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are still inside. breaking news tops the program today. the defense department confirming five u.s. service members were killed today in central iraq. it's a significant attack and marks the single largest loss of life with u.s. troops in iraq since 2009. let's bring in mick. >> i'm sure a lot of americans are surprised to hear there u.s. military forces still in harm a way in iraq. this was the single biggest attack against americans. according to u.s. and iraqi officials, five american service members were killed at a u.s. military base in baghdad. by a rocket attack and at the same time late reports from baghdad and the iraqis themselves. say say that two of the attackers were killed in a premature explosion alongside

that rocket launcher. this follows what has been a serious up tick in sewno shia and shia on sunni violence there in iraq over the past couple of months. it looks like it's pay back time for that seven or eight years of violence against sunni and shia, shia and sunni in iraq in the past eight years >> jim, thank you so much for that. there big disagreements over the troop drawdown in afghanistan. we will talk about that with senator bernie sanders ahead. fast-moving wildfires have been raging and they are expanding by several thousand acres and continuing to grow. new orders have been in the third largest wildfire in history. george lewis is in arizona with the latest. >> chris, these are monster fires in arizona.

more than a quarter million acres scorched so far and 2100 people on the fire lines and thousands of homes threatened. >> we bumped the lineup. >> firefighters spent the weekend attacks a blaze from the air. rugged force made it difficult for them to get equipment into the area. officials say this particular wildfire near the border has been unusually hard to get a handle on. >> it's mostly in the way it's made. it sets that we can't get anywhere near it. it sets that our resources are a limited value we need people on the ground even with the air resources we have. >> stay on 191 and 180. >> on sunday afternoon, the fire jumped into the town of escodilla. >> it's a wilderness area and there is treatment on the area. it will be a hot fire. >> for swept through bieber

creek ranch and destroyed several vacation cabins. day likes more like night in alpine. >> it feels surreal. >> worry mandatory evacuations ordered throughout the area, police escorted residents back home on sunday, allowing them a few minutes to choose what to save. >> they said 15 minutes and they were gracious with us. >> i was driving faster. >> this woman was not as lucky. >> the fire was right there and we had to turn around and leave. >> with zero containment and hot temperatures expected, firefighters will be dealing with 50 mile an hour winds. >> doesn't get much worse than that. thank you so much. in the upper midwest, residents have the opposite problem. too much water. flooding from the missouri river

forced tens of thousands of people in seven states to leave their homes. >> it's very, very traumatic for a lot of people. >> we already said goodbye. we shed our tears and said goodbye to the house. >> today a partial levee breech in northwest missouri near the iowa border and the river is not expected to crest until july. a critical meeting between president obama and his national security team. with the high stakes debate on how to get the deficit under control combined with the death of osama bin laden. pressure is mounting to pull more troops out of afghanistan. joining me now is senator bernie sanders from a member of the budget committee. always good to see you. good morning. >> you have been critical of the cuts that the republicans have made. they don't include big changes to spending. is the cost of war a reason to get out.

>> it's one of the reasons. we have been in afghanistan for 10 years and at the end of the day, it will be the people of afghanistan and their military who will defeat the taliban and not u.s. troops we have to continue our commitment to helping the afghan military, but i think with a $1.5 trillion deficit, spending 100 billion on the war in afghanistan a year, now is the time to accelerate the departure of our troops. what we are doing to a significant degree is nation-building. i would prefer to rebuild the united states of america and our energy system rather than afghanistan. i believe we can make significant cuts and bring our troops home sooner than the president is talking about. >> you know the argument without helping them at this critical juncture, we could see a severe return to the problems that we saw in afghanistan. the first place with lots of

concerns about the threat to our national security. robert gates is in afghanistan saying goodbye to the troops. let me play for you a little bit of what he said. >> if it were up to me, i would leave the shooters to last. nobody wants to give up the gains or give our allies the excuse to run for the exits. >> how do you cut the costs and obviously the drain on the u.s. budget and still not back off on the gains that have been made? >> no one is degreeing that you bring the troops home tonight. we suggest you spend it on nation-building as well. we can accelerate the departure of our troops and continue to support the military and give them all the help they need to take on the taliban. i think 10 years is enough. it's time to bring the troops home >> this is one part of the

larger conversation about reducing the deficit and you only support a deal that includes shared sacrifice. i know you know the argument well. the rich need tax breaks if they are going to hire. they don't buy the counter argument that the rich are already making record profits. when you hear this back and forth and we have been asking the questions from both sides, how do you get this thing solved? >> when you have the wealthiest people doing well, the top 1% earns more income than the bottom 50% and in recent years almost all of the new income created america has gone to the wealthy. at the same time their effective tax rate is the lowest on record. it is insane. not to be asking the wealthiest people that are very, very profitable and paying nothing in taxes to contribute to deficit reduction. what the republicans are saying is not only do they not want the wealthy and large corporations

to pay more, they want to give them $1 trillion in tax breaks at the same time as they decimate medicare, medicaid, education, infrastructure and the needs of working family. that is pretty crazy and way out of line in terms of what the average american believes. people believe in shared sacrifice. everybody has to play a role. people. it's not just what the republicans are saying. i want to see the president of leadership do what the people want. shared sacrifice and corporate america. the wealthy have to contribute to deficit reduction >> one of the drains on all american households is rising gas prices. you plan to reduce legislation in layman's terms. how does this help? >> right now, up to 40% of the cost of a gallon of gas has

nothing to do with supply and demand. everything to do with 80% of the oil futures is controlled by financial institution who is never use the product. they are involved in speculation and in making huge profits which they have for the last few months. we want to limit the role of speculations and when you do, i believe you will significantly reduce the price of a barrel of oil. >> senator sanders, good to see you, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> it is exactly the economic debate that faces president obama's 2012 campaign. it's fund-raising machine is cranking. they hope to raise $60 million. dwarfing most republicans. a state by state organization is gearing up. joining me now is the columnist ezra kline. good morning >> good morning. >> you saw the front page of "usa today." what comes after hope whchlt unemployment is at 9.1%, does

the strategy change? can a hope message backfire? >> it will have to change. it's hard to run on change when you are the incumbent. they will need a new message here. i wouldn't give too much credence to how much money they raised. that will be important. what will be important is accomplishments they will need the economy to look and feel better by the time they go to the polling booth in november. if they don't get that, there is no state by state organization that will do the job for them. >> i remember, i was thinking today about that cnbc town hall nine months ago that vel ma heart stood up and said to president obama's face, you haven't done what i thought. is his challenge those voter who is say how are things better since you took office? >> the voter who is say i believed in you and i don't have a job. the administration knows that

and the problem for them is there is not a lot they can do. even if they were, they don't appear to have any problem getting them through congress. they are waiting and hoping the economy will pick up in a sustainable way. the only option they have is pushing the federal reserve. they don't have the power over there either. economists got formally reject and withdrew his nomination. they are in a bit of an opposition and they need to make economic policy. >> always good to see you, ezra. >> and you. >> you can talk with me on twitter. >> john edwards said he did wrong, but did not break the law. a close family friend gives us the inside story. he's next. plus, the casey anthony murder trial has much of america riveted a hair and air in casey's car.

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. new pictures just in with the miracle on the hudson making its way to new jersey. the 120-footlong fuselage is expected to cross the delaware memorial bridge at around 1:00 this afternoon. the wings were shipped separately. the plane could have used captain sulley sullenberger because it got stuck in a small town in jersey. new and nas fascinating details with former senator john edwards who almost made a last minute deal on charges he misused campaign funds. they wouldn't have allowed him to plead guilty to misdemeanors and pay a big fine. but there was one very big

catch. he would have to spend six months in prison. an edwards family friend went to law school with john and elizabeth. good morning and thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> reports are that john edwards made up his mind literally minutes before the indictment was announced and he was seriously considering it actually. are you surprised he turned it down? >> i'm surprised first of all. i shouldn't be, but i am. the u.s. attorney feels they have to make all these discussions public. the political act and political blood for the u.s. attorney. >> i know you said that before, but to what end. what's the political gain for them? >> they recognized they have a very shaky case. it's a novel theory and it's not about the federal election laws. it's about john edwards had an affair and what we think of

that. that doesn't make for a violation of federal election laws >> even if you make the argument, why would they take a case they didn't think they could win. isn't the downside bigger than political vendetta? >> they were hoping to force them into a plea agreement. i don't know, i wasn't there when all the discussions were going on. a plea agreement that involves jail for a single father, contemplate that. that's awful. >> anybody who is watching this whatever side you are on or if you are taking a side, everybody thinks about the children and i know you are a godfather to one of the edwards children. >> to two. in some ways they are doing well and for kids their age and they have camp and birthday parties and on the other hand they had a lifetime of loss and difficulty. this is more of that. more threats to whether they are

going to have a household that will be stable for them. they were born into a family that lost a child. they had a mother who had cancer and now died and now there threats to their father going to jail. i just don't get it. our country has so much to pay attention to that's more important than this, i don't get it. >> it's great of to you take the time to talk to us. >> sarah palin may regret upstaging mitt romney, but she is not backing down from her version of paul revere's ride. why do they think she can beat obama?

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pennsylvania senator rick santorum is in for 2012. he is running for president he announced on a tv view. that's on the state of pennsylvania next hour. sarah palin did not have official appearances scheduled in that announcement, but she is a poll jiing for stealing the pot light from mitt romney last week. her east coast bus tour and clambake overshadowed the official announcement. >> i apologize if i stepped on the pr that mitt romney needed or wanted and didn't mean to step on anyone's toes. >> joining us is mark and editor of the reed report didn't com, joanne, what's your reaction to sarah palin's apology? >> you know, i think it proves that sarah palin pays attention to the news about sarah palin

and heard about the discomfort the party had with what she did. she stepped all over mitt romney's announcement and made him have a bad day and she is feeling it. she works for a conservative news network and has to try to please the party bosses. i guess she pays attention to the news. >> i want to play what she said last week and how she is defending it. let's listen. >> he warned the british that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing the bells and making sure as he was riding his horse through town to send the warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and free. >> i didn't mess up about paul revere. he did warn the british and in a shout out gotcha type of question asked of me, i answered

candidly and i know my american history. >> chris wallace seemed a little amused by that. what do you think happened? >> i have to say my initial reaction was like you and probably all the rest of our colleagues in the juniorism profession. skeptical to say the least. i read paul revere's letter that gives his account of the aftermath of his ride and he did in fact tell the british he had warned as he put it the countryside. in that sense, she was exactly right. >> is she right about this, joanne? how is your american history? >> one of the things that is disturbing to me in general, somebody who grew up with a conservatism out there that was serious is the lack of seriousness that we are starting to see just in the name of a personality. >> and howard dean, i know you heard that. how can he think she can beat

barack obama? >> i don't know howard dean was thinking. maybe the air was super thin in vermont. there was definitely a celebrity cult. paul revere did not give up information to the british. he was detained the terrific article in foeshs that talks about this whole history. it looks like sarah palin may look at history as two different people. that was not paul revere. he was one if by land and two if by sea. he did not give up information warning them what the col onnists were going to do. he was on the side of the col onnists. hello. absolutely not. read a history book. >> they were full of american volunteers. >> he lie and gave them an overestimate of how many troobs would be waiting as a way to lie to the british. paul revere was detained and on the side of the patriots. he wasn't warning about

anything. the narrative about the right was not about gun rights and sarah palin wanted to make it about that. he twisted the fable and created that. >> let me get a word in edge wise. the whole situation with sarah palin i think is exactly the kind of situation that makes so many of our listeners think we journalists are elitist and arrogant. the woman is right on the facts and yet here we are arguing about it because so many folks in the media cannot accept the fact that sarah palin might be right about something. >> this will be interesting. there will be a lot of american history teachers out there. >> remember our grade school memorization of the midnight ride of paul revere. thanks to both of you. >> sure. >> we heard dramatic testimony and damaging jail house talks. the prosecution goes csi with what was found in casey anthony's car in connection with

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>> here's a look at other stories people are talking about right now. german officials thought they had a breakthrough in tracking the source of that massive outbreak in europe. now they say 23 out of 40 tests on sprouts came back negative. another task force will be out at the farm and doing more testing. at least 22 people died and 2200 have gotten 6 throughout europe. >> it's a staple of the school lunch. chocolate milk. the l.a. new school superintendent is recommending getting rid of it. he cites childhood obesity and

diabetes as the top reasons. in a growing trend, los angeles would be the largest district to eliminate flavored milk. >> steve jobs is expected to appear at the general developer's conference. he has been on medical leave since january he will be previewing the online sword service. las vegas's housing market from red hot to under water. 80% of homes in parts of vegas are worth less than the loans owed on them and this problem is not just in vegas. more on that in five minutes. >> per we are expecting a csi week in the casey anthony trial. in weekend testimony, an fbi expert focussed on key evidence with hair removeed from anthony's car. the expert testified it was consistent with hair from a dead body. similar to hair obtained from 2-year-old caylee's hair brush. >> the root portion of the hair

is similar to one of the photos in the poster and that's consistent with apparent decomposition. >> susan, how important can this testimony and evidence be? >> it's crucial. crucial evidence in this case because up until now, really all we heard is -- this is the key evidence that the prosecution needs to bring it home which is to say that the daughter was murdered, casey murdered her and that is the cause of death. >> this is a little, i would say, gruesome, but fascinating. the prosecutors claim that they captured the odor of caylee anthony's decomposing body in a can and called it the stench of death. they admit they had never taken air samples before and have no training to do so.

is this a risky move on their part? >> it's not risky. it's good evidence to present, but it's not pout holes and good fodder for cross-examination. there is no perfect case and testimony and perfect evidence you go with the best you have got. jose baez has his work cut out for him. there is a stench of death and the port mort em root banding is brand-new too. she testified she can't say why that's the case. it's great evidence, but it's not necessarily perfect evidence. >> in the meantime, i will ask you about the former imf who pleaded not guilty to the charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. is this going to come down to he said she said? >> seems it will. he is saying they are looking@a defensive consent. that's inconsistent with the hotel worker and to hear her tell the story.

>> if you say there was sexual contact and emissions, you say concept, it's all consistent. >> always good to see you. >> it's a critical juncture in the trial against illinois governor rod blagojevich. the governor could face several days of relentless cross-examination and the outcome of the trial could turn on his testimony. nbc's rick bogert joins us from chicago. what are we expecting today? >> rod blagojevich walked in a few moments ago and will be taking the stand. he was engaged in horse training when he had a pick for senate vacancy. prosecutors contend that he was wheeling and dealing for personal gain. on the stand last week, he had

an arrest on n 2008 and he was about to squeeze a deal with the bulk of legislative agenda using the leverage that the senate pick had given him. prosecutors told jurors of a tape on that evening in which blagojevich talked about putting off the decision for another month. why? he wanted to hold open the option of avoiding himself. possible impeachment. just in case i have to throw myself in there. he quoted as saying, we are like likely to hear that, one of many tapes he will be confronted with as prosecutors confronted with his own words. it is hard to say how long this cross-examination is going to last. prosecutors said it's up to blagojevich and that turns his answers into organizationments and speeches. >> i'm betting on that examination. >> know what's moving your money

and the heart of housing. more than 20% of homeowners nationwide owe more than their houses are worth. one in five and noplace is that more everyday than las vegas considered the epicenter of the mortgage melt down. what do we know? why are so many homes in foreclosure in vegas? >> good morning. there several reasons really. 8 to 10 years ago, the big story in vegas is that it was the fastest growing city. neighborhoods like the ones behind me started sprouting up. areas in north las vegas as well. it would happen here like south florida and arizona people started buying homes they couldn't afford with toxic mortgages. interest only loans and variable rates. you had boom and bust. people realized they could no longer afford the homes you traveled and you can't believe what you see. to this day, you see several

foreclosure signs and several for sale signs you even see signs that i couldn't believe. when a building is independent, they are warning against squatters. you see that in suburbs and neighborhoods here. it's unbelievable. that said, there people who are under water, more than 80% here who are still staying in their homes they are not walking away. they made a deal with the bank and the lenders and they are sticking to that deal. they are thinking with their conscious and not the wallets. we spoke to a couple of people. here's what they had to say. >> for the people who did stick it out, there should be a sort of reward at the end. a star next to their name or something saying they paid their bills. >> now real estate analysts say it's folks like that that prevent another real estate free fall. one i saw th was so alarming,

the home remain the same. >> a scary scene in long island, new york. several of the popular bounce houses blew away with the children inside. nbc's john yang has the incredible video and more on potential dangers. >> oh, my god. >> it was a terrifying sight caught on cell phone video. three inflated bounce houses or moon walks picked up in a soccer tournament and tossed into the air with kids playing inside. >> stay here. >> i couldn't believe it. kids were being knocked over and there were kids lying everywhere. >> this girl was waiting in line to go in. she had rope burns on her neck. >> the hope got caught on my neck and dragged me over. >> one cartwheeled along the ground. >> one man jumped on top of them

and people were trying to hold it down. >> for knocked me down. >> 13 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. it's not the first time something like this happened. in tucson, arizona, three separate incidences in february alone. the most recent caught on cell phone video. parents and teachers evacuated before wind whipped it around a light pole. six kissed were slightly injured. in february at a birthday party, two sisters were in a wind blown bounce house >> i closed my eyes and felt myself bumping and being tossed around. >> her sister alyssa ended up on a roof two houses away. >> she was flying and full of blood. her head and face. >> she had a concussion and required staples. in april, strong winds blew a bounce house away in rocklin county, new york. four children had minor injuries the federal consumer safety commission estimateed from 2005

to 2007, all types of bounce house accidents support an average of 6,000 people a year to emergency rooms. most of them ages 5 to 14. the most frequent injury? broken bones. not all states regulate their use that concerns parents. >> never in my mind imagined the thing would take off and fly. >> a popular attraction with an unexpected danger. nbc news, new york. >> some of the worst fighting between israel and syria since 1973. what's behind the latest hot spot? we want to know what you think about any of the stories we are covering. find us on facebook. [ female announcer ] in and out. out and in. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin.

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syria. it comes a day after syrian tv said 22 people were killed by israeli defense forces yesterday. msnbc's richard louie joins us with the hot spots. >> chris, if we look back, you have to go back that far to see the violence. it has not been that long. israel is saying it's a distraction. >> this could not be happening without the acquiescence of the syrian regime. it has taken a decision to increase tension on the frontier to divert attention from the very real problems they face at home. >> chris, that is that statement regarding your question. when protesters reached a french area, they were fired upon. that's a video we have been watching. forces shouting warnings to stay away from barbed wire fences, deep inside syria we are hearing

the reports of 20 policemen being killed. forces continue to clash with protesters and over 1332 people dead since violence began. the un discusses syria's lealged nuclear program. another hot spot is yemen. the president left the country and we are hearing a report who said he will return in a few days. the ambassador with the vice president who took the spot for now. after the town was hit by rockets in the situation, he went to saudi arabia to undergo chest surgery. they removed piece of wood that was in his chest. it was destroyed in an attack that killed 11 people. still in yemen, unconfirmed reports that said forces attacked the presidential compound. finally for you here, libya with heavy air strikes target storage and launch sites as well as nato

at the moment, remembering e just a minute. they want more flesh on the rebel transition plants they are asking for more details and life has been unbearable for some women. this unconfirmed video. what we understand is they are women that are living in caves now. that's where their ancestors live. they are pulling water from the ground as well as making bread in the ground. cook bread as i mentioned and splice are low for them as they move into what might be called the arab summer. >> women are the ones and children who get hurt so strongly in these situations. thank you for the update. there is big news out of a different hot spot. reports that one of al qaeda's dangerous leaders being dead. our terror analyst, who is the al qaeda figure and what is his role? >> he is a well-known figure within the jihadi atmosphere.

somebody fighting in cashmere and was drawn towards al qaeda in the past few years. what's interesting is that he has been a conduit between european and westerners he is seeking to give resources and money and weapons, etc. he is the conduit for that gear and he was also allegedly involved in the david headley attack on mumbai. the hotel siege. she a significant figure. >> so if an american or a brit wanted to go over there, he would sort of be the intermeadiary, the guy who got him up and running? >> he was easier to reach than a commander. this was someone you could get to. what we saw were individuals from the uk and other countries going-over to pakistan bringing weapons and equipment and trying

to join al qaeda. he was a conduit and planning attacks against u.s. interest in pakistan, including the consilate. we sure he is dead and what does it mean? >> that's a question. is he definitely dead? according to his organization, he is dead. according to others within that area, he is dead. the tape is pretty clear he is gone. there more strikes taking place and there have been at least four or five different missiles fired. the exact area that he was killed. apparently he is not the only person being targeted right now and supposedly they are making another high-ranking member who may have been killed. >> fascinating. thank you so much. >> reece witherspoon proved to the kiddieys she's still got it.

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jobs, where are they? what does the absence mean for president obama's bid for reelection? the accused former head of the imf appears before a judge. we will bring you the latest on that case. the growth of charter schools, are students in conventional public schools it continues in iraq. five u.s. service members were killed in a rocket attack in the country's central region the president met with the national security team and reports of the future of our involvement with the conflicts including afghanistan. kristin joins us live from the white house. it is still a big question. how many troops are