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a million health care.gov customers got the wrong tax information. officials are asking the 800,000 americans to wait to file the 2014 taxes, and those who have already filed may have to resubmit returns. a lot of people impacted by this. senior white house correspondent kris jansing joins us with the latest on this. what happened here kris? >> reporter: that's what they're trying to figure out. obviously it is some sort of glitch. let me explain to you what happened. if you sign up for obamacare, you get a tax form, like a 1040 type form you file with your 1040 that helps you determine how much tax you pay. at least for 800,000 in the 37 states that have the federal exchange, about another 100,000 in california which has its own exchange, there's a piece of information on that that's wrong. so the final calculation you come to on your tax return is going to be wrong, so what they're asking folks to do is delay. they have already put a message
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on your account at healthcare.gov, they're following up with e-mails and phone calls to get the message out. you will get the proper form during the first week in march, and then you can file. now, there are people that already filed their tax forms, so for them they're working with treasury to figure out how they're going to deal with that. and of course for other folks that may have done taxes, getting ready to file them it will be a delay in their tax refund. so what is already let's all face it probably no one's favorite time of year tax time just got more complicated for almost a million americans, tamron. >> what kind of help are people getting? we talked about glitches in the past reset of the website, now you've got this information. if folks go on the website, are they getting detailed information at this point on what they need to do to correct this? >> reporter: yeah what it is is wait actually. what you need is that form that has the correct number on it,
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and it doesn't now. not much you can do except delay filing taxes until they get that updated form first week in march. obviously this opens up healthcare.gov to more criticism. we all know the problems it had when it first started. when we asked an official about it they said we are not worried about answering critics, we are worried about getting this fixed. >> appreciate it. moments from now, president obama is set to address democrats at the winter dnc meeting. many are wondering if the president will respond to former new york city mayor rudy giuliani who is still not backing down from remarks he made challenging the president's patriotism. while speaking at a private event wednesday, guilliani was discussing what he called weak foreign policy decisions made by the president, when according to politico, he told the audience i know this is a horrible thing to say, but i do not believe the president loves america. he doesn't love you and he doesn't love me.
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he wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and i was brought up through love of this country. when asked about those remarks yesterday morning, guilliani appeared to be dialing back from his rhetoric. >> he is a patriot, i am sure. what i am saying in his rhetoric, i rarely hear him say the things that i used to hear ronald reagan say, hear bill clinton say he loves america. i hear him criticize america more than other presidents. >> and then the comments became stronger. >> mr. mayor, do you want to apologize for your comments? >> not at all, i want to repeat it. the reality is from all that i can see of this president, all i have heard from him, he apologizes for america, criticizes america. he talks about the crusades, how the christians were barbarians, leaves out second half of the sentence that muslims were
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barbarians also. he sees christians slaughtered, doesn't stand up hold a press conference he holds a press conference for the situation in ferguson. >> he continued to lash out against the president in an interview with "the new york times" saying, quote, some people thought it was racist i thought that was a joke since he was brought up by a white mother, white grandfather, went to white schools, and most of this he learned from white people. this isn't racism this is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism. joining us nia malika-henderson and editor of mother jones, david corn. thank you for joining us. nia, you retweeted something from chris sell is a, if you preface it saying this is a horrible thing to say, probably shouldn't say it. seems to reflect final stage of transformation from serious politician to guy who says
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inflammatory things just to say inflammatory things. that may be his motivation but you have people like governor bobby jindal who may potentially run for president who essentially backed what was said here and we don't see a flood gate of governors, republican governors smacking it down. >> don't hear a peep that's the problem for the republican party as they try to broaden the base you have jeb bush going to detroit, talking about broadening that base but here you have rudy giuliani who i think isn't a relevant figure in many ways. he ran in 2008 and ended disastrously. he is irrelevant but some sentiments he is voicing have resonance with some in the republican party. you remember colin powell talked about a deep vein of in tolerance he saw in parts of his own party. that's going to be a problem for republicans going forward, going
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to be a problem for all of these candidates who have to wrestle with this. at some point they have to figure out if it is worth it to them to get out there and smack these kind of comments down or if they kind of ignore them say well, this isn't the way i would say it and sort of leave it hanging out there. >> but you know whether he is irrelevant or not, he is highly booked on a number of shows, david corn. >> yes. >> and when you have someone like governor jindal saying the gist of what mayor guilliani said, that the president has shown himself to be unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threats from isis terrorists is true if you're looking for someone to condemn the mayor, look elsewhere. before you get in on this let me play what governor scott walker said on cnbc about his remarks. >> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going to comment on what the president thinks or not, he can speak for himself as well. >> did you agree with those comments? offended by them? what was your reaction when you heard them. >> i am in new york used to
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people saying things. >> this remind me when republicans asked was the president born in the united states. what did he say as opposed to saying yes, i believe he was born in the united states. >> i think in some ways guilliani wants to be mayor of trump's new york city. this is crazy talk from a guy who used to be considered more in the mainstream of the republican party. but seriously what he is reflecting here is a strong sentiment within the tea party base of the republican party that barack obama is not like the rest of us that he is a secret socialist, a secret muslim, wasn't born here. you saw during the romney campaign former governor sununu saying he didn't believe in america, saw mitt romney questioning whether obama believed in american exceptionalism. it is all a way of saying he is not a true american he is not like you and me. and it is really hard to avoid
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the observation that the only time i can ever recall politicians talking this way about a president is when we have an african-american president. what makes obama not american? to say that guilliani says maybe it comes from anti-colonialism excuse me, how was the united states of america founded, as an anti-colonial revolution? this is pure nonsense but yet it is driving at strong feelings held amongst republican base which is why scott walker can't come out and just say this is pure bs. >> and talk about the timing you have this summit at the white house, 65 countries exploring what can be done in regards to fighting trichlt and extremism, the president making the case why he doesn't want to associate with one religion particularly islam. he is articulating, we have a little of what the president said. let's play it if we have that.
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>> we have to confront the warped ideologies espoused by al qaeda and isil, especially their attempt to use islam to justify their violence. these terrorists are desperate for legitimacy. and all of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam, that's a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative. >> david, here you have the world trying to figure out how to collectively get together to destroy this terrorist organization, and in the united states the conversation that we are having for some is whether or not the president loves this country. i was thinking, you know, angela merkel merkel, the president of france hollande, do they have people on the other side of the aisle questioning whether she loves germany, whether or not he loves france, et cetera. >> of course not. for all of the criticism i have
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of dick cheney george w. bush i wouldn't say they didn't love america. i wouldn't say they were not americans. you disliked their ideas or positions. here they are going to the core of this person's character and really suggesting if you don't love america that there's something else motivating him, that he has some secret dark plan, and -- >> and david, it is also avoidance of discussing what are we the u.s. and its allies going to do about this threat to all of us. >> you're exactly right. the president has been talking about how to deal with curtailing violent extremism overseas, and conservatives and republicans attacking him for that saying what george w. bush and others said saying he is going soft on isis. wants to have a jobs program for isis. the guy that's gotten osama bin laden, who authorized thousands of drone strikes, whether i like it or not, and probably agonized over doing such military actions, yet they're making fun
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of him for trying to deal with root causes for the reasons that terrorism takes hold in certain places. it is completely ridiculous. >> nia, i'll let you get in on this. to the point that david and i was bringing up as well this then becomes the topic of conversation and republicans, democrats, whomever decide to run for the white house, this becomes the focus again as we saw in 2008 and other times rather than what is your foreign policy plan to defeat isis. how are you going to acknowledge the deteriorating situation in iraq and elsewhere. what to do about syria, and we are back to the lowest common denominator conversation based on rudy giuliani. >> i think you're exactly right. and there is a real conversation to be had that's already going on on capitol hill about this authorization of use of military force against isis and that debate is going on but you're
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exactly right. these sort of personal attacks some see as racial attacks are coming from guilliani and others really take away from what concerns a lot of americans, this idea of what do we do about isis. what is the policy. do we want boots on the ground. polls show americans seem more open to doing that. but these sort of erroneous personal and egregious personal attacks on the president just don't have a place in the kind of discourse that needs to happen around isis. >> you have a senior u.s. official saying american ground forces could be part of a major offensive being launched by iraq to take over mosul, david, saying the assault will involve as many as 20,000 iraqi, kurdish forces. u.s. would support the air strikes as well. but rudy giuliani is not discussing that. jeb bush and foreign policy speech saying that he is different from his brother and
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his father does not talk about how many individuals that are part of his team were part of iraq. the president is walking out now. hope you can stand by. let's listen to him. >> hello, democrats. good to see all of you. good to see you. this looks like a rowdy crowd. i think donna got you -- you have to watch out for donna. she will get you in trouble. everybody have a seat.
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have a seat. i love you. good to see you. i want to thank debbie wasserman schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. she is a great partner. i want to thank our ceo amy dacy for hard work she's doing day-in and day-out. to the governors and legislators, mayors state party leaders, dnc members, officers and whoever else is here. young democrats. i am thrilled to be with you. most importantly thank you to everyone american in all 50 states who helps our party thrive at the grass roots level every single day. because that's part of who we
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are. grass roots. it has been about a year since our last meeting. and as i had indicated, as i predicted, it was a breakthrough year for america. last year our economy created more than 3 million new jobs single best year for job growth since the 1990s. over the past five years as debbie said the longest stretch of private sector job creation in american history, businesses adding nearly 12 million new jobs. and in perhaps the single most hopeful sign for middle class families in a long time wages are beginning to rise again. america is coming back. we have risen from recession, we have the capacity to right our own future. better position than any nation
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on earth, thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of those that serve. it is also thanks to the values and policies at the core of the party that all of you have fought for. as democrats we believe in giving every child a world class education, and today our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record, high school graduation rate is at an all-time high more americans are graduating college than ever before. as democrats, we believe in reducing dependence on foreign oil, protecting our planet. today, america is number one in oil, number one in gas, number one in wind power. every three weeks we bring online as much solar power as we did in the entire year of 2008. and thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, typical family should save about 750 bucks at the pump this year. as democrats, we believe in
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sensible rules that can prevent financial crisis and shield families from ruin and encourage fair competition. today we've got new tools to stop taxpayer funded bailouts. a new consumer watchdog to protect families from predatory lending. new law to protect families from getting ripped off by credit card companies. we have extended the security and fundamental right to affordable accessible health care to more than 10 million uninsured americans and we are seeing each and every day folks are signing up and benefitting because of what we fought for, because of what we fought for. [ cheers and applause ] because of what you fought for. now, sometimes because the news
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cycle is so quick, we forget how all of this came about, the debates we had last year two years, four years, six years ago. i just want everybody to remember that at every step as we made these policies as we made this progress we were told by our good friends, the republicans, that our actions would crush us and explode deficits and destroy the country. i mean i want everybody to do a fact check and go back 2009 2010, 2011 2012 2013 go back and look at the statements that were made each year by these folks about all these policies. because apparently they don't
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remember. but the facts are before us. the economy kept growing. stock market has more than doubled, restoring the 401(k)s of millions of people. our deficits are down by two-thirds. i always find it curious that when a democrat is president, deficits go down republican is president, and then deficits are going up and yet they tried to take on the mantle of fiscal probity. our auto industry is firing on all cylinders. none of this is an accident. it is not an accident that america is creating jobs faster than any time since last time a democrat was president.
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it's not an accident that our manufacturers are creating jobs for the first time since the last time a democrat was president. it is not an accident that health care inflation is running at the lowest rate in 50 years and deficits are falling faster than they have in 60 years. thank you. it is because we believe in middle class economics. we believe in the idea that this country does best when everybody gets a fair shot. everybody is doing their fair share. everybody has to play by the same rules. not top down economics, not trickle down economics. if we were actually to look at the evidence it is pretty clear whose theory of how to grow the economy, make sure american people are prospering which
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theory works. we know their ideas don't work. we refresh. middle class economics, that works. expanding opportunity, that works. i say this not to be complacent but because we have more work to do. our job is not done. we still have a lot of progress to make to ensure prosperity reaches everybody who goes to work early or studying late into the night, scrimping and saving from every paycheck to try to send kids to college, try to retire with dignity and respect. everybody with the privilege of serving has to ask the question are we accepting an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well or build an economy that generates rising incomes and opportunities for everybody willing to work hard. everybody who is willing to make
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an effort. that's the question we mays. now that their grand prix dikss of doom and gloom, death panels armageddon haven't come true sky hasn't fallen chicken little is quiet, the new plan apparently of congressional republicans, and this is progress the new plan is to rebrand themselves as the party of the middle class. not making this up. our republican leader in the senate, as he was coming in after trying to block every single thing that we have done to strengthen the economy starts looking at jobs numbers, says you know it is getting better because we just got elected. and people are feeling more
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optimistic which okay. i didn't know that's how the economy worked but maybe. we'll call some economists. we have a republican congresswoman who said she couldn't agree with me more that we need to be helping working moms and dads that's good that's progress. one republican senator wrote a policy memo saying the republicans must define themselves as the party of the american worker and the party of higher wages. that's good. i'm glad they feel that way. rand paul. no, rand is an interesting guy. and rand no, he is. and rand paul said the republican party needs to show up on the south side of chicago and shout at the top of its lungs that the gop is the ticket to the middle class. i think that's encouraging that he wants to go to the south side
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of chicago. no i want all -- i want parties to compete everywhere. i think that's a good thing. and i was just home on the south side of chicago yesterday and i guarantee you that senator paul would be welcome there. we are a friendly bunch. i mean it is a little strange people show up and start shouting at the top of their lungs, but we are friendly and it would be okay. but i will say this. so i am encouraged that they're speaking about middle class and speaking about wages, but there's this old saying that you can't just talk the talk. donna, you got to do what?
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you got to walk the walk. we been walking the walk. and if republicans are serious about taking on the specific challenges that face the middle class, if they're prepared to walk the walk, we should welcome them. i'll welcome their ideas. there's nothing i would like more than an opposition party that is willing to engage with us and work with us on these issues. maybe they've got different ideas but genuine ideas about how young people can go to college or how we can make sure that workers are getting raises when the ceo of the company has seen their compensation go up 50% or 100%. if they have concrete ideas on these issues i want to hear them. i have been saying that to them
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since i came into office. but so far at least the rhetoric has not matched the reality. if you want to help working moms and dads you can't just dismiss things like child care paid leave. work with us to treat them like the economic priorities that working families know they are. if you want to be the party of higher wages, come on join dozens of cities and states the companies like the gap. now walmart raising wages, not just because it is the right thing to do but because it is good for business. don't stand in the way. you've got votes in congress. you got votes in the house, votes in the senate. work with us. join the rest of the country. give america a raise. let's go.
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let's go. let's go. i'm ready. i'm ready. [ cheers and applause ] if you are serious if you're really troubled with income inequality then you can't put forward proposals that give more tax breaks to the folks who are doing the best and millionaires and billionaires and propose cuts to programs that help working americans get ahead. if you want to be the party that's paving the way for people to get into the middle class, good way to start is stop trying to strip health insurance from millions of americans and banning contraceptive care from millions of women. stop trying to deport millions
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of striving young kids who just want to earn their shot at the american dream like the rest of us. help us fix a broken immigration system. there are a lot of ways to help the middle class. so look i think the shift in rhetoric that they're engaging in is good if it actually leads them to take different actions. if it doesn't, then it is just spin. if it doesn't, if you're just trying to repackage the same top down economics and use the words middle class attached to it you're just going to keep cutting taxes at the top and not
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raise minimum wages for folks struggling then it is just spin. and looking backward is not the answer. we have to look forward. all of us as americans. democrats we have to be a party that recognizes and responds to what americans really face in a 21st century economy. our brand of middle class economics is very specific. we detail it. here is what we are going to do. we can show you how it will help middle class families and folks striving to get in the middle class. we want to offer young people a stronger start. we want to work to make sure families have more security in a world of constant change. so we list out how we're going to help folks afford college.
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we specify how we will get health insurance to folks that don't have it. we talk about how we can help the young family buy a home or family entering into middle age retirement that they can count on. that means we have to stop treating things like child care and women's issues we have to treat them as priorities. we have to stand up for unions. it means that we have to make sure that women are earning what men do for doing the same job. it means we support a fair living wage. we are very specific about how we want to help ordinary folks. when we talk about helping people earn higher wages, better
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skills, we put forward specific programs. here is more opportunities for job training. here are apprenticeship programs that give workers the chance to win higher paying jobs even without a higher education. here is how we will help americans burdened with student loans reduce monthly payments. here is how we are going to make community college free for every responsible student who wants to improve their lot in life. here is our program. what's yours? tell us how you're helping middle class families because we've got an agenda and we know it works. don't just talk about it. we know middle class economics means we have to have the most competitive economy in the world. so we are very clear. here is how we are going to help businesses churn out good jobs for americans to fill. that means working to build modern transportation and communication system means
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helping more companies sell goods overseas with strong new trade agreements that aren't just free but fair level the playing field for american workers. it means investing in research and technology that unleashes new jobs new industries here in america. we are very clear and specific. it is right there about how we can do it. and we know it works. we have seen it work before. we know middle class economics means getting rid of special interest give aways in the tax code for folks that don't need it so we can actually give tax breaks to middle class families who need it. we know if we close loopholes, that reward companies that stash profits overseas we can reward companies that invest in america. if we close loopholes that allow the top 1% to avoid paying taxes on accumulated wealth we can use that for middle class families to pay for child care send kids to college. it will help the entire economy grow. we need a tax code that helps working americans trying to get
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a leg up in the new economy, and that's what we are fighting for. and so we don't just talk the talk. we are walking the walk. every day. i am telling you, democrats, never worry about fighting for these issues. they're not only right, the american people stand beside us on most of those issues. sometimes that gets lost with all of the money being spent by outside forces and distortions and confusion. but when you actually look at do the americans agree with our policies, do they think these policies would help them and when there's fair presentation of the policies the other side is offering american people are with us every time. but maybe we'll bring them around. and i think there are places we
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can work together like reforming america's criminal justice system so it protects and serves all of us and it is fair. and i'm looking forward to working with them. but until they start wanting to walk and not just talk we're going to keep offering the american people something better. we're going to offer the american people a vision that believes in opportunity not just for a few but for everybody. we've got to be the party that believes nobody should be treated like a second class person regardless of what you look like where you come from or who you love. we got to be the party that doesn't just recognize the threat of climate change but actually does something about it for the sake of our kids. we're the party willing to make tough decisions. got to be the party that practices a better kind of politics, not just in washington but in every community in
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america, that appeals to basic decency of the american people. these are differences as a source of -- give young people a sense of purpose and ask them to participate in our great democracy that appeals not to fear but to hope. because this is not just about us in this room this is not just a sports contest, this is not just about who is up and down at any given point, not about notches on a belt or about ideological battles, proving how smart you are, not about back and forth of politics it is about doing things that make people's lives better. it is about doing things that make us confident that america will continue on the upper trajectory that began so many years ago. it is about making this nation
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we love more perfect. we are democrats. we don't just want people to share in america's success, we want to see everybody contributing to america's success and building a smarter and stronger economy, forging a better kinder society. writing the next great chapter of this great country's amazing story. that's what we are doing together. still moving forward. thank you, democrats. god bless you. god bless america. let's get to work. >> president obama wrapping up some pretty fiery remarks at the dnc winter meeting, i've got with me nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, obviously heavy on the middle class, heavy on everyday americans, even bringing up the news that broke yesterday that walmart would boost minimum wage to $9 an hour here. i think a lot of people might wonder where was some of that fire in the mid terms because a lot of notes that were hit there were some of the things we saw
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in polling people wanted the democrats to push. >> that was the same question that popped up with his state of the union address, which was similar. my take away was if president obama weren't term limited, you would almost say it is kickoff to running for another presidential term. of course he will be handing off that metaphor cal batonto hillary clinton. there are two take aways for 2016. one, laying out a message you'll end up hearing from hillary clinton that when democrats have been in control of the white house, the economy at the end of their administration is booming, that deficit is down and republicans, the deficit has been up and the economy has been down at the end of their terms. there's a big if there, and president obama still has two years to go to determine what the last two years of his presidency and economic record will be, but the other take away tamron this was president obama's discussion about the
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middle class and basically giving republicans this challenge that if you also believe it is time to boost wages for the middle class, to focus on the middle class, your policies have to walk the walk and he laid out the democratic policies when it comes to wanting paid leave, minimum wage reducing uninsured, people with health insurance, and contrast that with republicans who have been relying sometimes on cutting taxes for everyone including the well off. certainly president obama was trying to set some 2016 states with that speech. >> also we saw him weave in this immigration debate nothing the developing news that happened out of texas that impacts millions of people who were waiting to move forward in their lives. >> that's right. what president obama has essentially done is his justice department, his department of homeland security is actually going to wait until the legal process is resolved before they move ahead in the applications for people to gain legal status
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in this country under his executive actions, and that brought some people who are upset and frustrated and certainly president obama trying to fire up latinos, you could end up seeing some that are disappointed. what i was struck by the president's rhetoric when he said that republicans want to deport some of the kids what he was referring to was legislation that republicans are trying to pass when it comes to homeland security funding, which not only rolls back his 2014 action but the one in 2012 referring to dreamers, the so-called daca that's rhetoric you'll hear from democrats today, tomorrow through 2016. >> mark murray thank you for joining us. interesting sunday to see the programs "meet the press" leading off that. still ahead, the 19-year-old arrested in the road rage incident out of las vegas where a mother of four was killed. he could face charges. what police are saying about the
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victim and the suspect and their background. plus the psychiatrist that treated eddie ray routh says he suffers from mental illness but not ptsd. how does that impact his defense. the latest out of texas on the "american sniper" trial. join the conversation online find me on twitter and my team under "newsnation." let us know your thoughts on the president's remarks and anything we discuss on the show. we will be right back. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor.... can get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today.
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for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. turning to significant new developments in the war against isis. a senior u.s. official says american ground forces could be part of a major offensive being launched to retake mosul, that is iraq's second largest city. the official says the assault will involve as many as 20,000 iraqi and kurdish forces supported by u.s. air strikes. appearing on "the rundown" with jose diaz-balart, white house
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press secretary josh earnest predicted success. >> they will be backed when they undertake the operations backed by american military air power. that will benefit, give them advantage on the battlefield. the president built a coalition more than 60 countries part of this effort and we have made important progress so far. i would anticipate over the course of the year we are going to make additional progress as we see iraqi security forces get better trained, equipped and perform on the battlefield. >> asked why they're telegraphing the assault to retake mosul, he said questions of strategy go to the defense department. closing arguments set for monday in the trial for the man accused of murdering "american sniper" chris kyle. the defense rested after calling a psychiatrist to the stand that told the jury eddie ray routh suffered from schizophrenia, not ptsd. dr. mitchell dunn interviewed him more than six hours, testified he suffered delusions
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in the weeks before the killings of kyle and his friend chad littlefield. when talking about killings he testified routh told him as soon as i did it i knew it was a mistake. he believes that mental state prevented him nothing that conduct was wrong. today, prosecutors are presenting their own expert witnesses, forensic pathologist already testified, he suspects routh is faking symptoms that could be attributed to schizophrenia. legal analyst lisa green joins me the author of the book "on your case." let's break it down here. we knew this would boil down to the experts brought by the defense versus experts brought by the prosecution. first talk about this dr. dunn. not ptsd but schizophrenia. does it matter what the diagnosis is if it all leads to a mental health issue where he doesn't know right from wrong? >> legally shouldn't matter in schizophrenia it is undoubtedly a serious mental illness.
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here is the advantage the prosecution gets taking ptsd off the table, they're able to remove the veteran sympathy aspect of the trial that a lot of us thought about. here are two veterans kyle and routh, both back from war, both suffering. now we hear it may not be ptsd. that's a diagnosis that's still influx but i think advantage prosecution for the overall feeling in the jury room rather than particular any kaelt. >> continuing with the prosecution, expert saying he believes routh is faking symptoms, but here you have family members over a course of months in the time before the killings family members say his behavior was abnormal violent according to his girlfriend even. how do they determine he is faking symptoms or not? >> i think what the prosecution is able to do here with this expert is create enough doubt in jurors' minds. it is the defense's obligation
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to persuade them routh has mental illness that justifies acquittal. if they create doubt in the jurors' minds, maybe he was faking it maybe delusional if it is below 50%, he is convict as murderer. >> we expect closing arguments set for monday. before we let you leave, comes at a time the oscar's are sun, this movie will be discussed, chris kyle "american sniper," all around the time that we are going to end of the trial. >> they could be returning to the courtroom monday after we hear about academy awards for the movie that glorifies chris kyle and his friend. jurors are sworn to behave in a way that excludes that. hard not to see atmospheric influence. >> thank you very much lisa. appreciate it. developing now, another twist in alleged road range incident last week that left a mother of four dead. we are learning her family knows
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the suspect, a teenager who was taken into custody after a tense standoff yesterday afternoon. police say they had no idea the family knew the teenager until yesterday. nbc's migel almaguer has the update from police headquarters. >> reporter: the 19-year-old questioned here could face a murder charge later today. he was arrested a few miles from here. he has not yet entered a plea. standoff in a quiet las vegas neighborhood, s.w.a.t. teams moving into position guns drawn, aimed at the home of a teenage suspect. a week long manhunt ending not far from where it all began. >> there's the animal. a block away. are you happy. >> reporter: investigators say erich nowsch shot and killed tammy meyers in front of her home a block from his own house. meyers' husband revealing for the first time that his family knew the alleged shooter. >> she was really good to him.
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she fed him, gave him money. >> reporter: police say meyers was taking her daughter home after driving lessons in the school parking lot when something happened involving meyers' car and car driven by nowsch. after the incident the mother of four dropped off her daughter at home and picked up her 22-year-old son who was armed with a handgun. police say meyers and her son found nowsch and nowsch followed them home exchanging a volley of gunfire, one bullet striking meyers in the head. >> the suspect involved in the killing of mrs. meyers is in custody and off the streets of las vegas. >> reporter: but a las vegas defense attorney says it may not be a typical case of road rage. >> the law doesn't allow for vigilanteism. once that initial incident is over, that's it. then you have to seek help. >> god bless tammy. >> reporter: after a week of grieving and manhunt that ended doors from the shooting police
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and the meyers family are giving few details about the relationship between the suspect and the victim. >> we knew how bad he was, but we didn't know he was this bad. >> reporter: police did not know that the suspect knew the victim. investigators also say they may be looking for a second suspect connected to this crime. tamron? >> thank you, miguel, we'll be right back. has been the nutrition of choice that has fueled each westminster best in show winner. and this year, with her strong athletic build her fluid gait and her confidence in the ring the beagle by the name of miss p became the ninth. (judge) the best in show is the beagle! (vo) congrats, miss p, on winning the 139th westminster best in show. we're proud you're continuing the purina pro plan tradition. purina pro plan. nutrition that performs.
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teamed up with her brother to launch a site matching teens to their projects in their community. that site serves tens and thousands of teenagers and guess who's with us, simone now a college graduate about to go to medical school. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the overall message you hope that we adults will get when we see your site and so many teenagers stepping up in ways that maybe some of us older people are not? >> young people are the most motivated dedicated and energized volunteers. it's so important for adults to realize that youth of any age would make a difference. >> also people of your age can inspire change. you were only 12 years old when you decided to do something that would impact individuals you didn't even know. was that something you learned from your parents? was it something you believed
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you were born with that kind of fierce spirit? where did that come from, simone? >> when my dad was deployed, it was amazing to see him serve our country and so many people were helping my family. my mom had three kids under the age of 12 and people were dropping off food and driving us places and i wanted to give back as well. i wanted to make a difference in my community, but no organizations were willing to allow me to volunteer due to my age. >> i know there are so proud of you as i am and how we met is a long story, but we've met at a great event where you're being recognized for being an outstanding teenager. give us an example of things that teenagers have done that have inspired you? >> there's so many ways that teenagers are making a difference throughout the country, one that is really important to me is when young people utilize their skills to make a difference for example, there's a young man in st. louis who's a violinist and now he goes to the city schools once a week to teach violin as an
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afterschool program. there's teenagers in indianapolis that are teaching senior citizens how to use technology, how to use an iphone and communicate with her grand kids on the internet e it's incredible to say ways young people are utilizing interest and making such a difference. >> i know among the awards glamour magazine's 2013 top ten college women, you've been named person of the day, i can go on and on, at most you're somebody i adore and love everything you've been doing since we met. follow them on twitter and keep track. if you know a teenager, send them to the website and maybe they can do big things as well. simone simone, congratulations. >> tamron i really appreciate your help and we hope young people get involved in their communities. >> absolutely. that does it for this friday edition of "news nation," please stay warm and safe over the weekend. we'll be back here for you on monday. up next, my colleague, andrea mitchell.
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