Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where the Trump Administration is giving mixed signals about its response to the latest north korea Missile Launch. President trump appeared to have dismissed the prospect of a diplomatic solution by saying that talking is not the answer. Although his defence secretary james mattis later said a diplomatic solution was still possible. For its part, north korea has warned the Missile Launch is the first step of military operations in the pacific. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports. These are the first pictures of north koreas latest and most provocative Missile Launch. As expected, kim jong un was on hand to give his personal guidance. The north korean dictator gazes skywards as the missile flies towards japan. And along with the pictures came this statement from north koreas state media. North koreas statement shows the ultimate target of yesterdays test was not here injapan, but the us Pacific Island of guam, wi
One am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where the Trump Administration is giving mixed signals about its response to the latest north korea Missile Launch. President trump appeared to have dismissed the prospect of a diplomatic solution, by saying that talking is not the answer. Although his defence secretary, james mattis, later said a diplomatic solution was still possible. For its part, north korea has warned the Missile Launch is the first step of military operations in the pacific. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports. These are the first pictures of north koreas latest and most provocative Missile Launch. As expected, kim jong un was on hand to give his personal guidance. The north korean dictator gazes skywards as the missile flies towards japan. And along with the pictures came this statement from north koreas state media. North koreas statement shows the ultimate target of yesterdays test was not here injapan, but the us Pacific Island of guam, with its huge military
Done . Last night, Stephen Colbert explained why the deal broke down in the first place. Folks, france knows a suckers deal. Theyre the ones who sold us louisiana. We should have saved the receipt. And now our president s been outtoughed by the french. Thats like being outsobered by the toronto mayor rob ford. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The growing death toll in the philippines has risen to more than 2300 today. Chaos has erupted among some survivors desperate for food and water. Eight people were killed today when mobs overran a rice warehouse in tacloban, the island hit hardest by the storm. The mayor is urging residents to leave the city. Security forces exchanged fire with a gang today while trying to maintain order. Ian Williams Joins me now with the latest from manila. Ian, this situation getting more and more desperate. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, andrea. Were hearing promises of more aid, of gaining momentum for this massive aid effort. But the
0 yes answer. joining me now for out daily fix, chris cillizza, msnbc contributor, and of course nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell. kelly and chris, this is sort of the mark of what happens when a president s second-term poll numbers go down and you ve got nominees like jeh johnson. tomorrow it s janet yellen. can t get more important than the head of the federal reserve and the head of homeland security to have people in place. and you ve got threats from lindsey graham. you saw what john mccain just did. last night the filibuster of yet another nominee for the d.c. court of appeals, the second highest court in the nation under the supreme court. kelly, you re up there. what are the soundings? lindsey graham is not going to back down, he says. lindsey graham says he ll hold up all the appointments unless he gets more information on benghazi. the questioning we just saw with john mccain is sort of home state john mccain, representing arizona and wanting to be able to g