. >> i'm victor blackwell. just ease into sunday. let's start this half with five things you need to know for your new day. up fifrrst, going to new jersey not for the super bowl just yet but for chris christie's fight over the scandal over lane closures at the george washington bridge. his office sent a memo to supporters. five things you need to know about the bombshell that is not a bombshell. slams his former appointee david wildstein. wildstein's attorney says evidence exists that he knew about the lane closures when it happened. >>> irt's being released now as part of that interim deal that saw iran cut back on its nuclear program. iranian media reports that the funds made available to the country amounted to $550 million. >>> number three, an arrest has been made in a grisly case that shocked a small michigan community. police say 59-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a garbage bags full of human body parts were found along a snowy rural road. the remains belong to the woman's son. he disappeared about a week ago

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.'s start with five stories we're watching. >> number one, fans of team usa are out in force in sochi. they're celebrating. here's your five-second warning, people. the spoiler alert. >> spoiler alert. >> if you want to step away for just a few seconds, turn the volume down we've got t to tell you about a winner. here we go. sage kotsenburg, one gold in the men's snowboard slope style competition. first gold of this winter games. afterward, he tweeted, quote, wow, i just won the olympics. bringing back the first gold here to the usa. >> yes. stay off twitter all day, too, then. >>> number two. woody allen is pespeaking out. in an op-ed last night the 78-year-old filmmaker says he never committed a crime against his adopted daughter dylan. one week ago dylan wrote her own letter accusing allen of abusing her when she was a child. allen says his ex mia farrow coaxed their daughter. >>> number three. two brooklyn men spent the last done years in prison for three murders they did not commit

. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is "new day sunday." today is the big game. super bowl xlviii. what was that? >> not just any old sunday, people. denver broncos versus seattle seahawks. i learned a little tidbid today, victor. denver is tied for the most losses at the super bowl and they can get out of that if they win today. they are tied with minnesota vikings and buffalo bills as the worse losses. >> our resident football expert because you know more than i do. you know more than i do. metlife stadium. east rutherford, new jersey. i don't care who tells you the game is in new york. russell wilson for seattle and peyton manning for denver. here is another tidbit. manning just won the 2013 mvp award that happened last night. >> a lot of people are just waiting for the half-time show. bruno mars, red hot chili peppers performing. baltimore ravens still world champs for the next few hours. >> they earned it until, what, probably 8:00, 9:00 tonight. so, we'll talk more about the super bowl, but, first, for the governor of new jersey, who is preparing for one of the most exciting s

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.:00, this is "new day saturday." >> we want to with new allegations of the new jersey bridge scandal threatening governor christie's second term and really, his future here keels were be getting worse. >> it centers around this man. the former new jersey port authority official who carried out a christie staffer's order to close lanes to the bridge. now, his attorney is suggesting that christie knew about the incident as it was unfolding, although, christie said in public on several occasions that he did not. >> erin mcpike is live in washington, what have you learned, erin? >> well, christi and picturer there's tricky words in a three-page letter sent to the port authority yesterday. evidence exists as well tying will christie having the knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference." now, we should stress here, this doesn't say christie knew about the underlying reason which is

. >> i'm victor blackwell. lot of us are single and happy. 6:00en "new day saturday." >> it's not so fun to be alone when winter is making us miserable. i know millions of you in the northeast are hunkering down again. >> yeah, we're talking ohio valley to new england. another winter storm is expected to bring more snow to that region. still trying to recover, actually. >> power crews are struggling to get the lights on. 165,000 of you. >> but that say big improvement over yesterday when 400,000 people were out of power. let's take a look at new york's times square here. cold, cold today. could actually get a few inches of snow. >> the travel nightmare isn't over either. there are a lot of people stranded in the airports. you're watching from the airports right now, we're so sorry. 500 flights already canceled. you know what the roads aren't much better. >> a car rear ended me into another car, i spun and got rear-ended again. >> yeah, that college student said this 30-car pileup in duluth, minnesota, it was li

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.leasure to have you. 6:00 here on the east coast. it's "new day saturday." we're definitely going to get to the conversation of what's happening in arizona. so many people are talking about that. this morning, we have to start with the breaking news overnight. >> right. >> the powerful images coming out of ukraine. >> even though there is now a peace deal, they're calling it fragile. because the fighting doesn't seem to be over, look at this. okay, what you're looking at there are anti-government protesters, as you saw, they're pulling down a statue of vladimir lenin. this is in central ukraine. >> yeah, that happened all across the former soviet republic. in small towns across the region. protesters knocked down monuments to russia first so far leaders showing how much they do not want close ties with vladimir putin's russia. you can't help but think of the images of a quarter century ago. statues of lenin fell all across eastern europe, as the soviet union collapsed. that signaled a

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." >> we'll get right to the dunn case, but breaking news overnight we want to let you know about. two skiers are missing after an avalanche in lake county, colorado. rescuers are going to start searching the mountains as soon as day breaks. >> this happened yesterday evening and three other skiers are hospitalized with broken bones and a collapsed lung. of course, we'll be following developments on this story all morning long and get you updates as soon as they happen. >>> now on the dunn trial. what would have been jordan davis' 19 birthday the killer faces decades in a florida prison, but not for killing davis. >> that has everyone so riled up this morning. a jury convicted michael dunn last night each of which carries a minimum 20-year sentence and those have to run consecutively. he also was convicted of firing on an occupied vehicle but jurors deadlocked on that one big charge of murder. and that sent protesters to the street outside the courthouse calling

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." >> we want to start the day on new york's long island. carbon monoxide left a man dead. almost 30 other people, they were rushed to the hospital. alexandra field is there outside the mall. alexandra, do we know yet where this leak started? >> this morning, victor, homicide are focusing on heating equipment. there is a sign posted on the door now that says the building has been condemned for occupancy while this investigation unfolds. emergency crews rushed here last night. called for a report that a woman had fallen in the basement and hit her head. when they arrived here, more people became sick and they found the restaurant's general manager 55-year-old steven nelson unconscious in the basement. he was rushed to the hospital and he was later pronounced dead. they quickly evacuated the legal s seafoods and evacuated two restaurants near to the legal seafoods. here's what the customers had to say about the scary experience. >> we were sitting at the bar havin

i'm victor blackwell. you are in the "cnn newsroom." this morning we're starting with new drama and chris christie and the george washington bridge scandal. >> it centers around david wildstein. he said to close access lanes to the bridge. his attorney is suggesting christie knew about the incident as it was unfolding even though he said in public he did not. >> erin mcpike is live in washington this morning. er erin, what have you learned? >> this new revelation surfaced yesterday afternoon in a letter david wildstein's attorney sent to the port authority. so he claims evident exists, tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference. there's no indication yet of what that evidence is or wildstein himself even has it. that letter was an attempt by wildstein's attorney to get the port authority to pay wildstein's legal bills. on top of that it may be less damaging than initial reports suggested yesterday b

. >> i'm victor blackwell. think that's the case on saturday into sunday, they're the late-nighters. this is "new danew day sunday. >> we want to start with this groundbreaking decision affecting same-sex coupling in every state of the nation. eric holder has announced that starting tomorrow, the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. >> on monday, i will issue a new policy memorandum that will for the first time in history formally instruct all justice department employees to give lawful, same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. >> here's what that means. it includes survivor benefits for first responders killed on duty. bankruptcy filings, prison visitation rights, and the right to refuse to testify against a spouse. >> this is huge. in making the announcement, holder called the fight for gay rights a, quote, defining civil rights challenge of our time. cnn justice reporter evan pe

i'm victor blackwell. >> you worked out? with the 2014 winter olympics underway in sochi. we already have a spoiler alert for you. we want to make sure you are covered. turn down the volume or look away. victor. >> we can tell you today that sage kotsenburg won the first gold medal of the winter games in the slopestyle competition. >> he tweeted, "wow, i just won the olympics." bringing back the first gold to the usa. 230 americans at the games, the delegation got to take part in a marvelous opening ceremony that was watched by 3 billion people around the globe. >> our rachel nichols is in sochi. rachel, the opening ceremony, beautiful and majestic and lots of lofty adjectives. there was always controversy. let's talk about that as well. >> reporter: absolutely. the olympic torch was lit in part by a woman named irina rodnina. she is a current member of parliament. you would think she is a common sense choice for the honor, except, she tweeted a photo last year of president obama and the first lady with a banana superimposed

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell here.s we are watching this morning. >> number one, jurors in the loud music murder trial had three new questions for the judge just a short while ago. all centering around the use of deadly force in the various charges dunn faces. the jury has now been deliberating for more than 20 hours over a four-day period. dunn is in the courtroom as well facing the possibility of life in prison if he's convicted of first degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old jordan davis. >>> number two. a brand new storm will drive up to a foot of snow on parts of the northeast. i'm sorry to tell you. more than 500 flights already canceled today on top of the thousands canceled this week. for homes where the power is out the news is just a little bit better. the number of outages across the east has dropped. 165,000 folks though are still in the dark right now. >>> number three. president obama offering more than $100 million in aid to victims suffering from california's historic drought. the president

i'm victor blackwell. those are the headlines.next. >>> this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we will start today with the extraordinary turn of events in ukraine. i will talk live with one of the men who brokered the peace deal, polish foreign minister roddick sa core ski and terrific panel, nicolas ukraine, david remnick and robin wright we will talk about ukraine, venezuela, sochi and the iran talks. and are manufacturing and trade skills more valuable than an art

that was victor blackwell reporting.was unable to reach the crew member's attorney for comment. holland america fired him and sent a letter to those on board shortly after the incident and it says, quote, we are treating this situation with the utmost seriousness. we are doing everything possible to aseft the guests involved, as well as the relevant authorities. the crew member has been confined to ensure he will have no guest contact for the remainder of the cruise. and the cruise line says it was a bare necessities charter cruise where clothing is optional. it also says it can't provide surveillance footage, since that's part of the investigation. so let's turn to our panel. cnn legal analyst, danny cevallos and paul callan. there would be some video evidence possibly, right? >> there would be. not that we could show it on television. >> yes. but but because of those circumstances -- i have seen video of people actually committing suicide, jumping overboard or falling overboard after drinking. so is this -- do you thin

join victor blackwell and christi paul right here on cnn. >>> a warning about the winter games.tment tissues a new travel alert amid fresh fears of terror in sochi and tells american, don't expect pry vas privacy while you're there. >>> the filmmaker defends his innocence against molestation allegations saying mia farrow is the one to blame. >>> cokie roberts joins us live on a new book about first ladies in a book and whether she will have a first ge

i'm victor blackwell. those are the headlines. fareed zakaria "gps" is up next. >>> this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we will start today with the extraordinary turn of events in ukraine. i will talk live with one of the men who brokered the peace deal, polish foreign minister roddick sa core ski and terrific panel, nicolas ukraine, david remnick and robin wright we will talk about ukraine, venezuela, sochi and the iran talks. and are manufacturing and trade skills more valuable than an art history degree? that's what president obama said. i will ask a best-selling author with an art history degree. the new yorker's adam gothnick. from dining at midnight to seest ta's at midday, why spain may want to turn back the clock about 70 years. i'll explain. but first, here's my take. 2013 seemed in many ways to be the year of vladimir putin. the russian president had consolidated power in his country, crushed any possible opposition, kept his ally i

victor blackwell is here to talk about the court case, the lawsuit. where does it go from here? of martin luther king jr. king iii and dexter king say that bernice king has this 1964 nobel peace prize, the medal, and the bible, king's traveling bible. however they say it is in her perm possession. they belong to the he is sate. and the estate wants them back. why? king -- bernice king says the brothers want to sell them. and you held this bible. >> yeah this is something -- she took it out of a case and you can page by page go through it. there is some inscriptions on it, as well. it is amazing. but you're saying that now this is not -- it's in her possession. nobody knows where this is. >> she says in a statement she released after this complaint was filed she has them in a safe and secure place and refusing to turn them over. i want to read two sentences and you can get the passion from just these two sentences. and she writes, as a minister of the gospel, the thought of selling my daddy's bible troubles my mind, vexes my spirit and weighs on my soul. the thought of profiting

earlier this morning christi paul and victor blackwell spoke with nadia brk ilchik about her hair and ukrainiaukrainians. >> last night yulia tymoshenko took the stanl after getting out of prissen and she appeared emotional and encouraging the opposition to keep up the fight for independence. >> remember, she's been in prison for two and a half years and she was recognizable to her supporters. that blond braided crown. you see that there that is her trademark, her calling card. this is very cal yulted. . >> nadia bilchik is here to explain. >> to understand her hair is to understand her background. she didn't start as a politician, she was a business mog mogul. she was known as the energy mogul of ukraine. she was considered "fortune 500" 100 most powerful women. so, how do you transform the image of a tough, businesswoman into a prime mintierial candidate. she met with image consultants and brand experts who said let's make her look more like a country schoolteacher and that was the braid was supposed to represent four key things and that was, innocence, pate rioti. by wearing her ha

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." >>> today, super bowl xlviii, denver broncos versus the seattle seahawks. here's a look at metlife stadium in east rutherford, new jersey. >> peyton manning, quarterback for denver, and russell wilson for seahawks. we were just talking about bruno mars and red hot chili peppers performing at halftime but i want to give a little love to my co-anchor because the baltimore ravens are still, people, for the next 10 1/2 hours or so, world champs. >> yeah. they are the nfl world champs. tonight get it twisted. that vince lombardi trophy as christi informed us earlier, made by tiffany & company. >> more than 100 million people expected to be watching on television. >> the thing is when we talk about new jersey, the super bowl is taking place in governor chris christie's home state. think about this. this was supposed to be a big celebration. but now this morning he's fighting back, defending himself against new claims regarding that scandal over lane closures of the

. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is "new day sunday." today is the big game. super bowl xlviii. learned a little tidbid today, victor. denver is tied for the most losses at the super bowl and they can get out of t

. >> victor blackwell just came back from the news conference. we will get to that in a minute.alking about this and this was sad to see this happening. oar it's tough for people who idolize the family. it's not the first time a king family member sued another over money or holdings. she said this is different. this is about her daddy's bible as he traveled across the south and fighting bigotry and hatred and what she said her father has a validation of his theory of nonviolence. >> that's the significance behind these two pieces of history. you just came back from ebeneiser baptist where his father preechd. bernice king was there and held a news conference. >> she said there is no way, not on her watch will the bible or nobel peace prize be sold. if she willingly participated in the sale, it would haunt her for the rest of her life. i don't know if it's irony or coincidence, but she was contacted by dexter king and martin king iii about selling the items. they are in her possession, she she is not going to give them back to the estate. that led her to say this. this is the firs

. >> i'm victor blackwell. the saturday air moves through my lungs much easier than the monday air. we're going to get to arizona which everybody is talking about. also to ole miss. but we have to start with the fast-moving developments in ukraine. >> you're looking at pictures here we're going to pull up. there they are of ukraine's chapter kiev. protesters are still at the city's independence square there. and they're saying they're not going anywhere until their president all out resigns. >> president viktor yanukovych is speaking live and vowing he will not resign. he's reportedly comparing the situation to nazi germany and he says his car was shot at. take a look at what happened. this happened in cities all across ukraine overnight. protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. and they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with russia. we like in alise labbot. alise, the ukrainian president, we know, has left kiev. he's reportedly saying he will not resign. he's digging in. what does all of this mean at this point? >>