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Good evening. And we begin with breaking news on several fronts. First, boston tonight. The accused boston bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, the trial starting with a chilling admission from his own lawyer, saying, it was him. But then making the case that his older brothers influence made him do it. And at this hour, startling new images at the moment those bombs went off. Prosecutors showing the pictures, building a case for the death penalty. And look, inside this Sporting Goods store, bystanders running from the blast that day. A dramatic and difficult first day in court for so many survivors who...

Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. It is monday 4 00 a. M. Americas highest ranked general just arrived in iraq. Martin dempsey is set to hold talks. The generals visit comes as the new war in iraq. Hundreds of troops are launching ground and air attacks against boko haram in northeastern nigeria. The offensive starts one day after boko haram pledges allegiance to isis. I want to bring in our correspondent nima live in london this morning. Reporter good morning, john. It gives you a sense that boko haram is feeling the squeeze. They have been losing territory to the m...

Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. The diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. Im bleeding here. Lippert slashed by a teninch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. The weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. The gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. South korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been lifethreatening. Hes one of our top asia policy experts in the u. S. Government. A...

Emergency landing while flying this helicopter with a flight instructor. Down the runway like federal investigators will be back on scene this morning. But one thing they wont be able to investigate is this vintage plane it does not have a black box, chris. Thats for sure. At least it has somebody who can tell the story of what happened. Thank you for the reporting. Back in new york a much bigger situation. The ntsb investigating a near disaster at new Yorks Laguardia airport. Delta flight 127 passengers aboard. Skidded off a snowy runway nearly went into the waters of flushing bay. We have cn...

Jihadi john as a hero and a reason to join the terror group . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. An urgent man hunt is under way for the gunmen who attacked a museum and killed 19 people in tunisias capital. Thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers were in the city of tunis at the time. Security forces killed two attackers, described by the interior minister as islamists. The search is now under way for three others while tunisia is a moderate nation and the first country where the arab spring took hold, it may also have provided more foreign fighters...