she said it's mike nichols. the graduate mike nichols? he was sitting over there.hear knock knock flock. then i open the door and oh, hit closed the door. my mother said you might want to open it again. so i did. and there he was. and he was very moved by a piece i did about being in amsterdam and going to the ann frank house. >> i could name that that i recognize because it said the ann frank house and i wondered if it was the same chick. so i said i'm going to go check the pad out. >> i saw the piece. wonderful piece. and he put you on broadway. >> yeah, he did. yeah, he did. >> and the show was incredible success. >> yeah. then alice walker comes through and sends it to steven spielberg. >> yeah, and quincy jones. >> what's going through your head? because you are doing improve in san diego a few years earlier smuggling in and out of east germany. and now you are on broadway and you are sitting in front of steven spielberg. >> so i did the show on broadway. and then in the interim i got a manager and agent. and the manager whose name was sandy galen said steven

so let's start with our nbc news reporters, hans nichols at the white house, and mike menely, our white house news reporter. obviously the big question today, will hope hicks invoke executive privilege as steve bannon did, essentially said he can't answer any questions as related to serving in the white house. >> just to reset a bit here, it's been three hours now that hope hicks has been about four stories below me here. in the capitol building. she arrived just after 10:00. what we heard just in the last hour from one of the republican members who stepped out of meeting was that so far they are expecting a long day, they're in for the long haul, expecting perhaps to rival the eight-hour marathon when steve bannon was here. members should be taking a break here shortly because they have some scheduled votes. so far, hicks was not answering questions about events that occurred during her time in the white house. after inauguration day. some of the most important questions that particularly democrats want to ask her about the role she played in this conversation on air force one as repor

nichols at the pentagon. >>> well the trump administration may be open to a possible meeting between vice president mike penceth korea during the winter olympics in seoul. last night secretary of state rex tillerson left the door open for possible talks when he was pressed for a meeting. >> we're there to first support the successful olympics by the south korea government and there to support the united states athletes competing. we expect to bring home a lot of medals. and whatever happens while the vice president is there, we'll just have to see. we'll wait and see -- >> but are you going to initiate this? someone has to makt first move. >> well, look, vice president is there and we'll just have to see what happens. >> joining me now is admiral james deaf rit os, and previously served as the supreme allied commander at nato and the dean of the fletcher school at tufts university. admiral, good to see you. i'll put aside the parade because the north korea stuff is more important. this is an interesting piece of diplomacy during the entire trump administration. you have donald trump talking tough and tweeting

nichols, nbc news. >>> final preparations in south korea, where the winter olympics will begin tomorrow. more athletes are arriving and vice president mike pence is ready to lead the u.s. delegation. there's been a surprise announcement from north korea's leader kim jong-un. kate snow is in pyeongchang. she has it all covered for us. >> reporter: good morning to you. vice president pence made his last stop in poke owetokyo before he heads here for the opening ceremony making sure politics are front and center. as team usa gets ready for the games. the norovirus is here. as the south korean team raises its flag over these olympic games, tough talk from vice president pence about north korea, saying the u.s. is preparing to roll out the toughest and most aggressive economic sanctions against the regime. >> we'll be there to cheer on our american athletes. but we'll be there to stand with our allies and remind the world that north korea is the most tyrannical and oppressive rejum jooem on the planet. >> reporter: the vice president is going to the games to make sure north korea can't hijack them. he has invited the father of otto warmbier t