headquarters in atlanta. thank you so much for watching. have yourself a great week. i'll see you back here during the week or next weekend. good morning and welcome to "early start." >> we're bringing you the news from "a" to "z." trayvon martin's parents will take their case directly to the justice department today. it's the day after thousands joined them in a rally for their son, including celebrities and civil rights leaders. >> the coast guard bringing two injured sailors back to land this morning after a wave smashed their yacht 400 miles off the california coast. an ugly post-game celebration. march madness, you bet. kentucky fans burning couches, flipping cars, all after kentucky wins. go figure. i mean, really. there are reports more than two dozen arrests this morning as the wildcats get ready to play

in the title game. it sounds like a disney movie. school kids find bags of sunken treasure. this is a true story. it's like a time capsule to the past bursting with gold and silver antiques. and we will be talking to the kids who actually found the loot. the next president of the united states! >> oh, bummer. whoa, there's really a big joke that's about to play out after this freeze. mitt romney being punk'd by his staff. what does he see to his left? gop front-runner totally falling for an april fools' day prank. we'll show you that reaction coming up later on in the program. up first, the parents of trail a trayvon martin their case to the justice department. but were overruled by the state attorney's office. thousands attended a rally and a concert sunday in miami not far from where trayvon lived. jesse jackson, al sharp ton and

others renewing calls for george zimmerman to be arrested for killing trayvon martin. zimmerman claims the shooting was in self-defense. trayvon's parents were at this rally. his mother says the goal of these rallies is not only to demand justice but to tell people about her son. >> we just want the public to know that he was a regular teenager, that he was respectable, and he was loved by his family and his friends. >> cnn's george howell is following all these developments. he is live in sanford, florida, for us. i understand as i was reading this morning they said they're going to continue with these shows of support around the country until there is an arrest made. >> reporter: we know that we will continue to see these rallies, we will see pray-ins and marches throughout the country as this investigation continues. intra ra you spoke about this request for the department of justice to look into the case. we know that will be formally filed today, though he says it's

still uncheer how and when the doj will look into this. it goes specifically to talk -- to look into the actions of the state attorney, norm wolfwolfin and how he interacted with the lead investigator 92 this case. he says that will be formally fired today and he does expect to hear back from the doj today. >> "the orlando sentinel" has the 911 calls where you can hear a voice screaming analyzed by a pair of independent experts. what did their analysis determine? >> reporter: they found someone who used voice identification software to basically listen to that audio, that 911 audio, and the background voice, the screaming that you hear. and this person determined, not conclusively, but came to the conclusion, decided that it's very likely trayvon martin's voice on that audio recording. keep in mind, we did our own research also. we had an audio expert listen to

the audio. and it was also inconclusive on our end. but take a listen for yourself to this 911 audio. >> does he look hurt to you? >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there, i don't know what's going on. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your -- >> so at this point, again, no eyewitnesses, really earwitnesses, people who heard that screaming. now it will be up to prosecutors really to determine who is screaming in that audio. >> all right, george howell live for us in florida. we are going to have two of those experts on our show. one here on "early start," one on "starting point." thank you for that. a passenger plane crashes touring takeoff, killing 31 on board, including all four of the crew members. it was traveling from an oil-producing town in siberia

and russian officials say air traffic control lost contact with the pilot just after the plane took off. it burst into flames, apparently broke into pieces. there were 12 survivors, all of them rushed to the hospital. reports say they're all in intensive care this morning. russian officials are examining the airplane's data recorders. also new this morning, the u.s. coast guard rescuing two injured sailors from their damaged yacht. the yacht was drifting some 400 miles off the california coast after being caught in a storm in high seas. the four people on board the 67-foot racing yacht were taking part in a round the world race. coast guard helicopter flew two injured sailors to san francisco. they are receiving medical treatment there. most of you probably getting up. old stiffs going to work this morning. i'm talking about that megaball thing. the winners of the $656 million mega jackpot this morning. two of the winning tickets were sold in kansas and maryland

where winners are not required to come forward publicly. the third one was in illinois. betcha. that's the state where they say, got to show your face if you want your bread. by the way, those winners are all set to get about $218 million apiece. that's if they take the 26 payments. that's also before taxes. all right, three big primary races up for grabs tomorrow when voters head to the polls in two states and washington, d.c. wisconsin is the big prize there. 42 delegates, maryland with 37 delegates and washington, d.c., 19. mitt romney is predicting wisconsin will be his. it will put him on the path to the nomination before the convention, he says. he is ahead in the polls in all three races tomorrow. so he is focusing his attacks on president obama. >> the president is going to be campaigning saying he's doing a great job. do you know he actually believes he's doing a great job.

he said the other day that he's doing an historically great job. like lincoln, lbj, fdr. and this was not said on "saturday night live." he believes that. >> meantime, rick santorum is campaigning in wisconsin. he is insisting that he is not bowing out, no matter how things turn out tomorrow. so how long can santorum hang on? at 6:40 eastern we'll talk about tomorrow's races and the candidate's future with santorum's communication director. >> so it's 5:07. obviously yesterday was the big april fools' day. did you do anything? >> no, i didn't. >> did you get punk'd at all? >> no, but he got punk'd. >> mitt romney. what a fabulous -- >> i loved it. it was great. >> it was, really good. he really got the big punk from his staff on april fools' day at a pancake breakfast in milwaukee. if you didn't see it it's great. republican senators paul ryan and ron johnson masterminded the

hoax, set him up by telling the candidate that the turnout for the breakfast was a bit small. then they used audiotape of people cheering as they were introducing romney and they brought him into a room -- you're going to have to see what romney saw. have a look at the tape. >> ron johnson introducing mitt romney, the next president of the united states! approximate oh, you guys. >> well, you know those staffers were standing there amongst the tables. it was completely empty otherwise. all those people at the event were actually on a different floor so it wasn't a total bust. momny's known as a practical joker. afterward he told his staffers that he'll forgive and remember. >> that is my favorite line so far out of his mouth. he's going to forgive and

remember. i'm going to use that one. >> forgive and remember. this just in, the national average for a gallon of gas, want to guess? >> it's staying satisfied. >> $3.93 a gallon. aaa calculates the national average and posts it on its website every morning at 5:00 a.m. eastern. so we bring to it you. analysts should expect to is -- you should expect to see prices going up through memorial day weekend and potentially into the summer when the market switches to the more expensive gas blend. you might want to prep your budget for that if you haven't already. >> christine romans' advice holds true, keep your tank filled up all the time. i let mine run empty yesterday. >> i did too. i found cheaper gas, actually. it was an hour away from where i live. >> what'd you spend to get there? >> i had to take my kid to a game. >> you had to be there anyway. final four. this one over here, she knows all about this stuff. i don't know anything about

baseball. now we're down to two. >> therein lies the problem. >> totally kidding. kentucky and kansas in the ncaa national title game tonight in the big easy. kansas pulling off a stunning comeback over ohio state on saturday to get there. it was such a close squeaker too. and kentucky held off its in-state rival louisville. >> kentucky fans acting like they've never been there before. look at this. >> oh, man. >> started fires, rioted in lexington after kentucky beat louisville on saturday in the final four. some carried out a sofa and they actually set that sofa on fire. you know these are the winning fans. there are reports of more than two dozen arrests. but we are happy to report there were no serious injuries even though it looks serious. look at an overturned car, crazy. >> i'm a hockey fan so i get this. i get this whole philosophy of winning and then going bananas, overturning police cars and all the rest.

i've seen it after many a stanley cup game. >> you get it but you don't. >> i get that it happens, i don't get why it happens. that's for sure. 5:11 on the east coast. still ahead, really, really lucky kids thought they had the bummer of an assignment, junk patrol. they ended up pulling sunken treasure out of a lake. we're not talking a little treasure, we're talking pirate's booty. jewelry, coins, bracelets, military medals. what on effort was behind all this? you'll find out in a moment. a plan to save money that actually might stick. a major city trying out a plan to pick up garbage twice a month. worst movie ever. a record night at the razzies for adam sandler. >> cute little girls. >> yeah but this is a bummer of a moment for their dad, i'll tell you. ♪

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welcome back. it is 5:15. time to check the stories making news this morning. here is christine romans. >> happy monday. the lawyer for trayvon martin's family says they'll ask the justice department to review the actions of the state attorneys office in florida. a homicide detective reportedly pushed for charges against george zimmerman after the trayvon martin shooting but was overruled by florida prosecutors. visa says its networks were hit by a technical glitch for about 45 minutes. yesterday's disruption by caused by a recent enhancement the company made to its system. the system is now operating normally. it wasn't related to the huge data breech. fiji bracing for a possible cyclone. 800 people now living in temporary shelters in fiji.

the government declared a state of natural disaster but flights in and out of the country have resumed. former alaska governor sarah palin will co-host the "today" show on nbc tomorrow morning. she's going head to head with former host and nemesis maybe katie couric, guest hosting abc's "good morning america" this week while robin roberts is on vacation. honoring the best of the worst. adam sandler's film "jack and jill" swept the razzies along with the movie's worst picture award, adam sandler named worst actor and worst actress for playing both jack and jill, the first time one film was dishonored in every single category. makes me want to rent it now. >> seriously? >> no. >> as a drinking game maybe. >> back to sarah palin for a minute here. you see here's the knockout, katie couric and sarah palin, katie got the first punch.

>> guess who's missing. oprah, who's on cbs. this is going to be a blowout week for the morning newscasts, crazy. crazy booking wars. >> looking for millions of eyeballs. >> i think so, that's exactly it. is it sweeps week perhaps? 5:17. thanks, christine. we like to use this time to get an early read on things. mostly because we like to go to the travel forecast. >> reynolds wolf is in for rob marciano, good morning. >> rough day through parts of the country due to the weather. we have snowfall across parts of the central and northern rockies and a chance of severe storms in the central and southern plains. especially for the plains of texas, clear up to parts of oklahoma, back into kansas. even portions of nebraska are going to be the possibility of large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornados. we mention damaging winds. speaking of wind, wind's going to be extremely parts of desert southwest and the four corners

into the southern rockies, southern california. we're going to see gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour. we're talking tropical storm-force winds. they will extend all the way up into the dakotas through the afternoon and into the evening hours. that wind will play a part in today's travel. here's proof. new york, delays possibly over an hour. philadelphia, wind's going to be an issue, delays under an hour. charlotte, keep you on the tarmac longer than you'd like. denver, a combination of wind and snowfall along parts of the front range. no snow for parts of the midwest. highs 87 in kansas city. 66 in minneapolis. 57 in new york. 48 in boston. 86 in atlanta. 86 in tampa. out west we go in the four corners. a string of 40s and 50s as we wrap it up. l.a. with 76. san francisco with 65. that's your forecast. let's send it back to you in new york. 5:18. you know, when the local news makes national headlines that's when we jump in with our morning papers. this morning we've got them from

chicago, detroit, and seattle. we're going right across the country. "chicago tribune." there's a study out that says u.s. airlines, are you seated? maybe you're lying down. i hope one of the two. are performing at an all-time high. 2011 airline quality rating says it's the highest -- this is an annual study. this is the highest it's ever been. since it's been going, toward 22 years, they haven't had ratings this high. they all saw imof improvements in baggage handling. fewer delayed flights. fewer overbooked flights. fewer customer complaints. i can say one thing about the baggage. maybe there's less baggage lost because of the fees to check the bags. we're carrying them ourselves on board. >> perhaps, perhaps. >> could be. >> let's move on "the detroit news." three high schools in michigan are giving some students the option to start their school day an hour later. good idea, bad idea?

10th, 11th and 12th graders will get a choice to start at 8:25 instead of 7:20. the kids will stay later. a study suggests kids who dpt more sleep get better grades, better attendance, their mood is better. will they sleep more? i don't think so, they'll ob facebook and tweeting all night long. >> if it were me. "seattle times." i love this one. a bit of a stinker of a story. pardon me for the silly pun. you've got to see the headline. it's on the side column. in seattle, garbage pickup just twice a month? could you imagine in your community, if your garbage was out there rotting for two weeks? this is a plan, seattle's trying to save money, they think they can save a fair bit, $6 million a year. a pilot program, apparently there's like 800 really unlucky people are going to get chosen at somewhat random but not really. they're planning this. they want to get a diverse community to try this thing out. apparently this could be extended city-wide after 2015

because they have labor contracts, they can't do it all at once. imagine the bear concerns, bear country, and also just the public health issues and the rats and stuff like that. kind of disgusting. >> i have a bit of advice for you. what my mother does, she freezes old food and doesn't put it out till garbage day. >> smart. >> that way you don't accumulate as much. >> not a bad idea. school kids on junk patrol pull up junken treasure. the discovery is setting off a search for the rightful owners and the thieves who may not even be alive. you're going to understand so much more when we talk to the kids who found the loot. turn left. the passat is one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not that we'd ever brag about it. turn right. come on, nine. turn left. hit the brakes. huh? how'd that get there? [ male announcer ] we can't hide how proud we are

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ears. the dow and s&p 500 both up. nasdaq just down slightly. >> overall stocks are up strongly so far this year. christine reason romans is here with more on this. you can't win if you don't play. >> i don't mean the lottery. i'm talking about the stock market. it was the best first quarter for stocks since 1998. we were laughing because i said i didn't even have gray hair. >> tech boom '98. >> it was a great quarter for stocks. you have the nasdaq up this quarter 19%. the dow up like 8%. look at the s&p 500. this is most likely to reflect the stocks in your portfolio. they're up 12% in the first quarter. i'm showing you s&p over the past three years. just look at that chart. up 64% over the past three years. after that horrible march 2009, stocks have advanced. they have been moving strongly higher here in this first quarter was really, really good. i want to tell you some of the stocks that were really good. apple up 48%.

apple wasn't even the best tech stock of the quarter. you also had financial stocks did very, very well. some of these bank stocks up 20, 30, 40, 50% in part because we know they're not going to fail, many of these banks. we've got the fed still pumping a lot of money into the system through loware interest rates. technology cyclical, financial services, real estate, all these doing very well in the quarter. when i say you want win if you don't play, this is why, and i'm going to tweet the risk profile -- >> you wondered did i miss it? now what do i do? >> if you're getting in right now this is a big reminder to you you've got to know what is in your 401(k), make sure it's balanced for your outlook and when you're going to retire, this was a really big rally. april tends to be a good month, every year for five years april has been up. the stock market, many people are telling me, could go a little bit further here. if the data remains good, we

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5:30, welcome back to "early start." >> i'm ashleigh banfield and it is time to check the stories making news this morning. >> trayvon martin's parents among the thousands attending a rally in miami demanding justice and the arrest of george zimmerman. today they'll ask for a federal review of actions by florida prosecutors. the coast guard coming to the rescue of a crew on board a racing yacht that was damaged in a storm off the coast of california. it was taking part in an around the world race. two sailors were injured and flown to san francisco. three of osama bin laden's widows are expected to be charged this morning for living illegally in pakistan. it's an offense that carries a maximum ten-year prison sentence. the women have been in the custody of pakistani officials since u.s. savy s.e.a.l.s raided bin laden's compound and killed the al qaeda leader last year.

a student project, a science project, shuts down dallas love field airport. five gates had to be evacuated yesterday when a "robotic device" was found near the cockpit of a southwest airlines flight bounce for kansas city. 11 passengers were detained including a professor and his students. turns out it was one of the kids that accidentally left the robot on board the plane. >> they'll have a story to tell. we're still waiting to find out who the winners are of that $656 million mega millions jackpot. we know the tickets were sold in kansas, maryland, and illinois. the winners will get about $218 million apiece before taxes. 5:32 on the east coast and mitt romney is hoping to pull off a tuesday trifecta when the voters head to the polls tuesday. they're going in wisconsin, maryland, and washington, d.c. right now mitt romney is looking like he's ahead in all three of the races.

in wisconsin there are 42 delegates at stake, and here is how the leaderboard shakes out in that state so far. romney's looking like he can pull in 40% of the vote. santorum 33% of the vote. paul and gingrich coming in behind. the gop front-runner says he can almost taste it now. >> i've got a good boost from the folks in illinois. and if i can get that boost also from wisconsin, i think we'll be on a path that will get me the nomination well before the convention. sure hope so. >> rick santorum for his part says he is not a quitter, says he's going to stick around in the race even if mitt romney sweeps all three states tomorrow. >> a north dakota radio station the other day, governor sununu, one of romney's chief spokesmen, trying to spin this race is over, this race is over. why is he spending $4 million in wisconsin if the race is over?

if it's over, there's no chance, why is he bothering even campaigning anymore if it's over? >> why is he bothering is a question a lot of people are asking and i'm not suggesting about either of those candidates. if you can read between the lines, cnn's political editor is live for us in washington, d.c. this morning. that is a big question that's being asked. why isn't it over yet? and you know what? i'm looking at these states that are coming up and they only offer up nadel gates if you win all three, that's not enough to clinch anything. >> not enough to clinch. romney will not go over the top at all on tuesday, tomorrow. this is also about momentum here. if rick santorum can't even win wisconsin, we know maryland, district of columbia, polls indicate that is romney country. i guess wisconsin, the biggest prize on tuesday, his one chance to maybe, maybe try to change the conversation if he could pull the upset and score victory. as you mentioned, in the last two weeks since romney won big in illinois, the conversation

has really changed. he's now the inevitable nominee and you've seen all these huge names in the republican party and some top conservatives as well come out and endorse romney. conservatives of course the base of the party and the part of the party romney's had a problem with. santorum doesn't sound like he's quitting. take a listen to what he said last night. >> the reason i'm here is because what the establishment has tried to shove down the throats of the phones of this country on the republican ticket isn't being swallowed. the reason why it's not being swallowed is because they want someone who reflects the values, somebody they can trust, someone who's an authentic conservative. >> after tuesday, three more weeks until another contest, including his own pennsylvania on april 24th. >> oh, boy will a lot of people be watching that 1. he's had a big drop, his popularity, in his home state. here's the question i want did ask you about swing states. i'm not sure whether it was saturday or sunday. rick santorum said, it's not over till it's over and i'm very strong in swing states.

you've got new polling out. is what he says true? >> it's less about him, more about the general election. take a look at this. gallup/"usa today." you can see here, the 12 swing states, what would it look like in november? basically, romney/obama, you see the president has an advantage over romney b. a 9-point advantage over mitt romney. the real story is the gender gap. take a look at men. obama/romney, pretty much dead even. take a look at women, obama's got a huge lead. it is all about the gender gap. right now it's favoring barack obama. >> we had funky numbers up for a bit, i think we've got the right ones up now. i see you didn't win the power ball either. >> yeah, i'm here. >> i'm glad. i'll miss you if you leave us. thank you for that, paul. how long can rick santorum actually stay in this race if romney takes all three primary states tomorrow? at 6:40 we're going to talk about tuesday's contests and the candidate's future with rick santorum's communications director. i recognize the jacket i'm

wearing. isn't that interesting. he's a nice guy, he's always smiling, i like him. >> 5:they have. a quick-thinking driver saves two elderly couples from a burning building. this boston man says he drove by a burning apartment building. he stopped his car, kicked down the doors to see if anyone was trapped inside. look at that inferno he went into. his 12-year-old daughter stayed in the car, she called 911. what did he find? two elderly couples. neither had any idea the building was on fire. >> no idea. what building? he says, this building. get out now. >> i'm just a nervous wreck. i want to go in the house. i can't believe this happened. april fools. april fools joke. >> the boston fire department says the seven-alarm fire spread to another building as well and everyone was able to get out safely. thanks in part to that good

samaritan. >> thank goodness. 5:37 on the east coast. we want you to check out incredible video of a rescue in southwest china. take a look down. that's the face of a 2-year-old boy who fell into an abandoned dry well. 40 feet deep. the well was tiny too. just a foot wide. rescuers had to keep pumping air down the well so that he could breathe. isn't that incredible. every time they were lifting him and they started to get some traction, he would fall and slip back down. really a remarkable effort. take a listen. finally, success. the little guy. the boy crying. >> i know, look at him, he's crying, upset, he's shaken.

but they got him out and we are happy to say that little 2-year-old is okay today. i've got goosebumps. mommy, daddy. >> crazy story. >> i know. i have a lump in my throat. 5:39. still ahead, waking up angry. a volcano puts on a spectacular show just for you. a fire eruption for the fifth time this year. he has played his share of idiots on the screen. now ashton kutcher is picked to play one of the smartest men of the past century. can you guess? so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. that can help lower cholesterol? we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive.

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all right, listen to this. it's 5:42. sunken treasure, bags of gold and silver. might sound like the work of pirates. nope.

a group of sixth graders in northern california made a surprising discovery while picking up trash around lake merritt as part of a weekly clean up project. even the adults were shocked. >> this is very exciting. i think it's every child's dream to come across some type of treasure. >> all right, so what did they find? two 15-pound canvas bags filled with gold jewelry, silver candlestick holders, ancient coins. so much more. here to tell us are five of the students from st. paul's school, episcopal school, in oakland. thank you for being with us this morning. first of all i want to say congratulations for doing this weekly cleanup of a lake. we're really proud of you and your teacher. who was the first one to find something in the water? >> i saw it first. >> what did you see? >> we all kind of pulled it out. >> i just saw two canvas bags.

i saw the handles kind of floating in the water. they were way down in the ground, i couldn't move them. the top of them were kind of floating up to the top. >> all right. once you got the bag out of the water, what was inside? >> just like gold, silver, jewelry, watches, rings. there was even a couple of knives. >> there was a spoon too. >> spoons, yeah. >> salt and pepper shaker. >> did you know what you found in there was valuable? >> yeah. it looked very valuable. once we pulled it out of the like i was, wow, this has got to be worth some big -- a lot of money. so i was a little surprised. i was like, wow, this is a really big find. never seen anything like it. >> isabel, talk to me about the bags that it was found in. i read somewhere that one of them said wells fargo?

>> yeah. one of the bags said wells fargo on it. i don't know if that had anything to do with it. but it was kind of -- we found all this treasure in a wells fargo bag and it was kind of funny. >> mara, do you guys clean this particular lake every single week? >> yeah, we clean it every week. we have different groups. yeah, each group cleans it once a month. and -- yeah. we do it every week on thursday afternoon. >> okay, so gabriel, have you found anything this interesting before in there? and do you think this was a new find or had it been sitting at the bottom all this time, do you think? >> well, we've never really found anything as interesting that i would like to say on the air. but there were some pretty interesting things. well, this is probably like, yeah, a new find.

otherwise the other stuff would have rusted. yeah. >> leah, do you think it was recently dumped there? >> yeah. i think somebody was like on the run, they had to like hide it or something. i mean, it was right next to the lake cleaning box. >> and also it would have -- it would have to -- it couldn't have been in there for more than a week because we -- a group cleans it every week. >> and you're very thorough with your cleaning, i understand. we're going to hear what the police have to say about that. i'm going to come back and ask you a very important question. >> -- through investigations we can determine if this was illegally obtained or what the mystery is behind these items being left in the lake. >> so sahas, you guys found all of these goodies. do you get to keep them? >> no, we do not get to keep

any, i am pretty sure of that. but maybe we get to keep -- if the person who owns all the stuff, or if it's more than one person, so if it doesn't get returned to them, it might -- the police might get it or the school, they might just donate it to the school. >> mara, we understand there's like a waiting period. do you know anything about that, like 90 days, perhaps? >> i'm sorry, what? >> i see leah. she's shaking her head. do you know about that, the 90-day waiting period, leah? >> yeah. it's like 90 days, nobody claims it, then it either goes to the school or -- i'm not really sure what happens then. it goes somewhere, like if nobody claims it in 90 days. >> this is to any one of you, it's just curiosity here. do you hope the owners are found or do you hope you get to keep the stuff that you found? >> well, i think it will be

great if the owners were found because i know what it's like to like lose something. probably not that valuable. and it's great when it's returned to you. so it would be really nice if the owners were found. but if they aren't found, then if it went to the school, that would be also cool. >> more library books. >> you know, what you guys, it's 2:48 in the morning in california. we are so excited that you either stayed up all night to be with us this morning or you got a little bit of a nap and came in. are you going to school today? >> oh, yeah. >> we're going to school, yes. >> yes. >> that is a resounding yes, i guess. sahas, isabel, mara, lee yeah gabriel, thank you so much for joining us this morp. thank your parents for bringing you in, we appreciate it. >> we didn't win power ball either so we had to come to school too.

it's 5:48 on the east coast. it's time to check stories that are making top billing for headlines. here's christine romans for that. trayvon martin's family taking their calls for justice to a new level this morning. his parents plan to ask the justice department to review the actions of a florida prosecutor who reportedly prevented police from arresting george zimmerman the night he shot trayvon martin. zimmerman has not been charged. he claims the shooting was self-defense. italy's mt. aetna at it again. europe's tallest and most active volcano erupting for the fifth time this year, lighting up the night sky with lava and ash. the eruption did not disrupt air traffic this time. reports say ashton kutcher has been cast to play steve jobs in a movie about the late apple founder's life. there is a striking resemblance between the two. the film will be based on the best-selling biography of jobs by walter isaacson. >> they do look a lot alike.

>> until you put the side by side i hadn't figured it out. look at that. all ashton has to do is change his haircut and spitting image. still ahead, a country trying to ban the mini skirt. saying that it makes men do certain things. >> oh, my. >> we'll fill you in. a 12-year-old does something no skateboarder has ever done before. you can't even do it in some video games without a cheat code. you want to know what it? we had to freeze it. we're going to show it to you. ♪

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it's time to take a look at what is trending on the web. it's exactly 5:53. you may not be seeing cheerleaders like this any time soon in indonesia. indonesia's religious affairs minister proposed making mini skirts a crime. called them a type of pornography, in fact. "the wall street journal" reports that indonesia's house speaker suggested that women who wear mini skirts, listen to this, could encourage men to rape them. >> it's happened a few times in shaumic republics, hasn't it? i used to wear mini skirts in afghanistan in the '60s. a 12-year-old pulling off a

trick that even tony hawk has not been able to do. you know who tony hawk is. he's the skateboarding wizard. this kid pull observed what's called a 1080. you don't know what a 1080 is? it's three 360s. it's so remarkable that apparently you can't even do this in a video game without a cheat code, i'm told. i know nothing about cheat codes in video games, i just know 1080s are really tough. if tony hawk couldn't do it it's remarkable a 12-year-old can do it. >> no big deal, i do this all the time. >> he pulled it off on his fifth try and he did it again. kid's just amazing. his dad said he was warming up with 720s. threw a 900 in there. sixth grade, 5 feet tall, and he weighs just 80 pounds. >> that's why he could do it, he can stay airborne that long. >> remember this name, tom sharr. you're going to be one famous

x-games fellow. congratulations. looking for the ambiguous mega millions winners. one of them is in kansas, we understand. the executive director of the kansas lottery is going to join us live in the next hour. will we know who it is? and also, the parents of trayvon martin are taking their case right to the justice department. they're already on the case, but now they want the police to be looked at closer and the state attorney to be hooked at even closer than that. you're watching "early start." and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. [ director ] cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries.

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>> we're bringing you the news from "a" to "z." hearse a lack at what is ahead. trayvon martin's parents are going to take their case directly to the justice department today. this is a day after thousands joined them in a rally for their son, including celebrities and civil rights leaders. wreckage in the snow. take a look at this. a plane crashes on takeoff and bursting into flames. this is in russia. 31 people are dead, a dozen survivors barely hanging on this morning. an ugly post-game celebration. kentucky fans burning couches, flipping cars. this after kentucky's win. there are reports of more than two dozen arrests this morning as the wildcats get ready to play in the title game. mitt romney, the next president of the united states! >> gotcha! mitt romney punk'd by his staff. the gop front-runner totally fell for an april fools' day

fool's day rank. we'll show you his reaction. >> we begin with new calls for justice in the death of a florida teenager, trayvon martin, thousands of people attending a rally and concert sunday in miami, including celebrities and civil rights leaders. jesse jackson was there, al sharpton was there among others demanding that the shooter of trayvon martin, george zimmerman be arrested. trayvon's parents were also there, his mother telling the crowd she wants the public to know what her son was really like. >> we just want the public to know that he was a regular teen ager, that he was respectable and loved by his family and his friends. >> in the meantime trayvon martin's parents are calling on the justice department to investigate something else now. they want to know if there was some kind of interference in the case by the state attorney's office. cnn's george howell is live in sanford, florida, this morning. the florida department of justice is already involved, looking into the possibility of civil rights violations when it comes to trayvon martin's civil rights. how is this investigation going to be different or have they

even, has the justice department even responded to this call for additional scrutiny on the state attorney in florida? >> reporter: zoraida, we know that the department of justice had met with the family about a week ago so they are already looking into the specifics of this case. this is another request and we know the request will be written and formally submitted today. attorney ben krump said it's unclear how or when the department of justice will look into it. it's focused on norm wolfinger and his actions with the sanford department, chris cirino. did the prosecutor somehow interfere with that investigator. we know from attorney ben krump they will be looking at that today and should hear back. >> talk to me, george, about "the orlando sentinel's" project asked two voice analysts to look into the 911 call where ear

witnesses we call them were able to actually register the sounds of the screaming on their 911 calls. talk to me a little bit about what their results were. >> reporter: right, according to that report, their conclusion was that it's very likely that it was trayvon martin that people heard in the background on that 911 audio and keep in mind, zoraida, we did the same thing here with cnn, we listened to the sane, had an audio expert come in, listen to it and again it was inconclusive on our end but listen for yourself to this 911 recording. >> ashleigh, i'm sorry. at this point the investigation

is being looked into to determine whether the audio could be trayvon martin. >> george haul thanks very much. don't worry about it, i am thrilled when i was mistaken for zoraida sambolin. not a problem. keep an eye on it. we'll come back as new developments warrant. at 6:30 we'll talk with ed pr , primeau, one of the audio engineers and why he came to the determination it was trayvon martin's voice and also a little bit about that science and how reliable that science actually is. it is three minutes past the hour here. russian passenger plane crashes during takeoff, killing 31 people on board including all four crew members. it was traveling from an oil-rich town in siberia. it burst into flames and broke into pieces. all 12 rur vifrz were rushed to the hospital and remain in intensive care. russian officials are examining the plane's data recorders.

two british sailors air lifted after a dramatic coast guard rescue at sea, plucked from a racing yacht about 270 miles off of the coast of california. this after they were disabled because they were hit by a monster wave while racing this weekend. it was a four-person crew competing in a 40,000-mile race around the world. mitt romney looking to pull off a triple header sweep when voters head to the polls tomorrow. right now he's leading in all three races. an nbc/marist poll, 40% for mitt romney, 33% for rick santorum. >> i got a good boost from the folks in illinois and if i can get the boost from wisconsin i think we'll be on a path that will get me the nomination well

before the convention. sure hope so. >> santorum is refusing to step away. he's staying in the race no matter what happens tomorrow, he says. >> a north dakota radio station the other day, governor sununu, one of romney's chiefs spokesmen, trying to spin this, this race is over, this race is over. why is he spending $4 million in wisconsin if the race is over? if it's over, why bother campaigning anymore if it's over. >> cnn political editor paul steinhauser live in washington, d.c., can you answer that question? >> because it's not over yet. that is the real answer i guess. mitt romney is still not even half way to that 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. even if he wins all three states tomorrow he won't go over the top, not even close. the process takes time but for romney the conversation has changed in the last two weeks since he won big illinois we've

seen major names from the republican party, including top conservatives endorse mitt romney and say listen it's time to close ranks and get behind mitt romney. the longer we go on with the divisive primary the more it helps barack obama come november. santorum and newt gingrich are fighting on. until romney clinches the nomination he'll continue to fight for conservatives in the party. take a listen at what he said last night in wisconsin. >> cutting it short and getting the wrong candidate is worse than making this a fight for the heart and soul of america and the heart and soul of the republican party. >> if he doesn't win wisconsin it gets very tough for santorum. three more weeks until the next primaries and all seem to favor mitt romney. it's getting tougher and tougher. >> some people think it's tough already. there are new swing state polls out this morning, what are they saying? >> this is interesting, the

general election, president obama verse mitt romney if he's the nominee, 12 battleground states where it could be close, where it's contested, overall the president has a 9/11 point advantage over mitt romney. start with men, basically dead even between romney, but now go to women and this is where really president obama has his big advantage and seems to get bigger, a 16 point advantage. >> they say romney's wife is out stumping for him. apparently she has to work harder. >> you'll see plenty more of her, definitely. >> paul steinhauser, thank you for that. at 6:40 we'll talk about that with santorum communications director hogan gidley. the final four is down to two. the national title game tonight in the big easy, kansas pulling

off a stunning comeback on ohio state to get there and kentucky held off its in-state rival louisily. carlos diaz is live in new orleans, gets the plum assignment, i don't know you get those court seats, what do they call them, front row, courtside seats? >> reporter: who is counting, come on now. we are down to the final two and it's so good to talk to you ashleigh. >> because i'm the biggest idiot around so you can speak mono syllabically to the final four people find their ecclestiastical roots and start praying. i had to work that in, the word of the day. people are getting excited if this aren't already. >> reporter: kentucky fans have

been waiting 14 years since their last title. the wildcapitals are the overwhelming favorite but you have a matchup of basketball royalty because basically what you have is kansas, who is the second most winning basketball team in the entire history of college hoops and kent is the most winningsest college basketball program ever so you've got two teams doing really well but kentucky has the best player in the country in anthony davis and already beaten kansas by ten points earlier this season. >> here's what i don't get. why were kentucky fans burning things in the streets if everything's so hunky dory? >> reporter: that's the way they celebrate in kentucky. it was the bluegrass battle on saturday night, after beating louisville, which they're so proud of, they set everything they could on fire and that's how they were celebrating. john caliperi did not appreciate that and they're taking measure

its tonight, no parking zones and more police on staff to make sure that does not if kentucky beats kansas tonight. i can tell you this, we went down to the french quarter and talked to oscar, who is a tarot card reader and he predicted correctly kentucky and kansas would play in the national championship game. we went back to him last night and told me kansas is going to win big tonight so our tarot card reader in new orleans picked kansas tonight. >> why did you not go there for the power ball numbers? we could have been eating bon bones and drinking champagne this morning, carlos diaz. >> reporter: because money does not buy happiness, ashleigh. >> yes, it does! >> how is his bracket doing? >> zoraida is asking how is your bracket and you know why she's

asking us, because she's leading us overall. >> number one. >> i had to. >> reporter: she has inside information is from what i understand, and zoraida brags all the time, all right? >> perhaps i do. >> you know she's listening. >> i am, i'm right here. listen, carlos, it's a 13-year-old i have in my back pocket. >> guess who is dead last? do you know? i don't know if you're in on this joke, we've all been laughing but you know who is dead last in the anchor bracket? me. so the a to z thing -- >> it works! >> we've got it buttoned up. carlos, have some fun. >> thank you. >> it's 11 past 6:00 on the east coast. three winners, about 100 million losers, us among them. will the mega millions winner come out and claim their prize and will you perhaps know him or her or they, them? governor romney, the next president of the united states.

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three very lucky people and maybe a whole lot more folks may be calling out of work indefinitely this morning, either holding or have a stake in that record $656 million-dollar mega millions jackpot with the winning tickets sold in illinois, kansas and maryland. the winners will be getting over $218 million before taxes, that's if they take those payouts that go for 26 years. none of the ticket holders have stepped forward yet to claim their prize but we are joined by a guy who may end up being in

the know pretty soon, dennis wilson, the executive director of the kansas lottery. dennis wilson, i am so thrilled to talk to you. you're about the closest we have right now to knowing who one of these winners is. do you know yet or your officials know yet who your kansas winner is? >> we do not know that. monday, today, we're going to open up the office and we're excited about the winner coming forth. we're excited about a lot of things in kansas, one is that we have our share of the winner and we also have kau in the final game tonight. >> you've got a couple of things to be thrilled tonight of course. here is my question to you. does it usually take much time before a winner comes skedaddling up your doorstep to say give me my money? >> the last large winner we had came forth in 48 hours but a lot of people take the time if they're listening to us at all, seeking good legal counsel, good financial advice and they're taking their time so when they

come forward they'll be very prepared. >> so there's a lot to this when it comes to the money that the state benefits from, as opposed to the money that the lottery winner benefits from. the lottery winner gets a boatload of money but the states benefit, too, and i'm not sure if every state is the same but how does kansas benefit from all that money that came pouring into this lottery? >> that's a great question and first of all, we obviously get our profit on the tickets that we sell. when you sell more tickets we make more profits, tremendous for the state of kansas or any state. next we obviously will get our state income tax when that person receives the money and that's a nice boost for kansas. in addition to that, there is a residual here that says we tell the world that real people really win in kansas. buy more tickets, have a lot of fun. >> is there any chance someone might have purchased that ticket and say in a convenience store or gas station on a highway and

kept on rolling right out of the state? >> that happens all the time. we're on the border of missouri, people could buy one in kansas, run back so it is true that people can win from another state, but actually bought the ticket here, and they'll have to come and claim it here, too. >> do you have an idea of approximately where that ticket was sold or what kind of place that ticket was sold from? >> great question. we tell everybody here in kansas that it's in a region that was sold, we know the region, 21 counties, northeast kansas, and from there, we leave them guessing. >> and if the winner, and i don't know if it's one winner or an office pool like we were a big office pool of 20 to 30 people, if that winner doesn't want us to know who he, she or they are, they don't have to in your state, do they? >> that's correct. kansas has a law that you can remain anonymous and we would

hope again they seek good counsel on that. we would prefer they come forward so we can have a great party and give the big check to them. >> that's always the most fun for the rest of us who played along and lost. we like to wish the winners the best and thanks so much for getting up early to share this with us and congratulations on being one of the winning states. >> we're excited about it. thanks for having us on today. >> good luck on the hardwood, too. >> absolutely. tonight's a big night. thank you. >> dennis wilson joining us live from kansas this zor zoraida. >> thank you. mitt romney pranked at a pancake breakfast in milwaukee. they used audiotape of people cheering when they introduced the gop front-runner, and brought him into an empty room. take a look. >> governor mitt romney the next president of the united states.

♪ >> oh, these guys. >> april fool's! >> april fool's! >> romney is known as a practical joker himself so afterward he told staffers he'd "g "forgive and remember." >> sounds ominous. i knew he was a practical joker. earlier in the campaign his wife and sons when it was said he was so stiff they came forward and said he pulls practical jokes and pranks all the time. still ahead, 26 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. want to see winning fans and how they behave after getting a great win on the hardwood? the kentucky fans, the students setting fires after their final four win. police taking a look at what's happening, making a bunch of arrests. what's going to happen tonight? so you didn't hit the mega

millions, right? but did you hit the retirement jackpot? can the market rally really last? christine romans will look into our crystal ball and be back with that. [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot

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24 minutes past the hour, we are minding your business this morning. big gain for u.s. stock markets in the first quarter which ended on friday. check out your 401(k) and you'll see what we mean. >> christine romans, what is the deal? why such a great first quarter? feels like it's out of the blue, because it was doom and gloom right up to christmas. >> it's doing well because the

stock market is telling us companies are making more money and that the economy is improving and that means that their bottom line is improving and they're also sitting on an awful lot of cash, you'll recall so they are being cautious but at the same time making money again and that's what's reflected in the s&p 500. for the past three years it's been moving almost straight up with a couple of pullbacks where it just refreshed the rally. look, you've got it up 12% in the first quarter of 2012, that's the best first quarter since 1998 for the dow and the nasdaq and the s&p and the s&p is up 65% over the past three years. the stocks within the s&p 500 is most likely what the stocks in your 401(k) look like. while we've been talking about mega millions, you can't win if you don't play, you can't win if you don't play in the stock market and it has been an amazing jackpot return over the past three years. we had to have a financial crisis of course and the stocks plunging but ever since then

things have been going up, up, up. apple up 48%, technology stocks are up this year, also the past few weeks health care stocks have been doing well as the supreme court looks like maybe, maybe health care reform won't make it. those stocks have been doing well. all of this is hoping that the u.s. recovery continues. a lot of the analysts, many, many of the wall street analysts say it keeps going from here, not like the first quarter but you could have more gains. i don't know, the reasons to be concerned are the u.s. recovery if it stalls, if housing market remains weak. your home prices are at a ten-year low. your 401(k) is at a three-year high. >> how do you know if you jump in, the risk assessment? >> if you work for a company and have a 140401(k) you should be . you can have more cash and bonds if you're worried. i'll tweet out a risk assessment profile. take the quiz and figure out if you should be in here.

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it is 30 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm ashleigh banfield. nice to have you with us. time to check the stories making top billing for headline this is morning. trayvon martin's family is asking for a new federal review of their son's death. it concerns possible interference they allege by florida prosecutors who declined to pursue charges against george zimmerman despite a police

report that recommended his arrest. a russian passenger plane crashes during takeoff, killing 31 people on board including all four of the crew members. the aircraft was traveling from an oil rich area of siberia. it burst into flames after takeoff. there were 12 who survived but this morning they remain in intensive care. an ugly post game celebration. kentucky fans burning couches and flipping cars, this after their team won. there are reports of more than two dozen arrest this is morning as the wildcats get ready to play in the title game tonight. dallas love field airport was shut down yesterday by a student's science project. that's right, a science project. five gates were evacuated when the tsa found a robotic decision near the cockpit of a southwest airlines flight that was heading to kansas city. a professor and his students wound up being detained and it

turns out one of the kids accidentally left the robot on the plane. it is 32 minutes past the hour here. trayvon martin's parents are taking their case directly to the justice department. they say they will ask the justice department to investigate if a florida state attorney possibly interfered in the investigation of their son's shooting death by george zimmerman. this would be in addition to the current justice department investigation into martin's death which is looking at whether or not the incident was a hate crime. there are still many unanswered questions in this case, but one piece of evidence is especially haunting, it's the screams of an unidentified person caught on a 911 tape, as the neighbor called for we.

it's tough to listen to that. here is how a different witness described it to anderson cooper. we've disguised their voice to hide their identity. >> i heard the yell for help, one yell for help and then i heard another, as i described an excruciating type of yell, didn't even sound like a help, it just sounded so painful. >> so here is what you should know. zimmerman himself says that he was yelling for help as he was being attacked by trayvon. according to the original police report, he said, "i was yelling for someone to help me, but no one would help me." the "orlando sentinel" asked audio experts to analyze the screaming and reports it did not match george zimmerman's voice. joining us is ed primeau, audio engineer and forensics expert. if you could explain the technique that you use in order

to do your voice analysis, please. >> there's really two curricula that are used. the first is critical listening skills, which an audio forensic expert that special i-s in voice identification develops over time and the second is electronic measurement as a spectrum analysis. >> is this normally used in cases like this or used to identify stress in voice? >> it's used to identify an unknown voice in cases. i've worked on murder cases and bomb threat cases. this is an exact science that, when used properly, is beneficial to the legal team, and brought on to, into the courtroom. >> here is the shot from your blog, audioforensicexpert.com. what did you find? >> when i first got a blog from jesse seigal sent me a note ask me to will be to the recordings

and it was the first time i paid attention and i started to listen to the george zimmerman call and i saw the whole situation unfold in my mind's eye, the way that he was told by the 911 dispatch not to proceed, when he saw trayvon running. i also heard him refer to trayvon as "these people always get away with this," and i'm paraphrasing and i heard something after that, which also kind of leads up to the whole recreation in my mind's eye, and then after listening to that call, i listened to the woman's call there where you can clearly hear the screaming in the background and my immediate reaction is that sounds like a young man. >> have you ever heard trayvon's voice, though, in order to make a comparison here? >> no, but that would be a requirement going forward would be to have an exemplar, which is a sample of george zimmerman's voice, and you want to get it as exact as possible, you want to

create it using as much equipment that was used to create this original call and then you want to get some samples of trayvon's voice, perhaps from some family video where he's laughing or his attitude is escalated very similar to the way that the screams are, and then analyze all of the data to determine the results to provide to the legal team. >> you mentioned something earlier, was it the police department that brought you in, in order to analyze the voice? >> no, it was a blogger out from washington, jesse's signal sent me an e-mail asking my opinion about it and that was the first contact i had with this, and this was a little over a week ago. >> we know this is not an compact science here but in your opinion, is there a chance here that this is not zimmerman's voice? >> there's a huge chance that this is not zimmerman's voice. as a matter of fact after 28 years of doing this i would put my reputation on the line and

say this is not george zimmerman screaming. >> you can put a percentage on that? >> boy, that's a tough question. i'm going to say about 95. >> all right, and so you say that in order for us to get a better analysis i guess here, that you would need to have trayvon's voice. are you going to get that? >> nobody's asked me to do anything yet. i think what's even more important here is to get an exemplar of george zimmerman's voice through the same phone call the lady used when she called in to 911 operators that day, put him in the exact same spot where the screaming came from and recreate the sign and create the sight, excuse me, and then record that as similar as possible to the original 911 call. that's the way we analyze zimmerman's voice, and then the trayvon voice we have to analyze using whatever we have available to us from the family. >> we atempted to reach out to zimmerman's attorney and we have not heard back. do you think that all of this

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milwaukee tower cam this morning. it's 42 degrees. as you yawn, stretch and get dressed and get ready to zbget outside, "ncaa" i love the lights, it's going to warm up to 55 degrees. mitt romney is looking to get past tomorrow's primaries including the winner take all contest in wisconsin. >> i think it's a big delegate count which i think he'll get. we believe as conservatives we should coalesce around our nominee and task at hand, the fall election and not drag this out. >> the chances are overwhelming he will be our nominee. seems to me we're in the final phases of wrapping up this nomination. >> that's some serious endorsing kinda. yesterday wisconsin senator ron johnson added his name to the list of leaders endorsing mitt romney and joining wisconsin congressman paul ryan, who you just heard from and former

president george herbert walker bush, his son, not the president but the senator or rather the governor, florida governor jeb bush, and a rising star in the republican party, florida senator marco rubio. what does it all mean, if anything? joining me is hogan gidley, communications director for rick santorum's presidential campaign. full disclosure we used to work in dallas, texas, way, way, way back in the '90s. how are you doing? >> good to see you, ashleigh. thanks for the time. >> i can only think you don't get a lot of sleep these days. this is the possible final stretch, i'm not sure, even the most powerful senators in the republican party, even mitch mcconnell saying it's time to coalesce around a leader, mitt romney. does that make your blood boil? did doesn't make my blood boil. if this were down to washington establishment endorsements we

would have been out of it a long time ago. louisiana was the half way point and i know governor romney is a new england patriot fan and i'm sure he would have had loved to have gone down at halftime at the super bowl and say it's over. the giants came out and we ended up with the giants winning. >> that makes a whole bunch of sense but listen you got to admit that when your candidate says and i quote here "folks we're not going to win an election on math" that's exactly what you win an election on is math. your math is looking rough. there are 94 delegates at stake tomorrow night if you look at wisconsin, maryland and d.c., but then in another three weeks you got 204 delegates that are up for grabs in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. and i do want to -- hogan, i got to draw attention to pennsylvania, who your candidate is the former senator from

pennsylvania and he's taken a big dive in the poll numbers in pennsylvania. i was really surprised when i looked at this. back in february he was leading mitt romney 45-16, and just last month in march, that came within two percentage points. he's now only leading two points over mitt romney, so the question is begged here, it could be disastrous if he loses pennsylvania, his home state. would that be worth staying in the race? >> it would be but look, that poll you're talking about one poll. the next day two more polls came out. one had him up 22, one had him up 18. it is his home state, we think we'll do well in pennsylvania. mitt romney has spent millions and millions of dollars, they're already running nasty robo calls in the state, trying to smear rick's record and rick's reputation. >> hogan, restore our future hasn't even gotten started on pennsylvania. aren't you wore royed? >> i'm not worried. we've won 11 states with their

sights focused on rick as well. it's part of the process. i don't think the people of pennsylvania who have known rick for a very long time are going to listen to the smear campaign and the washington bureaucratic behemoth death star that is the romney attack machine. that's part of the process. they know that and rick's been through some rough campaigns in the past. this has been rough so far so we're ready for that as well. we'll keep looking forward. >> what about the republican donor, the fatigue they might be suffering from. this is the new age and the super pacing. are you not concerned as a good republican you could be taking money now from a general election battle in the future? >> no. i mean look, you have to get to 1,44. i don't understand what the big deal is. >> you got to get 72% of the remaining delegates to get there. that sounds really tough. >> it does, sure. we've had tough odds against us before. no one gave us a chance in iowa or the other ten states we won

in addition to iowa. this process is going to take a very long time and for people to suggest anything other than getting out before someone gets to 1,144, of course we'll coalesce behind the nominee when the nominee gets the required number of delegates, but it's a long way off, and there's no guarantee mitt romney is going to get those delegates and frankly they're probably a little concerned. as we move into may those states shift back to rick and they're going to have a problem being that perceived, powerful front-runner. don't forget mccain was the mom know early on and sitting pretty watching hillary and obama fight each other into june and we all know how that turned out. mccain got crushed in the general. >> no super pacs back then. that's the only thing i can say is no super pacs back then. >> that's true. >> when are you going to let your candidate come on our show, hogan gidley. >> i don't know, it's a little early. >> you're under fire for that, hogan gidly, we are former

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1080, that's three complete 360s on the world's largest skating ramp in california. he did it on his fifth try and said it was easier than i thought. can you believe it? just an 80-pound kid. >> i could do that. >> you could do that? >> i can. >> congratulations to that guy. he's going to be fame us at the x games. that's the news. that's "early start" from a to z, i'm ashleigh banfield. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. "starting point" starts right now. thank you. our starting point who screamed the night that trayvon martin was killed. listen will. >> you could hear the screaming, two experts now say the voice that was crying for help on a 911 call just before trayvon martin was shot to death was not the voice of george zimmerman. we're going to talk this morning to an expert who explains his analysis. also do children see race? a groundbreaking