Washington d. C. , im Gillian Turner in today for elizabeth prann. Leland great to be sitting with you on a day when we have so much from north korea. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson acknowledging for the first time, the u. S. Has direct channels open to the north korean regime. The secretary making the announcement while in beijing meeting with the chinese prison. Kristin fisher on the ground in new jersey where the president is spending a working weekend at his golf club there. Kristin, this broke a couple of hours ago. How big of a deal is the white house making of this direct link . Well, so far the white house has not publicly commented about this, other than what tillerson a few hours ago. Make no mistake, leland, this is a very big deal because, you know, after weeks of all of this name calling, weeks of all of this talk about using potentially the military option. This is the first real sign that we have, first real proof from somebody in the Trump Administration that theyre s
President s lawyers. More than half the questions are about actions the president took since he came into office. One question highlighting the explanation of the decision to fire james comey. What did you mean in your interview with lester holt about mr. Comey and russia . When i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. An nbc news exclusive report today detailing eroding support in the west wing for white house chief of staff john kelly. Thats according to eight current and former white house officials who spoke with me and my colleagues here at nbc. President trump lashing out after nbc news reported exclusively his chief of staff john kelly made disparaging comments about the president behind his back. Even calling him an idiot, according to multiple Administration Officials. Mr. Trump tweeting the fake news is going crazy, making up false stories and using only unnamed sources who dont exist. We spoke to
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