the president, who will host all 100 senators at the white house tomorrow for a special briefing on north korea north korea, received praise for his briefing. i am impressed with his commander in chief skills. he is not going to that this nut job develop a missile with a nuclear weapon on top. he doesn t want a more anymore than i do but he is not going to the them get a missile. today, north korea celebrated the 85th anniversary of the founding of its military. analysts had feared the day would be marked with the testing of a nuclear device or ballistic missile, but so far, nothing. the north koreans to carry out major live fire drills said to involve 300 to 400 pieces. from a diplomatic front, the u.s. envoys in north korea today met his counterpoint from japan, south korea, appointed again with a lack of engagement from the north. we really don t believe that
eight inmates before its execution drugs expire at the end of the month. in raleigh, north carolina three days of nonstop rain, of flooded out highways left drivers stranded and ravaged homes and businesses. with more storms forecasted, the red cross is setting up shelters for affected residents. right now in the nation s capitol, senators are boarding buses and heading to the eisenhower office building next to the white house for an unusual briefing of north korea by the trump administration. it comes on the same day after south korea objected to an early installation. we re getting a look at a military drill in north korea which celebrated the 85th anniversary of the country s army. nbc s hans nichols is at the pentagon. hans, mattis is leading this briefing. i know we won t hear it. what is he hoping to convey to senators? he ll try to convey a sense
welcome back. i m stephanie ruhle. it is time for your morning primer. everything you need to know to get your day started. we begin with an unusual meeting. all 100 senators are going to the white house today for a briefing on north korea. the meeting was originally scheduled on the capitol but was moved to the white house at president trump s suggestion. they will be briefed by the secretary of state and the secretary of defense among other white house officials. we are now seeing the first images of yesterday s military drill in north korea, which marked the 85th anniversary of the country s military. the images come as protests erupted in south korea over a u.s. anti-missile defense system being brought into the country. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called president trump on tuesday rejecting the lumber tariff, calling it unfair. the white house said the call was amicable and trump is not worried about a trade war. and a u.s. ship fired a
president s leadership. i am impressed with this commander-in-chief s skills. he is not going to let this nut job in north korea develop a missile with a nuclear weapon on top to hit america. he doesn t want a war anymore than i do. this is multiple us warships converge on the region. the uss carl vinson heading to the area, the nuclear powered sub in the south korean porch in south korea, key parts of the us missile defense system, a belligerent north korea conducted live fire artillery drills tuesday on the 85th anniversary of its army s founding of the regime signaling for the nuclear and missile testing. the administration s top envoy for north korea says they are not working with us. we do not believe north korea is ready to engage us.
house oversight committee. they ve been reviewing some classified documents connected to the former national security adviser, michael flynn. this has to do with the investigation or investigations, at this point, into possible russian connections to the past elections. we re expecting to hear from the chair of the oversight committee, jason chaffetz, at any moment. meantime, while we wait for that, we take you overseas. a new brazen show of force overnight by north korea amid escalating tensions between the u.s. and north korea. overnight, north korea carrying out a very large-scale artillery drill as an american nuclear submarine arrives in south korean waters. that move by the u.s. now being described as a show of force. today, north korea s celebrating the 85th anniversary of the founding of its army, and it comes as president trump just said of the north korean leader kim jong-un i m not so sure he s so strong like he says he is. we want to get to international corresponde