you have to fly air force 2, that costs a lot of money. that s what people at draft biden, the superpack have been trying to do, lay the first round of groundwork, connect with some of the major doebors, and you ve had people in biden s inner circle reach out to people and say hey would you have room to give to the vice president if he said that he wanted to do this? but frankly, at this point he s really up against the clock and as we head toward even the first democratic debate is not that far away. kasie hunt reporting for us, great to see you, thank you. thanks, thomas. we turn our attention to capitol hill a major victory for president obama and the white house on the iran nuclear deal. three democratic senators said they re voting yes on the deal giving president obama the critical 41 votes needed to block republicans that are opposed to that agreement. not all democrats are on board. joe manchin told reporters today he must cast a vote against it. his no vote came on the h
mozzarella. what now? i put this in here? yeah. ic is it in there. right in there? yep. here you go. there you go. come back later and we ll put you to work. she needs to try that fried butter. that will be next on her assignment. that is msnbc s kasie hunt reporting. turning to an historic diplomatic breakthrough. live pictures of the american flag flying over the u.s. embassy in cuba. the cold war era tension between washington and havana have officially thawed after more than 50 years. moments ago secretary of state john kerry spoke from cuba saying his meeting with leaders there today marked historic cooperation. kerry said the next big step will likely be a lifting of the embargo against cuba. it s our hope that over the next days we will be able to layout a road map whereby steps are taken and make it possible for us to move to the next level. and from cuba to little
candidate. not clear which one at this point. reporter: often pick republican presidential nominees. and there s also a growing penance in both parties among the hardest of the hard. actually have to hate the other people. i m not going to spend my life doing that. that was msnbc s kasie hunt reporting. benjy starlin joins me again from the senator s hometown of central south carolina. good morning expecting a lot on national security today. reporter: that s right. i mean the speech already would have been very focused on lindsey graham s very hawkish national security views, but it really comes now on the peak of the debate. patriot act sunset some of its provisions thanks to the dispute from libertarian members of congress like rand paul expect that to be a prominent backdrop to the speech. i m guessing you ll see specifics about that specific
when the car slammed into the nsa police vehicle, or if it was the result of the shooting. so at this point, the fbi is still investigating along with other law enforcement agencies. they ve been interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence to try and figure out if federal charges will be filed. thomas? kasie hunt reporting for us outside ft. meade in maryland, thank you. i want to get back to the developing news we ve been following out of boston. prosecutors wrapped up their case in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. the attention now turning to the defense team. they ve already called the first two witnesses. nbc news correspondent ron motte has been covering the story, joins us now from boston. ron, what have we heard from the defense witnesses so far? reporter: hey there, thomas. the first witness was from the fbi. someone who was on scene at the location in cambridge of apartment and the dorm room for dzhokhar tsarnaev talking about some of the evidence collected in those tw
which is largely men and who are focused on issues that emily s list in particular disagrees with. they wanted to make sure that they were showing that there s already discussion of a potential female president. while hillary was the focus of it, there was discussion that other women could be leader in the democratic party going forward. senator amy klobuchar, elizabeth warren, wendy davis in texas. a lot of names thrown out yesterday. a want to thank kasie hunt reporting live from ames, iowa. thanks for joining ut. i am really jealous of kasie. i ve never attended the iowa state fair. we said fried butter. the massachusetts state fair does not compare to the kind of food you can get up there. i m jealous she s getting to sample that this weekend. let s talk about the republican race taking shape here. it s a lot more active than