with me is charles cook. his new book came out on tuesday. it is called the conservataian man ma -- manifesto, the fight for the future. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> two phones, two injurious. hillary clinton defended her private e-mail account saying it was a matter of convenience. she broke her silence at a press conference at the you fighted nations. -- at the united nations. >> i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account which was allowed by the state department because i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails in assisted of two. looking back it would have been better if i simply used a second e-mail account and carried a second phone. >> mistakes were made. clinton said she saved her work e-mails and provided them to the state department. the personal e-mails are gone. >> i chose not to keep my private, personal e-mails. e-mails about planning chelsea's wedding or my mother's funeral arrangements and condolence notes to friends as well as yoga routines

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charles cook is writer for the national review, and he's written the conserve tarn manifesto which isjohn tierney, a science columnist at the "new york times" who has read charles book. gentlemen, thank you for being here tonight. let's talk about operation suck point. this is such a horrific, scary thing the government is doing, forcing banks to force businesses out of business. what's your take, john? >> the power to regulate is the power to destroy, and we should remember that every time we give the agencies power. if private companies were doing this, colluding to put someone out of business, they would be on trial, going to prison and the government will say you can't stop them unless congress tries to intervene. kennedy: that's what i said at the top, no regress. if you are targeted by the program and there are several people who have small businesses and they've recorded the conversations they've had with banks, and they're like, hey, sorry, we can't afford the audits the federal government is going to give us if we don't put you out of business. people are saying you're being

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apple chief tim cook, saying "we are deeply disappointed." former nba star charles barkley now calling for the ncaa to pull this week's final four tournament out of indiana. tonight, both sides of this debate showing no signs of backing down. gio benitez, abc news, indianapolis. >> and we thank gio for that report. >>> and all eyes are on iran, where it's down to the wire for a nuclear arms agreement. with john kerry staying at the bargaining stable. the u.s. and its five partner nations have a little bit longer to close to deal. terry moran is in switzerland where the talks are under way. >> reporter: the pace is relentless. just two days until the deadline. after 18 months of negotiations, it's the frantic final phase to reach a deal. the basic outlines are clear. iran will put its nuclear programs under strict control. in exchange for an easing of crippling economic sanctions. but the devil is in the details. >> i'm not paid to be optimistic, you know. >> you're not paid enough to be optimistic. >> reporter: the sticking points, how fast will sanctions on iran be

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charles barkley to miley cyrus have slammed the law. overnight, "the washington post" published an op-ed from apple's tim cook the highest profile openlyeo in the country. this isn't a political issue. it is ant religious issue. this is about how we treat each other as human beings. some businesses here are now displaying signs declaring they welcome everyone. >> it's part of our brand perception. and unfortunately, this bill doesn't align with that. >> seeing more and more of those kind of battles going on at a state level right now. that was gabe gutierrez reporting. >>> as hillary clinton gets ready to launch her 2016 presidential bid, the controversy over her e-mails not going away. >> this amid new revelations that hillary clinton had deleted all e-mails from her personal server. this from peter alexander. >> reporter: with hillary clinton expecting to make her 2016 bid official in just a few weeks, republicans are still seizing on the issue of her personal e-mail. >> we need a nominee who will bring this up in the general elections. >> reporter: the chairman of the house committee investigating the benghazi attacks, congressman t

charles barkley to miley cyrus slammed the law. overnight, "the washington post" posted from an op-ed from tim cook the highest profile gay ceo in the country. it isn't a political issue it isn't a religious issue, it is how we treat each other as human beings. some businesses are posting signs. >> unfortunately this bill doesn't align with that. >> reporter: the president of indiana chamber of commerce calls the law unnecessary. ceo of angie's list says it put expansion plans on hold. many business leaders feel all of the attention is unwarranted, especially ahead of the final four this weekend. tamron? >> thanks, gabe. joining me democratic indiana state representative ed delaney. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> let me get your reaction to what happened just this morning. your state representative there, republican house speaker, said they hope to have a fix as you referred to it very soon. you have now a group of assembly leaders, republican assembly leaders drafting new legislation to quote, clarify, the law. is this enough? >> no, that won't be enough. what we have is a law they never did explain, that w

cooking. >> all >>> robbers pulling off a million dollars jewelry heist. two men making offer with massive hall from the jewelry store in charlesth carolina one of the robbers pulling a gun and ordering employees to the floor. the other using a hammer to smash a rolex showcase and snap the high end watches. police say the entire ordeal lasting just 90 seconds. >>> well, down with homework. that's the policy one elementary school in manhattan is essentially implementing telling children to play instead. teachers at ps116 are abolishing traditional homework assignment, instead encouraging children to read books, spend time with their families. school officials say they made the change because many student get frustrated annex house dollars by extra assignments, and ultimately lose interest in learning. as you may have guessed a lot of parent aren't too happy about the change. >> you got to do homework in order for to you gain, gout to do homework. they may not be able to comprehend everything in school. >> administrators say they look at a year's worth of research before making the change. they found the policy actually has a pos

charles backly to barkley to miley cyrus has slammed the bill. ahead of the final four this weekend, head of the ncaa says that he expressed concerns about this law and apple ceo tim cooknst it. so we'll have the latest on the developing story coming up on "today". back to you. >>> it was a big night for music lovers the iheart radio music awards aired last night right here on nbc 4. man of the night, justin timberlake. he was honored with the innovator of the year award for his contributions to music acting and comedy. taylor swift walked away with artist of the year and sochingt year for shake it off. >> and sam smith won new artist of the year. >> it's not last night's performances that had social media a buzz this morning. rather something jamie foxx said. >> during the opening of the show foxx addressed bruce jenner's transition to becoming a woman and some are calling his comments trance phobic. >> he's doing a his and her duet all by himself.phobic. >> he's doing a his and her duet all by himself. i'm just busting your balls -- while i still can. >> twitter erupted after the jokes. perez hilton tweeted shame on you for allowing jamie foxx to be trans phobic on n

today, tim cook the openly gay ceo of apple said, this isn't a political issue, a religious issue, this is how we treat each other as human beings. high-profile opponents like miley cyrus and charles barkley have criticized and call for a boycott. for the final four to set off in indianapolis the ncaa is promisinging to examine the implications and how it might affect future events. today republican lawmakers conceded they may need to reword the message. >> we want to encourage our colleagues to adopt a clarifying measure of some sort to remove this misconception about the bill. >> reporter: supporters point out there are similar laws protecting religious freedom in 19 other states. governor pence insists, indiana will stay on that list. jay gray, "nbc10 news." >>> a bike ride to reduce gun violence made a stop in wilmington today. the gun control advocates are part of the third annual bike ride from newtown, connecticut, to washington, d.c. each rider represents one of the 26 children and teachers killed in the 2012 shooting at newtown sandy hook's elementary. they are remembering those lost but the cyclists are also drawing attention to a campaign to require all gun buyers to go

cook, decrying this law, angie's list, holding up expansion in the state, a big business and building plan. that's on the table now. talk of boycotting from former nba great and tbs sports analyst charlesley. in cities like san francisco and seattle, banning city-funded travel to the state of indiana and reviewing contracts with firms that do business in the state of indiana. there might be protests at the final four championship this weekend in indianapolis. so here's the question. does the law allow a business owner, because of that business owner's religion, to deny services to individuals who might just be gay or perhaps in an interracial relationship? i want you to listen to what governor mike pence said on abc. >> yes or no? if a florist in indiana refuses to serve a gay couple at their wedding, is that legal now in indiana? >> george, this is -- this is where this debate has gone, with misinformation and frankly -- >> it's just a question, sir, yes or no? >> well, there's been shameless rhetoric about my state and about this law and about its intention all over the internet. >> so earlier today, just a little earlier on, an indiana democratic group of lawmakers said that they ar

charles barkley to miley cyrus slammed the law. overnight "the washington post" published an op-ed from tim cook, the highest openly gay ceo in the country. this isn't a political issue. this is about how we treat each other as human beings. some businesses here are now displaying signs declaring they welcome everyone. >> it's pardon of our brand and this bill doesn't align with that. >> reporter: the president of indiana's called this the law unnecessary. the ceo of angie's list which is based here has announced it's putting expansion plans on hold. many business leaders in the state feel this is unwanted attention, especially ahead of the final four this weekend. willie. >> gabe gutierrez on the story, thanks. >>> overseas in negotiations aimed preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons down to the wire. and so far iran is rejecting what was supposed to be a key part of the deal. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning. this is another challenge for negotiators with only two days before their deadline, iran is backing away from one part of the proposed agreement, jus

cook. he writes in part that america's business community reck niced a long tienl allege that discrimination in all its forms is bad for business. and also eli lilly and angie's list and charleslet's get to our guest harold ford. i'm not an expert people said this law's got other stuff in it different than what the other 19 states have. because i don't think right now. have there been big problems with it? >> i don't know what governor pence, the problem he was trying to solve. it'd be different if he could point to one or two significant challenges that the law was attempting to fix. and then -- >> other than maybe the same-sex marriage. it almost seems -- the timing is a little weird. >> you saw some of the challenges to the affordable care act around religious objections. i don't know governor pence's motivations. but you see how the market has responded. you would think the governor as well as the legislature there think about the economic footing and situation, the state would want to step back and say maybe we should reassess this to address the one or two problems that are percolating across the state. >> what i'm trying to get at here, there's 19 where these other sta