quite literally the pipeline for russia and so much exports of oil and gas to europe. this is right there, the footprint, the chess piece for russia. it goes right through ukraine. and of course, the new york times reporting this morning that angela merkel spoke to vladimir putin and told president obama that she believes putin has lost touch with reality. so, that s a little unsettling to read as you wake up this morning. all right, four minutes after the hour. in other news, another round of deadly winter weather slicing through the middle of the united states. at this hour, close to 100 million people are waking up to ice, snow and plunging temperatures, severe storms. right now there is a state of emergency in tennessee, alabama and texas. i just got word from someone on fit twitter that texas is a mess this morning. overall across the country, 2,000 flights, mostly in the northeast, have already been canceled today. in parts of kansas, the windchill overnight made it feel
it beat the previous most-tweeted retweet, which was from president obama the night of his re-election. it also crashed twitter, by the way, for about 20 minutes. jared leto got the best supporting actor to for his role in dallas buyers club, so it was a big night for dallas buyers club, but i met him at a screening in december and asked him how it felt, you know, so many months or even years after filming, to see yourself in such an important film. and he told me, i didn t watch the movie. can you believe that? he won best supporting actor and he told me he didn t watch the movie. turns out, it s really good. you should check it out. hear it s going to win some awards. he says he leaves the arts there on location. some are calling this the trial of a century, an olympic hero accused of murdering his model girlfriend. was it cold-blooded killing or a tragic mistake? we re live in the court as it begins this morning in the blade runner murder trial. and a new warning for p
major milestones. mick is in beverly hills with all the highlights. we ll bring you the moments everyone s talking about this morning. can you believe ellen broke twitter? what a headline. she broke twitter, right? if only it would stay that way. no, man. it would shut you down completely. great to see you this morning. we will be watching new day, if only to find out about ukraine. a great panel of experts coming in there. we ll be right back. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn t work fast. you re on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you ll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? this one s a keeper. rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. and a hotel is the perfect place to talk to you about hotels.
night. the show last night made twitter history. why? because of a selfie. ellen degeneres inspired it right there. you see every major actor on earth in that selfie right there. it was retweeted more than 2 million times. that more than doubled president obama s re-election tweet. it also crashed twitter for about 20 minutes right there. the thing that i hate about this is that an impromptu moment with all the most famous people, they all look so darn good anyway! because they spent all day getting pampered before going there. i take a selfie like that my face is all distorted and everything. look at them. come on. you re just as cute as bradley cooper. come on. says your wife. she doesn t, though! no one says that! all right, we digress. all right, happening right now, an olympic hero on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. did he kill her in cold blood or was this all a tragic mistake? we have new details this morning on just what this defense is going to look like.
right there. what a lovely moment for mr. mcconaughey. best director honors went to alfonso cuaron for his gripping sci-fi drama gravity. this was groundbreaking to look at, phenomenal directing there. he s the first latin director to win best director. the film won seven oscars in all, mostly in technical categories, but not best picture, however. that honor went to? steve mcqueen. let s let will smith say it. he says it better than me. 12 years a slave ! there you go. you know, i had to let him say it right there. that s will smith. 12 years a slave won best picture, directed by steve mcqueen. just unflinching slave drama. it s the first film from a black director to win best picture. so, the show last night also made twitter history. why? well, i m sure you ve seen it because it s been retweeted more than 2 million times. this all-star selfie right there. name all those mega stars in that picture. there they are. that s been retweeted by every human on earth at least tw