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Somebody may -- there's enormous political pressure on those leaders to do something very tense situation. that's my worry. and my last worry is that it makes a path to diplomacy to negotiations, to talks, which i think is the only way out of this impasse very difficult right now because of this personal an months sti and these insults. >> ambassador, any question we're just going to have to live with a nuclear north korea? >> well, i don't think that should be our policy, but realistically, i think we have to start looking at freezing their missile activity, freezing their nuclear activity, f...

Completely diverse city. it's interesting to high how this is all coming together in the wake of the attack. nbc news's kier simmons is live -- one of the senate top republicans is pumping the brakes on health care. in fact, senator marco rubio was asked by the process of reform where a small group of senators are working on legislation behind closed doors. >> the senate is not a place where you can cook something up behind closed doors. they made the fist step in this that may be crafted among a small group of people, but then everyone is going to get to weigh in, and it's going to take -- it...

Talking about issues, talking about common ground if you look at the conversation and with congressman eli i can congressman -- elijah comumming maybe there's 15 or 20% of the issues they agree on, maybe there's one bill they can work on but there's a willingness to sit down and talk and i think that's fist step in the propces, and the president has brought in union leaders, he had dr. zeke emmanuel, it's not just bringing in people who agree with you, it's about bringing in people across the spectrum, i get it that innercities rebuilding

So this was not perhaps a slam dunk that you were hoping for. we heard from the house -- go ahead. >> i never thought this would be a slam dunk. this was always going to be an a arduous appeals struggle and i'm grateful to have the white house and to have the president talking favorably about the product that we'll be working on this morning but make no mistake about it, it is a reconciliation bill. it's by definition an intensity partisan process it's important to take this as the fist step and i do believe it is an important and good first step but in no way was this ever going to be a light...

Meeting but note this -- we appreciate the trump administration listening at the meeting. we encourage people -- we encourage the administration elect to listen to the country. that is to say to reject senator sessions as attorney general. >> you'll go back to alabama january 30th and plead guilty? >> i won't plead guilty and we will suffer the consequences, pay the fine, or go to jail because we're clear about this. people lost their lives for the right to vote. and this is not the last step but the fist step, continuing step of opposition. >> cornell william brooks of the naacp, thanks for c...