we talked with her as you know, soledad.id an interview this week, and they said this is really pretty amazing for her, because ever since the age of 13, she's never awakened with really nothing to do. either studying or work. so we'll see how monday morning goes when she's no longer secretary of state. >> heading out the door, but as we've been reporting, have you this explosion in ankara, and i'm wondering if you have john kerry, who is supposed to sort of step into the role. does she say on, not actually walk out the door? what happens? >> reporter: he's already -- in fact, we understand he will be taking his oath today, privately, quietly. probably be a public event as well. but he's fully engaged. he's been at the state department, when they expected and hoped he would be confirmed by the senate. he's been briefed. knows a lot from being in the senate. briefed on all of the issues, so you can imagine he's probably engaged too. >> quite a way to start your very first day as new secretary of state. jill dougherty, thank y

john has that for us. >> that's right, soledad.ting off monterey, california, for a second night. the husband, wife, and two children forced out of their sailboat on sunday when it started taking on water. >> coast guard, coast guard, we are abandoning ship. this is the "charm blow" we're abandoning ship. >> the coast guard will look again today, but they have few clues to work with. >> one of the most prominent holders of that office ever died yesterday at the age of 96. serves during most of the reagan administration and got the nation to focus on key health issues like hiv and aids prevention and getting americans to stop smoking. . >>> more about the deadly explosion last wek at a kansas city restaurant. a city official tells cnn a company laying down a fiber optic cable did not have a work permit for the job. an employee ended up drilling into a gas line. an hour later, the huge blast killed one person and injured at least 15. not having that permit could mean up to six months in jail. >>> three hours from now, the senate fina

let's go out to soledad in hollywood. hey, soledad. >> thanks, john.>>> it was a happy ending that only hollywood could script. ben affleck, after being overlooked for best director, won the oscar for best picture for his film "argo." affleck became emotional in a really lovely speech, reflecting on his unlikely return to the winner's circle after he won best screen play 15 years ago for "good will hunting." here's how it went. >> i was here 15 years ago or something, and i had no idea what i was doing. i stood out here in front of you all, really just a kid, and i went out, and i never thought that i would be back here. and i am. >> i love this speech. it was just so redemptive for him. >> and i love the tears. it was really from the heart. >> remember he had a stint in rehab. he was down in the dumps in a lot of ways, personally and professionally. he fought his way back to the point of being a dad, a husband. >> an oscar winner. >> some big blows but some really big highs capped off by last night. let's talk about quvenzhane wallis. i had a chance t

soledad?k you for watching it for us. other stories making news. >>> thousands of people expected at cowboy stadium today for chris kyle's memorial service. kyle is the former navy sniper shot and killed at a shooting range in texas. a friend was also killed in that incident. police arrested and charged a 25-year-old ex-marine. tomorrow there will be a 200 mile funeral procession to the texas state cemetery in austin. >>> president obama today will award the medal of honor to a hero of the afghanistan war. staff sergeant clinton romesha helped rescue the injure and retrieve the dead during an ambush by hundreds of taliban fighters in afghanistan. this is despite having a hole in his own arm from a rocket propelled grenade. he will also be mrs. obama's guest tomorrow at the state of the union address. >>> three people filming a new reality show for the discovery channel died sunday when their helicopter crashed near los angeles. right now federal investigators don't know what went wrong. the pi

. >> thanks, soledad. breaking news as pope benedict xvi entering his final days as leader of the catholic church, britain's top cardinal, keith o'brien stepping down. this following accusations that o'brien abused young men studying for the priest hood and amid italian media reports that the pope is stepping down due to a vatican involving priests and male prostitutes. becky anderson is live with more. good morning, becky. >> they say a week is a long time in politics, but an hour is a long time in politic there. there is a news briefing going on for journalists as we speak. i'll get you as many of the lines out of that as i can. bombshells coming sort of right, left and scepter this morning out of vatican. let's start with that breaking news on the top brit tissue cardinal. cardinal keith o'brien who has resigned. the pop has declared that today. we are told he talked about his resignation to the pope back in november. he was of ailing health and at 75 he thought he should go. but his resignation hasn't

soledad you're wrong.nd wrong is not a matter of vote, i think we all know that. >> ahh. >> she claims this is the tough talk that worked with president clinton. he was her nt. i agree. >> she went on the cable news show and was asked what she thought about the weight. it's not like she ran to the nearest camera. >> she said "i'm worried he's going to die in office." >> when asked about it. >> chris christie telling people to shut up is his shtick. >> of course. i never said he was a nice man or sweet. >> when he tells a female physician who worked at the white house to shut up and she's a hack. >> agreed he's not one, he's mean about it and he's not, certainly not diplomatic, et cetera, et cetera. i agree he's wrong but she also should not diagnose and say something like that from a distance. and not couch it as in patients who i have seen who are morbidly obese, x, y, z happens. >> what good could come of this? maybe colose a little weight? >> let me tell you something -- >> he'll have a heart attack if

zbl >> reporter: hi, soledad.re relatively calm when i got here and slowly starting to pick up. lines are slowly starting to form at the security checkpoint and more and more signs on the cancellation departure board. in the past few hours the number of flights risen from 3,200 to 3,300. the bottom shrine if you have travel plans today especially if you're leaving after 1:00, just make sure you call the airline in advance, showing up at 3:30 this afternoon crossing your fingers hoping for the best is not going to cut it. let's pull up our radar map. take a look, you can see blue dots forming ac ross the northeast, those blue dots represent the number of flights currently in the air right now, this is real time, but i hate to say it, but as the storm draws closer, those blue dots are going to get more and more sparse and the number of planes that are going to be grounded is going to increase. i spoke to a couple who are on their way to mexico. they originally had a flight had afternoon but weren't taking any chance

you, soledad.after the blizzard, thousands still trapped in their homes. some cities are beginning return to normal, but others still struggling to dig out from more than three feet of snow. one of them is hamden, connecticut. where many people still can't get out. george howell spoke with one of the people. >> peter curtis waited at the front door. >> i'm going to come over and see if i can talk to you. not the easiest walk. >> watching curiously to see how deep the snow is that's kept him trapped in his home for days. how long have you been stuck in here? >> i went to the store friday morning. you know, got all the stuff i needed. so i've been here since friday. >> i guess i'm your first visitor if i can make it. >> good! >> reporter: a vietnam veteran living here alone, curtis says he isn't able to dig himself out of the snow like a lot of his friends. he takes it all in stride. >> what you want me to say is i'm -- you know, it's terrible. but i have books i'm reading and -- >> reporter: catchin

. >> good morning, soledad. a potentially historic vote that could be taken by the leadership of the boy scouts of america on the issue of gays in scouting. the boy scouts are considering a compromise. leaders of religious organizations that sponsor about a million boy scouts and activists pressuring the boy scouts of america to end its ban on openly gay scouts and scout masters can agree on one thing. they are not satisfied with the boy scouts' proposal to leave the issue up to local troops. >> we believe that this is going to be -- if they make this decision it will be a catastrophe for the boy scouts. >> we don't want to see scouting gerrymandered to blue and red districts. so the best solution would be to end discrimination outright. >> the boy scouts won't discuss their proposal. they have told leader of religious groups the change is motivated by pressure from corporate donors. more than a dozen like merck and american airlines have pulled funding from the you boy scouts according to scouting for all, a gr

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. exit the world enters new uncharted waters. nobody knows what it will be like having two living popes once the next one is elected. benedict will be pope emeritus but there will be a crossover. he had his fine ral general audience, he went around the pope mobile and the cheers of at least 50,000 people the vatican tells us, who were requesting tickets for the general audience in the open sunny air today. he talked about the novelty of what he had done, he talked about the gravity of what he had done in resigning and he also spoke about his weakening physical and mental health. >> translator: in the last month i have felt that my strength has diminished and i have requested god with insistence in my prayer to illuminate me with his light to make hee come to the right decision not for my own good but for the good of the church. >> and of course this is the faith leader who has the biggest flock in the world, no other faith has such a massive congregation. 1.2 billion catholics around th

soledad? mess there in california. mary bono mack, that's your state there that is really suffering. >> you don't get to complain about anything if you live in hawaii. >> that's not true. you should still complain about gas prices. we need to do something about the energy in our country. >> it's 4 degrees outside. quit complaining in hawaii. >> and you're paying $4.26 a gallon in the state of california. let's talk about what's happening at the grocery store. i'll be the purveyor of doom and gloom this morning when it comes to the citrus crop. jennifer delgado at the cnn weather center. the freeze is going to be a problem, isn't it? >> that's right. we are still following the temperatures across parts of florida. they have been below freezing. they're slowly starting to climb. temperatures in some of these locations have dropped down to 25 degrees. ocala, 27. jacksonville, 29. what does this mean? looks like it could potentially threaten florida's citrus crop. temperatures are going to remain

soledad?already taking bets on who the next successor will be, i'm not surprised about that, guys, thank you. pope benedict xvi will be staying at the picturesque castel gandolfo, southeast of rome. it's a small castle thtle and b anderson is there for us now. >> reporter: hi, soledad, the final preparations are under way for what will be the arrival of a very, very honored guest. the people here feel very fondly towards the pope as you say for 400 years nearly this has been the summer residence of the papacy as the popes over the years got out of the heat of that roman summer. there is a glorious lake just to my left-hand side, and the sort of place where somebody who needed some time for peace and contemplation might come. and that is what we are looking at for benedict xvi his holiness going forward looking for that for him in the future because, of course, when he arrives here at 5:15 local time by helicopter, he will be in retirement. his last act, soledad, will be to stand at the window

john and soledad?all right, brianna thank you. >> it was republican senator marco rubio who gave the gop response to the state of the union address. he was criticizing big government and saying that the president's deficit reduction plan will not help the middle class. >> the tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle class families. it will cost them their raises, it will cost them their benefits. it may even cost some of them their jobs and it will hurt seniors because it does nothing to save medicare and social security. so mr. president, i don't oppose your plans because i want to protect the rich. i oppose your plans because i want to protect my neighbors. hard-working, middle class americans who don't need to us come up with a plan to grow the government. they need a plan to grow the middle class. >> now in just a few minutes we will have more republican response with the very powerful ohio senator rob portman. >>> zoraida sambolin has a look at other stories making news.

good morning, barbara. >> good morning, soledad.car ceremony in hollywood will pay tribute to 50 years of bond but here in washington, we're celebrating 50 years of evil. >> my name is bond, james bond. >> the name's bond, james bond. >> reporter: from sean connery to daniel craig, 007 has battled evil for half a century. as this year's oscars celebrate 50 years of bond. >> do you expect me to talk? >> no, mr. bond, i expect you to die. >> reporter: here at the washington, d.c., spy museum it's bond's enemies that are in the spotlight. >> james bond. allow me to introduce myself. i am ernst stavro blowpmant. >> reporter: bond villains were a creative bunch. here you can find the steel teeth of jaws used in "moonraker." >> his name's jaws, he kills people. >> reporter: the the tarantula in "dr. no" and it's more than just movie props. the exhibit exquisitely evil, shows us how the villains changed along with the times. museum director peter ernest is a former cia covert officer. >> when fleming wrote the books and young productions p

. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. well, the defense are putting their case just after a lunch recess, a very short lunch recess here. the defense saying that the prosecution hasn't even put forward enough evidence so far to determine that there should even be a murder charge, never mind premeditated murder. they say there's no eyewitne eyewitnesses, that this is a forensic case. the magistrate earlier in the proceedings called on the chief police investigator, the one with these attempted murder charges hanging over his head, called him into the courtroom and asked him if he was happy speaking in english and he said yes, he was happy in english but no mention whatsoever of those pending charges on him. the prosecution reading from a magazine today, a magazine in which pistorius is quoted as saying that he lived several months of the year in italy, which is where he trains. the prosecution saying that this, transfeherefore, offers h somewhere to live in italy and heightens the possibility of his flight if given bail. s

. >> good morning, soledad. no question, this was a huge embarrassment. i spoke to a superdome official last night, they had gone through a whole week with the stadium and city showing they could host an event of this magnitude. it not a gradient issue. this was about a piece of electronic equipment that monitors the electricity coming into the stadium. officials called it an "ab normality." really, it's just like in your house, when you have to go down to the basement and flip the switch again, that's what happened with the officials. they had to flip everything back open. lights slowly came back on. 34 minutes. a big delay for the ravens especially. right before, a kickoff return for the touchdown. right before that, the halftime show. and their offense hadn't been on the field for more than 80 minutes. you could see it affect the game. it became what had been a blowout, became a real nail biter, and the ravens managed to win. here is the winning quarterback talking about the very unusual night. >> unbelievable. just one of the things you have to deal w

soledad. the explosion took place after 6:00 last night at a very popular restaurant in kansas city. a restaurant now completely demoli demolished. the explosion which witnesses say could be felt blocks away, instantly engulfed j.j.'s restaurant, sending debris, including glass and bricks through the air. flames towered into the sky. >> we felt our building shake two blocks down and we thought a car ran into our apartment. >> reporter: reports of smells of gas hours before the explosion. several people in the restaurant evacuated just minutes before the blast. the cause is still under investigation, but according to the gas company, a contractor doing underground work may have struck a natural gas line. after the fire was put out, dogs were brought in this case there were additional victims. >> i would always fear there are fatalities in a situation like this. when we got to the scene, we had a fully involved restaurant that had patrons, several patrons inside at the time incident. that's why

. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. turkish police have fanned out across the country, arresting more than 100 people believed to be linked to a terrorist, leftist organization called the dhkdc, or revolutionary people's liberation party front. this group claimed responsibility for the february 1st deadly suicide -- female turkish journalist and the bomber was a suspected member of this group who had served prison time in turkey for attacking a police station with a rocket. he was released after he gone on a hunger strike, and this group claimed that it attacked the u.s. embassy, because it's angry about the deployment of u.s. patriot missiles in turkey to protect it from the war in neighboring syria. the irony here is that the syrian rebels in syria are accusing the u.s. of not doing enough to help them against the syrian regime and this leftist group, soledad, angry at the u.s. also accusing it of imperialist regime change in syria. so you can't win one way or the other here. soledad. >> ivan watson for us, appreciate

. >>> and soly dad is trying to -- soledad is trying to bus tight -- put itself on the map.ter known for prisons. kpix 5 david jackson found out instead of criminals, they want you to think ofcon doors. >> reporter: downtown soledad on a quiet -- soledadaquiet evening. it's small and proud. >> we have a lot of things going for a small community. >> reporter: the mayor handles that soledad has something that most small communities don't: its own new national park. the 59th in america. yellowstone national park in wyoming, the grand canyon, of course, the national park and yosemite national park in california. if you ask citizens which is the most spectacular of them all, they will point you here to pickles national park they are remnants of lava from an extinct volcano in the california coast range and they a mountain climber's heaven. >> and i have not done much exploring in the coastal range area. >> and that has the california cop door, nearly extinct and repopulating here. >> and you will you explain the con doors. we saw the white and feathers and to see them after heari

soledad, one word comes to mind when i think about the girl, awesome.some. >> i would have just left the round, honestly. gotten to the hospital. a little mcgiverish. >>> so he is the big winner at westminster, banana joe is going to join us up next. hi, guys, congratulations. >>> this week on the next list meade ed lechltw. he's building a space telescope. he said it's going to protect the earth from asteroids. >> this is the space telescope. >> that's it? that's the size of it there? >> yeah. the real one is about the size of, say, a delivery truck so it's about 23, 24 feet tall. and 2, 600 pounds. >> in over a six and a half year period it will scan earth's orbit and map all the asteroids across the orbit because those are the asteroids that could hit us. so it's going to track about half a million asteroids. each month it's going to discover about 10,000 asteroids. >> each month? >> yes. which is more than all other telescopes throughout history have combined to discover. so it will do that every month. >> watch more on former nasa astronaut ed lew

let's send it back to john and soledad. it's warm there, right?> it was pitch black, so -- >> lights are kind of bright. >> it was cold. >> what's weather? >>> president obama here in d.c. getting pretty high markses for last night's state of the union address. first of his second term, he pressed congress to enact tougher gun laws, a critical element to reducing gun violence. tom foreman has a fact check on the gun debate. >> here is a big number at the middle of the gun debate that a lot of people this washington know. just short of 32,000. that's how many gun deaths there were in 2011. if you take out two thirds of them which were suicides, you get down to about 11,000. but as you dissect this number in terms of gun policy, the picture gets murkier, not clearer, in part because the targets of the president and the democratics narrowed in on this. for example, if you look at the question of banning assault weapons as they're called by many people, many voters would say this is a no-brainer. we've heard about colorado, connecticut, seen a lot of

soledad mentioned you specifically to him.y would i let a man who is attracted to other males go camping with my boys? >> why would someone about like jennifer tyrell -- she is a lesbian and she wants to be a den mother. she'd be a perfect example of contradicting your very point, sir. >> but see, you don't make -- you don't make policies and you don't set standards based upon one situation or another situation. >> so he says that you can't make big decisions based on particular circumstances. how do you feel about that? how would you counter that? >> i think i don't really put any weight into anything he says. you know, the family research council has been deemed a hate group to so many people. >> what about the position that they take. the specific position that he took is that he would not want to send his son on a camping trip with a man who likes men. or prefers men. >> well, i think that he has a twisted view of things. i think that adults with whichever sexual orientation are not typically attracted to children, so i do

trayvon martin's parents will join soledad this morning on "starting point." >> let's get you up to daten our top stories. >> happening right now, massive winter storm slamming the midwest at this hour. it's tracking north and east with kansas, missouri, wisconsin, illinois, michigan in its sights. texas and oklahoma already reeling this morning. roads are shut down. drivers stranded and amarillo, texas, buried under a record 19 inches of snow this morning. good morning, amarillo. >>> a former u.s. surgeon general c. everett koop died at the age of 96. he served from 1982 to 1989 and he elevated the profile of the surgeon general's office. he was instrumental in getting the nation to focus on key health issues such as hiv and aids prevention and he convinced americans to stop smoking. >>> he brought some groans and controversy but seth mcfarland also brought ratings. more than 40 million viewers turned in to watch the academy awards. that's up 3% from last year. it's the second biggest audience in six years. and the key younger 18 to 34 demo which is in john berman's age demographic, tha

our thanks to soledad. >> hollywood's soledad o'brien. back after this quick break.hoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see. it's the all-new lincoln mkz. >>> good morning. 51 minutes after the hour. let's get you up to date. a powerful winter storm bearing down on the plains states after dumping nine inches of snow on denver. this storm is bringing potentially life threatening and crippling blizzard conditions to parts of southeast kansas again. northwest oklahoma, and the texas panhandle. >>> pope benedict xvi entering final days as head of the catholic church. he delivered his final public prayer in vatican city. he cites advancing age as reason for his resignation. >>> secretary of state john kerry in london this morning. first time i've said that. secretary of state john kerry, the first leg of his first trip as the nation's top diplomat. he visited with prime minister david

. >>> and i'm soledad o'brien in washington, d.c.. start" this morning. >> and i'm john berman. it is 6:00 a.m. in the east. rear live in the nation's capital where just a few hours ago president obama challenged congress to act in his state of the union address. but signs of disunion may be more apparent than of disunion more apparent than ever. the senator, marco rubio has a lot of people talking. we'll have reaction. we'll see what they got wrong. another major, major developing story right now. let's get straight to that. >> the dramatic developments overnight in the manhunt for christopher dorner. police now say they found charred remains in a burned out cabin after a shoot-out near that this cabin in big bear lake. he killed two officers. a s.w.a.t. team detonated a smoke device in the cabin. set it on fire. no positive confirmation of dorner's death. police have spent a week frantically searching all of big bear. and we have a look at how they were finally able to corner the suspect. >> shots fired. >> reporter: a hail of bulle

. >>> soledad will be in los angeles monday beginning at 7:00 am eastern right here on cnn.carpet oscar special, "the road to gold" sunday night beginning at 6:00 eastern. >>> former president jimmy carter says he's a proud grandfather because his grandson, james carter, had a role in uncovering that famous mitt romney tape where he said that 47% of americans will vote for barack obama no matter what. >> do you think that was the piv pivotal moment? >> i believe it was. it was something he could not deny and it stuck with him for the rest of the election. and i think it was a major factor, if not the major factor. >> president obama was in atlanta last week and thanked james carter personally. >>> new details on the manhunt that captivated the entire nation coming up, the tip from a former mentor that eventually led cops to accused killer christopher dorner. >>> the first lady getting some help from someone who lives on sesame street. [ loud party sounds ] hi, i'm ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not juice or fancy water. i've got nine grams of protein. that's three times mor

the two talked about their awesome strategy with soledad o'brien earlier this week. >> the first videoe with the question is, what if the president really were a kid? >> i think that would be interesting. he would be concerned about everybody's emotional well-being. >> their awesomeness. >> is the world awesome. >> there you go. future president, robbie novak for a much gooder world and a more awesome you. i'm don lemon. thanks for watching. >>> why is your hair so good? why is your skin so light? i get questions like, are you hispanic? are you mixed? >> why wouldn't i think i was black? >> a lot of people think i am black. i am dominican. >> just because you are black doesn't mean you are african-american. i used to identify as caribbean american. >> i am african. am i? >> i'm part native american. it's always been weird trying to figure out who i am. >> irish, italian, arab. >> black and white for a lot of my life, and black was something i rejected. >> black. >> black. >> black. >> you must have been told you are not really black? >> blackness is big enough to hold every shade. >> i

. >> shortly we will hear from soledad.appening all morning. pope benedict saying good-bye, appearing before his final audience in st. peter's square at the vatican. speaking out to 50,000 pilgrims, at least. they gave out 50,000 tickets. but there are more. he said loving the church means making tough choices and by that means stepping down. >> public life was complicated for him and he's looking forward to going into solitude to a life of prayer he will continue. there is a lot of controversy surrounding the catholic church. the conclave is about to get together to decide who the new pope will be. and as you saw, we're taking a look at the pictures of the crowds. all of the different banners and languages, there to do something that really is historic. to say good-bye to a pontiff. >> soledad will tell us what else is happening. >> we'll talk about the pope and his final public good-bye. and we'll chat with the former cia officer heading off to prison. 30 months ago of him, we'll talk to him about what he thinks is behind

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soledad talked with he sign bowles about preventing deep cuts.. >>> massive protests in athens, groes. two unions are holding a general 24-hour strike. protesting something that people in greece have been furious about. a austerity. >>> all right this is a bumper sticker. a tennessee police officer not an ohio state football fan. he accused the buckeye sticker on their bumper with a pot leaf. bonnie and her husband were driving home from a funeral in ohio when they were pulled over. the officer told the woman she needed to scrape the marijuana sticker off her car. after the couple set the officer straight, he let them go without a ticket. >> the stickers that go on all the ohio state buckeye helmets. >> i would have loved to have been part of that conversation. why did you pull me over? really? >> thank you, christine. >> 18 minutes after the pour. remember play station? the company is trying for a comeback today. we will have details, coming up next. >> i'm sure you're on board. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankame

starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >> welcome, everybody.allet. gas prices spike again, up 44 cents from the last month. plus citrus crops in danger from a florida freeze. what you need to watch for at the pump and grocery store. a tragic end to a troubled country music star's life. new details abou the death of