consultant flashpoint confirms isis claims responsibility for the attacks that happened in midday prayers. ayman mohyeldin has more details for us. obviously a crowded, chaotic scene. now isis claiming responsibility. this on the heels of what we saw in tunisia. >> and what we learned from a yemeni spokesperson. it seems to be several coordinated suicide attacks. two waves of bombings, the first in two mosques in sanaa, individuals went in, detonated, blew up the suicide vest. as people were fleeing the carnage of those two attacks, another round of suicide bombings took place. that's why the death toll is high. a fifth attempt was in another city but appears to have been thwarted. isis posted a link online saying they claim responsibility for it. this would be the first high caliber attack of its nature against houthi rebels in sanaa. >> and we will have more on what

happened in tunisia, that would be the first incident claimed by isis in north africa. >> there have been attacks in tunisia and north africa. in tunisia, that would be the first time isis carried out an attack. right now there's analysis to be done whether that claim of responsibility is in fact credible. tunisian officials haven't said it is authentic. yes, isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. >> it was a midday also attacking mosques. >> this is a sensitive issue for a lot of reasons. it is friday holy day in islam. a huge number of people going for prayer. these are shiite mosques if you will particularly along the past several months there's been sectarian fighting. isis is targeting shiite minorities in places of worship. that's been very controversial among a lot of jihadist groups al qaeda in arabian peninsula and al qaeda itself has denounced attacking mosques, but seems that isis we have seen

this in the past, they have no morality. they're continuing, even attacking mosques in yemen. >> ayman mohyeldin thanks for joining me. now to benjamin netanyahu's apparent turnaround after his campaign declaration that there wouldn't be flaz state on his watch. he appeared to walk that back yesterday with andrea mitchell. >> i didn't change my policy. i don't want a one state solution i want a sustainable two state solution but for that circumstances have to change. >> you were reelected on a mandate, your supporters believe were you reelect on a mandate against two state solution. that's the way the white house is interpreting. strongly considering not blocking state hood for palestinians. >> first of all, that state would become a terrorist state. so we need conditions of recognition of jewish state and real security in order to have a

realistic two state solution. >> president obama did call prime minister netanyahu late yesterday. that would have been two days after his election victory to congratulate him. he also delivered a stern message. in a statement, the president reaffirmed the united states long standing commitment to a two state solution. senior white house official tells nbc news that he warned the u.s. is reassessing its assets of the relationship with israel. right wing government is in danger arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls. leftwing organizations are busing them in. >> i think it is certainly a cynical tactic and there's no doubt it is divisive. and it is a transparent attempt to marginalize arab american citizens and right to participate in the election. >> joining me jonathan alter,

and from washington co-founder executive director of council on american islamic relations. thank you for joining. jonathan you were here the day before or after elections here. we talked a great bit about this bold statement from the prime minister. and now by all accounts he is turning around or appearance of it. >> he is trying to walk it back. >> how do you try to walk it back. >> you challenge the language in the interview with andrea mitchell but it is too late. there's a reckoning that is coming in u.s. israeli relations, when the government of the united states says it is reassessing parts of the relationship, this is a big deal. it is probably the biggest crisis in u.s. israeli relations since 1956 and the suez crisis. what could happen is events could spin out of netanyahu's control at the united nations. remember, the way the united states exercises its veto at the united nations, which it has

done many years on behalf of israel has nothing to do with u.s. congress. this can be done by a second term president who has already shown with respect to cuban relations that he will go his own way without worrying about old arrangements in making of u.s. foreign policy. >> by all accounts netanyahu is seen as a figure that guesses plan a and b. when he made this assertion, do you believe he banked on reaction from the united states and having to you know two days later give the appearance, whatever you choose to call it he is walking back what he said. >> i think he was just you know really behind the 8 ball in terms of his re-election. the last polls showed dead even. and in the past has done worse than the polls. he needed to turn it around and fast. he was pandering as fast as he could, figuring to pick up pieces later on. that's what he is doing. >> did you anticipate he would pick up the pieces this quickly?

>> actually no. your head might spin when you look at this prime minister's political performance. there's a terrific israeli columnist that said netanyahu's word is as good as writing in ice on a very hot day. in other words, not worth a lot. >> let me bring you in. i want to play another excerpt where netanyahu talked about what's widely seen as anti-arab rhetoric before the election. let me play that. >> first of all, i am very proud to be the prime minister of all of israel's citizens, arabs and jews alike. >> that's not how it sounded. >> i wasn't trying to suppress a vote, trying to get an effort to get votes intended to topple my party. i was calling on our voters to come out. >> is that explanation sufficient? >> no way. can you imagine if an american president is trying to be reelected and cautioning against another minority that's going to

the polls to decrease his possibility to win the re-election? this is racist fear mongering. i think he is back pedaling in a way that's going to be ineffective. worldwide, an arab palestinian border felt the pinch of racism. i don't think it will have any possible effect. what he said what he practiced, his attitude toward the occupied people towards the arab palestinian citizens in practice racist policies that have been proven by his words and fear mongering tactics to scare other voters in order for him to win the election. >> u.s. special envoy former senator george mitchell who worked on a peace deal said earlier this week regarding

netanyahu's stance on not following through with promise of two state solution is that going into negotiations many arab leaders didn't trust him, and he backed on his word now we are here if you keep up with the score in a sense on the way back to where we were perhaps where he may try to pursue the original promise to the united states and this president. do you believe he has credibility at all at this point? >> i think he is losing a lot of credibility and just remember secretary of state john kerry tried to resurrect the peace process, said only have two year window of opportunity to make this peace process happen and of course benjamin netanyahu gave it a death blow. so he basically again in practice he puts so many obstacles and caused the united states to fail in its effort to make peace between the palestinians and israelis and now he made the unofficial

statement that palestinian independent state will not happen on his watch. in a way, he is giving a black eye to the united states government itself which is a historical ally to israel and it is embarrassing the united states standing within the arab world, especially in front of the palestinian people. it will make it difficult now for united states to emerge as a peace broker and it has to put like extra pressure on benjamin netanyahu to reconsider these positions and to come to the table and make sure the peace process is the only way option. >> jonathan have to get you in on the new development, the president marking the iranian new year. let's see what he sent out. >> days and weeks ahead will be critical. our negotiations made progress but gaps remain there are people in both our countries and

beyond who oppose a diplomat i can resolution. my message to you, the people of iran, together we have to speak up for the future we seek. >> at this point does benjamin netanyahu's words have any influence in what's happening, negotiations still on-going and with what this president wants to pursue? >> what's interesting about this it is not the first such message he delivered to the iranian people he is trying to find space in the middle with iranian moderates and have the u.s. coming the iranian right wingers, and israeli right wingers and netanyahu marginalized from this. the events are influx. as he said the president said last week politics can make strange bed fellows. you have right wingers in the u.s. congress sending a letter to right wingers in iran essentially making common cause to try to defeat this deal.

now, a lot of times, this is reason odds for the deal are not great, if somebody really wants to stop something, it is easier to stop something than to get something through. this is the burden that the president is now facing. for the palestinians and this is a key point, there's an onus on them too. if they respond to the latest events with violence they will set back what is a promising period for them. if they move forward in a mature diplomatic fashion, restrain the more extreme elements among palestinians from committing violence then they're within range of statehood. >> thank you for joining us. house speaker john boehner will visit israel later this month in another interesting development we confirmed today. thank you so much for your time both of you. an update on the deadly terror attack in tunisia. the country security minister says two begun many that attacked the national museum left the country illegally in december and received weapons

training in libya. the attack wednesday killed 23 people, including the two gunmen. 17 victims were passengers on a cruise ship. isis is claiming responsibility for the attack but it is not known whether that is actually true. nine people have been arrested. and back in the states after a brutal winter millions of people in the northeast are dealing with snow again on the first day of spring of course. at least 8 northeastern states are expecting several inches through today and into tomorrow. winter weather advisories are up for some 34 million people. and set your clock, spring starts tonight at 6:45. the weather channel mike seidel joins us from maryland where snow is falling all morning long. you look like you're in a snow globe. >> reporter: hey, good morning, tamron. yes, it has been snowing since after 3:00 a.m. it is a heavy, wet snow. we have about three inches so far. easy to make giant snowballs and giant snow men in hagerstown.

we are 75 miles north west of d.c. and baltimore. now that it is on the trees, it is dripping and melting. this is something we hope we don't have to do any more this season, come over, clean off the car. watch how it slides right off like a teflon pan. the weekend looks pretty good pushing 60 tomorrow. check the radar, it is now moving into new york moving into coastal connecticut. the worst of the storm there hitting late afternoon for the rush hour. the bob should be in good shape for rush hour. the weekend will be dryer. cold air comes in monday and tuesday, temperatures across most of the northeast or even here running 10 to 15 degrees below average sunday and monday. tamron can i try to sled down the hill with my gortex? is that okay? >> you know what go for it.

>> i don't know if this is going to work. well, hey, not too shabby for the first day of spring. >> what? that was an epic waste of time! i thought because i bored you, you were going to bring it. you had jim cantore getting all excited about thunder snow and going viral and that's what you bring to us. wow. >> next time i bring my wife's desserts to 30 rock i will skip your desk. >> don't use my friendship with your wife and her amazing cooking. i am just saying practice post it online. but i love your wife's cooking. take care mike. good to see you. coming up this is quite a buzz story out there. claims about the church of scientology.

there's a new documentary set to premier, includes allegations that the church tapped nicole kidman's phone, what the church says in response and why would they. and the investigation into robert durst. authorities are looking into possible connections with other cases in at least six separate states. the millionaire set to have a court appearance on monday. we have the latest on that intriguing story. again, all as a result of a documentary. we will follow the latest developments. and in a stunning story out of mississippi, the fbi is investigating the death of an african-american man who was found hanging from a tree in mississippi. what the local chapter of the naacp is saying now. we will get you caught up on those stories and other news of the day. you can always join our conversation online. my team is @newsnation and i am on twitter, instagram, and facebook. be right back.

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welcome back. this morning the fbi is investigating the death of a mississippi man whose body was found hanging from a tree. the fbi is not naming the man, the mississippi chapter of the naacp has identified him as 54-year-old otis byrd missing two weeks. he was last seen march 2nd. his family filed a report six days later. they conducted a search found the bad ee less than a mile from the home. the shr i have said he had a neck tie around the neck. they haven't concluded whether the death was suicide or homicide. the civil rights division of the justice department is now involved. joining me a reporter with the

clarion ledger newspaper. thank you for joining us. at this point, as i mention, authorities don't know if this was a homicide but we said they're collecting information. do we know any more about the investigation? >> at this point we don't. there are what i am understanding through chatter, there are some circumstances that point to suicide, but given, you know the national discourse and everything it is worth taking a good look before they make decision. >> as mentioned, he was missing two weeks, a family filed a missing person's report. do we know more about the background and details of circumstances leading up to the family going out and getting that missing person's report? >> we don't know a lot about that right now. we know his background is he had spent some time in prison for murder in 1980. he murdered a woman for $101. he was on parole.

at this point what happened in the last few hours before this happened is really unclear. we know he was at the casino and at this point i think that police believe he has been out there hanging for quite some time, whether it happened exactly when he got home or not is unclear. >> do we know if he was traveling with anybody else at the casino the last people to see him? >> we know that he was dropped off by a friend. at this point i haven't been able to find out anything about -- casinos have video tapes, we haven't been able to get those yet. there have to have been people that see him. it is at this point his last few moments or last few hours are really murky. >> what role is the local naacp chapter playing in there? >> they were the first to identify him. of course, there had been, people had been looking for him for awhile because he hadn't been home they were the first to say that's who this was. i don't know how they knew

besides the fact it was so close to his home and that he had been missing. they encouraged the doj to get involved the fbi was called in by the sheriff's department but the u.s. attorney's office and doj are involved in this also. and the naacp now is kind of taking a cautious approach to it just encouraging the investigation. whether it is suicide or homicide, they're not trying to make a stand on that. >> thank you so much for joining us on the latest on that investigation. thank you. >> thank you tamron. coming up police and officials will meet with university of virginia students who are outraged after an arrest left a student bloodied and in stitches. >> trauma from what the officers did yesterday will stay with me forever. >> that's the young man's attorney speaking on his behalf. coming up new details on what may have led to the violent encounter, and what the university and governor of the state are saying now. dy no matter how long your day gets.

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we are back with new details about the controversial arrest of an african-american student at the university of virginia. law enforcement officials, including a representative from the state's alcoholic beverage control will meet with students today to talk about their concerns over police brutality. all of this comes after this video surfaced showing the arrest of a 20-year-old, martez johnson. it left him covered in blood and needing stitches to the head. two investigations are under way. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from the campus in shar lotsville with the latest details. >> reporter: good morning. there's been quite an uproar on campus. the student is well known. state police are investigating to find out exactly what happened outside this bar. >> yo his head is bleeding yo

his head is bleeding. >> reporter: this morning, a criminal investigation is under way to find out how a black student ended up bloodied on the ground near university of virginia. his attorney reading a statement on his behalf. >> i trust that the scars on my face and head will one day heel but the trauma from what the abc officers did yesterday will stay with me forever. >> reporter: the 20-year-old is a third year student, on the honor committee with a full scholarship. his attorney says johnson was standing outside this bar early wednesday morning when alcohol control agents asked him for an id. when they questioned him about his address, his lawyer says johnson mistakenly recited the wrong zip code. >> at no time did he present as reported by some in the media a fake id. >> reporter: what happened next is unclear. according to the arrest warrant, johnson was agitated belligerent. he is now charged with obstruction of justice without force and public intoxication but a high ranking university

official says johnson wasn't drunk. >> he was not intoxicated, a breathalyzer was done once he was arrested. >> reporter: the governor ordered independent investigation. >> as a parent i speak for all the parents, those pictures are very very disturbing. >> reporter: on campus outrage. >> doesn't matter how many accolades you have at the end of the day, he was an african-american male. >> reporter: his roommate thinks race played a role in the confrontation. >> he is not one to let even something of this magnitude hold him down. >> reporter: virginia's department of alcoholic beverage control says it placed the two officers involved in the incident on restricted administrative duties and it says it is cooperating fully with the state police investigation. tamron? >> thank you very much. up next digging into politics, why there's no honeymoon start for the potential 2016 candidates. our first read team says if the news is negative now, just weight until the actual campaign

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this body miss lynch, and all americans an apology. >> she has been on the calendar now, on the calendar waiting for a vote for a longer period of time than the last five nominees for attorney general combined. why? >> it would be transformative if everybody voted. it would completely change the political map in this country. >> 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. >> 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. the president, the first family they're safe. >> joining me live nbc news deputy political editor carrie dan. i think the sun programs will

have a corn cope i can't of things to talk about. i want to talk about the first headline you have up no honeymoon start to the 2016 campaign. >> that's right, cameron. looking back at 2008 most of the candidates who were considering a run for president, it was an open race exciting. as we got to this honeymoon period where there was favorable coverage of them profiles of their families and we are not seeing that this time around. hillary clinton, the focus is on the e-mails and donors to the clinton foundation almost from day one. scott walker even though he did get favorable coverage after his speech in iowa that was well received he's been on the hot seat for accusations of flip flopping, even from some within his own party. jeb bush there have been issues about his last name his family history, how that can impact him. and part of this is that in this fast moving media environment, there are opposition researchers getting ready and pushing out some of the stories, journalists are digging into backgrounds of candidates, many of whom are well known by the public already

if talking about jeb bush and hillary clinton. the result is you're really not getting that honeymoon period you're getting a lot of critical coverage early on. if this is happening now, wait until the election starts and people actually filed paperwork. >> speaking of critical coverage remarks made by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to our own andrea mitchell big headlines. what are we expecting sunday? >> i think you'll hear a lot on "meet the press" and other sunday shows about what exactly benjamin netanyahu meant. before the election he was speaking to his base talking about how he did not believe he could see a palestinian state under his watch. with andrea mitchell he clarified those remarks, saying he didn't think the time is now. the united states by the way, president obama in his call with benjamin netanyahu yesterday the white house made clear the president didn't back down of criticism of those comments that benjamin netanyahu made. i think we will hear a lot about the relationship between the u.s. and israel sunday. >> thank you see you next week.

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denouncing an explosive documentary on hbo later this month. it is called "going clear" explores the controversial church by interviewing former members some of whom accuse them of physical and emotional abuse. savannah guthrie has the story. >> many people know little about scientology, beyond it is the religion of some high profile celebrities like tom cruise and john travolta. all of that may change with the documentary going clear, scientology and the prison of belief. >> you take on a matrix of thought that is not your own. >> going clear premiers on hbo later this month, on the heels of major buzz and back lash at the sun dance film festival in january. >> way deeply convinced we were going to save the world. >> the film makes explosive claims about the most prominent personalities, like the accusation the church helped tom cruise tap nicole kidman's phone as their marriage was ending. they vehemently deny and cruz

says that absolutely never happened it is a lie. the film explores the conditions that some of scientology's more average members say they endured. >> you're in such a mental state that you're very controlled very suggestible. >> deals they say led them to leave scientology and speak to the film makers about their experiences. the church of scientology has pushed back strongly against the film which it calls one sided, dishonest, and propaganda. called the interview subjects admitted liars, and they accuse the film makers of having a vendetta. >> that debuts sunday march 29th on hbo. in the next hour the first round of ncaa basketball tournament will resume in what has already been one of the most incredible starts in march madness history. already left a lot of brackets

busted this morning. >> and arkansas hangs on! davis, no! saunders for the lead. north carolina survives. >> from mid court. georgia state pulls an upset. >> jackson got a handle it is taken by august and foul on northeastern. >> clock goes to two. he will turn around! nc state on top! >> joining me to bring all the upsets jay buzzby is with me. how you doing? >> doing well. playing the highlights gets me fired up all over again. >> it is incredible. let's start with some of the things you said.

there's a heart stopping collection of massive upsets wis kerr thin wins and controversy. what does this mean for vegas? >> what it means for vegas, vegas did very well. when the brackets are busted the house wins. people bet big on favorites to win. we had a couple of large upsets yesterday. also had five one point wins most in tournament history. las vegas took in a lot of money. >> the georgia state baylor upset, spawned a life of its own after coach ron hunter collapsed on the ground. what do you make of the game and aftermath? >> the game was amazing. georgia state was down double digits late in the game manage to come back. coach ron hunter injured himself celebrating the tournament bid a couple days ago, so he is on a ruptured achilles tendon sitting on a rolling stool in the tournament. he gets so excited when his son hits the winning three pointer,

he slips off, flapping on the ground. it is a great moment. this is a tournament moment we will see forever. >> smu losing to ucla. i had them for a couple of reasons, don't want to get out the laundry list, but what do you make of that one. >> that was a controversial one. at the last second, ucla takes a three point shot bounces the rim, smu player touches it. may or may not have been goal tending. people are analyzing it and it seems like it might have been a wrong call. either way, it gave ucla a one point lead, smu couldn't convert. they would have had the lead, would have been able to run out the clock but didn't work out that way. ucla got in on a bit of a controversial. >> and iowa state destroying just about everyone's bracket. >> right. they fell short. uab came up big against iowa

state, and knocked 96% of people had iowa state winning this round. and full 10% had them going to the championship. what you have now is a whole lot of people hoping the big seeds do well. >> good one. good start. see what happens later today. great pleasure to have you on. thank you. >> thank you very much. up next our born in the usa high tech device is helping wounded vets get on their feet in some cases after decades of being in a wheelchair. stick around. we have an incredible guest in our studio. this will make your weekend. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. providing technology to get more detail... ♪ ♪ detect hidden threats... ♪ ♪ see the whole picture... ♪ ♪ process critical information and put it in the hands of our defenders. reaching constantly evolving threats before they reach us.

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there's a lot going on this morning. here are some things we just thought you should know. monica lewinsky is speaking out about public shame she says she endured over her affair with president clinton. she gave a ted talk called the price of shame in vancouver yesterday. lewinsky described being the victim of what's now commonly referred to as cyber bullying.

>> anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing. you can survive it. i know it's hard. it may not be painless quick or easy. but you can insist on a different ending to your story. >> new york congressman charlie rangel is introducing a bill that would reinstate the draft. under the legislation, men and women ages 18 to 25 would have to register for selective service. rangel who is a veteran also wants to impose a war tax, a national decision to go to war must also include a broad commitment to share its burdens. former florida governor jeb bush tweeted out this picture of a run in he had with rapper ludacris. they are not collaborating on a music venture, both were at the georgia state capital where bush was delivering a speech to

lawmakers, while lewd a chris was lauded for work with atlanta youth. couple things we thought you should know this friday. stick around for this make your day. time for our born in the usa series where we highlight business success stories. today we're putting the spotlight on california based xo bionics which developed life-changing technology for people who cannot work. it makes what are called exo skeletons to create movement the technology was developed to help soldiers carry heavily loads during war but could soon make wheelchairs a thing of the past. co-founder nathan harding also air force veteran billy wood who was able to walk for first time in four decades. thank you both we'll walk over to billy in a second. but this technology, how do you

go from something designed for heavy lifting to what we're about to witness now. >> it's amazing how much of the technology crosses over we started in military space working with lockheed martin where you're right, it's all about carrying loads. but then we moved into the medical space and started with people who had complete pair pleej ya, when we found we needed to work with people like billy, for example, and they want to contribute their own strength to it, we ended up using military technologies to make it happen. >> how does this work? you say using their own strength. how does this work? >> what it does it has an adaptive variable assist mode where it will look at their steps over time and see how they are doing and decide just how much assistance they need and provide that much. a lot of times the clin igs wants them to get as much

exercise to the muscles as they possibly can. stroke is an area where that's very much so the case. >> you look at the technology and we'll walk over to billy, you think about the cost associated with this. how accessible would something like this be considering also the number of vets for example after the wars in iraq and afghanistan who come home and benefit from something like this? >> well the system you see here is a clinical system and it's got a lot of bells and whistles to make it adaptive to move from one patient to another in about five or ten minutes. this system that someone as an individual might buy, you're right, it has to be lower cost system, has less of that stuff. it also needs different functionality, to be able to do some things that you really don't do with this system. >> for example, at a facility -- hi billy, we met a little earlier, this would for example be at a rehab center or only the state of the art facilityies like in texas, in san antonio, where

a lot of vets are treated there? >> we have a lot of systems in the va mostly due to a foundation called soldier socks, who get donations and get them in the va centers. there they are used for veterans with spinal cord injury but also used in a lot of veterans who have stroke. >> what makes billy the perfect hand indicate candidate, other than he's tv friendly we call it? >> billy has enough strength that he can actually get himself up and stand on his own but he cannot actually walk. so to really get good exercise and get moving you want him to walk is what they want. they can use ekso in different modes, in the variable assist mode to get him as much exercise or in a fully assist mode to where it's kind of a mobilization tool. >> we will show billy now, if we can assist here and show me.

>> ready? okay. >> this enabled billy to walk for first time in how many years? >> four years. >> how do you feel being able to stand and walk? >> well it helps a lot with my circulatory system and physically it feels real good. but it's also self-esteem wise i can look at people in the eye and talk to you, it feels real good. i feel i did my exercise and it makes me feel great. >> i can see you're get emotional here and i'm dwet getting emotional. >> i'm easy to go. >> so am i, water works here. four years, you said emotional, i mean to be able to do this to be a proud man, to serve this country and all of the things

that you've done to have this opportunity, did you ever imagine this could happen that this technology could exist? >> no, not until about three years when i first heard of it from a private hospital in connecticut. i didn't even know it existed. so when it came out, i volunteered right away. and i keep volunteering and doing it and doing it. and the more i do it the more fun i have and better i feel about it. >> can we see you walk? >> yes, we're going to do right leg in three, two, one. okay. >> wow. >> this is really typical of a session you might see at gay lord hospital where billy goes

to get sessions reimbursed for the va for his use. >> what's next for the technology? >> we're actually next branching into the industrial sector because we're a little different. we see this as a broad industry that goes into military and also going to go in industrial -- >> we'll do a little hop. >> our next step in industrial carrying heavy tools. >> we're going to walk. >> prevent injuries but to justin justinjust increase product tirveivety. >> here we go. >> one two, three, walk. >> billy, thank you so much for letting us be a part of this journey. i think we should all walk to lunch. that does it. have a wonderful weekend and we hope this amazing man and this technology leaves you inspired. thank you. andrea mitchell reports is next. you're amazing, sir.

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right now on andrea mitchell reports, walking back. hours after andrea's interview with benjamin netanyahu president obama puts in a call to the israeli prime minister. is this the white house and are they buying bibi's backtrack from the fre election comments. >> have haven't changed my policy. i don't want a one state solution, i want a peaceful two state solution but circumstances have to change. >> spring snowed over with tens and millions of americans ready to hang up their winter coats, mother nature has other plans. >> reporter: and we hope this is the last time we have to do this, clean snow off the car for the season. >> the british invasion we're going to take you inside the ro