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Pipeline. you tell me if thats appropriate. >> now, congress is sending an entirely different message. just minutes ago the house passed a nonbinding resolution expressing support for nato by a unanimous vote. the senate passed a similar resolution yesterday 97-2. this is all on his first day of a three-nation european trip. joining us from brussels is nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. geoff, this is kind of crazy. the president directed criticism against russia about the fact th...

Occasions bring families together. and when they gathered to mourn the death of mikes father, any hope of return evaporated. >> that was the final straw. we were on board that my brother would have definitely shown up for his own fathers funeral. >> but ellen and their children showed up. they no longer kept in touch with the family but seen the death announcement in the newspaper and came to pay their respects. >> we werent expecting them. so it was a little strange, kind of caught us off guard...

Pressed him on the joint statement, calling their questions "insulting, ridiculous and quite frankly ludicrous." >> we have developed a very special bond. so people are going to be very impressed. >> reporter: just as the president was declaring victory, so, too, was north korea. state television reporting that trump pledged to "lift sanctions as mutual relations improve through dialogue and negotiation." not exactly what president trump said in his news conference. >> the sanctions will come of...

Chad pergram, our capitol hill producer. chad? thats an unmistakable connection. >> absolutely. thats why in this primary in south carolina last night, you had the second sitting house republican member to lose. mark sanford against katie arrington. president trump is popular in south carolina. a big trump state. so far theres nine candidates in ohio, pennsylvania, nevada. thats what caught mark sanford off guard. katie arrington was out there associating herlf with president trump. sanfords beh...

And off his game. he missed the basic lesson of movement. oh, i had two women chiefs of staff when i was attorney general. it was like einste gave a lot o causes. it misses the point of the real but i actually hear the i see a contrast here. to me, clinton was caught off-guard and was a liit trying to have it both ways in the way he sometimes does, sort of talking in half measures.and pedal to the metal sort of grievance and defiance you get from trump who, all his supporters know, for example, ...

Staff when i was attorney general. it was like harvey weinstein gave a lot of money to womens causes. it misses the point ofsin. but i actually hear the similaritiesso i s a kind of co here. to me, clinton was caught off-guard and was a little bit trying to have it both ways in the way he sometimes does, sort of talking in half measures. and you compare that to the pedal to the metal sort of grievance and defiance you get from trump who, all his supporters know, for example, that of course, he h...

Denuclearization of the sort that, yes, both mike pompeo and john bolton have spoken to. what the president needs and wants is a quick win, a short-term, even a hollow or name flimsy deal that he can hold up, wave around at a rally and get his supporters to chant nobel prize. those two things may not be consistent with one another. theres a real possibility that president trump will sell out our long-term national security interest for this short-term political win. >> lets go to state departmen...

Korea to libya and its nuclear disarmament, saying that this was an insult to north korea. this appears to have taken the south koreans, the white house off guard. the south koreans -- the foreign minister here spoke with mike pompeo to discuss some of the developments and the south koreans are simply trying to figure out what has really sparked this sudden 180 u-turn from the north koreans. christine and dave. >> no comment from president trump or kim jong-un. thanks. president trump talking ...

Force a force. north korea is calling the event deliberate provocation. the threat to call off the summit caught the white house off guard. >> kim jong-un had said previously that he understands the need and the utility of the united states and the republican of korea continuing in its joint exercises, exercises that are legal and planned well in advanced. we have not heard anything from that government or the government in south korea to indicate that we would not continue to conduct these exer...

>> they already said trump is getting too much credit for this. remember there was a statement pushing back on the idea that trump is responsible for the thawing. believe it or not, thats what north korea wants us to believe. i think this is part of that narrative, that this is not -- trump is not calling all the shots here. were still the active player. >> i just want to say, look, clearly we could all agree we want peace, we dont want war. i think what this shows is how ill-prepared the united...