Indian Socialite Dies "Unnatural Death"; Big Beer Deal In Asia
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There were clashes in the streets of Kiev after thousands had gathered to protest new laws. The new legislation severely restricts people's ability to demonstrate in the Ukraine was passed after months after pro-E.U. demonstration. Now, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been very critical of the new legislation, saying that it was rammed through parliament without transparency or accountability. Following Sunday's clashes, the government has agreed to negotiate with the pro-E.U. demonstrators. Back to you, Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: Erin, thank you so much. And in Japan, a dolphin hunt continues today despite international outrage against it and calls from many for it to stop. Paula Hancocks has the details from Tokyo.</s>PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN COMMENTATOR: More than 200 bottle-nosed dolphins are waiting to be either captured or killed in Japan. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says that some of these dolphins are visibly bloodied and injured as they're trying to escape from the hunters. Japan rejects international criticism, saying that the annual dolphin hunting season is an ancient local custom. The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, has also become involved in this (inaudible), tweeting that she is, quote, "deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive-hunt dolphin killing." Back to you, Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: Paula, thank you. And a growing political scandal in India where a government minister's wife was found dead after accusing him of adultery. CNN's Sumnima Udas has more from New Dehli.</s>SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kate, never has the death of a socialite garnered so much intrigue in India. Sunanda Pushkar and her high-profile husband, the Indian politician, Shashi Tharoor, were really a mainstay in New Dehli's glamorous social circle. But last week on Twitter, she accused her husband of having an affair with a Pakistani journalist. And on Friday, she was found dead in this luxury hotel. Now, doctors say her death was sudden and unnatural. The cause is still being investigated. But Tharoor has given his testimony and says nothing short of the truth will end the indignity that he and his wife have been subjected to. Back to you, Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: Sumnima, thank you so much.</s>PEREIRA: All right, let's talk weather and Super Bowl. If you are a believer in the Farmer's Almanac, it looks like you should stock up on long johns. Now, Indra Petersons is here to talk. Do you pay much attention, give much credence to the Farmer's Almanac?</s>INDRA PETERSONS, METEOROLOGIST: Everyone already knows from my face. They say they're 80 percent accurate, but they have literally zero analysis to prove why they're that accurate. Most meteorologists say not even close. I mean, if you look at any stats they're given, for example, the Southeast, they said it was going to be abundant or very dry, but there's so much rain, they had record rain fall. But regardless, let's talk about what the Farmer's Almanac is saying. First of all, they're giving you three scenarios, so it's winter time. They're saying there's going to be nor'easter. If you're going to go way off-shore, you'll get snow flurries. It's going to go right up the border here, and you're gonna get heavy snow or you're gonna get rain. So regardless, that's kind of encompassing everything except for completely dry. The forecast right now is kind of in between two and three, so right now it looks like, for the most part, average temperatures; 35, though, very cold for the Super Bowl. And temperatures, winds maybe about five to 10 miles per hour and snow. So, I mean, sure, not this huge blizzard. But regardless, they did give all three scenarios, so they're kind of covered at this point. Let's talk about what we actually do know. It's going to be cold, and it's going to be getting colder. Look at these temperatures. They're going to be diving down over the next several days. The departures (ph) from normal are going to be good 20 degrees below normal. So, by tomorrow morning, you're going to be talking about that wind chill again, around Minneapolis, a good 30 degrees below zero. Here's the difference, though. It's not 65 little like last time. There's a drastic difference here between cold polar air we saw and now the arctic air that's moving in. We want to show you very quickly, though, the next clipper that's making its way through. New forecast just came in could produce some heavy snow by tomorrow. The New York City, D.C. heads up five to seven inches of snow for tomorrow. It looks like from us maybe in bed not be able to make it to work unless you stay nearby.</s>BOLDUAN: Breaking out those --</s>BOLDUAN: Thanks, Indra.</s>CUOMO: I'm interested in your whole almanac analysis there, because if any of those come true, it will change the odds of the game, because as we all know, one of the quarterback involve in the game --</s>BOLDUAN: We'll discuss. I've been -- people have told me that that -- aversion to cold is over --</s>CUOMO: Really?</s>CUOMO: When they say that --</s>BOLDUAN: I've talked to many people about this now, and they say that it's overblown. We'll discuss later.</s>CUOMO: Yes. It is "Money Time." That's what's happening. Chief business correspondent, Chris Romans, in our money center. The liquor industry is attracting a lot of attention lately. Christine, another big deal this morning?</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Another big industry deal this morning. It's happy hour for these investors in the studio, Chris. Anheuser-Busch InBev, the owner of Budweiser, is going to buy South Korea's Oriental Brewery for $5.8 billion. The private equity owners of Oriental Brewery are going to walk home with a $4 billion profit on that one. Last Monday, Japan's Suntory said it would buy Jim Beam for 16 billion. So, yes, investors bullish on urban (ph) and beer. A U.S. Postal Service employees are up in arms about a new plan from Staples. Staples would open mini-post offices in stores as part of a drive to eventually privatize the U.S. Postal Service. Here's the catch, Staples would use its own employees to man those stations and that something the American Postal Workers union is upset about. Staples declined to comment on the union concern. Nintendo shares at one point this morning down 20 percent in Tokyo trading. Nintendo says it's going to lose, lose $335 million this fiscal year. It hit forecast a nearly billion dollar gain. Software and hardware sales were disappointing over the holiday shopping season. They slashed their forecast for the Wii consul sales, slashed them -- lot of changing taste and technology and the competition in the game's fave (ph), guys.</s>BOLDUAN: All right. Christine, thank you.</s>CUOMO: Coming up on NEW DAY, how you know that Amazon knows what you want to order before you even order?</s>CUOMO: It's a convoluted question and I'm putting it that was on purpose, because this is really confusing. Amazon has this new plan to stop what you want before you even order it so that you have it nearby. How did they know what you're going to order before you even order? We'll tell you.</s>PEREIRA: Plus, there are dunks and then there are dunks. How George taking it to the hoop, wait for it. "Must-See Moment," you'll see when we come back.