redia lynch start he new job. but first rob durst appeared before a judge one day after a stunning new development. it is monday march 16th. this is "now." "killed them all" that's what he said in the bombshell season finale of hbo's "the jinx." durst, who has been linked to two murders and one disappearance over the past few decades was arrested on murder charges for one of those cases, the death of his longtime friend susan berman 15 years ago. his lawyers today made a brief statement. >> bob durst didn't kill season berman he's ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a fry. >> following the mistieries disappearance of his wife he's been estranged from his family

traveled across the country, at one time posing as a mute woman and has been arrested for a number of crimes. he was later acquitted of murder in that texas trial. in the final episodes of "the jinx" was revealed. in one of the most disturbing few minutes of television history, this was what mr. durst is caught saying on tape as he went to the bathroom after being confronted with that new evidence.

joining me now from new orleans is hannah raply. what was he like in court? >> most of the time he just sort of had a blank expression on his face. he was held apart in a separate holding room that was protected by glass. he would stare off into face and blink, occasionally look around at the small courtroom, which was packed with media. but at one point as he was waiting to face the judge, he suddenly broke out into a grin a very quick grin full teeth. he looked very frail. at one point he defense attorney said that he had recently undergone neurosurgery and was denied his pain medication in jail. he seemed frail, shackled in a

plat and orange jumpsuit. >> is he going to be extradited to los angeles? we know there was some back-and-forth, maybe new orleans wanted to charge him with something at some point. what is the latest on that? >> reporter: right. we are -- law enforcement sources have told nbc news that it's very unlikely durst will leave new orleans today. it's likely he will be charged with something in new orleans, but we don't know what the charges will be. >> hannah thanks for the update. joining me is host of msnbc's "all in" chris hayes. >> the media circus and also the incredibly chilling details, right, chris? i was watching this. my jaw was on the floor after that recording plays and it was the end of the series. >> honestly one of the most remarkable moments of television i have ever seen.

i would say the most remarkable moment of nonfix shin straight telling outside of live -- it's just the bizarre moment in which -- you know we all have this prurient interested in spying on people this was like a camera inside someone's head. it was like suddenly this person had become the object of fascination, a character so bizarre and dark and beguiling in his own strange way and off-putting, it was like you suddenly had a camera inside his head, a monolog. >> so there's a lot of focus on this report 567bd whether it's admisk in course. i have read opinions on both sides. >> generally a rule that anything a defendant says can be

admitted against them. the caveat is did he have an expectation of privacy because it was in the bathroom? my argument is no he knew he was miked. so unless they go with some type of mental health defense, insanity, something like that where they say, okay he was miked, he forgot he had some problems, so they throw this statement out. separate and apart from the mental health defense, maybe they're laying the groundwork? mere mentioning he recently had neurosurgery, a very erratic history, seven dogs all name igor. >> let's say this, two major pieces of evidence here. you have the handwriting sample -- >> we'll play that. >> but put that aside for a second, and then what happens to be this confession. first of all there's an epic

battle over admiskt. these are very good lawyers, as we learned in texas. still no forensic evidence linking robert durst to susan berman. >> well not yet. >> right, they may have collected dna and other types of crime scene evidence that will now be retested. >> on that note the last trial was in early 200. has the technology around dna evidence and -- how much of that has advanced in the last 14 years? >> i think quite a bit, because before back in 200 or 2003 maybe we could only say a certain amount could be connected to one person or exclude one of person but now we can say it's a mixture or not enough to test a certain item or amount of bodily fluid. >> i want to talk about the other piece of evidence. the handwriting samples, this is

a moment in the documentary when robert durst is confronted with two pieces of writing that look to be identical, and could be both his. >> say -- so beverly spelled the same way? >> same misspelling. >> what does that say to you? >> the writing looked similar and the spelling is the same about you i can see the conclusion that the cops went for. the writing exemplar would prove they were both written by the same person. >> he talks about the fact whatever that bathroom confessional, he purposes in the middle of this the purposing, almost self-punishing, right? >> it's almost like -- i was thinking i have watched that scene a dozen times.

if you were scripting a series and you had the person making this motion like if you had the actor sitting at the table doing the scene and the way he played it was to go like that, as they were saying the thing, you could say tone it down bring it down. >> in court, he's smiling and he goes back. that's all formulaic. >> does that piece of tape get played in court? >> there's a huge question now that we're going to see play out. we had the film makers booked for our show tonight. we had booked that three, four days ago, i was excited about it. they canceled. they canceled "the tonight show" they canceled every bit of press after some media this morning, and they're saying because they may be called to testify. everything around this series will be legally contested by

some of the best-paid, most aggressive lawyers in the world, right? everybody around the means by which they acquired the evidence, the chain of custody, all of that will be -- >> just to be clear, my producers for the docket the online show they got a press release from hbo that they wanted to do press and they were reaching out to everything to come on the show. same thing happened they just stopped sporchd ingresponding. >> they knew in the documentary that -- is going to come out in legal procedures is what -- when did they know what they knew? when did they talk to authorities? and what was the timeline of the investigation being reopened and the production of this and the choices. >> i think both investigations in los angeles and westchester have been reopened since this all started coming about.

>> the lapds "the jinx" had nothing to do with the timing of the arrest this weekend. >> everybody thought he was a flight risk when episode 5 came out, after he was looking very guilty in the eyes of the public. >> and using an alias and driving in a toyota to new orleans. >> which is par for the course for robert durst. i want to talk a bit about the family. douglas durst released a statement this weekend saying -- we are relieved and also grateful to everyone who has assisted in the arrest of robert durst. we hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done. it was also revealed that doug durst had sought a protective order. we were concerned he was floating around we knew bob had been upset about episode 5.

wish nervous, had security so we were relieved he was arrested when he was. the fact that the brother and the filmmaker he came to both had security because they were worried that bob durst would hurt them? that is in the court of public opinion, is pretty damning stuff. >> as we learned in galveston, texas, it's not the court of public opinion that happens in the courtroom. >> that could help him. his actions and how he mutilated that neighbor especially with the timeline it could help him if he's going with insanity. >> if you're the durst family what's the strategy? >> he hates his brother, he fears his brother. he has said that in "new york times," he fear that is durst would try to kill him. he had a protective order and they are a huge brand in real estate. >> they're worth more than $4

billion. >> but is it problematic if they reopen the kathy durst case? at one point we find out that douglas durst may have been in the room when private investigator outlined the sdrepances in robert durst's accounting of what happened to his wife. >> he could be called in to testify, but why would that be problematic? >> because douglas durst is brought back into -- >> maybe no him, but not for the authorities. >> no, but for the durst family. >> exactly. >> does that affect their business holdings? >> which is why they came out in front of it. >> i think people know at this point -- it's hard for me to think there's that much brand impact. this is not a sort of retail facing brand, right? it's not like coke on the shelves or toyota it's someone is negotiating a huge commercial lease with some distance entity. at the same time obviously they're worried about the family name, which is now on the front page of every paper and the lead

in every show about the guy that is suspected of killing three people. >> and not in pretty fashion, apparently, maybe, we don't know. we'll see. >> who knows. >> stay tuned for "jinx" season 2. >> that would be great. of course calf chris on "all in" seem and you can see seemo on the shift and "the docket." what does the confirmation of loretta lynch have to do with a republican afternoon-abortion measure? plus residents gain access to free public wifi for the first time ever. and the all-female remake of "ghostbusters" just got a new rival. i'll tell you who it is. [announcer] if your dog can dream it purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal♪ music stops

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this will have the impact on the timing of considering a new attorney general. i had hoped to term -- but if we can't finish the trafficking bill, she'll be put off again. they need to come to grips with this. >> that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday urging democrats to come to grips with the latest efforts to slow off loretta lynch's confirmation as attorney general. mcconnell sell they must consider first the human trafficking bill. justice for the victims of trafficking act easyily fin wsh measures on perpetrator of trafficking crimes to create a fund, which would, you guessed it fund support programs for

trafficking victims, but democrats learned last week it holds the funds to the hyde amendment, which restricts funds for -- -- white house spokesman josh earnest expressed his astonishment that republicans managed to make it an issue of part of their partisan playbook. >> you've got to hand it to republicans. they have taken even a measure as common sense as that and turned it into a partisan controversy. that is not a reflection of the flaw in the bill. it's a reflection of northwest leadership. >> as for the holdup of lynch's nomination, the white house called it unconscionable a sentiment echoed by harry reid just moments ago. >> any attempts to hold it hostage because of this provision is a sham. republicans really on loretta lynch are out of excuses. joining mess is political editor and white house correspondent at the huffington

post sam stein and anna marie cox. i fee like -- they are now looking at the party -- they are now becoming the party that is holding up the nomination of the first black female attorney general at the same time they're giving members of their own party wavering republicans more time to maybe pull their support. >> it's a weird one to dissect. you can't look at it from both ways. right now you can't argue that republicans may be in a bit less tenable position because of the what you just mentioned. the optics of holding up the first black attorney general nominee aren't exactly great for a party that has problems with all those demographics to begin with. you're sensing it if you're on twitter right now, hillary clinton is in the midst of a tweet storm on this very topic, which gives us a sense that

democrats dao sense a vulnerable there. the language that's so controversial was in the bill. they didn't pick it up when it was passed. it should have been picked up in real time. republicans could be far less sneaky about it but it's not that democrats have handled it as completely purely as well. >> i want to talk about that. anna marie, what the republicans are trying to do is attach a stricter longer-lasting version of the hyde amendment to this victims fund. it doesn't allow for any taxpayers money to go towards abortion or other similar reproductive service. this is about fees and fines collected from people who engage in sex trafficking, and maybe using some of that money to fund reproductive health for victims. it seems more craven in theory

and in practice it's only subject to renewal every five years and would be longer lasting with much less debate than the normal hyde amendment. >> not only is this not about, it isn't taxpayer funds. presumably some conscientious it is those fees you were talking about, and the people who have stud yesterday the hyde amendment, that doesn't get used very often. the federal government is not going to be performing lots and lots of abortions if this happens. it's a pretty rare case. these are the people we might want to consider having fuzz action over the control of the reproductive systems. how -- at what point do they get control over their bodies again? apparently not ever according to this. >> you can imagine women who have been forced into

prostitution and sex slavery might want to have something to say whether they carry a termto term a pregnancy that was visited upon them, if you will, during sex slavery slavery. >> and i do think it's true, as sam pointed out, the democrats should have caught this in the language of the bill but i don't know about you guys but i don't want my federal government to be playing a game of red light/green light. like, you didn't catch it so you have to live it. it speaks to the juvenile nature of congress right now that that's how they're playing this. >> let's talk about that a bit. democrats are saying they basically asked republicans for a list of changes, and this wasn't on that? is that basically what happened? >> yeah there's something like seven changes. i think seven changes roughly. this is a pretty substantial one, and it wasn't among the seven, so they felt duped

obviously by not getting briefed on the changes to the law. still it's incumbent upon them to read the bill. we expect our lawmakers to read the bills they vote upon but at the same time the fact that they were you know negligence gen in reading the bill up until now doesn't necessarily mean they exactly have to pass the bill once they find out what's in it they can have the problems with the text that they find out and still vote against it. i don't see that that's a problem at all. >> it also gives context, ana marie, to about how this language around exchanges got this badgering which took the whole law down. this happens because members of congress do not read carefully the bills they are signing especially if it's 900-page looks bike the affordable care act. >> i tend not to agree with the false aisle comparisons with the -- like the whole you have

to balance your budget the federal government needs to balance theirs, but there is something strange about whole mounds of legislation getting through that haven't been read there is something unsettling to say the least about 900-page bills that have not been read comprehensively by a single person. maybe the democrats at least will start having a designated reader of some kind? i don't know. they should. a speed-reader. >> questionable stuff reader for the democrat ecparty. >> that's right. >> the republicans are supposed to unveil their first budget in a decade tomorrow. chuck grassley i think nails is when he sell -- from the standpoint of a budget the less words of the english language you use, the better off you are. well, apparently because nobody is reading the entirety of the text. doesn't that speak to a real

deep cynicism about how transparent and open the legislative process should be and other budgeting process? >> to clarify, seven republicans will be introducing it. >> sorry. senate republicans. >> there's a weird fixation that the republican party as a whole has had with the length of legislate, for a while, a year or so ago, there was this idea i think on the presidential campaign that you shouldn't are bills over three pages long as if you could somehow deal with the health care system -- >> 140 characters or less please. >> maybe the font size just has to be small and the margins very wide. obviously complex issues require complex legislation. there are a multitude of interests that go into any piece of legislation. so you shouldn't be scared congress of a few extra pages. you know takes a little more time getting that reader that ana marie is talking about. >> sam stein did not use the

clif's notes as i did, nor did he increase the font or -- >> i did do that? >> thank you both for your time. coming up free wifi arrives in a nation where an hour of internet would typically cost a week's wages. that is next.

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the new ghost bustest features an all-female cast but it will have competition. first hillary clinton's e-mails dominated the sunday talk shows, and john boehner plans to announce a new investigation just as trey gowdy is trying to dial down the partisan red rick. >> i would never accuse anyone of lies unless i had overwhelming proof to that effect. i just know they we don't get to grade our own papers in life. she had a unique relationship with herself as it relation to public records. i would like to be through as quickly as possible. i have no idea zero interest in you and i having this conversation in 2016 but i don't get to fully decide how quickly it's done. >> for democrats worried about hillary's problems ezra klein was a solution -- al gore.

and the cash all all, he has unparalleled expertise when it comes to one of the biggest democratic issues in 2016 the sure of climate change. joining me now is msnbc national correspondent joy reid associate professor at columbia dorian warren and columnist megan mccartel. thank you for joining me. beginning, joy, with al gore. what was your reaction to the suggestion? >> it's interesting. 4 i think that is a one of the thing to bring to the campaign but it doesn't solve the other big problem, which is just change without the claim part. you're bringing back another -- so you're just saying we'll replace this person who is a politician who is maybe reminiscent of the past with another one. >> though there was no other gore in 1600 pennsylvania avenue, unlike a bush or a

clinton. >> that's true and he did win the popular vote. he technically has won the presidency already, so he could be president again. how the democrats have a wholesale ownership including income and equality but maybe it sort of neutralizes it do you think that climbed change is something that a candidate could run on. >> no i think you have two problems first, he wasn't a good candidate. he came out of the clinton administration aft the biggest economic boom since world war ii and he could barely get 50% of the popular vote. so i'm really skeptical, in a more difficult time i think for democrats, that he would even be able to get the presidency

especially if he ran on climate change. i think climate change is a big problem, i would love to see us talk seriously about having a carbon tax, so forth, but realistically when you talk about raising the price of fossil fuels, which is ultimately how we'll have to address climb changes, the people outside of urban areas -- i drive about 1,000 miles a year but for ordinary people for whom gas prices -- >> an indicator of -- >> yes. part of their daily budget campaigning on hey, vote for me i'm going to make it more expensive for you to drive your car? >> i think it will be more like hey, i'm going to do something about an existential possibly species issue. >> i'm with you. >> i think people kind of know they're the same thing, which is why it's hard to get traction. >> i think it's a good idea to toss his name out there. he does own the climate change

issue. i think the democratic platform will be set for whoever the nominee is around income equality, and trying to figure out and adjust a sustainable economy. i would add to that ticket and i've said this here before on this show only michelle obama as his running mate. >> it will never happen. >> a gore/obama ticket? >> what about john kerry? >> that was done. eyen a worse candidate than al goir. income equality is such an important issue, and climate change not sexy for most voters. >> it's a problem, though. >> people don't -- here's my other thing. al gore was an original dlcer one of the cofounders of the democratic leadership council. he is not the more liberate candidate that the base has been yearning for. >> ogdlc.

>> i think the dlc is increasingly irrelevant. >> but he's not a core liberal democrat. >> yes speaking of the core ice cube was not a lone in feeling that today was a good day. in fact new research finds that americans are much mo likely to have an optimistic response. one american less incline to look on the bright side? apparently senator ted cruz who terrified a child over the weekend by saying everything was not all right and that the world is, quote, on fire. >> the whole world is on fire. >> our world is on fire? >> the world is on fire. yes, your world is on fire? but you know what? your mommy is here and everyone is here to make sure that the world you grow up in is even better. >> megan, i can't wait until this man hits the campaign trail and starts kissing babies.

i feel like there will be lawsuits. >> in fairness the mother of the child did say that she was not -- >>ed child. >> i was frightened. >> the world is on fire? >> put it out now, stop making speeches. >> it gets to something and maybe degree the climate change things brings up. americans are optimistic. we're much more optimistic than any other wealthy -- any other wealthy industrialized country, and we want to believe that better days are ahead, and having a sort of fire and brimstone end of times is coming doesn't get you barack obama is all about hope and change and believes in our better selves. >> yeah. >> that's a message i don't see ted chris delivers. >> remember the presidency of ross perot? yes, the giant sucking sound was the opposite of what you needed to tail. the doom and gloom didn't work. even churches which is one of the reasons we're more

religious, even churches are going away from fire and brimattorney towards serving starbucks in the atrium, because that's what people want. positive prosperity. we want everything to be about positivity in the future. >> i do want to talk about that. dorian facebook is setting new community standards, clarifying what it bans and why. among some of the things that are okayed photos of paintings and sculptures with nude figures are okay. not okay -- people explaining again tal, fully exposed buttocks revenge porn and female nipples, though women engaged in breastfeeding or showing breasts with post-mama.

>> we need on to ask some hard questions about the surveillance society we are in whether it's a private company to whom we sign a contract and give away all our rights whether it's apple, facebook whoj ever it is. none of us read the long documents. >> we're like congress. >> but then we also give it and i guess i have this argument a lot of times with my friends who are fellow members of the left i guess you could say, they're saying the government is taking all this privacy -- we are willing to give everything from our details about our lives to pictures about our food to organizationses. >> first nude photos now -- >> we're putting our buttocks on facebook, who do you think put it there? >> i have to get this in megan, fans of the all-female "ghost busters" had all of two months before sony announced it would be released an all-male

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two weeks into the battle to retake the iraqi city of tikrit from isis iraqi forces today say they are putting their offensive on pause to allow civilians to leave the city and call for air support from the u.s.-led coalition. this pause comes one day after heavy fighting in tikrit resulted in extensive damage to the tomb of saddam hussein. the fight for tikrit takes place as nuclear talks between the united states and iran have resumed. secretary of state john kerry arrived in switzerland today for talks with his iranian counterpart ahead of the march 31st deadline. these talks come just one week

at 47 republican senators sent an open her to iran warning that any deal without congressional consent wouldn't last. the senator who the charge said over the weekend that he has no regret and at 6:00 p.m. eastern tonight senator cotton is expected to give his first-ever speech on the senate floor. joining me now is senior fellow on u.s. national security policy in the middle east and southeast asia brian kitoulis. is tom cotton versus a measurable effect? >> it's hard to tell the negotiators i'm told from iran raised the letter and obviously some have responded to it. we hope it didn't have an effect. as they negotiations are the best and most effective chance to lock down this program that iran has had no years. these are the calm nations of something started under josh w.

bush. so i hope it doesn't 679 i think the most immediate impact is that it makes the republican party seem less stadiae ia stealsy steady and less serious, and it looks unprofessional, but hopefully won't upset these delicate talks. >> how much do you think they are a main force in a battle to defeat isis in iraq? how much is that forming what we do and say with the iranians in switzerland. >> i think the negotiations are so difficult and technical, it's not only secretary kerry, the energy secretary and teams of experts, it's really difficult to get to an agreement there. i think the administration has been wide in not trying to oversell the merits of an agreement there. the other shies going on in the

region i think is tough here to have a huge shift. iran is a bad ocor it supports a lot of the negative terrorist groups like hezbollah, and the groups we are against with the assad regime in syria. even if we can get to an agreement with the nuclear talks, which i think are largely focused almost exclusively on those issues it's going to be hard to get to a consensus, as you saw general dempsey was critical of the iranian role in some of these operations inside of iraq just a few weeks ago. >> i want to get your thoughts on what secretary kerry said this weekend that we would negotiate with assad. this is someone who the administration has said has to be deposed. what do you make of the idea that we need to be talking with assad and his regime to end this war. >> as i understand it the state

department qualified what secretary kerry said because there's been some blow back from it. he supposedly was saying we wouldn't talk to assad himself, but people around him in the center of power. actually i think that's been the case for years. >> isn't that just diplo-speak? in the same way we're not coordinating with the iranians in iraq but effective will i we're talking to them? >> i think that's right, but in the case of syria with assad, if we really want to see him go we have to have a more robust discussion with those people around him and those supporting him. i think what secretary kerry was saying was that what the administration has said for year now, which is there needs to be a absolute. the problem with the parol is we don't have the strategy or sets of policies to support that. if you look at just a couple weeks ago, president obama, when

he was meeting with the qatari amir, he talked again about how -- i think what kerry probably was trying to say is you need to work with the power structures inside of syria. >> no doubt and probably hoping there were more legitimate actors in and around assad, if not him himself. brian katulis, always good to see you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. we'll have more after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like

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