We are hearing from secretary of defense jim mattis for the First Time Since President Trumps fire and fury remarks tuesday from his golf club in new jersey. In a statement, general mattis says, in part, the United States and our allies, they have demonstrated capabilities and unquestionable commitment to defend ourselves from an attack. The dprk should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. While our state department is making every effort to resolve this global threat from diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied military is now possessing the most precise, rehearsed, and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on earth. The dprs regimes actions are grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates. The north korean army has released a new statement from its staterun media saying it will deliver a plan to attack guam to kim jong un by the middle of this month
Darkest days. And joe, we have breaking nbc reporting about steve bannon this morning. Planning to cooperate with a special Counsel Robert Mueller and the russia probe. We have reporters standing by on that huge story. I would like to you frame out what we saw yesterday. We had Lindsey Graham being Lindsey Graham again speaking out against the president s staff. Weve got the shutdown looming in three days. It feels like, like something is happening. Well, weve seen the president s attempt to corrode basic constitutional norms over the past year. Thats been a concern. But now were actually seeing again, the United States senator who ive always liked and had Great Respect for, actually denying something that all of washington knows happened. Fox news even said it happened. You know why . Because the president of the United States, according to conservatives, was calling around after it happened, bragging about using the words that senator cotton now denies that he used. White house offic
Were already seeing both sides blaming each other for a potential shutdown tomorrow. House republicans scrambling to secure support for a shortterm budget resolution ahead of tomorrows Government Shutdown deadline. A member of the house gop whip telling cnn they are confident. But as of now, cnns count shows they do not have the votes. A key concern, the roughly 30 conservative hard liners in the freem caucus who oppose another shortterm fix. Are you in a position right now to vote yes for whats out the there. What they elect us to do, fund defense. Hold the line on nondefense and do what the election was about on immigration. It faces more uncertainty in the senate. Lindsey graham announcing wednesday he will not support the shortterm bill because it deprives the military of long term funding assurance. Im not going to vote for c. R. The democrats seem to be willing to increase military spending. Many reps are willing to have a daca fix. And those who dont want to combine the two are
Day. A bold move at a pivotal time. President trump announcing he plans to tap cia director mike pompeo to replace Rex Tillerson amid delicate negotiations with north korea. The commanderinchief emphasized the importance of the decision earlier today. Ive worked with mike pompeo for quite some time. Tremendous energy, tremendous intellect. Were always on the same wave length. The relationship has been very good. Thats what i need as secretary of state. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along actually quite well. But we disagreed on things. Im at a point where were getting very close to having the cabinet and other things that i want. The move already drawing criticism from democrats. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement. Secretary tillersons firing sets a profoundly disturbing precedent where standing up for russian aggression is grounds for a humiliating dismissal. President trumps actions show that every official in his administratio
In time when man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated. What will he choose . Good day. Im Kristen Welker in for Andrea Mitchell who is on her way back from singapore. President tr that sum milt mit as a major policy. While the president sells the agreement at home, his top diplomat is reassuring allies that substantive discussions are ongoi ongo joining me is Richard Engel and jeff bennett. So far to reporters its been that north korea understands there will be indepth verification. He also says hes very optimistic that they will agree to major disarmament. How do you think that will go over where you are right now and what do you make of secretarys message . Reporter officially the south korean government is getting on board. There was a statement from the government here saying that it understands that the cancelling of the joint military exercises may have been necessary in order to support the talks toward denuclearization. Youre seeing the south korean governmen