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>> you report aware any of connecti connections during the election? >> were up to about 11 contacts your campaign aides had but facts schmacs. hans nichols joins us. i heard the mood around the white house is pretty grim but what kind of face are a putting on it? >> they had their holiday face on. they had a holiday party here. they didnt have their public face because there was a meeting that took place between the president and the prime minister. there was supposed to be a pool for that to g...

His national security team. a national security team that has, i think, handled the north korea situation commendably. they have increased international pressure. they have endorsed and continued to pursue, as tillerson said yes, diplomatic solutions, and of course on the defense front, you have secretary mattis is making sure that we can meet our security commitments there in the region. theyve done a good job trying to deal with what is definitely a much more urgent situation. i see the presid...

Weeks ago, a month ago, undercut his secretary of state who said, rex, the talking isnt working, give it up. then he shifted today to more of a diplomatic strategy. i think the tough talk with china in particular, i hope im wrong, but i think hes setting himself up for failure. china intensified sanctions against north korea, obviously i support and i think democrats and republicans agree, we want tougher sanctions against north korea. i just dont think theres necessarily going to be any movemen...

North korea to secure nuclear weapons. that would require not only ground troops, but north korea might respond with chemical and biological weapons. so this strikes me as being something that underscores how very costly the military option would be in north korea. >> eli, do you think that -- maybe you know more about the trade craft of reporters involved. do you think that was leaked in an attempt to do what susan just said, to forestall such an option being taken? >> perhaps. but aside from t...

President of the united states tweets about the secretary of state when hes just coming back from the region. "i told rex tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, hes wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex. well do what has to be done." >> well, andrea, i think that secretary tillerson is in there, hes with the president right now. i think that they are working toward a solution to this that is not a confrontation. and i think that whatever the str...

Eliminating the north korean military threat using conventional means. and north korea does not want to be eliminated. and thats one of the reasons they have nuclear weapons. its going to be words principally and nothing further is going to happen unless and until we can get china and perhaps also russia on our side and quite frankly, thats not going to happen. >> colonel, president trump repeatedly expreys frustration with diplomatic efforts with this regime. weve seen it in tweets from him in ...

Park. rex seemed to relate. >> its some days i feel like i need to do that. curl up in a ball. >> oh, twitter remarked, we all all rex tillerson. secretary wrapping up a trip that included stops in -- defeating terrorism. rex some days just wants to curl up in h a ball. >> see, he is human. >> its nice to see a little relatable moment. >> absolutely. wal-mart is bringing something new to its stores. robots. what does it mean for workers? details on cnn "money" stream next. (male #1) its a litt...

Cuba with trump selection could be undercut? and they said, we havent ruled anything out. >> lets talk about the other big msnbc report this morning. there may be talks in north korea. tell us about that. >> thats the most important development weve seen on the north korean front. joseph yun who tried to get others out and succeeded only after warmbier was on deaths door. he tried to completely cut something off with the presidents tweets saying, rex, youre wasting your time. mattis is the only ...

Was asked about that, im not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. this is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor, innuendo and feed on it. they feed on one another in a destructive way. im not going to dignify the question. im not playing. these are the games of washington. im not diagramny feiging the question with an answer. >> denied three times. our new testament biblical scholar did draw experiencompar peter who did deny jesus three times before dawn. alex, im sure your parents a...

Korea has raised eyebrows. janis has the details. >> insisting that pressure, sanctions, diplomacy have united world leaders in a way thats unprecedented and a diplomatic solution to the north korean crisis is still possible. he also had implied when he was here in beijing, meeting with chinese officials that the diplomatic channels to b wrchlt ongyang are open. of course, there was some contradiction that followed 24 hours later when president trump tweeted that rex, quote, unquote, was wasting...