circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy
we are dying every moment. it is the young women and girls of iran who are paying the ultimate price for freedom, their lives. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, october 6th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington and 5 p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. is reportedly bringing in more fire power near the peninsula following a string of north korea s missile tests. a u.s. air craft carrier strike group is on its way off the korean peninsula. the move comes after they test fired two more nuclear missiles today. that is 25 this yearment the highest number since kim jong-un came to power. on wednesday the u.n. security met to discuss pyongyang s program and the u.s. accused russia and china, without naming them, of enabling north korea. as we all know, the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from this council. they have gone out of their way to justify the dprk s provocations and block every attempt to update
immediately. joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent, janis mackey frayer live from beijing. janis. we ve seen the u.s. strengthening its military position around the korean peninsula with the return of uss ronald reagan air craft carrier strike group carrying out military drills with japan and south korea. trilateral exercises for the next couple of days. at the same time, moving in new equipment to south korea for the t.a.d. missile system, that will be something a thorn in the side, less for north korea than for china. all of this coming just a day after north korean war planes were carrying out firing drills along the border, forcing south korea to send up 30 aircraft in response, so we re seeing this ramping up that has been familiar territory here.
we are dying every moment. it is the young women and girls of iran who are paying the ultimate price for freedom, their lives. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, october 6th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington and 5 p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. is reportedly bringing in more fire power near the peninsula following a string of north korea s missile tests. a u.s. air craft carrier strike group is on its way off the korean peninsula. the move comes after they test fired two more nuclear missiles today. that is 25 this yearment the highest number since kim jong-un came to power.