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Affleck being passed over in the best director category. Jennifer lawrence speaks about her stumble to the stage, and the southeast Seth Macfarlane moments that everybody is talking about. We come to you live this morning from the Roosevelt Hotel in los angeles. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the morning after hollywoods biggest night. The 85th oscar has lots of song and dance, a couple of upsets and a few surprise endings as well. Also history being made. Daniel daylewis winning his third best actress award and revealing how he nearly lost the role of lincoln to another screen legend. I think he was joking, lets listen. Before we decided to do a straight swab, i had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher. And and meryl was stevens first choice for lincoln. And i would like to see that version. We would all like to see that. Cnns Nischelle Turner joins us now. She watched it all. And now for the moment we have all been waiting for First Lady Michelle Obama gave the oscars a jolt of excitement and a huge surprise when she appeared from the white house to announce best picture. And the oscar goes to argo. Reporter an especially sweet victory for ben affleck who wasnt even nominated for the hostage thriller. Life of pi based on the bestselling novel about a boy adrift at sea with a tiger won the most, four, including best direct for for an li. Namaste. Reporter lincolns leading mandan yell day lewis made history of his own. Becoming the first male actor to win three oscars. So grateful for this beautiful honor. She took a tumble heading to the stage. Everyone else on their feet when Silver Linings playbook won for best actress. You feel bad that i fell. Thats really embarrassing. And the quest to make Tommy Lee Jones laugh begins now. Reporter Seth Macfarlane took a cheeky tone. Poking fun at himself from a victory of captain kirk. Worst oscar host, is that bad . Uhhuh, uhhuh. Reporter and there were fullthroated performances from chicago, draeamgirls and h will misser he will miserables. And shirley got a standing ovation after the theme from goldfinger sung and adele got the best oscar. And Barbra Streisand sang memories. I was here 15 years ago or something, and i went out, never thought i would be hack here, and i am. And it doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life, because that is going to happen. You have to get back up. Reporter that was a very good night, a very good moment last night. One of the things i dont know if people caught the fact that George Clooney was also on stage there with ben affleck and the other producers of argo. He didnt say a word during the whole speech. I said why didnt you say anything . He told me simply this was bens night. It was bens moment to kind of redeem himself for that oscar snub, and i think he did. He surely did. Lets bring in tom oneil, i think you actually got 10 . In all of my top categories, yes, i did. Congratulations. I thought that the ben affleck speech was really moving. O so prepared in their speeches. He was all emotion. It was great. The perfect oscar moment. It turned the oscars into a hollywood story because we saw the happy ending play out. He referred to how he had been there 19 years before on the red carpet. Came to International Acclaim and finally made the journey to the podium as winner of best picture. With a great message. Dont give up. Against great odds and Michelle Obama of all things. What did you think of Seth Macfarlane . I liked it a lot. In general, way too many song and dance numbers. In the beginning, im wondering why is he dancing with Daniel Radcliffe . But in general, i thought he was suburb. I thought the opening monologue went a couple of beats too long. I thought he was funny, kept the pacing going and his comebacks quick and sharp, and i thought he was funny. I felt like they were showing us entertainment on the screen, even the song and dance numbers, which went on and on and on. And some of those taped pieces were hilarious. The skit with sally field. So funny. How many kids knew what he was talking about. Lets go to that. I am going to go to a party. Count me in, man. Fire up the trans am. I cant go anywhere. I i have a bottle of wine and some boniva. Amy, i dont know who that is. Jackie. No. It was hilarious. I thought it was so funny when he said the boniva. That was hilarious. The thing that all of those clips and song and dance numbers, just showing how amazing he is. He really is so mult i faceted. Singi inin inin ining superb. A lot of people know him from family guy, he was nominated for best song for ted. We have always known he was talented. He can do so much. He can be crass and inappropriate and can be thats why we love him, right . The joke about the actor who could get seidlid inside linco. That was terrible, but funny. The actor really got inside lincolns head was john wilkes booth. 150 years and still too soon . I have some napoleon jokes coming you up. You guys will be so mad. They said we dont need big alist stars, meshes will tune in because they have seen the movies. I have seen all of them. Last year the artist people were saying what is that . And life of pi worldwide has made over 500 million. Well have more coming up on the after parties and talk about the winners, the losers and the fashion. First, right to breaking news coming to us out of the vatican this morning. Right to john berman with that. Thanks, soledad. Breaking news as Pope Benedict xvi entering his final days as leader of the catholic church, britains top cardinal, keith obrien stepping down. This following accusations that obrien 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. Ill 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. Lets start with that breaking news on the top brit tissue cardinal. Cardinal keith obrien 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 hasnt been announced, nor was it going to be until his birthdate on march 15th. As of today, the top british cardinal has resigned. Only british cardinal that would have been here for conclave, which we are told out of his press conference this morning wont be announced before march 1st. It could still happen now before march the 15th. So breaking news is the news out of britain today, he will no longer be here at conclave. Also hearing today about a secret dossier. This is with reference to allegations doing the rounds in the italian press. Allegations that there is a network of gay clerics at the vatican who have or possibly could have been made vulnerable to black mail by male prostitutes. That secret dossier will be passed on by this pope to the next one it will not be released. Allegations will continue until people get their eyes over that. We wont any time soon. Anything but a quiet goodbye for Pope Benedict xvi. Our thanks to Becky Anderson. In other news, four days away from the forced Government Spending cuts, and the white house laying out what cuts will look like. In each state. Christine romans with a look at that. Some call this a doomsday scenario, meant to pressure republicans to accepting a deal on the wealthy. The white house spelling out the 85 billion in reductions mean. Across the country, washington, d. C. , head start, just there. The Child Development program for lowincome families will be cut for several hundred kids. 13,000 department of defense civilian workers will be cut. And education will take a 90 million cut in california. Some navy ships in san diego wont be repaired. Nationwide, the cuts mean longer security lines and plane delays, frpgs secretary ray lahood said worker furl lo eer furloughs ar. In the end, there has to be some kind of furlough of air Traffic Controllers and that then will also begin to curtail or eliminate guiding planes in and out of the airport. And food inspectors will likely be furloughed and meat and poultry plants will be closed or slow down. Republicans are calling for more action, less talk. The president should be calling us over somewhere. Camp david, the white house, somewhere, and us sitting down and trying to avert these cuts. Senator kelly ayotte saying we shouldnt even be in this position. We wouldnt be in this positions if these sequester type situations if we prioritized spending. In terms of the democrats plan, the first thing they come up with, well raise taxes. Chances are slim congress will avert cuts before fry. Expect to feel it hitting schools, grocery stores, airports to name a few, john. Call it a very seer weather sequel. Life threatening blizzard conditions. Thats what the National Weather service is saying. This just days after a powerful winter blast had already blanketed the area with record snow. Severe weather advisories issued for portions of southeast kansas, northeast oklahoma and the texas panhandle. The system dropping a blanket of white, canceling hundreds of flights in denver on sunday. Sam brownback is calling for drivers to stay off the road and says the storm has the potential to be more dangerous than last weeks. You are looking at Jennifer Delgado standing there on the ready to tell us what will happen next. Live in the cnn weather center. A weather blockbuster, experiencing blizzard conditions through the texas panhandle and the oklahoma panhandle. See where the warnings are. Talking about four states. This is likely going to continue through tomorrow morning. Here is the radar, snow is coming down, in fact, we know now that interstate 27 from amarillo to lubbock is closed to visibility. The roadway too bad out there. The big story as we go through today and tomorrow. Thinking about heading tomorrow, through texas and oklahoma. Too late. Snow has been there. Storms through Central Texas will change over to snow. And many of these talking about a foot of snow. 12 to 18 through parts of kansas, oklahoma and northern parts of missouri, but not just the snow, not just the blizzard and visibility were talking about today, a chance for severe storms setting up along the gulf states as well as potential for heavy rainfall across the southeast. Two to four inches of rainfall. We have four big storms to deal with today. A lot of weather happening around the country. Jennifer delgado, thank you very much. Youre welcome. Coast guard rescue crews searching for two adults and two children after their 29foot sailboat started taking on water. The vessel, 65 miles off the coast of pillar point when someone on board radioed for help. An hour later, the coast guard got a message they were abandoning ship. A pair of earthquakes hit japan. About 11 minutes apart. And there are no reports of any kind of serious damage. Japanese officials did not issue a tsunami alert. So some good news out of there. Lets go back to california. Hollywood, where no doubt the party still goes on. Soledad is there. No doubt indeed, still ahead on starting point, more moments from last nights very differently styled oscars, plus the daytona 500. Well talk to kyle petty about Danica Patricks historic finish and the safety of the sport after that terrible accident over the weekend. Youre watching starting point, back in a moment. 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She came in eighth, the best finish by a woman in the daytona 500 ever. Jimmie johnson, second time as winner there. This is what he said about Danica Patricks performance. She did an amazing job all day long. Spent a lot of time around her, racing in the draft. And the style of racing fits her well. She has no fear and is very comfortable. And were excited for our sport to have her in it. Joining us now is kyle petty. Analyst at speed and former nascar driver and owner. Let me ask you in general, your overall thoughts about the race . You know, obviously they call it the Great American race. If was a decent race. With the new cars, toyotas and chevys, everyone is feeling this car out, the gen 6 car. Once they got in the race, they got more comfortable with it the last 24, 30 miles of the race pretty good. Pretty fantastic. Not a lot of passing, the last lap looked like it would line up for big drama maybe not so much. Let me ask you this. Danica patrick was slipped from third to eighth on the last lap. Seemed a little disappointed by what happened. Did she have reason to be disappointed about the last lap . I think there were a lot of people disappointed. Denny hamlin was disappointed. If you follow these people on twitter, a lot of people thought they had better runs and the finish didnt show that. Danica one of them. She ran an incredibly solid good race. Wouldnt be a great race unless you win. She ran solid, in the top five, top ten, still finished eighth. She should hold her head proud. I had to eat crow when i said she wouldnt do that way. She held her own. Let me ask you about what happened on saturday. The big crash there, and parts of the car which flew into the stands. How big of a concern is fan safety at nascar . Its a huge concern for nascar. And lets go back. Bobby allison in 198788 almost did the same thing at talladega. Nascar reassessed the track and fencing at this time. No issues until we get all the way to carl edwards in 00708. This design at daytona has been changed in the last six or seven years. Best design weve come up with at this time. And the fence did exactly what it was supposed to do. It kept the car on the racetrack, did parts and pieces fly into the stands . Yes, they did. But the catch fence keeps the majority of the car on the track and out of grant stands. It did a fantastic job. I believe nascar will go back to the r d center, take the car, the fence, and the parts and pieces and lay it out, just like in a plane crash or that type of situation, try to figure out what went wrong, how it went wrong, when it went wrong, and nascar will definitely look at this, and the sport will move forward in a safer way. We didnt even talk about Jimmie Johnson, lining up to be a legendary driver in nascar. Well get to that. Nice to see you. Back to hollywood, where soledad is basking in the post oscar glow. Yes, i am basng. 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I think people who have an appreciation for pop culture and a context for all his jokes on target. He did a superb job. Not only was he a first time host, but the producers were first time producers. One of the things they told me, we will make sure the oscars have more music than ever, a little edgier, they want to bring that back. I thought they gave it a really big feel and tone. It was entertaining. The boob song. I loved it. One of my favorite. Mine too. Lets play a little bit of i thought it was hilarious, but completely inappropriate. Christin stewart we saw the boobs and in monster we saw charles let Charlize Theron and on Scarlett Johansson we thought them on our phones and Jessica Chastain in lawless the cutaway shots were meant to look like the women they were referring to was unhappy. That was a taped piece and those women participated. And naomi watts, Charlize Theron, all wearing something different. They really werent put off by it. They enjoyed it. They participated in it. I thought it was hilarious. Right up to the edge. Naughty, but didnt go too far. He consistently went to the edge or over it. Well talk about it all through the morning. Still ahead, well talk about what is a long road going from gili to argo for ben affleck. And the end of the castro era in cuba. A transfer of power now in sight. Thats ahead. Its a hawk with night vision goggles. Its marching to the beat of a different drum. And where beauty meets brains. Its big ideas with smaller footprints. And knowing theres always more in the world to see. Its the allnew lincoln mkz. Oh, hi thehey ill. Are you in town for another meeting . P, i brought my ateam. Vo business trips add up to family time. This is my family. This is joe. Hi joe hi there vo earn a ton of extra points with the double your hhonors promotion and feel the hamptonality. Did you know not all fiber is the same . Citrucel is different its the only fiber for regularity that wont cause excess gas. Its gentle and clinically proven to help restore and maintain regularity. Look for citrucel today. You have to work harder than you think you possibly can, cant hold grudges, its hard, but you cant hold grudges. And it doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life, because thats going to happen. All that matters is that you got to get up. I love this speech. A great speech from ben affleck. Sweet victory from him. The director of argo celebrating from the oscars. We have a special edition of starting point from the oscars. But first, right to the news. John berman has an update on the top stories. Another powerful winter storm bearing down on the plains states. The National Weather Service Warns the storm is bringing potentially life threatening conditions to kansas, oklahoma, and the texas panhandle. Governor Sam Brownback is asking people to stay off the roads. In colorado, more than 9 inches of snow blanketed denver area. Hundreds of Flights Canceled or delayed out of the denver airport. Jim spellland is live in denver. People will try to make it to work in a few hours. Will they actually get there . I think they will do okay once they get on main arteries. This is interstate 25 right through the middle of downtown. We have seen plows keeping this road open. Traffic begins to pick up here, it looks like they are doing okay. The problem is getting to the interstate. Take a look at this joonramp. They are dealing with an upper level of nice fluffy colorado snow, and underneath, as soon as you step on it or drive on it, it turns to ice. Really difficult. 300 blows across the state using deicing material to deal with the sublayer of ice. John. However bad it is where you are, jim, much worse in kansas. Under a state of emergency in kansas. Got hit badly, and more extreme weather ahead. Not even done digging out from the 20 or so inches they got a few days ago. Another 10 or so inches today. Extending the state of emergency. Oklahoma and the panhandle of texas have blizzard warnings in effect. John. Our thanks to John Spellman in denver. Raul castro plans on stepping down in 2018 at the end of his second term. Fidel castros brother made the announcement on sunday shortly after the National Assembly elected him to a second fiveyear term. We are live in havana with more. Reporter god mowrnin good m john. Not a complete surprise. Cuban officials should only serve two fiveyear terms in office. When he steps down in five years, hell be a young 86 years old. The big surprise, the man next in line to castro. As of yesterday, thats miguel diaz canal. He studied as an electrical engineer before steadily rising through the ranks. He is the first member of his generation, the post revolution generation to rise to such a powerful position in cuba. And raul castro says the transfer of power, the generational transfer is finally at long last taking place. More than 50 years of the castros leading cuba by 2018. New developments in the latest chapter of american diplomacy opens. John kerry has an 11day, 9country tour. 10 downing street in london where he met with David Cameron and then he met with william hay. He will then head to turkey and to the middle east. South korea made history, inaugurating its first ever female president. Park geunhye has pledged peace. She has apologized for human rights abuses during her fathers time in power. Lets go back to soledad in hollywood. All right, john. Back to oscars talk. Ben afflecks comeback may be complete. A twotime oscar winner, the road to becoming a top hollywood director has been a rocky one for him. Nischelle turner with back for more on that. Who would have thought 15 years ago, and he matt damon on the stage getting the oscar for good night hunting. He would have overnight success, then crashed pretty hard and had to rebuild his life and career. Seems like he did. Because last night he was back on top. Everyone who did anything with this movie. A speech full of thank thank yous for ben affleck after winning the best picture for argo. Im honored to be here among these extraordinary movies and really honored to win an academy award. Reporter second time he won the gold statue. His career in showbiz hechb always been golden. 15 years, and he fellow boston buddy matt damon took home oscars for good will hunting. After early success, came a series of flops like jersey girl, and gili, both costarring jennifer lopez, to whom affleck was once engaged. Their relationship ended in 2004. I ran afoul of the press a little bit. Became overexposed causing me to question what i wanted to do in this industry. He became a director, starting with gone baby gone, and followed by the town, and then the move behind the camera is for the resurgence. He was in actor jail a couple of years. He directed his way out of this. Which brings us to argo, widely regarded as the best directing project. A Box Office Success and early contender into awards season. Then last month, came the snub heard round hollywood, when affleck not nominated for best director at the academy awards, despite argo getting best picture snub. That hasnt hurt him in the awards circuit. Quite opposite. Golden globes, directors gild, you name the award, affleck has won it. Now affleck is hollywoods comeback kid. It doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life. All that matters is you get back up. Yeah, the look on his face there gives you those goosebumps when you hear the words. This morning, ben affleck is the director nah everyone in hollywood now wants to work with. I mean, even when you say that, still, its a little the director that Everyone Wants to work with. I loved his speech. Really, really spelled out in a relatively short speech the whole trajectory of his entire career. Thank you, nischelle. Much of the oscar buzz, who is wearing whom . Alina cho joins us now. We saw a lot of strapless, a lot of formfitting gowns. Old hollywood glamor, soledad, the oscars are considered the super bowl of fashion. The most important red carpet in the world, where you see the most expensive, most glamorous, most over the top gowns and jewelry on the planet and this year was no exception. The oscars, the glitz, the glamor. Where arguably the most important words of night are not this the oscar goes to. But this. What are you wearing . Halle berry in versace, Jessica Chastain in armani. This was a happy birthday, mr. President kind of dress. I love. Reporter old hollywood glamor on full display. In a sea of strapless gowns, including helen hunts. Guess who made it . H m. No . Yes. Really . Accessorized with 700,000 in diamonds. And Anne Hathaway in prada, deciding on it three hours before the show. I really like the back. I really love the back too. Can you do that again . Wow. During the show, she changed into armani, and the face of dior wore, you guessed it. Dior, Jennifer Lawrence. And this moment caught everyones eyes. She said before she would do that to guarantee a standing ovation. Do you still feel pressure about what to wear . Oh, my god, yes. We didnt feel any pressure at all in the old days. Literally. You walked in a store and walked into a store and put it on. There wasnt all this kind of stuff. Dont tell that to Quvenzhane Wallis. I am wearing amari jr. Actually giorgio armani, with an accessory no other person had. A puppy purse. I usually wear them sundance. Those poochy co bags, all the rage. This 9yearold Quvenzhane Wallis some what of a fashion star herself. I really thought halle berry in versace looked spectacular. And Jennifer Lawrence. Because she tripped, we saw the full layout of the gown. Thank you. In the next hour, well take a look at hollywood letting loose. The once big oscar ceremony is over. 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And the first woman to finish in the top ten, she finished eighth. I didnt think nice job. Great job, great job. Who says girls cant do this . A little more calm driving around here than in indy, so i guess i had at least on your own, in the lead. I had a little more time to look around and see the people. What she saw was Jimmie Johnson make a laterace charge to the front row. Johnson took home the checkered flag to win the second daytona 00. Fivetime champion adds another piece toor an already legendary racing career. And Rhonda Rousey made history by winning the first womens match in ultimate fighting history. She defeated fellow american and marine liz carmouche. This is the highest womens payperview event in history, beating out a boxing match between mohammed ali and joe fraziers daughters. And the combine, where players are drilled on physical tests and psychological tests. They tested mental aptitude and character. Manti teo took questions from reporters for the first time. Its definitely embarrassing. I guess its part of the process. Part of the journey. But, you know, its only going to make me stronger. And it definitely has. Reporter manti teo was met with 20 teams over the past two days. He will work out later today. Check out bleacherreport. Com to show how hes improving his draft stock. Great to see dan yak patrick make history three times and it crowned a great champion in Jimmie Johnson. Turning into a legend on the track. Out to soledad in hollywood now. Still ahead on starting point, while the rest of america was waiting to hear who won the oscar, the family of one woman was waiting for an apology. Well talk about that, next. Oh, hi thehey ill. Are you in town for another meeting . P, i brought my ateam. Vo business trips add up to family time. This is my family. This is joe. Hi joe hi there vo earn a ton of extra points with the double your hhonors promotion and feel the hamptonality. I donwithout goingcisions to angies list first. 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At university of phoenix we know the value of your education is where it can take you. subway announcer; now arriving at City Hospital which is why were proud to help connect our students with leading employers across the nation. subway announcer next stop Financial Center lets get to work. Welcome back, everybody. On september 11th of 2001, San Francisco native benny ann ang was a Flight Attendant on board the first plane that would hit the World Trade Center in new york city. Ang risked her life by alerting American Airlines that a hijacking was under way, and she died a hero. There was a message that was recorded from that discussion between the tower and miss ang on the plane, and that was played in the oscar nominated film zero dark thirty. The family says it was improperly used, and they wanted an apology if zero dark thirty won an award last night, which they did. Her brother harry ang joins us this morning. What she said in the clip of a longer 20minute conversation she was having with the control tower was the plane is being hijacked, and we cant get into the cockpit. When you heard they were using it i dont know if you had a chance to see the film what did you think . Actually, i have not seen the film, nor do i intend to, but there was a prescreening of the movie back east in the boston area, and one of our friends which know our family very well, she sent us an email and said she had prescreened the movie. Right away in the first 90 seconds of that movie in a darkened background scene, 10 or 11 voices came out, real voices. They were not makeover voices, in which she immediately recognized bettys voice. She subsequently went up to the movie film producers and asked whether the families of those whose voices were used were notified or asked for permission to do so, and they responded, no, they had not. Subsequently, she emailed me, informed me about the movie, and that they had used bettys voice and that perhaps whether it was okay for me to for her to send them my email address for contact. There were a couple things that you wanted. You wanted, if they won an award at the oscars, you wanted an apology, and you also wanted to make sure there was a link going to the foundation that you started in your sisters memory. Theyve done some of that. As you well know last night, the one award they won, they did not mention your sisters name. How disappointed or maybe even angry are you . Its really up to them, and i was hoping that, obviously, that they were nominated for five academies and that they had won a lot more and to give them a platform to express really th r their give an apology and mention the names of the victims that they had used in the film to give credit basically. Credit really in the movie, after the movie, there are credits to be given, and none of the victims really were given credit at all. And as far as i know, my family and mr. And mrs. Frank and mary thatchet of the voices of september 11th, they were also not asked for permission as well, and we both have the same feelings and concerns about this issue. Harry ong is the brother of betty ann ong, who was a Flight Attendant on september 11th, annoyed with how they used her voice in zero dark thirty. Thank you for talking with us. I know youve been able to get a lot more notice with people to understand what was done in this movie. We appreciate you talking to us about it. Going to take a short break. Still ahead on starting point, much more on last nights big oscar winners. One on stage talking about a fall. The other talking about how he got back up. Thats ahead. If youthen this willbrids arbe a nice surprise. Meet the 5passenger ford cmax hybrid. Cmax come. Cmax go. 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Well have live in depth coverage with our special oscars edition of starting point coming to you from the Roosevelt Hotel. And a top cardinal quits during Pope Benedicts final days. We are live in the vatican. Plus a crippling blizzard bearing down in the great plains. Forecasters warning of a lifethreatening winter storm. Cuts that will hurt. Were cutting down to forced spending cuts in washington. Within days, it will hit you at the airport, the doctors office, even at the grocery store. Got a packed show for you this morning. Were talking with tom oneil, editor of goldderby. Com. Gene sperling will join us as well. And also the oscar nominated director who was detained at l. A. X. , guy davidi. It is monday, february 25th, and starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point, it was oscars big night. Well take a look at all the big winners, and they never call them losers, but just nonwinners. All the singing and dancing, all the red carpet fashions. Whom was wearing whom to the big dance. Also, oscars most memorable moments like Jennifer Lawrence taking a tumble. The newly minted best actress was asked about it backstage, and heres what she said. The fall on the way up to the stage. Was that on purpose . Absolutely. Was it a fall . What happened . What do you mean what happened . Look at my dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress. Thats what happened. Much more on oscars morning after on this special edition of starting point this morning. John, good morning again. We have breaking news this morning. Just as Pope Benedict xvi is entering his final days as leader of the catholic church, the vatican is surrounded by controversy. Britains top Cardinal Keith obrien is stepping down. This follows accusations that obrien accused young men studying for the priesthood in the 1980s. And this as italian media reports that Pope Benedict is stepping down because of a scandal involving vatican priests and male prostitutes. A lot of controversy. Cnns Becky Anderson is live at the vatican with more. Good morning, becky. Good morning, john. Bombshell out of the vatican today. The pope in his final stretch, as you suggested hell be resigning on thursday, but the amount of news coming out of vatican city today has been really difficult to keep up with. Lets break it down, shall we, for the viewers. Out of britain today, we heard in the British Press, allegations, speculation that the top british Cardinal Keith obrien, it was being reported, had conducted himself inappropriately with four priests dating back to the 1980s. That was all over the British Press yesterday. Today we hear that the pope has brought his resignation forward. When i say that, we now believe that hed spoken to the pope in november about resigning, about ill health, about moving his resignation forward. It was going to be about the 15th of march. Hes 75 years old. But the pope has brought it right forward, and its happened today. It was the only british cardinal who would have appeared and been eligible for conclave. Weve had a News Conference held by the vatican spokesman today on the speculation and rumors swirling in the italian press, that of a secret dossier commissioned by the pope that was presented to him, we believe, last december, which flushed out the fact this is what the italian media is saying at least that there is a gay network of clerics at the vatican who may have made themselves vulnerable to blackmail from male prostitutes. Weve heard today that secret dossier does exist. It is for the popes eyes only. It will be forwarded to the new pope, who will have to deal with it. Youre right to say that the speculation now is that, when the pope got that secret dossier on what was going on at the vatican back in december, it was then he made his decision to resign. More to come, i guess, in the next three days. As i say, hard to keep up with that. At this point, its the news from vatican city. Bombshells, really, becky, with just three days to go for Pope Benedict xvi. Our thanks to you, Becky Anderson, live this morning from the vatican. Meanwhile, the White House Budget Office is getting specific about the programs that would take a hit if the four spending cuts known in washington as the sequester go into effect on friday. Food safety ip spnspections, me health programs, vaccines are all threatened, says the white house. The faa would have to furlough its employees, causing major disruptions in air travel. And the maintenance on navy ships would be stalled. The white house says these are grim details, dan. Reporter thats right. That deadline is quickly approaching. No sign there will be a compromise to avert these deep cuts. Yesterday the white house releasing a report that sort of spelled out in very stark terms what these cuts will mean to individual states. Theyve also been talking broadly about what the cuts will win across the country, such as 70,000 children could lose access to head start Early Education programs. 10,000 teacher jobs would be at risk. 2,100 fewer food inspections would occur. And then, of course, the faa would be impacted as well, according to the white house. 600 million would have to be cut from its budget. And then, of course, theres been a lot of talk about what this would mean in the private sector. You have to look at the military as well and the deep cuts that would happen in defense. 13 would have to be cut from the defense budget. And so the white house trying to show that, yes, there are real consequences if a compromise cannot be reached. Meantime, theres a lot of pressure coming from individual states governors who are here at the white house today. The president will be addressing them. Their concern, if a compromise will not be reached, this will have a real heavy impact on their economies. Many of the economies have been struggling. This will stop them from turning around. Theres concern about that. No signs of finger pointing but no signs of progress either. Dan lothian, thanks for joining us. Now lifethreatening blizzard conditions, thats what the National Weather service says a powerful storm is bringing to the plains states this morning. This is days after a powerful winter blast already blanketed the area with record snow. Severe weather advisories have been issued for portions of southeast kansas, northeast oklahoma, and the texas panhandle. This same system just left a blanket of white over much of colorado, canceling hundreds of flights over Denver International airport on sunday, and kansas governor Sam Brownback worries this storm has the potential to be more dangerous than last weeks. Jennifer delgado is live for us in the cnn weather center. Hi, jennifer. John, that is absolutely true. Were dealing with blizzard warnings across four states and blizzard conditions across the panhandle. Showing you on the radar, you can see where the snow is coming down. Its going to continue to blow up as we go up the day, and were also dealing with very strong winds. Youre also noticing the rain as well as the lightning. A lot of convection with the storm. What were talking about, as we continue to go throughout the day, winds and up to 40 miles per hour. Right now in amarillo, were already experiencing that. Interstate 27 had to be shut down because visibility had dropped so bad it just wasnt safe out there. Visibility with blizzard conditions drops down to a quarter mile or less. That means dont get on the roadways at all today. Now, with the winds, in addition, were talking a foot or more of snowfall in some of these locations across kansas as well as into missouri. Kansas city, get ready for your snow to really start to pick up later on today. For st. Louis, your snow picks up tomorrow morning. Were also talking chicago picking up po tengly six to eight inches, and they desperately need that because they have been rather dry for the last couple of months. Also want to point out to you the risk for severe storms for the gulf states as well as heavy rainfall bringing flooding for parts of the southeast. A lot of weather out there wind, blizzards, severe storms, lots of snow. John, what more could you ask for . Jennifer, our thanks to you. Coast guard rescue crews searching for two adults and two Young Children in the pacific near San Francisco. Theyve been missing since yesterday when their 29foot sailboat started taking on water. It was about 65 miles off of pillar point when someone on board radioed for help. About an hour later, the coast guard got a message they were abandoning ship. Authorities think the group could be in some kind of makeshift life raft. Fivecar nascar champ Jimmie Johnson has another trophy for his room after winning the daytona 500. Johnson held off Dale Earnhardt jr. In the final lap to win nascars most prestigious race. Earnhardt finished second. Danica patrick made history as the first woman to start the daytona 500 from the pole position. Patrick finished eighth. Meanwhile, kyle petty told us it was a good showing for danica patrick. She ran an incredibly solid, really good race. Wouldnt be a great race unless you win, but it was a good race. She ran solid. She ran in the top five. Ran in the top ten. Still finished eighth. I think she should hold her head proud. I had to eat a little crow over it. I said she wouldnt do that well. She had a great day. It was also a great day for jim any johnson, his second daytona 500 victory. He also won it back in 2006. Turning out to be a true nascar legend. Lets go out to soledad in hollywood. Hey, soledad. Thanks, john. Appreciate it. 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 Winners Circle after he won best screen play 15 years ago for good will hunting. Heres 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. Lets talk about Quvenzhane Wallis. I had a chance to interview here. Shes a lovely little girl. She was the butt of a joke last night that Seth Macfarlane made. Really he was folking fun at George Clooney, but heres how that went. Shes adorable, quvenzhane. She said to me backstage, i really hope i dont lose to that old lady, Jennifer Lawrence. To give you an idea just how young she is, it will be 16 years before shes too old for clooney. You know, i get that hes trying to make fun of george cloon clooney, but its like, okay, shes 9 years old. Lets keep that in mind. Then theres this tweet by the onion. Did you see this . Let me tell you what they said. Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of then they used the c word. And then they went on to say right . Oscars2013. Which was stunning. I get they do satire. Thats a target at her, which is what you just said, the other joke was a target at clooney. She was so in the spirit, pumping her hands, having a great time. I get it. Its supposed to be satirical, they take the sweet. It was totally inappropriate. It was taken down a little bit later, and they got a lot of flack. Lets talk about the first lady, taking part from a distance. Heres a little bit how that went when she opened the envelope. And the oscar goes to argo. I like that. That was a great moment. Heres my theory about this. At the golden globes, bill clinton introduced the movie lincoln. There was such an uproar, come on, the white house taking sides with lincoln. And the thought was lets have michelle give this to argo. Oftentimes, we see producers build things up as something weve never seen before. Thats what the producers told me on friday. Watch best picture. Youre going to see something youve never seen before. I said, okay. We did. We saw the first lady of the United States. There were gasps across hollywood. And she looked beautiful as always. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. 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The white house last night put out a list of how much they say each state will be affected as well as what we can look forward to nationally. The president addressed the upcoming crisis in his weekly address. I believe we should Work Together to build on the more than 2. 5 trillion in deficit reduction weve already achieved. We should do it in a balanced way with smart spending cuts, entitlement reform, and tax reform. Thats my plan. Its got tough cuts, tough reforms, and asks more of the wealthiest americans. Its on the white house website for everybody to see, and it requires democrats and republicans to meet halfway to resolve the problem. Gene sperling is the director of the National Economic council. Hes the assistant to the president for economic policy. Good morning, mr. Sperling. Good morning. The white house last night put out this comprehensive list of what they say will have to be cut as soon as friday. Let me read you some of the highlights or low lights, as the case may be. 10,000 teacher jobs at risk, up to 2,100 fewer food inspections, reduction in work hours for border patrol, fbi agents. Major airport wait times could increase 30 to 50 . Small Business Loan guarantees reduced by up to 900 million. This happens friday. As you sit here on monday morning, you look the American People in the eye, do you think this is inevitable . It shouldnt be. It shouldnt be. I think what the American People are probably thinking is exactly right from a policy point of view, which is why dont we get together here and just have the compromise we need to avoid this type of selfinflicted wound on children, on our national defense, on Mental Health services. But also on our economy because this type of thing creates uncertainty, and it holds back investment in jobs and expansion. All that you need to move forward is to have an understanding that everybody has to give a little bit. Whats frustrating is our republican colleagues, in the house of representatives particularly, have taken a position, an absolutist position, that there cant be one single penny of tax expenditures or loophole closing to raise any revenue at all. An absolutist or ideological position. I know some people may believe it. But to have a bipartisan compromise to move forward, everyones got to give a little bit. This is a choice that our republican colleagues are making. They would rather stay with this absolutist position even if it means that we go into the sequester and start to see these type of harmful cuts. What the president is offering is not that you have to do everything the way he wants but that you just have the type of compromise. Hang on one sec. So entitlement savings and some revenue together to bring the deficit down in a reasonable way thats not harmful and moves our country forward. What are your plans for today to try to reach some kind of deal . The white house has put out a list of things that will go wrong on friday. What are you going to do today yourself to make sure these dont happen . A couple of things. Number one, on thursday the president put out to the public, to congress, in detail, what his last offer was to Speaker Boehner so that people understand that the president had, including interest savings, well over 1 trillion of additional spending cuts, and all he was asking is that that be combined with some of the tax loophole closers to raise revenues that the republican speaker of the house had been saying we could find 800 billion of just eight weeks ago. So, one, were going to keep letting people know, we have an offer on the table. It does call for bipartisan compromise. And then secondly, were going to promote the idea that you could also do a shortterm deal that also has the compromise, spending cuts, few loophole closures. That could give us some months to Work Together to come up with an agreement. What the public should want is what the president wants. Everyone compromises. We dont inflict these wounds on our economy, and we come together for the type of bipartisan agreement that will help us stabilize our deficits while still making sure we have enough resources to invest in job creation and helping our workers and helping our children, investing in the future. Gene sperling, our thanks to you. You have until friday. I think what the public wants is some kind of progress. Good luck to you. Thank you. 22 minutes after the hour. Lets go out to hollywood. Soledad obrien talking about the movies. A little bit more entertaining, fortunately or unfortunately, than the sequester. A lot more entertaining than the sequester. Still ahead, Seth Macfarlanes debut as an oscar host. What did you think . Was he good enough there will be a second offer for him to come back . Lots of targets for his jabs last night, including Spanish Speaking actors. 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The oscars trending on the web. Everybody talking about the inappropriate jokes by Seth Macfarlane. The nazi while Christopher Plummer was on stage, making a joke about the sound of music. And the boob song. And then a joke about Spanish Speaking actors. Weve finally reached the point of the story where Penelope Cruz or Javier Bardem comes on stage, and we have no idea what theyre saying, but we dont care because theyre so attractive. That and they left Lupe Ontiveros name off the in memoriam. This was a woman who would talk about she had to put on a heavy spanish accent just to get a role in twitter. I think the onetwo punch offended people, especially on twitter. I took those folks out of it and put africanamericans in, and i thought how would i feel if i heard that . I thought, you know, id be offended. I get it. It was a little bit over the line. And youre right, coupled with the fact they left miss ontiveros off the in memoriam list left hurt feelings. 60 years ago, we were making Ricky Ricardo jokes culturally about his spanish accent. You think we would have progressed further. Its always about the accent. Hes a clever guy. Maybe move on to new material. Then what did you think about the jaws music playing . I love it. Back at home, all the past oscars, gosh, i wish theyd take this person off the stage. He did it, of course, with jaws music. This is for the guy accepting an animation award for life of pi. Many monom, thank you for tee i could do any crazy career choice i wanted to make. I want to thank all the artists that worked on this, rhythm and hues. Theyre suffering financial difficulties. You know what i love about him . He is like, im not giving up the mike. I have stuff to say. Im swimming from jaws. Im going to make it. Paul is like, oh. Good for him. They didnt do that to celebrities. They only do it to the tech people and everybody else. They didnt do it to ben affleck or grant right before him that just kept going on and on. It seemed a little unfair, but it was funny. It was a good night overall. How are the reviews hes getting . Its interesting. The review in variety said they thought Seth Macfarlane was a little ham strung by the telecast itself, and they likened it to other comedians who had done the show, like David Letterman and chris rock, people that are so funny, about you it didnt translate. Youve got the audience at home and the audience in front of you. If you mess up for either, youre in trouble. I think he did well with both audiences. Well take a short break. More on the oscars. Well take a look at Seth Macfarlanes quips that many people say are sexist. There were a handful, the boob song and more. Also, well talk about cuba without castro in charge. The date has now been set. More than two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. 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Hi to all of you watching the postoscar parties. The National Weather Service Warns a storm is bringing potentially lifethreatening and crippling blizzard conditions to portions of southeast kansas, northeast oklahoma, and the texas panhandle. 13 states total are under some type of winter watch or warning or advisory this morning. So could the castro era be over in cuba fimly . 81yearold president raul castro, fidels younger brother, says he plans on stepping down in 2018. He made the announcement shortly after the countrys National Assembly elect him to a second fiveyear term. As for his successor, yesterday raul castro praised the first Vice President , 52yearold miguel diaz canal, calling him a new generation that will provide the future leadership of the country. Afghanistans president ordering special forces out of a province west of kabul. Hamid karzai says they might have harassed, tortured, even murdered innocent people in the wardak province. He says its stirring up hatred and resentment and he wants the forces gone in two weeks. The u. S. Military says it is investigating. And south korea making history today. South korea has its first ever female president , park won hye pledged to guard her country. She has apologized for human rights abuses during her fathers time in power. Lets go back to soledad. There is no category for best party after hollywoods biggest night. Maybe there should be. The oscar ceremony is over, but fun is just beginning for many. Heres how some of the celebrated after parties went. Reporter from the governors ball to the Vanity Fair Party to elton johns famous fundraiser, hollywood knows how to let loose on oscar night. Were able to come here and get our message across and raise money and have a good time at the same time. Reporter sir elton and partner David Ferguson celebrated the 21st year of his aids Foundation Oscar viewing event. Hei heidi klum, jane lynch, just a few of the stars on hand. Were benefitting eltons foundation, which is wonderful. I thought it was a wonderful show. I loved it. I loved the movies. It was great. Reporter across town at the glitzy vanity fair soire, sandra bullock, gerard butler, and richard gere all hit the star studded red carpet before partying it up inside. And presenter halle berry revealed what she thought was the Biggest Surprise of the night. Ang lee, i thought, surprised everybody, but so deserved. I loved life of pi. Reporter at the governors ball after party, the nights big winners bumped shoulders with hollywood icons. Octessica. Were the super couple. What are you going to do tonight . I dont know. Depends on what and whos in there. Reporter is this heavy . It is. Yeah, feel it. Reporter its heavy, right. You have this great smile on your face. Its amazing. I just want a drink. Reporter cnn, hollywood. Cnns my nell tnischelle tur aalina cho joining me now. How many people said that, i need a drink. She hasnt slept. I slept an hour. Walk me through the parties. Whats the best party . The Vanity Fair Party last night. As i like to always joke, if that place were to blow up, there would be nobody left in hollywood. Youre literally shoulder to shoulder with almost every a list star on the planet. Halle berry, jennifer aniston. At one point i was walking around, and people start to step on your gown. Youve got to be a little bit careful because its so packed in that room. Hillary swank and her gorgeous red valentino gown was holding the gown in her arms, and she looked at me and said, were in the same boat. She was inside the vanity fair. I was outside at the governors ball behind the hedge. I still saw lots of a listers, yes. You sure did. And thats where the winners go right after the oscars is over. So youre going to get everybody thats got a statue and all the people that were inside the teles ka. So thats a lot. Its a fun party too. One little thing that i talked to nischelle about last night was the best part about the vanity fair parties. The best part was they serve in n out burgers. I ate not one, but two. Absolutely worth every moment. It sounds amazing. Who did you like fashionwise . Alina wont say it . She loves fashion. Ill say. Charlize theron was serving it to them last night. Serving it. When she was dancing, that was a beautiful gown she wore. I thought halle berry was just stunning in versace. Shes always stunning. What about you, soledad . Who did you like . I actually think the dance sequence when she was in that beautiful gown, Charlize Theron. And thats not the gown she wore on the red carpet. She wore dior on the red carpet. Im not sure the gown when she was dancing. And just to have it move. It was fabulous. Jennifer lawrence was belle of the ball. Best attitude. She falls, gets up, tells a joke. I thought it was great. I thought it was refreshing. It didnt rattle her at all. And by the way, as ive been saying, you saw the gown a little bit better because she fell. It was a very graceful sprawl up the stairs. I loved it. Thanks, ladies. Appreciate it. Still ahead on starting point, one oscar nomination and five broken cameras. The filmmaker behind an acclaimed documentary feature on the palestinian struggle shares his story with us. News flash in a face to face challenge, new outlast Stay Fabulous Foundation held up fabulously til five o clock. A leading liquid makeup . Not so much. Take the stay fabulous challenge. Easy, breezy, better. Covergirl. When the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week. Im like. Yeah, ok. Little did i know that one week later i wasnt smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. It reduces the urge to smoke. 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Welcome back to starting point. Well go back to los angeles in a couple of minutes. New developments in american diplomacy. New secretary of state john kerry has officially begun his first trip as the nations chief diplomat. The first stop on his nine country tour, 10 downing street in london, where kerry met with british Prime Minister David Cameron. Over the next 11 days, hell visit key european capitals, make a stop in turkey, and he will head to the middle east. A pair of earthquakes hit japan today. They were about 11 minutes apart and centered 90 miles northwest of tokyo. There are no reports of damages. Japanese officials did not issue a tsunami alert. This story is just incredible. Three High School Students in north dakota showed up for a state hockey tournament on friday wearing ku klux klan style hoods. A photo was posted on twitter, and people there are outraged. Administrators at the school in grand forks say they have identified the students. They say appropriate action will be taken. Paul mcillhennie died. They make to bass cosauc stabas. He was the fourth generation of the family. A loyal brother helped his sister Elizabeth Colbert bush serve up sandwiches. Bush is a democratic candidate for congress. Colbert bragged on her and bragged on his state. Theres no state like south carolina. It has the finest food, the finest people, the best history. It has the most beautiful countryside, the greatest water. It has the most beautiful women, the most handsome men, strongest children. Strongest children. The primaries are set for march 19th. Busch is one of several democrats in the running. A sock that sold for thousands of dollars isnt just used, its not even clean. A collector paid more than 92,000 for the bloody sock that boston pitcher Curt Schilling wore in game two of the 2004 world series, one of historys most important moments. It broke the socalled curse of the bambino. 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So all across the country, soledad, people are trying to figure out exactly what this is going to mean for their community. Front pages, soledad, of papers across the country, outlining locally what would happen come friday. Soledad . Big mess. Christine, thanks. Still ahead on starting point, an oscar nominated movie. The Palestinian Government builds a wall through a village. Well talk about the directors. Five broken many ka raz. The the American Dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. Those dreams have taken a beating lately. But no way were going to let them die. Ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. By listening. Planning. Working one on one. Thats what Ameriprise Financial does. And thats what they can do with you. Thats how ameriprise puts more within reach. Thats how ameriprise puts more within reach. Chances are, youre not made of money, so dont overpay for motorcycle insurance. 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It began when palestinian farmer wanted to document the birth of his son, and then he spent five years documenting resistance to israeli settlements and the construction of the wall that separated the farmers from their lands and olive groves. Heres a little clip. The title five broken cameras refers to the damage to his camera over six years. The director guy davidi joins us. Were you disappointed you didnt win, or is it a true cliche that its great just to be nominated . I wasnt disappointed at all. Im so excited with where we got. I love searching for the sugar man, the guy that did win the award. To me, this is a film about modesty and the effect of modesty in our lives, particularly the political word. Political is a good word to use when we talk about your film because its really a political story about how palestinians and israelis engage with each other. Youre an israeli. A lot of people find it surprising youre telling the story of a palestinian farmer. Even i wrote the text of it. A lot of the insights of the film was something that i brought from my life experience, and people are very surprised by that. We cannot judge everything according to our identities, as we all know. The Israeli Government ended up funding the film, which i think people found surprising because its very critical of a lot of the israeli policies. We like to criticize ourself. As israelis, a lot of films that were done before about occupation were financed by israelis because we have this culture of criticizing ourself up to a certain limit. So we had good partners in israel, and they were supportive, not just in finance, also throughout the process of distribution and throughout a lot of challenges inside israeli society, and they were criticized for financing it. Whats your goal for this ultimately . To have every single israeli see it . To have every palestinian see the film . Around the world as well. We had just a few days ago, because of the oscar nomination, we were shown in the biggest channels in israel and a lot of viewers watched the film. This is the kind of film that really touches people, and from the emotional journey, they go through in the film, a real political change can occur. This is very powerful for us, this nomination. Its incredible. Whether youre in the middle of that confli or outside watching in a different country. Thank you for talking with us, guy davidi. Congratulations on the nomination and a wonderful night last night. Got to take a short break. End point is up next. [ kitt ] you know whats impressive . A talking car. But ill tell you what impresses me. A talking train. This ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what its carrying, while using less fuel. Delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. After all, whats the point of talking if you dont have something important to say . If you dont have something important to say . 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