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generating controversy and huge demand. some people are so outraged they need to see it again and again. hey there everyone. high noon here in the east. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." police are investigating a shooting in copenhagen attended by a controversial artist. what do we know? >> alex we don't know a lot officially. the danish or copenhagen police are not releasing a lot of information at this point. one civilian has been reported kills. nbc news hasn't independently verified that. one injured copenhagen police

officer. we understand several shots were fired at this cafe where a freedom of speech meeting was being held. you can clearly see the bullet holes in the glass door. there were as many as 30 shots fired. police say the suspects got away in a dark colored car. the meeting was hosted by a controversial artist that has been the target of death threats and violent attacks since 2007 for his depiction of the prophet muhammad and is always heavily protected. we understand he wasn't hurt. but there are reports of two people injured, including a uniformed policemen. we saw video of that policemen being taken away in the stretcher. he was talking and conscious. so it didn't appear to be serious. we are hearing from the french

ambassador to denmark talking about that shooting saying that it appeared be clearly targeted at that meeting and at that artist. alex. >> thank you for putting the facts that you know. joining me is a reporter for the danish broadcast corporation. peter, what are you hearing? >> latest news is that copenhagen police confirmed one man has been killed. so one man has been killed. the hunt is still going on after the shooting. apparently three persons, two to three persons should be on the run. copenhagen police should be chasing them right now. as your london correspondent said there are eyewitnesss. i can see copenhagen police are looking for a dark car and two

men on the run. >> talk about this area and how densely populated that it is and the community. i understand the cafe is in northern copenhagen. >> that is correct. close to a residential park. it is very close to a smaller version of central park. it is within the city. this happened at a cafe where the talk for this controversial cartoonist was held. he is famous and very controversial controversial. the london correspondent said he has been targeted with death threats. he drew a cartoon of the prophet muhammad and has caused death

threats because of that. >> tell me peter. in terchlms of eyewitnesss, did the alleged shooters stay in the car. did they get out? looks like there are at least a couple dozen bullet holes. those are large bullet holes in the window. they would appear to be from an automatic weapon. >> i don't know for sure what type of weapon. but eyewitnesss said that it was an automatic weapon. there were many gunshots. eyewitnesss are saying that people stormed the meeting. the attackers stormed the meeting. >> peter, so they got out of the car? >> i don't know for sure. i do not have those specific details. i just know that the eyewitnesss

said that they were very fast with the guns and loud. >> peter, may i ask you about the artist? i understand that he had all of these death threats. has he been living with security for the last eight years? the incident happened in 2007 when he drew the picture of muhammad the cartoon met with such rep hencive behavior. >> yes, for sure. for a long time. very intense security around this meeting. eyewitnesss saw danish intelligence service around the meeting. people were being frisked before getting in. for sure he has been targeted with very much security the last couple of years and also now. >> you are confirming according to copenhagen police that there

has been at least one person killed in this incident and you say one other injured? >> three policemen from the copenhagen police have been wounded and there could be other wounded civilians as well. >> peter, thank you so much for phoning in to us. we appreciate that. this hour's other developing story, boston on the verge of breaking another record no city wants to beat. boston is the about to see their snowiest month in history. blizzard conditions are likely. >> it is like stages of grief, kind of. i am accepting it now. >> staying inside as much as i can and try not to go outside until i have to. >> i start worry about the snow

on the roof and the weight of it building up. >> it will bring concern across new england. hey, greg. >> thanks alex. a major blizzard headed towards the northeast. all of those blizzard warnings from long island to maine and this is go to include a lot of people with bitter cold temperatures, very strong winds and cold temperaturers. light snow. but the big stuff happens tonight with blizzard conditions likely along the northeast coast and continuing through tomorrow in massachusetts, new hampshire as well. significant snowfall. look at the numbers across the region. perhaps as much as a foot and a half or two feet in maine. new york probably in the order

of three to five and less in philly. not just the bitter cold and the snow. look at some of these winds with gusts over 50-mile-per-hour. all the way from the middle atlantic to the northeast. this storm has all of the hazards. >> thanks for the heads up on that. coalition forces launched attacks on isis forces. pentagon says as many as 25 isis fighters were killed friday when they stormed an iraqi base. the fighters included at least three suicide bombers. adriral kirby discussed the planned attack. >> they certainly got to the perimeter of the base.

we don't have that level of detail. but they arrived at the perimeter of the base. i think it is fortunate make clear that they were would have engaged by members of the iraqi army. all were killed. >> joining me now is our nbc news chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. can you put in perspective how vulnerable that they may be on there and other bases? >> well, these bases are pretty well protected. adriral kirby was saying even if you get to the perimeter, you have to get through the perimeter. you have to get inside the location where american troops might be located. it is not an easy thing to get

into a protected base and blowup a suicide vest. but if you are determined enough. and isis is determined. it is certainly possible if they continue their attacks they could breech a base and harm american personnel. there is the kind of danger we saw in afghanistan of inside attacks. somebody that may be affiliate with the iraqi police or army could get very close to an american trainer. the american troops here who are advisors are not out on the frontline. they are not riding around or kicking down doors. now they are operating on the bases. but there are still risks when dealing with an enemy like isis. >> richard, the checkpoints.

how fortified are they in general? can they withstand a blast should a car bomb explosion go off. >> yes. but how well the checkpoints are maintained how efficient the staff is. how effective that the changes of the guard are. generally militants will watch a base or have inside knowledge. they will look for the weak points or wait for a shift change or when there was a break for lunch. if all of the defenses are up there would be no way to get through. usually armored vehicles. barriers, like giant sand bags or boxes filled with sand and stone. if all of the base defenses are active and effectively manned there would be almost no way in. but these are manned by human

beings. often time there is is a flaw. >> okay. richard engel, thanks for your perspective. we appreciate that. general, first question to you, sir. your read on this. how vulnerable are the 400 troops on this base? >> they are backed up by u.s. air force strikes and u.s. army helicopters that have been flying in support of the iraqi army. i don't think there is any serious threat. a group of heavily armed u.s. marines. with 3,000 u.s. military personnel spread out in very small numbers, they are clearly in combat. there are no frontlines to these wars. we ought to accept the in fact

there is a clear and present danger. pentagon is trying to diminish the thought that we are in combat which we are. >> general, you say the military personnel are clearly in combat. for many their role is depicted as military advisors. are you contradicting that? are these ladies and gentlemen on the frontlines facing isis? >> you know i got wounded twice in vietnam has an advisor. i am unwilling to make such a fine distinction. you have f-16 pilots flying and army helicopters in combat we are part of an attempt to shore up this pathetic iraqi military

force. 25% ran off when faced by a modest isis threat. i don't believe we are doing the wrong thing. i think u.s. air power is making a difference. but we are taking part in armed combat against isis in syria and in iraq r.. >> does the pentagon want to down play any danger faced in iraq? >> i think so. they understand the threat and are making every effort to mitigate it. but it is a perilous situation. iraqi army is undependable. the government forces that are effectively confronting off-season tends to be shiite militia forces targeting sunni

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the parents of the last known american hostage in syria are calling on the u.s. government to do more. journalist austin tice has been held two years now. his parents launched the blindfold pledge. they are demanding action as the

list of western casualties in the deadliest place on earth keeps climbing. >> there needs to be someone made accountable for the safe return of hostage. someone reporting directly to the president. >> joining us is the executive director of the ground truth project. the story came to the forefront with james foley. what was your experience deal width government during his captivity? >> global dealings with the government was led by the ceo who did an important job of keeping track of the investigation. the government's efforts are well intentioned, certainly. they want to do everything they can to get the hostages home.

the way that it plays out in real time there is a great deal of concern about a fractured effort. an effort not that productive with the families and one where we are concerned about what the best way to go forward is. the foleys are in the front of this effort. a lot of push in this direction to reform the way that the government deals with families who have a loved one held hostage. real need for reform or review underway. >> i want to get to the change you are proposing. was the u.s. government reaching out directly or is it always through an intermedary. >> do you mean reaching out directly to isis? >> to terrorists.

not to exchange money. we know the united states said we will not pay. that's that. but there are instances in which a hostage exchange would be agreed to. reaching out in some way to off-season directly. >> what often happens is that a family or company who the person is working for will retain private investigators. they are often skilled at these kinds of negotiations and become a first line of discussion and negotiation really reaching out and going into the country. that is very common. not only in the united states but in europe. there is a cottage industry where these private industries make a very large sum of money from an important role they play

with getting the best information process. this has been in the shadows for a long time. we included new standard it is for safety for journalists in the field. we have an important essay where david re-examines the policy. i think that is where we are right now. we have a situation where we are dealing with a rising peril for journalists in the field. we are put in an impossible situation. you pay money to save someone's life. >> you are trying to put forward standards and guidelines to use going forward. like what? >> we have pulled together a group of news organizations that care about this issue.

we are trying to come up with a set of global standards. we drafted those standards. large organizations, associated press, rueters, the guardian bloomberg. we have about 30 signed on to this global standard for safety. we know we will have more people signing on to this. we need to recognize that journalism is under attack. the news out of copenhagen. the news you heard from richard engel. he is a great reporter on the ground. he is an excellent reporter backed by an excellent network. there are others that have fewer resources. we want a shared sense of responsibility by the journalists on the ground free lancers or staff and by the news organizations that assign people

to dangerous places so we are more clear about how we take care of each other in the field. journalists are facing a rising peril. >> you speak of richardengal who had -- richard engel. he was kidnapped for a few days. can we talk about the american hostages. europeans have been released after it is believed their governments paid. talk about the quandary that presents. even families paying. >> yeah. as i have said, this is truly one of the most difficult moral questions at the time. do you pay cash to oois. where you can create the

consequences in which you create an incentive to do more hostage taking. i understand the u.s.'s refusal to pay. the u.k. has a similar stance. france, spain, denmark and others decided to pay. we have watched their journalists and hostages being freed for $2 million to $5 million. i can tell you as a father of four sons and a friend of the foley family. of course you pavement you do anything to save a life. once you save that life you execute on your intention to put isis out of business. but i think it is a great moral quandary. not that i have the answer or i think we need to rush to an

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car. the northeast bracing for another winter storm. we will give you a live look at what is happening in rochester, new york. yep. snow all over the ground there for sure. boston right in the middle with heavy winds and another foot of snow expected there. hi, reynolds. >> it is to the point where this is more like punishment for the people that call boston home. you look behind me it is beautiful when you see the snow. each one of the earlier snowfalls are still left. at points it gets very very deep. perfect illustrate right there. what is worse, we will see another foot of snow coming through overnight and into tomorrow. the snow will begin to slow down but the wind could intensify

meaning we could have blizzard conditions tomorrow. on top of that alex not just the story of snow and wind. right in the center of the storm center we could have coastal flooding and beach erosion out there. certainly a huge mess we will be dealing with here. another issue we are going to have folks trying to travel it will be next to impossible. visibility will be poor. interstates will be in horrible shape. and many of the streets are now down to a single lane because of the snow that is stacked up on both sides. that is awfully frustrating. back to you in the studio. >> thanks so much. live look at rochester, new york. looks like a wet snow. there is nothing but snow in that forecast and on that ground. we will keep you updated.

meantime a scene of the darkest days of the iraq war with mortars going through the air, assaulting a base with hundreds of american marines inside. that was the situation friday in iraq. the pentagon said matthat marines were never in danger. joining me now is a member of the armed services committee joining me from washington. let's talk about all of this. u.s. advisors non-combat in name it. does not appear anyone told isis that considering the supply levels. are we really on a path that does not include american ground troops? >> well, this is a fundamental foundational question we will

have to wrestle with. the congress of the united states has the responsibility to make a decision. are we going to go back into the middle east of iraq 3. or are we going to do it different this time? that is a fundamental foundational question. the president brought forth his version of the authorization to use military force. frankly i think it is good in one respect. it does limit the action to three years and forces congress to come back and revisit the issue. an unending war would not be in place. but there is vague language that could allow for substantial number of ground troops artillery, armor, to reenter the iraq war. i don't want that to happen. if this war has to be fought by the countries in that area.

they will be the ones to put troops on the ground. we cannot fight this sectarian war for them. >> you may have heard a previous segment i had. an advisory mission. do we need to redefine this? is this advisory? is this on the frontlines in which case you have to be combat ready, as i know they are. do you need more troop there is to protect these advisors? >> in for a dime n for a dollar. clearly they are in harms way. the men and women carrying out the air strikes are in harms way. there is significant risk to american troops in the air and on the ground as advisors and carrying out the air strikes. the question is do we reenter

that area iraq and syria in ray full-scale war? almost certainly we will use special forces and advisors and should continue the air strikes. but this war cannot be fought by the united states military. we will need our comrades. jordan seems more interested. turkey clearly has a stake in this and iraq does also. this is an extremely important moment in the process of america's future. how do we deal with the authorization to use force. what does it mean? what is the human cost of this. >> to that end specifically with the president's aumf for the war. you raised two issues. the language of enduring offensive ground combat. talk about your concerns.

>> associated forces we need to carefully define what we are talking about here. the present is presently using the 2001 authorization to use force in afghanistan as the legal foundation for carrying out air strikes in iraq as well as in syria. we shouldn't have war forever. even though it may take a long time to deal with a certain situation, congress should limit. associated forces where are they? in africa? united states. we know that there was an attack in australia. we need to be careful. we need to define carefully what it is that we are doing. we need to understand when he talks about enduring is that one day. one week. or ten years. we need to be careful otherwise we will be in to iraq as we were

over the previous decades. >> what does it look like that would get through congress? >> are we going to go back into iraq with full military or will this be a limited situation? that needed to be debated. the armed services committee hasn't taken it up. we should do so. once we make that foundational decision we can write an aumf that is all-out war or limited. my take it has got to be limited. maybe i am in the minority. but if it is all out, how many divisions and brigades and what is the cost to the american treasury. those issues have to be understand as we debate the issue. it is the most important issue any member of congress in their career will ever face.

>> it is an issue, as you are well aware, with plenty of bipartisan criticism. >> it is not academic. we are talking about war. we are talking about senator john mccain wants a full out anything goes authorization to use force. he is a powerful person. he chairs the senate armed services committee. others like myself want a limited authorization in terms of time. three years. i will go with that. any place, anywhere around the world. and enduring. what does enduring mean? does that mean we are go to send in two divisions for one month or for ten years. >> what is the state of our affairs called? can you give it a

categorization? >> well back in august when the whole thing erupted and isis did the invasion of iraq i said this is a new war. others said it wasn't war. i said it depends on what side of the bomb you are on. no this is war it. has been war. once you launch air strikes, you are at war. we should have gotten to it earlier. we are here now. we have to debate this. the american public wants to be involved. you can put john mccain on and let him explain why it is in the interest of the united states to return to full all-out war in iraq. >> thank you, sir, for the discussion. we will see you again soon. a school bus zig-zaging all over the road and how police stopped the bus.

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the hallmark holiday of valentines day is going r-rated as the new "fifty shades of grey" sfim the fastest selling r-rated movie in years. it is closing in on a valentines day box office record. readers that love the naughty novel flock to their get fix on the big screen. >> my tastes are very singular. you wouldn't understand. >> enlighten me then. why are you trying to change me? >> i am not. it is you that are changing me. >> we will talk about all of the anticipation. welcome back to the show. this is going to be fun to talk

about. "fifty shades" book. two copies were sold every second at the peak of the hype. the movie has gotten shoddy reviews too. are viewers going to worry about what some call unsophisticated cinema? >> first of all, i brought you a valentines day gift. maybe i should have brought you some rope or something. but that is the way that i do things. i am calling the film totally teflon. the film will have a huge opening weekend. >> okay. the story is a moody millionaire. there are the surprising hidden fetishes enticing an innocent young student into a so-called playroom. viewers can expect a lot of sex scenes. but a reporter took a stop watch

and only counted about 14 minutes of the stuff that some fans are really coming to see. >> it is funny. i saw a screening earlier in the week. half of the room were critics that were laughing at the film. i think they were thinking the same thing. but half of the room were fans. they absolutely were eating it up. it was the naughty moments and the anticipation of those naughty moments that led up to the excitement of the film. >> thus you call it teflon. it is a blockbuster at the box office. perfect release. here is what one review in the new york her to say. the film is not just unromantic but specifically anti-romantic. it says it will be like watching rosemary's baby at christmas is. that harsh? or do you see what anthony lane means. >> what i found by watching the film there is not a lot of

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new details on the shooting death of the navy seal that inspired the movie "american sniper." they heard the defendantant say i shot them because they wouldn't talk me. joining me now is a former prosecutor with a welcome to you, karen. defense attorney mounted an insanity defense. talk about the legal standard for an insanity plea. >> it is whether or not he knew the difference between right and wrong. as you know from covering the

cases for many years, insanity is difficult unless have you a case like the son of sam, short of that this is a very difficult defense. >> how damning is the dashcam video when routh was captured. he got out of the car. he knew exactly what he had to do or what was forthcoming. >> first of all, he fled the scene. he knew he did something wrong. the second is that there is an admission that i shot them not because i was having a flashback or thought i was on another planet. but they were not speaking to me. you are in a small county. judge is a former district attorney. these are elements that will weigh difficult for the defense. >> let's switch to the case in north carolina where the three muslim students were shot this week. family members are saying it was a hate crime. but the associated press points

out north carolina does haven't a hate crime scientisttastatute. how difficult is it to prove it is a hate crime? >> we have a federal statute. these are difficult because you have to prove the person was motivated by race or religion. instead of just blurting out racial slurs or making a statement on a computer is very difficult. in this case he is going down for three murders. whether or not you are defining it as a hate crime or not it is horrific. >> legal experts says it constitutes a hate crime. let's play this.

that is actually not the soundbite we were looking for. that is the window of chris kyle who had very emotional testimony on the stand. religion, how much does that play into it? >> well it is difficult to say, alex. first of all, if you are just charging somebody because they do not like religion overall. the blanket, not specific reason. first of all, it is difficult because i just explained that you have to prove that it is willful. now you are getting further away from that saying it is now all religion. how far will that be? and you are in cases where the person has been murdered. there is no extension of aggravating factors that the person will now go to jail for a longer term or get a higher sentence. again, how much emphasis do you want to pout this. you can charge anybody with anything you want. but he is going to jail for life.

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killed. you are correct. the car has been found close to where the shooting was happening and the hunt is still going on. >> you surmised that it was a private citizen and not a police officer. can you confirm that and also that there were police officers that were wounded? >> that is correct. three officers have been wounded. they are not in danger anymore. >> okay. peter, where was the car found? i know the cafe is in north copenhagen. about how long did it take to find that car? >> took a couple of hours. residential area close to where a lot of people live. it is not that far from the

shooting. >> talk about lars wilks. he is the artist that lived under the security presence since he depicted the prophet muhammad in a cartoon that was taken as offensive back in 2007. what was happening at the cafe? >> he was doing a speech on the freedom of speech arrangement. he is very controversial. several swedish newspapers showed his drawings where the prophet muhammad was shown as a dog. and after that in 2007 he has been under security. he has had a lot of death threats. 2011 three men were arrested.

they were saying they tried to kill wilks. so this guy has been under a lot of death threats for several years. >> do you know how well publicized this event was? and also the extent of security that was present. we have looked at video we have seen from the front of the cafe. it is glass. it would appear to have at least two and a half dozen or maybe more what looks like the effects of an automatic weapon firing shots into those windows. how much security was there? >> i am not sure exactly how much security was there at the event. i know the eyewitnesss said there were people coming in and shooting with automatic rifles.

>> okay. peter, very much appreciate you phoning in from the danish broadcast corporation there in copenhagen. now to the other big story at this hour. the desperate rush to clear snow all across the northeast, only to make room for more snow. in rochester, new york, a live look there under a winter storm warning. in a matter of hours snow will begin falling around boston again. forecasters are calling for gusts of over 75-mile-per-hour. another foot can fall on the cars and roof tops. what is your biggest priority at this hour?

you guys have a lot on your plate. >> right now we are trying to focus on helping the communities dig out from the snow they already have had in preparation for another 18 inches of snow. we are trying to help the communities get their areas cleared. >> with regard to the roof caving in that is more complicated to clear off as opposed to streets and snowplows. how concerned are you about cave-ins because of the weight of the snow? >> that is always a problem we are concerned about. we are encouraging folks to get out there now while the weather is good to clear out now if they can safely do so. >> you heard me mention the 75-mile-per-hour winds that are expected. i know cape cod is expecting

like 10 inches of snow. that means coastal flooding. what kind of a concern does that pose? >> down in the cape cod bay area, we are looking at flooding and beach erosion. along with the heavy wind comes a potential for power outages. we have concerns about people getting through the snow. >> how do you prepare for that? just putting resources in place to try to help to clear out things after the storm? what can you do in advance? >> we will be staging national guard troops in the hard hit areas. we will have them ready in case they have to do operations to move people away from the areas

that will potentially get flooded. >> thanks so much. boston is bracing for another round, unbelievably of snow. thanks so much for your time. as new england waits for the snow forecasters are trying to get the most accurate picture of what the residents can expect. hey, greg. >> thanks alex. we have a major blizzard heading towards the northeast. all of those blizzard warnings from long island down throughout maine. this will include a lot of people with bitterly cold temperatures, strong winds and a lot of snow. light snow coming through and the big stuff will happen tonight with blizzard conditions along the northeast coast and continuing tomorrow through eastern massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. this is a big storm dropping significant snowfall.

new york probably in the order of three to five and less than that in philly. not just the bitter cold and the snow. the wind could lead to power outages. gusts over 50-mile-per-hour. all the way from the middle of the atlantic to the northeast. this has all of the hazards. many of them are potentially life threatening. alex, back to you. >> for the latest on what is to come, go to weather.com and check out the weather channel seattle there. new treekzreaction to the muslim college students killed in north carolina this week. this was premeditated murder. someone came in to my brother's home when they were unarmed, murdered them by shooting

bullets into their heads execution style. you don't do that over a parking dispute. >> i know the president weighed in on this yesterday. what did he have to say? rather president condemned the shootings in the strongest possible terms as federal investigators look into whether this was in fact a hate crime. i will read you part of what president obama had to say. nogz -- in addition to the ongoing investigation, nobody in the united states of america should be targeted because of who they are, what they look like or how they worship. police said the suspect had killed the three college students after a dispute over a parking spot. now we are learning investigators seize body a dozen firearms from his home and they

are looking into his computer files to see if there is any indication that it may have been premeditated or a hate crime. strong calls from the muslim community to investigate. they say not enough attention is being given to this. you hear the family members say it was premeditated and that it was a hate crime. president obama and the first lady sending their condolences to the victims and victims families. >> thanks so much. the fall out from the fbi's comments this week about police relations with the black community. what can be gained from what he said? and doctors may be giving thumbs up to sunny side up. why they are having a change of heart about eggs. you had to go deep into the cupboard. embarrassingly deep. can this mismatched mess be conquered... by a little bit of dish liquid? it can if it's dawn ultra.

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welcome to you. i am glad you are here. what did you think of the director's address? >> i thought it was a bold thoughtful speech to hear the director of the fbi talk about things like white privilege, unconscious racism. for him to acknowledge the police treat african-americans different than whites i thought that was huge. one of the few times in a moment in race relations a high ranking government official rises to the occasion. alex fbi agents used to have to go to the holocaust museum. this director now required them to attend when they are cadets go and see the martin luther king memorial. we have come a long way in law enforcement. this was huge. >> you are saying that recognizing the problem is a significant step towards solving it. what is next? >> alex he did a great job

diagnosing the illness. and in terms of a prescription not as strong. what he pointed do is my brother's keepers program. president obama's initiative that focuses on fixing african-american men. travon martin was on his way to his dads' how when he was gunned down. michael brown was supposed to start college. i do wish there was more emphasis on the structural issues especially with the police. lack of police training. adequate police training. >> as the nation learned, police in small cities across the country are overwhelmingly white. take ferguson. three out of four officers white and three out of four residents are black. >> we need officers to look more

like the communities they serve and protect. folks feel that it is us against them. black folks think they do not treat us the same. they are always looking at us as suspect. we need the communities to come together. >> here is another point the director made. all of the difficulty of actually knowing how many police involved shootings occur. let's listen to what he said. >> i recently listened to a thoughtful big city chief express his frustration with the unreliable data. he didn't know if the ferguson police shot one person a week year or century. all we get aride logical thunder bolts. >> it was a thunderbolt to me when i found this out.

how is it that there is no unified system for reporting police shootings? >> because it is not required including by federal law. so we know as we should how many law enforcement agents are killed in the line of duty. we have no idea how many officer involved shootings there are of white cops killing people of color. we need that data. the fbi director he is not the boss of any local police department but he does have the moral authority. and the justice department gives lots of money to local police department. they keep data by standards on use of force. that would make a huge difference. >> thanks so much in. a moment why smoking may be far

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the same mechanisms. what is interesting about the study, they followed the people for ten years and found 17% of smokers' causes of death couldn't be explained by the previous diseases. at the end of the day it really has to do with the damage that smoking does to the blood vessels. that is how we can sum it up. >> do you think the new information helps to provide incentive for people to quit smoking or do you think when you are addicted to smoking, it is a tough habit to break? >> i think that as it is with young people we are beleaguered by the idea of unrealistic optimism. fidie if i die it will be when i am much older. when you are younger ten years does not seem like a lot. all of us would love to have ten years back in our lives.

i don't think the message will make that big of a difference for the 15% and 21% of males that still smoke. i think it might hopefully get the health care community and other others get them more energized. >> yeah. speaking of messages what is it about eggs? not as bad as previously thought with regards to cholesterol? >> yeah. for a number of years we were thinking about what they actually do to. >> saturated fat and transfat are no-nos. they can cause heart disease. but the good news if you are eating cholesterol-rich food 70% of people what they eat has no

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>> i would say run, don't walk away. >> while some did not think it lived up to the hype or measured up to the wildly popular book for others the movie's racy scenes were exactly the thing for a bitter cold day. >> it was very hot. i think it was done extremely well. >> "fifty shades" has been celebrated and vilified. just turn twitter. along with the praise serious criticism from women's groups that say the movie glorifies domestic violence. they are using a hashtag 50 dollars not 50 shades. >> the bondage and submission is disturbing to a lot of people. >> but for the film's stars, it is not about violence. >> a fairy tale love story

coupled with really intriguing sexual content. >> content that has the london fire department ready for an uptick in awkward emergency calls. in a release the london fd says the "fifty shades" effect seemed to spike handcuff incidents. back in new york that would never happen right? >> now you might see it. probably gave ideas to quite a lot of people. >> now "fifty shades of grey" is distributed by universal pictures which is part of nbc universal. online they are calling it "fifty shades of green." the movie could grow to $158 internationalally this weekend, alex. >> that is staggering. i bet this stays close to the top of the box office for a

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danish police confirm one person has been killed in a shooting at a copenhagen cafe. at least three police officers have been wounded. kelly, what do we know about this? >> well that 40-year-old man, alex was attending this meeting. that is all that we know about him. copenhagen police are not telling us much but we are getting eyewitness accounts. the french ambassador was at the meeting as the shooting happened and told the news agency that they fired on us from the outside. the same intention as the

january 7 attack but they did not manage to get in. he said we managed to flee the room. there was another woman in the meeting at the time who said it was heavily protected by police but she did not see anything but heard about 20 shots and people started to run. this was a meeting organized by lars wilks. the target of death threats since about 2007. he has been heavily protected. he was not hurt in this shooting. but police say the gunmen got away and they are still looking for them at this point. alex. >> okay. i believe the car, has that been found? has that been confirmed? >> we understand the getaway car has been found not far from the scene of the shooting. no sign of the suspects.

police are looking for them. they are apparently searching the car for clues as well. thanks kelly. now to the war in iraq. the civilians who are suffering the most. richard engel spoke to two girls sold as slaves to isis after their villages were attacked. joining us from erbil is richard engel. the stories are heartbreaking and devastating, and they are not even the youngest ones. >> i wish i could say that these stories were incredibly unique. they are not that unique. there are hundreds if not a few thousand yazidi women that were taken by isis and sold as slaves and traded on an internal isis slave market where one isis fighter will have one of the

girls or women, use them for a few days or weeks or hours and then sell them on to his colleague who will sell them on to the next and next and next. isis has legitimatized this as a perfectly acceptable islamic practice. of course it is not a modern islamic practice. it is an isis practice. they justify it. they are proudly reviving it and carrying it out on this yazidi population. they are a religious minority that lived in this part of northern iraq for hundreds of years and isis decided the yazidi population who are their own religious group, they deserve to be extreme nated and enslaved. in the refugee camps in northern iraq we met survivors of one of

the worst documented isis atrocity. this is celebrating a wedding in better times, before isis arrived. when they took the men, we did not know how many would be killed says this 19-year-old, farida who did not want her face to be seen. she said isis executed nearly all of the men. and the women were grabbed by the hundreds and sold off to isis fighters as slaves. this video released by isis shows their fighters discussing the yazidi women they are about to take possession of. she instantly remembered the win. i saw this one and that one. i don't know their names but i saw them. >> picking their way through 80

yazidi girls, picking out the ones they wanted to buy. she was raped repeatedly for three months. they sold me from one man to the next. she is 19 years old. she said the ordeal was even harder on the younger girls. they raped girls that were 9 or 10 or even 8. they preferred the younger ones. this is one of those innocents the isis fighters sought out. she is just 12. he was old she is as of the man that bought her. he was 50. they managed to escape. but both girls are badly tram tiesed. farida never saw the video of the isis men waiting to buy her. i see this and i think of all of the girls still with them. we want justice. and alex there are many women

and girls still being held by isis. those two strong young women are now here in northern iraq living as refugees here and they are getting help. >> a very, very important story. i am glad you are telling it richard engel. let's go to politics for potential 2016 presidential candidates. a trip to london as an attempt to bolter their foreign policy cred. >> are you comfortable with the idea of evolution? do you believe in it? >> i am go to punt on that one as well. >> no really? >> that is a question a politician shouldn't be involved in one way or the other. >> that comes on the heels of chris christie's trip when he started a firestorm over his

comments on vaccinations and did not answer straightforward foreign affairs questions. joining me now is jimmy williams and a former bush administration official leslie sanchez. ladies, we will go first. did the two gop candidates do more harm by going overseas? >> they fall into a really black hole of poor messaging and failing to come forward with really legitimate answers. but the truth of the matter if you are go to look at the global stage. and like the disturbing report you just did on sex traffic and women, there is a lot of issues to talk about. i think the governors want to focus there. i don't think there is a big rush to hear about evolution or should you be vaccinated.

it did not help the campaign though. >> jimmy, give me the political appeal of going across the pond in the u.k. assess the cost-benefit ratio there. >> negative. don't go. they walk in to that black hole of politics. really something they should stop doing. mitt romney did it last time the last race. chris christie and now scott walker. if the pope can have an intelligent discussion about evolution, i am sure scott walker can. i am saying if you want to be the president of the largest country in the free world, you might want to have opinions about things. the one thing scott walker did not do is criticize president obama while on foreign soil about his foreign policy. i will give him an a plus for

that. but if you can't answer a question about evolution, i am not sure you should be at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> go ahead, leslie. >> i think it takes away what the really important issues are that voters are concerned about. we can agree on that. it does not help them politically. they should look like they are more measured and prepared. handle it with more grace. they put themselves in those situations. they need to have a better response than that this. is an area that republicans do not need to be in. talking about things that are not focused on the middle class, economy, and moving america forward. >> is there a country that potential candidates should go to or do you think about the language barrier? >> if you are running for president of the united states try stay negligent united

states. it seems so much simpler to me. what they do is that they want to act presidential and look like they can take presidential trips abroad and then they end up putting their feet in their mouths. foot in mouth disease seems like something they should all be vaccinated from. >> joe biden set that example. >> at least he does it domestically as opposed to going abroad. i do want to push back on something leslie said. the idea that evolution and science and climate change those do matter to middle class americans. the reason it does is because our environment is changing. if one does not believe our environment is changing around us right now, they do not

deserve to be a resident of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. scott walker should answer that question. >> i want to ask leslie about jeb bush. there is a report in the "washington post" looking at how he is leading the field when it comes to all of the fundraising. bush' press for dollars averages one fundraiser a day that his republican competitors don't claim they can compete at his level. do you think this is an teammate ice out the rest of the field? >> not the first time it has been done in politicals on either side. the truth is that there is a lot of excitement around jeb bush. you have a lot of his allies who have audacious goals in this first quarter. i think they are go to get close to meeting them. jeb bush understands, he gets the support. he is outside. he has been outside long enough

as a reformer. there are other governors that will do the same. i think you will see a couple of names a couple names at the top. >> jimmy, if money talks and then translates to money winning, given how expensive a presidential campaign is does that mean jeb bush wins? >> don't be scared by this but everything leslie just said i completely agree with. now to answer your questions, jeb bush has some serious problems with regard to the southern primaries. again, if the southern states move all their primaries to march 1st because they want to play in the big field, if you will. play after new hampshire, south carolina and if in fact they move that up which is virtually one year away and he has all that money, if he cannot win because of his stance on immigration, which, by the way, i happen to like of what he says on immigration and his stance on common core. he will have a hard time getting through the tea party primaries, if you will. believe me when i tell you southern states are tea party primaries. they are not about establishment

republicans voting. they are controlled by the right wing. that is a fact. >> i guess you're saying it doesn't matter how much money he has. leslie do you think jeb bush has a problem getting out of the southern states? >> there is a grass roots resurgence in this country. the tea party proved that. he is exactly right about the southern states. jeb bush suggests where he is going to fall on immigration. he has some extraordinary positives with respect to minorities and their educational improvement in florida. an excellent record to run on. anybody that is up for the national ticket is going to have to be prepared. whether it's republican or democrat these primaries are the zealots, the get out the vote and the people most passionate about politics. they deserved to be heard and both republicans and democrats have to build a very strong ground game so that voters feel like they're heard. >> love to continue this but nick is telling me we have to go. >> lots of agreement there, alex. >> i know. so lovely. got to go nonetheless. a four-day work stoppage at

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a long simmering labor dispute on the west coast reached a boiling point. shipping companies up and down the coast locked out union dock workers over a holiday pay dispute. the 29 points from san diego to seattle handle an estimated $1 trillion in annual goods. william welch reporter at "usa today" joins me. first question how is it we're all feeling the result of this inaction, if you will. >> the impact is really targeted at individual companies and industries right now. it hasn't affected the broader economy. but definitely companies that depend on import of parts and import of products that are being affected because it's taken longer to get those products into the country. also being affected are people who are growing crops for export. california exports a lot of fresh fruit, vegetables and those do not, those are

perishable, they can't sit on the docks for long. >> which means it could affect consumer prices. how so? >> it eventually could, but we're still at a slow down. products are still getting in. now, there's effectively a lockout by the operators loading and unloading vessels. >> but the main issue is what these talks that will resume we hope. >> right. and a federal mediator came in friday and they met briefly and the mediator has imposed a 48-hour blackout. neither side is supposed to talk for 48 hours. the labor secretary is going to talk and both sides want to avoid having the white house step in and federal intervention so they're taking steps. they're moving slowly. but this, this has been dragging on for three or four months and products are slower to get in and, yes, eventually it will ripple through the economy. >> william welch, i'm sorry this

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