Tom brokaw with a reunion all these years later. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. President trump and the white house are speaking out about two controversial World Leaders today in ways that are surprising some. The president is not ruling out applying his negotiating skills in a sunday facetoface meeting with north Koreas Kim Jongun and standing by his invitation for the philippines president to visit the u. S. , the brutal Anti Drug Campaign raised serious human rights concerns. National correspondent Peter Alexander has details. Reporter tonight, President Trump with this alarming warning about north korea. Were probably not safe over here if he gets long range missiles, were not safe, either. Reporter after surprising comments to Bloomberg News opening a door to a meeting with dictator kim jongun. If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely. I w