>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. we begin with the heartbreaking story of otto warmbier, the university of virginia student who was held by north korea for nearly a year and a half. his family announced that warmbier died today less than a week after the north koreans sent him home to ohio in a coma. president trump put out a statement saying, "the united states once again condemns the brutality of the north korean regime as we mourn its latest victim." here's michelle miller. >> reporter: otto's parents fred and cindy warmbier released a statement saying their son had completed his journey home, going on to say, "unfortunately the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans assured that no other outcome was experienced today." the comatose 22-year-old college student was flown back to the u.s. last tuesda

." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. president trump has turned crossing the line into a political art form. but when he lashed out at two cable tv hosts this morning he may have ventured into new territory. now members of both parties are calling him out. major garrett begins our coverage. >> reporter: the president fired off his tweets shortly before 9 a.m. just as nsnbc's "morn joe" program was wrapping up. mr. trump called anchors mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, low-i.q. crazy mika and psychojoe. this photo on social media appears to confirm the visit. on today's "morning joe" program, brzezinski had been critical of mr. trump. >> nothing makes a man feel better than making a fake cover of a magazine about himself, lying every day and destroying the country. >> reporter: but the personal nature of the president's tweets drew immediate condemnation, including from republicans on capitol hill. house speaker paul ryan: clnd. >> look, what we're trying to do around here is improve the tone and civility of the debate

." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. does the trump white house have a nixon-style recording system? for 41 days, the president kept us guessing after putting out a tweet that suggested he might be recording conversations, or at least those he had with then-f.b.i. director james comey. today, we got the answer-- it was a bluff. and it all began withw comey's claim and the president's denial that mr. trump had asked comey for a pledge of loyalty. julianna goldman is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump returned to where he started the controversy-- twitter, writing, "i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey, but i did not make, and do not have, any such recordings." his admission came nearly six weeks after he tweeted fired f.b.i. director james comey "better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> reporter: the president's tweet set off a chain reaction. comey told congress i

mason. take care family. we will see you tonight. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: bipartisan backlash. republicans and democrats blast the president over his latest demeaning tweet. >> how come low i.q. crazy mika along with psychojoe, she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. >> mason: no apology from the white house. >> he fights fire with fire. >> mason: also tonight, what happens to drug treatment programs if obamacare is repealed? >> without medicaid expansion, i probably would be dead. >> mason: the new labor trend. americans changing careers in their 40s and 50s. >>imented to be in a position where i could never be downsized. >> mason: and for sale-- nine bedrooms, five baths, one giant

anthony mason vishe where they' preparing for their upcoming tour. good morning. >> good morning. theyal bit of a musical soap opera. christine mcvie married to john and lindsey living with steve i have knicks. for the first time buckingham and christine mcvie have teemed up musically. >> there's been a lot of drama. >> oh, you can say that. >> you two never had drama between the two of you. >> no, no. >> not yet. >> lindsey buckingham and christine mcvie began working on new songs together when she rejoined fleetwood mack after a long absence in 2014. th john mcvie and fwlootd provide much of the rhythm which makes it almost a fleetwood mac album. >> everybody's on this album except stevie and everybody wonders if it's a fleetwood mac album sno album. >> no. no one was saying that. we thought let's get together. it took a week about getting territorial about it being a duet album. >> reporter: last month they took over sound stage 22 on the sony lot in los angeles to begin rehearsing for a summer tour. mcvie has been singing harmonies with buckingham since he first joined fleetwo