richard engel, thank you. let's bring in our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell with what's coming out of the summit. >> it's not good, lester. the president came to helsinki with a low bar, a low challenge really. just challenge vladimir putin for the election hacking. instead he showed he was not willing to stand up to the russian leader. 70 years they cannot depend on an american president. that creates a real crisis for american foreign policy. it is profoundly demoralizing to american intelligence professionals and diplomats around the world. one top career diplomat who served presidents of both party said that press conference was the single most embarrassing performance by an american president on the world stage that he had ever seen. >> pretty strong reaction. >> yeah. exactly. >> thank you. >>> president trump again today while standing with putin criticized the special counsel's investigation calling it a witch hunt and saying it damages our country. those words, despite a slew of i

>> richard engel in moscow tonight, richard, thank you. and our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is here with me for more analysis on what we might expect going into this. >> lester, former officials who dealt with this in the past are alarmed. they say this is the first such summit for which there is no agenda, no advance gn national security meetings to iron out a strategy. putin, a former kbg official, will be prepared even if president trump is not. they could do serious business, like reviving nuclear arms talks and dealing with syria. overshadowing everything now will be whether he challenges putin on the indictment of those 12 russian military intelligence officers. rather than going in with a plan to challenge putin, this weekend the president is blaming the victims, saying the democrats should have done more to protect themselves from being hacked. another concern, will he freelance the way the president did with kim jong-un in singapore, giving away military exercises in the baltics, even recognizing russia's a

nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the story. >> reporter: in a solemn ceremony in south korea, 55 small wooden boxes were unloaded wrapped in the blue u.n. flag, the flag u.s. troops fought under in the korean war. inside, what are believed to be the remains of american servicemen who died missing in action but not forgotten. around 5,300 are still classified as missing in north korea. for their relatives today like the son of lieutenant hal downs, closure may finally be coming. >> we've been waiting a long time for things like this to happen, and it's the beginning, not an ending. >> reporter: it's an achievement for president trump. at his summit in june, the north korean leader kim jong-un promised to send home american remains. president trump today. >> and i want to thank chairman kim for keeping his word. these incredible american heroes will soon lay at rest on sacred american soil. >> reporter: north korea has also reportedly begun to smantle a rocket launch site. we visited while it was still operational. this is what u.s. officials are so concerned about.

. >>> i'm richard engel, tonight following president trump's criticisms, the uk announced it sending 400 more soldiers to fight in afghanistan, part of nato's mission there. when not fighting, nato is preparing. we were there for recent drills right on russia's doorstep. this display of military might is about sending a message to are russia and its increasingly nervous neighbors, a message any attack will immediately send powerful american warships roaring into battle. nato admits it has an over reliance on the united states for its funding and resources, but tonight, allies fear president trump's constant criticism over costs is just the beginning. natis obsolete. it's old. it's fat. it's sloppy. >> i think president trump is fundamentally undermining the trans-atlantic alliance. he questions the value of the alliance. >> reporter: that makes many nations worried, especially small ones close to russia. in latvia, volunteers are joining the national guard in record numbers. and in norway, a hit tv show imagines a future under russian occupation. that may be a stretch, but for many i

we get it all from our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: after threatening our nato allies and insulting the british prime minister, president trump soon heads to helsinki and that meeting with vladimir putin acknowledging scrutiny will be more intense than ever about the tone he takes, especially on election meddling. >> i know you'll ask will we be talking about meddling and i will absolutely bring that up. i don't think you'll have any gee, i did it, you got me. there won't be a perry mason here, i don't think, but you never know what happens, right? but i will absolutely firmly ask the question. asked. >>yes. >> reporter: but he suggested he won't spring on putin any of the justice department's evidence against russian intelligence. democrats tonight calling for the meeting to be scrapped. senator chuck schumer saying, glad-handing with vladimir putin on the heels of these indictments would be an insult to our democracy. white house officials say there's no chance of a cancellation. >> i'm not going in with high expectations but we may come out with some ver

our richard engel has the latest.ter: they emerge in the darkness, the missing boys alive. their first words to rescuers, thank you. >> how many of you? 13? brilliant. >> reporter: it's the first light the boys have seen in over a week. members of a thai soccer team, ages 11 to 16, and their coach time in the cave. >> you have been here ten days. you are very strong. >> reporter: the boys looking thin but grateful to be alive. >> i am really happy. >> we are happy too. >> reporter: today when an official announced our younger brothers have been found, there were cheers, emotional families embracing, calling it a miracle. the team went exploring in the cave in northern thailand then disappeared without a trace. u.s. military personnel joining the sech. the problem now, how to get the boys out. the only way out is to go under water to the cave's mouth in total darkness. a risky operation, even for experienced scuba divers, let alone a group of young and exhausted boys. richard engel, nbc news. >> what a remarkable outcome. >>> now to the dangerous life-threatening summer heat

lester. >> richard engel in moscow. and our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is here with me for more analysis. >> former officials who dealt with russia in the past are alarmed. they say that this is the first such summit for which there isen no , no advanced national security meetings and no record of what whe said they meet one-on-one. putin, a former kgbofficial, will be prepared even if president trump is not. and one of the leaderso could serious business like reviving nuclear arms talks overshadowing will be whether he challenges putin tnhe indictment of the 12 russian intelligence officers. rather than going in with a plan to challenge putin this weekend the president is blaming the victims saying the democrats should have done more to protecm themselves feing hacked. giving away u.s. military exercises in th baltics, even recognizing russia's annexation of crimea. i thisa really high risk meeting. >> a lot on the table and not a lo of time toet it all in. >>> president trump and president put

they are shouting against trump right now. >> thanks so much, richard engel. let's go to bill neely. you know, you just heard, we haven't seen much in the way of a protest of this size, of this intensity, in london. based on your experience, what do you make of what we're seeing right now in the streets of london? >> reporter: it doesn't surprise me. i don't think it surprises anybody here. you know, donald trump is simply not one of the most popular american presidents. quite the opposite. i think here, across europe, barack obama was seen as a popular u.s. president. that's simply not the case with donald trump. although, he does have a base here, the same kind of base that he would have in the united states. when he makes remarks here about immigration, for example, that will resonate with millions of people here. i think there are other kinds of protests here. there are protests on the street. then, there were the political halls of disbelief at this interview donald trump gave before he landed, calling -- saying that theresa may has mishandled negotiation

nbc's richard engel has that report from london. >> reporter: we are now in front of the u.s. ambassador's residence in regents park. it is a large property, 12 acres, and protesters have come ou the outer perimeter. president trump will be staying overnight here during his ty ar that his homophobia, racism, sexism whore goe that's president trump taking off for central london leaving the u.s. ambassador to this country's residence. he's staying here during his visit and you can hear from the crowds behind me people have come out to say that president trump is not welcome. in fact, they say they will be here all night so that they can disturb president trump's sleep. in fact, the protesters say the reason that president trump is flying around the city, flying around this country in helicopters instead of driving through the streets as most official visitors do is because there are protests. richard engel, nbc news, london. >> and back in the states it was ten hours of intense and heated exchanges on capit hill as fbi agent peter strzok defend l him self against accusations of

. >>> i'm richard engel, tonight following esident trump's kri criticis criticisms, trump is sending more to fight in afghanistan and when not fighting, nato is preparing. we we there for recent drills right on russia's doorstep. this display of military might is about sending a message to are russia and its increasingly nervous neighbors, a message any attack anill send powerful americarships roaring into battle. nato admits it hasn over reliance on the united states for tounding and resources but ght, allies fear president trump's constant cticism over cost is just the beginning. >> nato is obsolete. it's old. it's fat. it's sloppy. de>> i think presi trump is undermining the transatlantic alliance. he questions the value of the alliance. ha >> reporter: tt makes many nations worried, especially small ones close to russia. tiolunteers are joining the onal guard in record numbers. and in norway, ait tv show imagine a future under russian occupation that may be a stretch but for many in europe, nato is seen as more vital now than ever. richard engel, nbc news. >>> now to the price yo

richard engel, nbc news. w t a remarkable outcome. >>> now to the dangerous fe-threatening summer heat here at home. a heat wave stretching acro much of the country as we head toward the july 4th holiday. tens of millions under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings. nbc's stephanie gosk has the .latest on the thre >> reporter: when it's hot, there's really only one fun thing to do outside. >> basically just got to stay in water. kids are just too hot otherwise. >> reporter: the dangerous heat spans from maine to north carolina with 60 million peop der warnings or advisories. burlington, vermont, broke a today, hitting 97 degrees, just 50 miles from canada. in d.c., the city set up a first-aid tent on the national mall. 50 people had to be evacuated from a new jersey nursing home after an air conditio malfunctioned. and in massachusetts, camps are limiting outdoor time. >> it does get more dangerous as the days go on until you get y cclimated, which usuakes a couple weeks. >> reporter: with temperatures h

>> nbc's richard engel in the london bureau, thank you. richard is talking about looking at the people around donald trump. one of the people is secretary mike pompeo, who said this just within the last 24 hours. listen. >> the level of corruption among iranian leaders shows iran is run by something more like the mafia than a government. the proud, iranian people are not staying silent about its government's abuses. the united states, under president trump, will not stay silent either. >> with me on set, contributor and chief washington reporter for the "boston herald," kimber kimberly, as well as sahill, friends of the show. nikki haley, mike pence, the president won't find dissent among that faction of his administration related to this tough tone on iran. >> absolutely right. if you look at it, i mean, i know there's concern that this is wagging the dog or some other way to distract the conversation, but donald trump has been pretty consistent about this. this is one of the few things he's not really gone back and forth on, about his dis

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that's bad for the u.s. >> admiral, thank you so much for your insights and our great richard engel. us today. >> thank you. >>> back here in the u.s., the coast guard has retrieved that duck boat. the boat that sank in branson, missouri, on thursday. so many questions about safety ignored and other allegations. 17 people died. the ntsb says they hope to have a preliminary report in the coming weeks or months but could take up to a year to get a definitive answer after the boat encountered near hurricane-force winds on table rock lake. survivor tia coleman who tragically lost nine members of her own family, including her husband and three children were ca recalling the moments after the boat capsized. >> when the water filled up the boat, i could no longer see. i just remember, i got to get out. i felt like if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my babies because they could have at least floated up to the top. somebody could have grabbed them. and i wasn't able to do that. >> going home, i already know it's going to be completely difficult. i don't know how i'm going

richard engel is in london with us and ambassador bastille. good to see both of you, one common for these attacks is they seem to be raw meat debate. from a foreign policy standpoint, give me your take on what you saw over the last 12 hours or so. >> chris hill, can you hear me? >> sure, i can hear you. >> i think it is clear that this is raw meat from the base and frankly the iranians and they kind of fell right into it. the quote is of course mor more -- if we have peace, it will be a great peace. if we have war, it will be a great war and it is the thing that donald trump not only wants but absolutely needs. he's had a double header where things have not gone well with north korea and russia and i think the idea that he's a tough guy is very much afraid and i am sure he's tough with the canadians and with the french. this is really been a difficult time for him. i think he knows nothing is going to come of this with iran and simply in efforts to tell his base not to worry about me. i still don't know anything but boy, i am tough. let me rea

." >> good evening, i'm richard engel. the word "kremlin" literally means a fortress in the center of a city. and for hundreds of years this fortress has been a seat of power and a center of intrigue. tonight, we'll examine the case of a former russian agent, alexander litvinenko. exactly what happened to litvinenko, and why, have been mysteries for a very long time. now, there are new leads. litvinenko lived in a world of spies and dissidents, where everyone was playing a game, where access to information can make you a very rich man. or a dead one. 03/12/15 >> reporter: a former russian agent, poisoned. a multi-millionaire found dead in his bathroom. an investigative reporter executed in front of her home. their lives had been interconnected, but what about their deaths? random acts? or as some suspect, part of an international murder conspiracy that stretches across two continents and several world capitals. tonight, we'll investigate who wanted them dead? and why? the case will take us from moscow. to rome. to london.

the indictment in the mueller case and massive protest continues next with "on assignment with richard engel." good evening, richard. >>> thank you, chris. a lot to get to. rachel is off tonight and we're live on trafalgar square in london where president trump was greeted by massive street protests and prime plin ster tre minister theresa may. this afternoon at the exact moment when president trump was meeting the queen of england at windsor castle, back home in the u.s., the justice department announced a string of new charges in the russia investigation. we're going to cover a lot of ground tonight starting with these new indictments. for more on that, we're going to turn back to new york to ari melber. take it away. >> thank you very much, richard. there is, indeed, major news today in this russia investigation. bob mueller charging 12 mill tear military intelligence officers with conspiracy, and other serious crimes. . mueller says the objective was to medal in the 2016 election. these charges come just three days before president trump's scheduled one-on-one meeting with putin in finla

richard engel standing by in moscow. richa richard? >> i don't think they could have asked for anything more here. not only did they get the summit in which just after these indictments have been laid out. then they got the two leaders dismissing them. agreeing that they were a hindrance, something that was getting in the way of their relationship. you had president trump talking about how he commiserated with vladimir putin saying that this was all an attempt by the democratic party to undermine his election. and then you had this false offer from the russian presidency in which russia offered to help out with the mueller investigation if the united states would allow russian investigators to go and look into the magnitsky act which is the reason that u.s.-imposed sanctions -- the u.s. imposed sanctions on russia and other units in which the intelligence agencies have been interfering in russian politics. so this is, by the way, after vladimir putin has said that there's no truth to these allegations. so then he says, yes, we'll coope

. >> that happened earlier today in helsinki, my friend, richard engel, is live in moscow. they may not be dancing in the streets but russians must be celebrating when you think of who russia is on the world stage. the president says vladimir putin is his competition. russia are 30th largest trading partners behind the uae in chile, a country that's been in recession in 2013 in large part because of sanctions that was put in place by the e.u. after russia and next crimea and now president trump gives putin the gift of a lifetime in the summit of helsinki. when putin gives him the soccer ball and said the ball is in your court. yes, please, and thank you sir. >> reporter: so this ace momeist that russians have been looking for years. after this country collapsed with the collapse of the soviet union, russia was looking forward for a new path. it was looking to be treated as an equal again. it wanted to have the ability to project power around the world, it wanted to recreate its influence and it was struggling to do that. it is something that putin have promised the country

nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us now with the reaction from moscow. richard. >> reporter: well, they are very satisfied with the way this went. the russian television networks have been calling this an enormous success. the foreign minister of russia called it terrific, fantastic, beyond super, gushing reaction from kremlin officials. they feel that now the united states and russia are talking as equals, which is something that they have long wanted to do. now, nobody doubts that it is important for world leaders to meet. world leaders who are allies, world leaders who are adversaries, that's not in question here. in that clip you just played, president trump was saying it's important to have dialogue. of course it's important to have dialogue. that's what presidents do. but you have to look at the context. you have to look that this summit came at the end of a european trip in which he bulldozed over european allies, bulldozed over nato, and then appeared to come and be eating out of vladimir putin's hand. that, i think, is what so many people have be

. >> richard engel has been listening to our conversation. when you think ab iout it, thiss a president who just yesterday used the phrase, enemy of the people, to describe the news media. i won't be surprised if i hear commonality of expressions between these two guys. >> reporter: if you remember during the press conference with theresa may, president trump kind of made a joke with her that, oh, it is all the media's fault. you don't have any problems with the news. theresa may kind of laughed it off. if he does the same thing, and he already is talking about fake news leading into the meeting with vladimir putin, this is a country where i am now, moscow, where critics of the kremlin have been beaten up, shot, poisoned. it is a much different situation, to be sharing common ground with a leader whose country treats those who extress opposition so very brutally. listening to this conversation, i sometimes want to put myself in the viewer's perspective. people might be wondering, what is all this? why are people so upset? why the criticism fr

. >>> nbc's richard engel with protesters liked up in lontden. this is all about president trump's visit. he'll soon meet with british prime minister theresa may. we'll have a live report coming up next. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. how mature of them! for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ it's a high-tech sleep revolution. the sleep number 360 smart bed intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts. so you wake up ready to run the world. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. >>> president trump is in great britain, landing in a country he just described as somewhat in turmoil. he's going to be meeting with prime minister theresa may later this afternoon. the president left nato allies spinning this morning after a contentious summit and

we are making our way to that position you saw richard engel and bill neely in. the organizers, i would say take it with a grain of salt. there could be 100,000 people. i would say it's quite impressive. you've been able to fill up the space. why are you out here? >> i'm here because i've got to say something about trump. i'm not anti-america but i'm anti-trump. >> i'm from -- england. i don't normally do this kind of thing but i felt i had to. >> reporter: you came do london to do this? >> i had the day off work. >> thanks so much for talking. >>reporter: one of the things you've been talking about that i wanted to weigh in on. we talk a lot about nato, dissolving of it. if you ukrainian, if you're from there and you live in the uk, russia is a very real daily threat. there's a front line, a battle line that of moves. if nato falls apart, they're going to lose sovereignty and freedom. it's very real fear. >> if you are polish, oh, my god, polish, you look left, you look right. if you are a pole of a certain age, maybe and that is why this is not a talking point

richard engel is in russia ghnight with the fallout. >> reporter: to state sponsored russian tv is pouring praise on president vladimir putin, calling him a master of rhetoric, a more skilled negotiat than president trump. russia's foreign minister gushing, calling the meeting fabulous, better than super. the rt network, accused by u.s. intelligence of a propaganda campaign to sway the u.s. election, its editor in chief telling us russia and the u.s. now mt as equals. >> every president has had to have a chance to con ader hims winner. let's give president trump that chance and let's give president putin the same chance. >> reporter: president trump gave him that chance despite those new indictments for election meddling. indictments so specific they listed names, even addresses. we tveled to o of them in moscow. this imposing building is officially a military university. the indictment says insi of it was the headquarters of unit 26165, the unit charged with primarily responsibility for the hacks on the democratic party. it's located in a high securita of military buildings. the army's ge

>> we have a flood of reaction and richard engel in moscow. what must the russians be thinking? >>> also, a lot of news back home including big trouble for amazon on prime day. >>> missing for a week after her jeep plued off a cliff, tonight how she made it out alive. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it was a stuheing moment in inki today. the president of the united states standing with the leader of russia dismissing his own intelligence experts and their c sions that russia tried to interfere with the 2016 u.s. election. the moment came during a joint f ws conference at the end nearly day-long summit between presidents trump and putin. they apparently spoke of many things, mostly in private. it was putin's complete denial of russian meddling in our election and mr. trump's refusal to fully acknowledge the interference that earned him broad and bipartisan criticism tonight. the president appearing to place his trust in putin over his owen intell agencies. the implications are enormous. potentially emboldening russia to try and underm

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. >>> for more on the protests against the president's visit, we turn to nbc's richard engel. richard, good morning. >> good morning, willie, i'm in central london right now, there are thousands of people here and there will be tens of thousands in london as the day progresses. this is a diverse crowd men, women, old, young, straight, lgbt. there is ethnically diverse crowd here but they have one message -- president trump is not welcome in the city. the blimp of president trump, a baby trump went up this morning, it's already come down and now we'll see the protest marches. they have been peaceful so far. they're expected to be peaceful throughout the day but what people are angry about, we've spoken to several people is what they perceive to be president trump's arrogance. i hope you can hear me, it's getting louder. the meeting that happened with theresa may last night, the dinner at blenham palace. while president trump and theresa may and other people are having dinner, this report comes out in which president trump criticizes her, says that the trade deal might be off, sa

the indictment in the mueller case and massive protest continues next with "on assignment with richard engelthank you, chris. a lot to get to. rachel is off tonight and we're live on trafalgar square in london where president trump was greeted by massive street protests and prime plin ster tre minister theresa may. this afternoon at the exact moment when president trump was meeting the queen of england at windsor castle, back home in the u.s., the justice department announced a string of

for more on the protests against the president's visit, we turns to nb richard engel. richard, good morning. i reporter: good morning, willie. in central london right now. there are thousands of people here and thereill be ten of thousands in central london as the day progresses. this is a very diverse crowd -- men, women, old, youn straight, lgbt. there is ethnically diverse crowd here, but they all have one message. they say that president donald trump is not welcome in this city. the balloon, that blimp of president trump, a baby trum went up this morning. it has already come down. and now what we're going to see are these protests rches. they have been peaceful so far and are expected to be peaceful throughout the buday. what people are angry about -- we've spoken to several people -- is what theye perce to be president trump's arrogance. you just talked about with ou can hear i hope me -- it's getting a little louder -- that meeting that hasaened with theay last night, that dinner at glenham palace. picture this -- while president trump and theresa may and other pe

i want to bring in nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel and retired admiral stavridis. richard, let me start in moscow. the russian defense ministry is already announcing they're ready to act on agreements they say were made with trump, something that wasn't brought up at all yesterday. do you know anything about what's going on? >> reporter: it is somewhat vague, what exactly they're trying to talk about -- what exactly these agreements are. if you listened to that press conference yesterday, and i think the whole world did, there weren't a lot of specifics. we thought maybe there would be specifics about crimea, about u.s. troop presence in syria. but it seemed like the russians want to go forward about denuclearization agreements that had been in the works. russia is saying, we want to move forward, we had this summit and we want to keep moving and not necessarily get sucked into this debate on who did better and who performed worse. >> admiral, i think we're going to get a little more of that today, we literally just learned in the last 30 seconds from the white hous

richard engel is joining us now. richard, what's your take? >> well, i am not sure that today really harm president trump. i think we don't know what we don't know where this will lead to and certainly confirms the media reporting that it has been all along and there is this hack that the russians are dooind -- >> joke on what happened today may even helped them. let me explain why that may be. this is the central crime of the attack on the u.s. electoral el system. this is it. this is the main thing that happened, what we have been talking about for two years. the attack on the dnc, the penetration attack to get into the computers, live inside those computers, extract information, leak them in a way that harmed the democrats, that harmed hillary clinton by sowi ining division between hillary clinton and barry sanders. that's the crime everyone is looking at. president trump said there is no collusion, that he wasn't involved in the crime, that he in no way worked with the russians to carry out any kind of hacking. he's also said nobody really

let's go to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. he is in moscow. richard, we have a quick taste there of what the headlines are. what does it feel like on the ground? how is this being received by the people in russia? >> reporter: you might think that there would be dancing in the streets here, but they are not gloating today. they are, if anything, trying to take this as something that is the normal course of eh ventven. you saw yesterday a bit of giddy excitement when the summit was first over. the russian foreign minister calling it better than super and fabulo fabulous. the headlines on television, quite ecstatic. today, they're talking how this was an important summit between two equals. how this is the return of the -- not the return -- but this is the normal balance between superpowers, and that this is the natural state of events. i think that's the way russians are trying to spin this. this is the way things should always be, should have been always been. this wasn't just a good meeting. it is return to what russia sees as a natural state

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. >> richard engel, is standing by, among those who will be helping out with our coverage. our chief foreign correspondent. richard, as you and i talk, i'm told there's russian video of the same meeting going on, designed for their intake back home. this shows putin getting out of the car, getting greeted behind the bulletproof tent and coming up into the place in helsinki where they're having these talks. you've been studying this issue and all things trump/putin for some time. i'm curious to hear you out. >> so as you've been talking all along, vladimir putin is feeling very confident right now, very good. it's hard to overemphasize how important the world cup was for this country. it is one of the most widely watched events all over the world. and the finals were held here in moscow last night and throughout the games. televisions around the world have been tuned to russia. russia held a successful games. that was seen as a big success for this country. now you have president trump moving through europe like a bulldozer, a tacki attacking al snubbing theresa may, question

we also have live reporting from richard engel who you saw at the top of the hour from the uk with questions about russia's interference and how they followed the president. we'll be right back. >> mr. president, would you tell putin to stay out of u.s. elections? >> yes. ♪ ♪ when i touch you like this ♪ and i hold you like that. ♪ it's so hard to believe ♪ but it's all coming back me. ♪ baby, baby, baby. ♪ if you touch me like this ♪ and when you hold me like that. ♪ all you can eat is back, baby. applebee's. eatin' good in the neighborhood. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. with my bladder leakage, the products i've tried just didn't fit right. they were very saggy. it's getting in the way of our camping trips. but with new sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. introducing more sizes for better comfort. new depend fit-flex underwear is guaranteed to be your best fit. 2, down. back up. our phones are

that said, according to e-mails and documents under covered by our own richard engel a few months ago, and more evidence just published tonight, natalia is in fact deeply tied to the russian government. since the 2016 trump tower meeting came to height last summer, president trump and his eldest son have repeatedly depend donald trump sr. knew anything about that meeting before it happened or after it happen. after it happen has turned into, it has turned into its own scandal. you might remember that donald trump jr. release what had turned out to be a very misleading statement about the purpose of the meeting and what happened at that meeting. it has been reported that president trump himself was directly, personally involved in drafting that false statement. that false statement has been a focus for robert mueller's investigation. but now again tonight, cnn reporting is that michael cohen claims, and should i tell you, there started out as cnn reporting, nbc news has now confirmed michael cohen claims that donald trump the president knew in advance about the trump tower meeting with

nbc's richard engel live in london. you heard what went on behind the scenes at the nato summit. what's your take? >> so you have to look at the pattern that president trump has established. he does this every single time, where he creates a crisis. he has been doing almost nothing but undermining nato since he was a candidate talking about it being irrelevant, obsolete, complaining about the overreliance on the united states. how the u.s. is paying too much of the nato bills. and then after having frightened a lot of nato members. i've spent the last several weeks going to countries, nato members, nonnato members, right on russia's borders. there's a palpable fear that the basic tenant of the nato alliance that is an attack on one is an attack on all is really now something that is not certain. and they're worried about that. and then you have president trump coming out and saying that after his meeting through the force of his personal charisma, everything is better, and that nato has been -- is stronger now than ever and people are committing more money than they ever did in t

white house along with msnbc's garrett haake from capitol hill and nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engelom moscow along with charlie sykes. rod rosenstein was at the white house earlier today. what do you know about that? >> an official tells me he was here for a regular scheduled meeting. what we don't know about what the president is going to be talking about is he will clarify, simply address these comments? we do know he's getting a lot of advice. advice from allies that typically aren't very critical. for example, in the last hour or so, we've heard from a conservative talk radio host. she's saying the president needs to clarify. now, lindsey graham in the senate is saying he needs to fix it. laura ingraham is also making this point, that he went a little bit too far. and i think if we watch the morning develop, we've seen more and more republicans and importantly conservatives in the media space increase and amp up their criticism of the president's performance at that news conference. now at 2:00 p.m., he'll be talking about it. our own peter alexander will be heading inside that

richard engel is broadcasting live from england. i'll be part of the special coverage.o check that out. that does it for us. please be sure to check out the beat weeknights at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> watergate part ii. that is where america is tonight. we now have a detailed indictment of the people who broke into democratic party headquarters during the 2016 presidential campaign. the last time that happened was 1972 when burglars were caught breaking into the democratic national committees offices in the watergate office building in washington, d.c. the people who broke into the democratic party's offices in 1972 were acting to help the republican candidate for president and the people who broke into the democratic party's offices in 2016 were acting to help the republican candidate for president. no one caught the thieves in the act during the 2016 campaign because they broke into the of

we also have live reporting from richard engel who you saw at the top of the hour from the uk with questions about russia's interference and how they followed the president. we'll be right back. >> mr. president, would you tell putin to stay out of u.s. elections? >> yes. h i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk i

. >> richard engel, what about that? the assumption is a summit is always a good tng. is that the case? >> reporter: well, i think that's what you're going to hear president trump say time and me again, and he's already said it a few times, that we should be friends. isn't it a good thing if he has a good r ationship with vladimir putin. after all, the two are traditional adversaries and two have nuclear weapons. what's wrong with a president sitting down with a russian lead? and frankly there is nothing wrong with it, but you have to -- that's what presidents do. they meet with their friends. they meet with their vals, but you have to look at the -- this europeanlmination of a trip that on the first leg of the trip he cticized and undermined nato and then he stabbed one of his closest friends theresa may in the back help. criticized germany, and now he's going out of his way to meet with vladimir putin, and when you look at it in that context, it is not simple police just having a meeting with an adversary to try to make the world safer. it is thet meeting t comes on

richard engel for us.resident trump was asked to account for his tweet blaming the u.s. for a poor relationship with russia. take a listen. >> mr. president, you tweeted this morning that it is u.s. foolishness, stupidity and the mueller probe that is responsible for the line in u.s. relations with russia. do you hold russia at all accountable for anything in particular? and if so, what would you consider them, that they are responsible for? >> yes, i to. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. we should have had this dialogue a long time ago, a long time, frankly, before i got to office. i think we're all to blame. i do feel that we have both made some mistakes. i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it has kept us apart. it has kept us separated. there was no collusion at all. everybody knows it. >> all right. so the president also indulged in conspiracy theories, used to suggest others and not russia were

tonight, richard engel is broadcasting live from london.hiff joins and they've added me to the mix. i'll be part of the special coverage. be sure to check that out. that does it for us. be >> i told myself the worst part of dying is being afraid of dying. and if i'm not afraid it won't be so bad. >> reporter: she was a college student. found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> reporter: tough questions for her boyfriend. >> where was i the night before? what had i been doing? when had i last seen her? >> i really thought he could be our killer. >> reporter: but while police try to prove it, another attack. >> he has got me by the throat and he's shaking me and he's yeg at me, telling me not to say a word

tonight, richard engel is broadcasting live from london. congressman adam schiff joins and they've added me to the mix. i'll be part of the special coverage. be sure to check that out. that does it for us. be >> i told myself the worst part of dying is being afraid of dying. and if i'm not afraid it won't be so bad. >> reporter: she was a college student. found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> reporter: tough questions for her boyfriend. >> where was i the night before? what had i been doing? when had i last seen her? >> i really thought he could be our killer. >> reporter: but while police try to prove it, another attack. >> he has got me by the throat and he's shaking me and he's yeg at me, telling me not to say a word. >> reporter: you're a prisoner in his apartment? >> yes. >> reporter: a college campus gripped by fear. a growing list of suspects. a growing list of victims, too. >> her body had kinda been propped up onto the bed. >> reporter: even law enforcement, they thought,

he talks about they need the weather to play ball and update now from al-jazeera meteorologist richard engel the situation across much of thailand isn't too bad at the moment you see some showers close building up but generally most of the really heavy rain is still a coastal region in the bay of bengal region that's not to say we're not going to get showers in the area indeed as i run this forecasts are you can see shower clothes pushing across the region now having said that we're not certain as to where much of this water comes from whether is simply rain water coming down or whether water is finding its way through from the rivers upstream and working its way down through the mountains but certainly the risk of showers is that we're actually in quite a decent period of weather in terms of a lack of shower activity but soon as we get through into sunday and monday i think the risk of showers across the area will increase now i mention this on thursday as grid because you can't escape the comparisons here with the thirty three miners trapped in chile eight years ago they defied all the odd

again, richard engel a little while ago tried to make the distinction that the president is just talking about the investigation into him and not the wider investigation. is that distinction being made in the general public or does it seem like the president is slamming the entire investigation? >> since the president also says that vladimir putin says he didn't do it and that we have to listen to him, i'm not sure that's a distinction that is actually meaningful. he denies the premise -- not merely that there was any collusion, but that there was anything to collude with. both the internet research agency indictment in february and this indictment today show that the justice department believes that it can prove using admissible evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the premise is wrong and that there is a serious set of -- an actual pair of conspiracies to interfere with our election, both organized out of moscow by russians or agents of the russian state or the russian state itself. and, you know, i agree very much with chuck -- both chucks actually -- that the remaining big questio

let's go to moscow right now and talk to richard engel and ask richard what, richard, do the russianst out of this meeting with donald trump? what is vladimir putin's strategic goal? >> reporter: so strategically i think russia feels as you were just talking about with david ignatius and ambassador mcfall very confident. as you said numerous times they had a successful world cup. the whole world's attention was focused on russia and the overwhelming majority of the coverage was positive. president trump went through europe like a bulldozer, blasting nato, blasting the eu and is now showing up to meet with vladimir putin, even though this indictment which has just accused russian intelligence officials of carrying out ewater get. strategically russia is feeling in a good place. now it's about the tactics, what will they specifically ask for in this, in this meeting. and if you look at the statements that have come out of the kremlin even this morning it seems like they might have specific asks regarding syria. there are about 2,000 u.s. special forces in syria. russia doesn't want them