which he appears to confess to murder. also in court, jeffrey williams, he is charged in the shooting of two officers in ferguson last week. want to start with the durst case though. he was arrested saturday in connection with his friend susan berman's death in 2000. appears in court today for an extradition hearing. in a stunning twist, the real estate heir appears to confess to killing berman and others. the confession caught on a microphone filming the documentary "the jinx." during the finale he can be heard saying quote, i killed them all. stephanie gosk has the update. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. well robert durst is expected to waive extradition to california in a courtroom here in new orleans. law enforcement officials tell nbc news he was arrested at a marriott hotel. checked in under an alias, paying with cash and that they caught up with him walking through the lobby mumbling to

himself. this happened hours before the final installment in that documentary focusing on his life on hbo. producers of the documentary promised a dramatic conclusion. durst is the subject of the hbo documentary "the jinx." >> did not tell the whole truth, nobody tells the whole truth. >> reporter: the series re-examines three crimes the disappearance of his wife a 2001 murder in texas for which he stood trial and was acquitted. >> not guilty. >> reporter: and the murder he was arrested for late saturday. the show's finale aired sunday night, just hours after news of durst's arrest became public. in it durst is confronted with a potentially damning piece of evidence that could tie his handwriting to a note sent by the presumed killer. >> definitely wrote this but i definitely did not write that. >> reporter: he then goes into a bathroom with his microphone

still on. >> you're caught. >> reporter: and begins talking to himself. >> what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. >> reporter: former prosecutor jeanine pirro investigated durst in 2000, during the time of berman's murder. >> susan berman was killed because she knew too much about kathleen durst the case that i was investigating, and he knew that she knew. i believe that he murdered her to prevent her from talking to us. >> reporter: kathleen durst's friends feel one step closer to justice. >> if he's convicted for the murder of susan, i'll take what i can get. if there's more forensic evidence there, why not. only can put him away once. >> reporter: durst's estranged brother expressed his family's thanks. we are relieved and also grateful to everyone who assisted in the arrest of robert durst. we hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done.

the lapd would not confirm any connection between new evidence they say they have and the revelations in the documentary. we asked one of durst's lawyers what he thought of the final installment. he said i expected more. durst will plead not guilty when he makes it to l.a. tamron. >> let me bring in kathy wright she covered durst and the mysterious deaths she wrote two books about the case, latest title murder in beverly hills. >> thank you for having me. >> you look forward to seeing "the jinx," the show that aired, the documentary that aired on hbo, you assumed durst would trip himself up. could you imagine he would trip up in this way? >> this was incredible. it was almost astounding things he said along the way that would be damning and could be used by a prosecutor. >> here he was on this

microphone, whether or not this is admissible in court is a later conversation, but what you hear there, those chilling words, is that what you've known all along? >> yeah. he said i'm caught. that's it. and the thing is i think it will be used as a confession i think that in addition to the latest evidence was the discovery of a letter with his handwriting on it that matched something that only the killer could have written years ago. and i think that he got caught up. it was a response by him in a bathroom where he didn't think anybody was listening, but he was still wired up for the film and he did -- he shot himself with his own ammunition. tripped himself up. he thinks he is the smartest person in the room you know. >> that's interesting you make that point, that he believes that some people made that same observation. also you brought up the point about the letter. there were two letters, one that

durst wrote to susan berman that was discovered and another anonymous note sent to the police telling them the location of susan berman's body. he was asked about that during the documentary. let's play that moment. >> it's almost like a typed thing, with two typewriters, it is going to look the same. >> so you wrote one of these but you didn't write the other one. >> i wrote this one, i did not write the cadaver one. >> can you tell me which one you didn't write? >> no. >> that was in 1982 his wife kathy vanished. susan berman that was 2000. 2001 he admitted to killing his neighbor and dismembering the neighbor's body but was acquitted of murder claiming self defense. but there seems to be quite a long list of evidence kathy, that this filmmaker discovered

and many people are wondering what took so long here including many of the things you highlighted in your books as well. >> yeah, i mean there are so many things that are against him, but with the lapd seymour durst, developed half of manhattan, contacted the lapd and the d.a.'s office after susan was killed and basically said leave him alone. lapd never interviewed bobby durst and he was the number one suspect. they interviewed his attorney. and they did a handwriting analysis that came out inconclusive, where right now we have a conclusive handwriting analysis that the film makers did, and i am sure the lapd will do their own. i think we've got him now, they just couldn't get him on anything else he is elusive. he lawyers up with the highest priced attorneys in the country.

>> and you said he believes he is the smartest person in the room after studying and researching this man for so many years, what do you think he is feeling right now, knowing what's ahead here. >> i think he is in a holy moly moment, what did i do. i think he is kicking himself. it was so stupid the documentary was his idea. he thinks he can boom booze he will. i have seen police holding cells, i was there four months covering hurricane katrina, it is not pretty, not a pleasant place. went from a high end hotel in new orleans saturday night into the holding cell in new orleans where he belongs. he is finally behind bars. he is a menace to society and he's dangerous and finally behind bars and hopefully the lapd is going to keep him there. >> kathy, thank you so much. greatly appreciate you joining us. i want to turn to the other major arrest we are following, the suspect accused of shooting

two police officers in ferguson at that demonstration, about to make his first court appearance. 20-year-old jeffrey williams faces multiple charges of first degree assault and one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle. in a statement last night, attorney general eric holder said the arrest quote, sends a clear message that acts of violence against our law enforcement personnel will never be tolerated. robert mccullough says williams was among demonstrators thursday evening, admitted to firing the shots. prosecutors say williams may have been in a dispute with someone else when he was possibly firing at them and not targeting the officers. >> i wouldn't say he wasn't targeting police i am saying right now the evidence that we have supports filing the charge he may have been shooting at someone other than police and struck the police. that when the investigation is completed, may be able to disprove that part of it. >> sarah dallof joins us from

ferguson. do we know more about how officers were able to track down jeffrey williams? >> reporter: good morning, tamron. you know officers investigators said very little playing their cards close to the vest during the investigation. they had said they received a number of leads from the public. yesterday when they announced that arrest they said it was one or more of those tips that led to the arrest. they also say that they have recovered a handgun that matches the shell casings from the scene. what is unclear now is if williams was actually aiming at police. he said he told -- investigators say he told them a dispute led up to a shooting he was more specific with a bishop that visited him in jail to offer counsel saying that he had been robbed and was acting out of frustration. there are conflicting reports as to if he was a protester. prosecutors say he had been part of that demonstration earlier that night and demonstrations on

several other occasions, but core group of demonstrators out night after night since april 9th say they don't recognize him. officials stress this is an on-going investigation. there's more information to come out. meanwhile, two officers shot continue to recover, one shot in the shoulder the other in the cheek under his eye. both are now resting at home. back to you. >> thank you, sarah. joining me bishop derrick robinson pastor in st. louis, spoke with the suspect jeffrey williams in jail and was one of the organizers of the protests. thank you so much for joining us sir. >> thank you so much for having me. >> first of all, let me get how did you end up speaking with jeffrey williams in jail. did you know him prior to his arrest? >> well i wanted to go and speak with him just to offer counsel and wisdom. >> and what did he tell you regarding the allegations? >> well he said that he was

upset, he was reacting out of frustration and anger. he showed a lot of remorse, very sorry, apologetic. we had a long extensive talk. he shared with me that he wished he had not done it that he had an opportunity to do it again, he will make sure that did not happen. >> did he say he was targeting police that night? >> well he didn't say that but i know he wasn't targeting the protesters. >> how do you know that? >> because in this committee, we are family. protesters, people all of us are family. you know as a family that's what we do. we protect each other. i hate that if things got out of hand at this level, which we are

able to handle it in a different manner. we will definitely show support to him. we will be praying for him. we will be even giving wisdom to him moving ahead but even in my rebuttal to bob mccullough stating he was active protester, as a lead organizer in the protest movement, he had not been a protester. he was actually coming out that afternoon to see what was going on, but he had never protested before so we wanted to make sure that the narrative of our story is not given to be and be painted as a black eye to our community because that's not who we are. >> back to his motive here, back to his motive, did you ask him if he was targeting the police that night? >> well, we can't say that was his motive because we don't know. only person that knows that

story -- >> did you ask him. >> only person that knows that story is him. i don't think he had a negative motive at all. >> but when you were there with him in jail did you ask him if he was targeting the police department, police officers? >> well no, i didn't want to ask him that question i wanted to leave that to his attorney to ask him and address in a press conference. but while he was arrested -- go ahead. >> there was a report that he believed he had been robbed by someone and that he was seeking vengeance on a group of protesters because of an incident that happened did he tell you anything about that? >> he did say that he was robbed while on the scene. and i think -- i know -- i believe he was frustrated, and i really believe he was set up and i really believe that i know it may not -- >> set up by who, let me pause

you on that set up by who? >> police. i think he was set up i would go farther to say some of the police you know the story just does not add up. >> let me i can't let you -- obviously i can't let you say that he was set up by police. what evidence or proof do you have of that because right now as i understand it he has confessed. they found the caliber weapon that was used was with him, and he has according to police admitted to firing those shots. so what is the set up sir. >> well i think he was not only, he was beaten when he was brutally beaten when he was arrested. i think he was coerced, he was not even given opportunity to seek counsel before he even -- the police they beat him to confessing. so not sure but i will allow

his attorney as he is meeting with him now to give further questions and to be able to answer more questions concerning what was his response. but i think that things would have been different if he was offered a public defend errorer or attorney. >> did he or did he not say he fired the weapon at the crowd, whether it was directed at officers or protesters, did he say he fired that weapon? >> well i would allow the attorney to make that zblamt all right. he did admit it. he admitted. he said he told me he did admit it to the people that's what he did. and i really hate that he did that without seeking counsel, and i hate that the officers brutally beat him into coercing him to state those things prior to and putting him in isolation.

>> we have no proof of these allegations, and you provided me with no proof of this. we will continue to follow this story, but the reality of it is at this point authorities have arrested this individual. according to authorities, he confessed, a weapon was found. obviously it will all be worked out in court but to be responsible here say there's no evidence of -- at this point -- that he was forced into confession of any kind and that authorities or anyone else set him up but again, that's to be determined in court. we do not have any evidence and you have not provided any of that to me at this point and if you have we will continue the interview with you, but right now we don't have that. thank you so much. go ahead. >> thank you. developing now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned supporters he may not win tomorrow's election after the final poll shows his party is falling behind. live report from tel aviv next.

and developing now, jurors in the boston bombing trial got a close up look at the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev hid during the manhunt that paralyzed the city. we will have the latest from inside the court. elton john is calling for boycott of dolce and gabbana after the designers made some pretty controversial comments about adoptions, gay adoptions, and in vitro fertilization. what the designers are saying back to elton john. quite a story. join the conversation online. find the team at "newsnation," find me on facebook and twitter and instagram under my name, tamron hall. [announcer] if your dog can dream it purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ [announcer] purina pro plan's bioavailable formulas deliver optimal nutrient absorption. [whistle]

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developing now. it is a critical week in nuclear talks with iran.

secretary of state john kerry finished holding four hours of talks with his iranian counterpart. they're racing a deadline to reach a framework for a deal to prevent iran developing a nuclear weapon final deal to be in place by july 1st. meantime in an interview yesterday, secretary kerry once again criticized the letter 47 republican senators sent to iran's leaders, while the author of that letter senator tom cotton, continues to defend his actions. >> are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries around the country, do you plan to check with the north koreans to make sure that they know that any deal has to be approved by congress? >> bob, right now i and most every other senator focused on stopping iran getting a nuclear weapon. that's why it is important that we communicated this message straight to iran they're not hearing it from geneva. >> secretary kerry said he won't

apologize to iran for the gop letter. also developing now, could the effort to reach a deal with iran impact israel's elections. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making a final pitch to voters ahead of tomorrow's elections, where he is fighting for his political life. netanyahu seeks an unprecedented fourth term as prime minister. the outcome of tomorrow's vote too close to call. his rival has been surging in polls, promising to repair ties with palestinians and bring relief to the struggling middle class. joining me from tel aviv middle east correspondent gar and the vincent. thank you for your time. it was here just last week when the prime minister gave the speech before congress that that was the big headlines. it seems as if the second that speech was over the conversation over his political trouble domestically took over.

tell us what's happening particularly with that party. >> reporter: the image netanyahu likes to project is he is the strong man, guy that will protect israel come what may. we saw that manifested recently with the speech in congress that barnstorming speech about the threat from iran how he was going to do everything in his power to counter it. the problem is iran and israel security more generally has not been the main issue, far from it really in this election campaign. the headline issue on the street has been the economy. while israeli voters aren't unconcerned about the threat from iran they're a whole lot more concerned about how much food costs and how house prices are going up how they can't afford rent. netanyahu hasn't really had much to say on those issues that's why he is behind in the polls. >> it is interesting, i read an article yesterday that talked about if he is able to win this

time around by the year count, yes, he is on the verge of history, but accomplishments, that's the part of his legacy that his critics are saying at this point should be scrutinized more, including what you point out, some of the economic problems that exist in israel. >> reporter: yeah and it is lack of progress or lack of achievement on the bread and butter economy in this term over the last few years. that led to the labor party campaign, three or four seats ahead the last poll had them at. the last poll was last week. there haven't been any polls over the last four days. there can't be by law. benjamin netanyahu spent the last few days with a pretty scary message, saying to israeli voters times might be tough

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welcome back. as day seven of the boston marathon bombing trial gets under way, jurors got a firsthand look at the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. the jury was taken to an off site location to view the boat where tsarnaev hid for hours in the backyard of a home in watertown. defense attorneys requested jurors see the entire boat. much of today's testimony will focus on what occurred in the hours before he hid. the shootout between the police and tsarnaev brothers in watertown, the trial now in the third week. one major question still looming is whether dzhokhar tsarnaev will testify in his own defense. his attorneys are still deciding if he will take the stand. nbc's ron mott joins me from boston where analysts say the trial, ron, is moving faster than they anticipated. >> reporter: hey there, tamron. this morning. it is zipping along. we expect that perhaps the prosecution may rest this case in the next three to four weeks. they're going along quickly

here, the cross examinations aren't as lengthy as people anticipated. this morning court got off to a little delayed start. we were told later it is because the court took jurors and dzhokhar tsarnaev over to an undisclosed location here along the sea port in south boston to look at the boat in its entirety. there was some discussion last week about whether they wanted to cut out portions of the boat that the court or both sides deemed relevant. looks like in the end decided to do a field trip, take the jurors there. they spent a half hour looking at the boat. this morning, first witness on the stand was a police officer by the name of joe reynolds with watertown police department. he was the first officer to encounter the two brothers as they made their way after the carjacking, remember the mercedes suv carjacked in cambridge. this officer testified he was driving the opposite direction, sees both vehicles the mercedes and green honda accord. he turns around starts to

follow them. makes a call on the radio. this is 20 minutes after the call about the carjacking was sent out over the radio. he said he was told to wait until he got backup before he engaged those two brothers in that stop but before he could do that tamron he says tamerlan tsarnaev driving the mercedes got out of the car and opened fire on him. he had to put his own police suv in reverse, went 30 yards back got into a firefight. ultimately, a police officer tackled tamerlan tsarnaev then apparently dzhokhar tsarnaev got behind the wheel of the mercedes eventually ran over his brother, his brother obviously died and the following night dzhokhar tsarnaev was found in the boat that ended this. >> thanks for the latest in court. coming up is not majority leader mitch mcconnell will hold up the nomination for loretta lynch until democrats pass a controversial human trafficking bill. democrats are coming out to slam

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political editor mark murray. mark let's start with the development reported by one news agency of bha speaker boehner plans to do next. >> yeah tamron. our own nbc news congressional team hasn't been able to confirm that report. we know of two different tracks two different investigations going. one has to do with the select committee on benghazi chaired by trey gowdy. the other investigation we know is taking place with the house government and oversight committee. we are not able to confirm what would be new besides those two tracks. clearly with those two tracks republicans have a lot of avenues to be able to pursue on this and on clinton's e-mails. >> and let's transition to the other political headline the nomination of loretta lynch may be delayed again? >> has to do with mitch mcconnell, saying he doesn't want a final vote on the senate floor on her nomination until the senate finally deals with an

anti-trafficking measure that's been caught up in the politics of abortion. republicans are pretty much adamantly against loretta lynch, not due to qualifications or an issue that she has necessarily taken, mainly because she will follow through on president obama's positions as attorney general, and also that she's going to do that and this has gotten caught up in the politics of immigration. but if there even is a vote tamron, this will be a nail biter, possibly with vice president joe biden having to cast the tie breaking vote. >> mark thank you very much. appreciate you joining us for the big political headlines. we will keep following those. coming up, international intrigue. russian president vladimir putin makes his first appearance in ten days this after speculation over his mysterious disappearance. a lot of viral conversation on that. a live report from london next. plus this. >> people have been decimated.

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in the dark. come sunrise, we expect to see more of the shattered country. the direct hit from cyclone pam is catastrophic. entire communities blown away ripped apart. hospitals, schools, countless homes are now gone. so much widespread damage the death toll is still unclear. when the category five cyclone slammed ashore this weekend, it sounded like a freight train. >> i am holding on for dear life. >> reporter: behind the camera alice clemens, a worker with unicef held out through the storm called hell on earth. >> people have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster we will need your help. >> reporter: with the monster storm packing 185 miles per hour winds, the trail of destruction stretches nearly the length of the small island nation. 90% of housing in the capital where infrastructure is strongest is seriously damaged.

unicef says 54,000 children are effected by the storm. >> they were really scared they cried and i cried also but i just have to be strong for them. >> reporter: with wind knocking out power and nearly all communications, the 26 foot sea surge flooded many communities in this low lying nation. one official described the now homeless as helpless and in a panic. >> the hospital sustained significant damage, lost its roof. up to 50% of supplies and drugs have been lost. >> reporter: in one of the world's poorest countries, destruction as far as the eye can see, while heart break is everywhere. when we arrived at the airport, we found the military unloading supplies and first aid, their most difficult task is reaching outlying islands where the brunt of damage is believed to have been done, where they fear the death toll will spike. tamron? >> thank you. severe flooding after the ohio river reached its highest level in two decades, tops our

look at stories around the "newsnation." melted snow and rainfall caused flooding in the cincinnati area the ohio river is five feet above flood stage. and dramatic surveillance video of a motorcyclist trying to escape police in a mall of all places happened in canada. reports came in of a motorcycle driving recklessly on the road. the driver refused to stop for police, drove through the mall nearly hitting innocent bystanders as he road the bike down the escalator. he was not caught. the tomb of iraq's late dictator saddam hussein was virtually leveled between clashes between isis militants and iraqi forces. all that remains of the lavish tomb in tikrit are support columns that once held up the roof. isis controlled the city since june but iraqi security forces vow to reach the center of the

city within 48 hours. turning to the mystery surrounding vladimir putin's recent whereabouts. after not being seen in public ten days, the russian president reappeared ending speculation that he may have been ill or toppled by a coup. the question remains where was he. keir simmons joins us from london. to be honest i was surprised at all of the speculation, especially on social media surrounding this. >> that's right, it caught online for sure but now the mystery in moscow we are seeing video of the president putin meeting the president of kurdistan. had to apologize for suggesting that meeting had already happened. happened. i guess little wonder there's been so much intrigue.

where is putin trending on twitter, rumors that his girlfriend former gymnast had been having a baby. another suggestion a coup was under the way, following the putin critic shot dead walking with his ukrainian girlfriend in the center of moscow. >> the kremlin is opaque centralized, know little about what's going on. >> reporter: the likely explanation, the leader has the flu, fighting a different kind of cold war. one russian newspaper cartoon picturing him in bed. u.s. officials tell nbc news putin is believed to be under the weather. his image as strong man even in past comedy sketches protected at all cost. >> vlad it is barack. been trying to call you all day, where you been. >> playing iphone game candy crush. so addictive, i take the candy and i crush it. >> reporter: it is more than ten days since putin's previous confirmed appearance seen with

italy's prime minister. today more than most days in washington and around the world, all eyes are on russia. president putin laughed off suggestions he was missing, saying life would be boring without gossip. kremlin official told me they can't understand all of the speculation saying president putin has continued to make decisions, everything the russian president does is scrutinized an official told me. perhaps that's just a reality when your president is a superstar. >> there you have it kier thank you very much. up next our "newsnation" gut check. a growing number of celebrities joining elton john's boycott of designers dolce and gabbana after the designer's controversial comments about ivf and gay adoption. plus, why rapper nelly was in iraq. one of the stories we thought you should know.

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developing now, an update to our top story, robert durst is waiving extradition and will face murder charged in the 2000 death of writer and friend susan berman. that developing detail just in to msnbc. there's a lot going on this morning and here are some things we thought you should know. next hour hillary clinton will be inducted into the irish-american hall of fame in new york city. being honored for her work on behalf of the irish peace process and nelly was in the war torn kurdish region of iraq and performed at a charity event to help raise money for the kurdish army fighting islamic militants.

in 2009 the mart reen was credited with saving 36 marines, army soldiers and afghans during a fire fight with the taliban in afghanistan. congratulations to them. those are things we thought you should know. time for the "news nation" gut check, fashion designs dolce and gabbana are lashing out, in an interview with an italian fashion magazine doce called ifv babies synthetic children from a rented uteraus saying the only family is the traditional one. elton john who has two children via surrogate. how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic, your archaic thinking is out of step with times like the fashion. they said it was never their

intention to judge other choices but on another site he called elton john a fascist and boycott elton john. what i thought was so moving a lot of parents took to instagram to show pictures of their children that have been adopted in same-sex marriages as well as kids brought to this world via ivf have sided with elton john but this is interesting. >> yes, it is i've interviewed them before but never really got they were there you will ultraconservative and the fact they would jeopardize their business. this is many in ways career suicide, to make such a blatant statement against people that are gay, husband and wife so many people had to use these procedures to actually have their children. for them to offend so many people like that across the board, i'm per plexed on why

they would do that now in their career. >> elton john was swiping left and right, calling their designs outdated he's not one to shy from baltle particularly related to same-sex marriages and lgbt issues and his children. >> no, he stands up for what he believes in. he's beloved. he's been around forever. they love him and love his music. they look to him when it comes as a subject to sort of speak out against it and he has. he made it clear, you've insulted my children and children of other people who have done the same thing. i think this is a really bad pr move for them and i hope their pr people are very happy. i'm surprised they didn't back away more from it. they stood their ground saying they didn't mean to offend anyone but this was their belief. i thought they would have backed it more. >> saying we firmly believe in our democracy and fundamental

principle of freedom of expression that upholds it. we talked about our way of seeing reality but never our intention to judge other people's choices. we do believe in freedom of love. do you think this will have an impact on their bottom line? >> i think it has to. when you look at people like al roker and ricky martin with significant following that people like saying yes, you should boycott, i think people are going to listen and say, okay, what are we doing now? it's not just clothes, they have makeup that the regular person could afford. >> the children's line. >> so many areas they could be hurt with these statements that i'm really confused on why at this point in their career they would make such a sort of damaging statement. >> we'll see what happens. for people who do not know they were together as a couple for 23 years and spoken out against aim sex marriage in the past but taken it to a whole new level. always great to have you on. what does your gut tell you? would you support the boycott of

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right now, a court hearing has just ended for millionaire drifter robert durst accused of murder after his startling confession caught on tape. >> killed them all. >> kill them all, of course. putin reappears after his ten-day absence, shows up at the photo-op, will this silence the speculation about illness and girlfriends and babies and more? hillary clinton gets inducted into the irish-america

hall of fame probably a critic free zone unlike her potential opponents out there. >> the thing is it's all about judgment she has the judgment to lead the nation and also about trust also. good day, aim andrea mitchell in washington. john kerry is back at the negotiating table with the iranians in switzerland meeting with