and vote someone needs to some forward and make it worth their while. if we want college kids to get engaged, we need to go boldly forth under a banner of liberty that clutches the constitution in one hand and the bill of rights in the other. joining me now, msnbc s jane tim who just returned from iowa. did that young vote what he called the instagram generation, turn out this week? they did. the event was at a university. they e-mailed around, they got their members out. but they really weren t all in the bag for rand paul. they said i ve heard about him, i knew about his dad. and i want to see what he has to say. they weren t not all of them were sure that he was the guy who was going to support them. and his farther in 2012 was very good at getting young voters out. that s what he was trying to show at this event. he was saying, look at these young voters who came out for me. and at the end of the event they
that sort of symbolizes his approach to this, something he s talked about even before he was elected president, all coming to a culmination today when we see that meeting as you pointed out, the first time the leaders of those two countries have met since the height of the cold war. now, tremendous symbolism. we were parsing every movement last night when all they did was shake hands and say a few words. nothing of much substance. but we ll look at it closely when the two leaders meet today. and later this afternoon, we may get a read-out of that conversation because president obama will be holding a news conference before he heads back to washington. practical matters have to be taken care of. first, the president officially announcing he s taking cuba off the list of countries that sponsor terror. that would open the way for a lot of things for cuba as well as the united states, trade, first of all. it would help cuba s economy tremendously. there are a lot of countries and
joining me now is nbc s adam reese. adam, let s talk about the turnout there at the funeral and what people have been telling you. reporter: very large turnout, alex. hundreds around the state have joined the family. here at the church so many people here, about 100 people over my shoulder, could not get in. his hearse arrived about an hour and a half ago after police escort. his casket under an american flag because he was a member of the u.s. coast guard. the sheriff of charleston county is here as well as senator tim scott, congressman mark sanford and congressman clyburn. i spoke to a couple of of the mourners here and they had interesting things to say. one of them was, this all could have been avoided if the shooting hadn t happened. another person mentioned e it s actually not a loss because the world got to see what happened for the first time with their own eyes. we spoke to his next-door neighbor carla justice, here s
other places. can you cross the line for us a second and see if you think it was a gop person who can deliver that message? i actually think joe is right about 100% of his analysis. i think jeb bush is the toughest candidate for us. usually the republicans actually do end up picking the moderate. after all, the right wing stuff that goes on in their primaries. but there s real resentment object the bush about the bush family in the republican party. i think all the other challengers, some of them are better politicians than others. but all of them have problems. ted cruz is out there saying things that are unacceptable to about 70% of the american people. you d rather have that than a jeb bush who has a proven track record. his views certainly aren t my views. he stumbled, i thought, in indiana and tried to catch himself later because i think the american people are tired of the anti-gay anti-immigration,
fortunate all across this nation. do you have any guesstimate, sir, as to how many investigations could potential be under way of this nature domestically? no, i have no idea. but i know here in california the state police the highway patrol the local community, police, all of them are deeply engaged in watching carefully, being aware, gathering information. and i m sure there are specific suspects we ve seen from time to time being arrested. i know across this nation, there have been more than a couple of hundred arrests and convictions on various kinds of terrorism charges. when is the authorization for the use of military force against isis going to see a vote? well i hope it happens the week we return next week. but i doubt that that s going to be the case. i believe this is absolutely essential. i think congress has to carry out its constitutional responsibility. the president has put forth a