On trade. On her agenda, she wanted to convince trump to stay in the Iran Nuclear Deal. That now may be nearly impossible considering his new secretary of state mike pompeo said trump would leave the deal unless there was a substantive fix. No such thing is expected. During a joint press Conference Trump pressed on his point, iran will not have nuclear weapons. Do you have another plan b that is not an agreement and not military force . I dont talk about whether or not i would use military force. Thats not appropriate to be talking about. But i can tell you this, they will not be doing nuclear weapons. That i can tell you. Also happening miles away, questions on a peace or a new era of peace. North korea and south korea took an historic pledge to end the war between them. But its still unclear whats motivating the north Korean Leader. Following all of this for us at the white house is nbc newss kelly odonnell. You and i spoke before that meeting started. Just when Angela Merkel arrived
White house correspondent kevin corke is live with more on this intrigue. Youre right, a hand delivered letter by its nature certainly underscores the importance of the correspondence. That letter that you pointed out will be delivered to the white house sometime this afternoon we suspect by a highranking north korean official, Kim Yong Chol. He was in the city yesterday meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo yesterday. They covered all the ground necessary in less time than expected. Weve made Real Progress in the last 72 hours towards setting the conditions. The conditions are putting President Trump and chairman kim jongun in a place where they think there could be Real Progress made by the two of them meeting. There is no good if we dont think there is real opportunity. He said this. The president has made it clear if kim jongun denuclearizes there is a brighter path for the dmrk. A strong, connected, secure and prosperous north korea that maintains its Cultural Heritage but i
War that existed since june of 1950. Kim, warmly gree lly greeted by koreas president. The pair later issues a declaration vowing to usher in a new era of peace. Also agreed on a common goal of complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. The breakthrough meeting seen largely as a victory for President Trump who made north korea a cornerstone of his Foreign Policy. In a meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel, the president asked if the u. S. Was perhaps being played by north korea . I dont think hes playing, and its never gone like this. Of gone this far, this enthusiasm for them wanting to make a deal. I agree. The United States has been played beautifully, like a fiddle because you had a different kind of leader. Were not going to be played. Okay . From seoul, our correspondent, and Kelly Odonnell at her post in the white house. Played like a fiddle. Whats the sense from white house officials . How optimistic are they . Reporter the president is constantly talking in
Of raping a young woman in the city of homs long during the bull running passible in two thousand and sixteen. And restoring peace and quiet to the. City has come up with a novel way to reduce crowding the president s are sick and tired of the massive numbers of visitors wandering through their city at busy times now that has come up with a plan to stem the tide story. Welcome to the program near days after the historic summit between north and south korea pyongyang says its prepared to shut down its underground Nuclear Test Site next month this is according to officials in seoul they say the north is also prepared to end. Experts and foreign media to the site at hungary to ensure the process is transparent and a groundbreaking summit on friday north Korean Leader kim jong il and south korean president pledged to officially end the state of war between their two countries and rid the Korean Peninsula of Nuclear Weapons and u. S. President donald trump says a meeting between him and him
Tonight, Michael Cohen fights back. His lawyers disputing some of the allegations from Stormy Daniels Attorney Michael Avenatti who notes, they dont contradict 99 of whats been alleged. What all this means for the president as well as the ongoing mueller investigation. Plus, how the firing of jim comey one year ago today has haunted this president and this white house each day ever since. The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was day 475 of the Trump Administration. And there is building legal drama tonight between Stormy Daniels attorney and cable news staple Michael Avenatti, and President Trumps longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen of new york. Tonight, attorneys for cohen filed a document calling into question some of those documents put forward last night by Michael Avenatti. They say some of avenattis reports about Michael Cohens Financial Transactions are inaccurate. And, in fact, have to