terrifies little girl and by the end of it i had the kwinger nails. it was terrible. the funny thing is it's not true. the little girl i just talked to her mom. she went on the radio this morning because she was upset at the stories and she said my daughter was incredibly happy and turned to me and i said look, ted is going to put out the fire and she said he's a fireman. let me point out there is only one member of the u.s. senate who's known for green eggs and ham. >> that's true. your demo is very young. >> good morning it is tuesday march 17th. happy st. patrick's day, and the world is not on fire little girls. we start this morning overseas because it is decision day in israel and at this hour more than 10,000 polling places are open across that country. nearly 6 million israelis can

vote in the elections and this is expected to be the biggest turnout since 1999. you're looking right now at a picture of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he cast his ballot a few hours ago and he's looking for a fourth term in office but netanyahu is fighting for his political life and this morning the polls are showing he and his party are still behind. who could replace him? the plan is a sky onnist union who's party seems to be on the way to picking up the most seat but voters are dealing with last minute bids. netanyahu came out yesterday and made a strong statement and he promised if he were elected, there would not be a palestinian state as long as he was prime minister. that goes against his speech in 2 009 and the promises he made to the united states for quite some time but that move by netanyahu, the man who came here

to give the glorified state of the union address not so many weeks ago, that move is seen by a desperate attempt to win support from voters on the far right. meanwhile the zionist leader says they would have served two years but herzog said voters opposed that so they ditched it. he insisted that he would never form a unity government. it's important to note we're not going to know right away who the next prime minister is in israel even though it's going to have a big impact on the united states and foreign policy. the winner is sometimes not even the party with the most votes. sometimes it's the party able to unite the other party's into a grand coalition. netanyahu's party came in second place in 20 09 but he still became prime minister. meanwhile the white house says

the republican letter you know the one washington has been talking about from the second it was signed and sent to iran. the white house is saying that letter about a possible nuclear deal is actually putting the secretary of state in a bad position during these latest round of talks which are taking place right now. the top administration official says iran has confronted the united states about the letter for two days in a row and the official says quote, those kind of distractions aren't helpful when we're talking about something so serious. "the new york times" is reporting that iran has advanced weapons to fight against isis. the u.s. is concerned that that could only increase tensions in the area. and that news comes as an iraqi official admits that their offensive to claim a ra crete that has talled after two weeks. iraq is reporting a large number of casualties.

there are signs that hillary clinton's e-mail controversy may be impacting the bid for president. a new cnn research poll shows americans are now split over how serious the use of her private e-mail server is but a majority don't believe she's done enough to explain why she used it and more damaging the favorable has fallen since november. he's down from six points a year ago when it comes to whether americans consider her honest and trustworthy. but clinton does get better marks on other marks. 57% they would be proud to have her as president. men while she took to twitter to address bogging down a human trafficking bill by including a provision on abortion.

meanwhile, in the race for the republican nomination a new poll shows name recognition is a big blessing. jeb bush and mike huckabee the most familiar names with the republicans and they have the highest favorable rating but check out chris christie. the name recognition is 71% but his net favorable doesn't crack double digits. to ferguson now. a a man accused of shooting to police officers. jeffrey williams says police say has admitted to firing the police officers didn't make a statement. he didn't even enter a plea. he faces felony assault charges that could amount to life in prison. and meanwhile his attorney said he didn't think his client was involved in the shooting and suggested the police may have used excessive force during the

time of williams' arrest. >> he's bruised up on both shoulders. he's bruised up across his back. he has a not in the back of his head, and he has some bruising on his face which came from the police when he was taken into custody. i think i can be clear on the fact that this was not an ambush shooting. there was not any goal to target the police and that he is not part of the protest community. i think those two things are very clear. that he does not readily protest. he's not involved in any other organizations that protest and nor was anything related to this an attempt to actually shoot these police officers. >> a police spokesman called the allegations of excessive force completely false noting that he was examined by a nurse when he was booked. well robert durst could face the death penalty connected

with a friend. he waived extradition following his ais in louisiana over the weekend. durst also booked in new orleans on gun possession charges. the arrest came just hours after the finale of an hbo documentary about him and his connections to his two deaths and his wife's disappearance before that. his attorney says they are ready to go to court. >> robert durst didn't kill susan berman. he's ready to end the speculation and have a trial but we're frustrated because the local authorities are considering filing charges on him here and holding him here. we're ready to go to california and have a trial. >> well he's probably going to get that trial. he's had a few and has always somehow figured out how to beat the wrap but legal experts say the final scene of the jinx where he says quote, he killed

them all, would likely be allowed in as evidence and obviously tough evidence that wuntd present in the other trials that he beat the wrap on. the director of the series says it look months to realize that that open mic moment was recorded. >> it wasn't until months later that we had an editor listening to material that we had just left behind thinking well now we've got to listen to everything we have and go back and finish the series and we discovered we had this shocking piece of audio. the truth is we hoped he would be arrested as soon as possible and we were sort of amazed ourselves that he hadn't been arrested for so long but the authorities were never communicating with us other than in their normal way. they were going through their investigation. >> did you give that to the authorities before yesterday, the audio. >> they've had the audio for many months.

>> and the lapd says that it was not connected in any way to the series. >> jurors in the boston marathon bombing trial visited the bullet riddled boat where the bombing suspect was hiding. where he was hiding and it was his last stand and they heard key testimony from police officers who talked about the fierce standoff with the brothers. nbc news pete williams that has latest. >> reporter: water town police say they feared for their lives three days after the bombing. >> a state police aufrts the scene suggested there were two people they had. >> when they daugt up with the suspects, police say the brothers jumped out of their car and began shooting and throwing bombs. joe har jumped in his car

enescaped running over his brother. they used the car assoever and one officer. face to face with tamer run. >> it was about fix or eight feet away from me firing his pistol at me. i was firing at him. i had run out of ammunition. >> they say he was stopped in the street. >> i chased after him and tackled him. >> reporter: the officer said i was afraid i was going to be killed. police say dzhokhar tsarnaev got back in the car and he turned around in the car and drove toward them and his brother who was lying in the street. the day for the jury began with a trip about a mile from the courthouse to see the boat riddled with bullet holes where dzhokhar tsarnaev hid after he escaped the shootout. >> it's unusual to have a field trip outside of the courtroom during a criminal trial especially with criminal

concerns. that said it's not unprecedented. >> >> now let's turn to business. the dow closing up 228 points. monday's bounce comes on the eve of the fed's two-day meeting as they're bracing for the first interest rate hikes in years and more big news from apple. planning a major expansion of the online television services. let's bring in carolin roth who joins us from london. what can consumers expect in apple right now? >> reporter: good morning to you. according to these reports apple is talking to major broadcasters in u.s. to launch online tv service. a further shakeup of your tv viewing expierce in your living room. according to the reports that tv service that would include up to 25 channels including all the major broadcasters and you could view it on all of your apple

devices. let's talk about apple pay. now "the new york times," and my colleague, he argues it's not just the fall of apple pay. it's also the banks that are to blame because once fraud is detected they're not dealing with it sufficiently by also they don't know enough about their customers. >> let's talk about pin tres also in the news today. that's always been a fascinating website to me because it allows people to focus so much on specific areas that i thought would be good for advertisers and target. apparently they are seeing a pretty big return on its investments. where does it sit now as far as valuation goes? >> reporter: valuation, it sits at just about $11 billion. that is a massive number and it just completed its latest round of financing raised another $367

million. what is it going to use it for? international expansion. >> $11 billion. that is something. all right. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. still ahead, he was one of the top nfl rookies last season but now san francisco 49er chris borlin is going to retire. why he's decided to retire at the ripe old age of 24. sounds like a good deal to me. plus the part of the justin bieber roast that comedy central doesn't want you to see. what happened that reportedly made the entire audience turn silent and what the network is going to do about it. that and your weather when "way too early" comes back.

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it's time for sports and we begin with the nfl. san francisco line backer chris borland has made memories with the 49ers that could last a lunchtime. he's retired from football at the ripe age of 24 citing concerns of long term effects of head trauma. he's not currently suffering from any problems. he's just being proactive. he said i thought to myself, what am i doing? making a lot of money. is this how i'm going to make my adult life banging my head especially what i've learned about the dangers. and from selection sunday to the nba championship game. it could cost employers $1.9 billion in lost productives

productivivityies productivivities. >> one math me tigs says the odds are against the brackets saying the perfect bracket chances are at 1 in 9.2 quinn trillion. that's a lot. i'm a math me tigsa tis. it's like taking a penny and flipping it 63 times and having it come up heads each time. >> and coming up we'll be talking to tick vital and we're going to get all his picks on march madness. >> i think mika beat us all last year. >> she did. i don't want to talk about it. now for a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. it's kind of cooling down. a false spring. >> i think you're going to see snow flakes on friday too. >> i do like this though. earliest 80s and 90s.

>> but that was only for nebraska and kansas. it's amazing how hot the rest of the country is. it's to the point where it's almost ri tick use. l.a. and areas like that continue to bake in the heat while in the east it continues to be unseasonably cool especially in areas of new england where we saw some of the coolest temperatures in a long time this past winter and it's just continued here as we've gone throughout this last couple of months. yesterday was 93 in nebraska. it was 93 in mccook. it's insane. we're continuing to be very cool throughout the next couple days. the northeast if anyone is wondering, the parade is today. new york maybe a new showers and as far as the savannah forecast where there's a big party today, they should be just fine. there's not many problems. the rest of the country is so hot, and new england continues to be cold and i think it's going to get -- people to r going to see snow flakes on

friday again y first day of spring. >> stop it. >> i wish i had something else to say. >> kentucky versus the field. who are you taking? >> >> field? >> kentucky. go big blue. still ahead we've got mitt romney who's ready to rumble. more on that and the match that even two presidential campaigns haven't rehearsed for.

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it's time to get a check on this morning's other headlines. what are we looking at? >> it appears the justin bieber roast was all fun and games until jokes started flying about paul walker. the actor was killed in a car accident last year. according to the new york post the voeks immediately silenced the audience. they also said his co-star was in the audience and was deeply upset. they plan to cut the walker references from the telecast that airs later this month. now to news you never thought you would here. romney stepping into the ring if w evander holy field for charity that pays for thousands of eye surgeries for people around the world. he said it will either be a very

short fight or i will be knocked unconscious. now after ten years of military service, prince harry announced monday he will leave the british armed forces in june. the prince will do volunteer work this summer and continue his work with disabled veterans in the summer. least still considering his employment options. >> i'm here with a look at what's coming up. ted kuz of texas joining us onset. he wants to kill caps on campaign contributions and have the doj investigation hillary clinton e-mails. and is he prepared to make an announcement this morning and what about the three-year-old girl he scared? i want to know. also my exclusive interview with senior advisor to president obama. i ask her about the report

accusing her of leaking the clinton e-mail story as part of keeping the former secretary from becoming president. the deadly cycle of anti semitism in europe. live from germany we'll have someone discussing a cover story asking if it's time for jews to leave the continent and for our women who run things celebrity makeup artist bobby brown and best selling author mark kelly and barney frank. packed tuesday morning edition of morning joe which is now momenting away. moments away. we'll be right back.

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of leading from behind. the whole world's on fire. >> the world is on fire? >> the world is on fire yes. your world is on fire. >> it's interesting, that exchange because in the last 24 hours there have been 50 media stories that say cruise terrifies little girl and by the end of it i had the fingernails. it was terrible. the little girl her mom, i just talked to her mom, she went on the radio because she was so upset at the stories and she said my daughter was happy and she turned to me and i said look, ted is going to put out the fire and she said he's a fireman? although let me point out there is only one member of the u.s. senate who's known for green eggs and ham. >> that's true your demo trends very young. >> i poll very well in the 3 to 6 demographic.

>> school of international public affairs dor yan warren and washington post editor and and senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico, michael crowley. they all confirm the world's not on fire. >> it's kind of on fire. just a little. >> come on. >> if there are any young kids out there, no don't listen. >> the little girl was so cute. >> it's sort of. i know she was. >> the world is on fire? >> ted cruz is coming today, right? >> he's on the show today. >> today. good. i knew i was he was on some time this week. we start this morning in israel at this hour more than 10,000 polling places are open across the country. nearly 6 million israelis can vote in the elections for parliament and it's expected to be the highest turnout since 1999. this is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot just a few hours ago. he's seeking a fourth term