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solution after more than 100 murders since january. but is the request crossing the line? we'll talk with one of those illinois lawmakers who wants to make this happen. this hour the senate moves toward a test vote on wall street reform. the vote expected around 5:00 p.m. eastern time. today's procedural vote is only the beginning of the debate of the bill but it will be an important test to see where both republicans and democrats stand. nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us now from capitol hill. a lot of interesting talk on those sunday morning programs. kelly, where do we stand now as far as a possible compromise? >> reporter: well, it's going to take more time according to republicans. they say they, too, want financial reform but they don't like the version that democrats want to bring forward today. so what they will vote on at 5:00 is whether or not the bill can move to the next phase in this process. as we understand it republicans have enough votes to stop that. democrats seem to think that's okay because they can paint this in a way that really works for

them politically, to suggest that republicans are too friendly to wall street and don't want changes at a time when so many people in the country are very upset about what's happened on wall street. that's sort of the political environment where we are and you know this is complex. there is a lot in it. so republicans say they want to make some parts of it a little tougher in their words. democrats say it's time to get it going. tamron? >> kelly, senator shelby was on this weekend and he believes they are close to a deal. you've got robert gibbs, white house spokesperson saying this afternoon that the white house still expects bipartisan support for the financial regulatory reform. are we to interpret that as a -- some optimism? >> well, they expect they'll get it eventually but probably not today. the meetings will go on even this afternoon between senators dodd and shelby so they're working on it but they're not giving us the sense that it will happen this quickly. overall, in the big picture, they do expect a number of republicans to eventually vote along with this because it's so politically popular in the country to try to have these regulations and they believe

that some of the excesses we've all seen over the last couple years do need some new rules to try to tighten things up on wall street. so it's a matter of how to get there and certainly the political context which gives everybody a chance to throw their punches. >> we should point out while you were talking we were showing live pictures on the senate floor. i know you'll keep us up to date on the very latest. thank you very much. kelly o'donnell live in washington. those pushing for financial reform, embarrassing internal e-mails from wall street giant goldman sachs show exactly why we need reform. e-mails released by a senate subcommittee show goldman executives seeming to cheer as the housing market collapsed around us. in an e-mail from the fall of 2007, one goldman executive wrote, quote, sounds like we'll make some serious money. and another e-mail that fall. goldman ceo lloyd blankfein says the firm, quote, lost money on the housing market. then made more than we lost because of shorts. which are bets against the market. the e-mails come with seven present and former goldman

executives expected to face tough questions tomorrow before a senate subcommittee. goldman is accused of fraud by the s.e.c. joining me now a "new york times" financial reporter and "vanity fair" contributing editor, also a cnbc contributor. thank you both for joining us. what are we going to make of these e-mails? is this another just solid blow to goldman sachs and at least their story of trying to convince the people they were not part of the problem? >> well, obviously the fabulous fab sent bragging e-mails to his girlfriend about sthnt fantastic how he's sort of screwing america, you know, while also making a profit for himself. that is embarrassing. having said that i think they should be very careful. take a tiny fraction of all the e-mails that were exchanges and i think we have to remember that in 2007, yes, goldman made $500 million shorting mortgages.

they lost 1.2 in 2008 and they're going to say senator levin is being political. they've been under it for the last week and i think tomorrow you'll see lloyd blankfein, you know, fight back. >> to bring up what vicky is saying these are just a few e-mails and goldman sachs can point to what they lost but when you look at the polling you have people who want overwhelmingly some kind of reform and when you hear things like we made some money and this kind of language, we're making serious money, and folks are losing their homes which is very serious, how do they get out of this situation? >> well, you know, even if they point to money lost in other parts of their business the money they made in 2007 on this big short, that's what the cfo of goldman called it, the big short, that money paid their bonuses. that money paid the bonuses of the very top executives as well as the traders in this deal. so the next year when they lost

some money related to similar assets those bonuses weren't given back so it is relevant how much money they made on this deal and also relevant what they were telling clients at the same time that they were getting negative on housing and that's one thing that this hearing will focus on, what they told clients versus what they did. >> vicky, you want to get in? >> yeah. i would say their argument will obviously be that their job is to hedge and that they were actually arguing risk well as opposed to i read a book about lehman who managed risk terribly and their job is to manage riskfore their clients and not be patriotic which sort of seems to be, you know, that's one of the allegations against them. what they did wasn't good for the country but it was good for their clients. >> part of their argument and we can't get into it but not too far but part of the argument is being made to the public and right now they don't have a lot of tolerance for wall street. >> well, goldman wasn't doing the deal for the american public. i mean, that is the problem. >> which is why we're at this

point. >> exactly. louise, do you think they can break through to the american public tomorrow on capitol hill with the argument we're already hearing from goldman sachs? >> that's the struggle for all these investment banks. they did have a duty to their own shareholders but, you know, the question now as we look ahead is given that they were bailed out by the government and enjoyed government backing now, what duty do they have if anything new to the broader society? is there a broader duty they have now because they've been rescued by the government? >> well, thank you both. greatly appreciate it. "new york times" financial reporter as well as vicky ward, "vanity fair" and cnbc contributor. thank you both. >> thank you. >> absolutely. you are looking at brand new video we're just getting in. it was taken the moment a van got flipped by saturday's massive tornado in mississippi. members of the band burning

windsor did not realize they were driving right into the path of that tornado. the big trouble started what he tree slammed into a trailer that was driving in front of their jeep. >> their trailer actually is probably what saved our lives because it stopped most of the debris from hitting us directly. after that all i can remember is we flipped. >> all our stuff was in cases and it just pulled them out of the cases and threw it everywhe everywhere. it was just crazy. >> the tornado tossed the jeep 30 yards. save for cuts and bruises everyone is okay. meanwhile, fema officials are serving the damage in the hardest hit counties in mississippi and we'll be joined later by jim cantore from the weather channel to talk about all of these tornadoes we've already seen this season. severe weather continues to batter the south today. i'm joined now by weather channel meteorologist nick walker. nick, i understand and i can see there you're look agt south florida. what's happening? >> we have had some problems in south florida today with wind gusts anywhere between, say, 45

to 60 miles an hour around miami-dade county, reports of some trees down. good news is things are looking better though as we get through the afternoon and during the overnight hours. that system is pushing offshore so probably as we get into the afternoon and tonight we're just going to see the chance of maybe a stray thunderstorm popping up here and there as that cold front moves through. then we clear out for tomorrow. however, another weak front moves into the southeast to bring us a few more showers and thunderstorms across louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and tennessee once again. but then by wednesday we get another break in the weather and lots of sunshine comes into the picture here. we at least get some break in our weather here before we renew our chance of thunderstorms and some of those could be strong in the south by next weekend. >> all right. weather channel meteorologist nick walker. thanks, nick. coming up, i'll interview a storm chaser who came within a hundred yarsds ds of the tornad. we'll take a look at some of the amazing video he was able to capture later in the hour.

now an update on this month's deadly mine explosion in west virginia. massey energy, which owns the mine, says air samples taken just before the deadly explosion were clear. the samples were taken as part of a shift change exam of the mine shortly before the april 5th explosion that cost 29 miners their lives. the cause they say is still unknown as to why the explosion happened. today's rain in new york city did not deter hundreds of people who lined up for days for a chance at a union job. the local 3 mechanics union put out word it would be giving out 750 applications for about, get this, 75 elevator mechanics apprenticeships. the line had been growing since friday. you see people there camping out, some grilling. the apprenticeships each pay at least $14 per hour. union elevator mechanics can earn up to $40 per day but another glimpse at how hard it

is right now to get a job especially one people define as a good job these days. the u.s. supreme court today agreed to consider whether or not states can ban selling and renting violent video games to minors. lower courts ruled california's 2005 video game law is unconstitutional, saying video games are protected by the first amendment. governor arnold schwarzenegger is appealing. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us live from d.c. pete, are they looking at specific games or is it just that, i guess, what we call the genre of these kinds of video games? >> reporter: it is the general characteristic of video games, not specific games. the state wants the authority and in fact passed a law in 2006 that would allow banning the sale or rental of what are described as violent video games that depict killing and that are said to be not socially redeeming in some other ways. selling them or renting them to anyone younger than 18, to minors. now, several other states have tried this. probably half a dozen or ten

other states have tried this. every time it's tried in a state it gets knocked down by the federal courts which is exactly what happened here. they say you're talking about expressive conduct. what the state is asking the supreme court to do is say you ought to ban violent video games for children just as the court since 1968 has upheld state laws that ban sexually explicit or obscene material for minors. the courts have all said there is no proof that these games cause violent behavior in minors and what the state of california is asking the supreme court to do is to say you shouldn't have to actually prove it just getting close enough is enough. >> all right. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams. we'll see what happens in this very interesting situation. a lot of parents paying close attention. thank you very much, pete. >> reporter: you bet. there are calls nationwide today for a boycott of arizona. their tough new immigration law was signed by the governor. the latest on the battle lines drawn and a live report. plus, two lawmakers blame

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welcome back. we're getting more details on the damage and cleanup happening in the south. let's go to weather channel meteorologist jim cantore in mississippi with the latest. jim, we can see people hard at work trying to put it back together after a tough weekend for them there. >> yeah. no question about it. here in choctaw county is where we lost five people. they're not sitting down or resting on their laurels.

they're getting busy. this morning this was a house. it had four sides. part of the roof was torn off. there was so much debris and the walls were loosened and it was going to be demolished anyway. they came in with big equipment, took away everything. it's been amazing. this guy is almost ready to rebuild here. that's pretty much the theme. people are trying to get on with their lives as quickly as possible whether they're putting tarps on their roofs, burning trash as we saw this morning, or just making sure friends and loved ones are doing okay. certainly yesterday was a big shock day as the sun came back out and people realized what was bestowed upon them and what was going to be an historic tornado. you talk about something that travels 160 miles. it's amazing when you think about what it did to this house and it left this tree. yeah, pieces of debris certainly banged into the bark but it left it standing which is kind of amazing to me sitting not only 15 yards from it. that's a tornado. it gives and it takes. we've been talking to survivors that have gone through

incredible ordeals. six people inside this home in the bath tub. everybody lived. nobody with a scratch. they actually took the kids tamron and stuffed them on each side of the toilet, stuffed pillows on top of them to protect them from the debris and everybody did just fine. now they're just happy to move on. it was a very sad ordeal. they've lived in this house for 25, 26 years. imagine spending christmases with your family, thanksgivings, easter, having those great family times and having to watch what mother nature didn't take away being taken away by this huge piece of equipment. but i tell you, they got a great attitude in mississippi. they've taken it on the chin with katrina. this is undoubtedly the worst disaster since hurricane katrina for mississippi but they're getting on with it. >> we've got to ask you, the number of tornadoes that we've seen in the course of four days over a hundred. does this tell us anything about this tornado season coming

ahead? >> reporter: actually it doesn't. i mean, we started off very, very slow. then things kind of ramped up. what it tells us is don't be surprised to go from nothing to a rampage over a three to four-day period. and that's the way that true outbreaks go. they come up on you quick and will be historic like this one is going to be certainly for mississippi. >> all right. thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it and wish the best to those people as they work right behind you. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore, thank you. a judge in north carolina said federal authorities want an armed man from ohio arrested at a north carolina airport shortly after president obama took off yesterday to remain behind bars for now. joseph mcveigh appeared in court a short time ago. authorities say he pulled into a rental car parking lot at the asheville regional airport about a minute after the president's plane left. his car was loaded with police scanners and and tains. mcveigh himself was carrying a side arm. authorities charged him with a misdemeanor. the charge was going armed in

terror of the public. the secret service says the president was never in any danger. and more protests are being planned in arizona in the wake of the state's controversial new immigration law, the toughest in the nation. thousands of opponents who march this weekend say the law will lead to rampant racial profiling and turn arizona into a police state. the law requires people to be questioned by police about their immigration status if the police suspect someone is in the country illegally. joining us is todd johnson. you've been taking the pulse if you will of the african-american community. we spoke with reverend al sharpton. he is just one of many in the african-american community who are calling for a boycott of arizona. >> that is exactly right, tamron. local leaders here in phoenix, local black leaders of the naacp, the greater phoenix urban league, are trying to get more african-americans to become advocates for those who are undocumented here in arizona. quite frankly, a black pastor i

was speaking to at a predominantly black bap pivot church in phoenix said he hasn't gotten the response he hoped for from his congregation many of whom don't see the connection between every day experiences of african-americans and the current immigration debate. one would say, why is that? but the pastor feels there is common ground here to build coalitions. as you mentioned the racial profiling, something african-americans, scores of african-americans either have experienced or at least can readily identify with or are aware of and that's where this pastor and some other leaders are saying, hey, there is a chance for common bridge building here to make this immigration reform debate not just one sided, not about just one group of people. >> well, it's an interesting aspect of the debate. todd johnson, greatly appreciate you coming on with us live. incredible conversations happening on your site. we'd like to know what you think. go to twitter.msnbc.com. what do you think of todd johnson's report in arizona and

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prevented the shooting rampage that left 13 people dead. ed inial hasan is now awaiting court-martial. senator lieberman said he is willing to address the obama administration's main concern that the release of the data could compromise the prosecution of major hasan. we expect a news conference at 4:00 p.m. eastern time today on the offshore oil rig explosion that triggered a massive ongoing oil leak into the gulf of mexico. 11 oil rig workers are missing and presumed dead after tuesday's explosion off the louisiana coast. right now authorities are monitoring the growing oil slick from the air and under water crews are using robotic submarines to try and stop the leak. nbc's anne thompson is in new orleans with more. >> reporter: 50 miles off the coast of louisiana, this is a crucial day in the efforts to stop that oil leak. the work is happening a mile beneath the ocean surface. there, remote controlled submersibles are trying to activate something called a blowout preventer.

think of it as the emergency brake on this oil leak. if they can get that done in 12 hours, that is the quick fix to this problem. if they can't, then the oil companies are going to have to drill a relief well which will go down and essentially cap off the original well to stop the leak. now, that process could take months and so at a rate of 42,000 gallons a day that's coming out of that oil leak, they are hoping that the remote control vehicles can make that blowout preventer work and stop this oil slick from spreading. right now it is about 600 square miles in the gulf of mexico. it is 30 miles from shore and officials do not think it is going to reach shore in the next couple of days. however, onshore precautions are already being taken. booms are being set in place to keep any potential oil from getting into the wetlands. the wetlands here along the gulf coast as you can imagine are

very fragile because they have been battered by hurricanes, most recently katrina. but they are also very important to the economy of the gulf course because it is there in the wetlands that shrimp breed, breeding grounds for fish, and for birds, and so they are very important not just to the environment but to the whole way of life down here. today is a crucial day and the next 12 hours will tell the tale. i'm anne thompson in new orleans. now back to you. >> that was nbc's anne thompson. thank you. as we mentioned a few minutes ago fema is joining mississippi state emergency officials today. they're touring the hardest hit areas and took a beating from that tornado. up next we'll talk to a storm chaser who came face to face with a twister. what was it like in that storm? and doctors are closely monitoring rock star bret michaels after the singer suffered a brain hemorrhage. he is still in intensive care. we'll get the update and the scoop on his condition.

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welcome back. in mississippi fema officials are on the scene as national guardsmen are patrolling the streets and counties most devastated by saturday's deadly storms and the massive tornadoes. new video is being shared by personal storm chasers giving us an inside look at the worst tornado which killed ten people in mississippi. chris, thanks for joining us. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> tell me what you saw. >> we, you know, it was really hard to see a lot. the storm was a high participation thunderstorm. we lost data for about 15 minutes and so what we were looking at on radar was 15 minutes old. we were probably in a bad spot and noticed that and headed south and that's when we saw the actual tornado come through the trees. we ended up in the outer bands

of the rotation. >> how long have you been a storm chaser, chris? >> for several years now. >> how does this compare to some of the other storms you followed? >> you know, it ranks up there with one of the most deadly for sure. i could compare the damage to the february 2nd, 2009 tornado that tore through long grove. it looked very similar to that. >> and so many people are talking about the span of the tornado, just how wide it was. tell us your insight and perspective on that. >> it was extremely a. once the video was done we headed down to see if we could help and came along the damage path about five miles outside of town and i never seen a tornado that was that wide. i think the initial report is that it was a mile and a half wide. and it was every bit of that. i mean, there were trees broke, houses destroyed, and it wasn't, you know, a narrow swath like

you're used to seeing with a lot of tornadoes. i mean, it was big and massive and the damage was unbelievable. >> and, you know, we can hear underneath the video this -- some of the reaction from i guess your team. let's listen in a little bit. i think we have some sound. >> oh, look at that sucker! >> oh, my god! >> go! go! >> woo hoo! >> we hear you or i don't know if that's you but we hear voices in the background. obviously they are happy to capture these images but is there ever a point, chris, that you worry about your own life? i mean, this was a deadly storm, ten people were killed in this tornado. >> at that point, you know, you worry about what's about to happen. storm chasing is a dangerous job and at some point you're going to make a mistake and end up in a bad position. it's just the nature of the

activity. this is the first close encounter in seven years i've ever had so i consider it pretty lucky and like i said we're extremely safe when we do this. we're -- sorry? >> have you had a chance to go back and see some of the damage? we just took a live picture from weir, mississippi. we always marvel how you can have a tree standing and a house next to it completely gone and another house next to it standing. >> i haven't been back yet. we spent time at ground zero helping pull people out and streaming video live back to you guys. i saw first hand the extent of the damage but i didn't go any further than that. >> you do incredible work and we greatly appreciate you coming on to talk to us about it. be safe on the next storm you're out there chasing. thank you very much. >> thank you. have a great day. >> you do the same. the vatican has accepted an apology from the british government over an embarrassing internal memo involving pope

benedict. the leaked memo offered tongue in cheek suggestions for the pope's upcoming vice toit tsit . they include on this list opening an abortion clinic, blessing a gay marriage, and launching a papal brand of condoms. nbc's jim maceda joins us from london. jim, i went online looking at some of the reaction. people were in disbelief that even though this memo was not to be made public that anyone would put this on paper. we all know anything on a computer is not a secret. >> reporter: that's right. it's not. but you still have to ask yourself how this all could happen. it started with this 23-year-old oxford graduate, a low-ranking civil servant, at the foreign office. he was asked to answer this question. what would the ideal papal visit to britain look like? well, he described in one separate paragraph, he said, look. this is a memo. it's internal brainstorming, a session that we had with several other colleagues and there are some far fetched ideas here. so there was already that

warning. but that was certainly an under statement. i mean, in addition to what you just mentioned which is the most controversial of the suggestions, he also said that perhaps the pope could apologize for the spanish armada, the spanish catholic armada. also he might -- might be a good idea to sing a song, a duet with queen elizabeth ii for charity. but get this, tamron. over the weekend a couple ex-civil servants weighed in on the british blogosphere and said this kind of spoofing memo writing happens all the time, that there are foreign office bureaucrats who write them regularly. what doesn't usually happen is that they don't leave the building. somehow this memo, the e-mail, got way, way too far out there. >> did the 23-year-old behind the e-mail get fired? >> i'm sorry? >> was he fired? the 23-year-old? >> no. he was not fired. that's raised a lot of concern on the part of the vatican. he actually, it turns out, asked

a senior -- someone with seniority within his department whether it was a good idea to do this and get it out and apparently that more senior person said it's okay. now, that person hasn't been fired either, simply moved to some other department and has changed his duties. that's what initially triggered the ire on the part of the vatican. since then they've had an exchange, big apology, lots of details and apparently they understand it was in jest. >> jim maceda with a pretty bizarre story. thank you. wedding bells won't be ringing for the swedish princess madeline who reportedly called off her royal wedding over rumors that her fiance had an affair with a college student while they were engaged. her older sister princess victoria is slated to marry her fiance in june. princess victoria took heat for getting engaged to a quote-unquote commoner but the story is about the one who was going to get married and she is

not. former rock star turned reality tv star bret michaels is reportedly conscious today but he is still ind.oux+áráical condition in the hospital after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. courtney hazlett is off. we're getting our scoop today from the author of pop goes the week.com. what's happening with bret michaels here? some people are saying this may be related to an accident he had on stage during a performance. >> well, as you said earlier he is still under 24-hour surveillance and intensive care at an undisclosed hospital. some are saying this may link back to the 2009 tony awards where he was hit by a piece of scenery and it knocked him down onto the stage floor. there's really no proof of that right now. his publicist is not saying that is the case. donald trump, you'll probably recall he is on the apprentice right now, donald trump checked in and apparently he is quoted on tmz as saying that bret is, quote, in big, big trouble and

the prognosis is not great. the 47-year-old former poison front man was hospitalized four days ago and describes the pain as being hit on the head repeatedly with a baseball bat which doctors refer to as a thunder clamp headache. obviously this is not a good time and all of our thoughts go out to him and we wish him the best. >> we do. >> it's not looking good though. >> and the other story you're following is j-lo, she had a big movie, was supposed to be her comeback. >> it was a big disappointment actually. switching gears. jennifer lopez came back to film after a four-year absence with this film "the back-up plan" and it came in second with a gross of $12.25 million. just so you get a perspective, the movie that came in first is "how to train your dragon" which has been out for five weeks. usually movie goers tend to go with the film that is new and fresh because their interest wanes. they're always looking for the next new thing. so next week this film could be

old news already. jennifer lopez again second place at the box office and "how to train your dragon" seems to be unstoppable right now. >> she only made $12 million and that was what she used to make per film. that was what she would be paid to make a film. some writers, there is an article in the daily beast calling it the implosion of jennifer lopez. is this a sign that her star has faded? >> well, there certainly is concern. you know, movie investors and studios watch these things very closely so when you can't break out with a new film and make a really big impact, yes, there is concern about the long-term ramifications and the bankability of her career. her recording career has faltered as of late, too. so while many had thought this would be a big comeback, this, you know, remains to be seen whether or not this will have long-term staying power. what is making huge news, though, in the film department is, you know, thanks to many screeching teenage girls it's the "twilight" movie. this movie is unstoppable and the third installment of that series had its trailer debut by who else, oprah.

okay? so oprah releases the trailer. screeching girls everywhere are crazy about it. the thing is when she release this had trailer she didn't have any cast members in the studio. she had a skype interview with dakota fanning. she doesn't want to disappoint anyone so she is going to have the trifecta as they call them, kristin stewart, robert pattinson and taylor lautner in her studio. >> i think we have a clip we can even play. we're not oprah. let's play it. >> let's do it. >> tracking the situation in seattle for a while. unexplained disappearances. killings. someone is creating an army. >> an army of vampires? >> there you go. >> how can this relationship fail? he really wants to, you know, drain her blood. how can the relationship fail? this movie is going to be dark and a lot more action packed than the ones we've seen prior. it's going to be huge noerks

doubt. jennifer lopez should get involved. >> great commentary and everything from you, brian. greatly appreciate it. pop goes the week.com. thanks for the latest in entertainment news. >> good to see you, tamron. >> logon to scoop.today show.com as well as checking out brian's website. the ohio mom who abandoned her 1-year-old dawiter and husband now says she wants to start a new life. we'll show you the first pictures of the woman that was the focus of a nationwide search last week when she was missing. police in mexico may be closing in on a possible arrest in the murder of the wife of a survivor producer. we'll go live to cancun for the very latest developments. that i. love the chicken parm -- gotta have the chicken parm. [ laughs ] on the weight watchers online website there's a whole bunch of little tools to track your success. while i'm waiting for my kids to come out of karate, i can just plug my numbers in right there. i take my shirt off to take out the garbage, you know, and all the little old ladies on my block are like, "oh, eddie, how's it going?" [ laughs ] i lost 60 pounds. it's like the size of my eight year old son.

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welcome back. disturbing video. the good samaritan left to die on a new york city sidewalk as dozens of people walked right by him. in the video the man collapses on the sidewalk and over the next 20 minutes more than 25 people walked by, doing nothing.

you can even see one man taking a picture with his cell phone. another man lifting the man's body. by the time paramedics showed up it was too late. police say the man had tried to help a person who was being mugged and the mugger ended up stabbing him. as a result he laid there on that sidewalk left to die. now to an exclusive look at the ohio mother whose disappearance sparked a nationwide search that ended up with her being discovered with another man in florida. we've got exclusive new pictures of tiffany tehan and her boyfriend tre hutcherson back in ohio this weekend. tehan never came home from a shopping trip last weekend, leaving behind her husband and the couple's 1-year-old daughter. police initially considered hutcherson a person of interest in tehan's disappearance after surveillance video surfaced showing them together at a convenience store. tehan told nbc news she wants to start a new life with hutcherson. and now to the latest on

that mexico murder mystery involving the wife of an american tv producer. monica beresford redman was found dead april 8th her body found in a sewer near a posh hotel where she and her husband bruce beresford redman were staying with their children. he has been asked to stay in mexico but so far has not been charged. >> reporter: tamron, good afternoon. prosecutors here in mexico have said for weeks that they won't be rushed and now a signal that their investigation may be nearing a completion. this after noon the attorney general's office here in cancun says they'll release the body to the coroner and that will give her family the right to finally bring her home some three weeks after the murder. her body was considered evidence for many days so this is an indication that this case could be coming to a close. monica's remains could soon be headed back to the united states but her husband, bruce, is still here in mexico free to travel the country but he does not have his passport. he remains the only suspect in

this case. investigators are awaiting forensic results that are due back any day and with those results they'll say they'll decide whether bruce beresford redman will be charged with a crime or given back his passport and allowed to leave the country. tamron? >> all right. thank you very much. two illinois lawmakers think the violence in chicago has become so rampant that the illinois national guard needs to be called in. is it crossing the line? we'll talk with one of the lawmakers who says it is not. former presidential candidate john edwards may be forced to reveal details of his affair with rielle hunter and their much talked about sex tape. the basement gathering dust while i, sneezing, itching eyes kept you from our favorite stream. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®.

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welcome back. there is a lot going on today. here are some things we thought you should know. john edwards' long silence about his affair with rielle hunter may be about to come to an end. the website the daily beast.com reports edwards has been called to give a sworn deposition may 13th in hunter's lawsuit against former edwards aide andrew young. hunter accuses young of stealing

a videotape that allegedly shows her and edwards having sex. she also claims young kept copies of that in violation of a court order. and a book cover for former president george w. bush's memoir has been unveiled. the book is called "decision points" and will offer never before heard details of key events during his presidency. it is due out in november. and what's president obama's biggest weakness? well, the revelation came from senior adviser david axelrod appearing on "the tonight show" with jay leno. >> he has a weakness for pie and one thing that happened when he came to the white house is they have a very great pastry chef there and it became a big problem so they had to separate it. >> axelrod went on to say in addition to the pie the president also loves cheeseburgers. those are the things we thought you should know today. in today's "crossing the line" should the national guard be called in to help a city combat violence? the city of chicago is at the heart of this debate in wake of

a crime problem many see as being out of control. just one night last week, seven people were killed. 18 were wounded, mostly by gunfire. yesterday two illinois lawmakers asked governor pat quinn to deploy the national guard troops. one of those lawmakers is democrat john fritschy who joins me now from chicago. thanks so much for joining us. greatly appreciate it. >> happy to be here, tamron. >> some are wondering if this is going too far. i know 113 people killed in chicago since january. but why the national guard as a solution? >> well, the fact is we have a real problem here. that number of 113 people, that's the same amount of u.s. troops we've lost in iraq and afghanistan combined during the same time period. our police department is doing an excellent job and doing the best that they can but the fact is summer is just around the corner. with that comes an increased spike in violence every year historically. we need to do what we can to flood the hot spots to put more bodies on the street.

when people hear the national guard they think troops and tanks and machine guns. what i'd like them to think is trained law enforcement members that can come in and aid the chicago police, work with them to have more patrols and keep those neighborhoods safer. >> but, you know, i mean obviously in a case of hurricane katrina we understand national guard troops. right now in mississippi there are troops there helping the people. but this is a crime problem. again, that many would assume would be handled by a very well trained and qualified police department that i assume chicago has. >> well, they are a well trained and qualified police department. tamron, you used to live here. you know that. the fact of the matter is that they can use additional resources to focus on these key areas. the overwhelming majority of these crimes happen on just 9% of chicago blocks. so we want to put more bodies on those blocks and be able to assist the chicago police department. this is not a no confidence vote in the police department. they've been doing a very, very good job. the fact of the matter is we don't have the funding to hire more officers but we do have our

national guardsmen that live in chicago that are trained in urban law enforcement that can work with the chicago police department, go home to their homes at night, and keep the streets safer. >> it chicago police superintendent said, quote, when you mix military functions with law enforcement functions there is sometimes a disconnect. i know a loft the areas you're talking about, you're right, i lived there, they're predominantly either african-american neighborhoods or latino neighborhoods and the image of, as you said, military personnel walking the streets, a, people think we need to be using these men and women in a different way because there are other needs around this country, but, b, the thought of an armed person on a corner in the middle of a chicago neighborhood to some is chilling. >> let me tell you what's very interesting is that the response where the support has been the strongest has been from those affected kmunlts. i did this press conference with

one of my colleagues. he represents the lawndale area that's an affected area where a lot of these troops will be called if the governor goes along with this. the people in that community have been reaching out to us saying, yes, we want the help. we wantat assistance. >> what does the mayor say? >> well, the mayor has said, just earlier today, that everything needs to be looked at to see what the options are. i appreciate him keeping an open mind on this. >> okay. >> again, this is not a power struggle. >> right. >> it's a matter of how best to protect the people and save lives. >> we appreciate you coming in and explaining your thoughts on this. thank you so much. chicago is a great city and it deserves better. crossing the line? you tell me. tamron.msnbc.com or twitter me your response, twitter.msnbc.com. that wraps up the hour. thank you very much for joining me. be back here tomorrow. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. my buddy and colleague jeff rossen picking up our coverage next. boss:hey, glad i caught you. i was on my way to present ideas

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