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Just thursday as "the 11th hour" begins now. and good evening, once again, from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 413 of the trump administration. just a few hours ago we learned that north koreas leader, kim jong-un, has invited president trump to meet about its nuclear program and the president has accepted. this is a giant gamble that takes both countries and their leaders into uncharted diplomatic territory, and thats an understatement. andrea mitchell and bill richardson bot...

Unverified allegations in his assessments you, apparently some of those allegations came from hillary clintons own associates, thats that f seems odd sings the clinton campaign was helping to pay for the dossier in the first t place. there you go. as memo puts it dry understatement. all of this quote raises additional concerns about steeles credibility. yeah, thats for sure. in fact, its hard to see how any fair person could. disagree with that sentence. yet, for some reason, the fbi seem to hav...

Lawmakers say it will be torn down and replaced. a lot of students and their families say they will never be able to walk into that building again. neil, back to you. >> neil: thank you very, very much. lets go to republican florida attorney general pam bondy. attorney general, very good to have you. what do you make of the latest revelations? this is the third piece of information we have that apparently authorities of various types had access to and this one a snapchat video showing the shoote...

Office or something, you would think that they would save the interviews with the more senior people until the end. you think about the hillary clinton e-mail investigation for example, she was the last person they interviewed. soare trying to set up an interview with the president, talking with the attorney general, in a normal investigation, you would say it must be nearing an he saend. but this thing is anything but normal. >> understatement of the day. pete williams, thank you very much. our...

Negotiating in an interview, he could perjure himself over a question about stormy daniels and michael cohen. to say the stakes are getting higher would be an understatement, wouldnt it? >> i think thats exactly right. and this investigation has moved out of what i think the president saw as a hope it will all go way sort of phase, and now he is on a wartime footing. hes being pressed on a lot of different fronts. he needs an experienced lawyer to help him navigate these waters. but he has had r...

Out of the intelligence community in -- in return for make intelligence better to hold the feet to the fire. but to assure the public that there was no -- no games being played here. that when this particular part of our national tool kit was nonpartisan and on the up and up. and so i think the american public must look at this current spectacle and say who is overseeing these agencies and who is in charge? it is not supposed to work this way. >> understatement. john mclaughlin, thank you very m...

As far as steve bannon, and i spoke to steve as i spoke to many people throughout the length of the reporting here, and really saw a -- a transformation. not only of steve but of everyone, but steve in the way is most vivid or his language is, is the most vivid. the transformation was, you know, he thought this presidency could work. we thought donald trump is an interesting, unique character, and we might be able to do something here, and they saw him over that time come to the conclusion he ca...

Immigration bill, will he be more active in trying to get it through the house, if it does pass in the senate. still a lot of questions there, don. >> dana bash, i want to bring you in. so what exactly did democrats actually get? because the base is pissed. they think they caved. >> uh-huh. yeah, thats an understatement. the democratic base which has been so enraged, so energized and thats one of the reasons aside from the underlying policy, which democrats and a lot of republicans believe in, k...

Understatement as you can get. and remember, it isnt just about the pedophilia and the sexual assault. before all of those allegations came out, he was a horrible candidate. he has been removed from the alabama supreme court twice by the u.s. supreme court, meaning if he raises his right hand and swears to preserve, protect and defend the constitution, he cannot be believed. so, he is a horrendous candidate for the state of alabama or for the united states any way you slice it. >> beth, reflect ...

The nullification project. >> we need somebody in that senate seat who will vote for our make america great again agenda. so get out and vote for roy moore. >> the resounding failure last night reveals the presidents hold on republican voters is not what it used to be. in alabama his approval rating has sunk more than 50% according to exit polls. and hes under water with 41% disapproving. and its not just in alabama. when you zoom out to look at the whole country it is almost and its not an unde...