north korea. stuart: go ahead. liz: they did discuss north korea in the meeting this is what the president, we may find out more about how china and south korea help with the problem of north korea. stuart: we'll run this tape any moment. i'll tell you now, at the top of the tape, the first thing you see what i'm going to call some media joss he willing. it -- jostling. it got a little crazy. i don't know whether it had to do with the trump tweet. but the president in this tape will say, you guys, looking at media, you guys are getting worse. now bear with us, please, waiting for this tape to be fed properly to us. the moment i've got it, you will see it. again it's president trump in his meeting with the south korean president. there is a brief moment when the president speaks and you will see him speaking and you will see the press jostling. here we go. of the let's listen. >> you may say something, i will say something and then -- [shouting] >> hey. >> easy, fellows. fellows. fellows, easy. fel

topics, north korea, trade. you never know, so we have to wait to see what the presidents have to say. they will not be, as we know so far, taking questions. another break from tradition from this president. we'll bring that when it begins. >> 3 to 5 million illegal votes in the election was president trump's claim in november. that happened in a tweet. shortly after that, the president set up this, the election integrity. that panel is asking for information, ahead of their first big meeting coming up next month. they are asking for officials in all 50 states for voter data. a number of states responded with a very firm no way jose. kansas' secretary of state is the vice chair of the commission. here is some of the information he is asking for. last four digits of social security number for voters in their state. he says it's to prevent voter fraud in the future. others clearly disagree. joining me is alex, california's democratic secretary of state. california does not plan to hand over that voter information.

north korea relationship. so even if they had returned otto warmbrer's, this isn't going to lead to improvement. there's a sense in the trump administration there's just nothing that can be done with north korea. i think you'll see them doubling down really on china notwithstanding the president's tweet. >> rose: david. >> i think they'll double down. i read the tweet differently than chris did. i read it that the president who had said to me in an interview last year he thought the chinese have complete control over the north koreans is now coming to the conclusion that every one of his predecessors came to which was the chinese control may not be complete and that even if it was, they are unwilling to use it because they don't want to destabilize north korea and have a collapse with north korea on their border and perhaps absorbed by the south. the one tragedy and it's a huge tragedy as more to the emotional impact here. remember when the president decided two months ago to bomb syria, even if he did it only

in south korea. mr trump took aim on defense spending and unfair trade practices he was very blunt about that. but for the south korean president security in a dangerous neighborhood was the main issue. president trump ben nye agreed. that only strong security can bring about genuine peace we conquered to strengthen our overwhelming deterrence. mr moon through in a line about dialogue with north korea but he didn't emphasize it. both men are relatively new in office and they agreed that they are facing a growing insignificant threa. from north korea so despite their differences in approach they chose to use this first meeting to show a united front. president trump hasn't ruled out talks with north korea but given what's happened to auto warm beer that prospects become even more distant. is death after captivity has hardened attitudes here. the two presidents agree that china is key like south korea advocates to gauge meant. but the us wanted to put the squeeze on north korea by cracking down on sanc

relations with north korea. the fine line between monitoring students' social media and invading their privacy. and, much more. >> woodruff: the effort by senate republicans to replace the affordable care act picked up steam today as their leader promised a first look at their bill before the end of the week. so far, democrats remain unable to stop it on their own. but they mounted a public relations attack, as republicans counted votes. the word came from majority leader mitch mcconnell that a draft of the senate g.o.p.'s health care package was on its way. >> well, we're going to lay out a discussion draft thursday morning. and i wouldn't want to compare it to the house bill. it'll speak for itself. it'll be different, and take a different approach based upon these endless discussions we've had with the only people interested in changing the law, which is republican senators. >> woodruff: he spoke as democrats, in the minority, were making their own symbolic stand on health care on the senate floor. minority l

he's sitting down with south korea's new president as fears escalate over a nuclear north korea, but a cloud of controversy hanging over the white house at the moment. bipartisan outrage, truly bipartisan over statements the president made attacking women and unleashing his most venomous jabs at msnbc's mika brzezinski mocking her intelligence and appearance claiming she came to his florida estate bleeding badly from a face-lift. that is not true. this morning, mika brzezinski and co-host joe scarborough responded in an opinion piece in the "washington post." the title, "donald trump is not well." they write, our concerns about his behavior go far behind the personal. america's leaders and allies asking again whether this man is fit to be president. begin at this hour, at the white house where we find our boris sanchez. good morning, boris. >> reporter: hey, good morning, poppy. yes, in that editorial by mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, they refute the president's claims, specifically that they begged him to join him at mar-a-lago new year's eve and whether or not mikahad a facel

and at that president is just about to speak there in south korea. ofre were a couple statements president trump made that the u.s. cannot continue with trade deficits. they were talking about the amount south korea actually experts and president trump paying tribute to the south korea -- buying various exports from the united states. mark? mark: let's bring back george maris, janus capital management portfolio manager. thank you for clearing up the june anomaly before we went to the white house. talk to me about janet yellen, she said some asset prices have become rigged. to whata fair comment? extent does that apply to various equity markets right now? george: i think it is a fair comment, but let me so that a little bit. i think asset classes up ross the spectrum whether you think have real estate or what you, our expenses are very expensive historically. i think the historic -- quantitative easing, negative rates, have a lot to do with that. equities still seemed intriguing because they are cheaper on a capital return perspective. you have a bett

from space, north korea is a black hole. that's it, wedged between the shining lights of south korea, and china to the north. thae said he was living a comfortable life here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. you all live together under one roof? >> thae yong-ho: yes. >> whitaker: so you could keep an eye on each other? >> thae yong-ho: keep an eye on each other, control each other, and even spy on each other. >> whitaker: but thae said he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his own uncle in 2013, and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. i have seen tape of you-- >> thae yong-ho: yes. >> whitaker: --giving speeches in london. you're very convincing. you seem to be a true believer yourself. >> thae yong-ho: if i show any sign of hesitation, then i would be, you know, sent to-- >> whitaker: what would happen to you? >> thae yong-ho: i would be sen

south korea and the u.s.. clear about he was this was in no way targeting china although it is targeting a chinese-based bank. i wonder if this creates convocations for china and the u.s. to work together and resolving this north korean situation. president has put a lot of -- he has invested a lot of hope in china getting something out of this relationship that did not come to pass. >> it is still so early. it will take time for these ,anctions to have any effect but they have to be copperheads it. they cannot be -- they have to be sustained -- they have to be comprehensive. they cannot be sustained -- they have to be sustained. negotiations have been going on for 20 years now, and finally, a tough sanctions regime is being assembled. scarlet: but china's role here does not change because of these sanctions? china is actually stepping up bit by bit. the other day, cmp see announced, the china national -- cmp see announced, the chinese national drilling corporation announced they were shutting down. julia: and

warmbier was just one of hundreds of americans who traveled to north korea every year. >> north korea has been on my bucket list for some time. >> reporter: andrew byrne went to north korea just a few months ago on a young pioneer tour, even while otto warmbier was being held captive. >> people were very clear that any deviation from what's expected of you could result in being detained or worse. they were not shy about letting us know that, that it's very important that we behave as instructed. >> these are tightly controlled tours. these are tours that earn hard currency for the kim regime. it's spent on weapons, nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles. it's spent on keeping the elites happy. >> reporter: this week young pioneer tours announced it will no longer be bringing americans traveling on u.s. passports to north korea. meanwhile, the u.s. state department is now warning americans to stay away, citing "serious risk of arrest and long-term detention." and officials are considering banning all travel there for u.s. citizens. in reality, one small mistake can have disastrous consequ

korea. north korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them is not new, but the regime has increased the pace and scope of its efforts. while the north korean regime has a long record of murder of diplomats, kidnapping of innocents, killing of sailors, other criminal activity, its nuclear weapons program is maturing as a threat to all. coupled with reckless proclamations, the current north korean program signals a clear intent to acquire nuclear-armed ballistic missiles, including those of intercontinental range that pose direct and immediate threat to our regional allies, partners, and all the world. president trump has made clear that the era of strategic patience is over. as a matter of u.s. national security, the united states regards the threat from north korea as a clear and present danger. the regime's actions are manifestly illegal. there is a strong international consensus that the current situation cannot continue. china's declared policy of a d nuclear

korea's nuclear threat. among the headlines we just heard, president trump said the relationship between the two is the cornerstone of peace and security in that dangerous part of the world. he referred to north korea as a menace, saying the regime there was both brutal and reckless and said it had no respect for human life. my colleague, kelly o'donnell, is at the white house in the rose garden on what was certainly a hot day there. and there are some tensions in that region as well. we just heard from the president trying to show this close relationship between these two new leaders talk about what you found significant and why this matters so much. >> reporter: no trade deficit on sweat or sunscreen here in the rose garden today, peter. this is a strong statement from both leaders about the intention that this new relationship with two leaders, new to their offices, and with a lot of common issues, is something they both want to work on forcefully. you heard president moon call president trump determined

>> i believe when it comes to north korea's nuclear missile threats it is the republic of korea that is more dire. for the united states, the north korean threat is a future threat on the horizon. but for us a matter of life and death. when it comes to preemptive strike that you mention, i believe that this something we may, we can discuss at a later stage, when the threat has become even more urgent. >> is that your message for president trump when you meet with him at the white house? >> translator: so i believe that we will probably have such discussions. the two of us will both be i office and working together for the next five years. and the two of us also share the common goals of resolving north korean nuclear issue, a peace regime on the korean peninsula and building peace and security in northeast asia. if two could pull together and accomplish common goals i believe this will be the most fruitful achievements we can achieve. during our terms in office. and i also believe that this will be the greatest diplomatic achievement for president trump as the well. >> you believe th

unfortunately one of them is north korea getting tougher on north korea, iran would be the other. it's certainly worth trying. you know, i also think congress is part of the problem when we look at this because in the case of iran, specially republicans, of course, this would lead, if i was a north korean considering engaging the u.s. entering discussions into the agreement, interim agreement and so forth, i would really question whether or not the united states is prepared to fulfill that agreement given the issues that are being placed against and, yes, we should always engage dmong these discussions, but at the same time we also have to be cautious about them playing the role to have spoiler as well. when you look at the recent hearings on the hill, there was one hearing recently where among dozen or more senators who spoke, there was only one that mentioned the word diplomatic engagement which shocked me. >> i would urge some caution, is what i would be afraid of is the more hawkish people in the congress opposing any attempt to maybe work out a new nuclear freeze as a first s

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they should lean heavily on north korea not just to they should lean heavily on north korea notjust to stop their missile shots but also to disclose what happened in this human rights tragedy. do you think the current administration has the wherewithal to really try to influence the chinese in this area to get that result? this is the strategy of the trump administration and i think we should watch what happens. so far i think president trump has said he will not have china listed as a currency manipulator, some trade benefits. china has done little to put leveraged on north korea and they could do more. they have done a little bit since the president met with the chinese leader but not enough. it is a sense of all the commerce goes to north korea through china, they give them coal and oil, they should step up and so far they have not done enough. how much work will be going on behind the scenes now to try to release the three americans and the canadian? well hopefully a lot of work is being donein hopefully a lot of work is being done in that area. i'm going to continue doing it priva

on north korea, congressman introduced north korea travel bans, do you have any kind of -- for the north korean travel ban act. >> i have no comments on that today, although i will say we will continue to look at a range of options as we are very serious about them stopping their activity. >> how do you quantity fie the financial activity you're trying to stop today and the access, direct and indirect, this particular bank had the u.s. financial markets? >> this is very significant since this is the first bank that we've cut off under this. and that we will continue to look at these actions and continue to roll out sanctions. as i said in this case it's millions of dollars, but we are committed to cutting off all illegal funds -- this bank will not be able to access the u.s. financial system either directly or indirectly. so it's a very significant action. >> secretary, you made clear this was not a punishment against china, but obviously the white house wants to be putting pressure on beijing to take action against north korea. are you satisfied that china will see it that way? and with

approach to north korea. these missile tests, while not as significant as a nuclear test or intercontinental ballistic missile, it is still concerning. it is a challenge for the new administration as to how to engage north korea. >> i want to move to south africa. the country's embattled president jacob zuma is staying put for now. he is survived a bit by some to remove him from office. is he safe for the moment? >> he is certainly. he is keeping control of the country. that is for sure. certainly, the vote of no-confidence is something that he said he never wanted to hear of again. the constitutional court is currently debating whether or not to allow a secret ballot on a no-confidence vote in parliament later this year. whether that will happen or not is certainly to be seen, but it does deal a blow to that move. >> fresh off of nato and the group of seven summit, emmanuel macron welcomed vladimir putin to paris for their first one-on-one meeting. the two leaders found common ground over fighting terrorism,

detained in north korea. i also urge north korea to return these people to their families. >> senator john mccain has said that otto warmbier was murdered by the kim jong unregime. do you believe the north koreans should be held responsible for his death? >> yes, this had happened while mr. warmbier was in the detention of north korean authorities. we cannot know for sure that north korea killed mr. warmbier but i believe it is quite clear that they have a heavy responsibility in the process that led to his death. >> how does this affect your efforts to restart the dialog with north korea? >> translator: i believe we must now have the perception that north korea is an irrational regime. working with such a country we must achieve the goal of the complete dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. >> how do you sit knee to knee as you promised with an irrational leader and negotiate? >> translator: i believe dialog was necessary. we were unable to resolve the nuclear issue through only the sanctions and p

north korea policy. syria another good one. these are problems that nobody really knows what to do, all the options are terrible, and the best you can hope for is to jolly the situation down the road a bit without blowing it up while trying to make it better as much as you can and lay the groundwork for more constructive stuff down the road. so you will never get a north korean solution. maybe with a lot of diplomacy you could get an interim agreement with the way richard haas talks about. any kind of military solution would be a disaster and incredibly risky, nobody sane seems to want that but nobody has a good answer about making the problem go away either. >> goldberg: place north korea in the context of, i don't want to overstate it, but a trump foreign policy doctrine, then pivot to the question of is there a discernible trump foreign policy doctrine? >> right now, this is a very strange period in history, not only will books be written about this period offa the fact, we all know that, but it's ver

do you, do you -- [inaudible] north korea travel ban? >> i have no comment on on today although i will say we continue to look at a range of optionses that we're very serious about stopping their activity. >> can you quantify the financial activity you're trying to stop today and access, direct, indirect this particular bank with the u.s. financial markets. >> this is very significant that this is the first bank we cut off under this. we will con it to look at these actions and continue to roll out sanctions. as i said in this case it is millions of dollars but we're committed to cutting off all illegal funds going to north korea. >> mr. secretary -- >> when we put sanctions -- >> what are you doing now, what are you trying to stop? >> this bank will not be able to access the u.s. financial system directly or indirectly. so it's a very significant action. >> mr. secretary, you made clear this is not punishment against china but obviously the white house wants to put pressure on beijing to take action with north korea. are you satisfied c

how much do you think china has moved the needle on north korea? as far as tax reform to say there's roughly -- dealing with that issue are there any contingency plans in place in case of healthcare doesn't get done and how much of the administration of a seriously considering? >> that's a lot of questions. when we work backwards. no decisions have been made. gary and i will sometime make recommendations to the president but no decisions have been made on that. for tax reform, we are very committed to get tax reforms on the sheer. it's one of the president's top priorities for economic growth. i think the people of america understand that, that we need economic growth and were committed to that. i expect healthcare will get done. regardless, work committed to get a tax reform done. >> let me follow up with you on tax reform if you don't mind. paul ryan -- why should the american people believe that things are on track when we see the things with healthcare. >> why shouldn't the american people believe it? of course they should believe it. chairman

unfortunately i think one of them is north korea getting tougher on north korea. i think iran would be the other. but it certainly was trying. i also think congress is part of the problem when we look at this because in the case of iran, you see congress especially the republican side trying to actively undermine the jcpoa. and, of course, this would lead, if i was the north koreans, considering engaging the u.s. entering into discussions on agreement, an interim agreement and so forth, i would really question whether not the united states is prepared to fulfill that agreement, given the issues that are being placed against the jcpoa. so yes, of course we should always engage congress in these discussions. but at the same time we also have to be cautious about him playing a role of this point as well. when you look at the recent hearings on the hill, there was one hearing recently where i think among the dozen more senders who spoke, usually only one that even mentioned the word to chromatic engagement, which shocked me. >> i would just add one thing, and that is,

. >>> north korea. the president expresses outrage over the death of an american student killed by north korea. does the president have a plan b? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, senate investigators say they'll now start following the money looking for ties between the trump campaign and russian financiers. members of the senate intelligence committee say they've been promised access to backing records from the treasury department's financial crimes unit that tracks illegal money officerstransfers. that comes as the senate judiciary committee may start looking into possible obstruction of justice from the white house. michael flynn is once again at the center of things. democrats now say he may be cooperating with administrators. president trump cannot say whether he recorded conversations with the fired-up james comey. but the add administration offices say they don't have records relating to the installation or production of any recording devices in the white house

chief among them, north korea. obviously, this administration trying to ramp up pressure on north korea to stop its nuclear provocations. that is at the forefront. we expect to hear joint statements from both leaders. at this point in time, i'm told according to the white house official, the president is not going to take questions, but we certainly have a lot of questions. we will be shouting them at the president. and just to touch on your initial point, this comes as the president is trying to get health care reform passed. tax reform passed. and i think the challenge for the president is will this latest controversy make some republicans wary about working with him. about siding with him on some of these issues that are already so difficult, peter. >> susan collins among those saying it will not affect her opinion of what she does with health care, but isn't making things any easier. kristen at the white house, thank you very much. >>> those comments from the president on twitter overshadowing this health care

going to respond to north korea. eric: you know rachel the scary part is that this otto warmbier in prison 15 years hard labor for stealing a political sign in a hotel. think about this for a second north korea said he accurate botulism why there very vegetable at a timeive state doctor says no evidence of botulism, what do we do with north korea for otto. >> kud os to trump administration for working so hard to get him out quickly, something that parents said obama administration did not do effectively, i think the moral clarity out of trump administration, is a great is a great change i think getting otto back isn't just a blessing for his family i think great foreign policy sends a message, to -- to north korea and other rogue nations that we put a priority on american lives i think your mercedes everyone else absolutely right we need to force bank of china other places including russia who are doing business with north korea they have to choose between doing business with us or doing business with north korea tha