starting point begins right now. there they are, that s carey allen lee and the new creative collective is the new band playing this morning. they ll provide the playlist coming to you live from the ruby slipper cafe in the heart of downtown new orleans. i guess i should mention first the food it s in front of us. lots on the menu, some of the specialties though, you can take a look include this this is the main thing, a barbecued shrimp. just shrimp and grits. she says this is the dish that s their specialty, i m told. and this is bananas foster french toast and over there is eggs benedict with crab in it, all very calorieic. new orleans health food. that s right. joining us this morning is representative bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana and only practicing physician in congress, not going to ask him to weigh in on the cal orric content in the food, serious radio talk show host and new orleans native and michelle u banks is with us, nice to have al
it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. first, it s a super soaker. tropical storm hammering florida with extreme weather. the slow-moving snow sith off the coast of alabama and the florida panhandle. the outer bands whipping up dangerous surf and triggering this huge water spout off juneau beach. also spawn ag deadly tornado in florida as it drenches the coast. officials say a woman was found dead in a home in venus located in the middle of the state between port st. lucie and sarasota. a child in one of the damaged homes was also injured and taken by the hospital. people say they were blind-sided by the twisters. i got my wife and my dog put them in a hallway there and said it s coming. about that time it started blowing real hard. it happened real fast, in a matter of 30 seconds. we saw a bunch of wind pick up. shoved into the bathroom. scared half to death. it was pretty traumatic. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking the storm for us. slow and fierce.
trayvon martin was shot and killed, could be a key piece of evidence. he had a closed fracture of his nose, two black eyes, two cuts to the back of his head in a minor back injury. i want to go to martin savidge covering the story for us. with all these new details and developments does it help zimmerman s argument he was in fact standing his ground they killed trayvon martin in self-defense? reporter: it depends on who you talk to. here s the way it breaks down. this information coming from the prosecution, the special prosecutor angela corey, they had to provide the basics of their investigation over to the defense so that s why we re starting to see this information come out this week. two reports caught her eye, the autopsy report on trayvon martin and that s the one you re referring to that says bruising on the hands of trayvon martin that would seem to support the defense s claim that george zimmerman says that trayvon martin came up to him, punched him in the nose, k
fbi investigating the death of trayvon martin. some people are outraged the watch captain that shot the unarmed 17 year old is not facing charges. george zimmerman said it was in self-defense and police say there is no evidence to refute that. new outrage over the pat downs at the airport because of this youtube video showing a screener patting down a 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair. the boy s father shot the video about two years ago but he s just now sharing it saying he became enraged all over again after coming across it over the weekend. on this first day of spring, we re seeing more severe weather. oklahoma, heavy rain is causing problems. forecasters say flash floods are possible in oklahoma and surrounding states and in texas, a tornado touches down 30 miles from san antonio. there s report of damages and injuries and one person remains unaccounted for. denver broncos are in final contract talks with peyton manning. if the broncos sign the nfl s top free agent qu
and it should hit the $19 million mark. oscar winning filmmaker martin scorsese branches out into the family genre with his first 3d feature hugo. because of its limited release it won t bring in the eye-popping returns of the muppets, expecteded to make maybe $10 million. but the honeymoon isn t over yet for ed ward and bella. in the latest twilight film, breaking dawn part 1. bill s going to be there. it scored the biggest opening weekend of all time and this week is expected to be number one for a second week with around $55 million. don t hate on it, bill. this is how most women must have felt about the lord of the rings trilogy. rolling their eyes? it s in reverse. way to draw a huge stereotype. what if there s a woman who hates twilight but loves lord of the rings ? then i d go to the movies with her! there you go. it s date night. i m sure your wife would love that. how s the weather, bill?