Tonight's guests include:

Sen. Chris Murphy, (D) Connecticut

Former Rep. Patrick Murphy, (D) Pennsylvania, MSNBC contributor and former captain with the 82^nd Airborne, was a part of the initial invasion force in Iraq

Here's tonight's soundtrack!

And here's executive producer Bill Wolff with a preview of tonight's show:

When you're a tiny bird in a tiny space, you don't have a lot of places to look except UP. Especially when UP is your food.

The Houston Chronicle reports that this little chick was born all on its lonesome last week at the Houston Zoo, the only hatchling from its clutch. Staffers at the Houston Zoo are taking care to properly feed and nourish the little guy, formally known as a Plush-Crested Jay.

Eventually, the little chick will grow up and become a beautiful, enigmatic creature:

h/t Houston Chronicle

Associated Press

The A.P. is reporting that a U.S. military plane has crashed in Kyrgyzstan.

A funeral home has claimed the remains of Tamerlan Tsarnaev on behalf of Tsarnaev's family. An official in the Boston bombings case also says the attacks were originally planned for the Fourth of July.

President Obama met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto yesterday as part of a three-day Latin American tour. Meanwhile, protesters gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Mexico City and called for President Obama to end deportations from the U.S. 

The President also noted yesterday that he is "very comfortable" with the FDA's decision to maintain age restrictions on the over-the-counter morning after pill. 

First Lady Michelle Obama will headline a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey of Massachusetts. 

Some more eyewitness accounts from yesterday's shooting at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.

In Pakistan, the lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed by gunmen on his way to court this morning. 

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has high hopes that Hillary Clinton will run for President. 

Surely the Fab Four would have disapproved of this.

Tonight's guests include:

Ladd Everitt, communications director for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

Gov. Lincoln Chafee, (I) Rhode Island

Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated from Death Row by DNA 

Here's tonight's soundtrack!

And here's executive producer Bill Wolff with a look at tonight's show:

Tonight's guests include:

Michael Isikoff, NBC News national investigative correspondent, live from Boston

Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the FBI’s National Security Branch, currently a senior research fellow at the New American Foundation and author of “Takedown: Inside the Hunt for al-Qaeda”

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, (ret.), former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

Steve Kornacki, host of “Up” weekends on MSNBC and senior political writer for Salon 

Here's tonight's soundtrack!

And here's executive producer Bill Wolff with a look at tonight's show:

Tonight's guests include:

Carol Rosenberg, reporter for the Miami Herald, has covered Guantanamo since 2002

Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and Iraq war veteran

Happy birthday, Willie Nelson!

And here's executive producer Bill Wolff with a preview of what's to come:

Tonight's guests include:

Ezra Klein, Washington Post "Wonk Blog" columnist and MSNBC policy analyst

Gary Samore, former Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction Counter Terrorism and Arms Control in the Obama administration, currently executive director for Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Julie Burkhart of Trust Women Foundation, re-opening Dr. Tiller’s clinic in Wichita, KS

Tammi Kromenaker, director of Red River Women’s Clinic in North Dakota

Here's tonight's soundtrack. 

And here's executive producer Bill Wolff with a look at tonight's show:

Tonight's guests include:

Alice Hoagland, her son Mark Bingham was killed on United flight 93 on 9/11

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Massachusetts

Here's executive producer Bill Wolff with the most beautiful preview:

Tonight's guests include:

James Cavanaugh, former ATF special agent-in-charge

Therese Apel, reporter for the Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger

Mat Honan, senior writer for Wired magazine

Take a listen to tonight's soundtrack ...

while taking a look at tonight's video preview, featuring esteemed executive producer Bill Wolff:

Tonight's guests include:

Ali Soufan, former FBI special agent, proved the first link between the 9/11 attacks and al Qaeda, author of “The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al Qaeda”

Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States, successfully argued the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld before the Supreme Court which challenged the policy of holding military trials at Guantanamo Bay

Here's tonight's soundtrack.

And here's senior producer Cory Gnazzo with a preview of tonight's show:

UPDATE: Apologies to everyone who's been trying to figure out where that jazz music was coming from on their computer. It turns out the embed code for the live stream for this event includes auto-play, so we were getting the pre-show on hold music.

You can watch the event live through this link.

Rachel is moderating a panel discussion at the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 40th anniversary, from 11:15am until 1:00pm EST today. You can watch the discussion live here.

Also, feel free to submit your own questions to the panel via Twitter, using the hashtag: #Tyler 40

Rachel's book tour for the paperback release of Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power is winding down - but it isn't over 'til it's over! You can still score tickets to one more event this weekend, if you plan to be in the NYC area. 

This Saturday, April 20, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and Rachel will host a discussion + book signing event at Columbia University.  The event will feature a conversation between Rachel and Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of the IAVA (and friend of TRMS), in addition to a book signing for all attendees. Doors open at 4pm EST. 

Details and sign-up information can be found here. Tickets are a bit pricey, but the money goes toward the IAVA and all the great things they do for our veterans. 

You can purchase your paperback copy of Drift here: