while former state senator jonan nichols was found dead in his home the next day. jeff paul is live in los angeles with more. hi, jeff. >> reporter: linda collin smith was found dead tuesday. authorities say they couldn't confirm her identity right away, due the condition of her body. the cause of death is still under investigation. her former press secretary told reporters she had been shot. property records indicate the home is owned by collin smith a and a former husband, a retired circuit judge. they divorced last october and were said to be in court dividing up properties. the governor of arkansas released a statement, saying i'm stunned and saddened by the death of linda collins smith. she was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction. meanwhile, in oklahoma, people in norman said they found jonathan nichols dead inside his

hans nichols with us. assignment of a team. pointing to steve. sounded an awful lot like a deadline. didn't make it firm. a little loose. but seemed to be saying two different things, inconsistencies could be larger challenge that white house and president has, how do they get back to summit diplomacy? it's clear from north koreans they like dealing just with the president. been very dismissive of secretary pompeo, time he visited wasn't allowed an audience. and mentioned lead negotiator for the process. north koreans like to deal with the president. and when president tweets, kim jong-un responds. always the dangerous. i don't know if more comments but toss back to you richard. >> as we do listen to moon jae-in give his remarks, maybe fit in victor cha quickly. what did you think of the comments made by the president and team? designate a team is words he used. then pointed over his shoulder. >> that's a good outcome i think. idea this meeting will actually lead to empowerment of working level teams to negotiate the details. from perspective of

hans nichols still with us. hans, one of the points, if we can pull two together here, not only what was made by the colonel but also by victor and richard engel, is this divided house. there at panmunjom, there at the jsa, at the dmz, these houses, these buildings where it is but there's a line down the middle. and that's really the way many koreans feel on the peninsula, that they are living in a divided house, that they want to be rejoined in some form or fashion here. and they must wonder, especially the 10 million in the smallfa tn that you're in there in seoul, about what a militarized north korea can mean to the end of that or to the conflagration that we so much worry about. >> reporter: there is a greath about the cern closeness andco proximity of noh korean artillery. that's not just u.s. officials. that's south korean officials. and that's oneea of the reasons the moon government was brought to power, because they have this open sunshine policy that was started by severalha liberal governments evago.

. >> that was nbc's hans nichols reporti reporting. meanwhile, we learned the shooter was armed with two .25 caliber handguns, and used extended capacity magazines with the guns which were bought legally. joining me, democratic strategist rashad ritchie, and ned ryan, founder and ceo of american majority and former presidential writer for george w. bush. thank you for joining me this morning. earlier this year a virginia bill that would have banned the sale of large-capacity magazines similar to those used in the shooting was blocked by republicans. does this move the needle at

in neighboring oklahoma police found former state senator jonathan nichols' body his home after receiving reports of gunfire. his death remains under investigation. >>> a warning from justice ruth bader ginsburg about hotly anticipated upcoming decisions that could split along 5-4 votes in the supreme court. there are five conservative and four liberal justices on the court. she spoke to a judicial conference in new york and hinted at harsh divisions. one critical case on the docket is a white house decision to add citizenship questions to the 2020 census. the court concludes the session the last week of june. >>> and firefighters are working to contain a fast-moving wildfire in the tonto national forest in arizona. the fire has burned 6200 acres northeast of phoenix. officials say the cause of the fire was human-related. >>> and heavy rain could cause flash floods in parts of the south today.

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. >> nbc correspondent hans nichols joins us live from the white house and we go also live to iran. hans, we'll start with you. you heard the president say you'll find out about the response to iran. but there is this doubt that the president is putting out there to say this did not -- maybe you shouldn't read this as an aggressive act by iran. what do you think is going on there? >> reporter: the president is clearly trying to lower the temperature, guys. he is saying this wasn't command and control. this wasn't at the highest levels of the iranian government and he is seeming to suggest it was a rogue commander. now, that doesn't and i stress doesn't mean there won't be any sort of retaliation. it will just get us into a different level on the proportionality scale. what was iran's intent and what will the u.s.'s response be? heading out of that meeting they had here at the white house we're still trying to get a full read out of who was here. general dunford was here. crucially gena has kill was here, of course the cia director. when the u.s. military puts out this much evidence

>> hans nichols, important point you bring up. federal law enforcement official telling colleagues at nbc news it was a .45 caliber pistol, semi automatic with extended magazines. i want to go to shawn henry to comment on what he was saying. approaching from a medical perspective, talking about wounds and injuries that might have been treated over the course of tonight. but what does that tell you as you listen to the type of weapon used. >> the .45 caliber is a devastating round. it is heavy. one thing with that round, typically the magazines, because the round is so much bigger that the magazine holds less capacity. in this case what we heard from law enforcement authorities is that there were extended magazines. typically in a 45 you might have 8 rounds inside the weapon, and with an with an extended magazine, you could have more rounds. they come in various sizes. what we haven't heard and might hear during the presser, whether there was any long gun there. many active shooter, some school shootings we have seen, long guns, ar

>> hans, good to see you as always, hans nichols traveling with the president in iowa. i want to bring in "the des moines register's" politics reporter brianne, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what does the showdown mean in iowa? we're going to be seeing a lot of that over the course of the next few months. >> absolutely. what we're seeing here is dueling rallies on opposite ends of the state. president donald trump and front-runner vice president joe biden who are trying to keep the attention on each other right now. joe biden is leading in our most "des moines register" iowa poll, he's at 24%. and that leads the pack. so he's trying to lean into this front-runner status. he's trying to make this race about him and the president trying to show that he's got the grit, that he can take on this president, he can meet fire with fire. and still rise above. you know, he said that we're better than this. he's trying to make this a moral argument here in iowa. and this trip you're seeing him head out to the eastern part of the state which is a little bit

are trading blame that near miss echoing the days of the cold war with much of the dra nbc's hans nichols has the latest. >> reporter: tonight this image capturing just how close the ships came to a catastrophic collision. as little as 50 feet according to the u.s. navy this video from the deck of the "u.s.s. chancellorsville" so close you could see them sun bathing on the deck the u.s. navy say it is russian ship accelerated and closed to an unsafe distance. the u.s. cruiser had to execute all engines back full to avoid collision. at the pentagon sharp words for russia. >> behavior is unsafe and unprofessional we'll have military to military conversations with the russians. >> reporter: russia's navy is accusing the u.s. cruiser of crossing in front of their ship and is filing a protest but today's close call is not the first by russia back in 2016, russian fighters buzzed the "u.s.s. donald cook" but there were fewer unsafe encounters for most of 2018. >> the risk of miscalculations is enormous because these are major military operations conducted so close to each other. >> reporter: th

nbc's hans nichols has the story. >> reporter: it was a fiery wake up call.eroid on a collision course with earth in 2013 streaking the russian sky with fire shattering windows before impact and rusing scientists into action. >> earth is hit by asteroids all the time it's not new what is new we're finally trying to do something about it >> reporter: it's a mission straight out of the movies scientists working on a plan to save the world by intercepting asteroids before they can make it into our atmosphere bumping them off course. based in suburban maryland, dart a double asteroid redirection test is a collaboration between johns hopkins and nasa's coordination office. it's set to launch on a rocket. the plan sounds simple. >> i'm going to come in and here and right in the middle. >> right in the middle here. >> reporter: but it's rocket science complex. the target is about e eiffel tor the smallestbjt nasa tried to intercement even though it's unlikely a direct hit in a poplar area would be catastrophic. >> it would destroy an entire region >> reporter: which

hans nichols at the white house. we'll continue to follow these developments as we get them. >>> so we know john sanders the acting head of customs and border protection has resigned, and hans is saying we don't necessarily know why. >> we don't have the connection confirmed. >> but we know at the same time this growing outcry of reports over the living conditions, the despicable living conditions for children at the migrant detention center down in clint, texas where now there is a nationwide outcry that led to the transfer of almost 300 kids to other facilities. eyewitnesses like immigration lawyer laura muckergy says the situation is actually dire. >> we met with children who crossed the border more than three weeks ago. most of the children who i met with haven't had any opportunity to bathe or shower since crossing the border. there is no access to soap. there is no access to toothbrushes for the overwhelming majority of children who we met with. the children aren't being given enough food. they're hungry. the f

impact could be catastrophic so now scientists are putting a plan in place to protect our planet hans nichols reports >> reporter: it was a fiery wake-up call an asteroid on a collision course with earth in 2013, streaking the russian sky with fire shattering windows before impact and rousing scientists into action >> earth is hit by asteroids all the time this has been going on for billions of years. that's not new what's new is that we're finally trying to do something about it. >> reporter: it's a mission straight out of the movies >> what kind of damage are we -- >> total, sir. >> reporter: scientists working on a plan to save the world by intercepting asteroids before they can make it into our atmosphere bumping them off course. based in suburban maryland -- s, you smash this into an asteroid? >> reporter: d.a.r.t., the double asteroid redirection test, is a collaboration between the johns hopkins and nasa's new planetary defense coordination office it's set to launch on a spacex falcon 9 rocket in 2021 at a cost of about $290 million the plan sounds simple >> and i'm going to come in an

nichols. ms. mitchell's expect thank you, members of the committee . >> thank you for this opportunity. i'm president of a nonprofit coalition of public and private purchasers seeking to achieve the affordable care it's an honor to be here is it the right discussion and healthcare services promote optimal health. even though the largest private purchasers cannot overcome the current industry an egregious pricing in u.s. healthcare. it may seem surprising but if the world's largest and most sophisticated companies are challenged by affordable care, it's unfair to expect of small businesses and families, that this function is so profound that we are seeking your support to make a functional market in the u.s. healthcare system possible. we believe this bill goes a long way to achieving that. there are several important points but three i want to highlight that there is strong evidence that cost-effective delivery and high quality care is possible and should be expected. although we prefer market sol

. >> nbc's hans nichols and ali arouzi. this is a remarkable twelve hours for you. what has happened in iran since news broke 13 hours ago that the united states was on the verge of launching air strikes against iran? >> ali, there is a flurry of activities here and a lot of comments coming out from many, many different branches of power in iran. iran's ambassador to the u.n. has been defending the shooting down of the drone and arguing that iran won't be forced back to the negotiating table by the white house. he made an analogy of saying if somebody puts a knife to your neck and any reasonable person can't negotiate while you are being threatened of accusing america, unleashing economic warfare against iran. but, you know, a lot of other things have happened. there was a report that came out last night from reuters saying that a message is being sent to iranians. warnings of an imminent attack and authorities i spoke to this morning says that's entirely false that no messages were sent to iran about some imminent attack and they have been trying to portray strong

hans nichols reports. >> reporter: it was a fiery wake-upcall.teroid on a collision course with earth in 2013. streaking the russiansk with fire. shattering windows before impact and rousingtf scientists into action. >> earth is hit by asteroids all the time. this has been going on for billions of years. that's not new. >> reporter: it's a mission straight out of the movies. >> what kind ofamage are we -- >> total, sir. >> reporter: scientists working on the an to save world by intercepting ef asteroids be they can make it into our atmosphere. bumping them off course. based in suburban maryland >> all goes according to pl, you smash this into an asteroid? >> reporter: d.a.r.t. ollaboration between the johns tary ins and pla office. it's set to launch on a spacex rocket in 2021 at a costf about $290 million. the plan sounds simple. >> and i'm goi to come in and -- t>> you want to hit here. right in the middle. >> reporter: but it is rocket science complex. the target, didymos b, about half the size of the eiffel tower. the smallest object nasa has

hans nichols is back with us.his is very tough talk from president trump now. >> reporter: let's be very clear about this, hallie. president is threatening military action against iran. he is laying out a new red line and he seems to be saying that if iran takes any action against anything american, they will be met with obliteration. some very strong language from the president. he says he feels the statement's insulting. remember a couple weeks ago the president said he couldn't be insulted? now he's calling this statement ignorant and insulting. the keyword to hone in on here is obliteration and the president saying that iran only understands force and power. this has just escalated, hallie. >> hans nichols, i knoll you'll be watching that. i'll see you at the white house in just a bit. >>> back at the white house, mike pence is at the time to pawnch the 2020 latinos for trump coalition. this is ahead of the president's debate. we have more on it coming up at the top of the hour. but first we're back here with

nbc correspondent hanz nichols has more. >> reporter: i'm hans nichols.able loss. >> today we all grieve. >> reporter: city officials held an emotional news conference announcing the deaths of their own colleagues. >> they leave a void that we will never be able to fill. >> reporter: all but one of the 12 killed worked for the city of virginia beach. with 41 years of service in the public utilities department bobby williams was the longest serving employee. christopher rapp at only 11 months was the newest. he found friends playing the bagpipes for the tidewater pipe and drums. >> walking into band practice wearing his work clothes and changing in the bathrooms ed ready to start sweating with the rest of us blowing pipes and beating drums. >> reporter: josh larhardy work for the city for 4 1/2 years. >> the world truly needs more joshuas. >> reporter: richard nettleton worked on the city bikes and trail plan. >> worked over 28 years, served with me as a lieutenant in germany in the 130th engineer brigade. >> reporter: alexander gusev, katherine nixon, and

on thursday authorities confirmed the death of former oklahoma state senator jonathan nichols.f paul is tracking this strange story for us in los angeles. hi, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, linda collins smith was found dead on tuesday, but authorities say they couldn't confirm her identity right away because of the condition of her body. police now say they're investigating her death as a homicide, but the cause of death is still under investigation. her former press secretary told reporters she had been shot. property records indicate the home was owned by collins smith and her former husband, a retired circuit judge. the two divorced last october and were said to be in court dividing up property. the governor of arkansas released a statement saying, quote: i'm both stunned and saddened by the death of linda collins smith. she was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction. meanwhile, in oklahoma police in norman say they found former state senator jonathan nichols dead inside his home from a gunshot wound. this was on wednesday. nichols served as a st

geoff. >> hans nichols and bill neely, thank you to both of you. and we'll talk more about the president's trip this hour, including a look at unity that came from d-day versus the trend toward isolationism we're seeing today. >>> so far no deal between the trump administration and mexico to hold off the president's promised tariffs. the negotiations pick up again in just a few hours. with only five days left on the clock to come to some sort of agreement. now if they don't, the escalating tariffs meant to punish amendment over border security will take effect. let's go to kayla tousri and where are the negotiations today. >> reporter: it is a good sign when they keep talking but this is smaller break-out sessions policy focused at the staff level and drill into what the two sides want and whether they could broker a deal this week or potentially afterwards. that being said, the two negotiating positions as of yesterday were still pretty far apart and president trump despite opposition from within his own party has repeatedly said he doesn't mind p

hans nichols, senator graham has the ear of somebody pretty important in this situation, donald trump. how does that kind of language and position affect the president today. >> the most important thing we heard from lindsey graham linking what they are doing, calling it a provocative act to north korea. we know this president likes to appear tough. as courtney reportinging, two relevant things about the drone on tv. one, that is an expensive piece of equipment. donald trump doesn't like losing expensive pieces of equipment. number two, the iranians are boasting about shooting it down. president donald trump doesn't like being taunted. he doesn't like that aspect. when you look at how this president has responded in the past, guys, he's always done what he called a proportion ate response, namely when he fired tomahawk missiles in syria spring of '17 and 2018. up until this point the president's rhetoric on iran muted. he called the incident with the mines not that serious. listen to what he said just last night, again, before this attack just last night about how he would handle iran

we've had no response from cardinal nicholls, but this is more strong criticism today of the catholict years. thank you, sarah walton. the black cab rapist, john worboys, has pleaded guilty to dropping four more women, so he could sexually assault them. he now goes by the name ofjohn radford, and he was jailed in 2009 for a series of sexual assaults, and a decision to release him two years ago was reversed after public outcry. it is danny shaw, from outside the old bailey. john worboys, orjohn radford, as he was referred to at court, appeared by video link from wakefield prison, and he answered guilty four times when the new charges were put to him. he pleaded guilty to these four accou nts him. he pleaded guilty to these four a ccou nts of him. he pleaded guilty to these four accounts of supplying drugs to women with the intention of sexually assaulted them. the offences took place between 2000 and 2008, so quite a broad period of offending, and that is significant, because previouslyjohn worboys has said is offending was limited to a short, 18 month period, and it was on that basis

. >> nbc's hans nichols is in limerick, ireland, where the president talked about this as he left forhans, what are you hearing from sources here and back home? >> reporter: well, hallie, trade is clearly on the president's mind. he's bracketed the main ceremonial events today with comments on trade. this morning, it was mexico, just a few hours ago, it was on potential tariffs on china, when he was meeting with macron. and when you listen to what the president says, it seems like last night, he clearly was following it and said not enough is being done. this morning, he moderated that little bit, but he had a message for republicans in his own party. >> i think a lot of progress was made yesterday, but we have to make a lot of progress. and a lot of people, senators included, they have no idea what they're talking about, when it comes to tariffs. they have absolutely no idea. >> and hallie, in a separate interview when he landed there with fox, he also said, look, republicans should love him for his current position on tariffs, of course, many republicans oppose the president imposin

hans nichols, appreciate it. keep an eye on twitter on your pronunciation there. >> you're in london where the president departed and just landed in portsmouth in the south of england as we said. what's the feeling there in london about the president's two days before he headed out of town? >> well, the most vocal and loud reactions to president trump were negative ones. there were thousands of protesters in the streets on both days he was visiting and people really told me that they think they see him as a racist. some people told me they saw him as a global symbol of far right extremism. there were some make america great hats saying the president should get credit for supporting brexit before uk made the vote and decided to leave the european union. i think the president was trying to pivot after he landing and was insulting the mayor of london he then started taking in the pomp and pageantry and started really following the protocols that even in his press conference with theresa may a lot of people who didn'

and jonathan nichols was found dead with a gunshot wound.f paul has more. >> condolences are pouring in for the former state senators who were both found dead this past week. the governor of arkansas released a statement saying, quote, i'm both stunned and saddened by the death of former state senator linda smith. she was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction. linda smith was found dead on tuesday, while the cause of death is still under investigation, her former press secretary told reporters she had been shot. it also took a few days for investigators to confirm the death, and here's the randolph county sheriff explaining why and also how the investigation might move forward. >> the condition of the body prevented any immediate positive identification. third judicial district circuit judge harold irwin has issued a sealed -- and ordered sealing the documents and statements ordered -- or obtained by the police during this investigation. >> records indicate the home was owned by collin smith and her former

here to break it down is jason nichols and republican strategist ned ryan. for joining us. as we begin let's talk about the race issue because that stood out to a lot of folks. we can bring that sound up for everyone. just listen. >> i do not believe you are a racist. it is hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputation and career on segregation of race. you also worked with them to oppose busing and there was a little girl in california, the second class to integrate for public schools and that little girl was me. heather: what did you think? >> up until that point i thought the biggest moment would be when every last one of them raise their hands and said they would give healthcare to illegal immigrants which i think will be a major issue in the general election but then kamala harris comes out over joe biden, the fact of the matter is the gap known as joe biden is just getting warmed up. she took the opportunity. there are more problems than was highlighted, one of those two senators, senator eastla

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republican strategist ned ryan and democrat strategist jason nichols, thank you for joining us earlyhis morning. i know it was a late night. let's talk about that. in terms of doing away with private insurance only two the candidates raised their hands, senator warren and bill diblasio. did that surprise you? >> yes, a little bit. i don't think elizabeth warren could raise her hand fast enough to abolish private insurance companies which would take away private insurance for at least 100 million americans were content with what they have right now. in a sea of medicine the only sane one kind of seem to be john delaney in which he said medicare for all is a complete disaster. most people don't understand how broken medicare and medicaid actually are. last year alone for medicaid and medicare there were 90 billion $90 billion in improper payments in 2018. these are broken systems and you are saying you want to put everybody into medicare. the fact is we don't need government run healthcare, donald trump was exactly right in regards to healthcare, it is about price and transparency, bri

so hans nichols, what do you got to add to that? >> i do know she relishes opportunities to engage with her critics. so i don't know, we haven't heard from the white house. it's way too early whether she'll accept this gracious invitation from chairman cummings, but she relishes they opportunities and seems to like the cut and thrust. if that happens in your hours of cable television, geoff, we may be live there and you'll lose your show for the hour. >> another date to put on the calendars. thanks very much, my friend. >>> in case you missed, i want to play some of what the president said yesterday. >> this is somebody that said we have information on your opponent. oh, let me call the fib? give me a break. life doesn't work that way. >> the fbi director says that shouldn't happen. >> the fbi director is wrong. >> your campaign, foreigners, russia, china, should they accept it or call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, nor

. >> mike nichols says living in a high-risk fire zone makes him feel very nervous, especially since the lot across the street is overgrown with weeds. perfect fuel for a fire. >> if the fire gets down to that, those trees right there, it's going to be like a bomb. things like this keep me up at night. fire technician says this weed-covered hillside is indeed a disaster waiting to happen. >> fire is like the cookie monster. if it has fuel, it's going to eat, eat. >> the contra costa fire district ordered them to clear out brush, weeds and low-lying limbs. the deadline is up and now technicians are inspecting to l. this one did not auto comply. >> iwill cos t dollars. >> the fire district will notify folks. they'll hire someone to do the work at a much higher cost and they'll have to pick up the tab. with fire season upon us, firefighters say they have little choice. >> we are anticipating the most dangerous fire season we've had in the last several years. >> nichols is relieved the district is cracking down on people who aren't doing their part and putting entire neighborhoods at ris

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nb's hans nichols is traveling with the president and joins me now from seoul, south korea.ho knew that the president was the fan of the record producer zed by saying why don't you just meet me in the middle? >> reporter: well, maybe he was into his music because he had the k-pop welcoming here. he knew he was going to get that. look, the president is here in seoul. there's a fair amount of drama and tension on whether or not kim jong-un will accept this invitati invitation. at least that's the public view. we don't know behind the scenes how much groundwork was laid and whether or not this twitter invite that the president posted and talked about in that press conference had long been in the works. what is clear is the president enjoys these summits, he enjoys the drama, and he has a great deal of confidence in his ability to broker deals one-on-one. and here the headlines coming out so far, on china, the president seems to have a bit of a cease-fire. what he's given up is the threat or the ability to put in those additional tariffs on $300 billion of chinese goods, some 25

joining me from the white house, nbc news hans nichols. hans, this can be a little zbik complicated, but lay out generally what this would mean? >> well, because small businesses don't purchase health care in the way large corporations do, this law is designed the make it easier to give them the tax benefits that the large corporations get and let their employees actually buy that health care, so it basically opens up the health care market small businesses employees with tax benefits. they say eventually when it's all phased in, it will be open to employees and their families. the part of this is it's a bit by bit to have the republican version of health care that they want to put forward. in general the president has. really talked about what his specifics are going to be for fundament fundamentally reorganizing obamacare. the president has. come forward with a come prehinsive health care policy his bottom line is he'll do it after the republicans win back the house. that means going into this election, the president doesn't have a firm

. >> nbc's hans nichols joins me from the white house. the tariffs set to go into effect today. we have not seen a lot of specifics from the deal but there are reports, as you know, that some of the provisions that actually have been agreed upon earlier. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: well, the white house is focusing on the number of national guard troops that they say the mexican government agreed to deploy throughout the border. this new national guard force was something the new president in mexico talked about. the number does seem to be different. 6,000 is reported in the u.s. media. i can say at least in terms what the president's claims are on all this we should know soon. one of the major extractions he wanted from mexico will actually require a vote in mexico's legislature's if we don't see that vote the president's luster may not be true. if there is something substan substanti substantive, the president is hinting. the president set a bar, a marker, see if it's true with a vote in mexico. >> and a tariff in place against china, hans. what's the sense y

. >> nbc's hans nichols joins us from osaka. that was our producer shouting that question to president trump. but walk us through what happened here. >> tone matters in matters like this, jeff. and we saw him being the master in speaking. he expected and was expecting whether or not he would tell putin not to meddle in the u.s. presidential elections. the president took to the questions. don't meddle, mr. president. i want you to watch this again and pay close attention to the body language. and you tell me if both men think this is a serious challenge. >> it's a great honor to be with president bhutan. his representatives, my representatives, we have many things to discuss, including trade and include iing some disarmament, a little protectionism, perhaps. a lot of positive things coming out of the relationship. vat mere, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> don't meddle in the election. >> jeff, i'm glad this is why we're in tv and not print. if you just look at the quote of what the president says, it seems as though he is a

. >> joining me from the white house is hans nichols. and in iran, tehran bureau choose ali hans. we have seen a significant escalation in the rhetoric today. here's what president trump had to say this afternoon. let's watch. >> i find it hard to believe it was intentional, if up to know the truth. it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid. we'll be able to report back and understand what happened. it was a foolish move. that i can tell you. this is a new wrinkle, this is a new fly in the ointment what happened shooting down the drone. this country will not stand for it. that i can tell you. >> what do we know so far about the meetings at the white house? >> it's the acting defense secretary. he was alsoer here. the debate to be seems to be centered on a tactical response, which will be something proportionate going after potentially radar silos or something of that nature or you do something larger and strategic. to me the more interesting developments this afternoon have been from lindsey graham. he's clearly trying to goat the president into taking a much more strat

. >> nbc's hans nichols is at the white house, and road warrior savannah sellers is live in pennsylvania talking to voters. hans, let me start with you. president attending a fund-raiser i believe in miami right now. >> yeah. >> what are we hearing from the campaign about the money that they've hauled in so far and how is the launch of his re-election going? >> it's not so much what you're hearing but you're seeing a victory lap because all throughout the white house from the president retweeting things they're crowing about the number they raised in 24 hours, and that's close to $25 million. that is an impressive haul. you compare that to what democratic candidates are up to at this point, so far in this campaign, joe biden is only at $20 million. you look at the others, kamala harris her first numbers were around $12 million. $25 million is a lot of money. now that said, here's the question for this campaign, the trump campaign. is that we know president donald trump knows how to run a lean and thin campaign. it was very nimble. that's what he had last time. we don't know how well he'l

jason nichols is a professor of african-american studies at the university of maryland and he joins usnks for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: if the majority of college students are convinced that their colleges are hotbeds of racism, something very strange is goingy on. can you shed some light on that? >> colleges are a microcosm of society where you have some victimization that goes on and you have people putting a premium on victimization, i think on college campuses, though we are spending lots of money on diversity and inclusion, the allocation of those funds aren't used in the best manner. >> tucker: i believe you there. i believe you. can you just back up really quick? you say there is some racism on college campuses. >> absolutely. >> tucker: okay, but its exclusive illiberal. there are no conservatives running any college in america other than maybe hillsdale.yb >> liberty. >> tucker: 99% of colleges are run by liberals and you are telling me they are racist too. >> i think racism is nonpartisas or bipartisan, there is certainly liberal racism, there's certai

. >> well joining us now from ireland, hans nichols. we played a bit of the lows. we had highs of the speech. but within a few hours the president will depart ireland and heads back to washington. how did his trip across the pond go? >> reporter: well, alex, the president mentioned he had great weather. we have some great weather here today. there's speculation the president may play some golf today on his final day and that may explain why he's actually here in ireland. we're hundreds of miles away from normandy but he used this as his base to attends to d-day ceremonies. in looking at the overall trip it almost seemed like two trips. the president did three countries. he had the state dinner which the president enjoyed. every opportunity he had, he talked about it. his mind in a lot of ways was still back in washington, d.c. throughout this trip he weighed into domestic politics, airi ii grievances. when he gets back he has to make a decision on tariff. he wants to make mexico pay. he seems comfortable living in with a world where those tariffs are imposed. the d

. >> let's break it down with hans nichols at the white house. peter baker, he's an msnbc political analyst. matt miller, former chief spokesman for the department of justice and an msnbc justice and national security analyst. and jake sherman, senior writing at politico joins me. i also have democratic congressman and presidential candidate eric swalwell who just called for impeachment proceedings to start. congressman swalwell is standing by. stand by for me just a second. i want to start with jake sherman here in the shootudio. we were talking about the speaker's comments there, the back and forth with reporters. we heard her a number of times say -- in fact, she said, she says it every day that the president of the united states is engaged in a criminal cover up. criminal conspiracy. if she continues to say this, how can she also continue to not call for impeachment? >> this is what doesn't compute with any democrats. 60 of them have called for impeachment. if she is accusing the president of a crime, the constitution give gives congress a re

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hans nichols with us still.as this admittance in effect saying it is now up to president xi, if we're going to do something with north korea, that especially during the news conference, where moon jae-in said this is up to the united states, i'm not going to go to the dmz for this meeting, is he basically saying it's up to xi, the president, and as well kim jong-un? >> well, maybe. i think what we heard from the president is a great deal of confidence. we've heard this throughout the entire g20 summit and his own ability to broker deals. at the same time he is downplaying expectations, clearly saying that just because they're going to have a handshake doesn't mean you'll have a third summit. the idea of a third summit isn't on the table. what you did hear from the president is this idea that you need to get the talks started going again, that they understand each other and it's their personal relationship, their personal chemistry that will put any deal and pull any deal across the line. that said the president

>> hans nichols, joining us from osaka. >>> a man who was up very late last night, 2020 contender andolorado senator michael bennet on the stage last night. senator, thank you for joining me this morning. i wanted you on at this very moment because i believe you heard our last segment. the president joking with vladimir putin, possibly accepting an invitation to a party in russia. you made it very clear that you view russia as the greatest gop political threat to the united states at this moment. what's your reaction to the meeting you just saw? >> i think it's pitiful. i don't understand why donald trump feels the need to coddle these dictators in russia and north korea. i don't understand why -- i guess i do understand. i know it's tragic that he doesn't care about freedom of the press either and his response to the murder of khashoggi by the saudis really is one of the most pathetic things in his presidency. but the real point here is that russia interfered with our elections, and not just our elections, but all throughout western europe as well. and if you talk to ambassadors from