nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell.usic from fall out boy -- featuring the 8g band with brad wilk. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody! i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: wonderful to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. in a series of tweets this morning, president trump announced that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the u.s. military, which brings us to the new segment called, "so, that was a lie then"? ♪ >> seth: first up -- >> as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens. [ light laughter ] >> seth: this has been -- >> so that was a lie then? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: newly appointed white house communications director anthony scaramucci said today that he's not a backstabber, but more of a front-stabbing person. [ laughter ] and it's very telling about this administration that they think there is a right way t

and andrea mitchell reports. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," wheels up, donald trump taking off for his second foreign trip as north korea launches its most threatening missile yet. how will the president's tweets today impact his meetings with world leaders? facetime in europe, trump's toughest challenge is his meeting with vladimir putin. the big question, will mr. trump even mention that russian election hacking? >> what you would think is the president would walk in the room and say effectively, i know what you did last summer. i don't think he's going to do that. i don't think he's going to point the finger at putin and call him out on election meddling. >> and mystery solved? after 80 years, is this photograph proof that amelia earhart survived her landing in the south pacific. and was captured by the japanese. >> we have a caucasian woman with your back to the camera, sitting there, looking over towards the ship. >> you think this is amelia earhart? >> that's right. >> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. with north korea threatening the u.s. by

. >> right now, it's time for andrea mitchell reports. andrea? >>> right now on andrea mitchell records epic fail in a suspenseful all night drama. john mccain stands up to the vice president, huddles with the democrats and casts the deciding vote. ending the republican's seven year promise to repeal obamacare. >>> audible gasps cheers from democrats has mccain gives the thumbs down to the bill, leaving obamacare the law of the land, at least for now. >> why did you vote no? >> i felt it was the right vote. >> i believe each of us stood up for the reasons that we felt were right. >>> x rated. a vulgar rant from the new white house communications director. sanctioned by the president, eviscerating reince priebus and steve bannon. >> we serve at the pleasure of the president. if it gets to a place where that isn't the case, he'll let you know. >> for goodness sakes, to have this kind of open warfare going on between the president, his staff, and his cabinet members is an absolute disgrace. >> tit for tat. m moscow shuts the doors after congress san

we're going to turn you over to our friend, andrea mitchell, for andrea mitchell reports. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, hidden figures. as the president wraps up his paris tour. nbc news breaks a new development on the russian front. donald trump jr. left out a key fact about the meeting. another russian with past ties to soviet intelligence was also in the room. >> basic rules in washington, it's not the crime, it's the cover up. and secondly, when you make a disclosure, make it complete. what we have here is a slow bleed. >>> tipping point? opponents of the republican healthcare bill need to peel off one more republican vote. and the bill goes down. can mitch mcconnell hold his line? >> do you think the new version is better than the old version? >> i think it's worse. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or consideration of the implications. so that's something that is a major reason that i find myself unable to support the bill. >>> and odd couple, two former presidents and their unlikely friendship. >

now it's over to andrea mitchell reports. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, meet and greet. donald trump and vladmir putin face to face for the first time. >> look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for russia, for the united states, and for everybody concerned. and it's an honor to be with you, thank you. thank you. >> did the president raise the russian meddling, if not? why not? >>> plus, protests and violence as thousands clash with german police in the streets of hamburg. >>> we'll have reaction from our experts. former national intelligence director, retired general james clapper. former u.s. nato ambassador ken burns and vice presidential chief of staff. former cia acting director john mclaughlin on the spy craft behind today's meeting. >>> and good day, everyone, a big day, we're in washington, breaking news as president trump holds his first meeting with vladmir putin outside the g 20 summit in germany. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. president putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it's going very well. we've had some

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right now tune in for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," take two. after a late-night defeat senate republicans are still trying for a health care win. this hour a vote on a repeal-only measure almost certain to fail. yet another setback after this stern warning from john mccain just 11 days after brain surgery. >> mandating legislation from the top down without any support from the other side, with all the parliamentary maneuvers that requires, we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done! >> resist. attorney general jeff sessions refusing to quit in the face of the president's attacks. encouraged by support from his former senate colleagues. >> i would fire somebody that i did not believe could serve me well rather than trying to humiliate them in public, which is a sign of weakness. >> he's a man of courage. he's a man of purpose. and he's a man of substance. >> he's a man of very high integrity. and he is an eagle scout. >>> and reversing history. president trump announces on twitter he is canceling the obama administra

regardless of what you think of andrea mitchell of what should happenl of andrea mitchell of what should happen i don't think many people think she will sit there indefinitely and it doesn't rain but it pours. the story is an example of that. the length of the suspension is key here when it comes to important is key here when it comes to im porta nt votes is key here when it comes to important votes coming up. any idea how long the suspension might be? we do not know yet but if it is very short it will look meaningless. it will need to be substantial. even if this mp is independently could still vote with the government. it might work like that. when iraq if she is suspended she cannot vote. —— she cannot suspended she cannot vote. —— she ca n not vote suspended she cannot vote. —— she cannot vote when she is suspended. she can vote. the question is what will happen in newton abbot. the reaction there will be interesting. very interesting. page two of the sun, the prime minister was under huge pressure last night to drop her ha rd huge pressure last night to drop her hard brexit line. re

. >> right now more news with andrea mitchell, it's time for "andrea mitchell reports." >> missing link, donald trump jr. admitings inging ingings t kremlin lawyer. >> here we're talking about a foreign adversary government working with the presidential campaign. >> it is a crime to solicit or accept anything of violenalue f foreign power during a campaign. it doesn't have to be money, it can be information. >>> short circuit, the president calls on a cyber security unit with vladimir putin. >> it's not the dumbest idea i have ever heart but it's pretty close. >> i'm certain that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance since he's doing the hacking. >> he doesn't take the word of the global community. >> the president's daughter and senior advisor deputized to fill in for her father at the g-20 table. mr. trump starts a twitter war this morning with chelsea clinton. we'll have details. >>> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington, where donald trump jr.'s shifting story about a 2016 meeting with a lawyer connected with the kremlin has senior staffers in a difficul

now for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," family ties. president trump stick up for his son on twitter while his personal lawyer tries to create some distance. >> i don't respect donald trump jr. we don't represent druch jr. we don't represent the campaign. we represent the president. >> stress test. john mccain's emergency surgery forcing mitch mcconnell to delay bringing health care to the senate floor, giving opponents more time to pick off a vote. >> there are about 8 to 10 republican senators who have serious concerns about this bill. and so at the end of the day, i don't know whether we'll pass. >> i think the longer the bill's out there the more conservative republicans are going to discover that it's not repealed. >>> and presidential pivot. the white house plans for this week to promote american-made products. >> it won't p long before we see the made in america displayed on thousands of new products all across this great land and exported all around the world. >> but the trump family history of outsourcing has critics asking, is

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nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: this was an entrance they never thought would happen. six afghan girls, all teenagers, competing with teams from 157 countries in the first international robotics competition. they arrived in the u.s. from a country where girls could not even go to school under taliban rule. and still in many places face taboos against female education. but the afghan team was determined. twice they took a bus 500 miles to the u.s. embassy in kabul for visas. twice they were denied with no explanation. after news stories and complaints from members of congress, the state department was finally overruled by a higher authority -- president trump. whose daughter ivanka showed up today to show her encouragement. >> so inspired by what you built here and what you're doing and how you're advancing the role, in this case, of women and girls. >> reporter: for two days they've been fine-tuning their robot, which can sort balls by color. a test of how machines can separate clean from contaminated water. the girls eager to prove themselves to those back home who st

right now, "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now, on "andrea mitchell reports," true grit. senator john mccain diagnosed with brain cancer. an american hero facing his toughest fight yet. >> my hope is, i don't -- he may outlive us all, i don't know what -- god only knows how this thing ends, i just ask god for one thing, he has a voice and he can use it as long as possible. >> senator mccain tweeting minutes ago, i greatly appreciate the outpouring of support. unfortunately for my sparring partners in congress i'll be back soon. so stand by. >>> hit job. donald trump blistering his own attorney general for making the legally required decision to recuse himself from the russia probe. >> sessions should have never recused himself. and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. >> despite the insult from the commander in chief, the attorney general says today he will not quit. >> we love this job. we love this department. and i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> and chasing

tonight our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell takes a look. >> reporter: tonight a grave new threat for a new president. a threat sources tell nbc news president obama warned donald trump about when they first met, that the north koreans were working on a long-range missile that could reach the u.s. mainland eventually with a nuclear weapon. still, multiple sources tell nbc news the height and range of this two-stage missile shooting straight up more than 1700 miles dramatically farther than the orbiting space station and at a lower trajectory capable of hitting alaska took u.s. intelligence by surprise. the u.s. options are few. each with critical risks. first a preemptive military strike downplayed by the defense secretary. >> the bottom line is it would be a catastrophic war. >> reporter: that's because north korean artillery would likely retaliate against 100,000 american civilians and 28,000 u.s. troops nearby. plus 25 million south koreans around seoul. plus their new long-range missile is mobile. just finding it to take it out is almost impossible. >> by putt

our andrea mitchell has the very latest. >> reporter: in the wake of a successful launch three weeks ago, north korea today firing a second long-range missile. the missile aloft for around 45 minutes, 2300 miles up, and landing in the waters off japan about 620 miles from its launch. the alarming advance, if shot toward the u.s., could not only reach the u.s. west coast but some experts say even denver or chicago. a serious challenge to president trump. >> that should get his attention that the north is not interested in doing something diplomatically. they want to have a weapons capability which can threaten the united states. >> reporter: the pentagon has been firing missile defense tests from alaska, but they're not foolproof. and kim jong-un's team is making alarming progress on the next step, producing a nuclear warhead small enough to be mounted on an icbm and withstand the heat of re-entry into the atmosphere. they could conquer that challenge as soon as next year. >> what's really missing here, andrea, is an entire team in a trump administration that is focused on solving thi

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> i want to turn to what doctors are calling a major public health crisis, a sharp decline in fertility among men. with no signs of the problem is improving, experts warn it could become a much larger problem for all of us. nbc's kristen dahlgren explains. >> reporter: the study found men are significantly less fertile than just 40 years ago. >> i think this is a wake-up call. >> reporter: researchers analyzed 185 previous studies involving almost 43,000 men. from 1973 to 2011, both sperm concentration and overall sperm count declined more than 50% in men from north america, europe, australia and new zealand. >> it can't be genetic. it's much too fast for genetic changes. and so it's got to be environmental. >> reporter: dwindling sperm counts have been linked to exposure to some chemicals in things like plastics and nicotine especially in the womb. doctors say a mother who smokes while pregnant does greater damage to her son's future sperm count than if the son smoked himself as an adult. >> i do believe this study is showing us a real trend

andrea mitchell has that story. >> reporter: tonight an alarming new intelligence assessment on north korea warning the regime could have a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the u.s. mainland as early as next year, two years sooner than previously thought. after north korea's successful long range missile test just weeks ago shocked u.s. intelligence officials. the assessment now concluding kim jong-un is making rapid progress. >> if they're quick quickening that pace, we're reaching that closing window of opportunity to try to prevent their capability to threaten the united states directly. >> reporter: in alaska, the u.s. is testing missile defenses while hawaii plans for nuclear drills. >> it's unimaginable to me is allowing a nuclear capability that could land in denver, colorado. >> reporter: harsh words from north korea saying it will launch a, quote, powerful nuclear hammer at the heart of the u.s. if the u.s. attempts to remove kim jong-un as supreme leader. after threats from cia director mike pompeo to do exactly that. the administration trying to deal with these tensions as

we get more from nbc news chief foreign andrea mitchell. >> reporter: locked out. u.s. embassy trucks turned away from an embassy recreation center outside moscow a day before they were supposed to be packed and gone. a major escalation as vladimir putin orders sweeping cuts at the u.s. embassy in russia, lowering the boom on 755 personnel, more than half the staff. on state tv, putin retaliating after congress voted almost unanimously to sanction moscow, a veto-proof majority. in estonia today the vice president saying mr. trump will go along with it. >> very soon president trump will sign legislation to strengthen and codify the united states sanctions against russia. regrettably, last week russia took the drastic step of lim limiting the u.s. diplomatic presence in their nation. >> reporter: what happened to president's russia reset? >> it's an honor to be with you. >> neither side really knows where this relationship is going. it's a little bit like a couple of fighters near the 15th round and still slugging it out but not quite sure how it all ends. >> reporter: th

getting hundreds of diplomats and other workers out by september 1st. >> andrea mitchell at the state department tonight, thank you. >>> there's news involving another global hot spot. the u.s. has hit venezuelan president nicolas maduro with financial sanctions responding to a controversial election in a weekend filled with protests and violence. the vote will give maduro's party virtually unlimited power. treasury secretary steve mnuchin called the vote illegitimate. they called maduro a dictator who disregards the will of a venezuelan people. >>> a startling new report out showing how out of control the deadly opioid epidemic has gotten in our country. it finds that in 2015 nearly 92 million american adults used a prescription opioid. incredibly that's nearly a third of all adults. over 11 million reported misusing opioids and nearly 2 million said they were addicted. we get more now on the staggering crisis from nbc's anne thompson. [ siren ] >> reporter: opioid abuse in the united states is at epidemic levels. >> is probably the worst drug situation in our country in decades if n

we're going to turn you over to our friend, andrea mitchell, for andrea mitchell reports. >>> right nowrts, hidden figures. as the president wraps up his paris tour. nbc news breaks a new development on the russian front. donald trump jr. left out a key fact about the meeting. another russian with past ties to soviet intelligence was also inhe

andrea mitchell is here with us. , your preview of what to expect today. >> i want to watch the committee. the chairman, senator grassley, the republican, has kind of gone off the reservation of bipartisanship in recent weeks. he had previously only been issuing letters jointly signed by dianne feinstein, his ranking democrat, his co-chair, vice chair. and now in the last couple of weeks he's been on his own. he most recently in the last 24 hours raised questions about whether the russian woman, the lawyer who had met with don junior and manafort and jared kushner had been improperly visaed by the obama homeland security committee. so he's on what some people are saying going off on a tang engt and miscommunication. they started off on the right foot, dianne feinstein is very confident of that. and she has been a tiger on all of this, so we'll have to see how this evolves today in the questioning. >> are you trying to tell me that partisan politics have broken out on capitol hill? >> well, it's a question now as to wh

that is going into the muscle and the bone. >> andrea mitchell, we'll see you in just about 90 minutesr so right here on this netswork from aspen. >> you'll see andrea today at noon eastern right here on msnbc. here on this hour, we're talking about the hustle to hold a vote. any vote on health care. republicans get back to the capital next week. several options possibly on the table. what are they? we are breaking it down, next. ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aar

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you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. i have the jefferson nose right there on the front of my face. when i think about being related to thomas jefferson, it certainly makes me feel a sense of pride the tenacity of not only that he showed in his life but was given to me through the slaves that i'm birthed through as well. it makes me think that there's really no excuse for me in any area of my life to not be able to conquer anything. ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® >>> i had a great -- a great g-20. we had 20 countries. i got along, i think, fantastically with the head of every country. >> president trump sitting down with pat robertson from the christian broadcasting network on wednesday before the president left for france. steve hadley joins me now. this is a new way to run foreign policy. you have a meeting with vladimir putin, the national security adviser is not in the room, no note takers. we confirmed it, it was from the americ

msnbc's own andrea mitchell, now on her fifth decade of reporting, and killing it every day, women's rea who will be honored with five lifetime achievement awards this year. i said this earlier, sometimes you get a lifetime achievement award, it is considered at the twilight of your career, let me tell you something, andrea mitchell works harder day in and day t and kills it, runs circles around the two of us all day, every day. >> that's why there is two of us leading into you. it takes two of us to do the work that you're going to do better in the next hour. we're better for working for you and with you, andrea. thank you. >> thank you, my colleagues and friends. stephanie and ali, thank you so much. and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," flat line, in a major setback, mitch mcconnell gives up on the senate health care bill, and goes to plan c, repeal only, replace later. but will this also be doa? >> congress needs to do their job and congress needs to do their job now. >> i regret the effort it repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamacare will not be successful. t

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump on the world stage in europe, starting his second foreign trip, earlier today in poland with the right wing government bussed in crowds to ensure a rousing welcome, now comes the hard part, the meeting with angela merkel, his toughest and most powerful critic. after agreements, before arriving in germany, the president held his first news conference on the world stage and made his first comments about north korea's launch this week of a long range missile. >> the president and i call in all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to north korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. it is a shame that they're behaving this way, but they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it. >> joining me now is nbc's kelly o'donnell, also in hamburg, covering the summit, keir simmons in hamburg, and talking to people in the crowds, and nbc's kristen welker at the white house. kelly, fir

good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is running out of options, falling back on a 2015 plan for a straight obamacare repeal now that the first two senate bills are dead. the trump white house stunned by monday night's tweets from republican senators jerry motra and mike lee, minutes after the president wrapped up a dinner with senators who were already on board with the legislation. the president tweeting, pushing for full repeal, blaming democrats, calling on senators to let obamacare fail. joining me now is casey hunt on capitol hill and kristen welker at the white house. welcome, both. casey, what is going on up there today? mitch mcconnell coming out with this plan, repeal, place later, repeal effective later in fairness and replace during that duration. already we're sensing opposition. is there enough opposition to stop it from getting to the floor? >> that is a distinct possibility, andrea. we're still trying to figure that out. one top gop aide who i spoke to said, look, the lunch they're about to have behind closed doors, all

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and andrea mitchell reports. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," wheels up, donald trump takingond foreign trip as north korea launches its most threatening missile yet. how will the president's tweets today impact his meetings with world leaders? facetime in europe, trump's toughest challenge is his meeting with vladimir putin. the big question, will mr. trump even mention that russian election hacking? >> what you would think is the president would walk in the room and say effectively, i know what you did last summer. i don't think he's going to do that. i don't think he's going to point the finger at putin and call him out on election meddling. >> and mystery solved? after 80 years, is this

because andrea mitchell is in the house. time for "andrea mitchell reports". >> great to see you.ght now, on "andrea mitchell reports," red alert. donald trump jr. releasing what he's says are the e-mails from an associate, a family business associate, saying the kremlin was offering, quote, incriminating information about hillary clinton's dealings with russia that would be useful to his father. trump jr. responding, if it is what you say, i love it, especially later in the summer. all this last year during the campaign. keir simmons tracked down the russian lawyer who is tasked to bring that information to trump tower. >> they had the impression, it appears, they were going to be told some information that you had about the dnc. how did they get that impression? >> translator: it is quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> connecting the dots. as the president's older son calls it a nonsense meeting, top democrats are pouncing even before the e-mail is dropped. >> there is a lot more in the public domain, but, of course, the e

right now we'll return you to sanity with our friend, andrea mitchell in andrea mitchell reports. >>dition of andrea mitchell reports, live from the aspen security form, red lines, the president trying to stop the mueller investigiocold from following the trump mey trai escalating a white house campaign to discredit the special counsel. >> this is just a witch-hunt. it's a hoax. and now they're going in all types of different directions. i think the information that you just shared is relevant information for america to have. people should know what political motivations are. >>> pardon me. reports today that president trump is looking into his power to pardon himself, his family and his staff. even before the russia investigation is complete. trump's lawyer calling the reports nonsense. but could it happen? >> the pardon power is broad. it cannot undo impeachment. in the game

thank you. >>> and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." rock 'n roll news day. craig melvin is up next right here on msnbc. >> andrea, thank you. we'll pick it up from here. good afternoon to you. craig melvin, msnbc headquarters in new york. we continue with that breaking news out of the white house. you can see the live look there of the briefing

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let's bring in our starting panel, chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell will, eli stokols and national political correspondent for the "washington post" robert costa. andrea, i wonder if nikki haley's message at the u.n. is going to carry the day where she's got this very tightly scripted not a red line but a very direct threat about how time is running out on the diplomatic front or if you could predict that this president might get pulled off that obviously carefully crafted message. >> i would predict that he would because first of all, appeals to the u.n. security council have not worked on north korea. they've been sanctioned but not secondary sanctions that really force china and chinese banks to stop propping up that regime. and it's in china's interests, they believe, to keep north korea as a viable state because they don't want to have a reunited korean peninsula with the u.s. as a predominant power there. they would rather have kim jong-un there even with his nuclear weapons which they think they can exert some leverage on. with that, they're going to veto any to

andrea mitchell, jeremy peters, and michael schmidt. we don't get to see andrea here in new york as much as we'd like to on the late shift. so our thanks tonight go to seth meyers who had the good sense to have andrea on tonight as a guest on "late night." we have further scheduled it so you can see it. after, switch over to your local nbc station. because it's andrea, it's worth it to check your local listings. thanks again to our panel and coming up for us, the new head of the white house communication shop may want to let trump be trump, but what are the president's lawyers saying about that? some answers when we continue. "the 11th hour" is just getting started. for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. we do business where you do

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