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

right now, over to our friend andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," high noon, president trump duelling with his own republican leaders vowing to shut down the government if he doesn't get his way. >> i don't think the government shutdown is necessary and i don't think most people want to see a government shutdown, ourselves included. congress and the house has done its work on this issue. >> different trumps. another day, another speech, another tweet, another head spinning white house mood swing. >> we cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other. these are really, really dishonest people and they're bad people. it is time to heal the wounds that divide us, and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> peace push, jared kushner meeting with israel's prime minister today, all captured by government cameras. no journalists allowed. is this any way to broker mideast peace? >> the president is very committed to achieving a solution here that will be able to bring prosperity

. >>> time now for andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," locked and loaded. president trump says the u.s. military has plans at the ready should north korea act unwisely. >> they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. and it's about time that somebody stuck for the people of this country and the people of other countries. if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. >> despite new reports that the state department is holding secret talks with the regime. >> the american effort is diplomatically led. the tragedy of war is well enough known, it doesn't need another characterization beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. >>> pay it forward. the president praising vladmir putin for kicking dozens of american diplomats out of moscow. >> i want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on payroll, so as far as i'm concerned i'm very thankful he let go of a large number of people. because now we have a smaller payroll. >>> over the hill. senate republicans rush to their leader's defense against t

time for "andrea mitchell reports" with our friend andrea mitchell. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," show of force, the u.s. testing a long range missile from an air force base in california. a not so subtle warning days after north korea's second icbm test. but in his first briefing, the secretary of state reaches out directly to kim jong-un with some caveat s. >> we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. but you're presenting an unacceptable threat to us. and we have to respond. >> punishing russia, the president signs the sanctions bill without fanfare, nor comment on vladimir putin's expulsion of u.s. diplomats but he's taking a shot at congress for what he calls clearly unconstitutional provisions despite what the vice president had to say earlier today. >> let me be clear. the united states prefers a constructive relationship with russia based on mutual cooperation and common interests. but the president in our congress are unified in our message to russia. >> and a real dump? that's how donald trump described the white house living quarters to members of his golf

flight on msnbc, "andrea mitchell reports." >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," cracking down, after a flood of leaks of the president's calls to foreign leaders. the attorney general and director of national intelligence lay down the law today. >> today, i have this message for our friends in the intelligence community, the department of justice is open for business. and i have this warning for would be leakers. don't do it. >> if you improperly disclose classified information, we will find you. we will investigate you. we will prosecute you to the fullest extent to the law and you will not be happy with the result. >> digging in, the special prosecutor in the russia investigation, bringing his investigation closer to the white house. >> the fact that he is now apparently gone to a grand jury means he now needs the power of compulsion to get documents to compel witnesses to testify. that is a necessary step to move forward to a potential prosecution. it doesn't mean that he will prosecute. but this is part of the investigation, very much moving forward. >>> and seeing re

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andrea mitchell of andrea mitchell reports. ro right now, north korea hurling insults back at president trump t. president's ad-lib fire and fury. the state department playing cleanup. >> whether it's the white house the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. >> search and seizure, what does the pre-dawn fbi raid on paul manafort's house tell us about the super secret mueller investigation? >> the execution of a search warrant there was a concern that the individual has documents that are harmful to him that he may not turn over cooperatively. >> and family feud, president trump unprecedented attack on mitch mcconnell over the health care debacle, even though the republican senate leader happens to be married to a member of the trump cabinet. remember that awkward first cabinet meeting. >> thank you for getting this country moving again and also working again. >> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as the new jersey white house tries to start coordinating its north ko

at #velshiruhle and now we hand over to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> too little too late. protests around trump tower over the president's belated and many say half hearted denunciation of the white supremacist march in charlottesville. >> mr. president, can you explain why you did not condemn the hate groups by name over the weekend? >> they have been condemned. >> he did read a statement at the white house today that finally struck the right tone, but i'm sorry, pencils down on this subject was saturday evening. he only gets very partial credit. >> ripple effects across the south. statues honoring confederate icons fall and big business responds. four members of the white house manufacturing council are bowing out, but the president only makes one of them the target of an instant tweet. >> i was a bit miffed yesterday when he attacked ken frazer. i know ken. he's from philadelphia. his father was a janitor. he went to penn state, i went to penn state. i met with him many times, a friend, they're doing great work at merck on cancer drugs like melano melanoma. >>

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the white house scrambling today to explain whether the national security council weighed in before the president made his startling comments about north korea. but today on twitter, the president's words were a little more balanced, tweeting my first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. it is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. hopefully we will never have to use this power but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. fact checkers were quick to point out that updating the arsenal is only in the thinking stage. joining me now, nbc white house correspondent kristen welker in new jersey and bill neely in south korea. bill, let me go first to you, you were there in south korea, what is the mood after all of the bombast really from both sides. used to it from the north koreans, not so much from an american president. >> exactly, andrea. there are two levels here, officially, the south korean presid

i'm andrea mitchell trying to handle all the stress here in washington. america's top diplomats are taking the lead in executing president trump's north korea policy. secretary of state rex tillerson today in thailand pushing allies to further isolate kim jong-un while u.n. ambassador nikki haley discusses the latest round of sanctions and the president's bottom line with matt lauer and savannah guthrie this morning. >> they lived under very, very tough economic sanctions in the past. why are they going to work this time? >> we don't know they're going to work this time, but it is something we needed to do. i know the president is prepared to defend the american people. i know the president is prepared to do whatever it takes. and so now all of the balls lie in kim's court. >> and nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is in new jersey. kristen, the fact is that the north koreans have now rejected the idea of talks. they say they were going to build on the nuclear threat. today they have come out with a stamp commemorating their missile launch and s

andrea mitchell has the story. >> reporter: tonight defense secretary mattis confidently telling reporters the u.s. would know within moments in a north korean missile is fired at guam and we'll take it out. adding if they fire at

andrea mitchell joins us with more. good morning. >> good morning, frances. a stern warning from president trump saying that the u.s. would respond with the fire and the fury that the world has never seen. the ah alarming warning briefed on the defense intelligence assessment, nbc news that they have a warhead small enough to fit inside a missile that could reach the u.s. mainland. he has shown off what he had as a weapon and now he may have built one. >> it doesn't appear to be an immediate threat to the homeland, but he is beginning to perfect the ability to deliver a device to the homeland. >> the speed is stunning. u.s. intelligence thought it would take years to get this far, but 11 days ago, they launched a missile test that could reach all the way to chicago and they may have a miniaturized weapon as well. u.s. intelligence missed the timing. >> the under estimation of the pace of this program represents a real blind spot as well as a danger for the united states. >> there are big hurdles and crafting a warhead that can survive reinterview and testing

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," friendly fire. nbc news reporting that president trump chew ed out his generals including defense secretary mattis, demanding the general in charge of afghanistan be fired. and comparing war strategy to the renovation of his favorite new york restaurant, the 21 club. is it any wonder the jgenerals were stunned and angry? >> if the president doesn't listen to the generals like general nicholson, and he goes down the road that president obama went, afghanistan is going to collapse. >> it is frustrating that we waited six months and there still hasn't been a plan laid out. >> coming to america. the white house unveiling a hard line plan to slash legal immigration in half over ten years, sparking an explosive briefing by the president's top policy adviser, challenged by the son of cuban immigrants. >> this whole notion of well, they could learn -- they have to learn english before they get to the united states, are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> i am shocked at you

chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: north koreans lining up to watch state-owned tv, threatening the u.s. with a thousands' fold revenge for what they call villainous sanctions, warning it's a mistake for americans to think they're safe. president trump talking for an hour to his secretary of state at an asian summit today. after rex tillerson delivered a message to north korea -- stop testing missiles, then we can negotiate. >> the best signal that north korea could give us that they're prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches. >> reporter: north korea's shocking breakthrough in a test ten days ago. a missile able to reach as far as chicago has alarmed the world. that plus what u.s. officials call unusual and unprecedented submarine activity by north korea which hopes to develop sea-launch missiles, as well. producing a diplomatic win for the white house, a unanimous u.n. vote for a billion dollars in sanctions against kim jong-un. both china and russia voting yes. in washington, talk of the potential need to plan for military

joining us is andrea mitchell, host of andrea mitchell reporting here on msnbc. great to see you. for being here. >> great to see you, rachel. >> the pentagon using b-1 bombers, is this the sort of thing that they always keep at hand, or is this really new? us b1 bombers. is this the sort of thing that they always keep at hand, that they can always draw this, or is this really new? >> thif got plans. this is one plan as we've been reporting. also the other plans, there are surface to surface missiles. they've got a range of options obviously because of the potential bad weather. the b 1s have also been flying because they are such an obvious signal to the north koreans. they've been flying particularly since the last month, since the first ibm launch, the long-range missile launch, and then the second one. so the accelerated pace of not only the nuclear tests but then the missile test, the increased sophistication, which were underestimated clearly by u.s. intelligence has really got everybody's hair on fire. >> andrea, the defense intelligence agency back in 2013 reported -- that

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more from andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight, u.s.overnment officials tell nbc news they suspect american diplomats in cuba were the target of acoustic attacks, ultrasonic sound waves or some investigators say possibly even poison. the bizarre incidents last october left a group of u.s. diplomats with hearing loss. blamed on what one says could have been a surveillance device inside or outside the residences all owned by cuba's government. several u.s. agencies, the cia and diplomatic security service are all investigating. >> we don't know exactly where this came from. we can't blame any one individual or a country at this point yet. an investigation is underway. we take that very seriously. >> reporter: canada also says some of its diplomats in havana also suffered symptoms. in havana a cuban news caster says the government is investigating and quote cuba has never nor would it allow the cuban territory be used for any action against accredited diplomatic agents or their families. so who's responsible? a third country. some suggest

. >> reporter: i'm andrea mitchell. president trump promising victory in afghanistan. >> our troops will fight to win. >> reporter: but tonight major questions about the mission and how he intends to accomplish it. how many troops will it take? there are 8,400 there now. secretary mattis today. >> i'd rather not say a number and then have to change it later on. >> reporter: defense officials say it will be close to 4,000. needed now because in the last two years the afghan military has failed to stop the taliban, which now controls or is challenging the afghan government in 40% of the country. the president now lifting restrictions on the u.s. military allowing more counterterror operations, to try and take that territory back. how will the president deal with pakistan, the source of much of the terror? >> we can no longer be silent about pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organizations. >> reporter: those who faced this dilemma before said it's easier said than done. >> you can ask and say pretty please, but i don't

andrea mitchell joins us for more. andrea, good morning. >> good morning, frances. a certain warning from president trump saying to north korea that the u.s. would respond with the fire and the fury that world has never seen. jim congress unhas now constructed a miniature nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside one of the new long range missiles. a missile that could reach the u.s. mainland. a major cost. the dictator has before shown off what he claims to be a miniaturized nuclear weapon now he may have built one. >> does it appear there is an immediate threat to the homeland. but the problem is he's beginning to perfect all of the elements of the ability to deliver a nuclear device to the homeland. >> reporter: the speed of the regime's nuclear progress is stunning. u.s. intelligence thought it would take years to get this far. but just 11 days ago north korea launched a missile test that could reach all the way to chicago. and now they may have a miniaturized weapon as well. how did u.s. intelligence miss the timing? >> the underestimation of the pace of this

>> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> now to another story we're following.any questions waiting to be answered this evening about what caused a mysterious illness to spread inside a new hampshire hospital today. the emergency forcing many patients and staffers to suddenly have to evacuate. we get details from nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: a new hampshire hospital where people seek help today needed help. >> all patients are going to need to seek alternate shelter. >> reporter: in the main operating room, staffers became nauseous in two different waves this morning. >> dizziness, nausea, vomiting. so all low-acuity symptoms that they were feeling. >> reporter: the lawn turned into an improvised triage area as firefighters evacuated and closed the operating room and the emergency room above it while searching for the cause of the trouble. with no evidence of a liquid spill, officials suspected a gas. >> we've tested the area for several things, mainly chemical. it's all come back completely negative so far. >> obviously the rumor got out it's anesthesia ga

and our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell was there. >> reporter: six months into the job, secretary of state rex tillerson stepped into the briefing room for the first time, addressing crises from russia to north korea, with a new message for kim jong-un. >> we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us. and we have to respond. >> reporter: that response both carrots and sticks. test firing a long-range missile from california tonight. >> we would like to set and have a dialogue with them. >> reporter: on russia after vladimir putin's order to remove more than half of the u.s. embassy staff in russia. >> the situation is bad, but believe me, it can get worse. it just did. >> reporter: complicating everything, trump tweets most recently blasting china for north korea. >> how complicated is it for you to do your job with sometimes the president, the commander in chief, contradicting u.s. foreign policy on twitter? >> in light of the fact that the president communicates the way he does, like anything else, part of the e

andrea mitchell has the story for us. >> reporter: tonight defense secretary mattis confidently tellingeporters the u.s. would know within moments if a north korean missile is fired at guam and we'll take it out. adding if they fire at the u.s., it could escalate very quickly. it's called war. if they hit the u.s. including guam, mattis said, if they do that, it's game on. u.s. officials say china is the key to a diplomatic solution, but today the president is launching an investigation into beijing's theft of u.s. trade secrets. >> this is just the beginning. i want to tell you that. this is just the beginning. >> reporter: mr. trump eager to keep a campaign promise. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: but slamming china now could be a problem, just as the joint chiefs chairman was arriving in beijing. earlier in south korea saying china is key to cracking down on kim jong-un. >> it's going to require china not only to do what they did at the united nations security council which was to vote for sanctions but to enforce those sanctions. >> reporter: an

we get more from nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent 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 limiting the u.s. diplomatic presence in their nation. >> reporter: what happened to president trump'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 punch drunk somewhere near the 15th round and still slugging it out but not quite sure ho

lester. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> tonight hurricane watches are up along the u.s. gulf coast where preparations are under way for a big and gathering storm threatening texas and louisiana with a major flood event. al roker is tracking the storm. he joins us now with the latest forecast. al, what are we looking at here? >> we're looking at a long-term event. what was remnants of harvey now a tropical depression most likely becoming a tropical storm and possibly even a low level hurricane. as we look right now, the latest on harvey, it's 525 miles south-southeast of port o'connor, texas. 35-mile-per-hour winds. it is moving northwest at just 2 miles per hour. this is going to be a slow mover. it makes landfall some time friday afternoon possibly as a category 1 hurricane. then it just meanders around the gulf coast right through monday. we'll be talking about this into next week. rainfall amounts, because it just continues to sit there, upwards of 20 inches of rain, but generally 5 to 10 inches. we also have tropical storm watches and hurricane watches along the texa

dan balz, heather mcghee, andrea mitchell, and david french.let you take this start here. you've among the more prominent, you were recruited to run for president -- >> did that actually get -- >> i know, sometimes you're like -- um, i am struck by senator flake's, it's a two-pronged attack on the party, trump's character, conservatism, what should -- what are you gleaning from this? >> well, what i'm gleaning from this. let's keep this very real. okay. we focus an awful lot on politicians and what are politicians doings, but, there's the people. and i live in the middle of trump country. my precinct went for trump by about 72%, what i can tell you, there is a market for what trump is selling. >> uh-huh. >> and we cannot ignore and can't focus complete oi on washington. what we are overrun is negative polarization. this is what the pew foundation has measured. people are supporting republicans not because of what they stand for, but because there's so much hostility to democrats. and that's, that's what it's about. it's about fighting, fighting

here's nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: new reporting by nbc news reveals hillary clinton's lead over donald trump was a lot less certain than previously thought, especially in the last two weeks. as we hear the first excerpts from her upcoming book about that tense standof >> donald trump was looming behind me. it was incredibly uncomfortable. he was literally breathing down my neck. my skin crawled. >> reporter: their face-off only two days after that "access hollywood" video. >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the trump campaign trying to intimidate her. steve bannon inviting women accusers from bill clinton's past to sit in the front row as trump circled her on stage. now for the first time pub hickcally, she's wondering should she have stood up to him? >> do you turn and look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep, get away from me? it certainly would have been better tv. maybe i have overlearned the lesson of staying calm, biting my tongue, digging my fingernails into a clenched fist. >> could you tell that? >> i could tell, yes. i could. >> it wa

it is time now for our good friend andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> and right now onea mitchell reports," about face. president trump abandoning his campaign promise to get out of afghanistan now that he's commander in chief. >> my original instinct was to pull out and historically i like following my instincts. but all my life i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. >> coming up, i'll talk to former secretary of defense and cia director leon panetta. >>> back on the trail after sticking to his script last night, today the president is back on more familiar turf, a campaign style rally in arizona, where he's already feuding with both republican senators. >> we expect president trump to do the thing that is the first page in his playbook, which is to go and look for an opportunity to stoke his base and to get them fired up. and the way he does that, he throws the red meat that is controversial and toxic to a majority of americans. >> and tragedy at sea. the remains of some of the missing sailors have been found aboa

. >>> time now for andrea mitchell and "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reportsdent trump says the u.s. military has plans at the ready should north korea act unwisely. >> they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. and it's about time that somebody stuck for the people of this country and the people of other countries. if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. >> despite new reports that the state department is holding secret talks with the regime. >> the

i'll hand it off to my friend, my colleague, andrea mitchell, for "andrea mitchell reports." >> thankhanie. right now, on "andrea mitchell reports," unleashed. president trump abandoning his scripted words about racial harmony from the night before. now, defending his original charlottesville remarks and accusing the media of being unpatriotic. >> i hit them with everything. i got the white supremacists, the neo-nazis. i got them all in there. what did they say? right? it should have been sooner. he's a racist. these are really, really dishonest people. and they're bad people. was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? he should have had a jury, but, you know what, i'll make a prediction, i think i'll be just fine, okay. we're building a wall on the southern border which is absolutely necessary. we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. >> what happened? hillary clinton reading from her new book, in excerpts obtained by morning joe. looking back at how she might have handled that moment, the moment when donald trump moved behind her in the second presidential d

right now, over to our friend andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on "andreas," high noon, president trump duelling with his own republican leaders vowing to shut down the government if he doesn't get his way. >> i don't think the government shutdown is necessary and i don't think most people want to see a government shutdown, ourselves included. congress and the house has done its work on this issue. >> different trumps. another day, another speech, another tweet, another head spinning white house mood swing. >> we cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other. these are really, really dishonest people and the

and now she regrets that. >> andrea mitchell reporting for us there from washington. andrea, thank you for being on this program. appreciate it. same to you, bob costa, friend of this show and garrett haake in reno where you will be reporting on the president's speech later today. >>> we have been talking about the president's challenges here home. but plenty of others overseas. check this out. these are pictures from north korea showing what might be new weapons. nevada congresswoman jackie rose is joining me next. we'll talk about that. >>> plus, the advice from voters here in nevada for all of congress. >> remember what they're there for. think about the people and think about representing us. >> i think they're starting to read across the aisle a little bit. i miss seeing moderates. i didn'i was from ethnically. so we sent that sample off to ancestry. my ancestry dna results are that i am 26% nigerian. i am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. i put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. because it's a hat,

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as the after shocks continue to reverberate from what the new york times today called the president's wild street corner shouting match with reporters. >> i think there is blame on both sides. you look at -- you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> joining me now is nbc's kelly o'donnell outside trump tower where that took place and gabe gutierrez in charlottesville. gabe, let's talk about the memorial we just have been experiencing, but also wanted you to take me through the fact checking about what the president claimed was fought on both sides, because that's not at all what you and your reporting has been indicating. >> hi, andrea, good afternoon. yes. let's start with this memorial that we just heard from susan, the mother of heather heyer, an emotional speech that she just gave talking about her daughter, you heard from her. something that she just said live a few moments ago, if

time for "andrea mitchell reports" with our friend andrea mitchell. >> right now on "andrea mitchell force, the u.s. testing a long range missile from an air force base in california. a not so subtle warning days after north korea's second icbm test. but in his first briefing, the secretary of state reaches out directly to kim jong-un with some caveat s. >> we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. but you're presenting an unacceptable threat to us. and we have to respond. >> punishing russia, the president signs the sanctions bill without fanfare, nor comment on vladimir putin's expulsion of u.s. diplomats but he's taking a shot at congress for what he calls clearly unconstitutional provisions despite what the vice president had to say

for now, we're going to sign off and send you it our friend and colleague, andrea mitchell for "andreaell reports." >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," revising history. president trump becoming the first president in generations to defend white nationalists. setting off shock waves at home and abroad. >> i couldn't have made it isser attive becau-- assertive becaus don't know all of the facts. you had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was very violent. i'll say it right now. this week it is robert e. leie. i notice stone wall jackson is coming down. you have to ask yourself where does it stop? you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> on both sides. on the sidelines, trump's new chief of staff retired marine general john kelly wincing as he watched and listened. and now a growing list of military and political leaders all condemning the president's

host of "andrea mitchell reports." jill and "new york times" jeffrey. we talked about the idea of carrots and sticks when it comes to north korea. how do you see it playing out? >> he was saying to the regime, we're not interested in regime change. and he's also talking directly to beijing. don't worry. we're not about to try to get rid of kim jong-un because china has clearly not used its economic pressure on north korea. chinese policy is basically to be more afraid of a reunited peninsula of american gemny, american military power because of the influence with our allies in south korea and, of course, japan. rather than having a nuclear armed kim jong-un next door. they're concerned about had regime collapsing and refugees coming across the border and also really wanting to resist the u.s. having such a strong military role. and this is a balancing act that they've been playing for years. refusing to do the pressure to really increase pressure. also, understated by this administration is the fact that russia, accord

i'm casey hunt in for andrea mitchell. continuing our breaking news coverage of tropical storm harvey's push across the gulf coast and the damage left in its wake. the storm that first touched down friday night in corpus christi, texas, makes a third landfall early this morning in cameron, louisiana, covering a distance the size of kansas over that four-day period. there are now 11 confirmed storm-related deaths. some of the worst weather along the texas/louisiana border where nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is with a rescue team. our entire team is in place. nbc's gabe gutierrez and garrett haak are in houston neighborhoods. philip mena at the george r. brown center. gabe, to you, you have been working tirelessly through all of this. describe what you are seeing and how it has changed as houston starts to move, it looks like the sun is out above your head, that, of course, must be very welcome there. what is the latest where you are? >> hi, casey. it stopped raining, the sun is out as you mentioned. but the wat