accident. police finding key evidence in the instructor's stomach? and also caught on tape. a scary armed robbery at a dunkin' donuts, a customer trying to be a hero but ends up unconscious. how this all went down, all in matter of seconds. up first this morning, big new developments with the chinese activist smack-dab in the middle of a political firestorm. hillary clinton is scheduled to speak about chen guangcheng in about an hour. we learned that chen can apply to study abroad according to a chinese state-run news agency. u.s. officials also say they just spoke by phone today with chen and met with his wife in person. they're expected to meet with chen in a hospital sometime this morning. the blind activist says he doesn't feel safe in china and wants to come to the u.s. he even interrupted a capitol hill hearing yesterday to request a meeting with the secretary of state. >> translator: i want to meet with the secretary clinton. i hope i can get more help from her. the thing i most concern right now is now is the safety of my mother and my brothers and i really want to know what's going on with them. >> secretary of state clinton is wrapping up her visit to china this morning. she's holding a news kfrnconfer in just over an hour. our other big story this morning, new details in the death of nfl future hall of famer junior seau and his painful final moments. medical examiner confirming seau killed himself with a gunshot wound to the chest. the report does not say, though, whether repeated hits to the head had during his 19-year pro career may have led him down the path to suicide. seau's mother who was so overcome with emotion she almost collapsed led a prayer vigil outside of his home last night. seau's pastor and family friend said he texted his ex-wife and children "i love you" before he pulled the trigger. also in question, how many concussions did he have while playing in his career? we are live in los angeles. paul, what's the latest? >> well, good morning, ashleigh. as you pointed out, the coroner's report says that junior seau committed suicide, and they say this was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. now, the examiner conducted this forensic autopsy, including a full examination, according to the report, of seau's organs and collection of appropriate specimens for lab studies, including toxicology and microscopic examination of organs and tissues. what the report did not do is make a link to the suicide of former chicago bears safety dave dorsen last year. you may recall that duerson shot himself in the chest and in his suicide note he said that he wanted his brain studied for possible damage. now, later on, a boston university research on brain injuries found that duerson suffered from degenerative damage to his brain because of repeated hard hits. again, the seau autopsy doesn't go that far at this point. a final autopsy could come out in as long as three months. but one thing that we do know is espn is reporting a forensic pathologist who first identified chronic brain damage as a factor in the deaths of some nfl players flew to san diego, reportedly, to participate in seau's autopsy. in the end, it will be up to seau's family to see if they want to release his brain to be studied for possible damage and concussions. again, that's up to seau's family, according to police, ashleigh. >> paul, it's incredible you just said that, because as you were speaking i just got an alert that this is going to happen, that the family has now agreed to allow researchers to study seau's brain for evidence of damage as a result of concussions, this coming from i believe "the l.a. times," that they have done an exclusive interview with them. just quickly, getting through this wire copy, i can't read it all while i'm spooking to you, what is the issue? is it that they want to release to certain researchers, to the nfl? because i know this is an issue with other players as well. >> well, when you talk to players in the football community, the ex-nf playerl pl think all of them are worried about what may or may not have happened to them over the years. seau, an extremely long nfl career. the family probably saying seau being such a person in the community, such a giving person, this is yet perhaps more of junior's legacy. obviously he had his own charitable contributions. and i think that they would fully support anything that could be done, any studies that could be done, on junior seau's brain that might help other nfl players, ex-nfl players in the future. >> just quickly i'll add to this report as you're speaking as well that the san diego chargers' chaplain, sean mitchell is quoted saying it is likely the high speculation is the researchers at boston university would most likely be the candidates to do this studying, if that ends up happening. but at this point i think it's pretty critical that the family is certainly on board for releasing seau's brain for research. can i also ask you, paul, what you know -- you're very close to the story and you've spent a lot of time amongst those deeply affected by this suicide -- about his friends, former players or people close to him, do they say there was anything leading up to this, any kind of signal, anything that might have led them to believe there was trouble on the horizon? >> certainly not recently. ashlei ashleigh, when you walk that strand in oceanside, california, where seau lived. all the friends and neighbors in the area say he was still greeting everybody with "hey buddy, playing his guitar. he would literally walk across a walk way, if you will, into the ocean and surf and be there every day. the only thing that might have been an indicator is about a year and a half ago you may know that junior seau was arrested and not charged for what's called spousal battery. and about five hours after that he drove his car off a cliff. he said he fell asleep at the wheel. others questioned that and wondered if possibly that was a suicidal act, ashleigh. >> paul, i'm just going to reiterate that breaking news as you were speaking coming in, this attributed to "the los angeles times," that the family of junior seau is saying they've decided to allow researchers to study his brain for evidence of damage as a result of concussions. paul, great work out there. thanks very much. a white new york police officer now cleared in the shooting death of an ailing black war veteran in his own apartment. a grand jury declined to indict 68-year-old kenneth chamberlain was shot and killed last november after accidentally setting off his medical alert device and then refusing to allow police to enter his parmtd. cops say he pulled a knife on them. 7:30 eastern on "starting point," kenneth chamberlain jr., the son of the man killed by police in his own home, joins soledad o'brien to talk about the grand jury decision. a hang glielding instructor accused of eating evidence after a student plunged to her death. the police say that lanenni gomez was on a hand gliding event when she slipped out and fell hundreds of feet into the woods. the investigators say the instructor swallowed a memory card from a video camera on board. x-rays are actually confirming that. >> there have been a series of x-rays taken. we have confirmed so we are just in the waiting process. we have confirmed that the memory card is still inside. >> at this point, they aren't sure if any of the video of the flight will play now. >> oh, my. new this morning, the philadelphia archbishop is announcing the fate of 27 catholic priests suspended for child sex abuse allegations. later today, the archbishop is expected to release the findings from the latest year-long church investigation. previous findings were called into question by a grand jury last year. a former top aide at the arch die seize, william lynn, is charged with child endangerment for his handling of abuse complaints. a brown bear, two spotted leopards and monkeys are going to be returned to their zanesville, ohio, farm later today. if that sounds familiar, it should be. it's the same farm where 50 exotic wild animals were released into the public by their owner, terry thompson, last fall, right before he killed himself. most of those animals had to be killed by law enforcement to protect the public. authorities did not have access to tranquilizer guns and were forced to shoot two wolves, six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight female lion's tesss and three mountain lions along with 18 bengal tigers. the five creatures being returned to the thompson window have been kept at the columbus zoo since the incident. right now lawmakers are ohio are trying to pass legislation that would tighten some rules in the state for exotic animal ownership. investors might be sweating out the next few hours waiting for the april jobs report set to be released at 8:30 eastern. as always, it could move the mooshgts. kmists surveyed by cnn money expect 160,000 jobs were added to the economy last month, an improvement from march but the pace is still growth compared to december, january and february. keep an eye on cnn all morning. i'll have the breaking details when the april jobs report is released at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. and still ahead, we all do it, stop by dunkin' donuts every so often, pick up something on the way to work. but if you see this video -- >> oh, my! >> -- you'll think twice about what you do next. if you have a couple of minutes, this is a short commercial break, you have to see what happened to commercial at dunkin' donuts and why it happened. and it's raining raccoons in one home. i'm not kidding. this actually happened. we'll explain, next. you're watching "early start." 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a broom. >> you know they were masked so they won't be able to identify them later. >> oh, you are hilarious, romans! >> you have one day left to buy that bigger and brighter hat. the kentucky derby is tomorrow. this year's top thoroughbreds will compete. cyndi lauper served as the parade's marshal. >> it's also sin ccinco demayo. >> love cyndi lauper. and the kentucky derby and sin co-demayo? i'm just confuse. >> tomorrow is the 5th, right? >> marciano is always on track. what's up? talladega is this weekend. and the full moon tomorrow night is the biggest full moon of the year. >> that's why we're weird. >> perfect day to throw a party. >> absolutely. >> what's going on? good weather for the fabulous celebrations across the country? >> there is a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow at post time. here's forecast for the kentucky derby, 85 degrees, humid. we'll put it at 40%, maybe 50% chance of seeing a thunderstorm interrupt the race at that point. but it will go off. not sure if it will be good for mudders or fast track. showers and thunderstorms rolling across, mostly just showers, across the northeast right now. you will see warmer weather in the big apple. i know that onshore wind we've been playing kind of cat and mouse with it all week long. winds come off the ocean this time of year, it gets cool in a hurry. those winds will switch around eventually. for the next couple of hours, that will be the focal point for seeing severe thunderstorms later often today and tonight. also for parts of tex getting a piece of energy coming out of the four corner and decent storm in the pacific northwest. continued warmth, we had a few records yesterday, 92 in memphis today, 91 degrees expected in dallas and 78 degrees in new york city. all right, the full moon tomorrow night is going to be brightest one of the year. it's at its closest point and it's full so it will be -- it's going to be 3% closer than typically it would be during the year, during a close spot. and it's going to be about 16% brighter. one more reason to look at the moon tomorrow night. >> howl at the moon. >> there you go. howl away. >> thanks, rob. 18 minutes after the hour. we're getting an early read on the water cooler with these stories. the tallest man in america finally getting a new pair of shoes after his story went viral. we told you about it here, too. 29-year-old igor is 7'8", wears a 6size 26 shoe. he can't afford new shoes. reebok made him sneakers years ago, but his medical issues changed the shape of his feet. the company now stepping up again, saying it will make him another pair. the shoes will take up to 14 weeks to make and cost up to $20,000. igor is also raising money through a social media campaign hoping to have enough money to wear shoes for life. >> christine, turn around. look behind you. that picture is a child's shoe on the top. that's a size 9 shoe in the middle. and then on the bottom that's igor's shore. believe that? >> wow. what a man. good luck, igor. i'm glad the viral campaign worked out. this campaign we're about to tell you about, we're really glad it didn't work out so well. a phoenix woman is accused of faking cancer so she could get a boob job. this is from ktvk our affiliate. 27-year-old jami toller said she needed money to, quote, help with medical expenses. her mom helped create the web site. >> don't know if the mom knew. don't know about chargs but toller rurnled to work but couldn't provide a doctor notes for her medical leave. so her employers were a little bit suspicious and checked her medical records. and now ms. toller is facing felony fraud and theft charges. by the way, if you're going to go on medical leave and you come back to work, maybe you want to wear a hoodie or something that doesn't show off what you were really up to at the doctor's office. >> well, she said she needed the money for a double mastectomy because of breast cancer. see? >> jami toller, shame on you. hope he's got deep pockets in his hoodie, facebook's mark zuck zuckerberg set to become one of of the richest people on the planet. find out more after this quick break. 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[ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. welcome back. we're minding your business this morning. facebook finally naming the stock price for the initial public offering. i'm really surprised at this. $28 to $35? that will value the company up to 98 billion. >> wow. >> i thought they were going to be way more expensive. >> the thing is, they put the stock price so there will be initial public offering and then it will trade at the market. that's where it runs up if people think that initial value is too low. that's where people think it will run up. keep in mind facebook has the option to tweak the stock price as they get closer to going public. next week, mark zuckerberg and senior executives will kick off a road show, meet with big investors, not little ones like me and you, big investors, the big institutional investors, that starts monday in new york. then eventually it will set that final stock price the night before it goes public. and finally it will start trading publicly on the nasdaq. this is rumored to happen an may 18th or sometime in mid-may. >> okay. this is your favorite time of year. i love that you call this your super bowl. it's your favorite time of month. you call this the super bowl of what you do for a living. it's jobs day. jobs report, 8:30. this is what we're expecting from the jobs report. it's so incredibly important politically and for you. you're a jobs market of one. you either have 100% employment or zero. but you want opportunity. the unemployment rate is expected to stay unchanged at 8.2%. economists are expecting about 160,000 jobs created last month. can i show you this trend? the trend was -- this is the last year. so we had some trouble last summer. we've been h