history. turkey called for the meeting because of major security threats it says it now faces from both isis and from kurdish rebels. it comes with turkey now conducting air strikes along its borders with syria and iraq against both isis and the rebels. turkey now fearing the situation with kurdish rebels could escalate into civil war. all this follows a week that completely changed turkey's approach to the u.s.-led battle against isis. after being a reluctant ally turkey is now making its air bases open to u.s. jets and is making its own combat mission against isis. richard engel is in istanbul. richard, there are a lot of complex dynamics here. let's start with what we're seeing with the air strikes by turkey and the necessary meeting today, this emergency session. >> reporter: we'll start out with the air strikes. it is important, as you pointed

out, to differentiate that there are two specific targets that turkey is focusing on. one, kurdish fighters who have often been allied with the united states and isis. and a turkish army statement just a few minutes ago said turkey f-16s were in action a few minutes ago to those kurdish fighters not far from the iraqi border. the u.s. is very happy that turkey is making its bases available, that turkey is taking the fight against isis seriously, but many in this country, many u.s. officials are concerned about the mixing of these two issues that turkey is taking a stand against isis but could also be trying to score domestic political points by attacking its old rival, the kurds. so yes a lot of moving parts, and that played out today at the nato meeting. nato also coming out

specifically with an expression of support with the turkish fight against isis. so i don't think we've seen the end of this and there is a big danger that you could see more violence in this country as both the kurds and isis who operate and have operated here for a long time could try and retaliate against soft targets or military police installations. >> and also richard, there is a development, turkey saying now they'll back a plan with the u.s. to create a safe zone for syrian refugees so they could return. give us more details on that. >> so that is all part of this plan. turkey said it wants to go against isis. it is at war with isis. turkey says in the last four days it has arrested over 1,050 suspects, some of them affiliated with isis others affiliated with kurdish movements. as part of this crackdown,

turkey says it will create with u.s. assistance an isis-free zone or a safe zone in turkey that the u.s. will be conducting air strikes to try and destroy isis positions in this pocket of syria, and then turkey wants this safe zone to be a place where refugees in this country can live where they can get assistance in syria so they are no longer a burden on the turkish economy. a place where the so-called moderate rebel movement can be trained on syrian soil. the u.s. has not agreed to all of these different conditions but they have agreed in principle to use the turkish bases and already steps are under way to bring weapons, bring american f-16s to the main base which is in southern turkey, but what exactly that safe zone will look like remains an open question. >> all right, richard engel live for us in istanbul turkey. president obama discussed the threat of isis and other

extremists in his historical address before the african union just this morning. >> somalia and nigeria to indonesia, terrorists continue to target innocent civilians. any of these groups can claim the battle of religion. but hundreds of millions of islam i object islamic muslims knows islam means peace. we must call groups like al qaeda, isil boca haran, we must call them what they are: murderers. >> during his speech he also urged african leaders to prioritize job creation and economic opportunities for africa's youth. and he stressed the need to protect human rights. >> the most urgent task facing africa today and for decades ahead is to create opportunity

for this next generation. this will be an enormous undertaking. africa will need to generate millions more jobs than it's doing right now. and time is of the essence. i believe africa's progress will also depend on democracy. because africans like people everywhere, deserve the dignity of being in control of their own lives. >> this speech marked the president's final stop on his five-day trip to the continent that included a visit to his father's home of kenya. chris jansing joins us from the capital in ethiopia. chris, often when the president goes abroad people try to measure the impact of his actions, his words. listening to the president just in that last speech those remarks regarding islamic terrorism and referring to them as he said call them what they are from boca haram to al

shabaab as murderers. >> reporter: it gives you the sense of the breadth of the relationship between the u.s. and africa why it was important for him to come here. listening to this speech of 50 minutes, he ad-libbed quite a lot and emphasized women and girls and how they need to be given more opportunities. the security cooperation between the united states and ethiopia in fighting shabaab, but it was also personal. he mentioned the fact he is the son and grandson of men born in kenya, and he talked about what it was like to be the president of the united states living in this bubble and he chided african leaders a little bit, saying, you can't just be leader for life. he said my term is going to be up. i can't run again. take a listen to what the president said that he

headlines. >> i cannot imagine a greater honor or a more interesting job. i love my work. but under our constitution, i cannot run again. i can't run again. [ applause ] >> i actually think i'm a pretty good president. i think if i ran, i could win. but i can't. >> reporter: he's followed that up by talking wistfully about life after presidency about not having as much security and spending more time with family. probably as president, this is his last visit to africa. he does leave behind a program that he feels deeply about, to bring more security to the continent, to bring more electricity to the continent. he also announced a couple new programs, one, to fight hiv aids. a shocking statistic, tamron

that the country most affected by new cases of hiv, 80% are with teenage girls. in addition to that there is an education program that will be headed by michelle obama in a couple african countries. tamron? >> stunning numbers. thank you very much. and developing as well right now this morning secretary of state john kerry, energy secretary ernest moniz and treasury secretary jack lew are back on capitol hill extending the deal with iran. they're facing tough questions from the house affairs committee after appearing last night before the senate foreign relations committee. they said they were fleeced and bamboozled. >> big picture when in eight years they get the missile. it doesn't look like a victory to me it looks like a goal. they may not get the missile at that time but they can buy the technology at that time. the embargo is lifted. >> actually, they can't, mr.

chairman, because we have happily -- we have several other protocols that prevent that from happening, specifically missile control technology regime prevents that from taking place. >> and we will continue to monitor the hearing for further developments there. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate mike huckabee is not backing down from controversial remarks he made about the holocaust while criticizing the deal with iran. he is continuing to draw widespread criticism this morning from members of his own party after initially saying this during an interview over the weekend. >> this president's foreign policy is the most feckless in american history. he's so naive he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. >> appearing on the "today" show a few hours ago, the former arkansas governor doubled down on those comments arguing that strong language is necessary when discussing iran.

>> we don't trust people who have threatened to kill israel, threatened to wipe them off the map, who have said that they are glad that they're congregated because it makes it an easy target and they are a one-bomb country. >> as president of the united states would you use the words "march the israelis to the door of the oven"? >> yes, i would, and america did not take threats seriously of the jewish people. just before world war ii this ended up in the murder of 6 million jews. >> but as president of the united states you would use words to express your policy of views on israel even if they offended millions of jews around the world? >> matt we need to use strong words when people make strong threats against an entire group of people. >> among those condemning his remarks are israel's ambassador to the u.s. a strong proponent of the deal, who said he did not think the words were appropriate. while addressing the world yesterday, president obama also

weighed in on huckabee's comments. >> the particular comments of mr. huckabee are, i think, part of just a general pattern that we've seen that is -- would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad. >> joining me now is rabbi marvin hire the dean and founder of the islamic center in loss angeles. rabbi, thank you so much for your time. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> i know you're not in favor of this deal with iran however, like many others, you disagree strongly with mike huckabee's comments here but you heard the presidential candidate say even if he were in office, perhaps if he were in the company of someone like yourself that disagrees, he would stand behind those words. >> let me say this. governor huckabee is a friend of israel. but irrespective of that those

are words reserved for despots and tyrants, not for presidents of the united states. from harry truman to barack obama, every american president has stood with israel and to imply that this constitutes taking the israelis to the ovens is very harsh, and i couldn't disagree more. i am a big critic of the iran deal. i think the iran deal is preposterous when you think of the idea that after 10 years, the greatest terrorist state in the world gets to have nuclear weapons. when they were poor they spent their money on funding hezbollah, hamas and syria. what will they do when they're rich? >> how much do you believe that when people choose to use language like general huckabee did regarding this decision how

much does it distract what you and others see as to whether this deal not only protects israel but is right for the world? >> i think it's a total distraction, because everybody knows in order for this deal to be defeated you need bipartisan support. without democrats, there is no chance that this deal will be defeated. therefore, it does harm to that idea of only a bipartisan approach can say that the iran deal enables -- it's going to create a massive bazaar for nuclear weapons in the middle east, and all the terrorist organizations will be the beneficiaries. >> i'm going to play another clip from governor huckabee from the "today" show where he talked about receiving what he described despite all the criticism as tremendous support from the jewish community. let me play that. >> the response from jewish people has been overwhelmingly positive. the response from holocaust

survivors, from the children of holocaust survivors. i was last night in an event. i was probably one of four gentiles in the entire event. it was a jewish event. people were overwhelmingly supportive. >> how much do you think these comments may be an effort to get some media attention? mike huckabee said it on a weekend program. he didn't think it would get buzz, but you know the headlines with the gop candidates belong to donald trump. >> whatever the governor's motivation i think really they are counterproductive because it's applied to the president of the united states. and everybody knows in israel the prime minister tanjo and the opposing parties all know that without the united states where would israel be today? >> thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us in your thoughts on this ever-growing debate and conversation as mike huckabee

does not plan to apologize or retract those statements. thank you so much, sir, for your time. >> thank you. developing now, the woman accused of helping two convicted murderers escape from a new york prison, joyce mitchell pleaded guilty only moments ago. coming up the very latest on her future behind bars. also developing, the search for the missing teenage boaters from florida has now expanded as far north as savannah georgia. why officials still believe the boys may have survived and what their mothers are saying this morning about letting two young kids go out on their own. plus a wisconsin dad is now admitting he falsely confessed to a deadly hit and run. it was all to protect the real killer, who was his son. but now some are saying should the father be charged with obstruction of justice? it is our "news nation" gut check. join our conversation on line. you can find the team there on twitter @newsnation, and you can find me on facebook and

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developing now, joyce mitchell, the woman accused of helping two convicted murderers escape from a new york prison has just appeared before a judge where she pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal. she now faces up to seven years in prison for her role in richard matt and david sweat's escape. during her arraignment, she cried as the judge questioned her. her husband also lyle mitchell was in the courtroom. she is due back to court for sentencing in september. quite an end to all of that. also developing now, an update on the search for those two missing florida teenagers lost at sea since friday. the coast guard said it is expanding the search to the coast of savannah georgia. as of last night, crews had covered some 27,000 square

nautical miles off the coast of florida looking for 14-year-old austin stepanous and perry cohen. this morning their mothers defended their decision to allow the young boys to boat alone, and said the boys were prepared. >> austin has been on the water since before he could walk and this is his fourth boat. this isn't new to them. these boys have been doing this. it's not even second nature at this point, it's in their blood. >> nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on the search for the boys. >> reporter: tamron, the u.s. coast guard has some high tech equipment, but much of what they do is old school literally looking out the window of a plane as they're flying over to see what the coast guard says amounts to the size of a basketball floating on the water. you can see how difficult that is. now add the complication that they're in a plane going about 170 miles per hour 500 feet off

the surface. at the teens' home port of jupiter, florida monday night, they lit up the sky with lanterns symbolic beacons to bring the teenagers home. missing for four days now, other than their capsized boat there's been no sign of the teens. still, no one is giving up hope. >> they spend so much time together on the water and on land that we are so certain that they have figured this out. >> every five minutes i'm getting a phone call from somewhere, someone saying i have a plane, i have a pilot, i have a boat what can i do? >> reporter: the coast guard says they've seen people survive this long on the water before and that the boys may have created a makeshift flotation device out of the missing engine cover, life jackets and a cooler. >> here in florida, the water is a little bit warmer than it is in other parts of the country, so you can survive a little

longer than you could in other places. >> reporter: we're now learning a little more about the severe weather conditions last friday. this squall line captured on a boater's cell phone about the same time the boys set out. captain james dueland said while most boats headed in he saw one heading out. >> i saw one little boat head out and go north. >> reporter: family and friends, including neighbor joe namath is walking the beach looking for any sign of the boys while many ask, is 14 old enough to be out on the water alone? are they too young to be on a boat in the water? >> these kids were raised on water. if you don't live in florida, you don't understand how kids are raised here. right now it's all about bringing the boys home. >> reporter: you can see tamron, in just the last minute and a half or so the balls we tossed in the water are floating north, and we're not even in the gulf stream which is that strong current. the coast guard is searching right now as far north as the coast of savannah georgia.

of course one of the really difficult things at this point is to understand the possibility that at day four these kids are really up against it physically. although the coast guard says they do have cases of people surviving more than five days and that's why there's still a lot of hope. tamron? >> all right kerry sanders, thank you very much. coming up a major new development in the sandra bland case. the d.a. in texas appointed -- has appointed several now outside lawyers to investigate bland's death inside that texas jail cell. up next new reaction from a former judge in waller county texas. plus the country's youngest convicted murderer who was locked up at the age of 12 is set to be released from jail today. he is now 29 years old. it is one of the stories we are updating for you this morning around the news nation. when you do business everywhere, the challenges of keeping everyone working together can quickly become the only thing

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the group will review evidence from bland's july 10 arrest and her death three days later. >> it is important for this county and for this investigation and any subsequent prosecution that it be based on credible evidence and not rumors. but it is also important that the community knows that the case will be reviewed by many sets of inquisitive legal minds that have no agenda other than reviewing the evidence and seeking justice in whatever form that may eventually take. >> the panel will be led by african-american former prosecutors and defense attorneys louis white and darrell jordan.

the men told the associated press that they expect to have full access to all the evidence along with the authority to interview witnesses. they also revealed the toxicology report indicating that bland had marijuana in her system at the time of her death which officers argue is relevant to her state of mind. joining me now is former waller county judge. thank you for your time. >> good morning, tamron. >> as i understand you have no confidence in this committee or panel that's been assembled by the d.a. what is your concern here? >> well i wouldn't say that i have no confidence. i don't believe there is any integrity in what he has done. that would be like richard nixon awarding his own people for an oversight of a watergate investigation. if he is not bound to take the majority of recommendations, then it's just window dressing and these guys may be totally,

totally qualified. they may give the best information and may find the best evidence that exists. but if he's not bound to it it means nothing. i would have been much more impressed had he taken a recommendation from the family taken a recommendation from senator durbin or maybe if he had gotten someone from the university, one of the legal koun counsels from the university. no he goes in and gets one person who used to work for him. i'm not passing any judgment on these guys but i think it's window dressing and it's a bid to soften the blow from the outcry from the public. >> but it does seem as though you were questioning the credibility of these two individuals, as i mentioned, former prosecutor and the defense attorney, when you say these are people at least one of them who worked for him, that sounds as if you have no confidence in either of these individuals as well. >> no i have no confidence in the district attorney. i have no confidence in the district attorney because he could take whatever information they provide and do with it as

he will. i have no confidence in the district attorney, and i think he ought to recuse himself. >> what he said here is that the panel -- again, and they pointed out led by two african-americans, that they will have the ability and the authority to subpoena and have full access to all of the evidence here. if this report is completed and comes back i know you pointed out the d.a. is not bound to take their advice or suggestions, but i can certainly imagine the firestorm it would present if these two individuals bring back an investigation that points the finger at someone within the jail or someone within the office -- the county office saying they were negligent in this investigation. it seems it cannot be ignored. >> i do not have confidence in the integrity of the investigation as long as elton matthews is the district attorney. if they really want to be

transparent transparent, if they really want to get down to it, the judge who did the inquest, he could have a public formal inquest hearing. he could bring all the same people into his courtroom. he could bring every jailer he could bring the medical examiner, he could bring everybody within the next five to seven days into his courtroom under the same subpoena powers. there could be a public hearing. everybody would know all the questions that were asked. the media would be allowed inside. that's real transparency and that could take place. i'm not understanding why that won't take place. and not only that, they're talking about from the arrest to the time of her death. what about the funeral home who picked up the body and transported it to the medical examiner? what about the fact that somebody in the jail called a white funeral home when the judge, charlie parrish, ordered them to call leroy singleton funeral home an african-american funeral home? all of a sudden they disobeyed, disregarded judge parrish's order and someone in that jail

cell said let's call who we want, we don't care what judge parrish wants. they also left custody of her body from the point she left the jail to the point she got to the examiner's office. >> many in the family questioning this report that there was marijuana in the system. you heard why the county claims that it's relevant information. but also, at the timeline here the assistant district attorney just said last week he wouldn't rule out that drugs were somehow smuggled into the jail. to many this sounds absurd that you would have an individual in jail, in custody for three days in the intake process, you would not notice marijuana on their person and that she would have an opportunity in those three days to ingest or smoke this marijuana as alleged in this report. >> the fact that they had perhaps small bags of marijuana probably does not surprise me especially given the fact they

had 60 or 70-gallon trash bags in a cell with one person, and this apparently was the practice or has been the practice. they seem to have a problem with bags overall in the jail and both of them are just beyond comprehension why they would even allow it. so there is just no integrity in this investigation. it makes no sense, and there is just too many problems and questions still to be answered. >> former waller county judge and activist dwayne charleston, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. questions whether donald trump is overstating his wealth and hillary clinton hitting the gop on climate change. it's all part of this morning's first read on politics with nbc's senior political editor mark murray. plus our first look at the new la guardia airport that will soon replace what vice president joe biden famously compared to a third world country. it is one of the stories we just

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a new poll out today shows donald trump continuing his surge. there are questions about whether trump is overstating his wealth. also republican candidates and their supporters are spending millions to get on the stage for that first gop debate now nine days away. plus the new hillary clinton campaign ad mocking the republican candidates. joining us now, senior editor mark murray. mark, let's head here to this new poll out showing again this surge with donald trump continuing assuring his spot on that stage. >> tamron this poll is significant because it comes out after the comments criticizing john mccain and when some people thought, oh, my gosh this is the point when some republicans will start abandoning donald

trump. the poll shows he is still ahead in new hampshire by a pretty wide margin. of course the marist poll still had donald trump in the lead half of that done before the comments and half of it after. >> bloomberg is reporting that donald trump's total worth may be closer to a third of what he said. he's famously claimed his wealth is at $10 billion. even if it's one-third of what his claim is he's still a billionaire and could finance his own campaign so why would this really matter? >> i'm not sure it really matters, tamron. it is a lot of money whether you end up taking the low ball estimate at $2.9 million or the low ball at 10 billion. this is when they ranked the world's wealthiest people and using donald trump's financial disclosure, they said he is worth closer to $3 billion as opposed to 10 billion.

our own count looking at the financial disclosure found that donald trump would be, at a very minimum, 1.4 billion. a lot of it has to do with the real estate if they're valued more, the golf courses he owns. regardless, he has a lot of money. >> yes, he does. and let's talk about, going back to the debate just quickly here. chris christie rick perry could get the last two spots, but the headline is the amount of money that's being spent trying to get these other individuals, some other big names who want that slot. >> well so we've been able to crunch some of the numbers and the republican candidates, more importantly, the outside groups have spent nearly $8 million on the airwaves. some of that money has been airwaves in iowa some in new hampshire, some nationwide. but think about this tamron. at this point, only about a million dollars have been spent in the republican race so you do kind of see this instinct and impulse to be able to start spending all this money now to

make sure you're on that debate stage and in that conversation. >> all right, and hillary clinton is holding a town hall in nashua new hampshire, but we're talking about this new ad that she released overnight. let's play it. >> there is no such thing as global warming. >> i cannot believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes. >> the sciences is not settled on this. >> there hasn't been a noticeable change in recent times. >> there's been zero warming, none whatsoever. [ screaming ] >> so, mark, i'm curious. who is she trying to appeal to with this ad? obviously, some of the republicans are appealing to their base here. we know where her base stands on the discussion regarding climate change. what does she get out of this ad? >> tamron a lot like immigration and gay marriage democrats see climate change as

a wedge issue where polling ends up showing that americans pretty much think that global warming is occurring, that climate change is happening, something needs to be done about it and that independents also end up greeg agreeing with that. the democrats try to have this wedge issue and play this out and say, which side are you on with scientists or not with scientists? they think they can score some points. in 2014 a lot of democrats tried to do this as well. it did not really work for democrats. we'll see in a presidential electorate if they have any little more success. >> all right, mark thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. >> thanks tamron. why some of the biggest names in science, speaking of are warning about the use of artificial intelligence weapons. there is a conference going on in argentina discussing this very issue, what's being called an ai arms race. you don't want to miss that segment. plus a driver is under arrest after leading police on a wild chase through two states

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welcome back. a conference in argentina is getting a lot of attention today as some of the biggest names in science and technology warn about the dangers of using artificial intelligence to make weapons. in a letter presented at the conference, the author stated, quote, autonomous weapons have been described as the third revolution in warfare after. after gunpowder and nuclear arms, it will only be a matter of time until they appear on the black market and in the hands of terrorists. more than 1,000 people signed or endorsed the letter including these names: steven hawking and tesla's elon musk as well as apple co-founder steve wozniak.

we've long been fascinated with weapons appearing in the wrong hands. it's been shown in many movies, including "terminator." >> a weapon will be available like no other. this weapon powerful irreversible and indestructible. it can't be reasoned with it can't be bombed. it will feel no pity. >> with me now, with a smile on his face he's written about the depth of this. okay we realize terminator is a movie, but in our minds we envision, or at least hollywood has envisioned these kinds of things. serious talk these are people who signed this letter harvard, cornell, mit, tesla, all people smarter than both of us. so with that said there is a serious concern here. >> there is a real concern. when you think back to chemical

weapons, you know early in the 20th century they identified that -- we were doing all this incredible stuff with chemicals and they realized how dangerous they could be. artificial intelligence is sort of on the same path in that we are creating computers that can think like humans that can do tasks for us that are already in our lives. for example, in your pocket you have your phone that has siri. that is artificial intelligence. it's a great thing, it always is but so is common sense. and this is the thing these luminaries are really worried about, is that if people aren't paying attention if the public isn't paying attention, if the international community isn't putting certain controls on this that people will develop things that can do anything that can make decisions that could -- for example, toby walsh, who i talked to who is a guy who kind of organized this letter says he is really concerned about robots that can surgically -- do surgical warfare. kill that one person that one person, and i think that's going

to create a numbing effect for warfare. >> which is kind of like what we have with drones people say autonomous attacks. >> but they're not. they're remote control. every time i talk to someone in this industry for example, kyle engel at the robot, we talk about things his company has created, it's never the idea that it will go out and fight someone's battles, it is there to do the dangerous things the military cannot do. but, and this is the thing musk and everyone else is clear on the development is not going to stop. it is going to continue and get better. i talk to ibm all the time about watson and the things this computer can do. for example, something simple. it can look at your e-mail and tell you if it's too aggressive if it's going to fail in its task, and that's through sort of this ai. they know that won't stop. the development of ai won't stop, so you have to start to put checks and balances in place

that at least say when we get to a point that we have developed robots that we think can do anything, let's not develop, let's not compare robots that can do autonomous warfare. all of that said by the way, it doesn't mean it's not going to happen. that's the reality that you know things we know that in iraq chemical weapons were used. syria, chemical weapons were used. so even though they don't do this, it's probably going to happen. and i say all this and i have to say i am somebody who loves robots. i'm very worried talking to the public that they're going to be that's it no robots. and that's not what we want. robots are in our lives and they're going to help us. they've already done a lot for us. they're going to do more. there has to be a balance. so getting a ban like this signed will be like a watchdog. >> it's an incredible letter. people should go on and read it. your reporting has been fantastic. this segment was the one i was most excited to talk to you about outside of our "game of

thrones" conversation on searcy and whether you discovered and broke the news that was computer generated. >> i feel like i've done something for the people out there watching and for you, tamron. >> a little bit. >> my niece and nephew are watching right now. >> hey, niece and nephew, your uncle rocks. incredible report. check it out. it is so intriguing. the future of warfare. coming up our "newsnation" gut check at dad spends two years in jail after taking the blame for his son's deadly hit and run accident. well, now the father is being released from jail. he is now admitting that it was his son who committed the crime. why is he telling on his son now? the larger question was this an act of fatherly compassion or was it obstruction of justice?ed to lo for a used car. but i just keep putting it off. it's daunting. what if i make the wrong choice? it's like, if i buy a t-shirt and then change my mind i can return it. but a car?

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deadly hit and run now says he didn't do it. it was all, he says, an about to take the fall for the true suspect, his son. now that dark family secret has people asking how far would you go to protect your child? nbc's kevin tibbles reports. >> juan silvia spent two years of a five-year sentence behind bars. the twist? he didn't do it. giving a false confession to protect the true suspect, his son. >> his son had no criminal record. his father did not want him to go through with what he had gone through in life and wanted a better life for his son so he confessed. >> the crime, a 2013 hit and run that killed a father of three and injured a woman. >> it was from this milwaukee nightclub that the patrons left and started to cross the street when they were hit by a white van. it was all picked up by a nearby video surveillance camera. >> the video disturbing as it shows the impact and a white van

leaving the scene. the conviction was thrown out monday after silvia sr. admitted he was not the one behind the wheel. the reason he. turned on his son, silvia sr.'s lawyer says he had become unhappy with his son's behavior while he remained behind bars. >> i think my client thought that his son would use this as an opportunity to better his life, go to school get a job, but in fact it had just the opposite effect. >> in response to an inquiry by nbc news the woman who survived the accident lashed out at silvia. a parent especially a father is supposed to teach his child right from wrong, not encourage lies and deception. while juan silvia jr. will not be charged with obstruction of justice, his son, juan silva jr. now faces three felony charges and is due in court this week. >> the state shouldn't punish the sony further because his father lied but they may look negatively at the fact that he

knowingly stepped aside while someone else stepped up for him. >> reporter: the case of the father paying for the sins of the son who could now very well wind up behind bars himself. kevin tibbles, nbc news, milwaukee. >> okay. so there are many questions that can be asked but here's the one we're posing to you. what does your gult tell you, do you think the father should face an obstruction of justice charge in this? go to newsnation.nbcmsnbc.com to cast that vote. i'm tamron hall. up next, "andrea mitchell reports."

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