saying i don t see evidence. the reason you conduct the ve investigation, the reason mr. mueller was appointed was to go see if that evidence exists and if if it does, to bring charges as a result. if it doesn t, we cthey can sayt and we can move on. congressman, thank you, wre goin to take a little break. coming up, pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge ties the not with plenty of royals and celebs in attendance. a political break. this sunday, a.m. joy is on at a special time. from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern time after premier league soccer here on b msnbc. we have a great show planned, so make sure you tune in and join the conversation online. sure we could travel, take it easy. but we ve never been the type to just sit back.
void since impeachment of park geun hye who is facing charges of corruption in a scandal that had the country in turmoil for months. there s also going to be a change in political agents fooer, after nine years of conservative leadership, moon is a liberal. we ll see things differently. that could affect the tone and the direction of relations with the united states, in particular because he favors negotiations with north korea and he s also convinced that the anti missile defense system that the u.s. is deploying here is not yet a done deal. wre also hearing more on unofficial talks between the u.s. and pyongyang. what more can you tell snus. these are called track two talks. some are refrg to this as 1.5 talks. very unofficial. said to be happening between u.s. and north korea in oslo, norway. we put this issue to the state department telling nbc news
americans sued 50 sued the previous administration for violating their religious freedom. the abuses were widespread. the abuses were all over. as just one example, people were forbidden from giving or receiving religious items at a military hospital where our brave service memrs wer being treated and wre they wanted those religious items. these were great, great people. these are great soldiers that wanted those items. they were procolluded from getting them. and we know all too well the attacks against the little sisters of the poor.
military operations. they have been given an assignment to plan for contingencies and identify those places in the world that we re required to act on a relatively short basis. this is not a one-shot propositi proposition. before setting forth those options secretary of defense mattis would have to say, mr. president, here are some of the options. we ve also taken into account if we take each one of these options and there is a response, we have plans for that. so it s not just we re firing a shot and then see what happens. if we wait to see what happens and have no plan, wre in trouble. so that s why it s important to have a strategy and then to make sure that the tactics you re using fit into the strategy. i assume they ve got many plans they re reviewing and rehearsing what might take place if there s any kind of an escalation on the part of the russians or the
welcome back to cnn newsroom. north korea is gloating over the political turmoil in its southern neighbor. a court upheld the impeachment of park geun-hye. many call ford her arrest. an election to decide her successor is set to be held within 60 days. ivan watson is in seoul. he joins us with the region. in the region of blue house where the president has been. wre are hearing.