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These violent clashes forced the u.s. embassy to close its doors today. now, nbc's ian williams joins us on the phone from bangkok. described in a lot of these reports almost as a war zone where you are. ian, what can you tell us about what's going on right now. >> it's well after dark now. the city is extremely tense. the area where the rally was held, the main protest site in darkness, the government having cut electricity to that religgi which is a large part of the commercial center of bangkok. we've seen a day of sporadic violence. at times it reassembled a battleground, some of the most ...

The good news is the president can reverse course. we're early in that process. he can do that. he can reform the minimal management service and frankly he can ask ken salazar to step down in the wake of this crisis. so there's a lot of opportunities for the president to fix what's going on out there. kieran suck ling with the center for biological impact. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me on. the basketball team celebrating hispanic heritage night on report on illegal day. reverend al sharpton is there and will join us from the protest site. no, not a kids in the hall sketch...

In charge of this critical agency, a man with deep, deep ties to the oil industry, and secondly he erred in listening to salazar and opening up the atlantic coast, the eastern gulf coast of mexico and the arctic in alaska to new offshore oil drilling. that was a mistake. the good news is the president can reverse course. we're early in that process. he can do that. >> he can reform the mineral management service and frankly he can ask ken salazar to step down in the wake of this crisis. so there's a lot of opportunities for the president to fix what's going on out there. >> kieran, great thank...

Offshore oil drilling, that was a mistake. the good news is the president can reverse course. we're early in that process. he can do that. he can reform the minimal management service and frankly he can ask ken salazar to step down in the wake of this crisis. so there's a lot of opportunities for the president to fix what's going on out there. >> kieran, great thanks for your perspective and time tonight. >> thanks for having me on. the basketball team celebrating hispanic heritage night on report on illegal day. reverend al sharpton is there and will join us from the protest site. this is...

Prisoner, goes on trial may 3rd in norfolk, virginia and the prisoner allegedly abused, ahmed abed is the accused mastermind of the horrific attack in fallujah, 6 years ago that left four americans dead and testified in court yesterday about his injuries and lawyers for the navy s.e.a.l.s believe thee injured him he injured himself to incriminate americans and the third trial begins tomorrow in baghdad. bill: steve centanni with breaking news out of washington. thank you. martha: we are getting word of violence in bangkok, witnesses say three small explosions went off nor a protest site there....