nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely is live for us. this is different than the rhetoric from the past. what do you make of it? >> reporter: that's the most unusual thing. a lot of north korean statements are just rhetoric talking about engulfing seoul or washington in a sea of fire. this is specific. it talks about timing. it talks about trajectory. they are intermediate range missiles. they are mobile, transportable, can be launched from a platform. they were successfully tested about three years ago. that missile carries a single warhead and has a range of 2800 miles and that's enough to land as the north koreans say 20 miles off the coast of guam. the implication, i suppose, being if. they wanted it to land on guam itself and on anderson air force base, they could do that, too. the worry is that, for example, this missile is transportable. the worry is is they have submarine-based missiles as well. so it's as if the north koreans are saying we have got the intermediate, long range and we have other missiles and you won't know where

bill neely, nbc news, the philippines. >>> still ahead as we continue tonight, new hope for fighting depression. the breakthrough that doctors are using to personalize treatments. >>> also, superstar taylor swift in court today. the accusation she's leveling at a former radio deejay. we'll be right back. s >>> we're back now with a medical advancement that could bring hope to the 15 million americans who suffer from depression. maybe even for you or a member of your family. up until now, the best way to find the right anti-depressant was often through excruciating trial and error. advances in genetics are changing that, and doctors say it's just the start. with tonight's "keeping you healthy" report, here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: mother of three sarah ellis will never forget her darkest days battling depression. >> i was at several points like this is it, i can't do this anymore. >> reporter: she tried anti-depressants, more than a dozen. attempting to stay on each for the six-week trial doctors recommend. the side effects were debilitating. >> i was very sluggish, very

bill neely, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> in the lust, the fight over immigration policy is backe headlines as some century cities are making threats to withhold federal money. in an exclusive nbc news interview, attorney general jeff sessions talks why the crackdown is critical, but not everyone is convinced. nbc's pete williams reports. >> reporter: when deputy ricardo cueva patrols king county, washington, outside of seattle -- >> we're going to need two tows. >> reporter: like dozens of other so-called sanctuary cities, policies that work. >> we could care less if someone is here legally or illegally, documented or undocumented. >> in an exclusive nbc news interview, attorney general jeff sessions says he'll cut off federal crime grants for cities that fail to give immigration 48 hours before they release them from jail. >> reporter: he crites the case of juan san francisco sanchez. a sessions praises miami for enforcing its immigration policies. >>> still ahead tonight, a side effect of the solar eclipse no one is talking about. also a side effect of a city 60,000 feet below

. >> like i said, we're diving into that with bill neely and others in the show. thank you for that. >>> with me, jamie as well as a senior state department adviser and now a senior fellow at the atlantic counsel and white house reporter ken thomas and npr and host of the npr politics podcast tamra. jamie, i want to start with you, you know a thing or two about north korea. can you blame them? what is his incentive for coming to the negotiating table? >> well, north korea has one big goal, that is to develop nuclear weapons. to maintain the position of their regime. so, they are going to hold on to power and they see nuclear weapons as essential for doing that. having said that, once they have established their nuclear deterrent and they're pretty close to that, they would like to have negotiations, particularly direct negotiations with the united states. so, that's their goal. if they can keep nuclear weapons and negotiate with the united states, that's a big win for them. >> nikki haley was out on "today" show this morning and she was talking about this. giving

lester. >> bill neely in seoul for us.hank you. >>> and rounding out our coverage, north korea was one of many subjects the president sounded off about late today. a lengthy q & a makes noise on the opioid crisis, the future of senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell and the man leading the russia investigation. peter alexander. has our report. >> reporter: tonight from his bedminster golf club, the president taking a swing at a wide range of topics. insisting he has no plans to fire special counsel mueller. >> i'm not dismissing anything. i want them to get on with the task but i also want the senate and house to come out with their findings. i won i suppose because i was a much better candidate than her. >> reporter: in retaliation for the latest round of sanctions. >> i want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on pay roll. >> reporter: the fbi delivered a strong signal with the raid of his former chairman's suburban d.c. apartment. >> whether it was appropriate, you'd have to ask them. i've always found paul m

back to you. >> bill neely, thank you. >>> girt is now a full-blown hurricane. let's bring in bill karins. >> only a couple hundred miles off the east coast, getting stronger by the this will miss bermuda and the outer banks. so 450 miles south-southwest of bermuda. it is expected to get a little stronger, then it makes that move to the northeast out in the open atlantic. here's the forecast for the wind path. all the blue, the low chance of a tropical storm force winds, everyone in the u.s. is safe. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> showers and thunderstorms return to the southeast this afternoon. just like yesterday, they'll be hit and miss. but you almost want to get it at this point it's so humid and hot. only 70 today around bismarck. a chance of storms in denver. the only thing we have to be careful of is the big waves and rip currents on the east coast. >> bill, thank you. >>> history is at west point as a new student takes command of she's the first black female to be named captain. she will oversee 4400 students serving as the liaison. she

back to you. >> bill neely, thank you. >>> girt is now a full-blown hurricane. let's bring in bill karins. >> only a couple hundred miles off the east coast, getting stronger by the minute. this will miss bermuda and the outer banks. so 450 miles south-southwest of bermuda. it is expected to get a little stronger, then it makes that move to the northeast out in the open atlantic. here's the forecast for the wind path. all the blue, the low chance of a tropical storm force history is at west point as a new student takes command of the cadet corps. she's the first black female to be named captain. she will oversee 4400 students serving as the liaison. she says she's humbled and excited for the opportunity to lead the corps. >>> just ahead, taylor swift receives justice in denver. plus, a late night showdown between the mooch and steven colbert. details are next. you're watching "early today." they say glory awaits at the finish but what about the start? that moment you suck up all that doubt that fear all those reasons why not and decide to begin. get your game on

bill neely in seoul tonight. thank you. north korea's threat against guam further complicates the u.s. options to halt north korea's weapons program. just over 2,000 miles southeast of the korean peninsula, guam reads like a dot on the map over my shoulder, but of course, it's home to tens of thousands of americans. and as nbc news has learned would likely play a critical role in staging any u.s. military preemptive attack against north korean targets. our senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has details. >> reporter: tonight nbc news can report the pentagon has prepared a specific strike plan for a preemptive attack on north korea should the president order one. key to that plan, two senior military officials and two senior retired officers tell us, the battle tested b.-one bomber, seen her in a military video training such such a mission. the b. one recently updated has been a work force in afghanistan and iraq. since the end of may the b. ones have accelerated their training, conducted lesson practice runs

nbc's chief global correspondent b bill neely is in the southern part of the island. , what can we expect? >> yes, good morning, dara. this is a summit that will be dominated by the issue of security. basically, 26 of those countries will try to pressure the other one, north korea, on its missile and nuclear ram. the other issue of security at the summit is isis and its moves into southeast asia. but let's start with north korea. the u.s. is here in the shape of secretary of state rex tillerson to try to pile on the pressure of north korea after two more long range north korean nuclear missile tests. this year, 134 tests altogether, two nuclear missile tests last year. the u.s. says enough is enough. it's trying to isolate north korea, b the already isolated nation even further. ideally, it would like to punish north korea by suspending it from thissing organization altogether. but china, north korea's only ally, won't allow that. and north korea will be at this summit saying, look, we're only building up our missile program because the united states, south korea and j

. >> nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely joins us live from seoul, south carolina. the search for these sailors? >> yeah. it's wide and intense. we were told it was more than 100 square nautical miles, which is more than 130 square miles. it's obviously happening in darkness right now but there are ships from indonesia, a couple ships from there, a couple ships from malaysia, tugboats from singapore as well as aircraft from uss america including o ospray aircraft. i don't want to go into too much detail, ali, because it's distressing for families that plichbing of the navy statement suggested flooding went into crew quarters and into a communications room. obviously the great fear is that those sailors or some of them may have been washed out of the ship. that's looking for -- pardon the phrase but that's a needle in a haystack. >> understood. chief of naval operations giving details about an operational pause. i was talking to hans nichols earlier. obviously there are some exercises set to begin around south korea. do we know yet how this operational pause affects t

so this situation definitely abnormal and here people are on edge, andrea. >> bill neely, thanks so much for that, to bill to kristen welker, ken delannian. thanks to the team. joining us is richard blulenle that who serves on the armed judiciary committees. senator what is your reaction to how the white house played there so far, defending the president's fire and fury comments. but it certainly seems to have started a chain reaction, if you will. maybe that is an unfortunate term? >> my reaction and it's shared by a number of my colleagues, many of them on the armed services committee and elsewhere is that this war of words and escalating rhetoric really does not advance us towards a solution and the miniaturization of that weaponry is a milestone, but the testimony before the armed services committee repeatedly has been that the north koreans are proceeding from milestone to milestone nec inexorably. when when their tests have failed, they have learned from them. so time is not on our side. a more effective solution in my view involves economic sanctions, tightening the financial noos

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bill neely is our chief global correspondent. for more i want to bring in nbc's who is reporting from guam. miguel, what are you hearing from people around there? i have to tell you, i've been hearing the governor speak and it seems out of sic. if i were a resident of guam and my governor were casually saying go about your lives as if nothing is happening, i don't mean to be an alarmist, but north korea has said that they're drawing up a planl to threaten guam. it seems a little out of sink. >> i think it's caught, miguel speechless. we'll speak to him and see if, you know, once he collects his thoughts on that and he wants to talk to me about it. maybe i offended him. for more i want to bring in mere awrap hooper. nbc news military analyst. retired four star army general barry mccalfry as well. thank you for being with us. mera, let me start with you. i want to pick up from where i was with bill and china. i think as we get -- ws we move forward with this conversation about nuclear weaponry and conventionally weaponry and all th

bill neely, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> this week we're talking about alternative investment including some unusual ones. this morning on "squawk box," we inspect the diamond market and now scotch whiskey nice to see you, rupert. curious to see the flat form that you use for your app is actually similar to one that was created for the world's largest online gold business how can the technology be used across two very different businesses >> that is exactly the right point. the software translates very easily pup think about a gold bar sitting in a vault and whiskey sitting in barrels for 10 to 15 years sometimes, you have an asset which is investabili investable through clever technology >> is it better do it that way than buying one single beautiful kask of t kask of the golden stuff >> yes in, the past you've been able to buy a barrel of whiskey from a variety of investors. it's fun, but not a good financial one. you would be paying arou12 to 15 pounds a liter but on this website, it's about 2.50 so we've changed the way that you can invest >> so how much of the storage do you do you

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>> bill neely in the philippines for us this morning. bill, thank you so much. >>> the president enjoys a working vacation at his golf club in new jersey. kelly o'donnell is there with more. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now there is no greater policy priority for president trump than north korea and containing its nuclear missile ambitions. the president is pleased at what happened at the united nations and he is claiming it as a victory for the u.s. he's already tweeting about this and citing the unanimous vote. he writes, china and russia voted with us, very financial impact. he goes on to describe it as the single largest deal with the n. k. it's also intended to cut off funding for north korea to pursue its missile program. he's got an extended stay here at his home in bedminster, new jersey. he will be holding meetings with security and national advisers. he doesn't want anyone to call take vacation, although advisers will acknowledge in part it is. he's out of the white house for a total of 17 days. while he

bill neely is in the philippines for us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. it is 26 countries against one at this summit with north korea, the object of everyone's anger over its repeated missile tests. rex tillerson here for the u.s. trying to pile the pressure on north korea and everyone is waiting for the very first meeting when he sits in the same room for the first time as north korea's foreign minister. will they acknowledge each other, will they talk to or simply at each other. we understand they will not meet in any private capacity. but rex tillerson wants to punish north korea, but china which is critical of its only ally, north korea, is asking for calm. it says the situation is critical but it wants the u.s. also to stop its what it calls provocative military exercises off the korean peninsula. china wants talks. well, rex tillerson is talking to china and he's also talking to russia and this will be the first meeting between rex tillerson and sergei lavrov since president trump said relations with the russians were at their worst, they were dang

chuck. >> bill neely in seoul for us. thank you, bill.ned now by our senior national security analyst here at nbc use who of course was a deputy national security advisor to president george w. bush. juan, let me start with the comment from the south korean official there. not naming the president by name but clearly referencing him. that's got to be a concern to the entire american foreign policy community that south korea is lecturing america right now, not the north. >> well, absolutely. south korea is the most sensitive to the heightened tensions, no doubt. they're right in the cross hairs of the artillery of the north. they're going to be the ones to suffer in any military conflict. and keeping them on side with the united states, with japan is critical. and so they're going to be highly and acutely sensitive to anything the president says and anything that's going to be ratcheting up pressure. i think one of the interesting things here, chuck, and we've talked about this before is the president's message. the president's message is

nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is live in seoul, south korea. t of different signals, certainly james dunnford, joseph dunnford, the chairman of the joint chiefs in beijing, following up on his visit to south korea, everywhere he goes sending a signal of diplomacy. deterrence, you heard, from mattis in answer to questions very, you know, provocative questions from the reporters who were pressing him hard, and from kim jong-un, sort of a mixed message. yes, i'll wait and see on guam, but only if those yankees pull back their military. >> yeah. absolutely right, andrea. from both mattis and tillerson today, both of them stressing diplomacy. and that statement from kim jong-un and those photographs absolutely fascinating. remember, this is the first appearance of kim since president trump's fire and fury words. indeed, it is the first time kim has spoken. so far he has said not a word about what president trump has said. and let's look at the photographs. they are fascinating. this is what north korea wants the u.s. to see. and you can read them lik

and chief global correspondent, bill neely in south korea. special thanks to bill, because it is just after 2:00 a.m. there in seoul. bill, thank you. >>> meanwhile, guam's representative in congress was here on msnbc just a short time ago, and responded to secretary tillerson's comment that there is no imminent threat. take a listen to that response. >> i don't agree with there's no imminent threat. i believe there's always a threat when any leader would like -- would talk like that. >> rick stengel, msnbc political analyst, also former under secretary of state for public diplomacy in the obama administration. doug ollivant, former member of the national security council under presidents bush and obama. currently serves as a senior fellow at the new america think tank. and daryl kimball, executive director of the nonprofit arms control association. gentlemen, a big thanks to all of you. rick, let me start with you. secretary tillerson insisting that we should all sleep well tonight. were you? >> i'm here in sunny los angeles, and i will sleep

bill neely, thank you very much. kristen welker, trying to sort out just who is behind that statement with the president ad-libbing on his own, was it planned, he had talked to john kelly, my reporting and i'm sure yours as well is he had not talked to the secretary of defense. >> that's right. and secretary of state seemed caught off guard by that as well. and, of course, you had that very different tone when he landed in guam. it was a preplanned trip, a refuel if you will, andrea. but he obviously had a very different tone than we heard from president trump yesterday, trying to de-escalate the rhetoric, saying the american people should feel as though they can sleep well tonight. in terms of who was behind the statement, the reporting so far is indicating that the president really took the lead, was it written out before hand, we're still trying to drill down some of the facts and who looked at it, reviewed it before hand. again, that reporting is still ongoing. bottom line, the official word from the white house,

nbc's bill neely is in seoul, south korea, with the latest on that visit. bill?: yes, good afternoon, jacob. the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford, has arrived here in seoul, and he will meet tomorrow, first of all with the south korean defense minister and then with the south korean president and virtually his national security cabinet. are the south koreans happy about what's happened over the last week? absolutely not, and they will transmit that to general dunford. they are not happy that the united states president is issuing rhetoric they've never heard before from washington or, indeed, from new jersey. they are worried from fire and fury to locked and loaded, they are being put in a position where their lives literally are at risk. there are 20 million people in the metropolitan area of seoul. they would be the first causalities of any conflict between the u.s. and north korea. they are deeply worried. also they are slightly concerned, because h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, in speaking to the south korean na

nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely joins us us and reporter for kun news and madeleine bore dal lo, a democrat and member of the house armed services committee. thanks for being with us. let's start with you, bill. seoul has been on high alert for some time now because it is so close to north korea that in fact it can be hit along with the u.s. troops stationed there by conventional weaponry, not even nuke clclear weaponry. how are south koreans responding to the new war of words between north korea and the united states? >> good morning, there are two elements to this. from the south korean presidency, we hear there is no eminent crisis, they are watching for any new provocations from north korea and that they are determined to pursue a path of peace. underneath the surface, there is anxiety because i think that down beat reaction reflects decades of south koreans listening to fiery rhetoric from the north. but now for the first time ever they are listening to fiery rhetoric from the president of the united states. they haven't heard this in decades. and they are worried ab

>> bill neely for us there. bill, also stand by, if you can. miguel almaguer on guam. miguel, word this morning that the government there is now walking citizens through what to do in case of an imminent missile threat. what more do we know about those warnings? >> reporter: yeah, craig. it was pretty shocking to many people here. the local government clearly hoping for the best, but also planning for the worst. they released these pamphlets to the 160,000 americans who call guam home, and also the 15,000 tourists that are here every day. they're pamphlets free for anyone who wants to pick them up. if warned if there was a missile attack, for those not to look into the sky, to look away, so they wouldn't be blinded by the streak that goes across the sky. they told anyone here on the island to seek immediate shelter, to get down, as low as you can, and also hide behind any buildings you can find. and they also said if this region was attacked by radioactive or excuse me nuclear missiles, that folks should immediately get into showers and wash everything off of their bod

our own bill neely talked to an admiral here in south korea, who said, quote, there will be no effect on the ability of our allies and with respect to south korea. >> thank you. >> right now we have a major flash flooding effect. >> no we're looking at overland park, the creek there is almost at its record all-time levels. so a very significant event is unfolding. they've already picked up 3 to 6 inches of rain, and it's still pouring in the region. once that's done, we're going to track this cold front into the east. watch out. pennsylvania, new york state, vermont, and all the way back down the re-election run. >>> and new details of a deadly earth quake. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer you ready? by their second kid, every mom is an expert, and more likely to... ...choose luvs than first time moms. live, learn, & get luvs. how dixie ultra plates?roved with two pounds of steak. in each hand. dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner. new band-aid® brand skin-flex™, bandages. our best bandage yet! it moves like a second skin. better? yeah. good thing because

our own bill neely talked to an admiral here in south korea, who said, quote, there will be no effect on the ability of our allies and with respect to south korea. >> thank you. >> right now we have flash flooding effect. >> no we're looking at overland park, the creek there is almost at its record all-time levels. so a very significant event is unfolding. they've already picked up 3 to 6 inches of rain, and it's still pouring in the region. once that's done, we're going to track this cold front into the east. watch out. pennsylvania, new york state, vermont, and all the way back down thasouthern portion of the ohio valley. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, out ahead of that cold front, very hot, very humid. that will be the fuel for those storms as the cold front moves through. more of your very typical garden variety storms today scattered throughout the >>> james taylor reeled in this 409 pound grouper. he caught it during the spear fishing tournament on saturday. the fish didn't count for the tournament, but his team celebrated anyway. >> you've got to brag. it's t

>> all right, bill neely just 35 miles north there in south korea. you have been looking at the preemptive strike and what it looks like against north korea. what did you find? >>> the key to the u.s. military is, and one of the things the president asked the pentagon to do is to tell him what his military options would be should he want to engage in military action vis-a-vis north korea. using the b-1 bombers located in guam. there are six b-1s in guam that stepped up their training. they have conducted 11 trains missions since late may. that's a lot and a lot more than they had been doing. probably our military sources tell us that the b-1 is able to carry an enormous payload. probably they would be using the jazim er. these are missiles that can be fired 500 miles from the target. in this instance, the planes take off from guam and fire from 500 miles away. they would not require south korean approval or cooperation. though the south korean air force has been practicing full partners with the u.s. and training exercises until now. >> nuclear capab

we have to interrupt bill neely with breaking news. james mattis speaking live now in jordan. we'll listen in because he is addressing what bill was just talking about. let's listen. it looks like our picture may be frozen here. as defense secretary mattis is addressing this. i want to bring in hans nichols who has been listening to what the defense secretary has to say. walk us through what the pentagon is saying and what you know right now as we wait for our live shot to come back up from overseas so we can listen to the defense secretary. >> we just heard the secretary of defense announce would be a fleetwide review of naval operations. he's speaking in jordan. like you, it was fading in and out. i heard the secretary of defense say they're going to take a look at naval operations. he is tasking the chief of naval operations to take a look at this and see what potentially could have caused two accidents so closely together. remember, the fitzgerald, bill was talking about that. there they did find poor seamanship. and had lost confidence in that leadership crew. they were de

>> bill neely, thank you. >>> president trump weighed in today on those new u.n. sanctions against north korea as he kicks off what's billed as a working vacation, the administration dealing with a lot of talk today as well about his political future. we get more tonight from nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: from his summer stay at his new jersey golf resort, president trump's first take on a significant foreign policy accomplishment. the north korea sanctions came without bravado. two tweets noting in part, china and russia voted with us, very big financial impact. today, the adrenaline out of the trump administration came from vice president mike pence. after a "new york times" report described a shadow campaign for 2020, where prominent republicans, including pence, court donors and make political stops in case president trump is not on the ballot. but in a lengthy rebuke, the vice president called the assertions disgraceful and offensive to meet, laughable and absurd, and pledged his efforts to see trump re-elected in 2020. >> it's the greatest privilege of

and in seoul, nbc's bill neely who is just south of that border with north korea. so, bill, we're talking about more of these tensions, more anxiety here at home. but what about this plan from north korea? what are they saying and what's the mood like there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, hallie. well, there was a regular meeting of south korea's national security council this morning, but of course, nothing is regular or normal here. they are taking all of these threats very seriously, indeed, because they have to. we're 35 miles from the north korean border here. this city could be annihilated within about a minute if north korea decided to fire off the 10,000 artillery tubes that it has on that border, just 35 miles from here. no readout from that meeting, but from the south korean president, a clear message to his military. he said we need to strengthen our defenses straight away. in fact, he talked about a rebirth of south korea's military. also, from the military, another statement today from south korea to north korea, saying if north korea commits provocat

. >> i want to go to bill neely in seoul just south of the border. can you walk us through what you're seeing and hearing on the ground and military activities and sort of the mood over there. >> yeah, good morning, hallie. certainly no military activity beyond the normal u.s. forces here. nearly 30,000 troops are always at a high state of readiness. no military activity but plenty of activity here. this city of seoul has every reason to be the most nervous capital in the world at the moment. 25 million people in the metro seoul area. they would be the first casualty of any war. and, remember, they face the possibility of conventional war for a very long time. 10,000 artillery tubes are pointed at this city from north korea. but there is a new reality. not just that u.s. intelligence assessment that puts them in the nuclear crosshairs, if you like. they now know there is a nuclear neighbor to the north. but also president trump's rhetoric. they are used here to fire a rhetoric from pyongyang. not used to this rhetoric from a president of the united s

allies reports nbc's bill neely in seoul. >> south korea's president moon is calling on the u.s.o stop any war through diplomacy. he says he's certain the u.s. will act calmly and responsibly. not everyone's certain here. this is a nervous country. >> reporter: and a nervous region hearing the president's tough talk. >> this kind of rhetoric jangles the system and creates the possibility of miscalculation on the military's side. that's why it's dangerous. >> reporter: tonight north korea says kim jong-un was presented with those plans for a missile launch towards guam now ordering his military to be ready to strike whenever he gives the order. >> andrea mitchell in washington, thanks. >>> still ahead tonight, tainted alcohol raid. a crackdown in a tourist hot spot where a number of vacation horror stories are reported and one american's getaway turned deadly. >>> danger on the set. tom cruise injured performing a stunt for the next "mission: impossible" movie and tonight tragedy striking the set of another hotly anticipated sequel. >>> we're back now with a crackdown at a popular

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nbc's bill neely with more tonight on those threats and the next step for leaders around the world. >porter: on the streets of north korea today, a show of defiance. the u.s. the enemy, kim jong-un and nuclear weapons their defense, they said, against the threat from president trump. >> fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: and from the island of guam, secretary of state rex tillerson turning down the temperature. >> the american people should sleep well at night. >> reporter: and defending the president. >> what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand because he doesn't seem to understand diplomatic language. >> narrator: that message reinforced today in another stark warning from defense secretary jim mattis that north korea should stop considering actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. mattis's comments followed korea, that it's preparing military plans to strike the american pacific island of guam. it's a sovereign u.s. territory, the size of chi

bill neely, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> tonight police in spain are intensifying the hunt for thever of the van that killed 13 people when he plowed into the crowds in barcelona's las ramblas last week. officials say there's reason to believe he could have escaped to france. meanwhile, authorities say a dozen suspects behind the attacks are now either dead or detained. >>> in the u.s., the fight over immigration policy is back in the headlines, as some sanctuary cities push back against the trump administration's threats to withhold federal money. in an exclusive nbc news interview attorney general jeff sessions talks why the crackdown is critical but not everyone is convinced. nbc's pete williams reports. >> reporter: when deputy ricardo cueva patrols king county, washington, outside of seattle, he doesn't ask anyone if they're here illegally. he says that's critical to getting the community's cooperation. >> you build trust and when you have trust, then you have people calling in, reporting things. >> reporter: like dozens of other so-called sanctuary cities seattle has the same

we have more from bill neely. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the seas off singapore are in darkness now but the search for the ten missing sailors is now intense by air and on the water. so, too, the search for answers. how on earth did this happen to one of the world's most sophisticated warships? especially since its not the first time. a gaping hole in its water line, american sailors lining the deck. the guided missile destroyer, the ""uss john s. mccain" is badly damaged. in the waters nearby, an intense search operation for ten missing sailors. the battleship moving here under its own power, but the navy says only action by the crew stopped further flooding. it was hit by this oil tanker. the alnic mc. flying under a liberian flag. as well as ten missing five sailors injured though none has life-threatens injuries. the destroyer was heading for a routine stop in singapore so was the tanker full of oil in the narrow strait. just before dawn they collided. the much heavier tanker holing the warship on the left port side. in a statement, the

nbc's bill neely has the latest from seoul. >> reporter: stunning new images tonight from kim jung-un'sorea. propaganda posters that show the u.s. capitol crumbling, destroyed by missiles. >> we never know which way he's going to turn. he's not irrational. but he is unpredictable. >> reporter: that unpredictability is being tested again tonight as u.s. forces prepare exercises on the korean peninsula this week. tensions still high after threats from president trump and from north korea. the military exercises that start off south korea are loathed over there in the north. where they watch u.s. troops practicing to kill their leader. this week, though, the exercises are different. not live fire. mostly underground computer simulations involving 17,000 u.s. troops and 50,000 south koreans. but no b1 bomber over flights. defensive says the u.s. offensive says north korea. no sign yet north korea is planning any imminent launch. kim jung-un may have threatened to fly missiles towards guam, but that doesn't -- >> south koreans if anything they're more worried about what the american governme

. >> turning now to a new front in the battle against isis, nbc's bill neely has exclusive access to the area where isis captured just two months ago where isis is recruiting and training fighters. this is amazing because first of all most people outside of the military and national security world have not been aware of isis branching out that far. to southeast asia. >> reporter: no it is quite extraordinary, i have spent three days in this city, it's called mirawi. it's mostly muslim city and a predominantly catholic country and it has been the center of islamist militantcy for some time. it looks like the middle east, aleppo or mosul and the level of destruction, the air strikes by helicopters, the artillery, the constant gun fire day after day, and the death toll means this really is an extraordinarily conflict by any measure. but this is isis branching out into an area of the world that's very, very dangerous. southeast asia appears to be a new frontier for isis. >> and bill, today, before he was leaving manilla, tillerson was meeting with duterte, some say the murderous leader o

bill neely has more. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunn fordford in seoulo reassure south korea, they are anxious that they've been ignored by president trump and as an ally it's been sidelined rather than consulted. >> that's what we're preparing for, and trying to have a diplomatic and economic pressurization campaign to preclude him from enhancing capabilities >> reporter: president moon of south korea that his own reassurance to do. people here are nervous. he called on the u.s. in one of his strongest statements yet to stop any possible war and that diplomacy should be at the forefront of everything. also saying that he is certain the u.s. will act calmly and responsibly. he also called on north korea once again to stop threatening, to stop provoking, to stop worsening the situation. it wouldn'tbe a typical day if north korea did not make its own statement and in state media it has been saying that any accidental event could lead to a nuclear war. it said don't take our warnings lightly. china for its part today began to tighten the screw

bill neely filed this report on the latest developments - >>> you have likely heard the country of north korea is threatening the country of guam. >> reporter: it has the right to be the most nervous capital city right now. it would be the first country as a casualty of war. from secretary of state rex tillerson last week we heard words that china called courageous when he said, we don't seek regime change in pyongyang. we don't seek to send our forces nor of the 38th parallel, and we have no interest in war. and yet from president trump, quite different words. >> i think the president -- what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand. >> reporter: the more optimistic analysts here in seoul would say that kim jong-un, in fact, is very predictable and survival is what he cares about most of all. like i say, they have been used to this fiery rhetoric for a have very, very long time. here in seoul they went from satisfaction a few days ago at a new u.n. resolution giving much tougher sanctions onto north korea and a show

first, chief global correspondent bill neely in the southern philippines.pretty open threats from north korea to the u.s. between these top diplomats at this meeting. walk us through the developments now in the past 12 hours or so. >> yeah, hallie. a lot of saber rattling and a lot of threats. some of yit you heard before. the north korean foreign minister to make these threats. and he sent them to 25 other foreign ministers from russia, china, india, japan, but not to rex tillerson. rex tillerson was a no show at this meeting. just as he had been at the summit dinner last night. appeared simply didn't want to be in the same room as the north korean foreign minister listening to this stuff. the north korean foreign minister said we're ready to give the u.s. a severe lesson

first, chief global correspondent bill neely in the southern philippines. some pretty open threats from north korea to the u.s. between these top diplomats at this meeting. walk us through the developments now in the past 12 hours or so. >> yeah, hallie. a lot of saber rattling and a lot of threats. some of yit you heard before. the north korean foreign minister to make these threats. and he sent them to 25 other foreign ministers from russia, china, india, japan, but not to rex tillerson. rex tillerson was a no show at this meeting. just as he had been at the summit dinner last night. appeared simply didn't want to be in the same room as the north korean foreign minister listening to this stuff. the north korean foreign minister said we're ready to give the u.s. a severe lesson with our nuclear capability, if the united states takes military action. now, there's always been that if in that threat. it's not new. what is new. the u.n. sanctioned passed this past weekend and severe economic sanctions and the north korean minister saying the country would reta

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