breaking news at this hour. president obama preparing for a planned meeting with the president of cuba. history in the making. we may hear from the two leaders at some point. strange and deadly officials release a video that shows a family brawling with police. how it ended in gunfire. coping with new rules. how are californians dealing with water restrictions and how bad is it really? details ahead. the reviews are in. the big question is the new apple watch worth waiting for because you will wait? hey, there, everyone. high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with breaking news out of panama. president obama and cuban president raul castro are about

to have another face-to-face meeting. president obama just wrapped up his remarks at the plenary session of the summit of americas. let's take a listen. >> the point is the united states will not be imprisoned by the past. we're looking to the future and the policies that improve the lives of the cuban people and advance the interests of cooperation in the hemisphere. >> his upcoming meeting with president castro is the first planned meeting between the leaders and it comes less than 24 hours after their deeply symbolic handshake you're seeing there at the summit of the americas opening ceremony last night. joining me now in panama city panama is chris jansing. let's get an update on the plenary session and what we expect to have happen. >> reporter: what we just heard as president obama ended his remarks, alex, is the cold war's been over for a long time and

that sort of symbolizes his approach to this, something he's talked about even before he was elected president, all coming to a culmination today when we see that meeting as you pointed out, the first time the leaders of those two countries have met since the height of the cold war. now, tremendous symbolism. we were parsing every movement last night when all they did was shake hands and say a few words. nothing of much substance. but we'll look at it closely when the two leaders meet today. and later this afternoon, we may get a read-out of that conversation because president obama will be holding a news conference before he heads back to washington. practical matters have to be taken care of. first, the president officially announcing he's taking cuba off the list of countries that sponsor terror. that would open the way for a lot of things for cuba as well as the united states, trade, first of all. it would help cuba's economy tremendously. there are a lot of countries and

businesses that wouldn't deal with them as long as they were on that list. that also means that embassies could open perhaps within a matter of months both in washington and havana. so the stakes couldn't be higher however, there are people as you know, who are against this. the president acknowledged that as well even acknowledging that the united states has had its own history in human rights that it is not proud of and he mentioned going to selma recently. having said that he believes the way forward is to reopen the trade and the relationship between these two countries because as he said several times over the last couple of months what's happened over the last 50 years, he believes just hasn't worked. >> chris, with a few dozen countries represent there at the meeting of the americas and yet all the focus seems to be, certainly from our perspective, on this relationship with the president and president castro do you think everybody is

watching this as closely, all the other members? >> reporter: oh, without a doubt. many of them have made comments on it. look this meeting only happens every three years. the last two times that president obama came by the admission of his own senior staff members, they couldn't get much accomplished because they would come here. they would want to talk about things like trade, like immigration immigration, the environment. and all the other countries wanted to talk about was cuba. they wanted to know why the united states wasn't being more inclusive. so this has definitely been a thorn in the side of this administration and frankly of previous administrations. so the hope, although it won't get as much attention, the hope by the administration for what will come out of this isn't just involving cuba but involving better relations with many different countries throughout latin america. >> thank you so much chris jansing. as we just heard from the president from that opening session there, the plenary session, we have another little bit we'd like to listen to from

him. let's take a listen to that now. >> the fact that president castro and i are both sitting here today marks a historic occasion. it's the first time in more than half a century that all the countries of the americas are meeting to discuss our future together. i think it's no secret that there will continue to be significant differences between our two countries. we will continue to speak out on behalf of universal values that we think are important. i'm sure president castro will continue to speak out on the issues he thinks are important. >> i'm glad to have here in studio howard dean, dnc chair. with the first question and welcome to you, i'd like you to put this in perspective historically speaking. did you ever foresee this happening? >> well it was inevitable. we've had a failed policy for about 50 years. about time to do something different. and the report from panama city was a good one because this is

not just about the united states and cuba. cuba, relatively speaking other than in florida is a nonissue for us. we're an enormous country and they're a tiny country. the real value in doing this other than humanitarian values for the people of cuba who have a miserable living style because of what their government has done, is the much improved relationships with latin america. latin america is a continent we haven't paid a lot of attention to. and we need to be on our game in dealing with this huge population to our south. it's a bonanza potentially for trade. and the best way to do that is get the cuban irritant out of the way. >> politically speaking, how much of an accomplishment is this for the obama administration? >> it's a big deal. and the reason is because past presidents haven't had the courage to do it. as i was listening to this the

republicans always seem to instinctively cast themselves on the wrong side of history, whether it's gay rights in indiana or diplomatic relations or trying to disarm the iranians, they always resist, resist, resist. until they get washed over by history. this is history in the making. it's time this happened. as the president said, the cuban government is not certainly going to become could citizens. cuban americans voted for president obama in the last election for the first time in many, many, many years. and the reason for that is younger cuban americans get this. >> howard dean, we'll have you come back and talk about another kind of election and that would be the presidential one. thank you. right now in south carolina seven days of grief and outrage are culminating at the funeral for walter scott who was shot in the back and killed by a police officer after running from a traffic stop last weekend.

joining me now is nbc's adam reese. adam, let's talk about the turnout there at the funeral and what people have been telling you. >> reporter: very large turnout, alex. hundreds around the state have joined the family. here at the church so many people here, about 100 people over my shoulder, could not get in. his hearse arrived about an hour and a half ago after police escort. his casket under an american flag because he was a member of the u.s. coast guard. the sheriff of charleston county is here as well as senator tim scott, congressman mark sanford and congressman clyburn. i spoke to a couple of of the mourners here and they had interesting things to say. one of them was, this all could have been avoided if the shooting hadn't happened. another person mentioned e it's actually not a loss because the world got to see what happened for the first time with their own eyes. we spoke to his next-door neighbor carla justice, here's

what she had to say. >> it is just horrible. i can't even find the words to describe it. >> reporter: walter scott will be laid to rest this afternoon. tomorrow there's another church service where we'll hear from the mayor and the police chief. alex? >> very difficult day indeed. thank you very much, adam. hillary clinton might finally be able to put rumors about a presidential bid to rest tomorrow when she's expected to announce that she is definitely jumping into the 2016 race. she'll likely make that announcement through social media and then travel to iowa on tuesday. msnbc political reporter alex seitzwald has more. what are the details of this rollout? >> reporter: up on the 11th floor, staffers are hard at work putting the final touch os for the big day tomorrow. there's a lot of work to do. a lot of the staff was kept in the dark about these details so

they're all getting up to speed tomorrow preparing for tomorrow. around midday we're expecting a video in which clinton will announce her run and explain her rationale for why she's running. we got a preview of that on friday. it will be off to iowa after tomorrow whether she'll meet with voters one-on-one, trying to fight that impression of 2008 of being too inevitable too big. >> anything about a "ready for hillary" rally planned for this afternoon? do you know anything about that? >> reporter: right. 3:00 in manhattan, ready for hillary will hold perhaps their final event. this is the group that for two years has been building support for hillary clinton, getting people together, collecting small donations. so this could be their final event. they plan to shut down as soon as hillary clinton gets in officially.

there will be three members of congress there, other democratic elected officials. it will be a little bittersweet. they've created of enthusiasm for hillary clinton but this is the end of the road for them. >> bittersweet but sweet if she's jumping into the fray. alex thank you so much. a clean-up effort is under way in northern illinois. homes destroyed, cars overturned, lives uprooted all thanks to thursday's devastating tornado. residents may be allowed back to their homes today but what they'll find there is unclear. nbc's kevin tibbles is in kirkland, illinois. tell me about what the storm survivors are doing today. >> reporter: i'm just outside the fire department here in kirkland. it's a beehive of activity primarily because this is the meeting point. these people who lived within fairdale a today being allowed to go back into their homes. they are going with police escort only. only those people who can prove that they are from fairdale are

allowed to go in with the police escort. so they're meeting here boarding buses and then being taken down to somehow try to salvage what is left of their lives that was essentially stolen from them on thursday night when these giant twisters came through. what is also happening here is that donations are being sent in not only from the surrounding area but from around the state of illinois, other counties and across the country. the firehouse behind me is so full of provisions and clothing that they've now opened up the school down the road and they're filling that up with donated stuff as well. volunteers are coming in from across the state and elsewhere. everyone here has decided to come and try and lend a hand to the people of fairdale who have obviously reeling after these horrible storms. >> thank you so much kevin tibbles. there's a new threat of severe weather as a cold front moves from the plains to the midwest. but in the nation's capital, it

is clear skies just in time for the cherry blossom festival. how is the rest of the country faring? the weather channel's chris warren is joining me now with more on that. >> alex more rain and severe weather on the way for parts of the united states. this is a look at the ingredients. we're focusing here on the gulf coast states and throughout parts of texas as this disturbance rolls along, you'll have that moisture that will provide a lot of moisture for rain and fuel for thunderstorms as we look into early next week. but starting with today and that severe weather threat here panhandle of texas, oklahoma into kansas even as far north as parts of nebraska. spotty damaging winds the threat with this. now the severe weather threat shifts over into the plains, kansas city into parts of southern minnesota and parts of wisconsin. as far as the rain goes, for today, some of the heaviest rain will happen in texas. but we'll see quite a bit of

rain focused around louisiana. if you're going to new orleans, potentially several inches of rain this weekend through early next week. >> thanks, chris. home-grown terrorism in kansas, a new threat at a u.s. military base. how long can the country rely on the skill of the fbi to catch suspects? ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. it's tough, but i've managed. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms

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a second arrest has been made in a plot to set off a car bomb at a u.s. army post in kansas. on friday the fbi arrested 20-year-old john thomas booker who allegedly vowed to wage jihad for isis. officials say the would-be bomber thought he was delivering a van full of explosives to the base. in reality, they were faked.

john geramemdi is joining me now. these home-grown threats are a different beast altogether. how long can we rely on the skill and frankly the luck of the fbi? >> well, it's certainly more than luck. it's really diligence and gathering of intelligence. and it's the community, the neighbors, watching carefully, being aware and when something strange is going on that's out of order, something is talking or e-mailing or has their blog or facebook, we need to be aware. so the community has a major role in this and certainly the law enforcement agencies the coordination, the fbi, the local police, state and so forth is all critical. will we be able to prevent everything? with the exception of the boston bomber, yeah we've been pretty

fortunate all across this nation. >> do you have any guesstimate, sir, as to how many investigations could potential be under way of this nature domestically? >> no, i have no idea. but i know here in california the state police the highway patrol the local community, police, all of them are deeply engaged in watching carefully, being aware, gathering information. and i'm sure there are specific suspects we've seen from time to time being arrested. i know across this nation, there have been more than a couple of hundred arrests and convictions on various kinds of terrorism charges. >> when is the authorization for the use of military force against isis going to see a vote? >> well i hope it happens the week we return next week. but i doubt that that's going to be the case. i believe this is absolutely essential. i think congress has to carry out its constitutional responsibility. the president has put forth a

proposal. i think there are some problems with it. and i think we can write a good authorization to use force, specifically it must be time limited. maybe three years and then at the end of three years, let's go back and revisit this. but a never-ending authorization as presently exists that's the 2001 authorization to use force in afghanistan is now being used in syria and in iraq. and quite possibly it may be what -- if we ever get further into yemen, might be used there. so we need to be specific about this. we also need to know the cost both in human lives, our own and in those countries, as well as the financial cost and the financial burden going forward. immediately and then the veterans. >> let's talk about something a little closer to home for you and frankly to me, too, california girl that i am. that would be the drought there in the golden state. first of all, how is this affecting your constituents and what's been the reaction to

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clinton supporter, and joe watkins. with a welcome to you both howard, first to you, there are a few key certain polls in a couple of states here in which hillary clinton is versus rand paul. you have colorado in which paul is leading by three points. in iowa the lead narrows to just one point. i'm not under the impression that these polls are predictive by any stretch of the imagination two years out. but how do you read them at this point? >> you can't. first of all, rand paul is almost certainly not going to be the nominee. so i don't know what this really gets you here at all. >> you want to switch subjects? >> the campaign hasn't started yet. and people always bring these poll numbers up. and i always say, give me a break, it's 16 months from the election. >> okay. let's look at these numbers. how about this she is upside down on whether she is honest and trustworthy, that's in colorado, iowa and virginia as well. why do you think that is?

do these numbers alarm you? >> they don't alarm me but i think it's a good reason to get in. what you've seen is a right wing attack and that's always a problem. if you don't answer the attack, then these numbers can go upside down, which they have in these states. if you do answer the attack -- you can't answer the attack if you're not campaigning. so i think that's probably one of the reasons she suppose chose to get in at this particular time. >> what are the attacks she's addressing -- >> benghazi these guys will throw everything but the kitchen sink and see if any mud sticks. i think she'll do fine. i'm glad she's? >> joe, when you look at the cast of gop candidates for 2016 announced and unannounced, who do you think might give hillary clinton the toughest fight? >> probably jeb bush. i think jeb bush so far has raised the most money and has the most staying power.

i think republican primary voters have to look to not who their favorite candidate is early on but who they think can actually win a general election. right now, the field is very, very crowded. a lot of good candidates out there. but only a few candidates have the capacity to actually be competitive in a general election. so you have to raise money and build an organization. >> you bring up the quandary that seems to persist in the republican party all the time and that is winning the primaries and going very conservative. and then leaning back to the middle to try to go for the g.e. >> that's a big challenge for republicans. and if hillary clinton is the democratic nominee, the challenge is if you have disagreements with her to cast those in a way that is not offensive to a large part of the electorate, especially the women. it's going to be very tricky. and throwing the kitchen sink at her early may work to secretary clinton's advantage because once you answer negatives early on,

you don't have necessarily have to answer them again. so rapid response will be very important for both sides. >> speaking of throwing everything but the kitchen sink let's talk about the rnc which is launching these anti-hillary ads. let's take a listen to one of them here. >> hillary clinton has some explaining to do. >> used her personal account to conduct official business. >> wanted to -- >> not really working out well. >> potentially catastrophic move for hillary clinton. >> taking millions of dollars from foreign governments. >> it was a total quirk. it was a lie. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> this is just par for the course for the clintons. they're always a little bit secretive. >> how powerful are these ads overall in your mind and the transparency issue? will that keep dogging her? >> i'm surprised because i think the rnc under reince priebus has done a pretty good job. i think these ads are ridiculous. they're aimed at the base. they're not going to change the

mind of the single swing voter. if they've got the money, let them spend it. rather on something like this than something that matters, like turnout. >> joe, i spoke earlier today with robert gibbs. he said he expects hillary clinton to deliver a message on middle class economics in this launch tomorrow. does the gop have a message and the messenger to counter that? and if so what is that because we know mitt romney has the middle class problem back in 2012? >> both sides have to work really hard to talk to american voters, especially voters who are hurting right now. and a lot of middle class people are not working or underemployed. i think on the republican side we'll have a lot of people jeb is thinking about this already and a number of the other republican candidates are as well in terms of how you address it. but they've got to concentrate firsthand on winning these early primaries in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina and

other places. >> can you cross the line for us a second and see if you think it was a gop person who can deliver that message? >> i actually think joe is right about 100% of his analysis. i think jeb bush is the toughest candidate for us. usually the republicans actually do end up picking the moderate. after all, the right wing stuff that goes on in their primaries. but there's real resentment object the bush about the bush family in the republican party. i think all the other challengers, some of them are better politicians than others. but all of them have problems. ted cruz is out there saying things that are unacceptable to about 70% of the american people. you'd rather have that than a jeb bush who has a proven track record. his views certainly aren't my views. he stumbled, i thought, in indiana and tried to catch himself later because i think the american people are tired of the anti-gay anti-immigration,

anti-women part of the republican party. but jeb bush has a problem. and romney went too far over his line with i'll veto the dream act and i'm a conservative and all this stuff. it will be fascinating to see this primary. it's a battle for the soul of the republican party. >> we'll have you both back. >> thanks so much, alex. this week marked the first municipal election in ferguson, missouri, since michael brown was fatally shot by a white police officer last august. while a grand jury chose not to bring charges against officer darren wilson and a report by the justice department confirmed the shooting was not racially motivated, the number of voters who turned out tuesday was more than double the participation in the last two elections. as a result, the number of black members on ferguson's city council has gone from one to three of its six total members. it is an important step for a community that's about 67% african-american. joining me now is newly elected

ferguson city council member, wesley bell. congratulations to you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> glad you're part of a team now. you won the election of ward 3, that's the area where michael brown was killed. you got an impressive two-thirds of the vote there. how do you hope your election can effect change and specifically when you think about change what's top of your agenda? >> we ran a campaign that was based on community engagement and getting people involved bringing people together and so i'm proud of the fact that we had such a large turnout. it was indicative of that work. keep in mind having said that we know that our work's not done. so we're not patting ourselves on the back. we still have a lot of work to do. but we have something to build on. and so we're ready to get to work. >> when you look at the situation playing out in north charleston, south carolina, right now, the disparity between the number of african-americans

and the police force, how significant is that and can that change? >> it's important to understand that these issues predated ferguson. although ferguson gets the headlines, these are issues that plague our region and our country. and so we have to make sure that we take an opportunity to address these issues and meet these challenges because we all know -- i think many know i'm a criminal justice professor -- there tends to be a different kind of policing in poorer communities, particularly african-american communities. but i think we have an opportunity, even the department of justice report alluded to that and something that i've been speaking on is community-oriented policing. we have to change the culture. again, let me be clear. 99.9% of the officers that work in our police departments are honest and protecting our streets. but when these few people -- and sometimes there is a cultural aspect to it with respect to poor per communities.

but it gives a black eye to the entire police department. and then it builds the mistrust. and that's what causes the biggest problems in many communities across the country. >> yeah. speaking of the justice department, in ferguson it was discovered that millions of dollars in fines and fees paid by the black residents there served an ultimate goal of satisfying city's revenue rather than public safety needs. and it was posted out, in 2012 the post and courier documented a rise in complaints from black residents in north charleston who said they were being discriminated against and arrested for low-level crimes. how can north charleston learn from ferguson? >> well i think it's not necessarily learn just from ferguson because, again, these issues -- in other words, we can't let our history off the hook. we've got to deal with these issues and understand them in a broader context. now, having said that there are some similarities. but these similarities go beyond

just ferguson. when we look at poor disenfranchised communities, and that is disproportionately african-american but also poor whites, other minority groups you will see these kind of issues. so we know where the battleground is. we know where the issues need to be addressed. so i'm hoping with the attention and now people's eyes being opened that we can start really effectuating change. >> i'm curious, in these months now since michael brown's death, how is ferguson doing today? is there still tension? >> you know what there's tension, but you can actually -- you absolutely can see the progress. and i mean across the board, residents, leadership everybody's on board with the new normal, if you will. we understand that we had some issues just like every other community in this country.

the thing is is that we have cameras and the world watching with respect to our issues. but at the same time, i think -- and i've knocked on a lot of doors. so i've had a chance to talk to residents. and i've said this before to a man, to a woman, people understand that we have some issues and everybody's ready to move forward to address those issues. >> based on the success of your election, we look forward to speaking to you again, wesley bell. thank you so much. >> anytime. the demand for the apple watch, if you haven't ordered one yet, get ready for a long, long wait.

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>> tim cook loves his apple watch. apple watch preorder sales began online with the in-store demonstrations. but how's it selling so far? joining us now, christina warren from mashable.com. christina, can you answer that? how are the sales going and what is it about ordering that's different? it's different than ordering an ipad or computer. >> right. you can only order it online. you can preorder it online. you can look at it in the store but they're not going to have them in the stores for the initial launch period. you can go to a store right now and try it out, spend about half an hour trying on the different models, the different style bands. but when it comes time to order you have to do it online. as for sales, we don't have any direct numbers from apple. but everything is back-ordered all the way to august. i'm not even going to get my watch till june. if you want to get one, get one now until apple can crank up production. >> and the watch itself the

sport, the watch and the watch edition, how are they different, is it just the bands? >> it's the bands and the material that the watch is made of. the guts of the watch is actually the same. the materials they're making the watch out of are different. the sport edition is made of aluminum and it has a glass screen. the watch edition is the middle of the road, stainless steel or you can get it in a dark space gray color. and it is safire crystal glass on the top. for the watch edition, the expensive one, it's made of rose gold or 14 carat gold. and rangers from $10,000 to $17,000. >> steep learning curve is how people are describing it. in fact there's even an instructional video you need to watch before you can effectively use one. how hard is it? >> it's a little bit of a learning curve. it's different than using an iphone or ipad. but when the iphone first came out, no one really knew how to

use that. and apple ran a series of commercials teaching people some of the different gestures. so i think that this will be a similar sort of learning experience where they have demos set up in their stores. they'll be running tons of ads and that will get people used to interacting with this new device. but this is a little bit different than an iphone or ipad. >> and "the new york times" says the most ingenious part is this taptic feature. what is that? >> you can draw on the screen. it's very cool. >> does sound cool. but getting used to. taking time to do that. christina, thanks so much. more on the story we told you about at the top of the story, the historic meeting between president obama and president castro. how the dynamic has changed and

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we are awaiting yet another face-to-face meeting between president obama and cuban president raul castro. less than 24 hours after their historic handshake at the summit of the americas in panama city, panama. just moments ago, the two leaders addressing the normalization of u.s./cuba relations at the opening plenary session. let's take a listen to what president obama says lies ahead. >> the fact that president castro and i are both sitting here today marks a historic occasion. it is the first time in more than half a century that all the nations of the americas are meeting to address our future together. i think it's no secret president castro i'm sure would agree, that there will continue to be significant differences between our two countries.

we will continue to speak out on behalf of universal values that we think are important. i'm sure president castro will continue to speak out on the issues he thinks are important. >> and joining me now from washington is tomas billbow. tomas, with a welcome to you, what do you make of what's happening there in panama between these two presidents? >> good afternoon, alex. i think it's historic. the fact that for the first time in decades, cuba's participating again in a regional event of this type alongside with the united states and where you have both leaders recognizing that engagement is a path forward to advance the interests of each country and to do so in an environment of respect. i think it's a great departure from the last 50 years of policy of isolation and confrontation which president obama has tried to put behind us. >> during his speech just a few moments ago, president castro repeatedly praised president

obama's demeanor and leadership even going so far as calling him an honest man. do you think this new relationship between the two countries would have happened under the fidel castro presidency? is this an entirely new chapter for cuba's government? >> of course i'd be speculating if i tried to guess whether that was possible. but certainly the conditions have never been better for the united states and cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, not just are there important changes happening within cuba that we'd like to see much more especially in the area of political rights, but also you have a growing consensus among cuban americans, the majority of whom support engagement, 71% of u.s. voters and recently released polls show that 97% of cubans on the island want engagement normalization. >> and how hopeful are you that the average cuban, most of whom can barely get by, will actually benefit from this new relationship and the eventual lifting of the embargo?

>> we've seen a lot of resources have been used as money to start independent businesses which have recently been authorized by the cuban government. today you have 500,000 people in cuba who run their own businesses are employed outside of the state sector. that reduces their dependence on the cuban government and helps put a little bit more of their lives and the conditions of their family in their own hands. so we've already seen some positive developments and surely opening and increasing the flow of information, resources and people to the island will help to continue to empower civil societies. >> tomas, thank for joining us. a police chase and then a violent arrest. ten sheriff's deputies are under investigation and the fbi is getting involved. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides.

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california sheriff's deputies are off the job in the wake of a videotaped arrest that has stunned the nation once again. historic handshake, in the meeting that could bridge a 54-year gap between the u.s. and cuba. live from new york -- >> live from new york. >> live from new york -- >> and going to the movies a new documentary tells the story behind the making of a television institution. good day to all of you. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin in south carolina with the funeral for a man who was pulled over for a broken taillight one week ago today. right now, walter scott's family, friends and neighbors are remembering the 50-year-old father, brother and son who was recently engaged and just last week talked of plans of a family vacation. scott was fatally shot in the back after running away from

officer michael slager during a traffic stop. today, there are still more questions than answers about why it all happened. msnbc's adam reese is in summerville, south carolina. with a good afternoon, let's talk about the sentiment from people attending today's funeral. >> reporter: very sad, alex. a tragic loss as they mourn inside. it's about to finish up. but pastor george hamilton just finished up and he had some very strong words. he said having someone die is one thing but having to watch them die is yet an altogether different thing. he said walter's death was motivated by racial prejudice. he said you've really got to hate somebody to shoot them in the back. he sayses of an act of overracism and this officer is a disgrace to the north charleston police department.

we spoke to walter's next-door neighbor as she went into the funeral. here's what she had to say. >> it's a senseless tragedy. it could have been avoided. i know for a fact that cops are taught at the academy when somebody runs away from you, you do not shoot them unless somebody else's life is in jeopardy. >> reporter: now walter scott will be buried this afternoon. tomorrow there will be another church service where the mayor and police commissioner will speak. alex? >> adam, i want to talk with you about the second dashcam video that the south carolina law enforcement division released last night. what does it show? >> reporter: it doesn't show much, i think, in terms of the investigation, you see the s.l.e.d. officers around the car taking pictures putting up yellow police tape. but it does not show the critical time between when walter scott fled the car and the second tape when we see the shooting. >> adam reiss, thank you very much for that report.

this video was shot by the nbc station in los angeles and it shows sheriff's deputies from california's san bernardino county apprehending a fleeing suspect. nbc's hallie jokz now reports on the swift reprimand against these deputies and the ensuing investigations. >> reporter: the fallout coming fast after this scene caught on camera, ten sheriff's deputies on paid administrative leave with the fbi now investigating. a bizarre police chase ended as francis pusok fell off his stolen horse. two deputies tase them, then punch and sick him. seconds later, joined by other san bernardino officers. our los angeles station recording from above. pusok's mother says she won't watch the video again. >> he didn't deserve to be treated like that. i think he had every right to run. look at the aftereffect. >> reporter: police believe pusok initially fled worried

about a probation violation. while officers were familiar with the 30-year-old's arrest history, the video is called disturbing. >> at the end of the day, it appears to be excessive. >> reporter: pusok's family is considering a lawsuit and experts on the use of force says the footage raises serious questions. characterize this video. >> very disturbing. it looks to me as if he should have been handcuffed when he assumed the position. >> reporter: pusok out of the hospital is in jail, due in court monday hallie jackson, nbc news los angeles. yet another incident caught on tape. this time in arizona where a family of six got into a violent brawl with police in a walmart parking lot leaving one person dead and one officer injured. officers used batons pepper spray and even tasers on those fighters but later defended the use of force. >> i believe it was justified. he still had control of sergeant daniel's weapon. he was on top of sergeant daniels and sergeant daniels had

been shot. at no time have my officers administered any kind of street justice or anything else that anybody would like to call it. >> the officer was treated and released. a second suspect was also wounded in the brawl. six people were arrested. turning to illinois where the clean-up effort is beginning after thursday's tornado. it killed two people and left many homeless. kevin tibbles joins us from kirkland, illinois. let's talk about the situation there. >> reporter: the residents of fairdale, i'm in kirkland about half a mile from fairdale i'm standing outside the fire department here, residents of the town are being allowed to go in today to assess the damage that was done to their homes. there's a police escort there. no one else is allowed to go in except the residents of the town. but what's taking place just on the outskirts, for example here at the kirkland fire department

there is such an outpouring of care and charity, i guess is the best word i can come up with the donations are pouring in here from across illinois and across the country as people are opening up their hearts and their pocketbooks to the people of fairdale and the fire department is so full of food stuffs and clothing and other sundries, that they've now has to open up the high school and are filling it up. as the people from fairdale are coming here to get their rides to go into town to assess the damage of their homes, they can also pick up groceries, clothing, anything they need here at the fire station that's going to help them get back on their feet. it's an incredible scene here today. it's a very busy scene. and just about half a mile from a very somber and sad scene in that very small town where two lives were lost on thursday night. >> kevin, have you even begun to hear plans for rebuilding in

fairdale because it appears to have been completely leveled. >> reporter: yeah i'd say every house in fairdale was damaged in some way. many of them completely wiped out. at this stage, insurance adjusters and the like are allowed to go in with the homeowners and check things out. a lot of these homes are a write-off, as you just mentioned. so from the insurance point of view view, we'll move on to the next stage which is either salvage or rebuild those homes. as you can see, building materials are coming in here everything is coming in here and as the assistant fire chief said to us this is what being a good neighbor is all about and what makes america such a great country because when something

like this happens people in the community all pull together. >> amen to that. kevin tibbles, thanks so much. let's go to the developing news we're following out of panama city, panama. we expect president obama and president castro to meet face to face. it follows speeches both leaders gave during the opening plenary session at the summit of the americas. joining me now in panama city panama chris jansing. with a welcome back, chris. how significant were these speeches? >> reporter: they were fascinating, i have to tell you. all of the leaders got a chance to speak. but everyone was focused on what president obama and president castro had to say. and castro took this opportunity -- his brother, fidel castro, was known for his long speeches. he took this opportunity to air a lot of old grievances over the past generations. but then he took a surprising turned and actually called president obama an honest man.

for his part president obama acknowledging some problems within the united states. folks in that region have said here's the united states criticizing cuba venezuela, for human rights abuses and they have their own problems. so the president brought up when he was in selma recently. he also said that it's time to turn a new leaf that the cold war has been over for a very long time. take a listen. >> the point is the united states will not be imprisoned be i the fast. we're looking to the future and the policies that improve the lives of the cuban people and advance the interests of cooperation in the hemisphere. >> reporter: now the question is when will the two meet? it could happen any time this afternoon. it hasn't happened since the height of the cold war, that the leaders of those two countries have gotten together. and there are obviously some

obstacles ahead. there's long animosity between these two countries, distrust that lingers in some ways. and there are practical matters that have to be dealt with from the opening of embassies to when cuba might take over the military base at guantanamo bay and whether or not tong will agree to lift an embargo. there are a number of u.s. ceos here who are very anxious to get into the cuban market. so this is really the start. and that meeting later today will be a hugely symbolic start to a long road ahead, a thawing of relations that will take years to reach for. >> i'm dying to get there because i want to take a ride in one of those taxis. they're just classics. >> reporter: and check out the beaches. >> that, too. chris jansing, thank you so much. back here in new york the countdown is on with just about 24 hours to go until hillary clinton's 2016 bid for the white house is official. msnbc's alex seitz-wald is live for us in brooklyn heights outside what this time tomorrow

could be the clinton official campaign headquarters. alex, i know this is being called a soft media launch -- social media soft launch rather. can you explain what we expect this to look like tomorrow? >> reporter: yeah tomorrow around midday we'll get a video with hillary clinton declaring that she is going to be a candidate for the president. but it's going to be very different from the video she used to launch in 2007. if you'll recall in that video, she was sitting on the couch in her home was power posed and her message was that she was in it to win it. it was all about her and her ambitions ambitions. this time i'm told it will be about voters their ambitions, the middle class. and you only get one chance to launch a presidential bid. this is a huge opportunity for fund-raising, for data collection, for signing up, getting people's e-mails. you can be sure they'll want to have everything in place for that to get all that information which will pay off for them in the long haul.

>> have you gotten any more clarity on the timing of this video release? i know there were reports yesterday of early afternoon, perhaps noonened and then they sort of walked that back. >> reporter: the clinton campaign is being very cagey, not even officially confirming that tomorrow is the day but we know that's the case. i've heard midday. but they have the luxury to do this at exactly the right time for them. they're not on anybody else's schedule. when they're ready for it, they'll go for irtt. >> and hillary clinton will reportedly be moving out of town and heading out on the road to iowa this week? >> reporter: that's right. iowa, possibly on monday or tuesday and then new hampshire is also likely. the first two states in the presidential nominating process. but iowa is the big one for her. it derailed her in 2008 when she ended up in third place. she wants to really put a lot of effort there, show that she is in it for the voters.

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the long road to the white house for senator rand paul had stops in the key primary states of new hampshire, south carolina and iowa this week. at the university of iowa last night, he spoke about inspiring younger voters. >> if we want the instagram generation to get up off their sofas, to leave their dorm rooms

and vote someone needs to some forward and make it worth their while. if we want college kids to get engaged, we need to go boldly forth under a banner of liberty that clutches the constitution in one hand and the bill of rights in the other. >> joining me now, msnbc's jane tim who just returned from iowa. did that young vote what he called the instagram generation, turn out this week? >> they did. the event was at a university. they e-mailed around, they got their members out. but they really weren't all in the bag for rand paul. they said i've heard about him, i knew about his dad. and i want to see what he has to say. they weren't -- not all of them were sure that he was the guy who was going to support them. and his farther in 2012 was very good at getting young voters out. that's what he was trying to show at this event. he was saying, look at these young voters who came out for me. and at the end of the event they

were very boisterous. >> he mentioned race and drugs and inequity in the criminal justice system. how does that play into this? >> because it was in iowa this was a very particular talking point. it's not always popular in a different venue. but with young voters they were incredibly excited by this idea. those talking points he mentioned eric garner in staten island, the man who was killed. they were screaming and hooting and hollering chanting "president paul" around this time because they were very excited to hear about criminal justice reform. it's something a lot of young people care about. >> was there talk about the recent media issues he walked out of an interview yesterday and there was that testy exchange with our own savannah guthrie on "today" and cnbc before that. >> i was asking people about it. and they said not for me. and then others said no

offense, this is how they said it no offense, but rand paul's probably smarter than those interviewers. and i was surprised. but i think that some people saw that idea of being flustered as being organic and being earnest and being honestly passionate about the points you care about. so for some people, that sort of testy media strategy is coming off well. >> always in the interpretation. let's move to carly fiorina. she says she's close to making a dig about her candidacy. what is she focused on? >> she's focused on talking hillary and staking out far-right territory. she doesn't have a lot of name recognition recognition. so she needs to make headlines. i think we have some of something she said with me. >> california can be the most onerous regulatory regime in the world, which they are, and it won't make a bit of difference in climate change. so instead what we're doing

because of political agendas is we're destroying people's lives and livelihoods. and i resent that. >> and what's key there is that she's not denying climate change but she's not affirming it either. she's finding a way to skirt that issue, not even get involved in that conversation but slam the epa and slam regulation. and it's a very sort of sweet spot for a candidate like her that wants to be very far to the right but still not alienate voters by saying well i don't see it with my own eyes, so it's definitely not happening. >> but you know every candidate likes to sell themselves as a washington outsider ignoring the capitol hill address, of course. but she actually is an outsider. so how is she weighing the benefits of that status with the inherent lack of experience of dealing with things on capitol hill? >> absolutely she's looking to portray herself as very far to the outside. but there are problems with being an outsider.

i spend a lot of time with people who ran against her and ran on her campaign her communications director, all these consultants and volunteers. they said like an early politician, she had some media gaffes, she got caught in the hot mike once and had some trouble fund-raising. and without name recognition, fund-raising is really important. she needs to get her name out, travel the country a lot. and it will take money to earn the recognition that candidates like hillary clinton just have. >> msnbc's jane timm good to bring all your intel back to us. thanks so much. president obama and the first lady are among the 99 million americans who have filed a tax return already. but what about a refund? and just how bad is the drought getting in california. the latest reading on the nightmare.

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but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve is just 2 pills all day. and now, i'm back! aleve. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." it's now 29 past the hour. time for your fast five headlines. a bakersfield, california man shown on security video slapping a toddler to the floor is facing child endangerment charges. the store owner saw the video and turned it over to police who arrested the 23-year-old at his home where that boy also lives. the man is still in jail his bail set for $1 million. in new york city, a car left running in an attached garbage appears to be the case of carbon monoxide poisoning. two were the parents of a police detective who found the victims.

the number of hiv cases linked to dirty intravenous needles in indiana has surpassed 100. 17 new cases just this last week in one county alone. jurors in the aaron hernandez murder trial are taking the week off after four days of deliberation. the panel spent about 20 hours considering whether he killed odin lloyd. what was the longest game inbox red sox history turned out to be a winning one as they beat the new york yankees in 19 innings. that game ended at 2:35 this morning, making the game even longer was a 60-minute delay because of a power outage. now to the hype surrounding the impending announcement by hillary clinton that she will run for president in 2016. she will likely make that announcement through social media tomorrow and then travel to iowa on tuesday. joining me now is beth couey,

senior editor of msnbc.com and jess mcintosh. jess, i'll begin with you, the rnc having released a new anti-hillary clinton ad that will air in at least six swing states. let's take a listen to it. >> hillary clinton has some explaining to do. >> used her personal e-mail account to conduct official business. >> wanted to resell relations with russia. >> not working out well. >> potentially catastrophic move for hillary clinton. >> taking millions of dollars from foreign governments. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> this is just par for the course for the clintons. they're always a little bit secretive. >> jess, do you think hillary clinton will have to answer to transparency questions throughout her candidacy and how does she build that trust among voters? >> i think that hillary clinton is going to answer questions about a whole host of things

throughout her candidacy. it will be a really long 18 months where she can talk about her own story, her own agenda and see what she can do to talk to voters about what type of leader she'll be. but voters really like hillary clinton. they are responding to her message of economic change. they are responding to the things that she says about helping middle class fachsmilies and equal pay for equal work and making it easier for families out there. this campaign is going to be about that agenda. voters want to know what a president is going to do for them. what kind of policies are we going to put in place and how does at this time affect my family? that's really what questions the voters are asking. i know the rnc is asking a set of other questions. but voters we'll see what they really want to know. >> and it makes sense what you're saying. but i want to bring in beth

because when you look at a new poll from some key states here's an issue, it shows hillary clinton is upside down on whether she's honest and trustworthy in the states of colorado, iowa and virginia. what's driving this? >> well remember that whenever hillary clinton is sort of far off the stage, that's when her polling numbers are the best. that's what happens with people in the politics all the time. once people are back into the political world, voters start to scrutinize them a little bit more and start to think about the things that they're concerned about. hillary is getting a little bit more scrutiny from voters than she did six or eight months ago when she was flying around the world, getting awards and she was in chappaqua and things like that. i think the polling that you just showed, it's interesting, it's a snapshot. it doesn't really represent what's going to happen 18 months from now. it's just a look at what some of these key states are thinking about and asking about.

it makes sense for people to have questions about hillary clinton. there were reasons why she didn't get the nomination last time. and people will have to decide what they like and dislike about her and what do they want to know in the months coming forward. >> why do you think her message didn't resonate in places like -- >> iowa was a really really tough slog for her. and that definitely did set her candidacy probably to lose even though she came back and beat barack obama in many many primary states in that long slog, ultimately ending in june. iowa was the state that derailed her. she needs to play smarter in that persnickety state. >> jess same question to you as well. >> i do agree. i think we're going to see this time around that she is going to fight like she is 50 points behind like the whole way through.

hillary clinton is an incredibly hard worker. she is incredibly qualified, incredible energetic and she is willing to put the time in. so i think this year -- we're already seeing the kind of outreach that everybody was sort of looking for to see if she was going to do. i think the fact that she's going to start in iowa is smart and strategic. those voters really want to get to know a candidate. i know everybody thinks they know hillary clinton but they want her in their living rooms, they want to be able to ask her questions about what kind of a person she is, what kind of a leader she'll be and what kind of agenda she'll have. she seems pretty excited to answer them. >> and seems to me that's the plan. we talked about her going to coffee shops and diners and people's homes, that will be the m.o. for iowa and beyond. she wrote an epilogue for her book "hard choices" about the impact that becoming a grandmother is having on her, clearly speaking to a certain segment of the population there. but when you think back to '08, what messages didn't work and what should she focus on this time around? >> i think the grandmother meme is going to come through a lot

in this campaign. it's talking about herself personally which is the piece of hillary clinton that didn't really come through to voters, certainly in iowa last time. now she's talking about i have a family i have responsibilities that have nothing to do with politics. i'm a person that cares about the future. and it reminds people she's a woman. let's remember that. that was not something that they wanted to highlight back in 2008. she was all about strength and experience and those were her marching orders from her set of advisers and it didn't really work. i think she's looking forward to shedding that image of strength she had to project and talk about herself a little more. and voters want to ne a little bit more about her. >> jess who do you think poses the greatest threat to hillary clinton and how does she campaign that candidate in the republican party? >> i think jeb burr is probably the biggest threat.

he's the most palatable to general election voters. but he's so far to the right and i think he's going to have to talk about how extreme his views on choice and health care and education and immigration really can be as he fights for the primary. so right now, that's the name i would put out there. but who knows what kind of a person is going to emerge from this republican primary? they have to appeal to a really far, outside the mainstream electorate in order to emerge in states like iowa and new hampshire. and then south carolina. we're just going to see these positions shift. you've already seen marco rubio and rand paul be willing to dramatically shift on issues that had been like cornerstones of their lives as politicians. so i don't think we can predict who the man is that's going to come out of it. >> jess and beth ladies thanks so much. i'll have you both back soon. we'll also bring you hillary

clinton's announcement tomorrow and host a roundtable discussion with political insiders about the challenges that she may face in her battle for the white house. in other news a second arrest has been made in a plot to set off a car bomb at a u.s. army post in kansas. alexander blair is accused of failing to report the plot to authorities. the fbi arrested 20-year-old john thomas booker of topeka yesterday. prosecutors say he told an fbi informant he wanted to kill americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of isis. >> we face a continued threat from individuals within our own borders who may be motivated by a variety of reasons to take extreme and terrorististic steps against our folks. >> a muslim cleric says that booker is mentally ill and was acting strangely in the days before his arrest. it seems of late there has been a number of wrongly convicted people finally winning their freedom and here may be another case. in hartford connecticut, a 69-year-old man walked out of prison for the first time in 26 years yesterday.

richard lapoint wore a t-shirt that says "i didn't do it." he said throughout his conviction and trial he didn't have a fair trial. supporters say he couldn't have committed the crime because of his mental disabilities and he is grateful for their help. >> thank you everybody, that helped me get out of jail. >> he's been released on bond because he could face a retrial. but prosecutors have not decided if they will try him again. the legendary masters golf tournament is halfway complete and while many fans were looking forward to the return of tiger woods, there's a young rival taking augusta by storm in record-setting fashion. drd dd dylan dryereier takes a look.

>> reporter: tiger woods found time to share a few moments with his girlfriend and his daughter and son. >> i give myself plenty of looks out there. >> maybe over the next decade tiger woods will put an exclamation point on an already unbelievable career. >> reporter: it's been a long road for the former world number one following his messy divorce in 2010 as well as back surgery a year ago. in a tournament in february woods only made it partway through his opening round. >> i got cold and everything deactivated again. >> reporter: but now he's back on the prowl, chasing a young gn hoping to capture his first major championships. 21-year-old jordan spieth is at the front of the pack after breaking the 36-hole scoring

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what's the short answer to this? >> the bottom line is people have to adapt. but the truth is and many politicians don't want to say it out loud is we've gotten used to really, really cheap water. people have gotten used to taking long showers, to watering incredibly green lawns and golf courses in the desert. that will have to stop in order to make the water go further. >> your article quotes an historian who says mother nature did not intend for 40 million people to live here. but the fact is, 40 million people do live there. is restricting water any kind of a long-term solution? >> the truth is mandating restrictions and setting 25% less water, 35% less water being used in some areas, is not a strategy for the long term. the only thing that will work is to price water more realistically. when prices of water go up, people use less. it's simple economics. and that's what has to happen over the long term both for

residential users and for farmers. >> what about if the population continues to grow? >> again, there's a lot of water being used for lawns -- it's a big question whether people should have a big, green lawn in beverly hills or in palm springs or a mini orchard in san diego. i don't think that's realistic for the long term. and the economic costs of pulling back from that are not as big as if you deprive farmers of water. it's easier for residential users to reduce their water than farmers. >> it hasn't happened for a few years, but what if california were to get a great soaking, a rainy season would that change things? >> not really. california has been having a drought for four years now. and normally what happens is you get big snowpacks up in the sierra. and that's like nature's reservoir. you accumulate snow in the winter, it melts, runs downhill in the rivers. move that water around the

state. california has maybe 10% of the snow of normal. so you'd have to have a lot of storms to make up for that. it's going to take time. they're thinking this may be a long-term change in the climate or at least in weather patterns that's going to deprive california of some of the rain it got in the past. >> so the sense that the changes governor brown is calling for, do people think they're going to work? >> i think they'll work to some extent and maybe people will respond in the short term. but in the long term you really have to have farmers using water more officially in terms of drip irritation rather than flood irritation. and homeowners will have to get rid of the turf and put in cacti, something like that. it's cultural fundamental, behavioral changes in how people -- there's enough water. but people have to use a lot less of it. >> it's a big issue. tell us what you find. thank you so much.

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the tribeca film fest call starts wednesday here in new york, and this week's opening night screaming, an american institution. >> it's lasted through the ups and downs of america and the world. >> he said it would be a cross between 60 minutes and montee python. >> it's important to remember a political comedy is essentially dead on american television. >> it's america right now, whether you like it or not. >> it's saturday night live as the show marks 40 years on air. one film maker took his camera behind the scenes to find out what's kept snl on top for so

long and the director is joining me now. welcome to you. it's a topic that all of us here certainly love talking about, how first of all did the film come about? >> well you know my personal story with saturday night live is just like anyone else's i started watching when i was a little kid. i stepped out of my bedroom when i was nine just sneaking out every saturday night. my parents not knowing, just watching it. and i understood america through it. and you know my producers actually approached me with the idea of, you know, it's 40 years of snl right now, and how do we look at it in a different way? their approach was by reflecting american history and how has it impacted america. sop after that i guess the rest was history and now we're opening tribeca this wednesday. >> wonderful congratulations to you and your team to put it together. >> it was said there in the sound byte it's a cross, do you agree with that? >> i totally agree.

if you look at snl through the years, it's really it's a show that happens every week and it has to reflect what's going on that week in america. so just like 60 minutes, you're looking back at events that happened at this time. at the same time it's a comedy show it's a satirical show you have to make fun of things. that's the interesting thing. unlike a new show it could really take some jabs at people in power, celebrity culture, things that journalists, you guys wish you could do. you can't really do because you guys are journalists. >> i know no matter how many times i've watched the weekend update and thought i'd love to do that on the show. i'm curious about the behind the scenes access. what did you learn from that? here, you're a fan and you get to take your camera and do your thing that way. it must have been really thrilling for you. >> you know just being part of that show or being there and witnessing all the people who've gone through that stage and who have become legends from snl, it

was incredible. i think, you know, we got to meet incredible crafts people who've been on the show for 40 years. that was really kind of an amazing experience. and you know they've had stories about the history of snl and how they were affected by certain events that happened like 9/11 or the 2000 campaign. and i thought those stories were really impactful. so that was one of the best things about being on set. >> do you get a sense that the performers and others associated with the show are aware of the cultural impact every week? because you got a bunch of comedians, do they look at it just like a performance or beyond? >> well everyone we talked to was really humble about their experience on snl. i think, you know, they're just trying to make a show week to week and they're not thinking about oh how are we going to make an impact on american culture in society? but with our film you know we're taking taking a broader

view of snl and looking at it and really seeing how these little sketches that play week by week and now are shown virally really can make an impact and really have an affect on the bay you look at american culture. >> and the most impactful, perhaps character or segment, routine that you saw or that you think from your experience watching it, what do you think it is? >> well i think, you know, tina fey's impersonation as sarah palin obviously was something -- >> legendary. >> yeah legendary. and you know it's not even making a krark kature of a politician, but really just playing it straight and seeing the natural ways that, you know sarah palin's traits are a little funny and a little a little off. >> yeah a little off. kind of like steph fan who has got to be one of my favorites. i'm not sure what that says about the culture except that it's funny.

it'll be a big win for you. enjoy it. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. that wraps this up, tomorrow at noon eastern, up next, caught on camera, i'm alex witt, have yourselves a great saturday.

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