-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a bloody arrest caught on camera. the terror group isis claims credit for this deadly museum attack and promises more to come. and secret service scandal. what happened to the video of the alleged barricade bump? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. >> we start the show this hour in the u.s. state of virginia. an investigation under way there into the arrest of a college student to see whether police used excessive force. you can see these images here of

20-year-old martese johnson being arrested by alcohol control agents for public intoxication allegedly on wednesday. the arrest warrant for johnson describes him as acting "agitated and belligerent." johnson suffered a head injury during that arrest prompting some university of virginia students to protest the incident. nick valencia joins us now in charlottesville, virginia. what did you learn from the news conference? >> reporter: earlier this evening, martese johnson did make an appearance with his attorney who said his client has been traumatized by this event, that he didn't deserve this treatment. he also highlighted the endless ties to the university from being on the honor committee to being on the orientation council. he's one of the most prominent students here on campus and

people i spoke to say they're shocked this happened to this individual. while police say that he was being uncooperative during the arrest his attorney says that he was the victim of excessive force. >> i go to uva! i go to uva! >> stop fighting. >> you racist! you [ bleep ] racist! how did this happen if>> reporter: st. patrick's day just after midnight. 20-year-old university of virginia student martese johnson is pinned to the ground by alcoholic beverage control special agents after he was denied entry into a bar. the video captures the moments after johnson is taken into custody for public intoxication and obstruction of justice. police say he was acting agitated and belligerent. you hear them on tape ask him to stop fighting. on thursday johnson's attorney said his client is an upstanding

man who has been traumatized. >> at no time did he present a fake i.d. nevertheless virginia abc officers present on the scene questioned my client about being in possession of false identification. >> he's on the executive board of the black student alliance he was an orientation leader. >> reporter: in the two years she's known him, she says johnson has been nothing short of extraordinary on and off campus. >> he's very involved in issues relating to things. it's mind boggle thing happened to him. >> reporter: wednesday night, hundreds of supporters held a rally. he was there, too, after being release 8d from jail. >> regardless of your personal opinions and the way you feel about subjects please respect everyone. we're all part of one community. we deserve to respect each other, especially in times like this. >> reporter: the university of virginia president theresa sullivan asked the governor's office to launch an independent

investigation. >> i felt it in my stomach. seeing the blood run down that young man's face i wanted to know what happened. >> how did this happen! you racist! you [ bleep ] racist! how did this happen? how did this happen you [ bleep ] race i can! >> reporter: what is the core of this? >> i mean it's hard to say it's a race issue. i think race definitely played a factor in it but to me the biggest thing is the excessive force. >> reporter: the virginia state police have launched a criminal investigation and will look into the conduct of the officers involved in this arrest. george? >> so nick that video certainly tells a story. but number one, it's not clear what led up to that incident correct? the actual events that led up to it. secondly wasn't there some confusion about whether this was a fake i.d. or not, that he had? >> reporter: there is a discrepancy between what police initially said say thing incident started because he was denied entry using a fake i.d.

martisese johnson says that's not the case it's a narrative being spun by the media. but that initial information came from the police. it's conflicting with what the police and the johnson camp are saying. george? >> nick thank you so much. now to the country of tunisia. the terror group isis has apparently claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the national museum there. the government is stepping up security around the country because of it. officials hope to protect the international tourism industry that's so vital to that country's economy. barbara starr has this report. >> reporter: the blood is still there. tunisian security forces on high alert looking for at least three suspects in the attack that has now killed 23 people and injured three dozen. isis claiming responsibility for the attack warning this is just

the start if an unverified audio message. >> this is the latest example of extremist terror, and we have to fight it with everything we have. >> reporter: growing u.s. worries about the spread of isis and where it could lead. >> a terrorism attack like this one on a soft target in tunisia promises there will be more terrorism in europe and eventually will wash up on the shores of the united states. >> reporter: for now, the u.s. doesn't doubt the isis claim of responsibility. but officials caution al qaeda affiliates in north africa also are very active in tunisia. these attackers perhaps inspired by isis rather than directly ordered to attack. violent as it was, u.s. officials say the tactics appeared haphazard, not a typical terrorist plot.

tunisian authorities announced nine people were arrested. the prime minister identified two suspects by name. one had been known to security services. but the prime minister did not say if those two were the gunmen that had been killed. a tour guide tells of the terror. >> translator: i thought a roof had collapsed, but bullets were everywhere. we all hid from the shooting. >> reporter: an enemy increasingly difficult to track down. >> what makes these organizations, this virus so difficult to kill is because it is homegrown, self-recruited and there's no sender or return address that we can destroy it. >> reporter: the entire episode was so violent that one spanish couple in the museum wound up spending the night inside hiding out. they thought the terrorists were still there. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. cnn military analyst

lieutenant colonel rick francona joins us live slowvia skype. this is a situation where a small number of operative grabbed big headlines. you think back to mumbai and you look at what happened in paris, in copenhagen. is this the new model? >> yeah because this is an easy tactic it works. look what happened to the tunisian economy and the tourist industry already cruise lines are canceling visits. the stock market took a real hit today. this is an easy way to do a lot of damage. so you're going to see these low-level attacks, but high-impact attacks. this could be a template for what we might see in europe and as bob baer said earlier, this will not be long before this comes to the united states because it is so easy for isis al qaeda, any other of these groups to do. >> talk to us about that. obviously, there is concern that this will happen at some point

here in the united states. what can officials do in what are they doing to prepare for this? >> i think we saw this with the tunisians. tunisia is the largest pool of recruits for isis and these other islamist groups overseas. so they go overseas, and when they return the local internal security service doesn't know that they should be tracking them. so that's very important. if you don't know who's back in your country, who might be one of these islamist terrorists then you don't know who they are. that's why it's very important now that the united states and law enforcement agencies know who is going overseas trying to join isis so we can track them arrest them. and when they return follow them and make sure they don't get involved in these activities. that's what the falldown here was with the tunisians. they didn't have the intelligence on who had returned. >> and you talk about good security in tunisia. good security in countries like

jordan. but countries that are within that region near these hot zones for isis you know how vital, how important is it for them to step up their security? obviously, isis is hell bent on a caliphate here. >> not only step up but they need to start cooperating. look at tunisia as an example, since we're talking about it. to the east you have libya, just a chaotic place, with all sorts of islamist groups operating there. on the west you've got algeria with the al qaeda operating there. they've had border clashes up and down that border for months now. moving over to assyrian iraq you have what's going on there. so jordan is a very good example, jordan tunisia, egypt, if they can cooperate and keep track of these people, they have a better chance of addressing these situations when they get home. right now every country is trying to do this independently. they need to start cooperating. >> lieutenant colonel rick

francona we always appreciate your insight on this situation. thank you for your time. >> sure. a new cnn orc poll shows americans are more concerned about isis than ever. 80% say they think isis poses a serious threat to the united states. that is up 73% in november, and 68% last fall. the poll finds 79% of americans are somewhat or very worried the fight against isis will threatspread throughout the region. a former nurse's aid faces charges on a brutal attack on a mother-to-be. we'll tell you what else she's accused of doing. and more strain for the u.s.-israeli relations as benjamin netanyahu backtracks on his controversial preelection comments.

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welcome book cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. u.s. president barack obama called the israeli prime minister on thursday. the white house says it was to congratulate benjamin netanyahu on his party's election victory on tuesday. but a white house official says it was also to warn that the u.s. needs to now reconsider its relationship with israel. this in light of mr. netanyahu's preelection comments ruling out palestinian statehood. mr. netanyahu has since backtracked on those comments

but the damage may have been done. senior white house correspondent jim acosta has this story. >> reporter: speaking for the first time since benjamin netanyahu's win, the president made it clear that relations between these allies may be about to change. the white house official told the prime minister we will need to reassess our options, following the prime minister's comments about the two-state solution. officials are furious over netanyahu's remarks over the final moments of his campaign pointing to his rejection of a palestinian state in this interview, damaging prospects for middle east peace. asked whether a palestinian state would not be formed if he remains president, he said indeed. >> was the president disappointed in prime minister netanyahu's comment snls >> i would say the president

noticed him. i don't think i would characterize his reaction. but i think that there are obvious policy implications. >> reporter: in a post election interview, netanyahu completely flip-flopped saying he now wants a two-state solution with palestinians. but the white house is also outraged over netanyahu's comment that arab voters were heading to the polls in droves. a remark aides to the president blasted as racially tinged and undemocratic. >> that cynical election day tactic was a pretty transparent effort to marginalize arab-israeli citizens. >> reporter: netanyahu insists arab israelis will always have the right to vote but they're not buying that at the white house, where officials are threatening to allow votes at the united nations in favor of a palestinian state, a measure the u.s. has blocked before. >> what about the administration's sort of lukewarm reaction.

>> lukewarm? >> the obama administration and benjamin netanyahu need to wake up understand the realities of what they can and cannot achieve, and try to restore some adult supervision. >> reporter: jim acosta cnn, the white house. negotiators meet again in switzerland to discuss iran's nuclear program. and some compromises are being reached. two western diplomats say the parties are closing in on the number of centrifuges that iran can keep. but american and iranian officials deny that a draft agreement is under review. our nic robertson caught up with iran's foreign minister monday. >> have you made progress sir? >> we are making progress, but there are issues that need to be resolved. >> which issues need progress, sir? >> all of them, some of them. >> every word matters there. the pressure is on to close the

remaining gaps and to agree on a frame work deal before the end of this month. north korean leader kim jong-un could be headed to moscow this may. a russian official says north korea has accepted an invitation to -- that has been extended by the russian president. pyongyang has not made an official announcement about this trip. mr. putin invited kim to be among the world leaders celebrating victory day, which is the 70th anniversary of the soviet union's victory over nazi germany back in world war ii. if kim attends, it would be his first official foreign trip since becoming the leader of north korea. former australian prime minister malcolm frazier has died at the age of 84. his family says he died peacefully after a brief illness. he served as australia's 22nd prime minister from 1975 to 1983. his legacy includes offering a

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the fbi and justice department are both investigating the mysterious hanging death of an african-american man in the state of mississippi. sheriff officials say the man's body was found with a bed sheet tied around his neck hanging from a tree. his hands were not tied. a law enforcement official says he is believed to be 54-year-old otis bird who had been missing since march 2nd. he was found near a home belonging to his family. it's not clear if this was suicide or homicide. in colorado police are investigating an almost unspeakable crime. a 34-year-old woman 179ed of attacking a young mother-to-be stealing her unborn child who is in custody. a judge ordered her held on $2 million bail. the story is the pregnant woman was responding to an ad for baby clothes that she posted on craigslist online. when she arrived, she was

attacked and her child was cut from her womb. the baby did not survive that attack. the attack once again raises the question about the safety of online ads. cnn's martin savidge has this story. >> reporter: this 911 call is horrific and remarkable. in this home the 26-year-old woman lies beaten stabbed and bleeding. she finds the strength to make the call that will save her life and lead to her attacker. >> what did she cut you with? >> a knife. i'm pregnant. >> reporter: police arrive in minutes and only then learn the horror she's been through. according to authorities, the woman was seven months pregnant and responding to an online ad. >> she was shopping on craigslist and she came to this house to pick up some baby

clothes. >> reporter: once there, 34-year-old danell lane assaulted the mother-to-be and cut the unborn child from her abdomen. the victim was taken to the hospital the same hospital where the suspect arrived with the fetus claiming she was miscarried. the premature infant was already dead. the tragedy is the latest in a string of craigslist crimes. earlier this year a suburban atlanta couple went to buy their dream car. a 1966 mustang they had found on craigslist. but there was no car. instead, a south georgia man has been charged with the couple's murders. in february a college student from atlanta thought he had found the iphone he wanted on craigslist. when he replied to the ad he was robbed shot and killed. crimes like these and other

close calls motivated the woodstock police department outside atlanta to offer their parking lot, even their lobby as a safe site for buyers and sellers to meet. >> a vigilant community is a safe community. >> reporter: craigslist itself cautions customers about the potential pitfalls of online selling, offering a link on each posting. >> that was cnn's martin savidge reporting. kurdish fighters claim progress in northern iraq. we'll take you to the front lines in the fight against isis and hear from villagers no longer in their grip. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is condemning an alleged gas attack by the assad regime warning the world cannot turn a blind eye to barbarrism. that story ahead.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. the headlines this hour. isis is claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on the national museum in tunisia. the group posted an online message warning that this is just the start. authorities have arrested. >> narrator: -- nine people in connection with that attack. martese johnson was injured when alcohol control agents arrested him on wednesday for allegedly being intoxicated in public. his arrest prompted protests which some cite excessive force was used by the officers. the arrest warrant describes him as acting belligerent.

u.s. president barack obama has congratulated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on his victory, but says they will reassess their relationship after netanyahu ruled out palestinian statehood. fifa has confirmed the 2022 world cup final in qatar will be played on december 18th. it's the first time a world cup will be played outside of may, june or july. the tournament was moved from the summer months to avoid the brutal heat in the persian gulf nation. a police officer killed if the tunisian museum attack has been laid to rest. at least 23 people most international tourists were killed if the siege, but we're learning it could have been much worse. tunisia's president says two attackers with carrying explosives but were not able to detonate them. this attack has shocked and

horrified tunisia, which is regarded as a sea of relative calm in a turbulent region. but analysts say it's to the all together that surprising. atika scubert has this story. >> reporter: this is a message for tunisia from isis posted three months before the museum attack. in the video, a tunisian fighter claims that isis killed two tunisian politicians in the run-up to elections. yes, the fighter says, it is we who assassinated the two. god willing, we will be back to assassinate many of you, he says. now isis has released this audio, claiming responsibility for the museum attack. cnn cannot verify the authenticity of the statement. certainly there is no shortage of suspects. but why tunisia? the one country to emerge from the arab spring with relative stability. now there are hundreds of jihadi fighters from across europe but

many more come from the middle east and north africa. in fact tunisia has more jihadi fighters in syria and iraq than any other country. about 3,000 according to one estimate. analysts say this is the flip side to tunisia's 2011 revolution. a surge in radical islamist groups. >> it's not because the country has freedoms. it's not a byproduct of democracy, necessarily. it is a byproduct of the long history of oppression and combine that with the retraction of the state security apparatus following the revolution and the turmoil next door in libya, whose instability is one of the chief threats to tunisia's democratic transition. >> reporter: for tunisia, the road of jihad goes through libya, where law and order has broken down where multiple militias vie for territorial control. >> the government in libya and

tripoli don't govern their territory, and there are roving isis cells that are expanding. so a lot of these tunisian fighters that have gone to syria and iraq have gone there through training camps in libya. some of them are coming back to tunisia and some will be coming home from syria and iraq. this will be a huge challenge for tunisia. >> reporter: the museum attack is just one example of how difficult safeguarding tunisia will be as militant groups like isis are intent on destroying its young democracy. atika scubert, cnn, london. terror groups like isis and al qaeda make no secret about their desire to strike the west. and it becomes even easier when international tourists visit places like tunisia and egypt. as miguel marquez reports, it's not the first time terrorists have targeted tourists with deadly results. >> reporter: the targeting of tunisia's most prominent museum.

a sharp reminder for tour uss without warning that they could find themselves on the front lines of violent extremist war against westerners. november 26th 2008. mumbai india. ten fighters from the pakistani islamic group launched a series of grenade and automatic weapon attacks against high profile locations over a four-day period. 164 people were killed. october 12th 2002 bali indonesia, where tens of thousands of american tourists travel every year. al qaeda affiliates detonated three bombs, the first bomb near the u.s. consulate caused no injuries. the second bomb just after 11:00 p.m. a suicide bomber inside paddy's pub, and as the injured ran into the street a car bomb exploded.

207 were killed. and in egypt, a group fired automatic weapons into a tour bus, stabbed and killed 68 swiss and japanese tourists at one of egypt's top tourist destinations. isis al qaeda, and al shabab have all expressed their desire to hit western targets. a recent bid of isis propaganda promises just that. soon in your city will be the battle. the groups have specified targets it would like to hit. in rome 500 police have been added to protect destinations like the vatican and coliseum. recently though no islamic group is known to have targeted a heavily guarded tourist destination, but it has threatened places like the white house, london's big ben, the eiffel tower in paris and even minnesota's mall of america. to australia. the cafe that was the scene of a

deadly siege three months ago is back in business. hundreds began lining up at sun rise for the reopening of the cafe in sydney. mike baird met with staff before the doors opened there. in september, a gunman took 17 people hostage. he was killed by police but not before he killed one hostage. a second hostage then died later in that gun battle. now to northern iraq. kurdish peshmerga fighters are reporting progress in their campaign against isis forces. our ben wedeman has a first hand look for us. >> reporter: this village looks peaceful enough. less than two weeks ago, it was under isis control. 8-year-old mustafa seems uncomfortable talking to

strangers. perhaps a lingering echo of isis or an awareness of just how deceptive this peaceful scene really is. [ gunfire ] >> here they come here they come. >> reporter: the peshmerga kurdish fighters drove isis out, but only to the adjacent village. their commander is upbeat. the situation is now very good good the general tells me. there are only occasional clashes. the residents of this area south of kircut are sunni arabs. most have fled. only a few stayed behind. they say isis allowed the schools to stay open but took away all the history books. i asked if anyone here welcomed isis.

none he says. well only some kids joined them. immature uneducated kids. at his headquarters the peshmerga commander outlines the rapidly moving front lines. isis has almost collapsed, he says. it's not like before. people in this area now know who they are. before they thought they were magic. that they would make a paradise on earth. but all they brought was sorrow. the peshmerga are pushing forward southeast of kircut. while south of the city fighters have surrounded the isis-held town of el bashir. not far from here the commanders say they have good air cover from the international coalition. here in this area where they're also fighting isis isis is just up the road from here they say they have absolutely no air

cover from the international coalition. the coalition provides air cover for the peshmerga and iraqi government forces. everyone else is on their own. isis' black banner still flies over the town while black smoke rises from burning homes behind us. they keep a wary eye on el bashir. these are men who have known little but war. this 58-year-old joined the iraqi army in his late teens. war with iran war with the kurds, he says war with the americans, war with al qaeda. and there will be more wars to come. true words in this land that lives and all too often dies by the sword. ben wedeman, cnn, south of kircut. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is condemning an alleged chlorine gas attack by the assad regime. now he's calling for an investigation into it. the attack is said to have

happened in the syrian town of sarmin on monday. a group monitoring the syrian civil war says six civilians and dozens were injured. cnn cannot independently confirm this report. last year syria agreed to turn over its chemical weapons stockpile. the united nations says more than 200,000 people have been killed in the brutal civil war in syria. many have fled their homes and for those that remain every day is a struggle. i want to warn you this story may be hard to watch. many of the images are disturbing. for the last four years, life inside syria has been hard to endure. earlier this week the scramble to save a bloody boy, a victim of what is said to be an aerial bombing by regime forces.

destruction in every direction. finding safe shelter in syria is no easy task. this family fled their home and now live life on the run. at this point, this half built apartment in the damascus suburb will have to do. makeshift drapes provide their only privacy. she says her daughters wish to have many things that she cannot provide. the family is barely getting by and she's pregnant. it's not fair for the baby to come to this life she says. we used to walk around at night. but now we are afraid to walk even during the day. in a nearby building she and her children are also struggling. the family of seven eat, live and sleep on a mattress in another curtained off room which serves as their home. two of her children are suffering from kidney failure. everything she has goes to pay for their treatment. i have lived in very difficult conditions with my children, she

says. but i thank god for what we do have. her son misses his old life. i want to eat everything and drink anything, he said. the aleppo skyline, serene from up high on ground level tells a very different story. a war wary city that gets an hour and a half of electricity each day. so this mother and her three children bundle up. it's cold in their home. muhammad says he's trying to do well in school to make his father who is in paradise happy. the boys call their father a martyr. they play football without his coaching among piles of rubble in the empty streets. the oldest fasol, asks god to take the syrian president's life. only then he says can we relax and live a good life without killings for injustice.

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welcome back. tokyo police say they arrested a man linked to the threats against the u.s. embassy in japan. what's still not clear is if that arrest is tied to reported death threats against the u.s. ambassador to japan caroline kennedy. here's more now from anna coren in tokyo. >> reporter: police in japan have arrested a 52-year-old man after he admitted making calls threatening to blow up the u.s. embassy more in tokyo, as well as camp schwab a u.s. marine babe in okinawa. the man made three calls this month, and they're now investigating whether there is any link between these threats and those on the life of caroline kennedy, the u.s. ambassador to japan. there are reports of at least 30 threatening phone calls made last month to the u.s. embassy, which involved specific death threats against the 57-year-old daughter of president john f. kennedy.

police are still searching for who is behind those threats. as a result security has been tightened. and the u.s. state department says it is working with japanese authorities to ensure the safety of u.s. diplomats. it comes just weeks after a violent attack on mark lippert, the u.s. ambassador to south korea, by a crazed man wielding a knife. lippert suffered serious injuries requiring 80 stitches to his face and arms. michelle obama's strip to the region is focusing on girl's education. former u.s. president bill clinton also met with kennedy and the japanese prime minister. despite the threats, it was business as usual for kennedy who accompanied mrs. obama. addressing the media, not about the threats to her safety but the three japanese citizens killed in the tunisian terror attacks.

>> before i start, i just want to say how saddened i am to learn the news of the loss of a japanese citizen in tunisia and our hearts go out to their family and the japanese family. >> reporter: she's made no indication she'll change her schedule with the investigation into the threats. but security will be at an all-time high. anna coren, cnn, tokyo. u.s. secret service director joe clancy told a senate panel on thursday that reports about two alleged drunken agents were exaggerated. but he admits the fact that he didn't find out about the incident until nearly a week later is unacceptable. our joe johns has the story. >> reporter: serious questions about the secret service incident remain tonight, especially about critical surveillance video that was recorded over before it could be reviewed. >> we understand it's a concern. we're doing everything we can to retrieve those images. >> reporter: the director said

it's standard practice for video to be eliminated after 72 hours. the problem is he was not alerted to the incident until nearly a week later. >> the fact that i did not learn of this allegation until five days later is unacceptable. i'm very unhappy about it. >> reporter: two senior agents drove under police tape into the middle of a bomb investigation outside the white house, bumping a plastic barrel with their car. it's unclear if they were drupging but the director said he's prepared to take discipline disciplinary action. >> if they felt the driver or the supervisor were under the influence of alcohol, they should have taken appropriate action and that action would have been certainly to notify the chain of command all the way up to my office. >> reporter: for the highly trained agents of the secret service, it's another black mark

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watching as the moon blocks out the light from the sun, it can be hard to imagine the amazing cosmic coincidence taking place. the diameter is some 400 times larger than the moon's. for a couple of minutes when the sun and moon are perfectly aligned, the moon completely covers the sun's disk. the sun's atmosphere can be seen in the dim light with stars and planets. this glowing atmosphere is much hotter than the surface of the sun, but no one is sure why. it's a question puzzling astronomers. this so-called totality exists in a narrow band when the moon's shadow falls on the earth. outside the zone, some can see a partial eclipse, where it looks

like a chunk has been taken out of the sun. it's not a phenomenon that will last forever. the moon is slowly moving away from the earth, and one day it will appear too small in the sky to cover the sun completely. but nasa estimates that you still have 563 million years to catch one if you miss this one. if you're luckily enough to see this remember, never look directly at the sun. even if everyday sunglasses. you risk causing permanent damage to your eyes. if you don't have access to special filters, a safe pay to observe is to make a pinhole on paper and protect the image on another sheet. >> and they call this the perfect trifecta. >> we have the solar eclipse, the equinox and a few other things taking place. let me show you what's happening. this eclipse taking place across

the world is all thanks to the sun, the moon and the earth being in perfect alignment. of course the moon casting its shadow on a very distinct part of the world including you in london. starting at 8:25 this morning, we'll start to see that shadow just cast over westminster and big ben. we have 80% totality that's 80% of the sun being covered by the moon's shadow. that's at 9:31. so you want to check that out. if you get a check, weather conditions not so good in northern parts of europe. you will want to travel to the adriatic to get your best viewing conditions. the united kingdom looks fair with cloud cover. now let's talk about the first day of spring, part of this trifecta on top of the equinox and the solar eclipse. we have the first day of spring.

a winter storm headed our way for washington, d.c., as well as the big apple. then a cold blast of air follows it. we're talking about temperatures running 15 degrees fahrenheit below where they should be. fortunately not for us in atlanta. >> thank you so much. we thank you for watching. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. natalie allen is up next. i'll be back the next hour. you are watching cnn, the world's news leader. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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