A new book quotes one of Donald Trumps top supporters criticizing the president and the white house is not happy about it. President china tells his soldiers to be combat ready at a grand military parade. And turkey slams the u. S. Over the trial of a banker accused of illegally moving money for iran. Our government rallies are being held in iran for a second day that follows five nights of antigovernment protests a senior military commander has to clear the and the protest movement in which twenty two people were killed rons envoy to the u. N. Is accusing the u. S. Of storing violence in the country has more from tehran. Large progovernment rallies are being held in major metropolitan cities across iran today in an effort by progovernment and pro stablish and supporters to illustrate to antigovernment protesters that this government this establishment does still enjoy political and public support by tens of thousands of people its an effort by the government to bookend what has been a
2012 massacre now suing the controversial radio show host alex jones, who has lon clag cld the shooting was hoax. Ill talk to one of those parents about a new legal fight for the memory of his son. And we start with the secret meeting between mike pompeo and north koreas kim jongun. President trump confirmed the easter weekend meeting and sparking concern on capitol hill over pompeo taking on a key diplomatic role before his secretary of state confirmation vote. A confirmation that is opposed by Many Democrats and at least one republican so far. Nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett is in west palm beach, and Garrett Haake is actually outside the office of senator mark warner, virginia senator warner, expected to be meeting with mike pompeo in a few minutes. Garrett, to you in a minute. Jeff, start with you. Best we can gather here, this was essentially a meeting between pompeo and un. A meeting about a meeting. How are the folks at the white house responding to this criticis
of in our relationship with nato it s a it s a mutually beneficial arrangement. it is dangerous if we, as as stephen says, if we get purely transactional about these things. well, steve is one of the smartest voices in foreign policy i listen to. this is one of the low points of u.s. diplomacy. there is literally nothing we do we don t thing benefits the american people. we give sizable support to egypt and be saudi arabia in various forms. the gulf coast states. eastern europe. and in every case we hope it enhances u.s. national interests as part of alliance activities. so this sort of, you know, adolescent threats both from the white house and from the ambassador are disruptive to our future well-being. ultimately, american allies voted against it, that s the form of what the united nations is for.