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CNNW New Day February 21, 2014

There is more of the same in the forecast today. The biggest threat is the big question. Indra petersons is tracking it for us. What do we see out there, my friend . Notice, 13 reports of tornados in illinois overnight. Look at all the damaging winds. 235 reports of winds as this storm made it way across. Hunker down nashville. Overnight, severe storms wreaked havoc across the midwest and southeast. Multiple tornados touching down in illinois. It was very loud. Just couldnt hear anything. Thunderstorms, damaging winds, funnel clouds threatening millions of people. In illinois thursday night, the severe storm knocking out power to tens of thousands. Dense fog causing this 20car pileup near chicago. One car pinned underneath a semi. You couldnt see your hand in fronts of your face. And in mississippi a day care caught on fire after an apparent Lightning Strike. I looked back and a bolt of lightning went straight down. Treacherous ice blankets the road. This mega bus went careening into a bank. Were continuing to still watch some of these thunderstorms popping up at this hour. In the southeast, still watching a severe thunderstorm watch this morning up until about 9 00 eastern time. Were talking about just south of d. C. Stretching down through jacksonville, thats the biggest threat for strong thunderstorms and tornados. So a tough day still to go. Definitely a lot of concern as the system continues to push across the east. Breaking news you in ukraines capital, kiev, where the president says theyve reached a deal with the opposition. But french and german officials urged caution saying nothing is definitive yet. This comes as violence continues between protestors and police in kiev in independent square. Thursday was the deadliest day so far in the threemonthlong struggle. Nick paton walsh is there. How is it looking right now . Reporter well, we are waiting to see if this supposed deed the president said would be signed now an hour ago means anything at all. I should give you more breaking news. We have just heard from the president ial website a statement from the president saying that they will return to the 2004 constituti constitution. That basically weakens his power. Thats something the protestors would like. Were hearing blasts away from the crowd. That probably is fireworks more than anything else given how calm the crowd is. Police say they have been fired upon nearby here. We saw no evidence in the crowd of panic. Tension very high here. The next few hours really will decide whether all the negotiations can actually be sold to the crowd. The truce that was reached earlier this week sure didnt do much or last very long. You do get a sense that the truce and the negotiations this time are different, more serious. Reporter this time, we have a host of european diplomats, polish, french, german, neighbors of this country, here also Getting International pressure. Yanukovych is under much greater pressure. So, yes, clearly, he is feeling the heat now, i think its fair to say. If a deal comes through signed by everybody agreed by the Opposition Leaders that still leaves yanukovych in power until some elections later on this year, as is being suggested now, are the crowds here, are they simply going to pack up and go home and calm everything down . Thats a difficult question to answer. If they dont, what then will Security Forces do. Its still very tense here. Despite the positive signals were hearing, there are still barricades here. They have light firearms too. Lot of concerns. Will the protestors accept the deal that is reached. Of course, thats a question youre asking. Well be watching closely. Chris . Very important there, kate. The headline this morning is theres a deal in ukraine. But you listen, thats really not a hundred percent true is it. The violence may very well continue which is why you have to think about the situation in the ukraine like syria. You remember it started as fighting factions. The u. S. Asking for less force from the government. Then leading to the brink of military action. Well, thats happening again in ukraine. Thats why it matters to you. Now, Vice President joe biden calling the ukrainian president with a warning. But there is a push for harder action on the table. Thats why were going to jim across ta at the acosta at the white house. Reporter i can tell you the white house is watching these developments in ukraine very closely. As you saw, the white house was cautiously optimistic that the truce would hold. Then the president told the ukrainians not to cross a line. That apparently did take place in kiev on thursday. Joe biden did place a phone call to january coskrich to warn him yanukovych to warn him to pull back forces. That is an indications that these sanctions are ready to go. While the white house has said he has not engaged in some russian chess match, they have been ramped up pressure on the russians to do something. I talked to an official this week that said this looks very bad for putin. They view what happens in ukraine as very important to the west, very important to europe. And they dont want to see this thing go down and descend into more and more violence. More instability is the last thing they need over there right now. Jim, thank you very much. We also have new information this morning on the Warnings Issued this week alerts airlines of potential shoe bombs. Recent intelligence points to al qaedas affiliate in yemen and their master bomb maker. We talk about him quite a lot. The u. S. Always has eyes on his work and the people that hes training. Thats right, kate. Good morning, the u. S. Has thought for some time that he has been the most direct threat to the United States. And it now looks like that group may be on the move again. A rust official says its a u. S. Official says its a credible threat tied to al qaeda which has never given up its intent to attack the u. S. Again. Theres no specific target, but the concern is al qaeda will try to place a shoe bomb on an airplane bound for the u. S. A second u. S. Official says the tsa warning stems from intelligence tied to the yemenbased group. They have a master bomb maker in their ranks. This is the guy responsible for several attempts on u. S. Aviation in the last few years. Hes ingenius at making bombs. Hes constantly trying to come up with new ways to get past airport security. Several officials describe the threat as aspiration l. The tsa would not take steps to warn the airlines unless the threat was real. That official telling cnn this threat may represent a renewed effort by al qaeda. This is not just some flip comment on the part of a bad guy. Secretary of Homeland Security sought to calm fears about the warning. The advisory we issued is the type that we routinely issue in response to the latest intelligence. As you know, concerns about shoe bombs have been out there for years. Every once in a while, we update our advisories, we modify our procedures so that we remain vigilant. U. S. Officials also confirm there are a small number of american scitizens in yemen wit al qaeda with american passports. Now he not only knows how to make these hard to detect bombs, but hes been training other people to do the very same thing. Perhaps an additional new worry, other al qaeda ontives in syria have been training people with western passports in how to engage in terrorist attacks. The concern is with those western passports, maybe even u. S. Passports, they could come to the United States readily and engage in terrorist activities here. A growing major concern. Later in the show were going to discuss with an expert why the threat has raised to this level and what it really means to you. Lets get to don lemon with the headlines. In venezuela, paratroopers are now headed to an area where the violence. Nicholas maduro was shot during an antigovernment rally. Maduro has denounced the opposition. Lopez is being held in a military prison, but murder charges against him have been dropped. Four people dead and two are recovering after a woman opened fire at a transcribe l office in Tribal Office in california. Sher rhode island roads was taken into custody after that incident. President obamas Budget Proposal wont include cuts to cost of living and Social Security budget check the, republicans are already slamming the president for ignoring the crisis. China wants the administration to scrap the meeting with the da lay lamb ma. John mccain says Hillary Clinton would likely be president if the election were held tomorrow, but he says she would not be his choice. Mccain was responding to a question about my chemical bachman. Michelle said many people arent ready for a female commander and chief. My chemical obama appeared on Jimmy Fallons tonight show last night. When were out of here, in a few years, you know, theyve got to be able to function as normal people. So driving is a part of that. So were going to have to figure that out. Ladies and gentlemen in d. C. , watch out. The first lady also look at this. This is hill layer just. She took part of this sketch. She told them that exercise is not eeeew. I think exercise is eeew too. Oh my god. Eeew. I was feeling it yesterday watching the u. S. Hockey team. I had a big bet to be continued. I miss Michaela Pereira on the show. I love her like a sister. I would have to make good on my wanger if she wager if she were here. Here are involved thank you for that giving that away. Silver never tasted so bittersweet for the u. S. Womens hockey team. This could have been their year for the women. They had to settle for second place blowing a late twogoal lead. Canada was just too strong. So today, it falls to the mens team. They look to secure their place in sundays gold medal game. Reporter good morning, chris. Thats right this a all about north american ice hockey tonight. The u. S. And canada going head to head on the ice. You got to remember that four years ago, the u. S. Lost the gold medal to canada at the vancouver games. Theyre going to get another shot here in the semifinal. This of course as you mentioned coming after the u. S. Womens team lost to canada in overtime last night. It was the ultimate north american showdown right here in sochi and it lived up to its expectations. An olympic rivalry as hockey titans team usa and canada eared overtime. They scored on a four on three power play eight minutes into overtime. A heartpumping comeback feeding the u. S. 32 for the gold. On the figure skating rink, a melt down for team usa. America shutout. The first time the americans didnt top the podium since 1936. Even the winner left surprised. Emerging from the pack is russias 17yearold who shot into first place. Grabbing gold with her stunning and different performance making her the first ever woman to do so for russia. She soared other defending ice crean from south korea and fellow russian and rising star. The 15yearold surprisingly fell into fifth after both performances were littered by mistakes. In the womens half pipe we brought one home for the team, landing left and right, 900 spins with ease. The 29yearold from california owned that pipe. Bow mans gold along with david wises painted the olympic halfpipe red, white, and blue. So lets do the melgd count right now. Norway in the lead. Canada in second. The u. S. Technically in third though it is winning in the overall medal count and there are seven gold medals up for grabs today in sochi. Thank you for the reports. They actually weight which ones they are. Its about how many medals. What are you talking about . Eeew. Youre right, youre so eeew. Lets take a break. Coming up next on new day, were going to talk about more fallout from the loud music murder trial. A second juror is speaking out exclusively to cnn. She has a message for anyone that says this case is about race. A deadly ups plane crash that killed two pilots. Find out what one of them was complaining about right after takeoff. Could play a role in the crash. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. If you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution thats right for you. With easy stepbystep guidance, were here to help you turn your dream into a reality. Start your Business Today with legalzoom. You are gonna need a wingman. 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Juror number 8, speaking to cnn exclusively, she says she never considered the idea michael dunn fired into jordan davis car because he was black. We are in florida with more. Reporter miles says race was not a part of the jurys decisionmaking process. In fact, she says they were told not to think about race. She did feel michael dunn was guilty of murder, but because they could not reach a unanimous verdict on the murder charge, they had no choice to come back with this partial verdict. I never once thought about, oh, this was a black kid, this was white. That wasnt the case. So the people who say heres another white guy that got away with shooting and killing a black kid, what would you tell them . I would tell them that they really should knowledge they self on the law. I just wanted to bring justice to whoever it was. Reporter the 21yearold was juror number 8 in the michael dunn murder trial. She sat down exclusively with cnn to talk about the case and the heated deliberations. Reporter what was it like inside that deliberation room . It was wild. There was shouting and a lot of yelling. Reporter what did you think of michael dunn . I honestly think he was a good guy. I think hes a good guy. I dont think he hates everybody. I dont think he walks around wanting to shoot everybody. I think that he made bad decisions. Reporter you still think hes guilty of murder, though . Yes. I really think hes guilty of murder, but not the guilty as charged. Reporter first degree, you dont i think hes guilty of Second Degree. Reporter how difficult was it for you to come back into that courtroom knowing that jordan davis parents were there and that you couldnt agree on a charge related to his death . We were confident and cool with it. When we signed us back, we got really nervous, does this mean this throws out the whole case, is corey satisfied with just what happened, is she going to do more, is jordan ever going to get justice, we did not know. And walking back into there, i got so nervous because im just like, what do we what if we completely messed up . Reporter do you feel like the jury messed up . No i feel like we did what we was supposed to. Reporter what would you tell jordans family. I would tell them from my end, i tried. I really did try. I saw the look on his dads face when we were on the stand and i know it hurts. I dont think he got this wound healed and then somebody sliced it opened again because now they got to dgo through the whole process again. Reporter she says she hopes the next jury will be able to agree on that murder charge. Great interview. Helpful as people try to piece together the process in the jury room. I open it to the floor. I just think it shows that there was a real struggle in the jury room. I think its been informative and eyeopening to hear from two different jurors with two very different takes on the trial. I hate to secondguess a jury and they worked hard. But i think that shes a little bit naive she doesnt think race played a part in it. It certainly played a part in the case. Also, shes a little bit naive in his actions, when you listen to his neighbors, the people who knew him, what kind of person he was, she got a completely different picture. That wasnt necessarily an accurate picture of who michael dunn was or is. It sounded like she may have been one of the holdouts. They were told by the judge not to consider race. So if she were to say she did that shes basically asking for a miss trial. Theyre told not to consider it. Thats saying dont think of the color red. I know. Theres no question, this is one of the hardest thinks in the things in the law. Theres certain rules for the judge to weigh. You also heard her Say Something else that isnt allowed. I tried to fight for their son. That is not their job. Their job is not to advocate for this kid in the jury room, even though common sense may tell you that. It had to come down to the gun. Right. For everything that you believe about michael dunn for everything about what they were struggling with wheres the gun. It had to be the gun. I dont know where they get it from unless they project onto those kids in the car the ability to have had a gun and hidden it. Otherwise, wheres the gun. A lawyer will say, no, no, no, it just has to be a reasonable belief theres a gun. I dont hear them saying that either. Theres a reasonable belief it could rain today. Except that you know, we got petersons the meteorologists who gives us the facts of why its going to rain. I dont know what the facts i think its about race and entitlement and a lack of awareness. Because if you and i were in a car chances are he wouldnt come over because were a bit older. I just think that there are a number of factors. And would that jury think for a second that don lemon and chris cuomo had and gun and got rid of it. We need to think her for that. The top two players in the nba went head to head last night as the heat beat the thunder. Andy scholes is joining us with this mornings Bleacher Report report. Lebron punished them all night. On the drive, he gets whacked in the face. He still scores. Once on the ground, blood starts pouring off his nose. He was set to have an exra. He xray. He said i mean, i just might have to bane james. Another huge upset in college basketball. Duke unc is one of the best rivalries in the game. North carolina went on a huge run in the final five minutes to get the win. This is something you never really see. Tar heel fans storming the court at chapel hill. Its race weekend at dayto

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