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"early start" begins right now. thanks for watching. edge of disaster. right now, a land slide threatening to wipe out a whole neighborhood. look at that. >> new this morning, health crisis for nelson mandela, south africa asking the world to pray for their iconic former leader who has now been rushed to the hospital again. >> heros in action. take a look at this. police officers caught on camera pulling a man out of a burning car. stopped cold in chicago. the bulls, the beloved bulls and the miami heat's remarkable winning streak. something to celebrate this morning, don't you think, there berman. >> i'd like to thank you and the chicago bulls on behalf of america. >> anytime. anytime. almost to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. thursday, march 28th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we start with life on the edge, literally. a tense situation unfolding right now in washington state. a huge landslide destroying one home, threatening at least a dozen more. some residents were forced to evacuate by boat. it is a very, very nervous morning on whidbey island, 50 miles northwest of seattle. that's where we find dan sim then morning. dan, tell us what happened here. >> reporter: hey, john, people who live in this neighborhood describe what they thought was the sound of thunder, instead it was the ground crumbling beneath them. when it was all over you had 1,000 feet of hillside that had vanished. right now you have 35 homes that are either under evacuation or have been cut off from the rest of the island because a good portion of the roadway also crumbled. here's how a couple of neighbors describe the situation. >> it was pretty scary, i got out there with i aflashlight and then just kept hearing rumbling and watching more and more of it fall away. >> the portion of it was always eroding but thatch of it, no, no. i lost 50 -- over 50% of my yard. >> the concern now is that more of this hillside could crumble but quite frankly, right now, there's really nothing that anybody can do about it. you just want to keep people safe, keep them out of this area. but one of the big points here, john, is that nobody has been hurt. >> is there any one thing, dan, that seems to have caused this landslide this time? >> reporter: right now, they're not saying or theyen have the figured it out. there has not been a significant amount of moisture, a lot of rainfall in recent days but we know in covering these events that the moisture can accumulate over time and the ground can get saturated. perhaps that's what may have caused this. until you get engineers who come in and analyze things, we're not going to know for some time, john. >> the pictures are simply stunning, dan. is there any sense when or if these people will ever be able to go back to their homes? >> you know, that's a great question. i think ultimately it's going to come down to whether or not you can actually repair that hillside. you're talking about a tall order. as i said, 1,000 feet of that hillside is gone. the structural engineers, the geologists will have to come in here and evaluate if you can rebuild it. but short of doing that, i'm not sure anybody really wants to live over there and whether or not authorities would allow them to do so if you can stabilize the ground. >> dan simon, on whidbey island, thanks, dan. >> it's a murk that'll nobody was injured. >> the whole thing is just gone. new this morning, a colorado woman is accused of buying the gun used to kill tom clements. the 22-year-old stevie marie vigil gave the gun to evan ebel, who is believed to have pulled the trigger. ebel was killed in a shootout with texas sheriffs last week. >> a show of support for south korea in an effort to keep north korea in check. u.s. military sending two b-2 stealth bombers to south korea to take part in annual military exercises. defense secretary chuck hagel also spoke with south korea's defense minister about boosting its anti-missile defense systems. the move comes after north korea cut off military -- a military hot line with the south, put its artillery forces on high alert and intensified threats to attack the u.s. and south korea. >> a few hours from now, prosecutors in connecticut will release new information in the sandy hook elementary school massacre. state police say much of what is contained in the documents being made public this morning is already known. but state police say there may be some new details there. the families of the victims were briefed on the new release last night. happening right now, attorneys for blade runner oscar pistorius are fighting some of his conditions for bail. they say the track star should be allowed to go back home and to travel. not only that, they also want an end to a probation officer's supervision and require drug and alcohol testing. pistorius denies he planned the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp at his home. he said he shot her after confusing her for an intruder. and jared locke er loughner of documents released yesterday show a pattern of increasingly erratic behavior before the shooting. loughner's parents even took away his shotgun, disabled his car and asked him to get help. but nothing worked. he is now serving a life sentence without parole. turning to a new controversy in the trayvon martin case, stemming from tweets. robert zimmerman is apologizing. piers morgan told him two tweets caught his attention, this one where he compares trayvon martin to one of the two suspects in the shooting of a georgia baby. facebook pics of 13-month-old antonio santiago's alleged killer and trayvon martin, uncanny. >> this one liberal media should ask if what these two black teens did to a woman and baby is the reason people think blacks might be risky. he now admits twitter was probably not the best forum to say this type of thing. >> and i don't think twitter is the place to make points about what you recall a year ago. because the recollections i have or that we haves aa family specifically are very different than what can be portrayed in 140 characters. i realize those were controversial and offensive. i did publicly apologize for them. i don't think it was the right thing to do that way. >> the right thing to do that way. zimmerman says he was trying to make the point that the media has been dishonest in his portrayal of trayvon martin. >> coming up on "starting point" soledad tarks with george zimmerman's attorney and the attorney for trayvon martin's family. nelson mandela is back in the hospital this morning. the south african government released a statement saying the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader is batting intin inting infection again. we are following all of the developments for us, live in johannesburg. we understand that this time he was actually rushed to the hospital for that lung infection. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, zoraida, what the government has confirmed to us this morning is that nelson mandela was admitted to the hospital at midnight, in between wednesday and thursday. is he there now at a location, the government is not disclosing. what that tells us is that there is some sort of medical issue that his 24-hour team of doctors which he enjoys around the clock, weren't able to help treat whatever his ailment was at that time. we know the government is confirming, it's this recurring lung infection. you may remember in december, nelson mandela was in fact air lifted from his rural home in the south of the country to the hospital to be treated for a lung infection and also have gal stones remo -- gall stones removed. he also went to the hospital for a follow-up. those comments are absent at this time. the fact that he was admitted at midnight, his staff wasn't able to tend to him and that the government is not saying this was a scheduled follow-up are reasons for concern. just an interesting note, zoraida, nelson mandela famously spent 27 years in prison while struggling for freedom and equality but he also suffered from tuberculosis during that time. he's continued to have these respiratory issues, lung infections as time has gone on. he is 94 years old. so i think the south africans are quite concerned that this very fragile, very old icon is now not feeling well and in the hospital. >> we'll continue to check back in with you. thank you. a lot of people watching that this morning all around the world. >> the president there asking for the people of south africa and the entire world to pray for nelson mandela. >> indeed the entire world is. nine minutes after the hour. three quick-thinking police officers in ohio save a man from a burning truck and their heroic actions were all caught on tape. take a look at this. [ sirens ] >> man in the car! >> wow. >> that is crazy. >> the man's truck burst into flames after crashing into a building. the cops used batons to smash open the windows. one officer used a knife to cut the driver's seat belt and pull him to safety. the man was treated for smoke inhalation. >> scary situation, you wonder if that would explode, yet they're there trying to get him. lebron james and the miami heat stopped cold in chicago. six shy of the all-time record of winning streaks. the chicago bulls hold on for a 107-97 victory, the win clicking the playoff spot for the bulls while the heat lost for the first time since february 1st. king james, philosophical in defeat. >> you know, this is a special team and and how we are on and off the floor, you know, it's going to be hard to remember everything but, you know, ultimately like you said, we want to win an nba championship. along those rides you have moments throughout those rides where you can reflect on. this is one of them. >> seriously? >> he was also complaining because the bulls were so physical. the bulls played tough last night. >> they were missing two key players. i didn't know they won this morning. you told me and i was so excited. >> i congratulated her, thanked zoraida for helping the bulls overcome the miami heat. >> i had no idea joakim noah was missing. both sides have spoken. now it is up to the justices of the supreme court, will they issue a landmark ruling on same-sex marriage? we'll look for some clues from the bench. plus, justin bieber strikes back. his response to critics who say he is headed for a breakdown. 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the president also said he's planning to visit mexico and costa rica during the first week in may to discuss trade issues and border security. justin bieber fighting back you guys against a string of bad press the pop star has received lately. have you been watching the news flow about justin bieber? he's thrown up on stage, ran around london shirtless and reportedly spit on his neighbor. are these all signs the 19-year-old is on the verge of a breakdown? in an interview with "us weekly" the singer defended himself, saying i'm young and make mistakes. that's part of growing up. this business can break you down. i have a stream team around me, my family, and all the fans. the love overcomes the negativity. >> the pictures of justin bieber on his 19th birthday are confounding to me and maybe it means i'm 110 years old. >> no, no, no. >> his pants, zoraida -- >> it does not mean you're 110 years old. what it means that his frontal lobe will not develop until he's 28 years old. so we just have a lot of this. >> men don't develop -- >> it sin deed. that is a fact. look it up. >> scientific -- >> no, no, it is. >> the frontal lobe in men -- >> it takes longer to develop. at the end of the day you have to be very patient. >> the frontal lobe is the thing that is judgment. >> it's all about judgment. >> i did not come into work thinking my frontal lobe was going to be attacked this morning. but i appreciate it. >> it's not. you're in your 40s. >> i can't win. think about the money you have in your bank account, now imagine being told by the government you can only take out a little more of 350 bucks of your own cash. >> that sin sane. >> that's the reality in cyprus right now. this is a really big deal. we'll take a closer look, coming up. acne medicine from the wintergreen leaf treats breakouts. no parabens or harsh sulfates. for naturally clear skin. 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