and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decade what would be a stable north korean peninsula mean in terms of economic opportunity one possible initiative we may see sooner than later is a shared gas pipeline between north and south korea and russia is hoping to cash in on that argues alex mahela bitches following the story and. ron and alex we are obviously in the very early stages the north and south korea having closer ties but you can be sure that the nations of the world are already looking at the potential benefits of a peaceful korean peninsula even if it takes a number of years tell us about this pipeline idea. we know that north korea is a resource rich in every way shape and form and just think about cellphones and all the rare minerals that they have up there but beyond that like this pipeline would be huge and of course russia's gazprom they've been on it they wanted to do this for a very long time there was a preliminary agreement signed between south korea and russia back in two thousand and eigh

and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decade what would be a stable north korean peninsula mean in terms of economic opportunity one possible initiative we may see sooner than later is a shared gas pipeline between north and south korea and russia is hoping to cash in on that argues alex mahela bitches following the story in toronto alex we are obviously.

and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decade what would be a stable north korean peninsula mean in terms of economic opportunity one possible initiative we may see sooner than later is a shared gas pipeline between north and south korea and russia is hoping to cash in on that argues alex mahela vision's following the story in toronto alex we are obviously in the very early stages of north and south korea having closer ties but you can be sure that the nations of the world are already looking at the potential benefits of a peaceful korean peninsula even if it takes a number of years tell us about this pipeline idea. we know that north korea is.

and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decade what would be a stable north korean peninsula mean in terms of economic opportunity one possible initiative we may see sooner than later is a shared gas pipeline between north and south korea and russia is hoping to cash in on that argues alex mahela bitches following the story. ron and alex we are obviously in the very early stages of north and south korea having closer ties but you can be sure that the nations of the world are already looking at the potential benefits of a peaceful korean peninsula even if it takes a number a year of years tell us about this pipeline idea. we know that north korea is a resource rich in every way shape and form and just think about cellphones and all the rare minerals that they have up there but beyond that like this pipeline would be huge and of course russia's gazprom they've been on it they wanted to do this for a very long time there was a preliminary agreement signed between south korea and russia back in two thousand and ei

and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decade what would be a stable north korean peninsula mean in terms of economic opportunity one possible initiative we may see sooner than later is a shared gas pipeline between north and south korea and russia is hoping to cash in on that argues alex mahela bitch and following the story in toronto alex we are obviously in the very early stages of north and south korea having closer ties but you can be sure that the nations of the world are already looking at the potential benefits of a peaceful korean peninsula even if it takes a number a year of years tell us about this pipeline idea. we know that north korea is a resource rich in every way shape and form and just about cellphones and all the rare minerals that they have up there but beyond that like this pipeline would be huge and of course russia's gazprom they've been on it they wanted to do this for a very long time there was a preliminary agreement signed between south korea and russia back in two thousand and eigh

involvement there is william cohen, former secretary of defense, and ambassador chris hill, former u.s. assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs and former ambassador to iraq thank you,, for joining us minutes ago, microphone mcconnell said if trump reaches an agreement witnorth korea, he hopes it's as a treaty. is that necessary? >> i thi, ultimately, if we're to have a peace on the korean peninsula or a cessation of hostilities, then there has to be an agreement, and i would say that's very far down the line. we have not began begun yet to figure out how many weapons, on sites, missile systems, et cetera, that have to be counted and verified to begin with, so i think talking about a treaty is a long way away. >> and, ambassador, clearly, there's a long way to go beforw successful yetting for president trump, but regardless of what happens from here, is it already a successful meeting for kim jong up? >> no question it's very successful for kim jong un this is amazing stuff for him to be sitting in equal terms with the president of the united states the north ko

and joining us now is former us defense secretary william cohen.its from this summit? i think clearly the russians benefit. president putin has been on the outside of the g8, he has been seen as having engaged in poisoning of individuals living in britain. he is seen as having invaded another country, ukraine and annex in crimea. he is seen as harassing aircraft and international airspace and waters and so i think undoubtably a meeting between him and president trump will benefit him. which is not to say that should not be a meeting. we need to have better relationships with russia but it should be on our terms and not putin's terms. the notion we should simply welcome back into the family of civilised nations is not we should do lightly. is that a risk? that he will do that? i think he will. we have seen what happened with north korea, the notion that oui’ with north korea, the notion that ourtraining and with north korea, the notion that our training and preparation that we engage in every year annual exercises is provocative, that is the languag

with is now it william cohen, form ore secretary of state under president clinton. the director for korea and japan at the national security council, she's now at the center of strategic studies. and onset staying up late josh letterman along with asia correspondent for npr elise who. there's some reaction coming in fromlol hil and senators. listen. >> i don't think canceling a war game is going to matter over the arc of time. the one thing i would violently disagree with is removing our troops. i can't imagine i would vote for any agreement that requires us to withdraw our forces because that would destabilize asia. that's what china wants. that doesn't make the world for peaceful, it makes it more dangerous. >> secretary, is lindsey graham right here? do you agree? >> absolutely. and i would take issue with the characterization of war games. these are exercises in order to prevent a war, to deter war. and when we don't exercise and train, then you increase the risk of harm to our individual soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines. exercises are key to readines

exercises will be, but someone who knows the subject better than most is former us defense secretary william cohenrely if the talks break down, you can reschedule it? the symbolic impact is quite severe. number one, the south koreans were not alerted. i understand that the us department of defence was not alerted. so this came simply via the president'sdeclaration that they we re president'sdeclaration that they were off. the symbol is that we are pulling back, and this is too costly for us to do. to me, you could say we could reduce the size of our military to save on costs. we could reduce exercises around the globe and save costs. the reason that we exercise and training is so that we can be ready to meet any contingency. so when you cancel one, yes, you could put it back, but if it is true what president trump has said, this is a provocation. that is language from the north koreans, that our exercises were a provocation. if you cancel them and put them back on, isn't that more of a provocation? you can't go back to the beginning of this again. you can't go back and tell the russians and the ch

cohen from mr. trump. a risky move for the president. that is tonight's "last word." brian will have more oth in the "11th hour" with brian williamsnight, the man referred to as donald trump's fixer, michael cohen, about to change legal teams leading to speculation he's close to cooperating with the feds to save his family. >>> plus, news tonight from "the washington post." robert mueller still asking witnesse about cohen as recently as five days ago reportedly. >>> and tonight, what it all means for the president, his west wing, and his legal team as he returns from the summit as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a wednesday night. >>> this was day 510 of the trump administration. there is new pressure on the president's long-time personal attorney and so-called fixer, michael coh

williams, which stts now. >>> tonight, the man referred to as donald trump's fixer, michael cohen, about to change legal teams leading to speculation he's close to cooperating with the feds to save his family. >>> plus, news tonight from "the washington post." robert mueller still asking witnesse about cohen as recently as five days ago reportedly. >>> and tonight, what it all means for the president, his west wing, and his legal team as he returns from the summit as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a wednesday night. >>> this was day 510 of the trump administration. there is new pressure on the president's long-time personal attorney and so-called fixer, michael coh new york tonight. and by extension on the president himself. cohen is currently the subject of a criminal investigation into his business dealings. the case was referred, you may recall, to the feds in new york from the mueller team in washington. sources close to cohen tell nbc news he's now for a new legal team, or lawyer, to represent him. one report even raises the possibility that cohen may. more likely to flip and start cooperating as a hi

williams, thank you. >>> just a short time before his former campaign chairman was sent to jail, president trump made a surprise appearance in the white house north lawn unloading about the fbi, mueller and michael cohen in a morning show interview and 20-minute back and forth with reporters including our own kristen welker who has the fact check for us tonight. >> reporter: president trump unleashed and on the attack. in a free-willing face-off with reporters, the president said that doj inspector general report which sharply criticize james comey and the fbi, lets him off the hook. >> there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. the ig report yesterday went a long way to show that. >> reporter: but that's misleading. the report was only about the fbi's handling of the clinton e-mail investigation, not the russia probe. still, the president slamming the ig reports finding that politics didn't play a role. >> it was a pretty good report, and i say the ig blew it at the end with that statement. >> reporter: all of it as the president sharpens his attacks against special counsel robert mueller. last night, his attorney rudy giuliani said mueller's investigation should be suspended. are you thinking

cohen probably rsvps to weddings, "yes, unless indicted." >> seth meyers gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort in jail pending his september trial as the mueller investigation plows forward. >>> plus a free-wheeling appearance from the president on the white house driveway, ranging from pardons to immigration to north korea. >>> and is vladimir putin next on trump's agenda? new reporting tonight on donald trump's wish to sit down with the russian president. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 512 of the trump administration, and the president's former campaign manager, the man who engineered donald trump's ascendancy to the top of the gop field in 2016, is now behind bars. paul manafort is spending his first night in a virginia jail, this after a federal judge in washington, d.c., revoked his bail privileges and ordered him detained. all of this coming after allegations from robert mueller's t

cohen probably rsvps to weddings, "yes, unless indicted." >> seth meyers gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams now. >>> tonight, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort in jail pending his september trial as the mueller investigation plows forward. >>> plus a free-wheeling appearance from the president on the white house driveway, ranging from pardons to immigration to north korea. >>> and is vladimir putin next on trump's agenda? new reporting tonight on donald trump's wish to sit down with the russian president. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 512 of the trump administration, and the president's former campaign manager, the man who engineered

product of ruth williams within the community and to make sure that we are exposing all of our communities for the arts .-guessed within this area. thank you again i'm done. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. i'm in the san francisco domestic violence consortium. i'm here is one small but honoured representative of the community that works 24 hours a day to end domestic violence, sexual assault, stocking and trafficking in san francisco. there is a $1.2 million budget ask. it sounds like a lot ,-guessed but it is only 41,000 average per program. we are coming to the board of supervisors, to the board of supervisors to remind folks that even though it's not covered in the media, san francisco's most vulnerable are being battered, raped, shot, stock, harassed, and trafficked every day. they need our help and we need your help. thank you so much. [please standby for captioner switch] >> supervisor cohen: just as a reminder, there are no signs in the chamber. please come down. next speaker. >> good morning. >> supervisor cohen: good morning. >> my name is chiang ten. [speaking native language] [through the interpreter] >> as a pare

cohen: please. you can put it in the box here and we'll collect it and make sure it's reflected in the file. is there another speaker? >> good morning.egor williams. came in here yesterd. and i indicated your unprofessionalism as councilmembers and you wibe terminated. rw i have a question. ards to indications that are being discussed now. is it in general or is it one specific category we're discussing at this time? >> supervisor cohen: it's public comment at this time. >> okay. again, what i identify on your paperwork, which is proposed that it must be reviewed because there is so much excessive financial means that is being and it goes to the question where we don't s any change, where the actual financialbi to the ecic category doesn't provide any change. so wre is the funding going? and whom, one of you, are allowing this excessive funding? i'm the beneficiary. i own this wealth. what are you doing with e financial means -- education, libraries, law enforcement? what else? re ie the funding going? because we shouldn't be nt o talking osalopthe same concept in the hen we got to overreview the proposals because some of them don't make sense. y

, michael cohen is going to sing like a canary, which is ironic because it's trump that actually looks like one. >> stephen colbert gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williamsor insubordination in his handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. but the doj inspector general also found no political bias in the fbi's conclusion. >>> plus legal trouble for the president as his home state attorney general files a lawsuit against the trump foundation. and now the president's vowing not to settle the case. >>> and could this possibly be paul manafort's last night of freedom? he's due in court tomorrow on a witness tampering charge and could have his bail revoked. "the 11th hour" on a thursday night begins now.

, michael cohen is going to sing like a canary, which is ironic because it's trump that actually looks like one. >> stephen colbert gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight james comey is called out for insubordination in his handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. but the doj inspector general also found no political bias in the fbi's conclusion. >>> plus legal trouble for the president as his home state attorney general files a lawsuit against the trump foundation. and now the president's vowing not to settle the case. >>> and could this possibly be paul manafort's last night of freedom? he's due in court tomorrow on a witness tampering charge and could have his bail revoked. "the 11th hour" on a thursday night begins now. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 511 of the trump administration brings something the president and his allies have been clamoring for, and that is the report from the justice department's own inspector general on the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. the doj has ended its internal review of that whole fracas. while it finds