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Device on top of a missile. we learned today, cnn, "the washington post" first reported that the u.s. intelligence committee accessed that north korea is manufacturing making and producing weapons to be put on top of warheads. its not a consensus view yet in the u.s. intelligence communities. two, its not believed the capable is yet tested or deployed but its another step ploong the way of doing actually that. we know they have a perceived capability to reach the continental u.s., u.s. cities he...

Today were seeing thats right. erin? >> we certainly are. and thank you, jeff, because this unprecedented threat is coming, as we are learning some crucial new information about what american intelligence now knows about north koreas miniaturized nuclear warhead. and this is the crucial thing, right? you may have the delivery, the intercontinental ballistic missile, but they didnt yet have the ability to put the pay lo load on top. this is the huge development and possible transformational one f...

President fired james comey he told us nbc news he did it because of the russia investigation. saying here, if he knew jeff sessions was not going to be there making big decisions about the russia investigation he wouldnt have given him the job. that tells you a lot about this presidents mind-set. >> and every bit of washington involved, this russia investigation he is seeking to diminish, reject say inappropriately disloyal. whether thats jeff sessions, whether thats people on the hill who are ...

President trump and his policies. could it benefit may if president trump trch stays as the home and doesnt come to visit? >> that would be the consensus view amongst many people. its interesting, you can draw a line actually between macron between jeremy corbyn who came very close to winning power here in the uk and with president trump. every one of them in their campaigns were able to portray themselves as not a politics, as something outside as the maverick. thats what the public seemed to w...

The national intelligence came forward with a consensus view that russia favored trump they had meddled in the election, tried to undermine trumps opponent, that that view was absolutely wiped away and dissed by the incoming president and by his incoming national security adviser. >> were keeping you all here. kristen, one more for you. how is the white house tonight responding either publicly or privately to the fact that russia has roared back into the headlines tonight in a pretty big way? >>...

The national intelligence came forward with a consensus view that russia favored trump they had meddled in the election, tried to undermine trumps opponent, that that view was absolutely wiped away and dissed by the incoming president and by his incoming national security adviser. >> were keeping you all here. kristen, one more for you. how is the white house tonight responding either publicly or privately to the fact that russia has roared back into the headlines tonight in a pretty big way? >>...

Its meant to make it harder to rich and powerful people to bring libel suits against the pres. he can say that theyre looking at this but they dont have to look much farther than the first amendment. >> you say libel laws should be restricted. why? >> he can appoint four or five justices to the supreme court that would have a different view than has been the consensus view since 1960. but look the press is irresponsible and there are too many loopholes in the libel laws and some of them need to ...

We have 50 state libel laws and theyre all limited by the first amendment in a way that president trump doesnt like. it does make it harder for him to bring a libel suit. its meant to make it harder for rich and powerful people bring libel suits against the press. he can say that theyre looking at this but they dont have to look much farther than the first amendment. >> you say libel laws should be restricted. why? >> he can appoint four or five justices to the supreme court that would have a di...

Him after the election, over the weekend said to cbs russians hacking with the elections maybe it was china, for all we know 17 agencies have said it was russia, and then this invite. how is president trump getting points or saying hes moving to the middle and being surrounded by smart foreign policy experts when hes doing this? >>y. i think that the good things about the 100 days were some of the cabinet selections and also, i think the prudent and limited use of military strikes in syria in re...

Accusations. >> there were numerous things and some things we know to be accurate like the fact that russia tried to effect the election in 2016, there was also an interesting report from reuters also featured on msnbc last night, about the basis for that consensus view of the intelligence community on the russia assessment, basically saying that putin ordered an internal think tank to develop a program to undermine confidence in the american election system to undercut trumps opposition, also t...