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middle east. going to see that live on msnbc just two hours from now. for prime minister benjamin netanyahu, it could be a golden opportunity to build opposition against an iranian nuclear deal but at what cost? dozens of lawmakers will be no-shows and president obama himself says he won't be watching. >> i don't think it's permanently destructive. i think that it is a distraction from what should be our focus. and our focus should be how do we stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> not only will he not watch but president obama won't be be meeting with benjamin netanyahu. remember the white house did not invite the prime minister in the first place. john boehner did. that ruffled feathers and white house says it's against protocol for president obama to meet with benjamin netanyahu so close to israel's elections, which are just two weeks ago. the lobbying group, he means no disrespect for president obama but insists it's his duty to speak out. >> as prime minister of israel i have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while there's still time to avert them. the days when the jewish people are passive in the face of threats, those days are over. >> kelly o'donnell is with me from capitol hill. chris jansing is at the white house. good morning to both of you. kelly, lots of build up to the speech. what will we see today? >> you're going to see the politics outside of the capital as well with protesters just outside the door where i'm at both for and against. the appearance of benjamin netanyahu. and inside the house chamber, there will be some absences. roughly 48 to 50 so less than 10% of all of congress is publically telling us they do not plan to attend. those are democrats who believe that this is an inappropriate time for benjamin netanyahu to come before congress with his own election back in israel just two weeks away and concerns about whether or not this is an attempt to disrespect president obama. bn benjamin netanyahu said absolutely that was not his intent and he will not speak in that way today, he says. but his purpose is to outline concerns about the u.s. deal that is in the making. negotiations going on with iran over its nuclear ambitions. congress has wanted to play a part in that and to have a say in the outcome. and there has been pressure for congress to be able to ratify whatever deal if one comes to pass. because of the political tensions around this there are senate democrats who have given the white house extra breathing room. plans to have more sanctions on iran or take other actions that congress can take have been put on hold to give the negotiators a little more time to try to resolve this. we expect the speech will be about 40 minutes. we expect that benjamin netanyahu will lay out in great detail what his concerns are about the state of these negotiations and what it means for the world. >> and chris, while all this is going on secretary of state john kerry is in switzerland meeting with iranian officials and trying to find a deal. tell us about that. >> he's meeting with his iranian counterpart and that's part of the concern the white house is having. not just the timing close to the elections, but would it send a message that could be disruptive to this negotiation. in addition to that on the plane ride over, there was a top israeli official who said to reporters that they had some ideas about what was going to be in this deal. they had concerns about them and that would be part of what benjamin netanyahu would be speaking about. here's what secretary kerry had had to say about that. >> we are concerned by reports that suggest selective details of the ongoing negotiations will be discussed publicly in the coming days. i want to say clearly that doing so would make it more difficult to reach the goal that israel and others say they share. >> so the question really is what are the details of this deal? some of them have been leaked out. everything from the length to how many centrifuges, how many material those are the key things. there are a number of members of congress who are saying this morning that they hope we can get past the political debate of whether or not he should have come and on to the details of this and whether or not it's a good deal to keep the world and israel safe but in the meantime, we are waiting to hear how many of those details might be contained in benjamin netanyahu's speech. >> chris jansing and kelly o'donnell, thank you both for being with me. you can watch benjamin netanyahu's speech at 11:00 a.m. eastern time here on msnbc. now to a significant story involving hillary clinton. this morning the former secretary of state is under a cloud of scrutiny over e-mails. "the new york times" reporting she exclusively used a personal account during her four years at the state department. she used it to conduct official business and that may have violated federal rules. the reporter who broke the story was on "morning joe" earlier today. >> they were supposed to be retaining her e-mails on government servers in an active fashion so they could have all of them on their computers. now the argument that hillary clinton's side makes was, well she was sending a lot of e-mails to the state department so they were being caught. but what they didn't address is e-mail she is may have sent o to other government departments, the white house, foreign leaders, friends, other americans, those people didn't have state department e-mail accounts and they were being caught in the web because they were elsewhere. >> let's get to mark murray, good morning. what do we know this morning? >> earlier this morning clinton's office put out a statement and let me read it in full. like secretary of states before her, she used her own e-mail. for government business she e-mailed on government accounts. when the department asked former secretaries last year for help ensuring e-mails were retained we immediately said yes. so in other words, when hillary clinton might have been shooting an e-mail to hhs secretary kathleen sebelius or her staff because that was a government e-mail account, her office is argue the e-mails are retained. the big hole here is what if hillary clinton wasn't e-mailing with administration officials but with foreign leaders or other types of dignitary. we don't have any kind of record there. >> she didn't even have a state department e-mail address, correct? >> absolutely. and jose when you actually talk to in political terms here this is only reenforcing the narrative that the clintons are a little secretive and always prefrg to hide rather than shed sunlight. they are always trying to skirt the rules. maybe not breaking them but skirting them. and in this era of new transparency, there are a lot of americans that expect all documents will be available and open, even if they are not. people could argue that this is just par for the course for the clintons. they are always a little secretive and always mysterious when it comes to this type of thing. >> developing news on the 2016 front. we just learned that dr. ben carson has established a presidential exploratory committee? >> what's significant is this is just the second exploratory committee that we have received and gotten. jim webb is the only other one who has officially put out a presidential exploratory committee. ben carson makes it two. we have been talking about the 2016 race for awhile now, but it is notable that this is only the second exploratory committee. other candidates like jeb bush have opened up other pacs or types of committees but not the presidential exploratory committee that one files with the federal election commission. >> always a pleasure to see you. thank you for being with me appreciate it. now to the fight against isis and a newly released audio recording of the killer known as gigijooe jihady john. the recording was edited and released this morning by that group. on the tape he complains about being questioned by british authorities. >> i still believe that you're going to somalia to train. i said after what i just told you, after i told you what's happening and you're still suggesting i'm an extremist. trying to put words into my mouth saying you're doing this. i want to keep a close eye on you. >> the release of the audio comes as forces continue a major offensive to take back tikrit. richard engel joins us this morning from turkey. let's start with the new audio tape. what's the significance of it? >> this advocacy group release ed it and this group has been saying all along that that he's somewhat of a victim that jihadi john, who went on clips beheading people threatening others participating in. mass beheadings that he is a victim of a system that chased him down. that the british security services were constantly harassing him, accusing him of being an islamic extremist, of trying to join foreign terrorist groups abroad, which is something he did and proved himself to be one of the worst extremists that we have seen in recent years. the british security services are saying he's no victim that he was being watched because he was such a threat because he was already an extremist. this has become a back and forth between this one advocacy group in the uk and british security services. >> we're also hearing from his father in kuwait. >> his family we haven't heard much from them. but really wherever they are there's a lot of anger against this group. and the family member and employees are taking employees at the companies where he worked. he was a software or computer programmer are saying a similar line. he was a good boy, he didn't get into any trouble, the kinds of things you'd expect. the neighbor who lives next to the serial killer who paid his rent on time. >> talk to me about the offensive in tikrit. not just important for the area pu for future military campaigns in it iraq. >> it's one to watch. it's very interesting because it is not a u.s.-led initiative. it's an iraqi initiative. it's the iraqi army partnering with shiite militias. and this is an iranian trained and armed group. that is fighting with the iraqi army to retake the sunni city of tikrit. this is unprecedented to have the sectarian divide play across this battlefield where you have sunnis trying to drive in to liberate a sunni city from an ex extremist group. if this will work is anyone's guess. if it does, it could be a positive sign for iraq. always a pleasure to see you. just getting started on this tuesday edition of the "the rundown." it's a busy morning on capitol hill. two hours away from benjamin netanyahu's speech to congress. i'll be speaking with a republican representative and senator robert maineenendezmenendez. the health care law goes before the supreme court. a look at the case that could invalidate insurance subsidies and 37 states. in new york state, we're reinventing how we do business so businesses can reinvent the world. from pharmaceuticals to 3d prototyping, biotech to clean energy. whether your business is moving, expanding or just getting started... only new york offers you zero taxes for 10 years with startup ny business incubators that partner companies with universities, and venture capital funding for high growth industries. see how new york can grow your business and create jobs. visit ny.gov/business yoplait greek 100. the protein-packed need something filling, taste bud loving, deliciously fruity, grab-and-go, take on the world with 100 calories, snack. yoplait greek 100. there are hundreds of reasons to snack on it. whether you need a warm up before the big race... or a healthy start before the big meeting there's a choice hotel that's waiting for you. this spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price at 1,500 hotels. book now at choicehotels.com ever since darryl's wife started using gain flings, their laundry smells more amazing than ever. 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the next milestone is the payrolls on friday. we're expecting 240,000 jobs to have been created on top of the 257,000 in january. we're also watching auto sales today. they are trickling in. ford was lower, fiat was lower. it missed expectations, but the good thing is that nonetheless, sales still overcame things like snowstorms freezing temperatures and it was jeep's best february ever. i'm going to leave you on this note. gasoline prices you asked about them yesterday and they have been creeping up still. crude has found a slightly firmer footing. the average is $2.44 for regular. a month ago it was $2.06, but it's still better than $. 37b9 45 we were paying a year ago. back over to you. >> always a pleasure thank you. we'll be keeping an eye on the oeppen ing bell. the last time benjamin netanyahu addressed congress it was 2011, but the tension between the two countries and the stakes weren't quite as high. in the next half hour, i will be joined by senator bob menendez to talk about the speech as well as while they were banned from venezuela by that country's government. we'll be right back. it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it. premarin vaginal cream can help it provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderate-to-severe painful intercourse caused by these changes. don't use it if you've had unusual bleeding breast or uterine cancer blood clots, liver problems, stroke or heart attack, are allergic to any of its ingredients or think you're pregnant. side effects may include headache pelvic pain, breast pain vaginal bleeding and vaginitis. estrogens may increase your chances of getting cancer of the uterus, strokes, blood clots or dementia so use it for the shortest time based on goals and risks. estrogen should not be used to prevent heart disease heart attack, stroke or dementia. ask your doctor about premarin vaginal cream. now with the xfinity tv go app, you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go. enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. something entirely new is being built into bounty. dawn. new bounty with dawn. just rinse and wring so you can blast right through tough messes and pick up more. huh aren't we clever.... new bounty with dawn. ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ back now with a big developing news this morning. all eyes on capitol hill as we await the arrival of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that's in about an hour from now. the prime minister will first meet privately with the man who invited him, speaker john boehner, and then address congress, an invitation the president disagrees with. >> i think those who offered the invitation and some of the commentators who have said this is the right thing to do it's worth asking them whether when george w. bush had initiated the war in iraq and democrats were controlling congress that they had invited the president of france to appear before congress to criticize or to air those disagreements. most people would say, well that wouldn't be the right thing to do. >> joining me is congresswoman from florida who will be in. the house chamber for the address. thanks for being with me this morning. >> thank you jose it's a pleasure. >> let me ask you what the president just did. given what's going on with the iranian talks, why give benjamin netanyahu the podium today in congress? >> i think the personal tone of what the president just said is the part that is destructive to use suezie san rice's word it's not destructive and not personal when we invite the leader of our greatest ally in the middle east, this oasis of democracy in a desert of tyranny to speak to us about the threat that iran poses to our greatest ally. it is not right for president obama to take this tone and speaker boehner used the same protocol to invite the prime minister as did to invite the pope. the president didn't complain about protocol there. the president is not complaining about that. he's just complaining about benjamin netanyahu. so for the president, it's very personal. i think this is about policy. we should rise above personalities. >> congresswoman, i think the president's point though, would it have been proper for the democrats that controlled capitol hill when the iraq war broke out to bring in someone who opposed that war like the president at the time in france or any number of world leaders who thought it was a mistake to go into iraq, i mean, isn't there a similarity in that? because right now, secretary of state kerry is talking to the iranians about this. >> well i think that the president puts up a false choice there. first of all, those leaders were with us. we had a bipartisan coalition to go into iraq. so to make it seem as if the democrats were on this side and the republicans were on the other side it's just false. that's not the fact. and yes, the president and our secretary of state john kerry are in negotiations, in secret negotiations with iran and that's exactly what the problem is here. the international atomic energy agency just this week jose said iran is not complying with our inspections. so if the supervising agency that's supposed to control what is happening in iran says that iran is already violating the terms, can you imagine the violations that are going to happen when the secret deal becomes public? iran is getting away with a lot, and just like in every deal this administration makes, it's always a bad deal for the united states and a good deal for the others. >> let me ask you about venezuela. you made the venezuelaen leader terrorist short list something you said you're proud of in a way. how can this bring more tension to what's happening there right now? there's a long anti-terrorist list that the government has put out. what's going on there? >> it is just absurd. i'm proud to be on this list because i have good company. others who have joined the fight to get violators of human rights not be able to come to the united states and freeze their assets and freeze any financial transactions. you know, just a few days ago, jose a 14-year-old teenager was shot in the head and killed by thugs and he was just on his way to school. they thought he was part of a peaceful protest. now these thugs have their right to shoot anyone who is in a peaceful protest. shame on us for not putting all the sanctions against these violatorers violatorers. we want human rights to be respected in these countries. i want all of the sanctions that we pass with the great help of bob menendez be imposed on these thugs so they don't have the privilege of comeing here to visit on vacation. >> congresswoman thank you for being with me. >> thank you jose. let's debate over benjamin netanyahu's speech. here with me are two msnbc contributors. gentlemen, good to see you both. >> good morning. >> speaker boehner, has he set a bad precedent by inviting a world leader at the time that the white house is negotiating with the foreign government? >> i think so and i think that history suggests to us that this is not the proper protocol or the proper timing for such a speech. i mean it gives benjamin netanyahu a certain sort of platform that's useful for him. it gives the president's opponents on the right an opportunity to sort of take a stab at a process that they have been frozen out of. that's part of the problem. the senate and congress have been frozen out of this process. they want more access. but if you think about the delicacy of these negotiations and what the president is trying to achieve here, it seems to be a political misstep to have benjamin netanyahu criticizing the process right in the midst of it at this particular time. i'm perplexed by. the congresswoman's comments about the president here. on the one hand she's talking about human rights violations in one area of the world, but sort of praising benjamin netanyahu and not acknowledging some of the human rights violations in israel. so that's a very, very complicated sort of two-step that the congresswoman just came out to try to support this speech by netanyahu today. >> do you think there are political implications beyond just this speech today? and james bringing up, have we been inconsistent with criticizing those that violate human rights? >> to answer your first question, jose yes, there are political ramifications, but there are policy ramifications of this. let me try to reset this conversation. first and foremost the congress is a co-equal branch of government. so it's a co-equal branch of government so the congress does have the constitutional right to invite whomever they choose. and also from a protocol standpoint, the congress is the one that invites the president to outline his policy initiatives at the state of the union union. so to that point, the congress has the right to disagree with the president as it relates to his -- they are on record of saying, mr. president, we disagree with you're trying to negotiate with iran. so we reserve the right as co-equal branch of government to hear an opposing point of view which by the way, happens to be our strongest ally. i think we have to reset the conversation and make sure we're having a thoughtful conversation from a constitutional standpoint. >> so the president's point of well if the congress disagrees at the time the united states going into iraq maybe venting that frustration could have and should have included bringing in the president of a nation maybe an ally of the united states who fully disagrees with what the united states is about to do. >> absolutely, president obama has a very good point there. if we hit the rewind button, if the congress wants to do that under george w. bush, i would say the same thing. the congress has the right to do that. this is no different -- >> i don't think you would be saying the same thing, robert. >> i would be. you don't know me. i would be. >> so you can acknowledge that this is not appropriate protocol for inviting a head of state at a delicate time in which negotiations are going on around the possibility of handling nuclear arms races in a global context? this is not appropriate protocol. >> that assumes that the congress agrees with what the president is doing with iran and the congress is on record saying they think that the congress -- >> it assumes that historically the u.s. government works in tandem with issues of delicate foreign concerns. >> gentlemen, this is a conversation we're going to continue having. i appreciate you being on with me. we're kind of putting a pause on it. we're not finishing it. i think we need to explain and expand on this a lot more. thank you both for being with me this morning. >> thank you. coming up it's been 20 years since the death of a singer selena whose impact crossed over between latinos and english speaker alike. we'll talk about her murder and a secret she may have had, next. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler's cheques, a lost card. really? 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>> this is a real change, jose. house speaker john boehner is telling his republican members today that the battle over dhs funding is eshtively over and today he will bring up for a vote a funding measure that would keep the whole department running without any changes to immigration through the remainder of the fiscal year. that's the plan democrats wanted to see happen. john boehner telling his republican members that there were few options left. . he did not believe another short-term extension like the one we saw friday night could even pass and he believed that the fight about immigration is now in the courts and says that that is their best chance at this point to try to battle the president on his executive action. boehner said that he believed strongly that the president overstepped, but given the importance of dhs to our national security that they had to do this for what is right for the country. we're told from sources in the room there was no reaction silence when john boehner made this pitch to his fellow republicans. this has been a battle for a period of time now going back into last year where the most conservative members wanted to try to force the president to not be able to take into effect any of his executive orders on immigration and to roll back other provisions. that has been stalled today in terms of legislation. the courts will deal with it separately. this is a big change. they had until friday to try to resolve this issue. as you point out, it's a very busy day. we thought something might happen after the speech. he previewed before the speech today. it will be brought up for a a vote and that will mean democrats will carry it over the finish line and the department of homeland security presumably if it goes as we expect would be funded and this battle over funding and national security will be over. jose? >> kelly thank you so much. we'll be hearing from the house conference after their closed-door meeting at the top of the hour. this month mark ss 20 years since the death of the singing super star selena. she was known to the world for her impact across diverse communities and cultures. the 24-year-old was embarking on a crossover album when she was shot to death by the president of her fan club in 1995. her life story portrayed on the big screen by jennifer lopez, by there's more to the story that's being revealed now in the new edition of "selena's secret." what a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >>. this is an incredible thing you're doing. you're publishing inging inging 20 years after a book. >> the movie ends right when selena gets shot. the book really begins where the shot comes off and actually it has retrospective as the months previous to her death. you'll see a different picture from what the movie did. the movie kind of shows selena's life as being perfect and then gets killed. in the book, months previous to her death in which she lived in turmoil and a lot of intrigue and a secret there. she was being pulled in different directions, but by people that she loved and loved her in return but wanted to manipulate and control her life. >> what do we have in this new edition for the folks like skmoois so many others that bought it 20 years ago? >> what's new is with time people feel compelled to say things that at the beginning because it was such an open wound they didn't want to speak. no sher coming out and they are giving more details. that helps close the circle. the book has a new introduction. it puts the last pieces of the puzzle together. >> why is selena so important today? >> she embodied the american dream for all of us hispanics. she had just won a grammy and just made it to the top after living in a lot of -- a sacrificed life and having to be disciplined. and she was killed in such a horrible manner that hispanics adopted her as one of their own. >> today the book is being published in english and spanish. it's a good co-anchor team here. thank you for being with e. turning to a tech competition. looking for the best and brightest ideas that helped solve problems facing the latino community. $500,000 in grant money is up for grabs in the innovators challenge. msnbc is a proud partner. joining me is one of the finalests. what a pleasure to see you. how are you? 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>> i agree with many fellow democrats that the process and political timing of the prime minister's speech to congress you know are problematic, but i am going to go because in fact this is the elected representative of the people of israel, the one true democracy in that part of the world, a major ally of the united states major trading partner of the united states, a major security ally of the united states. maybe if you understand the history of the jewish people and the efforts in the past to annihilate them and you understand the geography of israel and its challenges with back to the sea, surrounded by neighbors that are generally speaking hostile, and in a small strip of land you can go from tel aviv to jerusalem in 45 minutes, you understand the challenges and why the question of iran's nuclear weaponry or attempt to get nuclear weapons is a consequential issue to their very existence. in that context, i think it is appropriate to come and listen to the prime minister and i will say prime minister cameron was here not too long ago and he lobbied members of congress against my legislation on prospective sanctions, and he was at a white house press conference where he used the opportunity to do that again, so you know i didn't take any umbrage to it. the prime minister of great britain can come and express his views, i don't know why the prime minister of israel can't. >> thank you for being with me this morning. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> the house republicans cancelled the 10:00 a.m. scheduled news conference. we will keep you posted on all of this. ahead as we take the turn on "the rundown," we are an hour from israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu big speech before a meeting of congress. we have a conversation with adam schiff. we are going to be right back. why can't we just get in the running car? 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>> don't have specifics on timing. first step paperwork from the senate because they handle it. the intent clearly is to get it done quickly and probably the intent to get it done while much of the national conversation is about benjamin netanyahu. to move on this is one where democrats prevailed, the house, tried, couldn't get the strategy through. at least at this point boehner is ready to turn the page. jose? >> kelly, stay with me. i want to go on to the other top story. in 30 minutes, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is set to arrive on capitol hill to address congress. earlier, mitch mcconnell said he is important. >> we are interested in the nuclear deal with iran that appears to be on the verge of being made and i think there's no question that iran is the biggest threat to israel's very existence and no small threat to us as well. >> for the president and prime minister, the speech is the latest example of their strained aliance, the president won't meet with netanyahu nor watch the speech. valerie jarrett says the relationship is not being undermined. >> it can't be undermined. this is about the country and our commitment to the country. the president is not going to let anything undermine his commitment and as long as he is president of the united states he is going to honor that commitment and work vigilantly to ensure israel's safety and security. >> i want to bring back nbc's kelly o'donnell, kris jansing at the white house. kris start with you. president obama called this speech a distraction, but there's real concern this could impact nuclear talks going as we speak. >> reporter: they didn't want this speech to happen they have been clear about that for a number of reasons, including the one you just mentioned. right now, you have john kerry in switzerland talking to iranian counterparts, trying to come to a deal with some suggestion that progress has been made although clearly two sides are very far apart. there's a lot of concern about comments that were made by an aide to benjamin netanyahu on the plane on the way here suggesting in the speech today he was going to answer some of what is in this deal a deal that has not yet been struck and without mentioning netanyahu by name the secretary succeeded that would not be helpful to the process. obviously in the end the question is really whether the process should happen at all. there are a lot of people benjamin netanyahu among them, who don't think the iranians can be trusted, whatever deal is reached, and others that have suggested at least the outlines of the deal that are out there now don't go far enough and so yeah there's a lot of concern about that. but you also heard a little of a coming together of tapping down some rhetoric over the last 24 hours or so to move beyond the speech itself and the politics surrounding it and try to get to the heart of what this is which is how do you prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> kelly, how is this playing in congress on partisan lines? >> reporter: very much so. a number of democrats, roughly four dozen won't attend in person. as kris was indicating there's a push within an hour or so of the speech to shift from the politics to the substance. a forum like joint session of congress certainly those that will be attending believe it sends a powerful signal to the public to listen to what netanyahu has to say and factor it into what it also means for the united states national security. jose? >> kelly o'donnell, kris jansing, thanks for being with me. appreciate it. want to bring in mark ginsburg former middle east policy adviser, and also managing editor at foreign policy magazine. thanks for being with me. ambassador, how do you think the speech impacts the u.s. israeli relationship overall? >> well jose after the speech is over with the question really will be whether or not in the end prime minister netanyahu was able to convince the administration that the negotiated agreement it is currently in geneva still on the table, is an agreement that he can support or that the united states congress should support. and that's where the rub is because the administration really does not want congressional meddling in this agreement. sent a miss aj to congress it would in vitro oh any legislation and force them to submit to congress. which raises its own question. the real question jose is why is mr. netanyahu here two weeks before his election when most israeli, a significant number of israeli are concerned that by speaking he is going to breach the very fabric of u.s. israeli relations. >> do you think netanyahu's presence could swing lawmakers to oppose the iranian nuclear deal or maybe even the opposite? >> jose it is interesting. you have a lot of democrats skipping, we support israel opposed to iran having a nuclear weapon but i think the package we believe is being negotiated now would have a hard time passing the hill in any event, particularly a hill controlled in congress side and senate side by republicans. so this i think is two audiences. one is the audience back home to whom he can say i am doing everything i can to block this and also to solidify opposition to a deal. at some point the president has to come to congress if there's a deal, say i need you to lift sanctions permanently. that's where congress gets involved. a lot of stuff in the meantime is noise. there is a moment he needs congress to bless the deal. right now, that will be a heavy lift for the white house. >> and then there's the political side in israel about the prime minister coming two weeks before the election. >> and there it is interesting because you've seen initially there was a spike in support for naught. that's now fallen. the current polls have his party coming in second place to the opposition group. he may still even if that's the case have seats to form a government, but the speech is not popular in israel. israeli are sophisticated and know this has a lot of risk going with it. >> thank you so much. don't forget watch prime minister netanyahu's speech to congress at 11:00 a.m. eastern, here on msnbc. now back to a developing story surrounding hillary clinton. "the new york times" reporting she exclusively used her personal e-mail account during her entire tenure at the state department. raising questions about whether she violated federal rules. in a statement to nbc news a spokesman said like secretaries of state before her, hillary clinton used her own e-mail account when engaging with any department officials. when e-mailing them e-mailed their government accounts with every expectation they would be retained. alex, good morning. what can you tell us? >> like many people today, most have a working e-mail and personal e-mail account. sometimes they use a personal e-mail account for things they don't want in the public record. however, with secretary hillary clinton, it appears while she was secretary of state, she didn't have an e-mail account at all. federal law requires government officials maintain records and cyber security questions. were the e-mails secure. that said the state department has said late last night they're satisfied with the e-mails clinton turned over. she turned over 55,000 pages of documents and that records are maintained elsewhere. there's also a new regulation that went into effect in 2013. they say everything is above the board here even though it is raising major questions. >> these 55,000 pages that were handed over were e-mails that were taken from mrs. clinton's personal e-mail account and handed over but it was her choice which of those e-mails would be handed over because it is in her account, in her personal possession. >> right. exactly. allies of secretary clinton will say this was not without precedent, colin powell wrote about in his book using a personal e-mail when secretary of state. john kerry was the first to use a state dot gov and rely on that primarily. it fits into a narrative that hillary clinton is hiding something, that she's calculating, doesn't want to conduct her business out in the open in the light. i think that's a potential problem for her down the road. >> hillary clinton is expected to address emily's list tonight. what can we expect there? >> this is a rare public appearance for her. we will see more soon. this is the 30th anniversary of emily's list, a democratic group that helps elect women to office. they're big hillary clinton fans. this is supposed to be and will be a festive, celebratory move and we can expect she's going to have to address it in some way, and that's going to end up being the headline likely from the speech tonight, not celebrating emily's list and the work they've done. >> alex sites walled catch that streaming lich at shift.msnbc.com. red carpet coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. coming up house speaker john boehner urging republicans to pass a clean dhs bill and house hearing under way now weighing authorization of military force against isis. this after an audio interview has surfaced of the isis executioner known as jihadi john. we will have details, new ones ahead. another huge test to the president's controversial health care law. supreme court hearing arguments on a case tomorrow that could destroy his signature achievement. we will explain why next. every day, our teams collaborate around the world to actively uncover, discuss and debate investment opportunities. which leads to better decisions for our clients. it's a uniquely collaborative approach you won't find anywhere else. put our global active management expertise to work for you. mfs. there is no expertise without collaboration. 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>> keir simmons, thank you so much. release of that audio tape comes as iraqi forces continue a major offensive to take back tikrit from isis. roadside bombs and suicide attacks slowed their advance, we are told. back to washington and a big case before the supreme court tomorrow the affordable care act will be back before the justices. it is a different type of case than the one three years ago, could have a significant impact. at issue is whether the law provides for the federal government to subsidize private insurance. if not, millions millions of americans could lose coverage. joining me now, ari melber co-host of the cycle. what are we learning and listening for tomorrow? >> tomorrow morning as you said jose the supreme court will hear a statutory challenge. that means this has nothing to do with the constitution or federal power or issues that people may remember from the last big obamacare case. this is much narrower. what are words congress used mean, and did one passage of law which many believe was an error or mistake, does that restrict the federal government's ability according to words congress used to provide health care funding through subsidies to americans who need health care in states that didn't set up their own markets under this law. >> so the fact that the four words, includes the word state and the federal government says state is the entire country. there you see it established by the state. >> exactly. those four words in a law that many people noted as hundreds and hundreds of pages is what this case is about, and we have seen this in many other cases, jose, be resolved without a lot of partisanship. the court has tools for these mistakes, won't come as a surprise to viewers that congress this one and past congress sometimes makes mistakes. >> no. >> typically what courts will do lower courts often resolve the issues they will look to what is the overall purpose and scheme of the law. is there something they can divide out of what the goal is even when certain words don't make sense or are too vague to be understood on their plain meaning. there's a lot of law and precedent in this area. what's surprising about this case is it has gone up this high and people are talking about cutting off potential funding for millions of people based on what appears to many to be a drafting error. >> so it could very well what happens tomorrow what starts tomorrow could have a very real impact on a lot of people. >> it could. supreme court granted, took the case. four justices think there's a real case here even though it looks to some people like a thin read, it is certainly something the court is taking seriously, and challengers to be clear, what they say, people who are critical of this law say look, if you made a mistake, that's on you, congress can always fix it but the courts should not have to come clean up their mess. those folks challenging obamacare argue if health care is cut off, that's ultimately congress' fault, not the court. the big thing beyond the lawyers' arguments is how it would play across the country, the benefits health care something that millions of people now are relying on. >> ari melber pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >> you can see ari and fem oh cyclists at 3:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. up next we will zoom through other stories making news, including the funeral for the russian opposition leader boris nemtsov, gunned down friday near the kremlin. and a live look at chicago where freezing rain is falling and more nasty weather appears to move in there and across much of the nation. first, another look at capitol hill. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to arrive minutes from now. much more on his upcoming speech ahead on "the rundown." at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. ♪ at kraft we start with eggs oil, and our own crafted vinegar. all expertly blended to make our mayo. so you can take whatever you're making from good to amazing. get inspired at kraftrecipes.com when account lead craig wilson books at laquinta.com. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can settle in and practice his big pitch. and when craig gets his pitch down pat, do you know what he becomes? 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not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's motorcade arriving at the u.s. capitol for his address to a joint meeting of congress this is seconds ago. a large group of automobiles bringing him to capitol hill this morning. he is going to be meeting with john boehner before his speech today. meanwhile, a funeral for boris nemtsov, the federal investigation in ferguson and more messy winter weather. let's zoom through today's top stories. thousands of mourners gathered to pay respects at the funeral of boris nemtsov who was shot to death on friday very near the kremlin. his murder came hours after he called on demonstrators to protest against russian president vladimir putin's policies. putin condemned the killing, promised to bring those responsible to justice. so far no suspects have been arrested. ferguson missouri. department of justice officials are going to brief officials on the decision of whether the city faces legal action for civil rights violations could come within days according to sources, with the st. louis post dispatch. the investigation has been looming over the city following the fatal police shooting of teenager michael brown last august. a grand jury decided last november not to indict darren wilson, the officer that fired the fatal gunshots. a final panel of jurors expected to be selected today in the federal death penalty trial of boston marathon suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. this is the fourth appeal to stop jury selection, move the trial outside massachusetts. last week federal appeals court rejected the defense's third request to move the trial. opening statements are scheduled to start wednesday. finally, i may be in miami, but i feel like as americans we are in this together. 134 million people across the country, about 40% of the population are under winter warnings or advisories. the next storm spans from the midwest, ohio valley bringing snow and freezing rain into the northeast today. but it is wednesday into thursday morning when we could see a bigger blast of snow. six to nine inches for much of kentucky. four to eight for d.c. to new york. we hope we hope this will be the final blast of winter this season. up next just days after banning some u.s. leaders from mentoring venezuela, venezuela issues a new demand and deadline. former venezuela n diplomat joins me to discuss rising tensions. and a live look at capitol hill. prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived prior to the event. much of the world watching for his address to congress for a stronger stance against iran in nuclear negotiations. much more ahead as "the rundown" continues. take zzzquil and sleep like... you haven't seen your bed in days. no, like you haven't seen a bed in weeks! zzzquil. the non habit forming sleep-aid that helps you sleep easily and wake refreshed. because sleep is a beautiful thing. americans... 57% of us try to exercise regularly. 83% try to eat healthy. yet up to 90% of us fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more, together. add one a day. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus, for women, physical energy support with b vitamins. and for men, it helps support healthy blood pressure with vitamin d and magnesium. take one a day multivitamins. ♪ a look now at capitol hill. prime minister netanyahu has arrived. we are waiting to get a close look at him. at the same time, lawmakers are starting to arrive for the joint meeting of congress and set to begin in about 30 minutes from now. now to new developments out of venezuela. u.s. travelers to the country are now required to apply for a visa. just yesterday, the foreign minister announced the u.s. embassy has 15 days to slash the staff by 80%. this comes two days after the country's leader announced they captured a u.s. pilot for espionage, something the u.s. denies. he also issued a so-called terror ban of american lawmakers, that includes president george w. bush and two guests from the last hour. bring in ambassador and permanent representative of venezuela to the united nations. outspoken critic of the venezuela regime. good morning. >> good morning. it is sad and shameful today to respond to what's happening in venezuela. >> let's talk about that. the accusations from the president are very strong. is this response over back lash of the arrest of opposition leader? what's going on? >> it is a direct consequence, a regime has fallen. a leader like him has less than 10% support, the crushing reality of the lack of basic food and medicine the imprisonment of people the mayor of the capital of venezuela, all these facts together amount to one conclusion. there's a regime falling down it is a desperate way to find culprits which are nonexistent. >> ambassador, explain, venezuela has the largest petroleum reserves in the world, yet as you were mentioning there are shortages of toilet paper, condoms, milk. and the president says a lot has to do with foreign interest precisely because it has so much oil. the united states he has been saying and other countries like colombia have been organizing coup d'etats against them for years. >> he tries to compete daily with a man he cannot compete with. we cannot forget, he was trained by cubans even before he met chavez. somehow began to feel cubans in control of venezuela are proet moeting radicalization of the regime, so cuba looks more moderate in the relationship with the united states. >> and the u.s. suspended sanctions against venezuela. are they working? >> the white house still is working to apply the financial sanctions like senator menendez and rubio are asking for. i think that would be vital. >> ambassador, what is going to happen in venezuela in the future. as you say, it becomes more polarized, and at the same time the venezuela government seems to feel it has to do with the american administration trying to topple it colombia and people like you. >> well, this is the worst regime that venezuela had ever had. mixture of incompetition, corruption on a massive scale. it is controlled by the cubans. >> isn't there something to the fact that venezuela is oil rich and maybe other countries like the united states and colombia want him out so that they can exploit it? >> i tell you something, the only income venezuela has, 96% s the oil the united states buys from venezuela. if the united states stop buying off venezuela, the regime would collapse overnight. >> ambassador thank you for being with me. always a pleasure. let's head back to capitol hill where there has been a swirl of activity there this morning with the house expected to vote on a clean bill later today to fund department of homeland security. all as we await israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's dress to a joint meeting of congress. joining me adam schiff ranking member of the house select committee on intelligence. pleasure to see you. >> thank you. good to see you. >> first, let me ask about news from the house speaker this morning. what do you know about that now and what do you think? >> well, i think it is good news if they're really going to take up the senate bill and i think they're going to have to. this is a movie, we have seen the ending before. the speaker feels it necessary to play indicate the tea party base offering votes on other things, short term crs, shut downs, and finally has to capitulate. we can't take risk of shutting down department of homeland security when we face so many threats, i think it is real. i think we have a vote on a senate bill, i think it will pass with strong bipartisan support. >> the speaker was outlining earlier today the three options for the week. one is dhs shutdown, the other a cr the other is a clean senate bill. it seems as though another cr for seven days isn't probable but does the speaker have the support he is going to need by republicans to get this passed in the house? >> i think he does. if the speaker is willing to take up the clean senate bill it will pass. and i think there will be a substantial number of republican votes. i think that's where we are headed. if you put it off another seven days we are going to be right back where we are seven days from now. we could see this coming for months. it is not as if something will change. the reality is we have to fund the department, ought to take it up fight the immigration fight which i think is a wrong headed fight on the gop part separately not in the context of protecting department of homeland security from protecting the country. >> congressman, we see officials heading into the area to be in place to listen to the prime minister of israel's speech let's talk about that. his address to the joint meeting of congress you're attending, right, but said you had serious reservations. >> yes, i am attending. i will be going in a minute. i have serious reservations. i don't think the invitation should have been extended during the middle of israeli elections and certainly shouldn't have been done without consultation of the white house. this was a deliberate poke in the eye of the president by the speaker. i put responsibility on the speaker's shoulders. there's nothing that forced him to do this. i think he thought it would be a good political gambit. but placed unnecessary strain on the u.s. israel relationship. >> how big a deal for israel that these negotiations are occurring as we speak between the united states and iran. what do you think the speech will have as far as impact on what's happening there? >> there's a lot of concern in israel as the united states about iran's nuclear program. clearly we have to prevent iran from getting the bomb. there is division of opinion within israel as well as within the united states and between the u.s. and israel about the best way to do this. i am frankly still very skeptical, jose that there's going to be a deal because i don't think they're prepared to make the commitments they have to make make the concessions they have to make to reach agreement. we will find out soon enough. we set the deadline at the end of the month to see whether there's a framework in place and we will see very shortly. >> do you think if they get to a deal it should be part of the congress' responsibility to take a look at it? >> absolutely and the congress will weigh in one way or another. we will have our say in this. so that's going to happen. it is an issue of importance to both countries. we will see what they come up with. i am not going to prejudge it i want to see what the terms are if indeed there's agreement that's been reached, and proof will be in the pudding. >> congressman schiff pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me this morning. >> thanks, jose. senior u.s. and iranian officials kicked off the second day of nuclear negotiations. bring in ali in tehran. >> reporter: good morning. >> tell me what's going on in capitol hill today and how it is playing in iran. >> reporter: this is playing into iran's hand netanyahu speaking in congress has showed divide in the united states that iran likes to see. they don't like the united states and israel so close. this has come up here. but iranian foreign minister and -- had harsh words for president obama after an interview, quoted in iran media saying president obama's remarks were unacceptable and threatening and was only aimed at attracting u.s. and public opinion while reacting to netanyahu which shows things are not going that well either in the talks. still a long way to go to reach agreement. they're obviously having major problems about a sunset clause in the deal. the iranians want a short time frame on this deal the americans want a much longer one. this is all problematic. this is getting to the nitty-gritty. by end of march, they have to come up with something or this could go very badly south. a lot of pressure on negotiators. >> this is not open ended negotiation schedule. congressman schiff was saying he doesn't see that the iranian government going as far as they need to to get agreement with the united states. is there a mood or feeling in iran, ali, that the negotiations are for naught that they can't reach agreement, or is there optimism? >> reporter: quite the opposite. in iranian media, playing up the success of the negotiations. saying they're doing well up until a couple days ago were giving the sense that they're very, very close to a deal here but i think that's also a strategy here. they want to send a message to the iranian people that they have been turning the line to get this deal done. made all effort possible and if it were to fall apart, it is not the iranian government's fault. they'll lay the blame on the united states, they'll say we made all the effort we could and it is our fault. it might even work as strategy for them if the deal were to fall apart, could see a breakup in and the europeans may drift from the americans. there's a hell of a lot at stake here if this was not to work. the question of what would israel do if a deal was signed and they were unhappy about it netanyahu has been very verbal about his criticism about iran. i don't see him walking away quietly. >> interesting, and the whole point of what happens if there's a breakup of the group of allies as far as possible sanctions if they don't get to agreement, is that possible if everybody is not on the same page? thanks so much. really interesting perspective. appreciate you being on with me this morning from iran. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. and i want to take you back to capitol hill. you have been seeing the folks filing in mostly senators we saw a few people coming through. the prime minister of israel has already arrived. we are waiting to get a look at him. statement lawmakers are starting to arrive for the joint meeting, set to begin in about 30 minutes from now. we will be back with more on "the rundown" next. i'm a weight watchers coach, all of us have lost weight with weight watchers and are now helping other people do the same. log into your computer or your phone at anytime and you can chat with me. you're not alone and you can do it. i know you can do it because i did it. join for free today at weightwatchers.com ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. ♪ ♪ ♪ tigers, both of you. tigers? 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msnbc, let's bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert and casey hunt. luke, start with you. what are we expecting to hear from netanyahu today? >> reporter: expect to hear a speech that talks about the threat that is iran as a nuclear nation jose. that's obviously going to be the central theme here. we sort of saw a preview of that at aipac yesterday. this plays well with both sides, especially republicans. over 40 democrats are boycotting or skipping the speech because they do not like how it came about, saying it is political that the house gop leadership is allowing him to make a speech about negotiations that are on-going by a democratic president. all of that being said support for israel runs extremely high on capitol hill and there's a lot of skepticism about a nuclear deal with iran from a lot of republicans and a few important democrats, bob menendez from new jersey one of them. expect netanyahu to touch on that point and really put it forward, and expect republicans after the speech to say look -- >> there he is. >> reporter: this is our friend our ally there he is walking in. our greatest ally. look at the threat they're talking about, why are we dealing with a nation that screams death to america. there will be some political posturing after the speech without a doubt. >> kas i.e., what are they saying today? >> reporter: the list of democrats not attending the speech is growing. one of the notable new entries, senator elizabeth warren who said that because of the way that this invitation was made right on the eve of the israeli elections by speaker boehner without consulting the white house that this isn't something she wants to take part in. that said there are a lot of democrats that are excited about attending the speech. senator chuck schumer was quoted in "the new york times" saying tickets to the address are hotter than fresh, and there's a lot of solidarity for israel. >> luke, is this expect to have impact on negotiations going on as we speak today in switzerland? >> reporter: interesting question. i think the administration has sort of said these negotiations are on-going they of course take input from all allies of that importance, and israel is of that importance. i want to see if they reach a deal, how much pressure will congress try to apply, say that deal needs to be approved by congress. remember harry reid was under pressure last year when he was majority leader to apply sanctions to iran the administration got him to call those off. i wouldn't be shocked if you saw republicans try to move sanctions on iran sooner rather than later, jose. >> i was going to say if i could jump in there, i spoke to senator mccain on my way up here, and he made that very point that if there is fallout after this address from netanyahu that one of the things it is most likely to do is accelerate the push for that additional sanctions bill against iran that the president has threatened to veto. >> we are seeing ladies and gentlemen, thank you both there's speaker boehner. and the arrival of the israeli prime minister. expected any minute now, this is the escort. kelly o'donnell is standing by on capitol hill. you see senators menendez schumer and others arriving. kelly, all seconds from now i presume we will see the prime minister of israel. >> reporter: yes, jose i am in the house chamber where the address will take place. i have been watching many people gathering in the public gallery, those able to get a ticket from their local congressman, hundreds of people are in attendance on the house floor. you see a large showing of republicans, a considerable number of democrats, notwithstanding the drama that we have talked about of concerns about politics of this. there are privileges to former members of congress so michele bachmann is here she's no longer in congress joe scarborough is here on the floor, norm coleman, former senator of minnesota. that's typical for a high profile address that members come back. the party of senators coming in now, this is part of the tradition as well that senators who are part of the committee come in and then there will be a more formal procession as netanyahu comes into the chamber. we expect he will speak about 40 minutes. this will be i think a moment where people will try to get a sense of the message as well as how it plays in a larger context. many of the guests have been attendings the aipac conference in washington. we have spoken to some that got on airplanes to be able to be here. it is a privilege to be in the house chamber. i always feel that way as a reporter. i certainly have gotten that sense from members of the public who are here to witness this. a joint session is fairly rare. and this one has taken on enormous proportions for the time politics, as well as relationship between the united states and israel at a time when talks with iran are proceeding and many members in congress who have a stake in this want to have a voice in how the u.s. ultimately reaches a deal if one is to be reached with iran. lots of importance in this address today, jose. >> and the president has said that he will not be watching this. normally we would expect to see the vice president, but he is out of the country. he is in guatemala. >> reporter: yes, we expect we will hear some reports about whether there was any opportunity for the president to look in on the address, but i think they tried to turn down the obama versus netanyahu moment as much as possible. instead, we have at the rostrum speaker boehner and orrin hatch, senior member of the majority party of the senate orrin hatch of utah who has been in congress since the '70s. this is a time for watching how the reception of the address will play out. i would expect it will be very respectful. it will be interesting to see if there are standing ovations that cut across party lines, as we sometimes see when a president is delivering a state of the union, there were so many points of commonality between democrats and republicans with respect to the american relationship to israel so i would expect this to be a tone of support and putting some of the politics aside when you have a head of state here as a guest of the congress. for many of them it is a time to turn it down all of the pregame discussions are coming to an end. now it is time to listen and i am sure there will be a variety of reactions after netanyahu's address, especially depending how far he goes in send agoing a message to the american people. >> kelly, important to say there are a large number of democrats that decided not to attend that's a strong statement when you see the number of folks deciding not to show up today. >> reporter: it is about 10% of congress overall, roughly 50 members who told us publicly members of the house and senate that they did not want to attend. some told us they would watch the remarks from their offices out of respect for naughtbenjamin netanyahu. other democrats say they understand concerns but wanted to be able to hear the address and felt there were other things that outweigh that namely the long relationship between the u.s. and israel. i am seeing ted cruz walking the floor, more senators arriving. i see tammy baldwin, a democrat from wisconsin. there are definitely democrats here and on the floor, but i would say that when you have a joint session, jose not everyone has an assigned seat so it is harder to determine who is absent. it seems pretty well full on the democratic side of the aisle as well as the republican so far today. >> my eyes aren't that strong any more i think i saw schumer and corker there talking about, schumer saying to luke russert this is one of the hottest tickets in town. >> reporter: certainly it is a hot ticket and a lot of members like to be seen at this type of address. allows them to show support with israel, which is a strong lobbying arm in the united states, but on top of that on the republican side it allows them to sort of stand up to president obama and show a sense of strength supporting israel. just in terms of the optics i think it is fascinating, jose. when you look at this speech seems to me looking at the senators filing in you have house speaker john boehner seated next to the pro tem of the senate orrin hatch. netanyahu when giving this address will have two republicans behind him. joe biden would ordinarily occupy that seat but from an optics perspective, i find that fascinating, two republicans when you have a democratic president, seated behind netanyahu. interesting to see how that plays out. as far as what they do now, you see on the floor you have the usual glad handling. i find it humorous you have house members applauding senators as they walk in. a lot of shall we say rivalry between house of commons and house of lords, as they mockingly refer to themselves. you see how it is playing out. but i suspect and sort of echo what kelly says when this speech gets under way, not only republicans have a large majority, but support for israel so steadfast across party lines, expect to hear a lot of applause. expect it to have some element of a pep rally to it. >> luke russert throwing in british parliamentary terms on us this morning. kelly and kasie. the prime minister's remarks could have impact on the election in two weeks, maybe have impact on the negotiations with the iranians it will have impact and already has. >> reporter: it is. and it has been a focal point for a lot of republicans planning to run for president in 2016. it is an applause line that jeb bush, for example, has been including in many of his q and a sessions the past couple weeks, saying he is looking forward to hearing what netanyahu has to say on capitol hill today. not going so far as to criticize democrats for not attending, not making it a political issue in that way, but instead underscoring support for israel. you've seen in the crowd here at the house of representatives several of the senators who are also considering running for president, marco rubio, senator rand paul as well. i also think we should make a point of noting that over the past couple days both the white house and to certain extent benjamin netanyahu in that speech to aipac have softened rhetoric a little. there are concerns about the overall israel u.s. relationship and how it will be impacted by what we are seeing today. >> kasie, luke kelly, thank you so much. tamron hall continues coverage on msnbc. thank you very much jose. we hear house speaker john boehner calling the house to order. this is an incredible day we are watching play out. many of you tuned into news know the headlines regarding the speech we are set to hear in a few minutes from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is the big story, hotly disputed address before joint meeting of congress. he will step to the podium in a minute. as you well know invited by the man we are listening to house speaker john boehner. let me go to my colleagues who are standing by. kris jansing and kelly o'donnell from inside the house chamber. kris heard the president calling the controversy over the speech we are about to hear a distraction. benjamin netanyahu also at aipac reassuring the audience there and those watching at home that he did not intend to demean the president in any way, but to talk about the security of israel as secretary of state john kerry negotiating a deal on the nuclear project there. >> reporter: trying to ratchet down rhetoric. the chasm between the two world leaders continues to exist in a big way. the president obviously not meeting with benjamin netanyahu as we have known for awhile. yesterday the white house confirming he would not be even watching the speech. he has a video conference at 11:30, which will be in the middle of benjamin netanyahu's speech, and so even though we heard from both susan rice and the president himself that this is a friendship that cannot be broken there are clear and large divisions about what details of this deal might look like and whether it should even exist, tamron. >> right now, we are hearing orrin hatch and the speaker read names of the escort committee. i think kelly o'donnell is standing by she is not with us just yet, but it is interesting, kris that our first read team talks about the success and failure of benjamin netanyahu's speech even before it begins. obviously bringing great attention to the impact that this nuclear deal the u.s. is trying to strike with iran could potentially have but also we know the anger associated with it some 50 potential, 50 democrats boycotting the speech and the effect this could have on not the relationship with israel and the united states but the relationship with the administration. >> yeah, this is nothing, if not extraordinary. first of all, you have what the white house calls breach of protocol, but you have the leader of another country coming on to the 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