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Ravens, 49ers meet for media day in New Orleans – Carlos Diaz shares Super Bowl prep details
Forget "Fat Tuesday" - It's Super Tuesday in New Orleans! Also known as...media day at the Super Bowl.
The Baltimore Ravens arrived last night, one day after their Super Bowl 47 opponent, the San Francisco 49ers, touched down.
In a few hours, players from the Ravens and the 49ers will be getting hit from all sides...with questions!
This morning on "Early Start," HLN's Carlos Diaz shares the latest on the preps for the big game.
MYB: Gun sales 'way up' after Sandy Hook shooting
Christine Romans is minding your business with the latest on gun sales. Gun sales are way up since the Sandy Hook shooting. "Background checks have been just skyrocketing," Romans reports.
'Argo,' 'Downton Abbey' big winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards – Nischelle Turner reports
Los Angeles (CNN) - Although Daniel Day-Lewis appears on track to win the best actor Oscar next month, he suggests his win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday may actually hurt his chances.
His riveting portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been honored with the Golden Globe and SAG best actor awards. While those awards are often predictive of the Oscar best actor winner, Day-Lewis is downplaying his chances.
'Argo' glows
Other Oscar races grew murkier with Sunday's SAG awards, including for best picture. While "Lincoln" might have been a favorite at the start of Hollywood's awards season, its prospects of taking the top Academy honor were dimmed with Ben Affleck's "Argo" winning the SAG best film award, just two weeks after taking the Golden Globe.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Nichelle Turner recaps the big moments from the SAG Awards.
READ MORE: What's next? SAG winners talk Oscars, their future backstage
MYB: 'Super Bowl of economic data' to be released this week
Christine Romans looks at key economic reports to release this week regarding the economic health of the U.S., including:
Monday: Durable Goods
Tuesday: Case-Shiller 20-City Index and Consumer Confidence
Wednesday: Federal Reserve Minutes and 4Q GDP Estimate
Friday: Unemployment rate
Will these reports show a strengthening economy? Check out the video above.
Deadly fire breaks out in Brazil nightclub killing 231 people – Shasta Darlington reports
Santa Maria, Brazil (CNN) - Workers combing through the charred wreckage of Kiss nightclub in southern Brazil on Sunday encountered the eerie sound of ringing cell phones.
Glauber Fernandes, a reporter from CNN affiliate Band News, explains.
"It was a really complicated scene. A lot of smoke, a lot of shoes that was left, cell phones, because everybody tried to get out of there running," he said. "While we were there, we saw the cell phones were ringing. It was parents, friends, trying to know about what was happening and nobody was answering."
A fire swept through the packed, popular nightclub in Santa Maria early Sunday, killing at least 231 people - enough to fill a large plane - Brazilian Health Minister Alexandro Padilha told reporters. Of those, 185 have been identified so far.
Many apparently died from smoke inhalation. Others were trampled in the rush for the exits, one security guard told Band News.
More than 90 people were hospitalized, Padilha said, including 14 patients with severe burns.
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Shasta Darlington reports on the latest in the investigation into the fire.
READ MORE: Fire rips through crowded Brazil nightclub, killing 233
CNN Trends: J.J. Abrams to helm next 'Star Wars' movie
John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin tell you what's trending on the web this morning, including news of J. J. Abrams directing the next installment of the sci-fi phenomenon, "Star Wars: Episode VII".
MYB: Stocks on the move; Apple down but Netflix up
Christine Romans has the latest on world markets and U.S. stock futures. “Two big price moves yesterday,” Romans says. Apple stock is down 12%. “And the big surprise, Netflix up 42%.” She also reports the latest details on safety concerns with Boeing's Dreamliner since a fire broke out on a Dreamliner plane in Boston.
Sen. Feinstein proposes assault weapons ban – Paul Steinhauser reports
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Washington (CNN) - On one side were pegboard panels mounted with various assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons - including a Bushmaster similar to the one used in last month's Newtown school massacre.
Behind the stage stood police officers supporting a renewed ban on such firepower. One by one, victims of gun violence told their brief stories and expressed support for a new federal ban being proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein on some assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons.
Almost six weeks after the Connecticut shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders, Feinstein said she planned to introduce her measure later Thursday, with Reps. Carolyn McCarthy of New York and Ed Perlmutter of Colorado doing the same in the House.
Feinstein's proposal would upgrade an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and also outlaw ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
She said the goal is to "dry up the supply of these weapons over time."
This morning on "Early Start," CNN's Paul Steinhauser looks at the details of Sen. Feinstein's plan and the public support for this type of assault weapons ban.
READ MORE: 'Enough is enough,' Feinstein says in proposing new gun ban
Deep freeze continues as dangerous ice expected across Tennessee – Jennifer Delgado reports
(CNN) - Exposure to subfreezing temperatures has left at least three people dead in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, according to authorities.
The National Weather Service forecasters urged caution early Friday as they warned "bitterly cold conditions" were expected to continue across much of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast into the weekend.
Widespread light snow showers were expected across the upper Great Lakes region and across the Ohio Valley before moving later in the day across the eastern United States, according to the weather service.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service predicted 1 to 4 inches of snow for areas in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions on Friday with the Carolinas and Tennessee Valley getting freezing rain beginning early in the morning.
The snow was expected to move later in the day into the eastern United States. It was not good news in portions of New York and New Jersey, where homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in places such as Staten Island and Far Rockaway, Queens, lacked basic utilities needed to restore heat.
With temperatures plummeting, warming centers were opened in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other areas, according to various emergency management officials.
This morning on "Early Start," meteorologist Jennifer Delgado reports live from Nashville, TN on the bitter cold gripping the nation.
READ MORE: Bundle up, forecasters warn, as arctic blast hits eastern US
CNN Trends: Legal 'drunk driving' in ireland, artist defends Middleton painting & Kate Upton Super Bowl spot
Irish county legalizes 'drunk driving,' Middleton artist defends painting and Kate Upton Super Bowl commercial leaked.
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