chief spoke with his relationship with secretary of state rex tillerson. take a listen. we have a very good relationship. we disagree on a couple of things. sometimes i d like him to be a little bit tougher. but other than that we have a very good relationship. and then earlier in the day the president brought north korea back to the forefront of the conversation tweeting this presidents and their administrations have been talking to north korea for 25 years. agreements made and massive amounts of money paid. hasn t worked. agreements violated before the ink was dry, making fools of u.s. negotiators. sorry but only one thing will work. all right. joining us right now aaron delmore, senior political correspondent at bustle.com along with democratic strategist hateem omara. a little after midnight and we can t thank you enough for being here. rex tillerson, the president making comments about north korea. this goes a little deeper because he s using the word he wished rex tillers
have quite the reading material for the flight home. as you remember, the prime minister of israel presented him with a very special bible, a history of the middle east. julie: i want to bring in now aaron delmore, she is a senior political responded at bustle.com. politics of course, still going to play a role. we will be talking policy of course, and religion is not some thing that a head of state discusses with the pope. if policy were to come to the forefront, what do you believe would be the important topic that these two gentlemen will be discussing? hi, julie. obviously president trump and pope francis had famously clashed over issues like immigration, migration, climate change, but i don t expect we
assembles his own team. the president and his allies have ramped up criticism of the fbi, alleging specific examples of partisan bias. it s a way to try to undercut the bureau s work on the russia investigation. the justice department says deputy director mccabe has not announced plans to retire, but associates say it s long been his intention to exit when he qualified for a full pension in march. dara? kelly o donnell, nbc news white house correspondent reporting there. let s bring in aaron delmore, and jonathan allen for nbc news digital. great to have you both here this morning. good morning. jonathan, let s pick up from where kelly left off about andrew mccabe leaving the fbi. clearly republicans on these congressional panels could not have been happy this week to hear him corroborate james comey s testimony that president trump asked him for a loyalty pledge. so was mccabe essentially pushed out because republicans were dissatisfied with his answers? i think it s becomin