By the saga of kaci hickox, the nurse forced into quarantine. Her week began in a tent outside of a hospital in newark, new jersey with no heat, no shower and a makeshift toilet. She said she was held prisoner. Governor Chris Christie said she should stop complaining. So she hired attorneys and after a few days in the tent she was allowed to go to her home in maine. Enter a new governor of maine. He decided she should be quarantined again. She went out on her bike. As of now after a court ruling she is allowed to leave her house but is subject to daily monitoring by health officials. Polls show that 80 of americans are in favor of quarantines for those who had close contact with ebola patients. Many who live in kaci hickoxs hometown feel that way also. But the nurse is free to go out in her town, so how are local authorities handling this . Joining me now is the police chief of fort kent, thomas, there has been a great deal of concern about the safety of your community. I have a differ
Msnbc. The u. S. Is waking up to a new threat from north korea. Also new today, the secretary of Homeland Security weighing in. He says he does not see the threat from north korea as an active war threat. In the case of north korea, a kinetic threat against the United States right now i dont think is likely, but certainly a cyber threat. So we would raise various threat levels in the event that something happened and we telt as though there was a possible threat. You always want to caution on the side of or come down on the side of caution. Nbcs Janice Mackey frayer is watching all of this for us from seoul, south korea. Janice. Dara, with tensions simmering in the region, there is a show of military strength in pyongyang. A massive parade of missiles and military hardware north korea had been warninger for days that this would be a big event. There were warnings from officials saying if the u. S. Were to launch a preemptive strike, it would be allout war and annihilation. Theres been
Attack strategy might be. We begin with politics and a live picture of the white house where days ahead of a crucial vote, President Trump is urging congress to on confirm neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Here is what he said in his weekly address this morning. In recent years, weve seen more. More judges make decisions not based on the constitution or the rule of law, but based on their preferences, their personal views or even their political opinions. Judge gorsuch is going to serve our people by devoting himself to our beloved constitution. The senate saw this firsthand in hours of judge gorsuchs impressive testimony. Interest but gorsuchs confirmation process is taking another hit with snooert claire mccaskell. Senator joe manchon, one of two moderate democrats supporting gorsuch is warning lawmakers like mccaskell. Here is what he told his constituents yesterday. Guess what . The democrats didnt win. So if you think youre going to hold out and theyre not going to pull a new dir
News this morning new, dealing with north korea. And another directly involves the leader of that country, kim jong un. Its an option that might surprise you. We fwin with politics and new reaction from donald trump. Instead focussing this morning on his meetings with foreign leaders, including chinese president xi and the future of these diplomatic relations. Here is part of his weekly address. I have been clear about advocating for the National Interests of the United States. Something so important to me and so important to our people, one of the reasons, certainly, that i got elected. And i want to ensure that the decisions we make truly serve the safety. Security of our citizens. Our decisions will be guided by our values. Our goals and we will reject the path of inflexible ideology that too often leads to unintended consequences. And as the Trump Administration weighs further action in syria, from one of the opponents of the military strike, here is democratic congressman chris mu
That happens next . Plus im going to end up paying more than i pay right now in taxes, all right . So, there we have the president claiming what he would pay under his tax proposal. Will that really happen . And what about you, what about your taxes . Plus, north korea tessing the white house once again with another Missile Launch. But what happened this goround leaves some critical questions. All that right here, right now on msnbc live from washington, d. C. Good to have you with me. As President Trump and those with him celebrate 100 days in office and this very important marker, very few last year predicted this day would come. Big and bold promises were made from a thencandidate trump during the campaign. Today the president remains on defense, unable to close the deal on one of his Biggest Campaign promises, repeal and replace the Affordable Care act in his first 100 days. Unfortunately, because of the hard time that the republicans have had getting their hands around this thing,