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Secretary of defense here tonight. We know last week he made a Surprise Announcement at his first thank you rally saying yes hes indeed choosing general james mattis for defense secretary. But the fact that two will be up on stage together, certainly notable, especially given that is the military friendly town. So donald trump hoping to cash in on the energy here almost to validate his pick for Secretary Of Defense. And we know trump has many thank you tours and rallies ahead. Just two this week alone and thursday hell be in iowa and friday in michigan. You heard him taking credit for what he ...

Proceedings once these reunions have happened. the aclu wants seven days until they're able to do so so the immigrant is able to receive legal help and get things in order. however lawyers with the department of justice have argued in court that four days is plenty. that is what they are hoping for. it's unclear when the judge will make a decision on that. >> dana: thank you for that. appreciate it. secretary of defense james mattis is speaking about russia especifically president trump's relationship with vladimir putin. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. what did mat sis -- mattis say abou...

On. >> first of all, the president is talking about war gales. he was obviously shooting from the hip. isn't there some peril for a defense secretary not being synced up to the president. >> i'm less concerned formatis than i am for the nation. is president trump going to go to nato, go to the conference, bheet putin and decide we are not going to do nato exercise inside the baltic. not going to do anything that makes our tee ternt effective with the russians. i think mattis from a political standpoint survives. i'm worried about our credibility abroad. mat sis going to bush pack as hard and a...

One meeting to reach a denuclearization agreement. he also said the north korean former intel chief will likely visit the white house tomorrow to deliver a personal letter from the north korean leader. north korea is also expected to be a major topic of discussion as defense secretary james mattis meets with asian defense ministers in singapore. joining us now to talk about this is nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols who is traveling with secretary mattis in singapore. and we also have an expert on u.s./china relations and national security issues. >> hans, let's start with the trip you ar...

Saying he's not going to vote for this waiver. this issue is a very important point in american politician -- >> zo and so o you are going to have obviously him trumpeting general mattis. general mat sis going to speak and it will be interesting to see how how long he speaks for. and then trump is no doubt going to talk about this $50 billion investment. it is not an investment yet was a they don't even necessarily have the money raised so it is very unclear. what we understand is that $50 billion softbank says they are going to invest in the united states. trump tweeted masa, softbank in japa...