joined al qaeda were also killed in drone strikes in january. on their deaths senator graham said, "they got what they deserved." chris jansing joins us live now. chris, good morning. >> good morning. >> in the wake of the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of these two hostages, how angry is the president that this happened and what's he doing in the review and revision to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> look the president put what he considered to be very strict standards in place for the use of drones. it is a standard called near certainty, and you have to be nearly certain about two things one, that it's an al qaeda compound used by al qaeda leaders and number two there are no civilians. obviously, the intelligence failed on the second count, and he's, yes, not happy about that. so there are two investigations of what's going on. the first happens every time there's something like this it's more of a review looking at what happened. are there lessons to be learned,

how do we put new protocols in place to make it better but now he's brought from the inspector general, part of the justice department to do a deeper dive on this particular one. could take as short as weeks, could go much longer than that depending on what they find. and, of course at the heart of all this are the families. it's impossible to put yourself in that situation to have a loved one who's being held and so there's a conversation, not just about our hostage policy but even more so what happens with the families. as you know the statement that was put out by now the widow of warren weinstein, she called -- well, she said this is clearly the fault of the terrorists she also said that the administration response was at times inconsistent and disappointing. this is something that the white house heard before and something the president says he takes very seriously and there is also an ongoing review that started before this of ways in which the folks who deal with families on a day to day basis operate.

>> chris, you have other leaders who call for more oversight in trying to find these hostages before something like this happens, maybe even calling it a hostage czar what's the white house's take on that? >> well this is something that the president spoke about yesterday. he's talked about it previously that they are always looking at ways to first of all pinpoint where hoosstages are being held. it's clear in this case they had no idea and is there a situation where they can get intelligence that is strong enough that it warrants trying to do some sort of rescue. what we did hear yesterday from josh ernest in the briefing was that no rescue was attempted in this case, clearly, they just didn't have the intelligence to back it up. there's no consideration, certainly right now, of something like a hostage czar. they have programs in place across several agencies to deal with this as i said on a day to day basis. >> of course u.s. policies

they will not negotiate with terrorists. >> and that's not going to change. >> thank you so much for that report, we appreciate it. >> sure. let's bring in former cia counterterrorism analyst kevin strauss, kevin, thanks for being with us. now that the question is up there on drones and how the united states goes about with those kind of strikes and that drone strike that killed warren weinstein and the italian hostage, so-called a signature strike. tell us what that entails and what that means. >> well i think the important thing to take away here is whenever you do a kinetic counterterrorism operation to include an air strike, there's going to be a large degree of uncertainty. it's how the intelligence process works, it's a rare situation you're going to know every single detail that you need to know. so whenever these very difficult decisions are going to be made there's going to be uncertainty and people are going to expect a certain degree of risk. this is a perfect example of it.

on the one hand you have this horrific horrific tragedy and i can't begin to imagine what the families of these two hostages have gone through and where they are at right now. >> how can you -- >> go ahead. >> how can you lessen that risk? talking about a near certainty assessment, how can we go for pure certainty here in doing that? and i know we're talking about technology, especially when you're talking about, you know over hundreds of hours of surveillance taken before that attack on that particular compound, but how can that be improved and bettered? >> well i think if we're all going to be honest about it it is rare it's never that you're going to have 100% certainty. it's not going to happen. frankly, that's not where the intelligence community operates. it doesn't operate in certainty. intelligence is almost by definition incomplete as you pointed out, they did have hundreds of hours of surveillance, you know the risk here are clear, sometimes you're going to hit the wrong places. and in this particular case you

know reported to be an al qaeda safe house. to some extent that was actually true because there was an al qaeda leader there that was killed. >> at the same time given that surveillance, no indication the united states couldn't -- the intelligence couldn't determine there were these two hostages there? >> well evidently not. i will just tell you, whenever you're talking about hostage situations and from the u.s. perspective especially, american hostages, that is a top priority, bar none period. if there is any, i think risk they were there, i can't imagine they would have proceeded. >> the president also announced the two americans that joined al qaeda killed in these drone strikes, killed in the same strike that killed warren weinstein, and adam gudan becomes the spokesperson highlighting impropaganda for al qaeda was killed in january. what more can you tell us about this now that we knew of their

killing in. >> i think in both cases, now talking specifically about the two al qaeda leaders that you mentioned, they appear to be fairly senior members. gudan is a especially interesting case. he really didn't have much of an operational role. there are reports he did have a role in attack planning but if you want to understand his significance, remember he's the guy that really brought the al qaeda threat home to the u.s. he's the most high profile, one of the first home grown terrorists, went from the west coast in the united states to pakistan and joined al qaeda, and when he would put out frequent, you know threats to the u.s. pushed al qaeda propaganda and frequently referring to massacres in the united states, massacre at uva and ft. hood that was his value there. >> should americans feel overall safer that he was taken out? >> safer, i think overall this certainly does damage for the group, losing both of these

leaders, but i think what people need to understand is, the reason we have these air strikes in these remote areas is because these groups are still a threat. this may be a setback for the group, it may hurt their propaganda efforts, but i wouldn't say al qaeda is going away any time soon in other countries, such as syria, yemen, and elsewhere. >> stay with me i want to ask you about a developing story in italy, arrested in raids across the country, at least 18 people suspected of having al qaeda links, including two alleged body guards others are expected of staging violence in pakistan and afghanistan and planning an attack at the vatican in 2010 that was never carried out. officials say a potential suicide bomber traveled to rome but disappeared when he realized investigators were following him. kevin, your perspective on this what should we make of that attack and the focus on the pope and the vatican now? >> well i think there's a couple interesting things here.

the first i point out, you know kudos to the italian police. from the initial reports we're seeing they had this group under surveillance for one time reporting one of the biggest arrests in you know recent italian counterterrorism history, so kudos to them to really doing a fine job in this operation. the second thing that stands out about this is how well organized this group evidently was. it was spread throughout the country, and apparently was, you know recruiting migrants or immigrants to support terrorist operations both potentially with italy or against the vatican itself, but also sending funds, raising money and sending funds primarily via the former network back into south asia. yeah, that really stands out just for how well structured this was. >> we know how powerful it can be when they are well financed. kevin strouss, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. we are also following new

developments in baltimore, where in the next hour another demonstration is planned over the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. and later this afternoon, the mayor is set to hold a news conference, this as maryland's governor larry hogan is ordering state troopers to baltimore to help with the swelling crowds of protesters. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> hundreds of protesters marched through downtown baltimore, converging on city hall for the sixth straight night of peaceful protests with still no answers how exactly gray suffered the fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. governor hogan asked the medical examiner's office to expedite gray's autopsy report and to push legislation for police body cameras. both the justice department and police department are investigating what led to gray's death. msnbc's adam reese joins me from baltimore. what's the latest today as far

as protest plans? >> reporter: francis, good morning to you. protesters here not giving up determined to make change, a fifth consecutive day yesterday. they started here at city hall made their way throughout the city blocking traffic, lying down in the street. there were two arrests after a scuffle with police but the commissioner has told his officers, he's ordered them not to block the rally, let them move around the city unimpeded. they finally made their way up to western district police headquarters. there was some taunting of police officers but we also saw some good discussions between some senior officers and protesters trying to lower the temperature, calm tensions as these protesters demand for accountability and arrest of the six officers. >> black men are dying at the hands of white officers period. and it's becoming so repetitious that it's becoming alarming. >> my heart is broken on how the system is just horrible. it's a racist system seems to

me and we need to do something. i have no idea what else to do so i'm here. >> it is now very public so it's an opportunity for us to do something publicly to say no more. >> reporter: now the governor has called in state troopers to assist the local police for later rallies today and a big rally expected tomorrow. the police commissioner met with the gray family yesterday, told him he is determined to change the culture of the police department here in baltimore and freddie gray's funeral is tomorrow. francis? sorry, it's monday francis. >> the mayor on this show yesterday speaking about bridging that gap between the community and police with the mistrust there, she'll be speaking with the community later this afternoon. thank you for that report. we are following new developments surrounding oklahoma reserve deputy robert bates, who shot and killed an unarmed suspect. the deputy says he mistook his gun for his taser. this morning documents emerged

that raised questions about bates' training. gabe gutierrez joins me with more. good morning, gabe. >> reporter: good morning. robert bates is a long time friend and political supporter of the sheriff and now we're learning some of his colleagues have concerns about that relationship and his on-duty behavior more than six years ago. this morning new questions about tulsa county reserve deputy robert bates' training. years before he shot and killed eric harris during a sting operation. in 2009 the sheriff's office launched an internal review that found bates had incomplete field training and on-duty behavior that violated policy. his attorney says he has not seen the review. >> i know he received hundreds and hundreds of hours of training since 2009 and no one at the operation had any complaints. >> reporter: but there were other concerns the sheriff's office memo from december 2000

date shows one sergeant told the captain bates was using his personal vehicle to make unauthorized traffic stops against policy. the sergeant wrote, what is the purpose of having policy if members of our office do not follow it and we as supervisors allow violations because of who persons are? >> well the accusation's been made he received preferential treatment. i don't believe that is the case. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview last week -- >> my taser is right here. >> reporter: he showed where he kept his taser in relation to his gun. >> my gun itself is on my side. you must believe me it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: bates is pleading not guilty, the judge is allowing him to go ton a pre-planned vacation to the bahamas. >> it's offensive to the family and community and shows a complete disconnect between mr. bates and what's happening around him. >> reporter: bates' attorney says his client really weighed whether to go on this vacation

but he decided it was important to spend time with his grandchildren, francis? >> gabe gutierrez from tulsa, oklahoma, we thank you for that report. up next dramatic video when a concert stage collapses. ♪ now more than a dozen injured students are improving as police investigate exactly what happened. and the clinton campaign is striking back following several negative headlines about the clinton foundation and hillary's time at the state department. we'll take a closer look at those allegations surrounding in today's first read. plus why a group of native american actors walked off the set of a new movie from adam sandler. >> we need to stand up and take issue when they degrade our women, our children our elders our people. >> it hurt my heart. i couldn't just sit there and let this happen. >> coming up i'll talk live with one of the actors. it's our "news nation" gut check. join the conversation online

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terrifying moments and more than a dozen students injured after a high school stage collapsed during a musical last night in central indiana. ♪ students were performing the finale when the stage gave way and performers tumbled into the orchestra pit below. nbc's john yang has the latest. >> reporter: francis, terrifying moments at that high school musical performance in indiana last night. family and friends watching the students perform suddenly watched them drop from sight.

the indiana state police the local fire marshal, all looking into just what happened. what began as a typical high school stage production quickly became something much different. >> oh my god! >> reporter: more than two dozen students singing and dancing when suddenly the stage collapses beneath them dropping the teens into the orchestra pit below. >> all of a sudden you hear this big bang and everybody, all the performers basically laying down for a second waiting, thought it was planned, but it wasn't. you start hearing screams everywhere. >> i knew something had gone wrong, because that's like a ten-foot drop underneath there. i was in shock. >> reporter: at a news conference this morning, officials said stage maintenance records are being turned over to investigators. >> some productions when the

orchestra playing this is open other productions there's a cover there. it appeared the cover collapsed in total immediately. >> reporter: audience members and school staff immediately began rushing the stage after the collapse pulling the teens to safety. >> all the debris and all the wood and all everything were covering some students and people just jumped down and started trying to lift. just a terrifying sight to see. >> reporter: authorities say more than a dozen students were injured, all taken to area hospitals with many students and parents thankful the outcome wasn't much worse. >> i think everybody was overwhelmed, you know just something you don't expect to happen. >> reporter: officials describing the injuries as minor, none of them life threatening. meanwhile, classes are going on as normally as possible today. there are counselors on the scene for those who want them and for those who want to stay home, they can. francis? >> john yang reporting for us

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developing now, an outbreak of severe weather is expected today for millions in parts of the midwest and south. tornados and thunderstorms are expected to fire up this afternoon straight into tomorrow. it's an area where residents have already been slammed by severe weather over the past few days and here is one of three tornados to touch down in texas wednesday. msnbc meteorologist domenica davis joins me now. really that time of year you know, tornado season severe weather season. >> absolutely francis. we have the warm air clashing with the cold air and that setup is going to be through the middle part of the country, so from the south to the central plains, that's where the severe weather focus will be. wichita, dallas you were in the enhanced risk zone which means isolated tornados will be a threat as we go through the afternoon and evening. already starting to see some of those warnings pop up down

through texas, where the showers are firing up with daytime heating. that is only going to get worse. so let's see if we can push this through to have our radar come and you can see by dallas that's where we're getting strong storms right now and also through the houston area as well. this will all continue through the afternoon and we'll see those storms have the potential, anyhow, to become severe. so definitely a day where you want to keep your eye to the sky for sure. elsewhere across the northeast we are looking at cooler than normal temperatures. that's pretty much going to be the theme as we head into the rest of the weekend, francis. so the storms will continue down through the south, not only today, but through tomorrow as well, and below normal temperatures for the northeast. i know francis, it's coming. eventually, it has to come. >> domenica i am so tired of my winter coat. the winter coat needs to go too, thank you. well up next newly

confirmed attorney general loretta lynch is signaling new priorities at the d.o.j. what's at the top of her list? as a farewell ceremony is planned for eric holder. mark murray is next. and this -- >> i was worried that 11 out of 12 of them would fall flat. >> oh yeah he went there with the new england patriots when they visited the white house. it's one of the things we just thought you should know. good. very good. you see something moving off the shelves and your first thought is to investigate the company. you are type e*. yes, investment opportunities can be anywhere... or not. but you know the difference. e*trade's bar code scanner. shorten the distance between intuition and action. e*trade opportunity is everywhere.

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>> trying to run from a spring storm, hillary clinton ran into a political storm, sidetracked by questions about foreign donations to her family foundation. >> there's been a lot of accusations made about this but not a lot of evidence. >> we will be subjected to all kinds of distractions and attacks, and i'm ready for that. republicans seem to be talking only about me. i don't know what they talk about if i weren't in the race. >> when the libertarian, he has a view of the world i don't share. >> this comes from a group of people that have been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. i'm really the one standing up to president obama and these people are essentially the lap dogs of president obama. >> senator paul is the worst possible candidate on the most important issue, which is national security. >> he is the worst possible person to defend in the arena, to combat barack obama's foreign policy because he's been more wrong than obama.

>> i love elizabeth, but she's wrong on this. i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle class. >> joining me now, msnbc news senior political editor mark murray. always good to see you, mark. >> good morning, francis. >> good morning. let's start w reports addressing foreign donations for the clinton foundation. the first reads headline is this, the clinton campaign strikes back. so how are her aides trying to tramp down these reports? >> the argument they are making and one that's been at least successful so far, there's never quid pro quo, there was an action the foundation money or the speaking fees former translated into action by hillary clinton to benefit some of the donors her new york times piece noting that hillary clinton wasn't the person in the state department who was even in charge of this review of the sale of the iranian mine and, by the way, there were eight or nine other governmental entities all part of the review process,

so no quid pro quo, but francis, i think as you kind of mentioned, there's another problem that comes when it comes to transparency in that some of the donations that were made to the clinton foundation were undisclosed and they were supposed to be disclosed according to the memo of understanding that was set up interesting to hear more lawmakers' take on this including former republican virginia governor jim gilmore. he's weighing in on a presidential bid and had a very strong word for hillary clinton here. let's listen. >> i call on hillary clinton to withdraw from the race. >> really? >> yes. >> to why is that? >> withdraw from the race because she can't meet the necessities of what is going on right now. by this is the story, hillary clinton's foundation has, together with bill clinton, has taken in hundreds of millions of dollars from overseas interests. ary of state under those circumstances. >> all right, so he's weighing a potential run here so will this

be seen as an attempt by a lesser known candidate to drum up some attention, now we're talking about him, but does it reflect real concerns among some democrats that this really may be damaging in her candidacy? >> you know, it's a great way for former governor gilmore to get attention, but it's not something the democrats are talking about, but it would be a great recommendation for republicans to say to the candidate doing the best in the polling on the democratic side should leave the race. that seems to be a good formula for republicans to have more success in 2016. >> let's turn now to loretta lynch here finally confirmed s here. she is the first african-american woman to serve as attorney general. we know she was fighting human trafficking, ironically what held up her confirmation. how will her term as attorney general be different from eric holder's? >> the new york times had an interesting piece, she had a different tone when it comes to policing and police relations

and outgoing attorney general eric holder went into communities where you have these policing issues and loretta lynch said she wants to have more cooperation and boost police morale so that's going to be different than what we saw under outgoing attorney general eric holder. >> definitely a hot topic there. i want to ask you, senator ted cruz is the only senator to miss the final confirmation vote. one of the most outspoken critics. what is this about him having to catch a flight is the reason why >> francis, flight to a fundraiser. yeah, in fairness to ted cruz he did end up voting on some of the earlier procedural vote but on the big vote he wasn't able to because he was hopping on a plane for a fundraiser in texas and some people might find that ironic given how outspoken he was against loretta lynch but wasn't able to make it for the final vote. >> catching a flight is one thing, but for a fundraiser adds another dimension. thank you, mark murray appreciate it, hope you have a good weekend. >> you, too. up next a new report links

gas and oil drilling for fracking to earthquakes in places uncommon in the past. and this -- >> i could do whatever i want with you. i'm all you got. >> may look familiar a new movie about ariel castro we'll talk about that and his role in "breaking bad" spinoff "just call saul." and one of the things we just thought you should know president obama honored the new england patriots at the white house yesterday for their super bowl win and gave them a good ribbing, of course deflaetgate. >> i usually tell a bunch of jokes at these events but with the patriots in town i was worried 11 out of 12 of them would fall flat. all right, all right, all right.

>> did you see coach belichick there? thumbs down. robert kraft the owner just smiled. the president just then went on a joke that the whole story was blown a little out of proportion. and the white house correspondents' dinner is tomorrow night in washington. saturday night live's cecily strong is getting ready to perform. she is the second female comedian there to host the event in more than 20 years. she'll have a tough act to follow coming right after president obama's monologue. ronan farrow was able to sit down with cecily to get some of her thoughts before the big night. >> give me your unfunny president? >> unfunny. >> rand paul? >> little silly dad that's so endearing. >> marco rubio funny president? >> oh no not yet. but he could surprise me. >> okay. okay. hillary clinton? would she make a funny can either. >> can't wait to hear the zingers. msnbc's live coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner starts tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern time hosted by

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we are back with a look at the top stories that the "news nation" is following right now. president obama has ordered a full rules. that after americanstage were killed in a strike in pakistan that was targeting al qaeda operatives. a new demonstration is set to begin in about 20 minutes in baltimore over the deaths in police custody of 25-year-old freddie gray. and this morning, comcast officially announced it is dropping a $45 billion bid to acquire time warner cable. the move comes amid concerns by government regulators about the impact the merger of the nation's two largest cable companies would have on

consumers. comcast is the parent company of nbc universal and msnbc. well it has been nearly two years since amanda berry, gina dejesus were found alive after being held captive over a decade by ariel castro and since then we've slowly learned horrific details about their lives inside the so-called house of horrors. now for the first time berry and new book they just released of life inside that house is being brought to the small screen in a new movie premiering next week called "cleveland abduction." >> through here. in the pink room. they are probably snoozing right now, but that's when they are the cutest when they are all snuggled up together. >> who are they? please, don't hurt me!

>> joining me now is raymond cruz, the actor with the tough task of portraying ariel castro and you recognize him from tv's most successful show ever "breaking bad." raymond, thank you for being with us it's great to have you here. seeing you in person especially given the dark roles that you have played with tuko and now ariel castro, we were talking about this earlier, where the depths of yourself you go and find that going from one role to another, and the toll it takes on you. >> it's very difficult. you're dealing with dark issues all the time it's constant you're being inundated when you're doing research with these characters and trying to figure out what motivates them. there's no rest from them no escape and you're constantly thinking about it. >> it puts a halt on how you conduct your daily life every day. how is it different from going to tuko to ariel castro ariel

castro, that was real life horror that these women went through. >> well that's the difference. it's this is actually someone who everyone is sort of aware of and what he did, so to try to really understand what motivated this person, you can't just pull from your imagination, you have to go by facts and try tothis. you have to try to understand it, and it takes a toll on you. >> tell me how, what happened in your daily life what would change, what would you do? >> never ended. for six weeks that you're working on it you're living in this guy's space, his mental space, and you can try to figure out emotionally how he felt about it but it never ends. there's no relaxing you don't get away from it you're constantly thinking about the character, so it wears you down. >> how about the people closest to you, wore you down did it wear them down knowing you were taking ariel castro home every day? >> fortunately, i was gone i was in cleveland, so my wife was really happy about that. she's like are you going to be gone right? yes, she said good. it is, it's hard.

you kind of cease to exist for that time. you become someone else so yeah it's a whole different energy. >> i have to say, it's so strange to see you smile. in all the roles you played as dark as it is it's strange to see that other than the maniacal smile we've seen with tuko. you also said coming out of it it took some decompression on your part to rid yourself i guess. >> i gained about 30 pounds for the part. >> that's the physical part. >> right. so once you start letting that go and getting back letting go of this whole way of thinking and getting back to you know normal life it's a process. >> you were talking about when you were called for this role you know that sony when they were making this and they have this movie planned that they really had you in mind and your reaction was like is that a good thing is that a bad thing? >> they put it to me you know we can't think of anyone else that can play this part i was thinking i don't know if that's a compliment. >> well it's because we see

there's so much of tuko in you. is there part of you that's bothered by the association you can't shake from "breaking bad"? >> no no i play a really nice guy on "major crimes," which premieres on june 8th on tnt, really great show. so, you know i'm fortunate, i get to play a lot of different things at different times. >> it's "major crimes," you play detective julio sanchez in that. that's got to be a nice offset to a balance of something much lighter. would you want to go into something much much lighter, more comedy? >> you know i looked at "breaking bad" as a comedy a dark comedy when i read the script. i don't know if that was lighter. >> well, considering the roles, again, of tuka and the heavy and depth and darkness of ariel castro, i can imagine. >> yeah but this movie isn't just about the sadistic nature of this man. it really is a survivor story, it's about michelle knight and really her heroic effort to

survive. >> very unlifetime way, it's on lifetime all right, thank you very much. thank you so much for being with us and we look forward to seeing you in that role. >> thank you very much. up next a group of native american actors walked off the set of an adam sandler movie. it's our "news nation" gut check. be sure to like "news nation" on facebook, facebook.com/newsnation. stay with us. i love making sunday dinners. 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. ♪ building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do.

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one of the child stars from the show "everybody loves raymond" has committed suicide. that tops our stories around the news nation today. 19-year-old sawyer sweden took his own life weeks before his 20th birthday. he played one of ray's young twins. he acted along side his twin brother and older sister.

white sox and royals had exchange of words. players ran out of both dugouts. watch the bullpens. after this five players were ejected from the game. a new report from the u.s. geological survey says is increased earthquake activity is linked to fracking. according to the reports, seismic activity is significantly increased from 2009 in the central and eastern united states. controversy already for adam sandler's new movie and hasn't hit the screens yet. actors walked off the set this week of "ridiculous six." they size the film is racist disrespectful to women and the elderly. sandler cowrote the film. it's the latest project for his company happy madison. it's supposed to be the 1960s

western magnificent seven. it's set to be released on netflix next year. alley young was one of the actors that with draw the questioned off the set and joins me now. thank you for being here to stalk totalk to me about this. >> thank you for having me. hi. >> you had to be so excited and thrilled to be casted with nick dan in the movie too. when did that change once you got on set? >> sure. well, being on set -- when it first hit me was going into the dressing room. makeup and hair and seeing -- i mean i'm full blooded navajo and they bronzed me. i was quite confused. >> right away it didn't feel right. when did it get worse? what strikes me -- the movie had

a cultural consultant that joined you. when did you say you know what i can't have anything to do with this film? >> when the cultural consultant left the set. he was the first to leave. that says something when the cultural advisor for the film quits because he's offended. >> i understand there were names of women's characters that were very offensive. what were the other instances where you said i can't have anything to do with this film? >> there was one instance where one of the native american women played by a white actress is passed out on the ground and the group of white men are throwing liquor on her. she jumps up and starts dancing

with everyone else. you know that's not comedy when it comes to native american stereo types because we're always portrayed as the drunk indian and that's just perpetuating stereo types. >> sounds like one incident after another. the netflix spokesperson released this statement to the media. the movie has ridiculous in the title for a reason because it is ridiculous. it is a broad satire of western movies and the stereo types they popularized popularized. what's your response to that? >> many i response is it's comedy but still. you can do that but using native americans and supposed to be portraying the apache tribe.

with the costumes it's not correct portrayal of apache tribe. they're still perpetuating stereo types. >> let me ask you quickly in the short time we have. has this changed your view of adam sandler? are you still a fang? >> on set he's a good guy. he would joke around with everyone. i truly believe he's a good guy, and it's just a little sad to see that maybe they're not willing to change anything about it. >> allie we thank you for sharing your experience. what does your gut tell you? should netflix pull the flugplug after actors walked off the set? >> that does it for us.

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports." al qaeda in italy. 18 arrested allegedly two of osama bin laden's body guards. were they targeting the pope? the friendly fire that killed two hostages including an american aid worker warren weinstein. now questions about what the cia knew and what pakistan did. >> the question is whether there are other resources available to us to actually find these hostages. that includes are we getting the cooperation we need from other governments? >> congressman john delaney joins me to explain.

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