good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt for tamron hall. this is "news nation "." developing now, there is an all-out battle on the deal in iran and republicans are blocking the historic agreement at every turn. we need a president who will terminate that bad deal with iran on day one. >> we have legitimized iran being a nuclear threshold country, and that in itself creates huge instability in the region. >> we know the iranians are going to cheat. >> this is a terrible deal. anyone could have done better and you have taken a can of gasoline and thrown it on a fire as far as i'm concerned. >> vice president biden arrived on capitol hill to brief

congress on the agreement. in an interview yesterday with the "new york times," the president explained why some of his critics are wrong. >> what's been striking to me is that increasingly, the critics are shifting off the nuclear issue and they're moving it to well, even if the nuclear issue is dealt with they're still going to be sponsoring terrorism so they better get this sanctions relief and they'll have money to engage in these bad activities. that is a possibility, and we are going to have to systemically guard against that and work with our allies the other countries, israel to stop the work they are doing outside the nuclear program. >> but in an interview in just this past hour with nbc's lester holt prime minister netanyahu again blasted the deal. >> i think this is a big

mistake, and i think iran has two hats in the bomb. one is if they keep the deal and one is if they cheat on the deal. they were given relief of sanctions, keeping their infrastructure and allowing it to expand within a few years. >> meantime the chief negotiator, zarif, returned home to a hero's welcome. on the streets of tehran the deal has been reached with celebration over the crippling of u.n. sanctions which has hurt the average citizen in iran. chris jansing is joining us from the white house. they are attempting to sell this deal in america, both parties in congress, that has got to be a full swing. >> reporter: it is indeed. all hands on deck alex and you can imagine the president already giving the interview to tom friedman. he's going to be out there to try to sell the deal to the american public. it started with his address

yesterday morning and it continues today where he'll take 45 minutes worth of questions. he's also going to have pretty much everybody out there who is involved in this deal. we've already seen as you said joe biden, hillary clinton was also on capitol hill. you'll see john kerry who basically has not slept in weeks and is still suffering from the after-effects of that broken leg. he's going to be lobbying so well the person a lot of people consider their secret weapon energy secretary moniz, because when you hear skeptical democrats, they'll say i really need to read this bill i really need to know the details, he's the one that can answer a lot of technical questions. and the final point i'll make millions of dollars will be poured into this campaign on both sides essentially trying to win over the hearts and minds of the american people. that could influence those in congress who haven't yet made up their mind. >> but chris, given their hold on the majority has the white house assumed democrats are passing resolution in approval of the deal? >> reporter: the whole pointer

of -- point of this full court press, alex is to make sure they have the number of democrats they need to sustain a veto. that's a 2-point threshold, they feel confident about it but the republicans know they have 60 days and a big chunk of that, they'll be home for recess so they are hoping they can start to win over more and more americans who then will put pressure on their members of congress. even if they don't get that veto proof majority they may succeed in helping to make the democratic party look more divided since most republicans have been vehemently against this deal. >> what about the president and the relationship with prime minister netanyahu? i know he's already called him as well as saudi arabia's king. how do you think those calls went? >> reporter: i don't think there's anything that surprises me. there is a strain there with russian president benjamin netanyahu. he said in public look it would be great if we were dealing with a democratic iran

if we were dealing with a progressive country. we're not. we had to look at this deal in the context of the cards that we have and that means that we had one singular priority and that was to prevent iran for at least ten years but beyond from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the white house believes this deal does that. they believe it increases the security of israel. he's not going to convince benjamin netanyahu of that nor is he going to convince skeptical republicans, but he does think he can convince many democrats and many americans. >> all right, chris jansing at the white house. thanks, chris, so much for that. jackie spear from california members of the armed services and intelligence committees. good to have you and i'd like to ask you first whether you like the deal, what's good and what don't you like about it. >> i think the most important message to convey is this deal is going to take two-thirds of the uranium that's enrichded and

get rid of it two-thirds of their sen tricentrifuges will be shut down. the alternative is that iran would be probably three months from having a nuclear weapon. we are now going to shut that down we're going to have inspectors on the ground to inspect and to monitor. i think this deal has lots to be very grateful for, and we had top-notch people negotiating for us both the secretary of energy and the secretary of state, real talents, and i'm very confident that the president has done the right thing here. >> how about strong enough verification provisions? are you comfortable with what's in there? >> i'm still reviewing it but there are very strong verification provisions in the agreement. within two hours of their request, the iaea would be allowed to do inspections on regular sites. on more questionable sites that issue is subject to more review.

but on the sites that we know exist, the inspections will be able to take place within two hours. >> congresswoman, i know you were at that meeting this morning with vice president biden, with house democrats. what did he have to say and what was the reaction among your democratic colleagues and were they asking tough questions? >> well vice president biden was greeted with sustained ovations by all the members. he is truly beloved. he spoke off the cuff unscripted as we like to see him. and he told it like it was and like it is. and i think the result is he probably swayed a lot of members to support the proposal. he was well briefed on it very knowledgeable, and he was willing to come back willing to have secretary munoz come in willing to have secretary kerry come in. so we're going to have all the resources we need to ask the questions and get the answers. >> i want to play a little bit of what senate relations bob corbett said this morning on

"the morning show." here's that. >> i think every responsible person here in congress should begin with a skeptical outlook. i mean we're dealing with a country that is not trustworthy. let's face it the constraints come off, research and development will have been done their ballistic missile system will be much stronger their economy will be strong and so what happens at the end of this period? >> what's your reaction to that and do you think democrats are holding a healthy skepticism? >> i think it's important for us to always be skeptical and ask questions. i am prepared to respond to questions i'm asked by my constituents that i don't have the answers to and pose them before the administration. i believe that healthy skepticism is good but let's not -- let's recognize that in fact you could be throwing out the baby with the bathwater here.

and we've got to be clear about the fact that we now have a deal where we're on the ground. we're going to be able to inspect. we're going to be able to hold them accountable. and that they are no longer going to be able to act in a manner that is irresponsible relative to nuclear weapons. now, can we trust them? no. and that's why verification is so critical. we have no reason to trust iran. they have shown over and over again that they are not honest partners. but meanwhile, we have all the other countries in europe and we have russia and china on this deal agreeing to it. if we were to solely step aside from this and say, no we're going to retain our sanctions, what would happen with the rest of the world is that their sanctions would be lifted. and we're not a huge partner, trade partner, with iran. many of these other countries are. so the benefits that would accrue to iran and not have the benefit of inspections and

holding the line on building a nuclear weapon would be tragic. >> all right. california congresswoman jackie speer. thanks for your time. >> thank you. a reminder president obama will hold a news conference this afternoon at 1:00 eastern talking about the deal with iran. we'll bring you live coverage with that. jurors in the colorado movie theater massacre are about to deliberate for the first time. prosecution and defense ended their cases yesterday. the defense attorneys argue holmes was in the grip of a psychosis. >> this guy walked into that theater and tried to murder everyone in it. >> when mr. holmes stepped into that theater on july 20th 2012 he had lost touch with reality. >> msnbc's scott cohen is

joining me now from centennial colorado. scott, welcome to you. jurors questioning holmes' sanity,en whether he was the shooter. how clear is the definition of sanity as it's been presented to them. >> they do have alex a very specific definition they'll be looking at. we've just gotten official word na the jury nine women, three men, have started their deliberations. before that they got about 60 pages of jury instructions read to them yesterday. they have these in the jury room and they include this definition of insanity. if they find that james holmes was incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, and that's moral right from wrong, not criminal right from wrong, or if he suffered a mental disease or defect that prevented him from forming a culpable mental state, in other words the intent to commit a crime, then he's insane and they have to find him not guilty by reason of insanity. that's the debate not whether he was the shooter almost exactly three years ago.

before they got that instruction -- or i should say after they got that instruction, they heard those closing arguments, four hours' worth of sometimes impassioned closing arguments. george brockelman never once referring to james holmes by his name. that's a comfort to the family never wanting to give him attention that he's looking for. >> the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that that monster was sane at the time of the shooting. >> we're all getting more anxious because we don't know what the verdict is going to be and we don't know what that will lead us to next. >> reporter: again the jury nine women, three men now officially deliberating. the only time we expect to hear from them is if there are any questions about the evidence

they heard over nearly three months, and then when we finally get a verdict, we will see when that happens. when we hear there is a verdict, we're supposed to give three hours' notice before the verdict is read. joining me now is michael greco, former assistant attorney now defense attorney. michael, on the issue of what constitutes insanity how tough is it going to be on this story? you have prosecutors saying he was sane to the defense saying he was legally insane. >> it's something that's a rare situation when a jury comes back with a not guilty by reason of insanity. it's not unheard of but it's rare. an example would be john hinckley who shot ronald reagan back in the '80s who was found

guilty by reason of-- not guilty by reason of insanity. it's a very fine line but it's a very rare verdict for a jury to come back with. >> there is so much for this jury to consider as you know michael. there's 1500 pieces of evidence introduced in the trial. how does a jury try to make sense of all this? >> what's good is that you don't have a whodunit. this is simply about what the thought process was. the prosecutors laid out methodically all the planning that went into it. he spent two months planning this. what they made a serious point of is he went to those movies nine times during the two-month planning process and he went through a plan when it came to actually setting up a booby trap in his apartment. they are trying to show that he was cool he was calculated he chose clothing in the right way to show that he is sane. the flip side of that is the defense are going to talk about

his actions are so crazy that he must crazy. that's the defense, and that's a lot for the jury to chew on. i don't think deliberations will be over in just a couple hours. >> this is also a lot coming up here because the jurors heard heartbreaking testimony from the victims, the families also first responders. let's hear some of that. >> i told him that i loved him and that i would take care of our baby if he didn't make it. >> by the time we pulled into the hospital she stopped talking and she lost consciousness. >> the judge told the jurors don't let your sympathies influence your verdict. is that possible? >> well it has to be. unfortunately, jurors are going to have emotions. you don't ask the jurors to walk in and become robots but they really have to turn it off. every jury instruction in all 50 states includes a line that says you need to leave your sympathies at the door and you need to assess the facts, you need to assess the law, and you

need to do that without emotion. it's a very difficult thing to ask, especially when you have folks coming in who have lost loved ones who are injured themselves, who see photographs. it's a difficult thing to ask but they go through an extensive voir dire process, and they try to select jurors that can come up with a fair verdict and separate emotions. coming up surveillance video inside "el chapo's" cell showing the exact moment he vanished. plus we'll take you inside the elaborate tunnel where he escaped. a new poll shows donald trump surging to the top of the presidential field but where does he stand in a match-up with hillary clinton? it's part of this morning's first read. plus the courage controversy. the special honor being awarded to caitlyn jenner and why some say its undeserved. join our conversation on line. you can find me on twitter

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developing now, mexican authorities have released new video of what appears to be the very moment notorious drug kingpin "el chapo" guzman escaped from his prison cell yesterday. we're looking at the tunnel he used to make his daring escape. mark potter was one of the a handful of journalists allowed in that cell. >> the prison connects to a house about a mile away and we got a chance to go into that tunnel last night and it was amazing to see how well constructed it was. this was done by professionals, done by engineers, people who really knew what they were doing, they took a lot of time to do this and it allowed "el

chapo" guzman to not have to walk out of prison he got to ride out of prison. this video released by the mexican government shows "el chapo" guzman on a security camera in his cell on saturday the night he escaped just before 9:00 p.m. he can be seen pacing going in and out of the shower stall where the tunnel entrance is. finally, he bends down goes out of the camera's view and disappears. tuesday mexican authorities recorded video of the tunnel entrance and then went into the tunnel itself where an old motorcycle with a cart can be seen on a set of tracks. mexican officials tell nbc news "el chapo" laid on that cart and was pulled through the tunnel carrying the billionaire drug lord to this partially constructed house about a mile away. >> reporter: what's most impressive is how well this tunnel it built. there are steel beams, a well electricity. this is a generator to run all the lights we're told. this is an electrical panel. if you look over here this is the equipment that's used to bring the mud up and over here

more equipment, and then over here is the main tunnel the main shaft going down to the tunnel heading over toward the prison prison. following his escape the chicago crime commission once again named guzman public enemy number one. >> when they are repate rated with their cartel often there is hell to pay. >> reporter: u.s. officials say its tentacles reached outside mechanics to mexico to more than a thousand cities, distributing cocaine, meth and marijuana. now he can go where he left off, overseeing day-to-day operations. many blame the guzman cartel for much of the heroin epidemic raging right now, an epidemic that's getting worse, and that's

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. we're back with what is another giant leap for mankind. nasa is expected to release more images of its historic fly-by of pluto. this was the scene last night as the new horizons spacecraft phoned home that officially made the united states the first country to reach all the planets in our solar system. even president obama was caught up in the excitement tweeting it's a great day for discovery in american leadership. that spacecraft flew about 78 million miles. the first detailed images ever taken of pluto. it is the combination of a 3 billion mile journey that began about nine and a half years ago. nasa officials are expecting more images and data to come down for the next 16 months. joining me now is a team and associate professor of physics and space science at the florida

institute of technology. i imagine you were clapping last night as well and i know you probably joined rhettthe renowned physicists talking who take this message examining nasa. >> we explore because we are human and we want to know. i hope to include an assignment. i will be watching closely and i hope you will too. >> so how big a deal is this? put this in perspective. >> this is a big deal. it took us so long because pluto is very very far away. it's a significant engineering accomplishment and this sort of wraps up our study of the classical solar system what committee considered the nine planets. we visited all nine planets, several of their moons, as ter asteroids, comets, and we can look at this as an old era because we're moving into a new

era of exploration. >> people landing on pluto, that's impossible, right, because of its distance and also the makeup we believe the surface is? >> it's impossible today, but who knows what tomorrow holds, and one of the things we're considering is sending humans out of our solar system and to a star system that's very distant from us. as we go out, we're going to need resources and the asteroids and the objects may serve as resources for us so who knows. >> all right. there's been a lot of debate and this has reinvigorated it whether pluto is a satellite or not circling neptune. >> it revolves around the same sun, but while it does that it actually crosses the or pit ofbit for 20 years out of its 214-year orbit. no planet does that. that's embarrassing. if you're a planet you should not be crossing another's orbit.

>> should pluto be embarrassed it's crossing neptune's orbit? >> it should not be embarrassed. there is a whole slew of objects that come across and cross neptune's orbit. what we now understand is we don't think of the solar system being the sun and nine planets, we think of it as the sun and different families of objects. the asteroids, the kuiper belt which pluto is a member of constitute these main families so some of those families are primarily dwarfs. pluto is large enough to be a sphere. some people think if it's large enough to be a sphere we should call it a planet. weave made we've made a compromise and it's called a dwarf planet. >> new horizons what do you think is next for the frontier of space exploration? >> right now it's been an era of

discovery and there is one thing left to be discovered that we have not seen that we think may well be there. there are efforts now to send new probes to for example, the moon titan and otis for signs of life. another thing that's caught a lot of momentum in the community is uhreranus. it's heavy and dense, but it's the closest planet to us so it makes sense we go there. >> the moon there for pluto, that has water ice, we believe, as opposed to pluto itself. >> pluto has a lot of methane and isis and it has water ice. it's very intriguing. >> it's very cool is what it is. thank you very much for your time. coming up today's on-line showdown between amazon and walmart. deals are being pitched as bigger than black friday but

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perry, they've all been very critical, but there is a new u.s. poll that shows donald trump in first place against gop primary voters. he's weighing in at 17%. you have bush with second place. the only other candidate has 14. why hasn't trump's comments hurt him in the poll numbers? >> this happens when you have three weeks of constant media with donald trump, it's not surprising one's poll numbers would start to go up. 17% is not a huge amount but in the political field it's enough to lead for a while, but i would remind you and everyone that it was just about four years ago when michelle bachmann had her moment in the sun in the presidential race and look where she ended up. you also had herman cain who was leading in the presidential contest. usually leading at this point you're not going to be a big

player later on and i'm sure what republicans will remind other republican voters about donald trump's position on abortion where he was pro-choice in a 1999 interview as well as his position on health care. you're going to start pushing those numbers down. >> before we leave the topic of trump, he said he is meeting today with ted cruz, the one republican candidate who has been hesitant to criticize him. in fact he told "the morning joe" he has no idea why they're meeting and it was all cruz's idea. what do you make of all this? >> if donald trump decides to pull out of the presidential race an endorsement by ted cruz would be a pretty natural thing. after all, ted cruz was pretty quick to support donald trump and not condemn him after the accusations of immigration came out. they're operating in some of the same positions. although the tone is different, ted cruz is really trying to be the republican populist in the

field, and that certainly is what donald trump is with a lot different tone however. >> let's move to it ran nuclear deal because you said the presidential race can prove to be a huge plus for the president. can you explain why that is? >> one reason, you end up having every republican 2016er who was so quick to condemn the deal. in that respect, alex this looks like normal politics. democrats are in their corner republicans are in their corner and with that situation with the gang being presidential democrats just need to keep one third of the democrats in the senate, that probably shows you how the president will be able to keep his deal. on the other part of this equation, hillary clinton supports this, so democrats will be faced with this choice do they go against the deal in support of their current president and their likely standard there in 2016. >> we told our viewers the president will be having a press conference a little over an hour

from now which will happen live. what do you expect we'll hear from him? >> a ton of questions. i would imagine we'll get a lot of critiques from those like prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu, as well as republicans who question the deal and see president obama's response to that. that's going to be the big headline. very quickly, hillary clinton, politico refer to this as being mission accomplished her day on capitol hill? what does that mean? >> again, it's worth noting we are still in the early stages of the 2016 presidential context, alex but hillary clinton on capitol hill had already clinched his or her presidential nomination. we have a ways to go but the way democrats were lining up behind her, the applause support, it almost seemed like we were in june of 2016 as opposed to july of 2015. it does show you just how much of a favorite as a front runner she is in getting her party's nomination

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we are back to look at the top stories that the news nation is following right now for you. president obama will hold a news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern today to address questions on the nuclear agreement with iran. congress has 60 days to review the deal with republicans already vowing to block it. just this hour deliberations began in the colorado shooting trial of james holmes. defense attorneys want a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, but prosecutors say holmes was legally sane when he killed 12 people and injured 70

others in a packed movie theater nearly three years ago. if found guilty holmes could face the death penalty. newly released surveillance video shows "el chapo" on the night he escaped from the maximum security prison. the drug lord can be seen pacing around his cell walking through a shower partition and disappearing down into the elaborate tunnel he used for his escape. let's go now to some surprising new claims against sea world. peta is accusing the theme park for spying on them amid their ranks. they said a sea world employee posed as one of them for years. they were opposing whales in captivity. >> it's no secret that sea world and people for the ethical treatment of animals have butted heads for decades but the battle is now intensifying each side now accusing the other of

spying. there is possibly a pr backlash after a whale of a claim. peta says a sea world employee posed as an animal rights activist and infiltrated protests for years. >> we came to discover that what appears to be a case of corporate espionage on the part of sea world, they placed someone to act like an activist in san diego. >> reporter: peta provided these pictures. according to the group, a man identifying himself as thomas jones protested against sea world, posted on tweets and was hauld hauled away by police during a demonstration. his real name is paul racone. he's worked for sea world since 1978. an attempt to reach him was unsuccessful. sea world said no comment on

our security operations they tried to gain employment at companies like sea world. ever since the documentary of keeping whales in captivity, attendance at sea world has dropped. still, if the claims are true it's not clear why sea world's employees would pose as activists or what the fallout would be. these cases of espionage are unusual. >> it's not common. big brand companies tend to try to avoid this thing because of what they call reputational risk. that's a worry this is going to blow up in their faces and cause a lot of embarrassment. >> reporter: in 2002, the animal rights group filed a lawsuit saying the ringling brothers barnum & bailey circus had also spied on them but it was dropped in 1996.

>> is it clear this man had done something wrong? >> it's not, and peta haven't brought up that specter yet. there are different laws from state to state. right now this person if these allegations are true, are not facing any criminal charges. what peta is apparently trying to do here is trying to embarrass sea world by making this public and sea world in their written statement did not confirm anything they just said they wouldn't comment on security operations but just accused peta and animal rights activists of doing the same thing. up next the new black friday. details on today's on-line showdown between amazon walmart and other retailers. plus boston's snowier winter is gone. news we're updating around the nation. hello, golden blonde. shifting to a new shade is sort of a new beginning but i knew it was going to be natural because it's nice'n easy. clairol's #1 for natural looking color i don't know if blonde has more fun,

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newly released video of fatal police shooting involving an unarmed man in california tops our look at stories arp the news nation this morning. a federal judge ordered the city

of gardenia to release video of the shooting. officers miss took the man and other men for robbery suspects. police say he approached them upset, looking for his brother's stolen bike and was shot after refusing orders to keep his hand up. the officers involved were not charged and the city paid a $4.7 million settlement. several media outlets sought to have this disturbing video released. police in orlando have released dash cam video showing the frightening video of a police officer getting run over at a traffic stop. one person is seen fleeing the vehicle while the driver steps on the gas and hits the officer head on. the officer is expected to recover. the driver and passenger still at large. authorities are still investigating what caused part of a building in brooklyn to collapse yesterday. fortunately no one was inside at the time. three people suffered minor injuries, including a biker who was hit by debris. and a major milestone in boston. all of the snow that fell during

the city's historic winter that's 108.6 inches has finally melted. the last of it was from a giant pile that once stood more than two stories tall. it has now melted into a puddle with a wee bit of trash left behind. talk about christmas in july, it is a busy day for shoppers. two of the world's biggest retailers are in a bit of a war offering massive discounts on thousands of items. it's amazon's prime day, something the company has been promoting for weeks now as an event bigger than black friday. but not to be outdone, walmart announced monday it was having its own sale. are the deals all they have cracked up to be? joining me now is cnbc reporter courtney reagan. amazon prime day is what started this whole war here but that is only open to prime members. they pay almost $100 for the service. a short time ago nbc news reported several tweets by people disappointed in the deals. they're calling it a garage sale. how do you see it?

>> it's very interesting. amazon prime costs $99 per year. with that you get free two-day shipping on many many items as well as some other perks that come with content from music and video and photos and the like. prime day is for those prime members. we don't know how many prime members amazon has because it's never disclosed it. experts guess that probably there's somewhere around 44 million to date. that's from consumer intelligence research partners at the very least. so it is geared more towards them. what's also interesting, alex is that prime members probably spend more than nonprime members. again, that consumer intelligence research partners estimate they spend $1200 per year versus $700 per year so they're already spending more money. maybe they don't need the deals as much. some folks are speculating that amazon did this to liquidate some of its inventory and perhaps that's where you're getting some of the people upset about what they're actually seeing. we didn't know until today what amazon was putting on sale how much the sale prices would be

off of normal price. so some folks that had their eye on certain products are disappointed that those aren't the products eligible for this sale. walmart, though says its deals are for everyone. what's walmart offering? >> what walmart basically did is a direct counterattack and say, hey, you don't have to pay membership to get access to our deal. in fact for the next 90 days their deals will last. they did lower their shipping threshold from $50 to $35 and that might be some of your biggest savings. again, not all products are on sale. thousands of them all. like a 12-person tent or some of the disney dolls. if those are the products that you're in the market for, good for you. again, i would just caution consumers to be careful. make sure you really need that product. is that really the price that you're comfortable paying. it remains to be seen who's going to win. it depends on what the price of winning is. if amazon wants more prime members and they don't care about profit maybe they win in

their eyes. if walmart wants to generate revenue, maybe it wins too. it's a tough one. >> we know you'll figure it out and let us know who does the final win. now for the gut check. controversy over caitlyn jenner receiving the arthur ashe courage award tonight at the espys. it's her first major public appearance since announcing her transition two months ago. some are questioning whether she deserves the award, suggesting it's a ratings ploy and other athletes are more worthily. here's nbc sports commentator bob costas on a radio show last month. >> this is not anything against caitlyn jenner. i'm pretty sure that they could have found someone who was much closer to actively involved in sports who would have been deserving of what that award represents. >> the espys co-producer defends the choice telling "sports illustrated". decision to come out as a transgender woman sdploiddisplayed enormous courage.

so what does your gut tell you? do you agree with the decision to award caitlyn jenner the arthur ashe courage award at the espys? go to msnbc.com to vote. that does is for this hour. up next "andrea mitchell reports." real madrid have about 450 million fans. we're trying to give them all the feeling of being at the stadium. the microsoft cloud gives us the scalability to communicate exactly the content that people want to see. it will help people connect to their passion of living real madrid.

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