in lower manhattan. they're hoping to find etan patz, america's first milk carton kid, a 6-year-old who disappeared over 30 years ago while walking to the bus stop for the first time alone. more fallout from the secret service prostitution xand wills, the identifies of two supervisors who lost their jobs have been made public. in washington, growing calls for more firings. >> it's a stunning thing. it's actually disgusting. ahead, why the secret service scandal has sarah palin speaking up. flight fright. a flock of birds forces an emergency landing. >> we lost our right engine due to the ingestion of birds. >> a passenger captures that moment of impact that could have turned into a very real disaster. we're going to get some more information on that. >> definitely. meantime in just a few hours george zimmerman will be in a florida courtroom seeking his freedom at a bond hearing. 's been in jail since he was charged with murder in the trayvon martin shooting. today for the first time, trayvon martin's parents will be face-to-face with the man who killed their son. george zimmerman has requested a private meeting with the march martins, but their attorney tells cnn they denied calling the question at this time self-serving. >> he never once apologized on his web site, on any of the voice mails that he left with his friends, and never expressed any remorse during police interviews the several times they interviewed him. so we question his motive at this time, saying he wants to apologize. >> cnn's martin savidge is live outside the seminole county courthouse in sanford, florida. martin, what should be happening at today's hearing? >> reporter: we expect this to be fairly dramatic. you point out the participants, trayvon martin's parents and george zimmerman in the courthouse at the same time. mark o'mara are is essentially going to argue on behalf of george zimmerman ahe's due bond he's, one, not a flight risk because keep in mind he kept in touch with the court, he did turn himself in. on top of that, he will argue he's not a risk to the community. meanwhile, the state on the other hand will try to prove oh, no, george zimmerman is charged with murder, is potentially a problem and should remain inside of a jail until his trial. what's interesting is that the state may have to bring out more evidence. what do they really have? what has motivated them to charge him with second-degree murder. we could see some of that today. but the real buzz has been about what you mentioned in the lead-in. that is this overture supposedly that george zirm man made that he wanted to have a private meeting with trayvon martden's family. why now and what in the world would they talk about? was it truly going to be some sort of an apology? we don't know at this point we do know his attorney made the overture but the martin family said no, we don't want to talk in private. instead, we'd rather he do a deposition and be completely transparent and talk on the record. so very, very interesting. zraid da? manufactu . >> we know both families will be in court, martin's family and also zimmerman's family. i heard something about them appearing by telephone. >> reporter: right. that was apparently the discussion of a preliminary -- well, a minor court hearing yesterday. and that they do want to appear, but apparently they don't feel it is safe for them to appear in person so, rather, they're going to join via telephone. it will be interesting to hear what they say. of course they'll make a plea by requesting their son have bond and they get reunited while waiting for trial. >> it's interesting how he'll afford bond. his lawyer has famously said now he's indigent and also it's safer for him to be in jail than for him to be in the general population. so how is he going to justify that? are we hearing anything about that? >> reporter: very good question. you know, there are a couple of contrasting points here. the attorney has said he's concerned about his safety, but he also said he wants his client out for the betterment of his mental health and also so they can begin planning their defense. but what kind of cost will it kot come at? that is a question, i think bond could be anywhere from $5,000 all the way to $100,000. he doesn't have a lot of money. so it is supposed to be a relatively fair price that they set. we'll just have to wait and see. >> martin savidge live in sanford, florida, for us. thank you very much. a new search this morning for america's first milk carton child back in 1979. 6-year-old etan patz vanished while walking alone to his bus stop for the first time in new york city. it triggered a nationwide search and sparked a nationwide campaign focusing on protecting children. >> etan was with never found. he was actually declared legally dead in 2001, but now new and old leads have led investigators back to etan's neighborhood in lower manhattan. and they are searching for new clues. they're tearing up the concrete and they are searching behind walls. alino cho is here with the latest. boy, this is tuchbing a lot of people, taking them back to that moment when everybody could not believe this. >> that's right. remember, this is the case that really got america interested in missing children. >> yes. >> and finding them and trying to protect them on the part of parents, of course. you know, for 33 years investigators have been searching for answers in the disaappearance of etan patz. now they may be closer than ever to solving it. police and fbi are scouring a basement in the soho area of new york where patz went missing all those years ago. according to a source it was interest in a carpenter and part-time handyman, a man now 75 years old, who worked in the basement at the time that has prompted this renewed search. that handyman was said to have met with etan on the day before he disappeared, even gave him $1. officials have questioned him but at this point he's been released. we should had point out he has not been charged with any crime, which is why we are not naming him. authorities brought are a cadaver dog to the basement of this building, which, by the way, is just one block from where etan once lived and where his had parents still live. that dog did pick up the scent of human remains and now police are literally digging to find clues. >> this is one lead of many that we are pursuing, and, although the investigation initially began in 1979, we're out here in 2012 not being frustrated by time and continuing to move forward with the investigation the best we can. >> it is it not clear whether the basement was ever searched way back when, but investigators say it did figure into the probe, just apparently not enough to issue a search warrant at the time. but all these years later -- >> 33 years later. >> 33 years later, they're going to the basement and looking for anything. obviously they have good reason to believe they might find something. >> absolutely. how long do we expect they'll be searching that basement? >> nearly a week, if you can believe it. thortds say they actually plan to continue searching the soho basement for the next five days or so. they are meticulously going through the area. they've even set up a grid they're using jackhammers to rip up the concrete floor. and they're also tearing into drywall, something that wasn't possible during the original investigation. and listen why. >> keep in mind 1979 the state of forensics investigation was entirely different than what you viewers are used to now. dna was not even a forensic tool, was not used for the first time in this city before 1986, anywhere in law enforcement. >> now any drop of blood, hair, forensic evidence can be analyzed to see if it is connected to the case. there are investigators from the medical examiner's office on the scene, interestingly enough, and any forensic evidence they find will be sent to quantity cco, virginia. >> it may be a while, whatever they get, before we learn what they've found. >> this woman said 1986, right? so it still begs the question why now, right? which is why we're trying to figure that out. if they had that potentiality of being able to look at evidence since 1986, why now? what happened? >> just a couple of years ago the d.a. looked at the case, decided to reopen it. that's what led them back too this handyman and the carpenter, all of these years later. they interviewed him again and they have some reason to believe that that little boy's remains might be in that basement, which is why they're going there now. >> the people who cannot be foerlgtn forgotten in all of this are etan's parents. they still live here. >> you know, they still live in the same building next door. it's 200 feet away from that basement. it's extraordinary. i was watching old clips of the coverage way back when, and it is just heart breaking to look at that mother julie patz. cnn has actually revealed out toed parents, they don't want to comment at this time, but we did speak with author lisa cohen. she's written extensively on the subject. she spoke to etan's parents and she said they're just waiting and watching, not much more they can do. remember are etan's case real galvanized the nation, his picture the first to be featured on a milk carton. back in 1983, if you can believe this, i did not know this, president ronald reagan actually named may 25th, the day etan patz disappeared, named that national missing children's day in his honor. this case, as sad as it is, really did galvanize the nation, really got us paying attention to missing children's cases. >> i heard the parents never moved because he had that number memorized and they were waiting just in case. >> susan candiotti, who's covering this case extensively, said they still have the same message on their answering machine all these years later. >> oh, gosh. >> maybe on this may 25th they can at least have some sort of closure. >> thank you, alina. >> you bet. so a flock of birds threatens a jet moments after takeoff. a passenger captures a brief glance of the birds. you're seeing it right there. the birds a split second before they were apparently sucked into the right engine of delta flight 1063. >> delta 1063 we'll clear the right. we lost our right engine due to the ingestion of birds. doing to go a cursory inspection and once we're secure we'll get you to the gate. >> the plane safely returned to jfk. passengers talk about the scare in the air and we'll hear from ali velshi who was on the plane as well as grant cardon, the person who made the video. >> poor ali. >> there you have it. 11 minutes past the hour. ahead on "early start," a shake-up at the secret service. two supervisors i'd fied after losing their jobs in the wake of the colombian prostitution scandal. and there could be more heads rolling really soon. and an oklahoma woman sues the railroad after getting roughed up at a crossing. we'll have more on that. you're watching "early start." . but do you really? 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[ yawning sound ] >> it is 15 minutes past the hour. time to check the story that's are making news this morning. >> absolutely. a search of a pond in north carolina failed to turn up any evidence in the search for a missing soldier from ft. bragg. private kelly bordeaux was last seen leaving a local bar early saturday. police have interviewed the man who gave her a ride home who said she is asked to be let out a short distance from her had home. >> around 1:00, 1:30, she told me, i'm tired, i want to go home. i said, okay. so we got in the car, as soon as i pulled into meadowbrook, she said, you can stop right here and let me out. i'll walk. >> bordeaux's husband is believed to be out of town at the time of her disappearance. ted nugent cleared by the secret service after making controversial comments. agents interviewed the rocker after he said, quote, he would be dead or in jail if the president were reelected. nugent says the meeting could not have gone better, writing in an editorial this morning, quote, by no stretch of the imagination did i ever threaten anyone's life or hint of violence or mayhem. metaphors needn't be explained to educated people. personally have never been producer. excuse me, i have personally never been prouder. i apologize. an oklahoma woman is suing the pacific railroad saying an officer attacked her had without cause. mary hill says she was crossing the tracks when officer alan simmons stopped her and accused her of trespassing. the altercation that followed was caught on surveillance tape. >> what are you doing? get off of me! i did not, sir! >> quit, quit. >> i did not do that! >> quit. >> let go of me. >> i wasn't thinking at that time that this man wants to do harm to me. i wasn't thinking like that. >> mary wound up getting arrested and charged with assault and battery on a police officer and trespassing. she was found not guilty. her lawsuit asks for a minimum of $10,000 in damages. wow. that's a wild story. another big story, of course, we've been following, two senior supervisors who have been forced oust the secret service have now been identified. and there are new calls this morning to get rid of everyone involved in the ugly prostitution scandal that's rocking the agency. this is a photo from the facebook page of 48-year-old former supervisor david randall chaney. he retired from the secret service under pressure this week. that's him standing there behind sarah palin in 2008. in the comment section beneath the picture on facebook, chaney writes, quote, i was really checking her out, if you know what i mean. chaney is married with an adult son. greg stokes has been identified as the other senior supervisor who's been forced out of the department. he was assistant special agent in charge of the k9 dwegs. on capitol hill, probably no surprise, they're calling for more. >> those people who were responsible have brought disgrace, and it's disgusting. i haven't been briefed, but i don't see how those who were involved in this should be able to continue in their work. >> it does appear that you will have more employees leaving, either today or tomorrow, the exact number i don't know, but i do expect more employees to be leaving the secret service. >> jill dougherty is live from washington this morning. good morning. what more are we learning about this? there seems to be something new every of day. >> that is definitely true. let's sum up what we've got here. we've got 11 people with the secret service who have been implicated in this and three have already left. one of them is a supervisor who was allowed to retire. another one resigned. and then another one was pushed out. then you have the eight remaining people who have had their security clearances suspended, and they are on administrative leave. then, if you look at their investigations, and they're popping up all over the place, too, you've got five pending investigations, including don't forget there was some military people who were being questioned in this, and there is a military investigation pending. so it really is growing, and i think you'd have to say that right now the implications of this are really broad on so many levels, kate. >> speaking of implications, you're pulling a bit of double duty this morning for us, jill. of course you cover the state department all the time. are there international implications, do you see? international fallout to the scandal? >> definitely. just look at the quote coming from the former president of colombia who's talking about ethics and the whole world, of course, is watching as this unfolds. there are security implications, as our national security contributor fran townsend has mentioned. you know, in colombia you have certainly gangs of narco traffickers who could be involved in webs of people who are in the prostitution business, and then also you have senator ben cardin talking about perhaps the senate looking into trafficking, human trafficking, connected with this. he's not saying that that necessarily happened, but it is very, very serious and it affects what the united states looks like abroad. >> as you indicated, with the former colombian president's statement, it could be creating tensions with some of our international partners, obviously much more to come on all of this. thanks so much, jill. talk to you soon. it is 20 minutes past the hour. next on "early start," do you think the country is headed in the right direction? 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