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Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for t...

He called that a fine line theyre trying to walk. why not? shouldnt they -- >> its hard to know what to make of that statement. i dont know that our intelligence is all that good. we have great overhead satellite systems but the ukrainians are more likely to know whats going on than we are in this case. back to that conversation with richard engel, though, a cease-fire, which would be a blessing to the civilian population would favor ukraine. time is president zelenskyys al ally. to be blunt, i ...

While ago. thats a brutal regime, and well be able to handle it. >> so what does the president mean by that? by "well be able to handle it"? lets go live to seoul and bring in paula hancocks, good morning. >> reporter: hello, christine. thats the question everyone on this side of the world is asking, as well. what exactly did president trump mean "we will be able to handle it"? there are still the same options today as there were yesterday, potentially strengthening sanctions against north korea...

The united states of america stands behind japan, its great al ally, 100%. thank you. msnbc senior editor of politics beth fouhy joins me live in studio. we heard from the president. very limited from what he had to say. are we hearing anything more from the white house? >> that was last night, frances, and as you know, a president who has vowed -- those are fairly measured words from president trump, mostly talking about the relationship with japan. he didnt speak directly to what had happene...

The danger is that president trump starts to do things that britain really doesnt agree with and how does she respond to that? fundamentally she knows that if she has washington on side, it really strengthens her negotiations with the european union, but its full of risks. >> keir, i think you should hop on a train and get down to washington because theres a lot of anticipation for that meeting. thank you very much, keir simmons at 30 rock. >> and reaction from another key al ally, mexico. press...