I think it was hyped beyond reason and i think it was unfair. Undisclosed meeting. The white house now admitting more, you heard me, more key members met with the Russian Ambassador. This time, Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn inside trump tower. Here is the question, what happens next amid growing calls for a fullon resignation. Attorney general sessions should resign. New calls for a special prosecutor. There ought to be an independent prosecutor. We have got to begin today with the state of play here. When it comes to russia and the Trump Administration with Jeff Sessions choosing to sit out any investigation into russia meddling. The question is, where do we go from here . Guess what . We have every angel of this story covered this morning. I want to start with nbcs justice correspondent, pete williams. You were in the room with Jeff Sessions yesterday. It seemed like he went out of his way to say theres not an official investigation under way, but if there was, how exactly is it go
The United States and United Nations and not a good day for north korea. You saw all the countries come together and say this has to stop. This is not something that we can be reckless and casually dealt with. Thats what he has done. They hit him and basically we hit him hard. Lets begin live in london. Greg palkot picks up the story from there. Hello. Hello, bill, thats right. A lot to update you on this morning. The rhetoric, the warnings, diplomacy heating up on both sides. Secretary of state tillerson is in thailand. Thats important because there is a lot of Business Done between north korea and thailand via false front dummy companies that pyongyang sets up in that country to help raise revenues for those nuclear and Missile Programs. Tillerson is trying to convince the government there to crack down on these government to get in line with the u. N. Sanctions approved over this weekend and following the two icbm missile launches by north korea last month, neighboring japan today w
New york, whats going on across the country. These are live events in new york, in los angeles, in dallas, chicago. None of them are under water just yet. None of them are on fire just yet. The reason why i mentioned that, ive seen a couple of headlines including this doozy. The new york daily news. Trump to world, drop dead. Were all going to die. Im thinking, i guess were going to die. This is not a good day. I came close to that last year. All that for nothing. And im looking at the dow. Im looking at all the markets. Well, surely they would trade off if were all going to die, right . Absolutely. Why invest if youre not going to have the money to spend . Because like i said, were all going to die. The environment is going to go crazy and were all going to be over. So why celebrate like itself or invest in a stock when the planet youre on is going to but look at this. Look at this. The dow at a record. S p at a record. Nasdaq at a record. Growing optimism at a record. Americans with
Coats said he did not want to discuss any of his plooift discussions with the president. If he doesnt discuss and reveal the details, would you be okay with that . No. That would be wholly inadequate. Reporter why is that . We need to understand what the president d here and whether he tried to intervene in an investigation. Reporter senator, do you feel like your republican colleagues are questioning or prepared to question the Witnesses Today and tomorrow, jim comey in good faith . Do you think that they have been working with the administration to make this an easier process for the president . I dont want to speak for my republican colleagues. But given everything that we have learned about how this story seems to get deeper and deeper. I think they should be concerned and should be engaged in a good faith way. Reporter thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Hallie, that of course a brief discussion with one of the senators here today. So again, the key question here, and this
Investigation including any investigation involving general flynn. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey. Bill up the street lawmakers are looking for answers inside the building there. Many will say theyll do what it takes to figure out the facts. I want to see the memo. I want to talk to director comey to determine how contemporaneous his recording of the conversation was but also importantly not just what was said but what did director comey hear. How did i take it . That can only be done with all due respect to the New York Times, that can only be done by looking at the memo and talking to director comey. Shannon Catherine Herridge is live in washington with the latest. This morning the congressional committees with oversight are asking for comeys memos with one republican congressman they should be a meeting one week before his wifes f. B. I. Interview. The expectation according to senator john mccain is that comey wil