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andrea mitchell, get some sleep. thank you. >> you're doing the hard stuff. you're anchoring. >> that 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 i

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

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

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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that does it for "andrea mitchell reports." i'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

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.

reports," andrea mitchell. andrea, thanks 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 r

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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

>> andrea mitchell in washington. andrea, thanks. >>> we're back in a moment with a big apology from an airline ceo after a big nightmare day for travellers. >>> the united kingdom said good-bye to margaret thatcher today. the funeral at st. paul's cathedral attended by the queen, dignitaries from 170 countries around the world, and all four of maggie thatcher's successors including the current prime minister, david cameron. thatcher's 19-year-old american-born granddaughter amanda gave a reading from the bible. thousands of londoners lined the route to show respect and some protested amid heavy security. margaret thatcher, the so-called iron lady, died last week at 87. we have posted a full report on the day in london by kier simmons on our website tonight. >>> the assassinations of two prominent public officials have been in the news. for a time they had investigators baffled. they left the entire state of texas on edge. tonight we can report police say the wife of a former texas justice of the peace has confessed s

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

>> 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

andrea mitchell part of our coverage tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> back here at home double-edged sword on the u.s. economy tonight, promising signs of life that millions of americans aren't feeling yet. but we can say there are more indicators that conditions are turning around. first, there's wall street. today the dow and the s&p both set record highs. an up day across the board, in fact. but there's also spending to look at. it's always good for the american economy when people start buying cars. nearly 1.5 million cars and trucks were sold in the month of march. that's the most in almost six years. and there are other signs. nbc's tom costello is at a ford dealership in vienna, virginia, tonight. tom, good evening. >> hi, brian. ford sales up 6% in march. customers drawn in by those shiny new cars and suvs and trucks, low interest rates, and some statistics that suggest the economy really has found firmer ground. today's signs of economic recovery are right there in the headlights. auto sales in march the best in six years. f

>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. the 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

nbc's andrea mitchell tracking it from our washington bureau again tonight. andrea, 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 specif

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

," andrea mitchell. you'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

. >>> 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. 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,

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

>> 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 ne

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

>> andrea mitchell in our d.c. bureau tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> back in this country there was a big announcement this morning, a first of its kind. a male athlete, an active player in a major american sports league has come out as gay. his name is jason collins. he's a veteran in the nba. his declaration was met with widespread praise from the sports world and beyond including a phone call from the president of the united states pledging his support. our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: he was drafted as an inside scoring force. while jason collins is not a star or a starter anymore, the 12-year pro is now something no active player in a major american team sport has ever been -- openly gay. >> there have been tens of thousands of people before him. he is the first one to come out while playing and say, "i'm gay." >> reporter: collins wrote in the current sports illustrated, "i want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. i want to take a stand and say, me, too." the reaction, hugely positive. from kobe

as i mentioned to andrea mitchell here, governor, you've got a lot of experience with north korea. what is going on here? >> i think kim jong-un is playing to three audiences, and this is why he's doing these provocative acts. by the way, andrea was with me on one of the eight trips i did. first, he's playing to the north korean generals. they run the show. the military. he's playing to the korean workers party. the leadership there. secondly, he's playing to his own people. he got burned by that missile test that failed, and he feels he has the buttress his domestic standing, and i think the third thing he's doing, he's testing the new south korean president. every year -- every five years or so when a new south korean president comes in, north korea does a provocative act. so the issue is, what do we do about it? i think what we've done in terms of the military posture, the stealth activity makes sense. but i think eventually there's going to have to be some diplomacy and the six-party talks i don't think are working. i think china has to be the key. we have to really get them to

nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell has been following this story. >> hamid karzai confirmed the cia has been dropping off bags of cash at the national security office for years. he says, it isn't millions. it is 30e7b8$00,0$300,000 a mon. that adds up to $36 million by karzai's account over years. we checked with the white house state department and the cia and none would deny this report. that goes to a confirmation. i asked one official if payments had been delivered every day to karzai's office. he said, we never said it was every day. one interesting footnote. iran had been delivering payments to karzai until about a year ago. they cut him off because he was getting too close to the u.s. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting >>> now, it is time for your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >> sandra day o'connor says it was probably a mistake for the court to take the infamous bush v. gore case. her comments come 13 years after the ruling where she voted with the majority to give george w. bush the presidency. now, she tells u

>> andrea mitchell in our washington bureau. andrea, thank you. >>> in dallas, texas, one of those moments in history. all of the living presidents at an event that's an expected part of your post presidency, the opening of a presidential library. in this case, george w. bush. it was a ceremony of laughter, genuine emotion, camaraderie. nbc's david gregory covered the bush white house for us and has our report from the smu campus in dallas. >> reporter: it is a rare sight -- the five men who make up the most exclusive club in the world. four formers and the current president, politicians all, who today in texas put politics aside. all here for president george w. bush. back in the spotlight he's sought to avoid. his sense of humor unchanged. >> there was a time in my life when i wasn't likely to be found at a library, much less found one. >> reporter: what these men share is respect for how difficult the job is. >> there are moments where you make mistakes. there are times where you wish you could turn back the clock. what i kno

nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary in japan and joins us now from tokyo. andrea? >> reporter: good evening, lester. john kerry has now opened the door to direct u.s. peace talks with north korea, appealing for a step back from the threat of war, even as though the north has flatly rejected south korea's offer of direct talks with them calling it a "cunning ploy." the contrast could not have been more dramatic. in pyongyang, runners from around the world celebrating tomorrow's birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, the nation's founder. while in tokyo john kerry re-assured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea, but says the obama administration would negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we really ought to be talking about is the possibilities of peace and i think there are those possibilities, notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocations. >> reporter: japan was under the flight path of north korea's last missile test in february and is now protected by u.s.-provided patriot missile defenses.

our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, watching it all from our d.c. newsroom today. good evening. >> the president promised to close guantanamo as soon as he took office, but years later he has been blocked by congress, the military court system, and now facing that hunger strike by the prisoners, he's clearly frustrated. >> reporter: guantanamo bay where 100 of 166 prisoners are on a hunger strike. some since february. their lawyers say they're protesting years of detention, most without being charged, and no release in sight. today president obama agreed the prison needs to be closed. >> the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are. it is contrary to our interests, and it needs to stop. >> reporter: extra doctors and nurses arrived today to help force feed 21 of the detainees. this despite the american medical association's protest to defense secretary hagel that force feeding, quote, quits core ethical values of the medical profession. once a prisoner makes a rational d

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that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my colleague, tamron hall is next for "news nation." >> still piecing together the communication between the u.s. and russia. regarding terror suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. the intelligence committee says the u.s. government was contacted more than once by the russians. pete williams will join us live and we will have the latest out of philadelphia on the trial of the abortion doctor accused of murdering babies that showed signs of life. today the he can fence starts presenting the case. and we will check in with wall street a day after the so-called flash crash from a twitter hoax claiming the president had been hurt. the big question today, why are the markets this vulnerable? that's all coming up next on "news nation." [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and mac

but she's a major player. >> hillary clinton, i mean, andrea mitchell, when we talk about her record as secretary of state, what senator graham alluded to, a mixed record on benghazi, in other aspects of her tenure. look, she still has to deal with the left on her support of the iraq war. she obviously rehabilitated herself in that real suspect in terms of certainly being seen as tough enough. what does she say? what is the most potent argument against her both within the party and by republicans? >> i have a question as to the management style because will she have learned the lessons from '08 as maggie has laid them out? what kind of campaign will she run? campaigns have changed dramatically since she ran. look, as you said, the david plouffe run campaign for obama. is she on top of all these technical and polling advantages which is really light years from what she did in 08 and did unsuccessfully. >> for all her strengths, she's in a bad position because the superwoman costume will be put on her and then spend four years lifting up locomotives and a cuomo pops up and gets the end

and andrea mitchell. the host of "andrea mitchell reports" on this network. we knew it was coming. she had dementia. she had alzheimer's all those years. i think she's probably the greatest prime minister of britain besides churchill. >> there were many domestic issues in the uk where she was derided and hated. she was tough on immigrants. there were riots in the streets. but she had such character and grit. she was consistent. she was, like her friend, ronald reagan, consistent in her beliefs. and she was so tough. she loved the combat. she loved question time. she was perfect for the time and the place. and in war and peace, she was, you know, not just a cold warrior, because she was the first, as we all know, to recognize the potential in mikhail gorbachev. i talked to jim baker today. he said they had a seamless relationship. only one dispute over grenada. his invasion. >> he never called her. >> he called her the night before. and she said, ronnie, that is not consultation, that is notification. >> he did the same thing to tip o'neill, by the way, that night. anyway. let me go

andrea mitchell, what is coming up at 1:00? >> we have got tina brown coming to talk more about this. and richard engel from south korea on north korea. a lot more coming up. one of those core res. >> andrew, thank you very much. >> and baseball scores. >>> esteemed doctor and powerful hollywood agent and the mayor of chicago, those are the emanuel brothers. i think they are incredible. >> they would give him a lob tome. >> up next as former reagan budget director, david stockman has a new book taking aim at the fed and wall street and everyone in between. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. ♪ ♪ i don't want any trouble. i don't want any trouble either. ♪ [ engine turns over ] you know you forgot to take your mask off, right? [ siren wailing in distance ] ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new beetle convertible. now every day is a top-down day. that's the power of german engineering. many cereals say they're good for your heart, but did you know there's a cereal that's recommended by doctors? it's

. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. margaret thatcher, elected in 1979 as britain's first woman prime minister died today at the age of 87, she had been in poor health for many years. in her day she was indomitable. leading great britain for more than 11 years, longer than any british politician in the 20th century. she was steadfast and dominant. transforming britain after 35 years of labor government, to end union rule. leading her country to victory in the falklands war, playing a key role with ronald reagan and george herbert walker bush in ending the cold war. msnbc's scott cohen joins us and martin bashir joins us from new york. tell us the difference between margaret thatcher's great britain, what she inherited and what you see now as you look at the city and the skyline of the uk? >> well it's very different, andrea, as you know, she inherited a lot of the same things that were going on in the u.s. at that time. runaway inflation, but slow growth. what she did was try to wring that inflation out of the economy,

>>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the president's' club. all the living presidents, current and past gathering in texas, dedicating the george w. bush presidential center. >> we also know something about george bush the leader. as we walk through this library obviously we're reminded of the incredible strength and resolve that came through that bullhorn as he stood amid the rubble and the ruins of ground zero. >> mr. president, let me say that i'm filled with admiration for you, and deep gratitude for you, about the great contributions you've made to the most needy people on earth. >> starting with my work with -- president george h.w. bush on the tsunami and the aftermath of katrina, people began to joke that i was getting so close to the bush family i had become the black sheep's son. my mother tolde not to talk too long today. and barbara, i will not let you down. >>> it's a great pleasure to be here. and to honor our oldest son and this is very special for barbara and me. god bless america and thank you very much. >> i appreciate my fel

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for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> thank you very much. coming up in our next hour, we've got new developments in the boston terror attack. we're learning more about how the explosives were made and what was used to conceal the two placed along that marathon route. i'll be joined by tom cost tello, pete williams and a number of experts. we'll play back the president's remarks a few hours ago. plus, we'll be joined by a father at the marathon honoring his son who was killed in iraq and why this photo of him has captured the hearts of so many. all coming up next. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings

god bless you. >> and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember, follow the show online and on twitter. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "newsnation." >> hi, everyone. search and rescue operations continue in west, texas, after a massive explosion at a fertilizer report and now there are reports there were concerns of the proximity of that plant to homes and schools. >>> and republican opposition may have stopped back ground checks on guns but what about immigration reform. the bipartisan senators working on reform are now aiming to stop conservative attacks. we'll have the tales as they unveil their new legislation, new bill in the next hour. we'll bring you more on that live. >>> as for the gun fallout, gun debate, the president says that was round one. what's up for round two? plus what a newtown family member said that rand paul said the president was using newtown families as, quote, props. that's all next on "newsnation." e would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that

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