jennifer johnson with a closer look at the administration's plans. >> reporter: two weeks after presidentd his secretary of state he was wasting his time negotiating with north korea, today a more conciliatory tone from the white house. >> he has made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts which we are and we will -- as i've told others, those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. >>> the president not seeking a war despite tweets to the so-called rocket man and threats of a possible attack against the rogue nation. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> we'll see. >> the president's team is defending his decision friday to decertify the 2015 international nuclear deal with iran, saying it's violating the agreement. >> community gives iran a pass for all of these things, the ballistic missile testing, the armed sales, they're support of terrorism and they look the other way all in the name of keeping a deal, then you're looking at something that's too big to fail. >> reporter: the u.s. is committed to preventing iran from becoming the next north

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> just in to the newsroom at 4:26, pictures of a woman ander mother who went to a family gathering this weekend and never returned. they're the seven letters that have everyone buzzing. vp, nfl and pr. what vice president mike pence is accused of doing after leaving a football game. >>> and an irate man clings to a moving maryland school bus. the incident that apparently set him off and why the driver refused to stop. >>> things off this morning with a look at storm team 4 radar, as well as what it looks like outside this morning because we are in a weather alert mode. things aren't too bad right now. but by the time you leave the house this morning and head to work or school, you may need the wipers on high. good morning everyone. welcome to your monday. i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green in for aaron gilchrist. along with sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts. welcome back. >> hi. >> thanks for having me here. >> you were out at the nats game living your life. >> i know. >> still working. >> let's make that clear. >> we're talking about rain m

they're going to decertify the nuclear deal with iran jennifer johnson has more from washington. >> two weeks after president trump told his secretary of state he was wasting his time negotiating with north korea, today a more conciliatory tone from the white house. >> made it clear to me to continue my dip pllomatic effor, which we are those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. >> reporter: the president not seeking a war despite tweets to the rocket man >> mr. president, will you attack north korea >> reporter: the president's seen as defending his decision friday to decertify the 2015 international nuclear deal with iran saying it's violating the agreement. >> when the international community gives iran a pass for all of these things, the ballistic missile testing, arm sales, support of terrorism and they all look the other way in terms of keeping a deal, then you're looking at something too big to fail. >> haley says the u.s. is preventing iran from becoming the next north korea >> there are no limitations on iraq's -- iran's ability to develop ballistic miss

jennifer johnson explains how this came about and where the investigation could lead next. >> reporter: former trump campaign chair paul manafort leaving his virginia home this morning to surrender himself to the fbi. manafort's business associate and trump's campaign chair rick gates has also been indicted. both are facing charges of states and money laundering. accused of hiding tens of millions of dollars for the iranian government 2006 and 2016. >> they are a link in the chain to, you know, paul manafort's background, working for people connected to vladimir putin and connected to the russian government. >> experts believe this may be just the beginning. >> usually prosecutors start with the low-lying or low-hanging fruit, and they then can be come useful for going up that chain. >> special counsel robert mueller which is investigating the 2016 election revealed george papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to the fbi. the white house released a statement saying this does not come as a surprise progr. former national security adviser and jared kushner have also bee

. >> as nbc national correspondent jennifer johnson tells us, the president is decertifying the 2015 agreement. >> importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. >> reporter: president trump striking a blow against the 2015 international agreement stopping iran's nuclear program despite continued worldwide support for the deal. the u.s. will no longer certify that iran is complying. well not ready to withdraw from the agreement, the president threatened to do so. >> we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout. >> reporter: the president has given the u.s. treasury department the go ahead to impose new economic sanctions against supporters of the iranian military. he also directed congress to approve tougher actions against iran, but leading democrats say the president's move will isolate the u.s. >> president trump's refusal to recertify is a grave mistake that threatens america's security and credibility. >> reporter: some in the president's inner circle cautioned again

nbc's jennifer johnson has our story tonight from washington. >> reporter: president trump sunday again going after florida congresswoman frederica wilson, after a week-long war of words over what mr. trump said to a grieving military widow. the president tweeting, whacky congresswoman wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the republican party. a disaster for dems. the president is courting democrats in his attempt to get a tax reform deal passed by the end of the year. at least one says he's encouraged after a meeting with the president. >> he likes the idea of a real working family tax relief act. again, if he chooses that path, democrats will work with him. >> reporter: other democrats are concerned the current gop tax plan is too good a deal for the wealthiest americans. republicans deny that. >> i can tell you what the overall goal is, middle class tax relief, the stopping of job exportation because of our horrible business tax structure in this country. to get the country growing again. >> reporter: democrats are now calling on mcconnell to bring a bipartisan health care com

as jennifer johnson reports, this move. >> importantly, iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. >> reporter: president trump striking a blow against a 2015 international agreement stopping iran's nuclear program despite continued worldwide support for the deal. the u.s. will no longer certify that iran is complying, while not ready to withdraw from the agreement, the president threatened to do so. >> we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of iran's nuclear break out. >> reporter: the president has given the u.s. treasury department the go ahead to impose new economic sanctions against supporters of the iranian military. he also directed congress to approve tougher actions against iran, but leading democrats say the president's move will isolate the u.s. >> president trump's refusal to recertify is a grave that threatens america's security and our credibility. >> reporter: some in the president's inner circle cautioned against this move. other experts warned of international repercussions. >> our alli

nbc news national correspondent jennifer johnson is in washington, d.c. to bring us the details on the indictments handed down today. jennifer? >> reporter: good morning. the speculation is over. paul manafort and rick gates have been indicted as part of robert mueller's investigation. this is the 31-page indictment that was released this morning, detailing the charges. former trump campaign chair, paul manafort, leaving his virginia home this morning, to surrender himself to the fbi. manafort's business associate and trump deputy campaign chair, rick gates, has also been indicted. both are facing charges of conspiracy against the united states and money laundering. accused of hiding tens of millions of dollars made while working as unregistered agents for the ukrainian government between 2006 and 2016. >> so while these charges are unrelated to his work on the campaign, they do -- they are a link in the chain to, you know, paul manafort's background, working for people connected to vladimir putin, connected to the russian government. >> reporter: experts

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> in his latest tweet this evening the president said "beingice to north korea failed for president clinton, bush, and obama." and president trump said he won't fail. we'll have more coverage of the relief efforts in puerto rico coming up a little bit later in this newscast. >>> the u.s. supreme court returns to work tomorrow facing a blockbuster docket. justices are due to hear cases involving same-sex marriage, state regulation of sports betting and the privacy of cell phone use in other issues. the president's travel ban also on the docket. the attorneys for both sides set to at the time court what they think should be done with challenges to president trump's authority to issue executive orders. that's coming up on thursday. >>> a coast guard investigation into the deadly 2015 sinking of the "el faro" lays most of the blame on the captain. at a briefing this morning in florida the head investigator said the cargo ship's captain misjudged the path of hurricane joaquin and failed to take adequate precautions. all 33 people on board including

nbc's jennifer johnson has more from washington. >> reporter: with about 95% of residents without power running water, puerto rico is still reeling from hurricane maria. president trump goes there tuesday after publicly criticizing the mayor of san juan for not doing enough to help her own people. she had attacked the trump administration's inaction. >> i am mad as hell. >> reporter: today a more conciliatory tone. >> there's only one goal, and it's saving lives. so any dialogue that goes on just has to be able to produce results. >> reporter: the white house is defending the president and says the u.s. is spending hundreds of millions to help. >> when the president gets attacked, he attacks back. and i think the mayor's comments were unfair given what the federal government has done. >> reporter: the president tweeted sunday, "we have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in puerto rico. outside of the fake news or politically motivated ingrates." but critics aren't backing down. >> the president, instead of tweeting against the mayor of san juan, who's watching her peo

lawmakers have asked president trump to stop attacking puerto rican leaders nbc's jennifer johnson hasore from washington. >> reporter: with about 95% of residents without power and running water, puerto rico is still reeling from hurricane maria. president trump goes there tuesd tuesday. she had attacked the trump administration in action. >> i am mad as hell. >> today a more conciliatory tone. >> there's only one goal, producing results. >> the white house says they're spending hundreds of millions to help. >> when the president gets attacked, he attacks back. >> reporter: the president tweeted sunday we have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in puerto rico outside of the fake news or politically motivated ingrates nkts the president instead of tweeting against the mayor of san juan who is watching her people die ought to roll up his sleeves and get to work here >>> u.k.'s governing conservative party is holding its annual conference in manchester in the speech they're defending the economic model this means he will be listening intently i'm delighted to have the

jennifer johnson joins us live with the very latest from washington, d.c. jennifer? >> good afternoon, a very busy day here in washington, d.c. this is the 31-page indictment filed against paul manafort and richard gates, the two are now in federal court as we speak facing various charges. >> former trump campaign chair leaving his virginia home to surrender himself to the fbi. manafort's business associate and campaign chair rick gates has also been indicted. both are facing charges of conspiracy against the united states and money laundering accused of hiding tens of millions of dollars working as unregistered agents for the ukrainian government between 2006 and 2016. >> these are unrelated to his work on the campaign, they are a link in the chain to paul man afort's background people connected to vad mir putin and russian government. >> usually it starts with the low hanging fruit and then they become useful to going up the chain. >> special counsel robert mueller, investigating russian meddling revealed a trump campaign advisor george papado popopen house. saying

let's bring in the friday panel, joshua johnson and jennifer rubin and shane harris. welcome all.let me start with this tumult with tillerson a little bit in the white house. it looks like they don't want to do a shake-up yet, no mat hour angry he may be cooler heads prevail. >> absolutely. with the china trip coming up, a terrible time for tillerson to leave and preempts everything. tillerson always had one foot out of the door. since last summer we heard rumblings to it. the analogy is a separation period. nobody thinks it will repair but not before the china trip. >> is this a lost year? >> it really is. we're coming to an important date, october 18th, and they do a jiu-jitsu move where they decertify and don't pull out. does tillerson speak for the president or the president can't undo something with a tweet. with the asia trip coming up, you wonder if he does want someone who speaks for him sooner rather than later. >> i tell people keep what ever you think of tillerson or president trump it is not good if the united states of america and the secretary of state aren't on the

jennifer griffin fox news. >>> today the widow of sergeant la david johnson spoke out publicly for the first time about her phone call with president trump. during an interview she confirmed the account of the phone call. she said it made me cry i was angry at the top of his voice and how he said it he can could not remember my husband's name. >> the president responded interview on twitter saying i had a respectful conversation with a widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from beginning without hesitation. >> of course we've soon a lot of back and forth. what baffles set, ten days after this and it's still in headlines. >> as i said before, when we started with the accounts from congress woman anybody who would say politically motivated you could make that argument. but then when you have the family speaking out at what point do you say, >> you know what if be offended you at all we didn't mean to the concern should be on that. >> not on who said what and it should be condolences for sergeant johnson because we all thank him for his service to country and obviously paying that sacrifice. >> abso

. >> something that secretary mattis said today, jennifer, was that local tribal officials did help recover lt. johnson'slp get it back to the united states. that's remarkable and shows cooperation. we'll take it around the table, jesse? >> hey, jennifer. a lot of americans are wondering why are we in ni dwchlt er, i didn't know we had troops there. president obama authorized the soldiers going there, several years ago. explain what the mission is, is it primarily training, counter terror, who are our allies and who are the bad guys? >> well, it's a great question. this mission was authorized about three years ago. remember, the french troops went in to mali when isis and these al qaeda linked groups, isis and al qaeda are really overlapping groups in this sub saharan africa. on one day they change themselves and call themselves isis. on another day they're al qaeda. the french troops three years ago, went in when isis took over northern part of mali, they had traditional ties to that area. after that, there was a realization as isis was being pushed out of the middle east, out of syria and iraq they wer

jennifer general dunford said ht viewed the video from that drone which may explain why david johnsongot separated from the rest of the group. he said once he learned sergeant johnson was missing he brought the full weight of the u.s. military to search for him. >> when did you alert the white house? >> we notified the white house as soon as we had a soldier that was missing. it was probably around 9:00 or 9:30 washington d.c. time the night of the fourth and at that point, knowing that we had a missing soldier, we made the decision to make sure that all of the resources were available. >> sergeant johnson's body was discovered two years later by nigerian forces and returned to u.s. troops. he said that the troops are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. the special forces unit that was ambushed had only been in niger for a few weeks. >> thank you for that update. we appreciate it. kimberly, your thoughts? it's because of the, first of all, in terms of the way we do intelligence gatherings and special operations, this type of mission and what they're doi

jennifer griffin. a lot of people don't know why we are there. what's going on? how long have we been there? questions about what happened to la david johnson'sody. all these questions. it's an ongoing issue. it's a real news story. >> jesse: i want to find those answers too. >> juan: fine, the second thing to say. frederica wilson, kelly was wrong on two scores. first of all, clearly the president did say that your husband knew what he was getting into. and it did cause the window and the mother to get upset and cry. that's just not good. secondly, here comes kelly calling frederica wilson an empty barrel and saying she took credit for something she didn't do which was to raise funding for new fbi headquarters in florida. it turns out there's a video and the video shows she did no such thing. >> jesse: i saw the transcript of what she said. she was tooting her own horn. >> juan: i don't care. it's not what kelly said. kelly comes across as an enabler for trump and covering for him. >> kimberly: he was privy to it, the conversation, and has every right to participate in a conversation not only as chief of staff but as a gold star parent. >> j

johnson's body was recovered. french, nigerian or u.s. forces remained in that area. >> martha: let's get right to it with fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin wasthat briefing at the pelc. pentagon. what do you think are the biggest take aways? >> martha, it's interesting. general dunford said he called mattis in asia this morning he wanted to address the press to address certain misconceptions about the attack in niger that led to the death of those four u.s. soldiers. we now know that u.s. troops arrived in the village 85 miles north of the capital on october 3rd and stayed overnight. it's not clear if that was part of the original plan. the attack occurred midmorning the next day. sergeant la david johnson's body would not be found for a full two days, 50 heavily armed fighters attacked the convoy after they left the village and were on their way back to the base. dunford commented that -- confirmed that no drone was overhead when the battle started but said a drone was repositioned overhead within minutes. he said he had not yet viewed the video. >> who found sergeant johnson's body? >> the body was reported by nigerian forces to u.s. force