it's a moment seared in kim scott's memory. she was an up and coming silicon valley executive working at google. she had just finished a killer perception for the co-founder when her boss, cheryl samberg, pulled her aside for a chat. >> i thought, oh, boy. maybe i didn't nail it like i thought i did. and cheryl started the conversation by telling me about the things that had gone well in the meeting, but, of course, all i wanted to hear was what i had done wrong. and eventually she said, you said umm a lot in there, were you aware of it? then i breathe a sigh of relief. because if that's all i did wrong, who really cared. and i made a brushed off gesture. she stopped, looked right at me, and i can see when you do that thing with your hand that i'm going to have to be a lot more direct with you. when you say umm every third word it makes you sound stupid. now she has my attention. >> she suggested she see a speech coach and said google would pay for it. >> and it really got me to thinking, what was it about cheryl that made it s

scott. >> i'm julie banderas. kim jong-un's government agreeing to send a delegation to the olympics after south korea offered to use next month's winter games as an opportunity for high-level talks. china welcoming those moves. all this coming after the north korean leader's fiery nuclear threat and president trump responding to that by tweeting north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his regime inform him that i have a nuke button and mine works. >> jon: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. any reaction from the pentagon to the president's tweet? >> no official reaction from the defense secretary but certainly there are concerns that the president's tweet ratchets up the brinkmanship and could interfere with efforts by south korea's president to engage north korea in talks after kim jong-un opened the way for those talks with south korea during his new year's address ahead of the olympics slated for next month. south korea has proposed the

scott. >> i'm julie banderas. kimong-un's government agreeing to send a delegation to the olympics after south korea offered to use next month's winter games as an opportunity for high-level talks. china welcoming those moves. all this coming after the north korean leader's fiery nuclear threat and president trump responding to that by tweeting north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will

scott and anna palmer are back with us. let's talk about this. bill mentioned the button speech from kim jong-un.button tweet and now a button comment from nikki haley, the ambassador to the u.n. we'll tell you what the president had to say when he tweeted that his button is bigger than kim jong-un's. >> we want to always remind them, we can destroy you, too. so be very cautious and careful with your words and what you do. i know it's something that makes people nervous, but if we didn't do it, we would be in a more dangerous position. >> do you think it was a good idea? >> i think he always has to keep kim on his toes. >> is this a carrot and stick approach for north korea? this sort of tough rhetoric from some corners of the u.s. government, yet maintaining that they be open, eventually, to potential diplomatic solutions, all while north korea and south korea get ready to have this discussion? >> certainly it may be, but it is really important for people to remember that president trump's voice is the voice that matters most. and so it doesn't matter how many people come out to say, we're doing

rhetoric between president trump and kim young unwas also exacerbated people's fear that this is very possible, maybe north korea's attacking. and i went back to coretta scott-king and you saying, al, your words. it doesn't matter if you're not violent if you're too vibrant. that's part of what your father did is set a high moral tone while he engaged in confrontational battles. i think that it took time for people even that came out of his movement like me to understand and something that we're saying to this president, tone matters. >> absolutely, rev. the fact of the matter is we all know logically cooler heads prevail. and whether we lose our heads, we do something irrational. and that was very frightening to see. i cannot imagine being in an experience in hawaii yesterday having to run because you thought your life might be over. we are a better nation and a world than the behavior that is being exhibited whether it is at the white house level or at the state house level or at the courthouse level. we can and we must do better. that's what martin luther king jr. and coretta scott-king are challenging us on. we are far better than the behavior that we'v

kim jong-un wished a south korea a successful winter olympic game. he is considering sending a north korean delegation. >>> president trump, meanwhile, is focusing on pakistan this morning. >> scottcgrew, it is the first tweet of 2018. >> first of the year. i suspect there will be many more. good morning. here's the morning message from the oval office. the united states foolishly gave pakistan $33 billion over the last 15 years and they have given us lies and deceits. they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help, then the keyword, no more. now, we send pakistan money to support the government stability. pakistan is a nuclear power. this has been american policy for more than a decade. president trump tweeted this morning, no more. this policy changes. >>> today is the first day of the new tax law the president signed before christmas. that's gimpb the irs and taxpayers a couple days to figure out what it means before it takes affect today. speaker of the house, paul ryan, says the next priority is to cut entitlement programs like medicare, medicare, welfare because the deficit is too big. this comes 12 days after the house passed that tax cut, w

kim jong-un. our coverage of the false emergency alert continues at 7:00 as the "today" show looks deeper into the investigation. >>> what did the president say about africa? the debate continues this morning. >>> and, scottmcgrew, the secretary of homeland security finds herself back in the middle of the controversy. >> because she was in that meeting, kirstjen nielsen just started her job, you will recall she was in napa last week looking over fire damage. while she was in the meeting where thump is reported to have used a profane comment, but so far nielsen is saying she can't recall the president using that profanity. some people say he did, some people say he didn't, some people take the middle ground of i don't remember. nielsen is in the i don't remember camp. now, what's going to be interesting is she will have to testify in front of the senate judiciary this week as part of her regular duties and one of the people questioning her is senator dick durbin, he was in that very same meeting and durbin says the president did use the profanity. now, if durbin asks her directly, her answer will be senate testimony. so there's yes he did, no he didn't, i don't remember and then here is the answer senator

rick scott angrily denounced the could ruinggested it the state passes natural resources. he is expected to run for the u.s. senate. he is willing to meet kim right circumstances. he vowed to never accept north korea passes nuclear weapons program. the comments came into after high-level talks between the koreas in more than two years. north korea explained the south him -- of thesue program. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm emma chandra. this is bloomberg. david. is presidentay to certify theme deal, saying as i have said many times, the iran deal is one of the worst and one-sided transactions the united states has ever gone into p are we welcome the man who negotiated a good part of the iran deal when he was secretary energy p before going into government, the theoretical nuclear physicist, ran the department at m.i.t. and is now part of the nuclear threat initiative, dedicated to avoiding the use of weapons and mass destruction. obviously, president trump is not a fan of the deal. why is he wrong? why is this a good deal? passes objectives are to make sure, veri