Reentry and how good is their aim . You remember that may 14th launch, that missile didnt have fins up on the front of its nose. Which doesnt give it a whole lot of directional maneuverability when it is coming back down. It is not to say it cant cause damage, but they dont have exact aim on it and thats another thing that theyll be assessing at the pentagon overnight and in hawaii in the next coming hours. What are you hearing about the options here that the military could have to counter this aggression . All of the options they have would lead to such high civilian loss of life, the pentagon officials are frankly uncomfortable about them. They dont talk about them publicly. Obviously their contemplating them. You look at the amount of artillery north korea has on the 48th parallel, a lot of it is mobile artillery, before you can take the pieces out, north korea could cause a lot of damage on the city of seoul, 40 Million People there. Within artillery range, there is the u. S. Troop
Getting better any time soon. 3. 5 Million People on the island are without power. The conditions have eased a little bit. Winds below 50 miles per hour. The rain is still falling. At least right now First Responders and police can go out to assess the damage and help those that need it. We saw first winds ripping through here, enough to snap the trees behind me, enough to knock walls down, pieces of the hotel behind me off. It was just whipping around. Right now we have seen electrical crews go out as well. Off and on foot. Theres so much debris in the roads. Very hard to get around with downed power lines and downed trees. Theyre trying to assess things by foot. The next concerns will be flooding. Either flooding from rivers or perhaps mudslides in the central part of the country. Recovery here is not easy and not quick. People are still out of power from Hurricane Irma two weeks ago. Could be weeks or months before this island begins to get back on its feet. Neil, back to you. Thank
Korea, but will kim meet the president s demands . His top spy today. Hope springs eternal, but we need to learn a lot more relative to these talks, and we will. And tradeoff. House Speaker Paul Ryan challenging the president s trade war over steel. Every now and then, were just going to have a different approach on how we should tackle these problems but it should be acknowledged that there is a problem that needs to be addressed here. We just want to make sure that its done in a prudent way thats more surgical so we can limit unintended consequences. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where President Trump is pushing back against reports of chaos. In a white house plagued by staff turnover and new revelations about the russia probe, with a morning tweet from the president today calling it all fake news. But hinting at more shakeups to come. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker and msnbc political analyst robert costa, National Political reporter the W
Kennedy was in many ways the courts tiebreaker. He was critical in decisions on samesex marriage, affirmative action, abortion, decisions that now potentially hang in the balance. As the president weighs his replacement options, the political jockeying is well under way on capitol hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says expect a vote this fall before the midterms. Democrats though are crying foul, pointing out that mcconnell and republicans denied even a hearing for Barack Obamas nominee,mak merrick gard in 2016 on the grounds that it should be delayed until after the 2016 president ial election. Now democrats say that logic should apply here, to Midterm Elections. No vote, they say, until after november. Were four months away from election. Is senator mcconnell prepared to keep this Office Vacant until after the election . I hope so. Democrats are calling out to delay the consideration of a nominee until after the midterms. Aint gonna happen. Why not . Because were going we
Between President Trump and kim jong un. Im Rick Leventhal in for jon sc Melissa Melissa francis in just a few moments, secretary of state mike pompeo about to make reports at the organization of americas space. Of those remarks a little bit of a week before President Trump is it to sit down with kim jong un for landmark talks as defense secretary jim mattis just returned from singapore the side of that expected meeting. We can anticipate at best a bumpy road to the negotiation. As defense ministers, we must make payments from collaborative defensive stance so we enable our diplomats to negotiate from, position of strength in this critical time. Rick chief White House Correspondent john roberts is with us. What is the latest on that singapore summit . Good morning to you and im chuckling because james mattis is a multitasker of anything. Able to read a statement in in d pour himself a glass of water. Looks like things still on trac track. Three top military lders were removed from offi