i'm milissa rehberger here at msnbc, and we are continuing to follow breaking news out of north koreach earlier today, 5:30 their time launched a ballistic missile just west of pyongyang and this is coming from courtney kub, e, a u.s. official, and we are not certain if it is a success or failure as assessment is continuing on. and joining us now is gordon, and gordon, what are you seeing going on? >> i believe that from the south korean elections, they got the candidate for president in they wanted moon jai-in, and they got assistance to the north, and it is significant that the north koreans did not test the missile before the election, and they did not want to upset the chances of moon jai-in winning, and now that he won, they are trying to get the south koreans to the bargaining table north korean style. if you want to talk to south kor korea, you pick up the phone, but that is not the way that the north koreans do it. >> and that is counter intuitive to my mind that you have a neighbor who is willing to say, let's soften up our relations, and let's have some negotiations, and goi

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. here are your top stories. north korea conducted its third missile test in three weeks. i was condemned by president trump on twitter. with russian president putin at his side, newly elected french president emmanuel macron accused two media outlets of producing lying propaganda. putin is denying russia meddled in france's recent elections. >>> a boy is thrown on to concrete after a three-story water slide. >> due to mature subject matter viewer discretion is advised. >>> the original bergen county jail completed in 1912 looked more like an ominous castle compared to its modern replacement which opened next door in 2000. paul abdul wiggins is one of the few inmates whose long record of coming in and out of jail spans both facilities. >> i'm a man of my word. i got to keep my word. that's all i got. >> wiggins has had more than 40 stays at the jail and a litany of drug, theft and robbery convictions that he says all stemmed from addiction. >> i used to sniff heroin and coke. it was something that i allowed mysel

>>> i'm milissa rehberger. here's what's happening.outh carolina police officer michael slager is pleading guilty to ferlt civil rights charges in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed black man. he faces up to live in prison for the killing of walter scott. >>> in another videotaped shooting that sparked protests across the nation, federal prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against the two baton rouge policemen involved in the fatal shooting of alton sterling last summer. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." in an interview today, president trump's former 2016 opponent, hillary clinton, came very close to suggesting that there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 campaign. >> every day that goes by, we learn more about some of the unprecedented interference, including from a foreign power whose leader is not a member of my fan club. it was clear he interfered to hurt me and to help my opponent, and if you chart my opponent and his campaign's statements, they quite coordinated with

. >>> i milissa rehberger.s what's happing. 90 people were killed and 400 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in kabul, afghanistan's guarded diplomatic corridor. the casualties include women, children, and nine afghan guards at the u.s. embassy. >>> dash cam video releases of tiger wood's arrest in jupiter, florida. police say woods was passed out behind the wheel of his running mercedes. the golfer explains the incident on unexpected reaction to prescribed metcatidications. >> lebron says vandals sprayed a racial slur on the gate of his $21 million los angeles home. back to "hardball" hard. >>> president obama entered the united states into the paris climate accords, unilaterally and without the permission of congress. >> we will cancel this deal so that our companies can compete. >>> welcome back to "hardball." that was candidate trump on the campaign trail promising to pull out of the paris climate agreement. today, president trump is getting closer to delivering on that promise. this morning, website axios

>>> i'm milissa rehberger. here's what's happening.st the six men and one woman in connection to the manchester concert bombing that killed 22 people. the attacker isified as salman abedi. british police arrested his older brother yesterday and today libyan officials nabbed his younger brother in tripoli for allegedly planning an isis attack there. his father was also detained. investigators are trying to figure out if abedi acted alone or if he was part of a larger terror cell. they're also looking into his father's ties to a libyan militant group linked to al qaeda. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." president trump ended a relatively successful trip to the middle east and has now pivoted toward the more daunting task of wooing those in europe he's been critical of in the past. he's overseas right now while the investigations swirl here at home into his campaign's connections with russia. tonight "the new york times" reporting that months before the election last november, u.s. spies learned top russians had discusse

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger. suspect in the anti-muslim stabbing attack inportland oregon that left two people dead made his initial appearance in court today. he didn't enter a plea, but he did make repeated outbursts in court, yelling, you call it terrorism, i call it patriotism. he faces aggravate the murder and other charges. the attack happened friday on the first day of ramadan, the holiest time of year for muslims. police say christian was verbally abusing two women on a train, including one wearing a hijab. three men intervened before christian attacked them, killing two and wounding another. president trump condemned the stabs in a tweet today saying the violent attacks in portland are friday are unacceptable. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the senate and the house intelligence committees now have sent a letter to president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, requesting information on any contacts he had with russia. nbc news has confirmed that former national security adviser mi

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger with your top stories.ea launches another ballistic missile in the country's early morning hours. fired from a location in the northern pyongang province. the unidentified projectile flew about 435 miles before landing in the sea of japan. >>> most important health care systems are back online after a worldwide cyber attack that impacted nearly 100 countries. the computer virus attacked software holding systems hostage for ransom. no one has claimed responsibility for that crime. back to "lockup." >>> today is court day at the lake county juvenile center. judge mary beth bonaventura and her five fellow judges will hear more than 3,000 cases in a year. some will be simple detention hearings. while others will be trials for serious offenses. 16-year-old ayryana has spent the weekend in detention for disorderly conduct at a high school football game. it's not her first time in juvenile. with two previous trips to this courtroom, the judge will have to decide whether ayryana should remain locked up or be allowe