our reporter bill mitchell came up. he said we probably ought to get back to the station. i said, yeah, you're probably right. but she looked really convinced. i would hate to leave and then hear it had fallen down. we waited. we almost both gave up at this point. almost turned our heads away from it. then all the sudden a big slab of rock came down. >> 30,000 tons of mountain crashes down on to the road. it takes only seconds for rocks, earth, and trees to descend on to the road where the men were just standing. >> you could almost feel it shake. all you could hear was that rumbling sound. it sounded like something out of a movie. it sounded like cars crashing. rocks were hitting the ground. all of a sudden it stopped and everything came to a standstill. >> i was looking at this thing not believing my eyes and then the whole thing comes rushing down the slope. an immense amount of noise and dust. and you never see something like this in person. >> there's so much stuff going through your mind. to see rocks the size of greyhound buses come off the side of that mountain, wh

bill cohen's experience does bear out that we don't know what to expect from this guy. and he's young, he's erratic, he's inexperienced. and that is a very dangerous combination for a miscalculation. >> andrea mitchellohen, thank you both for your expertise. >>> up next, the next generation of leaders making a difference and what does our new nbc news poll say about hillary, that's hillary clinton, in 2016? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. ur guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. less for us. more for you. try e-mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. of mild to moderate alzheimer's disease is exelon patch. now with more treatment options, exelon patch may improve overall function and cognition. your loved one can get a free 30-day trial. and you can have access to nurses. it does not change how the disease progresses. hospitaliz

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mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> kansas appears set to enact one of the country's most restrictive abortion laws after lawmakers passed a sweeping bill on the issue. the measure declares that life begins at fertilization, blocks tax breaks for abortion providers, and bans abortions that are based only on the gender of the fetus. governor sam brownback is expected to sign the bill. >>> not a week goes by, it seems, without reports of a new sinkhole that threatens a home or an entire neighborhood. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on what seems like a sinkhole epidemic. >> reporter: they seem to be everywhere. a neighborhood in ohio. a road in kentucky. a beach in new jersey. >> and then all the sand just came right down and just sucked me in. i mean, i couldn't move. >> reporter: earlier this year in florida a sinkhole swallowed a man in his bedroom. this is new video showing the damage. since then we've heard similar horror stories. a golfer barely survives when the course opened up beneath him in illinois. more than 300 people in louisiana evacuated after the earth crumbled there. so are there more sinkholes or just more headlines about

bill richardson. his experience dealing with the north koreans. former under secretary of defense, michele flournoy be a nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, presidential politics. all eyes on hillary clinton after two high-profile speeches this week fuel speculation about another run for the white house. and the obama agenda, new jobs numbers undermine confidence in economic recovery. and a new budget compromise from the president. is it nearly enough for a grand bargain? cnbc's jim cramer joins the conversation this morning. >>> and good sunday morning. battles at home and abroad for the president as congress returns monday from a two-week easter recess. it's shaping up to be a spring filled with debate on the budget, immigration and guns. and now overseas a brewing crisis in north korea as the president tries to defuse escalating tensions. at the center of it all a young, untested leader, kim jong-un, who is making increasingly strident warnings about an imminent war with south korea and the u.s. apparently upset about new, tougher u.n. sanctions and recent joint military exercises. the escalating rhetoric has u.s. officials quite unne

it was john and bill clinton who ended up opening negotiations secretly with the ira that came, that brought to fruition the good friday agreement, of course, with senator george mitchell. it was not margaret thatcher. margaret thatcher campaign organizer and manager was killed by the m in 1976. so, she was not that effective. that that kind of iron lady stance seemed to work in some sectors, but didn't work so well domestically. that was very difficult for her, i think. >> well, you know, i do think that in retrospect, the unions and the breaking of the unions given the state, don't you think, martin, that the country had been in in the 1970s with the power outages. you know, you couldn't get your dead bodies buried in cemeteries. >> nothing was collected. it was terrible. >> the supporters today would say that the union husband tos broken and she did it. >> ushered in some fairly brutal attacks on the business of journalism through rupert murdoch's work. i remember becoming a journalist professional in 1984 just as that began to happen. she was not very kind to journalists at all. >> well, i'm going to leave it a pause there. shockingly, world leaders being unkind to

mitchell. former mideast peace envoy for president obama. thanks for coming in. >>> up next corks there be another chance for a gun control bill after that verylic failure what senators are saying now. one day ahead of the primary, we have developing news in the massachusetts senate race. but first, today's trivia question, when was the last time two supreme court justices current or former died on the same day? first person to tweet the correct answer gets the on-air shout-out. >>> ryan, son of well-known artist, charles, was inspired by his father's paint stained paper straps. collecting them to use his wrapping paper. now with the collection of his own designs, he founded wrap and sells his products across the count country. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to s

bill out of committee. >> a 50 good point. i'm glad you got the checked shirt memo. thanks for coordinating. thank you. >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports."low the show online and on twitter. just go to @mitchellreports. tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> great to see you. coming up, developing news out of washington, d.c. as gun control advocates fight to get the votes they need to pass the manchin toomey compromise on background checks. several senators who said they were undecided just hours ago, now taking sides. we'll give you the rundown. we'll get the latest from capitol hill. plus, the rich list. have you heard about it? the staggering amount of money some hedge fund managers made. we've got the list, the name and how much they brought home despite profits being down last year. and what is going on with the price of gold? it is about to close at its lowest level in decades. we'll have a live report from wall street. and more wild spring weather expected across the country from snow to tornadoes. forecasters predicting a repeat of the severe storms we saw last week. angie's list is essential. i automatically go there. at ang

report the mitchell which comes right before the nilson report -- nelson report in the alphabet. part is a two- question. wrong? bill perry this comes from a session that steve led a short time ago on iran. the threshold of international approbation in dealing with issues of this magnitude is rising, getting tougher, i think it's a fair assessment of what he said. i'm interested to get your perspective collectively on recommendation policy withor not a respect to the dprk from the view can befo vie arrived at without some calculation of the strategy with dealing with the iran nuclear challenge. >> i assume when you refer to was -- i was op-ed in government when the statements were made. having served in the military in korea, the first image that came to mind was not the likely successful strike on the facilities but what happens next. the image to me was the immediate devastation of significant portions of seoul by andh korean artillery leading to a broader conflict in which hundreds of thousands of people would die. there's no question of who would prevail. that was the image to me. as a way of sending a blunt mes

bill. this is going to be a fascinating period politically. >> thank you so much, chris cillizza. i know you'll be holding down the fort. the whole team here. that does it for "andrea mitchell'll be heading to korea, china and japan with secretary kerry in the next couple days. follow the show online and on twitter. >>> coming up, several breaking stories. first, senator mitch mcconnell has asked the fbi to investigate what his team is calling watergate style tactics after audio surfaces from a campaign meeting where he was gathering opposition research on actress ashley judd. we have a new statement from mother jones, the website that played the audio. as well as that infamous remark by mitt romney, the 47% comment. plus, the gun battle over the score card. the nra, no longer the only organization issuing grades on gun votes. michael bloomberg's organization says those groups will keep score. will it make a difference? it is all coming up next on "news nation." it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make mo

the bill also enjoys significant bipartisan support in the house of representatives hanks to the fall leadership of rep scott mitchell. patrick me hand, carolyn maloney, they joined me in introducing this legislation. bipartisan support for the legislation grows every day. we have now surpassed the house of representatives. the legislation also has significant bipartisan support within the senate. it was passed by the senate judiciary committee with the support of republican ranking members, charles grassley, with the support of republican senators off the committee as well. this week, after months of work, the full senate will vote on this critical legislation. hen there will be time for the house to act. i hope the house judiciary committee act to begin the process of marking up legislation so that the full house can vote on a package before summer. i know that we still have a long way to go before the president and sign this legislation into law. but it will be a tough fight. but it will be a fight worth fighting. we have so much on our ide. we have common sense. desperate need. most importantly, we have the drivi

bill? >> caller: well, the last part is the most important. it's even been shown to have qualities of mind control. that could be linked to the arab spring. andrea mitchell um, was recording a little piece on this showing that prior to the surge or about the time of surge in iraq that they may have used this weapons system which is based in alaska to quiet down the population. >> host: all right. you know what, bill? let's hear from amy goodman. thanks for calling in. >> guest: well, i don't know enough about the haarp project. i know it involves manipulation of weather, and you're -- this is something i'll look into. >> host: but ron pinchback? >> guest: he was the former manager of wpfw. democracy now was on the station before ron was general manager, but i haven't spoken to him recently. but if he's watching, hi, ron. [laughter] >> host: jeff is in long beach, california. jeff, please go ahead. >> caller: hi, amy. >> guest: hi. >> caller: hi. i've listened to democracy now for several years now, i'm a big admirerrer of your work. i just have three questions for you. first, you know, i often tell by friends and coworkers about democracy now, and i've r