luke russert is with me now. luke, you sat down and what is he up to? >> he was here in washington, d.c. for the clinton global university, an annual conference with college kid where is they come from all across the country and the world to talk about commitments to further society. kids come up with projects for folks to try to make money and you meet kids who are doing stuff about water and all sorts of things that are creating jobs here in the u.s. trying to get them employed and helping out fellow brothers and sisters. >> here is bill clinton's description. >> you talked about that this century was going to be the next great american century. can this deliver that great american century with ese terrible unemployment numbers? >> first of all, that's not their fault. their parents's generation did that. i think that what they can do is use their skills at social networking and use their access to the internet for crowd financing and getting substantial amounts of money in small amounts to start their own ngos and make a living doing good and start t

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i'm luke russert for chuck todd. let's get to the new reads of the morning. mitt romney has a message for the president. >> start packing. that's what i would like to say. the president i'm sure wants another four years, but the first years didn't go so well. >> bull pin board material for chicago. three new polls diverge on how difficult of a challenge romney has. the president leads romney by nine points in a cnn poll 52% to 43%. matchups from reuters and gallup are closer. the romney campaign is talking to donors about deductions for the wealthy that might be on the chopping block. romney fired back at the white house on the tax hike for millionaires intending to put a spotlight on his own wealth. >> his big idea is this buffett rule which is someone calculated by the way that the taxes he would raise from the buffett rule would pay for 11 hours of the government. this is not exactly a grand idea. this man is out of ideas. he's out of excuses and in 2012, we will make sure he gets put out of office. >> also last night, republicans in the senate blocked the

former president bill clinton weighed in during an interview with nbc's luke russert. >> she wants to told you and everyone else she thinks she'll probably never run for office again. but i've been there. i know what happens when you go through this decompression after years of relentless high-pressure activity. and i just think she needs to rest up, do some things she cares about and whatever she decides to do i'll support. >> so it might be no for now but perhaps we should take it with a grain of salt. >>> up next, mitt romney is lining up endorsements from fellow republicans, but a lot of endorsers sound like their arms are being twisted -- and hard. and you can follow me on twitter if you can figure out how to spell smerconish. this is "hardball." >>> here's what's happening. at least seven people are dead following a shooting at a christian university in oakland, california. a suspect is in custody. president obama is expressing confidence that his health care law will be upheld by the supreme court. a ruling is expected in june. now back to "hardball." >> hey, we're back. having

luke russert, nbc news. >> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morn on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. temperatures around the bay area soared nearly setting records along the way. but the hot weather is also causing some problems. nbc bay area's kimberly terry is in san jose with a look for us. >> reporter: hello, diane. what

nbc's luke russert covers capitol hill. fill me in, immigration day at the senate. >> reporter: immigration at the senate indeed, chuck, in a subcommittee part of the senate judiciary committee, headed by charles schumer, will take an indepth look at arizona law 1070. we all know the law, the very controversial one, that says that law enforcement can stop in individuals when practical if they suspect them of being illegal immigrants. it also makes illegal immigration a state crime. here on capitol hill to testify will be none other than state senator russell pearce, former, you remember he got recalled, he was the actect of this law, we'll be here on capitol hill defending it. it's a panel that's stacked. chuck schumer will be very aggressively going after the senator. then you'll have guys like jon kyl and john corn from border states saying that arizona had the federal government is not doing enough to secure the border, let's talk about border security and not immigrant rights. this has huge ramifications for 2012 for th

. >> that's luke russert. >> he has the money. >> doesn'tet need rick santorum going into the general? >> no. >> it's been so hard for romney to access is the very voters rick santorum has fired up. >> rick santorum is like hillary clinton. he's -- he doesn't epitomize the movement. >> your point is, i think what you're saying is the santorum voters are going to vote for romney anyway. >> or if they get pushed along by other folks. >> that's the contention about the southern states. >> to alisha's point, rick santorum say whatever you want about him. he's somewhat influential within the conservative movement. the question is when romney presumably gets the nomination by next month, do you want a rick santorum bad mouthing you, to your point, luke, he's been doing over the last six weeks. that's really the question. >> it won't happen. >> another question for rick santorum is his career arc. he is in a great position compared to where he was at the begive of the primary season and he could use the fruits of his labor to get either -- >> sell more books. >> that's what he'll do. he'll w

on capitol hill for us, luke russert. thank you. >>> we're following another breaking news story this hour. this one out of mexico. the coast guard is now mounting a recovery effort after a small plane crashed about 170 miles off the coast florida. it was flying, according to authorities, in circles for hours after taking off from louisiana this morning. this picture of the plane was taken back in 2007. according to what we've been able to get, the information, the pilot started flying erratically and controllers lost contact with that pilot about 9:00 this morning. air force jets were sent to make visual contact but they say the windows were iced over. it is believe the pilot was unconscious and the only person on board. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. >> president obama did not name names but mitt romney is picking up the spoon and responding. we'll let you know what mr. romney is saying about the silver spoon battle. >>> plus, the nurse accused of murdering a mom and stealing her newb

former president bill clinton weighed in during an interview with nbc's luke russert. >> she wants tohome, get a little rest, do some other things. she's told you and everyone else she thinks she'll probably never run for office again. but i've been there. i know what happens when you go through this decompression after years of relentless high-pressure activity. and i just think she needs to rest up, do some things she cares about and whatever she decides to do i'll support. >> so it might be no for now but perhaps we should take it with a grain of salt. >>> up next, mitt romney is lining up endorsements from fellow republicans, but a lot of endorsers sound like their arms are being twisted -- and hard. and you can follow me on twitter if you can figure out how to spell smerconish. this is "hardball." we always hear about jobs leaving america. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million

luke russert joins us from new york.of that, there's some troubling news from the santorum camp about their youngest, about bella returning to the hospital. the santorums have gone to the hospital with their child who is of course, front and center in all of his thoughts and throughout this campaign. >> and another suspension of the campaign, at least from rick santorum's public appearances that you see, obviously caring for his daughter. i know everyone wishes her well. but this is a strategy now as he leaves texas, could make or break his campaign. a lot of folks, specially rnc establishment feel his campaign, for all intents and purposes is over. and we had reported he is possibly meeting with rick perry in the state of texas. he said it was a winner take all contest and that's not the case. in fact, there are proportional delegates, 47 elected by statewide vote. even if he is to do tremendously well, it looks really hard for him to see coming out of this as the nominee. >> thanks for that update. very happy easter to

good morning from washington, it's thursday, april 12th, 2012 this is "the daily rundown" i'm luke russert filling in for chuck todd. let's get right to the first reads of the morning. mitt romney kicked off his general election campaign by aggressively responding to what advisers believe is his big just vulnerability, gender gap with women. romney tried to attack the president. the pivot wasn't subtle. >> the real war on women is being waged by the president's failed economic policies. >> his policies have been really a war on women. >> his failures have hurt women. >> failed american women. >> more and more women lost jobs. women are entrepreneurs. women start businesses. >> do you know what percentage of those jobs lost were lost by women? >> 92.3%. >> do romney's job loss claims add up? romney may have gotten a little help from hillary rosen. who is she, a washington political consultant who advises the democratic national committee. rosen has created a firestorm after these comments on ann romney last night. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying, well, my w

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with msnbc contributor and former santorum communications director, robert trainham and nbc's luke russert who is in town for a rare visit. >> how are you? good to see you. >> good morning. >> let me ask you first of all the poll that shows that santorum, that people want him to stay in the race, do you think that shows more about him or the ongoing discontent with romney? >> i think both. rick santorum does speak to a certain segment of the republican population out there that says you know what? we're not particularly happy with mitt romney's positions on the issues, "a." "b," we don't know what his positions on the issues are. and let's remember, chris, there are other states out there, texas, arkansas, west virginia and so forth that have yet to speak into this republican race. and they're saying, wait a minute here. this race is not over with. this is a democratic process. we reserve the right to be able to participate in this process. let us be able to speak our voice as well. >> well, one poll is telling santorum to keep running. there is another pew poll out that finds nearly half

here he is with nbc's luke russert. >> are you excited to go back on the campaign trail for presidenting to focus on? >> i don't know. we're going to do these fundraisers, three, i think, together. but, you know, i think that the general direction of his policy has been good for the country. >> there you have it. bill clinton in for three obama fundraisers. we'll be back to "hardball." coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart ways to sweeten. same great taste. splenda® essentials™. so i test... a lot. same great taste. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? i don't see... beep! wow! that didn't take much blood. yeah, and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. yep. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? so testing is one less thing i have to worry about today. great. call or click today and get strips and a meter free. test easy. but does bringing a floor back to life real

i'm luke russert in for willie geist. this is "way too early," the show that's been forced to issue its own apologies after a weekend in miami. i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail and let me know why you're awake right now. or you can do what warren buffett does which is text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, april 11th. there's a lot going on today including new developments in the trayvon martin shooting case, with the gunman's attorney now walking away from their client. >>> and president obama tells the crowd to break out their roller skates after his stump speech is interrupted by a disco era light show. that clip is coming up soon. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> for the first time the republican race for president today, mitt romney hits the campaign trail without any

. >> bill clinton told luke russert, she might miss the action. >> she thinks she'll probably never run for office again, but i have been there. i know what happens when you go through this decompression. >> as for the next campaign, neither clinton is closing any doors. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> and another former candidate is set to weigh in on the campaign season and much more. sarah palin appears exclusively tomorrow morning on "today" on this nbc station. >>> overseas, a big win for democracy in myanmar. the nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi, once imprisoned by the regime for more than a decade, taking her victory lap with throngs of supporters after what is said to be a landslide for her party, winning almost all of the seats up for grabs in yesterday's parliamentary elections. >>> back in the country, what has already been a dangerous and destructive tornado season has spawned this. the national weather service has been studying last year's extreme tornadoes and is now testing a new warning system in the midwest's tornado alley. our report from nbc's joh

. >>> good morning, i'm luke russert in for willie geist. this is "way too early." this is my second job. i'm glad you're up with me this morning watching on msnbc or listening live or sirius. shoot us an e-mail or send us a tweet and let us know why you are awake right now or you can do it what louie does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. get louder, guys. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, april 9th. there's a lot going on today, including north korea preparing a long range rocket test that had the entire region on high alert. plus a night with the boss. bruce springstein comes to madison square garden and gives the crowd a show to remember. even momma springstein gets involved. let's get to the news live here at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> the broadcasting world has lost a legend. mike wallace known for his tough, abrasive questioning died at a care facility on saturday night surrounded by his family. throughout his 60 year career, he wa

i'm luke russert in for willie geist. this is "way too early." the show whose bull pen consistently bails out its starters. shoot me an e-mail at way too early@msnbc.com or tweet me @williegeist1 and let me know why you are awake or do what yu darvish does followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show from the tamron hall live spot. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session. there's a lot going on, including facebook's new billion-dollar acquisition of instagram. plus, president obama shows off his dad's skills at the easter egg roll. we'll have a recap of his shoot-around with the harlem globetrotters and his dramatic reading of "where the wild things are." >>> but first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. mitt romney is campaigning in delaware today after taking a rare weekend off the campaign trail to celebrate easter with his family. the former massachusetts governor is striking increasingly confident tone acknowledging in an interview yesterday his chances of becoming

generally but by the same token there are good journalists and bad journalists i'm not sure that luke russert or chelsea clinton really fit that bill and am i going to be really i mean i don't think you're so young i got to wrap it up so we got to go but thanks for joining me tonight bad fit good night. home. culture is that so much of a given a dish or on the market to. give the muslim brotherhood's decision to presidential candidates appealing to stay on the bench is a policy. for .

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republican governor from virginia governor bob mcdonnell jon meacham and luke russert are back at the table governor good morning welcome back but you're going to be an ounce where i am. now all those little food if it's there enough for the media to bite into the real meat of the speech was shown any longer but they played on c.n.n. . that just very corrupt us financially it will bankrupt us morally because when the american people no longer believe that this is a place where only their willingness to work or it's actually honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life they will have a bunch of people sitting on a couch week for the next government check. now you'd think the media would have listened to that clip and said wait a second those statements don't really add up in fact they're just not true but instead they did what they do best latch on to the story and the sound bites in the most superficial way possible and then just run with it and christie just made it too easy he knows it saying that americans are turning into couch potatoes throwing around words

. >> joining us now the luke russert. l right, luke, yesterday obviously not a good day for folks who are on leave or who used to run the gsa. >> that was then before two republican led committees over in the house of representatives but the focus was really on the scandal. and what we learned yesterday is that investigator miller warned mr. neely, the gentleman who's being alleged to have done all these impropry ties back in may of 2011, was to cut the travel, cut the spending on the taxpayers dime, neely continued by going to the south pacific, going to napa. that led a lot of republicans yesterday to say, oh, my goodness, perhaps we might take steps to try and shut down the gsa. today they're going to go before mr. miller, they're going to go before two senate committees, the environmental and public works, the focus today won't necessarily be on the scandal. democrats are going to try and make it on the steps that we're taking by the administration to try and clean up the gsa after they got wind of the impropry ties. y

in a recent interview with luke russert, president clinton said the door is closed on his wife running and everyone else she thinks she'll probably never run for office again. i have been here, i know what it's like to go through decompression after years of high pressure activity, and i just think she needs to rest up, do things she cares about, and whatever she decides to do i'll support her. >> not exactly she's not going to run, it's over -- >> no, and we've been talking about this for the past couple of weeks. her popularity is soaring. she of course cannot campaign for president obama this election cycle because she is secretary of state. so in other words, president clinton by campaigning for obama is keeping her seat warm and reminding people about her as a political animal. so i do think this has to do a lot to do with hillary. he is keeping good will in the party for her right now. >> when you hear what president clinton said last night, whether it's a plan or not, he really went after mitt romney. he said last night "he's got an opponent who basically wants to do what they d

tonight luke russert with a "dateline" hidden camera investigation. >> do you know what i am? i'm buried alive. i'm dead to society. i don't exist in society. >> if you walk through any maximum security prison, you're likely to hear the same thing over and over again. "i'm innocent." but every once in a while, you hear an inmate's story that makes you wonder, maybe this time it's true. >> i should not be here because i didn't commit this crime. i wasn't at the scene of the crime or anything. >> meet new york state inmate number aa 203. joshua va las -- valasquez, convicted of killing a police officer in harlem. convicted without cause. >> there's another man who is the killer, maybe on the train when you go to work. >> he started writing letters telling us, i don't belong here. and my children don't deserve to not have a capable, loving father. >> his letters made us curious no more. and what began as a one-time prison visit by a "dateline" producer has turned into a ten-year odyssey in a search for the truth. ♪ >> his story begins in january 1998. that's j.j.valasquez at 22 y

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nbc's luke russert sat down for a one-on-one with bill clinton. luke joins me now.ing. >> reporter: good morning, chris. in fact, i was with president clinton on that saturday where he tries to get college kids to do better in the united states and around the world. he, though, was not too reserved when i asked him about mitt romney and how he felt his election prospects were. >> i doubt it. i doubt it for two reasons. first of all, i believe president obama will be reelected bause people will perceive that the economy is getting better and that we are generally going in the right direction. keep in mind the 2010 electorate is not the 2012 electorate. more people will vote in 2012 and a more diverse america will sh up at the polls and people have had two years of the tea party congress and the polls show they didn't like it very much. secondly, i was subject to a very well-organized attack which later the republican operatives associated with the white house admitted they had started in the primary because they thought i could win the general election. so there was

i'm luke russert in for chuck todd. after 32 states, 20 debates and $180 million of candidate spending and 15 more from super pacs effectively ended yesterday when rick santorum suspended his campaign. >> against all odds we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes. we won more counties than all of the other people in this race combined and we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. >> nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins me now. mark, thanks so much for being on the program. this was a gift to mitt romney because it was on the cover of "usa today." now it's essentially obama-romney. i want to play about what romney said about the dropping out of santorum and what it means on the other side. >> this has been a good day for me. senator santorum has decided not to proceed with his campaign, and i had the chance to speak with him this morning. we exchanged our thoughts ab

the silver fox, mike viqueira at the white house, and loud mouth luke russert on capitol hill.ice work if you can get it. since january, the senate has worked for just 55 days. over in the house, it is even more relaxed with members there punching in at a mere 41 times in 2012. and next week, of course, they all leave town for another recess. with the notice here on capitol hill because they continue to feed us, but you touch on an interesting point, martin, which is they came off a two-week break for easter and çpassover were in action for two weeks and now they're off for another week recess. they'll say, look, we're going for constituent work weeks, we're relating to real america getting outside the beltway, getting outside washington. a lot of democrats, specifically nancy pelosi, has said there's not enough work actually being done on the house representative side in the united states capitol. they want to do more. the republicans say, look, we do our job. the senate won't pass anything. >> right. mike, the student loan bill passed today, as you know, besides the presiden