hind closed doors deciding whether to participate. they are accusing the republicans of politicizing the benghazi attacks, and objecting for the committee with zseven spots for republicans and five for democrats. and some are saying that if they don't take part the republicans will dominate the hearing and no access to denounce claims of witnesses or other details. luke russert is joining us, and we are waiting to hear from nancy pelosi, but what might we expect? >> well, expect her to say whether or not house democrats s will be participating in the house committee on investigating benghazi. i took a poll yesterday talking to the house democratic members, and it was straight 50-50, and a lot of them said, no, we don't

want any part of it and we don't want to legitimatize it, because we want to be there because if they subpoena people like susan rice, john kerry, and hillary clinton, the presumptive 2016 presidential nominee, we have to be there to debate them. and so that has been going on, and the last look that we got is that they were leaning towards participating, but it remains to be seen what nancy pelosi is go ing the stay and do. and they have a little bit of the time, mind you, but they are saying that they want the republican leadership to respond to the demands of the possibility of equal representation which the republicans said they would not wa want to do and to figure out how authority tative the subpoena power will be and if they will have an ability to counteract that, and whether that is going to happen remains to be sceeens and we are going to look at that, and we have jim clyburn who said yesterday, we want no part of it, and elijah cummings said, no, i want to go there and play some defense and make the

gop look bad. >> and you asked speaker boehner about the republicans accusing to fund raise off of the benghazi investigations, and i want to play some of the exchange. >> senator boehner, four people died in benghazi and should the rnc fund raise off of your committ committee's effort? >> our evideffort is to find ans for the four families who lost loved ones. >> and should you be fund-raising -- >> well, our goal is to find answers for the four families. >> and why is this fund-raising happening? >> our focus is on getting the truth for the american people and the four families. >> and we know that people are fund-raising, and he would not directly answer that question after having been asked multiple times, luke? >> and it is something that the speak ser is in that predicamen

is not that the media is so fascinated about it, but it is because trey gowdy who the speaker tasked with being the head of the select committee on benghazi said on "morning joe" we should not fund raise off of it, because the seriousness of it is to be a sober and investigative panel. that is another divide. and for john boehner to have that position and hold nit an authoritytive manner, they said that in the house gop, we want the red blooded americans who love this red meat regarding the benghazi in our corner and turn out in the midterm and we will take the hit, but it is better off of an event that four americans died and move forward. they pointed to other fund-raising events like gun control action after newtown.

and not going to make them look bad, and he said, i am not going to answer that to make the fund-raising going forward looks bad. >> thank you, luke. we will carry the remarks from the minority leader pelosi e when they began. >> also, the fallout over the veterans a affairs scandal growing with the veterans getting a chance to speak out in a few hours when senator john mccain holds a town hall in phoenix. v.a. secretary eric shin seki i going to testify after it is accused that dozens of vets died while waiting for critical care. shinseki and other va officials are to turn over documents about who destroyed a secret waiting list at the v.a. hospital. several doctors say that it was created in order to falsely show shorter waiting times for the medical care, and in fact, one woman whose father-in-law died while awaiting treatments said

that like so many others, she wants answers. >> all of the people who are a part of this, they should be held accountable, because it is a crime. you know, delayed care is denied care. and it is just not fair. >> nbc's jennifer bjorklund is joining us from the location of senator mccain's town hall, and jennifer, what can we expect to hear an earful listening to one family's struggle alone is enough to infuriate so many who support our vets. >> tamron, there is expected to be a very spirited discussion here at this town hall meeting. we are expecting to the hear from many vets who feel that their v.a. hospital is under siege, and there are others who have expressed support for the hospital, and the secretary of veteran affairs eric shinseki, and the v.a. has become notorious for the backlog, and whist

whistle-blowers at the hospital say that in an effort to improve the record, administrators here requested that thousands of appointment requests be diverted to the secret unofficial list that is not to be reported. the house subpoenaed records related to the alleged waiting list and at this hospital after the v.a. refused to relinquish them vol untiuntarilvoluntarily new falsified records cropping nup up in other v.a. hospitals in austin, texas, and across the country, and the american legion is calling for shinseki's resignation, but he is saying that he is working to make shur that nothing that allegedly happened here in phoenix happened elsewhere, and the house says that president obama is confident in shinseki's ability to run the department. he is a vietnam veteran, and four-star general and he is not

planning to step down, but he is promising a full investigation. >> thank you. and i want to bring in representative who has been doing outstanding work on the weekends to keep the vets in our hearts and minds and what they need when they return, patrick. 21.2 million vets in the united states and the scandal is far reaching and what is your take at this point? >> my take is that we have to get to the bottom of it, and if the allegations are true, and there are two sets of whistle-blowers in ft. collins, colorado, and phoenix, arizona, and if this is true, it is criminal negligence. i am glad that secretary shinseki or general shinseki relieved the medical director in phoenix, and getting to the bottom of it, and testifying in congress, but we have to step back to look at the big picture, and hold anybody accountable of anyone who should have known that the veterans were on a

phantom secret waiting list is unconscionable. >> you heard from the reporter, jennifer, that at that town hall, it is going to be senator mccain and my father was in the military for 30 years, and i would be lying that if i did not admit that when i took my father to the v.a. hospital, i could not believe what i was see, and the care was suspect, and many times involving my own father, and these kinds of questions have lingered for a long time, and t and the duocracy and not just from afghanistan and iraq, but for years basically. >> and this is going to get my blood boiling, but the president and the congress have made taking care of the heros a priority, and increased the budget 68%, and went from $98 billion a year to $155 billion, and we didn't make sure they were executing and i have to tell you they did look at

jennifer's report, but general shinseki has cut that backlog almost 50% on what is called the disability payments. they have cut the homelessness under these past six years 24%. they have made sure that 2 million e people go into the v.a. health care system, but the allegations, tamron, that we are hearing, we need to make sure that we send a clear message that is not how we treat the veterans. i am glad that shinseki is getting on the hill and he has to get on front of it and handle it. >> how does he get in front of it, patrick, because we heard from him yesterday, and we had an opportunity to interview him, and the president said that we have to make shure that the vet are properly cared for, we have to fix congress, and two things, how do we fix congress and what does shinseki, and the number one hearing provide for him next week have to do to get in front if he is in fact going to get

there? >> the truth. clear and simple, the truth. and he needs to be straight with the american people, we have a standard of care of 14 days, and that is the dan drd and this is where we are meeting the goals and not, and the people who lied and said that the veterans were taken care of should be held criminally responsible for falsifying the records, and it is a crime. it is potentially, and it looks like may have led to veterans dying on a secret waiting list. >> but he fell short of that krcriminal negligence, then doe shinseki need to step down? >> well, unless he knew about it, and if these are isolated incidents and he found out about them and he is acting on it, then, no, because he just needs to make shure that it is being addressed and as soon as he found out about it by all indications, he appointed the i.g. report to do this investigation, and swiftly and gave he every resource possible,

and that investigation has not come back yet, and that investigation needs to work 24/7, tamron, and i joined the military 20 years ago and a lifetime member of the american legion and they represent 2.4 mi million veterans, and they have called for the general shinseki's resignation, but others have not, and we need to get to the bottom of what happened and the truth of it and hold the people accountable. listen, if general shinseki knew about it, then, fine. >> but for some people it is not whether he knew about it, but it was allowed to go on for so long, and lives lost on his watch. >> i am just as outraged as you are, tamron, and this is the first time that it was reported that the allegations, that there was falsification of the standards of the standard of care and when they are being seen, and again, like i said, if he should have known, and even if he didn't know, but should have known that it goes up the

chain of command and, you know, report ord should have been reported, then that is what we have to look at, but again, i'm not trying the play politics with a guy who served this country, and wounded in vietnam, and in the big picture, he has done big things for the veterans, and i want to make shure that the veterans have confidence that it is a different v.a., and 2 million more veterans have gone under the health care under his watch. >> it not about politics, but lives. >> that is right. >> thank you, patrick. you are always doing a great job on the weekend to bring these issues to the light. thank you. >> and coming up next military experts are on the ground in nigeria to help in the search for the nearly 300 girls kidnap ed ed by the islamic extremist group boko haram. and now there is more demand for the g. to do something, but there are reports that some of them are split up, and some of them out of nigeria, and taken to the places like cameroon, but the president jonathan good luck

said he believes they are in nigeria. and this morning, ann can curry asked john kerry, do you have confidence that all or any of the girls can be found? and kerry said, team just arriving and did he recalled to do everything that we can to help. joining me now live in studio is the sister who runs a school in uganda who has been for years helping girls escape by those kidnapped by joseph coey in the resistance operation, and after forest whitaker wrote about her in "time" magazine, the trauma she heals is unfathomable, but the breadth of her love is boundless. if love could solve it, but right now we know that it is

about government and military support of nigeria and finding the girls and getting them out safely, but you have worked with the girls in situations that are dire like this, and what is the primary concern for these girls and how they can survive this? >> well, it is something that is disturbing for everybody, and very, very painful. i have been telling everybody to do what we can do. first of all, love is the key. compassion is the e key. we all have to open up our arms and embrace these girls when they come back, and also, we need to tell them that they have hope, and their life is not robbed from them. right now, this is many of them captured believe that their future is destroyed, but this is violence against women which is happening over and over again in time memorial in every place. it is not just nigeria, but eve everywhere. and uganda, it happened, and when it happened, uganda, and oh, we are going to stop, because they are only destroying the people which is wrong, and make it happen and went on, and

now some people feel good about it, but now they say that it is only that the nra is all in the news, and people say in weeks to come that the same the nigeria issue is the old news. >> and so you are feeling that the weeks that pass, people will see it as old news. >> that is right. and it is the violence and the conflict gaiagainst all women. any time this violence continues anywhere, it is something that we have to be in the front line and every one should be with it, and admit that we are going to stand up to fight this violence and bring it to the end, and also have enough is enough, and human trafficking is evil, and especially against women. women are not going to be treated like this forever. >> and people don't realize the plague of human trafficking. it is so very high throughout the world. >> it is. and we look at it as something that is here and there and

because it is not in the headlines, and i believe it is the third most profitable tracking. >> yes. >> and tracking in the world. >> yes. and why everybody puts it on the front line. >> and behind drugs and guns. >> yes, and we don't condone that, and putting it in the front line, and i know that the point is that we need to get news which is here and there, and following everything, and this is evil against women especially, human trafficking is always going to remain not new. it is going to happen in africa and in europe and the united states, and these countries where the young girls are being taken out of the main and into slavery, these countries should get up and find these girls. that is why i keep on saying, where the lost girls? why are the people not looking for these girls? they are was. i found the lost girls in the united states, and nobody is caring about them, and i found

them everywhere all over the world, and we have to look for th them. >> so this situation in nigeria is simply mirroring what is going on around the world, and not just nearly enough in the headlines ash and the looin headlines, and we are focused on nigeria, but thousands throughout the country. >> yes, that is true. and we have written a book where we are using the information to give the girls hope when they are eschewed. >> so people must be ready to open up their arms and give them hope, and little by little to pick up for themselves. so because we have to prepare the girls to stand up for themselves, and love in the heart, and turn back this evil. >> we hope there are powerful voices starting right now in nigeria. >> i am hopeful. >> thank you, sister.

and right now, a powerful storm is moving through the south, and the midwest after millions of americans clean up after severe weather that left damage and flooding. we will have more updates on the severe weather that could affect your weekend. and plus -- >> after that call, it was a weight to be lifted off of my shoulders and to be playing professional football is incredible. >> and johnny football, one of the most popular players in the draft is headed to cleveland and why so many teams took a pass on johnny foot bball. and we will talk to our sports expert. and could apple be buying the dr. dre beats? it is one of the stories we are following on "newsnation," and joining me and the team at "newsnation" on twitter, and i want to thank the sister and those from uganda who made this beautiful bag for me, and of course, sister rosemary's book as well. thank you. >> thank you.

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well, it is day two of the nfl draft and tonight with more exciting players to be picked, but the name that everybody is talking about today is johnny manziel after what felt like the long and the uncomfortable wait, the heisman-e trophy-winning texas quarterback johnny football was finally picked by the cleveland browns with the 22nd pick. he had been expected to go in the top five, but he was forced to remain in the green room with the cameras surround iing him a he watched the players and the teammates selected ahead of him, and while he suggests that he is not the first high profile to go later than expected the wait for manziel was the one most hefley discussed a on the polarizing

collegiate players in this generation struck a dramatic and different chord, and joining me is rod simmelkjaer, and you told me not to look at twitter, but i will try to give it up, but looking at the twitter feed, i could not believe like the hashtags said, johnny! and why were people routing against him so? >> well, he is a star from the day he stepped on the campus at texas a&m, and first freshman ever -- >> but he can play. >> and the first freshman to ever win the heisman trophy, and the guy can play, and the controversy around him, it is not real controversy, but the discussion of how good is he really? he is 5'11" which is not real big for an nfl quarterback, and not small, but it is small-ish. and he is, you know, because his throwing arm versus his feet, and which is the bigger weapon is the big question, because the guys who like to run, a la

michael vick, and a la vince young and others don't fare that well in the nfl, because you get outside of the pocket and you start to the run-around and there are big fast guys there to hit you hard. it is not always the best for the career longevity, but it was a dramatic night, and he has great company as far as big star quarterbacks who had to wait a long time to get drafted. >> tom brady was the sixth round. so he would not be drafted this year until like sunday. and forget about yesterday, but they were only through one year, and also aaron rod jers who is maybe the best quarterback in the league was drafted 24. and collin kaepernick was a second-round draft pick and there is nothing too be too ashamed of the you are johnny manziel. >> but a lot of the talk with johnny manziel is that he had gone hollywood and that the nickname even bothered people, his association with the drake and his buddy, the rapper bugged people. i don't understand that. >> what can you say, it is part

of the celebrity culture, right? it is the in the making 206 celeb celebrity and the backlash of the celebrity and the re-making of the celebrity and that is how we do it so i guess that we are in the backlash period right now, and none of it is going to matter if he can perform on the field in cleveland and that is all it comes down to, and if he can't, then all of the hoopla will quickly fade away into the great lakes near cleveland somewhere. >> and did you expect him to go 22? >> i did not expect him to go top five for sure. >> really? >> when you looked at the needs they had in the top five, it is clear that he wouldn't go, and i thought i that cleveland would take him with the first chance to get him, which they ended up trading back and had a pick at six and didn't take him, and then i thought, well, this could be a long wait for him and it was, because a lofts the teams that picked in the 10, 20 area, they had quarterbacks, and they didn't need him, and then when cleveland made another trade to

go to 22, it was clear, so they had a great night, because they got a great defensive back and then a quarterback, and if you are a cleveland person or the cleveland browns' fan -- >> for a decade. >> and only the cleveland browns' fan i know is my uncle tommy who has been a browns' fan as far back as i can remember. >> well, congratulations uncle tommy. >> and i am looking forward to routing for him. and johnny football as people are mocking me all day. >> and is rob ford in trouble already in rehab? he just got there. and scientists say they have created the first life form using artificial genes and how the discovery is raising hopes for medicine, but some are fearing that scientists are tampering with the fundamentals of life, and some say they are

playing god. >> and this is what is happening fridy may 9th, the president wi be speaking at walmart to praise steps to become more energy efficient, and meanwhile, labor groups will protest saying he should not appear in a place that has such a poor record on wages. and marco rubio is going to be fund-raising ahead of the midterm primaries. jenny done turned her quilt hobby into a dynamic website and now her company is booming as well as other businesses on main street. watch "your business" sunday

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of life on earth, the simple species uses the same genetic code. it consist of four chemical units indan -- units in dna, but it has encouraged new research, but also raised concerns from ethicists that scientists are playing god. and joining me is lauren who published the research. thank you for your time. >> thank you, tamron. >> i have to ask you, because to be honest, people would have to the read it five or six or seven times, because of it -- well, at a the heart of it, it is in the discovery of the dna building blocks. >> yes, as you said, all of the dna is made from the same four chemical building blocks, and we call them a-t-g-c. and a combination of the letters.

scientists have made two chemicalbuilding blocks and they have expanded the alphabet to six letters which does not seem like a lot, but you can make many more combinations with six than four. >> and what is the goal of creating the new building blocks? >> you know, this is something that scientists had hoped to do for decades, and i think that the ultimate goal is to modify dna to perhaps allow it to produce drugs or vaccines to have a therapeutic effect. >> with that said and you see the headlines like the ones we have, the alien dna and you hear some of the bioethicists expressing the concern that this is an attempt to play god obviously, you know that those are loaded term thes that give people pause and we think about when dolly the cloned sheep first made head reaction of

people thought that scientists were cooking up things in the se secret scary laboratories, but this is really to improve our lives. >> i think that's true, and i also think that the, you know, this is a major scientific breakthrou breakthrough, but it is going to take a lot more research, and time before scientists figure out whether this is going to produce a medical breakthrough, and there would be lots of safety testing and ethical discussion before that would happen. and you know, since dolly, we don't have herds of cloned animals running around. scientists are pretty careful about these things. >> and this is 15 years of work, and to your point, the possibilities are endless as it relates to the vaccines and the antibiotics, and it has struck up a lot of conversation online outside of the scientific world and we wanted to bring you on to discuss it this and thank you for your time. >> sure. and christy turlington

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then use months and months and months to create a select committee, and something happened in the caucus and the word was spreading last friday and we didn't get word about it until the rule was filed late tuesday night, and the question now is what are the terms in which the democrats could participate. and we have made it clear that our caucus is clearly among those who say don't have anything to do with it, and it is a kangaroo court, and identified as such, and don't dignify what they are doing, and others say send one person to see what they are doing to the witnesses, and have access to the testimony, and the third option is to let's see what they come back with in terms of the terms of engagement, and what we have asked for is -- >> joining me now is nbc news senor political editor, mark murray, and for some reason, we cut out on the minority pelosi's

remarks there, but the gist is that they have not made a decision, and the party is debate ing t debating the next move and what it should be. >> that is right. and one of the things is that they are trying to do is to get some information from the republicans, and the democrats want demands as subpoena power as well as the republicans on the committee who control the house of representatives, and they say that they have not, and the democrats have have not gotten their questions answered and until they do, they still want to have all of the options opened, but tamron, nancy pelosi laid out the arguments and the pros and the cons pretty well, and one that we have done as well where you end up having where democrats might say that we say that this is entirely illegitimate and we don't want to participate at all, and the other hand, the democrats have to be pres toent make the counter charges and to have that sound bite of someone saying that this is a kangaroo court as we have seen previous hearings when the democrats are protesting at something, and those are the arguments out there, and the democrats have

come up to the, haven't made up their mind yet. >> and mark, just looking at the sunday morning program, and we will hear more about what the u.s. can do to help with the situation in nigeria, and also hear more about the ben gau sxhit tee, a whapd the democr-- benghazi committee, and what the democrats will do. >> yes, tamron. and look at the midterm elections and what happened with the republican establishment getting a big win, and looking at the remaining primaries in the month of may and some on may 13th, and then the big one, kentucky and georgia on may 20th, and as a political reporter and something like that, those are the stories that are keeping my interest. >> and mark, on the lighter note, i am sure that you are happy about the dallas cowboys getting the first round pick. >> well, you know, tamron, i grew up a houston oilers' fan, and i watched the previous s segment, and the one thing that we agree with is johnny manziel,

the guy i don't really think a lot of, but -- >> well, look, i'm eating up the time. why are all of these haters out there. >> well, the texas longhorn, and it is hard to like the texas a&m aggie and on the other hand is the celebrity where a lot of times we have been talking about kevin durant and the guys who do their thing and do it well, and johnny manziel brings it a spectacle and good and bad things as well, a and you are emphasizing the good, and sometimes bad. but i have to thank the texas longhorn burnt orange glasses are affecting me. >> why don't you just end it with "get off of my lawn, kid." >> oh, come on, tamron. >> come on, johnny football, prove mark murray wrong. >> thank you, tamron. >> and now, looking for a texas boy who is going blind. this 9-year-old, and what an

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hip-hop. and people are trying to see what apple sees as the future with these, because they have so many competitors at this point, and not that i don't own a pair, but anyway, people across the country are e helping a young 9-year-old boy's dream come true. since the 1st of may, donations have been climbing to help a boy who was born with a condition that is -- ben and ginning me is heidi and ben. how are you, ben? >> hi. >> hi. and heidi, first off, you are

from dallas-ft. worth and i will be there saturday and i know that a lot of people have been jumping into the action to help, and i'm going to be there and i will figure out a way to meet you guys or the get ben to the ft. worth 150 azoo and i don't what i have to do but i will stand there with signs and i will get you in the zoo and split my time between my mom and you guys, but heidi, tell me what you decided to let the world know about ben's struggle? >> well, it started that we started to share the story with friends and family and say that the kids need to help ben fulfill the wishes. and it spread from there and it caught us off guard, the response. >> an ben came up with a a list and you sit around and talk with him, and say, hey, buddy, where do you want to go? shhow did he form this list, because he is young? >> well, it is one of the vision therapists who recommended that

we give him as many visual memo memories as we could so that he would have the memories when he may not be able to see them down the line. so literally, we sat down with him with the laptop one night after the other kids were in bed and said, hey, buddy, what do you want to see, and he came up with the funniest list of random things. >> and ben, you had the chance to visit nasa, and was that fun? >> yeah! >> yay. and you had the chance to meet an astronaut, right? >> yes. >> and heidi, what else is on ben's list? >> well, it seems that things that he hopes to e see is next step is the grand canyon and he is hoping to get there. he wants to to see the los angeles where we had our first farm, and things all over the u.s. and world really. >> and ben, are you so excited that people have decided to help you make your dream come true? >> yes. >> and you are a little shy? >> little. >> ah, i didn't think that he is

aware of fully what is happening. >> well, it is a little bit of shy or shock, both. >> and i said shy. >> and ben, we want to do whatever you can to help you out, because you are adorable and you mom is an awesome mom on this mother's day, and when i get to texas, and i will call the p.r. people for the ft. worth zoo and we will hold up a sign support ben's bucket list and i will maybe hold a bucket on the corner. we will see. >> thank you. >> that is a first in my life, but what e ever, i am going to do it. and heidi, give ben a big hug from me, and we love you so much, and you make that bucket list, buddy. >> thank you. >> absolutely. thank you for sharing the story and ben with us. he is awfully adorable. thank you. all righty. >> so if you are in dallas-ft. worth i am going to be standing in front of the zoo with my bucket. meanwhile, up next, super model

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a special campaign is calling on all moms to come together and raise awareness about the serious medical challenges expectant mothers across the world face and also sounding the alarm about the stunning amount of woman who die during childbirth due to prev t preventible conditions. somewhere in the world a mother dies bringing a life into the world. 800 women today will lose their lives to pregnancy and childbirth related issue. it was launched by every mother counts by christy turlington

burns. you have been dedicated for years now. >> since becoming a mom. >> is that what changed you, becoming a mother? or did you read something that hit your heart? what was it? >> when a child is born, a mother is also born. i became a maternal child health advocate the day my daughter was born because i encountered a complication that is often times not survival in parts of the united states. >> the thing that i think strikes people the most when they read these numbers, 287,000 women die every year as a result of complications but these are preventible conditions. >> 90%. that's the part that i think it's shocking and at the same time it's the part that gives me hope. i know that we can do this. we're not waiting for a cure in most cases. we know that the largest or most common cause of death is post partum hemorrhage.

if a woman is within reach of emergency obstetric care her life can be saved. there are others such as sepsis, hygienic birth conditions would change in a huge way. >> since you joined the campaign, you say there are things that give you hope but we've seen the numbers improve a bit, haven't we? >> we have. ten years ago it was half a million plus women and that was already considered to be an underestimation given that we don't count every birth and we don't count every death because a lot of women -- we're born at home and die at home. there's so much more attention to girls and women generally in the last five to ten years that that has made the estimations a bit more accurate and the numbers have come down significantly. >> we talk about this globally but what's stunning in the united states, two women die every day. in the united states. >> yes, this shocks every audience when i show the documentary i made a few years

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