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The '04, '06, '08 elections turned on iraq and it's not gone away as a major issue. >> to the extent that hillary clinton has competitors this time in democratic primary, they are staking their campaigns on the iraq vote she made more than a decade ago. it is fascinating to see. she has not answered many questions about this lately. she hasn't answered many questions at all lately but that could change very soon. great to have you with us today. thank you so much. a hacker says he took control of a flight mid air and he claims it was not the first time. we'll tell you how he claims he did it...

Intuition of the way it's going. a lot of fluctuation over 15 minutes. yes about 60% male, 40% no. no is the same for female. we see a lot of change on the female responses to this question. when we look at party and response to the same question democrats almost 100% -- these numbers are real time, saying yes it will influence. republicans saying no. the most influence in change here to the question has been here on terms of independent vote. give us your thoughts at pulse.msnbc.com. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up police are asking for help in a bizarre murder mystery in an ...

We were just talking before the break about extreme sports legend dean potter who died over the weekend while base jumping in yosemite. he and a friend graham hunt were attempting which is illegal, an aerial descent into yosemite. a day later their bodies were found during a search. joining me now is a dear friend of dean's. i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. i was just told that you were in touch with him as recently as a week a week and a half ago. when you heard this happened -- and you don't base jump yourself. but each and every time he went out to base jump were you nervous? >> we...

Illegal. that doesn't stop people from doing t. because they love it. >> reporter: saturday shortly before sunset potter and 29-year-old graham hunt attempted a base jump from a cliff with about a 3,500 drop to the valley floor. friends reported the two were missing that night. on sunday a helicopter spotted the bodies of the two men. they reportedly jumped together but were found at different locations. neither man had deployed his parachute. photographer sean rieder knew both men and said hunt was like a brother to him. >> graham and dean both were two of the best wing suit jumpers in the wo...

I think any airplane manufacturer and the united states government and so on and so forth, it would be prudent to look into that. >> has it ever come up in training or communications with you? >> between co-pilots, you know, perhaps we've discussed it over our coffee. it never really took any focus for us either. >> interesting. les, great to see you. thank you very, very much. coming up for us at yosemite national park, an illegal base jump goes horribly wrong. two men are dead including an extreme sport legend who spent his life daring death. we'll be right back. plus this, police armed wi...