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Vice president pence signaling that major shift in diplomacy after all of president trumps tough talk about north korea. now the administration says it is willing to sit down and talk with the kim regime. joining me now, rick stangle for undersecretary of state of public affairs. and ambassador wendy sherman, an nbc global affairs contributor, and someone whos gong to pyongyang with madeline albright to negotiate with the north koreans. rick, first to you. is it a good thing that mike pence is n...

Have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. you can say in the same breath that kim jong-un is a brutal dictator but also say its a good idea for north and south korea to start talking to each other. thats part of the policy that weve had for 40 years. >> and wendy, youve been to pyongyang. youve stared them in the face. we are not oblivious to all the human rights abuses. probably a good thing that fred warmbier went with the vice president to make that point because they were concer...

That entered israeli air space. in one of these missions, an af-af f-16 was lost, an israeli f-16. this is an escalating conflict. >> this is very much an escalating conflict. we saw in the "new york times" today a really tough story about whats happening in gaza and how its falling into despair. they may decide that their best way out is to start a conflict with israel. so israels security is very much on the line at the moment. but as were all concerned about north korea, we also have to be co...

Values and pursued a vision of fairness and justice and equality that shouldnt just resonate in the hearts of african-americans but frankly should resonate in the hearts of all americans. that is, i think, so much of the essence of what president obamas leadership and what his vision for this country was all about. this was always a special holiday for president obama when he was in the white house. he used to take his wife and daughters to go and participate in a community service project here ...

Racist person that we have ever interviewed. president trump defending himself against charges he is a racist amid an uproar over what he called african countries. according to senator dick durbin and others reporting to nbc news, moments ago senator durbin responding to those who said he never said it. >> i stick with my original interpretation. i am stunned that this is their defense. >> joining me now is nbc kristen welker at the white house, along with rick stangle. and still with me, politi...

Do here if wed gone to europe or somewhere like that. that has always made me proud of this country. this is a country that you can come to with nothing, and you can make something of yourself. >> and now that is called into question, according to helene and other people, by what the president said. rick, you spent a lot of time in africa. you wrote such a moving biography of nelson mandela. the african union is demanding an apology. weve heard nothing from the state department, nothing from the...

Much information as possible. to presume what hes swinging at is a little premature. i think the governor is right. you have to be sure of your facts. if youre going to try to bring a case against the president which is what were talking about. you have to be sure about your facts. i was a former prosecutor as well and the governor is absolutely right in that regard. i think what were right in the middle of is bob mueller doing his job which is to try to dig as deeply and as wide as possible to ...

On the house intelligence commute, adam schiff, reacting to the reporting in that another key person attended that meeting with don jr., not just a translator but someone who had past connections to soviet era intelligence. a meeting attended by paul manafort and jared kushner during the campaign. joining me now is rick stangle and msnbc political analyst. lisa samp, who was the director for nato and european strategic affairs, now a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international st...

Much for your latest reporting from paris. and the fact is that we did have reporting a couple weeks ago that a lot of d.c. lawyers had been interviewed, had been talked to by the white house and did not want to take this case, this is obviously not an easy client or an easy situation when youve got the family involved. thanks to kristin, to hallie jackson, rick stangle and lisa matt here at the table. coming up next, senate republicans, one vote away from failing to repeal obamacare. the late...

Officials not disclosing or forgetting to disclose. with each reveal its starting to get worse and worse for them. we need to wait for the special prosecutors report to know definitively what is going on. in the meantime, there exists a vacuum of leadership when it comes to our russia policy. you mentioned the russia sanctions act that was recently passed through the senate. its now over in the house. so far the house is dragging its heels. but im hopeful that it can get some momentum and they w...