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0 innovation in mega tall buildings. in other words, more than a century and a half after otis started his small company, business is still looking up. tom foreman, cnn. that s it for us. thanks for watching. early start begins right now. nuclear crisis in korea. secretary of state john kerry in the south right now as the north may indeed have the power to make good on its threats. explosives mailed to the man who called himself america s toughest sheriff. was this a plot to take out joe arpaio? and word of more storm deaths with the threat continuing at this hour. look at that. and fight on the field, benches clear in san diego after one of baseball s best pitchers out of action for weeks. good morning, welcome to early start. i m christine romans. zoraida is off today. i m john berman. it is friday, april 12th, it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. happening right now, secretary of state, john kerry, touching down overnight in seoul trying to diffuse the missile crisis on the korean peninsula just hours after the dramatic and unexpected revelation that some u.s. intelligence sources believe that north korea has the technology to make a nuclear weapon and put it on a missile. with so much at stake, kerry will make three stops, beijing and tokyo are up next. and the secretary of state is expected to lean very hard on china to help rein in the north. here s kyung lah. reporter: secretary kerry is in seoul, it s a trip built as a getting-to-know-you trip. he s getting to work quickly because there s a lot on his plate, a whirlwind 18-hour tour in south korea. he s already met with top u.s. commanders in the region, he s already met with the president of south korea and is now on his way to meet with the foreign minister. he has a two-part mission here. first, it will be to reassure south korea that the united states will protect the country that they are bound by treaty and that they are important allies, but the other is to seek some sort of diplomatic off-ramp with north korea, to try to send that message to try to find a new solution to an old and what is recently become a more threatening problem in this region. from here we ll head to beijing and tokyo throughout this region, what will follow him is this pentagon intelligence assessment that north korea may be able to deliver a nuclear weapon via ballistic missile, a very stunning report, especially for the united states and this region. kyung lah, cnn, seoul. let s go to the pentagon for new assessment on the nuclear capabilities. chris, it appears the obama administration is attempting to do damage control over the release of that information yesterday. reporter: that s right, christine. just this morning the u.s. official was saying that they do not believe that north korea is as far along in their nuclear program as was suggested in that first assessment. this is coming after the director of national intelligence had to put out a statement late last night basically saying this was one assessment in that other intelligence agencies didn t necessarily come to the same conclusion. but i think the bottom line is north korea has clearly moveded the ball and is continuing to make progress. they demonstrated their willingness to invest in missile technologies in violation of their international agreement. and we do think that over time they might develop a greater capability. reporter: the one thing that the assessment does say is that the north koreans still have problems with reliability. that means when you push the button, does that particular missile actually fire and can you hit what you re aiming for? all right. do we have any more information this morning on how that piece of information got declassified? reporter: yes, this is what you don t see publicly, christine, and a defense official told me basically this was a let s stake. and another official told cnn normally in a classified report like this you don t see one sentence of a classified report unclassified. again, they are saying it was a mistake on their part. they are not blaming congressman doug lamphorn, but he says, look, he felt it s something the american people need to know. and i do that properly in that this was declassified, whether it was a mistake or not, i can t answer that, but given the seriousness of the threat, this is something that people do need to know about. reporter: again, he put the word out. and the officials here saying it was a mistake. christine? chris, what about the weapons we do know north korea has, how long of a range do they have? give us a sense of what we know they do have. reporter: we know they have missiles, some have been tested and proven to work, others haven t. take a look at this map. basically they have gun missiles, they have the nodong, though can region 5,000 kilometers. they tested missiles that can go a lot further, but those tests haven t been successful. take a look at the other map, the musudan missile believed to be the latest launch, that may have the ability to reach guam but has never been tested. chris lawrence, thanks. we are awaiting a press con frons live from seoul and we ll bring that to you when it happens. authorities in flagstaff intercepted a specific package addressed to joe alpiro in phoenix. experts blew it up, nobody was hurt, but they are trying to figure out who sent this package. he has received many packages for his outspoken ways and the government is suing him for violating the rights of latinos. 31-year-old thomas guolee is under arrest for the murder of tom clements. guole, is an associate of evan ebel, the suspected gunman. new developments in the senate with a debate on gun control legislation is underway. 16 republicans joined democrats in pushing aside a filibuster that attempted to stop debate from taking place. a number of senators, both democrat and republican, thank relatives of the victims of the connecticut school massacre for lobbying senators to at least bring legislation to the senate floor for discussion. there s darkness, lies, misinformation, and when people see you, it means much more than when they hear me or anybody else. so we ve made a huge difference. the amendments that will be debated include expanded background checks on gun buyer, separate amendments on banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. another record high for the dow and s&p 500. the dow now in reach of 15,000. yesterday the official closing numbers, 14,865, that s two record-high finishes in the last two days. the s&p 500 also closing at an all-time high, now less than seven points from the 1,600 mark. but the bulls could be taking a breather, the now, nasdaq and s&p 500 futures all pointing lower at signals of a possible pause at the opening bell. all right. brace yourself, baseball fans, it s a very costly bench-clearing brawl during last night s dodgers/padres game in san diego. yes, take a look at this. that s zach greinke who hits carlos quentin with a pitch. greinke says he saw quintin charging the mound. he breaks his left collarbone in this process. greinke was unable to continue. not clear how much the pitcher has to sit out and how much time it will take, one of the best pitchers in baseball. that s the third time that greinke has hit carlos quintin over the years. they are still you don t charge the mound with a bat. he did drop the bat, but not many people are looking at carlos quintin s actions fondly right now. wow, look at that. uh, the third time he s hit quintin over the years. he s never hit anyone as most as carlos quinn fbi. round one of the masters is in the books. tiger is lurking four strokes off the lead. how about 14-year-old chinese phenom here, four bogeys for an impressive 1-over par. here s your leaderboard, sergio garcia and mark leishman on top. then dustin johnson and fred couples. couples looked awesome yesterday. a lot of players had really low scores yesterday. tiger was fine but he could have been doing a lot better than he 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[ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! the tornado watches have been extended for these states after a series of powerful twisters. and wild weather tore a path of destruction from texas all the way to the dakotas killing three, injuring several others. cars tossed around like toys, homes destroyed and entire neighborhoods trashed. at least one person was killed as a vicious twister ripped through mississippi. seven counties in that state suffered major damage. david matingly is live with the latest. good morning, david. reporter: good morning, christine. the storm was deadly but also massive leaving behind scenes of destruction for hundreds of miles. that s where the worst damage is. reporter: for the second straight day, severe damage menacing more than a half dozen states. the hardest hit, mississippi. this tornado caught on video. in wine county one person was killed, five injured. there was a path of destruction at least 30 miles long extending into west alabama. as i was cleaning up a spot to fix to put another mobile home, i went home and heard the siren going off. that s when i jumped in my clothes and come out of the house quickly. reporter: the storm system swept across the southeast knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and damaging homes. into the night, watches and warnings, storm damage all the way into georgia. i have lived up here about two years. this is the third or fourth one to come through this area, so we are just in a tougher graphical situation here where the storms come right through here. and it is very powerful. this one is pretty impressive, especially the way with throwing the metal around into the trees. reporter: many are emerging from a colder than normal spring. these storms a sign that the season is heating up fast. it s not unusual to see about 100 tornadoes in march, but because it was so cool, we only saw 19. that s why april is roaring in like a lion. christine? david mattingly, thank you. it is not over yet. tornado watches have been extended in north carolina and south carolina. for more on what to expect today, let s go to samanthamore. hey, samantha. hi, john and christine. the focus is going to be in eastern and north carolina over the next few hours as we still have tornado watches in place, even though it shows the one still in place in georgia. it is being shipped away as most of the energy is moving towards coastal south carolina. so that includes myrtle beach and charleston and also in north carolina, raleigh, durham, we could end up still seeing hail, up to an inch and an inch and a half. and a wind gust extending with the stronger severe thunderstorms. and then, of course, on the northern side, that cold air is rushing in. so wintry weather across much of the northern plains still for yet another day. most of that freezing rain has transitioned over to snow, but it is still coming down in the twin cities and into northern minnesota. so here is our fofocus along th carolinas into cape hatteras where we could see damaging winds as well as isolated tornadoes. there s that strong front moving along the east coast today that will impact the northeastern airports in through newark and laguardia, jfk, we do expect to see delays piling up this morning. and then the rain moving into boston throughout the afternoon and evening commute. so another wet, messy day all along the east coast with that threat of severe primarily in the carolinas this morning, christine and john. sounds like it is shaping up to be a tough day here in the east. thank you, samantha. 15 minutes past the hour. john kerry is in the middle of the korean missile crisis now. he arrived in seoul overnight. the secretary of state will meet with south korean officials before heading to beijing to try to convince chinese leaders to use their influence on north korea to ease the missile crisis. he ll address the crisis at any moment in a live press conference, probably within the next hour. we ll bring it to you when it happens. three teen boys in northern california all 16 years old charged with a sexual battery of a 15-year-old girl. days after the alleged crime, audrey pott hanged herself. the victim passed out at a house party and pictures of the attack ended up on social media. just hours before herred is, pott posted on her facebook page her life was ruined. this happened in september but authorities were not ready to make arrests until yesterday. reebook has ended their relationship with rick ross who rapped about drugging and raping a woman earlier this year. rock has denied the lyrics condoning rape. a collision with an ipad. this went viral with nearly 2 million views. a georgia woman said she saw something flying at her car but did not realize what it was until later. here s the amazing thing, this tablet, the ipad, still worked. can you believe that? it s now back with its owner. apparently what happened is someone left the ipad on top of their car and started driving. it flew off while the other was driving and, boom, stuck in the bumper right there. unbelievable. crazy, right? coming up, another record day for stocks. how long are we able to ride this wave and what s the chance of dow hitting 15,000? next. 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