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Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. That is something we have heard...

He called that a fine line they're trying to walk. why not? shouldn't they -- >> it's hard to know what to make of that statement. i don't know that our intelligence is all that good. we have great overhead satellite systems but the ukrainians are more likely to know what's going on than we are in this case. back to that conversation with richard engel, though, a cease-fire, which would be a blessing to the civilian population would favor ukraine. time is president zelenskyy's al ally. to be blunt, i don't see how putin's military formations can even feed themselves in the current configuratio...

While ago. that's a brutal regime, and we'll be able to handle it. >> so what does the president mean by that? by "we'll be able to handle it"? let's go live to seoul and bring in paula hancocks, good morning. >> reporter: hello, christine. that's the question everyone on this side of the world is asking, as well. what exactly did president trump mean "we will be able to handle it"? there are still the same options today as there were yesterday, potentially strengthening sanctions against north korea, encouraging or putting pressure on beijing to try and put more pressure on north korea. of co...

The united states of america stands behind japan, its great al ally, 100%. thank you. msnbc senior editor of politics beth fouhy joins me live in studio. we heard from the president. very limited from what he had to say. are we hearing anything more from the white house? >> that was last night, frances, and as you know, a president who has vowed -- those are fairly measured words from president trump, mostly talking about the relationship with japan. he didn't speak directly to what had happened with this missile launch. earlier today, his senior adviser, steven miller, went out to do the va...

The danger is that president trump starts to do things that britain really doesn't agree with and how does she respond to that? fundamentally she knows that if she has washington on side, it really strengthens her negotiations with the european union, but it's full of risks. >> keir, i think you should hop on a train and get down to washington because there's a lot of anticipation for that meeting. thank you very much, keir simmons at 30 rock. >> and reaction from another key al ally, mexico. press secretary sean spicer first said there would be a 20% attack on imports. two hours later backing...