english politics, i lived there while. it is a different breed of politics. . it s becoming more americanized. they now have tv daeblts. they didn t used to have that. jim ma see in a is on one side. the question that actually one of the differences that goes back to our system is the money where you have not seen the idea of billion dollar prime ministerships. but there s something we should be thinking about. but they have shorter elections. that would put us out of business. we ll be back next week because if it s sunday, it s meet the press.
scandal. can the new jersey governor even make it to the republican presidential pry mayors i. i m chuck todd. joining me is tom brokaw april ryan a baltimore native. kimberly stros elf the wall street journal and author and veteran and a baltimore native. wes moore. it s meet the press. this is meet the press with chuck todd. good morning. the mood in baltimore has markedly changed this weekend following a week of violence and unrest that culminated in the charging of six police officers over the killing of freddie gray. yesterday s protests were largely peaceful. there were a small number of arrests after dark. some attempted to defy the curfew. baltimore remains a deeply divided city. but this is a national problem, and americans are deeply pessimistic about the state of our cities. we have a brand new nbc news wall street journal poll out this morning. look at this. 96% of folks surveyed expect more racial disturbances this summer and 54% believe the disturbance
attack of the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. what have you learned? alex, good afternoon, that suspect, ahmed abu khattalah, is back on u.s. soil and set to be arraigned at a federal courthouse right here in washington, d.c., not far from the white house, a little bit later on this afternoon. u.s. officials say he was transferred from a navy warship to a navy facility, and then transferred to that courthouse. now, we re also learning that he faces a number of charges related to terrorism. we don t know what those specific charges are. but of course they date back to that attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi which occurred on september 11th, 2012, which claimed the life of ambassador stevens and three other americans. that is the very latest. we ll continue to stay on top of all of the developments today. a little bit of background. khattalah was captured two weeks ago by special forceses in libya. that came after an exhaustive investigation by the u.s. governme
witt. here s what s happening, president obama issuing sharp words for north korea. he s in malaysia arriving in the country two hours ago. before touching down in kuala lumpur, he wrapped up his visit with south korea by meeting with u.s. service members thanking them for their service. he also said this about north korea. north korea and its people have a choice, they can choose to continue down a lonely road of isolation or they can choose to join the rest of the world, seek a future of greater opportunity and greater security and greater respect. nbc s kristin welker is at the white house for us with a good morning to you. what more did the president say about north korea and what did he accomplish on his visit to south korea? reporter: well, his goal in south korea, alex, is to reaffirm the united states support and alliance with south korea. the broader goal of this entire trip is a part of the administration s attempt to pivot to the asia pacific region, particul