Independence. Some want to join russia, but is that what the majority of the people really want . Were live on the ground with the very latest there. Good morning. Good to have you with us. Welcome to early start. Im victor blackwell. And im deborah feyerick. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with Donald Sterling and his shocking comments to Anderson Cooper. He is apologizing for his remarks but also is blasting nba legend Magic Johnson, the very person he was talking about when he told v. Stiviano she shouldnt be seen with black people. Listen to part of what sterling said. I embarrassed the league. I humiliated them. I dont know how why i did it. I mean, its so terrible. So, you dont believe, though, that the owners would vote to have you removed as owner . I dont think so. The players dont hate me. The sponsors dont hate me. You dont believe the fans dont hate me. The media hates. Its the media. Its all the media pushing it. Honestly, you really believe that this is just the medi
Back to the crash site where they say dozens of bodies remain. We are live with what investigators are finding. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans. It is august 1, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, the sound of silence in gaza. We are three hours into a 72 hour ceasefire. A ceasefire brokered by the u. N. And the United States. So far, it appears to be holding. It is a much needed pause of a bloody, 24 day Israeli Offensive with hamas. During this period, civilian wills receive relief and op twopoint toy carry out vital functions, including burying the dead, taking care of the injured and restocking food supplies. Gaza is reeling after air strikes on schools, a marketplace and the regions only power plant. 400 palestinians have been killed in the conflict. That has tensions escalating between israel and the u. N. 103 u. N. Facilities have come under attack, including a school hosting over 3,300 displaced yesterday. 19 people were killed and over 100 injured. Th
Snoou. A warm welcome to on you viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Air force one just touched down in kuala lumpur moments ago. Hes in the asian region during a particularly painful time for so many people. Well stay on these live pictures and wait for the u. S. President to depart. We expect that to happen in moments. But this has been a busy trip for the u. S. President. Overshadowed somewhat by a number of transportation tragedies in different Asian Countries on friday, in south korea mr. Obama offered condolences for the sinking of the sea ferry there. He pointed out he has two daughters the same age of many of the School Children on that vessel. In malaysia the anger and anguish continue for so many families. President obama arriving in the country right now, seven weeks after the disappearance of Malaysia Airline flight 370. 239 people aboard that boeing 777. As we said, not a trace of wreckage has been found. The u. S. President told malaysian newspaper, in fact, his cou
Captured american soldier and is also in the middle of an International Sports bribery scandal. You can bet that youll be hearing plenty about qatar in the week ahead. We wanted to know how the countrys reacting to the part they played in the freedom of beau bergdahl. For the tiny country of qatar, this has been an extremely important development, but you might not realize it looking at the morning newspaper. This is the gulf times. The lead story is some rather esoteric story about qatars heritage to go digital. Somewhere buried in the middle of the front page and watch how they phrased it obama thanks qatar for assistance as taliban free american soldier. And that speaks volumes to how this country views what it did. Very few details have been given of their involvement. They will only say that the talks were mandated by the emir himself. That they were long negotiations. That they were part of the countrys basic humanitarian principles of foreign policy. And when i asked a question
In all, nine ships, ten military planes and a civilian jet took part in todays search. And a malaysian government source tells cnn, the jetliners turning off the course is being considered a criminal act. Either by one of the pilots or someone else on board. So for weeks, we were told the last words from the crew were, quote, all right, good night. Now weve learned the words were actually, quote, good night malaysian 370. The release of the transcript is raising many questions, and its also providing a few answers. Lets bring in our aviation and government regulation correspondent, rene marsh. Walk us through some of the details weve learned from this transcript, which has just been released. Right. You know what, wolf, we have learned that communications between the cockpit and air Traffic Control was pretty normal up until it disappeared. So this is the transcript here. Just a little bit over two pages long. And were going to pull from it. We know that at 12 40, according to this tra