it will make things more difficult. it is very important that you act quickly, and i'm now waiting for your response. >> cnn's elise lapin joins us from the white house. before we get to reaction, let's talk about the demands. what are they demanding? >> well, soledad, a range of demands starting from releasing all al qaeda and taliban prisoners and in particular those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, the attempted attack on the world trade center, and also a halt to all air strikes in yemen, somalia, afghanistan and pakistan and the list goes on. more goods and people being able to go from egypt to gaza, so it is really running the gamut of specific things that deal with al qaeda to all muslims and arabs. >> that is a big list of big asks, and what is the reaction from the white house and the state department? >> well, if you remember, soledad, mr. weinstein was kidnapped in august and in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and the leader of al qaeda now that bin laden is dead, aman al zawahiri laid out the demands at the time, and the u.s. has a no negotiation policy and not only with the kidnappers per se, but with the terrorists certainly, so there has not been official reaction to the video and what the u.s. has said since december is that it is working with the pakistanis who are taking the lead on the investigation to find out where he might be and i suspect they are working with people in the tribal areas the try the track him down, but i don't anticipate a meeting of the demands, soledad. >> what happens next? what kind of time line are we looking at? >> well, it does not seem in the video that mr. weinstein laid out a specific time line. obviously, time is of the essence, but we don't know when that video was made. so, it could have been recently, and there is this so-called proof of life that is not a proof of life in the sense that there is no date on it. so, certainly, the u.s. is going to be trying to find him, and we don't know what is going on behind the scenes with the pakistan pakistanis, but time is obviously of the essence and mr. weinstein is believed to be in poor health, but he says he is getting the medicine and well cared for, but a lot of concern not only about the well-being, but about what these al qaeda operatives will do to him. >> how horrific for the family and everybody else watching. this thank you for being with us and the update. some of the other top stories happening this morning. christine romans has a look for us. christine? >> thank you. upheaval in france and greece could move the markets this morning. france has a new president, francois hollande defeating sarkozy in an election because of his backlash to the austerity and rejection of steep cuts led to the upheaval. all of the uncertainty in europe will affect the markets. u.s. futures and stock markets are down this morning. and also in asia down overnight and in currencies the euro is down and the dollar is up, and oil also down $97 a barrel right now. russia's vladimire putin is sworn in as president, but not everybody is happy about it. a massive demonstration in moscow against perceived fraud in the election. it turned violent sunday. police clash with protesters who veered from the approved march route, and hundreds of people arrested and dozens injured there. and an army captain drops dead while chatting with his wife while chatting on skype. he is stationed in terin kowt, and the wife says that he was suddenly knocked forward. she says she saw what looked like a bullet hole in the closet behind him, and soldiers who found clark said they found a bullet hole, but officials said they found no wounds on his body. they are waiting for toxicology results and other reports to rule on his death. and listen to what vice president joe biden had to say on a sunday morning talk show. >> the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fac that men marrying men and women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying are exciteled to all of the same rights and civil lib r liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction. >> the white house is scrambling to point out that the president does not favor legalizing same-sex marriage even though the views on the subject are evolving. >> two dozen fans and friends and teammates found a way to pay respect to junior seau in a paddle out in his honor. he was an avoid surfer and often found riding the waves off of the coast of california and former saints' quarterback drew brees also paddled out and friends and family held hands and said a prayer. and his brain may not be examined afterall. the family is weighing the options. and that paddle out is adding to a larger than life personality. >> absolutely. still an incredible tragedy and the number of people who said they were stunneded, stunned by the fact of his suicide has been heartbreaking. all right. christine, thank you so much. appreciate the update. we have to get to a developing story happening in kentucky. investigators are awaiting autopsy results of a worker found dead in a barn at churchill downs the hours after the kentucky derby. his death is ruled a homicide, and we want to go to deb feyerick with the latest on the death? >> well, the victim is being identified as a 58-year-old stable work originally from guatemala, and he was working at churchill downs with his son who identified his father's body according to the chief coroner. he was found dead before dawn sunday hours after the kentucky derby. he is believed to be a groomer for cecil burrell and found in a barn not far from where the winning horse i'll have another was kept. it seems that the stable worker got into a fight, and the question is with whom and why. police describe the track as a mini city with 48 barns and multiple stables and dormitories and trainer apartments and the police are questioning the 400 people who work behind the track and have to be licensed to be there. they were around at the time of the murder. last year's race was clouded by the accidental overdose of jockey michael baiz who was found behind a staple last year. and now another mystery and apparent murder at churchill downs. soledad. >> so, deb, any connection to the murder and the famous race that everybody was watching hours before the body was found? >> yes, it is an interesting question, and the death is being investigated as a homicide. police say that everything is preliminary and we can't say how he died and we are looking into that, but it is not connected to the racetrack, but yet everybody is interviewed and things could develop as the investigation goes on. soledad? >> thank you, deb feyerick, watching that to us. and still to come, mark zuckerberg and the facebook tour will kick off in new york today. we will talk to the creator and founder of reddick.com about how going public has a big effect on especially how we use facebook. and also, a ban in college football? is it a sport causing harm to young boys and men or help them to create life-long habits like success? we will weigh in on that. and we will have ra panel. . >> this is the play list, jtx. what song is this? >> "love in america." >> okay. great. >> back in a moment, guys. 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>> well, i am not buying it, but for different reasons. i understand that warren does not use a come pewter to start the day, but i do. i understand the business value to facebook and we understand things of our private lives that people have known, and one thing about tech industries have known that there are parts of data that can be easily handed over about us from facebook. >> and zuckerberg owns 57% of the facebook and the rest up for sale. he said it in the prospectus that got everybody nervous. we don't build services to make money, but we make money to build better services. why would that make investors nervous? >> well, you know, it certainly speaks to a very kind of builder culture that we see in the tech community. i do genuinely believe that mark is so, so focused on building great stuff that that really is the key. now, shareholders obviously want to believe -- >> if you are a shareholder. >> yes, if you are in business looking out for your interest in shareholder return, but you can see that the tech culture exists within zuckerberg's world. >> he called it a hacker culture, because if you are telling the shareholders we don't build services to make money, it is like, wait, wait, wait, whoa, what? that could be problematic. >> yes, i suspect that once facebook goes public, we will see fewer public statements from mr. zuckerberg. >> what about if we can expect to see changes in facebook and end users and assuming that most of us won't get in on the deal even at the low, low price of $28 to $35 per share and what do you think that we do end up seeing? >> wow. well -- >> what changes? >> well, as facebook now has all of the momentum that comes from the ipo, i would not be surprised if we saw more acquisitions like we saw of instagram as of late. >> and yes, fast. >> and this is a time when i can't tell enough people to learn how to program, because there is a demand for talent and product right now that acquisition is becoming common way for companies to bring on the talented programmers, because there are not enough in the market right now. >> and when you sold your company that you are a co-founder, how did that change the way you felt about the baby and how to groom and you sold it and what changed for you? i am asking this, because i am curious to know what zuckerberg, granted owns the 57%, but how is this going to change with how he looks at the baby? >> well, this is something that i can't speak for his relationship, but i have had a close relationship to the redit community, and since we are held by a privately held company we haven't been accountable for the shareholders that mark will have to. for us it is a huge dilemma, but we knew it was easy, because i knew who tho stats fi, but for mark, he has to satisfy the market. >> and the 57% is the number you are quoting that he has, but he negotiated the instagram by himself, and he didn't go to the board until that deal was signed sunday of that week. and how will this change that? can he make executive decisions and run it as his own private company and change that calculus? >> and the answer is yes, if you continue to make money, but the answer no after you make a few bad decision ss and the board wants to weigh in and slow those things down or maybe it it is a fast moving board. >> why is it that no matter how much money you make, you dress like crap. you could buy and sell whatever you want -- >> that is not true. we saw zuckerberg drop the hoodie. >> and in a lot of ways the public fashion -- and buy a new h&m jeans and new t-shirt. and this guy is so loaded that why didn't you go to some all night and have them open up barney's, and buy a shirt. >> why didn't you try harder to impress a stranger. >> and there is no iron where you work? >> and we saw microsoft offer to facebook and they were turned down politely and should this give the investors confident where they don't need it or just making microsoft look bad? >> well, they are looking at searchp. so many people start their day at facebook, and if you can look at the power of google or elsewhere, that would be a plus. and so they have already hired search experts. >> and is this ads, ads, ads, when it is done? >> and that is the value and look at groupon, down 60%, and a number of them have not really -- pandora down. >> and facebook is now offering organ donations. did you see that? >> i have not seen na. >> you can donate the organs on facebook. >> like you donate your privacy. >> and it is, and why don't the occupiers ever occupy these guys? it is odd, isn't it? >> i like this idea. occupy facebook. >> they don't occupy it or angryt at it, and it is because they are not occupying apple. >> i would say that there is a uproar for facebook for instance for taking that stand of supporting like sispa, but the platform of this social media happens to be facebook and that irony is not lost on us. >> well, my space is for sale on groupon. >> alexis, thank you, and appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> and danica patrick, did you see this crash? intentionally crashes another nascar driver at talladega and we will tell you why she was seeking revenge. and also, should we ban college football? >> i saw that article. >> indeed, malcolm gladwell says yes, and the author of "friday night lights" says yes, and we will tell you who is lining up behind that idea and you can watch cnn live on your computer government to krcnn.com/live an you can go to our blog as well. see you on the other side. our get real this morning looks at a "wall street journal" op-ed who is the author of "friday night lights" and he is calling for a ban on college football. he says it has no academic purpose and that is why it needs to be banned. radical, but necessary in today's times. he goes on the say that there is tons of money that the schools are spending on the football programs while the tuition rates are going up and nearly half of the colleges are losing money on the sports programs and some athletes are suffering life-altering injuries and most don't go on to become professionals, and he says that the nfl puts up and coming players in minor leagues in a system like baseball. if you want to establish a minor league system that the national football league pays for and they want to pay for it, fine. and also, malcolm writes in "tipping point" they should not ban it, because it will collapse on its own. and the deciding factor is the head injury issue, because the colleges will have to decide if they can afford their legal expose sure. yes? no? >> these are two guys who got cut from the junior high team. they hate football players. i'm from the south. if the s.e.c. were to close down and we could not see lsu and alabama play, there would be suicides and wife beatings and i'm not joking, if there was not that ridiculous outlet, i don't know what would happen to the family dynamic especially where i'm from. m. you must throw a chair. >> isn't that buzz' point, college should be about academics and people will cut other academics that are serving more students if you want to argue -- >> that is -- >> what about the students who won't go to a certain college because they don't like the team. >> i'm from a quasi state, texas, and i love college football. this is interesting discussion, because you have to ask yourself, who does college football benefit? and the biggest sans tanswer is nfl. and you have players who pretend to advance their career and then go on the play for three years. >> and you are a greeing? >> yes, the nfl is the big winner here. >> like jay, we have an emotional connection to foot ball, but sometimes i ain't good enough. >> there is a guy named tim greee who went on to play with the atlanta falcons and he says this on the other side of the debate, the primary mission is academics. that said, the lessons you learn on the playing field can be extremely valuable. the problem is where people fail to translate those lessons. teamwork, hartd work -- >> so where i thought that he was missing the boat is why football should stay is, well, for women for example who don't get to play college football, we get the very things out of sports also, but just not football. >> and the tuition dollars as females get to pay for it, too. and he makes a lot of great points in the article and i went to new york university, and that is not a big athletic school, but we dodge drug dealers on the way to school and that is a sport. >> and i grew up there, it is cleaned up. dra drama. >> i think that in the industrial complexes you will have an easier time banning beer than college football. >> i don't think it will happen. i thought that malcolm gladwell made an interesting point about the head injury issue, all you need to do is to lose one major lawsuit and then the financial model benefiting college sports will -- i think that you are right, the alumni relations and the people who view their entrance into the college is through the football program, and even if they are not a player, but a fan. >> and yes, the money that it brings in. >> and the kentucky starting five is going to go to the nba, and that is wrong. i think that the ncaa has to demand that the athletes, and by the way, a good school is $40,000 a year, and that is a lot of salary. sorry. that is what they make to play ball. then they get room and board and say it is $75,000 apiece, and that is what they really get. they should make and i don't know how they do it, but the nfl would have to say, we won't take you until at least your junior year or there needs to be a rule about academics, but -- >> just to pretend that some of them are there for academics. >> and the kentucky guys, what do you think they took for classes there 18 months? i bet they didn't take anything but are using the model of college to act like they are going to college. >> so the ncaa has to rule. >> that is a different debate. >> and you make that ruling and you will effectively end college football. >> and guys like us can make the team again. >> still ahead on "starting point" nascar's danica patrick losing her cool. we will show you what she did in the race. yeah, that was not nice. we will tell you why. >> and also, markets overseas are going into financial turmoil. will the u.s. markets follow suit with the sell-offs? you are watching "starting point" and we are back in a moment. so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted?