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November? more of a scenario here than you might realize. plus bourbon boosting has been part of kentuckys culture. find out why leaders want to make it home for high hopes for hemp. >> this is "the daily rundown." lets get to my first reads of the morning. v.a. secretary eric shinseki returns to capitol hill today for a private meeting with dick durbin, who is headed to the v.a. hospital in phoenix, ground zero for this scandal when it comes to patient wait times and where it all first erupted....

Factor tip of the day, we applaud the soldier ride but mothers day coming up fast, three weeks from sunday. we have discounts for all good things from mom. my personal favorite, the no spin mom mugs and some great t-shirts, if you have a no spin mom, she deserves those gifts. all right? also i want to think everybody "the last days of jesus" number two in the nation, behind "frozen." you know the disney thing "frozen"? were nipping at it. reads for this easter season. jim in michigan, bill, yo...

Those words may have been their last. amara walker reports. >> reporter: well, some parents and relatives say one of the ways they found out was through text messages from their loved ones. and some of the last communication is just starting to emerge. and as youd emerge, its just so heartbreaking to read these text messages. in one text a student on the ship wrote his older brother, "im on my way to jeju island but the ship hit something and is not moving." the older brother asked is it bad? to...

>> shouldnt the rule of thumb be just get everybody off the boat, ask questions late center. >> absolutely. that would seem to be the easiest way to take care of the scenario. you can always come back the vessel. thats a possibility. not if the events take place in advance of -- to such an extent that its not possible anymore. now we have people trapped under the hull. at the very least if the emergency alarm was sounded and everybody had been evacuated to a common location, then we could be tal...

We cleem our first mountains and reclaim our lives. >> later this hour well bring you live coverage as city and state leaders lead a moment of silence at the boston marathon finish line, site of last years bomb attack. at the same time president obama and his senior advisors will also pay silent treb out at the white house. the president released a statement today that reads, in part, "the most vivid images from that day were not of smoke and chaos, but of compassion, kindness, and strength." ea...

Welcome back to "morning joe." mika has sent by wire -- >> theyre coming in. >> its come in, her must reads. not from the south of france. monaco this morning. >> oh, shes in monaco. shes gambling. >> i guess so. she must have gone over the border last night. got past the security guards this time. it was hard after what happened in 67. but they finally are letting her back in. >> wow. >> so she sent us her op-eds. with us now to talk about it former adviser to president george w. bush and cofou...

The high school, middle school and elementary school are all part of the same campus. but a bulletin issued by school he officials says that all three are now secure. as we get more information, we will bring you more of those details throughout the hour. we are showing you live pictures now. but again the good news is the suspect is in custody. none of the injuries are life threatening. but again as we have more information well bring it to you. now to my first reads of the morning. we begin ...

Evidence that some of the demonstrators were paid, as i said, and were not local residents. weve continued to monitor developments on the border and the positioning and dispositioning of russian troops on the border and that is a concern. >> big public accusation that the russian government is paying protesters. bottom line here is that any threat of civil war coming from russia isnt about a civil war at all, is it, its about a potential invasion. look at the demonstrations, look at moscows troo...

Where we should be. were going to have jason furman from the white house to get the first reaction. to my first reads of the morning. for that, were leading off in a afghanistan where more than 33,000 american soldiers are still on the front lines of a war thats lasted more than a dozen years. of course, what some still call today the forgotten war. tomorrow, millions of afghans will vote in a landmark election to name hamid karzais successor, and when they do, the nation will brace for a crit...

Welcome back to "morning joe." we are going to be doing, of course, must reads. first, im watching, you know, as you know, willie, we are down and were working with the -- which, by the way, a lot of people that come up to me and say we miss willie, right, on "way too early." they do. they love thomas but they miss willie. you know what willie is doing? he has the ladle in the hand and pouring out the poridge for the orphanage. >> i have to make it myself. >> wednesday is the frost flakes and fr...