the east coast, here's what you need to know. jordan launching new air strikes on isis targets is where we're going to start. it's one day after king abdullah promised to wage a relentless war in retaliation for the brutal burning alive of a jordanian pilot. on the way home the jets involved in those strikes flew over the hometown of that murdered pilot. at the same time, the king was there visiting the with the pilot's family. jim miklaszewski is following these moves from one of the closest allies in the region. >> u.s. military officials tell us at least 20 of the jordanian f-16s took part in today's air strikes over syria. jordan didn't simply throw the jets into the sky and attack these targets at random. they were part of the original target set, set forth by the u.s. and coalition in terms of what kind of targets isis targets in syria were we going to strike today.

in deference to jordan and the fact that their pilot was so brutally executed on camera by isis, they allowed jordanian pilots to take the lead. now, there is some gun camera footage which may be released later today. not sure what the direct impact of this would be on isis buxt i can tell you this is going to have tremendous impact in the region. highly symbolic. it's the first time we heard from any of those coalition members from the gulf states speak so publicly in condemning isis and pledging to contribute to their defeat and ultimate destruction. there's a lot of symbolism in the air strikes today if not actual bomb damage. >> jim miklaszewski, thanks for that update. >> secretary of state john kerry is in ukraine meeting with leaders in announcing a new

round of u.s. humanitarian aid to the tune of $16 million. there's a bigger step that's on the table right now as well. the president is said to be reconsidering whether to provide lethal aid, arms to ukrainian fighters. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for that including senators john mccain today. >> that's what ukraine seeks, not american forces to do its fighting. but that our nation open once again the arsenal democracy that is allowed free peoples to defend themselves. here in the united states and here today is broad bipartisan consensus that it's time we do just that. >> kelly o'donnell is following this on the hill. just how vigorous is the support? how far does this go beyond mccain? >> reporter: it has really bubbled up you have three dozen member in both parties, asking the administration and president to take new steps to strengthen

the military sort of resources available to ukraine and sanctions and humanitarian aid at a time when we have been talking in a long narrative in recent years how the american people and in many ways reflected in their lawmakers do not want to see greater u.s. en engagement around the world. this is one of the instances that stands apart. it is the cold war throwback where these are identifiable circumstances and people can see the connection to the united states and feel a sense of being able to do something helpful that in terms of a state actor like russia very different than the terrorism concerns where it's not a state that's involved, this is an area where lawmakers feel they can bring measure and bring a political voice and can encourage the president to take steps they believe will have a meaningful real world impact. it is a different sort of moment. it's been building and i think with some of the more recent comments from putin, certainly from the ukrainian officials

today with secretary of state john kerry, there is a point here that it seems like there's a window where there could be new action. the white house signaling it is looking at this and that also is an opportunity for there to be a step forward on this. ronan? >> kelly o'donnell on the hill. we'll have much more later in the show as well. stay with us for that. another piece of congressional news we're following is the announcement that pope francis is going to speak to a joint session of congress part of the september visit planned to the united states. john boehner made the announcement earlier and with this guest democrats appear to be on board. nancy pelosi saying we're eager to welcome his holiness to the u.s. capitol. pope francis will be the first catholic leader to address congress. sony pictures announced a change at the top, amy pascal leaving. she's going to transition to a new production venture. she was at the helm of last

year's sony hack attack and threats during that attack to the movie "the interview." several of the own e-mails leaked one between the producer included choice comments about angelina angelina jolie that got a lot of press. the ceo of sony said in recent months sony pictures entertainment faces unprecedented challenges and i'm gaitful for her resilience and grace. julia, how do you rate this statement that came around what was a long awaited departure? is this new production departure more than cosmetic? >> well i think this is as you mentioned not a big surprise. ever since those e-mails were leaked people in hollywood have been wondering, can she keep doing her job or the fact all of these e-mail exchanges between her and top hollywood executives are out there is that going to

make it harder for her to continue to lead the studio? and she really is the number two behind michael lynton is is responsible for the studio. in the press release here, sony makes a big toint, this is a long time coming she's been in her position for a long time and wants to create movies and television and theater. there's no question that her negotiations i'm sure came under this clouds of those e-mails that were put out there. >> any sense of whether there's going to be more changes? there was word early on that tokyo was sort of going to cut a wrathful path through the u.s. staff at the top. is this the end of it do you think? >> well it's too soon to say whether it's really the ends. but it does seem she's more likely to be -- she was more likely to be the person who was going to bear the brunt of the sony hack attack. largely because her e-mails were embarrassing and there weren't any big controversies revealed

or sparked by michael lynton's e-mails. i think it's very likely this will be the end of it in terms of the sort of corporate restructures but we could see people underneath her leave as well which often happens when a studio chief leaves. >> julia bore sten thanks always a pleasure. >> back here in new york, metro north's harlem line is up and running again. it took 24 hours to separate a train and suv involved in tuesday 'collision. ntsb investigators are hoping to speak with the train's engineer and conductor at this point about what they might have seen. there's also an investigation into exactly why this suv ended up stuck on those tracks. what the woman who was behind the wheel was doing before she died. she's ellen brody, mother of three. one eyewitness remembers what he saw just before the crash. >> she looks at me and i gesture to come back.

i back up again further to even indicate there's plenty of room to back up. and she turns, walks and gets back in the car, slight hesitation and then moves forward and at that instant the train came. >> adam reese is in new york where the crash happened. what else is the ntsb looking at? >> reporter: good afternoon. the ntsb has taken the train away for further analysis and inspection. here at the hospital eight patients remain with injuries that range from burns and lacerations to broken bones. as you mentioned, the ntsb wants to talk to the engineer and could be conductor, they'll look at the recorders they retrieve and analysis is being done in washington and new york. they've downloaded the data that will tell them about the brakes and how fast it was going. they want to know what was she doing on the tracks at the time

and why didn't she heed the advice of the driver behind her to back up off the tracks? they'll do a site survey that will tell them when the engineer saw the car as he approached and maybe when she saw the train as it approached her. they'll be here for five days and have a final report possibly it could take a year ronan. >> adam reese, thanks for the update. >> an overseas the death toll is rising in another deadly accident. the crash of transasia flight 235. death toll there now up to 31. 12 others are still missing and 15 are hospitalized. today the pilot at the helm of that flight is being called a hero avoiding buildings and highways apparently part of his objective in this last dramatic maneuver you're seeing on screen there. the pilot called may day three times as the plane plunged towards a river. >> may day, may day. engine flame out. >> investigators are already

reviewing the flight's voice and data recorders. we'll keep tabs on that. in the sports world, some have called it the worst call in football history, the moment that likely cost pete car roll and his team super bowl xlix. we're hearing from carroll himself for the first time on the subject with an interview with matt lauer. >> you still feel you made exactly the right call -- >> i made the call that comes out of the process of the preparation and practice. i think we're going to do exactly the right thing or we won't calm the play. we won't go with the concept or ask our guys to execute it. i never make a call thinking it's going to go bad. >> this was properly planned, it just didn't turn out well? >> we know we were going to throw one time in the sequence we did and it didn't turn out right. >> they lost by a score of 28-24. now to our recovery that has doctors mesmerized in missouri. three 14-year-old boys fell

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a new u.n. report is put ag spotlight on what may be isis' most vulnerable victims. the targeted and brutal killings of children by isis including several cases of mass executions of boys as well as reports of beheads and cruisecifixes and children buried alive. kristen sandburg has a look how this fits into isis' tactics, an expert on terror groups and teacher at london school of economics. i start with professor sandberg children buried alive and being used as suicide bombers and

crucifixions. were you taken aback? >> i think this is something we've been known to children are used in that way in that conflict. we don't so much talk about the scale. we talk more about the violations of children's rights whatever scale it's on. we did not -- in many of these instances, it's. >> it's all of the armed groups and isis seems a particular culprit with brutal acts. in documenting that brutality, what kind of action do you hope this report will prompt and from whom? >> we hope that there will be better protection of children's rights and report is directed at the states and they can come before the committee, any state that has ratified can do. not like we picked out the

states of iraq or isil for review. >> we need those eyes on the ground so desperately now. this report also highlights something often overlooked the risk to children not even being directly abused by isis but approximate to this conflict. from the sounds of it in this report an entire generation for severe post traumatic stress. what kind of long term impact do you think that will have for the region? >> we don't really talk about that kind of long term impact. we talk about our children's rights at the moment. >> and right now, what kind of post-traumatic stress are you seeing on the ground? >> we have seen what we have written in the report which is the execution of boys and children sometimes being used as suicide bombers and if that isn't bad enough we have one quarter of the report on the

iraqi state, a lot of other issues do not have anything to do with the so-called isil. >> it's an astonishing report. fawas, you've studied extremist groups, how unusual is it to see this extreme brutality against children used as a tactic? >> well you know ronan, just for your own viewers, the u.n. has just finally documented what we have known for between two years more than two years. you're talking about one of the most brutal groups to emerge really probably in the modern 200 years in terms of militant extremist groups. you're looking really at the heart of darkness. no limits no rules. not just about children sexual slavery, they boast about it. not just something hidden. in this particular sense, they

practice savagery and massive violence are used as a conscious policy. this is not just random. and of course, children are the most vulnerable. young boys and young girls are most vulnerable. but we have really multiple reports, in fact we don't have multiple reports. isis or so-called islamic state has been telling us what it has been doing, using its own magazines bragging about the fact selling young girls in particular, min orts and rape of children and beheading of children and crucifixion of man and women, you name it. it's the heart of darkness. this is one of the most brutal organizations to emerge probably in the last 100 or 200 years in that part of the world. >> that is a striking statement you've just made. as bad as it gets in the last 100 or 200 years. is there some kind of strategic objective other than mass panic. what are they trying to do in terms of winning hearts and minds of those on the ground?

doesn't this risk turning those potential recruits against them? >> ronan, it is rational. it's not -- i mean some of us might think it is really quite insanity. they are all crazies. they are not. that is savage violence has a strategic objective. the strategic objective is too strike terror and fear in the hearts of their enemies and also to basically bring and co-opt some deluded young man, some in particular who believe in their particular vision or nightmare, that his violence speaks louder than words. yes, they are training a new generation in syria and iraq we have multiple reports in which the so-called islamic state is trying to nourish and create a young generation of children.

we've seen multiple reports by isis itself displaying young boys as basically the new generation of militants and foot soldiers. >> it's an extraordinary new set of challenges and level of brutality that is almost unprecedented. kristen sandberg and fawas, of the london school of economics. thanks to both of you. the story dominating tech headlines today. how did a 30-year-old physics grad student become a master mind behind a billion dollar online black market hidden deep in the dark net? that's just one of the viral stories of today's daily spike next.

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dangerous than alcohol. before we go to break, a serious update nbc nightly news anchor brian williams apologized for what he said was his inaccurate accounting of events during the invasion of iraq in twae. he said his helicopter was hit by fire and he said he was in fact in a following aircraft. a lot of you have been talking about that. as the fighting in ukraine escalates, the united states is considering a big policy shift sending lethal weapons to the government. one former general tells me why he's supporting that move next.

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tafrpgs that are crossing the border from russia and coming in to ukraine. >> secretary of state john kerry in kiev pushing for a diplomatic resolution. at the same time congress back here considers a big step sending a lethal weapons to ukrainian forces fighting rebel. leaders are meeting in brussels. and saying today that nato set to more than double the size of its response force. up to 30,000 troops. those troops would be ready to deploy to ukraine at short notice. an unusual move since ukraine is not a member of nato. for the latest on the ground we go to kiev and bill neely. >> we have seen a day of intense dip plomcy after weeks of intense fighting in eastern ukraine ukraine. john kerry was here for about nine hours and met ukraine's

president and prime minister. they asked him for many things but among them was weapons. defensive weapons to stop the advance of the separatists and ukraine's prime minister said let's not call them rebels or guerillas, we are fighting the regular russian army. russia denies that but it's true, that the separatists have got state of the art equipment. john kerry said much of it had been supplied from across the border in russia. ukraine and its army by contrast has outdated weapons that are decades old clearly not stopping that rebel advance. so on the issue of the u.s. supplying weapons to ukraine, john kerry said president obama is reviewing all of his options, among them is the possibility of providing defensive systems and the president will make his decision soon. obviously the anxiety about pouring more weapons into this is pouring fuel on the fire.

it will not deter the rebels or deter president putin. so the arm the. goes in fact it will turn essentially what is a regional conflict into a proxy war between the united states and russia. john kerry addressed that too saying we're not interested in a proxy war. we want to change russia's behavior. we're not choosing a military outcome but you cannot have a one-sided piece. john kerry is now headed to munich where he will meet tomorrow with the russian foreign minister lavrov here in kiev is the german chancellor angela merkel before going to moscow tomorrow where they will meet president putin, who of course denies he is supplying weapons to the ukrainians. so a day of diplomacy trying to catch up with the spiraling violence. we've had dozens killed here in recent days. a death toll now of more than

5,300 since this conflict began. and the dangers both in supplying weapons and the dangers ahead are really huge. back to you, ronan. >> nbc's bill neely, thank you. so far the u.s. only provided nonlethal assistance to the ukrainians, but this seems to be changing the tone in washington. i'm join by charles wald retired four star general and former deputy commander of u.s. european command also one of eight former u.s. officials who wrote a report issue by brookings called on the u.s. to provide this kind of support to ukraine. general, thank you for taking the time to join. your report is fascinating, three recommendations, committing to $1 billion in military assistance this year alone, altering its policy to provide that lethal assistance to the eye crane yan military and approaching nato countries about providing similar support. what prompted such an emphatic

case from you and the others behind this report? >> well thanks for having me. the report itself is a -- i think a manifestation of our concern that things are on the edge in the ukraine, probably worse than previously reported at least today's report was pretty accurate i think. in that russia basically as pointed out is supporting at the very least the where it called separatists but probably leading the conflict in ukraine and after an nexing to crimea which has de facto given up taken moreland land than ukraine. russia is not willing to go ahead and invade and take over land in sovereign territory unopposed is just not the right thing at all, against everything we do. >> i want to look at some of the

criticisms of this line there are questions whether it would violate the ceasefire agreement? >> technically, no i don't, if you look at all evidence, it isn't speculative that russia is providing t-72s with sophisticated systems and other weaponry and logistics to the ukrainian separatists, i think is totally within the confines of what the agreement would allow and the fact that we're allowing the ukrainians in our case mainly to defend themselves and the real issue here is to make it difficult enough on putin where he would have to negotiate. right now we're negotiating with ourselves. i see where some allies are in discussions about what could be done. there's been a reluctance to meet with the mins k group, our feeling is number one,

ukrainians should be able to defend themselves and bring putin to the table. >> we're just getting in this moment sound from the white house, josh earnest addressing some of these concerns as they consider arming ukraine. listen to them. >> one of the concerns we have about providing military assistance is it does contain the possibility of actually expanding blood shed. that is actually what we're trying to avoid. the whole reason we're trying to encourage both sides to sit down and hammer out a diplomatic agreement is to end the bloodshed and end the escalating conflict in that country. >> interesting concerns that he raises there about this kind of arming of foreign forces sometimes backfire expanding bloodshed. when the president laid out the foreign policy he doubled down on this policy of arming and training those kinds of foreign forces. in your view is ukraine a reliable partner in this proxy

war essentially on the ground? how do you prevent the weapons we give them from falling in the wrong hands? >> i absolutely believe if we were to provide better weapons to the ukrainians they would use them responsibleably. we spend a week out there a couple of weeks ago, went to the front, again. i didn't see every person fighting but i saw a general, i got a sense of what ukrainian military both facing and how they are reacting to it. i firmly believe that we can trust the ukrainians to use the weapons in a responsible manner. on the other hand there's no way that we can control the russians from being i would call irresponsible. they shut down a civilian airliner malaysian airline 17 ukrainians can't even fly in their own territory. they are firing on innocent civilians. i think it's almost laughable that anybody would think this would make an unfair for the

russians or its improper to help people defend themselves. >> thank you so much general, for taking the time. >> you're welcome. >> as american sniper continues to dominate the box office the real life story is continuing. the trial of that sniper's accused killing getting under way as you may have heard but may not have heard about the challenges about jurors. can the accused get a fair trial when chris kyle is being regarded as such a hero across the country. we go to texas for that update.

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have been advised to seek shelter immediately. you can see the police cars gathered and barely make out, the flashing lights on the top of those vehicles. we're going to keep following this story. stay with msnbc for the latest. another story we're following today, jury selection beginning in what may be america's most watched trial. that's the trial of former marine eddie routh, accused of shooting american sniper chris kyle at the texas shooting range and accused of shooting kyle's friend littlefield. he'll pled not guilty by reason of insanity. this is no ordinary jury selection. chris kyle is the focus of the oscar nominated movie "american sniper" still players in theaters and highest grossing war movie ever. millions have seen the film and that may include potential jurors in this county. raising questions about how fair this trial can be right now.

joining us now on the phone is autumn owens, she was at the court house following this just today. thank you so much autumn for taking the time to update us. according to texas law, i was interested to read one of the reasons for challenging a juror, from hearsay and otherwise, there's an established in the mind of the juror such a conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant as would influence the juror in finding a verdict. autumn if a juror has seen the picture, it clearly gets to that quality very acutely. this is a picture that portrays chris kyle as a hero. induces a certain level of sympathy to him and certain facts in their minds. how much are those selecting these jurors focused on that concern? >> hi ronan, well as of right now, only six have expressed concern about being biased after seeing the movie and the

publicity that its received that was just in the first session. not sure how many more there will be. but the judge was going to speak with those people. >> and what is it like inside the courthouse for jurors and for the media such as yourself covering the case? >> well right now no cameras of any kind inside the courthouse. every person entering must go through metal detectors. and no electronic devices of any kind inside the courtroom. they have set up a separate room just for media to use their electronics. >> and even outside of the concern about the movie, governor greg abbott named february 2nd chris kyle day. how big a story is this in texas in particular and how much is there a concern that the venue of texas as a whole is too closely tied to the story?

>> in stevenville, i know that chris kyle did attend charleston state university for a couple of years, not sure how popular he was then. but he was from midlothian so i'm sure the popularity there has grown a lot. i know -- sorry. >> what is the most striking thing you've heard from people in the community as this jury selection proceeds? >> most striking thing, probably that they don't think he can get a fair trial here which i disagree with. i believe that everyone has been shown the movie, has read the book has been exposed to the publicity that its had. that's probably the most common thing that's been talked about about this trial. >> what's the precedent for this kind of a high profile case in

texas? are those selecting the jurors looking at any previous cases of a media frenzy surrounding a trial and citing the precedent when making these decisions? >> not that i'm aware of not that i've seen. >> and we have some information about exactly how the judicial process works down there. the state of texas selects judges through election and the judge overseeing this trial denied a change of venue already. let's talk about the judge's role in this. how much does that judge have invested in making sure he oversees this trial and doesn't see it moved elsewhere? >> you know i'm not really sure. i just know that they filed two requests for change of venue and as far as i know it's not going anywhere. >> and another interesting aspect of how this is playing out is that the number of jury duty notice this court we're

hearing typically sends about 175 jury duty notices but for this trial we understand they sent out 800. talk about the reasoning behind that. >> well what i was told is there's about 30,000 people in the county. they selected -- sent out 800 just because of the notoriety of this trial and chris kyle. and they are really just trying to get 12 people out of all of this making sure they are not going to get anybody biased. >> a challenging process for sure. autumn owens, thanks for that update. hours after they were wed, the marriages were broken up by the state, 323 same sex couples in michigan may be given the recognition they were promised nearly a year ago. their story is next.

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a few new details in the breaking news we're covering out of columbia, south carolina. we know now that shots have been fired on the campus of the university of south carolina according to our affiliate there. now reporting the shots were fired near the new public health school there. several law enforcement agencies have already responded to a call of an active shooter. stay with msnbc. we'll be keeping you updated there. that's a live shot you were just looking at of that campus. all right. news in the gay marriage fight. today the state of michigan expected to formally recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages. those couples were married last year when the state's marriage ban was lifted for just one day. but they've been living in legal limbo since, fighting for recognition after the ban went back into place the very next day. our partners at vocative take us to michigan to meet two of the couples who just learned their nuptials are now legal.

>> we're members of an exclusive 300-member club. we don't want to be members of that club. we were the first same-sex couple to be married on march 22nd. we were waiting almost 30 years. >> neither of us woke up on march 22nd thinking this is the day we're going to get married. >> we've been together for almost 13 years. the ceremony was ad hoc. but the relationship behind it clearly wasn't. >> you know to say that she's my wife and dish mean that means something. >> this is my husband. those are powerful words. >> we also have friends who weren't able to get married because they were in line when the order came down to stop. >> the state of michigan will not recognize the fact that they're married because they're

of the same sex. >> to me it was a slap in the face. >> i actually was contacted by our human resources, and they told me that she was not going to be able to be on my health benefits. i literally broke down and cried at my cubicle. >> i probably paid over $2500 in insurance premiums that other people would not have had to pay. >> one of the things that we've talked about is the possibility of adopting children. >> we were in serious conversations, and even engaged with a prospective child. in that process, learned a lot of the complicated factors. >> here in the state of michigan, you're not capable of jointly adopting. so only one of us would have been recognized as a legal parent. >> if you don't have those protections, then things are a lot less clear. of course, the person who gets hurt the most would be a child.

>> we're waiting. unfortunately, we've been waiting for this our entire life. there's desperateness in waiting. >> in some sense, there's almost guilt because why should we be able to have this privilege and not everybody else? >> it's the right to stay married. >> one of the lines i guess i cherish is what the state has joined they cannot put usunder. >> some actual honest to goodness good news, at least for those couples. that wraps up today's "rf daily." thank you for joining me. it's time for "the reid report" next.

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