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0 the man in the orange suit, fashion designer oswal boateng. as soon as i saw him, it was like this is the answer to everything that i want in life. at the time poku, who came to the united states with his family from ghana in 2000, was in school studying to be an electrical engineer, a career his parents hand picked for him. his experience with the sewing machine was limited to watching his mother sew african clothes and tailoring department store clothes to fit his 29-inch waist. making a living creating clothes was something poku said he never considered possible until watching ozwald boateng. he skipped his first class that day to immediately get started on a career in fashion. i grabbed my best sheet and cut my first pants. let s just say both legs went in. that was it. poku dropped out of college much to his parent s chagrin and immediately started looking for an apprenticeship and never found the right one so like a mechanic who deconstructs engines poku taught himself. i studied by buying clothes, taking them apart, learning the construction and trial and error. it wasn t until later he realized he had quite a lot in common of the man in the orange suit, the one who allowed him to think a career in fashion was possible. everything was like he was in school, and then he just w t went, and he was also self-taught, so i feel like though poku never wanted to be just a tailor, it s that attention to detail and fit that helped him win the emerging designer award and win both the peoples choice and emerging designer award as charleston s fashion week. accolades that poku says reaffirms the decision he made to follow his own dream, regardless of where it leads. this is my way of life, my calling. i was put on earth to do this. want to learn more about poku, check it out, cnn.com under the living tab. i m don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thank you so much for joining us. have a great night and a fantastic week. see you back here next weekend. so is this finally winter s last gasp? the calendar says spring but the scene says snow from the midwest all the way to the atlantic seaboard. manda knox in a new fight for her freedom. a hearing to decide if she will be tried again for murder. cage match. man versus shark. a tourist terrified when a great white gets all up in his grill. and cinderella still dancing. florida gulf coast and its dunk city act advancing to the ncaa sweet 16 making history along the way. good morning, everyone. happy monday. welcome to early start. i m poppy harlow. and i m john berman. it is friday, march 25th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we re going to start with the epic seasonal lie. no matter what anyone tells you, it s not spring. from missouri to pennsylvania, millions of people are dealing with rain, snow, potentially dangerous wind this morning. the mix proved dangerous from indianapolis. cars collided on slick, icy roads. look at this scene in kansas city, missouri. the storm causing significant disruptions at the airport. this is not done yet. parts of eastern indiana and western ohio are under a winter storm warning from early this afternoon. the system continues to track eastward. we got it covered for you. suzanne candiotti in dayton, ohio and jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. we re going to start with suzanne instanting in the snow, in the spring, in dayton, ohio. good morning, susan. reporter: good morning, john and poppy. you know, as one youngster told me, i haven t seen one flower yet! that s right. what kind of spring is this? and here comes the trusty ruler, john and poppy. we re going to do this right up top here. right here in this spot, five inches. that s what they were talking about in this region. anywhere from five to eight. the snow isn t over yet. we remain under a winter warning until about 2:00 this afternoon. some of the streets, it s been a wet snow. some streets are wet. but remember the temperature is just below freezing. you might be seeing some black ice out there. slushy streets in other areas. it has been a wild weather weekend all the way from the colorado rockies to the southeast. icy roads, slippery going near st. louis as a pickup truck slides down a street. just about everyone s tired of winter weather in spring. it s crazy. i m just sick of all the snow. like i was so ready for it back at christmas. now i m over it. reporter: plows were tripling up in some parts of missouri as relentless snow blanketed highways. at lambert st. louis international airport, nasty weather forcing cancellations. right now it s just going to be a long day sitting around waiting. one flight canceled. been rerouted. reporter: the severe weather sweeping into the south. high winds up rooting trees in central florida. i can t believe the tree fell on the car. this guy got it a lot worse than i did. reporter: violent thunderstorms washing out tiger woods shot and a number one ranking after two holes at the arnold palmer ini have tensional. flooded fairways postponing the tournament. at lo at orlando international airport, a jet swept against a hanger. in kansas city, eight inches of snow forced churches to call off services. coloradans were among the first to feel the storm s fury. whiteout conditions, 150 mile stretch of interstate shut down. a major pile up on i-25 that left a tractor-trailer in flames. by late sunday in indiana and ohio, the skies opened up dropping freezing rain and snowmaking people wonder, where is spring? when it comes, it comes. this is ohio. we get snow. everybody says oh, yeah spring is around the corner. reporter: that s right. spring s around the corner but not here just yet. at least when you look around. you know, we understand that in the entire month of february, the dayton area had four inches of snow. clearly this one snowfall is taking care of that. that young man will have some school delays. other schools in this area are closed for the day. john? back to you. susan candiotti, hopefully we can put that ruler away soon. let s go to parts of kentucky and tennessee where people there have been dealing with hail and very strong winds. a reporter sending us video from front porches and apartment windows. when can we get a break from this extreme weather? let s bring in jennifer delgado. doesn t look like spring. doesn t feel like spring. what s ahead? i know. everybody is complaining about it. they want to know when are we going to finally warm up? you saw the storms coming out of the midwest. the good news is we re not going to see any severe weather today. we re just talking all snow. still, a lot of snow to talk about in many areas covered from illinois all the way over towards pennsylvania. you can see down to kentucky as well as into tennessee. we re dealing with snow where susan was in dayton. still looking for snow coming your way. cincinnati, und nap li cincinnati, indianapolis, you ll get the backside of the snow. four to six in some parts. cleveland, the bulk of the snowfall will be to the south. but we re talking winter storm warnings and advisory in place all the way over towards new york city. you can see anywhere in pink and red we are talking about three to five inches of snowfall. again, that includes areas like new jersey. now as we zoom in a bit more for you, to get to your morning commute, interstate 95, notice snow coming down in washington, d.c. we re expecting for you anywhere between one or two inches. you ve got a really nice burst coming through right now. for new york city for the five boroughs, we re talking potentially one to three. more of that arriving later in the afternoon. for pennsylvania, it is snowing out now and continue to spread in from west to east as we track this for you very quickly, want to show you here s our low that is moving to the north. one off the coast. that s what s bringing the snow for parts of new york city as we head late near the day. poppy, back over to you. winter still feels like it s here even though spring is on the books. it does. i was getting ready at 1:00 a.m. and i put my snow boots on. i thought it s almost april. thank you. that may have had more to do with the 1:00 a.m. thing. six minutes after the hour. secretary of state john kerry remains in the middle east this morning. on sunday he met with the syrian president but he made little headway convincing him to stop allowing the flow of arms and troops fueling syria s bloody civil war. secretary kerry is accusing iraq of helping syrian president by allowing arms and fighters from iran to cross into syria from iraq. and former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky breaking silence from behind bars. a documentary filmmaker said he has recordings of telephone conversations with sandusky in jail that will air today on nbc. the family of the late joe paterno, the head football coach whose legendary career ended in disgrace is already speaking out. they call the recording, a sad and unfortunate development that is transparently self-serving and yet another insult to the victims and anyone who cares about the truth in this tragic story. a public memorial service for colorado s prison chief will be held today in colorado springs. come clemens was laid to rest yesterday. he was shot and killed tuesday in his driveway. the man who police believe was responsible, a white supremacist and parolee was killed thursday in a shootout in texas. he s also believed to have killed a pizza delivery man just days before clemens was shot. this is big. the supreme court takes up the issue of same-sex marriage tomorrow. dozens of people have been camping out in front of the supreme court since friday braving freezing weather, trying to get a seat at the historic hearing. the court will hear oral arguments on california s proposition eight on wednesday. they will take up the defense of marriage act. both laws ban same-sex marriage. a decision will not come until later this year. the new york times had a really interesting article saying a lot of the people in line are paid place holders in that line. i wouldn t be surprised. i think there are 50 seats people are dying to get their hands on. $13 billion deal in place to bail out cyprus. the european union agreeing to rescue the island nation from economic collapse. the plan shrinks cyprus bloated banking system and account holders at some banks with balances over $100,000ure yoez, they could suffer heavy losses. it calls for dismantling of the popular bank of cyprus with shareholders and bond holders expectsed to be wiped out. one lucky powerball winner is holding a tickets worth $338.3 more this morning. it was sold in new jersey. it is the fourth largest jackpot and powerball history. the lump sum payout, $221 million. here are the winning numbers from saturday in case you have that ticket. 17, 29, 31, 52, 53, powerball is 31. sigh. not me. sigh. not me. i lot of next story so much. i know you do. i love it. for the first time in ncaa history, a 15 seed is advancing to the sweet 16. florida gulf coast made history with their dunk city acrobatics. man, is this team fun? the eagles knocking off san diego state last night. they were the better team on the court. they ve only been diversion one for six years. i think the school didn t start until the 90s. so they ll have to beat the florida gators friday night, a three seed, to make it to the elite eight. that could be tough. man, like i said, they are super fun to watch. how can you not be on their side in this? we re all on their side. all right, this was the murder trial that captivated the world. you know it well. could it happen again to amanda knox? we go live to rome where a decision on a retrial could come down any minute. plus, look at this video. a great white gives some underwater adventurers more than they bargain for. great first gig! let s go! party! awwwww. arigato! we are outta here! party.. finding you the perfect place, every step of the 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