popcorn not steak. and they are clinging to this and they are clinging to these notions because they just don t want what s happening to be real. that s bad for them but also bad for the country because it keeps them out of the kinds of discussions that you saw yesterday where you get them around the people and people can actually talk. katie: marie, what about that point though? we have to many down to substance. what do you think americans think accusations may or may not be true. salacious and dramatic rather than talking about policies which effect everyday people s lives. >lives. maria: we have to do both. so accusations about president trump s behavior that he is erratic and emotional those are been backed up by mainstream reporters and behavior. that s not enough to run on. you see democratic candidates on the campaign trail who are not focusing, necessarily on donald trump. they are focusing on a democratic policy message. and you saw that yesterday with the folks that were
from our headquarters in atlanta, newsroom starts right now. around the world, good day to you. 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. and a very important week set in new york, with world leaders coming together for the united nations general assembly session. one topic that will be front and center, the threat of nuclear provocation for north korea. the u.s. president, donald trump, arrived in new york sunday. this will be his first appearance, his first saturdaddo that body and what will he say on the big stage? he s been critical of international organizations in the past, he can expected to push for backing and pressuring pyongyang to tstop its weapon program. as athena jones reports, world leaders will be paying close attention to mr. trump s policy message. reporter: this is a huge week
it just feels like it is people fighting over the wheel and there is no one policy on anything. depends on who in the administration you talk to on north korea, on iran, on russia, on any day of the week. on north korea, for example, tillerson said something remarkable for the first time since the clinton administration he said we are not trying to depose the regime, we don t want regime change, we just want to talk to you, we re just interested in your nuclear weapons. then two weeks ago the cia director, mike pompeo, at the aspen security forum saying regime change was on the table. so i don t know. certainly there s not a policy message coming from the commander in chief. i don t think he again, it s who is the last person to talk to him and to convince him of a certain position. russia policy, what do you think? this is a very strange period in american foreign policy history because you have an administration at the top that s essentially like a pirate crew that s come
policy on anything. it just depends on who in the administration you talk to on iran, on russia, depending on the day of the week. on north korea, tillerson said something remarkable. he said we don t want regime change, we want to talk to you, we re just interested in your nuclear weapons. but then two weeks ago, you had cia director mike pompeo saying that regime change was on the table. so i don t know, there s certainly not a policy message coming from the commander in chief, again, who s the last person to talk to him and convince him of a certain position. russia policy? what do you think? this is a very strange point in history. you have essentially a pirate crew, that s come in, a skeleton
omting two trips to the middle east, one tp reportedly involving a quote, joint u.s./russian busy venture to develop nuclear facilities in and financed by saudi arabia. a deal said to be worth $100 billion mp the white house is struggling to get any kind of policy message to rise above the noise being made by all of the russia investigations. possibly as a result there are multiple reports yet again that sean spicer may soon be leaving his role as press secretary for a more behind the scenes role in the white house communications shop. and along those lines there was this from tood s white house briefing. having a little fun with you there. we should explain that today s white house news brechg wos off-limits to camera and sound. the brechg in the house designed to answer questions for our president about our government