a vocal critic of russian president vladimir putin is gunned down a stone's throw from the kremlin. >> without objection the motion to reconsider is laid. the table. >> u.s. lawmakers fumble their way to an agreement to keep the department of homeland security fund for at least another week. and the world says good-bye to spock. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom."

the fatal shooting of an opposition leader in russia is prompting speculation from supporters he may have been targeted by the kremlin. officials say boris nemtsov was walking with a female friend across a bridge that can be seen from the kremlin when a car pulled up and someone opened fire. he was shot several times. russian president vladimir putin quickly condemned the killing and ordered an investigation. a manhunt is underway. our senior international correspondent fred plight begineitgenpleitgen looks at who may be behind this. >> reporter: gunned down in the heart was russia's capital. investigators worked the crime scene where boris nemtsov's body lay on one of the main bridges across the river. nemtsov could one of russia's most prominent opposition leaders, was struck in the back by several bullets. happened next to the kremlin walls, in the vicinity of st. basil's cathedral.

according to authorities, nemtsov was walking with a friend when a car stopped, and the assailant immediately opened fire. as mourners laid flowers and lit candles speculation, who did it? some blamed the government of vladimir putin, others disagree. >>. >> this is a strict message to all of us. hello, you have the guy who's best bam, bam, bam. who will be next? >> we have some small part in russia, people who want to break putin. maybe they make it to show the people and government of country. >> translator: it's not clear who is behind the killing, but boris nemtsov had many enemies. he was russia's deputy prime minister in the '90s but joined

the opposition after vladimir putin came into power and was jailed several times for criticizing the government. vladimir putin condemned nemtsov's killing and offered the family his condolences. he also launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the hallmarks of a contract killing aimed at provoking unrest. a friend and political ally of nemtsov's was one of the first at the scone of the murder and -- scene of the murder and strongly criticizes russia's president. "i don't know who pulled the trigger," he tells me "but i strongly believe it's russia's government and vladimir putin who are responsible for it. vladimir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they've incited hatred for all dissidents and for boris nemtsov." he was set to take part in an opposition rally criticizing russia's role in the ukraine conflict this sunday.

instead, there will be a march of mourning for one of russia's most eloquent opposition voices brutally silenced forever. fred pleitgen cnn, moscow. nemtsov did a radio interview just hours before his death and talk about why russia needs political reform. >> >> translator: we think that in order to bring the country to order and overcome crisis, important political reforms are needed. namely, it's necessary to carry out honest elections with the participation of the opposition. canceling censorship to stop this absolutely miserable lying propaganda that has overturned the minds and eaten the minds of the russian people. >> earlier, i spoke with peter baker the white house correspondent for "the new york times." he says the killing is shocking but in russia violence against political critics is nothing new. >> you know shock but not surprise, right? i think it's a shocking

extraordinary thing to a prominent figure gunned down literally within sight of the kremlin. it's hard to imagine. yet, given everything that's happened over the last few years, not a surprise. a lot of critics, authorities, have found themselves in danger and at times killed just like this. it's a shocking event. >> there have been a strong of murder of bones of -- of opponents of mr. putin. has it overever been traced? >> not really. sometimes they come up with suspects, but the suspects are often seen to be front men or somehow not really the people who are genuinely behind things. i think very few people are convinced that we have seen in most instances a thorough and genuine investigation.

we'll see what happens with this one. there's a lot of skepticism, i'd say, among shouldn't opposition figures that there will be anything that would be truly revelatory about what happened. >> let's talk about why he may have been targeted. a quote from "the new york times"s his mother was very scared that mr. nemtsov would be kill. he was asked, are you worried about it. he said somewhat but not as worried as my mother. his poor mother. he was planning to march and sent a tweet, if you support stopping putin's aggression, come to the spring march. he was an outspoken opponent of the war. do you think that's why he may have been targeted? >> it's possible. that's the thing that most westerners will assume. whatever the actual facts behind it, that's going to be the political import. even if for some reason some

other facts would come to light. i think a lot of russians would not believe it. would assume that this has something to do with his politics. because others have been subjected to violence in the last number of years, people who have stood up to authorities. of course nemtsov had been one of the leading figures for many years of the relatively small opposition in russia. and i think clearly had gotten under the skin of a lot of people in power. >> what does this signal peter, for the future of russia especially when so much of the world is focused against vladimir putin? secretary kerry came out in the past two weeks with harsh words about we know what you're up to in ukraine. but nothing seems to stop vladimir putin. >> that's a good point. i think that what this is going to do is harden feelings in europe and the united states about russia because, in fact nemtsov of well known in western

european capitals well known in washington. he spoke very good english. he had been around for a long time. this was not an obscure figure. this of somebody that people out of russia knew. and when they see this happening in such a cold-blooded calculated way in the dead of night, in the shadow of the kremlin, it will reinforce a sense of animosity or distance in the move between russia and the rest of the world. i don't think it helps russia in the sense of patching thing up with what's going on. it may have the opposite effect. >> the white house condemned what it calls the brutal murder of boris nemtsov. president obama is calling on the russian government to conduct a prompt impartial, and transparent investigation of the murder and ensure those responsible are brought to justice. mr. obama also said he admired nemtsov's courageous dedication to the struggle against corruption in russia.

u.s. senator john mccain of more blunt saying "that boris' murder occurred in a secure part of the russian capital raises legitimate questions about the circumstances of his killing and who was responsible. there must be a full investigation of boris' murder, and those responsible must be held accountable. the world will be watching." now to other news we're following. after some back and forth between lawmakers, the department of homeland security will keep running at least for now. congress passed a measure late friday to extend funding for seven days averting a partial shutdown of the agency. soon after, president obama signed the extention. here's dana bash with the details. >> reporter: less than two hours before the clock was set to strike midnight and the department of homeland security would lose its funding from congress, they actually voted finally to extend that funding just for seven days.

it did not come without incredible drama, nailbiting suspense and a lot of chaos on capitol hill. the house voted overwhelmingly to do this after a very surprise vote that failed just a few hours earlier to do the extention three weeks. and what happened were conservatives opposed the measure, but also at that time all democrats opposed the measure because they were holding out for full funding for the department. the same kind of measure that the senate had passed earlier in the day. why did the democrats give in in the end? we're told's because they got assurance that when this runs out next week they'll be able to pass funding for the department of homeland security that will run through the end of the fiscal year. that's why nay gave in. republican are -- why they gave in. republican are saying not so fast. we'll see where it ends up. the backdrop the reason why at this point one of the main

reasons we're seeing all of this toing and froing is because of concern within the camp of house speaker john boehner, those who are close allies of his concerned that if he allowed a vote to go forward in the house without what drves were demanding -- conservatives were demanding, a block to the immigration plan, that there would be a move to stage what would effect ill be-- effectively be a coup against john boehner. could be successful, but a way to try to prove and show that he doesn't have the support from conservatives. so that is one main reason why as this day has progressed that the house speaker said he will try to do what he can to protect conservatives. whereas on the senate side, it's also run by republicans, they let this bill go. the headline here the end of the day is that people who work at the department of homeland security will still get paid. operations will continue. that will only happen for

another week. and the drama will continue right here in about seven days. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. a man who spoke out in support of free thinking hacked to death in bangladesh. a prominent blogger and author and his wife attacked on a street. that story next. plus the hunt continues for a group of canadian teens believed to have joined isis. and now one of their teachers is accused of having links to radical islam. if you can clear a table without lifting a finger... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. muddle no more™.

a bangladeshi american blogger and advocate of free thought has died. the apparent victim of a brutal killing. police say he was hacked to death as he walked with his wife on a street. for more ivan watson. >> reporter: police in bangladesh are still looking for suspects in the violent and brutal murder that took place thursday as he and his wife were walking back from a book fair when two men attacked them with machetes and hacked him to death and injured his wife as well, who is till going treated in the hospital.

what's eerie about this murder is that roy, an outspoken eighth dwrift eighthyist and critic of religious criticism of all stripes had warned in an isay to be published in just a month or -- in an essay to be published in just a month or two in a magazine about a surge in death threats that he'll received in response to a book that he'd written which of called the virus of faith. let me read an excerpt. he says "religious extremism is like a highly contagious virus. death threats started flowing to my e-mail inbox on a regular basis. i suddenly found myself a target of militant islamists and terrorists." he went on to write that one -- he wroted one islamist, he says, who threatened to try to kill roy when he would return from his home outside of atlanta in

the u.s. back to bangladesh to take advantage of that opportunity to try to kill him. here he came to bangladesh. he was reportedly scheduled to fly back to the u.s. in just a couple of days. somebody followed through evidently on the death threats and attacked the writer. >> yes and there was also similar killing of someone in 2013 critical of religious extremism extremism. roy talked about the increased edd death threats, but had he expressed concern about his safety when visiting bangladesh? >> reporter: one of his fell odetors suggested roy of -- editors suggested roy was naive and that he could talk to potential attacker talk them out of an act of violence.

however, yes, it's a good point that you pointed out, the other killings of atheist writers there have taken place in bangladesh in the past one notable case two years ago that also took place there and in 2004 two writers who were attacked in similar fashion with knives and mash schetties. a third -- machetes. a third writer who survived his attack. roy's father has since told journalists that he blames islamist extremist groups that he claims are backed by the most prominent islamist political party in bangladesh for the killings. that party has denied that and in fact condemned the attack. important to note that government ministers in bangladesh also condemn the attack. and the u.s. state department not only has condemned this as an attack on free speech in bangladesh but has also offered to assist in the investigation of this murder.

>> thank you very much. ivan watson with the latest for us. syrian kurdish fighters took back land once controlled by isis friday. ypg forces claim to have taken back the town as well as three other villages in northern syria. the area is considered strategic because it is a land bridge between territories in syria and iraq. kurdish fighters claim to have killed nearly 200 members of isis in the process. canadian authorities are trying to track down at least four teens who may have flown to the middle east in an attempt to join isis. three of the teens attended a montreal community college. that school accused the leader of an islamic group who taught one of the student of spreading hate speech and suspended the group's classroom lease. we get more from paula newton in montreal. >> reporter: smart, kind and

normal. that's how many on describing this bright young student new missing in the middle east and possibly on her way to join isis in syria. at the montreal high school she once attended students say she was well liked and social. andy shau knew shaima. she was his tutor. what was your impression when she was tutoring you? >> i knew she was really smart. just a normal girl. >> reporter: and did you get the impression that she was very religious? >> not really. it was just normal talk. >> reporter: normal talk. that's how it seemed to those who knew shaima until she went missing this year. one of at least four poem possibly more young people from montreal whose families fear they have been lured into joining isis. students were shocked and only learned the news this morning as it spread through a social media circle at school. three of the missing teens attended this community college across town. and at least one attended

classes taught by a muslim preacher who's been accused by the college of spreading hate speech in the classrooms he used for teaching arabic and the koran. he's known to security officials. in 2003 police alleged he was an al qaeda sleeper agent who received training in afghanistan. he spent six years being watch by canadian authorities. in 2009, courts determined he was a security threat. he says he only met one of the missing students on a couple of occasions and says he's triting to integrate young muslims, not radicalization them. >> we're facing drug problems guns and -- these are the main problems. we don't have one case of radicalization. somebody wants to go to other countries to join terrorist groups. >> reporter: still, he and his

classes have been suspended from campus while police try to determine what could have led the teens to possibly join isis. paula newton cnn, montreal. he has been called a most wanted criminal in all of mexican. the man known as "the teacher" under arrest. how authorities grabbed this alleged drug king pin next.

some parts of the u.s. are digging out from the latest round of winter weather. meteorologist karen maginnis is here for us. we've never meant it like we men it this year when we say digging out. >> that is absolutely true. all the way from new england into the midwest. we've seen the bitterly cold temperature all the way to the deep south as that arctic plunge makes it down toward the south central united states. dallas now, 27 degrees. that is in degrees fahrenheit. but in celsius, feels a lot colder, but it's the same temperature -- minus 3. look at the single digits across the upper tier states, even into the florida peninsula. a chill but not the deep freeze like they've seen in the south central united states and dallas a few snow showers left. this snowstorm is gradually going to wine its way toward the

ohio river valley, the northeast and new england. look at what dallas was experiencing on friday. a busy travel day for lots of folks, and the interstates there were a crash meyer. if you notice -- cragmire. in you notice there are just a couple of inches. in dallas, they're not used to a situation like this. cars were spinning out, there were multi-car accidents, flights were delayed out of the airport into and -- into and out of the airport. it is very slow going. and they saw a layer of freezing ice. situations like this they're very dangerous, occurring across the dallas metro area. what is going to happen? we'll watch that snowstorm across the lower great lakes and eventually toward the northeast and new england. and yes, when we say new england we're talking about boston. boston could see this weekend their record-setting snowfall.

not a daily record. not a monthly record. we're talking about the entire season since they started to keep record in the late 1800s. we move toward europe and an active weather pattern developing here with one weather system expected to move on shore and another one right on its heels. not only are the winds going to be very brisk, even more brisk in scotland exiting into ireland and northern ireland, making wind gusts as high as 100 kilometers per hair in london about 75 kilometers per hour. we're looking at the rainfall diminishing visible. watch out, there could be potential for homized flooding. but not just there, it's going to be went also into paris as well as into north central sections of new york. a lot of weather to tell you about. not everybody seeing springtime about 20 days away. >> we are counseling down aren't we -- counting down aren't we for that? thanks, karen.

so far a cease-fire between ukraine's military and pro-russian separatist appears to be holding. leader don'ts don't seem sure tell last. russian opposition leader boris nemtsov in his own words. what he told cnn about russia's history of violence against activists. r of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angie's list app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪♪

you're watching "cnn newsroom" live. i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories -- u.s. president barack obama has signeded a week-long funding extension for the department of homeland securitiment congress passed the measure frey friday a

aavoiding a partial shutdown. a muslim preerch atacher at a college denies radicalizing students, four missing teens who left canada to join isis. school officials accuse him of spreading hate speech in his classroom. the teens reportedly flew turkey in mid-january. russian period vladimir putin has condemn -- russian president vladimir putin has condemned killing russian leader boris nemtsov in the heart of moscow. he was shot as he walked across a bridge near the kremlin friday. a manhunt is underway for the suspects. last year nemtsov was featured in an episode of cnn's "anthony bourdain: parts unknown." while eating dinner in moscow he told bourdain he was well aware of what happens to critics of vladimir putin.

>> we were supposed to be dining in another restaurant this evening. when they heard that you would be joining me we were uninvited. should i be concerned about having dinner with you? >> this say country of corruption. if you have business you are in a very unsafe situation. everybody can press you and destroy visits. this i -- >> reporter: bad things seem to happen. >> yes, unfortunately it represents russia in 19th century not of 21st. >> reporter: critics of putin, beware. this man accused putin of corruption and wound up spending ten years in prison and labor camps. alexander litvenko accused services of staging a dew point put putin into power. he was poisoned boy eded by a lethal dose of polodium.

another russian disfigured and nearly killed boy a toxic dose of nioxin. i'm not saying official russian bodies had anything to do with it but it's mighty suspicious. i don't think you node to be a conspiracy theorist to say whoever did this very much wanted everyone to know whodunnit. everybody is men to understand. >> everybody not everything in this country. >> reporter: right. a large opposition rally planned for the weekend was canceled after news of nemtsov's death. now a mourning march is expected to take place sunday in downtown mouk instead. -- moscow instead. a new report opened the conflict in ukraine. this isn't about guns. it's about gas. russia threat tones cut off natural gas shipments to ukraine if it doesn't get sufficient payment by the end of the week. the company has received $15

million from kiev but says that only covers about a day's worth of gas. kiev has preserved supplies and europe could send gas to ukraine if necessary. in the epicenter of the conflict, the cease-fire between ukraine and russian-backed separatists is mostly holding. but it's on a hair trigger. both sides have been pulling back their heavy weapons, but they also say they could move them quickly back into position if either side violates the deal. cnn's diana magnay is inside the shattered eastern city of donetsk and reports the truce is givening civilians a chance to -- giving civilians a chance to clean up and assess what's left of their broken lives. >> reporter: there's not much life on these trashed streets. nearly ever home's been hit. a few elderly men left making sandbags. when was the last time that this area got badly hit? >> translator: yesterday.

>> reporter: yesterday? whereabouts? >> translator: right here right about here. it's happening even right now. can't you hear that? >> reporter: this conflict various fire here. "we're all the same ukrainians," this man says. "and it wasn't even me who said that. it was somebody who considers him our president. nobody has a right to kill other people. nobody. especially not a president who claims to represent peace. if this is peace, let him come live here." peace seems more possible now. both sides pulling back their armor under the watch of european monitors. we follow a convoy of rocket launchers out of donetsk.

the rebels keen to point out they started the process first. "it looks like the ukraineian side have hurt us," says this commanderment "it seems they want peace as much as we do. we'll see how thing go." around the airport, the artillery's staying put. neither side prepared to risk losing their positions in one of the conflict's major battlegrounds. the runway runs from behind me to the village in that direction about 2k down that road. the rebels have the airport pretty much encircled except for that one village. that's why despite the cease-fire there is still fierce fighting down that road. a truce of sorts and a chance for all sides to shore up their defenses in case it doesn't last. cnn, donetsk, ukraine. mexico has captured one of the most wanted drug kingpins in

the country. servando gomez is the leader of the knights templar hotel which has operated for years in central western mexico. the government accuses the cartel of involvement in drug trafficking killing, kidnappings, and extortion. >> reporter: mexican authors have captured the country's most wanted drug lord. servando gomez, known as la tuta meaning the teacher. the 49-year-old kingpin of a leader of the knight templar cartel, operating out of one of the country's most dangerous states. the former teacher was arrested in the city of morelia. officials say la tuta was captured without a single shot being fired. the knights templar once dominated the methamphetamine market in mexico. using intimidation extortion, and coercion he controlled local politics and business. that changed when vigilante

groups first challenged them followed by an operation when the federal government took the state by storm in an effort to free it from the grip of la tuta and the templars. a $2 million bounty was put on gomez' head. in a rare interview in 2014 gomez admitted that one day he would have to answer for his crimes. >> reporter: how does a teacher become a criminal? the arrest comes after president

pena nieto ordered a crackdown on gangs and cartels operating in the country. the president and the attorney general have been under fire since 43 students were kidnapped and killed by corrupt police officers working with gang members in september. cnn, atlanta. india has unveiled its highly anticipated budget. a make-or-break moment for the prime minister. so has it met expectations? we'll go live to new delhi for the latest. [ male announcer ] meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor.

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today is a big test with the release of india that's make-or-break budget. india's finance minister is aiming for growth and slower fiscal deficit cuts telling lawmakers the world is predicting this is india's chance to fly. after promising so much, can prime minister modi deliver real reforms, cut the deficit, and boost growth? joining me to talk about this cnn's new delhi bureau chief. there is so much anticipation over this huge budget. what did it deliver? what are the takeaways? >> reporter: that's right. a lot of anticipation. it was an hour and a half long speech by the finance minister. he began it in a bullish tone saying that india is ready for a

takeoff. he said india can dispel the era of doom and gloom. and by and large, it seems like he's hit on a lot of the points that we expected him to. in the hour and a half speech i picked out a few of the key takea ways. one is the national goods and services tax which we've been reporting on at cnn for the last day. what this means is that india has a quilt patchwork system of taxes for different states which makes it very difficult to trade across borders and makes it inefficient. if india has a uniform gst or goods and services tax, it will save a lot of time and money for indians. he's promised that. that's one thing. he's also promised a huge boost to infrastructure spending to the tune of $11 billion. and on the other end of the spectrum, he said he will create a universal social security net for indians. a lot of indians lack health care paperwork. this would be useful to them.

there are a lot of thing that look at spending more money. he also said that he would cut corporate tax from 30% to 25%. that got the loudest cheer. stshs went soaring after he said -- stock markets went soaring after he said that. how is he going to raise money to finish the projects? we're not sure. he is going to go after tax evaders. he has said that because india will grow faster 8% next year there will be more money. remain to be seen how all of the numbers a up. by and large on indian tv, analysts have been positive about the budget. the minor criticisms so far are that he hasn't talked about specifics and how to create more jobs and he's neglected the agriculture sector. >> sometimes when countries deal with budget issues, it's not exactly a huge tv moment. this has been quite the saga that's been playing out in

india, this lose. tell us about that. >> it really has. look in any normal year, the indian budget is a big deal. families huddle together and watch it. tv channels in india have scores of 24-hour newschannels, not just in english but inin had dee, tamil, you name it. every language has a 24-hour newschannel. this of greater in part because of soaring expectations over the mody government. so one fact to that is that i heard that a lot of indian newschannels were doubling the ad rates around budget coverage. that gives you a sense of the excitement and the number of eyeballs on this event. india is playing a cricket match at the cricket world cup. it's saying something that for once cricket is taking a backstage. it's all about economics today. >> that's something. that flip-flop. like the super bowl of budgets.

thank you. the relationship between u.s. president barack obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is already a contentious one. and netanyahu's speech to the u.s. congress next week is expected to make things even more tense. we have more on why. >> reporter: the bickering between the white house and benjamin netanyahu over his planned speech to congress hit a new low this week. the u.s./israeli relations deteriorateing to the worst in decades. >> there's a degree of partisanship which is not only unfortunate i think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> reporter: the israeli leader's decision to accept house speaker john boehner's invitation behind the white house's back further strained a frosty relationship with president obama. >> the prime minister and i have a real difference around iran. does not make sense to sour the

negotiations a month or two about they're about -- two before they're about to be complete. >> believing he was playing election politics they were scheduled to meet two weeks before israelis went to the polls netanyahu also said he had a "profound disagreement" with the white house over iran. while he wasn't picking a fight with the president -- >> i intend to speak about this issue before the march 24th deadline, and i intend to speak at the u.s. congress because congress might have an important role on a nuclear deal with iran. >> reporter: the speech became fodder for partisan bickering. about two dozen congressional democrats plan to skip the speech and are urging the speaker to delay the address which they warned was "undermining the president's diplomacy." >> it's out of order in terms of protocol and respect. >> reporter: undeterred the speaker is taking on the white

house head on. >> what is destructive, in my view is making a bad deal that paves the way for a nuclear iran. >> reporter: as the visit draws closer the jabs are getting sharper and more personal. >> have you had the discussion? >> me may have a judgment -- he may have a judgment that may not be correct here. >> reporter: leaving little hope for a thaw in this ten relationship any time soon. >> i respect the white house and the president of the united states, but i must do everything to prevent such a great danger for israel. >> reporter: in is just the latest -- this is just the latest war of words in the long simmering feud between the white house and netanyahu. a senior official was quoted using an explosive to describe -- expletive to describe the prime minister calling him a coward for his refusal to reach a peace deal with the palestinians. cnn, jerusalem. u.s. attorney general eric holder bid farewell to the justice department friday ending his six-year term as the

nation's top lawyer. his departure included a ceremony featuring the unveiling of his official portrait. holder of the country's first african-american and third longest serving attorney general. the event included a surprise appearance by american musical icon aretha franklin. ♪ >> she ended the event singing "america the beautiful." ♪ for spacious skies for amber waves of grain ♪ >> you sing it, miss franklin. ahead, saying good-bye to spock. remembering actor and director leonard nimoy some w some -- with some of the people who knew him best.

britain's prince william is in japan visiting areas impacted by the deadly 2011 earthquake and tsunami. he's expected to tour a new outdoor playground in the fukushima prefecture which was devastated by the nuclear power plant meltdown after the natural disasters. earlier the duke of cambridge helped celebrate partnerships between the u.k. and japan. while he's in fukushima, william is also expected to have dinner with japanese prime minister shinzo abe, eating locally

produced food. update now on the dress drama. the stolen dress from oscar winning actress lupita nyong'o. police believe they've found the missing dress back at the scene of the crime. detective say they were tipped off by an anonymous caller who claimed the $150,000 pearl encrafted dress was in a -- encrusted dress was in a bathroom in the beverly hills hotel after the awards. she is working with calvin klein to confirm it's the real thing. hollywood is remembering the man who brought mr. spock to life on "star trek." leonard nimoy's family confirms the actor died friday at home in california. he was 83. the cause, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. nimoy played spock on the original "star trek" tv series and reprised the role in film. well wishers left pictures and flowers at nimoy's star on the

hollywood walk of fame. so what made his most famous role so memorable? was it the ears? no it was much more. his "star trek" co-stars share their thoughts. >> that is quite logical tap can. >> reporter: leonard nimoy was and will always be remembered as spock. the half human, half vulcan he portrayed for more than four decades on the big screen and small screen where his character debuted in the original series september 8, 19. spock's life on board the shar sharshar -- starship enterprise took him to many places. his love of acting began here on earth in his hometown. >> i started acting at 8 in neighborhood settlement houses in boston and grew up into it. >> live long and prosper. >> reporter: as beloved as spock is with audiences, in his early career, nimoy played a lot of

characters audiences loved to hate. >> i pushed a lot of people around. they're building radar for box office. >> reporter: nimoy's big break came when a producer took notice of the young actor in not sewed of the -- in an episode of the '60s drama "the lieutenant." gene roddenberry saw something special in nimoy's spock. >> they invented the character. they had made an earlier pilot in which nobody had grasped the edges of the character. >> with his imagination and innovation, creativity made that character one interestingly humanized and so riveting intriguing. >> he knows, doctor. >> reporter: despite all the spinoffs, a dozen movies five series, countless conventions -- >> all scanning stations -- >> reporter: the first "star trek" series lasted only three seasons 79 episodes. >> my favorite episode was -- we

heard "live long and prosper" for the first time and saw this for the first time. >> reporter: nimoy went on to star in a number of tv shows following the series. he also pursued other passions -- photography and poetry publishing a book in 1977. in the '90s, spock appeared in "star trek: the next generation." >> father -- >> reporter: and when j.j. abrams rebooted the movies in 2009 again in 2013 the original spock was there, too. >> 35 years ago, i met the enterprise for the first time. >> reporter: nasa's shuttle "enterprise" named for the starship. when it retired in 2012 nimoy there was to talk about it. >> if t feels like a reunion. >> reporter: in later years he spoke about the dangers of smoking after being diagnosed with a lung disease. >> i quit a long time ago. why is this happening to me? it's a lesson his to learn.

>> reporter: his character of spock may have prided himself on being emotionless. in the end that could not be further from who the man was to his family and friends. >> i shall be your friend -- >> first and foremost is a long and deep friendship, love that i have for leonard. he is in essence the brother i never had. you turned around and went -- oh! >> live long and prosper. >> leonard nimoy, spock, dead at age 83. thank you for watching our live coverage. i'm natalie allen. we continue with a live report next from moscow. the latest on the shooting death of russia's opposition figure boris nemtsov. my colleague, george howell, continues coming up next. feet...tiptoeing. better things than the pain stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz (tofacitinib)

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