also, we have the president's very revealing admission about the presidency. he just gave in an interview. a lot to cover on the eve of president trump's 100-day milestone. let's start with joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the president and his top diplomat, essentially, articulating the dual prongs of a more muscular approach to north korea than in the past. on the one hand, suggesting conflict could happen. on the other hand, in a bit of a shift, suggesting direct talks and a diplomatic solution could also be on the table. >> there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> reporter: a sobering message from president trump warning about the possibility of escalation with north korea in a new interview with reuters.

cautioning the u.s. would love to solve things diplomatically, but it's very difficult. mr. trump praising china's president for putting pressure on pyongyang for stopping the nuclear tests. >> i established a very good personal relationship with president xi and i really feel that he is doing everything in his power to help us with a big situation. >> reporter: and offering a bit of praise for north korea's dictator. >> his father dies. he took over a regime. say what you want. that's not easy. especially at that age. i'm not giving him credit or not. i'm saying that's a very hard thing to do. as to whether or not he is rational? i have no opinion on it. i hope he is rational. >> reporter: these remarks come as secretary of state rex tillerson indicates a major shift in diplomatic policy.

telling npr the administration is open to direct talks with north korea as long as the agenda is right. >> all scenarios on the table. it is all up to north korea. we're not looking to pick a fight. don't give us a reason to have one. >> reporter: the north korean threat is one challenge the administration is facing as it reaches the 100-day milestone tomorrow. domestically, despite a furious push from the white house, republicans conceding they don't have the 216 votes necessary to move forward with the bill to repeal obamacare. >> wlhat you see in the gop hase to cram it down in the last 100 days, i think president trump is making fools of the members of congress of his own party. >> reporter: democrats threatening to pull support for the must-pass spending bill to avert a government shutdown if republicans were to move forward with the health care vote. president trump telling reuters if there's a shutdown, there's a shutdown. this as a new washington post interview sheds light on the

reversal of pulling out of nafta. >> rather than terminating nafta which would be a big shock to the system, we will renegotiate. >> reporter: the president telling the post he was all set to terminate the trade deal and looked forward to it until he changed his mind on wednesday after persuaded by advisers and leaders of canada and mexico. 14 million american jobs depend on the trade deal. president trump reflecting on the presidency and realities of governing. >> i loved my previous life. i had so many things going. i actually -- this is more work than my previous life. i thought it would be easier. >> reporter: the president travels today to atlanta, georgia, to deliver remarks to the national rifle association. tomorrow, the 100th day of his administration. he travels to pennsylvania for a campaign-style rally. chris and alisyn.

>> joe, as the war of words with the u.s. and north korea heats up, the reclusive regime is responding to the president's ominous comments. cnn's will ripley live in pyongyang, north korea. remember, he is the only western tv jour journalist there right . >> reporter: chris, i want to read you the statement from north korean state media. calling the united states a gangster and saying the tensions are inching to the point of war. rhetoric we heard before from north carolina. with t north korea. the u.s. will be held wholly accountable for it. this is a busy week. massive live fire exercise. the largest in north korean history. it has been about two weeks sin since the failed missile attack. north korean officials will

continue to launch missiles and conduct a nuclear test. the sixth test at a moment of their choosing. when you ask them if influenced from the united nations security council has the meeting happening today or influence from china may cause them to dialctivitactivities, they say this country will continue to do what it meaneeds to do to devel weapons of mass destruction to protection this country and keep the regime in place. >> will, thank you for being on the ground in pyongyang. you are the only western televisi television journalist there. we have our panel. david gregory and maggie habe haberman and ron he stating the? >> we know that.

the president defenders talked about the mad man theory of richard nixon. you don't know what they will do and that gives us leverage with countries around the world. this is something you don't even hear in public. at the same time he is saying that, he is saying in interviews he wants south korea to pay for the missile defense system that we view as critical deter rent and tells the washington post the inn stistinct is to pull ou the free trade agreement. is this the mad man theory of unpredictability or lurching around? >> the balance of disruption versus destruction. we are the american people. take a look at this. new cnn polls.

north korea, immediate threat to the united states? 37%. not a threat at all? 13%. surprisingly low. if north korea attacks south korea, should the u.s. send troops? 67%, two of three responding say yes. troops to south korea. >> i'm astounded by that number. i don't think the american public is focused on what kind of war we would be looking at on the korean peninsula with the nuclear weapons and conventional weapons and missiles. 35,000 troops on the ground there. it is a scary proposition. i go back. i have been looking into the era in the truman administration. dean atkinson would sit at the table and say what do we want from north korea? what happens in north korea stays in north korea. making sure it is not nuclear

north korea is important. we should remember harry truman threatened nuclear weapons. he was hemmed in by douglas macarthur. he is pushing the chinese to pull north korea back while at the same time signaling willing to negotiate. i think that is a smart strategy. >> especially if you fold in what tillerson did. >> talking about direct negotiation. we want to covertly disrupt the tests and find some way to negotiate north korea off the edge. >> how does the economic pressure on south korea bid into and that? >> i don't know. >> ron, it is very unclear how much of this is actual strategy versus a president with no linear thought process or

foreign policy doctrine or domestic policy doctrine. they are all singing from the same hymnal. realizing it may have gone further than it meant. i know we say it about every context with him. he is so totally not used to the degree his words matter. he seems to realize that yesterday. >> moving on. health care. let's talk about where we are with that. you know, the president and reince priebus predicted i should say on the weekend shows last weekend, there may be a vote this week. i believe you all could have told them that's not going to happen. as we did on the air say that. >> is this day 99 or day 49? maybe we can run the tape. >> they don't have the votes. >> they don't have the votes from the moderate house

republicans. the problem for this white house is they were not all singing from the same page when they wanted this vote to take place. some people did not want to be overt in pushing for a vote this week. the president badly wanted some legislative accomplishment and reince priebus, the chief of staff, was the one most aggressively pushing for that. >> he wanted a win, right? so this is a signature promise. he doesn't get a vote on it. again, he was put in a bad position. somebody, maybe reince priebus, because this was obviously his agenda. go out and tell them to do it next week. >> or maybe he 240e7told them i wanted that. >> that is totally legit. that is not how trump thinks. he doesn't think he knows how the legs islation things. that's why he needs these guys. if they say, go strong on this next week. now he is made to look like he couldn't deliver.

>> this is a hideous example of crisis management. this is major public policy that effects real people's lives. millions of people. you are willy nilly. we will deny coverage. you have to work this through. look at obamacare. they took their time with it. it is horrible management. whoever is responsible. i think that he does outsource a lot. this is why he is in trouble. the chaotic management and then the potential of losing again. let me tell you something, this is a failure of leadership. we can't stand up to him or won't stand up and say we need discipline if we will change major aspects of how the country is run. >> i hate to interrupt. that is something that is not focused on here. the republican party has yet to move from my majority party to the governing party. >> let's not forget.

the house republican leadership made the call which is the way to solve it to lurch it further to the right. if you are a republican house member in a competitive district. why vote for a bill at 17% approval before they decided to remove the nationwide protection for pre-existing condition. 70% of the country -- 78% of people aged 50 to 64 who recognized they are the ones, older working adults are the ones to get hit at a time the gop the core of the coalition are older and lower income whites and losers under the provision and know it. if you know that, and you know anything like this is extremely unlikely to get through the senate, why go out and vote for it and put yourself in the position of hammered by it in 2018. >> that brings to us nafta. the reports are -- >> as bill clinton used to say.

nafta because we have to. >> hours away from signing executive order to pull out of nafta and somebody came in and said let me point out to you where people who like nafta live. he changed his tune. >> i'm slightly skeptical of the narrative. >> the perdue narrative? >> all of the details are true. it doesn't mean the president was about to go do this and pulled back from the brink. it is true people in the white house thought this is where the president was going. he was going down the path. i think the president tends to be more strategic in his mind. he will let aides think he is going to a certain place and change his mind. there was an intervention. third time we are talking about this. a split within the west wing on what to do. that doesn't mean the president was whip sawed. >> what does the president want to do? he wants to win. >> of course. >> this is confusing. >> 14 million jobs would be

sacrificed if he were to blow up nafta. that is a huge deal. i can't believe -- >> just one thing on that. during the campaign, he promised manufacturing jobs. nafta would be good for them. agriculture versus manufacturing. >> his problem is this. we have seen this on several major issues. forget about the campaign and government poetry. >> who said that? >> nobody should have said that. this is the deal. he says things that weren't true. now he is in control, he is having to own these problems. who knew health care was complicated? china and north korea have history. >> you can compliment him. that is a fair criticism. maggie and i were talking about this before. you have to give him credit for things he said were untrue or unreasonable in the campaign. at least he is listening. he is listening.

if somebody says this will not amount to what you think, he doesn't want to have that blow to the economy. the criticism is maybe you should have thought this through when you were criticizing nafta so much. at least he is flipping toward reasoni reasoning. >> donald trump in many ways was an independent candidate who ran as republican. he is bringing the economic nationalism to the party. if you look at the three big elements. i am glammigration is full spee except for the wall. on trade, it is back and forth. a struggle. yes, he did not blow up nafta. he is taking a hard line on trade issues, including what we talked about with south korea. you have the global affairs. instinct on the campaign was transactional. now he is pulled in the other direction. >> part of the measure of leadership is what you know and how you go about putting that into action. the latest interviews he just had. that reality becomes very clear.

he just said in an interview with who? >> three interviews. we can listen. >> listen to what he said. >> i loved my previous life. i had so many things going. i actually, this is more work than my previous life. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more -- i'm a details oriented person. i guess you would say that. i do miss my old life. i like to work, so that's not a problem. this is actually more work. >> thanks, captain obvious. the presidency is actually tough work. do we congratulate him for understanding that? >> look, i honestly agree with david. this was the ckoco conversatione green room. he will not change. he ran on things he did not fully understand. he is acknowledging that. you don't normally hear a

president or city council member say something like that. there is a certain amount of vulnerability he is showing. the presidency is hard work. you didn't hear him say that. he said this is so easy. i can do this quickly. i got hit for that too. >> arm chair analysis which what we like to do. i like that. i like that candor.window. he doesn't show that. >> fascinating. it is actually hard work. really? as david said, when he said that about health care. who knew it was complicated? harry truman knew that. bill clinton knew that. in many ways, it is -- two things. larger than individuals. these are different visions in the party and country. do you continue to have the sense there is a government that is producing outcomes and a president over here saying and tweeting things that may or may not be connected. >> we have other top stories we have to get to.

we have other questions. >> another situation heating up. the blame game over the michael flynn mess. another issue of who should be held to account. the trump administration is claiming that michael flynn is obama's fault. that white house failed to properly vet michael flynn? how do you feel about that? we will give you the timing and realities of that next.

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the pentagon's inspector general is investigating whether the fired nagtional security adviser michael flynn accepted payment. the trump white house is now blaming the obama administration for giving security clearance. >> the issue is he was issued a security clearance under the obama administration in the spring of 2016. the trip and transactions you are referring to occurred in december of 2015 from what i

understand. obviously, there is an issue as you point out that the department of defense and inspector general is looking into. we welcome that. that clearance was made during the obama administration with knowledge of the trip he took. >> court is in session. let's bring back david gregory and maggie haberman and counterterrorism expert phil mudd. phil, the idea, essentially is we didn't really have to vet him because he had been vetted by the other guys. anything that went wrong with flynn is on them. >> i love comedy at 6:20 in the morning. let me give you two sp perspectives. chris, i have two top security clearances. >> in spite of the conversation. >> my point is if i take money from the russians today. is it the white house to

determine what i'm doing? to suggest that is goofy. you know the person responsible? michael flynn to tell the department what he is doing. there is a second question nobody is asking. this is what somebody should ask sean spicer. forget about security clearance. when you are in the white house, you participate in sensitive discussions and military action and defense contracts. the question is was there an ethics form where he said i took money and in is where my money is invested. if the answer is no, that is a serious question. the white house has not answered that yet. >> it is helpful to look at the timeline. in april of 2014, he is forced out by the obama administration. in october of 2014, he is warned not to accept payments from foreign governments. in 2015, he is then paid to speak at the rt russia

television event. spring of 2016. still in the obama administration. the clearance is renewed. that is what the white house is hanging their hat on. in november of 2016, he is candidate trump's national security adviser. maggie, do they have any point? >> their point is it is somebody else's fault and not theirs. it is a complicated point to make. as you noted, he was shoved out by president obama. it is true in terms of the security clearance works. yes. that is the administration. the obama administration made clear it had trust issues. >> why did they renew his security clearance? >> i don't know how this works. phil. >> phil, can you answer? >> when you go through the process, you have to fill out a form. i fill out forms every year. the onus is on the individual recleared. in that case, me or general

flynn to say this is what i have done. >> to disclose? >> exactly right. >> clearance based on what flynn said. not vetting. we have two issues. the first is if they want to look to the obama administration for guidance, they got the loudest message they could. obama got rid of flynn. legitimate questions. two, you vet the person you want in your administration. you do the background check. you own them. this guy was shoulder to shoulder with the president. this is a frightening lack of responsibility because if they want to duck this, david, what won't they duck? >> i agree with everything you said. what i don't understand is why wouldn't you want to help? why not give everything you got? if you want to stand up as spicer did yesterday and say president fired this guy and in the right time. that was a great call. why not be helpful? the reason was because they made

a hideous misjudgment with ni z michael flynn. they had a guy tied to a foreign power to try to manipulate our election shaping his foreign policy views. the candidate and president and he was national security advi r adviser. >> i go one step further. i don't think that is part of it. i think when you had that tweet from president trump a couple weeks ago saying flynn should take immunity. i don't believe that is you go. there was a sense from people close in the administration -- there is an acknowledgment that michael flynn knows a lot. it is not clear whether it will be problematic for him to talk to people as he is trying to offer immunity. i don't know the extent of what he may know. i know a common certain for donald trump over his career is having potential allies who turn problems outside of your

atmosphe of control. >> you have to believe pence, the vice president said they had to get wind of this stuff. he could be in legal jeopardy here. likely you have to get rid of this guy. >> his lawyers say he disclosed it the way he needed to and you have very tricky notice provisions with the law works here. his disclosure with pence is a non issue. the fbi will not consider anything there. it is largely political. it has one word, mudd, russia. this man is another the example of a clumsy or unwitting affinity to the forces of russia and desire to get hands on the people of power in the united states. >> that's right. let me tell you what happened here. as a former government official, this is easy to see. you have a tone in the campaign. that tone is actually vladimir putin is okay. despite what happened in

previous administrations. people like michael flynn take that tone and we will talk to russian officials and say a new sheriff is in town and we will reverse what the obama administration did. some of what they did, including general flynn's conversations with the ambassador were inappropriate. this story looks messy, but from the outside it is clear. a tone was set and individuals did things that were iappropriate when they absorbed the president's tone and talked with russian officials. >> a distinction with misjudgment and whether he broke the law. we don't know. it could be perfectly innocent. we can scrutinize. >> thank you. panel, thank you for all of the information. secretary of state rex tillerson heading to the united nations today to talk about north korea. is america's top diplomat reversing the u.s. position on negotiating with kim jong un? we have a live report next.

america's top diplomat now says the u.s. is willing to hold direct talks with north korea. this comes as secretary of state rex tillerson chairs a special united nations security council today on the threat. we have elise labott in studio with more. great to have you in studio. >> rex tillerson is chairing the united nations security council. this is all of an effort to bring more attention to the north korean effort and show everybody this is really the top priority of the trump administration. i think it sends not just a message to the world, but also to north korea. yu have rex tillerson today at the united nations security council calling for more sanctions if north korea launches another nuclear test or

tries another test missile of intercontinental ballistic missile. the long-range missile that can hit the united states. he is also talking about possible direct talks with north korea. >> that is the difference. >> yeah. let me read you about what he told npr last night. when he was asked about whether he would have direct talks. he said our approach to north korea is to have them change their posture toward any future talks. obviously that is how we like to solve this. north korea has to decide they are ready to talk about the right agenda. the right agenda is not really kicking the can down the road which is the policy for the last 20 years or so. now they're saying in north korea would come to the table and talk about getting rid of the nuclear program, that is something they would be interested in. it sis a softening from mike

pence. >> thanks, elise. we remember senator markey saying you should give north korea a seat at the table. now a couple weeks later, that's where we are. with all of this hot talk of conflict with kim jong un and the united states. how real is the threat? let's discuss next. an ith type s knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. invokana® is a pill used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. and in most clinical trials, the majority reached an a1c goal of 7 percent or lower. invokana® works around the clock by sending some sugar out of your body through the process of urination. it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or weight,

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well, there's a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> okay. that was president trump making that ominous warning in a new interview with reuters. that comes after the rhetoric had seemingly simmered down. how real is the threat from north korea today? joic joining us now is gordon chang and retired general mark hertling. gentlemen, is this more of the same? saber rattling? >> i think what is different is

you have china starting to think about what the united states would do because last saturday, global times, which is not official, but does reflect the thinking of the chinese officials. said china might sit on its hands if the u.s. only do a surgical strike. not an invasion of north korea. that is stunning. what is different is the north koreans must understand they are isolated in a way they have not been before. >> let's talk about this from a military perspective, general. you are dealing with a million man army in north korea. we have footage that shows the scale of manpower they have. the artillery attack. we want to show the footage. we know kim jong un was out there directing it. they have significant mid range and heavy artillery they can use. the kind you are seeing now. they also had a little bit of a drill. look at that one. what a simulated attack on america would feel like. we have some of that footage

also? and this is what they were showing on their state television. obviously the united states is not easily intimidated, general. when you look at it from a military peculiar sprspective. a recent cnn poll, if north korea attacks south korea, the u.s. should send in troops. 37% say immediately. if north goes after south, the u.s. should send in troops. what is the military reality? >> i'm surprised it is so low. we have a treaty with south korea. we have soldiers over there. about 28,000. the korean peninsula has been under conflict since 1953. there is a reason vice president pence was in the demilitarized zone and not on the border.

this is an active threat. i think the current administration is getting new ideas by reading old books. that is a good thing. look at history and what previous administrations have done. we have plans to reinforce korea. this is an extremely bloody conflict with the amount of artillery the north has to fire on korea. chris, i reinforce korea with a brigade when i was a younger colonel. we went to pusan and drove up south korea to get to our war positions in the north. there are active plans to do this. they are practiced every year. there are war games going on right now. it is because of the conflict with the north and south. >> gordon, that leaves us open to rex tillerson and he is open to talks. how big of a change?

>> it is a change from the vice president and what he said a week ago during the trip to asia. we have president trump saying there could be major conflict. i think that is trying to intimidate the north koreans. tillerson and haley will try to get sanctions resolution through the security council. i think what they are doing is trying to intimidate the 15 members of the council. saying if you don't impose tougher sanctions and enforce, we have other options. >> does president trump saying we could have a major, major conflict with north korea. does that work to intimidate the north koreans? >> i think so. they don't know where trump is coming from. they may say we heard this before. trump is a different type of president than what we have seen from the last three. basically he signalled there will be new policies. unlike what we have done before. that has to scare both the north koreans and chinese. chinese have been cooperative

over the last couple weeks. >> they turned back from south korea. gordon is reporting we may sit on our hands. them saying according to tillerson, they said to the north, if you test another potential nuclear warhead, we will sanction you. that's all new. just to let people marinate on this, general. what would a conflicts with north korea and the united states and south korea look like? >> it would be ugly, chris. extremely ugly. much worse than we have seen in last 50 years. let me go back if i can. what you are seeing is the trump administration attempting to bring all elements of national power together in one shot. it is the military power. they stationed units out there. they have units on the peninsula on high alert. they forced the diplomatic issue with the visits by the vice president and secretary of state and secretary of defense.

they have information going on in the u.n. that's good. the economy piece slamming them that way will help. all four elements of national power going against this. >> gentlemen, thank you for all of the information. all right. much lighter topic, but important to many. draft night in america. the philly boo birds. that's where the nfl draft was. that's roger goodell. he is hearing it. he did not seem to mind. it was the big night. we have details of who the big winners were in the nfl on draft night in the bleacher report next. ot herit i. we are here...to leave a mark. experience a shift in the natural order. experience amazing.

the first round of the nfl draft is in the books. some teams are happy with picks than others. as is the case. what are the details? scholandy scholes has the bleac report. the jets? >> jamal adams? >> they said he was the best football player for the position. is that the game changer? safety? >> i don't know. he could be a great player for a long time to come. that is the best part of the draft. no matter what team you are fan of, you are optimistic about the future. the draft is a good opportunity for fans to say hello to roger goodell. [ crowd booing ] >> come on, philly, come on. >> you thought by that

reception, the draft is in boston, not philly. myles garrett going number one to the cleveland browns. then chicago bears surprising to trade up to pick mitch trubisky from north carolina. bears fans not happy. the reaction from the watch party was priceless. no one really saw that coming. you can watch rounds two and three tonight. alisyn. >> i was at an aerosmith convcet in philly with the same reaction on the crowd. steve tyler gave them the middle finger salute and walked off. thank you, andy. they did not vote for president trump, but is he winning over people in the bl bluest of the blue states? we talk to them next.

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president trump closing in on the 100-day milestone. cnn traveled to three deep blue states and spoke with voters who are anxious and agitated with the trump policies. we have kyung lah with the next red, purple, blue segment. >> reporter: across california's fields. >> i'm nervous. >> reporter: and cities. >> 100 days of i can't believe this is happening. >> reporter: to the east coast states of maryland and massachusetts. >> at this point, staying out of world war iii seemed to be the number one priority. >> reporter: the blue states where donald trump overwhelmingly lost.

100 days in the presidency, fear they are losing their country, but promising a fight. the state of california. the largest bluest state in the union. leading the fiercest opposition. >> i don't think he can be impeached soon enough. >> reporter: at millie's coffee shop in l.a., i meet alex martini. for the first time in the millennial's life, she's afraid the president will hurt her. she is on obamacare. >> with type one diabetes, i cannot physically survive without insulin. without health insurance, this device is almost $4,000. it is almost embarrassing to be an american. >> reporter: i head 400 miles north to central valley. the immigration policies sow

fears in the fields of america. >> how many people have papers? >> nobody. scared to go out. scared to go to the store. think immigration is trolling around. >> reporter: the son of mexican migrants could not get enough workers this year. problems that escalated after the election. >> he talks about mass deportation. that makes me nervous. putting a wall on the border. that makes me nervous. >> that affects your bottom line? >> it does. we can grow the crops, but we can't pick them. >> reporter: 3,000 miles away lies baltimore, maryland. a majority black city where only 12% voted for trump. on a stormy morning, i meet melissa. baltimore born and raised. >> do you think the president has inching sigsight into your ?

>> absolutely not. >> reporter: unemployment and crime and budget shortfalls. she has lived through all of them. >> the fact that young black boys are falling like flies and i have given birth to five of them. my city is screaming out for help. he spoke about being a president for all. i said wow. he's failed. he's failed according to what he promised. he failed at this point. >> reporter: on the other side of baltimore, dr. kristin. psychiatrist at johns hopkins university. an economic world away. she, too, feels shutout. >> from what i hear and see, i don't think i'm represented at the table. >> you don't see yourself at the table? what happens to you in four years? >> i think that's where the anxiety comes from. we don't know. >> reporter: anxiety felt from

your urban baltimore to idyllic massachusetts. everyone in the state voted for hillary clinton. awakening activism. greenfield. it's sunday. reverend corey sanderson is calling on his christians to be the country's conscience. do you see the church as a force of resistance? >> i do. he may be under estimating the power in the people and in the sense of resistance against what he has been doing. >> reporter: after the service, as church members share pastry and coffee, i meet kendra davis. 21. a music student. her personal crisis collided with trump election. >> i had an abortion in january of this year. i don't want that to be taken away from other women in the

future throughout his presidency. >> reporter: just days after her abortion, she joined the women's march on her town square to defend choice. >> factor into the thinking. >> he factored in, definitely. i was scared that once he became president, he would make abortion illegal. it was disappointing he was part of my decision. >> some of us have been here since november. >> reporter: gloria started this grassroots opposition group in hadley. >> i don't know if it is because we have this moment where we almost had our first woman president. now we're kind of pissed off. >> reporter: angry and realizing she is complacent. even under most personal issue. gay marriage. >> supreme court decision came out and that was really special. >> how are you today different than before november 8th?

>> i'm way more involved. i'm not falling asleep again. >> reporter: a repeated refrain of determination across three blue states to derail a presidency. kyung lah, cnn, in california, maryland and massachusetts. >> important perspective there. we want to thank our international viewers for watching. for you, "cnn newsroom" is next. for u.s. viewers, "new day" continues right now. >> we're not looking to pick a fight, but don't give us a reason to have one. >> president xi is doing everything in his power to help us with the situation. >> it is imperative that the united states talk to the north korean officials. >> did not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. >> all of that clearance was