right now on "andrea mitchell reports," threat level raised. the pentagon boosts security at military bases around the u.s. stormy weather, 16 million people now in the path of strong storms that will bring wind rain flooding and tornados. kansas texas, oklahoma have been hit. >> this is the master bedroom. when we first came in here there was still a little more ceiling than this. when we got the flash flood last night, it soaked it. >> our kids are safe. we're safe. we can rebuild. our kids are safe. >> just do it. that's the president's message for fellow democrats as he prepares to speak this hour. topic one, proposed specific trade deal that has the left up in arms.

hometown hero appearing before a friendly crowd in massachusetts at a previously scheduled event. the star quarterback was anything but deflated. >> what wasn't what this night was supposed to be about. i was asked to come here and have some fun. >> has this however detracted from your joy of winning the super bowl? >> absolutely not. [ cheers and applause ] good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we begin with breaking news. the president has raised the security level at all military bases. the measure is not specifically tied to isis or attack in garland, texas. it is based on recent intelligence about potential

home grown terrorists. fbi director james comey and secretary jay johnson will hold a video conference today with the nation's police on how terrorists are using social media to attract recruits. today loretta lynch addresses the threat. >> the fbi director and secretary of homeland security are having a conference today with the nation's police to talk about this growing concern over isis social media. how much of a concern is that? how urgent a concern for the justice department? >> as we look into our national security cases, we have attempted to see which tools those who would seek to do americans harm utilize. social media is one we've seen be used. in the cases that result in my old district we've seen social media used as a recruitment tool means of disseminating information.

it's an area we're trying to stay on top of. i say it's part of the full panel of things we look at and try to determine who's essentially trying to do us harm. >> pete williams joins me from the newsroom along with chief correspondent jim. pete, tell us about the military bases and what they're doing that's different because of this concern. >> first of all, the threat protection levels at all military bases in the continental united states have been raised to bravo from alpha. it's one step up. essentially during that time there would be increased random security checks id checks of vehicles random checks. you're not going to see long lines of vehicles backed up at any particular base. now, military and defense officials are telling us this is not in response to a specific and credible threat. when i pressed one official on

that they said we get threats nationwide everyday, a bomb threat here threat of potential shooting there that are investigated. in this case he said specific and credible threat. it appears there may be some kind of threat out there that somebody is worried about, hence the raising of the protection level. i want to put this in perspective a little bit. the pentagon is perpetually at this bravo force protection level. when we walk in in the morning, we have several id checks and subjected to body and baggage searches by armed military and force protection forces here at the pentagon. it's done primarily as a prudent precaution. according to one senior military official partially in response to shootings last weekend in garland, texas and because of the warnings put out by the fbi and homeland security that isis

is far more aggressive in relone wolf here in the united states. no credible threat but enough to everybody on alert. i want to add one more thing. we learned a minute ago because of this increased force protection level, the air force museum outside dayton ohio has cancelled spring concert tonight and suspended all tours of that facileity for the time being. >> that's at the air force base. thanks so much. pete william, you've been on this case. comey and jay johnson are briefing police around the country. you've been looking at this how terrorists use social media to recruit here. >> if there's a theme to isis

uses to a attract here. a week ago there was increased security at an airport on the west coast in response to this stuff. the way it's described to me it's not specific. these things keep coming up over and over again about attacking people in uniform which has been a theme of isis around the world to attack people in uniform, attack military people in the uk australia, france italy and elsewhere. that's part of what this is about. the larger picture here andrea is that what the fbi says is this attempted attack in texas last weekend points at how totally the picture has changed here. in the past if you wanted to get jihadist information, you

had to go to a specific website. the fbi could lurk around and see who was going. now it comes to people all day long. it's relentless slick, attempting to appeal to young people with a repeated message to do something. the fbi director comey yesterday said i know there are other elton simpsons out there. >> while you were with loretta a lynch, she confirmed what we expected, the civil rights investigation into the pattern of practice of police abuses or civil rights violations by the police in baltimore. let's listen to a little of what she had to say there. >> in the coming days civil rights attorneys and investigators conducting the investigation and police experts who will assist them will be engaging with community members and law enforcement. we'll examine policies practices and available data. at the conclusion of our

investigation, we will issue a reports of our findings. if unconstitutional policies or practices are found, we will seek a court enforceable agreement to address those issues. >> pete this is in addition to what they were already doing in baltimore helping the baltimore police. this adds onto it. >> actually yes, it adds onto it and supercedes. this is whether police used excessive force, how they arrest people, how they detain them whether they're concentrating enforcement powers excessively on people in minority communities. full range of questions you expect in the civil rights investigation. sometimes the justice department announced these investigations as a sort of here we come. you better shape up. the tone of this one was a little different. number one, they were invited in by practically anybody who has

official letterhead on their stationary in maryland. secondly, what she said is she hopes this will help be part of healing process to bring the police and community closer together. >> pete williams thank you so much and jim before a thatthat. now to boston where tom brady made his appearance after the stinging deflategate report. screaming patriots fans. brady side stepped a blitz of questions about the finding that's quote more probable than not that he was probably aware of deflating of balls before the game. >> i don't have reaction. it's been 30 hours. i haven't had much time to digest it fully. when i do i'll let you know how i feel about it. >> are you that slow a reader? >> well my athletic career has

been better than my academic career. i'm use to reading x's and o's. this was a little longer. >> brady previously denied knowing the balls were deflated. his agent blasted the report calling it unfair. the report clears patriots management, belichick and equipment manager of wrong doing. peter alexander was at event and has been following this throughout with brady and joins me from outside the gillette stadium. peter, you asked him in january are you a cheater? he gave the strange answer i don't think so. what do you now expect? do you think the punishment from the nfl including possibly suspension for one game or more is announced as early as today? >> i think you're right. i think the anticipation from a lot of sports sworldworld is there

will be more investigation. frankly, it could have happened as early as yesterday. it would make sense if it happened as early as today that nfl might do it before we head to the weekend. i can report new details right now. tom brady's camp is telling me they have not been alerted by the nfl as of any punishment at this moment. if there's punishment they don't know about it. he hasn't had meetings scheduled with the league which would normally be the case if a player is to be suspended or r if there's punishment. he would likely be called before the league. that's where things stand now obviously. we were inside the unique event last night. about 5,000 patriots fans. this was home field advantage for brady if ever was one. they were chanting mvp and brady

as he entered the room. we were there the entirety of the hour. it was heavily restricted. the first ten minutes was allowed to be recorded and shared with the world. after tom said he wasn't going to discuss this the conversation was mostly just about his life and his passion for the game of football. it will be unclear what happens to people's passion for tom brady as soon as we hear from the league. >> a question to you peter. you've been following this closely. ted wells is a famous attorney. his report was so ambiguous. if you don't know for sure why did he put in what are considered suspicious comments about tom brady? >> reporter: clearly, this is not a criminal case right. this is an independent investigation that was purchased by the league which is one of the points the agents for tom brady insisted. the league paid for this. of course the people completing this report are going to do something that benefit's the

league's interest and said they found something. let's be clear. tom brady though requested did not turn over cell phone, e-mails, text messages even though the wells folks said you don't have to give the phone. you just have to go through it. he's married to the world's biggest super model. a lot say who blames him for though the turning over his cell phone? i think so certainly here and around new england, there's a belief this guy deserves the benefit of doubt. hey, you don't have anything on him. maybe he was just a good guy. maybe he gave autographs to locker room attendants and others. until they see hard evidence a lot say it's the league that has to prove it. >> peter alexander, thank you for all your reporting. appreciate it. >> we are monitoring a severe weather threat for millions of americans in oklahoma and texas extending through the weekend.

both states were hit hard by a string of tornados over past few days. high winds and hail systems that left dozens injured and one dead. officials at the nfs railway are trying to determine if powerful winds caused this derailment close to denton texas. we are in bridge creek, oklahoma very hard hit. the people you've interviewed, tell us about the people right there. >> reporter: andrea it's such a compelling story. they've spent 48 hours or so trying to clean up what they have. the problem is more severe weather is coming tonight and worst of it tomorrow. this is the home of katie longest. she has three young children. she was in her storm cellar be below ground in the garage when this hit.

katie, you seemed solid yesterday and less so today. is that because you're facing the prospect of more weather? >> yeah it's kind of scary thinking we're going to have to get back in that storm shelter. >> could you do that? >> if i have to. i don't want to. if i have to i will. >> what are your losses? >> as far as the house? >> yes. >> the house is completely gone. it will be bulldozed as soon as we can. we have our kids. >> there's a touching moment. if you'll step over here and talk about your son for a second. he's building you a new house. >> yeah. i don't know why he's doing it but he started putting the rubble together and he's building us a new house. >> there's silver lining here. a child's optimism. >> yeah, he knows we'll have a house and be okay. >> you feel that today, you'll be okay despite what the weekend holds? >> we'll be okay. we went through it once. if it happens again we'll go through it i again. >> katie, thank you so much for

caulking to us. there's a big concern andrea because it's a significant graduation weekend in oklahoma. ou's graduation tomorrow. hundreds of high schools have their graduation tomorrow. that involves people gathering, in many occasions outside with the worst of weather predicted for saturday. we'll keep an eye on it. back to you. >> could you do me a favor and ask katie how old her son is? >> yeah we can go back to kate at this and dawson. dawson is five years old, correct? >> yes. >> how old are your other children? >> i have a 7-year-old and 2-year-old. >> how did they sleep last night? >> they didn't. they were up crying upset that storms might come. it was raining, and they were scared. they were sad they don't have a house. we'll be okay. >> children are resilient. >> they are. they're really resilient. >> thank you again. kate longest and her family. it's been inspiring to see them.

the house was full of people yesterday carting off a their most treasured belongings from birth certificates to children's first toys. >> thank katie for us and give her our best. we'll go online and see what viewers may want to do to help this family. >> >>. >> reporter: let me add. they have a crowd funding. go fund me account that i'm sure they'd love people to visit. >> thank you so much. overseas, david cameron gets to stay at number 10. how long will the united kingdom stay united? that's coming next. president obama is trying to sell a trade deal to his own party. today he's visiting nike headquarters in oregon. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. call me shallow... but, i have a wandering eye. i mean, come on.

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i've just been to see her majesty, the queen. i'll form a government. we'll deliver that referendum on our future in europe. as we conduct this vital work we must insure we bring our country together. as i said in the small hours of this morning, we will govern as a party of one nation, one you mite night -- one united kingdom. >> polls were wrong. one surprise almost a clean sweep of scottish nationalists. nbc chief global correspondent bill neely from london. big implications from europe

with that referendum on europe cameron promised by 2017. this was a big election result. >> this was huge. andrea, doesn't sound like a political earthquake when you say cameron was prime minister yesterday and is today. this was a stunning victory for him and historic in all sorts of ways. remember david cameron had never actually won an election out right before. he's been prime minister the last five years in coalition with the left leaning liberal democrats. now he's won outright. none of the polls predicted this. they were all wrong all of the time. it's been absolutely stunning for him. he called it the sweetest victory of all. it's the first time in 60 years a british government has increased number of seats and share of vote. for him, a sweet victory. for left labor party and its leader, an absolute humiliation.

it was summed up in scotland. scottish nationalists won nearly every seat in scotland. for me it was summed up in one seat where the guy who ran labor campaign, a man that thought he might be britain's foreign secretary was beaten by a 20-year-old scottish nationalist student. she's now the youngest since 16 1667. that's historic. >> ed lost his seat in labor. he was the shadow chancellor and would have been the chancellor of ex checker if labor won. millibab resigned. resignations all over the place today. >> really stun. some of the big beasts of british politics. bowles beaten. david cameron managed to see off three leaders before lunchtime. three resigned again.

a sweet victory again. for labor, a lot of etch issing questions to ask. tony blair won three elections from the center. then along game gordon brown, the national successor. he represented a different party. he was a left leaning socialist. along came ed a socialist as well. british people said you know what, we don't want that kind of labor party. labor today have soul searching to do. where do they want to win the next election? where do they want to try and win from? back to the center or on the left? i think they have everest to climb. >> bill neely, thanks so much. great day in the uk. today marks the 70th anniversary of victory in europe representing end of world war ii on the continent, defeat of hitler and nazis. secretary kerry is laying a wreath at the tomb of the

unknown soldier in paris. here in washington a ceremony with hundreds of veterans in attendance. an impressive display of more than 50 vintage military aircraft flying over the capital. these are live pictures as we speak. get a load of that. retired army colonel, jack jacobs now from the world war ii memorial here in washington. jack we haven't seen this before at least i haven't. >> i've never -- i certainly haven't either. from the beginning when war started and we were training new pilots all the way to what i expect to be the end when they'll fly a b-29 right over the capital. it's really quite stunning. >> b 29 once piloted by a former treasury secretary. i remember him very well back during the 40th anniversary of d-day giving a remarkable

speech. i guess that would have been the 50th anniversary of d-day when he gave this speech about what it was like to pilot a b-29. >> you had veterans in congress from world war ii generation. we don't have that anymore. you've got all aging veterans of world war ii veteran today at the mall. >> yeah you raise a number of interesting points there. it revolves around age. we're losing more than 1,000 world war ii veterans every single day. obviously it's a matter of time before they're all gone. that's why this ceremony here all day long is quite somber in many respects. second, a very important point. that is that we are pretty much beref of veterans in the congress. when i came in 50 years ago, almost every member of congress every senator, had been this the service during the second world

war. the war ended 20 years before i came into the army. the memory of the war was strong lessons of war strong. the notions of sacrifice were strong. you can find them in congress. there's little of that today. we have managed to -- the process has managed to encourage some number of iraq and afghanistan veterans to run for and in some cases win seats in the congress. experience in the military understanding of what service and sacrifice are all about is quite frankly and unfortunately absent in this town. it's something we need to work on for the future. >> it's partly a function of the volunteer army where you don't have very many -- a large percentage of americans in military service. it's a smaller and smaller percentage of people representing all of us on those front lines. how are these planes maintained? i'm stunned to see live pictures

of this fly over of the capital. first of all, you don't normally see planes flying over the mall. that's restricted air space. these vintage planes are extraordinary. where are they kept? >> well there are some kept there. they're representative models of planes just about everywhere. enthusiasts -- in some and many cases spending lots of their own money to refurbish, maintain and fly these aircraft. they're at clubs everywhere. there's a large number of these out on long island in huntington. you can go to every state and you'll find examples of these aircraft being maintained by enthusiasts by every state in the country. >> jack jacobs, what a treat to talk to you today and see this display live on our air. thank you so much. we'll return as things develop. we'll be back in a moment. we're waiting for the president

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as president obama is about to argue for trade authority to counter act china in part, deals worth billions. nbc kier simmons had a meeting about russia's growing ties to beijing. >> china is our very close partner. we have all possible dimensions

of cooperation developing. then we're working jointly on different infrastructure projects. it's an important country for us. >> and kier simmons joins me from moscow. this is clearly a play to chie ma that by putin to say we don't really need you. he's upset about sanctions them because of ukraine. >> that's right. absolutely stunning andrea right now you have the chinese president here in moscow. president putin announced he'll make a visit to china in september. they've announced an agreement on combination of what they call asian economic union and what chinese call their new silk road. trade deals that would allow the chinese economically if you'd like to use russia and reach across to europe. andrea contrast that with the

relationship between moscow here and washington. he basically telling me that relationship is frozen. he used the word freezing. in no uncertain terms said russians are prepared to wait politically. they believe washington will change their mind about russia. it might take a new president, might not. they're happy to wait. sanctions are not having effect in the since they're changing moscow's mind. he was very clear. clearly sanctions are in place because of what's happened in ukraine. the question though for the west europe and washington is whether they're really working. >> and as well russia is holding a big military parade since the soviet era. timed for ve day as well. >> exactly. that happens on saturday. it is the biggest demonstration of russian military power since

soviet times as you mentioned. once again, another diplomat. he was telling me -- he doesn't use this word but basically they're furious that they believe american diplomats have gone to various european countries and told them not to come to that ve day celebration. what he says is look, russians lost millions of lives for the liberation of europe. they think this should be separate from the diplomatic arguments of the modern era. plainly the issue is how do you put pressure on russia. the issue for washington and west. how do you put pressure on russia unless you try to isolate the country. again, the question is the isolation working? he was clear there's economic damage happening in russia as a result of sanctions. his point was it isn't damaging enough for them to change their mind. they're determined not to. >> fascinating stuff.

thank you so much kier simmons in moscow. any minute president obama speaking at nike headquarters in oregon to finalize a trade deal with 11 countries. allies republicans not the liberal wing of his party, anything but. bloomberg editor jean cummings here. luke first, the president has been pushing hard and saying he has to disagree with elizabeth warren who's made this a crusade leading that wing of the party. >> not just elizabeth warren. this is a fascinating break down in terms of emerging divide in democratic party. you have nancy pelosi against this bipartisan deal essentially negotiated by oregon senator ron white and ryan over from wisconsin. pelosi has lined up her liberal

democrats in the house against it. she's also joined in the senate by harry reid who has not necessarily said he's totally against it but said he will not move until republicans move forward on a new patriot act and infrastructure bill. president obama directly in a combative role here with the head of his party in the house and head of his party in the senate. liberals do not like this deal. they do not trust it. they say, and i've talked to many of them. there's not enough environmental protections and worker protections here. if anything this deal will encourage more american jobs to go oversees. republicans on the other hand say look what this will do is allow more manufacturing jobs to come to the united states. it eliminates duties and tariffs. oregon benefits from trade by location and having companies

like nike. white is the person that negotiated this. that being said president obama will push this on backs of gop working hand in hand with boehner and mcconnel to accomplish something which is not something you see everyday. on the republican side they're having trouble getting their vote count up. there's populist coming out against this deal saying it's hurting the american worker. in order to find a pathway to victory here, president obama really needs republicans and pro trade democrats. he has to get about pelosi and reid first. >> john boehner said democrats are going to have to help out. democrats aren't going to carry this themselves. jean, this reminds me of the

gephart and clinton strategy. i'm not sure they know where they want to come down. >> she has the benefit of not being in the middle of the fight. >> she's not going to be able to avoid it much longer. >> it's going to move through congress. senate is expected to take up the bill next week. the house is anxious to move on it as well. so we will have several weeks now where it's going to be in the mix. she may be pressed to the point she has to come down on one side or another. that's -- you know they are experts, our presidential candidates in avoiding being absolutely cornered. she could avoid it. for a little while longer. it is a legitimate fight inside that party. i think it's interesting what reid is trying to do couple the trade bill with the transportation bill.

that is we go against labor on trade. we give them something on transportation. >> it's interesting that luke just mention had the harry reid and others are demanding action on the patriot act that expires the end of may. i thought it was june 30th. it's june 1st the patriot act expires. now you have the appeals to the court on meta data collection. the next couple of weeks will be tense on capitol hill. >> without a doubt. you have this trade deal. if they try to move it forward, i'm interested toe see what the pathway is to 60 votes. certainly possible. that would be a divide in the democratic party. chuck schumer came out against this surprising considering on business this new york.

on the patriot act, that's a story that's not gotten enough attention. interesting array of bedfellows layhe and ted cruz. >> doesn't get stranger than that. >> odd right. they're going up against the freedom act directly refeuding the original act birthed out by edward edward snowden about bulk data. if it goes tonight floor, we suppose it will pass. then on the republican party, why is mcconnel blocking the bill that will get republican support, i presume from the leadership that's been reseptember issive. he has to answer why he wants to keep the patriot act status quo. that's an interesting fight we'll see in upcoming weeks as is the infrastructure highway trust bill. they won't raise the gas tax and

have to raise the money somewhere else. we have tension on the presidential race, but in terms of legislation, there's a lot coming up in may. >> there's the ceo of nike. it's interesting to note the president is going to south dakota next. that will mark his 50th state. south dakota he'll deliver a commencement address at a community college in water town. he becomes the fourth to visit all 50 th. nixon, george hw bush and bill clinton were the others. 11-year-old rebecca wrote this letter urging the president to visit. you can see from the letter dear president obama, i live in vermilion, south dakota is. i want to know why you haven't visited. i go to the park and see

coyotes, hawks, bald eagles. ps this is my heart because you haven't visited south dakota. rebecca, the white house heard your plea. they posted the letter online. they replied this. >> that is too rich. so sweet. >> right to the white house's desk. you never know. >> it's interestingportland oregon. we've got the trade deal. he's facing down his own party liberals. warren de blasio refusing to endorse hillary clinton. we have the president coming to the podium. we're going to bring you live the speech about fast track.

votes aren't there yet. >> not by a long shot. there's a lot of work that needs to be done. from the beginning of the year they thought this would be a bipartisan deal both sides want but it's hard. >> here's the president at nike headquarters in oregon. >> who arranged this day is this every time i come to oregon this is what it looks like. yeah. it never rains in oregon does it? never. all right. well, listen it is wonderful to see all of you. first of all, please give mark another round of applause. [ applause ] for his hospitality. thanks to everyone at nike for

hosting us today. the white house is cool. we've got a basketball court. actually it's a tennis court we repainted some lines when i came in office. it's a combination basketball tennis court. there's a putting green that president eisenhower put in. can you imagine if i had put in a putting green? things have changed. you've got all that and the 18th tee box from pebble beach. come on. i'm sure some of my staff is running around right now in the michael jordan and mia hand buildings. they want to be lab rats for your new gear. but it is wonderful to be here. please give it up for two people that fight every single day for

oregon workers. your respectives inpresentatives in congress. they're both here. give them a round of applause. [ applause ] there are two people that couldn't make it here today but doing a great job. senator widen and represent curt trader. [ applause ] so it is great to be at the world headquarters of such an iconic company. a company that helps succeed from the syringeindividual to world stage. i've come to oregon to talk a little about trade which initially may have had people thinking, what is mariota going some place we didn't know about?

yeah, and -- he's going to be great. he's an outstanding young man and terrific. he's from hawaii by the way. local boy. but this is important. i want to tell you why i think trade deals and our willingness to go out there and compete on the global stage is so important. before i came out here i had a chance to meet with small business owners from across oregon who's workers make everything from bikes to tea to stationary to wine. and they know how important this is to them. sometimes when we talk about trade, we think of nike or boeing or ge, about these big multinational companies. those small business leaders came here today because they

understood that these markets outside the united states will help them grow and help them hire more folks. just as all the suppliers to nike or boeing or ge or other companies understand this is going to be critical to their growth and their ability to create new jobs. in fact that's why ron widen is not here. he's in washington d.c. as we speak quarterbacking this effort on behalf of oregon's small business owners and workers. small businesses are the backbone of our economy eventually. like nike they grow into really really big companies. they employ millions of people. 98% of exporters are small businesses. they're the ones who made in oregon and made in the u.s. mean something. they represent something essential about this country. the notion if you've got a good idea and willing to work at it

you can turn that idea into a business, grow that business eventually who knows what might happen. you can give other people the chance to earn a living even as you do well. that's america's promise. it's up to us to keep that promise alive. now that promise was threatened for almost everybody just about seven years ago when the economy nearly collapsed. millions of americans lost their jobs and homes and life savings. thanks to the hard work of american people and entrepreneurs like the ones here today, and some pretty good policies for my administration we're in a different place today. [ cheers and applause ] we're in a different place today. this this morning we learned our economy created 223,000 new jobs

last month. the unemployment rate ticked down again to 5.4% lowest it's been in almost seven years. [ cheers and applause ] that's 3 million new jobs in past 12 months nearly the fastest pace in over a decade. all told in 62 months in a row, america's businesses created 12.3 million new jobs. i should add by the way 62 months ago is when i signed the affordable care act so obviously it hasn't done too bad in terms of employment in this country. just thought i'd mention that. [ cheers and applause ] since there are a lot of predictions of doom and gloom, i suggest those making those predictions go back and check the statistics.

just saying. small businesses deserve a lot of credit for that. over the past years, small businesses created two out of three american jobs. the question is how do we build on that success? we've got to be relentless in our efforts to support small businesses creating jobs and helping to grow the economy. that's been the purpose behind many of the policies i've fought for as president. i've cut taxes for small businesses more than a dozen times. i've pushed for investments and infrastructure and faster internet. it's why we've made health care more accessible portable freedom to give people freedom to change jobs launch start up without losing health insurance. passing trade agreements is part

of that agenda if those trade agreements are the right kinds of trade agreements. if they make sure that they're growing our businesses and helping american workers by selling goods made in america across the rest of the world. i've been talking a lot about this lately because i view smart trade agreements as a vital piece of middle class economics. not a contradiction to middle class economics. it's a parcel of it. you know i believe that our country does best when everyone gets a fair shot everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of rules. that means making sure everybody has a good education. it means making sure women are getting paid the same as men for doing the same work. [ cheers and applause ] it means -- it means making sure that folks have to have sick

leave and family leave and that they can balance work and family in a fair way. it means working to increase the minimum wage all across this country because folks have some of the toughest jobs often times get the lowest pay. that's all part of middle class economics. you know what so is trade. we strive to make sure our own economy lives up to high standards. in a lot of parts of the world, the rules are unfair. the playing field is uneven. that puts american businesses and american workers at a disadvantage. the question is, what should we do about it? >> jean and luke russert at the white house. this is a hard argument economically to make. it's not as easy as the bumper stickers from the opponents. >> it's the right argument to make, but counters are strong as

well. with labor, environmentalists are concerned yes the president says we learned from nafta, put provisions in to up the standards overseas for workers and the environment, but are they enforceable? that's a big question that's out there. so, there's a lot more debate that has to go around here and a lot of persuasion. as long as people aren't feeling it in the pocketbook and they aren't, yes jobs are created, wages not moving. that's what the average person feels. that's what makes the opponents arguments residence natenate with people. >> 200,000 at the white house today growing about that. you don't have the wage disparity fixed. that's the problem. >> wage disparity and people look for jobs have left the job market. they're going to pump that number out, lowest unemployment

rate since 2008 before the worst of the economic crash. i think though this is a difficult issue for president obama to make nationally because just when you think about it it's big companies, asia just off the bat to average american. that sounds like they're getting a raw deal. it's a difficult thing to say by helping larger companies, it helps the average american worker. he's got to persuade democrats to come along with him. >> thank you. this is reagan national airport. one of the vintage planes scheduled to fly over washington d.c. had to make emergency landing. we're told no one was injured in the incident. the spokesperson said the pilot thought he had a hydraulic problem and made the landing. normal traffic around reagan national has not been affected. we go to new york, very sad day there. police officers from around the country came by the bus load to

new york city to remember a young police officer, brian moore, killed in the line of duty. he was shot in queens one week ago. as many as 30,000 police officers from across the country were expected at the funeral today. snipers are watching over the crowd from a nearby roof. there's a three mile no fly zone above the church where this funeral is held. sad day indeed. that does it for this week. this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." happy mother's day to you. follow us online at facebook and twitter @andreamitchellreports. thomas roberts with msnbc live is next. i'm meteorologist bill carins. we're watching a severe weather outbreak friday, saturday, and mother's day sunday. saturday looks to be the worst

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