good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." we begin with developing news this hour. today's crucial election in israel is under way. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is fighting for his political survival in what polls have shown is an incredibly tight race. after he voted, the prime minister warned quote, right wing rule is in danger. that follows a dramatic pledge yesterday if reelected, there will be no palestinian state established on his watch. that is seen as reversal of his long-standing promise to the united states. his comments are seen as a last ditch effort to appeal to hard line voters. in contrast netanyahu's rival union party leader isaac herzog promised to revive peace talks with the palestinians after he

voted. he says the election is about change, hope and new direction for israel. joining me from tel aviv our middle east correspondent grant vincent. thanks for joining us. polls have another five hours, but could take days or longer before we know the outcome because it is believed to be this close. >> reporter: yes, and if it is closed could take awhile to work out who the next government is. if it is close, there's every chance that netanyahu could remain as prime minister of israel. last polls had him three or four seats behind isaac herzog the parliament and 120 seats inside could be split down the middle as they have been so many times before. if that happens, split down the middle between parties of the right and parties of the left and if that happens, benjamin

netanyahu would find it easier to form a coalition government made up of right wing parties because there are fewer distances, less distance between those parties than there are between the parties on the left. so netanyahu would find it easier to build a coalition government than isaac herzog would do on the left. >> talk about last minute comments from the prime minister where he has now been criticized by many as reversing his promise regarding a palestinian state. all of this a last ditch effort including comments right wing rule is in danger there. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu's strategy re-election strategy has been built around his image that he worked on all his career that he's the strong man, he is the defender of israel come what may. we saw that in the high point of his campaign was the speech to

congress a couple of weeks ago where he was talking about the threat from iran, and he ratcheted that up as the polling day got closer. last night, there was that commitment he said as long as i am prime minister of israel there will not be a palestinian state. he's appealing to his base on his core issues to his core support, and the latest attempt to do that is today on polling day, where he is warning core support that arabs are voting in droves. those were his exact words. he is trying to drum up his core supporters to come to his rescue and keep him in office. >> thank you for that live report from tel aviv. we appreciate it. we are following new developments in the arrest of the real estate heir robert durst. any minute now durst is set to appear in court in new orleans on new weapons charges. police say he was found with a .38 caliber handgun and marijuana when taken into custody. the charges came hours after

prosecutors in los angeles charged him with first degree murder in the death of susan berman 16 years ago for which he could face the death penalty. authorities say just before she was killed she was about to be questioned about the disappearance of durst's wife kathleen, last seen in 1982. appearing on the "today" show this morning, her brother talked about how the family reacted to the final scene of the documentary in which durst appears to confess to murder. >> a lot of emotions obviously throughout the room. my emotions were kind of reaching a climax over so many promised and hoped for resolutions. finally at the very end of the show obviously was like a hockey stick, everything was moving along, moving along. all of a sudden bob was on mike went into the bathroom and the revelation was like something we have been waiting for for 33 years. >> joining me by phone, ellen straus a friend of his first

wife kathleen. thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> can you hear us? >> yes, i can. i thought about st. patrick's day traffic. i am just about to walk up into you. what would you like to ask me? i am going to walk the rest of the way. >> i think we have had some kind of misunderstanding or technical problem. we have you live now on air, ellen, we can conduct that interview now. let me ask you, it has been about 24 hours since the documentary aired on hbo. has this settled in to you or is it surreal what we all heard? >> well i am over the moon. can say it seems surreal. i waited 30 years for this. for the first 18 i was doing it myself, until author matt sherman came in and jarecki with their movie. there's no such thing as justice

unless you go to did i vinity school but i have to say i am elated, satisfied, and feel vindicated because it has been a long, long time. i am hoping that this time something is going to become of it. >> you have many people trying to understand why mr. durst would make these comments. obviously he was in the restroom did not seem to know his microphone was working. >> not the first time though. >> that's my point. many others say this was a man who operated above the law and believed that he could either buy his way out of any situation or certainly manipulate his way out of any situation. >> he was arrogant enough to allow the film makers after he saw ryan gosling portray him, he was arrogant enough to think he was smart, smart enough to fool everybody. and when i was doing criminal

law, there were a lot of people tell you just as much as they could of the truth without telling you the whole thing, like well i had a gun just like that. he thought he was going to get away with it. he wanted to tell his side of the story. part of it was arrogance, part of it was i think maybe a possible dichotomy there, a need to confess. >> what was his relationship like with your friend kathleen of course his ex-wife? >> in the very beginning i would say it was like cinderella and prince charming. at some point along the way, you know, things went sour. and i think the more she got independent from him, her going to medical school and what not, and he was no longer in control, i think that really got to him. they started fighting physically both of them. one thing led to another. >> do you believe that at this point in his life at the age he is now and with all of the attention with the documentary

that he still has fight in him, that he will attempt to -- he already -- his attorney says he will plead not guilty in this case. >> do i think he is going to take a plea? >> yes. >> no way. as long as his money holds out, he is going to hire the best and he's got the best and they're going to be making motion after motion, trying to exclude all of the evidence. but remember one thing, in this particular case he was not in custody when he voluntarily and even with the mike on wasn't in police custody. there were no governmental authorities taking over. he said what he said. he talks to himself a lot. he did that for years. >> ellen, we greatly appreciate you joining us via phone. you have been trying to get to the studio awhile. greatly appreciate you joining us. our thoughts are with you as you did lose a close friend in all of this. thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> joaning me now, michael grieco, he covered this case as well.

there are key points. obviously people are fascinated with the documentary and audio recorded here. let's look at the issue of wire tapping laws and how this would be applied in this case. >> in california, good morning, tamron. >> good morning. >> in california as in florida, it is a two party consent law. in this case the defense attorneys can make adequate claim he did not know he was being taped, did not consent to being taped, they may have an argument where it might not be admissible. he is in the bathroom muttering to himself. he thought the interview was over. there might be an argument to be made there to keep it out. >> as you put it he was muttering to himself, do you believe his attorneys might try to explain it all away as he is an older man now, in there rambling, not necessarily confessing to the crimes. >> right. it wasn't like he was responding to anyone else and you always heard the old adage, it is okay

to talk to yourself not okay to answer your own questions. that's what ended up happening. he was having a full on conversation with himself. there might be argument of diminished capacity. might be an argument that it is not a confession. that's something that would happen at the trial level. that would be argument to be made to the jury. >> durst waived the right to protest extradition yesterday, but his attorney says he will plead not guilty. another bit of evidence as you well know that his critics say is the smoking gun, the letter handwritten letter where beverly hills is misspelled two letters tied to miss ber tleep rrksrberman. is that the smoking gun others called it? >> it is a damning piece of evidence. if you look at them even a layperson, you don't need to be forensic expert to see similarities between the two letters, not just the misspelling, even the way the characters are written, and the forensic analyst in the movie

talked about how it is so unique. it is going to be a really hard thing to argue away. i think they're going to have an uphill battle on this one. >> greatly appreciate it. see what happens next in this bizarre case. to the latest in ferguson. police are denying accusations of using excessive force against the suspect accused of shooting two officers in protests last week. while speaking with nbc news an attorney representing 20-year-old jeffrey williams said his client had bruising on his face back as well which he says williams suffered during arrest. he did not believe williams who police said admitted to firing the shots was actually involved in the shooting. >> he is bruised up on both shoulders, bruised across his back. has a knot in the back of his head and he has bruising on his face. >> which came from? >> which came from the police when he was taken into custody. i don't think they have the correct person in custody is what i am saying.

>> why? >> knowing what i know now, i don't think he was the one took the shots. >> in a statement, they called allegations f assault false, noting he was examined by a nurse when booked. meanwhile, during his brief court appearance yesterday, williams didn't make a statement or enter a plea. joining me huffington post ryan riley. >> thanks for having me. >> yesterday we had a pastor on the show who spoke with jeffrey williams while behind bars. we did a preinterview with the bishop at that time. he did not mention this allegation of police brutality or forced confession. i want to play a little of what he said. initially i did ask him did he ask the suspect, jeffrey williams if he actually committed the crime. let me play what he said here. >> what did he tell you

regarding the allegations? >> he said he was upset, he was reacting out of frustration and anger. he showed a lot of remorse, he was very sorry and apologetic. >> he said he was apologetic. i asked him was he targeting the protesters. he says protesters were family. we protect each other. he wouldn't say who he was protesting or who he was targeting allegedly. he then went on to say in that interview that the individual had been abused by police and forced into this confession. what is happening on the ground as far as following through or following up on these accusations? >> sort of strange. there's been a lot of conspiracy theories floating around about this. the idea that he first confessed, then maybe didn't. there's also ballistic evidence that police looked at and video footage they examined. i think that's also an important component of this outside of any alleged confession and whether, you know that's something that plays out in trial, whether or

not it was brought about through -- if they roughed him up a little beforehand which the police are denying. >> and the minister that i spoke with his quote was he said he was upset. he was reacting out of frustration and anger. he showed a lot of remorse. he was very sorry and apologetic here. going to try this on our show this is always determined in court, but here you have an individual that spoke with the suspect in jail saying that he was frustrated he acted out of frustration and anger. >> yeah. i think it is a strange situation. and the idea that he was aiming at other people other than the police that would be quite a coincidence in that vicinity. that would be a lucky shot to hit police officers in the first place from that vantage point on that hill. the idea that someone was in his line of vision that he would be firing at, and so happened the bullets struck police officers is also a little tough to believe. obviously this will all play out in court. we will find out more whether that was the true motivation going after police officers. >> absolutely. i do also think you have an

incredible amount of suspicion when you discuss the ferguson police department even the st. louis county police for that matter given the department of justice report and clear feelings that have been hashed out with protests and this series of resignations. >> i think it is fair. there's reasonable suspicion of other allegations that the police made in other situations. i think the seriousness of the investigation given what a horrible crime it was, and the involvement of federal authorities in this you had atf agents involved in the process, should give people faith in the investigation, and obviously we will find out more about it going forward. >> ron thank you for joining us. we greatly appreciate that. >> thanks for having me. developing now, new head of the secret service makes his first public comments about the latest embarrassment for the agency, and defending actions he took after two agents allegedly drove into a barricade at the white house after a night of drinking. and ted cruz doubles down on

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welcome back. the head of the secret service just disclosed to lawmakers that he did not even hear about the two agents drinking and crashing into a white house barrier until five days after it happened. joseph clancy is on the hill testifying at a hearing, but is scheduled to focus on his agency's budget. instead congressmen demand answers about the latest secret service embarrassment. clancy says protocol going forward may need to change. >> you're going to have to make heads roll. >> yes, sir. >> if there's a place to send people in your agency that is the mojave desert of the secret service, maybe some people need to be sent to the mojave desert. >> you can't run an agency like this for god's sakes or any other agency unless you have discipline in the ranks. >> i'll say that it is going to take time to change maybe some of this culture.

there's no excuse for this information not to come up the chain. >> kristin welker is at the white house with more. you have clancy saying it is going to take more time to change, and this is not just embarrassing for the agency it is embarrassing for him, given the amount of days that passed before he was even made aware of what happened. >> reporter: it is embarrassing tamron. that response that you just heard clancy give that it would take some time to reform the culture within the secret service infuriated lawmakers. they said why haven't you done more to reform the culture within the secret service. they're particularly upset about the fact that clancy hasn't launched his own investigation into this. clancy's response is look he referred this to department of homeland security inspector general, he wanted there to be an independent investigation. lawmakers said that's not good enough. one lawmaker calling that quote unquote hogwash. another tough question for clancy why the two agents in question were simply moved to different positions within the

secret service why there hasn't been a stiffer penalty waged against them at this point in time. listen to what clancy said about that. >> let me just say this the president, the first family they're safe. we moved these individuals to nonsupervisory positions, rather than administrative leave where they're getting paid for no work. we can still get work out of them. but in a different capacity. >> still getting paid. >> yes, sir. >> no reduction in pay. no penalties, financial or otherwise, right? >> no financial penalties. sir, i would say, i'm sure they're paying a penalty right now. >> reporter: tamron lawmakers are pretty universal in terms of tough questioning and disbelief about the fact that clancy wasn't informed until five days after the incident had happened, and that there hasn't been a tougher penalty waged against

the two agents. this testimony continues. we are following it very closely. also important to note that clancy's day on capitol hill continues. this afternoon he has a closed door briefing with members of the house oversight committee. he will undoubtedly get very difficult questions during that briefing as well. tamron, one more point i will make, he is asking for more money to better train agents and officers within the secret service moving forward. >> interesting. kristin welker, live at the white house. thank you. and still ahead, hillary clinton goes after republicans for blocking loretta lynch's nomination as attorney general, calling it quote, a trifecta against women. this as new poll numbers reveal what people think of her e-mail controversy. that's coming up in our first read. united 1074 declaring an emergency due to a passenger disturbance. >> frightening moments mid flight a passenger restrained on a united airlines flight after he ran toward the cockpit. it is one of the stories we are updating around the

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talk about the timing with the negotiations, the letter and lead story of the elections today in rael. >> reporter: that's right. it is hardly surprising the iranians brought up the letter it is an intense negotiation, i am sure they want to use it as leverage. thech gone over the letter many times, saying congress doesn't understand the nuances of the constitution and iranian chief nuclear negotiator trying to school the americans on international law. so that was not a big surprise that they would use it as leverage, but they're not using it as excuse to stop the talks. they'll allow congress to do that and take the blame. but also coming out of switzerland and iran the iranians are upbeat about the talks, the chief foreign negotiator says the government's

main disagreements with the u.s. and their negotiating partners have been resolved expressing optimism they'll reach a framework by end of march. the nuclear chief says the main issues have been closed and that they have resolved 90% of technical issues and one important issue remains, and they hope to resolve that by the end of the day. there's also a great sense of optimism in tehran showing they want to get the deal done. they say the iranians have shown a lot of political will and are selling this as almost a done deal. if this was to fail the iranians would squarely lay the blame on the americans. back to you. >> thank you, ali. coming up the jury in the boston bombing trial is said to have come from the man that found dzhokhar tsarnaev hiding in that boat. a live update from court. and a big topic.

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first african-american woman attorney general for longer than any ag in 30 years, two, playing politics with traffic victims, and three, threatening women's health and rights. joining me senior political editor mark murray. mark, before we talk about the numbers which is just a snapshot of the strategy with the tweets and going after the gop. >> i find it fascinating, tamron. what hillary clinton is doing is making the republican led congress a foil. it is no surprise saw president obama do this in his successful 2012 re-election bid. when you are trying to run a general election strategy make your opponent the congressional republicans and not necessarily the republicans who might be running for the presidency and the other take away from tweets is just how big an issue women's issues are. >> someone that would be potentially an ally valerie jarrett, of course when it comes to women's issues or any

other issue, but you have this story out over the weekend that valerie jarrett, white house senior adviser was the person that leaked the e-mail story about the former secretary of state. she was on with morning joe this morning. let me play what she said. >> did you leak the hillary clinton e-mail story, valerie. >> no, mica i did not, as you know that's preposterous. >> is it fair to say she didn't follow regulation though -- >> as the president said last week he prides himself on having an administration that's transparent, he was glad to see she's turning over e-mails to the state department so yes, that's very important. >> so if she does decide to run, how important is her relationship with team obama moving forward, given how the president explained or described what happened with the e-mails, and even the allegations with valerie jarrett. >> tamron it is very important. i can tell you from my own reporting that the entire obama white house is eager to see hillary clinton or any other democrat end up getting in the

white house, and a lot of polling and other things show you that hillary clinton is probably the democrats' best vehicle to do that to lock in president obama's policies bring in democrats with more supreme court justices over the next four five years, and just the new york post report came from a person author named ed klein who really doesn't have a great track record on a lot of stuff, and most people in the journalististic and political community didn't buy it at all that you have valerie jarrett leaking this story. the obamas and clintons are going to be in lock step in 2016 i am pretty sure. >> and quickly, this poll that shows favorability still high nevertheless taking a ding as house speaker boehner joined other house republicans calling for her to turn over this private e-mail server. >> two ways to look at it. one way, numbers come down but

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the pence he will used to write the note on the boat the same boat seen by jurors yesterday at the request of the defense team. in more dramatic testimony yesterday, witnesses describe a gunbattle between the tsarnaev brothers and police in the normally quiet boston suburb of watertown. a showdown that ended with dzhokhar tsarnaev running over his older brother as he fled in a stolen suv killing him. nbc's ron mott is in boston with us. it has been intriguing ron, to hear this but much of this played out on live television and we are hearing firsthand accounts but how is this moving the trial forward? >> something about this trial, while we knew nuts and bolts of things that went down two years ago in april, didn't know a lot of details. to hear police officers describe the gunbattle, witnesses looking from the apartment, it is striking to hear that level of

detail. you mention the watertown, massachusetts owner of the boat that dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured in he talked about after this stay in place order was essentially lifted for the community, you could come out of the house. he noticed foam cushions in place to protect his boat from the trailer, it was shrink wrapped for winter he noticed it was on the ground. he got a ladder looked up saw blood, still not thinking there's any connection to this manhunt. then peered into the boat and saw dzhokhar tsarnaev in fetal position and quickly ran into the house. he has come and gone from the stand, they're just about coming into court, a person on the stand now is an old friend of dzhokhar tsarnaev met as eighth graders, were friendly all through high school. the feds have charged him with gun possession and drug possession in connection that

ruger handgun used to kill officer collier was a gun he owned at one point, he had given it to the tsarnaev brothers eventually wanted to get it back and never came back and eventually was the gun used to kill that officer. very interesting testimony in court this morning. >> thanks for that update there. another fraternity under fire after stunning allegations of a secret facebook page. that tops our look at top stories. they suspended the fraternity after actions that the fraternity posted photos of mostly naked women sleeping or passed out. police say the site showed pictures of drug sales and hazing. nbc news left several messages for penn state fraternity council. so far no reply. red cross says survivors of a massive cyclone in vanuatu of desperate for water, food, and shelter. crews are finally able to reach

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it makes him the most prominent nfl player to leave the game in his prime because of concerns about brain injuries. borland is the fourth player 30 or announce his retirement in the last week many wondering if this could spark a trend amongst other players. joining me now, dave zirin and harry carson, very outspoken on concerns about the sport he loved. harry, let me talk to you about this borland and four players under 30 saying good-bye for different reasons. >> he's saying good-bye for more specific reason and other guys are saying good-bye to injuries to knees and so forth. borland understands and done his own research regarding traumatic brain injury. i don't blame him, there's so much more information out there about concussions and lingering effects later in life.

you can pick and choose what you want to do. he is a smart guy to understand that it really is not worth the risk to injure your brain. once your brain is injured, there's no telling what's going to happen from that point on. >> i saw an interview with tony dorsett, this is a guy i looked up to cowboy fan, he was the best player in the world, live and die for tony dorsett and he is still a young man but the quality of his life -- >> when tony and i played no one knew this information about concussions. now people know. so as you educate yourself you can make an informed decision as to whether you want to play or not. i commend chris borland because he has made a decision that his life -- his quality of life is more important than the dollars being thrown at him. and most people -- the thing that surprises me is so many fans and also ballplayers are kind of lashing out at him saying i'm going to play as long

as i can play to make this money. how can you walk away? the every day fan is saying you know planning six months and you're being paid all of this money, how can you walk away? it's your brain and quality of life that's most important. >> dave the nfl just issued a statement in the past hour in part we respect his decision and wish him well. playing any sport is a personal decision by any measure football has never been safer and we continue to make progress in rule changes, safer tackling techniques at all levels of football and better equipment protocols and medical care for players. we're seeing a growing culture of safety. everyone involved in the game knows that there is nor work to do and player safety will continue to be our top priority. your reaction to that? >> it's a pretty embarrassing statement. they sound like the tobacco industry talking about how they created a safer cigarette. that's the thing about playing professional football it's an exciting game, thrilling game. it has huge support.

it's also inherently dangerous to the brain. chris borland has done his research. i've been impressed by the number of players who have taken to twitter to give support to chris borland. science is not the nfl's friend. the more people know about the effects of tackle football the more you're going to see parents withhold their kids from playing and more you'll see players make the kind of choice chris borland is making. what makes him special, he wasn't just set up to get more money, he was ready to start for the 49ers patrick willis just retired. he is sacrificing something for the principle of his own health. that makes it a political act. >> it does. and to get you in here harry, st. louis defense end chris long tweeted this out, we're talking about some who criticize. he says wow, i love chris borland's game but can't fault

him for calling it quits. his concerns are real, still it takes a man to do the logical. and matt overton deciding guys deciding to walk away from the game at the young age is a great reminder that life is a bigger picture. >> i applaud those guys for taking that staps, i went to the giants san francisco game. basically he won the game for the 49ers. and i thought, you know, he had a great career ahead of him. so when i heard what i heard this morning about him retiring i was surprised but not shocked because as players become more educated about the issue of concussions, keep in mind the statement that came from the nfl is that the equipment is more tech no logically advanced and so forth, but the equipment cannot protect the brain. >> that's right. >> once the brain is injured,

you now, who knows what's going to happen. unfortunately, i know too many former players who are now dealing with the residual effects of concussions who have lost their focus or they are having all of these issues. i'm not talking about the old guys dealing with dementia i'm talking guys younger than me who are in fear for the way they are going to live the rest of their life. >> we're out of time. you think other players will follow? >> i'm pretty sure they will. they may not be as high profile at chris borland but i'm sure it's going to happen. >> dave? >> i think more players will follow. chris borland, history major, knowing your history and knowing your place in the world. >> maybe he can go on to teach, never know. >> that's right. >> thank you both for joining us. do you think chris borland's decision will spark other players to follow suit? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to

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