jordanians let them conduct the attack. that as jordan's king abdullah vowed revenge today as he visited the hometown of the captured pilot burned alive by isis. the king met with the pilot's family, and highly in washington this morning president obama spoke at annual national prayer breakfast taking aim at isis and other terror groups. he says group, seek to hijacked religions for their own terrorism ends. >> seen violence perpetrated by people who profess to stand up to their faith, profess to stand up to islam but are betraying it. we see isil, a brute al vicious, death cult that in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts of barbarism. >> and joining me live now from the phone is beirut lebanon, "l.a. times" bureau chief patrick mcdonald. patrick, thank you for joining us again.

let's talk about this nbc news that we've been able to confirm. jordan has launched new air strikes today against targets in syria. obviously we heard that they would seek revenge as a result of that death of the pilot and now we're seeing more action. >> king abdullah who is a very close u.s. ally has vowed to -- to take a relentless response against islamic state after the murder horrific murder of the pilot and the day after the video was released we saw two being executed and the ramping up of the air strikes by the jordanian air force and he's following through on that vow. >> to your point, to the two executions already. jordan is saying that it will perhaps execute another four individuals here but the targets within syria, do we know anymore about those targets? >> very little detail on what exactly the targets were but the -- the strikes were very

heavily covered in the jordanian press on state tv and kind of a notion about them. the king sunday a lot of pressure to respond. there's been massive revulsion about the brutal murder of the pilot who has become somewhat of a national hero so these strikes were kind of part of the king and the government's effort to show the nation that they were responding. >> our own andrea mitchell reported last night that there were some key coalition members, particularly the united arab emirates works stopped flying combat missions back in december after this pilot was captured. they complained that the pentagon did not have a search-and-rescue team nearby or special concern to the uae and many of its pilots especially because some of the fighter pilots were women. do you know any more about key coalition members being unhappy with the pentagon's response? >> well we haven't -- so far as far as we can tell the members of the arab nations who are in

the coalition except for the united arab emirates have remained in the coalition, and today we saw jordan participating, but this is very very important to the pentagon to the white house indeed to have arab nations participating in these bombing runs so it doesn't just look like a u.s. or a western operation, so they -- they very much need jordan in these countries as much -- it provides a substantial political cover as well as being a strategic asset of sorts. >> we just heard from president obama ast the national prayer breakfast and he went on to see we've seen violence perpetrated by those who profess to stand up to the faith making the distinction here that this is not about religion that these are cold-blooded individuals who want to carry out terror. many believe that the death -- the brutal death of the pilot is a turning moment perhaps to challenge other arab nations to do more.

what are you hearing from the region regarding that? >> i think there's no question that there's massive revulsion in the region at the very barbaric act, particularly among governments, but islamic state has a varied audience. it's trying to send out a message to those governments that if you send your pilots on these missions and they get captured that this is the fate they will face and that's a rather frightening prospect for any country and it's also trying to capitalize and double up on its image as more brutal than anyone else something they have gained a lot of recruits from and they got that message out, and they also i think want to show at a time when they have been losing ground on the battle field in iraq and syria that they are still a poe temp force and they put out a video and one an hour the president of the united states is reacting. from their standpoint however macabre, this may be a success. >> thank you and certainly appreciate your reporting this morning, patrick. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> we're waiting to hear from

the ntsb for an update on the deadly train crash in new york on tuesday as federal investigators figure out what happened there. there's still a lot of questions about why el enbrodie, a 49-year-old mother of three drove her suv on the tracks right into the path of the on coming train. they will also have to determine why the crash yanked one of the rails out of ground and through the floor of one of the rail cars. the ntsb has downloaded data from a train recorder and a second was sent off for analysis. investigators will use information from the train and the crossing signals to figure out what happened there. now, according to the "new york times" nationally, railroad crossing accidents have dropped 32% from 2004 to 2013 but that is not the case for the three major commuter trains in new york region. in 2004 there were 26 accidents. that increased to 28 in 2013. nbc's tom costello has the latest on tuesday's accident from westchester medical center where several victims are still

hospitalized. >> yeah, tamron good day from a very snowy westchester county and the medical center behind me where they have been treating eight of the victims who remained overnight with lacerations, burns and open fractures. meanwhile at crash site itself investigators have now removed the wreckage from the train tracks, but the ntsb's job now is try to dissect everything every peeves evidence and figure out why this accident happened in the first place. >> it took nearly 24 hours for crews to remove the suv that had been virtually impaled on the front end of a metro north commuter train. witnesses say the drivers 49-year-old ellen brodie may have been caught on the tracks in a traffic backup tuesday night. right behind her in traffic rick hope who saw brodie get out of her car after the crossing arm came down on the suv. >> she looked at me. i gestured to come back. i backed up again further to even indicate that there's plenty of room to back up and she turned walks and gets back

in the car. >> instead of backing up she pulled forward right into the path of an on coming train. in a massive fireball the train carried the suv 1,000 feet down the tracks yanking the electrified third rail out of the ground and driving it like a spike right through the floor of the first train car and part of the second. already ntsb investigators have recovered data recorders from the train and the crossing signal. >> two big questions, why was the car on the train tracks and what caused this accident. >> ellen brodie was married with three daughter and worked at a nearby jewelry store. >> she was the most warm person. she was kind. she was a great mom. >> her husband alan posting on facebook thank you to those who share your condolences to the tragedy that took my beloved

wife ellen whom so many of you now. five passengers on the train were killed among them walter litky, a curator of american paintings at the u.s. metropolitan of air and eric vandercar and eric dirks, a research scientist with a wife and two young children. we spoke to his father overnight. >> all a father could ever want and having had him in my life for 36 years, it was great, absolutely great joy. >> reporter: ntsb is hoping to interview the conductor and engineer as soon as possible. at this point there is no suggestion that the crew members on the train were in any way responsible for this crash, and as you probably know the metro north train line on the harlem line reopened today for full service, although operating with some delays. larry mann joins us now, an attorney and leading author of the federal railroad safety act

back in 1979. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you heard the ntsb doesn't believe the crew did anything wrong but there were questions about the rails and why the rail was yanked out of ground. what do you think are the key questions? >> first of all, hopefully this will be a wake-up call to the whole country. it's disheartening that nothing has been done for many years when everyone in the country who is involved in rail safety knows that the dangers exist. that were over 2,000 accidents at crottings last year. over 200 deaths and close to 1,000 injuries. they are preventible. first of all, there has been -- congress has enacted legislation mandating positive train control. that would have prevented this accident had it been in place.

>> explain that to our audience. >> it's a gps-type system whereby if something is in the way of a train, whether it be a car, a boulder or some other train, the technology would have stopped the train before it reached that problem and also there are many ways that you could prevent cars from entering the crossings. jersey wall is one example to prevent a car from going around crossings. the congress for example has barriers to prevent any car from entering into its area. you can prevent a car from entering into the area by putting up barriers well in advance of the crossing so there are many ways that this can be protected.

i blame congress. i blame the department of transportation, and i blame the railroad industry. congress has known for many many years about this problem. first of all, it could have funded protection at crossings. the federal railroad administration, the federal highway administration have jurisdiction over crossings. they could have mandated improvements at crossings, and the railroad industry could have done their job in preventing this accident. >> but let me pause you there. the "new york times" is reporting though nationally railroad crossing accidents have dropped 32% from 2004 to 2013 that there's been a decrease. not just the three major commuter lines in new york but overall a 32% decrease. think about it 200 deaths in the rail industry from crossings last year. that's almost four deaths a

week. is that tolerable? i suspect, i don't know but i suspect that there hasn't been that many deaths in the military this year. it's a tragedy that needs to be addressed, and hopefully this accident will force people to take action. >> larry mann thank you so much for joining us the principal author of the federal railroad safety act of 1970. we'll continue to follow the latest on the ntsb investigation out of new york on that deadly train crash there. thank you very much for your insight and knowledge. we really appreciate it. another massive cyber attack, this time on one of the nation's largest health providers. the fbi is warning millions of anthem insurance customers to report any suspicious activity after what's being called a very sophisticated cyber attack. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins us and anthem says it does not look like any medical or credit card information was compromised so what was taken? >> a lot of other personal

information, anthem says which would include names and addresses, dates of bird social security numbers, phone numbers e-mail addresses and even employment information including income. the company website has set up a special website called anthem anthemfacts.com and the president and ceo of the company says his information was among the information compromised. anthem says they are in the process of trying to figure out how many customers were actually affected. it's going to e-mail them and send them a letter and in the meantime it says be aware that this may have happened. keep an eye on the credit reports and do the things that you may have to do if your da'tara is compromised. >> developing now, a new york judge is deciding whether to release see contract grand jury documents of eric garner after the officer involved was not indicted. we'll speak with attorney general john burres and the latest controversy over vaccines. two california lawmakers want to

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we're following developing news in new york. a judge has started to hear evidence on whether to unseal the procedures as it investigates the death of eric

garner. two months after the panel declined to charge the officer involved other petitioners are now seeking to have the documents unsealed. the nyclu argues disclosure is needed to, quote, restore public confidence in our criminal justice system and to inform the current debate that's begun regarding the role of the grand jury as an instrument of justice or injustice. however, the district attorney presided over the grand jury process daniel donovan is opposed to the release arguing that many of the witnesses same forward and testified with full assurances of secrecy. and joining me now is civil rights attorney john burres who handled several civil rights cases including the rodney king lawsuit. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> let's start here with what they are arguing. the nyclu, among oh, saying this will restore public confidence in the criminal justice system. what is your take here? >> well i think it's important for it to occur. i would agree with that position. i don't know that it restores

confidence. it's just a window into the criminal justice system that i think everyone needs to know. i'm a firm believer that family members need to know what happened to their loved ones. the public needs to know whether or not you can at least have a fair hearing about this and whether we are holding police officers accountable so this is very important, particularly as nature of the grand jury. you don't know how they decide these cases. you don't know who so it's important that the grand jury testimony is given out. i'm not sure you need a grand jury in thesecations. transparency is important and particularly in a case that received the national attention that you have because what you have is a video camera where you can basically see and for a decision to be rendered as contrary to what we can all see really requires us to have an opportunity to hear what the testimony was so it's very very important. >> john, new york state law on grand juries we have an excerpt from the grand juror's handbook saying proceedings are secret and no grand juror or any other person specified in this section

or sections of the penal law may accept in the lawful discharge of his duties or upon written order of the court disclose the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony evident for any decision so this is really what the prosecutor is basing his response to this claim and that these people were provided assurances of secrecy so they would come in and testify. >> i would understand that the grand jury has always operated in a secrecy fashion and it doesn't then be an exception that a judge can make given the nature of a particular case. it's clear that you can in fact extract out or at least didact the names of the individual witnesses, but i think it's important for the public to know what testimony in fact was solicited at this trial and how it was given so there's no question though that that might ultimately require some kind of legislative action because the grand jury secrecy is pretty well established throughout the

country, both on the federal and on the state level exsfept there's a case. if there's a criminal case that ultimately those documents will be turned over. now it seems to me if you can turn them over at a later point in a criminal case there's no reason why you couldn't turn it over at this point in time because grand jurors testimony will be turned over in a criminal case so why shouldn't it be able to be turned over so there are exceptions and i think it's important in a case like that that has received such national attention and particularly in fact when you have what we -- what we see and then a decision that's contrary to that that the public ought to know how could that happen. >> right. >> and what kind of testimony. so that's how i think it's important. >> given your knowledge and expertise, do you believe the judge will eventually unseal this grand jury document here? >> i think the judge lunn seal in a limited way. he'll try to make sure that you can give it without necessarily giving up the names of the individual. given this case i think an exception should be name.

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off childhood leukemia and cannot yet get a vaccine from being exposed to the virus. he wants the marin county school district to keep understand vaksnated school out of children. and the county health officer said no saying the county hasn't seen a single measles case in year and say they have to balance the reasonableability of controlling communicablity and the line right now would be basically if there's a case in the school and carl joins us live from san francisco and talking about his child's case and thanks for joining. >> thanks for having me. >> the school's response has said they are trying to be balanced and have not seen a single measles cases in years and what's your response to that? >> my response is we've already seen a peaceles outbreak in california so the risk is much

higher. having said that our request to bar kids that are not vaccinated by reasons of personal choice was simply a message to educate people and get people to vaccinate their children. >> and your son rex is in remission right now, and, first of all, thank you so much for joining us to talk about his story. we wish you and your family the best. he's absolutely adorable but he cannot get vaccinated and often when we talk about some of the concerns brought up by anti-vaccers as they are referred to, we don't talk about kids like your son who need people around them to be vaccinated. >> and that's why we keep talking about herd immunity. this story is not just about my son rex. my son is in full remission and his immune system is building back very nicely and we're confident that he'll be immunized soon. this story about all the other kids who are also very very sick or those kids that will

have chronic immune deficiencies or those kids that truly have allergic reactions. those kids cannot be vaccinated so we rely on the rest of the community to vaccinate so that they are not put at risk to get these diseases. it's not just measles. we talk about measles because it's so highly contagious. >> right. right now you two lawmakers who are seeking to strengthen the state's vaccine laws you believe that your voice and perhaps the lawmakers will win the day. >> i believe so and when we think about the support for vaccination, you know this is not a 50/50 wedge issue. this is, you know 97-3. i mean it's really just a fringe that is fighting you know, the anti-vax movement is just a fringe and it's something we're going to ask our school board to endorse. we're so pleased that in just such a short period of time from when the story became very big

that legislation has already been introduced by senator pand and governor also indicated that he'd likely support it so this is very good news. >> just by the numbers at your son's school 7% of the kids are not vaccinated, and at some of the schools in that county half the student body has not been vaccinated. that's a lot of kids. >> so first of all, one of the other great news stories about this is in just the last few weeks that 7% in our school has gone down dramatically. in rex's school the number is down to less than 15 kids in the whole school now that are not vaccinated by reason of personal beliefs. you're down to 2% 3% which is great for herd immunity. yes, there are other schools and that's a problem. this goes way beyond the school. my child doesn't spend all his time at school. in the community, at the library, in the grocery stores everywhere, so the risk is everywhere. >> well thank you so much for

sharing your son's story. we greatly appreciate and this certainly adds to the conversation that continues as now there's 99 cases reported in california alone of measles. thank you so much for your time? thanks for having me. >> absolutely. we want to know what you think about the science surrounding vaccines and right now we have a survey up on msnbc.com and so far 87% says the science is clear and vaccines are a must and 11% say they are a matter of parental choice and 2% say they are not safe. continue to weigh in and speak out and developing now, live pictures from ukraine where secretary of state john kerry is in the country along with other world leaders as deadly attacks by the russian-backed rebels are on the rise. we'll get the latest out of ukraine, and another one of president obama's top advisers leaving the white house to join hillary clinton's team this as jeb bush makes his first campaign-style speech ahead of 2016. it is in today's first read for

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welcome back. we're following developing news. secretary of state john kerry is in ukraine's capital right now holding a news conference with the prime minister amid discussions about whether the u.s. will be increasing military aid as well as humanitarian aid. the administration has already been sending. kerry has not commented to any change in u.s. policy though he reiterated economic support for the current government. all of this comes amid rebel advances during escalating fighting in eastern ukraine in recent weeks after a cease-fire collapsed. this morning kerry demanded an immediate commitment by moscow to a new cease-fire agreement. in a surprise move french pop the hollande and angela merkel said they are headed to ukraine with a peace proposal. they then plan to go to moscow

tomorrow to meet with russian president vladimir putin. another top aide to president barack obama is leaving the white house to join hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. communications director jennifer palliery is leaving the administration and she is close to john podesta, a senior adviser to the president who is also leaving this month to join clinton's team. joining me now is the senior editor mark murray. what is the behind-the-scenes news you've learned? >> to meet biggest takeaway is how hillary clinton seems to be trying to shore up one of the big weaknesses of her 2008 race and that has to do with press relation relations. in 2008 she had a very combative group of people that loved duelling with the media and in the end of the day that didn't serve her campaign all that well and hillary clinton seems to be going into the obama white house to bring somebody who is very well respected among democrats and members of the press and also republicans, also worked

for john edwards' 2004 and 2008 campaigns as well too. you know again, tamron i can't emphasize this enough that you end up having the hillary clinton campaign keep on bringing more and more folks who are part of the obama orbit and that's significant. >> does that mean that the time line perhaps is being moved up for her announcement? >> you know, tamron time line seems to be in flux. all indications are that you're going to see hillary clinton create a presidential campaign committee to begin raising money around april or so so you can end up raising money for that second quarter to have a very big second quarter, but then again when the actual campaigning and the tours to iowa and new hampshire all begin, that's anyone's guess. >> all right. mark. quickly, let me ask you about jeb bush. the speech he gave last night in detroit. many are calling it a campaign-style speech and -- and that he made some news there. >> yeah. it was a very significant speech. i mean he did seem to be borrowing a lot from his

brother's compassionate conservative message from the 2000 presidential campaign a very softer side of conservatism talking about lifting all people and all corners of the country, all income levels something that you didn't hear from republicans all that much in 2012. the other very interesting thing, jeb bush is taking a general election message and not trying to pander to republican primary voters and more with a mind towards general election voters and that's a very interesting development. >> thanks so much for joining us today. we'll talk with you tomorrow. >> thanks tamron. >> seattle seahawks coach pete carroll is opening up about why he made one of the worst plays in nfl history. carroll candidly discussed his decision to throw the ball at the one yard line instead of running it and also shared how he is handling all of the criticism. >> taking out the fact that it ended badly for you, you still feel you made exactly the right

call? >> well, no this is the way i looked at it. i made the call that comes out of the process of the preparation and the practice. i think that we're going to do exactly the right thing when we won't call the play we won't go with the concept or ask our guys to execute it so i never make a call thinking it's going to go bad. >> this was properly planned. it just didn't turn out well. >> we knew we'd three the ball one time in the sequence somewhere and we did and it didn't turn out right. >> you can't relive history. that super bowl is gone. let's talk about turning corner and turning the page. you said something on the radio that caught my attention and i'm paraphrasing here, coach. you said my whole life has equipped me to deal with this moment. can you explain that to me. >> i'm a really optimistic positive person that thinks that the next thing that's going to come up is going to be a good thing, and it doesn't really matter what situation i'm in. that's just the kind of the way that i'm wired. >> have you allowed to have that

one moment lying in bed where the tears flowed where -- you're smiling at me but i mean it. has there been that moment? >> that happened at that 4:05 mark, that hit. >> on tuesday morning. >> there was a break where i allowed, you know all of the rush of it to hit. >> were you alone at that point, with your family? >> lying in bed, awake in the middle of the night, 4:00 5:00 a.m., and, that's what happened you know and that was my opportunity to go ahead and visit it. >> compelling interview there. also got some developing news to report. house speaker john boehner just announced that pope francis will visit the capitol on september 24th and speak to a joint meeting of congress. we already learned the details the pope would be visiting new york and philadelphia but now the news is that the pope will actually visit the capitol september 24th and speak to a joint meeting of congress. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. jury selection has bug in the trial of the man accused of killing navy s.e.a.l. chris crime whose story, of course has opinion depicted in the movie "american sniper." eddie routh is accused of gunning down kyle and his friend chad littlefield at a texas shooting range just outside of dallas. kyle regarded as the deadliest sniper in american history was helping routh who was suffering from post-traumatic disorder. the defense is trying to delay the trial because of the popularity of the film which they argue may make it difficult to found jurors. 800 people have currently been summoned and routh is expected to plead not guilty. abby philip joins me who is covering the trial. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the defense's failed attempt to move or delay this trial. the success of this movie

obviously took many people by surprise. it became a history making in the number of the money it brought in at the box office i should say. what was the argument the full argument presented by these attorneys here? >> well you certainly can't blame them for trying. the argument has always been that this town is so small that it would be very difficult to find an impartial jury in that kind of an environment. you have to understand that the county where the county happened has 40,000 people and it's a place where everybody knows each other and everyone knows about this event that happened two years ago and now about the trial. with the movie "american sniper" really becoming a box office hit, that problem got so much worse for the judge and for the lawyers as well. >> i know in your piece in the "washington post" you describe the call the family made after mr. routh fled allegedly fled the scene. he wrote it wasn't the first time routh's family had called

on forces pleading for help. he had been in and out of psychiatric wards for years, threats to kill his family and himself, a threat so real that a friend removed all the weapons from the house for safekeeping. mr. routh's past whether he was diagnosed and his treatment is significant. >> yeah. there is no question that this man has had a really troubled past and those 911 calls really reveal a family that was absolutely terrified by someone that they were trying really desperately to help for a long time. the real question in this trial becomes, however, whether that -- those issues that he might have had in the past and whether any combat-related trauma had any bearing whatsoever on the killing of chris crime and his friend that day. >> is there some concern also that ptsd in some way will end up on trial here given the defense for routh's attorneys

that he's presenting? >> yeah. we don't know very much about ptsd and from when i spoke to experts who study this disorder they tell me that with every person it's very very different, so the question of whether someone who has ptsd might end up doing something violent is really unknown, and it might very well be unknownable. one of the things that his lawyer will probably try to do is make a connection between those two things. the question is will the jury take that into consideration? a lot of times they don't, and partly that has to do with the fact that two individuals lost their lives that day. >> thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate your reporting. we thank you. >> thank you. >> and we continue to follow the trial of former new england patriot aaron hernandez. today jurors are hearing testimony from the detectives and officers who were first on the scene. much of the questioning has surrounded how the scene was handled which the defense has said in opening statements was, quote, sloppy. now, yesterday jurors heard from

the mother of the man hernandez is accused of killing odin lloyd as ursula ward began testifying. the judge told her not to cry. mike, thank you so much for your time and you've been following this trial extensively for us. let's talk about odin lloyd's mother and what she talked about already on the stand regarding her son's relationship or lack thereof with aaron hernandez. let's play what she said to prosecutors. >> how long did you remain on the scene? >> i was there from approximately 5:30 to 8:30 that night. >> and during the course of that time, i think you indicated other law enforcement officers had responded. >> yes, sir. >> and did you make general observations of the scene around the body? >> yes. >> michael, i apologize. for some reason the detective was put there, and i greatly apologize to our audience as well. the bottom line is odin lloyd's

mother testified that her son did not know aaron hernandez for very long. yet again we're talking about this relationship and painting very different pictures of whether or not they were close or casual acquaintances. >> right. i mean we heard in the opening statements on both sides that there were different stories as to how close aaron hernandez was to odin lloyd. the mother's testimony was relatively consistent with odin lloyd's girlfriend that aaron hernandez was not friends with odin lloyd. she claims she never even heard of aaron hernandez or heard his name as a friend of odin lloyd so that was the prosecution's position and obviously the defense's cross goes into you don't know your son that well don't know much about his drug use and trying to downplay how much his mother would know what he's doing with his friends. >> back to the accusation that yet, again, there's a crime scene being mishandled things handled sloppily. what dur hear that was relevant and may have a lingering effect on this trial? >> well there's still

cross-examination going on on one of the initial officers that was on the scene. this part of the trial is kind of the methodical part of the prosecution. they don't start with the csi aspect of it which is what the jurors are expecting. they start with civilian witnesses trying to set things up, because this is not the sexy part of the trial, this is where they have to methodically go through all the things that they need to establish on the scene and actually establish his guilt. >> thanks for joining us. i know you've been watching this trial and will continue to follow the latest developments on it as well. >> thanks tamron. >> and developing now, news out of california. van nuys california, near los angeles. new individual of what basically looks like a geiser of water shooting out from a fire hydrant that somehow had the top sheered off. our nbc station knbc says no evacuations have been ordered, but as you can see it's a pretty spectacular scene in that neighborhood. and the search for a suspected who shot and wounded a 9-year-old girl scout tops our look at stories around the

"newsnation" today. so sad. authorities say the girl and her sisters were on their way to pick up girl scout cookies near their home in indianapolis when a car police are investigating the shooting and asking the public for any information that can lead to an arrest. the west coast is about to get much needed rain today and all through the weekend. the pineapple express is expected to soak the region with as much as 10 inches of rain in some places all of this could go a long way to offsetting the driest january in california history but can cause dangerous flash flooding and possible mudslides. 100 couple from 18 states exchanged wedding vows in a mass ceremony in fort lauderdalet. lauderdale, to commemorate the same-sex marriage in florida. lance bass and his partner joined as a good will ambassador. a study that claims vladimir

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