1:00 p.m. on the east coast, 10:00 a.m. on the west. more news about that shooting in chapel hill north carolina. the fbi today opening a preliminary inquiry is the term they are using, into the deaths of those three young muslim college students. killings of the family members of deah barakat and yusor abu salha, the father was on the program yesterday and recounted the previous run-ins with the suspects. >> the murderer can say it was a parking dispute, whatever he was picking on he came to that apartment with his gun two or three times before the murder on different occasions. my daughter yusor complained and told us that she felt that man

hated them for the way they looked and the muslim garb they wore. she felt the heat has risen after she moved into the apartment. and her friends came to visit and most of them wore muslim attire. >> but the chapel hill police say their preliminary findings still suggest that suspect and neighbor craig steven hicks was motivated by a dispute over parking. joining me from north carolina is ali ya how is the fbi investigation going to dove tail what's being looked at by chapel hill police? >> reporter: the fbi inquiry will run parallel to the ongoing local investigation, the fbi is currently assisting local police with data collection and going over the evidence. it's important to note that the inquiry is different than a full blown investigation, which is what the family wants.

the move allows the fbi to do a little bit more digging and make sure that their just going over everything once again. we are currently at the crime scene here in chapel hill, north carolina at the condominium where the incident took place. if you look hipd me above is where accused gunman taylor craig hicks lived and below him is where deah his wife yusor and yusor's wife razan was visited. all three were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head on tuesday. right now it's pretty quiet but there's a make shift memorial with flowers and signs supporting the three victims. >> thanks for that update aliyah, we'll follow this closely. so many of you have been moved by it and in a few minutes we'll talk to richard blumenthal who has pushed for specific

observations of hate crimes about what constitutes a hate crime and whether this is it. in washington state, the fbi is now monitoring a situation in pascoe where outrage is building over what some are calling is an unjustified killing by police. there's a video, it shows pascoe police pursuing a homeless man on tuesday. you can see he runs he turns and then he appears to raise his arms at the end here before he's shot by police. obviously we're freezing that video before you see the final moment there. police say what you don't see in the clip is him throwing rocks at officers, refusing calls to rur surrender. this is the police chief yesterday. >> we're here trying to make sure we get the right information out. i want the truth to come out, whatever it is i want the truth to come out. >> this appears to be striking a nerve in pascoe already been protests this week and there are

more scheduled tomorrow with hundreds expected to attend. in alabama, police officer is facing assault charges for an aggressive takedown earlier this month that left an indian man partly parlalyzedparalyzed. the man involved, patel has filed a lawsuit and the fbi opened an investigation into this incident hours after the suit was filed, larry muncie announced eric parker in the video, would be fired. of the incident was captured on police dash cam video. you can see it there, an upsetting moment to watch. the officer stopped patel walking through the neighborhood after an unidentified caller reported a skinny black guy that was the exact quote they were given, near his home, that he in never seen before. patel speaks no english, had traveled from india to alabama to help care for his young grandson. he remains hospitalized and partly paralyzed and unable to move his left leg. sad story there. now over in texas, another day

of testimony is under way in the american sniper murder trial. during yesterday's dramatic testimony jurors were shown video of the suspect, former marine eddie ray routh being chased and taken by police. he is charged with capital murder in the deaths of chris kyle as well as his neighbor, chad littlefield. the movie of kyle's story "american sniper wt has been a major hit, sold out for weeks and weeks including in this very town where the trial is taking place. that has made jury selection difficult. following all of this is charles hadlock. charles? >> reporter: hi, ronan, the court is taking a break for lunch but earlier today they heard from texas ranger david armstrong he was the ranger first on the scene after routh was stopped on the freeway after a brief chase. he also wrote the affidavit and search warrant that searched the home where routh was staying where they found marijuana, bongs and other drug

paraphernalia inside the home. they also found a prescription drug bottle that was later identified as a drug used to treat schizophrenia. all in all, pretty dry testimony in this case this morning compared to what the jury saw yesterday in that dramatic chase video. ronan. >> let's talk about that chase video a little bit more. what were the highlights and discussion in the courtroom about that? >> reporter: well first of all, it was preceded by a 20 minute tape that we can't play the audio but the jury heard it clearly, a conversation between eddie ray routh and a detective, routh was sitting in the truck of chris kyle's in the front seat of chris kyle's truck that he had stolen after shooting the two men. and the two were having a conversation. the detective was trying to get him out of the truck but eddie ray routh wouldn't roll down the window because he wanted to keep his soul on this side of the glass. he said that there was anarchy and that there was voodoo all around him and he just wanted to

end it all. >> charles hadlock reporting from texas. appreciate it. overseas also news, isis attacking a military base where 00 400 u.s. marines are stationed. they penetrated the perimeter of an iraqi military base in the anbar province making it miles within where the marines are stationed. ayman mohyeldin joins us. what do we know about this attack? >> we'll try to explain to our viewers why it happened. on this map here the town of al baghdadi, involved isis forces they tried to lay siege and managed to take control of some of it. it is a predominantly sunni area and close to baghdad, note that far away. more importantly, it is very close to al assad air bear base they've been mostly training and

equipping iraqi forces around the area. but it's only eight miles from the town that has now been besieged by isis. they have a pattern where they take the outer lying towns before they try to attack military bases. but you get a sense also this is an area where isis has been fighting on many different fronts. this is why it's so important. we've been talking about how the u.s. has been really just trying to train and equip but at this point, isis is fighting on multiple fronts. you can see that in the north this is where the kurds are. sis sis is fighting in that direction, they are also fighting the syrian regime and central government in iraq as well as the u.s. forces. so they are fighting on multiple fronts and that has raised some questions that perhaps the coalition air strikes are not degrading organize destroying isis as much as some peopleronan. >> a worrying moment for something so central to the operation. we'll be watching. thank you ayman.

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nation, if this is not a hate crime, what is a hate crime? >> dr. mohammad abu salha, the father of the two sisters among the three young muslim-americans shot to death this week. he was calling for murders tore prosecuted as a hate crime on this program yesterday. now today the fbi opened an inquiry oz to any alleged laws were broken. he used social media to express disdain for all religions, including this post that compared radical christians to radical muslims. hicks is charged with three counts of first degree murder. local police say preliminary findings suggest the murders were over a parking dispute. how will it make a difference whether this case is prosecuted additionally as a hate crime? joining us now, democratic senator richard blumenthal and former attorney general in connecticut and brian levin for the study of hate and extremism

at the california state university. thank both of you. i appreciate your time it's an important day in which so many are raw from this crime. senator blumenthal what factors are they looking for in this case? >> for purposes of potentially charging a hate crime, what they are seeking now is evidence of an mus bias prejudice he may have articulated based on religion, based on his possible hatred of muslims. that would be the violation of federal law that would constitute a hate crime and enable enhancement of the penalty. what practical difference would it make? probably an increased penalty but remember under north carolina law where presumably the murder charges have been made, there is a possibility of a death sentence so that's about as tough a sentence as potentially anyone could give him. >> senator, i understand that

you have actually called for the protection of more categories of individuals under hate crime laws. tell me about those efforts. >> there should be in effect coverage of these kinds of hate crimes under state laws as well as federal law, the federal law is pretty comprehensive but the state laws could be improved so that they can be prosecuted in state court and i worked in connecticut when i was attorney general as well as united states attorney federal prosecutor to enhance those penalties so that in fact they could be prosecuted more effectively and send a deterrent message. the important message here is a deterrent one that will be not be tolerated or accepted and that's the way a lot of public feels these days enhancing penalties has been what my objective has been. >> and stay with us for a moment, senator, i want to get brian's take on this. you're one of the leading voices on hate crimes and you study

them and written training protocols and police and prosecutorial guidelines for identifying these crimes. what would local officials need to establish if it were to be established that this is a hate crime? >> these protocols are very similar to what the fbi has promoted in their data collection guidebook. there are basically con sen trick circles, more direct circles of evidence did the offender have statements that were contemporary yus to the crime. were they members of hate groups? there's some o vert objective directed fact that really labels that act and offender who did it as a hate crime in whole or in part bias or in whole or in part. may not be -- >> certainly possible brian that this was a case of a parking dispute as that initial police investigation concluded and also a hate crime.

>> it could be both. we've seen that. we've seen here in california the case go up to the court of appeals involving an anti-gay attack but lawn clippings between neighbors. nonetheless, we saw a case out of new jersey that went up to the supreme court where the offender who shot at the african-american's family's door saying no he didn't like the purple door. in any event, here's the issue, it's one type of burden to label a hate crime for data collection purposes. and it's another to effectively prosecute beyond a reasonable doubt which the supreme court requires under the case to get that intentional selection. you have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. that's why most hate crimes even the ones designated as such after investigation are not prosecuted under hate crime statute and particularly murders, matthew shepherd where they didn't have the hate crime

law or where they did, were prosecuted successfully without using hate crime law. north carolina's hate crime law covers religion but really relates more to lower level crimes. the death penalty can be achieved in north carolina based on the facts without proving a hate motive in this instance. >> so senator, looking at that fact, does it make a meaningful difference to add hate crime charges to the mix here? is it correct the fbi is looking at stepping in potentially? >> it may make a difference based on what the elements of proof are under north carolina law to say it can be charged as murder, is different than to prove it having tried criminal cases in federal court, i know that proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a pretty high standard and so the evidence under federal law may merit charging it as a hate crime in that way, rather than relying on the federal murder statute. these kinds of decisions, very

very importantly will depend on the evidence. it's one thing to describe what newspapers report it's another to have tangible physical evidence or witness testimony that can actually prove a crime. but it would make a difference potentially to charge it as a hate crime because that could mean possibly a longer sentence in prison as opposed to under state law. >> senator big picture, what needs to change to have the right kind of system in place when there's a heinous crime to determine whether it's a hate crime and do so fast we've seen grieving triggered over the lack of attentiveness to that question in the initial aftermath. >> these crimes can be prosecuted. and the will and determination have to be there to make the law count and make rights real to vindicate the lives of these wonderful three lives, the grieving parents, my heart goes

out to them and their families. so the law has a responsibilities and the rule of law has an obligation to make the law real and people's lives. and that's what prosecuting the crimes will incredibly and successfully and that's important to understand because a charge or a prosecution that fails to produce a conviction cannot ultimately undermine trust and confidence in the law. the prosecutors here have to work on the evidence. not just on what people say about what they think migts have happened. >> always a challenge in every case. brian, you've actually represented hate crime victims as they are going through the aftermath of these kinds of situations, you've seen how passionate families have been pressing officials to prosecute a case as a hate crime which we've seen in north carolina. how do you explain to families in those cases when their loved ones aren't going to be treated as hate crime victims?

>>. >> it was even worse in one particular case where the local authorities would not prosecute the hate crime as a crime involving the head of the klan in pennsylvania. a $1.2 million verdict was rendered and that is on the eastern district u.s. attorney to collect. and they have not done it for like a decade. so i'd like to see something done now that we have a national platform for something to be done in that case. one quick thing, ir respective of how this crime turns out to be charged and it very well may be charged as a straight murder case, we are at a time where anti-muslim sentiment is rabid in the political and cultural discourse in our country and we have to stand with our muslim friends and neighbors to say enough. ir respective of how the crime is charged. >> it's a message so many have

needed to hear. senator blumenthal and brian levin, thank you for your time. >> and more on this story in the next hour that you'll want to tune in for. joy reed will speak with the brother of those killed in north carolina on the reid report at 2:00 p.m. eastern. president obama making a push for better cyber security and taking that push to silicon valley. why are some executives skipping it? we'll talk to code executer tara swisher before she talks to the president. it's also valentine's day and we have a specially themed daily spike on love right after this.

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anything more you can tell us about this decision? and how do you think this bodes for the broader accept acceptance of acceptance trans jepder military members. >> reporter: remember bradley maning was sentenced to 35 years in prison forgiving information to wickky leekds she declared she was chelsea manning and she was a woman. when she got to leaven worth, she sought out and asked for counseling and that hormone therapy, which had been denied her for a year and a half. and this was an attempt actually by the u.s. military through the pentagon to get manning transferred to federal prisons where with the proper kind of counseling prisoners are given that kind of hormone treatment to transition into a woman.

but that attempt failed came back to the army and leavenworth and it was finally decided to go ahead and give her that hormone therapy. >> it's a big step first of its kind. chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski, appreciate it. the u.s. is not one of the 18 countries that allow trans gender men and women to serve openly in the military. you can look at that map of countries that do allow service from trans members openly. al list robinson is a former army captain and west post graduate. you're an important voice on this. i want to talk about chelsea manning and her specific situation. an official at the bar racks roet in a memo after carefully considering the recommendation that hormone treatment is medically appropriate and necessary and weighing all associated safety and security

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president obama is in silicon valley kicking off something brand-new, a first of its kind white house summit on cyber security and consumer protection and signing an executive order for companies to share data in the event of a cyber attack. the goal is to make it quickly easily detect. and consumer rights groups worry it goes too far and some companies are pushing back. executives from google and yahoo! and facebook declining invitations to the summit which some are seeing to the overall white house push on cyber security. tara swisher will interview the president in a few hours. thank you for doing this. very cool shades and opening interview -- >> it's sunny here. i see that. >> i wish i were there. tell me what are you going to

focus on with him. >> a lot much things i was just going over my question list, from cyber excitesecurity to economic growth and issues around employment and stem research and women and girls in diversity, so many topics to talk about with the president in this area. i'll begin with the topic of cyber security then move on from there. then ask by his own digital life and digital life after he is -- ends his office. >> a side of him we don't always see. let's talk about the executive order on that cyber security front, the president is signing it today, it's advisory not mandatory, that's important. in light of that do you think anything meaningful will come of it? >> no i think it's interesting because it's at a time when the companies think the government is taking too much information. there's a lot of tension around the tsa the, this is just a suggestion that they continue to share more

and i don't think when people think they are sharing too much they want to share more. so i think they need things like reassurance that this -- how this information is used there's a lot of talk about liability around sharing this information and you know again, protection of exactly what the government is pulling out from these companies. there's a lot of tension around that. >> the focus on giving over more information to the government seems out of step with concerns and that may be a related factor in way there are these ceos that have stepped out of the fray for today's summit. >> tim cook is here and he's certainly engaged in a really serious discussion with the government about encryption apple and google have increased their encryption and despite to do so despite criticism from the fbi and other government agencies and they have been just as strongly saying tim cook said you're going to have to take us out in a box to give up this information. it's going to be a continuing struggle between these companies

and the government over exactly what the government is pulling out of them. they are very concerned around the nsa stuff. but tim is here and runs the most powerful company in silicon valley you could argue. >> eric schmit not there but they have tim cook which is significant. let's pull back to the overall cyber security policy. the white house has been pushing so hard on this just this week they announced the creation of a new national cyber security communications information center and last month the administration proposed legislation to protect companies that share that data with the government, whether that ends up being enough in the eyes of companies, we shall see. but overall, kara you talk to the ceos all the time has this been a smart approach from the white house? >> i'm sorry, what did you say? >> how are these moves perceived in the silicon valley? >> it started off rather positive. he was the digital president, blackberry president, still

weirdly obsessed with the blackberry we've all moved on. >> only president obama uses a black blackberry. >> and kim kardashian. in any case it started off very positive. this was going to be the digital president. not sure he's met those feelings. there's still a lot of money given to president obama from google and people at google and amazon and microsoft. the numbers are rather large from yahoo! and apple. there's still -- close to the president in that way and there's going to be a fundraiser tonight in san francisco i think. so there is that relationship but i think over the years it's gotten over the national security issues immigration is another issue and green cards and visa issues that they don't feel there's been enough progress on. there's a range of things getting talent, engineering talent into the valley. there's been some question on the commitment to stem research they wanted to see more about that. there's a bunch of issues to

struggle with the administration on. >> a lot of those struggles will play out in conversations right there. we'll excited to see how the conversation with the president goes. we'll have ton our website, any updates out of the interview. most important headline the president and kim kardashian still using blackberries. thanks again, kara swisher. >> in light of the cyber security summit we're looking at the threats your data face. data breaches, if you're passionate about doing something about it you can tweet your reps in congress urging them to pass president obama's new cyber security legislative proposal. we have suggested tweets for you on our website. that's ronandaily.msnbc.com. tell us what you're doing to protect against cyber security attacks and put it under the #ronation. just ahead live from new york -- it's friday afternoon but we're marking 40 years of

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s this weekend marks the 40 year anniversary special for "saturday night live." the iconic fixture of tv kmety playing with the internet set? we dug into the most googled "snl" moments and first place, more cow well with will ferrell proving as usual that christopher makes everything better. the runner-up? >> and i can see russia from my house. [ laughter ] >> pew, pew, pew. tina fey channeling america's favorite geographer. finally, kristen wiig. you just lost kristen wiig.

i love her even more. another "snl" alum we can't forget horacio sans, he hosts the hooray show on itunes. 40 years. nothing lasts for 40 years. >> nos it's incredible. i'm happy it lasted 40 years. people watch me on tv as a fatter version of me. i'm still on tv. that's kind of cool. yeah, those years are very popular, so people come up to me and talk about cow bell and debbie downer. >> you were known for breaking character with jimmy fallon a lot. >> not breaking character, but laugh. >> laughing. showing humanity. brand new wave in comedy. what were your personal favorite moments from your time on the show is. >> me and jimmy did osama bin laden laden, the late osama bin laden and late saddam hussein, talking to each other and improvying, imno viseim

improvising shots at one another. >> you were well known in terms after who represented diversely. you were the first latinodepending what you asked. fred armisen -- i don't want to bring that up. >> we don't talk about that today. >> i'm a full blooded latino person even on "snl." >> since then there hasn't been more latino representation. >> you know there isn't -- it's not to say there isn't latino people out there aren't funny enough, but it's -- >> we're going to quote you as saying there aren't latino funny people. >> i don't think there aren't any latino funny people that can't be on "snl" right now. >> you heard it folks. >> the tone of the show a specific voice, people like me and people like fred and tina, we grew up with the show, so we know the vibe of it to take someone who's really funny but

in a different sense and put them in the show doesn't always work. that's been the biggest problem, trying to find diversity in show. >> there was a big controversy and public push to get more black representation on the show particularly black women. and leslie jones are feature players on the program. do you think there needs to be a similar put for latino representation? >> yeah, i mean i don't think necessarily, but that would be nice. i think they did a really cool thing by adding -- >> they're terrific. >> very funny, very good. i think sometimes, you know the show could use a little affirmative action situation. i mean at least for, like featured and see how they work out. if they're not that good it's not that good. it whoubould be nice to see more latinos go in there. >> there still hasn't been a latino woman latino -- >> we love lucy lu.

>> that's hollywood's answer every time asian representation comes up lucy lou. that's not diversity. >> asians need to be more out in the fore front. i definitely believe that. they're the last group of people you can take shots at and they're like, yeah you know if you make jokes about anybody else, you get in trouble. they're like eh whatever. >> we don't do eh on this program. we've had lucy lou on this program and we didn't eh her. people make fun of irish people all the time as well. >> for drinking. >> there you go. accurate. so we've been asking our viewers to tell us what "snl" means to them in five words. i want to get your answer sir. in five words. >> greatest comedy show ever me. >> i like it. i like it very much. "snl" alum horatio sans always a pleasure. we have something else coming up, which should be fun to

watch. "snl" reverend al sharpton is going to meet the real one. keenan thompson will be on at 6:00 p.m. watch the "saturday night live" 40th anniversary saturday february 15th at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> 3 1/2 hours. >> action packed. >> can't to anything for 3 1/2 hours. >> i can make love for 3 1/2 hours. >> i and even have a relationship last 3 1/2 hours. we asked for your thought, "snl" in five words. a lot of you delivered. i want to get your take. scott tells us gilda, jane laraine, tina, aim many. iconic women. >> love those women. >> it's the year of the woman. >> it's the first cast right? >> lauren michaels representing women in comedy. it's a good thing. we like that. >> since the beginning. >> john collins saying this turn off after weekend update. ow. >> wow john. all right. >> no comment on that one? >> i don't know really what he likes. >> weekend update when it started out, it was a parody of what we do wrong in the news

the now it's just a joke machine. >> basically. yeah. it's like just the way to get jokes and also to get little feature performers out there. that's a newer thing, too, they didn't do in the old old days. >> that wraps things up for us. thank you so much horatio. thank you for you at home. i appreciate you taking your time. "the reid report" with joy reid is up next. stick around, everybody. ] at northrop grumman, we've always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. providing technology to get more detail... ♪ ♪ detect hidden threats... ♪ ♪ see the whole picture... ♪ ♪ process critical information and put it in the hands of our defenders. reaching constantly evolving threats before they reach us. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start

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hello, everyone, i'm joy reid. we begin today's "reid report" with calls for a hate crimes investigation. the fbi opened a preliminary inquiry into the execution-style killings of three students near the unc chapel hill campus on tuesday. local authorities say the murders were carried out by a neighbor who was upset over parking spaces but the victims' family members firmly believe that the three were killed because of their muslim faith. >> 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 it's insulting. and it trivializes their murders. in just a few minutes we'll talk to useff, the brother of two of the chapel hill victims. yesterday -- he was at a memorial service for his slain family members that drew a crowd so large it had to be relocated. social media, 2.7 million tweets have been posted to the the #chapelhillshooting. as members of the muslim community and supporters on social media call for the killings to be designated as a hate crime, it's worth asking how much would that accomplish? nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is here in new york with the answer to that question. all right, pete. let's break this down. the idea of designated as a hate crime, is it conceivable here and would it accomplish anything? >> well, without prejudging where the evidence will go it