vice president joins a massive tribute to the victims today. get fired up and get out the vote. president obama knows that he has to help the party overcome an enthusiasm gap. how do the democrats make sure that the base turns out in 2014? and tweet heat. after a dutch teen tweets a bomb threat toon airline, dozens of teenagers follow with twitter threats of their own. will kids do anything to achieve social media fame these days? good morning, i'm chris jansing and the danger this morning is escalating in ukraine, and the world and russia have wildly different ideas of what is going on there. and russia has just announced anti-terrorism in key cities. and they say they are going to re-take buildings taken by pro-russian rebels. and now, ukrainian forces are a gathering with special forces and helicopters, and all of this is amid a tense call between

president obama and president putin. they agreed to be talking, and disagreed on pretty much everything else. putin pushed back against charges of russian interference saying that president obama's claim is based on "quote" inaccurate information. and the president today will meet behind closed doors with the secretary of defense chuck hagel. joining me is nbc news foreign affairs correspondent richard engelle, and our public ambassador to foreign aftfairs. richard, you have just returned from the region, and what are you making of the new reports from russia? >> if russia says that the term is descending into civil war and i would watch the next few hours and 24 hours closely. if the counter terrorism operation turns bloody and russia's statements start to look true, then russia could

interve intervene. >> what does it say to you the new movements that we got reported to on the ground by our nbc producers there? >> yesterday, ukraine, and the government of kiev said it would do the counter terrorism operations, and it didn't happen, and so today, again, they said, well, the counter terrorism operations are under way, and it seems today that movements are under way. and that is the tanks and the troops are being put into position, and some helicopters have landed in the towns, and some reports of the shooting in a town in eastern ukraine, and if these counter terrorism operations actually begin, and y ukrainian forces go to fight with the pro russia militias and it turns bloody and violent and casualties on both sides, i would watch russia's reaction to this very closely. >> and p.j., what is the level of concern that you have for what is going on there and how closely, you are going to be watching it in the next few

hours or 24 hours, and how volatile is this? >> well, the risk is going up, and as richard pointed out, there is a game plan for russia and the west prps, but there are actors going on inside of ukraine and they are going to have their own impact on what happens next. you have the government in kiev is in a very difficult, you know, position. they need to re-establish and assert control over the eastern part of the kcountry, but not t such an extent that it provides a pretext for russia to intervene in eastern crew yaukr and is there is a delicate balance here, but it is a multidimensional aspect, because it is the future of ukraine and the relationship of ukraine and rush sharks and the west/ukraine/russia, and part of the other glum here is that russia has had lots to say about the illegitimacy of the current interim government, but the longer the crisis goes on, it pushes back perhaps the election

that is ked yud for next month, but right now, you won't see the conditions in the country that would lend themselves to a free, fair, and credible election. and so you know, it is like the patient that needs the operation, but is so weak it can't undergo the operation that provides a cure. >> and what do you make of the wildly different interpretations of the phone call. is this vladimir putin believing what he says or is he taking on additional self-importance, because as we have seen them, the public opinion polls in russia show that he is probably at his most pop ular point ever maybe. >> well, i think that this has been a boost for him from the political standpoint, but by the same token, the last figure i have seen is something like $63 billion in capital flight this quarter, and that is off of the somewhat fragile unidimensional

government, and he is trying to assess the crisis and the future of ukraine at a cost he is able to bear. >> and so we have a couple of things going on, and including what we said is this phone call, richard. and let me ask you about a couple of things that we know happened. first of all, white house spokesman jay carney confirmed what had been talked about a little bit that john brennan from the cia visited the capital of kiev. >> ye, that was not great timing. >> tell us about that. >> well, the cia director travel s s a lot, and that he would go to ukraine while a crisis is under way is not unusual, but it was leaked and leaked so badly and so quickly obviously plays into russia's hands. russia says that there was a revolution in kiev, several months ago and i was there and i watched it happen in the square and it culminated threw out victor and that it pushed back

the russian-speakers in the east, and that they have to intervene to protect them. and that is the russia's narrative and then to have the cia director there in the environment gave them a few extra propaganda points. >> and something else over the weekend, p.j., if you can put it in context, back in the region off of the black sea off of the coast of romania, a fighter jet made a few passes over the "uss donald cook" and they ignored calls from the ship, and diving close to sea level near the destroyer, and help us to understand what that means in this bigger picture? >> well, in the report that the aircraft was allegedly unarmed. that is good to know after the fact, but in the middle of a crisis, that is something that violates standard military protoc protocol. it has to be of concern to the united states, and i believe if

it has not already happened, a formal, you know, protest lodged. i think that this is just the dynamic of the ongoing crisis, and as richard said, you have got, you know, two sides of this story, and they are very different versions of the events and difficult to establish a common set of facts that helps you to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to this, and that is going to be the clal of the meeting of the may or may not happen later in the week at the foreign minister level to try to figure out, is there now enough, you know, political gestures on the table, and particularly the jgesture by th ukrainian interim president about a referendum on the future makeup of how ukraine is governed, and is that enough for vladimir putin to de-escalate, and will he de-escalate, and those are theness as that we will find out in the next few days. >> i don't think that he has any intention to de-escalate. and vladimir putin based on the conversations a of the analysts over the last few monthses is a person who likes the tension,

and the function of the stress and the gamesmanship, and brinkmanship, and he can be deferred, but he would react to the deterrence, but so far, there has not been any, the threat of the hard iran-like sanctions would be a deterrent, but until now, there has not been a deterrent. he got away with the crimea, and he could possibly get away with eastern ukraine as well. >> and we will look forward to the meeting thursday of u.s./russia/eu/ukrainian officials. so thank you, richard engel and p.j. crowley. checking the newsfeed, doors just opened up at chris christie's 119th town hall in somerset, new jersey. he has been doing a lot of them to try to rebound from bridge scand scandal. the poll numbers have stabilize and a new poll from reuters puts

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that takes a lot of courage to run into something like that. what if there was another one? what if it didn't go off. >> does it feel like a year yet? >> no, it has been so quick, and i have been doing so much, and you are kind of fighting, fighting yourself to move forward. >> boston strong one year later, and jeff bowman is one story of resilience coming to define the city of boston and he wrote an open letter in the "boston herald" thanking everyone who rush rushed in to help and quoting big papi after this happened, this is our city. and boston will mark the anniversary with the tribute to victims, survivors, first responders and vice president biden and massachusetts governor

deval patrick will be among those at the tribute. three people die d about 2 and 275 injured when a pair of bombs went off a few yards from the finish line. one suspect tamran tsarnaev was killed in the manhunt. and we are joined by congress mman who knew one tof the victims. there is a sense that you get that this is a day of pride for bostonians and so many of them turned out for boston strong, and when we talk about the victim that you knew, martin richard, and we saw his family arriving at a tribute including his sister jane, who lost her leg in the attack, why do you think that boston has come back, rebounded in such a strong way? >> well, i think that it is a day of mixed emotions, chris.

as you mentioned, there is a lot of somber remembrance. there's certainly a great compassion and empathy for the victims, especially the richard family. but also, there there's a real sense of almost palpable defiance and sort of what big papi said at fenway. there's a sense here in the city that we want to take this event back, that this marathon has always been a well coming event, and not just for the people from this country, but from the people around the globe. i think that there is a sense that people want to take that back and as a measure of defiance, we have 36,000 runners, and probably the second biggest entrance in the history of the marathon, and so, there is that sense here, too.

>> and yeah, i felt that the "boston globe" wrote poignantly about the sense of pride and the city rebounding, but some fear, and reminders like a single pair of running shoes hanging in a tree, and as you mentioned, in a couple of days the marathon will take place, and is the city ready to host this event, and not just in terms of security, but emotionally, congressman? >> well, i think so. i think that the reason that the city is ready is really when you look to the victims, when you look to the martin family, when you look to all of the amputees, this morning, we have the brothers walking seven miles and each of them lost legs in the attack attacks, and the victims are ready. it has been amazing how they have turned tragedy, and i point again to the martin family, and martin richards' family, and also to the collier family, and others that have just come together and not only recovered in many ways from their personal

injuries, but they've turned this tragedy into something very positive, raising money for others, comfortking others, and so it has been really a tribute to the strength of the human spirit on display here in boston as well. >> you are on the house subcommittee on security, and the homeland security, and there is a investigation over the tamerlan tsarnaev and his radicalization, and there is raising issues between his events, and how much have we learned to make us safer after these attacks? >> well, we have learned much. there was a breakdown of communication, and there were some gaps, and some things that we could have done better, and there have been recommendations from that report of the inspectors general.

our only hope is that the agencies learn from that, and that that we not allow that gap in communication to contribute to any further deterioration of our security protocols. you know, we understand that we are dealing with a foreign government here. there is some mistrust between the communications between our intelligence service and the russian intelligence service. i think that may have contributed in a way. but hopefully, we have recognized those gaps, and now we are going to try to close them. >> congressman steven lynch, and you have much going on today, and we appreciate your taking the time to speak with us. thank you. >> well, thank you, chris. we will have the special coverage of the boston memorial starting at noon eastern time. >> come up, we will get you caught up on the oscar pistorius case, and he just got off of the stand after a grueling five-day cross-examination, but the trial could now take a two-week break, and what does legalizing pot

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after six days of grueling testimony, the prosecution has wrapped up the cross-examination of oscar pistorius in the murder trial of girlfriend reeva steenkamp, but not before the chief prosecutor pounded away at pistorius' credibility and challenging the final moments of steenkamp's life. >> that must have been an unbelievable shock. >> that is correct. >> and you never shouted out. >> that is correct. >> and you went running up and down screaming, but not before? >> that is correct, my lady. >> and mr. pistorius, i would have expected you the scream at reeva and talk to her? >> yes, i was talking to her, and talking to her at the whole

time and saying, baby, hold on, and jesus, please help me. >> and we are joined by our legal analyst. we know that the prosecutor has been tough, but has he been effective, faith jen kins? >> well, we know what he wanted to do. there were two people in the house that night, and one is dead, and the other oscar pistorius is not telling the truth. he has pounded at him every way and trying to discredit his testimony every way possible and he has gotten out the inconsistencies and questioned the credibility and at the end of the day, he is going to turn around and argue to court that the story is not simply plausible. >> and time and again, he pounded ogs car pistorius on who is responsible. let me play what happened today. >> well, what about the fact that you shot her? >> i don't know, my lady. i was scared. >> i know. i am asking you, you said we should blame you for having taken her life. that is what you said yesterday, right? >> yes, that is correct, my lady. >> and should we blame you for having shot her? >> my lady, i believed a threat

on my life. >> and you heard from the pr prosecutor the, and what about oscar pistorius, and we are not used to a lot of defendants particularly in a consequential case, a murder case, testifying in this case in the united states, and this has gone on and on and on. >> a yes, at the end of the day when they give the closing arguments here, they are going to outline all of the inconsistencies that he has tepsfied to over the past several days and then they are going to talk about what happened in the moments, because could oscar pistorius's story happen in the world we live in. he said he stood in that the front of the bathroomk he yelled at the burglar, and he yelled to reeva, and he said he whispered to her h, and at no point does she respond, and there is a burglar, and yet he does not check to see if she is okay before he opens up that bathroom door. >> which was locked. >> and who in 2:30 in the morning goes to their boyfriend's house and goes to the bathroom and locks the door

behind them? >> well, they have taken a two-week break and now what? >> well, the prosecutors have put forth their case and now the defense has a re-do of everything, and it is their time to corroborate what oscar pistorius has done on the witness stand with independent experts, and forensics, and say, judge, don't take his word for it, the forensics back up the story, too. >> and faith jenkins, thank you so much this morning. and if you read one thing this morning, what are you afraid of? the new yorker has a article on going into the deep and dangerous depths of the earth, and they are called extreme kaifrs. it is up on the facebook page at jansing and co. e modern world where 7 and a half minutes could save you on car insurance. esurance. click or call.

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there is a new strategy that some democrats are using to get some voters to the polls. in the bases, some democrats are pushing to get medical marijuana on the ballot and hoping to turn out the critical voting bloc,

the young voters. beth fewwey is an editor and joined by mckay who is a editor at politico.com. so, mckay, what do you see? >> well, we have seen a move on the momentum on this issue as in recent years, but it may not work as cleanly as the democrats think it is going to be. the coalition is not exclusively on the left. this weekend, rand paul was in new hampshire talking about decriminalizing and lightening the sentences, and so we will see a lot of the libertarians as well who are feeling passionate about the issue, so in states where you see the hard left liberal versus a tea party republican, you might drive some libertarians to go vote for the tea party candidate as well. >> but it does point to the enthusiasm gap that democrats are worried about, and if you look at the percentage of the vote that president obama received in 2012 and the

approval rating in last month's msnbc/"wall street journal" poll, among single women, 19% drop off and 15% in african-americans, and 22% among hispanic americans and 15% dropoff among the young voters, and so, beth, what do the democrats do if it is not pot? >> well, that is the problem and what you described the obama coalition which is single women, and minority voters and young people, and they don't typically turn out in the midterms, and so the democrats have a problem, and i agree with mckay that the pot issue is not strong enough of an issue to bring out the young people, but it is a rand paul issue, and ron paul issue, and that is how he got so many young voters when he ran for president, and it is not really marijuana, but medical marijuana, because it is for sick people, and young people don't necessarily identify with that. >> and also some social issues where the democrats love to target the women, and again, we have heard the phrase war on women, but mckay, you wrote about the freedom summit of the republicans in new hampshire and some of the presidential

candidates staying away from words like using abortion, and staying a wway from talking abo the social issues and how will they play if at all significantly in the midterms do you think? >> well, what we are seeing is the republican politicians, whether they are on the tea party side or the establishment side realize that the social agenda that is a losing battle for them, but it is interesting for different reasons, and on gay marriage, they are clearly seeing a massive shift in the public opinion, and on abortion, it remains a polarizing issue, but the republicans, and we look at the prospective 2016 field, and it is all men, and they have had so many issues and so many problems talking about these issues, and in a way that does not em bar razz themselves or alienate women that a lot of people feel like they should back away from them altogether. >> and women will be important as they are in every election, beth, and the are rnc has something they call the 14 in, and the 14 program and this is how it was put in the washington

post by malika henderson. the gop has to carry the message not only on the senate and the house floor, but by block by block and neighborhoods across the country. what do you see in that strategy? >> well, i saw it a lot on the campaign trail with george bush, and one thing that karl rove was good at in late october there were a lot of moms out there going door-to-door for george bush. >> yes, the republicans have to do that with the image of not being open to the women or good on the issues, and the problem that the republicans are worried about is another todd akin candidate or the richard mourdock, and they have an opportunity to take back the senate seat, but those in play could turn if sort of one of the male crazy candidates come out to alienate the women again. >> and it is worth noting that at the freedom summit, scott brown was invited to at the end

and he said no, and a lot of people believe it is because he was worried that mike huckabee or ted cruz or one tof the candidates would say something that alienated the moderate republicans or the moderates in new hampshire and he did not want to be associated with it. you remember last time mike huckabee gave a prominent speech at the winter meeting and he talked about uncle sugar and women's -- you know, so it was not a great moment for the par i ti, and so moderates like scott brown hanging back hoping not to be associated with that stuff. >> well, beth, a good point, because if someone does make one of the statements that is sort of off of the reservation, it has a potential not to taint just that particular candidate, but to bring it back to the larger republican party. >> right. it does not necessarily affect that one race say in georgia or north carolina, but it is going to remind the women voters across the country, and oh, yeah, it is the party that creates these candidates and secret agenda is to marginalize

women. and it has a national impact. >> and how much does the democratic party to have close the gap, for example, mckay, to hold on to the senate? >> crucial. particular particularly in a midterm election, and 2010 was the one moment in the last several years where republicans felt embolden ed and victorious, and it is because the midterm elections skew older and wider and more republican. and if the democrats are going to hold the senate, make any ground up in the house, they are going to have to motivate liberals and i understand that marijuana is one issue that they are going to have to come up with something else. >> and mckay, and beth, and great conversation, and thank you th form coming in. and checking the newsfeed this morning. good news for obamacare, a new report says that the law will cost $5 billion less than project and $100 billion from 2015 to 2024 and better news, the premiums are lower than expected for 2014. it could be part of the law's best two weeks ever considering that 7.5 million people have

signed up. >> quite a view in the night sky and the spectators across the country who were willing to brave some morning hours caught sight of what is called a blue moon a total lunar eclipse where the moon turns red because of the refracted sun light. if you milszed it, there are a number of pictures on social media, and get ready for the next eclipse in october. if you are dying to get your hands on the google glass, today may be your day. they went on sale an hour ago, and one day only for $1,500, and the device is limited part of google's explorer program. and google is climbing to new heights after buying a s solar-powered drone company. we have more on what is moving your money, and so what are they going to do with the drones, sima? >> well, who doesn't want a drone, right? they are making solar-powered drones for undisclosed mounlts,

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just a short time ago, a moving moment on this one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. brothers j.p. and paul norton who both lost a leg and suffered burns and other injuries in the attack began a relay walk with f family members as part of the annual boston marathon. >> obviously, we are not going to walk 26.2 miles, but i am hoping to walk a decent amount, and we will see. i never thought that i was walking after what happened last year. >> we go the ron motte who is going to be covering the event for us. ron, it is not dampening the city's pride of what they have overcome. and tell us about this anniversary? >> well, it is a somber day here, chris, and reflective day, and also a day to celebrate, and this tribute sar mceremony set t

under way at noon eastern time is to honor the four people who lost their lives in the violent week, and three of course lost their lives here on boylston street, and the fourth, of course s the m.i.t. police officer a few days later, but as much as the day is to honor the fallen, it is also to honor those folks who helped to keep the death toll to four. chris a lot of people were wounded in the twin blasts of the pressure cookers and some of the people, and i met with one of them sunday who is happen toy to be back in town, and he is paralyzed from the knee down, but it has changed so much of the physical, but also his heart, because of all of the help he got, he needs to devote the rest of h his life for helping others. the ceremony taking place at noon, and vice president biden and dr. biden will be here, and the mayor of the city, and martin walsh, and former mayor tom menino here, and the victims

of t of t of t of the bombing and their families, and this service is expected to go on for about an hour, and there is a moment of silence at 2:49 to honor the moment when the two bombs went o off. >> and nbc's ron mott, thank you. the president has released a statement that says in part, we know that the most vivid images of that day were not smoke and chaos, but compassion and strength and what we are also seeing again in boston today, and we want you to see what the authorities thought was a suspicious device, it is not an explosive and officials tell us that everybody is sensitive today, and they are checking everything out today, but no evidence of what they found was an explosive. with this one-year reminder of the boston marathon terror bombing comes the arrest of a 14-year-old dutch girl who used

twitter to make a bomb threat to american airlines. and she wrote, hello, my name is ibrahim, and i'm from afghanistan and part of al qaeda and on june 1st, i'm going to do something big, bye. and american airlines responded, sarah, we take these seriously and the ip address and details will be forwarded to the security and fbi and then the reality set in for the teenager who tried to promptly take it back with a series of tweets like, i was kidding. i am so sorry, and i'm scared now, but after the series of apologies, she seemed to enjoy the newfound celebrity. quote. wow, because of this, i gained 1,000 followers. she actually ended up with 30,000 followers before twitter shutdown her account. and the incident sparked a rash of copycats and reports today, that at least a dozen others tweeted similar bomb threats to american airlines. and let's bring in a psychologist and senior researcher at the children's

digital center in l.a., and also the director of common sense media which is a nonprofit that helps navigators monitor teenagers. and we know that teenagers do a number of dumb things, but now they have social media to magnify it socially. >> well, it is developmentally normal for the kids to want status, and she is at the age, and that girl is at the age where she wants to be popular and seeking the identity, and developing new peers that are becoming more important. but now, social media has allowed her to have this huge platform in the stakes much higher. >> and what are you -- i mean, after american airlines told her that they were reporting her to the fbi she sent out a tweet also that said, i'm not going to tell my parents, because they will tell me to delete the account, and omg, oh, my god, that would be the end of my life.

so she can't live without the social media, and she would, even after she recognizes that she has done something wrong and let's not forget the fact that this is every threat like this is taken seriously, and lots of money is spent by the airlines and the investigative officials to make sure that nothing bad happened and all she is caring about is the fact that she might get the twitter account shutdown, and she has a lot of follower followers and there is something really wrong with that. >> well, i mean, i have a 14-year-old daughter, and kids that age, they care about their friends. social life is paramount, and it has always been that way and it was that way for me and that way for you, and the problem is that today, they have this thing that really sort of measures how pop you lar they are. and they are can measure it with followers and comments and measure it with comments and likes and taking it to and using it, and the thing is that the kids get scared, too, because if the parents threaten to take it away, it is going to cut off the social life, and the social life

at that age is everything to them. >> and yeah, it always has been. >> yes. >> and when i was a teenager, it is about what group you were in and what clique and were you with the cool kids, but it was very small in a way. and now it becomes this huge thing. >> yes. >> and it disconnected thing at a that, because it is not about people who you know and know you, but it is about all of the other people out there. >> yes. >> is that healthy? >> you know, it is -- it's -- it is what it is. it is not necessarily healthy. i mean, the fact is that the stakes are so much higher and what happened to this girl, if she had done that or done something like that in the old days, you know, she would have, something would have happened. she would have been pulled aside, and the airlines would have done something, and maybe they would have taken it very seriously, but the whole world wouldn't know about it, and the problem is that the all of the sudden, she got more followers and copycats and so she developed a following that got her excited about it. and so she got attracted to fame, let's just say.

>> and last week on the "to dda show, one of the heros in the pennsylvania stabbing attacks did an interview with savannah guthrie, and as she was wrapping up, this girl felt it was important to say this. >> i know that a lot of bad thi things are going on in like being said about me on twitter and everything, and that i'm trying, and that people are saying that i'm trying to be the hero. but, so many more people were in this than just me. there were a lot more people who did more than me. >> so how do you manage this? how do you manage both the downside of this as apparent as educator, whether it is the people who are tweeting bad things to a girl who clearly tried to do something positive in a horrific situation or whether it's this thrill that the kids get out of doing something frankly notorious, but

they think it is good as follower followers. >> one as an educator is to teach digital literacy, and there is a free digital curriculum in every single school in today's world, and as a parent, don't be afraid of the technology, and take the offline parenting should apply online. so bring those, you know, teach your values, and teach your kids all about the actions, their actions online, and may have consequences, because as you pointed out, it is disconnect and they may not realize, that and teach them about the digital footprint which is permanent. >> good advice. yelda uh lshles, thank you for getting up so early for the program. >> thank you. and the 2014 pulitzer prize winners in music and so many others includes a novel by donna tartt "the goldfinch."

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good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall and this is the "newsnation." in less than an hour, boston will hold a tribute marking the one-year anniversary of the marathon bombings that killed three people, and wounded more than 260 others that. tribute beginning at noon today. we will be led by vice president joe biden and includes local officials, bombing survivors, victi victims' families, and first responders and other heroes of the horrifying day. then at the finish line, a moment of silence followed by church bells at 2:49 eastern time, the exact moment that first bomb exploded. the white house says that

president obama and his aides will also pause at 2:49 for a moment of silence in the oval office. the day started with a solemn wreath laying this morning at the site of the twin explosions near the marathon finish line. it was attended by the local officials and the families of the three people killed. meantime, as the "boston globe" reports the emphasis today is on the recovery for the victims and the city, and on what is being called the rallying cry of boston. boston strong. with that the "boston herald" features bombing victim jeff baaman who lost both of his legs and writing a letter to all of those who helped and prayed for him. he concludes by thank you, boston. thank you for being there for me, and thank you for proving to me that nothing will stop us from being who we are, and like papi said, this is our city, and i'm prod to be part of it. all of this is coming as boston is preparing for the marathon to be held next monday and it is going to feature the second