i am tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now. the fbi opened a preliminary inquiry into the killings of three muslim students in north carolina focusing on whether any federal laws were violated in this case. the fbi says an inquiry is one step short of a full investigation. north carolina police say they do not believe tuesday's killings were a hate crime or motivated by anti-muslim sentiment. they maintain the dispute was over a parking space. today on "morning joe" a doctor whose brother was murdered on tuesday along with his wife and wife's younger sister expressed outrage at how the police investigation has been conducted. >> i have been here since the morning after the shooting and

police have still not reached out to my family. to call it a parking dispute when, in fact no one was parked in even that visitor's parking spot that does not belong to him is outrageous to me and insulting and trivializes their murders. >> yesterday more than 5,000 people attended funeral services for the three students many traveling for hours from other states. so many people showed up at the service that it had to be moved to a large soccer field to accommodate the crowd. joining me senior fellow at the southern poverty law center. thank you for your time. >> pleasure. thanks for having me. >> when you hear the doctor whose brother was murdered say the authorities have not contacted them not reached out to them since the morning after the shooting what concerns you about at least how authorities are investigating what so many are referring to as potential hate crime or should be investigated further. >> well it is hard to criticize

the police from afar you know i am not on the ground following the investigation piece by piece, but it does seem surprising that they have not spoken to the family yet, especially because it is apparently true that there was not an actual dispute that day over the parking space, at least that we know of at least not at the parking space, but you know -- go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i was saying it is often, and we know there's a legal bar and legal questions that need to be determined and asked before something can be designated a hate crime, but we have seen in the past where there's been some reluctance, maybe from the community or investigators, to call something or eventually charge someone with a hate crime. >> well the reality is that it is often very hard to disentangle the motives of a killer like this and in this case there does seem to be a kind of tangled mix of motives.

it seems clear that the man who confessed to the crime was a very angry man, in many disputes with others in the complex as well. but there are also suggestions like his strong atheist anti-religion comments on facebook page that would suggest that maybe a kind of animous, and one of the girls said the neighbor had in fact harassed was angry over their clothing. there's a lot there to look at. >> there's a heartbreaking interview released by north carolina public radio, an interview with one of the victims, yusor abu salha. want to play a little on her view of culture in america, what

she would experience from time to time. >> growing up in america has been such a blessing and, you know, although in some ways i do stand out, such as the hijab i wear, the head covering there are so many ways that i feel so embedded in the fabric that is our culture. that's the beautiful thing here is that it doesn't matter where you come from. there are so many different people, from different backgrounds and religions, but here we are all one. >> she has this feeling of we are all one, this measure of optimism. but we talked to you so many times about the worry from hate crime, whether it be for the color of someone's skin or the religious background and here when you hear this young woman say we're one, but there is concern. you have a #muslimlivesmatter on

social media because there's a fear this could be more. >> yes, i mean it is tragic really heart breaking to hear her speak about america. she sounds so american. look, i mean we are at a moment in which anti-muslim hate crimes are in a sense to be expected. we have had a raft of absolutely horrible news about islamist crimes, the "charlie hebdo" attacks, the murder of kayla mueller by the islamic state, the burning alive of the jordanian pilot in a cage on and on and on the shooting of ma alan a, the teenage activist in pakistan and this morning reports that an islamic center just about to open in houston burned to the ground this very morning. we don't know if it was arson or had anything to do with hatred but it seems likely. we have seen four or five other islamic centers attacked by

arsonists in the last several years and one of them in 2011 in fact was in houston. so the whole situation is very worrying. >> and north carolina has a hate crime statute but appears to apply to misdemeanor assaults that have been committed because of the victims' race color, religion nationality, country of origin so people who have been wondering what's on the books there, that's there. we will see what the investigation proves the fbi at least launched this inquiry. mark, thanks for joining us. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. turning to another story, the u.s. is intensifying air strikes against isis this morning after the group raided a town not far from a base where hundreds of u.s. marines are stationed. the basis about two miles outside the outsidal baghdad ee the pentagon says it was not attacked. this as they review president obama's request for the fight on isis which we learn is supported

by a majority of americans. look at this. according to our new nbc news marist poll 54% of americans want their representative to vote for the authorization. but it remains to be seen if congress will actually approve it. appearing on "morning joe" white house press secretary josh earnest responded to criticism by lawmakers regarding the broad language used in the draft. >> we have acknowledged from the beginning this legislative proposal is a starting point for continued legislative negotiations, and congress needs to work its will. >> and democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york joins me in a short time says he has questions about the president's proposal. he will join us in a few minutes. stick around for that. also developing, days after the death of kayla mueller, american aid worker held by isis, hearing from the parents of the last known american held hostage in syria. the parents of free-lance

journalist austin tice say neither the u.s. government nor do they have any idea where their son is being held by isis. tice former marine was kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago. so far there have been no ransom demands from captors. in an interview with my colleague, andrea mitchell his parents say they're frustrated because they have no idea what, if any progress has been made in finding their son. >> what we really want our government to do is to engage in a dialogue with the syrian government. you know how can we have this fantastic state department and global diplomacy if we are not speaking. how does that work? >> there needs to be someone made accountable directly for the safe return of hostages. >> president obama has ordered review of the u.s. hostage policy, but reiterated earlier this week that the u.s. will not negotiate with terrorists.

now to the dangerously cold weather putting a deep freeze on a large part of this country. temperatures this weekend will be in the single digits from the midwest to the northeast, with wind chill temperatures as low as minus 35 degrees in some places. forecasters say this will be the coldest weather we have seen actually in decades. here is a live look from times square, where it feels like it is 7 degrees now, if that's not bad enough another snowstorm is expected in new england saturday. boston's mayor says crews are working around the clock to clear out snow piled high from three storms in three weeks. the city has gotten two ought mated snow melters from new york city and officials say as a last resort will dump snow into the harbor because they have nowhere else to put it. bill karins has the details, talking to dylan dreyer headed again to boston she said i don't know where they can put

all of this snow if another storm rolls through, and it appears that will be the case. >> yeah they're piling it higher and higher sooner or later can't pile it any higher. this is different from the big blizzard two weeks ago when they had 27" of snow. this one i am more concerned with the wind than the snowfall. i'll explain. to be a blizzard you have to get three straight hours of strong winds and quarter mile or less visibility. we are going to get the winds with this storm from maine to delaware. but the heavy snow will be along the coast, and definitely our friends in maine. that's why they have blizzard watches. as far as potential snow totals go, not talking blockbuster amounts in southern new england, central new england, nine to ten inches typically in the year is a big deal not this year. friends in maine, down east main could get two to three feet. some could end up with seven feet on the ground by the time it is said and done. when they get to the point where national guard is needed to get into some towns by the time we are done a lot of small towns

there in coastal maine. the winds. why are winds more an issue this time, they're more widespread over a large population center. could see 40 to 50 miles per hour gusts as far south as baelts and d.c. 60 to 70 around boston. and along the coast, 70 plus maybe a few hurricane force gusts on the immediate coastal areas. those winds alone, again, not a snow that's sticking to trees, don't have that weight but have dead and dying trees to worry about coming down in winds like this, and worry about pine trees coming down. we are not going to see hundreds of thousands without power when this is done hopefully, i think just scattered power outages, a couple 00 here and there. the wind chill will be so low. we are in an air mass that's cold. it will be worse sunday. wind chills, new york is down to three, we will be in negative territory like we are now on sunday. what do you do. you're with the family you lose power, it is zero degrees

outside, negative wind chill 20 i don't know if your fireplace if you have one can keep up with the temperatures in the house like that. if you do lose power, you have to be prepared to grab stuff and get out of the house. hopefully we won't, but that's a possibility. remember pictures after the last blizzard where the spray was freezing on homes? we are going to see a ton of that, too, large waves sunday areas north of boston and down on the cape we will see plenty of houses covered in ice again. >> awful. thank you very much. you'll keep track of that over the weekend. chilling video and testimony in the trial of eddie ray routh, the man accused of murdering former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle. police dash cam video shows officers chasing routh in a pickup belonging to kyle the night he and friend chad littlefield were found dead two years ago at a texas gun range. he refused to get out of the vehicle and took off. at one point, a patrol car sped

into the truck, it went on nine minutes before routh stopped. he is seen in the video coming out with his hands up police take him down at that point. a police officer told the jury quote, he said he had taken a couple of souls and had more souls to take. the jury also saw body come ra footage in which routh mention the voodoo and the apocalypse. so what does this video bring to the table here? >> it brings to the table a gift for the defense but not a complete one. you have routh acting strangely, you have officers talking about his babbling yet the prosecution is trying to frame it as odd or possibly a man under the influence of drugs or alcohol. you see the advantage they get, bringing it up first. but of course the defense will turn back to the videotape, to a normal participant, he does seem nuts.

we wouldn't be the only ones to think that after all, the victims felt that way, too. >> some things could be heard because the body cam was recording, this brings up a lot of questions about his state of mind in which he says everything was just happening so fast i don't know if i'm going insane he can be heard telling the police officer in the driveway. the prosecutor acknowledged that routh made some kind of quote odd statements in that taped conversation. >> look of course, odd is a word that doesn't mean insane. on the other hand the defendant can't self diagnose as legally insane for purpose of his defense, all of the action focuses on the experts. we are going to hear a parade of experts talk about legal definition of insanity whether routh knew right from wrong. that's the key, much more powerful than what we heard on tape. >> the prosecution pointed out routh went to a fast food restaurant shortly after the shooting. if he was mentally unstable, why

was he stable enough to order food and carry on some usual actions. >> he was eating he was fleeing. he didn't want to stick around with the cops. is that the action of a rationale or irrational man. beyond that when it is time for the jury to decide it is the defense's burden to make that case was he not guilty by reason of insanity higher standard than our assessment of what we are hearing. >> lisa green, greatly appreciate it. coming up i will talk with congressman gregory meeks who says he is concerned about the president's war powers request. he will join us live. plus the fbi director gives a blunt assessment on race and police. >> we all, white and black, carry various biases around with us. >> he also said we are all, his words, a little racist. more comments and reaction to it ahead. and on a lighter note snl star tim meadows whose roles include the ladies man will join

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like mike brown and ferguson and eric garner in new york. he suggested the country hadn't had a healthy dialogue since protests began and conceded that officers do view minorities differently. >> much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias. many people in our white majority culture have unconscious racial biases and react differently to a white face than a black face. in fact we all, white and black, carry various biases around with us. i am reminded of the song from the broadway hit avenue q, everyone is a little bit racist a part of which goes like this. look around and you will find no one's really color blind. maybe it's a fact we all should face, everyone makes judgments based on race. you should be grateful i did not try to sing that. >> joining me now, "the washington post" writer and msnbc contributor jonathan

capehart. you have been hard at work writing a column on this. what's your first take here? >> it was an incredible speech. i put it up there in terms of its power and its importance up there with president obama, then candidate obama's speech on race in philadelphia in 2008 with attorney general eric holder's speech february 2009 six years ago next week when he called us a nation of cowards. it was that powerful that strong, that nuanced. holding up the mirror to both law enforcement in unsparing ways, but also to us as a nation and the african-american community in particular. >> so there have been some people on social media who say you and others may see this as a powerful speech because he is white, that eric holder giving that speech or president obama the same words, people would see it as yes, very powerful the world's most powerful leader but both african-american men. >> well right. and i make that point in my

piece, which is up now, postpartisan.com shameless plug. that's why i put his speech up there with president obama and attorney general eric holder he's, not to take away who they are in saying it. director comey is a 54-year-old white republican son of irish immigrants grandson of a police chief who is saying this i think adds to the power of what he had to say. >> i want to play another bit of what he did say, acknowledging history and being unkind. let's listen to it. >> all of us in law enforcement must be honest enough to acknowledge that much of our history is not pretty. at many points in american history, law enforcement enforced the status quo, a status quo that was often brutally unfair to disfavored groups. >> with that said what ideas is he prepared to offer, what

change can he facilitate? >> i think one, just by acknowledging that i think will be music to a lot of people's ears, to finally hear someone, a chief among law enforcement officers acknowledging the fact that law enforcement has a checkered past when it comes to dealing with as the director said unfavored groups. in his speech director comey calls for the police departments around the country to start collecting data on police shootings, and that he was surprised when he could not get any data whatsoever in the wake of the michael brown shooting on how many civilians have been shot and or killed by police. so he used a good chunk of his speech to talk about that and to bring that up. tamron there was another part of that speech that was also music to my others and i hope to other african americans, particularly african-american men, when he called on law

enforcement to put themselves in shoes of law abiding young black men when they approach them try to understand where he might be coming from if he doesn't feel safe doesn't feel respected. >> all right, it is a powerful speech. people should go on and read your column up already. thank you, jonathan. >> thanks. in a first for the military the u.s. army is now permitting hormone therapy treatment for chelsea manning, the soldier behind the wikileaks scandal. the latest on this decision. plus this. ♪ >> the legendary rapper biz markie, years have passed he has slimmed down dropping 140 pounds. he wants to lose even more.

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were in over the last 10 15 years in afghanistan and iraq. >> when you look at the language, the president said it makes it clear as well as some key advisers u.n. ambassador samantha power was on yesterday morning saying it is clear language that there was not be mass number of u.s. boots on the ground, that boots on the ground are needed but they do not expect them nor do they intend for them to be u.s. troops. so why is it that the language in this proposal and the clear language the president says he is presenting is not enough for you and some of your colleagues. >> there's some words. i think one of the things some of the benefit of the doubt, a number of us will sit down with his legal counsel to see it is in the language happy to be a lawyer, every word means something. there are certain words that mean something to me, may mean something to someone else differently. so we have to talk that out.

the hardest vote for a member of congress is when you go to vote and you may have someone's son or daughter on the line where they could lose their lives. to me i have to dot every i and cross every t. i understand this to me is a very different resolution than what took place in 2001. clearly in 2001 saddam hussein, weapons of mass destruction, i was not convinced there was anything there. here there is a threat by isil to the united states. we have to know what we are doing, i think dotting is, crossing ts. >> quickly, we have a new nbc news marist poll says 54% of americans want their representative to vote in favor of the president's request. it included majority of democrats, republicans, and independents in this split on whether or not they have confidence in the strategy. 45% say they have a great deal or good amount of confidence 48% have little to no confidence. again, this is just a snapshot

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welcome back. the u.s. army agreed to pay for hormone therapy for chelsea manning. manning formerly known as bradley is a soldier serving 35 years for leaking classified documents to wikileaks website, after sentencing in 2013 manning revealed she's a transgender female was later clinically diagnosed last year. she sued the federal government claiming she was denied medically necessary treatment. the last week the commandant of fort leavenworth where manning is serving time approved the treatment. this is a first for the u.s. army. demonstrators in pasco, washington vowing to hit the streets every night to protest an officer involved shooting. and getting ready for a big protest outside city hall tomorrow afternoon.

tuesday three officers shot and killed a 35-year-old after he allegedly threw rocks at them and passing cars. witnesses caught the shooting on camera. nbc's halle jackson has the latest from pasco. >> reporter: we learned the fbi is monitoring the situation in pasco where overnight a few more signs were placed at the memorial at the site of the shooting. all of this sparked angry protests already with more on the way. first, gunshots then the chase, caught on camera by a witness who posted the video online. you can see pasco police running after a man who raises his arms above his head, then turns around. that's when three officers opened fire a second time killing antonio montez. >> anybody down loads it on youtube, they'll see it. that it wasn't justified. >> reporter: police point to moments before the video begins when they say montez was throwing rocks at cars hitting

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leave. wow. it is an american institution that launched the careers of many of our favorite people including bill murray dan ak roid tina fey, "saturday night live" is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend in a blockbuster event packed with celebrities. they'll reair the first episode ever saturday night in its usual time slot. the show was hosted by legendary george carlin. sunday they'll air a three and a half hour special, featuring sketches with members like chevy chase, dana carvey amy poehler. and eddie murphy. the executive producer invited every host and almost every cast member to take part. here are some of the more memorable moments. >> you were with the beatles. >> sure. >> guess what. i got a fever.

and the only prescription is more cow bell. >> tell you something, patrick, we know about flexibility. >> here is some flexibility for you. >> i am here today to dispute the charge that movers have too much sex. i always thought too much sex is like saying too much christmas. >> that's the clip we would pull. now with me in studio, tim meadows, the ladies man. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> happy belated birthday. >> yeah yeah i don't celebrate them like i used to. sort of ignore them. >> you look great. you're still very busy. you have a new movie coming out. >> i do? oh, yeah, that's right! i forgot i was in a movie. that's great. thanks for reminding me. >> movie of mine coming out, bill hader, a lot of people in this. >> amy schumer is the star and

writer and i totally forgot i did that movie. >> that's a shame. >> i am working. so happy. >> you're working. because of your history on snl and the great characters did you have any idea when you joined the cast that you would be among the most memorable? >> no, i thought i would be among the most memorable because it would be such a short term. >> hi and bye. >> thought it would be nine shows and i am done. no being on "saturday night live" is a dream come true for me. i was a huge fan in high school and so when i got the job, i couldn't believe it. i loved it so much. i still can't believe that i'm coming back for the 40th anniversary. i mean this is like unreal for me. >> funny you mention watching in high school lorne gave an interview to matt lauer, talked about there's always debate which cast was the best cast. he says the reality is it is the cast that existed when we were

in high school because that's when your connection with snl happens. you can't really drive, your parents aren't letting you out late at night if they're reasonable, good parents, and that's your chance to be cool. that's your club in your home. >> yeah. i think during that period too, you start to feel like rebellious also and i think the show sort of represents that because it is sort of a rebellious sort of comedy. and i agree. i think my favorite cast was the first cast you know. when i see those guys now, it is hard for me to talk to them because i put them on a pedestal no matter what. chevy chase, bill murray dan ak roid john bell you shall ee jane curtain, lorraine newman i can name them all. >> it is amazing how the show is comedy, edge everything politics, but it is intense behind the scenes. bill hader was on saying he would get so nervous before every show. did you have that same feeling?

>> yes. >> the pressure? >> yes. the nervousness. i think i was more nervous for rethrough on wednesday more than the show itself. >> why? >> i knew by saturday i knew the material i knew we would have cue cards while they would be there, and so the lines were there. it was no way to mess up. but on wednesday for read through was the first time your sketch would be read in front of people, and so for me that was the most nervous i would be i was hoping -- it was the first time people would see what i had be writing the night before. so yeah that was more -- i was more nerve racked then. >> we love you. >> and would i drink to get through it. >> courvoisier. >> of course. >> you smell so good. somebody gave him hand sanitizer, every time you waft your hands, i am distracted by what you're saying i smell flowers and whatever else. >> i have to get some of this. >> he said i didn't want my

hands to be greasy when i shake your hand. i told all our secrets there. congratulations. so happy you're back. >> thank you. >> congratulations on the movie coming up. >> thank you. and also i am on "marry me" on nbc, a show on tuesdays. >> you do get work. >> thank you. >> you're doing great. thank you so much. tonight on "politics nation" rev meets rev. he will interview keenan thompson who plays the rev. it will be epic. make sure you see it. ♪ nice! gr-reat! a shot like that... calls for a post-game celebration. share what you love with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. they're gr-r-reat!

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for people living with diabetes trying to lose weight. that's what prompted my next guest to his remarkable weight loss journey. biz marky, from the hit song "just a friend", while music is still a passion, he's taken up a very important cause, he was first diagnosed with diabetes. in that time he has lost 140 pounds and still losing and the great, icon biz markie joins me in the studio. >> how are you doing? >> i love when we started in the commercial break, where do i look? where's the camera? >> you rushed in in traffic, you made it. so happy about that. but i'm just elated to see you in person you've done such a great job losing this. what did you do? >> i changed my diet and i'm behind a soda called zevia,

sweeten by the stevia plant, you're not getting all of the sugar and craving but it got the taste. >> tell me about the moment when you woke up or someone said that right line that made you change your life? >> what happened was i'm on a road like 300 days a year. so i went to detroit and i kept going to the bathroom going to the bathroom. so when i was supposed to do new york the next day, i checked myself into the hospital and i was die hydrated. my sugar was above 750 and my blood pressure was 220 over something. and i was so dehydrated it took 16 bags of iv that's when i said -- i don't know how you walked in here. >> you were on death's door as they say. >> plus i bet will smith and couple of other guys $1,000 a pound so -- >> that is enticing in itself.

>>. were you aware, with traveling 300 days out of the year were you aware your health was in jeopardy? >> i wasn't aware because you know, all of us think we're invincible or you know we think that we're never going to die when people start dying around me i know it's that time. >> what do you tell other people now? >> i tell everybody, you've got to change it. you've got to change your diet. you've got to cleanse your body. the main thing is you got to cleanse your body because we have old stuff in our body and you have to take vitamins every day, our food don't got the same nutrients it used to have. >> what is a biz breakfast? >> bacon eggs but the eggs have to have vegetable, toast, something to drink. >> basic there. you pointed out that you don't drink the sugar, soda. >> i drink diet -- i drink

stevia and water. >> you're in town for all-star game and have a bunch of other projects going on. one of our floor directors loves you because of yo gabba gabba. children would see you and faint right now. what do you think of hip hop right now? >> hip hop is cool but it's more corporate and i wish more leaders would come out instead of everybody following one trend or people dating the same people, i want everybody to be unique. see you look so beautiful, unique natural, i like natural. i don't like people to do stuff to your bodies you're going to be 65 years old -- >> i'm 62 right now. >> you know what i mean? i like a natural person. natural -- >> you like natural music, natural food -- >> i eat microwave food a little bit. >> my nails aren't real. >> i like natural. >> thank you.

there you have the message to all of the young hip hop nation out there. keep it natural from a legend. thank you, biz, we love you so much. i could talk to you all day long. >> any time you need me to talk. >> we're more than just friends, take that. that's it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall with the great biz markie go online and chat us up -- it's valentine's day. >> happy val tinl's day to my mom and all of the ladies in the world. >> will you be my valentine? biz is my official -- see you all later. have a good weekend. bye!

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