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morning in philadelphia for that suspect as we speak. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." >> it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. also this morning, george zimmerman in his first on-camera interview since the trayvon martin shooting, he was asked if he has any regrets. you'll want to hear what he has to say. and is there tension in the u.s. supreme court after that health care ruling? you will hear what justice scalia said about any possible bad blood. that's in that cnn exclusive coming right up. up first this morning, breaking news from tanzania where more than 30 people have drowned, over 100 more are feared dead after a ferry with nearly 300 people on board sank. about 150 people were rescued. but officials say there's not much hope for the passengers still missing. there were also 31 children on board. you are looking there at pictures of a little boy being saved. there were tourists on board as well. it's not clear if any of them were americans. rough weather an fierce waves are hampering rescue efforts and may be to blame for that tragedy. this morning more than 60% of the u.s. are dealing with extreme drought conditions. nearly 1,300 counties in the united states have been labeled disaster areas. the obama administration is asking congress for drought relief help and to help pass a 5 500 billion dollar farm bill. right now crops are withering away under the heat, threatening to drive up prices on food and fuel in the nation. corn prices are coming next. tom vilsack says increased consumer costs could come later this year and next year. he said, by the way, he's getting on his knees every day saying an extra prayer. rob marciano is live in indianapolis at the heart of the drought right now standing, i believe, with some cattle. this isn't just about crops, is it? >> no, it's not. this is a ripple effect that in all the factors that you spoke of, it goes well beyond, you know, the corn belt and farmers that may just be having a bad year. it goes down the line in a big trickle effect. one of them is livestock and the food that we eat. the milk we drink. because these animals need that grain, need that corn to survive. so today we're just south of indianapolis, if you know anything about the indianapolis 500, what do they drink at enof the race? they chug milk. this is dairy country, baby. this is a dairy farm. we have hundreds of dairy cattle. there's a beauty there, number 336. let me bring in the boss here. this is a fifth generation dairy farmer. this farm has been in your family for years. how many cattle do you have here? >> we're milking about 500. >> 500. what's the number one effect this drought has had on you so far? >> our prices have stayed about level. our cost have increases, feed costs have increased about 25% 30%. the main thing we're worried about is how we'll get through the next year. we'll take a lot more acres to feed and hopefully have enough feed to get through to this time next year. >> the way you explain it to me, you have fields all over the place here. about 60% of what you grow, you feed these guys. you supplement the rest. the supplementtation has already gone up 30% so far. you are already feeling the pinch. how long before what you're feeling gets passed along to the consumers? >> that's hard to say. usually there's not a lot of correlation between what we get and what they charge in the stores. itill be quicker than what everybody thought. i think by sometime late fall, you will see some increase in prices. going to have to be. >> have you seen anything like this in your years of farming? >> we had some ups and downs in milk prices and dry weather before, this is the most -- i've been here 42 years doing this as an adult. it's probably the worst that i've seen overall. we just were fortunate last night to get about a half inch of rain. kind of too late. >> too little too late. thank you. thank you for the hospitality. been milking the cs all night long. it's the feed they need that will be depleted here in the coming year. >> rob marciano in the miy midf it all in indianapolis. to find out more about all this, tune in to "starting point" at 7:00. and new this morning, george zimmerman speaking out in his first on-camera interview. zimmerman who is facing murder charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin sat down with sean hannity of fox news. first he tells hannity he has no regrets about that night but then backtracks. >> do you regret getting out of the car to follow trayvon that night? >> no, sir. >> do you regret that you had a gun that night? >> no, sir. >> do you feel you wouldn't be here for this interview if you didn't have that gun? >> no, sir. >> you feel you would not be here? >> i feel it was all god's plan. for me to second-guess it or judge it -- >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? >> no, sir. i would like to readdress your question when you asked if i would have done anything differently. when you asked that, i thought you were referring if i would not have talked to the police, if i would have maybe gotten an attorney, if i wouldn't have taken the cbsa. that i stand by. i would not have done anything differently. but i do wish that there was something, anything i could have done that woul't have put me in the position where i had to take his life. >> it is so interesting. we were talking about it before, when he had time to think about it, he changed his response to that question. trayvon martin's father said we must worship a different god because there's no way my god would have wanted george zimmerman to kill my son. we'll have reaction from both of trayvon martin's parents. they're talking to soledad this morning at 8:00 eastern. >> we will also talk to a prosecutor about the timing of this interview and how it will effect his trial. >> interesting. syrian president according to a u.s. official, is faced with two choices this morning, fight or flight. there's no sign of assad one day after a bomber killed his defense minister and a top general. rebel forces continuing their assault on damascus overnight. they're vowing to liberate the capital. hundreds of citizens are said to be fleeing the city right now. in an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer, king abdullah of neighboring jordan warns it will not be easy to overthrow the syrian regime. >> damascus has shown its resilience. i think we need to keep this in perspective. though this is a blow, i'm sure the regime will continue to show fortitude, at least in the near future. >> king abdullah also telling cnn he's concerned about a growing al qaeda presence in syria, and with the country growing more unstable he worries syria's chemical weapons stockpile could fall into terrorist hands. we have a developing story out of philadelphia this morning where police are searching for a predator. you have to look at this video. it is disturbing. you don't see stuff like this usually. video of a 10-year-old girl narrowly escaping an attempted abduction. there you see it. the footage from tuesday afternoon shows a man in a white car following a young girl as she walked down the street with her 2-year-old brother. the suspect sneaks up on the child and attempts to snatch her. her brother's screams may have scared the attacker off because suddenly he leaves the scene in his car. we'll have philadelphia mayor michael nutter on. he is offering a $10,000 award leading to an arrest. the mayor will join soledad o'brien live at 7:30 a.m. eastern. and no hard feelings, justice scalia saying he hasn't had a falling out with chief justice roberts. roberts was the swing vote that kept the individual mandate in place as a tax, not a penalty. scalia telling piers morgan there is no bad blood between the two conservatives. >> you and justice roberts have had a bit of a parting of the ways. you've gone from being best buddies to warring enemies. >> who told you that that? 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[ yawning sound ] welcome back to "early start." it is 14 minutes past the hour. >> so we're getting brand new information this morning on that deadly attack on a bus carrying israeli tourists outside the airport. eight people were killed yesterday, more than 30 others were injured. just a short time ago, an israeli air force aircraft picked up the injured civilians taking them to hospitals across israel. bulgarian officials say they have identified the suicide bomber accused of what they're now calling a terrorist attack. bulgaria's interior minister says they have the bomber's fingerprints and a fake i.d. from the state of michigan. >> translator: at the moment our colleagues at the spot are telling us this person had a driver's license from the u.s. state of michigan. the fbi colleagues who have arrived at this spot checked whether this driver's license is valid in the u.s., and whether there is such a person associated with it. it has been determined that the driver's license is fake. so the identity of the person behind this terrorist act is not currently known. >> meantime israeli officials are blaming the blast on iran. elise labit is live from jerusalem. we understand israel is blaming iran but there's no concrete proof of that and no group has claimed responsibility. is that right? >> that's right. what israeli officials are saying is this is a pattern of iranian attacks or planned attacks against israeli targets. though say in recent months they thwarted attacks on israeli targets in georgia, cypress, kenya. if you remember early in february, three iranians were arrested in bangkok for using explosives that they say were meant for israeli diplomats. let's take a listen to what the israeli intelligence minister told christian amanpour after the blast. >> we have good indications and will investigate further that iran is behind that story. >> so, they say this is part of a pattern and that they're not only going to find who executed the attack and who was responsible but who planned it. so this really escalates this ongoing war between the two countries. iran has said israel has targeted nuclear scientists, assassinated them. so clearly escalating the situation between them. >> all right. thank you very much. it is now 16 minutes past the hour. to get a look at what's going on with the other news today, christine romans is here with the headlines. >> the big story is the drought. farmers are praying for rain. more than 60% of the u.s. is under a devastating drought that is showing no signs of letting up, and it's costing you. the heat pushed grain prices near or past record highs yesterday. there's fear that food and fuel costs could rise from here. >> an fbi dive team suspected to join the search today for two missing girls. the two cousins, lyric cook and elizabeth collins disappeared last friday. their bicycles were found at a lake about a mile away from their grandmother's house. search dogs picked up the girls scent earlier this week, but one of the girl's mothers thinks the girls may have been abducted. >> look what happens when a woman in a motorized scooter takes the up escalator at a boston subway station. the scooter flips over. she tumbles out. we are told this woman is okay. you can see the bystander trying to help her and also takes a tumble. >> why would she attempt that? >> you're not supposed to. no strollers. no scooters. the boston transportation authority released this video for a reason. they want commuters to see the consequences of ignoring the rules. you know what that says to me? it says to me she probably tried it before and it worked. she went there with great confidence. >> not a good idea. >> a new m.i.t. study found ethanol is not lowering gas prices. this latest study contradicts previous studies that claim that reports were flawed because the statistical models omitted some important variables. the corn-based fuel makes up 10% of all gasoline which is up from 3% in 2003. of course, this drought a lot of the corn crop goes to make ethanol so that feeds into the drought story. it is 1 minutes past the hour. we're getting an early read on your local news making national headlines. chick-fil-a, the "atlanta journal constitution" says they are offering up a side of intolerance with their famous chicken sandwiches. >> good chicken sandwiches. >> the company's president opposes gay marriage. his name is dan cathy, but he says he supports families but that does not include adam and steve apparently. gay rights groups say chick-fil-a donated nearly $2 million to christian groups that oppose homosexuality. the president says we know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the lord we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles. >> it's a restaurant chain that always worn its values on its sleeve. it's closed on sunday famously for instance. >> a lot of people are saying this may work in the south, but as you branch out, perhaps you'll have a problem with this and controversy. a big sting to tell you about in miami. undercover fbi agents in florida recovered what is believed to ab $3 million painting by matisse. it was stolen ten years ago from venezuela. the tit they found this, it was a sting in miami. the couple was trying to sell the painting for about $700,000, which is a deal. >> you're kidding. >> it's a bargain. it's a bargain. arrests were made. venezuela says they want this painting back. the painting is very nice. >> i always wonder how they steal these. >> how do you sell a matisse? 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