to figure out a way that crimea has an interim solution to make it less bad

than it is right now. if indeed what happens during the referendum does happen, that's going to be much, much harder for the u.s. >> let's assume putin does not climb down that moin. what then? >> well, look. there's no massive measure to stop him. there's no military or martial measure whatsoever. there's only economic pressure. an ex-state department official has been an interesting article about pressure that would be brought in the energy front. perhaps laws need to be rewritten to be able to export that. yes, it might take time to get it to europe, whose biggest producer and supplier is russia. perhaps iran if it comes in from

the cold and this nuclear deal is signed, could make up for the russian supply to europe. this is what it's all about, brooke. putin thinks he has europe by the short and curlies because of their dependence on oil and natural gas. >> we'll be watching all of these countries and, of course, the referendum in crimea five days away now. coming up on "new day," has obamacare reach add turning point? hear what is in a brand new cnn poll on the topic. plus, why is the president being interviewed by a comedian. inside politics is next. i've quit for 75 days. 15 days, but not in a row. for the first time, you can use nicorette... even if you slip up... so you can reach your goal. [ male announcer ] now, quit on your own terms with nicorette or nicoderm cq.

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almost half past the hour here. and welcome back to "new day." we'll take a look at breaks news right now. two passengers used stolen passports to board the malaysian airlines flight 370 have now been identified. a 19-year-old iranian named pouria nour mohammad mehrdad. they have surveillance video of the two men. they do not believe they have any connection to terrorism. jurors in federal court monday saw video of sulaiman abu investigate standing trial in manhattan. they say he was a top of level

al qaeda operative. he says quote, the storm of airplanes will not stop. questions if were general motors about a recent recall. the defect has been linked to 13 deaths. despite fist learning of the problem back in 2004, gm only issued the recall last month. they announced committee hearings. gm is conducting its own investigation. we all know that elephants have big ears, apparently they have a good ear too. scientists believe they can tell the difference between language. they were more affected by a human tribe known to kill elephants. it also found that elephants can

tell when women and children are speaking. they say the famous elephant memory is going on here. >> is it because they're going after the elephants? >> not always, because there are some tribes of men that bother them and some that don't. >> why you got to hate? dropping all this stuff about the elephants. >> it's easy by comparison. it looks smart when you're sitting next to me. that's why i have to take you now to john king. please, speak some truth of politics to us. >> i think she's a little anti-male today. two women on the set with one guy. when we get back to you, we'll see if cuomo has survived.

a brand new cnn poll shows support for obamacare is up. opposition down a bit, as you see those numbers. among those making less than $50,000 a year, it's stable. 35 favors a few months ago, 35% now. let's discuss this this morning, ms. henderson of the washington post. significant for the president, if he can make this a trend line between now and november, maybe it helps politically? >> that's right. and really continue that trend line for march. this is when nofolks have to si up. if they are sign up and are touting the good news of obamacare, i think that could show up at the polls in november. the blow under 50,000, those are

the real folks this is impacting. those folks above 50,000 likely have health insurance through their employer. especially in the south, i'm not sure it's going to matter that much. >> it comes on the heels of a survey that shows the percentage of uninsured has dropped. that's the goal. that's a policy prlus for the president. >> we're going to find out today in florida perhaps in the special election. it's actually getting a little bit better for democrats, but obama's approval rating continues to be a drag for him. that will be a drag for candidates particularly in red states. in florida there's a special election today. this is a majority that is --

district that is majority white. republicans are trying to make obamacare a negative for democrats across the country. but in this district in particular, there are a lot of people grappling with the new health care law. that's why republicans are trying to make it a more specific issue. >> we often over play special elections. democrats won three out of four in 2009 early ten and then they got blown out. there are significant things to watch. the candidates are alex, she ran for governor in 2010. so she has very high name identification. david on the left there is the former candidate. obamacare has been a referendum to the point that even david jolly, the republican candidate, even he has said it'sover kill. will republicans run for their all in on obamacare strategy?

>> no. i think they call them special elections for a reason because they're special elections. these aren't exactly the most characterizematic folks. david jolly has had issues there in terms of some of the things he said about his own party. i think republicans are all in on obamacare. this is going to be a replay of 2010. what you haven't really seen is a very robust defense of obamacare. >> there are a couple republicans out there who have said let's wait and see. of louisiana is one. most republicans still think that's going to be the issue. >> i'll say this from observation over the years, even if it's a result you can write off to the local conditions, the technical term for it is bedwetting. they panic after race like this. if you care about climate change, maybe you've been up all

night watching the united states senate. the democrats decided to stage an all-nighter. you see right there this continuing. now we've seen republicans do all-nighters before. almost always, these are stunts just to try to draw attention to an issue. there's nothing wrong with that. however, i want to make this point, the president wants action on climate change, but what we have not participating in this debate some of the most vul unusually senate democrats this year. perry landrew, louisiana, he's missing. north carolina, not so much an energy said, but on the blue/red line. when the party leadership says, let's do this, do they risk

hurting some of their own candidates? >> yes, definitely. kentucky -- >> huge call state. >> yeah. >> no meaningful environmental legislation has passed under president obama in part because red state democrats won't vote for it and now it would stand absolutely no chance of passing a republican house. >> anybody who cares passionately about an issue, if you want to bring it forward. >> this is really odd to me. i guess folks are watching it over night on cspan or something. there is no legislation. there has been movement i think around climate change with epa regulations. the secretary isn't even there of the energy committee. >> liberals want to talk about

this. and this seems like a sob to the democratic -- >> to raise some money. what are you looking for today? >> i think one thing we've seen in the last couple days which is fascinating is this flay gyp between rand -- flareup between rand paul and ted cruz. >> it's going to be tense. these two have engaged over the last few days over foreign policy. rand paul has talked about the need to engage with ukraine, but that's different for him because he's a libertarian. ted cruz has tried to step in and say, i'm more like ronald reagan. we can't abandon our place in the world. rand paul went back on him hard last night. >> risky for rand paul to a

degree because they're both tea party guys. he has his dad's libertarian base. ted cruz has become a pariah to the republican establishment. >> i think that's right. you've seen that from rand paul to a certain extent. you've seen it from marco rubio who gave a big speech yesterday in front of a google crowd. it's all been reset in the post christie area and also with this ukraine debate coming up. >> i think it's a win-win for both of them. rand gets to introduce himself as a more palatable option. you two stay put. zach does this funny web series called funny or die. here we go. the president trying to sell his health care plan. a lot of young people watch this

series. is it funny? >> do you go to any websites that are.comes or -- dots if comes. >> have you heard of health care dove. >> let's get this out of the way. what did you come here to plug? >> i wouldn't be here with you today if i didn't have something to plug. have you heard about the affordable care act. >> why would you get the guy who made the zune to make your website? >> we just sat here and watched the entire thing. hill layer just. >> you were watching the entire thing -- >> multi screen experience. >> now generation. >> i wasn't watching. i was plugged in and listening to you, brother. >> that's it man.

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welcome back. we want to bring you the latest in the oscar pistorius trial. his friend is testifying today, but the testimony is anything but friendly. he says he and pistorius used to joke about shooting out traffic flights. that's today. how is the case so far?

let's take a look. here are the strong points for the prosecution so far. the earwitnesses. there are people who heard what seems believely so far to have been gunshots and in a sequence that seems suggestive that oscar pistorius should have known he was dealing with his girlfriend. timing of the events. from oscar's story about how things happened, these cell phone records and earwitnesses seem to suggest there may have been a different timeline. now, the character of oscar pistorius. unique to the south african system. they can bring in a lot of evidence about what kind of guy he is. he's also charged with an unrelated event. they're bringing all this character reference about how he's volatile. it wouldn't come in in the u.s.

it's coming in here. the defense, what have they done so far. the autopsy showed that the gunshots happened in a way that may be the victim could not have screamed when witnesses say they were here hearing her. botched investigation. all right. you have the cell phone records that the prosecution seemed to have not gotten right. the investigator himself who wound up being in criminal trouble. and then the last point as we bring in the former prosecutor and danny cevallos is that do this point i would say that the prosecution has not put forward a theory of the case that is better than oscar pistorius'. we will have you two discuss. you see the high point of this trial. oscar pistorius, emotional vomiting wretching.

please explain. >> we're talking about a case before a judge, not a jury. that kind of emotion maybe plays well to a jury, not so much for a judge. so you're seeing someone who has his hands other his ears and vomiting in court. that's very unusual. in front of a judge, may say this guy is emotionally unstable. does that then mean that this is a guy that's angry that's likely to fly off the handle. i think, yes. when you listen to the conversation between the attorneys and the judge, the judge has said repeatedly, is your client okay, can he continue. she is not swayed by the emotion. >> you used the word colloquy to confuse me. tell me what that is and how pistorius' demeanor may impact the trial. >> i think she's starting from

guilty and working back from there. you're darned if you do and darned if you don't. if oscar pistorius was standing there like mount rush more like stoon hen j, she'd be telling us how he's a cold-hearted killer. but it is true -- i will concede that after a point, it may become irritating to either a juror a judge. but you have to trust that the judge has seen this kind of behavior over and over and courtroom. >> i doubt that. >> and will give it its due weight. i will concede, it is a little over the top. i don't know that it means he's acting. i know critics will say this is something he's conjuring up. >> i have a concession off danny. did you hear that? >> i think he was thrown.

this is up usual. one of the reasons it's so interesting for us here is all this other information coming in about pistorius. he's being tried for a crime that has nothing to do you've got a professional judge obviously. i think it's helpful to the prosecution. i wouldn't have had that to my disposal. you have witnesses saying this guy is angry and screamed at me, my family members, my friends. he's a gun toting angry guy. he got angry when a guy shot a gun through the sunroof. i think that's persuasive in front of the judge. >> sunny makes a good case. let me end with you danny on

this point. do you think the defense can make the case or argument to the judge and the fakct assessors this is a lot of nothing that has to do with what they're supposed to prove? >> you're seeing the problem with cooperating witnesses here. be warned everybody that dear friend or ex girlfriend you used to think you were so loyal to, watch what happens when a prosecutor dangles a deal in front of them. they'll get on the stand and talk about you doing all manner of things. also the risk to the prosecution, to the prosecution. now these two witnesses don't have consistent stories with each other. the ex girlfriend imp daimplicas fresco. you see the danger of using cooperating witnesses.

they can't get stories aligned at each other. they're pointing the finger at each other other. bottom line when prosecution does a deal with the devil, there's risks with that. we're seeing inconsistent testimony. >> there's no indication the witnesses would be charged with anything or there's any kind of deal. i think bottom line their testimony supported each other rather than discredited each other. >> testimony this morning is a little different. >> you had home field advantage. great word. explain what colloquy means. it's a complicated case. good to have them through it. it's going to be going on some time. >> the next story i'm watching like this. it involves a six foot bow wa constrictor pet undergoing

surgery because of something he ate. what was it? here's jenny moss. >> wondering where the missing towel went? maybe in the snake. >> the entire length of the snake had towel in it. the veterinarian should know. she surgically removed the towel through a two inch incision pulling it inch by inch with the help of lubricant and water. the pet con strik tore's name is killer. the towel could have killed him. >> it causes a life threatening situation. >> it's roomy down there. the other day we saw a snake swallow an entire crocodile. we've seen dogs mistake a golf course for a main course. had to have nine golf balls removed from her stomach. penny here preferred pennies.

she swallowed 75 plus change. this poor guy was used as a drug mule carrying cocaine filled condoms. as for a towel, a towel is perfectly an appetizer. instead of plugging into the wall, imagine flagging an electrical cord into your rear socket. don't expect to pass the salt or egg beater. >> i accidentally fell on an object. that's the most common story you'll hear. >> three doctors compiled objects from a cassette tape to tuna can lid rolled like a cigar to a light bulb. >> all we need to do is thread a bulb through the blade and pull hit. >> nothing good about this draw. >> this handgun was not loaded.

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we still have no verification that shows whether they were terrorists. >> we now know what the two men traveling on stolen passports look like. will this help figure out what happened? how deep the security lapses go. escalating tension.

ukraine's ousted president speaks as the u.s. and russia put off talks to find a diplo t diplomatic solution with days before crimea votes to join russia. major task, the 2014 midterm elections begin in earnest as florida voters head to the polls giving the first indication how voters will lean this fall. your "new day" continues now. this is "new day" with chris, kate and michaela. we have breaking news for you. good morning welcome back to "new day." tuesday, march 11, 8:00 in the east. we'll deal with breaking news now. we know the identity of the two omen that stole passports to board the malaysian flights. they are both iranians. it is a big but, but so far no

connection to terrorism connected with either of them. we have more on the search for the flight. let's bring in pamela brown. what do we know about these men, identity, details etc.? >> chris, we learned the second passenger that boarded with the stolen passport was a 29-year-old a riranian man. he was traveling with another man traveling to germany where his mother lived. the two men with stolen passports tried to get to germany as part of human smuggling not terrorism. >> the two flew from the airport using valid passports. the two have been identified.

authorities believe the younger man was attempting to seek asylum in europe. his mother contact add authorities after he did not arrive in germany as planned. >> the more information we get, the more we're inclined to conclude it was not a terrorist incident. >> security looks through thumb prints from the airport to find includes. this travel agency booked for the two passengers. the iranian middleman first contacted the agency march 1st looking to buy cheap tickets to europe for two men on two different flights. that booking expired. so the travel agent rebooked the men on the same flight, flight 370 march 6th. ali paid cash. two days later, the plane vanished. >> they could be as i would say garden variety criminals, drug traffickers or people smugglers or fraudsters.

>> the passports of the other passengers on flight 370 checked out as legitimate. the general say more information officials get the more they focus on factors other than terrorism as the cause of the plane to go missing. brook? >> pamela, thank you very much. what happened exactly? so many questions as far as what happened to this plane. this flight 370 in the 239 people on board. right now dozens of ships and planes from at least ten countries are involved in this search overnight. a pacific pilot reported seeing large solid debris floating in the ocean during a flight from hong kong. at this hour, still no trace of this massive missing jetliner. jim is working this from kuala lumpur. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you brook. the pressure is really on.

from dawn on this day, we saw air crews, saw naval vessels going out plowing the waters searching several grids, about 100 nautical miles in radius in all of them. as they're searching for any confirmati confirmation, any sighting of debris possibly linked to this jetliner. in some ways it's a desperate search in the vast open area. our own simon mossen was among those that went a board a flight this day conducting one of the search exercises. pain staking, they've got to go back and forth and divide everything up. they know the pressure is on. take a look at this press conference earlier in the day in beijing. families of some of the people a board the flight.

distraught beyond belief. these families want answers. they want to know what happened to their loved ones. >> i talked to the ceo of the malaysian air ways. he said it simply, to make the families happy and aircraft experts happy, we must find this plane. chris, they'll be back it again at dawn. >> as well they should. the question is not if but when they find the plane for these families. mr. hall, thank you very much for joining us. let's separate the the issues here from what happened to the plane to what we are learning about security in general through this unquestioned disaster. the passports, two iranian men seems they used passports to get to malaysia and stolen passports to move from there. what do you draw in terms of what has been exposed in terms of a security lapse? >> i found it alarming.

one issue i hope the u.s. congress is going to look at very carefully as it pertains to u.s. carriers traveling a board. this is at the base a warning call to americans that are traveling overseas to be sure that they're traveling on a r repable airline. >> this connects us to what happened to the plane. we get to the plane itself and that it's missing. something you're speaking intelligently about. it goes to questions from the audience. why isn't this on gps? why isn't the recorder something that independently could be found? why isn't there more technology in something that's supposed to be technologically advanced to make discovery more easy here? what are we missing? >> unfortunately i have been

speaking out for a decade in an attempt to get recorders adopted by the international civil aviation organization in montreal as a requirement for aircraft flying over water. these accidents are not that unusual unfortunately. if you look over the history of aviati aviation, modern aviation, there are two a year. to put the families through this type of anguish and spend millions and millions of -- we just went through this with air france five years ago. once again now we see resources that could be better used for humanitarian purposes and underdeveloped and developed countries that have large low income populations. all this money being expended to look essentially for a needle in a haystack. we have the technology in use here with u.s. military.

it was developed by the canadians and been around for decades. >> what does it do? was is a deplorable recording device? >> well essentially the recording device is a black box that has a flight data recorder. the cockpit voice recorder and emergency locating transmitter built in the shell that is inplanted in the tail of an aircraft. it is designed to eject upon any type of impact of the aircraft. it's used on f-18, f-16 air crafts. it's then also designed to float so it can float on the ocean sending a signal to its location as soon as the aircraft is involved in any type of impact whether it be as a result of a

criminal or an accident. >> so these planes don't have that for all their technology even though it exists. the last question for you mr. hall, when you're looking that the situation. everybody today stores information on a cloud. we all have information somewhere else in real time. why doesn't that happen with airplanes? why aren't they transmitting where they are not just for radar but in a way to be stored and discovered when ever we want. why don't we have that? >> in this situation i'm not exactly sure. we haven't had information forth coming in a public setting for a boeing aircraft in seattle in terms of what information they were collecting. as well as the airline because certainly they were in contact with their aircraft. all of that information -- someone hopefully is going through now.

hopefully some of the ntsb investigators and folks that are professionals in this area to try to narrow this search area so that these families that are in such agony now can have answers. >> it's just amazing that everything on this plane isn't designed to work as well once it contacts water. that would obviously be the circumstance when you need it most. mr. hall, thank you for the perspective and for spreading the word about needing to improve recording devices so this doesn't happen again. appreciate the perspective. thank you chris. >> brook? >> chris, thank you. he's out of ukraine. if you ask him, he's not out of office. viktor yanukovych says he mains the president. he says elections to replace him is illegitimate.

>> kerry cancelled a meeting with russia officials. diana, good morning. >> reporter: hi brooke. the ousted ukrainian president viktor yanukovych said the elections weren't legitimate and the new government is backed by nationalists and fasists and that he's still the leader of this country and armed forces. frankly here in crimea, it doesn't feel this way. you wouldn't find many people even here who want mr. yanukovych back. on the pro russian side in crimea, you have people telling you mr. putin is the real leader and they don't think kiev is legitimate. certainly no one keen on mr. yanukovych coming back. as you said, john kerry canc cancelled a meeting with the

president. it would have been the highest level of contact since russians invaded crimea. the referendum is coming up sunday when people in the region choose whether to join russia. you have the russian border, russian troops all over the streets. many people on the streets say we're coming home. this is all we want, back to mother russia. >> that referendum still about five, six days a way. thank you for that. let's look at the rest of your headlines. score a point for privacy advocates over the controversy in the domestic spying program. the nsa was poised to destroi millions of phone records. a federal judge overseeing the invasion of privacy lawsuit has ordered the records be temporarily preserved. a military sex assault trial could resume today.

the judge thinks the top military brass interfered in the case and took plea deal option off the table because they were worried about political fallout. the military is under fire for handling cases like this. the judge gave them until today with the plea order. new york has used embassies to facilitae league -- legal weapons trade. ryan ferguson, the man that spent nearly ten years behind bars has filed a $100 million lawsuit against those that prosecuted him. it names 13 defendants including the city of columbia, missouri, its police department and prosecutor's office claiming they violated his civil rights.

ferguson was convicted of killing a tribune sports editor in 2005. his conviction was overturned after the court ruled everyday was withheld. i've got to tell you this story out of control. a family in oregon called 911 on the cat. that cat 22 pound him lay yan attacked their 7-month-old son. they, the adult, ran in a bedroom, locked the door and called police. >> he's charging us. he's at our door, our bedroom door. do you hear him? >> yeah, i hear him. keep the door shut. >> police were able to apprehend the high strung cat that apparently spent the rest of the evening behind bars. the mother admits the husband kicked the cat after it attacked the son. the family isn't sure if they'll keep the cat. it looks harmless enough. >> in america, the cat attacking

a 7-month-old will lose to the fact they hear the cat was kicked. >> seriously they called police? >> they called police. >> what do you do in that situation? >> you own a dog. >> i think that's the solution. i love cats. i don't have any, but i love them. you might be a dog person. >> violation of man law first of all. >> kicking the cat is not nice. calling 911 because of a cat violation of man law. >> what is that on law now? 999? >> it's evolved like the world itself. this brutal winter creating thick ice prevented passages for coast guard crews. ted roland is live with a look at how they do it. ted, we heard from indra we're near a record over 90% coverage of ice on these lakes.

what does it mean to everyday life there? >> reporter: it means a lot of work, chris. we're on the mobile bay, a coast guard cutter. this is an ice breaker. guys are getting ready to go outside now on lake michigan. you see matthew cooking breakfast. this is the big break out week. annually coast guard cutter, the entire fleet heads out into the ice. the problem is this year there's so much ice, up to four inches in some areas. you can take a look at some of the chopped up ice here in the bay. what the cutters and other ships in the coast guard fleet have to do is create shipping lanes for cargo ships. 90 million tons of cargo shipped through the great lakes last year. getting them up and running this week is imperative. there are two ships now in the bay ready to leave. they can't because they are locked in. the coast guard is starting their operations today. they'll move this ice out,

create paths, and in some cases create circular areas where the huge ships can actually turn around in small places. it's a monsterous task. they're getting ready to start it this week. it is so imperative to get ships moving. >> ted, you remember the story about the russian trip, the scientists. they were trying to get ice breakers there. it was so difficult. we learned about the ships that do the work. they're not that sophisticated. what are they finding on the lakes? how difficult is it for ice breakers to make it through? >> it's very difficult in spots. areas have been gone through over the season that are easy to break through. they can use the weight of the ship. this is a 670 ton ship. this is one of the smaller ones in the fleet. sheer weight breaks some of the ice. when you get to areas four feet and more, the ship literally has to ram the ice, go back in reverse. ram it again. at some points they're moving one mile an hour because the ice

is so thick. that's what they're up against today as they create the shipping lanes that gets ships in the bay all the way out to lake michigan. it is a task especially this year. it's something they look forward to every year. i don't know about this year because it's going to be lots of work. >> it's a beautiful sunrise. can we say that? ted, i feel like we say -- we find the most ice, snow, wind and send him there. ted rolands, you get the gold star. thank you. you were talking about this indra petersons. all the ice being an issue. >> ted is my man taking one for the team today. thank you ted. definitely seeing temperatures warming. good for a couple of days. it's been such a rough winter. this is a tiny hint of good weather in what has been a long winter. that's 12 degrees above monorma. 70s toward d.c. big change, st. louis almost 80

for the high. 40 ke 40 degrees cooler. they're going above normal to below. d.c. going down to 35 as your high. new york city say good-bye do beautiful weather, 27 two days away. it's weather strengthening as it goes through the ohio valley to the northeast. ohio valley wednesday night through thursday making its way to the northeast. as it does, it's going to strengthen. you can see the snow totals start to pick up. four to eight towards chicago, ramping up toward detroit and a foot by the time it gets to new york and maine. that's what we have in the northeast. and wet. in the west they got a little rain. sand and wind picking up. fire danger is high. no one unfortunately wins over the next several days. at least two days of nice weather we can take two.

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welcome back to "new day." 2014 midterm elections begin today. florida voters head to the polls for the first congressional election of the year. up for grabs, a seat held for decades by a republican. this is is a true toss up. let's bring in dana bash with the latest. >> reporter: good morning chris. this is a race to fill a congressional seat for eight months. you certainly would not know mi

here. both use it for messages in the fall. >> in this neck and neck special election, every vote really does count. >> this is alex. i'm a candidate for congress. i'm just calling to ask for your support. >> for democrats, an alex sink victory could give other democrats in november's midterm election a road map to beat back the tax on obama care, the message don't end it fix it. >> my position is that we can't go back to where we were before. we've got to fix what's wrong with it. the roll out was botched up. the administration didn't do a good job of the roll out. >> sink talks about specific reformslike changing the requirement for businesses with 50 employees to provide health care. >> the 50 employee just kind of

arbitrary limit. i think it is a totally arbitrary number. >> for republicans this a message repealing obama care. >> voters have made obama care number one issue. >> so have outside groups. $11 million spent on this race, mostly outside, mostly tv ads and much about obama care. >> instead of repealing the health care law, we need to keep what's right and fix what's wrong. >> let's fix obama care. it's a mess of broken promises. >> david jolly says republicans should have solutions too. >> it comes down to talking about how to solve specific problems that led us to obama care. >> this florida special election is important beyond obama care. the first test of a swing district in 2014. a third are democrat, a third republicans and one-third independents and very high percentage of seniors, even by florida standards. it's why the republican breaks from his party's proposed

changes to benefits. >> now jolly was a washington lobbyist. that's also something you hear in tv ads. he also was a long time aid to the congressman that passed away here, something he says at every stop. chris and brooke, this race is a toss up. we're at a polling place. we're going to watch turnout. it will determine this one race. it's not about this. it's how both parties calibrate messages for big elections in november. >> possibly of things to come. dana in tampa, thank you. coming up next on "new day," oscar pistorius says his girlfriend's death was a terrible mistake and he thought she was an intruder when he shot her. will his friend discredit that claim? we'll take you live. and justin bieber mouthing

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this morning president barack obama designates 1700 acres of land in california as a national monument, part of the administration's national resource conservation initiative. he'll head to the big apple to raise money for new york democrats. the sled race just wrapping up in alaska. poor conditions this year, little snow. 27-year-old dallas seed coming out on top in the 1,000 mile race, his second title in three years. we always update the five things. go to cnn.com for the latest. i want to take you to south africa for the murder trial. pistorius's defense worked to discredit his friend fresco after he told prosecutors about two incidents involving pistorius and guns. robin has been following each and every development from the

courthouse in petoria. good morning again. >> reporter: hi there. good morning. oscar pistorius more composed today than yesterday as he heard not just the testimony of his former friend but of the state pathologist. >> the pathologist that conducted the autopsy on oscar 's girlfriend talked about details so photographic the jouj halted live broadcast for a second day. simon said she was a wake two hours before her death. he shot his nine millimeter like this containing hollow point bullet, three shots hitting his girlfriend in her hip, arm, head. simon said it would be abnormal if one did not scream receiving wounds like reevas.

the discredit says it was pistorius screaming. he was vomiting into a bucket on monday and visibly shaken as he left court. compared to other ammunition, bullets are disinstructive on impact. >> it's like a little fan spinning. you imagine the damage that can do to you. >> the defense will argue it was his disability that led pistorius to use the hollow point bullets, living in fear for the south africa crime rate. the defense says he knew who was behind the door and knowingly shot reeva stein camp.

>> what's clear, the defense ripped him after part. not only has fresco contradicted previous witnesses including oscar's ex girlfriend about the gun charges, he was saying he didn't in the initial statement say that oscar pistorius asked him to take the wrap about that gun incident in the restaurant. it seems like fresco isn't holding up according to the defense. it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out in the next hour or so left in court today. >> we know you're watching. we'll come back to you. robin in south africa. thank you. let's take a break on "new day." when we come back, has bieber finally gone too far? here he is in a deposition disrespecting the officer of the court. could he get in legal hot water? we'll show you. you decide. salesperson #1: the real deal's the passat tdi clean diesel

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♪ ♪ is this justin bieber? >> this is itunes. makes sense then. punk alert. justin bieber just turned 20. seems to be getting younger and younger judging his behavior. has he gone too far in how he treated the attorney during the deposition. michelle turner has the latest. it's all caught on film. what do we see? >> the finger wag. his attitude ran the gamut in

this deposition. seemed like questions about his on again off again girlfriend celina gomez that started the standoff. >> don't ask me about her again. >> it's justin bieber in the hot seat. tmz posted this of bieber's deposition. he was grilled thursday by a lawyer who alleged bieber ordered his body guard to attack his client last summer. >> don't ask me about her again. >> bieber went off when asked about involvement with gomez. people magazine reporting the two were spotted together in texas last week. >> that's a weird question. >> at times during the four hour deposition, bieber appears to be uncooperative. >> i don't have to listen to anything you have to say. you know i didn't finish. >> i'm sorry. >> really? you didn't want to interrupt. >> down right smug. >> this deposition will one day

be played to a jury in the case. if justin bieber comes across looking the way he looked in the footage we have seen as arrogant, unresponsive, sarcastic witness, it's not going to go well with the jury. >> bieber may have been reluctant to answer questions, but did he answer too quickly telling lawyers he doesn't have a prescription for xanax. a toxicology report revealed the sedative was found in his system when he was arrested on a dui charge in january. that admission could hurt him. >> anything that involves the court system is deadly serious. if you engage in this behavior, you can be held in contempt of court, lose a multimillion lawsuit and frankly wind up in jail. >> now you would think his attorney would have let him know this line of questions about the xanax could come in the

potential trial going forward or dui case pending. it's surprising he did admit so readily he didn't have prescription. tmz got the full four hours. what they released were short edited clips. we should say cnn reached out to both parties involved in this civil suit. neither have responded at this time. >> we were just talking michaela brought up the point playing bieber on snl, this is more for her. >> it is. chris brings up the bigger point. the attitude, the way he treats the attorney during the deposition. listen, depositions can be contentious. it does seem there's a sense of entitlement we've been seeing. that can be troubling. the wink, the eye roll, the eyebrow raise. it really is off putting when

you look at it. >> judge won't stand for that. >> no. >> the xanax thing -- it's important to know whether he said he doesn't have prescription for that xanax or doesn't currently have a prescription. there will be wiggle room and dirty pool releasing the tape of the depo. that's the way litigation goes. it's working in favor of who released it. i have a new interest in the investigation. i used to poo poo the bieber stuff like we've got more important stuff. too often we wind up covering stories, you watch young stars with all this money. everybody's kids are drawn in by these types. it's important to track what do we allow? what is acceptable? so much of what becomes acceptable gets through celebrities. any parent, if that's their kid, they're shaking their head worse

than bieber in the deposition. it reflects someone out of control. i'm more interested. you worry about where it goes. >> michelle, thank you. >> coming up next on "new day," there you go. president barack obama 's former personal aid reggie love in studio talking to us about the billion boost to obama's my keeper's program. we'll ask him if he saw this sketch with this guy. we'll talk about that coming up ♪ ♪

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♪ great conversation we're about to have with a great guy. it's a program president barack obama says goes to the heart of why he ran for president. the young man standing a side the president when he announced the brother's keeper president. this initiative helps young black hispanic men improve their lives. the network represents 225 financial institutions. they're going to announce thursday they're going to land $1 billion to organizations who will advance my brother's keeper initiatives according to the washington post. here to talk about all of that and maybe a little bit more, march madness, reggie love, the former assistant aid to president barack obama . he's what's called a body man. he's here with us. a pleasure to have you here. >> michaela, chris, brooke, appreciate you having me here

this morning. appreciate the invite. there's a huge opportunity out there for the president to really have an impact with a lot of folks out there who are looking for a little bit of help. >> it's interesting. we all were noticing how personal the president got when he was announcing this initiative. he was more revealing than he's been in a lot of public comments sharing very moving thoughts about his own relationship with his father. obviously this initiative means a lot to him and i sense it means a lot to you too. >> it means a lot to me. i've been in the mentoring program in d.c. called capital partners almost three years now. i, myself, have been lucky enough to have had great mentors. that's part of the reason i've had a little success today. my father has been around from day one. guy went to every single game i ever played in. great coach, guys like coach k and my au coaches, rod se ford

and ken perry. those guys who got me at a young age and told me, hey look, this is how you should do things. this is the way you should look at it. make sure you're doing all things you need to do to get ready to go to college. >> we know that's not reality for a lot of young men in our country. >> it's not. it's a sad thing. this creates a great opportunity for other people to get involve and have impact on the lives of young men across the country. >> i wanted to pivot. i know you mentioned coach k. we'll go there in a minute. i wanted to ask about -- we were playing earlier -- let me know if we have the clip. in the effort to reach out to young people, president barack obama sat down with funny man zack. he's hilarious. it's kind of a risky move. this is the white house coming out trying to get the young people enrolled in obama care. we know hits go viral. millions click on these videos.

have you had the chance to watch it? >> i watched it. >> what did you think? >> i thought it was good. they were both funny. he didn't, you know, ask for his phone number like in alley portman. it was very good. i thought the comment about you think your kids would actually want to play football? what if they're nerds like you. keep them away. >> probably wound up landing more straight punches on the president that most that interview him. mickey said something. we know that's not true for most kids today. there are a lot of kids that don't have mentors in their lives. a lot of people don't know it. when they hear about a program they say why is my money going to that? where's their family? what do people not get about the lives of too many kids in the country today? >> chris, that's a great point. i saw all the time that perspective is a hard thing to

get. everyone is really focused on trying to put food on their tables, provide for their families. it can be hard to sort of look outside the box and look at other problems that other people may be facing. you know, i think when you talk about how money should be spent, these kind of programs add a lot of value to the entire eco system. it will have the ability to reduce the amount of people who are having interactions with the criminal justice systems at an early age, increase the amount of people in the labor force. so you won't have the job shortages and the mild skilled labor programs sort of welding, different trades that you see a shortage in today. >> true. you know, i know at least because i've worked with kids in this population that there are a lot of black and brown teens. a tough group to reach, let's be

honest. the once that want help, the kids looking for mentors. they're now going to get help in a program like this. what about the harder to reach ones that don't? the ones that say i don't need nobody's help. i got this. they're the ones that need our help even more. >> great question. >> that's a good question. there are programs out there doing it. it's also a two way street. i think it's an information gap in which some kids don't know about it. then there's a place -- an opportunity to say hey, look guys, you guys are struggling today. here's a program or opportunity that you guys should embrace to help you fill the gap you may be having today. i know the young guy that i mentor, he looked at me like who is this old guy? >> absolutely. you're the old guy reggie love. >> part of it is me being able to say i've sat in the seat you sat in before.

i understand and know what it's like to be in your shoes. >> for him to have the ability to see potential in you. the need is so great. mick actually gives her heart and mind to these things. my mother runs an organization. i hear her yelling at the tv. the need so far exceeds what's out there. >> there's a huge need and also an information gap in which sometimes people know they need help and always don't know where to get hit. >> i'm curious from your perspective attending a fine institution and everything else, working with the president, what's your one piece of advice you give young folks? >> that's a great question. you know, i went through a rebellious stage when i was young. >> reggie love. >> i went through a phase in which i wanted to grow my hair

out. i didn't want -- i wore the same jeans and shirt everyday. my dad used to say son, you look like crap. so my piece of advice is you only make a first impression once. make it a great one. what coach k used to tell me all the time, success is defined where preparation meets opportunity. preparing for those opportunities, some of them are -- some people get five. some get one. being prepared when you get that. >> you like the elevators touch success, bring other people on and let them ride up with you. >> you made this opportunity worth while. thank you for being here. >> you two didn't get in. >> we're going to go to break. >> we're being wrapped up. >> he's from duke but got north carolina colors. >> i'm liking you. >> we'll be back in a second.

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welcome back. actress wendy davis, army wives star has been struggling with something that affects millions of americans. growing up, actress wendy davis thought something was wrong with her. >> i had very low self-esteem.

i felt i was defective. had a tough time staying seated in class, always found the window next to my desk and the things that were happening outside the classrom far more interesting. >> pit wasn't until her daughter was diagnosed with adhd she discovered she had it too. >> my entire childhood was explained in that moment. >> she turned to the internet and found an organization called children and adults with attention deficit disorder orred chadd. they provide research, a wealth of information. it was such a relief to read about how many are living with adhd. >> through chadd, davis shares her story nationwide. her goal, eliminate the stigma associated with adhd. >> a lot of people keep this adhd thing in the closet. they don't want their children to share they have it.

or they don't get a diagnosis at all. >> i'm here's for kids who aren't feeling good about themselves saying you can be wildly successful. >> way to go wendy. >> awesome. quick programming note for you. watch weed 2 tonight. cannabis madness. you do not want to miss tonight 10:00 eastern. thank you for being with us. we're back tomorrow. meantime we pick up with carol costello. >> good morning brooke. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. happening now in the "newsroom," breaking overnight, new details in the mystery of flight 370. they question the travel agency that sold