thanks for being here. we're following a lot of news. let's get right to it. >> the press has become so dishonestly. honestly out of control. i want to find a friendly reporter. >> you can control the bully pulpit, can't control the facts. >> russia is fake news put out by the media. >> the information coming from the leaks is real, how can the stories be fake? >> the reporting is fake. mike. i didn't direct him but would have directed him. >> bob harward taking a pass on the job of national security adviser. >> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. while we're in this back and forth, the world is getting more dangerous. >> this is "new day." >> good morning, welcome to your new day, up first, donald trump returning to the scorched earth politics that got him elected.

the president said no more press secretary, forget about the surrogates, it's me and the media and my favorite work, fake, airing grievances and sparring with reporters in a long and very important news conference. >> questions about russia continue. though president trump tried to dismiss those as quote a ruse as we learn the top choice to replace michael flynn for national security adviser turned down the job. mr. trump said it is a finely tuned machine. we're 29 days into the trump presidency. let's begin our coverage with joe johns live at the white house. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, allison, it was bob harward who was that top pick to replace michael flynn as national security adviser, he said he didn't want the job and administration insisting it was about spending more time with his family but friends of harward said he didn't want to get involved in the white house swirl, a swirl that reached a

peak just yet with the president's news conference. >> the press honestly is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. >> reporter: president trump unloading on his critics. >> i turn on tv and open the newspapers and see stories of cha o chaos. it's the complete opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess. >> reporter: holding court for more than an hour, the president defending former national security adviser michael flynn, fired this week for lying about discussing sanctions with a rush ambassador. >> i fired him because of what he said to mike pence, very simple. mike was doing his job. he was calling countries and counterparts. so it certainly would have been

okay with me if he did it, i would have directed him to do it if i thought he wasn't doing it. >> reporter: and lashing out at the intelligence community over leaks. >> what he did wasn't wrong. what was wrong was the way that other people including yourselves in this room were given that information. because that was classified information and was given illegally. that's the real problem. >> reporter: the commander in chief sparring with the media about reporting on leaks. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake. >> reporter: there's information coming from the leaks is real how can the stories -- >> the reporting is fake. the whole russian thing, that's a ruse. >> reporter: and defending his post tour on russia after a report that his aides had constant contact with russian intelligence operatives. >> haven't made a phone call to russia in years. don't speak to people in russia, not that i wouldn't but have nobody to speak to. >> even joking about his response to recent russian provocations.

>> the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. everyone in the country will say it's so great. that's not great. that's not great. i would love to be able to get along with russia. >> reporter: the president defending the rollout of his now halted travel ban. >> on the travel ban, would you accept that that was a good example of the smooth running of government? >> i do -- let me -- wait. i know who you are, just wait. >> insisting it went smoothly and blasting federal judges again. >> the only problem we had a bad court. the rollout was perfect. >> touting again a false claim about his electoral win margin. >> we got 306 because people came out and voted like they've never seen before. that's the way it goes. i guess it was the biggest electoral college win since ronald reagan. >> reporter: president trump raising eyebrows for asking a reporter to set up a meeting with him with a congressional

black caucus. >> do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? set up the meeting. >> i know some of them -- >> set up a meeting, i would love to meet with the black caucus. >> and failing to condemn a rise in anti-sem itic attacks happening across the u.s. >> what we are concerned about and haven't really heard being addressed an uptick in anti-semitism and how the government is -- >> i am the least anti-semitic person you've ever seen in your entire life. number two, racism, the least racist person. we did very well relative to other people running as a republican. quiet, quiet. >> reporter: the president heads out to charleston to tour a boeing plant today and tomorrow holds what is being referred to as a mega rally in florida. >> thank you very much. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trying to digest the

significance of that ballyhoo that we lived for over an hour yesterday. some have problems with it, some don't. sunlin has reaction. all are distractions by it. >> reporter: this is must see tv here on capitol hill, chris, a number of house republicans were working in the house watching the press conference as it unfolded all together. sources describe they were glued to their tv and described reactions in varying levels of dismay and shock. one republican senator telling john king this is something trump should have done in front of a therapist, not onlive national television. then there was this, one reaction from say republican lawmaker who said, quote, we're just trying to manage this bleep. the people that love him will love him more. the people that hate him will hate him more and the people in the middle probably will look at it the way we look at it here in congress, that's just the new

normal. that's just the bleep that happens. i don't know how else to manage it. that speaking to the frustration of many republicans on capitol hill as they try to operate this new normal with this unpredictable president. they do have big ticket items of repealing and replacing obama care, doing tax reform, all of that top on the agenda but there's a worry and sense that all of these daily distractions coming from the white house could derail their plans for what they have ahead. >> the irony, sunlen, that a lawmaker finally shows that they get where most americans minds are and what's happening before their eyes in politics and don't even give their name. thank you for the reporting. joining us now is marsha blackburn of tennessee. she was with the president before he did this ballyhoo tour de force yesterday. i know congresswoman, that you think i want to talk about why he did it and what does it mean?

i'm not asking you about any of it because i don't think it matters. let's talk about what we can show as fact and what's being done for the american people. you want to talk about the aca, so do i. here's my question, the control is, how do you take away the funding mechanisms and revenue generating mechanisms in place right now and still keep costs down? >> one of the things that you find in the affordable care act, chris, over 1400 times it gives discretion to the secretary of hhs. and so as secretary price has taken the reigns which will help us as we get started on addressing the affordable care act issue, what you're going to see is rule changes. he's already done for this week. one of those was a piece of legislation i've had that addresses verification before individuals go on the plans and special enrollment periods.

what we do know is this, that out of the 9 million people in the obamacare exchange, only 2 million of those can afford that product without a subsidy. we also know that the cost of insurance has escalated. the rate this year for premium increases across the board, not just with obamacare but across the board is over 25%. so what we will do is a phase out and face in -- >> let me stop you right there to keep the record clear. >> i've read the same number that you just offered and it does demand context though. the rate of increase overall during the period of the aca has been less than it was in periods prior. it's not idea and been too high for some. we see random spikes and different marvegts and good and bad reasons for that. but it takes me back to that original question, yes, the rates are too high but what right now do you see that will

bring down those rates because the allegation is that if you take away the subsidies and revenue generating parts of it you're going to have rates go up more, not less. >> see and i disagree with that. the way you bring down the rates of insurance and rate of increase in the insurance and yes, escalation rates have been enormous, what you do is to open up -- >> but less than prior periods. >> you open up the marketplace and do across state line purchase of health insurance and you also -- >> in the states that have done that, congresswoman, you know the rates aren't that much better? there are several states that allow a cross line sharing right now and we haven't seen them having a great benefit. >> that is through a compact. but it is not a change in the structure of the marketplace. those are two different things. you also will have expanded health savings accounts, individuals like the ability to have that option. >> but it doesn't bring down costs. >> yes, it does --

>> how so? >> it brings down costs because you change the way an individual looks at the marketplace and utilizes health care. you bring transparency to bear so that people know what -- what it's costing and one of the main -- >> that doesn't bring down your costs or change how -- >> yes, it does. >> how does it change how a provider will price a policy if i have a health savings account? >> you're talking then there are two separate issues to understand. one is the insurance marketplace and the second is the delivery of care the third component is the reimbursement of care. now something that is going to help in that delivery system is a bill we passed last year which is 21st century cures which changes us from one size fits all approaches to medicine to precision medicine. once you do that with cms changing the reimbursement models you're going to see a

change in pricing because people right now when it's third party pay, they don't know what they are paying for something. what they do now -- >> how does a health savings account address any of that? i'm not saying there are bad points about what goes into pricing but it will help me if i have money and if i'm trying to figure out who's going to give me care for the least possible price and hsa is irrelevant. >> hsa is a funding mechanism, when you pair that -- >> for me. i'm saying that doesn't make my cost -- >> from your employer. from your employer or from another entity helping to fund that health savings account. and i think it's time for some innovation -- >> but in order to give care, that's not really our issue right now. yes, you have about -- there are different numbers but you have over half of the country getting their care from an employer but that's not your urgency, you're not getting rid of the obama care model because private

funders of insurance and those who get work from their employer are getting hit hard, it's about everyone has to go through the exchange. that's the motivation. i'm not saying you don't want hsas i'm saying that's not going to reduce the cost of health care from providers. >> when you insert competition into the insurance marketplace, what you're going to see is prices come down. when you get rid of the essential mandated benefits so that you can have different products in the marketplace such as hsas, increase that ability for participation in the hsas, in a third party entity and from the individual of course you're going to see an individual carefully work with that money when there's transparency as to what the delivery system is going to charge, then individuals have the ability to be a better consumer of health

care because now they know if a test is really a $50 test or if it's $150 test, they can choose an option that they like. and that kind of consumer information always serves the marketplace well. >> maybe, but i don't think economically there's any connection between my ability to save for care and what a provider is going to provide as a cost basis but we'll see when it's in the details. let me ask you one other question here yesterday, does it matter to you that while the president has strong feelings about the reporting of russia, he said as far as he knows, nobody on his staff had any contacts with russia during the campaign. we have multiple sourcing of constant contact. are you concerned about this disconnect about what is known and what was done with respect to russia? >> i know you claim to have

multiple reports. i have seen classified briefing, have had no classified briefing, we've been shown nothing that shows that there were multiple individuals with multiple contacts. i do think it is of tremendous concern to every member of congress and we look forward to getting details as to what is happening with the leaks of classified information. we go through a tremendous amount -- tremendous number of safeguards when it comes to dealing with classified information. and yesterday when some of us -- of course he was concerned about that as are we and also concerned about our moving forward with the repeal of the affordable care act and our work on making certain that we preserve access to affordable health care for all americans, which is a shared goal. of course, those of us in the house are a little bit

frustrated with the senate because we want them to pick up the pace and like to see the president's cabinet approved just as it has been done for previous presidents and also like for them to begin to kind of pick up their tempo and take up some of the legislation that we're sending them. >> congresswoman, thank you for making the case on new day, pushing them for to -- end up resigning for questionable ethical issues. thank you for sharing details on the show as always. >> absolutely, thank you. >> does michael flynn's resignation put the issue of his ties to russia to bed? one democrat goes so far as to call what he's seeing treason. he's going to join us next. tech: don't let a cracked windshield ruin your plans.

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you can talk about russia, all fake news fabricated deal to try to make up for the loss of the democrats. if the democrats who have -- all you have to do is look where they are right now.only thing they can do is delay because they screwed things up royally, believe me. >> that was president trump slamming democrats at his press conference blaming them for reports about his campaign staffers being in contact with russian operatives and for delaying confirmation of his cabinet picks. joining us now is seth molton of massachusetts, an iraq war vet. good morning. >> good morning. >> you were on cnn with wolf

blitzer earlier and said something very dramatic how you feel about the relationship, whatever it is between the trump campaign and the trump administration and russia. and now that michael flynn has resigned, i want to know if you still feel as strongly as what you said earlier and that was that you thought it rose to the level of treason. >> well, it certainly might. i do feel the same way. that's why we have to have a serious bipartisan investigation into what exactly the ties are between the trump administration and russia. it's very obvious that this goes beyond michael flynn. there have been numerous reports about contacts throughout the campaign. trump's campaign chairman resigned due to his contacts with russia and it's just very odd that trump can literally go out there and slam everyone, not just democrats and republicans on capitol hill, but war heroes like john mccain, gold star families, can't sleep through the night without tweeting about young women and whether they are overweight or not. can't get through a phone call with the australian ambassador,

one of our oldest allies without criticizing him and praises vladimir putin and raises him up like a hero. there's obviously something going on here. it seems donald trump is getting played by the russians. we need to make sure the rest of us aren't as well. >> you hear what president trump says which is what's so wrong with my wanting to have a good relationship with russia. >> what's wrong with it is that russia is an enemy of the united states and working to undermine our allies and own troops across the world. you can't just play nice with russia. others have tried that and it never worked. we have to stand up to russia and allies and trump isn't willing to do that. >> your republican colleague in the house, jason chaffetz has said now that michael flynn resigned, the matter has taken care of itself. no need for more investigation. >> that's exactly what trump wants him to believe, do you honestly think that michael flynn made five calls to the russian ambassador and talked about sanctions and his boss

trump didn't know about it? because, look, trump found out about this three weeks ago. if flynn had made those calls and trump didn't know about it, he would have fired him immediately. instead he sat on it until it was leaked. now trump is going around calling these leaks fake news. the definition of a leak is that it's real. that's the definition, otherwise it's a story or rumor, there's obviously a lot more going on here and it's clear that trump and people like jason chaffetz are trying to cover it up. >> you're saying mr. trump would have fired flynn immediately. no according to his press conference. he said if i had known about it i would have been fine with that. >> obviously he change s his story based on the day. earlier he said it was a lack of trust in flynn that led him tore fired. that's the reality with trump, a serial liar, unless the press and we here on capitol hill cut through that, we won't find the truth for the american people. we deserve the truth. we americans deserve the truth about what's going on between

the trump administration and russia. and let's also not forget, if flynn becomes a distraction, it will take our eye off the bigger picture, which is what's going on with trump's tax returns. that's the thing -- that's the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about here. trump won't disclose his tax returns, the widely assumed reason for that is that because it will show ties to russia. financial ties to russia that have him beholden to putin. if he says that that's not true, then mr. trump release your tax returns and prove to the american people that there's no connection. >> you're an iraq war veteran and i want your take on something that president trump said during the press conference about the russian spy ship that is currently sitting off the u.s. coast near connecticut, the furthest north it has been to date. listen to this. >> the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. everyone in the country will

say, oh, it's so great. we're very powerful nuclear country and so are they. i've been brief and i can tell you one thing about a briefing that we're allowed to say because anybody that ever read the most basic book can say it, nuclear holocaust would be like no other. >> congressman, what did you think when you heard that? >> i think that trump is playing with fire. all joking aside, it shows how dangerous it is to have someone like that being commander in chief. the special operations commander for all of the world came out the other day and said this government is in chaos, dysfunctional. senator mccain has said the same thing. when you have someone like donald trump with his finger on the nuclear button, then we all have to be worried. that's why again it's so important that we rise above partisan politics and do a serious bipartisan investigation of what's going on. i'm not standing here as a

democrat saying only democrats should investigate this. i'm saying democrats and republicans on capitol hill should sit down together and find out what the connection is between trump and russia. >> how are you going to convince your republican colleagues to do that? >> well, i'm working on it and more are coming along. you see several senators with the courage to stand up and say we have to put our national security ahead of partisan politics and catering to whatever trump is doing in the white house and more house colleagues come along as well. there's a lot of fear among republicans of retribution from the trump administration and they are afraid to speak out. what we need to do is find the courage to stand up on both sides of the aisle to find the truth. >> congressman seth moulton, we appreciate you on "new day." thank you. >> thank you. >> president trump is heading to florida tomorrow for a campaign style rally. why is he campaigning three years early? we think we know. the bottom line next. ♪

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tv and given us lots to talk about. let's get the bottom line from david challian. is it your reporting that president trump was sick and tired of other people talking for him and he decided to come out himself because he's his best messenger and saw this as somehow a reset? >> yeah, our colleague jeremy diamond reported yesterday he walked into the oval office, i'm going to do a press conference. he wanted to take control of this. and it was clear from his opening remarks that he did want a reset and wanted to push back against this notion that the white house was in turmoil and it was in chaos. he really wanted to push back against that notion and deal with some of the real controversies about russia and the travel ban and what have you as well. but remember here, it wasn't just yesterday, he was coming out and announcing a brand-new labor secretary, one day after it was his guy, his initial guy had to pull out and didn't have the votes. he's got a campaign rally coming

up on saturday. a big joint session address coming up in ten days before congress. there are real datapoints and judge gorsuch has gotten a firm confirmation date in march. there are real potential priptive, leadership moments for the president to grab control back of the narrative. i they want he went into yesterday thinking that would be part of it. >> it seemed what he did yesterday objectively could not have expanded his base. he didn't rebut any of the facts that are out there that are hurting him. so that feeds into our understanding of what the objective may be this weekend. he's going to have this rally that's the base that's thousands of people, we don't know how much, cheering for him. he's going to say what do you think of the travel ban? what do you think of the media? boo. that will help him galvanize the base but is that what he needs

right now? >> it will also give him a psychological boost, right? i mean, he has been sort of in the white house not really traveling the country very much, confined to the complex in many ways and getting back in front of that crowd get that adulation and reinforcement no doubt will be a good psychological boost for the president himself. you're hitting on something really important. both the upcoming rally and press conference yesterday. where -- show me the datapoint where he moved his agenda forward. show me how he just is a accomplishing the governing successes that he wants as he delivers -- >> obamacare in march. we didn't know he thought that there would be a replacement plan in march. that was new. >> it was certainly a new date to put on the calendar but didn't spend much time laying out his belief in what repeal is going to accomplish and new plan will look like. he said he's going do submit a

plan in march. you have seen presidents in the past in both parties use that bully pulpit to layout what they are trying to accomplish, guide congress a little bit how it wants to go. he did put a date on the calendar, no doubt about that, but where was the ability to move the country that moment of come follow me in this way on obama care repeal and replacement. >> i see. >> we put together a word cloud of the words that he used most during his 77-minute press conference. obviously this is fun but gives you a window into what he thinks is most important and what he wants to talk about. you see russia there in huge letters, that's because that was used most. fake, trump, media, american, i mean, you know, he's playing hits. >> look -- i mean, yes, russia was a big news item and lots of questions. the two words there that pop at me for being larger than you might expect are trump and media.

you know, talking about himself and talking about his relationship with the press, why that is so prominent at your first solo presidential news conference in the east room behind the podium with that seal, i think it gives us real insight into what consumes his time. >> but he's not wrong. >> for all of this distraction who likes the media and who doesn't like the media. no institution has ever wildly been popular in recent history but he knows he wants to control the narrative. the problem he fell into once again yesterday is he doesn't have better facts. he just has feelings. i don't like what you're doing chalian so you are fake. it gets hollow when there's no second line and no proof of why i feel that way. he's not wrong to come at us, it does work for him and it has. the question is will it get him where he wants to be? >> i do think that's the question. and by the way, it doesn't ring

hollow for everyone. i think his core supporters, that was like the best of, you saw that -- if you are a core trump supporter and you've been with him throughout the entire process, that is what you loved. >> absolutely. >> really enjoyed that yesterday. >> i'm saying growing the base, those who weren't for you, to those who are now skeptical of you, the facts are what will galvanize that support. here's what i'm doing. here's why was wrong and now things are better and right -- everybody knows that -- i'm trying to get to something that would be different. >> got it. >> here's what i'm doing, chris, here's where i'm taking us specifically on jobs, on trade, on immigration -- the core -- >> taxes. >> the core thing that got him there. >> where was taxes in the word cloud? >> david chalian, great to talk to you. the fbi is not expected to charge former national security adviser michael flynn for any of his conversations with the russian ambassador.

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michael flynn misled vice president mike pence and federal investigators about his contact with russia's ambassador. but nor now the fbi not pursuing to bring charges. pamela brown has more from washington. >> we've learned michael flynn initially told fbi investigators back in january that sanctions were not discussed but then the fbi agents challenged him because they had read the transcript of that phone call and asked him if he was certain that was his answer. then he said to the agents that he didn't remember. the fbi does not believe he was intentionally misleading them according to officials and is not expected to pursue any charges against flynn. of course, barring new information that changes what they know officials say, flynn was fired by president trump after it was revealed he withheld information about discussing sanctions with russia's ambassador to the u.s.

and sally yates delayed notifying the white house about the conversation until after flynn was interviewed and we're told james comewhy did not object at that time. there's still a broader fbi review of flynn and russian related dealings and republicans in the house now appear to be warming to investigating the full scope of the allegations of flynn's russia dealings, this aflynn's former position of national security adviser to the president remains open and bob harward turned down the job citing family and financial reasons. >> the more we learn, the more it doesn't make sense. pamela brown helps us understand why comey didn't want the administration to do at first. it wasn't something nefarious, they wanted him interviewed for the fbi first. president trump sticking by the pledge to build a border wall. new details about how he plans

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today at esd.ny.gov ♪ heigh ho ♪ heigh ho ♪ heigh ho heigh ho it's off to work we go here's to all of you early risers, what's up man? go-getters, and should-be sleepers. from all of us at delta, because the ones who truly change the world, are the ones who can't wait to get out in it. countless immigrants, legal enundocumented are taking the day off of work to send a message. here's a look at the nationwide impact of the day without immigrants. >> reporter: in chicago and atlanta, charlotte, and in

austin, protesters rally loud and long against the trump policies on immigration. among them, many immigrants who walked off of their jobs to hammer home a point. >> the people that are here that just want to be heard, just want to be respected. they want to do their jobs. >> employers join the effort too, some restaurants in particular allowing workers to stay off the job from los angeles to philadelphia. the bureau of labor statistics found more than a half of all restaurant workers are foreign born, that's over 7 million people. >> we want to let them know, we're not criminals. we're workers. we support our country. >> we're going to close the store completely. without them in first place, they are the back bone of my business and make the machine go. >> whatever your ideology is, you have to stand up for it. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, more than 100 eateries and bars shut down, including a

good many that serve folks at the pentagon. on capitol hill, some even had managers working in place of their immigrant employees so the restaurant could stay open. >> we're running on a limited menu in support of our staff. my wife is here washing dishes for example, we need to call in all hands to help out. >> reporter: even a restaurant in the new trump hotel was so short staffed it was offering a limited menu. its sister restaurant was closed all together, a block from the white house where the new a administration is steadily defending policies. >> those that pose a threat or with a criminal record are where the priorities are -- >> some aren't buying it. jose an dres, involved in dualing lawsuits with the new president over a new contract dispute closed in of his restaurants and tweeted a message at the white house,

#immigrantsfeedamerica. >> only want to run a successful restaurant and you're making it very difficult. >> reporter: soon the signs these businesses posted saying they would be closed in protest will come down. they are hoping the message will linger a whole lot longer and be heard all the way to the white house. >> tom foreman, cnn, washington. appreciate it. let's discuss the immigrant protest and growing tensions between the u.s. and mexico with the former mexican president vincente fox. it is good to have you, mr. president. >> good day to everybody there in america. >> so let's talk about the theory behind the wall as it stands right now. we have fresh information from the president about what he wants and why. here it is. >> and the wall is going to be a great wall. and it's going to be a wall negotiated by me, the price will come down like it has on everything else i've negotiated for the government. and we're going to have a wall that works. not going to have a wall like

now, either nonexistent or a joke. >> fair assessment that the border that the united states has right now with mexico is either nonexistent or a joke. >> he sounds so sad, so depressed when he's telling this idea that he's not even convinced himself. by the way you allowed me yesterday on the presser, i think he resigned or renounced the repression of the united states of america to go back to his old job, to be a show man. that's his -- yesterday he clearly sent that message. but in the case of the wall, number one, we are not paying for the wall. so he's cheating congress and he's cheating american people because american people will have to pay all through his

taxes this 25 billion u.s. for a thing that is not going to work. there are great better solutions and right in congress it's a proposal on the bill presented by senator kennedy and senator mccain, number one, let's see after those 8, 10, 11 million undocumented who they are, what they are doing and if they have a job and if they are loyal to united states and they have not committed crimes, let them stay because u.s. economy needs them otherwise who's going to pick up the apples in washington state. who's going to pick up the various vegetables in california? who's going to attend the restaurants and attend in disney world? who's going to attend the construction industry and more important, who is going to attend the elderly in united states. united states becoming an old

aged population. that needs love and care and that's what they are getting from mexicans and latin american nurses from all over the world. it's crazy this idea. >> what do you make of the fundamental pushback is this, we are a nation of laws. there are laws about how you come into this country legally and if you do not do that, then you have broken the law. and really the analysis begins and ends right there. how you enforce it becomes a political issue but if people come here illegally, they've broken the law. they have to go. what do you say to people who say, that's what the argument is, that's it? >> well, on the other side of the argument of this people, this is working with high quality, making a huge amount, big contribution to u.s. economy, is doing jobs that u.s. citizens are not willing to

accept. they are contributing to more than 15% of u.s. economy, by immigrants. why did he select mexicans? because we're brown? why he didn't select indians by hundreds and thousands there working in the u.s. economy or any other nation. he should understand we're a reliable neighbor and friends and partners and work together. that we solve problems together that a world of north america without nafta will complicate productivity and competitiveness and get out of the markets u.s. corporations -- working together that we become competitive and creating nafta corporations that we become competitive. not only is there a shared border but that was the maj

eveerin flux of undocumented coming from mexico. it's not the target that's that unusual and yes i've heard you make the case that you're hurting yourselves in america because you need mexico to enforce the border because the lat inamericans are coming through mexico and with nafta, the assumption is if he renegotiates it it would be better for american workers because they have lost jobs to mexico and cheap labor base. >> he shows his absolute ignorance again, on this case because if you look at the economy that have a higher surplus of u.s. economy like china and japan and germany and like others, doesn't have trade agreements with them. yes, there is a deficit in the case of mexico, but u.s. economy has a deficit with every single economy in the world.

u.s. economy works on a different way. and that's why to protect the success of north america, we need to work together. we each three of us bring in to the family great contributions on competitiveness and quality and look at what happened to general motors or chrysler or ford, so proud saying now that he forced them to come back to manufacturing in the united states. he's forcing them to go bankrupt because that happened five years ago. that all three corporations went bankrupt because they couldn't compete. they need to look for that competitiveness by working in this case with the three countries. that's why i called them nafta corporation, they came back to life and now conquering markets and that's the only way u.s. corporations can work today, by making alliances and working together, canada, mexico and

united states. he has to learn somebody from the corporate world must tell him you're wrong, trump, you're absolutely wrong. you don't know about this. and let me tell you, he's -- he showed so importantly yesterday, he's a cheap dealer and peddler. the last three weeks he has shown he doesn't have any capacity to make deals. didn't show it with other australian and the others. more so, he's a lousy worse bad businessman and manager because he doesn't know what planning is all about. you need to plan before you shoot with a machine gun except any sense or documentation, he doesn't know anything about team forming, the team he attracted is only his friends and he didn't spend some time on

integrating that team. that takes time to integrate a team so that they really work for you. >> mr. president, appreciate you being on the show. our president will say he's always bringing jobs back and companies are listening to him in a new way. it's early and there's a lot of work to be done. we look forward to getting your take going forward. thank you, sir. our cnn newsroom with poppy harlow and john berman will begin right after this break. have a good weekend and take a breather and we'll get back after it. be well. s never been easier. except when it comes to retirement. at fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. and we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track. it's your retirement. know where you stand. to keep you on track. ♪sweet, sweet st. thomas nice. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪st. croix full of pure vibes. ♪ so nice, so nice.

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good morning, i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. this morning, the white house is without a permanent national security adviser and pushing back against reports that the admiral they tapped