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>> tonight, the united states could be entering a new era in its relationship with iran. >> finally reached an agreement on an outline for a nuclear deal. >> iran deals to very intrusive inspections for many years. >> to assure anybody who has concerns, our program is exclusively peaceful. >> the issues at stake here are bigger than politics. >> mass gunmen stormed a college campus. >> they started jumping up and down. >> the al qaeda linked terror group al shabab is claiming responsib...

its relationship with iran. >> finally reached an agreement on an outline for a nuclear deal. >> iran deals to very intrusive inspections for many years. >> to assure anybody who has concerns, our program is exclusively peaceful. >> the issues at stake here are bigger than politics. >> mass gunmen stormed a college campus. >> they started jumping up and down. >> the al qaeda linked terror group al shabab is claiming responsibility. >> at least 147 people are dead. >> here in new york, ...

This kind of politics used to play out in statehouses across the country, and we didnt know about it, and the corporations didnt have to care about it. thousand they do. we all know about it. >> were going take a break here. garrett epps, thank you for guiding us on the details of the law tonight. coming up, breaking news. "the new york times" is reporting that jeb bush has changed his position on indianas religious freedom law. thats next. and a new jersey newspaper tonight is calling on th...

>> joining us now is richard wolf, executive editor of msnbc.com. nina burly and nicholas christoph. also joining us, garrett epps, law professor at the university of baltimore. garrett epps, what does the legislature have to do in arkansas to meet the governors new requirement that it mirror the federal law? >> well, the arizona -- the arkansas religious freedom act is an extraordinary act. its beyond question the sort of broadest and potentially most discriminatory of any state of religious re...

That thats how easy it is. i just want to give real credit here not just to letterman and franken, but to walmart. its easy to say theyre doing this out of a business interest. actually theyre taking a lead here. this kind of politics used to play out in statehouses across the country, and we didnt know about it and the corporations didnt have to care about it. thousand they do. we all know about it. >> were going take a break here. garrett epps thank you for guiding us on the details oh of the ...

behind closed doors. >> and one more thing -- happy birthday. >> thank you. thank you very much, lawrence. >> okay. well, another day, another republican governor backs down on so-called religious freedom laws. and robert menendez has become the first united states senator to be indicted for bribery in over 30 years. the last senator indicted of course occupied the same new jersey senate seat that bob menendez occupies now. theres just something about new jersey. >> the firestorm of co...

thank you very much, lawrence. >> okay. well, another day, another republican governor backs down on so-called religious freedom laws. and robert menendez has become the first united states senator to be indicted for bribery in over 30 years. the last senator indicted, of course, occupied the same new jersey senate seat that bob menendez occupies now. theres just something about new jersey. >> the firestorm of controversy over indianas religious freedom law. >> it is not the indiana i ...

The legislation has to be fixed, he claims he doesnt regret signing that flawed legislation. >> do you regret having signed this? >> absolutely not. >> joining me now is matthew telly, political columnist for "the indianapolis star." garrett epps, a law professor at the university of baltimore. joy reid and beth. joy reid, theres a great moment i wish we had had in the opening tonight, in cool hand luke paul newman movie where his jailer says to me, what we have here is a failure to communicate....

its been a tough week. >> indiana governor mike pence tried to again clarify his states controversial religious freedom restoration act. >> this law does not give anyone a license to deny services to gay and lesbian couples. >> yes or no, should it will legal to discriminate against gays and lesbians? >> i abhor discrimination. >> he wants legislation on his desk this week -- >> that makes it clear that this law does not give a right to deny business to anyone. >> to nail down a frame ...

that went down from someone who wrote a lot of the jokes you heard last night. its been a tough week. >> indiana governor mike pence tried to again clarify his states controversial religious freedom restoration act. >> this law does not give anyone a license to deny services to gay and lesbian couples. >> yes or no should it will legal to discriminate against gays and lesbians? >> i abhor discrimination. >> he wants legislation on his desk this week -- >> that makes it clear that thi...