and israeli british citizens. israeli authorities say the attackers were armed with a gun, knives, and axes. they've been identified as palestinians from east jerusalem. both were killed in a shoot out with israeli police who responded to the attack in the ultra orthodox neighborhood. we came to pray this morning. we were coming into the sun gong and -- synagogue. and we heard gunshots and a flurry of shots. at least seven shots. reran out. >> we received a statement from the president regarding the attacks in jerusalem. president obama saying in this statement i strongly condemn today's terrorist attack on worshippers at the synagogue in je jerusalem. there is cannot be justification for such attacks against innocent civilians. more of the statement released from the president. meanwhile in london secretary of

state john kerry condemned the attacks. >> the people who have come to worship died in the sanctuary of the synagogue were hatcheted, attacked, and murdered in that holy place in an act of pure terror and senseless brutality. >> palestinian president also condemned the attacks while hamas praised it but did not claim responsibility. the attack follows several weeks of rising tejss that have included deadly attacks by palestinians against israelis in jerusalem, tell-aviv and the wet bank. joining us now in studio ayman mohyeldin. part of this statement we received from the president he says at this sensitive time or sensitive moment in jerusalem it is all the more important for israeli and palestinian leaders

and ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower tensions and seek a path forward toward peace. as mentioned in the breaking news, there have been a series of attacks leading up to this today. >> you're right. in fact, it's quite the opposite. what we're seeing in the early hours after attack is a blame game taking place. obviously, the israeli government putting the blame on the palestinian authority. saying the president and his leadership have been inciting violence in and around east jerusalem. but at the same time the palestinian leadership has been blamie ining israel for a serie measures that have lead to this type of tension. keep in mind, as you were saying it comes on the heels of weeks of violence. there were several accidents where palestinians attacked. but at the same time there was that incident yesterday or a few

days ago that palestinians say was a palestinian bus driver killed at the hands of an israeli mob. the israeli authorities say that was a palestinian suicide not an attack as have some suggested. it gives you a sense of the kind of tensions that have gripped east jerusalem and west jeer russ lum over the course of the weeks. >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you. turning to capitol hill at this house house democrats are meeting behind closes doors where they're electing leadership for the next session of congress. nancy pelosi has been elected as leaderly. there will be a press conference in the next hour. there will be questions about one member of the caucus not allowed to vote today. that's illinois congresswoman tamme duckworth. a disabled iraq war vet who was eight months pregnant denied a request she would be allowed to

vote by proxy. she made the request after her doctor advised her not to travel for health reasons. nancy pelosi defended the decision saying it's against house rules a. >> the rules of the caucus are the same as the house. no proxy voting. you can establish a situation where we determine who has a note from the doctor is valid or not. it's a place we shouldn't go down. i don't know why all of this fuss was made about a vote in the caucus. >> duckworth said she respects the decision by the democratic caucus but some are calling the decision a politically motivated move. joining me live now luke russert. there's so much to talk about. last week minority leader nancy pelosi noted some of the questions he received about being in leadership. she felt a man would never be asked that that senator mcconnell would not after a series of losses in the senate.

here you have a sensitive time for congresswoman duckworth. a woman, one of few, obviously, representing this country and you mix this in with the politics surrounding it in the committee position. >> yeah. somewhat of a dynamic. let me explain it here and how it plays into a larger storyline. nancy pelosi in 2010 lost 63 seats. she hung on within leadership even though there was a lot of consternation about house democratic numbers back then. they lose the house in 2011, and they lost the house 2014. now the gop has the biggest majority since 1928. there's a lot of people within her own caucus questioning her strategy. what does nancy pelosi do well? she raises a lot of money and rules her caucus with an iron fist. anybody that tries to take her out immediately will regret that decision. you try to look at areas she exerts her authority. one example is the energy and

commerce ranking member spot. why is that important? what does it mean? anna es shoo wants her to be elected to the top of that leadership spot. how does she do that? put her people on a steering committee which makes the decision and try encourage rank and file member to back herbshoo. frank is trying to get into the spot. there's going to be a vote tomorrow. why is tamme duckworth important? she's a supporter of frank. there's a lot of speculation that pelosi did not allow duckworth to vote because she was going to vote against what nancy pelosi wanted. the other thing in play here, tamron, a few weeks ago house democrats including the first who said it could be a slippery slope tweeted out a proclamation talking about how good it is for the democrats to be supportive of the pregnancy discrimination act, which would prohibit

discrimination at work based upon a woman being pregnant. that is where you see a lot of members from the house democratic caucus that i have spoken to say wait a second. we're about the discrimination pregnancy act. we're going say to someone who is an iraq war veteran in a high risk pregnant they can't vote? there's a problem there. >> all right. thank you very much. we'll have an update once the democrats are done with the closed door meetings. it will set the tone for the party. wounded after the midterms. missouri's governor is facing strong criticism this morning for his decision to declare a state of emergency ahead of the grand jury's decision on whether it will indict officer darren wilson for michael brown's death. nixon activated the national guard yesterday afternoon saying he has a responsibility to plan for any contingencies that might

arise. ron allen reports from ferguson. >> reporter: tamron, the governor's decision to declare a state of the emergency and activate the national guard has turned up tension here and increased expectations that we're going to know soon whether the grand jury will indict officer wilson and heightened fears of more violence and confrontation. [ chanting ] >> with protesters vowing to march until officer darren wilson is charged in the death of michael brown, and police warning they will not tolerate violence, governor jay nixon said in a telephone press conference he declared a state of emergency and called up the national guard to prevent trouble. >> my hope and kpebation in the coming week is peace will prevail. >> some are criticizing the government saying a military force to mergson sends the wrong message. >> it kind of sends a message that we are expecting the worst.

and i worry about that. i worry that it could have an escalating effect. for many it's a reminder of the days after brown's death when protesters and heavily armed police turn the suburb into a battle zone. after months of mostly peaceful protesters, demonstrators say there's no reason for a huge police presence. >> we're intending to make it peaceful. >> police say a show of force is still necessary. >> we don't want any officers injured by flying bricks and rocks. this is an extremely dangerous situation that has occurred previously. >> reporter: now there's word the fbi has warned police extremists may try to exploit protests to attack law enforcement following a grand jury decision. >> we're in this together, st. louis. >> so many here like the hometown nfl team plea for peace. >> reporter: the governor gave no more specifics about when the grand jury decision might come or whether there would be any advanced warning.

community leaders especially school officials asked for so parents, and residents have time to prepare. >> joining me now is democratic committee woman of ferguson township. thank you for your time. let me ask you about the decision made by the governor. is it heavy handed? is it a wise move? >> i believe in being prepared. this looks extremely heavy handed, excessive, and looks like overkill. that's something we should have learned back in august in reacting to some of the situation. so i don't know if there's a lesson that was learned and unfortunate we're going down this route. >> i'm sure you've seen the headlines. we've been counting down, honestly, waiting to hear the decision from the grand jury and with that has come fear and anxiety. the visual of businesses boarded up in your community

heartbreaking. those people are taking precaution in anticipation what could happen to protect their buildings. why not take those same precautions as the governor says he's doing to protect the entire community? >> there's taking precautions and bringing in the national guard. so unless there's some information that no one else seems to be privvy to about an immediate threat. i don't think it's necessary to bring in the national guard. because when we start running this off of fear and just emotion, we're in trouble. that's not a place where we should be governing from. >> you know the st. louis police chief sam dotson agreed with the decision from the governor. basically he said that this will be about back filling that these guards won't be used on the fron frontlines. visibility is a deterrent. if there are crimes occurring the national guard will serve to give us an early warning for the police to respond. do you have confidence that that

approach would happen? it sounds like you and many others are concerned that those are merely words and the disturbing immajt imagines we saw early on that captivated the nation and cause great outrage will be there in ferguson. >> this is what my concern is. there are people who want to use the peaceful protest movement to agitate. my message is that all of this needs to be justified. i'm really tired of the justification of just killing people. using force to just kill people. especially black and brown people in this country. so the most ultimate form of protest, in my opinion, would be those peaceful stay home. we can ask why are we bringing in the national guard. that's something we can ask for when it comes to demanding answers for the militarization and excessive force and the overreach of the law. >> speaking of turning around. the mayor of ferguson has apparently backtracked on

comments had made on this show regarding there not being a racial divide in ferguson. he was on "newsnation" august 19th. i asked him about the racial divide that exists in ferguson. here is what the mayor said at the time. now what she's saying in a new interview with al jazeera america. >> have your eyes been open to the hardships and perhaps some of the isolation folks in your city have felt? ? >> i don't believe that's not the case still. >> what is not the case? >> there's not a racial divide in the city of ferguson. >> according to whom? your perspective or the perspective of african-americans in your community? >> that is the perspective of all residents in our city. absolutely. >> earlier you said there was no racial divide. do you still believe that? >> well, i would say that there's clearly racial divides. there's divides across the

country. i didn't see the divide in our community so much as race but a lot of is socioeconomic. the characterization that ferguson was ready to explode and is a ferguson problem is what i take exception with. >> the thoughts on the mayor august 19th and now. >> sounds like he's having to crawl out of his bubble of white privilege. it's hard to lead a community when you're just encapsulated by that. the reality is regardless of how much people want to deny there aren't racial issues going on, not just in ferguson or st. louis county but in this country it's not true. and we've got to stop the denial and start dealing with reality. and it sounds like the mayor is finally at the point where he can let go of the illusion and deal in the reality and start leading his community. >> democratic committee woman, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. up next the keystone count

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right now a heated debate on the senate floor head of a major vote on the controversial keystone xl pipeline. will they have the 60 votes to pass the project? so far 59 senators have said publicly they will support the bill including all 45 republicans. mary landrieu took to the floor attempting to convince her colleagues. she's trying to find the 60th vote in hope it is will boost her chances of winning a new term in her run off election next month. she has the last vote she said. and the cosponsor of the bill john hoeven of north dakota said he think it is will pass. >> we're 59 votes confirmed. we have a couple of maybes. i think there's one or two more that may join.

i think we have a good shot. we don't know until the vote. it's close. >> it is close. for six years the pipeline stalled about over environmental concerns. more than 2 dozen protesters gathered outside senator landrieu's home yesterday. they set up a pipeline running 30 feet. joining me now is ian goodman. an energy expert who worked at cornell university study of keystone. thank you for your time. >> good morning. >> good morning. let me ask off the top, ian. what is the number one myth you believe exists regarding keystone that is either lost on the american public or lost on the lawmakers on capitol hill? >> well, there's many myths. the myth i focussed on is the number of jobs keystone produces fitness been claimed it will produce a huge number of jobs and have a major impact on the economy. it will produce a small number of jobs and not have an

significant effect on the economy. >> where is the storyline that thousands of jobs, even if they're temporary, where does it come from? how are those numbers crunched and exist despite the extensive research you and others have done to prove otherwise? >> part of the problem is when you build a pipeline you get some jobs right on site correcting it. those are easy to measure. you get jobs spread through the economy. you can't measure those directly. so you need use economic models. there's a lot of judgment involved. most of the jobs won't be on site. they're harder to measure and easier to overestimate. >> when you're looking at, as you pointed out the construction jobs that some have quoted in the thousand, the numbers are about according to the state department 4200. it would create only 50 permanent jobs to operate that pipeline after it is built. 35 permanent employees and 15 temporary contractors. i want to play comments we just

got in from senator barbara boxer of california. she's voting against keystone pipeline. let's play that. >> in my case, i was thinking what does xl stand for? they named it the keystone xl. it has no meaning. to me it's extra lethal. and my debate will show why as you analyze the tar sands oil that is going to be coming into this nation 45% more than we have now. >> i know your focus is on the issue of the jobs and not the other part of the conversation, the major part, the environmental concerns. the president when he was in burma understands the concerns of this project. but he goes on to say this is oil that canada will pump through the united states and sold everywhere else. going back to the job creation rate. you compared it to a project like building a subway system in washington, d.c., for example, or the project on dull lus

airport. not the my ranch that many put of it up as jobs that people will be able to flee to throughout the country. >> exactly. this is a project that involves spending several billion dollars. it's on par with a local transportation project in terms of spending and in terms of jobs. we're not having a national debate about building a subway line in the suburbs of washington or in new york or a highway project. so it's an illusion to think that the one pipeline will have a big impact on the national economy. >> what about those who say, there are indirect jobs not factoring in. let me play what he said on "morning joe" this morning. let's play it. >> there's both direct and indirect jobs. some are permanent. some are temporary. understand the economic benefit goes far beyond the job creation. it's about energy. it's about producing our energy here at home working with our closest friend and ally, canada.

>> setting aside the energy debate, which your specialty going back to the numbers here. the notion of indirect jobs. what did you find in your research? >> those have been factored in the research we did and also in the state department's numbers. there will be about 2,000 jobs per year for two years actually building it on site. there might be as many as 11,000 jobs elsewhere in the economy. that includes jobs off site, includes jobs in the supply chain like building and delivering valves for the pipeline, it includes jobs with the workers respending their wages such as a motel where the pipeline workers staying. even if you include the spin offs you still get very small jobs numbers. >> all right. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it as weed through some of the fact and fiction related to the pipeline and now this hurried vote after waiting some six years we're seeing play out in the senate. thank you very much for your time. and developing now the

president is meeting with his national security and public health teams. spoke about the deadly terror attack this morning in jerusalem. >> i made mention of the horrific attacks that took place in jerusalem. we know that two attackers brutally attacked innocent worshippers in the synagogue during their morning prayers. obviously we condemn in the strongest terms these attacks. a number of people were wounded and four people were killed, including three american citizens. our hearts go out to the families who, obviously, are undergoing enormous grief right now. secretary kerry spoke to prime minister netanyahu. president hamas has strongly condemned the attacks.

tragically, it's not the first loss of life that we have seen in recent months. too many israelis have died and too many palestinians have died. and at this difficult time, i think it's both important for palestinians and israelis to work together to lower tensions and to reject violence. the outrageous acts representative the extremism that threatens to bring all of the middle east into a spiral which it is difficult to emerge. we know how it can get worse over time. we have to remind ourselves that the majority of palestinians and israelis overwhelmingly want peace. and to be able to raise their families knowing they're safe and secure. the united states wants to work with all parties involved to make that a reality and to isolate the kinds of extremists that are bringing about this

terrible carnage. >> that's president obama reacting to the terror attack at the synagogue in jerusalem this morning where four worshippers were killed. three israeli-americans and one an israeli-british citizens. the attack has been condemned by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we'll continue to follow the president's reaction to this. john kerry also responding and reacting a short time ago from london as well. up next defending her daughter. after the vatican calls the case of brittany maynard reprehensible. her mother is responding exclusively to msnbc.

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he did not refer to maynard by name earlier this month a vatican bioth sis called her choice, quote, reprehensible. her mother has written a letter in response and she shared it exclusive will lawrence o'donnell. the group thatted a votes access to end of life options. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for having me. let's talk about brittany's mother's decision to speak out. i know, you know the family and you followed this closely.

what was the thought process there. why did she feel the need to respond and let me say this beautiful heart felt letter about her daughter. >> right. i think she speaks for herself but i'll add the demonstration of the vatican's come passion adding condemnation to a family's grief at a very tragic time even with the gentle and peaceful passing over their daughter, there is still quite a bit of grieving that happens. and i believe that debby wanted to make sure that the people understood what it meant for her daughter to go through this personal, intense decision making process along with her family and how important it is not to condemn this decision but to give families the ability to be able to have these conversations to be able to make these decisions together with their god. >> now, also, in her letter she

said i urge americans to think for themselves. make your wishes clear while you're competent. make sure you have all the options spelled out for you if you're diagnosed with an incurable debilitating disease. do your own research. what kind of response have you had since brittany decided to die with dignity? her words? have you had people indate you with the questions? >> absolutely. calls and request to our support service our end of life consultation service have quadrupled in the time period since brittany's story came to light. already americans were facing very critical end of life decisions and having to conduct a lot of their own research to determine what the options that are available to them. in the culture of cure that we have today, often the options that are presented are the options for sustaining life at whatever cost and whatever

quality diminishment of quality might be available. what i think debby ziegler is calling out for americans is to really look at what are all of the options for both curative therapy, as well as intentional death when you're tee termly il. to have a peaceful, good death the way brittany and her family were able to approach death. >> thank you so much for your time. and for those who are interested they should read the letter. the full letter. it is absolutely touching. thank you very much for your time. right now historic levels of snow piling up and temperatures fall below freezing in all 50 states. it is one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation." and this. >> surrogate. you might think it's dumb to give a kid -- a homeless kid but actually usually they maybe

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chicago with the latest. it's quite a scene behind you, john. >> reporter: it is, tamron. you say amazing and it is amazing. i'm going to step out of the way. it's a twin-engine propeller plane. what is even more amazing, fire officials say that the wreckage of the plane missed the couple in that house by just a matter of 8 inches. they were asleep in the back bedroom when the plane came crashing into the front living room. it collapsed the floor of the living room into the basement. the couple not a scratch on them. they were able to walk out the back door of the house. they're across the street at the neighbor's staying warm, i home. they've found the pilot's body in the wreckage of the plane. they're in the process of removing the body. the ntsb is on the scene investigating. apparently the plane took off from midway airport which is a quarter in the mile that direction. reported engine trouble. it was trying to get back to the airport when it crashed.

the ntsb said they can't see much of the plane where it is now in the house. so they'll try to get it out later this afternoon so they can continue the investigation. have closer examination of the plane itself. the amazing thing is that the couple in that house escaping with without a scratch. missing the -- the plane missing them by just a matter of inches. tamron? >> all right. thank you very much, john yang. the 325 million baller. giancarlo stanton of the miami marlins just agreed to the largest contract in american sports history! a lot of so you sent tweets saying whether you think he deserve it is or not. and how the marlins are going to get out of the hole they're in. anyway, we'll discuss this right after a quick break. [ male anno] at northrop grumman, we've always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. providing technology to get more detail... ♪ detect hidden threats...

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around for tomorrow as well. can we go back to the shot from buffalo? that's amazing. not for the people who are there. but, goodness! that's something. we'll keep you up to date on the conditions out there. this morning people are trying to wrap their heads around what is the largest contract in american history of sports. late yesterday 25-year-old giancarlo stanton agreed to 13-year contract about 67,000 a day. it's before the taxes. three times the mill would ywau brewers total payroll. has been called the most exciting player in baseball. as the washington post points outs, the real question on everyone's mind is stanton worth it? joining me now our buddy cindy. listen, we were talking about this in the commercial break. i think people don't pay you

what they don't have. the marlins, they're not just scraping the money up. obviously they stand to gain or have a great amount of cash. they're not taking out payday loans to pay giancarlo. how do we determine if he's worth it. >> of course he's worth it. he's getting the money. are the l.a. clippers worth $2 billion? if somebody pays it, yeah, they're worth it. whether he can perform, sustain his level of perform over 13 years. there's also the long held tradition of really bad big contracts. i hate to keep harping on our old friend here alex rodriguez. i know, it upsets sop of the yankee fans you in your office. the albert pujols. it's all about tv. they want people to tune in. that's where nay get the money. they need a star. >> you need people in the seats.

who gets them there? mr. exciting as he's been called. i'm on the surface here. i'm curious about sports fans who get ticked off when players are paid so much. is it that they then see the player as a jerk or the a-rod situation where they don't live up to the expectations and sometimes fall into scandals. so you fans who go out in 30 below weather with their naked bodies painted but then they get mad at the player -- not female fans but you know what i mean. get mad at the player when they're wealthy, it seems to me. >> and it seems like sometimes their anger is a little misguided. if you're a player you're going take the money if the owner is paying it. i think probably some -- also, they're not thinking it entirely through. when you pay someone that kind of money you end up paying for it when you buy tickets. you pie for it at the concession

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zack bonner started when he was only 7 years old going door-to-door, collecting clean water to help victims of heroin charlie in 2004. he assembled thousands of backpacks and walked from florida to the white house and across the country, raying money and awareness for homeless children all before the age of 13. >> as you can see, behind me we have a squat which is where a homeless person, possibly a child has been sleeping. they have made a makeshift door out of a table top that will fit their squad area. >> he has broken a record for the most food collected during a weekend of over a half million pounds. we are so luck tow have zack. good to see you. >> good to see you.

>> happy belated birthday. it was yesterday? >> it was. thank you. >> looking at your story and reading about you over the years, it's inspirational and heart breaking because we know your success means you helped someone who was homeless. the numbers, 2.5 million children. was it something your parents instilled in you or something you read as a small boy that made this your mission? >> i heard about it with hurricane charlie, taking my wagon asking people to donate extra food and water and supplies. it just went from a really simple idea of taking my little red wagon into a foundation where we get to do work and helping these homeless youth. >> at the heart of that, a lot of kids see that around the same time, but they didn't get their red wagon and go out and try to

help people. how do you describe what was going through your mind and heart that turned this little child that we see in the photo to an advocate for homeless children everywhere? >> you know, i felt it was the right thing to do. when i started out, i didn't have intentions of creating a foundation or really i didn't have ideas of doing anything. i started out with going door-to-door and realized how much i loved helping people. at the age of 6 i was able to make an impact on people's lives and from there i got hooked. then once i started realizing the magnitude of the problem, i felt i had to do something and i had to be part of the solution. >> speaking of the magnitude, when you are 6 or 7, you are looking at it with a child's eye and perspective and optimism and enthusiasm. at 17, you are not terribly old,

but you are more of an adult now. when you look at the situation, are you encouraged or do you feel that the message is just for whatever reason not sticking on how enormous of a problem this is? >> well, you know, i have a lot of mixed feelings. for me being able to look over the last years and see the work we have been able to do with distributing over 40 thousand backpacks to homeless youth from hygiene and all the different walks and all the other projects,that's exciting, but we have 2.5 million children homeless annually. it's going to take everybody here in the united states banding to deal with the problems. it's not something that one or a few of us can do. it takes everybody getting involve and doing their part. >> you have done the part for so

many. we look at all that you accomplished, it's stunning. i appreciate you coming on today. congratulations on what you accomplished. breaking this record. i hope you had a chance to do something for yourself on your birthday. you have done so much for thousands of others. bravo to you and it's super cool to meet you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> that does it for this edition of "news nation." up next, "andrea mitchell reports." ♪hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem♪ ♪to say, throw care away.

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