south korea. nbc correspondent matt bradley. good to have you with us. comes as the u.s. deputy secretary of state said with a meeting not to rule out the future possibility of their rest hawks with north korea. trying to down play any possibility of diplomatic talks. that s right. deputy secretary of state john sullivan in tokyo today talking to his japanese counter parts and said of course diplomacy is on the table now. that s not entirely obvious to the rest of us following the comments from north korea. and the tweets from donald trump. remember, it comes a day after sullivan s boss, rex tillerson, said that the diplomacy would continue until, quote, the first bomb drops. that sounds almost like a deescalation. at least from the u.s. side. donald trump last week tweeted twice in as many days that negotiations so far have been a failure and have been a failure
possibilities of the presidency. but john kelly s son was a patriot and gay hve his life fo this country, and i think it s beneath the dignity of the white house to start dragging those issues out when we have to express our deepest thanks to all of those that were willing to put their lives on the line for this country. that ought to be it, period, and stop this kind of game of trying to pick scapegoats. that just doesn t serve, i think, the dignity of the office of the presidency. and finally, you ve been in a lot of cabinets. you ve seen from the inside-out how diplomacy works. secretary of state rex tillerson said on sunday that he will continue the oath until the first bomb drops. a lot of people have problems of
behavior by iran. secretary tillerson also touched on north korea saying that president trump still supports a diplomatically led effort there despite recent tweets saying the negotiations with a waste of time. saying the effort will continue until the burfirst bombs are dropped. i think he want to be clear he has military preparations ready to go and has the options on the table and we have spent substantial time perfecting those. be clear he wants this solved diplomatically. he s not seeking to go to war. he has made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts, which we are, and as i told others those efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. now it remains to be seen what actions the administration
which we are, and we will those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. so ultimately the argument that the secretary of state is making today is that this is really just a tone question, that ultimately the goals of the administration are the same, the president comes at it with a bit more of a heavy hand while the nation s top diplomatic comes at it a bit softer. ryan noble is at the white house. thank you. i want to talk about the relationship between president trump and his secretary of state rex tillerson with douglas brinkley. tillerson is still refusing to say whether he called the president a moron. what does he hope to achieve, do you think, wby leaving that question unanswered. i thought it was a failed appearance by rex tillerson. for secretary of state went
deductible then insurance is pretty much useless. do they understand the impact this has on families. he decided to decertify. that puts us in a weak situation. what saying is don t let it become the next north korea. it is made clear to me that diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. good morning. welcome to your new day . alyson is home. poppy harlow here. once again you have come and the news comes with you. big headline. in just hours, president trump is going to be meeting face-to-face with mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, of course. now, he is the man that the president has attacked repeatedly, blaming mcconnell for the senate s failure to repeal obamacare. what a lunch this will be. and at the same time that mccouple is meeting with the president, he is getting beaten up by one of the president s pals, steve bannon. the alt-right supporter saying