Break free and make it back home. We are live in nigeria with her harrowing tale. And breaking news this morning, ukraine in crisis. Prorussian rebels claiming victory after eastern provinces vote on whether to secede from the nation. So, will that country now be split into pieces . What is the situation on the ground . Were live with the very latest. Good morning, everyone. Its monday. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. May 12th. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with a cnn exclusive this morning, Donald Sterling on the record for the first time about the racist comments he made and the nbas push to force him out as owner of the l. A. Clippers. Sterling sat down with anderson cooper, insisting he was baited by the woman named v. Stiviano, baited into saying she shouldnt be seen with black people. He called her a friend he thought liked him and he thought cared for him, and he apologized, calling what happened a mistake. His wife, shelly, is also speaking
A specific a specific search when daylight comes in a few hours. Its not clear what theyre zeroing in on right now. The search zone has shifted again. This time a little bit to the north. Officials say theyre refining the zone based on continuing analysis of Satellite Communications and the planes capabilities. Just a few hours search crews will get some hightech help. The australia vessel, ocean shield, is expected to arrive carrying a device that could help find the pingers on the data recorders. The batteries on those pingers are expected to run out in about four or five days. Its a race to find any sign of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 off the coast of australia. Those pingers and data recorders are about to run out of power and they will go silent. This comes as the search zone shifts once again, as i said, to the north. Our own will ripley is joining us from perth, australia. Thats the staging point for all these ships and planes involved in this search. Youve got some new informa
And a civil war, International Condemnation and threats of violence. Yet the president ial election is moving forward. Thanks for joining us. You are watching cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church. Im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. We begin with the latest on u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. He is recovering in germany. He will receive treatment at home. Controversy is bruise about him. Members of congress say they werent informed about the prisoner swap that transformed five detainees from Guantanamo Bay and qatar. There was a near term recovery to save Sergeant Bergdahls life. The administration determined given the exigent circumstances, there was no guarantee the window of opportunity to recover him would remain open. It was the right thing to do. Also speaking out, soldiers who spoke out with bergdahl say desserter. They say their anger is compounded because lives were lost trying to rescued the captured sarergeantsergeant. Jay
The very latest. And then, while you were sleeping, what an intense, edgeofyourseat playoff game. The Los Angeles Clippers in a nailbiter, taking place as nba owners decide what to do about banned clippers owner Donald Sterling. Theres new drama in that, drama in the game, a lot of drama ahead. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to drama friday. Im john berman. And im dramafree christine romans. At least, thats not what john thinks. Its friday, may 2nd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with the fallout from malaysian government flight 370 report. 17 minutes is how long it took for air Traffic Controllers to realize the plane had disappeared from radar. Then malaysian authorities failed to initiate any kind of search for four hours. Overnight, government officials in malaysia held a News Conference, their first since releasing those findings. Will ripley live from kuala lumpur this morning. What are malaysian authorities saying, will, about that report . Reporter christine, theyre not sayi
We are live with the latest. In hours, president obama arrives in japan beginning a week long trip through asia. Theres one world power he will not be visiting. Well take you live there. Welcome to early start. Im poppy harlow. Im john berman. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin in south korea. Divers are making their way through the capsized ferry looking for survivors, but only finding victims. The death toll stands at 150 with roughly the same number missing. This, as we find out new details of what happened in the moments after passengers and crew realized there was something very, very wrong. Our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson is live in jindo, south korea. We understand the divers searched the ships cafeteria. There was expectation thats where they would find many, many victims. Doesnt appear to be the case, does it . It hasnt been the case. Its disappointing for divers. They are trying to get to a meeting area on the third floor. Perha perhaps, what is more