chris jansing traveling with president obama in panama city.k to you. >> a tense few hours at the u.s. capitol today. it was locked down after reports of gunfire. police now say it was an apparent suicide. police were investigating a report of a suspicious package. congress has been on recess for two weeks. it will return on monday. >>> hundreds of people turned out in south carolina this morning to lay the man shot and killed by a police officer to rest. that officer has been charged with murder. a cell phone video of the shooting prompted demonstrations. nbc has the story. >> reporter: one week to the day after walter scott was shot and killed by a north charleston police officer friends, family and those moved by his story said good-bye to the 50-year-old father of four. >> it is just horrible. >> last saturday he was pulled over by officer michael slager. it seed routine till scott suddenly bolted possibly according to his family because he owed more than 18,000nd chide support. there's no video showing what happened in between the dashcam

senior white house correspondent chris jansing joins us tonight from the white house with more on this. chris? >> good evening, lester. another remnant of the cold war goes away this afternoon, cuba has been on that list of state sponsors of terrorists since 1982. and today's decision to remove them gives substance to the weekend's historic handshake. it paves the way for the opening of embassies and could mine new significant economic opportunities for both countries. in his message to congress today, president obama said "cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism over the last six months, and has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future." now, the move does have vocal opponents including just announced presidential candidate marco rubio, who says it's a terrible decision. congress now has 45 days to review cuba's removal from the list, but it is unlikely to block it. lester? >> chris jansing tonight at the white house. thanks. >>> on the campaign front, hillary clinton made her very first public appearance today si

>> all right chris jansing, thanks very much. we'll stay in washington now. late developments in a cyber hacking at the white house that we first told you about last october. andrea mitchell is monitoring this from our d.c. newsroom. what are you learning? >> reporter: tonight u.s. officials tell me it was russia that hacked the white house last year gaining access to an unclassified computer system that contained the president's private unpublished schedule. at the time vladimir putin, of course, was in a tense showdown with the white house over ukraine. when nbc news first reported last october that the white house had been hacked we also reported it looked suspiciously like russia was the perpetrator. tonight officials tell nbc news said that a subsequent investigation proved it was russia. they got into white house computers through a vulnerability in the statehouse computer network. tonight the pentagon says no classified information was breached. >>> another major entry into the presidential race tonight. republican senator rand paul of kentucky getting

nbc esenior white house correspondent chris jansing has more. >> reporter: president obama got a standingtion today from members of the intelligence community and a hug from intelligence director james clapper, one day after revealing that a cia drone strike in pakistan accidentally killed american hostage warren weinstein. >> we all bleed when we lose an american life. we all grieve when any innocent life is taken. >> reporter: nbc news has confirmed that when u.s. drones struck an al qaeda compound they expected to hit four terrorists but found six bodies. it would weeks before they could confirm weinstein and an italian hostage had been there, too. in a new statement today, weinstein's widow elaine thanked italian prime minister renzi for his message of condolence yesterday but didn't mention a phone call from president obama. just yesterday she called some of the administration's assistants during her husband's captivity disappoint disappointing. there has been call for a hostage czar. less. >> it's a government bureaucracy and i don't think we're being as smart as we could be. >> rep

chris jansing, nbc news, panama city, panama. >>> the secret service faces another in a long line of scandals, a high ranking supervisor with allegations of assault, raising questions about whether they can clean up its act without bringing in an outside authority. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has more. >> reporter: halvier morales was a standout a senior supervisor recently promoted. now he is the face of the latest secret service scandal, accused of assaulting a female agent. >> it seems like dÉjÀ vu all over again. >> reporter: government sources say it started march 31st at this d.c. bar. the female agent alleges morales, her boss, propositioned her here and then later at agency headquarters tried to get physical. she says she fought him off. secret service director joseph clancy placed him on leave and stripped his security clearance, saying in a statement, any threats or violence that endangers our employees in the workplace is unacceptable and will not be top rated. clancy was tapped to lead the agency after a series of embarrassments, including a man with a kn

we begin tonight with our senior white house correspondent chris jansing in panama. chris. >> reporter: good evening, peter. the anticipation had been building to this historic moment for months. and when president obama finally sat down with raul castro the meeting lived up to the hype going longer than expected and marking what the president called a turning point. with a handshake and a simple sit-down president obama and raul castro rewrote the history book. and the world was watching. >> i think we are now in a position to move on a path towards the future and leave behind some of the circumstances of the past. >> reporter: moments rife with symbolism, signaling a thaw in cold war era animosities. but the president acknowledged differences remain. >> we will continue to try to lift up concerns around democracy and human rights. >> reporter: their g lasted about an hour but implications will last decades to come. and the president said every issue is on the table. he's expected to take cuba off the list of nations that sponsor terrorism, opening the way for embass

here's nbc's chris jansing. >> reporter: the latest sign of the intensifying white house campaign for a nuclear deal with iran, the surprise appearance of the energy secretary at the daily briefing. >> this is not built upon trust. this is built upon hard-nosed requirements. >> reporter: ernest moniz's hair made him an internet sensation, but he's a nuclear physicist who's taking the lead selling the science of the deal now embroiled in politics. the political failed job led by the president who has given two sitdown interviews in three days. >> i've been very clear that iran will not get a nuclear weapon on my watch, and i think they should understand that we mean it. >> reporter: obama still vows to veto a bill that would give congress control over any deal. and just last week opponents had 66 of the 67 votes they need to override that veto. but details of a deal may be changing some minds. and senator ben cardin, a key player, is ready to give the white house some breathing room. should congress take action, though, before the deadline june 30th? >> well, we want to make sure anyth

lester. >> chris jansing at the white house. thank you. >>> there's late word tonight that sarah brady has died. she became a passionate advocate for gun control after her late husband james brady was shot and seriously wounded in the attempted assassination of president reagan. her family says sarah brady passed away from pneumonia. nbc's pete williams looks back on her life. >> reporter: for three decades she was the nation's number one gun control advocate, picking up the cause after her husband white house press secretary james brady, was severely wounded when president reagan was shot outside a washington hotel in 1981. a former staffer for republican politicians working in the background, she became the national face for the gun issue, achieving a huge victory in 1993 after a seven-year battle with the passage of the brady bill requiring a waiting period and background check for anyone buying a handgun. three years later at the democratic national convention she appeared with her husband to thank president clinton who sign

here's nbc's chris jansing. christina newman keeps beehives in her backyard for making honey.o has clay in the workshop for her pottery. but when they're in the pop-up shop in pittsburgh they also make a point. w are earning less than min u men and that adds up to real money. since women working full-time in pennsylvania makes 76 cents for every dollar a man earns, men pay full price but women pay what they're paid 76%. so as you look at prices and differences, what's takeaway? >> i feel like for the first time i'm actually getti de it's a tongue in cheek way of pointing to a harsh reality. the average income for n in pennsylvania is over $49,000 a year. but for women just over $37,000. that difference could pay for about 20 months of groceries, nine mortgage and utility payments over 15 months of rent. and the shop a nonprofit, is hosting workshops and panel discussions too. this one a coaching session for women entrepreneurs. eight dollars you'd save on this. all sales go to the more than 40 women whos textiles publications food and art are sold here. >> you know it's stingi

>> chris jansing, th. let's stay in washington for a moment. a cyber hacking at the white house we first told you about last october. andrea mitchell is monitoring this from our d.c. newsroom. andrea, what have you learned? >> reporter: u.s. officials tell me it was russia that hacked the white house last year gaining access to an unclassified computer system that contained the president's private unpublished schedule. putin was in an intense showdown with the white house over ukraine. we reported it looked suspiciously like russia was the perpetrator. official tell nbc news a subsequent investigation proved it was r they say russia got into the white house computers through vulnerabilities of the state department's computer networks. they said no classified information was breached. >>> wild weather is lighting up the radar tonight. severe storms pushing across the country, triggering flash floods dumping hail and there have been tornado warnings across several states with a dangerous multi-state outbreak in the forecast over the next 4 nbc me

joining me now on that chris jansing, also here in panama city. ris, the president just now has said they have the recommendation from the state department and we have that recommendation but the president wants an interagency process, said just now to the group with him in jamaica, that they will not be announcing it today. he doesn't arrive and speak at the summit until tomorrow. let's play a little bit. a very windy day here in panama city a bit of what the president just said in jamaica. >> there's a process involved in reviewing whether or not a country should be on the state sponsored terrorism list. that review has been completed. our inner agency team will go through the entire thing and present it to me with a recommendation. that hasn't happened yet. >> chris jansing, has become a very big issue for the cubans. the president and timing and, this has to be carefully orchestrated because there are other issues here including recent sanctions by the u.s. against venezuela which really upset cubans and a lot of america's close allies there an

i'm chris jansing, traveling with the president in panama city, panama., back to you. >>> before president obama headed back to washington from panama, he took questions on a variety of subjects, including hillary clinton's bid for the white house. >> she was a formidable candidate in 2008. she was a great supporter of mine in the general election. she was an outstanding secretary of state. she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. >> clinton is expected to formally announce her candidacy today via twitter and online video. she will then head to key early voting states like iowa and new hampshire. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," it is definitely unfair getting a ticket even though you paid the parking meter. the glitch causing the problem in the south bay. christina? >>> good mornings to you, vicky and everybody at home. beautiful day in pacifica. nice and clear here. we do have some pretty thick fog throughout your inland valley spots. it is not going to last long. temperatures in the 80s for some today and down to the 60s tom

joining me now in panama city panama chris jansing. with a welcome back, chris.speeches? >> reporter: they were fascinating, i have to tell you. all of the leaders got a chance to speak. but everyone was focused on what president obama and president castro had to say. and castro took this opportunity -- his brother, fidel castro, was known for his long speeches. he took this opportunity to air a lot of old grievances over the past generations. but then he took a surprising turned and actually called president obama an honest man. for his part president obama acknowledging some problems within the united states. folks in that region have said here's the united states criticizing cuba venezuela, for human rights abuses and they have their own problems. so the president brought up when he was in selma recently. he also said that it's time to turn a new leaf that the cold war has been over for a very long time. take a listen. >> the point is the united states will not be imprisoned be i the fast. we're looking to the future and the policies that improve the lives of

traveling with the president, i'm chris jansing in panama city, panama. >>> hundreds of athletes willensalem for what is billed as the largest college fencing event in the world. students from more than 40 schools will participate in the national college fencing championship at bensalem high school. it begins tomorrow. organizers say it will give the local economy a boost. >> all 1,000 participants have to go eat. they'll stay in our hotels. they'll visit our attractions. so, you know, it's a win-win for not only bensalem, but all of bucks county. >> by the way, the event is free and open to the public. >>> i'm nbc10's vince lattanzio with this exclusive. the world must protect the pope. for the first time the pontiff penned a letter to the cardinals discussing the importance of the environment and preventing an environmental catastrophe. tap on the nbc10 app right now to see how pope francis's comments could affect the climate change debate. it's a digital exclusive story you'll only find on the nbc10 app and nbc10.com. >> expect center city to be full of many streets off limits this

i'm chris jansing reporting from panama city.at 6:00 tonight, a maryland congressman talking to news4 about the latest scandal to hit the secret service and why there is good news about the way it was handled. >>> we just got hold of the charging documents in a hit-and-run that killed a maryland father. what police knew before the driver turned himself in. >>> a suspected bank robber has been caught. we'll tell you how investigators tracked down the guy they called the sharp-dressed bandit. >>> we start with new video just released showing the moments before a white police officer shot a black man in the back as he ran away. it's the very latest development out of north charleston south carolina. >> dashcam video from the cruiser driven by former patrolman michael slager shows him pulling over walter scott on saturday. scott is seen running from the vehicle after slager told him to stay in the car. unlike the cell phone video that's gone viral this week it does not show slager opening fire. >> also developing tonight calls for a

chris jansing joins me now. k about but let's just start with this vote of no confidence from lawmakers. that all but sealed her fate at that point. >> yeah, the writing was on the wall then because it was a bipartisan vote and because when she was really grilled on capitol hill, tamron she didn't have any answers for the questions about what was done as a result of this. in fact, what she said was, what i can do is build on and improve mechanisms. that wasn't enough. the committee members made it clear to the white house it was time for her to go. of course, what this all dates back to is a series of parties where dea agents who were in colombia at the time were involved in parties with prostitutes and not only were there reports that these prostitutes were paid for by the drug cartels themselves, the people the dea, obviously, is supposed to be fighting but while these parties are going on things like blackberries were left laying around which potentially could create a national security problem, so now the que

senior white house correspondent chris jansing is there with the president and has been watching him throughout his trip so far and i guess the question here, chris, in two minutes, is this the way they had written the script? is this what he wanted to be saying at this moment? >> reporter: well, i don't know that he wanted to be talking so much about iran, although he certainly hasn't been shy about it. a lot of the same things we had heard before, although i thought it was interesting he said, i don't understand why everyone is working so hard to anticipate failure. that was sort of a new phraseology for the frustration he has that this is an ongoing negotiation. but, look, he is going to leave here, having gotten a lot of what he wanted, right? i mean, it wasn't just a photo-op. it is an historic moment. there is a sense of history that is happening there, and even though there are still a lot of tough negotiations ahead, he took us inside that room with raul castro for this extraordinary meeting. first one in more than 50 years. and we got a sense of their disagreements as well as

senior white house correspondent chris jansing joining us from the white house where they are trackingevelopments quite closely. are we expecting to hear from the president about this? >> we're still expecting to hear from him but he was expected to leave, we're coming on 45 minutes ago to go to louisville to do an economic address. but he has not left yet and the people who are with him who track his movements when he travels are in a holding pattern. we know senior white house officials have been in a meeting and the question obviously what you've been talking to andrea about, what are the details when we pushed senior white house officials on what would be acceptable as a deal what would be enough to move forward, they reiterated just yesterday there has to be some significant details in writing that it would be hard to imagine the president having to go before congress go before the american people and just say well here's what the iranians have told me they are willing to do as opposed to having something in writing. the other reason for this delay obviously is that you can only p

now we turn to nbc's chris jansing at the white house. republicans and some democrats remain skeptical of the deal whatever it may be. do you think there's anything coming out of the news so far that might change anyone's mind. >> it's uncertain what are the parameters going to be. even if we get something we can talk about in the next day or so obviously the devil will be in the details that are worked out over the next three months. so as you well know ari, that are members of congress particularly on one side that they want to approve something that the obama administration says could not and should not happen, it's not for congress to run foreign policy. you have key sticking points including sanctions with the iranians want lifted immediately, particularly in the banking and the economic sector as well as oil something the president has said unequivocally will not happen. there have been questions about their r & d program, as well as their enriched uranium. i think there was something else that hasn't been talked about as much. we h

let's start with senior correspondent chris jansing. what is the latest from the white house on all of this? >> reporter: this was a major topic at the briefing that just ended and officially the line from the white house is that this movement in the water off yemen, yes, this is a very important commercial waterway having said that the united states and its allies have been very clear they are concerned about the arming of the houthis and so this is a very clear message. where are we now? kind of in a standoff between the u.s. and iran and saudi arabia egypt, here's what josh earnest had to say less than an hour ago when he was asked if this was meant to send a message to iran. >> the international community including united nations is serious about the iranians not providing weapons to the houthis, again, providing weapons to the houthis only exacerbates the violence in a way that will have terrible humanitarian impact. >> reporter: all sides are kind of in a wait and see attitude waiting to see what iran will do next. if they do inde

chris jansing joins us live now. good morning. >> good morning. >> in the wake of the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of these two hostages, how angry is the president that this happened and what's he doing in the review and revision to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> look the president put what he considered to be very strict standards in place for the use of drones. it is a standard called near certainty, and you have to be nearly certain about two things one, that it's an al qaeda compound used by al qaeda leaders and number two there are no civilians. obviously, the intelligence failed on the second count, and he's, yes, not happy about that. so there are two investigations of what's going on. the first happens every time there's something like this it's more of a review looking at what happened. are there lessons to be

this is although expected very significant. >> chris jansing, thanks as always. of this we have former army intelligence officer lieutenant colonel andy shaffer. good day to you. >> good day, thanks for having me on. >> let's start with the breaking news on cuba. when you talk to people at the state department they say this is a substantive factual determination they make. when you talk to a lot of other people in washington and beyond they say there's a lot of politics that goes into who actually is on this list. will you unpack for us the context of that and what this means? >> well not only politics a lot of emotion, you've got to actually understand the history of why we got to where we're at. that is the key here. you have to unpack it from the perspective of what's in it for us and how do we go about making sure that things like terror and things like undermining our national security policy doesn't happen again. the good news here if any is that really -- i'm a big fan of cuban cigars the economic thing kicks off. but more importantly looking at global pol

nbc chris jansing has more. >> reporter: p got a standing ovation today from members of the intelligence community and a hug from james clapper. one day after revealing that a cia drone strike accidently killed warren weinstein. >> we all bleed when we lose an american life. we all grieve when any innocent life is taken. >> rep nbc news has confirmed that when u.s. drones struck an al qaeda compou to hit four terrorists but found six bodies. it would be weeks before they could confirm weinstein and an italian hostage had been there two. weinstein's widow thanks italian prime minister for his koncon condolen message a phone call from president obama. her congressman has called for the creation of a hostage czar to create efforts to coordinate for hostages. >> it's a government bureaucracy. >> it's not an academic exercise. while the state department won't release ebs act numbers, at least six americans are believed to be held oversees including kaitlyn coleman who was pregnant when she was captured in afghan in 2012. in iran amir heck mattie and levinson. today the white house said it is

chris jansing sent me these pictures yesterday. that's gorgeous. of damage from the hail and the wind. in all about 150 storm reports and a lot of it was in the carolinas. it's still a soggy morning out there. thunderstorms just rolled through boston. right around midnight outside of new york city and they rolled through krth and new york city and now they're exiting the massachusetts coast. there's a lot of water on the road. a slow commute around philadelphia and downpours in binghamton binghamton. today's forecast eventually the northeast clears out. thunderstorms possible in miami. everyone else has a pretty nice day. chilly over the next couple of days over the great lakes. and severe thunderstorms return today. a break today but a tornado threat tomorrow dallas area including. >> also breaking news out of egypt right now. a court has sentenced the expresident to 20 years in prison. it's tied to the 2010 killing of protesters while he was in power power several muslim brotherhood members were also sentenced. >> look at this. one man hit a guy

there is no excuse for the rioting after he was questioned by our senior white house correspondent chris jansing. >> are we in the throes of a national crisis? what are you prepared to do about it both in terms of baltimore and the larger picture, and what do you say to critics who say that since the death of trayvon martin you have not been aggressive enough in your response? >> when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they are not protesting. they are not making a statement, they are stealing. what i would say is there's been a slow-rolling crisis. this has been going on for a long time. this is not new. i think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. i think's some communities that have to do some soul searching, but i think we as a country have to do some soul searching and that we don't just pay attention to these communities when a cvs burns and we don't just pay attention when a young man gets shot or has his spine snapped. >> the president's first comments today about the violence in baltimore. he spent more than 14 minutes answering ch

senior correspondent chris jansing has more. >> rep preside got a standing ovation today from members of the intelligence community and a hawg from james clapper, one day after revealing that a cia drone strike in pakistan accidentl warre weinstein. >> we all bleed when we lose an american life. we all grieve when any innocent life is taken. >> reporte nbc news has confirm thad when u.s. drones struck an al qaeda compound they expected to hit four terrorists but found six bodies. it would be weeks before they could confirm that weinstein and an italian hostage were the two. the italian prime minister didn't mention a phone call from president obama. she called some of the contacts inconsistent and disappointing. there has been call for a hostage czar. >> i don't think we're being as smart as we could be. >> reporte it's not an academic exercise. while the state department won't release exact numbers, it's believed six americans are held oversea heaeeas overseas. including kaitlyn who was pregnant. including th matt . the white house is considering something simir to a hostage czar but

and joining me live from panama is senior white house correspondent chris jansing. o they shook hands, what happens next? do we still have chris? what happens next now that they have finally met and shaken hands? i think we don't have sound so i'm going to come back to the table. let me say that joining me here in the studio in new york is john gutierrez, assistant professor of latin american studies. and chris sabbatini. and still with us is christina greer. do you think the meeting between the president is largely symbolic or do you expect it to be substantiative? >> i think it's real. another bit of coincidence. so a sense that was in the '50s. so 50 years where cuba has been isolated. . this resets not just our relationship with cuba but with the rest of the region and the world. our embargo when it comes up for a vote only two countries vote in favor of it. the united states and israel. it's an unpopular policy. even in the united states over 70% of united states citizens are against the embargo. >> the other piece is this designation of cuba on the list of stat

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but it's obviously a concern and something they continue to look at. >> chris jansing thank you very eat to see you guys. you looked marvelous. >> something like that. not really according to john heilemann. thank you, chris. coming up -- >> did john attack you? >> yes. he said my dress was too casual. >> i said no such thing. you just made that up. you just made that up. >> he was really close to me talking really really really close and -- >> his breath. >> she's miking this entire story up. >> do you know what he told me about that dress? he said it wasn't age appropriate. i don't even know what that means. can you believe that? >> you've entered a world of make believe. fantasy here on the set of morning joe oig. only thing i know is that i was told she was drunk and rude and inappropriate and i was told that by mika this morning before we went on the air. >> she wasn't there long enough to be drunk, rude or inappropriate. are you following madden this year? >> i'm disappointed this it. >> why is that? >> i expected more from the last season. so far i've been disappointed. >> what

chris jansing breaks down the big changes that meeting signifies. >> reporter: with a handshake and aresident obama and castro rewrote the history books, and the world was watching. >> i think we're in a position to nov onmove on a path towards the future and leave behind some of the circumstances of past. >> reporter: moments ripe with symbolism, signaling a thaw in cold war era animosities but the president acknowledged differences remain. >> we will continue to try to lift up concerns around the democracy and human rights. >> reporter: they're meeting lasted about an hour but its implications will be felt for decades to come and the president said every issue is on the table. he's expected to take cuba off the list of nations that sponsor terrorism, opening the way for embassies to open in washington and havana. >> translator: a long and complicated history. but we are willing to make progress in the way the president has described. >> reporter: the meeting was the subject of intense planning since december when the two agreed to pursue full diplomatic relations in a 45-minute phon

nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing is in panama city with more. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. we haven't seen a meeting like this in more than 50 years. there were actually some surprises out of it. but first, let's take a look at the picture everyone was waiting for. the leaders of u.s. and cuba sitting down together shaking hands a couple of times actually and making plans to normalize relations between the two countries. it turned out to be more than just a meet-and-greet too. it went on longer than expected for almost an hour. president obama later gave us some details of his conversation with raul castro after the cameras left. >> it was a candid and fruitful conversation between me and raul castro. we are able to speak honestly about our differences and our concerns in ways that i think offer the possibility of moving the relationship between our two countries in a different and better direction. >> reporter: so the president said the two men did agree to disagree on some things including cuba's human rights recor

. >> nbc's chris jansing joins us from panama city. chris, i know how these things go. are these two officially doing a meeting, is it a side bar? do we know if they'll get together during the summit? >> reporter: nothing has been definitively planned. i stepped out of the briefing it is ongoing. we do know at the summits it's very common for them to have an opportunity where there's a break in the action to go aside and have a conversation. what are we going to be watching cloegsly for? we don't know how much access we're going to get, what kind of pictures or videos we're going to get to see the two men together, which is what everybody wants to see, for both sides it's an important message they are sending for their own particular reasons. how long will it last and what will be the topic? we know the groundwork has been laid for that. you mentioned the phone call that happened webs before the president left for jamaica ahead of coming here to pan thatamapanama. also last night the highest level meeting between the two countries in the last 50 years between john kerry

for more on where things stand i'm joined by nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing andief. chris, can you give me any insight into what's going on in switzerland >> reporter: clock is ticking in double overtime now. up until 6:05 overtime in lausanne and took a quick break and were back at it at 11:00 in the morning. the only person as you noted, who has been giving details over the last several hours is the foreign minister of iran who said that there's been significant improvement but no deal yet and even if there is a deal what would it look like? what would the administration here be willing to accept? what they have said all along in detail is that they need to have some specificity. they can't -- the president can't go to congress and to the american people and make his case on vague generalities so some of the things we've been talking about over the last couple of days how quickly might sanctions been eased has been a big sticking point between the two sides, what nuclear research would be allowed. already, the criticism has started from some members of congress

chris jansing joins us live now. chris, good morning. >> good morning. >> in the wake of the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of these two hostages, how angry is the president that this happened and what's he doing in the review and revision to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> look the president put what he considered to be very strict standards in place for the use of drones. it is a standard called near certainty, and you have to be nearly certain about two things one, that it's an al qaeda compound used by al qaeda leaders and number two there are no civilians. obviously, the intelligence failed on the second count, and he's, yes, not happy about that. so there are two investigations of what's going on. the first happens every time there's something like this it's more of a review looking at what happened. are there lessons to be learned, how do we put new protocols in place to make it better but now he's brought from the inspector general, part of the justice department to do a deeper dive on thi

chris jansing, nbc senior white house correspondent, ali aroussy the bureau chief. start with you, chris, on pennsylvania avenue. this is going to be a tough sell. how tough of a sell for president obama? >> reporter: a steep climb, the administration knows this. two things going on. one, come to terms on the details of this deal. i mean there's some specifics in this more than a lot of people thought, but they've got three months of very tough negotiating ahead, but then the negotiating they have to do both with congress and the american people. the president has made it clear he's going to lead this charge. this is going to be a very hard sell job in both senses of the word. difficult and a big push from this white house. and you heard the way he framed it. it's either this deal a differentmatic solution, or the possibility of another war in the middle east. it's the kind of framing that we've really heard from him since he first ran for office and said he wanted to be able to make a deal with iran. so he is already called bebe netanyahu did it yesterday while on a

joining me now, chris jansing and ari melber. chris, let's start with you.president's unclassified e-mails? >> reporter: yeah, more details. nbc first reported it jose back in october but "the new york times" is now reporting this hack was much more extensive than was originally expected or originally reported. now, they take pains to say this was not a hack of any classified information, but there was sensitive information, things like the president's daily schedule communications about appointments diplomatic communications. obviously, something of concern. now when you talk to white house officials about it they'll tell you, look it's important to note this wasn't classified stuff, on the other hand they'll tell you this is something they work on every day. obviously, it's a source of concern, it's happened at the state department it's happened at the pentagon and so it is something that they are looking at every day. we should also say that classified information is journaling not handled on e-mail, it's usually handled in the oval office or the situatio

here's what he told our colleague chris jansing ahead of that vote. >> there's no question that to mainstreammosexuality within active duty military would have an impact on unit cohesion would have an impact on recruitment, would have an impact on readiness. >> and finally, a look at governor pence's record on same-sex marriage. in 2006 a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage failed on the house floor, and here's what then-congressman pence had to say. >> i believe first, though marriage should be protected because it wasn't our idea. several millennia ago, the words were written that a man should leave his father and mother and clooef to his wife and the two should become one flesh. it wasn't our idea. it was god's idea. >> all right. thomas, that was in 2006. certainly a lot has changed in indiana since then. same-sex marriage became legal last year with that appeals court ruling. and just last year governor pence told our colleague chuck todd that marriage in the state of indiana should be up to the states. >> well it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out with the fix and h

so we'll see, jose. >> chris jansing at the white house.r at large for the atlantic. steve, good morning. >> good morning. >> there was a government study done a couple of years ago that found that u.s. had spent about $26 billion just trying to rebuild the iraqi military. that number has gone up since then. isn't it america's best interest to keep supporting iraqi forces? >> well i think it is in america's interest to support them if they remain resilient and hold together. what they saw in the case of some of those mosul units in northern iraq units is that entire brig gads dissolved despite astronomical investments by the united states and europe in draining and equipping and outif i get those forces. so if they don't stand under pressure then that's money down the drain. so just doing more of the same doesn't make sense. there's an asymmetry of interests there where right now you have a complex rubik's cube an ethnic rubik's cube where shia and sunni are struggling with each other. there are other ethnic groups inside iraq and there is

. >> nbc's chris jansing joins me from the white house.t clear they didn't get pushed into this. >> they'd love to make that point, i'm sure jose. the point is and the truth is and we heard it from them in the weeks leading up to this they didn't want this at all. they didn't want what they considered to be an incursion into what is the rights of the president to conduct foreign policy. but the writing was also on the wall because you had a number of democrats who were ready to sign on to this who weren't backing down in spite of pressure from the white house. chuck schumer one example, not only it will heir apparent to harry reid to be the democratic leader in the senate but also one of the key voices in the entire iran debate. so i think the white house is clearly acknowledged that they're not particularly thrilled about this. on the other hand they will tell you and it's true that they want some concessions that will make it possible for the president not to veto this jose. >> chris jansing at the white house. s than thanks great seeing

chris jansing, thank you for that.e is author and historian rick shankman, professor at george mason university and editor at founder of the history news network. a welcome to you. good to see you. first question to you, all of this comes on the heels of the iran nuclear deal. are we seeing the creation of the president's foreign policy legacy? >> well, i know that president obama certainly hopes so because at this point he doesn't have a foreign policy legacy. almost nothing he's tried has worked. the only thing that he could crow about over the last few years was killing osama bin laden. that was a huge victory. he doesn't have any other victories to point to. he's really counting on something, one of these things proving to be a positive on his record. >> you know do you think this was -- is it a sense of a chip on his shoulder to a degree? this is a president who was awarded the nobel peace prize just nine months into office. has he been trying to validate that ever since? >> i can't read his mind. i think that as

nbc's chris jansing with more on the response good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jose.with loretta lynch yesterday as she took over the reins from eric holder as the country's top law enforcement official, and, in fact, one of the first things she did as attorney general was issue a statement on the situation in baltimore. let me read part of it to you. "i condemn the senseless acts of violence by some vinls in baltimore that have resulted in harm to law enforcement officers, destruction of property, and shattering of peace in baltimore. those who commit violent actions in protest to the death of freddie gray do a disservice to his family loved ones and legitimate peaceful protesters who are working to improve the community for all its residents." as you know, there have been about a dozen incidents of crime, of officers and young black men over the last about year and a half and that is something that the president has tried to address. both with his support, for example, of body cameras, a number of task forces including a task force on policing. but much of this cont