the press in a few moment, and they are scheduled for a short legislation session before campaigning begins. and michael grimm promises not the quit even though he was caught in a scandal. does the gop have a problem on their hands? and we begin with a weather system right now that experts say is putting 75 million at risk for severe weather, tornado tornadoes, winds and hail and taking lives and threatening more of the same in the southeast, and now we are moving into the third day of this weather trouble. since sunday, 28 people have died, 106 tornadoes have been reported and just over the last 48 hours. check out this video that storm chasers shot as they were heading into one of monday's tornadoes that slammed into columbus, mississippi. in limestone county, alabama, check out the trailer park or what was a trailer park, and now it looks like piles of splintered wood. in alabama, giant trees were

smashed into homes and businesses, and more trouble is on the way. we go right to sam champion, and over to you, and check out the most serious storm track and where the most dangerous winds are to be. >> you are right, chris, on the number, a a thand they are stag. with all of the experts working on that, we will have a repeat and reloading of the storms today. you can see the active line, and first of all, chris, i want to show you this, this is the area of low pressure starting from here, and all of the way to the coastline, and that low right there that is driving all of it, and bringing the moisture, and pulling it up from the gulf, and the atlantic, and all of it is heavy, heavy rain, and waiting to be heated up today, and these are the leftover storms last night rolling through south florida and into south georgia. what we believe will happen later on today, and heavy rain here, and flood alerts for that all of the way up to the east

coast as the rain is loaded, but what we believe will happen today is the same zone yesterday will refire again today, and it is not a tiny zone. if you go here and look at detroit at the top of the map, and then come all of the way down to new orleans, it is 933 miles in a stretch there, and then all of the way to the coastline. so this is today's weather thre threat. it is so slow moving because of the giant low that we showed you is blocked to the north by an area of high pressure, and blocked out of the atlantic by another high. well, slowly at the end of of the day today, that eastern high will give way a little bit to allow the front to finally move. and tomorrow, we think that this is the zone that is loaded up for the storms, the carolinas, the east coast of georgia and all of the way down into the eastern corner of florida, so it is two more days. it is to dday, and even the stos that you saw leaving, more are firing today into the night tonight, and another one tomorrow that we are watching, chri chris. >> and we can see the area where the most severe threat is, but it is also moving up the east

coast, and what should we expect here? >> well, yeah, what we are driving your way is the heavy rain, and lot of the severe stuff is going to stay in the southern areas, and from the carolinas tomorrow to maybe the virginia/carolina coastline south is where it is severe, but we have a day and a half of rain, because you will start out with the clouds in the northeast, and the rain is going to start swinging up, and it is so much, soaking heavy rain for you, it is going to be wait a minute, this is different and unusual, and it is not a rainy da day, but it is easily one to two inches of rain anywhere you get rain from this today to overnight, and continues tomorrow until we squeeze the front off of the coastline and the mid-atlantic heavy rain, and the northeast heavy rain, and it is going to slow everything down once it gets going tonight to tomorrow. >> and thank you, sam champion for the update. and we are looking at the news coming out of kennesaw, georgia.

police say it is the shooter dead from a self-inflict ed hea wound. he had knives and weapons strapped across his chest like rambo. they say that local victims are treated at a local hospital, and the fedex building is now secure. a spokesman from fedex said in part, that the thoughts and prayers are with those affected, and we are grateful for the assistance of law enforcement. fedex is working with law enforcement, and we will keep you updated with more information. >> and in a few hours, a huge press conference by the nba. what will they do with the los angeles clipper owner donald sterling who is accused of making the racist remarks in a tape recorded conversation with his girlfriend. and the league could impose a

steep fine and those comments have ignited a huge discussion about race. stars like magic johnson say that the comments should go further to kick him out of the league. >> racism has no part, and he is a man in powerful position, and embracing the minorities and not discriminating against them. it has no room in our society for it. or in sports. >> and well, advertisers are not waiting for the league to act. more than a dozen sponsors have cut ties or suspended their relationship with the l.a. clippers. >> in a show of solidarity, the miami heat staged their own silent protest dropping their warmups at half-court, and wearing their jerseys inside out just like the clippers did the night before. >> and now clippers fans may stage their own protest and wear black for the championship game

five in their game tonight. and now i want to welcome in our guests michael skolnik, globalgrind.com, and etan thomas, a former nba player. and so michael, fine him up to $2.5 million, and suspended indefinitely, and kicking him out of the league is more difficult, and what should the nba do and what will they do? >> well, adam silver has a clear decision to make on his hands, and this is to kick donald sterling out of the nba for life, and this cannot be tolerate and what free agent wants to go play for him, and the bigger question, chris, as a society, we can ask for sacrifices from the heat, and the clipper ss and the other players, but what do we do to sol isv racism and discrimination in this country. and what are we willing to give up? donald steriling is is not the

only one who makes comments like this, but it is a problem that is systemic, and problem that has lasted for centuries in the country, and as a nation we have to stand up and say not to just donald sterling, but to ourselves, and we will not accept this >> so how important, etan, for the nba to make a firm stand and put it in context of not just the team or these players or the fans, but in the nba as a whole, but when you look at the big picture, how important is the message that going to be sent today? >> well, it is extremely important, the great philosopher edmond burke said that the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. at first, it was michael jordan speaking out, and now other people are following suit, and that is good. and players should look at who is speaking out and who is

staying silent, either part of the solution orb part of the problem, but maybe other ceos can vote him out if so need be, and they can have 3/4 of a vote, and vote him out, but i think that he is going to do the right thing, but it is interesting. i look at the agents, and i don't hear anything from them. i am looking at the happy wallers and the dan fakens, and the rob palinkas, and seven of them that represent most of the player, and they are silent in this, but we need everybody to speak out, and use their platform to show how ug hly this is. but adam silver -- >> well, michael, it is not something new, and i mean, etan, sorry, you have an op-ed in the "huffington post," and you say that nobody should be surprised by the allegations of donald sterling, because he paid $3 mi million just to settle a housing discrimination in 2006, because he didn't want blacks or latinos in his apartments, and so is

there again, a bigger question for the nba, for the league, have they put up for it too long, and now is the chance with this very white hot spotlight on them to move in a different direction? >> well, it is not a question that they put up with it too long, but the ball is in adam silver's court. he is analytical person, and i did not think that he would make a decision quickly. i sat across the table from him in the lockout, and i watched him, and he is a good man, but the level of disgust for this needs to be reflected in the punishment, and it can't be a slap on the wrist and paula deen him or don imus him, and come back like nothing happened when the media died down, but they have to do what leslie alexander, the ceo of the h houston rockets said, he needs to cut out the ownership with the blade and drive it into the heart of his ownership, and it is kind of a "game of throne" quote, but he has to be removed

from the situation permanently, and he can't come back. >> and we know that there was a wrongful termination lawsuit with exec elgin baylor and he said that a southern plantation-type atmosphere, and hall of famer kareem abdul jabar talked about it last night. >> in the plantations, you had men of africa making the money for the cotton growers, and you had the women from africa being sexually exploited by the cotton grow whole time they looked down on the people to be inferiors and mr. sterling has adopted that as the methodology. >> and, so michael, how do we take this and move forward? >> well, as etan, my dear friend said that nobody is should be surprised by the remarks, but nobody should be existed that racism like this exists. just last week when the supreme court justices got rid of affirmative action in the state

of michigan, there is not a call for the end of the supreme court justices, as that structure, but there are people in this country from dreamers to dream defenders who are fighting for more compassionate and tolerant and generous america, and we have to believe that these thoughts and the ideals of the racism, and the discrimination that the older people are going to hold on to are going to die off, and the young people will fight for a better nation. >> and there is a question of what we have been seeing happening on the koushgts etan, and we saw what the heat did, and tonight, the fans apparently are going to be making a statement at the staples center, and there is a twitter #black out staples to encourage all of the fans to wear all black, and one part of it as somebody who is a fan of sports and you have to feel for the fans, and i m n mean, this may be a small part of it, but you have a team that has not won in such a long time, or have they ever won a championship? have they ever, and now they have an opportunity etan, and that is taken away, but clearly these fans also want to make a

statement, and how do the fans fit into this? >> well, i mean, some things are bigger than basketball. i understand that they are a great team, a and that i have a special opportunity, but this is more important than basketball right now. so all of the eyes are going to be on the adam silver here in a few hours to see exactly what he does. and a lot of the players are getting criticism because of the level of protest that they did, but it should not be up to them. they have to wait and allow adam silver to have his due process to see what he is going to do, and then time to react if the punishment is not what it should be, but adam silver is a good man, and he believes in the integrity of the nba, and the image of the nba, and donald sterling's comments have even hurt the nba financially, and over a dozen different sponsors are pulling out, so there is definitely reason to remove him both business-wise and eth ethically, so we will have to the wait and see what he does. >> thank you both for coming in,

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the press, and followed a closed door meeting with the caucus. thf is speaker boehner moments ago responding to criticism about the remarks on his colleagues concerning immigration reform last week. >> there is no mocking. you all know me. i mean, you tease the ones that you love, but some people misunderstood what i had to say, and i wanted to make sure that the members understood that the biggest impediment that we have in moving the immigration reform is that the american people don't trust the president enforce or implement the law that we may or may not pass. i have said it here, and it is the truth. >> lots of talk on the hill, but will the return equal progress on any front? let's get to the company both from the nation's capital, and the "huffington post" and washington post representatives, amanda terkel, and jackie kucinich. and now it seems that speaker

boehner is backing off and turning it once again on the president. but what are the chances that he will be able to move the caucus at all to change my minds on immigration? >> well, very little chance. eric canter put out a memo on friday laying out the house gop for this spring, and immigration was not mentioned at all, even though it is something that the democrats and the republicans and many lawmakers in both chambers have said they would like to get done. many voters would like to see it get done, and especially the voters and the lawmakers in the swing districts with more latino vo voters, but it seems like there is very little appetite amongst many members to do anything before the preterm elections. >> and yes, it seemed, jackie, that when we heard of kathy mcmorris rogers as she tried to get something done by august that there is a compressed timetable, and once you get through the summer, the total focus is campaign, and so if

anything is going to be done, it has to get done quickly? >> yes. >> and the republican leaders don't want to do anything to hurt the fact that they have pretty much have a lock on the majority, and if they have a vote on the immigration, it is going to expose all sorts of division within the republican party on that particular issue, so they want their members to take votes that make them look good like some of the repealing obamacare votes that we have seen so many of them, and while we talk about them in the press, it is not hurting the republicans in the district. >> and while they are looking at the things on the hill in the context of the election in november, and now, let's talk about the wage issue. senate majority leader harry reid went right to the floor and attacked the koch brothers and setting the stage in the vote tomorrow in the senate for the minimum wage, and vice president biden pushing that whole issue of income inequality, and take a listen. >> what they clearly value this republican party is more tax cuts of the wealthy at the expense of the middle-class,

because it is not a class argument, because they genuinely believe in their hearts that that's the way in which you build a 21st century economy. >> and amanda, clearly, the democrats believe it works for them on the campaign trail, but the question is if they can get anything done on that. >> i mean, the democrats are definitely going to take up this issue, and the democrats are having the press conferences and the conference calls on it today, and they will continue to mush it in the vote. it is incredibly popular with the public which is why they continue to bring it up, and it plays into what president obama has addressed as the growing income inequality, and providing the opportunity, but it is tough for the republicans, because it is so popular where the public. so it does not look like it will even pass the senate and get enough republican vote, and enough republicans to get it across, but certainly won't go anywhere in the house. >> and in fact, the polling, jackie, is mixed with which issue is scoring with which p

party. middle-class, women's issues, raising the minimum wage, and same-sex marriage, and democrats are better, but in deficit spending, and the gun control for the republicans. what is the message for the m midterms? >> well, they want republicans to still run congress, and the president's poll numbers have sank in this. minimum wage it does not look like right now it is enough to surmount what the american people think about the economy, and how they think that the government is managed. so, yeah, it is a really good issue for the democrats, and it does not look like it is trumping some of the larger concerns out there. >> they are back and talking, and we will see if they accomplish anything. amanda and jackie, good to talk to both of you. and now, the president telling people to take a step back.

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the new tornado alley a and that is what some are calling alabama and mississippi and unfortunately, it is living up to the name. mississippi among the eight states where tornadoes touched down and especially hit hard with seven people who died due to the severe storms. take a look at what was once a block of homes just flattened. nbc meteorologist dillon drier is in pearl, mississippi. >> yes, it is, chris. you come out to the location here, and it is heartbreaking to think that this time yesterday, it was a standing community, and this is the neighborhood and people's homes, and now, as the residents are slowly starting to trickle in, they are beginning to sift through the pieces, and

see if they can salvage anything here. here at highlands mobile home park, we had no reports of any serious injuries, and everyone is safe, and everyone is accounted for. the national weather service in jackson started to issue the tornado warn ings around 5:30 local time monday evening, around ironically, the national weather service office is only five miles from here, and so they with were issuing the warnings for everybody up the street, and everybody heeded the warn warnings. the problem with april is the best chance of the long track tornadoes, and tornadoes that stay on the ground for a long period of time, and this particular tornado, the one that caused so much damage to the neighborhood here, it really caused this damage to a large part of the jackson metro area, including here in pearl, and brandon and richland, mississippi, where one woman was killed in a car where her car was picked up and traveled to a different location.

we are seeing the scene, and the heartbreaking images. here in pearl, we are not under the major threat like yesterday, but it is humid out here, and once the clouds start to break, and we start to get more sunshine here, and things are more unstable, we are still looking for the chance of the slight risk of the strong storms to redevelop especially after 1:00 this afternoon central to 4:00, but the biggest threat of the strongest tornados is more in eastern mississippi and across alabama today, and still as people pick up the pieces, they are most certainly going to be on alert, and it is going to be an awful scene here. >> and astonishing with people in the path of the weather, and nbc dylan dreyer, we will keep a look at the forecast. and if you read one thing this morning, there is a widow in pennsylvania fighting back after her house was sold at auction, because she owed, get this, $6.30 in interest on her tax bill. is this a case of the law is the

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president obama launching a full throated defense of the foreign policy strategy on the last day of the asia trip. asked about critics who say that the administration is not assertive enough in places like syria and ukraine, and the president spent more than 7:00 responding to those who he suggests didn't learn the lessons of the last ten years on the price of intervention. >> most of the foreign policy commentators who have questioned our policies would go head-long into a bunch of military ventures that the american people have no interest in participating in, and would not advance our core security interests. you hit singles and doubles and every once in a while, we may be able to hit a home run, but we are steadily advancing the interests of the american

people, and the partnership with folks around the world. >> i'd like to bring in senator john barrasso of wyoming a member of the foreign relations committee. thank you, senator, for joining us. >> thank you, chris, for having me. >> and you have been critical of the president's military policy, foreign policy, and so what does it wind down to the foreign wars that the american people clearly do not have a stomach for? what do you say about that? >> well, right now, our friends don't fear us, and our friends don't trust us, and i have just gotten back to the region in ukraine and been there with a bipartisan effort with other senators, and i will tell you that the sanctions that the president is putting forward, it is no effect, because the ruble went up, and the stock market went up, and this is a slap on the wrist, and we need to get vladimir putin's attention, and

all he respects is strength. when the united states shows weakness, it just emboldens and invites additional action by vladimir putin and what happens in one location, chris, plays out across the globe whether it is in north korea, where they are doing the additional test org in iran, or seyria, and you name it, and russia as well. >> and what is the, you have raised a number of point, the t and let me address them. for example, with the president's strategy, we put a deal in place to remove syria's chemical weapons, and no shots fired, and killed suspected terrorists with the drone, and hasn't there been several examples that show that this sort of policy not only can work, but does it without any crazy expense or the loss of life. >> well, in terms of the loss of life, there have been thousands of more syrians killed using chemical weapons, and so when the administration leads from behind, and allows russia the

lead syria with chemical weapons, we have seen it does not work there. in terms of iran, right now, iran got exactly what they wanted, sanctions removed, relief of the sanction, and they got access to the additional $7 billion of previously frozen assets, and so far, i have not seen the kind of results that we need in the united states in terms of the nuclear armed iran. >> let me go back if we can, because you brought up the sanction, and today, the european union brought up new sanction, and yesterday, there were more against people with t ties to vladimir putin, and seven russian government officials, and do we want to rush into this and cause a potentially greater conflict? we know that experience tells us that the sanctions take time. >> well, the washington post editorial called them half measures and i don't believe that the president expected them

to work, because one of his spokesmen said that he didn't expect them to work or to happen immediately. and a big sigh of relief apparently in russia as the ruble improved as well as the stock market. so if the sanctions are are to get putin's attention and change behavior specifically related to the border between ukraine and russia, that eastern border, it is not seeming to do that at all. and it is going on and on. >> and what is the message to the american companies and the european allies who are concerned about the economic impact that stronger sanctions would have on companies there and here, and also in the flow of oil to countries heavily dependent on the russian oil. >> i am glad you brought it up with the russian oil, because that is what they use to feed and fund all of the russian activities, and over half of the money comes from the selling of

oil and gas to foreign countries, and i'm trying to get liquefied natural gas and what i heard in ukraine, and moldova, and latvia, and latin america is that we need energy sources other than being so dependent under russia and vladimir putin where he uses the energy as a carrot and a stick to punish those who don't go with him to try to help those who do follow his rules, and they are desperate for another source of energy, and the united states ought to be supplying that energy right now. >> let me ask you about something else, secretary kerry saying that he apologized for a comment and said i do not believe nor have i ever stated publ publicly or privately that israel is an apartheid state, and nor does it plan to become one, and i have said that, and

anybody who knows me knows that is without a doubt. and so did ted cruz go too far here calling for his resignation? >> i am not calling for resignation today, but there is bi-pa bipartisan agreement, and barbara boxer calls secretary kerry's statement ridiculous, and the secretary of the state of the united states his or her words carry great weight, and what the secretary said was hurtful, and harmful, and he should have apologized and this is not partisan. >> senator john barrasso, thank you for coming on the program. >> thank you, chris, for having me. and checking the newsfeed, 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted in college, and it is a disturbing statistic that is prompting a new initiative, and today, vice president joe biden is going to address this issue after leading a federal task force. and the government is going to

launch a website called "not alone.org to address this. and can the police search your phones without warrant? that is one of the cases that the supreme court is considering. le lengthy convictions came down after finding evidence on the cell phones, but currently, cell phones do not grant federal protections. and now, the new los angeles facility will be honored for tom brokaw. he anchored the nightly news for 29 years after a stint on "today." tom got the break in l.a. in 1966 as he was a local anchor man there, and he said it was surreal when told about the brokaw center, and he said that his kids are finally impressed. have a great day, tom. and now, today, dozens of corporate sponsors are cutting ties with the los angeles cl

clippers after comments made by donald sterling. kia, virgin america, sprint, carmax, and state farm, and so many others. and the comments allegedly made by clippers owner, donald sterling, are not consistent with our views and sponsors, and so we are suspending our ties with the clippers. i want to bring in howard bragman and michael eric dyson, and he is from georgetown university and author of "saving ra race." today, former nba condemning donald sterile, and outside of the announcement from the team itself, a statement, we have not heard from him, and what would you tell him to do if he walked into your office, howard? >> well, the spin doctors have

two purposes, one is to stop the disease and the other is to save the patient, but i would tell him that it is terminal, and back out gracelyfully, and separate as quickly as possible with as much dignity as possible, but it is over. >> well, part of what we are waiting for today, michael is to the hear what the new nba commissioner is going to do, and there have been some analysts who have suggested that the quickness, the speed with which these sponsors announced they are cutting ties, and the financial impact, and the outrage of the other teams like the miami heat showing the solidarity will give him sort of an ammunition to try to get rid of sterling, and what do you think? >> well, that is absolutely right. when you put all of the thing thes together, the tally sheet is adding up. and mr. bragman is right, the diagnosis is terminal, and the patient does not have long, so what you can do is to go to the reputation theal hospice, if you

will, and you can't resolve the problems by staying on. you have to leave, and exit as gracefully as possible even though we know that he is not graceful, but he has been a renegade, and so the nba has to go at him full force, and the fact that he assaulted black and latino people, and the fact that sponsors are withdrawing, and the former greats are saying it is intolerable, and other owners are speaking out, and other coaches and teams in solidarity, and all of that adds up to nba's response here being forceful, and powerful, and immediate with sanctions against mr. sterling. >> and just in terms of the message that it sends, howard and what it means for financial vulnerability for the nba and the reputation, and how important is what is done today, and what decision is made here? >> well, chris, it is hugely important. understand that the nba is a business first and foremost, and

multi billion dollar business threatened by the sponsors leaving. so far, it is a local issue. if adam silver does not act harshly enough, perceptually, other teams will get involve and it is a national issue. it is a malignancy that has to be excised so that the rest of the team and the nba can be saved. >> michael, what do you think that we will see from the game tonight and from the fans? >> well, look, mark jackson, the coach of the opposing team, the golden state warriors said that he is a fan of basketball, and if he were a fan, he would boycott it, and stay away. if the coach of the opposing team has said that, he has put his own concern as a human being above his concern as a basketball player. i think that the fans will be quite mixed. they want to support the team, because they represent the best ideals of sports, but they want

to bring punishment to the stigma of sterling, the owner, and i believe it is going to be a mixed bag and the players' minds are not going to be completely free from the fiasco to play at the top level. >> and thank you both. >> thank you. >> the tony nominations are out this morning, and big hollywood names were snubbed, including denzel washington, james franco, and michelle williams, but here are some other names who you might know who are nominated. neil patrick harris, and bryan cranston, and maybe chris o'dowd from the movie "bridesmaids" and he is nominated for "of mice and men." and idina menzel whose name was mispronounced by john travolta is also nominated. guaranteed.

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and the kcontroversy surroundin his 20-count indictment for fraud from a restaurant that he once owned. boehner said that his stepping down from the services committee was the right decision for him, but grimm is heading back to work at capitol hill, and he is trying to arrange meetings with the gop leaders and he is not going to backdown, and he calls the fraud charges a vendetta. >> i don't abandon my post. i didn't abandon my post when i was fired on by come can bat, and i did not abandon the post when i thought that my identity was compromised as an fbi agent, and i won't abandon my post now. >> and now bringing in campaign migger katy packer gauge for mitt romney, and also the chairman of the dcc doug thornell, and what do they have to do here for republicans,

katy, anything? >> well, this is an isolated case of an individual who is dealing with serious charges, and he has to address the charges, but i don't see it as something that, you know, it has any e sweeping impact for the republican party anymore than, you know, when the mayor of my hometown kwame kilpatrick faced all kinds of legal challenges, and the fact that he was a democrat did not have sweeping impact on the democrat party. so i don't expect this to impact the midterms in the republican ability to hold on to the house and do well in the senate. >> but it will impact the ability to hold on to this seat, and gives the democrats a big opening. >> yes, that remains to be seen, and time is going to tell what the ultimate impact there is going to be, but it does not jeopardize the ability for the house to hold on for the republican party. >> and also, vance mcalester who has been nicknamed the kissing

congressman, and trey adelson who has stepped down after being caught with crack-cocaine, and so when they are in this situation, should they step down or what is the strategic move? >> well, i think it is a mess for the republicans. it creates a seat that is going to be open for the democrats. the republicans say they have a zero tolerance for ethical issues, but nothing for congressman grimm, so there is a loophole if you are in a competitive race. and there is pressure for republicans who have received campaign contributions from mr. grimm, and highlighting the fact that the leadership gave campaign contributions to mr. grimm, and this is not isolated and you mentioned two others, but you have steve stockman, and kathy mcmorris rodgers, and others who are facing some ethical inquiry by the house ethics committee.

>> well, the democrats have not been immune from it, and when it is a sex scandal, and involving the kissing congressman, and people are interested and it is bigger headlines and when anthony weiner confessed to sexting, it went on for weeks, and so is there a double standard when you are comparing infidelity and sexting versus criminal charges here. >> well, se gshgs sills, and the media is representative of that and the headlines makes people want to watch when it is a lay shouse, but i sure don't think that doug is suggesting that the republicans have cornered the market on ethical improprieties. >> no, but there seems to be a double standard. >> we saw a month ago five different democratic elected officials were facing indictments, and it is unfair to say that the republicans have done nothing, but speaker

boehner spoke forcefully about this this morn g ing to his cre, and congressman grimm is handling the charges, and again, they are charges, and serious charges, but, you know, we do have a process in the country for legal action. >> and let me ask you about that, because there is an argument to be made, and we have heard it from some folks in the republican party already, yeah, the right thing for him to step down from the committee, but we have a system here, where you are innocent until proven guilty, and so why should he do anything but what he is doing right now, and defend himself if he believes he is innocent? >> sure, he has every right to defend himself, and democrats or republicans have cornered the market, but there is a double standard and pointing out the fact that speaker boehner, and eric canter have talked about a zero tolerance policy when it comes to ethics. >> and when he was elected he said it would be a priority of his. >> yes sh, and time and month goesing after charlie rangel and john murtha, and on this

situation, he did not say much. he stepped down from the oversight, and oversight position on the financial services, but, you know, that is not much. the bigger headache here is that the republicans have to deal with the -- >> i think it is a significant thing to step down from that position, a nd he has the right to pursue, you know, his legal options, and you know, there is a lot of facts to come out here. and they are very serious charges, and i think that they are being addressed, and i think that the party has handled it appropriately. >> and katie packer gauge, and doug thornell, thank you very much. we will be right back with "politics now." for a limited time only! you can build it any way that you like, pick your three favorite things. it is spectacular! i'm nathan tavernaris and i sea food differently.

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turn to your instagram, and could you talk to me about this. what is going on here? what the hell? come on, now, seriously? >> well, it was good friday, and some people -- >> yes, it was. >> and so jimmy fallon has really gotten his vladimir putin impression down, and he is adding that to the donald sterling fiasco. >> it seems that everybody is weigh i weighing in on president obama calling donald sterling's racist remarks incredibly offensive and you know it is really bad when putin says, i hate to say it, but i am with obama on this one, a and that dude is the worst, man. >> i have to tell you that fallon is like the shirtless putin impersonation is next. killing it. that is going to wrap it up for "jansing & company," and i'm chris jansing. up next is tamron hall, and she is going to talk to former nba player john lucas about the current nba controversy. i will see you back here tomorrow.

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good morning, everyone, i'm tamron hall and this is "newsnation." we are following breaking news after a gunman opened up fire at a fedex center north of atlanta this morning. the shooter took his own life and he is identified as a federal express employee. the shooter was armed with an assault rifle, knife, and bullets strapped across his chest, quote, like he was rambo. nbc's kerry sanders joining me from the fedex sorting package center, and what else are we hearing from people who are there, kerry? >> well, it is a horrifying scene, and one of the witnesses telling me that the as he was arriving, she saw him, and he first of all had that knife, and he had the weapons and she was startled, but then, you know the device s th devices that they use to read the bar codes off of the fedex packages, and he had picked one up, and aimed it