good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now, family members and jurors in the "american sniper" trial are speaking out this morning reacting to the verdict that came so quickly after deliberations started. the jury found routh guilty of capital murder last night after less than three hours, and he was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole. his attorneys say they will appeal in an exclusive interview on "today." chad littlefield's brother, one of routh's teachers in high school said he did not believe the defense claim that routh was insane at the time of the killings. >> it was all an act, that's just the way he was. he never grew up. he was still opposite defiant,

and he had nothing wrong in the mind. >> the jury did not buy it either. six jurors said this morning they were convinced routh knew the difference between right and wrong when he killed the two men, and even considered whether routh was faking his bizarre behavior. >> i know a lot of us came into this jury questioning that but evidence shows that there was a real definite pattern there. he would get in toks indicated, get in trouble, the police would show up, he would say i am a veteran, have ptsd, that's it. every time something happened he pulled that card. >> joining me now, legal analyst lisa green. thank you for joining us. let's talk about the jurors and what we just heard there regarding this pattern they feel had nothing to do with ptsd and mental health issues. >> resounding win for the prosecution here as we watched the trial together we heard

powerful testimony on behalf of routh from his family talking about his dissent into mental illness. we saw his erratic behavior on tape. >> saw his medical records and medicines he was taking for schizophrenia. >> nine powerful medications, several trips to the hospital for mental illness. in the end, the defense could not persuade the jury they had met the high standard in texas for an acquittal on grounds of insanity. you hear now from the jurors that they bought the prosecution's alternative explanation of routh's behavior at the time of the killing. >> let me play another juror on this morning on how they reached their decision so quickly, just three hours. let's play that. >> we all had our strong feelings. we were led the same direction. we spent time to go back over the facts that led us that direction, and ultimately unanimous decision multiple times, just like i said

reinforced why it was unanimous. >> lisa you look at the list of witnesses called not a long list here. when the jurors went over the facts, we are looking at really boom boom boom. >> it was an efficient trial in the end in addition to family members and some law enforcement, there were three expert witnesses, one for the defense, two for the prosecution, that really were able to select evidence of routh's behavior that led this jury to completely buy their narrative, that routh was stoned, he killed for a reason and tried almost to cover his tracks and use insanity as an excuse. >> what do you think of his confession on tape? do you believe that also helped the jurors come to this. >> it helped them because of the way the prosecution framed it as a man who eventually admitted that he was sorry for what happened and even when he told law enforcement i don't know if i'm going insane on one hand it sounded like a powerful confession of mental illness in

the prosecution's hands it sounded like a man who was in venting his own defense cleverly soon after the murders. >> lisa thank you so much. greatly appreciate you covering this trial for us from the beginning. turning to washington in a series of victories for president obama over the republican controlled congress. the president yesterday made good on his promise to veto a bill authorizing keystone xl pipeline. it is the third veto of the obama presidency. and it drew harsh criticism from republicans in congress. house speaker boehner called it a quote, national embarrassment. also yesterday, the standoff over dhs funding which is set to run out friday shifted to the side of the president and the democrats. majority leader mitch mcconnell moved forward with a plan to put up a clean funding bill like the one the white house has been calling for from the beginning. senator mcconnell will have a second bill. they call the move a mortifying

cave saying the senator is surrendering to democrats to avoid a shutdown. and in the last hour house speaker john boehner came out of a closed door meeting with his rank and file and said right now the ball is in the senate's court. >> i'm waiting for the senate to act. the house has done its job to fund department of homeland security and to stop the president's overreach on immigration. and we are waiting for the senate to do their job. i don't know what the senate is capable of passing and until i see what they're going to pass no decision has been made on the house side. >> and in another major victory for the obama administration congressional republicans conceded an issue on net neutrality. the fcc is expected to approve sweeping new federal rules to regulate the internet like a public utility, an idea endorsed by the president. republicans led by senator john thune were staunchly opposed, calling it obamacare for the internet. we begin with capitol hill

correspondent kelly o'donnell. a lot of political news covered in that setup. bottom line a number of headlines and opinion pieces out, seeing the series of victories for the president at a time when many thought he might be weakened against a republican controlled congress. >> well it all comes down tamron, to the simple math that while republicans control congress they don't have enough votes to do just what they want. they do need democrat support in the senate to get to the magic 60 we have seen. you talk about net neutrality, the reality is republicans are for keeping the internet unregulated. democrats want to see that public utility type sort of regulation so that no one can buy their way to faster lanes on the internet if you will and they don't have democratic support for that. that seems to be going nowhere. when it comes to dhs funding, a lot of republicans don't like where this is. i spoke to a senior republican who said he didn't campaign

around the country in 2014 to get a republican majority in the senate only to see this kind of standoff. so there's frustration all around. the problem is there are very few paths for republicans to try to achieve what they have been after with respect to the president's immigration executive order. this is that clash between the executive and legislative branches. they were trying to use funding as a lever. that doesn't seem to be working at the moment. mcconnell is playing another card saying we will fully fund the department and separately vote to deal with a piece of the november executive actions with the president, the deportations not rolling back everything. that would look like compromise in many places it would seem that's in many ways what americans voted for, working together, but it is not going so smoothly yet. we have to see if in fact senate democrats will go along. thus far they've said it is up to speaker boehner to prove what he can deliver. you just heard speaker boehner saying hey, it is the senate

that's got to show me. we are at a bit of an impasse. a little time left. these things often fall into the last 24 hours, sometimes spill past the deadline. we have seen that before. but there's a lot of conversations going on and not a clear path yet to resolving this. >> kelly, let me bring in democratic strategist robert zimmerman and amanda turkel. thank you for joining me. let's start yesterday, the news broke on the president and keystone and the veto. you heard many of those concerned to some degree obviously the veto was no surprise, but who are concerned how the president has handled the keystone back and forth. you say this is an example of the more aggressive stance and successful one so far from this president. >> i think absolutely. i mean he in many ways he is moving forward with what he can do with these sorts of executive actions and vetoes. this is the third veto of his presidency, but he already issued something like ten or

more veto threats, saying if republicans do this i am not going to be signing this legislation. republicans meanwhile are showing they can't even agree within their own caucus and might lead to another partial government shutdown which is what mitch mcconnell said he wanted to avoid when he became majority leader he wanted to show republicans in power weren't scary. shutting down an agency in the government is scary to people even if it doesn't paralyze everything like it did last time. right now, republicans look like they can't govern effectively. the president is moving forward, now going around the country to tout what he is doing. >> interesting you talk about it from that perspective. said that democrats may be overplaying their hand. democrats continue grand standing glee fully, confident if parts of department of homeland security is shutdown in the coming days republicans will be to blame. senator mcconnell is making a good faith effort to keep his

promise not to have a shutdown but is finding out the senate is just as ungovernable under republican control as it was under the previous management. >> i thought it was interesting in that clip you played where boehner said i don't know what the senate can do what it is thinking. boehner admitted he and mitch mcconnell haven't spoken in two weeks, even though the staff has, they haven't talked. you have hard liners in the republican party. may be some senators mitch mcconnell, others that want to move forward and fund dhs. then you have other republicans who are very vocal, out there on fox news and on talk radio saying that we are not going to give in at all. those people maybe aren't as helpful as other more moderate republicans. >> as amanda pointed out, she sees it as this aggressive stance this year from the president. that as you well know was not the story line after the mid terms. he was someone in a lot of ways

that his own party wondered how effective a president he would be. he is showing at least he has a few cards left in the deck. >> i tell you, you watch the fact his approval ratings have gone up dramatically since mid terms, it gives his administration more confidence they're on the right track, but gives democratic members of house and senate more confidence working with this white house. what's most compelling especially watching response on homeland security and also on keystone is watching the way democrats in the house and senate worked so well with the white house, articulating a clear, concise message. the debate is really not on homeland security, for example, a debate between democrats and republicans, it is a debate amongst republicans, republicans from tea party fringe extreme conservatives in the house, 40 or 50 seats, that are paralyzing the institution. i think it is very important that senator reid's move political and smart governmentally, to say we are not going to waste time putting

a bill forward unless we have speaker boehner on board and he can deliver the house. >> and a lot of what we are hearing quite honestly from republicans in the early part of the year same kind of talking points if you want to call it that that we have not a new strategy, for example, keystone pipeline this morning, a number of republicans on programs including here saying this is about jobs. we don't care if these are temporary jobs. this is about a few jobs that would be brought in potentially by the pipeline. heard that same story line before. immigration tied to dhs. similar story line going back to my observation and one made by many, the president still unpredictable in many ways and that's lending to victories early on for him. >> i think what's interesting about keystone to note is when the democrats put compromise proposals on the floor of the senate on keystone senators markey and franklin from minnesota put proposals to make sure keystone was built with american steel, make sure the oil was kept in the united

states to in fact guarantee the prices continue to stay low, even the republican senate would not compromise on those two basic core ideas which shouldn't be controversial. it goes back to the point that regrettably it is republican senate and house republicans have an inability to compromise amongst themselves least of all show any ability to govern with democrats. >> thank you for your time. greatly appreciate you joining us. coming up, captors of an american woman kidnapped in nigeria demand $300,000 ransom for her return. up next new details from the scene. and grounded. southwest takes nearly one fifth of its fleet out of service after missing required inspections. it is one of the stories we are following around the "newsnation." and this. we have come a long way and we have a little bit further to go. >> in a surprise result, chicago mayor rahm emanuel fails to get enough votes to secure his

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i enjoy about the town halls that it is unpredictable. we don't know what people there will ask, and it does create a different set of circumstances for the president. >> yeah sure. the fact is that there are a lot of people that have a lot of questions about the president's executive actions, the response by the federal judge in texas, the other 25 legal proceedings that are carried out throughout the country on the president's immigration action and then there are a lot of people who don't know what their future holds. there are a lot of people that could qualify for expansion of daca, before it was frozen and the judge but a freeze on it. people could qualify for dapa it was scheduled to begin, people here with documents with legal resident children and they were hoping this was a way of dealing with the fact that they are living in this country without documents. there's a lot of fear that we are getting ready to do this

and then there's a freeze. what does the future hold. and the whole issue of immigration reform what's going to happen is anything going to happen? or is status quo frozen. >> big questions to be answered by the president at the town hall. we will be watching. thank you very much, jose, for joining us. >> thanks. >> that town hall with the president, moderated by jose diaz-balart airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. and authorities in nigeria now say the kidnappers of an american missionary ref recommended phyllis sorter are asking for $300,000 for her return. neither her family or the church have that money. the reverend was abducted monday from the church's missionary compound in central nigeria. authorities say five masked gunmen jumped walls of the compound, fired shots in the air. a friend says the reverend served as a missionary in west africa more than a decade and actually appeared in a 2009

church video. >> i trust god and i thank god because god has once again proven himself to me and i know that it is nothing that can happen to me in my future will ever defeat me with god by my side. >> joining me the executive director of the nigerian american leadership council based in washington, d.c. thanks for joining us again. >> thank you, tamron. >> obviously we talked so much with you in the past about boko haram and savage acts of violence being carried out. at this point they have not been tied to the abduction and they do not have a lot of activity in this area where the reverend was taken. with that said what are you hearing about potential responsible people here? >> our investigators on the ground say the reports indicate this group may be a fringe group

that may have a loose, remote affiliation with islamic fundamentalists, it is not entirely difficult for them to establish stronger ties for the purpose of this kidnap if they needed to. meantime, we are dealing with a ransom situation, so the immediate problem right now is to figure out a way to negotiate that ransom, to get safe return. >> the church and u.s. embassy was notified, state department fbi working with local authorities to try and rescue her. have you seen similar kidnappings in that area before where westerners have been targeted? >> well actually westerners have been targeted a little further north of that area somewhere in the range of within

four or 500 miles of boko haram territory. some situations did end up badly. in one case it was a british construction worker that was kidnapped, there was attempt to rescue which led to a very violent standoff. in this case there's indications that may not necessarily go that direction because they have put forth demand for ransom. that has to be the focal point at this point in time. they were kidnapped in more aggressive circumstances, even though some of them did get ransom payoffs before the prisoners were released in this case this is a little far removed, location is far removed, which suggests that the safety of the woman, kept in that central area of nigeria is

still relatively reasonable because the authorities can actually expand a drag net, keep them from going to the north of the country. good chance it will be resolved with reasonable negotiation on both sides. >> i have to bring up it has been a year almost april 14th 2014 when boko haram kidnapped 300 school girls in northeastern nigeria. as we know many other acts of violence, including massacre of people has continued. where does the battle against boko haram stand now as relates to what nigeria is able to do? >> well actually there's some improvement in the military attempts to contain the region where boko haram has been situated in the past two weeks there has been a change in the

government's momentum in going after boko haram. the government of nigeria suddenly have stepped up to the plate in some respects where we actually in nigeria, some professional advice to them which they have taken. the army collaborated fully with the armies of the neighboring countries, boko haram had back and forth movements. so that combined international collaboration is beginning to yield. boko haram is pushed back further and further, even though the military hasn't gotten into the area where they have to get the girls out. >> thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. coming up frightening video of an explosion that destroyed a home and is keeping neighbors out of their houses today. it is one of the stories we are following around the "newsnation." right now, dallas texas is under a winter weather advisory due to the new storm impacting 38 million people.

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with us meteorologist bill karins. between you and dylan dreyer al roker, no breaks. >> some people telling us they see us more than family members. >> you're giving us important information. the hits keep coming with the weather. >> we have this one, another storm with more snow this upcoming weekend. let's look at who has the worst of this. again, when it snows like this in the south, it is a big deal. this is late season. flowers start coming up typically end of february. it is snowing in shreveport louisiana, all of northern louisiana. winter mix in mississippi, going over to snow later today. as we mention, millions of people are under winter storm warnings, including cities like birmingham tupelo atlanta, asheville, charlotte, raleigh, everywhere in between. even in norfolk. if anyone gets nailed by this somewhere from norfolk to richmond to southern portions of the chesapeake. here is snow at 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. nailed overnight tonight in areas of north carolina. one of those deals you go to bed, it is snowing, wake up to a winter wonderland.

8:00 a.m. tail end of the morning rush hour snow coming down hard from norfolk to richmond ending by 9:00 10:00. how much snow will we get? this swathe of three to six inches is impressive. going almost from little rock to tupelo, five inches possible there, to birmingham asheville, to charlotte, raleigh, nine to eight inches of snow. this area in the mid-atlantic the bullseye who does the most shoveling. 8 inches in norfolk. this trended a little further north. d.c. is expecting two inches of snow. ocean city could get as much as four inches. we have to watch the trend, see how far north it gets. if you're in philadelphia, atlantic city, be prepared you have a chance for doing that. of course there's good stuff out there, too, tamron. might as well talk about the february in the west one of the warmest they've seen. today 73 in l.a. 63 in san francisco. wouldn't that be nice? just a little taste. couldn't they share with us a little bit? >> i don't know the answer to

that. i wish i could. i don't know what to say to that. >> would be nice if they did. >> if only they could. we will all get warmth eventually. this has been rough. >> may is looking great. >> thank you, sir. up next benjamin netanyahu turns down a meeting with democrats, why? netanyahu says he will not meet with democratic senators during his controversial visit to washington, d.c. taking place next week. and abercrombie & fitch defending itself at the supreme court after refuse to go hire a worker that wore a religious head scarf. and getting indication where it is leaning. >> you've taken it too far, peter. sometimes bad things happen to good people. >> that's a clip from the new usa series "dig" from the producers of "homeland" and "heroes."

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doing so at this point could compound the misperception of partisanship about my visit. it is amid on-going nuclear discussions between the u.s. and iran. joining me senior political deputy political editor carrie ooh dan. pick up what he said in his explanation, not wanting to meet with senate democrats. >> well that's right. netanyahu said that he does not want to appear partisan by meeting behind closed doors with senate democrats. obviously senate democrats are saying this proves he is being partisan by accepting that invitation without consulting the white house, then refused to meet with senate democrats behind closed doors. what susan rice said was by far the most explicit criticism of a white house official on this issue. it is important to note that in the past several weeks we have

seen criticism, seen senior administration officials saying on background, saying criticism of netanyahu, that we are not sharing details of iran negotiations because of lack of trust with israel. and finally, president barack obama saying he has a real difference with netanyahu on the issue of the iran sanctions. >> carrie thank you very much. we are posing the question to you in our gut check. do you agree with national security adviser susan rice who calls netanyahu's visit to congress destructive. go to msnbc.com to cast that vote. what's called a national political embarrassment. chicago mayor rahm emanuel fails to get enough votes to avoid runoff in his re-election bid. and under arrest the driver that caused a fiery train derailment in california, now facing criminal charges. one of the stories we are updating around the "newsnation." as easy as it gets. ♪ wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers

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in what many call a major political blow chicago mayor rahm emanuel is gearing up for an unprecedented runoff election after failing to clinch enough votes in the bid for re-election. results from yesterday show he won 45.3% of votes, ahead of cook county commissioner garcia who finished second with 34%, well short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid runoff. addressing supporters garcia celebrated his underdog victory, emanuel vowed to keep fighting. >> we have come a long way, and we have a little bit further to go. we will get back out there, talking to our friends and families and neighbors as they make a critical choice. >> they said we didn't have a chance, they said we didn't have any money. while they spent millions

attacking us. well well we're still standing! >> and joining me chicago tribune city hall reporter bill hart, thank you for joining me. >> good to be here. >> in the tribune, national political embarrassment was the headline, you and your colleagues note that rahm emanuel's rivals consisted of lesser funded less experienced candidates, at a time the mayor's campaign carried an aura of in he have itability, often lacked enthusiasm what mistakes did rahm emanuel make in addition to those outlined i should say. >> i think he has an enthusiasm problem. there was low voter turnout, 34%, last time was closer to 42%. many of emanuel's campaign events are closely held, made for tv cameras. didn't seem to be enthusiasm of

support which he was able to get enough votes to force runoff. >> some issues that came up, school closures, crime, those are things it seems as if garcia seize on the moment. >> he seized on the decision to close 50 schools first term. spikes with shootings on the south and west sides of chicago. garcia lacked into lack of development in city neighborhoods. what you heard last night, we will hear more in the runoff going after emanuel and massive campaign war chest. he had $16 million to spend. garcia going with populous message, i am not out for corporate honchos that fill the mayor's campaign i am out for you, the voters of chicago. >> when i lived in chicago ten years, it was clear who supported mayor daley. >> the vote show that emanuel did well on the north side,

among white voters downtown in the business district. garcia's support from heavily hispanic neighborhoods. results more split on the south side, there's heavy african-american vote. moving forward there will be a lot of work to attract the black vote moving forward to get the ultimate win. >> well they'll face off april 7 we pointed out, this is the first time since the city changed the election system in the '90s an incumbent was forced into runoff. what do you believe is the key again for rahm emanuel. is it just that enthusiasm? that sounds so simple for a guy so polished spent so much time in washington, d.c. >> you know we saw debates with other candidates emanuel tried to stay above the fray not engage with opponents. i think this time we will see him engage garcia i expect the campaign to get more negative

given the mayor's narrative, he ran tough campaigns, more head to head one on one between them moving forward. could help the mayor move numbers. >> interesting times in a great city. thank you very much. southwest airlines grounded 128 planes that missed key inspection. that tops our look at stories around the nation. southwest took them out of service because they missed up a backup hydraulic check. the faa says they can fly for the next five days while inspections take place. southwest says most checks should be done by this morning. update on the fiery train derailment that injured dozens. they say a driver abandoned his truck on the tracks before the train hit. ntsb says it appears the truck took a wrong turn drove down the tracks right before the crash happened and was not stuck after all, as officials

originally thought. new technology on three of four cars that derailed likely saved lives. and the driver is under arrest on felony hit and run charge. police say he was found almost two miles from the site about an hour after that crash. and a massive house explosion in a new jersey neighborhood caught on police dash cam, happened yesterday while they worked on a gas leak across the street. the gas felt up to a mile away. 15 people were injured, including 7 gas company employees. no one was in the home. people that were injured were all around the area. up next i talk with anne heche and jason isaacs about their new series "dig." and marijuana, decriminalized in a place a lot of people assume it was legal. one guess, jamaica. in our things we thought you should know.

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there's a lot going on this morning. here are some things we thought you should know. supreme court finished hearing arguments in a significant case involving religion andissue, whether retailer ab rom bee and fich discriminated on the basis of religion against a 17-year-old muslim girl in 2008. it refused to hire her because she insisted on wearing a religious head scarf. the scarf violated the store's dress code according to them. now, the girl won a lawsuit filed on her behalf but the store won an appeal. a majority of the justices expressed support for her, but a decision may not come until june. politico reportings embattled illinois republican congressman aaron shock has hired two prominent washington attorneys and a public affairs public relations firm. he faces continuing questions about his use of campaign and office accounts to pay for pricey travel and office renovation. among the items, stays in

five-star hotels and the purchase of nearly $74,000 chevy tahoe she uses while in his district. and jamaica has become the latest place to decriminalize the use of recreational marijuana. it has long been a part of their culture but remained illegal until now. the new law allows possession of up to two ounces of marijuana. several latin american countries have also decriminalized pot in recent years as well as, of course, colorado washington, and alaska. those are the things we just thought you should know. the ratings and critical acclaim of shows like "homeland" and "americans" prove audiences are drawn to thrilling shows with an international backdrop that can at times reflect what we see in the headlines. a new show digs deeper by combining a mysterious murder ancient secrets, and a potential conspiracy all set in modern-day jerusalem. >> you already screwed up one case. i'm not going to let you

jeopardize another. >> what the hell are you doing here? >> my job. >> these are my suspects. >> what are you not telling me? >> he's not ready. >> it's time. >> you're a small man. in the end, we mean nothing. >> 3,000 years of history waiting to be discovered. if you believe in that sort of thing. >> so "dig" follows an fbi agent who sets out to solve the murder of an american woman overseas. joining me now, the stars of the show. thank you both for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks. >> this looks absolutely amaze amazing. premieres next thursday. i think this is a hit, if i can just say that. what excites you most about this? >> if you want to you could just say that. >> walk off, drop the mic. >> say it over and over.

that would be fine. >> this is right up my alley. it's in line with a lot of the shows we're all addicted to these days that are big hits. so what attracted you to the project? >> well i mean we say this over and over, but tim and gideon are two of the greatest show creators that hollywood has. so to be a part of something they're doing and to witness how they're unfolding this story, this controversy, a beautiful introduction of what the show is they just take you on a ride that is pretty phenomenal, i'd say. >> for me, one of the draws, like ann said the person who wrote "heroes," one of my favorite shows ever when you find out they're combining, it's a no brainer. for them to tell a story ripped from the headlines, it's about groups that really exist and exist in america and all over the world today.

the things that faiths is driving them to and the kind of cataclysmic end they think would be a good result. it's twofold. it's a great story about very human characters on a huge -- on this huge landscape. and yet, it's also about something that scares the pants off me when i lie there at night. when i first read the script i went straight to google to find out how much was true. an enormous amount of it is true. >> that's incredible. be careful, don't google. everything you read on there is not true. >> not necessarily true. there are other search engines. >> absolutely. so let me ask you, you filmed jerusalem, croatia, new mexico. what was that like for you? >> it's been an extraordinary year. i don't think i ever thought in my life i would say i've been to croatia trieswe waatia twice in this month, which i have.

people take me to incredible places. israel is one of the most beautiful places i've been. shooting there was extraordinary. my family was able to come with me. but gideon who is the creator and from there, was given literally the keys to the kingdom. and the places we were able to see and that you will be able to see on the show are absolutely -- well unseen before now. >> it's not just the cameras. the public had never been to many of the places we shot. deep under the city or over the city or around it. all in the service of the story, which is both fantastical and also very, very real and grounded. >> well thank you, both for joining -- >> the thing about jerusalem, it's a place every civilization has ever been has slaughtered to conquer. you can feel that in the air. it resonates in the stones. >> it's incredible. the show premieres next thursday, march 5th 10:00 p.m. eastern time on usa. thank you both for joining us. congratulations on this project.

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