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The reason it is 11:00 today is because texas and a number of other states were suing the federal government saying daca is unconstitutional and hey, administration, have you got to do something. and rather than have to defend it in court, jeff sessions is saying were going to get rid of it because were going to have congress come up with a solution. at least were putting six months on the clock. ready, set, go. abby: six months enough time for congress or not enough? right? i think he is trying...

And david sanger, national security correspondent for "the new york times." david, you are the expert on all things north korea. why do you think he did this now? >> i think hes doing this for two big reasons. first, hes had a summer in which hes just wanted to establish himself as a major nuclear power, akin to, say, pakistan or india, one whose nuclear capability is such that were not going to get to unwind it. and secondly, i think he wants to divide the american alliance with south korea and...

Than his predecessors conducted in decades but hes not depending on his fathers holdover cronies. some have been purged or executed. >> unlike his father, he exhibits a ruthlessness here by his actions, by the things that hes prepared to do that his father was not prepared to do or didnt feel the need to do it. he does. >> reporter: kim jong-un also had his older brother killed according to intelligence in a bizarre attack this year where two women smeared deadly nerve agent in his face. many an...

A cessation or roll back of their nuclear programs, there are some good templates for us to use, but none of them involved the fiery rhetoric thats appropriate for pyongyang than washington. lets strategy with our allies about how we can maximize pressure. at the end of the day, it all starts with china, the test is as much aimed at china as it is the united states. china is hosting, president xi is hosting this summit. they ought to be heavily motivated to do manager, they want to see a collaps...

Joining mess is david sanger national security correspondent for "new york times." david, you are the expert on all things north korea. why do you think he did this now? >> i think hes doing it for two big reasons. first, hes had a summer in which he just wanted to establish himself as a major nuclear power, akin to, say, pakistan or india, one whose nuclear capability is such that were not going to get to under wind it. secondly, i think hoe wants to divide the american alliance with south kore...

Were talking about this letter that were just now getting a look at on the same day and were talking about the nuclear test in north korea because youll recall president obama warned president trump that north korea would be his gravest global challenge and in the past we know its been pretty common for presidents to call on their predecessors in times of crisis even if they dont like them personally, but these two, as far as we know, havent spoken since inauguration day. do you think president ...

Tweet recently? when he quoted nelson mandela after charlottesville. again, beautiful language, appealing to our higher angels of our nature, donald trump goes the low road. always kind of the political fight of some sort, so i dont think we could even have two people more differ than barack obama and donald trump. their styles, their way of viewing the world are diametr diametrically different. >> and i think most americans would hope even as different as presidents could be, you know, current ...

Questions raised about the trump administration about staffing the executive branch. >> i know youre looking at the situation and you know how much is on the line for the people in president. you brought up a great point, wheres the staff? >> at homeland security, fema, the u.s. trade representatives office, theyre doing huge renegotiation of nafta. bob doesnt have a permanent deputy in place. thats a massive undertaking theyre doing it with a smaller staff and its not ideal. >> 20 minutes later...

President trump announced seven months into his young presidency, hes lagging far behind the face of his predecessors when it comes to filling positions in the executive branch. why the president is now brushing off this latest criticism. >> i know they have a lot on their hands but we need people in place. if theres a plan to not staff and cause the ultimate shrinkage of government lets hear about that as well. when itrust the brandtburn, doctors trust. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of d...

Situation, they console victims, they talk about the loss, they talk about people who are grieving and president trump appeared to step out of the firehouse and address what looked like a rally crowd with -- talking about what a great crowd it was and so on and so forth. i think -- ironically yesterdays appearance was the easiest test for him in the recovery. he didnt do such a great job. i think were going to see what happens after that. >> in some ways, we have seen instances where the first a...