something we already knew, that he s a terrible liar. then he follows that up with more lies. the latest on the embattled republican who now claims he wants to be the most transparent lawmaker in congress. we start with a defining day for the u.s./russian relationship as well as for safety and security around the globe. today, president biden and vladimir putin gave duelling speeches, laying out duelling visions, both of the war in ukraine and what the world order should be. both see huge stakes, democracy and ukrainian freedom on the u.s. side, while in putin s mind, it is his country s very existence and neither man giving any indication they re willing to back down. over the past year, the united states has come together with our allies and partners in an extraordinary coalition to stand against russian aggression. but the work in front of us is not just what we re against. it is about what we re for. what kind of world do we want to build? there is no sweeter word tha
by now that the department of justice is not going to be extorted. doctor s note. the president s former long time personal physician admits what many suspected at the time, the glowing medical report he issued during the campaign was dictated by his patient, donald j. trump. that letter that showed up about his health rgs he wrote it: state visit. president trump making his first trip to the state department to swear in his top diplomat, mike pompeo. i ve absolute confidence he will do an incredible job as the nation s 70th secretary of state. good day. president trump is reacting to a strange of headlines about robert mueller s tense negotiations with the president s legal team and the deputy attorney general overseeing the russia investigation.
tweeting the probe is a rigged system and then threatening that at some point i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved. that s a clear response to rod rosenstein s unambiguous push back
i say to him, be like john mccain, the way he behaves, the way he serves his country, the way he conducts himself in public service. i want my boy to be like him. i don t want him to be like president trump. senator bob kerrey, i know we are talking about john mccain and the country should be talking about him. but thank you as well for your heroism and the work you did in protecting this country both overseas and in congress. middle east tensions are rapidly escalating. palestinian protesters continue to clash with israelis for the seventh consecutive we can at the border of the gaza strip. may 15th is the day after israel s declaration of independence and subsequent war in 1948 in which hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced from their lands. fuelling more of the unrest is the of mo of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, which is scheduled for monday, the same day as
israel s 70th anniversary celebrations. nearly an protesters have been killed by live israeli fire since
the avoiding talking about ending his nuclear program. sixth, don t try to be friends with kim jong-un. he killed his uncle, his half-brother and hundreds of others. he is a despot. those people up in canada, by the way, are our friends. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. msnbc s special coverage of the summit with brian williams and rachel maddow starts right now. two volatile leaders. they have tested each other. rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. they ve taunted each other. kim jong-un issued a direct response. i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged u.s. dotard with fire. now, they re moments away from meeting for the first time face-to-face. i hope the upcoming meeting in singapore represents a bright new future to the world. with the stability of the region and the world on the line i don t think i have to prepare very much. will their summit bring us closer to peace or peril?
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there s another tradition they don t know where to go until shortly before the event this time around the venue turned out to be the garden off the another jarius national hotel in havana many of those taking part were from the united states a sign of improving ties between the two countries. and you re up to date my colleague mike opal will be back at the top of the hour with more news and headlines i ve. seen school. first connie most of. his grandmother arrives. joining a regular chain on her journey back to freedom. you know where to turn a good documentary the road and the remington returns home on t.w.
don t come to tanks. this soviet era submarine was once a military threat today it s a tourist attraction. in the one nine hundred eighty s. millions of people protested against new nuclear weapons and entire generation lived in fear. at the end of the cold war thousands of nuclear weapons were withdrawn from europe and today top secret bases and storage facilities lie abandoned