worth taking. thanks to hans nichols for that report. and the remains of the serviceman killed in kabul arrived last night, the 34-year-old was assigned to the 82nd brigade support battalion in ft. bragg, north carolina. sergeant ortiz is the fourth u.s. service member killed in the last two weeks in afghanistan. about 14,000 troops are still in that country. for the latest we have the latest from ali in london. good to have you with us. first, i want to get up to speed on some new reporting that you have about these peace talks. we first heard about it from the president on twitter, saying that unbeknownst to others, he canceled those talks. you have some new reporting. reporter: that s right. a senior taliban leader who spoke to nbc news this morning in doha saying that the talks were not called off because a
the lens of an american politician and what an american politician would say about this president, not just democrats, but republicans as well privately have expressed similar angst over the president s policies and the way he conducts himself on the world stage. i mentioned iran and the tariffs before. even republicans have tried to rein in the president on tariffs and sort of constrain his authority to union laterally impose tariffs on our allies. we ll leave it there. hans nichols, we appreciate you hanging out. we expect the president to leave bedminster any moment for the white house. thank you. still ahead, california on edge. officials are assessing the damage in the tiny town of ridgecrest following back-to-back earthquakes as residents are just kind of hands in there after thousands of aftershocks.
want, inpredictable, insecure, and diplomatically clumsy. nbc news has not verified the existence of the cablesment in a statement by the british foreign office, they said that a former leak investigation will now be initiated. so will the harsh words put even more strain on the u.s. ties between the united kingdom? joining me right now is nbc news correspondent hans nichols and andrew december dario, reporter at politico, and molly hooper, freelance congressional reporter. what you can you tell us about the leaked memos and what we re hearing from the white house. reporter: the white house hasn t weighed in yet. the president is about to leave here in new jersey and head back to washington. i imagine it s going to be atop the questions the reporters would ask the president about whether or not he thinks it s an accurate depiction of his administration. the president defends himself when attacked, so we ll see. what we re hearing from the british side of things is
of the government. nbc news correspondent hans nichols is in berkeley heights, new jersey, where the president is this weekend. hans, those who are following european leaders would say, okay, this is an ambassador to the united states who minds his p s and k q s. he s been around for four decades and many european leaders have weighed in with similar criticisms of this president. on the flip side, has the white house, has president trump reacted to these reports because he s known, at least by critics, as having fairly thin skin? reporter: nothing from the white house yet or the president. he will be flying back here to washington, d.c., shortly and he ll end up at the white house this evening. we ll see if the press pool will have a chance to engage the president and get his view as well as a variety of other
reporter: now, the u.k. has confirmed that they re doing an internal investigation into the source of the leak or just how this got out because it is a breach of internal protocol, let alone the challenge they will have cleaning this up diplomatically. this could be his parting shot depending on what happens with new leadership there. hans nichols, thank you. time now for we said, they said. news outlets overseas are focusing on president trump s show of u.s. military might this fourth of july, something he dubbed a salute to america. it was an all-out hollywood-style production with cameras on the president as he left the white house broadcast on huge screens here to a fanfare of or kess tral music. president trump s extensive fourth of july festivities, the truth is, 243 years of this country s existence is worth