keir, what can you tell us about the new re eporter: i th strategically what he wants is pretty straightforward. he wants toeep his nukes and boost his economy. in terms of his personality, though, it gets very interesting. when you ask the question, who is he and look at his background. in fact that axios report completely contradicts what we were told by this teacher in switzerland who believes he taught him for a year, and describes a young man who liked music, basketball, who had a sense of humor, liked to joke around, and was not as we ve seen this in his pictures surrounded by bodyguards the way the later of north korea is, but simply a simple schoolboy. take a listen. i never saw a bodyguard,
the new york times. jane harman s piece of north korea is in the washington post. the u.s. needs to negotiate with north korea. she was ahead of the game on this one. thanks to both of you. from his european education to accusations of human rights abuses, what we know about kim jong-un, who trump called a maniac, a sick puppy, but whose invitation for a face-to-face meeting, he enthusiastically accepted. and former president obama and michelle obama are in talks of their own to produce a series for netflix. people familiar with the discussions say they don t plan to target president trump and conservative critics. they look for inspirational stories and topics the two championed during their time in the white house. you re watching velshi & ruhle live on msnbc. we ll be right back. first word you think of
physical abuse, and says we have to wait. when does he not do that? when it is john conyers, the michigan democrat, accused of sexual misbehavior in the workplace, al franken, accused of groping and unwanted kissing. so if they are people he is friends with, people he agrees with in his party, there is this response. if they are democrats, there is this other response. it is hard to argue. those are not opinions i have voiced. those are facts based on how he has reacted. it is a case of situational ethics. and you saw the reports that behind the scenes, the aides are saying he did call rob porter a sick puppy that sounds like sven wolf, to be honest. the white house as we saw in the press briefing today, they re trying to make the president s
they want to at least have some semblance of control over is his reaction to north korea and kim jong-un, and everything else political they re trying to put it on a shelf. they know they can t control it, and two, the president just does not want to listen, but they hope when it comes to the most serious national security matters he s going to take their advice. yeah. that s kind of frightening. this president, i believe, called kim jong-un a sick puppy? what was the words he used? i m not sure they have a lot of control over him. they do not. and the impact this has internationally. it s very scary. as a muslim american myself, it s almost you reach a stage where you don t know what else to do, because it s generalizing 1.6 billion muslims as one thing in the meantime as america is taking a lot of business deals from saudi arabia. billions of dollars. saudi arabia is a muslim country. we need to connect the stories
first degree murder charges. police say he admitted to owning the gun linked to those killings. and nearly 15,000 american airline flights may be in jeopardy during christmas week. officials say there was a glitch in their scheduling system that allowed pilots to take their vacations at the same time. leaving thousands of flights unassigned. the airline is now offering pilots 150% of hourly pay to work those dates. and north korea has released purported video of the intercontinental ballistic missile it launched on tuesday. the rogue nation has changed its icbm is capable of reaching any target in the continental united states. in missouri last night, president trump took several jabs at north korea s dictator calling him a, quote, sick puppy and little rocket man. that s a lot of news to take in. california congressman ted lou joins me now. congressman, there s a lot to