today in describing the situation with north korea. i'll talk to the former u.s. ambassador to china about whether he thinks it will end in military conflict. >>> and down on the bayou. in trump country, residents give their take on the health care proposal and the president, ahead right here on "msnbc live." >>> we begin with the first 100 days. president trump in florida for a working weekend. a day after meeting with the chancellor of germany, angela merkel. he tweeted, "i had a great meeting despite what you've heard in the fake news." "nevertheless, germany owes vast sums of money to nato." >>> meanwhile, the administration is stepping up on its pressure on china to keep north korea from expanding its nuclear program. secretary of state rex tillerson is in beijing today where he met with his chinese counterpart ahead of his meeting with president xi jinping tomorrow. >> we have agreed to work together to see if we can bring the government in pyongyang to a place where ty want to make a course correction and move away from their development of their nuclear weapons. but it is wit

. new reports of rocket engine tests by north korea overshadowing re overshadowing rex tillerson's visit to china. aiming to pave the way with stronger relations with china as tensions rise over north korea and janice mackey-frayer is in beijing with more now. tell us more about these meetings and the result. >> reporter: well, jacob, the secretary of state and president xi jinping of china would have a lot of differences on issues like trade, taiwan and the south china sea. you'll remember that rex tillerson at his confirmation hearing has threatened a naval blockade against china in the south china sea, but today they said nothing publicly about any of the issues straing u.s.-chinarelationship. it was friendship and cooperation with tiller son using the same diplomatic language favored by chinese officials. here's what he had to say. >> we know that through further dialogue we will achieve a greater understanding that will lead to a strengthening of the ties between china and the united states and set the tone for our future relationship of cooperation. >> reporter: they also did

stop north korea from building missiles? >>> president trump and that wiretapping claim he's still standing by despite no evidence provide and he even made a joke about it with visiting chancellor angela merkel yesterday. she didn't seem to appreciate the humor in it. >>> more alarm over last week's white house intruder and a huge unanswered question. how could he have roamed the grounds for than 16 minutes before he was arrested? >>> and this morning, renewed outeye over the president's proposed budget cuts including meals on wheels. what can rho outraged democrats do about it? >>> new today, secretary of state rex tillerson is in china on an important mission, meeting with china's top diplomats to discuss the escalating threat posed by north korea and the path forward. janice is in beijing for us. good evening to you, janice. secretary tilleon spoke earlier this morning. what did he say? >> reporter: the visit was expected to be ugh. it's cordial but got a bit chillier with that tweet that arrived overnight from president trump where he said north korea is behaving very badly, it

program by north korea and no government in south korea after its impeachment of its president a few days ago. back to you, chris. >> andrea, thank you. let's get back to the big stories unfolding here in shington. let me bring in white house correspondent hallie jackson. kasie hunt on capitol hill and here with me, "new york times" political reporter jeremy peters. from the beginning taking the donald trump wire comments as they are and then going to, well, maybe it's broader surveillance. now you have these two leaders of the committee saying, look, some of this is litteral. some of it not so literal depending on how you take it. >> reporter: first of all, what you described we have attributed to devin nunes who a different take on it than adam schiff. they both agree that the president, if taken literally, is not correct. and devin nunes said that very explicitly. he said if you take the tweets literally, then the president was clearly wrong to say that this wiretap was happening. so what does that mean? what could the president have been referring to? they are trying to inves

statement yet about the danger of north korea. >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patience has ended. we're exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures, all options are on the table. >> good day, i'm chris jansing in -- good day, i'm chris jansing in washington, where president trump is meeting with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house. in an hour the two leader also hold a joint press conference but overshadowing this visit and everything else on the president's agenda for that matter the white house digging in on those wiretapping accusations, despite top lawmakers and investigators strongly knocking down the claim, saying there is simply no evidence. ah but that didn't stop sean spicer from firing back during a very contentious white house press briefing citing a series of news reports that they say justify the president's claims. >> the president's been very clear when he talked about this and he talked about it last night, and we talked about "wiretapping" he meant surveillance, and that there have been incidents that have

prime minister abe, talking to the foreign minister, and the main focus is north korea, the threat from the north trying to pull japan and south korea and put pressure on china to do more. he says that there has been a classal failure in 20 years, decades of both republican and democratic administrations in trying to turn north korea from going nuclear. he is certainly right about that. they have gone nuclear, nothing has worked. he says they have a new strategy but didn't say what that strategy is. >> this budget proposal. 21 cuts to the labor and agriculture department. over 30% cuts to the epaa. bold move from the white house but it is, as we heard from mick mulvaney what the president wanted. already pushback from both democrats and republicans. how are the senior staff and the budget director going to sell this? how are they going to defend it. >> we will hear from the budget director two hours from now. already this morning in interviews he is making it clear that what he has been doing with this budget is trying to put into policy what the president campaigned on, the promis

note, we'll be talking about north korea coming up and the missile power as it's been flexing ballistic missile muscles. when it will be able to fire a h missed that could hit the u.s.? "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. >>> there are growing tensions today on the korean peninsula where the u.s. and south korea are engaged in military exercises just days after north korea's latest missile launches. keep an eye on china is condemning north korea for firing four midrange ballistic missiles this week. they allegedly were aimed at u.s. military bases in japan. beijing is also denouncing a new u.s. missile defense system in south korea, the first parts for it arriving this week. because of that, the chinese foreign minister warns the u.s. and north korea could be on track for a head-on collision. all this raising alarms about when north korea will reach its goal of developing a

to north korea. >> the policy of strategic patience has ended. we're exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. >> is the u.s. ready to up the stakes against north korea? a live report from the pentagon and marine one has just landed in florida. donald trump going there for his -- i think it's -- i'm sorry, marine one landing at joint base andrews will donald trump will take off from there and go down to mar-a-lago, florida, for what i believe is his fifth or sixth trip to what they like to call the winter white house. that costs tax payers about $3 million per trip. we will see donald trump when he gets off that helicopter in just a second. stay with us. e*trade's powerful trading tools, give you access to in-depth analysis, and a team of experienced traders ready to help if you need it. it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. it's your trade. e*trade when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can l

. right now we have rex tillerson and others talking about going to war with north korea and jonathan's right. one day the president will have to say, listen, we have intelligence saying this or that, and because of that we took military action. and how can you believe donald trump on anything? that intelligence could be something that he heard on alex jones' radio show that morning. this is a guy who can't tell the difference between real facts, alternative facts, and things he just makes up. >> i mean, look, i obviously agree with that and i think one of the big problems that we have right now is there are too few people with credibility on these issues who are speaking on behalf of the united states. that starts frankly with the secretary of state, rex tillerson, who thankfully has now started allowing briefings to be conducted from the state department. we didn't have any between roughly january 19th and march 6th. he's finally started to answer some questions of his own in a press availability in asia. but what we need is policy statements. speeches. public diplomacy conducted by p

north korea and jonathan's right. one day the president will have to say, listen, we have intelligence saying this or that, and because of that we took military action. and how can you believe donald trump on anything? that intelligence could be something that he heard on alex jones' radio show that morning. this is a guy who can't tell the difference between real facts, alternative facts, and things he just makes up. >> i mean, look, i obviously agree with that and i think one of the big problems that we have right now is there are too few people with credibility on these issues who are speaking on behalf of the united states. that starts frankly with the secretary of state, rex tillerson, who thankfully has now started allowing briefings to be conducted from the state department. we didn't have any between roughly january 19th and march 6th. he's finally started to answer some questions of his own in a press availability in asia. but what we need is policy statements. speeches. public diplomacy conducted by people other than the president and the press secretary who i do

>> recognize that the diplomatic and other efforts of the past 20 years to bring north korea to a point of denuclearization have failed. we have 20 years of failed approach. that includes a period the united states provided $1.35 billion in assistance to north korea as an encouragement to take a different pathway. that encouragement has been met with further development of nuclear capabilities, more missile launches including those of the february 11th and march 5th. in the face of this ever escalating threat, it is clear a different approach is required. >> reporter: tillerson met with prime minister abe today and asked about the state department's proposed 29% budget cut according to the white house this morning. he said the current spending level is not sustainable and he accepts the challenge of

you, richard. >>> next, rex tillerson's bold new stand against north korea. the secretary of state secretarying military action is still on the table. >>> and the potential impact of president trump's new tweets targeting germany and nato. only invisalign® clear aligners are made with smarttrack® material to precisely move your teeth to your best smile. see how invisalign® treatment can shape your smile up to 50% faster today at invisalign.com i just had to push one button wto join.s thing is crazy. it's like i'm in the office with you, even though i'm here. it's almost like the virtual reality of business communications. no, it's reality. introducing intuitive, one touch video calling from vonage. call now and get amazon chime at no additional cost. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation if my plans change. visit booking.com. booking.yeah. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson, is urging china's cooperation in dealing with north korea's

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state visits the dmz separating north and south korea and raises the possibility of a preemptive strike. >> all the options are on the table. >> we start this morning with the president's wiretapping allegations. the white house still refusing to back down despite the growing list of lawmakers who say there's simply no evidence. that list now includes the leaders of the house and senate intelligence committees as well as speaker paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. peter alexander is live at the white house. let's start with this nugget that seemed to bubble up over the last few hours. britain now upset about something sean spicer said. spicer, apparently, may be apologizing to a certain extent. walk us through that, sir. >> this is more than a nugget. this is significant. this would be the first of public comments we should say not public, but private comments. the white house is backing down from the claim, sticking behind the president on his claim president obama helped wiretap trump tower. what we now know according to a spokesperson for the british prime minister is the white house prom

hundreds of thousands of chinese troops over their border into north korea to help the communist side in the korean fight. and general douglas macarthur went to president truman when that happened and he told president truman that he wanted the united states to wage war on china in response. he wanted to start bombing china, and quite famously, president truman fired him for that. fired him. removed him. that was a big hairy political deal at the time because general macarthur was really, really popular. he was so popular they threw parades in his honor when he came home from being fired. you've seen this footage. some of the most iconic footage of gigantic ticker tape parades in the canyon of heroes in new york city is from the enormous parade that new york threw for douglas macarthur after he got fired by the president. literally millions of people turned out in tribute to him after he got fired. macarthur was really, really, really popular even though he maybe wanted to start world war iii. all the legends about douglas macarthur were larger than life. in world war ii when he

tokyo, tensions are rising with north korea threatening today merciless attacks if they infringe on their joint military exercises. there are signs that pyongyang may be readying another missile launch which threatens neighbors here and a threat of developing a long-range missile capable of reaching the west coast of the u.s. this will be rex tillerson's first major foreign trip as secretary of state in the midst of a lot of controversies over budget cuts and restrictions on press coverage. it will be a big test for him and we'll have a lot more coming up later on the show. now back to you, chris. >> we're looking forward to that. thank you so much, andrea. here in washington, president trump will discuss the way forward with health care with paul ryan this afternoon. this is after the release of the stunning report from the budget office casting big doubts over the health care bill promoted by the president. those cbo findings, 14 million people would no longer have health coverage in 2018 and then that number skyrockets to 21 million by 2020 and then 24 million by 2026. >> good mo

hoping to get it to the floor for a vote this thursday. rex tillerson talking tough on north korea. the secretary of state in china today after a two-day visit to south korea where he said all options are on the table for dealing with the north and its nuclear weapons program. the winners ask losers in the president's budget proposal. even some republican lawmakers say certain parts of the budget simply will not go. a look at which of the proposed cuts has lawmakers on both sides concerned. all right. beer going to start here, though, with the health care showdown. the white house is trying to shore up republican support for their obama care replacement bill. they do not have much time. a final vote may come as early as thursday in the house while republicans remain shar sharply divide odd where to support it or not. the president met with a key group of conservative lawmakers friday saying he convinced some to vote yes. well, today mike pence made his pitch directly to the people traveling to jacksonville, florida, in front of the small business owners as well as everyday citizens. pen

, suffers from the same underlying flaws as the original. >> and finally, north korea more launches of test missiles. to we know anything more about the range and the viability of these tests and whether or not we've been able to slow down their missile development? we see reports from david sanger and other as the "new york times" that we've actually used our computer, our cyber technology to try to slow down their development of this program. >> well, i can't comment on that report, but i can say that we certainly haven't been able to slow down their ballistic missile program to the degree we would need to, to bring it to a halt and over a matter of time and very possibly within this president's first term, north korea may be able to miniaturize a nuclear device, may be able to perfect the technology for an intercontinental ballistic missile and marry the two and that would pose a substantial threat to the money. when you consider the damage the president is doing to his own reputation making these outlandish claims because should north korea get to that point, should the presiden

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brought donald trump's mental health into question, he is facing a new crisis in north korea and luckily president trump is doing what president obama told him to do. >> grandpa shuffled out of his room and got into his twitter again. >> i would describe him as not being a happy camper. >> the president firmly believes that the obama administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower. >> we're living in a period of insanity, quite obviously. >> there was no such wiretap activity. >> the former head of breitbart appears to be handing the president some fake news. >> obama's team used the pretext of russian interference in the election to justify wiretaps. >> the president cannot order a wiretap. >> to surveil members of the trump campaign. >> that's a voice to be believed. >> for those of you who believe he's crazy like a fox, no, he's not a fox. okay? >> the relevant question isn't so much what did the president know and when did he know it? as it is, is the president physically capable of knowing things at all? >> the president of the united states put his own reputation, the

today over the danger posed by north korea. could that country launch an attack on parts of the u.s.? plus, why is rex tillerson leaving the media behind on one of his first big trips overseas as the secretary of state? i'm going to speak to former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson about those questions and then, northeast blizzard watch. a serious last blast of winter expected this week in parts of the northeast. so which state is going to get hit the hardest? we'll have detail ahead this hour on msnbc live, but we do want to begin with politics and new reaction to the republicans' healthcare proposal as it faces its next big hurdle and this week the vote in the budget committee. gop members opposed to the plan, this morning we have tom jordan and rand paul and tom cotton. >> it doesn't bring down premms and it doesn't unite republicans. thkey is let's do what we told the voters we were g to do. let's repeal obamacare and not create a different form of obamacare. i'm not for this plan and i think there's lots of opposition to this plan in the house and the senate. >> if w

pentagon is all over this, but what are we going to do about north korea? i mean, we're focused on the nuclear weapons but now we see evidence of this. >> i think the president's made it clear that the issue of north korea already garnered a cig kamt amount of attention by our administration. i know while prime minister abe was visiting the united states, north korea actually fired a missile in the direction of japan. it fell in the ocean about 200 miles short, but the provocations by and what we assume is the murderous act most recent of kim jong-un against his half-brother using chemical agents, vx agents, i think should be deeply troubling and the american people should know that our administration is in the process of talking to our allies in the region and discussing ways that we can -- that we can deal with the rising threat of north korea. >> i don't pretend to know the solution, but it seems like every administration has tried something. we've tried talking to them. we've tried sanctions. we've tried six-party talks. and what's happened is that every time you pick up the newspa

moments ago from the president aiming a verbal warning shot at north korea, you can see it here telling them they're behaving very badly, all of it as the secretary of state puts the option of military action on the table. there is a lot to talk about on this friday. our power house team is here. chris jansing is on the set, susan davis, margaret tolive and national political reporter for "the washington post" robert costa. thank you all for being with us. chris, we're getting new reaction this morning from across the pond about some of the comments made by press secretary sean spicer. this has the potential to be an issue. what are we learning? >> reporter: yeah, they're not happy about it. you were there yesterday when sean spicer went on this long explanation of the various reports out there supposedly supporting what the president had said, that somehow there were surveillance ordered by the obama administration. and one of the things he talked about was a fox news report. they claim that three different intelligence sources had told them that the president went outside, i'm

. it wants china to be helpful with north korea. the president has tried to stake out a hard line with china and wling blinked when he he said china and taiwan are one country. to even get on the phone with china, the president had to say he did support the one china policy. so this is definitely an effort to move the conversation. >> currency manipulation, jobs, trade, david, these are the kinds of populist messages that really resonated with a lot of voters during the campaign, argue wably those are some of t major reasons donald trump is in the white house today. how real is the worry that all of that is getting lost amid the incessant conversation about russia and ties to russia and things oh of that nature? >> not much and here's why. this is like donald trump was able to win the presidency of the united states, because what's happening within washington and new york and some of those above the fold headlines in "the new york times" sound great and just kind of juicy. but how this plays in peoria and the rust belt, those states that donald trump won, they're worried about oth

, ken, simon and joy. up next, rex tillerson says diplomacy with north korea failed. is he toup the job he's supposed to be doing? that's ahead. ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each job created by the energy industry supports two others in the community. altogether, the industry supports over 9 million jobs nationwide. these are jobs that natural gas is helping make happen, all while reducing america's emissions. energy lives here. >>> the diplomatic and other efforts of the past 20 years to bring north korea to a point of denuclearization have failed. >> welcome back to "hardball." secretary of state rex tillerson in japan just yesterday saying diplomacy toward north korea had failed. you heard the word there. it comes as north korea continues to step up ballistic missile tests after detonating two nuclear warheads last year. the secretary's rhetoric signals a scary break from the policy advanced in the region for decades as "the washington post" reports today that is bringing the united

comey is hitting back. >>> and north korea launched four ballistic missiles into the sea angering south korea. it's the latest in the round of tests. >>> and jeff sessions to address russia questions after meeting with the russian ambassador last year. hey there, good morning, everyone. it is monday, march 6th. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. james comey is the highest ranking official to push back against president trump's allegations of politically motivated surveillance of trump tower in the final stretch of the presidential campaign. a senior u.s. official tells nbc news that comey asked the justice department to publicly refute trump's claims that former president barack obama ordered the tapping of his phones as false and needing correction, reportedly making that request on saturday, insinuating that the fbi broke the law. "the new york times" was first to report the request. no official statement has been made by either comey, the fbi or the justice department. the white house press secretary sean spicer released a statement, quote, reports concerning

. china has a warning for north korea and for the u.s. as the u.s. holds military exercises with south korea. we're having a live report from beijing. >>> and the new wikileaks document dump claiming to be the biggest release of american spy documents ever. what it means for your privacy, your personal devices, your phones, secret apps, even your television could be listening to you. take a break and don't talk during the break, otherwise i'll listen to you. and two in the reserves. our 18 year old was in an accident. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. it actually helped to know that somebody else cared and wanted make sure that i was okay. that was really great. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. usaa. we know what it means to serve. call today to talk about your insurance needs. let's take a look at some numbers: 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom... is a stroke. 80 percent of all strokes and heart disease? preventable. and 149 dollars is all it takes to get screened and

tillerson talking tough on north korea. the secretary of state in china today after a two-day visit to south korea where he said all options are on the table for dealing with the north and its nuclear weapons program. president trump says cna shouldo me to help with north korea. now chinese leaders are pushing back. the president catching a lot of heat for his latest budget proposal and even some republican lawmakers say it won't fly in congress. who wins? who loses? what's next? >>> we start with health care and the big sales push from the white house. time is running short. they're aiming for a thursday vote in the house on their obama care replacement bill. the president claimed he is gaining more republican support, but there's a significant block of republicans who still say they won't vote for it. vice president pence is trying to shore up support today making the case to small business owners in jacksonville, florida. it is the second weekend in a row he has done that. pence had one message, obama care must go. >> florida can't afford obama care anymore. job creators in florida

. >>> still ahead, international outrage continues over north korea's most recent missile test. the trump administration says all options are on the table for dealing with that. >>> andrea mitchell gets unruly for trying to get answers to secretary of state rex tillerson. we here, by the way, are applauding her. i joined the army in july of '98. i did active duty 11 years. and two in the reserves. our 18 year old was in an accident. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. it actually helped to know that somebody else cared and wanted make sure that i was okay. that was really great. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. usaa. we know what it means to serve. call today to talk about your insurance needs. it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. all in 3 delicious flavors. it's choo

on north korea. hear what he called a dangerous situation and one question he did not address at all. >>> and a paris airport closing after an incident involving a soldier and gun. a live report in minutes. >>> the wiretap saga, new information from sources in congress on whether there is any clear evidence to the president's climbs from two weeks ago. >>> and what is the truth behind whether meals on wheels will suffer in the new budget forwarded by the president? all that right now on msnbc live. >>> we begin with the first 100 days, day 58 to be exact. another working weekend for president trump at his florida home. he and the first lady will be celebrating their son's 11th birthday. this as the administration confronts over renewed claims that president obama wiretapped trump tower. a congressional source says that initial reading of documents shows nothingor substantiate the allegation meanwhile new details emerge about how long it took agents to confront an intruder last friday night. the secret service says the man was on the ground for nearly 20 minutes, even hiding behin

purpose of this meeting of that kind of a mting to defuse tensions over north korea and the recent deployment of the thaamilitaryattery to south korea. any meeting between the president of the united states and the people's republic of china would cause a broad range of topics. secretary tillerson is traveling to the region now so i think as we go forward we'll have additional details on both the timing and the location of that when you go forward. >> reporter: is the implication of you talking about tillerson's visit he'll be laying the groundwork? >> he's in the region. i'm sure in his visit to japan, south korea and then china that preparation also come up as well as areas of mutual concern. yep? >> reporte go one at a time. >> reporter: there's been a rash of attacks on lgbt community centers over the nation. the community center here in d.c. was attacked and transgender staffer was assaulted, this follows similar attacks taken place in orlando, florida, new jersey and oklahoma. this is not unlike the anti-semitism that the president's already denounced. will the president deno

undermines the credibility of the u.s and when there's a north korea crisis for example. and president trump makes an announcement to the world and appeals to support for allies, american credibility will be called into question. it will distract from what i think is a more important national security issue, that is the allegations of collusion between elements of trump campaign and russia, which are unproven, but absolutely we need to focus on. >> bill, where do you see this? there was the whole controversy, donald trump pushed the whole birther movement, that's gone away. that's completely moved off everyone's radar screen. this going to move off everyone's radar? is this different? >> i think it's different because he's president. private citizens can say irresponsible things. candidates can say irresponsible things. president of the united states, that's a very different matter. and he's saying, he's got the white house spokesman standing behind him. donald trump says the podium should say president of the united states on the seal. it's not trump tower any more, defending trump. he's ar

tillerson is with the -- with chinese officials meeting there on north korea tensions. on the agenda for his visit, meetings with china's top diplomats. he carries the warning that north korea's tensions are at a dangerous level. let's go to janice for the very latest. what is the secretary saying today? >> reporter: well, ayman, china has urged the u.s. to remain cool-headed in its approach to north korea, agreeing that the situation is at a very dangerous crossrds but warning against anything drastic, such as the preemptive strike against north korea that secretary of state tillerson implied in his comments yesterday. the secretary of state's visit here was expected to be tough with chinese officials, but it got a bit more complicated with that tweet that arrived last night from president trump, where he slammed china. he said that north korea is behaving very badly. that they have played the united states for years and that china has done little to help. mr. tillerson was asked about that tweet after the meetings today, asked if it made his job a bit harder. he ignored the questio

. um -- north korea -- south korea's policy choices on north korea have been severely limited -- >> the door close does it. that video is thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> today a political science professor based in south korea appeared as a guest on bbc via skype from his house. robert e. kelly was on to talk about the impeachment of a south korean president which almost everyone involved in that segment would agree is a pretty serious story. >> no, i would argue this is a triumph of democracy, scandals happen all the time, the question is how do we deal with the scandals. >> what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children has just walked in. shifting sands in the region? do you think relations with the north may change? >> i would be the surprised if they do. the -- pardon me. my apologies. >> what does this mean for the region? >> my apologies. north -- sorry. north korea -- south korea's policy choices on north korea have been severely limited in the last six months to a year because of north korea's behavior, most recently the use of vx gas in the airport i

that everything is on the table it north korea continues to fire missiles. >> in a newspaper interview in january the president called her letting syrian refugees into the country a catastrophic mistake. they've been divided on issues concerning russia, nato and climate change. they don't agree on a whole lot. they're scheduled to have a joint news conference where the president could face questions that president obama ordered wiretapping although there's been no proof of that. >> i've seen no evidence of wiretapping or a court order or anything like that. >> we've seen no evidence. there's been no evidence from anybody in the intelligence community, from law enforcement. >> we don't have any evidence that that took place. in fact, i don't believe just in the last week of time the people we've talked to, i don't think there was an actual tap of trump tower. >> despite all that white house secretary sean spicer remains defiant in his defense of the president. >> personally he stand by it. we talked about wiretapping, he meant surveillance and that there have been incidents that have oc

posed by north korea. let's go to janice mckay in beijing. secretary tillerson spoke this morning. what did he say? >> reporter: china has urged the u.s. to remain cool headed in its approach to north korea. agreeing the situation is at a dangerous cross roads but warning against the sort of preemptive military strike that the secretary of state hinted at yesterday when he was in south korea. the meetings that mr. tillerson is having with chinese officials were always expected to be a bit tense, even prickly. but the situation was complicated a bit further, with a tweet by president trump. that arrived hours before mr. tillerson touched down in beijing. effectively slamming china for not doing enough to help in the situation with north korea. china's position has always been that they're doing what they can. they joined u.n. sanctions, they recently imposed a ban on coal imports coming from the north. that's an important source of revenue for the regime. but tillerson says that talks now are dead. he does not expect the u.s. to go back to the negotiating table with pyongyang. here

the show. rex tillerson says diplomacy with north korea has failed. well, what's that mean? the secretary of state's job is talking. the top diplomat is supposed to do that not supposed to give up. he's supposed to be doing the diplomacy and anyway for this country's that's ahead. >>> plus, the health care fight, the president says he's 100% behind the republicans obamacare replacement plan, the one that will hurt many who voted for him and voted him into office but many in his party still say the plan doesn't go far enough. >>> with german chancellor angela merkel meeting the president at the white house today and thought it was a good time to play back some of the nastier things candidate trump said about merkel. you'll hear that here tonight. >>> let me finish with trump watch. this is "hardball" where the action is. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now ifou had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your

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, and unless north korea stops its missile tests. the chinese foreign ministry delivering that stern message today after north korea of course test fired four missiles this week and the u.s. and south korea began deploying a new missile defense system. secretary of state rex tillerson will be jumping into the middle of this crisis traveling to japan, south korea and china next week. joining me is madeleine albright, secretary of state under president bill clinton, joining us from san francisco. madam secretary, great to see you. thank you very much. >> great to be with you andrea as always. >> well, here if you were still secretary, what would you do facing again a threat from north korea, a growing threat which has grown frankly under several administrations, the nuclear threat as well as the missile advances from north korea and now china is still not doing what the u.s. has long expected it to do is really increase the pressure, ramp up the pressure on pyongyang to stop doing its missile advancement. >> well, clearly it's a complicated situation and i'm very glad that the secretar

use and because of what north korea's young leader has been up to testing missiles that could car carry nuclears hong distances >> rex tillerson spoke on the talks of korea of his visit in japan. still rex tillerson has not given any interview. he's hinting of a u.s. policy of north korea. >> the board recognized na the diplomatics and other effects of the past 20 years to bring north korea to a point of denuclearization have failed. >> it is clear that a different approach is required. >> with this trip, rex tillerson, breaks decades by not traveling. our andrea mitchell who's using commercial flight across asia tonight. that's our broadcast. thank you for being with us. "hardball" begins right now. >>> tap dance, lets play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington. for donald trump today, march 16th 2017 is doomsday for his claim that president obama ordered a wiretap on him. >> today,

you again. >>> new report of a rocket engine test in north korea. concerns over north korea, we're at the forefront of secretary of state's rex tillerson's visit to asia and it wrapped up overnight after a very important meeting with china's president xi. matt is in seoul, south korea, how significant is this new test with south korea? >> reporter: thanks, jacob. as you mench owned this test for a new missile engine, the images just came out today, but they were taken yesterday during this test. the north korean media have called this a miracle and the u.s. and their allies here in the region are definitely going to be referring to this as a major new problem because this aefrj incould be attached into an intercontinental ballistic missile or icbm. that's what north korean leader kim jong-un has promised that he's going to be building this year and a missile like that could strike american shores. however, they're going to be facing off against a new administration in washington, one that has met their missile tests and their nuclear tests with increasingly bellacose rhetoric. rex

open to a crucial u.s./china dialogue about north korea, but i think that's really the difference. he was able to do it quietly in private, come away not looking like he folded his hand like it was a loss, but that he was a winner. >> all right. that personality, that temperament is going to get tested now, apparently, potentially with korea, and a north reand what's goi on there. and i know that -- first of all, very surprised that nobody asked a question today base on the what secretary tillerson said that maybe diplomacy is done. is it done or is this a rhetorical threat at the koreans? or was that a message he was sending to the chinese. >> he's sending a message to pyongyang and -- recollection tillerson, the quiet man was not so quiet today in seoul. he said, the policy of strategic patience it is what barack obama called it. toward north korea's nuclear missile programs is over. all options are on the table. this happens to be off the table. >> it is not off the table. >> every year we have an special r especially big one going on right now. it's no thanks tillerson made a fair

to fend off attacks and give a review of the president who nominated him. >>> and north korea attempts another missile launch. the count trry continues threatening actions despite threats from the u.s. >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 22nd. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. president trump is on a collision course with his own party over the massive health care overhaul. the bill comes up today and is set for a vote tomorrow, but for the moment, many members of the party say he simply doesn't have the numbers he needs to pass it. last night at a party fund-raiser the president renewed his pitch. >> that legislative effort begins with thursday's crucial vote and it really is a crucial vote for the republican party and for the people of our country. you'll finally repeal and replace the disaster known as obamacare. that's what it is, a disaster. >> and nbc news head count shows 27 republican "no" votes right now. and senator rand paul suggests the number is actually at 35. in the last few days the bill has been sweetened to pull in more conserv

display from both of those countries. incidentally, i should mention, north korea also held a parade. but in north korea, while it's impressive, that's not weird. that's like what north korea does. what's north korea famous for? prison camps where they work and starve their own people to death in massive numbers. bizarre leadership that kills their relatives with anti-aircraft guns. super creepy mass organized gymnastics and enormous military parades. tah-dah. and in 2015, they did the thing with the 70 as well. i think those were like biplanes. anyway. no expense spared. russia, china, north korea. there's no law against parading your military, whether or not it's an important anniversary. but through american eyes, this is a little weird, right? if this gives you the willies to look at, it's because it's supposed to. this is an unabashed, uncomplicated, undisguised display of military threat, military prowess or national insecurity, depending on how you look at it. this is not something that we do here in the united states. although, when our new president was planning his i

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