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hackers were targeting the dnc and other democratic operations. by the way, as candidate trump was publicly calling on the russians to publicly hack hillary clinton s e-mails. we don t know the contact or motive before the conversations, but the word they happened is a big real development. we should note the kremlin and donald trump this morning are calling it fake news. cnn s jim sciutto has been working sources all day, all night on this story. jim, bring us up to speed on where we are right now at 9:01 eastern time. i should knnote calling it fe news without the president or the white house responding to the substance of the reporting which we ve asked them to do. let s get to what the reporting is. one, two things caused alarm, raised red flags in u.s. law enforcement and intelligence. first, the volume and frequency of the communications between trump advisers and the russians. communications happen during campaigns, typically at a much lower level and much less frequent t ....
coastal city of sinpo, home to north korea s submarine base, u.s. pacific command saying it was a failure, almost immediately after launch. and what i have experienced in the past when i m inside this count country, it s never reported in the state-controlled media. of course a successful launch would be a lead story with pictures of the north korean leader overseeing the event. given that this appears to be this test appears to be a failure, probably most north koreans, the vast majority, will never know that it happened, ana. and, will, explain the difference between this failed launch and an actual nuclear test. reporter: so north korea has conducted a number of missile launches since the beginning of last year, three dozen missile tests. it s fairly easy for north korea to fire these. they probably don t have a warhead inside the trajectory, has them falling in the waters off the korean peninsula. there was a simultaneous missile launch last month where three missile ....
compared hitler to bashar al assad. is that enough to stop calls for him being fired? in the driver s seat. my one on one sit down with ford s ceo mark fields. his message to the president and his vision for the future of the auto industry. good morning, everybody. i m ali velshi at msnbc headquarters in new york. rex tillerson and sergey lavrov have ended a high stakes meeting in moscow. the two are scheduled to emerge at the top of the next hour and hold a news conference. we know that there has been tense talk over syria. today s meeting comes on the heels of a newly declassified white house intelligence report that accuses russia of helping cover up that chemical attack in syria last week. president vladimir putin saying in an interview today, quote, where s the proof of syrian forces using chemical weapons? there is none. end quote. putin also says relations with the u.s. have, quote, degraded since president trump took office. president trump had his own criticisms of ....
your government and the united states government seems to be miles apart on the syria issue, ukraine and other issues. did you feel that you ve cleared up any of those issues you mentioned earlier today since you ve had those discussions with secretary tillerson? we did discuss at length the future role for assad, whether it be in a future political process or not. clearly our view is that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. and they have, again, brought this on themselves with their conduct and war these past few years. we discussed our view that russia, as their closest ally in the conflict, perhaps has the best means of helping assad recognize this reality. we do think it s important that assad s departure is done in an orderly way, an orderly way, so achieved. this is a very high legal hurdle in order to bring such charges against an individual, so i would not suggest to you that all of that evidence is in place. but i think the longer time goes by, it s p ....
developing stories including more on russia. a poll showing over half of americans say they do want an independent inquiry of the links between trump and russia. more than 60% say this is concerning for what it actually means for our democracy. couple that with the former national security adviser, mike flynn, offering testimony in exchange for immunity. now, today. vladimir putin spokesman claiming there is actually nothing to uncover. are you concerned about anything he might say about his contacts with russia? no. we are not. any blamings that russia could have been interfering in domestic affairs of the united states is slander. peskov saying that an allegation regarding the russian government s involvement in the recent killing of an opposition lawmaker is absurd. how will these events affect the already rocky path ahead for the trump administration? joining me now is ron klain, a former senior aide to president clinton, matt miller who worked at the department of ....