talking about a number of that not only rules the world, it certainly ruled the tenor of our politics here. >> there was a tweet that said, people will work in the snow, who knew? because there's all this talk about weather being this negative factor and it turns out indeed people do need to work through the snow. look, the story here, as we have been talking and i think this is an ongoing dialogue, in my mind, the nature of the jobs being created, so you have, year over year, about 600,000 to 700,000 of the 1.6 million jobs that have been added over the past 12 months are in things like bars, fast food restaurants, and health care services, orderlies, and these are often jobs, why we're having the minimum wage discussion, that pay so little for a 35 to 37-hour work week that people working those jobs are barely at the poverty level. it's a positive for jobs added, but at this point we need to start talking about what is the nature of the jobs we're

creating. >> absolutely and what people are being paid for the jobs that exist right now, which dove tailed into the conversation the president has tried to have regarding minimum wage. >> you know, and i do point out there are things in these reports that are probably more positive, as well, which is think of a lot of the people who are most important to the future of this country, people in their 20s and 30s, they often have cell phones that we don't do a good job reaching them. a lot of these surveys are done by calling people at their homes and asking about their employment situation. it's not an exact science and there are certainly a lot of small businesses and self employment, whether that will work or not, it's almost invisible in these reports. so we have bad things not nearly as highlighted that should be and probably some good things, as well. >> professional business services, up 79,000, leisure/hospitality up 25,000.

construction, health care, retail, negative 4,000, that's also perhaps i assume, because the holiday season is over and there's no back to school splurge going on. >> exactly. >> i'm curious, you had so many experts that were predicting this winter weather would have this dire effect on the economy and job growth, but we're not seeing that. why did they get it wrong? >> i think a little bit of that is people have been so wrong about trying to prognosticate what's going on that there's a little bit of a cover your posterior part of this, which is in case things were worse than expected, people tend not to get criticized for forecasting that things will be worse then they surprise in the upside nearly as much as they are criticized for things will be good. so to the degree people in the profession of forecasting these things are conservative and blame the weather, then it turns out better, they look better than the alternatives. >> all right, zachary, pleasure having you on reacting to the

new numbers out in the last few hours. also developing now, capital police are investigating what caused this dramatic wreck near the capitol. look at this. police say the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed and went airborne into the tree. several local streets are closed. the driver was taken to the hospital. no word on how this happened. and also, new developments in the crisis in ukraine. today, russian president vladimir putin flatly rejected another appeal from president obama to pull back russian forces from ukraine's crimea region and began talks with ukraine's new leaders. president obama made that appeal during an hour-long phone call with putin late yesterday. their second, by the way, conversation in a week. in a statement today, the kremlin said during the call putin noted the current ukrainian government came to power as the result of an constitutional coup and is imposing illegitimate decisions on to crimea. the statement went on to say

russia cannot ignore calls for help on this matter and is responding accordingly in full compliance with international law. in the meantime, tensions are running high in crimea where a protester was dragged away by her hair yesterday by authorities. an estimated 11,000 russian troops are now in firm control there. and, a referendum is now set to be held in nine days to decide whether crimea should break away from ukraine and join russia, something president obama says would be illegal. >> the proposed referendum on the future of crimea would violate the ukrainian constitution and violate international law. any discussion about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014, we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> joining me live now, michael mcfaul, who just a week and a

half ago was the u.s. ambassador to russia. he's now returned to stanford university and is an nbc news analyst. ambassador, thank you for joining us. this referendum caught all of our attention. do you believe that things have gotten worse as a result of a date being set for this referendum? >> absolutely. this was a major escalation yesterday by calling for that referendum, having it happen so quickly will create real problems moving forward for diplomacy, because once it happens, and i'm sure it will be a vote in favor of joining with russia, then that will create so-called backs on the ground that president putin will say, well, i would like to negotiate, but the people of crimea have already spoken, so there's a few days left. we need to -- the administration and i think the rest of the international community, needs to look for a negotiated settlement in the few days left, but once this referendum happens, it's going to be very hard to roll back. >> if that referendum happens

and it moves forward, what then are the options, if any? >> i don't think there are very good options, frankly. i think what will happen is you'll have this ambiguous sovereignty in crimea that could last years or even decades. if you look close to ukraine across the waters there in the black sea, of course, these are parts of georgia that used to be parts of georgia. they then went into this very ambiguous sovereignty space for many, many years. in 2008 they declared their so-called independence, but only one country recognized that, that was russia. so i fear that's where we're heading for crimea now. >> and the other fear you've expressed and many others, obviously, is that of potential violation. we saw the protester removed, but thus far, no gunshots fired by russian troops at individuals. while we are in this stalemate, what is your greatest concern

before this referendum? >> exactly that, escalation of violence. i think it is striking how little violence there's been, both in crimea and in eastern ukraine, where you have large russian populations, and i think a lot of credit should be given to the ukrainian government for not responding, for not taking the baits, if you will, and responding in violence, but when there's a lot of people with guns roaming around with unspecified orders, unintended things can happen and can quickly escalate, so i worry about that a great deal, especially because that could spark violence in other parts of ukraine and make this conflict even bigger. >> ambassador, thank you so much for your time, we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. we are following major developments into the sexual assault crisis plaguing the military. in fact, right now, in a rare court marshal for an army general, prosecutors are laying out their case against jeffrey sinclair, who's accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command.

it comes as we learn the army's top prosecutor for sexual assault cases is suspended over accusations that he groped a female army attorney two years ago. and if you can believe it, the alleged assault happened at a sexual assault legal conference. and yesterday, the senate voted down a bill that would have removed the chain of command for prosecuting sexual assault. the bill's sponsor, kirsten jill gra brand, said she will not give up this fight. >> too many members of the senate have turned their back on these victims and survivors. we will continue to work harder than ever in the coming year to strengthen our military. >> republican senator lindsey graham praised those who voted against the bill and scolded republicans who supported it, especially those who may have their sights set on the presidency. >> if you want to be commander in chief, you told me a lot today about who you are about your commander in chief

candidate, you were willing to fire every commander in the military for reasons i don't quite understand. >> nbc's jim joins us now. this might expose some of the very things that kirsten gillibrand, the senator, has wanted to expose as the problem and why the military continues to deal with this crisis. >> you know, by all accounts, this trial today involving brigadier general jeffrey sinclair appears to be a very sordid affair. yesterday, even before the trial began, he pleaded guilty to several charges of adultery with both civilian and military women, and conduct unbecoming an officer. and in this case, he's accused of forcing a sub ordinate, an army captain, female army captain, into oral sex as

apparently the three-year affair between the two was coming to an end. and in the case of the lieutenant colonel, the prosecutor, he was in charge of teaching other prosecutors how to deal with sexual assault and also domestic and child abuse cases, and he's accused of in 2011 of forcing himself on a female captain in his hotel room here in outside the pentagon in alexandria. and i think yesterday's vote on capitol hill was a huge blow to all those advocates of protection, of military women and men, quite frankly, in terms of protecting them from sexual assault and giving them the confidence to come forward and report it to the superiors. military officials, however, will point out that in the past year, the number of reported sexual assaults by individuals, men and women, rose by some 60%. now, they argue that this

doesn't mean that sexual assaults rose by that much in the past year, in fact, many of these sexual assaults that were reported, are reported by female and male soldiers that occurred before they were even in the military, so they say they are making progress, and the fact is, bad news is good news in this case, the number of reports indicate more people are willing to come forward and confront their attackers. >> even with that news, this sex assault bill that was defeated, 65-45, the pentagon leadership, obviously, opposed the measure, but as we know, kirsten gillibrand is expected to continue to pursue this issue in the spring with the armed services committee beginning their work on perhaps a sweeping defense policy bill. >> that's right. you know, and here in the military, even the joint chiefs of staff, the chairman of the joints chief of staff himself believe taking it out of the hands of the commander will only

make it more difficult to prosecute cases. look, if nothing else, this is really raising the awareness about sexual assault against both men and women in the military. everybody here admits you're never going to eliminate it, but you have to make not only the perpetrators, but also the potential victims aware of the dangers that exist in their personal conduct. so it's a widespread very encompassing plan to try to overcome this problem, which again they admit they'll never eliminate, but they hope to reduce. >> all right, mick, thank you very much. greatly appreciate that live report for us. the ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius took the stand today in his murder trial. riveting testimony from her about his guns, his temper, and what broke them up. her describing how their relationship ended and the significance of that system. we're live in south africa this morning.

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a bomb shell testimony today in the oscar pistorius murder trial from one of the most anticipated witnesses in this trial, pistorius's ex-girlfriend, samantha taylor. she tearfully described her relationship, including his temper, affection for guns, and cheating. she said oscar kept his gun on him at all times and detailed one incident when she said he fired a gun out of a vehicle. taylor said they'd been pulled over and described what happened after the police officer saw oscar's gun and took out the bullets. >> he shot it at the policeman because he said that he was not allowed to touch his gun. i was sitting in the back and after they said they wanted to shoot a robot and about two minutes after, i saw oscar take

his gun and shoot out of the car roof. >> taylor also described how they broke up and when questioned by the defense, she broke down in tears, forcing the judge to stop the trial for a break. >> this relationship, how did it end? finally end? >> finally, at the end -- >> yeah, at the end. >> he cheated on me with reeva steenkamp. the first time our relationship ended was when he cheated on me with -- i'm sorry. >> just take your time, please. >> joining me now from pretoria, ayman mohyeldin. ayman, samantha taylor met oscar pistorius when she was 17, they had an on-again, off-again relationship, which makes it easy for the defense to say, listen, this is somebody they had bad blood in the

relationship, thus, her credibility could be in question. >> reporter: absolutely, and that's exactly what the defense is trying to say in the cross examination, tried to say she had an axe to grind with oscar pistorius, but she also is a strong witness for the prosecution, because the prosecution, or at least as they describe her here, is a character witness. samantha taylor is meant to be a character witness. she was not involved at all in the night of the shooting, she did not know reeva steenkamp or oscar pistorius at that time, but why she's so important to the prosecution's case, they believe, is because she establishes that pattern of behavior that they are trying to get the judge to see, that the golden boy image of oscar pistorius is not the real image that he and -- she and her friends and others that got to know him describe. they describe him as a temperamental, gun toting, and as we just heard, a cheater. she also had this to say. >> he had a distant, according

to him, if he screams and he's really anxious, he sounds like a woman. >> that is not true. he sounds like a man. i've seen him be very anxious. >> and he would shout? >> at myself. >> reporter: now why that is so important is because the defense has been trying to rattle holes in the accounts of some of the witnesses in which they say they hear clear screaming, distinct yelling between a man and a woman. the defense has been trying to challenge those testimonies by alleging or saying that they can't distinguish between the sound of a man screaming and the sound of a woman, and that's what you just heard samantha say there, but you also heard from a security guard that night at the compound of the fateful shooting. here's what he had to say. >> pistorius said to me, security, everything is fine. that's when i realized that mr.

pistorius was trying. that's when i said not everything is in order as mr. pistorius was telling me. i saw mr. pistorius coming down to reeva. my lady, i was so shocked that i couldn't even think for a few moments. >> it was an emotionally charged week, no doubt about it, based on some of these testimonies, but next week, the prosecution really wants to put home their strongest case and that is going to rely very strongly on forensics and evidence. tamron? >> ayman mohyeldin live for us in pretoria. thank you, ayman. is there new hope for hiv patients? doctors are expected to test drugs on infants born with the virus. this as scientists say they cleared hiv from a second baby in this country. we'll talk with the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases about this incredible news. and here's a look at what's

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aggressive drug treatment appears to have been the key. the major breakthrough was announced wednesday at an aids conference in boston. four hours after a baby girl was born, doctors drew blood for an hiv test and immediately began administering high doses of three drugs commonly used for the virus. well, six days later, the virus could no longer be detected. the doctors model their treatment after a similar case in mississippi that had only been revealed a month prior, in which a baby was also cleared of hiv. that child is now three and a half years old and is still hiv-negative and has not been treated for about two years. the baby in california is now 9 months old and remains on treatment out of caution. as "the new york times" reports, her case leaves little doubt the treatment works. a new trial is in the works in which up to 60 babies born affected will be put on drugs within 48 hours.

joining me now, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious disease. doctor, thank you so much for joining. >> good to be with you. >> the doctor who treated the child at miller children's hospital in long beach said, "of course, i had worries, but the mother's disease was not under control and i had to weigh the risks of transmission against the toxicity of the meds." noting there, the risks, the dangers here, but also knowing the need worldwide for the reward of what could be possible here. help us put this in perspective. >> well, what she was referring to is the fact when a baby is born of an infected mother, you don't know immediately if the baby is infected because of spillover of infections from the mother and you don't know if it's taken in the baby, so generally, in order to avoid the risk of undue toxicity to a baby who might not be infected, you don't treat the baby

aggressively in the sense of a full component of drugs for treatment. you give more of a prevention regimen. what's happened with the two cases you described to the audience is that under certain circumstances, unusual circumstances in these two cases, the doctors virtually immediately treated the baby when the baby was born. the last case within four hours. assuming that the baby was infected, and what we're finding out now, that when you treat that aggressively that early, you actually have the possibility of curing the baby, which means that unlike what we usually do after a period of time, it might be possible to withdraw treatment and have the baby do very well. in essence, a virtual cure of the baby. so in order to determine if that's going to be a feasible approach throughout the world, particularly in developing nations in which mothers don't have very often the opportunity of good antinatal care and

treatment of the infection during pregnancy, the investigators are going to look at a large number of babies born of infected mothers who have not been treated during pregnancy and immediately treat within 48 hours those children to determine, a, is it safe, and, b, will it actually result in the cure of infants? and this will be very important with implication throughout the world if that trial shows that the benefit far outweighs the risk of toxicity and that's what we're talking about when we're going towards this clinical trial, which will likely start some time in may or so of this year. >> worldwide, about 250,000 babies are born infected. again, that's worldwide each year. you will start the trials, as you pointed out. how soon will you see results or get results that turn this into optimism and more into that this is a strong possibility that we have or you have found the cure

here? as it relates to these babies and circumstances, i should say. >> well, these kinds of clinical trials, if you want to get the data that really is definitive, convincing data with regard to both the safety and the long-term ethicacy, these trials take a number of years because you're going to have to treat the baby for a considerable period of time before you empirically decide in a controlled way to stop therapy and follow the baby very, very carefully to make sure the virus doesn't rebound back, and if it does, to reinstitute the therapy in the baby, because the first thing you want to do is no harm, so you're going to have to treat the baby for a year or two, at least, then you're going to have to observe the baby as you then take the baby off the drug and follow the baby over a period of time to prove that when you're off therapy, the virus still does not rebound. that entire process is going to be measured in years, so we're not going to know in a few

months to a year whether this really works. we're going to know after several years. >> doctor, thank you very much for your incredible knowledge and for joining us today. we greatly appreciate it. >> you're quite welcome. next on "news nation," under pressure from democrats and the congressional black caucus, republican congressman darrell issa apologizes. >> we have members here, each who represent 700,000 people. you cannot just have a one-sided investigation. >> the moment that left quite an impression all week, but what has congressman elijah cummings said regarding the issa apology? mark murray will join us with our red hot political postscript for the week. who could have done this? >> and, the california bat kid who stole our hearts, have you heard? he wasn't allowed to steal the spotlight at the oscar's. he was supposed to be on stage, what happened?

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the time now for the "news nation" political postscript. this week, gop presidential hopefuls take the stage at a cpac gathering in maryland. and in texas, wendy davis and greg abbott cruise to primary wins, setting up one of the most interesting gubernatorial races come november. and on capitol hill, an explosive exchange between representatives elijah cummings and darrell issa, right in the middle of a congressional hearing. >> i have no expectation that ms. lerner will cooperate with this committee, and, therefore, we stand adjourned. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman. i have a statement. i have a procedural question, mr. chairman. i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> come november, we will

celebrate an even greater victory than we're celebrating tonight. >> i say no way to bigger government in the state of texas. >> when you don't stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> we cannot ignore that the flawed foreign policy of the last few years has brought us to this stage. >> let's come out of this conference resolved to win elections again. >> joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray:i just got this note the house ways and means committee chairman said they'll be providing lois lerner's documents and e-mails related to the irs targeting of conservative groups. this just in here. what does that mean? >> it means republicans still want to use this as an issue to hit the obama administration, to use it politically, and you look at the past year in 2013 and the irs scandal, or so-called scandal, however you want to talk about it, was something that did hurt the administration, at least

temporarily. it did hurt president obama and his poll numbers, and it kept democrats from talking about what they want to talk about, so you see why republicans want to be able to do this. however, when you look at all of 2013, just the hundreds of pages of testimony that all the committees were able to get from other folks involved, all the inspector generals reports, people do have a very good idea of the situations that is it never went to the top echelons of president obama's political appointees, this was not an orchestrated hit at tea party groups and others. bottom line, it seemed to be career agency folks who screwed up and were targeting both republican and democratic groups who are applying for 501 c4 status. these are welfare organizations. >> we look ahead to the next week, starting off the morning knowing vladimir putin and the president spoke yet again, but with no compromise and another refusal by putin to meet with ukraine's leaders or withdraw his troops here. what do you think will be the

headline this sunday? >> well, there is seems to be right now a little glass half full situation that things haven't escalated any more out of ukraine, that there is an off-ramp that the president has tried to provide vladimir putin, that basically say, look, let's bring monoders into crimea, make sure everything's okay, we have elections coming up in may. it seems now things have de-escala de-escalated. we'll see if things start to ramp. >> mark murray, we'll see you on monday, mark, thank you. >> thanks, tamron. right now, a group of rutgers faculty and students are trying to oust condoleezza rice as this year's commencement speaker. we'll talk live with one of those professors who doesn't want her there. why next. and president obama tries to give the great aretha franklin a little respect, but something went missing. it is one of the things we thought you should know.

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there's growing opposition to a decision by rutgers university to invite former secretary of state condoleezza rice to deliver its commencement address at this year's graduation. student and faculty groups are commanding rutgers withdraw the invitation, saying the university should not honor rice because of her role in the iraq war. a board comprised of dozens of faculty passed a resolution saying, "rice condoned the bush administration of enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding in an attempt to present such techniques as legal. rutgers should educate its students about past historical events, not pretend they never took place." we reached out to secretary rice for a comment, they have not issued our request. "dr. rice is a highly

accomplished respected diplomat and scholar and we're excited she has agreed to address our graduates at commencement." joining us, thank you so much, professor, for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> explain to me at the heart how you got to this point with other members of your faculty and students to request she be disinvited. >> we learned only on february 1st that dr. rice would be the commencement speaker. we had had a letter back in november saying don't bother to nominate commencement speakers, we've already got one, but not telling us the name of the person. so when we learned of making such a controversial choice, several faculty, half a dozen, got together. i was one of them, saying, well, what should we, could we do about this, and we began a petition drive. that drive is ongoing as of yesterday evening, we were above 350 signatures out of a faculty

of 2,000, tenured and tenured track facility, which is really very significant. meanwhile, the new brunswick faculty council voted on march 7th overwhelmingly the resolution from which you read the core text and which gets at what we think is critical. >> as you well know, not all faculty members agree with this. professor haim said professor rice has served with distinction, including being the first african-american woman secretary of state, national security adviser, and others, her knowledge of russia is unparallel. the only thing such a resolution does is make rutgers look bad. your reaction to that? >> i'm sorry my colleague and friend feels that way, but there are hundreds of faculty who probably feel that way. the point is, a controversial choice of this kind done without serious faculty consultation, i

know of know faculty consultation that was done, for those of us who are in the opposition, it is crucial the participation in what we consider to be human rights violations. >> is it the consultation that concerns you or is it specifically dr. rice? >> it is both. >> okay. well, then, what would be your reaction to, for example, hillary clinton, who voted for the war in iraq? would you decline her as a speaker? >> i think that making political choices like that is probably not a wise approach. rutgers wants to be -- >> specifically, hillary clinton, since you addressed the specific of dr. rice, would you say yes or no? >> i think more appropriate she come as a guest speaker at anything but commencement. >> that would apply, as well, to colin powell, general powell, for example? >> yes. i think that if we're going to take political figures, they should be office holders who are in the chain of command, i'll call it, of a state university. governor christie would be fine.

>> governor christie would be fine? >> sure, he's a governor. >> despite the investigation right now? >> despite bridgegate, which is not comparable to waterboarding. >> some would say this applies to the people you want to hear from and the very base of an institution is to listen to all sides and allow an individual to explain his or her decision at that time. i mean, part of the statement says rutgers as a public institution of higher learning should educate its students about past historical events, that means right and wrong decisions, right? >> no question about that, and if condoleezza rice wants to come to the teaching that we're planning to have and talk and answer questions, that would be perfectly fine, but commencement is -- >> to find more value in governor christie as a commencement speaker as opposed to the first african-american secretary of state and beyond race, and i don't want to get caught up in that, but her accomplishments as a professor and as one of what many people consider one of the greatest minds of this country?

>> commencement day speeches are honorific, meant to make everybody feel good. i would be happy if bruce springsteen came, we're not looking for the most intelligent, nor most powerful person that ever existed. >> that's an interesting comment, not the most intelligent or most powerful at your university's commencement, that's not what you're looking for. >> no, i think we want the graduates to be celebrating their accomplishments. i would be happy to have commencement speaker be an outstanding student that's graduating. lots of students do that. >> interesting, professor, thank you for joining us and explaining the resolution. of course, i'm sure our viewers will let us know what they think. >> that's fine. >> that's a part of it, open dialogue, or it should be. thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. more trouble for the former new england patriots star who already faces murder and weapons charges. authorities say aaron hernandez will be charged with assault stemming from a fight last week with a fellow inmate at a jail

in massachusetts. hernandez has been held there without bail since last june after pleading not guilty to murdering a boston man who's dating the sister of hernandez's fiance. among those who left the oscars disappointed on sunday, 5-year-old miles scott, you know him, bat kid, who came a sensation as he saved san francisco as part of a make-a-wish dream fulfillment. miles was scheduled to appear during the oscars telecast, but it was cancelled for some reason on sunday morning. garfield denied reports he backed out of the segment. the producers apparently arranged for miles and his family to visit disneyland on monday. garfield drove down to visit them as a surprise, but still unclear why he was cut. still looking for that answer. we'll be right back.

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across the world tomorrow, ceremonies and marches are held to celebrate the achievements made by women. as we mark the tenth annual women's day by honoring those who paved the way, we recognize the new trailblazers picking up the global fight for women's rights. a new book out this week does just that. uprising, the new age is dawning for every mother's daughter. highlights women who have led the charge over the last decade to change the world. joining me the author, sally armstrong. good morning. so good to have you on. we were just looking at the developments in ukraine and turkey even during the green revolution in iran, women take the forefront -- i said turkey. egypt. women taking the lead in so many

ways in shaping their countries even when they face danger. it's true, it used to be women waited and stayed back and felt they weren't allowed and they were cultural contradictions in their lives, now women are owning their own space like never before. the best news is affecting the economy xbl. >> even in countries with women are still suppressed. malala took the world by storm, that the boundaries within her own homeland see her silenced in death than to speak. >> you make the best example. the malala story we would have never heard ago, they would have said, eh, it's a girl. here, the way they treat their girls is terrible but it's not our business. she has become the world's daughter. it's as though we lifted a curtain and everybody said what

were we thinking before? this was the change going on in the world today. >> when you lift a curtain or lift a rug, you see the dirt and ugliness that still exists. we can look at the economic inequality and from wall street as they say to main street where women in this country are fighting in the most powerful where we are, powerful voice to have a proper seat at the table. >> there's a change now. the economists are saying the status of women in the economy are directly related. where one is flourishing so is the order and so is in the ditch, so is the other. when jeffrey sakz says it it gets traction. why don't you have more women on the board? if you do hire more women, great numbers coming out from the economists, this affects women's status. >> fast forward 20 years, what is your vision? >> you know, tamron, i never thought in my lifetime i would see the change but it's coming

now so fast it's going to affect all of us. i see that at least women are at the table. they reduced poverty. they reduced conflict and they improve the economy. who can fight with that? >> sally armstrong, i could talk to you all day long. people should get the book and give it to a young girl you love as a gift to inspire. i'm going to give it to my nieces. i appreciate it. >> there's a lot going on this morning and here's something we thought you should know today, president obama is a big fan of speaking of strong women, the queen of soul, aretha franklin famously singing in that fabulous hat at the event. celebrating the women of soul. the president had a bit of a slip on aretha's most famous song. >> the world had never heard anything like it. when aretha first told us what

r-e-spec meant to her -- >> that did not ruin the night. the full concert will air on pbs. time for the gut check. we had a different gut check planned but so many tweeted me regarding the situation at rutgers where some faculty and students do not want condoleezza rice to give the commencement speech. we've turned it into our gut check. what is your thought? should she be dis invited based on the argument presented by the professor just on. let us know what you think. that does it for this edition of "news nation." have a great weekend. i'll see you back here on monday. up next "andrea mitchell reports," a live interview with senator john mccain. 3w4r57

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obama. putin is back in sochi to open the paralympic games. >> we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> the critic from the sunday shows to the senate floor, john mccain has been asking tough questions on how the president handled putin. >> why do we care? this is the ultimate result of a feckless foreign policy where nobody believes in america's strength any more. it's time we woke up about vladimir putin and this administration got real. the fact is it was not predicted by our intelligence and already been well known, this is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading of the intentions of vladimir putin. >> coming up here, senator john mccain joining me live.