message that nikki haley, the republicans and the senate and general mattis and general mcmaster believe in, and the tillerson of four days ago just seemed to exist. there was one moment that didn t seem in keeping of what president trump said, but generally speaking, this did sound a lot more like nikki haley did before. in the next hour and a half, the president will be meeting with the secretary general of nato, and they have a few very key issues. they ve got russia, which is always at issue. . they described to taeblg turkey and they ve got north korea. does this set the stage for what donald trump and the nato head are going to talk about? i m sure they re going to discuss all these potential scenarios. it s odd when you bring up north
heard from vladimir putin was strong. president trump expressed a desire to work with him in his campaign, last year calling him a stronger leader than president obama. the question now, though, what we heard from rex tillerson was very tough talk. we have not heard that matched yet from president trump. for all the talk about how crucial this press conference that we just watched was, and it was, remember, there is another one here at the white house in about two hours from now. less than that at this point. we will hear from the president directly. we ll hear when he stands side by side from the asian public, we were going to get that, and i wouldn t be surprised if this wasn t the driver of those questions. the news conference we heard from the u.s. side, the secretary of state reiterating, essentially, what we have been hearing from officials here, and that is that there is a firm
positive. and he cited a number of them. the discussion might have been about a number of things, just obviously focused on syria and focused on assad. sergei lavrov very artfully focused on a number of those examples of regime change, the implication being the u.s. doesn t know what to do at the other end of the regime change. interesting, though, that the words that bill just read that rex tillerson said sound very much like the obama administration policy about bashar al-assad, that he has to go in an orderly fashion. it does not seem like any departure from policy. hallie jackson is at the white house. hallie, in an interview this morning, president trump chastised president putin for backing bashar assad. let s listen and then we ll talk about it on the other side. frankly, we talked chemicals because people just don t see this, the level of brutality, the level of viciousness. but when they dropped barrel
corner the froze include jews in hospital tlocaust had he been r. or the fellow working for steve bannon. in this case, what do you think should happen to sean spicer? do we accept the apology and move on? i think we accept the apology. i think he ought to be fired, not because he said something so stupid and offensive but because of what it reveals about his ignorance of history. he is not suitable for that job. thank you for your time. congressman nadler of new york. a big meeting for the president is coming up in the next hour. kate snow picks things one that news. you have a busy afternoon. you did too. i m kate snow and we re watching several stories. here the big ones, starting with the main event. president trump s joint press conference with the nato secretary general. they have a lot to talk about. we ll get you ready for that.
that comment by president trump adding fuel to the fire of speculation that steve bannon may soon hear you re fired. now a source close to the president tells nbc news that his comments were a warning shot, highlighting that the president doesn t say these things in haste. here s what president trump told the new york post. quote, you have to remember he wasn t involved in my campaign until very late. i m my own strategist and it wasn t like i was going to change strategies because i was facing crooked hillary. steve is a good guy but tell him to straighten it out or i will. this was a meeting held between jared kushner and steve bannon. the president was frustrated with the constant squabbling and the coverage of it. but he reportedly has said the infighting has stopped. but it s not just the showdown between bannon and kushner that