and very good sunday to you. i'm richard lui in new york city and welcome to the pulse of america, where your voice could be heard in real-time. here the are stories we want your pulse on today. all eyes on monday. that's when james comey faces the house intelligence committee on the president's claim of wiretapping. there is also the alleged ties between trump associates and russia. the top democrat on the committee now saying there is circumstantial evidence of collusion. the trump administration warns america's allies it plans to get

tough on trade and forge better deals. will that america first policy be good for the country in the lounge run. trump supporters could be the hardest hit by bug et and health care proposals. and one million immigrants from ash yeah. how trump immigration policy affects that group. to voice your opinions on your pulse questions, log on to pulse.msnbc.com/america. that's where you can participate and you can voice as often as you like throughout today's show and we will be sharing your thoughts throughout the hour. okay. let's start here. the leading democrat suggests today he has seen circumstantial evidence of collusion between trump campaign associates and russian entities. >> there is circumstantial evidence of collusion.

there is direct evidence i think of deception. and that's where we begin the investigation. the american people have a right to know and in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether this circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more. >> contrary to his statement, both former director of national intelligence, james clapper and former cia director have said they have seen no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia, which brings us to tomorrow, when fbi director james comey testifies in a public hearing before the house intelligence committee. it is the first time comey will comment on any potential investigations his bureau may or may not be conducting into trump's campaign associates. the house intelligence committee is one of four bodies believed to be conducting active investigations into russia's interference in the election. the associative press reports today the senate intelligence

committee asked roger stone, former advisor to trump to retain any documents that could be related to its investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 election. and then there is this. the lead headline of comey's testimony monday, alleged wiretapping. will comey refute the president's claim that his predecessor wiretapped trump tower in the run up to the general election? on friday the department of justice complied with the senate intelligence committee's request for information related to the president's claim. representatives saying today, though, they see none of that to support that idea. >> once again, no evidence to support the president's claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. >> have you seen any evidence that president obama ordered an illegal wiretap of president trump? >> no, i haven't. >> do you know of any evidence to support that allegation? >> jake, not that i have seen and not that i'm aware of. >> was there a physical wiretap

of trump tower? no, but there never was. and the information we got on friday continues to lead us in that direction. >> all that said, that brings us to our first pulse question today, agree or disagree: fbi director comey's testimony will put the wiretapping allegation to rest? nbc intelligence and national security reporter joins me now. let's start with this. what was being said by adam shif? >> well, hey, richard, adam shif made some news today. he's the first person who has reviewed the classified information who said there is evidence of collusion. he called it circumstantial evidence. obviously, as you pointed out, others have disagreed with that. we may be talking about definitions here. you know, nbc news has reported and others have reported that the u.s. intelligence committee has evidence of meetings between russian operatives and members of the trump campaign over the summer. is that what he is referring to

as circumstantial evidence of collusion? perhaps. although, he has access to a lot of information we don't have. clearly, his point is that's what the investigation is designed to look into. whether there was anything more, what that means, why did those meetings occur. but, you know, unfortunately it doesn't appear that fbi director james comey will be able to shed light on thatomorrow. that's the highly classified part of the investigation he's probably not going to talk about, richard. >> why do you think adam shif at this point in the time line because he had has briefings earlier from today, from this sunday which may have indicated to him this idea he has decided to use the word collusion, any sense of what brought him to that statement today? >> i think he was pushing back a little bit on the statement by james clapper, who said that as of january 20th, when he left office, he had not seen any direct evidence. and also i reported last week that former cia director said in a small gathering, including some reporters and former cia

officials that he was not aware of any fire. of course mike had been out of government for a long time. he hasn't seen the classified evidence and i think shif was pointing out, hey, there is some stuff here. that's the whole reason we're looking into this. i wouldn't read too much into what he was say sglg thaing. >> thank you. i would like to bring in the former u.s. ambassador to the russian federation. also good to see you here. >> thanks for having me. >> your thoughts on adam shif's comments here. he's decided to use the word "collusion". >> yeah, that's a big word come frg a very credible source that chooses his words very carefully. i think representative shif has been very important in these debates and it suggests, as ken just said, that he has seen something in the classified material that we haven't seen that leads him to believe there

is circumstantial evidence about collusion. now, we have to speculate because we don't know. but most certainly those meetings, alleged meetings that have been confirmed by both nbc and "the new york times" of those meetings between campaign officials and russian government officials, that's pretty conclusive. what is not conclusive is we don't know what they talked about and i hope some day we'll have the evidence and have those people testify under oath and we'll know what they talked about. >> so tomorrow we have director comey who will have to answer these questions, possibly, probably related to adam shif's statement today. what do you think comey will say, if anything? >> well, first of all, i said what i said because those people that participated in those meetings will not be testifying tomorrow, right? i think that's important for our people to understand, that that's when we'll only get to the real truth and we may never get to the truth if it's done in a classified setting.

my prediction for tomorrow is that director comey will say i'm not at liberty to speak about that because i don't speak about ongoing investigations. and so i will be very surprised if he gives any specificity to the allegations that we've just been talking about in terms of collusion. i hope, however, that he will put to rest the accusation about president obama tapping trump tower. that seems to me something that is just so propos ter yous. there is no evidence for it and nobody is in a better place to put that to rest than director comey tomorrow. >> what does collusion mean to you? >> so to me i think it's about thinking about the release of the stolen data from the dnc and how that might affect the campaign. if there were campaign officials or people close to trump, for instance, mr. roger stone, who has been in the news about this, who colluded with the russians

to say let's release this data at this time with wikileaks, that would be a conspiracy, right? now i want to underscore there is no hard evidence that that happened and we are speculating here. but that would make this a different kind of case. >> all right. thank you so much. as always, ambassador. a wealth of knowledge, appreciate it. >> joining me now is shell by holiday from "the wall street journal" and the white house correspondent for "politico." let's start with you. what's your sense of what the ambassador has said? he also have adam shif and his statements. where are we at? >> i think there are a lot of questions tomorrow that won't be answered because, you know, james comey doesn't comment on ongoing investigations, and that would mean he wouldn't want to unveil sources or certain

methods or classified information. so he could just say i can't comment on these matters. there is a lot of questions about surveillance but also methods of surveillance involving computer servers, bank accounts. we're not sure if we will get anynswers on those either. adam shif had put pressure on director comey to come out and say there was no wiretapping of trump tower. >> he could say very little. he could say nothing, but it still could mean a lot as we look at the words that he selects in answering those tough questions. >> absolutely. >> tara, what has been the reaction? i know it's only been a handful of hours at this moment, if at all to adam shif's statement, using that word again and i'll go back to the beginning, using the word collusion? >> i am still checking into that, per se. but we can say that, you know, tomorrow you're going to see -- you're going to be seeing how

much house republicans go after comey to get answers on collusion and if there was any and how tough will they be or will they protect him? will it just be the democrats firing away as he dodges from really tough questions. let's not forget that fbi director comey can be fired by the president. so we'll see how far he goes to protect him. he's already in charge with being political because of his mentioning of the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail server just days before the election. i think one of the big things we're going to want to see tomorrow also is will he actually admit that the justice department is investigating the trump campaign for collusion or any sort? that still hasn't been answered, so that is -- that will make news just based off of that. also if any names come out with collusion, but that's probay unlikely. >> a simple question to that question that you were mentioning there, tara, will make news. it will be a headline because we

don't know and that's why we say may or may not be looking into these ties at the moment. stay with you tara. any sense of the white house, how they might be working to prep for what comey might say, the reaction to what he might say? >> right. i mean, if he completely dismisses trump's claims of wiretapping and puts that to rest, the president's credibility is on the line. and it will show that this white house refers to news reports based on secondhand and third hand information, calling into question the credibility of the press department and even more than that the executive branch and i don't know how they're going to be able to handle questions at the press briefing about this. if comey says there is absolutely no evidence of wiretapping and even goes further to say that there is no evidence of any sort of surveillance, this is going to be a huge issue. and i'm sure they will try to find a caveat, do some tap dancing around, oh, well maybe outside of trump tower.

if he goes so far to mention there was no surveillance outside of trump tower of associates, i don't know how they will be able to create -- >> looks like we're having a couple of bits of sound and technical issues with you, tara. so we will head over to shell by for a second. the republicans on this comme, wh the stements being made so far, the way the schematics are, are they bought in a pickle? >> a little bit of a pickle. they have not gone out on a limb to defend his wiretapping allegations. they want to know where the leaks are coming from. they will surely press director comey on who is leaking information about the investigation, about donald trump's ties to the russians. as we know, not just senator or now, i'm sorry, justice attorney general jeff sessions has admitted wrongdoing, but we have

other seen other people caught in these cross fires. the democrats want to put pressure on wiretapping. the big question is how much will those two issues distract with the underlying reason we're having this investigation in the first place, which is the election legitimate. was he elected freely, or was he elected with the help of a foreign power? and, so, wiretapping and leaks could -- not that they are not important issues, but they could distract from that main underlying question. >> you just asked that question of the ages that you laid out there for us. the question is, your thought, i'm curious tomorrow, will we see an 80% collusion question now that adam shif is using that word or 20% wiretapping? what's the balance? >> well, the wiretapping could be put to rest really quickly. as you said just a yes or no question and we could move on immediately. i would guess that comes up early. but earlier on "meet the press," adam shif did say he wants to

find out how russia did this so maybe james comey doesn't have to speak directly on it but he could say the use of bla mail fake news, propaganda. if we find out more about how they do that in europe, perhaps we would find out how they could do it in the u.s. and how we protect against that. >> thank you so much. we owe you a new microphone for the next time we speak. we have been requesting you agree or disagree: james comey's testimony will put the wiretapping allegation to rest. do you agree or disagree? first the overall tug of war and 68% of you disagree. 32% agree. then we take a look at gender. men and women were mostly neutral. now we see the same, 68% and 65%. all education levels were mostly

neutral. but those with a master's degree the end to disagree slightly more. of course that's changing. and 38% agree that fbi director's testimony will put the wiretapping allegation to rest. a new provocation from north korea. at the same time high level talks were being held between the u.s. and china and with the trump administration taking a hard line with u.s. allies like germa germany, we're going to ask you for you to voice your opinion on this second pulse question. agree or disagree: president trump's america first policy will be good in the long run. go to pulse.msnbc.com/america. t. introducing flonase sensimist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one.

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launched a test of a thigh-thrust engine for its ballistic missiles. they hailed the test of a great event of historic significance. this all comes as secretary of state rex tillerson wraps up his first trip to asia. that brings us to our second pulse question for you. agree or disagree: will president trump's america first policy will good for the u.s. in the long run? nbc news is in beijing with more on tillerson's meeting with the president. >> reporter: the secretary of state and china's president would have a lot of differences on issues like trade, day won and the south china sea. r rex tillerson threatened a naval blockage against china. but today pubically they sai nothing about any of the issues

that are straining u.s./china relations. it was all friendship and cooperation. with tillerson even using the same diplomatic language favored by chinese officials. they didn't make mention of the greatest provocation by north korea. it was of course timed for tillerson's visit to beijing. china is north korea's main ally, its economic lifeline. to mr. tillerson was expected to pressure officials in beijing to do more to try to reign in the north and reduce the threat. just on friday, he suggested that a preemptive military strike was not out of the question. these were bound to be tough meetings for tillerson because chinese officials have some serious issues to raise with the u.s., including the missile defense system being deployed in south korea. one of the main points of the visit was to pave the way for

the meeting expected to happen next month, slated to happen at march ra lar go. will be an important summit. >> thank you so much. this week also bringing awkward moments for two of the united states closest allies, that's germany and great britain in a saturday mning tweets. president trump accused germany of owing vast sums of money to nato. the german defense minister pushed back saying there is no debtor's account at nato. adding to two the 2% of defense spending, which we want to achieve in the middle of the next decade only to nato is wrong, end quote. then there is the diplomatic dust up with the uk after president trump excused british intelligence of helping former president obama to spy on trump tower, a claim the british emphatically deny.

joining me the executive ground director and chief of staff to former secretary of state john kerry. john, this uk claim coming from the white house and again citing this fox news analyst, what's the long-term effects in terms of two very essential intelligence agencies and groups working together in the future? >> so i think that remains to be seen and in the end we have a lot of common interests with the uk and a long history of being able to work with them. what's bizarre about this incident it has been created out of cloth in order to cover what seems to be a misstatement by the president that he is willing to damage a relationship in order to try to sort of protect his previous claim. that's not something we have seen before. you know, the uk will be coming into washington at the level of their foreign minister this week to talk about isil. they are a critical partner that coalition and we need them on

issues like that. to get the relationship bogged down on issues like this doesn't do anybody any good. >> your thought that the president may be willing to risk damaging these relationships, is this a matter of him not understanding the vernacular of foreign policy or a matter of him not caring at the moment? >> i think it's a matter of a president who cares more about immediate news sickles. he wants to win with one tweet over the weekend just for the sunday news shows and is willing to sacrifice, you know, long-standing relationships with key allies with the great deal grounding of foreign policy, with very important issues in asia circling around north korea and china because if it comes out tomorrow as many are expecting it will that the president stated something that was not true, that is a lie, about president obama, quote wiretapping his campaign, if that comes out, that de-values america's word in the world.

to have your word trusted, there is nothing more important for a president. so i think he's really devaluing the white house, devaluing the int integrity of foreign issue. the rhetoric clashes with the reality. >> part of the reality are the pictures we saw with merkel next to donald trump and the discomfort in both of their faces. if you like to read faces as folks like you do because this is again, foreign dip employee . they're looking at things being said by this president. all of this was playing out into those pictures there. >> to be honest, i'm not a big deliver in overreading body language. although, if you look closely, there looked to be a bit of discomfort on both sides. to me, the more troubles aspect was the fact that the president seems to misunderstand the nature of our core alliance with nato. the tweets that he sent on her way out the door implying that

germany owed a bill that hadn't been paid has been proven to be falgs. germany is one of the several countries that agreed to raise their contributions by 2024, not something they owe like a restaurant tap right now. and the fact he treats them as a service as opposed to something that is fundamentally in our interest, betrays a serious understanding of nato. >> it was interesting also, charles when we saw those pictures you awe merkel now who is, if you will, the leading globalist and now you have donald trump, now the leading nationalist. where does that leave us in global foreign affairs the way things will be going forward, this realignment of the world order. >> it is interesting that international newspapers are now calling her the leader of the free world. that is distrushing if you have covered this stuff around the

world. all of these issues. when you see the president of the united states being diminished so greatly because of what he's saying, because of the lack of truth in his statements and the real instability here, it's a real issue. i really agree with john that there is something here that misses the point of international relations and the whole frame work for a post world war ii set of agreements that are interlocking, that have created more stability than conflict in the world in all of these decades and created great prosperity for america. it's not transactional. president trump is a businessman, and rex tillerson is a businessman. there are strengths to that for sure in terms of negotiating trade. but there is a weakness if they try to reduce these important core relationships down to something transactional. it misses the point. it's dangerous and we live in a time where that kind of global understanding is crucial to

protecting the interest of the united states, both economically and military and inerms of countering terrorism. >> the brus sells forum is happening this week. you have leaders from all across europe gathering as well as the united states. what do you think the headline is going to be? >> if the past is a predictor, it will be a side issue. topics that we have with the europeans, how they are transitions in a climate of brexit, isis. instead most likely it will be on this notion of the united states accusing allies of not doing enough to contribute to the alliance or issues related to wiretapping. >> which will be different than in past years, certainly, as we are seeing in this election cycle and post election cycle. thank you so much. really great conversation. still time for you to make your voice heard on our second pulse

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the president knows who his voters are. they pay taxes as well. i think for the first time in a long time you have an administration that is looking at the compassion of both sides of the equation, not just the compassion in terms of where the money goes, but the compassion in terms of where the money comes from. >> that was wide house budget director making his case on

"meet the press" when asked about proposed budget cuts to programs that help trump voters. other crucial trump voters that could lose out, older, rural voters. this because of the republican health care plan. for instance, 60% of those who voted for president trump could lose from five to seven and a half thousand dollars in federal health care assistance. it only affects 35% of clinton voters. today house speaker paul ryan admitted changes needed to be made to help people in their 50s and 60s. fave raabili favorability at 45%. >> under the aca, the funding for medicaid was going to change any way in a few years. >> you don't go bankrupt over health care in other countries. we shouldn't do it here.

>> we are going to pass the bill and we are going to repeal obamacare. >> which brings us to our third pulse question of the kay, agree or disagree: gop budget and health care plans will prompt a backlash from trump supporters. joining us how is rick tyler and the director director of the new york state democrat party and former stath aid to hillary clinton. you heard the boos. but what we also heard yesterday when vice president pence was out speaking in florida, when the repeal word comes out, yeah. when the replace is mentioned, you don't hear a single noise. that was at least what one of our observers was saying. does that mean this is not going to make it across the finish line, the aca?

all right. sounds like we are having some technical difficulties. we will get back to you, rick, in a little bit. you heard the question i was making, which is these town hills are so crucial. a lot of lawmakers that will have to vote on aca come thursday are trying to get the pulse and the pulse right now doesn't sound good because they're for the let's get rid of obamacare, but when it comes to the replacing part of it, crickets in some places. >> you're right. and the nuance is interesting. people that voted for donald trump may not have liked obamacare, but they didn't have that much of a problem with the affordable care act. the truth of the matter is we have known this for years, the affordable care act helped people more in red states more than it did folks in blue states. if you see now that there are, what, three republican governors in part led by governor kasich

saying this is going to hurt poor people in our states. we need a different alternative. they are going to have a difficult time passing this. >> rick, i think it is good now, our connection with you here. there was the markup on thursday, right? >> right. >> and if the speaker knew that there were some tweaks that needed to be made, we didn't get any on thursday in the markup. did they miss an opportunity there? >> they might have. but i think he has his hands full. i assume since he's scheduled to vote, he's got the votes. donald trump seemed to have taken credit for getting many members of the freedom caucus to vote for this bill. but this is not a popular bill as you eluded to before. people are not overly excited. they aren't saying, oh, boy, i can't wait to repeal amacare, which many people are, but many people aren't and i can't wait to replace it with this bill because they're unclear how it is going to affect them.

i understand why all this happens. they have to pass it through something called reconciliation, which means they can't actually repeal obamacare. they can only amend it. people aren't excited about this change. >> when it does -- let's say it does pass on thursday. there is the senate. and it's really going to be tough for many of those senators that are in the midwest earn states and the southern states between the two coasts here. is that a foregone conclusion that if it does make it by, if they do whip it by in the house and get it to the senate that it is pretty much d.o.a.? >> it seems so to me. the whole deal with obamacare that led to many, many people coming on board with obamacare was the expansion of medicaid. the thing with trump, though, is a lot of his supporters, they don't like to think of themselves on welfare. they want to be able to afford health care insurance. but what they don't want is the idea that the government or

somebody else through tax cuts is subsidizing them. that's a different group than the progressives who have a different philosophy. they think the government should in some ways pay for people's health care as a right. that is a fill loss cal difference between the two parties. but many of the democrats, they aren't the type who want to be on any kind of welfare or assistance. they want to see a health care plan in which the costs get driven down anthe republicans are proposing free market solutions so they could actuall affordit. the question is will this bill do that? >> what will hurt trump voters more here based on what rick was saying there? what will hurt them more, if it passes or doesn't pass? >> i think if it does not pass, it will perhaps force republicans to actually go back to the drawing board and actually work with democrats hopefully. i know there are others that are saying democrats are going to be the party of no. i actually think this would be an opportunity for democrats to

say, here is -- if you don't like the affordable care act, here is some tweaks that we're proposing and hopefully republicans could be at the table. that's the real issue here. will republicans actually negotiate this bill or will they decide we're going to pass it. we're going to ascribe it to donald trump, let him get his victory so he doesn't come into our states and campaign against us. my guess is they will not pass it but use the opportunity -- i hope they will use the opportunity to actually work with democrats and get something reasonable passed. >> rick, is that possible? >> i actually agree with that. look, if it doesn't pass, that's going to be an enormous defeat for the new administration. the republicans have waited a long time to get the house, senate and the white house to do some pro growth agenda. i think ultimately, that's right, is republicans should figure out how to work with democrats to get something reasonable passed. >> thank you so much, rick.

have a great sunday. we have been asking you today agree or disagree: gop budget and health care plans will prompt a backlash from trump supporters. 11% are disagreeing. 89 agree. a graph of the political break down, all agree abouthe same level. final scoboard for you. and at is 88% agree. 12% disagree on gop budget and health care plans prompting a backlash from trump supporters. thanks for your thoughts on that. coming up, the surging population of undocumented immigrants that no physical wall can prevent from staying in the u.s. and you can mace your voice heard on the final pulse question of the day. agree or disagree: the border wall does not address the true issue with immigration. log on to pulse.msnbc.com/america.

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>> reporter: president trump wants to build a wall with mexico to keep out undocumented immigrants, but the reality is people are coming from a different continent and on a different mode of transportation entirely. >> i'm asian american but i'm korean. when i tell people i'm undocumented the first thing they do is nothing because they're confused. >> because most people associate the issue with the border, with latinos, primarily with mexicans. >> i think 38% or 40% of undocumented people came to the u.s. without a visa and overstayed it. >> that's what you did? >> yeah. america's undocumented population stands at just over 11 million today. the number of undocumented people from mexico has dropped by more than a million, but the number of undocumented asians has risen to 14% of the

overtotal. >> i can't really believe it sometimes. >> reporter: that you go to harvard. >> yeah. >> reporter: i can't believe i'm visiting harvard. you thought you weren't into va like me, they sucked. you found out that you didn't get to go to harvard? >> yes. i was in the internship thing and the director comes to me, asks me to come to her office. she sits me down and tells me, i'm sorry, but we don't let illegal aliens participate in our program. >> reporter: and, wow, did a chill go through you when she said that to you? >> yes. so i think immediately whe i came into the office, i cried. >> reporter: so you found out you're undocumented and then you apply to harvard and, what, against in your mind, all odds, you end up here? >> yes. >> reporter: he's protected by daca, the obama administration policy. but most undocumented asians, like most undocumented people

overall, came to the u.s. as adults and aren't protected. immigrants like this home health care worker in los angeles. >> i notice you have a clock and the clock has manila time and this is where we are, we are l.a. time. >> that is correct. we text and message our family. >> back in the philippines? >> yeah. >> and that's where you're from? >> that's where i'm from. >> do you think you'll be going back there any time soon? >> right now i can't. i won't be able to come back to america. >> because you're undocumented? >> because i'm undocumented. >> so this is your brother? >> yes. >> and that's your fiance? >> yes. >> so you're undocumented, too? >> yes. same. >> also undocumented? >> yeah. >> did everybody come here on an airplane? >> yeah. >> you all flew here? >> tourist visa.

>> and everybody just decided, we're going to overstay our visa and compromise our visa and now we're going to be in the united states illegally? >> we are here to stay because we exerted our life, body, mind and soul just to work and contribute a lot. >> reporter: will a wall stop people coming from the philippines? >> no. >> no. because we came here legally with a visa. >> reporter: you can't swim from the philippines here. >> no. but it doesn't make a difference. >> reporter: that would be a far swim. you still have time to have your voice heard on our final pulse question. agree or disagree, the border wall does not address the true issue with immigration. go to pulse.com/america. we have your answers, next. ho!

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thanks for staying with us. do you agree or disagree, the border wall does not address the true issue with immigration. this is what you said so far. 94% of you agreeing. 6% disagreeing. we break it down by education, this is the way it looks in that percentage. and of the agree or disagree, high school tends to disagree and tends to be growing at least at this moment because we're still taking in your results at 14%. graphic political breakdown, the republicans agree. for the most part, republicans less so. final scoreboard here for you, 96% agree. 4% disagree. thanks for letting us know what you think on msnbc's "pulse of america." the latest on james comey set to testify before the house intelligence committee. the surprising new comments from

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i'm richard lui in new york city. james comey is set to face the house intelligence committee on monday. he also had surprising words about alleged trump campaign ties to russia. >> there is circumstantial evidence of collusion. there is direct evidence, i think, of deception. that's where we begin the investigation. >> and a new provocation from north korea. it says they have tested a new engine. how michael whitehouse responded to that and what role china may play along the way. and federal iig