Would put something of that nature out, anything that would disclose sources and methods. Those of the things we protect. Heather the president did not break the law. The only implication here is that hes unschooled. This is first go around and he might have slipped up. If he did, thats not good. If its not deliberate, its not exactly a high crime and misdemeanor. Speak to National Security advisor denied that any methods were disclosed. But general mcmaster did not deny that classified information was revealed and now we are waiting for general mcmaster to hold another briefing at the bottom of the hour after President Trump defended himself in a tweet this morning. A chief white house correspondent, john roberts does lie with the story, develop and by the minute. Good morning to you. The white house is pushing back hard against the idea that the president disclosed anything to the russians that he shouldnt have in that meeting last week. H. R. Mcmaster will be and the Briefing Room a
Account of what happened behind closed doors. Stand by for that. Heres what the president has said about all of this this morning on twitter, taking to twitter to defend himself, saying this as president , i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i have the absolute right to do. Facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety, humanitarian reasons, plus i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. So, where does that leave us right now, other than a lot of moving parts to follow . Lets get to jessica schneider, whos following all of these twists and turns. So, jessica, what the president said this morning, does that contradict what h. R. Mcmaster, his National Security adviser, said just last night . It seems to, kate. You know, this has become sort of a common refrain within the white house. The story goes Something Like this. A crisis situation breaks, white house staff and Administration Officials scramble to
Confined ballistic military drill demonstrating their firing capabilities into territorial waters off of south korea. The army said this us system can rapidly deploy and engage and have deep strike precision capabilities. The north korean icbm traveled 578 miles to japan, 1200 miles high and 40 minutes. Analysts sat a different trajectory that could hit the coast of alaska and that was real evidence the threat from this rogue strake is increasing. Personally overseen by kim jongun flexing his muscles on americas Independence Day, the leader praised it, people around pyongyang, celebrating. A response, the United States strongly condemns north koreas launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile testing and icbm representing a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region and the world, Global Action is required to stop a global threat. Nikki haley has called for an emergency meeting, the hopes that china might rain in north korea are fading an
Who turned to social media to make it up to him. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Savannah Guthrie in for lester. Tonight emergency meetings, frenzied phone calls. The u. S. Is scrambling to deal with a north korea that is more aggressive than ever and now closer than ever to being able to deliver a nuclear blow to the United States. The norths testfiring of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on the fourth of july, no less, was a dramatic and disturbing message and a technical milestone. Tonight sources tell nbc news the u. S. Was caught by surprise. We begin tonight with Janis Mackey Frayer in seoul, south korea. Reporter tonight, new pictures of what north korea claims is its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile which could strike the United States. The u. S. Calling it a new global threat. In an emergency meeting today of the u. N. Security council. Time is short. Action is
President prepares for a crucial International Trip. Recovering all of this, lets begin with cnns paula hancock, in seoul, south korea, lets begin with the latest on the Ballistic Missile test. We know right now that the u. S. And south korea and intelligence authorities are working together to try and analyze the data and figure out if in fact north korea did fire an icbm. North korea claims it was a great success, they claim that there was an intercontinental Ballistic Missile, and they say they can hit any part of america. Some experts suggesting alaska could be in its sights. Also not denying it, we heard from the joint chiefs of staff here, they are saying that todays launch had an improved range from the one fired on that 14th. That one fired on that 14th was touted by all experts as one of the most Significant Developments when it comes to the Nuclear Weapons program of north korea. So by default, this is a very significant Missile Launch today. John . Paula hancock in seoul. Af