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aggression but with the collapse of mideast peace prospects and putin's actions on ukraine are looming large. >> and speaker boehner gets candid about his colleagues behind closed doors. does it tell us anything about his future plans? and a very good morning to you from washington. it's friday, april 25th, 2014. i'm kristen welker in for chuck todd, who will join us in just a moment. the president hoped to reassure the country that the u.s. is serious about pyongyang but it's the crisis in ukraine dominating his trip this morning. at a news conference with south korean president park, obama drew a red line making it clear

he's not likely to apply the sectoral sanctions some democratic and republican lawmakers have been calling for unless russia invades eastern ukraine. >> i'll be talking to the europeans, not all of them, but some key european leaders against this evening, making sure that they share my assessment, and we'll continue to keep some arrows in our quiver in the event that we see a further deterioration of the situation over the next several days or weeks. >> before he goes to bed, the president is holding a conference call with the leaders of britain, france, germany and italy. and he acknowledged the mideast peace talks have unravelled between the plo and its political rival, hamas. >> this is a problem that's been going on for 60, 70, 80 years. we didn't anticipate that we were going to solve it during

the course of a six or nine-month negotiation. there may come a point where there just needs to be a pause and both sides need to look at the alternatives. folks can posture, folks can cling to positions but realistically, there's one door. >> the u.s. is watching to see if north korea will attempt its fourth nuclear test during the president's visit. >> and the president said they stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of nopyongyang's provocatio provocations. >> china is beginning to realize this is a significant problem to their own security. and we've encouraged them to exert greater influence over north korea because china has

the most significant effect on north korean calculations. >> chuck todd is live in seoul where he's traveling with the president. so, chuck, with what is the very latest with this phone call that is under way with president obama and his european allies and what's the very latest there from seoul? >> it's a video conference call, one of the secure calls. the president of course here, we're in evening time so he is essentially getting ready to go to bed, for what it's worth, but it's before then. it's with four european leaders, merkel of germany and the four larger economies in europe. they're trying to come up with an agreement on what it is they will do next to do it collectively. obviously the united states, look, they would like to do the sectoral sanctions against

russia, meaning going after specific parts of the russian economy, whether it's on energy, whether it's on banking. the europeans are not ready to go that far. the next round appears to be expanded individuals, perhaps even targeting a few businesses themselves, more banks, if you will. maybe the largest oil company. so it's sort of like tiptoeing toward this idea of full fledged sectoral sanctions. but that's what this call is about. we'll see how long it lasts. think about -- just think about all the interpreters that you have to have involved in something like this. so this is one of those calls, five people on the line. it's probably 30 minutes of business that takes two hours to actually take place. but it is clear that we're somewhere in the next 12 to 24 hours, kristen, that another announcement of something is coming. because if anything now, there's clearly the united states views what russia has done over the

last 24 hours as more provocative. not only do they not believe he's abiding by the geneva agreement from last weekend, but now is actually pushing things forward in a more aggressive way. so it's not a matter of if they're going to announce new sanctions, it's just the timing of it and what these five leaders agree to tonight. >> okay. we know will you continue to track that, chuck. this trip also overshadowed to some extent by the collapse of the middle east peace process. president obama spoke about that as well, tried to put it into a broader, historical complex. nonetheless, this has been one of his key foreign policy goals and it just chanced. he made an grease, having mitchell -- he wasn't going to

be like other presidents and wait until his second term. there were times, and you know this, we talked about this quite a bit in our own reporting on this, is that the as gung ho about the middle east process that was sort of like go for it, see what you can do. and in the president's remarks here today in korea, it was interesting to hear him talk about john kerry's efforts the fact is john kerry was trying to bik people to the vgting tape. ion kerry's argument, well, so what i'm going going to get -- they were being dragged to the table because the largest patrons to both entities, particularly fingsly when it

comes, they had to pretend to try but both of them seemed to be looking for a way out of the talks, not a way to continue them. i think that was just about the reality with what the president said there, kristen. >> chuck, before we let you go for this segment, i want to get your reaction to a headline here. "back at home house speaker john shaner this -- boehner, this is his at the same time, it's remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don't want to. they'll take the path of least resistance. boehner's spokesperson is trying to play those comments down saying the house speaker is

having a little bit of fun with his colleagues, you tease the ones you love. what do you make of this, chuck? >> that was member of congress john boehner speaking i would argue. he's in his hometown, talking to his supporters. cincinnati is one of those cities that over time has been the heart and soul of the establishment wing of the republican party. and it's that business wing of the republican party that wants comprehensive immigration reform done yesterday. they've wanted it done for years. so that was to me member of congress john boehner talking to his cincinnati constituents. obviously speaker john boehner could, you know, could be pushing this a lot harder if he wanted to. but the politics of this is tricky, as if he were a long-time veteran member of congress and not a person who arguably would push this if he

wanted to. that said, boy, have i to say whether it comes to what the administration is doing on these big trade deals overseas and this feeling that they're holding off until the elections, boehner, my guess is that he will walk this back even further if he feels he has to because they don't want to get involved in any issue that mucks up their base politics before the election. it could mean we have a very busy december, immigration gets through, trade pacs get in, anything that upsets the base of both parties, they will just have to swallow it come december 1st. >> all right. chuck todd, thank you so much. we will check back in with you a little bit later. we want to turn to some developing news here at home. forecasters are predicting severe weather and a possible tornado outbreak this weekend. a huge swath of texas, oklahoma, parts of missouri, iowa and even south dakota could see large hail and damaging winds. forecasters feel the storm could

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even in the best of times mideast peace talks are hardly a sure thing, but today president obama himself admitted recent developments may have

effectively pulled the plug for the foreseeable future. take a listen. >> there's one door and that is the two parties getting together and making some very difficult political compromises. do i expect they will walk through that door next week, next month or even in the course of the next six months? no. >> his remarks follow a dramatic 48 hours in which the p.l.o. announced a deal with hamas that basically unites the palestinian power brokers in the west bank and gaza. the groups say they intend to form a unity government within five weeks and hold national elections before the end of the year. upon word of the deal, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu suspended peace negotiations, then went on immediate tour to blast the agreement at every opportunity. here's what he said to andrea mitchell. >> what has happened is a great reverse for peace. we had hoped that the palestinian authority president,

abbas, would embrace the jewish state, the idea of two nation states, a palestinian one and a jewish one. but instead he took a giant leap backward. >> israel basically is looking for any pretext in toward scuttle the talks and undermine the two-state solution. >> last night secretary of state john kerry called palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to express his disappointment but said he wasn't ready to give up on the possibility of peace. robert wexler is president of the middle east center for peace. let's start off with netanyahu's comments. he seems to leave the door open a tiny bit. is it possible to think there could be this break, this time-out? i think you're wise to point out that prime minister netanyahu used the word suspension and the

israel israel the continuation of the negotiations in fact israel's security and otherwise interests, as they are with all the different, a security democratic israel, there's only one way to achieve it, a two-state solution. israel knows that. >> let me get your reaction to something the u.n. middle east envoy said. he said the u.n. ofrps, quote, continued support for unity on this basis as the only way to reunite the west bank and gaza under one legitimate palestinian authority. could this ultimately when we look further down the line and sort of to your point as well, make it easier to negotiate? >> well, if one thing happens and that is that the unity government is formed based on

the principles articulated by the quartet, which means that the palestinian government, but particularly hamas because abbas has already done it, hamas must renounce violence, they must recognize israel's right to exist and they must accept the previous agreements between israeli and the palestinian authority. to date hamas has not done that. if that would in fact be an opportunity. >> is there any caned case th-- indication that he likened them to al qaeda? >> hamas is a unity government. the language coming from president abbas and his team suggests that there may be a break dthrough. we need to wait and see and see what the terms of that

reconciliation is and whether or not it's implemented. they tried this before. this is not a new thing. the bad blood between fattah and hamas is worse than the bad blood between the israelis and palestinians. >> secretary kerry has made this his chief mission. he's made more than a dozen trips to tried to foster this negotiation. what do you have anticipate his next move will be? >> i think he will work very diligently to find the opportunity to allow israel and the palestinian authority to get back to the negotiation table. the great secret is that in fact there was progress being made between the israelis and the palestinians while they were negotiating. ultimately it's about leadership. laider shirt on the it's in israel's interest to be at that table, as it is the palestinians' and as it is the

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montana with the great rocky mountains behind me of course. our first rising star is democratic state representative holli woodings. she has her sights on backing secretary of state. she is currently running unopposed for the democratic nomination for the statewide post. the primary is set for may 20th. next up republican state representative luke malek. the 32-year-old lawmaker made headlines and he's running for reelection and is likely to rise in the statehouse and beyond. >> moving over to montana, first up is lieutenant governor angela mclean. earlier in her career she held high posts in education, including a seat on the state board that oversees colleges and

universities. our last rising star is montana state representative austin knudsen. our experts say he could be speaker of the house in 2015 and they wouldn't be surprised to see him run for attorney general down the road. so there you have it. our four rising stars to watch in idaho and montana. tdl will keep an eye on them, that is for sure. let's turns to the next number in today's data bank. this is a fun one. three years. that's how long charlotte bell said her dad's been out of work. here's how we found out. >> my dad's been out of work for three years and i want to give you his resumé. >> you are so sweet. oh, my goodness. >> well, it's a little private but she's doing something for her dad. >> not something you see every day at the white house.

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back. senator nelson told a group of business leaders that he's, quote, tempted to run, saying he doesn't like the direction florida is headed. the three-term senator blasted republican governor rick scott for the decision not to expand medicaid and for turning down federal dollars for high-speed rail, telling the group, quote, i think it's not only a shame, i think it's a moral abscess." the new poll shows the race between scott and crist is in a dead heat, 42-42. 12% of florida voters are still undecided. this isn't the first time nelson has toyed with a bid. here's what he told chuck in december. >> have you made a final decision on florida governor in 2014? >> have i no plans to run for governor. >> you have made a final decision? >> well, i can't say it any better than that. >> so you're not running period? >> people are coming to me all

the time and saying would you consider. look, in the senate, if we maintain the majority, i'll be the chairman of commerce and i'll be number two on the armed services committee. >> all right. well, let the record show you're leaning one way but you've not said no, no, no. you've notshermanesque, sir. >> i haven't been shermanesque but i've said what i said. >> chuck todd is back with us from seoul. what do you make of nelson's comments? how significant are they? >> well, they continue to be significant because here's charlie crist trying very much to coalesce the national democratic party, coalesce florida democrats behind him and make him think that, hey, and there's been some questions about his campaign organization, he's struggled, gone through two

campaign managers, two press spokespersons and this doesn't help. it create as sense of potential, hey, the democratic party, are they not united behind the party switcher rick scott has been pumping the florida airwaves with new ads. whether bill nelson intentionally meant do this or not, it destabilizes the situation for crist, who is going to be the nominee. he is the candidate for governor. as much as bell nelson will publicly flirt behind the scenes, everybody connected to him, i'm told, is saying no, no, no, he's not running. i think this is about bill nelson feeling a little unloved and wondering why national democrats didn't come begging to him to run rather than going to charlie crist. >> and let me pick up on that point, adam, to you. it seems like some democrats in florida are pressuring nelson to run. you wrote recently nelson has repeatedly dismissed the

suggestion he might run for governor but enough democrats have spoken to him about it that he is considering it. he is said to be leaning against the idea, as chuck points out, but is not expected to make a final decision, at least until the fall. how much pressure is he getting from democrats within the state of florida? >> i think it's subsided. i think he was getting a lot early on but he does have a knack to keep saying these things that have to drive charlie crist crazy and i think it's a reflection on bill nelson and some other veteran senior democrats who just can't fathom the idea that charlie crist is going to be the democratic -- a life long republican will be the democratic nominee. and his campaign's raising some money, he's leading in most polls, but there's a fear among a lot of democrats in florida that charlie crist could wind up as a train wreck. >> and crist's campaign is actually responding, which is interesting. he says of bill nelson or his campaign chairman says, quote, his solutions are federally

based solution, not florida-based solutions. so crist really feeling the heat here, pushing back. what do you make of that? >> well, if you're charlie crist, you've got to be a little impatient by now. i know they've spoken, bill nelson and charlie crist, about this. crist was assured that nelson wasn't going to do it and yet nelson keeps sort of doing these things that gin up the speculation he's going to get in. nelson claims his comments in daytona he was checking but nonetheless, it doesn't help charlie crist. >> adam, briefly, what type of a timeline are we looking for here for an actual decision? >> i think it's very unlikely bill nelson gets in. bill nelson was running for governor back in '90, looked like the sure nominee and lawton child decis decided to leave th

senate and run for governor and beat nelson. i think the window is fast closing for him to completely rule it out. >> adam smith, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we're going to head back out to chuck and have a little bit of fun just in time for the end of april. we're wrapping up our tdr march madness tournament, it started with 64 folks who never became commander in chief. we let you, the viewer, pick the contender you would like to have sent to the white house. chuck, you have the champion. tell us who won. >> i have the champion? i think you have the champion, kristen. you've got to do the reveal. there it is. it's bobby kennedy, who was a number one seed and he was the most popular. by the way, he had the best twitter campaign going. he had many members of his own family that were creating retweets and doing what they could to get the voting going. there are not many living relatives of ben franklin around. so bobby -- the rfk folks had

that going for them. but you got to be impressed that ben franklin got as far as he did. i thought john glen would get closer to the final four. i thought alexander hamilton and we can discussion whether he was constitutionally eligible, would get farther. talking about this tournament and talking about the bill nelson thing a minute ago, there's always these politicians that wish their political profiles included the had been president of the united states. i think ultimately with bill nelson, it bothers him -- it's always going to bother him that he was never governor of florida. the great florida democrats, lawton childs, bill graham with senators and governors and bill nelson is not going to have that. everybody's human. i think that's in the back of his head. >> that is a great point. maybe why the speculation continues and, chuck, you said there was a hunk ground swell of support for bobby kennedy yesterday. looks like you were right.

would have been an interesting debate, though. bobby kennedy against ben franklin. that would have been one to tune into. >> oh, yes, it would have. fair enough. >> check, thanks so much. that was a lot of fun. time now for another number in today's data bank. 1,200. that's the number of followers secretary of state john kerry's dog, ben, aka@diplomut had this morning, named after ben franklin. he stole the show at the state department yesterday. he brought him to work for take your daughters and sons to work day. >> an historic vote happening now at northern western university. will they vote to form the first ever union for college athletes? what does it mean for the college sports money machine? that's just ahead. but first our tdr soup of the day. they're serving tomato gorgonzola at the cellar in

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john kerry delivered what amounted to a last warning. >> for seven days russia has refused to take a single concrete step in the right direction. >> nbc's jim maceda joins us. what is the latest on the ground there? >> reporter: hey, kristen. we just left a location about five miles north of slavyanask. that's the key military stronghold for the pro-russian militants where we saw some very nervous, tense but professional ukrainian soldiers and special policem manning a blockade they had just laid across the road. this is part of what the kiev government announced today of that second phase that you referred to of the military operation, to take back occupied towns from the pro-russian insurge engent

insurgents, starting with slavyanask, not necessarily attacking slavyanask, not that would give putin an excuse to intervene militarily to slowly cut off slavyanask to towns, to reinforcements and supplies and weapons. that seems to be the slowly, slowly strategy of the kiev military. inside slavyanask today, an eerie quiet. when asked how they felt, they admitted they were afraid, especially for their children. when you talked to the pro-russian militants, armed, wearing camouflaged uniforms and masked, clearly beefed up for a fight. we saw them last in town on sunday. these fighters are say they go refuse to back down, no matter

hou how close the threat might be now and say they'll fight the government forces to their last drop of blood and they really mean it. kristen? >> thank you for your reporting. >> last year pat tillman's name was added to the list of casualties in afghanistan. he made his name with the arizona cardinals but surprised many when he cut his nfl career short to enlist in the military. he was friendly, well read and fiercely loyal to his family and his country. after he was killed in 2004, his family created the pat tillman foundation. his widow, marie, talked to patrick murphy about how it all got started. >> well, the foundation was something that really sort of happened overnight after pat was killed and a bunch of family and friends came together and really wanted to channel the support that we were getting from people

around the country into something positive in his memory. and, you know, certainly that has evolved over time. >> former congressman murphy joins me now. he'll be highlighting this anniversary on sunday in his taking the hill series here on msnbc. great to see you. talk to me a little bit about the legacy of pat tillman. why does it still hold such a powerful place in the american consciousness? why is it important for you to highlight his legacy? >> he's a legend. for him to give up a $3.6 million contract to become an army ranger, to deploy -- and he made $16,000 a year, it's just inspiring. that selfless service. and there's so many -- there's been 2.6 million veterans who have served in iraq or afghanistan, but clearly the most famous and most legendary, frankly, is pat tillman. his -- basically his, actions

speak so much more than people's words across the nation. >> congressman, as you know, -- how do you handle that? >> it's all about accountability. the bush administration lied to the family, they didn't tell the truth for over a month. they ordered the soldiers that served with pat to burn his uniform, his body armor, his notebook. we'll address those things. but we want to talk about the foundation, about marie tillman, her inspiring call to action that continues on to this day, now ten years later. on saturday in arizona, there's pat's run. there will be tens of thousands of folks who do it and there's shadow runs all over the country, including our hometown of philadelphia, that i'll be running in tomorrow.

>> congratulations on all the great work you have been doing and we look forward to this report on sunday and your exclusive conversation with marie tillman airs this sunday, april 27th at 1:00 p.m. eastern as a part of msnbc's taking the hill series. you don't want to miss that. >> trivia time now. "aft after retiring from the senate, mike mansfield was appointed as ambassador to japan. and this is a fake will mcilroy. we'll be right back, everyone. 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.

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eligible to vote on unionizing a and the pro and the union factions have been lobbying the players in evanston, illinois, for weeks. the players will have a chance on campus to vote secret ballot, but we may not know the results for months, and that is because last month, the director of the national labor board said that the employees have a right to organize. they will appeal, and then the federal labor board decided to review the case. today's ballots are going to be impounded until the national labor board makes a decision. opponents say that it goes against the idea of student athlete, but some say it is compensation so that the parents and the boosters and the universities will be watching the decision. so will the wildcats be the first team to go union without going pro. i am joined by andy staples and ben strauss, sports writers. and ben just got back from no h

northwestern, and what were you seeing and hearing on campus today at the scene? >> well, they were lined up early in the pre-dawn chilly weather this morning, but you could see the players trickling into the media site, and not allowed insooide or near the entrance, and we were sort of camped out, and you saw the players trickling in twos and threes. none stopped and talked to the media. they all declined the comment. there was one demonstrator there, a man who had driven down to detroit and he was an athlete activist and held up a picket sign that read "vote yes." >> andy, let me turn to you, what is at stake with this vote? could we begin to see the floodgates opening here at other private universities? >> i'm not shure that you will see much open right away, because first of all, i don't think that they will vote yes.

this is a case where northwestern as football factories go, they are not a football factory. pat fitzgerald is their coach, beloved, but the players will not go against his wishes burk what is much more important is the nlrb's ruling about whether they are employees. if northwestern's appeal gets denied a and they are employees, yes, this is going the happen at another school, but my guess, a basketball team, because you have seven guys to vote yes s, d if there is a unpopular coach hired or popular coach fired, that is a galvanizing incident to create a union push. >> and ben, let me get you to weigh in on this point particularly how you expect this vote to go. >> well, i think that andy's point is a good one that the vote, itself, may not be as important and likely is not as important as the nlrb's decision. they could vote the union down,

and if the nlrb upholding the regional direction here in chicago, these are employee and workers' compensation issues and the unemployment issues and the doors are opening at other places, whether it is football or basketball. and it is there, you know, sort of for eternity, regardless of what happens today at northwestern and as far as what is going to happen, i think that more players have said that they are going to plan to vote the union down, and they don't want to go against the coach or the school. but, nobody, and there is 76 players, and they are not required to vote, but they are eligible to vote, and so i think that what happens is that it is up in the air. >> right. you have written, ben, about how much pressure those players are actually getting. how much pressure is actually surrounding this vote. i want to sort of look forward a little bit more. obviously, these players sort of set the stage for what is a hugely lucrative business which

is the nfl. is this conversation really going to turn to how student athletes are treated, and not just when it comes to the idea of unionizing, but how they are treated? >> yeah. i think that any, and if this is not just necessarily about money, and not about compensation, but you are ta talking about the long-term health care for the former college athletes and talking about the plenty of them pay their own health insurance premiums right now. we are talking about the much broader issue of how much do we pay the guys and how much, you know, how much are they worth to the university. you are talking about the due process rights when it comes to the ncaa violations and ncaa rules. so it is much broader seat at the table issue. >> all right. ben, let me jump in because we are out of time, and get andy's last thoughts. andy? >> well, it is percolating for a while, and what cain colter, the former northwestern quarterback

and the organization did is to push it forward and yesterday you saw the ncaa board of directors vote to change the ru rules a little bit and the players will get more on that, and they are forcing the issue here sh here, and they will get themselves a seat at the table whether this union is voted for or not. >> and andy staples, and ben strauss, thank you so much, and we will continue to check back in with you as we follow the story. that is it for this edition of "the daily rundown." craig melvin is going to be in today for chris jansing, and he is going to be talk about the annual rally for the nra. have a great weekend, everybody, and we will see you monday. you, my friend are a master of diversification.

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pay to play. historic first this morning in the debate over whether college athletes should share in the massive revenues they raise. we will have the latest on the vote at northwestern, and the clive van bundy way, and you

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