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." >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports. mixed verdict. former fbi director james comey did not follow proper procedures in handling the hillary clinton e-mails but the report rules that politics was not involved. this as the new york state attorney general sues the trump family foundation over how that foundation handles its money. >>> caught on camera. north korea airs new behind the scenes footage. the president of the united states saluting a north korean general at the summit as he heaps praise on kim jong-un despite kim's brutal record. >> i don't care who you are, what you are, how much of an advantage you have. if you can do that at 27 years old, that's one in 10,000 that could do that. he's a very smart guy. he's a great negotiator. >>> locked away. nbc news gets an exclusive look inside america's largest detention facility for migrant children but with no cameras allow. >> when you go in, an official from the shelter says to you, to me, smile at these kids. they feel like animals in cages being looked at. >>> good day. i'm andrea

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i just have to say word about andrea mitchell. andrea was a part of the press corps at the state department that covered me when i secretary. the truth is, if she hadn't been a great journalist she would've been a foreign-policy specialist. thank you for all of your great work. >> those are the days when secretaries of state travel with the traveling press. >> had a white to find and think about political risk. we wrote this book out of a class that amy and i talked together. we talked together in a course called the global context. it was about everything that happens in the world that affects business. we taught it for mbas. one thing that was not covered adequately were political risk in the way that political scientist think about it. not investment risk. political risk seems to overshadow the way people think about it in the 1960s and 70s. while some dictator will nationalize your industry. today, it's almost unknown to have that be the problem. we talk about teaching a course in which we can systematically talk about politic

nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on the diplomatic drama. >> reporter: tonight for the first time, president trump's top diplomat is hinting at new security guarantees for kim jong-un, if he is willing to give up his nukes. >> we are prepared to take what will be security assurances that are different, unique, than have been provided, that america's been willing to provide previously. >> reporter: what could that mean? they won't say, but candidate trump talked about withdrawing troops from south korea. now it could also mean pulling back america's nuclear umbrella. b-52s from guam, nuclear-armed submarines. first, u.s. officials say north korea would need to offer proof of what it is giving up. kim's father cheated on a nuclear deal with bill clinton in 1994 and again with george w. bush in 2002. >> simply getting to agreement is already a monumental effort. but actually verifying the denuclearization would again take enormous resources. >> reporter: and the regime's st nuclear complex is so well hidden, u.s. officials don't even know how many weapons

bring in our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell now. andrea, kelly o. hit on this a bit. the significance of the optics here. i think it was you a few moments ago who indicated they're not shuffling kim yong alcoh-chol t the back door. giving him the v.i.p. treatment. what can we glean from that? >> that this is likely pointing towards a summit as scheduled in singapore if not june 12th, very close to that date. i will bet on that. if the announcement is not made today it will be made soon. every sign in new york, where we were the last day and a half covering meetings with secretary pompeo were very positive. obviously, there was a statement from kim jong-un saying, we believe as we have in denuclearization. that's the crux of the matter, of course. how does each side define denuclearization? a lot of disagreement there. they've got to narrow those gaps, and the president himself said this might require a second or a third summit, or more than one day. so they're looking at something happening in june. likely in singapore. and the fact he is being give

>> with us to talk about all of it, andrea mitchell, host of andrea mitchell reports.t noon eastern each day on there network. she's with us from aspen tonight, where she hosted that conversation with secretary kerry. rick stengel is back with us as well, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, also former managing editor of "time" magazine. andrea, is the real concern here that the president will somehow pull a canada and pull out of the nato talks, maybe taking a swing at our allies on the way out and then be seen with vladimir putin? >> exactly. the timing could not be worse. excuse me. i've got some allergies out here. but the fact is that he behaved so badly toward our allies in canada and tried to get putin back into the g7, and he's going now into nato, where he will be beat up on those same allies as he did about the eu the other day in north dakota. and then he's going to be going directly to moscow where putin is going to be celebrating his victory as the host of the, you know, the soccer finals. so it's all playing out in puti

have to say a word about andrea mitchell. an dry would -- andrea was part of the press corps at the state department that covered me when is wag secretary and if she hasn't been a great journalist we should have been a foreign policy specialist because she loves its. thank you for all your great work. >> those were the days win secretaries of state and now we have resumed the practice, travel with the traveling press corps. >> how do i think but political risk? we wrote this book out of a class that amy and i taught together, and we had taught together in a course called the global context, which was really about everything that happens in the world that fakes business and we taught it for mbas, and one of the things that that was never cods covered adequately was political risks. not investment risk, and in fact, political risk seemed to have been overshadowed or have the shot shadow of the way that people thousand that political risks in the 1960s and 1970s, some dictator going to appropriate your property or nationalize you

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> tonight the big clean-up is underway after a tornado slammed through parts of northeastern pennsylvania, leaving a path of severe damage in wilkes-barr. meantime as we head west they are bracing for tropical storm bud forecast to move across the southern end of baja, california sur lashing the with high winds and surf. >>> now to what could be the future of travel and solution to beating the traffic, billionaire entrepreneur elon musk is back in the headlines not for spacex company or car company, instead the mayor of chicago unveiled a plan to help solve theitproblem. will ire? and could it work where you live? here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: in a city notorious for traffic congestion and gridlock, elon musk's boring company got the mayoral nod to dig deep. a tunnel for high speed trip from chicago to o'hare airport called the express loop, the design is similar for musk's plan for los angeles. using electric pods built by tesla to carry 16 people at up to 150 miles per hour. travel time, 12 minutes. four times faster than the current

andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> as the events unfolded here in singapore, south korea was looking on with high stakes in the outcome. when president trump announced he's halting with them, it seems he not only surprised the south koreans but u.s. forces in the region, too. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in seoul and has reaction f us tonight. >> reporter: across south korea today, hope this historic handshake means peace is finally in the air. president moon jae-in, who met kim jong-un to help organize this summit, said he was so cited he couldn't sleep last night. but now, focus here is curvall.to that president trump saying while u.s. troops would remain in south korea, no more war games. >> we will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see that the future negotiation is not going along like it should. >> reporter: but twice annual war games and joint exercises are the cornerstone of the military alliance between the u.s. and south korea. we visited them extensively in f-16s, fg ranges, on patrol, alwa

>> well, the first thing andrea, you have to call me conda, i have to say a word about andrea mitchell, andrea was part of the press corps at the state department that covered me when i was secretary. truth of the matter is that if she hadn't been a great journalist she would have been specialist. >> thank you. those were the days secretary of state and new resumed practice, traveling press corps. >> how do i define and think of political risks? well, we wrote this book out of a class that amy and i taught together and we taught together in a course called global context which is everything that happens in world that affects business and we taught it for mba's, one of the things that wasn't covered adequately in the course were political risks in the way political scientists might think about them. not investment risk and, in fact, political risks seemed to have been overshadowed or shadow the way people taught about political risks in 1960's and 1960's, was socialist dictator nationalize your industry and, of course, today that's a relatively, well, almost unknown to have that be the

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n andrea mitchel news, washington. p >> tonight the big cleanuis underway after a tornado slammed through parts of northeastern pennsylvania leaving a path of vere damage including several homes and businesses demolished. in the meantime, as we head west, they are bracing for tropical storm bud forecast to move across the southern end of baja, california dumping several inches of rain and lashing the area with strong wind and high surf. >>> what could be the future of travel and the solution to beating the traffic. llionaire entrepreneur elon musk is back in the headlines. not for his spacex y,eadlines and tesla compnstead musk and the mayor of chicago today unveiled a plan to help solve that city's mass transiproblems. will it work there and could it work where you live? is nbc's tom costello.>> reporter: in a city notorious for traffic congestion and gridlock, the boring company got the mayoral nod to dig deep. a tunnel for a high-speed trip from downtown chicago to o'hare airport called the express loop, the design

the hard part remains after that. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting.watch in the days ahead. >> i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. thanks for watching. be slur to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram at nbc "early today." your news continues here on nbc and our nbc stations. >>> breaking overnight, president trump meets with officials in singapore. we'll have a live report from the ground. >> a global war of words. the president lashes out at his canadian counterpart calling him weak and dishonest. >> you just don't behalf that way. it's a betrayal. he is essentially double one st carry out a background check for kbuns for nearly a year. >>> and the

now on andrea mitchell reports. lockup. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort's bail is revoked at the jury tampering hearing as the president does a walk about on the white house north lawn. >> manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. he worked with me for 49 days. a very short period of time. >> manafort is accused facing charges that include alleged money laundering, tax evasion and failure to register as a foreign agent. ken, tell me what happened inside. >> reporter: well, the judge said she really had no choice but to make this move. that's really interesting to me because long time courthouse observers told pete williams and i before this hearing they weren't sure this was going to happen. they didn't think it was going to happen. judge jackson said there was no less restrictive remedy. she said this isn't middle school. i can't take your phone. she decided the allegations that the prosecution made against paul manafort that he reached out to witnesses in an attempt to get them to chang

kristen welker is picking up coverage sitting in for andrea mitchell. >>> right now on andrea mitchellhe upset. a 28-year-old first time challenger overtakes one of the most pow everiful democrats in the house sending shock waves throughout the political world ahead of november's political elections. >> i felt like our part could be better. our message could be better and we could be better as a country. >>> court ordered. a california judge demandsll migrant children be reunited within 30 days. this as parents are still unable to locate their children despite what the health and human services secretary says. >> every parent has access to know where their child is. tlt there's no reason why any parent would not know where the child is located.

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right now we hand you off to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on "andreas," baked in the cake. the supreme court sides with the baker in the colorado case involving a same-sex couple. nbc's pete williams will explain. >>> president trump says he has absolute power to pardon himself as his top lawyer says he could shoot the former fbi director and the president would still not be indicted. >> can't be indicted, and we think we have a very good argue in a practical sense. this isn't just theoretical. he's not sitting up there playing tiledywinks. he's involved in four or five historic negotiations right now. >> and him too? bill clinton's explosive "today" show interview on me too movement and his apology for the monica lewinsky affair went far enough. >> you didn't apologize to her? >> i have not tald to her. >> do you feel like you owe her an apology? >> i do -- i never talked to her. but i did say publicly on more than one occasion that i was sorry.

joining me now is andrea mitchell in aspen, colorado and chris matthews host of "hardball" right here on msnbc. andrea, let me start with you. i'm going to ask you both the same question. i look up to both of you. i wonder what you make of those imag images, the fact those reporters continued to report while under attack. >> it's extraordinary. their courage, dedication to journalism. i'm really struck by the blank page except for a few words about them being speechless on the opinion page. that silence, that white space says everything about the "capital gazette." i covered annapolis when i first moved to the washington area. i was the annapolis state reporter covering legislature mostly and the "capital gazette" has been there since 1772. they published the declaration of independence. their roots are so profound. this is not a start up. this is not new media. the people there have been speaking out to the dedication of these people. it speaks more broadly to the media being described as the enemy of the people from the white house, from the president. this is exactly the opposite s

but it's time to hand it over to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," no due process? president trump wants to send undocumented immigrants back home without allowing them their day in court. >> so that a person puts their toe on the land, we have to go to trial. this is crazy what we're doing. i don't want judges, i want border patrol, i want i.c.e. [ applause ] we don't want judges. >> out of the loop. an nbc news exclusive report. defense secretary mattek shut out of key policy decisions, including suspending joint military exercises with korea. >>> and the creation of the space force, a new branch of the military. >> as kelly has been weakened as chief of staff and tillerson was fired, that has put mattis in this position that's kind of the lone person standing who was part of that original group that everybody felt were the adults in the room. >>an

and right now, i hand you off to my friend and colleague andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," torn apart. amid growing outrage, the administration defends its hardline zero tolerance immigration policy. and the forced separation of parents and children. >> we are enforcing the laws passed by congress, and we are executive bran to protect our communities. >> we'll fact check the secretary of homeland security coming up. >>> heart of the matter. former first lady laura bush delivers a condemnation of the parent-child separation policy, comparing it to the inattorneyment inattorney mentinternment of japanese-americans. >> what this administration has decided to do is separate children from their pents to send a message that if you cross the border with children, your children are going to be ripped away from you. that's traumatizing to the ch w

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our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on why the video is generating so much. >> reporter: the salute now seen around the world. out of range of u.s. cameras at the summit but now looping on north korea's state tv. the president of the united states saluting a fully uniformed north korean general. the white house calling it a common courtesy but a clear propaganda victory for pyongyang. >> the political optics of it were bad. this is a murderous, brutal regime. he should have just nodded his head and shaken his hand. >> reporter: but donald trump made a big deal for years afterward of president obama bowing to the saudi king in 2009. all this after president trump downplayed kim jong-un's notorious brutality on fox news. >> he's a very smart guy. he's a great negotiator, but i think we understand each other. >> but he's still done some really bad things. >> yeah, but so have a lot of other people done some really bad things. >> reporter: arriving home, the president also tweeting north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. that was news to admiral harry harris,

i hand you off to andrea mitchell who has been working non-stop for the last 72 hours.'s live in singapore. >> thank you so much. >>> what a 72 hours it's been right now on a special edition of andrea mitchell reports. what's the deal? president trump and kim jong-un sign an agreement calling for denuclearization of north korea but now plan on how to do it. ending joint mitary exercises with south korea or what the president called c eed war game. >> it's a very provocative situation. i think it's inappropriate to be having war gam number one we save money, a lot. number two, it really is something that i think they very much appreciated. >>> pomp and circumstance with american and north korean flags waving side by side. the two leaders shared lots of hand shshakes and back slaps bee signing an agreement with one of the most repressive regimes in the world, something the president would not do with america's closest allies. >> great personality and smart. good combination. >> we're proud of what took place and we developed a special bond. people w v

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from the white house.nt trump meeting with congressional republicans this hour. telling reporters in the room he will be signing something in a little while on immigration. he said he would be preemptive and matched by legislation. we're going to get tape from the meeting. we begin with nbc white correspondent kristen welker president is poised to reverse himself fp on the zero tolerance policy and effectively sign an executive order he is signaling it will end the family separations. we don't have the

andrea mitchell. >>> the spin zone. after a head snapping reversal of his policy of separating children from their parents, an unusual trump retreat despite the spin at a campaign rally hours later. >> i signed an executive order. we're going to keep families together but the border will be just as tough as it's been. >>> in limbo. the administrationill not explain what is going to happen to 2300 children already taken from their parents. >> secretary, what happens to the kids that have been separated from their parents? why did you sign? >> we're implementing it. >>> thetrauma. one mother describing her son having been taken away. >> sits in federal prison near seattle while her son is in a children's home in new york. the good-bye was agonizing. he just started crying and looked at me and said don't leave me mom. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president trump is about to meet with his cabinet. while more than 2,000 migrant children are in limbo not knowing when they will see their parents again.

now on andrea mitchell reports.ockup. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort's bail is revoked at the jury tampering hearing as the president does a walk about on the white house north lawn. >> manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. he worked with me for 49 days. a very short period of time. >> manafort is accused facing charges that include alleged money laundering, tax evasion and failure to register as a foreign agent. ken, tell me what happened inside. >> reporter: well, the judge said she really had no choice but to make this move. that's really interesting to me because long time courthouse

and joining me here is chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell.exander. hallie, leto g to you, first, the president held up the document at the signing but didn't explain what it. on casual look, are there any commitments that kim jong-un made specifically? >> reporter: well, he says complete del complete denuclearization, lester in exchange for what the u.s. has described as security assurances. there are still real questions here, you listed some of them. what specifically are those assurances that the u.s. is prepared to offer north korea. when it comes to denuclearization, what is the time line. we know that secretary of state mike pompeo seated behind me in the room is looking forward to these talks but what the president picks that up, what does that exactly mean. chief of staff john kelly just sat down as well. we expect the president in a minute, lester. and there are real questions for him. you also look at the optics of this. this obviously is a historic moment. the sitting president meeting with the leader of north korea. amid the smile

singapore. >> and right now on a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports," live from singapore,ace-to-face, just hours from now donald trump becomes the first sitting american president to meet with a north korean leader. the goal -- convincing the world's most brutal nuclear power to give up its weapons. [ inaudible ] >> a tale of two summits on the eve of his sitdown with one of america's toughest adversaries. at the g7, president trump goes after his friends. his top trade

we asked our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell to take a look at what the world can expect. >> reporter: president trump has described the singapore summit as get to know you plus.the us? in addition to the hand shakes and photo opportunities, will kim jong-un agree to blow up his nuclear weapons as he appeared to do at the main test site last month? experts say complete denuclearization could take a decade or more. >> the best outcome would be a solid commitment by the north korean leader to denuclearize and along a definable timeline that the trump administration can then see as a big victory. >> reporter: in fact, the regime's vast nuclear complex is so well hidden u.s. officials don't even know how many weapons they have. current estimates ranging from 20 to 60 warheads buried in dozens of sites involving hundreds of buildings staffed by thousands of people. would kim trade all that away? >> he has indicated to me personally that he is prepared to denuclearize, that he understands that the current model doesn't work. >> reporter: skeptics are doubtful. >> if we d

our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell with the late developments. >> reporter: high stakes meetings in a new york high rise. secretary of state mike pompeo face-to-face with kim jong-un's right-hand man and former spy chief about to go to the white house bringing a letter from the north korea leader. >> a letter will be delivered to me from kim jong-un. so i look forward to seeing what's in the letter but it's very important to them. >> reporter: a frantic dash on three fronts towards a likely june 12th summit. here in new york with u.s. diplomats at the dmz and a third american team in singapore. tonight, pompeo saying they are making real progress. >> our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste. >> reporter: who is kim jong-un's point man? seen at last week's meeting between north and south, sitting behind ivanka trump at the winter olympics. kim yong chol has been an enemy of the u.s. for decades ordering the hack of sony pictures for a film ridiculing the dynasty. san

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and our moderator today distinguished nbc journalists andrea mitchell. >>> this is not my best side. such a privilege to be here and thank you so much. thanks to the myers and the members of the family the foundation the trustees. the wonderful staff here. and to be here with secretary clinton and linda johnson is just a great privilege for me. thank you all. to be considered a friend of betty ford is such a high honor. i have my own reflections but i wanted to first ask my colleagues here to talk about betty ford. one of the quotations in that wonderful video. lady does not require -- first lady is archaic and some fashions. it has been both empowering too many women that they have carve their own way. but also constricting tucson. who have struggled against the norms. betty ford certainly broke out of those -- and she took it chances. she was such a role model for me long before i knew her personally. my generation which is the same as hillary clinton's generation. she was just a striking example. especially the -- i covered her in houston. marching with glory up --. early for equa

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with andrea mitchell saying we did increase the number of families that we broke up. they have to increase the number of beds because of the children they took away. >> it was not their policy to separate children from their parents and they did so under severe circumstances for criminal reasons. let's talk about the here and now. >> it is a criminal issue, legal matter. pres. obama gave up on enforcing the law and allowed everyone catch and release, a pass-through at the border. i don't think most americans who want an open border, democrats clearly went and open border, that appears to be unambiguously the position. >> you can't possibly be for this. >> what is the resolution? the outcry was they were being separated, seemed like a horrible way for this to be handled so the president signed the executive order they can stay together and democrats say that is not good enough either, they need to be released. what is the real agenda? >> democrats in congress have as much control what goes on as i do right now on fox news. shannon: if you can't get we 9 together. >> an

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i'm andrea mitchell in singapore where the president made history. producing a signed document with kim jong-un promising to eliminate nuclear weapons with no time line, no verification, no enforcement. the president shocks south korea by giving kim something north korea has long wanted. viewed as a critical part of america's commitment to depending its allies. joining me kristen welker who will be with us throughout the hour. washington post white house bureau chief phil rutger with me here in singapore. you were at the news conference with the president and asked one of the critical questions. we'll get to that a bit later. just the fact ofning an agreement and putting so much stock in it and then teeing it up, promoting it and when we read the actual text, it was no there there. >> yeah. andrea, there was such a build up to find out what the deteals were -- details were. they signed it and wouldn't reveal what they signed. is this a peace treaty or really detail agreement to denuclearize the peninsula or something more vague. there wasn't a lot of

abby: ntsb andrea mitchell tweeting for the team fly eagles fly. brian: what the heck is that? floor. > carley: my badge is still working. good sign every morning when i walk. in woo, still working. this is such a polarizing topic especially wit the philadelphia mayor calling the president what a fragile ego maniac. but going back to andrea mitchell and that fly eagle fly tweet. if you read the comment section. she is really getting a lot of backlash and criticism for saying that joe on twitter says unbiased journalism at its finest. and ozzy also tweets it's truly unfortunate for football fans the game has become too political. it used to be about the game it brought people together. now it's politically divisive. that is so true, brian. i'm sure you agree with that. brian: they are feeling it in the stands and feeling in the ratings. they thought they put this behind them but obviously it's front and center. abby: a loser there. >> ceo of starbucks stepping down from that role. >> speculation over whether or not he wants to run for president. that news adding fuel to the fire

stand big in november is our chief correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea has reported on relations between the u.s. and north korea for every president since reagan. andrea, what are you looking for tonight? what have we been learning as we head toward the start of this one-on-one? >> i think your cautions to avoid the circus, the orchestration as much as we can is well taken, because we need to really look at that joint statement. we believe from our sources that they have agreed on a squloynt statement. that's why secretary pompeo came into the briefing room i don't know how many hours ago. i was morning i guess our time here and said they're moving very quickly. and the president is going to leave, we later learned, leave tonight after his news conference following the summit rather than staying until wednesday. so instead ofaving a second day, things were going so well, flayed agreed among the experts on the framework of something. and what that something is, i've been told is some kind of a commitment from kim jong-un to denuclearization. the pr

. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, mr. postman. kim jong-un's right hand man on his way to white house to personally deliver a letter from the north korean leader to president trump. pointing toward a summit announcement to come. >> make no mistake about it, there remains great deal of work to do and we made progress here as well as at the same time made progress in the other venues the conversations were taking place. >>> blaming canada. the u.s. slaps tariffs on europe, mexico and canada with the president slamming canada and its prime minister fighting back. >> these are an affront to the long standing security partnership between canada and the united states and an affront to the thousands of canadians who have fought and died alongside their american brothers in arms. >>> begging your pardon. is the president's flurry of insiders to his personal lawyer. even as cohen threatened a reporter during the kpanl. >> so i'm warning you, tread very [ bleep ] lightly because what i'm going to do so you is blk d [ bleep ] disgusting. do

time for our friend andrea mitchell. >>> right now, missing melania.attacks the media. the media reports questioning the first lady's 26th day public absence with a barrage about rumors real and imagined. >>> califor dreaming. republicans and democrats hang in as the golden state primary offers proof to november's mid term. >>> remembering bobby kennedy. 50 years after the night that changed america. the kennedy family gathers and his grandson speaks. 50 years after that funeral made its unforgettable journey to washington and 50 years after his call to peace was silenced forever.