good, thank you. >> let's thank david nichols. [applause] >> the book and one of his other books, i think about the suez crisis, is for sale by rainy day in the hall, and david nichols sign your book up here if you could line up over here. [inaudible conversations] >> this is tom mccall waterfront park here in portland, oregon, named after former oregon number tom mccall who was known for his strong environmental policies. right now we hear from author richard clucas about the complexities of oregon politics. >> the name of the book is "oregon politics and government."

we get the latest on all of it tonight from our pentagon correspondent hans nichols. >> reporter: for the iranian ship, an unmistakable warning. the revolutionary guard vessel coming within 150 yards of the uss thunder bolt. navy footage from a mile away documenting the close call. >> we are operating in a northern arabian gulf. >> reporter: the thunderbolt, one of four american ships, a missile cruiser, conducting routine patrols in international waters, according to military officials. the iranian craft inbound at a high rate of speed, innoerg attempts to establish radio contact. the u.s. crew sending short blasts on the ship's whistle. followed by the unambiguous sound of a 50-caliber machine gun. the iranian vessel slowed, and then stopped. iran's naval forces no stranger to the u.s. navy. last january the revolutionary guard captured two u.s. command boats that strayed into iranian waters, holding ten sailors captive for 15 hours. military officials are telling nbc news that the iranian crew uncovered its guns but did not man them. tense moments in dangerous waters. lester? >> ha

>> hans nichols at the pentagon tonight, thank you. >>> the battle over a bill to repeal and replace obamacare has become so heated, senators will now have to work through part of their vacation later this summer in an effort to approve a new plan. kasie hunt reports on the compromise. >> reporter: the republican path to obamacare uncertain tonight majority leader mitch mcconnell announcing he's forcing senators to stay in washington an extra two weeks to get a deal. >> we intend to utilize the two weeks in august. >> reporter: still at a fever pitch. now on a conservative proposal from ted cruz to let people buy cheaper insurance. if they're willing to trade away the essential health benefits like maternity care or mental health services. >> expanding consumer freedom, letting you the consumer choose which insurance you want to purchase. >> reporter: they can only lose two votes. it could drive up prices for sicker americans. lindsey graham is already talking about cracking a deal with democrats. >> there's an emerging new approach that i will talk to you in the next 24 to 48 hours.

we have it covered beginning with nbc's hanse nichols. >> tonight pentagon officials confirming the launch was an intercontinental ballistic missile. the north koreans releasing this these images which could threaten the u.s. the missile launch announced as a miracle on north korean state tv. the country's dictator shown watching the launch through binoculars and on tv screens. aides celebrating afterwards. fired almost straight up into the atmosphere, the missile flew for a record 37 minutes, traveling nearly three times higher than the 570 miles it covered on the ground. splashing down near japan. but fired at a lower trajectory, the missile could possibly travel more than 4,000 miles, putting alaska into range. the launch, the 10th test since president trump assumed office, all in violation of u.n. resolutions and grabbing the president's attention. tweeting this morning about kim jong-un, doss does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end th

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our pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins me now. what do we know? >> you can call this a dry run or target practice. what's clear is the united states and its allies want to send an unmistakable message to kim jong-un. so en route, the b1s were escorted by south korean f-15 fighters and u.s. f-16s. and the b-1s dropped dummy bombs on a target in south korea. on the return flight, joined by japanese f-2 fighters. so a three-country, ten-hour mission meant to stress the importance of alliances. and, kate, the first u.s. response to north korea's july 4th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach alaska was to fire precision missiles with south korea. >> what sort of military options does the u.s. have right now? >> not good ones. at least not ones without adverse consequences. pentagon officials stress that north korea's capacity to inflict civilian casualties is almost unimaginable. thousands of camouflaged artillery pieces within range of some 25 million people in and around seoul. as secretary mattis told a few reporters at the

former eastenders actor paul nicholls is rescued after falling down a steep waterfall in thailand.r song of all time? it's number 0ne, it's in spanish and it's been downloaded more that 4.5 billion times. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has revealed that six million people in their late 30s and early 40s will have to work a year longer, as a result of a change in the state pension age, the government has announced. the increase in the pension age from 67 to 68 has been brought forward seven years and will now come into effect from 2037. the change will affect those born between april 1970 and april 1978. the change was announced by the work and pensions secretary david gauk whose defended the change of position. i think it's right that we are honest with the british people. i think it's right that we deal with some of the long—term risks that we have as a country and i don't think we would be doing our duty if we shied away from that. the reality is that the country has to live within its means. we've got to make the arguments for why that's the case and if y

>> my life changed the day my parents took me to see nichols and may on broadway.e that, all i saw were comedians talking about how bad their wives were or how bad their mothers-in-law were. >> take my wife. please. >> and then all of a sudden, the sky opened up and there were nichols and may. and i thought to myself, now that's funny. >> tell me, how do you put your sketches together now? do you outline them are they fairly well written out? >> we don't ever write anything down and we don't ever outline them. >> it's a terrifying process. >> what kind of an excuse is that? >> well, what do you mean? >> i mean, all the other scientists have mothers, i'm sure. and i'm sure that they all find time after breakfast or before their count-off to pick up a phone and call their mother. >> elaine may was always the writer of the two. i don't think she's given enough credit for being kind of one of these foundational people of improv. >> she was smart, she was witty, she was sexy, she was everything that female comedians up to that point weren't allowed to be. >> well, thank

>> hanse nichols, thank you. how will the u.s. respond to the latest test? for more, president trump's possible options here, we get details from nbc's kristen welker in washington. >> president trump marking his first fourth of july in office. >> happy fourth of july, everybody. >> celebrating the country while trying to protect it. grappling with the new missile threat from north korea after toughening his tone with kim jong-un last week. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. >> now once again, urging china to rein in its north korea ally. not only requesting china make a heavy move against north korea. but over the weekend a stern call with chinese president xi. warning the u.s. is prepared to act alone if necessary. the reality, china hasn't stepped up since that diplomatic dinner at mar-a-lago in april. >> the relationship developed by president xi and myself i think is outstanding. >> before taking office, president trump had warned north korea that obtaining an intercontinental ballistic missile won't happen. tonigh

tina, nichole, and kayne, thank you guys for being here. tina, what do you do for fun? love crafting, so i've been doing ceramics for about 20 years and crocheting. my grandma taught me when i was really young and i, yeah. - alright, nichole, what do you do for a living? - i do a lot of odd jobs for a living, but i'd have to say my favorite is i'm a pet-sitter. so i'll go out and walk dogs or i'll take dogs into my home, i'm like that crazy person who has a bunch of animals around and it's fantastic! - alright, kayne how about you, where you from? - a land down under, australia is where i'm from. (cheering) oh thanks, yeah! the land of beautiful beaches and deadly animals, we have deadly animals over there. - i won't watch those. - you a big fan of the deadly animals, are you? - yeah a little bit of an adventurer myself, i love to scuba dive and sky dive, i've had a five meter croc between my legs, so yeah. - easy let's not brag, it's a family show. good luck to ya'll, it's time to play i witness. our first round is called "what just happened?" i'm gonna show you guys v

want to be very clear, i've represented nichole's estate. i've always been nichole's voice. looking at things through her eyes, representing her, knowing what i know, i think he never should have seen the light of day. i think between' 95 and 2007 was a giflt to him and i think freedom now is a gift to him too. but that being said, i don't agree with what happened, but i don't criticize. they had their format they had their formula and it certainly was anticipated. >> john, again, it should be note that here is a man that as a result of that civil judgment owes the estate the better part of 30, $40 million. do you want to see o.j. simpson out there selling himself once again, making some money so that the estate can get some of that money? >> no, no. i think it would be best for, as i've said once again, looking at this, i think through her eyes disappear into the night, let his children have some peace also. i don't think he's got any money making ability any way. you didn't see it between 1995 and 2007 and i certainly don't think you're going to see it now. but that being

the former eastenders actor paul nicholls is recovering in hospital after being seriously injured ins and smashed one of his kneecaps after falling down a waterfall on the island of koh samui. he was trapped for three days before being rescued, after his abandoned motorcycle was spotted nearby. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in germany for the second part of their tour in europe. the royal couple, who are travelling with their children prince george and princess charlotte, are meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel, before making a visit to berlin's most famous landmark, the brandenburg gate. the charity mencap says demands to backdate pay for care workers who sleep at their place of work could bring the sector to "the brink of disaster." it says a change in the pay rules will cost a total of £400 million, and could ruin many smaller providers. the government says it's considering the issue carefully. our health editor hugh pym is here. just explain why the change has come about. it is all about care workers who sleep in as it is known at the accommodation o

i want to bring in hans nichols and kristen welker at the white house.lyst retired armarm y attorney gener. have we learned anything about what this launch means moving forward? >> they're still assessing whether or not it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. it was intermediate range and flew for 37 minutes. basically went straight up in the air and came back down. that gives it a theoretical range of more than 4,000 miles putting parts of alaska in play. so, a lot of this back and forth on whether or not it was an ibcm or an intermediate range. the fact that alaska could be hit is a major game change in all of this and we'll see what the pentagon is saying. reporting out of the ap reporting that china and russia proposed this idea of having a missile test on north korea. if the south koreans and the u.s. don't do joint military exercises. in the past that has been a nonstarter for this administration. hallie? >> hans, anything from pentagon officials on that aspect of it or too early to say for that? >> you know, in the past the pentagon has been

i want to go to hans nichols over at the pentagon.ans, we talked about this a couple minutes ago and in that time period, we are getting a new statement from the pentagon. hans nickel k nichols is with u. what are we hearing? >> reporter: the first reaction was refer everything to the white house. captain jeff davis, head spokesperson here, repeated that several times, please call the white house, please call the white house. just a few minutes ago, we got a statement from them and they are pledging to work with the white house on implementing this new policy. i want to make sure i get it right. we will continue to work closely with the white house to address the new guidance provided by the commander in chief on transgender individuals serving the military. the estimates that are out there is this rand study the pentagon itself has cited so it has quite a bit of credence, anywhere from 2500 to 7,000 current individuals. they have been working away on how to make sure those people can serve and if their commanding officers so determin

lindsey graham and two other senators call the republican bill on health care a total fraud john nichols of the nation joins us for the conversation tonight and the senate overwhelmingly passes a bill placing new sanctions on russia in limiting the president's ability to remove sanctions and the president's white house staff descends into total chaos as a new conflict erupts between anthony skara mucci and writes priebus. reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with a bizarre carnival on health care in the senate and the so-called skinny bill this skinny bill would save some of the key provisions of obamacare but the senate g.o.p. can't seem to pass even a reduced version of repeal senators graham mccain and johnson openly criticized the skinny bill the same afternoon. skinny bill as a replacement for obamacare is a fraud the skinny bill is a difficulty getting conference to find a replacement it is not a replacement in of itself the policy is terrible cost you eliminate the individual employer mandate which we all want t

of his other books, i think about the suez crisis, is for sale by rainy day in the hall, and david nichols sign your book up here if you could line up over here. [inaudible conversations] >> this is tom mccall waterfront park here in portland, oregon, named after former oregon number tom mccall who was known for his strong environmental policies. right now we hear from author richard clucas about the complexities of oregon politics. >> the name of the book is "oregon politics and government." we specifically chose the second part of that progressive versus conservative populists after we discussed kind of what the state was like. it's an edited volume, and there are actually 14 different scholars involved in participating in it, so a considerable discussion about the best way to describe oregon. we could have called it just liberal versus conservative, but we felt that wouldn't capture the character of what oregon is about. oregon has long been known as being a progressive state, that it's doing new things, that it's going somewhere, that it's using education and the best practices to try

wild side with the first major exhibition dedicated to world renown wildlife photographer michael nichols. >> reporter: michael nick callous award win owe -- michael nichols gives people an up-close look tikrit -- look tikrit -- look at creatures in their natural habitat. >> reporter: i was called nick the dangerous. he captured jane goodal with the chimp held in solitary confinement in an african zoo for 45 years. >> jane and i go into the cage with an annual that was never touched. it was an incredible moment. >> he took this photo in 1996. we took a picture in 3 months, he is jumping into the lens. >> reporter: this shot of a lowland gorilla came easier. >> i made that picture five minutes after i got there. >> reporter: there are depictions of nature from the permanent collection. it's designed to motivate viewers to action. >> i hope everybody who leaves the show will be gallon have on on -- galvonized to make the world exist and thrive. >> we don't have another planet to go to later, we have to take care of this. >> reporter: it is on display until september 17. for tickets visit ar

hans nichols, i'm going back to you. these protests we see every time there is a g20, how much of an affect do they have on the meetings that do happen during the g20? >> very little. heads of state, leaders of the countries, are usually far way. in past you have to get through several security barriers. you will recall other g20s or g7s where they had designated protesting zones. here is the latest from the hamburg police department. they are saying the applicants for this protest, in germany you need to typically, this might sound funny, but when you have a big protest like this, you file an official application. the german police are saying they have withdrawn the application and the protest is ending and they have called it off. that's why the official organizers. police are also saying there are many peaceful protesters among them and they are asking the peaceful protesters to separate themselves from the more violent ones. leading into the entire summit, estimates is that there are a thousand potential radical peop

hans nichols did the calculations and said how far it could go. but it means something else now.t means that they are well on the path of getting a weapon that can get all the way to the continental united states, the lower 48. not just going the 500 miles, the definition says, getting out of the atmosphere and re-entering it. hans nichols also had a very interesting observation too about re-entry because what's really important is to able to control the war head once it re-enters the atmosphere site can be targeted towards a particular place. the last one they fired, not the one yesterday, but the one earlier, a couple of weeks ago did not have fins as it a terminal guidance system. we don't know if this one did either, but it's very big. it's a very big deal they have an icbm. >> the next big deal as i was talking to hans about is you fly a missile somewhere, can it be accurate? can it be targeted? kit re-enter properly. and most importantly can they put a nuclear war head on it? >> the last one is most important. if they can put a nuclear war head on it and it doesn't have to

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guys >> nbc's hans nichols. thanks for update on that, and i would point out the obvious, that the market has not responded to that at all if we would expect that. >> art cashin mentioned that, especially with the drama in the white house, the way china has been amass troops and still nothing major. >> we'll see right now the dow is still positive a gain of 20 points. as we close out this week the rest of the major averages are negative tobacco stocks up in smoke today after the fda announced it wants to cut nicotine levels the fda commissioner spoke about it on "power lunch." we'll have the highlights coming up here. >> and amazon's earnings dragging down the tech space we'll talk whether apple can tu tngrnhis around we'll have the results next week stay with us where's jack? he's on holiday. what do you need? i need the temperature for pipe five. ask the new guy. the new guy? jack trained him. jack's guidance would be to maintain the temperature at negative 160 degrees celsius. that doesn't sound like jack. ac

pamela nichols says i used to run an at-home daycare but it does not matter it is the people who keep your children. didion says bad things happen in licensed daycare's everyday having a license does not ensure the safety of any child. tammie says there are many takers that are wonderful and something like that would never happen. check your state requirements. >> we looked at daycare roles in dc maryland and virginia. in dc all day cares must comply with childcare requirements. the district checks on complaints in the following areas. ownership, supervision of children, condition of equipment, discipline practices, child to staff ratios, background checks and menus of food. the district requires workers to have a degree or childcare education.>> maryland requires workers to be 20 years old with a high school diploma or the equivalent and six semester training. they also require one provider is there for every three infants, one for every three toddlers and one for every 10 preschoolers. in virginia not all child day care programs are required to be licensed. programs that are license

thanks, kristin welker and hans nichols. i want to bring in scott snyder. founder and directioner at council on foreign relations. expert on politics in the korean peninsula. also with us is a spokesperson for former ambassador to united nations, samantha showers. also covering terrorism and financial intelligence. good to see both of you. gar, let me star with you. we are looking at united nations on the screen. nikki haley calling this emergency meeting pf of what consequence is a meeting like this when talking about north korea. one has the sense that north korea isn't paying much attention to what security council is saying. >> usually in an emergency session, while it may not result in a resolution, we would probably know if a resolution was being debated. it rounds up the troops. they will take it seriously. figuringi figuring out what china could agree to in a future resolution. so they can rile up the troops and hopefully in another follow-on meeting propbably impose tougher sanctions. >> one problem with donald trump's strategy says they can be ver

>> hans nichols updating us on that ongoing controversy.ou. >>> after a week of blistering public attacks, attorney general jeff sessions is heading to el salvador today to talk about ways to stomp out the brutal street gang ms-13. with his future still in doubt, republican senators continue to rally around their former colleague. i'm joined by eliza collins, politics report we are "usa today." and charlie savage, pulitzer wise prize-winning washington correspondent for "the new york times." he is also an msnbc contributor. charlie, you wrote about president trump's options concerning the attorney general today. walk us through how the president could get rid of jeff sessions if he does not decide to quit. >> absolutely. so the premise for even understanding why this is an issue is that jeff sessions stands in the way of a trump loyalist who could take control of the russia investigation and either curtail it or possibly even fire a special counsel bob mueller, who currently is under the control and oversight of the deputy attorney general

hans nichols at the pentagon, thank you so much. >>> and coming up, more on the west wing war. new communications director, anthony scaramucci, taking center stage after some very public and vulgar shots at reince priebus and steve bannon. is the real risk here that he's upstaging the president. >>> and russia retaliation. the kremlin already taking action against the u.s. in response to a new sanctions bill approved by congress. but will president trump actually sign that legislation? >>> and live pictures from brentwood, new york. this is where president trump is expected to talk about gang violence about half an hour from now. will he take on the republicans who voted no after the big defeat last night? we'll have that speech for you, live. this time it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. new philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts. whuuuuuat?rtgage offer from the bank today. you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan

>> thank you, hans nicholls. david nakamura, kasie hunt, appreciate it. here is more of what president trump had to say about the failed health care bill. well, they were not disloyal. they had their own reasons. i was very surprised when the two folks came out last night because we thought they were in fairly good shape, but they did. and, you know, everybody has their own reason. but if you really think about it, you look at it, and we have 52 people. we had no democrat support, which is really, you know, something that should be said. we should have had democrats vote. it was a great plan for a lot of people. we had no democrats aboard. we are 52 people. we had four noes. we might have had another one somewhere in there but essentially the vote would have been pretty close to, you look at it, 48-4. that's a pretty impressive vote by any standard. >> democratic senator maria cantwell of washington state joins us. she sits on the health care subcommittee for the senate finance committee. you just heard from the president. he said this would have been a r

i want to take you over to hans nichols following the north korea situation and has been for days. hans, as war talk develops and red lines and threats, defense secretary mattis in may had said that a conflict in north korea would be the worst kind of people in most people's life times. let's talk about some of the reasons for that. number one, there are about 28,500 troops in south korea. when you add up all of the u.s. troops in the area, total nearby that includes the number in south korea and japan and philippines, we end up with 79,000 u.s. troops in the area. and all of them are in danger the minute there's war with north korea. >> they are in danger in south korea and dependence and families are in nger. that's one indication they were not quite at tgger level. that fils have no bn recalled in the past and difficult situations whether been turkey or bahrain, you've seen families and dependents get recalled. publicly the pentagon this morning it seems to be strategic studied silence. they are not necessarily teasing out what president donald trump meant by severe consequences

my thanks to peter alexander, peter baker, susan glasser and hans nichols. thank you for spending some time with me. when we come back for two men who never met until today, their comments on election meddling sound similar. >>> don't let the photo-ops fool you. donald trump woke up the same way he does most days by taking to twitter. raising a lot of questions before that meeting with putin even started. ♪ your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks, and help stop further joint damage. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholester

nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins me live. i feel we have to rewind.had this discussion once before with a whole lot of national security and defense experts saying that that person, steve bannon, shouldn't be involved in military decisions or strategy. >> reporter: well, remember bannon was briefly on the national security council, then was taken off. in general, white houses do try to influence what the pentagon is doing and the pentagon typically pushes back and they fight for their independence. what we know is that on saturday, secretary mattis took a meeting with mr. bannon and from the "new york times" mr. bannon is trying to get this idea of having an alternative strategy review on afghanistan that relies in part on the ideas of eric prince and steve freeman and get their views to sort of do a separate afghanistan review. now, what we hear consistently here at the pentagon is the afghanistan review is in process, they want to get it right. we ask about timing all the time. we are routinely pushed back on that and they say we will come next week

let's go to hans nichols at the pentagon. hans, here we are, american heroes week and it sounds like the president has just defined who he now believes are heroes. >> this has been a complicated process for the pentagon to work through. there are about 250 currently transgendered individuals that have indicated they want to go through some sort of transition process. just at the end of last month, there is sort of asked for a delay from the navy, the pentagon, the army, the air force, asking for a delay for new recruits, those that identified as transgendered and haven't -- actually want to join the military, want to serve the country, but they're trying to figure out a way how to do that. it appears that president trump is going to put all these discussions on ice. right now the discussion is still at the pentagon between the deputy secretary of defense and the service chiefs. we'll see if president trump's short circuits all this. just to give you a quick overview, it was the previous secretary of defense, ash carter, last

i'm nichole wallace. mtp daily starts right now. hi, katy. you've had a long day. >> hi, nichole. i'm ready for my vacation which starts in one hour. but until then, if it is friday, what we've got here is a failure to communicate. >> tonight, sean spicer steps down as white house press secretary as sarah huckabee sanders officially steps in. >> he understood that the president wanted to bring in and add new people to the team. >> and another long time trump ally steps up. >> if you want to eat an elephant, you've got to eat it one bite at a time and sarah and i are going to do that together. >> how will anthony scaramucci change the messaging out of the oval office. >> it has been a very successful life experience for president trump to be president trump. let's let him do that. >> plus, the palace intrigue. >> i don't have any friction are sean. i don't have any friction are reince. >> how is it all shaking out across the borders of the west wing? >> we are a little bit like brothers where we rough each other one once in a while, which is totally normal for brothers. >> and pard

i'm nichole wallace.ow. >> i think you mean michael steel scared, nichole. >> yeah. i'm not good at math. i never know how that works. >> great show today, as always. and if it's thursday, president trump's red line and red meat amid a red scare. are you ready? >> tonight, president trump fight ens his circle of trust. >> essentially, he should have never recused himself. >> i love this department and i

hans nichols, good to see you. thanks very much for joining us. we will stay with this story and we'll catch up with you a little later in the hour. okay. we're still following the latest on this ever evolving situation. just going to listen in to see what it is. i should be doing next. we're following this. all right. kristen welker is in the briefing room where that briefing, the not on camera audio only briefing has just wrapped up. kristen, tell us what else happened in there. >> well, as hans just sort of laid out, a number of the headlines had to do with the russia probe and also health care. given that there's going to be a delay on a procedural vote this week, some proponents of the legislation are concerned that that will give opponents more traction, more time to knock this bill out. so i asked press secretary sean spicer what the president was going to do about it. he said he's going to be very engaged. take a listen to what he had to say. >> is the president resigned to the idea that it seems unlikely that the senate will vote on any t

i'm nichole wallace. mtp dale yid starts right now. >> i think you mean michael steel scared, nichole. >> yeah. i'm not good at math. i never know how that works. >> great show today, as always. and if it's thursday, president trump's red line and red meat amid a red scare. are you ready? >> tonight, president trump fight ens his circle of trust. >> essentially, he should have never recused himself. >> i love this department and i plan to continue to do so as long as that's important. >> but why is he repeatedly taking aim at his own? >> if emd somebody to take an action, he would make that quite clear. >> plus, where do the russia investigations go from here? >> they don't voluntarily come, they'll be subpoenaed. >> and later, john mccain's toughest battle. the senator promises to be back soon following his cancer diagnosis. >> john is a fighter. >> this is mtp daily and it starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm katy ter in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to mtp dailyel. senator john mccain is on ou

they have to strike this very independent r cord, here s nichole.investigation and the facts wherever it leads. so there is some peril if they line up too closely on the russia investigation or other matters. >> alex, does marco rubio like mr. trump. >> personally, they get along fine. they obviously have some big policy disagreements. >> on what? on -- i mean, the whole presidential primary dpan, you know, they were arguing over healthcare reform. >> i remember, but sometimes -- >> immigration reform is a classic example. free trade is a clask example. human rights where marco -- >> but what fight has he picked with him since he's been president. >> human rights. he's fought the white house and criticized them when they had, for instance, warmer relations with ejust a minute. marco is a strong supporter of free trade and has been critical of this administration when they have been trying to withdraw from the world. >> joe scarborough left are the republican party. we were talking about polling, a shrinking number of people identifying themselves as

let's start with hans nichols at the pentagon.ter the united states confirmed this was, in fact, a successful test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile by north korea, what did we do? >> they did show force. a symbolic show of force and the u.s. and their counterparts working jointly and basically into the water still in south korean territorial water. you couldn't make, or at least north korea couldn't make a sovereignty argument. they are analyzing this launch. they know how high it went and how long it flew. that gives you a theoretical distance. it did survive reentry. they don't know reentry into the atmosphere.

ali. >> hans nichols, always great getting this information from you because it really makes it clear as to what we're dealing with. thanks. we'll talk to you a little later. i want to bring in someone who knows the political side of things better than almost anything else. kelly is the former acting assistant secretary for asian and pacific security with the department of defense. kelly, taking what hans said and try to translate that into what the appropriate response from a military and a strategy perspective should be from the united states, what do you think? >> yeah. well, i think right now the trump team needs to be demonstrating some pretty nipple bell multi-lateral diplomacy. it's good that general dunn ford is making phone calls. rex tillerson needs to be doing the same with his counterparts. and of course the president of the united states needs to be heavily engaged as well. my concern is that, you know, in a time of crisis like this you have to have some agility. and with the west wing somewhat in turmoil right now, you know, you can't have a west wing in disarray at the

hans nichols following all the developments live from the pentagon.know about what happened here in this horrific crash. >> it's puzzling to investigators because initial assessments are that this plane landed upside down and crashed in that way. a lot of reports coming in not furly confirmed. it's not officially from the pentagon, but they saw a fire in the back policiy. not in one of the engines. remember, this is a kc130. it is a workhorse and been around for a long time. officials keep stressing what a safe airplane this is. just how rare. it's got four engines and a turbo prop. if there is a fire in engine, you can shut it off. little more information of those 16 deceased. 15 of them were marines. one of them was a navy sailor. we've learned the wing, the aircraft wing and they asked us to hold on to that information until next of kin is notified. >> hans, the president tweeting about this today. >> you saw president trump and mike pence offer their condolences. marine plane crash in mississippi is heartbreaking. melania and i send our deepest co

i'm stephanie sitting in for nichole wallace.onths so far for the trump white house and the russia cloud doesn't appear to be moving out of washington anytime soon. mark leeb wits in this new york times magazine cover story titled quote this town melts down quotes. look at president trump's -- writing in trump land washington's process resides purely with the winds of one man. it is all about trump. everything is at his mercy and little about it is comfortable. let's bring in new york times magazine chief national correspondent into the conversation. mark, incredible piece. i know jared is in charge of the business portfolio of the trump administration, but what do you think he's really doing in all of this mix? you've got jared. you've got gather cohn, dean apowell and then you've got some washington regs like a sean spicer in the mix. so take us into this d.c. >> look, the cocktail of humanity in the white house right now is the subject of pretty much every other weekend you get some advance chronology of how it's working or ho

and in a rare move, this oklahoma doctor, reagan nichols, was charged with murder for causing opioid overdose deaths of five people. one of her former patients got hooked seeking pain relief. >> i knew that i was very lucky that i hadn't died. >> reporter: the doctor's lawyer says she'll plead not guilty. and federal agents say when doctors prescribe opioids that aren't needed, those drugs often end up on the street adding to the national epidemic. lester? >> pete williams in washington, thanks. >>> a nobel prize winning champion of human rights in china has died. liu xiaobo was a leading dissident who came to prominence in 1989 during the pro-democracy protests in tiananmen square that were crushed by the chinese government. he spent much of his life in prison or under house arrest, and authorities would not let him out to accept his nobel peace prize. he was still in custody when he died of liver cancer today at the age of 61. >>> still ahead tonight, beyond the beaches. it's a popular activity for tourists at a leading caribbean destination, but this week it turned deadly. >>> als

i mean, i feel awful about the loss of life, nichole and gold -- i feel awful about that. there was a part of me, though, that says this justice system is just so terribly corrupt and has ruined so many lives of young black men and women that it needs to be -- so, yes, to date, in answer to your question, no, i think that the racism that we kind of railed against then is still existing now and how i feel about o.j.? i'm glad that a person is free, that a person is free. and i think it was a fair hearing. it was justified. he's paid nine years. and nine years in prison is a long time. >> and on the numbers, because you make an important point, craig. we have the numbers. we pulled them. when polled in 1995, 23% of respondent's believed he was innocent. when polled last year, revisiting the question, 7% of respondent's believed he was innocent. so while the racial divide was clear at the time, i think that shifted. one other point -- do we have time? >> yes. >> one other point. the trial as we know back when it first occurred on the double homicide positioned it as asking pe

as i was discussing with hans nichols.shington post" found that the pentagon spends triple the amount of money to treat erectile dysfunction than on medical care for the transgender individuals and hans talked about $8.4 million, the high end of the estimate of what it costs. that would be 0.001 of the annual budget. for more i'm joined by aaron belkin, from a research institute focusing on public policy issues including lgbtq in the military. good to see you. is it possible -- we're just trying to figure it why this happened today? nobody was expecting it. there was a push by the house republican to end the policy of providing money for the gender reassignment surgery and they were trying to figure out how to get through in in the bill? is this an aside, president trump said i'll do it this way? >> nobody knows aside from president trump. he decided to reinstitute don't ask/don't tell, but for the transgender troops. it's a shock after 20 years that he'd try to reinstate such a disaster. >> tell me what was a disaster abo