A terrible situation. And there were a lot of just frustrating and horrible things to deal with. But what we were in awe of the entire time is the crew that was completely unselfish. Dont you love to hear stories like that, giving all these props to the crew . The nightmare cruise finally over. Passengers on board carnival triumph are back on land and heading home. Murder in south africa. An olympic icon in court this morning accused of killing his girlfriend. The very latest in the case against Oscar Pistorius. On this vote, the yeas are 58, nays are 40. The motion is not agreed to. The and a republican block in the senate. Will the senate see eye to eye on chuck hagel . Good morning. Im zoraida sambolin. Im Christine Romans. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets get started. First, the not so triumphant turn of the carnival triumph. Thousands of passengers who spent five days stranded at sea and slogging through sewage are sleeping on warm beds or on buses or trains, finally headed home it bl
Martin. And im sarah simmons. Before we get to weather, we begin with a story breaking from overnight in russia. Look at this. A meteor crashes through the atmosphere about 1,000 miles east of moscow. You can see its caught on tape by a driver here. Well, the spectacular images show it exploding right there into a fireball with bright flashes and breaking up into smaller meteorites and leaving a white con trail. Those are some amazing pictures. Those meteorites left damage in six cities in russia. Particles caused one factory roof to collapse. 500 were injured, mostly windows that were shattered by a sonic boom caused by the meteor. Well talk more about this in ask tony and tucker. He was going to be here because were talking about the asteroid thats passing close to the earth today but is not supposed to hit, of course. Obviously thats breaking news. Crazy. Amazing, isnt it . Uhhuh. Lots more on that coming up. Lets do some local weather. Were fine, were cold, temperatures in the 30s,
That is the sound of relief. Good morning, everyone. Im john berman. Good morning, im Brooke Baldwin, live in mobile, alabama. What a morning it is here in alabama for so many thousands of people, soledad is off today. New overnight, 4,229 people slowly making their way home after being stuck on board the cruise ship in the gulf of mexico for five very long days. We will tell you this morning about their nightmare and the horrific conditions they endured on board this boat, triumph, just over my shoulder. Plus an olympic champion breaks down in court. And big development. Blade runner, Oscar Pistorius, charged with premeditated murder. And a meteor shower brings down glass injuring over 500 people. The latest on the fireball from the skies. Live from russia, coming up. A lot going on for you on this friday morning. Friday, february 15th, a special edition of starting point begins right now. Good morning, thank you so much for being with us. The cruise nightmare is nearing ab end this m
Let me close by just saying a few words of thanks. First of all to wendy and all the people at the corporation for national and community service. Thank you for all that you do to make our communities and our country stronger. Were very grateful. To those who nominated these outstanding individuals, thank you for taking the time to share their stories. The competition was stiff. And your words gave life to their work. To all the family and friends here celebrating with the winners, thank you for the love and support that you provide to them every single day because they couldnt do what they do unless somebody had that love and support for them. I know the awardees would agree that this honor belongs not just to themselves, but to everybody who supports them. And finally to the winners of this years citizens medal, we want to congratulate you once again. A special note just to the families who are here from sandy hook, we are so blessed to be with you. Ive gotten to know many of you dur
With tank, armored personnel carriers and heavy weapons are now fighting inside ukraine. Including a strategic town along the countrys southern coast. One Ukrainian Military official is warning this is a fullscale russian invasion. Our diana magnay joins us from ukraine. Barbara starr with us from the pentagon. Diana, ill start with you. 1,000 troops amassing. That sounds like an invasion on our end. What are you learning there . Well, its difficult to see this invasion as such. Weve been driving down this road directly towards the russian border behind me and this checkpoint that you can make out in the distance really is the last ukrainian presence, the land beyond that, and we drove some 20 kilometers is really there for the taking. We know that the town which is about 30 k in that direction has been taken by a mixture of prorussian rebels and Russian Forces. The Ukrainian National Security Council tells us they have pushed these ukrainian units out of the town. Down there we spoke