world was a russian specialist, so he knows of which he speaks on these matters. matters. fir "first look" is up next. new fallout after a suspected chemical attack in syria as the death toll continues to rise world leaders are playing a blame game. plus, north korea launches another ballistic missile. it comes ahead of president trump's meeting with chinese counterparts. president trump continues his push for legislation. with congress set to go on break soon, is it dead on arrival? good morning, everyone, it is april 5th. i am alex witt. the united nations security

council is expected to hold a meeting in a few hours on the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. just this morning russian officials blame the incident on syrian rebels. the white house is placing the blame on president bashar al assad for what will be one of the worst attacks in that country's six-year civil war. nbc's foreign correspondent richard engel has more and a warning that some of the video you're about to see is deeply disturbi disturbing. >> reporter: this was a chemical weapons attack and in the video it appears to bear all the hallmarks. this boy using all his strength just to breathe. first responders douse the victims with water, stripped off their clothes to wash off what they said was a chemical weapon. medics and volunteers in this rebel control part of syria rush

the injured to local clinics. they claim syrian president bashar all assad fired serin. >> no one is doing anything to stop this. >> reporter: other victims were taken to a make shift clinic in a cave to protect them. there, a father kissed his daughter good-bye. nearby this activist was recording what he was seeing saying war planes were still overhead. then hospitals are often targeted in this war that respects no conventions. amazingly, the activist survived. in 2013 the u.s. threatened war on more than 1,000 people were killed in another alleged chemical attack. president obama had warned the use of chemical weaponsld cross a red line but when russia brokered a deal, a u.s. military response never came. in a statement president trump said these heinous actions by

the bashar al assad regime are a consequence of the past administrations weakness. >> that was richard engel reporting this morning. breaking this morning north korea launched another ballistic missile. it crashed into the sea of japan. the missile traveled only around 37 miles before it crashed. u.s. pacific command said it tracked the launch. it was a medium range ballistic missile. this is the dpr's fourth missile test and comes as the u.s. and south korea conduct its joint military drills. in a statement secretary of state rex tillerson said very succinctly north korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. the united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. secretary tillerson said, quote, the policy of strategic patience

has ended and adding that all solutions including military action and preemptive strikes are on the table. days ago president trump told the financial times that the u.s. is ready to deal with the north korean threat alone if needed. if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. the presidt is hosting xi jinping. talk to us about the reaction. how is this all playing out in beijing in particular ahead of their leader's visit to the united states? >> reporter: well, aymon, china says it sees no link. a regular press briefing today the foreign ministry reiterated its long held stance that all parties should exercise

restraint and refrain from escalating tensions on the korean peninsula. north korea has test fired ballistic missiles. this comes one day before the summit between president xi and president trump. trump and his advisors have already been indicating north korea is going to be on the agenda. rex tillerson has long called on china to put more pressure on north korea to curb its nuclear ambitions. in fact, overnight we had heard from a senior administration official who said all options were on the table and that the clock is quickly running out. aymon. >> eunice, when you talk to american allies, they are concerned about the north korean threat. is china perceiving that as the same, that it is a threat to china and its security as well or do they not see it the same way as the s. and its allies do? >> reporter: well, you know, that is going to be the key question for these talks because

we have to know whether or not china -- china would only move if it really does feel that cracking down on north core reis a within its own interests. so far we've been hearing some noises by beijing that they've been getting frustrated with pyongyang. the foreign minister only recently had called the u.s. and north korea two trains on a collision course so that is really going to be the key question at the meeting tomorrow. >> all right. cnn senior correspondent eunice eun. thank you very much. vice president mike pence was back on capitol hill in an effort are to resuscitate health care talks. he met with several key players. the lawmakers said no agreements had been reached. in their discussions administration officials have talked about allowing states to opt out of several obamacare regulations. the latest white house proposal would let them request a waiver to drop obamacare's community rating provision which would allow insurers to charge sick

people more money in order to keep the costs lower for healthier people. jonathan swan, good morning to you. we're not even looking at trying to bridge the divide between republicans and democrats. pence went to capitol hill to try to bring the gop factions all together. do you sense there's been any progress made there? >> based on the text messages i received between 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. this morning the talks went abysmally last night. if anythi, some people feel even more disheartened than they did walking into the room. no progress was made despite people saying as they came out that, you know, things are heading in the right direction. progress was made. nothing substantive was done in terms of bridging the huge policy gulf between the moderates in the house republican caucus and the ultra conservative freedom caucus. >> what does that say about the likelihood of the deal being

brokered between republican factions before the congress goes on break, what, three short days now on friday. >> you wouldn't put any money on it, put it that way. look, the freedom caucus, we're already out of time effectively because the freedom caucus would require based on what they wrote themselves 72 hours to review the text. we don't have any text. the reason we don't have any feks text is because anyone has anything. >> we can agree we appreciate you. thank you. susan rice firmly denied political calculations factoring into her handling of intelligence reports. the trump stras uncovered a pattern of her requests to reveal or unmask the redacted identities of u.s. citizens in intelligence documents. >> the allegation means that somehow the obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. that's absolutely false.

when the intelligence community would respond to requests from senior national security official for the identity of an american, that would come back only to the person who requested it and it would be brought back to them directly. it was not typically broadly disseminated throughout the national security community or the government so the notion which some people are trying to suggest that by asking for the identity of an american person, that is the same as leaking it is completely false. there's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking. >> did you seek the names of people -- to unmask the names of the people in the trump campaign, people surrounding the president-elect? >> let me be clear. >> in order to spy on them, to expose them? >> absolutely not for any polical purposes to spy, to expose. >> did you seek the name of mike

flynn? >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would. >> in that exclusive interview rice denied knowing that michael flynn was working as an unregistered agent for mike flynn. she learned that in news reports along with the general public. members of the senate intelligence committee responded to susan rice's comments. >> we've obviously got to ask why are these names so important to the national security adviser. obviously the fbi, some of those folks i can understand. criminal background, but to a national security adviser. how many staff were receiving it. her answer was very specific, i didn't do it. >> senator, what do you make of susan rice asking to unmask names? >> pretty normal. we're going to find out if it's normal or not.

>> senator, do you think it was right for susan rice to ask about unmasking. >> if there's intelligence that leads to her, she'll be part of our review. >> chairman bird told the washington post, if the reports are right, then susan rice will be of interest to us. sources told "the wall street journal" that susan rice is on the witness list. they're confident she will be appearing before them. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is revealing neil gorsuch will be confirmed as democrats try to block that from happening. the final debate on gorsuch's nomination began yesterday. at 7:00 jeff murphy took to the senate floor where he is still speaking after more than ten hours calling on republicans to hold off on that final vote. >> i call upon my colleagues who

i know have each and every one of them considered that it is their responsibility to build up, strengthen our institutions of government, not to tear them down. therefore, i call upon them to reverse this deed before the dark act is completed of stealing a see the and packing the court. >> with the count not looking like it will reach 60 votes senator mcconnell will most likely be forced to invoke the nuclear option to break a filibuster. republican senator john mccain didn't hold back when talking about what's at stake if they invoke it. >> some people have tried to say once this is done, the senate will be a better place because this lingering flight. >> i would like to meet that

idiot. i would like to meet that numskulls that would say that. after at least 200 years where the senate has functioned pretty well, they think it would be a good idea to throw it out. idiot -- no, whoever said that is a stupid idiot and has not been here and seen what i've been through and how we were able to avoid that on several occasions. and they're stupid and dond -- and they've decved the voters because they're so stupid. >> senator mccain certainly doesn't sugar coat it. coming up on "morning joe" we'll hear from both sides of the aisle on the looming nuclear fight over senator neil gorsuch's nomination. they're all joining the conversation on "morning joe." don't miss it. >> i'm not sure we're clear on where john mccain stands. >> i don't think he held any punches. a suspected tornado rips through parts of missouri as strong storms move across the

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another round of thunderstorms and possible tornadoes are expected today hitting some of the same areas damaged by monday's severe weather. the storm system began tuesday out west with reports of baseball size hail near tulsa, oklahoma, and a possible tornado causing major damage in goodman, missouri. more tornadoes, damaging winds are reaching into the northern gulf coast and as far as northern ohio and ohio valley. alabama, georgia, south carolina all pose the risk for storms this evening. may continue tomorrow and moving

into the northeast with flood watches for much of new york and new england. let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. when is this going to stop? >> about 48 hours. first tornado threat, large hail threat and then tomorrow flood threat up in the northeast. the life threatening weather is with the tornadoes as we go into the afternoon and evening. starting early this morning. this is a sign of how primed and how rich the atmosphere is. when we already have baseball size hail being reported in portions of alabama in the georgia area. strong storms in missouri, that has weakened. we'll fire that back up. here's the big map, the one that shows how many people are at risk. 55 million people. the area of red is the moderate risk. that's the second highest category. if things go in the wrong direction this could be upgraded to a high risk especially areas of central georgia. the fear is not just tornadoes

but a strong tornado that is on the ground for a long period of time. long track tornado and typically those are the most deadly and destructive we have in the country. here's a map i don't show all that often. this is the tornado threat map. what we're looking at on this map here is the hatched areas. this is where we have the best possibility of significant tornadoes. this is the fujida scale. it goes from the ef-0 to ef-5. they devastate the landscape and only leave the foundations. the odds of the strongest tornadoes is greatest in the hatched areas. east of nashville, huntsville and georgia border. this whole section of central georgia. the bull's eye being on macon, georgia. they're getting ready to play at the master's. the way this map works is it's the probability of a tornado

within 25 miles of any given point so they're saying that a 15% chance of tornado within 25 miles of this huge red area. that's why we're thinking that this has a chance to be a significant tornado outbreak today, guys. it's the fear of mobile homes especially. most of the fatalities we've had have been in mobile homes. they want to save as many lives as possible. to let people to get out of the way. a lot of schools canceled. university of alabama closed. >> thanks for your update. it's so important. still ahead, russell westbrook makes history and a home run robbing catch during the cubs/cardinals game. it's not how fast you mow... it's how well you mow fast! it's not how fast you mow... it's how well you mow fast. they're not just words to mow by, they're words to live by. the john deere ztrak z345r with the accel deep deck to mow faster, better.

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games to break the record. it's going to happen. in cleveland lebron james knocked his second straight triple double scoring 18 points with kin love adding 28. the cs 12102 win against the magic last night. this is the 788th straight game lebron has scored double digits putting him past kareem abdul-jabbar in that league record. the cavaliers will next face the celtics for the top spot in the eastern conference. when asked about tonight's match-up it becomes apparent james is already looking towards the postseason. >> i'm not one to get caught up in whether it's a big game or not. i've been in six straight finals, man. i'm the last person to ask about records in games. >> he doesn't want to talk about the regular season. indianapolis trailing by double digits. the raptors did not appreciate lance stevenson's lay-up. they later called stevenson's

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louisbuerg door o. democrat jeff murkily remains on the senate floor speaking on the protest of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he began speaking just before 7:00 last night just hours after the final debate on gorsuch's nomination began. the final vote is expected on friday. a dangerous storm system is moving eastward after creating major damage. the storm dropped baseball size hail and a possible tornado may be responsible for damaging a fire house in goodman, missouri. damaging winds, flooding, hail all expected in the southeast. baltimore's mayor and police commissioner have pledged to move forward with police reforms with or without the justice department. this follows the doj's request

for a federal judge to postpone a decree. drama over the russian investigation and what critics are calling repeated attempts by president trump and the white house to deflect attention away from it. in the spotlight now former obama national security adviser saying now rice is firing back exclusively to nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: for more than a month it's been the tweet that's loomed over the evidence without any evidence mr. trump tweeting, terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. >> have you seen any evidence that trump tower was wire tapped? >> see no evidence whatsoever. >> no such wire tapping existed. >> even a rare rebuke from the fbi director. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> james comey also dropping a bombshell. the fbi is investigating whether trump associates colluded with russia in the election year

hacking. the house intelligence chairman devin nunez claiming he's seen intel that trump transition officials were swept up in legal surveillance leading the president to say, he felt vindicated. >> i somewhat do. >> reporter: nunez has walked back his charge. the information he used came from the white house and a new focus. the white house going after a he obama national security adviser susan white for collecting the names of trump officials. rice spoke to us. >> only do it to protect the american people to do our jobs in the national security room. >> reporter: now she's under fire from republican critics. >> i believe susan rice abused the system as she did it for political purposes. she needs to be brought in. >> you believe. did you seek the names of people involved in -- to unmask the names of people involved in the

trump transition, trump campaign in order to spy on them, in order to expose them? >> absolutely not for any political purposes to spy, expose, zblig did you leak the name of mike flynn. >> i leaked nothing to nobody, never have, never would. >> reporter: former intelligence says all of this takes focus away from the russian investigation. >> i think it is a distraction to go down all the alleys. it won't lead to an answer to the primary question. >> our thanks to andrea mitchell for that report. the chairman of the house intelligence committee wants susan rice to testify. rice will be of interest if the reports are true. nor korea has conducted its fourth ballistic missile launch of the career. it was fired in the city of sinpo. it crashed right in the sea of japan. the missile traveled only 30 miles. the u.s. pacific command said it tracked the launch and it

appears to be a medium range ballistic missile. secretary of state rex tillerson said north korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. the united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comments. 83 people are dead including 25 children following a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. we want to warn you the images from this story are extremely disturbing. at least 350 more are said to be wounded from idlib. syria used any chemical weapons while russian media citing the defense ministry said that it was a government airstrike that hit an alleged stash. the u.n. security council will meet this morning at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the attack. in a statement president trump con determined the intolerable attack saying in part, quote, the heinous actions by the bashar al assad regime are a

consequence of the weakness and resolution. president obama said he would establish a red line against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing. that statement contrasts with a tweet from trump in september of 2013 which reads president obama, do not attack syria. there is no up side and tremendous down side. save your powder for another and more important da rex tillerson after not responding to verbal statements issued a statement condemning the attack which he said is the third allegation of a chemical attack in the past month. he said, quote, this is how bashar al assad acts. those who support him should have no i willusions about assar anyone. anyone who uses chemical weapons on his own people has no regard for people. the trump administration issued these statements about the future of syria and bashar al assad. >> i'm not going to go back into

should assad be in or out. been there and done that, right, in terms of what the u.s. has done, but i will tell you that he is a big hindrance in trying to move forward and i have to tell you, when you have a leader who will go so far as use chemical weapons on their own people, you have to wonder if that's somebody you can even work with. >> i think the status in the longer term -- longer term status of president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> so i want to ask you, ayman, your insights on all of this. you have president trump, he's essentially flip flopping from what he said in 2013 to what he's recently saying. he's blaming this on the obama administration. this particular attack happened on his watch. where does it go here. >> he's blaming president obama for inaction. the reality is this chemical attack is happening on his watch. the administration has tried to strike a positive tone with russia, reckon sill le lel.

>> leah: a tore -- reckon sill leah tori tone. that puts them at odds. if the united states under this trump administration is going to, according to rex tillerson, let the syria people decide what happens to bashar al assad, that means for a long time president assad is going to stay in power committing these attacks. >> proof that this hit an alleged chemical weapons stash, how hard is that to prove or disprove? >> it's going to be hard to prove which monitors a lot of the air activity over the country. they would not be putting out those statements if they weren't sure this was something consistent with what they believe to be the syrian or russian air force. eye witnesses described syrian or russian fighter jets in the sky for the past 12 hours before that attack began. consistent with what we're hearing on the ground and consistent with what the united

states are saying. russians and syrians have not provided anything to counter that. >> thank you, ayman, for that. the white house continues to push to revive the plan to repeal and replace obamacare but it appears to be running into the same problems. vice president mike pence spent the second night on the hill. after last night's discussions lawmakers appeared optimistic despite no deal being struck. >> i want to make sure i'm clear there were no agreements tonight and no agreements in principle and certainly no agreements in terms of a foundation. there was a general agreement that the progress we're making is certainly progress. they're good discussions but understanding there's a whole lot of things that we have to work out in terms of differences. >> administration officials have discussed allowing states to opt out of several obamacare regulations. one popular provision that could be weakened is protection for

people with pre-existing conditions. the latest white house proposals would let states to drop obamacare's community rating division which would allow insurers to charge sick people money in order to keep costs lower for healthier people. some of the proposed changes would alienate moderate republicans. there's no dmeel place yet. >> i don't want to put some kind of artificial deadline because we're at the consensual stage. we have productive conversations happening among our members. that doesn't mean we have language in text that's ready to go. get members talking, that's happening. get everybody engaging with one another, that's happening. now we're throwing around concepts to improve the bill. that's occurring right now but that is not to say that we are ready to go. >> those healthier discussions are expected to continue today on capitol hill. joining us is national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan. jonathan, the sticking points at the top of the agenda on 9

health care talks are what? >> you mentioned the so-called community writing provision which prevents insurers from charging sick people higher rates. now there's an argument over definition essentially between the moderates and the house conference and the conservatives. esident ump promised that he would continue to protect people who have pre-existing conditions and both sides, the conservatives and moderates say they're doing that. the moderates say if you're allowing insurers to charge people who are very sick a lot more money, that's effectively even though you still are technically protecting pre-existing conditions in practice you're not because you've priced them out of the market. the conservatives say, no, that's not the case. we're going to put more money into high risk pools and that will take care of these people. so it's a very fundamental argument. and i don't see a clear bridge

and, frankly, nor does the house or leadership. >> there's a little bit of an irony because they say they campaigned on repealing and replacing obamacare. a new gallup poll said most americans approve of the affordable care act. what do you think this means for republican efforts to overhaul the plan and how the country is now seeing the law. >> jonathan martin in "the new york times" wrote what i thought was pay very smart piece at the time and has proven to be pressing. it was in february he wrote that once you take the obama out of obamacare, the debate becomes about care and it actually changes the dynamics and you're seeing this right now in the republican conference. you've got really when it comes down to it a lot of moderates in the house that really quite like a lot of the elements of obamacare. >> all right. jonathan swan, good to see you this morning. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. still ahead, two more additions to the growing list of struggling retailers, one high

end, one low owned. that's coming in business next. plus, the southeast braces for weather. bill karins is tracking that plus -- >> if you watch the democrats now, the anger, the anger and hatred and they're trying to figure out where did all these people came that voted for donald trump? >> president trump takes his show on the road trying to build structure for his plan. he veered off course just a tad bit. we're back in a moment.

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♪ ♪ everyone deserves attention, whether you've saved a lot or just a little. at pnc investments, we believe you're more than just a number. so we provide personal financial advice for every retirement investor. another busy spring day for bill karins. let's get right to it. what's going on out there? >> alex, it's one of those days as forecasters. we're trying to save as many lives as we can today. we're trying to make sure everyone in the target zones

knows the possibility. keep their eye on the social media or whoever they keep track of it during the day. get to a safe place if need be. it's one of the days where we're going to get a lot of destruction. we want to avoid the injuries and fatalities if we can. right now dealing with large hail. this is the beginnings of our storm. it's when this line kind of back here and broken, once that moves into the southeast this afternoon and evening that's when we're going to have the tornado threat. 55 million people, portions of the ohio valley, tennessee valley, southeast into the carolinas are at risk. the real big tornado risk area is from montgomery, birmingham, atlanta, macon, augusta. we could get an isolated tornado in the areas east of nashville, too. as the storms fly to the east later tonight, even in early morning hours, washington, d.c., could see an isolated storm or two. 15 million people. and then as you guys know, it's

been raining almost nonstop in the northeast. all of this mess is going to head up into new england where we have flooding risks. the life threatening weather is this afternoon and evening. >> let's hope it goes okay for the people in south and georgia and south carolina. let's turn to business where u.s. retail continues to struggle. payless shoe stores is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy and ralph lauren says it will cut an undisclosed number of jobs and close the flagship new york city store. when you see stores like ralph lauren and payless making these kinds of cuts, it signals a shift in the retail industry and kind of how difficult the retail market is for regular companies that rely on brick and mortar stores. >> we're seeing with the way payless shoe store is going to file for chapter 11. they're going to try to restructure their debts by 50%

reductions. the company ceo said the difficult decision was driven by, quote, the continued challenges of the retail environment. another corporate leader feeling those challenges is 77-year-old ralph lauren. he is currently witut a ceo. he's part of a $317 million shakeup for his business. he's trying to refocus energy on ecommerce. he sees that as the opportunity. clearly another story that we're following today is the latest development in seattle about the fight between workers like uber and lyft. he would like to restrain a temporary halt on city drivers that allows the drivers to unionize. this is from a request from the u.s. chamber of commerce. although the temporary halt is not an indication of the future ruling, he would rule on this which is all wiabout the fight whether they should be treated as independent contractors or employees. >> live from london.

thanks so much. still ahead, tom costello breaks down the new law that has privacy advocates outraged. plus -- >> since taking office i've signed one action after another to eliminate job-killing regulations that stand in the way. i had a chart. is that chart around here someplace? could you bring me that chart please? do you mind? let me see that chart. this is something -- this is sort of incredible. >> paul ryan, yes, but who would expect president trump to get this excited over a chart? we're going to have more on the point he was so eager to illustrate next. yes. yes. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life.

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so did you ever think you'd see a president who knows how much concrete and rebar you can lay down in a single day? believe me, i know. i know. we're a nation of builders, and it was about time we had a builder in the white house, right? >> president trump was in his comfort zone yesterday talking with a conference of builders in washington. one by one the president called out the construction workers, the painters, operators and brick layers out in the audience, urging them all to get behind his $1 trillion infrastructure plan. he pledged to bring back construction jobs and even used a chart to illustrate his point about the need to cut red tape.

>> this is, if you want to build a highway in the united states, these are some of the permits that you need. it's a process that can take way over ten years and it just never happens. then at the end of the period they vote against it. we're getting rid of many of these regulations. you have to go through 17 agencies, many permits in each agency. >> that was the second time the president pulled out his flow chart. he used it earlier in the day to back up statements in a meeting with ceos at the white house. the president signed a roll rolling back internet privacy rules. internet providers can sell your history to marketers without your consent. just how at risk is your personal browsing information? nbc's tom costello has the

details. >> the last time you shopped online for a pair of shoes, did the ads follow you for days or weeks? your internet provider knows far more about your browsing habits than google, facebook or amazon. now that provider can legally sell that information without your permission. privacy advocates are so outraged, adam mcel haney has raised over $200,000 on a good fund me page to buy internet histories of members of congress that passed the law. >> i think that sells a signal that people are very upset that their data is not theirs anymore. >> reporter: it's unlikely internet companies would ever sell personal browsing histories because they're sworn to protect personal information. privacy experts warn it may not be enough. >> sbod which a sophisticated program and algorithm could find out who you are just by the bread crumbs lying around about

you on the internet. >> they insist they're committed to protecting privacy because we value your trust. limit your browsing to httbs. call your internet provider and pay for a vpn. vpn can disable some sites like video streaming. another problem is you have to pay and they're overseas. it's hard to know which one to trust. so for most americans, they're simply goi to he to trust that their internet providers can keeping their privacy promises. >> tom costello, thanks for that report. up next, assessing the trump administration's response to two big stories overseas, the latest north korea missile launch. >> we'll speak with tim kaine,

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before we toss it over to "morning joe," we'll bring you a check of the stories in the day ahead. >> the security council set to hold an emergency hearing on the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria where dozens were killed including 25 children. in washington president trump continues his major week of diplomatic meetings. nbc's hallie jackson is at the white house. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today another busy day for president trump with a focus on foreign leaders yet again. king abdullah of jordan is set to be here at the west wing. we expect to see the two of them. a big topic of conversation will probably be middle east peace. the president tomorrow heads to mar-a-lago with a summit with the chinese president. administration officials stress it is to be an introductory framework type of summit. they stress don't expect to see any solutions in 24 hours, but do say north korea will be a major focus for president trump. much more ahead, louis.

>> thanks to hallie jackson. >> that's a wrap, i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. two major foreign policy crises developing right now. north korea launched another ballistic missile, the fourth this year alone. an an apparent chemical weapons attack onhe syrian people killing more than 80 people, many children. at what point are these sarin gas attacks too much to ignore? the president is waking up this morning to ever sinking plummeting poll numbers, under water on just about every key issue. more than a blow to his ego. the likes of kim jong-un and bass sar al assad are access to these numbers and weakness is what these numbers are saying, are they not? >> no doubt about it,