Collects could provide clues about the origins of the earth and our solar system. Our correspondent, Fred Pleitgen, is over at Mission Control in germany. Also joining us, the former u. S. Astronaut ken bauersox. Fred, why is this such an important moment for them over there at Mission Control . Reporter because theyve been waiting, some of them 20 years for this. This has been traveling through the air or ten years to make it to this point. So i have a replica here of the comet that it landed on. This is a replica of the philae lander. Its about here on this comet. I also have a guest with me right now. Hes a flight dynamics engineer for the European Space agency. First of all, i have to ask you, how excited are you . Im excited, elated. Im happy. Literally had tears in my eyes. Im overwhelmed. Reporter tell me about the status of the lander right now, because it was supposed to fire off harpoons to pull itself onto the comet. Those didnt fire. Whats the status now . We know that the
Ease sanctions two years ago leaving washington little leverage to force compliance. President obama admits myanmar has taken several steps backward along the road to diplomacy including the treatment of former political prisoners, journalists. We recognize that change is hard and it doesnt always move in a straight line, but i am optimistic about the onts of myanmar. I am optimistic about the continuing strength of bilateral ties between our two countries. All of those who are sincere in pursuing reform will always have a strong ally in the United States of america. We look forward to working together. Msnbcs alec wagner spoke with obamas Deputy National security adviser about Human Rights Violations and torture in an interview next hour. We are talking about burma, burmese human rights here. Even as the white house is facing criticism for what some folks are saying is a half step on banning torture at the united nations. Do you think we would have more leverage in this discussion if
Administrations dont get a head start. Welcome back to a. M. Joy. Now that donald trump landed back state side after his nine country world tour, hes experiencing a bit of political turbulence. This week the russia investigation got its second wind or third or fourth. Honestly, its easy to lose count at this point. When news broke that Jared Kushner had asked Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about creating a secret channel of communication between the Trump Transition Team and russia, with kushner officially a person of interest in the investigation and the white house setting up a warroom to combat the endless russiagate news, what happens next . Joining me tnow to discuss this mindboggling week in washington, congresswoman Maxine Waters. Congresswoman, good morning, first of all. Good morning. I should say hello. This morning on meet the press john kelly who is the director of heland security was asked to respond to what people are calling a backchannel. I dont know if its a real ba
Strongly. Youre the president of the United States. You said he was sick and bad. You can take it any way you want. But im asking you. You dont want it to be fake news. You dont have to ask me. Why not . Because i have my own opinions. You can have your own opinions. Youre the president of the United States. Thats enough. Thank you. Thank you very much. Joining me now, Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house and nbcs kasie hunt on capitol hill. Kristin, that was a moment, an extraordinary moment with John Dickerson of cbs. The president sicking to his guns on surveillance but not backing it up. Reporter youre absolutely right. It is a contention widely discredited but i think it underscores a couple points. One, while president obama was still in office, you had that Oval Office Meeting between these two leaders. President obama, former president obama had said he wanted to stay in touch with President Trump. We know that they havent spoken since the inauguration. Now, officials close t
Administration. And the president is dealing with another missile test from north korea, the aftermath of a category 5 hurricane, and the prospect of brokering a big deal on immigration. First, military Officials Say north korea fired a Ballistic Missile this evening that flew over japanese airspace and crashed into the pacific ocean. After mr. Trump returned from florida where he handed out sandwiches in a food line in naples. When air force one took off for florida today, it left behind hope, anger, allout confusion, all of it on the topic of daca and the 800,000 or so socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers who were brought to this country illegally by their parents and through no fault of their own. Last night we were here talking about democrats. Schumer and pelosi. Touting a deal with trump after dinner, chinese food, at the white house. They saw the deal as excluding the wall on the southern border, their view. Well, todays view was not so clear. It started when trump wrote on twitter this