against former president donald trump. an accusation he denies. what the jury has heard so far and new developments surrounding the humanitarian crisis at the border migrant shelters in texas say they re at capacity and anticipating even more people coming as the pandemic-era border policy comes to an end in just two weeks we begin this hour with breaking news from the white house, where president biden is putting a special focus today on the u.s. relationship with south korea. a short time ago, he and the first lady welcomed south korea s president to the white house for the first of several events culminating with a state dinner this evening at the white house. right now the two leaders are meeting in the oval office we re expecting to see more from that meeting i ing any minute nw an hour and a half from now, president biden will hold a news conference with south korean leader, the president will likely face some questions about the next election, one day after he form
good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the biden administration is bolstering support for close ally south korea in response of course to kim jong-un s nuclear threat, a growing threat for the first time in four decades, u.s. nuclear armed submarines will dock in south korea for what national security officials are calling official visits, but no american nukes will be deployed onto the peninsula as part of the new agreement. and the u.s. has agreed that south korea will have a role in any u.s. use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with the north joining me now, nbc white house correspondent and today co-host, kristen welker. also jen psaki and victor cha, senior vice president for asia and korea chair at the center for international studies. the biden strategy on north korea is nothing more than love letters from president trump and kim jong-un. that s absolutely right what we re seeing today is effectively this show of force, pomp and pageantry that
j.d. balart@msnbc. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on and dreea mitchell reports president biden welcoming south korea s president for a state visit, including an oval office meeting. they are scheduled to hold a joint press conference this hour with south korea s leader facing an escalating nuclear threat from north korea and the u.s. breakdown in communications with china. also this hour, debt ceiling drama, as speaker mccarthy makes 11th hour concessions on budget cuts to try to secure votes from his own caucus as leverage in his showdown with president biden. and e. jean carroll has taken the stand in her civil rape and defamation trial against president trump as the president s new social media posts create problems for his attorneys in court