the potential for military action should that become necessary. there s hope that that will not be required. but the question was a notable one because we have seen the escalation in north korea s capabilities with nuclear weaponry and distribution, a means to get a weapon to the united states, and that raises the question of would the united states do something militarily or diplomatically to try to remove that capability from north korea. the president did not answer that directly. containment is a policy that the united states has used with foes around the world overtime. what we don t know, is that the policy of president trump s administration toward north korea. chris. and i want to go back into the room where kristen welker is standing by. in addition to north korea, the other big headline out of this may be as he stood next to the emir of kuwait and of course kuwait has been playing this role of mediator with qatar and its arab neighbors of the he said i would be willing to b
some clarity from the white house on what the president would actually sign. here s part of that conversation from yesterday. it would help if the president would say, hey, i will sign the d.r.e.a.m. act or i will sign of bridge act or the safe act or any of these. that would really help. reporter: so there s a little bit of hot potato here. the president saying it s congress job to fix this. the congress saying we ve got a whole bunch of options, which one do you want. we ll see if the president wants to wade in and off any clarity to lawmakers. it s not actually that surprising to see jeff flake questioning the white house and their intentions. what s mind blowing is the president seemingly undercutting jeff sessions just hours after he sent jeff sessions out to speak to the american people. let s go there, to the white house, where kristen welker is standing by. kristen, help me. as usual, i m utterly confused. the president now says he s going to revisit d.r.e.a.m.ers if con
at any minute we re expecting him to hold a late-scheduled major briefing on the opioid crisis. we ll bring that to you once it begins, and we ll monitor for comments on north korea. let s get to bridgewater immediately. my colleague kristen welker is standing by for us. kristen, let s first start with this breaking news on north korea. have we had a response yet from the white house? reporter: no reaction yet from the white house, ali. as you point out, president trump is about to have a briefing with hhs secretary tom price. we are expecting him to make some comments at the top of that briefing, and so i anticipate reporters will try to shout some questions to him about this latest development regarding north korea. it remains to be seen whether he will answer. but we are obviously tracking that very closely. now, all of this comes as we have seen the administration ramp up its tough talk and also actions against north korea after the u.n. voted unanimously to impose an unprecedent
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cooties but is there a spray for that. i use that before i go home. that s good. up next, kristen welker is standing by at the white house with some interesting numbers on foreign policy from our new nbc poll and tom brokaw will join us as well. you re watching morning joe. we will be right back. start here. at fidelity, we let you know where you stand, so when it comes to your retirement plan, you ll always be absolutely.clear. it s your retirement. know where you stand. you ll always be absolutely.clear.