came back from asia. he s said not a word and ducked every question. the allegations are very serious and should be taken very seriously. ultimately, this is up to the voters in the state. we are here in washington, d.c. meanwhile, a former coworker of leigh corfman, one of moore s accusers, is backing up her story. she said she despised him. that he tried things with her. he tried to molest her. and she wanted to confront him. she was afraid. for the latest on the battle over roy moore, we have nbc s maya rodriguez following the events in birmingham, alabama, and also msnbc s kelly o donnell is at the white house for us. good day to both of you ladies. to you first, maya. from birmingham, what s the sense you re getting from voters there? reporter: listen, alex, this is an electoral that has been divided over this year. you have one camp that believe these women and another camp who do not believe these women. same thing with the voters and with the establishment h
then when it happens again, everybody s angry and let s start talking again. we got to stop. dana: john roberts is live on the north lawn. john? reporter: dana, good afternoon. the president spoke with the nation s governors for about an hour today about how to prevent future school and other mass shootings. he listened to a number of ideas that the governors had. he also had a few ideas of his own. president saying today if congress does not take steps to ban so called bump stock, that the device that attaches to a standard semiautomatic weapon, the president said he ll do it himself by placing them under the same laws governing machine gun. the president also talked about the need to harden schools on which he got support from several governors. the president with a harsh assessment of the response of the broward county sheriff s deputy saying, if he was there, he would have reacted quite differently. let s listen. i got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this w
former u.s. ambassador to the united nations bill richardson has extensive experience dealing with the north koreans and says this. this is a good sign. whether the summit takes place june 12. if it is put off a few days, a couple of weeks, i think that is fine. let s be completely prepared. i think the president needs to be flexible. he did say he was ready to see a phased withdrawal, a phased movement of denuclearization by the north korean instead of instantaneous. harris: get more facts. rich edson from the state department. good afternoon, harris. secretary of state mike pompeo is scheduled to meet with president trump in an hour. then he travels to new york. the state department says he will be there today and tomorrow to meet with one of kim jong un s top lieutenants. the vice chairman of the central committee kim young chol. deeply involved in north korea s recent diplomacy. he has joined kim jong un for meeting with south korean president and the chinese presid
implemented as part of an obama nuclear agreement, in exchange, iran had to agree to limitedatilimiteations to their nuclear program. pulling out of the deal was a campaign promise by trump. although it is not per fenm mea- french president macron said that withdrawing from the deal could lead to war. but president trump says that leaving this deal will ultimately lead to a better deal. so if the u.s. violates the iran deal, what happens next? before the president speaks, let s turn to our team of reporters, jeff bennett at the white house has covered this deal in the past, and is at his previous job. nbc nbc s bill neely is in london. you used to work at the national press, you covered the obama administration as this deal was being made. now that you re covering the trump administration, what can you tell us about what is influencing the president, or who is influencing the president? reporter: people close to the president describe this expected announcement as a promi
with his invective, constant regard for human decency as well as his befriending of democratic leaders around the world. i do think that america s standing in the world has also been tarnished. i think even more fundamentally, what he s doing here in the united states is very polarizing and he is, i think, the most divisive president we ve ever had in the oval office. shepard: that was last night on msnbc. the night before on this channel, the president s lawyer, rudy guliani, told our sean hannity that brennan should face a grand jury for his role in pedalling the salacious trump dossier that kicked off the phony russian investigation. i m going to tell you who was the quarterback for this. he s a bit of a puppet. mueller is a puppet. people that are working for him i have a funny feeling you re act to drop a bomb. shepard: much of the attack on mueller was compiled by christopher steele that the administration has asserted what began the russian investigation. i