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The doj pointing out that it replied to the congressmans letter days ago, and the white house signed off on it. The letter saying in part it was in position to provide the information in keeping with the law and longstanding policy. Meanwhile special counsel mueller facing new criticism that his team is overreaching in its investigation into potential collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. A federal judge appeared to rebuke mueller on friday, questioning whether hed exceeded his author...

Well, at this point hundreds of people out here, it does become pin drop silent. people are very, very conscious of the important work being done there. and i will also say that its become much more focused and professional today. they have the volunteers they need. they have food. they have water. everything being supplied for rescuers as they need it on the spot, pam. >> and what are some of the challenges that these rescue workers are facing? theyve been doing this now for 48 hours -- actuall...

Will be tested if they hold another nuclear test. they really dont know whether kim is on the verge of ordering a sixth nuclear test. but theres some concern about all of this because the u.s. has been relying on china, under the trump administration to really pressure the north koreans to ratchet back on their weapons development program. if there is a new nuclear test in the coming days, the feeling is thats a signal that chinese pressure is not working. u.s. commanders have long updated milit...

South korea. this is absolutely a direct response and dont forget this comes right on the heels of president trump about a week ago now shortly before the visit. he said if china wont solve the north korea problem we will. the trump administration thinks they should do more with its weapons development program and hes not happy that china isnt doing more and right after this meeting, the symbolism is pretty stark here right after the meeting with the chinese president the very next day or within...

Ignored the air strikes that went into syria. instead heaping a lot of praise on this visit, on the trump administration, saying that its clear the trump administration, despite what candidate trump used to say about china has now come to recognize as one paper put it the importance of the u.s.-china relationship and to be fair this meeting was very diplomatic. it seemed very friendly. it was a stark departure from what we heard from donald trump throughout the campaign season and it marks a rea...

Focused on russia, focused on the assad regime. this is all while the trump administration is trying to get china to pressure north korea to halt its weapons development program, its nuclear program, its missile program. a couple of days ago north korea launched another missile. this is all about on one hand getting russia to pressure the assad regime, and on the other hand getting china to pressure its ally north korea. its two ends of the globe here. aggression continues on both sides. >> than...

Saying the u.s. will take on north korea with or without china. has there been any reaction there yet? >> reporter: nothing official yet, ana, but when we ghetto fishl reaction later on today, which we are expecting here in beijing, i think you can expect the chinese to be as consistent as they have been in the past, which is to say they are rock solid in how they approach this issue. what theyve been saying for went over ten years now is that the only way to solve the ongoing crisis in the kore...

Now i earn $11.66 an hour at my retail job. and obviously i cannot afford to pay for my cancer care out of pocket. my life really depends on having access to my doctors and medical care. >> its important to appreciate that the program itself, it may have worked extremely well for you, and thats wonderful. and we need to keep those aspects of the program in place. but the fact of the matter is that the program is having extremely difficulty providing the care thats needed for all of the individua...

No specifics on this approach, max. >> okay, will, thank you very much indeed. so, matt, this tour will end in china, and thats obviously the big player in that region. lots of tensions between the u.s. and china. do you think theyll focus on north korea, or will they focus on trade? >> no, i think north korea is going to be at the top of the list. and we are hearing as will just mentioned, from a couple senior officials in the administration, in the u.s. administration, that secretary tillerson...

Sneaks leader says his country is close to conducting nuclear tests. several in 2016 were believed to have been successful. barbara starr joins us now. is there a reason to take this new threat more seriously? >> this appears to be every are on the take it seriously because north korea is on this march towards a nuclear weapons capability. and there are no signs they are giving it up. as you said, they have conducted up ground tests. they have been successful. they have conducted several missile...