commissioner clyburn, thank you for your leadership on this issue. >> thank you. one of the things that was positive about the consent decree you mentioned with verizon is now we're going to have workshops and there is going to be research. in terms of the overall issue, of course the chairman mentioned that april 1st the requirements kick in. in august we'll have a clear picture with reports being released. so i know right now one of the things you mentioned, the least cost routers today. the rules don't apply to them today. but thank you very much for reinforcing an issue that we will continue to review. >> okay. very good. thank you all of you. last congress i introduced the smart phone theft prevention act, as we all know this is an unbelievable problem across the country with smart phones being stolen and people getting beat up, sometimes killed over cell phones and the bill required smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers to install kill switches on all smartphones so consumers could lock the device and wipe the information if it was stolen. additiona

also congressman jim clyburn joins us live in south carolina. the shooting in his state is having national implications. plus we'll talk to the young man who filmed the video. he'll give his firsthand account of what went through his mind. >>> also guilty on all counts. will the bottomston bomber get life or death. we describe the mood in the city. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. discover card. hey, i heard you guys can help me with frog protection? sure, we help with fraud protection. if there are unauthorized purchases on your discover card, you're never held responsible. you are saying "frog protection"? fraud. fro-g. frau-d. i think we're on the same page. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. fraud protection. get it at discover.com here's to breaking more glass ceilings in golf and everywhere else. kpmg. continuing our commitment to the next generation of women leaders. ♪ >>> the man responsible for the boston marathon bombings will never see another day of freedom. there were so many charges leveled against d

so my question to you, commissioner clyburn is this. should the fcc publicly release items put on circulation prior to a commission vote, especially those that significantly impact the economy? >> one of the things that i like to talk about in terms of this process, it is one of the most open in the world. we had a notice and 4 million comments that allowed people to weigh in. one of the things i'm also cautious about when we talk to them i'm open to any type of you know ways that we can improve the transparency is there is a deliberative process that takes place among us, and i would love for that to continue. i'm able to speak in an unbridled fashion. one of the things i'm worried about in terms of releasing things prematurely is that could be compromised if i have a question or concern or want to get some feedback. i would not like for that to necessarily get out before i come to terms with the exchanges. there are apa issues. we are a kwauzq uas i-judicial body and apply to epa movements so i think that needs to be flushed out befor

why would clyburn and the rest of the left the spinners come out and say something was wrong here? they seem to have handled it well? >> seems that way to us okay? so but if you're clyburn and you look at it from a different point of view, and that is his home state, i think actually also his district it is something that is more personal to him and a way he looks -- he looks at this as if he is representing his community well. others might not agree with that, but i think that that's where his position is coming from. i don't understand, and i think it was ten white house, link he was trying to make between stand your ground and what is being charged with a murder, stand your ground is -- need to get into it because it has nothing to do with this. >> is clyburn being opportune opportunistic here? >> i don't think stand your ground had anything to do with this. i don't think it is opportunistic. he is representing his community. >> he jumps on board with this. >> the community feels, believe people within jim clyburn's community who feel that because the man who was killed was afri

clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you mr. speaker. i request permission to address the house for five minutes and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. clyburn: thank you very much mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to join my friend and chair of the congressional black jacques, g.k. butterfield, in offering condolences to the parents and family members of freddie gray. i also want to say to mr. tonya graham -- ms. tonya graham that i feel and can appreciate her anguish and the pain that she showed the world a few days ago . i want to say to her son, michael, that i have also felt his pain and anguish having been on the receiving end of such discipline from my mother. but i want to say to him that he can rest assure that the love of his mother her passion for his future will pay great dividends if he continues to show the deference to her love and affection and her concern that he showed when he was the object of her frustrations. mr. speaker, responding to the situation in baltimore, several days ago pre

clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend, mr. jeffries, for yielding me a few moments here this evening. i visited with the family of walter scott, i attended his funeral and not long after the services were over, i was approached by two women who identified themselves as mothers of two young men who had suffered unusual and unnecessary brutality at the hands of the officer who perpetrated the unnecessary shooting of walter scott. . both these women said to me that throughout the north charleston community there is significant apprehension as to whether or not they could accept or expect any kind of relief for the pain that they are suffering. i remained in charleston over the weekend and on sunday evening i saw that the mayor of north charleston, the chief of police of north charleston, both along with the sheriff of charleston county attended the healing services that took place at the baptist church there in charleston. i applaud them. the mayor, the chief and the sheriff for responding to these three families and there may be

. >> south carolina congressman james clyburn joins me now. this is a very sad day for the country, for the community, clearly. what about south carolina and what this says about police use of force in that community and elsewhere? >> well, thank you so much for having me andrea. let me begin by extending my condolences to the scott family. i really really appreciate also that the mayor has gone to visit with them. i really appreciate the way he's handling there. having said that i'm not surprised at the shooting. i'm really saddened by it. and i'm not surprised by the chief's reaction to it. i want to thank the chief of the police department. he said that he views his department as a family and many of his police officers as children. but i want to say there comes a time in dealing with our children when we have to have some tough love. i think that this calls for some tough love in this instance. i'm sure he is going to respond that way. i know both these gentlemen, and i hope that they won't disappoint me in dealing with this issue. >> you

congressman james clyburn of south carolina. you've been through a lot in your life.hat is this about? i don't get it. in every police show we watch, you never see a police officer shooting after a guy who is running away. they race after them, try to subdue them, tackle them with the least amount of physical force and here we have a guy just shooting away and a guy who is an older man, he's not a young guy, he's not running that fast. just shooting him eight times. >> yeah. chris, thank you so much for having me. let me, once again, say how much i appreciate the scott family, the way they have responded to this. they are just the salt of the earth. i don't know exactly where this event occurred, but they are my constituents and i really appreciate them a whole lot. i also want to thank the mayor of north charleston, the chief of police for responding so quickly and so forcefully and i think appropriately to this event. chris, you said that i've had a lot of experiences in my life. you know, i've said to you, all of them have been pleasant but all of them i consider t

the south carolina shooting, i want to bring up comments made by south carolina congressman james clyburnterally blaming people for the shooting that weren't responsible. listen. >> this so-called american legislative whatever they call that group -- they have been drawing up these legislations pieces of legislation like stand your ground. that legislation gives a license for people to be vigilantes. the climate being,é created is not a good climate. that's why you have rogue police officers feeling they have license to do what they want to do and there will be no consequences paying for it. >> my question is everybody agrees what happened in south carolina is wrong politicizing it stand your ground has nothing to do with it. where is that coming from? >> it is despicable, this man walter scott hasn't even been buried yet, here is congressman clyburn making political hey of it. somehow this is tied to voter id laws. nigeria had an election they had -- >> when i went to democratic national convention kimberly was there as well, you needed a photo id to get into the dnc convention or any pr

>> i think commissioner clyburn, thank you, senator. can i get an invitation? i'd like to see lucille. >> absolutely. >> the -- i think commissioner clyburn hit the nail on the head in terms of we are now, we're looking at moving to phase two of the mobility fund. and that it has to fit into all the other activities which we've spoken about earlier in this hearing in terms of what we're doing for universal service. i am a -- you talk about the great job that the university of mississippi medical center is doing. i'm a huge believer in what mobile health can do. i was before i took this job, i was the chairman of the u.n. foundation's mental health alliance literally going around the world and saying here's how you can use mobility to solve these problems. and we want to make sure that those kind of opportunities sure do exist in this country. >> thank you. thank you, my colleagues for the second round. >> thank you senator wicker. senator nelson, you want to ask another question or two? >> we're almost there, guys. >> not quite. mr. chairman, i have a letter th

. >> congressman james clyburn says body cameras may help but more needs to be done. >> we've got problemsthis country and we better start -- stop pretending that we don't. the only way to solve problems is first admit you have them. >> a justice department spokesperson says the fbi has launched its own investigation into that shooting. >>> in virginia, police are investigating an officer's use of force after cell phone video shows him using a taser on a teen during an arrest. [shouting] [screaming] >> get out of the vehicle now! get out! you going to get it again! >> you're looking at video from a traffic stop in early january. three friends say they were stopped by virginia beach police for suspicion of marijuana. 17-year-old brandon wine refused to get out of the car and after he was maced police then pulled out a taser. >> taseing him completely unnecessary. he was not a threat, his hands are up, he's clearly immobilized by the pepper spray and effects of the pepper spray. they could have dragged him out. >> the driver recorded the video on her cell phone camera. she says when she got

tim scott and congressman jim clyburn and mark sanford were among those in attendance. and former new york city police commissioner ray kelly, a former opponent of police body cameras says the video of scott's death has changed his mind on the issue. >> we have to assume that this officer would not act the way he did if in fact he had a body camera that was recording. you have to use -- so i think it is a game changer and what you will see is a movement now by many more police departments to go to cameras. there are issues with it, there are problems with it but this trumps all of those problems. >> so good for him. you've been saying this all along. >> the key is the only cops that are hurt by bed cameras are bad cops. the only cops. it protects the citizens it protects the good cops it's just the bad cops that won't like it. >> and i understand there are issue, but he's right, it trumps everything and politicians ought to look at how he did that. it's not that hard to evolve on an issue. hillary clinton, rand paul you didn't have to get defensive. if you are evolving

clyburn: right. mr. garamendi: if the gentleman will yield for 15 seconds i'll explain the error and then i'll be out of the way. mr. clyburn: sure. mr. garamendi: quite correct. there was an error on my point. this is a question of the mox facility. $125 million to be applied to other cleanup programs across the nation. that's it. i spoke on a different issue and the mox facility came up earlier. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. clyburn: thank you very much mr. chairman. as i said, i oppose this amendment and i do so because i really believe that this amendment would endanger our national security. by making harmful cuts to the fuel fastballcation facility that's located in south carolina. this facility would be used to dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons grade plutonium, according to a binding international agreement signed back in 2000 and reaffirmed in 2010. most of the plutonium has already been transferred to the savannah river site and thrts awaiting disposition thr

at the same time you even have people like congressman jim clyburn encouraging people to use their cellt it does work for the public. >> right. >> but it's not exactly heavily supervised and the public does need some level of accountability and actually taping officers or having them tape their interaction with the public it's been shown to reduce negative interaction and might be only way to essentially have the population sort of supervise its police force. >> reporter: you sat down for an interview with the brothers of 50-year-old walter scott. how are they doing? >> it's really tough for this family. this is a very close-knit family. as you know, a very religious family and the brothers were all two years each apart. they were exceptionally close, and i asked the older brother anthony scott what the impact in their mind of all the attention that they are receiving is and take a listen to what he said. what do you make as a family of all of the attention that this case has received? >> i think it's needed. i hate that it had to be a video to prove that it had to get taken to this lev

charleston county is here as well as senator tim scott, congressman mark sanford and congressman clyburn. i spoke to a couple of of the mourners here and they had interesting things to say. one of them was, this all could have been avoided if the shooting hadn't happened. another person mentioned e it's actually not a loss because the world got to see what happened for the first time with their own eyes. we spoke to his next-door neighbor carla justice, here's what she had to say. >> it is just horrible. i can't even find the words to describe it. >> reporter: walter scott will be laid to rest this afternoon. tomorrow there's another church service where we'll hear from the mayor and the police chief. alex? >> very difficult day indeed. thank you very much, adam. >>> hillary clinton might finally be able to put rumors about a presidential bid to rest tomorrow when she's expected to announce that she is definitely jumping into the 2016 race. she'll likely make that announcement through social media and then travel to iowa on tuesday. msnbc political reporter alex seitzwald has more. what

. >> thank you, commissioner clyburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member nelson.eld this committee in the highest regard given my past involvement as a congressional staffer with oversight hearing and legislative efforts. i recommit myself to being available as any resource i can and be any help in the future. in my time at the commission, i have enjoyed the many intellectual and policy challenges presented by the innovative and ever challenge communication sector. it's my goal to maintain friendships even when we disagree and seek out opportunities where to work together. to provide a brief snapshot i voted with the chairman on approximately 90% of all items. unfortunately, a percentage drops significantly to 62% for the higher profile open meeting. one of the policies i have not been able to support is the insertion of the commission into every aspect of the internet. the commission pursued an ends justify the means approach to subject providers without a shred of evidence it's necessary. it punts authority to fcc staff to review current and future internet prac

. >> i'm adam clyburn.lt acquitted of murdering morris black in nearby galveston, a case dubbed texas' trial of the century. >> it's a weird eerie celebrity. >> reporter: this investigator him for years, hired by black's family. >> you will find people who want to be photographed with him, who would want to be around him, almost like billy the kid. >> reporter: durst's habits drew attention, urinating in public, dressing in women's clothes. >> we kind of nicknamed her dorothy durst after the pseudonym he used in galveston. >> reporter: the actual pseudonym was dorothy sayre, one police say he regularly used. by the time "the jinx" premiered, authorities were already tracking durst's movements. after the march 8th episode that appeared to link him to the murder of the 2000 murder of close friend susan berman in los angeles, authorities say durst stopping using his cell phone. two days later, authorities say he packed five suitcases in a car not registered in his name and headed east on interstate 10. judge b

i have the privilege of working with congressman jim clyburn this site is located in south carolina. and worked on this to the savannah river site which should be noted is where the defense waste is currently being placed. it's a consequence of the cold war. but it is a consequence of victory in the cold war. the persons who worked at the savannah river site are grateful to provide for the protection of the american people and been successful. it is particularly meaningful to me i'm a congresswoman who worked at the river site and i know it's really very professional and also very environmentally sound and we are talking about why are we here. it's due to the environment and jobs. and the environment we know is in danger, if we have different sites around the country that could be addressed and the department of energy, i have another distinction. i was very grateful to be the deputy general counsel in the defense bill came up through that time and it was determined that there should be a geelic formation to place the waste of our country whether it be defense waste or whether it be

clyburn said he brought it, and so i think with his populist rhetoric, i don't think he can challenge hillary clinton in terms of donors and organization, but in terms of bringing the heat and the populist, and he will be interesting to see. >> steve? ? >> whoever is in or out, i am thinking about the rising stakes in the 2016 election. bush was asked about the executive actions on the immigration, he said he would reverse them. you are talking about millions of people who are on a path to be legalized for a while and now potentially on a path not to be legalized depending on who wins the election. we have president obama going forward with a global warming conference and more executive actions. it's hard to see a lot of republicans signing on to that. huge potential changes, depending on who wins. doesn't mean they go through with it. i think we can all recall president obama's promise to close guantanamo, and it can color the campaign depending on who wins. >> yeah, both sides could change. the number one goal for republicans in 2016 is retaking the white house, but a close second i