>> "andrea mitchell reports" -- >> my lord, you know -- >> hosted by andrea mitchell. >> really?ah. turns five. >> come on. you're kidding. >> it's been on the air for five years. >> i sensed something happening in the force today. and this is really huge. >> you got, i don't know how andrea mitchell does it. she's on with us as 6:00 a.m. she does "the today show." she flies to the syrian border. to do her show at 1:00, then she's on nightly and machine on with leno and fallon and she does it all again the next day. >> she's in shanghai at a soup kitchen. >> has dinner with al. >> watch the show. >> is it the chicken weed in the back yard? >> andrea -- this is our way of saying we love you and we -- seriously don't know how you do it. everything that you do. you're such an incredible example to everybody here at nbc news. and to women especially. what you've done with your career and your show and -- >> to men, too. >> she inspires men, too. >> mike barnicle. >> i'm still working because of her. >> andrea we love you. >> you're the best. >> you guys. thank you. i love you back. t

>> narrator: one of the inmates is william mitchell. he's in jail awaiting trial for burglary and has pled not guilty. the other is deamon beavers, who's charged with cocaine possession. he, too, has pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. >> just like any facility, we have fights. there's gonna be arguments, whether it's over just one tv, you know, three bathrooms. could be beef from the streets. but inevitably, fights will happen. but most times, people will get in a fight and we don't even know what happened, and then we do an investigation into it. >> step on here. to your left. >> narrator: mitchell and beavers are placed in temporary holding cells just a couple of doors down from each other and continue their dispute. >> that's right, fool! >> i ain't no bitch! you gonna sneak? he snuck [bleep] when my head was turned [bleep] >> bitch, you talking about life! >> fat-ass [bleep] >> narrator: mitchell got cut on his nose, so officers bring him to medical for treatment. >> [bleep] snuck me while i wasn't looking. >> my whole chest red

andrea mitchell, get some sleep. thank you. >> you're doing the hard stuff.at does it for this edition of her show, "andrea mitchell reports." i'm chris cillizza. remember to follow the show online and on the twitter machine @mitchellreports. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> coming up, following news out of texas. at least two people killed when a charter bus headed to casino overturns on a busy texas highway. now one of the state's top trauma centers said it is prepared for a mass casualty event. >>> plus on guns, the senate clears the first hurdle to beat back a filibuster. kelly o'donnell reports. many republicans voted in support including a few surprises. we'll dig deep into that. and we'll go live to the white house as the president posthumously aawards the medal of honor to an army chaplain who the catholic church is considering making a saint. it is all coming up next on "news nation." so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i

tonight, a conversation with senator george mitchell, former senate majority leader, former envoy to the middle east for president obama. >> years ago you remember mao tse-tung published a book, a little red book, the sayings of chairman mao. >> rose: right. >> i was senate majority leader even then or shortly after and i read it and i thought "i'm going to write the little blue book, the sayings of senator mitchell." >> rose: right. >> number one, the higher one goes and n life and especially in government-- not only but especially government-- the greater the capacity for self-delusion. >> rose: we conclude with a conversation about the new play "lucky guy" written by the late nora ephron and three people who knew the central character played by tom hanks are eddie hayes, joanna molloy and jim dwyer. >> is that jimmy over there? >> it was, it was breslin himself. do you want to meet him? >>. no >> you don't want to meet breslin? >> i already met breslin. >> when? >> last week. we were both covering that mafia murder on coney island. >> and? >> well, you know -- >> what? come on! >>

in for my friend andrea mitchell. after five years she gets a breather. today's disappointing employment report is yet another sign of a stalling u.s. economy. as it turned out the lack of jobs actually helped lower the jobless rate to 7.6%. last month in march, with a half million people stopping their search for work altogether. the national labor force plummeted to its lowest rate since jimmy carter was president. with washington of course getting a lot of the blame. and joining us here is our daily fix guest today, senior political editor, mark murray on set. what does this report mean politically, most significantly for the white house that had been claiming a lot of progress just a couple of weeks ago. >> politically, not good news at all. you look at numbers, everyone was expecting 190,000, 200,000 jobs created. but this 80 is less than half of that. everyone was celebrating a great jobs report last month. democrats were celebrating, republicans were silent. now it's the opposite. republicans are criticizing the administration, you have democrats t

andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary. andrea? >> hey, chris, that pentagon intelligence report is the first official assessment that north korea might actually have a nuclear-armed missile. but they hasten to add, it's not been fully tested and has a low probability of success. it raiseded temperature. just as john kerry was arriving at a diplomatic mission, trying to find a peaceful way out of this. u.s. officials say there's no sign of mobilization? no sign of massing of armed forces of the conventional forces. north of the dmz and there's no sense of alert here in south korea. at the american mens today, there was a spring festival, the uso had an event, a social event planned and it was carried out. so no sense of alarm here. but there certainly is a sense around the world. and john kerry made it very clear here in his statements, both public and private, that the united states is fully committed to completely defend south korea, japan, all of our interests, the american homeland, guam, any u.s. forces. so we are in it. if th

they got mitchell. >> our investigation, comes to find out, that's how they got to mitchell.tting his stuff taken. getting his food taken. getting his commissary taken. 7 they said, you want yours to stop being taken, do what we tell you to do. >> mcclaren believes one of the heartless felons exerting that pressure is gregory, and he's pled not guilty to several charges, including aggravated robbery and assault. >> tell me what's going on. >> honestly? >> yeah. >> i don't know, they snatched everybody up. >> you don't know? >> truthfully on my dead mother. my mother's grave i don't know -- fighting for a case for my life. i ain't got time to be involved see into the future, only can deal with what i see before me. >> do you know that -- >> what i see before me you did take part in this and know about this. thank you. get back with you, you take care of yourself. >> you too. >> steven williams. >> the third inmate, another alleged ring leader of the gang is steven williams, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. he's also plead not guilty. >> all of the stuff going on, you have no

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mitchell reports" -- getting personal. newtown families are on capitol hill after flying from connecticut on air force one with president obama last night. a last-ditch appeal today to congress for new gun laws. >> help this be the moment when real change begins. help this be the beginning of turning tragedy into transformation, for us all. >> some folks back in washington are already floating the idea that they may use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms. they're saying your opinion doesn't matter. and that's not right. that is not right. we need a vote. [ chanting we want a vote ] >> we need a vote. >> and speaking of political stunts in a departure from usual senate prar senate practice, mitch mcconnell has signed on to a filibuster to even bring the bill to the floor for a vote. >>> ready to launch, north korea warns foreign workers and tourist os to evacuate south korea, saying the two countries are on the verge of nuclear war. the top u.s. commander in the pacific tells a senate committee that t

captioning sponsored by >> rose: this easter marked 15 years since senator george mitchell mediated an end to the centuries old sectarian conflict in northern ireland. in 1998, the good friday agreement stands as a historical example demonstrating that peace is possible even in the most difficult circumstances. such fate has thus far eluded the middle east. in 2009 mitchell took on the challenge of brokering peace between the israelis and palestinians but for both parties peace remains harder than war. president obama's recent visit to israel has renewed hope for resolving the conflict. i'm pleased to have senator george mitchell back at this table to talk about where he sees things today. welcome. >> thank you, charlie, good to be back. >> rose: you just made a speech and and have blilt and you said "i will firmly say that there is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be solved." >> i believe that. i believe that every conflict is created, conducted, sustained by humans and can be ended by humans and ultimately will be ended by humans one way or the other. either through the total

tonight, andrea mitchell reports from beijing. >>> miracle at sea. jet liner crashes and breaks in two, everyone on board survives. >>> fight over guns, on the streets and on capitol hill. an emotional plea from a newtown mother as another republican senator comes out in support of expanded background checks. >>> and the legacy of a pioneering american athlete. our look at the new film about the life and times of jackie robinson. >>> hello, everyone. as we come on the air this evening in the u.s., dawn has broken on another new day in north korea. and the world braces once again for the test of a north korean medium range missile that we have been expecting all week. but in an important new development tonight, china has agreed to step in the middle to try to reign in north korea's threats and ambitions. john kerry has been hopscotching across asia in an effort to dial back tensions. andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary. she has more now from beijing. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good eek, lester. secretary kerry claims success, but

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as such, mitchell and i got together. and brought neighbors and businesses together to have the final walk-through from the sf mta on this particular project that they were planning and that took place on january 24th, about 70 people showed up for that. a month and a half or little bit later, march 18th, the neighborhood polk association offered our meeting for the sf mta hearing, over four hundred merchants and residents came. with the not have the organization to bus in anyway; all those people were speaking their own truths, what they wanted to see for polk street. we should not be afraid , as people working in city hall working for our neighbors, working on behalf of our neighbors. we should not be afraid to hear our neighbors but yet there does seem to be some fear of hearing those voices. and what was set on the 18th of march, those 400 voices. pedestrian and bicycle safety is very important to all of us on polk street. we want polk street to be improved. let's take it and make it better place. not only okay for bi

reports," andrea mitchell.nks for joining us. >> you bet, my pleasure. >> andrea, you're in seoul. there's a lot of con fugs in the u.s. about how seriously we should take these threats, are these the war games of a young leader trying to prove himself or a legitimate threat that we need to make more seriously? >> that's the big question, there was testimony on the hill in fact from jim clapper and john brennan, the two top intelligence officials, they're saying that their best understanding is he's trying to prove himself to the military that he's a tough guy and his domestic audience. but we don't know. we don't flow if it's a repeat of what we saw with his father and grandfather. or as they celebrate the national day and the founding of the nation and the one-year anniversary of his taking power, whether or not this is something different. whether the threats are real. that's why tension is high among foreign leaders and certainly among the south korean leaders and john kerry is on his way here right now, fl

andrea mitchell reports now from tokyo. >> reporter: in tokyo john kerry reassured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea but said the obama administration wouldn't negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we ought to talk about is possibilities of peace and i think there are those possibilities notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocation. >> reporter: kim jong-un has shown he's not interested in diplomacy. his father negotiated in 2000 and released two american journalists in 2009 and hits grandfather reached a nuclear agreement with former president jimmy carter for the clinton white house. critics warn that north korea has broke every past promise to disarm. >> this has been going on for decad decades. a cycle and false hope that somehow the north koreans would give up efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. >> reporter: some experts believe there's a peaceful path out of this crisis. >> i think kim jong-un has run out of bluster. maybe it will end with a fireworks display or a whimper but he's going back in his box.

felons and that's how they got mitchell.ing his stuff taken and getting his food and commissary taken. they told him, said you want yours to stop, do what we tell you to do. >> mcclaren believes one of the heartless felons exerting that pressure is martin, aggravated robbery and assault. >> tell me what's going on. >> honestly? >> yeah. >> i don't know, they snatched everybody up. >> you don't know? >> truthfully on my dead mother. my mother's grave i don't know -- fighting for a case for my life. i ain't got time -- i got aggravated robbery and a lot of crazy tough. -- stuff. i'm fighting for my life. i ain't got time to be involved in no gang. >> i don't have that bowl on my head where i can see into the future, only can deal with what i see right now. what i see right now before me, you take part in this, and what i see now is that you do more about this. thank you. thank you. get back with you, you take care of yourself. >> you too. >> steven williams. >> the third inmate, another alleged ring leader of the gang is steve

jerry mitchell is an investigative reporter and the preemptive on civil rights cases. before we get to them and martin luther king jr.'s legacy let's get caught up on the political headlines today. in connecticut just 111 days after the slaughter of children at the sandy hook elementary school, the gun debate is over. with the stroke of the pen connecticut governor signed into law one of the most strictest gun laws on the books. it is the country's own system to track offenders and the ban now includes high capacity magazines. it's a start for parents who lost children in the shoot shooting. >> i can't tell you how much it means to us that our voices have been heard. we said from the outset that we want newtown to be known not for tragedy but for transformation. this law marks that turning point. >> michael: it's so effective when you hear the parents speak. governor malloy made it clear there is still so much to be done in other states and at the federal level. >> in some sense i hope this is an example to the rest of the nation. certainly to our leaders in washington

the seventh giants player to garner mvp honors, including willy mace, willy mccovey, mitchell, and jeff kent. posey behind the plate. vogelsong looking to stepped his streak of 26 scoreless innings. unable to do so. first up, carlos bell fran drives in carpenter, 1-0 st. louis. hunter pence on the fast ball scales the center field wall. then beltran getting to vogelsong again. in comps carpenter and holliday. giants trail 5-2 in the eighth. sandoval greeting the reliever with the solo pop to left center. the closest san francisco would be. 6-3 the final. locker room reaction. >> part of the game. got to keep grinding. so it happens. stinks when it does happen, but that's baseball. got to keep trying to make pitches, and wish i would have made a few better ones. >> colon activated today, gets the start against houston, back from a 50-game suspension for testing positive for tesss to testosterone coco crisp going deep for the second day. right now a's leading 1-0 in the fourth inning. >> cal hoping by this time tomorrow they're talking about their next opponent. that would mean they're in

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yesterday former first lady nancy reagan told andrea mitchell about her relationship with thatcher. >> i think people thought that she and i didn't have a relationship. nothing could be further from the truth. we had a very special relationship. and, of course, i loved it that she and ronnie were as close as they were. >> again, that conversation with nbc's andrea mitchell. actress meryl streep who won an oscar for playing thatcher in 2011 "the iron lady" called the former prime minister a figure of awe for her personal strength and grit. >>> closer to home, beloved mouseketeer. she later went on to star in a series of beach party movies. she later went on to star in a series of beach party movies such as "bleach blanket bingo." funicello died in california following complications are multiple sclerosis. a disease she battled since 1987 in what she called a slow progression. funicello is survived by her husband and three children. >>> the u.s. navy says its latest weapon represents the future of warfare. a laser cannon capable of shooting down drones will soon be placed on various nav

," andrea mitchell.'re in seoul right now traveling with the secretary of state. could you give us an update on sort of how the u.s. state department is thinking about this situation. it obviously seems to be a fluid one. >> well, first of all, they are saying to kim jong un as secretary kerry did today, don't do it. you are already more provocative than you have a right to be by any global standard. he had a long meeting today with president park, the first woman leader here, the new leader of south korea. and he's basically saying that we will defend japan, we'll defend south korea unconditionally. so we will win this fight against north korea. if they were to attack. the real concern is miscalculation. we talked to a senior official who said this young leader, untested, erratic. we don't know what he will do and what they're trying to do is say to president park, don't retaliate. we've got your back. and so far, there seems to be a commonality of view between south korea and the united states. as you

mitchell.has something to say here. >> she's nothing like martha mitchell because everything barbara bush says is said deliberately and for effect. she this is queen mother of the presidency. and she has been both the wife and mother of presidents. the way i view that, wayne may disagree, is that she knows what she's doing here. she said similar things, not quite in this same word, but similar things when george w. was thinking of running, when she had two people, including jeb, who were thinking of running back in the late '90s. i think she's lowering expectations and she wouldn't mind at all if jeb ran, that's my view. >> you think it was sort of a cuff, a mother's cuff on the cub, warning him of what's out there. >> exactly. >> it wasn't to undercut h his -- how do you read it? do you read the same way as howard, a mother's loving warning to the son, it's dangerous out there? >> i think that's exactly it. what she really is, is the protector, always has been the strong protector, matriarch o

>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. white house has confirmed that preliminary evidence of chemical weapons used in syria. so what are the next steps? how foreign affairs chairman ed royce has just attended a briefing by secretary of state kerry and joins me from the hill. thank you very much. i know the white house has been putting a lot of caveats on this. they say there's a preliminary indication, they don't have a chain of custody. what did secretary kerry tell you about how concrete the evidence is. >> well, let me share with you that -- the expressions that the administration uses are along the lines that you've just expressed -- but at the same time, as you know, the british, the french have also looked at this situation. and i think that we're at a point now where there's a general consensus, that yes, indeed, the regime is beginning to use sarin gas. or use chemical weaponry that can create mass casualties. the question is how can the international community move quickly to throw its weight behind the free syri

our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the world first met her as a 3-year-old in a storybook white house. a toddler interrupting her father in the oval office. with her brother and their picture perfect parents the first family became america's symbolic ambassadors to the world. until her childhood was interrupted by tragedy, forever reminding us of heartbreak. like her mother, intensely private, caroline was still a kennedy. the question of her role became inevitable. >> has the torch been passed to caroline kennedy for future public service? >> oh, i don't -- well, i hope. i think there are many ways to serve. my uncle sets a tremendous example. >> reporter: in 2008 at the height of the obama-clinton primary battle she jumped into the fray, comparing obama to her father. >> fortunately there is one candidate who offers the same sense of hope and inspiration. >> reporter: a new high profile. >> please welcome caroline kennedy to the podium. >> reporter: led to a brief exploration of running for the senate to replace hillary clinton. elective office not a natural

especially for author mitchell the co-founder of the dance theater of harlem.et company. the stug struggles and triumphs of the civil rights era. a look back at some of his teachings. >> most of the people that come from here succeed. wherever they go, they do very, very well because of the discipline. and that is what i've tried to instill in all the young people here. they do not realize or comprehend the fact that they can't do anything. least of all because of their skin color. >> arthur mitchell's lesson is with dedication and pride in your work, you can do anything. he did when against all odds and contrary to some critics, he danced in the new york city ballet, the first black in a major classical dance company. it was an important lesson for the children of harlem in 1968. the year he founded his international recognized school in professional dance theater. it almost vanished this year, facing a $1.7 million loss, the dance theater of harlem laid off all its dancers for the summer. ha taught mitchell something more about his art. >> we really have to r

martha mitchell.an, this woman has something to say here. >> she is nothing like martha mitchell. because everything barbara bush says is said deliberately and for effect. she is the queen -- she is the queen mother of the presidency. and she has been both the wife and the mother of president. the way i view that, wayne may disagree, she knows what she is doing here. she said similar things, not quite in the same words, similar things when george w. was thinking of running, and when she had two people, jeb, who were thinking of running back in the late '90s. she is lowering expectations, and she wouldn't mind at all if jeb ran, that is my view. >> you think it is just sort of warning him of what is out there? >> yeah. >> it wasn't undercutting -- do you read the way howard does, sort of a loving mother. it is dangerous out there. >> what she really is, a protector, always the strong protector. matriarch of that family. but george w. bush, which is what howard said, what she said to george w. bush is i

. >> nbc's andrea mitchell. the great andrea mitchell. host of andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. howard feinman. that's right. little lower. you guys are great friends of mine. i have to say, andrea, i've watched you since you were on radio in philly. i've watched your career. you are a great role model. >> thank you. >> one of the great feminists of your time. you don't push it but that's what you are. you represent fighting for a great job and doing a great job. got to do both, right? got to fight for it and then you've got to do it. not so easy. hillary clinton, i thought, should just take a breather. no more awards. no more ceremonies. go to the canyon ranch, some place, do what we'd all like to do and we could all use. just get the wrinkles out. relax. stop worrying. stop sweating. >> what's a breather? >> you are the classic. type a's don't do that, do they? >> if you're hillary clinton, first of all, she is motivated by her passion for service. there's no question about that. this is not power with her. this is accomplishment. it's policy related. that's why vital voices,

. >>> our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has also just arrived in seoul tonight. that's because secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive just hours from now. andrea, with things so hot, it seems almost quaint, a throwback to ask if there could be diplomatic talks, a diplomatic solution to this. >> reporter: i think the key to everything is china. we don't know really what kim jong un really wants. but the view is that maybe this is just, as richard has been reporting, trying to show off his military strength and possibly leading to economic reform. china is the only country that can pressure him. secretary kerry was in london meeting with all the foreign ministers, even the russians getting on board on this. and, brian, they are all saying he's got to come here to seoul. they hope he can try to reinforce the commitment to the south koreans so they will not do anything precipitous. if there is an attack they won't retaliate. that's the hope. then on to china in the next couple of days to persuade the chinese to be much more forceful with their client state, n

nbc's andrea mitchell now on what's fueling the buzz. >> reporter: she can be forgiven for heading to a spa after her million mile run as secretary of state. but only two months later hillary clinton supporters are pushing her to run for president. >> 2016! >> hillary! >> 2016! >> hillary! >> reporter: in twin appearances before women's activists last week, clinton's first since stepping down as secretary of state, she was deliberately ambiguous. >> we've shared struggles and successes and even some fox holes over the years. it's a little bit like a family reunion. >> this truly is the unfinished business of the 21st century, and it is the work we are called to do. i look forward to being your partner in all the days and years ahead. >> reporter: will she or won't she? republicans have little doubt. >> it's like do you think dillinger might rob a bank? yeah, i think she's going to run. she's got a base and she's been to the college of losing for a president. that's a very rare college and you learn a lot. >> reporter: what did she learn in 2008 when she was thought to be inevitable an

>> with that i say thank you to nbc's andrea mitchell.always good to see you. >> thank you, brian. >> we're back in a moment with late word tonight about an american family tradition that is going away. >>> the popular website awkward family photos made an industry out of posting just that on the web. if you grew up the way a lot of us did those family photos were more often than not taken at sears at the photo studio. a little bit of our childhood died today when sears announced they are closing all 800 or so photo studios nationwide. it's also happening at walmart. the company that does it for them, cpi, is going out of business. in the digital age folks can have pretty good pictures taken without the dappled blue background at the store. >>> in health news more evidence from the american heart association after a six-year study that walking for exercise can be just as good as running when it comes to heart health benefits like dropping blood pressure, helping control cholesterol and prevent heart disease. >>> and there is marketing new

andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> now to the story that's rocked the sports world and beyond in the last 24 hours. rutgers university men's basketball coach mike rice fired today after video surfaced showing him abusing his players. now the question becomes does the punishment stop at him? nbc's anne thompson with us tonight from the rutgers campus in new jersey. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this story moved with lightning speed. the condemnation of the coach's behavior nearly universal from the new jersey governor on down. tonight the university's leadership finds itself under fire as well. this is the tale of the tape. clips from rutgers mens basketball practices showing head coach mike rice hurling basketballs and homophobic slurs at his players. shoving them and kicking them. events that led to his dismissal today. wnbc's bruce beck spoke to rice at his home. >> mike rice was sad. he was remorseful. i think the magnitude of the situation finally hit him. there were tear

nbc's chief correspondent "andrea mitchell reports" now from tokyo. >> reporter: in tokyo john kerry reassured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea but said the obama administration would negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we really ought to be talking about is possibilities of peace, and i think there are those possibilities notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocation. >> reporter: kim jong-un has shown he's not interested in diplomacy. his father negotiated with then secretary of state madeleine albright in 2000 and his grandfather reached a nuclear agreement with former president jimmy carter for the clinton white house. critics warn that north korea has broke every past promise to disarm. >> this has been going on for decades. a cycle of confrontation, aid, and false hope that somehow the north koreans would give up their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. >> reporter: some experts believe there's a peaceful path out of this crisis. >> i think kim jong-un has run out of bluster. we're clearly in the end ga

nbc's andrea mitchell tracking it from our washington bureau again tonight.ndrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. there are a lot of questions about that ricin investigation. tonight in mississippi, a federal magistrate released paul kevin curtis. tonight prosecutors dropped all charges against him in connection with those letters containing ricin that went to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker last week. curtis, an occasional elvis impersonator, had been arrested on charges of sending those letters, but investigators say the fbi found no evidence of ricin when they searched his home. he's been in jail since last week. today the fbi also searched a second mississippi location. the tupelo home of an man named j. everett duchky. he's an acquaintance and sometime adversary of curtis. he also says he's innocent. another incident, the defense intelligence agencies say alarms went off today at a mail facility at bolling air base here in washington indicating the possible presence of dangerous toxins. further tests found no specific

>> all right, andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> the police department of watertown where this all ended is only about 60 officers strong and over the last two days, it was tested in ways that even the biggest police forces will rarely or ever experience. this afternoon, i spoke with watertown police chief ed devoe about the larger implications of what his officers accomplished. based on what you've seen now, the weapons, the fact they had other explosives, in your mind, do you think they were prepared to attack again somewhere else? >> oh, you know, i don't know for sure, but my gut tells me that yes. i mean, if they have another you know, pressure cooker bomb, they weren't saving that for the watertown police. they were saving that for something similar to the boston marathon. >> reporter: your officers may have stopped another attack. >> i strongly believe that. >> chief devoe says he gets choked up when he thinks about the cheers and thanks his men and women got from the crowds of grateful residents last night for their job well done. >>> the suspect is being held and treated in the