There are also reasons to ask if north korea resolve is beginning to waiver, at least some in the face of u. S. Sanctions. Cnns Andrew Stevens joins me from seoul with the breaking details. Andrew, lay it out for us. Reporter first and foremost, john, we have this new development in that north koreas say they are prepared to sit down with the u. S. And talk about normalizing relations. Most important, to talk about denuclearization on the korean peninsula. They have said while those talks are going on, they will not take any provocative actions. They explicitly said there will be no missile launches or Nuclear Tests while those talks are on going. That is a major development. Theyve also said, and this could be a caveat, and its a wellworn line from them, that they are committed to denuclearization if north koreas security can be guaranteed. They dont spell out what would have to happen to guarantee that security, but you could argue that there are more than 20,000 u. S. Troops in sout
Passionate about. Veterans care. Showed that shulkin was part of the failed leadership at the v. A. Why is he still a part of this administration . The secretary has done a good job on the things that have been approved upon at the v. A. Under his leadership. Were going to do everything we can to help veterans and something that the president has talked about and has director shulkin to take an aggressive approach and hes done that since becoming secretary. April . Jordan. Im sorry. Thanks. I want to ask about just to be clear, im sure there will be some sort of terrible comment how i was abusive to the press. Go ahead. Me in particular but [laughter] thanks, sarah. I wanted to ask you about elephant trophies. The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service put out more guidelines on permits. This comes after the president had suspended previous guidance lifting the trophy ban. The president called the practice of collecting trophies a horror show. What does he think about this ban . The president
And under siege by special Counsel Robert Mueller. The president is very frustrated about this entire what he calls witch hunt and hoax. Is a white house built on chaos now being consumed by it . Plus, President Trump promise its tariffs to help american businesses. 25 for steel. It will be 10 for aluminum. But already allies have promised to retaliate against american blue jeans, bourbon and harley davidsons. Its just going to be a huge tax on american citizens. Will the administration actually go through with mr. Trumps threat . My guests this morning, commerce secretary wilbur ross, independent senator angus king of maine and chief of staff for president obama, denis mcdonough. Also, President Trump and guns. On wednesday, he seemed to favor restrictions. We have to keep the guns out of the hands of those that pose the threat. This really includes background checks. By thursday, he was tweeting about his great meeting with the nra. Will that white house meeting bring results or was
Its just going to be a huge tax on american citizens. Will the administration actually go through with mr. Trumps threat . My guests this morning, commerce secretary wilbur ross, independent senator angus king of maine and chief of staff for president obama, denis mcdonough. Also, President Trump and guns. On wednesday, he seemed to favor restrictions. We have to keep the guns out of the hands of those that pose the threat. This really includes background checks. By thursday, he was tweeting about his great meeting with the nra. Will that white house meeting bring results or was it just good tv . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, nbc news correspondent katy tur, republican strategist, al cardenas and president ial historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If this
Wildfires, a look at the damage done in california and the growing danger that lies ahead. New this morning, the recount is on in florida. The nations largest no stranger to to recount but this is the first statewide recount ever. All employees working around the clock. They have until 3 00 p. M. Thursday to machine count more than 8. 2 million ballots. On the line, two of the most closely watched races. Yesterday, unofficial results came in by noon deadline. Republican leads shrunk even more. Democrat andrew gillum, fewer than 34,000 votes behind ron desantis. Conceded on election night, but he announced yesterday, hes still in it. Let me say clearly, i am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. The marquis race for the Florida Senate is even tighter. Governor rick scott leads democratic incumbent bill nelson by less than 13,000 votes. That is a margin of just. 15 of a percentage point. If on thursday, the senate ra