We are live with the latest on the hunt, missing now for nearly two months. On trial again. Oscar pistorius returns to court in south africa after a twoweek delay in his murder case. His defense determined to show he shot his girlfriend accidentally, but prosecutors, they have other plans. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im john berman. It is monday, may 5th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, odessa under siege. The bloodshed and violence in ukraines Third Largest city escalating dramatically. Now hundreds of prorussian militants storming a Police Station sunday, freeing dozens of their own. Nearly 50 people are now dead after three days of violence there. The bloodshed in odessa really upping the stakes in the deepening struggle now in several parts of ukraine. So, lets get the latest from arwa damon live in donetsk in Eastern Ukraine. Arwa, what can you tell us this morning . Reporter well, that violence in odessa most certainly has served to harden peoples emotions here in Eastern Ukraine, where up until those clashes broke out in odessa, that fire breaking out in that building that killed a vast majority of those people, odessa had been relatively calm. A lot of the violence, a lot of the standoffs that weve been seeing between the prorussian camp and the proukrainian camp had been centering here in Eastern Ukraine, and were still seeing that continuing, despite the fact that the Ukrainian Government has launched a socalled antiterrorism campaign. The military has been moving in on some of the key cities of slovyansk and kramatorsk. They have yet to make any sort of significant gains. When it comes to the prorussian side, they continue to dig into the various locations that they hold, taking over even more buildings than they have in the past and even clashing with riot police with ministry of interior forces. But at the end of the day, the prorussian side always ends up winning. The Ukrainian Forces forced to negotiate in a number of these instances, forced to retreat, and effectively, meet the demands of the prorussian camp. Of great concern, of course, in all of this is the fact that russia itself has tens of thousands of troops perched right on the border, everyone watching what theyre going to be doing incredibly closely, everyone, especially nato allies in this region, very concerned that this country could be moving towards a fullscale war. Yeah, no doubt, arwa, a crucial day there after the violence weve seen of the last few days. Arwa damon in donetsk. Thanks for being with us this morning. This morning were getting a closer look at a terrifying accident during a circus in rhode island and a warning to you this morning, this is graphic what were about to show you. This cell phone video shows what happened at the ringling brothers barnum and bailey performance. Thats an apparatus holding these acrobats by their hair. It obviously failed, all of them crashing to the ground. 11 people, including all 9 of those acrobats, were hurt. First, i thought it was the act. We see them, they were doing acrobats with their hair. I was worried for the people, for their welfare. We asked everybody to, you know, pray for the girls and everybody on the act. This shouldnt happen, and well get to the bottom of why it happened and make sure it doesnt happen going forward. Now, the circus says it takes the health of its performers seriously and carefully inspects all of its equipment and it is working with the city of providence to try to figure out exactly what happened. Breaking news overnight to tell you about, six people hurt on a us airways jet flying from philadelphia to orlando. The airline says the plane was climbing after takeoff, when it hit severe turbulence and had to return to the philadelphia airport. Want you to listen to a passenger describe this ordeal. And it was a crazy experience. We were just up in the air, lifted out of our seats, seeing things flying all over the place. I got sick from it. There was people injured. Running all over the plane. It was really scary. Nice to see her smiling at least. Four passengers, two flight attendants were injured. The flight attendants were later released. Its not clear the nature of the other passengers, but one says a woman hit her head on the ceiling, common in this turbulence. The others continued to orlando. If search teams ever hope to find Malaysia Airlines flight 370, theyre going to need more sophisticated equipment to get a better look at the ocean floor. Officials from malaysia, australia and china announcing an expansion and a new direction for the mission. While they insist they still believe they are looking for the plane in the right place. Lets go to kuala lumpur and bring in will ripley. Good morning, will. Expand. They have to expand this search, and they really have to refocus here. Reporter absolutely, christine. And before they can expand the search, what theyre going to do and this is first time that were hearing this is that theyre going to take a second look at all of the data that has brought them to this particular spot in the southern indian ocean, and were not just talking about the satellite data and those underwater pings that were detected, but everything that was recorded in the last eightplus weeks. The bluefin21s underwater scans, any visual evidence which was jotted down by the planes and the ships. Because if you think about it christine, it is really remarkable, if you think about the effort. 4. 6 million square kilometers searched, more than 300 planes, more than 3,000 hours in the air, some 29 aircraft, 14 ships, and yet, not one single piece of the plane, a point touched upon by Australias Deputy prime minister. It is disappointing that weve had no debris that has led us to this wreckage. Its also interesting to note that the search in the area we have concentrated on began quite a number of days after the aircraft had disappeared. The likelihood that if there was debris floating, it had drifted to the bottom of the ocean before we even began our search. Reporter so, in other words, perhaps by the time they began looking in the right place, there was nothing to be seen, at least on the surface. So, thats what makes this underwater search so critical. On wednesday, not only will they be meeting to take another look at the data, but theyll also be talking about the different kinds of technology theyre going to bring in there. Its remarkable to think theres more technology to go into space than to go down to the bottom of the ocean. The search chief, angus houston, said you can count on one hand the number of devices in the world that are available that can do this kind of work. Ships in dang bebangladesh, for the ship in the bay of bengal. Any updates on that for us, will . Reporter we learned over the weekend, there are three ships total from the bangladeshi navy, including a survey ship, one with sidescan sonar. Theyve been looking, havent found anything yet. Will, thank you so much. Divers in south korea are closer to recovering all the bodies from that capsized ferry 20 days after it sank. The death toll is now up to 260 with 42 people still missing. South koreas president visited with family members in jindo on sunday, meeting with relatives who have yet to learn the fate of their loved ones. Many of those, of course, on board were high school students. The investigation is now focused on whether human error by the crew was to blame for this tragedy. The president of nigeria is vowing to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Islamic Militant group boko haram, which opposes western education, especially for girls. Protests have erupted in cities across the globe, criticizing nigerias response to the crisis. The campaign bring back our girls now going viral. President Goodluck Jonathan admitted sunday he doesnt know where the girls are but criticized their parents for not cooperating fully with police. A rescue effort to dig out more than 2,000 people buried in a landslide in afghanistan has come to an end. Local officials in the rural Northeastern Province have now declared the site a mass grave. President obama called afghan leader hamid karzai sunday to express his condolences and offer continued support. The landslide is believed to have buried some 300 homes, claiming up to a third, a third of that village. All right, it is back to court today for the former olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius. A long break now over as the defense argues why pistorius is not guilty of murder. Were live in pretoria, next. My name is jenny, and i quit smoking with chantix. 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He was the estate manager at the time and crucially was the very first person on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the killing, and hes right now giving very Critical Evidence for the defense pertaining not only to pistoriuss emotional state in the immediate aftermath, showing consistency with pistoriuss version as well, but also laying the foundation for a scene of disarray amongst the police on the scene and also contradicting some of the witnesses testimony for the state with regards to what they heard and who they heard screaming. What does the defense have to do . What left do they have to do at this point . How much longer do you expect their case to take . Reporter well, we know that the defense was planning on calling between 15 to 17 witnesses. This is their fourth witness, so were really getting to the heart of the defense case now. We expect them to focus on some of the critical parts of the states case in order to lend evidential burden to suggest doubt in the states case. They dont have to prove their own case. They simply need to suggest doubt, and therefore, unsurprisingly, theyve gone straight to the first witness since the break, some of the crucial aspects such as witnesses hearing screaming and allegations of police contamination of the crime scene, which will all be key to unseating the basis of the states case. After dealing with the emotion of Oscar Pistorius now, it seems to be the fact that theyre going after the facts themselves. Kelly phelps in pretoria, great to have you this morning. Northern ireland is on edge this morning after the release of sinn fein leader jerry adams. The 64yearold was arrested last week in the murder of gene mcconville. The case is reopening old wounds and many fear it could jeopardize the powersharing arrangement established in the 1998 good friday accords. Adams denies any role in that murder. Let me be very clear, i am innocent of any involvement in any conspiracy to abduct, kill or bury mrs. Mcconville. Ive worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed and for the return of the bodies of others killed during the conflict and secretly buried. I will continue to do so. Adams is free but not yet in the clear. British prosecutors are revealing potential evidence in the unsolved murder. In oklahoma, its a race to try and contain a growing wildfire. The latest on this blaze that has turned deadly, coming up next. Dad. How i dont know. Ere . speaking in russian look, look, look. You probably want to get away as much as we do. With priceline express deals, you can get a fabulous hotel without bidding. Think of the rubles youll save. One touch, fun in the sun. I like fun. Well, that went exactly as i planned. Really . I dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. 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In a statement, she said she supports the leagues efforts to find a new ceo for the organization and wants to make the clippers the best team in the nba. Of course, her husband has been banned from the league for his racist remarks. The league is trying to force him to sell the team, which plays tonight, we should say, in the first game of its secondround playoff series against oklahoma city. This morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fiery plane crash at a California Air base sunday, when a biplane crashed in the middle of an acrobatic maneuver, setting off a huge fireball. The pilot, a 25year air show veteran was killed, and the rest of the show canceled. Authorities are asking any witnesses to contact them, especially if they have video or photographs of the accident. New details this morning about the stampede that injured dozens after a Floyd Mayweather fight this weekend. They say spectators mistook the sound for a gunshot. 24 people were hospitalized after being trampled in the melee. Most of the injuries were minor. So, this noise was likely caused by the collapse of a temporary wall. All right, its time for cliven bundy supporters to go home. Thats according to a nevada congressman who wants militia members rallying support of the rancher to pack it in. The guntoting supporters arrived after bundy refused to pay the government 1 million in fees for letting his cattle graze on federal land for the last 20 years. Representative Steven Horsford says hes making the appeal on behalf of constituents. What will the weather week look like, Karen Mcginnis . We do start the morning out kind of with that pesky area of low pressure continuing to usher in some rain showers and cloudy skies into the northeast and new england. So, right along that i95 corridor, well keep the clouds and showers there. Also in the pacific northwest. But you look pretty much everywhere else, and its going to remain fairly quiet over the next couple of days, so quiet, in fact, those temperatures are really going to make quite the jump in the southcentral u. S. But look at the nice, warm weather were expecting across the eastern third of the u. S. So, you may not see recordsetting temperatures, but at least youre going to be a little bit more near normal. New york city expecting 67, 66, 68 by the middle of the workweek. Washington, d. C. , cant rule out a shower or two, at least the start of the workweek. But as we move into the afternoon hours for dallas and wichita and kansas city, oklahoma city, in the 90s. These are running a good 10 to 20 degrees above where they should be for this time of year. Chicago, on the other hand, still coolish at 54, San Francisco 65, los angeles 65 degrees, and they need some moisture. The fire threat is very high. Overnight lows mostly in the 40s to the north. Weve got 60s in texas, 40s for the pacific northwest, and new york around 47. And then coming up for tuesday, still that warmth impacting the southcentral u. S. Youre looking at breezy conditions, low humidity, hot temperatures. Those are the ingredients for that fire danger to really be elevated the next few days. Back to you guys. All right. Karen mcginnis, thanks very much. Texas governor rick perry may be eyeing the white house again. Perrys 2012 run didnt go as planned, as youll recall, with a lot of gaps on the campaign trail and the controversy over the name of a vacation spot. But perry will soon be leaving office as governor and seemed this weekend to be teeing up another go at the white house. I think america is a place that believes in second chances. I think that we see more character out of an individual by how do you perform after you fail and you go forward. So, im really focused on the next nine months of being governor of the state of texas. Plans to head to iowa later this month to help raise money for republican candidates, and hes been touring the country promoting his states tax structure as a way to draw businesses to texas. All right, a potential breakthrough that could lead to a new fountain of youth, a muddy fountain of youth. Researchers looked at old and young mice and found when they put blood of the younger mice into old