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

largest field in the long race's history. and 36,000 runners and ron mott joins us from boston. and tell us about the climate there, and we see the preparations behind you and we talked about the spirit and the boston strong attitude extended through the 12 months burk it is certainly present there today. >> hey sh, there, tamron. good morning to you, and this is a day of obviously reflection and a somber day here in boston, and we are hoping that the weather holds up long enough as the tribute service moves outdoors to the finish line at 2:30 or 3:00 eastern time, and so is far so good. this day is also about as much of honoring the people who survived and the first responders who helped to keep the death toll to four. we lost three people obvious ly here near the finish line, and the fourth was the officer sean colli collier, the m.i.t. officer shot and killed by one of the bombing suspects a few days after that, and this is as much a celebration about the people who survive and very severe inju

injuries, tamron, and you recall a year ago to today, the bombs went off, and folks who spe spectators who knew what to do and then the first responders who got to screen, and the extraordinary team work at the area hospitals. this is the cover of the "sports illustrated" magazine due out tomorrow, and sit at the finish line and you can see a picture of the survivors who came back here to be in boston and we met with one actually on sunday, and so thrilled to be back here, and he wants to see the medical professionals who helped to save his life. he is paralyzed below the left knee, and he says that the life has been changed in so many ways other than the physical, and he wants to devote a good portion of his life to doing good for others, because of how he was treated. and also, the race ended here near the finish line at copley square and started out in los angeles on march 16th, and finished here sunday in boston and great race and 2,000-plus racers taking part of that, and this is of course, all about one of the biggest marathons in all

of the world, the boston marathon, and all we want is a good weather and good safe marathon and people to finish what they started which was interrupted last year. we caught up with the mayor of the city, mayor walsh, and this is what we can expect to see with the emotions monday. >> a lot of the runners running, people will be cheering on not necessarily the elite runners burk cheering on everyone else, because they are all running for a reason. a lot of them are running for martin richard, running for cristal campbell, and running for lingzi lu, and come out for the marathon and enjoy yourself and take in all that boston has to offer, and also, you will be able to feel all of the presence of the strength of this city. >> well, speaking of the strength, you can see some of the police officers and all of the barricades behind us, and security is going to be tight, and a word for folks in town monday for the marathon, they

are highly discouraging people from bringing any bags to the race. any bag that carries more than say a 1 liter plastic bag. you can bring them, but you will be checked and checked th thoroughly along the race route and especially here at the finish line in billston street. and we are all set here in boylston street in boston to pay tribute to those folks who lost their lives and those who nearly did as well. >> we want to take you back a year ago to the actual i vent with video that was caught by steven silva showing the first bomb exploding and then amid all of the chaos, the second explosion.

>> oh. it is still unblooelievable to , and let me bring in now boston.com senior sports producer steve silva, and thank you so much for joining us. >> hi, tamron. >> and so when you see that individu video, and i know you have seen it countless times, do all of the memories and the emotion and even the smell of the explosion rush back in your mind? >> not necessarily. it is tricky the way to explain how it was all processed on that day. time sort of stood still, and yet it was speeding up, and you captured the moments in the head, but then you tried to erase them immediately, and it is not one stream of vision like a movie that you remember. it is bits and pieces that come can back and forth to me. i guess over time. but, you know, i am happy to be moving forward from that day and get the city moving forward agai again. >> absolutely. i want to talk about moving forward, but for the people who don't know your story and wonder how you were at that location, tell us a little bit about the day, and certainly, your

positioning there. >> yeah, the second part of my day, i started in hopkinton, and i came in to tape the finishers as i put together a finishing lines scene video from the winners of the race through, but the core of the video was the late afternoon hours when the fir first-time marathoners are coming across and the charity runners and those are the people who are most interesting to me when they come across the finish line, because they are letting out the raw emotion, and maybe running for a loved one who died of a disease and so many great charities contribute to the marathon, and i was there, and i was trying to get the footage of a day that is, you know, a very nondescript marathon day. it with was not hot, and no world records broken and perfect and beautiful day out for running, and not a lot of story lines and then that obviously changed quickly. i planted myself in the spot right on the finish line a little bit to the right and i kept the camera rolling when you saw that first explosion go off. >> changed quickly and forever. as you point out, there is a

story today, and it does not involve, and it of course involves the reflection, but not an obsession of the reflection, but an inspiration that comes from what is happening in the past and what is happening now. when you look at today, and you look at the stories of different people, and even perhaps when you walk by that location, what gives you, i guess the spirit of hope for that boston strong attitude? >> you know what, i think it is something that carries over when the national media is gone, and the cameras are off, and you think of all of the families affected and the people injured and what their day-to-day lives are like, and that is when we have to not forget what happened and be vigilant about helping others and about being kind and being aware of our surroundings, and that, and paying it forward and trying to finding good ways to pay it forward like all of the survivors are doing in their own recoveryies and passing it n to the help others, and so we have to find the good stories in this, and keep moving forward

beyond it as awful as we feel about how horrific that day was. and those families are going to be affected by this forever. we have to be with them forever, too. >> well, steve, thank you so much, and i greatly appreciate it. and reminding us all of us watching and keeping it on track to look forward and celebrate those who have paid it forward and even in the midst of pain and loss. thank you, steve. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you, tamron. and ron sutfin ran the boston marathon and at the end of the training he said to my family and friends this is going to be the first and the last marathon, because the training was grueling. and when the tragedy happened, i quickly rethought that sentiment, and i knew that i had to run it again and finish. rob joins us now, and his is one of the many stories that we are talking about today, and thank you for joining me. >> good morning, tamron, and thank you for having me. >> and you trained for the mare nonand the first and the last time and you were going to be out of this, and tragedy struck,

and how soon after the tragedy did you decide that you needed to go back on your word and be strong again for boston and for yourself? >> it with was almost immediate. as soon as the bombs went off, you knew it was a tragedy that next year we had to come back strong, aed on the show our resilience as individual runners and for the city. i just knew immediately that i would have to run again. i have done that training all over again. i didn't quite get to finish last year, and i was a half a mile away when the bombs went off. i heard them. i was not quite sure what they were, and then the police officer got in the road shortly after that, and stopped us. and you know, it was shortly after that i knew that we had to come back next year and run it again. >> and you know, many people use different things as a motivator and especially when something is grueling as a marathon, and during the training, did you think a lot about, you know, those who lost their lives,

those who were injured forever who had limbs amputated, as you were there with your full body and your health, was that in the back of your mind? >> i did. absolutely. i feel that i'm running this year not so much as for an individual goal, but for the people that can't run it this year, because of those who lost limbs or lost their lives, and as i said, as a show of resilience to our city. i'm a charity runner. i'm running for the dana farber cancer institute with over 700 other runners, and this is the 25th running of the boston marathon and so we have raised money for cancer research, and soy 'm thinking of the cancer survivors and those who have passed, and have been after flicked by cancer and also think thing of them as well. >> absolutely. also events leading up to the anniversary, and you had the one run for boston the month-long run, and 3300 miles cross

country, and concluded on sunday, and emotional finish there at the line. we are hearing that the second largest number of people participating in the marathon's storied history, and you won't feel alone or be alone, a and we will be watching you and we know that you are doing it for a great cause as well, and you are one of many, and we thank you for joining us to talk about your charity. >> thank you for having me. >> and stay with msnbc for coverage of the memorial events beginning at the top of the hour on "andrea mitchell reports" and many, many stories told today and marking the occasion and also moving forward. >> and we are following developments in the deadly shooting in kansas city. frazier glenn cross suspected of killing three people sunday is going to be arraigned in kansas city this morning. we are expected for investigators to announce some of the charges that he going to the face, and perhaps we will learn new information about this man and the movements lead iingp

to this shooting. and now, federal officials are pursuing the shootings as hate crimes meaning that the 73-year-old could ultimately face the death penalty, and among the victims were 14-year-old reat underwood and his grandfather who had taken him to a singing contest that day. and this morning on "today" mindy, the little boy's mother reflected on the faith and carrying through the terrible loss of her father and her young son. >> i have a sense of peace about me that they are in heaven, literally when i saw my father lying there, i heard god say he's in heaven. somehow, god and my life and my family and our friends have p prepared me for this, and so i'm uplifted by that. >> and nbc's ron allen joins me in overland park, kansas city,

kansas, where we are waiting for that press conference, and everybody who has seen mindy talk about her father and son and her faith and her resilience in this, but we know that will there are questions of why their live lives with were taken and this man, police say was responsible for it. >> well, indeed, tamron. and remarkable resilience, and she actually came upon the scene before the ambulances and the police arrived at the jewish community center, because she was going to join her father and son there for the audition, and she discovered her father's body on the ground and her son's right after that. a horrifying experience, and you could imagine. many of the relatives of the victims have been talking and speaking out very eloquently over the last couple of days, because they want the loved ones to be remembered and the focus to be on them, and not mr. cross who is going to be in court later on this afternoon. we expect that he is going to be charged with multiple counts of premeditated murder and the federal charge of the hate crimes which is serious and all

encompassing charge that could lead to the death penalty down the road. for cross, he is no stranger to the law. he has been, and had run-ins with the federal court system for many years. he has been a known white supremacist for the last several decades and to some extent this may be seen as the last of a long run for him perhaps. he is 73 years old. we expect that the prosecutors will ask for a high bail, because he was captured with a shotgun and at least one other handgun and perhaps other weapons in the car. we believe that he was firing randomly, although he did apparently target two jewish facilities, but the victims according to the pros ecutor ths and the investigator thes he did not know them individually, and the irony of the randomness of all of that and adding to the senseless is that they were christians and not jews at all, and we are hoping that the prosecutors will tell us more about what they were able to the determine why he came to this particular town and why he carried out the attack as he

did. tamr tamron. >> all right. thank you very much. up next, oscar pistorius, the last day on the witness stand in his murder trial. you have got to be thinking of a version. >> that is not true, my lady. >> well, after days of crying the cross-examination ends with the pros ecutors finding new inconsistencies in the testimony, and we will play that testimony to you. plus, abandoned mission, and that is set back in the search for the malaysian airplane, and why the submarine hunting for the wreckage had to suddenly search for the mission. and the new report of the health care law has democrats celebrating and the republicans relatively silent. and we will get details with msnbc political editor mark murray. and you can find more on these stories at msnbc.com.

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well sh, after seven days, oscar pistorius has stepped down from the stand at his murder e trial, and before ending the questioning, the prosecutor hammered away at pistorius and argue whether he should take the blame for shooting girlfriend r reeva steenkamp. >> we should blame you for 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, and that is what you said yesterday, am i right? >> that is correct, my lady. >> and who should we blame for having shot her? >> well, my lady, i believe there was with a threat on my life. >> and now paistorius's defense attorney barry roux then re-questioned the client that he pulled the trigger before he could think, and his attorney had him read a valentine's day

card that reeva had given him. >> it says on the front, row roses are red, and violets are blue, and on the inside she wrote the dates on the left, and on the right she says that today is a good day to tell you that, and then it says, i love you. >> and joining me now is legal analyst lisa green. lisa, start with the prosecutor wanting pistorius to say he shot her, and this is significant, because he could end up being found guilty of negligence as it relates and not an attempt to murder her, but negligently firing that gun which resulted in the death of someone. >> and that is right. if he did something that a reasonable person would not do under the circumstances, he would be guilty of culpable homicide. and look, after days and days of the most intense grueling cross-examination, it is clear that paistorius' credibility is shattered, but it is not the same as the state making the affirmative case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> and also, here, with the defense attorney, barry roux as

i said, requestioning pistorius, and having him read this valentine's day card out loud. and obviously, an attempt to show that there was a romantic relationship, but when you put that card against the text message where she told him that she was afraid of him, which outweighs the other? >> well, the state is going to have to, again, make the affirmative case beyond the reasonable doubt, and what the defense is doing as defense lawyers always do is to try to muddy the waters. if you can't decide whether this relationship was loving and warm or eventually leading to homicide, and that discrepancy goes to defense and not the stat state, and the card is significant and does it outweigh evidence of a difficult relationship? not necessarily. >> and of the days that pistorius was on the stand, he went through the demonstration of him swinging the bat against the door, and the prosecutor said that he would have hit it hi higher depending on the positioning with the legs and

what not, but we have seen what is described as grueling, emotional, and all kinds of words and adjectives that you could use here, but the bottom line, lisa, it seems that we saw inconsistencies and that could be fatigue or a lot of things, but there are some. >> and major inconsistencies and the defense team must be incredibly relieve ed thd that ordeal is over. but again, pistorius does not have to prove his case beyond a doubt, and now what the defense team has to do is to dismantle the state's case, and you will see a parade of the forensic witnesses, and the other witnesses to take issue with minutia. >> and you are a legal analysis of it and when you have heard the prosecutors work and what is in front of the defense, do you believe that the job is -- how do you measure it compared to the job that the prosecutor did, because by all accounts, he was riveting and masterful and tough. >> and tutorial on how to unsettle a witness, but remember, this is the defense's case, and they have at least a

dozen witnesses, and i predict that they will be hitting on two themes severely, one pistorius's disability, and don't forget he has one. >> and he was so vulnerable. >> yes, and the coupled with the culture of south africa of violent nation where a reasonable person might reas reasonably think that they were under attack, and that is two things that the defense will bring home in the coming weeks. >> thank you, lisa. gre greatly appreciate it. >> pleasure. and right now, ukrainian forces are gathering in the east as part of a battle to retake the government buildings and cities from the pro russian forces. we are live in eastern russia next. and now in is what is happening april 15th, the first lady and president will mark passover with a sader at the white house. and nelson mandela will be honored with a plaque at yankee stadium and his grandson will be

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vladimir putin for moscow's support for the protesters, and the president urged putin to use his influence over the separatists, but he said that the government in kiev is to blame, and later today, the president is to discuss with chuck hagel the situation. and this is showing a ukrainian candidate known for the pro-russian views beaten by the crowd over remarks he made in a russian television interview. and jim maceda, we have a report that heavy gun fire has been heard at eastern ukraine after the troops are moving against the pro-russia militia, and some of the violence and the heavy gunfire being reported right now. >> that is right, tamron. that is happening about an hour or so outside of where i am which is downtown donnyesk which is the regional hospital, and i can see in the head quarters of

the regional capital, a regional head quarters that is occupied inside by pro russian separatists though outside things are looking normal here in donesk, and again, that military development is happening an hour away, and the military, the ukrainian military have not yet engaged until today against the separatists or as they have seen building after building as you suggest in a dozen towns now, but today, the military seems to have launched what the government is calling a special operation helicopter, gunships, armored vehicles, and special operation forces, and these are moving against a group of armed militants who have occupied a military airport in an area that is one of the townscontrolled by the rebels. now eyewitnesses say that a ukrainian jet earlier, a jet fighter had tried to land at the military base, but was forced to the abort when it was fired upon by presumably pro russian

separatist separatists and we now understand that, this is just running now, that the president says that his troops have retaken that airfield, but meanti meantime, these armed militia men have set up the check points around the area on major roads in the region. it is just another way to the control the area, and we have seen video of this, and the soldiers in the tanks and the armored vehicles cut off from the columns and harassed by the the pro russian militias, and the tactic does seem to be working against, keep in mind, a ukrainian military that is never ever dealt before with insurgents. tamron. >> and jim maceda with the latest information and we will keep the audience up to date with the latest out of ukraine, and of course, andrea mitchell reports will have more from the white house on the crisis there. and right now, a 14-year-old dutch girl could face charges for her twitter threat to american airlines.

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because we want to make an informed decision before that is done. >> why the difference of charges? >> and why in the capital, and premeditated -- >> well, you will be handed a copy of complaint and under the capital murder charge, there are different options that allow for capital murder. one of them is that the same act or transaction, and that is what we have allened in the case, both the mr. corporon and mr. underwood were killed in a short period of time, and that makes it eligible for capital murder, and in kansas, that has to be charged even though two people died, it is charged as one count of capital murder, and then there is a separation of time and that is when teresa lomano was murdered and that is why there is a second count of pred meditated murder. >> and that is why it is tried on all three deaths? >> well, two counts, but the first two deaths by mr. c oshorn

and mr. underwood would be really one count, and so we would go for one charge under those two deaths. that is how the capital murder charge is laid out in kansas. >> and it seems that there was an indication that whoever is going to at this point shows that the perpetrator acted alone or some associates involved? >> i think that the chief indicated, i believe it was yesterday, that we are still actively investigating this case. i know that the federal and the local law enforcement is doing that. at this time, we don't have any understanding of anybody else involved in these acts. but, again, it is still an active investigation, and we are less than 48 hours in, and so we are not going to close the door as of now. >> and what charges -- >> and what is the difference between capital murder and premeditated murder in terms of the penalties or the standard of proof or -- >> sure. the change in or the difference of the penalties is that in kansas law, first degree premeditated murder is life, and you are not eligible for parole

until 25 years. capital murder, the two options are life without parole which basically means that you don't get to see the parole board, and it is a life sentence. or the death penalty. so the difference is basically that eligibility to see the parole board. >> could more charges come, especially since this guy is a clearly felon and in the federal penitentiary at one point, and so could more charges come since a felon had possession of firearms and why did he? >> and i will say this, the fact that we have filed these two counts does not preclude us from filing an amended complaint and adding charges. we are required by the constitution to file this within 48 hour, and so we got some charges on file. we are continuing this investigation, and there is a good possibility that additional charges could be forthcoming. >> would it have been imlegeen

for a convicted felon to have these weapons? >> of course. if a person has a felony conviction, they are under either federal or state law, they should not have a firearm. >> and can you tell us where he got the guns from and are they old guns? >> i won't talk about the particulars of the case or the facts or the evidence at this time. >> and do we know why he chose overland park, kansas? >> i won't talk about motive or anything like that. again, that goes into the particular facts. >> and can you tell us how you are going to outline the case against him? >> hold on. >> can you tell us if the complaint outlines the case against him -- we are getting an update for the charges against frazier glenn cross, the former kkk leader charged with killing three people sunday, and he is facing capital murder charges for the deaths of 14-year-old reat underwood and his grandfather william corporon and a charge of premeditated murder

in the death of a third person at that same facility. so we are getting more details, and as you well know, we have learned a lot about frazier glenn cross' background, and his life as a leader of the kkk and also someone monitored by the southern poverty law center for targeting they say african-americans and -- other minorities over the course of many years, and obviously, turning according to police his hate to this jewish center and killing three people there. and as it has been noted, obviously, all life is precious, and here this man had gone in k according to the police with hate in his mind, and carrying out a hate crime, and he killed three people who were not jewish at this center. so, this is obviously, the developing story, and our hearts go out to the family of the 14-year-old boy and the two others who were killed in this

senseless act of violence. and turning now to politics, a new report from cbo reports that the health care a law will cover more people and cost less than previously projected. according to the cbo, the law is going to cost $5 billion less than exped this year, and the coast over the next 10 years is $104 billion less than in previous forecasts and in what could be great news for the consumers, most of those lower cost costs are will come mostly, because the premiums will be cheaper than previously thought. and joining me live nbc news senior editor mark murray. mark, we have been talking about the midterms and whether or not the health care law would be something that would hold down the democrats or put those who have their feet close to the fire right into it, and this is maybe certainly some good news, an kconfetti falling down for some democrats i would guess. >> well, i would not go that far, tamron. and certainly, some of the democrats running for

re-election in red states like arkansas and louisiana, this report is not going to impact the popularity of the health care law there, but what it does do is to equip the democrats and particularly new hhs secretary nominee sylvia matthews burwell with information when she is getting the tough questions from the senate republicans in the confirmation hearings to say, hey, you are mentioning all of the numbers ta you want to cite, and let me mention some cbo numbers that have the health care law in a more favorable law. but let's step back, and the health care law has a couple of good weeks and you have positive numbers from the congressional budget office and it does not mean it is out of the woods at all, but it is a more positive point for the democrats than any point since 2010. >> and mary landrieu, for example in louisiana, a red state, and has some trouble in the past regarding the health care law, and came out in the new ad saying that i fought to make some changes that were needed which she can put as a badge of honor for the state

where the health care law is not popula popular, and then strategically she can point to the numbers of the effectiveness and that is a heck of a lot better than running to someone who points out that the premiums have gone up, and it is going to cost more. >> right. and of course, it is going to be interesting to see if somebody like mary landrieu plans to have a tv ad with this information and right now, we have not seen the democrats do that at all, and when mary landrieu went up with the health care ad in december, she said she was holding president obama's feet to the fire to make these changes, and so it is going to be interesting in the red states and the blue and the purple states with the key contests of what messaging is going to be on health care. we know about the republicans, but we don't know so much about the democrats' message. >> well, this is information new that they were not going to have to arm themselves with if they choose to go that way with the strategy. very interesting. thank you, mark. >> thank you, tamron. >> and a setback in the looking

of the missing malaysian flight. the submarine was unable to complete the first mission, because it has reached maximum operating depth, and it came back to surface and downloaded six hours of data, and found nothing. but they plan to the launch it again. and parents and students are walking through the pennsylvania school that was the scene of mass stabbing that injured 22 people, and classes won't continue until tomorrow at franklin regional school, and students and parents were able to walk down the hallways and in preparation to cope. >> and some is say that michael jackson jackson's mom should pay more than $800,000 in court fees because of a case she brought in the death of her son. and she lost the lawsuit against

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"newsnation" on twitter by go g ing to @newsnation. we have to work on that graphic. today a 14-year-old girl in the netherlands is in major trouble after her social media prank landed her in police custody. the teen, a twitter user named sarah sent a message to the american airlines account sunday morning making terror threats. her account is suspended, but according to the associated press she wrote, quote, my name is ibrahim, and i'm from afghanistan and i'm part of al qaeda, and on june 1st, i'm going to do something really g big, bye. and not surprising, american airlines is not amused. sarah, we take these threats seriously, and your ip address and details will be forwarded to the security and fbi. and that got her attention and then she tweeted back she was joking. and she said that no charges

have been filed, and officials are waiting for american airlines to be pressing charges. but nevertheless, it is an important lesson on the world. you said she is a teenager, and i said, where? >> the tough streets of new york. >> and she would tweet out on social immediamedia and not rea that she could be found. >> sometimes the trouble with social media is social media, right? and while it facilitates amazing things like arab spring and people sharing the photos on facebook, there is a dark side to it, and the yen and theian of social media, and what some teenagers and kids don't realize is that there is not a volume adjuster on the tweet. and when she felt a tweet that was intimate, and in her bedroom under a blanket, and that tweet felt like a text message that

she felt sending to the friend and while it was seemingly harmless prank is in her bedroom is amplifieded throughout the world, she did american airline >> you can tell they thought about this, that they wrapped management around social media. they have a team. you can tell the response was sort of premed and understood if there's anybody with an inkling, no gray area, it's black or white. you step over the line, done, we're checking your ip address and notifying the federal government, you're in trouble, big trouble. >> i love that they noted we have your ip address, not this like, okay we're looking for you. a lot of people don't understand the ip address that's linked to your computer -- >> listen, here's -- teenagers, there's a perception that because they are growing up with these technologies that they really understand and can grasp the repercussions of it. i promise you, i work with ceos

of publicly traded companies, they don't understand the repercussions of social media. it's no longer a shiny new toy. it's time for social media to potentially be taught in schools i think. >> that was interesting, didn't want to sound like kids get off my lawn type of people. there are share of adults who have done equally stupid thing, the pr person who was an executive fired, her twitter -- her tweet went viral when she was on her way to south africa and quoted, going to africa, hope i don't get aids, just kidding. i'm white. by the time she landed in south africa, her whole world had crashed and we haven't heard from jus teen since. >> it can be more frictionless than the conversation you and i having right now. people are not reading the response from a human being's face. i'm not seeing you cringe or reactor get the inflection of my

voice. there's no tonality whatsoever. it can be very powerful and good and very dangerous. >> you have a lot of people -- and some lawmakers have brought this up in the past, where we get to the point where anonymity is removed and people can't hide behind an avatar that's not a picture of them and a name that's not their name and you will be forced to own the words you say on social immediate gentleman. >> there's a movement toward it becoming more transparent. if it does get to the point it will be decentralized and monitored by the community, by the group, by the world even. this is just the beginning. this is a social media digital revolution we're experiencing right now. >> very interesting. we'll keep an eye on this case involving this 14-year-old girl who is in some big trouble. thank you very much. >> there's a lot going on today and here's some things we thought you should know. the woman accused of throwing a shoou at hillary clinton is

facing federal charge, she was taken into custody by the secret service. yesterday she was quickly detained by local authorities after she narrowly missed the former first lady's head while giving a speech in vegas last week. a big day for tech fans, google glasses -- google glass, is available to the public for one day sale, limited quantities of the device are made available as they expand their explorer program. i got a chance to try out the device on the "today" show, i have to say, pretty cool. to purchase though, you will need to have on you right now, $1500. those are the things we thought you should know and yes, i had to give those back. they were just a prop. a missouri man is expected to learn if he will have to keep fighting to get out of jail thanks to an apparent clerical

error, he never served his prison sentence forearmed robbery. now years later after he's turned around his life, the state is trying to send his back. >> reporter: as mike anderson, a father of four sits behind bars, his wife says she struggles to eat and sleep. >> it's very hard. i miss my husband very much. my kids miss their father. >> she recently learned that before they met anderson had been convicted, guilty of armed robbery, taking money from a burger king manager making a bank deposit in 1999. andser son was sentenced to 13 years in jail but during his appeals posted bond and went home. >> he then waited and waited for the missouri department of corrections and the courts to give him a date to surrender and begin serving a sentence. it never came. >> reporter: they thought he was in prison when really he was leading a normal life. >> he got married, had children,

opened a successful business, coached youth football, joined a church group. did everything that you would expect a normal person to do because in his mind he believed that maybe the state courts had changed their mind. >> reporter: then last summer when his sentence was supposed to end, authorities realized an apparent clerical error, anderson was never in jail. that's when law enforcement showed up at the front door and arrested him. from prison anderson spoke with the radio program, this american life. >> a fugitive is someone running from the law. i never ran. >> reporter: his attorneys filed a petition asking for anderson's release, even the burger king manager thinks the state should set them free. >> it's their fault. they are going to try and penalize him for another 13 years? that don't seem right. >> reporter: the current prosecutor disagrees. >> i believe that if we allowed somebody to avoid and incarceration sentence, it's a

slippery slope. >> reporter: missouri's attorney general declined to comment but must respond to the petition today. the legal system will now determine if anderson's sentence is over or just beginning. nbc news. what does your gut tell you? should mike anderson be forced to serve his 13-year sentence? that does it for this edition of "news nation." thanks for joining us. i'm tamron hall. up next, "andrea mitchell reports" and the coverage of the boston strong tribute. cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated. it's about people. we are volvo of sweden.

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," boston stronger, one year after the boston marathon bombings, today we remember and pay tribute to the victims and survivors and heroes. this hour, only a few steps away from the finish line on boil ston street, a ceremony is set

to begin. massachusetts governor patrick. >> this whole experience of how we dealt with this tragedy and how we recovered from this tragedy, the countless acts of kindness and grace have been an enormous source of strength and pride for all of us. >> also this hour, tough talk, president obama does not mince words with vladimir putin on the phone. an unusually blunt call about ukrai ukraine. that plus much more from boston this hour as we look back at the day of terror and the city now more determined, resilient and tougher than ever. >> i was carrying this flag and just my instinct was to go help him and see what i can do. just pray for the angels. >> i've been doing so ch