5 Things to Know This Morning
5 Things to Know This Morning
— -- Your look at the five biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.
1. Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo Dead at 82
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, known as a liberal lion and would-be Democratic prospect for president in the 1980s and 1990s, died Thursday at age 82, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.
The cause was heart failure, which took him "this evening at home with his loving family at his side," his family said in a statement issued through the office of his son, current New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The former governor's imprint on liberalism in American politics was nearly without parallel. The strains of liberalism and populism coursing through the Democratic Party today -- through the voices of Elizabeth Warren and others -- are echoes of Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994.
2. AirAsia Flight 8501: Ships Scour Java Sea in Search for Fuselage
More ships arrived with sensitive equipment to search for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 145 people still missing since it crashed five days ago.
Bambang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, said the search would be stepped up as long as the weather allowed.
"We will focus on underwater detection," said Soelistyo, adding ships from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. had been on the scene from before dawn Friday to try to pinpoint the wreckage and the all-important black boxes – the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
3. Oregon Players Taunt Jameis Winston With 'No Means No!' Chant
Oregon football players will face team discipline after apparently taunting Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, who has faced accusations of sexual assault, with a “no means no” chant following the Ducks’ Rose Bowl win.
Video taken from the field Thursday as Oregon celebrated its 59-20 win – captured by Bear Heiser of Fox Sports West – showed multiple Oregon players chanting to the tune of Florida State’s “war chant.”
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich acknowledged the situation in a statement.
"We are aware of the inappropriate behavior in the postgame," Helfrich said in the statement. "This is not what our program stands for, and the student-athletes will be disciplined internally."
4. U2's Bono Says He May Never Play Guitar Again
U2 frontman Bono detailed his injury recovery in a 6,100-word, A-to-Z web post documenting his year, acknowledging that he may never play the guitar again.
“Recovery has been more difficult than I thought ... As I write this, it is not clear that I will ever play guitar again. The band have reminded me that neither they nor Western civilization are depending on this,” he wrote.
“I personally would very much miss fingering the frets of my green Irish falcon or my (RED) Gretsch. Just for the pleasure, aside from writing tunes. But then does the Edge, or Jimmy Page, or any guitarist you know have a titanium elbow, as I do now? I'm all elbows, I am.“
5. How 'Back to the Future: Part II' Scored on 2015 Predictions
Great Scott!
When Marty McFly was sent 30 years into the future as part of the plot in "Back to the Future Part II," he arrived in a time when where there were hoverboards zipping around, people wore self-lacing shoes and flying cars were the norm.
That year? 2015. Sure, there was a lot of the film got wrong about 2015 - but there are some things it got right too.
