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I talked to them about their american influences. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. This morning were learning isis militants kidnapped at least 90 people from predominantly christian villages inside syria. Activists on the ground are reporting the terror group struck a string of towns in Northern Syria on monday and the militants reportedly bragged over walkietalkies they had captured quote, crusaders. Becky anderson live in abu dhabi with more on this. Hi becky. Yeah hello. Good morning. This is what we know at this point. Isis militants abducting, as you rightly point out, at least 90 a syrian christians from two villages in northeastern syria. This information coming from a variety of organizations, not least the londonbased syrian observatory for human rights who said and i quote, reliable sources overheard isis militants talking on wireless devices about having detained some 56 as they described them crusaders in one village alone. Youll be aware that isis or daesh has attacked numerous minority groups likely syrians, during what is this bloody campaign to create what they call a vast caliphate across syria and iraq under what is an extreme version of sharia law. Just this summer isis overran the city of an historic syrian town of some 50,000 people in Northern Iraq about 20 miles southeast of mosul. At the time isis issued an ultimateum to christians there, convert to islam, pay a fine or face death by the sword, carol. Thats the latest. Becky anderson reporting from abu dhabi this morning. A security scare in paris. Police investigating after five drones were seen flying over the eye eifel tower. In washington the clock is ticking. Senate republicans are scrambling to prevent a partial shut down at the department of Homeland Security. That is the very group entrusted with keeping american safe. They dont want to face public blame and backlash so Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is changing tactics. He wants to bring a separate bill to a vote this week. This move comes after the senate failed in four previous votes to move on a housepassed bill that ties dhs funding to immigration reforms. Now a separate bill would block president obamas executive actions on immigration announced in november and it could pressure the gop to pass a clean funding bill for dhs. The white house is adding its pressure. A shutdown of Homeland Security would have serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. Cnns White House Correspondent jim acosta is standing by. Lets go first to athena jones with more on Mitch Mcconnells idea. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. This new plan by senator mcconnell does noga lone to deal with dhs funding. Thats a whole separate issue. The idea here by stripping out this immigration issue that conservatives really want to see coupled with the dhs bill by stripping it out as a separate bill and requiring a vote on that it could give room to then later pass a clean socalled clean dhs funding bill that doesnt have any Strings Attached doesnt have these immigration provisions attached. The problem is that even this new bill bringing it up for a vote that takes a lot of procedural hurdles that it has to overcome. The first vote wouldnt even be until friday and that of course is the deadline for the dhs to remain funded. So this is one step a long the way but it still doesnt make it clear at all that dhs is going to be funded. Part of this move by senator mcconnell is also to try to put some pressure on democrats who have questioned the president s ex executive actions but havent split from their party when it comes to blocking their votes on the dhs funding bill. The bottom line is its still unclear whether dhs is going to be funded by friday. I want to read a tweet from senator Claire Mccaskill out of missouri. She tweeted, lets pass funding for Homeland Security today to show unity against terrorists then we can bring up then the rs, republicans, can bring up immigration for a vote immediately after. All this shows is that the fight is still going on and its still not clear whats going to happen carol. See, i thought this wasnt supposed to happen because what were talking about with this partial shutdown its going to affect the tsa, right . Border patrol, right . Secret service . Why havent they worked on this before . Theyll still be at work. They will still be at work but they wont be paid. Thats easy for a bunch of millionaires to talk about who are sitting on capitol hill and not so easy to talk about when youre a tsa agent making 30,000 a year. Exactly. A lot of people cannot survive or cannot afford to miss a paycheck or two. People need their paychecks and our latest cnn poll shows that 53 of the American Public would place the blame on the Republican Party if this matter isnt resolved. And so the clock is ticking, carol. Athena jones reporting live for us this morning. Lets head to the white house now and check in with jim acosta and the president s response. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Yes. You have heard of the fiscal cliff and now we have the homes cliff. As you and athena were talking about a moment ago, the impacts of a dha shutdown would be widespread. Well show you what were talking about. 30,000 employees of the department of Homeland Security who would be furloughed. They would not be allowed to go to work. Another 100,000 plus could be a lot more than 100,000, would work with no pay. Thats right, they would show up for their jobs in places like Border Security Transportation Security Administration and the secret service who protect the president and work with no pay. And so that is a very serious matter indeed and thats why the president said yesterday when he was meeting with the group of governors from around the country that there could be an Economic Impact as well. Heres what the president had to say. Unless Congress Acts one week from now more than 100,000 dhs employees, Border Patrol port inspectors tsa agents will show up to work without getting paid. They all work in your states. These are folks who if they dont have a paycheck are not going to be able to spend that money in your states. It will have a direct impact on your economy and it will have a direct impact on Americas National security because their hard work helps to keep us safe. Reporter and, of course carol, you were talking about this deal that Mitch Mcconnell is trying to craft, the Senate Majority leader. The question becomes though does the house of representatives pass that and can they pass it in time before the funding expires over at dhs . That is the big show that were all going to be watching at the end of this week. As you know youve seen this brinkmanship happen before. Sometimes when it gets to the very edge, you know, its wiser minds prevail, but that may not be the case here because and you talked about this earlier, carol, republicans, you know keep in mind, they feel like that there wasnt a huge cost the last time the government shut down. They won the senate. They expanded their majority in the house and so the political motivation may not be there. A lot of members of the Republican Party and the house just dont see a huge consequence for them if the department of Homeland Security shuts down even for a brief period, even for a lengthier period. That is why so much of this is very much up in the air at this point, zblarlcarol. Fresh off a trip to Europe John Kerry heads to capitol hill where hes expected to update senators on the Nuclear Talks with iran. Both the u. S. And iranian officials admit progress has been made. Six countries are negotiating with iran to assure the nation does not acquire a nuclear weapon. A new round of talks is slated for next monday in geneva. Theyre trying to reach a march 30th deadline. John kerry will start at the Senate Appropriations committee. Cnn will have coverage when the hearing begins. Thats coming up at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. Still to come in the newsroom, a big rig teeters off a highway and an airplane skids off the runway. A problem in the south. Financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva starts to work immediately at abreva. Com dont tough it out knock it out, fast. With abreva. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts 800,000 hours of supercomputing time 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. Whether its building the worlds most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. At boeing, one thing never changes. Our passion to make it real. Cnn national correspondent, Martin Savidge live in stevenville, texas, good morning. Lets start off with good news. The temperature is expected to get above freezing today, something it did not do yesterday. The bad news though theres another winter system on the way. The last 24 48 hours have not been easy here in texas. Breaking overnight, investigators say treacherous icy conditions may have caused this American Airlines boeing 737 to skid off the taxiway. All 68 passengers and crew forced to evacuate from the emergency exit at the back of the plane. More than 1,000 Flights Canceled from dallass International Airport where up to 2 inches of sleet and freezing rain fell on monday. Drivers losing control paralyzed by ice blanketing the roadways. Theres a path that the cars invade and i just kind of followed those paths. Officials closing all Dallas Independent School districts as the Police Department says theyve responded to hundreds of ice accidents. I know that once you know your car gets out of control you cannot control it. Take a look at this big rig hanging precariously off a bridge at a busy dallas interstate after hitting an icy patch. The driver making it out alive but police say theyll have to use a crane to remove the 18wheeler. Meanwhile, the deadly roadways actually bring the community together. Dozens of Good Samaritans with suvs and 4 wheel drives scoured the icy roadways overnight looking for stranded motorists and bringing them to safety. Not very many people do it these days. Its one of those where you want to get out and help random people. This as Dangerous Levels of snow and ice hang on. Reporter continued to accumulate. Winter storm watches stretch nearly 3,000 miles from california to the carolinas. Back here in stevenville youll remember that yesterday the american sniper trial, carol, that had to be canceled due to weather. It is going to resume today, a little bit later. Ill be here to cover both the weather and the trial because thats just the kind of reporter i am carol. Youre a hard working man, Martin Savidge, and we appreciate it. Still to come in the newsroom, the women from pussy riot are back with a video slamming president putin and what they call state terror around the room. My interview with masha and nadia next. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, were not just insuring our lives. Were helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. Transform tomorrow. Meet the worlds newest Energy Superpower. Surprised . In fact, america is now the worlds number one natural gas producer. And we could soon become number one in oil. Because Hydraulic Fracturing Technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. Supporting millions of new jobs. Billions in tax revenue. And a new century of American Energy security. The new Energy Superpower . Its red, white and blue. Log on to learn more. The real question that needs to be asked is what is it that we can do that is impactful . What the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. It used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. Whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, thats what id like to do. When heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth. Its fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum, tum tum tum. Smoothies only from tums. My advice for healthy looking radiant skin. A good nights sleep. And aveeno®. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® positively radiant has an active naturals® total soy formula. It helps reduce the look of brown spots in just four weeks. Aveeno®. Naturally beautiful results™. Russian president Vladimir Putin says never fear theres no apocalyptic end to the crisis in ukraine. Translator i believe such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and hope that it will never get to that point. That statement may seem odd to people since an apocalyptic war between russia and ukraine never seemed to be on the table. That comment aside, putin is in paris meeting with leaders of paris and france. Frederick Frederick Frederick pliken is in moscow. That meeting in paris adjourned id say an hour ago. There was a statement that said what needs to happen is all sides need to stick to the ceasefire that is in place but has been very difficult so far to say the least. They have started pulling heavy weapons away from the front line. The ukrainians are not doing that at all. Meanwhile, the economic numbers are difficult here. The economy itself is doing very badly itself in russia. However, Vladimir Putins Approval Ratings have been Getting Better seemingly with every time there are new sanctions imposed against russia. One of the interesting things is that my kol lyingcolleague Erin Mclaughlin did. She went out and asked people how they feel u. S. Is treating putin . Translator americans should shut up she says they shouldnt interfere in our lives. They keep helping and helping. Putin is a good one. Hes probably tired, poor thing. Translator my attitude towards america is bad, she said. The way i watch the news i realize that americans want to get ahold of half of russia. Reporter so there you have it. Some of the opinions there. On the outskirts of moscow and just one more thing, carol. The next Approval Ratings for Vladimir Putin is going to come out on thursday. It appears hell be better than he was the month before as the crisis drags on carol. Interesting. Frederick pleitgen reporting from moscow. Despite the overwhelming approval there is not universal love when it comes to mr. Putin. Its that overt criticism of putin is underground or subversive as in the case of the feminist punk band pussy riot. They made i cant breathe. Band members talked with me from moscow. Reporter back in December Nadi a m asha witnessed tens of thousands of protesters marching through new york city. I cant breathe. You cant breathe. If i cant breathe. You cant breathe. Reporter the words in Eric Gardners death at the hands of the police moved them to make a music video. Its very touching moment for us and we really felt these words was our own recitation. Reporter the video is a statement against what they call state terror around the world. It seeks to capture garners feeling of helplessness and their own feelings of helplessness living in a country that punishes free expression. Both served time for performing in a moscow church. The charge hooliganism. As mr. Putin put it undermining the moral foundation of the nation. They did not give up. During the 2014 sochi olympic gains, band members tried to stage an impromptu performance and were lashed with whips by the militia. We are alive but we cannot do nothing. So we think that probably people will see this picture and they will not want to stay like this in this grave and do something. Both are outraged at russias aggression in eastern ukraine. They say Vladimir Putin is burying his freedoms too. He refuses to adhere to ethical principles. Its not good story. You know stalin behaved in that way and its bringing our country to very bad consequences. Reporter do you feel safe talking with me freely like this . Youre in moscow. Yes. We are in moscow but the bad situation when you can ask her this question you can ask her this in the first in the first of march we will be big demonstration and things like this its not really safe but if you are if you are they will at least hear us. Its a secret. Courageous young ladies right . Wow. Still to come in the newsroom, is Northern Syria<\/a> on monday and the militants reportedly bragged over walkietalkies they had captured quote, crusaders. Becky anderson live in abu dhabi with more on this. Hi becky. Yeah hello. Good morning. This is what we know at this point. Isis militants abducting, as you rightly point out, at least 90 a syrian christians from two villages in northeastern syria. This information coming from a variety of organizations, not least the londonbased syrian observatory for human rights who said and i quote, reliable sources overheard isis militants talking on wireless devices about having detained some 56 as they described them crusaders in one village alone. Youll be aware that isis or daesh has attacked numerous minority groups likely syrians, during what is this bloody campaign to create what they call a vast caliphate across syria and iraq under what is an extreme version of sharia law. Just this summer isis overran the city of an historic syrian town of some 50,000 people in Northern Iraq<\/a> about 20 miles southeast of mosul. At the time isis issued an ultimateum to christians there, convert to islam, pay a fine or face death by the sword, carol. Thats the latest. Becky anderson reporting from abu dhabi this morning. A security scare in paris. Police investigating after five drones were seen flying over the eye eifel tower. In washington the clock is ticking. Senate republicans are scrambling to prevent a partial shut down at the department of Homeland Security<\/a>. That is the very group entrusted with keeping american safe. They dont want to face public blame and backlash so Senate Majority<\/a> leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> is changing tactics. He wants to bring a separate bill to a vote this week. This move comes after the senate failed in four previous votes to move on a housepassed bill that ties dhs funding to immigration reforms. Now a separate bill would block president obamas executive actions on immigration announced in november and it could pressure the gop to pass a clean funding bill for dhs. The white house is adding its pressure. A shutdown of Homeland Security<\/a> would have serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. Cnns White House Correspondent<\/a> jim acosta is standing by. Lets go first to athena jones with more on Mitch Mcconnell<\/a>s idea. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. This new plan by senator mcconnell does noga lone to deal with dhs funding. Thats a whole separate issue. The idea here by stripping out this immigration issue that conservatives really want to see coupled with the dhs bill by stripping it out as a separate bill and requiring a vote on that it could give room to then later pass a clean socalled clean dhs funding bill that doesnt have any Strings Attached<\/a> doesnt have these immigration provisions attached. The problem is that even this new bill bringing it up for a vote that takes a lot of procedural hurdles that it has to overcome. The first vote wouldnt even be until friday and that of course is the deadline for the dhs to remain funded. So this is one step a long the way but it still doesnt make it clear at all that dhs is going to be funded. Part of this move by senator mcconnell is also to try to put some pressure on democrats who have questioned the president s ex executive actions but havent split from their party when it comes to blocking their votes on the dhs funding bill. The bottom line is its still unclear whether dhs is going to be funded by friday. I want to read a tweet from senator Claire Mccaskill<\/a> out of missouri. She tweeted, lets pass funding for Homeland Security<\/a> today to show unity against terrorists then we can bring up then the rs, republicans, can bring up immigration for a vote immediately after. All this shows is that the fight is still going on and its still not clear whats going to happen carol. See, i thought this wasnt supposed to happen because what were talking about with this partial shutdown its going to affect the tsa, right . Border patrol, right . Secret service . Why havent they worked on this before . Theyll still be at work. They will still be at work but they wont be paid. Thats easy for a bunch of millionaires to talk about who are sitting on capitol hill and not so easy to talk about when youre a tsa agent making 30,000 a year. Exactly. A lot of people cannot survive or cannot afford to miss a paycheck or two. People need their paychecks and our latest cnn poll shows that 53 of the American Public<\/a> would place the blame on the Republican Party<\/a> if this matter isnt resolved. And so the clock is ticking, carol. Athena jones reporting live for us this morning. Lets head to the white house now and check in with jim acosta and the president s response. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Yes. You have heard of the fiscal cliff and now we have the homes cliff. As you and athena were talking about a moment ago, the impacts of a dha shutdown would be widespread. Well show you what were talking about. 30,000 employees of the department of Homeland Security<\/a> who would be furloughed. They would not be allowed to go to work. Another 100,000 plus could be a lot more than 100,000, would work with no pay. Thats right, they would show up for their jobs in places like Border Security<\/a> Transportation Security Administration<\/a> and the secret service who protect the president and work with no pay. And so that is a very serious matter indeed and thats why the president said yesterday when he was meeting with the group of governors from around the country that there could be an Economic Impact<\/a> as well. Heres what the president had to say. Unless Congress Acts<\/a> one week from now more than 100,000 dhs employees, Border Patrol<\/a> port inspectors tsa agents will show up to work without getting paid. They all work in your states. These are folks who if they dont have a paycheck are not going to be able to spend that money in your states. It will have a direct impact on your economy and it will have a direct impact on Americas National<\/a> security because their hard work helps to keep us safe. Reporter and, of course carol, you were talking about this deal that Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> is trying to craft, the Senate Majority<\/a> leader. The question becomes though does the house of representatives pass that and can they pass it in time before the funding expires over at dhs . That is the big show that were all going to be watching at the end of this week. As you know youve seen this brinkmanship happen before. Sometimes when it gets to the very edge, you know, its wiser minds prevail, but that may not be the case here because and you talked about this earlier, carol, republicans, you know keep in mind, they feel like that there wasnt a huge cost the last time the government shut down. They won the senate. They expanded their majority in the house and so the political motivation may not be there. A lot of members of the Republican Party<\/a> and the house just dont see a huge consequence for them if the department of Homeland Security<\/a> shuts down even for a brief period, even for a lengthier period. That is why so much of this is very much up in the air at this point, zblarlcarol. Fresh off a trip to Europe John Kerry<\/a> heads to capitol hill where hes expected to update senators on the Nuclear Talks<\/a> with iran. Both the u. S. And iranian officials admit progress has been made. Six countries are negotiating with iran to assure the nation does not acquire a nuclear weapon. A new round of talks is slated for next monday in geneva. Theyre trying to reach a march 30th deadline. John kerry will start at the Senate Appropriations<\/a> committee. Cnn will have coverage when the hearing begins. Thats coming up at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. Still to come in the newsroom, a big rig teeters off a highway and an airplane skids off the runway. A problem in the south. Financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva starts to work immediately at abreva. Com dont tough it out knock it out, fast. With abreva. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts 800,000 hours of supercomputing time 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. Whether its building the worlds most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. At boeing, one thing never changes. Our passion to make it real. Cnn national correspondent, Martin Savidge<\/a> live in stevenville, texas, good morning. Lets start off with good news. The temperature is expected to get above freezing today, something it did not do yesterday. The bad news though theres another winter system on the way. The last 24 48 hours have not been easy here in texas. Breaking overnight, investigators say treacherous icy conditions may have caused this American Airlines<\/a> boeing 737 to skid off the taxiway. All 68 passengers and crew forced to evacuate from the emergency exit at the back of the plane. More than 1,000 Flights Canceled<\/a> from dallass International Airport<\/a> where up to 2 inches of sleet and freezing rain fell on monday. Drivers losing control paralyzed by ice blanketing the roadways. Theres a path that the cars invade and i just kind of followed those paths. Officials closing all Dallas Independent School<\/a> districts as the Police Department<\/a> says theyve responded to hundreds of ice accidents. I know that once you know your car gets out of control you cannot control it. Take a look at this big rig hanging precariously off a bridge at a busy dallas interstate after hitting an icy patch. The driver making it out alive but police say theyll have to use a crane to remove the 18wheeler. Meanwhile, the deadly roadways actually bring the community together. Dozens of Good Samaritans<\/a> with suvs and 4 wheel drives scoured the icy roadways overnight looking for stranded motorists and bringing them to safety. Not very many people do it these days. Its one of those where you want to get out and help random people. This as Dangerous Levels<\/a> of snow and ice hang on. Reporter continued to accumulate. Winter storm watches stretch nearly 3,000 miles from california to the carolinas. Back here in stevenville youll remember that yesterday the american sniper trial, carol, that had to be canceled due to weather. It is going to resume today, a little bit later. Ill be here to cover both the weather and the trial because thats just the kind of reporter i am carol. Youre a hard working man, Martin Savidge<\/a>, and we appreciate it. Still to come in the newsroom, the women from pussy riot are back with a video slamming president putin and what they call state terror around the room. My interview with masha and nadia next. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, were not just insuring our lives. Were helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. Transform tomorrow. Meet the worlds newest Energy Superpower<\/a>. Surprised . In fact, america is now the worlds number one natural gas producer. And we could soon become number one in oil. Because Hydraulic Fracturing Technology<\/a> is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. Supporting millions of new jobs. Billions in tax revenue. And a new century of American Energy<\/a> security. The new Energy Superpower<\/a> . Its red, white and blue. Log on to learn more. The real question that needs to be asked is what is it that we can do that is impactful . What the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. It used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. Whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, thats what id like to do. When heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth. Its fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum, tum tum tum. Smoothies only from tums. My advice for healthy looking radiant skin. A good nights sleep. And aveeno\u00ae. [ female announcer ] only aveeno\u00ae positively radiant has an active naturals\u00ae total soy formula. It helps reduce the look of brown spots in just four weeks. Aveeno\u00ae. Naturally beautiful results\u2122. Russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> says never fear theres no apocalyptic end to the crisis in ukraine. Translator i believe such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and hope that it will never get to that point. That statement may seem odd to people since an apocalyptic war between russia and ukraine never seemed to be on the table. That comment aside, putin is in paris meeting with leaders of paris and france. Frederick Frederick Frederick<\/a> pliken is in moscow. That meeting in paris adjourned id say an hour ago. There was a statement that said what needs to happen is all sides need to stick to the ceasefire that is in place but has been very difficult so far to say the least. They have started pulling heavy weapons away from the front line. The ukrainians are not doing that at all. Meanwhile, the economic numbers are difficult here. The economy itself is doing very badly itself in russia. However, Vladimir Putin<\/a>s Approval Ratings<\/a> have been Getting Better<\/a> seemingly with every time there are new sanctions imposed against russia. One of the interesting things is that my kol lyingcolleague Erin Mclaughlin<\/a> did. She went out and asked people how they feel u. S. Is treating putin . Translator americans should shut up she says they shouldnt interfere in our lives. They keep helping and helping. Putin is a good one. Hes probably tired, poor thing. Translator my attitude towards america is bad, she said. The way i watch the news i realize that americans want to get ahold of half of russia. Reporter so there you have it. Some of the opinions there. On the outskirts of moscow and just one more thing, carol. The next Approval Ratings<\/a> for Vladimir Putin<\/a> is going to come out on thursday. It appears hell be better than he was the month before as the crisis drags on carol. Interesting. Frederick pleitgen reporting from moscow. Despite the overwhelming approval there is not universal love when it comes to mr. Putin. Its that overt criticism of putin is underground or subversive as in the case of the feminist punk band pussy riot. They made i cant breathe. Band members talked with me from moscow. Reporter back in December Nadi<\/a> a m asha witnessed tens of thousands of protesters marching through new york city. I cant breathe. You cant breathe. If i cant breathe. You cant breathe. Reporter the words in Eric Gardners<\/a> death at the hands of the police moved them to make a music video. Its very touching moment for us and we really felt these words was our own recitation. Reporter the video is a statement against what they call state terror around the world. It seeks to capture garners feeling of helplessness and their own feelings of helplessness living in a country that punishes free expression. Both served time for performing in a moscow church. The charge hooliganism. As mr. Putin put it undermining the moral foundation of the nation. They did not give up. During the 2014 sochi olympic gains, band members tried to stage an impromptu performance and were lashed with whips by the militia. We are alive but we cannot do nothing. So we think that probably people will see this picture and they will not want to stay like this in this grave and do something. Both are outraged at russias aggression in eastern ukraine. They say Vladimir Putin<\/a> is burying his freedoms too. He refuses to adhere to ethical principles. Its not good story. You know stalin behaved in that way and its bringing our country to very bad consequences. Reporter do you feel safe talking with me freely like this . Youre in moscow. Yes. We are in moscow but the bad situation when you can ask her this question you can ask her this in the first in the first of march we will be big demonstration and things like this its not really safe but if you are if you are they will at least hear us. Its a secret. Courageous young ladies right . Wow. Still to come in the newsroom, is Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> at odds with his spy agency on Irans Nuclear<\/a> threat . Well talk about that next. Eeeeeeeee financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise if you can clear a table without lifting a finger. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec\u00ae for powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec\u00ae is different than claritin. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Zyrtec\u00ae. Muddle no more\u2122. I never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. He told me to use pronamel. Its going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue to drink my coffee and it was a real easy switch to make. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Days before he arrives for a speech before congress Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> is warning that a nuclear deal with iran would be dangerous not only to him but to the world. Mr. Netanyahu held up an image of a bomb and urged the world to draw quote, a clear red line to prevent iran from developing nukes, but new reports citing leaked intelligence suggest that israels spy agency may have had a different view of that threat. And it wasnt quite so dire. Cnns Senior International<\/a> correspondent and in jerusalem gill hoffman for the jerusalem post. Nick what do these leaked documents say . Reporter well the quotes that have been extracted by aljazeera and by the guardian, we havent seen the full amount of documents, they say they received hundreds of documents that range from confidential to top secret we dont know whats in that whole array. The Guardian Newspaper<\/a> has said that the Guardian Newspaper<\/a> was selected. Its interesting that theyve gone with this particular issue first. We dont know why they picked this one, but what it essentially says is the south African Intelligence Agency<\/a> quoting, writing down their notes from a briefing given by mossad. Mossad saying a month after Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>s speech in september of 2012 mossad said that it doesnt think that iran is actively trying to weaponize at that point in time. However, it does go on to say that it believes that iran is trying to close the Technology Gaps<\/a> by legitimate means, which will make it much quicker should they take a decision to should they take a decision to weaponize. Also remember at that time in 2012 the iranians were still they were still enriching uranium, that 20 uranium which becomes a key ingredient which can then make a weapon. It wasnt until the next year with International Agreement<\/a> that iran began to neutralize some of that 20 or all of that 20 uranium. This argument that theres a difference between what the politicians in israel are saying and what the Intelligence Services<\/a> are saying, this is an issue thats been out there for some time. So the quotes dont appear that strong. The argument is an old one, and this is the one that theyve picked to lead off this particular series of leaks with carol. So nick if its all just political, what are we to take away from that in light of Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> coming to speak before lawmakers in just a couple of days . Reporter well certainly on the surface of this without careful examination that the information would be he would discredit what he says and discredit others in the United States<\/a> as well. In a way you could be particularly if you were the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> you might be wondering why this leak why now, whats behind it . Certainly there are other leaks that the aljazeera and the guardian are going to run with. Weve seen some of those as well. They question how south africa feels its been used in the Global Intelligence<\/a> game and issues like that carol. Gil, lets go to you in israel. How are people there reacting to these reports . You know its there were huge reports over the last two days about the Associated Press<\/a> revealing the contents of the nuclear deal that the United States<\/a> and the p 5 plus 1 are negotiating with iran. Thats been dominating the headlines, that big scoop that the a. P. Had yesterday. The report from aljazeera wasnt taken seriously and has been downplayed by all sides. I attended a briefing today by Alexander Herzog<\/a> even though he disagrees with netanyahu on almost everything including his handling of the situation with iran in terms of coming to washington and speaking to congress, when it comes to preventing the nuclearization of iran and stopping that particular deal he and netanyahu see eye to eye completely. So you mentioned that tight race that netanyahu is in with mr. Herzog. I want to switch gears. Some people say that mr. Netanyahu is only coming to the United States<\/a> to display his might for voters back in israel. Heres part of the reason why they think that. Because mr. Netanyahu is coming to america under duress hes just hired a highpowered attorney to represent him on criminal corruption charges surrounding israels comptrollers claims that the couple the netanyahus spent 285,000 a year to clean their official residence, 2,000 bucks to clean their private residence, 68,000 for makeup hairstyle and Presentation Services<\/a> over two years and 24,000 on takeout, as in food for one year which seems pretty serious to us in the United States<\/a> but is it in israel . Does it play a part in netanyahus decision to come to the United States<\/a> to talk before congress . Reporter those issues have definitely made the headlines and the media is having a field day. The most antimedia in the world is in israel and hes had to answer questions about it and the one thing that his people have made clear is that regardless of what hes confirming and what hes denying, none of what he did is against the law. Hes not being accused of anything that would result in any kind of offense. It looks bad but theres a difference between that and breaking the law, and politically why did he hire this lawyer . Reporter youve got to be ready. Being israeli is about hoping for the best and preparing for the worst, but according to the polls in israel israelis have seen those reports as frivolous, as ridiculous at a time when israel is facing a threat from iran and theres been a backlash. Its boomeranged against those attacking netanyahu. Hes used these reports to strengthen himself and say that hes the serious candidate while others are focusing on things that are nonsense. And the numbers back him up in america, too. One of the reasons why hes going to washington, besides the obvious that it helps him out politically, and it does besides the obvious facing off against barack obama, a president seen in israel as hostile helps him out politically, and it does is because he knows that when he speaks to the American People<\/a> it resonates. When the American People<\/a> were asked how they feel about this potential deal with iran 70 were against it in a recent poll. Only 12 believe that iran would honor this deal and keep its promises to the p 5 plus 1 especially in america. Gil hoffman, thanks so much. Nic robertson, thanks so much. Allergy experts are calling it Ground Breaking<\/a> and transformational. New Research Shows<\/a> a surprising approach to treating peanut allergies. Well talk about that next. You just got a big bump in miles. So this is a great opportunity for an upgrade. Sound good . Great. Because youre not you youre a whole airline. 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For every 100 children only two on the peanut diet became allergic. That number rises to 14 out of 100 if they were never exposed. So could the cure for peanut allergies be peanuts . Dr. Sanjay gupta joins us now to talk about this. Really . I think this is a big deal you know because its one of the questions i get more than any other, why do allergies, are they increasing in all these various areas . For a long time we simply didnt know. I think the reaction from the medical community was lets just withhold peanuts. Lets just say lets just keep kids away from peanuts as long as possible hoping that addresses the problem. As you pointed out, that made the problem far worse even. The study was a big study. It was published in the new england journal of medicine. It was a legitimate study. The kids who got the peanuts early they were 10th to develop peanut allergies. Doesnt it make you wonder why we have trouble with peanut allergies in the first place . Most people until recently didnt have peanut allergies but now kids do en masse. They ate Peanut Butter<\/a> right . They ate Peanut Butter<\/a>. Have you heard of the hygiene hypothesis this idea of keeping things very clean somehow we thought would be beneficial but, in fact was making things worse. So you know 15 20 years ago now pediatricians started to do this regularly, recommend to new mothers not to give your kids any peanuts until a few years old. Okay. That may have in fact started to make things worse. There was probably already a little bit of a rise in peanut allergies. Who knows exactly why that is. The huge rise that weve seen not only in north america but asia and africa was probably due to the fact that the medical lore became just withhold peanuts. And by the way, this may apply to other Food Allergies<\/a> as well. Eggs. All sorts of different foods that kids are worried about simply inoculating them if you will a little bit. Giving them a little bit of whatever it is they may be allergic to could be beneficial. I should point out kids severely allergic didnt get any of that but for most of the kids they had no other adverse reactions. So at this point though parents should just hold off on everything . My wife and i were talking about this. We said its okay to give our kids peanuts. She said no my pediatrician told me. When this becomes more established routine, that can take a long time. What i will tell you is this is a good study. I think it proves what a lot of people have thought for a long time in the medical community, that the idea of withholding and operating out of fear not letting kids be exposed to peanuts early on that probably was never the right answer. Small introductions early in life in infancy even could make a huge difference. Awesome. Dr. Sanjay gupta, thank you so much. Thank you. 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A little more on that terrible Train Derailment<\/a> in los angeles. This is in oxnard. Its between obvious nard and camareo. Apparently there are mass casualties. We do not know if there are fatalities as of yet. The train derailed. It hit some kind of truck that was on the tracks. Thats the truck right there. Its hard to determine what kind of truck that was, but you can see the violence of the impact there. When we have more information of course well bring it to you. In other news this morning, the attorney for a teenager accused in an alleged road rage case says his client feared for his life. 19yearold erich nawsch is accused of murder. Naushs attorney tells Cnns Anderson Cooper<\/a> the familys version of events just doesnt add up and that he will argue selfdefense. If you have a stranger stop you on the road and say were going to im going to hurt you, the first place you go is not driving straight to your house, it would be to call the police and drive to some populated area thats not near your house. When you get to the house, you might call the first thing youre going to do is call the police not arm yourself and go looking for this person. The fact that the Meyers Family<\/a> dont tell us at any point for five days that they that this was erich nawsch that they believe was involved in this situation is suspicious. The fact that the sketch was inbe accurate i will go so far as to say that the composite sketch its also problematic. Lets talk about this with cnn legal analyst paul callan and cnn legal analyst joey jackson. Mr. Defense attorney does he have a point . He does have a point. Theres a lot of myths here and a lot we dont know. I dont want to speculate but it is strange when you have an incident where the mother goes back to the home and gets her son, brandon, out of bed. He comes and brandishes a weapon. I dont know what was justifiable and not justified. Theres a preliminary hearing set for the 10th which will determine whether or not nowsch is rightfully held or not. Witnesses will testify. Well get a clearer picture. From a defense perspective, there are a lot of questions and very little answers. Paul i know you agree with mr. Defense attorney. All i know is its a bizarre las vegas case. Frankly, the defense attorney said some very sensible things last night. He said its very suspicious number one. Why was ms. Meyers giving her daughter a drivers license in the middle of the night. We dont usually do that at night. If she was confronted by somebody threatening, why not go to the cops as mr. Jackson just said and you go and get your son and he comes out with a gun and then it turns out they know each other. She was sort of a mentor to nowsch. Her husband says she gave him money and gave him clothing. Were going to hear a lot more of this going down the road. I think we lost your microphone. Its not working. Okay. Ill ask paul the next question because Something Else<\/a> bizarre that came out of this. Well fix it in the meantime im sure. Something else bizarre that came out of that interview with Anderson Cooper<\/a> the defense attorney said that police allowed nowsch to get high on marijuana before he came out of the house. Then they placed him under arrest. They later, of course at the Police Station<\/a> interrogated this kid while he was high. The attorney has a problem with that. Thats kind of fascinating because first of all i never heard of that happening before. I can understand if it was sort of a hostage situation or you had to get him out of the house and he said well i want to smoke some weed first and maybe the cops would let him do it. As the defense attorney said he said i dont have a problem with cops letting him get high before he surrendered but they shouldnt have taken a confession from him or statement from him knowing that he had used marijuana. I think the defense attorney has a point there. Is that accurate though . Do we know that happened . Certainly as attorneys we spin things and put things in the best light for our advocates. I had not heard that police would have allowed them to get high for them to speak to you and would taint anything you say because youre not of proper mind. There is very little here that makes sense and there has to be some major back story here and if the attorney is arguing selfdefense it was a gun brandished and as a result he had to defend himself. Whether thats accurate remains to be seen as well. We have to leave it there. Thanks as usual. I appreciate it. I want to head back to breaking news out of los angeles and this train crash. This terrible train crash between oxnard and camarillo. Jeff is from metrolink on the phone with me now. Tell me what you know so far. Yes, good morning. The information we have is very preliminary. The incident occurred a little before 6 00 this morning involving train 102 that travels from east ventura to los angeles. The incident involved a tractortrailer as we understand it and several of our cars of the train have derailed. There are injuries. I heard reports of 30. I dont know if thats confirmed nor do i know extent of injuries. 30 injuries so far but no fatalities right . Not that ive heard. No confirmation on that no. Any information as to why this truck was on the tracks . No i really dont know at this point. Like i said its very early. We dont have any indication as to why the i do know it was at a crossing. Dont know why the truck was there. I would imagine you have a massive Emergency Response<\/a> team in the area right now because im showing our viewers old pictures. We do yeah. We definitely have multiple units responding. We also have Ventura County<\/a> Sheriffs Department<\/a> will be there as well as other first responders. Thank you very much. Jeff lustgarten on the phone with me live. The next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. So i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like youre underwater . Try zyrtecd\u00ae to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms. So you can breathe easier all day. Zyrtecd\u00ae. Find it at the pharmacy counter. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. I would like to welcome our viewers from around the world. We begin with breaking news. Were following that breaking news north of los angeles. A metrolink passenger train has struck a truck on the tracks. The truck was at a crossing we understand when the train hit the truck. A number of cars from the train had derailed. You can see that. We were just told that up to 30 people could be injured. Of course well bring in more information when we get it. Reporters are working their sources right now. In other news this morning, secretary of state john kerry expected on capitol hill at any minute. First up, the Senate Appropriations<\/a> committee where hes making the case for the state departments 2016 budget. This afternoon kerry will appear before the Senate Foreign<\/a> relations committee. Fresh off Nuclear Talks<\/a> with iran kerry is expected to update the progress as a march 31st deadline to reach a political deal nears. Kerrys appearance comes as new reports claim that Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> and the Israeli Spy Agency<\/a> may have had differing views regarding the threat of iranian nukes. Those reports cite intelligence dating back to 2012. Intelligence that was prepared just one month after this appearance by netanyahu before the United Nations<\/a> general assembly. This took place in 2012. If these are the facts, and they are, where should a red red line be drawn . 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