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Get iceye contact, not necessary the same with kim jong-un during this little sit-down here. >> reporter: what did we see here today? we saw a lot of political theater, we saw some history. i think we saw kim jong-un in a totally uncomfortable environment. he was welcomed absolutely into president trumps space. seemed to be a bit overwhelmed by it. this is not a leader used to being surrounded by a press scrum that is doing things improvisationally. sitting in a chair, having questions fired at ...

And de facto leader aung sun suu kyi who was already under pressure for the oppression of the range of minority un investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes to time of year when it is traditional for the president to grant amnesty to prisoners today they have back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. lets bring in our southeast asia correspondent charlotte shells impels shes covering the story for us hi charlotte its an emo...

Are you worried about what is on the other tapes, mr. president? >> thank you, everybody. >> why has vladimir putin not accepted your invitation? mr. president -- >> thank you, thank you. >> margaret, for the uninitiated, it may sound like cha chaos, but that is a typical press scrum. there was yelling in the room, but kaitlyn was in a normal tone, she was banned from an open rose garden event. tell us what the aftermath and the repercussions are of this? >> it was swift and pretty universal. we...

Falsehoods. otherwise, it gives him the opening to call us the fake news media which is what he wants. >> its possible one of the reasons he did that crazy press scrum on friday is that its been a bad week legally for the president. this is all the developments this week. michael cohen splitting with his legal team. is he going to flip? paul manafort now in jail. is he going to flip? don mcgahn, the white house counsel recused his office from the mueller probe months ago and now the attorney gen...

On house arrest. evan perez on the latest on paul manafort. were going to come back to that in a second. lets get to this one now that the other once close trump associate facing legal troubles. one source familiar with the matter tells cnn the presidents long-time personal attorney, micha michael cohen has indicated hes willing to cooperate with federal investigators. according to sources, cohen is feeling angry and isolated about his diminished role as the presidents one-time fixer. the presid...

>> i have to tell you that ive been impressed with what ive seen in the transition effort. >> my goodness. i remember that place. top of the hour. >> can we show the video. this is very funny yesterday. >> it was a very awkward moment at trump tower. >> dont want to make an issue. >> i run around the back. >> mika goes around the back. im calling her. get me out of here. its the press scrum. okay. >> set up like a red carpet these days. >> anne thompson is yelling at

Their own house. this is the establishment. its time to make some changes. >> reporter: congressman huelskamp, thank you so much. kevin mccarthy is now walk right over here. he is going to appear at the podium behind me. there is obviously a huge press scrum right here. ec kevin mccarthy announced he was going to run at 8:00 a.m. this morning, pulled out at 12:15. here he is. >> come on over, guys. come on up. come on up. all right. i think i shocked some of you, huh?

Since edward snowden arrived in moscow from among kong and he hasnt been song in public since. but in a meeting today with human rights groups, snowden says le renew his request for amnesty in russia. snowed been drew his application after vladimir putin had said that he would have to stop leaking u.s. secrets in order to obtain refugee status in russia. joining me now, nbc news chief investigative correspondent michael isikoff and in moscow, nbcs jim maceda. jim, i want to get to you quickly be...

Liberals that are less popular with the conservative republicans who make up the electorate in south carolina. in fact, there was a poll that asked people who voted in the primary if you had to choose between gingrich and the need media, who would you choose, and gingrich won. >> heather: we were listening to john roberts and in his report, he talked about breaking it down to the different categories. late deciders, conservative and independent, evangelical, married women, from 41 to 44% all the...

His relationship with greer whom he hand-picked for the job. the governor has not announced whether he will return the money. finally over the weekend, the president took 27-hour trip to gulf coast and swam in the water to show it was safe to enjoy but he did it without the media. only a white house released photo documented the dip. the president told reporters he didnt want a photograph like the one of his shirtless on vacation that was splashed across newspapers, magazine and tv. ous official...