White House: China Is 'Growing Closer' with Russia, But 'Could Be Helpful' with Iran

On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said "China could be helpful, if they're willing to be helpful with, for instance, Iran," but China and Russia "have been growing closer together here in recent months," and there is a "burgeoning defense relationship between those two countries."