>> the girls. even add michelle owe bomb that to that list. >> she tweeted this picture saying our prayers are with the

missing nigerian girls and their family. it's time to bring back our girls. >> listen to what brittain's prime minister had to say about it wednesday in parliament. >> i'm the father of two young daughters and my reaction is exactly the same as his and every father or mother in this land or in the world. this is an act of pure evil. it's united people to stand by nigeria, to find these people and return them to their parents. >> special united nations envoy actress angelina jolie also weighed in on the kidnapping. >> if the world does nothing, then they get away with this, then we set this world a precedence. i think it's extremely important something is done immediately to find something to bring them home. god for bid we can't. we still have to bring these men to justice. >> nigeria's government is offering a reward of more than $300,000 for information leading to the girl's rescue.

>> the president has accepted offers of help from china, brittain, france, even the u.s. even if his government says they have not done enough to stop these attacks from boko haram. >> the government of nigeria has been, in my view, somewhat derelict in its responsibility toward protecting boys and girls, men and women in northern nigeria over the last year. they need to make it a priority to do everything they can to try to bring these girls home safely and that, i believe, requires assistance from others, including the united states, and the united states is offering military and intelligence support to nigeria to help find the girls. >> it's a mission facing very big challenges. >> mounting worldwide outrage at

boko haram's vicious kidnapping of 200 school girls now leading the u.s. to offer widespread intelligence and military assistance. >> they've accepted our help, military law enforcement and other agencies who are going in -- >> nigeria agreed to accept u.s. help and still has to agree to the specifics. a team of u.s. military experts along with the fbi and others are offering help with intelligence, communications and planning for a possible rescue. there is already talk of u.s. commando raids. >> i think the people on the ground have to determine if special forces are necessary. >> reporter: but the pentagon says don't expect to see u.s. troops in action. more likely, detective work. >> every single thing is based on having ironclad intelligence

on the target and on exactly where the girls are, how the girls are being treated and what they'll also look at is how will the guards operate, what the routine is. >> and that's the kind of intelligence the u.s. simply doesn't have at this point. and what if the girls have already been moved? >> each one is going to be an individual house, probably in different buildings, maybe even in different cities and that makes it really difficult to do a coordinated raid to go after them at exactly the same time. >> without all the raids at exactly the same time boko haram would have advance warning the u.s. was coming after them. so what could the u.s. offer? perhaps drones flying overhead. to begin to monitor boko haram's movement. barbara starr, cnn, the

pentagon. of course, malala yousuf knows the dangers. she's recovering from a gunshot to the head. >> on wednesday she launched a nigerian girls education campaign. she talked about it with cnn's christiana amanpour. >> when i heard about that i thought, my sisters are in prison now. i heard it as i should speak up because i felt a responsibility. i believe that we are being sent there as a community. it's our responsibility that we take care of each other. >> we will have more of her interview later in this newscast. well, russian president vladimir putin is calling for a

delay for a referendum on autonomy. they're planning to vote on sunday. >> some leaders say they will consider putin's request to postpone the vote. ukraine's interim president dismissed putin's words as hot air. >> they say it should be put on hold so they can give diplomacy. thousands of troops on the border of the ukraine will be withdrawn. for all of this let's go live to moscow and so, matthew, did putin blink here or is this some kind of a distance between himself and his pro russian groups? >> reporter: yeah, i think the answer lies somewhere in between those two things. the sanctions that have been levied against russia by the european union and the united states that caused vladimir putin and russia to blink.

just a few days ago we spoke with someone saying the elections because of the poor security situation would have been absurd. also, calling on the separatist groups to postpone their referendums this weekend. i think one of the reasons may be that the kremlin is acknowledging that those groups have not been able to deliver the clear election victory that perhaps the kremlin wanted such as the refr rerendum they wante. there may have been some deal behind the scenes with vladimir putin and the swiss president, the chairperson of the osce where these remarks were made. if the kremlin has secured the guarantee that kiev will sit down with the rebel groups and discuss autonomy, then maybe

putin has said that's what he wants to achieve anyway so there's no point. >> we've heard some say they'll run with this, they'll put it to a vote. it's mixed because it's not organized or not as organized as much as you would like. so, at the end of the day though, how much influence will putin have to bring these groups together to do what he wants them to do? >> well, i think this is a good test of how much influence vladimir putin has whether the separatist groups will heed the warnings. the fact that they're discussing whether to go ahead does imply there's a certain weight that the words vladimir putin carries. they will make their own decision, i suppose. whether that's intentional if they go ahead with this and distance what's on the ground and opposition of the russian president is clear. in the hours ahead or days ahead

we'll have a greater idea, clearer idea of whether these separatist groups are going to do what the russian president asks or not. >> and i guess more immediately putin said that he will be withdrawing 40,000 russian troops on the border with ukraine. any sign from moscow that that has actually happened. >> putin was talking in the past sense, that it already happened, that they've returned to their training camps and permanent bases. that's been disputed. the secretary of general of nato has said they've seen no troops whatsoever. it's a war of words. in the past few minutes the russian foreign ministry has tweeted that rasmussin is turning a blind eye to the troop movements on the ground. it's unclear what's happening on the border between ukraine and

russia. the kremlin says they'll return their troops back to their barracks. >> matthew is live in moscow. and echoing what matthew just reported, u.s. and nato leaders are saying they have not seen any sign of a russian military backup. the secretary general met with polish leaders in warsaw on tuesday. he called on russia to stop supporting pro russian separatists. >> we have sent an unmistakable message to russia. your behavior doesn't belong to the 21st century and your rhetoric draws on outdated cliches of the cold war. >> one of the biggest banks in the u.k. is announcing some very deep job cuts. barclays says it will slash another 2,000 jobs as part of a

major strategy shakeup. that adds to another 12,000 job cuts that were announced in february. ceo anthony jenkins says the changes will make barclays leaner and stronger, make a 5% fall in pre-tax profit in the first quarter. well, still to come here on "cnn newsroom", a high profile arrest in that south korean ferry disaster. we'll have the details. also ahead, it has been two months since malaysia flight 370 disappeared without a trace. we'll let you know where the search is going next. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover.

they've arrested the ceo of the ferry company. he's charged with causing death by negligence and charged with

causing death. the ship's captain and 14 other crew members already in custody. and investigators are saying now excessive cargo and the failure to tie it down properly contributed to the sinking of the ferry. 269 people, as you know, are condition firmed dead. there are still 33 unaccounted for. it's hard to believe but two months now since malaysia flight 370 disappeared. >> after, as you well know, a wide and very expensive international search. not a single trace of that plane has been found. as will riply reports, the investigation goes on. >> reporter: in cambra, australia, some of the best minds are taking a look at the facts of malaysia flight 370. they fall into three categories, the known, the assumed and the yet to be discovered.

march 8th the 777 takes off from runway 32 right climb to go flight level 350, 35,000 feet. less than one hour into the flight the final words from the cockpit. >> good night. >> also known, the plane's tracking devices are switched off causing it to disappear. malaysian military radar continues tracking the flight. a senior official says the plane went off course but nothing was done even though it appeared something was wrong. >> no planes were sent up on the night to investigate. >> no, simply because it was deemed not to be hostile. >> reporter: it took more than four hours to activate search and rescue teams. if all this is known, one huge fact has to be assumed. the flight path calculated from satellite data and fuel estimates from the plane, that data used to determine the

plane's most likely flight path thousands of miles off course leading the malaysian prime minister to make this stunning statement. >> flight mh-370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: an international team here in kuala lumpur spent countless hours calculating what they assumed is the time resting place of the plane. now having found nothing, they're doing it all over again in cambra reanalyzing all the data collected in the last two months coming up with essentially what is their best educated guess. the team will chart the course for a massive underwater search operation off the coast of australia, 60,000 kilometers, $60 million up to 12 months where searchers heard noises where they assume are from the so-called black box. >> this would be consistent with transmissions from both the flight data recorder and the

cockpit voice recorder. this is the most promising lead. so far it's probably the best information that we have had. >> reporter: and now the facts we simply don't know, the facts yet to be discovered. what caused the plane to go off course and who, if anyone, was at the controls during the flight's final hours? despite the work of 26 countries, so far the search has found no trace of the plane or those 239 people. >> we will do everything to solve this mystery. we will not let people down. >> reporter: finally, back to the one fact that's known and undisputed. two months later, still no answer to the question will they ever find the plane that carries so many secrets. will riply, cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. if you are waking up in western europe right now,

apparently it is a chilly -- it is a chilly and soggy morning. >> i like cholly. >> pedram, you can take it over for us. you don't want to get up on a cholly morning. >> it's one of those mornings. we're seeing delays with the cholly weather moving in. the jet stream is set up overhead. i can't see much in the way of changes here in the weather pattern over the next seven days. unfortunately we are into may. you expect a transition to dryer wet were. much of the u.k. will see a barrage of storm systems. the vast majority won't be a significant rain maker but enough to keep it wet one after the other. scattered showers in nature go out to a close perspective around the irish sea. we get strong storms near beakons national park. london could get wet weather.

copenhagen is reporting issues with scattered showers and visibility. vienna, 70 degrees. mid 80s down around madrid. seasonal around london and dublin around 60 degrees or 15 celsius. it should be 79 degrees across southern spain. madrid flirting with 70 degrees. the average irish temperature is 70 degrees. want to switch gears. in the past 24 hours we broke down some data regarding climate change and sea level change when it comes to that. flood losses per city in the year 2000 were $6 billion. take a look, $52 billion in 2050. the global damage will be $1 trillion a year. what cities around the world will be most prone to sea level

rise. guanzhou is number one, new orleans number two. and then ecuador with guayaquil with number three. these cities here going to be the first in line to face the threat. >> that there comes the cost/benefit analysis. what does it cost to do something, what will it cost us later on? obviously quite a bit in the flooding. >> we'll take a short break. when we come back there's been an important development in one of syria's battleground cities. >> rebel forces are evacuating the city of homs. what it could mean for the country and the government and years of civil war. we'll look into that coming up. plus, ukrainian troops recapture the government building in one eastern city only to walk away the same day. we'll explain why up next.

the u.s. is suspending its public efforts in yemen. >> one official says there is a credible and somewhat specific threat targeting the embassy. another u.s. official tells us the suspension is based on information about threats to western interests. >> and the united kingdom is advising against travel to yemen and urging all british nationals

there to actually leave the country. cuba says it has spoiled a terrorist plot against its military facilities and has arrested four cuban exils that havana says are u.s. citizens. they were arrested there last month after traveling to, quote, promote violent actions. the u.s. will be asked to investigate but the state department says it has no further information. national coalition leader is preparing to meet john kerry in washington later today. it comes as rebel forces have handed over their strong hold city of homs. >> the city was once considered the capitol of the syrian revolution. rebel fighters are leaving as part of a truce that ends a two-year siege of the city.

their withdrawal effectively hands the city to the government. >> syrian rebel fighters boarding buses to take them out of the besieged neighborhoods. this might be the final chapter in a story of hope, violence and tragedy that was the battle for homs. it started in 2011 when demonstrations against the assad regime took hold in syria's third largest city. government forces moved violently against them, but an increasing number of defectors from the syrian army began protecting the demonstrators. they formed small units and called themselves the free syrian army. >> i had sworn to protect civilians but when i saw what the government forces were doing to the people, i defected on june 2nd. >> reporter: the rebels held

homs and it was the epicenter of the uprising against bashar al assad. regime forces launched a brutal assault including artillery shooting and snipers killing scores of people. marcelle was one of the western journalists to make it to homs. in reports to krp cnn he spoke people who risked their life. >> translator: the snipers have surrounded the area. it's a huge danger. >> reporter: the regime slowly gained the upper hand winning back neighborhoods which was totally destroyed in the process. there's not many places in the world where you can feel how fierce and intense fighting was if you go there after the fact, but this is certainly one of those places. the government now says it's in complete control of this area, but you can clearly see just how

fierce the fighting here was. in the end, the last rebels held out and circled and besieged by the syrian army relying mostly on tunnels for a few supplies. for most of them the struggle ends here on the buses bringing them out of the city and they hope to safety. it's part of a larger truce and a swap for captured regime fighters. the assad regime hales this as a victory, but with so much carnage and destruction it's hard to see how the battle of homs has left any winners. fred pleitkin, cnn. >> boy, i know. desolation, one city, gone. >> yeah. two years of very intense fighting. okay. more nations now following the u.s. lead offering help to find nigeria's kidnapped school girls. >> ahead, hear why a former cia director believes how going after boko haram could have

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom" i'm natalie allen. >> i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers

around the world. it's 3:30 on the east coast of the united states. russian president vladimir putin is calling for a delay in the referendum on autonomy in the ukraine. they plan to vote on sunday. mr. putin says the kiev government and pro russian activists should give dialogue a chance. south korean officials have arrested the ceo of last month's tragic accident. he is charged with causing death by negligence. they say excessive cargo contributed to the disaster. 269 people died. the government plans to ban the company from the ferry business. thailand has a new caretaker prime minister. he replaces the prime minister removed because of over use of

power. the constitutional court has been closed for security reasons until may 13th. you can now add china and france to the list of nations providing help to nigeria to find hundreds of kidnapped school girls. >> china will provide satellite and intelligence assistance. france is sending agents from its external intelligence agency. this follows offers of assistance from brittain and the united states. while it's unlikely the u.s. will deploy troops it will use drone aircraft to monitor boko haram's actions. >> a former director of the cia says there is risk involved for the u.s. if it decides to go after boko haram.

>> there's a cost. you have an al qaeda franchise movement running from pakistan to west africa. yemen, pakistan, afghanistan, those al qaeda guys are committed. boko haram is not. boko haram is local. now we're making a choice. i think it's right, but it carries consequences. we are putting an american face on opposition to boko haram. an organization that doesn't target americans yet and we may accelerate that process because of what we've done. again, i think it's the right thing to do, but i can see why we had been hesitant to do it up to now. >> michael did not say in that clip at least that in the past boko haram has made threats against western citizens as well as the united states. so a good point, but the threat is already out there. one person who knows the threat from al qaeda and islamic

terrorists is mala yousufsi. cnn chief correspondent explains why malala's voice is so important. >> reporter: i spoke earlier to malala, reached her in birmingham, england, where she is still undergoing rehabilitation and treatment. she's going to school there. she said she was appalled and horrified when she heard the news of the 300 nigerian girls who were kidnapped. obviously it took her back to the assault she herself suffered. she said she felt like they were her cyst ste her sisters. her fund is launching a nigerian girl campaign. they had to stand up and she urged the nigerian government to do everything they could to find these girls and she said the international community needed

to help them do that. she also told me that when i asked her why she thought girls were such targets, she basically said these terrorists are misusing islam. >> first of all, boko haram, they are extremists and they don't really understand islam. they are actually misusing the name, even abusing the name of islam because they have forgotten that the word islam means peace and the first word that was reveered on the profit was ikra and that means deed. it's the message of get being knowledge and getting education. how can they deny this. islam gives a message to us to go and get knowledge and get education. >> it is still dangerous to speak out. she has yet to be able to go back to pakistan and know and be certain she'll be safe. it is terribly difficult because even someone as prominent as malala has incurred a lot of criticism.

people have accused her of bad mouthing her own country since she's going out and explaining what happened to herself and how she must struggle for the right of all girls to be educated. remember that all the experts tell us the only way to combat extremism in those parts of the world is to give girls and boys an education. that's why this is so vital. not to mention that what happened in nigeria is a terrible case of human trafficking. back to you. >> absolutely. a mini front. >> she is such a well spoken young woman. >> she is. she certainly is. pro russian separatists in ukraine's donestk's region says they will look at autonomy scheduled for this weekend. >> they're vowing to go ahead with the vote despite the appeal from the russian president to wait. here's chief u.s. security correspondent jim sciutto.

there's orders to a pro russian activist to proceed with a referendum. >> reporter: more signs of the pro russian push inside ukraine on a day that in one town ukrainian flag torn down, the pro russian flag paraded through the crowd and with that one fleeting success of government forces in eastern ukraine reversed as pro russian separatists retake part of mariopool. the ukrainian troops who had moved in hours earlier unceremoniously marched out. this tug of war between east and west inside ukraine is growing more intense and more deadly. five pro russian activists

killed overnight. u.s. officials say russia remains the driving force behind the crisis, but russian president vladimir putin continues to sell a very different narrative. today he claimed russia is withdrawing its troops from the ukrainian border and called on pro russian separatists to delay the referendum scheduled for this sunday. >> translator: a necessary condition is stopping the violence for both the use of military force and the use of armed illegal units, extremist elements and forces is absolutely unacceptable in the modern world. >> reporter: with crucial national elections less than three weeks away, the administration's critics in congress are increasingly calling for tougher sanctions in moscow. >> i don't understand. i just -- i truly don't get it. we've got 40,000 troops intimidating people on the insi inside. we've got black ops, little

green men doing the things they're doing on the inside. i don't understand. i really don't. i just don't understand the thinking of waiting until the damage is done. >> reporter: as for president putin's claim that russia is pulling back its forces from the ukrainian border, a senior u.s. military official has told me there is no indication that russia has moved its troops. they're watching closely but they are skeptical because previous russian claims have turned out to be far from the truth. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. all right. now to a debate on a jordanian television show about media freedom that turned ugly and, well, destructive at least for a desk. >> it did. it took the wrath of both sides. it got out of hand when one journalist told the other to shut up. the topic of debate was the civil war in syria. the one is wrecking the studio, the one was accused of

supporting the rebels, the other was accused of supporting the regime. >> they weren't hurt. the hot topic for sure but the desk did. >> that happens a lot. it does. >> passion. >> a lot of passion. a lot of hard feelings. up next here on "cnn newsroom", the oscar pistorius murder trial gets back underway. >> these are live images right now from that pretoria courtroom, and we will have a live report when we come back. also ahead here, new allegations against the woman who recorded l.a. clippers owner donald sterling making racist remarks. actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer. its superior uva uvb protection helps prevent early skin aging and skin cancer, all with the cleanest feel. it's the best for your skin. neutrogena® ultra sheer.

and welcome back. more testimony expected today from british cleric as he stands trial on terror charges in new york. >> his lawyers say he may be their only witness. the prosecution called its final

witness on wednesday for testimony on al-masri's alleged role on 16 tourists in yemen kidnapping. >> he's accused of setting up a jihadist training camp. he pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of terrorism in 2012. the biggest corruption trial is underway. there are five people facing charges including conspiracy to bribe public officials. they control the biggest property development company and have amassed an $18 billion organization. the murder trial of oscar pistorius is set to resume shortly after one day of rest for elections. pistorius arrived a short time ago. on tuesday the court heard from neighbors of pistorius who said they heard a man crying out loudly. miss tore yous stand by his

claim he shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp by mistake. let's get the latest from our legal analyst kelly phelps. she is outside the pretoria high court live. kelly, thank you for being with us. so in the past few days, what has it meant, do you think, to oscar pistorius defense that this was a mistake, that he did not mean to kill his girlfriend? >> reporter: in the last few days the neighbors haven't actually testified to the crucial time period on the night in question, which is when he was actually firing the shots. what they have done though is testify about the immediate after math of the incident and what that contributes to his case is first of all it adds an heir of consistency between his version of events and their version of events with regard to that part of the evening in question, therefore, contributing to an heir of

reliability to his testimony overall and, secondly, it goes to this very important evidence that the state has relied on with regard to other neighbors having heard a woman screaming and they've used this to base their claim of intention to kill on. now we've had the immediate neighbors right next door to mi pistorius's house saying they did not hear a woman screaming, they heard a man desperately crying for help. the defense is trying to contradict the evidence of the previous state witnesses. >> right. because we had heard the testimony about whether she was screaming so that's interesting if that is in dispute in this case. so what is expected next, kelly? there's still a few people to be called. anything dramatic or any big witnesses that are expected to take the stand?

>> reporter: we are still expecting some pivotal witnesses, particularly expert witnesses, and especially the ballistics expert and a psychologist most likely. court has started shortly ago and we are currently hearing from a professor who is an expert anesthetist. this is going back to the expert of gastric emptying. they're trying to claim she had eaten two hours before she died which would contradict certain aspects of pistorius's story. the defense is putting their own expert witnesses on the stand to say that the gastric emptying is unreliable because it's imprecise and therefore we can't learn anything from it. >> kelly phelps for us. there you see people in the court as it resumes in pretoria. we'll continue to follow

developments for you. >> eight witnesses to go. they're expecting it to wrap up in may. the judge will retire with the assistants and a lot of evidence. a verdict may be expected june or july. it has gone on for a long time. >> it has. now to a new wrinkle in the controversy surrounding racist remarks made by l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. >> this is as the woman who recorded the remarks is denying allegations of her own. >> reporter: new reports the los angeles district attorney's office is looking into allegations v. stiviano tried to extort money from the current clippers owner to stop more damaging recordings like this from leaking. >> if you don't feel it, don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> reporter: apparently that isn't the only recording of sterling acting badly. here's what stiviano talking to

barbara walters. >> part of what the world heard was only 15 minutes. there's a number of other hours that the world doesn't know. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the l.a. district attorney said, we are not commenting on the report nor whether her office confirmed they're investigating viv stiviano. she denies the allegations of extorsion. stiviano's attorney has denied she leaked the original recordings that led to nba commissioner adam silver's decision to ban sterling for life. >> adam silver said at his news conference that it really didn't matter how donald sterling was taped, why he was taped and even if it was improper that he was taped. the point is that the tapes exist and that means, according to silver, that sterling has to go.

>> reporter: if the extorsionex proof true, this wouldn't be the first time stiviano was in trouble with the law. the representative says she was not convicted in the past cases. the current drama has former dodgers manager tommy will he so lesorda weighing in. >> it doesn't surprise me that he said those things. that doesn't surprise me and he shouldn't have said it. and he just hurt himself by talking too much and doing things he couldn't and shouldn't be doing. i don't wish that girl any bad luck but i hope she gets hit with a car. >> reporter: meanwhile, the nba here in new york is moving forward with removing sterling. the advisory committee met yesterday to discuss sterling's termination and will meet again next week.

jason carroll, cnn, new york. all right. well, he's back. >> indeed. >> he was gone but not forgotten. toronto's mayor is speaking out on his rehab. >> ahead, rob ford gives an upbeat assessment over questions on just where on earth he is. >> do you think the video is offensive? >> no.

you were probably wondering about the toronto mayor rob ford. well, he says his rehab is going great. he told a "toronto sun" columnist -- >> rehab is amazing. it reminds me of football camp, kind of like the washington redskins camp i went to as a kid. >> he hasn't revealed the location although someone says he should to prove he's actually in rehab. >> yeah. >> i wonder what the washington redskins think about the comparison. well, the fire weather threat is decreasing in the united states but the severe weather threat is going up.

>> pedram has all of that right now. he joins us at the international weather center. >> if it's not one thing, it's another here. it's decreasing significantly as far as the fire threat is concerned because we have wet weather going to push in. the pattern will remain mild. very warm. storms push in a latter portion across the central planes and the midwest. red flag warnings, only a couple of counties across southern new mexico and texas have a red flag warning. this time yesterday we had eight states with tens of millions of people. the conditions are conducive for fire. we have 14.5 million people in the shaded regions. that is for severe wednesday from wednesday into thursday morning. this continues into thursday afternoon as well with severe possibilities. mainly large hail and severe winds. if you're traveling, this is such. delays going to be lighter across houston. new york city, low visibility. always a major problem.

upwards of two hours that j.f.k. has delays. kansas city could see delees -- delays three hours. security camera at a church playground. this is one of the tornadoes that roared through the region on the 28th of april. the church released this. this was an ef-3. winds 150 miles per hour. 74 tornadoes sparked across this region. we know 35 lives were lost. incredible footage. you see the tornado come through the heart of portions of tupelo and caught on tape. no injuries because no one was at the playground at that time. a rare glimpse inside a tornado there. >> hit hard. >> fascinating to see. all right. thanks, pedram. >> you have it. >> we want to introduce you to very cute, very adorable, very -- not just enough veries. >> little dancing legs.

here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: they are the pint-sized pair whose salsa is burning up the internet. i was tripping over my shoelaces and look at their foot work. >> reporter: have you ever seen a good better than kevin? >> no. i'm sorry, no. >> reporter: she teaches them at her new jersey dance studio. 6-year-old beverly devos has been taking lessons only a year but 8-year-old kevin taes has been studying with johanna since he was 5. >> believe me, he knows what he's doing. he knows he's good. he knows he's got it. he loves attention. >> reporter: boy, has he gotten attention since people flipped for this video from a salsa congress in israel. what's kevin's favorite move? >> what i like the most is moving my legs fast and carrying

the lady. >> reporter: not since the dancing dogs hit the internet has latin dancing gone so viral. johanna approves of the dog's foot work, too. >> come on. those legs are amazing. >> reporter: the kids have been wowing salsa fans for a couple of years. in fact, both kevin and beverly are world champions who won their age group at the world latin dance cup in miami with different partners over the last two years. kevin wants to be a professional dancer when he grows up, from youngsters to an oldster, a 79-year-old drove the crowd nuts with her salsa on brittain's got talent last month. judging by this, kevin and beverly could have long careers ahead of them. throwing the girl is the hard

part for kevin. >> yeah, because times it's hard. >> reporter: especially when it's your teacher. >> yeah, she was heart because i couldn't reach. >> reporter: he's going to be a lady killer, huh? >> he is. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i love that story. >> i love that kid. he is just the best. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> i'm john vasus. cnn is coming up and "world business today."

new terror in nigeria. hundreds slaughtered in the streets by islamic militants. the attackers, the same group who kidnapped hundreds of young girls from their schools. those children set to be sold to the highest bidder. and this morning, that country is in fear, waiting for help. we're live in nigeria with the very latest. crisis in ukraine escalating this morning. deadly fights in the streets between soldiers and pro-russian protesters as russia's president insists he has nothing to do with the conflict. he offers ukraine's citizens some advice on their upcoming election. we're live in moscow with how the kremlin could be getting involvedno