good friday, everyone. tamron hall is on assignment. this is "newsnation." we are following several developments right now an investigation of the missing detroit boy found alive in his father's basement. he was missing for 11 days. 12-year-old charlie was out of the hospital. he's living with his birth mother. police, at this point, are not ruling out abuse in this case. sources tell our detroit affiliate charlie may have feared punishment from his father for not finishing his daily workout routine. 4,000 stride on the elliptical machine. police arrested his stepmother on an unrelated charge. she made a court appearance earlier. ron, do we know if charlie's father has had any contact with him? >> we do. good morning, he did say yesterday while he was counted

not have comment on the case. he acknowledged to nancy grace he had briefly spoken to his son on the phone when he called his paternal grandmother. they had a conversation in the past 36 hours or so. but this story is developing literally be the minute here and getting more intriguing by the hour. we're just outside the father's condo here. i want to take a look at the piece of animation here. this is the conditions police say they found the boy on wednesday. he was confined in the 2 x 4 foot area in the basement. that area was locked in by a drum and boxes. police are wondering how a small 12-year-old could push that around. the inference is he may have had help down there. the reason authorities were concerned is over the course of the 11 days he was missing, police found traces of blood on a piece of piping. that, of course, got a lot of

folks thinking whether the young child may have met some physical harm. now we know through police sources that the boy apparently had this daily exercise routine his father was pushing him to complete on the elliptical machine is a punishing thing for adults much less a child 4,000 strides on the machine and apparently one day he felt like he couldn't do it. that sort of, apparently, that started that lead to the disappearance. today moments ago, the stepmother was arrested on an unrelated charge, she was in court this morning. she's been released on $5,000 bond with a tether. her two children, her small children, were taken into state custody yesterday. there are a lot of moving parts into the conversation. as i understand it, police are close to turning over the case file to the prosecution's office. it could happen in the next few hours sometime this weekend. it might mean criminal charges could be in the offing down the line. we're still in the "wait and see

approach." know dad was in court with the step mom. at any point, the couple may come back here to the condo complex. we're keeping an eye out. >> quickly, what, if anything, has the father said about this exercise routine? >> i don't think anybody has gotten him on the record about that. now the information has come to light. if he shows up we're going to ask him about that and other things. he's trying to tell the media he's not going to comment much further on this. he's obviously happy his son was found safe. everyone has seen, probably by now, the video of him on television being told his son was found safe in his basement. and the reaction is something to see. but we're waiting to see if he comes down the street here to go into the family home. >> all right. thank you, as always. it was not always pretty to watch, but team usa somehow managed to keep the american dream alive in the world cup. the united states surviving that

so-called group of death. finishing second. they lost 1-0 yesterday. it was enough to see them through to the knockout stage. tuesday team u.s. will play belgium in the version of the sweet 16. that game for those who are wondering, win or go home. if i that beat belgium they'll likely face addressirgentina. they probably need another great performance from they guy in the green. tim howard. the goal keeper who had a spectacular match yesterday. he said he's been flat out amazed by the support the team has gotten from fans. >> we've been blown away by the response. we have seen everything from our family's, social media, the things we get on tv down here. and it's a true testament to how far soccer has come in this country. people are excited. leaving work early.

the country is stopping to watch us. that's what they do around the world. >> joining me now sports illustrated. spain didn't advance. italy didn't advance. but team usa advanced. for phofolks who don't follow t sport as closely as you do. a lot of folks, you know, probably felt weird about being okay with the loss yesterday. >> it's really a strange part of this round robin in the beginning. in some ways it was the most successful game. obviously, the first win against ghana. and what set the excitement in motion. they got the late header goal. 4:00 left in regulation time to win the game. and there's been a real excitement since then. when you follow the game and see them lose but congratulating one another. it is strange. that's the nature of the round robin in the beginning. we see it every four years. a lot of times the third game

has moments like that. >> record viewership so far. and it's tough not to like guys like tim howard. every four years we have the conversation. is this the world cup that makes soccer one of the top three or four sports in this country? how much of this do you think is about patriotism and how much is just about, you know, a healthy appreciation for the game of soccer? >> i think it's a little both. i think we're seeing terrific soccer. people came in that ghana game, as i mentioned, entertaining game against portugal. so fans are being rewarded for their investment. they're seeing great play from tim howard. the average casual fan can really get into and be attracted by. high level. but of course the fact that we were the u.s. and the underdog president obama is watching it on air force one and all the excitement. there's a feeling of we -- it's not like rooting for basketball in a way. we should win.

we're going to win. here we have no business winning. and everybody kind of rallies around it. >> everyone loves an underdog. quick, come tuesday how much of a shot do we have? >> i think they have a shot. belgium has a strong offense but didn't play very well in their opening round. and the u.s. definitely has a chance if they can get -- that would be great. >> thank you. have a good weekend. the u.s. supreme court will hand down the final two decisions of the current term monday including, perhaps, the most anticipate ed ruling this term. it involving the legality of part of president obama's health care law. whether a for-profit corporation can refuse to provide certain contraceptive services. on the grounds that doing so would violate the company owner's christian believes. joining me live is a national

reporter. they are considering two cases lumped together. one is the hobby lobby and a company owned by m-- there are major constitutional issues here. >> both conastoga and hobby lobby filed and got the appeals court level they got difficult results. the third circuit that religious corporations are not a thing. you cannot be a corporation and have all the privileges of a corporation and still opt-out from laws for religious reasons. apt the tenth circuit hobby lobby was told it doesn't matter what your tax status is. it is a decision that is going to be decided on the basis for the religious freedom

restoration act. if the court chooses, it can go to the first amendment questions. basically the threshold question is going to be can a corporation be religious? and after that does the contraceptive coverage regulation and the fact violate with that religious freedom? >> the justices heard arguments in the case in march. at that point, any indication which way they might be leaning? which way the court might be leaning? >> it was a dramatic oral argument. i was there. the first half mostly the female justice came out swings against paul clement. at that point justice kennedy seemed to be sympathetic to the fake th-- fact that the employe might be harmed if their religious employers were allowed to prevail and opt-out. and then in the second half all the conservative s came out and attacked the solicitor general and said can the government force a corporation to do all kinds of things. and justice kennedy seemed

somewhat worried about what the government could force a corporation to do. i would say it was a divided organize argument. we're not sure how it's going to come down. thank you, as always. iraqi forces launch an airborne assault on saddam hussein's hometown. in is congress considers president obama's arequest to send $500 billion to fight rebels in the region. relive inside iraq. transformers actor shia lebouf was arrested last night. what was he accused of? plus? >> i'm hoping to touch people's lives and let them know any obstacle they're facing can get through. >> eisaiah austin was honored with aer ceremonial draft pick. one of the stories we're

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developing right now. president obama is in minneapolis. he is going to be talking about the economy there. specifically talking about ideas to boost the middle class. let's listen in. >> your wonderful senators al franken and amy klobuchar. congressman keith ellisson.

your mayor! and all of you are here and that's special. i want to thank rebecca for not just the introduction and for sharing her story, but for letting me hang out with her and her family for the last couple of days. i really like her. her husband is, like, the husband of the year. generally you don't want your wife to meet rebecca's husband because, you know, she'll be like why don't you do that? why aren't you like that? you know, i've been wanting to

visit a place where the wommen strong and the women are good looking and the children are above average. [ cheers and applause ] and this clearly an example of what minnesota produces. so yesterday rebecca and i had lunch at matt's bar. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. had a juicy lucy. which was quite tasty. we had a town hall at minnehaha park. i didn't take a kayak over the falls, which seemed dangerous. [ laughter ] we got ice cream at grand oak creamery. very good! very tasty! and then this morning, el franken and i and secretary tom perez, our secretary of labor was here. tom, stand up.

[ applause ] we stopped by a community organization that helps with a lot of job programs and job placement programs. and this program in particular was focussed on young moms. and it was interesting talking to them because these are teenage mothers, 16 to 18, and it was a great pleasure for me to be able to say to all of them that, you know, my mom was a teenage mom. she was 18 when she had me. and to be able to say to all of them that you're in this country, it is possible for the child of the teenage mom, a single mom, to end up being president of the united states. i think it maybe gave them something to think about. [ applause ] so you guys have been great hosts, minnesota. you're welcome! you're welcome. i love you back.

[ cheers and applause ] so i want to give you a sense of how this -- how this visit came up. as some of you know every day we get tens of thousands of corp. response at the white house. we have a big office and every night the folks who manage the office select ten letters for me to read. the job of these letters is not to just puff me up so it's not like they only send me letters saying, mr. president, you're doing great. sometimes the letters say thank you for something i may have done. sometimes the letters say you are an idiot. and the worst president ever. and most of the storyies, thoug, are stories of hardship.

or hard-wonned success or hopes that haven't been met yet. some appreciative position i may have taken. some disagree with what i'm doing. some consider policies like the affordable care act consider to be socialism. some tell stories of the difference that same policy may have made in folks' lives. i'm getting a good sample of what is happening around the country. and last month three young girls wrote to me that boys aren't fair because they don't pass the ball in gym class. there's a wide spectrum. i'm going prepare an executive order on that. [ laughter ] but the letter that rebecca sent stood out. first of all, because she's a good writer, and also, because

she's a good person. and the story that she told me reminded michelle and i of our own experiences when we were -- rebecca and her husband's age. in many ways, her story, for the past five years is our story. the american story. in early 2009, rebecca and ben, her husband, they were newly maried expecting their first son jack. she was waiting tables he was in construction. like millions of middle class families that got hammered by the great recession. the worse recession since the great depression. life was about to get pretty hard. if only we had known, she wrote, what was about to happen to the housing and construction market. ben's business dried up, but as a new husband and dad, he did what he had to do. he took whatever jobs he could. even if it forced him to be away

from his family at days at the time. rebecca realized she needed to think about how her career would unfold. she took out student loans and enrolled in saint paul's college and retrained for a new career as an accountant. they had to sacrifice for their kids and one another. last year they were able to buy their first home. they have a second son. they love where they work and ben's new job lets him to be home for dinner each night. [ applause ] president obama there in minneapolis, minnesota. talking about the economy and a couple named rebecca and ben he spent some time with. the president is going to specifically talk about some ideas to help the middle class in this country. specifically raising the minimum wage. we should let you know we're streaming the speech on our website. we'll stream the entire thing on

msnbc.com. up next new developments on a story we've been following from the beginning. the police chief from a small town in south carolina who say she is lost her job because she's gay. >> that's all i want to do is get back to my job. i want to fight and give back to the town that i love and want to serve for that was crystal moore talking to me in april. now she's set to be sworn in again tonight after the community came together to change the town's laws. i'll talk to her live next.

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change the form of government from a strong mayor to a strong council system. the council promised once the results of that vote certified they would have the authority to rehire moore. unbeknownst the mayor hired another chief the day before the vote. they will swear in chief moore once again tonight. chief moore joins me live along with town councilman. we noted a few moments ago, the votes, apparently have been certified. so it sounds like it's a done deal you'll be sworn in again tonight. what is the last week been like for you? >> the last week has been awesome. i've been es static one minute knowing the town came out with a tremendous outpour, changed the form of government, and i knew, you know, my job was back. my dream was back.

i've been there 23 years dedicated, loyal, honest, hard working, dependable citizens and officer. i was hired back and the next morning, you know, he is basic -- it was basically like i was fired again. i received a call saying that the local station had just -- at 9:30 posted that he had hired a new chief. so, you know, it was just -- words could not express how i felt being refired again by him. >> right. when we spoke initially back in april, the mayor gave us this statement. it says in part, quote, i can assure you that the firing of chief moore has nothing to do with her sexual orientation. have you gotten nymanymore of a explanation why you were fired in the first place?

>> no, sir. the mayor -- i think his statement he tells you one thing and that's what we have been the whole town has been accustomed to. he tells you one thing and you hear another lie. he's been so inconsistent. his personal opinion of me is what put us in this predicament. i was told weeks before to watch my back because of how he felt about me. i was doing my job like i've done in 23 years. i worked in all the schools. i've worked for the recreation department. had no problems. hen he comes in and within four months because of what he said and the recording, that's his personal opinion and i feel that's why. the bogus reprimands i received. seven in one day. i have never received any reprimands with 23 years of service. >> you said there were other issues at play. you recorded the mayor in april voicing his opinion about people

who have, in his words, quote, questionable lifestyle. here is the recording. >> i would much rather have, i'll say it to anybody's face. i would much rather have somebody who drank and drank too much taking care of my child than i had somebody whose lifestyle is questionable. >> he said he could not confirm or deny that was his voice. why did you record that? do you think that's the reason why some folks have doubted his motivations all along? >> i think it has a lot to do with it. i recorded it because, like chief moore was stating, the mayor has been less than truthful on many occasions. i recorded it -- in case --

[ inaudible ] i think it's done a lot of good. and i think chief moore is getting her job back at the 7:00 meeting. >> councilman, the mayor -- for i guess the current chief? >> we don't have any room for him in our department. i guess he's going to have to go back to what he was doing. >> that's where he was working before? >> no , sir, that's where the mayor had his interview take place at. >> got you. what is all of this talk, if

anythin anything,? and my life was my life. it was -- i was open but it was still private. i was doing a job. because of one person's believes and how he feels he snatched that away 23 years of service, you know, i'm getting near retirement age with the state. and he snatched it away because behalf he believed. i hope that the outcome of this is better for not only me but everywhere all over our nation, internationally, that question hopefully be treated fairly and

equally. >> chief crystal moore. we'll leave it there. congratulations on your new appointment, so to speak. >> thank you. i'm looking forward to it. president obama talking about his executive actions calling the possible lawsuit against him by house republicans a, quote, stunt. >> i'm not going to apologize for trying to do something while they're doing nothing. >> nbc senior political editor mark murray joins me live next. seeing the world in reverse, and i loved every minute of it. but then you grow up and there's no going back. but it's okay, it's just a new kind of adventure. and really, who wants to look backwards when you can look forward?

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you e-mails that disappeared. if you have a way for me to do that. >> why did you wait so long. >> we were to wait until we produced all of lois learner's e-mails. >> you can't give us all the e-mails. you lost some. >> thank you very much! thank you for this wonderful honor. >> before the race ends, we have to be absolutely certain that the republican primary was won by republican voters! >> the supreme court struck down a massachusetts law that had a 35-foot fixed no protest zone around the entrances to abortion clinics. the recess appointment power is dead. >> the president's role is to faithfully execute the law. in my opinion he hasn't. >> it needs to be -- >> this lawsuit is not something that is going to consume the attention of the white house. ♪ joining me live now nbc news

political editor mark murray. president obama responded to the potential lawsuit regarding executive orders. this is what the president had to say. >> you know the suit is a stunt but what i've told speaker boehner directly is if you're concerned about me taking too many executive actions, why don't you try getting something done through congress? >> a spokesman for speaker boehner responded a short time ago saying, quote, the american people their elected representatives and the supreme court expressed serious concerns about the president's failure to follow the constitution. dismissing them with words like stunt only reinforces their frustration. mark, do we think more executive orders, for example, on immigration are -- regardless of the lawsuit. >> absolutely. a lot of ways to interpret the

lawsuit from house republicans the one that is coming is almost a shot against -- across president obama right before he tries to do anything when it comes to immigration reform. today is the one year anniversary of the senate passing immigration reform. the house hasn't taken anything up. president obama instructed his dhs secretary jay johnson to see what they can do when it comes to deportations and other things. the president using his executive authority to do as much as he can when it comes to immigration. and essentially saying, you know, with the house of representatives not deciding to act at all in a time which there's a humanitarian crisis going on the u.s.-mexico border right now it's important to -- that someone gets involved. and probably the context to see president obama's remarks there. >> mark murray, we'll leave it there. the criminal charges against actor shia lebouf left a theater

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the ukraine's new pact with the european union tops the stories. poroshenko signed the economic deal with the e.u. this morning. that deal was the center of what sparked those deadly protests last winter when the country's former president refused to sign it under pressure from russia. russia is speaking out while it's the sovereign right of you cream to sign the deal, it's prepared to, quote, take action should the agreement have negative influence on their agreements with russia. actor shia labeouf appeared before a new york city judge hours after an arrest for allegedly disrupting a broadway show. police say the transformers star was in the audience for cabaret when he lit a cigarette and yelled during the performance. he was eventually hauled out by

police. things didn't end there. prosecutors say he released expletives even a gay slur and saying, quote, i'll injury your life to the police officer. he's due in court next month. and an emotional scene during last night's nba draft as commissioner adam silver took time out to honor baylor star e isaiah martin. he was diagnosed with a disorder that will not let him to play in the nba. he wanted to give him the experience of being drachted and walking on the stage. they offered him a job. we turn to an msnbc original. this week marks the 50th anniversary of freedom summer in

mississippi. that's when more than 1,000 volunteers, mostly whites, from the north, went to the straight with the goal of registering as many african-american voters. mississippi was picked because it was had the lowest percentage in this country with 6.7%. volunteers signing up voters faced intimidation. 37 churches were bombed or burned. it culminated with the three civil rights workers with the ku clux clan. hundreds of young men and women are honoring their sacrifices and continuing their work at the freedom 50th young congress in jackson, mississippi. we have the msnbc original from jackson. 50 years after the original

freedom summer. >> we have to be nonpartisan. >> the faces have changed. the fight to end voter discrimination hasn't. >> we target a lot of -- >> and neither has the location. young men and women converging in mississippi trading typical summer breaks for social activism. >> you can only go to the pool so many times. you can only go out with your friends so many times. advocacy is forever. >> he was apathetic about the political process until his grandmother taught him about the 1964 push to register african-americans to vote. now he plans to run for office one day. others at the youth congress aspire to be leaders in education, criminal justice, and community organizing. >> it means to me personally that we have a bright future ahead of us. >> this week is more than lessons in classrooms. it's about following in the footsteps of those who laid their lives on the line and in some cases, died 50 years ago fighting for equal rights.

>> one of the most chilling instances the deaths of three young civil rights workers at the hands of the ku klux klan. this is the spot they were murdered. >> the dangers faced in those days from those who were there. during the tour of historic freedom summer sites. >> they told my brother he was lying. they beat him. >> it was an inspiring experience for 20-year-old destiny keys whose grandmother was one of the first african-americans to vote in her mississippi hometown. >> they leave a mark on our history. we have to celebrate them. >> now a generation determined to better their communities and the nation. ♪ up next our "newsnation" gut check. an o0 olympian champion runs th 800 meter race and she was

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brian: 25 years. matt: that's how long we've been talking about the most important social issues.

savannah: education. al: conservation. chris: uniting the nation. jim: with a bit of imagination. the more you know. developing right now, president obama is in minneapolis, minnesota. he just delivered some remarks on the economy there. specifically, talking about his agenda to boost the middle class. he talked about raising the minimum wage once again. he's doing it in a state that's already embraced that key issue, raising the minimum wage. also spent some time talking about the gridlock in washington, promising to continue to do what he can with his executive powers, saying he cannot wait for congress to act. the president's two-day visit to minnesota is part of his -- part of his -- a day in he life tour where the president is going to be visiting different cities to get to know regular americans. he also took part in a town hall meeting yesterday in

minneapolis. there's a lot going on on a friday morning. here are just some of the things we thought you should know. hillary clinton's new memoir has been effectively banned in china. that's according to simon & schuster. chinese publishers have declined to buy rights for the book and the english version will not be sold in the country either. in that book, clinton is critical of the chinese government. miss delaware has been stripped of her crown because she's too old. 24-year-old amanda longacre took home the title two weeks ago but pageant officials say she's too old because she'll turn 25 in october and pageant rules say you can't turn 25 before the end of the year. that means first runner-up brittany lewis, she's been awarded the title. she's also 24. those are just a few of the things we thought you should know. film time for our news

nation gut check. olympic runner, a five-time track & field champion, just crossed the finish line in a race she's completed multiple times before but this year, she's getting a lot more attention because she ran that race, as you can see there, she's a bit pregnant. 8 months pregnant. montano got the okay from her doctors. still some wondier she would choose to do it so close to her due date. here's nbc's jenna wolfe. >> reporter: olympian alecia montano entered the 800-meter at the u.s. championships thursday, just six weeks before her first child was due. typically not the ideal time to enter a competition, even for a five-time u.s. outdoor open champion. trailing the lead pack for most of the race, montanio received cheers as she finally crossed

the finish line. >> four-time defending champion puts in a great effort here. >> a big congratulations for her as she finishes up. >> to finish dead last in the eight-woman heat. nearly 25 seconds rehypbehind h closest competitor. but that didn't seem to matter to the former star from the university of california. >> i've been running through my entire pregnancy and felt really good during the process. >> she consulted her doctor and midwife who encouraged her to race 34 weeks into her pregnancy. >> i wanted to do what i normally do, however i do things normally. just happened to be pregnant. >> so when it comes to the question wlf this was safe, nbc's chief medical expert dr. nancy snyderman says if a woman is fit and cleared by her medical team, there is no reason to avoid running. the amniotic fluid provides

cushion for the fetus and blood will not be shunted away to other parts of the body to harm mom or fetus. even the issue of stamina is a moot point. balance may be affected a little from a shifting weight load but only minimally. should she have run that race six weeks before her due date? you can go to newsnation.msnbc.com. a brand new episode of "deadline crime" arizona on investigation discovery. this week she's highlighting the death of 91-year-old washington, d.c., journalist and socialite viola dratt. at first it appears she died from a nasty fall in the bathroom but when investigators start looking into her marriage to a man 40 years younger, they unravel a history that shocks washington's elite. here's a preview. >> the day after viola's murder, they are questioning her husband. when they inform him of a key

piece of evidence. >> but the issue we have is there's no sign of forced entry to your home. >> no. >> according to their observations and albert's own statements, on the night of her murder, the doors and windows were locked, as always from the inside. >> so, clearly, you're agreeing with us that there's no -- nobody possibly could have come into the house. >> according to those who knew them, early in their marriage, albert starts using viola's connections to launch himself into the highest levels of power and influence. >> when he and his wife held a dinner party and various famous people were invited and they attended, there was a guestbook. everybody signed the guest book. and mooth retained the guest book and used the signatures to forge letters of endorsement for himself. >> you can watch "the house on q street" this sunday, 10:00 p.m.

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david gregory joins us with more of his exclusive interview with former president bill clinton and the role clinton is prepared to play if his wife does run. >> you're just a bit player as to whether secretary clinton runs? >> that's exactly what i am. i'm a foot soldier in an army. i will do what i'm instructed to do. >> plus, team usa survives the group of death. moving on to the world cup knockout run, the sweet 16. how sweet it is. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. not all there, but back well enough, i hope. we just heard from president obama in the last hour. right now there's plenty of buzz about the comments made by another commander in chief in an exclusive "mee